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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents.
John Doy Dam-The Wrong
Place for Flood Control .
Our next-door newspaper neighbor, The East
Oregonian, commented editorially recently that
the new president of the Portland chamber of
commerce has urged a speed up of planning for
John Day dam and proposed that it be the next
big Columbia river project to be started.
The EO's editor, Bud Forrester, went along with
Ihe Portland suggestion up to a point. Of
course, Portland is mighty interested in the power
that will come from this big project, but he went
on to say that there seemed to be another, possibly
more selfish, reason behind the suggestion. They
would like to see the John Day dam built as a
multi-purpose dam, 292 feet high, one that would
in addition to generating power, give some mea
sure of flood control.
We certainly don't argue the point that flood
control is a vital necessity, but we do question the
advisability of getting it at John Day, as did the
East Oregonian.
For one tiling, hearings have shown that resi
dents of the river area affected by the backwater
from this dam are definitely opposed to the high
dam because it would drown out too much valu
able land. As an example, if the high dam were
built it would effect river-side residents as far up
stream as Irrigon, and the town of Boardman
would be completely drowned out. Arlington
residents too. would get their feet much wetter
from the 292 foot dam than they would with the
other one. The additional 40 feet of height on the
dam would serve only the purpose of flood con
trol, yet would make the entire project the most
costly on the river.
We ,too, think the John Day dam should be one
of the next on the agenda, but we don't believe
that flood contol should be a part of it. It is not
wise planning to try to control floods this far down
the river especially when they can be more easily
and cheaply controlled by dam construction fur
ther up the various streams running in to the
Columbia. Not only this, but the up-stream dams
will serve another very vital purpose in that they
will act as regulating dams by impounding water
during periods of heavy runnoff and releasing it
when the stream flow is low, so that the average
flow at the lower dams is more even with a con
sequent leveling out of the power shortage per
iods which now come due to low water.
Possihlv we. too are selfish when we think of From
saving as many of our good acres' in north Mor
row county as we can, but we don't believe that it
is vitally necessary to any long range planning
for river development, tha twe lose them to flood
control drowning. The army engineers, in their
original plan to build a 255 foot dam at John Day
felt the same way.
Tonight's the Night
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Recent word from the Tilla
mook Dairy Herd Improvement
Association indicate that they
will be able to fill many orders
for heifer calves this spring. Jer
seys and Guernseys can be ship
ped at once. They will continue
to ship during the spring fresh
ening period which will end
about May 30.
Starting February 1, a new
plan for Tillamook dairy calves
goes into effect. This will be a
grading system of superior, which
will be heifers from a dam pro
ducing from 425 to 500 pounds
and above of butterfat on 305
day record, and standard, which
are calves from dam with pro
duction records from 350 pounds
to 425 pounds of butterfat on 305
day record The superior grade
calves will cost $39.75, the stand
ard grade, $27.75, F O. B. Tilla-
UNDERCQVERED?
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Something new for the
house?
Or, gotten some new clothes
Like a shirt or a blouse?
If you have, then you know
Fairly well what they cost
If they burned you'd remember
That part of what you lost!
Do you know the true value of
The older things you own?
Would your policy replace
clothes
And refurnish you a home?
hr
Ask for a free Inventory book
let and be sure you have ade
quate protection.
For All Your Insurance Needs
C. A. RUGGLES
Phone 723 Box 611
Heppner, Oregon
mook.
This is an excellent opportun
ity to get a heifer calf to raise to
replace tnat tarm mux cow
is getting old.
that
January and fore-February are
good clean-up months in the
home garden and home orchard.
It is the time to cut out old di
seased wood and spraying for
control of diseases that over
winter on such dead growth of
fruit trees, roses and some other
shrubs. 1
Winter sprays of Bordeaux Mix
ture or lime sulphur are applied
for control of such rose diseases
as mildew, black-spot, limb can
ker, blight and dieback. Bor
deaux Mixture for spraying roses
is prepared at the rote of l
ounces of copper sulphate, 6
ounces of lime, each Mixed sepa
rately in a small quantity of
water and then added to a three
gallon hand sprayer filled to ca
pacity. Lime sulphur for roses is ap
plied at the rate of 3 pints of
concentrated liquid lime sulphur
in a three-gallon hand sprayer.
