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rjijittrr (Bv&tttt uJinmi MOIIOW COOHTT'I H1WIFAHI TT- Kppftf Ciit, UbUl.J Maicti W. TJ- KWrf- Tut... r.aUi.h.d Noverrifcer 1RT7. Cwmelldated February IS, 1912 trfZf! NlWIfAMt -AIIOCIAIIOM E4lto and rubUKf GRSTCIIEN Aaaoriat PublLaher NATIONAL fOITOIUl fuUtohed Every Thoraday and Enter! t U Offlet at lleppnar. Or.fon. m Son4 CUm M.tti Subscription Rti: Morrow and Grant Count!.. f4(H Year; ueewnw n " " Caution To Klblturs- (Editor's J'ute The following editorial ap jrarcd while back In the It almond JSpokeaman . . . and though It waa rltrrcted at Redmond residents. It lao appllea 101 to lleppner. W haven't teen bothered by auch actions for a couple of months, only because we haven't had a fire for that lung, but we will have again, and we will be bothered whenever the next one occur a. We hope a few of the "Kibltiers' will take thla to heart and give the fireboys a chance when they do have to go to work. Ail they ask U that "fol lower" let the trucka ret to the fire FIRST!) I'll-aw? read on . . . It hardly paya to chaae a fire truck any more. Redmond'a volunteera have developed their pec la! skills to the point where a guy practically haa to deep In hla car and keep the motor run ning if he hopes to reach the acene In time to be of any nuisance value. Believe It or not. how ever, there are people willing to spot the depart ment the advantage of horsepower and head start and race them for the best parking place. No matter how hard the volunteers drill or what degree of efficiency they attain In the oper ation of their equipment, aome chowderhead. who should be at work or In bed, Is always first at the fire. It Isn't easy. The rubber necks are at a disadvantage when they take off to klblta a fire. First off, the firemen can call a telephone number and be Informed of the exact location of the blaze, while our little snooper makes the Investigation strictly on his own hook. Naturally nosey drives a car, which he parks as close to n, runfla era! toll as Powdble, tn though hi choir a a hitching ot may block a hydrant. rirHeuav. or aome aUle ot access. Then, II he's a real fan, he leaves Ms automobile and rraily gets into the thick of things. tin urh customer wouldn't be ti much tmuhle.' Th firemen could probably offvt hi r.uiance value by weight of number; but when a doen or so free-loaders congregate at the acene of a fire the problem take on mre n-rlou proportions. I'ark 20 cars In the immediate vicm Ity and there U no place to put a fire truck. May mpimnolltan fire departments are effective ranges up to three blocks, but In Redmond the boys have to get close to their work. If you've had any experience in whs mn o mm. understand and appreciate the volunteer's Im patience with people who tx-rslst in blockading all approaches to a fire. You can safely assume the guilty parties are Ignorant or Inconsiderate, tither they ran to realize seriousness of their act. or they Just plain don't give a darn what happens to your home. Redmond has laws prohibiting suc h action but In the midst of fighting fire who takes time to pass out traffic citations? The volunteers are your friends and neighbors, anu up to mis point have hesitated to make an Issue of your little foibles; however, they warn that the honeymoon Is over and from now on they'll employ a more direct approach to their problem and let the fines fall where they may. So, next time the siren blows, think twice before you decide to take In the show, ir you race the truck and grab the most convenient parking space and a ringside scat, you may get the citation and fine you so ricniy deserve. From The County Agent's Office if N C ANDERSON A recent survey made by the Bureau of Entomology shows areas of severe Infestation of Mormon crickets In the northern parts of Gilliam and Morrow county. These Infestations are small In area but heavy enough so that there Is concern by those who have had past experiences with this Insect. Many of our northern Morrow county farmer and ranchers recall the heavy Infestations of the late '40's with TO THE EDITOR . . Dear Editor: With honour I respectfully beg to express myself in the hope of securing an opportunity In your newspaper (known the best state publisher). It Is too pleasant If Internat ionally I am there-In- described as Fen-Pal-Wanted in the States of America particularly Oregon is enough state. I am an African boy, NIgerl Free own subject and stationed In the Federal Capital "Lagos of 19G0 Independent nation. My standing is 5 ft, 4V4 inches tall and 140 lbs weigh, also 23 years of age. So far, my ambition and aim Is to amicably correspond to compose greater friendship and exchango my national pro ducts with American products with whomever may like whites, negroes race, men or women, both boys and girls and Chris tlans or particularly Moslems, shall responce anyone In request concerning this interested enjoy ins. Looking on for the future facll ltles between America In whole and Nigeria independent nation. May God bless you and Amer lean States In particulars. Awaiting an earlier replies, Yours Amicably, Ademola Olusunmade 18, Saba Court via Poly Clinic Lagos, Nigeria, B. W. A. STAR THEATER ThurM FrU Sat. June 2, 3. 