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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, Nov. 16, 1939
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Official Paper for Morrow Connty
To Be Thankful
COR a time it seemed the pumpkin
would not be thoroughly ripened
before Thanksgiving. Last night,
however, the pumpkins were all
well covered by Jack Frost's paint
brush and so should be in proper
readiness for the early date of thanks
as set by President Roosevelt and
Governor Sprague, next Thursday.
There will be as wide a variety of
foods, and more than ever before.
available to grace the festive boards
to be set as the center of homecom
ings and unions of friends through
out Morrow county this Thanksgiv
ing. Progress has continued in sci
entific methods of food conservation
and handling since those Pilgrim
forefathers inaugurated the day
whose anniversary is being observed
throughout America. That in itself
is cause for thankfulness.
Foremost in ' thanksgiving of all
this year, however, will be the hom
age paid the Great Protector for the
United States having been kept free
from the strife in Europe. There
will be supplication for distressed of
the world, wherever they may be,
to be sure, and prayer that men may
soon learn the fallacy of doing one
another to death as a means of set
tling disputes.
And again this thanksgiving grat
itude will be offered for such fruits
of the harvest as have kept America
together in body and soul; for the
fruits not alone of the soil but of
man's efforts in whatever field his
talents have been applied.
Again there will be a high resolve
of fortitude with which to face the
future; a determination to give more
of ourselves in cementing happy re
lations among peoples of the world,
in doing our bit to preserve and fos
ter that spirit which pervaded the
Pilgrim forefathers and which has
been the backbone of America's
greatness. This is the true spirit
of Thanksgiving.
sider it a unique opportunity to
have their boys enlisted in the ranks,
giving them an equal start with
other boys who are now just begin
ning the Scout life.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Politics Quiet
o Thanksgiving 23rd
o Free Trees
By A. L. LINDBECK
Let's Back the Scouts
CAVORED among all boys' organ
izations for the making of a clean,
red-blooded type of youth is the
Boy Scouts of America. Statistics
of membership and accomplishments
back up this statement. Every boy
who dons the Scout uniform may
hold his head high, and if he strives
to attain the goals set bv the or.
ganization he may look his fellows
in the eye without qualm of con
science. The Boy Scouts stand for every
principle that has been proved in
generations of trial and error to be
best for fostering happiness in hu
man relationships. It is a privilege
and an honor for any boy to be a
Scout, and few boys who have ob
served the enjoyment reaped by his
fellows from scouting but have a
strong desire to be members.
New impetus to the Scout move
ment in Heppner is being given at
present by acquisition of good meet
ing quarters in the basement of the
Christian church and by the lead
ership of Martin B. Clark, Christian
minister, whose capabilities and sin
cere interest are making the work
especially attractive. Twenty-eight
boys are already signed up and
working toward the higher ranks
with merit awards for accomplish
ments in the various crafts and
studies with the added knowledge
and preparation for a useful life
which they represent
It is to the interest of everyone in
Heppner to give the Boy Scouts
their encouragement, and parents
with boys of Scout age should con.-
Salem Developments along Ore
gon's political front continued at a
standstill this week except for the
McNary-for-President boom which
continued to make headway under
the official sponsorship of the Re
publican state central committee.
Opponents of State Forester J. W.
Ferguson, of whom there are many,
are looking forward to the annual
meeting of the state forestry board
the latter part of this month in the
hope that it will mark Ferguson's
removal from the post which he has
held for the past four years. Rumor
has it that at least one change in
the personnel of the forestry board
is pending with M. C. Glover of
Eagle Creek, who represents the
State Grange, slated to be succeeded
by another appointee selected from
a list to be submitted to the govern
or by the grange. Glover, it is un
derstood, is in disfavor with Rav
Gill and other grange leaders be
cause of his participation in the ill
tated revolt against Gill a year ago
Speculation as to a successor to
Hugh H. Earle, state insurance com
missioner, has quieted down for the
time being. The most recent rumor
has it that Earle will retain his post
until the first of the year when he
will be succeeded by a Republican
of Governor Sprague's choosing.
