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0 Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 15, 1951 EDITORIAL NEWSPAPER k PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NAT! Q.N At EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION kniEsafcDOP He Could Unload Some Of It It is quite understandable why the job of President of the United States has become the biggest one-man task in the world, a burden so unberable that no man can pass through more damage to his health. And the trend is to place than four years of it without suffering irreparable damage to his health. Ana the trend is to place more burdens on the Administration, for regard less of the setting up of new bureaus to adminis ter this, that and the other pet administration scheme, the weight of responsibility is not lessen ed for the chief executive. On the contrary, each bureau or special administrative official appointed adds to his cares and woes. The time has arrived to do something about it The presidential load could be perceptibly lightened by the federal government taking steps to return to the people and their state govern ments many of the functions diverted at the be ginning of the Roosevelt administration and con tinued without let-up since. The president, instead of saying "come to papa, he'll wipe your tears away," would be doing himself and the people a great service by saying," "Don't bother me with your local problems, I've got plenty to do taking care of national affairs and the world situation." But No! The federal government must stick its beak into everything local, state and national. That has been going on for nearly 20 years until it has become a habit to ask Washington about everything. That's what the socialist planners want. It has been their program all along to so weaken local and state governments that they will look to the federal government to solve all their problem.s When that has been accomplished it will be only a step to totalitarianism. There is little likelihood that the Administra tion and the planners will release any of the ground gained during the past four and one half presidential terms. If any releasing is done it will be by vote of the people. There is time to issue such a mandate but it looks like it will be no small task to arouse the public to the point of voting the American way of life back into being. Noah D. Fabricant, M.D., University of Illinois col lege of medicine, in the American Journal of me dical sciences . . . Despite a surge of reports that sulfas may end colds, the main medical experi ments have been aimed at sinus troubles. Colds were- incidental If you ask a doctor for a sulfa prescription for colds he may tell you, as I have been told, that they are too dangerous. The next physician may give you a prescription, as I have been given one, and tell you it is safe . . . The laboratory has a basis for its feans. The pre paration I mostly have used is sodium sulfathia- zole. In the laboratory this s preparation largely has destroyed the nasal mucous membrane of rabbits. It has almost destroyed the nasal cilia, which is the fine hair that protects the nasal membranes." An M. D. friend of ours tells us that in his opinion too many physicians prescribe sulfa for the common cold. He thought that publication of the foregoing article would appeal more force fully since it was written by a layman and sug gests that a competent physician will prescribe a sulfa drug only when it appears the best thing to do. Sulfas Not Drug Cure-All In this period of coids and 'flu' in which nearly every family has been affected, a word of advice contained in an article by Howard W. Blakeslee, Associated Press science editor, might not come amiss. He writes: "I am a cold -susceptible person, and have not had a cold for more than three years. I used a sulfa spray or nose drops. "One of my friends, also a science writer, has not had a cold for two years He took cod-liver oil no sulfas. "My wife tried the same sulfa I used. She caught colds just the same. ah tnis is a pointed reminder, not that science writers are peculiar, but that common colds are. "How very peculiar, especially in responding to sulfanilimide preparations, is shown in a survey of recent laboratory and human tests, published by Strike Up The Band! One of those rare occasions, a vist by an out standing musical organization, is on the agenda for the people of Morrow and neighboring counties in the scheduled concert by the Oregon State Col lege band in Heppner Sunday evening. Rarity of the occasion is further emphasized by the fact that this is one of the top college bands of the coast states, which puts it in a class with the I bands of many mid-western and eastern schools. It has been so recognized for many years and! fortunate is the community that has the opportu nity to play host for one of its infrequent visits. In the days when the