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MORROW COUNTY'S NlWIf AF1R
Th Happcsr CaaU, established Ma rati 10, 18. Th Kppnsr Tl mWltt4
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February It, 1912
Heppner Gazette-Times, Thursday, June 27, 1957
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ROBERT PBNLAN1
Editor nd Publlshor
ORITCHEN PENULN
Associate Publisher
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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Downtown Poor Place
For Horseback Riding
prise or a federal agency should develop the
hydroelectric power potential of the Snake River.
It certainly shows at least one thing how adept
the socializers are at blocking needed work of
We don't know whether Heppner has grown this kind,
a lot in the last year or whether more kids got in June, 1947, the Idaho Power Company filed
more horses for Christmas than ever before, but a preliminary application for a license with the
whatever the cause, they are developing what Federal Power Commission. Public power groups
could well be a problem. objected, and proposed a federal high dam.
We certainly have no objection to horses but In April, 1950, the Senate voted to table the
they are a little out of place in the downtown federal project by a two-to-one margin. Later
area esneriallv when thev carrv one or more that year the private company filed formal ap-
small youngsters. We are thinking about the plication with the FPC for a license to construct
the first of a series of dams. Both the Interior
Department and several power groups protested
this application.
danger of a serious accident happening when
some driver fails to see a horse and backs out
of a parking spot, or some animal gets frightened In Mav 1953 the Secretary of the Interior
by downtown traffic and throws its rider onto the withdrew the Department's objection t0 the ap
mighty hard pavement. The city council has re- pijcation. The private company then submitted
ceived complaints about the increased amount to FPC its complete proposal for development of
of horse traffic on downtown streets, and even p0Wer at Hells Canyon.
on sidewalks but declined to pass an ordinance Fpc engineers and examiners spent 44,000
to restrict such riding, hoping that maybe per- man.hours in studying the company's three dum
suasion could solve the problem. Such efforts proposal and held hearings over a full year dur
haven't done much good. jng whjch every conCeivable pro and con was
We would like to suggest that for the safety argued. In August, 1955, the FPC issued a license
of the youngsters, their parents recommend that to the company.
if the kids want to ride from one end of town Public power groups then went into the fed
to the other, they use either Gale or Chase streets cral courts. This legal stratagem finally failed
and stay off of Main street as much as possible. when the Supreme Court refused to interfere
Trucks, you know, can't stop as quickly as cars wjth the FPC's licensing order, and thus upheld
and we'd hate to see some child seriously hurt its validity and the right of the private company
or killed. It will happen though, unless the to develop the power. Meanwhile the Senate again
youngsters use a little more care in their choice relected a bill which would have authorized
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From The Files of The Gazette
Times June 30, 1927
As a result of a heavy cloud
burst that struck a few miles up
the canyon, Arlington's business
and residential district was
greatly damaged Sunday evening.
Harold Becket is suffering
with a badly burned leg this
week, received when his motor
cycle caught fire and burned up
last Sunday on the highway a
short distance below Cecil.
Dwight Misner was in town
for a short time Wednesday from
his big wheat ranch north
lone. '
wnresentlng
Burns, d-ye . , ,
Oregon Cattlemen's A , n., Lew
t Wettstine, wm'"
erm representing Eastern Dairy
term, if ,,.i11iams. Canyon
men; i"'
and
Oregon
Renew Brucellosis War
A sudden change in scope a
nd
procedures of fighting brucellosis
in Oregon is scheduled for mid-
JUIn the forthcoming accelerat
ed campaign Oregon's new dir
ector of agriculture, Robert J.
Steward, forsees "the final bang
up cleanup" to eradicate brucel
losis, the icious cattle disease
of that's a constant unauiam 100
i thrpnt to humans.
i Thprp are now only 14 counties
Cole Madsen of Portland who! in the state that are brucellosis
spent the past week visiting with free
friends in Heppner, returned
at
home on Monday.
Buck Lieuallen, state traffic
cop, was in the City on Monday
afternoon from Pendleton.
Clarence Warren, residing west
of lone, was kicked by a horse
one day the past week, receiv
ing a break in the small bone of
the leg just below the knee.
of a place to ride.
One problem we forgot to mention in that
connection, too, is the street cleaning detail.
It's a stinker!
The Record . . .
The Council of State Chambers of Commerce
has Issued a factual chronology of the famous jects will the American people stand? Industrial
Hells Canyon dispute over whether private enter- News Review
federal development.
