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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 30, 1956
' HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MOHBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times eetabllehed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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It's Worth the Trip-
It's time again for the annual Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo a big five-day program that of
fers something of interest for every resident of
the county.
There have been a great many people who
have been working for weeks to make all of this
year's show one of the best ever and we know that
they are going to be proud of what they have
done. They should be and we who may only be
observers can also be proud of the job that has
been done. Everyone who has had a hand In
preparing a part of the show deserves a lot of
thanks.
Now, however, most of the work is done, and
whether you have had a part in the show or not,
the time has come to enjoy what is awaiting all
of us. Let's all find time to take in much of it
for there are shows, events, displays and exhibits
that will appeal to all. It's our fair and rodeo
even if our individual part to play is only to visit
and to see. It will be worth everybody's time.
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
To the Editor:
So they're putting us on the
defensive, amusing to the read
ers and free copy to the editor.
Well, let's just turn it around and
put the shoe on the other foot,
it will fit alright.
Let this high yield be a lesson
in conservation. This ranch is
new God given rich virgin land
and the 177 acres in question is
the best af a 1300 acre field. Go
west young man and plow up a
new farm. I've worn out three
farms already does not apply
here, due to the intestinal forti
tude of the Hynd Brothers.
In our conservation practices
we managed to control every
thing but cheat grass, although
we nave never received tne grass
man award for so doine. However
as badly infested as our fields
were we had almost none on this
small field.
Thjs ranch was developed by
John Graves and ne lined a yuuu
bushel grain bin in mv elevator
from 120 acres in 1948. I never
saw the growing grain but I got
the wheat and had his word for
the acres. However, he was
smarter than I, he never talked
about it.
We harvested witli four 16
foot Harris combines on which
the bulkers hold 65 bu. and with
pvtensions hold about 80 bu. and
all four drivers agree they could
not get over Va mile to the bulk
er. They got 5 bulkers to the
round on this neiil. W ousneis 10
the acre is common in the Grand
Coulee irrigation project on des
ert land. Our land is far superior
and the only difference is water
and this year we had the water.
This year I had the good for
tune to accompany the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce on the an
nual field S. C. S. tour sponsored
by the group. We saw the ter
rific damage wrought by water
erosion in the Sand Hollow dis
trict and we also saw the out
standing job of conservation done
by Allen Tom in controlling ero
sion on his farm. It was on some
of this land he received a 61 bus
hel yield. This land was very
badly eroded when he purchased
it n few vears ago. It had pro-
hahlv a 40 too soil loss. Is it
beyond reason that had he had the
use of the lost soil that hi yield
could have been one-third more:
Wheat farmers in this county
can well profit by taking a page
from Allen Tom's and the Nelson
Brothers' book. There have been
no homo fires burning on these
ranches in the spring of the year
us wp all have seen burning at
night in the stubble fields of
their neighbors.
No. Jess, vou just can't figure
on increased land values on your
ranch, you are forty years to
late.
Orvllle Cutsforth
THE FLOOD STORY
Heavy Runoff Seen
During Area Storms
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake. Mr
and Mrs. Earle Gilliam and Leon
ard Gilliam have returned after
spending the past two weeks at
the coast near Depot Bay.
STAR
THEATER
HEPPNER
Thurs.-Fri. Sat. Aug. 30-31.
Sept. 2
The Leather Saint
With John Derek and
Paul Douglas
plu
Day of Fury
With Dale Robertson
Sun. Mon.. Sept 2-3
The Man Who
Knew Too Much
James Stewart and Doris Day
VistaVision and Technicolor
Tues.. Wed.. Sept 4-5
Alexander The Great
Robert Taylor, Richard Todd,
Dana Wynter. CInemabcope
& coxor
(This is the second of a series
of articles taken from a report by
Quentin Bowman, engineer for
the state water resources board.
It deals with Willow creek floods,
water flow, etc. The articles are
presented to show the value of
proposed flood control and irri
gation dams.)
In addition to the five disas
trous floods of major proportions,
about 10 minor floods also occur
red during the 60-year period of
historical flood record to 1942.
