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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
Established November 18. 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 19U
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and entered at the Poat Office at Hepp
ner. Oregon, as second-class matter.
JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
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Official Paper for Morrow County
We Can't Have
Everything
rAILY the clouds roll up and the
rain descends. And each day
prospects look darker for the 10,000
acres of uncut wheat in Morrow
county, as worry furrows become
deeper set in the owners' faces. Re
ports come of kernels sprouting in
heads, of mildew, and of rust. It is
a tough break for those wheat
growers.
On the other hand sheepmen,
whose lambs have been moving late-
addUio cau for elaW FaU !
ranges" are getting an tarly start,
and an abundance of hay awaits the
worst Old Boreas may have to offer
later.
Economically, in the long run, the
county's wettest, August followed
by more weeping days so far in
e i 1 ...:n i ui.. i tu
., - iif i j tit ! mountain-top. Days on end he saw
blue side of the ledger. Morrow!,, j e ij
county has suffered for more than
ten years from a constantly declin
ing water' table, reflected in low
wheat yields and receding livestock
population. There is need for re
storation of the water table to main
tain these industries on a higher
level over a period of years.
The gray days, too, have been a
blessing in the forests. The heaviest
cover seen in the hinterland for
many years has been kept well moist,
thus averting what promised to be
a hazardous fire season should the
cover have been permitted to dry
up. Lightning was many times bad.
And it started many fires which
were in most instances immediately
quenched by succeeding showers.
Thus the forests were brought thru
to the start of what promises to be
another good forage year.
The unusual season has had its
"DEFENSE "BOND
f Q. I would like to provide a regular
L income for myself when I retire.
" Can this be done by buying De
fense Savings Bonds?
A. Yes. If you purchase a Bond for
$37.50 each month, each Bond
will mature in exactly 10 years.
Thus at the end of 10 years you
will have $50.00 payable each
month as each of your Bonds
reaches maturity.
Q. But I will need more than $50 a
month.
A. Then you should invest a larger
amount each month, hvery $0
you put into Defense Bonds will
pay you $ 1 00 ten yea rs from now.
Meanwhile, your money, serves
your Government during this
period of national emergency.
NOTE- To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post
office or bank, or write for information to the Treasurer of the
United States, Washington, D. C.
Heppner
Wheat Insurance
For 1942 Equals
Last Year Total
As the signup for 1942 winter
wheat crop insurance closed in Ore
gon last Saturday, August 30, pre
liminary reports showed that the
number of farms covered by insur-
ance and the total insured produc-
tjon wjH equal or exceed the 1941
figures in the state, according to
Clyde Kiddle, crop insurance assist
ant at the state AAA office.
First reports from county offices
indicated that winter wheat produc
tion will be insured against all risks
in 1942 on about 5000 Oregon farms,
covered in an estimated 3250 appli
cations. The 1941 total for both win
ter and spring wheat was 5839 ap
plications covering the same num
ber of farms, of which about 85
per cent developed into policies. The
1941 applications covered production
of 3,910,000 bushels on 244,000 acres.
Provisions in the 1942 program
whereby the grower may insure his
interest in the wheat crop on all the
farms in the county with one appli
cation will reduce the number of
applications, but not the number of
farms covered.
Favorable growing conditions this
year resulted in unusually few loss
payments. To date, the state office
has approved payment of 401 loss
applications, for a total amount of
indemnities of 36,646 bushels. More
compensatory factors otherwise. On
the human side, it has been pictur
esque. Not alone in the bursting
greenery and flowers, but in the
beauty of the clouds themselves, has
there been a deep source of pleasure.
There's a man who lives on a
the van guard of white, fleecy clouds
come into view, to be immediately
followed by those of deeper hue
until shortly a deep dark bank had
gathered, maybe in the distance, or
maybe overhead, to unleash its
blitzkreig of lightning and thunder,
its downpour of rain. Such a view,
from a mountain-top, he averred,
is inspiring.
-The unharvested grain now gives
concern, there is hay that may
spoil before it is put in the stack,
livestock to be protected from the
wet, but there is the prospect of
better growing days ahead. Life,
withal, in Morrow county is not
exceeded elsewhere. We just can't
have everything.
Have you bought your defense
bond? One Morrow county man
had the full quota of $5000 for an
individual shortly after the bonds
1 were placed on sale.
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Gazette Times, Heppner,
loss applications are being received
every day, however, and payment
for losses will continue until Nov
ember 15.
Most of the losses are being paid
in western Oregon, where foot rot,
Hessian fly, rust and excessive mois
ture took a heavy toll in some
counties. Fire and hail were the
principal causes of losses paid in
the eastern Oregon wheat area.
