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Sjejjjjttfr tortte imps MOHHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppnor Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet etafeliried November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NEWSPAHR PUIUSHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PKNLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL I J U KJ From the files of the Goiette-Timei July 12. 1928 Mr and Mrs Howard of Fort Arthur, Calif are visitors here this week. Mrs Howard Is a sis ter of Pat, Mike and John Healy. The first grain to reach Hepp ner for this season was from the Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter farm of Chris Brown who made Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents, j deliveries at Farmers Elevator ,u warehouse. Fire On The Form Various problems concerning agriculture are widely and continuously discussed. But there's one major problem that we don't hear enough about and its name Is fire. The Department of Agriculture tells us that fire losses on the nation's farms have shown an almost steady increase over the past 18 years. In that span of time, the loss has gone up about two-and-a-half times from $64 million in 1940 to $152 million last year. Fire Is a menace anywhere. It is particularly so on farms. Fire protective facilities are often of limited value, at best, and In many Instances are non-existent or virtually so. When fire strikes, especially in the hot dry season, the chance of a total loss Is high. . Inflation has brought with It another and re lated problem. The house or barn or other struct ure a farmer built 20 years ago will cost twice as much today if it has to be replaced, and per haps more. That goes for equipment and pos sessions of practically every kind, large and small. The consequence is that farmers like most of the rest of us are under-insured. The average property owner in and out of agricul turewill be In for a shock if he carefully inven tories his possessions, totals their value at today's prices, and compares that with his insurance coverage. The wise farmer will periodically re-appraise his holdings in the light of changing prices and values. And he will continually practice fire prevention. A little thought, a little common sense, will greatly reduce the hazards. If that kind of a record can be made on a weekend such as the Fourth, it looks like we ought to be able to do a little better the rest of the time. Showing at the Star Theater Colleen Moore In Naughty But Nice Mr and Mrs Herbert Hynd of Cecil were calling on Mrs Glad ys Ely at Morgan on Sunday. Noticed the other day where a United Nations official estimated that the world's population now is 2 billion persons and that by the year 2000 there will probably be 6 billion. to us. If the bugs don't get It H beforehand, - s Vo 'ew months arrived home Mrs Josephine Mahoney, who along about 1985 or 90. And speaking of varmints, we've been told that other gardners around this section have been losing some mighty nice tomato and other plants to some real sneaky gophers the kind that never kicks up mounds or pokes his nose out of the ground. Our first run-in with these critters was about a month ago when we started losing one tomato plant about every second or third night. At first we accused the nnghbors of a little thelvery, then apologized when we happened to catch one In the act of pulling our biggest remaining plant down Into the ground we just got there in time to see it disappear. We never could find his run Sunday evening, expecting to spend a few weeks of her sum mer vacation with her mother, Mrs Henry Howell. approved conservation practices on reserve land. While some livestock operators have complained recently of a lack of Interest by contractors wanting cattle and calves, a re cent Meat Animals and Wool Re- 4444 SPEED LIMITS UNCHANGED There will be no change in speed limits in Oregon for a long time if the action taken by the Oregon Traffic Safety Commis sion maintains. The commission put the brakes on a motion to adopt the report of its month-old special speed committee, Wednesday. The study committee of seven had conducted hearings and re viewed questionnaires and rec ommended: 1. Limit of 20 miles an hour in school areas. 2. Limit of 30 in urban dis tricts. 3. Limit of 60 In all other lo cations, except that the state speed control board and high way commission could raise or about this wheat. Of much con cern to at least a part of our foreign importers is the fact that they are not able to find White Club wheat of 8 to 9 protein. Many of the foreign customers are buying United States wheat only because they get it free or on special credit terms. Many view report from Oregon State college Indicates that contract- have indicated that if they had tn nnicmL onH , rothar rtm.ht thawing for Oregon feeder cattle Is, to pay for it they would go to he would have been dumb enough to get caught ' coniilng t a lively pace. Con-1 Canada or other competing areas on that kind of a trick anyway, for we had a ! trcts re reported on 37(X) head of production where they could reil smart eoohcr 1 uiusuy uaives aim yeaning , get quality wneais uiai me gcai whnn v, c(ortn,i ,nrHn ,, tnmafnn , steers. 