A Heppner Gazette Times, January 13, 1944 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GA-ZETTE Established March 30, 1883 THE HEPPNER TIMES Established November 18, 1897 CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 Published Every Thursday by CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY aad entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. O. G. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 82.50 Two Years 4.50 Three Year? 6.00 Six Months 1.25 Three Months : b5 Single Copies 05 Forest Resources of Oregon A book of the above title has just been released bythe Oregon State Board of Forestry, Salem and the School of Forestry, Oregon State college. These departments collaborated with the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station in making a comprehensive survey of timber re sources of the state and the book is probably the most informative ever put out on this subject. Governor Earl Snell wrote the foreword and in hiis opening paragraph gives figures relative to employment and financial returns wh'ich deveal the extent to which the forests contribute to Ore gon's wealth. "Oregon's wealth lies in her natural resources and in the ability of her people to devel op and use them," writes the governor. "These re sources are of the land the soil, the water, the grass, and the forests. The two dominant industries of the state are forests and agriculture, both of which capitalize on the organic productivity of the soil and the climate to yield annual and periodic crops. The mill value of lumber and allied indus tries in Oregon totaled $227,000,000, according to 1942 estimates, and the value of agricultural pro ducts sold, traded, or used by farm households to taled $220,000,000. The summation of these two, $447,000,000, amounts to a large proportion of the state's annual business. In forest enterprises alone, the 1940 census shows 52,797 workers directly engaged in logging, sawmilling and asso ciated industries. Adding to this figure the .number in dependent service industries, it is found that approximately 130,000 workers look to the forest for a livelihood." The trend of thought expressed throughout the book is that Oregon, with one-fourth of the stand ing timber of the nation, is dependent upon this great resource for the major part of the state's industrial enterprise. While lumber manufacture has been in evidence in Oregon for nearly a cen tury, it is only since 1938 that it has been the leading state in that enterprise. Washington held the position from 1905 to 1937, inclusive, with the exception of 1914 when Louisiana led slightly'. Since 1938 Oregon's lead has increased and in view of the state's vast forest resource and the increasing rate at which new sawmills are being built, it seems certain that the center of the lum ber industry will remain in the Willamette valley for many years to come, the book points out. Pre liminary statistics show that the sawmills in Ore gon produced approximately 6.5 billion board feet of lumber in 1942, amost a fifth of the total volume produced in the nation. These are interesting figures. They not only show the great wealth created from our forests AUXILIARY MEETING but point the way to greater enterprise in the future. Wartime demands have fostered the build- BONDS OVER AMERICA Surmounting the Capi tol Dome at Washing ton stands Crawford's bronze statue of Free dom, symbol of the freedom and liberty our government has guar anteed to immigrant and native citizen alike, since the founding of the Republic. Home of Freedom . J Eeep America Free; Buy War Bonds In the capitals of con quered Europe freedom and liberty are hollow, mocking words mouthed by jackal pup pets like Mussert, Quis ling, Laval, Degrille or LaureL J. O. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Good Watches . Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing HepiMier. Oregon A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office In Masonic Building HEPPNER, ORE. P-TA MEETING SCHEDULED The Women's auxiliary of All Supt. George Corwin has sched- Saints Episcopal church will meet uled the first meeting of the- Hepp at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the ner Parent-Teachers association for in of many new sawmills. When the war ends home of Mrs O. G. Crawford. Mrs. 8 o'cock p. -m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, there will be a wave of reconstruction at home and Neville Blunt will be the assisting in the high school music room. The , , . . . p . ... hostess and Mr. Mabel Hughes will program announcement will be abroad. New materials, the products of wood, will fce leadej. made ater be in demand and Oregon, with the greatest stand of timber in all the nation, should cash in on this advantage. There should be less shipping of coarse timber to resaw plants in other sections of the country and more manufacturing plants here. Make Oregon the center of the timber industry. The state already has reputable furniture factor ies. Let's have more of them. Let's have more of any type of factory that utiizes all of the tree employs more people, brings more money to the state and, above all, carries the Oregon brand on nationally advertised goods. O An Unpleasant Task Some People may think that the town marshal enjoys shooting