2 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday. October 11, 1962
WAJSIM NEWS
County Agent's Office
Morrow Men Hear Leaders
At Land and People Meet
By NELS ANDERSON
The Land and People confer
ence presided over by the Secre
tary of Agriculture in Portland
last Monday and Tuesday was
quite interesting, and I believe-
very worthwhile. Aimed at plans
lor strengthening rural America.
discussions during the two day
meeting stressed the problems
and opportunities or the Pacitic
Northwest. Monday evening
group meetings aimed at a ells
cussion of the Rural Area Devel
opment program, prese n 1 1 n g
ideas for communities that had
run out of ideas and giving a
better understanding of just
what this administration is aim
ing at in the rural development
program. It was interesting to
hear reports of different counties
In the Pacific Northwest that
were strengthening the stability
of their communities through
"do-lt yourself" projects to pro
vide more jobs and a better liv
ing for those in the community.
Communities were doing this on
their own rather than relying on
Federal funds and other helps at
a time when the Federal govern
ment has its fingers in about
everything that is being done.
Scientific and technical progress
has advanced so fast that many
jobs have been replaced by
labor-saving machines and
methods, Secretary or Agricul
ture Freeman recognized this
when he said, "But let me make
It perfectly clear that the real
threat to rural America does not
lie in scientific and technical
progress itself. The real threat
lies in the failure to direct the
changes growing out of these'
to meet the real needs and wants
of all the people of this nation.
And the health of the entire na
tion, not merely that of the
countryside, will be seriously
threatened If we fail to preserve
and advance the real value of
the past as we adopt and make
use of the potential for the
future."
Governor Mark Hatfield in his
address aimed remarks in the
same direction when he indicat
ed that we could develop the
Pacific Northwest in recreation,
industry, tourism and still pro
duce the food that is required to
feed an expanding population.
Included in the over 1500 per
sons that registered for the con
ference were W. W. Weatherford,
Harold Beach, Clarence Kosewall,
and myself with O. W. Cutsforth
and sons, Kenneth, Pat and Fritz
flying in Monday morning and
leaving the middle of the day,
having opportunity to hear Sec
retary of Agriculture Freeman
and panels on Rural Changes in
our region and stimulating econ
omic growth in rural areas.
Safflower Crops
Under Promotion
A representative of Pacific Oil
Seeds Inc., a California concern
who has contracted for safflower
in the past years, called at the
office last week in the Interest of
contracting for safflower produc
tion in the Pacific Northwest in
11)03. Tills concern is hopeful of
getting an acreage of safflower
out in the Columbia Basin; how
ever, they are waiting to see
what effect the new farm pro
gram will have in stimulating
interest in the crop. With new
varieties that are now adapted to
this area it is hopeful that saf
flower might become a profitable
crop for this dryland area com
peting with barley as a source of
income. Acreages are being so
licited with a contract price of
wo a ton, i. o. d. Portland, at this
time. If enough interest is shown
in the crop an educational meet
ing will be held this winter.
Wheatgrowerg Association
Sets Fall Meeting Oct 24
Meeting last Wednesday even
ing, the executive committee of
the Morrow County Wheatgrow
ers Association made plans for
their annual fall meeting which
will be held at the Willows
Grange Hall in lone on Wednes
day, October 24. The meeting
will get underway at 9:00 a.m.
and, like such annual meetings
of this group, it will be strictly
a work session. At this time rec
ommendations will be drafted
for presentation at the annual
meeting of the Oregon Wheat
growers League which will be
held in Portland on November
26, 27, and 28. Recommendations
acted upon there will go to the
National Association of Wheat
growers at their annual meeting
held in Denver on December 12,
13, and 14.
An invitation has been extend
ed to Allen Tom, president, Ore
gon wheatgrowers league, to
visit with the group Immediately
following the no-host luncheon
discussing various aspects of the
new farm-program with special
emphasis on the certificate plan
which will go Into effect for the
19C4 crop year. A nomination
committee will make its report
and election of officers will be
held for president, vice-president
and secretary. Plans were laid at
this meting for a membership
drive which will begin immedia
tely and concluded at the time of
this annual meeting. Checking
through memberships in Morrow
county it was found that there
were a considerable number of
new farm operators who are not
yet members of the Oregon
wheatgrowers league. We hope
all of you will make a note of
this date and hold it clear as this
meeting is an important one to
all Morrow county wheatgrowers.
