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November W, IW7. Conaolldatad February SI. Wl
V VSAIOCIAtlOM
BOB EST rEKULWO
Editor and ruMJth
Aaaoctal PublUher
,imiT" 11 lin
THIRTY YEARS AGO
from U (Hm el t
AptU J. I
With 73 rr.rmtr i-rdng
j!r.ii i.u.t.t-l. th Morrow
County Grain Crowrr. !Sn-
ed an! ami m an..
corporation to th t-i c-rp"-
Hurt communion.
ulm-ni0n Fatear Morrow ana wtm -
Education and tho Cost of Living
(Tb following oueet editorial w writtea
tT b nmbm of the aubcommlHe P
Uclry HPP erbool bulldlog commute.)
Kv.n Ihouch w have cifH-rlrncc! a period
of Inflation. It la lgnlftcnt that the cmt of
wt cammodltie. and aervlcea In thU country
have risen faster than the cot of education. It
U also true that the cost of education haa been
a follower and not a leader In the spiral of In
flation which hn wept the county.
Most of ua have come to accept the rising
coata of things which we buy directly, but are
not no cheerful about the services which we
purchase Indirectly through taxe. The average
individual acccpta the low of Vr In
depredation on hla car but strongly resents work
Ine 2 hours and 26 minute each day to ry
federal taxes. Such an attitude Is understandable.
The ct of federal administration, national de
fense and subsidies to Industry and agriculture
represent expend for l,em" "ntl w'rv,rc" w',hlfh
the Individual did not lone for In the first place.
While most of us more clearly recognize the need
for schools, we do not feel the same compulsion
to buy education that we do for such Items as
alcohol, tobacco, beauty care and other personal
services. We object less to the 206 Increase In
the price of haircuts, 171 Increase In shoe re
pair 151 Increase In food costs. 123 Increase
In automobiles which have taken place In the
last 20 year period, than to the rising cost of
education.
Most of us, upon careful thought, can see
that our standards of living Is higher. We haye
as commonly accepted facilities a u t om a tic
washers, television, automatic transmissions, bet
ter clothing, better homes and better food.
A shrinking world with complex and serious
political and economic problems has caused
large Increases In governmental expenditures for
defense and economic growth.
Normally, we would expect such huge ex
penditures to result In a drop In our standard of
living, however this has not been the result.
Economists of the National Planning Insti
tute and Resources for the Future, Inc.. calculate
that from 19G0 to 1970, the average family In
come will Increase from $fiG00 to $9000 annually.
In this same period, the total U S economy (all
goods and services) will Increase from 470 billion
to 800 billion. Meanwhile local government ex
penditures In the USA will be about as follows:
1950144 billion; 1900 42.2 billion; 1905 48
billion; 197055 billion.
The federal budget Is expected to show the
following rate of change: 1961 82 billion; 1970
110 billion.
Taken together these economic forecasts in
dicate no local or federal tax reductions, but
what Is more significant, no decrease in the
standard of living.
We do not expect that the pattern in Morrow
county will be significantly different from that
of the rest of the state or the nation.
There are folks who believe that the pop
ulation of our town and county will remain the
same or decline. They believe that for every
Increase In population, there is a corresponding
decrease someone leaving the community. Facts
available show this has not been true In the past
and trend, du iM IndUate that It M
In the coming yr .i-edv
... .-..iiii(.n has shown iteay
erowlh of 7 prr year fur the r t f..ur enr
1"" -A ' J , .L .,l thildren In our com-
;Tn.tyUT e n That ihl. .rend U toward an
n greater Increase. St.tWlr. from the rede a
nunu of The Census, and t he Un M -
Public lira th Service snow ----pubi
c lira, n children will In-
fimi when the large number
will be greater In the rural are- than In urban
communities and census w-n. - --
. ' .. in the far west. High
tate officials have recently revealed plans that
IrV op 'K c for an expanding ,-.pulatl..n and
l.r M-rrow county and It. -ablshed
,ownHltea. These plans are quite consistent with
('rt,.And.,.r.?,r ... vv, u booming. The Col
umbla Itlver Banln combines p.-er with cheap
transportation VC ,or JA,'m"
Added to this Is one of the world's greatest poten
,,a" import nt to .1. taxpayer. .. how can the
exoendlture. for puouc weimre, -j.
