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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Tb Ippnr Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timw, eUbllhtd
November 18, 1897. Consolidated Febtuary 15, 1912.
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 24, 1955
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From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Andmoi
Morrow county livestock men
continue to raise good livestock.
While we haven't heard just.how
the consignors to the Oregon Pol
led Hereford Sale, held at Salem,
week before last, came out, we
know that Floyd Worden and Don
Robinson exhibited some top
quality cattle there. At the Blue
Tag sale held at Pendleton last
week, one of the best bunch of
bulls and heifers to be seen in
one show were exhibited there.
This show surely earned its name
from quality exhibited. Frank
Anderson was In for his share of
top animals as in many other
shows and sales that he exhibited
in this year. He showed the
grand champion female and his
bull stood second to the grand
champion in ils class. Both ani
mal were tops in quality.
Delbert Emert, lone rancher, is
first again. This time it is in the
production of Vernal Alfalfa Mr.
Emert is making the first field
seeding of Vernal alfalfa made in
the state of Oregon. He is seed
ing 100 acres of irrigated bottom
land to this variety this spring.
He was first to seed Talent al
falfa in Morrow county. Vernal
alfalfa is a vigorous grower show
ing a rather high degree of winter
hardintus, starting growth earlier
in the spring and continuing
later in the fall than most other
varieties of alfalfa. It is leafy and
branches freely. It stands up
well and does not produce a
course hay. While Ranger has
been the standard variety recom
mended on creek bottoms, E. R.
Jackman, Range and Pasture
Specialist, Oregon State College,
says that It is better than ranger
in his opinion and that he would
pay twice the price for seed that
is oaid for Ranger if he were
seeding alfalfa. He says we do
not need to qualify anything at
all on this variety and that he be
lieves that it lu the coming vari
ety for this state and especially
the conditions here. Mr. Emert
is interested in Vernal as he
would like to have the qualities of
earliness and heavy producing
along with wilt-resiBtance wnicn
is not available in the Talent
variety. We were lucky to find a
source of supply ot tnis seea in a
neighboring state and would like
to encourage others to put in
seedings of it in order tnat it
mieht be compared with other
varieties they might have been
growing.
This its National Future Farm
ers of America Week. F. F. A. is
the organization of farm boys
who are students of Vocational
Agriculture in rural high schools
throughout the nation. They are
training today, for the important
role in farming and rural leader
ship that they must assume to
morrow. There are three hundred
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this fine organization. They will
be our successful farmers of to
morrow. Hats off to them!
The agent attended a district
extension meeting at Pendleton
on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week. The program included
new research in crops and soils,
at the Pendleton and Sherman
branch experiment stations, along
with other research at these sta
tions and in the Columbia Basin.
Also presented at this time was
economic information and sug
gestions for using it in our farm
program.
March 10, will be the last date
applications will be accepted for
attending anyone of the four
sheep shearing schools to be spon
sored by Oregon State College
this year. Application forms may
be obtained at this office. Each
shearing school will run for two
days. The first one is scheduled
for March 21st, and 22nd at Ore
gon State College, the second one
at Oregon State College on March
23 and 24. The third school will
be held at Milton-Freewater on
March 29 and 3o with the final
shearing school to be held in On
tario on March 31st and April 1st.
4-H and PTA members with other
youths and adults are welcome.
In addition to shearing instruc
tions, those attending will receive
tips on the care of equipment,
sharpening of knives and combs.
Those attending in the past have
had high praise for the school.
The annual Red Bluff Bull Sale
held earlier this month at Red
Bluff, California, indicated that
cattlemen are willing to pay top
prices for high quality range
bulls. In each of the four breeds
sold at Red Bluff, those grading
highest brought by far the high
est average prices. For the two
hundred sixty nine animals sold,
those grading 1- went for 60
more than the 2 plus bulls, 727c
more than those grading straight
2, and 81 more than the 2- bulls.
Bulls grading less than 2- were
uifted from the sale. Mr. Smith,
Sale Manager, pointed out that
there were a few exceptions in
which commercial cattlemen paid
higher prices for bulls in lower
grades, but that the averages are
undisputable.
This week, members of the Ore
gon Wheat Growers Association,
are receiving a procedings of the
1951 annual meeting of that or
ganization. Here members of that
organization can glean from the
pages, the activities, recommen
dations and results of Oregon
Whentgrowers who are banded
together to solve their problems.
Recommendations made in each
of the standing committees form
the program of action for the
years work. In at least two cases
we have found that members
have not received procedings. If
you have not received one, drop a
card to the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers League office at Pendleton.
Oregon, and tell them so.
Even with the many good rat
killers that have been developed
over the past few years, we have
farmers tell us that they do not
have luck with the various pre-
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AdmissioTprice:"AduUs"70cr"students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Ex
cise Tax. Sunday shows start at 2 p. m. Shows on other evenings start crt 7:30.
Boxoffice open until 9 p. m. No show Saturday. February 26th.
Thursday-Friday, February 24-25
TWO DAYS ONLY NO SHOW SATURDAY, FEB. 26
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No Show Saturday, Feb. 2G This is the Date on Which th Elks use the Theater
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Sunday-Monday, February 27-28 Tuesday, March 1
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
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Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Tommy Rail, Kuss Tamblyn, Virginia Gib
son, Howard Petrie, lan Wolfe. Most novel of the season's musicals ami lots of fun
for all. Fresh as a daisy, it's original, clever, and delightful. So that everyone will
have an opportunity to see this terrific entertainment, it is being shown three days,
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m., 4:20. 6:40 and 9
Wednesday-Thursday, March 2-3
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In Technicolor with Jonh Wavno, Rav Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey.
Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Lynn Overman, Charles Rickford. The uaga of one
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
February 26, 1925
Judge Benge and commissioners
Bleakman and Davidson went to
Portland on Tuesday to be pre
sent at the meeting of the State
Highway commission, in session
there since Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McNamer
and Mrs. Rogers returned the first
of the week from a trip to Portland.
Mra. Dick Wells, chief deputy in
the office of Assessor Wells, is
unable to speak above a whisper,
having been attacked by . a cold
that seriously affected the vocal
organs.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Simas and
family of Kimberly are spending
a few days in Heppner, guests at
the home of Mrs, Lillian Cochran.
Many beautiful gowns were in
evidence at the Elks Ball on
Saturday evening, and this an
nual event was very largely at
tended. There was good music by
the Erwin orchestra and the even
ing was greatly enjoyed. Refresh
ments were served at the close
of the entertainment.
parations that might work with
their neighbor. Another new one
has been added to the list- for
those farmers who do not find
the regular poisons effective un
der their conditions. The new
one, or at least new to Morrow
county farmers, is Pivalyn. It js
a water bait rat and mice poison,
pronounced an effective Norway
rat killer. It even killed rats in
locations with plenty of unpoi
soned drinking water available.
It is an anticoagulant like War
farin. Tests have shown that it
has good keeping qualities,
doesn't mold easily, and stays ac
ceptable to rodents as high as 9
weeks, depending on the formula)
used. For those who might like
to try it, we can give you the
source of where it can be ordered
if it is not available locally.
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Congressman SAM COON
WASHINGTON. D. C.
SOME DAYS it seems almost
like spring already, in Washing
ton. The days are getting longer
in every way. The sun comes up
earlier and sets later, and our
work day does the same. A lot
of the time we begin the day with
a breakfast meeting. For instance,
I have in the last week break
fasted with former President
Hoover, Chairman of the Hoover
Commission; Oregon's Douglas
McKay. Secretary of the Interior;
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary
of Health, Education and Wel
fare; and a representative group
of Eagle Scouts, including Robbie
Langley from Milton-Freewater.
Our working hours are so crowded
with legislative work, committees,
research, debate and so on, that
we have these early morning
meetings in order to discuss ques
tions on which the heads of these
deuartments can give us expert
information and advice.
from government stocks. They
have sold nearly one hundred mil
lion bushels under the Interna
tional wheat agreement out of
a hundred and ninety-five million
bushel quota. Last years sale
for the entire 12 months reached
only one hundred six million bus.
he is.
ONE BREAKFAST that I would
like to make speciol mention of
was the breakfast with Robbie
Langley, our Eagle Scout from
Oregon's second congressional
district. Robbie was one of 12
scouts chosen from the entire
United States to make this trip
to Washington. These boys have
made the annual Scout's report
to President Eisenhower on the
work which the Boy Scouts of
America are doing.
Young Langley represented not
only Eastern Oregon, but our en
tire state as well as Alaska, and
the states of Washington, Ida
ho and eastern Montana. You can
well imagine the pride I felt at
being one of the 12 Congressmen
who had a young constituent as a
national representative of this
great movement.
LAST WEEK I talked about the
hearings held on the future of our
farm policy by the Joint Commit
tee on the Economic Report.
After the agricultural hearing,
the same committee discussed
the future of our hydroelectric
power policy.
The chief item discussed was
the participation by non-federal
agencies in river development.
Some witnesses favored the ad
ministration 'partnership' policy.
Others opposed it. But nearly all
of them agreed that there must
be participation by federal, state
and local, public, private and co
operative power agencies working
together; and most of them
thought there should be more
participation at the local level
than there has been in the past.
General E. C.Itschner of the
Corps of Engineers summed up a
well -accepted view when he said,
Continued on page 7
M
AYOR
ARY
SAYS
By Mary Van Stevens
Get your license for your dog
this week. County law does take
preference over city ordinance
and until we can get it on the
ballot, it will be Clarence's job.
Hope by the time you read this
you will have the directors and
officers of YOUR non-profit Hepp
ner Television elected and busy
getting it into Heppner. .
It takes so lo-o-o-o-ng to get
anything done!
From a recent Oregon State
College, Grain and Hay Market
review, it is pointed out that
Uncle Sam is selling more wheat
to foreign countries this year. Ex
ports from wheat and flour from
July through December are a
tenth larger than a year ago.
Export trade got off to a slow
start this season but has stead
ily gained momentum in the past
three or four months. Inspections
for overseas shipment during the
past two months have been run
ning twice as large as a year ago.
Almost all sales have been madej
A unique addition to a home
made self oilers for livestock con
trol of flies and lice, has been
used for some time at the Ken
neth Palmer farm near Lexingt
on. To get away from soaking
his burlap self oiler at frequent
intervals, Mr. Palmer has devised
a system for self oiling. He uses
a five gallon pail such as a paint
pail with holes punched in the top
large enough to insert a rope.
This rope is weighed into the bot
tom and is used as a wick to self
feed the oil,preparation "to the
sacks. A ring is welded on the
bottom of the pail large enough
to fit over the center post of the
oiler so that it can be nailed se
curely. Instead of taking the
time and effort to soak the sacks
periodically, all that needs to be
done is fill the five gallon reser
voir pajl. It appears to be work
ing satisfactorily in keeping the
sacks moist.
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