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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, March 3, 1938
Heppner
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Official Paper for Morrow County
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Glutton Falls and the
Future
BY THE time the reader has fin
ished reading about Glutton
falls he may opine, there's a couple
of smart guys for you, just discov
ering something I have known about
for years. But that really isn't the
point about "Glutton falls." Glutton
falls merely represents one of many
things we have to shout about in
Morrow county, which so far have
n't been told, even in a whisper.
It has been said on quite good
authority that the Willow creek coal
fields are quite comparable to those
in the Ruhr valley, largely responsi
ble for the last World war. What, it
may be asked, woud be done with
this resource if it were available to
Germany today?
The coal in the Ruhr valley is of
such quality that it must be pro
cessed before it can be used for fuel.
In the processing, however, medi
cines, dyes and other coal tar prod
ucts are extracted which far exceed
the value of the coal for fuel.
True, the population density of
this region is not such as to demand
immediate development of our coal
field, but with the possibility of
cheap power from Bonneville and
Grand Coulee coming into the pic
ture it is an example of the poten
tial resources of this region on which
ia based the belief that the next large
industrial development of the world
will take place on the west coast of
the United States.
There is another point, too, to
Glutton falls. That is the scenic and
recreational attactions adjacent to
the Heppner-Spray highway which
should be told to the world to in
duce visitation by tourists and to
gain for the route the recognition
to which it is entitled as the short
est and most direct route from points
northeast to central Oregon and Cal
ifornia. With its connections, this
route is now interstate and hence
entitled to placement on the Bureau
of Public Roads map for improve
ment and maintenance.
The wet winter has been hard on
the road beyond Hardman and it is
badly cut up at present. The state
should not delay long in blading it
back into condition.
Sometimes we hear the remark
that Morrow county has no chance
for development. That it is now sup
porting all the people it will ever be
able to support. That it is raising
more wheat now than it should, and
that its ranges are overgrazed with
livestock.
Those who hold to such beliefs
should study the potentialities of
our mountain region. The large crop
of ponderosa pine will be harvested
within the next fifty years. That
will bring some development. The
mineral resources are as yet un
touched. And the possibility of ben
efitting from what in recent years
has proved to be one of Oregon's
most lucrative crops the tourist
crop can fast be made a probability
by "telling the world."
NINETY FARM FOLK IIEAR
REPORT, ECONOMIC MEET
Continued from First Page
for clean summerfallow on all the
wheat land in the county."
In summing up their discussion of
conservation methods, the commit
tee said:
"We recommend that the most
economical and effective means of
controlling soil erosion be made not
only a matter of immediate concern
by the individual farmer, but that a
study of the prevention of soil ero
sion be made an integral part of the
experiment station and extension
service programs."
The farm crops committee also
emphasized the importance of weed
control, and urged that the serious
ness of the weed situation be em
phasized during the coming year so
that "the public may realize the
necessity for concerted action if ser
ious loss and heavy expenditures
for later control are to be avoided."
The farm home and rural life com
mittee divided its discussion into
three projects: (1) sound financial
management; (2) a convenient, sat
isfying house; and (3) good, nutri
tious food.
All four committee reports were
adopted as the report of the confer
ence, and it was recommended that
the complete report be published or
made available in mimeograph form,
E. H. Miller, Lexington, was gen
eral chairman of the conference, with
Joe Belanger, county agent, acting
as general secretary.
Mrs. Vida Heliker, lone, was chair
man of the farm home and rural life
committee, and was assisted in pre
paring the report by Miss Lucy Case,
extension specialist in nutrition from
OSC, and the following committee
members: Faye Finch, Pauline
Hughes, Helen Currin, Mrs. Roy
Neill, Carrie Beckett, Etta Huston,
Ethel Adams, Lucy Rodgers, Ber
tha Nelson, Emma Peck, Alta Cuts
forth, Maude Pointer, Elaine Riet
mann, Elsa Peterson, Roxy Krebs,
Anna Skoubo, Mrs. Russell Miller,
Mrs. Victor Meier, Mrs. Arthur Al
len, Ida Brace and Mrs. Fred Hough
ton.
The following men made up the
land use committee: Werner Riet-
mann, chairman; Paul Smith, W. A.
Bakere, Ralph Earwood, Frank Fred-
rickson, Jack White, H. M. Duus, E.
H. Miller, L. D. Neill, Lawrence
Redding, Floyd Adams, Frank An
derson, Ray Drake, Bert Johnson,
Frank S. Parker, R. A. Thompson,
Henry Smouse, Henry Baker, M. J.
Fitzpatrick, Fred Mankin, O. W.
Cutsforth, Wm. Doherty, Leo Gorger,
A. H. Nelson, George Peck, Frank
Saling, C. E. Carlson and Victor
Carlson.
