MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Th Mppnw CazatU, itablished March 30, 18iO. The Hppnr Tim MtabliiJied
Novwnbar 18, 1897. Conolidated February 15, 1912
NEWSPAPtK
PUILISHIRS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PEN LAND
Editor and Publlahar
QRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publiaher
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Publiihed Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents,
Let's Add Up ALL The Figures!
Last Wednesday, March 11, the Pendleton East
Oregonlan published a large map detailing the
two disputed routes of the proposed Ellensburg
Oregon highway, along with estimated cost fig
ures for the construction of both highways. We
do not know who prepared the figures, nor do we
have any reason to question their authenticity.
BUT, we DO question their completeness and the
result they were intended to give.
Our reasons for such criticism are: (l)-cost of
the Umatilla county plan to bring thg road across
the Umatilla bridge and into highway 30 at Stan
field Junction failed to include the cost of the
Umatilla bridge Is the Umatilla Bridge Comp
any going to donate its bridge to the highway
system without charge? (2) Included in the
cost of the Morrow county plan of crossing the
Columbia river at Boardman according to the
map-estimates, wes the cost of 22 miles of high
way 30 from the Boardman connection to the
Stanfield junction connection. This section of
road is already built and in use, and plans for its
future improvement are ALREADY included in
the Federal highway system and should not be
considered as part of the cost of building the
EllensburgOregon route. At least 11 xk miles of
the proposed Umatilla bridge route would larg
ly DUPLICATE present highways.
To elaborate on item (1) above, the estimated
cost figures presented in the Umatilla proposal
were $16,280,000 for the Umatilla bridge crossing
against $19,020,000 for the Boardman route. Not
included in the cost of the Umatilla route was
the cost of the already-built Umatilla bridge
which we doubt would be given to the state
(s) for inclusion in the highway system with
out a charge at least equal to its value at the
time such a deal would be made. Still owing on
the bridge, is more than $3,000,000 and we esti
mate the bridge's value to be in excess of $6,000,
000, a figure that would undoubtedly be charged
if the bridge were to be sold. If that amount is
added to the Umatilla route, the total figure
there would climb to $22,280,000.
Now let's consider the other point the 22
miles of highway 30 from Boardman to Stan
field which Is duplicated in a large part by the
It Was J Watermelon . . .
Shortly after last week's Gazette-Times reached
the hands of readers we received notice that we
had made a mistake in our editorial about the
name of the founder of the Heppner Gazette. We
said that Otis Patterson was the founder, but
our Informers tell us that it was John W Redd
ington, better known in those days as J Watermelon.
Umatilla plan to cross the Umatilla bridge and
roughly parallel highway 30 across the river,
According to the figures on the map, the cost of
widening this section of highway to 4 lane was
set at $2,700,000. This section of road should not
be included in the cost of a connecting road be
tween Ellensburg and any point in Oregon. Also,
this section of highway is already Included in
the Federal highway system and it can very well
serve both purposes (north and south, and, east
and west traffic) without the necessity of build
ing a partially-duplicating route that would re
quire 14 'i more miles of highway.
Let's look at it this way, with an eye to costs
and actual value received for the job the pro
posed new highway is supposed to accomplish
a most direct connecting route between Ellens
burg and highway 30 in Eastern Oregon. Using
the East Oregonian map figures, here are the
costs:
BOARDMAN CROSSING
23 mi'es of road $8,570,000
1 bridge $7,750,000
TOTAL $16,320,000
UMATILLA CROSSING
47V2 miles of road $16,280,000
Umatilla bridge (not included
in cost figures given on map) $6,000,000
TOTAL $22,280,000
Total saving by routing the highway by Board
man $5,960,000
Even if the cost of the Umatilla bridge is not
Included, the coat of the Boardman route is only
$40,000 higher and, we are not naive enough to
believe that the cost of purchasing the Umatilla
bridge will not have to be included in the total
cost of the project should it be decided that that is
the route the highway will take. If the bridge
must be enlarged or Improved, that will be
another extra cost.
This newspaper has said several times before
that logic Is all on the side of the Boardman
crossing for the Ellensburg Oregon highway. A
careful addition of the cost estimate figures only
adds more to the validity of Morrow county's
reasoning.
HEPPNER, CA2ETT-TIMES, ThurxiaY. March 20, ISM
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette Timet
March 22. 1928
Heppner's baseball club for the
season Is now assured, with Har
old Cohn as manager and a fund
of $305.00 already deposited In
ine oanK.
Mrs Johnson, Mrs Frank Gill
iam, Mrs H E Bramer and Mrs
F R Brown were hostesses at
a tea given the ladies of
the Foreign Missionary Society
of the Methodist church Tues
day afternoon. They were assis
ted by Mrs W C Cox and Miss
Ona Gilliam.
Josephine Mahoney departed
on Monday for Eureka, Calif,
where she will be engaged in an
abstract office.
Mr and Mrs Gus Wilcox were
in Heppner. eniovin? a visit with
old time friends.
