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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday. December 6, 1956
County Teams
Fare Badly in
Hoop Jamboree
Four of the five Morrow county
teams playing in Monday mgnrs
opening basketball jamboree at
Umatilla came out on the short
end of scores, Irrigon being the
only county team to chalk up a
victory. The eastern division won
the combined score game 132 to
100. The four eastern division
teams played two quarters
against the western four.
Heppner lost to Echo 42-25,
Stanfield beat lone 33 to 32, Irri
gon stopped Lexington 23 to 15
and Umatilla edged out Board
man 31 to 28.
The Mustangs will play their
first regular game Saturday night
at Pendleton when tney tane on
St. Joseph then will open their
home games Tuesday against the
lone Cardinals. They will have
another home game Friday, De
cember 11 when they meet Elgin
on the local floor.
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Farm Bureau Hears
Of Insurance Plan
The new $10 deductible Farm
Rureau automobile insurance
colicv was explained by Bill Bar
ratt last week at the regular
monthly meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau held at the
Harold Beach home in Lexing
ton. The new policy will become
available as soon as the Farm
Bureau has 12,000 policies written,
Barratt explained.
A discussion was held of the
resolutions passed at the state
convention and of the Bureau
sponsored 480 bill. It was also
announced that the domestic
parity plan for wheat will be
recommended by Gerald Detering,
president of the Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation, to the annual
meeting of the American FB Fed
eration to be held in Miamf, Fla.
Dec. 9-12. The plan was adopted
by the Oregon Bureau at its an
nual meeting in Pendleton last
month when the delegates went
on record as favoring domestic
parity for wheat with acreage
control.
MANY AREA HIGHWAYS TO GET WORK
UNDER STATE-FEDERAL PROGRAM
SALEM The Oregon State 000; 1.3 miles of paving and
Highway Commission today re- structures between Hinkle and
leased details of plans to spend Bucks Corner on the Hermiston
$44,340000 mainly in federal aid highway at a cost of $165,000, and
interstate funds on interstate, $U50,000 in improvements on sec
primary and secondary routes in tions of the Ukiah-Hilgard high-
Highway Division 5 in central, way.
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Lirauini; ana cumin uu x.oi
and Eastern Oregon.
State Highway engineer W. C.
Williams earlier had announced
that $30,742,000 of the amount
earmarked for this area would go
into four and two-lane projects
along US 30 from Stanfield Junc
tion to the Idaho border.
"In addition to that amount we
plan to invest $6,633,000 on the
area's primary roads, $6,393,000
on secondary roads and $572,000
on urban improvements", Wil
liams said.
The engineer listed major im
provements scheduled for the
area's primary highways as loi
lows: "The two major primary high
way improvement projects in
volve grading and paving 22.11
miles of the John Day highway
between Fossil and Service Creek
at an estimated cost of $2,600,000
and grading and paving intermit
tent sections of the Central Ore
gon highway between Junture
and Vale at an estimated cost of
$2,135,000", he said.
Other secondary highway pro
jects scheduled for this immedi
ate area include:
Six miles of grading and oil
ing on the middle unit of the
route between Hamilton andLong
Creek on the Kimberly-Long
Creek highway at a cost of $410,-
miles of the Wasco-Heppner high-
way from the John Day River to
ward Condon and Mile Post 41.36
at a cost of $050,000; widening
pavement on the Idaho-Oregon-Nevada
highway between Rome
and Basque over a 25 mile stretch
at a cost of 531,000.
ASC Community
Committees Are
Named for 1957
Livestock Prices
Again Up Slightly
Report on Oregon
Pastures, Ranges,
Cattle Favorable
Justice And
Municipal Courts
William James Devine, truck
speeding, forfeited $30 bail.
Lee Ristick, no TUC permit,
fined $10.
John Henry Cox and Crystal L.
Blackford, both pleaded guilty to
being intoxicated on public road,
Fined $75 each.
Charles Milton Kelsey, truck
speeding, $29.50 fine.
Charles Leslie Lilly, truck
speeding, $29.50 fine.
Lawrence E. Scott, Violation of
basic rule, forfeited $30 bail.
Delln Matteson, drunk in public
place, $20 ball forfeited.
Washing Machine
Grounding Urged
If a new washing machine is
on your Christmas list, save your
self a shock and have it ground
ed when it's installed.
This advice is from M. G. IIu
ber, Oregon State college agri
cultural engineering specialist.
