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n T 6-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Sept. 25, 1947 Higher Marketing Costs Help Up State Food Prices Food marketing costs in June thl year were the highest of record to that date, according to an analysis ol ollu'ial data by L. R. Breithaupt. rxtensino econ omist at Oregon State college. Increased hourly earnings in food marketing enterprises are a dom inant factor In the current rise in food marketing costs, exceed ing somewhat the overall in crease in marketing charges to June which was 52 percent above the 1935-39 average. The United States composite Index of hourly earnings for food marketing includes earnings of workers in steam railways, food processing, wholesaling and re tailing. This index stood at 1S3 percent of 1935-1939 in May of this year. The rate of increase was about 1 percent per month since May 1946. The data analyzed show that at June prices the retail cost of the family "market basket" of food would be $636 a year $1 higher than the previous record last November, and $21 above the World War I period peak in June 19?0. Out of the $636 that would be paid by the consumer this year at June prices, farm receipts would be $327 or 52 percent. The balance, $30S or 48 percent, would go to pay marketing charges $65 higher. Compared with March 1947, however, farmers would receive $24 less per year at June prices and marketing agencies $28 more. Thus, the farmer's receipts dropped from 56 percent in March to 52 percent in June while marketing costs rose from 44 percent to 48. The so-called "Farmer's share" of the consumer's dollar spent for food is not net farm income, Breithaupt explains. Instead, it represents the farmer's gross re ceipts from the sale of farm food products. Out of that the farm er must pay his costs. As a gen eral average over a period of years, 20 to 25 percent of the money spent by consumers for food may be regarded as net in come to farmers. The farmer's net share of the consumer's dollar is now unus ually high, although farm costs are now at the highest level ev er recorded. As of mid-August, farm cost prices in Oregon were 131 percent higher than the 1935 1939 average and 192 percent above 1910-1914. o WILD LIFE PARASITES LISTED The first comprehensive list of parasites of Oregon wild life has been compiled by Dr. J. N. Shaw, head of the veterinary science department at Oregon State col lege, and has been published as an illustrated bulletin by the ag ricultural experiment station as technical bulletin No. 2. All of the parasites listed have been identified in Washington, D. C, though the species have not been determined in all instances, as some are undoubtedly new, says Dr. Shaw. The list is intended to be of service to sportsmen, biol ogists and other students of wild life. Remember October 25 Condon. Look! Many, Many Nen? COTTON DRESSES Smarted Styles! 2.79 80-Sq. Percale1 Poplins V Broadcloths" Exciting variety of crisp new styles! All in gay Autumn prints,' checks, stripes, polka dots! Brightly trimmed with jumbo rickrack, bias braid .and fresh eyelet ruffles! All in sizes 12 to 20, 38 to 44, 46 to 52! HURRY to Penney' TO DAY! Save, save, SAVE! RRIITS MUlMiBlBMJsUUMMiasitMAsysUUAiiUlUI a Features for Friday & Saturday 42" Nation Wide PILLOW TUBING 53c yd. 70" x 80" Double SHEET BLANKETS $2 98 Plaid Patterns DOUBLE BED SIZE 46" Wide OILCLOTH . . 49c yd. Fancy Patterns Gr Plain Colors Cannon TERRY TOWELS 25c & 43c Fancy and Plain Colors Guest and Hand Towel Size WASHCLOTHS . . . 10c CHURCHES METHODIST CHURCH ! J. Palmer Sorlein, Pastor Moraine worshin with a so cial number by the choir at 11 .m. Sunday school with adult Bi ble class and classes for all ages. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, superinten dent, and Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlein, superintendent of the junior de partment Thursday choir practice at 7 p.m. First Wednesday of each month is the meeting of the Wo- mens Society of Christian Ser vice. October 2, at 6:30 p.m. will be the first visit of our district su perintendent, Dr. Joseph M. Ad ams, at a dinner in the church basement. November 4 a series of special services will begin and will last for two weeks. ... CHURCH OF CHRIST Bible school, 9:45; C. W. Bar low, supt.; Beverly Yocom, jun ior supt.; Mrs. Jewett, primary supt Sunday will be Appreciation Sunday in our Bible school. Ev ery teacher and officer will be given some token of apprecia tion for the work done voluntar ily through the years. Morning worship, 11. Commun ion and preaching. Consecration service for our Bible school tea chers and officers. Sermon by Evangelist C. Alton Brostrom of Portland. Sermon topic is "Some to be Teachers." Evening evangelistic service, 8. Speaker arid message will be announced at the morning ser vice. Next Sunday, Oct. 5, will be Rally Day at the Church of Christ Bible school. Our attend ance goal is 140. There will be a potluck dinner at noon with a program around the tables. You are invited and welcome to attend these services. Eastern Oregon "99" Men will meet at Milton Monday evening, Sept. 29, for a Rally and business meeting. The men of the church board of the Church of Christ will meet Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 8 o' clock in the minister's study. The monthly business meeting of the church will be Thursday evening, Oct. 2, at 8 o'clock. ALL SAINTS CHURCH Holy communion, 8 a.m. Church school, 9:45 a.m. Morning prayer, 11 a.m. Monday, St. Michael and All Angels holy communion, 10 a.m. ... ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH Schedule of services: Heppner: Mass on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 8 a.m., on 2nd and 4th at 9:30. lone: Mass on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 9:30, on 2nd and 4th at 8 a.m. On 5th Sunday one mass In Heppner at 9:00. Holy days of obligation: Mass in Heppner at 7:30; lone at 8:30. Mass on first Friday of month in Heppner at 7:30 a.m. fyTniakesWoolMeatLeatlier., 4 At PREVENT RANGE FIRES Transferring & Heavy Hauling Padded Moving Vans Storage Warehouse U. P. and N. P. Penland Bros. Transfer Co. 39 SW Dorion Avenue Phone 338 Pendleton, Ore. Dropped Hemlines Pose Problems For 0 S C Homemakers Fourteen inch hemlines and a rounded shoulder effect gave home demonstration and 4-H club agents a battle of wits at O. S. C. when they applied new style trends to outmoded dress patterns during a two-week training school on this and other projects. Twenty-two counties will car ry clothing workshops this year and home demonstration agents are anxious to show the prac tical homemaker how to cope with the latest developments in pattern alteration and dress construction. The agents and specialists have created a new cup-like shoulder pad, cut from a six to eight inch square of material, rounded on three cor ners and darted before padding is added to give a molded smoothness over the, shoulder. They discovered that old style patterns required added length in the skirt and a change in the pattern design to correspond to the rounded shoulder pad. Zipper placements, bound but tonholes and seam finishes were among the illustrative materials prepared for demonstration kits at school by home demonstration agents. These kits vvil be used in county-wide three-day work shops for community project leaders. The leaders in turn will go out into their own commun ities to direct unit workshops. Agents from 27 counties parti cipated in the annual 11-day training conference ending here Tuesday. The first week was de voted to subjects requested by Oregon homemakers such as the pressure saucepan, the sewing machine and its parts, current textiles, housing and landscap ing. o RURAL ROADS, HIGHWAYS HEAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Rural roads and highways are leading city streets more than three to one in automobile-inflicted deaths, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell Jr. has disclos ed. A summary of Oregon acci dents for thef irst six months of the year shows the chances of being killed in a car triple out side the city limits signs. Fifty persons have died in city acci dents to 157 in rural areas. Speed is blamed for the top heavy rural fatality list VET ADMINISTRATION OFFICE HERE CLOSED The Veterans Administration will close its part-time office at Heppner, Hermiston and Milton by September 30, the result of nationwide economy measures, it was anounced today by Charles M. Cox, in charge of the Pendle ton VA office. Kenneth B. Black, who has tak en onee-a-wek service to the three communities from Pendle ton for the past 11 months, will .be transferred to the Portland veterans hospital for contact duty there, Cox said. The Pendleton office in the U. S. National Bank building will continue on a full-time basis to assist veterans of Umatilla and Morrow counties with federal benefits and rights, Cox gave as surance. Discontinuance of itinerant service, he explained, is the re sult of substantial reductions in VA personnel, amounting to 160 employes in the Oregon region al facilities during the past two months. Two field offices, at La Gra"Vide and Grants Pass, and most part-time service are being dropped in the state. Decision to close VA units came only after a state-wide sur vey of work loads, community demands for service and near ness of other VA offices, Cox ex plained. In this area, full-time offices are continuing at Pendle ton, Baker, and Ontario, plus the VA s guidance center on the Eas tern Oregon college campus at La Grande. Besides these stations, local veterans' organizations have voiced assurance they will con tinue to assist ex-servicemen and women with problems involving benefits accorded them by the government, Cox said. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AT YOUR SERVICE TO.HELPYOU SI ELLaM CANADA TO PAY BONUS TO AMERICAN PERSONNEL It is understood that the Can adian government has approved a bonus for American personnel who served with the Royal Can adian Air Force during Worjd War II and who later transfer red to the United States armed forces. It is requested that all person nel residing in Washington, Ore gon and the 18 northern coun ties of Idaho who fall in the above category contact the Air Reserve Training Detachment, McChord Field, Washington, at tention: Records Section. The information necessary to apply for the above bonus is: full name, grade held during service with the Canadian Air Force, Canadian serial number, RCAF unit assigned to, and in clusive date's of service with the RCAF. The driver nho killed himtelf and alto the driver of another ear In this ihamblet had ttubbornly peritilcd in driving tvhen he Hat fatigued after too many hnmrt oh the road. At hit car came over the bridge, hit ueary brain blanked out for a iplit second, hit handt relaxed on the nherl. Hit ear grated the bridge abutment, tkidding acrott the road, and crathed into an approaching automobile. Motor) ittt for their own tnfety, and for the take of othert on the road, have no right to drive tchen overtired. National Conterration Buteau tafety tpecialittt adritet don't mait until you are tired; pull off the rood at intervals; drink a cup of coffee, lake a few momentt' rett. STAR OS REPORTER Sunday Showi Continuous from 1 p. m. Evening shows, except Saturday, start at 7:30. Saturday show starts at 7:00. Boxof flee open evenings until 9 o'clock. Admission Prices both Matinee and Evening: Adults 50c, Grade and High School Students 12 and over 40c, Children 20c, all taxes in cluded. Every child occupying a seat must have a ticket. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 26-27 Another Outstanding Double Bill! Buck Private Come Home Abbott and Cottallo, Tom Brown, Joan Fulton, BTrl Binunona, Sat Pendleton. Some of the g&gn are old, some are new, and all are funny. AAC have lent none of their ability to make audiences reward their clowning with ererything from chuckles to Kuffaw. PLUS Stagecoach to Denver Bed Byder and Little Beaver In a thrill-packed adventure. Also another "Juvenile Jury" with selects youngsters giving their answers to problems. Sunday-Monday, Sept 28-29 THE YEARLING Qretsorj Ptok, lan Wfmu, with CUads J&r xua Jr. h "loir," alM ChlU Willi. Olam Bmu, Karffarat Wyoharlr, Hanry Travara. Baaed on the Pulltzor Prize Novel by Marjorle T1"-" BawUnfa. Photographed In Technicolor. It throbs with love and faith. It'a packed with flUApenae, Hobs and lauKhter. It la clean and wholeMome and we think every man, woman and child will enjoy "The Yearling." Sunday Show Continuous Starting 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 SWELL GUY Bonny Tnfti, Ann Blyth, Bath Warlck, Will am Oargan, John LiteL Thin drama Is the characterization of a thor oughgoing heftl who disrupts the lives of every one he encounters. Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 1-2 IMPERFECT LADY Bay Ml Hand, Teresa Wright, Sir Oedrlo Bard, wlcke, Virginia Pleld, Anthony Qulnn, Beg. Inald Owen Pfrnuiifllvfl pfrformancen and nenditive direction fltid pro'Jurlion booMt thin story of a Indy's dif ficult decision into the worthwhile category. , PLUS Passport to Nowhere A forceful film dealing with the problem of the dlHplitce'l pcrrtons of the world, Your health demands it . . . your life depends upon its accuracy and precision. Your druggist is a skilled medic al man, trained to follow the directions of your doctor in the careful compounding of prescriptions. e Our store has earned an enviable reputation for quality of our drugs-for dependability in filling prescriptions, for promptness and full attention to your needs. . FRESH, POTENT STOCK Trust our knowledge . . . depend upon our judgment. Bring your prescriptions to us. Saagers Pharmacy ffaii'intheAif , Ttu Time Autumn activities require power - packed nutrition . . . which makes for an increased incentive to quality and quantity food planning on your part. We have plenty of food favorites at an unusual value! This Weecs Specials (See our price sheet for complete list) Van Camp's PORK & BEANS No. 2's 19c Pennant MINCEMEAT, 30-ox. 45c Pismo 2 tins MINCED CLAMS for 49c Campbell's VEGETABLE SOUP 2 for 23c Buy quality vegetables for economy ... for best results. You can always get good "buys" in good meats at our market. t Court Street Mairket The Holiday Season Is Just Around the Corner It is time now to make your selection for that gift box of Personalized Stationery the kind you get at the Gazette Times . Printery Make your selection early and assure delivery for timely holiday mailing.