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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 17, 1956
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWIPAPII
TU Benr Otawtts, stabllshed March 30, 1&S3. Tht Keppnsr Tims MMtatd
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 13, 1912.
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ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
QRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Ortgon, as gaoond Claw Matter
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We Pick Phil Hitchcock
Thinking Republican voters of Oregon tomor.
row face one of the toughest decisions they have
had to make in a' primary election in as many
years as we can remember. For the task of com
peting in the fall's general election against Wayne
Morse, they have to decide between two of
the most able men the state has produced in many
a year Doug McKay and Phil Hitchcock.
That decision, to a great many voters, has been
hard to make . . . hard enough, we believe, that to
this moment there are many who are still unde
cided. This newspaper should have publicly made
its decision at least a week ago, but we too, have
had a hard time. However, election is tomorrow
and the decision must come. Ours Is in favor of
Phil Hitchcock.
Republicans have heard the statement made
many times that the main Issue in the primaries
is to pick the man who "Can Beat Morse" in the
fall. The issue is paramount, true, but we have
come to the conclusion that If Republicans will
realize that very possibly they have two men who
are capable of doing the job, they can then make
a better decision as to which of those two men
they want to put their full support behind next
November.
We believe Phil Hitchcock holds several advan.
tages against Morse over Doug McKay. Some of
them are:
Morse's main campaign ammunition has been,
to berate McKay, to cry about Doug's so-called
"give-aways" such as the Al Serena case, Hell's
Canyon , etc., and on most of these we will take
McKay's side. If McKay is to campaign against
Morse this fall, he will definitely be on the de
fensive, as he has been during the current cam
paign, and that certainly is a big disadvantage.
Morse is a past-master at keeping an opponent so
loaded down with accusations that he must spend
most of his time Just denying them. Against Mc
Kay, Wayne would have enough ammunition to
keep him accusing ad Infinitum and Doug would
be forced to spend a great amount of his cam
paining time Just contradicting the senator's
statements.
If Phil Hitchcock is Morse's opponent in the
fall, Wayne will be deprived of the one thing he
knows best the chance to accuse an Elsenhower
cabinet member of "selling out the people." It
will matter little or none whether those accusa
tions are anything more than a figment of his
own mind, yet McKay would be forced to defend
his record against many of them. He would have
to campaign on the defensive.
Phil Hitchcock is no newcomer to politics. His
service in the state legislature has made him wise
in the ways of politics, yet If he is the man to
face Wayne Murse next fall, his lack of national
political record, for Morse to snipe at, will, we be
lies e, render Wayne about as speechless as the
man could ever be caught. The fall campaign
would have to be made on political issues alone,
for we believe Morse would not dare to enterlnto
personalities against Hitchcock for his personal
record, as far as we have been able to discover,
has been excellent. Without brickbats to hurl
Morse is at a definite disadvantage and we feel
Phil puts him at a greater disadvantage than
would Doug.
The story has been heard that Democrats are
backhandedly working for Hitchcock because they,
feel that Morse has a better chance of beating him
than Doug. , , we doubt that story. Politics is a
many sided occupation and many peculiar things
happen during a campaign. Where many stories
start is never determined. There is undoubtedly
indecision among Democrats which Republican
they would rather see Morse have to face, and
we believe that Inwardly, there are many who are
afraid of both.
Hitchcock entered the race voluntarily, while
we still doubt that McKay made up his mind
without a great amount of pressure, from the top
national party brass, though that certainly cannot
be held against Doug. Yet, we know of many
voters who still hold some resentment against
the insinuation that we here in Oregon aren't
capable of choosing our own candidates.
McKay would give Morse, and Oregon, one of
the wildest and hottest campaigns next fall this
state has seen In years (and actually we hate to
think of missing such a show) yet, Phil would not
be afraid to stand up against Wayne. He has
proven that during the past few weeks. His
campaign could be on a constructive level while
Doug would be forced to work for the destruction
of Morse and the hundreds of accusations he would
throw at him.
