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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 30, 1954
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAtER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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Editor and Publisher
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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.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
As January 1 nears, more farm
families are talking about the
new amendment made to the
Social Security law. The law
passed in 1954 now brings Fede
ral Old Age and Survivors Insur
ance to most farm families. It
takes effect January 1, 1955. Farm
operators, those people farming
for themselves, have not been
covered by the Social Security
law to now. After the first of the
year practically all of them who
make as much as $'100 profit in a
year , will come under Old Age
and Survivors Insurance. Farm
employees are all ready covered
by the law if they work regular
ly for one farm operator. The
law brings Old Age and Survivors
Insurance protection to all farm
workers who earn as much as
$10 cash pay in a year from any
one farmer, whether the work is
regular or not. A leaflet of facts
for farm families on the 1954
amendments to the Social Secur
ity law can be obtained from
Vernon Welo, District Manager,
Post Office Box 927, Room 2, Ob
server Building, 171o Sixth Street,
La Grande, Oregon. This is the
district office for Morrow and ad-
jaining counties.
For those who have been put
ting off the job or are new in the
sheep business, tagging should
be done two to six weeks before
lambing time. This tagging or
removal of manure or dung locks
from the hind parts and udder
region pays dividends. Newborn
lambs are able to find the udder
easier and quicker when the ewe
has been tagged. By getting a
stomach full of milk instead of a
mouth full of wool, lambs get off
to a better start. In some cases
it may even mean the difference
between saving a lamb or losing
it.
the solution to their first crop hay
making. They have gone so far as
to plan the type of machinery
they will use and select sites
where trench silos will be dug.
John agrees that silage feeding
is as close to the phrase of "June
in January" for livestock that can
ever materialize. Ensilage is
comparable to green grass in all
ways.
Fair exhibitors in the popular
C & H Sugar contest will be sorry
to hear that the C & II Sugar Com.
pany are discontinuing their con
test which offered several awards
at many state and county fairs
during the past years. The
awards of 300 pounds of sugar,
100 pounds to each of three win
ners in special contests, have
brought many exhibits to our
county fair.
-Much interest is being shown
in the feeder operations carried
on by Del bert Emert of lone.
Hardly a day passes but someone
visits the operations to observe
the labor saving methods that are
used. Of much interest to most
of these visitors is the grass-le
gume ensilage and to see how it
turned out and watch it being
taken out of the trench silo. Sev
eral farm operators who have
thought seriously of building a
trench silo for their first cutting
of alfalfa are becoming convinced
that this is the thing t0 do. We
predicted a few years ago that
with tons and tons of hay spoiled
completely or partially by the
rain by losing leaves and the
high quality protein, that more
and more farmers would come to
the use of trench silos for storing
their first crop of alfalfa. If in
terest in the Emert silo is any in
dication, there will be several
made In 1955.
One of the ranchers who is con
vinced is John Krebs of Krebs
Brothers near Cecil. They put up
hundreds of tons of alfalfa hay
every year and visiting recently
at the office, John says that they
have agreed that a trench silo is
For those farmers who have
wished from year to year that
they had windbreak established
around their farmstead, there is
no better time than the present
for getting this started, There are
many many farmers in Morrow
county that need windbreaks to
make their farm and farm homes
more comfortable working and
living; providing better condi
tions for livestock, add value to
the ranch, require less fuel to
heat, have better garden, flower
and fruit conditions, and as an
aid in the control of soil blowing
into the farm yard. There are
many good examples of farm
windbreaks about the county
that are demonstrations that
windbreaks can be successfully
grown. They also demonstrate
that they grow rather rapidly es
pecially when given some encour.
agement through good clean til
lage and a little water where it
Is available. The water is not
needed, however, it does speed up
the growth of many of our tree
seedlings.
The county agent would be
happy to help any rancher to lay
out a windbreak around the farm
if that help is needed. A bulle
tin "Trees Against the Wind" is
available at the office, which
gives suggestions and many ex
amples of tree plantings for vari
ous conditions. Tree seedlings
are available now from the Ore
gon State Forestry Nursery near
Corvallis. Their cost is slightly
over one cent per tree. Appli-
calion blanks for ordering trees
are available at this office.
Leaders and members of the
Buttercreek Junction 4-H Live
stock club, accompanied by some
parents, held a very interesting
and educational tour of their pro
jects on December 27, according
to N. C. Anderson, county exten
sion agent. The tour, held in
lieu of their December club meet
ings, was planned by the leaders
and club members to visit each
of the farm homes to see the pro
jects carried by the club mem
bers. Leaders of the Buttercreek
Junction livestock club are D. O.
Nelson, Echo, and Carl Rhea, of
Lexington. The club is starting
on its third year as an organiza
tion in that community. It car
ries the whole hearted support of
the entire community.
