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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 19, 1956
Morrow Gevs Beanos Free Certificate
Morrow county became the
first beef county in Eastern Ore
gon to receive a modified, certi
fied Brucellosis free rating when
Dr. A. G. Beagle, agricultural re
search service, Portland, present
ed the county with its Bang's
free certificate at the annual
banquet of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers association
Saturday night at the fair pavil
ion. County cattlemen and county
officials should be compliment
ed in pushing the compulsory
program which was started about
1948, Dr. Beagle pointed out. In
addition to state and county
funds, over $35,000 of federal
funds have been used in te area
to combat the disease, he added.
Oregon raies fourth in 50
states, including the Virgin Is
lands and Puerto Rico, in having
the lowest incidenie of Brucello
sis, Dr. S. E. McGough, represen
tative of the Oregon Veterinarian
Medical Association, Pendleton,
reported in a brief talk.
When a county has been certi
fied the owner of any reactor
herd is not at liberty to sell
breeding stock into another herd
until the cattle test clean, u wascases jn Oregon have been diag
pointed out. Several counties in
Eastern Oregon have started a
compulsory testing program and
it is hoped the entire region will
have certification by 1960, Dr.
Beagle said.
Garnet Barratt, county judge,
who accepted the certificate for
the county, extended his appreci
ation to cattle producers and to
the county taxpayers who have
helped pay indemnities in the
Bang's program. Herman Oliver,
past president of the Oregon Cat
tlemen's association, urged the
ranchers to continue their testing
program consistently.
Frank Anderson, Morrow coun
ty cattleman of the year, was
presented a trophy from the as
sociation by Herman Oliver and
Harold Wright, grassman of the
year, was presented a plaque
from the Farm Bureau by Newt
.O'Harra. .
Other numbers on the program
included folk' dances by Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Hausler, lone; vocal
solos by Victor Kreimeyer ac
companied by Mrs. Kreimeyer
and a skit by Mrs. Kenneth Peck
and Mrs N. C, Anderson. William
Weatherford was master of cere
monies. The dinner was served
by the home economics ilub of
the Willows Grange, lone.
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Rainfall High
For January
Precipitation in Heppner since
the first of the year totalled 1.93
inches up to Wednesday morn
ing, according to reports kept by
Len Gilliam. The heaviest storm
hit over the weekend when 1.07
inches of rainfall caused soil
washes over highways and con
siderable erosion in the area.
Total January rainfall last year
was .56 inches.
Total rainfall for the past
three months to date is 7.30
inches with 2.73 reported for
November and 2.64 inches in
December.
Rainfall in the Eightmile sec
tion totalled 2.36 for the month
to Jan. 18, with the heaviest pre
cipitation reported on Jan. 15
with 1.63 inches, according to
reports kept by L. Carlson.
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MR. AND MRS. FRANK ANDERSON are shown receiving the "Cattleman of the Year" trophy for
Morrow county from Herman Oliver, John Pay. past president of th Oregon Cattlemen's association.
Cattle Disease
Hits Lexington
A cattle disease, Mucosal, new
to the northwest, has struck 22
out of a herd of 42 purebred
Hereford yearlings owned by
Orville Cutsorfth, Lexington. Dr.
Wayne B. Clizer, Stanfield, stated
that the disease is extremely
serious in an individual herd but
that it spreads slowly and er
ratically, from farm to farm,
sometimes moving about 10
miles over a period of years.
The disease, marked by froth
ing at the mouth, loose hoofs and
weight loss, was first noted at
the Cutsforth ranch on two calves
in July but was not diagnosed
until this weekend by Dr. Cli
zer and Dr. A. G. Beagle, agri
cultural research service, Port
land. A total of 19 animals has
been killed by Cutsforth, includ
ing eight in September and Octo
ber, and five the past weekend.
First report of the disease was
in southern Idaho about 18
months aen and a few isolated
nosed as Mucosal since then, Dr.
Clizer said. Similar diseases have
been reported in Indiana and
New York and another similar
type disease, Rhinotracheitis, has
been discovered in Colorado and
California.
Although Mucosal will hurt the
individual cattleman, no im
mediate outbreak or big epide
mic is anticiatepd, according to
Dr. Clizer. If no other herds show
up with symptoms federal or
state authorities should be noti
fied, he added.
