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Page 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1SS3. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897, Consolidated February 15, 1912. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and .,wrmi km Rains; Morrow and A Change For the Better A much needed change in the method of hand ling fire calls was worked out this week by mem bers of the fire department, Pacific Telephone com pany and the city council. In effect, the new plan will eliminate the possibility of the general pub lic calling the telephone operator to find out where the fire is a practice which has caused fire men considerable delay in the past. We know there is nothing that will cause as much interest as a fire, and that it is only natural for a person to want to know where It is, but when the flood of telephone calls keep firemen from be. ing able lo find out where to go, there is definite need for a change that change has now been made. The new method Is simple, yet we believe it will be effective, for no one except authorized fire men will be able to obtain the location from the operator. The exact method mustf course be kept a secret for the plan to be effective, but should the general public forget at some future time and try to call, they will be greeted with "I'm sorry, we can't give out that Information." If you try and get such an answer, don't get mad at the telephone girl she is just doing her best lo handle an emergency situation in the best possible manner. Remember, you would be much more unhappy should it be your house that Is on fire and the firemen didn't come because they couldn't find out the location. Minutes even just one or two very frequent ly can mean the difference between saving or From The County Agent's Office By N. C. With Iho cold blustery days we , have been having the past two or three weeks, the minds of our farmers might not be receptive to think about seeding alfalfa. How ever, since we have been having many quest ions asked on various alfalfas lately, I am sure it will be of Interest to many to discuss the varieties vou may have to choose from when buying seed this spring. There have been so many new varieties of Alfalfa that it is hard to keep up with them. E. R. Jackman, Oregon State College Farm Crop Specialist, says that in the last year or two it has been a pretty poor week when someone didn'l come forth with a new va riety. It might not be quite that bad, there are a lot of old and new ones. In fact, I have descrip tions of 30 varieties in this office. I will discuss the ones I have seen listed by seed companies who sell seed in this area. Buffalo: This variety is from an Old Turkistan field in Kansas seeded some time before 1907. Very wilt resistant. Purple bloom, upright, only mod erately leafy like all Turkistans. Rapid recovery, no advantage ex cept wilt resistance. The states using this variety say they will need eight million pounds yearly, no advantage in Oregon. Cossack: This variety Is a now variety from California. Chilean type; wilt resistent, also resistant 10 leaf spofand mildew. (Letter two are likely to be pretty bad on Chilean.) Grimm: This was found In Minnesoat, 1905. No wilt resist ance at all. Hardy, variegated bloom. Alfalfa began to spread! after Grimm was found. It is re sponsible for seed certification in the U. S., due to the enormous demand for it about the time of the first World War. It is leafy, dark-colored, vigorous, high yielding, Still one of the best in From where For An Must people thought Slim Ben son would prohnbly go broke when l.e first started his avxtom of let iiin; customers figure out their i v, check over at his big diner on llu- !!i;;hway. .'"'i n tmata them to pay for as lid !; r,s tliey cat you simply tell ; his cashier, tho amount of ; o u- bill. It works, too. Take the uih or day when Luck Harris told .Sully his bill was 35. Now I was right there with Duck and I knew all he had was coffee and pie which comes to a quarter. "How come thirty-five ROBERT TENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCIIEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere losing a house a life. Your thing that is event happens, had since early can find. politician and government. Anderson Western Oregon. Topped in east- cm Oregon by Orestan, Ranker, L a d a k. Hardistan: Nebraska origin from the old Turkistan field. The first on the market of the wilt resistant strains. Like all Turkistans, It is upright, not too leafy, only moderate yielder. Re semblc Orestan, but inferior to it In all counts. Ledak: Still a superior variety from Maine to Washington. More winter hardv than Ranger, will stand tougher conditions. At Sas katoon, Canada, Ranger winter killed 51, Ladak 9. Some of the good points: A. Seedling vigor. Gets its roots down faster. B. Extremely leafy. C. Frost resistance. At Fort Rock, frosts that ruin first cut tings of other varieties leave it unharmed. D. Can go dormant more com pletely than other varieties, hence more suitable for dryland or areas where water may bo short in any year (run-off irrigation). E. Has some wilt resistance. F. Has a bigger first cutting. This is Important in high eleva tions or for use where only one cutting is obtained. G. Resistant to leaf spot. Brought from India in 1910. Is more variegated than Grimm, more leafy, more