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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Time established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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Water-Key to Oregon's Progress
According to the latest projections by the Bur
eau of the Census, the population of the United
States may reach 208,000,000 people by 1970. This
would be an increase of almost 40,000,000 people
during the next thirteen years or an increase at
the rate of nearly 3,000,000 people per year.
The prospects of providing for the needs of
this expanding population will pose some chal
lenging questions to our nation. It is reasonable
to assume that Oregon will attract a proportion
ate share of this Increase.
Many areas of the nation will be limited In
future population increase because of the lack
of adequate water supplies. Fortunately, Oregon
generally speaking has enough water to meet
all future anticipated needs.
Conservation of this valuable resource is nec
essary, however on most streams because the
greatest demand for water occurs when natural
stream flows are at their lowest point. Better
seasonal distribution must be achieved through
ground and surface water storage, through water
shed management, land use practices, and Im
poundment. In addition to furnishing water for
anticipated demand, this storage will help al
leviate average annual flood damages In the
state approximating $19,000,000.
Oregon's four basic industries are timber, agri
culture, recreation, and sports and commercial
fishing. The future of Oregon's growth will de
pend to a large extent upon how well we can
increase our four basic industries.
All of these primary industries are dependent
upon water for production and processing or
carrying away the wastes of processing. To fur
ther expand these key industries, our water re
sources must be conserved and managed to a
greater degree.
Conservation has been defined by the Gover
nor's Committee on Natural Resources as the
"wise use" of these resources. While many con
servation measures are the result of implemen
tation by state or federal agencies, it must be
kept in mind that conservation of any natural
resource begins with the individual. Individual
ideas are translated into group action directed
towards the end result of the maximum bene
ficial use of the water resources for the economic
and social benefit of all.
Water conservation is just one phase of con
servation as it will be noted here in Morrow
county next week, May 11 to 18. It is important,
but so are the others saving the soil, timber,
wildlife. Morrow county is among the state's
leading counties in promoting the wise use of
all resources, apparently because its people are
more aware of the need than are those in some
other parts of the state. Here we are vitally in
terested in our own future.
Road Levy Is Vital
Primary voters will find a special 10 mill coun
ty road tax on their ballot May 16. It is a measure
that should be given a big affirmative vote.
The levy is a continuative for another five
years of the special tax that has been building
up the road system for the past 10 years, and
without it our entire road program would come
practically to a halt. The county is now getting
a network of good roads and nearly every organ
ization has recently recommended that the pro
gram and the necessary tax levy be continued.
A good explanation of the need for the special
levy appears elsewhere in a letter to the editor
from county judge Oscar Peterson, so we won't
belabor the question further here except to rec
ommend its passage.
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
To The Editor:
There is to be voted upon at
this coming election a recom
mendation that the special road
tax levy of 10 mills be contin
ued for another 5 year period.
As is generally known this levy
has been on the statute for the
past 10 years. I believe this
should be continued, not because
I am more or less closely as
sociated with the road program
ol our county at this time, but
because I can definitely see the
need for the expansion of the
secondary road program as well
as our maintenance program.
In our general road fund, we
will receive something like $56,
000.00 for this coming fiscal year.
This is built up from the motor
license fund, timber sales, gaso
line refunds, Justice Court fines,
etc, but, in all, could be very
little in excess of the $.r6,000.00
The 10 mill special levy, based
on the assessed valuation of
$14,000,000, would be around
$127,000.00 net for the year.
Now our maintenance alone,
will use up most of the $56,000.
00. In addition to this we will
need match money to go with
Federal and State appropriat
ions. This In Itself will amount
to between $20,000 and $30,000
per year. This year, late this
summer, we can look forward to
some $62,000.00 in Federal mon
ey. Also, as a result of the re
cently passed emergency road
bill, passed by congress and
signed by our president, we will
get $23,000.00. This must be
matched by county funds.
Of the 10 mill special levy, 5
mills or 50 of that which is
assessed within incorporated
towns or cities, will go to ttie
city governments. That Includes
Heppner, Lexington, lone Board
man and Irrigon.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
SOtlSTBVAKPSHlP WEEK
MAY 11-18, 1958
Two meetings this week feat
ured speakers of Importance
state and nation wide. Monday
evening a handful of livestock
operators with members of the
Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce enjoyed a buffet supper
and heard Bob Steward, direct
or, Oregon State Department of
Agriculture discuss various as
pects of the livestock industry.