The federal government Is run
ning a research an dcontrol sur
vey on the disease, it was pointed
out. At present no cure or treat
ment is known, but it has been
found the outbreak will be much
less severe the second year in
the individual herd. Young ani
mals are most often affected and
usually the animal will die in 5
or 10 days. However, in the Cuts
forth herd the disease has run up
to 40 days, it was pointed out.
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Al Lamb Named on
Demo Dinner Slate
Al Lamb of Heppner, chairman
of the Morrow county Democra
tic central committee, has been
appointed a meriber of the an
nual Jefferson-Jackson dinner
committee by Da.e Shaw, Gold
Beach attorney, who is general
chairman of the affair.
The $25 a plate dinner which
will be held in Portland, Febru
ary 11, features Adlai E. Eteven-
son, candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination and will
be a money raising affair for the
Oregon party.
Lamb announced today that he
has received tickets for the ban
auet which will be held in Port
land in the Columbia Athletic
Club and that he has appointed
a local committee to work on
ticket sales with him.
Lamm states that 50 of the net
proceeds frm tickets sold in
Morrow county or used by Mor
row county residents will be re
turned to the Democratic central
committee here. This is the first
time, the county chairman said
that the party has been able to
make this kind of financial divi
sion and he anticipates that it
will stimulate the Democratic
county organization here to par
ticipate actively in the dinner.
Weather Blamed
For Two Wrecks
Murky weather Sunday caused
two accidents on the Heppner
Arlington highway. Allen
HUghes, Heppner, was taken by
ambulance to the Pioneer Me
morial hospital with injuries re
ceived when a 1953 Chevrolet
sedan he was driving hit the
rear of a Chevrolet truck driven
by Wayne Patten and owned by
Delbert Emert. ,
Fog and ice contributed to the
accident which occurred about
6 p. m. when Patten entered the
highway from the right side of
the road and turned west. Hughes,
coming over the hillcrest from the
east applied his greaks and skid
ded into the Emert truck with,
the left read of his car. Hughes
suffered a concussion and bruis
es and Mrs. Hughes, riding with
him, was shaken but unhurt.
Considerable damage was re
ported on the Hughes car.
A 1951 Ford sedan driven by
Herbert Hynds, Cecil, skidded off
the Heppner-Arlington highway
above Lexington about noon on
Sunday and turned over in the
adjoining field. A slick spot of i
mud and water on the highway
and fog were blamed for the ac
cident. Hynd and Mrs. Hynd,
riding with him, were uninjured
and were taken to Heppner by a
car following them. Car damage
was confined to the top and fend
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March of Dimes '
Drive Lags
The March of Dimes polio drive
in Morrow county was reported
lagging today by Floyd Sayers,
county campaign chairman.
Only $491.95 had been collected
Tuesday f torn Heppner, Jone and
Lexington. Reports from the re
mainder of the county had not
been turned in yet, he said.
The Mother's March on polio
will begin Tuesday, Jan. 31, at
6:45 p. m. under the direction of
Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mother's March
chairman. The March will be
conducted by about 20 Boy Scouts
under the leadership of George
Terrill and Ken Keeling. Resi
dents are asked to burn their
porch lights to assist the col
lectors who will accept regular
polio card donations as well as
the extra contributions. A party
for the Scouts will be given by
the Soroptimist club at the
American Legion hall immedi
ately following the drive.
In Lexington the Mother's
March drive by the Cub Scouts
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Lonnie Henderson, Mrs,
Cecil Jones and Mrs. Marge
Angell. Franklin Myles will be
in charge of the Scouts. At lone
the Scouts for the Mother's
March will be under the direc
tion of Dave McLeod assisted by
Bob DeSpain. All three drives
will be held Tuesday night, Jan.
31.
Gross receipts from the 1955
polio drive totaled $2,489.94 of
which $1,166.93 was sent to the
national foundation, according to
the treasurer's report. A total
of $820.50 was used for patient
care on two cases contracted in
the county prior to 1955 and at
present the county chapter owes
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Dr. Wallace Wolff
Named Staff Prexy
Dr. Wallace Wolff was elected
president and chief of staff of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital medi
cal and surgical staff at a meet
ing Tuesday night at the hospital.
Other officers are Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, vice president and Dr.
Harold Huber, secretary-treasurer.
