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t! O f '' c to I' O r- .U c H o r- :r 2 C U O Ci . . 4 . O O O ;;-t ;i' in O (.: 0 Wheat Situation Summarized By Agriculture Dept. Heavy Production For 1946 Needed To Feed Europe Since Oregon and Morrow county wheat farmers are being asked to plan and plant for another year of high wheat production, they should understand the prospective supply and demand situation upon which the U. S. Department of Agricul ture based its appeal for another year of maximum effort on the na. tion's wheat farms, Henry Baker, chairman of the county AAA com- mittee suggests. To give farmers the national background of the wheat situation th 1946 state goal of one million .which led to the establishment of acres, the State AAA office has made the following summary of the latest USDA information on wheat. Altogether, about 1,120 million bushels of wheat were used in the 12 months ended June 30. compar ed with a 10-year (1932-41) domes tic disappearance of 720 million bu shels. Of this prewar figure, 479 million bushels were used for food, 81 million for seed, 117 million for feed, and 43 million for exports. In 1944-45 war boosted the amount of wheat used for military and ci vilian food to around 550 million bushels. Other uses were about as follows: seed, 88; feed 260; industrial alcohol 85; and exports 145. Quantities of wheat used for food and seed last year were about the same as in 1943-44. Wheat for al cohol was moderately lower, and wheat for feed only about half as large. Feed grain supplies were more adquate in 1944-45 than the previous year, but wheat feeding continued more than double prewar quantities. The movement of grain to ports for export has been much greater than early expectations, re ducing the carry-over July 1, 1945 to about the same as the 316 mil lion bushels a year earlier. The 1945 wheat crop is estimated at 1,129 million bushels. This is an other record, and the third U. S. crop of over a billion bushels. With likely disappearance , even exceed ing the size of the crop, the carry over on July 1, 1946 may be some what lower than July 1, 1945. The total wheat supply for 1945-46, not counting imports, is indicated at about 1,445 million bushels com pared with 973 million for the 1932 41 average. . . The greatest differnce in the use of wheat this coming year will pro bably ,be in exports expected to ( exceed greatly those of 1944-45 be cause of the need for food in the European countires. ' With a smaller corn crop indi cated for 1915, large quantities of wheat may again be needed for livestock iced. Dammars", Dfcposa fi Lose 4 i'ropcsv Mr. I ;4 'iVL-3. Ma- .- ' I; have (Imposed w' :, j" proprty find arc r to Boise, Ida., vh. -V' ' C. i tained income prone; 1 their residence Wednesday to Mrs. Maiy Wright and Mrs. Batman and their children will go to Idaho about Aug. 15. Mr. Bauman will leave here Sept. 1. Mrs. Bauman sold the Marcarol Beauty shop the first of the week to Mrs. Richard Hayes, who, through her mother, Mrs. Grace Nickerson, took possession Mon day. Mrs. Bauman contemplates attending a beauty school and may engage in the business again at a later date. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 9, 1945 Pioneer Store of lone Closes After 51 Years Operation It's a long lane that has no end. ing and Bert Mason, retired mer chant of lone, is now realizing a longdesired ambition to be foot loose and find out first hand what it is like to be wihtout a job. For Bert has wound up his busi ness affairs in lone after continu ous mercantile service to the people of the communityt since June 1898 right in the middle of the Span. ish-American war. The business closed out by Ma. son this week was established by Mat Halvorsen in 1894. Halvorsen employed the ambitious young man at a monthly salary of $35 about one day's wages for a combine me chanic today. However. Mason had his eye on the future and in Sep. tember 1899 he borrowd the money to buy a one-third interest in the business and the firm of Halvorsen & Mason carried on until 1912 when he purchased the Halvorsen inter, est. The business was continued at the old stand until 1917 when Ma son constructed a modern business block which has housed the busi. ness since. This property was re cently sold to CoJ Swanson and Mason disposed of the large stock of merchandise at sale prices. Mr. Mason is a native son of Morrow county. He was born on Rhea creek, attended school in that Continued on Pay Six Royal Court of j " 1 w i -ijt .( ' V ' , - - ) ' ?Y, " - . -. .-' ( v"" ; , y' rt: - 1 i,v,-it2f f, - ;M J rZ$ t - : ATI.' J - Ur I t-l w . ' rt, IvA " - - L - -.fjr '4 l:fJr Jk v " 'y . y i . . J 1 ' ' 1 ' , ' 1 ' ' f ' ; ' ! ik . . . Reading from left to right: Joan Marie Hisler, Lena; Dorothy Bergstiom. Rhea Creek Grange; Col leen Kilkenny, queen; Dailcne Biddle, Willows Grange, and Jo Anne Graves, Lexington Grange Queen Colleen and her attendants were taken to Pendleton last week where the girls were outfitted with rodeo regalia and then photographed for the above picture and one of the queen alone which will appear in the next issue of the Gazette Times. East Oregonian photograph and cut service was employed. The royal group was accompanied by Mrs. Lee Beckner and Mrs. Clyde Nutting who supervised selection of garb and piloted the girls around for the day. Jim's Cascadians Signed for Rodeo Dances A contract was signed this week with James C. Winder to bring his dance orchestra, Jim's