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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 16, 1954
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIME S j THIRTY YEARS AGO j lone News
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 188.3. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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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.
President Eisenhower's Visit
Most of us who live here under the shadow of
McNary dam, and who have watched It go up day
by day and spillway by spillway, have a tendency
to overlook the fact that it is one of the greatest
developments ever undertaken by man. It Is
not the biggest, yet is is very close to it, and the
importance with which it is rated nationally is
soon to be demonstrated . . . the President of the
United States will be here next Thursday to of
fically dedicate the great structure and to put it
into operation.
Most of us in this section of Oregon have been
to McNary many times in fact so many times
that we have ceased to wonder at the vastness
of the undertaking, yet its importance in the
economy of the northwest, and, in fact, the whole
nation, is such that our President has taken time
out from his job of managing the affairs of our
country to make the trip west to officially place
in operation one of the greatest developments of
all time.
Seldom will we, in this very small section of
the United Slates, be honored by a president, be it
Dwight Eisenhower or those who will follow him,
yet next Thursday President Ike will be at Uma
tilla and he will be speaking primarily to us who
live within the shadow of the dam. We are plan
nng on hearing what he has to say, and it is our
hope th.it most of the residents of this area will
he there too, to witness one of the biggest events
ever to be- held in Eastern Oregon, an occasion
which is expected to draw upwards of 50,000 per
sons.
The president has a message to give to us, its
content we know no more about than does our
neighbor, but we are certain it will be well worth
listening to and waiting for, be you Republican
or Democrat.
President Eisenhower's journey of 3,000 miles
is for our benefit ... by our presence shall make
him welcome.
What Do We Do Now?
During practically all of the past few years
of our operaton of this newspaper we have been
lucky enough (from a newsman's point of view)
to have a news sou ce that has supplied us with
a continuing series of top flight stories the Hepp
ner school problem, and it has been a dandy!
Last Friday the voters of this district, by an
overwhelming vote, approved a bond issue for a
new school and thereby scratched off our list
what has been one of the top news and editorial
questions of the county for quite some time
Actually we can't complain, for we have been
doing our level best to get a new school, but now
that we are going to get it, we can't help but won
der what we're going to use for news in the weeks
to come.
We guess our readers are going to have to be
content to get a story of its construction, offered
up brick by brick, just as they have received the
first part, blow by blow.
We sincerely hope this phase is of shorter dur
ation than was the round just concluded.
From Files of the Gazette Times
Sept. 18, 1924
The Misses Margaret and Ber
nice Woodson departed this week
for Portland and Eugene.
F. K. Morrow and wife of Port
land arrived at Heppner on Tues
day evening on their way to Pen
dleton to attend the Round Up.
Claude Cox, manager of the
Morrow County Creamery, was a
visitor at Fossil during the past
week.
Frank Turner is confined to his
home this week suffering an at
tack of flu.
Postmaster Smead will visit
Pendleton tomorrow and take in
the address of Hon. William J
Bryan.
With the opening of Heppner's
wild west show one week away
all preparations for its presenta
tion are being rapidly completed
and the committee in charge de
clares there will be no doubt
about the superion excellence of
this year's show.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
teen applications are
randomized four times.
applied
.September is beef month in
Oregon. The past week the mar
keting committee of the Morrow
County Livestock Growers asso
ciation distributed material pre
pared by the Oregon Cattleman's
Association calling to the atten
tion of everyone that beef is
plentiful pood and good for you.
lleef promotion material was dis
tributed to restaurants, and meat
markets where they will be dis
played to encourage the use of
more beef by housewives and
those eating meals at restau
rants. W. W. Weatherford is the
chairman of the Morrow County
Llveslockgrowers Association who
issisled in gelling the material
distributed.
make application for agricultural
conservation payment for 1955.
Also discussed at the meeting
will be summer-fallow provisions
which will allow acreage credit
on the first six hundred forty
acres of wheat.
An important meeting will be
held at I he Lexington Grange
hall on Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 21st. II Is scheduled to
begin at 8:;0 p. m. The meeting
callrd by the County ASC office
will be fur the purpose of discus
sing recent developments in the
marketing program and their ef
fect on total allotments and
wheat ecreage allotments for
i :;:. juseuseil will lie provis
ions of the farm program for
1955 and penalties on over seed
ing wheat or total allotments.
Representatives from the ASC,
Soil Conservation Service and Ex
tension Service are expected to
take part in the program. All
inle'i'vlcil in,, invited to attend.