The livestock committee consisted
of the following Morrow county op
erators: Glen Hadley, H. H. Jayne,
R. V. Jones, Forrest Hunting, A. E.
McFarland, John Krebs, Chas. Bar
tholomew, Ray Wright, J. G. Barratt,
John Hanna, Dave Hynd, Wm. Kil
kenny, R. I. Thompson, Orrin Wright,
Edwin Hughes, J. J. Wightman,
Frank Wilkinson, Barney Doherty,
R. A. Thompson.
The farm crops committee was
made up as follows: Oscar Peterson,
chairman; D. F. Ransier, Ingvard
Skoubo, Glen Aldrich, Chauncey
Grimm, W. V. Grider, Herbert Hynd,
Marion Finch, Carl F. Bergstrom,
Terrel Benge, C. N. Jones, John Lane,
Newt O'Hara, Frank E. Parker, Sam
Turner, Cleve Van Schoiack, Lee
Beckner, J. O. Kincaid, Clyde Den
ney, Roy Campbell, Henry Gorger,
Bert Peck, R. B. Rice and Oral Scott.
The farm home and rural life re
port was read by Mrs. Vida Heliker,
the livestock report by E. H. Miller,
the farm crops report by Oscar Pe
terson, and the land use report by
Bert Johnson.
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REV. CARL BASSETT
Revival Messages
Sunday A. M., "Modern Crucifixion"
Sunday P. M. "Crimson Crimes"
Monday "A Crown of Thorns"
Tuesday "The Broken Heart"
Wednesday "Sign of the Cross"
Thursday "Nail-Pierced Hand"
Friday "The Face of Jesus"
Sunday A. M. .. "The Broken Circle"
Sunday P. M
-. "The Old Rugged Cross"
Haguewood Heads
Army Day Committee
Commander O. G. Haguewood of
lone Post No. 95, American Legion,
has been appointed chairman of the
local committee for the observance
of Army Day, April 6th. His post
officers and other representative
citizens will compose the committee.
Army Day is sponsored by the
Military Order of the World War
and will be observed in 97 cities and
towns in Oregon.
The state committee is composed
of Governor Charles Martin as hon
orary chairman; Honorable James
K. Carson, Jr., mayor of Portland,
as chairman; Judge Jacob Kanzler,
Captain Oscar Kaufer, and Major H.
D. Bagnall, the army recruiting of
ficer, as executive secretary.
Walter Wright, in the city Satur
day from the Rhea creek district,
reported lambing in full swing all
along the creek with good results.
He expressed pleasure with spring
and summer range prospects with
both foothill and mountain land the
wettest in years.
Rattlers on Upper
Indian Creek Shown r
To be Well Fed
The Blue mountain region is
generally free from infestation by
poisonous reptiles, and it is with
respects to the general public aver
sion to snake stories that we tell
of a picture handed us this week
by F. F. Wehmeyer, local ranger.
The picture was taken, by the
way, near the head of Indian creek
which empties into the John Day
and quite a distance from the fa
vorite picnicking grounds of lo
cal people.
Pictured is a gentleman holding
a rattlesnake by the tail, while in
the rattlesnake's mouth is a "bun
ny" or cottontail. Apparently a
normal sized man, his hand is held
slightly above his head grasping
the snake's tail and the reptile's
head hangs about his shins, mid
way between knee and ankle.
It was suggested that the picture
might be used to advertise the fact
that rattlers of the section are kept
well fed, hence are unlikely to at
tack visitors.
School Heads Talk
Prep Standards
A. H. Blankenship, superintendent,
and Robert Knox, principal, attended
a district conference of high school
administrators at Pendleton Tues
day for the purpose of discussing
high school standards. The meeting
was one of a series held in 19 coun
ties of the state under direction of
D. A. Emerson of the state depart
ment of education.
Assisting were F. L. Stetson, U. of
O. professor of education, and Har
riet C. Long, state librarian. A study
is being made of state and northwest
association standards and the up
plication of criteria used in a co
operative study made by the re
gional accrediting associatiins of the
United States last year. Professor
Stetson was in charge of a commit
tee that surveyed 200 selected high
schools while he was in leave of ab
sence from the university last year.
White Rose Spud Seed
Possible Profit Crop
White Rose potatoes may be mean
to grow, because of susceptibility to
several potato diseases, but they of
fer a good money-making oppor
tunity for many Oregon growers,
says E. R. Jackman, extension crops
specialist at OSC. This variety has
nearly supplanted Burbanks in Cali
fornia where Oregon growers for
merly sold considerable Burbank
seed.
Since the development of the Shat
ter potato area the demand is largely
for White Rose seed, as that section
ships annually some 5000 carloads of
early potatoes to northern regions,
nearly all White Roses. M. B. Mc
Kay of Troutdale grew a large ton
nage of White Rose seed last year.
By leaving the crop in the ground
till late he avoided the late blight
rot prevalent in the Willamette val
ley last fall.
nl i - t ji -i
wyue uenny was in me cuy rn
day from the Lexington section pre
paring to start spring work in his
wheat operations.
Mayor Jeff Jones was reported by
his physician this morning as con
siderably improved in his illness.
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