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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 5, 1956
73rd Year, Number 17
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Despite
First Wheat is
Harvested Monday,
Yields 30 Bushels
The harvesting of a bumper
wheat crop got under way in
Morrow county Monday when
William J. Doherty started cut
ting on his 2,000 acre Sand Hol
low ranch. Several other ranch
ers In the same area are expected
to start either today or Monday.
Al Lamb, manager of the Mor
row County Grain Growers, re
ceived word Tuesday from the
Union Pacific Railroad that daily
train service will be started on
both the Heppner and the Con
don lines on July 10 which ap
parently means that there will
be ample supply of cars to handle
necessary shipping. Lamb also
said that arrangements have
been made in Portland for suf
ficient terminal storage space to
take care of what grain must be
shipped.
Union Pacific also reported
that they will move out about
75 cars of CCC wheat now stored
in the county before July 10.
Lamb said that prospects are
for one of the largest wheat and
barley crops ever grow in Mor
row county. He said that the Mor
row County Grain Growers now
has about 2,000,000 bushels of
storage space available and that
the Co-op expects to handle in
the neighborhood of 3,000,000
bushels during the 1956 harvest.
This means that the MCGG alone
will have to ship at least 1,000,
000 bushels during the next few
weeks.
Grain Looks Good
The first wheat to come in to
the, North Lexington elevator
from Doherty was Requa variety,
which is new to this section of
Oregon though it has been grown
in Washington. Early reports
give Doherty a yield of 30 bus
hels to the acre and the wheat
is testing at 58 pounds to the bus
hel. Other ranchers in the north
section of the county who are ex
pected to start harvesting within
the next day of two are D. O.
Nelson, always one of the first
to start, Irvin Rauch, Glenn
Campbell and the Van Buskirk
ranch near Butter Creek.
Harvest is starting a week to
10 days earlier than was ex
pected, and it will be in full
swing throughout all areas but
the higher elevations by July 15
to 20. Taking the yield from the
early cutting as a basis, some of
the high-yielding areas of the
county are expected to produce
as high as 50 bushels to the acre,
it has been reported.
The barley yield will also be
high.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Marquardt, Lexington, a 7
lb. 11 on. girl born June 29, named
Lolita Holly. To Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Williamson, Heppner, a
5 lb. 3 oz. girl born June 30,
named Lyn Dee. To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Strowbridge, Kinzua, a 5
lb. 7 oz. girl born June 29, named
Dawn Lee. To Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Easter, Heppner, a 7 lb. 1
oz. boy born July 2, named Mel
vin Ray. To Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Allen, Hermiston, a 7 lb. girl born
July 3, named Wilma Louise.
Medical Steven Peterson, Con
don, dismissed; Johnnie Johnson,
Heppner, dismissed; Mark Pryor,
Condon, dismissed; John Molla
han, Heppner, dismissed; Dick
Robison, Heppner, dismissed.
Minor Surgery Art Lessard,
Moxee, Wash., dismissed; Oma
Cox, Heppner, dismissed; Glen
Fryer, Fossil, dismissed; Clar
ence Buchanan, Lexington.
Major Surgery William Jewell,
Monument; May Hartman, Hepp
ner; Freida Wasson, Ordnance;
Rosetta Palmateer, lone.
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COHVALLIS MAN TO BE
SUBSTITUTE COUNTY AGENT
John Massie, Corvallis, agent at
large with the OSC extension ser
vice, wilt take over as Morrow
county agent during the month
of July. Massie will serve dur
ing the absence of county agent,
N. C. Anderson who is planning a
vacation trip to North Dakota and
the midwest. j
Wheat
Size of
Oregon's Share of
Federal Highway
Funds to Be Huge
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special)
The Federal highway bill
which passed Congress this week
will mean an additional 91,300,000
in Federal funds for building
roads in Oregon during the next
three years, Congressman Sam
Coon has learned.
"During this period a total of
$66,236,000 in Federal funds will
be available for work on the
interstate system of highways in
Oregon, $19,311,000 for primary
roads, $13,581,000 for secondary
roads and $5,091,000 for urban
highways. This will make a grand
total of $104,219,000 for Oregon."
Coon added, "I have supported
this legislation which will mean
the completion of our interstate
highway system and will help
us modernize our roads. The
pleasure motorist, business and
industry will benefit from an im
proved road network. Road con
struction employment will in
crease to new, high levels."
