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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, Jan. 4, 1940
icppner
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
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and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second-class matter.
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Educational Forum
Contributed articles from county
school leaders telling the pur
poses of education.
Personal and Business Relations
During the past decade there has
been a constantly growing realiza
tion among both parents and educa
tors that our schools should do more
than merely teach our young people
the time-honored factual material of
the past.
The depression of 1929, the ruth
lessness of dictator nations as they
attack weaker nations, the unem
ployment problem in this country;
these, and an ever growing list of
additional social problems, have
brought the American people to
know that our youth must learn not
only the multiplication tables and
history, but they must be taught
those character traits which our
pioneers found essential as they de
veloped America, and which we now
find essential if we are to preserve
America.
The material presented, and the
manner of teaching, in any class
should always impress upon the stu
dent the value of good character.
Examples of some specific goals that
should be emphasized today are:
prevention of selfishness, value of
good manners, ideals of honesty and
trustworthiness, respect for law and
authority, and knowledge that will
enable the individual student to
know how to manage his or her
personal business and financial
problems.
In order that high school students
should have instruction in the value
of these character traits our state
department of education several
years ago recommended a course in
personal and business relations for
all freshmen.
The textbook for this course, "The
Business of Life," is divided into
two sections: emphasizing first, the
personality and character traits good
citizens should have; and second, the
business information a good citizen
should possess to properly handle
his everyday financial transactions.
In addition to the basic textbook
material use is made of information
from current magazines, and other
sources, which will illustrate to the
Btudent the value of good character
and proper conduct.
The section which is studied dur
ing the first half year is divided
into eleven units. These are dis
cussed and each student tries to
find how he can better himself as
he studies each topic. These units
information necessary to keep a
set of books.
The student makes his own bank
deposits, writes his checks, and is
entirely responsible for the finan
cial stability of his imaginary fam
ily group.
To make the course more practic
al information and problems are
given in the commercial fields of
communication, shipping, travel, and
public service.
Because the textbook is written
in his own language, the student is
able to grasp the material and to
see its importance to him as a use
ful citizen.
Perhaps the most important sec
tion in Part II is "Money Earning
Services." The student is warned
against obsolete occupations. He is
given information and statistics con
cerning the various present voca
tions. Those which have the great
est possibilities are stressed.
When the student has completed
this section, he has a good know
ledge of vocational fields which are
open. He realizes the variety of oc
cupations from which he may choose
his life work. Suggested training
mum
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Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. There
was a scare in the agricultural areas
of the Pacific northwest when Sec
retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace issued his new farm program.
One rule is that loans will not be
allgwed for farmers with one cash
crop, this restriction being intended
to encourage diversification. This
is the rule to apply to FSA loans
and was so declared, but wheat
growers, hop growers and others
who specialize in one crop (farmers
procedures help him to organize his 1 not connected with FSA at all) had
nign scnool course to his best ad
vantage. Although the students study this
important section for only one se
mester, they gain basic facts upon
which to build, and are able to plan
for themselves the type of work in
which they are most interested.
The entire course tends to devel
op independent thinking, and that
is what we, as educators, are striv
ing to do.
Postoffice Asks
Bids on Quarters
With six months left of the pre
sent lease, the U. S. postal depart
ment is asking for bids on quarters
for the Heppner post office. The pre
sent lease expires July 1, 1940.
The post office was moved from
the old Masonic building to the
present site in 1915. The Masons
were preparing to erect their new
building and quarters for the post
office were not contemplated in the
present structure. The north room
of the Case building, known at that
time as the Fair building, was leas
ed and has remained the home of
the post office the intervening 25
years.
Bids are asked for a 10-year per
lod and this may be extended to
20 years, according to Chas. B. Cox,
postmaster, who states that prOspec
tive bidders may receive more speci
fic information by inquiring at the
post office.
are:
1. Understanding ourelves.
2. Understanding others.
3. Keeping out of trouble.
4. Good manners.
5. Personality and character.
6. Success requirements.
7. Thrift and waste.
8. Getting the most out of spend
ing. 9. The proper use of credit.
10. Lessons we can learn from
others.
11. Traffic regulations and good
driving.
The second section of the course
is concerned with the basic busi
ness problems which the average
citizen encounters in everyday life.
The student works out a family
budget, keeps his personal record
of account, and learns thrifty meth
ods of purchasing essential items.
A practical workbook accompan
ies this. In this is the elementary
U. O. Expert Given
Fund for Research
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Jan. 4. A research grant of $500 to
be used to study the Kicapoos In
dians in northern Mexico, has been
allotted to Lr. H. Lt. Harnett, in
structor in anthropology at the Uni
versity of Oregon, by the American
Philosophical Society of Philadel
phia, it was announced here by Dr.
L. S. Crossman, head of the anthro
pology department.
The work, to be done during the
season of 1940, will include study in
the changes in the civilization of
the group which migrated from
Minnesota via Oklahoma more than
75 years ago. The project is regard
ed as one of the most interesting
open to anthropologists in North
America. Dr. Barnett will have
headquarters about 200 miles south
of the United States boundary.
LaVerne Van Marter
Reported Improving
Word is brought from Portland
where he is a patient at Emanuel
hospital that La Verne Van Marter
is showing slight improvement.
Friends who have visited him at the
hospital state that he is slowly re
covering the use of one arm. The
popular former Heppner high school
athlete was stricken last summer
with infantile paralysis while work
ing in Pendleton. Hhe was a soph
omore at University of Oregon.
Relatives and friends are hoping
that the partial recovery will lead
to more complete restoration to
health, permitting the patient to
leave the hospital in due time.
the idea it affected them. Telegrams
and letters were rushed to members
of the Oregon and Washington del
egations in protest.
