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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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ROBERT PENLAND
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
The Great Experiment
This weekend will see the start of what might
well be called "The Great Experiment" in con
trolling deer hunters when a big group of Wheeler
county landowners start their "hunting by fee
only" program. How it will work, only time will
tell.
The biggest and best-publicized organization
consists of numerous farmers and land-owners,
including operators of the Hudspeth timber lands,
who have banded together to control hunting on
about 900,000 acres of land. They plan to limit
the number of permits to be issued (at $25 per
season) so that each hunter who chooses to
hunt on this land supposedly will have a better
chance of getting his deer. The owners also plan
to patrol their own areas rather than leave the
Job up to state police and game officials.
There are also other landowners in Wheeler
county who are not members of the organization,
but who plan to charge for the privilege of hunt
ing on their lands. In some cases the fee is more
moderate, but the idea is the same. As far as
we know, no Morrow county farmers are planning
to charge hunters, though a sizeable number of
ranches will be closed to all hunting.
The game commission frowns on the whole
idea, taking the stand that the game belongs
to the general public and that proper education,
such as the Red Hat program, is a better approach.
Legally, however, It appears that if a farmer
wants to charge to enter his premises, that is
his right.
The farmers and land-owners have some argu
ments on their side too. There are few of them
who have not had at least one cow, sheep or
horse shot in recent years. Many of them have
to spend many hours and dollars coTraling cattle
because some careless hunter didn't bother to
close a gate, or rebuilding fences that were torn
down in haste or anger. Several have been shot
at right in their own barnyards and quite a
little machinery ends the season with bullet
holes in conspicuous places.
There is no doubt that there will be a goodly
number of hunters who are going to be mighty
unhappy when they get to their favorite hunting
grounds only to find that they will have to pungle
up $25 for the privilege of stalking the brush
for a little venison. Some are going to conclude
that their hunting license and deer tag gives
them the right, though it never did, to trespass
on private lands.
Morrow county ranchers are watching with in
terest the outcome of the Wheeler county experi
ment. Will it mean that additional numbers of
hunters who normally work the Wheeler county
lands are going to say "the heck with you guys"
and come over here to join the hundreds of
others who normally work this area? If so, then
the local problem is going to be worse. It could
mean that eventually our local ranchers will
be forced to go a fee basis too, to protect them
selves, i m '
We don't claim to know the answer, but we'll
bet that by the end of deer season the whole
idfa will have caused more discussion and dis
sension than anything that has happened around
here in years.
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
October 4, 1928
Bert Bleakman of Hardman
now has the record of the largest
buck killed this season entered
in the Peoples Hardware com
pany contest. His buck, hog
dressed, weighed in at 240
pounds.
W B Barratt and daughter,
Miss Willetta arrived at Hepp
ner on Friday from their home
in Portland.
Among those from Pendleton
Saturday taking in the rodeo
were the Misses Geraldine Tan
son and Ella Pedro and John
Kilkenny, prominent young at
torney of the Umatilla county
metropolis.
ODD ENDS...
This week, October 1 to 8, is National News
paper Week, and it is only natural that we have
a particular interest in this observance. It means
a lot to us, .and to you, too, though seldom do
either of us take the time to consider just how
much. ' .
So that wo won't be accused of being partial
and giving our own "Week" too much play or
promotion, we are going to provide you with a
calendar of ail the "weeks" and "days" that
are coming up during October we're sure there
are enough for everyone. Here they are:
National Letter Writing Week; National Donut
Week; USA Cheese Festival; Restaurant month;
Freedom of Speech Day; Fire Prevention Week;
Sweetest Day (?); Science Youth Month; Better
Living Week; National Macaroni Week; Pretzel
Week; Wine Week (what, no beer?); United
Nations Week; Civil f Defense Week; National
Flower Week; Better ' Living Week; Cranberry
Time; Popcorn Week; Rice Harvest Festival; Navy
Day; Hi-Fi Month; Careers in Retailing Week;
Pharmacy Week; Clean Oil Month; International
Pizza Week; Apple Week; Honey Week; Loyalty
Day Catholic Youth Week; Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week; National Bible Week.
There they are . . . hope you don't get your
donuts, macaroni, pretzels, popcorn, wine and
clean oil tangled during October.
P. S. Oh yes, we nearly forgot National
Newspaper Week, too!
Open season on China pheas
ants and Hungarian partridges
began in Morrow county yesterday.
Before a crowd of 4000 people
H R Hayworth rode Steamboat to
a. finish for the bucking crown
of the Heppner's seventh annual
Rodeo.
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County Agent's News
By N. C Anderson
A number of 4-H club mem
bers and ranchers have been ask
ed about the availability of Till
amook Dairy Herd Improvement
Association heifer calves, at this
time of the year. It looks now
as though we will be able to
get some during early October.
