2- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February 21, 1963
KAURI NEWS
County Agent's Office
Blow Control District
To Meet At Nelson Home
By N. C. ANDERSON
Fred Nelson, director, Lexing
ton Blow Control District, an
nounces the annual meeting
which will be held at the Fred
Nelson farm home on Wednes
day evening, February 27.
The meeting will begin at 8:00
p.m. at which time a film will
be shown and a discussion of
problems within the district.
Election of directors will be held
during the evening. Those ranch
ers whose lands are included in
the Blow Control District are
urged to attend their annual
meeting.
Livestock Growers Appoint
Committee Chairman for 1963
Chairmen and members of the
various committees of the Mor
row County Livestock Growers
Association were appointed last
week by Floyd Jones, president.
Appointed for 19G3 were Ray
mond French, Heppner member
ship and finance; Dick Wilkin
son, Heppner, annual meeting;
O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington, tax
ation and legislation; Bob Peter
son, lone, production and mark
eting; Bob Van Schoiack, Hepp
ner, insects, predators and ro
dents; Harold Wright, Heppner,
disease control; Ralph Beamer,
Heppner, game theft and brand;
Frank Anderson, Heppner, pas
ture and range Improvement;
Don Greenup, Heppner, beef pro
motion; Ron Currin, Heppner,
public lands and forestry; Jack
Hynd, Cecil, cattleman of the
year; and Howard Bryant, Hepp
ner, auditing committee. Ranch
ers selected from the member
ship of the Association were ap
pointed to these committees.
Further appointments will be
made as memberships grow dur
ing the year.
Chairman Raymond French
has underway now a member
ship program to bring numbers
back to normal after a low mem
bership In 19G2. Memberships
dropped to 65 last year compared
to a normal of over 100. Live
stock Growers who are interested
in participating in the Theft Pro
tection program are Invited to
do so now. This program Init
iated In 1953 provides that a
reward will be offered for the
arrest and conviction of tres
passers or theft for livestock cov
ered by this program. Members
may have this protection for
10c per head on their normal
livestock breeding numbers.
Conservation Title Announced
"Forest Conservation in an
Oregon Soil Conservation Dis
trict," will be the title of next
full's speech contest sponsored
by the Oregon Association of
Soil Conseivation Districts
through local districts. Local
participation has been good with
the contest won this year by
Martha Doherty, Heppner.
Lindsays Add Angus Stock
Lurry Lindsay, Lexington, re
ports the purchase of three bulls,
two Angus and a Hereford, at
the Red Bluff sale last week.
While 1 haven't seen these bulls
yet, I am sure that they are
of the same excellent quality
that the Lindsays have been
using over the past years which
results In their excellent quality
calf crop. The selection of good
bulls and an excellent cow herd,
I am sure, have been one of
the main factors In the good
gains which have been made by
these calves In the feedlot dur
ing the past two years that the
Lindsays have been finishing
out their own calves for market.
Snow Pack 27 of Average
Coming up Willow Creek Sat
urday morning It was good to
see a lot of Irrigation being
done on the creek bottoms. It
is especially Important this win
ter that as much land as poss
ible get well soaked up now
while there is water in our
creeks. This is especially Im
portant since stream flow for
the 1963 irrigation season is ex
pected to be considerably be
low average, largely due to an
extremely poor snow pack which
is close to the record low of 1934.
The snow pack, now 27 of the
average, Is only 13 of last year
at this date. While there is still
some time for snow in the moun
tains no large pack can be an
ticipated at this late date, es
pecially as warm weather comes
and "chinooks" are frequent.
