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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Tin Btppaw Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Tim atabllahirf November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 O' NEWIPAPSR PUBLISHERS j ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher ORETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCfATHttl u u guiiimg'.UTTTn Published 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 S4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: Well, there Is something new under the sun, and that is a "letter to the editor" by my very old and valued friend, a good former editor of our local paper, Otheo G Crawford. I well re member the time I first saw Otheo when he arrived in Hepp ner. He was a slender, fine and handsome lad, I think a little younger than myself. In the ear ly days of the Crawford family in Heppner, I used to pal around with an older brother, Neal (or Neil) Crawford. Then I remem ber the day Garfield arrived in our bustling little city. (Stewart Holbrook still says "village.") Of course I far outdistance Otheo, as I was born there, and I know Mr Bert Mason has lived In Morrow county probably long er than I have, but I do not think he is a native of the coun ty. O G was a printer's Devil for a long time and I used to envy him. I set type one winter for Jesse Shelly, who went to Spray and published the Spray Cour ier for a little while. His father was the minister of the Christ ian church at the time, as was 0 G's father in the very early days of the church. Yes I certainly do remember about Addison Bennett and his Irrigon Irrigator, and it was pure carelessness on my part, as I looked up my notes to see if I had really forgotten Mr Bennett, and sure enough, I had not. I remember Mr Bennett very well, indeed. He came over to Hepp ner many times and cleaned up on some of the local expert bill iard players. The billiard and pool tables were in the pastime on the corner where the Masonic hall stands. It was a two-story wooden building. Ed Ashbaugh, Doug Gurdane and other old timers ran this place at various times. But I certainly did not know about the "Weekly Times" pub lished by Homer II Hallock. That was a complete surprise to me. That was the year I was born, so how could I remember? And 1 did not know about Sam Patt ison re-establishing the Hepp- STAR THEATER Thurs., Fri., Sat.. May 15, 16, 17 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Brought back for a third time. PLUS The Twinkle In God's Eye Coleen Gray, Mickey Rooney. Sun.. Mon., May 18, 19 The Deep Six Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix and others. Sunday at 4, 6:05, 8:10. Tues., Wed.. May 20, 21 Doctor At Large Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow. Family nights and Free show nights for anyone living ad jacent to Heppner but outside the city limits and who does not receive mail on a rural route. From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson This week a new alfalfa var- going into silos the past few iety planting was made at the.years Tne iatest to Degin using Don Greenup farm comparing five creeping type alfalfas. The new and relatively new variet ies being compared are Nomad, Rhyzoma, Rambler and Teton. Rambler and Rhyzoma are Can adian developed creeping var ieties; Nomad developed in Ore gon with a new one Teton, from the South Dakota state experi ment station. Approximately two acres each of these four var ieties were planted to compare their ability to stand under heavy grazing. The alfalfas were seeded with a mixture of Inter mediate wheatgrass and tall fescue. On Thursday, May 22 Dean Swan, weed research man with the Pendleton branch station will be In the county to assist the agent in selecting plots where morning glory research work will be carried on this year. Recently the Oregon State college experiment station made plans to establish trials in each of the Columbia Basin counties on new metnoas oi morning silage is Krebs Brothers, Cecil who after the first year say that not only does it make excellent feed but it also affords them a chance to begin haying earlier putting early cut alfalfa in the silo. Since silage can be made during the rain a lot of first cutting alfalfa which is pract ically worthless from being rain ed on can be utilized. Krebs also find that by getting this first crop off early they are able to irrigate their alfalfa fields while there is still water in the creek. For those who have been thinking about making silage, it is not too early to get the silo dug and ready now. A trench silo is easy to dig and shape up with most equipment most ran chers have available, however if the job is left go until it is time to put in the sileage a few days can make a lot of differ ence. About 10 of the hay crop is lost annually in harvesting, storing and feeding. That is eq ual to one whole crop every ten years. What other business can lose 10 of its investment ev- THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette Times May 17, 1928 Next Tuesday 22 of. Heppner's young people will stand in a row to receive diplomas in recognit ion of their having completed the high school curricula with due credit. On Saturday afternoon the house on the George Dykstra ranch some 12 miles southeast of Heppner was totally destroy ed by fire, along with the most of the contents. Results of the student body election held May 11 were as follows: Clarence Hayes, presi dent; Margaret Notson, vice president; Mary Beamer, secre tary; Roderick Thomson, treas ure; Elmer Hake, sergeant-at-arms; Jack Casteel, yell leader; Anna McDaid, , assistant yell leader. C W McNamer, R A Thompson and D O Justus were Heppner stockmen in Pendleton on Sat urday afternoon and evening. Albert Nelson, extensive wheat grower of the Lexington section, was attending to business in Heppner on Saturday. glory control. In an appeal for cooperators, we have received a ery year? Even when hay is number who have indicated cheap it will pay to cut down on their interest in the program. Trial plots of approximately 190 by 120 feet will be used for test ing various rates of weed killer materials at four dates of appli cation. Plots will be selected that are most assessible to with as even an infestation of morn ing glory as possible. The first application is planned for about June 1 depending on emergence. Progress and results of the plots will be reported 'on from time to time. Phil Emert, lone is the first rancher, at least to my know ledge, to begin hay harvest in 1958. Last week Phil was harv esting alfalfa and filling his trench silo. While this may be a little early for hay or silage making it will be only a matter of a couple of weeks until this operation will be In full swing. :This is especially true of those who will be