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Heppner Gazette Times, Thundery, Moy 11, 1 954
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazelle established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times,
November IS, 1S!)7. Consolidated February l.r, 1012
established
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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.
Portland Sets the Pace
An election always turns up some unusual, and
unexpected results, and last Friday's primary was
no exception, but we believe the voters of the city
of Portland probably set a record when they gave
very decisive approval to every bond issue mea
sure presented to them. Their action was just the
opposite of the general trend throughout the state.
Their approval of bond issues for the con
struction of a new Wilaniette river bridge, a new
zoo, a new sports and convention center and har
bor improvements probably astounded the rest of
the state's residents more than any other phase
of the voting in fact we wouldn't be too sur
prised if it might not have even shocked the Port
land residents a little. It was conceivable that one
or two of the measures could have passed, but
hardly the whole program. A betting man could
have made money on that vote.
At first look, some persons might be inclined"
to look askance at the more than $."10,000,000 that
the voters of Portland decided to spend and,
that's quite a chunk of money even if we are ac
customed to federal budget figures well up in the
billions, but to us, it seems as though Portland, by
its vote, took a great big step in graduating from
the classification of a "town" to a "city", some
thing that can't be done for nothing.
The $30,000,000 that Portland will spend (a part
of which wili be repaid through rentals and
charges, and much of the rest through increased
business) will launch one of the biggest building
booms ever seen in Oregon's metropolis and one
which could very possibly lead the rest of the
state out of its so-called slump or "recession" and
put its people back in the right frame of mind.
The public program, however, is only a part of
the building spurt in Portland, for almost simul
taneously with the announcement of the election
results came the story that a $20,000,000 shopping
center is to be built in the city. This, added to the
$10,000,000 to $1:5,000,000 that seemingly is as
sured for a new hotel, will bring the total building
construction program in the city during the next
year or two, in just six projects, to between $G0,
000,000 and $(35,000,000. "That ain't hay" in any
city Portland's size or even twice as big.
It wouldn't be correct to say that Portland's
vote started the ball rolling on all the projects for
both the private investments were past the plan
ning stage before the election, but the people's
decisions last Friday certainly did nothing to
discourage private investors from continuing their
developments and, ultimately, adding to them.
We look for many more big developments to fol
low within a short time.
Portland has set the pace for Oregon, as logi
cally it should being the state's business and
industrial center, in lifting itself by its own boot
straps. It is to be hoped that the rest of the state's
cities and towns will pattern their policies after
Portland's.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Alfalfa grass silage is gaining
a little more attention m Morrow
county. Last week we told of
Delbert Ernert and his plans for a
trench sila to utilize his grassy
alfalfa, as ensilage. The silo,
l unijMt it iy i iiiinm-u um i"11 1 v ! allalta
filled is the ideal for anyone who
would like to get plans for one for
their ranch. It is approximately
20() feet long, 30 feet wide and
12 feet deep. He is field chopping
his field out of the windrow di
rectly behind a mower and side
delivery rake. The ensilage is
hauled in to the tench with two
dump trucks and packed and
leveled with a dozer. This is
more equipment than the average
farm uses however a lot of en
silage can be put up in a dayj
Willi only part of this equipment.'
On Tuesday, Orville Cutsforth
began construction of a 21 x SO
foot trench silo at the John !raves'
ranch in Sandhollow. lie will fill!
it with long hay and will self feed I
it this winter. One of the main i
advantages of putting alfalfa'
profitable one for everyone at
tending'. Stops will be made at
conservation practices designed
to be of interest to all types of
farming in the county. The tour
begins at 9:30 a. m. at Ihe fair
grounds in Heppner where school
busses will be loaded to trans
port the persons attending the
lour. Five ranches will be visited
TO THE
EDITOR
grass up as ensilage is that re
gardless of showers or the wea
I her, it can be cut and stored any, during the morning and five dur-
day or night of the week. It also'"1 Ule a"ernoon
makes good feed. Oregon State
l College
Lunch will be
served at the Oddfellows hall in
t ,,..:., .... L TI
reports that putting upl f'""' UII, ,J ul ,mL , "VVV
as silage is one of theim'r Mom,w Coun,y Chamber of
fastest and most economical! rco. see a news article in
methods of storing alfalfa and;l,us I,al"'r nr a morP mplete
that it makes the best winter feed 'cndiI of tnp tour'
With summer not too far away,
might lie timely to point out
possible. Field cured hay in the
experiments was cheaper to pre
pare but was considerably lower
in protein and vitamin content.
