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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 17, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES THIRTY YEARS AGO
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Tht Heppnw Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timtu, stblihed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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ROBERT PKNLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PEN LAND
Associate Publisher
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A Good Job
Our Hcppnor Mustangs came back from Salem
last weekend and with them brought the trophy
awarded Ihe squad for being the number five B
basketball team in the state an award they
earned by consistently good, clean play through
out the entire season as their record of 25 wins
against three losses attests.
They felt badly, we know, that they had to lose
the one game that could have meant a shot at the
top spot but they can take plenty of consolation in
the knowledge that their only tournament loss
was to the eventual winner, Knappa.
Coach Larry Dowen and his boys deserve a lot
of credit for their efforts. To win the number five
position in the state is an accomplishment of
which they can be mighty proud.
'A Sucker
?"
Under the caustic title, "The Sucker in the
Super Market," a farm publication says some un
kind things about consumers and particularly "the
gal who spends the family's food bucks
Chances are, when the poor sucker is pushing the
rubber tired cart down the aisles of a self-service
'marketing center', she's buying glitter and color
instead of soup and soap."
The editorial concludes: "Someone ought to
remind our little pet of the cracker barrel days
when food was delivered to grandma's kitchen
door in paper sacks. When the kids got a free
sack of candy the first of every month when ma
sent them to the store with twenty bucks to pay
the monthly grocery bill. Them were the days
'the days when farmers got a lot more than 43
cents from the consumer's dollar."
They were also the days when "the little pets"
spent all of their waking hours manufacturing
soap and clothes, and preparing food to keep the
family alive, Just as the farmer worked from dawn
to dark to eke an existance out of the soil. The
farmer's percentage of the consumer dollar may
have changed. So have the living standards of
all the people, including farmers, a change that
was brought about in part by millions of "little
pets" wielding their might as consumers in a free
market. Thanks to the "frivolities" of mass dis
tribution, it takes the average worker much less
time to earn enough money to buy almost any
thing sold at retail than it did 25 years ago. True,
we spend a little more for food in 1954 as com
pared with 23 per cent in 1935-39, but we get more
food and better food. Who wants to turn the fam
ily kitchen back to a sweat shop or turn the clock
back on our farms to the good old days of man
killing manual labor?
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Andanon
As sheep shearing time grows
close, 4 -II members, F. F. A. boys
and sheep men should be inter
ested in the announcement that
there will again be a wool show
in connection with the 1955 Pa
cific International Livestock Ex
position. The wool shows were
discontinued two years ago when
the P I was held in restricted
quarters.
When shearing time rolls
around, top fleeces should be se
lected and put aside for the show.
There are several things to look
out for in selecting these fleeces.
The one primary concern, is tak
ing the tags out completely be
fore the fleece is tied. Another
is, taking a small twist of the
wool and check it for natural
breaks. That is one of the diffi
culties we "have in a great num
ber of our fleeces is the weakness
so that the filers can be pulled
in two. Those fleeces should not
be sent to a wool show of this
this year the Pacific
Wool Growers at Portland are
handling the fleeces for the show.
They can be shipped to them and
stored until show time. Better yet,
put the fleece away and store
it for the county fair then it can
be shipped to the P I after show
ing at county fair. '
We have just had word that
there is a chemical company
making sales of a fertilizer test
lng 17-56-0 composing of an am
moniated phosphate. The Mater
ial Is highly soluble and can be
applied as a spray. Salesmen
covering the wheat producing
areas Indicate that this material
is being recommended by Oregon
State College as a fertilizer to
accompany 2,4-D to offset pos
sible crop injury from 2,4-D. This
is not true. Where this material
has been applied with 2,4-D, the
crops have been damaged. Fer
tilizing and weed control should
be done as separate operations,
until we have definite proof of
advantages in applying them in
one operation.
M
AYOR
ARY
SAYS
By Mary Van Stevens
Have you noticed that work has
started in the Park.
If you have chickens, cows, rab
bits or any other animals within
the City limits you must obtain
a permit from the council. This
is done so that when we have a
complaint we can sit down to
gether and work out your live
stock problems.
Since we must have neighbors
lets be the kind YOU are.
Several years ago when 2,4-D
was first formulated, there was
a lot of speculation as to what
would come in the future y ears.
Some predicted that some day,
grass would be taken out of
broad leaves the same as broad
leaves taken out of grassy crops
and that eventually undesirable
grasses could be taken out of
grass type plantings. A lot of
work has been done over the past
10 years and one only needs to
pick up the chemical companies
advertising sheet to note that
there are 2,4-D, 2,4,5,T; CMu's, I.
P.C.'s and other weed killers
galore. A new one that few peo
ple have read about is Dalapon.
It is a chemical which was de
veloped to selective kill grasses
out of broad leaf crops. It was
used experimentally a year ago
and this year for the first time is
available for general farm use.
On Tuesday of this week, the
first of this material to be used
in the county was applied on 40
acres of alfalfa at the Gerald
Swaggart farm on Buttercreek.
It was used to selectively control
cheat grass and foxtail in alfal
fa. The material is relatively in
expensive and if it proves as suc
cessful under field conditions
here as In other areas, it should
he a boon to alfalfa men. This
material was applied by airplane
using 5 gallons water per acre.
Plans are made for application
with ground equipment on the
Harold Peck farm on Rnea creeK
later this week.
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has Just announced a re
seal program which in Oregon
applies to farm stored loans on
1954 crop, barley, oats, rye, and
wheat under price support. Under
this program, these farm stored
grains under price support loans
may be resealed for another pro
gram year. Farmers will also be
ahle to convert nurchase agree
ments on these commodities now
held In farm storage into price
support loans with extended per
iods. Loans on 1953 crops now
under reseal will not be extended
for another year. Farmers who
reseal their 1954 crop with ex
tended loan period will hold the
train on the farm instead of de
livering it to commodity credit
corporation at the end of the ori
ginal loan period. Farmers who
hold their grain until maturity
date for the reseal for the 1954
croi) erain will receive a full
storage navment for the entire
period. The interest rate for the
extended loan will be 3.
Loans on wheat will be extended
to mature on demand but not
later than March 31, 1956. Loans
on barley, oats, and rye will be
extended to mature on demand
but not later than April 30, 1956
From the weekly production,
cost and price review from Ore
gon State College, we see farm
products came in for an increase
in purchasing power during the
month of February. Prices in
creased slightly while cost held
unchanged. Prices received by
farmers nationally shows 1. last
month continuing the up turn
that started in January. Contrib
uting to this were egg prices
which were boosted sharply
along with higher price tags on
cattle, chickens, and oranges.
Even with these conditions, farm
prices are still averaging-flround
5 below a year ago. A drop in
the cost of the family living was
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Prices: . Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows at 2 p. m., other evenings at 7:30. Boxoffice open until 9.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 1718-19
THEY RODE WEST
In Technicolor with Donna Koed, Phil Carey and Robert Francis and May Wynn who
made their first screen appearance in "The Caine Mutiny". A good, straightto-the-polnt
western. Tlus
BOWERY TO BAGDAD '
You guessed it! Those crazy mixed-up Bowery, Boys bring you another hour of
happy laughter. i
Sunday-Monday. March 20-21
DEEP IN MY HEART
Eastman Color Photography-Technicolor Print. The life and songs, the exciting
times and the endearing romance of the famed composer Sigmund Romberg. Star
loaded with Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon, Tatnara Touma
nova andGuest Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Paul llenreid, Rosemary Clooney, Gene and
Fred Kelly, Jane Powell, Vic Damone, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Howard Keel, Tony
Martin. From the book by Elliot Arnold.
Sunday shows at 2. 4:40. and 7:20
From Files of the Gazette Times
March 19, 1925.
The fourth annual Rebekah
convention was held at the local
I. O. O. F. hall on last Saturday
afternoon and evening.
Harlan McCurdy and family
moved out to the farm this last
weekend, where they expect to
reside for the spring and sum
mer. Krebs Bros, of the Last Camp
and Bob Thompson of the
Shepherd's Rest shipped four car
loads of ewes and lambs to Hepp
ner on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Rippee have
moved into town from the Joe
Hayes ranch on Butter Creek,
where they have resided for
many years.
Wilma Leach of Lexington,
played tith the sophomore wo
men's class basketball team of
Oregon Agricultural College, on
Saturday when it defeated the
freshman team.
Rev.Head of lone, minister of
the Congregational church there
and also editor at the -present
time of the Independent, was a
visitor in Heppner Saturday and
made this office a pleasant call.
offset by a rise in farm operation
costs.
