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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 2, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBBOW COUNTY'S NIWSPAPEB The Heppner Sazette, eUbltohed March 30, 1888. Tht Heppner Tlmaa, MtabUshe4 November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1812. 0? NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher G RETCH EN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL asTocSatian Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Poet 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. Paul L. Patterson The sudden death of Governor Paul L. Patter son Tuesday night came as a severe shock to the people of Oregon. His political life had been short, stepping into Oregon's highest office only about three years ago when Douglas McKay was chosen as a member of President Eisenhower's cabinet, yet in that short period Paul Patterson had made thousands of friends throughout the state and had earned the respect of the members of not only his own political party, but also of his opponents. His passing leaves a big hole in the hearts of the people of his state. The Needs of Education With taxes resting in top place among most people's list of "most controversial subjects", or "Things something has to be done about first", and because the taxes needed to build and oper ate our schools constitute one of the largest single items on the tax list, many people have spent many hours trying to figure out ways to cut the cost of education. We have no argument with their hopes, for we don't like taxes any better than the next person, yet when talk of cutting the cost of education comes up, those ideas must be bal anced against the cost to our young people of the education they are NOT getting even now. Nearly every parent of a school child knows there are some subjects which his child is not get ting. And, to teach these subjects costs more money just the opposite of cutting costs. What some of these subjects are and one suggestion for improving educational programs came to us In the following article in some lone high school news. It points out the need in America for some types of training that our youngsters are not getting now a need that is continually becoming more seri ous. The article follows: Several weeks ago Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and Admiral H. G. Rickover, chief of the Naval Re actors Branch of the A. E. C, made speeches in connection with the six Thomas Alva Edison Foun dation Institute. Both speeches were on the same subject. That, of course, was not an accident. It was designed to stress the importance of the prob lem under discussion. The subject of the two speakers was the in sufficient number of young people being trained in science and engineering. The numbers of scien tific and engineering graduates are already too few to meet the current demand for their services. The need for them will Increase if the present pace of scientific and technological advance is to be maintained or stepped up. Each speaker found that one of the chief im pediments to a flow of new scientific brains lay in the high schools. Admiral Strauss said: "Large number of our high school students have no opportunity to discover whether science and engineering "appeals to them, because preparatory courses are not available, or when such courses do exist they often are taught by instructors who double in science, but whose interests lie in other subjects." Admiral Rickover demonstrated the same the sis statistically by comparing the percentage of high school students studying scientific subjects in 1950 and in 1900. He put in tabular form: 1900 1950 Physics " 23 4 Chemistry 10 7 Algebra 52 27 Geometry 27 13 But if scientific progress calls for training the exceptional, why not establish advanced classes for the exceptional? As Admiral Rickover pointed out, it is considered wholly in the democratic tra dition to have special training for the retarded. Why not special training'for those capable of more rapid advance? THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of The Gazette Times February 4, 1926 Three students from Lexington are honor students at O. A. C. in Corvallis. They are Dalles Ward, Alva McMillan and Wilma Beach. Showing at the Star Theater Sunday and Monday, Douglas Fairbanks in his latest and best: Don Q, The Son of Zorro. P. A. Anderson, who since De cember 1916, has been owner of Morrow County Abstract com pany has disposed of the busi ness to F. B. Nickerson of Portland. Sprague Carter, manager of Buster Brown Shoe Co., at Pen dleton, was a visitor in Heppner on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel have gone on an extended trip to Portland. Karl L. Beach, Lexington hard ware and machinery dealer, was doing business here on Wednes day. Doric Lodge No. 20, K of P. held their regular election of officers on Tuesday evening and chose Jasper Crawford, Chancellor Com mander; Ed Clark, Vice Chan cellor; Oscar Edwards, Keeper of Records and Seal; Carl Cason, Prelate; Earl Merritt, Master at Arms; Austin Smith, Inner