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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1929. BOARDMAN Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown enter tained a few friends at cards on Friday evening at their home. 800 was played at three tables, followed by a dainty luncheon. Guests were Messrs. and Mesdames Lee Mead, J. F. Gorham, Brice Dillabough, D. F. Ransier, Royal Rands. A number of Boardman fight fans drove to Umatilla Wednesday night to attend the smoker. Ray Browns have purchased a new Star sedan. Glen Hadley went to Hardman on Thursday. He has been under the weather and thought a trip to the mountains would help him recover moie quickly. He has been fighting flu for some time. He returned on Saturday. The Shriners' dance given at Umatilla Saturday night was well attended. Proceeds are to go to the Shrine hospital in Portland. Many purchased tickets who did not attend. Boardman was well rep resented at the affair. Boardman played Lexington Fri day night on the local floor. The game was a fast and interesting one and Boardman won 17 to 9. This was the second league game of the season. After the game the local high school students entertained the Lexington rooters at a pleasant dancing party in the auditorium. Miss Henry, Eldon Wilson, Nate Macomber and Victor Hango pro vided the music. Later refresh- ments were served by the Board man girls. Robert Partlow was over Sunday from lone. His grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Partlow is very low and has been unable to take any nourish ment for some time. She has been living at lone this winter with her grandson Robert His sister Betty Harwood has gone back to her home in Bellingham. The Adventists have been holding a series of meetings at their church with interesting talks by Elder Dewey Payne who has been in charge of the local Adventist church for the past several months. Boardman played a practice game with Umatilla Tuesday evening here with a 19-14 score in Boardman's favor. The home team was not so successful in their practice game with Stanfield last Saturday night as they were defeated 12-14. Beatrice Weed returned to her home in Condon Friday after three days visit with her aunt, Mrs. Rob ert Wilson. Clarence Berger took his son Richard to Hermiston last week where he had the cast removed. Richard was hurt in November and has been in a cast extending from his waist to his toes to permit his hip joint to knit properly, as one of the bones was broken at that time. Mrs. W. H. Mefford came home Sunday from a week's visit with her daughter Mrs. Albert Macomber at Condon. Mrs. Mefford and children drove up Sunday to get her. A number of local Grangers mo tored to Irrigon Wednesday evening when a joint installation was held for officers of Irrigon and Board man Granges. C. H. Dillabough was the installing officer. Boardman of ficers installed were: Master, Geo. Wicklander; Overseer, Lee Mead; Lecturer, Mrs. L. Root; Treasurer, L. V. Root; Chaplain, Mrs. Geo. Wicklander; Steward, Dan Ransier; Assistant Steward, John Brice; Gate Keeper, Claude Myers; Secretary, Mrs. Brice Dillabough; Lady Assist ant, Mrs. Glen Mackan; Ceres, Mrs. Robert Mitchell; Pomona, Mrs. A. J. Chaffee, Flora, Mrs. Ransier. Af ter the business session the Irrigon folks served a marvelous lunch and then dancing was enjoyed until a late hour. Going from Boadman were Messrs. and Mesdames Claude Myers, Ray Brown, Glen Machan, I. Skoubo, Geo. Wicklander, Dan Ransier, John Brice, Mrs. Brice Dillabough, Mrs. Ed Kunze, C. H. Dillabough and Chas. Wicklander. Mrs. H. H. Weston is convalesc ing after a bad attack of flu which she contracted while visiting her daughter Mrs. M. L. Morgan in Portland. After spending several days in bed she was up and about and suffered a relapse. When she improved she came home and was again forced to return to her bed but after a long siege she is slowly improving. Walter Knauff and family expect to leave as soon as the weather warms up for their new home six miles east of La Grande. They trad ed their ranch here for 240 acres of land up there. This is a stock ranch with some alfalfa. C. S. Calkins is driving a new Essex coach. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Uthey have returned to Yakima after spending some time with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Olson. Dallas Wilson had a painful ac cident last week when he fell on the ice while playing "crack the whip." He cut his lip badly and broke one of his front teeth. Father Brady of Heppner visited at the Slevin home Saturday. Due to the efforts of friends who carefully nursed them both day and night, the Hereim family are all convalescing from the flu. The en tire family was ill at once, Mr. Hereim suffering a relapse that proved to be quite serious, and the other three members also were in bed at the same time. Friends were unfailingly kind as it was an utter impossibility to employ help, but various ones took turns caring for them; others sent delicacies, and other friends did the washing. This incident is typical of the many sim ilar occurrences of the kindness and thoughtfulness of Boardman peo ple. "Our Awful Aunt" is the title of the play being prepared to be pre sented early in February for the benefit of the cemetery association. It is a comdy with many laughs and will no doubt equal the home talent plays that are given here, which ara always enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Smith were en tertained at a lovely turkey dinner on Sunday at the J. F. Gorham home. Mr. Gorham's birthday Is on the 19th and Mrs. Smith's on the 22nd, Wheat Improvement Program for Pacific North west as Recommended by the Pacific Northwest Wheat Conference Held at Pullman, December 1 4 The most important agricultural crop in the Pacific Northwest is wheat Problems in wheat produc tion and handling differ from those of any other wheat-producing sec tion of the United States. Climate, soil and altitude ranges are greater; our market demands white varieties and a considerable portion of our crop is exported as either wheat or flour. Few other places in the coun try are succeeding with the variet