THURSDAY, JANUARY 2», 1931
PAGE TWO
Slyr ^rrmtainn Errali)
Published every Thursday at Hermis­
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, by
Pauline M. Stoop and Alfred Qulrlng,
Publishers.
OREGONIAN HEADS
MOHAIR INSTITUTE
Entered as Second Class Matter
December, 190«, Umatilla County,
Oregon.
Subscription Rates:
One Y ea r................ ................... ... »2.00 j
Six Mouths ......._........- ............... »100
Three Months .......................--............ 60
Mast America Resort To The Dole?
(Autocaster Service)
Two million able-bodied English­
men are "on the dole.” That is,
they are living at the expense of the
taxpayers of CTeat Britain, being
allowed enough money from the pub­
lic treasury every week to keep them
A. C. Gnge, of Portland, Ore., edi­
and their families in idleness.
That the dole has produced a new- tor of the Angora Journal, nnd Inter­
nationally known mohair authority,
class of paupers is the testimony of who has been named director of the
every impartial observer. Once a man newly-established Institute at Chi­
goes "on the dole” he becomes un­ cago that will carry on researches in
willing to work, even if work Is of­ the uses of fabrics made from the
fleeces of mohair goats.
fered. The excuse for the dole which
is offored by the Labor government of
England is that the government must uses for the fabric that goes back to
support these unemployed men or Bible times, according to Mr. Gage.
face a revolution. That may be true
Turkey is the original home of the
in England, but It is certainly not Angora goat, but the United States
the case in America.
now has more mohair producing ani­
That there is much sufferinr mals than any other country in the
among the people of certain parts world. There are Angora goats in
of Arkansas and other regions which each of the 4 8 states with Texas by
were ruined by the drought of last far the largest producing state. Im­
year is undeniable.
Every good proved range practices in recent
American wants to do what he can years have resulted In a finished pro-
to help relieve this distress . And luct superior to that produced In
fortunately, we have a great national the old world.
organisation already set up and
Mohair has been found by the U. S.
trained In the work of relieving hn 'enartment of Agriculture to be the
man suffering, already actively oi ongest wearing fibre known. The
the Job of providing food, clothing ihyslcal nature of the fibre Is such
and shelter for those In the strlken is to lend itself to colorings of every
regions who are unable to care for hue. It is widely used In the up-
themselves at the present time.
holstry of motor and railroad cars,
That organization Is the American good furniture, In the making of
Red Cross. Its officials have sur­ quality rugs, robes, draperies, cloth­
veyed the need and report that ter ing and many other articles,
million dollars Is needed at once for
this work of mercy. President Hoov­
er has appointed a distinguished com­
mittee of private citizens, headed by
Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E. Smith,
to help raise the money. The Amer­
ican people will give the Red Cros:
the ten million dollars, and as muc)
more as may Ire needed. If the poll
tlciuns In Congress who are trying tr
make political ranltnl o«t of human
misery will keep their hands off.
What is being proposed In Con
gress is that the United States Gov
eminent— that Is to soy, the taxpay
ars of the United States— shall con
tribute the money with which to fee'
those who need It this Winter an<
Spring. In other words, those mem
ters of Congroas who advocate thli
would establish the British dole ays
tern In this country. That Is a Bri
tlsh system, but It Is not, as Presl
dent Hoover points out, an Amerlcai
system. The American principle o
government Is to give to every man
so far as possible, the opportunlt;
to work out his own salvation, to pro
tect him In hts rights ss an indlvl
dual, but not to feed or clothe hlr
at public expense except as payment
for services performed.
Never In our history has the Fed
era! government assessed the taxpay
ers for such a purpose. It has, how
ever, authorized the Red Cross tc
carry out the American method o!
poor relief, by means of voluntar;
contributions.
If Congress vote;
money for this purpose, either dl
rictly or ns a gift to the Red Cross
It will he more than an imposltloi
upon the taxpayers. It will he thi
beginning of the breakdown of th«
American system of government, re
during us to the level of Great Brl
tain and our cltl-ees to the pauper
level of the hr tieflrisrles of the dole
Moreover, It will denrlve millions of
generous-hearted Americans of the
prlvele e of contributing t> the r
lief o f tholr suffering fellow-clttzenr
ture, or to you who say we need more
♦
♦ effort along that line at home, we
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CHURCH NOTES
♦ -¿specially invite you to the morning
services. Conic at 10:00 o’clock and
♦
•
enjoy tha Sunday school le so n with
us.
Men have you visited the Brother­
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
hood elans? Get in on it and also the
tv p ru th ” was the subject of the
ladies have an opportunity to entir
A 'Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
a bible study class.
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
Epworth League and intermediate
Jan. 26.