making silage for 'it can be put up earlier than hay. A lot of hay which turns out worthless due to a high per centage of weedy grasses, and from rain damage has been ner Herald. I am very grateful to O G for this information. I saw the fight on Main street by Col Redlngton and Mr Shutt. Mr Shutt was a much younger man and an athlete and very active. But the very next issue of Mr Redlngton's paper was a blister ing arltcle against every thing Mr Shutt stood for. Here is a little article from the "Lexington Budget" of Dec 12, 1889: "To the Budget's knowledge fourteen births oc curred in Morrow county last I month-six girls and eight boys Not bad for a dry season, sup pose the Hunt railroad should strike out by way of Foster, a cross Morrow County, through Lexington and Fossil, and con nect with the Oregon Pacific. Why not? Keep both eyes on Lexington. You will find GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS at the "Lexington Hotel" J W Redford, propr." O M Yeager Castle Rock, Wash WII1III HI ! IHIIII pill IMMWBBWM"""" m INSURANCE TODAY! Don't risk the cotly tragedy oi a vldoiu haSX torm without the protocttoa ei Crop Hail bro once. Cometa today. C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY PH. 6-9625 HEPPNEB these losses by handling hay fast and getting it out of the field quickly. Of course, there many ways besides silage mak ing to cut down on this loss. Some hay men are using plyo film covers, doing a better job of stacking, chopping instead of baling, putting a roof over the hay and in some cases pellet-izing. The USDA last week announc ed an- advanced minimum sup port price of $1.81 a bushel for the 1959 wheat crop. This rate is based on the legal floor of 75 of parity. It is 3 cents above the 1958 support rate because the parity price has gone up. This announced rate cannot be lowered but it may be upped if the parity price rolls up later in the season or supply condit ions change. The wheat growers will be assured that the 1959 support price will be no lower than announced, they will have to approve marketing quotas in the referendum scheduled for June 20. If growers reject the idea there will be no restrict ions on marketings, but the sup port rate as of July 1, 1959 would drop to 50 of parity as required by law. will be held Saturday, May 17 on the farm of Larry Starr of Summerville in Union county. The program will begin at 10:30 am. During the day's program those in attendance will see practices on the farm consisting of grass seedings, ditching, tim ber management and other good farming practices on his 2067 acre operation. E R Jackman, Oregon State college, will be main speaker. A tour of Mr Starr's prize herd of Polled Here fords and his hog operations will be held during the morning sess ion followed by a free barbecue lunch. Morrow county wheat growers will be interested in making note of this field day and plan to attend. With sheep shearing season here again, it is time to think about saving the best looking fleeces for county, state and nat ional wool shows. If you haven't been able to mark the sheep hav ing especially good fleeces be fore shearing, there is still time during shearing to set aside at tractive and good fleeces. Big fleeces with the brightest color, longest staple, most crimp and most uniform fineness or grade throughout will rate highest in shows. There should not be wide difference between fine and coarse fibers from shoulder to breach. Also fleeces should not have excessive non-wool mater ials such as sand, wool grease, seeds, hay, straw burs, paint and stained wool. Non-wool ma terials not only add to fleece shrinkage but also detract from fleece appearance and reduce chances for a good showing. Fleeces should not show weak spots or breaks in the wool fib ers. Fleeces with kemp, hair like fibers, or black colored fib ers are taboo for shows. It Is a good idea to set aside several fleeces from which to choose the superior ones to exhibit. Clean wool, heavy weight, long staple and over-all quality or excel lence will determine the final choice. When a wool judge has two fleeces of similar quality from which to choose a winner which one will take the honors? The one most carefully arrang ed and tied. First spread out the fleece on a clean table or floor, skin side down taking care not to pull open the fleece as it is handled. The fleece will look much like a pelt or hide. At this stage, before rolling or tying, re move all heavy tags, stained wool and obvious foreign mat ter. After rolling the fleece and tying it carefully, finally wrap the fleece in heavy brown paper, place in a strong cardboard box, and store it in a clean, dry place until show time. We hope we will have many fleeces at the county fair this year! HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, May 15, 1958 Each day we continue to get reports at this office concerning the increase infestation of mice and squirrels. Mice infestations 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 4-H .-.rp esnpriallv noticable at plow- the annual ,ia M rail Ma V which Will ny iiintr. lie uuiu "-- - - i o to the attention of everyone the recommendation made at the re cently held County Planning Conference. The recommendation was made that mouse and squir rel control be a regular practice such as other farm operations. The only known control is con tinued baiting when infestations build up. This office handles a fresh supply of both zinc phos phide and strychnine poison oats for control purposes. The bait is mixed by the U S Fish and Wild life Service and is sold at cost. Recently plans were made for livestock field be held again this year at the Freddie and Nor man Nelson ranch north of Lex ington. Nelsons have been host for this field day for the past three years. During the day live stock club members will have the opportunity to fit, groom and show, and judge classes of live stock consisting of beef, sheep, swine and dairy. The training given during the day will be helpful to those who will be ex hibiting on June 9, 10 and 11 at the Oregon Wheat Growers League as well as those who will have exhibits at the county (Continued on Pag 5) II 1 1 1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IIIIHIIII Illl II IJ 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 i Oscar Peterson The annual state Conservat ion Man of the Year Field Day 1) I' i" f' ;V j K ' 7 1 V i 4 ' I xi . ! VOTE FOR DELMER BUSCHKE Republican Candidate For COUNTY ASSESSOR Life Long Morrow county Resident Capable, Dependable Pd. Adv. Delmer Buschke, Heppner, Oregon A.i.rtr IJUt ( n yur0'ce WITH FAMOUS BOYSEN HOUSE PAINT Boysen gives you a full range of colors in its top quality house paint. . . you may choose any color, or combination oi colors, and always match with Boysen. 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