Pisciissed (luring this meeting
will I e i he ACP program for 1955
and the ir; of $520,001) appro
priated for eoiiserv.ilioii practices
on dieited acres. This is in ad
dition to the regular agricultural
(ocervatioti pi act ice payments
that are set up for 1955. Arrange
men's have now been made
wheieby farmers who ar(. plan
ning to seed grass this fall mavl
Sodium chlorate is still one of
the best chemicals for controlling
the small patches of perrenial
weeds or peiennial grass. During
the past week there have been
many ranchers calling at the of
fice for information concerning
its use and application. Several
are buying their supplies of chlo
rate now to be ready to apply it
when fall rains begin. In Mor
row county, applications should
be made in September or October.
The county has a new chemical
spreader which is available for
farmers use.
The rate of application depends
on the weerl to be controlled. For
Morning Glory, Quackgrass, Can
adian Thistle, Russian knapweed
four to five pounds to square rod
are adequate. For white top us
ually eight to ten pounds are
I ... I M f
neeucu. Many iarmers Here are
over treating which is expensive
and results in longer residual ef
fect iir the fitdds.
Although most grains went in
to storage this season in the safe
moisture content of 13 percent or
lower, there is still danger that
moisture mgration in deep bins
may dampen the upper layer suf
ficiently to support mold and in
vite insect infestation. Air mov
ing upward in a mass of grain
due to the ever present tempera
ture differential tend to condense
moisture at or near the cooler or
upper layers. Loow for trouble
within the first 24 inches of the
top of the bin. A therometer
groved in the end of a pointed
stick is handy for locating hot
spots and possible trouble. High
temperature alone does not nec
essarily indicate trouble since the
absorption of sun heat in metal
Lexington
School News
Because of the large number of
first grade students in the Lex
ington school this year, school of
ficials have now formed a sepa
rate first grade class. They were
formerly taught in a combination
first and second class. Other
classes have now been grouped
2nd and 3rd combination; 4th,
5th and 6th combination; and 7th
and 8th together.
Registration this week showed
the following: 1st grade, 16; 2nd
and 3rd 9 each; 4th 10; 5th 4; 6th
9; 7th 6; 8th 10. There are 6
freshmen, 6 sophomores, 5 juniors
and 4 seniors in- high school.
A "coke" party for the high
school students was given Fri
day at the home of superinten
dent Lawrence Brent and plans
for a school carnival were dis
cussed and it was decided that
the event should be held some
time in October. Suggestions
were offered for a dungaree field
day for the purpose of doing odd
jobs and clean up work around
the newly decorated school build
ing. Mr. Brent stated that- he
would like to see a citizenship
award trip to San Francisco ar
arned this year and money
raising plans for a fund to sup-
bins often inereaneu iho in
jure of the grain above normal1 s"cuh an aard wprp discus
level. If there is an indication
of moisture loading near the sur
face of the bin, it can be relocat
ed by t lie use of a perforated
cluct, fitted with a mnall ventila
ting fan. This in most of our con
ditions is not possible and emp
tying the entire bin and refilling
to distribute the location of the
moist grain is generally suffic
ient. However, this is not always
permanent and the grain needs
to be watched.
This week the county agent s
woiking with Dr. Hunter and Dr.
Gerard in staking out fertilizer
plots for the 1955 crop season.
These fertilizer plots will be lo
cated throughout the county
such as the nine grown in Mor
row county this past year. Ap
plications of nitrogen, phospho
rus and sulphur, varying from
twenty to eighty pounds nitrogen
and 50 pounds of phosphorus and
sulphur in varlaus combinations
with nitrogen and without will
again be applied both fall and
spring for yield comparison. Fit-
According to a recent grain
market review prepared by the
agricultural economics depart
ment at Oregon Slate College,
grain crops arc poor throughout
most of "the northern hemisphere.
Only a tenth of England's grain
was harvested by Sept. 1st. Chan
ces of salvaging the remainder
or t no crop is poor as England
winds up one of her wettest sum
mers in years. East Germanv re
ports the iwiorest harvest since
the war. Austria is importing
feed corn for her cattle. Red
China lost most of her rice crop
under a lake larger than Texas.
Rains there were the heaviest in
m juu years. Maybe we can sell
sell these counties some wheat,
sed. The eveninc served as an
excellent opportunity for high
school teachers and students to
get together informally and be
come better acquainted.
Activity schedule: Sept. 17 the
i-1 A teactiers reception in the
auditorium. Sept 23, No classes,
President Eisenhower to dedi
cate Mervary dam, Sept. 21. fresh
man initiation. Sept. 27, 2s,
freshman candv sale.
STAR THEATER, Heppner
During September, Sunday Shows start at 4:00 p. ni.
Boxofiico open until 9:00. Phone 6-9278.
All other Evenings at 7:30
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Sept. 16-17-18
BLACK HORSE CANYON
Joe McCrea, Marl Rlanchard. Technicolor story of a black-nvined outlaw
Plus
GOBS AND GALS
Robert Hutton and Cathy Downs in a lot of featherweight fun.