League
at 6:30. No evening worship
The Golden Text was, "O Lord,
thou art my God; I will exalt thee,
I will praise thy name; tor thou
BAPTIST-CHRISTIAN CHURCH
hast done wonderful things; thy
Wallace Jones, Minister
counsels of old are faithfulness and
10:00 A. M.. Bible school. Contest
truth” (Isa. 26:1).
eport: Pine City 3280; llermt ton
Among the citations which com­
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
3310.
following from the Bible; “Shew
11:00 A. M.. Church services, con-
me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy
regational singing and choir spec-
paths. Lead me in thy truth, and
als. Sermon, "Living for Christ.”
teach me; for thou art the God of
6:30 P. M., Christian Endeavor;
my salvation” (Ps. 25:4, 6).
\d
ult study class, “Faith Healing."
The Lesson-Sermon also included
7:30 P. M. Church service. Begin­
the following passage from the
ning with the evening of February
Christian Science textbook, "Sci­
1, will Introduce a new feature
ence and Health with Key to the
which we believe will prove of great
Scriptures", by Mary Baker Eddy:
"The spiritual sense of truth must
interest to all. Various groups will
be gained before Truth can be un­
derstood. This sense is assimilated
only as we are honest, unselfish,
loving, and meek” (p.272).
at the nature of teaching. In the What we call charity was to be dis­
Such
past they had been urged to take an pensed with real kindness.
"eye for an eye” and if strength per­ teachiugs have an application todav
mitted they would probably seek as we are importuned by the needy
to give bark with added Interest and worthy who are hungry because
when an injury had been done. Now I of lack of employment.
Some profound truths are hard to
this Positivist says "love your ene­
mies.” Such direction must have ! understand. Jesus, however, made
caused about as much amazement as j His meaning clear in our Golden
the miracles which held the people | Text. We call it the Golden Rule.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
spellbound. In fact no limit is set Note that it is positively stated and
International Sunday School Lesson upon the kindly attitude nnd active not in a negative form as presented
help for all who had sought to in­ by the philosopher Confucious. AS
for February 8
YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD
JESUS. THE WORLD’S TEACHER jure them. After doing all they
could, they were advised to "pray DO TO-YOU, DO YE ALSO TO THEM
Luke 6, 27-42
for them that despitefully use you.” ! LIKEWISE.
Rev. Samuel D. Price, D.D.
A new term had been used when
Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom of
God. He set forth the principles of
that Kingdom In all of His addresses
but especially in the Sermon on the
Mount, Matthew 5. 6, 7. It is thought
that this great message was repeated
in briefer statements in the Sermon
on the plain, from which this lesson
study is taken. Give careful attention
to all the items in Luke 6 for they
have much to say about daily living.
Listeners must have been amazed
have charge of tha opening exerciser.
The choir will have charge of the
first service. The male quartet and
duct, a women's duet and specials by
the choir will feature the evening
service.
Sermon "Why did Jesus Come to
Earth.”
WEBBER’S CLEANERS
HERMISTON BAPTIST CHURCH
W. L. Wilson, Pastor
10:00 A. M., Sunday school, Mrs.
Jessie Serell superintendent.
11:00 A. M.., Communion service,
The Lord's Supper.
3:00 to 4:00 P. M., An address to
women only. Women’s place in the
political, social and religious world.
7:30 P. M., Song service.
8:00 P. M., Sermon subject, "The
Loneliness of Sin.” A cordial Invi­
tation Is extended to all our services
and especially the women’s meeting
from three to four o’clock Sunday af­
ternoon when Mrs. J. S. Burnham
and Mrs. Follett will sing a duet.
METHODIST CHURCH
O. W. Payne, Minister.
Next Sunday will be observed as
missionary day at the Methodist
church. You who believe in mission­
ary program of Jesus need no invi­
tation but to those.of a skeptical na­
THE D A L L E S, OREGON
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Feb. 3-4
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OREGON A LEADER IN MOHAIR
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PRODUCTION; NEW USES SOUGIT
Chlca'-o, Jnn. 19— Be-nnan of It '
hl, h r.nk among the mohalr-produc '
ing states, Oregon should benefit ma- ’
terlally from the establishment of the
Mohair Institute, which has Just beer. ;
announced.
Headquarters for th' I
Institute will be maintained In Chi '
enga under the direction of A, C
Cage, editor of the Angora Journs |
and Internationally known mohaii ,
authority.
Imst year Oregon'a 120,000 Angora s
goats produced 468.000 pounds of
mohair. Only Texas, Arizona, and
New Mexico exceed this state In mo-1
hair production, according to the U.
8. Department of Agriculture.
The Institute will conduct Investi­
gations and researches In various
fields of the Industry from the breed­
ing of the Angora goat to the finish­
ed product, with the Idea of Improv­
ing the quality of the American mo­
hair goate and In developing new
Quality
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