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Page 2 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere Other Editors Think Editor Giles French of the Sherman County Journal takes a rattier dim view of the recent an nouncement that Heppner and some other Oregon towns are on a recently publicized list of com munities n ;;et a new post office building, as his following editorial shows. Our local postmaster tells us that this is about the seventh or eighth year that Heppner has been included in such proposals, but as yet Congress hasn't seen fit to appropriate any money for the job, so we can't get too excited over the announce men!. Editor French's final editorial statement, how ever, we go for 100 percent, POSTOFFICE Anyone who isn't fed up with the postoffice de partment this week has neither been reading the papers or signs. From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Plans are pretty well completed for the annual field day of the Gilliam-Wheeler Stock Growers bull feeding program. It will lie held at Condon on Saturday. May 1st. The program will get underway at the fair grounds at 10:00 a. in. Hulls will be showed individually from 10:00 to 12:00 noon. Each bull will have its pedigree given and a record of its performance during the test and al the same time it will be announced whether it is for sale. Several Morrow county ranchers have bulls on feed in this pro gram this year. Harvey Smith, of lone, Steve Thompson and Frank Anderson of Heppner are those with bulls on feed since last De cember. Everyone is invited In attend this field day. Pecently two weed control plots were established in Morrow county on winter seed wheat. Ap plication of various weed chemi cals were completed on April 10. Tarweed was the major weed problem in these fields. It was in the rose stage when applica tion was made. The weed plots were located at the Henry liaker farm south of pine and the Ken neth I'ccU farm in ('larks Can yon south of Lexington. Eleven different applications were made using. seven drill rows wide by IS feet long replicated four limes. In the Kenneth Peck ploi, niie pound of parent acid per acre was the rale of application.' Amine, high olalile eslher. low vol, nili- est her were the 2.4 D's used, 'i loci' .Mi 'P's were used in the sodium lowvalatile and amine preparations. Four new weed killers ACP's were applied j in comparison in the check. In the Henry Hal.cr plot, three quarters pound acid was com panitivv iih one anil a half pound acid The amine butyl low vol atile 2.1 D's were used compared t.i Ml'!' in the butyl sodium and in combination with 2.1 T,T. One ACP plot was established. Weeds were counted before application was made and will be counted for percentage of kill in comparing the different applications. Kvt'iy week dining spring 1951 should be clean up week. To help keep this hclore farm people, we Irive a lot of suggestions that are good business if followed: Clean up is good business because it HAVING ROOF I I I :na RE-ROOF NOW! WITH A FIRST NATIONAL HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN $ your daJr or any branh ROBERT PENLAKD Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Anderson helps to eliminate fire hazards which caused SO Oregonians to lose their lives last year and cause property losses of over 12 million dollars. Clean up of farm and home vvill reduce accidents and Oregon unfortunately has one of the worst ratings of all the states in accidents toll. The National Farm Safety re view magazine says "Not only does the housewife suffer, one third of all .serious accidents in the home, but she is responsible for one-fourth of those which oc cur among children under 15 years of age. Accidents can be reduced by thorough inspection of the home and premises in line with this clean up idea. Clean up and repair make the property look better, saves money, makes it easier to get around to do tilings and give everyone a bet ter feeling. Since the start of the special export program of the Commodity Credit Corporation wheat during the first part of December, sales of ('('(' wheat for export as wheat' or wheat flour have totaled al most !).7 million bushels. Approxi mately 7.5 million bushels were sold as wheal and 2.2 million bushels as flour. Bernard Doherty, Black horse rancher, is looking to the fuliirc. Last week he set out 10 miscel laneous fruit trees that slioul provide him an excellent orchard wit bin the next few years with plenty ol tresli truit tor tits tarn- lly. W bile in the tree setting mood, he secured Xi two year old black locust trees which were surplus in the II. G. Campbell windbreak and set them out for, shade trees about his farmstead. Arrangements have ust been made and a schedule been set for v isiting all lOfi.'t demonstration : plantings of grazing type alfalfas' here in Morrow County. Two bun died eighty three acres were seed ed last year. E. R. .lackman. Range and Crop specialist Oregon Slate college, will lie accompan ied by Harry Scholh, I'SDA Agro-' iiotnist ;iud Stanley Weston. 