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MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1983. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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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
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Can we afford thirty to forty
aonars a aay ana live to eignt
dollars per hour for teaching
time ana scnooi administration
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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Again this year with two airplanes to assist the farmers
of this area with their spraying problems.
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- 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
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