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Page 8 fleppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 1 1, 1955 Local Cattle Market Active HERMISTON Demand was broad and very active as better quality cattle were consigned at the Hermiston livestock auction Friday, Delbert Anson, manager of the sale, reports. Consigned were 274 cattle compared with 281 the previous Friday, 78 hogs compared with 217, and 169 sheep compared with 76. Prices were generally steady, heifer calves selling at $17.10 cwt. and veal bringing $18.50 cwt. Canner-cutter cows were up 85c at $17.10 cwt., and shells up 60c at $8 cwt., and ewes up $1.20 at .$6.90 cwt. Feeder lambs made up most of the sheep consigned, sell ing at a top of $12.50 cwt. Particularly in demand for next Friday are top quality feeder steers and better quality, fatter grass heifers weighing 800 to 900 pounds. Those receiving top prices Fri day included from Hermiston, C. L. Hunt, who sold 3 sows weigh ing 1310 lbs. for $12.40 cwt.; Ray mond Wood, a 940 lb. whiteface heifVT, $18.10 cwt.; Edna Mulkens an 820 lb. Holstein cow, $10.75 cwt.; and E. A. Westermeyer, a 1330 ib. whiteface bull, $14.30 cwt.; Armin Pratt, Stanfield, 5 fat hogs, 1010 lbs., $17.35 cwt; C. N. Weltvine, Echo, a 475 lb. Here ford veal calf, $18.50 cwt.; C. W. MacFaul, Irrigon, 7 ewes, 955 lbs. $6.90 cwt.; William rairiea, Wall la Walla, a 970 lb. feeder steer, $19.10 cwt.; Clifton Kirk,-Weston, 3 Angus heifers, 1640 lbs., $17.10 cwt.; and W. E. Brock, Touchet Wash.; 11 feeder lambs, 1005 lbs. $15.20. Calves: Baby calves 7.50-18.00 lid. ; weancr calves, steer calves 17.10-18.9o cwt.; heifer calves 15.75-17.10 cwt.; veal 16.75-18.50 cwt. Steers: Stocker steers 15.75-16.-90 cwt.; feeder steers 17.25-19.10 cwt.; no fat slaughter steers; fat heifers 15.90-18.10 cwt. Cows: Dairy cows 102.50-152.50 hd.; dairy heifers 10.75-13.30 cwt; no stock cows. Slaughter Cows: Commercial 12.75-15.00 cwt.; utility 11.25-12.-30 cwt.;canner cutter 8.40-10.75 cwt; shells 6.50-8.00 cwt; bulls 12.75-1 1.80 cwt. Hogs: Weaner pigs 6.75-10.00 hd.; feeder pigs 15.50-17.10 cwt; fat hogs 16.50-17.35 cwt.; sows 10.50-12.40 cwt.; boars 4.50-8.90 cwt. Sheep: Feeder lambs 13.10-15.20 cwt.; no fat lambs; ewes 1.25-6.90 cwt; bucks 1.25-3.00 cwt. o Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty had as their guests over the weekend, their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gonty of The Dalles. Heppner FFA Chapter Plans For Projects The Heppner F. F. A. chapter held their regular meeting In the agricultural building Tuesday, August 9. They discussed the idea of leas ing the kitchen at the fair grounds or feeding out some steers or pigs as a source of in come for the chapter. They de cided that the kitchen would be too much trouble for a chapter as small as theirs and decided feed ing out some steers and hogs would be best. The livestock judging team, consisting of Eddie Brosnan, Steve Green and Roy Hughes will compete at the Umatilla County Fair which is being held August 18-20. The boys were encouraged to enter the livestock judging con test at the Morrow County Fair, to compete for the plaque spon sored by the Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. It will be given to the high Judge of the Heppner chapter. There will also be a banner for the high F. F. A. livestock judge at the fair. Any member of the Blue Mountain district can compete for this award. WILL DO ironing in your home and will baby sit by he day. Mrs. Ada Cannon, No. 8 Court St 20p CAPITAL PARADE (Continued from Page 7) meeting In Portland last week Congresswoman Edith S. Green and Mrs. Richard L. Neuberger, wife of Oregon's Junior U. S. Senator, will be principal speak ers at a national organizational meeting of women Democrats of the Northwest at Spokane, Octo ber 14-15. IT MADE NEWS For most state workers it has become standard practice to stretch their 15-mlnute "coffee breaks" to 25 or 30 minutes. So, of course it made front page news when a group of motor vehi cle department employees came in the Capitol restaurant one day this week with an alarm clock placed it in the center of the table, ordered and enjoyed their coffee and promptly arose when the alarm clock went off in 15 minutes and went back to work. NIGHT RAIDERS A rash of Rye grass seed thiev ery spread over Linn county and into Lane and Marion counties during th first week of August The going market price is $7.50 a sack. Eighty sacks of the seed dis appeared from the farm fields of Earl Manning which was the largest loss reported. The seed growers began laying in wait in their fields with guns Saturday night. Weekend guests of Mrs. Elvira McDonald were Mr. and Mrs George McDonald and Neil, The Dalles. Accompanied by Mrs Ella Bleakman, Mr. and Mrs, Lewis McDonald and Monte Mc Donald they spent Sunday fish ing on Rock Creek. ADVERTISED FOOD SPECIALS Standby 46 oz. Cans PINEAPPLE JUICE CANS As Advertised on TV Standby No. 2 Can Crushed PINEAPPLE O CANS 99c 47c Smoke House CANNED PICNICS Tor That Old South Flavor EA.