MORBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
Publish Rvprv Thursrtnv and Entered at th Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rates- Morrow and Grant Counties. W-O Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N C ANDERSON
President Eisenhower has pro-1 More than 230 head of the
claimed July 19-25 as National Willamette Valley's finest pure
Farm Safety Week. While there bred yearling stud rams, range
are many proclaimed weeks dur- 'rams and ewes will be offered In
ing the year this week is an im- me imn annual wmameue vai
n it 1 LI t ...til 1 1 1 ,
portant one. National Farm Safe
ty Week Is a campaign to pre
vent accidents among farm fam
ilies. It could not come at a
better time of the year. Records
show that farm accidents occur
much more often when people
are in a hurry such as every
one is at the time of the yera
when it is harvest time. The old
adage that "haste makes waste"
holds true here.
The 1959 theme is "Safety
Makes Sense." The objective of
Farm Safety Week is to estab
lish safety In farm living not
only during this week but every
day in the year. Everyone in
the nation is affected directly or
Indirectly by the farm accident
toll. The victims and their fam
ilies, however, suffer the greatest
loss. Human failure, not motor
vehicles, farm Implements and
ley ram sale which will be held
at the Linn county fair grounds
in Albany on Saturday, August
1. The sale starts at In A M
Breeds offered for sale are Rom
ney, Lincoln, Coriedale, Colum
bia, Cheviot, Shropshire, Hamp
shire, Southdown and Suffolk.
All animals are guaranteed
breeders. Catalogs may be se
cured by writing the secretary
at P O Box 365, Albany.
Recently we received 50 copies'
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HOTTER AND HOTTER
Think Ye not that the Repub
lican campaign in Oregon will
he a rjassive one. Within tne
past ten days Peter Gunnar, Re
nublican State Central Commit
tee Chairman, has visited GOP
leaders in 30 of the state's coun
ties and will contact those In
the remaining counties this
week.
Chairman Gunnar's purpose is
to pepper-up plans for a leader
ship workshop and training ses
THIRTY YEAKAGOSSsS5
EARLY FARM AT STATE FAIR
A centennial farm, typical of
the farms of the early Oregon
pioneers, will be created by the
From th files of the
Goiette-Tlmes
July 18. 1929
Chris BroJn, lower Blackhorse Oregon State Grange for the Cen
farmer, was the first to bring 512
wleat f ihf, T hfhrVeSflrltl a' farmhouse, shed-type, well
Heppner, delivering the first. .j f m be bullt
truckload of the new crop the , P and ra.i xence
last of the week. !Silverton Road, among the large
Mrs Mary Pieffer of Walla ' grove of oak trees
Walla came Saturday for a short The farmhouse will have two
visit with her sister, Mrs Charles rooms, living room and kitcnen,
Nord of lone. I with a ladder leading to a loft
for beds.
Bruce Spaulding, a law stu- persons throughout the state
dent at Willamette university, having pioneer relics which can
Salem, returned to that citv this hP used on the farm are asked
week after spending several days to loan them to the Grange for
at the home of his parents, Rev use during the Fair.
and Mrs F R Spaulding.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, July IB, 1959
Bob Allstott, Tindall Roblson,
Frank Fraters and Egbert Young
were-Eight Mile, farmers in the
city on Tuesday getting ready
for the harvest
Lexington News
depressing cattle on the market,
he reports.
Marketings of cattle off grass
will pick up some during the fall,
but are likely to remain a smau
er than-usual part of the total
beef supply, Thomas Deneves.
Meanwhile, the supply of fed
beef is expected to stay relativ
ely large, keeping the price
spread narrower than usual be
tween the lower anu mgn
grades of beef.
Strong and rising consumer de
mand will give firm support to
beef prices through the summer,
but Thomas says he doubts if
fpeder cattle prices will show
the upward trend of the past
two years. Higher prices oi nay,
poorer pastures, and large sup
ply and lower prices of pork and
poultry all are against a runner
rise. Probably the best cow prices
of the current cycle already have
been seen. Cow slaughter nas
been reduced further this year
Mrs Franklin Miles entertain- as herds are built up.
ed with a birthday party honor
ing her daughter, Dona's birth
day. Those present were Greg
Miss Zetta Bleakman of Hard-
man accompanied her aunt to and Anita Davidson, Mariene
Spirit Lake, Idaho for a few i Smith, Carlita, Lolita, Jimmie
weeks vacation. I and Joyce Marquardt and Kathie
Bert Palmateer and family of Messenger. The following moth
Morgan and Mr and Mrs Henry
Beers and daughters of Estacada
were visitors in Heppner on Fri
day afternoon.
