10-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, October 14, 1948
News From
C. A. Office
Or.llnufd from rimt P
Umatilla county will be a Joint
prrJft of the Soil Conservation
er lop research, the bureau ol
plant industry and the O.S.C. ex
periment station. It was made
possible through special appro
priation ol $22,000 to finance the
tart of the study obtained thru
the efforts of a committee of Ore
gon wheat farmers who went to
Washington and enlisted the aid
of the state's congressional del
egation. Wheat growers and experiment
stations of Washington and Ida
ho have aiso joined in urging
and planning the project on the
basis that facts revealed in study
ing the various soils under Uma
tilla county conditions will apply
to conditions throughout the Col
umbia basin wheat belt.
Commercially sized plots will
be establsihed on farms of coop
erating growers to determine if
possible better methods and bet
ter machinery for incorporating
stubble and straw in soils to re
duce erosion and maintain fertil
ity in a permanent program of
management.
DONT SCOUR THAT LINOLEUM
Do you often say, "It seems
like the more I scrub the dirtier
my linoleum gets"? Maybe you
are right. If you scour your lino
leum with a coarse abrasive, you
are wearing off the smooth sur
face. Naturally, the more it is
worn down, the more dirt collects
in the scratches.
If linoleum floors are waxed,
they are easier to keep clean. In
frequent scrubbing with soap and
water, not too much water, and
wiping with a damp cloth be
tween scrubbings will make the
Job easier for you besides keep
ing your floors looking cleaner.
Re'meber, no scouring on your
linoleum.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank friends and
neighbors for their words of sym
pathy, tenders of assistance, and
for th ebeautiful floral tributes
to the memory of our son and
brother.
The Greenup family.
Paid Up Life Insurance
is a good investment or a nice gift.
BLAINE E. ISOM, Agency
Heppner Phone 723
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atPENNEY'S
Rn V Pit Off
48 Deaths Oregon
Traffic Record In
Month of September
Forty-eight persons died in Or
gon traffic accidents last month
in the heaviest death toll record
ed so far this year, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry has report
ed. The September fatalities bring
the number of lives lost in 1948
traffic to 299, compared with 322
during the same period last year.
All but ten of the persons killed
in last months mishaps met
death on highways outside of any
city or town.
Newbry warned the toll may
grow even higher if late accident
reports are received or if persons
previously reported as injured do
not recover.
"Past records prove that the
fall and winter months are the
most dangerous for drivers and
pedestrians alike," he pointed
out. "Our tragic loss in Septem
ber will be repeated unless mo
troists and persons on foot meet
the extra alertftess."
He advised drivers to keep a
wary eye on the road surface and
a light foot on the gas pedal
when faced with early darkness
and adverse weather conditions,
two factors which contribute
much to the fall and winter toll.
Now you can have
VENETIAN BLINDS
that can be cleaned
quickly, easily, at
home
HOW THEY WORK
Each slat is anchored in place
by an ordinary "Snap-Fastener"
attached in the "ladder" between
the tapes. The "lift cords" are
cleverly arranged to permit much
tighter closing of the blinds and
to eliminate the need for cord
holes which weaken the slats.
Drop In and Let Us
Show You.
YEAGER'S
Our Dwindling Saw-Timber
Resource
STAR GE REPORTER
AdmiaaloB prices itenuxm ud vralaf, uIms vp
elllotdlj tdwtlMd to b otharwiMt ChUdraat Sit
Trim .IT, Tt4. Tu 43, TcrUl tOc; G-rtvde and Hifb
Bcfcool Btnd&u 11 Jin ud ototi Ert. Frio AO,
raft, Tu .10, Total toe; Adult j Est. Pre .60, FL
Tx .10, Total 60c Every child occupjrlnj ft teat
mut bar a ticket.
Bub day shorn eontinnona starting at 1 p,ra. Bator,
day ereaing ahowi start at 7 p.m- All other evening
hows start at 7:30 p.m. Boxofflc open evenings
until t p-jn.
Friday-Saturday, Oct 15-16
RETURN OF THE BADMEN
ftudolpb Soott, ob.rt Byu, Ilium tMrtft,
Oibbjr I.JTM, jKqa.Uu WhJU, But. Brodte.
AcUon-drlpplrif Iat-movlr western In the
frmnd manner and great Joy to those who like
uutdoor drama.
PLUS
CAGED FURY
Ih.Ua Baa, HV7 Bath Huflm, BUh&rd Du.
Blu(, BuUr Crsob.
A cirrus .lory li.aiied with action and adventure.
Sunday-Monday, October 17-18
HOMECOMING
CUrk Qabl, Lui Turner, Ajuu Baztw, Jobs
oeUa.
Bide by aide, living through so much together,
In ao short a time! A attrring story of a danger
ous romantic Journey.
NEWSREEL EVERY SUNDAY & MONDAY
Tuesday, October 19
OLYMPIC CAVALCADE
Part II of Xnl Biefenstahl's grandly photograph
ed study of the 1936 Olympic Games trimmed
down for U. S. moviegoers.
