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r& I- Heppner Gazette Tlrrw, Thursday, December 13, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBHOW OWHT"T'S HIWS?APIR Th leppuw Gazette, artabitahed Marah 3a 1888. Tha Hppn Tie MtaMMiM Novambar 18, 1807. Conaolidatad February If, IAS MWtrAMfc IIISNIKS fOCSAnOM IOBSBT PENLAMD Sdltor and Publlahar SRETCHEH FEN LAND Associate Publisher :jauonal ED I Tp R I A l (SOcfATlSlN I 11 1 Published Every Thursday and Entarad at the Port Office at HappneT, Oregon, a Second Claaa Mattar Subscription Ratea: Morrow and grant Countl , IJ8.00 Yaar; Elsewhert $4.00 Ytax. Slngla Copy 10 Canta. Congratulations are in Order Last Saturday's announcement at the Oregon Wheat League convention in Portland that Ken neth Peck of Lexington had been named Oregon's "Conservation Man of the Year" should make all Morrow county residents Just as proud of his. award as we know he and Mrs. Peck are to have received it. It is the second state award to come to Morrow ranchers within the last week In recognition of their excellent farming practices only the Monday before Alvin Wagenblast, also of Lexington, won second place in the Northwest "Grassman of the Year" contest. Peck's and Wagenblast's awards do much to point up the effectiveness of Morrow county's continuing campaigns by Conservation Districts, Wheat Growers Associations and many other or ganizations of the value of modern farming prac tices. Conservation of land is vital everywhere, but there is no part of Oregon where it is as Im portant as in an area such as Morrow county where we have serious erosion problems caused by extreme blow or wash. The recognition these men have received for their efforts in conserving the soil should certainly make the directors and managers of soil districts, and many other conservation-minded farmers mighty proud of the Jobs that have been done. The proudest of all, we know, are Mr. and Mrs. Peck and Mr. and Mrs. Wagenblast, and they have every right to be. We extend to them our heartiest congratulations on a Job they both will say is not yet completed. No Regulation Needed Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Matteson were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McDaniel, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. W. P. Mahoney arrived home today from a visit at Prairie City. The Civics class at Heppner The First National Bank of Portland recently served notice that it would fight any attempt by the next legislature to regulate the hours of banks by prohibiting Saturday banking. Statistics gath ered by First National in a recent survey showed that it will have quite a few Oregon citizens ready to fight at its side. Several years ago the state-wide bank inaugu rated 10 to 5, six-days-a-week banking in Oregon and according to its findings the practice has been well accepted by the people of the state. A sur vey of the business done by First National's 74 branches showed that Saturday banking was fre quently two to three times heavier than any other day of the week which certainly indicates that many of the citizens of the state would be in convenienced if banks were forced to close all day Saturday. Aside from any personal inconvenience that might come from such suggested regulation, we feel that if such a regulatory and restrictive measure is proposed or passed bv the legislature. that it would be unfair and discriminatory. Banks Projects. One hundred seventy are a business that deal with the public just as do! seven ol tnese toys and Sirls THIRTY YEARS AfiOSffiS.. From Files of the Gazette Times I Tne Womens Auxiliary of All Saints Episcopal church hem a December 16. 1926 a 2nn hnnw travplin? library reeular Quarterly meeting Mon- from the state will be open to day evening at the parish house the public of Heppner Monday, the result of action taken by in terested persons at a meeting with 18 Dresent. Plans for several projects for the eomine year were discussed Monday evening at Legion head- and a committee appointed to quarters. Cold weather hit the Heppner section on Sunday and there was a fall of several inches of snow here. Laxton McMurray this week purchased the Ernest Moyer wheat land near Jordan Siding. meet with the vestry, Refreshments were served by the hostesses Mrs. Lowell Gribble, Mrs. Claude Graham, Mrs. Rich ard Wells and Mrs. Robert Fer rell. o 44 SECURING OR BUYING VOTES tho nnnnuftppment that nign scnooi elected city omcers g5 1 per cent of Oregon's register follows: Mayor, Paul Hisler; Councilmen, Marjorie Clark, Reta ed voters went to the polls Nov. 6 and broke the state ballot box record the 1-Told-You-So boys Crawford, Anna Wightman, Ruth;have been getting free rides on Furlong, Velma Fell and Genethe editorial pagcs 0f big town Doherty; treasurer, Orrin Bisbee;, r-i Recorder, Earl Miss Fishel Ayers; Marshal, grocery stores, drug or department stores or any of the hundreds of other classifications of business and we can see no justice in singling them out as the subject of restrictive legislation such has been proposed or at least rumored. We like Saturday banking and think that it is almost a necessity in the business world. First National will get our support, and. we think, the support of most of its customers, if and when it has to fight to keep on giving us the kind of service it wants to give, and many Oregonians want to receive. From Tho County Agent's Office By N, Congratulations go to Kenneth and Lucile Peck who were honor ed on Saturday morning at the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League as state winner of the Conservation Man of the Year contest. They were presented with a fine trophy as a recognition of being the top con servation farmers in the state of Oregon. This is the first time anyone from Morrow county has won this honor since the start of the con test in 1918. This means that you must practice conservation religi ously if you are to be chosen as the state winner. Kenneth has