Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, May 11, 1961, Image 2

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Heppner gazette-times., May 11, 1961, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Texti! ar at to "4,f Cvi.i-: a ! SciuM !'h A U i that Ji ln i T't n is i a ! ".rl ' ! ,ir nJ TO THE 2jriiiurr (Bttsritr-uRmwi Moaaow couktts htwsfArci . Krrrnrr Cu, t.t,lWh"t Hart 53. If si Tt r Tu- ubUh.J -1 V WJa1iociiom w. a WZlXMA raANCCt L. WILD MAN NAtlONAi I0ITOIIAI 3gn i6"tw The County Extension Agents Of Morrow county Lal week we HartoJ Ma lory tf tho county extension C-nli ft this county and cov i red thr )ers worked by L. A. Hunt. C. C Calkins, and Il-cer .M.r TiU wnk we co on with th wurk if Charlie Smith. J. IUllingrr and Cliff Conrand. N. C. Anderson Bf r. It JACKMArf Extension ct Into Mgh scar and Charlie Smith w every where. The county's wheat crop In 1W7 Jumped to nearly 3 000.000 bushels. Wages were raised to 5100. T.B. testing start ed n a big urate. A row testing RMtncl.it Ion was started, and wheat certification wss Inten sified and 15 or 20 miscellaneous varieties were cleared out phosphate on alfalfa gave an Increase for the first time. Deep furrow drills were brought in and tried on 15 farms. By now Federation was standard as a spring variety, as was Trebl bar ley and Markton oats after many trials. Jack Hynd started to seed Meloy barley In the spring In his alfalfa. Crested wheatgraaa was brought In; strawberry clover stnrted In the north end; morn Ing glory control plots were step ped up. For the first time 4 11 work really got underway with or ganization and good leaders. The Hail 'Insurance 'T.i'swaranfM your harvest Inom? To provide security despite curly storm thai threaten your rop, call or write tie for de tail! oa llall Iuiuranoe. Turner, Van Marter Cr Bryant INSURANCE AGENCY 183 Main Phone 6-9652 county sent youngsters to the state fair and the P. U Charlie gave a solid 15-, tf .U time to 4 II. He stopped a botus lime sales man at the north end and the publicity and reasons Charlie save were so sound that jeople began to look at the county ex tension agent as a sort of scien tist, rather than a squirrel killer. Ho tried nitrate on wheat on the V. W. Gammell and Otto Ituhl farms. Other things Introduced by cmith included ladlno clover, la- dak alfalfa, sweet clover for pas ture, root varieties In tne nonn end. sodium chlorate on weeds, liver fluke control, lamb fatten i nr. r.iniml ,f scours In sheep, control of cattle scab, brucellosis (abortion) control, turkey brana in .iivinir f,f Tillamook calves. cooperative marketing of turk eys, and herding turkeys In fields of badly shattered grain. Wheat was selling ior ccma . ii helned ornanle tne Morrow County Agricultural Credit Corporation forerunner of the present T.C.A. Also help ed organize the Morrow s,ouiu Oil Company, forerunner of tne Grain Growers. The Oregon Wheat i.rowcrs League was also launched with Charlie as secretary. He was a busy boy. In 193G, Joe Belanger took over. His mind ran to erosion control and to mechanical things. He helped to spark the diversion of water from Ditch Creek into Wil low Creek up at the top of the divide, and the county has bene fited ever since. ti. holnnri frrentlv to ECt 2j0,- lav r becoming a desert. This injured STAR THEATER Frl Sat. May 12-13 Desert Attack A fine cast in an absorbing story of a strange trek through the North African Desert. PLUS Village Of The Damned A wlerdy In the science-fiction field, maintains Interest and suspense. Sun.. Mon May 14-15 Wackiest Ship In The Army Ricky Nelson, Jack Lemmon, John Lund, Chips Raf forty, TV. Tniiv It's about the wackiest, wildest service com edy to date, color pnoioR raphy of South Sea back grounds. Sunday at 5 and 7:05 . iL . iiAnnnar 000 acies of The north end Into the or Grange. The Na a grazing district to keep t from Soil Tbv ? egislature. lonal Farmers Union and seven . i i , iMK , 4t . ) i ;fr- 4L,,1 a-jL- i - V . . . : i a HALT ENGINE WEAR! New RPM SPECIAL Joins RPM SUPREME to cut the cost of car care no matter what grade ot oil you use. It's the only complete line of deposit-frge motor oils available. You can Save money because of a remarkable athlete detergent that keeps enginet clean, halt