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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, rebroaryll9S9 Mustangs Suffer First League Loss By NEAL PENLAND Heppner's Mustangs balanced out the weekend with one win and one loss, the loss being their first league defeat of the season. Friday the Mustangs dumped Echo 67-57 in a on-again, off again game. Heppner led most of the first half though were behind 23 to 30 at halftime. The two teams stayed together until the last of the fourth quart er when Heppner pulled ahead. On Saturday night the Mus tangs traveled to Stanfield where they went down to defeat by a score of 42 to 29. The boys were really cold in the first quarter scoring Just 2 points but did manage to get 8 more in the second period, all of which were made by Dick Ruhl. In the sec ond half, they managed to put through 19 points to Stanfield's 28 far from enough to get back In the game. Heppner's offense was sparked by Ruhl, who ac counted for 19 of the team's 29 total points. Come Back Against Lex Heppner came back after their loss to Stanfield to wallop Lex ington 69 to 57. The Mustangs took an early lead, and during John Day Man New Bank Director Shareholders and directors of First National bank of Oregon elected Herman Oliver, widely known Grant county stockman and banker and Thomas F San doz, president of Columbia River Packers association, as directors nt the recent annual meeting, It was announced by C B Steph enson, president. In his annual report, Stephen son told the stockholders the bank experienced its second most profitable year In its 94-year history with net operating earn ings, after taxes, of $6,055,843, or $3.78 per share, compared with $5,956,594, or $3.72 per share, In 1957. A record high $3,520,000 in dlv idends were paid during 1958 to the holders of 1,600,000 shares of stock outstanding. This was brought about by an increase In the dividend rate of 20 cents per share; for a total of $2.20 per share, per annum, effective with the April 1, 1958 payment. The bank president reported that at year-end 82 per cent of the 2,780 First National share holders were residents of the state of Oregon. The remaining 18 per cent represents residents of every state In the union, ex cept West Virginia and Missis sippi, he Bald. PennexB! Jm Iffv) TV W You haven't seen anything like BRENTWOODS AT Penney1! coast to coast Brentwood Jamboree I bold prints! check I solids I stripes I the second and third periods the lead changed several times, but in the fourth quarter they settled down and went to work in earn est The Mustangs had one of the best second halves they have had all year shooting .708 from the floor. Huffman, a substitute, was top scorer with 26 for Hepp ner, and Lee Cornelison dumped 18 for Lex. Alderman 5 Peck 10 Mahoney 1 . Henderson 2 Driscoll 5 maimer iu Roblson 6 Cornelison 18 Ruhl 15 Doherty 15 Subs, Heppner Huffman 2b, b Flug 11. Lexington, Parsons 2. King and Queen of Hearts Votes to Aid Heart Fund Teenacers will reign at the Kna and Oueen of Hearts dance to be held Saturday night as a Heart Fund benefit, and votes cost 10 cents each, Those buying votes at the Heppner post office, Humphreys Drug or the Elks lodge, are asked to vote by classes, as each class at Heppner high school has a king and queen candidate in the running. Those chosen as nom inees by the classes are: sen ior, Bob Huffman and Janice Martin; Junior, Mike Gray and Ronnie Hannan: sophomores, Neal Penland and Shirley Van Winkle; freshmen, Nat W e D D and Geraldlne Swaggart. Fridav is the last day to vote and the winning couple will be crowned at the dance. Baker Range-Ready Bull Sale Feb 21 The 1959 annifal Baker range ready bull sale has been announ ced by Baker County Livestock Assn. for Saturday, Feb 21, at 1:00 p m. Fifty selected registered non fitted range animals will be of fered, according to catalogs a vallable from Secretary LeRoy C Wright, Baker. In charge for the association will be John Osborne, Baker val ley purebred breeder, as chair man of the association-sponsored event. Bulls will be available at Ba ker Livestock Exchange yards, Feb 20 for inspection. Rod McCullough, Weiser, will be sale auctioneer. Mr and Mrs Ambrose Chopin are In Portland this week. O 79 ENFORCEMENT OF COUNTY WEED LAW SEEN NECESSARY FOR GOOD CONTROL Over 50 Morrow countv farm ers attending a weed meeting in Heppner Monday agreea mat active enforcement of the countv weed district law should be put in effect witmn tne year n per pnnlal noxious weeds are to be controlled. Many related inci dents where reinfestation from farms with no weed program was making it costly and almost use less to continue