HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, November 28, 1959
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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From The
County Agent's Office
By N C ANDERSON
The main topic of conversa
tion these days seems to be
"how bad was your wheat and
barley hurt when temperatures
dropped rapidly and reached be
low zero for several nights the
weekend of November 13". How
ever, it Is a bit too early yet to
determine the exact actual loss.
There will be some wheat and
a considerable amount of barley
which will need to be re-seeded.
With several days of warm
weather It will help the grain to
begin to grow. I spent Monday
afternoon examining a number
of fields in the south Heppner,
Eightmlle, Gooseberry and south
lone areas. Some fields that had
been reported to be hurt badly
were beginning to grow and if
the weather continues as mild as
it Is at the time of this writing,
they will become re-established
well enough to withstand normal
winter weather. Some fields are
doubtful as to whether they will
recover. Quite a lot of barley
appears to be badly hurt, de
pending on the stage of growth
and protection offered by deep
furrows. Most severe damage Is
found In the western part of the
county, with damage varying
with stage of growth and lo
cation of the fields. Ridges which
generally take the brunt of freez
ing weather seem to be hurt
less than the lower areas of the
field. Some ranchers plan to re
sted as soon as they can ade
quately determine the damage,
if need be, to get away from
having to seed in the spring and
the problem of securing spring
seed wheat Most all spring seed
ed barley varieties that had
made any growth at all was def
initely damaged. Late seeded
Flynn barley which was just
coming up at the time of the
freeze seems to have withstood
the freezing well.
A timely reminder comes from
the brand recording office of the
state department of agriculture.
The department is now entering
on the last phase of the six
months period allowed re-recor
ding of brands. All applications
for renewals of brand must be
in the mails by December 31
to meet the deadline set by law.
Their office reports that on Nov
ember 13, about 50 of the
hrands now registered had been
renewed. The department urges
that those who have applied for
brands not to be alarmed if
thov do not get their certificate
of ownership for sixty days after
making application for they are
about that far behind at this
stage. Applications have been
sent out to all registered owners
of brands. If you are such an
owner and have not received an
application or have laid yours
aside, It is time to get it in the
mail now.
Considerable interest has been
shown the past week by a num
ber of livestock men planning
to attend the 10th annual stock
men's short course which will
be hold at Washington State
University on December 7, 8, 9,
10 and 11. Fred Nelson, Homer
Hughes, John Graves and W W
Weatherford are those we know
of who have enrolled. There may
be others. A special livestock fer
tility school will bo a part of the
short course this year; the fer
tility school Is under the direc
tion of Dr E S E Hafez who is
physiologist for the department
of animal science at Washing
ton State. Bill Weatherford, Hep
pner, Is furnishing the cows that
will be butchered and used In
the school. The program for the
entire course looks very Inter
esting and covers all phases of
the entire livestock Industry.
Word has Just been received
from the Tillamook county a
gents office that because of the
great demand for Tillamook
Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc
iation dairy heifers this year,
there will not be any available
before early spring. This year
only one grade Is available-superior
quality which sell for
$26.75. These calves are guaran
teed to be sired by registered
bull whose dam produced 400
pounds of butterfat or better on
a 305 day record.
STAR
THEATER
Frl Sat. Nov. 27. 28
Senior Prom
Jill Corey, Paul Hampton
Louis Prima & Keeley Smith
and dozens more. PLUb
Warlock
Richard Widmark, Henry Fon
da, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy
Malone.
Sun MoOm Tue, Nov. 29, 30.
Dec. 1
Last Train
From Gun Hill
cuv nnnclns. Anthonv Oulnn,
rnmlvn Jones. Earl Holliman.
Next week at this time the
annual meeting of the Oregon
Wheatgrowers League will be
under way at the armory In Pen
dleton. All wheatgrowers should
have this week received the
quarterly issue of the Oregon
Wheatgrowers League's publica
tion, "The Wheat Field." In
looking through this Issue the
program outlined looks very in
teresting, As In past years we ex
pect a good representation of
wheat farmers to participate In
the commltte meetings on Thurs
day afternoon and to attend the
various sessions during the three
days,
Thanksgiving Day marks the
end of the fifth annual Farm
City Week which has been ob
served Jn the United States and
Canada during the period Nov
ember 20 through 26. In Morrow
county the annual Farm-City
banquet held Monday evening
of this week drew approximately
125 farm and city people who
seemed to enjoy rubbing elbows
with each other. Substituting for
associate extension director
Frank L Ballard, who was un
able to attend, Charles W Smith,
assistant director had some re
vealing facts concerning the de
pendency of farmers on our city
cousins and vice-verse. He point
ed out that in Oregon, agricul
ture Is the second greatest nat
ural resource. It is exceeded only
by forests. Economic activity
generated by Oregon farms has
been measured at better than a
half-billion dollars. Much out
of-state money Is brought into
Oregon as a result of selling a
product in out-of-state markets.
