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I I F A ft Y u or o E U G E " I , 0 Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 29, 1953 70th Year, Number 33 it-- M1' t i 1 1" !" o U-ww " Sit Local Growers Favor Two-Price Wheat Support Plan New Association Studies Problems Interest in problems concern ing wheatgrowers was demon strated Monday when 42 Morrow county wheat farmers attended the first annual meeting of the Morrow County Wheatgrowers Association. Accepting the pro posed articles of association and by-laws for a Morrow county wheatgrowers association, those present elected H. G. Campbell, Echo as president; Ralph Crurn, lone, vice-president; and N. C. Anderson, as secretary-treasurer. The organization pledged to pro mote and encourage the interest and welfare of the wheat growers to advance the science of wheat growing, develop wheat markets, new uses and improved strains for wheat and wheat by-products, good farming and farm market ing practices, and the conserva tion of our natural resources. Presiding at the meeting was Al Bunch, executive committee man of the Oregon Wheat Grow ers League, who conducted the meeting of the day consisting of the committee action on taxation and legislation, wheat disposal and marketing, production and land use, federal agricultural programs, and youth activities. The meeting.lasting from 10:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. with a noon lunch served by the Lexington Grange home economics club, drew many comments from those participating in the discussion. Recommendations and resolu tions made by the group will be summarized to be presented by the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue at the House Committee on Agriculture hearing to be held at Pendleton on November 4, and for action at the annual meeting which will be held at La Grande on December 3-4-5. Much discussion was held on, the present farm program con cerning price supports and the need for continued price supports in wheat after the expiration of the present program on July 1, 1954. The group favored the cer tificate or two price plan, but felt that there needed to be some clarification concerning some of the points in the plan. They l 1 .L. 1 ..! fi1""1 I asKeu man me prese. i pm up-( orchard js lot,a(0( np;lr ,h ram.h port program ne co nunueu unu n bui(,. n(, Pt,ck rmls a hcrd of the income certificate plan could Angus cows, be developed to meet all of our situations. The group asked for) I llas transformed 30 acres a long time farm program where; of sage brush land to pasture soil conservation was given the land hay production of alfalfa and main concern. They would like Intermediate Wheatgrass. Tire a permanent program or one that' sage brush was removed with a would not penalize them for con-1 Noble sweep and the land leveled servation practices carried out with technical assistance from when a support price programme Soil Conservation Service, was changed. They opposed the jStrip cropping of all the wheat present reappraisal of land by I land was started m 1951. the tax commission and varia- After viewing the erosion and tion of assessments with in this county and between counties. They favored a county advisory committee consisting of landown ers selected by the county court to assist in an equitable re-appraisal of our local property. Wheat farmers present were urged to follow these recommen dations made during the day to the annual meeting and to make every effort to see them put into effect, on a local, state and na tional basis. Morrow county's 1953 winner of treat in Heppner Saturday night, the "Conservation Man of the but in an unusual way. Year" program was announced Instead of asking for candy or during the meeting, Kenneth other eats they will collect quilt Peck is the winner this year. A pieces .thread, yarn, etc., which story of his conservation farming; they plan to send to old people's appears in the paper this week. 1 homes and TB hospitals. . , - .-.v. ...v.v.v.. :. : vV !v WWWWSl , it . 