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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1937.
Growers Should
Act on Disease,
Strike Problems
Barratt Tells Need
On Return From Al
buquerque Conclave.
Attention of the wool industry
right now is centering on the Argen
tine sanitary convention and the
strike situation, reported J. G. Bar
ratt, president of Oregon Woolgrow
ers association, on his return from
the national convention at Albuquer
que, N. Mex., the first of the week,
' "The strike tie-up has lessened the
sale of sheep carcasses by at least
10,000 a month," Mr. Barratt gave as
an opinion from information gath
ered by talking to men representing
various departments of the industry.
"Not alone is Argentine a formid
able competitor of American grow
. ers for markets, but it is estimated
right now that sixty percent of the
flocks and herds of that country are
afflicted with the foot and mouth
disease.
"It cost the United States millions
of dollars a few years ago to eradi
cate this disease. Now the western
United States is practically free of
it, but imports from Argentine are a
constant threat of contamination to
livestock of this country. It is im
portant that every livestock man and
everyone interested in the welfare of
the livestock industry do all in his
power to get congress to act before
it is too late and another tremendous
expense is faced in again cleaning up
the disease in this country."
Mr. Barratt pointed out that a
memorial to congress is now up at
Salem, asking a quarantine against
livestock from countries where foot
and mouth disease is prevalent. This,
and important strike legislation, is
being pushed by the state association,
" but more support is needed. He said
the state and national associations
are both handicapped by being forced
to operate under inadequate budgets,
and they haven't the resources to
present the growers' problems as
they should be presented. Growers
outside the associations must let their
wishes be known to legislators and
congressmen immediately before the
memorial and bills are acted upon.
Mrs. Barratt accompanied her hus
band to .Albuquerque as delegate
from Oregon Wool Growers auxiliary
to the national auxiliary convention
held at the same time as the wool
men's conclave. She led the suc
cessful fight for the presidency of the
national for Mrs. W. P. Mahoney of
this city, thereby adding to the rec
ogrution which Uregon received in
conducting the destinies of the na
tional industry. Mrs. Mahoney while
president of the Oregon association
several years ago did much in help
ing introduce and promoting the
"Eat More Lamb" campaign which
has resulted in largely increased
consumption of lamb.
Mr. and Mrs. Barratt went on the
train via Union Pacific and Denver
to Albuquerque, making the lap
from Denver south by the D. & R.
G. Leaving Aubuquerque they took
D. & R. G. to Los Angeles, then came
north the coast route over the South
ern Pacific. They made the trip on
schedule all the way except for one
time. On the way north just out of
Dunsmuir they were held up for
eight hours by snow banks, making
them eight hours late getting into
Portland Sunday morning. On reach
ing Portland everything was tied up,
;and though they were in the city
six hours they could find no means
of transportation for a visit to the
home of Mr. Barratt's parents in
Laurelhurst.
The mercury hovered about the
zero point at Albuquerque and resi
dents were complaining, while at
points a few miles out from Albu
querque, sub-zero temperatures of
20 to 25 degrees were experienced.
Albuquerque is high and dry at 5000
feet altitude, Mr. Barratt said, there
by getting hit with lower temper
atures than many places so far south.
Speaking of the outlook for the in
dustry generally, as gleaned from
the national convention, Mr. Barratt
believed prices no lower than last
year could be expected. Optimism
of growers, however, was generally
cloaked with conservatism. There
are enough troublesome problems
with bearish effects to cloud the pic
ture. One of these is the 500,000 more
feeder lambs in the Texas area than
last year which will be turned onto
the market about the same time as
the California lambs. The 500,000
represent an increased production
and heavier carry-over than nor
mal. Then there are the threat of
the disease from Argentine and the
strike depression, among the major
problems.
Mr. Barratt served as chairman of
the finance committee which had
charge of formulating the national
association budget, and he workel
hard for the inclusion of a second
secretary whose duty would be to
contact members and prospective
members in keeping them informed.
The one secretary, forced to work
with an inadequate budget, cannot
carry on the work of lobbying at
Washington and all the other work
required and still do justice to keep
ing up the association's membership,
Mr. Barratt said. He declared that
he had known of one large business
concern spending as much money in
one session of the legislature lobby
ing at Salem as is budgeted for con
ducting the national association's of
fice for an entire year.
Courthouse Force
Fetes Mr. Groundhog
"Eb" Cox's ham and "Sam" Nat
son's lima beans each a jealously
upheld pride of the gentlemen's cul
inary capabilities provided a sub
stantial basis for celebration of
Groundhog day at the court house
yesterday noon. Each member of
the court house force contributed to
the pot luck, which may account for
the loggy atmosphere noted by vis
itors to any of the offices yesterday
afternoon.
Not that the cooking was "heavy."
Paunchy middles and droopy eye
lids testified to the contrary. There
was just too much of it. The only
hungry-looking individual in the
bunch shortly after the party was
Sheriff Bauman.
Celebration of Groundhog day is
an annual custom with the court
house force. It matters not that the
celebration came a day late this year.