Again we say, both men are able and well
qualified to serve Oregon in the United States
senate and whoever is chosen by the people of the
state to oppose Morse will get our unqualified and
fullest support this fall, but under the circum
stances we believe Phil Hitchcock would be our
strongest candidate.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
May 20, 1926 -Heppner
high school com
mencement exercises will take
place tomorrow night at the
school auditorium when 17 gradu
ates will receive diplomas.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter of
lone were visitors here on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston will
depart for Eugene on Sunday. ..
Eva Wilcox of Lexington has
been awarded a $100 scholarship
in a full term of home econo
mics at Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, by the Union Pacific Rail
way system for being the highest
ranking club member in Morrow
county.
age can escape from one or both
ends of the pit. Finally, clean
out drainage ditches and check
surrounding fences to be sure
that the livestock cannot get into
the silo. For those who have not
yet built their silos but have
been thinking of it seriously, now
is the time to get them done so
they will be ready for the en
silage crop which will be coming
on soon. We have plans and
suggestions at the office for a
number of various type silos.
Lewis Allyn of Lexington, this
week purchased the bottling
plant of the Heppner Soda works
from Joseph Snyder of this city.
Ray McDuffee of Heppner has
been pledged to Kappa Phi Delta,
professional education fraternity
at Oregon Agricultural College.
Dandelions are the most com
mon lawn weed problem in Ore
gon. Fortunately they are easily
controlled with 2-4-D sprays. Fol.
low instructions on rate of ap
plications found on the 2,4-D con
tainer. Best results are obtained
if. the lawn Is sprayed four or
five days after mowing and if
mowing is delayed two or three
days after spraying. One or two
annual sprayings, plus a timely
fertilizer program, will eradicate
most broadleaves from the lawn.
Fertilizer encourages the grass,
helps to prevent later weed invasions.
Rooms are being fitted up in
the building adjoining the Ga
zette Times office, and as soon
as completed they will be occu
pied by Jos. J. Nys, attorney, and
the Heppner city council
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Postmaster
W. W. Smead, Osmin Hager,
Claude Cox, Charlie Cox, Leon
ard and Earl Gilliam are local
followers of Isaac Walton who
departed for East Lake near Bend
the first of the week In quest of
members of the finny kingdom.
conservation practices establish
ed this year. New strip cropping
at the Elmer Palmer, Fred Man
kin, Burton Peck and Vernon
Munkers ranches add another
practice in the attempt to stop
water erosion on these farms.
Where strip cropping was put in
this year double cropping is car
ried on in order to establish the
strips. With the good rain recei
ved last week, crops in these
strips are looking good. Grass le
gume seedings and waterways
are looking especially good.
A tour on Tuesday of last week
with the county selection com
mittee for picking the "Conserva
aion Man of the Year" sponsored
by the Oregon Wheat Growers
League showed a number of new
It's never too early, but some
times it is too late to get your
seed request applications made
out for the two new wheats re
leased last fall and a new one
which is expected to be released
this fall. Increased seed of Omar
and Columbia, the two new vari
eties released last fall will be
distributed by the growers only
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upon application, urowers l,. l..
iinutfin. Oscar Petersonon and
Denward Bergevin are growing
Omar and Krebs, Cecil, Columbia.
Omar is a replacement for Elmar
and Columbia is adapted to the
areas in Morrow county growing
turkey varieties. Applications,
which will be acted upon by the
for livestock which will be voted
upon by the membership soon, as
well as the present status of a
beef commission for Oregon, will
be on the agenda.
From The
County, Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
Everything is in order for the
fourth annual grazing alfalfa
tour which will be held on May
21, 22 and 23. This week every
one was sent a schedule for the
three day tour In the hopes that
It could be studied and farmers
who are Intending to do some
grass and alfalfa seeding could
join the tour at the farms most
comparable to their conditions.
Whether or not a soil bank pro
gram goes Into effect, there will
inevitably be an increased Inter
est, seeding grasses and legumes
for Improvement of th soil. The
tour will provide an opportunity
to see what Is doing best under
various conditions, as well as
demonstrating various seeding
methods.
Briefly, the tour consists of
stops on the first day, Monday
May 21 at the Eb Hughes farm
on Butter Creek 9:00 a. m., Kirk
and Robinson ranch, Sand Hollow
10:45 a. m., with noon luncheon
at the Bernard Dohorty ranch in
Black Horse. Those on the tour
will bring their sack lunches,
with coffee and cold drinks to be
furnished by the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Association
who are sponsoring the tour.
