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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.
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fi Lose 4 i'ropcsv
Mr. I ;4 'iVL-3. Ma- .- ' I;
have (Imposed w' :,
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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
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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
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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.
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