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s MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1983. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 0 NIWIPAPIB PUBLISHES ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and TO THE EDITOR . To The Editor: I wonder how much of Morrow county's Income should go for the ,,Vu . u , 1 u j J 1 town" t0 reallze the sway and lm When Is the point reached when' rtance of the ..Noble Saddle", the county will beg n to own There have been so but our homes and farms In this per- fcw could excel Gene and u wag uu ui iayiuiy uwnuiibiuiiK ira 1,,l-u"'c- Can we afford thirty to forty aonars a aay ana live to eignt dollars per hour for teaching time ana scnooi administration .1 T" 1 i U i i M V. , 7 Vu v J , ?LCA ITI) ministration. We used ln the five schools ln Morrow county last year about $650,000.00 from taxes. With the elimination of two of the five high schools (Lexington and Irrigon) the new proposed budget Is about $775,000.00 to be raised from taxes and an additional sum asked for of about $150,000. , 00 for Improvements, etc. With a total sum of about $1,010,000.00 raised by taxes last year in the county for schools, roaas ana cveryrnmg, can we iiop nhnnt $Q95 Wn Of) fnr schools? i use about $925,000.00 for schools? I wonder? O W Cutsforth Dear Mr Penland: One of your good subscribers has Just enclosed a clipping from your valued paper telling of the passing of another Morrow coun ty pioneer, our beloved Gene No .-. c t c write and tell you not only of , ,if k .L i,M J in how well you reported Ms passing. With the possible ex ceptlon of Hamley's ln Pendle ton, I do believe that Gene No ble had more men on horses pulling Noble leather than any other, and of course all of them STAR THEATER Tburs., Frl., SaU April 2, 3, 4 Andy Hardy Comes Home Mickey Rooney, Teddy Rooney, Patricia Breslln, Fay Ilolden and many more. PLUS. Villa Brlen Keith, Cesar Romero, Margla Dean, Rodolfo Hoyos. Sun., Moo., Tues April S, 6, 7 Houseboat Cary Grant, Sophia Loren and a trio of appealing kids. Sunday at 4, 6:05, 8:10 foMff V Striae s su vS-s-b. 1 VWE'RE LOADED WITH I TERRIFIC SELECTIONS 'ALL MAKES ALL MODELS Farley ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere did not "pull leather" and they were still In Noble saddles. When my father, myself and my brother Spence were keep ing the wheels turning on the nlrl f!T u; nrlntn1 nntnlnnre Inr nono flnH Z nlu,ava tne good old feeling of ,nome a common slght ln dayg gone I by, to see Gene rushing down to get his "saddle a day" off to the expectant orderer (yes, Gene could make one saddle by himself a day.) Gene no doubt was a 71 year subscriber to the Oregonlan (It but don't let anyone say that Gene's desire for the news ever swayed him away from the Dem ocratlc party Just as father George before him, he was a staunch Democrat always and may jt be said that he and the iate Jesse Wells, for so many years the county assessor, were tWo eood Democrats who could et Renubliean votes In what was then a very strong Republican county. They were both men of outstanding Integrity and that Is not sayIng anything against their honorable opponents. Gene serv- . j i i... i eu munuw muniy as treasurer with great credit and I know there were times when he "Itch ed" to make that beautiful stamping on his saddle leather when he had to forego It to mix around with county warrants. Gene and the late Leslie Mat lock were grammar school class mates ln Heppner of my beloved mother Cora Dale Spencer Craw- f Thhere w5e oterS' f but these three are gone all lcavln a very strong Imprint U fun liic i tv,u it iw fa vuu I just want to say In passing that for one of the old timers, and In my youth I little dream ed I would ever be one, that Heppner Is a storehouse of so many Interesting happenstances Joy, tragedy, great sorrow and so many happy days, perhaps yes, for sure, this Is no different from any other fine community ln America. But Heppner ranks so high In the list among these that has gone to the depths of despair and come back better than ever, but at what a terrific cost. I need only mention 1903. Today, unless one had been there, Heppner Is far removed from pain, grief, tragedy as I saw It when I was but lo years of age. There Is no point in going thru all of that again, only now, the old ones know the young ones need not know. I started writing about Gene and of course like most of our old timers, I digressed. The best of everything Bob, to you and Mrs Penland, and if you will tell me the price I want you to enter me on the "sub" list. I should be getting your fine old GT every week. Sincerely, Art Crawford San Francisco, Calif it 5 Motor Company NATION At EDITORIAL $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. County Agent's News By PAUL RAUEN A number of farmers. In Mor row county are participating In a cost of wheat production study for the 1958-1959 crop year. The enterprise management s t u d y contains detailed information on cusis, returns, ana management practices. As It happener, many farmers were aware of the act ual cost of wheat production. The farm crops committee, therefore, appointed a sub-committee head ed by Harold Snider to study costs on a number of farms In all areas of the county. Manning H Becker, Oregon State College extension specialist In farm man agement is assisting in the cost study, which will continue for one cycle of production from preparation of land through marketing of the crop. During the past several weeks, the following ranchers were con tacted by a personal visit to as sist in the completion of their records: Kenneth Smouse, Harry Proudfoot, Paul Tews, Bob Pet erson, Louis Carlson, David Ba ker, Kenneth Turner, Harold Snider, Melvin Moyer, and John Graves. Manning H Becker is planning to visit each ranch co operator around July 1, to dls cuss summer fallow records and answer any questions on records. We would be glad to hear from any other persons Interested ln conducting a wheat cost study, which can help Individual farm ers Improve their Income through better management, A number of Morrow county farmers have shown much in terest this spring in farm wind breaks, which provide protection from wind as well as beautifying the entire farmstead area. During the past several weeks, wind breaks have been planted on the Roland Bergstrom ranch at Gooseberry; the Paul Brown ranch and the Howard Pettyjohn ranch at Heppner. The Bergstrom planting consisted of five rows, one row each of Caragana, Rus sian Olvie, Black Locust and two rows of Ponderosa pine. Windbreaks are also planned for the Blaine Chapel ranch at Hardman and the Flying "A" Motel at Heppner, and will be planted as soon as the ground has been prepared. For those who are Interested in tree planting, It Is not too early to plan. The deadline for ordering seedlings for farm wind breaks has been extended from April 1 to the 15th. There Is still a large selection of trees available which Include Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Black Locust, Caragana, Russian Olive, Russian Mulberry, and Chinese Elm. We will be glad to help you with your planning, Windbreaks established ln your community demon s t r a t e that trees can be grown in dry land areas with proper care and man agement. Jim Valentine, Heppner ranch er who has recently taken over i SIB For Example , 1957 BUICK Loaded, has full powit equipment $2395 From the files of the Gazette Timet April 4, 1929 The miracle of the age! That Is the way talking and singing motion pictures have been de scribed thru -out the country. And now, through the energies of Manager SIgsbee of the Star theater a series of talking and singing acts will be presented to Heppner people on Saturday, Heppner's free Chautauqua for 1929 will start June 8, according to announcement of directors of the association Tuesday evening. . Miss Gladys Benge had as her dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Eph Eskelson on , Monday evening, the Misses Nancy Harris, Helen Hasklns, Hortense Kay and Gladys Hor rell, all of whom were with the Whitman elee club and were college friends of Miss Benge. The latest reports from R W Turner, Heppner citizen on his return from visiting the Hoiy Land and European points, is to the effect that he was with relatives in Illinois, and will be home soon. fertilizer and sales application ln this area and who has been active in the drive to organize a county wide fire control pro gram, called the office Satur day to list some additional equip ment which he will have avail able to assist with the fire pro gram during the year. Jim has three 1200 gallon tank trucks with 2 way pumps for suction and discharge. Those trucks will be on call to all communities and will help considerably ln the planned program. Questionnaire survey cards sent out with a letter explain ing the proposed county wide fire control program have stop ped coming Into this office. While 109 farmers sent back these cards, there were over 300 mailed. It is still not too late to get your card in the mail if you are one of these who have not yet done so. At the request of over 50 farm ers attending our annual weed educational meeting held on February 9, a county wide Weed Advisory Committee was appoin ted, the appointments were made by county Judge Oscar Pet erson and the eunty ageni. Du ties of the committee were to assist in over-all planning of the county weed spray program as well as to assist with edu cational activities in advising people of the need for weed con trol. This committee which con sists of Dick Wilkinson, Orian Wright, Heppner; Alex Lindsay and Norman Nelson, Lexington; and John Graves, Hardman, met for the first time Tuesday of this week. During the evening many suggestions were made for improving the weed program and plans made to carry out various activities throughout the year. The education program recom mended at this county-wide meeting was reviewed with plans for accomplishment. Colored post card mailings of the major noxious weeds in the county are being made avail able by the college. The com mittee recommended that these be sent out at the time of the year that control methods were recommended listing recommen ded control practices and time liness of applications. Also rec ommended were weekly .news articles in this column which were timely on weed control practices. The group stressed the Importance of agricultural con servation practice payments to help farmers defray the cost of weed control, urging all farmers to sign up for this practice at the local ASC office. They were HEAR AGAIN Find out about Sonotone's latest way to hear better again, yet wear nothing in either ear. The secret is our new eyeglass models for both men and women. SONOTONE HARRT BROSTRON Manager of SONOTONE OF YAKIMA WILL BE AT Northwestern Motel For Service & Fittings Tuesday, April 7 1 TO P. M. esDeclallv Interested ln those. farmers who live ln the upper watershed areas where many of our weed Infestations originate and taking advantage of this means of controlling weeds at the least possible cost to them. Land owners will be urged to cooperate with their tenants ln getting a weed control program under way on tne iarm u une has not yet been Initiated. This Is especially Important since the county-wide group asked that SS5 of the wcon'trdlhip Is in the .amount ol I - . ofw'onH will nrov de some 4-H club district law De yui in 1960. This would affect only those who have not shown any interest in a weed control pro gram on their farm. The group felt there was the need for con tinuing the present county weed control budget and asked that all farmers cooperate in advis ing them or the County Agent's office of perennial noxious weeds in their communities which need control. They urge all farmers who have no weed control equip ment to consider owning their own so that spray work can be done when needed. For those with small infestations which do not warrant outlay of such equip ment the county weed truck is available for limited custom work. The group also agreed to check into prices and possible usage of a gas fired flame thrower for control of smoe grassy noxious weeds. Authorization was given for the purchase of a four foot three point hitch operated grass drill for seeding down new road sides to grass for weed compe tition. Ralph Marlatt, Heppner was interviewed as operator of the countv weed sprayer for this season. For the first few warm days of spring, interest is developed by many of our farm and towns people ln planting a vegetable garden. This office at this time of the year receives a number of inquiries as to the best var ieties to plant. As a help to those who wish to try some new in troductions as well as the relia ble old stand-bys the extension horticulturists have prepared a list of vegetable varieties for 1959. We would be happy to provide those interested with a copy of the list of varieties. On March 11 the Oregon State Department of Agriculture had word that the state supreme court had upheld the constitut ionality of Oregon's Brucellosis eradication law, clearing the way for continuance of efforts towards a Brucellosis free state by June 1959. The suit attacking consti tutionality of the 1957 law has slowed the program and had cast a shadow of uncertainty on the state's right to conduct the clean up program. Plaintiffs were Sid Seal, the Wallowa County Stock men's Association and 28 cattle- Get a First National livestock gd or a You're sure to enjoy eervioe, so see your (W FARM AND RANCH fT) YS OPERATORS: Get a 1 viX 'L d production loan for J V- V crops or llvestockl PfPST National HEPPNER GAZETTE 2- First 4-H Summer School Scholarship Comes From Pine City The Pine City extension unit, for the fourth consecutive year, h99 thP distinction of providing the first 4-H summer school scholarship to be received by tne county agent's office, me scnoi momher from that community a trin to the 4-H summer school to be held on the Oregon State Colleee campus, June JO to u, rpports N C Anderson, county extension agent A committee of leaders and narpnts consisting of Marcel Jones and Gene Pierce, Heppner; Alfred Nelson and Orvllle Cuts forth, Lexington; are in charge of securing the 4-H summer school scholarships for the dele gation of 32 boys and girls who will represent Morrow coumy this year. Elieible boys and girls, those who are at least 13 years of age on January 1, 1959; have com pleted at least two years of 4-H club work with all projects en rolled in successfully completed In 1958 are now in .the process of making application to be con sidered as a delegate from Mor row county With over 70 mem bers elieible the summer scnooi selection committee will have an important Job on thier hands in men who said they represented 110 other persons in the live stock business in Eastern Oregon. Those concerned with the clean up program are now looking for ward to the June 30, 1959 goal for statewide certification as a modified Brucellosis free Oregon. Against the deadline, Dr A G Beagle, federal veterin a r i a n, placed the programs position as follows: Crook, 75 completed; Gilliam, 80; Harney, 95; Jack son, 75; Jefferson, 78; Klam ath, 75 Lake, 75 and Wallowa, 90. During February, 1256 herds containing 42,112 cattle were blood tested with 348 reactors disclosed for a percentage of .826.. There were 1,120 dairy herds ring tested, containing 22, 400 estimated cattle with 18 sus picious herds disclosed. RANCH AERO OWNED AND OPERATED BY PAUL N. HANSEN Will De Back Again this year with two airplanes to assist the farmers of this area with their spraying problems. "TTVTT! (f rn RVV JULI y Uj Ls V production loan loan for maohinery, buildings, or equipment this low-cost, high-value nearby First National loan ALU BANK SEKVICI (FARM LOANS INCUUDID) Monday thru Saturday or Oregon roiTLANB MaM M4I M..11 MUM - TIMES, Thursday, April 2. 1959 selecting the more outstanding boys and girls. They will be selected on all around 4-H club work including such points as Interest and at tention, attendance at club meet lngs. Club 'spirit sportsmanship, cooperation and work being up to date. Permanent 4-H records which club members keep will be the basis for selection. The permanent 4-H record includes the entire record of the club member for the projects and ex hibits, demonstrations and other tests, leadership and special 4-H recognition obtained. Applications must be received at the county agent's office by April 1. Delegates will be selec ted by a committee composed of Mrs Veda Brenner, and Lloyd Morgan, lone; Kenneth Peck, Lex ington and Mrs Andy Van Schol ack, Heppner. Scholarships in the amount of $25.00 provide board and room and incidentals for the club member while attending the week long summer school. With the first such scholarship now received the groundwork is laid for the scholarship committee. Farm and civic organizations as well as individuals interested can provide scholarships by con tacting this committee or the county agent's office. - IONE COOKERETTES The lone Cookerettes held their meeting at the home of Marilyn Morgan, our junior lead er, March 26. Mrs Baker showed us how to make out our records. Marilyn gave us a talk telling us some of the ways we can be good host esses. For refreshments we had punch and cupcakes. After we had the meeting we all played games. Susan Llndstrom, reporter SPOON LICKERS CLUB Tuesday the 24th the Spoon LIckers 4-H club meeting will be held at Celia Boulden's. Then ous group will tour the Heppner Bakery. Tuesday, March 10, our 4-H meeting was held at Carols Anne Anderson's. Carol Anne demons t r a t e d whole wheat muffins. Kathy Ray, reporter " tr- on orops 3 I J&4 financial man soon! Bank IMNWHI RSI ANK WHEN! VOU CAN BORROW
