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Thursday, January 14, 1937 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Skiing Draws Winter Visitors to Lake Placid Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected tor Our Readers Redmond—A 11 h o u g h all other Washington. — When President may have to be revised later, but WPA work has been discontinued in Roosevelt took office for his first that does not excuse the rather care Central Oregon, a crew of about a term, one of the less practices that have grown up dozen men are still at work on the About outstanding obser- in the calculation of relief expendi Redmond airport. The project will Money vations that he tures. It does not exclude the ne be kept active until the airport has made was to the cessity for a real protection against been made safe for use. effect that the American people heedless spending nor does it pre Pendleton—A. D. Molohon, execu “feared fear” and of this condition vent the formulation of intelligent tive under the Taylor grazing act, was born instability. It was a re policies. be one of the chief speaker; at Individually, I do not quite under will annual markable statement and the truth convention of the Ore -on of it may not now even be denied. stand why the administration should the It accurately presented one of the fuss about a few millions of print Woolgrowers association at Ontario fundamental influences disturbing ing bills and toss out half a billion January 12 and 13, W. A. Holt, Pen- American life and if that psychology or three-quarters of a billion, as the dleton, secretary, announced Monday could have been completely swept case may be, with reckless abandon morning. away, I believe things would have when such tossing is done without Nehalem—Mrs. Marian Rich found any evident continuity of sound pol a baby skunk feeding with her male been different now. 8 As I remember, I commented at icy. house cat the other day and since • * • that time upon the new President’s then the two have become insepar remark. Subsequently, I called at I referred to Secretary Wallace’s able companions. Although Mrs. Rich tention to the conditions of admin spending proclivities. Mr. Wallace admits she doesn't like the newcomer, istration policy under the New Deal has been going the friendship appears permanent. A group who are enjoying the popular winter sport at Lake Placid. N. Y. Left to right: Miss Edith L. that were necessarily causing a con Wallace about the country tinuation of that “fear of fear” in Talks Money lately talking of The cat and skunk go forth on a Januschek of Peiping, China; Miss Nancy Page Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Dorothy Trumbridge of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Jean Stanhope of New York city; Victoria Nebeker of Los Angeles; Nancy Perkins of stead of calming the nation's the necessity for stroll each night. Baltimore; and Marie Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y. nerves. soil conservation and the payment Newport—Carl W. Mays, ex-big i As Mr. Roosevelt closes his first of a subsidy to farmers to accom league baseball pitcher, will develop term and begins his second tenure, plish that end. He has been talking a sportsmen’s resort on the Corval ' HELPS UNEMPLOYED Big Demand for Windsor Souvenirs I believe it is entirely proper again about money in sums as large as a lis-Waldport highway along the Al to advert to his significant and billion dollars a year for crop in sea river, where Steelhead fishing Is truthful observation of 1933. We surance—a program in furtherance can look at this picture only in of Mr. Wallace’s “ever normal excellent. A 140-acre farm purchased from Dick Evans, spanning the river, retrospect, regrettable as it is that granary” idea. at*. will be improved immediately. A we cannot see into the future. It In theory, there is much to be would then seem to be an entirely said in favor of spreading unpredict lodge costing $20,000 will be con permissible thing to do to examine able losses of farming through in structed, and boats, launches and the basis of Mr. Roosevelt’s obser surance. A large part of the dis equipment will be added. Cabins and vation and see what has been done tress found in agricultural regions accommodations will be available in to correct the condition about which is due to the destruction of crops a few weeks. he complained. by causes over which the farmers Salem—More than 18,000 acres of I shall not attempt to go into the have no control. If the consaquences burned over timber lands in Coos and various phases of the four-year of these hazards could be minimized Curry counties have now been re- " 1 term. Indeed, I think it is neither by adjusting losses over wide areas, seeded to forage grasses, according % advisable nor necessary to analyze and by using the surplus of one to W. A. Hazelwood, airplane pilot conditions beyond those that are year to offset the shortage of the basic, fundamental, in our national next, one major farm problem in charge of the reseeding operations. Seeding of the area, which is done economic and political structure. would be solved. But, as matters For that reason, and because of now stand, there is a natural tend from a plane, Is costing the farmers recent developments of administra ency to regard this move with a of the area only 20 cents an acre in tive policy, I am writing something skeptical eye. This is necessary be addition to the cost