hardy, recovers slowly after cutting. Is recom mended for Eastern Oregon for: A. dryland; B. Run-off irriga tion areas; C. High altitude or frosty places. Montana Common: Not a true variety. Much of it is Grimm, some old strains of Turkistan and most everything else. In Oregon tests it has averaged better than Oregon or Idaho Common, Mark edly superior to California or Utah Common. Modoc Common: From Modoc County, California. Although this is adjacent to Klamath, this var Advertisement. I sit ... ly Joe Marsh It's Slim's "Honest" Meal cents?" I asked Ruck. "Had an ex tra cup of java tho other day, Joe, and forgot all about it 'til now," he says. From here I ait, most people are basically honest and that Roes for their opinions, too, even though they may be different than our own. I like a glass of beer with my dinner; you may prefer some thing else , . . but we all ought to be allowed to "figure it out" our-selves. Copyright, 1952, Lnilcd Slates litcuxrt foundntwn Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 10, 1952 r NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASOCTlJoN $1.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. or building, and sometimes even Hepnner firemen are trained to handle fires that is their Job, but if they are de layed even so much as a minute or two it could mean the loss of a house possibly yours. Let's give them our help instead of starting them out on each call under a handicap. Now We Know Hindsight is a great thing ... and it Is some usually better left unsaid after an but this week's announcement mat General Eisenhower has in effect tossed his cap into the political ring bears out a feeling we have November that it would happen and frankly we're glad. Being of Republican temperment, we natural ly looked forward to being able to vote for a man who at least had a fighting chance to come out on top. Robert Taft didn't seem to us to be the man to fill that catagory. Beyond our personal hope that we might be able to vote for a winner for a change, is a firm belief that Ike is a bigger man than Taft and America needs the biggest man it In the strict sense of the word, any person who is directly involved in politics is a politician, yet the meaning that has been given to the word in America is a lit! le different. Perhaps the best way to define the word, in our mind, is to call Taft a Eisenhower a statesman. We're in favor of a littlo statesmanship in our iety is not winter hardy. It is upright, not leafy probably has some Chilean alfalfa in its an cestry. Not recommended for any place in Oregon. Nomad: The newly named creeping variety developed by Burlingham and Sons of Forest Grove. Discovered in Klamath County by a P. M. A. inspector, it was reported to Professor Hyslop, who called it to attention of the seed firm. They bought the ranch at once in order to eain 1 full possession of the present stock. They have spent lots of money in segregating the various typos, testing them for vigor, and have finally put this one on the market. It seems to be superior for: A. pasture; B. dryland. It is somewhat of a botanical freak in that it has the ability to make a new crown anywhere on the root, hence may be rather resistant to gopher damage. Not particular ly wilt resistant, although it may have some since the big planting in Umatilla County is in a heavy wilt area and none has shown up so far in the field. Mostgood varieties will beat it for hay. We "I Just Remembered " To Holiday Clothes Cleaned NOW! need lots of trials for, pasture be fore we can know its exact limi tation. We wHl have many in Morrow County in 1952. Orestan: Selected in Malheur County from one of the several Turkistans that went into Ranger. Superior to Ranger in wilt resist ance. Better than most Turki stans in leafiness, lack of leaf spot damage, and yield. Recom mend it in Oregon for: A. Farms at low elevations where they want to seed alfalfa, and not plow it up. In other words, livestock farms or eroding fields where rotation isn't a fac tor. B. Areas where wilt is excep tionally bad: Hermistfin, Milton, Ontario. Ranger: This is a synthetic made up by selecting good plants of : Cossask,, Ladak, Orestan and two others like Orestan. The whole force of USDA is behind this alfalfa, so for a good seed grower it has advant ages. It has variegated bloom, dark rich green colored leaves, leafliness, dependable high yield over a wide area, wilt resistance, hardiness. It's a good variety, but for special conditions, better use other varieties. (See Ladak, Orestan, Talent). It is less aggres sive in resisting grass than some varieties. Certain states, mostly middle west, want 12 million pounds yearly. Sevelra: ' Name is from the 7L Ranch in Idaho where it origi nated. The forner owner took a lot of planting stock from Dr. Hansen of North Dakota. He seeded or planted numerous rows of Dr. Hansen's introductions and other hardy types. Years later most of these had thinned, but there remained Semipalatinsk, Orenberg, and Grimm. These so far as known, were lumped to gether. Variegated, lower in yield than most, the variety may have promise from dryland or for pasture. It is being pushed by Albert Dickinson Seed Co. Talent: From Talent, Oregon. Selected as the best of the nema tode resistant varieties. It is from France Originally. Merits: a. nematode resistance; b. quick recovery; c. high