Those who are interested felt that
this-time of the year was a good
time to get the dairy calves start
ed before the winter weather set
in. We have found that it is
much cheaper to get a pick up
load of 12 or 15 dairy calves than
to have them shipped up indi
vidually. At the same time the
calves come through much bet
ter when they are picked up af
ter they have been fed in the
morning and are delivered here
in time for the evening feeding.
Those who are interested in get
ting one or more of these heifers
as a 4-H project or to raise as
a family milk cow should leave
their order at this office.
Several people have called at
this office asking for further in
formation on the light horse
judging school which will be
held at Corvallis on October 10 , community with Charles Daly to
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. October 2. 1958
predicted a severe reduction in
hog prices when spring larrow.
ed hogs begin to arrive at mar
ket. Morrow county farmers re
main optimistic as breeders and
feeders. Newest hog feeders that
we-know of are McElligott Bro
thers, lone and Tom Huston, lone.
Both are using feeder hogs to
harvest shattered and burnt
grain. McElllgott's are running
almost 500 feeder pigs in a field
destroyed by fire this summer
Most of the burnt field contains
undamaged grain heads which
pigs evidently are picking up
well and making satistactory
gains. The pigs are being fed
about 34 pound of a high protein-mineral
supplement as a
part of the ration.
As the 1957-58 4-H club year
draws to an end and the new
club year begins a lot of act
ivity has been taking place. New
clubs are being organized and
interest is being generated in
new communities for increasing
project and enrollments. Last
Sunday plans were laid for the
organization of a new 4-H saddle
horse club in the Butter Creek
Russell Dolven, Lexington has
put on feed two shorthorns; Billy
Doherty, one shorthorn; ' Jerry
Anderson, two Herefords; Steve
and Eric Anderson, each a Here
ford steer; and Tom Martin two
steers one a shorthorn, the
Continued on page 7
IF YOU DON'T MIND stumblin
over those treasures you've
been saving for the Civic
League's Fall Rummage Sale
for just a few days longer
we'll pick them up soon! Call
Mia Bongers 6-9437 or Gwen
Healy 6-9929. 30.31c
The Eastern Star cheer club
met on Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mr and Mrs Fred
Lucas in Lexington.
"Chats With Your
Home Agent"
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Last week was a week of "visi
ting' both in and out of the coun
ty. On Monday, I met with the ex
tension unit's county committee
members at the ranch home of
Mrs John Bcrgstrom, near Eight-
STAR
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Thurs., FrU Sat.. Oct. 2, 3, 4
Summer Love
John Saxon, Molly Bee and
many more. PLUS
Gun Battle At Mon
terey Sterling Hayden, Ted Corsia
Sun., Mon.. Oct. 5. 6
The Bravados
Gregory Peck, Joan Collins,
Stephen Boyd. Sunday at 4,
6:05, 8:10
Tues., Wed., Oct. 7. 8
The Missouri Trav
eler
Brandon DeWilde, Lee Mar
vin Gary Merrill. FAMILY
NIGHTS.
mile. The county committee is has laid the groundwork for an
made up of one member from exchange of project lessons be
each home extension unit in tween women of Morrow countv
Morrow county. This committee and an extension unit in Hilo,
acts as an advisory board to the
county extension agent in feel
ing out the needs and wants of
the people in the county and try
ing to incorporate these needs
into our yearly extension "unit
program.
Members of the committee in
clude: Mrs Milton Biegel, Irrigon,
chairman; Mrs Bryce Keene, lone
-vice chairman; Mrs Jasper My
ers, Pine City-secretary-treasurer;
Mrs Dewey West, Boardman;
Mrs Jerry Brosnan, Lena; Mrs
Al Fetsch, Heppner; Mrs JuJm
Bcrgstrom, Rhea Creek; and Mrs
Millard Nolan, Lexington.
The day was spent in discuss
ing the state extension projects
to be carried out in the county.
Mrs Biegel heads the "Citizen
ship Committee' which involves
the study of Oregon. The "Know
Your Oregon" project lesson to
be held in January this unit year
will Inform the members of coun
ty, and state history. This will
be the units way of celebrating
the Oregon Centennial.
Mrs Ruth Bergstrom is chair
man of the A C W W (Associa
ted County Women of the World)
project. A C W W Is an Inter-
Hawaii. Betty took hor vacation
in Hawaii this summer.. Miss
Sedgewick has supplied us with
a list of homemakers from Hilo
and Mrs Bergstrom hopes to In
terest unit members in the coun
ty to correspond with our neigh
bors across the water. We have
plans to send them our "Oregon
Wheat Products ' lesson in ex
change for one of their lessons
on Hawaiian crafts. It will be a
good exchange and will build
international friendship.
Each one of our committee wo
men brought a small craft to
the meeting in preparation for
the "Holiday Happiness" lesson
to be given in November. Here
is a list of the crafts that will
be given at this project leader
training meeting.
