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MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Thp Hepimer Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NIWSFAFII PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Suhooriminn Ratnt- Mnr-w nd Soil Conservation Guest Editorial by Robert C Baum, Executive Secretary State Soil Conservation Committee Governor Mark 0 Hatfield in designating the week of May 310 as Conservation Week, recog nized that "the conservation and wise use of the natural resources of the State of Oregon is of primary Importance to our present generation and to generations yet unborn." Soil, one of our basic resources, along with water, crops, and minerals is the foundation of our economy and way of life. Soil Conservation is particularly important to people of Oregon because our new wealth each year stems almo -' entirely from agricultural and forest production both directly dependent on the soil. Oregon's 61,664,000 acres are used for nearly every crop grown In the temperate sections of the world. To properly understand the problems and possibilities of soil conservation in Oregon, we should first have an understanding of soil, its Importance to the farmer, the community, and the entire nation. Many of us are Inclined to think only of the crops that are produced, giving little thought to the soil itself. We realize that every living thing on the land is dependent upon the production that comes from the soiL The productiveness of this soil depends largely on the management and care on the part of the Individual landowner. Agriculture, as an Industry In Oregon, has been in existence for over a century. While this country Is comparatively young compared to other agricultural areas of the world, the strain of continued production Is already beginning to From The County Agent's Office By NELS Members of the Rhea Creek 4-H Livestock club last Satur day hosted the Hoof and Horn club to a field day at the Harold Wright ranch at Ruggs. The 42 club members present had a very profitable day with livestock demonstrations and judging. TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: I have read "Train Wreck Near Morgan" and while I cannot tell the date, I do know that the engineer was not killed, The fire man Jumped Into the creek and was carried down stream several hundred yards, the water was not hot enough to burn him. Mr Frank J Helbelt was a sec tion foreman who had been sta tioned at lone was riding on the side of the engine to watch for soft track, he was thrown into the flood and the, body was not found for several weeks when it was discovered by Mrs Broady. A reward had been offered for the finding. Mr Heibelt was an active member of the Masonic lodge and attended lodge very regularly In Heppner and lone and those lodges should have a record of his passing. Mr Helbelt had filed on a Homestead In Petteys Canyon and was a friendly man to all who knew him. The train carried numerous box cars which were followed by some cars of cattle and the rear was a baggage car, then 1 passenger car. Mrs Helen V Knappenberg of lone, now a resident of The Bap tist Home In Portland was a passenger on that train. Bert Mason, Portland (Editors note several persons have this week Informed us that the wreck occurred early on the morning of May 12, 1917. We have also been told by many people that the engineer was also drowned, though the fire man Jumped and was saved.) STAR THEATER Thursw Fri., Sat., May 7, 8, 9 Destination 60,000 Preston Foster, Pat Conway, Coleen Gray, Jeff Donnell. PLUS The Barbarian And The Geisha Girl John Wayne, Eiko Ando. Sun., Man., Tues., May 10, 11, 12 Rally Round The Flag, Boys Paul Newman, Joanne Wood ward, Joan Collins, Jack Car son. Sunday at 4, 6 and 8. ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oranf Counttp. S4 Q" Year: El?cwhv has lost 25 ANDERSON Classes of fat steers, breeding beef, fat lambs and breeding gilts were Judged durlne the dav. The fat steers were furnished by Eric and Steve Anderson, Kenneth Wright and Bobby Har ris. The breeding beef by Ken neth Wright: the lambs bv Ar- chle Ball and Nat Webb and the pigs by William Rawlins. While the planned noon picnic was In terrupted by showers the Rhea Creek Grange hall came in handy as a good place to eat the potluck dinner served bv the mothers of members of the clubs. The community conservation field days scheduled for Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons of this week got off to a good start Tuesday after noon when 36 persons attended the first day tour. The tours were arranged this week as part of the observance of State Con servation Week May 3 to 10. While only the Tuesday after noon tour had been held at the time of this writing, much In terest has been shown In the Wednesday and Thursday after noon tours. Those taking part In the Tuesday afternoon tour en joyed a chill lunch at the Newt O'Harra home, then visited con servation practices In the north Lexington area. Stops were made I at stubble mulch fallow oper ations on the Alfred and Norman Nelson and Max Barclay ranches to observe effects of various types of Implements used. Wheat seed ed at the Max Barclay ranch in late July fertilized with 30 pounds of nitrogen in February of this year, was also seen as was a two year old four row windbreak on that ranch. The windbreak consists of a row of caragana, one of Russion olive and sand cherry mixed, black locust and Austrian pine. A farm pond at the Fritz and Kenny Cutsforth ranch which will be stocked with trout this week was visited as well as a seeding of alfalfa, Intermediate and crested wheatgrass on land reclaimed from sagebrush, at the Kenneth Turner Ranch. From where lit 1 ffi '7 neiDina When hi wife left on ft visit. Bud Harper promised to take care of her potted plant. He moved them out to the porch where he'd be sure to see them and then forgot them. Week later, Mrs. Harper asked about the plants in a letter. Bud rushed out, expect ing to find them dead. But they were in perfect shape even the pots had been rearranged. Naturally, Bud was mysti fied. Then he found a note on one of the plants: "We'll lose this one unless you put Am Copyright, 1959, ML NATIONAL EDITORIAL . r ffJiJIIMiS'll'llin Oregon, as Second Class Matter $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. show. Soil surveys of the grainlands of the Colum bia Basin Indicate that over 40 of the cropland of the surface soil and that over 5 has lost over 75 of the surface soil by wind and water erosion. Other parts of the State have similar stories of erosion along rivers and stream banks, formation of gullies on range and forest lands, and depletion of soil fertility through the loss of valuable plant nutrients. More frequent floods, higher flood crests, and greater flood damages are among the un wanted by-products of soil erosion. Silt and sedi ment pour into stream channels, harbors, and reservoirs to reduce their carrying and storage capacity. At the same time erosion Is increasing the cost of maintaining highways and railroads. Wildlife food and cover are destroyed and fish die in silt laden waters. Landowners throughout Oregon, by groups and individually,, are taking action to reduce soil losses and make even better use of their soli and related resources. This improved use and conservation of the soil results from the adoption of a program of management to fit the land based on its needs and capabilities. Included are the use of erosion control meas. ures, Improved drainage and irrigation, wood land and range management, and proper crop rotations. Examples of group action are the many drainage, irrigation, and soil conservation dis tricts, which local ' landowners have organized. Effective soil conservation and use Is desir able everywhere. It is mandatory In Oregon if we are to maintain and increase our agricultural production and our forests, range, fish and wildlife. E R Jackman, range crop spec ialist, Oregon State College, will meet with the range and pasture improvement committee' on Thursday evening of this week at this office. This committee consists of John Graves, chair man; Bernard Doherty, Harvey Smith, W E Hughes and Dallas Craber. It is a committe of the Morrow County Livestock Grow ers Association. They will plan range and pasture improvement projects for the year. Mr Jack man will spend Friday in the county at which time we will visit a number of grass and al falfa seedings which have been made during the past few years. The bid for 1000 gallons of Ester type and 300 gallons Am ine type 2,4-D; 100 gallons Trl chloralbenzoic