These minor floods, resulting
from lesser storms in intervening
years, did not cause any exten
sive or general damages over the
basin, but damages in particular
sections were notable.
The magnitude of minor floods
at Heppner rariges from about 3,
000 to 6,000 second feet. Estimates
of the discharge of the 1934 flood
at Heppner, based on stages and
on the extent of overflow, show
considerable variation for the
different reaches. The maximum
discharge of this flood, however,
probably did not exceed 13,000
second feet. The discharge of
the 1903 flood accumulated above
Heppner is estimated at about 1,
100 acre-feet. Inas much es the
stages reached in the flood of
1883 exceeded those of the 1903
flood, t he discharge probably
equalled or exceeded 36,000 se
cond feet.
The existing channel capacities
in Heppner range from about 1,-
100 to 5,800 second-feet. The
capacity of the most critical sec
tions ranges from 1,100 to 2,400
second feet. The safe channel
capacities of other critical sec
tions in stretches of the main
stream below Heppner vary from
about 1,800 to 3,000 second feet.
Flood Frequencies
The probable occurance of the
cloudburst type of storm in any
definite period of years is de
pendent on so many unrelated
factors that- reliable forecasting
is impossible. No known basis
exists upon which to predict this
type of flood, as two major floods
could occur in one summer or
even within one week. The occur
ence of floods greater than those
of 1903 or 1883 is possible for the
reason that both the center band
and outer perimeter of this type
of storm might easily cover a
wider area and thereby produce
higher peak flows and larger
runoff.
Extend and Character of
Flooded Area
After the 1903 flood, the city of
Heppner was rebuilt in its origi
nal extremely hazardous location,
directly in the path of cloud
burst flood-waters. The towns of
Lexington and lone, below Hepp
ner, are located in the valley of
the main stream, subject to seri
ous damages from floods. The
hamlets of Jordan, McNab, Mor
gan and Cecil are stations along
the railroad line in the lower val
leythese are also subject to
flooding, but not affected by
minor floods. The valleys of Rhea
and Willow creeks between the
community centers are inhabited
principally by the owners and
employees of the stock and wheat
ranches that lie on the higher
rolling areas of the basin. The
concentration of farm residences
in the valley areas in the direct
path of cloudburst floods is due
to the availability of water supply
for production of hay and other
stock feed and for domestic use.
(Next week Irrigation and
the flood problem).
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
Sept. 2, 1926
The Morrow county Wool and
Grain Show scheduled during the
HeDDner RnHpn SeDtember 23-4-5
will be featured by a sack sewing
contest, according to Roger W.
Morse, county agent, in charge of
arrangements.
Miss Leora Devin will leave for
Stanfield on Sunday, where she
will be a teacher in the grades
for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McCarty re
turned home at noon yesterday
from their trip to Yellowstone
National Park.
Erick Bergstrom of Gooseberry
was attending to matters of busi
ness here yesterday.
Harry Munkers and Family re
turned last week from a trip to
the Mt. Adams country.
Raymond Ferguson and wife,
Jasper Crawford and Miss Mary
Crawford returned from a visit to
Wallowa country on Friday..
H. B. Turney and wife of To
ronto, Canada, are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of Cecil.
Certificate of Incorporation was
received from the office of the
secretary of state Wednesday, is
sued to Heppner Rodeo, the name
adopted by the association. The
incorporators are C. W. McNamer,
L. V. Gentry and Chas. Latou
rell, the present board of managers.
From Th
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Particulars of the wheat acre
age reserve and conservation re
serve programs for 1957 were an
nounced last week. County agents
and ASC committees attended a
meeting at Pendleton on Tuesday
and Wednesday when details for
the program were outlined. In
the acreage reserve program for
1957, winter wheat producers will
have until September 21, 1956 to
sign 1957 acreage reserve agree
ments. This program looks very
good for wheat growers and it is
my opinion that there will be a
lot of participation ' in Morrow
county.
Farmers who have established
wheat acreage allotments are
the only ones in Oregon eligible
to participate in this program.