4 Miracle Of The Hills Rex Reason and a good cast. FLUS. Ulysses Kirk Douglas, Silvano Man gano. Sun., Moiu Tum June S. 6. 7 Pillow Talk Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall. Thehna Ritter. Sun the excellent control work done by airplane baiting In lim. ai that time tons of rolled wheat tnvanhene bait was spread by converted troop plane furnished bv the Bureau of Entomology, Since then some limited areas hv. been baited by various methods. The week before last members of the Gilliam-Morrow Cricket Control Association, rep resentatives of the entomology dennrtment at Oregon State Col . . . lege, Bureau of Entomology, ana county agents of Morrow ana Gilliam county checked tne area to make plans for a program. Ranchers in the area have been asked to make contributions 1:, the amount of M cent per acre which combined with expected appropriations from Gilliam, Sherman and Morrow counties with funds from the Bureau of Entomology will make up the program. Almost seven million dairy cows, or 32V4 of the cows and heifers In the nation two years of age or older kept for milking were bred artificially in 1959. This is almost 300 thousand or 1.7 more cows than were bred artificially the year before. Wis consin continued to lead the states In number of cows bred artificially with ltt million cows bred In 1959. 38.6 of the milk cows In Oregon were bred this way. ment for 19C1 has been Increased to 812,927 acres, slightly more than this year. Wheat producers will be informed of the acreage allotment for their farms in ad vance of the July 21 wheat quota referendum. As Burt wheat heads out we have had some reports and have been In some fields where loose smut is showing again this year. This has occurred rather com monly during the past three years in this variety. Evidently It has not been bad enough to cause an serious losses. L,oose smut differs a great deal from dwarf and common smut usually THIRTY YEARS AGO nam the Idea f the Gaitt Tim ju v ino Otdlnaiur uU..'Ull tf wf ,m f water n .- and tm-t iifc-n and hou num by the city and lr-.fallatln and place ment thrrnf. Ma psd by the council Monday rsmug FuplU -f the WUUW ffrrk m ti.-.l wilt t trapurtrd lo llep pner by bus irM fall ao'lhat they may rnnr lh llrppnrr rad avhuul. Hun rrtrUtni: rltfMh trade enter n. to c rr ------ - rremlca: In eor-tfuSltr. er.eat twtrt On of acta I Mi ha D.al It has with ! in rf It thU fitTtXl CAltTTt TlMtl. ThttixUre. Jaaa t. 14 10 awc- left U tH gefitrtl lk.ii. an.. wheat ffvwel Ociaknl!y ;:i uw i.. cr -vvi ur.ter" fiJl and frauits are Ma Jh r-4 Wvikrd at much ;U Wfttil fall whtn U.e am ojrrtlon U rvpr-atrd. The three hir-rn ssr.j U in ue In Mrtw county, irawq fall Hhul njr 7;;'V:nUmrisme MfUlnisly t ty rfc.ht rltfhl acfra ran -r,r r".i , JTprf2 , ,r an i ... . a sop. i vtiin wv v in. I.. um. I nx--ri(lv b lnfcttt.n of the king ihlrty at con parative pM lo catl adjacent to the large areaa, the group felt that Atro rlne alurse ul t 1' .. 1 1 fMiund actual Atrailne diploma were Kiank Andt-ron. w,uj,j the Job more ectnom FertU Frock. l-nia t o. .Marvin I,..,,., Aii re lntereted In r Morgan. Donald Inake. Raymond Inn thl wvrk espanded. Drake, Mtt Ketmey, (J William j w 10, we won't be forced Tliomkon. Katl.Len Cunningham. Alic-e Bleakmait. Miriam Moyer. Francis Mikerwn. Roy Gentry. Marie Barton. Anabel Turner. Pearl Barti.n. Mary PrlacolL liar oll Ayers, Lora GUmore. Edna Gammell. MIm Anne Wlghtman return- ed to lleppner Monday morning from a visit In southern taw- ornla where she had been since last September. Mrs Helen Walker who was In lleppner last Thursday to aee her win. Fletcher, graduate from lleppner high school, returned with him to Salem after the commencement program. out of our Tuesday tour to the farm of the Conservation Man of the Year, by ralna. intereKted In the methods of summer fallow, dates and rates of seeding of barley and wheat comparing several different var leties. an excellent soli nanK seeding and results of expert mental chemical summer fallow carried out on this ranch cooper ativelv between Oreeon State Collene and Harry Froudfoot. Summer follow prepared by til lage methods using a "champ weeder, winter discing and sweeps were comparable In the amount of trash left on the sur face, however, the sweep-made fallow appeared to have a little edge on cleanliness, available moisture and tilth. Much Interest was shown In a seeding of Omar wheat seeded between July 25 nd August 4th being only 12 pounds per acre. Mid-October ceding of this same variety using 27 pounds while looking very good, had not competed nearly so well with cheat grass. Seedlngs of Alpine barley made In early August and mid-October Don Heliker. I"ne rancher re cently fell heir to a t.rocnure on Morrow county, ine exn date of the brochure is " known, however, we assume that It was Minted In 1911. It was published by the Morrow County Booster Club of lleppner. Dlscujblon on farming in the county in many cases could ap ply to the present day, however. we are amused ai some oi explanations In the wheat pro riurtlnn uf Interest to those farmers who lust Completed cost of wheat production study this past year will be an Item Ued statement of the cost of pro duclng an acre of wheat In Mor row county in 1910. The oper ations are listed as follows "plowing $1.50; drilling -20; (seed wheat), 1 bushel .75; harrowing (twice) .20; head lng and stacking 1-25; thrash Ing 1.40; sacks -55; r total of $5.85. It further states that If the seed cleaned and treated with Vitwol. 