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Page 2 Heppncr Gazette Times, Thursday, September 29, 1955 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Th lepener Garotte, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Time, established . November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. V-ASS0CIATI0N ROBERT PEN LAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PEN LAND Associate Publisher rtATIO NAL IDIlpilAl ::;:rs'ln:,in,B Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times October 1, 1925 Jack French is champion buck aroo and best all-round cowboy at the Heppner rodeo. Fire destroyed the big residence of Pyle and Grimes at Parkers Mill early Wednesday forenoon, word reached Heppner about ten o'clock to that effect. The President Ever since last Saturday's shocking announce ment that President Eisenhower had suffered a heart attack his health and condition has been among the top subjects of discussion among a big share of all Americans. And though he may be berated by political opponents on issues, the President of the United States, be he a Democrat or "a Republican is looked up to, respected and loved by all people, regardless of party. That American citizens are first of all Ameri cans, was again proven this week when political friend and foe alike called for prayers by the people asking for Ike's quick and complete re , covery. How important the President is to this country we believe is well illustrated by this following ex erpt from an editorial release of last week by the Industrial News Review. It came out just one week prior to Eisenhower's sudden illness, "As a general principle, practically everyone agrees that there is no such thing as an indispens able man. As a practical matter, however, any GOP political strategist, in a frank mood, would tell you that there is one man who comes mighty close to being indespensable and his name is Dwight D. Eisenhower. "All kinds of polls and surveys and studies have been made in preparation for the crucial 1956 general election. Most, if not all, have come to the same conclusions. One conclusion is that President Eisenhower, the individual, is far more popular than the Republican party, the institution. Another is that, as of now at any rate, he could defeat any potential Democrat candidate in pretty much of a walk. A third is that no other Repub lican in the public eye has anything resembling tht President's popular standing. It is not an exaggeration to say that many of the most experi enced political observers are convinced that with out Eisenhower there will be a Democratic sweep next year while, with Eisenhower, the Republi cans will certainly keep the Presidency and very possible regain control of Congress. "The opinion is general that, even though it may go against his personal desires, the Presi dent will run. The Democratic leadership believe that. Its present strategy, therefore, is inevitably devoted to seeking issues that are not only anti Republican, but which will undermine the Presi dent's personal popularity and weaken public confidence in his policies and his abilities." The above is in a political vein, as has been the comment appearing recently about the Presi dent and it is only logical and normal in this country with election only a year away. Discus sions of that type seem very inappropriate at such a time, yet the extent to which political decisions in this country are felt around the world is great Too, the affairs, and problems and business of the world go right on regardless of whether this country has a hand in the outcome. Whether President Eisenhower now can and will again be a candidate for the present office we certainly can't say, yet there can be no ques tion but that his present illness will be a major factor in his final decision a decision that he alone can make. ' Whatever the answer, we join the millions who are hoping for his speedy recovery.. The Misses Alma and Leora Devin departed Sunday for Mon mouth where they will enter the State Normal for the fall and i winter. Jfa 2 fc FARMS BIGGER. FEWER If this keeps up until 1956 Ore gon will be just one big farm. Preliminary reports from the Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McNamer pntprtainpH miita a niimhAr nf I j nj- visnurs uuruig me nuuro. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Whittington of Bend, arrived in Heppner on Friday taking in two days of the Rodeo. Mrs. Phill Cohn and daughter Eleanor were in Heppner for the last day of the Rodeo. T. H. Lowe, and Roy Scott spent a short time in the city on Monday. From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Executive committeemen of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, Wheat Commission members and county chairmen of the various Wheat Growers Assn. met last week at Pendleton in an Inter esting worthwhile get together. Chairman, Kenneth Smouse did a fine job in conducting the meet ing for the day and in covering the detailed agenda. During the day, county chair men met with the state standing committee chairmen In the vari ous committees. Topics were dis cussed that were most pertinent and which might be carried back to counties for their fall meeting. Reports were made by tiie wheat disposal and Trans portation, production and land use, youth activities, domestic wheat utilization, federal agri culture programs, and taxation and legislation committees. Plans were made for holding the various fall meetings of the county wheat growers associa tions. Morrow county was especially interested in the plans for the annual meetings which will be held at Pendleton on December 8, 9, and 10. Morrow county are hosts this year for the annual meeting and will be active in J r " W -) Co! a girl friend youM like to make hn ppy? Take HER to the MOVIES! carrying out various phases of the social and business part of the annual convention. Those at tending the meeting from Mor row county were Kenneth Smouse, president; Al Bunch, chairman, Conservation Man of the Year committee; Donald Pet erson, vice chairman, production and land use committee; Glen Campbell, vice chairman, tax ation and legislation committee. Oregon Wheat Growers League; Frank Anderson, chairman; Ken neth Peck, vice chairman; Milton Morgan, chairman, production and land use committee; Mrs. Glen Campbell, chairman, do mestic wheat utilization .commit tee; Vernon Munkers, chairman, federal agricultural programs committee; Mrs. Vernon Munkers visitor, and N. C. Anderson, secre tary, Morrow County Wheat Grow ers Assn. this crop cannot be expected to do much better in average years. Several are talking of seeding their land down to grass and al falfa as a soil conserving mea sure, feeling that the cost of farming the land each year will ;soon eat up any profits that might be gained by a good crop of barley every few years. They feel that grass and alfalfa, while conserving the soil, will provide hay or pasture that will equal income from substitute crops. Other farmers are talking of seeding grain for hay to pro duce some of the hay shortage that we are having here in the county, while others are looking for newer substitutes for wheat. Farmers who grew safflower thi$ year are pretty well satisfied with this crop even though the I production in pounds per acre was low. With a contract price of $72 per ton F O. B. Vancouver, the crop averaged close to the in come per acre from barley. With barley piling up and a great de mand for safflower, it appears that this crop might have more possibilities for Morrow county than at first was thought. A group of farmers growing saf flower last year, with the county agent, met with Dr. Carl Claasen, of the Pacific Oil Seeds Co. who contracted for safflower this year. At this meeting at Pendleton last week the group convinced Dr. Classen that this was a poor year for testing the yield of safflower :in this area and that they" would 1 like to continue producing some safflower to see what it would do in future years. While the Pa cific Oil Seed Co. had agreed that they would not contract for saf flower in this area next year, Dr. Classen agreed to take the pro duction from this area and that contracting could be done at about the same price as the 1955 price of $72 per ton. Farmers who are interested should contact this office early, so that it might be determined how much interest there is in the crop. This year's production in eastern Washington and Oregon is being assembled at Vancouver for a direct shipment to Japan. The crop here in Morrow county produced ffom 250 to approxi mately 450 pounds per acre, with one of the better fields having harvested at this time. No yield has been determined for this field yet. Those farmers who met with Dr. Classen the past week were: Kenneth Smouse, Kenneth Peck, and Ted Palmateer. 1954 federal census of agriculture indicate that farms in Oregon are bigger and fewer than they were in 1950. Notations on Lincoln County, 'show the number of farms drop iped from 856 to 677, while the average acreage increased from 137.4 to 155.5. Benton County reported 1,153 farms last year compared with 1,293 in 1950. The average acre age rose from 178.2 to 185.9. RHOTEN HEADS BAR The Oregon State Bar in an nual convention in Baker elected George A. Rhoten president Sat urday. A prominent Salem attorney he has been on the Bar Association's board of . directors for several years and served as a protem cir cuit judge in Multnomah County earlier this year. He is a gradu ate of the Willamette University College of Law and a member of the firm of Rhoten, Rhoten and