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Morrow Farmers
Not Limited in .
'44 Wheat Acreage
Oregon's Share of
National Goal Set
At 950,000 Acres
Wheat farmers of Morrow county
will not be limited in 1944 on the
acreage of wheat that they can
grow. Instead, they will be asked
to grow more wheat, and in gen
eral they will be asked to grow as
much wheat as they can without
following practices which might re
duce their production in 1945 or
subsequent year
The War Food administration on
July 13, 1943, announced a 1944 na
tional wheat goal of 68 million
acres- Oregon's share of this goal
is 950.000 acres as compared to
.plantings of 750,000 acres in 1943.
761,000 acres in 1942, 890,000 in
1940, 827,000 in 1939 and 1.159,000
in 1938.
There will not be any farm wheat
allotments established in 1944 under
the Triple A farm program. The
state goal will be broken down by
the state war board and will be dis
tributed among the wheat produc
ing counties. County goals will not
be broken down to individual farm
goals unless county war boards and
triple A committees oterrnine
such steps are advisable as a guide
for farmers.
Present legislation does not pro
vide for 1944 wheat payment, and
wheat marketing quotas will not be
applicable for 'the 1944 marketing
year. A support price, however, will
be available through loans offered
by Commodity Credit Corporation
through county triple A committees.
Loans are provided for at not less
than 85 percent of parity.
It is contemplated that any pro
ducer of acceptable wheat will be
eligible to participate in the loan
program unless he has adopted
farming practices inconsistent with
good farming practices in the area
in which his farm is located.
The need for wheat has not yet
reached such an extent but what
the goal can be met without sacri
ficing those practises which have
been determined to be effective in
maintaining production and pre
venting wind and water erosion
Our Men
in Service
ALMOST ENCIRCLES GLOBE
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Evans are in
receint of a letter from their son
Donald, armed guard of the navy
assigned to duty on a liberty ship.
He thinks the trip is wonderful
but would like to see more action.
By the time he returns to San
Francisco he will have encircled
the globe. Don enclosed a picture
of himself sans most of his cloth
ng, which would seem to indicate
that he was in a tropic climate at
that time. Although his mother
writes him three times weekly, by
V-mail only three have caught up
with him since he left in May.
They gave him a great lift he re
ports. LT LIEBBRAND! TRANSFERRED
In a telephone conversation to
Miss Leta Humphreys early this
, week, Lt. Rose Liebbrand states
that she is being transferred from
Camp Richmond, Ky., to Camp
Campbell. Ky. in the southwestern
part of Kentucky where she will
be company commander. In the old
camp she was in the quartermas
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Whistle Signifies
Renewal of Activity
At Heppner Mill
Delayed beyond the date expect
ed to start due to difficulty in ob
taining materials, the Heppner Lum
ber company's new sawmill started
a test run Monday and has been
operating on a limited basis during
the week This is made necessary
to make adjustments to the mach
inery and it is expected sawing will
be in full swing by the first of
next week.
A much more complete plant has
been built and cutting capacity will
be greater than the mill destroyed
by fire last Feb. 5. The mill proper
is located to the west of the engine
house, placing the power plant be
tween it and the fuel bunker. Al
together, the new plant presents an
aspect of efficiency and cutting
should proceed in regular order.
Death Ends Career
Of B. R. Patterson
Death came suddenly to B. R.
Patterson at the family home on
north Gale street Friday evening.
He had suffered a heart ailment for
several years and his passing was
attributed to this cause.
A brief service was held at Phelps
Funeral Home chapel at 2 o'clock
p. m. Sunday, conducted by Arch
deacon Neville Blunt, and the body
was later shipped to Portland for
cremation.
Ben Patterson, as he was famil
iarly known to most residents of
the county, was 74 years of age. He
was bom at Hornell N. Y., the son
of John and Rebecca Patterson. The
father passed on many years ago and
the mother resides at Forest Grove.
Mr. Patterson was engaged in the
drug business in Heppner for many
years. He was in partnership with
his father under the firm name of
Patterson & Son and after the fa
ther's death carried on as Patter
son's Drug store.
The widow. Addie, and aged mo
ther are the only survivors-
Combine Cleaning
Results in Burns
Two men suffered serious burns
on their hands and arms the past
few days while cleaning combines.
Fred Nicolson was cleaning the
brushes on a combine near lone,
using gasoline for the purpose. The
gasoline ignited and his left arm
was badly burned.
In attempting to extinguish a
fire on a combine in the Hardman
district, Blaine Chapel suffered se
rious burns to hands and arms.