yield, especially in the later cuttings; d. prevents grass and weed encroachment. Superior in southern Oregon and worth trying in all long season areas. We will have at least one rather large seeding in Morrow County in 1952. Turkistan: Characterized by upright growth; sparse leaves; extremely susceptibility to leaf spot and leaf drop when weather is humid; quick recovery; resist ance to wilt; only moderate yield. Inferior to Orestan. Not recom mended. A few of the others that we might rarely run into are Arizona Chilean, Atlantic, Baltic, Cali verde, DuPints, Falcata, Ferax, Hardigan, Kansas Common, Mee ker Baltic, Nerragansett, Nema stan, Oklahoma Common,; Rhi zoma, Utah Common, Viking and Williamsburg. Have Our "Before I forget it I'm going to call Heppner Clean ers and get all our Holiday clothes cleaned so they'll be ready when we want them next. Every year I forget it until I need them again this year I'm going to rememberl" Phone Heppner 4-H members Patricia Peck and Ned Clark of the South Heppner Livestick Club have recently re ceived Jersey dairy heifers from the Tillamook Dairy Herd Im provement Association. The hei. fers are from dams with at least a 350 pound butterfat production record. These, with four other dairy heifers ordered from the Tilla mook association, will be carried as 4-H projects by that many club members. Others ordering calves are Patsy and Janet Wright, Sally Palmer and Carole 'Anne Ander son. Two 4-H members carrying sheep projects have reported ad ditions to their flock since the new year. Mardine Baker, lone has three Southdown-Hampshire cross lambs from two ewes while Eddie Brosnan, Hopper, has a ewe Iamb from one of the registered Rambouilet ewes he purchased last summer. This ewe lamb will be kept as part of Eddie's regis tered flock while Mardine is planning to fatten her lambs for the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held at The Dalles on June 2, 3, and 4. . Meetings of the county 4-H Councils will be held next week with all North Morrow Leaders meeting at the Irrigon School on Wednesday evening, January 16; the South Morrow 4-H leaders meeting at the County Agent's of fice on Thursday evening, Janu ary 17. Programs for the year will be planned, officers elected and plans made for the Eastern Ore gon 4-H Club Leaders Conference being hcl at Lagrande on Janu ary 29, 30 and 31. The lone Trail Trotters met, at the home of Mrs. Ida Coleman on January 2nd. We elected Mary Emert as our vice-president because Shirley McCabe dropped out. Sue Cole man is now our president. We had a general discussion and picked different topics for discussion and reports each meet ing. Our meetings are the 1st Wed nesday of each month until the weather gets warmer so we can ride. The next meeting will be the 6th of February at the Noel Do byns residence. Sue Coleman and Dorothy Dobyns are going to re port on the care and parts of the saddle and bridle. Reporter Janet Hovvton. NEED Letterheads, Phone 882 2592 Cleaners CHURCHES ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL CHURCH (Episcopal) Holy Communion 8:00 a. m. Church School 9:45 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon 11:00 a. m. Holy Communion on Wednes day at 10:00 a. m. Junior Choir Practices on Wed nesday afternoon. Boys from 2:45 to 4:00. Girls from 4:00 to 5:00. No Adult Choir practice this week. , ASSEMBLY OF GOD Nels Fast, Pastor 9:45 Sunday School with class es for all ages. 11:00 Morning Worship. 7:45 p. m. Evening Evangelis tic Service. There will be special singing and music by our 10 piece orchestra. 7:45 p. m. Thu'rs. prayer meet ing and a short message from the SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH R. Knauft, Pastor: Phone 3452. Services at Chapel of Prophecy: Sabbath School, 10:00 a. m. Sermon, 11:00 a. m. W. L. Gof far of Glendale, California, as speaker. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at Pastor's home. Dorcas Society meets 2:00 p. m. on Tuesday. o NEED Envelopes, Phone 882 1$. till life Seen id to . on display Saturday rn HODGE CHEVROLET COMPANY HEPPNER County School News Notes March of Dimes material has been distributed to all county schools and administrators feel that very little promotion will be necessary to put the drive over. County school superintendent Leslie Grant has a Polio film which is available to any school or organization upon request, but he advises that scheduling will be necessary to get it. A special meeting of the East ern Oregon Educational Associa tion will be held at LaGrande on Saturday Jan. 12. Policies and general nature of the September 1952 institute will be set up at this meeting. Grant will repre set Morrow county schools at the meeting. Secretary of state Earl T. New bry official speaker at the dedi cation of the new Umatilla grade school building January 9. Open house was held at the new plant, a 6 class room building that cost $310,000. Next week's Meetings: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7:30, Lexing ton, salary committee of the Mor row county teachers association. Wednesday, Jan. .16, 2 p. m., county school administrators will meet at the court house to dis cuss budgeting for the 1952-53 year. Thursday, Jan. 17, rural district school - board will meet at the courthouse to make up statement of policy for coming yar. o . NEED Letterheads, Phone 882 a oL u 2