acid and 500 pounds Amino triozol for the Morrow county weed control pro gram was awarded to Paul Petty john, lone as low bidder. Con siderable interest was shown this year with eight concerns making bids for these weed killers. Ralph Marlatt, operator of the county weed sprayer, Is busy trying to keep ahead of Russion thistles and other annuals on roadsides. Ralph is spraying In the north area of the county now. Anyone who wishes to have spraying done or report weed patches which might have been missed should call this office or the country shop. Bruce Arnold of Pacific Wool Growers and superintendent of the wool shows at state fair and Tacific International called on Tuesday of this week to remind us that there will be both 4-H and open wool shows again at the Pacific International as well as continuing at state fair. We would like to urge all of our 4-H club members and other sheep men to pick their best fleeces for exhibit at the county fair, state fair and P I now before their wool is marketed. The best lime to select the fleece Is at shearing time when selection can bi made more easily than sort ing through all of the fleeces after shearing. Let's have a num ber of fleece exhibits from our sheep men this year. Krebs Brothers, Cecil, started construction recently on a large I sit ... iy Joe Marsh Call it- I . R I ,1 bud to u ossom" monium Sulphate on it. Pete." (He's the milkman.) From where I sit, "neighbor linen" Is a wonderful thing, particularly when It's put Into practice every day. This week, for example, why not have some neighbors In for glass of beer or a tup of coffee? ( Serving them their preference in beverages that's "nelgh borliness' too.) inittd Statu Brtwtrt F THIRTY YEARS AGO! From the files of the Gazette-Times May 9. 1929 Appropriation of $350 by the city countll Monday evening as sures the ODeniner of the Ameri can Legion swimming tank this summer. Heppner Rebekah lodge nom inated officers for the ensueing year and elected delegates to grand lodge at Its meeting Fri day evening. Grand lodge dele gates are Mrs Charlotte Gordon, Mrs Anna Brown and Mrs Helen M Walker. lone and Heppner high schools will clash for the fourth time this season at Rodeo field to morrow afternoon, lone to date having the edge by winning two out of three games. . John Kilkenny Jr was visit ing at the home of his parents on Hinton creek over the week end. Dr Arthur Craig, dentist, re turned from Portland on Wed nesday. Miss Mildred Farrens of Hard man spent the weekend visiting with friends and relatives in lone. hay shed which will handle 10,000 , bales of hay. The shed which will be roofed with steel will have full concrete floors and will be so constructed that It can be used for other purposes. The Krebs Brothers are planning to continue with putting most of their first crop of alfalfa in their trench silo and with the hay shed facilities will have top qual ity feed for their sheep and cattle this winter. Word from Jim Hutchinson and Clancey Jean, representing the Oregon Wheatgrowers League in Korea write that the Bulgour project in Korea is going over quite well in introducing this new wheat food to Koreans. In 1957, a 1200 metric ton ship ment of Bulgour was sent Into Korea and the market develop ment work was carried on by the Washington Association of Wheatgrowers. This winter 4,890 metric tons of Bulgour has been sent to the Korean society for the promotion of Bulgour under two separate purchase authori zations by the USDA. It appears that the Koreans like this wheat food by the amount of increase in shipments from the original one. 204,000 more people bought Chevrolets last year than any and there are over 2 million more Chevrolets on the road than any other car! YouMl find more to like in Chevy, too! Your authorized Chats With Your Home Agent By ESTHER K3RMIS Last Thursday was the day of "The Big Show" (in Ed Sulli van's language). It was the day of our Homemakers Festival held at the Willows Grange hall in lone. The theme was "Yesteryears of Morrow County" In celebration of the Oregon Centennial. Have vou ever worked on a jig-saw puzzle that didn't make much sense until the last few pieces fell In place? Well, that's the way I felt about the festival. We had started plans for this festival back In November. Month by month I'd