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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1912
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A Peaceful Way Out?
NEXT November 11 twenty years
will have elapsed since the echo
of the last gun fired in the great
World war found rest in Flanders
fields. Germany, nude from the strip
poker game at Versailles which fol
lowed the conflict, since that time
has become fully clothed with a new
generation of soldiers, armaments
and control of the Rhine; has indeed
obtained all former attire except her
colonies.
Now Hitler has demanded restora
tion of these, the lions share of which
accompanied John Bull when he
walked away from Versailles. The
ultimatum has rung out clear and
round. And John Bull has equivo
cated.
Sir Anthony Eden, British foreign
minister who would make no bow to
dictators, has resigned. Sir Neville
tit . ... .
unamDenain, prime minister, is
seeking a breathing spell and am
monia salts. He hopes through par
ley to avoid armed combat. It re
mains to be seen whether John Bull
will yield as Hitler has asked, or
whether Hitler will unbend and be
satisfied with half a portion.
Betimes, diplomatic circles are the
busiest they have been for some
time attempting such alliances as
would give an advantage if war must
be fought. While John Bull reaches
out a placating hand toward contin
ental Europe, he is glancing back
over his shoulder to see if his once
obstreperous offspring, now full
grown and manful, is ready to lend
a hand or maybe just money, food
and ammunition.
Mr. Chamberlain is attempting a
middle-of-the road course in the
hope of peaceful settlement of the
present crisis. He will probably find
Uncle Samuel generally sympathetic
with his desires, but not at all cer
tain that such a course is possible,
Dictators are in the habit of having
their will obeyed or else. Or else?
a simple purge of blood.
Coincidence
IT MAY have been fate which
caused Hitler to throw his chal
lenge to the world so that news of it
would break over the United States
on the anniversary of the birth of
this country's first president. On this
day there was cause for all to re
member Washington's wise teach
ings, among which was the admon
ition to avoid foreign entanglements.
Or it may be that Hitler thought
of the occasion as being a good time
in which to catch the American peo
ple in a favorable frame of mind.
On such a day, surely, they must
say, "It's none of our business, let
ihem settle it the best way they can."
If Hitler did thus connive, his
shrewdness does him justice as a
dictator. If he were as keen visaged
in all things, he would know ac
tually 'twere folly.
While Hitler himself may serve a
worthy purpose in getting for Ger
many that which is Germany's, he
can expect little cooperation from
nations that have learned the virtue
of human liberty so long as he him
self is the embodiment of the anti
thesis of that virtue.
The United States fought in the
last great war without hope of ma
terial attainment. The mass of our
people lended willing assistance to
the cause of the Allies because they
believed they were helping to make
the world "Safe for Democracy," and
democracy to the average American
meant, and still means, the right of
each individual's determination of
his own destiny so long as that de
termination is compatible with the
common welfare.
America has no quarrel with the
German people. In fact, many of this
country's leading citizens were chil
dren of the Fatherland. They do, and
they must always, have an aversion
for dictators. For, though power of
control in the hands of one man who
is good and just may. be wielded in
the best interests of all, there is
always posibility as history records,
a certainty that such power will one
day fall into the hands of a black
guard.
So, while Hitler and we may add,
Mussolini, Stalin and all their ilk
are busy building empires, let them
show themselves capable of being
judged as they judge, then we of
America, France and Britain and
those other countries where demo
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crauc ireeaom attains, will more
readily listen to their counsels. Pow
er acquired by force and maintained
by steel and iron" have no place in
the code of democracy.
FFA Boxers Win
Oyer Condon in Mix
(Fom Hehisch)
The Heppner FFA boxing team
kept up its record of not having lost
an encounter this year when they
took a win from the Condon boxers
last Friday by annexing three bouts
to the visitors' one, with one being
called a draw.
As was clearly indicated in the
matches, the Condon boys were not
in shape and were unable to cover
the distance of three two-minute
rounds at top speed and still keep
on even terms with the Heppner
mitmen. The local FFA boys, under
the tutelage of Bill Bennett and
Robert Knox, have won three box-,
ing meets this year and gained a
draw, that with Condon, which was
avenged Friday night.
In the curtain-raiser, a couple of
featherweights, Dick Wilkinson,
Heppner, and Paul Cimmyotti, Con
don, put on a battle that was packed
with thrills as long as it lasted; but
Wilkinson, although a greatly im
proved fighter from his earlier
matches, forgot one of the necessary
requirements concerning a boxer
and ate some food that disagreed
with him. His seconds threw in the
towel in the third round when he
got sick and gave the bout to Cim
myotti on a technical knock-out.
Floyd Williams, Heppner"s stocky
glove-thrower, pounded out a well
earned decision over Edwards of
Condon. Williams took several stiff
punches in this set-to but kept wad
ing in and had Edwards reeling
around the ring when the final gong
sounded.
The evening's third bout was a
draw between Don Bennett and Ru
fus Hill, two local boys who put on
an exhibition.
