HEPPNER GAZETTE
County Agent's Office
Eligible Voting Rules
Given for Referendum
By N. C. ANDERSON
Producers who have an inter
est in a 1964 farm wheat acre
age allotment are eligible to
vote in the 1964 wheat market
ing quota referendum. However,
if the allotment is less than 15
acres, the operator must elect 7
days prior to date of such rei
erendum to participate as an al
lotment grower in 1964, if he
and other producers on the farm
wish to vote in the referendum.
This election is made by sign
ing in the space provided on the
back of the regular allotment
notice, MQ-24, for the farm or
on another copy of the form pro
vided by the county ASC office.
A person can only cast one
ballot in the referendum regard
less of the number of wheat
farms in which he is interested,
except:
1. Individual members of a
partnership shall each have a
vote, but the partnership as
such shall not have a vote.
2. A person may also vote as
the representative of an organ
ization, such as a corporation.
(Such an organization is entitled
to only one vote.)
3. A person may also vote as
the administrator or executor of
an estate, or as a trustee or
guardian, but the persons whom
he represents are not eligible.
Producers who have an inter
est in an allotment include:
1. Landowners who receive all
or a share of the wheat or pro
ceeds thereof. Landowners who
sent their land to a tenant for
cash are not eligible. In the
event land is owned jointly by
two or more persons the follow
ing will apply: (a) In the State
of Arizona, California, Idaho,
Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Texas, and Washington, which
have community property stat
utes, owners of community prop
erty (both husband and wife)
are eligible to vote if the allot
ment is on community property,
(b) In all states, joint owners
(both names on the deed) are
eligible to vote if the allotment
is on the jointly owned property.
2. Tenants or sharecroppers
having an interest in the farm
acreage allotment because of
sharing in the wheat crop or
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proceeds thereof. Producers who
lease land as joint tenants (both
names on the lease) are each
eligible to vote.
Examples: (a) Husband and
wife both sign written lease to
operate farm both are eligible
to vote, (b) Only the husband
signs written lease to operate
farm only the husband will be
eligible to vote, (c) Husband and
wife lease the farm on a verbal
lease with the owner, and the
county committee determines
that both are responsible for
carrying out the tenant obli
gations under the lease.
Polls will be open from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. They will be
at the lone Legion hall, Lexing
ton Grange hall, Tryco Equip
ment Company Building, Hepp
ner. Polls will also be open at
the Boardman City hall if any
operator in that area elects to
participate as an allotment
grower as provided by law,
Weed Fact Sheets Released
Recently released were a ser
ies of Fact Sheets giving descrip
tions of, and control measures
for 24 Oregon weeds. Each Fact
Sheet is illustrated with a draw
ing of the weed being discussed.
There is also a brief description
of its growth habits and steps
to be taken for control. These
sheets cover Bull Thistle, Bur
Cheruil, Catch Weed, Cattails,
Cheatgrass, Chicory, Cocklebur,
Corncockle, Cowcockle, Dodder,
Henbit, Horscweed, Knotweed,
Little Bur, Matchweed, Narrow
Leaved Milkweed, Purple Pil
lory, Purple Mustard, Scowering
Rush, Shoestring Weed, Snowy
Milkweed, St. Johnswort, Wild
Oats, and Yellow Star Thistle.
Famona Gives 4-H Scholarship
Pamona Grange gets the
"Early Bird" award for first to
turn in a 4-H club scholarship
to the 1903 summer school. It
is that time of the year and
organizations, businesses and in
terested persons who have con
tributed towards sending a 4-H
boy or girl to summer school will
be contacted soon by members
of the scholarship committee to
see if they wish to make such
a contribution this year. Com
mittees are als0 in the process
of selecting the delegates from
a long list of eligibles to attend
this popular event. The six day
affair will be held on the Oregon
State University campus from
June 10-15.
Agricultural Research
Continues in Importance
A few days ago while catch
ing up on some reading from
the many periodicals and other
material that comes across my
desk, I read an editorial that
1 thought had a lot of "meat"
in it. The editorial written by
publisher and editorial direc
tor of a small magazine, "Elec
tricity on the Farm," is printed
here so that others might share
in Mr. Hansens' thoughts.
"Every now and again some
one comes along and proposes
that agricultural research ac
tivities such as those conducted
by our land grant universities,
USDA, and private industry
should be decreased or discon
tinued altogether. This proposal
is usually offered as a cure-all
for our agricultural price prob
lems and surpluses.
"We feel such action would
be disastrous in the long run.
