4-Hcppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, July 10, 1947
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A ePACIOrS HOME ON A SINGLE FLOOR A family of four or fie
on live fomfortablr in this one-story home. Features include ipaciom
kitchen, lante living room and three ood-aiied bedrooms. The exterior
i finished with asbestos cement tidings. Besides adding a pleasing
appearance, the asbestos sidings reduce maintenance costs and provide
protection against fire.
Living Costs on
Farms Cut Value
Of High Prices
Rural living costs nationally
are 25 percent higher than a
year ago and are more than dou
ble those of 1935-1939. according
to an analysis of the L'SDA data
by O.S.C. extension agricultural
economists. Thus, the real net
income of farmers is not to be
judged alone by prices of farm
products, or even by the dollar
income.
It takes five farm family dol
lars to buy the goods and ser
vices that could be bought for
four dollars a year ago. Mean
while, farm production expenses
increased overall at approxim
ately the same rate as the gen
eral level of prices for farm pro
ducts. The real income of farm fam
ilies has declined rather sharp-
BOIL FIRST, TASTE LATER. .
BEST ANTI-BOTULISM RULE
'Don't try to tell by odor or
appearance whether home can
ned string beans, corn or peas
are spoiled or not. Boil them
first and taste them afterwards."
This is the advice of G. V.
Copson. head of the bacteriology
department at O.S.C, who has
tested scores of food samples for
the deadly botulism. Such food
that may smell and appear all
right may carry enough poison
to be deadly, while food that is
completely spoiled can be ren
dered harmless by boiling.
Botulinus poisoning is caused
by a germ fairly common in Or
egon soils. Professor Copson ex
plains. While it rarely appears
when reasonable care is used in
canning, it is so deadly that it
is not safe to take chances at
any time. He also warns against
throwing suspicious canned food
to chickens until it is boiled, as
it is just as deadly to them,
causing "limberneck" preceding
death.
The poison in canned food is
destroyed by boiling 10 minutes,
Professor Copson adds. The germ
forms a spore which resists boil
ing temperatures, but which is
harmless in the human body. It
is advisable, however, to reboil
foods that have been opened
more than a day or so.
A positive antitoxin for botu
lism has been developed, but the
poison works so rapidly that it
is usually impossible to admin
ister the remedy in time to do
any good.
Thor M. Thorson of Medford
was a business visitor in Hepp
ner Monday. He was interested
in a land sale of north Morrow
county property. He expects to
become a resident of that sec
tion soon.
From where I sit ... 6y Joe Marsh
Fish Bites Woman!
Willie Wells was coming home
from Seward's Creek the other eve
ning with a string of trout, when a
itern looking lady (visitor at the
Boxwood Inn) stops him. and tells
him a man his size could be better
occupied than catching fish.
Willie tells her off real good
naturedly by saying: "Perhaps
you're right, but if these fish had
kept their months shut, they
wouldn't be here." (At that, says
Willie, laughing out loud, she
looked just as if a fish had bit her ! )
Blabbing mouths never cause
anything but trouble. Nobody who
knew the facts would ever criticize
Willie's right to go fishing on his
one day off any more than they'd
deny his right to come home to a
mellow glass of beer.
From where I sit, the slower we
are to criticize and the quicker
we are to recognize another's
tastes, the better well get along
together whether those tastes
apply to beer or fishing.
ly thus far in 1947, the econom
ists report. At mid-June the U.S.
index of all commodities used
for farm family maintenance
stood at 253 nercent of 1910-1914.
(ll points higher than at mid-
January. Meanwhile, the cost
index representing all commod
ities bought by farmers for pro
duction rose faster than the gen
eral average of prices received
for farm products. The result
was a double-action decrease in
overall real farm income.
Compared with January, the
general level of farm prices re
ceived, at 2il in June, was up
11 points, while the index of
prices paid for commodities for
production rose 22 points to
stand at 229 at mid-June. The
parity index of farm costs, in
cluding interest and taxes, but
not labor, stood at 230. Farm
wages rates nationally were at
397 per cent of 1910-1914, on Ap
ril 1, the latest figures available.
In terms of parity the overall
buying power of farm products
has declined from 132 at the
peak last October to 118 at mid
June. There was a decline of 1
point from mid-May to mid
June. The decline was due to a
slight increase in prices paid by
farmers and a slight decrease in
the average of prices received
for farm products.
If you toss a burning match into the woods, you're a fire
bug, just as surely as though you had set fire to a house.
Most of the houses in America today . , . and most of
the houses of tomorrow . . . started as growing trees. Trees
destroyed by forest fire don't build houses, or make paper, or
the thousands of other products we make from wood. They
don't create jobs or pay taxes.