First stop on the tour was at
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"Look what Santa brought
me for Christmas, Daddy I"
approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for use. Tests at
Iowa State College last summer
revealed that Stilvestrol fed cat
tle gained 37 faster on 20 less
feed at one-sixth the cost of stan
dard rations. The hormone fed
steers gained an average 3.06
pounds per steer per day in the
112 day feeding period for a cost
of 18.3 cents per pound of gain.
Because it is a powerful drug,
Stilvestrol may not be mixed di
rectly with cattle feeds but must
be added to feed formulas in the
scientific pre-mix under Food and
Drug Administration regulations.
Feed manufacturers can obtain
permission to add Stilestrol to
their formulas by complying with
regulations' set up for its use.
Further work carried on with this
hormone revealed that rations
containing proper levels of the
hormone boost d daily gains by
one-half to three-fourths pound
per day on fattening cattle,
giving total daily gains up to 3Va
pounds. Cost of gain was re
duced from two to four cents per
pound. Cattle were in better
finish at market time than those
on standard rations.
the home of Patty and Mike Spike
near Echo. There, club members
visited Mike's new set of twin
lambs, first to be reported by any
of our 4-H club members active
in the county. Club members,
leaders and the county agent, as
sisted Patty Spike in selecting her
feeder steer from the Spike herd.
The county agent pointed out the
points to look for in selecting a
feeder steer and club members
assisted in selecting the calf. The
next stop was at the home of
Alice, Judy, Douglas and David
Terry where each of these club
members have a steer on feed. At
the Tucker-Echo Ranch, Jack
Lieuallen's steer project was
visited.
At the Glenn Campbell ranch, a
gilt carried by Robert as a 4-H
project, had prepared for the tour
by presenting eight new pigs the
night before. Robert is in the pig
business in a big way with four
brood sows to farrow soon along
with a number of feeder pigs.
Robert also carries a beef breed
ing project as does his brother
Larry. Gene Campbell carries a
sheep breeding project with two
yearling ewes. At the William
Doherty ranch the three steers on
feed, carried as projects by Ber
nard and Billy, were doing well
with one of the steers to go to
i the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea
gue sponsored fat stock show and
sale at The Dalles in early June.
Billy Doherty's gilt, caught in the
pig scramble at the 1954 county
fair, was found to be growing out
well and soon ready to be bred.
At the Carl Rhea farm, Sandra
Rhea is feeding another steer,
while Carlene is awaiting a calf
from her purebred Hereford hei
fer, Cindy, who was grand cham
pion heifer at the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo in 1953 and 1954.
Carlene also won top showman
ship honors at the county fair. At
the D. O. Nelson ranch, center of
attraction were the three South
down Cross ewes which will lamb
soon, carried by Phyllis Nelson as
her 4-H project. This is her first
year. Not to be outdone by mem
bers of the club, leader Delwin
Nelson exhibited his recently
purchased Shorthorn heifer of
which he can be justly be proud.
The tour ended with refreshments
at the Nelson ranch home.
Those present on the tour were:
Patty and Mike Spike, Judy,
Alice, Douglas and David Terry,
Jack Lieuallen? Larry, Robert and
Eugene Campbell, Billy and Ber
nard Doherty, Carlene and San-1
dra Rhea, Phyllis Nelson and Bob
McCarty. Bob McCarty and Keith
Follett are new members added to
the club during the past week.
Bob will carry a pig project which
he does not yet have, while Keith
will carry a fat steer project
with an Angus that he has re
cently purchased from the Bob
Smith ranch near Irrigon. Others
taking part in the tour were local
leaders D. O. Nelson and Carl
Rhea, Bob Spike and County
Agent N. C. Anderson.
Monument News
Miss Phyllis Blank, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Officer be
came the bride of Darrel Jones, !
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They were accompanied there by
her parents. He is the son of
Lee Jones of Monument.
They will make their home in
' Monument as he is employed at
the Kinzua mill.
Mrs. Florence Harper went to
Heppner Dec. 26 to work at O'
Donnell's cafe. Mr. and Mrs. R.
K. Kingman are taking care of
her son.
Ben Spain spent the holidays
with his family in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kincaid
spent the weekend in John Day
with their folks.
Tommy Haywood spent the
holidays in John Day with rela
tives. Danny Jones is home from the
navy for Christmas. He is sta
tioned at San Diego, Calif.
College students home for the
holidays are Donald Gilman,
Charles Roach Jr., of La Grande ?
Jack Earhardt from Portland; and
Patsy Forrest of Baker.
Joe Batty of the army is visit
ing his folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gilman
spent the weekend in Mt. Ver
non with his folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Gilman.
Darrel Lear, bookkeeper at the
Columbia Power Coop went to
The Dalles for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Du Bosch
of Pendleton spent the weekend
with their folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Roach and Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Du Rosch.
Dale Whitaker went to Elba,
Idaho for the holidays.
