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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1960)
LivestocklGrowers Hold Successful Meeting Despite heavy snows and win try conditions 10 cattlemen brought In 39 bulla to the third annual bull trading day held last Friday. While trading was glow, approximately one-third of the bulls changed hands, ac cording to Don Robinson, bull day chairman. A new feature of this year's bull day. which created much Iriierest was a weight guessing contest. Competition was keen with Van Hubbard, lone guess ing the combined weight of five bulls within ten pounds of their correct weight. Coming in with a close second and third was Mrs Don Greenup, Heppner and Kenneth Palmer. Lexington. Saturday's sessions attended by 57 persons drew reports from the membership and finance, legislation and taxation, produc tion and marketing, insect, ro dent and predator control, dis ease control, bull sale, range and pasture Improvement, game, theft and brand, meat promotion, and resolutions committees. Barton Clark, reporting for the legislation taxation committees, reported that the association has now completed Incorporation. A report of the membership and finance committee revealed that the association had 116 members in 1959; only 9 less than an all time high with 50 memberships for 1960 sold dur ing the day. The production and marketing committee asked that some add ed improvements and remodel ing be made at the livestock corrals and scales and that the scales be put to better use in 1960. Bob Van Schoiack reporting for the insect, rodent and predator control committee asked the con tinuation of the present two trapper system and that all pre dator losses and complaints or problems be reported to the pre dator committee so that they might be able to give prompt and complete reports to the U S Donald C. Kyle SURVEYOR STANFIELD GI 9-3261 Fish and Wildlife Service. They asked that In view of the rap- Idly Increased coyote numoers that all methods of control In cluding poison bait cyanide guns, traps and hounas oe useu. Showing concern over the large number of sheep losses irom H.ica riurlnu the uast year, this committee recommended that dog licensing be enforced In or der that the dog fund would be strengthened and that dogs causing losses could be traced to their origin. Chairman Ron Currln of the ,()onc mntrol committee en couraged continued calf hood vaccination and tne cun cow test program for brucellosis and nred the new vaccine re cently available for white mus cle disease. He urged tnai every one be on the look out for out breaks of leptosplrosls and ana plasmosls. He encouraged a ctrirt insect control program using the systemie methods for grub control. Recognizing a pro blem In cleaning up herds quar- nttnH for Brucellosis he asked for the backing of the livestock association on a recommenaa tion to the State Department of Agriculture to clean up these herds at the very earliest pos sible date. F. R Jaekman. range crop spec ialist, OSC, outlined some sug gestions for improving range and pasture Improvement com mittor rnnort. He pointed out the viPiHs of improved range land compared to unimproved at the Alec Lindsay ranch where al falfa-grass seedings were maae n iqru. Imnroved range was yielding 850 pounds of forage compared to 4UU irom u iimproved range. He suggested the use of alfalfa in all range improvement programs recom mending the range type varieties such as Nomad, Phisoma Ham bler and Teton. He advocated three points to get a good stand when reseedings were being made. 1. destroy competition, 2. cover the seed and 3. leave the seeding alone the first year. He emphasized in carrying out the second point that the seed need be covered only one half to three-fourths inches deep. The game, theft and brand committee chairmaned by Gor- j . r'nri.,n nikoit that the asso- UUII - . ... elation continue to support a bill making It Illegal to carry loaded firearms In a vehicle even though such legislation has been defeated In the past. He pointed out that there would have been many less deaths this nununS season if this was a law. The committee opposed the wilder ness bill, which permits limited or no use at all of certain pub lie lands. They commended the State Game Commission on their Information, edu c a 1 1 o n and hi.ntnp tnfatv nrocrams and ask- HUIHVI 'j . - r ed that such programs be accel erated. They askea inai uun lonal law enforcement men be put into heavily hunted areas during the peak of hunting sea son and that stronger trespass laws are needed. Frank Anderson, chairman of the meat