8 Heppner Gazette Times, August 30, 1945
EDITORIAL . .
The Bridge of Peace
The following article came to the editorial
desk and is so timely and so beautifully written
we feel it must be shared with our readers:
The Valley of Unrest has been spanned by a
Bridge of Peace. The cost has been too high. Too
many years, too many lives and too many tears.
But such a bridge was a necessity. And since it
stretches over the rivers of hatred and aggression,
and since it must be cherished by man for all time
to come, let us examine its construction.
At either end are the foundations, conceived
in a sense of profound justice and right. One
foundation was laid by America the other by our
brave Allies. Foundations laid for a noble cause
to establish forever that this bridge shall echo with
the footsteps of free men, unto eternity.
After the foundations had been set and the
towers of courage were erected, there came the
job .of installing the suspension cables. These ca
bles were spun from heartaches and tears from
the cries of a boy on a foreign battlefield, from
the sobs of a loved one holding a telegram from
the war department, from the anxious prayers of a
mother.
This sacred bridge of peace has cable swings
which stream down to its roadbed. These swings
are woven of sacrifices. Sacrifices at home and
at war. Look closely and you will see their tex
ture: The Sullivans; Colin Kelly; Johnny from
up the street; the Boy who delivered your papers-,
the Lexington and the Franklin; John Basilone;
Rodger Young. Lives and materials built into the
bridge in order that the free may once more walk
in complete peace.
Now we come to the great trusses that span
the stream. They are made of the sweat of the
of the labors of men, women and children the
whole and the crippled and the blind who work
ed endless hours in order that our fighting men
might have weapons and munitions. Ond the trus
ses are strengthened by the efforts of American
science and industtry, and the product of Ameri
can farms and the teamwork of the cities.
We walk across this great span upon a road
way. Every grain of sand, every tiny pebble, every
bit of this roadway's substance shall forever re
main sacred. For it is paved with the lives of the
men who died that we might live according to the
will of God. Here is spilt the blood of young men
who answered the country's call with a willing
heart. From the mountains they came. From the
plains, the drug stores, the farms, from industries,
from the railroads, from all walks of life. Into the
pounding flame of battle they went their heroic
ways. They suffered, they wept and they died so
that free men after them might travel this road
way of peace.
This is the roadway forged at Bataan, in Nor
mandy, at El Alemein and Anzio, in the skies of
Germany, the jungles of the Orient, the danger
ous waters of the Pacific and the Atlantic.
This is the sacred Bridge of Peace. This is the
structure installed over a great valley of unhappi
ness. Through the years men and women of all
races and faiths will travel this way. And as they
do, let them remember the cost of this bridge. Let
them pause here and review its construction in the
light of deep consideration.
May all remember that this bridge was neces
sary if men were to be free. But in their freedom,
may the Bridge of Peace stand as a monument,
noble and sacred, to those brave men and women
who made it possible.
Newspapers Figure in State's
Industry
Your local weekly newspaper may not repre
sent a very large investment, yet when all of the
weeklies, semi-weeklies and dailies are taken into
consideration, the newspaper business plays no'
small part in the industry of the state. This fact is i
given emphasis in a statement issued early this
week by Carl C. Webb, assistant professor of jour
nalism in the University of Oregon and secretary
manager of the Oregon Newpaper Publishers as-1
sociation. And here are some of Mr. Webb's find
ings,' based on a survey of all newspapers in the
state by the ON PA:
There are more newspaper subscribers in Ore
gon than there are registered voters.
The incomes of Oregon's papers range from
$2,000 up into the millions, 30 to 46 percent of
the total coming from circulation.
Only 18 Oregon newspapers have suspended
publication or conolidated with other newspapers
since Pearl Harbor. All except one of these were
weeklies.
Subscription lists have lengthened while news
print consumption has been rationed. Gains are
attributed to the growth of population and to the
large' number of papers being mailed to service
men. To balance this, publishers have eliminated
less popular features, cuttug headline sizes, us
ing fewer pictures and smaller type.
Stability of the industry is shown in that more
than half of all present-day newspapers in the
state are from 40 to 80 years old. Forty-eight are
from ten to 40 years old, while 11 are less than
ten years old.
Postwar expansion indicates that the newspa
pers of Oregon intend to produce a better product
and be of greater service to their communities.
The industry represents an investment of $13,
000,000 by the 127 newspapers of the state, all
of which are locally owned. This does not rank the
Fourth Estate among the big wealth producers but
the figure is impressive enough to give the pub
lishing business a prominent spot on the indus
trial map.
Rodeo Time Upon Us
A glance through the pa?es of this issue of the
Gazette Times will give one the impression that
something momentous is about to happen-some-thing
besides the signing of Allied peace terms by
the Japanese and that is the truth. The Heppner
Rodeo association is ready to launch the twenty
first annual Heppner Rodeo for the approval of
the public and advance information leads to the
belief that it will be a successful venture.
In the busy days of the past few weeks in
which the rodeo has been in the process of forma
tion there has been little opportunity to coordinate
the numerous activities involved to torm a pic
ture of the whole show but within the past few
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That's the quest'011 everybody's asking today. But did
you know that right now there are more head of beef
on United States cattle ranges than in any pre-war
year. . . and why? Did you know that many communi
ties have so much meat they hardly know what to do
with it? Did you know the black market is fed by such
illegal practices as cattle rustling? And did you know
that families may legitimately buy all the meat they
want, without points, by observing certain Government
stipulations? You'll find the answer to these and other
questions in the latest March of Time film "Where's
the Meat?" which tells what is being done to insure
more meat for all.
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