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Pag 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 19, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppntr WexatU, eUbliihd March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet, Mtebliahtd November 18, 1887. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NIWSPAMt rimuHiis XstocunoN ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cento. ODD ENDS- Here in Heppner we have been mighty lucky during the past week. With thunderstorms pop ping all around and over us, we came out of the five-day ordeal without any major damage to life or property except for a rash of forest fires that kept fire suppression crews on the jump but caused little damage. All of us here though, send our feelings for the people of Mitchell who didn't fare as well as did we. Floods are not new to us, nor to the town of Mitchell for that matter, and the residents of Heppner have learned the hard way what one waterspout or cloudburst can do. lieppner was hit in years past and suffered the greatest loss of life of any catastrophe in Oregon, but its people came back and rebuilt their town. Mitchell will be rebuilt too, and it is lucky in that it didn't lose a big share of its population as did Heppner. Many of its citizens lost every thing they owned, which is far from pleasant, but they can be thankful that at least they, themselves are still here to help rebuild their town and their businesses. We hope Heppner's luck continues to be good in this summer of great storms and that Mit chell's improves. tinual pecking away for improvement of the Heppner-Spray highway may bring some results before too long. This news is good, but the battle isn't yet won until the contract is let, and the situation hasn't progressed that far. It goes to prove the old saying, though, that "The squeeky wheel gets the grease." We were quite surprised the other day to read in a news release we received that more farm workers died by accident last year than did work ers in any other industry. Farmers of our nation have set a lot of records in the past few years, but that one Isn't anything to be proud of. Most people would think that farming was a reasonably safe occupation, but the accident fig ures don't prove it out. That's why the National Safety Council is promoting Farm Safety week from July 22 to 28 to point out to farm workers that they are in a hazardous occupation and should treat their work as such. The fatal acci dents recorded by farmers ran all the way from car and truck wrecks to a death caused by step ping in a badger hole and breaking a leg. We hope all our farmers will practice safety next week in particular ... we would like to keep all of you as readers. The Chamber of Commerce heard this 'week that there is good possibility that this area's con- STATEMENT OF THE WEEK "Most politic ians are perfectly familiar with the questions of the day, but don't know the answers." Bandon Western World. From The County Agent's Office By John Massle As many of you know, Nels Wheat Growers League talked Anderson is on vacation and I am filling in for him during the month of July. If I can be of service to anyone don't hesitate to call me. Last week I attended the an nual field day of the Sherman Branch Experiment Station at Moro, Oregon. As the field day was a little later than usual, many of you who would have liked to were unable to attend. I will give you my observations and summarize the information presented at Moro by Superinten dent Bill Hall. A very interesting group of speakers was presented, among them being James Hill, Jr., mana. ger of the Federated Livestock corporation who spoke on "Mar keting Wheat Through Live stock". Miss Naida Whybark, home economist of the Oregon about "Marketing Wheat Through Human Consumption." After lunch we toured the farm. Vari ous plots were visited and the results of experiments noted. Here is a summary of results at the station. Summer Fallow Preparation The ground was prepared for summer fallow in three ways: (l)moldboard plow, covering all stubble; (2) an off -set disc plow, mixing stubble and soil, and (3) sweep plow, leaving all stubble on the surface. Nitrogen fertil izer was applied to some of-the plots at plowing time and to other plots at seeding time. Re sults show no difference between methods of preparation or time of application of the fertilizer. Thirty pounds of nitrogen in creased the yield on all three methods four to six bushels, prin- typical low rates from Heppner Salem $ .80 Portland 75 Baker .55 The Dalles 50 Station to station rates, not including tax, for 1 minutes alter t p.m. weekdays and all day Sunday Next time, $ay H personally by telephone Pacific Telephone RIFLESCOPES 4 7 9 by UNITED 31 -$34.95 31 -$49.50 40-$54.50 clpally by overcoming the reduc tion in yield so often associated with trashy fallow. Fertilizer Experiments The response of wheat to nit rogen is dependent upon factors closely associated with indivi dual farms, such as depth and texture of soil, farming methods and past farming history. For this reason, off -station experi ments seemed