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Page 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 16, 1952 Coon Gets Support of EOCE Student Group A Students for Sam Committee, backing State Senator Sam Coon, for Congress, has been formed on the campus of Eastern Oregon College, it has been announced In La Grande. The committee will work for "one hundred percent of eligible student voters to turn out on elec tion day and vote for Sam Coon for Congress," said one of the spokesman of Students for Sam. He added, "We are confident that Senator Coon is the outstanding nsu ate N ow Save Up to 40 Percent on fuel INSULATING BOARD --REYNOLDS METALLATION -USG FIBER GLASS --ZONOLITE --BALSAM WOOL Bring Us Your Dimensions ESTIMATES NO OBLIGATION I COAL "PRESTO LOGS candidate and the man to rep resent the second congressional district wisely and best in Wash ington." it was simultaneously announ ced that OEC student Ardell Tay lor, La Grande, will act as chair man of the volunteer group. Said Taylor: "It's a non-partisan group and we welcome all people, re gardless of party lines, to our side in this fight for a Republican Con gress and government of which the youth of America can be just ly proud." . Included on the committee slate of officers is Paul Mytinger, Pen dleton, chairman of the Union County Youth for Elsenhower1 group; Ron Bayes, Milton-Free-water, member of the state execu tive board of the Oregon Young Republican Federation; Marj Van Blokland, La Grande, chairman of the EOC Young Republicans; and Gordon Young, Baker, vice-chair man of the EOC group. In a joint statement the com mittce officers said: "Sam's the man, and we intend to do our best to convince the second district voters, young and old, of the fact." 1-A-1 i f COMPANY PHONE 912 HEPPNER WE LIKE TO HELP FOLKS BUILD I College Issues Handy New Lawn Bulletin Home gardeners who are plan ning a new lawn or a face-lifting job for the old lawn can find most of the answers in a new bulletin just released by Oregon State col lege agricultural experiment sta lion. The bulletin, "Home Lawns for Oregon", also gives tips on helping a lawn through the win ter months. Free copies of station bulletin 516 are available at the county ex tension offices or from the col lege. The bulletin was written by II. L. Schudel of the OSC farm crops department and H. II. Hampton, USDA agronomist sta tioned at the college. Most poor lawns can be traced to improper mowing, careless watering, or wrong uses of fertil izers, according to the authors. Their well-illustrated booklet in cludes a fertilizer schedule for ir rigated lawns and information on control of weeds, insects and di seases. For the homeowner planning a new lawn, the specialists recom mend types of grasses for all areas of Oregon. They also dis cuss grading and drainage, pre paring the soil, and seeding the new lawn. o Mrs. Mary Van Stevens is spending a few days in Seattle this week attending the North west Florists Convention. Mrs. George McCready and son of Cottage Grove are guests this week at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Tu 11. International offers wide range of medium-duty trucks! Because International oilers a complete range of medium-duty models, you're bound to find "the one" best suited for your job. This means extra years of service, big sav ings on gas and oil, remarkably low mainte nance costs. These are just a few of the reasons why you should consider an Interna tional. Come in and get the whole story. DoubU-duty I With g combination itock rack and grain body, the 1-160 ierli li a real favorite with farmers. In 130, 142, 134, and 172-In. wheelbaies. Ral Utility I 1160 serin with rugged general purpow Hake body. Can be eailly converted to flat bad us. OYW'i from 14,000 to 16,000 It PUnty rugged I load It up-thli 1-164 loadstar It built for heavy work. OVW 16,500 lbs, 142 Inch wheelbase. Bffr roadi niton a bffr Amtrlta ' lot tomp.f Mormathn cbeuf any Inltrnallonal Trued, im- LEXINGTON IMPLEMENT CO. LEXINGTON, OREGON Fescue Seed Growers Reminded to Spray Grasses in October. Fall spraying to control weedy annual grasses in fescues grown for seed will help to produce a higher quality seed and to bring greater grower profits, Virgil H. Freed, weed control project leader from the OSC experimen station, reminds seed growers. This year Chlore IPC, a new compound developed by Freed at OSC, is recommended as the pre ferred material for spraying be cause of its greater effectiveness on the weedy annuals with less, injury to the fescues. Regular IPC that has brought consistently good results in past years is still recommended also, however. i To be effective, the IPC sprays should be appliod during October. Applications may be made by ground sprayers or by planes but should be uniform, Freed empha sizes. Suggested rates per acre are the same for both Chloro IPC and regular IPC. For alta fescue, the recommended rate is 3 to 4 pounds per acre; for red fescus and chewing fescues, up to but not more than 3 pounds. The new herbicide Chloro IPC has a longer residual effect in the soil than regular IPC and Is particularly effective on germi nating seed