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HEPPNER
MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1S83. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
NEWSPAPER
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner,
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C.
After somewhat of a setback
the County PMA office has ad
justed itself to the circumstances
and the work is progressing nice,
ly. The PMA practice handbook
that, was expected to be in the
mail at this time will be delayed
about one week. Farmers should
begin to receive them sometime
next week.
Included in the handbook will
be those practices which we have
discussed in this column in the
past weeks, plus a good many
more that we expect to briefly (lis
cuss here. Amongst the practices
designed primarily for improve
ment and protection of establish
ed vegetable cover is Bl, initial
improvement of an established
permanent grass or grass-legume
cover for soil or watershed pro
lection. This practice is appli
cable only in mountain meadows
for the improvement of those
lands. Where ranchers wish to
work up these grasslands to im
prove kind and stand of grasses
and lagumes, the 1951 program
promises payment of 50': of the
cost of the seed, not to exceed $1
per acre. A payment for super
phosphate will be made where it
r; deemed necessary that this will
help to improve the seeding. This
practice is for land that is to re
main permanently in use as pas
ture, hay, or both, on which the
benefits of improved vegetable
cover can be extended materially
without reestablishnient. Under
continuous use for pasture or
hay many meadows have lost
their stands of belter plants. Also
there are now available better
adapted plants such as meadow
foxtail and alia fescue for wet
meadows and Tulalin oatgrass,
smooth brome, alta fescue and
ladak alfalfa for well drained
meadows. A good stand of these
plants can he expected to in
crease materially the amount and
quality of the forage produced.
There are many acres of moun
tain meadow land thai can bene
fit from this practice in Morrow
county. The County PMA Com
mittee has worked up suggested
kinds of seeds, seeding rates, and
fertilizers to use in connection
with this practice.
Only a few days ago we were
talking to a rancher who said
that he would not keep a bull on
his place that needs lo be fed
more than hay. Unless his bulls
are exceptional or he feeds ex
ceptional hay, chances are thai
they are turned out in the spring
in not much better condition than
when they came in in the fall.
I think that all our ranchers are
aware of the fact that bulls need
to get into proper breeding con
dition if the best calf crop is ex
pected. There is a poor and a
good w ay of wintering bulls, Now
is the lime to start. So often an
otherwise good rancher will ne
glect his bulls during the winter
by letting them shift for them
selves and existing on an inade
quate ration. The point we want
lo make here is that bulls should
be so wintered that they will be
tough, vigorous, and carrying
some condition by the time thai
breeding season starts. And when
we say "condition" we mean fat
or finish. It isn't harmful for a
bull to be carrying finish compar
able to high, good, or even low
choice if he has had a chance to
get the necessary exercise for
toughening. Such a bull carry-during
SMALL AMOUNTS MAKE BIG ACCOUNTS
GAZETTE TIMES
ROBERT FENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRCTCHE.N PENLAND
Associate Publisher
Anderson
ing condition will hold up better
under difficult breeding condi
tions than bulls that have just
been wintered casually. A thin
bull is not a vigorous bull.
With livesiockmen needing to
play eve ry hand in making ends
meet and economizing in their
production it appears that a
higher percentage calf crop is
one of the ways to bring in more
income. Vigorous bulls turned
with good doing cows are bound
to help to widen the gap between
prices and costs.
And while we are lalking about
good feeding and its importance
in a good calf crop, it reminds us
of the demonstration that was
put on at the annual Livestock
growers Association meeting earl
ier this month. At that time, Dr.
McKenzie, of the Oregon Slate
college, pointed out that two
thirds of the calf's fetal growth
takes place in those final fit) days
'before it is dropped. Those final
111) days are almost always the
roughest days of Hie entire year.
They come just when brood row's
nutritional needs are at the year's
peak, and just when native sour
ces of nutrition hit the bottom.
When cows needlessly lose weight
in winter it takes far into the
summer to get their weight hack
up, and cows which are so weak
ened cannot be counted to pro
duce a strong calf or to produce
good flow of milk for the calf,
nor can they be expected to breed
properly for next year's calf crop.
When cows are drawing on their
systems for maintenance and re
production they are actually
using up beefsteak, and beefsteak
is expensive cow feed.
In going back a couple of years
lo our annual Livestock meeting,
Dr. Art Sawyer, superintendent of
of the Squaw- Butte Experiment
Station, pointed out some work
that had been done there that
surely is timely now. The ex
periment was with and without
the use of supplement for brood
cows on hay. In an experiment
carried there for four years, 20
head of brood cows supplemented
with protein feed gave a hundred
per cent calf crop. A group of 20
head wintered on good hay, only,
averaged an SO'-;, calf crop, while
a group wintered on a ration
short of hay gave a (if)'',', crop.
This (()':, calf crop was received
after the second year of the ex
periment. In summing this ex
periment it was found that the
extia feed fed was paid in full
plus $10 per cow profit in the
high to intermediate group, while
there was a spread of $25 from
the high to the low group. Also
Ihe cows that are kept poor on a
short hay ration are breeding
later each year. There is a large
spread between the first and the
last calf dropped.
The same work has been done
in Nebraska and California (lur
ing' the past few years with coin
parativoly the same results.
Mr. and Mrs. John Skaggs of
Spokane, visited here during
Christmas with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Charles Stout. They
left from here for Ohio to visit
with his family.
Hilding Bengtson of Medford
was in Heppner to spend Christ
mas with his children Uremia.
Brent and Hilda. They returned
to Medford with him for a visit
the holidays.
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Lonerock News
By Verna Hayes
(From Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wick made
a business trip to Pendleton on
Wednesday. They returned home
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pullen and
Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeMcLaughlin
were Christmas shoppers in Ilepp.
ner Friday.
Mrs. Cecil Hicks and LeRoy and
Mrs. Bill Ramsey made a trip to
Heppner Friday, on a Christmas
shopping tour.
Miss Christene Hayes of Con
don spent the weekend with her
grandparents at Lonerock.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ilaynes and
Marilyn, Mrs. Mary Cason, John
and Jim and Ellis Cason attended
the Community party at Hard
man Saturday night. A potluck
supper was served, followed by
the school program and Christ
mas tree. Dancing was enjoyed by
all, and music was furnished by
Pete Ilaynes, Mary Cason, Ivan
McDonald and Bobby Stevens.
Mrs. Dora Case made a trip to
the EigTitmile ranch, to cook for
the shearers where they
have
been busy tagging sheep.
Mr. and Mrs. Mattlon Hicks
and Mr. C. A. Andrews made a
trip to Heppner Thursday. Mr.
Andrews is very much improved
in health, up to t he present time.
The Christmas school program
under the direction of Mrs. Elsie
Greenfield, teacher of the grade
school was well attended by a
large crowd. Out of town people
coming a distance were Mr. andj.-
Mrs. Louis Cason and grand
children of Heppner, Mrs. Betty
Est berg of San Francisco, Mr. and
Mrs, Oren McDaniel and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Lovgren and
children of Eightmile, Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Morton of Condon,
and Mrs. Elma Adams, Roma and
Richard, of Trout dale?. The
children and pre-school children
gave rceitations and plays. Com
munity singing of Christmas
carols was sung by the audience
with Mrs. Mary Cason, Cora Hicks,
Vol ma Ramsey and Audra Rand
ies as carolers. Mrs
Evelyn Hicks
presided at the organ. Much'
credit is given Lester Wick in the!
efficient way he acted the part of Walter Ray, of Sweet Home. Mr
announcer, advertising pills, land Mrs. Lloyd Rogers and farm
soaps, shoe leather, and other, ily of Lebanon, Mr. and Mrs,
items loo numerous to mention,
over station XMAS. Santa Claus
arrived at the end of the program,
with candy and gifts for all the
children.
Mrs. Pete Ilaynes took sudden
ly ill. Saturday night and was
rushed to Heppner, to the Pioneer
Memorial hospital, where she is
under the care of Dr. Schwisow,
of Condon. Her mother, Mrs. Mat.
Hon Hicks and Mr. Ilaynes are
with her.
Mr. Clarno McLaughlin of Port
land, spent Cluistmas with his
pap'nts, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc
Laughlin. He returned to his
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hayes were
dinner guests on Christmas, of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes and
family in Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. Garth Wake and
daughter are spending the Christ
ma holidays in California.
Yr. Allen Matthews, teacher at
Milton school, is visiting his mo
ther, Mrs. Mattlon Hicks and
family over the Christmas holi
day." Mr. Albert Williamson is a pa
tient at the Pioneer Memorial
ho- nit a I. w here he was entered on
December 21. Mrs. Williamson!
and her son-hi-law, Kelse Collins!
ALL DEPOSITS MADF DM
OR BEFORE JANUARY 10th
EARN INTEREST FROM JANUARY 1st
Savings grow fast when you make deposits regularly
. . . and so does your sense of security. Each deposit
helps build a cash reserve for the things you want and
unexpected emergencies. Remember . . . it's not how
much you save ... but how often, that counts. Start
your savings account at First today.
CM
Times, Thursday, December 31, 1953
Boardman News
By Flossie Coats
(To Late for Last Week)
The Boardman Garden Club
met Monday evening December
21, at the home of Mrs. Rollin
Bishop with Mrs. Walter Hayes
as co-hostess. Roll call was ans
wered by each naming a special
kindness that had been shown
her. Mrs. Glen Carpenter demon
strated Christmas decorations,
with Barbara Anderegg winning d"u ,u'" ' ViV
ih t-. wMalilf, Hood River, (pi. Califf is
the cuessin? e-ame orize. Mr
Chas. Anderegg entertained the
group by showing movies of local
scenes taken around the project
and also pictures taken while
vacationing, and a movie of the
"Real Canadian scenery". Mrs.
Glen Carpenter won the door
prize. At the January meeting,
County Extension Leader Mrs.
Casswell will be present giving
a talk on Landscaping. 15 mem
bers and three visitors were pre
sent. "The real Meaning of Christ
mas" was the play presented at
the Boardman Community church
Sunday evening December 20th.
Some two hundred people attend
ed the program. Treats were
handed out to all children.
Cpl. Billie Crisman spent the
weekend here from the base at
Fort Lewis, Washington. Cpl.
Crisman having secured living
quarters, Mrs. Crisman returned
to Fort Lewis with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macomber
left Sunday for San Diego, Calif.,
where they will spend the Christ
mas holidays with Mr. Macom
ber's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darrah.
Several students are home for
the holidays with their parents,
They are: Mary Ann Rands, Keith
Tannphill, Stanley Shattuck. and
mer cassioy trom use, i.orvai
lis, and Miss Grace Miller from
EOCE, La Grande.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Skoubo
spent several days last week in
Portland shopping and at the
Russell DeMauro home in Hood
River. Little Bobby Skoubo stayed
with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. Getchell, Hermiston. ,
Mr .and Mrs. Tim Rippee spent
last week in Heppner. Mr. Rippee
serving on jury duty and Mrs.
Rippee with relatives. Saturday
the Rippees with Mr. and Mrs.
Frances Connor of Heppner mo
tored to Blalock for the day.
Mrs. Leo Root and mother.
visited him Saturday.
Mrs. Sophia Spalding has
moved back to Condon for the
winter. She will be at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Lovena
Talmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hicks and
children spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson of
Boardman. They returned home
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogers and
Clarence Rogers and children of
Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Davis and family, Mr. and Mrs
Lester Harrison and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore, Lavel
le and James spent Christmas
weekend with Mrs. Ben Rogers.
Mr. Lester Wick and Jerry, and
Mis. Margaret Wick spent Christ
mas with Mrs. Lester Wick and
Mr. and Mrs. Louis LeTrace at
Echo.
Mr. A. J. Est berg and daughter
Ida. of Portland spent Christmas
weekend with his daughter and
grandsons, Mrs. Mary Cason, Jim
true and Johnnie. Other visitors
on Christmas were Mrs. Betty Est
berg and children, Mr. and Mr.i.
Louis Cason.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fichter.
Mrs. Dora Case, John Madden.
Ed McNutt and Joe Coyer attend
ed the Fiftieth wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Buyer in
Condon Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pullen are
spending the Christmas holidays
in Portland visiting relatives.
They expect to be home around
the first of the year.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harris and
daughter of Mount Vernon, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Har
ris over the Christmas-holidays.
HEPPNER BRANCH
FJATSOrJASL DAM El
Or PORTLAND
Mrs. Olive Mefford motored to
Hermiston Saturday.
Commissioner and Mrs. Russell
Miller motored to The Dalles Fri
day where they attended the dedi
cation of the new bridge over ihe
Columbia River.
Cpl. and Mrs. Bill Calif f arc
the parents of a baby son. born
Sunday, December 20th in the
hospital, Richland, Wash. This
is the second child and son for
the Califfs. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Earwood, Board
stationed in Korea.