Intensive research into develop
ment of better farming meth
ods must be continued and ex
panded for the welfare of our
American economy and way of
life. Why? Consider the follow
ing: "1. Efficiency always pays, in
farming us in any other busi
ness or industry, whether in
good or bad economic times.
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American prosperity has been
made possible from continuous
development and adoption of
better, more efficient production
methods by industry and agri
culture. "2. Statisticians predict that
U. S. population, at the present
rate of increase, will be double
its present figure very early in
the 21st century. Along with
this growth we are annually
taking hundreds of thousands of
acres of good productive farm
land for other uses such as super
highways, airports, and spraw
ling suburban developments
all necessary for our society, in
the face of these situations, it
Is a well established fact that
no average yield of today is
great enough and no farming
method now used extensively is
efficient enough to provide food
needs for our expected popu
lation at the end of the century,
even with nresent acreage.
"We do admit there are more
supplies of certain foods today
than we are consuming. Some
people choose to refer to them
as monstrous surpluses which
are blamed for low prices, high
taxes, and other undesirable sit
uations which can be blamed
on the agricultural problem. We
prefer to think of our extra foods
which run only 4 to 5 above
annual needs, as a healthy form
of insurance. It's doubtful if U. S.
will ever again be able to reach
an exact annual balance be
tween food supplies and de
mands. The most comfortable
Dosition is to have the supply
running ahead of the demand.
We need research to maintain
this momentum. Once it is lost,
it could take several generations
to eet it going again. This our
country could not afford in to
day's world struggle."
Grazing Lease is Available
We have at our office a notice
of availability and invitation to
bid for lease of approximately
8,000 acres of land in the Navy
Boardman Bombing Range for
grazing purposes only. The lease
will be for an initial term of
one year commencing on or
about' June 1, 1963, with right
nf rpnpwfll from vear to vear
thereafter. For those who might
be interested l suggest you con-tart-
tho Dcnartment of Navy,
Snnttlo M Washington, or get
complete information including
the area to be leased at our oi-
fice.
House Passes Grain Bill
The following telegram has
been received from the Deputy
Administrator, A.S.C. today.
"A voluntary feed grain bill
was passed by the House of Rep
resentatives on April 25. This
bill provides for a feed grain
nrnoram fn 1964 and 1965 Sim
ilar to this year's program. There
is every indication tnat u win
reach the floor of the Senate
in the very near future and that
the Senate will pass it. The bill
provides for the interchange of
wheat and feed grain and hence
offers producers greater flexi
bility and freedom than ever
before."
Two Heppner Horses
Qualify for Futurity
Ninety one colts and fillies in
cluding Bell Pitt Bar, owned by
Max Barclay, Rt. 2, Heppner, are
on the final official eligible list
for the Yakima Meadows Futur
ity, the richest Quarter Horse in
Pacific Northwest history.
Another Heppner eligible is
Tee Seven Time, owned by Rod
erick Murray, Heppner.
The 330 yard dash for two
year old Quarter Horses will be
run at Yakima Meadows May
12, for a gross estimated purse
of $18,000. Time trials, whicli
will reduce the eligible field to
10 horses, are set for May 5.
The second annual Futurity,
which was a $12,500 race last
year, is conducted by the North
em Racing Quarter Horse Assn.,
President is Fred Dormaier,
Wasco.
Herman Green, Quarter Horse
racing secretary at Yakima, said
at least seven 330 yard time
trials will be run May 5. The
10 finalists will be selected on
the fastest time basis.
First money will be approx
imately $9,000. Winner of the
Futurity last year was Guy Bar,
a colt owned bv Bill and Wayne
McMeans, Sunnyside, Wn. Guy
Bar covered the distance in 17.2
seconds, track record time.
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kinds. The Gazette-Times.
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County Extension
Women Enrolled
At State Meeting
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Six Morrow county extension
unit women are among the 500
to 600 Oregon homemakers
gathering for the annual State
Home Economics Exte n s i o n
council meeting on the OSU
campus in Corvallis, April 30
May 2. The six include Mrs. Joe
Wright and Esther Kirmis,
Heppner; Mrs. Mary Adams and
Mrs. Perry Pummel, Irrigon; and
Mrs. Earl Briggs and Mrs. Wil
liam Seehaufer, Boardman.
"We think we have never had
a finer program," writes Mrs.
L. D. Vinson, our district rep
resentative. "The theme this
year is 'Attitudes and Your Fu
ture.' All our speakers have the
'most popular' rat i n g. Mrs.