Louise Thomson, Marjorie and
Mary Clark. Luola Benze and
Velma Fell were among alumni
who visited the HeDDner hieh
school on Monday.
Mr and Mrs Sam McDaniel of
Hardman went to lone Rock last
week where they will work for
Cal Robinson.
We certainly can't question our readers' know
ledge for all who told us of our error lived here
at the time the paper was started and well re
member J Watermelon's writings.
Just how long that gentleman was the Gazette's
owner, we can't say for sure, but our copy of the
paper dated 1888 lists Mr Patterson as the owner,
and that was just six years after it started.
For more information on early day papers here,
see the Letter to the Editor on this page from
Bert Mason.
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
Dear Editor:
I have received Volume 75,
Number 1 and will say that I
have read the paper from the
days of J Watermelon, to date.
Jerry Nunan published the
Bunchgrass Blade in Lexington
for several years that was dur
ing the contest over location of
the county seat, In which Hepp
ner won out, under circumstances
which caused a lot of controversy
for many years. I think Lexing
ton did have another paper
many years later.
E M Shutt, editor of the Hepp
ner paper, sent Virginia Deaton
to lone and published the lone
Poet for some time, about 1900.
The Gazette editor Vawter
Crawford sent his brother Gar
field to open an opposition pap
er In lone and that was issued
for a while.
The reason the two papers were
started in lone was that many
homesteads were being proved
up on and the editors came down
from Heppner to pick off the ad
vertising charges.
I have before me the first An
nual edition of the lone Bullo
tin, published by L K Harlan of
December 11, 1913. This volume
contains 26 pages and carries
ads from most Heppner business
houses as well as those of Lex
ington, lone and many Individ-
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
Word has been received from
the State Department of Agri
culture which will be of much
concern to Livestock operators
who have worked hard in our
Brucellosis test program in clean
ing up that disease here in our
county. The word received is to
the effect that there will be no
more testing of beef herds and
STAR
THEATER
Thun., Frl., Sat.. March 20.21
The Tall Stranger
Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo
PLUS
Hear Mc Good
Hal March, Joe E. Ross, Merry
Anders
Sun., Mon., March 23, 24
The Sad Sack
I Jerry Lewis, David Wayne
Phvllis Kirk and others. Sun
day at 4, 6:05, 8:10.
Tues., Wed.. March 25, 26
Rawhide
Tyrone Power, Susan Havward.
(Tuesday and Wednesday are
SDrav. Monument. Kimberlv
nights. Register at the box of
fice for Free Tickets. See our
monthly program for detais.
ual farms and stock ranches. It
had news items from Morgan,
Cecil, Lexington, Juniper and
Gooseberry. Several Heppner
business houses had 'i page ads.
There are numerous pictures of
the large harvesting and other
farm machinery when 36 head of
horses were drawing harvesters,
also plowing and other operat
ions. I have Just made a scrapbook
which contains many pictures
from the 50th Commeration issue
of the Gazette-Times and will
follow up with the first annual
items of Interest from the lone
Bulleton.
Bert Mason, Portland
P S: The lone Independent was
the last paper published In lone.
That was in 1919 with W W Head
as publisher. A second newspap
er, the Lexington Budget, was
published in Lexington.
small dairy herds in certified
counties for three years. This
program took effect on March 1.
Reactor herds will be tested in
order that they clean up and
reach a disease free status. This
decision was made after funds
from the Federal government
which have been used for this
testing program, were exhausted
and the assurance that next
year's appropriation would prob
ably be much less than what
was received this year. Remain
ing funds will be used in coun
ties to complete certification
whore this will soon be reach
addition to the cutback of test
ing beef other than those in re
actor herds Is a reduction in the
indemnity from $25.00 for grade
animals to $8.00 and from $50.00
on purebreds to $12.00. The fed
eral and state departments as
well as the state brucellosis
board have spent many days in
trying to come up with a solution
to operating the program with
limited funds resulting in these
cuts.
In
It appears as though finances
are becoming a great problem
with more than one department
wnen reccnuy woru was received!
from Henry Matschiner, super
vising livestock officer of the
State Department of Agriculture
who announced that due to the
financial standing of the stock
brand inspection account it will
be necessary to restore the brand
inspection fee to 25 cents per
head effective April 1, 1958, Mr
Matschiner explained that on
July 1, 1956 the stock brand in
spection fund carried a surplus
of $70,000.00. At that time the
brand advisory committee saw
fit to reduce the fee from 25
cents to 2n cents in order to re
duce the surplus and that at
the same time the surplus back
into the industrys pocket. It was
anticipated at that time the need
of increasing the fee in 12 to 24
months. This time has apparent
ly come. At a recent meeting!
with the livestock advicory com
mittee It was reported as of Jan-1
uary 31, this year the account
was in the red $21,569.17. Since
the reduction in 1956, legislat-1
ion has created a compulsory
state meat inspection program
and auction yard disease con
trol law which has affected the
brand Inspection program. There
seems to be several reasons for
the depleted account which in
clude a reduction in cattle num
bers inspected which represents
a loss in revenue for the year,
salary increases made in 1957
when full time brand inspect
ors were placed under state civil
service, an increase in per diam
and mileage costs which was
brought about when brand in
spectors are also used as meat
'inspectors and an increase in
miscellaneous expenses which in
cludes supplies, materials and
jnew equipment.
