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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday May 5, 1 955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Jim.,
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. .
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NEWSPAPIR
BLIS HERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
ATI ON At IOnOIAL
It, . j t tV, Prf Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Po Offic at Hepp ,
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Countlei, $3.00 Year, usewnere y
". . . To Save and Faithfully
to Defend From Waste . .
Oregon's governor, Paul Patterson, in proclaim
ing this week, May 1 to 7, as Conservation Week
did so in recognition of the fact that "the conser
vation and intelligent development, use and pro
tection of all of our national resources is of pri
mary importance to our present generation and to
generations yet unborn." It is a campaign to
focus the attention of every person in Oregon on
the prime importance of all our natural resources
and to educate each in the wise use of our soils,
forests, water supplies, wildlife and minerals.
Some of our natural resources are renewable.
For example, tree farms are now being widely de
veloped and used to renew our forest crops for
fenerations to come, and wildlife with proper care
and preservation can continue to grow and re
produce in the forests of Oregon. And, they will
have to expand and grow with the years for, as
time passes, an expanding population is going to
make ever increasing demands upon them.
Ju.st the opposite is true of the farmlands and
the water resources of our state. As our people
increase, the need for more fertile soil and more
water will be apparent, but soil and water re
sources are limited. If our soil is allowed to wash
or blow away it cannot be replaced except by wait
ing for thousands or millions of years and we
won't be able to afford to wait that long. The
same is true of water. There is only so much and
to educate those who use It in the ways to get the
most from what we have, is one of the primary
purposes of Conservation week.
Conservation in all forms is a problem belong
ing to each and every one of us, not just the far
mer who tills the soil or the lumberman who cuts
and saws the trees of our forests, or the commer
cial fisherman who makes his living from the
streams and waters of he state. Every person in
'the state has a mighty big stake in the conserva
tion of all of the wealth of Oregon's natural re
sources, for if they are wasted haphazardly, It is
entirely possible that we who are here now, will
see the day when we will wish we had used more
ludrment in the consumption of them.
Here in this section of the state, soil, water and
timber conservation are foremost in our minds.
The wasting of our soil is probably our number
one worry, and it is also the phase of conservation
which is receiving the most attention. The re
cord of the Heppner Soil Conservation district as
shown by its past record and awards received last
. " th. tnn if not the best, in Oregon.
. m 1. U l.nnn rlfWI O hv the farmer members
MUCH I'd" uccn uw,., j -
oovo thpir ckimDv laver of valuable
soil for not only their own use, but that their
children may have land to larm.
r,..t ti oinno 1 nnt the onlv phase of conser
vation which this observance tends to bring Into
focus. Under the able direction ot JNewi u nua,
county chairman for Conservation Week, a size
able committee has provided service clubs, schools
and other organizations with talks and pictures
illustrating the value of conservation in all forms.
It has been the start of an educational program
that should be carried on. . '
Morrow county people are urged to participate
in the observance of Conservation Week and to
read carefully and believe the Conservation
pledge . . . "I give my pledge as an Oregonian to
save and faithfully defend from waste the natural
resources of my state ... its soil and minerals, its
forests, waters and wildlife."
MaArT
SAYS
By Mary Van Stevens
The streets of Heppner are al
ways cluttered up with candy
wrappers, gum wrappers, etc.
surely there is some way to make
people want a cleaner city and
do something about it.
Won t you ALL help and drop
that waste paper in a can next
time?
trol over prices grew 6.5 billion
of the 6.8 millior bushels in this
years wheat crop. Pakistan is
the only large wheat producer
that doesn't have controls or
supports other than tarrif protec
tion. Most countries 1 aim at
higher prices to the wheat farmer.
Importing countries try to stipu
late production in order to cut
down on imports. Exporting
countries generally try to push
the sale of surpluses and still try
to get the growers a good price.
Government policies range from
Perus indirect support-to con
trols on flour to Soviet Russia's
complete control of everything
but the weather.
IONE
School Notes
Chester L. Ward, superintendent
In addition to the eight teach
ers of the lone school who re
signed Miss Lorena Akers, 2nd
and 3rd grade teacher, has re
signed and has accepted a posi
tion in the Hermiston schools for
next year.
The Eastern Oregon College of
Education choir was very much
enjoyed at the school Thursday
morning of last week.
The seniors left on the Skip
Day Friday April 29 and returned
Monday evening. They went to
Portland and Seaside. They were
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Heinz Pruss.
The school is already for the
Salk polio vaccine shots as soon
as they hear from the county
health department
The school calendar has the
following dates scheduled: May
20 the annual weiner roast for the
high school by the freshmen;
May 22, Baccalaureta Sunday;
May 25 Commencement exercises
at 8 p. m. May 26 school picnic
spnsored by the P-TA; May 27
official closing of the schools.
The county O. E. A. will meet at
the cafetorium in the evening.
Dinner will be served by the P-TA.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
On Tuesday of last week, the
county agent spent the day with
E. R. Jackman, range crops spe
cialist, and visited several of the
last year plantings of the graz
ing type alfalfas seeded with
grass. At the Paul Webb ranch
the 95 acre seeding near the
mountain foothills is looking
good. Nomad, Rhlzoma, Sevelre,
Ranger and Ladak alfalfas were
seeded with Alia Fescue and
Intermediate Wheatgrass. The
soil at tills planting is saturated
with water and with a few sun
shiny days, growth should be ex
cellent. At the Newt O'Harra
ranch near Lexington, a winter
1954 seeding looked at showed an
excellent stand of crested wheat
grass with the alfalfa not yet
showing up as good as in other
seeding throughout the county.