engine wear to reduce overhaul costs. Choose from: RPM SUPREME an all season, mult. grade deposit free oil. RPM SPECIAL the only tingle grade deposit-free oil. for any Standard Oil product, call L. E. DICK, JR. 281 W. Linden Way Ph. 6 9633 (fl) 1 3 j'l ihP snrlns wheat, White Feder JUUII. . , Cliff was lnterestea in weeu control, and with the wheat prices strengthening and better crops, he helped In getting some form of control staneu on u.c farms with noxious weeds. At least he located them on 67 farms, made a fairly complete maD. and helped to Interest 53 of the 67 owners. Sheep numbers began to fall off as sheep prices stayed con sistently under cattle prices. War clouds were gathering, the bombing range and Ord inance lands were withdrawn from the grazing dlstrlst. The county agent began to function as a leader of defense projects. EDITOR . . lunie MJivrrant atkmn but It hId the Kill, and atabltlcd the tltatliia cf other Hikmrrt. He heljd tu offianle the l-r lnrt..n Blw Control project the flrat real Conservation Dletflci In th Columbia Baln and In av-me u.m .ufw-rbir to the preaent dli- vviih Vaster Parker, he wrte a bill to prew-nt to the 37 legislature ! make this district He dined away n trahy fal luw, and In 'Mi there were 30. 0j0 a.rea of It, and 70.&W acres the next year. He called 13 meetings on aoll eonsrevatlon In 1936 alone more the following year. He put In a week at one ranch on control of lamb scours with a cultured milk and worked out the how. where, and when of control. He helped with the Itr.A at the north end. Among the 4 II winners from the county to go to tne aiai fair while Belanger was here were: Guy Moore. Ellwynne reck. Gordon O'Brien, Jack Van Win kle, Mabel Cool. Donaia recn. Jack Healy. and Donald Camp bell. u , By 1937. with Joe s enthusiasm behind it. there were 11.000 acres of crested wheatcjass. By the end of the depression vear. Cliff Conrad came, son of a well known union vun, farmer and a former distin guished 411 member. There were, in 1941. 80.000 acres of trashy fallow and the blows were pretty wen m.fvu. Contour seeding and strip crop their way. I'nifc . . - . .. .1 rr f 3 WPI 1 I Pll .1 1 . crcsiea wncaiKiu i " - 000 acres in aisuim ipeais i" ii . in I fz-.o it,. het hone of final conditions in many .-uu....r ... ' ,Ioh do- other states. a I enamrm . ... y He devotea wcew o Wuoat r.rowers. i ne uuiwi Jlrj jr.ef. Orefion Way . IfCl iv.r EUSltur; Senate hiU itun.bH 6X usu ally referred to as the Omnibus Karm Bill, la Ufr the rVnate Agriculture Cwr.mltte for ac tum. At preaent this bill U Ndnf Mbtrly dlacuaMHi both lr and con propuricnt t4 the neuf ar It a the farmert Megna Chsrter while ppone-nta H rrraitnc gosrnment control over the farmer, some as a surrender by Conf ree tt Its powers 10 ute Secretary i4 Afrtculture. and others as a dodstn of reponal blllty to furnlUi specif reme dies by the aame Secretary'- Perhaps the real truth U some where between the extremes. This U merely an enabllnf act r.s.i a firm hmi'iim. The act It self certainly will decrease rath er than Increase govrrnmc... control over farmers. The farm- ... 1 mm t era own committees mu ' come up with a progrsm for any Individual commodities needing miliitance. After the rarmer- elected committee offers a pro gram It then must be examined fh iM-rtarv of Agriculture. both House of Congress and the President. Anyone of these exam i n..r. m.v veto the program should they feel It to not be In the country's Interest. After 60 days have passed a vote by the farmers effected win oc :.., ..i.iir.a ih niin was not ve- toed, and to be put Into effect mii.i receive a vote of at least two thirds of the farm ers voting. This would appear to leave plenty ot saiegu.ru. .v. any contingency. iv.. manv vears wheat farm ers have been trying to have a two-price plan aaoptea. unuc the proposed law such a plan could be offered for a rarmer referendum, subject to nrsi nav Ing been reviewed by the S"-T' tary of Agriculture unu Houses of Congress and not hav ing been vetoed ry euner i reviewing agencies. Thus it ap- t -t rr.sr.) sears ta C.rta'.r.lyif ' 5swerrly. that l l-t ' 4 ' ' u lion arrn t '.' to .h.ree thctr a Tten U trmainir.g 9 Kr rrr.t are going to emin fiut ft tUUrna cet'ftomlcall) they are ft Ing