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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
IONE NEWS
Vernor Troedson
Delivers First Wheat
By KATHERINK GRIFFITH
Harvest commenced in this vicin
ity last week and will be general
following the Fourth. First delivery
was made in lone Tuesday by Ver
nor Troedson who farms north of
lone, close to the Sands. His grain
is making ten bushels. A. H. Nelson
is up from Canby for the harvest on
his ranch near Jordan Siding. Wheat
from there is being delivered .at
Jordan and is from seed sowed last
August. James Lindsay and Smith
Brothers at Morgan began harvest
ing last week. Fred Mankin near
lone is reported to have harvested
grain weighing sixty-four pounds
to the bushel. His grain is yielding
well.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Everson of
Hood River spent the week end at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Everson. They brought back Eleanor
Everson who has been visiting them
since school was out.
Bert Johnson motored to Portland
Saturday and on his return brought
his mother, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and
sister, Miss Olga Johnson, home for
a visit.
Mrs. Laxton McMurray departed
Saturday for Seattle where she ex
pected to take a boat for Alaska,
Mr. McMurray drove her as far as
Wenatchee, where she met her cou
sin, Mrs. A. E. Hinckley, who wil
make the trip with her. The boat
was to leave on the Fourth of July,
Mr. and Mrs. Erret E. Humme:
left Saturday for La Grande where
they will visit Mrs. Hummers par'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bristow
and family arrived in lone Sunday
from Baker. They will visit Mr.
Bristow's parents, the E. J. Bris
tow's, and Mrs. Bristow's mother,
Mrs. Ida Grabill.
Emil Swanson motored to Salem
Monday to visit his daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Mc
Millan. Mrs. Swanson, who has been
visiting there, will return with him.
He was accompanied by Norma Lou
Lundell who will visit the McMil
lans for a while.
Guests at the Leonard Carlson
home are Mr. and Mrs. diaries East
man and daughter Bernadine, Doro
thy Hemerson, Richard Lewis, all
of Portland, and Marion Albertson
of Minneapolis, Minn., who arrived
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Erling Thompson
have rented the apartment former
ly occupied by Mrs. Harriet Brown,
and moved in Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ball and fam
ily moved into the J. W. Howk home
from their ranch Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Odom and
daughter returned from Salem Wed
nesday where they were visiting Mr.
Odom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Odom,' and sister Juanita. Miss Juan
ita and her cousin, Robert Putnam,
accompanied them home to visit for
about a month.
Ted Thompson arrived in lone
Saturday for harvest. He was a stu
dent at University of Oregon this
winter.
Martin Bauernfeind spent the
week end in the mountains with his
family. When he returned to Mor
gan, his daughter Elsie returned
with him to stay until the Fourth.
Carl Bauman, who farms near
Morgan, started to cut his grain Sat
urday but had to quit because it
was too green.
Miss Mary McNamee of Seattle
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Clara New
lin, here.
Clarence Linn of Vernonia spent
his Fourth of July vacation at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. J. Linn.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ely enter
tained the following people at dinner
Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ely,
Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers, George N.
Ely, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Palmateer
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J.
Ely and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beau
theus and Robert, at a family reun
ion. Earl Padberg, who is employed in
Portland, spent the week end vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Padberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feldman, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Mason and ' grand
daughter, Janet Mason, Miss Emmer
WATER DEVELOPMENTS SHOW WORTH
DURING DRY SEASONS THIS YEAR
(Editor's Note: This article, last
in a series of six on the AAA
range program by the Morrow
county agricultural conservation
association, discusses the im
portance of water in successful
ranching.)
Many an Oregon ranch operator
has been thankful this spring for the
water improvements made on his
range during the last few years un
der the AAA range program. Newly
developed sources of water have, in
many cases, helped bring range an
imals through recent dry months
with decreased worry to their own
ers.
Many water improvements made
their appearance on Oregon ranges
last year, with the AAA aiding op
erators in paying the cost. The state
office at Corvallis said recently that
160 dams, 600 spring improvements,
113 reservoirs, and 85 wells were de
veloped on cooperating farms dur
ing 1938.
In Morrow county one of the most
popular water developments was the
Luckman Bros, ranch, with five
springs appearing. Other typical de
velopments were Gladys Corrigall.
Pat McLaughlin and Lucy O'Brien
Wilkins.
Adequate water for livestock is
just as important in successful range
operation as good grass. Not only is
it important in itself but also the
location is an essential factor in
proper distribution of stock over the
range. With too few watering places,
animals tend to over-graze nearby
areas and fail to graze sufficiently
on more distant range where grass
may be good but drinking water
lacking.
Payments given for water develop
ment are not intended fully to cover
the cost, but they do give encourage
ment to make the best possible use
of whatever water is available on
the range.