This increased Federal high
way building program will be fi
nanced on a "pay as you go"
basis by such means as a one
cent increase in the Federal ex
cise tax on gasoline and diesel
fuel, and by taxes on tires, re
tread materials and trucks. The
new taxes went into effect July 1.
Two Jump When Truck
Goes Out of Control
Terrell Benge and Clarence
Buchanan, lone, both suffered
painful but not serious injuries
Monday afternoon when they
jumped from a truck which went
ou of control on Ilardman grade.
The truck which was owned
and driven by Benge, was loaded
with lumber and it went out of
control when the brakes failed.
The two men jumped and let the
truck go over the bank. It was
badly damaged.
Buchannan suffered severe la
carations to one leg and to his
face and Benge received numer
ous lacerations and bruises.
Republicans Reelect
County Officers
Officers of the Morrow county
Republican central committee
were reelected to present posi
tions Friday at a meeting of the
county's Republican committee
men and committeewomen held
at the home of Mrs. L. E. Dick.
Don Hatfield of Lexington will
continue as chairman of the
county committee, with Mrs. Ver
ner Troedson, lone as vice-chairman
and Mrs. Dick, secretary
treasurer. Plans were discussed for the
coming political campaign and
an active voter registration cam
paign will be carried on.
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Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gilman
and son are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. McCurdy
Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gil
man of Heppner. Mr. Gilman is
chief inspector with the U. S.
Border patrol at El Paso, Texas.
Mrs. E. K. Schaffitz and Diane
spent Monday in The Dalles.
Hint in il il l ii iti i nfi yirnfrtirf''t'""'",,, fciwfi'itarriW-frfA ' ,,
Gold Medallion for Service To Young America, awarded to President
Elsenhower by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for his
"faithfulness to the Ideals and principlei of freedom" is accepted by
Presidential Secretary Bernard M. Shanley, rlghcenter, from John L.
Walker, Ropnoke, Va., Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks, at White House
June 21. With them are Jeanne LaDuke, Mt. Vernon, Ind., and Joe Ed
ward Pendergraft, Joplin, Mo., winners of the annual Elks National
Youth Leadership Contest from a field of 55,000 entrants, who received
their awards, 1,000 Savings Bonds, from Mr. Shanley acting for the
President..
Storage Seen
County Crop
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLANS DRIVE
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION HERE
The Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commeroe Monday
took steps to start an active drive
within the county to increase the
voter registration in the area.
It was voted to establish regis
tration places in downtown Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone within
Wheat Growers to
Vote on Marketing
Quotas July 20
Friday, July 20 is the date when
Growers will determine how they
want to market their 1957 wheat
crop, Norman Nelson, chairman
of the Morrow county Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
committee, reminded farmers
this week.
Farmers who will harvest more
than 15 acres of wheat as grain
on a farm in 1957 are eligible to
cast callots In the wheat quota
referendum. Polling places will
be set up in convenient locations
in the county and growers will
be notified where they may vote.
A two-thirds favorable vote
mean that marketing quotas and
penalties on excess wheat will be
in effect for the 1957 wheat crop.
Under quotas, too, price support
to growers who comply with
their wheat acreage allotments
will be at the full level avail
able, between 75 and 90 percent
of parity.
If more than one-third of the
growers voting disapprove quo
tas, they will -not be in effect,
andjthe available price support
on the 1957 wheat crop to those
who comply with farm wheat
acreage allotments will be at a
level of 50 percent of parity.
When a marketing quota pro
gram is in etiect, the excess
wheat of a grower who does not
comply with his farm wheat acre
age allotment and who has more
than 15 acres of wheat for har
vest as grain on the farm will be
subject to a marketing quota
penalty. This penalty will be
equal to 45 percent of the May
1, 1957 parity price for wheat.
Nelson emphasized that the
vote is on wheat marketing quo
tas and not wheat allotments.
Whether or not the vote is favor
able on the quotas, acreage al
lotments will be in effect for
the 1957 crop.
Marketing quotas have been
approved by growers voting in
referendums for the past three
wheat crops. Last year 77.3 per
cent of the growers favored quo
tas for the 1956 crop.
Voting places will be announ
ced next week.
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FORMER PASTOR
TO SPEAK HERE
Martin Clark and family will
speak two nights, July 12 and 13
at the Heppner Church of Christ
at 8 p. m. A fellowship hour will
follow both the evening services.