C Anderson STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs., Frl., Sat. Dec. 13-14-15 Rebel In Town John Payne, Ruth Roman, J. Carl Naish plus Flame of the Islands Howard Duff, Yvonne DeCarlo, Zachary Scott Sun.. Mon., Dec. 16-17 The Ambassador's Daughter Olivia Dsllavilland, John For- sythe, Myrna Loy and many more. Sunday at 4, 6:10, 8:20 Tues., Wed., Dec. 18-19 Johnny Concho Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn. Phyllis Kirk. BUCK NIGHTS bring the family for a dollar done one of the most outstanding jobs in our state to win this honor. Farmers of Morrow county will have the opportunity to visit the Peck farm and to see these con servation practices established and used when the annual conser vation field day is held next May. This field day is sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers League at the farm of the state winner each year. Attendance of Morrow county farmers at the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue was cut down somewhat by the adverse weather conditions. The weather in Portland and vici nity during the League made one feel happy to be from Eastern Oregon where the weather is mild. Those who braved the wea ther to attend were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd llowton, Mr. and Mrs. Max Bar clay, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barak, Mr. and Mrs. Al Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. John Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Ver non Munkers, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Tad Miller, Jim Lindsay, Paul Tews, Norman ! Nelson, Roy Lindstrom, Milton Morgan and Mrs. Alex Green. Total attendance at the annual meeting was smaller than aver age however, participation in committee meetings and the num ber of recommendations and act ions that came on the floor were more than in past years. A fine program was presented during the three days. and industrial expansion. They are asking the U. S. Department of Agriculture to take steps to help check the rapid conversion of good agricultural land to non- farm uses. They estimate that about 17 million acres of good tillable land has gone to non farm use in the past 15 years, and that this rate is being step ped up. They ask, first, that the signs of rusting can be painted department take a lead in calling with a coat of metallic paint to this situation to the attention to I give addea protection. A second the executive and legislative coat added three or four years branches of the government, after the first coat will provide Then, they ask that the Federal some increased life over two coats Government itself set up a suit- applied at tne same time, able mechanism to prevent the' o appropriation of good farm land Heppner COUD e Wed to non-aericultural use. Final v. rf r finished 240 projects. While the number of boys and girls enrol led in club work has remained quite constant over the past few years, this number is only 27 per cent of the potential number of boys and girls eligible for the many 4-H projects designed for town and rural youth. The great est number of enrollments were In 4-H clothing projects with 81 enrolled, the next greatest num ber in cooking with 66 enrolled. In livestock projects, 30 were en rolled In beef, 30 in sheep, 10 In swine, 9 in rabbits, 8 in dairy, 6 poultry, and 26 in electricity. One member carried a food pre servation project, one a room improvement and 12 older boys and girls were enrolled in junior leadership. Galvanized roofing that show At a recent meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation advisory committee of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, much con cern was shown regarding urban to non-agricultural use. Finally, they ask the departments help in informing the people about this growing problem. In looking over the extension activities of the county agent, It was found that 478 farm visits were made by him during the year. Other farm contacts were through office and telephone calls with 1519 office calls and 2255 telephone calls. 405 news articles were released during the year and 7,390 bulletins request ed by farmers, Nineteen adult demonstrations were put out to show farmers how or why a new method or variety was better than an old one. Other contacts with farmers were through meet ings and during the past year the agent held 190 meetings, attend ed by 5,853 people. In the 4-H club program, agriculture lead ers held 102 meetings attended by 1,353 club members. Two Hundred-five days were spent working with the adults program, 113 days on 4-H club work. Of this total of 318 days the great est amount of time was 76 days spent on livestock projects. 70 days were spent on extension or ganization and program plan ning, with 59 days on crops. In the 4-H Club Program, 212 boys and girls enrolled In 280 Mrs. Mary Cason and Earl Bryant were married Wednesday, November 7 at Lovelock, Nevada. They are making their home in Heppner. Each of these vox populi ad dicts has a different diagnosis of what caused the heavy vote. It has been credited to the in creased population of the state, to labor's political education classes, to resentment toward higher taxes, to the erosion on a party too long in power to an acceler ated interest in politics by women. Little has been said of the half million dollars, plus, spent by the two parties and what it may mean. The record of money spent arid the record vote are synonymice, as records go. Advertising the big show last November brought out the big vote. What interests most of us most is will a better turnout at the polls make better . government. And what are we going to do with this sequel. The higher stakes the higher the bidding. There has always been vote buying. It was Continued on Page 5 E- ' if TV !Tr'1 rcEKEffiisrir LIFTS PULLS PUSHES 6,000 lbs. Capacity 101 USES-Jucki up (rucki, tractors, wagons, tombinee), pickers, buiMinp. 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