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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 CBAWTORD 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 Three Years Six Months . Three Months '. Single Copies 12.00 6.00 1.00 .76 .06 Official Paper for Morrow Coanty Member Oreg6frNewspaperPCiblisKs I v: AssociationM VSN Common Sense Regulation OREGON has suffered a loss of $800,000,000 due to labor dis putes, estimates Governor Martin as told in a radio address by J. G. Bar ratt, ex-state senator, last Thurs day evening. Much of that loss was taken by producers of agricultural products, hence the interest of Mr. Barratt and other agricultural lead ers in promoting the bill to curb la bor racketeering which will appear on the ballot November 8, passage of which will be assured if enough voters place their "X" after num ber 316.: This paper unqualifiedly endorses such a vote, which does not mean, as labor leaders assert, that legiti mate labor unions will be crippled, but which will, if its aim is accom plished, avert future tie-ups of transportation facilities by compet ing labor organizations, completely demoralizing industry, such as have occurred in the not distant past. Labor organizations, under the new act, will still have the right to picket, strike and bargain collective ly, but employes' rights are safe guarded through guaranteeing the employer against coercion from out side his own organization. The ma jority of his own employees may de cide with what union, if any, they wish to affiliate, and the employer is obliged only to recognize the will of this majority within his own or ganization. The bill attempts to elim inate acts of intimidation that may be performed by an outside organi zation in an attempt to bring an other organization within its con trol. There is nothing in the act to prevent the peaceful operation of A. F. of L., C. I. O., or any other labor organization. The proposed law of the producers of Oregon is a common sense at tempt at regulation to safeguard not only their own rights, but those of the workers as well. The $800,000, 000 loss to Oregon, as estimated by Governor Martin, represents not only a loss to producers but also a large loss to workers of who,m many were innocently thrown out of employment for long periods be cause of machinations of unscrupu lous labor racketeers. , Producers and workers have a common interest. The proposed law is merely an attempt to protect that interest. Paying tributet to racket eers helps neither producer nor la borer. With Mr. Barratt, in his ra dio address, we say vote "316 X Yes," November 8. Let's Keep Snell , PARTISAN politics need not be considered by eastern Oregon people when they go to the polls November 8 to cast their ballots for secretary of state. One of eastern Oregon's own, Earl Snell has ca pably represented this section on the board of control for the last four years, at the same time evidencing that broader vision which encom passes the best interests of the en tire state. His campaign to make the highways safe has made every citi zen of the state, safety minded and Vina attracted nation-wide attention. Snell was a leader in his home town of Arlington, and as representative in the legislature for Gilliam coun ty received the highest honor pos Heppner sible for his colleagues to bestow,! that of speaker of the house. A gen i tleman, with vision bestowed by the wide open country, Snell is an accomplished executive, a forceful orator and reflects in every way those qualities of statesmanship fun damental to sound government. Lef s keep bnell. A Good "Yes" Vote A MAJORITY vote of the elector ate is required to amend the state constitution. Thus it is that one measure to appear on the No vember ballot comes by recommen dation of the state legislature and should be given thoughtful consid eration by the voters. This is the measure to repeal the double liabil ity of stockholders in state banking corporations. Justice of the measure is at once evidenced when it is known that part of the state banks and all the national banks are already operating without such stockholder double liability. It is only fair and equitable that stockholders of all banking in stitutions should be put on the same basis. Again, it is pointed out, that through the Federal Deposit Insur ance corporation all depositors are guaranteed to an extent making the stockholder double liability unneces sary. That the double liability law has failed in its purpose is also demon strated by the history of most bank liquidations. Seldom, if ever, is the double liability all collected, and in many cases where it has been it has worked undue hardship. The penalty of double liability has failed to cor rect banking evils. Regulation to keep banks on a sound basis, rather than "tying the bag after the cat has escaped" should be the aim of our banking laws. Outlook is for More Hogs, Says Fall OSC Report A considerable increase in United States hog production is in prospect under the influence of abundant sup plies of