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7 Page 2 HEPPNER MOIBOW COUNTY'S NIWIPAJEE Ths Heppner Gazette, established Mareh 30, 1883. Ths Heppner Thaes established November IS, 1897. Consolidated February li, W HIWIfAflR. ryiiif miii ASSOCIATION Published Everv Thursday and Sabscrlptlon Rates: Morrow and L.CI i rinun me rfuw. An envelope was dropped into your mailbox this week that deserves a few seconds of your un divided attention. Inside that envelope is a mailer for coins and bills and a message calling on you to help finish a job. The job is conquer ing polio. It takes just a few seconds to but your March of Dimes contribution into this little mailer. By TO THE EDITOR . . . "Editor's Note The following letter was sent to us along with the accompanying poem which is being printed with it. It is doubt ful if Mr. Akers meant for his let ter to be printed, but we felt many items in it would be of In terest to our readers." To The Editor I am sending you another poem to publish if you like. I do not know you and you do not know me. I used to know about everybody in Morrow county. Was in the hardware business in Heppner for a num ber of years. The firm was known as "Tash and Akers later as "Peoples Hardware Co." I used to own over 2000 acres of wheat land in Morrow county, but disposed of it just before the tractor came and prior to when they were blessed with plenty of rain and the guarantee of good prices. I thot I was lucky to get out when I did, tho' I had little to show for my adventure. Many who would have liked to have gotten out at that time, but were unable to dispose of their pro perty and had to stay, now could be classed as rich. I have many friends still living in and around Heppner, also in Lexington and lone. Altho I am getting along in years I am getting as much out of life as I ever did, and that Is saying a lot. My good wife is mostly responsible for this. She was the widow of a Heppner minister whom I married about eleven years ago. She is very active In the church here that is at present erecting a new build ing. I am the father-in-law Of the late Charlie Barlow the ex county clerk. My father came t o Morrow county in the spring of 1887, and took a homestead in the Goose. berry country. Later homesteaded a quarter section there. I taught school for a few years in differ ent localities In Morrow county Many of my pupils are still living Mrs. Lester Doolittle for Instance was one when I taught in Rood Canyon. The three or four school houses In which I taught are all torn down now. For instance, Rood Canyon school, Jackrabbit Canyon school and the Dryfork school. What a change has come over the country in my lifetime. I could go on and on In my poetry describing it but thot this would suffice. Am having 85 of my Joems made In a book form by my granddaughter, Mrs. Bob Walker of Eugene. Could supply you weekly with one If you wish. Will be writing more on the Issues of the day later. Spencer Akers Aumsville, Ore. A Merry Christmas to you and yours. Eighty-four Years Yes, it's true, the records say, I'm eighty-four years old today. STAR THEATER HEPPNEB Thurs.. Frl., Sat.. Jan 3-4-5 Fastest Gun Alive With Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderkk Crawford. Plus two cartoons and Trailin' West featurette Sun., Mon., Jan 6-7 The Unguarded Moment With Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon Plus Mills Brothers On Parade Sunday shows at 4, 6:15, 8:30 Tues.. Wod., Jan. 8-9 The Swan With Grace Kelly, Aleo Guin ness, Louis Jourdan. its BUCK NIGHTS all members of the family for Just One Dollar. GAZETTE TIMES ROBERT PEN LAM) Editor Mid Publisher GRETCHEN PKNLANB Associate Publisher Entered at the Port Offio t Han., -'"-, Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere ? " " 1 ' i w me saik i . , i , be DrOtertPf ana iPt' fin th,,to Let s fill these mail now. Let's . From The County Agent's Office By N. C, Anderson With thp mmino r.f th mr-,. -& u year comes the reminder for many things that have to be done. One of these is preparation of income tax returns. A good set oi records are a "must" these days of complicated income taxes. Several farmers called at the of fice las tweek to pcik up copies of the Oregon farm account books. We have two types; one for re porting on a cash basis, the other for reporting on the accrual basis. They are available at cost. An other help which we offer is the The biblical three score years and ten. Which was alloted to women and men, That mark I passed some years ago; When we were busy with Tokyo; And Adolf Hitler in old Berlin; Headquarters for his hellish sin. How very well I do remember When on the seventh of Decem ber And in the fall of forty-one, When we were ,busy with the Hun, How the cunning little Jap, Caught us squarely in a trap; And sank our. fleet in Honolulu bay, And made a successful get a way. I well remember, yes I do, Whan the Kaiser dreamed he too Could dominate the land and seas, And bring all nations to their knees. His dreams alas were also killed, But not till oceans of blood was spilled. I remeber when the model T Made its bow to you and me.. This lowly auto blazed the way, For good highways in a later day And revolutionized transports tion, In every state throughout the nation. I saw the tractor make its bow, And push old Dobbin from the plow. It brought the farmer of the soil, Much better crops and less of toil. A walking plow was all they had, When I was