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Heppner Gazette Tlrrw, Thursday, December 13, 1956
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
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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
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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;,
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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
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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
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