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The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppaer Tinea established
November It, 1897. Conaolldatcd February 19, 1912
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During the Christmas holidays
there prevails a general "easing
up" of things, or at least a few
of us try to believe that is the
way it should be. II you are
one of the persons that can find
time to sit down, do some read
ing and perhaps a little plan
ning, this would be an excellent
opportunity for you to make
plans on your planting schedule
for early spring. Some planning
now will save valuable time next
spring. If you are going to plant
roses, for instance, you should
get some catalogs or price lists
and make up your mind how
many, what kind you want and
wnere you are going to get them,
naming plans are very helpful
especially where a number ol
things are to be planted. This
works equally as well for orna
mental as it does .for vegetable.
a..u u.u uii ..... w wui
now and stake out just where
a tree is to be planted because
a shovel or stake set in the
ground can give you the point
lor sighting in. This is all very
Important as you certainly don't
want a hastily set tree to grow up
and shut off a favorite view or
maybe fall to shade the end of
the house that got so hot last
summer. A few carefully selected
trees properly placed and plant
ed can mean a great deal to any
family home. They can make
shade for the side of the house
or shade for the back yard. They
can frame a beautiful view. They
can hide something not so beaut
iful. They can fit into or mar the
landscape according to the plan
ning we do. In planning the
planting of roses or fruit trees, be
sure to give them plenty of room
and don't put them where they
will be In the way as they grow
larger. These are some of the
reasons for planning your plant'
ings now.
Planting plans remind us of
the help we gave Mrs Anne
Smouse, Heppner a few days
ago In setting out a few fruit
trees in her back yard in Hep.
pner. Mrs Smouse bought three
nicely started dwarf fruit trees
that should produce her a little
fruit this year and a lot next
year. Started trees bought so as
Mrs Smouse says, "not to lose
any more years before I have
fruit of my own." The trees were
potted in five gallon pails so
will not even know that they
were transplanted. Since they
were dwarf trees, Mrs Smouse
can care for them heiself and
they do not take up much room
In her small back yard. The
trees even though they are of
dwarf variety will furnish plenty
of fresh fruit for a good sized
family.
Oregon State College's E R
Jackman is a hard man to keep
down. "Jack" as he is know by
everyone throughout the state,
officially retired last July 1. But
because his replacement resign
ed early this fall, Mr Jackman
Is pinch hitting in keeping the
good programs he has advocated
and started In many counties
going. We have him scheduled
to appear on the program of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
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crs Association on Saturday, Jan
uary 16. We are sure that a lot
of his friends and some who
don't even know him, if there
are such people around, will
want to be on hand to hear
what he has to say. Visiting
with Jack recently, he pointed
out that we should be drumming
away at range and pasture im
provement programs stressing
alfalfa more and more. He point
ed out that alfalfa is important
because 1. there is a tendency
to increase protein in feeds, 2.
a tendency to pay more attention
to minerals and vitamins, 3. in
most parts of the state, alfalfa
produces more TDN's than any
other crop. As land values and
taxes soar, it will be necessary
to grow all we can on each
latio'n growS( we Jn 0regon m
anro A aa Patiff nnaot r.iinn
alm08t be forced to increase live-
stock products, and 5. new
mthH. nf ,ni ..hi.
automatic feeding of pellets and
wafers. It is likely that this will
increase the demand for high
protein hay, thus Improve de
mand for alfalfa.
Why don't you give some
thought to your range and pas
ture improvement program, then
plan to hear Jack talk and an
swer question! on this subject
on January 16.
If you get your paper early
this week and this serves as a
reminder you will still have time
to get your application for re
newal of your livestock brand in
the mall on December 31 which
is the deadline set by law. This
is necessary if you are to retain
the brand you now have recorded
with the state department Ap
plication should be addressed to
the State Department of Agri
culture, Division of Animal In
dustry, Salem.
