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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Time established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 0 NEWSPAPIR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor .and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Zjsn Us(rbcf4Ti(q)N Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $i.Ql Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Centa. The Next Step in Our School Reorganization will meet again on February 191 million dollars will be expended In Oregon Between juiy i, w and June 30, 1959 in the stepped up program to certify the entire state. Morrow county recently com pleted Brucellosis testing for re certification as a modified cer tified area. Wheeler county is the latest county to reach certifi cation with only a few counties left to clean up In the next few months. at which time plans, costs and other Information will be avail able for the decision on whether to go ahead with the project at once. If such a testing station Is set up It will be invaluable assistance to swine producers who are now trying to make these determinations on their ranches. For over a year the Morrow county school re organization committee has been plugging along under the laws of the 1957 legislature trying to do a job of reorganizing the entire school system of the county. Its Job has been hard, tedious and basically uncomprehenslble to a great majority of the people of the county. Last Nov ember, at the general election, the people voted to establish the county unit school system In Morrow county and when it was approved, many persons thought that their school reorganization had been taken care of. Such isn't quite the case. The approval of the county unit school plan was a big step as far as the Improvement of our school system was concerned, but there are still things to be done. Primarily the voting in of a county unit school plan brought back into Morrow county about $1,000,000 In taxable valuation that could NOT be returned to our county schools In any other manner. If nothing else had been ac complished by that vote, it was worth it. The reorganization board is still working on its overall program of trying to comply with the state Jaw which seeks to make a uniform pattern of school administration throughout the state. In other words, the comprehensive plan the county reorganization board is proposing Is to Include all of Morrow county in one "administrative" school district the ultimate under present Ore gon law. The county unit law provides for an adjustment of assets and liabilities of the num erous districts in the county, but the "admini strative" district plan, which actually is a refine ment of the county unit law, provides the great est possible degree of equalization of financial resources at the local level as can be affected by any type of school reorganization. In other words, the establishment of an "administrative" district composed of all of Morrow county, is the next logical step, and the reorganization board Is now in the process of developing that step. Some of the advantages of a county-wide "ad ministrative" school district is that it would per mit the hiring of special teachers to serve the county as a whole for example the driver train ing program, which could not be put into effect under the rural school law. Also, it will provide (as recommended by the reorganization board) a county school board of 7 members, chosen from zones which are established on a school census basis which would give more adequate represen tation. For example of this Heppner itself, which provides a sizeable percentage of all the school children in the entire county, might have two representatives on the 7-man county board. The determination of this figure would depend on school census. Tom Michos, Portland, owner of the old Hughes ranch, a few miles below Heppner on Willow Creek and his tenant, Art Wat kins, are feeling pretty good these days. Rightly so, for they have had a stroke of good luck that few people have experienced The reorganization committee has been doing' ln this county. Last fall when ODD ENDS... We wonder, how many of our readers noticed that the G-T lost a whole year last week. Through a lapse in proofreading every page of last week's paper was dated January 22, "1958." Guess it didn't make much difference, but we wonder if It will louse up any plans for Ore gon's Centennial. Speaking of the Centennial, Morrow .county as a whole has really been dragging its feet in a great amount of work and study on the school problems In the county and is still working. During the coming week, this committee will hold three public hearings, Monday at lone, Wednesday at Heppner, and Thursday at Board man. The purpose of these hearings is to explain to the people of the county the reasons for the "administrative" district, how it will operate, and why. Following those hearings the committee can advise the state of the steps taken, and the state will then hold a hearing and if given approval, the plan can be put into effect without further elections unless changes of boundary can not be solved during the hearings. This next step, the formation of a county-wide "administrative school district" may appear to many persons as a waste of time, but actually it isn t. J lie laws under which an "administrative1 district operates are more complete and offer additional protections than do the county unit law, though from outward appearances the two plans are much the same. Morrow county has already taken the big step in voting the county unit plan, now it has the opportunity to establish itself ln the "ultimate" position as far as school reorganization can presently go. All the county's school problems will be far from solved by the formation of such a school plan, but the groundwork will then be laid for the solving of those problems. There are matters of school relocation, consolidation, transportation, and many more, and the reoganization committee Is already tackling some of these and a county board will continue the work. Actually, Morrow county has faced up to the job of reorganizing its entire school program much quicker than has almost any other county ln Oregon and