ies and production methods that are most important in this region. Ex perience has proved the Pacific Northwest cannot use varieties and production methods of the other large wheat growing areas. The Pacific Northwest states are large in area, thinly populated and in addition, a large percent of their area is occupied by public lands under the control of the Federal government These lands yield no funds for agricultural experimental work. These states have practical ly reached their limit in providing further funds for this type of work. Existing experiment station facil ities in the states of the Pacific Northwest provide sufficient lands and buildings and a considerable portion of the equipment so that no additional federal appropriation is necessary for new experiment stations. Many of the present stations have land and other facilities but insufficient technical assistance to properly carry on all the needed work and get the resulst before the public. A strong federal program will coordinate the work in devel oping certain phases at stations best suited to them and in avoid ing unnecessary duplication. We desire that a strong regional program be developed by the De partment of Agriculture in the Pa cific Northwest under competent wheat leadership in cooperation with the existing experimental sta tions and other agencies in the re spective states. Although creditable and valuable economic results are being secured by present experimental work and the results are being rapidly adopt ed by wheat farmers; new problems are arising much more rapidly than then can be solved with present fa cilities. Further expansion or elab oration of present work and attack of new problems in the improve ment of existing methods and var ieties is dependent upon the in creased funds and man power and upon closer cooperation and united action of the forces now working upon wheat A comprehensive wheat improve ment program for the Pacific North west must necessarily take into con sideration problems of production disease control and handling and utilization of the crop. Similar programs have been init iated for the expansion of experi mental work in the Hard Red spring and Hard Red Winter wheat states. We recognize the need for an enlarged program in these areas and consider the wheat improve ment program for the Pacific North west of equal importance in a na tional plan for wheat improvement We feel that this national pro gram is in harmony with the ex pression of President Calvin Cool- idge in his message to Congress of December 4, 1928, in which he says in part: "I cannot too strongly commend in the fields of fact finding the re search work of the Department of Agriculture and the state experi mental stations. The program of support for research may wisely be continued and expanded." With this in mind, the following items are proposed: Milling and Baking and Related Work. Over 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are marketed in the Pacific northwest and farmers get little of the values for premium high and low protein wheat because there has been practically no experimental work upon it Protein experiment al work in relation to commercial varieties, producing regions and conditions may be of value to farm ers and millers. Milling and baking data will be useful not only in de termining values to farmers and dealers but will undoubtedly be helpful to millers and bakers in mnaufacture and utilization of flour. There is much to be deter mined in gluton quality, starch val ue and vitamin content or our wheats. Milling and baking and protein data will be useful in determining the value of new hybrids and va rieties developed, will determine the meritorious ones and prevent dis tribution of the less valuable ones The problem involves both high and low protein wheats and best utili zation of old and new varieties. Improvement in Breeding. Dis ease resistance, especially smut re sistance is a major breeding prob lem. Smut losses by machine fires, yield production, discounts and cleaning charges cause an annual loss in the three northwest states of three million dollars. Losses from foot rot, rust, mildew, wheat scab, ergot and other troubles are estimated to reach not less than one million dollars a year. These serious disease problems may be at tacked by disease studies and by breeding methods. Breeding work will develop va rieties better suited to many wheat areas and may make them more pofltable. Few varieties have a, very wide adaptation. Several new ones are needed to be best suited to various conditions and to the Pacific Northwestern market de mands. The best market wheats are white. The best agronomic varieties in some cases are red. With altitude ranges of from sea level to six thousand feet, rainfall from seven to forty-five inches year, growing season from fifty to over one hundred and twenty days, minimum temperatures from freez ing to forty below zero, maximum temperatures from around seventy to over one hundred and ten de grees, where wheat is being com mercially produced, the need for breeding for regional suitability as well as market demands can read ily be seen. Non shattering, hail resistance, with suitable straw length to meet harvest conditions, resistance to winter injury, varieties to escape summer frost damage, high weight per bushel, kernel plumpness and other agronomic improvements are subjects for further work. Seed Improvement Studies. Mo torized threshing machines have un doubtedly increased seed injury and present new problems. There is still much experimental need for seed treatment to devise better methods as well as to disprove new and rejuvenated fakes. With four to six million bushels of seed wheat annually used and with frequent reseeding necessary, investigational work to determine the best type of seed, the best way to treat it and the things that result in stand fail ure has real economic value. Seed stimulation, seed vigor in relation to conditions where it was produc ed, frost sprouting injury, etc., growing single and mixed varieties are problems for study. Yield and Quality Improvement Extension of tillage work to cover new methods, new