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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 26, 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
NEWSPAPER
ERS
ASSOCIATION
WftpW.SH
VASSOCIAT
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
G RETCH EN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
AsTocNmc)N
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
August 28, 1924
The deer season for district No.
2 which includes this county, will
be open on September 1st, accord
ing to a telegram received the
end of the week by E. Albee,
deputy game warden.
Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Ofiice at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
The Morovv County Livestock
Growers Association sponsored
Livestock Marketing Listing is
progressing quite nicely this
week. It appeared that many of
our livestock men were interested
in the listing but had not taken
the time to list what they would
have for sale.
During the past week, we have
received many letters of inquiry
for livestock for potential buyers.
Such orders as the one from a
Hamilton City, California buyer
which was received today asking
to help locate 300 weaner calves
are being rccuived each day.
Buyers to date have been from
Idaho, Washington and Califor
nia. The listings took on quite
a spurt at the beginning of the
week when farmers found that
definite inquiries were being
made. To date, approximately
2000 head of livestock, mostly
weaner calves have been listed.
Anyone interested can receive a
copy of the listing at the county
agents office. Listings can also
be made at the same place. A
charge of 10c per head on live
stock listed is being made to help
defray expenses of advertising,
making the lists and getting in
formation out to potential buyers.
led the scales which will be used
in weighing all livestock, espec
ially for the 4-H Fat Stock Auc
tion Sale.. Bernard Uoherty and
Raymond Ferguson, on Tuesday,
hauling straw for bedding which
was furnished by Steve Thomp
son. Everyone is hoping for a
break in the weather and for
many good exhibits. We hope
you have taken advantage of 1he
past few days when weather
would not permit harvest or other
field work, to select your wheat
exhibit, and others as well.
Wheat, hay, and other exhibits of
that type can be left at the fair
pavilion at any time In case you
can not bring them In the day
the fair opens. We hope that we
will really see the agricultural
products of Morrow county at
each of our county fairs, The
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo,
which will he held at Heppner on
September 2, 3. and 4; and the
North Morrow County Fair which
will be held at Boardman on Sep
tember 10 and 11.
Fair time is drawing near,
lot of interest is being shown this
year, in the commercial and or
ganization booth department.
Work at the fair grounds is pro
gressing so that they will be in
readiness when the show opens
September 1st. This is the day
that 4-H club activities start.
Several 1 11 leaders along with
fair board members have been
active in working at the grounds
Each day our farmers eagerly
watch the newspapers for de
velopments of a new or changed
farm program that might affect
them and their economy. Our
A I economy has changed quite
rapidly. E. R. Jaekman, Veteran
Range and Crop specialist from
Oregon Stale College, points out
that we are in somewhat of a
predicament now because of seve
ral things. One of them being
that we have disposed of about
17 million horses In a short per
iod of time. These horses ate the
produce from 50 million acres of
land. Two, we have geared our
production to war time needs and
during the past few days. On
Monday, Bernard Doiierty instal-1 we aren't at war right now. And
KEEP OUT OF THE STOCKADE AND
HORSE TROUGH ....
GET YOUR
Western Clothes
TODAY AT WILSON'S
WESTERN
Shirts
$4.95 up
LADIES WESTERN
BLOUSES $3.95 UP
FELTS AND ' STRAWS
HATS from $2.95
WESTERN TIES $1-$1.50
Levis and Lee Riders
LADIES LEVI RIDERS
JUST RECEIVED
NEW SHIPMENT
STETSON WESTERN FELT
HATS only $12.50
WilsonsMens Wear
The Store of Personal Service
three, machinery and fertilizer
have enabled farmers to produce
more.
On the bright side, Mr. Jack
man sees this situation only as
temporary. He feels that in
about 1.') more years, we will
have entirely different situation
due to large population with no
additional land. Our production
Is going up 1 percent a year but
our population is rising faster.
The situation we are now in has
been frequently called the price
cost squeeze. While we are
waiting for this situation to work
itself out, there are ways that
our farmers can help themselves.
There are a lot of things that
cane be done. First, we see a
great number of surface and
trench silos in store for the near
future. They are less cost to
build, less expensive to feed into
or out of and provide a lot of
good high protein feed for any
kind of livestock operation. Each
year new and better ways are
found to get ensilage in and out
at a minimum of cost, and equip
ment. The self feeder silo and
self-feeder haystack are coming
popular fast. Much is left to be
done in the way of range rejuve
nation in most of Eastern Oregon.
