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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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GRETCHEN 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, $4.01 Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
From The
County Agent's Office
By NELS ANDERSON
By N C ANDERSON
Annually about this . time of
the year we receive Inquiries at
Me ornce concerning methods
of preventing damage from rab
bits to newly planted shelter
belts and fruit plantings. If you
are having such trouble you
might be Interested In recom
mendations for rabbit control
through repellents recommended
by agricultural research service
specialists. These repellents can
be easily made at home. The re
pellents are low in cost and the
ARS specialists report good re
sults with repellent treated car
rots. Recipes for the new repel
lents are: 1. add one gallon as
phalt water emulsion and 1
pound household detergent to 1
gallons of water. Mix until
smooth. Add one quart Black leaf
Forty and mix thoroughly. This
gives three gallons of repellent
for about $7.00. For spraying, add
pint of Black Leaf Forty. 2. Add
two gallons of water and 1 gal
lon of asphalt water emulsion.
Stir in 4 pounds Arasan SF 1 X
and mix thoroughly. This gives
roughly 3 gallons of repellent
for a little over $6.00. This for
mula does not make an effective
spray. 3. To one gallon of asphalt
water emulsion, add one gallon
water and stir in 2 pounds of
Arasan SF-X or Tersan 75 and
mix thoroughly. This yields
about 2Yt gallons of paint re
pellent for about $3.00. To make
a spray, add one gallon water
and 1 pound of Arasan, SF-X or
Tersan 75.
One of these repellents mix
tures should be effective for your
rabbit control program, however,
we do not have any Oregon trials
on effectiveness.
Plans were recently made for
an appearance for the Union Pa
car stop in Heppner on January
23. The program this year will
be centered around soil conser
vation with an interesting pro
gram being arranged. A num
ber of authorities on soil conser
vation in Morrow county and
Oregon will participate in the
program. Among them will be
E R Jackman, Oregon State col
lege farm crop specialist. The
program, in light of the impor
tance of soil conservation will
get much advertisement but we
suggest that you mark the date
of January 23, on your calendar
so that you will not schedule
something else for this impor
tant day.
The dates for the annual 4-H
summer school were recently an
nounced by the state 4-H club
office. The dates this year are
June 20 through 27. Summer
school delegates will travel to
and from Corvallis on Saturdays
Monument
From the files of the By MARTHA MATTESON
Gazette-Times The Monument teachers, cus
December 27, 1928 todians and cooks of Monument
At their home on Willow creek j schools enjoyed a dinner and an
below Heppner, Friday evening, j evening of cards last Tuesday at
Mr and Mrs Arthur Parker enter- ;the ranch home of Mr and Mrs
talned a large number of their j Bill Mart. There was a gift
neighbors and friends at a 500 , exchange and a special birthday
party, and the occassion was very 'cake for Robert Gertson. Those
enjoyable. present were, Mr and Mrs Mead
jGilman, Mr and Mrs Ed Rounds,
On Monday, December 31, Mr and Mrs Boyd Hinton, John
there will be a road show demon- lAkers, Mr and Mrs Robert Gert
stration of Melophone, one of the ' son, Richard Drees, Mrs Ruby
new systems of talking-movies, :Gienger, Delvin Van Detta, Mr
with Patsy Ruth Miller in j and Mrs Charles Van Detta, Mrs
"Beautiful But Dumb" coming to Fordyce Hills, the host and hos
tile Star Theater on that date. 'tess. Mrs Clara Flowers and Da-
vid C Stewart were unable to
Mr and Mrs J O Turner and attend,
son, Don arrived Saturday from! The Monument school presen
their home in Salem and are ; ted their Christmas play Thurs
spending the holiday season with , day evening in the gym. It was
Nativity
2 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday, December 25, 1953
folks here visiting the Turners
and Crawfords.
David Hynd was in town Sat
urday from the Hynd Bros Rose
Lawn ranch in Sand Hollow.
W P Mahoney, C L Sweek and
John Kelly were in Condon on
Saturday.
ter and had less scours. Vitamin
A, is the disease resistant vita
min, without it infiamations and
irritations in the intestines,
lungs, uterus and udder result
which can upset a pregnancy.
leaving them a full week for j 0ne of the good sources of vita
an extra gallon of water and acific agricultural Improvement
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A FINE OLD SONS
BEST -
WISHES
FOR
CHRISTMAS
activities on the Oregon State
college campus. A committee of
4-H club leaders and parents in
cluding Mrs Veda Brenner, and
Lloyd Morgan, lone; Kenneth
Peck, Lexington and Mrs Andy
Van Schoiack, Heppner will be
gin making selections of the Mor
row County 4-H delegation short
ly after the first of the year.
Summer school delegates are se
lected from among our 4-H mem
bers who are at least 13 years
of age on January 1, have com
pleted at least two years of 4-H
club work and have successfully
completed all projects enrolled
In the year before. Over-all par
ticipation in 4-H club activities
and extra-curricular activities
are considered in making the
selections.
GONTY'S
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In last week's column, we com
mented on the stockman's short
course held at Washington State
College the week of December
8. One of the interesting dis
cussions was concerned with
abortions in cattle from causes
other than contagious diseases.
