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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 15, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Th pir GazetU, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
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Another Idea On The
Farm Program
From The Sherman County Journal
The Democrats and the Republicans are both
talking about the farm situation, the Democrats
most gleefully because for them once the Repub
licans have ahold of that perennially hot poker
the farm problem.
We are sure that there will always be a farm
problem as long as the government meddles with
farm . production, farm management and farm
marketing. Getting rid of the government would
relieve much of the problem.
About all the Democrats can be happy about
is that the Republicans are trying a flexible price
support plan, a minor adjustment to the Demo
cratic plan of rigid price supports. The flexible
plan hasn't controlled the surplus although it
might do so if flexible enough. The rigid price
support plan is worse.
As for wheat the policy of acreage reduction is
a total failure. The crop base is 77,000,000 acres.
The greatest reduction possible under the law is
down to 55,000,000 acres. This was invoked last
year. Because of drouths, floods, etc., there were
only 47,000,000 acres harvested this summer, the
lowest acreage since 1934. Even with normal ex
ports we will do nothing to reduce the surplus.
News stories have told why. A man in the
Willamette valley grew 82 bushels per acre on 15
acres; in Jefferson county a man produced 90
bushels per acre. Now 90 bushels per acre on 15
acres cannot be reduced under the present law.
A man has a right to grow that much wheat with
out penalty.
That is 1350 bushels. With Irrigation such a
wheat grower is equal to a dry land farmer with
a half section of ordinary land on which there
might be 250 acres tillable, half each year. His
reduction would be about 40 percent and his crop
about 20 bushels per acre or less, if a full 20 he
would have 1500 bushels to sell to the govern
ment. The whole world is subsidizing wheat produc
tion and the consumption is going down largely
because the price is too high. Fear of war and
the desire of a nation's rulers to be independent
of imports probably causes much of the subsidization.
It is to be expected that both political parties
will make the highest possible bid for farm votes.
Probably neither will be able to pass the plan
they propose for farmers are divided, themselves
on the kind of aid they want. We do know that
little farmers will get the breaks as long as farm
ing is handled politically and that the 15 acre
wheat grower with an irrigated crop every year
Is going to beat the 3000 acre wheat grower in a
summerfallow country because the 15 acre far
mer is politically 200 times as important as the
big farmer. If no one grew wheat on more than
15 acres we would have enough wheat for 10 or
15 years.
Government aid and the blight of democracy
will eventually put the big farmer out of business.
His best bet is. to support the plan that reduces
farm support the most.
We Like to Know, Too!
A couple of days ago the East Oregonian made
editorial comment that it was gratified to receive
news pictures and information about top cowboys
from the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA) and
that it had commented previously that the asso
ciation, and the cowboys, were lacking in getting
out any publicity for and about themselves.
We must agree with the EO that it has been
next to impossible to find out anything about top
rodeo hands, but we would like to make a sug
gestion to the Pendleton Round-Up publicity
committee that it take note of editor Forrester's
comment.
Specifically, we have this gripe. This news
paper has not received one word of publicity, one
picture in fact absolutely nothing in the line
of news, concerning this year's Pendleton Round
Up, yet a Heppner girl, Miss Sharon Bryant, is
'a member of the Round-Up royal court, which cer
tainly means we have an interest in what she
is doing and what the Round-Up is planning.
No doubt the lack of close-to-home publicity
has been an oversight, but we feel it is one which
shouldn't be overlooked in the future. The Round
Up Is Eastern Oregon's greatest show and we, be
being a part of Eastern Oregon too, like to be a
part of that show, even if our part is only to give
it a little more publicity. We'll be glad to give
it, hut we'll be darned if we're going to go over
there after it.
County Agent News . .