Now, to quote the Council, "In the face of this
history the Senate is about to debate and vote on
a Hells Canyon bill for the third and, presumably,
last time." (Since this was written the Senate
did vote and approved the bill, but there is still
no assurance that it will get any farther. Ed.)
How much blockading of needed power pro
had received many samples from
the Columbia Basin counties
which were diagnosed as 2,4-D
damage. They had found that
Orfed and Federation seemed to
be sensitive, since most of the
samples were of these varieties.
The sensitiveness to 2,4 :D when
the seed heads are in the embry
onic stage is causing most of the
damage. Evidently the wheat was
just beginning to develop seed
heads in the late tiller stage at
the time that the 2,4-D was ap
plied. Damage was most severe
in those fields where oil was used
as the carrier.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
The Oregon Broiler Growers
association is sponsoring a unique
way to advertise their product
with an Oregon Broiler Festival to
be held in Springfield, Ore., July
20. They are hoping to have be
tween 4000 and 5000 people at this
festival who will be served barbe
cued chicken for the first time.
This will give these growers an
opportunity to tell the story of
Oregon grown broilers to a lot of
people. Included on the Festival,
along with Iho barbecued chicken
feed, is the crowning of Miss
Slick Chick of 1957, a talk by Bob
Stuart, director of agriculture, a
log rolling contest, an exhibition
softball game, a barber shop
STAR
THEATER
HEPPNER
Thura., Frl., Sat., June 27-28-29
WALT DISNEY'S
CINDERELLA
And
DISNEYLAND, USA
A reissue of one of the most
famous cartoon features
Plua
THE QUIET GUN
Forrest TucKer and Cleo Moore
Sun.. Mon.. June 30, July 1
THE DESIGNING
WOMAN
Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall,
Dolores Gray.
Sunday nt 4, 6:10, 8:20
Tues, Wed.. July 2-3
FOUR GIRLS IN
TOWN
Geo. Nader, Julie Adams.
Added, Cowboys of Maremma.
Family Nights
quartet contest, square dancing
and other activities. This sounds
like an excellent opportunity for
this commoditity organization to
push their product.
The deadline date for listing
fields of grain intended for seed
purposes is drawing near. An
nounced recently in this column,
was the plan set up by the Mor
row County Wheat Growers As
sociation, through a seed com
mittee, to inspect fields listed by
farmers who would like to sell
seed. The committee, In turn,
planned to inspect the fields for
purity In order that a list of
available seed might be made
and provided to those who are
interested in securing sources of
good, clean seed. All recommend
ed varieties will be listed with
emphasis on the new wheat vari
eties introduced which include
Omar, Burt and Columbia. Varie
ties such as Orfed, which are
popular in the county, will also
be listed. The seed committee
would like to have all listings by
the first of July In order that
they might Inspect the fields be
fore harvest time. Members of
the seed committee include: Max
Barclay, Heppner; Kenneth Smo
use and Donald Peterson, lone;
Frank Anderson, Heppner and
Kenneth Pock, Lexington. Fields
can be listed at this office or
with any of these committee
members.
While we are talking about
seed grains, it might be timely
to suggest that those who have
fields which are eligible for cert
ification, should make applica
tion soon In order that this in
spection can be made by seed
certification specialists from Ore
gon State college. Inspections
will probably be made some time
during the week of July 8. Ap
plications will not be accepted
after July 8. They can now be
secured by calling the office.
Ac nha rman 01 ine nuuc
Ways and Means in the late leg
islature Representative Steward
was in a strategic position to
give understanding assistance in
drafting and passing a bill ap
propriating $381,865 to fight bru
cellosis and give the State Dep
artment of Agriculture broaaer
powers to establish rules and
regulations for a statewide cam-
naien to eradicate Drucenosis,
tuberculosis and paratuberculos-
is in cattle and prescribe en
forcement procedures. The bill
becomes effective July 1.
Relvine on negotiations the
agricultural department anticip
ates federal cooperation on the
brucellosis project that will total
about one million dollars per bi-ennium.
Oregon's new brucellosis law
provides for a five-man advisory
board which Governor Robert D.
Holmes named last week. They
are: Al W. Lindow, Portland, 3
vear term, representing Western
Oregon Dairymen; Pat Cecil
ni, 9. vear term, repim...6
' " ' . Asen .