Guard; W. O. Dix, Master of Work; Chas. Thomson, Master of Exchequer; Alex Cornett, Trustee, From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson Time is growing short for or dering your trees for shelterbelts and windbreaks. A selection of trees are available from the Slate Forestry Nursery costing about lc per tree. A new Oregon State College circular which was released this week points out several of the important advant ages of farmstead and field wind breaks, diaries Ross, Forestry Specialist shows in the circular that windbreaks reduce heating costs, save livestock feed, and help grow better gardens and orchards. Other advantages he lists are less dust in the home, more pleasant yard living and value as snow catchers. Order blanks for tree seedlings are now available at this office. Quite a little Interest is being shown these days in top dressing wheat with nitrogen. This inter est is brought about through the heavy rainfall that we have had the last few months with a satu rated soil. Several farmers have purchased nitrogen during the past week for application as soon as they can get on their fields. Rates of application run between twenty and thirty pounds de pending on soil depth and mois ture saturation. A number of farmers are putting on one hun dred pounds of ammonium ni trate which provides thirty-three and one-half pounds of nitrogen. Long Distance Nation-Wld Maying Sorvice Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 Farm taxes have gone up fas ter in Oregon than In most other states. Since 1945 the amount of tax levied against farm real estate has more than" trebled. Similar taxes in California are two and one-half times as high while they have not quite doub led In Washington. Nationally the farm tax levy in 1954 was almost twice as large as In 1945. This Is adding to Oregon's pro duction costs and surely isn't helping our ability to compete unless Oregon farmers are get ting more good out of the addi tional tax dollars than farmers in other states. The farmer who raises lambs will be eligible after April 1 for wool incentive payments based on the full live weight at the time of the sale. Each following owner for thirty days or more will be eligible for payment only on the added weight and only unshorn lambs will oualifv. Lambs bought before April 1 and marketed later will be paid for the old basis of full live weight at time of linal sale. From time to time we have had inquiries at the office on obtaining rain and snow g"auges such as are used by the U. S. Weather Bureau. We have been able to get a few of these for fertilizer demonstration coopera tes with the understanding that these farmers would report pre cipitation to this office where a record could be kept. For those farmers who are interested in buying such gauges, we find that they are available for a little un der twenty-five dollars F. O. B. Washington, D. C. Anyone in interested should contact this office. ner and Don Robison, Heppner, are consigning. Mr. Worden will consign three, Don Robinson five head. Several farmers have asked questions concerning a new 2,4D preparation which has been on the market in this area for only a short time. The new form of 2,4D is a paste. It is a butyric acid, consisting of finely ground powder 2,4D plus emulsifier and oil. Its advantages are that it is absorbed very readily in the plant and is less volatile than ester, therefore is easier to use near suseptible crops. Its dis advantages are that it is hard to get through a spray boom as it is gummy. When used it is necessary to equip the sprayer with a coarser screen or elimi nate the screen entirely. Some have found that they can get it through better by putting in a larger nozzle and applying more gallons per acre. It is hard to get in to solution, however, this can be done with the use of warm water. It appears that for gene ral farm use the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Letter To The Editor To the Editor: I read your editorial in last week's paper concerning the yel low line on the highway, and I have also been reading similar letters in the Oregonian regard ing others preference of the yel low line over the white the state is now using. l am on the highways from 45,- OOo to 50,000 miles a year under all weather and road conditions, and to my way of thinking the yellow marking is far better than the white. If there happens to be snow on the highway the yel low line shows up far better than the white, in fact, the white is almost invisible under many cir cumstances. I wonder which is the most valuable to the state, a little more paint that will protect the lives of our tourists and our own residents, too, or the money that might be saved by not painting half the stripe the broken line as is now being done. I am very much in favor of having another line alongside the yellow line to show where visibility is poor and passing should be prohibited, such a marking can save many lives. We don't mean to criticize too strongly, but for safety we'll take the old solid yellow line every time. V. R. "BOB" RUNNION There are two