Cascadians. to Heppner to play four Rodeo dances. The schedule includes the queen's dance Sept. 1, and the three Rodeo dances, Sept. 6, 7 and 8. The Cascadians are a popu lar six-piece band of the mid.Col umbda region and Bob Runnion, dance chairman, feels he can assure the dancing public there will be plenty of good rhythm throughout the Rodeo. A capacity crowd enjoyd the at tendant dance at Lexington I. O. O. F. hall last Saturday night when the Farrows orchesra of Long Creek furnished the music. Ticket sales indicated that the attendance was almost as heavy as at the Hep pner dance the week before. This week interest centers on CANADIAN VISITS BROTHER Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark are enjoying a visit this week with Mr. Clark's brother, Charles Clark of High River, Canada. Mr. Clark is publisher of the High River Times influential weekly of that section of the dominion He has visited Heppner several times and was last hre in 1936. Although not a printer, Mr. Clark is accustomed to the smell of prin ter's ink, and paid the G-T'a visit Wednesday in company with M. D., to see how the industry "south of 1945 Heppner f Willows Grange hall at lone where the Farrows orchestra will again be the musical offering. Willows grange is sponsoring the dance in the interest of its queen's atten. dant Darlene Biddle. The spacious floor and dining room facilities make the lone hall a favorite spot for those who trip the light fantas tic and the grange is making a bid for the crowd of the season. Work on repairs at the Rodeo grounds, carried on throughout the summer by Secretary Frank Tur ner, will be speeded up next week when President Lee Beckner and others bring in their trucks and other equipment to clean up and make repairs. Harvesting is about over for the farmer members of the association and they are ready to get down to the business of put ting the- big western show over. the border" carries on. FINED $50 AND COSTS Findiing defendant guilty, Jus tice J. O. Hager imposed a fine of $50 and costs of $31.45 upon Mrs. Goldie Wilsoon following a hearing in the local justice court Monday morning. Mrs. Wilson was charged with assault and battery upon the person of Mrs. Esther Burnside. A counter charge made by Mrs. Wil son against Mrs. Burnside has not been set for hearing. Rodeo Volume 62, Number 20" Forest and Field Fires Hit County First of Week Cash Creek Bum and Nelson Field Fire Controlled Forest and field fires hit the county the first of the week caus ing a flurry of rustling fighting equipent and men to man it for a day or two. Quick action in both instances confined the blazes to small areas, minimizing the loses. A fire breaking out Sunday af ternoon on Cash creek, two miles above Tucker prairie and two miles west tof Matteson butte, was brought under control by Monday morning and was declared safe by that evening. A crew of 100 men was drawn from Kinzua mill and Camp five, Reed's mill. Gayhart's logging camp and the Heppner Box factory. .Of these, 25 remained on the job throughout Tuesday and seven or eight men were retained to watch until all danger is passed. The forest service road crew and the suppression crew were on hand while Kinzua Pine Mills company sent in a bulldozer in case one might be needed.. The forest ser vice had a Caterpillar ready for eventualities. While forest officials are quite certain the Cash creek blaze was man-caused they are happy that it did no more damage. The situa tion throughout this district is sat isfactory r.. a - different .. picture to neighboring forests where electrical storms have started 280 fires in the past two or three days. Fire fighters were called to the Alfred Nelson and Sons Sand hoi. low wheat ranch Tuesday to sub due a field fire which swept over 140 acres of wheat before being brought to a halt. Combine crews from the J. O. Turner, E. Harvey Miller and Orville Cuutsforth fields rushed to the scene, while several men with equipment from town joined iin the fight. Stubble in the Miller field also caught fire but 'aside from burning considerable distance did little damage. D. W. Glasgow Dies At Veradale, Wash. This community was shocked to hear of the sudden death of D. W. Glasgow at his home at Veradale, Wash. Saturday, July 28. Mr. Glas gow was a former manager of the Morrow County Grain Growers and was well liked by all who knew him. Funeral services were held in Spokane Tuesday, July 31 at 2:30 p. m. with Smith Funeral Home in charge. Rev. Wm. Westwuod oiiici ated. Mr. Glasgow was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the American Legion. He is sur vived by his wife Elizabeth and one .son Darrcll, Jr. al hoais, ono dautfhtor Gweneih Guilher of Si;o-l-uiie, iii:; mother, i'.ir.;. J;.iui,j CUs W of Ifi t:d ieal Lai c, Wa:,h., three La others. Hugh, and Llux of 11,: M i I La lie t.r-d iiorl in Alaska, two '"., ixL-':-i liuui Ciht.';;;ow oi Tit J a -..I La.;.o and iviis. iluh i iiiihp.-j of Eiiumdaw, Wash. Among Iho-M atieriui the f uncial hum here wcio Mr. - and Mrs. George Peck and Mrs. A. M. .Edwards. Mr. Peck was one oi the pail bearers. Inter meni. was made in The Pines cem etery at Opportunity, Wash. SCHOOL OPENING SET Monday, September 10, has been set aside as the opening day of the Hppner school. Supt. George A. Corwin announced today. One teacher position remains to be filled and the superintendent is quite hopeful that a full corps will be on hand when the time arrives. en O o n -t