Both men came to Heppner for
treatment
REPUBLICAN SECRETARY
VISITOR HERE TUESDAY
Returning to Portland from two
conventions held in Baker the past
week-end,, Carl R. Moser, execu
tive secretary of the republican
state central committee, stopped in
Heppner to get a line on the political
set-up in this section. Moser at
tended the American Legion state
convention and a conference of re
publican leaders of eastern Oregon-
He reported an interesting Legion
convention, one he thinks will prove
quite constructive. The Oregon
group took the initiative in formu
lating a measure to accept members
of the fighting forces as members
of the Legion. The Oregon resolu
tion will be presented to the na
tional convention with the recom
mendation that it be approved and
forwarded to congress for enact
ment, since the Legion was author
ized by an act of congress.
Politically. Moser was sounding
out the local organization to see
what will have to be done in ce
menting an effective working force
for tht forthcoming national election.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 26, 1943
Death Comes to
Cora D. Crawford,
Pioneer Resident
Entire Span of 71
Years Spent in
Morrow County
Following an illness of several
months. Mrs. Cora D. Crawford
passed1 away about 8 o'clock Tues
day evening at The Dalles hospital
where she had been a patient for
nearly three months. Death was
due to a heart ailment with which
she had been afflicted for a num
ber of years but which did not be
come acute until last spring.
Services will be held from the
Christian church at 2 o'clock p. m.
Friday, O. Wendell Herbison, pastor,
officiating. Arrangements are in
charge of the Phelps Funeral home
Accompanied by Miss Marie Bar
low, Mrs. C. C .Dunham and Miss
Kathryn Parker will sing "In The
Garden" and "Softly Now the Light
of Day." Honorary pallbearers cho
sen are T. J. Humphreys, E. R.
Huston, L. D. Neill, F. E. Parker
and F. S. Parker. Active pallbear
ers include Burl Coxen. Frank Tur
ner, C. W. Barlow, Lee Howell, C.
N. Jones and Blaine Elliott
Mrs. Crawford was perhaps the
oldest continuous resident of Mor
row county. She was bom May 28
1872, to John and Virginia Spencer
among earliest settlers of that sec
tion. She received her education in
the local schools, attending the old
grade school that stood on the
block where her future home was
located. She also attended school at
Irving, near Eugene.
On Christmas day, 1890. she was
united in marriage with Vawter
Crawford, a young printer coming
here from Waitsburg, Wash., who
had been employed for some time
as foreman on the Heppner Ga
zette, then published by Otis and
Alvah Patterson. Nine children were
born to this union, eight of whom
survive. These are Virginia E.
(Mrs. J. O. Turner) of Heppner;
Arthur R. of San Francisco, Calif.;
Janet C. (Mrs .LeRoy Jones) Mon
tesano, Wash.; Margaret E. (Mrs.
Everett Hayes, Joseph, Ore-; W. V.
and J. V. Crawford, Portland,
Saving and Collection of Waste
Materials Will Shorten War
Continued savings and collection
of waste materials is one of the
major means by which American
are helping to bring this war to its
earliest possible conclusion, it was
asserted in Heppner last Saturday
by Rod Finney, executive secretary
of the Oregon State Salvage com
mittee. "Tin cans, silk stockings and
kitchen fats, three continuing sal
vage programs, present good ex
amples of materials once discarded
as waste that are now serving es
sential purposes in our war produc
tion program," Finney said,
"Every ton of tin cans salvaged
by Oregonians and sent to the de
tinning plant at South San Fran
cisco, Calif., now makes available
to the war effort no less than 20
pounds of much-needed tin and
1500 pounds of urgently required
copper, the latter being derived
through precipitation methods at
western copper mines.
"Waste kitchen fats salvaged by
housewife and turned in to her
butchers are converted into glycer
ine. Glycerine makes explosives and
camouflage paints for ships, guns
and tanks.
"Silk and nylon hose are used
in the roduction- of powder bags
and parachutes and parachute
eloign $357,800
A telegram received this after
noon by the chairmen of the Mor
row county war bond and stamp
committee states that Morrow coun
ty's quota in the third war loan
bond sale has been fixed at $367,
800. Of this amount individuals are
expected to invest $212,500 and cor
porations $155,800.
In preparation for the drive the
ery time a bond sale is made the
place a bell on Main street and ev
local committee is planning to
bell will be rung. Is there someone
awning a sizeable dinner bell who
will donate it for the duration of
the campaign? If so. get in touch
with P. W. Mahoney or B. C.
Pinckney.
LIKES AVACS
Ei-ma VanSchoiack is home on a
furlough visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cleve VanSchoiack. .Ask
ed if she liked the WACS she re
plied she did. She is receiving train
ing at Gulfport, Miss.
CoraMae (Mrs. R. B. Ferguson) and
Mary L. (Mrs. L. R. Schwarz, Hep
pner. Spencer Crawford, fourth
child, passed on in March, 1940.
The husband and father departed
this life in April 1935.