-- n .,or form reD-
Rod McKenzie, - -
resenting Western Livestock
Assn.
Governor Overhulse
It's "Governor Overhulse
the Capitol just now
donate President buju
Madras, is having an un-
..oi'i., ninvable vacation from
his booming law practice as he
factions as acting governor
,.,ii0 novernor Holmes is attend
ing the governors conference at
Williamsburg, Pa., and occa
oinniiv neeuDving a courtesy
seat in the Senate or House in
Washington, D.C. He phoned Miss
,art riarke. his research as
sistant while In the fervency of
having just witnessed the Senate
Having J .... ,t
pass the Hens anyuu um.
tonk real courage for a good Re
publican like Margaret Chase
crvith tn hrpak Dartv lines ad
vnte for the creat dam," the gov
ernor said. He is scheduled to
return to Salem July 1.
Srlem Firm Wins State Bid
An unusual thing happened at
the Capitol this week. A Salem
firm was awarded a sizable
state contract. "Outside" bidders
are consistently anxious to win
them as there is an accolade of
favorable publicity attached for
having completed a project-that
complied with the strict stand-.
ards of state requirements.
The result is that most "out
side" bids are low. The Salem
S &.G Co. had been awarded a
contract for construction of a
500,000 gallon steel reservoir and
extensive pipe lines to serve the
new reformatory, Prison Annex,
Cottage Farm and State Tubereu-
Continued on page 7
Long Distance Nation-Wide
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Penland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
THE TIME
from the Weston Cattle Comp
any of Weston, Oregon, who are
now contracting peavine silage
for winter feed. Contracting
price is $3.50 per ton, loaded F.
O. B. Weston. They also have a
price for peavines delivered
which varies according to the
length of haul. They also have
facilities for wintering cattle in
case that the haul of peavine
would be too far.
There have been a number of
farmers who have called the of
fice on damage to wheat. Many
of the heads are .deformed, with
the beards of those bearded
varieties being held in the sheaf,
causing a twisting of the head
and stem. While in Corvallis last
week, I checked with the farm
crops department and weed
specialist on this situation. They
As a last minute reminder,
many of our farmers will want
to attend the annual field day
of the Pendleton branch experi
ment station which will be held
on July 2. The program begins
at 9 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m.
The program this year will be of
interest to men and women alike,
with flower garden inspection,
flower culture, flower cuttings,
food preparalion and demonstra
tions of Bishop sewing technique
for the ladies. The men will see
tillage machinery demonstrations
crop spraying, stuble mulch
drill trials, chemical summer fal
low, rate and date of seeding
trials, small grain variety trials
and new crop possibilities, in
eluding: Safflower, carrots, sweet
corn, lima beans and others.
Lunch wil be served at a nomin-
A number of farmers in Mor
row county have received letters
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
To The Editor:
It is nice to be optimistic over
our crop prospects, but it is a
little bit silly not to consider all
of the facts concerning our coun
ty income. For the past several
weeks we have had a wonder
ful crop prospect, but the past
few days of strong winds have
cut that prospect down 15 to 207r.
Strong winds tend to dry out the
grain and cause It to shrivel. On
an average $2,000,000.00 crop, a
20 cut in yield would amount
to $100,000.00.
Don't forget another cut that
seems to be coming in fast. Dur
ing the past three weeks, the
price of wheat has dropped 20
cents per bushel. On Wednesday,
June 19th it dropped 5 cents per
bushel. Multiply 2,000,000 by 20
cents per bushel and you have
another $100,000.00.
So, in spite of what the boast
ful prophets say,- it Is quite plain
to see that Morrow county has
lost nearly one million dollars
in the past few weeks. It is the
booster's boasting that causes
the drop in prices and I some
times wonder If the winds are
not caused by the same thing.
J. O. Turner
al cost on the grounds, at which
time, Milan Smith, executive as
sistant to the Secretary of Agri
culture will speak.
For those who might be wait
ing for the annual field day of
the Sherman branch experiment
station at Moro, this will be held
on July 9. The program is sched
uled to begin at 1 a.m., with a
tour of the station's experiment
al plots in the morning much
the same type of experiments
will be viewed as at the Pendle
ton station. The tour of the sta
tion plots has been moved from
the afternoon to the morning in
order to escape heat and wind
which has been characteristic of
the last several field day tours at
this station. The agent would be
happy to have some farmers ac
company him to these experiment
ment station field days.
grain
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