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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 2, 1954 Page 2 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 FjNIWlPAM ASSOCIATION ROBERT fENLAND Editor and Publisher CRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocatlon THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times .. December 1924 Some 75 oeoole of the Clarks Canyon neighborhood assembled for a community dinner on Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eskelsqn. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Ofrice at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. SuSptioSes: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00' Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. Voters and Public Power Socialized electric power production was an issue in the late campaign. And as a consequence of the voters' decisions in a number of contests concerning candidates, it is being argued that Congress has a mandate to aggressively push ahead with federal power development. However, an analysis of what happened in cer tain Iey areas hardly bears that view out. Oregon is perhaps the outstanding example. In a photo-finish race which held the attention of the whole country until the last ballots were count ed, a candidate for the U. S. Senate who unequivo cally favors government power defeated the In cumbent. But many other issues and considera tions played their part in the campaign and the evidence indicates that these greatly overshad owed the question of public-vs-private electric power. Direct public ownership measures were on the ballot in three Oregon areas and in every in stance were badly beaten. In one case, the mea siirp nrnvided for the annexation of a private uti lity's service area by a people's utility district, and it was voted down for tne linn time Dy a iour-io In. In the second case, a DroDosed reve nnf bond Issue for such a district was Given the thumbs down treatment by better than three to two In the third case, a proposal to aissoive a people's utility district carried by two to one. It is a fact of record that, over the years, the voters hnvp usuallv vetoed measures to put gov ernment into the power business when the issue was put before them in a straight-lorwara tasn inn. and was not confused bv other matters. What ever the last election proved or didn't prove, it's impossible to find a mandate tor socialism in n. Mrs. Maude Painter of Salem was visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cutsforth Friday ana Saturday returning to her home on Sunday. W. E. and Leonard McMillan of Lexington spent two days last week visiting their sister, Mrs. Elmer Pomeroy at Kelso, wash. From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson From the interest shown by Morrow County Wheat growers, the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, being held in Portland this week, should be a successful one. A good per centage of the wheat farmers which I have visited with are planning on taking in part or all of tile sessions, which will be held at the Multnomah Hotel In Portland, December 2, 3, and 4. On Wednesday of last week, Jim Elings, extension animal hus bamlryrnan, Oregon State College spent the day in the county, working with the county agent on livestock improvement pro grams under way here. Grading was done at the Frank Anderson and Herbert Ekslrom ranches. These ranches have carried out a grading and efficiency test pro gram for a number of years. At the Frank Anderson ranch the 1954 calf crop was graded with all grading 2 or 2-plus with the exception of two neaa. a good many of these were 2-plus grades. At the Herb Ekstrom ranch, quality ran high, yuanty has surely Improved in these two herds, also in the majority oi herds in the county. While only a few years ago the majority of calves graded 2 and 2-,' now 2 and 2-plus are most common. Each herd contains several outstanding prospects for both bulls and hei fors. In comparing feed effici encv tests, some remarkable comparisons were made. There were calves that showed as much as one hundred pounds difference in gains at the same age. low herds on these ranches are being culled in line with the ability to wean the heaviest call at a given age. An Interesting meeting was I'm buying a new car av ilMM ..with a low-cost auto- letm fror. Bir.br N"ifi,o'ra' Satisfy chat urge to awn a t-ifjlit, shiny new cur. lt' easy, wuli low-cost auto loan from ttcst National. Just Iciovle over the new models and make yiur liioiic. Then tM ytmu dealer you prefer to finance with f.'rst National. Or atffc about auto loans at your nc.ly First National Hrarah any 1'jr.nvs low bank- tales ma'k it v.t.n m'fuie Jut.fcii ffije ism y.cij(i'vi' tksmvex:l a'tewi! iTEUUTMATIOWALnAlilC w Ha oaoam ro4im held Tuesday evening, of this week while Dr. A. G. Beagle, of the Bureau of Animal Industry Dr. Kermit Peterson, state veteri narian. Department of Agricul ture, met with the Morrow county livestock disease control commit tee. At this meeting, arrange ments were completed and of ficial appointments made in or der that Dr. J. W. Norene prac ticing veterinarian of Heppner was assigned a portion of Mor row county for Bangs testing This was made possible through recent funds which are helm? used to hire practicing vet erinarians to assist with Bangs testing. Dr, Norene .was assigned the area south and east of high way 207, starting at the Umatilla county line at the Lexington-Jar