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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1960)
J - NOHOW COONTT'I NlWIMf tl Tht Heppner Cuffit, vabliii M.uft 53. ISO. The HTjff Tin. established November 18, 197. Conaolldsled february 15, 1912 NlwSMHt UlUIHIIt SOCIATION ROBrifT rOLAXD tdiiof and Publisher NATIONAL f OITOIIAL lTTIHnig,'.ll.'JlU CEETClfr?! rCNLA.ND Associate publisher Publish.! Every Thursday and Entered At Fort Office at Heppner, Oregon, a Second Clas Matter Subscription IUte: Morrow and Grant Counties. MO) Vf : i:iewhwe JIJSO Ye ar. Single copy w wn ODD ENDS... A erljon of lh state tan commUMon that the Harvey Aluminum plant In The Dalle mut vslw-d at over $l2.000,fwn overriding the Vco county a-;-WMr' figure of about $2.1.000, 000. lias brought n storm of protest from Wik-o county, and well H might. Its possible effect on the eninnmy of the county li esplalned In the following column In The Dalle Chronicle written Tuesday by Bob Paul. publisher of the Chron lrl. It tan easily be undertod how such a ruling ran effect the mining of lndulry to Morrow or any other Oregon county. La lost action of the State Tax Commission In ordering Wasco County Assessor Mac Wood to enter a valuation on Harvey Aluminum Co. of more than $12.0(10,000 strike a stinging blow not only on the economy of our county, but on the state us well. Whv the Tax Commission must persist In an attiiudi' for which the end result la merely driving Industry out of the state la beyond our comprehension. Presently. Wasco County offlclala have an urgent mission. The tax Commission hai handed down a decision which lcavea no way open for the county to stand up for Its right of equalization of the tax load. Only recourse for the Harvey firm, apparently, Is legal action against the Com mission. After determining the proper procedure, Wood muat either place tb new and higher valuation on bl tax roll or face the danger et betag uttd from bis petition and re placed with a new oumi. TbU mar ea Incredible, tut under the present Oregon law the ametor. a public olticial elected by the pop, can be replaced bf the To CooimU aien bureaucrota, all oppolntiea officer. The County frmM of Equalization had act a figure for llaney of about S23,0n0.000, after serious deliberation by reasonable men. We have heard studied opinions by learned men that the figure was fair to all taxpayer, But the Tax Commission insists on hsvlng Its own way. The State Tax Commission has refused now to airept figure of both Holbrook and Walstrom and Marshall and Stephen, two firm of expert In the field of appraisal. We question whether there is a slniM man on the staff of the Tax Commission which can lay claim to more ex. jierlenee or ability than do employes of the two appraisal firms mentioned. And we'll put Mac Wood's appraisal staff up against the atate group too. This is serioua business. The court could prove Harvey is right Such a finding would make it necessary for the county to repay taxes Improperly collected. County Judge James Hunt and Wood estimate this amount ever a three to five year period could total In excess of $1X00.000. and It would have to be paid. Where would Wasco County be if It uddenly found Itself faced with the necessity for paying a $l,00o,000 rebate In a single year through In creasing Its mill levy on all of the county tax payers? THIRTY YEARS AGO Mesa the tUea el the Cttt-TUn Au7tt 7. O A Bleakman a pointed deputy marshal an J night watch man to surcwl Walter Meon, bv Mavor lieCartv at council meeting Monday eenlng The local telephone forte was treated to a chlken dinner the boarding house of Mr E K Adklns In this city Tuesday. It r Wlggletworth of the Bell rancn, belnir the host. The telephone office wa represented by Ml Dual fhiees. manager. Mrs A Chaffee. Mr Glenn Hayes. Mrs John Osteen and Mr Mabel Wehmeyer. operator and W Smith, line operative. Mis Edna Raueh and Henry Rauch, Jr called at the Kllnger home on Thursday. Mr and Mr Frank Glliiam. Mr and Mr Cha Vaughn. Mr and Mr E E Cllllam and children, Mis Ona Gilliam and Leonard Gilliam and sons pent Sunday t Hidaway Springs. Mis Arleta Farren has been chosen queen of the Rodeo which 111 be held oon In Heppncr. directly to lloho fr this fries It ms Increased at rendition Mhere It has e suOktaMia'ly rll. While our farn.ri had du t SfilcO It k-ell )rar ago, thue in the brawler il arras of Cm, till county continued