it could well lead the way in show ing the others how to get the Job done. It's been a lot ot nam worK lor me memoers oi ine re organization board, and they deserve commen dation for their efforts. The next step is the public hearings coming up next week. Everyone who has any interest at all in our schools should attend those hearings to make his desires known and to get a better understanding of what is being done. The pur pose of the whole thing is to provide all children with a better education for less money if such a thing is humanly possible. If that isn't possible, then to at least do a better Job for the youngsters in the most economical method that can be devised, and still keep the control of our schools in tlie hands of the residents of Morrow county. getting into the swing of things. We still don't have any county organization, but a lot of groups in the various communities have plans under way for observances on our state's birthday, Feb ruary I I. So far, Heppner hasn't, turned a wheel, that we've heard about anyway, except for the efforts of a few Individuals in the beard-growing department. Maybe if we can't do anything else, we can come up with some of the finest whiskers in the state. How about a contest? Mr Watklns took over the Michos ranch, a new home was started and a deep well dug to replace the shallow well which had pro vided water for the ranch for many years. Both were becoming discouraged with the prospect for water when Saturday an artesian well was struck at 202 feet. Look ing at the stream on Monday of this week, it appeared that there was a minimum of 125 gallons flowing from the well. While the well was being dug only for domestic use, Mr Michos and Mr Watkins are busy pre paring for a test pumping to determine the amount of water which might be available for irrigation. 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, January 29, I959 Plans have just been completed for a county wide weed control meeting which will be held at the fair pavilion annex on Mon day, February 9. The meeting is a result of recommendations from the livestock and farm crops committees of the Planning Con ference. They asked that early consideration be given to a step ped up county weed control pro gram with special emphasis on the enforcement of the county district weed law to prevent weed infestations spreading from un controlled to controlled areas. The morning meeting will be aimed at the entire weed control program with a discussion on an nual weed control recommenda tions, results of experiments us ing water and Uran as carriers for 2, 4-D, Slmizan and Diuron results. In the afternoon a dis- ROCK HOUND'S CORNER By BETTY WAGNER The Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society met at the Ho tel Heppner on January 17 for its first meeting in 1959. In the absence of our president, Hubert Wilson, (who, by the way, is beginning his third term in of fice with out the consent of the U S Senate), our vice president, Walter Edger, conducted the bus iness meeting, and the club members voted to use the lobby annex of the hotel as Its club room every third Saturday night of each month. Our new program chairman, Randall Peterson, had a very in teresting evening planned for us. We traveled extensively and did n't even have to move from our chairs or use our credit cards! Dow Corning Corporation's film "Rubber from Rock" showed how common quartz rock is heated to such a high temperature that it yields 98 pure silicon which, after a special chemical engin eering process, is changed from metal to silicone rubber. This rubber has many important and varied uses. Then the film "From Rock Phosphate to Super Phos A four row windbreak which will consist of Caragana, Russian Olive, Black Locust, and Austrian Pine was laid out at the Paul Brown farm this week. The wind break which will be planted as soon as seedlings are received from the state forestry nursery will protect the new home com pleted by the Browns last fall as well as providing shelter for the entire farmstead. Persons interested In wind break plantings should contact this office soon for an order blank for seedlings. We would be glad to assist you in laying out your windbreak if help is needed. This week our office mailed a brochure on the history and cussion win De neui on newer 1, . . .. j tu ,,,,, 0h methods of controlling morning Phtate . showetdh , -1 intriguing methods necessary to Siury ami oiner perennial iiua- - . nWr.uatA fnr ious weeds. The present district i I'v 'ZtLrtm law will be reviewed and action a commercial fertilizer ....... xu. lOur third film took us to the laKen 10 improve me exrsunK county weed program now in ef feet. Rex Warren and Dean Swan, OSC weed specialists will par- 4444 LEGISLATIVE TEMPO Oregon's Centennial Legisla tive finished its second week last Friday with 400 bills introduced. Before Valentine's Day it is ex pected the number will be over 500. The working pace is far better than in average sessions. Con sideration on proposals made by Gov Holmes in his farewell mes sage have had ample considera tion but no action on major sug. gested reforms. Governor Hatfield has indica ted it will be around Lincoln's birthday before his budget and tax recommendations can be pre sented to the Legislature. FASTER LAWMAKING The Legislature could make sustaining appropriations and adjourn March 1. When the question of Who's Whose Secretary of State got to the place where State Treasurer Sig Unander said the law would have to be changed before he would write more checks for state government necessities, the leg islature took over and made an Oregon record for time required beautiful California desert where we learned much of the impor tance of borax in our daily lives in making a law. even to the boron deficiencies1 rpmPra- khi was ;riHn u.it weeu ayctianaia win uai-i . . , -- " ticlpate. The Morrow County that mav cu5 1"our,,own gr.d"! Passed by the Senate and House Farm Bureau, who have beenic,,i- ' r. , anu si&eu.Dy me governor, witn- instrumental in getting this I last fllm and 11 as Z S in 48 minutes- Unless yu refuse meeting scheduled are handline wel1 worth seeing-breathtaking t0 believe.in long arithmetic, arrangements and advertising. une omeni wef we .