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Heppner Gazette Times, May 9, 1957
MORROW COUNTY'S N1WIPAPIR
The Heppef Sazette, established Maroh 30, 1883. The Heppner Time ostaeUaiied
November 18, 1897. Coneolidated February IS, 1812
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of The Gazette-Times
May 12, 1927
Roderick Thomson of Heppner
has been awarded the Union Pa
cific scholarship for Morrow
county according to reports re
ceived bv H. C. Seymour, state
club leader. Thomson, 14, and a
freshman in high school, has been
in club work two years.
Football-Rodeo Conflict
Explained by Calendar
Recently this paper ran an editorial asking why
the class B Shrine RH-Star football game was set
up to conflict with the first day of the Heppner
rodeo. Nolan Skiff of the East Oregon answered
our question for us a short time later in his "Sports
Chatter" column.
He pointed out that the conflict was regrettable,
but that there has been no change in the previ
ously scheduled date the game always comes
on the last Saturday In August. The vagaries of
our calendar just happens to bring the two events
into conflict in two of every seven years. Labor
Day weekend, which is the traditional date for the
rodeo, can vary from September 1 to 7 with the
result that there is bound to be an overlapping
on occasion.
We are forced to agree with Mr. Skiff that it is
doubtful if any change can be made this year, but
the trouble should be kept In mind In the future.
Following is the column from the East Oregon
ian with his explanation:
The Heppner Gazette Times carried an editorial
in a recent issue entited "A Dangerous Conflict"
which criticized the setting of the class B East
West Shrine benefit football game at Pendleton
August 31, the last Saturday of the month, since
it conflicts with the first and largest day of the
Heppner rodeo.
We agree it is an unfortunate situation, but the
Baseball letters at Heppner
high school will be issued to the
following boys: Bruce Gibb,, El-
,-iasa R Shrine Pame has been rjlaved on the last mer Hake, James McNamee, Or-
rm funong, noy uerury, yjiai
Wright, Alex Ulrich, Gay Ander
son, Earl Thomson, Lyle Cowdrey
and Clarence Erwin.
Mrs. Wate Crawford and sons of
Ella were trading in Morgan Frl
day.
Saturday in August for the last several years,
always one week after the class A Shrine game
in Portland, and there was no change in schedule
this year as the Gazette Times would have us be
lieve. "We hope that the Shrine game date can be
changed back to its former schedule of the week
ahead of our fair, for it is impossible to change
our fair date later into September it would rob
local exhibitors of their change to show at the
state fair which opens on Labor day," the editorial
said. "If the change cannot be made, it is certain
that both events will suffer materially."
The Shrine game in 1952 was set Saturday, Aug.
30 the week following the class A game in Port
land. The same thing happened in 1953, except the
date was Saturday, Aug. 29. In 1954 it was the
same, only it fell on Aug. 28. In 1955 exactly the
same procedure put it on Aug. 27, and last year Morrow County Livestock Grow
the same plan again was followed, putting the ers association. Gerald visited
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ball and
family and Ordie Farrens of lone
were visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Farrens at Hard
man over the weekend.
Rho Bieakman left Monday for
forest ranger work.
date on Saturday, Aug. 25 the earliest the last
Saturday has occurred in August in recent years.
The first day of September happened to fall on
Saturday.
It is doubtful if the Shrine date can be changed,
since it Is linked up with the class A game.
I wouldn't know whether the Heppner rodeo al
ways will come into conflict with the Shrine class Its organization. The goal for
B game or not, but I sincerely hope it won't again. ! 1957 was 100 members which we
Both events are too important to this entire dis-jare sure will be reached even
trict to permit them to remain in conflict. Pos-' though the year is almost half
sibly something can be worked out before another gone. If you are a livestock grow
at the office on Monday check
ing on livestock association busi
ness and reporting that the asso
ciation now has 96 members.
This is approximately 20 more
members than the association has
had in any of the 10 years since
year rolls around.
SLANTS FROM
THE SESSION
By Nicky Tom
I hate to admit this so publicly,
but I am pooping out. All week
end I have told Allen that there
just would not be any column
this week, but Monday morning
has rolled around and my in
fernal conscience is needling me.
If I could be at all sure we
were going to be out of here, in
a week, or two at the outside, I
could muster more enthusiasm,
but that end of-the-session at
mosphere lias not taken hold yet.
Some very experienced people are
of the opinion that we will be
going well into June.
Adjournment will undoubtedly
hinge on what the Senate does
with the House tax program.
Most of you have probably read
that Senators Musa and Sweet
land are strongly opposed to the
House plan. Senator Musa has
stated that he will not vote for
the bill with lis present rate
structure. He also wants to
amend the bill to remove the Fed
eral tax offset and lower the
exemption from $000 to $500.
Republicans in the Senate have
promised to supply the vote nec
essary to pass the program in the
Senate, but it still has a long
way to go before it is out of com
mittee.
