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MEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, MAY 16, 1957
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Fields That Are Gone Forever . . .
Friday night's flood scare in Heppner was a
grim reminder to residents that, "It can still
happen here." The pattern was the same as in
previous floods, many old timers were quick to
recount, but luckily the amount of water was not
quite enough to cause serious damage in town
just a good scare.
Farmers who are trying to make their living
from the fields along Balm Fork, however, did
not fare so well, for many of them have lost land
which can never be replaced, to say nothing of
crops which they had planned on harvesting later
this year.
Longtime residents here who have lived through
such oubursts of the fickle weather, know without
even bothering to look, what shape many of the
fields which stretch for several miles along Balm
canyon look like today. They know the force of
the water has washed away entire fields leaving
nothing but a boulder patch that for years, won't
grow any more than a fair crop of weeds. Some
ranchers lost little more than a few fences and
minor amounts of valuable topsoil, but all have
a very heathy respect for the power of water when
it starts dropping out of the sky in bucketsfull
and gathering in narrow canyons.
Conservation practices of any kinds are upper
most in the minds of many residents of this
county, especially with Conservation Week com.
ing up in three days, but no amount of conserva
tion can save the land that happens to be right
under the clouds that dump tons of water in a
matter of minutes. When that happens, sagebrush,
trees and nearly everything growing, bows before
the onslaught.
To those persons who have never seen firsthand
what an Eastern Oregon cloudburst, or as it is
known here, a "waterspout," can do we suggest
they take a trip up Balm Fork sometime within
the next few days. It won't be quite like seeing
the head of water coming down the canyon at you
(we experienced that for the first time Friday
night and didn't particularly care for it) but the
visible record of what damage can be inflicted in
a few minutes is there to view. It's well worth
the short trip.
As a thought, wouldn't a dam at the muuth of
Balm Fork have been handy last week? It would
not have helped the farmers above much, but it
certainly would have been an aid to the peace of
mind down here in town. Just thinking won't
build much of a dam, though!
TO THE
EDITORS .
TO THE EDITOR This writer,
a native of Heppner and an old
timer of the county, was made
very sad this morning on the
hearing of a passing era of the
old timers.
This morning, coming on a
newscast over radio station KGW
was this announcement: "The
old Perkins Hotel has been order
ed by the city of Portland, to
close its doors unless it cleans
up." I wonder how many people
now living in Heppner, or the
county, remember that old hotel
in Portland, with its golden calf
standing as a landmark in the
high tower of the building. This
golden calf could be seen for
many blocks around, and was
placed there by the management
in respect to the stockmen of
Morrow county, and possibly
Umatilla county.
In those far off days, when the
Heppner Matlocks were the own
ers of the famous old hotel,
whenever anyone from the county
went to Portland, the old saying
was "If you wait long enough at
the Perkins hotel, you can al
ways see and visit with ANY
ONE from Heppner or the coun.
ty."
At that time, our own beloved
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Plans were made this week by
the Morrow County Wheatgrow
ers association for their annual
spring meeting. It will be held
on. June 7 at Lexington grange
hall. The program, with progress
reports from all committee chair
men, will include a discussion of
the new revised grain standards
which go into effect on June 15.
Raphael Raymond, president Ore
gon Wheat Growers League, who
is presently in the far east, will
report on the outlook of wheat
marketing in Japan and related
countries. Public Law 480, which
it has been reported will not be
renewed after Its present term
expires, has been responsible for
moving an excess of surplus
wheat from the Northwest. Those
attending the spring meeting will
have an opportunity to get first
hand information on observations
made by the wheat team on pos
sible continuance of markets for
wheat in the countries who have
been getting our wheat under
Public Law 480. The discussion
of wheat grade standards will be
of interest to growers, especial
ly In regards to the reduction of
Leslie Matlock was the popular I foreign material allowed. The
and genial host of the old hotel.
