Sherman County Journal, Moro, Oregon, Friday, June 21. 1963 Page /
Beef, Sheep Highlight
Meeting Held at Union
RUFUS
By Mrs. George Fox
Rathbun-Hamersly Rites Performed
June 9 at W a sco M e th o d ist Church
The relatives of Mr. and Mrs
Robert Byrd went to Baker Sat
Livestock management practic Columbia and Targhee ewes in urday to attend the wedding of
es to help ease ¡he cost • price the branch station’s farm flock the eldest son of Robert Byrd Jr.
squeeze of producing l»eef and This compares to about $20 usual tc Miss Barhara Jean daughter of
sheep highlighted a special field ly expected per ewe in farm Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Mattes of
Baker. The wedding was held at
day F riday at the E astern Oregon flocks, the researchers noted
2:30 p.m. at the F irst L utheran
E xperim ent station at Union.
Through selection and manage
Cost savings in ra sing h e ife n ment of Columbia ewes over a church on Ju n e 16 at Baker. A re
to production age w ithout loss of six • year period, annual fleece ception followed the ceremony In
weight o r calving percentage — w eight has l»een increased nearly the church parlors
Those going from Rufus to a t
along w ith 50 i**r cent added in three pounds per head.
come from farm flock ewes —
A nother trial dem onstrated im tend the bridal show er for Miss
w ere among key reports aimed at portance of heredity in ability to Jeanne Macnab in the basement
helping sfockm en now operating produce wool. Off • sp r'n g from of the Methodist church were
on slim profit margins.
one of the station’s Columbia Mrs. Leonard Jordon and Mis.
Nearly 100 beef and sheep pro rams averaged 20 per cent great George Fox. Mrs. Frank Reid,
ducers and others connected with er fleece weighf this year than Mrs. Rohert Byrd and Mrs. Ray
the region’s livestock industry did the offspring of antgher sire Brown sent gifts but were unable
to attend the shower. Jeanne
attended the program that includ of the same breed.
plans on a wedding in August,
ed an afternoon to u r of the sta
Marked increase in the size
tion’s research facilities. The sta lamb crop from selected cross and Is now employed at the U.S.
tion is a branch of (he OSU agri bred ewe lambs also dem onstated National Bank In The l^alles.
cultural experim ent station.
Mrs. H arland
McDonald and
the value of hybrid vigor w ithin
Research trials here during the ewes for ability to produce twins. Mrs. Grace MecHer are working
past six years indicate th a t re
When bred as ewe lambs. Hanip at the Rummage Sale of the R u
placement heifers can be raised shire • Columbia crosses averaged fus Grange held in The Dalles
successfully to calve as two- 143 per cent lamb crop over a from June 17 through the end of
year - olds on relatively low - cost three - year test period compared the month. These two ladies are
w inter feeding coupled w ith good to 122 per cent crop for purebred w orking on Tuesday and there
productive sum m er pasture, if Hampshire, Columbia, and Targee are two different women working
was fiointed out by J A B. McAr ewes.
each day. The sale is a t the old
thur, statio n suj>erintendent and
Ja n ito r Building In The Dalles.
O
ther
research
program
s
now
A. T. Ralston, OSU animal scien
The Home Economics club of
getting underw ay af the station
tist.
the
R ufus Grange met at the hall
It w as emphasized, however, w ere discussed and viewed by last T hursday, June 13 for a pot
visitors
during
an
afternoon
tour.
that cattlem en should aim for
luck luncheon. Mrs. Joe M orris
two • year - old calving only when These included reports on w inter vice chairm an opened the busi
Lyn R athbun and W ayne M the church, it was given by the
feed
levels
for
pregnant
cows,
it is possible through m anage
ness m eeting because the ch air H am ersly were n ta rri« l Sunday. I ride’s parents and assist«! by
use
of
artificial
insem
ination
cn
ment and nutrition to get heifers
man Mrs. Millard Leigh was u n Ju n e 9, in an afternoon ceremony the ladies of th e W.S.C.S.
to satisfactory size — 900 to 1,009 beef cattle, vitam in A supplem en able to be present. Mrs. Leigh at the W asco M ethodist church
The out-of-town guests were:
tation
for
calves
and
m
ature
preg
pounds. Otherwise, it is advisable
has the cast taken off h e r foot, solemnized by Rev. John McMur- Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lours of O re
nant
cows,
tune
of
casf
ration,
and
to calve them as three - year •
gon City; Mrs. Catherine M. Rath-
control of internal parasites in but the doctor ordereii her to use tre y-
olds.
the wheel ch air for another three
The bride w ore a full length bun, of G lendas, Calif.; Mrs
cattle.
