Page Four Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, September 5, 1940 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1912 Published every Thursday morning by CBAWFOED PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear $2.00 Three Years 6.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months .75 Single Copies .05 Official Paper for Morrow County Arteries of Progress PJEVELOPMENT of rivers and highways in the northwest have brought transition short of miracu lous within the last generation Probably no more classic example may be seen than the great Yakima valley. Where lay a semi-desert three-score years ago, now may be seen one of the world's finest ear- den spots, with thousands of acres checkerboarded by fruit trees and fields of produce so variable that listing would be dificult. It is said this region, a small dot on the map of Uncle Sam, could feed a quarter of his people. The region is crisscrossed by good roads, essential to getting the pro duce to market. Its cultivation is the result of conserving the waters in the higher mountain country to provide irrigation. And more and more are the scenic beauties and recreational wonders of the moun tains being made accessible to the people through good roads. The story of good roads would fill volumes. Morrow county has paid dearly through bond issue for the good roads she has. Still, who will deny that the yearly saving in transportation costs has not been sufficient to more than pay for them. Resources must be reached, and in country so topographically cut up by mountain streams as are Oregon and Washington, it is mainly through the building of roads that they have been and will continue to be reach ed. Nature of the country makes construction expensive. But in hard ly an instance has the expenditure not been justified, though some times the roads were obtained the most expensive way. Lack of sufficient watershed may keep the valleys and sands of Mor row county from ever attaining the degreee of development that is evi denced in the Yakima valley, but our people might well take a leaf from the book of development of that section. There should be ever more intensive study of possibility of water conservation for irrigation; of making more accessible the re sources of the mountain region. One of Morrow county's principal arteries to the timber is the Willow creek road. This road has received much attention in past years but it is still far from the state of im provement that is demanded by modern transportation facilities. It taps the center of the county's wa tershed. It makes needed recreation grounds accessible. But more im portant it will be the outlet for much merchantable timber that one day should come through Heppner. One of the finest stands of timber available to Heppner is that on Shaw creek, now in the forest re serve. The surest way of bringing it here for cutting is to improve the Willow creek road so that it may be brought here so cheaply that no one dare haul it elsewhere for cut ting. The chamber of commerce is ask ing for this improvement and it should have the 100 percent backing of everyone. It is important to Heppner for trade reasons, and it is important to all of the county in stimulating development that will take a good share of the tax load from all shoulders now bearing it. Such arteries of progress are no idle dream. One has but to view the Yakima valley. AT ATHE Nlffi r.fn ''in Washington, D. C. Sept. 5. After three weeks of interviewing in Ore gon and Washington it can be assert ed as of this writing that Oregon win be carried by the Willkie- McNary ticket and Washington state will be in the column of Roosevelt Wallace; that Idaho will go Repub lican. This forecast is based on the considered opinions of several hund red men and women who are sup posed to know the answers in mat ters political. However, all forecasts in this campaign are subject to what may develop in the European war between now and November. In agreement are new deal poli ticians and republicans that if Ore gon does not go republican, with Oregon's Charley McNary on the ticket for vice president, then the republicans will not carry even Maine and Vermont; therefore Ore gon is in the bag. It is known, how ever, that the adniinistration. much as Mr. Roosevelt admires Senator McNary and feels obligated to him for his sportsmanlike leadership of the senate republicans, will bend every effort to carry the state, and there are whispers of large sums to be dumped into Oregon for this pur pose. and the American people will begin to realize what taxation really means. Many commonplace articles will become luxuries under the new tax bill and Uncle Sam will reach deeper into the pocketbook of John Q. Citizen than he did during the first World War. The one consola tion of the average taxpayer is that in the defense preparations there will be little if any profiteering and no flock of millionaires will be made. ' Father