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Heppner Gozetta Times, Thursday, November 8, 1956
HEPPNER GAZETTE T I M E S THIRTY YEARS AGO
MORROW COUNTY'S If I W I P A F 1 R
Th Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1888. The Hppr Tim UUihi
November 18, 1897. Conolldatd Fbruwy 18, 191
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ROBERT PENLAND
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CRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
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How Things Have Changed . . .
Well, the election's over and out of it came
what Is probably one of the screwiest voting pat
terns ever seen in the history of American poli
tics il what happened can be called a pattern.
At least the results will give political analysts
something to work on for months to come. It also
gave quite a few people, both Republican and
Democrat, some good sized headaches.
The good old "solid south" traditionally the
stronghold of the Democratic party, for some rea
son went predominately Republican, even such
states as Florida, Louisana and others which have
never been- known to do such a thing. Here at
home, Oregon joined the national bandwagon for
Ike but went overboard for Democrats in most
other positions, something it has never done be
fore in its long history. Even such stalwarts as
Congressman Harris Ellsworth who has probably
done more work in Congress for Oregon than any
other man in recent history, Tuesday felt the full
blow of the Democratic avalanch and was burled
by the vote for Charles O. Porter, and for the first
time since 1934 when Charles H. Martin won the
governorship, the voters put a Democrat in the top
chair. Even Sam Coon fell by the wayside leav
ing Walter Norblad the only Oregon Republican
in Congress. Up to two years ago the state didn't
have a Democrat in its Congresssional delegation,
but how things have changed!
Just what it all means and how it happened to
come about we're going to let someone with a
more analytical mind determine. One thing we're
pretty sure of though, is that there are a lot of
Democrats who are just as surprised at their mul
titude of victories as some Republicans are at
their losses.
One thing both sides can be mighty proud of
anyway is the huge number of voters the election
brought out to the polls. For many years Oregon
had been dragging its feet badly in the percentage
of voters who turned out but this election proved
that if there are real issues involved there will be
genuine interest on the part of the electorate. The
85 to 90 percent turnout is something to be proud
of.
From Files of the Gazette Times
November 11, 1926
A boys quartet has been work
ing on an Irish folk-song to be
sung at the Junior play, Novem
ber 23. The members are Rod
erick Thomson, Robert Turner,
Ellis Thomson and Marvin Gem
mell. Staff of 'the Heppnerian, pub
dished weekly by the students of
Heppner High Schoool is, Editor
in Chief, Joy Erwin; ass't editor,
Kenneth Oviatt, reporters, Mae
Groshens, Gene Doherty,. Louise
Thomson, Reta Crawford, Mae
Doherty, Letha Hiatt and Ellis
Thomson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ayers re
turned on Tuesday from a visit
over the weekend with the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hughes
at Umapine, Oregon.
Word from Oregon Agricultural
college under the date of Nov.
10 states that Maxine Gentry is a
member of the junior class team
in hockey. She is manager of
hockey for the Women's Athletic
association.
From Tho
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Alotrow county livestock grow
ers will soon be mailed a ques
tionnaire asking them to list
damages to property and live
stock losses from sportsmen
through fishing and hunting sea
son. This information will be
used by the county association
und provided to the Oregon Cat
tle Association. Recently Isaac
Walton has asked for such a list
ing for the state. Farmers need
not identify themselves when re
turning the questionnaire If they
so desire. Tiie information will
be used in an attempt to fun
nel relationships between ranch
ers and sportsmen.
Details for the special Farm-City
Week dinner program co-spon
sored by Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce and the
Heppner Soil Conservation Dis
trk-t were completed early this
week. The dinner to be held in
Heppner Monday evening Nocem
her 19 will feature C. W. Smith,
assistant director, extension ser
vice, Oregon State college and
former Morrow county agent as
speaker. The county winners
"Conservation and Grass Men" of
the year will he named. All far
mers and townspeople are en
couraged to attend this get to
gether in an attempt to acquuint
each other with the problems of
farm and city people and how
they may work closer together.
The week being observed nation
ally through November 16th. For
the Morrow county event tickets
will be sold at Phil's Pharmacy
and this office. Many farm
leaders will also be offering ban
quet tickets during the next week.