Any machine or washer, he says,
should be grounded because
chances for electric shock are
greater around damp cement
floors or places where there's
apt to be moisture.
Many machines are made so
they can be plugged into only
one outlet. However, a three
pronged plug is the newest trend
in washers being sold today, says
Huber. Although it won't fit
most of tlie outlets in your homo,
it's appearing in more appli
ances as a ground method.
Oregn's ranges and pastures
are in better condition than a
year ago, and rate about average
for this time of the year.
The rest of the West, however,
isn't doing so well, reports Steve
Marks, extension agricultural eco
nomist at Oregon State college.
While ranze feeds are goon in
most of the Northwest and Cali
fornia, a U. S. department of agri
culture report from Denver says
range feed conditions in the rest
of the West are in the worst con
dition since 1934, rating only 63
percent as good as average.
In Oregon, Marks reports that
range and pasture growth was
favored by rain and generally
favorable weather in October
And while Western Oregon pas
ture feeds were a little below
normal, Eastern Oregon range
feeds were generally average or
better.
The supply of hay and home
grown feeds in the state is above
average,
At the same time, Oregon cat
tie are going into the winter in
"good" to "very good" condition,
Marks says. 1 ne conuiuon or cai
tie was found to be above aver
age in all parts of the state ex
cept the southwestern counties,
where they were slightly below
average,
Sheep and lambs around the
state are also reported to be in
cood condition for this time of
year.
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Rock Hounds View
Indian Artifacts
The Morrow county gem and
mineral society was shown a col
lection of Indian artifacts Tues
day evening at its regular month
ly meeting held at the Hotel
Heppner. The collection is owned
and was shown by Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Morgan of Monument and
is said to be one of the finest
in Hie northwest.
Because of the Christmas holi
days the club's next meeting has
been set up to December 18, It
was announced. 1
MOVES TO HEPPNER
C. F. Spaulding Sr., father of
Carl Spaulding, arrived last week
from California to make his home
in Heppner.
HERMISTON Prices were
slightly higher on most grades of
animals at the Hermiston Live
stock Commission Co, sale Friday
where 88 consignors placed 494
cattle. 126 hoes and 45 sheep on
tilt? UULlliiw Wl
Sale manager Delbert Anson
reported a very snappy sale with
plenty of buyers bidding for all
classes of animals. Steer calves
again led the market with a high
of $18.50 cwt. while veal was
close behind with a top of $18.25
cwt. Feeder steers sold well at
from $15.60 to $16.30 cwt while
dairy cows sold steady at from
$87 to $112.50 per head.
Fat hoes were up a bit with
prices ranging from $15.50 to $16.
40 cwt. A high of 716.10 cwt was
posted for heavy fat lambs,
good gain over previous weeks
Needed particularly for next
week are fat cows for commercial
buyers, feeder steers for feed lot
and steer calves for farmers. The
market:
CATTLE Baby Calves, 10 to 11
per head; steer calves, 17.30 to
18.50 cwt.;heifer calves, 13.75 to
14.90 cwt.; veal, 16.10 to 18.25
cwt.; stocker steers, 14.10 to 15.40
cwt.; feeder steers, 15.60 to 16.30
cwt.; grass fat heifers, 13.10 to
14.30 cwt.; dairy cows, 87 to 112.50
per head; stock cows, 94 to 107.50
per Head; commercial cows, iu.w
to 12.20 cwt.; utility cows, 8.90 to
10.40 cwt.; canner cutter cows, 7.
20 tott90 cwt.; shells, 4.60 to 6.35
cwt.; ad bulls, 11.20 to 12.85 cwt
HOGS Weaner pigs, 7.50 to 10
per head; sows, 11.10 to 13.40 cwt
fat hogs, 15.50 to 16.40 cwt.; and
feeder pigs, 14.50 to 15.90 cwt
SHEEP Feeder lambs, 13.75 to
15.20 cwt.; heavy fat lambs, 15.20
to 16.10 cwt.; yearlings, 8.20 to
9.30 cwt.; and ewes, 10 to 13.25
per head.
