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Hcppner
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
CBAWFOBD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second-class matter.
JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, July 3, 1941
The Revived 4th
TOMORROW is the 4th of July.
That is more fact' than news, but
there is news in the renewed spirit
with which people of America will
greet the occasion,
President Roosevelt himself has
taken the lead in asking for a re
vival of the type of patriotic natal
holiday that we knew when we were
"kids." He has asked that speakers
again tell the story of the declara
tion of independence and all that it
has meant , to later generations. He
has asked for sincere, heartfelt flag
waving and a rededication of the
people to those patriotic strings that
have been woven into the true fab
ric of the real America. '
The president's desires are com
mendable in these days of trial of
governments. Our people shoulu
respond, soberly, but enthusiastic
ally, still remembering the faults of
the "good old Fourths."
If there be fireworks they should
be set off only after the utmost pre
caution has been taken to prevent
their starting fires. There should be
no such rush to celebration grounds
that life and property or others be
jeopardized. A Fourth stalked by
death and destruction is surely not
patriotia.
And to keep in mind, too, is the
warning of the forest service that
fire regulations are now in effect.
It is not only a matter of good sense,
but it has become an absolute pa
triotic duty for everyone going into i
the woods to make doubly sure that
nothing they do will jeopardize one
of the country's largest defense re-
Fire Restrictions in
Forest Effective
Effective July 1 the following acts
' are prohibited on the Umatilla Na
tional Forest:
1. Building a camp fire upon any
ntional forest land without first ob
taining a permit from a forest offi
cer, except in a safe stove or at a
designated forest camp where camp-
, fire permits are not required as
shown by posted notices.
2. Smoking while traveling in
timber, brush, or grass areas, except
pn paved or surfaced highways.
3. Going or being upon any na
tional forest land, except at desig
nated and posted forest camps, with
automobiles, other vehicles, or pack
horses, with the intention of camp
ing thereon, without being equip -ped,
for each vehicle or pack train,
with the following fire-fighting
tools:
(a) One axe not less than 26 incl
es in length over-all, with head
weighing two pounds or over.
(b) One shovel not less than 36
inches long over-all, with blade not
less than 8 indues wide.
(c) One water container, capa
city one gallon or more.
By this time we're sold on
the fact that blitz means light
ning, but it's batter to take your
lime on "Guess Again" prob
lems. Just consider the whole
thing carefully, put your mark
in the place provided and then
check answers and figure your
rating.
(1) If somebody, in a complimen
tary frame of mind, told you you
had a "good headpiece," they would
mean you had (a) a handsome hat;
(b) a well-shaped head; (c) a ca
pable brain; (d) I"-1
a pretty face.
(2) Kipling said "A woman is only
a woman, but a good cigar is a
" Is the missing word (a)
nickel; (b) relief; r i
(c) smoke; (d) pal.
TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN ,'ro!S3!
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FOR WILD MORNING GLORY CONTROL
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(3) One look at this fellow, and
you know he's (a) a coal miner; (b)
a street cleaner; (c) a jock- f-
ey; (d) an air-raid warden.
(4) If you saw a man with a pince
nez you'd know it was (a) a sharp
nose; (b) a pair of spectacles; (c)
a monocle; (d) a
pair of eye-glasses.
(5) A tabloid newspaper is so
called because (a) it's lively;, (b)
it's small! (c) it has lots of pic- I 1
tures; (d) it has big headlines.
(6) Is a tractor so-called because
(a) it has no wheels; (b) because it
is noisy;, (c) because it's built for
pulling; (d) because its f
wheels run in a "track."
(7) True or false: A I I
drake -doesn't quack.
"GUESS AGAIN" ,y
ANSWERS Her"
1. (c) for 10 pts
2. (c) again for the same
3 (c) for 15 pts
4. (d) for 25 pts
5. (b) for 15 pts
6. (c) for 10 pts
7. True for 15
RATINGS: 90-100,
mighty smooth- 80-90, TOTAL
smoothie; 70-80,
smooth; 60-70, rough (on you).
Apricots ripe and peaches follow
ing. W. F. Bray, Umatilla. 18-19.
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new. We also do sw filing, bi
cycle repairing, floor sanding,
knife and scissor sharpening
and band saw work.
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Traps Must Bear State
Brand to be Legal
All traps set for wild animals that
may be trapped legally must be
marked with a brand approved by
and- registered with the Oregon
State Game commission, under pro
visions of a law passed by the 1941
legislature. Applications for brand
approval and registration are nov
being received at the Portland of
fice of the commission.
Landowners or lessees of land
may use unbranded traps for un
protected nongame animals. In this
STATE SOIL CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE OF OREGON
NOTICE OF RESULT OF REFER
ENDUM ON THE CREATION OF
PROPOSED HEPPNER SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
To All Persons Interested, Notice is
Hereby Given:
That the State Soil Conservation
Committee after duly considering
the election returns submitted by
the polling boards on the referen
dum on the creation of the proposed
Heppner Soil Conservation District
held on May 10th, 1941, find that
due to certain irregularities in the
voting, the results of the referen
dum are inconclusive and the state
committee hereby declares its inten
tion of calling for a second referen
dum on th basis of the original pe
tition at a date in the near future
to be announced later.
STATE SOIL CONSERVA
TION COMMITTEE OF ORE
GON, By Robert H. Warrens,
Chairman.
(Based , upon approximately three
years of experimentation at the Ore
gon Morning Glory Control Experi
ments near Pendleton, Oregon.)
