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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1942)
' AT ATHE N flTtullfl L Washington, D. C, May 21. Camp Adair, the new cantonment under construction in the Corvallis-Al-bany-Monmouth area, is far from satisfactory to 100 or more farmers whose lands are being taken by the war department. The farmers, who have been holding meetings and sending complaints to the national capital, explain they are for any thing that will win the war, but they protest at the way they are being treated by the war depart ment. From these petitions it ap pears that the farmers are being told what appraisal is made on their farms and that they are (or some of them) ordered to leave their land on a few days' notice, or immediate- ly. Many of the farms are in the fin est farming section of Willamette valley and have been in cultivation almost a century. Farmers think they should know what the govern ment intends paying, and when. In asmuch as they must seek homes elsewhere, in strange surroundings, they must have money to purchase a place, or at least make a down payment. Those who have cattle or sheep say they cannot pull up stakes and move away without sufficient time to make arrangements for their livestock. War department simply says the land is needed for the can tonmnt; that money will be paid in due time, but they refuse to promise any extended notice of when the land must be surrendered. In late summer the 104th division will be organized and located at Camp Adair, according to announce ment by the war department. Over the many thousand acres in the can tonment property troops will be trained in anticipation for overseas service. Linn county is also registering a kick. War department plans acquir ing a great acreage near Halsey which will embrace many fine farms and homes. The people in the region do not want to move. The area is to be used as a target range. At Camp Adair the mail will be carried through Albany to Corvallis because, it is explained by the postal department, Corvallis has facilities and is a larger town. (Albany and Corvallis have practically the same population except when students are at state college). The postmaster will not gain at Corvallis; soldier mail is free and therefore no allow ance is made for cancellations. Army is in the market for hun dreds of horses for the cavalry to be used on the Oregon coast. Con trary to popular impression the horse has not been eliminated from the cavalry, which is not all mech anized. Cavalry is needed in the Ore gon coast range, on cut-over tim berlands and in the forests. Horses can maneuver in that country with greater expedition than tanks and trucks; they can go where it would be impossible for the machines to operate. From Curry to Clatsop counties detachments of horse cav alry will be spread supplementing existing forces. Gold Beach, at the mouth of the Rogue river, has asked for an army air base but for the present, at least, nothing will be done. War Production board is interest ed in the lime deposits of Wallowa and Baker counties (lime plays an important part in a number of ma terials needed for war). There is talk of locating a war industry in Grant county adjacent to the chro mite deposits in the John Day coun- try, and transporting lime to the site. Nothing definite as to this, but it is in the conversation stage. If the powder plant discussed by the war department is located in the northwest it may be in the vi cinity of Ontario or the Snake river, near Lewiston. There are only a few places where sufficient water is av ailable, say the army men, and the best of all is at The Dalles. How ever, they add, The Dalles is too close to the ocean and the policy is to push all new industries inland at least 200 miles, if possible. No pow der plant will be built, however, un less WPB decides that existing plants are insufficient. One story is that the plants now operating have capacity to provides all the propellants required for a global war. For several years growers of bent grass in Clatsop county have been urging an appropriation which would permit department of agriculture scientists to study grasses to deter mine which are best for certain lo calities. Always the request has been kicked out the window be cause bent grass is used on golf courses and was regarded as recre ational. In the new appropriation a substantial sum is allowed for grass experimentation as a war mea sure. New diversion .air fields re quire a grass that will stand up where runways are not paved. Bent grass will hold the soil from blow ing and afford a cushion for landing planes. As airfields are scattered all over Oregon, different grasses are required, and to find out which is best for each climate the experi ments will be made. Scott McMurdo Takes Pre-Medics Exam Oregon State College, Corvallis, May 21. Scott H. McMurdo of Heppner, junior in science at Oregon State college, is one of 19 pre-med-ical students who took the national aptitude test prescribed by the as sociation of American Medical