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Former Heppner Man
Fatally Injured
Aulta E. Coxen, 59, former resi
dent of .Heppner and nephew of
L. D. Neill, was fatally scalded
Monday while at work in the
boiler room of the J. D. Johnson
Lumber Company at Toledo. Mr.
Neill left Tuesday for Tolego to
attend his nephew's funeral.
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Road Crews
At Work On
Willow Creek
County road crews have com
pleted widening and replacing
old timber underpasses on nearly
a mile of the lower Willow creek
road in preparation for surfacing
and oiling approximately six
miles of the road this summer,
Garnet Barratt, county judge,
said this week. ;
In cummarizing county road
work and finances Barratt point
ed out that the county court
plans to operate on a pay-as-you-go
policy which is presently sup
ported by a 10 mill road levy in
stead of using bond issues for
financing. In a seven-year per
iod since the first 5-year special
10 mill road levy was passed in
1948, a total of $1,405,435 has
been expended in graveling some
245 miles of county roads and
graveling and oiling 70 miles of
county roads.
, In addition the canty has ac
quired sufficient road construc
tion equipment to further con
struct and maintain an adequate
road system within the county.
Plus about $154,000 invested in
equipment the county has a
modern county machine repair
and storage shop valued with the
equnpment at $30,000, Barratt ad
ded. As of June 1, 1155, Morrow
county was out of debt for the
first time 136 years. In 1925
the county had a bonded indeb
tedness of $840,000 and during
that 36-year period until last
June the county had paid out
$526,000 in interest, it was ex
plained. Within the coming year the
court expects to have a gravel
roat to every live habitation on
every cor .ity road in the county,
Barratt said. At present only
eight farms are without either a itock associations, Oliver said,
graveled or oiled road to their He recommended tnat each cat
door. In.some cases the crews jtleman invest the price f one
have graveled private driveways cuU mw intQ caUle association
from the county road to the
habitation at cost to the individ
ual farmer and the present policy
is to continue tha tservice when
requested, it was said. Total
farms now listed in Morrow
county are 473, some of which
are off county roads.'
Contract for surfacing and oil
ing 20 feet of asphalt pavement
with three foot gravel shoulders
on each side of the six miles
is expected to be let by the State
Highway department sometime
this May, Barratt said. Approxi
mately $55,000 of public funds
have been made available for the
job with the county contributing
20 per cent, or $11,000, the state
20 per cent and the remaining 60
percent from federal aid second
ary highway funds.
The county court had hoped
the entire 12 mile section to the
city wells at the Forks could be
let in one contract, but appro
priations for the next biennium
have not been made by congress,
necessitating the awarding of. an
other contract for the last six
miles during the next fiscal year,
Barratt said.
The Willow Creek road is one
of the heaviest traveled county
loads within the county accord
ing to traffic counts kept by the
county during the past two years
and by the State Highway de
partment prior to the hunting
season, it was pointed out.
Part of the county crew are
graveling about a 15 mile section
of the Juniper canyon road and
last week another portion of the
crew was replacing a bridge
across P.ock creek near the Cason
ranch on the Lone Rock road. The
bridge was washed out In the
recent floods.
RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE rating Morrow county as the first beef county in Eastern Oregon to
become a certified, modified Bang's free area is Garnet Barratt, county judge, right. From left:
Dr. A. G. Beagle, agricultural research service, Portland, and Dr. S. E. McGough, Pendleton, repre
senting the State Veterinarians association.
Livestock Men Name Graves New
President At Annual Meeting
New officers of the Morrow
county Livestockgrowers associa
tion -elected at the Saturday af
ternoon sessions of the two-day
annual meeting are John Graves,
president; William Barratt, vice
president; Gerald Swaggart, trea
surer and N. C. Anderson, secre
tary. Raymond French is out
going president.
Pasture and range improve
ments sponsored by the associa
tion during the past year have
included roadside grass seeding,
grass-alfalfa seedings, and the
encouragement of grass seeding
demonstrations using new grass
seeding drills now available, ac
cording to Norman Nelson, chair
man of the pasture and range
committee. In addition ranchers
have been encouraged to divert
cropland to grass and to elimi
nate brush areas and seed to
grass.
Herman Oliver, John Day, past
president of the' Oregon Cattle
mens association, urged all live
stock producers to belong to their
county, state and national asso
ciations and to fight for the ob
jective and protect the interests
of the livestock industry. He
urged representatives to congress
to protect the Industry from the
effects of the proposed soil bank
program by prohibiting grass on
extra acres to be used for increas
ing livestock.
