HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1937 PAGE FOUR Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE, Established March 30. 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 Published every Thursday morning by CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Tkree Years Six Months Three Months ... Single Copies ..... $2.00 6.00 1.00 .75 .05 Offioial Paper for Morrow County 1937 NOVEMBER 1937 8nn. Mob. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri Sit. a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 h n a a nun c ta Mm. ink ! Congress Convenes PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S four point message started congress off at the beginning of its special session Monday to prepare the way for the regular session next January. While admitting tax t readjustments are necessaray to overcome some of the present business lethargy, the president gave agriculture, labor, reorganization and planning legisla tion as the principal needs at pres ent. Storm clouds arising from the in dustrial sea do not bode smooth sail ing for the presidential sloop, how ever. A move is already started to force the tax question uppermost. Rankling in the business breast is the tax on corporate surplus funds that has acted as a boomerang, more to small business corporations than to large, at a time when a big push is being made to get private capital to expand operations. The president gives agriculture first consideration in his message, ; emphasizing the need for control of surpluses and a sound soil conserva tion policy. The policy, he believes, should incorporate a compensatory feature to balance the years of good weather against the years of bad weather, which may be taken as en dorsement of the crop insurance fea- ,. ture of the farm bill considered by the last session of congress. The chief executive stressed the point that if administrative cost of the new farm act should exceed budgetary allot ment from the national treasury, the new legislation should contain pro ' vision for raising such additional funds as may be required from other sources. Indicated is a new process' ing tax which the president hopes may get past future ruling of the supreme court under liberal inter pretation of the constitution. Child and woman labor abuses are indicated as the chief points of at tack on the labor legislation program. The reorganization program touches several phases of organization work, stressing enlargement of the merit system in filling government posi tions, but not touching the court reorganization problem threshed out v at the last session. The recommen - dation on planning also touched a number of phases having to do with coordination of work in the execu-J tive branch. Both the reorganization and planning work, the president said, tend to establish within the government accepted practices of large business concerns which will make for efficiency and economy. - While predicting a balanced bud get in the near future, the chief ex ecutive said the only hope for ma terial reduction in the cost of gov ' eminent lies in curtailing functions of the government, and he asked as a general question where such cur tailment might be expected to begin. The president's program may not be all right, nor it may not be all . wrong. He has again taken the re sponsibilities of leadership at a time when many complicated situations exist, however, and by holding steady to the helm on the course he wishes to follow is entitled to the re spect and admiration of everyone. The president and congress have no easy course before them. Meas ures employed to engender a degree of recovery in the last four years have drawn heavily upon the public credit. It is time now that private in dustry should have gathered the momentum to bring recovery to full realization and to be rehabilitating the public credit structure. But still there continues the clamor for suc cor from Washingon, which can only be given by issuing more bonds, by cheapening the dollar the more. As the president said in his message, the present business slump has not the alarming features of that which started in 1929. We are on firmer ground. We have the genius and ability to emerge on still sounder ground. That should be the attitude of everyone. If each individual could find the solution of his own prob lems, then might congress declare a long holiday and at least one source of considerable drain on the public pocketbook would be plugged. It Could've Happened Here GLEN CHANDLER, editor of the John Day Ranger, last Friday stood on the sidelines watching a football game in his town. As the play came his way, he was drawn into it; emerged from the bottom of the scrimmage pile with a dislocated knee cap and broken leg. With leg in cast, he is on the retired list for a few weeks, reports contemporary Blue Mountain Eagle. Editor Chandler may have been on the sidelines from sense of pro fessional duty. That we don't know. But we are surmising that in John Day town spectators are allowed to surge along the sidelines with the play as they once were at local games. That system is dangerous to spectators at times and it's bad for gate receipts. Wisdom was displayed by local high school football, managers this season by keeping specators in the stands. From such position everyone can see the whole game better, and those who would be courteous or who are too gentle of disposition to battle for their rights are not being continually elbowed into the rear of the pack from where they can get but occasional glimpses of the game, and after it is over made to wonder if, after all, those fellows out on the field with the harness on aren't tak ing a lot less chance. The local high school this year had one of the best paying seasons in several years. We believe that keeping the spectators in the stands was largely responsible, begging Editor Chandler's pardon for using his unfortunate incident as an ex ample. PINK CITY NEWS Christmas Treat Benefit Slated By BSRNICB WATTBNBUROB A negro minstrel will be given by the people of the community Decem ber 10 followed by a basket social, to raise funds for the Christmas treats which will be given away at a Christmas program given later by the school children. "The Ghost Chaser" will be given Tuesday, Nov. 23, by the high school pupils. Be sure and don't miss it! Open house was held Wednesday at Pine City. Several mothers at tended. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school superintendent, was also present. Mrs. Ray J. Pinson spent Armistice day in Pendleton. Commissioner Roy Neill reported that in the spring the Butter creek road from Jarmon s corner to Pine City school will be oiled. The road is in very bad shape now and we will be glad to have it fixed. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill are spend ing a week in Salem with Mr. Neill's daughter, Mrs. Eldon Kinton. A birthday dinner was given Sun day at the Clayton Ayers home in honor of his father, Jim Ayers. He is seventy-four years old. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen and children of Heppner, Mrs. Ruby Coxen and son, deny, or Her miston, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Watteii Health His Heritage! This little boy was flat on his back three years ago he had tuber culosis of the spine. Today his rug ged body and smiling face are a joy to see. Sunlight, or heliotherapy, fresh air and rest, under medical supervision, have given Tony back his heritage of health. Tuberculosis of the bones and joints Is a form of disease more common among chil dren than grownups. Thanks to sci ence and to the public's Increasing realization that tuberculosis, when taken in time, is curable there are thousands of other boys and girls being restored to health in tubercu losis hospitals throughout the coun try. Christmas Seals helped Tony and they are helping these other boys and girls. burger and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helms and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Healy were business visitors in Heppner Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wigglesworth of Echo were Sunday dinner guests at the E. B. Wattenburger home. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Myers left for Portland Sunday to spend a few days. Jimmy Higgins of Pendleton called at the James Daly home Friday. Miss Cecelia Healy accompanied her brother Tom to Heppner Thurs day and spent the week end visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Young were Echo callers Monday. Bert Barnes was successful in getting his elk. It had five points. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rauch and family attended a dance given at the Henry Rauch home near Lexington Saturday evening. OSC TO WELCOME GRADS Corvallis Plans are rapidly shap ing up at Oregon State college to welcome old grads back to a "big gest and best homecoming," Novem ber 19 and 20. Students are busy preparing for the many entertain ment features, among which are the noise parade, rally, bonfire, house sign contest, midnight matinee, foot ball game between Oregon State and Washington State, alumni roundup and alumni dance. Alumni registra tion begins Friday morning and con tinues throughout the day. HUNG UP ON HUNT Report reached town Tuesday that Larrence Matteson, Glen Hayes, Del- win Matteson and Bert Cason were hung up at Moo prairie with a brok en down truck in the course of their elk hunt. A soft snow was falling and some fear was felt for getting the truck out HOME EC CLUB TO MEET Willows grange Home Economics club will meet in lone, Frday, Nov. 19, at the Legion hall. All members are asked to come prepared to work on bazaar material. Club officers for the coming year will be elected. It will be an all-day meeting with pot luck dinner. EXPERT TO SPEAK Mildred Snyder, home lighting expert with Pacific Power and Light company, is appearing before the local high school today to speak on a subject relating to her work. She is also scheduled for an appearance before the Lexington school. MAYTAG washers, new, used and rebuilt. Easy monthly payments. Pendleton Music House. 37-38. Bargains in used pianos. Priced from $30.00 and up. Pendleton Mus ic House. 37-38. Less Favorable Farm Market Seen A somewhat less favorable farm market demand outlook for 1938 than in 1937 is the most outstanding factor of general significance in the voluminous report prepared by the recent National Agricultural Out look conference held at Washington, D. C, according to L. R. Breithaupt, O. S. C. extension economist, who represented Oregon at the confer ence. This demand outlook is based principally upon an analysis of the general domestic economic situation and industrial activity. Foreign de mand is expected to show little, if any, improvement, although exports may increase as a result of a neces sity of finding outlets for a larger volume of farm products. The report states that "both prices and buying power per unit of farm products are expected to be lower in 1938 than in 1937," and that cash farm income may be somewhat less than in 1937. On the other hand, farm wage rates and the cost of most of the commodities used by farmers for production are expected to be higher, except feed and some kinds of seed. The cost of family living items may not change greatly on the