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HEPPNEB GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July 2. 1959 2- I iuun (&uz?tt? (Emm MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1S97. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NIWSPAMR PUBII3HIII ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Subscription Rates: Morrow and From The County Agent's Office By NELS Perhaps the first calf to be born from artificial insemination outside of the Boardman-Irrlgon area of Morrow county was a Guernsey heifer calf born Sat urday at the Roy Martin farm near Lexington. The mother is a Guernsey heifer bought by Jim my Martin from Tillamook two years ago. Virgil Attebury of Hermistin was the inseminator, arrangements have been made for artificial insemination of dairy and beef animals by con tacting Mr Attebury who serves the Hermiston, Boardman, Irri gon area. Last week's 411 workday was a success with work planned for two days completed In one. Glen Campbell, Butter Creek area rancher, as chairman of the im provement committee lined out work for men, women and child ren present, During the day a permanent water system was in stalled, skylights put in the kit chen, five tables made as well The back hoe furnished by Ken neth Smouse made quick work of digging two hundred feet of trench for the pipe and in re moving a number of stumps which have been in the way on the grounds for a number of years. Those taking part In the field day in addition to Glen Campbell were: Mrs Campbell and family, Kenneth Smouse and family, Bill Nichols, Fred Nel son and Karen and Keith, John Towards, Rol Lindstrom and Sleven, Doug Drake and Alfred, and the county agent. A general workday and picnic has been planned for Sunday, July 5. Tents will be put up and other arrange ments for the camp made at that time. Unless someone has slipped in unbeknown, Max Barclay holds the distinction as the first farm er to begin harvest this year. Max harvested part of an acre of Flynn barley Sunday after noon, he reported good plump grain and a high yield. As this news is being prepared early this week we don't have a chance to check on him to see if his prediction of being in full swing on Tuesday is right. Barley har vest is near, however, in the north country most of these farmers are planning to get started Immediately after the 4th. As in past years no doubt there will be some that get over anxious to begin harvesting. While moii'ture content tests are available at our elevators there may be some who would like to run a simple moisture lest to satisfy their own curiosity. A rec ommended moisture test fur wheat at harvest time can be run. Obtain a small jar and some flake salt, place a small, amount of wheat in the jar, pour salt on top of the wheat and shake the jar for about a minute. If the salt clings to the side of the jar, the wheat has a moisture content of more than 1KI, and should not be combined until the moisture content is lower. The government will take a farm census this fall the 17th in our history. From IS 10 to 1920, agriculture census was taken every ten years since 192n it has been taken every five years. Someone will visit every farm to gather the detailed facts a nation and its people need to know about an activity as basic as agriculture. Some areas can (7- STAR THEATER Thurs., Fri.. Sat., July 2. 3, 4 Snowfire Molly, Melody and Don Mc Gowan. FLUS. Never Steal Anything Small Shirley Jones, James Cagney. Sun,, Mon., Tues., July 5, 6, 7 The Sound And The Fury Yul Brynner, Joanne Wood ward, Margaret l.eighton, Stu art Whitman, l.'thel Waters, John Real. Sunday at 4, (5:10 and 8:20, ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Mattel Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. ANDERSON expect the enumerator In Oct ober, others in November. The in formation to be collected this year will again give us a county by county count of all farms In Oregon and in the rest of the nation. It will tell us the amount of land used for crops and pas ture in each county, the kind and quantity of crops harvested, the number of livestock on farms and the kinds of equipment and facilities that our farmers have. It will furnish information on time worked off farms, on the amount of fertilizer and lime used, on the amount spent for farm labor, custom work, feed, gasoline and oil, in short, it will supply information about farm ing that is necessary to the good management of our farms, our businesses, and our government these facts are needed to meet the demand of change. The cen sus helps to provide these facts. The more accurate the census, the better the job of problem solving. Chats With Your Home Agent By ESTHER KIRMIS "I'm back from the Wars" so to speak. Have just completed a vacation in North Dakota, a stint of church work at Valpor aiso, Indiana, and 4-H summer school at Corvallis. It's good to be back to normal things again. Did