New Wheat Foods Get
Commercial Production
It is interesting to note the
number of new wheat foods
which have been developed over
the past few years as efforts
have been made to utilize abun
dant supplies of wheat. Through
the efforts of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League encouragement
was given for the development
of Ala, a bulgor-type wheat feed,
which as well as being popular
in this country, has been in
great demand in foreign coun
tries with a large percentage of
the output being shipped over
seas. "Wheatnuts" is the name
which an enterprising Montana
person has given to a new pro
duct which he has developed
within the last year. Basically
this is a whole-wheat snack
food made from wheat which
has been soaked, allowed to
germinate, and cooked In deep
fat. It has a nut-like flavor. Com
mercial distribution will be
made from his plant at Circle,
Montana. He is also experiment
ing with "Wheatnuts" in various
new products such as cookies,
candies and breakfast foods.
Only recently the Federal gov
ernment has purchased 66 mil
lion pounds of Nebraskit, a sur
vival ration development by the
Nebraska Department of Agri
culture for stocking of public
shelters. The Nebraskit is made
from hard red winter wheat flour,
corn flour, corn sugar, shorten
ing and other ingredients. This
cracker-type ration is one of
three in the Nebraskit family
which the Department lias de
veloped: the Nebraskit, the milk
bar and the milo-wheat wafer.
While the Nebraskit was devel
oped primarily as a ration for
public shelters later attention
has shifted to its peaceful uses
as a high-protein type food for
hungry peoples of the world.
Bulletin on Wills Still Available
A new OSU bulletin, "A Will
Your Home Agent T
Fabric Bulletin
Gives Help On
Matching Plaids
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Perfectly matched plaids can
make a 39 cent-a-yard gingham
dress look expensive, while im
properly jointed plaids can ruin
the effect of the most expensive
fabric.
Secrets of sewing with plaids
are told in a new, illustrated
bulletin available from Oregon
State University extension ser
vice. Size of ihe plaid makes a dif
ference in the pattern the home
seamstress should choose. For
example, a large plaid looks
best when a pattern with few
seams is used. The garment will
be easier to cut and sew, and
will take less material. Patterns
with yokes and more seams, on
the other hand, can be used
for small plaids.
The two types of plaids even
and uneven present different
problems. The bulletin explains
how to tell the types apart and
pictures specific ways to work
with each.
Among general suggestions
listed for cutting plaid fabrics
are: 1. Center a vertical plaid
line at the body center. 2. Place
pattern pieces so one main hor
izontal block of plaid is at, or
near shoulder. 3. Match front i
and back along horizontal lines
of plaid. 4. If blouse has an
underarm dart, match plaid
above the dart. This makes it
possible when cutting set-In
sleeves to have the horizontal
line continuous around the body.
5. To piece a plaid, match and
join along one line of a design
and not through the middle of a
color.
You may obtain free copies
of the bulletin "Planning Plaids"
from the county extension of
fice. OSU Issues Bulletin on
Steam Irons
If you plan to invest in a new
steam iron, check buying tips
in a revised Oregon State Uni
versity bulletin, "Steam Irons."
Copies are available on re
quest at the county extension
office.
As more man-made fabrics
and wrinkle-resisting finishes
for natural fibers are developed,
the steam iron becomes more of
a necessary household tool, spec
ialists point out. Touch up iron
ing is easily accomplished with
a steam iron, and the OSU bulle
tin tells how.
Advantages of the two most
of Your Own" which we dis
cussed in this column a couple
of weeks ago has been in much
demand. Oregon State has made
two printings to keep up with
this demand. The Oregon State
Bar Association has taken quite
a number of these for distribu
tion to its membership. Individ
ual lawyers have ordered large
quantities. There have been
large orders by both the Uni
versity of Oregon and OSU for
their employees and other higher
education institutions within the
state, both public and private.
If you have not yet picked up
your copy, it is available at this
office.
Food Employs Millions
Growing, processing and sell
ing food requiies the full-time
efforts of 9,100,000 Americans, 32
times the population of Nevada.