A five year study found a 21 ('s' a,lfl fjfton most neglected nu
loss in total adjustable nutrients tri('nt required by farm animals,
when alfalfa was field cured inWal(r is ttiy most important nu
good warm weather or barn! triont as it transports other nutri
coreil. Nutrient losw in si hire fts M'"1 through the body and aids
15','. in terms of efficient produc-! ;md maintains the shape of body
Hon. cows on silage Had to eat
about .V;, less feed than the ani-
To the Editor:
I read with interest the account
in the Gazette Times in regards
to the formation of a Pioneers'
Society in Morrow County. The
article Immediately brought to
my mind of the old Pioneers' Re
union held annually in Lexing
ton for many years during the
twenties and th rties. It was a
very popular affair and it at
tracted people by the hundreds
who came many miles to pay
their respects to the rapidly de
pleting ranks of pioneers who
settled Morrow County. Finally
the reunion had to be abandoned
because practically all of the
pioneers were dead and gone.
Now it looks like another at
tempt to start a new Pioneers'
Reunion, but where are you going
to get the pioneers? A list of
names published in the paper of
people who have lived around
Morrow County for sometime does
not do justice to what is pro
posed. I did recognize some
names of long time residents, but
many names were listed of people
who came to the county in the
very late years. Surely you cannot
class them as pioneers. Many of
that list weren't even sons or
daughters of pioneers. In some-
ones haste to get a list of names
they overlooked many residents
who came here in the eighties.
Morrow county pioneers should
be classed as those people who
actually settled Morrow County.
The first pioneer was John Jor
dan, who settled near the forks
of Willow and Rhea Creeks in
1859. The honest to goodness
real pioneers were all here during
the next thirty year period. They
were the ones who bore the hard
ships and paved the way for the
later ones who moved onto the
already established places. After
the railroad was completed in
1888, many new faces were seen
around Morrow County, and they
are referred to as "railroad pio
neers." A pioneer is one who paves the
way for others to follow. They es
tablish the beach head. I will
concede that it is fitting and
proper to include those later ar
rivals who helpel to establish
this county, but a line must be
drawn somewhere, because you
cannot call the present army of
occupation pioneers.
A most fitting organization and
That's A Fact
also aids in the control
ma Is on field or-harn cured hay
Plans have now been completed
lor the annual conservation and
better farming methods tour
which will be held on Tuesday.
June 1st. The day should be a
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Did pays ont full fart eidicr one-way or round-trip.
Mom nd children 12 years old and under 22 travel
for half-fart.
Children i to 12 ride for of the half-fart or fare.
Children under 5 ride I R1 IT!
Remember: transportation tax has also been reduced
ONE-THIRD on all fares.
The family begin their trip together on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday.
On round-trips the family as group may return on njr
day. Dad, if he desires, may return independently.
Liberal stop-over privileges . . generous baggag
allowance.
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of liodv temperature. It is not
uncommon for ranchers to go
to great expense to provide good
feeds I hen ignore proper watering
which is essential for economical
use or t nose leeus. Make sure
an inadequate use of water is
not costing you money with the
loss of extra gain in ninutilized
feeds.
that just plain water, the cheap- onp wun a chance of survival
wouio oe me njrmauon ot a
group called the "Sons and
Daughters of the Pioneers". A
deadline as to what constitutes
a pioneer must;be placed some
where if we are to properly honor,
and not insult, the memory of
those brave people who actually
settled this county. It would be
necessary to separate the pio
neers from the late comers who
purchased the already established
homesteads and timber cultures.
I don't think anyone who came to
this county after 1900 is a pio
neer at all. Morrow County
gained considerable population
from 1863 to 1890. The most im
portant events involving the for
mation of this county took place
within those years, and I would
place 1890 as the deadline.
The newspaper stated the list
was not complete; it should also
have stated it was not accurate.
I would like to see definite steps
taken now to properly honor the
memory of the real pioneers and
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Arrangements have been made
during the past week to secure
several colonies of goatweed
beetles for the control of St. John
swort, Goatweed, or Klamath
weed which ever you wish to call
it. There will be realized in the
Hinton-Buttercreck area on goat
weed infestations there. Anyone
who is particularly interested in
securing these beetles would do
well to contact the county agents
office to see what arrangements
might he made
on their ranch.