From time to time we have had
inquiry on how to control algae
in troughs and tanks. There have
been a number of chemicals on
the market for the control of
algae but the use of copper sul
phate remains the best method
of control yet. If bluestone Is
used it should be handled care
fully and according to recommen
ded quantities to avoid possible
copper-poisoning of livestock. It
should not be used where fish
may be involved. The recom
mended safe level in supplying
the copper sulphate at the rate of
one part million gallons. In
terms of specific quantities' this
would be equal to eight pounds
of bluestone per million gallons
or 1 ounce of bluestone per 8,
000 gallons or 1 level teaspoon of
bluestone for 1500 gallons; dis.
solve the bluestone and stir into
the trough. The bluestone loses
its effectiveness in a short time,
and will have to be repeated. A
very simple and fairly effective
method is to use copper sheets or
shavings which may be thrown
into the trough or tank. If a
trough or tank is thoroughly
cleaned the effectiveness of these
copper strips' or shavings will be
prolonged. As soon as they be
come covered with dirt or slime
their effectiveness is lost. If used
in watering troughs, copper shav
ings should be protected from the
possibility of being picked up
and eaten by animals. It should
also be recognized that copper
sulphate or bluestone have a cer
tain amount of corrosive affect
o nmetal tanks.
We might think rabbits, crows
or pheasants are bad but we have
it easy. In Ceylon, India farmers
are killing some 50 elephants a
year to protect their crops. The
government suggested scaring
them with firecrackers but the
farmers think shooting is more
affective.
With the coming of fall wea
ther rat control program is in
order. This is especially import
ant for the grain man who has
grain stored on his farm that will
be delivered under loan or sold
on the market for human con
sumption. U. S. D. A. standards
allow no more than one rodent
pellet per pint of wheat now. As
cold weather approaches rats and
mice begin to look for winter
quarters in farm buildings. This
is the time then to be on the
look out for signs of these ro
dents and carry out a program
for their control. There are sev
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65 per cent vote cast in county.
Mrs. Vivian Kane arrived Sun
day from Blalock and is again at
work in the office of Sheriff Mc
Duffee.
Mrs. E. L. Smith of this city was
in receipt of word this week that
her son Milton, lieutenant at Hill
Military academy in Portland
was to be one of the bodyguards
to Queen Marie on her way from
Maryhill to Portland, an honor
the young man appreciated.
Mrs. M. L. Curran, Mrs. Harry
Davis and Miss Zara Kilkenny
drove over to Maryhill Tuesday
afternoon to be present and get a
glimse of Queen Marie at the
Sam Hill Castle on Wednesday
morning.
can be purchased to be mixed on
the farm. Details for mixing will
be found on the container. It Is
kept out before the rats at all
times and it is necessary for them
to feed on this poison for a num
ber of days before they are killed.
It costs only a few cents a head
to have tick free sheep and lambs.
Early fall is one of the best
times to control sneep iicks
under management conditions of
our sheep raisers. Ewes made
tick free in the fall will not have
ticks to go onto lambs at lambing
time. Lambs infested with blood
sucking sheep ticks do not make
the best gain. Sheep ticks can be
controlled by spraying, dipping
or dusting. DDT, Methoxychlor,
TDE, Toxaphene, Chlordane, BHC
and Lindane may be used for
spray or dips. Follow the manu
facturer's directions preparing
the spray or dip solution. If dust
ing is preferred use a 1 Dield
rin dust. Satisfactory results have
been had with dust applied by a
converted orchard duster. Sheep
are run through a chute and
dusted on all sides as they pass
through. When sheep are sprayed
approximately a quart of spray
material should be figured per
head to get adequate coverage.
Less than this is figured at shear
ing time. Recently Bob and Andy
Van Schoiack sprayed their sheep
for ticks using a prepared insec
ticide containing toxaphene and
lindane. Their results with this
commercially prepared insecti
cide has been excellent on both
the sheep and cattle insects.
try food officials said in Portland dations are 'that it is risky to at
recently. Japan will have to buy
the grain whether or not U. S.
