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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.
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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!
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