Recently we visited with some
young farm people about a col
lege education. Two of these in
dicated that they were much In
terested in agriculture but be
cause of the decreasing farm
population there was no oppor
Unities any longer in agriculture
and therefore, they were debat
ing what their college major
would be. We have heard other
youth discussing this In the past
year or two and were quite In
terested in a statement which
one of the deans of agriculture
in a large college had to say
about this just recently. We
quote, "despite a decreasing farm
population there are twice as
many new Jobs in agriculture
each year as there are agricul
tural college graduates to fill
them. Farming itself," the dean
points out, "is only one of eight
major fields in agriculture which
also includes agricultural re
search, industry, business, edu
cation, communications, conser
vatlon and services. Agriculture
as a whole employs about 26
million of the 65 million employ
ed In this country. Of these eight
million work on farms, seven
million produce goods and ser
vices, 11 million process and dls
tribute farm products, and i
half million serve In the field
of science. The eight fields
would employ 15,000 new col
lege graduates annually If they
were available but the land
grant colleges presently grad
uate only about 7000 young men
and women each year. The larg
er concept of agriculture does
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John Tyler, who is attending
OTI at Klamath Falls, is home
for the holidays with his folks,
Mr and Mrs Walter Wiese of
Kimberly. He also visited at the
Williams ranch with Walter and
Chuck for two days.
Mr and Mrs Hills drove to
Vallejo, Calif for the holidays.
She is a grade school teacher and
Mr Hills works for Lyle Van
Dusen on the Wall creek ranch.
Mrs Bob Leslie and children
drove from Bend to spend Christ
mas with her husband Bob and
relatives Mr and Mrs Roy Cork.
Bob Leslie drives lumber truck
at Long Creek.
Rush Crabtree came in Decem
ber 20 to visit his sister, Mrs
Wave Jackson, then went on to
North Powder to visit other rel
atives.
Miss Kay Swick and Lonnie
Harris drove to John Day Thurs
day to spend Christmas with her
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arid daughters of Cotati, Cal
c ,n Wfhdf s, day to spend toe
f8 wlth her folks' the Frank
Williams.
Mr and Mrs Joe Simas and
children of Roseburg were in to
spend the holdaiys with her
folks, Mr and Mrs Roy Cork, and
his sister and family, the Ivan
Enrights at Long Creek.
Dinner guests Christmas at the
ranch home of Mr and Mrs Fred
Shanks were Bobby Porter, May
nard Hamilton and Mr and Mrs
George Stirrltt.
Mr and Mrs Harry W Scott
and son Robert spent Christmas
weekend at Vale with his mother,
Mrs Irene Scott and the rest of
the family.
Mrs Ellen Moore of Heppner
came In Thursday to visit her
daughter-in-law, Edna Moore;
granddaughters, Mrs Nita Cork
and family of Prineville; Mrs
Darlene Boyer and family; Miss
Jackie Moore and grandson
Emery Moore. She returned home
Sunday.
L J Matteson of Alturas, Calif
drove in Thursday evening to
spend the holidays with his par
not reflect upon importance of
farming. Although farm popu
lation is decreasing and will con
tinue to decrease, farming itself
will be an increasingly impor
tant occupation, and those en
gaged in it will need to be more
highly trained than ever." We
could add to this that agriculture
will need all of the scientific
research possible in view of the
rapidly increasing population.
The big American family keeps
growing and growing. A few
days ago the census bureau re
ported the total national pop
ulation now stands at 179 mil
lion. By next spring it is expected
to reach 180 million. Since the
1950 census our population has
increased by almost 29 million.
That's a growth of more than
8,000 a day. The experts are esti
mating we will have a popu
lation of 245 million by 1975. By
the end of this century we face
the prospect of supporting from
our land, twice as many Ameri
cans as we do today.
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Mr and Mrs Gabriel of Prlne-
ville visited at the home of Mr
and Mrs E R Lundell Sunday.
They are cousins of the Lundells.
Mrs Dean and Mrs Margaret
Ingram and daughter Marlene of
Seattle are visiting at the home
of their granddaughter, and
daughter, Mrs Dennis Swanson.