Mr. Clark is a former pastor
of the Heppner church and is now
a missionary working in the
Osaka Bible seminary in Osaka,
Japan.
the next few weeks where citi
zens may sign up to vote. It is
the plan of the chamber to place
the registration booths in stores
which are open evenings so that
those persons unable to get to the
county clerk' office, or other
regular registration places in the
county, can register at their con
venience. It was announced that at Hood
River the chamber of commerce
had sponsored such a program
prior to the primary election
which resulted in a sizeable in
crease in the number of regis
tered voters in that area.
As soon as the locations are
established here they will be
announced.
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National Forest
Fire Regulations
Now In Effect
All National Forest areas with
in the Umatilla National Forest
have been designated by regional
forester J. Herbert Stone as areas
on which smoking while travel
ing Is prohibited because of the
fire danger on and after July 1
and extennding to October 31.
Camp fire permits are not re
quired on the Umatilla forest,
but it is a requirement that camp
fires be built in a safe place,
cleared of all inflammable ma
terial, and that they be complete
ly put out before being left even
for a short while. Campers are re
quired to have in their possession
a shovel, axe and water bucket.
All persons using the forests are
urged to use extreme care with
their smoking and camp fires.
Oilman is Named
Chief of Police
The Heppner city council Mon
day appointed Dean Gilman
chief of police. He will replace
Floyd Hutchins who has served
in that capacity for the past two
years. Hutchins will probably re
main on the force as night offi
cer, it was said.
The council authorized the
purchase of $10,000 in sewer
bonds which were offered for
sale. The bonds were not due for
several years yet, but were offer
ed to the city, and sufficient
money is available in the sewer
fund for their purchase. The
purchase will save the city well
over $1,000 in interest which
would have had to be paid had
the bonds run until their ma
turity. Four building permits totaling
$2,350 were issued, all for re
modeling or repair. They were
Hubert Wilson, $1,000 estimated
cost; Mary Schwarz, $500; A. M.
Fergeson, garage, $500; Herman
Howard, $350.
The city officially accepted the
recently constructed footbridge
over Willow creek on Baltimore
street and OK'd final payment
to the contractor.
4 Acres of Grass
Lost in Monday Fire
About four acres of grass was
burned Monday afternoon when
strong winds whipped sparks
from a controlled burn at the
Heppner city dump and ignited
an adjoining field owned by
Pete Lennon.
The Heppner fire department
answered the alarm and con
trolled the blaze before it reached
nearby wheat fields.
The blaze was the first grass
fire in the city in nearly two sea
sons, there being none during all
of 1955.
HAND BIT BY HORSE
Slim Walker of Heppner nearly
lost a finger Wednesday at the
Ukiah rodeo, when it was badly
bitten and mangled by a wild
horse.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sumner
left Monday for Ellensburg,
Washington where they will
make their home.
Mrs. Robert Kelly and daugh
ter Luanne of Everett, Washing
ton are visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ferguson.
ORCHESTRA leader Ken Knott,
well-known Portland music
maker, whose band will play
at the Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo dance Saturday. July 14.
His orchestra has played for
Fair and Rodeo dances on
many previous occasions.
Chariot Race is
Added to Fair
And Rodeo Program
Another added feature of the
Morrow county fair and rodeo
will be a chariot race, it was re
vealed this week by the fair
board.
The race will be limited to the
first four chariots to be signed
up and the Heppner Odd Fellows
lodge has put up a $50 purse for
the first two winners, it was an
nounced. There has been no
such race on rodeo programs for
many years.
The rodeo will again get the
Northwest amateur bucking
championship contest, held here
for the first time last year. It
formerly was a part of the Pen
dleton -Round-Up program, but
was offered to the local show
last year. Hamley and Company
of Pendleton will donate a sad
dle for the winner of this event
and the Heppner Pine Mills will
donate a saddle for the winner
of the Morrow county amateur
calf roping. The Morrow county
derby will again be sponsored by
the Heppner Elks lodge.
Race officials during the fair
and rodeo which is scheduled for
August 30 through September 2
will be C. L. "Buck" Lieuallen,
Pendleton, starter, and Harry
Dinges and W. W. Weatherford
judges.
Invitations have already been
sent to neighboring riding clubs
to enter flag races and other
events during the rodeo and
royal courts in surrounding com
munities have been invited to
take part in the weekend festi
vities. Kickoff Dunce July 14
The first event of the series
leading up to fair and rodeo
week will be the kickoff dance
scheduled for Saturday evening,
July 14 at the fair pavilion. On
succeeding weekends through
August 11 the princess dances
will be held, to be followed by
the Queen's dance on August 18.
