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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 16, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
M01R0W COUNTY'S NIWSPAPIR
The Heppnr Gazette, established March 30, 18S3. The Heppner TlraM, eetabllahed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1812.
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Odd Ends
More editors, we are Informed by readers from
time to time, have a tendency to get too profound
in their editorial columns. In fact, lots of times
we editors can't see an editorial subject unless It
has to do with some great affair of state, the na
tion, our country or community.
That is all well and good, and such editorial
izing certainly has its place, but we don't feel very
profound this week, so we're going to take a light
er approach to the problems of the world. We pro
bably won't settle any of them, but we don't In
tend to we did run into a few smart (?) sayings
the other day, thought we might throw a couple of
'em in in place of any thoughty editorial, Probably
be more interesting anyway!
Ever noticed how dogs win friends and Influ
ence people without reading books?
when the kids sit down to continue eating.
Nothing makes the younger generation seem so
bad as having lost your membership in it.
Now that we've become "civilized" and have
television like the rest of the country, we wonder
how long it is going to take us to learn to read
again.
A man will go a long way to save his face. A
woman Just goes to the drugstore.
Then there's the story of the baby sardine that
was frightened by a submarine and went crying
to its mother, "there, there, dear", soothed mama
sardine. "Don't be upset. It's only a can of people."
Effective sign on the outskirts of Flndlay, Ohio
"Drive carefully. We have lots of children, but
none to spare!"
Mealtime is, as one overworked mother put it,
Money doesn't talk these days. It joes without
saying.
The wouldn't-it-be-awful department: Just
suppose we had power steering in the back seat.
Our thought for the week Many tombstones
are carved by chiseling in traffic.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
June 18, 1925
Several young men from Hepp
ner are leaving today for Camp
Lewis, Washington where they
will attend the Citizen's Training
camp for 30 days. Those going are
Jas. Thomson, Vawter Parker.
Merle Beckett, Dick Wightman,
Gerald Slocum and Jack Hynd.
A wedding of more than pass
ing note took place at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd, of
Butterby Flats, Cecil, at 10
I
sion to determine if the 6 per
cent limitation applies to the new
base. Under this limit, property
tavos ran't be increased more
than 6 per cent each year.
PATTERSONS TO CALIFORNIA
Governor and Mrs. Paul L. Pat
torcnn an d their daughter, Miss
Virginia Patterson, and the gov
ernor's mother, Mrs. Ada Patter
son of HiUsboro, will leave on
Friday for Palo Alto, California,
to attend commencement at Stan
ford university when Miss Patter
OREGON'S GROWTH STEADY
There are many stable indica
tions that Oreeon is maintaining
the same tempo of population I son will receive her degree. They
growth it has had for the past plan to be back Tuesday morn
decade and that many of theing.
rapidly growing cities of the DISTRICT ATTORNEYS MEET
o'clock a. m. last Monday when growth years, that spanned from
their daughter Violet was united
in marriage to Mr. Cecil L. Lieu-
alien, Bishop William P. Reming
ton of the Episcopal church per
forming the ceremony.
Ferguson Brothers have this
week disposed of a couple of
Chevrolet cars to Heppner folks.
David A. Wilson purchased a se
dan and Elmer Matteson a tour
ing car.
From The
County Agent's Office
First returns from the Morrow
County Livestock Growers Asso
ciation livestock marketing list
ing service was received this
week. Mrs. Edna Grimes, Irri
gon, listed her entire farm herd
of registered shorthorns, A let
ter and listing card was sent to
all livestock growers last week
with a deadline of July 15 set up
for listing. With enough interest
a list of cattle available will be
printed and distributed to buyers
and feeders.
By N. C Aodenoa
the next two weeks in Morrow
county making intensive surveys
of the infestation, maping out the
degree of infestation in case that
a control program Is carried on
here. Flynn has just finished
such a survey in Grant county
where a program has been set up
for 40,000 acres. In Grant county,
the bureau of entomology is con
tributing 13 of the cost of the
control program with the ranch
ers contributing the other 23.
From the number of reports
coming in and the limited check
ing that has been done, it ap
pears that conditions were favor
able for a good hatch and a heavy
infestation of grasshappers this
year. The infestations have been
found in areas in the western
part of the county where no In
festations were reported last
year. Bob Flynn, of the bureau
There are several experiment
station field days that are sche
duled for this month. On June 17
& 18, this Friday and Saturday,
the Eastern Oregon branch ex
periment station at Union, will
hold its field days to report latest
research findings in livestock
breeding & management and In
crops production. The sheep pro
gram wili.be presented at 10:00
a. m. on June 17th, the cattle at
of entomology will be spending 10.00 a. m. June 18th, with the
Miss Maxine Gentry of Lexing
ton arrived home Sunday from
Corvallis, where she has been at
tending O. A. C.
market at cheaper cost than put
ting them in a dry lot.
