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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 26, 1963
Gifts Await First
The Gazette-Times
Holiday Visitor Hails
Kenya's Independence
(Editor's Note: A picture
that was to accompany this
article failed to arrive back
from the engravers in time to
be published this week, appar
ently caught in the holiday
mail rush).
By JIM MORRIS
Independence of Kenya, Af
rica, is a subject discussed with
zeal by Steve Mutunga, Kenyan
student at Eastern Oregon Col
lege who is visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Green
for the holidays. Larry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Green, and Steve
are both sophomores at the col
lege and have many of their
classes together.
Steve is majoring in business
administration and plans to re
turn to his homeland upon com
pletion of his studies to work
in the government.
He said that he wants to stay
at EOC to complete his studies
but that the school sets up a
program in business, he will
have to go to either the Uni
versity of Oregon or Oregon
State University to complete his
work. He also pointed out that
he hopes to complete work re
quired and get a Master's de
gree in his chosen field of study.
When interviewed Monday,
Steve gave a short rundown on
his family background. He said
that he came from a large fam
ily and has six brothers and two
sisters. Steve is the third young
est. His parents own a small
farm about 40 miles from Nair
obi, capital of the newly inde
pendent nation. On their farm
they grow coffee as a cash crop
and other crops for their own
consumption. Some of the other
crops which abound in the area
are beans, potatoes, corn and
bananas.
Due to lack of a sufficient
number of colleges in the coun
try, most of Kenya's students
finish 12 years of elementary
and high school and then take
up an occupation. Those who
wish to get a higher education,
in many instances, have to go to
a foreign country to study in
their chosen fields.
Steve was one of these stu
dents. Upon completion of his
high school studies he worked
in the postal department of his
country for 18 months before
deciding that he wanted to study
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 47 22 .17
Friday 49 32 .10
Saturday 40 24
Sunday 53 28
Mnoday 57 45
Tuesday 63 39
Wednesday 47 27
Easter Lily Blooms
At Christmas Time
Strolling through her yard
about three weeks ago, view
ing the ravages of this frigid
time of year, Mrs. Tom Howell
noticed an unseasonally
healthy appearing Easter Lily.
Upon closer inspection Mrs.
Howell discovered it was ac
tually in bud.
She transplanted it to the
warmth of the indoors and, un
timely though it may seem, the
Howells have an Eas'ern lily
in full bloom for the Christmas
holidays.
say...
have a Happy
new uii
Our fjonb
for joot foyoZfy.
abroad. He read literature and
catalogs on colleges in Europe
Asia and the United States, and
applied for a scholarship to sev
eral schools in this country, one
being EOC. He was pleased when
he was accepted at EOC because
he felt that a student receives
more individual counselling and
can work closer with his pro
fessors in a small college than in
a larger school.
Steve said that one of the
things which convinced him to
come to this country to study
was the friendliness of the Amer
icans at the American Embassy
in this country.
When asked his reaction to his
country's newly gained indepen
dence, Steve's face lighted with
pride and excitement.
"We are very happy about it,"
he said. "We hope to build a
country where all creeds, colors
and denominations can live in
peace and opportunity."
He went on to give a brief
picture of his country.
Kenya is a country of varying
scenery and resources. She
looks toward coffee and tourists
as two of her biggest trades.
Her biggest resource seems to be
her 8 million people who have
realized a long time dream of
independence.
Although their new Prime
Minister, Jomo Kenyatta, has
pointed out that they can not
hope to prosper overnight, the
Kenyan people are determined
to put out the hard work that
shapes a prosperous future.
This is best symbolized by the
motto of the Kenyan people,
"Harambee," which is Swahili
for "Pull together."
Wheat League Spurs
Letter Writing Drive
Support on an intensive letter
writing campaign to senators
and representatives in the U. S.
Congress is asked by the Oregon
Wheat league in the hope of ob
taining a national wheat pro
gram for the 1964 crop.
An appeal was made to the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce Monday by
Walter Jacobs, public relations
committee chairman for the Ore
gon league; County Agent Nels
Anderson; and Orville Cutsforth.
Cutsforth said that wheat price
support will drop between 50c to
60c per bushel in May and de
clared that this means loss ot
$500,000 to $1 million in income
in Morrow county with resultant
injury to the business economy.
Jacobs, presenting the letter
writing proposal to the group,
said that President Lyndon John
son has shown a "lot of interest
in wheat." This has brought en
couragement to the growers, but
they recognize that a large per
centage of Congressmen are from
urban communities and not in
terested in new wheat legisla
tion. Statement of the league, passed
out by Jacobs, said, "Most of
us feel that if wheat is allowed
to drop to $1.25 or possibly some
what higher, that it will be al
most impossible to raise that
price in future years. To avoid
this, we need new legislation for
the 1964 crop. Almost every per
son in the rural wheat producing
area will definitely be econom
ically affected."
EWE-TIME
'64 Baby
34 Firms
Offer Prizes
In Contest
While Tracey Lee Pettyjohn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Pettyjohn, Heppner, prepares to
celebrate her first birthday on
January 1, 1964, another bon
anza of prizes awaits the first
baby to be born in 1964 in Hepp
ner. Tracey Lee arrived on the
scene weighing less than six
pounds on New Year's day 1963
to capture the prizes in the last
contest.
Her successor as Mr. or Miss
Heppner 1964 will receive 34
prizes through the courtesy of
the partriipating firms.
To be eligible, the baby must
be born in Pioneer Memorial hos
pital, Heppner, and parents must
be residents of either Morrow,
Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam or Uma
tilla counties.
Here are the prizes that await
the first arrival:
Covered container and diaper
pail, Western Auto; Sterling sil
ver baby cup, Peterson's Jewel
ers; one dozen diapers, J. C.