to gro It wrier it ha U-ril l-UXei up and seeded in Mrrow county again. One of the ranchers who like it U Ed Uasi-t.ke. Morgan He report growing number one barley this ear. leMing about a ton. He say the variety stand up well and doesn't shatter. Hannchen wa again the lead ing barley variety in Oregon, Al pine has made the Diggcsi in crease. Jumping from 3 of the state barley acreage In 1959 to 33 thl year. Hannchfen ac- 1 1959. As we check these treated Last Friday. Rex Warren, farm crop neclallst from Oregun State College, spent one day In the county. We took advantage of his visit to check aome weed demonstration plots and observ etj tne type of control w were getting with a lot of different tyjes of chemicals, some on the market and other In the experl mental Mage, We have a number of plot scattered throughout the county, using a list of chemical that to the average person, the name would not mean too much. To the research man. many of the new one are showing much promise for hard to co n t r o I weeds. Our major weed prob lem. morning glory is being sou- coisfully controlled by TBA and TBA-comblned materials. While we do not know how much weed killer wa used by farmers who did not sign up for ACP cost- share practice payments, there were 2SS6 gallons of TBA or enough to treat 289 acres of this material applied by those who did sign up for the practice in 3- KlttHl CA.tmC TINCS. Thursday. August 4 1M0 in in ii.4i 4.r!!.il lummit faiiuw !lUi r!! UheJ 11 fU r'uiw.rr rs-.!!,-e!'a,i:i It rtec rar) fi uf,Uf M fift4 t-Ut Mft of i!,e que!iui.s that hue " jet t--n ar.u-rff4 -w 4 tl- a(e the rllett on the a.4l tisi nrM jrr and on the mi grow leg on them, Theie u alo me wink wt.kh need to le d.ine on i eavit-r tM-e soil. It i hjed that iheie will be an rnjn-nmental laljrj fr chemical summer fl w using one pound actual AHit and 2 i-ounJ lj.!ert)je 2.1 p p r acre While this coiiitinatlun lro hied control only through th late winter and early spring. It will be rwiwnen.led for tiiat use. We would hke to work with a few ranehei In carrying out fcjfne chemical summer fallow demonstrations this fall if the corrcit locations and cheatgrass Infestation can be fouml. TO THE EDITOR . . Mr Robert Pen land Editor and Publisher Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon Dear Mr Tenland: In the last Issue of your paper you headed the printing of our letter regarding thermometers and your reply thereto "Arling ton Gets Hot Under the Collar". Man, we weren't hot only under the collar, we were hot all over. Who wouldn't be when the of ficial temperature was 109 de grees? Or even 103 degree as in your fair, "cool" city? We withdraw our statement that you had printed a voluntary verbal Inexactitude and transfer it to the thermometer you read (It can't talk back or argue), since we have no reason to doubt that "you were there". But we do have reason to doubt that the thermometer was In a position such ns to give a fair reading. Also that this was the hottest place in the state (to which "dubious honor" we did not lay claim".) Our great state covers a lot of territory, you know, and we can think of several parts of it that could have been hotter IF the temperature here was rightfully 123 degrees. You say you believe In your thermometers and know where of you speak. We believe those are rather hazardous statements, Now may we ask you a few questions? Isn't It possible that the thermometer you read was on the side of a masonry or metal building directly In the un shaded glare of the admittedly very hot rays of the sun? And If so, that its reading was one that should be publicized? And are you certain it belongs to i member of our Chamber of Com merce? And do you doubt that the official temperature was 109 degrees as is more or less lm plied In your forceful answer to our letter? Yours for more thermometers and less hot air. The ARLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMIT TEE ON THERMOMETERS (Shortened from the previous letter, suggested by your re ply thereto). L C Buchner, Chairman Approved: Les Grant, President Arlington Chamber of Commerce MtlMMIIIHMtlllllHMIIimmillllMIIIHmitlHItlHIHIMIIMH 3 STAR THEATER Thurs Fri.. Sat.. Aug. 4, 5. 