their program under these conditions. Machin ery for a five man county weed committee to assist with inform ing the neorjle of the existing weed law and to administer the program was agreed upon. One of the best attended weed meetings held In recent years, farmers attending actively par ticipated In the discussion on the most effective means of controll ing annual and perennial weeds and in making the county pro gram most successful. Dean Swan, weed research assistant with the Pendleton Drancn ex-1 periment station woming on weed research on the station and on farms in the Columbia Basin pointed out that late spraying of morning glory with 2,4-D showed much promise in control ling this weed to the extent of living with the weed without reducing wheat yields materially. TBA and PBA, new weed chem icals continue to show progress as a means of eradicating morn ing glory in a well planned pro gram, Swan explained. Rex Warren, farm crops spec ialist, Oregon State College dis cussed the need for being on the lookout for new weeds and con trolling them before important infestations became established.. He related the spread of such weeds as Mediteranean sage, halogetan, puncture vine and others that have become a pro blem throughout the state. In making recommendations for annual weed control, Dean Swan stressed the importance of applying 2,4-D during the tiller stage of wheat growth to prevent yield decreases, "commonly re sulting from spraying weeds while the wheat is in the seed ling or boot stage. Results of experimental trials show that as heavier applications of 2,4-D are applied more damage is evident. Recommendations of from three quarters to one and a half I pounds of 2,4-D acm per acre I is recommended depending . on the type of weed to be controlled land the growth stage of the i weed when the chemical is ap j plied. He pointed out that ex periments combining 2,4-D with I urea nitrogen fertilizers have , not been an answer to more ef fective weed control. It was stressed that higher yields of 'wheat might be obtained if lighter applications of 2,4-D were applied aimed at control ling annual weeds rather than an attempt to completely eradi cate. The annual county, weed pro gram was explained by N C An derson, county agent who poin ted out that Morrow county ask ed for a weed district law in October, 1937. After several years of clean cultivation and sterili zation programs, which were dis continued during the war years, a more intensified chemical pro gram has been carried out by the county during the past nine years. He explained that of the $7,150 budget for the 1958-59 year, approximately $2,250 is be ing spent for wages to carry out the nrosrram: $-1,400 for cheml- rals! $350 for operation of the sprayer equipment and $150 for grass seed. Of this budget, ap nroximatelv $3,500 is collected back through custom spraying for the state highway, union ra cific Railroad and farmers. Bud geted for the first time this year, the Item for crass seed will in clude a road side seeding on newly constructed roads in an at tempt to give competition to weed growth and hold down the need for roadside spraying in these areas. If this program pro ves successful new construction will bo seeded to grass each fall or spring. Leading the discussion in the MERCHANDISE SHOOT STARTS 1 1 :00 A. M. Sunday,FebJI5 LUNCH Morrow Gun need for a more effective county weed program through partici pation of all farm people, county judge Oscar Peterson, explained that the county Is responsible for administering the district weed law since its estab.lishment Those present asked that there be an acceleration program next year and that a stepped up edu cational program to acquaint farm people with the various weeds nd the need for the pro gram be carried out. To be used in the program were suggest ions for colored slides of those perennial noxious weeds preval ent In the county as well as col ored picture postcards and leaf lets which might be mailed to farm people to acquaint them with these weeds. It was also asked that recommendations for control be outlined through newspaper and news letters. It was requested that Canada this tle be added to the list of morn ing glory, white top and Russian knapweed as a perennial nox ious weed under the present county weed district law. To as sist farmers with the expense of weed control it was pointed out that the present agricultur al conservation program pay ments would provide 507c or tne pnst nt the materials which make it much less expensive for weed control work. Farmers were urg ed to take advantage of ACF payments while they are avail able. uhprehv the county weed equipment