New Farm Program
Sign-up Still Questionable
I am pleased to report the dis
cussion on the new farm pro
gram which I reluctantly made
In my column last week still
holds true. It is hoped that by
the time you read this the de
tails of the new program will be
available. Members of the Ore
gon State ASCS committee were
attending a regional meeting for
details and interpretations of the
program late last week in Min
neapolis. While sign-up for com
pliance was announced for Octo
ber 15, personnel in the local
ASCS office are doubtful that ar
rangements can be made by this
time since there are so few de
tails known now. Regardless, ed
ulational programs and Informa
tion will be carried to ranchers
as soon as they are known.
Prized Sack of Gaines
Brings Woe to Owner
And then there's the story
making the rounds of a middle-
aged Morrow county rancher who
had Just purchased the last eight
sacks of Gaines wheat left in
Morrow county. It seems that
this is just what he needed to
seed twenty acres or double sum
mer fallow. After leaving Hep
pner with the eight sacks on his
flat bed pick-up, he was found
setting alone side the road in tne
midst of a sack of wheat wnicn
had virtually exploded as It hit
the shoulder or the highway, cry
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Wheat Growers
Consider Three
For Man of Year
"Conservation Man of the
xear' nominations from Morrow,
Union and Sherman counties are
in the hands of Oregon Wheat
Growers League officials.
Nominees include:
Sherman county, George von
Bostel; Union county, Rex Roul
et; Morrow county, Elmer Palm
er and Son.
Actually, if not so listed, the
Union county entry is also a
father-son combination as Rex
Roulet of Elgin is in partnership
with his son, Billy R.
The three nominations receiv
ed, along with those from other
wheat growing counties in the
state, will be the entry list from
which Oregon Wheat Growers
league officers will select one
to be awarded the prized "Man
of the Year" honor.
This presentation will be made
at the Multnomah hotel in Port
land on the evening of Wednes
day, November 28. The annual
state meeting is scheduled in
Portland on November 2fi. 27 and
28.
A description of the men and
the practices they follow prove
that all are deeply concerned
with land conservation in the
state.
Elmer Palmer and his son.
Roger, operate a ranch consist
ing of 4,630 acres. The Palm
ers own all but 800 acres which
they rent from the Palmer
estate.
Elmer Palmer started strip
cropping in 1949. Contour strip
ping followed.
Union county nominee, Rex
Roulet, and his son, Billy R.,
carry on a father-son-grandson
tradition of conservation in the
Elgin area. Rex Roulet purchased
220 acres of land which had been
farmed by his father. W. H.
Roulet. Rex, in turn, added to
the holdings and, in 1945, went
into partnership with his son,
Billy R.
Currently the Roulets have
1120 acres. They have 539 culti
vated acres, 438 cares of pasture
and 43 acres of forest tract.
Sherman county's George von
Borstel lives in Grass Valley
with his wife, Patricia, and four
children.
The farm consists of 1420 acres
of farmland, 1060 acres of crop
land, 360 acres of rangeland and
159 acres of improved pasture.
The von Borstel farm has four
erosion and stock water dams
and a yearly weed conlrol pro
gram and limited fertilizing is
in order.
Don't try to get something for
nothing and then complain
about the quality.
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ing profusely. Those who wit
nessed this episode do not yet
know whether it was the loss of
a seven dollar sack of wheat and
the shortage to f in i s h the
twenty-acre field or just the fact
of loading the pick-up, with all
the room to spare in such a man
ner that one sack would bounce
off on a smooth oiled road.
Chats With Your Home Agent
Managing Family Income
Discussed By Specialist
By ESTHER KIRMIS
"Everytime you spend a dime
or dollar you're buying a small
part of a way of living. Your
spending moves you closer to
what you want out of life or
puts you on a treadmill that
never gets anywhere."
Mrs. Dorothy Sherril Miller,
family finance specialist, be
lieves that money management
can be learned to "buy a way
of living that families really
want."
Basic to managing income is
to accept the fact that everyone
has 100 percent of income to
use regardless of size. Getting
what is wanted from income is
an individual responsibility and
cannot be blamed on taxes, in
flation or the high cost of living,
declares Mrs. Miller.
The next step is to draft a
pattern of spending that will
take care of monthlv needs and
set aside money for some long
term goals such as children's
education, a new boat or home
ownership. Every month's spend
ing ougni to move the ramily
closer to realizing some of its
dreams.