6. Walt Disney's I Kidnapped i With James MacArthur, Peter Finch Finlay Currle. PLUS Her Rod Rumble ! Added excitement. j (Editor's Note As to the lo cation of the thermometer that read 123 degrees, it was on the north (supposedly cool) side of brick building and it was In the shade- not In the direct rays of the sun. When this writer no ticed the location and the read ing on the day In question, we came to the same conclusion as did you folks, that we, too, were "hot all over." Even at your of ficial 109 degrees, you had reason to be. As to whether the owner of the thermometer In question be longs to your chamber of com merce, I cannot say, but as active (at least vociferously) as your group Is I supposed that he was. If not, I would recommend that your membership committee con tact him in the near future. Then you could be in a better position to control the reading on his thermometer. I do not doubt that your of ficial temperature on that day was only 109 degrees, but that's still too hot for a Heppnerite. We again extend a cordial Invitation to your fine people to come to Heppner at any time to cool off. Yes, there has been a notice able Increase in warm breezes blowing UP the Willow Creek canyon the past week or so.) years and this has been the first fire I have ever had. I want to thank the peopl at this time for worikng so hard In trying to save the grain. Alfred Troedson To Whom it may concern: The party or parties who had the party at Cutsforth park Frl day, July ll, and who left an article of clothing, plus whiskey and beer and pop bottles and an opened and scattered box of kitchen matches, may have your ackct by claiming It. I didn't mind so much cleaning up the empty homes, out it seems to me that anyone should have more sense than to leave a lot of matches lying on the ground in a forest area in weath er such as we have had where any little spark could start a forest fire. Our whole livelihood depends on those trees and we should respect them more than that. The jacket is waiting for Its owner. Donald Mills To the Editor: It seems there wasn't much mention made In the paper about the fire on my place and so many have been asking me about, so thought I might say a little about it. The fire started at the house which stood in the middle of the field. It took the house, granary, chicken house and brooder house. It then cut a swath to the road taking about 12 acres of wheat. Had it not been for the help given by the crowd of people gathered there, much more dam age would have been done. I know there was no notice of the fire sent to the printer of the paper, therefore there was no note made of It. I have farmed since I was 21 County Agent's News By N C ANDERSON As harvest draws to an end, and we visit with many of the ranchers, some are discouraged; others satisfied with this year's crop. All admit that things could have been worse, however, some are harvesting the poorest crop In a number of years. As the "upper country" Is in full har vest swing, pinching, resulting In light test weight grain Is the rule. Each year we have reports on the various varieties and how they have performed in the var ious communities. Those who seed early, generally are well pleased with Omar. Several In the higher country are praising Burt this year in that it matured without being hurt near so much from the heat as some of the varieties such as Omar and Golden. Wheat yields have been reported all the way from 15 bushels to 35; barley yields from a thousand pounds to twenty four hundred pounds. An interesting report came out last week from the ag marketing service and Oregon State College on a barley variety survey. While count for 30 of the I960 plant ed acreage. Alpine, In the Col umbla basin area, Including Morrow county, gained from 4 to 18. Flynn, grown mainly in this district accounts for more than one-half the total produc tion and ranks third In the state this year. Trebl and White Winter club have dropped sharply In percentage of total planted acres since 1959. A spring variety which seems to have a lot of pop ularity this year, Is Harlan. This variety, released several years ago and grown In Morrow county, was almost completely discarded In favor of Flynn. The first seed for Increase from this variety was obtained for Frank Ander son, Heppner rancner, dui was waylaid one year when the Pen dleton branch experiment sta tion found out that we had gone fields this year, we find ex cellent control. Included In the demonstrations this year were some chemicals tried out for rye control on road right-of-ways. These, with other demonstrations in Eastern Ore