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Heppne'r, Gazette Times, Thursday, July 22, 1954
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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From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Last weeks wheat acreage al-1 Jackman had this to say "at this
lotment meeting held at the Lex- place grazing alfalfa was planted
ington Grange hall was very well ! adjacent to the buildings in a
attended by farmers who turned j little swale that was naturally
out to see what was in store for moist most of the time from un
them in 1955. derground seepage. Pasturing
A few wondered why it would ; had been rather intensive by do
not bo possible to grow cash feed jmestic livestock but the alfalfa
crops on diverted acres, in rj;;. i nan spread, maKing a souu sianu
An indication of why this is not
possible for 1955 is shown in a re
cent report from the economics
department of Oregon State Col
lege. The weekly report shows
that on July 1st, feed grains were
indicated to be the largest propor
tion of the total volume of crops
for the nation. The carry over
of feed grains in farm stocks is
also large for most commodities.
Some of the crop production is
given which shows the nations
corn crop was indicated at 3.3
billion bushels up 4 percent from
last years total.
in Oregon, the corn crop for
1954 was up 11 from a year ago.
Farm stocks of corn for the nation
was reported to be the third lar
gest of record. The nations oat
crop appears to be a record crop.
It will be up 27 from last years
total output nationally and up
about 45 larger than a year ago.
in Oregon. The nations barley
crop will be 55 larger than last
years crop. OrcgoA's barley crop
will be 53 larger than last year's
output and 73 above average.
These are some of the reasons
with a perfect mass of interlock
ing roots. This is the best ex
ample I have seen in the state of
the possibilities of Nomad alfalfa
as it is evident that gophers nor
livestock grazing nor anything
else could affect the stand as of
present. At the edge of this plot
a farm pond had recently been
put in and in the excavation work
soil was piled about a foot deep
on some of the alfalfa. Also some
of it had been bulldozed out to
form the water basin. The Nomad,
although heavily covered, had
come up through the soil and was
again occupying the land. In the
large pile of soil piled up by the
dozer on one side, many plants,
although cut off completely, were
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From theGazette Times Files of
July 24, 1924
Harold Cohn and Paul Gemmell
are maintaining camps in the
mountains for their families and
the two gentlemen make the trip
to them every evening.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Whittington
of Bend were saying hello to old
Heppner friends Saturday.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo drove to
Portland last Wednesday and
took part in the Northwest handi
cap trap shoot at Everding park
the last of the week.
Elmer Peterson and Noel Do
byns were in Heppner Sunday
evening, having a day off from
their harvest labors in Eight Mile.
J. B. Huddleston, Lone Rock
sheepman, was in the city the
last of the week. Several grave
political and other issues were
settled during his visit, Bruce
Kelley helped to solve them.
Rev. W. W. Head.pastor of the
Congregational church in lone
nnH cnvt Toe Uoarl nttMSclion rf
ZTtinl?LT ,.nih.e I the lone Independent, were Hepp-
dry pile of dirt". Nomad is per
forming like this under many
conditions here and in surround
ing counties. This is one of the
reasons that I believe there has
been so much interest in the va
riety and only recently, orders
totaling 700 pounds of this variety
have been ordered to be seeded on
wheat diverted acres and new
that cash feed crops can not be I Pasture seedings
grown on diverted acres in 1955.
. On May 13, 14 and 15, a tour
was held in Morrow County to
make comparisons of the five al
falfa variety plantings which
were sponsored in 1953 and 54 by
the Morrow County Livestock
Growers Association. E. R. Jack
man, Veteran Range and Crop
Specialist, from the college, was
on the tour. A field report made
by him recently carries some in
teresting comments which I think
Morrow Coiinly Livestock men
should be interested in. Mr. Jack
man says that Morrow County
has done the best job in the state
in getting these alfalfa plantings
scattered over every conceivable
condition in the county.
Commenting on a planting put
Delbert Emert of lone is plan
ning to seed around 200 acres of
diverted wheat land now in sum
mer fallow, Ralph Beamer of
Heppner will seed 107 acres of
diverted wheat land and Orville
Smith will seed 40 acres of desert
land near Ordnance to this vari
oty.
ner visitors yesterday.
elation Marketing Listing service
which has been offered to all the
livestock operators. Very few
have prevailed themselves of this
service to date.
The Oregon State College Agri
cultural Economics department
reports that contracting of cattle
for fall delivery has slowed down
considerably. Contracting this
year has been quite spotted this
year with only a few deals made
in any one area. This may mean
that the contractors are anticipat
ing lower prices due to forced
marketing this fall. This would
appear that it would be all the
in by Lloyd llowton on the farm ' more helpful to use the Morrow
now owned by Bob Kilkenny, Mr. County Livestock Growers Asso-
Those, of you who have been
calling at this office with insect
problems, might be interested in
the following information:
Each pound of insects cause the
loss of 5 pounds of vegetation.
Seventeen grasshoppers per
square yard can eat one ton of
alfalfa per acre per each day. In
sects in the United States nulify
the labor of at least one million
working men each year. More
trees are killed by insects each
year than those destroyed by for
est fire. There are eighty-six
IN HOMETOWN MERICA
F Irak"-
fRIEKA.YfREP's rVVgX t
The SoooOup Sumn
of another world war will stop, a , T. Newbry.
rtmocratic victory in this state. I For a number of years, some
sTate Sena or Gene Brown of, plan of preventing the possibil
1LTp1 does not agree, ity of illegal alteration, and of
' r ...u. . nmtorf no thP
u 7, ,...; Mrall who i protecting
Wlin iom w nmal wppp and tear has hOCn
license against
.u. n.,Kiin nnminat on normal wear anu tear n.
r." mm nnmah. who! sought. Newbry said the usual
has o eni; advd for a cam-! forms of lamination
7 r ... ) liv.rrirr onrl COStlV.
paign witnout niuu-Buusf, "
were too
nnrsonal attacks.
