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Heppner
Gazette Times
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 28, 1937
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Member
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A Worthy Cause
TRI-STATE TRANSPORTATION
COUNCIL is seeking a mill a
bushel from all wheat farmers in its
district, including Morrow county
farmers,' to finance its program to
obtain more equitable freight rates
on wheat.
While the aggregate sum of some
of the larger growers in the county
asked to be contributed might seem
to them large, a very slight reduc
tion in rates would repay the amount
with interest.
Since its organization Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league has been largely
responsible in obtaining a net re
duction of 4 cents a hundred pounds
in wheat shipped off the local
branch. The saving thus brought to
Morrow county farmers amounted to
upwards of $80,000 in one year, that
of 1931. Total production of wheat
in the county this year is estimated
in the vicinity of 1,500,000 bushels.
If every farmer contributed his mill
a bushel the total for this county
would be $1,500. Any reduction in
rates at all would make that a nom
inal sum to invest.
As long as the Pacific northwest
continues on an export basis in dis
posing of its wheat, the main hope
for higher retruns lies in cutting
down the unfavorable transporta
tion differential which this section
holds in competition with other sec
tions serving the same market.
Steiwer Successor?
SENATOR STEIWER'S decision
not to seek reelection, announced
this week, has raised the curtain on
the scene of general political bustle.
Names of possible contenders from
the ranks of the two major political
parties are appearing in the public
prints like fleas at a canine conven
tion. At this juncture one thing seems
cratic machine is laying its guns to
cratic machin eis laying its guns to
head off Willis Mahoney, opportun
ist candidate of the party in the last
election who has lended the drama
a strong suspense element by with
holding announcement of intentions
until after the first of the year. Indi
cation of the "way-lay Mahoney"
movement is seen in advocacy of
the Carl Donaugh candidacy by
democratically-independent East Or
egonian. Another move in this direc
tion comes out of Mahoney's home
bailiwick with the announced in
tention of Circuit Judge Edward B.
Ashurst of Klamath Falls to seek
the democratic nomination.
So far Senator Steiwer has made
no move himself to name his suc
cessor in office. His support can nat
urally be expected to be thrown to
a likely republican candidate, the
most likely of whom is still to be as
certained. The prognosticators are
eyeing the movements of Secretary
of State Earl Snell. Snell has shown
liberal tendencies during the New
Deal regime. He has kept well in the
public eye with frequent addresses
before groups of every nature, in
cluding those of Townsendites, and
with spectacular work in the state's
automobile safety campaign. The
while he has shown high qualities
of statesmanship in his work on the
board of control, and has evidenced a
commendable business acumen in
conduct of the state's high office
which he fills.
Snell has been through the legis
lative mill in the state's law-making
body, being markedly successful
as speaker of the house before at
taining to his present office He has
shown a gluttonous capacity for
sound growth. A conception of state
born to the aroma of sagebrush and
nurtured in the wide-open spaces
should keep him from ever having
his vision limited to the walls of
high towering buildings in a certain
famous street of a large eastern city.
The heart "of a sportsman tuned to
appreciation of the aesthetic, and the
breeding of a gentleman befits him
well to represent the commonwealth
with credit at the nation's capital,
should he "choose to run." In such
event, he would be loyally supported
by a large goup of old-time friends
in Morrow county.
,
Medical Yard Mark
COMES announcement this week
from Chicago that eleven suf
ferers from streptococcus meningitis
have been definitely cured with a
new drug, sulfanilamide. That is
cheering news.
Streptococcus meningitis has been
considered almost sure death, as
heretofore no cure was known to
stop its ravaging onslaught. A baf
fling malady it has struck in un
suspected places, leaving fear and
dread in its wake.
If, as can be believed from the
news reports, medical science really
has an effective and sure cure for
the dread disease, it has gained an
other yard mark in safeguarding the
health of mankind, a yard mark
comparable to the discovery of in
sulin for treating diabetes, and iso
lation of the tubercle baccilus which
led to effective means of combatting
the white plague.
Coming of sulfanilamide was de
layed by previous deaths resulting
from the drug's administration. The
American Medical society now be
lieves those deaths were caused by
impurities in the drug and not by
the sulfanilamide itself.
College Humor?
THIS world is full of heroes of a
sort. There's Joe Gray, just
about the golden calf of anyone ever
affiliated in any way with Oregon's
leading dispensary of agricultural
and other technical sciences, who
heaved one bullet-like pass into the
waiting arms of teammate Duncan
for one touchdown and a few min
utes later himself galloped through
a whole mass of vicious tacklers to
score a second in the fourth quarter
of the game last Saturday which set
arch enemies of the "Southern
Branch" down neatly in the foot
ball dust, 14-0, and helped bury
deeper than ever before the famed
Oregon jinx. Then again there's the
stalwart youth who emerged out of
the melee of goalpost rushers at the
game's end to grasp the crosspiece
and hang on while more stalwart
youths tugged valiantly at his legs
until the crosspiece splintered in
twain and the traditional souvenir of
victory was carried away.