most practical. Here in Morrow County there are five fertilizer experiment plots put out on the farms of Harold Evans, Heppner; Kenneth Peck, Lexington; John Eubanks, lone; Harold Beach, Lexington; and Laurence Becket, Heppner. Over a five year average on over fifty fertilizer plots, nitrogen has been put on at the rate of 20, 40, and 60 pounds per acre. A check plot was left on which no nitrogen was put. It is interesting to note that nitrogen from all sources, that is, ammonia nitrate, ap plied both spring and fall, anhy drous ammonia, and aqua am monia all gave an increase over the check plots with no nitro gen. In 1952, with a dry spring, ammonia nitrate applied in the spring failed to increase yields. Aqua ammonia showed up very good but with just one year s data on aqua one must wait be fore considering it significant. On a trial where the nitrogen fertilizer was applied at three six nine inch depths and with shank spacings of ten sixteen twenty-two inches, no difference in yield resulted from the dif ference in depth placement or of shank spacing. A slight streak ing effect was noticeable in the whip spared plots prior to head ing. An annual crop experiment was started at the Sherman Station in 1952. The yields of spring wheat from plots with 30, 45, GO and 75 pounds of nitrogen per acre were compared with a check plot which was summer fallowed. The annually cropped plots failed tp mature In 1955 with the extreme ly low rainfall. Plots which re ceived 45 and above pounds of nitrogen still have a four year average nearly two bushels above the summer fallow plot. Rate and date of seeding trials have yielded some interesting results. The plots were seeded at five different dates: Sept. 1, Sept. 15. October 1, October 15 and Novem ber 1. Three rates were used: 30, GO, 90 pounds on each of the five dates. There has been very WHY YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE VACCINATED AGAINST POLIO NOW! 3 Otl'lt 13232 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE REPORT FROM 21 STATES AND NEW YORK CITY IN 1955 UNVACCINATED 29.2 osei per 100,000 I . ? -.- -, VACCINATED 6.3 oses per 100,000 I FAIR-MINDED Don't forget the 4-H demon strations in home economics and livestock projects. These are the highlights of the 4-H year The style show is the big event of the fair for the home ec girls. Who knows some of these girls may be future designers and models; their training will have started here The livestock sale Is not to be bv passed and is a never to be forgotten sight as the prize animals are sold thru the ring. GET YOUR POLIO SHOTS AS SOON ASJfOUJANL. CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR OR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER NOW) .-;r ay "Zff ' SAVE! 0 Economy price United Blflnrop S land ntuih uuit DO I II l.k ADJUSTMENT AVLNUSi Bright. Weathrt KnKUnl (Iva yoo th WUAUll job demand at leu crisp imait. Will with- UNITKD Rinesoorwl lou will M pieaMoii) tnroriMo wiia tn Helio u Utile at ounces uounu coaling u uiue m 9.is ANDERSON PHONE 6-9427 Uhtrun (afi uhUn wlu Bali tuUnlni accorarr needle tn.ro aenmiron lumcaj lnnh COMK CN IX)D 114k ITU tnrhe. OUAI INU SAVU I lark tube. wUI Ol BUILDERS SUPPLY HEPPNER little difference in the yields from the three rates of seeding. However, date of seeding shows a definite influence on the yield of wheat. The best yields were obtained from the October 1 seeding. There is not the expect ed association between early light seeding and late heavy seeding. Winter Wheat Varieties Of greatest interest this year are two new varieties of winter wheat Columbia , and Omar. Columbia was developed at the Moro station. It is a hard red wheat and should be grown in the low rainfall areas where high protein wheat can be produced. Omar was developed at Pullman, Washington and is to be a smut resistant replacement for Elmar. The selection 27-15 x Rex Rio was not released this year, but if baking quality proves satisfac tory this year it will be released this fall. It was also developed at Pullman and will be a re placement for Rex and Brevor. Spring Wheat Varieties Spring wheat breeding work is aimed at increasing winter hardi ness of Orfed and Federation so that in areas where late fall or early spring seeding is practiced one variety can be used. Quick maturing varieties are also re quired. From many crosses made in the past, it has not been pos sible to get ' a higher yielding variety than Federation. Winter Bailey Varieties The past winter has given a very good winter hardiness test of barley" varieties. Only the most hardy survived and they suffered a severe reduction in stand. Winter barley varieti?s seldom yield as high as spring varieties even with good stands. Spring Barley Varieties rijnn io. 6( anu Meloy are the two recommended spring bar ley varieties in this area. Gem and Harlan are new varieties equal in yield because they have rough awns. Meloy is a hooded variety recommended for hay. Spray is also a recent variety re leased in Wheeler County where stoekmon prefer it's feeding quality. Copies of a 4-H club annual in memory of Harry C. Seymour, first state 