$ 2.95 SLAB BACON re Fresh St 45c Hard Cure Fresh Stock LB. Heppner Market LOYD BURKENBINE Umatilla Fair to Go On Despite Loss of Buildings by Fire The Umatilla county fair at Hermiston August 17-20 will be bigger and better than ever, was the word this week from fair bo;ird members who are making frantic efforts to replace the five fair buildings burned to the ground last Monday. All but two of seven major buildings went up in flames, but it was reported today (Thursday) that through the help of Umatilla county and Ordnance, numerous metal buildings have, been made available for fair use. The fair program opens Satur day night with the crowning of queen Terry Hill of Helix. Welfare Aid Continued from Page 1 pended for medical care of reci pients of all the categories of aid. Aid to dependent children grants decreased only $127 and a decrease of $577 in aid to the blind was due to the closing of the only grant in that program in October. General assistance, in cluding foster care, decreased $581. .98 primarily due to the fact that no children were in need of foster home care during the past year. It was noted that the total ap proved budget for the 54-55 period was $81,467.00 compared to the to tal $65,455.98 expenditures, repre senting a difference of $16,011.02 Administrative costs increased only $101.13. The increasing costs of medical treatment and the fact that the program for aid to the permanent and totally dis abled is still relatively new, ap pear to be the important factors In the consideration of the ex penditures for public assistance in the county, Myrick pointed out. The commission includes mem bers of the county court, Garnet Barratt, chairman and county judge, Ralph Thompson, Heppner, and Russell Miller, Boardman, commissioners, J. O. Hager and Charles Jones, Heppner, Mrs. Ernest Heliker, lone and Mrs. Vernon Munkers, Lexington. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunn, Fossil, a 7 lb. 12 oz. girl born Aug. 7, named Mickey Alicia. Medical Alvin Sawyer, Con don; Larry Bellenbrock, Heppner, dismissed; James Laney, Lexing ton, dismissed; Eddie Struthers, Condon, dismissed; Ernest Hunt, Heppner; Homer Bowman, Kin zua; Ceceila Worlein, Kinzua; Stanley Stanek, Parkdale, Ore gon; Margaret Gaarsland, lone; Victor Robert Rietmann, lone, dis missed. Minor Surgery Lucille Weems, Spray, dismissed; Mary Wright, Heppner, dismissed; Charlene Wizner, Boardman. Major Surgery Elmer Ken nedy, Condon; Virginia Kelso, Kinzua. Out-Patients Richard Hayes, Condon; Russell O'Donnell, Hepp ner; Beulah Ogletree, Heppner. COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 6 All schools in the county will open Sept. 6, Jack C. Flug, county school superintendent, has an nounced. Teaching staffs are almost complete with only two or three vacancies remaining in the county, he said. SPECIAL LEXINGTON SCHOOL MEETING A special meeting of the Lex ington school patrons will be held at the school house Tuesday Aug ust 23 at 8:00 p. m. All interested members of the community are invited to attend. The meeting is for the purpose of discussing and preparing plans for possible shop and home eco nomics classes in the Lexington school. DIVORCES GRANTED Judge William Wells granted divorces in circuit court Monday morning to Virginia Snow from William Snow, lone, and was granted the cutody of the child ren and support payments; to Nina Noland from Cleve Noland Heppner, with Mrs. Nolan award ed custody of the children and support payments and to Kenneth Akers from Maysell Akers. lone. LOCAL RANCHER ON MAGAZINE COVER Cover picture for the August 1 issue of the Oregon Farmer is of Paul Brown, Heppner wheat rancher, who was the county con servation man for the year for 1954. The farm magazine is also issued as the Washington, Idaho and Utah Farmer in each respec tive state. POTLUCK BEING PLANNED Friends are making tentative plans for a potluck dinner on the court house lawn, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Harley Anderson, dur ing Mrs. Anderson's visit here from Mesa, Arizona. She is expected to arrive in Heppner about August 15. o Gazette Times Classifieds Pay I Local News In Brief Jack C. Flug. county school superintendent, attended a work shop for all county superinten dents in the state at the Univer sity of Oregon, Eugene, July 25-30 Following the workshop Mr. ana Mrs Flu? visited in Reedsport at the homes of their daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pitcher and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hathaway. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones and daughter, Miss Loma Mae Jones, Portland, and son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grabeal, Dayton, Wash., left last week for a vacation in Washing ton, D. C, New York, and Toronto, Canada where they will attend a Disciples of Christ world conven tion. . Mr., and Mrs. N. C. Anderson left Friday for Pasco where Mr. Anderson's father, who has been visiting here, took the train for his home in North Dakota. The Anderson's continuel on to Hills boro to pick up their daughters, Connie and Carol Ann who have been vacationing at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Yackley. Mrs. Warren Boyd, (Lorena Meadows) of San Francisco, who is a former Heppner resident, is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hager. She will remain for a week or two. Mr. nnd Mrs. lack Bedford, , daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Bed ford and granddaughter Julie Bed 'ford attended the First National bank picnic Sunday at Emigrant Springs Park. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Farra and family returned Monday evening from a weeks vacation to the Oregon coast. In Portland they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beardsley. Mr. Beardsley is re covering from an injury to his hand caused when he caught it in a saw. The Rev Lester D. Boulden left this week for Sacramento, Calif., where he will attend a pastor's school at the College of Pacific during the remainder of the month. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish of Lake Grove, near Portland visited last weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish. 7Kf U$Myu "Poor Clarence. Since he made all that money, he's been carrying the weight of the world around on his stomuch!" Cuests of Mr. end Mrs. Jack Bedford last Thursday were their daughter-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Bed ford and daughters Julia and Jill of California, the latter's mother, Mrs. Alfred Jensen, her sister, Miss Ruth Jensen and aunt, Miss Katheiine Cropsey, Bickleton, Wash. Miss Jensen has been em ployed by the air force in Weis hpHpn nnrmanv as a teacher for service dependents the past four years and will leave tne enu in August for Madrid, Spain where she will teach next year. Mr. nnd Mrs. Harlev Young and ! children i'ft this week for a va- cation in Los Angeies, cuu. n.v were accompanied by tneir re cent houseguests, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Young, and his sisters, Mrs. Norman Gaugh and son and Miss Lorita Young, all of Maryville, Mo. CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING IS CHANGED The regular meeting of the Heppner Civic League has been postponed from August 15 until Monday August 22. n Need Letterheads? Phone 6-9228 HOW ABOUT IT? If you're among the many with A Mortgage on your home, Could your family pay it off If they had to do it alone? Records show that only one out Of 200 homes ever burns! Yet, 34 out of 200 owners die During 20-year Mortgage terms! Insure your loan or Mortgage; Don't lose out like that Let Insurance make' payment when You, or your family, can't! hr Ask Us About This Protection! For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES Heppner, Oregon Phone 6-9625 Box 611 4 For FREE SHOES 9th SEMI-ANNUAL N Hi (Dimly ne Mouse Week! No Mall or Phone Order please All Sales Final No Refunds No Exchanges No Charges or Layaways Go IN HEPPNER . 9 y s Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland were in Baker on Saturday and Madras on Sunday where Penland assisted with the district meet ings of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham and daughter Helen, Janice Bea mer and Mrs. Raymond Ferguson left Sunday for a few days in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Een Lowden, Cen tralia, Wash., visited her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle last week. Doo little and Lowden wers fellow em ployees in Centralia in 1916. Judge and Mrs. Garnet Barratt left Tuesday for Salem on busi ness. They expect to be gone until the first of next week. Ife HUNTING 'i for E r more i; "tiffin nitninr-'on "3 V Iry Uur Ad t i 4 o We're c7 right up n 'fop with the NEW BEST SELLS And we're on top, too, with THE m town! But we're way down on the BOTTOM with MmM payments xl dee your -fgiowe Dealer- JO for the deal On of your life! - oVu v em J ' 'SEE-. - o WW ROSEWALL MOTOR CO.
