MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Mattel
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Should We Abolish the Stares?
The proposal that the federal minimum wage
law be extended to cover groups of workers such
as those in retail trade who have been exempt
ever since the law's inception is an appealing
one to many people, on humanitarian grounds.
But, understandable as that is, the arguments
against the proposed extension are powerful, and
based on principle.
The question Is not whether wage legislation
is needed to cover retailing and the other service
industries. If it is, the states are perfectly capable
of taking care of that, and many have. The
question is whether strictly local businesses,
which must compete on the purely local level,
and must deal with local conditions and needs,
should be governed by an arbitrary federal law
which would treat the enterprises of little country
towns as it would treat the biggest interstate
businesses.
A little past history should be recalled. Presi
dent Franklin Roosevelt, a staunch friend of la
bor,, in proposing a federal minimum wage law
in 1937, said: "There are many purely local pur
suits and services which no federal legislation
can effectively cover."
The sponsor of this original act in the Senate
was another staunch friend of labor Senator
Black, now Mr Justice Black of the Supreme
Court. He said: "Businesses of a purely local type
which serve a particular local community, and
which do not send their products into the streams
of interstate commerce, can be better regulated
by the laws of the communities In which the
business units operate."
This principle is a valid today as' it ever
was. It is strictly in accord with the divisions of
governmental power in this country. If federal
law Is to be extended Into every area of local
life, we might as well abolish the states.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N C ANDERSON
A considerable amount of in
terest has been shown during
the past week in weed control
with special emphasis on morn
ing glory. A number of ranchers
have called at the office to dis
cuss recommendations for the
control of this weed, most of
them planning to use one of the
TBA or PBA chemicals. These
are sold under the names of
Trysben 200, Benzac, Zobar and
others. As we have pointed out
fiom time to time it is never too
yjrly to get a good weed con
. . Vijgs.n under way on your
iuiii.ii. With this new chemical,
while it is quite expensive to
use, 1007o kills can be expected
when used according to direc
tions. The expensiveness of the
chemical can be off-set partly at
icast through the federal cost
s.iare payment provided through
tue ALP program. Everyone ex
pecting to do some weed con
trol work should apply before
hand at the ASC office. TBA
should be used at the rate of
iO gallons per acre in 20 gal
ions of water when applied with
a boom spray. It will take about
125 gallons per acre of water
when a hand gun is used wetting
the patches thoroughly.
ators save special pastures of
fresh feed for their bands when
the rams are turned In.
The value of following the
practice of "flushing" ewes be
lore and during breeding of ewes
was shown In an experiment car
ried on last breeding season. In
I was very much interested in
a copy of the Heppner Gazette
of December 14, 1911 which Mrs
E W Bergstrom, lone brought
to the office recently. Called to
my attention was a letter in the
paper written by A S Akers. It
was addressed as follows, "To
the farmers of Morrow county
who are still floating above the
waters of perdition and clinging
to a straw of hope,". Proposed
in the letter was a wheat grow
ing contest to be sponsored by
the county Farmers Union and
businessmen of Heppner. Quite
different from the last few years
of excellent crops in Morrow
county It appeared that crops
had not been too good In 1911 or
the few years before.
Mr Akers' letter brought this
out by the following question
"I realize that the last few years
has been a great set back to
your cherished hopes and has
somewhat knocked the props
from under your enthusiasm, but
let us make another rally, re
membering all the while that
daylight always follows the
night, and that defeat sometimes
like the defeat of General Gates
of the Revolution has all the
effects of victory. The effect of
our short crops will cause, a
mong the progressive farmers,
a mode of farming to germinate,
tills case a ranee band of ewes
of mixed ages was divided into,and bcln8 stimulated by the
two groups. One group was
"flushed" or fed a pelleted sup
plement on pasture prior to, and
during, the breeding season. Th
other group received no supple
ment. Lambing percentage of the
group receiving extra feed was
118.7. Lambing percentage of
the "non-flushed" group was
126.9. In this case the owner
of the sheep felt that "flushing"
had been profitable. As farm
flocks are being bred In this dry
great contest will spring up and
put to flight those medieval or
primitive Ideas. Such a contest
wherein described, I believe will
mark a new epoch in the raising
of wheat and will prove to the
average farmer that he has tak
en a bigger chew than he can
thoroughly masticate." This is
the proposed contest planned at
that time. "That 40 live, ener
getic farmers of the county sub
scribe $25.00 each, making a
season the cost of supplemental Purse of $1000.00 to be divided
feed in "flushing" the ewes
could be well paid for in the
percentage of lamb crop gained,
in some cases our farm flock
owners have an Irrigated pasture
or an alfalfa field that they can
use for "flushing". In other cases
some good green leafy hay or
some grain would serve the pur
pose. Pelleted alfalfa self-fed is
an ideal method of "flushing".
A change to a new pasture or
a harvested field where there is
a lot of aftermath would serve
somewhat the same purpose.
Many of our range sheep oper-
STAR
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Forest Rangers
Plus
Wells Fargo
Two of the best from the past
brought back for your enjoy
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Sun Moil, Tue&. Aug. 16. 17.
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The Tempest
Van Ileflln, Silvana Mangano,
Vlveca Llndfors, Agnes Moore
head and many more. Sunday
at 4, 6:20, 8:40.
into three prizes og $500, $300
and $200 to be given to the three
contestants producing the larg
est non -irrigated land. In order
to bar anyone who might be so
disposed to take the 40 acres
up along some narrow rich draw,
the land should lay In a square.
The object of the contest is to
offer an incentive sufficient to
draw out to materialization those
dormant ideas possessed by each
farmer, as to what constitutes
the most perfect method to em
ploy in wheat raising, and to
cause him to study the latest
sciences along that line."
Details of the contest outlined
the type records that must be
kept including implements used,
when the ground was seeded, the
kind of wheat, and the number
of pounds sown to the acre, how
treated for smut, whether the
grain was cultivated In the
spring and how the harvesting
was done. Again quoting Mr
Akers, "If Morrow county can't
have a demonstration farm run
by the state which our cong
ressman tried hard to get let's
show our lawmakers at large
that we can make a little dem
onstration work on our own
hook." He added, "while the tim
id ones are leaning on their hoes
pondering over past failures and
charging the deplorable condit
ion to providence, we will push
forward and vigorously fight the
battles with the promised assur
ance that to the "victor belong
the spoils," he also promised
"that those who failed to enter
the contest will miss the greatest
thing of their lives and that the
excitement alone will be worth
the money!"
It is Interesting to note that
the farmers of Morrow county
were then, as well as now were
doing something to improve
the methods of farming and to
keep up with the latest sclen-
tine recommendations, while a
lot of mules, horses and tractors
have gone over the hill" In the
past approximately 50 years
since this article was published
it certainly has not been in vain.
While the cost of operation in
wheat farming has gone up con
tlnuously and many farmers feel
that times are not so good, every
one will need to admit that the
THIRTY YEARS A00
From the filet of the
Cazatte-Times
August 15. 1929
Road work Is progressing on
the upper end of the Willow
creek market road, the crew hav
ing located their camp at the
Jim Kirk place, ready to begin
operations Monday.
Reld Buselck, wife and little
daughter were weekend visitors
at HeDDner with Mrs Ellen Buse
lck, returning on Monday to their
home at John Day.
Olin Spaulding, son of Rev F
R Spaulding of this city, nas
opened a cleaning and pressing
establishment In Arlington.
Lawrence Reaney, farmer of
Lexington, was attending to bus
iness here on Monday.
Mr and Mrs J N Pieffer, of
Walla Walla, were weekend
guests at the latter's sister, Mrs
Charles Nord of lone.
Showing at the Star Theater
Sunday and Monday, Dolores Del
Rio In "Romona".
It's a dandy vacation you've
been having, isn't it kiddies? But
of course you will be glad to
Know that school starts beptem
ber 9.
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dyouliketofistaQH.n
'"'he best-rvicedcartobesetM,?
JWsthe thing to do then
Jst let our Minute Men
"P that car fueled, oiled, and clean.
Lewis Parker Miller, Alhambra, Calif.
Fuflf J wilh Now 7600 Gasoline, that k It's
powered like a piemium, ar,J piked like a
regular. As for the oil you pet at the sign of
the 76, that's Union's new Koyal Triton, new
formulation of the amazing purple motor oil.
Jim-dandy combination!
UNION OIL COMPANY or CAiiro
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standard of living is much high
er now than ever before. An idea
struck me recently that in this
centennial year when we are all
thinking back and making com
parisons with a hundred years
ago that it would be very ap
propriate that some of the ad
vances in agriculture here be
shown in the exhibits in forth
coming Morrow county fair
which will be an event In the
last days of this month. Every
one could pay tribute to Mr
Akers and those of his time who
were Interested In the advance
ment of agriculture of Morrow
county. What would be more fit
ting than one of the biggest ex
hibits ever of land products rais
ed in Morrow county in 1959?