On Tuesday evening over 60
wheat farmers participated in
the annual spring meeting of the
Morrow County Wheat Growers
Association. Speaker of the ev
ening was Floyd Root, president
of the National Association of
Wheat Growers. Mr Root dis
cussed activities of the National
Association. Commenting on
state wide activities was Bob
Taylor, administrator, Oregon
Wheat Commission. A feature of
this meeting was the presentat
ion of Mr and Mrs Jack Sum
ner, selected recently as the
STAR
THEATER
Thurs., Fri., Sat., May 8. 9, 10
The Fighting
Chance
Rod Cameron, Lulle London,
Ben Cooper. Plus
Man From God's
Country
George Montgomery.
Sun., Mon., May 11, 12
Don't Go Near The
Water
Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl
Holliman and many more.
Sunday at 4, 6:05 and 8:10.
Tues., Wed., May 13, 14
The Happy Road
Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage,
Bobby Clark. Free show
nights for Heppner residents
living south of May St. and
inside the city limits, exclud
ing Court and Gilmore streets.
Register at the boxoffice.
Several of the committees of
the 1958 County Planning Con
ference, recommended the pass
age of the 10 mill special road
tax levy. This includes the pub
lic education committee, the
livestock committee, and the
home and community commit
tee. I am a large taxpayer my
self and definately recommend
t hat this special road tax levy
lie passed.
Oscar E Peterson,
County Judge
county winner, Conservation
Man of the Year contest. Jack
Whiteman, president of Empire
Machinery Company presented
the Sumners with a plaque in
recognition of the conservation
work which they have establish
ed on their farm.
A couple of weeks ago we as
ked for cooperators for morning
glory control research. We have
had some response to this re
quest but need more cooperators.
Needed are patches of morning
glory, both in summer fallow
and in growing grain to be
treated after harvest. To facili
tate the experimental work, pat
ches should be easily accessible
from the road. If you have a
patch of morning glory you
would like to lend for control
purposes let us know soon.
Monday evening at 7 pm. At
the general assembly on Tues-1
day all committee reports will ,
e heard with sufficient time!
given to debate resolutions j
which come out of the various
committees. The annual social
hour, banquet and dance will I
be held Tuesday evening with!
the traditional cowboy breakfast!
on Wednesday morning. Gover-
nor Holmes and Larry Hilaire of
the National Restaurant Assoc
iation will be breakfast speak
ers. The annual convention will
be held at the Moore Hotel in
Ontario.
From time to time we have In
quiries at this office for the daily
requirements of water for the
various classes of livestock. This
information is helpful to those
who are installing tanks and
reservoirs, developing springs,
ponds or wells as well as for
other uses. Livestock need plen
ty of fresh water to maintain
their bodies and produce milk
or meat. A milk cow needs 8
to 10 pounds of water for each
pound of milk produced besides
that needed for proper digestion
and body function. Here are the
requirements for different ani
mals; 35 gallons per day for
each milk cow; 12 gallons per
day for each beef cow; 12 gal
lons per day for each dry cow;
12 gallons per day for each
horse; 4 gallons per day for each
hog; 2 gallons per day for each
sheep; 4 gallons per day for each
100 chickens. Livestock men may
want to make note of these re
quirements so that they can
have them to refer to.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, May 8.
19S8
good results in control. For those
who are still finding a lot of
damage from these rodents we
have a good supply of poisoned
grain for both mice and squirrels
at this office.
OSC Booklet Outlines
Market Outlook
Oregon net farm income has
gained a little in each of the
past three years and has a good
chance of further improvement
in 1958. savs M D Thomas, Ore
gon State college agricultural
economist.
OreEon's farm economy is re
viewed in the current issue of
"Oreeon Farm and Market Out
look" prepared by OSC econo
mists and marketing specialists.
Copies of the 8-page outlook
booklet may be obtained on re
nupst from local county exten
sion agents or the OSC bulletin
clerk, Corvallis.
Discussed in the booklet are
the general farm picture, live
stock, seed and grain crops, for
estry, poultry and eggs, horti
cultural crops, dairy and con
sumer trends.
From the files of the
Gazette Times
May 10, 1928
Radio interference in Heppner
may be controlled and a time
limit set on parking on Main
street. The opinion of the coun
cil at its May meeting Monday
night was that these things
should be done.