relatively low cost feeds, according to the annual livestock outlook report just issued by the OSC extension service. The pig crop of 1938 will total about 12 per cent greater than the comparatively small crop of 1937. As a result, the supply of pork" will be larger during the 1938-39 marketing season and be yond. . This increase in supply will be offset to some degree by stronger consumer demand and purchasing power, if economic conditions con tinue to improve, the report adds. Regarding the sheep and lamb sit uation, the outlook report shows that the 1938 lamb crop was the largest on record in the United States, being 5 per cent greater than in 1937. Although the number of breeding ewes next January may be slightly larger than last, this does not necessarily mean a larger lamb crop in 1939, the report continues, The record lamb crop this year was caused largely by an unusually high percentage of lambs saved, The wool situation is somewhat firmer than earlier in the year, with prospects that stocks of raw wool in this country may be no larger at the end of the year than at the close of 1937. Wool price tends are geared to world conditions, but there are no particularly significant trends in wool production in .the world as a whole at the present time. The outlook report deals also with the dairy, poultry and beef cattle situation, and with considerable ba sic data and graphic presentation of general farm price levels in the United States and Oregon. A comparison of the income of in dustrial workers in the Umted States and the level of prices in Oregon for animal products show a striking parallel. For example, in the boom year of 1929, with indus trial workers earnings at 107 per cent of the 1926-1930 average, the Oregon animal products price in dex was 110. For 1938 the prelimin ary index of industrial workers in come was 68, and the animal prod ucts price index was 66. The complete report may be ob tained free at county agents' offices. Potted plants at all times, phone 1332; will deliver. 15tf Gazette Times, Heppner, Pierce and Hess Pomona Speakers; Attendance Large Umatilla County Visitors Confer 5th Degree for Class Contributed Morrow County Pomona grange met at Rhea Creek grange hall Sat urday with a good attendance, in cluding twenty visitors from Uma tilla County Pomona grange. The morning session was taken up with reports of officers and committees. Following a bountiful dinner served by the ladies of Rhea Creek grange at which time more than one hun dred people were served, the fol lowing program was conducted by Morrow county lecturer, Mrs. Vida Heliker: Opening song, America, followed by short talk by Bill Ashworth, as sistant secretary to Walter Pierce and first granger to have ever been speaker of the little congress, on "The Youth of Today." Humorous reading, "Jonah's Whale," Chas. Wicklander, state grange deputy. A very interesting talk on "Our For ests and Their Protection" was giv en by Mr. Criswell, assistant ranger of forest service. Community song, "The More .We Get Together." Eu gene Lear, secretary of Soil Conser vation service of Morrow county and assistant county agent, spoke on the AAA and soil conservation as to reduction of acreage and pay ments.' Heny Hess, democratic candidate for governor was then introduced and spoke of different legislation which he had sponsored. The law known as the Hess tax bill, he stat ed, saved homes and farms from foreclosure by providing for cancel lation of interest and penalty on de linquent 'taxes by being paid on a quarterly annual basis. He spon sored the first old age pension law and fought to eliminate the pauper's oath from these laws; also referred to the blessing of Bonneville dam and transmission lines owned by the government made possible by the humanitarian policy of our present administration. He favors a better truck law more favorable to the small truck owner. As chairman of forestry and forest products com mittee, he sponsored the legislation placing Oregon's forests on a sus tained yield basis. This legislation places Oregon under the Weeks act of congress, which permits the gov ernment with the consent of county courts to sell the timber lands to the federal government, the govern ment then sells it out with forest lands under a sustained yield basis; a portion of the funds going for building of forest roads and trails and for reforestation projects. This action results in, first, forests never depleted; 2nd, preservation of water sheds;' 3rd, enriches counties by re ducing property taxes. Mrs. Jesse Richards, lecturer of Umatilla county, gave a humorous impersonation, giving different ver sions of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Congressman ' Walter M. Pierce, speaker of the day, gave an address to a very interested audience. After making quite an extensive explan ation of the farm act he spoke of power and illustrated with a large chart, showing comparative prices as between the privately' owned plant and the public plant. There is no place in the picture of the