writer was tooting bari tone around the parade ground on the college campus and taking trips here and there over the Willamette valley and once as far away as Se attle, the personnel seldom got above 40 pieces. But we were a valiant band of musicians and could make ourselves heard in any company. Per haps that was because there was a preponder ance of brass coupled with the fact that there were no automobiles to haul us every place we went. Which meant that we walked or ran, thus building up magnificent lung power. Under the able teaching and direction of Capt. Harry Beard not only the earlier bands gained recogni tion but as the years reflled on the reputation of the organization spread and "Cap" Beard and his band became known far nd wide s one of the best in college circles. Of course, some of us old fellers worried about what would become of the band, or its reputation at least, when the time came for Capt. Beard to retire. To us, "Cap" Beard was the band. He was revered by those whose privilege it was to follow his baton. But it would be unfair to his memory to think, let alone say, that the spirit of the band went out with him. He had devoted his life to building up an organization worthy of the leader ship of other fine directors and in the person of Ted Mesang the college has secured a leader ca pable of carrying on the reputation of the band in the finest tradition. Time has a wajeof taking folks out of 'active participation in many of the pleasant activities and the time arrived when the old baritone play er had to lay his instrument aside and go in whole hog toward making a living. That was about as near a heartbreak as he ever experienced but it in no wise impaired his love for music band mu sic in particular and it is hoped that you, gentle reader will be charitable if we show a little par ticular enthusiasm for the Oregon State College band. A good leader is the backbone of a good 4-H club. Morrow coun ty has 40 leaders who are giving their time and efforts to build better 4-H clubs and to help our boys and girls become outistand ing citizens. This is. National 4-H Club Week a good time to say "thank you" to these leaders. The oAmerkan Way WARNING FROM BRITAIN By GEORGE PECK If you are harboring the idea electrictiy on farms. Each light, Green's the Thing for StPatn'ck rauots CANDY . TALLY CARDS NAPKINS GiFTS GREETING CARDS SAAGER'S PHARMACY 30 Years Ago MARCH 17, 1921 Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Kil kenny on Hinton creek, early on Tuesday morning, March 15, a Miss Gladi3 Lane departed Saturday for Walla Walla where she will continue her studies in piano and voice. She was accom panied as far as Pendleton by her aunt, Mrs. M. D. Clark. Local Shriners met around the banquet board Friday evening and enjoyed a social time. Plans were made for a Morrow Cunty Shrine club. At the meeting Fri day an executive committee for the perfection of plans was nam Frank Gilliam, M. D. Clark. W. a. rruyn ana K. t,. Crego. Word was received from Monu ment Wednesday that p. D, that things electrically would be better in the United States with the Federal Government manu facturing and distributing elec tric power, you are invited to take a look at what goes on in Britain, where King George's sub jects "enjoy" public power un der a socialistic regime. Below is quoted a letter written by Far mer J. A. Stodart of Kingston, Scotland, to the editor of "The Scotsman" on January 29 1951. Read it and weep for the poor Britishers who are the "benefici aries" of electricity dispensed by the British bureaucrats: Sir: At a time when many people are having to sit in of fices without fires, when injunc tions are repeated each m orning on the wireless to turn out elec tric heaters, and when it is hard to see how the country is going to avoid an industrial standstill for lack of fuel, it may astonish your readers to know that the South-East of Scotand Electricity Board is chiding farmers like my self for not using enough electri city. "My farm buildings are exten sive. There are lights in every part of them. So, too in the farm house and all the cottages. To gether they have easily fulfilled tne guarantee of 50 Pounds a year demanded by the Lothians Electric Power Company when they installed the supply in 1946. Now, however, I have been in formed that I am not using enough light and power, and that my account for the farm house and steading is to go up from what has averaged 7 pounds 8s. 6d a quarter in 1949 and 9 pounds 18 sld. in 1950 to at least 18 pounds a quarter, summer and winter and that this charge will be levied whether current to that value is used or not. "This is not an isolated in stance. It is part of a campaign whose object is, for isome reason which entirely escapes me, to standardize the consumption of according to the board, ought to burn a calculated amount, and economy on the part of the farm er and