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ipjmw fee tti QfattMJ MORHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The leppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NIWSPAPEt PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRBTCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ri&l hsS0C5r8N Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.0") Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. TO THE EDITOR . . . To The Editor: You are probably tired of me by this time, but I have a few excerpts from a long letter I re ceived on August 25 from Mrs M R Abbott, of Berkely, Calif ornia. Mrs Abbott was Marian Redington, the second oldest daughter of Col John Watermel on Redington, and much of the letter was about her father. Ex cerpts follow: "I can remember Leah Minor (Stanley's sister) and Blanch Redfield, who died In the flood of 1903. I must have been ten and a half years old when we went to Heppner in 1900, as I From The County Agent's Office Livestock operators holding range land leases with the Bur eau of Land Management are reminded that the grazing dis trict advisory board will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, September 25. The meeting will be held at the county agent's office beginning at 1 pm. Graz ing applications will be acted upon and anyone with questions or problems are invited to at tend. September is the month that 4-H club members are complet was born Dec 2, 1889. I was in Ing their records for the year the sixth grade, and I can re- and submitting completion cards member being in two different to their leaders for recognition rooms, upstairs in the wooden later on of a job well done. Corn- school on the hillside. We had pletion cards, and record books to climb several flights of stairs which will be judged, are due to get there, I think my father must have bought back the Gazette early in 1900. He told me In later years October 1st. then begin. The new club will Reorganization of exis ting that he was on his way home clubs ndu organization of new from the Indian wars when he first visited Heppner. On hearing that he was a journeyman prin ter and had been a reporter for large papers in San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Portland, the local business men wanted him to take over the very small press of the new paper which had just been started a few months be fore. He had only "six bits" In his pocket as no army pay was voted by Congress that year, but the soldiers were paid off In script. The business men of Hep pner signed notes for him so he could buy the press, type and ones will be underway soon. The Hoof and Horn Livestock club of the Heppner community has won the distinction of being the first club to turn in its enroll ment for the 1958-59 club year. This club was organized last was a large order, and It seems to have been censored In subse quent editions. Maybe after the railroads started issuing free mil eage to editors?" "I can remem ber Owen Wister being at our house In Heppner, He and papa went out on a hunting trip for paper and ink, so he went ' to eral days- 1 ,thlnk Mr Wlster 1 1 ' Jt J 4. . . .li.t- 1 1 A. work and Inside of a year he had everything paid for and had money in the bank. He built himself a comfortable home on the hillside, and hired a Chinese cook. I have a copy of the Hepp ner Gazette dated March 13, 1884, which Is Vol 1, No 51. The mast head on the paper contains the following: "It Is an Independent Local Paper, owning its own soul, pay ing 100 cents on the dollar, is run as a legitimate enterprise, and not as a charity shop or begging institution. It will wear the collar of no clique, party or faction, but will work for the best Interests of the people." End of masthead: "Seems to me this STAR THEATER Thurs.. Fri., Sat- Sept 18. 19, 20 From Hell To Texas With Don Murray, Diane Varsi PLUS Diamond Safari With Kevin McCarthy Sun., Mon., Sept 21. 22 Proud Rebel Alan Ladd, Olivia dellavll and. Sunday at 4, 6:10, 8:20. Tues., Wed., Sept 23, 24 Melbourne Rendezvous did not stay with us long, but we were much Impressed because he thought we ought to address him as "Sir". We had not been taught to do this, and I suppose he thought we were little sav ages. He brought us a wounded magpie which we tried to nurse back to health, but alas, the cat got it. I remember a letter among Papa's papers, from Mr Wlster, acknowledging use of story material which he had sold to the Saturday Evening Post. "I don't know whether you ever heard of the time my father was waylaid by the editor of the ri val newspaper (Heppner Times) and beaten almost to death. They had been feuding for a long time in the editorial columns of their papers, and I suppose papa must have been mightier with the pen than with the fist and boot, as he got the worst of it. I think the rival's name was Shultz or some other German name. (Was named E M Shut) He went up to the