We here in Morrow county
have a good lot of range improve
ment that can- be done. Sage
and rabbit brush removal would
provide a much higher carrying
capacity on many many acres
here. Reseeding compared to
natural revcgetation should be
studied. Saving our natural
grass by providing spring feed
from temporary pastures, crest
ed wheat or irrigated pastures
offer much. We will be discus
sing other possibilities of beating
the price-cost squeeze from time
to time. Those of you who are
not being caught in this price
cost squeeze will not be Inter
ested. Some may be.
Last week, Robert Every, exten
sion entomologist, Oregon State
College, spent a few hours with
the agent to check kills from the
recent grasshopper control pro
gram. Mr. Every, as state leader
of grasshopper control, was very
happy with the type of contol
program carried out here. He
was especially pleased with the
control in the areas which were
sprayed. Random stops were
made and an average of 14
grasshoppers per square foot
were found to have been killed
by the Aldrin spray program.
With the farm program for at
least 19.")5 settled in Congress
last week, farmers are in a posi
tion now to look ahead to the
type of operations that they can
earn' on. During the past week,
J I have had an opportunity to talk
to several farmers who have
j called at the office in regards to
the farm program as it passed.
1 While some points, especially the
! two price system that the Oregon
Whe it Growers League was work
ing for, were not passed, many
are happy for the summeifallow
; amendment that passed. This
amendment will increase the
j acreage of most individual farm
ers in Oregon by about 6''!. It
Sis estimated that this will bring
i an added income of around 2 and
'.one half million dollars state
wide. The Oregon Wheat Grow
ers League, who was directly re
sponsible for this amendment,
feel that their efforts were worth
while. Farmers who are mem
bers of this organization should
feel that their membership has
been paid for years and years In
this one action alone.
The business men of Heppner
are joining in boosting the Rodeo
this year.
FALL?
Maybe it shouldn't be
Mentioned at ail
But the weather's beginning
To feel like fall!
Use of the furnace or stove
Will soon be due
Have you checked the stove
And cleaned the flue?
That's just as important
as winter attire
Might keep you from having
A costly flue fire!
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For All Your Insurance Needs
C. A. RUGGLES
Phone 6-9625 ' Box 611
Heppner, Oregon
Mrs. P. Quaid, now of Portland,
fomerly of Heppner, is a visitor
here today. Coming to Pendleton
for the first time in 40 years.
R. L. Burkhart and wife of
Albany spent Sunday and a por
tion of Monday in Heppner en
joying a visit with their old-time
friends, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston.
! 1953-54 expeiments were conduc
ted. One objective of this re
j search program is to sample the
I fertilizer response of the area as
widely as possible. This can best
j be done by going on different
(farms each year. Another rea
son for going on different larms
is in that way, a new group of far
mers will become interested in
the result of the program. We
hope, that we can line up lots
soon. The plots should be asses
sible to points where fertilizer
applications and plot combine
can be taken by trailer. Location
on a main traveled road is desir
able so that people may watch
results.
The agent will be judging 4-H
and open class livestock and con
tests at the Wasco County Fair at
Tyhe Valley on Friday and Satur
day, August 27 and 28.
Chas. Vaughn and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Stone, Earl Gilliam
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Orve Rasmus
are among the Heppnerites who
departed the end of the week for
a fortnights sojourn at Lehman
Springs.
Mrs. Ebl and son accompanied
by Mrs. Driscoll and children all
of Heppner, were doing business
in Cecil on Tuesday.
The Oregon Wheat Growers
League have had representatives
in Washington continuously
watching legislation since in
May. They are being credited
with acquainting most of the
people in Washington with what
the problems of a wheat farmer
are especially those in a summer
fallow area.
With the announcement of two
livestock research workers in the
Squaw Butte Harney Branch Ex
periment Station at Burns, the
station will be assured of being
able to continue its livestock
breeding program. The station
has also been giving increased
attention to nutrition work. In
cluded for special studies which
should be of much interest to
Morrow county farmers are cara
tene or vitamin A content of hay,
forage digestibility, use of sup
plemental feeds, proteins, grains
and molasses, the place of silage
in the area of beef production
from seeded range lands. This
station carries out many beef ex
perimental projects that are di
rectly related to our range opera
tions. Last week we announced that
we are looking for cooperators
for the wheat fertilizer experi
ments such as the nine carried
out in Morrow county this year.
