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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.
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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
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
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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
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STATE FARM AGENT
ELWYNNE PECK
Phone 3-8170 Lexington, Ore.
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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.
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