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Pogt2 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES M0IR0W COUNTY'S NEWIPAPIlt Tht Beppwc 9tmtt, taUbltahed' Marsh 80, 1833. The Heppner Tim, abMe4 November 18, 1897. Consolidated February U, 1912. Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, November 3, 1955 fPTll,Hm IJ-'ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and PublUhar QRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher o OCM asts an BIAL tJgn Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Poft Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Qas. Matter Subscription Rate Morrow and Grant Oounth. S3.00 Year; Elsewhere S4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cento. Schools Are Better Than You Think! Guest Editorial By . Phil G. Newitt, Supt of lone School It's no wonder parents are confused and dis tressed by conflicting reports in books, magazine articles and news paper stories on what kind of a job our public schools are doing. Please, try to read, "Public Schools Are Better Than Ypu Think" by Sloan Wilson, executive of the White House Conference on Education, in the September Harper's. It will give all parents and community mem bers a measure of comfort and some sense of the responsibility which rests with them if the schools are ever to be as good as we would like them to be. A truly ignorant man can easily.work himself into a feverish fury about the public schools, and if he is able to write he can in a brief article un burden himself of enough righteous indignation to heat a large gymnasium on a cold winter day. On the other hand, the person who has really learned something about the schools finds that the schools are progressing very rapidly toward their goals. Mistakes are made every day but a conscientious effort is made to correct them. In the last 10 years, our nation has gone humanitarian to a great and wonderful degree, but it doesn't yet want to pay for it. The schools have never been anywhere near as good as they are today, but the gap between what they are and what the people want is greater than ever before. Fifty years ago only the gifted pupil ever went to high school, and he graduated knowing how to spell quite well. Now the schools try to do some thing for the gifted, the mediocre, and the retarded, not just "something" either, but a whole lot of things never dreamed of 50 years ago. This new concept of what the schools do for the child is not just the idea of the educators. It has come by public demand, worked out gradually by thous ands of day-to-day decisions at countless school board meetings throughout the country. No one in education pretends that the schools are as good as they should be, including Sloan Wilson, but in the light of what is demanded of them, what is thrown at them in the way of a Snowballing student load and what is not given them in the form of adequate support, Wilson thinks the schools are making remarkable pro gress. The schools will be as good as they ought to be only when the public understands the relation ship between its demands for them and the cost of meeting the demand and is willing to pay the price, From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson This past week, as a lot of calves were weaned and deliver ed, I had the opportunity to see the quality of a good many herds throughout the county. Quality is Improving each year. As live stock men are more conscious of quality and confirmation, they are not only selecting better bulls, but are also selecting better re placement heifers. I was also interested to note the heavy weaning weight of many of the calves. Several cattlemen are calving earlier and are weaning considerably heavier calves than those that cannot because of fa cilities or some other reasons. calves as a general rule how ever, are coming off the cows this fall in awfully good shape. As an indication of the quality of the various herds, several 411 Club calves were selected topping the better herds. Four calves were WUZ WE TRICKED! Maybe Mother Nature wasn't treated, For she certainly did tricks! All around 'twas white with snow; Streets, sloppy and slick! Winter sure landed with a bang! Without much warning, too. Hope guests didn't do the same When coming to visit you! Comprehensive Personal Lia bility Is just the thing for you! Protects you; pays guest medi cal; Has nominal premium, too! hr For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES Heppner, Oregon Phone 6-9625 Bex 611 Remember I We're Downstairs Now Same Building I selected from the Paul Hisler herd, three from the Luke Bibby herd, four from the Harold Wright herd. Steers from the Paul His ler herd weighed as much as 575 pounds and 550 pounds from the Luke Bibby herd. There were calves heavier than 600 pounds in the Luke Bibby herd. Heavier calves were selected for feeding for the Oregon Wheat Growers League fat stock show to be held in June, while lighter calves were selected for fall shows. There has surely been a big improvement in quality of most of our herds over the past few years. From a recent production price and cost review report from Ore gon State College we find that an average Oregon citizen last year, had less money than in 1953. For Oregon farmers, the money taken in from sales of products with the lone exception of 1949 was the smallest since 1946. This was on a cash basis. Out of the money from the sales, the farmer still had to pay production expenses. Looking at the overall state fig ures of operation costs for every one-hundred dollars that Oregon farmers took in from cash sales last year, they paid out about Seventy-dollars in farm operat ing bills. Farm living expenses still had to come out of what was left. Reports continue to come in frequently of stomach worm in cattle here in Morrow county. As we hear of more herds effected with stomach worms, It appears that they are with us to stay. It was only a few years ago that ranchers claimed there were no known