School Plans Forest Tour
Plans were layed last week for
a forest conservation school tour
in Morrow county. Such tours
have become very popular over
the past number of years with
all western Oregon and many
eastern Oregon counties now
holding these for higher elemen
tary grade school children. Par
ticipating in the planning were
Ilillard Brown, Heppner elemen
tary school principal, and sixth
grade teachers, Mrs. Inez Iriwn
and Mrs. Inez Meador with Bob
Strand, forest service; Ralph
Richards, SCS; Joe Hay and my
self representing this office.
Charlie Ross, Extension Fores
ter, OSU, showed colored slides
and discussed the nature of such
tours in other counties. Selection
of a site where various forest
conservation practices can be
seen will be selected by a com
mittee as soon as it is possible
to get around the mountains.
Plans were made to hold the first
tour in late September or early
October, 1963.
We Will
Deliver Your
Processed Meat
j$L J f Ol Charge
VryH Heppner,
C y I p Lexington
WHOLESALE MEATS
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
SCHEDULE:
Hogs Tuesday
Cattle Wed., Thurs.
Sheep Any Day
Follett Meat Co.
Hermlston, Oregon
Ph. JO 7-6651
On Hermlston-McNary
Highway
Smith Proposes
lax on Transfers
A tax of 55 cents per $1,000
valuation In transfers of real
property, designated to raise $1
million a biennium for the gen
eral fund, has been introduced
in the House of Representatives
by Representative Jack L. Smith,
D-Condon.
Smith, in his first term a
member of the important House
taxation committee, said the
tax is one-half the rate of the
federal stamp tax on transfers
of deeds and other legal papers.
The tax would be collected by
county clerks or recorders at the
time property transfers are re
corded. The tax would be re
corded in a way that price of
the sale would not be determin
ed by outside parties.
The county general fund
would receive five per cent of
the revenue to pay for collec
ting the tax. The reminder would
go to the state general fund.
"Oregon appears faced with
the job of increasing revenue by
between $49 million and $65 mil
lion in the next twb years in
order to keep services at present
levels and to take pressure off
property taxes," Smith said.
"This tax would collect about
$1 miillon of that need and
would fall due at a time when
taxpayers have money and can
best afford to pay the tax," he
said.
Club Hears Reports
The 4-H Golden Rock club met
at the public cuseum Saturday,
February 16. We talked about
our window display on National
4-H week in March. Terry Peck
gave a report on Andesite, Lee
Payne also gave a report on
Phyrolite. On January 26 we met
with the adult rock club at the
old library. They had a movie on
fossils. The name of the movie
was the "Fossil World of Clarno."
Bobby Peck, reporter
Mrs. L. D. Tibbies is with her
sister, Mrs. Altha Payne in Kan
sas City, Mo. Mrs. Payne is re
cuperating from surgery and
Mrs. Tibbies will visit for sev
eral weeks.
Guests last week at the Ted
Smith home were Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Allen, Redmond. Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Allen are sisters.
popular types of steam irons
are described plus tips for the
overseas traveler who wants to
invest in a travel iron.
Steam iron owners are told
sow to clean clogged vents with
a simple vinegar and water sol
ution and what kind of water
to use for best results.
Ag Head Reports
More Bills Which
Would Affect SDA
To aid in keeping farmers
and others interested and Inform
ed of pending legislation relating
to the state department of agri
culture, Director J. F. Short lists
this group of bills introduced
during the first two weeks of
February:
SB 151 would repeal need to
notarize inspection fee reports
required of dealers in fertilizers,
limes and agricultural minerals.
(Requested by the department).
SB 103 would remove require
ments for mobile slaughter
plants, prohibit sale of uninspec
ted meat in retail markets and
require non-processing slaught
erers to sell only Inspected meat.
The first hearing on this devel
opment concern both for and
against.
SB 156 would establish a pilot
inspection program on poultry
and rabbit slaughter for the two
years ending July 1, 1965, to
determine necessity and cost of
statewide compulsory inspection.
