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HEPPNER
GAZETTE
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March' 12, 1953
TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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ROBERT TEN'LAND
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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.
The Spell is Broken
Thirty-two years is a long time to go without
getting a whack at state tournament play. That
lias been Heppner high school's luck up to now.
But, the patient wait has been rewarded, for as
this piece goes to press, coach Steve Trukositz's
Mustangs are doing their utmost in Salem to
bring the state championship trophy home to rest
beside the district cup they garnered Saturday
night at The Dalles. If we were of a superstitious
nature, we would cross a couple of fingers, some
toes and maybe even our eyes in an effort to give
the boys a little more of the good luck they had
with them during the district playoff.
It was more than Just luck, though, that found
the Heppner squad on top of the heap when the
smoke cleard away last Saturday . , it was a com
bination of good training, real teamwork by the
boys and some topnotch coaching. We talked to
some of the squad during their short visit at
home between tournaments and their attitude is
one which should, coupled with their abilities,
take them a few steps farther up the ladder to
state basketball fame. They weren't cocky, nor
were they any more scared than would be any
other group of high school kids waiting for such
an important thing as a .state tournament. They
are going to play each game as they come to it
and not take any chance that some team they
thought weak might put one over on them. It was
this attitude that won for them in The Dalles, it
could very well do the same for them in Salem.
If they are the best B league ball team ih the
stale, they will come home Sunday with the prize,
or maybe their spot is second or third or eighth,
but wherever they wind up, we know they will
have played their best for they're not a team to
"come apart at the seams" under pressure. Much
of the credit for this training goes to coach Truko
sitz, but just as much credit goes to the players
for wanting to learn how to play the game right
Whatever their final position in state play may
he. we wish them luck, and for their successes,
both past and future, congratulations.
-rom
The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
E. R. Jackman, veteran farm
crops specialist, Oregon State col
lege, hands out some good advice
this week In the form of an old
adage, "If someone gives you a
lemon, take it and made lemon
ade out of it". The lemon he is
speaking of is In the form of
markedly lower prices for most of
our numerous seed crops that
have hurt seed growers but can
lie a help to seed planters.
Some of the crops that are low
er in price than they have been
for years include the cover crops,
alfalfa, ladino clover, alta fes
cue, intermediate vvheatgrass,
orchardgrass and puebeseent
wheatgrass. The latter is selling
for considerably less than one
half the 1952 price. This means
that many of the sod waterways
that have been held up because
of the high cost of seeding should
be encouraged by this low cost of
seed.
In the case of irrigated pas
tures and logged off land, seed
ings can be made for as little as
many dryland seedings cost a
year or two ago, It appears now
that seed cannot go much lower.
Farmers planning to buy
sprinkler irrigation equipment
for next summer's use, should do
so now. Aluminum pipe is in
good supply and dealers have
ample time to do a good job of
designing. If purchasing is put
off until next spring, dealers will
be rushed and it will be impos
sible for everyone to obtain im
mediate delivery at that time.
With spring just around the
corner, questions have been com
ing in concerning the planting of
WEED SPRAYING
CONTACT
GENE RANSIER
IONE, OREGON
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
March 15, 1923
Mrs. M. Brown, Miss Ruth
Stephens, Miss Maxine Gentry,
Miss Kathleen Slocum, Miss Neva
Shinn, Miss Huldah Tucker, Miss
Bertha Tucker, Miss Lavelle Lea
thers, Miss Vella Ward, and Miss
Margaret Jones comprised a group
of Lexington visitors who were
here for the basketball tourna
ment last evening at the high
school gymnasium. The Lexing
ton bovs' team met the McLoueh-
lin high school team. Pendleton
E. O.
A debate was held in the Civ
ics class Tuesday on the question
potatoes. The time for planting
of potatoes for early use is more
important than the variety to
plant. The two most common
early potatoe varieties are Tri
umph, sometimes known as Bliss
Triumph or red Bliss, and Earliest
of All. Other more common var
ieties such as White Rose, Netted
Gem, Burbank, Katahdin or Kene
bee, can be used for early harvest
if they are planted early.
The most important considera
tion in selecting potatoes for the
family use is to buy good seed
Certified seed should be used.
Early potatoes should he plant
ed in mid-March (as soon as the
land can be Worked.) The seed
should be planted shallow. Pota
toes for mid-season harvest
should be planted any time dur
ing April or early May. Potatoes
winter use should be planted in
late May or June.
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"Resolved that the U. S. should
immediately relinquish her con
trol over the Phillipine Islands".