dogs, since he has so much of it to do, but it is almost certain they are mistaken. He does it because it is his duty, not because he wants to. And his duty is created through the throughtlessness of others. A majority of the dogs taken up by the marshal are those brought to town and left here by people who have not the heart to put them to death. Some of. them may belong to herders, while in. other instances they are surplus pups for which ranchers have no use. Whatever the source, too many of the hapless little castaways find their way to town where after shifting for themselves they are eventually picked up and sent to the happy hunt ing ground. Dog licenses soon will be due and if you have any affection for your canine don't neglect to provide him with the protection a tag offers. From a dollars and cents standpoint your mutt may not be worth anything but if there is any of the milk of human ..kindness in your veins you will not permit him to be led away and shot for the sake of a measly dollar. o No Explanations Needed Daily papers, curtailed in use of newsprint, are doing a fine job of giving the news. Some of the features with which they spoiled their readers in easier days have been shortened, if not omitted altogether, but the news sections give good cover age and from the standpoint of a humble country journalist are more readable. There is no occa sion for apology or explanation on the part of our metropolitan brothers Tor they are filling the bill while meeting an emergency over which they have no control. During strenuous times there is little time for reading many of the features. Doubtless thous ands of their readers have time for little more than headline glancing after spending most of the time looking at the comic strips. They mustn't ever drop the comics for that would be removing the last vestige of distinctive American art from their columns. And the editorial page can not be spared, either. Now we have 'it the news dis patches and storiles from all over the world; the upstate news; the daily articles by leading com mentators; raido and theater news; current pic tures and comic strips all in briefer form but in sufficient volume to maintain reader interest and in no wise lowering the high standard of our lead ing metropolitan journals. Blaine E. Isom All-Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeon 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. O. M. Y EAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hutel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon NEW AUTO POLICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.25 5.05 Class B 6.00 5.23 Class C 7.75 5.25 F. W. TURNER & CO. Morrow County Abstract ts Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OP TITLE TITLE INSUBANCE Office in New Peters Building Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLXKJ. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER. OREGON Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before kke CuaiL J. O. TURNER, Mayor Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NDCANDER 862 Phsoes 262 Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner. Oregon P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance THANKS FOR THE ADVICE! ally all the bureaucrats we have to Will you please use some of your contend with are our friends and editorial space in the future to tell Morgan, Ore.. Jan. a. neighbors in Morrow county of all us iust now the government should Editor Gazette Times, political and religious beliefs, just be n and if it; appears that your Dear Sir: pla;n everyday people trying to do Plan wiU increase prosperity and Taking exception to the editorial the best they can, and if you would win the war quicker than the pre policy of your paper, first I would ask them you would find that they sent government, we will all be like to say you are taking in too don't appreciate your criticism. witn vou ani vou tae charge much territory when you get into In your January 6th issue you at once, as I have no doubt you the national field of politics. Almost quote not a few farmers as notjoe- culd take over a little job like that every county in the United States ing satified with the government addition to printing your paper has about such paper as the Ga- control. once a week. zette Times, therefore I would Yours very truly, ELMER GRIFFITH. Morrow rnnntv'c' nrinninQl In- think it should be the policy of come is fmm wW wh. . at .ha your paper to sponsor the interets time this administration took over 0ME 0N FURLOlJGII o :the people of Morrow county was worth thirty cents bushei above all else, democrats and all, as when you coud find ft bu Just Pfc Key Ferguson is home on they are subscribers and their dol- before Pearl Harbor it was net to furlough from Camp Wolters. Min- lars will buy you just as much as the farmer ninety j wonder eral Wellj Texas His pamits and any otiers. how rnany farmers wouldl be kft Mr and R B Fe Qn The present government is at in Morrow county to kick about the and Marylou met him Wednesday present occupied principally with government if it hadn't done some- in Pendleton " and he will have trying to win the war, and practic- thing for them. about seven days at home You Can Eat Your Points and Have Them, Too! 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