HB 1239 on agricultural mark
eting would prohibit any dealer
in agricultural commodities from
specified unfair marketing prac
tices and would be administer
ed by SDA.
HB 1303 would require the dir
ector of agriculture to submit
a report to the 1965 Legislature
on an interstate compact provid
ing for regulation of production
and marketing of agricultural
commodities.
HB 1341 would amend the egg
law to require licensing of
chicken and turkey hatcheries
and inspection to determine that
eggs which have been incubated
do not enter market channels.
(Aimed at incubator rejects and
prohibits entry into Oregon of
egg meats unless processed in
USDA-inspected plants or are
from states that prohibit incu
bator rejects.)
HB 1346 would provide ma
chinery for state marketing or
ders on agricultural commod
ities, with SDA to administer
the act.
HB 1376 is a milk stabilization
act which would license milk
handlers, establish minimum
prices to be paid at the producer
level, provide a method of equal
ization and establish quotas for
individual dairymen.
HB 1356 would require notices
be posted when imitation milk
products are sold in vending ma
chines or otherwise.
HB 1401 would allow the de
partment to set a due date for
all statements of monies due for
services rendered. (Requested by
Fertilizer Sales
Drop 26,000 Tons
Oregon farmers used less fert
ilizer and limes on their lands
last year than in 1961 but more
boron, gypsum and other agri
cultural minerals.
At least this is the story told
in inspection fee reports filed
with the state department of
agriculture by dealers in this
state.
The comparative tonnages re
ported sold in the two years:
1961 1962
Fertilizers 234,889 208,306
Limes 52,707 44,695
Ag. minerals 13,608 15,218
The 1961 tonnage stands as
the record sales of fertilizers in
Oregon in the 11 years since
the state has required quarterly
reports.
Lime usage, based on sales,
was lowest of any year since
1951, with exception of 1954.
Highest lime sales occurred in
1959 when dealers reported 81,
596 tons.
Last year was the third high
year on agriculture mineral
sales, with 1956's 18,284 tons still
the top reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Erickson,
Madras, were visitors here Sat
urday and Sunday as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCabe and
both couples attended the Elks
Annual on Saturday.
the State Department of Agri
culture). HJR 18 directs the department
to provide "acceptance service"
so that meat under state in
spection can be sold to state
institutions as well as federally
inspected meat now purchased.
Citizens may obtain copies of
any of these bills by writing
to their state senator or repre
sentative at the Capitol, Salem
10.
Livestock Club Sees
Films On Animals
The lone Livestock club met
at the lone Community church
on February 6. Our leader, Ken
neth Smouse, was absent and
Alfred Nelson took charge. Our
roll call was the naming of our
project and the breed of animal.
Keith and Kristin Nelson gave
a report on the care and feeding
of dairy cows. We discussed
where we were going on our
tour in the spring. There were
a few suggestions.
Joe Hay, county 4-H leader,
made a few announcements con
cerning the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers League Fat Stock Show to
be held at The Dalles in June.
He showed two movies, "Save
More Lambs" and "Raising
Dairy Cows."
Our next meeting will be held
at the Kenneth Smouse home
on March 3. We will study judg
ing livestock.
Charles Nelson, reporter
Sewing Club Gives
Apron Demonstrations
February meeting of the
Country Cutters 4-H club was
at the home of Molly Beckett
February 16. Debby Warren
joined our club and all mem
bers were present.
Each girl gave a demonstra
tion showing the different steps
in making an apron. Roll call
was answered with each girl
giving the reason why she chose
the particular material for her
skirt.
Betty Carlson showed how to
lay patterns on material and cut
them out. We are planning on
making a blouse to match our
skirts, as an extra article.
Under new business we de
cided to give our demonstrations
for Mrs. Roland Bergstrom's club
at our March meeting.
Visitors were Mrs. Don Peter
son, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs.
Jim Pettyjohn and Mrs. Law
rence Beckett.
Linda Pettyjohn, reporter
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