Cecil and Jack Hamilton were
called to Bellingham, Wash., on
Thursday where they attended
the funeral of an uncle, Mr. Jim
Johnston, and also by the serious
illness of their father, Mr. Leo
H. Hamilton. Glen Carpenter
took Cecil Hamilton over return
ing on Saturday and bringing
Mr. Ben Hamilton here to visit
his brother. Mr. Lewis Hamilton.
Jack Hamilton went over by bus.
Pendleton shoppers Monday
were Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie,
Mrs. Guy Ferguson and son Sid
ney, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Car
penter. MSgt. aid Mrs. George Baker
and family have moved into the
Gilbert Califf house in the east
end. On Tuesday the Baker fam.
ily motored to Victorville. Calif.,
for the holidays with Baker's
mother and grandmother. Pin
route the family will stop for a
short time with relatives in Sac
ramento. Cpl. and Mrs. Donald Fair left
Saturday for ten days vacation
at Newberg with Mrs. Fairs par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs spent
the weekend in Albany at the
home of Mrs. Briggs' brother and
sister-imlaw, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Carniegie. The Briggs left Thurc
day for the Christmas holidays at
the home of Mrs. Briggs' son-in-law
and daughter, Mr, and Mrs.
Bill Campbell, Spokane, Wash.
Mrs. Zoe Billings and Mrs. La
Vern Tartlow, the first and se
cond grade teachers and their
students entertained the mothers,
at a tea party Monday afternoon
The rooms were beautifully deco
rated for the Christmas season.
Each mother was presented with
a Christmas corsage made by the
students. Refreshment of cake
and Coffee were served.
Ralph and Edd Skoubo and
Arnold Hoffman motored to Hepp
ner monday to attend the funeral
services for Mr. Gene Peterson.
Miss Jean Scott left Monday
morning for Seattle where she
will spend Christmas with her
mother, Mrs. L. Scott. She will
return home Saturday,
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marshall
had as their guests during the
Christmas holidays. Mrs. Mar
shall's parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Bover of Ontario.
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December '.
n,lnw- R.lrd. father
of Mrs.
C .r.un-r-.m and Mrs. Osmin
li.iger
f ibis city, arrived inr
past wee
i. fi,i.;1 his Home ncai
Pittstuir
t ., for a short
visit
u hh his daughters here.
MHs Gene ie
Phelph is visit -'
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er parenis.
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he is a student
(',. W. Phelps.
at the 1'imersity
f Oregon.
Mahnney, son of Mr. and
Philip
Mrs. P
W. Mahoney, armeci
home on Sunday and is spending
the holidays here. Philip is at
tending the University of Wash
ington at Seattle this year.
Roland Humphreys, a junior at
I of O arrived home Thursday
l-!si t it snend the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Himinhrevs. The Misses
T. J.
Let a
and i:elvn Humphreys, who are
also students at the University,
arrived home on Saturday.
Herman Hill, who is a student
i his vear at O. A. C, came up
f.oin Cor allis on Saturday-
and
is spending 1he holiday
with his
parents, Mr. and
at Lexington.
Mrs.
W. O. Hill
The Misses Odile and May
Groshens are home to spend the
Christmas holidays with their
mother, Mrs. Jack McCullough.
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Lexington News
Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra had
as their guests over Christmas
their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack O'Harra and son and
Mrs. O'Harra's mother, Mrs.
Weeks of Portland.
Mrs. Elsie Peterson, who has
been a patient in Pioneer Me
morial hospital is again home,
and had as her guests last week
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Christopher
son und small daughter from
P.ufus.
Mr.
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I and children of Ephrata were
Lexington visitors over the week-
end.
Walt Wallace of Ephrata has
been visiting friends in Lexing
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boys, Gene, John, and Dick to
Ephrata to visit their father,
Herman Wallace, for a weeks va
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Pat Forrest, who is employed
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Mr. and Mrs. H. Young, re
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Sharon Cutsforth of lone spent
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Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Messenger
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family in Boardman over the
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Armin Wihlon and son spent
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Mr. and Mrs. Gar Leyva and
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Mrs. Leila Owens and family
motored to Prineville where they
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Charles Stout Jr. has been
home from Oregon Stale college to
spend the holidays with his par
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