future for the private power monopoly, stated Mr. Pierce. Showing the fic titious value of utilities. Mr. Pierce stated that the private utilities' prop erty was valued by the corportions at thirteen billion dollars and by the Federal Power commission at six billion dollars. He stated that with the new discoveries in transmission of power, the people of Oregon have bright prospects if they wish to or ganize and take advantage of the power available to them by selling revenue certificates to finance dis tricts. Mr. Pierce referred also to his chart showing ownership of large corporations as comprising two hun dred men. Nmety per cent of this is in the northeastern portion of the Oregon United States, and although most of the sugar is raised in the south and west, ninety per cent of the sugar stock is in the northeastern states. Another chart showed annual in comes as apportioned to different percentages of population, to-wit: 8,000,000 families receive less than $750.00 annually; 11,000,000 families receive less than $1,500.00 annually; 8,000,000 families receive less than $3,000.00 annually; 1,500,000 families receive less than $5,000.00 annually; 1,000,000 families receive more than $5,000.00 anually. The program was concluded with a short talk by Mr. Spencer of the Soil Conservation service. Following recess of thirty minutes, business was resumed and resolu tions taken up and adopted as fol lows: First One asking for privilege under soil conservation conditions to plant some other crop on summer fallow to prevent weed growth and land arosion. Second Endorsed a resolution from Camas Prairie grange calling for more protection from pocket gophers on grazing lands and for using different methods. Following lunch in the evening, the fifth degree was beautifully ex emplified by Umatilla County Po mona grange, there being seven can didates. Plans were made for the joint state conference to be held at Cold Springs grange hall, following which Pomona was closed in form, the next meeting place to be at Ir rigon in January. Locker Storage Design Expl lained in Bulletin One of the first, if not the first, engineering publications dealing ex clusively with the design of cold storage locker plants and farm cold storage plants has just been issued by the engineering experiment sta tion at Oregon State college. Written by W.. H. Martin, profes sor of heat engineering, the bulle tin answers the many inquiries now being received on this subject. While it contains all the necessary engin eering data for handling the various problems involved, it is written in a manner easily understood by the layman. Subjects covered include refrig eration cycle, compressor capacity, power requirements, floor plans for locker storage, heat leakage, design of the chill room and freezer, and insulation. A design for a small com bined farm freezer and storage unit is also described. Bill Huddleston of. Lone Rock was a business visitor in the city Wed nesday. " ' A EVERYDAY Low Drug Prices at Patterson S Son 40c Castoria 31c 25c Carter Liver Pills 19c 50c Calox Tooth Powder 43c $1.25 Caroid and Bile Salts Tablets 98c 50c Lysol 43c $1.25 Creomulsion 98c $1.00 Miles Nervine 89c Specials for Friday fir Saturday 1 Pt. Milk of Magnesia 23c 1 Pt. Rubbing Alcohol 23c 50c Pepsodent Liquid Antiseptic .2 for 51c City Prices at Home Less Post age and Money Order Fees Thursday, October 6, 1938 Governor's Message On Fire Prevention Governor Charles H. Martin signi fies the importance of Fire Preven tion Week, Oct. 9 to 15, in the fol lowing statement; "The destruction of life and prop erty by fire is a matter of grave concern to everyone. It is an ack nowledged fact that a large portion of fires result from carelessness and other preventable causes, and the reduction of this fire waste can be effected in direct proportion to the amount of care exercised by all peo ple. "Therefore, it has become the cus tom throughout , the United States to set aside one week in the year to be known as 'Fire Prevention Week and the International Association of Fire Chiefs has set as an objective the inspection of every home in America for the laudable purpose of reducing fire hazards. "As Governor of the State of Ore gon, I urge that during the week of October 9 to 15 the people of the state in every community shall in dividually and through various or ganizations discover and correct ex isting fire hazards, promote meas ures of public and private fire pro tection, extend instruction in fire prevention among adults, as well as school children, and arouse the peo ple generally to the need for habits of greater care and thoughtfulness. George Gillis who spent the sum mer as lookout at Tamarack and who recently received notice of ac ceptance of application as educa tional adviser in governmental work, was assigned to work with a CCC camp at Pocatello, Idaho, this week. With his family he left Heppner Sat urday to accept the new position. SIX-MAN FOOTBALL LEXINGTON vs. ADAMS FRI., OCT. 7 3 P. M. Admission 25c and 15c L H. S. FIELD 7