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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, ' 'nrvs County Agent's Office Livestock Growers To Hear Panel on Taxes By N. C. ANDERSON An important feature of the annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestockgrowers Asso ciation is a tax panel for Friday afternoon, January 11. On the panel will be some outstanding tax authorities, and I believe that this will be a rare oppor tunity for all of our people to hear and discuss problems and possible solutions to our tax sit uation. Everyone knows that the state legislators this year iace tne pro blem of determining where addi tional taxes will come from to pav for the ever-increasing de mand for services and the rising cost of government. Several pro posed plans will be discussed by the panel and those of us who must determine the best method lor raising these funds will have the opportunity to have ques tions answered first-hand. It is unfortunate that we could not have on the panel one of our state legislators, however ail legislators will be in Salem re eeiving pre-legislature assign ments and preparing for the ses sions that get underway Mon day morning the 14th. We are fortunate, however, to have ex-legislator, Lloyd Key from Umatilla county who is in lormed as to proposals, as well as a representative of the Oregon State Tax Commission and Dr. Grant Blanche, OSU Agricultural Economist who is an authority in tax proposals and who was active in hearings and studies made by the interim committee on taxation since tne last legis lature. Roving Dogs Causing Increased Livestock Damage Of much concern to livestock growers, as well as our predator control people, Is the increasing amount of damage being done by roving dogs, Several sheep have been killed of late as well us running of cows and sheep. This is especially bad at this time of the year when cows are heavy with calf and sheep ready to Jamb. The law provides thai dogs can be destroyed if found doing damage on someone s pro perty. It might be well to check on your dog to determine whether he lias been roving of late if you are concerned about him not returning from one of his trips. Research Recommendations To Go Before Wheat League Those who have followed the activity of committees drafting recommendations for the use ol 2,4-D will be interested in the joint recommendations made by the group composed of Milton Freewater fruit and vegetable growers and representatives of wheat growers at a meeting held recently. These recommendations will be presented to the Oregon Wheat Growers League Execu tive Committee who will meet at the Temple Hotel In Pendleton at 9:00 a. m. January 16. The recommendations ma d e by the joint committee were briefly: (1) that the use of Iso propyl ester 2, 4-D be restricted for 2 years, (2) that the use of butyl ester 2, 4-D be restricted in the present secondary restricted urea of the East Umatilla County Chemical Control District and that if results of research show 1 hat butyl Is damaging horticul tural crops that its use then be restricted, except by permit, in Umatilla county, 13) that no spraying of 2,4-D be done when wind velocity exceeds 15 m.p.h., (41 that research by OSU on the 2,4-D drift damage problem be continued and that the legisla ture appropriate at least $25,000 for his research, (5) that govern ment agencies using 2,4-D be re quired to also pay Oregon tax on 2,4-D i) that the Washington State Department of Agriculture be asked to restrict he use of iso propyl ester 2, 4-D in Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla Counties in the state of Washington. (7) that OSU be re quested to extend its educational activities relative to the proper use of pesticides and weedlcides. Rain Gauges Available The Morrow County Weather Observers have recently received a shipment of rain gauges such as were distributed at the time that the program got underway to those who agreed to keep wea ther records. Anyone interested in one of these gauges can buy them at cost at the County Agent's office. D. O. Nel-son Farm Shows Modem, Up-to-Date Operation Talking about rainfall, it was interesting while making a re cent visit at the D. O. Nelson ranch in the north Lexington community to see and comuare rainfall records for the past sev eral years. Delwin has a com plete record for many years and I agreed with him, whole heart edly when he said, "if I were to do it over again, or to give any advice to a young man begin ning to farm I would say to keep a good set of records on any thing they do." This, of course, Thursday. January 10, 1963 farm mm is becoming more necessary each year as the farmer strives to in crease efficiency. It was interesting to note that one of the best crops harvested on this ranch was during a year of slightly over 7 inches of rain fall. This further indicates that if rain comes at the right time it doesn't take a lot of it. While visiting this ranch I was particularly Interested in a new 35' by 82' machine shed that the Nelsons are in process of build ing. This machine shed has some unique features that I have never seen in the many sheds built throughout Morrow county in recent years. The trusses for this shed were constructed In their own shop, laminated from plyboard and two by fours put