Concern expressed by county of
ficials over enforcement of the 1939
tax foreclosure act is groundless in
the opinion of both Attorney Gen
eral Van Winkle and Chas. V. Gal
loway, chairman of the state tax
commission. The concern of the
county officials is based upon the
wording of the act which appears to
limit the filing of tax foreclosure
suits to a specific date, six months
after the date on which the taxes be
come delinquent. This wording in
the opinion of the two state officials.
is merely directory and not manda
tory. Attorney General Van Win
kle points out that he gave an opin
ion to this effect last April. Gallo
way says that the tax commission
sponsored the act in question and has
no fear but that the courts will up
hold the position of the attorney
general. Officials of Marion, Clack
amas and Multnomah counties have
indicated they plan to take the issue
to court in order to definitely de
termine their authority to bring tax
foreclosure proceedings under the
provisions of the act.
The state's new $290,000 tubercu
losis hospital, constructed at a unit
of the University of Oregon medical
center in Portland, has been formally
accepted by the Board of Control,
The new institution which was turn
ed over to the state by the contract
ors two weeks ago has accommoda
tions for only 40 patients with a
waiting list far in excess of that
number.
Owners of property in the half
block iust north of the canitol site
which the state hopes to ultimately
acquire will be offered 7 per cent
of the appraised value if they want
to sell now, under a policy adopted
by the Board of Control this week.
The policy was adopted in connec
tion with an offer by the B. C. Miles
estate for sale of this property on
which there is an appraised value
of $35,000. The last legislature made
available a fund of $100,000 for pur
chase of any of this property which
might be on the market. The Board
of Control takes the position that the
state is not actively in the market
tor any of his property at the pres
ent time but will purchase it if it can
be had at a bargain price.
Cecil Edwards, private secretary to
Governor Sprague, was commis
sioned a first lieutenant in the Ore
gon National Guard this week and
assigned as aide-de-camp to Brig
adier General Thos. E. Rilea. Ed
wards had previously for several
years held a commission in the of
ficers reserve corps.
Governor Sprague, it seems, in
curred the displeasure of state la
bor leaders this week when he failed
to appoint one of their number as a
delegate to the annual conference on
labor legislation in Washington. The
governor, however, insists that no
slight to labor was intended. Labor
leaders, he said, apparently lost in
terest in the conference when they
discovered that the state had no
funds available to pay the expenses
of a delegate. The appointment of
Labor Commissioner Chas. H. Gram
to represent the state followed a
precedent of several years standing,
State Treasurer Walter H. Pear
son and Lewis Griffith, clerk of the
State Land Board, have spent this
week in eastern Oregon inspecting
lands offered as security on loans
irom the irreducible school fund.
Profiting by the experience of past
L.and Boards through which the
school fund suffered heavy losses
Irom bad loans the present board is
doing its own investigating and not
relying too much upon the recom
mendations of local appraisers.
In proclaiming Thursday. Novem
ber ZA, as Thanksgiving Day in Ore
gon, in conformity with the national
observance of the holiday. Governor
Sprague called attention to the fact
that the Oregon law provides that
any day set apart for Thanksgiving
either by the president or the gov
ernor is to be observed in this state
as a legal holiday. Consequently if
Uregon s governor had insisted unori
observing the last Thursday in No
vember, as usual, the state would
have had two Thanksgiving holidays
Educational Forum
Contributed articles from county
school leaders telling the pur
poses of education.
The Purpose of Physical Education
In the School Program
Our modern physical education
program can best be explained by
comparing it to the gymnasium class
of former years and then exaniining
tor the reasons behind the changes
that appear.
In the old days, before the World
war, the program consisted almost
entirely of formal exercises and
drills, ihese activities were of a
formal nature and carried out pre
cisely in reponse to commands from
the instructor. Today we find the
classes engaged almost entirely in
games and informal play. Only
enough organization is preserved to
handle the group efficiently. Such
a radical change indicates that some
considerable change has taken place
in the minds of the educators as to
the reasons for and the results to be
gained from these activities.
The older program recognized that
exercise is necessary to health. The
people of that day placed emphasis
on the importance of great muscular
strength. They believed that there
was little relationship between phv
sical and mental activity.