Speerstra. TAX STUDY CHIEF The 1955 Legislature's interim tax study committee Saturday selected T. A. Lindstrom to act as full-time director at an annual salary of S10.000. For the past seven years Lind strom has been in charge of the tax research division of the State Tax Commission. Sen. Phil Lowry, Medford, ad vised a projection of future tax reauirements and the separation of tax revenues and expenditures A few weeks ago we comment ed on the sanitary requirements of the food and drug administra tion on wheat going as human food. Food and drug administra tion will tighten sanitary require ments even more next July. Wheat will be condemned if it has one or more rodent pellets per pint or 1 or more, of insect damaged kernals. This is just the current allowance, This means that wheat which is under storage now, if delivered after July 1 next year, will need to be clean enough to meet these re quiiements. If it is not. the grain will have to move at feed prices and farmers will take a consider able discount. It might be well to check a little closer on rodent and bird proofing of the bins on your farm. Farmers received about 4 less from marketings in the first eight months of 1955 than in the cor responding period last year. The total volume of farm marketings during the first eight months was I about 1 larger than a year ear lier but prices of farm products averaged almost 5 lower. In 1954 total gross farm income was about 1 less than in 1953, con tinuing the decline which began in 1952. Production expenses in 1954 were a little lower than. In 1953 but not enough to offset the decline in farm income, thus, net farm income was a little below 1953. between the state and local gov ernments. "Too much stress in the past has been placed on the state and not enough on local taxes," he said. The committee stressed that the director contact large state activities, such as the liquor com mission, state welfare commission and educational agencies to de termine, if possible, their anti cipated revenues and future ex penditures. PRAISE FOR THE PUBLIC Probably not .pften enough does a state department head give a laudatory interview about the public he works for unless he is up for reelection or reappoint ment. State Forester George Spaur who has resigned and goes to far away Pakistan next week to do a forestry job there thinks that a growing public responsibility to forests was largely responsible for the unusually low number of man -caused fires recently. Spaur pointed out that during, the severe dry spell of mid-September none of the many serious forest fires in the state were caused by man. All the bad ones were brought on by lightning strikes. He was speaking of the 13,000,000 acres of forest protect ed by the state forestry depart ment. "And there were a lot of campers, sportsmen and picnick ers in the woods too", he said. Continued on Page 5 The volume of livestock mar keting is shown by U. S. D. A. Slaughter Reports. Total live stock slaughter during the first seven months of 1955 was 6 above last year's, record. Pork output was up 13, beef up '2, and mutton and lamb up 5. Veal production was down 3. Here in Oregon, pork output was up 19 and cattle slaughter was up nearly 4. Calf slaughter was down 97c and sheep and lamb was down more than 16. W Ml! Does 'Northwestern' Have A Larger Run of Good and Choice Quality Cattle Each Week? The answer is because farmers and ranchers receive from $1 to $2 cwt. more for their stock at 'Northwestern' than In any other place or manner of selling. WHY DO THEY RECEIVE HIGHER PRICES (AT LESS COST) AT 'NORTHWESTERN'? The answer is because buyers in large numbers from a wide area recognize 'Northwestern' as a dependable source of clean sanitary, well-handled cattle. Consign Your Cattle to the Market Where Open Competition. Among Many Buyers on Hand Assure You the Top Dollar . SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 NOON MRU LIVESTOCK COMMISSION COHf On U. S. Hiway No. 30 Hermlston, Oregon Frank Wink Sons Don Wink, Mgr Si Williams Ph. 6655 or 3111 Ph. 6532 There is a lot of discussion these days by farmers as to what they will grow on their diverted acres in 195G. Many farmers are a bit unhappy with this years barley yield and many feel that STAR THEATER, Heppner Admission Prices: Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c Including Federal Tax. Sunday Shows continuous from 4 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxoiiice open until 9 p.m. Telephone 6-9278, Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30 Oct. 1 SMOKE SIGNAL Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, hex Reason, William Tallman. In Technicolor. Actu ally filmed along the churning fury and boiling rapids of the Colorado River! 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