just a teen-age lad. No motor then to pull the plow; What a change since then and now. We had no use for gasoline; Such stuff as that was seldom seen. And fashion too I must relate, Was different at this early date. High button shoes the women wore, And petticoats, some three or four. Their skirts, they covered up their toes, Also their heavy woolen hose.. The all-prevailing derby hat Was worn by men both lean and rat. There's very much more that I could say, About the fashion of the day. I'll sign off now and won't say more; Enough for a man of eighty-four, Is your present fU0 Vm 1y . i mm geared lo the current value of your prop erty"? If not, letter take steps now to cor rect a situation which could result in serious loss. Lot us cheek it with you. Turner, Van Marter 6 Bryant Real Estate Insurance Phone (-9652 Heppner Heppner Gazette LJIONAI EDI TO R I A I AS3Clh)TPN L"? IJ"Miji- rw . vivgvu, ai second Class Mattar $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cenu! 'caia' yu neipea rinance develoD. vaccine as a protective barrier By doing so this year, you will help the many thousands of natipnto u,h , u I many ," rlc uorn too Soon to net rll 1 tu . jUUU. It is a job well worth finishing. But the mailer won t hp n if it ic tt wy " a aesK drawer. cards and put them back Into the finish l,,t iu "uo Ule union lilOl JUU. moo farmers Tax Gu de. We nave Had several calls for this tax guide but received our sup ply only yesterday. This is the tax guide that was so popular wun Morrow county farmers last year, mere are 17 chapters In xne guide which discuss in simpl language all the information needed in making a tax return We have a limited number of these tax guides which will be distributed on a first come-first serve basis. This past week while weighing 4-H club steers to determine the gains I found that grubs will no doubt be rady to emerge about February 1. This depends entirely on whether however, if our mild weather continues some may emerge before that time. This means that livestock men , will want to be thinking about grub control in the next month. Treat ment should begin 30 to 40 days alter bumps show. Treatments are then repeated at 30 to 40 day intervals until grubs disap pear. Where there has been hopes the past two years of a new gruo control method, Rotenone Is still the only effective control Whether used in power spravlne, hand dusting or hand washing itoienone will .be successful when properly applied at the right time. For spravlne 7V4 Dounds nf V7o Kotenone per 100 gallons of water should. be applied to the backs of the animals under high pressure preferably over 300 pounds pressure. It will take about one quart of material to cover the mature animals back The high pressure is necessary to break scabs off of the grubs and to penetrate the breathing holes Hand dusting, farmers can buy commercial grub dusts suited for that purpose. The dust should be distributed well over the back and rubbed thoroughly into the grub holes. A quart fruit jar with 12 to 15 quarter inch holes punched in the lid makes a good applicator. Average amount of dust needed per animal is ounces. A new method which looks promising but has not yet oinciaiiy cleared is that of feed ing a chemical to livestock to get rid of grubs. The material, If and when approved, would be fed to cattle sometime during the lite cycle of the grub and would kill them before they came to the backs causing damage to the hide. In view of the problems which are now encountered in a good grub control program this promising method would be relief to all of our livestock growers who are anxious to get rid of this pest that costs thej livestock man millions of dollars each year. hor those tarmers who are planning woodlot or shelterbelt plantings of trees, now is the Better Check It fire insurance coverage Times, Thurs'day, January 3, 1957. THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times January 6, 1927 Paul McDuffee, who has been deputy in the sheriff's office the past year, left for Corvallis the end of the week to take up again his studies. Miss Beth Bleakman has re turned to Monmouth, where she has been attending Normal school. J. A. TrnnHsnn and Mr. arid Mrs. Ellis Minor of Morgan attended services in Heppner Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Sprinkle of Eugene were weekend visTtors In Heppner being guests at the home of his brother,Lee. Vawter Parker Ilniversitv of Oregon student who spent the holiday with his parents, returned to Eugene Sunday to resume his studies. Sunday and Monday at The Star Theater Greta Garbo and Richardo Cortez in "Torrent". time to get them ordered. With the soil bank program and in creased interest in tree planting it appears that there will not be enough tree seedlings available from private and public nurseries to go around this spring. Tree seedlings will be available on the first come-first serve basis. Now is the time to get your order in so that you will not be dis appointed later on. We have order blanks from the state forestry nursery here in the office. Tree seedlings are available for ap proximately a penny each. A few days ago a letter was mailed to all Morrow county far mers offering to include them on the mailing list for economic in formation mailed from this of fice or Oregon State college dur ing the year. The check-list ! mailed with this letter which must be returned to this office in order to be included on the