2,000 good and choice 375 . ed to their needs. started with the largest plant and worked his to 400 Pund northeastern Ore .., v,v, r.,,,. rsith au iv,t nit,t gon calves were contracted for the biggest remaining one. He night picking out fu" .La'ves wc;urr 4 s didn't just work, faH at $29 50 for steers Odd Ends . . . Oregon drivers earned themselves a lot of credit over the Fourth of July weekend when they got through the entire three day holiday without a single traffic death. This writer traveled about 750 miles during that time, a lot of It off the main highways just to keep out of the worst traffic, true, and we didn't see one single In stance of careless or "squlrrellness" on the whole trip. up one row and down another, he jumped around and $27.50 for heifers. Another and took the best ones first while letting the of choice lteei calves smaller one grow up. Inasmuch as our entire gardening effort was confined to 12 tomato plants which our gopher has now puller into the ground without a trace, we don't know what he's doing for food. It's been two weeks since he took the last one, but we don't expect him to suffer too much. Any gopher as smart as ours will get along in this world but, he's not getting any more help from us this year. From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson Four more counties complet- Morrow, which was the first ed bangs testing requirements range county In the state to be for certification last month And come certified, will find it eas- two counties were certuiea as modified- brucellosis free areas.. ier to keep herds clean. Sherman Testing was completed in Union, and Umatilla counties have ben Grant, Benton and Deschutes counties. Multnomah and Wash ington were the two counties re certified. With the certification of Union and Grant counties, STAR THEATER Thurs., Frl., Sat., July 10, 11, 12 Sing, Boy Sing Tommy Sands, Lily Gentle, Edmnod O'Brien. PLUS Courage of Black Beauty Sun., Mon., July 13, 14 All Mine To Give Cameron Mitchell, Glynls Johns, Ernest Truex. Sunday at 4, 6:10, 8:20. Tues., Wed., July 15, 18 Desert Fury Burt Lancaster, John Hodlak. Lizabeth Scott. Family Nights. certified for some time and Wheeler Is in the progress of becoming certified now. Reports from the State Department of Agriculture is that a test pro gram will be initiated in Gill iam county soon under provis ions of the new brucellosis test law which provides that the state shall be tested by 1960. Gilliam and Wallowa counties are the only two that have no program underway. U S prices still average below parity for most commodities grown in Oregon. The June 15 list stacks up like this; apples 100 of parity; hogs 98; beef cattle and calves each 96; lambs 82; wholesale milk 81; eggs and butterfat each 757c ; chickens 71; oats and wheat each 70; corn 687c ; turkeys and barley each 67; rye 60 and wool 53 of parity. used for irrigation before August 3, 1955 are eligible for registrat ion. Necessary directions and forms are available from the State Engineers Office In Salem, Oregon. in the north central Oregon area turned at $30 for December de livery. At the Klamath Falls auc tion last week good steer calves topped at $26.25 while a few single heifer calves brought up to $30.75 at Ontario. Reported contracts were written for Ore gon yearling feeder steers for fall delivery at from $25.50 to $26. HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, July io. i9S8 lower maximum speeds In cer tain places. Several portions of the report were challenged by Howard Mor gan, publicity utility commission er, who pointed thaf'accident statistics alone are not a valid measuring stick of relative mer its of fixing speed or basic laws." He said, "I feel that Oregon's law is educational. There are no citations until an officer believes the driver has done a hazardous thing. We hope for a beneficial effect over a period, but under a fixed limit on such a stretch as the Burns-to-Bend highway we might think the law was stu pid when a limit obviously too low was exceeded." Captain Farley Morgan of the State Police traffic safety di vision assured the commission "as far as enforcement Is con cerned we, of the State Police, have no contention with the ba sic law." He told the commission that 96 per cent of those arrested for violating the basic speed rule in Oregon are convicted. NEW JUSTICE TAKES OFFICr Kenneth J O'Connell, 48, of 5 University of Oregon law schoo! staff, was sworn In Tuesday . a Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court "e Gov Robert D Holmes appoin ted him to succeed Justice Brand who resigned to accept a teach ing position in Florida. Chief jiu tice William C Perry swore J. new