There will be only one rodeo
dance, on Saturday night be
cause the entire fair pavilion will
be used early in the week for fair
exhibits, it was revealed.
Ken Knott's orchestra of Port
ind will furnish the music for the
Kickoff dance.
Traffic Deaths
Drop During May
Mile for mile, May was the ,
safest month so far this year on
Oregon streets and highways.
State traffic safety officials
said the state's mileage death
rate, which compares number of
people killed with number of;
miles driven, was 4.4 in May.
That means in each 100 million
miles traveled slightly more than
four persons were killed. The
May death rate was slightly
more than two full points below
the death rate for April.
May also accounted for a high
mark in travel for the year. On
the basis of gasoline gallonage
sales reports, the motor vehicle
department said 633,937,121 miles
were driven during the month.
Mileage figures are expected
to continue an upward climb for
the next few months as vacation
ists crowd highways. The high
month for travel in Oregon last
year was August when 731,349,872
miles were rhiven.
Needless to say, traffic offi
cials reminded that heavy traf
fic loads call for increased
driver attention if accidents, in
juries and deaths are to be lowered.
Don Robinson Named
Cattleman of the Year
By Irene Wilson
Donald Robinson, Heppner, has
been named county "Cattleman
of the Year" for 1956 by the
Morrow County Livestock asso
ciation. Robinson runs 100 regis
tered Herefords on a partnership
basis on the 13G5 acre Kirk and
Robinson ranch in the Sand Hol
low district northeast of Heppner,
An outstanding feeding and
breeding program, disease con
trol and forage management are
among the practices followed by
Robinson in his operation with
his father-in-law, M. N. Kirk.
Death Claims
J. Orve Rasmus
Orve Rasmus, a resident of
Heppner for 70 years, died early
Tuesday morning at Pioneer Me
morial hospital following a heart
attack suffered about two weeks
ago. A subsequent attack Tues
day brought on his death. He
was 73 years of age.
Jacob Orval Rasmus was born
August 1, 1882 near Pomeroy,
Washington, the son of John and
Marietta Rasmus. He came to
Heppner when he was three years
of age and had made his home
here since.
Mr. Rasmus served the city in
various capacities during his life.
He was city marshall and deputy
sheriff for several years, later
serving as watermaster and city
manager for a considerable per
iod. He was a young man at the
time of the Heppner flood in 1903
and on the 50th anniversary of
that event, he wrote a story of
the flood for the Gazette Times
commemoration edition publish
ed in 1953. He had been a mem
ber of the Heppner Elks lodge for
over 50 years and was a member
of the Neighbors of Woodcraft.
He was married to Norah Cecil,
May 8, 1915 at Heppner.
Funeral services were held to
day (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at All
Saints' Episcopal church with
Rev. George R. S. Little officiat
ing. Interment was In the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery with the
Elks lodge in charge of grave
side rites. Creswick Mortuary
had charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rasmus is survived by his
wife Norah and some cousins. A
brother Frank, died about three
years ago, and a sister, Luttie,
passed away many years ago.
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Morrow Stock
Bring Top Money
HERMISTON Buyers from
Morrow county continued to hit
the "top" at the Hermiston Live
stock Commission Co. sale Friday
that saw 98 consignors put 334
cattle, 176 hogs and 45 sheep on
the auction block in a fast mov
ing market.
Franklin Miles, Lexington, re
ceived 18.60 cwt for a 945-pound
grass fat steer; while Wilbur
Gourley, Heppner, pulled in 12.90
cwt for a 1215-pound white face
cow.
Manager Delbert Anson report
ed the market generally steady
with packer, feed lot and rancher
buyers all active. Needed for
next riday's sale, Anson reported
are grass fat heifers and steers
and more hogs.
The market:
CATTLE: Baby calves, 8.50 to
21.00 per head ; steer calves, 16.60
to 17.80 cwt; heifer calves, 13,20
to 15.30 cwt.; veal, 15.60 to 17.60
cwt.; stocker steers, 14.70 tol6.20
cwt.;: feeder steers, 16.50 to 18.10
cwt.; grass fat steers, 17.90 to
18.60 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 14.-
60 to 16.C0cwt.; dairy cows, 102.
50 to 127.50 per head; commercial
cows, 11.80 to 12.90 cwt.; canners
and cutters, 7.50 to 9.70 cwt;
shells, 4.50 to 6.50 cwt; bulls, 13.