promotion committee reported that the committee had concentrated this year on the beef. Inc. project of the Oregon Centennial and that the assoc. lation had contributed $650 from their treasury. Several hundred dollars were received also from individual contributions of live stock men In the county cattle evaluations on the assess ors tax rolls in line wun ine slump in beef prices; partici pation In the Grant County Court case In an attempt to reverse the decision of taxing by the state of public lands. The resolutions commmee headed by O W Cutsforth pre sented five resolutions: 1. That the association ask the governor to appoint a farmer memo io the State Accident Commission advisory committee. 2. That the county court make a study of the problems encoun tered in trailing stock on un fenced roads with agricultural land adjoining. i Thnt overv livestock grow er acquaint themselves with and 1 t- . . 1 1 t m v nrA. study the scnooi uuuunn yv gram needed in the county. 4. That consideration be given and those communities interes ted circulate petitions for estab lishing open range. k vvtnnHnff thanks to Elks Lodge 353 for providing facilities for the meeting. Elected to serve as an execu tive board for the new year were Frank Anderson, Ralph Beamer, ritsforth. Banon tiar, UtlV well III v Q -y CuSIOnn, Dili lull One of the highlights of the Rayrn0nd French. Ronald Currln, Un une o rpnnrt from Ron . t i inicgv Finvrt Jones. Bob GAR TION SPRAYING-FERTILIZING DUSTING-SEEDING HOME OWNED AND OPERATED We're As Near As Your Telephone PHONE LEXINGTON DAY OR NIGHT 3-8422 Ends S aturday WILSON'S MID-WINTER s Va off ON MEN'S SUITS, TOPCOATS DRESS SHOES CAR COATS-JACKETS SPORT JACKETS WESTERN SHIRTS LADIES JACKETS AND MANY MORE ITEMS Wilson'sMen'sWear Tne Store el Personal Serric session was a report from Ron Currin on his attendance at the stockmen's short course held at Washington State University in early December. His comments interested many when he point ed out that the trend in beef production is toward big boned, heavier type animals that will make highly efficient gains. He emphasized the point that beef raisers need to consider effic iency of their industry In that beef cattle were utilizing 8 to 12 pounds of feed per pound of gain while the chicken producer was getting 1 pound of gain per pound of feed and the swine man was feeding only 3 to 4 pounds or less for a pound of gain. He urged pregnancy test ing of beef cattle to bring high naivinir nereentafres and to elim inate winterins drv cows. His report of the popularity of arti ficial Insemination in beef cat- ;tle brought many comments from those attending. He pointed lout that beef breeders In Canada were way ahead in this respect Wlla inousanus ui louse hftn!J hred this way each year. Khnwlnir that thp Cost of breeding each cow was $7.15 nrltrinallv with this cost being cut. interested many. tins the Oregon State Cattlemen's Association were Kent Magruder, Clatskanle pres Mont and Larrv Williams, Can yon City, vice president. Report-1 n ' j M-.,,-ing for the state association Mr ; A3 rH map flQWS Mnirler nointed out that fin- UUUIUI IIUII nwiw ancing problems of the organi zation were their biggest prob lem. With only a secretary and office girl on the payroll officers have contributed many hours of time and miles of driving to fur ther the cattle industry in the 'state. Outlining some of the activities of that association at this time, he complimented the Cowbelles on their highly effic ient beef promotion program and hoped that the beef industry could profit much from the new ly formed Beef Council. He ex plained the voluntary contribut ion to the Beef Council stating that producers will be asked at the time of brand Inspection If he wants to make a contribution. This will be provided on the new transportation certificates which will be printed as soon as the old supply is used up. Included in activities during the past year been efforts to decrease up nlfc'ht at the hall Friday. Jn ill. with potluck supper at 6:30 p m. The grange will be host for Tomona Grange Saturday. Jan 30. The home economics club will be In charge of the lecturers hour at the mating of Green field Grange Feb. 11. Tim home economies club of Greenfield Grange met Wednes- ftnv nf Inst week at the mmie of "Mrs V G Soehafer. Mrs Guy Fercuson was co nosioss. xurs, Rollln Bishop was a guest. Plana were made for Pomona Grange meeting dinner, and committees were appointed lor next year for serving at ooin club and grange. Hostesses for Fi-bruarv will be Mrs Elvin Ely and Mrs Frank Marlow. ntnc rmimiT Mur was hostess