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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 NIWSPAFIt 'ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL 1 lJi'fU'H'HJ 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; Elsewhore $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Morrow County's Part In Oregon's First 100 Years 100 years ago next Saturday Oregon became a state, and throughout our great state, obser vances of all kinds are being planned. Celebra tions are due, birthday parties are scheduled, and special note is bring made by organizations, clubs and publications. This newspaper Is not now planning a special edition or section to commemorate this event which should be observed by all native and and transplanted Oregonians, but we are join ing in the spirit of "Oregon History" by today publishing on our state's birthday a, little of the lore and remembrance of a real "Old Timer" of Morrow county. As Oregon remembers Its history, so should Morrow county, and to help recall those old names, places and events, the Gazette-Times today is pleased to print this year's poetic re membrances of the man we like to call, "Morrow County's Poet Laurearte, 'Spencer Akers. Mr Akers, wh0 is now 86 and for the past several years has been a resident of Aumsville, In the Willamette valley, but for many years a resident of Morrow county, has brought back In rhyme for us today a lot of this county's history. He does it by naming names of many persons that most of us still know, or remember. In helping to observe our state's birthday, we choose to do it by looking at our own history here in Morrow county and the people who made it, or who are still helping to make It, through the historical poetic rememberances of Mr Akers. Here Is his work for 1959 and its accompany ing letter: Dear Sir: Again I am sending you my annual verse contribution. Please do what you like with It I entitled it 'Tioneer" but about a third of It is devoted to eulogizing the heroes of the Hepp ner flood, Matlock and Kelly, and the erection of a monument in recognition of their heroic deed of informing those below of the on coming flood of June the 14th, 1903. This should have been done while they were living. It should not cost much and I believe Heppner, Lexington and lone and those living along the creek would be proud of the monument even tho' a little ashamed that it wasn't erected sooner. Contributions should be small, allowing a great many to subscribe to It A good place to leave their donations would be at the G T office. What do you say? Sincerely, Spencer Akers, Aumsville, Ore. PIONEER By SPENCER AKERS At eighty-six you find me here, An octogenarian pioneer. With pen in hand and deep in tho't, Reviewing my life since a little tot. Each year I've written you some verse, Sometimes It's better, sometimes it's worse. So just to pass the time away, I write again on my birthday, To let the old folks of your town, Know that I'm still sticking around. Many pioneers I note of late, Have entered thru the pearly gate. But still I see there are a few, Old-timers left whom I well knew. For Instance, Charlie Jones and wife, Whom I have known most all my life. And then again There's Charlie Vaughn, A brother of old-timer John. There's Doc McMurdo whose ready knife, Saved many an ailing person's life. There's Ealor Huston a real pioneer, And Emma Jones, I see are here. There's Lester and Millie whom you all know, Who came to Heppner long, long ago, Millie when young, I think about nine, Was a sweet little girl and a pupil of mine. There's Roy Neiil and Nora too, Just to mention an old-time few. And Louis Bisbee, a good old scout, Who hasn't as yet been counted out His life-time partners, Earl and Len, Are still with us but you can't tell when The reaper with his scythe and hook, Will come without warning and close the book. Miss Humphreys with her wonder drugs, Is here to kill your Inner bugs. There's many a ruddy pioneer, It's safe to say would not be here, Was it not for Leta's store, A pharmacy since days of yore. A structure made of native stone; In architecture it stands alone. Twas once a saloon to be sure; Being one eight it could not endure. There's Walter Becket, Genie and Clive, From last reports were still alive. And of course, There's Osmin Hager, And the Heppner historian O M Yeager. Like me he left his habitation, For other places o the nation. Finding pasture with greener grass, Does not always come to pass. There's Opal, Ona, Hazel and May, Frank S Parker and Walter Gay. These, and I could mention more, Who now are nearing the open door, That's numbered three score years and ten, The biblical number that tells us when Each member of the human race, Must yield to Father Time's embrace. And should you reach beyond