Francis McCormick re turned recently from San Francisco where he attended the world fair. Republicans claim they have a fighting chance to carry Washington state, but from talks with scores of people that chance appears to be very slender. There are more indus trial workers in Washington tian in Oregon and also more people on rebel, and as a rule workers favor Mr. Roosevelt. How far the attitude of John L. Lewis of CIO and of William Green of AFL (neither of them enthusiastic for Mr. Roosevelt) will influence the members of their respective labor groups is anyone's guess. Of the two, Lewis has been abusive of the president, whereas Green has placed his complaint against the manner in which the National Labor Relations Board has administered the Wagner labor act. CIO "got the breaks" from NLRB and testimony shows the board was prejudiced against AFL. Because of the war, markets for merly dominated by the British and Holland are being lost, temporarily at least, to the United States. A milk evaporating plant in Washington is operating 24 hours a day filling or ders for the far east, a territory neretolore held by Holland and Eng lish milk factories. Pulp mills of Oregon and Washington are speed ing up to provide supplies for Aus tralia, India and way points, as the Scandanavian source has been shut off by the blockade of the German navy. This also applies to the United States, as the Scandanavians are shut out of this market for the same reason. Next week the senate finance committee will get down to business in studying new taxes to pay the bill for national defense. What the final form of the tax measure will be no one is in position to sav at this time, nor until it passes the con gress. All that the congressmen can say is that the bill will be devised to raise more taxes than ever before Twenty thousand men will be un der General George A. White of Oregon within a few months. Of these 13,500 will be national guards men from Oregon, Washington. Ida ho and Montana and 6,500 more will come from the selective conscription, drawn from the same four states. Meanwhile the Quartermaster de partment is working overtime having supplies and equipment manufac tured for these citizen soldiers. With uniforms, blankets, etc., the plan is to place small contracts and give a time limit instead of a large order to a few firms. National defense advisory commis sion may do something about having a magnesium plant established by the government in the northwest. The commission is being prodded by members of the Washington and Oregon delegations. Magnesium is the lightest of known metals, much lighter than aluminum, and could be used to replace many parts of airplanes where aluminum is now used. Raw material is available in the northwest. At this writing concern is felt whether the bill carrying funds for federal aid roads will be enacted The bill came out of conference after passing both branches of con gress, then at the request of the president the conference report was shelved. The president was quoted as saying he thought the road money should be used for national defense. Should Mr. Roosevelt veto the bill there are probably enough votes to carry it over his veto. Meanwhile the road program in the 48 states is held in abeyance. Drouth Relieved By General Showers Drouth of a rainless August was relieved in Morrow county with the passing of Labor day and arrival of school opening the first of the week. At Heppner the intermittent fall of Tuesday and Wednesday brought .16 inch while reports of general visita tion of the precious drops comes from over the county. Continued cloudy skies today give promise of more precipitation. Most welcome on summerfallow fields, the rain comes iust in time to allay fire hazard in the forest area and to prepare the way for the annual hunt, starting the 20th. Leonard Carlson, observer at Gooseberry, reported that August passed there without one single trace 01 precipitation., One heavy shower in July visited the countv. while June was the driest of record, a trace only being recorded at various points. IKRIGON NEWS Small Boy Drowns in Irrigating Ditch Heppner Trading Post "The House of Bargains" FEED GRAIN FOR SALE: Turkey Red Forty Fold Forty Fold and Rye Mixed 1 Rubber-tired Wagon .... $30.00 Fence Post 08 Kitchen Cabinet . 9.75 Wind Charger 8.00 Grain Scoops ..... 75 & 1.00 Hammers, Punches, Chisels, Pliers, Wrenches, Saws, Etc. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Snvder arrived home Monday from Miles City, Mont., whee thev had been for several weks and have again taken up residence in their home here. Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson and son Ted left Tuesday for Portland, ac companied by Scott McMurdo. Ted expected to go on to Seattle to con tinue his aviation course. Mlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 0 GEQB ! 