PLUS
THE CHALLENGE
Bulldog Dronunond meets his boldest challenge,
starring Tom Conway.
Wednesday-Thursday, Oct 20-21
MAGIC TOWN
James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Bed
Sparks, Wallace Ford.
Magic entertainment In this story of modern
small -town Americana
When the Pilgrims landed on
American shores in 1620. the tntni
area of virein forests in what
now our 48 states is believed to
nave been 822 million acres. By
1945. the area of virgin ti,v,K,
was only about 44 million acres
practically all of it in the wes
tern states.
It has been estimatpri thnt tt
forests of 1620 contained a total
of some 8,125 billion board feet
oi saw timber. By 1945, the esti
mated volume of saw timber in
the forests of the United States
had dwindled to 1,601 billion
board feet. This included both
virgin timber and second growth;
but more than half of all our
saw timber today is In what is
left of our virgin forests. More
than two-thirds of our remaining
saw timber is in the west, altho
three-fourths of our commercial
forest land is east of the Great
Plains.
It was to be expected, of course,
that most of the virgin timber
would eventually be cut and that
the original volume of timber
would be greatly reduced in the
three centuries of settlement and
development since the Pilgrims
landed. Large areas of forest had
to be cleared for farming and for
the establishment of towns and
cities. Billions of board feet of
lumber were needed to build up
the homes and industries of a
growing nation.
Of greater significance; there
fore, is what has been happening
to our forests in recent years.
Homesteading and development
of new agricultural sections are
no longer going on on an exten
sive scale. We now have 461 mil
lion acres classed as more or less
permanent commercial forest
land.
Wheat Commission
To Study Freight
Rates at Meeting
Pendleton, Oct. 13 Rising
transportation costs that are pre
venting the flow of northwest
ueai to eastern mamots will
rate a high place on the agenda
of the forthcoming Oregon Wheat
commission meeting, Adminis
trator Ed Bell disclosed todav.
The commission will hold its
regularly quarterly meeting in
Portland Thursday and Friday.
'The transportation problem
appears to be growing even more
critical," Bell said. "According
to press dispatches from Wash
ington. D. C. the rai road inrlns
try has asked the Interstate Cnm
merce commission to up to 13 per
cent its recent request for an 8
per cent ireignt rate increase."
Even the 8 npr rent aHvnnro
an additon to a 25 npr rent hike
granted bv the ICC parlier this
year, would add an estimated
d(,ouo,uu to the nation s annual
freight bill. The additional 5 per
cent would add mi inns mnre
press dispatches reDort.
Last week Bell disclosed that
the entire northwest wheat Indus.
trv had formed a voluntarv nr.
ganization to press for lower
rates. Present shiDDintr posts thpv
charged, are discriminatory and
are driving northwest wheat and
tiour from eastern markets.
Amone the other mainr tnnirs
to be discussed will be reports
irom the Western Wheat Quality
Laboratory established at Pull
man, Wash. There chemists arp
seeding new rust-resistant var
ieties wmch will be "ideal" for
producers, bakers and millers.
The commission also will hear
progress reports from the riirpr.
tors of research projects who are
investigating means nf ri pvplnn.
Ing and expanding markets as
wen as trying to find new uses
for wheat. Most promising of the
new uses being considered are
the developing of a wheat starch
industry and the utilization of
wheat for Drodueint? Inrtuutrtai
alcohol, with wheat proteins as
Dy-proaucts.
The best available estimates
unit auntr iiic VU1-
ume of standing saw timber in
our commercial forests has been
reduced bv 44 per cent. (1909 es
timate: 2.826 billion bd. ft. U.S.
Bureau of Corporations. 1945 es
timate: 1,601 billion bd. ft. U. S.
There is every reason to believe
that the decline of the Nation's
wood pile since 1909 is even
greater than that. Many kinds
of trees which then were con
sidered of no value are now be
ing used, and are included in the
latest estimate. Also much small
er trees are classed as saw tim
ber these days, especially in the
eastern half of the country. (Saw
timber means all trees big en
ough and of the right kinds to
saw into lumber, whether used
for that purpose or not. Most of
our forest industries depend on
saw tibmer.)
Most of the second-growth
stands upon which we are be
coming more and more depend
ent, are not producing the kinds
of timber and the choice clear,
knot-free wood we need for many
uses. Long years of "creaming"
the forests for desirable timber
has left fewer of the best kinds
of trees, and a consequent in
crease in the proportion of low
value trees. In the eastern half
of the United States, there is a
general downward trend in tree
sizes. Some mills are cutting rid
iculously small logs for lack of
reasonably large timber.
In 1944 saw timber was being
taken from our forests at the rate
of 53.9 billion board feet a year.
That means we are draining our
saw timber one-and-a-half times
as fast as it is being replaced by
growth.