Another way to use money
wisely is to learn about life in-
Wool Payments
Referendum Gets
Strong Majority
The United State Department
of Agriculture announced on
October 1 that preliminary re
sults of a producer referendum
on continuation of deductions
from wool payments, to be used
in promoting wool and lamb,
show producers owning 17,420,
935 sheep voted for (91 percent)
and producers owning 1,720,104
sheep voted against (9 percent).
Un the basis of individual pro
ducer voting, the preliminary
tabulation shows 86,239 produc
ers voted for (87.7 percent) and
1-2,117 voted against (12.3 per
cent). The referendum was held to
determine producer approval of
a proposed agreement between
the Secretary of Agriculture and
the American Sheep Producers,
Inc., an organization of sheep
producers. The agreement would
continue deductions from wool
payments made under the Nat
ional Wool Act of 1954 for the
1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 market
ing years. The deductions would
provide funds to finance the
council's advertising, promot
ional, and related market devel
opment activities on lamb and
wool.
This year 98.356 producers
owning 19,141,039 sheep voted.
In the 1959 referendum 102,326
producers voted (68.91 percent
voted favorably) and they own
ed 20,854,594 sheep (81.07 per
cent voted favorably). In the 1955
referendum 67,288 producers vot
ed (71.27 percent voted favor
ably) and they owned 12,918,165
sheep (71.98 percent voted fav
orably).
Oregon producers voted 87.2
percent for the program. This
represented 89.1 percent of the
sheep in the state. The sister
state of Washington, 92.9 per
cent of the producers voted in
favor and 95.8 percent of the
sheep. In Idaho, 90.5 percent of
the producers favored the pro
motion program which represent
ed 96.2 percent of the sheep.
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investments and credit.
Families who become familiar
with only four basic types of
life insurance are better able to
understand the multitude of pol
icies offered, says Mrs. Miller.
"The effort is small," she con
tinues, "compared with the dol
lars in premiums a ramily may
pay in a lifetime or the bene
fits it may get from having in
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ance. Social security forms the com
pulsory base of savings, invest
ments and insurance programs
of nine out of ten families in
the U. S. That's why families
should become familiar with
their rights and privileges under
the social security law. Armed
with this information they are
in a better position to plan their
savings, life insurance and in
vestment programs, she says.
By 1969, employed persons will
pay 4 58 percent tax, matched
by the employer. Self-employed
persons will pay 6.9 percent tax.
At those rates in 45 years of
earnings an employed person
and his employer could pay al
most $20,000 into social security
and the self-employed person al
most $15,000.
Families who get ahead are
those who put some money to
work in savings and watch it
multiply. Those who invested
money at 3 percent interest in
1950 were 9 percent ahead of in
flation in 1960 which refutes
the theory that inflation eats up
savings, noted Mrs. Miller. She
recommends analyzing advan
tages and drawbacks of various
savings and investments before
choosing ones best for you.
When it comes to credit, Mrs.
Miller advises families to learn
to figure interest charges. Going
into debt for small purchases is
an expensive way to buy. She
recommends that couples accum
ulate some cash early in mar
riage, borrow from their reserve
at a "going" rate of interest, and
faithfully pay themselves back.
Death In Baker Takes Mrs. Pearl A. Chidsey
Mrs. Pearl Ann Chidsey, 83,
a former resident of Heppner
and recently of Silverton and
Baker, died September 25 at St.
Elizabeth hospital, Baker.
Mrs. Chidsey was born March
13, 1879, to Samuel and Clarissa
Franklin at Monument. She at
tended school at Hamilton. She
was married to Thomas E. Chid
sey at Prairie City June 24, 1900.
Mr. and Mrs. Chidsey cele
brated their 62nd wedding anni
versary in June. She was a mem
ber of the Christian church at
This keeps something in the
"kitty" when it's needed.
We are planning a man and
wife shortcourse on money man
agement in January with much
of this above information discussed.
Silverton and other organiza
tions there, including the East
ern Star. She had made her home
in Silverton prior to living in
Baker the past two years. She
was a resident of Heppner for
about 20 years and will be re
membered by many friends here.
She is survived by her hus
band, Thomas E. Chidsey who
makes his home with their
daughter, Mrs. Robert McCord in
Baker; a son, Edward F. Chid
sey of Salem; two daughters,
Mrs. Joe Stoy of Grants Pass
and Mrs. McCord of Baker; nine
grandchildren, 31 great grand
children, and by several nieces
and nephews.
Services were held September
28 at the Golden Funeral Home
in Salem, with interment in the
Restlawn Memory Gardens.
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