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.