Arlington and Ukiah claimed
a large number of local cele
sion to be held in Salem Oct 2.
of a reprint of an article which Nine county officers from each
anneared in'Th Furrow, the1 county will be contacted. Those
Jonn Deere company magazine in me ou cuumiea viwicu uy Fourtn 0f jujy period
on stubble mulch. The title of, Gunnar have expressed enthusl- 1
the article, written by Ted Horn
ing of the Pendleton branch ex
nc nxrar fho nrnlfpt Tt Will hp
the big kickoff for the revital- the highest expectations, and
periment station Is, "Here's Howjized campaign. 7ere nnin even Iun"er -,ie"u
to Avoid Stubble Trouble". In United States Senator Thurs- t0T 4 . . t . ...
u- ...i! n .,,n ji ,1,111 v.o iha "nmfps. The state might have a 5Jo
which have been used success
still be the necessity of hand
ling to the best advantage that
which is left after combining.
This article outlines one of the
many methods which have been
used successfully to avoid stub
ble trouble. We would be happy
to mail a copy to you if you are
Interested.
While we have got off to a
good start in number of fires
there is still the threat unless
everyone is careful. A fire last
week in the Sandhollow area was
put out by quick action of sev
eral neighbors without much
loss. A range fire in the Board-
man area last Sunday destroyed
2500 acres of range. There are
bound to be fires each day as
grass and grain matures with
the warm weather we have been
having the past week. This fire
could easily be on your farm un
less precautions are made to pre
vent or quickly control them.
As a result of the rural volun
animals', is the basic cause of Ted Horning to .stubble-
accidents. In nearly every case
human failure to recognize and
correct a hazard Is the cause of
accidental death and Injury. Hu
man failures include hurry, lack
of common sense, improper
equipment, Improper care and
use of equipment, procrastinat
ion, false confidence, lack of
knowledge. Obviously common,
if not all, farm accidents can
be prevented. By making reg
ular safety inspections of home,
buildings, fields, machinery and
equipment, work habits and at
titudes farm people can prevent
accidents. The week of July 19
to 25 Is the time to do some
thinking of how you might pre
vent accidents on your farm. Re
member "Safety Makes Sense"
by causing fewer deaths, few
er injuries, less expense and less
grief and suffering.
On Tuesday the agent had the
opportunity along with a num
ber of farm people and busi
ness men In Morrow county to
participate in a tour to study
the effects the pool created by
the John Day dam will have on
our county. Representatives of
the U S Army Corps of Engineers
dealings with the various phases
of the dam were present to load
the tour of the area and to dis
cuss the effects. While my main
interest was the effect on agri
culture It was Interesting to see
the opportunities the pool will
provide which will in my opinion
greatly offset the disadvantages
of the losing some of the better
farm land in the Boardman area.
There will be some of the best
opportunities provided by any of
the dam pools for the develop
ment of industry and recreation
in the area. Of particular inter
est to me was the plans for de
velopment of the pool which will
flood the Willow Creek valley for
a distance of approximately 2
miles. This will be a deep pool
protected by hills with easy ac
cess from highways 30 and 71.
The Corps of Engineers told if
that this would be one of the
most ideal boating and water
skiing areas created by any dam,
Their plans call for development
of picnic facilities at tills place
which should be welcomed by
our people who must now go
many miles to enjoy sucn lacu
Hies. For those who are interes
ted in the pool boundaries we
have a map in the office show
ing these.
i Tntlllnn cnrnliia fnr hfpnnllim
sor or tne political reiresner -
oii onri will nnenrdlntr to just ended July 1, compared to
mulch a field covered by 12,000 , present plans, make several ap- tne expectea fuo.uuu.
pounds per acre of wheat straw, pearances In Oregon under the The dark cloud on the picture
Even though it appears now that sponsorship of Oregon Republi- ls th? Possibility of a voter ref-
u t,,KK1a Ik. IQru n-, o utiiuum 111 HUCIUUVI .,uv.
liic oiuuuic vi in,; .tuj uaiiB.
will not be quite as great as IBID TO VISIT JAPAN
that of a year ago there will
A statewide group ls circulat-
Attorney General Robert Y Ptitlon,s alme? " kAeeptng
U1C iCUCiai iu.lfllicr lOA uiuuv-vtvii
Thornton said Monday he may
visit Japan next month, at the Part of the state Income tax
invitation of the Japanese gov- """ .
ernment, to give a number of,
lectures on American public law ,aw ","ul,",u",aflcu"" I a
and government.
i as a deduction, and appropriated
""""' I ,nr $12,000,000 for the next biennlum.
will visit" have been initiated The tangent here is if toe law
by ministers of justice, the presl- P on the ballo and voted
dent of Rlkkyo University; the down, the state will lose that
executive director of Kiyosato -vw.-.i.
Experimental Education Pro- of opponents of the refer
gram in Japan and the chief .en,; , n .
prosecutor of Tekie. wlu a Gwlnn active Repub-
y o.,"( ,m 7nm Hran leader of Albany, who is
School graduate in World War II, ch'rman of the referendum pro
still speaks Japanese. He said if "ly?JW&tM0n
still speaks Japa
he made the trip he would go
at his own expense.
