Committees and
Program Set for
E 0 W L Meeting
High Agricultural
Officials Billed to
Speak at Conclave
Leaders of four main committees
for the 15th annual convention of
the Eastern Oregon Wheat leogue
at La Grande Dec. 3 to 5, have been
named by Will Steen, of Milton,
president of the organization. Each
year the exact scope of the various
committees is changed to corres
pond1 with the problems believed
most important to be considered,
says President Steen. This year the
four committees, with their leaders,
are as follows:
Federal, agricultural and conser
vation programs Gene Torgescn,
chairman; Layton Mann, vice
chairman and Walter A. Holt, sec
retary, oil of Pendleton. Land use,
weed control, . and production
Charles Nish, Mikkalo chairman;
Ben Evick, 'vice-chairman and G.
R. Hyslcp, O. S. C, secretary. Tax
ation and legislation H. D.
Proudfoot, Wasco, chairman; Clyde
Denny, lone, vice-chairman, and
William Marshall, Condon, secre
tary. Farm labor and transportation
Millard Eakin, Grass Valley,
chairman; Grover Grimmeth, La
Grande, vice-chairman, and Leroy
Wright, Moro, secretary.
Those in charge of the program
have been assured that one or more
high ranking agricultural afficials
from Washington, D. C. will attend
the convention as usual, although
just who has not yet been an
nounced. A half dozen men have
definitely accepted place on the
program, says C. W. Smith, county
agent leader and secretary of the
organization.
These include: Willard N. Craw
ford, Walla Walla, field secretary
of the Pacific Northwest crop im
provement association, who will
explain the program of that body;
Profeccor R. S. Snyder, University
of Idaho, who will discuss con
verting farm products into alcohol
and rubber; G. R. Hyslop, head of
plant industries at O. S. C, who
will speak on war crops for the Co
lumbia basin and Blue, mountain
counties; Joe Belanger, represent
ing the Sail Conservation service
and Moro and Pendleton branch
experiment stations, who will give
preliminary results of tillage re
search; E. L. Potter, O. S. C, who
-will lead a panel discussion of live
stock feeding and marketing; L C.
StolL regional representative of the
War Manpower commission, who
will speak on labor problems.
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Mason-McMu rdo
Nuptials Celebrated
At Lynchburg, Va.
Details have reached our desk of
the wedding of Miss Ellen Burruss
Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Young Mason of Lynchburg,
Va, and Charles Edward McMur
do, USA, Edgewood Arsenal, Md.,
son of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
of Heppner.
The ceremony was performed
Saturday, Oct. 24, in St. John's
Episcopal church, the Rev. Robert
A. Magill, rector, off iciating. Green
ery formed the background for
clusters of white chrysanthemums
which decorated the candle lighted
church. The organist and full vest
ed choir furnished the music.
Miss Mary Mason was her sister's
maid of honor and Mrs. Harry D.
Forsythe, cousin of the bride, was
the matron of honor.
Groomsmen were William S.
Mundy Jr., Henry M. Sackett Jr.,
Ben Miller and Howard Whitehead.
Charles Edward McMurdo of Rich
mond, cousin of the groom, was his
best man.
The bride is a graduate of Farms
ville State Teachers College and is
a member of Mu Omega sorority.
The groom, graduate of Heppner
high sohocf and of Oregon State
college, belongs to Sigma Phi Ep
silon fraternity and Alphi Chi
chemical fraternity.
Heppner Gazette Times, November 19, 1942-5
A. P. Peek
FARM TRACTORS IN WARTIME
Taking Care of Your Tractor
(Second of Series of Six Article)
By A. P. Peck
Managing Editor, Scientific American
. Wartime demands on the American farmer for the production
of 25 percent more food and fiber than were produced during 1941
mean that he now has to do more with less than ever before.
Especially do these demands mean that' the farm tractor along
with every other piece of farm machinery must work longer
hours for mere days of the week I
conditions it may be good economy
to service the cleaner several times
a day. This servicing consists of
removing the cup, cleaning it
thoroughly, and refilling with the
weight (5. A. E. number) of oil
recommended by the manufacturer.
While you are at it, take off the
crankcase breather caps. These are
miniature air cleaners which keep
din out of the crankcase and they
should be washed periodically and
dipped in clean engine oil before
replacing.
