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WAIlOCUtlON
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Editor ad fubUafcet
FRANCES L. WODMAfJ
Associate Hsbllahee
fjATIONAl lOITOIIAt
"lAc6T,tN
Tho County Extension Agents
Of Morrow County
tyt.K JACKMAM
Till week conclude ft
hUtory of the Morrow County
Extension Agent. The history
was pr-arcl shortly after J'
Hay was added to the staff
so no mention Is made In this
article of tho work which he
U l(!nj; which concentrates
strongly on projects of the Irrl
sated area of Boardman and
Irrlgon and responsibility fur
the entire 4 11 club program
throughout the county. Home
Extension has been precluded
as the story of the seven ex
tension agents In home ec
onomics that have been em
ployed In Morrow county since
the beginning of this program
In 1910 would be a separate
story In Itself.
N. C Anderson
STAR
THEATER
FrU Sat. May 19-20
Man Without A Star
Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Craln.
We ore bringing back one of
the great Westerns. In Color.
rLUS
Operation
Bottleneck
Fast-moving wartime adven
ture with Don Foster, MUko
Taka. .
Sun.. Mon May 21-22
The Grass
Is Greener
Cary Grant, Robert Mltchum,
n,ihnrn h Korr Jrnn Simmons.
CS and Color. Delightful ro
mantic comeay, noei cowaru
music.
Sunday at 5 and 7
By the lime Arnold Ebert
came, the county extension
u- h-at over heels In
r u.iic. Klxrt worked on grain
varieties. livestock disease work.
rvmjTvtlon. ana all tne
nth..r thincs. but lust see the
things that he had to work on:
Nelfihborhool Leader program.
Rural fire control
Dairy subsidy.
War bond sales In rural areas.
Metal salvage programs
USD A War Board.
Draft of farm youth.
Supplies of scarce materials.
Civil defense.
County Nutrition Council.
Veterans Advisory Committee
Farm labor.
ACP.
And ihn came Nels Anderson
In 1947. an experienced and cap-
hi rxtenslon worncr wim a
success record in other places.
Th other men had all been
without exDerience in extension
work, or with limited experience.
nn of his first moves was io
helo In organizing another soil
conservation district in tne norm
end of the county and to help
In expanding the Heppner district.
a mm as the war released
the needed materials, he lit with
both feet on:
1. Use of nltrocen on wheat,
pastures, corn, and potatoes.
2. 2. 4 D.
3. Farm tree plantings.
4. Grub control in cattle.
5. Farm buildings.
in 1048 the wheat crop hit
4 million bushels. Here Is an
interesting thing. At the start
of extension work in 1920, the
wheat crop here averaged 16
bushels. It now averages just
double that. I am not claiming
that the county agents doubled
the wheat yields, but the things
t,v ..lt-l unfit on doubled It
The thing are: chemical weed
control, fcrUlims. better var
iHirs and better machinery.
It has not been due to more
rainfall, because aside from the
io. '31. "35. and '3C. rainfall
has been no greater here than
U had been since records were
riit ken!.
work has been pretty
well concentrated upon the four
things above, plus rich doses oi
4.11 work, cattle improvement.
soil conservation and range im
pruvement,
prhan it's because my In
tcrest lies that way. but I think
hi. work with the most lasting
effect will be the encouragement
t ih crass-alfalfa idea
It was not popular when he
first started to advocate n. oui
. ..lAntino after planting be
gan to show up well on ranches,
such as Hughes. ineny. ai.
Lindsay, Cutsforth. Peterson.
Wright, and Taul weno, ana
as more farmers saw these fields,
It really caught on.
Many of the 14.000 acres of
soil bank lands are in an al
falfa grass rotation. Much of the
dryland grass seeded now has
alfalfa in It, and the persons
who laughed at the Idea are
now following it.
We can't know what the future
hni,! for us we don't know
what the next farm plan will
h it mv. thoueh. call for
plantings of grass, and If It does,
Morrow County has more sue-tM-rlence
with It than
any other dryland county I know
of partly due to Neis, ana part
ly to the willingness of Morrow
county farmers to try out new
ideas.
ThP home dom onstratlon
agent, with women was started
In 1946, but that is another story.
PRE-PLANT SOAK-IN NITROGEN
PAYS OFF FOR LOCAL GRAIN GROWERS
1
,,. "S. 1 ) K, ' tf.llTw'1
u.iiAu nam nunrrioM of Brea Aaua alvst you least disturbance of soil
molsturs snd scod bd, tsves tims and equlpmnt cost.
More and more grain growers are boosting
yields and profits with Brea Aqua and brea
Aqua with Sulfur.-
Brea Aqua has distinct advantages as a nit
rogen carrier for grain crops. It stores excep
tionally well in the soil and is easily applied
during spring and summer to fallowed ground.
We are selling more Brea Aqua with Sulfur
each season. Both experiment station and
grower tests show remarkable response of
grain to combinations of nitrogen and sultur
Call us and we will come out and show you how
Brea Aqua can pay off tor you.
