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HEPPNER
MOIBOW COUNTY'S NIWIPAJEE
Ths Heppner Gazette, established Mareh 30, 1883. Ths Heppner Thaes established
November IS, 1897. Consolidated February li,
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Published Everv Thursday and
Sabscrlptlon Rates: Morrow and
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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.
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Mills Brothers On
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Sunday shows at 4, 6:15, 8:30
Tues.. Wod., Jan. 8-9
The Swan
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ROBERT PEN LAM)
Editor Mid Publisher
GRETCHEN PKNLANB
Associate Publisher
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From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C, Anderson
With thp mmino r.f th mr-,.
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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 .
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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
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$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
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net rll 1 tu
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It is a job well worth finishing. But the mailer
won t hp n if it ic tt
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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
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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
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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
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