Mrs- Crawford is also survived by
25 grandchildren and 6 great grand
children; one sister. Mrs- J- B.
Cooley, Brownsville and one broth
er, John Spencer, Stanfield.
Mrs. Crawford united with the
Church of Christ in early woman
hoods nd devoted much of her life
to the work of the church. .She
also was a member of the Eastern
Star.
Although never learning the
printing trade, Mrs. Crawford assist
ed in the publication of the Gazette
Times for many years- She assumed
the role of folder and mailer on
publication day, a task she perform
ed until failing health forced her to
abandon it. Following the death of
Mr. Crawford, she became part ow
ner of the Gazette Times, being as
sociated with her son Spencer until
frs death in 1940, then with her son
Jasper until the fall of 1942 when
the business was sold to the present
publisher-
shrouds for our armed forces.
"Each of these materials should
be saved and disposed of as directed
by your county and local salvage
committees," Finney said.
In addition, the executive secre
tary declared that indications were
beginning to point more and more
to the possibility of another scrap
metal drive this fall. Of the 120,000
tons of metals gathered by patriotic
Oregonians during the last six
months of 1942 and Morrow coun
ty residents finished first in the
state in per capita o llections only
en estimated 6,000 to 7,000 tons re
mains, he said and much of this
is sheet metal which must be baled
before it can be utilized- "Steel
mills and foundries, of course
must be assured of ample supplies
of .scrap to insure their capacity op
erations at all times and if another
scrap drive is necessary the Ore
gon State Salvage committee knows
it can count on the people of Mor
row county to respond in the same
grand manner as they did before.."
En route to the far-eastern sect
or of the state. Finney conferred
with C. D. Conrad, chairman of the
Morrow county salvage committee,
and with other Hepnerifces who
have actively engaged in the Sal
vage for Victory program since its
inception in March, 1942.
Volume 60, Number 22
County's Desires
For Better Roads
Told Commission
Johnson Presents
Essential List at
Wednesday Meet
Improvement at the earliest pos
sible moment on the secondary state
highway between Ruggs and Spray
junction was declared Morrow
county's number one road project
Wednesday afternoon when Judge
Bert Johnson presented the coun
ty's highway program to the state
highway commission in a meeting
at the city council room. A map
clearly marking the improvement
program and notes prepared by the
county' court and the road commit
tee of the Heppner chamber of
commerce were left with the com- s
mission.
Judge Johnson briefly outlined
the needs in this county, showing
that no ambitious program has
been contemplated. The greatest
need is improvement and completion,
of roads now in use. Taking the
Ruggs-Hardman section of the
Hcppner-Spray highway first, he
judge emphasized the need of re
alignment, broadening and hard
surfacing for a matter of seven or
eight miles. He pointed to the dan
gers encountered by travelers in '
meeting log and lumber trucks on
the narrow grade; how the heavy
hauling is wrecking the grade,
making upkeep more difficult and
expensive. Hard surfacing the en
tire way from Ruggs to Spray is es
sential, now that lumber hauling
is a regular thing. In this connec
tion he stated that approximately
1,000,000 feet of lumber per month
is hauled from Dayville, Mitchell
and Spray mills to Heppner, while
approximately 5,000.000 feet annu
ally comes from Reed's mill. In ad
dition to the heavy lumber traffic
there is an increasing amount of
logs, sheep and cattle trucked in
over the road, and this volume is
certain to increase.
Number 2 on the court's sched
ule is completion of the Heppner
Condon highway About five miles
remains to be surfaced and this un
finished stretch is in the heart of
a heavy wheat producing area.
Number 3 is the Lexington -Jar-man
section of the Lexington-Her-miston
highway. The court urges
immediate resurfacing of the road
from Lexington to the top of the hill
perhaps as far as the Cutsforth cor
ner. A large volume of grain raised
in the north Lexington district
comes in over this highway and it
is the main artery of travel from
all of the county north, south and
west of Lexington to points north
and east. It was suggested by R.
H. Baldock. state highway engineer,
that this particular piece of im
provement comes under the main
tenance department and as such is
subject to immediate consideration.
Deviating from the state controll
ed roads. Judge Johnson dwelt for
a few moments on county roads,
particularly those that might re
ceive aid funds through federal
grants. Chief of these is the Willow
creek road from Heppner to the
top of the hill beyond the old coal
mines, a distance of about 24 miles.
This road, too is used for log haul
ing, as is the road from Lena to
the Johnson creek logging camp.
The Rhea creek road from Ruggs
to Jordan needs improving, as does
the Hale Ridge road from Hard
man to the Davidson ranch.
P. W. Mahoney pointed out that
heavy truck hauling over the moun
tain roads, has increased rapidly in
recent year since sheepmen and
cattle men no longer trail their stock
to Heppner from interior ranches
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