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Thursday, August 15, 1940
Morrow Farms
Seek Electric Service
Through REA
Columbia Basin
Co-op Organizes at
Meeting in Heppner
Officers were elected, a coordina
tor selected and final aramgements
made for incorporating the Colum
bia Basin Electric Co-op at a Rural
Electrification administration meet
ing held in Heppner Monday eve
ning. The purpose of the REA is to pro
vide funds to extend power lines to
as many homes as possible that do
not now have power. A preliminary
survey has been made and present
plans are to extend power lines thru
several communities in Morrow and
Gilliam counties.
A board of directors was elected
at the Monday meeting and includes
Henry Baker, lone, president; Johni
Krebs, Cecil, vicp-president; Glenn
Richards, Condon, secretary; E. E.
Rugg, Heppner, treasurer; Floyd
Adams, Hardman; Oscar Lundell,
Willows; John Farr, Rock Creek;
Newell Reid, Rock Creek, and Lloyd
Smith of Mayville.
R. L. Rambo, previously secretary
of the Spokane Rural Electrification
project, which now includes more
than 1600, miles of power lines, was
selected as coordinator to get the
project under way and Mr. Rambo
will move his family to Heppner
this coming week and take over his
new duties.
Much interest is being shown in
this project with thirteen applica
tions for power having been already
signed before the project gets under
way.
John Leavitt and Glenn Ball, both
of the Bonnevile project, were pre
sent at the meeting to explain the
organizing and the operating of the
REA project.
The preliminary survey shows a
contemplated line of 245 miles with
332 potential users. Rhea creek,
Eight Mile and Rock creek districts
in Morrow county are included.
Wheat Samples Show
Light Weight, Smut
Wheat samples taken up to early
July show lighter test weight and
more smut and dockage than usual,
reports the grain division of the state
department of agriculture.
Of 432 samples in the Walla Walla
district, 175 graded smutty and 233
carried dockage; of these 304 sam
ples were soft white wheat with 158
smutty and 196 carrying foul dock
age. At Pendleton, 292 samples
showed 59 with smut and 43 with
foul dockage and of 230 white wheat
samples 46 were smutty and 30 car
ried foul dockage.
Sherman, Morrow and Wasco
county samples also were lighter in
test weight, due to the long dry spell.
Dockage was heavier, possibly due
to using less wind to clean out be
cause of the lighter weight
MANY GRASSES SURVIVE
Vernonia A test plot of pasture
grasses put in on the G. C. Kirkhride
farm, about eight years ago, shows
a good survival of several of the
grasses, says George A. Nelson,
county agent, who arranged a tour
of inspection to several of these
early plantings. Chewing fescue and
tall fescue are still doing well, es
pedally the chewing fescue, which
shows considerable spread. Other
grasses and legumes maintaining
themselves included Reed canary
grass, orchard grass, meadow foxtail,
English ryegrass, tall meadow oat
grass, and subterranean clover.
SNEEZERS BACK SCS
Because ragweed thrives on badly
worn and eroded soils, hay fever suf
ferers might well be among the
world's leading boosters for soil con
servation, according to SCS workers.
They point out that, when rich top
soil is washed or blown away, use
less weeds take over, including the
ragweed, which is considered one of
the worst hay fever plants known.
LEXINGTON NEWS
40-Acre Wheat Fire
Hits Doherty Farm
By MARGARET SCOTT
A bridal shower was held at the
Congregational church aid room last
Wednesday honoring Mrs. Marritt
Gray. About thirty were present
and refreshments were served at
the close of the atfernoon.
Church services will be held Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock in the Con
gregational church.
Ed Cummings is spending a few
days at Ritter hot springs.
Mrs. Ralph Scott came home from
The Dalles Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McMillan and
family have moved to the S. G. Mc
Millan farm.
Coy Thornburg of Carleton is vis
iting here.
Mr. and Mrs. McWhorter and
family spent Sunday in Boardman.
They were accompanied by Lena
Belle Forbes.
Jeanette Peck has returned home
after visiting her aunt in Hood Riv
er. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Forbes and
family have gone to Boardman to
make their home.
