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Page 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 6, 1954 More Local Cattle Feeding Urged at Farm Bureau Meet V. W. Woatherford, chairman iif I he livestock committee, told the Morrow County Farm Bureau Tuesday night, that cattlemen should "he urged to feed out more cattle in the county rather than lo ship both feed and cattle lo other parts of the country to be fed and then ship the meat hack. lie said that '."ith the surplus of feed in the county this could be done profitably. A potluck supper opened the monthly meeting which was held at the Willows Granee hall in time and was followed by several! musical numbers presented oy Judy llowton, Jean Ann Swanson and Sue Coleman. They were accompanied by Mrs. llowton. Orville Cutsforth reported for the Hells Canyon Association ind told of the interest beiin' shown throughout the country in the proposed dam. He said that many persons feel that if "we lose the Hells Canyon dam we will lose the lau;e dams all over the country." ( (scar Peterson and darnel Bar rail, candidates for county jude spoke briefly and Newt O'Harra, president of the organization. uij.!od all voters to not out and vote in the cotiiinj,' primaries. Klnyd Tolleson, president of the Morrow county Hunters and Ang lers told that an increased num ber of fish are lo be planted in county streams this year. II was also announced that the Western regional training conference will be held in h'eno, Nevada, .June :i lo 12 and that arrangements will have lo be made to have some delegates at this meeting. The next meeting will be held at the Oddfellows hall in Lex inglon, May 25. School Spelling Winners Listed Top winners of the annual Mor row county school spelling con test were announced last week, but the complete list of winners is now available. The contest was held at the Heppner school and was under the direction of Miss Marguerite (Havey. Mrs. Lucy Kodgers, present county treasurer and former county school superintendent, compiled the list of words used in the contest, and for her ef forts, the committee extends its thanks. It was through Mrs. Rodger's efforts that the contest and speech festival were started M'vera years ago. The winners were: Kighth grade superior: Iris Stickley, Irrigon, Nancy Wright. Lexington. Excel lent:' Michael Casper. Irrigon, Donna Ferguson, Boardman, Bon nie (rum, one. flood: Barbara (lanienbine, Boardman. Seventh grade superior: Janet Wiglitman, Heppner; Dora Sue Davidson. Lexington; Ruth War ner. Irrigon. Excellent: Janice Martin Heppner; Barbara Ander eyg. Boardman. Sixth grade superior: James Driscoll. Heppner; Carol Ander son, Heppner; Karen Lundell, lone; Linda Ileirnbigner, lone; I lennis Doherty, Lexington. ( mod: , John Wilson, irrigon; Jerry Mill- j key, Irrigon. Fifth grade superior: Donald, Craber. Heppner; Evelyn Jepsen, lone; Dale Stickley, Irrigon; Don na Mae Want land, Iriigon. Excel-j lent: Rosina Jones. Boardman; j Lynn Thomas, Boardman. flood: j Jean Martin. lone. o Mrs. Arthur Erownlow, Miss Opal Briggs ana Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson motored to Pendleton today 'Thursday) when Conservation lour Set for June 1 Plans for the annual tour of the Heppner Soil Conservation dis trict to be held Tuesday, June 1, . , , i . . : r were outlined at a meeting 01 district supervisors held Tuesday night at the county agent's of-1 lice. A luncheon for those making the tour will be furnished by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce at the fair pavilion at noon. The purchase of a new (lilt i paeker for use in grass-legume seeding in the district and a pro posed sale of the older briilion .order was discussed at the meet ing. The April progress report showed new district farm plans completed on the (Jerald Swag gart and Pat Owens ranches with a total jf 3,1110 acres and on Bar ratt Ranches, Inc., for 4.756 acres. Thirteen acres of land leveling and 10(H) feet of stream channel alignment were completed on the Ernile droshens ranch; 91 acres of grass -legume seedings made on l lie Ray Dolven, Don Robinson. John Kenny and Walter Wright farms and 8201) feet of irrigation j ditches staked on the John Wight -jman, Paul Webb and Harold Peck I ra itches. Attending the meeting were .Newt O'Harra. Lexington; Ray mond Lundell. lone; John Wight man. YV. E. Hughes. "A. C. Ander son and Tom Wilson. Heppner. 0 Lex Grade Students Receive Letter Awards Value of Tested Bulls Indicated at Condon Bull Show lone Teacher At Remedial Conference will receh e medtea I a id. Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Schaffitz, Diane and Jimmy spent Sunday in Portland visiting with her mother, Mrs. Maiv Carter. LAW-AWAY NOW! Students of I he elementary grades, 5 through ,X. of the Lex ington school were guests at the ; 1 1 i 1 1 1 . ; i i award banouet held last ""'yj Saturday evening. It was spon sored by the Lexington I'-TA. I Eighteen students were award led letters for their grade school I activities. They were: basketball, (iiegory Leyva, Dennis Doherly. j Dexter Miles, Laddie Henderson, ' Lee Cm nelison, Henry Pointer and Earl Papineait. Volleyball, j Nanc y Wright. Louise Bolts. Bar bara "steagall, Patricia Sleagall. Mil key (hay. Dora Sue Dav idson, Inez Mel'addcn and Dorothy Way. Yell leaders, Patricia Sleagall, Mickey Cray, and Louise potts. Following the letter awards the students- were entertained with a j film entitled "Kill the Empire". amsomite Samsonite' styling is so Impressive... with smart, stitched bindings, gleaming locks. In hand some finishes for men, glamorous costume colors for women (all better-than-leather finishes that wipe clean with a damp cloth)! Samsonite's Interiors are elegant, top. In fact, it's luxury luggage In oil but price. You can buy two gift pieces for what you thought you'd have to pay for just one as fine as Samsonite! FOR THE G I H L In Natural Kawhld flnlih Wardrobe... $25.00 Vanity 0 Nite $17.50 Tram Case... $17.50 Mrs. Mabel Faris, special edu m.tinn teacher at lone, was in The program presented at lno ennewick Fridav and Saturday bull testing field day of the d . conference of North- Wheeler-Gilliam Slockgrowers j v,(,s, j.eme(ijal Education Asso Association on May 1 emphasized I pjatjon- The conference was held the importance and value of jjn Klnnewjck-S Eastgate school using tested bulls and carrying ;m( was attended by teachers out a tested program on yiur herd. m Washington, Oregon and sires as well as your breedmg 1(j.(j,0 stock. Among the speakers were Dr. Of the 30 bulls on feed -fici- Alice Hayden, director of eduea encv test, two graded 2 at the end tjon research. University of Wash of the feed period. Until were inf,ron; rjr. Homer Burroughs, Morrow county bulls ow ned by professor of elementary education Harvey Smith and Steve Thomp- at IJ of W, and Dr. Jack Breen, son. i Seattle University. Harry, Lindgren. extension live- j The activities of the associa slock specialist, Or-gon S'ate I'd- tion, as outlined at the conference lege, pointed out the value of,m.: to acquaint educators and testing bulls. Lind'ien discus - parents with the results of re sod the inauguration of a pro- search in teaching practices and gram on individual animals and 1 technique; seek out and publish told those present that Oregon r(sUlls; to encourage professional Slate Col lege 1s now working with 1 growth among teachers and ad over fifty individual ranchers ' ministrators; to provide informa oer the Mate of Oregon in help-pi, ,n or remediation in reading, irg them carrv on a selection pro- arithmetic, spelling, writing, lan- toam on their own ranches. Dr. Ralph Bogarl, professor of animal husbandry. Oregon Siate College, explaining that three factors are important in carrying out a program evaluation such as is doi.e at the Condon lest. Equal emphases is giwn lo conforma tion, grade, gaining ability of the animal, and efficiency of the ani mal is converting feed to meat. Professor Bogart developed the formula which is used to evaluate the test results at I he Condon program. Jim Hennings. the feeder (lut ing i ho year's test, discussed tiie management program that was carried out this year and shoved the sanitation program ;i"d car ing of individual animals is high ly necessary in order .to have each animal perform at its capa city. C. K. Barker, chairman of the committee of the Wheeler Cilliam Stockgrovers Association in charge of the bull testing pro gram, discussed seine of the or ganization and management de tails which must be considered in setting up a bull testing program such as is carried on at ('o"don. Stu Bledsoe, el the Flying B. ranch at Kllensbur:, Washington, explained how he is using a test ing program to increase the pro duction from his commercial ranching opera' ion. Bledsoe showed that he is able lo increase profits per cow by oer $.'!0.00 per year by keeping an accurate re-j cord of animals that make gains quickly and efficiently. Bledsoe stated that every cow in his herd has got to tip the scale in his favor every year or to niarket she goes. If she does not produce a calf to top the scale then the cow has to tip it herself , or olf to market she goes. Bledsoe's ranching operations: i s carried o u t o n a dry! rata 'i much the same as foimd in Kastein ( !; in and Washing-; Ion. .'n his sel"ctio'i program. ! cows that produce calves at wean- 1 in;; age that weigh less than -130 to pounds are headed for mar ket. The selection program goes. like mis: Anility to procure a good strong calf every year, eas to handle, good foragers, able to withstand diseases, and grade. Bledsoe stated that for replace ment stock. good gaining ability end good grade conformation are both highly important. Sentiment slid figure fascination hold no place in keeping non-producers on the Bledsoe ranch. The six bulls on efficiency test from Morrow conntv indexed il-.x !,. -; ci- u mill i (diverted V. feed to meat for an average cf HOSPITAL NEWS .ew Arrivals Charles Nelson. ! II o.'