For a general clean up spray for
fruit trees it should be mixed at
the rate of one-half gallon of con
centrated liquid for each five gal
lons of water.
Bordeaux is a protectant type
spray and live sulphur a clean
up spray, which will burn off
patches of mildew and shallow
lesions or stem cankers. Lime
sulphur spray should not come
in contact with white paint on
walls or trellises as it will turn
such paint black.
Winter sprays of Bordeaux
Mixture or lime sulphur are also
used for control of peach leaf
curl. This is a fungus disease in
which, during the early summer,
the leaves of unsprayed trees take
on a reddish-yellow color and
have a crisp, distorted texture.
Such distorted, blister-like foli
age drops and a second crop of
leaves appear later in the sum
mer, a process which seriously
weakens the tree. The recom
mendation for peach leaf curl is
Bordeaux at the same concen
tration as for roses (6 ounces cop
per sulphate, 6 ounces lime to
three gallons of water) or lime
sulphur, 3 pints concentrated
liquid in three gallons of water.
A peach leaf curl spray is essen
tial for control of this disease
with the application being made
before buds swell in the early
spring.
With several new breeders of
farm flocks of sheep, it might be
well to review some pointers on
care and management. They may
even be useful to experienced
operators. Successful sheep op
erators plan to save as many
lambs as possible. One hundred
percent lambing or better is
needed for a successful sheep op
eiation. Some of the points fol
lowed by successful sheep oper
ators are to give close attention
to the lambing flock at that time.
Some ewes will need help in
lambing.
Clean dry quarters are helpful
at lambing time to assist in
controlling infectious difficulties.
Disinfect navels with tincture
of iodine as soon as possible after
lambs are dropped.
Watch ewes and lambs care
fully for any unusual conditions
affecting them.
All lambs intended for market
should be docked early. Ram
lambs for market should lie cas
trated. This job should be done
carefully using proper disinfect
ants in treating the castration
and docking wounds.. Lambs thai
are not castrated and docked are
likely to receive a reduced price
on the market.
Feed the ewes on milk-producing
feeds from the time lamb is
dropped until grass starts. Such
feeds as good legume hays or
grain hays are used, a supple
mental feed should be given in
with
the Files of The Gazette
Times, January 25, 1923
A student body meeting was
held Monday at which boys who
won letters in football were pre
sented with symbols of the Hepp
ner high school's regard. Those
receiving the letters were Alvin
Boyd, Phillip Mahoney, Francis
Doherty, Carl Cason, Elmer Buck
num, Reid Buseick, Austin Smith,
Paul Aiken, Ralph Moore, Bill
Gilliam, Leonard Schwarz and
Keith Logan. Some of the other
men ,altho they did not win their
letter, are certainly worhty of
recommendations for their hard
work and loyalty.
Edward Chin returned on
Thursday evening from a busi
ness trip to Portland and Seattle,
being absent for about a week. He
reports business good at both
these points, this being especially
true of Seattle, where the big
shipping interests help out a lot.
SCHOOL NEWS '
The Cardinals split in their two
game series this past weekend.
Friday night they defeated Ini
gon 92 to 36 on the home floor.
The second team also won their
game from the Irrigon seconds.
On Saturday night the Ionian
journeyed to Echo to tangle with
with the undefeated E,cho eleven.
The Cardinals put in their best
effort of the season there to give
the fans a thrilling close game.
The final score of Echo 53 lone
38 was the biggest lead the tout
ed Echo boys held at any time
during the game. lone started
out strong and went ahead 8 to 3
at one time during the first quar
ter. Echo lead most of the wav
Harlan D. McCurdy of lone was
up to Heppner Saturday. He is
well pleased with the winter
conditions so far, and states that
the grain on the big Davidson
ranch, in which he is interested,
is coming along fine.
such feeds as grain, nine parts
and linseed oil meal, one part.
