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4 Heppner Gazette T Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 16. 1913 Published every Thursday morning by CKAWFOBD nTBLISHINO COMPACT and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter, JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $2.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Years - 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Three Months 65 Single Copies 05 Official Paper for Morcow County Let's Go, America Setting a limit on individual in comes of $25,000 a year, is received by many Americans much like Un cle Ike thought of the new town speed limit sign in the days of the old Model T. He said, "Giddap, Per icles, we'll try and make it." There are a whole lot of good pa triotic Americans who have been on wear-eat-use rations all, or nearly all their lives. Just the other day we heard of a middle aged lady and no offense meant who recent ly moved into the first house she ever lived in which contained a bath tub. It is in reality such peo ple as these, who have faced the necessity of doing things for them selves who have furnished the in ventive genius to provide America with the many so-called luxuries America enjoys today. Tuesday's announcement of a crack-down by the president and OPM will not affect those who have been self-sufficient, and un-luxury loving, but it should and will apply to other Americans who have been suffering from easy living. The or der calls for a toughening of moral fiber and hardening of too fatty physical sinew on the part of all. It is a good and, justifiable war-time measure. Along with the price -freezing in the necessity lines, it might have been a good thing to have done a little something more about the la bor unions. Good authorities have said the present price inflation start ed with rise in labor's pay, not from commodity price rises, as did the in flation in World War I. Now that a lid has been placed on industry generally, labor should be denied the right to strike in private indus try and to hold up production, as vital in a way, as that of war in dustries themselves. Immediate reaction to the pres ident's latest program seems to have been that of objection to inequali ties in a program pronounced as in tending equality. These inequalities, however, need not be cause for any lack of compliance with the spirit of Mr. Roosevelt's plan, if all do as he advises "buy war savings bonds til it hurts." imes, April 30, 1942 Parity Prices Reached by Some Production Oregon's farm price level at 140 per cent of the 1935-1939 average is one-third higher than a year ago, according to data in a report on the agricultural situation just released by the extension service at 0. S. C. The advance in the country as a whole has been even greater, how ever, than in Oregon, although some of the difference has been wiped out since January 1 as the Oregon average continued to gain while that of the United States declined. In the country as a whole, the general level of farm prices stood at 99 per cent of "parity" in purch asing value at mid-March, a gain of nearly one-fourth compared with March, 1941, although 3 per cent lower than at mid -January. The United States index of prices re ceived by farmers dropped three points from mid -January to mid March, to 146 per cent of the 1910 1914 average, while the index of prices paid advanced 2 points, to 148 per cent. Considering farm wage rates as well as interest, taxes, and commod ities bought by farmers, the increase in the purchasing value of farm products is less than indicated by the "parity" index. Even so, the ex change value of farm products prob ably is one-fifth greater than a year ago, with the exchange value of some products relatively higher than others. ' The report, which is available from county agricultural agents or direct from the college, shows that farm prices for meat animals and wool are especially high. At mid March, the United States index of meat animal prices stood at 182 per cent of the 1910-1914 pre-World War I average, compared with 129 a year ago. In Oregon, beef cattle and veal calves were 64 per cent higher than the 1935-1939 pre-World War JJ av erage, hogs 49 per cent, lambs 46 per cent, and wool 58 per cent high er. The exchange value of beef cattle at mid-March was up to 133 per cent of "parity," veal calves 122, hogs 115, lambs 119, and wool 141 per cent of the 1910-1914 purchas ing power value. Milk and eggs had a purchasing value of 99 per cent of parity, chickens 107, and turkeys 93. The farm price of wheat at mid March was at 80 per cent of parity exchange value, corn 83, oats 88, barley 68, rye 60, and hay 63. Prices of grains and hay have increased materially during the past year, however, and have advanced much faster in purchasing power than an imal products, although they are still relatively low, the report shows. WOOL MEN VISIT Richard Hallowell of Boston, member of the old-time wool firm of Hallowell, Jones and Donad, and the firm's disrict manager, Parker Tulon of Multnomah were business visitors in the city for several days this week. War Bond Sale Good in February Sales of series "E" war savings