The following is a summary of
recommended practices for the con
trol of morning glory by cultivation
and cropping. These recommenda
tions, are based on results obtained
from a short period of experiment
ation and they should not be consid
ered as final. Certain features may
change somewhat with additional
information gathered over a longer
period, but, for the guidance of those
farmers who may want to start till
age and cropping to eradicate morn
ing glory as soon as possible, the
following is submitted.
Time of Year to Begin Cultiva
tion Begin any time from early
spring to the time morning glory
plants start to form flower buds.
The date this stage has occurred the
last three years has been approxi
mately from May 1 to 5. If soil
moisture is plentiful at the time of
bud stage, there is no reason to start
cultivation earlier, thereby saving
at least one to three cultivations. If
soil moisture is likely to be low at
the time of bud stage, cultivation
should be started earlier for the
reason that morning glories tend to
go dormant in dry soils, therefore
tillage' at such time would be much
less effective. Soil moisture should
be conserved as long as possible to
keep plants growing so that they
will use up food reserves in the
roots as rapidly as possible.
How Often to Cultivate Culti
vate from eight days to twelve days
after the plants show above the
ground from the previous cultiva
tion. Crop yields in 1940 were slight
ly in favor of the eight-days period,
but any time between eight and
twelve days is satisfactory.
Deep Cultivation Before Crop is
Seeded Deep tillage just before
seeding has been considerably bet
ter for control of morning glory and
increasing crop yields. All crops on
every type of plot produced sub
stantially higher yields when deeply
cultivated before seeding than when
not deeply cultivated, even though
the plots were handled the same in
every other respect. From 8 to 10
inches appears to be deep enough
for this tillage, but more informa
tion is necessary on this point. The
best time to begin this deep tillage
relative to seeding time is another
question that needs further .study
but deep tillage from a month to a
few days before seeding has been
better than no deep tillage at all in
the fall.
Length of Time to Continue Cul
tivation Before Crop is Seeded Al
though there has not been long en
ough time to answer this question
finally, it appears that there is no
reason to cultivate longer than one
season before seeding to crop. There
is reason to believe that the old
plants will be completely killed more
quickly by two successive years of
cultivation, but by growing a crop
Hie second year the land will be
vieldinff some cash returns. There
will also be less erosion by both
wind and water where cropping is
practiced. Two years of continuous
cultivation have not eradicated all
morning glory plants. Ninety-five
percent or better were eradicate!,
but there were a few small scatter
ed patches left at the end of two
years.
Handling Land After Crop is Har
vested Excellent, results were ob
tained in 1940 by cultivating 7 to 10
inches deep with a blade weeder
immediately after the crop was har
vested. All top growth of morning
glory plants was killed and no grow
th appeared the remainder of the
year. In addition, plant growth was
delayed the following spring as
much as 30 days compared to areas
that did not receive such cultivation.
Effect of Nitrate Fertilizer Appli
cations of nitrogen fertilizer either
during the year of fallow or to the
crop did not give significant increase
of yield. However, fertilizer applied
to crops stimulated early crop growth
which decreased the percentage of
morning glory plants. Indications
for the 1941 crops are that ammon
ium sulfate fertilizer applied at time
of seeding, 80 pounds per acre for
fall seeding and 50 pounds for spring
seeding, will produce some increase
in yield as well as keep down morn
ing glory growth more completely
than upon unfertilized plots.
Choice of Crops Fall sown wheat,
barley, and rye have been of about
equal value as regards competition
to morning glories. Due to the fact
that over most of eastern Oregon
wheat will generally produce greater
returns per acre, this crop should
be given first consideration, subject
to AAA requirements.
Implements to Use For the first
or beginning operation the plow ap
pears to be the best tool to use, set
at the usual depth. For cultivations
the remainder of the season up to
preparation for seeding the duckfoot
cultivator is preferred. The new
duckfoot attachments for rod weed
ers have not been used in these ex
periments. For deep tillage just before seed
ing and immediately after harvest
the plow or one of the newer type
blade weeders that allow for rela
tively deep penetration should be
used.
of morning glory on this station m
the spring of 1940 following one
year of tillage gives indication of
satisfactory control. This result is
similar to that obtained from alfalfa
seeing elsewhere. Naturally, alfalfa
should not be used except vhere
conditions are adapted to its culti
vation. Persons interested in obtaining ad
ditional information regarding this
project are invited to visit the weed
station a any time or make inquiry
of their county agent.
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KEROSENE
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Stoves
Also
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Light Plants
These have been traded in on
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QUICK SALE
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SERVICE BETWEEN
PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER
AND WAY POINTS
Arrive Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent
regard, landowners or lessees must
register the location of their land
and obtain a permit to hunt or trap
fur-bearing animals but there will
be no fee charged for this permit.
While the resident trappers must
continue to pay a $3 licene fee,
non-resident trappers must obtain
a license costing $25 before trapping
fur-bearing animals in Oregon.
Another provision of the new law
requires that warning signs shall be
posted in conspicuous places within
50 feet of all traps larger than No,
5 or with a jaw spread of more than
10 inches.
The 1941 trapping season will be
during the same period as hereto
fore, from November 15 to February
15. Mink, otter and muskrats are
the only fur-bearers that may be
taken. This does not apply, how
ever, to predatory animals, such ns
cougar, wolves, wildcats, coyotes,
skunk, badger, weasel and civet cats,
which may be killed at any time f
the year.
There is an all-year closed season
on beaver, raccoon, fisher, marten
and ringtail cat'
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