With one of the bigger grain
crops ever harvested, and of ex
cellent quality, it would seem
that this is the year to show our
selves off. Bill Rawlins, south
lone rancher and the new fair
superlntendant of grains is work
ing hard this year toward this
accomplishment He has prom-
side to clean up samples i of grain ;
that any farmer would get to
him ahead of the fair. We should
also have great
and vegetables, grass and hay,
r" r. ..a ooricultural
UVeSlOCK, niiu -
classes. Premium books should
be in the hands of everyone now
and any question that anyone
has will be welcomed by super
. ikAo. OflSQpQ or
Intenaams ui
this office.
?ootv-like patches are common
in lawns this time of year. These
vary in size from a few inches
to a foot in diameter and are
caused by slime-moia iungus.
oi ovomlnatnn snows trie
presence of clusters of grayish to
black groups or a souiy
material covering the blades of
grass. The small clusters on each
blade are closely pacneu lugcm
a. and mvcT the erass complet
ely. If the substance is gently
rubbed with the fingers, it
breaks up into a black ashlike
material easily ruoeoa uu me
leaf. These are spores of the
slime-mold. They do not injure
l.. U
the grass out mereiy vuai mc
leaf surfaces, wnere a snmc
mold spot developes to the diam
eter of 10 or 12 Inches, there
may be a temporary smothering
action on the grass. Slime-mold
spots can be vigorously raked to
hasten their disappearance. Pos
cthiv a uttle fertilizer watered
into the lawn at this time may
also speed meir aepanure.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thundery. August 13, 1959
. j on1 enforced
Infected nerus "
quarantine. Morrow county can
4 . . . -1 t thP r leadership
well De yiuuu -
In bringing buuui ---were
the first range county in
the state to have a modified
certified area.
Both continued laboratory test
ing and practical use oi
have proved that this material
is the most effective treatment
for controlling both seed borne
and soil borne spores ui sum
mon smut. The successful con
. , .t ...v,o omnt Is directly
trot or vvncQi
coorelated with the complete
coverage oi tne wucoi
with HCB. If the treatment is
i nnmniptp in coverage,
ll'&S Uioil w.i., -
It may be expected that there
will be less tnan maAuiium i
Tn nhtain the best cov
icuuujt. v
erage possible, It has been found
that at least one uuu
or 80 HCB be used per bushel.
(Last Week)
The state department of ag
riculture and the bureau of an
imal industry received word only
recently that Oregon has become
the 20th state to receive a mod
ified -certified Brucellosis area.
Frank McKennon, director of the
Oregon state department of ag
riculture has begun plans to cel
ebrate this occasion with fitting
ceremonies at the Oregon State
Fair In September. Veterinarians
and others connected with the
state and federal program be
lieve that Brucellosis will 6oon
take its place with tuberculosis,
glanders, dourine, foot and
mouth and other contagious an
imal diseases virtually wiped
out through the same type con
serted cooperative effort The
long Brucellosis fight testing in
Oregon starting In 1928 will con
tinue with a three point program
including: (1) vaccination of all
heifer calves at proper age; (2)
cull and dry cow testing at
slaughter plants or gathering
points and strict isolation of In
fected herds; (3) rigid test of
Garden Pest Control
Guide Issued by OSC
a handv euide for home-
garden vegetable growers in
their summer "battle with bugs"
has been published by Oregon
State College extension service.
The illustrated, 12-page dook
let, "Vegetable Garden Insect
Pests," contains drawings and
descriptions of insects, describes
the damage they do, and lists
pest-control measures.
Oregon residents may obtain
free copies of the booklets from
local county extension offices or
from the OSC bulletin clerk, Cor-vallis.
IONE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Rod MacKenzle, pastor
Church school and mornlne
worship at 9:30 A M.
The sermon text-Vitality is
Mightier than Size-Matt. 13:31-
33 and Luke 13:18-21.
VALBY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Worship Services 9:15 am.
Sunday school 9:15 a m everv
Sunday.
Services held the second and
fourth Sunday of the month.
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Fire in the forest is a saboteur. Every time it
strikes America loses wood that's needed to
keep defenses strong. More than 6,000 prod
ucts, many vital to national security, are made
from wood oircraft carrier flight decks and
railway crossties; plywood for planes, barracks
and torpedo boats; paper, paperboard, box
shook and veneers to package food, military
and medical supplies; woodpulp to make paper,
rayon, plastics, explosives and chemicals. These
are products America loses when fire burns a
forest. YOU can help stop this saboteur by be
ing careful with fire in the woods. Fire is one
red menace YOU can control!
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