the goal, Consider yourself a lucky soul. There's Garnet Barrett, ex-judge you know, Who took his seat some years ago. He climbed the ladder very fast, Since yours truly saw him last. Ralph Thompson just above your town, He saw the flood go tumbling down. But being on a little higher ground, He wasn't numbered with the drowned. There's Philip Mahoney, Turner and Nys, Attorneys at law and very wise. All three of them have worked for me. Their work I truly can guarantee. Frank Turner, how would Heppner appear, Without this progressive pioneer? Just search and search and you'll never find, A truer guy than David Hynd. Like many an older pioneer, His interest was in sheep, I hear. And is, I think to the present day, In Sand Hollow not far away. I must not forget my daughter Blanche, Who was born in Heppner but raised on a ranch. She rrirjved back to Heppner and Is there still; In a neat little cottage up against the hill. These pioneers, I've mentioned here, Have had a long and interesting career, And could it all be written down What an interesting book for Heppner town, When Father Time calls, and he will no doubt, Your history then will be blotted out. I hope these names I've mentioned here, Each representing a true pioneer, Will live on and on and will ever be, Proudly handed down to posterity. The Heppner flood of nineteen three, Still lingers In my memory. The victims were many, and a few, Were pioneers whom I well knew. Ed Ashbaugh's wife and children eight, Here met their quick untimely fate. And doctor Vaughn and faithful wife, Whom I had known most all my life. Two hundred plus were washed away, On that sad and memorable day. Those heroes we remember well, Who raced their foaming steeds pellmell, Down the vale in the raging storm, To those below to spread the alarm, Were called, I learn to meet the Lord, And thus receive their just reward. Bruce Kelly and Les Matlock by name, Deservedly have received world fame. Let's erect a monument you and I, To honor those heroes before we die. And let the world know, altho' it be late, That we sincerely appreciate, Their act of super-human speed, In performing their thoughtful and kindly deed, Of warning the people without fear, Of the wall of water close in the rear. How well I remember, my family and I, Were square in the path of this deluge from the sky. And had it not been for a Paul Revere, My family and I might not be here. And so I am offering a dollar bill, To start a fund which I hope soon will Be sufficient when you and you, Have given your buck, or maybe two, For a native stone 'bout a ton in weight, With these few words to commemorate The historic act, devoid of fear, In rescuing many a pioneer. "In commemoration of Kelly and Matlock, We carve their names upon this rock." We'll place this stone upon a base, At an Intersection or some place, Where all who happen to pass that way, May not forget that frightful day, Of June the 14th, nineteen three, When Heppner was young and so were we. I'll see you next year I hope and so , I'll sign off now and let you go. From The County Agent's Office By NELS ANDERSON In visiting with W W Weath erford, Lena community rancher this week, who is one of the many livestock men using a vlt amln A supplement this winter I found him to be well pleased with evident results of the use of Vitamin A. Bill reported that while In the past he had en countered problems of weak calves, scours and other symp toms of vitamin A deficiency, that this year cows were calving out without any trouble with calves big and strong. Bill says, "I don't know whether It's the vitamin A supplement that is doing the job, however, I'm going to give It the credit unless proved otherwise. It Ls money very well spent." On Tuesday of this week the agent assisted Herb Ekstrom, lone registered Hereford breeder in setting up a performance test ing program on his ranch. The 1958 heifer and bull calf crop were weighed and graded as the first step in the program. Rat ings, classified according to the National Beef Registry Associa tion will be given each calf. While Herb has been carrying on a selection program through weight for age and quality de terminations, he feels that this new program will work well into the planned state performance testing program which Is now under consideration. In gTadlng these calves, I found that the quality was excellent with a big percentage given a two plus grade-, and only one animal In the whole group deserving a two minus. An outstanding heifer earned a one minus grade as did a young polled bull calf. The yearling polled bull weigh ling 1120 pounds will be exhibi ted at the Columbia Empire Poll ed Hereford snow to be held in Walla Walla later this month. The quality of this herd has im proved steadily over the few years that