of the seed. The about money in this report to you. cause, like so many theories, the plane from which the reseeding is The Scripture quotation is: “The Wallace crop insurance, ever nor being done was purchased by the love of money is the root of all mal granary plan seems to omit farmers and is being paid for out of evil.” In treating of the subject of the one element that is necessary the 20-cent-per-acre cost. money from our practical stand to be included. If this proposition Astoria—Fish packing has contin point, “the love of money” takes is to be successful, there simply Baron Nuffield, who is Sir Wil ued in light quantities throughout the on quite an unusual definition. For, can be no doubt that it must have liam Morris, head of a vast manu fall and winter here for the first time may I point out in candor, there almost unanimous support. It does Professor Steinberger is seen at work in his London studio on statu facturing organization including au never has been a national admin not have it and never will. The in several years. River Silvers and ettes of the duke of Windsor, for which there is now a tremendous tomobile plants, export companies, Steelhead are now being processed. istration, so far as my research reason is that it calls upon the demand. Thousands of such statuettes had been made for Edward’s a publishing house and affiliated goes, that has so thoroughly loved government to pay part or all of What salmon are caught pass on to coronation, and when he abdicated London business men groaned in subsidiaries, donated $10,000,000 to the spending of money. I believe the cost and human nature inevit the fresh fish market, where they anticipation of writing off terrific losses on stock that they could not sell. stimulate employment in Great Mr. Roosevelt himself enjoys it but ably resents taking from one to give command a high price. Considerable Instead of diminishing, the demand for the Edward figures has increased. Britain’s “depressed areas.” part-time employment has been pro Mr. Roosevelt is not the chief of to another. fender of his administration in this Mr. Wallace's ideas were adopted vided for cannery workers in hand regard. The two men whose rec by the President’s crop insurance ling of winter fish. Generally can EX-PRIVATE IS GENERAL Bernie Bierman Made Coaches’ Prexy ords stand out with an absurd will committee. That committee was neries close late in the fall after the ingness to throw money around as supposed to have the interest of ag last of ocean troll Silversides have I used to throw pebbles when I riculture at heart. Its recommen been mild-cured and canned. was a boy on a Missouri farm are dations indicate that it had not only Grants Pass—Dr. Samuel B. Os .8 Harry Hopkins, Works Progress ad such an interest but an even greater 1 ministrator, and Secretary Wallace, interest, namely, making sure that good of Portland assumed his duties of the Department of Agriculture. the farmers were given everything. this week at head of the new Jose I am quite convinced that Mr. Hop From all of the discussions that phine county health unit, recently kins is the worse of the two. My I have heard, I believe it is quite approved for 1937 by the county conclusion is based on a conviction apparent that the committee went court. Doctor Osgood was appointed that Mr. Hopkins is the more waste too far. It went so far, indeed, upon the recommendation of Dr. ful. I am afraid that when the his that it is arousing resentment from Frederick D. Stricker, state health tory of this great depression is set the consumers who think that they officer. He was in Grants Pass last down in the cold light of facts as will have to pay the bill. There week conferring with the court mem they will appear a quarter of a cen fore, by proposing a program that is bers and officials of the local Red 7 tury from now, Mr. Hopkins will too extreme, the crop insurance Cross chapter, prior to taking over ay one ye • Sir have a place in that spotlight that committee and Mr. Wallace have the work on January 1. Doctor Os • ri e will not do credit to the hundreds forced a cleavage between producer good recently studied in the Univers Si,■ nd of people who have the real welfare and consumer and that is likely to ity of California public health admin fate r. 4 of the poor at heart. result in a renewal of warfare be istration department, and was pre • • • tween these two segments of our viously at the University of Oregon The latest development concern national life. It will cause a re Medical school in Portland, where ing Mr. Hopkins in his public state- vival of an age-old quarrel instead he taught bio-chemistry for five years. ment that there of a healing of old wounds. Once a soldier, always a soldier, FERN PROFITS HELP Money must be at least No one can deny that the farmers, for Relief three-quarters of a as a class, have not been getting Tillamook—Unemployed persons in is an old army belief, but once a billion new money their fair share. From the attitude this county, augmented by some from private, now a general, is a para appropriated for his relief work. of many thinking farmers, however, valley points, are taking advantage phrase that fits Brigadier-General | President Roosevelt previously had I rather believe that agriculture of the market offered for ferns. Con Kenyon Joyce, whose new rank was said he would ask congress for only would prefer to have a farm aid siderable demand for these occurred