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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, June 21. 1962 Home Agent Gives Safety Suggestions By ESTHER KIRMIS how mat warm weather is with, us, our thoughts naturally turn io nousecieaning and clean up around the nouse and yard Here are a few safety tips." Think safety. Most authorities agree that accidents are prevent able. They occur because some one is not thinking. There are a lot of .situations that cloud our minds. We don't think well when we are too tired. More accidents occur when we are pushing our physical strength too -far. Plan your housecleaning so that you stop before the point of ex haustion. Don't rush so much that you can't think about safety. Do a smaller amount at a time and really give the organizing of your home some thought. There are two important things to be checked in all cleaning of stor age areas. Is this storage ar rangement safe, is it convenient? Sometimes you can't have both in equal amounts, use your "ininKer" to decide which is the most important to you and your iamuy. We dont think too well if we are emotionally upset. Just as it is somewhat dangerous to drive a car when you are upset so it may be dangerous to climb ladders if you are in a wreckless mood. The modern home is full of chemicals. Some of these have potential built-in hazards if not properly used. Read the labels, learn what is dangerous and what requires careful handling, For example, don't use carbon tetrachloride, gasoline, benzene, or kerosene for cleaning. Some of these are combustible, some have dangerous fumes. They can be used only under very care fully regulated conditions. Don't use combustible cleaning pro ducts, either clear or mixed with water, in an automatic dryer or combination washer-dryer. The fumes will explode when the temperature gets high enough in the dryer. Don't put articles containing foam rubber in an automatic dry er because heat will be retained in them for a long time. The National Fire Protection Assoc iation reports that several fires in dry cleaning plants were at tributed to spontaneous combus tion of foam rubber long after it had been removed from the dryer. Bulletin Tells Council Progress On Planning Dr. and Mrs. Jim Norene and daughter, Tracy, were in Port land Saturday and Sunday to attend Dr. Norene's high school class reunion. Mrs. Richard Meador is in La Grande taking some summer school classes at Eastern Oregon College. Mid -Columbia's Planning Council members received Pro gress Bulletin No. 1 from Ebasco Services, their consultant, at their second regular program meeting last Friday, June 15, in Arlington. The 47-page bulletin presented facts on the region's population and economy. C. R. Cavanaugh, Ebasco's pro iect director, also cited work con ducted by the Planning Council's executive secretary, Mrs. Elaine Esselstyn, and by Eldon Hickey ot the States Department of Planning and Development. Ac cording to reports by Mrs. Essel styn and Mr. Hickey, basic re search on such regional physical development factors as existing land use, traffic circulation pat terns and public facilities is nearly complete and ready for mapping and tabulation. Council members were present ed with a preliminary outline of the study's final report for review. Next phases of the studv were described and plans for the regional agency s next meeting were set for Friday, July 20, in ine Dalles. Judge J. A. Hunt of Wasco county will make ar rangements for the meeting. In attendance at Friday's meeting were Morrow Countv Judge, Oscar Peterson; Hood River County Judge. Harris A. Higgins: Arlington Port Commis- sioners Earl P. Hoag, Donald M. rater and R. V. Logan: Sherman County Judge, Vernon I. Miller; Port of The Dalles Manaser. Dolph M. Kimsev: Wasco Countv Judge, James A Hunt; Port of Umatilla Commissioners. Arthur Lorenzen and R. G. Penney; George Abid and Eldon Hickev of the Department of Planning and Development; C. R. Cava nagh of Ebasco Services Incorp orated, and Mrs. tsselstvn. the council's executive secretary. as FMM NEWS County Agent's Office Planned Fire Control Needed by Farmers By N. C. ANDERSON Spray By GAR AVIATION Weed Spraying Fertilizing Dusting Seeding SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Armin Mel WIHLON and BOYER Lexington Airport Lexington, Ore. Phone 989-8422 While grass, weeds and grain are still "green as grass" it is not too early to be thinking about fire control. As June draws to an end there is bound to be a maturing of torage. witn ine abundant growth this year there is apt to be some big fires. By planning now we might be able to "temper" some so that the results will not be quite so din astrous. I believe that we are in the best position for fire control that we have had in many years. The six by six tanker unit ownea bv the countv and stationed at the Walt Jacobs ranch south of lone, is being