1 - - ' . , W v 4v' Hayride, Church Parties Planned Hallowe'en Night I lloppner's kids, of all ages, will i be provided with Dlentv of enter- 'tainment again this Hallowe'en the kind designed to keep them out of any serious mischief. The biggest party planned for Saturday night is the annual Soroptimist hayrlde which will take the children to the Cutsforth Lodge on Herron creek for an evening of entertainment. The party is planned for all teen agers from the seventh grade on through high school and the Sor optimists will provide transpor tation, food and entertainment. Trucks will be provided for the rule into the mountains and they are scheduled to leave the high school building at 6 o'clock. A weiner roast and an evening's program is scheduled by Mrs. Frank Andresen and Mrs. E. E. Gouty who are chairmen of the affair. Thn DtViallAW nkiUHnn ...111 TOP CONSERVATIONIST Shown at wotk on his cward-winning ranch near Lexington is Kenneth bp (ft QUt of thp evenn.s fun Peck, who has been chosen Morrow county's Conservation man cf the year for his soil-saving nowever as most cnurc)1PS navg practices put into effect during the past two years. (Cut courtesy The 0e9onin) j planned' special Hallowe'en par ties for them. This year the Christian and Methodist churches are working together on their an nual party to make the best use of available activity space. The party will begin at 7 o'clock with a film shown at the Christian First County-Wide Taxpayer's Meeting Set for November 10 GOVERNOR PATTERSON TO OPEN DAY-LONG DISCUSSION OF TAXES Morrow county taxpayers arc to be given an opportunity to find out where their tax monies go at a special county taxpayer's meet ing to bo held in the Heppner high school auditorium Tuesday, Nov. 10, it was announced Wed nesday by county judge Garnet Barratt. The court is sponsoring the meeting, the first ever held in the county, and as far as is known, only the second of its kind in the state. The meeting, which will be opened at 10 a. m. with an intro ductory talk by Governor Paul I. Patterson, is planned as a "fact finding" session for the general public, the court indicated. .nil Kenneth Peck, Lexington, Named County's Top Conservationist Kenneth Peck, Lexington, was winter runoff and holding soil in named Conservation Man of the such rains as the recent one this Year for Morrow County at the September. Wind erosion and annual meeting of the Morrow Blowing are controlled by not county association of the Oregon working the fields too fine. Wheat Growers League, held on ''Peck has done an outstanding Monday at the Lexington Grange job of controlling wind and water hall. .erosion," Alvin Bunch, Heppner, The award, sponsored by the executive committeeman for the Oregon Wheat League, is present- Morrow County Wheat League, ed each year to a rancher for out- stated. standing soil conservation prac- The selection committee includ ticcs on his land and makes him 1 Bunch, chairman; Charles A. Tickets to Go On Sale for Governor's Dinner November 9 Arrangements are being com pleted this week bv Chamber of Commerce committees for the "meet the governor" dinner plan ned for Monday, Nov. ) in honor of Governor Paul L. Patterson. The banquet, which will be open to the public, will be held at the Heppner Legion hall at 7 p. m. with Governor and Mrs. Pat terson as the honored guests and he the main speaker of the even ing. It is being held on the oc- church, after which fourth, fifth sion of Gov. Pattersons first eligible to compete for district and state awards. Conservation methods practiced by reck who operates a 1,113 acre wheat and livestock ranch near Lexington, includes strip crop ping, sod waterways, stubble mulching, land leveling, im proved pastures and water deve lopment. A total of 820 acres are devoted to cropland, 2G3 acres to range and pasture and 30 acres to irri gated pasture and hay. A larm Carlson, lone, chairman of the board of supervisors of the Hepp Kindergarten Benefit Rummage Sale to Be Held Nov. 6 and 7 and sixth grade children will go to the Methodist church for fur ther activities and refreshments. trip to this section of Eastern Oregon since taking office. He will remain here overnight, then proceed to Condon for a Tuesday noon luncheon and from there to The Dalles where he will speak ced. that evening. All children attending this1 Chamber officers stated Mon- party are urged to wear costumes. I f'ay ,hat they expect a capacity and prizes will be awarded for crowd for the dinner and an- thp hest nntflta Tho fpstiiitino nounccd that tickets will 1 ner Soil Conservation District; H. n Pnmnhpll t.pvlncrton. chair- man of the county P. M. A. com- ;ChiIdron In the age group up to ihoo- MpUnn AnHeson. countv the third grade will remain at the agent, and Tom Wilson of the (Christian church, it was announ S. C. S., both of Heppner. Peck began working on the farm in the fall of 1945 after serv ing three years as a naval officer . . r, n n . . . I till uuuilO. ICHllVU It 3 on trie tamer u. s. s. tmerpnse for tne sma chlldren wiu be;placed on sale Monday at Turner aver at about 8:30, and for the in the Pacific. After the death of i : . . i f nni. l 1 n (ii nis lame, utruistr r, ... xj 