The Solid South maintained its
political unity from 1877 to 1928.
"5h toy I iheuld b glad I ain't hem
Th pipti hav troi fwical"
. ... u.. i -hn had grade point averages
after the first quarter nui i "'717- nr iPSS. They are: Duane
narrow margin. 'R.,i,,.r 1.00; Dennis Swanson,
lone hosts Boardman here rr.-, r.D n Bristow, 1.75;
Anna Jep-
day night and meets nePu"c' 1 'sen 1.75.
the Heppner noor pol)e made the Semes-
night. The Cardinals nave won, . - . Du Bak(r
and lost tnree , x-m Bristow and Dennis
six games
this season.
lone
with. 1.60 each. There
iU ninnln iifitVi err Drift
were live umn ff'c
On Wednesday January 21 Mr.an,
...ic f 9nn or better, but bv a
minutes pu J Dfl T"
Radford entertained tne
school with forty-five minutes r . student Body lone
of voice impersonation. '"M ...... 0uni Honor Roll lists on v
Charlie McCarthy type of humor " .itn outstandingly high
achievement.
itim nnlnllA in Tny T II IllCa.llU
ail tne cnnc.ren arm uuu. ...... u nmi VwMh erarto
through tne iiit,,u"" i L 1 V
in .1 Lam played a game of basket
ball with tonuon last aaiuruay.
Continued on page 7
grade
the first
twelfth.
ThP Honor Roll for the third-
six-weeks period named four peo-1
DR.
EDWARD K. 5CHAFFITZ
OPTOMETRIST
Next To Hotel Heppner Entrance - Heppner, Oregon
TELEPHONE 3373
OFFICE HOURS: '
Mon. Tues.-Wed.-Fri.-9:00 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.
Thurs. Sat.-9:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M.
Evenings By Special Appointment
ANALYTICAL VISUAL
Broken Lenses Duplicated
EXAMINATION
Glasses Fitted
Richter & Klingenstein Obtained
"VERY PROFITABLE RESULTS"
from commercial fertilizer . . .
AND SO CAN YOU!
Since 1949, they've used commercial fer
tilizer, both in re-cropping to wheat and
in growing wheat after peas. (Their farm's
in the Hogeye area, Columbia Co., Wn.)
"Inexperienced in that type of fanning,
we were fortunate in obtaining the advice
of Warren G. Marshall, now agronomist
with Knettle Farm Management Service.
"His fertilizer recommendations were
based on our available nitrogen and soil
moisture. The results have been very profitable."
ACT NOW for greater
profiti next fall. Let us
help you plan your
spring cropping pro
gram while you can
(till order fertilizer for
early spring delivery.
Send
FREE
tnm it if it
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itn si iti: to si:i; tiii: iikautiful ior:t
Mual'Stmah
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the form of grain or grain
some protein cube feeds.
If ewes are not supplying suf
ficient milk to keep the lamb in
tliritty growing condition, creep
feeding is desirable under those
conditions. Lambs should be
given access to a creep in which
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, January 29-30-31
HALF BREED
Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel. A thrilling and colorful western. Techni
color. Plus
HERE COMES THE MARINES
You've seen them in the army . . . you've seen them in the navy . . . but you
haven't seen anything until you see the Bowery Boys stranded where they landed
as the roar of the Marine Corps.
Sunday-Monday, February 1-2
BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE
Maureen O'SulIivan, Edmund Gwenn, Oigi Peireau, Charles Drake, Gene Lockhart.
College days were never so dazed all new monkey-shines from Bonzo the chimp.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m. 4:15 6:30 and 8:45
Tuesday-Wednesday, February 3-4
THE SCARLET ANGEL
Rock Hudson, Yvonne DeCarlo, Richard Denning. Action, adventure and romance
in the early days of New Orleans and San Francisco.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, February 5-6-7
UNDER MEXICALI STARS
Hex Allen sings and fights his way through an action-packed western.
Plus
SOUND OFF
Songs with a lilt to 'em laughs with no end to 'em Sounds wonderful! With
Mickey Rooney at his mirthful best. In color.
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