together with glue. The large sliding doors are made of double thickness of inch and one-half plyboard glued together. The old problem of keeping doors on the track is remedied by an inch and a half pipe cemented into the concrete door sill and apron with a channel iron lip on the bottom of the doors which ride over the pipe keeping it rolling true. A great amount of concrete poured for this foundation and floor was made easy with a power take-off concrete mixer and scoop mounted on a wheel tractor. Delwin says that the concrete is mixed and poured without being "touched by hu man hands" until it Is time for the finishing. It is always a pleasure to visit this neatly kept ranch that will now be able to have the major equipment under roof for longer and more effi cient operation. Livestock Club Plans Placing Town Sign The lone Livestock club met January 2, at the lone Communi ty church, with 13 members pre sent. Roily Ekstrom reported on the expenses tor different sizes of signs that might be erected at the edge of town. lit was decided to make a sign 3' x 4' of 58" plywood. Steve Lindstrom was appointed as head of the paint ing committee and offered a can of paint. Roily donated four steel tenee posts. Cherilyn Smouse read an invi tation from the Gazette-Times for 4-H club officers to see the paper being put together and printed on December 27 or Janu arv 3. Our assistant leader. Mr. John Proudfoot, showed a movie on the raising of a litter of pigs. Charles Nelson, reporter Livestock Club Sees Halter Demonstration Rhea Creek Livestock club met on January 6 at Rhea Creek Grange hall. We have a new member, Terry Corbin. John Hall demonstrated how to make rope halters. Our visitors were Mrs. Darrell Harris, Mrs. Albert Wright and Dianna, Mrs. Wilbur Van Brock tin, Mrs. Bill Rawlins and Char lie, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bergstrom and Mike. Our hostesses were Mrs. Harold Wright and Mrs. Gene Hall. Hal Bergstrom, reporter Mr, and Mrs. R- G. Watkins and family went to Medford Dec ember 26, to visit her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wllsey, and family. The Watkins returned home the fol lowing Sunday. s Your Ready to Go? Now Is The Time For That Spring Overhaul or Tuneup Be Ready For Harvest Let Us Repair Your COMBINE Now! Free Pickup and Delivery RUCO Tri-Counry Equipment Co. Heppner Price Supports Deadline Nears January 31, 1963, is the dead line for Price Support Loans and Purchase agreements on some grain harvested in 1962. These crops include wheat, barley, oats and rye. Warehouse and farm stored loans are available on eligible grains. David McLeod, manager of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service ottice, reminds growers that good stor age, which must lirst he ap proved by the ASC county com mittee, is a requisite for obtain ing a price support loan on any farm stored crop. While the farmer himself is responsible for storing a crop covered by a purcnase agree ment, the condition and quality of the crop will be a determin ing factor in the amount of support he receives should he decide to deliver his crop under the support program at the end of the season. Loans made on wheat will ma ture on March 31, 1963. Loans for barley, oats and rye have a April 30 maturity date. Any grower wanting a loan, who is not familiar with the re quirements, should contact the local ASCS office for further de tails. Panel on Program At Annual Meeting Of Boardman SCS The annual meeting of the Boardman Soil Conservation Dis trict will be Tuesday evening, January 15, at the Greenfield Grange hall in Boardman, start ing with a potluck dinner by the grange home economics club at 6:30 p. m. The program for the evening will get underway at 7:30 with a film titled "Mountain Water." The film was produced in the western part of the United States and shows how maintain vegeta tion conserves and regulates water supplies for industrial, agriclutural and domestic use. A short business meeting will be conducted following the film. The district supervisors will pre sent a short review of the annual report and the audit report. "How Government Agenci e s Assist Farmers in the Boardman Soil Conservation District," will be the topic of a panel discussion following the business meeting. The panel is being used this year in place of a speaker. Mem bers of the panel include Max Jones, representing the Board man Soil Conservation District, moderator; Clarence Underwood, representing the Soil Conserva tion Service; David McLeod, re presenting the Morrow County Agricultural, Stabilization and Conservation Service; and Hay, who is secretary of the district, will represent the county agent's office. Following a short presen tation by each of the panel mem bers the meeting will be open for a question and answer session. Hay indicated that farmers are encouraged to ask questions so that the panel can do a better job of providing information for them. Arrangements have been made with the grange home economics club for serving the potluck supper. They will provide coffee, punch and bread as well as the silverware and plates. "Everyone is invited to attend and bring a main dish plus a salad or des sert, enough for your family," Hay said. A door prize drawing will be held at the close of the meet ing. Rhea Grange Moves Meeting to Jan. 18 The regular meeting of the Rhea Creek Grange has been postponed from January 11 to FH.lnv nvpnintT .T.