PERENNIAL JOB SLACK
There were 3,142 new claims
for unemployment pay last week,
the State Department of Employ
ment said Monday. This ls con
siderably lower than the 5,411
of a year ago. When the figure
is higher than the previous
week's 1,044, the jump is not the
tary fire control program set up result of new employment. In
this spring we have a listing of creases appear during the first
equipment available In each .part of July every year, when
community. This office would be many persons who exhausted eli-
happy to assist in routing equip- gibihty for the previous fiscal
ment as well as possible if a 'year tile new claims. Aproacn
ing seasonable peaks in agri
culture, food processing, con.
in
fire is reported. While we have
not obtained fire equipment
which we will eventually secure structlon and lumber are
through surplus our organization creasing job opportunities,
can be of much help. One of The Centennial celebration re
the main emphasis which has portedly ls a boon for industries
been made from time to time ls catering to tourists, providing
that extra eciuiDment be kept, more than the usual number of
handy for fire control; by this
we mean having your tractor
hooked to a plow or disc, your
spray rig In the field and some
back pump cans filled for im
mediate use. Check with all your
summer jobs for students.
TAX TAKE SOARS
Like July weather the state
tax picture ls not all sunshine.
There are a few heavy clouds on
the horizon, according to State
harvest help so they will know i Tax Commission Chairman, Dean
what their responsibilities are Ellis. He reported Monday that
in case a fire occurs in your
grain field or in a neighbors.
tax collections lor 1UM were
some $2.5 to 44 million above
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18.
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Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming,
Lisa Davis, Barbara Darraw.
Sun- Mon Tueg., July 19.20.
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out which filled will total 65,000
ers and friends were also present,
Mrs Sue Messenger, Mildred Da
vidson, Mitzie Peck and the hos
tess Beverly Miles.
Miss Sylvia Severance from
Burbank, California is visiting
her sister and family, Mr and
Mrs Roy Campbell.
Mr Beecher field representa
After a moderate seasonal rise
this summer, hog prices are ex
pected to take another dip this
fall. Hog-feed price ratios have
been favorable enough to cause
a further expansion in pig crops.
This will boost the supply of
pork this fall and next spring
still more. By next spring, prices
probably will be low enough to
discourage some producers.
Throughout the period, prices on
the Pacific Coast should stay a
mone the highest in the nation,
but will rise and fall with prices
in the Midwest.
Lamb prices probably wm
tive of Prudential Insurance who, k lowef much of the time
has been a guest of Mr and Mrsi , . t. conn(1 hfllf of the
UUllllfe
E E Peck is a patient In Pioneer
Memorial hospital having be
come ill while visiting in Lex
ington.
year, rnomas says, siaugnter
prices should hold close to last
year's level, but feeder buyers
n i u u u may be more cautious after last
The Tops club met at the city .'..
hall at the regular time on Mon- 6 "
day with chairman Millie Fair- i-s-:
cloth presiding.
Hog, Lamb Prices
Expected to Dip,
But Beef to Hold
Cattle prices are likely to stay
relatively high, but hog and
lamb prices probably will dip as
the year progresses, forecasts
Marion D Thomas, Oregon State
College extension agricultural
economist. v
Range and pasture conditions
are not as good as a year ago,
but moisture shortage in some
parts of the West doesn't seem
serious enough to force price-
IONE HORSE CLUB
This week we rode to the Sher
er ranch for our meeting. There
were eight members present at
our June meeting.
On the pony ride we made
$34.85. We had our meeting and
saw one of the trophys one of
us will own at the end of the
year. We also decided what we
would wear.
After our meeting lunch was
served by Mrs Sherer. After our
lunch we had practice on the
barrel and stake races.
Tim Tullis, reported
COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDINGS
For June, 1959
County Court met in regular
session on June 3, 1959. The min
utes of the May term were read
and approved.
Tom Walker was granted the
contract for fixtures and wirings
for the courthouse at a figure
of $1044.70.
The Road Department men
were granted a raise for the com
ing fiscal year.
The following warrants wer
issued on the General Fund:
Velma Glass, Health
Nurse $342.44
Bruce Lindsay, Co Clk 368.64
Oscar Peterson, Co judge 343.04
Sadie Parrish, Deputy 258.98
C. J. D. Bauman, Sheriff .... 354.42
Elvira Irby, Deputy 228.68
Lillian Sweek, Deputy 188.23
Sylvia McDanlel, Treas 233.92
Harry Dinges, Assessor .... 366.94
Continued on page 7
DON'T MISS the pleasure of
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wonderful family entertain
ment. Star Theater, Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday.
Patterson-Johannsen Fight Pix,
Star Theater, July 26-27-28.
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$495 to $7050
Wurlitzer
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Chord 2 in 1 Organ
Spinet Organ
Traditional
Price Range
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112 S. Main
Since 1923
Pendleton, Ore.
UlfvlUl U UUiJl to be
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It takes just three seconds to crush the fire out
of a cigarette and half a second to break a
match. Yet, careless smokers started more
than 18,000 forest fires last year. It takes only
five minutes to put out a campfire. Yet, campers
in an average year start 3,500 forest fires.
These fires all could be prevented by a few
seconds or a few minutes extra care. This year
be sure YOU take time to be careful.
Heppner Pine Mills, Inc.