Perhaps the most outstanding
seeding is one at the Donald ret
erson farm in the Eightmile com
munity. This 50 acre seeding of
the five alfalfa varieties, are
seeded with eight pounds of crest
ed wheatgrass per acre. The
ETTA SHEPPARD'S
DANCE RECITAL
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL GYM
FRIDAY, MAY 6-8:00 P. M.
Tap, Ballet, acrobatic and toe dance numbers by students
from Heppner, Lexington, lone and Hermiston.
ADMISSION 50c AND 25c
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO BAND UNIFORM FUND
Band Concert
Heppner High & Grade School Bands
SUNDAY, MAY 8,2:00 P. M.
COURT HOUSE PARK
NO ADMISSION CHARGE
seeding made in early April 1954,
made an excellent growth last
year and has reached a good
hotoht this sorlne. This field
will be grazed beginning next
week.
Of interest to bur farmers who
are seeing what grazing type
alfalfa will do on their ranches,
there is the recent release of
figures of carrying capacity on a
field of Nomad alfalfa sesded
with intermediate and pubescent
wheatgrass. This seeding made
.nf thA tfd MeCanse ranch near
North Powder is comparable to
our Eightmile and higher eleva
tion seedings. On a 90 acre field
which hasi been established for
several vears, Mr. MeCanse turn
ed 300 yearling steers in the last
Hav nf Junp 1954. These 300
steers grazed the 90 acre pasture
State Farm Bureau president
aitlifl , I (li-VU !.- sr --.v, x I IJC11 Ilia TV Ui JW
for approximately 30 days. They Grande were overnight guests at
t U -J In irI rrVi aA I . i . Mir 1
were weighed In and weighed tne Newt O'Harra home
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out. Tne average poumis oi uuei
produced per acre on this field
was 212. The steers on the field
gained 2.4 pounds per day and
at thA nrir-p thev were sold off
this field, the alfalfa grass pas
ture broucht approximately $50.
00 per acre income. Those who
insnected the field last fall found
a pood reerowth and the field
wont into the winter with a lot
of aftermath.
A tour to most of the 600 acres
of grazing legume trial seedings
will hA held on June 1st and 2nd
Mr. Jackman and other officials
interested in these grazing type
alfalfas will be in the county to
assist with the tour which Is be
ing sponsored by the range and
pasture improvement committee
of the Morrow county Livestock
Growers Association.
Recent word from Oregon State
College points out that 96 out of
every 100 bushels of wheat pro
duced irt the world is grown un
der some form of price control.
' Counties that exorcise some con-
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Prices: Adults 70c. Students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows continuous from 2 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxoffice
open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, May 5-6-7
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
In Cinemascope Color. Robot t Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Russ Tam
blyn, Jeff Richards, James Arness, Alan Hale Jr. Loaded with action packed with
laughs!
Sunday-Monday, May 8-9
THE VIOLENT MEN
In Cinemascope Color. Rarbara Stamvlck, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Di
anne Foster, Brian Keith, May Wynn. Here is a BIG western against magnificent
backgrounds range war with its abundance of action and drama.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m 4:20, 6:40
Tuesday-Wednesday, May 10-11
DESIREE
In Cinemascope Color. Academy-award Winner Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons,
Merle Oberon, Michael Ronnie, Cameron Mitchell. A happy, handsome translation
of Annamarie Selinko's international best-selling novel to the screen. "Before
Josephine there was Desiree and some said there was always Desiree"
Last week John Landers, exten
sion animal husbandman, spent
one day with the county agent
in beef cattle improvement work
here. Herds at the Frank An
derson, Herbert Ekstrom and Alec
Lindsay ranches were the ob
jective of improvement work.
At the Frank Anderson ranch,
thirteen yearling bulls were pro
filed for dwarf carrying character
istics and graded. The bulls all
graded 2 or over with the major
ity being 2-plus grade. One out
standing bull graded 1-, which
incidentally takes an awfully
good bull to be graded as such.
The group of bulls at the Herb
Ekstrom ranch were graded, grad
ing 2 and 2-plus with a couple
of immature younger bulls that
were graded 2-. At the Alec Lind
say ranch, the first commercial
herd work for Morrow county in
the form of profiling for dwarf
carrying characteristics was car
ried out on 13 herd bulls used by
Mr. Lindsay. This group of bulls
was one of the best that I have
found heading a commercial herd
and many of the bulls would im
prove quality and confirmation
in registered herds. The bulls
were purchased from such top
breeders as Bill Duff, Pendleton;
Hotchkiss Bros., Burns; Boylen
Ranch, Stanfield; Harold Eakin,
Grass Valley; Herbert Chandler,
Baker; Frank Anderson, Heppner.
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PRICES WILL ADVANCE MAY 16th
Monte Fast Portland, former
Heppner resident, was a weekend
visitor here.
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Phone Your News to 6-9228.
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Prices on all Open Stock Pieces in Heir
loom Sterling will advance on May 16th.
Choose the pieces you need to fill out
your set at present low prices. Use our
spaced terms to pay later.
Trade-marks of Oneida Ltd.
PETERSON'S
JEWELRY
New and Lovely
COTTONS
Are arriving daily. A lovely
cotton that looks like satin and
goes everywhere is just what
Mother would like on Mother's
Day.
NEW
SKIRTS & BLOUSES
Are in also tho cutest things
made by Kabro, called Torea
dor and shown in May Glam
our magazine.
Lots of Half Sizes in
SUMMER
DRESSES
Lovely
SWEATERS
Made by Sanforlan. 100 wool
with orlon for perfect wash
ing. Say It With Flowers-
A Lovely
Corsage
And Many Nice
Plants to Choose From
MARY VAN'S
FLOWER AND
DRESS
SHOP
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