It's up to every one of us to prevent needless forest
fires ... for most of them were caused by us in careless
moments. One blazing match can destroy thousands of acres
of growing trees.
Heppner Lumber Company
Motorloggers Visit Oregon Ranch
Where Dudes Become Part of Place
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Mr. and Mrs. Chlf Ralston, wno operate tne Circle M. They
Mrs. Ralston leit the city to operate the ranch sinqle-handed.
20 years in the Jefferson area, has packed frr the forest serv
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motoric ttrtuie aifurHiK la Thr .sua
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wbr 01 m ries pi , i:irftl by I tie Ore to
ni:to i ro-otHTrt.hin ultb the UreKua
State Minor aifc.. Ititlon.
BY WiLMA MORRISON
titan ,v nttr. Tu. ureon.au
The business of making the
visitor feet pari ol the place is
the fine art ot dude ranching,
this writer discovered tlie other
week end on a motorlog trip
in tne Oregon ts'.ate Alotor as-1
sociation s while travel car to!
the Circle M guest ranch on '
the Metolius l iver near Suttle ,
lake
There were ten people m the
big ranch nouse living room
when we arrived, after driving
over the scenic Santiam high
way from Alban.. They were
all as preoccupied" s doctors in
an operating theater over the
business of :- Hating a ten-foot
rubber Ivji. Within ten min-
s u. arrival we were
ui.. ' u'ir turns at the air
pun..
Owner Fled City
Whatever the secret of mak
ing people feel at home. Cliff
and Margery Ralston have it
and it must come naturally, be
cause neither of them is long
in the business.
Mrs. Halston came to the
Circle M trom the pavements
of Portland and she professes
to see nothing strange in tnt
fact that in 1943. all of a sud
den, she decided to take to the
wooua and lun a guest rancn.
She isn't sure how siie would
have made it if Cliff hadn't
come past the ranch one snowv
day during that first winter.
Said Clitf, wno had been
firmly rooted in bachelorhood
for 48 years when he stopped
at the Circle M that winter
day: "When 1 came along there
was Margery and another wom
an hauling wood in a wheel
barrow down over the hill
through a foot of snow. I looked
in the yard and there sat the
car with two flat tires. 1
stopped fixed the tires, helped
with the wood, ate half of the
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One of most beautiful drives
in Oregon is trip from Albany
over Santiam pass to Circle M
ranch. Round trip from Port
land, returning by way of the
Wapinitia cut-off. is 414 miles.
were married in 1944 after
Mr. Ralston, a veteran of
ice, trapped and run horses.
oest appie pie X ever tasted
and here 1 am."
Oregon is less prolific of dude
ranches than California. Over
in the beautiful Wallowa moun
tain country near Joseph is the
Lazy T. operated by Cnuck
Oswald, which offers, besides
breatn-taking scenery, excel
lent fishing in rushing streams
and calm lakes, the varied ex
citements of a real operating
ranch.
Close at home is the H-Bar-H
at Wren, just a few miles west
of Corvallis. This is owned and
operated by Mussel Poi leous
and has the advantage of being
close enough for the week-end
vacations.
Other guest ranches as listed
with the Chamber of Commerce
travel service are:
Other Ranches Listed
Oxbow lodge at Medical
Springs, operated by Ned Foye;
Red's Wallowa Horse ranch,
near Joseph, whose owner.
"Red" Higgen, has a Portland
office in the Morgan building;
Bingham Warm Springs resort
and Bar M ranch at Gibbon in
Eastern Oregon, operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Baker,
and a new vacation spot called
the Lazy K near Hood River.
Operator of the Lazy K is C. C
Clark.
In Washington the motor as
sociation lists Methow Valley
ranch atWinthrop and the War
nick Brothers guest ranch, route
1. Selah.
tory, making possible a greatly
expanded program requiring the
fulltime sen ice of a technical
director.
The advisory committee which
approves policies of the labora
tory has recently endorsed the
expansion program and the new
appointments which include sev
eral other technicians to join the
staff soon.
Dr. Proctor joined, the staff
here in 1915 after heading a
technical branch of the army
alrforce laboratory. He is a grad
uate of Yale with later exper
ience at the University of Idaho
and at the federal forest pro
ducts laboratory In Wisconsin.
Professor Grantham has been
on the staff since 1944, coming
here from the research depart
ment of the Texas Forest ser
vice. He took graduate work at
the New York State college of
fnrestrv and taucht in Virginia
Two bulletins by him will soo
,be published here on relogginj
and utilization or iorest wasiy
Robert D. Grantham and Jolt!
masters degrees here last month
joined the laboratory staff Ju
1, while M. E. McDonald, a wol
technologist now employed h
New Hampshire, will come A4
gust 1.
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EXAMINER COMING
A rfrivprs license examiner
cohprinlod to be on duty b
tween the hours of 10 a.m. am
4 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, in tli
court house at Heppner. Person
wishing licenses or permits U
drive are asked to get In tou4
with the examiner well aho;
,of the scheduled closing nour U
' order to assure completion 0
ftlmtr nnrtlipnlinn with a mini
mum of delay.
Avoid" Annoyance And Discomfort
due to a clogged septic tank or cesspool.
I have purchased a tank pump and am in
position to give prompt, efficient servine.
Phone 702
HOWARD KEITHLEY
YOU CALL, WE'LL HAUL
Livestock, Lumber, General
Commodities
lone Freight Line
Phone 21 22
H.G. RING
lone
Oregon
16-19p
Forest Products
Research Staff
To be Expanded
Oregon State College En
largement and reorganization of
the staff of the Oregon Forest
Products laboratory here has
lust been announced by Dean
Paul M. Dunn, director of the
laboratory and head of the for
estry school. The chnncps. mnrte
o meet the needs of an expand
ed Tene-reh pnjran with more
state support, ?lso in''nl'-e a
"hnge in a forestry school de
iTtrrent herj.
Dr. Phimster B. Proctor, heid
if the wood products depart
ment of the school of forestry,
'tps hneti rp-iointed technical di
rector of rll re-crch n"o'ccs in
t-o ior rv IV vill be suc
ceeded bv John B r,-"'"!th"t
sopite rrof-s-or of forest pro
ducts, w"- --! t-K-t named heid
,f 'he department.
Under the new state law levy
ipf " c-n- r-ynn of RC pT
thousand foot of t-trW h-rvp?t.
fd ,-n "ti-intp.-' ""yi nor) rPr
year will be provided for re
fTfti of tv,i!rh 6 Ar co-it hs
been allocated to the work of
,'he fore-'t products lnhorntory,
Dean Dunn explained. With an
nd''pd stite appronri-'tinn about
$170,000 per year will he avail
able for the work of the labora-
SEE US BEFORE HAULING YOUR
Sand and Gravel
Have two dump trucks on the job at all
times ready to give you satisfactory ser
vice. Eliminate hand shoveling. Will
deliver where you want it.
Rates are very reasonable
Vernon Christopherson
LEXINGTON
Phone 3311
Statement of Condition
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Portland
June 30, 1947
Resources
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks . ....$110,473,709.16
U. S. Bonds, including U. S. Government Agencies. 225,570,488.66
Municipal Bonds
Other Bonds
Loans and Discounts , '.
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank ., '
Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Interest Earned
Other Resources
TOTAL RESOURCES
$336,044,197.82
50,653,216.01
None
108,146,996.98
450,000.00
4,037,576.05
None
1,989,174.71
305,547,69
$501,626,709.26
GAS fr AIR . . .
Howdy Folks: A man over on
the other side of town had just
taken the trouble to advise his
young son on the complexities
of life. When the various prob
lems were covered, he asked his
son if there were any questions I
he would like to ask. "Yes," said
the son, "can ynu toll me how
they get the Saturday Evening
Post out on Wednesday?"
Which seems to prove that
parents are one of the hard
ships of a minor's life.
Kids are natural mimics. They
act like their parents In spite of
all efforts to teach them manners.
Kids are first taught to talk
and then spanked to make
them keep quiet.
Someone said that kids are
like canoes. They behave bet
ter when paddled from the
rear.
Oh well, kids will be kids,
for which we are glad.
Just as you'll bo clad If you'll
buy our General Tires and
Tubes.
Unrein Motor Service
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 4,500,000.00
Surplus 10,500,000.00
Undivided Profits and Reserves 11,436,249.83
Reserves Allocated for Taxes, Interest, etc
Interest Collected in Advance .-. ,.:
Other Liabilities
Deposits (exclusive of reciprocal bank deposits) .
, TOTAL LIABILITIES
$ 26,436,249.83
1,291,398.03
545,220.7,6
228,168.03
473,125,672.61
$501,626,709.26
In addition to its 40 branches throughout Oregon,
aso affiliated with the First National Bank of Portland
are 10 other Oregon banks
DEPOSITS
First National Bank of Portland and 40 branches , $473,125,672.61
10 other Oregon Banks affiliated with First National Bank of Portland 84,838,574.41
total deposits , $557,964,247.04
LOANS AND DISCOUNTS
First National Bank of Portland and 40 branches , $108,146,996.98
10 other Oregon Banks affiliated with First National Bank of Portland.: 13,554,474.05
TOTAL LOANS AND DISCOUNTS .$121,701,471.03
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