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Page 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Oct. 21, 1948 Boardman Citizens Nominate Ticket For City Election By Mrs. Finnic Coats The rnas meeting for nomina tion of city officers was held in the grange hall Thursday, Oct. 14, with the following nominat ed: Mayor. Art Allen. R. B. Rands, liobert Parker; recorder and trea surer, Mrs. Daisy Gillespie; coun riimen, Dewey West Jr., Mrs. Le ola Tannehill, Isaac Murphy, ( has. Sloltnow, Vet Conyers. Mrs. Leo Root, Mrs. Ralph Ear wood, Mrs. Frank Cole and Mrs. Hugh Brown motored to La Grande Wednesday where they attended the district Preshyterial executive meeting. County Agent Anderson and Home Demonstration Agent Miss Mattel Wilson were project visit ors Thursday, calling on 4-H club leaders. Mr. and Mrs Floyd Durant and granddaughter Cherrie of Herm Won were visitors at the Z. J. Gillespie home one day last week. HEC met at the home of Mrs. Florence Root Wednesday, Oct. 13, with a potluok dinner at 1 p. m. There were 24 ladies present and many matters of business uerc discussed. Week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ferguson were their son-in-law and daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bed ford and son of Goble. . Guests this week at the home of Mrs. Eva Warner are her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs Jim Dickman of Los Angeles, and Mr. Dickman's mother, Mrs. Dick man. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey West Jr. motored to Yakima, Wash., Thurs. day to attend the funeral of Mrs. West's grandfather. Mrs. Herman Steinke of Arling ton arrived Sunday to spend the week with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Earwood. Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Dyer Sr left last week for Salem and points where they will spend a few days with relatives. Week-end guests at the Leo Root home were his sister-in-law, Mrs. Reinette Root, Mr. and Mrs. Loris Root. Mrs. Robert Pike and daughter Loretta of Gridley, Cal. Mrs. Root will remain for the week, while the others returned to their homes Monday. Mrs. I Root's nephew, Stanley Mefford, stopped for a few hours Saturday on his way to Seattle from Dav enport, Iowa, where he had been a couple of months with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Mefford. The Roots. Mrs. Pike and daugh ter motored to Athena Sunday and were dinner guests at the Wall Paper AT A REAL SAVING TO YOU . . . An opportunity to redecorate your home - one room or the entire house . . . Beautiful patterns, stripes or plain - to suit your taste - you'll find somehing to your liking . . . and it is all on sale at 20 to 50 off Case Furniture Co. Complete House Furnisher IT TAKES LESS THAN A . home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root and son Curtis. Mildred Miller and Maxine Ely, students at E.O.C.E., were week end guests at their respective homes. Mitchell Ellis has purchased the farm known as the Gladys Fortier property in the East end. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ott of Her miston spent Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Olive Atte- j berry. Saturday evening several car loads of grangers motored to lone and attended the Willows grange. There w as a potluck sup per at 6:30 p.m. w ith initiation of candidates later. Nine little folk came in Sun day afternoon to help Jimmie Miller, young son of Mr. and Mrs. RussellMiller, celebrate his fifth birthday. All but two are class mates who will start to school with Jimmie next fall. Those at tending were Helen Robertson, Larry West, Shirley Earwood, Carolyn Baker, Bobbie Taylor, Marcia Woolley, Judy Partlow, Chas. Eble Jr. and Keith Gron quist. Marlene Fisk and Delores Ziv ney spent Sunday in Arlington at the home of Marlene's grand mother, Mrs. Fisk. Week-end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen was Mrs. Maude Kobow of Hood Riv er. Mrs. Kobow teaches vocal in five schools in The Dalles and Hood River and was a former tea cher in the Boardman school. Fri day evening the Russell Miller family, and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tannehill assembled to wish Mr. Allen a happy birthday. Elvin Ely left for Morgan Sun day to be with his father, H. O. Ely, who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Gust McLouth who left last week for New Lon- THE GILLNETTERS WOULD SNARE YOU WITH THEIR NET OF MONOPOLY!! MRS. HOUSEWIFE . . . when one small group gains control of a food product's source can you imagine what might happen to the price of that food product and to your cost of living? Throwing out a net of high sounding words about "resources, sports fishing and tourist dollars" the Gillnetters' Union have forgotten to tell you one thing. The initiative bill for the elimination of fixed gear in the Columbia River gives to the gill netters 90 of all the catch on the Columbia River the remaining 10 .being caught by the Indians at Celilo The Oregon Fish Commission in its June, 1948 report, the Oregon Voter, and Oregon State Planning Board, all say the same thing. Elrmination of fixed gear on the Columbia River does not act as a salmon conservation project but in reality only means that other gear catch more and the gillnets will be all that are left. What could happen to your food budget under a virtual monopoly? What might hap pen to salmon prices? You have had experience with other monopolies -what is your answer? And bear this fact in mind if the gill netters did not want to gain absolute control why would they initiate this monopoly bill? Both the state legislature and the Oregon Fish Commission