0,der children b flbout 9;30 he has operated and managed i Th(1 Vn,n.' ,,,,, uno the ranch for his mother Mrs chedulcd'a art for tne youn STOCKGROWERS TO PRESENT COST FIGURES AT COMMITTEE HEARING Meeting on Monday evening the executive board of the Morrow County Livestockgrowers Associa tion offered their support to W. W. Weatherford, local cattleman, who will present data concerning the present dilemma of the cattle man. Weatherford will appear before the house committee on agriculture in Pendleton on No vember 4 reports N. C. Anderson, secretary. Cost figures, showing that the cattleman is losing as much as $41 per head on each calf raised this year, will be a part of the re port which will attempt to pomt out the unfavorable position of the cattleman as a result of con tinued high prices of operation with 50 in some Fridav and Saturday, Nov. (: and 7, are the days set for the seventh semi-annual Jay Cee-ette rummage sole. The sale will be held in the store space formerly occupied by the Heppner Flower and Yarn Shop, between Wilson s Men's Store and Turner, Van Mar tor, and Bryant. Mrs. L. E. Dick, Jr., chairman of this fall's sale, reports that an unusually large assortment of good clothing has been left at the Heppner Cleaners, who clean the garments free of charge as their donation to the sale. Anyone having items to give to the Jay Cee-ettes for the sale is asked to call Mrs. Dick. Anything from funny books to old furni ture is acceptable, as buyers always seem to appear for any type of item imaginable. Clothing which is not sold at the sale is donated to church organizations for missionary purposes. Proceeds from the rummage sales subsidize the Jay Cee-ette Kindergarten. While fees pay the major share of the school's ex penses, supplies and equipment are tiurchased bv rummase sale The Wa-Can-Te-Ka Campfire f , This vear. with 38 child- girls are planning to tnck-or-1 attendinff in one session. twice as many supplies and much more equipment than usual are necessary to carry on the pro gram satisfactorily. Part of the money raised by last spring's sale has been used to install a drinking fountain and a wash basin donated by Mrs. Hilrria Anderson. Anyone who prefers may make donations "of equipment or money directly to the kindergarten. gully damage from a storm which dropped 1.(50 inches of rain in a few hours in 1951, Peck began his intensive soil conservation practices. He stated that the strip cropping on all his wheat land has paid off in controlling his B. S. in Forestry from Oregon State College in 1942. Peck's family includes his wife, Lucille, who majored in educa tion at the University of Oregon and State Teacher's Colege in .Monmouth, and two children, Stephen, 7 and Martha, 4. Peck was president of the Mor row County Farm Bureau in 1952, is a member of the Lexington Grange, the Elks, Masons, Ameri can Legion and the Lexington P. T. A. The family attends the Lexington Christian church. The Heppner Chamber of Com merce will nonor Mr. ana Mrs. Peck with a dinner in November at which time he will be present ed an award from the Heppner Soil Conservation District. Other Conservation Men of the Year have been Frank Anderson 1919, Becluiolt & Sons, 1950; Dr G. A. Woodruff, 1951, and Mankln and Bunch, 1952. folk which is to start at 7:30 Regardless of the various pro grams, most local business houses expect to find the usual display of soaped windows on Sunday morning. Trick-or-Treat-But a New System! Another IFYE Delegate to Spend Some Time in County be one of the most interesting yet presented at an annual meet ing with Dr. Fred McKenzie, duet, department of animal husbandry, Oregon State College, and Ed Coles, extension marketing spec ialist,' Oregon State College, as featured shakers of the two day event. A matter of much concern to the committee was that of the present outlook of the state game SCHOOL WILLING. BUT MORE TIME NEEDED! Heppner school officials this week asked local clubs and or ganizations who request special notices put out in the school to give, at least one week's notice in the future. The jot) of preparing the notices falls to students in office practice courses and recently tney nave The International Farm Youth Exchange program through Its deleeates is becoming quite popu lar in Morrow county, during the past few weeks. Jack Wells, In dependence who spent six months in Bolivia made four ap pea ranees in Morrow county on the Mth and 15th of October, tell ing of his experiences in that country. Mikhail Khoury, dele gate from Syria, was a guest of the young peoples groups of the churches here this past bun day