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Heppner
Gazette Times
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Established March 30, 1883;
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Official Paper for Morrow Comnty
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I AksociatiorT
Woodsman,
Use That Tree"
"IS IT wrong to cut Christmas
trees?" "Should the Christmas
tree custom be abolished in the in
terests of conservation?" "What a
shame to waste all those Christmas
trees!" t
With the coming of the Christmas
holiday season, these and similar
questions are again submitted to the
U. S. Forest service. They repeat
the viewpoint of scientific foresters.
"Conservation is wise use," they say.
"A tree is a living, growing thing.
It reaches maturity, decays, and dies.
The forest is a crop, and should be
harvested. Whether we use it for
Christmas trees, for lumber, for
newsprint pulp, or for rayon, de
pends upon community needs and
desires."
Looking upon the forest as a crop,
foresters hold that the thing to be
considered is the producing power
of the land. This should not be
abused or destroyed. Hence, Christ
mas trees should be harvested prop
erly. If growing on forest produc
ing land, most valuable for that pur
pose, too many trees should not be
cut from a given area. If the Christ
mas tree crop is properly cut, the
forest is better for it. "Thinning"
they call it, just like thinning a
patch of garden vegetables.
Vandalism is frowned upon by
these men of the forest. This in
cludes such things as cutting trees
along highways, needed for beauti
fication; cutting tops out of trees,
thus resulting in unnecessary waste;
or wastefulness by cutting several
trees to get one perfect specimen.
Criminal stealing of trees from the
land of another is listed as not in
keeping with the sacred spirit of
this holiday. Cutting many more
trees than the market will absorb, is
plain wastefulness, and not even
good business.
"Have your Christmas trees, by all
means," say the foresters. "But be
sure that they truly represent peace,
good will, and human welfare."
Buys Main Street Lot;
Will Build in Spring
The vacant lot on Main street once
occupied by the Patterson & Son
Drug company building was pur
chased this week by T. Babb from
Mrs. Rebecca Patterson.
Babb, local contractor, announces
intention of erecting a modern store
building on the site in the spring.
Facts for Drivers
From the office of Earl W. SnelL
Secretary of State. r
There is something about hill
creats on a highway- which makes
them one of Death's favorite stopping
places as he tours this nation's roads.
Drivers sometimes assume that
because the highway remains pert
f ectly straight as it goes over the
hill, there is no reason to slacken
speed or to keep well to the right of
the center line.
But to the highway engineer, a
hillcrest is not a straight stretch of
road. The engineer calls a hillcrest
a "vertical curve," and a moment's
thought will bring home to every
driver the fact that a hillcrest ac
tually is a curve, and should be
treated in the same way.
In other words, the highway on
the far side of the crest is just as
"blind" and just as full of potential
dangers as the highway just around
a sharp curve. The driver never
knows when a stalled truck, a fall
en tree, a haywagon or an approach
ing car in the wrong lane will block
his path. He should drive over the
hillcrest on his own side of the road
and under" control, just as he would
drive around a curve.
Passing at a hillcrest is, of course,
inexcusable. It is even more danger
ous than most other traffic viola
tions because it so often results in
a head-on collision at high speed.
Only the most reckless drivers will
try to pass immediately below a hill
crest but many, many others habit
ually allow too small a margin of
safety when passing as they ap
proach a hill. They wonder why they
have so many tight squeezes, and
their wonderment is sometimes cut
short by a fatal head-on crash.
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CANDY
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Prices from 25c to $2.00
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No extra charge.
Patterson 6 Son
A HOfr AT THE TABLE
TllCT QAAttt Lil Mum tiLlV
bota ho& on thb road
Boosts te accident rate
National Safety Council
Oregon accident statistics are elo
quent concerning the road hog's con
tribution to traffic mishaps in this
state, according to figures from the
office of the secretary of state. This
tendency on the part of some driv
ers to pay too little attention to their
car's position, or to trespass upon a
portion of the roadway to which an
other driver is entitled, is reflected
in the following excerpts from last
year's Oregon traffic accident sum
mary:
Number of drivers not having
right-of-way 9.763
Number of drivers on wrong
side of road 3.763
Number of drivers cutting
in ' 2,747
The person who deliberately takes
chances in passing, drives on the
wrong side of the road or straddles
the yellow line is not the only of
fender among the road hogs. Much
of the difficulty is created by per
sons whose minds simply are not on
their driving. With their attention
focused on the scenery or on some
interesting day-dream, they permit
their cars to wander slowly from one
lane into another, making it almost
impossible for cars behind them to
pass.
Also in the "road-hog" class is the
driver who is perpetually in a hur
ry. If there is a long line of cars
ahead of him he tries to pass all
the cars at once, making plentiful
use of his horn in doing so. Not only
does he expose himself to serious
risk, but he deprives other drivers
of a rightful chance to pass and de
serves the censure which they men
tally heap upon him.
Baled alfalfa hay, $10 ton. Lotus
Robison ranch, Rhea creek, 1 mile
below Rugg's. 37th
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We started business in Morrow
County 30 years ago Thanks
giving, and we are celebrating
the event just in time for Christ
mas with these amazing values:
A Beautiful Cedar Chest
given wth each
BEDROOM SUITE
$15 to $25
KITCHEN SET
given with
BETTER WOOD AND COAL
RANGES
High Class
FOOD MIXER
given with each
ELECTRIC RANGE
ESS
9x12
Armstrong Rug
or Floor Lamp
given with each
Living Room Suite
20 Patterns Special
WALL PAPER
Many miscellane
ous items to close
out. These must go
at a small part of
regular price.
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