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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timei established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NEWSPAPER BLISHERS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Subscription Rates: Morrow and WATER BONDS ARE VITAL Heppner residents are being asked to vote next Tuesday on approval of a $160,000 bond issue to provide money for the completion of the city's main water feeder line from the Willow creek wells to town. The project is important to every one here, for nothing means as much as does a pood water supply. The city council hopes, and has many reasons to believe, that it will be able to purchase and lay the needed six or more miles of pipeline at considerably less than the $160,000 that is being requested for the bond issue, but it asked an engineering firm to survey the project and give an estimate. The $160,000 was the figure given which took into consideration all possible con tingencies. When professional advice Is requested it should be followed. The council, however, feels that by altering slightly the pipe specifications, possibly using the city water department crew for the laying of the line rather than contracting the work, and a little luck on Its pipe bids, that it may be able to lower the overall cost by as much as $30,000 or $10,000. If such proves to be true, the actual cost of the project will be In the vicinity of $120,000 instead of $160,000, and only that amount of bonds will be sold regardless of the amount the people might approve. The pipeline is badly In need of replacing for most of the present line is over 30 years old and was constructed of old-style concrete pipe which allows seepage and leakage. The present old line (that which hasn't been renewed In recent years) is in such poor condition that nearly 25 of the water that Is put Into it from the city's wells leaks out before it gets to town, and frankly, the city doesn't have that much water From The County Agent's Office By NELS By N C ANDERSON vuue some interest is Deing shown by Morrow county swine breeders in the Washington Swine Breeders Association spon sored bred gilt sale which will be held at the Whitman county fair grounds west of Colfax on Friday, February 6. The breeding stock will be shown Friday morn ing beginning at 9 a m with an exhibition and cut out value of barrow carcasses from this barrow show to be held on the 5th. The breeding stock sale will begin at 1:30 P M. Thirty two bred gilts including Borkshlres, Chester Whites, Duroc, Ilamp shires, Palouse, Poland Chinas and Yorkshires will be sold. E M Baker and Son, lone and liermiston have recently purch ased two excellent type Short horn bulls which should add to the Improvement of our beef STAR THEATER Thurs.. Fri.. Sat., Feb. 5, 6, ! Buchanan Rides Alone Randolph Scott, Craig Stev ens, Jennifer Holden. PLUS Campbell's Kingdom Adventure in Canada's mag nificent Rockies Sun., Mon.. Tues., Feb. 8. 9, 10 In Love And War Robert Wagner, Dana Wyn- ter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope, Lange, Slieree North. Sunday at 4, 6:05 and 8:10 mmatmm:j:::jmjat:m:tananm:taatKta:mn:nt PRESSURE ThrVt a lot of it In tht iniuronc builrwn, tipodatty from th "out-of-town", "cut-rot" and "bifl-dlvldond" taltimtn. Many timot th btntfitl or almoit Inviitbl. Exprlncd Imuran hvyrt or rowly mliM. Tw oof of thr ploc thtlr bui!rt with local, Indtptndtnt ogtntt whom thy con dpnd upon not only bfor a Ui but afterward. C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY For All Your Insurance Neods PHONE 6-9625 HEPPNER, ROBERT PEN LAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Grant Counties, $4.0"! Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. value of an be measured OTHERS no secrets. But out which no ANDERSON , herds. The bulls were selected e irau ucai Odessa, Washington. Both bulls are from the old Walter's herd sire Imported from Scotland. A few days ago this office received a copy of the new Ore gon Weed Control Handbook. This handbook Is comparable to th. mn.i t,.-! . many of our people have been using during the past two or three years here. It is a ring bound mimeograph prepared by the weed control workers at Ore gon State College. The handbook contains Information on physical properties of chemicals, selective weed, control in field crops and horticultural crops. Weed con trol in turfs, aquatic weed con trol chemicals chemical brush control, common weeds, use of soil sterllants, ground spray and dusting equipment, some useful tables and a glossary. The hand books were prepared principally as a quick reference for county agents, but there are extra cop ies for sale at the Coop Book Store at Corvallis. These sell for $2.50. This book has some spec ial value for commercial appli cators, retailers of herbicides, field men and so forth. The 16th annual trl-county Hereford Association will be held at the Union county fairgrounds at 1 P M, Tuesday, February 10. Fifty horned and polled Here fords will be offered for sale. On Tuesday of this week the county agent accompanied by Herbert Ekstrom, lone Hereford breeder attended a meeting of livestock operators at Redmond for the purpose of discussing beef cattle performance testing. Six teen central and eastern Oregon counties were represented with over 35 purebred and commercial cattlemen present. The value of beef cattle performance testing and experiences of several state testing groups as well as the OREGON BOX 611 $ NATIONAL EDITORIAL AScjwTlgjN to waste. It costs money to pump It from the wells, and It doesn't do anybody any good if It runs back Into Willow creek before It gets to Heppner. The new line will give the city a completely modern, sanitary water feeder system with ample capacity to serve this area for many years to come, barring some entirely unforseeable popu lation boom. If the replacement had been done 10 years ago, it would have cost probably 