To participate, a farmer must
sign an agreement with his coun
ty ASC committee to reduce his
1957 acreage of wheat below his
farm allotment. The amount of
wheat below his farm allotment.
The amount of acreage that can
be placed in the reserve is allo
cated to each county. Contracts
wlU be accepted on a "first come,
first served" basis until the allo
cated total for a county is con
tracted. Participating farmers
will receive payments intended
to compensate them for the loss
of net income from wheat that
would have been produced on
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"cairtl to the current value of your prop
erty? If not. heltor take steps now to cor
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loss. Let us cheek, it with you.
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Phone 6-9652 Heppnee
land placed in the acreage re
serve. The 1957 acreage reserve
rate for wheat is figured at a
national average of 1.20 a bushel.
Payment is competed by multi
plying the normal yield for the
farm or the normal yield for the
land designated in the agree
ment as the acreage reserve times
the base unit rate for Morrow
county which will average some
where around the national aver
age of $1.20 a bushel.
The conservation reserve is the
long-term part of the bank. It
differs from the acreage reserve
section, as it is designed to divert
land regularly used for crop pro
duction to conservation uses. The
conservation reserve provides cost
sharing assistance to farmers in
making such shifts. To partici
pate in the conservation reserve,
farmers must sign contracts with
the Department through the ASC
committee. Contracts will range
from three to ten years. Two
kinds of payments are made un
der the conservation reserve pro
gram. The first is a cost -sharing pay
ment to assist -In the establish
ment of soil and water conser
vation practices on the land
designated for the conservation
reserve. This payment can range
up to 80 of such costs. It will be
made only in case of contracts
covering a period of at least five
years. The other is an annual
payment on the land put in the
conservation reserve. This will
be the amount obtained by multi
plying a per acre rate by the
number of acres put in the re
serve. The national average per
acre rate is $10 but this will vary
among states and counties. Land
in the conservation reserve can
not be cropped or grazed while
the contract is enforced.
In order to explain both of
these programs to the farmer, an
educational meeting has been
scheduled at the Lexington
Grange hall to be held at 8:00
p. m. on September 4. Complete
details will be available at this
time and farmers will be given
the opportunity to sign applica
tions until the September 21st
deadline.
The Morrow county wheat al
location committee has just com
pleted allocation of 1200 bushels,
Columbia and 4,000 bushels of
Omar wheat. This was allocated
to 32 Morrow county farmers.
Seed of these two varieties will
be In good supply in 1957 for all
farmers who wish to seed them. !
At a recent meeting of the state
allocation committee, Morrow
countv was allocated an ample
supply of the new hard white
spring wheat which is known as
Rio-Rex 41. This new variety is
reDorted to have many of the
characteristics of Rex but having
good milling qualities. Morrow
countv. beins one of the top Rex
producing counties before its dis
count, was allocated a good quan
tity of seed for planting this fall.
Applications are being taken in
this office now. Seed increase of
this new variety will not be hand
led as Omar and Columbia. While
the county seed allocation com
mittee would like to have a
number of growers to produce
certified seed, there is some of
this seed that will be allocated
to farmers on the basis of pro
duction of good clean seed for
their neighbors and themselves.
Time is short so farmers are
urged to get their application in
now if they are interested in this
variety. . Seed will be allocated
within the next week.
CLASSIFIED ADS
USE GAZETTE TIMES
1
NEW HIGH COURT JUSTICE
William M. McAllister, Med
ford, prominent Republican and
former speaker of the House of
Reoresentatives was appointed to
the Oregon Supreme Court by Gov,
Smith immediately alter ms re
turn Friday from the national
Republican convention in San
Francisco.
A few minutes after the an
nouncement of the appointment
McAllister was sworn into office
by Chief Justice Harold J. War
ner. The new justice promptly an
nounced he would be a candi
date to succeed himself at the
November election for a full six
year term. His appointment is
for the un-expired term of the
late Justice Earl Latourette who
died of lung cancer Aug. 18 in
Portland.
Continued on page 7
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