The second exhibition, exhibitions
being quite numerous on the eve
ring's card, as some of the Condon
fighters were unable to make the
trip, turned put to be one of the best
fights on the program. Joe Aiken and
Jack Merrill, both Heppner bays,
went at it hammer and tong for three
torrid rounds, with Dr. Tibbies, ref
eree, calling the joust a draw.
With the standings at one-all,
Clayton Wright, Heppners husky
142-po under, took a decision over
lanky John Campbell of Condon to
put Heppner in the lead by one vic
tory. Both boys were prone to mix
it up in occasional slug-fests, with
Wright usually the aggressor.
Arthur Vance and Lawrence Weh-
meyer, two Heppner boxers, fought
to a draw in a rather dull exhibition.
The semi-final ended in a tech
nical knock-out for Heppners slug
ging south-paw, Johnny Hays, over
Harry Stoltnow of Condon. As Stolt-
now was outweighed 10 pounds and
had a boil on his neck, his trainers
were leery of matching him with
Hays, who has gained renown as the
fighter with the dynamite punch.
When Hays opened up with a bar
rage of damaging blows that had the
Condon lad staggering around the
ring, Stoltnow's seconds threw in
the towel and awarded a technical
knock-out to Hays.
The evening's main event between
a couple of middleweights, Howard
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner,
STOCK-POISONING PLANTS IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF HEPPNER
By way of introduction:
We have some fourteen plants in
this area which are known to be poi
sonous elsewhere. If you are posi
tive that you can go out on your
ranch and dig up the actual specimen
of plant that you are certain has
caused poisoning of your stock, any
one or all of the following agencies
would be vitally interested in your
contribution: U. S. Forest Service,
Division of Grazing, County Agent's
office, Soil Conservation Service.
Written by one who will be at your
service upon inquiry to the editor,
During certain years stock losses
from poisonous plants have amount
ed to thousands of dollars in this
area. We feel the gospel should be
spread concerning this source of
stock loss not that we are here go
ing to set forth the specific "whys"
and "wherefores" of poisoning in
this area, but rather that we would
like to present certain well-founded
information on stock-poisoning in
general, and further state that cer-
plants, or their close relatives, known
to be poisonous elsewhere are also
found here. If we "instill here a de
sire for concerted action and an in
centive to get certain specific bits
of information relative to this im
portant phase of stock management
our purpose in this series will be en
tirely fulfuilled.
The nature of financial losses from
plant poisoning is two-fold: toxic
poisoning which results in run
down health and bodily condition
of the animal and consequently mar
ket value, and lethal poisoning re
sulting in the death of the animal.
From another viewpoint plant pois
ons may be said to be cumulative;
that is,"a certain amount of the pois
onous plant is eaten over a relatively
extended period and proves to be by
its accumulated effect, toxic or leth
al to the animal. On the other hand
certain poisonous plants must be
partaken of in a certain amount all
at one time before poisoning ensues.
In all cases the poison must be ab
sorbed by the blood stream before it
is effective.
Poisonous plants do not seem to
be as palatable to stock as forage
plants, possibly not because they lack
essential nutrient elements but be
cause they contain certain com
pounds in very small amounts. They
are grazed usually when there is not
much else to graze.
These plant poisons mav occur in
different parts of the plant in vary
ing amounts, and also may be found
in some plants only at certain stages
in the plant s development. Technic
ally, these poisons are grouped as
saponins, glucosides and alkaloids.
During periods of drought, wilting,
frost, or even defloriation by graz
ing the common chokeberry and arrow-grass
(Trriglochin) produce the
deadly hydrocyanic (prussic) acid.
Such poisons as the latter are toxic
to both cattle and sheep other pois
Patton, Heppner, and Howard Moore,
Condon, ended in a none too popular
draw. Moore tried several clowning
tricks, but found he was up against
a slugger in Patton and could not
use his supposedly funny antics to
an advantage. Patton kept boring in
and led the fight throughout, but
Moore generally went into a clinch
whenever the going got tough.
TALK BOY SCOUTS
Jas. M. Burgess of Milton and O.
E. Hoover of Walla Walla were in
the city yesterday in the interests
of Boy Scout work here. Mr. Bur
gess, former local superintendent of
schools and now superintendent of
"Mac Hi," is president of the Blue
Mountain council, and Mr. Hoover
is scout executive with the district
organization.
HAS BUSINESS INCREASE
J. O. Turner, local agent for Ore
gon Mutual Fire Insurance company,
reports a 50 per cent increase in bus
iness written in 1937 over that writ
ten in 1936. He received notice to
this effect by the company's general
manager this week.
UNION SOCIETY TO MEET
The Union Missionary society will
meet at the Episcopal church, Fri
day, March 4, at 230 o'clock to ob
serve the World Day of Prayer.
Oregon
ons may be more "selective" in their
effect such as that of Larkspur which
usually poisons only cattle, or that of
the Lupine which is more poisonous
to sheep than it is to cattle.