25 less than today. But by the same token, if we wait another five or 10 years it could well cost an additional 25 or more than it will now and in the meantime, we could badly need the water we are not able to get. The bond issue will be paid off by means of a combination of taxes and increased water rates, and will be retired in about 15 years. This. newspaper strongly recommends that the bond issue be given approval by the voters. It is a major project which must be faced by the city. It would be a major tragedy if we were to run out of water one of these summers. The adequate water supply can hardly in dollars and cents. THINK Labor columnist Victor Riesel writes: "I have I have the word of Russian spec ialists who are constantly talking to those from behind the Bolshol border that Comrade Prime Minister Khrushchev has run the Soviets Into desperate trouble. There are eyewitness accounts of terrific industrial disruption, new forced labor battalions and the simple breakdown of vast quantities of intricate electronic equipment with modern state can compete with us." National Performance Registry Association was discussed. As a result of the day's meeting a committee composed of Scot Warren, Klamath county Angus breeder; Larry Williams, Grant cnnntv nurelirprl ITfrphrpr1 hropH. er; Pridy Holmes, purebred and commercial Hereiora breeder op erating in three central Oregon counties; Claude Williams, Lake C0Untv purebred Hereford breed er and Phil Kuhl, Grant county Shorthorn breeder were appoint ed to investigate the opportuni ties and possibilities for an Ore gon Association and to report u " ia"u" "u o ack at a general meeting to be held in early June. Livestock operators interested in beef performance testing are urged to contact this office or Herb Ekstrom, lone for further particulars. An interesting project Is under way as a part of the Centennial program for Oregon as the ex tension service probes farm lands with soil augers of those farms that have been farmed for 100 years or longer. County ex tension agents in the 15 counties where century farms were rec Ognized last year are gathering soil samples which will be test- ed in the state soil testing lab-!of oratory at Corvallis. It is hoped that through this soil testing pro gram of these older farms that (1) useful and constructive his torical facts pertaining to agri culture and land use and (2) basic facts about Oregon soils that may need further study will be revealed. The soil testing started early in January and will be continued through mid-February. Results of the survey will be available early in May and will be announced during Ore gon's annual Conservation Week. The Northwest Plant Food As sociation aided by the National Plant Food Institute will pay for the chemical work at the soil testing laboratory. Counties with 1958 century farms are Ben ton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josep h 1 n e, Lane, Linn, Marlon, Multnomah, Polk, Wasco, Yamhill and Wash ington. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS From where I They're already pouring foundations for Smiley Roberts' new (tore, now that the old house on the place has bern torn down in record time. "Those wreckers sure did a fast Job," Smiley explained with a chuckle. "Of course, I helped speed things up myself. "Someone found a letter be hind a rafter. Gave me an klui. I put $30 in an envelope, hid it, then 'discovered' it right under their noses. After that, the boys worked so fast I gave them that thirty dollars as a bonus!" Copyright, l'h9, From the files of the Gazette-Times February 7, 1929 (Editor's note The 30 years ago column has been missing for a month because the 1929 files was missing it has shown up so we can continue the col umn.) The total snow fall at Heppner since the storm began is report ed as 42 inches by Frank Gil liam, local weather man. The junior class of Heppner high school will present "The Charm School", a three-act co medy at the high school audi torium, Tuesday, February 12. Hugh and Harvey Smith, far mers of the lone section, were attending to business affairs In Heppner yesterday. George McDuffee arrived home from Portland on Tuesday, driv nig in from The Dalles, where he had left his car. He found the highway in pretty good shape between that city and Heppner, He states that the Columbia River highway is open on into Portland, but it is pretty icy and traveling none too safe. Heppner town team edged out their opponents from lone in the last quarter of a fast game Tues day night. Playing for Heppner were Doherty and Thorn, for wards; Beighle, center; Poulson and Ferguson, guards. Boardman Girl Wins School Award By MARY LEE MARLOW Barbara Anderegg, high school senior, has been chosen the 1959 Betty Crocker Homemaker of To morrow from Boardman school. She received the highest score in a 50-minute written examina tion on homemaking knowledge and attitudes taken by senior girls. She received a homema king pin manufactured by Jos- ten's, which represents the slo gan, "Home is Where the Heart Is." Her paper will be entered in competition with those of other school winners in the state to name the state Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. The test Is designed and judged by Science Research Associates. Each state Homemaker of To morrow will receive a $1,500 scholarship from General Mills, an educational trip April 410 with her school advisor to Washi ngton, D C colonial Williams burg, Va, New York City and Minneapolis and she will be a candidate for the title of All American Homemaker of Tomor row. The school of each state winner will receive a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Gen eral Mills award a $500 scholar ship to each state runner-up. Winners are being chosen for 12,260 schools in the nation which enrolled 349,150 senior Virls. the largest nnmher nf nnr. jticipants in the five-year history the scholarship program, The im9 Ail-American