Last Wednesday,
and Hill Hirtiek, Oregon State
College. Dave Haver, Pendleton
branch Kxperiment station, spent
the day in Morrow county observ
ing weed control plots and con
trol peiemiial noxious weeds by
the county weed sprayer. In ob
serving the weed control plots, at
the Henry Baker and Kenneth
Peek farms, put on in early April
for comparison of 10 different
chemicals and rates of applica
tions, showed some interesting
results, (if all the materials used
it was found that oisopropyle es
ter 2.4 D at the rate of one and
in putting some a half pounds of acid per acre was
I most effective. This Is the form
Rex Warren ! of 2,1 D, the one and a half pound
implication was definitely better
howemer, there may be a point
in between these two that would
be just as effective. It appeared
'is though three pints or 1.25
pounds would be effective on tar-
weed. In looking over the paren
nial noxious weed control pro
gram being carried out for the
county, excellent results were
found in most of the 1953 spray
ing. These men were very sur
prised at the high percentage kill
of Russian knapweed especially
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ot mind.
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to pay respects to the small hand- J
ful of those surviving. The nextj
generation might torm a pioneer
group which will include any
one over 21 years of age and who
has resided in the county at
least 15 years.
Morrow County needs, but does
not have, a Pioneer Museum.
Many old relics are lost and de
stroyed each year for want of a
place to keep them and for want
of an organization that could
prevent the loss of these valuable i
articles. But if we are forgetting :
who the pioneers were, we I
shouldn't be concerned with their
possessions they left behind. i
Very truly yours,
sam McMillan
was apparent that his publicity
was frozen while Patterson's 'was
page-one-column-one.'. Onlyjive
of Oregon's 115 newspapers fa
vored Kewbry. '
PINCH HITTER UNANDER
Now Sig Unander can have a
vacation. For the past year, as
treasurer, he has been doing tri
ple duty as the third member of
the State Board of Control while
the other two members, Gov. Pat.
terson and Secretary of State
Newbry, were campaigning for
the Republican nomination for
governor.
Remember? The late pianis
simo campaign started long be
fore the deadline for filing by
candidates. Since that far-off
day Sig Unander has been rolling
with the punches from pressure
packers who felt they should be
honored by a full board meeting.
They are the characters who are
cocktailing the big idea of having
a lieutenant governor to act for
the governor at the Capitol while
he is staring at Chamber of Com
merce parties.
VET BOND INTEREST UP
There was an increase in the
rate the State Veterans' Depart
ment must pay for 10 million
dollars worth of bonds sold
Thursday to New York financeres.
The low bid offered an effective
interest rate of 2,757 per cent
which is .297 per cent more than
the rate on bonds sold last Feb
ruary, There were seven bidders
Thursday. The bonds which now
have reached a total of 53 million
dollars are to finance home and
farm loans to veterans.
EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE
The membership of the 1955
session of the Oregon Legislature
may he the most experienced the
state has had. The 14 holdover
members have a combined legis
lative experience of GS years.
Eight of the candidates nominat
ed for Senate seats Friday have
Continued on page 7
THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE IT
Governor Patterson's two to
one win over Secretary of Slate
Earl T. Newbry for the Republi
can nomination for governor end
ed Friday just as it started a year
ago Patterson away out front.
.Newbry 's campaign never got out
of the gate. Early in February it
MY THANKS
I wont to thank the voters
of our county who so graci
ously voted for me in the re
cent election.
I appreciate this splen
did vote of confidence.
OSCAR PETERSON
Standard plans ahead
for tomorrow's
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwestgrowth by 1960 should bring
the population of Washington, Oregon, and
Id;iho up to 6y2 million, with car registra
tions reaching 2'2 million and total annual
income soaring to $9 billion. New techniques
in fishing and logging, new mines, factories
and farms these are keys to a better future
for you. What will Standard's role be in
these developments?
w , ' ti r ' i n i -
Working with vnn fni-
a j WH , v, , a
better Pacific Northwest
In Washington, Oregon. Idaho:
2,923 Standard employ,
$ 14,095,835 annual payroll
4.810 IVific ()rtlnv,.t
slum-holders
$81,620,424 investment i
reiuu-ry and dnt .ihutn.n f.i
$5,000,000 for purchases
from 1100 I.K'al businesses in this
region last year
2,357 ind.-iH-ndenl businessmen
who support themselves
and their ti..",-IO employees by
'lling Standard products '
in plant.
Standard has a big stake in the future Pacific
Northwest. It dates back to the 1880's when
-Standard's horse-drawn wagons brought kero
sene, axle grease, and harness oil to the pioneer
settlers. As the region grew, oil was needed
more and more; and to meet these needs,
standard built pipe lines, tankers, asphalt refin-"-'es.
storage tanks, and distribution plants.
"day, these facilities bring you the finest
Petroleum products. . .and provide the basis for
htandards service to you in the future.
STANDARD OIL COMpauv r. .
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