Among other matters affecting
the northwest in the present con
gressional session is Wallace's plan
for a certified program to aid in
parity payments. The plan has been
meeting with objection from Secre
tary of Treasury Morgenthau, al
though it does not take a nickel out
of the treasury. Farmers, savs Wal
lace, are now getting only 75 percent
of parity and the certificates plan
will materially aid in bridging the
gap
That the consumer need have no
fear, Wallace explains that even at
parity prices the average cost of
wheat in an eight or ten cent loaf
of bread is only 1.8 cents. This
would be 0.7 cent more per loaf of
bread than in October. 1939. when
the average farm price of wheat
was 70.3 cents. The certificate plan
is needed, asserts Wallace, to pro
tect farm income, the soil, the con
sumer and national income.
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion received a shock a few days
ago. The board was in session and
about to approve a loan of $275,000
to PUD No. 2, Pacific county, Wash
ington, when a wire was handed the
members thanking the board for its
consideration but explaining that
PUD No. 2 had closed a deal to
obtain its finances from Wall Street.
This was the first public utility dis
trict to reach the point of borrow
ing government money to function.
Other districts may now make ap
plication. Government officials have refused
a request from religious groups that
when the census is taken every per
son be asked if he or she believes
in God. A second question, also re
jected, was, "If you do not belong
to a church, what church would
you prefer if you joined any?" Sta
tistics have been gathered by the
census on the number belonging to
the various denominations, but offi
cials hold that it is not the govern
ment's business to inquire into
whether an individual is a Chris
tian or pagan.
PWA announces that it has aided
education in Oregon and Washing
ton substantially. In Oregon it has
had 136 school projects, making
loans of $1,405,050 and giving grants
of $5,203,504. In Washington there
were 166 projects, with loans of
$435,000 and grants of $7,030,870.
"Use" taxes, such as Washington
state collects from persons who buy
outside the state to avoid the sales
tax, will be cited as one of the bar
riers between states in the general
investigation of this subject. Eigh
teen states have "use" taxes. Other
barriers to be probed are the quar
antine stations set up by California
on all roads leading into that state
tobacco taxes (in 20 states) which
are resulting in bootlegging tobac
co; the preference given to local
products for state institutions in 28
states; a preferential given to local
bidders (Oregon), and state resi
dents favored over out-state in the
matter of public employment.
Wildlife division in the national
park service (Crater lake, Rainier,
Olympic) have been transferred to
the biological survey, the organiza
tion known to every sportsman, far
mer and stockmen. Chief of the sur
vey is Ira Gabrielson, formerly in
the field in Oregon and Washington.
Offered for the Congressional Re
cord shortly will be a list of scores
of items which have been placed on
the embargo list by Britain and
France, although they are in the re
ciprocal trade agreements between
the United States and those nations.
Included will be such Pacific North
west products as apples, pears,
prunes, wool, salmon. A British
buying c0mmission is now in the
national capital arranging for using
American vessels (changing regis
try to British Columbia) to transport
several million feet of lumber to
England. The lumber is to be sup
plied by British Columbia mills.
Latest discovery by the depart
ment of agriculture scientists is a
spray which will prevent apples
from dropping before harvest. They
claim that the fruit acquires a finer
flavor from the spray.
Traffic Death Rate
Less in November
Oregon's traffic death rate for the
month of November this year show
ed a decrease of 24.3 percent from
the rate for the same month last
year, it was revealed today by Earl
Snell, secretary of state.
The rate this November was 14.9
persons killed per 100,000,000 miles
traveled, while the rate last No
vember was 19.7. The improve
ment, Snell said, was due to two
things: first, the reduction in the
actual number of persons killed this
November compared to last No
vember and secondly, the sharp in
crease in travel this year.
A total of 35 persons was the toll
for traffic this November as against
39 for the corresponding month last
year. While deaths were fewer,
travel increased by 15.5 percent as
shown by gasoline consumption fig
ures. This increase was one of the
greatest recorded for any one month
during the history of the state, Snell
declared.
Pomona Meets at
Boardman, Jan. 6
Morrow county Pomona grange
will meet at Boardman Saturday,
Jan. 6, Boardman and Irrigon gran
gers acting as host. Business will
occupy the morning session which
opens at 10:JU. Kegistration will
close at 11 and grangers are urged
to arrive promptly.
The afternoon session will include
the lecturer's program, starting at
1:30 o'clock. This will include en
tertainment numbers by the various
granges and talks by Senator Rex
Ellis, County Agent C. D. Conrad
and Mr. Sullivan. Claud Hanscom,
Umatilla county Pomona master,
assisted by others from that county
will install the Morrow county Po
mona officers immediately follow
ing the program.
An invitation has been extended
the public to attend the program
and installation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clark had as
their guests Friday, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Morgan of Hillsboro and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Lewis of Portland.
Mrs. Morgan is Mr. Clark's sister.
The party was enroute to Ritter.
LOOKING FORWARD
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0d E MADE strides ahead in
1939, strides that carried our products into new mar
kets and gained new fame for Morrow County
This expansion would not be noteworthy if our share
alone were to receive consideration.
The fact that this is a Morrow County concern
buying, manufacturing and marketing Morrow
County products, is noteworthy. It represents thou
sands of dollars distributed among producers; it
means more thousands of dollars in payroll and oper
ating expense dollars that flow through channels
of local commercial life.
Let's Make 1940 a Bigger and Better Year
for Morrow County
Morrow County Creamery Company
W. Claude Cox, Proprietor