cattle sales com ing up that might interest Mor row county livestock men. These two sales are important from the standpoint too, that consignors from Morrow county have added animals for the sales. On Febru ary 17 and 18 the Columbia Em pire sale will be held at Yakima. At this sale forty-five bulls and fifteen females will be offered. Don Robinson of Kirk & Robinson. Heppner, has five head consigned. On March 2 and 3 the Oregon Pol led Hereford Association will hold their annual sale at Red mond. The same . number of bulls and females will be offered at this sale. Floyd Worden, Hepp- Larry Smitten, district main tenance engineer and Bill Kose san, agronomist, state highway department called at this office the past week to discuss weed control programs on state high way right-of "ways. They expres sed their satisfaction with the weed control that Morrow county is carrying out and indicated that they would like to continue cooperation with the county an other year. They were most deeply concerned about the in festation of sand burrs which have spread rapidly on our right-of-ways and now are becoming a problem in some fields adjacent to highway right-of-way infesta tions. They have been doing some work with deisel oil but in dicated that they would do a con siderable amount of spraying this year on their right-of-ways with dalopon, the new grass killer. Many farmers indicated concern over this new weed for south Morrow county at our county weed meeting, held on January 18. The interest that the State Highway Department is taking in irradicating this weed is appreciated. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY SHERIFF I hereby announce my candid acy to succeed myself for the of fice of Sheriff of Morrow County subject to the will of the Repub lican voters of Morrow County at the primary election. C. J. D. BAUMAN Pd. Adv. 47tfc FOR COUNTY CLERK I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of County Clerk of Morrow County subject to the will of the Repub lican voters of Morrow County at the primary election. SADIE PARRISH Pd. Adv. 47tfc The IMPERIAL HOTEL Proudly Announces Opening of I KING'S COFFEE HOUSE PORTLAND'S NEWEST, MOST EXCITING DINING PLACE Designed by Architects Coppedge and Jacobson of Hollywood, Designers of the fabulous New Frontier at Las Vegas. Serving the most delicious food you ever tasted prepared under the personal supervision of George Sahr and , Henry Walther former operators of the famous Dorchester House The IMPERIAL HOTEL ON BROADWAY AT STARK PORTLAND fife.. I t 'rom where I sit ... Jy Joe Marsh New Future For Your Present Here is the way 1956 price pros pects for things farmers buy looks alongside -955. Somewhat lower feed, seeds and feeder livestock. About the same fertilizer and miscellaneous farm supplies. Somewhat higher farm wage rates, interest rates, building and fencing materials, farm machi nery, motor vehicles, motor sup plies and property taxes. o Phone Your Newi to 6-9228. How many ties did you get for Christmas? For once I didn't come up with any could have used a couple this year, too. In stead I got three wool mufflers. Never wear a muffler. Some people are determined to do something about the Useless Gift Problem they're holding a "White Elephant Party" Satur day at the Community Hall. Handy Peterson's the chair man. "Bring any presents you'd rather give than receive," he says. "Chances are you'll swap them off for - something even worse-but it ought to be fun." From where I sit, it's sometimes pretty hard to give a man exactly the present he wants. Other people so often have tastes and preferences that differ from our own for example, think of all the people you know who claim coffee's the beverage, and all the others (like me) who'd rather have a glass of beer. Being able to make your own choice is the greatest "gift" of all. Copyright, 1956, Vnitcd States Brewers Foundation STAR THEATER, Heppner Admission Prices: Adult 70c, Students 50c. Children 20c including Yedaral'Tax". All children occupying seats must buy tickets. Sunday shows continuous from 4 P-J othe evenings start at 7:30. Boxoffice open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278. Thursday-Frlday-Saturday, February 2-3-4 COUNT THREE AND PRAY Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Raymond Burr. Thoroughly entertaining outdoor drama with an inspirational quality. Excellent family fare. . PLUS specially se lected short subjects Sunday-Monday, February 5-6. IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Michael Kidd. Dolores Gray. Lively, studded, C inemaSeope musical in color. Good tip: You and yours ought to e Sunday at 4 p. m 6:10 and 8:20 star- get to- Tuesday-Wednesday, February 7 8 I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES Shelley Winters, Jack Palance, Lori Nelson. Taut and exciting melodrama in CS and color. Thursdcry-Friday-Saturday, February 9-10-11 TENESSEE'S PARTNER Bret Harte's famous story with John Pavne as Tennessee. Ronald Reagan as Cow poke, Rhonda Fleming as "Dutchess", Coleen Gray as Goldie. 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