The discussion was led by Dr
Charles Andrist, a veterinarian
from Chewelah, Washington. This
was interesting to me since a
number of abortions have occurr
ed each year in cattle in our
county that have been tested and
found free of Brucellosis and
Lepto-spirosis, the two common
contagious diseases causing
abortions. Reporting on a case
of heavy abortions, Dr Andrist
found these to be caused from
cattle eating pine needles which
have been known for many years
to cause such a -situation. The
question, however, is why cattle
should eat needles as everyone
has agreed that pine needles
don't taste good. Since cattle do
not eat them in the summer,
speculation was that the cattle
were looking for something
green. It was found that the
cattle's feed was deficient in car
otlne, the raw material from
which vitamin A is made by the
animal. When a vitamin A sup
plement was provided to tide the
cows over the lag period, when
the vitamin A level was at its
lowest, troubles ceased. Calves
born were stronger, gained bet-
min A is good alfalfa hav. If
the hay is good it can provide
all of the Vitamin -A necessary,
however, if haying time was wet
and rainy; if the hay was cut
at over half bloom; or, if the
storage timelas reached about
six months, then a probable de
ficiency is almost inevitable. If
the deficiency is not met a con
dition is set up for abortions, re
tained placentas and explosive
infections of the reproductive
tract that can end in, the death
acted out by the
children with readings from the
Bible and music by the band,
Director John Akers, music teach
er, accompaniest, Mrs Harold
Cork. 27 pieces of music were
sang and played. The scenery
of the Nativity was painted by
Henry Cupper, Jr; coordinator,
Richard Drees; properties, Meade
Gilman; lights, B Leathers. After
the play Santa Claus had bags
of candy and nuts for the grade
school and little children,
The M M M club held their
Christmas meeting Thursday
afternoon at the home of Ellen
Stubblefield. There was a big
feast at 1:00 p m and the busi
ness meeting in the afternoon,
followed by exchange of Christ
mas gifts. There were 15 present.
The n ext meeting will be held
at the home of Helen Brown
frost occur. Cut the tops back
to within two or three inches of
the tubers and allow the clumps
to dry enough so excess oil can
be removed. These clumps of
tubers can then be stored in a
Ponl. WPll VPntllatoH ctnrtkaa in
of the cow. The best prevention containers of dry peat, sawdust
is to see that our hay is as or sand t0 DreVent desication,
nearly first grade as possible. untll growth starts in the spri
Feed, the second cutting later in
the year, say around the middle The county agenfs offlce
of December on, using the first would like to extend a wish to
cutting for earlier fall feeding. all o our readers for a ver
Late pastures cannot be relied on merry Christmas and a Happy
for good nutrition. If there is pjew year
any aouDt about tne vitamin A
reauirements being met. a eood
vitamin A additive with iodized
salt and bone meal can be fed
beginning at this time of the
year and continuing until grass
is good. This, in the opinion of
Dr Andrist, is a practical pro
gram, and will pay dividends in
better, stronger calves and a bet
ter breeding rate as well as con
trolling spontaneous abortions.
We reported last week that Bill
Weatherford, Heppner rancher
had attended the short course.
Bill evidently was convinced by
Dr Andrist that this practice was
a good one as he started last
week feeding a Vitamin A addi
tive with salt to prevent any such
conditions in his cows and to
get his calves started out right.
on January 8, when they expect
to tie some quilts they are mak
ing for defense work.
The American Legion and aux
iliary held their Christmas party
for the children Friday evening.
Games were played, led by Bob
Holmes and Jack Sweek. After
the games they sang Jingle
Bells, accompanied by June
Hutchinson. When Santa Claus
arrived he gave sacks of nuts
and candy to each' child and
then passed presents to every
one. Potluck refreshments were
served of salads, sandwiches,
pickles and coffee.
A benefit dance was held Sat
urday night after the ball game
between Dayville and Monument,
for Mr and Mrs Glenn Williams
who have had bad luck, she
has been a patient at St An
thony's hospital in Pendleton for
almost a month, since giving
birth to a daughter. She has
had to have surgery two or three
times.
Morris Croker and two sons of
Walla Walla came in Friday
night to spend the weekend with
his brother, Jim Croker and family.
STAR
THEATER
Thurs FrL. Sat, Dec 25, 26, 27
The Law and Jake
Wade
Richard Wldmark, Robert Tay
lor, Patricia Owens.
PLUS
The Hunters
Robert Mitchum, Robert Wag
ner and many more. Thurs.
day show starts at 5 p. m.
Friday ana Saturday at 7 p m.
Sunday, Monday, Dec. 28, 29
Onionhead
Ahdy Griffith, Felicia Farr,
Walter Matthau. Sunday at 4'
6:05, 8:10.
Tues., Wed., Dec. 30, 31
The Badlanders
Alan Ladd, Ernest Borenine
Katy Jurado.
USB GAZETTE TIMES
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MOYER'S CAFE
WE WILL BE CLOSED
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
'At this time of the year there
are a number of questions come
to the office about flower bulb
storage. For those who might
be interested Gladiolus are lifted
when the tops start to lie down.
The tops are cut back close to
the corm and the corms are
dried in a warm dry place with
plenty of ventilation. When dry
remove old corm, and soil and J
store in slatted trays with plenty j
of ventilation in a moderately
cool dry storage. It Is well to
dust corms with DDT as you '
store them. j
Dahlias can be lifted any time
after the fall rains start or light
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