HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937.
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the mob which strings a human, up
to a tree. Both are menaces to so
ciety, and have no proper place in
any civilized community.
Aside from the illegality, dog pois
oning is the most despicable of acts.
Its perpetrator is devoid of the last
vestige of sportsmanship. Not only
does he jeopardize others than his
opponent, but he attacks in the dark,
without slightest warning and giving
no fightnig chance whatever. No
matter how ill bred the cur, he is a
gentleman beside the man who
would poison him.
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"The Good Earth"
ALL that was good in the life of
Wang the Landlord sprang from
the earth, as told in the famous story
of Pearl S. Buck. Her inimical,
straightforward style goes deeply
into a philosophy that applies to hu
mans everywhere. Fundamentally,
Wang the Landlord, could be a man
of the earth anywhere.
And so it is when rains come in
season, filling the earth with burst
ing life, that Wang the Landlord re
joices. He can look forward to
enough to fill his storehouses against
the long season in which the earth
lies dormant, so that there will be
no hungry mouths at his house, and
besides have some to turn for a little
silver with which to purchase some
of the added joys of life.
Wang the Landlord learned thru
many trying years, some when there
was no rain and the1 crops withered
lifeless upon the ground, and others
when the floods came and hopelessly
covered up his fields, that his true
security was with the earth for it
constantly replenished his supplies
of foodstuffs, clothing and silver,
whereas without the land his sup
plies faded and nothing came back to
replace them.
With copious rains this week, the
good earth of Morrow county is wet
and steaming, bursting with life such
as Wang the Landlord was pleased to
see. Little seeds sown in the past
season have swelled and bursted and
life in them grows abundantly, a
soothing balm for sore eyes and ach
ing hearts that found the earth less
affluent in recent seasons.
Where It Belongs
AN IRATE Gazette Times reader
would give dog poisoners some
of their own medicine. Not enough
to kill them, but just enough to
make them think they were going
to die, so that they might experience
some of the body wracking pain
which stricken dumb animals un
dergo. Next to the man who steals pennies
from a blind person, is the dog pois
oner, our informant believes. Tho
some dogs are sheep killers, the pois
on rarely gets these. Instead, many
faithful watchdogs and pets are the
victims.
No matter how much one may be
aggravated by dogs, whether it be
the neighbor's pet which persists in
wearing a path through the newly
sown lawn, or whether it be a com
mon street mut that may sneak a
choice morsel from the back porch,
or mayhap snarl at one going along
the street, still there is no excuse for
the poisoner. There is plenty of law
under which one may act, and city
and county officials stand ready to
cooperate in protecting property
rights in a just manner.
The dog poisoner takes the law in
to his own hands just as muh as does
Columbus Took a
Chance.
T AYS of depression have taught
J our people to be very wary of
stocks and speculation. It was the
gambling instinct run rampant that
caused prices to soar on the stock
market far above any justification
from earnings or the industries they
represented. And it was the forced
readjustment of values which caused
the entire nation to suffer.
So today, there should exist a great
deal of caution, when venturing up
on anything that smacks of specu
lation.
Still there exists the element of
chance in any venture, greater or
lesser as the nature of the venture
may be. Columbus took a chance
and discovered America. Great ex
plored in other fields also took
chances, many apparently hopeless
to realize returns proportionately as
as great as did Columbus, in science
or in industry. .
Behind every venture there must
be a stage of exploration to seie if
the nebulous idea really contains
that of tangible worth. It is the
promoters who attempt to make the
tangible from the nebulous, and
their explorations in the early state
are termed "wild catting."
We hold no brief for the thous
ands of gentry who have fleeced
honest people of hard earned savings
through many fantastic wildcatting
schemes. There have been unscru
pulous promoters by the legion who
have placed an odium upon the pro
fession by their misleading practices.
But when a promoter comes along
and lays his cards face up on the
table, hiding nothing and making
no fantastic promises, then does he
elicit our admiration.
A new corporation has just been
granted a permit to sell stock for
the development of the natural gas
possibilities at Wells Springs. It is
purely and simply a wildcatting ven
ture as admitted by its incorporators.
There is nothing beyond the opinion
of two professedly reputable geolo
gists on which to pin one's faith
when investing in the company's
stock that is other than a business
set-up which guarantees that the in
vestors' money will not all be socked
by a high-powered stock sales organ
ization, as sometimes has happened.
If Morrow county people buy the
stock, they will do so with their
eyes open, knowing that the hope of
dividends lies in the nebulous idea
containing the true germ of reality.
But, still there is pleasure in toy
ing with the idea of a producing gas
field being uncovered right here in
Morrow county.
MOTHER.
(Hilma Swenson Nelson of lone
read this original poem at the an
nual Troedson family reunion last
Sunday.)
The years have been long and lonely
without you,
Empty, silent and long.
And, oh, how I miss you, my Mother.
She was my friend, and now she is
gone.
I have grown; I, too, am a woman,
Brown hair like you, and tall.
I have only your picture to gaze at;
Such comfort it brings to us all.
But I dream of you, my Mother, so
often
In dreamland a child by your side.
And now you sleep beneath the
daisies,
In God's mansion you now abide.
Oh Mother, your name so holy in
fame,
Your love and tenderness came to
us all.
I alone will bow my head
And join them today and know your
name.
Van Hoomissen-Parker
Nuptials Solemnized
Church of the Holy Redeemer in
Portland was the scene of the wed
ding of Miss Mary Van Hoomissen of
Portland and John G. Parker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Parker of
Heppner, at 9:00 o'clock Saturday
morning, Rev. Father Thomas read
ing the beautiful ring ceremony. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Van Hoomissen of Portland.
