8 Heppner Gazette
CHINESE METHODS
FURNISH CONTRAST FOR
MORROW COUNTY MAN
Somewhere in China,
May 23, 1944
Heppner Gazette Times,
Heppner, Oregon;
To the Editor:
Now that I have acquired a per
manent address, although I had to
travel half way around the world
to do it, please change my sub
scription to the Gazette Times from
Olympia, Wash to my APO ad
dress. Mrs. Alfred has been care
fully reading Hhe paper and send
ing me selected items, but I feel
that the paper would be a lot of
company for me if I had it to read
here in far-off China.
Perhaps some of my friends might
be interested in some of the experi
ences I have had here so Til give
you some of my impressions. Of
course we have always known of
China as an agricultural country,
but, to one accustomed to farming
on the scale it is carried on irr Mor
row county with its vast wheat
fields and power farm machinery,
the difference is surely striking.
Here all work in the, fields is done
by hand except the plowing. This
is done with a plow fitted out with
a share that resembles a huge cul
tivator shovel and drawn by one
water buffalo. The plowing is done
when the field or paddy is covered
with at least a foot of water. Each
field in itself is no bigger than an
ordinary garden lot at home and is
enclosed by a dike to keep the wa
ter on it. Maintaining the water
level makes it necessary to carry
out a system of terraces that ex
tends as far as the land is cultivat
ed, often high up on the hills.
The harvest is all done by hand
and the threshing with flails, then
finally crops are taken to market
packed on little burrows or more
often on the backs of the farm
people, men and women alike.
Every available acre of the val
leys is farmed and they are a beau
tiful sight when seen from the tops
of the mountains that rise thous
ands of feet almost straight up
from the floors of the valleys.
Hie people of course are very in-
STAR Reporter
Friday -Saturday, July 28-29
Swing Out the Blues
Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, The
Vagabonds, Janis Carter, Tim Ry
an, Joyce Compton and the funni
est youngest actor on the screen.
A singy, tuney picture to set your
heart laughing. PLUS
Beneath Western Skies
Smiley Burdette, Robert Living
stone From, opening to closing shot this
western is a straight line , of action.
Sunday-Monday, July 30-31
Four Jills in a Jeep
Carole Landis, Kay Francis, Martha
Raye, Mitzi Mayfair, John Har
vey, Phil Silvers, Dick Haymes,
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra,
and numbers by Betty Grablc,
Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and
.George Jessel
A musical romance from the Satur
day Evening Post story based upon
the hilarious adventures of Holly
wood's first junket "over there."
Tuesday, August 1 ,
Swingtime Johnny ,
Harriet Milliard, Andrews Sisters,
Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan, Mitch
Ayres' Band
Those record making Music Maids
ere working the "swing" shift now.
Also "Battle of Europe", prepara
tion for invasion and excellent shots
of bombing raids over Europe; Walt
Disney cartoon in Technicolor.
Wednesday-Thursday, August 2-3
Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves
(In Technicolor)
Maria Montez. Jon Hall, Turhan
Bey, Andy Devine
The most reckless rogues that ever
rode bring sweep and action to this
spectacle of the Mystic East
Also "PagUaoci Swing It" with Joe
Reichman & Orchestra, vocals by
Gene Austin.
Times, July 27, 1944
teresting. Their patience and indus
try are remarkable. I have visited
several old temples and the work
that must have gone into the
building of them with the tools
at hand is beyond my comprehen
sion. The delicately carved decor
ations around the altars, represent
ing dragons and serpents and of
course the gods themselves surely
represent a lot of fine work. Also,
these people are very fine stone
masons. The bridges over the
smaller streams are constructed of
stone fitted into an arch in such a
way that they will support quite a
load.
I despair of ever learning the
language although I am gradually
picking up a few words. In the cit
ies, however, there are always Chi
nese to be found, especially in the
restaurants and shops who speak
at least - some English. Even the
rickshaw, men usually understand
eough to know where a person
wants to be taken.
Rice, of course, is the principal
item of diet, although I have eaten
several other typical Chinese dish
es that I enjoyed. I am even be
coming proficient in the use of
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Bring your tire Certificates
for quick service
Rosewa
chop sticks due to the fact that I
am now using them to eat with
entirely.
There are many more items of
interest that I have seen, but you
have read of them in travel books
described much better than I am
capable of doing so I will, send this
along and look forward to receiv
ing the paper. Please give my re
gards to any of my friends you mav
see.
Yours very truly
Frank C Alfred
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