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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, May 12, 1938
Heppner
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Official Paper for Morrow County
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Poor "Poor Richard"
SHOULD Beniamin Franklin hear
of the nudeal's latest "lend and
spend" campaign, he would proba
bly tflrn over in his grave. Certain
it is America has strayed a long way
from the principles of thrift taught
by Poor Richard and for so many
years adopted as household adages,
and which by most any measure
may be accepted as fundamental to
the country's past progress.
We have yet to hear of anyone
suffering because he "laid up a store
for a rainy, day who squandered ev
we heard of anyone being prepared
for a rainy day woh squandered ev
erything that came into his hands.
Of course the political wiseacres
may wink at Poor Richard. And well
they may, for Poor Richard led a
frugal life while "counting his store
in what was saved and not in what
was made." Nudealers think naught
of $100-a-plate banquets, nor $40
million dams, encouraging empty
grain bins and barren sows the
while. For when they came upon
the scene they found many with well
filled stores who had followed Poor
Richard's teachings.
One multibillion lending-spending
spree has still left undepleted stores.
Now, apparently, the nudealers be
lieve they can scrape up a few bil
lions more to continue the orgy.
What then? Oh, the nudealers hope
again, as they hoped before, that the
golden stream will attract more par
ticles of gold to swell the brook into
a river, or if a river into an ocean,
and they hint that maybe the entire
world will be inundated by a golden
deluge therefrom.
Poor Richard was no alchemist.
Perhaps that's why the nudealers
wink at his ways. But if these nu
dealers be alchemists, then may they
read the fable of King Midas. Though
a fable, it teaches a lesson a lesson,
we believe,, which Poor Richard
would say were true.
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Giles L. French
Gives Voters Break
Giles L. French, incumbent state
legislator from this district, compris
ing Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and
Wheeler counties, and who with E.
R. Fatland of Condon is running
unopposed on the republican ticket
for reelection to the two places to
be filled, believes in giving the vot
ers a break.
Though the primary race is un
contested, he closed up his print
shop at Moro Saturday afternoon,
and with his son made Heppner a
visit. He said he believed it an obli
gation of every candidate seeking
office to get acquainted as much as
possible, even though no competition
was in sight.
Hinkle to Speak at
Baccalaureate Service
The high school baccalaureate ser
vices will be held Sunday evening
in the local gymnasium-auditorium,
The address will be given by Arch
deacon Hinkle. Musical numbers will
include a vocal solo by Jackson
Gilliam and a number by the high
school quartet composed of Donald
Bennett, Jack Merrill, La Verne Van
Marter and Jackson Gilliam.
WHEAT
CENTS PER BUSHEL
240
'PRICES BELOW PARITY
FOR LAST 12 YEARS
200
160
120
80
40
J A
1 rv a
PARITY PRICE
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FARM PRICE l
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1910
1915
1920
1925
950
I935-I937
MtUMINAKT
The current disparity between
prices for wheat and prices farmers
pay is causing renewed interest in
the "parity" price principle which
Congress has used as basis of agri
cultural adjustment legislation dur
ing recent years. In the case of
wheat, parity prices are prices high
enough so that a bushel of wheat
will buy as much of the commod
ities farmers purchase as during the
1910-1914 prewar period, extension
economists at Oregon State college
explain.
Wheat prices at the average farm
in Oregon were 72 cents a bushel at
mid-March, according to the latest
report on the agricultural situation
by the OSC extension service. In the
whole country the average farm
price of wheat was 91 per cent of the
1910-1914 average, while the farm
cost index was around 126, giving
wheat a current purchasing power
of approximately 72 per cent of
"parity."
The accompanying chart shows
that wheat was well above parity in
price during the world war. This
stimulated world production of
wheat, export demand fell off, stocks
accumulated, and prices remained
below parity for 15 years, except for
a short period. Export demand is
still low, but production in the Uni
ted States is increasing and stocks
are accumulating again.
Crop Insurance
Plans Ready for
Pendleton Meeting
Hundreds of wheat growers from
Oregon, Washington and northern
Idaho are expected to join AAA and
extension officials from these same
states in the big tri-state meeting
at Pendleton May 17, which will
serve to launch the new federal
wheat crop insurance program in the
Pacific northwest.
George E. Farrell, regional direct
or of the AAA for the western states.
is scheduled to speak at the Pendle
ton meeting, as are several high of
ficials of the new crop insurance
corporation. Senator Clyde Kiddle
of La Grande, newly appointed state
supervisor of crop insurance for Ore
gon, will also be on the program.