After visiting seedings at Do
liertys, the Alvln Wagenblast
farm in darks Canyon will be
visited, arriving there about 2:30
p. m. A stop at the John Wight
man at 4:00 p. m. will conclude
the tour for the day. During the
day live grazing alfalfa types
will be compared, a new grass
legume nursery visited, as well
as various stands of alfalfa of
four years old down to new,
the spring plantings will be In
spected. Various types of seed
bed preparation will be viewed.
Tuesday the tour begins at the
Frank Anderson ranch at 8:30
a. m., moving to the Donald Pet
erson ranch, eightmile, with
lunch at Oscar Peterson's at noon.
The Oscar Peterson ranch will be
visited, seeing new seedings, one
year old seedings and three-year
old seedings of Nomad and Cres
ted wheat and a five alfalfa graz
ing trial. Tentative plans are
for another visit or two during
the afternoon which depends now
upon making the right connec
tions. On Wednesday, the tour will
center In the foothill and moun
tain areas, starting at the Ralph
Beamer ranch, south of Heppner
where a demonstrational seeding
was established this spring.
The tour will move to the Har
old Peck, Paul Webb, John Graves
and Harold Wright ranches for
inspection of alfalfa and grass
seeding on dry land. If you did
not get a detailed agenda of the
tour, contact this office at once.
We do not want to have anyone
staying at home for lack of in
formation.
The past week's rainy weather
reminds us of the many tons of
first crop hay that are spoiled
each year due to rain. During
the past few years silos have be
come more popular in Morrow
county, especially with the ad
vent of trench silos, stack silos,
snow fence silos and many other
variations that are found to be
an effective way of preserving
high quality forage with very lit
tle waste. This is just a reminder
to those who have trench silos
that it is time now to do some
touching up before time to ensile
crop,s. Smooth and shape the
walls so the new silage crop can
be packed tightly against the
sides. This job usually must be
done with a shovel or other hand
tool. Smooth and slope the floor
angling the battam so that drain-
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 TREASURER
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for the office of the
County Treasurer of Morrow
County subject to the will of the
Republican voters of Morrow
County at the primary election,
SYLVIA McDANIEL
51tfc
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for the office of county
commissioner of Morrow County
subject to the will of the Repub
lican voters of Morrow county at
the piimary election.
RUSSELL MILLER
51tfc
FOR COUNTY CORONER
I hereby announce my candi
dacy to succeed myself for the
office of Coroner for Morrow
county subject t0 the will of the
Republican voters of Morrow
County at the primary election.
OLIVER CRESWICK
52tfc
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From where I sit ... Joe Marsh
Doc Nurses
a Daydream
It's a treat when I get together
with Doc Sherman. The Clarion
keeps me much too busy -and
Doc, well I think he puts in six
teen hours a day at the hospital.
. But Tuesday-a beautiful day
he and I slipped away for a ride
around Turtle Lake. Doc's driv
ing a 1956 humdinger - it's like
riding on a cloud.
Anyway, at one point Doc
slowed almost to a halt. "Used to
fish there as a boy, Joe," he said.
"Used to sit and imagine myself
up on the highway driving a
high-powered car. Nowadays, I
just sit here and wish I were
down there again." "
From where I sit, few of us are
ever content with the way things
are at any given moment. It's hu
man nature. On the other hand,
IVe been rooting for years that
someday everybody will Bhow
enough good American tolerance
to respect his neighbor's right to
enjoy a friendly glass of beer. When
that day comes I assure you that
I'll never want to change back.
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John Graves, president of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
ers Association has called an
executive committee meeting of
that organization for Monday
evening, May 21. The meeting
will be held at the county agents
office beginning at 8:00 p. m.
Resolutions and actions taken at
the recent annual meeting of the
Oregon Cattleman's Association
will be reviewed and plans made
for follow-up on several pro
grams which were outlined dur
ing the three day convention.
Plans will be made for selecting
the Morrow county "Cattleman of
the Year", which must be done
before June 1. A subsidy plan
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