Morrow county took one step
closer to Its goal of a modified
certified Bangs free county, only
recently when one of the two
operators left tested. The other
one who operates between Uma
tilla and Morrow counties is re
ported started on the program
with Umatilla county veterinar
ians doing the work. Even be
fore this last test, all counties
showed that the brucellosis test
ing for 1954 had an average
number of reactors .596 or only
slightly more than one half of
one percent. This is the lowest
percent ever achieved in Oregon.
With thirty million dollars ad
ded to the national budget for
Brucellosis control, Oregon has a
good opportunity to make further
progress in eradication of this
disease. Vaccination of calves in
Oregon increased each year.
This increase is due in part to a
step up control program, in the
beef industry.
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WARNS KEEP CONTROL BOARD
One of Oregon's top political
strategists, Mrs. George T. Ger
linger, Portland, former national
committeewoman, has sent mem
bers of the legislature a letter
pleading with them to defeat a
bill that would abolish the board
of control and lodge its powers
in the governor.
Mrs. Gerlinger warned that
there is no assurance that we
will always have a Republican
governor. She added that there
is a trend toward increasing the
power of the executive which In
some countries has led to dic
tatorship. There was a presage in this
colum six weeks ago noting what
the GOP legislators were doing
to make a dictator of the gover
nora target of dictatorship
for the Democrats to shoot at in
the 1956 election. The longhead
ed, political maneuvering Repub
licans in this legislature ' have
changed their views about doing
away with the board of control
and some Democratic members
are all for smearing the governor
as the top man on the GOP totem
pole.
"BE PATIENT"
"The best solution to the cold
war is for the East and West to
be patient", S. K. Banerji, Indian
Council General to the United
States said at Salem Thursday.
His talk was attended by many
members of the legislature. He
said he did not think war was
inevitable.
PROGRESS BY LEGISLATURE
At the end of the ninth week
of the current session of the legis
lature 886 bills had been Intro
duced, 137 had passed both the
houses and sent to the governor
for his approval or veto. He has
signed 81 and vetoed two.
During the past week 31 bills
and two memorials were passed
by both houses. Those making
consequential changes are:
SP 64 Permits county clerks to
decide if they will sell fishing
and hunting licenses.
SB 38 Requires life insurance
written in connection with in
stallment loans to comply with
state insurance rules.
SB 37 Makes same require
ments on accident and health cedure in event that a superin
policies so written. tendent of public instruction dies
SB 32 Sets nominating pro- Continued on page 7
.RANCH AERO
AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO.
Ranch Aero airplane spraying company is owned and oper
cted by Paul Hansen who will be back again this year to u
sist ranchers of this area with their weed spraying problems.
Pnl Honten Phone 6-9471
WHAT does it COST
at Northwestern?
Cattle under 400 lbs. $1.75 per head
(amounts to about 2 on average calf)
Cattle 400 lbs and over $2.75 per head
'amounts to 2'b or less on average)
Calves selling for $5 or less -.25 per head
Special carload lot rates.$50.00 per car
(details gladly furnished)
Hogs 50c to $1 per head-Sheep 40c to 50c
per head and $50 per single deck.
These are posted and published selling tariff rates, you are
invited to write for copy.
What Do You Receive At Northwestern?
Courteous attention no delays finest of modern end sani
tary yards and facilities and most important or all . . . . ..
Assurance of top returns on livestock sold
SALE EVERY TUESDAY
12 NOON
HI UVESTOCK
On U. S. Hiway No. 30 Hermiston, Oregon
Frank Wink & Sons
Don Wink, Mgr Sl'Wmmu
Vh Cf, nr 3111 Ph. 65J4
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 22-23
GAMBLER FROM NATCHEZ
In Technicolor with Dale Robertson, Dobra Paget. Thomae Gomez,
romance fiction in post Civil War New Orleans.
A slick bit of
NO
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A SPECIAL MEETING
Of friends and patrons of this cooperative will be held in
the Heppner Fair Pavilion on Tuesday, April 5 beginning
at 7 p.m.
A banquet will be served in honor of 25 years of as
sociating together, as this will be the evening of our
25th Anniversary. An interesting program and valuable
door prizes will be given.
You are invited to attend.
L. L. HOWTON,
President
Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc.