HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 26, 1959
MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 13, 1912
N1WJPAHR
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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History Comes Again
The Gazette-Times usually refuses to publish
much In the poetry line, except for our annual
contribution from Spencer Akers. But, this week
we received a poetic answer to Mr Akers' efforts
and we couldn't turn It down. The letter that
accompanied it was also In rhyme and It asks
that we keep the writer's name a secret for a
while. We have often refused to print unsigned
letters, but this Is different, for we will give the
writer's name next week, If you haven't already
guessed It by then.
Inasmuch as this Is Oregon's Centennial ancf
we are running lots of historical stories, we are
pleased to add this contribution. But, please,
don't load us down with too much poetry, or
we'll be forced to say "no" to all of It!
To The Editor:
This Is a secret, you'll not tell will you?
I thought It would be fun to see how many
readers could guess, who wrote this awful mess.
And too, I would like to have Mr Akers' reaction,
and hope he is not driven to distraction.
Of course, if anyone really wants to know,
you may tell them In a week or so.
Very Truly,
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ANOTHER PIONEER
(With apologies to S Akers)
You may talk about poets,
And sing of other verse-makers,
But my vote will go to Spencer Akers.
' . . . 4
I have enjoyed his verses for quite awhile
And always wished to copy his style.
I wish he would tell me how he finds a rhyme
Each and every time. 1
Mr A do you have to work hard and dig deep,
vt ao tney come easy, sort of In your sleep?
Here an idea came right out of the blue
Perhaps if I tried, I could do it too.
"I don't know how to try", said I,
Just move the words around, til you get a better
sound.
Before I forget It, I want to say
I came to Heppner in 1885, am now four score,
minus five.
The old man with his scythe and hook,
Has not yet called to close the book.
So I'm still here taking my place as a pioneer.
Myra, Sadie, Lou B & Ralph T.
All went to school with me,
Many school memories have we.
I'll never forget how Will D could sing.
He really made the rafters ring.
I liked that line about Millie,
The sweet little girl of nine,
She lingers In my memory,
With the class of ninety-nine.
My summons to the Pearly Gate,
Seems to be a little late.
So God willing, I'll be waiting here,
To read your verse again next year.
Will B & Will D. Oscar and George, to name a few,
Struck out too for pastures new.
I too, saw that awful flood go down
And Kelly & Matlock take off to warn a neigh
boring town.
Their names will not forgotten be,
They are written down In history.
From Trie
County Agent's Office
By NELS ANDERSON
This week all farmers were of farm people for a rural fire
mailed a survey questionalre to control program when they go
obtain Information of equipment befre the COurt " dlt "ot
. .. . . . . . . receive a survey card through the
on farms which might be used mall contact tnls offlce f one
In a rural fire control program.)
Plans for such a program were Paul Rauen recent graduate
made recently when representa- , , x .
tives of various communities 'of South Dakota State College,
throughout the county met. As "w nmty agent at large with
the survey cards come back to "?e 0reS,n St.ate Co lee exten
the office a committee composed f,on.seIce ls Cell1"8 tra,ln-
of Orlan Wright, Jim Valentine, "6 , . l' ,
Al Bunch, Charles Ruggles, Ken
neth Turner, Kenneth Batty have
volunteered to group them ac
lng with the extension program.
During the five weeks that Paul
will spend here he will have op
cording to communities. S i n c e ' p?rtunitl?L to 0T wlth a11
this group does not have repre
sentatives of the lone and Lex
ington area, volunteers from
those communities will be called
for to assist the group. A group
composed of Ralph Crum, lone;
Alec Lindsay, Lexington; Frank
Anderson, Andy Van Schoiack,
and Bob Penland of Heppner will
visit with the Morrow county
court on March 4th to ask that
they attempt to secure surplus
fire fighting equipment which
would be made available to the
rural communities. This group
would appreciate having as
many survey cards as possible
back by the 4th in order that
they might Indicate the interest
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
Dear Mr Penland,
As the legislative Intern from
the University of Portland, I
have enjoyed a marvelous oppor
tunity to view the operations of
the state legislature at close
range.
For an entire week I have been
the "shadow" 1 of Senator An
thony Yturrl of Ontario. He kind
ly Interrupted his demanding
schedule to give personal Instruc
tion in legislative activities. I
have attended his committee
meetings, was Introduced to his
fellow senators, and have had
free access to all desired Information.
Senator Yturrl is a brilliant,
versatile, and persuasive legis
lator who is highly respected by
his colleagues In both political
parties. He is leader of the min
ority party in the Senate, chair
man of roads and highways, and
a member of the Important tax
ation, state and federal ' affairs,
Judiciary, and legislative counsel
committees.
If I may venture Into the realm
of speculation, I believe that the
political contests of the future
will have Tony Yturrl contend
ing with Bob Duncan, the dy
namic young speaker of the
The legislature ls dealing with
many complicated issues. Over
House, for the highest offices
of Oregon.
n hut f if . ; requested appropriations al- thers, on what is known as the
"honlV'T , VnTl1 1 SL 2 budlet by $60 Dan Sumner place, were victims
. vnuuiun. a ioi oi wont remains of the third f re Mondav
C " '' i io De aone, ana tempers will
phases of the extension program.
During the week that he has
spent here he has assisted with
a 4-H meeting, picked out beef
calves for 4-H projects, worked
with planning and planting
windbreaks, made several farm
visits to assist with the wheat
management study under way
here this year, worked on beef
performance testing program as
well as acquainting himself with
office procedure. A number of
projects are lined up "for the
month of March which will give
Paul good experience as well as
giving our office a boost in catch
ing up with some of the backlog
of projects which have piled up.
Pelleted hay for cattle showed
more than double the gain of
baled or chopped hay, according
to work done at the Dixon
Springs, Illinois experiment sta
tion. The animals ate more of
the pelleted hay, but cut the
amount of hay per pound of gain
nearly in half and reduced the
rnst npr nnnnrl nf era In 5 R
In the last two weeks. Reports ',ws. The ahnvo was ,ith a Tim.
just reached Heppner of a fire j othy. Alfalfa mixture. Ex peri-
ments with straight alfalfa or
straight Lespedza also showed
a great advantage with the pelle
ted product. The experiment
low last year's support rates. Rye
supports are placed at 90c a
bushel 20c below the 1958 rate.
Oats, number 3 grade, ls placed
at 50c a bushel down 11c; num
ber 2 grade or better barley, (ex
cept mixed) 77o down 16c a
bushel. Grain sorghums number
2 or better, except mixed, $1.52
a hundred down 31c; soybeans,
$1.85 a bushel down 24c; and
number 1 flaxseed, $2.38 a bush
eldown 40c.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
February 28, 1929
Fire completely razed three
Morrow county farm homes with
on Sunday, February 17 that con
sumed the house and much of
the contents on the Nolan estate
southwest of lone, occupied by
F E Everson and family. The
J I Hanna farm home and all i
contents was demolished by fire
on three different days In both
Houses, a bill is referred to a
committee for special study. It
probably flare more frequently
as the session rolls on.
My faith in self-government lng the past week from a journey
Mr and Mrs French Burroughs
of Jordan Siding, returned dur-
ls In the committees where the-', lalui 1,1 s-ii-governmeni "S we wee nom a juurney
real work ol lTw maklngTs has been vastly reinforced during that took them as far south as
compllshed. "
During my internship, my con
ception of the state legislature
changed Immensely. These are
the features which especially Im
pressed me; -
(1) Except for a few who can
become enraptured with their
own loquaciousness, the legisla
ture ls composed of well -qual
ified, experienced, hard-working
the past week. Legislators who Florida and Cuba.
previously were merely names
In the capitol news are now rec
ognized as conscientious
who regard service to the public day.
as a personal duty.
I was pleased to learn that1
Mr and Mrs Fred Mankin of
men lone are visitors In the city to-
Seventy ladies of the city pa-
Morrow county's representatives, tronized the Parent -Teacher tea
Frank Weathorford snrl Sonatnr heW at the Parish House Fri-
Ben Musa, are highly respected dav afternoon. at which teachers
by their associates. Both men Ul U1C L11U"1 weie tresis ui nun-
Drefer to vote IndennHentiv or- Lonee, tea and cookies were
men who are sincerely Interested rather than follow the strict party served with Mrs F S Parker- Miss
i a . m I.. J T 1 1 1 i IT n rtnv TITnn TAh TT S nil MJ
found the mechanical advan
tages of handling a free flowing
hay such as pellets much more
satisfactory than with chopped
or baled hay.
Everytime a group of people
get together there ls some dis
cussion on public relations of the zens.
farmer-businessman. Most farm
ers agree that they are doing
very little public relation work.
Most of the misunderstandings
occur in large cities where these
people do not understand agri
business. For those farmers who
might need "ammunition" the
following might be of interest:
What does industry get out of
federal farm spending? An anal
ysis of the USDA budget shows
direct and indirect benefits,.
Direct benefits Include: $1 bil
lion payed out by the USDA this
year for services performed on
surplus commodities, such as
storage payments, interest and
handling. Millions spent on re
search for Improvement of crops,
crop uses, marketing, handling
packaging of food. Experiments
on new chemicals, new processes,
etc. Payments Yt billion) to far
mers stimulate sales of lime, fer
tilizer, and so on.
Indirect benefits include:
Maintenance of farm buying
power USDA spending equals
53 of net farm income in 1958;
support spending alone equals
20 of net; direct payments to
farmers total $1.2 billion. Also
Big supplies of raw materials at
prices which counter the rising
national price pattern. Stimula
ting of farm demand for goods
and services through loans not
available through regular com
mercial channels.
Industries related to agricul
ture, thus, have a direct stake in
what Congress does on farm pro
grams and spending In the years
ahead. Contrary to public state
ments, the USDA budget is not
strictly a "farm" budget but
ual contacts.
The newly organized Empire
Builders 4-H club will publish
their first monthly newsletter
which will go into the homes of
all 4-H members. This program
which nationally enrolls over 2
million boys and girls between
the ages of 9 and 21 is the lar
gest rural youth group in Amer
ica. These boys and girls will
appreciate your attention to their
efforts of pointing out the value
of 4-H club work during this
week. Give them your encourage
ment, they are our future citl-
Who says there are no more
opportunities left. Here is one
that could be just what you are
looking for. A New York cat toy
manufacturer has enlisted the
aid of Oregon State Department
of Agriculture in ferreting out a
supply of cat nip which grows
wild in many states. A large
source of supply, or a lot of small
sources are needed by the firm.
"It would be a very profitable
project for anyone wishing to
grow, harvest and dry", accord
ing to the New Yorker.
r Today's
forgotten
Man Quit
Advertising
Yesterday
STARj
THEATER
Thuru. FrU Sat, Feb. 26, 27,
28
Ride A Crooked
Trail
Audie Murphy, Gia Seal a
Walter Matthau. PLUS
Once Upon A Horse
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin,
Martha Hyer, Lelf Erlckson.
Sua Mon., Tues March I, 2,
3
Tom Thumb
Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young,
Terry-Thomas, June Thorburn.
Sunday at 4. 6 and 8
in good government. Thev are
working as much as 80 hours a
week with sessions and meet
ings in the evenings.
(2) There ls a surprising a
mount of cooperation between
the two political parties. Repub
licans and Democrats intermingle
on a friendly, "first-name" basis.
Most disagreements are settled
by discussion In the committees,
so the majority of bills are pass
ed or rejected by a unanimous
vote. v
(3) Each measure Is exposed
to careful scrutiny as the mem
bers of the committee explore all
aspects and possible reper
cusslons of the bill. If the ef
feet of the bill is In doubt, the
pertinent groups are Immediately
contacted for testimony. After
such close examination, most un
worthy bills are killed before
reaching the floor, while those
with merit are given a "do pass"
recommendation,
(4) Any citizen, regardless of
the merits of his case, has the
privilege of appearing before a
legislative committee in a pub
lie hearing. (Previously I had
assumed that It was necessary
to "go through channels" and
to struggle with official "red
tape.") I have watched hearings
continue Into the evening hours
as private citizens explained
their problems to a board of
senators and representatives. Al
though legislative schedules are
disrupted, each witness ls treat
ed with fairness and courtesy,
and ls allowed to present his
plea in full. I was greatly im
pressed and reassured by such
consideration for an individual's
rights. ,
line.
The people of Oregon can be
proud of their legislature. But
they should be ashamed of the
disgraceful salary paid to their
senators and representatives. A
legislator receives only 13 as
much as his secretary, and his
office space consists of a small
crowded desk on the floor of the
chamber.
Few men can afford to serve
more than one term In the cap
itol. (One senator admitted that
the last session cost him $4,000.00
and he has a family to support
also). Only .03 of the state
budget Is paid to our elected rep
resentatives. Why should cap
able men be required to suffer
a financial loss for the chance
to serve their neighbors?
I wish that my friends in East
ern Oregon could have partici
pated with me in this interesting
experience. They would surely
have gained, as I did, a new
respect for our state government.
Yours truly,
Larry Lindsay
Lulu Hager, Mrs John Hiatt and
Mrs Lucy E Rodgers pouring.
Recently 1959 crop support
rates were announced. Under the an agri-business budget. Futher
new corn support program a min- more, USDA - officials have estl
imum national average support mated In an unpublished studv,
price of $1.12 a bushel was an- that little more than half present
nounceo. inis is a little above USDA spending can be charged
the 1958 rate of $1.06 to non directlv to farmers.
compilers, but well below last
year's support of $1.36 to com-
plying farmers. The new pro
gram eliminates corn acreage al
lotments and the commercial
corn-producing area. Corn pro
duced anywhere in the United
States this year that meets qual
ity and storage requirements will
be eligible for support at the
same national average level.
National average dollars and
cents supports for other grains
National 4-H club week will
be observed February 28 through
March 7. During this week over
200 Morrow county 4-H boys and
girls and approximately 60 vol
unteer local leaders will point
out the value of 4-H club work
in many ways. Planned are win
dow exhibits in all of our towns,
news stories in local papers, ra
dio spots, theatre advertising,
public appearances before several
were also announced. All are be- 'organizations as well as Individ-
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