for the Ttlllcum Club Tuesday evening of last week at her home. There were 10 members present. A discussion was held regard ing the sending of a lAitt. package to the Ph 1 1 1 1 pine inlands, consistlnc of materials, thread and buttons. A report was given on tne am civen to needy families at Christmas time. Thank you let ters were read from tne Mate hnsnital at Pendleton, and the Chemawa Indian school. rnrrpcnnnrtnnee was read irom the state federation concerning HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January 1960 .t the home of Mrs Andy Jones were Linda Tatone . Karen Cron -..i., nt Anntrt Obermeier. Alec Lindsay, ioya - --;rtmt ntests and Va? ?tldCkSwaE?art O fl s eonsm-aUon education. !53 ZCIoT n? tSmfofof-, nans were, discussed for the , . . f fit meet- annual Sweetnean ainner. cura te selected at the t meet a ,ng of this executive ;- :rtu"t meeting. ae nrnvlriivl under ine IH-W tun- r- - - . , . .-) x-" nf the incorporation. Some segments of the live stock industry were encouraged, others discouraged by the live stock outlook presented by Stephen Marks, agricultural economist, Oregon State College. Mr Marks forecast, through past trends and market repons, ur i 19G0 will see hog prices up; cat tle prices approximately the same; sheep and wool down compared to 1959. Tne oanquei attended by 168 persons seemed to be enjoyed cy an. uuisuws Cowbelle pr e s 1 d e n t Norma French presented Mrs Shirley Rugg, the new president for the year and Alec Lindsay, chairman of the cattleman of the year committee presented Herbert Ek strom and Sons as 1959 Cattle men of the Year. The traditional Hereford statuette was proviaea bv the association, fc. k jam- man s "100 Years wim tne vomc Industry" was enjoyed by all. Officiating during ""the two days as chairman in charge of door prizes Dick Wilkinson pre sented several dozen of these provided by Heppner businesses. Tim rinh sent a telecram to Lee Quiring at Salem concern- lnr th nppd lor Stale ponce protection in Boardman during the night hours on Feb 9. Mrs Charles Graham was hos tess for a party, Jan II at the home of Mrs Bob Thornhltl In honor of her daughter, Marllvn's sixth birthday. Guests were Mrs Harold Smouse and Diane and Harold, Jr. of Umatilla. Mrs Wayne Kuhn and Tarn and Ca sey. Debbie and Tarn Hug. and Aria and Tina Thornhlll. Mar ilyn won the prize In a game played. Mrs Nathan Thorpe was hos tess for a party at her home Wednesday afternoon of last week In honor of her daughter Vresa's tenth birthday, uuesis nulst and Annie Obermeier. Mr and Mrs Hugh Brown of Pendleton were overnight gueita at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Anderegg one night last week. , Mrs Oscar Veelle has returned to her home at Estafad. after visiting her daughter. Gracla Stewart, fr several weeks. Mrs Stewart and aon Randy drove her home. . Mr and Mrs Harold Marlow of t - -r..i visited last week at the home of Marlow'a parents. Mr and Mrs FranK jvirtiow. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS jjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiimHnimmiiiiimiiMiiiimiHui PUBLIC MEETING BOARDMAN CHAPTER S. O. Sv Inc. J SERVE OUR STATE Tuesday, Jan. 26 J 8:00 P. M. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM A discussion of SOS. Inc and school reorganisation will b held. K. R. Landgraver. state SOS. Inc. t!c chairman will b on oi th speakers. ... . v..,J milium lllimillllllllllllimilHIiri Theiexnn 1 Students at Riverside high school are taking semester ex aminations this week, with the semester ending Friday, Jan 22. A new student at Riverside is Gloria Friend, who lives at Irri-1 gn. , , 1 Alexander Lewis, a magician, presented a program to the school Monday afternoon, as part of the National School Assem bly program. 1 Joe Hay, assistant county a gent, Heppner, was taken in as a new member of Greenfield Grange at the meeting Thurs day night at the hall. The meet ing started with potluck supper at 6:30 p m. Hosts were Mr and Mrs W G Seehafer and Mr and Mrs Guy Ferguson. Guests were Mr and Mrs Lloyd Berger, Neola Parker and Ardis Taylor from Irrigon Grange. The grange win num ticau DIVIDEND SHARES a mutual Investment fund of diversified common stock selected for Income and profit possibilities. $30,000 worth of Dividend Shares are being featured by General Mills In their big nation-wide contest smtther & Co.. Inc. handles Dividend Shares, which is available to the public. We can supply you with additional information on this mutual fund. Mr. Sldesinger will be in Heppner tomorrow (Jan. 22). 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