gon, show a promise of good rye control at a reasonable cost if applied while the rye Is In the seedling stage. This is not much different than other weeds where we treat most of our weeds before they have grown to near maturity. A very promising ap- plication is that of four pounds of 50 wettable Atrazine and 2 pounds 50 Amitrol, with 20 gallons of water per acre. This can be applied any time after the rye is growing, preferably in late fall or early winter but dependent upon fall moisture. Rex reported favorable results In ham-Ming the cereal var iety nursery out at Frank Ander sons' last week mine Interesting observations were made. With the hard winter that we had this last winter. It was a good test for many of the varieties as to winter hardiness. Two new var ieties of barley looked especially good. They are Hudson and Meiml. These varieties have not vet been released but ootn or hem looked as good as Alpine. Both of these varieties came hrough the winter better than either Winter Club or Olympla In the wheats, a new semi dwarf variety which has not yet been named, looked pretty good this year. Last year it was too short to be easily harvested. Tills year it was almost as tall as the Omar. Bill Hall, Superintendent of the Sherman Branch Expert ment Station at Moro tells me that this semi dwarf wheat has been yielding about CO bushels per acre on the Moro station. He indicated, however, that this wheat might be limited to areas where there Is sufficient soil and moisture for it to obtain a heighth that would facilitate harvesting. We have not received the yield results from this nursery but Mr Hall indicated that he Would send them to us in about a month. i i fkii r, inriii ift 1ft a USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS MUST BE -IT-On Sunday a rare opportunity f,r more nationwide publicity fur Oregon showed when Mis Salem ItuM-inary Doolen wa crowned Miss Oregon. To gain the crown she comjetel against the state IH mol talented and beautiful young women. The win was based on poise, personality, apjM-arance and talent. The girl displayed a much talent as I have ever seen to gilher on a contest stage," sild Robert Nesbttt. Atlantic City, president of the Mis America Pageant. MU Oregon is a sophomore t Willamette University, where Gov Hatfield graduated and later taught. She Is 5 feet 6 Inches tall, weigh 128 pound and measure 35.23 30. She will represent the state In lie Mis America contest next month at Atlantic City. GUARD TRADE SECRETS An employee can't pas on hi employer's trade secret to his new employer when the em ployee changes Job, the Ore gon Supreme Court ald thl week. A Portland woman had worked for Allen's Tress Clipping Bur eau for 10 years, and had signed an agreement that if she quit she wouldn t work for a com petitor for one year after quit ting. She did quit, and went to work for Northwest Clipping Bureau. Allen's sued to try to force her to quit her new Job. Circuit Judge Paul R Harris ruled that she had to quit her new Job because of the agreement she had signed. However, the Supreme Court re versed the lower court. It ruled hat the agreement was not en forceable. However, the court said there is an implied obli gation of an employee not to use trade secrets of confidential in formation for his own benefit or ror me Denciii oi anotner Continued on page 7 :m:n:aaamm:nmmata::tt::aaa:amtt:s Vs,. ... i r COOL OFF!!! unwnAvwirjuT Aim o wnn.n; m vii un i iiiuii I, nvu, u, nuu-i I ESTHER 1111 i IMiQ ESTHER WILLIAMSaL. VU r STARRING Sun- Mon., Tues.. Aug. 7. 8. S. f Visit To A Small Planet I Jerry Lewis saucering down i from ii'iT spa, p. Sunday at ! i. t;:ir. s ::o. situ un iitirTTo 3, :do lamas JOEY BISHOP ""Mine 71 .T w Ml--Wi I i DICK POPE. ThE AO AQUAVAVACSXYPRESSGASr'SSK BALLET. WORLD CHAMPA VMKS, CYPRESS GARDENS AQ'JASASIES. UNITED STATES BREWERS rOUNSATICN If ' i If- I IV M 1 i rnmkf i lift ilP Pit 5 r BEFORE FIRE STRUCK, this was a green and growing forest. It was a place for pleasure where people pic nicked, hiked and hunted. It was also a place for work where men made their livings harvesting and growing trees for lumber, plywood and paper. Each year forest fires, most of them man-caused, destroy enough wood to build 86 thousand homes. You can help halt that loss by always being careful with fire in the woods. k; nzua Corporation k infi -i ir'-ftr-r'i ""li aafin r fWtmiMttlMMMtttttttl(ttttMII r
