Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 9, 1 954
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Friday's Election is Important
Friday's school district bond election will place
squarely before the people the opportunity to set
tle two very important issues. One Is financial,
the other is moral.
If district No. 1 is to solve its problem of trying
to operate an ever-growing school without asking
local taxpayers for additional funds to replace
those now being held up by the state, the bond
issue for a new grade school must pass. As has
been pointed out previously, the state has with
held basic support money until the district takes
measures to overcome the crowded conditions in
the building. A "yes' vote on the bond issue will
mean that the start has been made and money
which is badly needed to operate on will be re
leased. If the issue Is voted clown, the state will
continue to hold the money, which could eventu
ally be completely lost to the district with a sub
sequent reduction in school functions or a .special
tax lew as an alternative.
The" second, even more important reason, is o"r
moral obligation to our children. They deserve
better than we are giving them ... and we don't
mean just in the looks of the building or the lack
of many recreational and other facilities. It is a
commonly accepted educational fact, and, just
good common sense, that teachers who have to
Try to care for and educate half again as many
children per room as they should have, can't give
those children the time and teaching than they
should receive. Yet, we are sending our children
to school to such conditions with the obvious effect .
that they are going to receive less education than
if they were to go to school in a district which
supplied better facilities. The only way a start can
be made in giving our children an education at
least equal with others in the state, is to first, give
them the necessary facilities room to conduct
reasonable .sized classes so the teachers can seg
regate the children and give them the attention
they need to get a proper education. In the Hepp
ncr schools this can't be done without a new ele
mentary school building to relieve the pressure
on both the lower grades and the high school.
This week's registration figures do much to
point up the ever-increasing need for more class
rooms, for the first day's registration found 24
more children in grade school than were there
last year. These figures don't leave much room
for argument to those who have said that the stu
dent load would decrease. In fact, the end of the
week will probably find another 12 or 15 children
here who were late in registering which could
well make it necessary to again use all three of
Heppner's churches for classrooms along with the
rest of the temporary rooms now in use.
We have heard some say that "the school was
good enough for' my kids, it's good enough for to
day's," but it must be remembered that when the
previous children went to school the plant was
20 or 25 years younger and the consolidation pro
gram voted In recent years has added many child,
rn who formerly were cared for in one-room
schools throughout what is now school district No.
1. Of course the parents of those children will also
help pay for any new building, and their share
will be much less than if they had to support the
former small schools.
Our present, school dilemma demands that
something be done as fast as it is humanly
possible to do it. The first step is to vote "YES"
at the Friday school bond election.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Fair time is over, the kids are
back in school, and attention
turns to the seeding of wheat.
While it appears that the allot
ment program is nut quite settled
and it is quite evident that there
will be some relaxation of re
strictions on total farm allot
ment, it has not yet been deter
mined just what will be the final
outcome.
At this time of the year, there
are always many questions con
cerning such tilings as varieties,
rate, and time of seeding, and
others depending on the season.
Last week, we called your atten
tion to tin' yield results of the
wiiii it wheat nurseries grown at
.North lone and Fightmile. Klmar
was the top yielding established
variety at both of these nurseries.
Ilex did well at Fightmile, Col
den and Ilrevor at lone. Each
year there are a good many bus
hels of seed wheat wasted by
heavier seeding rates than are
necessary. We have had vari
ance in seeding rates from 30 to
!." pounds per acre within a not
too gieat area. Hates of seeding
using .'10 pounds, 15 pounds. W
pound-;, 15 pounds, and !t) pounds
on various feeding dales showed
no average difference between
the low a ltd high rate. Seeding
September first showed that hea
vier rates wcie a little more ne
cessary than when seeding was
done November first. The aver
age for September 1, September
15, October 1, October 15, and No
vember seedings, using 30
pounds, resulted in 2(1.3 bushels
per acre; while the average for
these dales, using !K1 pounds per
acre, resulted in 2!Mi bushels per
acre.
While there was no significant
difference between rate of seed
ing, the dates with the highest
yields were October 1 anil 15 with
yields of 31.fi and 211.5 bushels
per acre, which is significantly
higher than the other dates. This
data is from the Sherman Branch
Experiment Station at Moid.
From the Pendleton Branch Ex
periment Station, 30, GO, 90 and
120 pounds per acre were seeded.
The average yield from the 30
pound rate of seeding was 45
bushel per acre; the 00 pound, 45.4
bushels; the" 90 pound. 41.3 and
the 120 pound, 41.4.
Their conclusion was that the
long time average showed lighter
rales of seeding yielding just as
much as heavier rates. The most
advantages dates of seeding at
that station have also been Octo
ber 1 and October 15 for the long
time average.
The annual sale of the U. S.
Sheep Experiment Station at Du
Ii.iis, Idaho, will be held on Sep
tember 30, beginning at 10:(K) a.
m. Over 700 ewes, consisting of
various ages and broke into lots
from 25 to 200 head, will be sold.
These are Columbia, Targhee,
Rambauillet, and Crossbred ewes.
Ap loximately 30() rams of these
same breeds will also be sold.
Just announced is the annual
Feeder's I my at the Eastern Ore
gon Livestock Experiment Sta
tion at Union. This will be held
September 15, beginning at 9:00
a. m. During the day, lambs on
feeding tests; Columbia and Tar
ghee ewes and ram efficiency
testing; cattle efficiency breed
lug program at the station; and
experimental work on yearling
steers and heifers, fattened on
pasture, will be viewed in the
morning. The afternoon program
includes discussion on the sta
tion projec ts; gains, costs and re
sults of 1953 and 1954 cattle and
sheep feeding tests discussed by
II. G. Avery and Cecil Pierce of
the station. Dr. Kermit Peterson,
state veterinarian, will discuss
Lentosnirosis and other serious
livestock diseases; while Jim!
