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Page Eight Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, February 3, 1938 1938 AAA Program Ready for State Application County Goals Sent Local Workers; Fig ures for Farms Next The application of the 1938 ag ricultural conservation program in Oregon, held up for nearly two months awaiting congressional ac tion on new farm legislation,- will proceed without further delay, the next task being the breaking down of county soil depleting goals into farm units, anounces N. E. Dodd, chairman of the state AAA commit tee which has just completed an im portant meeting at Oregon State college. With scope of new farm legisla tion fairly well established, national AAA officials met with regional and state representatives at Salt Lake City and agreed upon state goals in the various classifications under the new program. It is believed that new legislation will require only minor adjustment of present plans, it was announced. The general soil depleting goal for Oregon is 1,780,452 acres, the Oregon delegation reported upon return from the Salt Lake conference. The special potato acreage goal, includ ing only the 16 commercial potato counties, is 45,946. Both these totals are about what were previously ex pected by the Oregon committee and can be met with reasonable ease because of the adjustments already made from former soil depleting crop levels. Two regional officials, C. E. Carter and S. A. McCracken, met with the Oregon committee at Corvajlis and helped break down the state goals into county totals. These have now been distributed to the county com mittees which will in turn translate them into individual farm figures. Any farmer may then see exactly what is expected in order to qualify for maximum soil conservation ben efits. His participation in whole or in part is entirely voluntary, how ever. The committee also completed work on specifications of soil build ing practices which will soon be published. Full reports in the new sign-up of work sheets have not been receiv ed at the state office, but informal reports indicate that considerable new sign-up has occurred, especial ly in western Oregon counties. The deadline for new sign-ups was Jan uary 15. Livestock Meet Set for Roseburg, Feb. 7-8 Roseburg Livestock problems of western Oregon, particularly those related to the classification and zoning of forest lands, are to be con sidered at the annual meeting of the Western Oregon Livestock associa tion at Roseburg, February 7 and 8 The first day will be devoted entire ly to committee meetings, with the general session on Tuesday, Feb. 8, says Alfred Powers, of Powers, pres ident of the association. In preparation for the meeting four committees have been appoint ed by Powers and have been gath ering materials. These committees are dealing with the status of the O. & C. grant lands, land zoning, pasture and range improvement, and organization improvement. The last legislature passed a bill calling for the classification of lands under the control of the state board of forestry, to be followed by zoning according to major uses for which such lands are suited. Livestock men, because of the relationship to their grazing needs, are vitally in terested in this development, accord ing to President Powers. Interest in pasture improvement has ben heightened by the work that was done following the 1936 Coos and Curry county forest fires, when large burned-over areas were reseeded with good pasture plants which have since become well es tablished The convention is open to the gen eral public, livestock men of western Oregon being especially invited to iiHiiiitiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiii At Heppner CHURCHES CHURCH OF CHRIST ALVIN KLEINFELDT, Pastor Bible School 9:45 a. m. Morning Services 11:00 ,. m. U. bj. Society p. in. Evening Services 7:30 p. m. Choir Practice, Wednesday .... 7:30 p. m. Midweek Service, Thursday 7:30 p. m, Walter Myers, field secretary of the Oregon Christian Endeavor Un ion, and field worker for the North west Christian Old People's homes, will speak Sunday morning. He will also meet with the young peo pie. Union service at this church in the evening. METHODIST CHURCH REV. R. C. YOUNG. Pastor Sunday: Bible School 9:45 A. M. Worship Service 11:00 A. M. Ep worth League 6:30 P. M. Evening Worship 7:30 P. M. Tuesday: Boys' Club 7:00 P. M. 2nd Tuesday, Mlssionarry Meet ing 2:30 P. M. Wednesday : Choir Practice .. 7 :30 P. M. 1st Wednesday. Ladies Aid Busi ness and Social Meeting 2:30 All other Wednesdays Sewing Group meets. Thursday: Prayer Meeting .. 7:30 P. M. THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD "K" and Elder Sts., Rev. E. D. Greeley, pastor. Bible School 10 a. m. Devotional Service 11 a. m. Inspirational Service 7:30 p. m. Mid-Week Fellowship Meeting on Wednesday, 7:30. Cottage Prayer Meeting each Fri day, 7:30. help enlarge the organization into an active working body. Represent atives of eastern Oregon livestock groups are also being invited to help consider common problems, says Powers. The tentative program includes discussion of forest land problems by J. W. Ferguson, state forester, and several specialists from Oregon State college. Ben Nichols, presi dent of the Douglas County Live stock association, is also on the pro gram. ' Conservation Part of Ownership Trust Ownership of farm and grazing land should be regarded as a trust involving the obligation to conserve as well as the privilege of produc aive use, H. H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation service, declared last week in his annual report to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. "The old idea that owneship is a license for untrammeled exploitation is fast disappearing," the Soil Con servation service head asserted. "Today we are beginning to realize that each parcel of land is actually part of a basic natral resource, in the preservation of which the nation as a whole has a most important stake." During the past fiscal year, Ben nett states in his report, erosion control operations of the service were expended to cover a total of 8 million acres of private land and to include voluntary cooperative agreements with more than 50,000 landowners. These agreements call for a large number of measures for the protection of crop and grazing land, such as contour cultivation, strip cropping, gully control, and improved crop rotations. Striking a general optimistic note, Bennett reports that events of the past year allied the individual far mer and governmental agencies in a new and more effective approach to the problem of conserving soil resources on a national scale. Citing the passage of enabling soil conser vation laws by a number of states as a most encouraging portent, he points out that these laws supple ment existing federal soil conserva tion programs by making possible cooperative local action to check erosion damage. . Speaking Contest Listed by KOAC Corvallis-AA public speaking con test over radio station KOAC in which votes of. listeners will count 50 per cent toward selecting the winner has been arranged by the Salem chapter of the Future Farm ers of America for Saturday "eve ning, February 5 starting about 7 o'clock. The four best speakers in the Sa lem chapter will compete for cash prizes offered by Salem banks, the winner to take part later in the dis trict contest. Three judges will score the contestants, two listening over the radio and the other in the studio J. F. Svinth, Smith-Hughes instructor in Salem, is in charge of the unusual program. A gift of $25,000 was made by Al fred P. Sloan this month to be used in granting scholarships to city and state police officers and engineers, who will be enabled to study for one year in special departments at Nor thwestern and Harvard universities. Twenty awards will be made to men in the cities and states winning the various divisions of the National Safety council's traffic safety con test for 1937. Oysters and Shell Fish NOW IN SEASON Marine delicacies lend zest to our menus. Try our Fountain Service A Good Meal Anytime at the Elkhorn Restaurant ED CIUNN, Prop. I j$ r TV SK I A Dl-rLr (( Start the dav ri,H, , v ' I I 'VXA f l(fjfcr Start the day right! Here's the makings for a hearty breakfast that will give you new vigor fo the day's problems. It's our treat with these LOW PEICES. FEB. 4 to FEB. 8th SLEEPY HOLLOW SYRUP If you like more of the real Vermont Maple It's a winner. SUGAR BROWN 7 lbs. 45c POWD. 5 lbs. 39c EXTRA FINE 100 lbs. $5.69 MILK Tall MAXIMUM or FEDERAL Case $3.49 12 tins 89c 10 lb. 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