You could always see and talk to
him In the lounge there. The Old
Timers of Heppner and the county
STAR
THEATER
HEPPNER
Thurs., Frl., Sat., May 16-17-18
Three Violent People
Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter,
Gilbert Roland and many more
PLUS
Down Liberty Road
Sun., Mon.. May 19-20
Tea House of
the August Moon
Marlon Brando Glenn Ford,
Machiko Kyo, Eddie Albert
Sunday at 4, 6.20, 8:40
Tues.. Wed.. May 2 1-22
Barretts of
Wimpole Street
Jennifer Jones, John Glelgud,
Bill Travers
Family Nights-
reduction from 1 per cent to y
per -cent in the No. 1 grade and
from to 1 per cent in the No.
2 grade will be of particular im
portance where volunteer rye is
a problem. Because of the tight
ening up of these standards it
may be worthwhile for growers
to spend some time in roguing
rye from their fields, otiier revis
ions will be explained at this
meeting.
Those attending th Tuesday
evening executive committee
meeting were Vernon Munkers,
president, Morrow County Wheat
growers association; Max Barclay,
chairman and Kenneth Turner,
vice chairman, Federal agicultur
al programs committee; Tad Mil.
ler, chairman, production and
land use committee; E. M. Baker,
vice chairman, taxation and leg
islation committee; Mrs. Vernon
Munkers, chairman, domestic
wheat utilization committee; Al
Haslebocker, county agent-at-large
training in Morrow county
and N. C. Anderson.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From
the Files of the Gazette
Times, May 19, 1927
The annual commencement ex.
ercises of Heppner high school will
be held Friday evening. Those
receiving diplomas are Mary
Ritchie, Tom Wells,
Wightman, Grace Buschke, Mar
jorie Clark, Mae Groshens, Laura
Williams, Louise Thomson, Ruth
Furlong, Merle Becket, Freda Ak
ers, Ethel Moore, Eugene Doher
ty, Reta Crawford, Anna Wight
man, Ethel Hughes, Majorie
French, Onin Bisbee and Joy
Erwin.
Washington. It has a relatively
short growing period and with
favorably warm weather will be
ready for harvest in 75 to 85 days.
The seeding will supplement al
falfa in filling the Emert trench
silo.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Latourell,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Vaughn, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Shively, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Bowker and Dr. A. D.
McMurdo were visitors in Yaki
ma, Wash., Sunday.
Kansas, the nation's leading
wheat state, has recently ap-
Marvin Proved a law stabllshlng a levy
on grower wneai marneuiig.
levy, effective June 1 will be 15
of a cent a bushel. Funds raised
will be used toward improving
wheat consumption and develop
ment of the wheat industry in
that state. Kansas is the third
state with grower levies to be
used for promotion. Oregon was
the first to have such a levy
which is k cent a bushel. Ne
braska is levieing a Vi cent per
bushel for promotional purposes.
As part of the program of oil.
ing the Heppner-Ione section of
the Oregon-Washington highway,
Main street in Heppner has re
ceived its first baptism of the
black fluid this week.
Vernlce and Margaret Crawford
were calling in Morgan Friday.
Miss Frances Parker arrived in
Heppner Monday from Joseph for
a visit at the home of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker.
Mrs. Henry B. Gorger entertain
ed the Twilght quintette at din
ner on Sunday at the Gorger
horn? near Lexington. This or
chestra, composed of people who
live in that vicinity, has furnished
music for many dances in Morrow
county during the past season.
Recently we had word from Vic
tor W. Johnson, Umatilla county
extension agent regarding pea
vines available in that county.
Lawrence Pinkerton, box 291,
Athena will give a reliable farm
er or feeder the pea vines from
800 acres of peas for processing
providing the man getting the pea
vines will stack the vines for 100
acres for Pinkerton. The vines are
to be stacked in the field. This
sounds like a good deal for any
one who has the time and equip
ment to keep them hauled away
from the viner. Anyone interested
should contact Pinkerton.
For those who .have been- ask
ing about Pot O' Gold sweet corn,
seed is now available in Hepp
ner. The Gilliam and Bisbee
Hardware company have recent
ly located a source of seed to pro
vide the increasing demand.