localities and new machines; utilization for resi due, seed bed preparation, moisture conservation, lowering tillage costs, enlarging the per man output, grow ing crop cultivation, growing plant nutrition studies are included in this item. Grain Harvest and Handling Stu dies. Entrance of the combine in to new areas, and new types of com bines present new problems in grain handling, weed seed distribution and disposition, and in straw dis position and utilization. There are important studies needed in smut dust collection at the thresher, wheat handling at farm and coun try shipping points including farm storage, farm and country point grain cleaning, washing and condi tioning. There is much needed work on the relation of moisture content and value of northwestern wheat Insect Control. The most serious losses are from false wireworms and possible true wireworms. This los3 is second only to smut Life histories are not worked out. No successful control methods are available. There is a possibility of poisoning adults. Losses continue year after year. Wheat stem worm and wheat joint worm cause ser ious losses occasionally. The Hes sian fly is serious in the coast areas. There is little worked out to control occasional serious outbreaks of grasshoppers and aphids. There are serious stored grain and flour mill insects that are difficult to con trol in low temperature areas. Summarizing the above as fol lows: 1. Milling and baking $ 20,000 2. Wheat Improvement by breeding 50,000 3. Seed improvement studies 15,000 4. Improvement of yield and quality through better growing methods 15,000 5. Studies of improvement of harvest and handling methods 25,000 5. Improvement through in sect control work 20,000 i J? V-C ! i ':; Niasarwr. jw :! j i .fan' At Gunten. (iermanv. a mrmns fral uj naiuic is u natural artesian well in the heart of a tree. Twenty yean ago a farmer dug a well and made a pipe out of a young poplar tree, with this result about eight inches in this vicinity. The ranchers are more than thank ful for it, providing it will help pre serve the wheat and bring a bump er crop. G. L. Bennett who has been suf fering from pneumonia is very much improved. Everybody is invited to attend a rabbit drive held Sunday at Sand Hollow. Meet at the Kilkenny ranch 2 miles north of Alipne school house. It is planned that they will meet at 10 o'clock. Coffee and Sandwiches will be served at noon or shortly after. There will be va rious bonfires around on the ground so if you can't keep warm chasing rabbits you can warm yourselt by the fires. Everybody come and bring a club. Tell everybody you see to come and bring a club. Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary entertain ed on Tuesday evening Willard Hawley, formerly of Grand Valley, Oregon, also Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt and son Alfred, Mrs. Anna Heiny and Mike Sepanek. NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMAL. Notice is hereby given that un der and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon, the undersign ed has taken up the hereinafter de scribed animal found running at large on his premises in Morrow county. State of Oregon, and that he will on Saturday, the 9th day of February, 1929, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the Barney Doherty place in Sand Hollow, offer for sale at pub lic auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, the said animal, unless the same shall have been redeemed by the owner there of. Said animal is described as fel lows: One black mare, wegiht about 1500 pounds; two white hind feet; blotch brand on right shoulder. WM. J. DOHERTY, Lexington, Oregon. Cummings & Witcraft U. S. I BATTERY SALES Complete Battery Service Recharge Rental Repair Satisfaction Guaranteed $145,000 Signed: Walter Robinson (farmer) Pullman, Wash., Chairman. Houston McCroskey (farmer) Gar field, Wash. Harry Goldsworthy (farmer and legislator) Rosalia, Wash. F. L. Kennard (Washburn-Wilson Seed Co.) Moscow, Ida. Theodore Koster (farmer) Moscow, Ida. John Withycombe (farmer) Arling ton, Ore. Roy W. Ritner (farmer) Pendleton, Ore. James K, Hill (farmer) Pendleton, Ore. H. A. Martin, (Kerr Gifford Co., grain exporter) Portrland, Ore. Committee on Program. Approved unanimously by the Pa iflc Northwest Wheat Improvement conference, Pullman, Washington, December 14, 1928. ALPINE. By Gertrude E. Tichenor Following three weeks of serious illneess Miss Ruth Bennett was able to return to school and her studies on Monday. Edmund Hlrl, John Doherty and the Misses Bernice and Betty Se panek went to Umatilla on Satur day night to attend the evening per formance given at the grand open ing of the Umatilla high school gymnasium. They report that the music and entertainment was ex ceptionally good. Church services were held at Al pine on Sunday, a good crowd being in attendance. Services next Sun day will be held at Pine City. Mil ton W. Bower will have charge and everybody is welcome. Mrs. Anna Heiny, Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary and son Irl, Jr., and daughter Mildred were Sunday eve ning guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Flnley. Mrs. Mike Sepanek and daughters Bernice and Betty were Heppner visitors on Saturday. Mrs. George Lambrith left Wed nesday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Schulter of Hold man. William Doherty was a Heppner visitor on Saturday. Miss Bernice Sepanek was a guest of Msis Celatha Lambirth over Sun day night Miss Margaret Herndon, former ly of Portland, is employed as housekeeper at the West Camp ranch. Mrs. G. L. Bennett and son Merle were business visitors in Hermiston and Echo on Monday. Nature's white blanket has cov ered mother earth to a depth of When you build, we are ready to serve you . WHEN you build It is always a comforting W thing to know that the buUdlntmaterials you buy are going to be up to specifications. Cheap, flimsy construction usually goes hand in hand with poor quality materials. Safeguard your building by.letting us know what you require and we will work with you to see that your interests are well protected. 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