By N. C. Anderson
Arrangements have been com
pleted for seed ncrease of the
two new wheat varieties releas
ed cooperatively by Washington,
Oregon and Idaho this year. The
two wheats have been named
Omar and Columbia. Omar, re
ferred to as red chaff Elgin, is a
new highly smut resistant red
chaff club wheat designed to re
place Elmar. It has excellent
milling and baking qualities and
is superior to Elmar as a soft
pastry wheat. The twenty-six
growers in eastern Oregon will
receive a total of 400 bushels of
registered seed for increase.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
Sept. 17, 1925
A deal was closed the last of
the week whereby Mr .and Mrs.
Earl Gordon became proprietors
of the Fountain of Sweets, at the
corner of Main and Baltimore
streets.
Tom Boylen, Jr., was in Hepp
ner for a short time on Tuesday.
Karl Beach and Lawrence of
Lexington left for Walla Walla
where Lawrence will enter -upon
his second year at Whitman.
Among those noted in attend
ance at the North Morroy County
Fair held at Boardman on last
Friday and Saturday were Judge
Benge, Dist. Atty. Notson, Frank
Gilliam, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Briggs and
Mrs .Ray Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
George Aiken, Supt. Walker,
County Clerk, Anderson and
family, Osmin Hager and family,
Sheriff McDuffee, A. M. Phelps
and W. E. Pruyn.
Vawter Parker, Reid Buseick,
Miss Luola Benge and Miss Mary
Patterson are Heppner young peo
ple leaving tomorrow for Eugene
where they will register as stu
dents in the University of Oregon.
cooperative wheat nursery and
reproduced was known as Im
proved Forty Fold and Fifty Fold.
The wheat when milled this past
week was less desirable in mill
ing qualities than Rex. At a
meeting of wheat growers, at
tended by college and Oregon
Wheat Growers League person
nel on Tuesday, it was announ
ced that action was being taken
to have that variety classed in
the group recently announced
with a twenty cent per bushel
discount. The variety tested by
the college was found to be sus
ceptible to most smuts including
dwarf smut and shattered read
ily, With this in mind, Morrow
county farmers seeding this
wheat should understand that
there is the possibility of a twen
ey cent discount, the same as
Rex.
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Lloyd Howton, lone, is the only
Morrow county farmer who will
be producing this variety for seed
increase. 4 Columbia, a hard red
variety which is a result of a
Rex-Rio Nebred cross is adapted
to the areas where Rio and Tur-
key are grown. The hard red va
riety is taller and yields are high
er than Rio. It is a bearded red
chaff wheat. There was but sixty
bushels of this variety available
for release in Oregon. Dick Krebs,
Cecil, was chosen to increase
seed under irrigation on land re
cently plowed out of alfalfa.
Growers of these new varieties
were checked closely as to quali
fications for increasing the seed
and keeping it dean. They will
be allowed to retain twenty per
cent of the production with
eiuhtv percent to be turned to
Oregon State College for realli
cation for seeding in the fall of
1950. Those who have made ap
plication for these new varieties
and were not considered for this
original seed will be alloted seed
next fall.
With the first sprinkle of the
fall coming today, Tuesday, it
reminds us that the rainy sea
son will soon be with us. It is
well worth remembering that the
old adage a leaky roof is like a
bad apple in a barrel, it invites
more and more trouble. This is
a good time to check for possible
leaks in the roofs of grain stor
ages. Water has been one of the
most common causes of grain
loss and a careful check should
be made so that prevailing winds
93 Deer Checked
Out at Monument
In Special Hunt
By Martha Matteson
The special deer season closed
last Wednesday night and when
the checking station closed in
Monument Thursday there had
been 93 deer checked out of this
area.
Gerald. A. Lewis and family of
San Leandro, Calif., were up for
the week visiting his folks, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmo. Lewis of Cotton.
They also visited his sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Davis and a bro
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lewis.
Mrs. Stanley Cox drove over on
Tuesday from Heppner after her
two children who had been with
her sister, Mrs. Joe Mellow for
five days.
The George Capons, Rex Sweeks
and George Starretts were in Fos
sil one day last week visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flower
drove Rush Crabtree to Bend on
Wednesday afternoon to catch
the bus to Willows, Calif., where
he had to go on business and for
medical care.