Brown is being accused of be
ing apprehensive of a Democtatic I gon
victory in Oregon mis t--u.
Having said, "A high plane cam
paign is fine until you lose."
McKAY IN ALASKA
Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. McKay accompanied by Mis
Alene Phillips, his personal secre
tary, and Larry Smith of the puD
The plan recently discovered
can be used at very low cost. Ore-
will be the first state to fur
nish motor vehicle drivers with a
laminated driver license.
MEAT DEALERS ARRESTED
Two Salem meat dealers a few
blocks from the State Agriculture
Department headquarters were
arrested Friday by department of
ficials who charged that they
nd more than meat in the mar-
li relatione hlirpail. ICtt baiem lm
Friday to leave by plane from kefs hamburgers.
Seattle Saturday for Alaska I One dealer was accused of mix
where McKay will confer with ! ing sodium benzoate, a preserva
territorial officials. The party jtive, into hamburgers without
will remain in Alaska and re
turn to Salem in time to attend
the opening of the Oregon State
Fair, Sept. 4. The McKays will
then go to their summer home
at Neskowin for the month of
August. McKay said he will
make two trips to California dur
ing his stay in the West.
NEW STATE SERVICE
notifying buyers of the addition.
The other dealer was charged
with selling adulterated food. An
alysis of hamburger, the officials
said, showed it contained soy pro
ducts. END OF SPRUCE BUDWORM
The last spruce budworm in
fected area in Oregon is being
treated with control spray on a
Issuance of a tamper-proof t 05,000 tract near La Grande. This
specially laminated driver license, operation is expected to end the
will begin about September 1, ac-j devastating epidemic which
cording to Secretary of State Earl I Continued on Page 5
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POLITICAL STATIC
There must have been a' couple
of gnats on the bifocals of the
political pundit who directed his
press agent to quote him thus,
"From now on the general elec
tion campaign will be wild Don
nybrook fair drag out."
Less than four months remain
and the present campaign is
dragging at the same old tempo
of the primary procession that
ended with an imitation of Cus
ter's Last Stand.
There has been little more than
a squlrmish of quotes and accusa
tions of misquitoes between Re
publicans, Democrats, Demubli
cans and Indepublicrats.
The first and only real hurrah
interest, however, went to thp
thousand main species of insectsDemocrats whose state cha
in the United States, ten thousand
of these are considered public
enemies. Now after hearing this,
your insect problem isn't as bad
as you thought it was, is it?
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INSURANCE RATES
REDUCED
To 30c Per $100 Insurance
COVERS ALL GRAINS
Wheat farmers in the Columbia
Basin low rainfall areas can save
money with light seeding rates
and still maintain yields accord
ing to the trials at the Sherman
Branch Experiment Station at
Moro. Winter seeding rates of
wheat at the rates of 39 pounds
per acre yielded just as high as
90 pounds rates in two year trials.
The test also included the rates
of 45, fo and 75 pounds with all
seedings yielding between 34 to
36 bushels per acre for the two
year average. Date of seeding is
more important the station has
found. Seeding made October 1
and 15 showed significant yield
increases in the 1953 harvest over
the seedings of September 1 and
15 and November 1st. Relatively
the same experimental informa
tion has been found at the Pen
dleton Branch Experiment Station,
airman.
Howard Morgan, reports that 4000
persons paid $2.50 each to hear
Adlai Stevenson's outdoor ad
dress in Eugene Saturday after
noon July 10.
PLUS
15Dividend
ON YOUR PREMIUM
INSURE TODAY!
TURNER, VAN MARTER
AND BRYANT
BONDS INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
PHONE 6-9652 HEPPNER
The wheat referendum is this
Friday. If you are a wheat grow
er, be sure to vote. Every wheat
grower will be affected by the
outcome. Polls are open 9:00 a.
m. to 8:00 p. m. Voting places are
lone Legion Hall, American Le
gion Hall at Heppner and Lexing
ton Grange Hall.
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-Yates Utility
Fishermen's Boats
-Norseman Boats
-Valco Aluminum
Boats
-Pierce Boat Trailers
-Boat Engines, Trail-;
ers, Accessories on
display
Outboard Service
Mercury Motors
Sales and Service
Easy Credit Terms 24
Months to Pay.
MOTOR SERVICE
PARKERSBURG
STEEL BUILDINGS
FOR
Grain Storage
MACHINERY STORAGE, ETC.,
Etected On Your Property For As Low As
25c per bushel
Low down payment ... up to 40 years to pay. Cost of
buildirg is an approved tax deduction and can be amortized
over 5 year period. Save up to 15 cents per bushel by storing
wheat on your (arm now! Call or write
LEWIS HOPKINS COMPANY
221 S. Third St.
Pasco, Wash.
Phone 3318
State Senator Philip Hitchcock
of Klamath Falls who will move
to Portland to join the faculty of
Reed College resigned from the
Senate last Friday. Former Rep
resentative Alva C. Goodrich is
the present leading Republican
discussed to succeed Sen. Hitch
cock while Harry D. Bovin of
Klamath Falls, former speaker of
of the House, has ben selected
by a group of Democrats.
Ralph H. Cake, member of the
board of directors of the Panama
Canal Co. and former Republican
state chairman has been asked
to set in on Republican strategy
for his home state.
Henry Hess, former U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for Oregon, who re
cently took over as general chair
man of the Carson for Governor
committee believes nothing short
YOU'RE INVITED!
AIR CONDITIONED WALLOWA
COUNTY'S
9TH ANNUAL -
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JOSEPH, OREGON
July 30-31, Aug. 1
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...and Standard has been first
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