equipped with a hieh-nressure Dump and motor. The auxiliary pump will be used for transfer and in filling the tank. Outside of being slow to get to fires, it should be quite helpful for that area this year. Don Heliker has a county owned tank and pump which will again be on call. Bob Rietmann has a county owned jeep fire fighting unit again this year. There is another such unit at the Roy Martin ranch on call. While ad ditional units have not been put out, there are three to be dis tributed soon. These are sched uled for Sand Hollow, Butter creek and Ruees communities. There are a number of privately owned sprayers well situated throughout the county, some new ones that have been added this vear. We know of several, such as Verner Troedson, lone; Delwln Nelson, Lexington; Cla r e n c e Holtz, lone; and Charles Doherty, lone, that have bought new it sprayers that we are sure win be in use during the tire control Don't forget the suggestions we made in keeping sprayers full of water during the fire season If they cannot sit in a pickup all of the time have a handy loading ramp with pipe rollers to load them quickly. A sug gestion was made by one of our fire control committee members that everyone be reminded to bring some piece of fire-fighting equipment to a fire and to use it when you get there. We have observed a lot of people running to a fire without even a wet sack or a shovel. There is always cleaning up to be done with wet sacks and shovels even though you might not have a sprayer or some other piece of equipment, season. A tub or 30 gallon barrel in the back of a pickup full of wet sacks is a good fire-fighting tool. Even a pail in the back trunk of a car with wet sacks could help put out a fire. If everyone contributes a little when a fire gets started, control is much quicker and easier. oline stations. The flowers were seeded through the legume seed attachment with hoses dropped Pubescent Wheatgrass was seed ed in the grain box, tne Howe seeds being covered by the discs and chains. Recommendations were for fall seeding but be eause of the drv fall it was de cided to wait until spring. While the field is weedy, like all new seedings, the wildflowers are in abundance and are reany beaut iful. If plans go as scheduled it is hoped that these win mature and reseed and tnat ine lour acre field between the house and the highway will be a literal blaze of wildflowers each spring. If you haven't noticed them look for them next time you go by, Have you noticed the field of wildflowers at the Dr. W. H. Wolff country home near the mill? The doctor, without a doubt, can be distinguished as having the largest acreage of seeded wildflowers in Morrow county; we think in the state and perhaps in the Pacific North west. When I worked with Dr. Wolff in this seeding early last spring I was tempted to com ment on it in my column, how ever, being the first experience with seeding wildflowers I thought it might be a dissapoint ing experience so didn't mention it. Now the story can be told. The wildflowers were secured from a ripnlpr in Pnllfnmlo urhn packages wildflower seeds that 1 are given out by one of our gas- FARMERS Less Than 30 Days UNTIL HARVEST SEE US FOR ALL YOUR TIRE NEEDS TRUCK TRACTOR IMPLEMENT PICKUP TIRES NEW TIRES RECAPS USED GET YOUR RECAPPING DONE NOW! STANDARD HEAVY DUTY BATTERIES Ford's Tire Service N. MAIN PH. 676-9481 THE GENERAL TIRE A couple of weeks ago I com mented in this column aboul Dalmatian Toadflax, a relatively new weed menace in Oregon. At that time I mentioned that it had been found in all neighbor ing counties but that none had been reported in Morrow county This has changed. Like Goat- weed and Medusahead which showed up over night following such news articles, Dalmation Toadflax was found a week ago in the Heppner cemetery. This seems to be a common place for the weed to get started as it does have a pretty flower and many times is set out as a flow erine ornamental. This is the only infestation we know but we must keep our eyes open for it. u is in lull bloom now and you might be on the lookout for Its flowers are bright yellow tinged with orange and resemble a wild snapdragon. Plants grow 2 to 4 feet tall, stems are light green with a smooth surface. Many stalks are produced from a single crown forming a clump. The leaves are light green, alter nate heart shaped and clasp the stem. Dalmation Toadflax has no value as a forage crop. Its danger lies in its ability to crowd out valuable forage thus reducing range carrying capacity. If you and a weed resembling these characteristics we would be glad to identity it and give you con trol recommendations which in clude the use of 4 lbs. of Sodium Chlorate per square rod or at least 8 pounds of Borate-Chlorate mixtures. These are best applied dry on the infested area. 2,4, TP commonly called Silvex has proved more effective for the con trol of Dalmation