-iniiMrv 1S. as called by Master Ned Clark. District Deputy Thorpe, Board man, will be present to assist with tloor work. A b:w p. m. pot luck dinner will be served pre ceding the meeting. Tractor Phone 676-9258 Chats With Your Home Agent Planning Adds Efficiency For New Home Owners Bv ESTHER KIRMIS New home owners often find their beautiful dream kitchen has turned into a nightmare alter they live there a lew months. Some of the inconven iences are: Lack of counter space beside the oven, refrigerator door opens wrong way, and traffic passes through work area. Good planning doesn't need to add to the cost. Functional arrangemen t , as well as good equipment, is more important than ever, now that so many appliances are built-in and changes later would be cost ly. To aid new home seekers and families Interested in remod eling, Oregon State University Extension Service has prepared 'Great Decisions' Organizers Named For '63 Program Mrs. Norman Nelson, lone, and Roy Kirk, Heppner, were an nounced this week as organizers of informal discussion groups as part of the country and state wide "Great Decisions" program, beginning February 3, according to Esther Kirmis, Morrow County extension agent in charge of the program. "Great Decisions . . . 1963" is an eight-week program which will focus attention and provide background facts on eight key policy issues. According to miss Kirmis the eight issues will pro vide weekly topics for TV and radio programs, and newspaper teatures. The core of the commu nity program, however, will be informal ho me discussion groups, she added. JMrs. Nelson and Kirk empha sized that no special training is necessary to participate in a "Great Decisions" informal dis cussion group. The primary ob jective is to allow every citizen to inform himseli and to express his own opinions on foreign pol icy to Congress and the State Department. ToDics for 1963 include (1) Common Market, (2) Red China and the USSR, (3) Algeria, (4) Spain, (5) India, (6) Laos and Vietnam (7) Alliance for Pro gress, (8) Peace. A Great Deci sion Facts kit with these topics can be ordered from the County Agent's office in Heppner for $1.50, says the agent. People interested in joining these groups in lone or Heppner or elsewhere, are urged to con tact Mrs. Nelson, Kirk, or the County Agent's office for addi tional information. No wonder Corvair Monza Club Coupe unth snazzy bucket seat interior See four entirely FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY Mar & Mala St Phone 676-9921 HpfXMr an easy-to-read leaflet, "What Is A Good Kitchen." This con sists of seven essential points which prospective home buyers can use as a guide in deciding if the kitchen meets their fam ily's needs. Prepared by Bernice Strawn, OSU home management and equipment specialist, this guide stresses functional fea tures such as traffic patterns, work centers, storage needs and lighting. Free copies of the leaflet are available from the County Ex tension office telephone 6 7 6 9642. We also invite builders to obtain a copy for use as a guide in future planning. WHAT ABOUT BATHROOMS? Many home improvements to day include addition of an extra bathroom or a half bath. If possible, locate one bath near the outside entrance, to serve as a "mud room" for child ren and adults who work in the garden or farm yard. This will prevent tracking mud into living areas and make housekeeping easier. Plan space nearby for hanging coats and dirty boots used in heavy work. One place to look for space for such a room is under a stairway, an often wasted area. Some times part of a hall can be parti tioned off, or an old pantry may be converted to a bathroom. Occasionally a back porch may be enclosed to provide both a storage area and a bathroom. Trends in bathroom today are: ample storage for bathroom suo plies and linens, built-in clothes hampers, twin lavatories for use of several members of the family at the same time, and compart- mented toilet facilities. A large mirror over the lavatory or built in vanity for shaving and make up, replaces the narrow medicine cabinet on the wall. You need to consider height of the lavatory in relation to height of adults in the family. Recent housing research by home econo mists at a leading university shows that a height of 34 inches from floor to top of the front rim is acceptable for most adults. People over 5 feet 10 inches tall find a height of 35 to 37 inches is more comfortable to use. Good lighting and ventilation are also important in planning a bathroom. Consider the possible need for auxiliary heat. Select materials for walls, floors, ceil ings and counter top which are waterproof and stain resistant. Natural wood may be used if treated to resist moisture. Anyone interested in looking at house plans for ideas in re modeling or building a new house may get help at the County Extension office. A num ber of moderate and low cost house plans, designed for west ern states by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, are available. CHEVROLET Keeps Going Great Chevrolet is so popular with a Chevrolet, lively low-priced Chevy II, sporty rear-engine Corvair, and two new versions of America's only all-out