Bi-Counfy Fertilizer Co.
SAND
'IrtTIUIZKRa
Call Jim Valentine
at Heppner 6-5388
PRODUCT OF ColJUr CORPORATION'
30 YEARS AGO
From the files oi the
Gaxette-Tlmes
May 14. 1931
Nineteen seniors will graduate
from Heppner high school niday
evening.
Claude Cox Is having a well
drilled at the Morrow County
Creamery.
Harold Buhman grade school
nrinrlnal. has been retained as
supervisor and Instructor for the
swimming pool.
Finishing touches are being
given to the auto cabins erected
by Ferguson Motor Company on
the corner of May and Chase
streets.
Mrs. Carev Hastings, Hardman,
was visiting a few days in Lone
Rock with friends and relatives
TO THE
EDITOR
Var Mr. Editor:
rrldsv. May 19. the
Mrrow County
school district will vote on the
question of providm tunat ror
a budget to opera" the school
during I'.-Cl C3,
There Mill seem to be aorne
tin niur a nuMtiona concern
ins the schools and the budget.
First. I would lk t compare
..r 1.11,1km with other buds'cis
in thm tt The cost of the
county office Is below the state
. .t-M the cost of
thla office averages H hll
Morrow county's is .w.
are two glrla In the district of
fice, one of whom l Clertt of
the School Board and is respon
.IM f..r tl iJ the Sthool dls
trlcfa financial operations. She
Is doing the work tni we
lously paid six clerks aimosi
iinfxxi to do under the former
school district set up. bht nan
dies the largest payroll In Mor
r,..., Mimlu nri WTitCS SDPrOXl
matotw .mo rhwk uer month.
The salary of the superinten
dent Is one Item In the budget
n.i marked There is no other
money In the budget that could
be considered as salary ior tnr
superintendent
Second, our fixed charges,
maintenance and repair, Instruc
tion and hlth service are be
low the state average. The Mor
row County Schoola enjoy one
of the lowest fire Insurance rates
in the state.
The amount to be voted Dy me
taxpayers Is needed to maice
possible the scnooi operauvu
next fall. Without a voter-ap-nrovi
budcet. no warrants
could be written, or money bor
rowed: the schools could not oe
open more than part of a year.
Th arhnols are for the benefit
of the children of this district
nd I urtre everv voter to consider i
the welfare of the children, when
they go to the polls tomorrow.
I urre everv voter to vote, so
that any decision will truly re
flect the feeling of the Morrow
county citizens.
L. E. Dick, Jr.
Chairman of Morrow
County School Board
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene
were visitors In the city Satur
day from their home on Rhea
Creek.
Mrs. Fred Mankin was host
to the Women's Topic club at
their home Thursday afternoon.
Shearers are busy this week
on the John Kilkenny ranch on
Hlnton Creek.
C. W. McNamer of Heppner
was visiting In the Alpine com
munity one day last week.
Many Veterans Farm,
Home Loans Made
Nearlv S20 million went to
Oregon veterans In state farm
and home loans in the ilrst tnree
months of this year for a new
quarterly record, Ernest J. bmitn
loan manager for the Depart
ment of Veterans' Affairs, re
ported today. An additional $10
million has been committed.
Loans in the January-March
period went to 1802 World War
II and Korean veterans In the
amount of $19,785,200, more than
$4 million over the fourth quar
ter of 1958, the previous high
Smith said.
Loan applications in the quart
er lust ended also set a new
high for the first quarter of any
year, numbering 17JJ against
1.127 for the same period last
year and 1356 in the first quart
pr of 1959.
Because of the unexpected loan
dpmand. the state veterans' de
partment has advanced the sale
of its next S30.0OO.OOO in sen
liquidating loan bonds to April
25, or two months ahead ot the
original date. This will make
$60,000,000 in bonds issued from
the S135.000.000 authorization
voted by the electorate last No
vember.
Funds from the April 25 sale
will be received at about the
time the money from the first
$30,000,000 issue is loaned out
so there will be no waiting wait
lng period for loan applicants
Smith said.
Loans currently to veterans
are being made at the rate of
$Hi million a week.
You or looking straight down the fflVS! cf
Mother Naturt't cannon If you don't cany ball
(nivronst. Tht ttmt ta lit vi fj U9H7 K7iQ
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INSURANCE AGENCY
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How docs this man help Increase
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YOL fccJ dealer it a special kind of re
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of yourself.
That's why he makes sure you gel the new
est feed mixtures, the most productive seeds
and the latest developments in modern ferti
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your farm's production. It is more than a busi
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bor, he knows that your success helps make
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one. And what a valuable "extra" for you
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''jjl ..,'1 ,
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FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY
Phone 6-9921
May & Mala St.
Heppoer, Ore.
Phone 6-9625
Hepprm, Oregoa
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