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A Heppner Gazette Times, August 2, 1945
EDITORIAL .7
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The Price We Pay
Most of us are fire-conscious at this season of
the year and it is well that we are for fire is one
of our deadliest, and at the same time costliest,
domestic enemies. No matter where it strikes,
town, rural areas or forest, it leaves a trail of
devastation in its wake, at times taking a ghastly
toll of human life while erasing property of great
value.
ey. The banks will no longer pay interest for it
when deposited with them although a few small
amounts are still carried at one-half of one per
cent. Each week the state buys $200,000 in what
is termed government 91 -day bills which earn
three-eights of one percent. Each week the fed
eral government repays the state $200,000 with
interest. Orgon was one of the first states to in
vest in these 91 -day-bills and has $2,600,000 that
otherwise would be idle, earning over, $100,000 a
While total fire losses are not at hand th voar- Whenever th state stops buying these bills
are some fibres on farm losses alone which are
more or less shocking. An average of 10 lives a
day are lost in farm fire. Eighteen thousnd farm
people are killed annully in farm accidents and
$90,000,000 in frm property is destroyed each year
by fire. These figures were quoted by Gen
Hampton, FSA supervisor of Umatilla county,
who is making an appeal to farmers to set aside
a special week for farm clean-up as part of a nat
ional farm safety campaign to prevent fires, acci
dents and waste.
The campaign sttgrested by the Farm Security
administration can as well be applied to everyone
in general. It suggests that a thorough job of
housecleaning on FSA farmsteads will not only
make larce quantities of paper, rags, clothing, tin
cans, sacks and metal available for important
war msalvage but go far to prevent fires, personal
accidents and minimum waste. Cleaning all de
bris, trash and paper from farm homes and build
ings is insurance against spontaneous combustion
and accident hazards. At the same time leaky
roofs, cracked chimneys, rusty stovepipes, rotted
sills, and bad electric wiring and connections can
be checked. Broken or loose stair steps, board
walks, or nails and jagged boards can be checked
to prevent accident hzards to livestock and people.
If we would prevent fires and accidents we
should cultivate safety habits. One of these is to
be on the alert regarding fire hazards and those
things wsich cause accidents. One has but to scan
the national record to learn the price we have to
pay for our collective carelessness.
the entire $2,600,000 with interest will be paid
back by the government within thirteen weeks.
According to Murray Wade in Capital Parade
for the past 12 years the state of Oregon has ac
cumulated an average of $12,000,000 a year. So,
if you are a citizen of Oregon you are a member
of a million-a-month club. Broke in 1933 and with
most of it, not working. If an anarcliist-socializech
no credit, the state now has a total of $159,000,000
regime took over, the split would be about $150
for each person in the state. Included in this total
is $50 million in cash balances, $40 million in
bonds and $69 million in the trust fund of the un
employment compensation commission deposited
with the social security commission in Washing
ton D. C.
Keep Oregon Green
Million a Month Club
Millions of the state surplus is just idle mon-
Let us not forget that four years ago it was
the announced purpose of the bucktooth aggrega
tion across the Pacific to set fire to our Pacific
coast timber. It was part of the plan to bring de
feat to the hated Americans and assure our ene
mies of making the peace terms in Washington.
Whether or not the Japs have had a direct hand
in the west the fact remains that due to someone's
carelessness we have played into their hands at
least they are getting no small amount of satisfac
tion out of the news that the Tillamook fire has
swept over a large area and caused hundreds of
mill and timber workers to be pulled ott ot tne
job of producing war materiel to help check the
flames. lust remember that for every one tnou
sand feet of lumber produced $1620 in labor has
been expended. Every large tree burned in a for
est fire means about $100 lost in wages. That's
why it pays to "Keep Oregon Green."
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ALWAYS CHARMING
After years of wedded bliss,
You might please her with a ktssJN
But a new charm for her bracelet,
Would be wiser.
In pure gold you can express;
Many years of happiness,
And very tactfully suggest,
You're not a miser.
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HORTON-CRAWFORD
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RECEIVED IN HEPPNER
announcements of the marriage
of Miss Mary Ann Horton and Mr.
Hugh Vawter Crawford were re
ceived in Heppner during the week,
giving the answer to the query re
lative to the bride's name.
Mrs Crawford is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Edgar Hor
ton of Los Angeles. Her husband
is a native Heppner boy, the son
of the late Spencer and Mrs. Crawford.
GETS EOCE SCHOLARSHIP
Betty Coxen. member of the 1945
graduating class of Heppner high
school, has been awarded a $74
scholarship posted by the Elks
lodge of La Grande. Betty planned
to attend Eastern Oregon College of
Education and this scholarship will
come in handy on the expense ac
count.
FATHER DIES
Mrs. J. N. Hamlin was called to
Portland Saturday night by the
death of her father. He had been
in failing health for many months.
NORRIS RECOVERING
C. G. Norris is recovering from
the effects bf a fall he took Fri
day while in the process of taking
pictures of a lock crusher in the
mountains south of Heppner. To ob.
tain a good view of the plant the
engineer had climbed up a rock
ledge. Losing his footing, he fell
a distance of about 20 feet. Mem
bers of the Nyberg construction
crew loaded him in a car and
brought him to town. Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo made a limited examination
and advised that the injured man
be taken to a hospital and his
friends took him to Pendleton. Phy
sicians there could find nothing
seriously wrong and after a rest he
was brought to his room at Hotel
Heppner.
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UP FROM PORTLAND
Mrs. Clare Ashbaugh and daugh
ter, Mrs. Boyd Redding, were up
from Portland the past week-end
attending to business matters. Boyd
Redding, formerly serving in .the
ferry command, is now in regular
service in the Pacific area.
ON VACATION
Mrs. Grace Turner is taking her
annual vacation from duties as sec
retary of the Morrow county selec
tive service board and with her
children, Raymond and Kathryn,
plans to go to the Puget Sound
country. Raymond returned home
the first of the week from overseas
duty. In Mrs. Turner's absence.
Mrs. Nellie "Hughes from the state
selective sl?rvice headquarters at
Salem, is taking care of the office
S3c Claude Drake is spending a
leave from the navy getting accus,
tomed to life on terra firma as it
abounds on the farmstead in Sand
Hollow, where his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Drake, have been carry
ing on sans their soldier and sailor
sons.
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
HEPPNER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Meets Every Monday Noon at the
Lucas Place
O. M. YEAGER
Contractor & Builder
All kinds of carpenter work.
Country work especially.
Phone 1483 Heppnei 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, Ore.
N. Schmaltz & Sons
Peters BIdg., Heppner
Roofing and Siding Coontractors
and Applicators
For information write Box 726,
Heppner, or Phone 83, Condon
Starting
August 6
at 1 1 a. m.
FREE X-RAY
Running to
August 13
THAT YOU MAY LEARN OF NEW MODERN HEALING
METHODS
If you wish relief from:
Gas Pressure
Muscular Pains
Joint Aches
Dizziness
Fever
Fatigue
Foul Breath
Prolapsus
Dr. W. H. Rockwell, N. D.
Heppner, Oregon
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Blaine E. Isom
All Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 723
Heppner, Ortv
New Auto Policy
Class A
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Bod. Inj.
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Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATIHC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
Attorney at Law
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Phelps Funeral Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Ofe.
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for discus
sion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER, Mayor
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
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Office in Peters Building
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
New York Life
Insurance Co.
MRS. A. Q. THOMSON
Representative for past 14 years
Harry Nelson
Accounting Service
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Tax Accountants
Heppner, Oregon
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