announced recently by President half a billion. It is difficult to rec program which would permit it to before Christmas and it is hoped by Roosevelt. General Joyce, once a oncile these two statements or the produce and sell to the cunsumers the gatherers that it will continue un ranker, now commands the “Presi- ; reasons therefor. Some slipshod under harmonious conditions and til spring. During the Christmas dent’s Own” third cavalry troop at , Bernie Bierman, left, of Minnesota, new president of the National thing has taken place or else Mr. regulations rather than get too trade, gatherers were paid 4 cents Fort Myer, Va. During the World [ war he won the D. S. C., Order of | Football Coaches’ association, is greeted, and welcomed to his post by Hopkins again is indulging in his much and earn the hatred of the for a bunch of 49 sword ferns. Some the Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre Tuss McLaughrey, of Brown, the “passing” president. Bernie was elected favorite sport of spending and wast masses who are to buy the farmers’ were shipped to Portland and some and the French Legion of Honor. | at the annual convention of the coaches in New York city recently. ing taxpayers’ money. output. Now, the figures reveal that re To advert to the original theme, went to eastern markets. Gatherers have been exceptionally lief operations, as managed by Mr. Mr. Wallace likes to pass out mon Hopkins, are costing about $165,- ey. He knows, as all others in pub busy in the vicinity of Lake Lytle, 000,000 a month. If Mr. Roosevelt lic life know, that the government Rockaway, Garabaldi and along the intends to use only $500,000,000 for will be generous with agriculture Miami river. relief, curtailment in sharp fashion and I am afraid that fact has LONG RECORD NOTED must take place. If no such cur caused the otherwise genial sec Salem—Surviving seven complete tailment is intended, even the Hop retary of agriculture to lose his per kins figure is too small. spective—to forget that he is foster changes of administration. Dr. Rob Thus, we are brought face to face ing a program that will change tra ert E. Lee Steiner this week began again with a question: What is to ditions and practices on the farms his 30th year as the head of one of be the policy? I hear more and of America as surely as the sun the largest and most important of the more discussion as congress gets shines. state's institutions—the state hospi under way that some definite state Farmers are human as everyone tal for the insane which now houses ment ought to be made, some com else is human. Some of them, like nearly 2500 patients. Dr. Steiner did mitment given, so that the nation some of us. who must exist among not celebrate the event, but in polit would know what it is proposed to do modern cliff dwellings of concrete ical history the reappointment by with all of this money and how and steel, entertain a fear that a nine governors was considered unus much of it is to be used. policy of government payments Incidentally, Mr. Roosevelt re equivalent to a dole, may have the ual.When Steiner became head of the cently spoke rather curtly to some effect in the end of destroying of his departmental heads about rather than saving the business of institution in 1907 he set as his goal "the better care of the insane.” Since their printing bills. He thought they agriculture. that time he has changed the func © Western Newspaper Unton. were too large and that money tions from one of custodial for the I should be saved in that direction. insane to one of treatment and cure. Now, it happens governmental Our Early Watches printing bills amount to no more The first watches were produced than a drop in the bucket when com in all sorts of fanciful designs, with Coquille—Tax collections for 1986 pared to the waste that goes on in cases shaped like crosses or shells in Coos county now exceed 1936 bud the enormous relief set-up of which or mandolins, says a writer in the get estimates by 3 per cent., officials Mr. Hopkins is the head. It has Washington Star. A peculiar fash report. been shown too many times to need ion was that of a watch-case shaped Bend—Bend on July 1. start of elaboration here. like a skull, to remind the owner Since Mr. Roosevelt has taken when he looked at it that time was the postal service fiscal year, will note of the departmental printing fleeting and death was drawing become Oregon's 11th first-class post bills, however, I would like to make near. The lovely and unlucky Mary office, it was announced thia week the suggestion that there is no valid Queen of Scots had a skull-shaped when receipts from sales of stamps reason any longer for excluding re watch, and in view of her death mounted well above the $45,000 lief appropriations from the regu on the headsman's block it was mark for the year. Heavy Christmas lar estimates of expenditures as in gruesomely appropriate. Cavaliers business, with more than 19,000 let- An interesting photo, showing the arrangement of accommodations in the new Soviet army two-seater cluded in the annual budget. Like had swords and poniards with little tern canceled here In one day. boosted plane. Berths are arranged below the wings as shown. In recent tests, 16 persons were carried in this man- many other items, the relief totals watches set into the hilts. Bend into the first-class rating. ner, including pilot and co-pilot. 7 , « I I ‘“ y : Trick Accommodations on New Soviet Plane