4-H club leader are now available at the county agents office for one dollar each. o Mrs. Cytene Barratt. Corvallis, is a guest at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barratt. STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs., Fri.. Sat.. July 19-20-21 Two Gun Lady With Peggy Castle, William Tallman Plus The Man Who Never Was With Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame Sun,, Mon., July 22-23 Walt Disney's Song of the South Tues WeZTjuiy 24-25 The Man With The Golden Arm With Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker Riding Events Held At Dougherty Ranch About 125 persons attended Dougherty's Dilly Duster held by the Wrangler's riding club Sun day at the E. C. Dougherty ranch in Sand Hollow.. Competitive events on horseback followed a potluck dinner at noon. Results follow: Pole bending, 12 years and under: Kit George, first, Geral dine Swaggart, second, Bobby Fetsch, third; 13 through 17 years, Pat Steagall, first, Christine Swaggart and Jim Steagall, tied for second and third;, seniors, Jean Boylen, first, Bob Steagall, s?cond, Bill Healy and Kathryn Healy, tied for third. Stake race, 12 and under: Ger aldine Swaggart, first, Kit George second, Bobby Fetsch, third; in termediate, Barbara and Pat Steagall, tied for first and se cond, Christine Swaggart, third; seniors, Jean Boylen, first, Bob Steagall, second, Cornett Green, third. Barrel race, 12 and under: Ger aldine Swaggart, first, Bobby Fetsch, second, Kit George, third; intermediate, Christine Swaggart, first, Barbara Steagall, second, Jimmy Steagall, third; seniors, jean Boylen, first, Cornett Green, second, Bob Steagall, Bill Healy and R. R. Fulleton, tied for third. Musical ropes, 12 and under: K-ir r.eorge. first, Bobby Fetsch, second, Geraldine Swaggart, thirrt- intermediate, Christine Swaggart, first, Jim Steagall, se nd Pat Steaeall, third; seniors, Jean Bovlen, first, Bob Steagall, second, Cornett Green, third. Cow riding: Steve Green, first, Rav Panineau. second, Marion r.reen. third: lunior calf roping: Jimmy Steagall, first; senior calf rooing: Oscar George, first, Bill Healv. second, Neill Beamer, third: ribbon roping: Bob Stea gall, first, Bruce Lindsay, second, and Cornett Green, tnira. Stock was firnished by Cliff and Jerry Dougherty, Pat O'Brien and Jerry Biosnan were judges; Joyce Buschke and Barbara Jor dan, secretaries; Bruce Lindsay, announcer; Al Fetsch, field flag man; Pat O'Brien, race starter; Gerald Swaggart, calf chutes; Jack Edmondson and Glenn Ward, bucking chutes and Cornett Green and Oscar George, arena directors. o Accident Hazards Of Canning Given; Safety Stressed With canning season in full swing, your kitchen can be a hazardous place, reminds Hal lene Price, home management specialist at Oregon State college. Hot kettles, pressure cookers and water bath canners make it extra easy for adults and curi ous children to be burned. Miss Price suggests these pre cautions to safeguard your kit chen as part of annual National Farm,Safety week. . Learn how to operate your pressure cooker 'or canner before you start to use it. Be sure the gauge and exhaust are in top working order. County extension agents can tell you where to get the gauge tested. Allow pressure to go down be fore removing the lid. Safety way to remove the lid is to tip the top toward yourself so that escaping steam is channeled out the opposite side. Handles of pans and kettles should be turned so that they will not accidently be knocked off the range. Oven canning is not recom mended since Jars are apt to explode in the cooking process. Handle hot jars with tongs. Be sure hot pads are large enough and thick enough to prevent hands from being burned. Safety in the home is being spotlighted this week with Gov ernor Elmo Smith's proclamation of July 22 to 28 for Oregon's ob servance of National Farm Safety week. Importance of safe prac tices for the full-time and part time farmer In use of machinery, insecticides and equipment was also stressed by the governor. o . John Denison, Pendleton, new area conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service, was a busi ness visitor in Heppner Wednes day. He replaces Fair Griffin who has been transferred to Washington, D. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly ap pointed, executor of the estate of Marion F. Cork, Deceased, by the Probate Court of Morrow County, Oregon, and has accepted such trust. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same to the executor at the office of J. O. Turner in Heppner. Oregon, with proper vouchers attached, on or before six months from the date of first publication of this notice. Dated and first published this 19th day of July, 1956. HUSTON C. LESLEY, Executor J. O. Turner Attorney for Executor. Heppner, Oregon. 19-23c PICTURE WINDOWS Rediscover the "Oregon Trail" at eye level In full natural color from UNION PACIFIC'S all-new Dome liner, the City of Portland to Chicago. You'll relax and thoroughly enjoy every mile and minute of sheer travel luxury ... at no extra fare. n 8111.1. 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