MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppnar Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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County Agent's News
By N C ANDERSON
Forty five 4 H saddle horse
members, leaders and parents
from Morrow county attended
the 411 saddle horse field day
held in Condon last Saturday.
This group was part of 165 per
sons attending the field day
from Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler,
Sherman and Wasco counties.
During the day those in attend
ance were given instructions on
what to look for in selecting a
horse, horse judging, showman
ship and horsemanship. Club
members judged a class of four
quarter horses. Everyone present
was intensely interested in the
horsemanship demonstration giv
en by Ward Wells, horse breeder
and trainer from Oswego who
went through the paces explain
ing how to train a horse; demon
strating the simple fundamen
tals working into the more dif
ficult aspects when the simple
steps have been accomplished.
Mr Wells demonstrated on his
palamino stallion, Hireks Son,
who has appeared on numerous
television programs and has
shown in many of the exhibitions
throughout the entire United
States and Canada. Those who
THIRTY YEARS AGO
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 30, ISSS.Seholack; disease control com
miuee uuoiiiii"",
Marketing and production com.
mittee chairman, Dick Wilkin
son; game and theft and brand
chairman, Gordon O'Brien; range
and pasture improvement com
mittee chairman, John Graves
and meat promotion committee
chairman, Frank Anderson. Some
committees have met; others are
expected to meet as problems
and projects present themselves.
From the Files of the
Gazette-Times
Mar X 1929
The competition was keen in
the "Story of the Poppy" contest
of the American Legion Auxil
iary, and the Judges after much
consideration named the follow
ing winners: Roberta Thompson,
upper grades; Cleo Hiatt, Inter
mediate and Dorothy Dale Mon
roe, primary section.
Shearing Is on the Krebs Bros
and Hynd Bros places at Cecil.
Mr and Mrs Vawter Crawford,
Mrs F S Parker and son John
and daughter Katheryn visited
at the home of Mr and Mrs O G
Crawford In Walla Walla on Sun
day.
brought up to date on the newest
techniques in beef and swine
production should keep these two
dates in mind. t
Word has just been received
from Oregon State College that
the state has been assigned six
1FYE exchangees for the com
ing summer. Since these ex
changees must live and work on
Oregon farms it will make it
necessary to have some 2o or
so host families. Applications are
now being taken for farm fam
ilies who wish to provide homes
for visiting IFYE's. We would be
happy to visit with families who
might be interested in the oppor-
Those ranchers who have been
bemoaning the price of the com
modities which they produce
should make comparison with
recent Daritv percentages for
some of the farm commodities,
While wheat and hay men are
of the plants. For ornamental
trees blossoms should be cut
with pruning and shaping of the
tree in mind.
SOCIAL CLUB TO MEET
The OES Social Club will meet
Saturday afternoon at the Hepp
ner Masonic hall.
Father Claire Hayes of Port
land visited in Heppner Wednes
day afternoon.
i. u tViic wnile wneai unu no men
New Chevrolets were disposed
of this week by Ferguson Chev
rolet company to Henry Peter
son, Wayne Neal, coaches and
Henry Rigel, roadster. Used cars
were sold to F M Akers and
Hubert Mahon.
We now have a copy of the pro
gram for the two days which
looks to be very interesting. The
program has been developed for
beef on the first day, May 18
with the Swine field day follow
ing the next day. A special ladies
program has been arranged for
both days.
The beef cattle breeding re
search program at the college,
a discussion on improving re
productive efficiency and im
proving beef cattle through
breeding research will be part
of the morning session which
attended the field day Indicated 1W,1" beled by various members
that their day was well spent.
TRAIN WRECK NEAR MORGAN The engineer was drowned and
his fireman seriously burned when this old steam locomotive
went through a flood-weakened trestle Just above Morgan and
wouna up on its side in Willow creek. This newspaper was un-
ooie to uncover tne exact date ol the wreck, but the best guess
that could be obtained was that it occurred in the spring of
either 1919 or 1920. It attracted many persons for miles around
and several made the trip by automobile from Heppner, which
was not nearly as easy to do at that time as it is today. Another
wreck occurred about 1940 just above Lexington, and there have
been several Instances over the years of runaway cars on the
downhill run from Heppner to Heppner Junction. The last run
away was about seven years ago when three cars got loose at
Heppner and were derailed in a pile at Ione alter a last 17 mile
trip.
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
Dear Editor:
It would be greatly appreciated
if you would publish in your
Letters to the Editor, the follow
ing comments:
Due to the fact a great many
citizens of this county have in
quired of various members of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital board
as to the possibility of air con
ditioning the hospital, in an
swer to these Inquiries the board
of trustees has made an Inves
tigation as to the cost of the
same that meets the standard
requirement of hospitals and we
find if the whole building is
air conditioned in one contract
the cost will be approximately
$20,750.00 and that if we do it
step-by-step in Ihree stages the including repaint job,
cost will be approximately necessary, $2,000.00.
$21,770.00. No funds are avail- 4. Purchase of awnings for all
able for this purpose and the ward rooms and labor room on
board has decided against re- main floor, $1,000.00.
questing any appropriation from 5. Emergency fund, $2,500.00.
the county to cover litis improve- For a total of $8,000.00.
ment. It is lelt that the only The board has found that as
way the same can be accom- our plant grows older the cost
plished is by levying a special of upkeep increases and In or-
tax for that sole purpose or, dor to preserve the plant in good
condition all of these repairs
from donations of a sufficient
amount to cover the cost of the
same.
When the last monthly meet
ing of the board was held our
budget for the fiscal year begin
ning July 1, 1959, and ending
June 30, 1960, was discussed.
We find that from experience
our income from the operation
of the hospital is only sufficient
to pay actual operating expen
ses and does not leave any mar
gin for the maintenance of the
plant. We are going to submit
to the County Budget Committee
a request for $8,000.00 for the
ensuing year. These items are
as follows:
1. Repair to the heating ss
tern in the basement $1,000.00.
2. Treatment and repair of
roof, $1,500.00.
3. Repair to inside of buildlns.
where
Congratulations are in order
for Raymond Lundell, Goose
berry community farmer, who
was selected lor Conservation
Man of the Year winner for Mor
row County. Raymond was selec
ted by Morrow County Wheat
Growers Association Comittee
last week and honored Tuesday
night at the annual spring meet
ng. I he conservation program
carried out on his farm is one
that can, be adapted to every
farm in his community We urge
all of the readers of this column
to read the newsstory on Ray
monds activities that won
him this honor.
for
Recently we announced in this
column that Oregon State Col
lege would hold beef and swine
field days on May 18 and 19.
To The Editor:
As usual, I was Interested in
the old Gilliam & Blsbee picture
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Thurs., FrU Sat., Apil 30. May
1, 2
The LUtlcst Hobo
Fleedu, London, Buddv Hart
and Wondy Stuart. PLUS
Guilwhip
Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming.
Sun Mon., Tue May 3, 4,
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The Perfect
Furlough
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Kee-
nan Wynn, Elaine btriteh,
Linda Cristal. Sunday at 4,
and 8.
are necessary.
Very truly yours,
P W Mahoney,
Chairman, Board of
Trustees
rionecr Mem o r 1 a 1
Hospital
published Thursday, April 23.
do not know for sure the exact
month this old picture was taken
but I will be pretty close to the
date. I am positive the picture
was taken in the spring, prob
ably in April, of 1894. In 1894
my father, J L Yeager finished
our new house on what was
then Alkali Street, now called
Water Street, on the S E corner
of what is now Water and Jones
Streets. There was no Jones
Street then, as that part of Jones
street was part of our barn yard,
N D Bailey now owns our old
home. I remember it was during
the school term In 1894 when we
moved Into our new home from
acooss the street where Adelle
Wright now lives. I remember
when Gilliam & Bisbee had the
"Majestic Range" display that
year. My mother told me that
she purchased one of the very
urst Majestic ranges brought in
by the famous old hardware Co,
I recall very clearly that my
father had Mr Harris the old
tin-smith working for the hard
ware store come aown to our
now house and Install the stove
and put in a new hot water
tank, with a hot water faucet
right over the range. This old
range was in constant use clear
up to the time of my father's
death when it became the prop
erty of my brother James W
Yeager. So, I am pretty sure this
picture was taken either in
March of April of 1894. At that
time the Majestic range was
thought to be the last word in
modern cooking.