We would like to get on ranches
different from those where the
100 Gather For
"George's Gallop
And Gulp" Sunday
Nearly 100 persons crowded
the W. O. George lawn on Sun
day, Aug. 15 to attend George's
Gallop and Gulp, a potluck lunch
and afternoon of riding and
sports. The hosts were assisted
by Mr. and Mrs. Ro'ce Fulleton.
Preceeding the picnic lunch 29
riders gathered for a six-mile
morning ride and afternoon
events found the following win
ning in the listed classes:
Ladies' and Men's pleasure
horse class, Bonnie Barratt, first,
tie for second by Fred Hartman
and Kaye Anderson.
Junior sack race, Marlene
Fetsch and Sherry Hartman; Kit
George and Bobby Fetsch; Eric
Anderson and David George. -
Junior barrel race: Pat Steagall
and Joyce Washburn; Janice
Beamer and Kit George.
Junior bending stake race: Kit
George, Janice Beamer.
Junior calf roping: Kit George.
Ladies' bending stake race:
Bonnie Barratt.
Men's bending stake race: Bob
Gammell.
Stake race in teams and bar
rel race in teams, Ralph Beamer
and Oscar George.
Calf roping, first won by Jim
Farley, Oscar George, Ralph
Beamer, and Floyd Jones.
Head and heel, Bruce Lindsay
and George Warner.
Timers for the events were Mrs.
Bill Mealy and Mrs, Roice Fulle
ton; score keepers were Mrs. Pat
O'Brien and Mrs. Archie Munk
ers; Howard Bryant served as the
field flagman; Malcolm O'Brien
as barrier flagman; Roice Fulle
ton and Cornett Green were the
judges and Oliver Creswick ser
ved as announcer.
o
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
and family were in Portland last
week on a business' trip.
SUNDAY SCHOOL Tim:
IS CHANGED
Mrs Frank Anderson, All
Saints Episcopal Sunday school
superintendent, has announced
that the church Sunday school
will meet at 9:45 starting August
29 which is also Rally Day
During the summer it had been
taking up at 11 o'clock
ORWICK'S HAVE DINNER
GUESTS SATURDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orwick had
as their dinner guests Saturday
evening, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hud
dleston and Karen, North Holly
wood, Calif. Ale and Mrs. Ken
neth Orwick, Mather Air Force
Base, Calif.; Sgt. James Orwick,
Ft. Hood, Texas; Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Orwick and the host and
hostesses.
the
1954
COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Court Proceedings for
Month of July, 1954.
The minutes of the June,
term were read and approved.
The Court ordered the follow
ing city levies to be extended by
the Assessor:
City of Heppner $14,061.00
City of Lexington $4,141.00
Citv of lone $1,530.00
City of Boardman $2,104.00
The Court orders the levy of
.088 cent per acre levy on all tax
able property for the Fire Patrol
purposes as set out by the state
Forester.
The Court orders the levy of $1,
152.28 of the Irrigon Rural Fire
Protection District for the Fiscal
year July 1, 1954 to June 30, 1955,
as extended on the Tax Rolls.
The Court ordered the Rural
School District levy $383,840.00
for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1954
to June 30, 1955 to be placed upon
the tax rolls for the County,
which said levy includes all of
the school districts of the County
The Court orders a levy of $5,
875.00 for the payment of bonds
and interest for the School Dis
trict No. 10; $12,182.50 for the
payment of bonds and interest
for School District No. 25; and
$29,397.50 for the payment of the
bonds and interest tor school Dis
trict No. 35.
The Court orders a 3 mill levy
on all taxable property in the
Boardman Cemetery Mainten
ance and the Heppner Cemetery
Maintenance District.
The Court authorized the ad
vance of $14,300.00 to the Oregon
State Highway Commission as
Morrow County share, or 20 of
the $71,500.00 cost of the Jordan
Keck Canyon Section of the
Rhea Creek County road in ac
cordance, with the agreement.
The County- Court approved the
lease of the property known as
the Henry Clark place for $100.00
to Oliver Creswick for 1 year and
the District Attorney is instructed
to prepare an agreement for the
same.
The County Court accepted the
resignation of R. S. Thompson
from the Morrow County Fair
Board and appointed W. e.
Hughes to serve the unexpired
term of Mr. Thompson.
The County Court approved the
application of Ola Jones for a
stock guard across a county road
on the upper Little Butter Creek
Road with requirements that it be
constructed in accordance with
county specifications.
The County Court approved the
application of Hugh Peron for a
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