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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, Nov. 30, 1939
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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Offlolal Paper for Morrow County
Educational Forum
Contributed articles from county
school leaders telling the pur
poses of education.
The School Library
The library has well been called
the "heart" of the modern school.
It is here that an effort is made to
satisfy present and future need of
the student by exploring his inter
ests, aptitudes and capacities. In
formation on all subjects is now so
abundant and conflicting that one
would obtain an incomplete picture
from reading one text. Because of
the variety of subjects in a modern
school it is essential that the library
have recent and adequate reference
material. New inventions and chang
ing social conditions often alter the
authenticity of books within a few
years. In addition, the school library
must spend a liberal amount each
year for current magazines and
newspapers to keep abreast of our
kaleidoscopic civilization. By read
ing varied opinions and reports from
different papers and magazines a
critical mind is developed which is
essential in forming good citizens.
The recreational possibilities of a
library are unlimited. Reading is a
leisure time activity that is both
enjoyable and educational. Through
research, interesting hobbies can be
promoted and developed. A broad
knowledge of this complex world can
be gained from thrilling adventure
and travel stories. Ethical character
and high ideal can be developed by
reading biography and selected fic
tion books. All types of books are
brought together in a library, per
mitting the development of new in
terests that can be followed in leis
ure hours.
The administration of the small
school library has many difficulties.
Too often inadequate space is pro
vided for the library. The room
should be sufficiently large to per
mit attractive book and magazine
displays. Comfortable chairs and
adequate lighting should be provided
Often school boards underestimate
the value of the library and fail to
provide sufficient money for the pur
chase of books and magazines. Su
pervision of the library is difficult
in many small schools because of the
lack of a librarian. Several teachers
without library training are respon
sible for the library, and often, be
cause of teaching activities, the li
brary is without supervision. In the
elementary school it is advisable that
each room have a small individual
library of books suitable for the age
level if space does not permit a
special grade library which can
serve as a unit similar to the high
school library.
Adequate library facilities are es
sential to insure successfull teach
ing in any school.
Surplus Wheat to
Be Used by O.S.C.
In Feeding Tests
More extensive demonstrations
and experiments with wheat as a
livestock feed than were ever car
ried out in Oregon before, have been
made possible through a cooperative
arrangement by which the Federal
Surplus Commodities corporation
has turned over the the Oregon ag
ricultural experiment station 360
tons of surplus wheat to be used for
this purpose.
Final arrangements for the dem
onstration and research were made
by officials of the department of
agriculture at the suggestion of Sen
ator Charles L. McNary and Con
gressman Walter Pierce of Oregon.
In making the arrangements, active
cooperation was received from Sec
retary Wallace; Milo Perkins, head
of the FSCC; A. G. Black, director
of maiketing in the BAE; Larry
Meyers, marketing assistant; and N.
E. Dodd, Haines farmer, who is now
director of the western division of
the AAA.
The wheat will be used at the
central station in Corvallis and at
the Astoria, Union, and Burns branch
stations, where it will be fed to range
and dairy cattle and calves, sheep,
lambs, swine, and poultry.
While the experiment station work
has already shown that wheat can
be used satisfactorily in livestock
feeding, the forthcoming feeding
tests are expected to demonstrate
even more conclusively the possi
bility of its profitable use in finish
ing a larger proportion of Oregon's
feeder animals. Its increased use with
livestock would give a new outlet
for wheat surpluses, which consti
tute a problem with which the AAA
has been wrestling by means of ex
port subsidies and acreage allot
ments. "In recent years the former export
market for this wheat has largely
disappeared except on a subsidy ba
sis," explained William A. Schoen
feld, dean and director of agricul
ture at Oregon State college, who
will direct the use of the federally
supplied wheat. "Since 1930 the price
of wheat in Oregon and the Pacific
northwest has dropped to the point
where it is actually on a feed grain
basis.
"Oregon produces annually a mil
lion lambs and more than two hun
dred thousand head of beef cattle
and calves, many of which are fat
tened outside of the state. We also
produce more than 13 million bush
els of wheat annually above normal
Oregon requirements. By bringing
these two facts to bear on each oth
er we hope that both industries will
be helped."
Oregon wheat and mounted on
base of polished myrtle wood.
The contest resulted in so much
national interest being taken in the
meeting of the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league that a considerable number
of states raised money to send a rep
resentative of their winning county
to the convention. As a result, states
which have definitely appointed del
egates include Montana, Kansas,
Texas, Wyoming, Idaho, Washing
ton, and Oregon. Other states which
have made tentative arrangements
to send a delegate are Nebraska,
South Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and
California.
Presentation of the awards will be
a special feature of the annual ban
quet which will be held Friday eve
ning. Condon people have made ar
rangements to care for between 300
and 400 persons at this banquet.
President Bruce Baxter of Willam
ette university will be the principal
speaker, with Earl Snell, secretary
of state, as toastmaster.
Oregon Outlook
On Farm Income
Better for 1940
AUXILIARY MEETS
American Legion auxiliary had
an afternoon sewing meeting Tues
day at the home of Mrs. Anna Bay
less with ten members present. Pil
low covers were made to send to the
veterans' hospital in Portland and
plans discussed for the Christmas
party to be held Monday, Dec. 11.
Sixty per cent of the drivers of
cars involved in fatal accidents dur
ing October reported six years or
more driving experience, the month
ly summary of accidents made by the
traffic safety division of the secre
tary of state's office showed. Only
eight per cent had one year or less
experience.
Baker County to
Represent State
In Wheat Contest
Baker county will carry Oregon
honors into the finals of the nation
al wheat acreage compliance con
test sponsored by the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league when the national
winner is determined and announced
at the twelfth annual convention
of the league in Condon, December
8 and 9.
Twenty-four states submitted
county records to the executive com
mittee of the wheat league in con
nection with the contest. The win
ning county from each state will
have its record submitted in the na
tional finals to determine the county
in the United States, producing 10,
000 acres or more of wheat, which
complied most completely with the
federal wheat adjustment program
in 1939. . .
Other county winners on the Pa
cific coast and in the northwest are
Butte county, California; Asotin
county, Washington; Latah county,
Idaho, and Fallon county, Montana.
Oregon counties with records nearly
as high as Baker's include Morrow,
Umatilla and Sherman counties in
eastern Oregon, and Yamhill and
Marion counties west of the moun
tains.
Each state championship county
will be awarded a plaque made of
Oregon juniper wood, to be pre
sented at the Condon meeting, while
the national winner will receive a
large glass globe filled with select
Despite some expected increase in
farm costs, most farm families in
Oregon will have somewhat larger
incomes and purchasing power in
1940 than in 1939, according to a
review of the general farm income
and cost outlook just published by
the O. S. C. extension service. "It
does not seem probable, however,"
says the report, "that the average
will be as high as in 1937, and some
farm families may have even less in
come than in 1939."
This general outlook assumes that
farm production will be maintained
at about the 1939 level, that the Eu
ropean war will last at least a year,
and that domestic industrial activity
and consumer purchasing power will
average higher for the year 1940
than for the whole of 1939, even
though some recession from current
levels might occur.
Higher prices are expected for
farm machinery, building materials,
fertilizer, most seeds, motor fuel and
oil, tires, binder twine, spray ma
terial and harness. Feeds may not
rise much above current levels.
Farm wage rates are expected to
advance and farmers will borrow
more money and pay more interest.
Farm family living expenses will in
crease somewhat.
The improvement in farm prices
and income in 1940 is likely to be
greater for meat animals, dairy pro
ducts, and some vegetables and
fruits, than for wheat and some
other staple crops. Prices for hogs
will be affected by increased pro
duction, but export demand for pork
and lard is expected to increase con
siderably on account of the war.
Foreign demand for certain canned
and dried fruits may be greater, but
export demand may be less for
fresh fruits and possibly wheat.
Much depends upon the course of
events such as the effectiveness of
blockades against shipping and
governmental control over com
merce. Unquestionably, foreign de
mand will be curtailed for luxury
products and bulky commodities,
generally.
Copies of the complete report on
current agricultural situation and
outlook in Oregon may be had from
county extension offices.
While passenger cars were in
volved in 22 of the 24 fatal accidents
in Oregon during October, trucks
were involved in but two, with mo
torcycles in one, a report from the
traffic safety division of the secre
tary of state's office shows.
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DEC. 2
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