&u""'e ; uvei Lilt: CUgc wi a vv Breeders of registered beef cat-1 rad PIateau ln a sma11 P1" tie should be interested in a ' and the next we were way down meeting which will be held at ln the can,yns between those the Redmond Grange hall on the ; towering cliff walls with the south limits of the city of Red-,wings of the plane seemingly mond on Tuesday, February 3 trving to refth ou' and touch for the purpose of discussing the them- The P? woud maneuver possibility of forming a state the PlanG on lts s de, when the beef production testing organi- canyons became a little too nar- accomplishments of the HeDDner '7.11 inn. rnnslriprahip intprpst has row and somenow we got Soil Conservation District. The, been shown by Morrow county , through. What were we doing? printing 01 tnis brochure was beef breeders as well as breed TO THE EDITOR . . . PEN PAL WANTED (The following letter arrived this week from Nigeria, Africa addressed to "Hoppner News Paper, Happner, Oregon." But, it got here!) Dear Editor: I hope this letter will meet you in good condition of health as I am here enjoying the breeze of Nigeria. The reason of my letter is that since a year ago, I have been looking for a pen pal but now I come across your name and address from one of my friend. Therefore I took the op portunity in writing you that you will publish this few lines of words. I like your country best espec ially ln the town of Oregon. Please, I beg of with the name of God. Here reads: I am an African boy of IS years with black hair, black eyes, brown in complexion. I want pen pal gents, ladies, man or women. I live in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, the chief seat of govern- From The County Agent's Office By NELS ANDERSON For those who might be inter ested in purchasing bred gilts the Washington Swin Breeders Association have announced their annual spring gilt sale to be held at the Whitman county fair grounds near Colfax on Friday, February 6. Thirty-two bred gilts of the Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Palouse, Pol and China and Yorkshire breeds are being offered for sale. Many of the gilts are from progeny test ed breeding stock with record of performance. The sale starts at 1:30 P M. Catalogs are available at this office for those who might wish to look over the offerings. While we are talking about pigs a number of our Morrow county swine producers will be 17- STAR THEATER Thurs., FrL, Sat., Jan. 29, 30, 31 Harry Black And The Tiger Filmed ln India with Stewart Grainger and Barbara Rush. TLUS The Silent World Outstanding undersea film. Sun., Mon., Tues., Feb. 1, 2, 3 Twilight For The Gods Rock Hudson, Cyd Charlsse, Arthur Kennedy, Lelf Erick- son.. Sunday at 4, 6:15 and ment trade and center. I would also like to have their picture and to exchange gift with them, and those who wants used postage stamps. God will help you towards the end of the life. Amen. Adio Junaid, 21, Atiko Street Lagos, Nigeria B. W. A. interested in a meeting which was held last Wednesday night for the purpose of planning a swine testing station in this area. The meeting was attended by officials from the departments of animal husbandry, both Ore gon and Washington State Col lege, meeting with Wheat Com mission representatives who have indicated an interest ln assisting with such n protect. The Wheat Commission's interest stems from the fact that swine are becoming an important livestock enternrisp ln the area consuming a lot of trie -surplus feed grains which are produced here. Experiences from the Washington Swine Breeders Association which have conducted such a test over the past two years was discussed. It was agreed that the project would be further discussed and plans drawn up on costs, needed facil ities and operations for the pro posed station which could be lo cated at the Umatilla branch ex periment station near Hermiston. The testing station would be es tablished to test the progeny of sire nrouiis including crowth . ... cy 0- - Irate, food efficiency and back fat on the live hogs. The group done by the Empire Machinery Company. Also included ln the mailing was a notice of the an nual meeting of the district which will be held at the Lexing ton Grange hall on Tuesday ev ening, February 3rd. Everyone Is invited to attend. - An annual $20,000 in Brucello sis funds for use in Oregon be tween now and next July 1 has been authorized by the federal government. This will bring to $350,000 the total federal money ers throughout the state for such an organization. The need for such an organization has been 1 stepped up by a number of re quests for indexed tested bulls from other states as well as Ore gon and Hawaii. In Montana, Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association has been organized for some years, livestock opera tors have been able to demand as much as a nickle per pound above the going price for calves. There are instances in Oregon where calves sired by production tested bulls have demanded 2 earmarked for the Brucellosis program here during the current cents a pound premium to a re fiscal year. With the state mon-' peat buyer. A few of the pure- eys available, well over a half i bred breeders ln Morrow county Why, looking for uranium from the air with a scintillator to detect the presence of the metal in the varying strati of the pla teaus. From there on the mining and milling processes and peace time applications of uranium were all absorbing. Our pleasant evening ended with refreshments and now we are all looking forward to our February 21 meeting. Won't you read on. The 1957 regular session of the Oregon legislature acted on 1505 bills, resolutions and memorials in 128 days. If the current sess ion has a similar number of acts and disposes of them at the rate established with the remedial bill, it would require only 24 more days, working six days a week, five hours a day, to wind Continued on i'lt' come and join us then at 8:00 P M in the Hotel Heppner lobby annex. that I have contacted are inter ested in attending this organi zation meeting and at least one will accompany me to the meet ing. For others who are interested I suggest that you contact this office. 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