Riddle Lage (our state presi
dent) will speak on her trip
to Melbourne, Australia for the
ACWW (Associated County Wo
men of the World) Triennial
convention; Mrs. Roberta Fras
er, OSU Family Life specialist;
Mrs. Armus Jakku (former
state extension president); Dr.
Gerald Wallace (Corvallis Sup
erintendent of Schools) and Dr.
Lillian Van Loan (instructor
from Coos Bay Community col
lege)." Workshops, which were so
popular in previous years, will
again be held on leadership,
project leaders, ACWW, safety
and health and careers and
youth.
Conference will start on Tues
day evening at 6:00 p.m. with
an International dinner, feat
uring an International Farm
Youth Exchange speaker, and
closes Thursday noon.
The Morrow county women
will be staying at the Benton
Hotel in Corvallis during their
stay.
Knifty Knitters Meet
Nancy Campbell, Diana Cuts
forth and Jeanine Hunt gave
demonstrations to the Knifty
Knitters 4-H club on April 22,
at the home of Chris Munkers.
The demonstrations were on
knitting stitches, how to make
pom poms and how to cast on.
Jeanette Ledbetter, reporter
Money receipt books in dupli
cate and triplicate are on sale at
the Gazette-Times.
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CLAUDE BUSCHKE. LOWELL
Bill Would Up
Tariffs on Meats
Higher tariffs for meats
would be imposed under Senate
Bill 557 when imports rise above
the five year average prior to
December 31, 1962, according to
O. W. Cutsforth, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Mor
row County Livestock associa
tion. This problem takes on real
significance when the facts are
considered of what has hap
pened to imports the last few
years. With the exception of
1951 when they reached 5.6 per
cent of domestic production, net
imports had never exceeded 5
per cent of domestic production
until 1958 when they rose to
8.4 per cent. In 1961 the figure
was nearly 8 per cent. In 1962
imports rose to a billion and a
half pounds of meat or about
9 per cent of the domestic pro
duction of this country.
Getting closer to home, the
U. S. Department of Commerce
reports that receipts of bone
less beef and veal, fresh, chilled
or frozen through the Portland
office in 1962 was 2,789,519
pounds with a value of $894,
727.00. Cutsforth stated that if the
increases noted the last few
years are allowed to continue
at such an uninterrupted rate
it could be very damaging to
the cattlemen of this state and
nation. There is no intent to
eliminate imports entirely, but
only to provide enough protec
tion so that local industry may
flourish.
Although the United States is
the leading cattle producing
country, it stands second only
to the United Kindom among
all the nations of the world in
imports. The cattle industry in
many areas of the United States
is the chief mainstay of smaller
communities and towns. Any
loss in production on the ranches
is directly reflected in an ec
onomic loss and a loss of em
ployment in these communities.
Pvt. Robert Nichols
Completes Training
Army Pvt. Robert L. Nichols,
20, son of Mrs. Nettie Thorpe,
Heppner, completed eight weeks
of advanced armor training at
the Armor Center, Fort Knox,
Ky., April 14.
Nichols received instruction in
the duties and responsibilities
of the four members of a tank
crew: the gunner, loader, driver
and tank commander.
He entered the army last No
vember and completed basic
training at Fort Ord, Calif.
Nichols is a 1961 graduate of
Heppner high school.
Metsker maps of Morrow
county, $1.25, at the Gazette
Fimes office.
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Committee Advises
Tatooing of Calves
Members of the Oregon Live
stock Advisory committee have
recommended the tatooing of
new-born calves in the ear as
a means of discouraging the
theft of young calves.
The committee, which serves
in an advisory capacity to the
Department of Agriculture, made
this recommendation at an Ap
ril 23 meeting in Salem.
The committee also proposed
that cattlemen with brands use
the brand for the tatoo. Because
as many as six persons may
use the same brand by having
it in a different location on the
animal the committee sugges
ted that numbers from one to
six be used with the tatoo of
the brand to indicate the posit
ion of the brand on the animal.
For those cattlemen without
brands the committee recom
mended the use of a design,
number or initial as an iden
tifying mark to assist livestock
inspectors in identifying stolen
calves.
Other recommendations made
at the meeting were:
That the Department of Agri
culture redefine livestock run
ning at large to mean cattle of
different ownership grazing to
gether or co-mingling in a par
ticular area.
That the list of recognized
livestock beef breeds be en
larged to include the most pre
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department also permit inclus
ion of community designation
of additional beef breeds found
in that particular community.
(Hereford, Angus and Short
horns are the breeds now listed
in open range regulations.)
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LIVESTOCK LOSSES
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