Home- maker of Tomorrow will be an nounced in Minneapolis, April 10 at the American Table Din ner in the Leamington Hotel's "Hall of States." The scholarship of the All American Homemaker will be in creased to $5,000. The national runner-up will receive a $4,000 grant, third place winner a $3,000 award, and fourth place winner a $2,000 scholarship. Monument News Mr and Mrs Boyd Hlnton spent the weekend in The Dalles at the home of Mrs Dorothy Shanks. Their daughter Sharon of Port land met them there for a visit. Mrs Hlnton and Mrs Shanks are sisters. The M M M club will hold a cooked food sale February 14 at the Buyer Store. Stella MeCarty and Nestle Da vis drove to Pendleton Monday on business. sit ..Jy Joe Marsh Smiley Tries a "Treasure Hunt" From where I sit, some things like being a good neighbor shouldn't require "special in ducements." That's something we should all want to be just automatically. When you visit my home, for example, I try to be a good neighbor by serving you your favorite beverage be it coffee, tea or a glass of beer. Fxtend the same courtesy to me, and I'd call that a "bo nus" of good neighborliness. 1 r.itcJ Suites Brewers Foundation REPRESENTATIVE WEATHERFORD REPORTS To the Editor and Friends back jHome: J One of the most notable things, 'in my opinion, in legislation and 'the work pertaining to it by a ! legislator, is the fact that some- where between the framing of I the constitution and this Fif tieth Legislative Session, bias jand self-interests have led to a condition of legislating to cor rect effects rather than going back to the cause. This, you can see represented in every one of the 1500 bills introduced, but there seems little hope that any change can be made without an entire revision of the past, but, however, our work now seems to consist mostly in the amend ing, and the construction, of very few laws. Daily observers of the legisla tive Scene cannot help but be impressed with the wide variety of subjects which are brought to the attention of the legislature for consideration and rejection or approval, and the fact that these measures will in some way touch the lives of every citizen of Ore gon. For instance, a typical day in the legislature brought measures on the following subjects. Pro posing an annual meeting of the legislature not to exceed sixty days in duration; several meas ures dealing with courts and court procedure; relating to sa vings and loan associations; set ting procedure for the election and inauguration of the Gover nor; liability insurance for pub lic officers and employees; a measure pertaining to the affairs of domestic insurance companies; providing for the procedure of exchanging state-owned land by FAIR WEED Monday, February Program Will Include ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND WEED DISTRICT ENFORCEMENT FEATURING DEAN SWAN b REX WARREN O.S.C. WEED SPECIALISTS 12 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February S, 1959 the Board of Forestry; relating to affairs of the state fair; some amendments to the provisions of the law relating to commodity commission; some new provis ions of the act relating to the Rnpue River Coordination Board. The same day there were mat ters relating to tisn, education, teachers, motor vehicles, collec tive bargaining, migrant work ers, corporate excise taxes, la beling of fryers, public welfare, the crigie of arson, public roads, and public records. We were pleased to note the revision as asked for relating to the com modity commission as this par ticular legislation will take two weeks out the Ways and Means Committee biennially, and in no way affects the structure of the Commission itself. On Wednesday of this week the appropriation bill was re ported favorably by the joint Ways and Means committee In the amount of $1,790,000. On Thursday both the House and Senate passed the measure with out dissenting votes. This is par ticularly significant as it dis plays a lack of partisan political feeling as regards the Centennial and expresses graphically the aDDroval of the representatives of all the people of Oregon that the Centennial shall be a suc cess. Governor Hatfield will pro bably have signed the appropria tion bill by the time you are reading this report. The bulk of the funds approp riated will go for the main ex position at the Pacific-International grounds in Portland. How ever, it should be pointed out that $35,000 of the budget is to be allocated to the various coun ties to aid them in promoting lo cal events to celebrate the 100th Morrow County MEETING PAVILION ANNEX HEPPNER 10:00 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. DOOR PRIZES SPONSORED BY Morrow County Farm Bureau Cr County Extension Service birthday party. The legislature also placed the budget under strict control of the Department of Finance and Administration to assure proper disbursement of allocated funds. Signs of the Oregon Centennial are everywhere in Salem. A dis play in the Capitol rotunda re minds us of this anniversary event as we enter the Capitol building each day. Beards are sprouting on the chins of various members of the Legislative as sembly until I have begun to look for Joe Meeks, or Jim Sublet, to rise in debate over fish and game bills and others in the main assembly. This illustrates by way of a typical day the great variety of interests expressed in various measures and subjects for con sideration of the legislature. While one must be alert to the needs and economy of his own area, he quickly comes to the realization that he must be at tentive to the broad interests of the State of Oregon and the welfare of every section. While wheat is all important to the people of the Columbia River counties; the fish in that river Continued on page U Livestock Market Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-6655 Hermiston, Oregon Frank Wink & Sons. Owners Don Wink Mgr. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111