Kenneth Peck spent the week end
in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. James Pointer came
up from Yamhill and left Tuesday
for St. Martin's springs. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Nettie Davis.
Ralph Jackson and Clyde Edwards
spent Sunday at Ritter.
Gerald Acklen and Ruth Lasich
were here from Portland Friday,
bringing Ruthann Lasich home.
Helen Duvall of The Dalles is vis
iting at the Harry Duvall home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Henderson
and son spent Sunday in Stanfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Noble are
moving to the Orville Cutsforth
house recently vacated by the Earl
Forbes family.
Mrs. Laurel Ruhl and son spent
Thursday in Hermiston.
Lola and Jaunita Padberg are
guests at the Oleta Wardwell home.
A fire broke out in the back yard
at the Laura Scott house Tuesday
afternoon and burned a small build
ing on the Beach property which
contained several rabbits. The flame
was put under control before any
serious damage was done to the sur
rounding buildings.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carmiehael
are going to move into the house
formerly occupied by the John Ryan
family.
Mrs. Lou Broadley has returned
home after several weeks spent in
the Valley.
Moving of supplies to the new
Carmiehael building is almost com
pleted and the store and pastime
are open for business.
Local citizens are busy getting
ready for the Heppner Rodeo. Plans
for the floats are being carried out
and many persons are spending their
leisure hours in horseback riding.
A slight accident occurred Sun
day at the schoolhouse intersection
when one of the carnival trucks
coasted into the rear of another car
nival truck. They were untangled
in a short while and went on to
Heppner.
Mrs. Clarence Carmiehael has re
turned home from a visit in Van
couver. Estelle Ledbetter visited friend
here Tuesday.
Eugene Van Horn was seriously
injured Thursday afternoon when he
fell from a moving truck wliile help
ing move a showcase to the new
Carmiehael building. A Heppner
physician was summoned to take
him to Heppner where he was treat
ed for a broken collar bone.
Wednesday afternon a fire of un
determined origin burned forty ac
res of wheat land on the Bernard
Doherty ranch up Black Horse can
yon. The loss was not covered by
insurance.
Don Pointer and Paul Doherty
spent Monday in Pendleton.
CARRY PLAGUE INFECTION
Corvallis The danger of plague
infection in handling rodents is em
phasized by a report received by
O. S. C. from southern Oregon, that
a marmot examined by the state
health service had been found posi
tive for plague. Dr. Karl Frederich
Myer, director of the Hooper foun
dation for medical research, who
spoke at Oregon State last winter,
called attention to the danger in
handling chipmunks, squirrels, prai
rie dogs, cottontail rabbits, as well
as rats, as any of these may be in
fected or may carry infected fleas.
August clearance on all summer
hats, coats, suits and dresses. Cur
ran's Ready -to -Wear. 23-26
Sketch Reveals Fine
Fair Dairy Display
A graphic presentation of Ore
gon's major agricultural industry
will greet Oregon state fair crowds
at Salem September 2-8, judging
from the sketch of the 60-foot new
state dairy industry exhibit brought
to Salem this week by Lyle W. Ham
mack, Portland, chairman of the
committee, and Mrs. Ada Mayme of
the Oregon Dairy Council, which
is assisting.
Outstanding features will be a
casein display showing articles made
from this product and a section
showing the individual's daily needs
of dairy products.
Dairy industry movies, transpar
encies and other display ideas are
utilized.
The whole forms an arresting cre
ation in white and black, topped by
an illuminated moving sign. The
exhibit is non-competitive.
Other members of Hammack's
committee are Marvin Davidson,
Monmouth; Frank Hettwer, Mt. An
gel, and A. W. Metzger, chief of the
state department of agriculture div
ision of foods and dairies.
FARM CALLS INCREASE
More than 900 farm calls were
made in July by the state depart
ment of agriculture cream graders,
compilation of reports filed with the
foods and dairies division shows.
This was a considerable gain over
June, when 685 calls were made.
The work covers every section in
Oregon except Harney county.
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