House Speaker Pat Dooley has
announced that the House will re
cess when the Joint ways and
means committee completes its
work, which may be at the end
of this week. Ho did not explain
what this meant, but rumor has
it that the House may recess for
a few days in an effort to pres
sure the Senate into finishing its
work faster.
The air is alive with rumors
of other sorts, such as the one
about a surplus in revenue for
the current blennium of over
$10,000,000, rather than the $32,.
000,000 previously anticipated
This, however, is wishful think
ing, according to one member of
the tax commission.
But that is enough of rumors
for now. The agriculture subcom
mittee of ways and means has
come up with a plan for financing
the new dormitory for the use
of 4-H and FFA youngsters at the
state fairgrounds, The building
will be erected now and paid for
STAR
THEATER
HEPPNER
Thurs.. Fri., Sat., May 9-10-11
Don't Knock
the Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets,
Alan Dale and many more,
p 1 u a
The Brass Legend
Hugh O'Brien, Nancy Gates,
Raymond Burr
Sun., Mon., May 12-13
Written on the Wind
Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall,
Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone.
Sunday at 4, 6:15. 8:30.
Tuesu Wed., May 14-15
The Bad Seed
I Nancy Kelly, Tatty McCormack,
Henry Jones. Family Nights.
bv racing funds at the rate of
$20,000 per year, plus the in
terest.
This will be taken out of the
racing fund before the state takes
its cut, and will mean that for
the first two years each county
will lose slightly over $500 of its
county fair money. As the amort
ization of this fund continues,
the amount each county loses
will lessen.
It is estimated that with the
new management or peruana
Meadows and the new dog rac
ing plant at Gresham the racing
intake will Increase to the point
that the Individual counties will
gain enough to offset the amount
cut for the 411 building. That
should make everybody happy.
Something that promises to
make a lot of people unhappy is
House Bill 806, Introduced by the
taxation committee. This bill
places ad valorem property taxes
on all pleasure boats, regardless
of size. It also removes the over
16 feet provision from the law
covering the payment of the an
nual $5 license fee, as well as the
$1 per foot additional fee paid for
boats exceeding 20 feet in length.
In other words, anybody own
ing a pleasure boat of any length
or type is subject to a license fee
of $5 per year, whether his boat
is a seven foot dingy or a 65 foot
glamour yacht. Then after he
has paid his license fee to the
state he will pay a personal prop
erty tax to the county wherein
the boat is kept.
The cigarette tax was called un
fair because It taxed only part
of the people, What does this
do? House tax committee chair
man Barton stated that It is a
"matter of equity" that such a
tax be imposed because some
pleasure boats cost $40,000 and
are a luxury,
This bill, however, goes after
County Agent News . .
By N. C Anderson
er and have not yet joined the
association you can help to reach
this goal. The association has a
number of worthy projects under
way for the improvement of the
livpstnfW fnrtnstrv in Mnrrnw
Ranchers are reminded of the County. It is onlv throueh vour
cattle feeding field day to be held membership and sugestions that
at Milton Freewater on Thursday, the livestock industry here can
May 23. A hundred and fifty further improve and grow.,.
weaner calves and 50 yearling
steers fattened on by-product The U. S. Department of Com-
roughage In various rations with merce report on income and liv-
grain will be on display at the ing conditions recently released
B & M feedlots starting at 9:30 gives highest rank in the state
a.m. The feedlots are located to Gilliam, Morrow and Sherman
on the south side of the city dl-. counties. This means that our
rectly above the Umatilla Can-1 farmers are living better than
nine company facilities. Pea anyone else in the state and
vines, grain straw and chaff with 'among the top in the United
grain were used in the trials. One States as Oregon farmers tied
of the interesting parts of the with Illinois tor llth place among
experiment is the comparison of the 48 states in the nation.
Stilbestrol and Synovex as an im. '
plant to Increase gains. Every-1 Another large saeding of grass
one interested in feeding live-'and alfalfa was made this week
stock should find this field day to add to ever-increasing pasture
well worth their time. I improvement program in Morrow1
! county. Oscar Peterson and Sons
While we do not have the com- seeded the remaining crop land
plete list of those livestock men on their mountain ranch to No
attending the Oregon Cattlemen's mad alfalfa and a mixture of alta
association annual convention In j
Eugene this week we do know.
that several planned to go.
Among those who are there are
Mr. and Mrs. George Rugg and
Mr. and Mrs. John Graves. Plan
ning to attend but having to
change last minute plans was
Gerald Swaggert, treasurer of the
fesque and intermediate wheat
grass. The ranch was acquired
several years ago from Fred Man-
kin who had seeded part of the
crop land to grass during the
years in his ownership. This will
make the mountain ranch a strict
ly range operation and will do
away with the necessity for the
inconvenience of farming the land
each year.
Annrnvimatelv 75 acres was
" r i f
seeded on last year's summer fal
low. The seed bed was prepared
last week by spring-toothing,
weeding and harrowing. The de
cision to seed this land was made
after seeing the excellent stands
established under same soil and
rainfall conditions at the Paul
Webb and John Graves ranches.