In the fireplace glow of fraternity
houses as tales of the great victory
were related, the chap who grabbed
the crosspiece probably shared equal
glory with Gray. For, that the spirit
which animated the fellow of the
goalposts was borne deeply in the
hearts of students generally is evi
denced by the victory rally staged
by 1800 O. S. C. students in Eugene
on Monday.
Just what particular trait it is
which college students carry over
from their Darwinian progenitors
to make them rancor so deeply at
heart against "traditional enemies"
has not been thoroughly revealed.
It does exist, however, and so long
as it does the ass who will endanger
life and limb for a few goal post
splinters will continue to be sung in
the annals of alma mater tradition.
It is inspiring to note the devil-may-care
attitude with which col
lege students attack what undobut
ly seems to them to be the all-important
problems of life. It is a spirit,
properly governed, which may take
them a long way. The foolhardiness
of such as the goalpost rush is a
bit upsetting to elders. Still we have
a hunch that many an old grad felt
tugs at the heartstrings which made
him want to shed his coat and wade
into the fray.
Barratt Tribute
(Oregon Voter)
William B. Barratt as state high
way commissioner helped keep the
state highway system out of politics.
He was so modest that he avoided
identifying himself publicly as a
champion of efficiency in adminis7
tration; yet, were it not for the way
in which he supported the policies
established by Messrs. Simon Ben
son, John B. Yeon, R. A. Booth and
others who so loyally had defended
the highway system from political
encroachment, the administration
would have been taken over in part
by the politicians. Barratt was the
line successor of the late William L.
Thompson (then of Pendleton), Newt
Burgess and Ed Kiddle as commis
sioners appointed from eastern Ore
gon, and he upheld the high stand
ards set by those able predecessors.
Those standards were maintained in
turn by William Duby, Robert W.
Sawyer, Col. William Hanley and Ed
Aldrich in the chain of successor
ship. It was a great public service
performed by these men, and Bar
ratt measured up to it at the top
level.
John G. Barratt, son of the late
William B., inherited the fine ideals
and principles which enabled his
father to serve the public so effect
ively; John G. was in the state sen
ate for too brief a period; he was de
feated by a popular politician, but
remains in public leadership in a
voluntary capacity in the livestock
and other associations; men like this
are the salt of the republic; to John
G. and other members of the family
of William B. we extend our condolence.
Labels of Dress Goods
Need Care in Scanning
More informative labels on all
kinds of merchandise are being de
manded by homemakers all over the
country as the result of a greatly in
creased interest in intelligent buy
manship, says Miss Eileen Perdue,
acting extension specialist in cloth
ing and textiles at Oregon State col
lege. Manufacturers of many articles
have recognized and responded in
some measure to this demand, she
says.
When it comes to buying clothing
and yard goods, however ,the con
sumer is still pretty much at the
mercy of the manufacturer, espec
ially if she does not fully under
stand the meaning of the trade terms
used, Miss Perdue points out. For
instance, the terms "shrunk" and
"pre-shrunk," which are used a
great deal in the dry goods business,
are vague and misleading, because
they have no definite meaning, and
the goods may or may not shrink
when washed in the usual way.
Materials or garments bearing the
labels, completely shrunk," "will
not shrink," or "fully shrunk," how
ever, can be expected to do very
little shrinking. Cottons bearing the
label "sanfordized," can be depend
ed upon to shrink not more than
one -fourth inch per yard, which is
a negligible amount, Miss Perdue
says.
The matter of color fastness has
been a problem in both ready-to-wear
and in yardage, she says. "Fast
color" labels mean little, and noth
ing can be done if the color does
fade. She suggests that a really help
ful label would be one stating that
the material is "fast color from wa
ter, weather, boiling or perspira
tion." Some fabrics now bear the
Nafel label issued by the National
Association of Finishers of Textile
Fabrics, which indicates that the
material has been tested and found
to conform to the association's stand
ards for fast color to light and wash
ing. In buying silk the term "pure-dye"
does not refer to the purity of the
dye used nor to the purity of the silk,
but rather to the amount of weight
ing in the material. A silk may bear
this label if it contains not more than
10 percent metallic weighting for all
colors except black, wnicn may con
tain as much as 15 percent. The term
"pure silk" does not mean the same
as "pure-dye" silk, although some
manufacturers use it with this mean
ing. Generally, however, the term
"pure silk" has no definite meaning,
Miss Perdue says.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Belanger and
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Crawford were
among local people in Eugene Sat
urday for the Oregon-0 S. C. foot
ball game.
Tmman Babb went to Portland
Friday night and returned Sunday
after visiting with Mrs. Babb who
has been in the city for a couple of
weeks looking after property inter
ests. Mr. and Mrs. Neil White passed
through the city Saturday on the
way from their home at Hidaway to
the pioneers reunion at Lexington.
For Sale Five room house, con
crete cellar, sidewalks, in Heppner.
Call 544 or see Creed Owens. 33-36
640 ACRES-
170 summerfallow, 310 to plow in spring; complete farming
equipment including 3 horses, 250 chickens. Price $12,800 00 $1000
down, 1-3 crop payments at 6.
640 ACRES, 620 ready to seed. Sale price $4480 for cash
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