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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 22, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Th Heppner izette, established March 30, 1883. Th Heppner Time, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 16, 1912.
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A CHRISTMAS WISH
I like to think that there will be
On Christmas Day, around each tree,
A feeling of the presence of
The Child God sent us with His love;
That there, beside each girl and boy,
He'll be, and sharing in their Joy.
I like to think that, all the while.
The gifts unfold, I'll see Him smile;
And that He'll hear our carolling.
And know it's for the thanks we bring
To God the Father, for His birth.
To be among us on the Earth.
O, may our Christmas time be gay:
But let's remember it's His Day
Let's find a place for prayer in it,
And so have Jesus share in it
Carl Helm
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
A large number of farm and
town people have inquired about
the possibilities of freezing dam
age to crops and trees and orna
mentals. While a lot of damage
has been done to crops in neigh
boring counties, it appears that
damage here will not be too great
to anything other than spring
varieties seeded this fall. Grain
that was frozen back in the
Armistice day storm Is making a
nice regrowth. The freeze dam
age on ornamentals cannot be
told completely at this time. It
is best to do little or no pruning
until later when danger of cold
weather has passed. Plants like
roses might be roughly cut back
s oas not to be damaged by
strong wind, but save the final
cutting for March. Talking with
C. O. Rawllngs, horticulturist at
Oregon State College, last week,
he suggested in the case of many
ornamentals and young fruit
trees that there would be a good
possibility of regrowth from the
root. In this case he recommend
ed cutting the young tree or orna
mental back to the ground, start
ing over with a new growth from
the root.
From the big demand shown
by Morrow county livestock men
last week, the new Oregon State
College bulletin, "Beef Cattle
Equipment" was needed. The
announcement of the availability
of the new bulletin was made in
this column two weeks ago. The
bulletin includes a list of de
tailed plans available through
the Oregon farm building plan
service at Oregon College cattle
feeding shelter, wood or re-enforced
concrete cattle guard, squeeze
chute, hoof trimming stock, salt
box, and self feeders for chopped
hay, grain, meal, and mineral,
also included in the booklet are
tables showing required floor
areas for all types of beef ani
mals, feed requirements for
breeding cows and weaners, re
commended storage capacity for
various feeds, and dimensions for
feeding equipment.
The total number of farms in
Oregon has been on the decline
over the past ten years. In 1945
there were 63,125, in 1954 the
OPEN FRIDAY THIS WEEK
CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY
SERVING SPECIAL
New Year's Day
DINNER
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A
. HAPPY NEW YEAR
ELLA'S GRILL
Ella Sargent and Employees
number had decreased to 54,442.
The Oregon state department
of agriculture recently reported
that the demand for bonafide
producer meat tags is surprising
livestock officials of the state de
partment. When th e department
took over distribution of these
tags on August 3, officials thought
that 2,000 tags would last a year.
Up to the end of November the
department had issued nearly 9,
000 tags. Tags are necessary now
when red meat carcasses are
moved from the farm. In 1954
only 1750 tags were requested.
The tags are available in from
one to six places in every county
in the state, generally either from
the state livestock brand inspec
tors or from the sheriff's office,
They are available from those
two sources here. They are free.
The excutive committee of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
ers Association met Monday even
ing to make plans for their an
nual meeting which will be held
this year on January 13 and 14.
An Interesting program is being
developed for the meeting this
year. The January 14th meeting
to be held at the fair pavilion will
Include a panel discussion on
livestock marketing problems
and methods of solution. Also
Included for the day's program
are discussion on livestock care
and management, including in
sect and disease control and a
discussion on livestock feeding.
The business meeting and com
mittee reports will be held on the
14th, with the banquet that even
ing.
With Christmas only a few
days away and the first of the
year to follow, income tax re
porting time will be here sooner
than most would like. This is
the time of year when farmers
are spending some time going
over their books and getting them
in order for their tax report. This
is a reminder that farm account
books are available at cost at the
county agent's office. Many far
mers are using these account
books to keep the good record
needed during the year for ease
of analyzing their farm business
and in preparing income tax
statements.
