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Chats With Your Home Agent 2,825.81 2,089.63 5,601.00 688.11 2,905.00 5,500.00 3,275.51 5,740.00 1,689.11 2,543.97 1,239.56 7,000.00 4,440.00 1,687.64 2,903.21 10,596.26 7,000.00 4,351.25 $ 1,200.00 390.73 767.36 10,000.00 4,643.75 1,327.00 424.53 1,184.15 16,782.00 3,832.50 8,550.00 9,500.00 Actual for Actual for Fiscal Year Fiscal Year July 1, 1959 July 1, 1960 to to June 30, 1960 June 30, 19G1 (2) (3) 1,212.50 4,002.08 970.50 4,774.88 2,032.71 2,715.08 3,006.40 $ 1,323.00 4,081.33 770.00 4,410.57 2,712.90 2,930.02 5,500.00 287.43 6,458.62 11,476.03 32,230.60 868.78 7,000.00 6,284.30 10,925.96 32,366.80 1,175.24 9,709.50 878.95 9,802.00 783.11 8,550.00 1,030.79 County Agent's Office 3,500.00 2,246.53 5,471.75 Rains Good Tonic for Grains By N. C. ANDERSON Everyone seems to be happy, and rightly so, with the good May rains. Weather conditions have been ideal for development of what looks like a "bumper" grain crop if we can avoid ex tremely hot days or hot winds that invariably come while the crop is ripening. It will have to hold off this year a little longer since we have so much late winter and spring grain. It was interesting to note the precipi tation pattern from our weather observers. While we have but ten monthly records at the time that this column is being written all with the exception of one have recorded in the neighbor hood of three inches. On Butter Creek, Mrs. Marion Finch re ports 2.69 while Gordon O'Brien reports 3.02 inches. Highest pre cipitation was from Al Fetsch from the Social Ridge community southwest of Lexington with 3.26 inches. W. C. Rosewall, Heppner, recorded 2.71 inches while Don Pointer, north Lexington report ed 3.15 inches. Harold Peck, on upper Rhea Creek reports but 2.05 inches. Bryce Keene on Rhea Creek reports 2.66 while Lonnie McCabe of the south lone area reports 3.07. Rainfall was good in northern Morrow county with Harry Proudfoot reporting 2.95 inches during the month of May to bring the total precipitation in that area to 3.40 inches since January 1 and 10.05 inches dur ing the growing season Septem ber 1 to date. Paul Brown, Heppner commun ity rancher, reports that he is extremely pleased with the re sults of chemical rye control tarried out in April this year. Paul, like many other ranchers, had some volunteer rye in a waterway that was threatening to spread into the fields. Using an application of 2 lbs. amitrol and 2 lbs. 2,4-D in about 10 gallons of water per acre, he did an excellent job of control with a very small investment. The cost of this chemical Is approx imately $6.50 per acre which Paul says is a lot cheaper than hand pulling. While the rye was in the boot to early heading stage, which is later than we recommend for spraying, there was an excellent control. Paul plans to spray more of these waste acres another year. The State Department of Agri culture announced last Friday morning that they would repeal the controversial March 5 reg ulation on brand inspection of branded cattle upon change of ownership. The repeal was effec tive as of June 1. The decision to repeal came upon the unani mous recommendation of the livestock advisory committee af ter three hearings held during the month of May. Fourteen county livestock associations and ten other farm organizations re quested immediate repeal of the regulation. Six county livestock associations recommended con tinuation in the present form with modification. Further senti (Continued 2,880.00 3,000.00 720.03 2,500.00 2,873.00 6,000.00 11,500.00 1,000.00 500.00 2,500.00 5,280.