Quite a step forward has been
taken in selecting hogs for fast
gaining litters and ability to fin
ish out. An example of this is
the six 4-H pigs that were mar
keted last week at the Oregon
Wheat Growers League sponsored
4-H and FFA fat stock show and
sale at The Dalles. Pigs market
ed there by Morrow county 4-H
Club members vere late Decem
ber and January pigs. These pigs
averaged 200 lbs. at 5 months of
crops & soils at 1:00 p. m. June 18.
Profit comparison between fatten
ing welner steers for spring mar
ket and the following fall mar
kets will be reported June 18th by
Cecil Peirce, station animal hus
bandman, who kept records last
year on 45 fall weined calves.
The trials are being continued age.
again this year. Another special while we are making mention
feature planned for livestock men 0f The Dalles Wheat League show
is a demonstration of cow and We mjght polnt out tnat livestock
calf families to illustrate effects growers in Morrow county should
of selective breeding for more and De proUd of the boys and girls
faster gaining calves. Highlights; who exhibited at this show. From
of the June I7tn program win De Morrow county 15 lambs, six pigs,
state are exceeding the record-1 An Institute for District Attor
neys has been called by Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton to
open in Salem, June 20.
Monday afternoon Mrs. Thorn
ton will entertain at an informal
tea for the wives of the visiting
1940 to 1950, when the gain was
almost 50 per cent.
The best yardstick for urban
growth probably is the reports of
public serving utility companies,
The rural growth is reflected In 'district attorneys and wives of
From where I sit ... 6y Joe Marsh
Handle With Care
Tractor are like horses-or
mules in more wsys than one.
They can be pretty tricky If you
don't handle them right.
Too many tractor accidents
happen because of carelessness.
The day grows hot and drowsy,
the job grows monotonous -and
bingo! Someone forgets to throt
tle down when making a turn, or
something, and there's a bad spill.
Credit Slim Hartman's missus
for the fact that there's never
been tractor trouble on their
place. Midway through every
morning and afternoon she
brings him snacks. "He'll stay on
the alert," ahe says, "if I get him
off the tractor for ten minutes."
From where I sit, carelessness
can cause plenty of harm in our
ofT-the-joh personal lives, too. For
Instance, suppose a neighbor pre
fers a glass of beer with aupper.
You might not shnre this particu
lar preference with him but if
you're careless about protecting
hit right to choose, your own
freedom of choice is in danger of
being "plowed under."
Copyright, l')55, United State Hrewers Foundation
an opportunity to contract for
sale of about 500 Columbia and
Targhee ewes ranging from year
lings to five-year-olds. Sales of
animals from this outstanding
flock can be closed for immedi
ate delivery or contracts can be
made for fall sales. A schedule
shift from "range" to "farm flock"
research projects is prompting
the sale.
Field days at the Pendleton
branch experiment station is
scheduled for June 23rd and 24th.
On June 23rd, the Crow Pilot farm
will be visited starting at 1:30
p. m. On June ittth the Hill &
King Pilot farms and the station
will be a subject of the tour. The
tour begins at 9:30 that day. On
June 27th, an all day field day is
schedulde for the Sherman branch
experiment station at Moro
and 10 beef were exhibited. The
4-H hogs all graded choice I,
which shows that these boys had
selected the right kind of bred
ing stock to turn out a product
which graded the highest a mar
ket hog can grade. Of the 10 steers
exhibited, one was prime, 8 were
choice and 1 good. There were
only two prime steers in the show,
with Morrow county having one
of these. Four of the choice ani
mals were pot "in the upper or
high choice class. Steers going to
this show were put on feed in Oc
tober and November. Of the 15
lambs exhibited, seven
schools, state, county and city
records.
Applying the gains percentage
wise Portland is leading with the
exception of two or three very
small towns where some have
tripled their population through
lumbering operations.
Portland leads in electric in
stallations; in Salem telephones
are increasing at the unusual
rate of 100 a month, climbing
from 11,000 in 1947 to the present
27,000; Albany and Corvallis are
about tied for new water outlets
with Springfield a close third;
Lebanon shows growth in the in
crease of gas outlets that is un
equaled in the state.
Reports of state departments
and their state-wide branches,
follow the trend of the utility
records as far as population in
dications are concehned. They
also reveal that Northwestern
Oregon and the Willamette Val
ley rural areas have increased in
population very rapidly within
the past four years, and that Rose
burg and Milwaukie have had
increases in that period that do
not show in utility business.
NEW TAX BASES
In a decision Wednesday the
Oregon Supreme, Court ruled 4 to
2 that the 6 per cent limitation
applies to a new tax base voted
by the people.