sports car, Corvette. '63 JET-SMOOTH CHEVROLET Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe beauty, ride and comfort you'll go for instantly different kinds of cars Schools Resume After Holidays By MARY LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN Teachers of Riv- oi-cirlo Hioh sphnnl anrl Roard- man Grade school returned to their classes Wednesday or last week after a week and a half of vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Daniels and daughters Pam and Vickie spent the holidays visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daniels in Caldwell, Idaho, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Peterson in Parma, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Dante Daltoso and son visited at the home of Mrs. Daltoso's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Busch, in Butte, Mont. Mrs. Evelyn Mclnnis visited at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Taft, in Spokane, Wn and with friends at Connell, Wn, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Leroux and daughter visited in Seattle, Wn. at the home of Leroux's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Records. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Talbot spent the vacation visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tal bot, in John Day, and her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Smith, in Hagerman Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mittelsdorf are the parents of a daughter, born January 6 at the Umatilla hospital. She has been named Lisa Dee. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peck of Board man, and Mrs. O. A. Amos of Hermiston. The baby weighed nine pounds, 14 ounces. Many Are Hospital Patients Mrs. Zoe Billings is in the Good Shepherd hospital in Herm iston suffering with a broken ankle received in a fall at her home here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and daughters Sandra and Ter esa went to La Grande Sunday to see Mrs. Thorpe's father, Paul Smith, Union, who is a patient in St. Joseph's hospital there. Larry Thorpe, Hermiston, ac companied them. Elvin Ely was in the Good Shepherd hospital in Hermiston several days last week with the flu. Visitors at the Ely home New Years were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Newell Vaught of Kennewick, Wn. Mrs. Dwight Ewing has been in the General hospital in Walla Walla, Wn. the past two weeks with a broken hip, suffered in a fail at Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Matz visit ed last week in Portland at the home of Matz's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown. Mrs. Glen Carpenter and nephew, Darold LaChance, have returned home from a ten day trip to Areata, Calif., where they visited at the home of La Chance's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. .Frank La Chance. They also went to Crest view where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred LaChance at the China Lake Naval Bse. Mr. and Mrs. Frank LaChance and sons Stevie and Frankie returned here with Ihem to visit several days. Mrs. Isabel Davis has returned choice like this: the luxurious The Chevy II Nova i00 Station Wagon shares the easy-care features of the big Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Sport Coupe there's also a new Sting Ray Convertible at your Chevrolet dealer's to her home in Condon after vis iting the past six weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Fortner. Mrs. Lowell Shattuck went to Goldendale, Wn. last week to take her mother, Mrs. Delia Faulkner, home after a vis t here. Mrs. Shattuck remained there for the week. Mrs. Guy Ferguson was a pat ient in the Good Shepherd hos pital in Hermiston several days last week with the flu. Six tables of pinohle were in play at the card party held at the grange hall last Friday night. Prizes were won by Mrs. Don Downey, Earl Briggs, Mrs. Glen Carpenter and A. R. Fort ner. Hostesses were Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and Mrs. Bernard Don ovan. The Home Extension unit will meet January 15 at the home of Mrc Nathan Thome at 10:30 a m Mrc Finn TViwnpv will he co-hostess. Subject will be "Buy ing reaay-to-wear,- witn Mrs. Jim Harper and Mrs. H. M. Walker as leaders. Mpnns for Riverside Hieh school and Boardman Grade school for the week of January 14-18 are as follows: Monday hnrnppn prt hppf. biscuits, mashed potatoes, salad, and fruit; Tues dayhot dogs, DUtierea peas, calari nnnlpsanpp with a twist: Wednesday baker beans cheese sticks, salad, pineapple and tap ioca pudding; Thursday butter ed corn, cole slaw, peanut Duuer sandwiches, cherry crunch; Fri Hav fish sticks, tartar sauce. baked potatoes green beans, pineapple upside down cane. The Boardman Community church held a Watch Night ser vice New Years Eve at the church. A film, "In Times Like These" was shown. There were games and refreshments in the basement at 10:30 p.m., followed by a service until midnight. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Williams and sons of Medford spent a few days here visiting friends during the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mahoney left Monday for a six week stays in Arizona and to spend some time at Palm Springs, Calif. 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