courthouse and paid $5 as a fine for assault and battery, so there was no re course. This happened when we were all living in the house with the creek (Willow) running through our back yard. The, house must have been swept away in the flood. . . Papa was called "the Bill Nye of the West" and was known far and wide, as he exchanged with many leading newspapers, and was frequently quoted in them. He never lost From the files of the Gazette-Times September 20, 1928 ' J D Cash of Walla Walla, ac companied by Mrs Cash and their two children, were Heppner visi tors Sunday. Mr Cash, who will be in charge of the J C Penney Co store, to be opened in Heppner In March, was very favorably Im pressed with the appearance of our little city. Just one week from today, next Thursday afternoon, the gates of Heppner's seventh annual Rodeo will be thrown wide with what president McNamer declares will be the opening of by far the best wild west exhibition ever at tempted locally. Election . nf officers was the when officers were elected and i Drineinal matter of business at new members enrolled. Officers the regular meeting of Heppner for the new year are president, I Post No 87, American Legion, Douglas Anderson; vice presi-1 Monday evening. Earl Gilliam dent, Ronnie Jones; secretary, was elected commander, W E John Wagenblast; song leader, Moore, vice commander, Alva Susan Drake and news reporter, Jones, adjutant and Harold Cohn Judy Jones. New members to join ' and Paul Gemmell members of the club were Alfred and Susan 'executive committee. Drake, Steve Wagenblast, Mike and Steve Warren; all of these L E Bisbee and family expect members are carrying swine pro- to leave the end of the week for jects as a result of a 4-H pig palo Alto, Calif where Orrirt will scramble. The nine members of i enter Stanford University as a the club are carrying swine and freshman at the beginning of fall uttuy jjiujttis. L,eauer or tne ciud term. is Marcel Jones, Heppner who reports that boys or girls who are at least 9 years old by Jan uary 1 of this year are invited to join this club. By N. C. Anderson Sunday at the Marcel Jones home Announcement has been re cently made by Oregon State col lege that there will be again this year a light horse judging short course. The short course was rescheduled because of the rapid growth of pleasure horse clubs and shows throughout the state. For those who might be interested, we have at this office information on the program, pur pose of the school and entry blank. An enry fee of $10.00 is required and the entries are lim ited to the first 120 applicants. Registration blanks are also available for the short course which will be held at OSC Withy combe hall on October 10 and 11th. With Increased interest in 4-H saddle horse clubs here in the county those who are planning to lead them would find this short course very helpful. Inter est is being shown in the Butter Creek, lone and Boardman areas can understand for organizing 4-H saddle-horse clubs as well as the reorganizat ion of these existing clubs in the Irrigan and Heppner communities. agreed that It was the Indians that gave the Round-Up it's color. The Indian youngsters dressed in all their finery stole the show! It's amazing how naturally these young ones do the Indian dances. Traditions have not died even in this modern world. It was also the first Round Up for Marja Vlrkkala, I F Y E exchange student from Kausti nen, Finland, who is a guest at the E M Baker home in lone. Marja (pronounced Marle-a) has been with the Bakers since Sep tember 3rd. I visited her at the Baker's home last Wednesday and she really has become one of the Baker household. I found her dressed In a summer cotton and her bare feet thrust into thong sandles she looked no different than any rancher's duaghter in Morrow county. She has difficulty in speaking the English language, but under stands it well if she is visiting with you alone or in a small group. "Newspaper men talk too fast," says Marja, "I cannot keep up with them. If you talk slowly, I Quite a number of new plans for farm buildings and equip ment have been made available recently by Oregon State college agricultural engineering depart ment. These plans available at this office are for such things I think she does remarkably well I can well imagine what difficulty I would have if I were living with a Finnish family in her home country. Marja visited the Boardman fair last Friday afternoon. We had a short program for the fair visitors when Marja showed a motion picture film on Finland and several slides. of a fair in Finland. She appeared in her native costume a red wool skirt with a white linen blouse and as variable height loading chute cattle stock, farm gates, cattle preen linen apron. She remark squeeze chute, cattle hay rack, 'ed that these native costumes breeding crate for hogs, farrow-1 wore worn for holidays such as ing stalls, farrowing house, self j "Mid-Summer' Holiday", (June feeder for hogs and a pig pro,- duction plant. These along with other plans available at the of fice provide quite a selection for those who are interested in building. "Chats With Your Home Agent" 21st), fairs, folk dances, etc. "It's just like the cowboy cloth es you wear to your rodeos," com mented Marja. I was surprised at the many fine exhibits at the Boardman fair. The fruit and vegetables, to me, were especially outstand ing. There were over ten booths put up by 4-H clubs, extension units, grange, and church groups. You could surely see that several people had put in many hours of work to make the fair a sue- By ESTHER KIRMIS I m horn tin Incr tr fnol ML-n n i real "westerner" now - I've seen Fess- The fair might be small, the Pendleton Round-Up! Since ut 1 b4r'n8s Prlde and satisfact I first hit Morrow county in June'0" t0 lt?e. PpP "f thc ,B?ard- hl9 wnu nf hnmnr inH inn dill lnm,in liau tr.1,1 ma ihat tlio "lrtn all(l imgon COinmUnilieh. wisecracking from his wheel- i Pendleton Round -Up is a must! chair In his last years. My sis-; My sister has been visiting me ters wrote that they had enjoyed ; the past two weeks so I could their visit with you and Mrs think of no better introduction Yeager. If you come to Berkely, to the west than Journeying over Mr and Mrs Frank Ayers at tended the recent state fair in Salem. MAY BE GOOD-BYE CONCRETE Oregon highway commission ers and engineers want to know whether the cost of concrete pav ing, said to be decreasing in oth er states, can be brought down nearer that of the lower priced but shorter-lived asphalt surfac ing. At the conclusion of the State Highways commissions Septem ber meeting, Friday morning at the Capital, instructions were given Engineer W C Williams to call for bids for concrete surfac ing of a new four-lane, seven mile section of Pacific Highway between North Albany and Leb anon Road. The project is a test case to guide further surfacing decisions. Williams reported that main tenance costs on the Salem-Port-land freeway, paved with asphalt, are $1,000 per mile per year, while there is virtually no main tenance cost with concrete for the first ten years. The commission approved a $195,767,429 budget for the 1959 1961 biennium, a $15-million in crease over the budget for the current biennium. The commission decided to hold Its next meetings in Salem Oct 22-23 and Dec 11-12. LEGAL ATMOSPHERET Why is it that Willamette Uni versity Law School Students con sistently lead in the percentage of graduates who pass the Ore gon State Bar examinations each year year after year? Some esthetics are saying It could be . the environs of the school that inspire the law-minded, students. Its just across the street from the majestic Capitol and other harmonizing state gov ernment buildings. Local Demo crats (some from the Capitol) are saying its the repute of the officials in the buildings that's inspiring. Republican retort is that the stately buildings do all the inspiring, This year Willamette Univer sity Law School had a passing average of 85.3 percent. Univer sity of Oregon Law School had a 78.9 percentage of success. At Northwestern College of Law 55 percent passed.. DEMO CAMPAIGN STARTS The Democratic pre-election campaign kicks off in Linn 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. September 18, 1358 Choice Beef Curs To Drop in Price Until Late Fall Narrow price spreads between hamburger and choice beef cuts may shrink even more during the next few months, reflecting livestock trends shaping up County Friday Sept 19 when Congressman Charles O Porter of Eugene will visit several areas including Mill City, Lyons, Scio, Lacomb and others to be added to the agenda. On Friday evening he will be joined in Albany by Senator Richard L Neuberger and both will give joint talks at the Al bany Hotel at 9 p m. The next day Porter will appear at the Jane Jefferson pancake supper at Sweet Home between 6 and 8 pm. The congressman will speak after the supper at the CIO hall, the session will co incide with the monthly meet ing of the Democratic women. A forthcoming date will see the appearance of Senator Wayne L Morse In Linn County. URGES MORE ARRESTS More arrests in traffic accident investigations and greater use of chemical tests for Intoxication were among recommendations made Wednesday to Oregon Traf fic Safety Commission members by A P Bunderson, district direc tor for National Safety Council. Bunderson's remarks were bas ed on analysis of 1957 traffic safety activities in Oregon. Also recommended was more man power, for state police, traffic and highway engineering, driver li censing and Oregon Highway Lifesavers Committee. Other recommendations inclu ded doubling the number of traf fic safety films in the state li brary and encouraging their use, expansion of school driver train ing programs, traffic safety train ing for teachers and tests for driver license renewals, NO