to have ta gel In the lm This W a emtrrtUI ubji j If U n rr.ay XL l-AVta authorized ny eg, - -. - lza Wheat varieties y w. "-"- --,,.. tne cnact well standardizea; oo - " u. h,T Farm Bill. fall wheat was Rex ana ouo o. men, a .,on IllL-lll V " . nno laree farm organization is on record opposing u. it tr, mo that anv farm 11 -ri.io . . - organization opposing this bill would be Indicating a great lack of faith In the intelligence and integrity of their own members. This Is a "Do it yourself kind of farm bill" and will therefore call for no more controls or supports tho Prowers themselves want. They must call for them through their own eiecxeu torn IIUIIWC.. ...... Being an enabling act the bill would allow growers oi various crops to take steps to limit sup ply to expected demand. That Is if they want to and the act Is not vetoed by those reviewing thp DroDosals. What Is wrong PYRAMID UTt INS. CO. presents A Modern lUalih and Medical 1'lan 1. We write to any aire 2. Guaranteed renewable for life. S. Surgical fee, up to lot!. 4 Doctor call In your home, doctor s dfloe. clinic or hos pital, up to jyO- 5. Hospital room up to 3O0 days, for each aiikne.s and arh accident. 6. Maternity or complications of pregnancy', up to f.T00. Contact Stewart L. Harry man t Hotel Heppner Thurs. Frl. Sat FOLLETT MEAT CO. Harmliton, Oreoo Ph. JO 7-6851 On Hermlston McNa.y Highway WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE Hogs Tuesday Cottle Wed.. Thure. Sheep Any Day FOR WEED CONTROL ot iti btit . . . CALL HELICOPTER SERVICES COMPANY -mac McCarthy Ph. 111. Arlington SOB SYRD Ph. 271. Atltnftoa Portland Public Docks Continues Cargo Lead! lor the lourth tmnciu titt year Portland Harbor ItaiK all Pacific Coiit ta (mm in the nucincnt id dry cargo tonnage. I igurt compiled" by the 1'. S. Department of Com nurie show Portland in firtc place with 2.06.650 ions. 214.200 tons ahead i if scconJ place Los An geles and 443.25t tons ahead of third place Seattle, for the calendar tar 199- Coniinuid expansion of Portland Public Doiks. a surtd by approval of a re cent 9'j million dollar bond issue, is now under- the ship- m av to furihcr intrcase car. i-iics Mowini: ihrouch pun and to rel pers costs. Rapid irausportatioo to Portland from all inland points by rail, truik or barge, isunsurpasscd. '1 his. coupled with the lower frciKi.J rates of the ssater- radc route ef the ( ilum- bia Riser, has lulped Port land j;ain prominence as a leading world seaport. ior information about Portland Public Docks ssrite- or call Sales-Tr.ithc Department: .0'0 N. W. Front Ase. CA S-82JI. PortlattJ. Oregon g i , tie-TTi(S i t K4 je Kim vvai When you grow up in the West you V . grow up to "The West is a man's country-ind Hermitage is a man's drink." m l . . - m ar . -eaa . ) HE R M-l-TA 4 Superb Straight Kentucky Bourbon . . . Aged to Perfection si)9s 5450 Si r.i I. mmri. 41 QT. OLD HERMITAGE DISTILLERY CO., LOUISVILLE, KY., 86 PROOF JETSM1MPTU CHEVROLET 1 U t (and that's the car more people are buying!) The wish-I-had-a-Chevy season's here! Summer's in sight. Horizons are brightening. Vacation plans are percolating. It's the most! rewarding time of the year to stop by and talk buy with your Chevrolet dealer. B And why not do more than just talk? Take a Jet-smooth Chevy out on the road. That wonderfully gentle ride you'll feel is what we're so proud of (Full Coil suspension and a chassisful of other road tamers are responsible). Inspect the advantages of the finely built Body by Fisher (none can match it in Chevrolet's field). Look over the full selection of models and compare the prices (18 Six and V8 Jet-smooth Chevies are priced below comparable competitive models). So now you know why more people are buying Chevies than any other make. Just one other thing check the sweet trade-in allowance your Chevrolet dealer can offer you now. See how easy it is to Dlossom out in a new nevruieii Basl on comwrison ot mnul.ctur.n' ug.twl r.tiil prlo (Including fd...l U) (of mod.U with 118-Inch wriMltiM ' WW 1 rjf ,4 x-s f r: r ( s. 1 ' t s -: - i -' . i. , j j - a - - - - - The Impahi ( ovrert.b at See the new Chevrolets at your local authorized Cheyro FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY May Main St Phone 6-9921 M.ppn.r, Oi.