H ereford heifers on test at the
J. C. Miller, OSU animal science weeks txefore using h er foot, satin gown w ith a Chantilly lace Florence Murdock flew in from
sfation have made sufficient
over - blouse, the veil was ellxm Hawaii; Mr. and iMrs. Victor Mur-
departm
ent head, and R. M. Alex which she broke recently.
grow th at two years of age to
T he S m orgaslord netted the length cauglu w ith a cluster of dock ari(1 fam ily of Salem; Mr.
ander,
assistant
director
of
OSH
wean calves that com pare to
club a good sum after all the bills roses In the crown. Lyn carried and Mrs. Robert Murdock and
those normally expected from agricultural experim ent station, were paid. Mrs. Marland McDon h er great - grandm other’s white family; Mr. and Mrs. R a l p h
w
ere
chairm
en
of
th
e
day’s
ses
three - year • old heifers.
ald report«! most of the W atkins Bible w ith phaelenopsls otvhids W ittenberg and daughter, Mary
sions.
From 1957 through 1962, about
and stephanotis.
Lou; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Barber
F . E. Price, OSU dean of agri vanilla has been sold, and money
180 replacem ent heifer calves
turned
to
s«
're
ta
rv
.
Also
Mrs.
iSue Ann Rathbun, sister of the Mr. and Mrs. Leland Barber and
culture.
was
main
speaker
follow
were raised to two years of age
Millard Ixdgh said the club reallz- bride serv « l as maid of honor family; Mr. and Mrs. Richard G.
at the station w here they were ing a noon luncheon served by «1 a nice profit from chances sold
with Sharon Belshe and Marilyn Brown all of Portland; Mr. and
w intered on good qualify alfalfa- the Union County Cow • Belles. on the afghan which Mrs. Bert
(Smith) B arnette as bridesmaids. Mrs. Floyd F. Ford of M «lforJ; I
He
discussed
future
frends
in
grass hay w ith varying am ounts
Oregon agricultural reseaeh, em Sw lgert crochet«! for the club. They w ere beautifully gown«! in Mr. and Mrs. W illard Crawford of '
of grain sunolement.
Mrs Drummond from Grass Val aqua brocade short lengtn dresses Centerville, Wash.; and Mrs.
M cA rthur said it appears that phasizing need for research aim ley, won the the afghan.
with m atching color head pieces Nora H am ersly of I>exter, Ore
ed
at
reducing
production
costs
wearier calf w inter gains should
The club will plan a picnic in of chiffon. They carried w h i t e gon.
in
all
phases
of
agriculture,
need
approxim ate one pound daily to
July, the place to be announced lace fans w ith m um s and stepharj
The nowdy weds honeymooned
allow the anim als to make econ for new ciops and new uses f i r later. Alta Smith won the draw otis.
at
Crater I ¿ike and plan to make
products,
more
basic
research
omical gains on sum m er lxtsture.
The now m atron is the daugh- their home . in
.. Colton
_ ....................
w here ... Mr.
agricultural m arketing re prize. The women then worked
If calves cannot make these w in and
at the hall getting the rum m age te r of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Radi- Hamersly will teach this year
search.
te r gains on hay, alone, a suimple
ready for the coming sale.
b u n o f W asco S h e is a s tu d - n it
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ment should lie fed to bring them
.
■ «a • ■
Mrs. Ixxmard Jordon is again at Monmouth and expects to con- I -,
up to fhis level of gain he sta Channel Catfish
tinue her studies there this sum- S t o c k e d R a ilW O W S
in
the
Rufus
Postoffice
after
a
ted.
'
two week vacation spent w ith her mer.
Varying levels of grain supple,
Mr. Hamersly Is the son of F T e n d J o W a n d e r
husbapd touring Canada and at
ment for w intering heifers for Are Stocked In The
the Oregon beaches. They repor Morton H am ersly of Dexter, Ore-
"«»uvi
two years resulted in an $18 feed
ted a very nice vacation and h id gon. The groom is a graduate of
P ic k F v n f lr l
cost spread per animal lietween Willamette System
good w eather.