The ceremony was performed in
the presence of relatives and a few
close friends. Miss Frances Van
Hoomissen, sister of the bride, was
bridesmaid, and Worth Chaney of
Portland and Powers was best man.
The bride was charming in her bri
dal dress of white printed taffeta
with redingote of white silk net,
worn with white hat and white ac
cessories. The bridesmaid wore
dress of similar pattern, with blue
net redingote and blue accessories,
Each carried old fashioned nosegays
of blue delphinium, pink and white
rosebuds and lillies of the valley.
A reception followed at the home
of the bride's parents. Presiding at
the table were Miss Marian Swan-
son of Victoria, B. C, Miss Evelyn
Nevar and Miss Blanche Chaney of
Portland and Miss Kathryn Parker
of Heppner. Immediately following
the reception the young couple left
for a motor trip through eastern Ore
gon and were expected to arrive in
Heppner today. They will be at
home in Portland where Mr. Parker
is employed as bookkeeper with
Consolidated Highway company.
com Mr. and Mrs. .Parker are
graduates of University of Oregon.
Mrs. Parker taught last year in the
Arlington schools. Mr. Parker was
graduated from the local high school
before going to the university, where
he majored in business administra
tion. Attending the wedding from
Heppner were the bridegroom's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker, bro
ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Vawter Parker, and sister, Miss
Kathryn Parker.
and Mrs. Lundell is state chairman
of the Home Economics committee.
There was something of special
interest for those in attendance each
day, and most interesting talks were
given by the national master, Louis
J. Taber; B. F. Irvine, the blind ed
itor of the Oregon Journal; Mr. Free
stone of New York, and by several
other speakers. Morrow county
grange put on a skit Thursday morn
ing for the state lecturers program.
The sixth degree was exemplified
Thursday night with 216 candidates
being initiated. Fred J. Freestone
of New York, member of national
grange executive committee, was
presiding officer.
Fifty Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler
county patrons enjoyed a banquet
together at Mack's cafe at 6 o clock
Thursday evening.
The weather was splendid and the
new dock buildings were certainly
fine places for business, drills and
committee meetings, and also fur
nished ample parking space for cars.
The Dalles entertained the largest
number of grangers to attend the
annual meeting for several years.
The Home Economics club of Wil
lows grange will meet at the home
of Mary Lindsay on Friday, June 18.
County Grangers
Attend State Meet
(Contributed)
Among Morrow county people at
tending the 64th annual session of
the Oregon state grange at The
Dalles, June 7-11, were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank E. Parker, Jeanne and
Velma Huston, Heppner; Lorena
Hirl, Lena; Mr. and Mrs. Al Troed
son and W. G. Palmateer, Morgan;
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kincaid and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Heliker, lone; Mr.
and Mrs. Burton Peck, Lexington;
Mrs. Lilliard and Mr. Kruse, Board
man. Minnie McFarland, Umatilla,
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell, Willows,
and Mrs. Harriet Deos of Cecil, mem
bers of Willows grange, also attend
ed the meeting. Mr. Lundell holds
the office of steward for state grange,
The next business meeting of Wil
lows grange will be Sunday, June
27, in the hall at Cecil. Business
meeting will be called at 11 a. m. and
patrons will bring food for pot luck
dinner at noon. The H. E. club will
have charge of the program hour.
A gift day has been planned by the
members for the grange kitchen, and
the brothers as well as sisters are to
contribute comething to help furnish
the kitchen. This kitchen shower
will be for the June meeting.
FRED L. GRIFFIN. -
Funeral services were held from
the Zell Funeral chapel in The Dalles
last Thursday morning for Fred L.
Griffin, 47, for many years a resi
dent of the Eight Mile community,
and who was a baseball catcher for
several years with Eight Mile, lone
and Heppner ball clubs. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffin,
pioneer residents of the Eight Mile
section. For several years he had
resided in The Dalles and at the time
of death was employed with the For
est Products Treating company." He
was stricken suddenly at a dance
while offering friends some cookies
from a sack. Interment was in I. O.
O. F. cemetery at lone. He is sur
vived by his widow, Gladys, two
sons, Frederick and Dean; three sis
ters, Mrs. V. Kaiser of Maupin, Mrs.
Veda Ritchie of Portland, and Mrs.
Lyda Ball of. Yakima; and two bro
thers, Frances W. of The Dalles and
Phillip of lone.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riggs and
baby son, Frank Clark, arrived yes
terday from their home in Eugene for
a visit at the home of Mrs. Riggs''
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark.
Mr. Riggs, former U. of O. footballer,
was wearing the whiskers adorning
all Eugene adult males as a reminder
of the Oregon Trail pageant to be
presented in that city next month.
Mrs. Riggs and son expected to re
main for a more extended visit while
Mr. Riggs will leave for home the
end of the week to get back on the
job at his service station.
For Sale or trade, gentle milk cow,
trailers, Model T Fords, battery ra
dio. Max Schulz, city.
Potted plants at all times, phone
1332; will deliver. 15tf
WE HAVE ON HAND THE FOLLOWING
USED CAR
TRUCKS AND MACHINERY
1928 Chevrolet Sport Roadster
1928 Chevrolet Coupe 1
1934 Pontiac 4-Door Sedan
1936 Dodge 4-Door Sedan
1929 Studebaker 4-Door Sedan
1931 Willys Knight Sedan
1929 Marquette Sedan
1929 Model A Ford Truck
1932 GMC Truck
1935 C-30 International Truck
1933 Dodge Truck
1936 1V2 Ton Panel Truck
Many other cars and trucks
Also Used MOWERS, RAKES,
SWEEP RAKES, TRACTORS
Any of the equipment sold on easy terms
or WILL TRADE FOR LIVESTOCK
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Arlington, Oregon. Phone 702
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