Herb has been in the registered Hereford business un til he has one of the good herds in the state. From the files of the Gazette-Times February 14, 1929 Lucy E Rodgers, county school superintendent, has just finish ed compilation of the health In spection report of Morrow county schools for 1928. Dr Fred E Farrior, dentist with offices in the IOOF building, this week disposed of his business and office equipment to Dr J H McCrady of Seattle who will take charge of the same on the 15th of this month. The weather has been extrem ely cold In the Hardman vicin ity for the past two weeks, and the snow is deep up that way, is the report of Lotus Robison. Morrow county has been fav ored by the selection of Heppner as the place for holding the championship tournament for the Umatilla Basketball league Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 28, March 1 and 2. Omar and other resistant varie ties. However, the seed treat ment program must also be cred ited with a significant part of this control. Another signifciant fact is the decrease of smut incident In the susceptible Elmar variety from 34.9 in 1956, 19.5 in 1957, 8.9 in 1958. This may be at tributed to both improved seed treatments and a generally low er smut In the wheat region. The report pointed out that this re duction In smut incidence was made in the face of very favor able weather for smut Infection. Now that we have our smut Infection down to such a low per centage this is our best oppor tunity to control this disease. Re sistant varieties and good seed treatment materials are avail able for the job. In order to pro tect Omar and the other resistant varieties all seed wheat should be treated with HCB. Treaters should use at least one ounce of Material no matter what form ulation and preferably two oun ces of a 40 formulation. Dye containing compounds are much preferred since the thoroughness of coverage may be assessed by the distribution of dye on the seeds. Until better treating ma chines can be developed for the use of HCB it is suggested that larger cups and longer mixing chambers as well as agitation in the reservoir tanks be used. HCB is not soluble in water to any great extent and therefore needs agitation to prevent it from sett ling out. We hope our Morrow county farmers will not let up with seed treatment now that we are as far along with active control. Kenneth Smouse, lone pur chased one of the top Yorkshire bred guilts at the Washington wine Breeders sale at Colfax, last Friday. The bred gilt which is due to farrow on March 26 is bred to the outstanding herd sire "Stony Acres" owned by Ro bert E Wolff of Tekoa, Washing ton. It was from a litter of 20. This should provide a lot of good breeding stock for those inter ested in hog production here in Morrow county. At the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League held in December a recommenda tion was made that county wheat organizations sponsor periodic meetings during legislature to discuss bills and other proposed legislation that might affect our people. The Morrow County Wheatgrowers Association last month agreed that these meet ings would be held from time to time as necessary. Max dm clay, president of the Morrow County Wheatgrowers Associa tion has called the first of these meetings to be held at the con ference room in the Bank of Eastern Oregon on Friday after noon, February 13 beginning at 1:30 P M. A number of people will be given special invitations tn attend the meeting represent ing their particular organization. Everyone is invited to attend, if thev are interested in keeping up with legislation. Word has recently been receiv ed from A G Beagle, veterinarian in charge of the animal disease eradication division, that Morrow county has been recertified for Brucellosis for three years' be ginning January 1, 1959. This is the first recertification of the number one county of Eastern Oregon. Figures for the three years since the original certifi cation shows that 465 herds have been tested which included 18, 393 cattle. Of these 51 were reac tors herds containing 4,624 cattle with 245 reactors. During the same period of time there were 438 suspects in these herds. 255 herds had 5,889 heifers calfhood vaccinated. In Dr Beagle's letter notifying us of this recertifica tion he stated, "it is quite evi dent from the number of react ors removed that considerable further testing is necessary in Morrow county to maintain cer tification standards and to even tually eradicate the disease." It is the hope that an adequate testing program can be worked out to meet the needs for the county. 