O M Yeager
Castle Rock, Wash
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HAIL STORM!
Insurance TODAY.,,
C, A. RUGGLES
INSURANCE AGENCY
PHONE 6-S625 HEPPNEH
of the livestock department. Re
cent developments in cattle nu
trition with discussion on white
muscle disease, pellet feeding,
and feeding experiments; tech
niques for red meat determina
tion, a panel question period and
a tour and demonstration at the
barns will make up the after
noon program.
Featured at the swine field
day will be discussions on feed
ing pre-weaning pigs, improve
ment of barley rations, swine
disease prevention a carcass
demonstration and a presenta
tion by Stanley Green, Stanfield
on how he carries out his com
mercial hog operation. The after
noon will be spent-in observing
the OSC swine herd through a
tour and demonstration at the
barns as well as a panel ques
tion period and an outline of
swine breeding research in Ore
gon.
Ruby Setzler, extension animal
husbandman from Washington
State College will outline the
Washington swine testing pro
gram. Those interested in being
summer.
vet the countries that will be
represented in this years if it-
program, they come from an over
the world.
' From Purdue University comes
word that, good quality early cut
alfalfa hay has three times the
feeding value of average hay.
The average daily intake of the
better kind for a 1200 pound cow
would be 35 pounds daily. Of
this 17 pounds will be required
for maintenance leaving 18
pounds for production. This
amount would produce -enough
energy for 32 pounds of milk
and in addition, will have
enough protein and calcium for
80 and 220 pounds of milk re
spectively. On the other hand,
if given hay of average quality
the same cow would eat but 25
pounds daily. Because this in
ferior hay has lower digestibili
ty 19 pounds would be required
for maintenance, leaving only
6 pounds available for milk pro
duction. This hay would only
have enough energy to produce
the 22 pounds of milk to be
equivalent to the good quality
hay about 9 pounds of grain
would be required. The value of
beef cows and other stock is in
proportion to the figures given
for dairy cows. In addition this
early cut alfalfa hay would pro
vide much of the vitamin A re
quirements, if put up properly,
that is so badly needed by our
range livestock.
Recently chairman George
Rugg of the Morrow County Live
stock Growers Association ap
pointed committees for the new
year. In line with action taken1
at the annual meeting to in-1
corporate the association there j
will be 11 persons on the exec
utive committee beginning this
year. In addition to president!
George Rugg; vice president,
Beamer and treasurer, Gerald:
Swaggart; executive committee .
members will be membership
and finance chairman, Raymond ;
French; legislation and taxation!
chairman, Barton Clark; preda
tors, insects and rodents com
mittee chairman, Bob Van
tato man is receiving only 45
of parity. On the other hand
calves are bringing 109 of par
ity, beef cattle 100. The
sheep man is getting 2 of par
ity for sheep, 74 for lambs and
only 49 for wool. Again, the
wheat man should know that
oats is bringing but 70 of par
ity, rye 64 and corn, 63.
Barley and hogs are each bring
ing 71. Dairyman are getting
84 of parity on their price for
wholesale milk; 80 for butter
fat. Turkey men, on the other
hand, are receiving 65, chick
ens, 62. Find anything In the
list that you would rather be
growing?
Flowering orna mentals are
now due for a pruning. Some
of this can well be done as you
cut flowers for inside use as they
bloom. Most of the flowers are
born on new shoots produced
during the early summer, so we
prune during or right after
blossoming. To thin out and al
low for a healthy production of
strong new shoots from the base
Smorgasbord
Our Lady of Angels
Church Parish Hall
6th Off Hermiston Ave.
. HERMISTON, ORE.
' Sunday,. May 3
2:00 TO 6:00 P.M.
Home Cooked Goodies
Ham and Turkey
Potato Salad
Baked Beans
Molded Salads
Assorted Breads
Fresh Salads
Cr sd Kelisnes
Cranberries
Jewel Cake
Homemade pastries
Deviled Eggs
Coffee
Adults $1-50
Children, under 6 50c
Children 6 To 12 75c
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