In its first decision on the mat
ter, the high court ruled four
weeks ago that local taxing
units have the right to vote them
selves new tax bases under a new
constitutional amendment. A re
hearing was sought by Portland
School District No. 1 against the
Multnomah County Tax Conser
vation and Supervising Commis-
assistant attorneys general.
A dinner for the men and
women at the institute is planned
for Monday evening.
A family picnic for all attend
ing the institute is programmed
for Tuesday evening.
TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES
After having been adopted by
sub and standing committees of
the senate, U. S. Senator Wayne
Morse reported legislation which
would raise loans for small busi
ness from $150,000 to $250,000 and
in distress areas would make
available authority to grant ex
tensions up to ten years.
This legislation will help
strengthen the ' hundreds of
thousands of small businesses
which, despite the fact that we
have some giant corporations, axe
the real backbone of our competi
tive free enterprises society. It
will help make it possible for
small businesses to compete with
the giants. Without a strong
business community there can be
no competitive economy.
G. O. P. WOMEN ORGANIZING
The membership of the Repub
lican Women's Federation of Ore
gon has nearly doubled the state
membership and the number of
clubs this year according to Mrs.
Harry A. Pallady, state member
ship chairman who conducted the
drive.
The State President of the
RWFO and Mrs. Pallady are in
Eastern Oregon this week to com
plete organization of clubs in
Hermiston and Athena. The state
officers presented a hand-carved
15-inch elephant of juniper wood
to the Milton-Freewater club as
a prize ior wuuime "c
membership drive. Mrs. H. C.
Mansfield, club membership
chairman was presented a blan
ket as a reward.
FREE ASTHMA CURE
It took Robert Bob, 47-year-old
Indian lifer at the state peniten
tiary, just one week to cure his
asthma. He enjoyed taking the
cure. It was free and so was he.
When he leaves tobacco alone,
he says, his asthma gets better.
In the prison there was too much
tobacco around. It was too tempt
ing for him, so he Just walked
away and took a weeks outing in
the hills of Silver Falls State
Park.
He returned to the prison Sun
day of his own accord, a well but
hungry man.
Bob, who was convicted in 1937
for the death of his wife, was
paroled last year but didn't like
it "outside'' so he phoned two
guards to come and get him as he
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Although Morrow county has
not been classed as a hog-produc
ing area there are several farm
ers who are becoming more in
terested in hog-production and of
course there are a lot of farmers
that keep a brood sow or two
There is beginning to be more In
terest with a build-up of hog
numbers throughout the entire
United States. With this condi
tion, it would be wise to push
spring pigs so as to get ahead of
the heavy marketing that would
likely come this fall. Peak hog
numbers seem to hit the latter
part of September and in October,
So if hog-growers can get their
spring pigs on the market some
time in August, they probably
will get a better price than they
would in September & October,
Full feeding with a South-Feeder
on pasture, if possible, is one way
of getting more economical gains
and will get the hogs ready for
STAR THEATER, Heppner
AdmUsion Prices: Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows continuous from 2 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxoifice
open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 16-17-18
BENGAL BRIGADE
Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Dan O'llerlihy (of Robinson Crusoe,),
Torln Thatcher. Exciting, action-packed tale of adventure and romance in India
in Technicolor. Plus
FAST AND FURIOUS
John Ireland, Dorothy Malone. Sportscar racing with a fleeing Jaguar out front.
Sunday-Monday, Juno 19-20
FAR COUNTRY
James Stewart, Ruth Roman. Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan. In Technicolor.
Filmed in the great Canadian Northwest outdoor drama in the best tradition with
all the challenging dangers of the Yukon Frontier in the days of the Klondike Gold
Rush.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m 4:20, 6:40
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 21-22
SO THIS IS PARIS
In Technicolor with Tony Curtis, Gloria Dellaven, Gene Nelson. Corrine Calvet,
Here la a thoroughly delightful evening fo everyone hilarity and happiness, bub
bling with song and sparkling with dance.
. -
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 23-24-25
SIEGE AT RED RIVER
Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone. Technicolor Western on a scale that is
difficult to match. Plus
SCARLET SPEAR
Filmed entirely in a big-game country of Africa, this features' appeal is in the
expertly photographed sequences of animal and native life.
for market by early June. Not a
great lot of pushing had been
were ' done on these lambs, however,
prime, seven choice and one good. most had had access to grain in
This shows that late January and creepes since the lambs were
February lambs can be finished born.
The
ANNOUNCING
Opening of Offices
FOR THE
PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY
Dr. Bob B. Bliss
Heppner Clinic Building
.MONDAY, JUNE 27
Will Make Appointments Starting June 20
Hours: 8:30 to 5:30, Mon. Through Fri.
Phone 6-9436
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