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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 1 1,1954 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES HOHROW CODHT'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1S83. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. O" NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT TENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATION A L EDITORIAL vV I IasTocPatin ; . ) -r- 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 Tum-A-Lum School Site After many months of study and consideration, and after gathering approximate cost figures on practically all available grade school sites in and around Heppner, the board of school district No. 1, last week voted to recommend to the people that they approve the location known as the Tum-A-Lum site for the new school. Next March 4 (not March 3, as announced last week) the voters of the district will have their say. if it is yes, work can start in earnest on the planning and eventual building of a seriously needed school, if it is no, the board will be back almost to where they were a year or two ago. That is the alternative we all must face. The choice of the Tum-A-Lum location was a compromise, for board members, both past and present, have had other ideas for a site, and Tum-A-Lum until recently wasn't even considered among them, It, offered a reasonably satisfactory solution, that it is hoped, will satisfy residents who have been quite badly divided on where a school should be located. The Cazette Times has not believed, nor does it at the present time think, that Tum-A-Lum is the best location for a grade school, but we too, are well aware that there are many other persons in the area who don't believe as we do. Our first choice has always been the hospital hill, for we felt that it offered the best possible all-around site available. We still do, but after seeing the cost figures on preparing the area for use we could see that it wasn't economically feasible to consider it any further. When (lie Cason property was proposed, we took it as the next best, and even though it was turned down decisively at the polls, we still feel it offers more than does the Tum-A-Lum site. Tum-T-Lum has some notable disadvantages, to our way of thinking. Flood is of course, one of them, but architects and builders are well agreed that by proper channeling and diking and eleva tion of the building, this fault can be largely over come. Having a building located practically in the middle of town, on Heppner's most heavily traveled street seems to us to offer more of a hazard than anything else. The school lanes crossing that street will require constant patrol ing, either on the part of school patrols, local po lice, or both The playground area which fronts on the street and the creek as well, must be fenced and patrolled, too. Just as there are disadvantages, there are also advantages to the Tum-A-Lum site, for it is cen trally located, close to, yet separated from the high school. It is close enough that the present gym can be used for the grade pupils, when needed, as can the cafeteria in the present build ing, a point that has been a major factor .in the minds of some of the board members, and resi dents too. With all of this, what then is our opinion? We will answer that with a statement we made in this column nearly a year ago. "What we need is a school, not a fight!" Tum-A-Lum is not our first choice, yet it came about from a compromise among the board mem bers who, regardless of whether or not it may look like it to an outsider who has not watched them work on the problem for some time,' are genuinely interested in getting for the children of the dis trict a decent place in which to get an education. We need a new school, and we, too, are willing to compromise some of the points we have felt were important in locating and building it just to see it bin It as quickly as possible. A good and satis factory elementary school can he built on the Tum-A-Lum location and our children can have the same educational facilities and advantages that most other children in the stale are already getting with the least possible delay. For that reason we will accept the Tum-A-Lum location From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Morrow county's forward step in establishing a Rungs disease compulsory test area in 191!) is bearing fruit In addition to bringing down our Bangs reactors from almost 9':;, at the beginning of the program to 1.57 in 1953, neighboring counties have been watching us and are interested in the program. Two weeks ago, Vic Johnson, secretary, and Or ville McCormick, treasurer of the Umatilla Cattlemans Association, spent several hours in the office discussing our program and get t-ng figures and results to use in Umatilla county. I understand that petitions are now being cir culated and that such a program is contemplated there. Only last week a hearing was held in Sher. man county for establishing a Bangs compulsory test county. There is interest in other coun ties in Eastern Oregon it is reported. mer, is the first in Morrow county! S1CS.50. This is not the only Annual John Deere to iaKe aa vantage of the 19D4 ALP protit you will make; auring ine U TnHflV practice listed as C-13 in yourjtime these rats are eating this Handbook. It is the practice pro- grain thev are contaminating 'iding for leveling irrigable land' many hundreds of pounds. This, for more efficient use of irriga-jmany times, is objeetiorial to tion water to prevent erosion. Mr. livestock and poultry and there is O'Harra says that adequate land: much waste. If it is grain to be preparation is a basic necessity (sold for human consumption, the for any irrigation system. In spite; Food and Drug Administration of this, there are many farms in will be watching for such con- Morrow county which have been ; taminatton An annual event for farmers of this area. John Deere Day, will be held in the Heppner store of the Empire Machinery company, I local John Deere dealer, next. Tuesday, store manager Kooen Grabill has announced. The company will serve a free lunch at noon at the store and a special free show will be held at the Star Theater starting at 1:30 for all area farmers and interest ed persons. o Mr. and Mrs. jack Marshall receiving irrigation water for years which have not been pro perly leveled. The maximum fi nancial assistance in Morrow county is 50 of the cost, of earth moving, not to exceed $30 per acre. By special permission, the Morrow County ASC Committee received an increase in this pay ment which statewide calls for not more than $2n per acre. The County Committee asked for this increase in payment as they be lieve that this practice is im portant in our county. It is es sential in order to qualify for the practice and financial assistance that approval be given the pro ject by the local Agricultural Conservation Program Committee before work is started on it. and daughters, Nancy and Carol were shopping in Pendleton on Saturday. Every year about this time, we like to remind farmers that rats are a menace and do no good on your farms. This is the time of year that they are multi plying, and if not controlled, sometimes almost take over com plete control. I noted signs of them around my barn a week ago1 two such demonstrations. and ' put some Warfarin out to hold down infestation. Just to point out the necessity of rating, we might remind you that one rat There are several prepared war-j farin mixes on the market. In case i hat you do not want to use ; a mixed preparation, you can; mix it yourself. The recommend-! ed mix is 9'2 pounds of cornmcal,; !P'2 pounds of oatmeal, and one pound of warfarin. Mix together dry, then mix in one pint of fish oii. Place this in a dark rat run in outbuildings in one half: to one pound amounts, men watch your rats disappear. About this time each year, we have many calls at the office in regards to pruning and spraying fruit trees. While there are no significant fruit raisers in the county, it seems that almost everyone has a few trees for home fruit production. Since pruning is a little difficult for the ordi nary person, we have arranged to have a pruning demonstration. C. O. Rawlings, extension horti culturist from Oregon Slate Col lege will put on the demonstra tion. It will be held on Friday! February 2G. We plan to have one on i a new orchard, the other on an old orchard that has not had too! much care. The new orchard de monstration will be held at the; FOR THE MAM 111 YOUR HEART MET. Gifts He Can Wear FROM V I L S 0 N ' S eats about 150 pounds of grain Harold Dobyns home, near Jordan per year. Someone has figured! elevator. It will be held at 10:00 out that if this is the case, it J a. m. We have not yet found a! costs you as much to keep ten! place for the afternoon demon- rats as to keep seventeen laying stration on an old orchard. We hens. 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