whole, but over the country gen erally there will probably be less money available per family for liv ing and savings. The report deals extensively with the market outlook for all of the major crops and animal products from a national viewpoint, showing considerable variation in the outlook for the different products. Each county agricultural agent in the Uni ted States has beefi supplied with a mimeographed copy so that farmers may have access to the information, even though it is too lengthy for publication in entirety. Parts of the national report will be localized and supplemented from time to time by Mr. Breithaupt and his conclusions published in the form of agricultur al situation and outlook reports for more general distribution in Oregon. The Oregon reports will be re leased during the season of the year in the form of agricultural situation and outlook reports for more general distribution in Oregon. The Oregon reports will be re leased during the season of the year when the respective parts of the in formation will probably be the most useful. The first of these will be a brief mimeographed digest covering several of the major commodities, such as wheat, feed crops, poultry, dairy hogs, sheep and beef. A few copies of this have already been diS' tributed to county agents. The coun ty agents have also been supplied with one copy each of several hand books of outlook charts and sta tistics. The Oregon Agricultural Exten sion service publishes a monthly re port on the agricultural situation and outlook which may be obtained by citizens of Oregon by mail .without cost upon request to county agri cultural agents or direct to the col lege. The outlook for wheat, eggs, dairy, hogs, sheep and beef cattle was reported in the August 1937 is sue. The general farm outlook for 1938, including demand, income, costs and family living, is given in the November report; the outlook for tree fruits, nuts and berry crops in December; spring sown crops and vegetables in January, and potatoes, turkeys, horses and some other pro ducts in March. This method makes it possible to have the information localized and brought up to date for release at the season of the year when it is most valuable to farmers in Oregon. Range Building Program Talked Oregon practices under the na tional range conservation program for 1938 were discussed by the State Agricultural Conservation commit tee meeting in Corvallis November 16 and 17, according to N. C. Don aldson, executive secretary of the committee. Several important changes have been made in the 1938 range pro gram, as recently approved by Sec retary Wallace. In general, however, it follows the outlines of the 1937 program to improve range conditions and prevent erosion. The principal changes included in the 1938 program are as follows: Range Building Allowance: The range building allowance for 1938 the total amount of which may be earned on the ranch is based upon a combination of the acreage and carrying capacity of the range. In previous programs this was based only on carrying capacity. Natural Reseeding by Deferred Grazing: The payment for deferred grazing will be 60 per cent of the range building allowance, which rep resents an increase in most areas. Under this practice, livestock are kept off the range for specified per iods so that native grasses can re seed. Overgrazing: No payment will be made where a range has been dam aged by overgrazing in 1938. Of particular importance is the change in basing the range building allowance upon a combination of acreage and carrying capacity. This will provide a slightly greater al lowance for the ranges of low car rying capacity where range improve ment is most needed. The specific range building prac tices to apply in Oregon will soon be announced. In general they will be the same as in 1937, and will in clude reseeding range land by de ferred grazing, artificial reseeding, contour listing, furrowing or sub soiling, constructing spreader dams, terraces, earthen tanks, reservoirs and masonry dams, drilling or dig ging wells, developing springs and seeps, planting trees, cultivating and maintaining a stand of trees, estab lishing fire guards, and eliminating destructive plants. Aid in fencing is provided for by the increase in de ferred grazing payments. Tried Poultry Methods Best Until New Proved A policy of sticking to sound es tablished production methods until new proposals are thoroughly tried was urged upon Oregon poultrymen by staff members of the Oregon ex periment station, even as they gave progress reports on numerous re search projects to several hundred who attended the recent fourteenth annual poultrymen's convention at the state college. Numerous interesting and poten tially profitable practices are being investigated, although a number of new methods which have been re ported from other regions have shown no advantage here as yet. The use of fall-hatched pullets, in an attempt to bring about greater production during the seasons of bet ter prices, has been investigated for the past six months, but no conclu sive recommendations can be made until at least two more years' re search is carried on, said H. E. Cos by, head of the poultry department It is possible that this may be a profitable procedure, although ob servation already indicates that fall hatched pullets make slightly small er adult birds, and produce corres pondingly smaller eggs, it was re ported. The feeding of dried yeast has not yet shown any advantage in egg pro duction, nor has the use of battery housing proved as profitable as hay ing the laying flock on regular floors. HARDMAN I. O. O. F. Hall SATURDAY NOV. 20 Good Music .Dance