SENATOR GUY CORDON
DEFENDS 80TH CONGRESS
United States Kenarn rC.uv Cnr.
don was back in Portland aftpr
an extensive tour of the state that
included several formal and as
many informal talks in which he:
defended the record nf the 80th
congress, particularly as to its
appropriations for reclamation;
described Oregon's congressional
members as fine team workers
one of the best teams in Wash
ton; reiterated his keen interest
and support of improving Ore
gon's harbors; pointed out that
additional manufacturing and
processing ODerations must hp ps.
tablished here to provide jobs for
the state's more than 300,000 new
inhabitants rjartirnlarli that
Oregon must process more of its
raw materials; struck out against
toreign isms that would domin
ate tne world.
Senator Cordon has visited
nearly every section of the state
since returning from Washington,
and recently returned from a trip
that took him to Roseburg, Med
ford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Kla
math Falls, Lakevlew, Prlneville,
Bend and Astoria.
THIS WEEK IN
HISTORY
OCT. 10 to OCT. 16
(By the editors of the World
Book Encyclopedia)
882 years ago this week Duke
William of Normandy fought
a battle at Hastings, England,
which changed the whole
course of English history. On
October 14, 1066, he defeated
the Saxon king, Harold, and
was thus able to assume the
throne of England. William
stopped the subdivision Of the
country into autonomous prov
inces. He organized a central
government developed law,
and established courts. He
brought England into greater
contact with Europe and fur
thered foreign trade. Looking
back on that one battle, his
torians have called it the most
important single event In the
history of England.
1 3
C. . Shorb of La Grande, dem
cratic nominee for congress
from the second district of Ore
gon, was a guest at the Hepp
ner Chamebr of Commerce lun
cheon Monday. Shorb is a
newspaper man, although not
at present engaged In that
occupation. He has a typewrit
er and office supply business
In La Grande which claims his
attention, having leased his
newspaper plant.
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Three Nights Oct. 28-29-30, 8 p.m. S2.40
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HEPPNER JAY CEE-ETTES
Open to the public Tickets now on sale at
Saagers Pharmacy,
Measure Provides
Ballot For All in
School Elections
(The following is an editorial
that appeared in The Sunday Or
egonian for October 3.)
When the people voted to di
vert state income tax revenues to
the support of the local schools
they made the constitutional pro
vision restricting the vote on
school tax levies and bond issues
to property taxpayers hopelessly
archaic and discretionary. An in
itiated measure on the ballot No
vember 2 provides that any eligi
ble voter, regardless of property
ownership shall be entitled to
vote on school matters. The mea
sure should be approved.
Income taxes now provide 40
per cent of school revenues, and
many who pay income taxes
ana wno nave cniidren In school
are not property owners. They
should be entitled to vote under
the democratic system. Others
now technically barred from vot
ing on school bonds and taxes
include wives and husbands
whose properties are recorded in
their spouses' names, and per
sons ownine DroDertv In nn
school district but having resi
dence in another.
As a matter of Drartire thp
property qualification has brok
en down. County authorities have
found it impossible to issue to
election boards lists of eligible
school voters. Under present law,
one is qualified who owns
share of stock in anv cornnratlnn
that pays taxes, or is a member
or a coooperative that owns pro
perty, or holds a policy in a
mutual insurance company. But
responsible citizens, renting in
stead of owning property and
paying their share of school costs
indirectly, are barred unless they
can establish eligibility under
the technical provisions listed
above.
All persons qualified as to age,
residence, registration and liter
acy should share the responsibil
ities of educating the youth. The
amendment, No. 308 on the bal
lot, merits approval.
POTLOCK DI5NER SUNDAY
Potluck dinner will be served
immediately following morning
service at All Saints Episcopal
church Sunday. All members are
urged to attend the service and
come prepared to participate in
the dinner.
John Padberg has moved to the
esidence on west Baltimore street
recently acuired from Ottls East.
The East family has moved to
Prineville where Mr. East is a
I plant superintendent with one of
the sawmills.
COOKED FOOD SACf
The Catholic Alta?, Society will
hold a cooked food sale at 10 a.
m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at the P. P.
& L. office.
Fluff-dry
a waster load of
clottes in
20 minutes J
mm
in
Humphreys Drug Co.
Heppner, Oregon
Frigidaire
Clothes Diyer
$239.75
Now, get greater freedom from washday work with a
Frigidaire Clothei Dryerl No heavy lifting or carrying . . .
no clothes lo hang upl Any 20 minutes of any day Is drying
time. Just put in clothes; set the timer and forget itl In 15
lo 25 minutes, clothing, towels, sheets, chenille robes or
spreads, bath mats come out soft, fluffy and sweet smell
ing; either damp-dry for Ironing or bone-dry for immediate
use, as you prefer. And It's all done automatically. See a i
demonstration of this Frigidaire Clothes Dryer todayl
Heppner Appliance Co.
Heppner, Oregon Phone 1423
Auction Sale
Thursday, October 21st
Sale of miscellaneous items begins promptly at 1 p. m.
Followed by
Regular Live Stock Sale
Special
35 HEAD GOOD YOUNG STOCKER COWS
75 HEAD GOOD WEANER CALVES
HEPPNER SALES YARD
Harold Erwin, Operator
John Varner, Auctioneer Harry Dinges, Clerk
HALLOWE'EN
D A N C
Saturday Evening QTh
October OU
American Legion Hall
Heppner
Lunch will be Served