A typical example of a ranch op
erator benefitting from the range
program is a Jefferson county ranch
er, who said he had hauled water a
distance of a mile and a half for
several years in order to supply his
winter range. Last year the AAA
program suggested that he develop
a nearby seep hole to supply a
stock tank and thereby eliminate
the hauling. He completed the pro
ject, and immediately secured a
constant flow of clear spring water
which is piped to a steel tank ade
quate to take care of all requirements.
Like many an operator, he had
"never got around" to developing
the spring until the AAA program
gave the incentive and showed that
it could be done.
any definite conclusions regarding
the best management plans. Visitors
had the various experiments ex
plained to them, however, and were
able to judge for themselves as to
the progress made thus far.
One of the most striking demon
strations observed to date is the ser
ious competitic n given grass by the
native sagebrush. In areas where
sagebrush had been cleared on a
test basis the growth of forage has
been doubled several times. "If we
could just find some breed of Mor
mon crickets that would live on
sagebrush only, it would be a great
thing for the range," R. G. Johnson,
professor of range management, joc
ularly declared in pointing out the
striking difference where the sage
has been removed.
A large number of different grass
es and other forage plants in nur
sery plots near the headquarters
were viewed by the visitors, who
were told about the possibilities of
the various grasses by H. A. Schoth,
Maynard and Mrs. Martha Knight
spent Sunday in the mountains at
the Wheeler Point lookout station,
where Bert, Jr., is located.
Mrs. Fred Buchanan and father,
W. E. Ahalt, spent Monday at the
Ray Barnett home. When she left,
Mary Barnett went with her for an
extended visit at their Butter creek
home.
Jimmie Barnett is visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Charles Nord, at
Vancouver, Wash.
Days of Yore
Reenacted Here
A scene reminiscent of D. B. A.
(days before autos) was enacted at
the Heppner depot last Friday night.
Such a scene was common 25 years
ago, but in recent years doubtless
the times a crowd has gathered at
the depot at train time could be reg
istered in a very small ledger.
Occasion for the gathering seemed
to be the departure of a dozen or
30 enrollees of Camp Heppner CCC,
augmented by the depatrture of sev
eral other people on holiday trips
and other missions.
There was much hustle and bus
tle in and around the old depot that
has witnessed many departures and
arrivals in years past. Passengers
buying tickets, baggagemen check
ing baggage and loading same on the
baggage car and not to be over
looked the tender farewells accord
ed the tree troopers. It was a scene
to draw many pictures out of the
past and stir memories that would
require several columns to recount
in part. Maybe such travel sprees
occur frequently but it so happened
that a reporter was on the job Fri
day evening and the sight of so many
people seeing the train off, and so
many people taveling by rail seemed
to justify special mention.
Hayes Family
Reunites on Fourth
The annual picnic of the Hayes
family was held at the lovely coun
try home of Mrs. Nancy B. Hayes on
Rhea creek Tuesday, July 4. Those
attending were Mrs. S. Running, sis
ter of Mrs. Hayes; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Moore, Mary Jane, Jim and Larry
of Eugene; Andy Hayes of Spokane;
Mr. and Mrs. Ott Robinett and chil
dren, Valena and Perry, of North
Powder; Joe Hayes, Mr. and Mrs.
Ira McConkie and Mary Kirk of
Lone Rock; Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hayes of Portland, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Hayes and son Richard, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Hayes and son Billy
and Hap Hayes of Heppner; Mr. and
Mrs. James Hayes and son Jimmie
and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gentry and
Mrs. Nancy. Hayes. A bountiful din
ner was served at noon. Horseshoe
games and music were the diversions
of the afternoon.
Stockmen Inspect
Big Squaw Butte
Range Experiment
Possibilities of rejuvenating cen
tral Oregon range lands through
carefully planned management sys
tems were brought home to some
far shows that where cattle were
grazed throughout the summer of
1938 on these ranges, the animals
lost weight the first month and then
gained up to two pounds per day in
may and June, held their own in
200 persons who attended the sec
ond annual field day at the Squaw
Butte regional range experiment sta
tion late in June. This was by far
the largest party that had been
shown this 16,000-acre experimental
area, which is operated jointly by
the division of grazing of the federal
department of the interior and the
agricultural experiment station at
Oregon State college.
The station was started in the
summer of 1935 but fences were not
completed until the growing season
of 1936, hence the experiment has
not been carried far enough to draw
July, August and September, then
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Thursday. July 6, 1939
federal agronomist Nobody knows
vet whether artificial seeding will
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ever be practical on wex
range areas but maintenance of this
nursery will serve to determine
which grasses, if any, may be suit
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