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. February 12, 19S9 jf BUDGET MASSAGE Governor Mark Hatfield ap peared before a joint session, Senate and House, Monday- to mull over and augment his in augural budgeteering. He emphasized that "a 100 day legislature could not await the detailed reconstruction of the budget to reflect fully either the tin like the two preceeding It Grass is Wealth and Ranchers, Ranges and Cows, is written in easy to read form and should be read by every rancher concerned with ranges. A few days ago, we re ceived the sale catalog for the Red Bluff bull sale which will be held at Red Bluff, California on February 5, 6 and 7. There will be offered at this sale 55 Shorthorns, 54 Angus and 307 horned and polled Herefoid bulls. They will be sold as individuals and pens of 2, 3 and 5. Here ford judging and grading will be held on Thursday, February filh; Shorthorn judging and grad ing the morning of Friday, Feb ruarv 6th with the Shorthorn and Angus bulls sold the afternoon of Friday, February 6. Horned and polled Hereford bulls will be sol i on Saturday, February 7 Complete working drawings for six corrals for beef cattle may be obtained from this office. Lay ou!s are included for different fizes of herds and operations. A good arrangement of well con si meted pens, chutes and other de ices makes handling of stock easier, saves labor, and helps prevent accidents. All of thesf lay outs have been used success fully and in general have similar facilities. They can be somewhat modified to suit special require ments. You can obtain a copy of this plan from this office by asking for Six Corrals, building plan 36. The third in a series of Ore gon extension bulletins on ranges and range management is now available for distribution. This bulletin "Range Robbers" tells of the effects of sagebrush and other range weeds that steal moisture and plant food from useful range plants. The bulle- philosophy or the program of the new governor. We must find a way to permit an incoming gov ernor adequate time for review of the budget he inherits, with out obstructing the rapid corn pletion of your legislative agen da." b " He stated, in the third person, that a new governor does not share In determining the ground rules under which the printed budget (Gov Holmes') is compll. ed. He suggested amendments to the present law to require that an Incoming governor lay before the legislature his budget recommendations, not less than 45 days after his predecessor's completed budget is available. It is impossible to interpretate the financial intent of either the budget of Ex-Gov Holmes or Gov Hatfield without hours of arrang ing the different bases each ac cepts or refuses. Some of the best students of government have made the big. gest flops with budgets, while the wildest political guessers have earned credit for having compiled wonderful budgets. Conurvued un Page 5 STAR THEATER Thurs., Fri., Sat.. Feb. 12, 13. 14 Wild Heritage Will Rogers Jr., Maureen O' Sullivan, Casey Tibbs, George Winslow. PLUS Me and The Colonel Danny Kaye, Curt Jurgens, Nicole Maurey, Akim Tami-roff. Sun., Mon.. Tuea., Feb. IS, 16, 17 The Tunnel of Love Doris Day, Richard Widmark Gig Young, Gia Scala. Sun day at 4, 6 and 8. r.Aii' -II st. AiDin s juna Spaghetti Dinner i i f . SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 SERVED 2 TO 5 P.M. EPISCOPAL PARISH HALL I A' D GOES ON A GALLON ! Biscayne i-Door Sedan tliou-s the Fisher Body beauty of Chevrolet'! lowest priced $eriefor '9. Recently we received a report on wheat smut control from our plant pathologist at Oregon State college. Dr Bill Raymer reported that smut control was excellent in 1958. On a bushel basis only 1.1 of Oregons' wheat was smuttv compared to 12.4 in in 1957 and 23.6 in 1956, This phenomenal drop in smut inci dence was due primarily to the tremendous Increase planted to More miles are back in a gallon of regular-grade gat up to 10 more and Chevy's new lh-Thrift 6 engine puts them there. It also gives you more "git" in the speeds you drive the most. Here's an engine that always seems able to coax extra miles out of a tank of regular-grade gas. In fact, if you're one of those drivers who keep tab on things like gas mileage, you'll soon see for yourself that this new Hi Thrift 6 gets up to 10 more miles a gallon. Another thing you'll like about this 135-h.p. 6 is the extra pep it gives you for passing and climbing hills. This is due to higher torque at normal speeds. It may be hard tp believe anything that looks and moves like this '59 Chevy can be such a stickler for economy. But-whether you pick the Hi-Thrift 6 or a vim-packed V8 this is just one more reason Chevy's the car that's wanted for all its worth. Stop by your dealer's and see. The smart switch is to the '59 Chevy! jww-eetheer jKtaof models at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's! mYJtLET0N CHEVROLET COMPANY MAT & M"Ul PHONE C ocwi ruotiZ 6-9921 HEPPNER. OBEGON
