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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Cytene Barratt. Corvallis,
is a guest at the home of her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Barratt.
STAR
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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.
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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.
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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.
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