evening. Arrangements have just been made for Kenan Art eaga, who is visiting here from Ecuador, to spend several weeks at the E. M. Baker farm near lone. . The International Farm Youth Exchange provides an opportun ity for young men and women of the United States to live with farm families in other countries, and for the young people from those countries to live with farm families in this country. The purpose of the program pro motes peace between nations by developing understanding and friendship among people. Many believe that this program is one Van Marler and Bryant insur ance office and Heppner Red and White and would also be avail able in Lexington and lone. They will cost $2.00 and the number will be limited to 200, thp capac ity of the ball. o Wrestling Matches To be Held Here Next Thursday Night Plans were announced this week for a full wrestling program to be held next Thursday, Nov. 5 at the high school gymnasium. Four matches are scheduled, with three of them to be girls' matches, it was announced. Featured girl wrestlers will be Jerry Hunter, Oregon women's middleweight champion versus Violet Ray, Knoxville, Tenn.; and Fran Bauler versus Bonnie Lau der who is billed as Scotland's only girl wrestler. There will also be a girls tag team match and a girls free for all. The other event will feature Gorgeous George Shane and Rowdy Bill Cox from Dayton, Ohio. The mat fracas, the first to be held in Heppner in several years, is being co sponsored by La Verne Man Marter. H is to start at 8:30. o Monday House Fire Confined to Chair Fire, apparently starting from defective wiring, caused less than $100 damage to the Lotus Robison commission released 230 mature house on May street Monday even Several New Street Lights Installed Pacific Power and Light com pany workmen early this week started the installation of several new street lights and increasing the size of several others in vari ous sections of town. Nine new lights are being in stalled by the crew mast of them on dark intersections and blocks in the residential areas, though two large size lights are being added along the west side of north Main street. Several present street lights of 2500 lumens are being increased to 6000 to give better light In certain locations. Changes are also being made in the globes in the downtown area, though these are not being increased. Most of the downtown lights were raised to 10,000 lumen size several months ago. The city council authorized the installations some time ago. Several well known speakers have already indicated 1hat they will appear on the day-long pro gram, and invitations have been extended to several other per sons, who are experts in various phases of state, county, city and school taxation. The meeting is planned to give taxpayers an opportunity to hear explanations of taxes and to ask questions about any or all phases of taxation. As tentatively sehC' duled, each expert will give a short talk on one phase of tax ation and will then answer ques tions asked by the audience. Governor to Speak Governor Patterson, who will be in Heppner the night before to speak at a special "meet -the-governor" dinner at the Legion hall, will open the meeting at 10 a. m. He is also scheduled to give a talk to all Heppner school students at a special assembly at 9:30 that morning, immediately proceeding the taxpayers meet. Others who have accepted in vitations to appear on the pro gram include Robert S. Oslund, assistant chief appraisal engi neer for the state lax commission who will discuss the new state re appraisal program; and Alex Currie, Gilliam county assessor who will tell of the new assess ment system recently initiated in that county. It is also planned lo have county, city and school officials present to talk on the various phases of taxation as it applies to these bodies. Judge Barratt pointed out that the meeting will be divided into sections with an expert appointed to lead the discussion in each di vision. He said also, that lax payers will be given a complete breakdown of where various county funds have been expend ed, such as road funds, school funds and others. Barratt said that the court has had the idea for several years of holding a meeting of the type planned, where the general pub lic can find out why it is paying the taxes it is. where the money goes and express its ideas as to the future use of funds. Barratt also suggested that persons planning to attend the meeting carefully examine the explana tion sheet which is included with the county tax statements just sent out by the sheriff's office. "We want the peop-le to come and