Today we still recognize the nec
essity of exercise for health but we
believe that skill and coordination
are more important than great
strength. We know now that the in
dividual is not composed of two
parts, a mind and a body, but that
the mind and body are interacting
parts of his whole being; that they
cannot be trained separately. Social
qualities such as sportsmanship and
cooperation are becoming increas
ingly important. The ability to think
and act quickly is considered more
important than willingness to re
spond to commands. Finally, we be
lieve that if the boy or the girl is to
continue to take part in physical ac
tivities after they leave school they
must have learned to enjoy them
selves in such activities.
The game program rather than
formal exercise program would seem
to have the best chance of attaining
the above mentioned aims. The for
mal program provided opportunity
for exercise. The game program pro
vides for exercise and in addition
gives the individual a chance to en
joy himself in situations where he
must think, make choices, make so
cial adjustments, and develop recre
ational skills that will be usable af
ter he leaves school.
on both of which public offices.
banks and courts would have been
closed.
Reductions in electric rates to
Oregon consumers made effective
during the first ten months of 1939
amount to $342,000 a year, according
to O. R. Bean, state utilities com
missioner. All of these rate reduc
tions, Bean explained, were brought
about through conferences between
himself and representatives of the
electric utilities. Residential con
sumers of electrical energy will en
joy a reduction of $166,000 in their
annual "juice" bill as a result of
these rate reductions, commercial
users will enjoy a saving of $156,000
while the cost of electrical energy
used by big industrial plants will
be reduced by more than $21,000 a
year.
A material improvement in the
employment situation in Oregon is
reflected by the files of the state
employment office which show a
total of only 31,899 applications for
jobs compared to more than 82,000
at this time a year ago. The demand
for workers in private industry con-,
tinues well ahead of that of a year
ago with 5735 workers placed in pri
vate industry during October com
pared with 2569 placements during
October, 1938.
The state forestry department an
nounced this week that it had a
"million forest tree seedlings avail
able for free distribution to Oregon
farmers who might want to estab
lish windbreaks, shelterbelts or
woodlots, or in erosion control. The
available seedlings include 225,000
Port Orford cedars, 250,000 Douglas
firs, 40,000 black locusts, 50,000 Rus
sian olives, 15,000 carcaras and a
varied assortment of pines, cedars
and spruces.
the classes of '24 to '27 inclusive.
The big game is scheduled for 2:00
o'clock, with an alumni reception
from 5 to 6 o'clock, and the alumni
banquet starting at 6:30. Homecom
ing dances will follow the banquet.
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Beginning Saturday, Nov. 18
Heppner
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will close at 8 P. M. Saturdays
for the winter months.
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Washington county is the latest
entrant into the race for PUD rec
ognition in this state. Preliminary
petitions were filed by sponsors of
the Washington county district with
the hydro-electric commission this
week. Promoters of peoples' utility
districts are understood to be cir
culating similar petitions in Marion,
Yamhill, Clackamas and Union
counties.
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Big Homecoming
Program Awaits
All O.S.C. Alumni
Oregon State College Two days
and nights of fun and fraternizing
for students and alumni of Oregon
State college, climaxed bv a ban
quet address by Governor Charles
A. Sprague, are on the homeoming
bill at O. S. C. Friday and Saturday,
November 17 and 18
Students will spend much of Fri
day preparing a campus and citv-
wide welcome to the returning
grads, with the annual Rood bonfire
and scores of brilliantly animated
house signs for feature attractions,
along with the rally, that evening,
Ye plus We equal OSC" is the
homecoming slogan this -year and
students are out to show the alum
ni that the two groups working to
gether make an unbeatable combin
ation, says Everett Hansen of Marsh-
held, general chairman. Chief at
traction Saturday, of course, will be
the football game between Oregon
JState and the University of Califor
ma
Weekend activities will
with an inter-fraternity sing Thurs
day night. Alumni registration, iudg
ing of house signs, the noise parade,
the Rook bonfire, and a midnight
matinee are Friday afternoon and
evening events.
Saturday forenoon there will be
crew races and a water regatta, fol
lowed by alumni luncheons in the
Memorial Union building, featuring
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