The affirmative team consisted of
Keith Logan, Clara Phelps and
Myra Wells. Violet Hynd, Elaine
Dorothy
East Oregon Hereford
Show March 19-20
A record crowd is expected to
be on hand March 19th to view
Pattison the judging and grading program
Sigsbee and
maintained the negative side. I scheduled for the first day of the
The class was unable to decide,. Hereford
tne aeoate in tavor oi enner mul
Charles Thomson of Thomson
Bros, has been experiencing some
bit! two-day Spring
Show and Sale at Ontario, being
sponsored by the Eastern Oregon
Hereford Association March 19
iu . oas oeen ui.-,k... ..K iand 20 according to Show Man
urn bago for several days the Williams of Hermiston.
last week, which threatened tO;dV' m7L mmi,.iP for
past
lay him off the job at the store
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PEACHY PRESERVERS
CANNING CLUB
The Peachy Preservers Canning
club held its third meeting at
Jean Marie Grahams home on
February 7. The officers are
president, Janet Wright; vice
president, Sally Palmer; secre
tary, Jean Marie Graham; repor
ter, Pat Peck. The other mem
bers are Patsy Wright, Shirley
Peck and Sharon Rill.
Dinner was served by Mrs. Gra
ham and the other mothers to the
Sewing and Canning girls before
the canning meeting.
During the meeting we saw
slides and discussed various can
ning containers and jars.
the next meeting will be held
at Sharon Rill's home on March
14.
Pat Peck, reporter
SOUTH HEPPNER LIVESTOCK
CLUB
The South Heppner Livestock
club held a meeting March 8 at
the home of Patsy and Janet
Wright. Three members were ab
sent. We learned how to determine
a dairy calf's weight by measur
ing it with a tape. We measured
Patsy and Janet's calves.
The next meeting will be held
at Mike Grays home on April
12.
Janet Wright, reporter
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State Future Farmers
Slate OSC Convention
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Oregon's Future Farmers of
America will hold their annual
state convention on the Oregon
State College campus March 16
to 19.
More than 400 FFA boys from
the state's 81 high school chap
ters will participate in the 1933
meeting, which marks the 25th
anniversary of the national or
ganization. FFA membership in
Oregon this year is more than
the event with interest being
shown by both registered Here
ford breeders and commercial
cattlemen of the lower Snake
River Valley in both Oregon and
Idaho. Buyers are expected to
come from Oregon, Idaho, Wash
ington and Nevada.
Three outstanding stockmen
3500.
During the four-day session,
delegates will draft the program
of work for the coming year, elect
new officers, confer state farmer
degrees on worthy candidates
and determine state winners in
parliamentary procedure and
public speaking. A special live
stock judging clinic, directed by
OSC specialists, is planned.
Lywood Lundqui.;t of Newberg
high school is statr? FFA presi
dent. Ralph Morgan of Salem,
state supervisor of vocational
agriculture, is in charge of con
vention plans. Cooperating on
campus arrangements is the OSC
collegiate chapter of FFA.
tho miintv: Jidge Tippett, En
terprise; George Russell, Vale;
and Ted Graves of Burns will
ludge and grade the cattle begin
ning at 1:00 p. m. March 19 at
the Malheur County Fairgrounds.
Seventy-five head of top quality
Ilerefords have been consigned
from leading herds of the area.
The following day, March 20,
the cattle will be paraded
through the sale ring with the
auction sale slated to begin at
tn .1 ttit: , , - ..
i:uu y. in. aim r,uis vvnite nf
Ontario on the auction stand,
j Manager Williams stated that a
large enclosed tent, complete
I with heating system and ample
'seating space for the comfort of
all attending, will house the sale
ring.
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Mr. and Mrs. Don Peoples
(Marilyn Miller) of Portland
spent the weekend in Heppner
visiting friends.
A'tnrtiimmt
-' From where I sit ..Jy Joe Marsh
A Difficult "Situation"
J
Did you see that "Classified
Ad" last week? The one that
wanted a farmhand who had to
he "an expert agriculturist, sheep
herder, tractor driver, bridge
player," plus being "an authority
on chemistry and mathematics"?
Slim Thomas, who ran that ad
more or less as a joke, called and
said, "I got 23 answers and almost
every one claimed they could
meet all those qualifications!
That means I want to keep the
man I have 'Handy' Peters.
"He was thinking of quitting
but now I've got to talk him into
staying. Handy never pretends
to be an expert, he's just a good
all-around hired hand."
From where I sit, Slim's smart
to be wary of people w ho consider
themselves to be all-around "ex
perts." Some folks will "expert"
on anything from the clothes a
man should wear (o whether he
ought to drink beer or butter,
milk. Personally I don't want to
"classify" myself as knowing all
the right answers.
Copyright, I'Jiii, United Slutcs Brewers Foundation
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MARCH is NATIONAL RED CROSS MONTH! Morrow County has a quota like every
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Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 12-13-14
DUEL AT SILVER CREEK
Audio Murphy, Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot, Faith Domerguc. King-size west
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Plus
WILD STALLION
Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer. Smooth and speedy action drama.
Sunday Monday, March 15-16
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgron, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria
Graharne, Gilbert Roland. Compelling story all-star cast outstanding perform
ances. This film is highly considered in the Academy Award nominations.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m. 4:256:45 and 9
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 17-18
CARIBBEAN
John Payne, Arleno Dahl. Francis X. Sullivan. Adventure, romance and drama
in the Teehnicolorful Caribbean,
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 19-20-21
MONTANA TERRITORY
Lon McAllister. Wanda Hendrix, Preston Foster. In Technicolor. There's plenty
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Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, and Fearless Fagan (Himself).
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