might be used for fire control was also discuss ed. Those present asked that a committee be appointed soon to meet with the county agent and the county judge in planning a rnnntv wide rural fire control r.rnnni7atinn utilizing eauipment on farms and available from var ious enurres with central points nf enntaet in reporting fires. The committee will meet within the next week to consider sucn a program. Advertising and door prizes for the meetini? was provided by the Morrow County Farm Bureau who co-sponsored the eveni wun the county agent's oince. Kinzua Wins Bid On Forest Timber Kinzua CorDoration, Kinzua, Oregon was the successful bidder on 13,800,000 board feet of Nat ional Forest timber on the Wall Creek sale, Forest Supervisor C M Rector announced i today. The sale is located 30 miles south of Heppner, Oregon. Pon derosa pine was appraised at $19.25 per thousand board feet and sold for $19.30; Douglas-fir appraised at $6.30, western larch appraised at $8.55 and white fir anrl other snecies appraised at $3.30 per thousand board feet. These species were sold at tne appraised price. There were tnree bidders present. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr and Mrs Loal Jacobson, Lonerock, twin hnvs horn. Feb 6. Thomas Lee, 7 lb, 5 oz and Timothy Allen, 6 lb, 8 oz. Patients Bruce Kandle, Kin zua, dismissed; Daryl Spivey, Kinzua, dismissed; Loraine Spi vey, Kinzua, dismissed; Don Sll kard, dismissed; Betty Lou Mar quardt, Lexington, dismissed; Arthur Warren, lone, dismissed; Terry Mallon, Heppner, dismiss ed; Anna M Harthrong, Pendle ton; Herbert R Wilshons, Con don, dismissed; Connie Schroe der, Kinzua; Agnes Nichols, Lex ington, dismissed; Gretchen Pen land, Heppner, dismissed; May mie Winslow, Ukiah; James Paul Doherty, Heppner; Marie Jones, Fossil, dismissed; Virginia Wilk inson, Heppner, dismissed; Scott Furlong, Heppner; LeRoy Huehes. Sorav: Sharon Rogers, Lonerock, dismissed; Shirley, Manuel, Ronnie, Bobby Joe and Jim Hoskins, Fossil, dismissed; Erma Thomas, Heppner. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS County Club Pendleton Mechanic Joins Bruce Motors Tom Faircloth, a mechanic for 10 years with Rube Leslie Motors, Pendleton Mercurv-Llncoln deal er, last week joined the mechani cal staff of Bruce Motors, Hepp ner Ford dealer. In making the announcement, Jim Bruce said Faircloth Is one of Eastern Oregon's top mechan ics. He has attended all Ford training mechanics schools and is a specialist in Lincoln, Mer cury and Ford repair and main tenance, and automatic trans missions. Faircloth is married and has three children, two girls 9 and 5, and a boy 3. The family is living in Lexington. LOG TRUCK AND CAR TANGLE INJURES ONE Scott Furlong of Heppner suf fered a broken nose and chest injuries Tuesday morning when his car and a Kinzua logging truck collided at the intersec tion of the Kinzua road and the Heppner-Spray highway. Furlong was brought to Pio neer Memorial hospital for treat ment. His car was a total wreck. Justice and Municipal Courts Leo Osmin, no operator's li cense, forfeited $15 bail. Gary Lee Griffith, no operator's license, $10 fine. Hazel Olga Clevenger, failure to' drive right side of highway, $25 fine. Delbert Wayne Bailey, no op erator's license, $10 fine. David John Wagner, no motor vehicle license, $10 fine. Robert John Laughlin, no mo tor vehicle license, $10 fine. George Wallace Phoenix Jr, no trailer license, $10 fine. Jack Ristick No PUC permit, $10 fine. Jack William Dyson, driving without operator's license, $50 fine and right to apply for li cense suspended for one year. D J Wagner, obtaining jnoney under false pretenses. Admitted to $200 bail, preliminary hear ing set Feb 18. Ralph Moore, drunk, $20 fine. New Penny Goes Into Circulation Today A brand new Lincoln cent, the first change in this American coin in many years, went Into distribution throughout the country today, the Lincoln ses quicentennial. Both Heppner banks, the First National of Oregon and the Bank of Eastern Oregon have limited supplies of the new coins and are putting them into circulation today for the first time. TORNADO MISSES FAMILY Mr and Mrs Noel Dobyns of lone received a phone call Tues day that their daughter and fam ily, Pvt and Mrs Joseph Kalister of St Louis, Mo were not injur ed in the Tuesday morning tor nado. The tornado caused heavy damage to parts of St Louis, but not in the Kalister's section of the city. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS the GE1ERAL VTIRE J LOCAL CHILDREN'S TAKEN FREE FOR Next Monday, February 16 is the big day for the picture tyMng of vour voungsters. The Gazette- Times is having pictures taken of all children who are orougnt by their parents or other guard ian to the HenDner American Legion hall between 1 and 8pm free of charge. The Gazette-Times wants a picture of all children, and there is no age limit, to print in a forthcoming feature "Citizens of Tomorrow." A similar series of pictures was taken some months FARLEY ATTENDS DEALER COUNCIL MEETING James J Farley, owner of Far ley Motor Co, Heppner, and a member of the Pontiac dealer council for the Portland zone, re cently attended a meeting of the council and metropolitan dealers at Portland. Addressing the group was S E Knudsen, vice president of General Motors and general manager of the Pontiac division. Discussion centered on the ac ceptance of present models and plans for the iuture. AT DAD'S WEEKEND Five Heppner fathers attended Dad's Weekend at OSC at Cor vaiiic thic last weekend. Those attending were, Jim Hayes, Jim Thomson, Claude Graham, Wal ter Wright, and Ralph Beamer. They left Friday evening ana ie turned to Heppner Sunday. PHOTO CLASS TO MEET The second meeting of the Adult Photography class will be held Wednesday, Feb 18 at 7:30 p m in the Science room of the high school building. All mem bers are urged to attend. RHEA CREEK HEC TO MEET The Rhea Creek HEC will meet Thnrsrfav. February 19 for a pot lurk riinner and meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Parker. 4-H Club News Mr and Mrs Lawrence Funk' of Wasco visited at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Henry Haphold last week. Mr and Mrs Ben Anderson and Mr and Mrs Leonard Rill are enjoying a months vacation in Arizona. They plan to travel through California on their trip home. Mr and Mrs Phil Blakney. Mrs Elwin Hughes, and Mrs Creston Robinson were in Portland over the weekend for the Gift Show. ...Mrs Lucy Peterson returned Friday from Astoria where she was called to be with her mother due to an accident of falling and breaking her hip. Mr and Mrs N D Bailey left Wednesday for Rockaway to vis it Mrs Bailey's sister, Mrs Lida Goens who is in the hospital. Mr and Mrs James J Farley and daughters were in Portland the first of last week. Mr Farley was there to attend a Pontiac meeting. Father Gaire accompan ied them as far as Portland and from there went to Salem to at tend the funeral of Mr John G Koenlg. THE GENERAL NOW AT TIRE HEADQUARTERS Ford's Tire Service N. Main PICTURES TO BE PUBLICATION ago, but it was felt that there are many youngsters wno were missed. Tt nften seems to parents that children are little one minute and are prown up the next, so fast does a child's growing stage pass. Here is a splendid oppor tunity to catch a liKeness oi vnur child or children at the present stage for future pleasure of seeing their picture in print. There is absolutely no charge or obligation for taking the pic tures. Parents don't even have to be a subscriber to the Ga- 7Ptte-Times. or even a reader. You do not have to purchase pictures either, though addition al nrints can be obtained by ar ranging direct with the studio representative. Building Permits OK'd By City Council The Heppner city council Mon day night approved building per mits totaline $7,398. One was for a new structure, the others for remodeling or alterations. James Hager was granted a permit te build a 40 by 60 foot masonry building on south Chase street estimated to cost $3,248. For remodeling and repairing, Empire Machinery com p a n y, $3,000; Connors Dress bnop, $650; and E E Gonty, $500. In other business the council authorized purchase of addition al playground equipment for the turn-around at the same location. It is also reported that the new Birch street bridge across Willow creek is completed. Mr and Mrs Paul Koenig were called to Salem on Friday, Jan uary 30 by the death of his father, John G Koenig. Services were held at the Catholic church in Salem on Monday. REV BOULDEN AT CONFERENCE The Reverend Lester Boulden left Monday afternoon for Lake view where he will attend the Methodist Town and Country Conference. The Conference will be held Feb 10, 11, and 12. Mr Boulden will return to Heppner Thursday, Feb 12. ATTENDS CONCVENTION Dr James Norene left Thurs day for Portland where he atten ded the state meeting of the Ore gon Veterinary Medical Assoc iation. The various speakers were from Texas, Iowa, California, and Colorado. Dr Norene returned Sunday evening. Phone your news items to 6-9228. FOLLETT MEAT CO. Hermiston, Ore. Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermiston-McNary Highway CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING WHOLESALE MEATS Phone 6-9481 tt WOVEN COTTON GINGHAMS In Pastel Plaids Q98 Wash and Wear Jr. Misses half sizes HEPPNER