mailing list includes weekly market information reviews' on all types of crops and livestock, market outlook reports and Ore gon's agricultural progress. Ken neth Smouse, lone was the first to return his check list. Kenneth asked for weekly market infor mation reviews on production, prices and costs; meat animals and wool; grain and hay crops; for intermittent Oregon farm and market outlook reports; and the publication Oregon Agricul tural Progress. ADoroximately 75 farmers were on the mailing list during 1956 for this and otner information. From the grain and hay market review of December 28 comes a report that the heavy export sales early in the week boosted Port land cash wheat prices above the level of a year ago. A total of 27 cargoes of wheat were sold to Pakistan, Japan and India for February and March delivery. We noted by newspaper reports with in the last few days that the United States entered into an agreement with Brazil under Pub lic Law 480 for sale of several agricultural commodities. In cluded was several thousand tons of wheat. Other agricultural commodities were dairy products and lard. At the same time there was an unofficial report that Japan had announced that they would buy their wheat from other countries rather than the United States. The Oregon Wheat Grow ers League who have worked with officials in Japan over the past few years have felt that they had a market developed there have not yet been informed of this change in policy. Oregon State College reports the highest crop yield on record and an upturn in farm income as the high-light of the farm pic ture for 1956. Even though this total crop out turn equalled all previous records, farmers had eott FDESS? 'MATTDKIAIL BANK will eearira mtievesti ofle.o AND certificates of deposit, which mature in 3 years, will earn interest at a rate of (Effective immediately on certificates issued efter January 1, 1957) MAKE SAVINGS DEPOSITS AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK NOW ... OR BY JANUARY 10th . . . TO EARN THIS NEW, HIGHER INTEREST RATE I Cf S.Ti PJiri"aietriAi nnMFf iW U fcvtJ sXtM I plenty of problems during the year. Even with these problems our farmers came up with a crop production that equalled the 1948 and 1950 highs, this being done with the smallest total acreage in 20 years. More acreage was aban doned or diverted this year than at any time since the 1936 dis aster year. On a per acre basis, yields were the highest ever. While national farm income turned up, following four years of decline much of this increase was from soil bank payments in some states. Farmers realized net income, based on the first nine months of 1956 was 4 above 1955. Oregon farmers dur ing this same period showed an increase of 3 compared with 1955. Receipts were higher, both from crops and from livestock. Hardly a week passes but whate someone calls at the of fice asking about the value of screenings as a feed for live stock fattening or mainteance rations. Since there is such a great difference in the contents of screenings it is hard to give a definite answer to this ques tion. First advice we give to the livestock man is to be sure that he knows which grade he is buy ing, whether No. 1 feed screen ings, No. 2 feed screenings or re fuse screenings. Since the ques tion is not always easy to answer some of the answers which might be made were summed up in a recent lecture on screenings dur ing the recent stockman's short course at Washington State Col lege, quoting Billy Greg, seed technologist, from the department of agronomy, State College of Washington, "of the 120,000 lbs. in a carload of feed screenings made up at Vancouver, B. C. and unloaded in a cimmunity in the Columbia Basin, 48,000 lbs. were weed seeds of 21 different spe cies. This on ecarload contain ed 4,365,360,000 weed seeds. Spread evenly over farm land in the State of Washington, this would average 260 seeds per acre. Multiply this by the 100 carloads HEPPNER BRANCH kl J-4 b LJA-ALJ OF PORTLAND WS MILD OREGON roGfmar Mmm MMUt MTOM MMMCI CWMWCM of screenings annually received by the one community, and an idea can be gained of the enorm ous quantity of weed seeds we are returning to our soil through livestock feed. Of screenings produced in Washington, a ton of pea screenings sampled contain ed only 100 lbs. of cracked peas; 1900 lbs. of weed seeds, includ ing 1700 lbs. of wild oat seed." Mr. Greg named the .weed seeds of the 21. different species which included such weeds as Canada thistle, corn cockle, fan weed, and black mustard. He pointed out that a 'test had been made to devitalize weed seeds in screen ings by grinding or rolling and then pelleting, by heating, by de hydrating and by fumigating. It was found that no grinding metho dwas absolutely safe; fan weed seeds ground till they pass through a 364 inch screen were still visible. The hammermill or burr type grinder was found almost wholly ineffectual. Steam rolling was quite effective on looser hulled grain such as oats containing weed seeds, providing a minimum steam pressure at the rate of 90 lbs. was main tained with a temperature of 90-120 degrees and a drum tem perature of 235-240 degrees with a minimum exposure of 7 min utes. Digestion affects were found to be different on the various weed seeds. However, seeds of all spe cies studied so far were shown viable after passing through the Continued on Page 5 Listen To For th Best in 1050 KC Member Associated Press