tlonal institutions and prisons be duced-and
. ' .. u... h enriched through edu-
cation. Can present teacher expenses of $186
r pupil be too great In a n .Hon that .pend,
$52 per person (over 14 years of age) on tobacco
. ' ,, 7t vears of ace) on
and a9i in r i'i i wi. . v - -alcoholic
beverages? The overwhelming desire
to Indiscriminately reduce taxes cou.u -astrous
results on the education of our children
and grandchildren.
In a second rate school, our children may
t. ti,..ir rrmAp hut falling their prep-
.ration for life. More than ever, our thren.
success depends upon quality education. Quality
education depends on many factors, but these
three are most Important:
1 Quality teachers most of whatever quality
we have in education, depends upon quality
teachers. First rate man power In teaching posit
ions Is the key to quality education.
2. Quality buildings the quality teacher for
maximum effectiveness must have a quality
classroom one which Is not obsolete, inadequate
or overcrowded.
3 Adequate financial support we can get
quality only by paying the price. Teachers sal
aries and school construction are nt the heart
of Instructional programs of our schools. They
comprise 70 of all school costs.
From the standpoint of expenses, we may
ask. "How big a school can we afford?" From
the' standpoint of educating our children, we
should ask "How small a school can we afford?
Education Is the most hopeful of our community s
enterprises.
As A Voting Citizen Thesa Ara Our Choices 1
Residents of Morrow county are faced with
existing educational problems as well as some
serious future problems. The nature of our vote
in this year's school election will determine
whether we begin the solution of the problem
this year or postpone an inevitable and more
expensive solution to some later date.
i . i, kir: I
.... - ftiHin 1 IP'!"""'
Idled U ene-uch ta M
pour tujW w Br "
ammonium " n"0"1
and urea art left on th. .urf.ca
.f uiU with a 1 bov M;
and hen high rte. tt un-a
are ten , : , i
and) tcitureJ. mom
- irm.TlXU. nuradat. Mnh 11. M
tHb)
Mr and Mrs Leonard Shwari
... t. VVaiikt.i Wh
Ilivil.'lft- . " " .
Saturday to take Mr. K K Merriu
hme
LaVrrn Van Mrter. R"y
Ohlewhln
f. .in- tt.,
Junction Tuesday on a tM mn
Ing trip along mr
river
caui.i ft,wi"-,
.. i. . tt.M tun eomrtouna.
will b im-ettigatrd during com.
Ing month, ana cuu.u ""',"
r.evt Insifht lnt4 U ewmplr
allergy problem.
T1,e
ik I'rdvermlty vt Or
l,ey Foundation. Giant. toUl
InttaUM hvt been rved
. . .. .k. trf itm. tha a Her
- , i ( if tti a m iiiv - - - -
high temperatuie. I compound, from gT P"'
ctrter will reduce this urea "'(,,, ,n4 n0UIM. dut. Greater un-
from urea ahould nut jdrniUndtn of th
Im txrweted when Irrigation Wichcml.al makeup of the auer
rain immediately Wlow applica- r,, ,nd more prwlw know.
,My M M fr ."."r..-rr
nnviiriAn
.niiMiii farmer, con
sult their county extension agent
m t .bI.n.m ak knl 1 1
p Van waner, iw; fljr detailed iniorrnn
f-,r, Iald Wi!on an'',thee factor, affecting loss,
ull went to ll' l pn" nesearchem found some exper
iment, where one source of nit
.no better results than
,vh... -
other sources, cut in every
. .. there were other experlmnt.