Government surplus programs
are available and will spend
dollars to get it if necessary- Per
capita wheat consumption has
gone up 2xt times in Japan in
the last ten years and the govern
ment is encouraging continua
tion of that trend.
A delightful party was given
by Mesdames W. E. Moore and
C. L. Sweek at the Moore resi
dence on last Thursday evening.
Bridge was the order of the even
ing. Mrs. Richard Wells was
awarded first prize, a pair of
beautiful handmade pillow cases;
Mrs. Roger Morse, second, linen
card table cover; Mrs. Frank Wil
kinson, consolation. Dainty re
freshments were served at mid
night. -rW
eral very effective poisons used
in controllng these pests. Per
haps the best for mouse control
is Zinc Phosphide poisoned grain
while rats are easily controlled
by the use of Warfarin. Warfarin
is available as a mixed bait or
The largest agreement ever ne
gotiated for the sale of U. S.
agricultural commodities under
public law 480 was -eached with
the government of India on Aug
ust 29. We discussed this some
time ago in this column. Includ
ed In the agreement was about
130 million bushels of wheat for
delivery over a three year period.
Indians generally use a whole
wheat flour. Hard white wheats
are more suitable to them than
red wheat. When whole wheat
flour is milled the bran is includ
ed in a red bran in the flour
makes it less appealing in ap
pearance. The new ,Burt variety
is a hard white wheat and should
develop into desireable wheat
for export requirements. Morrow
County farmers are in an excel
lent position to provide produc
tion of this wheat which looks
like it will be in good demand.
Approximately 3500 acres were
seeded in this county this year
more than any other county. The
increase from this seeding should
in ariother year give us a good
production of the desirable var
iety. Japan will be continuing
annual market for more than
3700 bushels of our wheat main
ly from the Pacific Northwest.
The head of a five man team of
Japanese government and Indus-
First 4-H agricultural club to
turn in its enrollment blank for
the new club year is that of the
lone Livestock club. The club
met Sunday at the Herb Ekstrom
farm completing last year's re
cord books and elected officers
for the new year. New president is
Kenneth Nelson, vice presiaem,
Roland Ekstrom, secretary Ken
neth Lynn Smouse, news repor
ters Mancell Townsend and Billy
Akers. Mancell Townsend and
Billy Akers are new 4-H club
members getting started this
year with pigs caught in the pig
scramble held at the County Fair.
Kenneth Nelson and Kenneth
Lynn Smouse will also carry
swine projects while Kenneth
Lynn Smouse and Kenneth Nel
son will carry sheep projects too
with Roland Ekstrom and Ken
neth Lynn Smouse carrying beef
projects. Kenneth Smouse will
replace Freddie Nelson as leader
of this club for 1957. With the
organization of this club it re
minds us that all 4-H c lubs
should be thinking of getting
projects underway for the new
year. This is the time of year
when boys and girls between the
ages of 9 and 21 who are inter
ested in club work can join. Last
year in Oregon there was the
highest enrollment in history
with 27,590 boys and girls carry
ing projects, boys and girls inter
ested in joining a club this year
should contact this office for particulars.
About this time of year we
have many inquiries at the of
fice on establishing new lawns
and care of the old. Recommen-
tempt to establish a new lawn
after October 1 In eastern Oregon.
There are years when It can be
done, however the weather this
time of year can be very unpre
dictable and result in the reseed
ing of a new lawn if left this
long. If new lawns . are to be
established they had better wait
until next April. For the old
lawns continue fall mowings as
late in the winter as possible.
Mowings can be less frequent,
however if the lawn goes into the .
winter with a long growth the
lawn will have a ragged and un
kept look next spring. Leaves and
excess clippings should be raked
from the lawn. Heavy leaves can
cause smothering and patchiness
in the lawn. Use fertilizer spare
ingly. The more fertilizer, the
more mowing. Light applica
tions of fertilizer will keep a
healthy green color in the lawn
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John Agar, Mamie Van Doren,
Richard Boone and others
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Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis,
Pat Crowey
Sun., Mon.. Nov. 11-12
Pillars of The Sky
With Jeff Chandler, Dorothy
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Tues., Wed., Nov. 13-14
Cockleshell Heroes
Jeff Chandler, Dorothy
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