10 cents an acre is added. The combine per forms the work of both header and thrasher at $2.00 an acre, affectlnc a saving of .65. To this must be added the cost or haul ing, which will depend upon the distance from the nearest ship ping point If the haul can be made in one day it will be .10 a sack; if two days are required, .20 a sack. On the basis of 20 bushels to the acre, the mini mum cost would be $7.20; max imum. 10.95. The profits, then, with wheat .75 a bushel, would be from $1.05 to $7.80 an acre." The brochure continues "sum- crlv method 1 to fO crter the e round with a dic harrow a . at ptlbl after harvesting, ru. i irinHitisl aialn In the aVnnc- The ground ts plowed lnlTtmea chsnge. their leM was rtimatM at a million buhcla as compart-d to a Ili.vj leld of almoKt 4 million bukhela from 1 17.OO0 acres. The secretary of agriculture re cently announced the 1961 wheat program under terms of the pres ent law. Meanwhile, Congress Is considering a new wheat pro gram. If new legislation Is pass ed the 1961 wheat program would be changed to conform. Under terms of the present law, next year's U S wheat acreage allot ment will remain at 55 million acres, the same as the past six years. This Is the legal minimum acreage set by law. At the same time, the USDA set July 21. 1960 as the date for the wheat grow er referendum to determine ap proval or disapproval of market ing quotas. At least two thirds of the producers voting must ap- J prove quotas if they are to be in effect. Farmers approved , marketing quotas for the last I six wheat crops and for the I960 crop. Growers in the commercial wheat states, including Oregon, who will have more than 15 acres of wheat for harvested grain in 1961 will be eligible to vote In the referendum. Oregon's wheat acreage allot- found In Pacific Northwest wheat . )ookwl Sood nd a ,Iarch sed" riw i nno snnrn rprmlnat,. g t Harlan, a spring variety ho wheat flnvvpr and frrnw.OI Daricy, looeu very Inside the kernel. When the plant heads the whole head Is already covered with smut spores which are loose and free to blow around Infecting other heads in the flowering stage. The spores are carried over inside the seed, not in the soil like stinking smut. It does not affect the quality of wheat harvested and therefore does not draw a dockage penalty however, it does destroy the wheat kernel in the infected head and can reduce yields con siderably. Loose smut cannot be control led by seed treatment with fun gacides and can only be con trolled by using non-Infected seed. iC j you axz (t axxuai to &t Is the tltta of the booklet on etiquette for the bride. Come in for your copy. See our Art Point Wedding Invitations. Marv styles to choose from. HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES ll (From Last Week) With this column being writ ten early wo have only one of the two conservation tours scheduled for early this week completed. The one held on Mon day afternoon at the Harry Proudfoot ranch was attended by 30 ranchers who were very looked very good Those on the tour were inter ested in a new variety Itana, a hard red winter wheat which looked good growing in the fields. Nordan crested wheatgrass In a soil bank seeding appeared that every seed had germinated and grown giving a wonderful cover. It was interesting to note that a seeding of Omar wheat made on double summer fallow when tested recently showed low levels of every plant nut rient. The field in contrast to other seedings on this ranch looked poorly and carried out findings at our experiment sta tion that summer fallow is as hard on land as raising a crop. The field has suffered greatly from dry weather before recent rains and is not making much response with the recent precip ilation. Perhaps of most Interest to those on Uip tour was the chemical summer fallow plot on the ranch. Two 10 acre fields had been sprayed on last Nov -r-v -i -y Stanfield Meat Co. Hugh Smith, Owner & Mgr. Stanfield, Ore. CUSTOM CUTTING-CUTTING CURING Wholesale & Retail LOCKER MEAT Call GI 9 3o33 WE DELIVER You can't be sure your Health Is Sound unless you see your Doctor, but you can be sure that our Prescription Service 1 "as ordered"! You've Seen The ftest How See THE BEST! New GLEANER-BALDWIN hillside combine with TRUE CENTER-LINE DESIGN ...W-l-D-E T-R-A-C-K Drive Wheels ig snow way TUESDAY, JUNE 7 FAIRGROUNDS AT CONDON Displays - Shows - Coffee Cr Donuts Ask us about the Allis-Chalmers plan to finance your time purchase of farm equipment ALLIS-CHALMERS SALES & SERVICE MERCER - ASHEMFELT CONDON. OREGON day at 4. 6. 8 y I: e