Monmouth class of 1902, he has
1
fo A p cr i
the most economical and most
The Oregon game commission
Mr. and Mrs. Merle N arram ore l>een teaching and coaching e ‘
Do hatchery -released t r o u t
expensive method. However, re made another attem pt to recently
searchers noted little difference establish channel catfish in the has as guests th e ir son and daugh Colton the past year. He too p la n s [ remain near the spot where they
ter-in-law and two children from to c arry on studies this sum m er. were stock«! to liw’ome easy prey
in weight of heifers or th eir calv
W illam ette riv er system in an ef
The lies*, man was Floyd W. for the angler? This claim Is often
ing ability at the end of two fort to provide these fine game Shoshone, Wyoming. The son
plans on m aking Oregon his Rathun, brother of the bride, the made by a few’ fisherm en who
years.
fish to the fishing pnblic.
home as he brought his trailer ushers were Tony Cutsforth, N >r- state anglers in the know congre
M o s f economical production
The latest effort in lh is direc house out here.
bie Kilford and Jack Brooks gate af poirkU of release and catch
w as obtained by keeping heifers
tion was the release of 15,000
The Compton Paving crew classm ates of the groom.
all the trout Itefone other anglers
< n hay alone during th eir first channel catfish about two weeks
went to Yakima to do a job ov'-r
year and supplem enting this w ith
C andidi ghiera were Sharron have a chance.
ago that were trapped from the there. However, they will have
two pound, of grain cube daily
Marked legal plants made this
Snake river in eastern Oregon more work to do here later as it and Kathy Brown of Portland,
tluring the second year.
cousins of the bride.
spring tend to refute such claims
and transplanted Into the W illa is made ready.
The most costly group received |
The church was Ixeautifully de as reveal«! by the migration
m ette and
several trib u ta ry
hav plus four pounds og grain
Your correspondent decided to corat«! in spring flowers. Mums pattern of the fish stocked from
stream s. Areas of release Includ
cube daily during th eir first year,
ed the Long Tom river near Mon see for herself just how’ far along nd gladillia and a large candic- the lieglnning of the season on
with the grain feed reduced to
roe, Pudding riv er out of Silver- the Biggs Canyon road on high- abra. T he bride and greoin p er April 20 to the present time.
two pounds daily the second year.
Joe W etherbee, district fishery
ton, South Yamhill riv er near v ay 97 has progress«l as when form ed a ceremony of each light
This higher - level grain feeding
Sheridan, and the W illam ette In the job Rtart«l in the first of the ing a candle to symbolize th e be biologist for the game commis
tended to depress sum m er gains
sion in the mid • W illamette are i,
the vicinity of H arrisburg to Cor year it was said It would be June ginning of their life together.
and j 1 o resulted in more calving vallis.
when it was completed. B u t—
W edding guests w ere gree «1 reports that one group of marked
troubles.
iSize of the catfish ranged from from the looks of things and all at a reception in the basem ent of rainlxiw tro u t w as released near
Im portance of selecting sheep
3 to 20 Indies in length, w ith the the work to do yet It will l>e m ore
for their ability to produce wool
like September. They have made
has also lx>en dem onstrated In average for fhe entire lot around several bridges and a lot of the
th
e
9
•
inch
mark.
The
larger
of
trials reported by B R. Eller, ani |
road b«l Is still in the rough. It
mal scientist at the branch sta these catfish may provide anglers is advisable th at no one go down
with
some
almost
im
m
ediate
re
tion. and C. W. Fox. OSU re se a r-,
that road except on a Sunday as
turns, if the fish will cooperate.
cher.
I did because it is one way tra f
Fot
several
years
the
commis
More wool production, along
fic in a num ber of places, and
sion
has
strived
to
establish
chan
with pounds of lamb produced
the big trucks w ouldn’t w ant any
per ewe. are bringing an average nel catfish in the W illam ette riv sightseers In the way while they
er
system.
Several
plants
of
these
annual gross retu rn of $30 for
fine game fish have been made, w ere working.
The Ambulance was call«! Mon
1 uf in all instances up to the pre
sent. th e fish stocked have been day m orning to take Mr. and Mrs.
Everybody Reads the small fry o r fingerlings whi?h Roy Parkers son I/eslIe to P o rt
under normal conditions will take land w here he was plac«1 In an
Want Ads!
r. num ber of years to provide a iron lung. Ijpslie had polio when
fishery.
a small child which left him crip
pled, but in spite of It all he
graduated -from the Rth grade
! w ith the Rufus school Hass this
year. He was a good student. Les
lie hasn’t been well since gradua
tion and had to go to Portland
for treatm ent The P arkers have
the John Day Cafe In Rufus.
Canvas - 36, 42, 48, 60 and 72 inch
It was w arm here over the
weekend, S atuniay It was 102.