Those who have not tried this
new sweet corn voriety should
put in a few rows for comparison
to the variety they have been
growing.
Morrow county 4-H members
are putting the show touches to
animals they will exhibit at the
Wheat League sponsored Fat
Stock show and sale whi will
be held at The Dalles, June 2, 3,
4 and 5. Approximately the same
number of livestock will be ex
hibited this year as In the past
three or four years with the ex
ception of pigs. There are no
pigs being fattened for the show
this year. Those who will exhibit
beef at the show this year will be
William Rill and Gary Van Blok
land of the Rhea Creek livestock
club, Connie and Jerry Anderson
of the Hoof and Horn livestock
club; Billy Doherty of the Butter
Creek Junction 4-H livestock
club; Kenneth Smouse, Kenneth
Nelson and Roland Ekstrom of
the Ione livestock club; Karl
Beach, Carol Ann Palmer and
Russell Dolven of the Lexington
Livestock club.
Those planning to exhibit fat
lambs are Mitchel Ashbeck.l
David Proudfoot and Phyllis Nel-1
son of the Butter Creek Junction
Livestock club; Dennis Doherty
Jim Martin, Tom Martin, Janet i
Palmer and Karl Beach of the
Livestock club; Kenneth Nel
son of the Ione Livestock club
and David, Douglas, Connie and
Jerry Anderson of the Hoof and
Horn Livestock club. Livestock
will be entered on June 2 with
the program opening Monday
morning, June 3. Livestock weigh
ing and judging contests will
take up the first day. On Tues
day, June 4 sheep, swine and
beef will be judged with a ban
quet and entertainment sched
uled for the evening.- The last
day, June 5 will be set aside for
showmanship, judging contests
and the auction sale of sheep and
swine for the afternoon and the
beef sale in the evening.
. o .
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish and
family of Lake Grove visited last
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Parrish. Alos vis
iting the Tarrishes were Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Fletcher of Ukiah.
Listen To
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Member Associated Press
May 25. Kenneth will also be
heard In an interview over radio
station KWRC Pendleton at 7:00
a.m., May 22.
Congratulations to Burton Peck
on being chosen Morrow county
winner Conservation Man of the
Year for 1957. His strip cropping
and related conservation practices
established over the years won
for him and his son, Jim the same
honor that has gone to three of
his close neighbors, Paul Brown,
Al Bunch and Kenneth Peck.
Everyone is invited to see the
TV program over the Pasc station
Monday evening May 20. The
program, Salute to Farmers, com.
ing on at 7:15 p.m. will feature
Kenneth Peck as state winner
Conversation Man of- the Year,
tieing into State Conservation
Week May 20-26 and the field
We again remind our readers of
the public field day for the beef
feeding trials at Milton May 23.
The program is scheduled to start
at the Band M feedlots near Mil
ton at 9:30 a.m. Comparisons of
different rations and results of
hormone Implants using stilbes
trol and Synovex will be seen.
Anyone who might like to ride
with me to the field day Is in
vited to do so.
A seeding of a new hybrid
silage sorghum, the first in Ore
gon was made at the Delbert
Emert farm near Ione on Mon
day of last week. Twenty acres
was seeded at the rate of 11 lbs.
per acre.The new hybrid sorghum
has yielded as high as 43 tons
day at his farm on Saturday, per acre in seedings made in
always spoke of the "Perkins" as
their second home in Portland.
Anyone from Heppner who needed
a little money for various reasons
(like this writer one winter)
could always get what they
needed from Leslie,
After the Matlocks gave up con
trol of the Perkins, and Heppner's
Phil Metchan went to the Imper
lal, the Perkins began to slip
Into oblivion and as far as Hepp
ner is concerned the hotel ceased
to exist many years ago. But how
we did love the old place then
and I know the few old-timers
still living will have many fond
memories of the golden calf days
In Portland.
My "History of Morrow County"
has finally gone to the Oregon
Historical Society for their final
review before going to the pub
Ushers. Morrow county folks have
been very patient about this
book, but ill health the past few
years has been a big hindrance
In finishing the book, but I hope
this time It will be all right.
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