bonds in Oregon for February, lat est month for which figures are available, reached the impressive to tal of $4,383,483, it was announced by Ray Conway, state administrator. This is the second largest single month since the program was laun ched in Oregon last July. January broke all records with a total of $6,713,682, while December, the "war" month hit $3,712,921. Figures do not include sales of "F" or "G" bonds. February sales brings the total re ceipts for "E," or "people's" bonds in Oregon to $22,260,644 for the eight months since the promotion cam paign began in this state. Of the total, Morrow county sales accounted for .79 percent, or $175,961. Sales in February were $37,875. Promotion of bond sales in Morrow county is under the direction of P. W. Mahoney, coun ty chairman. War bond sales in Oregon in Feb ruary, a short business month, reach ed a high total largely because of the work done by volunteer work ers under the direction of county committees on the pledge campaign and on pay roll savings purchase plans, Mr. Conway stated. Necessity of raising funds for the nation's war program was brought to the atten tion of practically all citizens in ev ery county by those conducting the pledge campaign, while hundreds of firms have installed the payroll de duction plan for purchase of bonds by employees. The excellent Oregon showing was achieved in spite of the ten dency on the part of many citizens to curtail investments in order to meet income tax payments, it was pointed out, and it proves people of the state are making every effort to make the war bond program a success. A statewide campaign to get all firms to install the payroll savings plan of bond purchase for employ ees is now under way, and should help swell totals in future months, Mr. Conway stated. Acute Grain Storage Problem Faces Growers Oregon's acute grain storage sit uation, as revealed at the special meeting of northwest grainmen in Portland last week, was called to the attention of Morrow county wheat growers in a statement re leased yesterday by the county AAA office. Unless emergency measures are taken within the next 60 , days, at least half of Oregon's estimated 17 million bushel 1942 wheat crop and it may be even larger will have no place to go at harvest time. Whether or not a good portion of the crop will have to be piled on the ground depends largely on the amount of storage space farmers themselves can provide. Commercial warehouses and ele- 'rom where I sit . . jbi Joe Marsh FEW weeks ago, I had occasion to visit some friends of mine in Ne braska. Nebraska certainly is a great State. I like Nebraska. I like those immense cornfields that seem to stretch from horizon to horizon. (Plenty of wheatfields in Nebraska, t00-) But the thing that interests me most about Nebraska right now is the very important social experi ment the beer people started there several years ago. Beer itself is naturally a bever age of moderation. Yet, all too often, people are inclined to blame beer wrongly for any misconduct of the customer or the proprietor in a place licensed to sell beer. So, the brewers got together to see what they could do about this. They weren't really responsible for their retailers ... in fact, they're not allowed to control retailers. But the brewing industry worked out a plan by which it cooperates with the public authorities to elim inate bad conditions in the minor ity of places whose conduct would reflect on the law-abiding majority. The beer people urge proprietors of retail places to conduct them properly and to obey the law. They urge consumers to cooperate, and ask the public generally to report law violations to the authorities. They send warnings to careless re tailers and if conditions are not corrected they take the case up with the authorities. Naturally the authorities and the public have wel comed this as an added force in building respect for law and ord" i. That program is no.v opera.-. in many states and with the Na tion at war, brewing industry or ganizations cooperate with civil and military authorities to assure good conditions in beer outlets around the army camps and naval stations. Somehow, to me, that's a mighty important, public-spirited effort. I don't know of anything like it ever having been tried before. If people really help the brewers with that program they'll be doing a great thing for the country. No. 38 of a Series Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Foundation (PAID ADVERTISEMENT) vators are filled 75 percent of ca pacity with last year's crop. Most of the 18 million bushel carryover, plus three million more bushels in farm storage will stil be here when the new crop is harvested. Commodity Credit will not be ab le to make much of a dent in the pile, despite programs to release wheat for conversion into alcohol, feeding to livestock and grinding into flour for lend-lease shipment. The supply of new sacks will be extremely limited. Burlap imports all from India have been stopped by the war. Present supplies will have to last for the duration, and the Army has first call on burlap for sandbags and camouflage. Shortage of metals makes con struction of new warehouses and