Your oil filter is another protec
tcr against dirt and should have
regular attention. If it is replaceable
or has a renewable element, put
in a new one at the. intervals
specified by the manufacturer.
Permanent filter elements in clean
ers should be removed and thor
oughly washed at regular intervals
usually about twice as often as
most farmers do it. Make a record
'of the times when these jobs are
done so that you will know when
they should be repeated.
Keep dirt out of your fuel also,
first by keeping the fuel in clean
containers, and second by keeping
your carrying cans and funnels
free from dirt. Also be sure to
clean the sediment bowl and car
buretor screen when necessary.
They can do their job only when
clean, and this job is the important
one of preventing dirt from reach? ;
ing the carburetor jets.
And don't ever forget about
lubrication. Keep your tractor
properly greased,- following the j
manufacturer's chart or instruc
tions, and drain the crankcase j
regularly, refilling with oil of the ,
correct grade. This is particularly
important with tractors which use
distillate as fuel; with such fuel;1
crankcase dilution and sludging are !
at a maximum and frequent oil
changes are absolutely necessary. J;
(Not Wuk: Simple Adjustments
Pep Vp Tractors.)
DAUGHTER BORN
An eight pound girl was born
Nov. 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Ray C
Ayers of Hermiston. Mother and
babe are in care of Mrs. Corda
Saling at her home in Heppner.
The young lady's name is Mary
Roseann.
and will probably have to last for
the duration.
Faced with
this situation,
and with the
problem of a
scarcity of new
rarts, it is up
to the farmer
to do every
thing possible
to keep his
tractor going
and to get the
most out of it
with the least
wear. How this
can best be done is summed up by
the engineer's term "preventive
maintenance" taking good care of
equipment, in everyday language,
so as to stop trouble before it
starts.
The instruction book that came
with yo r tractor gives recom
mendations fey preventive main
tenance, but all too often this book
has been lost. If yours is not
available', make a mental note now
to get one from the service de
partment of the manufactured. In
the meantime, however, there are
many things that you can do to
insure that your tractor will be as
free as possible from trouble and
that it will give its best service
vat all times.
Dirt is the worst enemy of ma
chinery and a' tractor has to work
in dirt most of the time. That is
why the manufacturers have pro
vided means for helping you to
keep dirt out of those parts of the
tractor where it does the most
damage. The air cleaner, for ex
ample, prevents dirt from entering
the cylinders where it acts as a
grinding compound on cylinder
walls, pistons, and valves. But the
cleaner will not do its job properlv
unless you take care of it. It
should be serviced, or at least
checked, once a day. If the tractor
is operating under unusually dusty
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ON BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. and Mrs-. Henry C. Aiken left
this morning for Portland to spend
a few days on business.
HERE FROM MONUMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Slocum, who
ranch in the vicinity of Monument,
were Heppner business visitors
Tuesday.
IN TOWN TUESDAY
Eric Bergstrom, lower Eight Mile
farmer, was in the ' county seat
Tuesday on one of his infrequent
business visits.
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo made the son's wedding. Dr. McMurdo was
tripto Lynchburg to witness her unable to attend.
.Daice
Lexington
Grange Hall
Saturday, Nov. 21
Music by
Roy Quackenbush
and His Orchestra
Admssion 85c, Tax Included
Last dance before gas rationing.
Everybody welcome and a good
time assured.
SUPPER AT 12:30
REMEMBER-
These Two Things
This is
Oyster Season
and
The Elkorn
Restaurant
Is the Place to get
Oysters Served to
your taste
Other Sea Foods
In Season
Follow the Crowd
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P efl , - S TVS.
Furnace fires glow and smoke surges from
the stacks of thousands of industrial plants
producing an ever-increasing quantity of
planes, tanks, guns and other implements of war. That's
the smoke that gets in the eyes of the Axis.
Raw mat rials and completed units are loaded on long
rows of freight cars, go rumbling across country in a
never-ending procession, hauled by gigantic locomotives
followed by trails of smoke smoke that smarts the eyes
of Hitler and Hirohito.
Smoke 'em out I that's our job. Union Pacific, the
Strategic Middle Route connecting West with East, is
doing its part by "keeping 'em rolling." Thousands of
Union Pacific employees are working tirelessly and
buying War Bonds generously for victory 1
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