bring their questions," he said, "The idea is to provide an edu cational program that will aid the public in understanding all angles of taxation". The only other meeting of this kind, as far as is known, was held in a Willamette valley county over a .vear ago and it was very well received by the public, re ports indicated. Over 200 Pheasants Released in County The outlook for pheasant hunt ers brightened considerably Wed nesday when the state game Mongolian pheasant roosters in Morrow county. All the hunters have to do now Is find them. The birds which were liberated in small groups at numerous lo cations throughout the county, were raised at the game commis sion's pheasant farm near Her- miston. hunting, seasons, and reguia- objection is tions. Present at tne meeting and putting made to preparing out thp notices, it during the past year. The group also did further planning for the annual meeting of their associa tion, which will be held in Hepp ner on December 11-12. The pro gram for the annual meeting will commission concerning big game 'been swamped with requests. No of the very best for promoting world peace. The exenange pro gram gives these overseas young people, 18 to 28 years of age, a chance to see how Americans live, and believe, in living, working playing and really getting to know a typical American farm family. The IFYE delegate Renan Arteaga, Ecuador, will re turn to his home country on No vember 26. While here in Mor row county, he will live and work with the Markham Baker's and will be available for comraunity high school. 'appearand. were: president, Don Robinson; Vice-chairman, Raymond French; board members John Graves, Steve Thompson, W. E. Hughes, Gerald Swaggart. Kenneth Peck; n-.n.u nnrl crvroiarv V C Anrlcrson. W. a decrease oi as -" - classes of cattle, jV. weatneriora was maue me chairman of a marketing com mittee and will represent this as sociation at ihe livestock market ing conference to be held at Ore gon State College on January 6 and 7. was indicated, but time must be allowed to prepare them. n STORES TO CLOSE FOR FRIDAY GAME Members of the merchants com ini'tee of the chamber of com merce announced Monday that they are again asking local mer chants to close Friday afternoon during the last home football game played by the Heppner ing. Heppner firemen who ans wered the call confined the blaze to an overstuffed chair and a nearby radio. The fire . apparently started from a defective electric exten sion cord which had come in contact with the chair, firemen believed. xM V-'y . H ;. J Latonilni' -aimiii i iTWrZ. Iii.n.ii'-ij mmi , FISHING'S GOOD The John Day river near Kimberly produced this limit catch of iteelhead for Mrs. Frank Adlcins of Heppner last Sunday. She reported using flatfish and bobber to make her hauL Reports from the area indicate the fall run of the fish is now in the main stream, but only lew have beua caught so to (urther up la tin ooxUS (artt. (GT pt) Heppner Class to Present Junior Play The junior class of Heppner high school will present "Grand Ma's Best Years" as their class jilay on the nights of November 20 and 21, Stanley II. Holm, high school instructor annaunced this week. The comedy jilay has a cast of 16 students who have already been practicing three weeks on the presentation, Holm said. Members of the cast include: Pat Davis, Frances Duran, Bar bara Proek, Mary Ruth Green, Peggy Wightman, Lillian Elde, Janet Kendall. Clarice Hastings, Joan Wright, Sharon Rill, Ralph Marlatt, Jerry Haguewood, Dick Konouen, Larry Mollahan, Lyte Jensen and Dean Graves. o County Cattleman Selections Announced County selections for the 1953 Oregon "Cattleman of the lear contest were announced by the Oregon Cattlemen's Association office in Prineville. Cattlemen selected are Herbert Chandler, Baker; Everett Shibley, Clackamas; Al Powers, Coos; J. R .Reese, Crook; Irving Stanbro, Grant; Jenkins Brothers, Harney; Morrow Brothers, Jefferson; Gerry Klose, Josephine; Ben Day, Jack son; Henry Gerber, Klamath; Ray H. Kerr, Lake; Jim McEwen, Malheur; Steve Thompson, Mor row; Roy Baker, Union; Vern Col vin, Wallowa; and Louie Ihrig, Wheeler. Other entries are ex pected before the deadline. From this list 5 district winners will be chosen for final selection by the contest committee. The state winner will he announced on December 1st. The winner se lected will receive the Herman Oliver Trophy as a reward for the advancement made in cattle operations. Herman Oliver, John Day, prominent Eastern Oregon cattleman, donates the large trophy each year. The contest is sponsored by the Oregon Cattle men's Association.