elevator space extremely difficult. However, War Production board representatives have given assur ance that nails, lumber and limited amounts of other materials needed for construction of small, non-fireproof farm storage facilities will be available. The county- AAA office asks each grower to find out at once whether or not their local warehouse will be able to handle his crop. If the ware house will not have facilities avail able, growers should plan now to provide storage for their own grains. Henry Baker, chairman of the county AAA committee, asks grow ers to give consideration to the acute storage situation when they vote at the May 2 referendum on wheat marketing quotas. Oregon's condi tion is not unique, he points out present U. S. wheat supplies are sufficient to make 588 loaves of bread for every man, woman and child in the nation. FCmyiCTORY BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE SONDS STAMPS LEX COOKING CLUB MEETS The third meeting of the Lexing ton cooking club was held at the home of Mrs. Robert Burnside Sat urday, April 25. It was reported that the food sale held the Satur day before Easter brought in $4.15. This money will be used to help raise a fund to buy a scholarship for 4-H club summer school. As it was an all-day meeting the girls prepared and served the noon meal. The next meeting will be held at the Ted McMillan residence. The date will be announced later. Ro berta Miller, reporter. ARONLD SHARP IN NAVY The local selective service board received notice this week that Ar nold Shaip liad been inducted into the navy. Sharp recently sold the Heppner bakery, which he conduct ed for several years, and made ap plication for enlistment. He saw navy service in World War I. GIDEON SERVICES SET A group of Gideons from Portland will be in Heppner Sunday to con duct services at the Methodist and Pentecostal churches at 11 o'clock in the morning, and union service at the Methodist church in the eve ning. The Portland group will also dedicate bibles to the local school while here. APPLICATION FOR WAK RATION ROOK (Tot,, him inby Registrar ... IMPORTANT. A separate application must be made by (or, where the Regulations permit, on behalf of) ever? person to whom a War Ration Book is to it m aparate application fur each and every member of a Family Unit (see Instructions to Registrar) mutt he made by on, and only on, adult member of such Family lnit. I'br Local Board No County State . Application made at .. NAME Of SCHOOL. BUILDINO. OR OTHER DDKtfflH Date . 194 Book One No L NAME, ADDRESS, AND DESCRIITION "f person to whom the book is to be issued : LAST NAME STREET NO. OU P. O. BOX NO. FIRST NAME btri;:ot or r. r. D. KIDDLE NAME CITY OR TOWN COUNTY . ft in. HEIGHT lbs WKIOHT . fMale D 'iotCoi' 'color'of "ace! I Female Q EYES' HAIR 2. (a) If the person named almve S a member of a Family Unit, stale the following: I hereby make application to the Office of Price Administration, an agency ol the United States Government, for the issuance to the person whose name, address, and description are set forth above, of War Ration Book One and all War Ration Bookt hereafter issued for which the person named above becomes eligible under Rationing Regulations. I hereby certify that 1 have authority to make this application ou behalf of the person named above, that no other application for a War Ration Book has been made by or on behalf of such person, and that the statements made above arc true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Section 35 (A) of the United Slates Criminal Code makes it a criminal ofTense, punishable by a mmimum of ten years imprison, mmt, tlO.000 fine, or both, tn make a false statement or repre sentation to any Department or Agency of the United States as to any matter within the juris diction of any Department or Agency of the United States. SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT I hereby eertify that I have witnessed the Applicant's signature and that War Kntion Hook One. bearing the above number, has been deliv ered to the Applicant with the above-stated number of stamps removed. , 3K1NATURK OF REGISTRAR (1) Number of persons in Family Unit, including the person named above . (2) The person named above ia my n (This space reserved for later entries by Local Hoard or Applicant) The undersigned hereby certifies to the Office of Price Administration that be received the following War Ration Hooks on the dated indicated below or on the back hereof, and that with each receipt lie reallirms the truth of the statements in the foregoing application. BEI.F FATHER MOTHER HUSBAND WIFE. SON DAUOHTKR. EXCEPTION (3) Total amount of white and brown sugar iu any form which is owned by the Family Unit or its members: lbs. (b) If the person named above IS NOT a member of a Family Unit, slate the total amount of white and brown sugar in any form which is owned by the person named above: . Iba. 3. Number of War Ration Stamps to be removed from War Ration Book One (upon the basis of information slated above): OPA Form No. R-:501 Date Huok No. Ssrinl jV. Signature of Applicant IT NONE WRITE NONE ft . s. sovuancNT raiNTiae omcf 16 9nSO-l (Continue oa reverse side.)