Of 17,000 cattlemen in Oregon
I,. ,9nn ara mpmhnra nf ijVp.
memberships to combat a cattle
situation which now is as bad as
it was in 1932,
Frank Anderson, chairman of
the livestock marketing commit
tee, advocated a state beol com
mission for Oregon and reported
that locally listing services for
cattle had lacked in interest.
Other reports were given by
Gerald Swaggart, chairman of
the Game Laws committee and
Ralph Beamer, chairman of the
theft prevention control commit
tee. Beamer pointed out that the
livestockmen were dissatisfied
with the disposition of cattle
theft cases as cattle are the in
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NEW OFFICERS of the Morrow county Livestock Growers association are left to right: Gerald Swag
gart, treasurer; William Barratt, vice president; Raymond French, outgoing president; John Graves,
president and N. C. Anderson, Mcrttary,
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come source of the livestock pro
ducer. A little over 7,000 head of cat
tle were tested for- Brucellosis in
morrow county last year to com
plete the testing for making this
a certified, modified Bang's free
county, Raymond Ferguson, mem
ber of the livestock disease con
trol committee reported. Of the
total only sixty-nine hundredths
of one percent of the cattle were
infected. In addition 0J2 re
placement heifers vere vaccina
ted against the disease, he said.
In Morrow county Livestock
growers association was one of
the groups instrumental in get
ting the state legislature to pro
vide a law for setting up county
grasshopper control districts
which would help to make funds
available to combat infestations
in the future, Dick Wilkinson re
ported. He pointed out that
though Morrow county did not'
use any of $34,000 state emerg
ency funds which they had asked
for in spraying grasshoppers this
year, neighboring counties used
$11,169.50 of the fund.
The severe hopper infestation
threatening the county last year
was cut down do to parasitism of
grasshoppers, Robert Every, ex
tension entomologist, Oregon
State college, reported. A survey
last summer showed 90 percent
of hoppers carrying parasites.
The south Butter Creek area
appears to be the only spot in the
county with hopper infestation
possibilities next year according
to an adult and egg survey made
this fall, said Every, who ex
plained that the picture may
change during the coming sea
sons. Every discussed new insecti
cides on the market, including
Lindane, which Is doing a good
job on all insects and has pro
ved effective in combination with
other insecticides including DDT,
Chlordane and Methoxychlor.,
John Landers, extension ani
mal husbandman, Oregon State
college, outlined various feed
rations for wintering brood cow
herds, fattening rations and
pointed out that producers should
use more home grown roughage
supplemented with high protein
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Control of stomach worms in
cattle by oral administration of
the drug Phenothiazine was ex
plained by Landers who added
that the worms may be held
down after the Initial dose by
mixing the drug with salt. Us
ually associated with Irrigated
pastures, the worms have be
come more numerous in range
conditions where they mature in
standing water, he added.
The history, symptoms and
control of Leptospirosis and Ano
plasmosis was outlined by Dr. A.
G. Beagle in the Friday afternoon '
sessions.
Aspects of marketing cattle
were discussed in a panel com
posed of stockmen from Umatil
tl, Wallowa and Morrow counties
at the Friday sessions at the
fair pavilion. W. Y. Fowler, Ore
gon State college, was moderator
for the panel.
Jiggs Flsk, Wallowa county,
di.scut.sed feeder sales sponsored
by the Wallowa Stockgrowers
Association without profit with
the object of making the most
money for the, producer.
TI12 producer who feeds out his
own cattle and has a strong cen
tral market to attract buyers has
a distinct advantage, Orval Mc
Cormack, Umatilla county, re
ported on marketing practices in
his area.
With large feed surpluses
available feeder cattle numbers
could easily be increased from
17,000 now on feed in Umatilla
county feed lots to 100,000 head,
Bon Gilgore, Pendleton Grain
Growers, stated.
Raymond French, Heppner,
discussed the need of attracting
more buyers and more competi
tive bidding in Morrow county.
In the absence of Bill South
worth, Grant county, Fowler ex
plained the listing service in that
area and stressed that ranchers
should be ready to show their
animals when buyers are around.
Management practices empha
sized by Fowler included de
horning, castrating, correct time
of weaning, keeping a high qual
ity breeding herd and methods
'of fill before marketing.
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