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 5,000.00 7,000.00 4,725.00 2.00 1,366.00 3,123.50 1,062.89 1,040.89 2,278.06 2,547.50 $ 9G8.00 1,800.00 173.43 600.00 716.36 2,200.00 11,000.00 1,818.75 3,667.50 RECEIPTS July 1,1961, to June 30, 1962 Actual for First Six Months (4) $ 730.00 574.50 1,761.46 761.85 1,208.13 1,9:18.00 Budget for Year (5) ; 1,200.00 4,000.0(1 1,000.00 4,400.00 2,200.00 .",100.00 5,700,00 3,000.00 443.51 5,813.73 6,000.00 11,500.00 32,000.00 500.00 4,000.00 9,900,00 1,000.00 13,000.00 864.00 2,000.00 18,653.90 476.48 5,113.50 1,245.50 13,000.00 751.00 ment against the regulation was expressed in petitions carrying 560 signatures and in 31 letters from individuals. Of the 3 hear ings throughout the state eight een of twenty-four cattlemen at the Salem hearing voted for re peal. Earlier at Condon 84 of more than 100 at the hearing wanted repeal. At Vale, 15 want ed to continue the program and 12 wanted immediate repeal. A "weedy flower," Dalmatian Toad Flax, is a weed to be on the lookout for. Reported in all of our neighboring counties, we have not had identification here. Its bright yellow flowers tinged with orange and resembling wild snapdragon are most commonly seen in vacant lots, waste areas, rural cemeteries, and similar locations. A vigorous root sys tem that aids for rapid spread of the pest crowding out val uable forage plants on range land. The vertical roots extend as deep as 6 feet and lateral roots may branch out as far as 10 feet or more from tho parent plant. Control may be had by hand pulling of individual plants being careful to remove lateral roots to prevent growth of new plants. For eradication of small patches the use of soil storilant;, applied in the fall is effective. Spray programs with 2,4,5-T? commonly called Silvex are roc ommended for large areas, usinr 2 lbs. of Silvex in 50 galion; of water per acre. The vev' should be sprayed when abnvl 6 inches high and before the early bloom stage. A public hearing for the pro posed budget of tho Oregon Beef Council is scheduled at the Im perial Hotel, Portland, fur lOiOG A. M. (daylight saving timel Tuesday, June 12. At this meet ing any producer or other persons subject to Oregon Beef Council assessments has a right to be heard with respect to the pro posed budget. This proposed bud get, like budgets of all commis sions and councils that are re quired bv law to hold such a public hearing, is available at this office. We received just last week our copy of the 1962 Yearbook of Agriculture. This year's title is "After A 100 Years." It is ex cellent and recommended to everyone who might like to re view the authoritative story about agrciulture in America dur ing the past century. The 1962 yearbook makes a special point of covering agriculture through out the U. S. The section is de voted to pcitures and descrip tions of farmers in nearly all of the states. It also describes in its 704 pages and 706 photo graphs the century's develop ment in conservation of land and forests, breeding and plants and animals, home economics, mark eting, and control of insects. Try your senator or representative for a free copy. The superinten dent of documents at the govern ment printing office in Wash ington sells copies at $3.00 each. from Page 4) STATE TAX STREET FUND Oiling and raving Supplies Labor 1 Man & $4.50.00 Part Time Labor Bridges Total'state fax Street Fund STREET DEPARTMENT Labor Supplies Equipment Total Street Department WATER UTILITIES FUND Labor - 1 Man it $350.00 Part Time Labor Power Supplies Improvements Bonds Bond Interest Total water j-una SEWER FUND Labor $ 1 -400.00 Power H 520-00 Supplies .f'XX BondS 'SX Bond Interest 3,382.j0 Total Sewer Fund $17,802.50 TOTAL UTILITIES $59,842.50 Transfer to Sewer Extension Fund Sewer Extension Fund TOTAL EXPENDITURES $120,365.50 Fund and Classification (6 GENERAL Licenses and Fees Liquor Pa-venues Fines and Bail Forfeitures Parking Meters Swimming Pool Occupational Tax Rural Kiii District Miscellaneous '. GENERAL ROAD Morrow County Road Tax 6,300.00 Cash on Hand July 1, 1962 1,000.00 STATE TAX STREET FUND 12,000.00 WATER UTILITIES Water Sales 32,000.00 Miscellaneous 500.00 Cash on Hand July 1, 1962 7,000.00 SEWER FUND Service Charges 10,000.00 Miscellaneous Receipts 500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 4,383.00 Sewer Extension Fund Assessments 864.