70 to 15.30 cwt; and utility cows
10.50 to 11.60 cwt.
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 6.50 to
9.75 a head; feeder pigs, 13.75 to
15.00 cwt; fat hogs, 17.00 to 18.00
cwt. sows, 11.50 to 15.70 cwt; and
boars, 2.50 to 7.00 cwt.
SHEEP: Ewes, 1.50 to 4.10 cwt;
and feeder lambs, 14.50 to 16.50
cwt.
Mr. ..and Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter left Sunday for Chicago
where they will attend the Elks,
convention and travel through
some of the Eastern states. They
will be gone about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Sweek have pastorate of the lone Nazarene
returned after a week's visit with (church. Rev. McKay, former pas
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry , tor, left recently to take over a
C. Riley at Estacada. church In Idaho.
Average weight of Robinson's
herd is 550 pounds at eight
months and 1400 pounds at 18
months with the heaviest weight
running at 1565 at the 18 month
period. A half ton of loose bound
grain hay and alfalfa is used per
cow for wintering with supple
ments of cottonseed meal, bone
meal and mineral added. All
hay is cut early to get maximum
protein and fed in racks during
the wet season.
In his breeding program Robin
son uses four prime herd bulls
and culls cows constantly for fast
gain, milking ability and desir
able profile. Two bulls are
turned in separate pastures with
part of the cows and the re
mainder of the herd is lot bred.
Production records are kept on
herd and individual cows.
Disease control Includes yearly
testing, calfhood vaccination,
regular vaccination for blackleg,
malignant edema, pink eye arid
shipping fever, regular spraying
of cattle and clean and dry sheds
and barns.
In his forage management,
Robinson has 50 acres of hay
land, five acres of sprinkler ir
rigated pastures and has reseed
ed 30 acres of range with more
being converted as rapidly as
feasible. Grass production is in
creasing through reseeding, de
ferred rotation and utilization of
forage during the proper sea
sons. Fields are sprayed for
weeds and erosion is controlled
by plowing under stubble, work
ing and seeding on the contour
and the use of a sub-soiler. Six
miles of cross and boundary
fences divide the range into four
separate pastures with water de
veloped In each. Some irrigated
pasture is rented to supply dry
range land and to insure good
growth for fall and winter feed.
Alfalfa and grass mixtures are
used in both dry and Irrigated
pastures for stock feeding.
Robinson, whose cattle have
taken an array of prizes at vari
ous sales, consigns all his cattle
for sale. In addition to winning
the premier beef exhibitor trophy
at the Morrow county fair three
times since it was organized in
1951, Robinson showed the grand
champion bull at the Columbia
Empire Polled Hereford associa
tion show in Walla Walla In 1950.
In other shows and sales of the
association, which represents
Washington, Idaho and Oregon,
he showed the reserve champion
bull at Ellensburg in 1952 and
the champion cow at Yakima in
1955. At shows and sales of the
Oregon Polled Hereford associa
tion Robinson showed the cham
pion cow and reserve champion
bull in 1952 and the reserve
champion cow in 1953 at Salem
and the champion and reserve
champion cow in 1955 at Red
mond. Robinson assumed operation of
the ranch in 1948 following 6Va
years of military service. His
livestock experience began on
his father's ranch where he was
born in the Hardman area. Be
cause of his interest in fine cattle
Robinson has made bull service
available to 4-H members, do
nated calves .to 4-H'ers, has
made his herd available for 4-H
Judging and held a 4-H day at
his ranch.
Robinson is president of the
Round-Up Tolled Hereford Breed
ers, member and past president
and director of the Columbia Em
pire Polled Hereford association,
member of the American and
Oregon Hereford association, Ore
gon Cattleman's association and
of the beef promotion committee
of the county Cattle assciation.
In addition he has been beef
superintendent at the county fair
since 1947, is past director of the
Wranglers riding club and a
member of the American Legion
and Elks. He has been a coopera
tor with the Heppner Soil Conser
vation district since 1948. He is
married and has two sons, Kirk,
2'2 and Kyle, six months.
Robinson will compete with
other county winners for eth
state cattleman's title.
Rev. Wilkes New
Nazarene Pastor
The Rov. and Mrs. Charles
Wilkes and family of Kansas
City, Mo., arrived in lone last
(Week and are now making their
home in the parsonage formerly
occupied by Rev. and Mrs. Wil
fred McKay.
Rev. Wilkes has taken over the