infestations here. Since we know that they are present, and even though they might not be found in every herd, it is well to begin planning a control program. Livestock men who have noted poor gaining ani mals on Irrigated pastures, should be the first to take recommended steps. Work recently done at the college, recommends treatment of infected cattle with a phenothia zine drench, Yl grams of pheno thiazlne per hundred pounds of weight. This would be six oun ces of material for four-hundred to six-hundred pound calves. Phe nothiazine salt mix, it will pre vent stomach worms to some ex tent. Worm losses take several forms including poor feed efficiency. loss of grade, lower resistance to other parasites and disease, and death. Such infections can be noted best in weaners and year lings. Symptoms include scouring and general unthrlftiness. Worms can frequently be responsible for a one-hundred to one-hundred fifty pound weight loss In a four to five hundred pound animal. If you should have any of these symptoms in your livestock herd, better Investigate the possibility of worms. Development of ground waters by construction of open pits or sumps is regulated by the ground water act of 1955. Permits for such developments are required before construction is started They can be obtained from the Continued on Page 5 TO THE EDITOR . . . Dear Editor: Several weeks ago there was launched a program for Oregon citizens called "Red Hat Day". Considerable publicity was made and a special day set forth in an effort, among other things, to better acquaint the sportsmen with hunting ethics. Ranchers and livestockmen were pleased with the possibility of a better understanding with sportsmen who rely on private farm lands as. a hunting ground. For years, a minoiity of hunters who do not understand that ranchers must make their living on these farm lands, had abused their privi leges through wanton destruc- 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 7i30. Boxoftlce open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278, XJ..... Thursday -Friday-Saturday, November 3-4-5 SEMINOLE UPRISING A good George Montgomery western In Technicolor. Plus THE PURPLE MASK Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy, Angela Lansbury. rieasant diversion In this lively and humorous tale of derrlng-do. Sunday and Monday, November 6-7 SEVEN LITTLE FOYS Bobe Hope as Eddie Fov, Milly Vitale, George Tobias, Angela Clarke. In Vista Vision, Color by Technicolor. "Here's a different Bob Hope, as he's never been seen before living the most poignant, most hilarious true story ever to come out of the enter tainment world! Sunday shows at 4 p. m. 6 and 8. Tuesday-Wednesday, November 8-9 TIGHT SPOT Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith. A good suspenseful comedy-drama. SCHOOLS- ffjq Your Investment A 71 in AMERICA fe DAILY TOPICS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 YOU INVESTMENT IN CHARACTER BUILDING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 YOL 2 INVESTMENT IN TEACHERS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 YOUR INVESTMENT IN CLASSROOMS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 YOUR INVESTMENT IN FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 YOUR INVESTMENT IN BETTER LIVING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 YOUR INVESTMENT IN A STRONG NATION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 YOUR INVESTMENT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 6-12 tion. City dwellers who would be aghast as the thought of a far mer solefully wandering In to town and pitching a tent on their front lawn, think nothing of camping for weeks without per mission, and literally taking po ssession of private lands for hunt ing. From recent reports of trespass, destruction of property, including the shooting of cattle and horses, the purpose of Red Hat Day did not reach everyone. Perhaps as time goes on this program will accomplish its goal. In the mean time Morrow County Livestock men have agreed to try to accom plish this in a different manner. They have extended their $500.00 theft reward program to cover shooting of livestock as well as for evidence leading to arrest, conviction, and sentencing for stealing. In their minds shoot ing, whether deliberate or acci dental (if not reported) is as seri ous as stealing. While this reward program was initiated with the hopes of bringing more theft cases to jus tice, it is at times doubtful whet her the program is justified. Many months, sometimes stretch ing into years of investigation go by before apprehension of those guilty. With the great number of cattle losses each year that go unsolved, along with the mild sentences for those apprehended, the practice is not greatly dis couraged. Evidently sentences such as were given to two recent cattle thieves d0 little to discourage others from following in their tracks. Within a few days after a sentence, which amounted to almost nothing, a cattle theft was again reported from the samp herd. Whether tne un read of the insignificant sentence and decided he had notning xo is not known. It is our thought that, had he heard of it, he would surely not be discour aged from carrying out his mis sion. By doing so he has present ed a case for law enforcement and theft investigation officers to spend hundreds and 'even thousands of dollars to solve. The practice continues. What is the solution? Sincerely, Raymond French, chairman, Morrow County Livestock Growers Association -SELECT CHRISTMAS NOW ON Lay-Away Selections Are Best Right Now Choose Your Gifts .... A Small Deposit Will Hold Them. n m John A'. Pfeiffer Heppner sfWHIHJitlaWW N OT of A OF Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. Monday, November 4 AT THE lone Grange Hall STARTING AT 10:00 A. M. FREE LUNCH AT NOON Door prizes of a Thanksgiving turkey and a government E Bond will be given First drawing at 10 a. m. Come and be on time for the drawing. Ladies are especially invited.