Landowners Urge
Organization of
Soil Districts
Referendums on the formation o
twe- soil conservation districts in
western Oregon will be called soon
as the result of favorable sentiment
for such organization expressed at
two hearings recently by the state
Soil Conservation committee, accord
ing to Chairman Robert H. Warren
of Forest Grove.
More than 100 landowners signed
a petition for organization of the
district for the Nehalem river wat
ershed, which would include parts of
Clatsop, Columbia, Washington, and
Tillamook counties. Farmers at the
hearing held in Vernonia stated that
the major problems in the Nehalem
area are soil erosion on hill lands,
river and stream bank erosion, soil
fertility maintenance, drainage, weed
control, timber growing and fire
protection, and the development of
grazing on burned-over lands.
More than 60 farmers and business
people in western Lane county at
tended a hearing at Florence and
urged the creation of a district in
the lower Siuslaw river valley. Ma
jor problems mentioned were the
stabilization of shifting sand dunes
that are encroaching upon agricul
tural and forest lands and impair
ing navigation on the Siuslaw river,
soil erosion on hill lands, river and
stream bank erosion, weed control,
drainage, and maintenance of soil
fertility.
Soil conservation districts are
governed by five farmer supervisors
who develop their own district pro
gram and plan of work. Any 25 or
more landowners or owners of 70
per cent of the land in any proposed
area may petition the state commit
tee for the organization of a district.
Other members of the state com
mittee are C. E. Stncklin, state en
gineer; William A. Schoenfeld, dean
and director of agriculture, and Wil
liam L. Teutsch, assistant director
of extension, at Oregon State col
lege, and Walker Franklin of En
terprise. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Matter of the Estate of John
R. Wagner, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned as Administratrix of
the Estate of John R. Wagner, de
ceased, has filed her final account
in the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County, and that
Monday, the sixth day of October,
A. D. 1941, at the hour of 10:00 o'
clock in the forenoon of said day
in the Court room of said Court has
been set as the time and the place
for the hearing of objections there
to and the settlement thereof.
Dated and first published this 4th
day of September, A. D. 1941.
DELIA M. WAGNER,
Administratrix of the Estate
of John R. Wagner, deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an ORDER OF THE
COUNTY COURT, dated Septem
ber 3, 1941, I am authorized and di
rected to advertise and sell at public
auction at not less than the mini
mum price herein set forth:
Lot 10 in Block 13 of the Town
of Lexington, except that part
owned by the O. W. R. & N.
Company, for the minimum price
of $10.00, cash.
THEREFORE, I will on the 4th
day of October, 1941, at the hour of
10:00 A. M., at the front door of the
Court House in Heppner, Oregon,
sell said property to the highest and
best bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff,
Morrow County, Oregon.
WAKE UP BUSINESS
By Advertising In
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Oregon
Third 4-H Stock Sale
Set at Fair Friday
Foui-H club members who are
showing fat stock at the state fair
are expected to pocket close to $5000
in receipts from sales following the
third annual 4-H club auction to be
held at the state fair Friday, Sep
tember 5, starting at 10 a. m. Ar
rangements have been completed to
handle nearly twice the livestock
sold at the auction last year, says
L. J. Allen, assistant state club lead
er.
Ben Sudtell of Albany is again
donating his services as auctioneer.
The sale will be broadcast over
KOAC.
This vear from 15 to 20 head of
baby beeves, 75 lambs, and 125 hogs :
will be available for sale. A sifting
committee will go over the animals
so that only those well finished andj
ready for market will be sold.
Now-more than 12 million
telephone calls a day!
livered in a matter of seconds.
. That's a Dig jod but it's only part of the job we're doing
today as the West hits its stride on National Defense work.
Add to this a program of plant additions, this year, in excess
of $70,000,000 of which expenditures for new construction
alone will be over $57,000,000.
We are making an all-out drive of man power, materials and
money to supply the kind of telephone service that will help
the Pacific Coast speed its part of America's biggest job.
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY'
Business Office: 4 W. Willow Street, Heppner Phone 5
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Thursday, September, 4, 1941
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY
On the 4th day of October, 1941,
at the hour of ten o'clock A. M. at
the "front door of the courthouse in
Morrow County, Oregon, I will sell
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, the following de
scribed real property located in Mor
row County, Oregon, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter of Section
Thirty-six in Township Five
North, Range Twenty-six, East
of the Wilamette Meridian, in
said Morrow County, Oregon.
Said sale is made under execution
issued out of the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon for the County
of Morrow, to me directed in the
case of Carlton L. Pepper, plaintiff,
vs. Albert E. Benefiel, defendant.
Dated and first published this
4th day of September, 1941.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff
of Morrow County; Oregon.
he number of telephone
calls we handle on the Pacific
Coast has mounted to over
twelve million a day !
Each telephone call must be
made to order on a moment's
notice . . . manufactured and de-
of distinction