Bernard iirotlu
Sunday-Monday, Sept. 19-20
KNOCK ON WOOD
D inny Kaye most sensational entertainer of modem times sings, dances, clowns
and does impersonations as only he can' Co-star is charming and attractive Mai
.etterling. 1 on't miss this clever Technicolor comedy.
Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 21-22
DUFFY OF SAN QUENTIN
Louis Hayward. Joanne Dm, Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan. The inside story of
famous.San Quentin prison but not too rugged for feminine interest.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24-25
. DRUMS ACROSS THE RIVER
Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger. Your favorite action stars in Techi
color. Plus
PARIS PLAYBOYS
Oh, Oui ,nui, the Bowery Boys are on a spree of gals, gags and gaiety.
tins week representatives of
the Oregon State College agri
cultural economics department
and the agricultural research ser
vice of the U.S.D. of agriculture
are visiting 1j0 farms in western
Umatilla. Morrow, Sherman, Gil
liam counties. Farmers to be vis
ited were selected at random
from various wheat communit
ies throughout the county. The
survey will l-.e made to deter
mine the adjustments that are
being made by fanners due to
diverted acres, and the use to
which they plan to put the di
verted acres. Alrj fertilizer, spray
ing, and tillage methods as we'll
as the home unit are being con
sidered. The information gather
oil will be used to determine pro
grams that will help in bringing
anout a solution to the problems
facing our fanners now. Thi
survey is the first phase of the
frogram that will eventually it
is hoped, provide information
helpful to farm people.
FOOTBALL!
Now that school has started,
Football season's under way!
Support your team & see the
game
They're playing next Friday!
Start early s0 you will have
time
To get there for the kickoff!
Don't try to make up on the
road
For some delay in take off!
It's so much better to go out
And root for your pet team
Than root along the road
somewhere
and never get to see 'em!
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For All Your Insurance Needs
C. A. RUGGLES
Phone 6-9625 Box 611
Any boy the age of 8, 9 ar 10 is
eligible to join the Cubs. They
meet at the Martin home every
Thursday after school. They are
in need of another Den mother.
Mrs. Etta Bristow is a patient
in The Dalles hospital.
Mrs. Albert Lindstrom is home
from The Dalles hospital where
she was a patient.
Mardine Baker was a patient
in the Pioneer Memorial hospi
tal last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann
spent the weekend in The Dalles
with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Peter
son and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ball-
siger in White Salmon, Wash.
Mrs .Harry Yarnell is visiting
at the home of her son and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yar
nell at Vancouver, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Melina
are the parents of a son. William
Lee, born Sept. 9 at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital in Heppner.
W. E. Melina of lone and Al
Baska of Condon are the grand'
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peterson
and children returned home Sun
day from Portland. They went to
the coast and state fair.
Mrs. W. E. Melina and Julia
Rietmann visited friends in
Hamilton, Montana last week.
i The book, The Song of Ruth, by
slaughter has been added to the
j public library.
...i in,.,- nnn Dnninlson of
11I. aim -
Seaside spent a couple of days
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Warfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carlson and
daughter. Sandra, returned home
last week where they attended
the state fair and visited rela
tives in Eugene and Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Algott Lundell
left for Portland Saturday to
spend a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker
, weeKend huckii,
ing in Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Mn,n
-.c "Minis in La Grand.
'e oi.
thpy atter.
the weekend where
ed an Elks meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. john
and dauehipr
th state fnir l'r. '"' a,t0
v. Wl.pK
Mr. and Mrs
of Roseburg are
Eubar,
Vieit;.
his brother and family T1
Mrs. Wallace Matthews' ';
Miss Gladys Brashcrs nf ,
iamiig ner
Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Ray.
Pareiy
WHEAT TREATING
NEW EQUIPMENT
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ARLINGTON
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Phone 2226
Pendleton
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the last nine years
And hundreds of new ideas are now being developed
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One out of every five people working at
General Electric owes his job to prod
ucts C. E. didn't make before 1915.
coming
years bring as Imuch
Will
progress?
Actually, we believe there will he
more. Many exciting possibilities are
predictable as we learn how to make
full use of atomic energy. Another im
portant new development will be elec
tronic machinery which will make work
easier, production swifter-and create
more jobs. New uses for gas turbines
promise improved air, rail and ship
transportation, and better power plants
for industry. Research will make home
appliances even more helpful.
All these fields-and many others
are so promising that we expect to pro
duce more in the next ten years than in
all the previous 75 years of our exist
ence. As we see it, in a free economy,
America's industrial progress is not only
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than a pe,.;i Prasei Hofs ()e of a fuIl-Sized
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new electronic devices which will make vour life
"'"iv pleasant in the future and give employment
lliouMn.ls of people.
Progress s Our Most Important Product
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