To the readers of this column
we extend to all a Very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year. We hope that you have
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Thursday-Friday. December 22-23 See this good program Thursday or Friday
NO SHOW ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
THE MARAUDERS
Dan Duryea, Janna Lewis, Konnnn Wynn, Jeff Richards. In Color. Rugged Western,
filmed in Arizona.
LAND OF FURY
Filmed in Technicolor in the lush scenic splendor of the Antipodes, the story centers
around the bold adventurous spirit of English pioneers to New Zealand.
REMEMBER: See this Thursday or Friday NO SHOW CHRISTMAS EVE.
Sunday-Monday. December 25-26
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
William Hoklen, Jennifer Jones. CinemaScope-Color. Here Is a many splendored
bit of entertainment, capturing all the beauty and rapture of Han Suyin's personal
story as she told it in her unforgetable best-seller.
Sunday Shows at 4. 6:20 and 8:40
TO ONE AND ALL
Our best wishes for a Joyous Christmas in its true meaning and a
New Year of prosperity and peace.
Tuesday-Wednesday, December 27-28
INTERRUPTED MELODY
Glenn Ford, Eleanor Tarker. ClnomaSoope-Color. A great drama, with music, for
into their lives came "the interrupted melody." The touching story of famous sing
ing star Marjorie Lawrence.
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INCOME TAX RETURNS
The estimated $2.9 million in
crease in personal and corpora
tion excise tax collections during
the first five months of the 1955
56 fiscal year in no way gives a
pattern of what total collections
for the present fiscal year may
be. The 1956 legislature made
changes in tax laws, many ef
fective January 1, 1956.
The increase in tax rates and
lowering of exemptions and de
pendency credits applying to all
of the 1955 tax year, payable in
1956, will increase anticipated
revenue.
Many taxpayers are expected
to take advantage of the quarter
ly payments, Ray Smith, state
tax commissioner in charge of
the income tax division, points
out, with the result that such
payments made after June 30,
1956 would be credited to the
1956-57 tax returns and not to the
present fiscal year returns.
Already the new laws are show
ing the effect of payments from
employees who are withholding
on request of their employees at
the two per cent rate and a few
fiscal year returns from previous
ly exempt "Skyscraper" corpora
tions. The tax commission this week
released figures showing that
enjoyed the bits of farm happen
ings and news we have tried to
present each week.
during the first five months of
1955 total personal income tax
receipts were $15,512,674 as com
pared with $13,532,122 in the
same period last year.
Total returns under the cor
porate excise tax were $5,809,538
as compared with $4,903,201 dur
ing the first five months of the
1954-55 fiscal year.
Other revenues collected cover
ed amusement device taxes and
collections under the forest pro
ducts tax.
DORMAN RESIGNS
A significant piece of political
news broke Friday when Harry S.
Dorman, state director of fi
nance and administration, sent
his third request of the year to
Gov. Tatterson asking to be re
lieved of his duties, . effective
March 1, 1956.
The governor admitted that on
two previous occasions Director
Doran had asked to leave, but
he had reluctantly complied with
the third request.
Gov. Douglas McKay appoint
ed Dorman state budget director
in 1949. When the legislature
created the department of fi
nance, in 1951 McKay appointed
Ihim director.
It was Dorman who sold the
legislature his plan for a depart
ment of finance and administra
tion. The, Dorman design has
been adopted by several states
within recent years. He planned
the state automobile pool which
the legislature adopted and un
der Dorman's direction has been
operating successfully.
Dorman served as a lieutenant
colonel on General Eisenhowers
staff in Europe for 24 months. Re
turning to Oregon he managed
the campaign that made Douglas
McKay governor. He says he has
no plans for the future.
May Christmas joys
and memories live on
during the coming
year and keep you in
constant company
witti happiness.
G 0 N T Y ' S
ED AND ELEANOR GONTY
Christmas 1 .
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is a time for summing up
our blessings, for acknowledging
with gratitude the loyalty of
our friends, and for expressing
appreciation and good-wishes
that the Season will
be rich in rewards for you.
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OUR SEASON'S best
TO YOU and YOURS
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We sincerely hope that your holidays
will be happy and joyful ... and that your ambitions
and desires will find fulfillment
in the new year.
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