1. Making a felt puree, Mrs
Milton Biegel; 2. Feather cor
sages, Mrs Jasper Myers; 3. Fruit
can footstool, Mrs Bryce Keene;
4. A charm string, Mrs John Berg
strom; 5. A Christmas stocking,
Mrs Dewey West; 6. A yarn San
ta, Mrs Jerry Brosnan; 7. Picture
plates, Mrs Al Fetsch; 8. Beeswax
candles, Mrs Millard Nolan;.
It looks like all of these items
will make anyone's holiday
pie for the Teacher" theme. The
county extension office is sched
uled to put on the January P-TA
program by explaining the 4-H
program.
County agent, Nels Anderson, I
and I went to Moro on Wednes
day where we attended a dis
trict meeting of six counties in
this area. 4-H material and pro
cedure was discussed at this
meeting under the direction of
Cal Monroe, state 4-H club lead
er, of Corvallis. Items of interest
from this meeting are new 4-H
secretary's books that is being
printed that will include about
everything a club needs to know,
(a club Bible), and new 4-H
demonstration booklets and lead
er guides.
The 4-H club council met at
the Bob Brindle home on Thurs-
dal night and reports were given
on the results of the council's
efforts at the Morrow County
Fair. It will be of interest to all
the hard working 4-H leaders
and parents to know that a pro
fit of $269.76 was made on the
4-H dinner and $165.00 was clear
ed on the "milk bar". This pro-
and 11th. Those who have indi
cated plans to attend the school
aie, Mr and Mrs Homer Hager,
Charles Daly and Ronald Currin,
all of Heppner. Registration
forms are available at this office
with registration limited to the
first 120 applicants.
lead the club. This week reor
ganization of a saddle horse club
in the Heppner community is
being carried out. A number of
4-H beef club members are look
ing for top quality feeder steers
to fatten. During the past week
Even though economists and
livestock market forcasters have
fit will help the council to carry
out its 4-H activities this com
ing year.
Plans and committees were
chosen for the 4-H achievement
party to be held Saturday, No
vember 1, in the fair pavilion
in Heppner as a fitting climax
to the club year.
Marja Virkkala?our IFYE stu
dent from Finland, also attend
ed this gathering and informed
the 4-H leaders that she had en
joyed her stay in Morrow county
with the E M Baker family of
lone, and would have many
happy memories of o"ur county.
She left on September 30 for
Hood River where she will stay
for another 3 weeks and then
to Lincoln county to complete
her six months stay in the United
States. I think that all who came
in contact with Marja felt a
little closer to Finland because
of her visit here.
POLICE
Dcn't like speeders so take
it easy on your way to TUR
NER. VAN MARTER & BRY
ANT INSURANCE AGENCY,
183 N. Main Street. We assume
the
CHIEF
purpose of your visit will be
to obtain our insurance advice
and a fine
PINCHES
the family budget so you
might get here in a bad hu
mor. If you are a woman, read
this to your husband. If a
man, read it to your
THE UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE BAND
Washington, D. C
"INTERNATIONALLY
ACCLAIMED"
Colonel George S. Howard
CONDUCTOR
Featuring Famous
SINGING SERGEANTS
and TALENTED SOLOISTS
TRULY GREAT MUSIC
BY A GREAT BAND
HERMISTON
HIGH SCHOOL
Auditorium
Monday, October 6
Sponsored by Hermiston
Kiwanis Club
Matinee, 2 p.m. 50c & 90c
Evening, 8 p.m. 75c & $1.50
national organization which
helps build friendship between happy
country women all over the world Tuesday night I, along with
by supporting its efforts to pro- some 200 parents," went to the
mote international understand-' Heppner P-TA meeting at the
Ing. Betty Jane Sedgewick, state school where everyone welcomed
extension agent from Corvallis, the teachers with a unique "Ap-
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to $30001 Let your Equitable man show you how you can put
operating fundi to work and Kill keep them available for use.
By setting up such accounts, he's helped formers, ranchers,
ad other business men gain thousands of extra dollars. This
pro anal fc backed by the association noted for safety since
189a It's well worth finding out about : just ask your Equitable
man, or send the ooupon.
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your Equitable representative
WILLIAM K. MORGAN
39 S. W. Dorion
Pendleton, Oregon
Phone: CR 6-2421
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Hunters can't be too careful with fire in the woods.
When fire breaks loose it destroys food and cover for
game that took Nature years to grow. Good hunters
are good woodsmen. They are careful with ciga
rettes, matches and campfires.
EQUITABLE SAVLNCS & LOAN ASSN.
Equitsble B, Portland 4, Oregon
Ple8 tell me how operating funds can muie extra dollars.
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Heppner Pine Mills, Inc.
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