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT RESERVE FUND Transfer from General Fund 1,000.00 Cash Balance as of July 1, 1962 2,000.00 TOTAL RECEIPTS $100,497.00 The Peace Corps again announ ces a placement rest to fill de mands for a variety of openings in many countries. This next placement test will be held on Saturday, June 9, beginning at 8:30 a. m. For this area the test will be held at the U. S. Dis trict courtroom at the Federal Building in Pendleton. The Peace Corps placement test is not com petative. Anyone with the equiv alent of a high school education is eligible to lake the test. There is no passing score. Tho test helps the Peace Corps determine the overseas assignment for which applicants are best qual ified. Peace Corps application blanks are available at the test ing center and may be completed at the time the test is taken. Volunteers must be American citizens at least 18 years old. There are openings for teachers, farmers, carpenters, nurses, en gineers and many others. Oregon wheat growers who are participating in the 1962 wheat stabilization program are elegi ble for substantially higher sup port rates on this year's crop. The new minimum county sup port prices range from $1.78 a bushel in Harney county to $2.07 a bushel in Wasco county. The increase from last year' is IS cents a bushel in Baker, Curn-y, Hood River, .Tn-cniiine, I.inn Mainour, and Marion counties. All other counties arc up 19 ceni: a bushel. T;:c J-iYlHiii; ;err.iinal p;i;:. rupr.-orl was raised to $2.18 a buslio! or 10 C"nt ; ... last ear's n'tc. liiese r.-.U s air: tat.cl on the 1DG2 national average minimum .support pritv uf $2 a bu.Miel. Count rales generally roiled terminal rates, less handling and freight charges needed to get the wheat to terminals. Also, county rrtos are adjusted up or down for grade and quality to determine support prices for individual pro ducers. CowEcHcs To Sponsor Rose Festival ExfiibiJ The Oregon Cowbelles, with tho approval and cooperation of the Oregon Beef Council, are planning an exhibit to be placed in the Portland Rose Festival center from June 8 through June 17. This is the'first venture of the Cowbelles, as an organization, into the Rose Festival activities. Mrs. Mildred Jones is combining the efforts of her "Beef for Father's Day" committee with those of the exhibits committee to create an attractive display. The booth will be staffed by Cowbelles from Baker, Harney, Malheur. I'matilh and Wasco counties. Miss Berniz Blann is chairman of the committee plan ning this project. The chains of hab't are too weak to be felt until they are too strong-to be broken. Dr. Johnson fX'XX i.dw.uu s arm 00 , 'cS'nn nn $12,000.00 ionnn 3,000.00 1,500.00 5,400.00 1,600.00 500.00 12,000.00 120.00 750.00 1,250.00 2,120.00 'u.uu o'lonnn $ l.izv.w "vvinn 4200.00 n" J5vm ifonnnn r'nnn'nn on,nnn f'JKm ,4' S 4,200.00 1,700.00 2.000.00 2,800.00 5.000.00 8,01X1.00 4,220.00 27,920.00 1,400.00 520.00 1,500.00 11,000.00 3,382.50 17,802.50 59.S42.50 $120,365.50 Estimated for Fiscal Year July 1, 1962, to June 30, 1963 P.y Officer or Approved by Department Budget Comm. (7) (8) $ 1.200.00 1.200.00 4,800.00 . 4.800.00 1,000.00 1.000.00 4,000.00 4.000.00 2,400.00 2,500.00 3,350.00 3,350.00 5,700.00 . 5,(00.00 500.00 500.00 6,300.00 1,000.00 12,000.00 32,000.00 500.00 7,000.00 10,000.00 500.00 4,383.00 864.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 $100,497.00 Ranchers Get Chance to Hear Interim Group The Legislative Interim Com mittee on Agriculture will hold June 7th and 8th hearings in En terprise, La Grande, and Baker to hear problems of ranchers, sportsmen, and consumers. Representative Don McKinnis, Summervillo, said a variety of subjects ranging from the cost of agricultural land taxes; duplica tions in uses of public funds; the power of departments to mafee rules having the effect of law, the use of pariinutucl funds for fairs, to the operation of Oregon's meat inspection program, will be considered. The meeting at La Grande cily office building will begin at 10 o'clock June 7th, and continue until mid-afteinoon. Tho com mittee will then go to Enterprise PRODUCT I IT ii i i i in i ID. LOCAL DEALER FOR AGRI-CHEM, Inc., Distributor Call Maurice Elder Heppner 676-9102 Ceylon Delegate