One line of the city power was
out all night Thursday for 13
hours, so several were using
candles and lamps. Ben Spain,
Bob Kingman, Clarence Holmes,
Charles Roach Jr. and L. D. Vin
sen were all checking lines till
the trouble was found between
Ritter and Dale.
Hugh Johnson is on the Hum
phrey place while the owners are
gone to sheep camp to ship their
lambs.
Dick Engal of John Day was
visiting at the Matteson home
Friday evening. He was just re
leased from the navy.
will not blow rain through the
cracks and openings. This also
applies to snow. Grain that is
wet will heat and such grain is
conducive to insect infestation.
Better check your grain bins now.
Standing committee chairman
are invited to attend the next
regular executive committee
meeting of the Oregon Wheat
growers League which will be
held at the new Memorial Arm
ory building in Pendleton on
Tuesday, Sept. 20 beginning at
9:30 a. m. A special effort is
being made to bring all of the
eouvfty committe-ehairmen to
this meeting so that the status of
all projects to date can be dis
cussed. Plans will also be made
for the fall county meetings. If
there is a question on the agen
da for the day we would he glad
to discuss this with you people.
Minnie Gambel of The Dalles
is visiting her daughter and fam
ily, the Elze Emorys.
Alonzo Merrill of Hermiston
was in town last week looking up
old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lesley and
children were in from California
visiting friends and relatives.
Lowell Flynn and Robert Kin
caid of Mt. Vernon were Sunday
evening dinner guests at, the
Matteson home.
, Maynard Hamilton is doing
some plumbing at the Bud Engla
home on Cottonwood.
A new barber shop has opened
in Monument. It is run by Ralph
Farrow in a side room at the
Boyer cash store.
Helen Brown had as house
guests over the past 10 days her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Vawlter of Idaho, Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Christersoc and
children of Portland and Frank
Christerson of San Diego.
A Keep Oregon Green forestry
party was held at the Martin
home Saturday evening. After
gating, the evening was spent
gathering pictures and notes for
the forestry scrapbook, taking
and showing pictures of forestry
work. Besides the host and host
ess, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin
and girls, present were Mr. and
Mrs. Aubry Crum, Monument
lookout; Keith and Bonnie Calbe,
Ritter butte lookout; Clarence
Jacobson, Paul Jorgenson, Rudio
Allen Johnson, the suppression
crew.
A class B fire was reported to
the office here at 2:15 Sunday
afternoon. Those from here who
went were Henry Martin, Au
bry Crum, Richard Martin and
Clarence Nelson of Spray.
Allen Johnson who has been
here with the forest service for
the summer, returned to his home
in Dayville for school.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Lyons of
Portland were visiting at the
home of her sister, Helen Brown.
Also visiting over Labor day were
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Magce and
children of John Day.
Mr. and Mrs George Mantiss,
former postmistress, were visit
ing over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crocker had
as their houseguests for the
weekend, his parents of Salem.
They brought Ronnie Crocker's
two brothers up to visit him.
They are nephews of Jim's.
The M. M. M. club met at the
home of Grace Starrett Thursday
afternoon and elected new offi
cers. They are: president, Anna
Erhardt; vice president, Doris
Capon; secretary, Martha Mat
teson, treasurer, Helen Brown.
Present at the meeting were
Olive Cox, Wave Jackson, Ellie
Durst, Ivy Barnard, Doris Capon,
Delsia Sweek, May McWillis,
Helen Brown, Millie Wilson, Anna
Edhardt, Iris Kincaid, Martha
lookout; Richard Martin and Matteson and Garce Starrett.
GILLIAM COUNTY
FAIR
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September 23-24-25
Condon, Oregon
NOTHING IN FRONT OF YOU BUT FRESH AIR!
While we are talking about
new wheat varieties it might be
of Interest to Morrow county
wheat growers that a new va
riety which was produced here in
Morrow county this past year
failed to pass milling tests which
were run on the variety last week
The variety which was increased
from seed taken from a college
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