MU Cleo Duncan and wne thu aourc of nitrogen
Jennie fwlndlg. seventh grade WMn.t uperior. Cheney pointed
pupils of the Heppner school. ouL
pupils of the ueppner -l '""' out
will represent the schmd In the
county smng con"-"
day.
A surprise party was given Mr
and Mrs Chas Battersby Satur
day evening at their home In
lone. In honor of Mrs Batters
by's birthday.
"Apple Blossom Tlmr". a three
act comedy staged by t te Christ
ian Endeavor society Wednes
day had as member, of the cast
Clarence Hayea. TerTel Benge
John Parker, Homer Hayes. Paul
Jones. Luclle Hall. Mary McDuf
fee. Ella Fell. Jeanette Turner.
Evelyn Swlndlg. Lola Hlatt and
Alva McDuffee.
Nitrogen Fertilixers
Boost Farm Incomes;
No One Superior
Use of nitrogen fertilizer add.
about $30,000,000 to Oregon
rwu-kcthnnks each year,
1(1 1 I ' 1 L I '' ' ' .
. w r, rkAnair npin OI
reports ut n o
deDartment
Nitrogen fertilizer continues io
. j.. .i.. Khnuld aid at ten
ai - ... tinAinm more rffrctHt
treatment, and preventive, vt
Arthur Uetre. pro;m ir-..
plalnea
Approximately 1 p-nwn out of
10 Is affected by anergir.
this country. 'lrn,H1
Wesiern Oregon. hous dust and
nllin aormunt for fflOlt
of the Inhalant asihma and hay
fever. Almost unoeuevauiy m-i.
It the t'nlvewity of Oregon Med
l,Vl Vhool and lh.OSctoAr.
Keseareh Inttitute. imui.
rrojert. " rh,rse uf, U
f.J- i..Mn human volun-
tM-rs. a vital part of tha rwearch.
Working with Uel is Anour
Malley. Sn Francieo graduate
rme.rch awlstant who U mak
ing the pollen allergen laola-tlona.
- .v.. ... the stuoy. nwuiu- - - ...
nZ' came to tM- pound, will bring rc.cuon. ,n
conclusion- the nitrogen fcrttl some perwn
Izer that costs tne leasi ir -... neipmR utj -----
on! led !au si rat r j rr H iTTaints f rom tne
in the soil Is usually the best u S Public Hesl'h Service, the
Costa of transportation, handling.
.rw anniiratlon ahould be In
cluded In figuring cost
Of course, there are iiem
.v.. iv. met tn keen In mind.
The value of other plant nutrlt-
I I . . - 1m BaMA
lenU sucn n. auuur
nitrogen fertilizers should be
recognized, but only If that plant
.....niiint ! npprfml In the soli
on which the fertilizer Is to be
applied.
New Findings
On Allergies
Told by OSC
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Significant new research find
ings about allergen compounds
In grass pollen and house dust
have been reported by a team
elentlsts.
The OSC workers have proved
,Rert htiii-i V - nrev ouslv
ho a "best buy" even thougn me a-n - r - - - -
I Ml
I LINJ
From The
County Agent's Office
By N C ANDERSON
Jerry Brosnan and Ebb Hughes,
Buttercreek livestock operators
enjoyed very much the livestock
field day at the Squaw Butte
experiment station on Monday.
The day was filled with reports
and question and answer per
iods on the practical application
of livestock production. For in
stance, they were told that can
cer eye in cattle was hereditary
and in selecting replacement
heifers to pay particular attent
ion to the cancer eye In that
family; that antibiotic supple
ments in the winter ration for
weaner calves increased both
weight gains and feed efficiency
particularly following weaning;
that In order to reach a heavy
weight on long yearling feeders,
ranchers must capitalize on both
the winter feeding period and
the summer grazing season.
More specifically, the ranchers
should strive to promote an op
timum rate of winter gain of
weaner calves that will not have
a depressing effect on their gain
on grass the following summer;
that it pays to provide shelter
for wintering calves. They got
to see cattle that have been op
erated on for experimental ob
servation of the rumen. A lot
of Interest was shown in the
possibilities of cross breeding a
part of the Hereford herd at the
station with a Charalais bull.
Besides the interesting field day
the trip through the range
country between here and Burns
and observation of livestock op
erations created a lot of discus
sion Those livestock men who
did not get to go might like to
pick up a copy of the brief re
suits of research at the station
which we have here in the office.
Ernest Kirsch, county exten
sion agent at Condon. .dvia
this office of a farm equipment
field day which will be held on
the Taul Jaeger farm one mile
east of Condon on the Heppner
highway on Saturday afternoon,
April 2. It will begin at 1:30
p m. There will be all types of
modern Implements for making
and working trashy fallow, man
ufactured by the major equip
ment companies. There will be
stubble mulch plows, rod weed
ers, skew treaders and drills.
Ernie says the site has a lot
of stubble and should give the
equipment a real w.orkout
Everyone is invited.
The 1900 Tarma, Idaho, wool
pool sold last week on a high
bid of 49 cents a pound. The
1959 pool turned at 38.65 cents
orW Inst jnrinB'. This pool in
cluded about 16.000 fleeces from
w farm flocks In Mainour
county and western Idaho. Fleec
es were mostly medium o. b io
V blood wools. The high bidder
was the same midwest spin
ning mill that has secured the
pool in other recent years. Two
of the other throe bidders were
within a half cent a pound of
the top bid. A few other sales
in the Malheur county area have
been made recently in a range
of 41 to 46 cents j pound.
f,iii,iv Wheat Growers Assoc
iation president, Walter Jacobs
and several of his committee
chairmen will attend the spring
executive committee meeting
which will be held in Pendle
ton next Thursday. April T. Bob
T..n and Norman Nelson.
countv chairman and vice chair
. kl; 1 miit.li'l
man or the county in"' ,v i ,
. ........ I m... are exiHHted i method a
to attend an! participate in a
discussion.
The public relations committee
is a new one this ear. There
will be four agricultural agen
cies, present their ideas for a
public relations program for the
league at this meeting. The dom
estic wheat utilization commit
tee, too, has some public re
lations Ideas which will be dis
cussed at this time. The Oregon
Wheat Growers League, like
many other farm organizations
and individual farm people, are
realizing the need for an active
public relations program if they
are to retain their place in In
dustry. Morrow county ranchers will
be hearing more of this as our
active committee goes to work.
Elsewhere in this paper you will
fine? a report on the annual
spr -ig meeting scheduled for
Monday evening, April 25. It
promises to be an Interesting
one as vou will see Irom tne
story.
Recently In visiting with rep
resentatives of the U S Fish and
Wildlife Service they told of a
burrow builder for the control
of pocket gophers. Yesterday we
got a copy of a report on the
mnehtne and how t has Deen
used experimentally. The bulle
tin starts out with this expla
nation? Improvements of meth
ods of controlling pocket gophers
has long been needed by farmers,
ranchers and others engaged in
agriculture. A new approach, one
using a machine called a "bur
row builder' ha9 been developed.
This equipment, attached to a
tractor, constructs artificial go
pher runways at controlled
depths below the surface of the
ground and mechanically places
bait In the runways. Tests in
Colorado have shown the high
potential this approach and
eoutPTv.or.t have in controlling
tho plains invket gopher and the
percent related-to
gen in me crop """; :,,. compound that
II I feA nnlAfl KKPHrCIl I I " -..--r,
.
OSC and in otner siau-
cates that 70 percent recovery oi
the nitrogen applied is real good.
. . I .... rt
What nappens io me
the nitrogen? Dr T L Jackson,
OSC soils speclrctlst. explained
. i. nitrniron mnv be lost
lllal oiuic i
by leaching; some may escape;
Into the air under certain con-,
i t.nm t.HN ho ineor-
anions; "u "im.-
porated into soil organic matter. I
OSC soil scientists have found
little basis for claiming super-:
lority of one kind of nitrogen j
fertilizer over another. In 65 field 5
experiments In Oregon, no one jjj
nitrogen fertilizer was consis-
tently better than another when
the fertilizer was applied prop-
erly. Fertilizers compared In-
.mmnninm nitrate, urea. I
luiuutr. niiiuiwi""' - . 1 3
'ammonium sulfate, calcium ni-
trate, annyarous ammunm, "
e jua ammonia. ) E
Regardless of the type of nit-
rogen fertilizer used, Oregon
farmers can expect less man j
tnee -,f nitrrvcron to the S
air when the fertilizer is applied
properly to the soil, Jackson said.
lie listed uuee suui."
DOG OF FLANDERS coming to
th Star Tneau-r
day. . .
YOUR "SHIP WILL
COME IN Sooner
By U M af NewipajeA
ADVERTISING,
ant I
I "11
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Just What Is A Local
Independent Insuronc Agent?
Utueity h U nMx.
(mmmity end a good dti. oc In
Hoirt. rW'i In b!nM WmMlf and
p,mnti net on, bwt iwmber ef th
fint Inturence eomeenlei In Anwlc He's
f,ee to place fovt bu!neu r
for yew.
Teooy, yewr beil buy In buwroMe tiM eemtt
frem eW, tim taid tomponta. tK km4
on independent " repretenh. We i BU
the tKonce to pre
CAU Utl
C. A. RUGGLES
INSURANCE AGENCY
rirp nnecON BOX 611
PHONE B-wna -
II . -
BUICK "EASY
OWNERSHIP PLAN"
a dempster oorn can with a
large whole center drop plate
with press wheels. We hope that 5
we can have this machine to E
our county for a demonstration
in the not too far distant future, s
iLrrJTT' -jr
. r , i, ,v ,, o for met- S
UOI1 I l"C nc.v.
ing sponsored by the Heppner
Soil Conservation District to be -
1
SOU VOIlei toiiuu - 3 a
!nr Anrll 5. ... . . Aim 1 k. I TTI) k AC f DM.M. TUaim In.
Marvirrheare NAMfc TUUIt UVYM CIMYiJ w n3 v
iallst, Oregon State College will jjj
ovolaln state water laws and 5 "
water rights. The film "Water
for Farm and City" will be
shown. The meeting will be held
at the fair pavilion annex begin-
ning at 8 r M. Everyone is in-
vited. ! E
rxvket gopher. The
d machine may also
have appllcati.in in tho control
. f ctl'.cr rovler.ts." j
Th.e burrcw builder is made
up frvm a Ford tl carrier bar
with a 21 Inch sub aoiler thank.
STAR
THEATER
Thurs Fri.. Sat., March 31.
April 1, 2.
30 Foot Bride
Of Candy Rock
Lou Costello and Lenny Kent.
FLCS
Bandit Of Shobe
Victor Mature Anr.e Aubrey.
Sun.. Mon.. Tues.. April 3. 4. 5.
Wreck Of The
Mory Deare
i;ary Cot-per. ClMtlton Heston.
Muhael KV.i;rae Sunday at
i, 0, S.
FARLEY MOTOR COMPANY, Heppner, Ore.
Gentlemen:
I would like to kaep my monthly pcyments for a new Bulck '60 to
about Mease put your "Easy Ownership Plan" to work
and how ine aU the way to make this possible.
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
No gimmick.l No pressurel Simply bring us your ticket (above) and well make
Wrr elfort to tailor a plan to fit Tur budget You can own this great motor car
easier than you may think under our "Easy Ownership Plan." It costs you nothing
to find eut-end you could be driving your own superb Bulck -60 this time to
morrow I
Farley Motor Company
HEPPNER. OREGON