man junction, continuing to Ruggs and everything south of highway 206, from Ruggs to the Gilliam county-line. Dr. Marugg will have the remaining portion of countv. The disease control committee hopes to complete all tests by early January in order that the county might be declared certified Bangs free area, the first beef area in Eastern Oregon to be designated as such. Dr. Beagle and Dr. Peterson are meeting livestock groups through. out Eastern Oregon arranging agreements whereby testing can be carried out under.this new ar rangement. It appears as though there will be many cattle teste throughout the entire United States through the appropriation of these funds. Fifteen million dollars will be spent on this pro gram in the next two years in cleaning up Bangs disease. The program is aimed at complete eradication and these veterinar ians feel that it is only a short time until the program will be compulsory throughout the whole United States. It appears that Morrow county iyestockmen are again one jump ahead of 'the other counties and states. Dates for the annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association, have been definitely confirmed for January 13 a-nd 14. On January 13 the meat marketing conference and mea cu-Uing, wrapping and cookery demonstration will be hekl This will be held at the fair pavilion in Heppner with all Morrow County people invited to attend. On January 14, the an nual busi-ness meeting with com mittee reports will be held with the annual banquet held that evening. The meat marketing conference committee is meeting i houses and corrals that will fit I the need of either of the small or large operator. These are avail able from this office. Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Olden were hosts on Thanksgiving to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Hayden of 'la coma, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hay den and family and Mrs. I. T. Wood of Gresham. and a real family reunion was enjoyed at the Olden home. Gene Matteson was down from the mountatn section on Monday. While there has been no sales or contracting of wool at Hepp ner this week, there has been of fers and the attendency of the market at this point is up. Miss Annie C. Hvnd of Butterby Flats entertained the following guests at dinner on Sunday, the Misses Violet Hynd, of lone; Thelma Miller of Heppner; Rhoda Beck of Cecil; Annie C. and Min nie H. Lowe of Cecil; Cecil Lieu- allen of Pendleton and Emry Gen try of Heppner. December 6, to begin their work n assembleing a panel discus sion as a part of this program. The State Department of Agri culture, Salem, reminds farmers that there is just the month of De cember to record your brand. Re- recording of he brand which you have had on file is due before December 31st. Interest in farm building plans continues to run high. In the last week or so, there has been many demands for farm poutry laying houses and corrals. We now have some new plans for laying This is the annual report time. Each year the county agent is re quired to prepare an annual re port so that those providing funds for the program can review ac complishments and whether or not they are worth while of con tinuing the program. Those who cooperate in providing funds for the Extension Service program are Morrow County, the State of Oregon, and the Federal Govern ment. In tabulating records for this purpose, it was found that during the Extension year, which runs from December 1st to No vember 31st, that 5292 office calls were received, 448b telephone calls, while 377 farm visits were made by the agent. During this same period, 35 new articles wpre released to the various newspapers, covering this area. One of the prime purposes for which extension was set up was to train adult and 4-H local lead ers to carry on programs within th various communities. During the year, four training meetings were held for 4-H leaders with an attendance of 170 leaders. Meetings being one of the main contacts in Extension work, dur ing this past year 114 adult meet ings with 1954 in attendance. During the year, 8850 bulletins were distributed and 21 adults result demonstrations established These demonstrations were for the purpose of providing informa tion to farmers in order that they might observe such things as fertilizer applications and its ef fect on yields, the comparison of various grasses and legumes ad apted to the community and such as wheat varietal comparisons. In carrying out the extension pro gram during the year 218 days were spent with adults, M witn 4-H club workers. One hundred sixty-seven days were spent in the office, ' one hundred forty three days in the field. 4-H Clubs being one of the main methods of teaching farm and homemaking practices to our youth, 33 clubs were organized with 276 4-H club members enrolled. Of these 254 club members completed the pro ject in which they were enrolled. In carrying out the extension Continued on page 7 All Saint's Episcopal Church ANNUAL Bazaar & Tea Sat. Dec. 4 2:00 P. M. Parish Hall Q3EIEB I 9Mi 0UIAUT0 INSURANCE w - Careful driving saves lives. If you are a safe driver, you can cut costs on your auto insurance, safeco member of the general of America group of insurance companies offers you best protection available, nationwide 24-hour claims service, and the experienced personal counsel of your local agent or broker , . . and you save money. 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