They were also dinner guests at
the Garland Swanson home
Christmas. Other guests there
were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Turner
and daughter of Heppner, Dennis
ents, Mr and Mrs Elmer Matte
son. Lloyd Conklln of Mitchell was
here over the holidays with his
folks. His brother David who Is
at EOC in La Grande was also
here.
Delvin Matteson and Mr and
Mrs Loren Matteson of Heppner
were Christmas visitors at the
Buzz Lynch home. Mrs Lynch is
a daughter of the Loren Matte-
sons.
Mr and Mrs Barney Cork and
children of Prineville spent the
holidays here visiting relatives,
the Roy Corks, Edna Moores and
Stanley Boyers.
Mrs Sharon Batty of La Grande
has been teaching the 7th and
8th grades for Robert Gertson
who has been confined to the
John Day hospital since a car
wreck last month.
Mr and Mrs Bill Howell and
children; Mr and Mrs E E Howell
of Spray; and Mr and Mrs Frank
Howell were Christmas dinner
guests at the ranch home of Clif
ford Howells.
Mr and Mrs Darrell Dulaney
and children of Spray were
Christmas guests at the home of
her sister and family the Verne
McCartys.
Mr and Mrs Ernie Johnson left
Thursday morning to spend a
week In Portland with their
daughter, Frances Noland and
family.
Mr and Mrs Ansil Martin and
son Gary of Prineville spent the
weekend here with his folks, the
Ansil Martins.
Jack Harris has gone to Day
ville to haul logs to Prineville.
Mr and Mrs Robert Gertson
were released from the hospital
this week following a car acci
dent in November.
L J Matteson and Mr and Mrs
Robert Kingman left Sunday
morning for their home In Al
turas, California.
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Swanson and Mr and Mr Adon
Hamlett and children.
Mr and Mrs Robert Jepsen ana
children spent Christmas with
relatives in Pendleton.
Mr John Clerf and children
of Kittitas, Wash spent Christ
mas with her parents, Mr ana
Mrs Elvln Schaffer m Lecu.
Dinner truests Wednesday
evening of last week at the home
of Mr and Mrs Noel Dobyns were
Mrs Suzanne McCulley ana
children, Dianna and Sean
of Eugene, Mr and Mrs Robert
Jepsen and children, Susan Jane
and Billy, and John Jepsen.
Christmas guests at the Harold
shprpr home were Kay Sherer of
La Grande, Wayne Pierce of Red
mond, Mr and Mrs Dick bherer
and Mr and Mrs Leland Mc-
Kinney and son.
Dinner guests at the Marion
Palmer home Christmas were Mr
and Mrs Elmer Palmer of Hepp
npr. Mrs Lawrence Palmer and
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Palmer and
children of Lexington, Mr and
Mrs James Green and children
of Arlington and Mr and Mrs
Lee Palmer and daughters.
Christmas sruests at the Roy
Lindstrom home were Mr and
Mrs Dwight Haugen and daugh
ters of Portland. Mrs Virginia
Miller of Wadsworth, Nevada, Mr
and Mrs George Griffith ana
children and Mrs Fannie orii
fith. Mr and Mrs Lee Palmer gave
a dinner Sunday in honor of
their daughter, Barbaras third
birthdav. Others present were
Mrs Lawrence Palmer of Lexing
ton, Mr and Mrs Lincoln Nash,
and daughters, Mr and Mrs John
Berestrom. Aaron and Cindy
Smith, all of Heppner and Mr
and Mrs Marion Palmer.
Christmas guests at the How
ard Crowells were Mr and Mrs
Wilbur Steagall and Bill, Jimmy,
Dianna and Barbara Steagall
and Mr and Mrs Bob Steagall
and baby of Lexington and Mr
and Mrs Jerry Dougherty of Hep
pner.
The following enjoyed Christ
mas dinner at Stefanis Fine
Food: Mr and Mrs Tilman Hogue
and Earl of Heppner, Mr and
Mrs Carl Bergstrom, Mr and Mrs
Roland Bergstrom and daugh
ters. Mr and Mrs A E Stefanl
and Mr and Mrs A A Stefanl and
children.