Those earning top prices at the
market included T. L. Kirk, Stan
field, 15.90 cwt. for six feeder
pigs of 590 pounds; Clyde Nob
les, Umatilla, 10 per head for five
weaner pigs; C. J. Cooper, Stan
field, 16.40 cwt. for a 230-pound
white fat hog; George Griffith,
Cecil, 18.50 cwt for three white
face steer calves of 1700 pounds;
C. J. Osmin, Heppner, 18.25 cwt.
for a 325 pound veal; Charlie
Bloodsworth, Hermiston, 12.85 cwt.
for a 1250-pound bull; and Ro
bert Rice, Pendleton, 16.10 cwt.,
for 21 lambs of 2900 pounds.
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The Morrow County Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation
community committees have Deen
nominated and elected for the
1957 year. The election by mail
ballots was completed November
24, 1956, with the following men
elected chairman of their com
munity.
Robert Peterson, chairman of
the Eightmile community; Paul
Webb, chairman of the bouth
Heppner community; D. R. Poin
ter, chairman of the North Hepp
ner community; Vernon Munkers,
chairman of the Lexington com
munity; Roland Bergstrom, chair
man of the lone community; V. K.
Rietmann, chairman of the Mor
gan community;- Harold G. Camp
bell, chairman of the Alpine
community; Lyle Robertson
chairman of the Irrigon commun
itv: and Ralph Skoubo, chair
man of the Boardman commun
ity.
The first duty of the newly
elected community chairmen will
be to meet at a open county con
vention, Monday, December
1956. at the A. S. C. office to
nominate and elect a county A. S.
C. committee for the 1957 year,
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Awards Given at '
Cub Pack Meeting
A Cub Scout Pack meeting was
held Tuesday evening of last
week in the multipurpose room
of the grade school with five dens
in attendance.
Dr. Wolff gave a talk and' he
showed movies of Puerto Rico and
awards of year pins, bear pins
and arrows were given to cub
scout members. About 50 were in
attendance.
The den Christmas party for
all the dens will be given De
cember 11 at the Methodist
church, after school.
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VA Makes County Tax
Payments for Vets
With Farm Loans
Methodist YF Plans
Christmas Party
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship held its weekly meeting on
Sunday evening with snaron
Case in charge of the worship
service and Janice Martin pre
sentine "A Christian's place In
Society".
Plans were made for the group
to give a Christmas party for the
4th, 5th and 6th grade Sunday
school classes. They will also
carol for the shutins on Dec,
22. The members will decorate
the church for the Christmas sea
son next week.
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Control of Costly
Cattle Grub Seen
With New Chemical
Ranch Hand Hurt in
Accidental Shooting
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman report
ed that Joe Taylor, an employee
at the Toney Vey ranch on Butter
Creek, is in the Hermiston hospi
tal suffering from a serious gun
shot wound received accidently
early last week.
According to the report two
unnamed ranch employes had
been practicing "fast draw" with
unloaded pistols. One of the guns
had later been loaded and the
accidental shooting occurred
shortly afterwards. No charge has
been filed.
EXAMINER COMING DEC. 18
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty at the court house in
Heppner on Tuesday, Dec. 18 fiom
9:30 a. m. to 3.30 p. m.
MERCHANDISE
TURKEY
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Sunday, Dec. 9
Morrow County Gun Club
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Klinger, Lexington, an 8
lb. 10 oz boy born Nov. 28, named
Aaron Anthony. To Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Adams, Spray, a 7 lb. 8Vi
oz. girl born Dec. 2, named Sher
rill Irene.
Medical Daniel Wardwell,
Heppner, dismissed; Paul Peter
son, lone, dismissed; Harvey
Spivey, Kinuza; Sara Trobraugh,
lone; Gloria Dolven. Lexington;
John T. Burch, Spray.
Minor Surgery John Rogers,
Lonerock, dismissed; John Swan
son, lone, dismissed; Glenn Ward,
Heppner; Ottilie Hunt Lexington;
Lena Brown, Heppner; Richard G.
Seitz, Fossil.
Major Surgery Ray Massey,
Heppner; Kenneth Smouse. lone.
A new organic phosphate chem
icalone that is only slightly
toxic to warm-blooded animals
may be the answer to controlling
cattle grubs that cost the live
stock industry millions of dollars
each year.
Tests in Oregon for the past two
winters have shed optimism on
the half-century battle to control
the pest that reduces the value
of meat and hides and "worries"
animals into weight losses.
Gains Eddy, U. S. department
of agriculture entomologist at
Corvallis, reports control of 92 to
100 percent of all grubs after ani
mals received oral dosages of the
chemical. The material, now
known as ET-57, is not available
commercially.