In spite of the efficacy of some of
these poisons, however, and the
widespread distribution of certain
of the more poisonous plants it may
safely be stated that financial losses
due to stock poisoning is primarily
a problem of improper stock manage
ment. We might list some of the
more important causes of stock pois
oning as follows:
1. Over-stocking (or over-graz
ing) range and pasture, forcing graz
ing on unpalatable and oftentimes
poisonous plants, and, by over-crop
ping and killing out valuable grasses,
allowing deleterious plants to spread;
Driving stock long distances
without sufficient feed and then
turning out on a range in which
poisonous plants occur in more than
small numbers;
3. Salting stock near poison-in
fested areas, with the consequent
over-cropping of the immediate vi
cinity;
4. Using exactly the same bedding
and shading up grounds on the range
more than once at a time;
5. Exciting or pushing stock after
they have grazed over a poison area;
6. Improper seasonal grazing; graz
ing too early in the spring when the
valuable grasses are 90 water and
certain weeds like Larkspur and
Lupine are so poisonous, or grazing
in the hot, dry summer months when
the valuable forage is temporarily
unattractive and yet when the Lu
pine again is so poisonous with its
developed pods;
7. Grazing on depleted pastures
that should be rehabilitated; in gen
eral poisonous plants are weeds that
infest mismanaged lands;
8. Poor distribution of stock in
pastures, over-grazing certain areas,
under-grazing others;
9. Pushing stock too fast, or when
they are hungry, over stock trails
or other poison-infested areas;
10. Imprudent grazing during dry
or drought years the grazing of
weed patches not normally grazed
in good years and the danger of pois
oning by the deadly prussic acid
group, already mentioned;
11. Grazing range with improper
class of stock, e. g. in the spring
sheep can usually be grazed on lark
spur-infested range without serious
effect whereas cattle might suffer
great losses;
12. Inadequate salting practice
deficiency of salt in the diet will
cause a perverted appetite and the
probable consumption of poisonous
vegetation in the attempt to appease
a salt craving;
13. Inadequate watering facilities:
an animal with an insufficiency of
water is at a handicap in eliminating
poisons from its system;
14. Trailing along the same course
without alternation.
(Continued next week)
Wheat League Ideas
Found in Farm Bill
Provisions of the new AAA farm
act, as they apply to wheat, contain
all but one of the major recommen
dations on federal farm legislation
made by the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league at its annual convention in
La Grande last December, accord
ing to an analysis of the bill made
by extension and AAA officials at
Oregon State college.
The recommendation that north
west soft white wheat be considered
a special commodity under the act,
so as to facilitate exporting the nor
mal surplus in this territory, is ap
parently not included in the act
The chief provisions of the act re
garding wheat are as follows:
Acreage Allotments: National
wheat acreage allotments will be
announced by the secretary of agri
culture by July 15 of each year, to
be used in connection with tne fol
lowing year's program. The national
allotment will be based on acreage
needed to produce at normal yields
about 130 per cent of the normal
year's consumption and exports, or
about 900 million bushels.
Wheat seeded for harvesting in
1938 will not be subject to acreage
allotments. National, state and coun
ty acreage allotments are to be based
Thursday, February 24, 1938
on average acreage of the preceding
10 years. Up to 3 per cent of the
county allotment may be allotted to
new growers. No farmer is com
pelled to accept his allotment, al
though certain privileges and bene
fits will follow his conforming to it.
Marketing Quotas: When wheat
supplies reach the surplus stage
about 950 million bushels market
ing quotas will be announced by the
secretary by May 15. They will be
used to prevent market gluts and
consequent price collapse. No mar
keting quotas will apply to wheat in
1938, unless congress provides funds
for parity payments before May 15.
Loans: Loans to farmers on stored
wheat will be allowed when the
farm price on June 15 is below 52
per cent of parity, or when the July
crop report forecasts a yield in ex
cess of 700 million bushels.
Crop Insurance: Crop insurance,
against all natural risks and cover
ing either 50 or 75 per cent of the
average yield, will be in effect for
1939. Both premiums and losses will
be paid in bushels of wheat rather
than cash.
IS TRANSFERRED
Lt. Jos. G. Katin has been trans
ferred from his work with the local
CCC camp to the Squaw creek camp.
Lt. Karl Weinard from Idaho suc
ceeds him.
THE SUBJECT MATTES
Junior Have you planned your
paper on anatomy yet?
Senior Well, no, but I have the
skeleton in mind.
IN THE FAMILY
"He used to be the richest man
in town."
"Isn't he now?"
"No, his wife's the richest woman
in town."
LOSING NO TIME
"You say Old Dollarmark is suiug
for your hand? What are you go
ing to do?"
"I'm going to start a counttr suit
for breach of promise."
COME AGAIN
"How much for a kiss?"
"I don't do business on any twelfth
of a doxtn basis."
OBEYS OBDKBS
"What's the matter?"
"Matter enough. Look what this
durn worm dots every time I say
back up'."
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