A number of Morrow county
livestock men are planning to
attend the annual meeting of
the Oregon Cattlemen's Assoc
iation which will be held in On
tario on May 11, 12, 13 and 14.
It is still not to late for others
to plan to attend. The program
has been arranged so as to start
committee meetings Sunday
night, May 11. Four different
committees will meet Sunday
night; there will be a general
assembly Monday morning;
four more committee meetings
Monday afternoon and the oth
er four committees will meet
"He speaks our language...
He understands
our problems"
a man representative
of all the people
east of the Cascades
Weatherford Is...
a man of INTEGRITY
member of pioneer
family with nearly a
century of outstand
ing heritage in Eastern Oregon.
a man of EXPERIENCE
wtio has freely dedicated many
hours of service to activities
benefitting all of the peoplt
east of the Cascades.
o man of FAITH
in the future of Oregon and the
rights guaranteed all Americans
the rights of labor, business
men and farmers equally.
gU&C MARION T. x
WEATHERFORD.
IV; '
Republican for
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A newly released bulletin en
titled "1958 Recommendations
for Weed Control in Oregon" is
available at this office. The bul
letin contains precaution notes
on the use of herbicides, lists
chemicals and their trade names
with outline of recommendations
for all types of weeds including
those prevalent in field crops,
small fruits and vegetables and
acquatic weed control. Copies
are available from this office.
We- continue to have inquir
ies at this office on the control
of mice and squirrels which
seem to be especially plentiful
this spring. A number of farmers
have used poisoned grains with
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR
I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for the office of
County Assessor of Morrow
County subject to the will of the
Republican voters of Morrow
County at the Primary Election.
Present Incumbent
HARRY DINGES
6-10c
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for the office of
County Judge of Morrow County
subject to the will of the Repub
lican voters of Morrow County
at the Primary Election.
Present Incumbent
Oscar Peterson
SPENT WEEKEND
AT CORVALLIS
Among those from here attend
ing Mother's Weekend at Oregon
State college at Corvallis were
Mrs James Thomson, Mrs Ervin
Anderson, Mrs Cal Sumner, Mrs
Walter Wright, Mrs C W Cox,
Mrs L E Ruhl, Mrs James Hayes,
Mrs Bertha Hunt of Lexington
and Mrs Archie Munkers.
The following seventh grade
girls are in the maypole dance:
Hazel Beymer, Winifred Case,
Doris Cox, Anna Crump, Edna
Jones, Carolyn Moyer, Vivian
Stout, Beatrice Thomson, Viola
Brown, Naomi Furlong, Lora
Gillman and Marie Scrivner. Ir
ene Hiatt reigns as queen and
her attendants are Nancy Cox
and Phyllis Jones. The pages are
Billy Barratt and Lester Taylor.
Mr and Mrs W W Bechdolt of
Hardman and son Archie were
visitors in Heppner on Sunday,
guests at the home of Mrs N S
Whetstone.
Mr and Mrs George Hayden
were in Heppner Saturday from
their home at Hardman.
The Wright Bros, Orin and Deb
have taken their sheep to the
mountains to the George Wright
place.
Phone your news Items to 6-9228.
Mrs W O Livingstone of Hood
River was a guest over Sunday
night at the home of Mr and
Mrs E R Huston.
COMING YOUR WAY on waves
of laughter! DON'T GO NEAR
THE WATER, Star Theater,
Sunday and Monday.
From where I sit ... 6y Joe Marsh
Shades of Tom Sawyer
Everybody knew Community
Hall couldn't go another season
without a paint job. So Judge
Cunningham asked for volun
teersand about a dozen people
raised their hands.
Trouble was most of the vol
unteers never got around to
working. Weeks went by. Last
Thursday the Judge got an idea.
He painted the name of each
delinquent volunteer-in big let
tersacross the part of the build
ing the man had agreed to paint
That did it-well have a fresh-
painted Hall by the weekend!
From where I sit, sometimes
we have to be reminded of our
obligations. Like every so often, I
try and point out how important
"neighborly respect" is in a com
munity. You may prefer soda
pop. I like an occasional cold
glass of beer. We ought to re
spect each other's choice. Excuse
me now, I've got to go help paint
Community Hall.
Copyright, 1958, United States Brewers Foundation
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