you ever see Mount Hood from the air by moonlight? It is truly the most breathtaking I've yet to see! Flying directly from Chicago to Fortland on a night flight on June 19 took me right over the mighty Columbia and Mt Hood. It truly made me proud to point out Oregon's "wonder of wonders" to fellow passengers. I arrived in Corvallis on Sat urday morning just early enough to witness the entry of the 4-H wagon train from Jackson county enter town. The wagon train left Jacksonville the former cold- mining town, on June 8 and traveled 225 miles in 13 days. They averaged about 20 miles a day stopping in parks overnite. Townfolk of each city came out to witness their campfire pro gram in Hie evening. Betty J Sedgwick, state extension agent, and I went out to eat picnic (tinner with them in Avery park n Saturday. Talking with some of the adults and 411 members in the wagon train we found out that the cook was a woman over 70 years, one horse had died on the way and a ridine horse hail to be pressed into service, sacral had gotten sick with stomach flu on the way, Douglas and Curry county 4-H'ers had joined the train at various way stations, and that all had ex perienced a taste of pioneer life that would make them better fu ture citizuns. Everyone bore evi dence of the 13 day trek with peeling sunburned noses and tanned faces and arms. The wagon train broke up In Corvallis and the horses and wagons were trucked back home in modern fashion. 4-H summer school led us all a merry pace. I liked the plan this year of 4 -II members arriv ing on Saturday and classes not beginning until Monday. This I From where I Red Johnson, owner of the local hardware store, likes to keep business simple "pay as you t o,H says Red. Recently, to emphasize the point, Red had a sign painted for the store window. In big red letters, it read: "Please absolutely no checks accepted pay in cash only," When the sign painter had finished the sign, he delivered it to Red and named his price ten dollars. "Very reasonable," ald Red. And the next thing you know he was handing the Copyritht, 1959, NATIONAL EDITORIAL biinnig,i,n.m. gave the agents, leaders, and youngsters sufficient time to get settled in their houses, make new friends, and relax before the fast pace began. Sunday services in the col iseum were conducted entirely by 4 II members. Outstanding boys and girls spoke on the four symbols of 4 H "Head, health, heart and hand". The afternoon was spent with taking pictures of the entire group and county pictures. This year the entire group made up a covered wagon in celebration of Oregon's cen tennial. Elsewhere in this paper you'll find details as to classes, hous ing, and special events of this annual 4-H event. This was the first summer school attendance for about 15 of our Morrow county 4-H'ers. It was also a first experience for Mrs Walter (Eulenna) Corely, our office secretary, who attend ed as county chaperon. "I never knew there was so much walking involved," remarked E u 1 e n n a, 'Thank heavens they had buses to take you back to our housing!" Eulenna was leader of a group of 25 young 13-year-old girls. She took them from one class to another each day. I noticed the confidence the girls had in her. Every once In awhile at assem blies they would side up to her and ask her a question. Eulenna's daughter, Sherry, was wide-eyed with new experiences. I can well imagine the sharing of exper iences that is going on In the Corely household these days. Five Morrow county 4-H'ers and I had the opportunity to appear on radio while on OSC campus. We cut a tape on Friday afternoon, along with Tillamook county, which was used on KOAC's "Roving reporter" pro gram on Saturday evening, June 27, at 7:30 p m. Interviewed were Dennis Doherty, Lexington; Lib- by Van Schoiack, Heppner; Ann Schmeder, Irrigon; Chloe Mc Quaw, Boardman; and Kenneth L Smouse, lone. Each told a little about themselves and what class they had enjoyed the most, I'm hoping to get this tape so that it may be played over a Pendleton station so that more of you might hear It. I taught 11 classes of "Let's Sing for Fun". The class dealt mostly with the learning of new songs and how to direct com munity singing. As you can well guess, I'm nursing a pretty hus ky voice these days! it you vvisn to nave your presure gauges tested here is an address: Charlton Laboratory Box 1048 2340 S W Jefferson Portland 7, Oregon Charges are 75c for one gauge and 50c for each additional gauge. We do not have the equip ment in the county to do this testing. FOLLETT MEAT CO. Hermiston, Ore. Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermlston-McNary Highway CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING WHOLESALE MEATS sit ... ly Joe Marsh Don't "Check" With Red I fellow a check for ten dollars! From where I sit, some rules we make boil down to "dont do as I do, do as I say." It re minds me of a friend who drank nothlnf but iced tea and criticised the fact that I pro ferred (lass of beer. That's not only annoying-, It's intol erant. Good neighbors should make tolerance the role with more "do" and lew "say." United Statu Brtvtrt Foundation By Jackie AHOY! I have Just come float ing in off the No 6 fairway and feel somewhat water-logged at this point; so if this column seems a little "drippy" this week, please have patience and maybe next week I can stay out of the water. The course Is In beauti ful shape except for that under ground seepage area, and it can THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette-Times July 4, 1929 Fred Mankin has joined the ranks of the tractor farmers. He sold his mules last week to Skip- ton and Todd of Sunnyside, Wash. With the arrival of Gordon Ridings, U of O athlete and Red Cross swimming instructor, the Legion pool was opened yester day in his charge, and many folks took advantage of the oc casion for a cool dip. Mrs Lee Sprinkel returned home the first of the week from a visit with relatives at Glen- wood and Goldendale, Wash where she spent several days the past week. A lawn party was given Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Daisy Shively, honoring Mrs Etta Parker, a bride of the month. Josephine Mahoney departed this morning on a vacation trip that will take her to San Fran cisco and probably Los Angeles before she returns. She will vis it the Misses Elaine and Ber nice Sigsbee at San Francisco. IT'S DANCE TIME! fl mm SATURDAY NIGHT- FAIR PAVILION HEPPNER Over The Tee Cup Labbart certainly play havoc with one's score. (Some of our golfers have tried playing down the fence line on that hole, but usually end up going over the fence, which is a two stroke penalty, so you just have to pick the lesser of two evils. Monday afternoon, Bonnie and I Dlaved the finals match in our spring handicap tournament and Bonnie emerged victorious. She was awarded the traveling golf trophy by last year's winner, Ha zel Mahoney. At ladies day Tuesday, old "Sol" greeted us with his smil ing face while we "chopped" and "splashed" our way around the course. The sun-struck seven teen were Helen Shaffitz, Delores McDowell, Cork Norene, Dee Gribble. Bonnie Mattoon, Sue Valentine, Gene Case, Vi Lan ham, Kay Robinson, Hester Cres- wick, Gladys Snyder, Hazel Ma honey, Roberta Dougherty, Max ine Gray, Carma Koenig, Viv ian Williams and myself. New golf balls were awarded to Sue for shooting low net score and Dee for having the least number of putts on the nine holes. I WONDER: how Vivian sur vived the sun this week (last ladies day she really got "burn ed" . . , and not by the sun . . . she was almost at the "boiling point" she was so upset over her golf game. But this week she birdied a hole and shot a 47, so guess she must have "simmered down") .... if Gladys had a grudge against her ball (she hit it four times in one place) . . . how in the world Delores got so excited that she literally "split her seams" ... if maybe we shouldn't turn the lower end of No 6 fairway Into a wading pool for the younger set . . . If Carma enjoyed playing with us 11 July With The Music of Johnny ORCHESTRA for the first time this spring . . . how Helen manages to steadily improve her game when she is allergic to dust and weeds (guess she is smarter than the rest of us, and stays out of the rough). Next Tuesday ladies day will start at 8:45 and all golfing gals be sure to attend for we have something special planned and it should be quite,hilarious. Sorry I don't have any tee talk about the men this week, but the tea leaves didn't reveal any "male" link lore this time. Mr and Mrs Jim Mallon re turned the end of the week from Portland where they visited his parents and the Centennial. ffSTlVA JULY 5 & 6 1-10 p. m. Exhibition Water Skiing Horse Drill BOAT PARADE AIR SHOW PAGEANT BOAT RACING AMATEUR WATER SKI COMPETITION FREE PARKING FIRE WORKS On Wallula Lake Bt 730 Near Hermiston & Hat Bock State Park Admission by numbered Booster Buttons $1.00 & 75c good for both days Tickets at gate ,75c & 35c each day mm Morrow County I Mir &(q1 Dannie Queen Sharon And Her Court Admission $1.50 ICs LEXINGTON The Lexington fire department was called to the O E Baker home on Tuesday- for a grass fire. Mr and Mrs William C Van Winkle have been visiting their son, Alfred In Spokane this week. Mr and Mr9 Frank Messenger and girls were Grants Pass visit ors over the weekend where the girls will stay to visit relatives. Mrs Clarence Hays and daugh ter Candy, are visiting her par ents, Mr and Mrs Earl Warner from her home in Corvallis. 7 WW 1 1 dependent Insurance 1 1 AGENT -uivniroumit' Happy 4th Of July! Lets have a safe and sane Fourth of July! Let not friends or family Suffer or cry! Whether driving or walking Afar or near, Let your hands be steady And head be clear! hr For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 6-9625 Box 611 HSPPNEB. OBEGON AND 10 UNTIL 2 MEET Fn