The costly cycle of the cattle
grub begins with the appearance
of heel flies during the first warm
days of spring when they lay their
eggs on the hair of nlmals.
Cattle run frantically to escape
these insects that cannot bite or
sting. Eggs of heel flies hatch
and the larve burrow into the
skin, then migrate for about eight
months through various body or
gans and muscular tissue. They
finally reach the skin surface of
the animal's back source of some
of the best shoe leather where
they punch holes, drop to the
ground, mature Into heel flies,,
and repeat the costly cycle.
Since spraying of heel flies has
not been practical, especially
with range animals, Eddy and
other USDA scientists around the
country have long been trying to
stop the cycle in the grub stage,
The new material looks like the
answer.
The small, oral dosages needed
to get almost complete grub con
trol show that long-lasting resl
dues are not likely to occur in
the meat of treated animals.
Chemical residue In animals fat
almost nil 14 days after treat
ment,, and further studies will be
made to determine time limit be
tween treatment and slaughter
Preliminary studies by Oregon
State college food technology de
partment taste panels also show
that flavor of meat was not
changed.
Scientists are also investigat
ing other ways to treat animals
with the material -spraying with
a liquid preparation, injections
under the skin, and various oral
methods.
Eddy has spraying tests now
underway in coopertion with sev
eral Oregon farmers. If It proves
as effective as the oral treatment
25 to 50 animals could be sprayed
in one lot, speeding up the oper
ation and lowering labor costs,
Preliminary trials show a
"bonus effect" from the treat
ment that also gets rid of cattle
lice and killed biting flies for two
or three days. Spray test In Ore
gon will also try to determine the
best time to treat animals dur
ing the grub cycle for most ef
fective control.
LIVESTOCK MARKET'
Cattle Hogs Sheep
SALE EVERY TUESDAY
12 Noon
On U. S. Hiway No. 30
NORTHWESTERN UVESTOCI
COMMISSION CO.
JO 7-6S55 HermUton Oreoon
Frank Wink & Sons. Owners
Don Wink. Mgr.
R. Hermiston JO 7-3111
Mrs. Ethel Rose and daughte
Betty spent three days this week
visitinc relatives and friends in
Yakima.
Long Distance Natlon-Widi
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Penland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
Heppner Given
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committee to investigate and or
der the proper type of light re
quired to protect the pedestrian
traffic. The light would be- in
operation during school hours
and would require all traffic to
stop at the crosswank.
The council discussed the ne
cessity of replacing about eight
miles of old water line from the
oper city wells and authorized
tho employment of engineers to
examine the project, submit cost
estimates and investigate the
possibility of the city issuing re
venue bonds to finance the in
stallation. Such bonds, if they
can be issued, would be retired
from water revenues, possibly by
means of a slight increase In the
water rates. Such a bond would
not require a special tax levy.
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Mrs. Jarvls Chaffee and Mrs.
Mabel Zeimantz returned Mon-
Oregon veterans' farm and home
loan paid a property tax of $135
this year, a gain of 18 percent
over last year ana os percem
higher than he paid in 1952.
This fact was disclosed by
Roy V. Bell, auditor for the state
Department of Veterans' Affairs,
which has just finished paying
the 1956-57 taxes on the proper
ties of World War II and Korean
veterans who have state loans.
The veteran borrower pays his
taxes monthly to the department
along with his loan payment.
The department in turn pays the
tax collector, and does it before
November 15, to earn the veteran
a 3 percent discount.
The department this year paid
taxes on 11,407 homes and farms
in the amount of $1,544,903.
In Morrow county, the tax on
31 properties amounted to $4,918.-
05. The average tax here was
$158, compared with the state
wide average of $135.
Last year the average state
wide was $114 and in 1952 it was
$80.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joel Barnett and
children of Seattle and Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Hyatt and son of
Kinzua were weekend guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Duran, parents of Mrs. Bar
nett and Mrs. Hyatt.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spaulding
were in Portland over the week
end to attend a Tax Forum.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hlsler spent
the holidays visiting at the home
of their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jomes Sumner in
Ellensburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fancher
and family spent the holiday
weekend in Portland at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Shanks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles and
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ruggles re
turned last Wednesday evening
from a two weeks vacation spent
in California.
day from a two day visit in Ken-newick.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket and
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rill left
last week on a two week trip to
Red Bluff and other California
points to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick went
to Portland for Thanksgiving
where they were guests of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Forsythe.
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