have the authority to regulate all gear for salmon fishing, if it were necessary. The bill to ' nte fixed appliances" U not necessai t only puts monopo listic control in i ands of a minority group the gillneti.rs. Volt against monopoly Vot against an unnecessary measure Vote against "high tost of living" AdY Oregon Wins and feund Nt Flihtrmtn'i Auockrtlon, H K. Parkm, Secretary, P 0 Box $42, ArtoHa, Oregon County Agent News . . A question uppermost in the minds of many Morrow county farmers at this time of year is: "Should 1 burn the straw from my grain crop or should I turn it under?" Crop residues are valuable and worth using, declares Leroy E. Warner, O.S.C. soil conservation specialist. He explains his stand by pointing out that straw sup plies worthwhile amounts of three common fertilizer ingred ients to the soil nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potassium. The amount of nitrogen avail- able in a ton of grain straw for example, is about equal to that supplied by one-half sack of am- monium sulfate. The same ton of I straw will also provide an equal amount of phosphoric acid as is found in a quarter sack of super- j phosphate, and as much potas sium as provided by one-third sack of muriate of potash. A ton of dry clover hay is worth as much as four tons of barnyard manure from the stand point of soil value, considering the high water content of man ure. In order to rot quickly, straw needs about 30 pounds of nitro gen per ton of dry matter. Since grain straw contains only about 10 to 12 pounds of nitrogen per ton, it is necessary to add more. Many farmers neglect to do this, and as a result succeeding crops suffer because nitrogen is tem porarily robbed from the soil to assist in breaking down the straw. Once the nitrogen is re leased, however, the deficiency is ended. Legume straw contains about four times as much nitrogen as grain straw on a ton for ton ba sis. Consequently, legume straw breaks down faster than straw from such crops as wheat, oats, and barley. We Call Your Attention To a Hallowe'en DAN CE American Legion Hall don, Minn., sent word they ar rived feeling fine and are having ! a grand time meeting old friends and relatives. The McLouths ex- j pect to be gone a month. j Mr. and Mrs. Deb Beaver arriv- I ed at the home of Mrs. Beaver's : parents Sunday evening and are preparing to leave again Wed nesday. They are spending the winter in Ocean Lake. Their eld. est son Grady is in California and Tommy is planning to enter the navy in the near future. Walla Walla shoppers Satur day were Mrs. Nate Macomber. Mrs. Claud Coats. Donald Gilles pie, Mrs. Ronald Black, Mrs. Rob ert Hawoord, Mrs. R. B. Rands and daughter Nancy. Mrs. Eva Warner. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dickman and Mrs. Dickman motored to Pendleton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie mo tored to Hermiston and Stanfield Monday. Hear Sam Gordon spout bridge Legion Hall, Oct. 28-29-30. Saturday October 30 Music by BRANSTETTER'S ORCHESTRA Admission $2.50 per Couple Lunch Will Be Served Dancing Will Start Promptly at 9 P Jllg I7 J2ln hour inewn ' & I Billion HollaplW Bloel d Railroads must operate around the clock every day and night of the year. Although they know this, leaders of 16 rail road unions are demanding a five-day, Mon day through Friday, week for one million railroad employes. They want 48 hours pay for 40 hours work in itself a 20 wage increase. They also demand a minimum of 12 hours pay for any work performed on Saturdays, and 16 hours pay for any work performed on Sundays and holidays. On top of all this they want an additional Increase of 25c an hour for every employe! You'd Pay the Bill! Summing up these demands, they mean that these union leaders seek to force the railroads to give one million employe! an annual raise which would average $1500 per employe! The total cost of this would be no loss than 1H billion dollars per year, which is more than twice the expectcfl net income of the railroads this year. You'd pay the bill, because if these in creased costs are '--reed on the railroads, they must have still further rate and fan increases. Demands Unreasonable These employes have had substantial raises during and since the war. Their average week ly earnings are higher than the average weekly earnings of workers in manufacturing indus tries. They have more job security than the average worker in American industry. They also enjoy paid vacations, a retirement sys tem and other advantages mora generous than the average worker receives. In contrast with the demands of these 16 unions, which add up to the equivalent of 48c an hour, the Conductors and Trainmen recently settled their wage request for an Increase of 10c an hour. Railroads Run for Everybody Not Employes Alone The railroad industry must serve not one but many groups producers, businessmen, ship pers, passengers and the general public , night and day, every day of the year. These unions are proceeding in utter disregard of this important difference between railroads and other industries. Industrial plants enn be shut down over weekends and holidays, but freight, mail, express and pasflcngers must continue to move. Everybody u i enters rail road employment knows this. Strike Threa' On September 18, 1948, the of these 16 unions began taking a stri, . lint tlie threat of a strike will not alter the opposition of the railroads to such unreasonable dcmundsl 101 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO 1, ADAMS STREET CHICAGO ILLINOIS We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk with you at first hand about matters which an important to everybody.