Seedings on these ranches are
providing a lot of hay and pasture
on land that was unsuited to
grain production because of ero
sion problems.
Last week we had the opportun
ity to see two excellent bulls
which will be used as herd sires
at the Kirk and Robinson ranch
this year. Both are from the Four
Daughters ranch near Ellensburg.
One of these bulls was purchased
while the other is being leased by
I)on Robinson. Both are outstand.
ing herd sire prospects and should . for these days,
,J X - i.1 : r. f hn
auu IU we iiiipruveiuem ui un-
calf crop on this ranch.
Lexington News
Mr and Mrs. Franklin Miles
are parents of a 10 pound son
born Sunday in Pioneer Memor
ial hospital in Heppner. The
young man has been named
Glenn Franklin. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Nolan
and Mrs. Ethel Dunbar.
Mrs. Dallas McDaniel of Hepp-
and the membership which will
make them up.
David George, Heppner member
of the Hoof and Horn 4-H live
stock club is the first 4-H mem
ner visited her sister and familv
r !.... r, - 1
ivns. juue v.uuper aunaay.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth
entertained the Cub Scouts and
the primary rooms at their pond
on Monday afternoon where the
youngsters enjoyed some fishing
Mrs. Bill Nichols entertained
with a birthday party at her
home Tuesday afternoon honor
ing her daughter Linda's birth
day. Those present were Harold,
Gerald and Dean Angel and Tony
Harshman of Heppner; Valda
Vicky and Billy Irwin, Dale and
Linda Cooper, Shirley Nichols,
Phyllis and Billy Thornburg and
Greg Paul Davidson. Refresh
ments of cake, coffee, ice cream
and punch were served. The fol
lowing mothers were present:
u a ailt farrowed bred lowing motners were present: Jo
ber to have a gilt farrowed brea Thornb
in the new Minnesota No. l Doar nnnrr j nt-rt ai
to the new Minnesota
owned by the 4-H club of Morrow
county. His gilt farrowed 7 nice
pigs last week. The Minnesota
No. 1 is strictly meat type hog
developed with a cross bred foun
dation of the Danish Landrance
and Tamworth. The breed is long
bodied and short legged; it has
relatively fine but long bones,
full hams, light shoulders, and a
relatively straight back. All of
these characteristics are import
ant for the highest priced meat
cuts which everyone is striving
With a completion of a two-
year research project at Oregon
State college it has been found
that beet pulp is the best pre
servative to use when putting up
grass silage. . Dried molasses beet
pulp was compared with sodium
metabisulifite and no preserva
tive. The beet pulp was superior
for it reduced juice losses and
absorbed enough nutrients to
more than pay its cost. The beet
pulp preserved silage measured
higher in dry matter with more
palatable and digestible and beet
pulp-fed cows produced more
milk than cows fed sodium met
abisulifite preserved silage.
While we are on the suhject of
farrowing hogs no mention was
made of the outstanding litter
farrowed by a registered paloose
gilt purchased by Kenneth Peck
from Washington State college
last December. Kenneth's Palouse
gilt farrowed 16 pigs in early
April. While not all of these were
saved a big litter is being raised.
We thought this one of the better
sized litters from a gilt we had
heard of. This gilt was one of
three brought into the county last
December from Washington State
college; Kenneth Smouse has the
other two
Those who might be interested
in this new breed could get some
good breeding stock from either
of these men.
Agricultral leaders in Morrow
county meeting on Wednesday
evening of last week made tenta
tive preparations for holding a
county planning conference in the
winter of 1957-58. The planning
meetings and conference will be
patterned after those held 10
years ago. The group felt with
the many changes that have oc
cured in agriculture, industry,
and over-all resulting problems
that a look into the future with
plans accordingly would be
profitable. Those attending the
planning meeting were the heads
of the various agricultural com
modity groups and those active
in the 1947-48 planning confer
ence along with extension organ
ization heads. A meeting will
be soon called to select the com
mittees which will be necessary
Plans are being made at the
church for Vacation Bible school
which will start about the first
of June. There will be classes for
all ages and all are invited to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Burnham of
McMinnville, have arrived in
Lexington and will make their
home at the O. W. Cutsforth
ranch where they will be em
ployed. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Olsen of Pas
co have been recent visitors at
te home of her father, Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth.
Its A Fact-
. . . that King David, writing
nearly 1,000 years before the first
Easter, graphically described the
circumstances of Christ's Crusl
fixion. In Psalms 22, David
touched upon many of the ele
ments of the pattern of the Cruel,
fixion of Christ at Calvary, in
cluding His dying words, His
enemies' sneers, the piercing of
His hands and feet, and the part
ing cf His garments.
"Copyright 19 5 6, Scripture
Press, 1825 College Avenue,
Wheaton, 111. POWER, April 1,
1956. Used by permission.
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Drivo wild care . , . everywhere!
boats regardless of size. Many
people feel that if boats are go
ing to be taxed as pleasure items
we should do the same with golf
clubs, bowling balls, airplanes,
sports cars you name it.
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