Fred McWillis, Elmer Matteson
and ,Jack Caenvener have been
busy on the Harold Lippert house
the last three days.
The M. M. M. club will meet at
the home of Grace Stirritt home
January 6.
The Ernie Johnson family drove
to Portland to spend the week
end with their daughter Frances
Noland.
The Lawrence Johnsons were
here from Redmond for Christmas
with her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Emery.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams
and family went to Pasco for the
weekend.
Work started Monday on the
new home for the Archie Geinger
family who burned out Dec. 16.
. Darrel 1 Howes, high school
teacher, went to Bend to be with
; his family.
I Mr. and Mrs. Lippert and
I daughter of Ritter were over for
Christmas dinner with their son
and family, The Harold Lipperts.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mantiss
were gone over Christmas and
Helen Brown took care of the
post office alone.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gibson of
Ukiah were dinner guests Christ
mas at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Delmer Settles.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settles had
Christmas dinner with their son
and family.
lone News
The play "The Littlest Angel"
was given at the annual school
program Wednesday evening,
Dec. 22 by the lone grade school
in the old gym. Other numbers
on the program were Welcone by
Marilee Leathers, songs and
exercises by members of the
grade school. Karen Lundell was
the pianist. High school girls
sang accompanied by Juhl Riet
mann. It was directed by Don
and Springer, superintendent
Ward made the announcements;
Joe Hausler was chairman of the
program and George Hurst had
charge of decorations. All the
grade teachers helped. After the
program Santa came and gave
treats to all in the well-packed
gym. The P-TA sponsored the
treats.
Mrs. Shirlee Smouse Baker of
San Francisco has been spending
the Chrismas holidays with her
mother, Mrs. Anne Smouse. "
Lee Putman of Portland has
been visiting the past week with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Troedson.
Philip Smith son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ted smith is home for the holi
days from Oregon State College.
Miss Patsy Peregay, student at
the University of Oregon School
of Nursing, is also a guest at the
Smith home.
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Those who do any reading at
all will have noticed the many
articles and advertisements of
late concerning Stilvestrol, a hor
mone that is being fed cattle and
sheep to produce additional gains
n the feed lot. Many of our live
stock men have used this for sev
eral purposes during the last few
years. Production of additional
gains in fattening livestock is a
new use. We have heard much
of various hormones and anti
biotics and their promise in live
stock feeds. Stilvestrol is on that
has proven itself and has been
Of much interest to Morrow
County livestockmen shouTd be
the recent announcement from
Oregon State College, that a new
phosphate type insecticide just
discovered holds much promise
for better control of cattle grubs.
The new material has proved
more effective than standard rot
enone sprays against cattle
grubs. A 100 kill with the phos
phate sprays was found in preli
minary trials. Experiments made
found that one part of the chemi
cal mixed with two hundred parts
of water applied to the backs of
brubby cattle, killed all the grubs
245 of them in less than a week.
In a comparable test, rotenone
sprays killed 84 of the grubs in
the first week and 91 by the end
of Wie second week. Livestockmcn
should continue to depend upon
rotenone for grub control until
more is learned of the toxic af
fect of the new sprays to cattle.
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STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Price: Adults 70c. Students 50c, Children 20c, including federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows start at 4 p. in., also Saturday, January 1st. Shows every other
evening start at 7:30... Boxoifice open until 9 p. ni. Theater will be closed January
18-19 for installation of new equipment.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday, January 1
ROOGIE'S BUMP
Roogie's bump really put the Dodgers on the Jump pleasant comedy with Cam
panel la, Meyer, Erskine and other Brooklyn baseball players and Robert Marriot
as a refreshing Roogie Plus
RED RIVER SHORE
Rex Allen, Slim Pickens set their gunsights on the most notorious outlaws in Okla
homa Territory!
ONE DAY ONLY SHOW STARTS AT 4 P. M.
Sunday-Monday. January 2-3
DESTRY
New new new! The classic story of the West in an all-new production with all
the appeal o( former honor-winners based on Max Brand's novel, "Destry Rides
Again", No frontier legend is greater than the story of that day when Destry car
ried a gun! In Technicolor with Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard Lyle Bettger, Lori
Nelson, Thomas Mitchell and Edgar Buchanan.
Sunday shows at 4. 6:20 and 8:40
Tuesday-Wednesday, January 4-5
CARNIVAL STORY
Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran. Lyle Bettsjer. High melodrama that pulls no punches
filmed entirely in Germany, in Technicolor, against the hurly-burly of a junket,
ing American carnival. It is NOT Big Top entertainment for the kiddies.
Plus
BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS
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NH3 will be reduced in the Northwest from Utti per pound to
10M per pound effective January 1, 1955.
This reduction is made possible by our increased business in
the Northwest coupled with economies of our new marine
transportation system.
SHELL'S WAY IS THE SURE WAY
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