JOBLESS PAY The State Unemployment Com mission ruled this week that more than 1800 Oregon members of the Teamsters Union will not be paid unemployment benefits. The commission cited a law which denies benefits to workers involved 1 n labor disputes. Trucking firms In 11 western states shut down after California teamsters struck several truck ing firms. The commission said the ruling has been made in individual cas es, but that they can be appeal ed to commission referees. throughout the country, reports W Y Fowler, Oregon State col lege livestock marketing spec ialist. v Cattle held for additional "fin ish" with relatively cheap feed this summer will soon be reach ing market at considerably heav ier weights than those sold last fall, Fowler says. As a result, fed cattle prices are likely to drop to 1957 levels and remain there until late fall, bringing food buyers their low' est prices this year for choice beef cuts. At the same time, cows and lower grade beef animals that supply most of the hamburger are being held back from mar ket. Cows and heifers are being kept to build herds for what looks like another good year, Fowler says. This, along with abundant feed, will keep cows and calves high in relation to prices of fed cattle, he adds. The recent decrease in cattle numbers appears due for a re versal, says the specialist. The recovery in cattle prices during the past 18 months, along with large supplies of grain and for age, seems to have set the stage for another build-up in herds. Beef prices, generally, are like ly to hold at present levels for the coming year as herd build ups get underway. The specialist then looks for the price level to move upward In 1960-61 when the greatest "holding back" of cattle is likely to take place and when slaughter may be the lightest. THE STAR THEATER is PROUD to present THE PROUD REBEL, Technicolor story of a man, his boy and their dog. Sunday pnd Monday. All this, PLUS "Vapor Trails," marvelous col or photography showing the acrobatic team of the Thunder birds, in jets, doing tremen dous gyrations-and Walt Dis ney Cartoon. SEED GROWERS The rent per hive of bees will be around $8.50 next season. That is, if you can find bees at any price. Avoid this expense by ma king available permanent locations for SMITH APIARIES Phone 6-5330 Heppner V ...with your Brea Brand J M Y Solution Man yK j Cheapest Fertilizer Saves $5 per acre... I hope you will come to see me.' Signed Marian R Abbott. O M Yeager to Pendleton to take in the works rodeo, Happy Canyon pageant, and Western Ho parade. We were Castle Rock, Wash. both thrilled with it all and both Su-purn comfort! Housewarmer Heat Standard Furnace Oil with exclusive Detergent-Action Thermlsol not only gives you the cleanest, most comfort able warmth possible, but also cleans your burnei system for low-cost, effi cient operation. For top performance In circulating heaters, get super refined Standard Stove Oil. Our budget plan lets you spread the cost of your fuel over 10 months-wlth no Inter est or service charges added. For prompt DOUSEVAJtMEl levice, call L E (Ed) Dick. Heppner. Ph 6-9633 L F (Peck) Leathers, lone Ph8-712S Z2X STANDARD HtATIWG OILS f 7 7 Pi x J lie tx t watch how fast , ' The Good Light Beer will disappear HciOdbcm Sow Brewed fa 1 v--iJ How much can I taut r) per acre by buying tht cheapen Itruuitr potubttl How can lerlUuer rate affect my profit per ocrtt -it! Jill 1 1 ci&fjrs-u it I Most Profitable Rate Earns $18.72 per acre Whaft the bett uv to find out how much nitrogen i $AOUla u$t? Where can I tet the beet help with quick tittue teett p my cropef I Thia deoends on rata aDDlied. of course, but here', an example: A recent study of San Joaquin valley cotton fertilization (bowed a difference ol 2.5 cents a pound between the highest and lowest cosU of nitrogen and phosphate. The average useage wa 200 lbs. per acre of N and P combined. The biggest savings possible, therefore, was 200x 2.5 cents -or $5 per acre. In the same San Joaquin Cotton study, it was shown that the most profitable rate of N... established with the help of an experienced fertilizer dealer... produced 1250 lbs. of lint However, 20 lbs. less N per acre produced only 1187.6 lbs. The difference of 62.4 lbs. of lint, at 30 cents a pound, amounted to a -profit gain of $18.72 per acre for the most profitable rate of N. The most profitable rate of nitrogen is the one which lasts in the plants up to a certain "cut-off point after which no more nitrogen is needed for yield. To find this "cut-off point3, apply three different rates of nitrogen and nse quick tissue tests during the growing season. When you compare results of these testa with differences in yield, youll know which will be the "most profitable" rate next year. Brea Brand dealers have been using quick tissue tests for four years, on all Western crops under all kinds of conditions. 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