his men, or anything else that prevents each or every light from burning itts assessed quota, is to be deprecated. "My own reactions to this pro position are twofold. The first is that even if I could be convinced money from those who consume that an industry required more goods, I would prefer to pay more for each unit that I really did uue, instead of being swin died by having to pay for some thing with which I have not been supplied "Secondly, I fail utterly to see how this latest system of encour aging extravagance (for that, of course is what it will do) ties up with the entreaties for economy which the same Board is making and which, if only the country's plight were not so grave would by now be becoming monotonous in their repetition. Is it any wonder that this Scotch farmer is not only puzzled but irritated? Do we want that kind of nauseating nonsense here in what we like to believe is a free America? Well, we already have some of it, in fact, much too much. And we will have plenty more it we don t do something about it. The planned economists, Amer ican style, are bound and deter mined to have Uncle Sam take over the entire power and light industry. "These pseudo-socialists will get away with it unless we bestir ourselves. They can be stopped. Write your Congressman and two United States Senators to vote "NO" on all legislative pro posals to put the federal govern ment further into the manufact ure and sale of electric current. The privately owned and oper ated public utilities have done and are doing a magnificent job of supplying the American pub lic wirn electricity at a fair Drice. Let's keep them on the job. Jay Cee-ettes Set Dates For Showing "Frolics of 1951" "Follies of '51" will be present ed Friday and Saturday evenings April 13 and 14 at the gym by Crampton, superintendent of the ed i ncluding S. E. Van Vactor, Monument school, shot and killed himself shortly after noon. Friends in Heppner are in re ceipt of word from Eugene which states that Mrs. Lucy T. Wed ding, formerly head of the Eng lish department in our schools, is seriously ill with partial paraly sis. A daughter, Margaret Lorette, was born Friday, March 11 at the home in Clarkston, Wash., to Mr. and Mis. James Walter Yeager. judge Gilbert W. Phelps will come from Pendleton and hold a short session of court here on Tuesday, March 22. A number of naturalization cases will be heard. I the Jay Cee-ettes as a finale to the organization's program to raise funds for the current year's improvement of the civic center. The entire show will be local talent. Mrs. Edwin Dick, Mrs. J. E. Estberg and Mrs. James Hager are the committee responsible for the Frolics. Casting will be done during the next two weeks. Mrs. Richard Knight is dance director. Music will be furnished by the Men's chorus under the di rection of Oliver Creaswick. Grade school children will parti cipate in music and dance num bers with other dances by girls of the high school. Costumes will be designed by Mrs. G. C. M. Smith and Mrs. John Pfeiffer. o The Oregon society for crip pled children and adults, the Easter Seal agency gave direct service to more than 300 persons during 1950. Prints are Pretty (or adler! ?VrW MrU fY Dnv & .p Blouses r v X iiiJ ""H""irsK Jill A? Guaranteed by ' I Good Housekeeping J '., j X ; Prints, like this colorful French Rayon Crepe flo ral, are wonderful with suits . . .wonderful with just a skirt. See the mar velous newModeO' Day selection now ... all guaranteed washable, 32 to 38. moDeo'Dflv Heppner Oregon Van Horn Bulding PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY THE AMERICAN WAY N.D.BAILEY Cabinet Shop Lawn Mowers Sharpened Sewing Machines Repaired Phone 1485 for appointment or call at shop. Call Settles Electric for all kinds of Electrical Work Now ond Repair Shop phone 2253 at Willow ft Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2542 DR. H. S. HUBER DENTIST First National Bank Bldf. Room 116 Phone 2342 Carpentry and Cement Work By Day or Contract Bruce Bothwell Phone 845 JOS. J. 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Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 493 Heppner City Council KMts Tin HonO ,M Saoh Month Citizens having matters for discussion, please bring them before the Council. Phone 2572 A.D. McMurdo,M.D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonio Building Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. WO. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Of Hot la Fotori Building1 Dr. C. C. Dunham CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Office No. 4 Center St House Calls Made Home Phone 2583 Office 2ST2 Morrow County Court Meta ,lr,t Wednesday of Boh Month 'r?8 0tn oor.i tS 8 W,flna' rrtday9 a.m. C. A. ROGGLES Representing Blaine E. Isom Insurance Agency A Punishment Long Overdue Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 2 Church Street Telephone 11S2