1 By MRS. W. C. ISOM The 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Denton was drowned in the irrigating ditch iust back of Mrs Berta Leicht's store late Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Denton are from Prineville and Mr. Denton is employed on the telephone line work here. Mr. and Mrs. Harness from Camas Wash., are visiting his brother, Rev Harness, and familv this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larson had Mr. Larson's parents as guests at their home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grabeil who have been visiting relatives here the last week left for their home at Imbler, Saturday. Dave Grabeil and Miss Lula Per kins are visiting at the home of Mrs, J. A. Grabeil. School opened Tuesday with the full teaching staff present and ready for work, Ladd Sherman is the new school superintendent. Miss Lud- milla Seidl of Portland and Mr. Hat field from Seattle are the new high school teachers. Miss Casteel is pri mary teacher and Miss Culp. inter mediate teacher, with Lvle Eddv. seventh and eighth grade teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy are living in the Leicht campgrounds. The other four teachers are residing at the O. Cory ell home. Irvin Whipple, John Swearengen. Robert Brace, Mitt Connell and Glenn Powlson are in Pendleton at tending the government school for the coming year. Mrs. Seites from California is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Aldrich. Doloror Haberline left Saturday for Seattle to attend business college. Clair Caldwell and Paul Haberline are the school bus drivers for the 1940-41 school year. Mrs. Edith Pitts from Portland and Mrs. Baxter Hutchinson from Hermiston were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnberg Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Rice and Elbert Hutchinson of Pendleton were bus iness visitors in this vicinity Mon day. Bert Dexter is working on the section at Willows. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Markham and family from Richland, Wash., at tended the fair here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lucas were visited here lately by Rev. and Mrs. John J. Lucas, parents of Mr. Lucas. Rev. Lucas is a Baptist minister of Salem, and was on his way east to Oregon Hay Plus Local Grain and Time Equals Lamb "Just an opportunity to eat plenty of alfalfa hay and grain, and to be contented in a sheltered feed lot with salt and water handy for a short three months, is all that a lanky feeder lamb needs to be ready for market as a 'choice' fat lamb." Such is the observation of D. E. Richards, superintendent of the Eastern Oregon Livestock branch experiment station, as an introduc tion to hes report on lamb feeding trials contained in a new experiment station bulletin, "Fattening Lambs on Oregon Foodstuffs. Oregon, as well as other Pacific northwest states, is faced with a problem of adjustment in livestock production, Richards points out. This is caused both by changed range conditions and surplus production of hay and grain in this region. "Eastern Oregon produces highly desirable feeder lambs that are heal thy and in good condition to make rapid gains in a feed lot," says Rich ards. "The bulk of these lambs have in the past been shipped to other states for finishing. Eastern Oregon also produces excellent feed for fat tening these lambs, including alfalfa hay, other roughages and various grains. "This bulletin shows the possibili ties of bringing together these Ore gon feeder lambs for fattenng on eastern Oregon feeds. As alfalfa hav . is the 'backbone' of a livestock-fattening program, most of the feeding trials reported on deal with lambs fed alfalfa hay in different combina tions with other feeds." Tests with various grains showed that wheat fed with alfalfa hav gave slightly better results than barley, and barley better results than oats. ' The lambs preferred to do their own grain grinding, and did a better iob of it than any mechanical device and did it much cheaper. Chopped hay was found preferable to long hay, and practically as good while being much cheaper than hammered hay. METEOROLOGIST VISITS Edward Wells, meteorologist in charge of the government weather service at Portland, and Mrs. Wells were Morrow county visitors the end of the week, and Mr. Wells checked the weather stations at Heppner and Gooseberry while here. They were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Carlson in Goose berry, Mr. Carlson being observer for that section. the Baptist conference at Burling ton, Iowa. 'is FREE ESTIMATES I De Moss & Sons Moro, Ore. LEXINGTON OIL CO-OP niMllirillllMtllllllllllllllllMIIIIMIIHlllllllllllllHllllllllliif I When the Rain i I Came . . . 1 WAS YOUR ROOF READY? j We've been reminding you for several 1 j months that warm weather is the time 1 for roof repairing. Now the rains are 1 j starting, and we hope you were among 1 those who got ready in time, If not, there s j may still be warm days ahead before 1 winter sets in. 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