or very young seed lings. It was discovered by Freed in 1946 and has been used exten sively in field tests by him and Dave Bayer, graduate assistant in farm crops from Grass Valley, since then. It has been found to effective ly control sheep sorrell, annual ryegrass, annual bluegrass and cheatgrass among others. o Oregon Farm Census Shows Big Increase In Acreage, Value Snmp inlornstinrr sirlelifhts nn c " Oregon's agriculture at the mid- eentury mark have come trom an analysis of recent census data by Mrs. Elvera Horrell, OSC ex tension agricultural economist. The census shows that nearly twice as much Oregon land is be ing farmed today as 50 years ago with a sharp increase in the num ber of farms. At the present time, Oregon has slightly more than 20,300,000 acres of land in farms. In 1900, the iigure was 10,071,328. The num ber of farms has jumped from the 35,837 total in 1900 to the present day $59,827. Average-sized farm at the open ing of the century was 281 acres. Today that figure is up to 339. In dollar and cent value, there has been a tremenduous increase of course. The bureau of agircul tural economics of the USDA earlier this year estimated the total value of farm lands and buildings in Oregon at $1,451, 000,000. The 1900 census figure was $172,761,287. While Oregon's agriculture to day boasts of its diversification and the great number of crops that are grown in the state, the census comparisons show that 1900 had an edge in at least a case or tw. Fifty years ago, for example, the census listed 14 acres of tobacco plus 1 acre of peanuts. Some 22 head of elk were also found on the farm ani mal report. NEED Letterheads, Phone 882 SPECIAL EVERY DAY LOOK! LOOK! Biggest Wholesale Market in Eastern Oregon NOW OPEN AT Columbia Gorge Meat Company LOCATED AT Green'S Food Lockers-Hermiston Wholesale to the Customer, Locker Customer or for Your Freezer Let's break the big beef monopoly prices sliced to the bone. We invite you to come in and look over our fine selection of meats. Government Graded - Phone 6577 HIT! WIINHtW COMPANY, rotllANO. OIIOON A HORSE SENSE of Thoroughbred and Greyhound Racing Racing animals, both horses and greyhounds, are bred and trained for the healthy recreation of sportsmen. Thoroughbred breeding is a., million dollar industry in Oregon. It will die out if pari-mutuel racing is out-lawed. i Who profits from the thorough bred industry? Everybody profits. The public profits, the breeders, the trainers, the operators, the feed people, the 4-H and F.F.A. boys and girls, the county fairs, the turkey shows, the livestock, dairy and lamb shows, the corn show, the P-I and Round-Up, the State Treasurer. Everybody profits from this clean, out-door sport. They say: "Parl-Muruel operators moke hug profit!." J Am Audit! thow thai stock- InPlQCtS: Min ' Oregon. fffbfMVW major trac( r,c,iv,d only 710 of on par cent of racing dollar. Th Stat of Oregon rcivd from thii lam operation mor than tight timet at much at th stockholders. Portland Madowt hat shown only loinl. Of th million dollar! pint wagrd at Orgon fain, only modest profitl occrutd, all of which goei to counti! and ttat. They say: The facts: ? Par!-Mutul irvt no economic need." Pari-Mutul tervei a poiitiv economic nd. It makal potiibl a million dollar Industry involving breading ond training of race hortet and greyhounds, $3,000,000 In farm productt, goodt, tervicet ond employment of thoutandt. Killing Parl-Mutuel racing would ruin a multi-million dollar investment. It tervei at much ece-.imic need as any recreation. The facts: They say Thefacts: 'Busineu tuffert when the race! ore on. Show that retail store credit collection! actual ly are above average and that business increases during racing leason in Portland (SOURCESi Both Portland survey! by Dan Clark tV Associates and Federal Reserve studies.) They say The facts: "Parl-Mutuel contributes nothing to Public Welfare." egon charitable or- lizations have re s' contribution! ap proaching one-half the amount itockholdert of the major track receive. (Verified by audit.) All profit! from County Fair and State Pair racing go to the counties ond the State of Oregon. 9JL A . je t . "County Fairt can tighten iii&v sQi?: b,, and J er happily if pari-mutuel revenue li destroyed." Ex-Governor Charles' A. Sprague wrote in column. IT SEEMS TO ME, Jan. 16. 1945: "Certainly no legislature would have increased the money going to county fairs from $738 to $6,041 In five years. . . ." (The fain now receive $12,500 an nually.) "But iom day, when the itate goes puritan and abolishes pari-mutueli, th county fain, hat In hand, will com begging for direct appropriations." "It li propoganda that racing will move to Washington." A Turf Association of They say f IIC fQClSS v"Kuvr, Wathington already has filed papers of Incorporation and hat petitioned the Washington Racing Commission for racing dates In Vancouver. Such a development would attract patroni of Portland race frocks and the Stat of Washington would collect the taxes. 0 DON'T KILL RACING REVENUE 327 X "NO" Paw Ad Txprrt Cammilltt to ftotoin Pari-Mutual livwut. C !" Hmi, .ji StHTttary, P. O. ftox 1731, Portland, Oregon,