col leges as a part of the regular re quirements for admission to any first class medical school in the United States. The same test is given throughout the country or. the same day and is intended to in dicate a student's general fitness for a medical career. McMurdo has been a member of the pre-medics club which has been in existence at Oregon State col lege since 1932. Enrollment in pre medical work here has ranged be tween 75 and 100 students annually since that time. Those completing the course this year will enter the University of Oregon Medical school in Portland, St. Louis University Medical school, and Northwestern University Medi cal school. McMurdo, who is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, plans to apply for admission to the medi cal school with the class which starts in 1943. OYSTERS and SHELL FISH Now in Season Delectable ocean deli cacies make appetizing appeal in the cooler season. We serve them to your taste. For a good meal Anytime, come to ELKHORN RESTAURANT Ed Chinn, Prop. Oregon 4-H Girl Early Winner in Anual Contests Oregon's first major winning for the year in the 4-H club field has just been announced by the national committee on boys' and girls' club work. Harriet Phyllis Kempston of Lane county has placed in the blue award group in the western exten sion section in the farm accounting record contest. Her achievement entitles her to a trip to the twenty first national 4-H club conests this fall. Oregon is again paricipating in a of such national contests, according to H. C. Seymour, state 4-H club leader. Most of these contests have been given a wartime emphasis this year. The national canning contest, for example, is aimed at stimulating even a greater preservation of food by 4-H canning clubs than the 11 million jars of food preserved by 250,000 4-H girls last year. State and national awards in excess of $600,000 have been provided by Mrs. Ruth Kerr, glass jar executive, for this year's contests. National winners will receive $200 college scholar ships. The national girls' record contest is aimed at training girls for the best use of material and financial resources to make satisfying and happy homes, partcularly during the days of wartime stress. Montgomery Ward and company is supplying scholarships and other awards for this contest. Emphasis on greater use of elec tricity on farms to replace a short age of labor and to increase pro duction is part of the purpose of this A convenient service for sending money . . . paying bills . . . making installment payments or mail order purchases mm OF PORTLAND "The First National Bank West of the Rockies" MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Heppner Gazette Times, May 21,1 942 3 Lumber Freezing Cause of Concern Much local speculation as to the scope and intensity of the recent lumber freezing order is being wit nessed. This order has directly affected thirty or more farmers in the coun ty who were planning on building farm storage facilities as well as all those interested in the construction being planned by the Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers. We all have a reason for being concerned over this order, states C. D. Conrad, secretary of the Morrow County USDA War board, because we will have a million bushels or more of wheat which will have to be piled on the ground if materials are not available for building addi tional storage facilites. Some local speculators have heard that the freezing order will be changed shortly to release enough of the lower grade of lumber to take care of all farm storage needs but Conrad adds that very little infor mation has been received officially other than all stocks of lumber in wholesale hands are frozen. Retail ers are still permitted to sell any lumber they have but the stocks in the hands of retailers are not suf ficient to even make a start on the building, which of necessity must be completed in the county within the next month. year's rural electrification contest sponsored by the Westinghous company under the supervision of the extension service. Awards be gin with county winners and end with the presentation of six scholar ships of $200 each to those who rank highest nationally. " """""Tuis BMW First National Bank money orders may be obtained at any branch in amounts up to $100. The cost is only 10c per order! You need not be a depositor to enjoy this service B. C. PINCKNEY, Manager WMffi wmm m It is expected that the nail situa tion will be relieved shortly and word has been received from J. Fred Bergesch, priority manager for this district, that priorities are not need ed for the purchase of nails but that some retailers are asking for prior ities and they have a right to de mand them if they wish; however, Bergesch added that priorities will be of no value to retailers in re plenishing their nail supply and that any priority rating that a farmer may have requires the retailer to sell nails if he has them in stock. 9 Willows Grange Hall, lone SATURDAY MAY 23 Admission 50c plus 5c Tax Total 55c Good Music