Christmas euests at the Lana
Padberg home were Mr and Mrs
Darrell Padberg and Marvin of
lone and Mr and Mrs Gerald
Rea of Heppner.
Mr and Mrs Dick Ekstrom and
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,fiohtPr. Vickie of La Grande
spent the holiday with his par-
ents, Mr ana aits neruen
strom.
Mr and Mrs Walter Coney ana
Sherry spent Christmas holidays
with his parents, Mr and Mrs
Ralph Coats at Quincey, Wash.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Tucker and
children of Salem stopped at the
hnmp of his brother and family,
Mr and Mrs Eldon Tucker last
week. Both families spent Christ
mas with their mother and fam
ily, Mr and Mrs Archie Padberg
in Heppner.
Mr and Mrs W G Seehafer
nf Boardman spent Christmas
with their daughter and family,
Mr and Mrs Joe Gaarsiana.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Ball enter
tained the following for dinner
Christmas day: Mr and Mrs
Luther Garner and son of Pen
dleton. Mr and Mrs Vernon
Christopherson and children of
Olex; Mr and Mrs Cliftora Ala
rich and daughter of Aloha, Mr
and Mrs Donald Ball and child
ren and Elmer Peterson. The
Ball's daughter and family, Mr
and Mrs Steven Loy and child
ren of Beaverton were recent vis
itors here.
Mr and Mrs Rod Thomson and
Sharon Keithley of Heppner and
Mr and Mrs Lewis Ball and fam
ily spent Christmas Eve at the
Dciald Ball home.
Mr and Mrs Charles White of
Portland spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr and Mrs Gordon
White.
Guests at the Sam Esteb home
Christmas were Mr and Mrs Ar
chie Esteb and children of Mor
gan, Mrs Vivian Haguewood and
Beit Kane of Heppner.
Timm Bites Held
Funeral services were held for
Peter William Timm, 65, at the
Folsom's Funeral chapel in Pen
dleton Monday. He died Dec 21
at his home south of Pendleton
on Tutilla Creek. He was born
July 21, 1894 in Bloomfleld, Nebr.
The family moved to Prosser,
Wash In 1902.
In 1925 he was married to
Hila Mae Finn and they moved
to lone where he was engaged
in farming. Thev moved to Pen
dleton in 1936 where he also was
a farmer. He was a member of
Willows grange and held a 25
year pin. He is survived by his
widow, tilia Mae; two sons, Mel-
vin of Umatilla and Roy of Pen
dleton; 2 brothers and 4 sisters
and 3 grandchildren.
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Mr and Mrs Gar Leyva and
family are spending the Christ
mas and New Year holidays In
Lakeview and Portland.
Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs
Trina Parker were dinner guests
on Sunday of Mr and Mrs Frank
Parker who were celebrating
their wedding anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Eldon Padberg and
children are vacationing in
southern California.
Mr and Mrs O W Cutsforth
and children are spending a few
days in Las Vegas and Los An
geles. Mr and Mrs Walter Smith and
daughter spent the Christmas
holdiays In Yakima.
Mrs C C Jones and Gar Leyva
were surprised at the Jones home
on Monday when several friends
stopped in to help them celebrate
their birthdays. A birthday cake,
ice cream and coffee were served.
Those present for the evening
were: Mr and Mrs Armin Wihlon,
Mr ar.'d Mrs E E Peck, Mr and
Mrs O W Cutsforth, Mr and Mrs
George Irvln, Mr and Mrs W E
McMillan, Mr and Mrs Max
Breeding, Mr and Mrs Gar Leyva
and son Hugo and Mrs Leyva's
mother, Mr and Mrs C C Jones
and children, Charlene Jones,
and Kenny Jones.
Mrs Joe Gaarsland gave a sur
prise birthday party in honor of
her daughter, Jo Ann Turner, Dec
20. It was her 17th birthday.
Others present were Kay
Roundy of Kennewick, Wash,
John Swanson, Michelle Morr
ison, Francis Rea, Bob Rice,
Evelyn Jepsen, Lona White,
Sharon Crabtree and Judy Mor
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