meet with the county committee members who in turn would take back our plans to their units. It was amaz ing to me to see how all things took shape and fell into place that final day. The gay enthus iasm and cooperation displayed by the wqmen made this festival a greater success than I had ever dared dream! Elsewhere in this paper you will find details as to the dis plays and the program of the day. But here are a few inter esting sidelights . . . About 75 of the women appeared in pio neer dress. It made a very color ful audience. (I'd like to have had the "dry goods" concession that sold all that material!). Some women had actual dresses worn by their mother or grand mother. I particularly marveled at the huge lavender velvet hat worn by Mrs Leo Ashbeck of the Pine City Unit. (A Lum Rhea descendant). Mary Ashbeck made quite a stately picture In her brown bustled suit and this hat that must have measured close to 12" in heighth. The Willows Grange home ec onomics club under the direction of Mrs Mabel Ring, served 208 people that day, They did a pro fessional job in feeding the group, In less than an hour and a half. Over 75 people took part In the pageant, "Yesteryears in Morrow County" most of them unit members. Music for the performance was provided by Don Heliker, lone as ballad singer; Mrs Tom Wil son, Heppner as the fiddler; Elaine Laird, Heppner, who sang, "Playmates" and Renn Harris, Robert Hoffman, Stewart Gribble, and Sam Green, from the Hepp ner high school, as a barber shop quartet . . . Musical back ground was provided by Mrs E M Baker, lone; and Mrs Norman Nelson, Lexington, led the com munity singing. A delegation of homemakers from Umatilla county accompan ied Miss Frances Harvey, Uma tilla county extension agent, as visitors to our festival. Over 20 women and children qualified as native daughters Chevrolet dealer will show 1 il BW V V f1" !, , ,IMg Wn y ft YH m.LJ"ET0N CHEVROLET COMPANY MAT & MMN PHONE 6-9921 HEPPIfES, OREGON HEPPNER GAZETTE 2 Here Is Why The Heppner Soil Conservation District Is Among America's Best . . .. ,,. ... A 350,000 acres Cultivated Land 718.404 acre. Range Land - - WJM nn,. ?V7 Land :::::::r::::::::::2S 22 FortXnaC: Farm and Ranch units 35 units WHAT HAS BEEN DONE (Progress Report) District cooperators 334 MM41 acres Conservation Plans 322 - "MM acres Active District cooperators. 276 822,498 acres Soil Surveys 849'951 Strip Cropping Jj "! Crop Residue Use m-" aCT Improved Water Application 3.808 acres Range Improvement 680,001 acres Pasture Planting f Range Seeding 3' 624 Windbreak planting Diversion Ditches f m,le Land Leveling acres Pond Construction 101 Pondi (their parents coming to Morrow county by 1870). I think they felt a bit like royalty that day. . . . The Irrigon unit did a magnifi cent job on their covered wagon and mountain scenery backdrop. I didn't realize we had such artists'in our midst. . . . The most piquant scene in the pageant was the wedding scene before a replica of Valby church altar, the first church built in Morrow county. The bride and groom were Mr and Mrs Roy Lindstrom. Roy's mother was the first bride of Valby church be ing married in 18S9. The seven brides of Valby since that time appeared on stage. They includ ed: Mrs Otto Lindstrom 1899; Mrs Ernest Lundell 1904; Mrs Emil Swanson 1904; Mrs Louis SPECIAL DELICIOUS Mother's Day Dinner SERVED ALL DAY SUNDAY GIVE MOM A TREAT ELLA'S GRILL HOTEL BUILDING (as proved by official registration you why the lest seller', - TIMES, Thursday May 7, 1959 Carlson 1950; Mrs Rod Kvistad In 1951; Mr Herb Peterson in 1955 and Mrs riob Peterson in 1955. I got a laugh out of a quip made by Mrs Marguerite Hough ton of Irrigon who appeared as Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame; she had on a leather jacket with a fur collar. As I complimented her on her costume she remarked, I'll bet I'm the only woman wear ing mink today! . . It was hard to recognize some of the women as they appeared in men's cos tume back stage. Such women as Mrs Ernest Heliker as E G Sperry, (early lone pioneer), Mrs William Heath and Mrs Paul Warren as Matlock and Kelly of Heppner fame; Mrs Sue Vin (Continued on Page 5) A FREE GIFT CARNATION For Every Mother Who Eats With Us On Mother's Day, May 10 figures) other car VCM CHEVROLET your bett buy!