. boy horn .lames Arthur. -To Mr. and Mr' Jr.. Fossil, a 7 lb April ,'!l). named ' To Mr. and Mrs. W::: rOH TH' BOY In Natural Alligator finiih Pullman Case... $27.50 Quick Tripper . . . $19.50 Two Suiter... $25.00 A!f pmt plv$ muting foxf 1 1 f 1 'Hfi J IS lliP t Uw I!. C. Peleis, Spray, a 10 lb. 7 oZ. j boy born May L'. named Kichanl l I a le. To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton ! Morgan. Condon, ;i 7 lb. .'i oz. hoy I born May .", named Keith Cordeli. To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Me Daniel. J Koiua. a 7 lb. 13 oz. boy born i May ri, named Wayne Scott. Medical Mrs. Joyce Hertin, Ilei mistou, dismissed: Mrs. Ce celia llucknam, Heppner; Robert Betise. Kinzua; Kobocca Doherty, Heppner; Stephen Shell, lone; Mrs. Kleanor Das is, Condon, dis missed. Minor Singers Miss Nancy Cunningham. Condon, dismissed., Major Surgery Mrs. Kay Mil-j ler. Umatilla, dismissed; Mrs. Mildred Morris, llepper; Ralph' Akers, lone; Mrs. Ceraldine Ham- i iner. Condon; Mrs, Martha Tripp. ! Kiiiu.i ; Henry I Ho st. M.inunieni ; Mrs. A I.ce I'ierson. Kinzua. ( tut I aiicnts William L. A'-tnriu; Mis. Ida Thoma' Ksteb, Spray. Ober, lone; guage and speecn correction in the schools; to enable interested educators to meet and discuss techniques. HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT The Heppner extension unit will meet with Mrs. Ray Drake on Tuesday, May 11 for a demonstra tion on dry cleaning. It is to be an all-day meeting and each member is reminded to bring her own sandwiches. Ordnance Depot Sets Open House Umatilla Ordnance Depot will observe Armed Forces Day, May 13 with an open house, it was an nounced this week through a let ter received by Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Heppner mayor. The Depot will be open to the nublic between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. and two main speakers are planned during that time. Thev are Senator Wayne Morse and'Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Rilea, state adjutant general. The public will be given the opportunity to take a general tour of the depot and will be able to watch operation of the various departments, as the open house will be held on a regular work day. Lt. Col. J. O. Guthrie is com manding officer of the installation. CALLER SCHEDULED HERE Mel Strickland, Bend, one of the top square dance callers in Oregon will call the dance of the Heppner Square Dancing club next Saturday night, it was an nounced here this week. MISSIONARY MEETING The Union Missionary meeting ssill be held at Valby Lutheran church on Sunday May 16 at 2:30 p. m. o GRANGE TO MEET The regular meeting of the Lex ington Grange will be held Sat urday at 8 p. ni. with a special speaker and piogram scheduled at 9:30. Lt. Jg. Eon Bennett of the U. S. Na'y left Thursday for the Philip pine Islands where he is to be stationed, after a three day visit with his father, Ed Bennett. $1()50 per hundred weight. High cost was $22.-12, low $11.93 per hundred sseight gain. Glen Ward left Thursday for a three day trip to Corvallis, Rose burg and Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Meador had as their miests during the first part of the week, Mrs. Elmer Hill and son Jim of Tendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rose wall returned Monday evening from a business trip to Portland. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens re turned Tuesday afternoon from a fesv days in I'ortland. Mr. and Mrs. Onez M. Parker and son David of Everett, Wash., spent last weekend visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parker. Mr. Parker recently suffered a heart attack, but is recovering slowdy at his home. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers svere Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sims and son Bobby and Francis Sherrard and son Dwayne ,of Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Lcuis Pyle of Arl ington ssere weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Case, Mrs. D. A. Wilson returrwd on Monday from a two weeks visit in Hood River. She was met at Celilo Falls by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marshall left Saturday for a tsvo weeks vaca tion to Ontario and other points of interest in central Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner had as their guests last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Slusher of Dufur, Oregon. WILLOW CREEK CHEFS The Willosv Creek Chefs held their meeting at the home of Bar bara Warren. We decided to each bring 10 cents toward the 4-H foundation near Washington D. C. 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