Out of some four-hundred mil
lion dollars annually from sales
of farm products, about two-hundred
million dollars Is accounted
for by sales outside our borders.
Oregon farmers turn much of
this take back Into the business
stream to buy the equipment,
fertilizer, and other retail goods
necessary for operation of the
farm and for farm family living.
In recent years Oregon farmers
have accounted for about $1.00
out of every five spent at retail
In the state. He pointed out that
retail food prices in 1958 aver
aged 26 higher than In 1947,
the first full year following lift
ing price controls, but food Is
still a good buy. Before the war,
It took nine farmers to produce
food and fiber for a hundred
consumers. Now four farmers
can do this same job. Factory
workers earned their weekly
family market basket of U S
farm produced foods In nine
hours 36 minutes last year. In
1947, the factory worker worked
13 hours and six minutes for
the same quality and quantity
of food. American people are eat
ing better, diet-wise, than they
did a decade or so ago and this
better diet took only 22 of the I
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
November 28, 1929
A 4-H dairv calf club was
organized at Gooseberry Sunday
with 12 members and Mrs Beu-
lah Lundell as leader. Members
are Charles and Raymond Lun
dell, Raymond and uonaiu
Drake. Jovce Carlson, ixtnaia
McElligott, Theodore and Erling
Thompson, Arthur Bergs trom,
Clifford Carlson, Elaine Nelson.
Mr and Mrs Claude Cox left
for Portland on Monday expec
ting to spend Thanksgiving hol
idays with their son Clair, stu
dent at OSC.
The first dance under the
management of Cole Madsen
and his Black Cats of Heppner,
was given in the old rink at
lone Saturday night
spendable income last year com
pared to 27 in 1947. Number
wise, farm people are in the
minority. Onlv about 12 percent
of the nations population now
lives on farms, contrasted wiui
23 just before World Wrar II.
It is pointed out that both agri
culture and industry are entit
led to share in the credit for
this progress. All along the line,
farmers are farming better and
results are being applied both
in producing farm products and
in marketing them. By working
together, people on farms and
off can continue to add to the
comfort, convenience, and satis
faction of all people.
Don't forget the Midco Sale
scheduled to be held in the Seu
fcrt building at The Dalles on
December 1 and 2. This years
two day event features Hereford,
Shorthorn and Angus bulls and
heifers. Eighty Hereford bulls
and 15 heifers will be shown
and sold on the 1st; 30 bulls and
10 Shorthorn heifers; 20 bulls
and 2 Angus heifers will be
shown and sold on the 2nd. If
the quality of all consignments
to the sale are as high as the
bulls and heifers going from
Morrow county this will be an
excellent opportunity to buy the
breeding stock you have been
looking for.
CAPITOL MALL PROPERTY
Some $600,000 has been spent
since June 15 in acquiring Cap
itol Mall property and Dy tne
end of the year the entire $700,
000 appropriated by the Legis
lature will have been used.
In all some 30 properties have
been acquired so far this year,
including a number of resi
dences, apartments and one res
taurant. Contemplated purchase
of a tavern is scheduled to await
until after the next Legislature
meets. State agencies will be
housed in some of the buildings.
William C Ryan, secretary of
the Board of Control reports that
the state nets about 5 percent
profit from it's houses rented on
the mall taking Into consider
ation those which house state
agencies and for which no rent
is received.
When It is found that it is
not economically feasible to re
pair the state-owned houses,
they are torn down, some for
parking lot locations.
STATE BUYS SMALL CARS
After a vear of testing the
state purchasing division has de
cided to use small cars in most
departments. The exception will
be the state police cars, with
V-8 engines in conventional two
door sedans.
More than 40 of the 80 cars
which the state will purchase in
December will be of the compact
typo.
Bids have been called for 41
cars with 106-inch minimum
wheelbase. Standard sized autos
have a wheelbase of at least
118 inches.
At present the state operates
some 50 Ramblers and 20 larks
which were purchased to test
smaller cars. Falcons, Corvairs
and Valiants could also fit the
specifications for smaller cars.
All the new cars will be equip
ped with safety bets In front
and back seats.
AWARD VOIDED
The Oregon Supreme Court
this week ruled that a Lebanon
woman is not entitled to a $40,
326 damage award from the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mrs A F Carlson had sued for
$134,326 for injuries received in
Nov 1954, when the car in which
she was riding struck the 19th
car of a 38-car log train on the
road between Lebanon and Scio.
The high court found that the
Carlson car was going 50 miles
an hour when it plowed into the
train. The accident occured on a
clear night, and the crossing was
clearly visible.
The Supreme Court said that
it might be desirable that trains
carry devices to mane them more
visible at grade crossings, but
that "this must be balanced
with the public interest that re
quires adequate public service
from the operation of railroads."
Therefore, the court continued,
the question of such safety de
vices is a matter for the Legis
lature to decide.
A bill was introduced in the
1959 Legislature to require trains
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