justice in. The ceremony was held in the governor's offinB HIGH AWARD TO SEN MORSE Two of the nation's top 0ffic Continued on page v FOLLETT MEAT CO. Hermiston. Ore. Ph J07-6651 On Hermiston - McNary Highway CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING WHOLESALE MEATS With harvest well along, it will not be long until seeding time. With the large surplus carry over of wheat from last year added to our 1958 bumper crop it is timely to use some quotes from speakers at the 15th annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association which was held about six weeks This Is the last call for regis tering Irrigation wells and claim ing a vested water right. Farm ers have until August 3 to com plete this registration. Persons falling to do so will lose their vested right and any subse quent water right will be dated according to the date that appli cation is made. Only those wells A new conservation reserve program now set up for next year looks as though It might attract a lot of Morrow county ' nt WoQ Wo0 WmM' farm participation. Now that har-'ton Polnted out was h f vest is being completed in s ome that wheat lg maor , u. par s of the county it might be ural , the Paciflc sNorth. well to investigate the program west with approxlrnately 70 so that , p ans can be made for , lntQ fore, ch'annel3i "eV leaM. Tmt Tthe g.?n' With this large amount being eral highlight of the tenative ovnnrfoH it i mii program for next year Is being I forel custorners are saying I time this fall ruihltpWni nnur as fnllmxe fl t i v The national average annual rental payment to participating farmers will be $13.50 per acre as compared with $10 per acre In previous years of the program. The tenative average annual payment for 1959 in Oregon Is $16 an acre compared with $12 an acre under 1956-58 contracts. (2) County and individual farm payment rates may be determin ed by ASC committees as In past primarily on the basis of relative productivity, rental rates, and agricultural land values. I County committees will have more freedom to make Individ ual adjustments than In the past. Those farmers who put all of the eligible crop land into the conservation reserve will be able to earn the maximum regular payment rate for all reserve acres plus an additional 107o for whole farm participation. In addition to the annual rental payment a farmer who participates in the conservation reserve can get a payment covering a substantial part of the cost of establishing This should not be the case where the Pa cific Northwest has developed the finest quality pastry wheats in the world. We have ideal soil and climate for producing the widest possible range of desir able qualities with six to six teen percent protein. These natv ural advantages are lost when the varieties are mixed together to make a composite of variable and mediocre quality. This is where our wheat farmers come in now. The only way to produce and maintain a uniform product that can be easily handled In warehousing, storing and trans porting with minimum hazards of dilution and no pollution from other less desirable wheats. If only recommended varieties are grown our farmers can ex pect to get higher yield and they will have less trouble with con tamination by diseases which propogate and hybradize on the more susceptible varieties. A good many of our farmers are growing more varieties on their farm than can be adequately' cared and kept separate from each as well as there being too many different varieties in eachi community. Perhaps we should; think this over before seeding (. H. C. HAPPOLD Has Leased HIS SEED WHEAT CLEANING b TREATING EQUIPMENT TO HAROLD ERWIN Your continued use of this service will be appreciated and you may contact Mr. Erwin by calling Heppner 6-5806. 4fr0rfbmMf Rom where I sit ... Joe Marsh Slim's "Pickins" Slim Thomas who owns a used-car lot on the highway proved more than once he can think fast. Last week, for ex ample, a young roofing sales man came in to tay he couldn't keep up the payments on a oar he'd bought. Someone else would have be gun to talk about refinancing or repossession of the car. But Slim looked the fellow up and down and asked him how'd he'd like a part-time job. Now Slim'i got a new sales man. The new fellow's holding down both Jobs and keeps his car too. Everybody's happy. From where I sit, our town is lucky in having a fellow like Slim around. He'i not only a good Judge of a used car, but of character, too. Maybe it's be cause he underitandt others and respects their viewpoints. Slim's one fellow who'd never try to "sell" yon ont of choosing a glasa of beer with your meal, Just because In prefers coffee! Copyright, 19S8, Unittd Statu Brtwvi Foundation mpao Sport Coupe with Body Flshtr. Every window of every Oievy It Salaty Plate Glosi. AM f Vi J Empire Machinery Co. WILL BE Open Sundays FROM 9 TO 1 DURING HARVEST For Parts Requirements EMPIRE MACHINERY CO. 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