Following a general meeting May
17, to which the public is invited, a
second day's session will be held for
AAA and extension officials of the
three states, at which detailed pro
cedure of handling the crop insur
ance program will be fully discussed.
The Pendleton meeting is one of a
series being held throughout the
wheat growing areas of the United
States at which the operation of the
new crop insurance program is be
ing explained.
The insurance program applies
only to wheat at the present time,
and will take effect with the 1939
crop. Premiums may be paid in eith
er wheat or cash and will be paid at
the time of seeding of fall wheat.
It is planned to have the entire Ore
gon organization ready to function
smoothly by the close of the harvest
season.
The closing date for Oregon for
filing work sheets under the new
1938 farm act has been set for May
14 by the state committee of the
AAA. Following the passage of the
new farm act, the whole program
was thrown open for new participa
tion, and many farmers who had not
taken part in former programs have
since turned in work sheets. As was
the case with previous plans, the
filing of a work sheet qualifies a
farmer to receive benefits after com
plying with the program features,
but does not bind him to take part
if he later decides not to.
Higher School Board v
Grants Scholarships
Corvallis A total of 115 high
school graduates, all but four of
whom are from Oregon, will be able
to attend state institutions of higher
education this coming year on state
board of higher education scholar
ships covering fees and tuition.
The awards of these scholarships
were made by the High School Con
tacts committee in accordance with a
state law and regulations of the state
board which permit the granting of
a limited number to students who
rank high in their classes scholastic
ally and who need financial assist
ance. Of those granted scholarships, 50
will attend Oregon State college, 42
the University of Oregon, 11 Oregon
Normal school, and 6 each of the
normal schools at La Grande and
Ashland.
CRUEL THING
"Promise me you won't go to the
dogs just because I've rrfuied you."
"Oh, no, I won't do that!"
"You rrnn th'""!"
HENRY J. BEAN
of Umatilla County
PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE
CANDIDATE FOR
Justice of the
Supreme Court
Position No. 2
on Nonpartisan Judiciary Ballot
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS
EXPERIENCE
Asks Your Support
Primary Election May 20, 1938
Homemakers Show
Renewed Interest
In Growing Herbs
Homemakers in Oregon and else
where are showing renewed interest
in growing and using the fragrant
and spicy herbs that used to add so
much flavor and zest to grandmoth
er's cooking, says Mrs. Azalea Sa
ger, state leader of home economics
extension at Oregon State college.
Many persons are planting kit
chen window boxes of herb plants,
where they are both attractive and
convenient to use, Mrs. Sager says,
although a plot about 10 by 12 feet
in the garden is perhaps better to
yield summer-long supplies and
some to dry and store for winter.
Some of these may be transferred to
a kitchen window box or flower pots
after the outdoor growing season is
over, however.
Among the popular herbs that
grow well in Oregon are parsley,
chives, mint, basil, thyme, winter sa
vory, sage, sweet marjoram, dill,
and many others. Basil is easy to
grow as a border with flowering an
nuals and in a pot in wintertime. It
is particularly good for flavoring
tomato soups and other tomato
dishes.
Fresh dill leaves are as good for
seasoning creamed chicken or eggs
as the flowerlets are for flavoring
pickles. Marjoram, sage and thyme,
in varying proportions, are the herbs
most people combine for seasoning
poultry stuffings. Sage is an old fa
vorite in ground sausage meat.
A few mint plants in the garden
will flavor cool drinks all summer,
garnish salads and supply mint
sauce. Mint leaves are used fre
quently in bread stuffing for roast
lamb.
Lloyd B.: "George Washington
was right when he advised his coun
trymen not to eat spaghetti."
Mr. Blankenship: "When did
Washington ever advise against eat
ing spaghetti?"
Lloyd: "When he told them to
keep away from foreign entanglements."
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HAWLEY J. BEAN
Candidate for Republican Nomination
JOINT SENATOR
Nineteenth District
Union, Umatilla and Morrow Counties
ACTIVE REPRESENTATION FOR
ALL CLASSES
Paid Adv. by Hawley J. Bean
Sustain civil liberties and maintain
a government which Is clean, simple,
efficient, vigorous.
Protect labor and its rights; oppose
coercion and violence.
Oppose new and burdensome taxes;
endeavor to equalize taxation for ele-.
mentary schools.
Preserve Bonneville power as public
benefaction.
Foster honest industry and agricul
ture to stimulate employment, adequate
pensions for decent living.
PROGRESSIVE
IN IDEAS
CONSERVATIVE
IN FINANCES
Pd. Adv. by
Robert O. Boyd. Secretary
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