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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 15, 1951
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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
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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.
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Easter Seal agency gave direct
service to more than 300 persons
during 1950.
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