Guest Speaker Bv ESTHER KTTJMTS "A membership in the ACWW (Assciated Country Wnmon nf the World) is the best 'key' any woman nas to open doors into any foreign count " nvnininnH Mrs. Armas Jakku, Hood River, when she spoke to 28 Morrow county alumni members at their annual gathering at the home of Mrs. Randall Martin, Lena, on May 28. Mrs. Jakku, past president of the Oregon hnmp FVnnnmice council, attended the ACWW Tri ennial in Ceylon in 1957 as Ore gon's delegate, In her charming "folksy" man ner slip snoke nf tho thrilla nf seeing the Asiatic women's cos tumes, homes and communities; and feeling a close bond to wards them. She showed slides of Hawaii, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, and Ceylon, which showed a different cul iT itvi t.m -iin ii iil mw ' t " I K MRS. ARMAS JAKKU (center) presents a linen hand towel, depic ting the 102 countries in the Associated Country Women of the World to Morrow county advisory committee at the alumni gathering May 28. Mrs. Weldon Witherrite, Echo (left), and Mrs. John Graves, Heppner, (right) are members of the com-mittee. HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, June 7, 1962 for a 7 P. M. meetin g at the courthouse. The Baker hearin will convene at 1:30 f. M. June 8th In the Baker Hotel. McKinnis, who is chairman of the Subcommittee on Use of Public Funds, raid ranchers have asked for opportunity to present their views on the matter of wheat farm land acquisition .'n the Ladd Marsh area by the Ore gon game Commission. McKinnis said he had been advised that these Game Commission's hold ings had increased from 2 00 acres in 1919 to 1,500 acres in 1961 and that additional tracts were being considered for im mediate acquisition. "These land purchases, which also include? federal wheat allot ments, may be entirely justified," McKinnis said, "but wo want to know about land costs as sales prices are being transferred as values to adjacent lands in tax re-appraisals. We are also inter ested in the farm use being made of these lands ana the extent the Game Commission plans to en gage in farming operations." It pays to advertise In the Gazette-Times. FERTI OF 1- County ture than that of women In the united states. "I couldn't enjoy the food, however," the speaker regreted. "You see 1 suffered from food poisonin on the plane going to Ceylon and my stomach wasn't accepting anything." Because of this illness her trip was cut short. She did, however, enjoy the oriental food prepared espec ially for the alumni day by members of the Morrow county advisory committee, hostess for the day. Sukiyaki, and chicken Hawaiian werp nn tho the day, along with green salad ana pineapple delight. A mixer bingo game was en- 1n'P( At thf hpirlnillncr with win. hers getting their choice of "white elephant" gfits that each naci Drougnt. "This alumni pntlioHnir la trot. ting so large," commented one 7 ' irw!! iff Mia-' Ut S Spray By GAR r - -Aim m urn a .mtr. . aw?; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Arm in Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington Airport Lexington, Ore. Phone 989-8422 LIZERS Gniicols of the women, "Looks like we'll nave 10 mre a nan. Attending from Heppner were Mrs. Paul Warren, Mrs. Ola Rugles, Mrs. Ray Drake, Mrs. Walter Wright. Miss i.oto Hum. phreys, Mrs. Gene Ferguson, Mrs. uuiui uraves, Mrs. uerry Bros nan. Mrs. Earl Ri.iira iw-o George Currin, Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Mrs. Randall Martin, and Esther Kirmis. From lone: Mrs T. A tut.. Cabe, Mrs. Bryce Keene," Mrs. Omar Rietmann and Mrs. E. M. DHKer. From Irrifjntv Mrs p ,, i Slaughter. Mrs. Miltnn R intra! Mrs. Lloyd Berger, and Mrs. War ren McCoy. From Boardman: Mrs Natiion Thorpe and Mrs. Earl Briggs. from Lexington: Mrs. Vernon Munkers. Mrs Al Vetph nnn Mrs. Alvin Wacpnhlact from Pine City: Mrs. Willard French and Mrs. Weldon With errite. Long Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans PENLAND BROS. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone CR 6-3111 AVIATION Weed Spraying . PORATION Fertilizing Dusting Seeding J