Oldfield, Oregon State College,
will discuss nutritional problems
in raising and fattening cattle
and sheep. Also on the afternoon
program is a panel discussion on
"What kind of livestock should
we produce for market". This will
be led by Ed Coles, secretary of
the Oregon Cattlemen's Association.
From files of the Gazette Times
September 11, 1924
L. E. Van Matter and D. A.
Wilson went out to the moun
tains on Saturday evening and
on Sunday Van potted a fine
four-prong buck.
The Heppner schools, grades
and high, opened on Monday the
8th, with a largely increased en
rollment over last year.
Charley Vaughn took a run out
to the timber on Wednesday and
killed. a big buck deer.
There was a family reunion,
the first in nine years, at the
home of Lou Davidson of lone,
the first of the week, states the
lone Independent. Those present
from out of town were Mr. and
Mrs. McCurdy of Heppner, Mr.
and Mrs. Ries of Toppenish, and
Mr. and Mrs. Beezley of Grass
Valley. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy
left kneon Tuesday morning.
BEAT THE HEAT
At the Lloyd Howton ranch, sponse to fertilizer. At the Frank
greatest response to nitrogen was I Anderson farm in Eightmile, the
shown in the 20 to 40 pound ap- j plot showed again that 20 pounds
plications.- The 20 pound appli- jof nitrogen in the spring was the
Jas. Sharp will move his family
to town this week from his home
in Sand Hollow to take advant
age of our school facilities.
Here's the way to beat the heat
and still be a perfect hostess. The
pretty model demonstrates electric
housewares received as gifts for
summer time living. With their
help she is able to prepare wonder
ful refreshments and still have time
to spend with her guests. With the
current trend towards more and
more leisure time modern living is
made even easier with the hulp of
over JO such electric housewares.
They can be used outdoors as well
as indoors with equal time and
labor savings advantage.
rates of gain are very good for a
228 day feed, and should make
someone some good herd sires
that will pass along this rate of
gain characteristic.
Results from the nine fertilizer
experiments, carried on in the
couiTy this year, have been sum
marized. Results measured in
bushels of wheat per acre varied
from one farm to the next and did
not show a general trend that
would result in a general recom
mendation for Morrow county or
my one area. It appears now as
though field soil testing is quite
important to determine the am
ount of nitrogen that might be
economically used on each ranch
in Morrow county. Briefly sum
marizing the results, the follow
ing was found: At the Ralph
Crum ranch near lone, 20 pounds
available nitrogen per acre gave
the most economical return of the
15 treatments made. The 32 bus
hels per acre yield compared with
the check plot of 27.2. The ap
plication of nitrogen at this field
raised the test rate per bushel
approximately one pound. At the
Raymond Lundell farm, applica
tions of nitrogen, phosphorus and
sulfur did not appear to be eco
nomical at the site. It was found
at this plot that 80 pounds of
nitrogen, applied in the fall, cut
the yield to 20 bushels compared
to the check plot where no nitro
gen was applied, which yielded
27.9 bushels per acre. On the
other hand, 80 pounds of nitrogen,
applied in tru? spring, showed a
yield of 29.2 bunshels per acre.
cation yielded 33.9, while the 40
pound application yielded 35.7. No
doubt there was a breaking point
between these two figures that
would be most economical. These
yields, compared to 29 bushels
for the untreated plot.
At the Kenneth Batty farm near
Hardman, 60 pounds of nitrogen
applied in the fall gave a 10 bus
hel increase yield over the un
fertilized plot, showing the big
gest response to nitrogen of any
of the plots, this year. At the
Frank Parker ranch the highest
yielding plot was that where 20
pounds nitrogen was applied in
the spring. It showed a yield of
35.2 bushels per acre, compared to
28 bushels on the unfertilized
plot.
At the Dee Cox ranch in Black
horse, there was no apparent re-
most economical, with approxi
mately the same yield as the Par
ker field.
While we have reported the
Glen Campbell and Nelson Bros,
plots earlier in this column, we
might say that the Glen Camp
bell yields showed 20 pounds as
most economical, while the Nel
son Bros, plots did not show an
economical increase In any of the
rates of application. ,
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Mrs. Luola Bengtson, Brenda,
Brent and Hilda of Eugene were
visiting over the Labor Day week
end with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Benge.
Stewart Hardie, publisher of
the Condon Globe Times, of Con
don was in Heppner Saturday to
act as judge of the floats for the
parade.
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Interest in the production of
Safflower in this area is still run
ning high. Word has been re
ceived from the Pacific Oil Seeds
Company, who are interested in
contracting up to 50,00n acres of
Satflower in the Pacific North
west, that they will meet with
coynty agents from Morrow, Gil
liam, Umatilla, Sherman and
Wasco county on September 23
to discuss 1 1 10 program further.
Pacific Oil Seeds have been in
close contact with the farm pro
gram at Washington D. C, and
fee) that the chances of getting
Safflower listed as one of the
crops that can be planted on di
verted acres are vcuv good. How
ever, this mav not be announced
from Washington for severa
months, according to most recent
information available.
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Herbert Ekstrom. lone, who i:
one of the Morrow county ranch
ers producers testing his pure
tired ilereiord neni. is consigning
two bulls to the Burns sale on
September 18. The two bull
wer given a grade ot some
months ago. The bulls on fee
for 22S davs made average dailv
gains of 2S4 and 2.9t. These
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Vun Heflin, Huih Roman, Howard Duff,
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and 15th, even though our operating costs are many times what they
were in 1920, we are reverting to our admission prices at that time!
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 11th and 15th only.
All Children up to 14 years of age will be admitted
for 10c. Everyone H years and over will be admit
ted for 30c.
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