Fabric Cement — 3x8 Ext. Ply, 3x14 Ext. Ply,
with the tem perature hovering
3x16 Ext. Ply
near 100 the rest of the tim e un
til last T uesday when there wa«
IIP , O O M ,
M M S S S IO P C S
Masonite - Tempered - 4x6, 8. 10. 12 ft. Lngths
an overcast in the skv it came
Exclusive fore and aft and side to side leveling gives
down to around 90 degrees. From
**x6 - Fir for Reel Slats - 14, 16, 18, 20 ft.
t l i r M i < o rm u kx I n b n i . d i n n . 1K 4 03 s u re footed tra-
all appearances on Tuesday It
tio n . .. easier, more precise handling. . . more efficient
looked like It may blow up a
3x8 Oalv. Sheets of Metal • All Gauges
separating Independent hydraulic pump system for
rain.
each leveling unit, and for platform and power steer
The cherries in Rufus are about
ing assures fast response Open design of frame con
Paint
pick«! except some of the late
struction for rear axle prevents buildup of straw and
black kinds. Harland McT onaM
chaff
Truck Floor Hardener
»•old his for the m arachlno cherry
Choice of 16% or 1 8 ^-ft platform. Extended cylin
t»a le and Atlee Wilson expects
der gives full width thr<*shing and bigger separating
Bolts frm H to 1 inch inclusive - from 1 to 18 to
be through with the Roval
capacity. You put more and cleaner grain into U»e 65-
inches long
Anne cherries in a day or so. The
buahei tank.
cherries are o* nice size and very
Call u t tor a domonatratlon now I
good this year,
Mrs John Mathleson retu rn « !
home from California w here she
Cushman Equipment Cn.
went to see her granddaughter
graduate from high school
Harvest Time Needs
the mouth of the N orth Santiam. | tributaries, the Siuslaw and tri-
Acoordtng (o W etherbee. these butaiiea, and Quartz creek, triou-
fish could lie followed down the tary to Jum p Off Joe creek in
north shore of Detroit reservoir Josephine county. Additional sur-
trum day to day by merely check I veys along other stream s in this
ing biink anglers. By the third urea, lie said, will undoubtedly
day after planting, m ark«! fish I uncover other blocks to upstream
from this group were b e in j m igration of salmon and steel
checked three miles from the re head.
lease point. Although marked
Schneider advised that the
trout were readily taken near tli*| game cotnmiasion has already id-
ielease site the day of liberation, vertiaed for bids on these pro-
few anglers had success in the ;«'Ls and will concentrate Iks
area the next day.
stream s clearance efforts in the
A nother plant w ith different central anil south coast areas fol
m arkings was releas«l in the lowing mop • up work now in pro
Mongold area. These fish could gress on north coast stream s
also be followed along th e north Along the north coast, he said,
shore and some w ere caught. In stream improvement crew s have
the upper Breitenbush arm three spent several m onths removing
days after release. About three log jam s on the Trask, Nehalem,
weeks after release frout from Necanicutn, and other stream s of
this plant were being taken fre the area and their tributaries.
quently on the opposite shore of
Scnneider statw l there is no
the reservoir.
doubt that keeping stream s oi>en
From the inform ation it ap so salmon and steelhead will have
pears that legal trout stock«! at unobstructed access to all avail
any location on the reservoir will able spaw ning areas is of major
distrib u te them selves well in Just im portance In m aintaining runs
few days. W etherbee said. It of these great game fish.
also appears the fish move rela
It Is heartening, he said, to ob
tlvely close to shore and are quite serve the rapidity w ith which
susceptible to both bank and boat salmon and steelhead respond to
anglers.
stream clearance work which
W etherliee hopes to plot a more opens up previously d e n i e d
complete distribution pattern of spaw ning areas. Runs of these
stocked fish through the rem ain fish appear on the spaw ning beds
d er of the angling season.
w ithin a year or two in areas
which may have been block«! to
access for tw enty years or more.
Streams Set For
Schneider pointwl out that a
single tributary block«! to the
Log Jam Removal
upstream passage of salmon and
steelhead will reduce s u l t a n -
daily the num lter of fish that
In South Coast Area
river is capable of producing.
Sa'm on and steelhead, prize!
game fish to Oregon anglers, will
soon get a new lease on life in a I HE JOI'ItS AL IS SII ERMA \
<XH VTY’S \ EW Sl’AI’Elt!
num ber of central and south coast
stream s as a result of th e game
commission’s stream clearance
SMITH CALLAWAY
program.
Phil Schneider, state game di
CHAPEL
rector, said that already set io?
clearance ate a num lier of log
Funeral Service
jam s ami accumulatwl debris on
Leonard «X Wilma Smith
the Umpqua and Smith rivets and
Directors
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