Toadflax than has 2,4-D, 2,4,5 T or similar hor mones. When used at the rate of 2 lbs. of Silvex and 50 gallons of water per acre (one-half cup in three gallons of water) gives excellent control. that have hit their peak finish and then dropped off in finish. When lambs have gone past nmsn, us usually nec essary to put them in the feed lot to bring them back to market condition. Frequently, when lambs have to be refinished in dry lot, they come out too heavy to meet the best market demand. Reducing eva Deration losses from lakes and reservoirs, espec ially in ine west, Decomes In creasingly important as demands mount for the limited water supply, une of the proposed methods of cutting such losses is by aerial spraying of "mono-layer-formkig" chemical mater ials on the water surface. Investigations to perfect aerial techniques for such spraying will do conducted this summer and early next year by Utah State university, under a contract with tne Bureau or Reclamat on. Es. timates are that 14 million acre feet of water are lost annually by evaporation from lake and reservoir surfaces in th 17 Western States alone. This is enough water to irrigate nearly uu minion acres or crops. Dieldrin dust is most pffertivp material at present for control ling sheep ticks, Diehlrln comes In a 1 nr. cent dust and can be it comes from tho ha p. a of material per head will pretty well take care of most sheep. All sheep in the flork shmiiii Deadline Set On Wheat Applications Farmers who wish to be con sidered for a "new wheat" allot ment for 1963 on a farm which does not now have a wheat allotment should get in touch with the ASCS countv office right away, David McLeod, office manager, Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation county of- nee, said today. Such farmers have until Julv 2 to file aDDli- cations for such an allotment. Under the wheat allotment marketing quota program, a "new farm" is a farm on which there is no wheat acreage his tory, including acreage consider ed as wheat under the Conser vation Reserve program, for any of the years 1960, 1961, or 1962. The office manager empha sized that formal application for a "new farm," application must be made in writing on a form provided for that purpose, and the application must be filed at the ASCS county office by the July 2 deadline. Mrs. Mabel Chaffee and Mrs. Ethel Zeimantz spent Tuesday in Walla Walla, Wn as guests of Mrs. Frank E. Parker and her sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis and Mrs. Inez Loney. be treated including replacement ewe lambs. Slaughter lambs snouid not be treated within 90 days of slaughter. Buncn the sheep into small groups of 25 to 50 and elve them a thorough dusting. A dust ing device, as would ho hkpH in the garden does a good job. If this is not available, a rather porous sack will disnense an adequate amount of dust on the sheep. It is not absolutely nec essary to get dust all ovpr the sheep to do a thorough lob of controlling sheep ticks. Laura Lee Sumner was a guest last week at the home of Mary Ellen Rooper in The Dalles. Over the week-end they accompanied Mrs. Jim Lovgren and Frankie to Portland to see the Rose Fes tival parade and festivities. Mis. Lovgren has been on vacation from her employment in the First National Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fer guson and daughter, Mrs. Robert Kelley, and children, all of Santa Maria, Calif., are visiting in Heppner for two weeks. Mrs. Alex Thompson and children, Portland, are visiting for two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Allen Case. House quests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam Thursday and Fri day were her brothers, Lawrence and Leo Perry, kllensburg, wn. Leo has a mink farm there. BEWARE OF CLAIMS BY OUT-OF-TOWN ALUM INUM SIDING SALESMEN. CHECK WITH US BEFORE YOU BUY! We Don't Give Green Stamps, But We Do Sell Wepco Aluminum Siding, Screens and Storm Doors in Seven Matching Colors. Aluminum SCREEN DOORS 2'6", 2'8", 3'10" 13.95 Still A Few Closeouts On Aluminum Combination Screen-Storm Doors $2595 T0 $3395 Best profits in the sheep busi ness come from lambs that are ready for market when weaned rather than going into the feed lot for further finish. The market is presently look ing for lambs weighing about 90 to 100 pounds, As soon as lambs hit this weight and will grade choice, it pays to move them as quickly as possible even though it means marketing them in small groups. Marketing all lambs at the same time requires selling some that are too light and others V-Groove Pre-Finishcd 4x8 Sheets Mahogany Paneling, ea. $4.80 Cedar Fencing SMOOTH FINISHED 1x6 ... 5c Lineal Ft 1x12 . 10c Lineal Ft. 4x4 . 14c Lineal Ft. Turn - A - Lum Lumber Co. Heppner Phone 676-9212 z D D FE RTI LIZE RS PRODUCT OF County C PORATION hemicals LOCAL DEALER FOR AGRI-CHEM, Inc., Distributor Call Maurice Elder Heppner 676-9102 ft.:
