Thursday, August 1, 1940
LEXINGTON NEWS
Former Lex Boy
in Highway Accident
Heppner. Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
Erosion Effect
on Wheat Yields
Studied in E. 0.
By MARGARET SCOTT
Emmett Kuns, former Lexington
resident, dislocated his knee Sunday
when the motorcycle he and Mar
jorie Cowdrey of Pendleton were
riding collided with a car driven by
O. H. Allen of Boise. ' The accident
occurred near La Grande where
Kuns now makes his home. Miss
Cowdrey sustained a fractured arm
and Mr. and Mrs Allen escaped with
bruises.
Vernon Warner and Charles
Schriever spent several days in Port
land and vicinity this week.
James Leach left Thursday to
join Mrs. Leach in Corvallis, where
she has employment. They will make
their home there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMillan and
family were Sunday guests at the
Henry Rawch home.
Word has been received that Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Jones are located at
Enhrata. Washington. Mr. Jones is
employed by A. A. Durand, well
driller,
Ernest Frederickson returned
home to Salem Tuesday after he
completed the redecoration and re
modeling of the Joe Eskelson house.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burchell
and sons moved to Heppner Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Nichols and
son are visiting relatives here from
their home in Corvallis.
Mr, and Mrs. Callie Duncan left
Thursday for a visit with Mrs. Dun
can's daughter and family in Eureka,
California. Mr, Ritchie of lone will
be in charge of the local barber shop
during Mr. Duncan s absence.
Lorena Miller and Jean William
sen were hostesses at a farewell
party honoring James Leach on Sat
urday evening. Refreshments were
served after an evening of card
playing.
Eber Hanks and family moved into
the Joe Eskelson house Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock and
daughters visited relatives in The
Dalles last Monday and Tuesday.
The following Saturday and Sunday
they visited relatives in Spray and
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Steagall and family.
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Duvall motored through McKenzie
Pass, Redmond, Eugene and home by
the way of Portland. They took Ver
non Waid and son and Lenna Waid
to their Stanfield home. On the re
turn trip they were accompanied
from Eugene by Mrs. Vernon Waid
who returned to her home in Stan
field. The extension line for the town
house of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Munk
ers has been completed.
Mr. and Mrs. Eslie Walker and
family were guests at the Art Hunt
home Saturday.
The rodeo dance honoring Doris
Scott at the grange hall was well
attended Saturday night.
Mrs. Vester Lane is visiting rela
tives in Connell, Washington.
Buddy Marshall is visiting at the
Dan Way home. '
Mr. and Mrs. Eber Hanks and
family returned Sunday evening
from a vacation spent visiting rela
tives in Eddyville and Miller, Neb
raska. These towns are about thirty
miles from Kearney, Neb. They
came home by way of Colorado and
in the Rocky mountains were stop
ped for a short while by a tree which
fell just a few feet ahead of their
car. After other cars arrived, about
ten men pulled the tree out of the
road and they resumed their jour
ney. Mr. Hanks reported that the
weather was very hot in Nebraska
and crops are poor but that they
passed through much green pros
perous looking territories on their
journey. They saw a serious car
accident on the way out and also
witnessed the Emmett Kuns accident
on their return trip Sunday. They
stated that although they enjoyed
their trip immensely they were glad
to be back home.
Archie Padberg made two trips
to Arlington one day this week to
get flour for the local warehouse
Harold Anderson was in the city
Tuesday from the Gooseberry farm.
Hp reported that intermittent show
ers have made harvesting difficult
and quite uncertain.
Eastern Oregon wheat yields have
been reduced by erosion at an av
erage rate of about 1.5 bushels per
acre every 10 years, according to
data gathered by H. L. Thomas of
the Soil Conservation , service, who
has been making a detailed study of
erosion effects in the Columbia ba
sin wheat area.
Data on this subject are rather
difficult to gather and interpret, ac
cording to Thomas, because of the
manv factors involved. For example,
the improved varities of wheat intro
duced from time to time by the Ore
gon State, college experiment station
and extension service, as well as
improved cultural practices, have
tended to overcome the detrimental
effects of soil erosion. For that rea
son many farmers and agricultural
workers point to the fact that actual
yields are not much less, on the
average, now than they were 30 to
50 years ago.
Thomas made his study m three
representative areas in eastern Ore
gon, one in the Wild Horse soil con
servation area near Athena, one in
Moro conservation, area, and a third
in the Rock Creek area near Condon.
By taking accurate measurements
of top soil in the wheat fields, and
also along uncultivated fence rows
and in field corners, it was found
that from 26 to 52 percent, or an
average of 37 percent of the total
OSC to Be Host
to Extension Men
The Oregon extension service is
preparing to entertain close to 100
delegates from 11 western states at
the annual Western States Regional
Extension conference to be held on
the O.S.C. campus August 13 to 15.
National extension leaders planning
to attend the conference include M.
L. Wilson recently appointed direc
tor of extension at Washington, D.
C.
The conference this year will in
clude all western directors, together
with farm management and agricul
tural economics specialists. One ses
sion will also be devoted to home
economics activities.
HOME EC CLUB MEETS HERE
Lexington Home Economics club
will meet Thursday evening, August
8, at the home of Mrs. Lillian Turner
in Heppner, with Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
as assisting hostess. Mrs. Turner will
take those in attendance to Alaska
and back through report of her re
cent visit there.
THE NEW
top soil has been eroded in these
three districts, after little more than
50 years of wheat cultivation.
In the Athena and Weston areas it
was determined that, with each inch
of top soil removed, the average re
duction in yield amounted to only
.17 bushels per acre other factors
being equal. In the Condon area, on
the other hand, the reduction was
found to average 2.5 bushels for each
inch loss in top soil. .
Stated positively, Thomas con
cludes that a saving of from 2.5 to
3 bushels in the yield of wheat during
the next 15 or 20 years may be ac
complished by following soil con
servation methods.
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