' Even though the last few days
have not been conductive to
thoughts of gardening it is that
itime of year when planning
should be carried out for a suc
cessful vegetable garden. It is
always well to plan before you
1 plant as many of the vegetables
j grown in home gardens are wast
,ed because of too large a quant
ity of one vegetable maturing
all at once. Successive plantings
of the same vegetable such as
! lettuce, radishes, and spinach
'provide the amount that you can
use w ithin a short period. After
a few weeks, plant another plot
of the same vegetable to ma
ture after the first harvest has
been used up. In planning your
garden, give a careful study to
seed varieties which include the
height to which plants will grow.
Planting tall growing crops to
gether and low growing crops
together will prevent the tall
ones from shading the low grow
ling ones from the sun. Vegeta
bles need from 6 to 8 hours of
sun a day to produce well.
Morrow county Hereford ex
hibitors at the recent Oregon Pol
led Hereford show and sale held
at Redmond did well when Kirk
and Robinson, Heppner showed
the champion female and Leo
Barnett of Barnett's Polled Here
ford Ranch, Boardman exhibited
the reserve champion female.
Bulls at the sale had an overall
average of $600.00. The bull con
signed by Kirk and Robinson
which wrs third highest selling
bull in the sale brought $850.00.
Don Robinson reports that of 14
head consigned by them this
sale year, an average of $650.00,
with four females averaging
$450.00, four horned bulls $561.00
and six polled bulls $8-10.00. This
average is an indication of the
top quality livestock produced at
the Kirk and Robinson ranch.
ioti Was voiced at the hearing 611
the land classification it was ap
proved and accepted as present
ed. A recent announcement of con
servation reserve payment rates
made by the Morrow county ASC
committee would be well worm
looking into by our farmers. The
r-toc hnsprl nn acreage yields
! provide payments according to
production ability oi me ianu.
Since the deadline date for sign
ing up in this program is April
15 those interested should con
tact the county ASC committee
at once.
According to Kenneth A Wag
non, associated extension spec
ialist in charge of the University
of California's San Joaquin ex
perimental range, experiments
conducted over the past years
substantiate the practice of cull
ing cows that do not wean their
! first calves. Culling of all sucn
!cows boosted the calf crop more
than 10 he said, and weaning
weights increased from 454
pounds in the unculled herd to
504 nounds in the herd where
!cows were culled deep at first
weaning. "No matter how good
ja cow might appear or how much
iwe might think she was the vict
im of bad luck in not weaning
her first calf, we found that she
should be out of the herd," says
Wagnon. "Records of our uncull
ed herd showed that every cow
that didn't wean her first calf
had a very poor production record."
Recently a group met in Salem
to discuss the feed situation in
Oregon and the Pacific North
west. The group included repre
sentatives from the turkey grow
ers, market egg producers, broil'
er growers, dairy industry, beef
lamb and hog, and wheat grow
ers. During ine discussion the
( group agreed to try for a program
to iree ieeu grains irom support
prices including wheat that is
not used for human consumption
The group felt that they "would
have a better chance to main
tain Oregon's poultry, dairy and
livestock industries if feed grains
were free from support prices
the same as these other indust
lontinued on page i
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As a result of the action of a
number of ranchers with land
lying within the Central Oregon
Fire Control District a hearing
was recently held on the com
plete reclassification of all land
lying within the district. The
Morrow county land classificat
ion committee appointed by
the county court in Decem
ber, 1956 made the class
ification during the past year.
Members of the committee ap
pointed by the county court were
Harold Wright, Dick Wilkinson,
and Ken Keeling with L M Com
pton of the State Department of
Forestry and Art King, Oregon
State college being members by
state law. Since no dissatisfact-
jjjr Yl Beffer fo be safe
1 ' than to be sorry!
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From where I sit ..Jy Joe Marsh
"Sound Idea'1-But
Hap Wilson is a young fellow
on our paper -nml craiy about
that little daughter of his. llut
like all of us he's learned that
kids can present problemx.
"Every ninht I have to read
her the awi story," he com
plained. "The most sujrary one
in the book-about Billy Bumble
bee!" So I finally recorded the
story on a tape recorder. Showed
her how to play it whenever she
wants.
"Know what she says? That
it sounds fine but that she
can't sit on the machine's lap!"
From where I ait, Hap had
good Intentions, but he has to
understand his daughter's point
of view, too. .Many of us often
make the same mistake. For in
stance, you may like tea, I pre
fer a glass of temperate beer.
The important thins is that we
both understand each other'a
point of view.There are two sides
to ettry "story"!
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