Anyway, the force as a whole looked
like they were ready to join the
weather-testing critter in his hole
for another good, six weeks' nap.
So far as your reporter was able
to learn, commissioner Jreck was
the only one who came up for air
long enough to say anything, and
that was to extend George Hayden's
invitation for the gang to attend
chicken feed at his place as soon as
the weather opens up. He, George,
probably thought they would be less
easily tracked after the snow is gone.
Dipping their noses into Mr.
Groundhog's trough were Judge Bert
Johnson, Commissioners L. D. Neill
and George Peck, Assessor Jake
Wells, Deputy Assessor Tom Wells,
Treasurer L. W. Briggs, Sheriff C.
J. D. Bauman and Deputies Elbert
L. Cox and Neva Cochell, Special
Deputy Sheriff Alvah Mason, School
Superintendent Lucy E. Rodgers,
Clerk Chas. Barlow, Deputy Clerk
Mary Chaffee, Engineer H. A. Tam-
blyn, District Attorney Frank C
Alfred, Janitor Henry Howell, Audi
tor Bernard C. Davis, S. E. Notson,
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nickerson, Earle
Bryant and Miss Lucille McDuffee,
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Church of Christ met Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of Miss
Leta Humphreys. An interesting
progam on the missionary work in
Africa was enjoyed. Mrs. J. O. Tur
ner played a piano solo and Miss
Rose Leibbrand played a violin solo.
Delicious refreshments were served
by Miss Humphreys.
MOVES OFFICE.
Vawter Parker, newly appointed
secretary for Hardman National
Farm Loan association, returned the
end of the week from Spokane where
he spent a week learning details of
his new duties. He has removed his
office from Heppner hotel building
to the loan association office on Wil
low street next door to the Gazette
Times.
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AS SEEN BY A
LEGISLATOR
Courtesy of GILES L. FRENCH,
Member from 22nd District.
Any citizens of the state of Ore
gon who, during sessions of the leg
islature, are given to reading the
brief reports of bills introduced
must have felt this week end that
there were storms blowing in the
minds of legislators as severe as the
one that whipped around the cor
ners thesame days.
There is some consolation in the
old saying that "Man proposes and
God disposes." In this case individ
ual legislators propose but it takes
a majority of ninety of them and the
governor to dispose. It is not prob
able that the legislature will vote
to give an award to writers and mu
sicians, that it will abolish those
who examine into relief cases, or
that it will do very many of the pe
culiar things asked of it.
There is an effort being made by
what seems to be a majority to hold
to the rule that no bills can be in
troduced after the first twenty days.
True, due to lack of heat in the ar
mory, where the house is meeting,
and the heavy snow in the valley,
caused a postponement of the dead
line a few days, but the movement to
have it put off for ten days was
killed. There is a feeling that if
state departments cannot get their
bills ready in the alloted time they
can wait for another session.
Several important hearings are
being held this week.. The labor
bills in both the house and the sen
ate will be given their first public
airing and a large group of those
who labor and those whose market
has been stopped by labor will be on
hand, snow on sunshine, to give
their views on the subject. In fact
demonstrations are being managed
by both sides of the controversy.
The erosion bill that permits the
formation of erosion control dis
tricts is in the hands of the erosion
and flood control committee. The
bill is in better form than when it
was first drafted and will come
nearer to doing what is wanted from
it. A resolution to let the people
vote on a constitutional amendment
to give each county a representative
is finally drawn and in the hands
of a committee. The bill that sim
plifies the procedure of setting re
funds on gas tax payments is through
the house and in the senate.
There was snow in Salem Sunday
and Monday morning there were a
number of absentees among the
members. Twenty-seven inches of
wet, valley snow that has been
soaked with rain is hard to move
from the highways and many legis
lators had eight or ten hours work
getting a few miles to Salem. Trains
were late and busses off schedule.
Give Huston reached town Satur
day from the Eight Mile farm by a
very circuitous route, due to roads
being snowbound.
Lexington Gives
Readily to Relief,
A fine spirit of giving was shown
this week in the raising of funds to
be sent to the flood stricken area
along the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers, reports Wm. D. Campbell, Dona
E. Barnett and Elsie M. Beach from
Lexington.
. Even before Mr. Campbell, ' the
chairman, had his drive fully map
ped out there were calls on the tele
phone and personal inquiries as to
where to place contributions. Mr.
Campbell with Mrs. Beach and Miss
Barnett started the drive and uickly
raised a sum of $115.52, which was
turned over to Allan Bean, Morrow
county chairman of the drive, and
funds are still coming in.
The committee expresses apprecia-.
tion for the way the community re
sponded to the call, and are reminded
of the great brotherly love and kind
ness in the hour of great need.
"We are proud to be linked with
the American Red Cross who are
doing so much to take care of those
who at this time cannot help them
selves," they reported.
WINTER BAD.
Most of the "old timers" say this
is about the worst winter they have
ever known in this section, says Long
Creek item in last week's John Day
Valley Ranger. Drifts are over the
fence tops. Snow plows are contin
uously busy trying to keep the roads
open. '
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