1-orl Saint John British Columbia, who has developed the Khioma seed,' want to examine these trials. A field of two of 1(151 seedings which will amount to approxi mately 210 acres will be visit'. TlJlllllil LV QUICK APPROVAL NO DOWN PAYMINT llff-INSURED LOAN NO MORTGAGi BIQUiRfO HEPPNiR BRANCH FinS? NATfONJUL DANK i or oirraJtM0 xut uta ouooh toatmur Heppner NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocITatlon Oregon, as Second Class Matter $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. Announcement was made a few days ago that the department was going to build new postoffice buildings in several Oregon towns including Con don. Heppner, John Day. Madras, with a cost run ning in excess of $215,000 each. It will be very nice for these towns to have a new building of that size that any other agency could build for that amount of money. It will be a civic asset, no doubi. Nevertheless there is no sense in building buildings that size for postofi'ices in towns of that size, h is not economical considering rentals and is one of the very good reasons for opposing any increase in postal fees. Why pay more when the money is to be wasted. Another objection to the same department is the order to shorten the postal day here, and all along the line. Mail will now close at 3:30 instead of l:.'0, itself an hour that is unnecessarily early. It is about time we had a reversal of the do less and charge more policy. ShermanCounty Journal. TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Sometime ago I started to cul tivate our field here in Sand Hollow. I happened to get out early that morning, in fact just as the sun was coming over the hill. The first thing I noticed was the birds singing so merrily. As I was going back and forth across the field, the county road grading men came by and they started up their graders and I couldn't help noticing how fast they were shaping a road. I went another round and here came the county gravel trucks. They seemed to lie timed like the timing gear in a motor. In my own estimation, I couldn't help noticing how wonderful it was to see the accuracy in the way this road was being built. Here were the graders shaping the road, and right after them came the trucks with the gravel. The at the same time. The date for visiting these trial seedings in Morrow county is May 13th, and 14th. J "AS WARM AS A FRIENDLY SMILE" fj I SEE IT NOW AT I 0 Q rt fl CASE FURNITURE Mb2 h flis M mnhn , 1 1 . KffrJrvT "lit v " . ; f 'mX YjB I'M ' ' - V f ff 1 !itv" i 'ii 'c f : .--X. S f- f'M1- if .. Gazette Times, Thursday, April 22, 1954 road grader would smooth if off, and here we had a new graveled road formed. As I have had considerable ex perience in operating trucks and equipment and also have a good understanding of county shops, I think the people of Morrow County can be proud of such a diligent crew of working men. It was like a beehive. There cer tainly wasn't a drone in the hive. Anyone who cares to be fair could see there certainly was some awfully good management to keep this equipment going the way it was. This road last year at harvest time was a dust blow, but thanks to the Morrow County officials, the dust will be taken care of this year by the fine graveled road we now have. It seems to me this road should be the pride of everyone in this community. Where could you invest your county money for a more worthy cause. It's a cer tainty you couldn't build roads any cheaper. I've heard so much about buy ing this and that for Europe, so it seems good to see something spent for the United States. Lets spend a few dollars for America. I thought someone ought to draw the attention of the public to the fine work being done on the roads in Morrow County. An appreciative resident, JAY B. WAY Route No. 2, Heppner, Oregon lone News College students home for Easter were John Bristow from Oregon State and Gerald Peter son from Pacific Luthern Colle ge near Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Heimbigner and children of Odessa, Wash.. were visitors last week at the home of his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heimbigner. Marlene Griffin started back to school Monday. Cake and punch were served along with the regular dinner at the school Thursday of last week. Mrs. Milton Morgan,, Mrs. Del bert Emert and Mrs. Russell De Bondt had charge of the serving and Mrs. Omar Rietmann and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn had charge of the decorating which was in the Easter motif. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Seehafer and daughter, Billie of Bickleton, Wash., were visitors here Sunday. Their daughter, Mildred was in the hospital in The Dalles for a few days with an ear infection. Dianna Pettyjohn returned to school Monday after being ill for several days. Seaman Wallace Coleman of San Francisco spent Easter with his mother, Mrs. Ida Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yarnell and daughters of Vancouver, Wn., spent Esater with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yarnell. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lily of La Grande are the parents of a son born April 19. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lily of Rieth and Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely of Boardman are the grandparents. H. O. Ely of lone is the great-grandfather. Mr. and Mrs. Wate Crawford en tertained the following at a din ner Sunday, Pfc and Mrs. Harlan Crawford of Olympia, Pvt. and Mrs. Clyde Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Crawford and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Tad Miller and daughters, Arthur and Rollo Crawford and Marilyn and Gary Morgan. Pvt. Clyde Crawford is on a 14 day furlough and is staying at the Arthur Dalzell home. Mrs. Jerry Cunningham who has been staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ralph Crum is on a business trip to Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Proudfoot of Portland spent Easter with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Proudfoot. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Connor are the parents of a son, Stephen Lee, born in Heppner April 15. Weight 7 lbs. and 4 ozs. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connor of Heppner and Mr. an dMrs. Van Hubbard of lone are the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCabe en tertained at a family reunion at their home Sunday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eu banks and children and A. A. McCabe of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingall of Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris and daughter of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. James McCabe, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McCabe and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mc Cabe and family, Mr. and Mrs. Long Distance Nationwide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Tadded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 Raymond Lundell and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Petty john and family and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McCabe and family. Lloyd Morgan returned home from the hospital in Heppner on Friday of last week where he was treated for injuries received when he got caught in the universal rod on a wheat spraying outfit. He received a dislocated shoulder and burns and bruises. His clothes were torn off when he pulled himself free of the ma chine. John Bryson spent Easter at the Leslie Roundy home in Kenne wick, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell en tertained the following guests in their new home Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Harland Lundell and family of Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Warren Crutcher of Gresham, Mrs. Anna Lindstrom, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell and Mrs. Mary Swanson. Mrs Mattie Morean of Port Reduced Rates Effective February 1, 1954, State Farm Fire and Casualty, Home Office Bloomington. Illinois, are lowering their Fire rates on Protected and Unprotected dwelling property in the State of Oregon. All policies non -assessable, rates quoted pei $100 of Insurance and are annual rates, no deficiencies. Class of Construction B D City of Heppner, Ore. 20c 26c Less 3c for Approved Roof City of Lexington, Ore. 23c 28c Less 3c for Approved Roof lone 24c 28c lone Unprotected dwelling district with all construction credits given where applicable plus 5 for district. Additional Credits Given Where Applicable for Average Clause Use Compare and See or Call Your Local STATE FARM AGENT ELWYNNE PECK Phone 3-8170 Lexington, Ore. New Fireside Modern furniture gives you beauty on a budget It's ycur opportunity to own hand-rubbed coppertone birch furni hire at down-to-earth prices. See the new handssraely styled Tireside Modern groups for living room, bedroom and dining room on display now at Case Furniture Co. land is visiting relatives here. Nels Anderson, county agent, gave a talk on conservation at the Garden Club meeting at the home of Mrs. Walter Dobyns Tuesday, April 13. Some highlights of his talk were "We must keep in mind that when our natural resources are gone there isn't any more. It takes hundreds of years to make an inch of top soil. When we put humus back into the ground we must also add inorganic mater ial." The club made plans for the district meeting to be held April 21. Questionnaires were given out to members to be filled in and returned to the president, Mrs. Fredrick Martin. The club wishes to thank the office practice class of the high school for printing the questionnaires. Other hostesses were Mrs. Etta Huston, Mrs. Wm. Rawlins, Mrs. Wm. Bergstrom. o NEED Envelopes. Phone 6.9228... 2f