Peney Co.; first shoes, Gonty 's;
one gallon paint, Anderson
Builders Supply; 25 of hospital
bill, Pioneer Memorial hospital;
$5 in merchandise, MiLadies Ap
parel. Case of Gerber's baby food,
Central Market; $5 in cleaning,
Heppner Cleaners; $5 savings
account, First National Bank; $5
in cash, Turner, Van Marter and
Bryant; free lube job and oil
change for family car, Farley
Motor Co.; shirt for dad, Wilson's
Men's Wear; surprise gift for
dad, Fulleton Chevrolet Co.
Corsage or floral arrangement,
Helen Cox Flowers and Gifts; $5
worth of baby food, Economy
Market; quart of Plasolux colors,
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.; 10 gal
lons gasoline, Wes' Richfield;
car seat, Case Furniture Co.;
baby blanket, Elma's Apparel;
case of milk, Court Street Mar
ket; $5 in merchandise, Petty
john's Farm and Builders Sup
ply. Ten gallons gasoline, Jack's
Chevron; bottle sterilizer, Hum
phreys Rexall Drug; case of
baby food, Heppner Red and
White; $5 savings account, Bank
of Eastern Oregon; $5 savings
account, Lott's Electric; case of
baby food, Del's Market, Lex
ington; one-year subscription
Gazette-Times.
Johnson and Johnson baby gift
set, Phil's Pharmacy; case of
baby food, Thomson Bros. Groc
ery; baby blanket, Lairds'; $4.50
for savings account, M&R Com
pany; and $5 in cash, L. E. Dick.
More details are listed on the
full page advertisement on page
6 of this paper.
Jacbos urged the businessmen
to join farmers in the letter
writing campaign. These should
be sent to the Oregon Congress
ional delegation, to the Secre
tary of Agriculture, and to the
agriculture committee charimen
of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
He pointed out that the wheat
league, together with most farm
organizations, is directing its ef
forts towards enactment of the
voluntary certificate plan, intro
duced by Senator George Mc
Govern. Those to whom the league
urges that, letters be dirceted are
the following: Senators Wayne
Morse and Maurine Neuberger
and Representatives Al Ullman,
Edith Green, Walter Norblad,
and Robert Duncan, comprising
Oregon's delegation in Washing
ton, D. C; Senator Allen J. Ellen
der, chairman of the Senate Ag
ricultural Committee, Senate Of
fice Building; Senator George
McGovern; Representative Har
old D. Cooley, chairman, House
Agricultural Committee, House
Office Building; Representative
W. R. Poage; and Representative
Graham Purcell, chairman of the
sub-committee in the House on
wheat.
For those willing to write,
Jacobs can supply forms that will
list addresses and pertinent in
formation on the league's pro
posal. He also can supply an
swers to questions that any may
have.
(See editorial comment, page 2)
HEPPNER
TWO MORROW county men. Garland Swanson, lone, and Raymond
French, Heppner, get a taste of the old west as they tour Good
year Farms ot Litchiield Park, Ariz., These men are winners
of this years Soil Conservation Awards program for farmers
from all states in the Union, an annual event of The Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company.
Soil Conservation Winners
Enjoy Trip to Arizona
"They treated us like kings."
This was the statement of Ray
mond French, chairman of the
supervisors,. Heppner Soil Con
servation district, after he and
Garland Swanson of lone, Mor
row County Conservation Man of
the Year, returned Irom a trip
to Phoenix, Ariz., where they
were guests at Goodyear Farms.
The trip was awarded to two
men of the district when the
Heppner unit was chosen for the
annual Goodyear award as the
soil conservation district of the
year in Oregon.
Swanson, as conservation man
in the county, automatically re
ceived the trip. French won the
right to represent the district
in a drawing with other super
visors, including Ken Turner,
Clarence Rosewall, Bob Jepsen,
and Raymond Lundell.
Located at Litchfield Park, just
outside Phoenix, Goodyear Farms
covers 13,000 acres, most of it
devoted to irrigated diversified
farming. Cotton, alfalfa, citrus
fruits and row crops are raised
there, using water from 53 wells,
averaging 870 feet deep and 20
inches in diameter.
After leaving Pendleton by air
plane on December 10, the two
Morrow county men spent three
days as guests of the Goodyear
Company on the farm before re
turning by plane on December
14. Similar award winners from
45 other states were also present,
totalling 105 in all.
The guests were even given
Huge 11 -Point Buck
Belatedly Found
Dead Near Tupper
(Picture, which failed to ar
rive back from the engraver
in time for publication, will
be printed next week).
Some deer hunter apparently
missed the thrill of a lifetime
in the recent hunting season.
Whoever the unidentified
hunter may be, he shot a huge
buck in the hind quarters but
failed to down him and prob
ably was unsuccessful in track
ing him. '
But last Tuesday, foresters,
of the Heppner Ranger district,
U. S. Forest Service, found the
animal dead about a mile east
of Tupper corral. The wound in
the hind quarter, where he had
been hit just once eventually
proved fatal.
The buck had an amazing
rack of horns with 11 points
and eye guard (and this doesn't
mean five on one side and six
on the other!).
Jim Dunbar of the Forest
Service estimated that the ani
mal weighed 200 pounds, term
ing it a "monster."
The huge buck had been
dead for some time, the for
esters agreeing that it had
been shot sometime during
hunting season.
This true monarch of the
woods is an extreme rarity,
and would have given the
hunter who failed to complete
the kill something to talk
about for the rest of his days.
The foresters cut off the
horns and have them as evi
dence to show to any Doubt
ing Thomas.
Number 43
10 Cents
western outfits of clothes to wear,
and the color of the shirts desig
nated the part of the country
that they represented. The guests
were installed in Goodyear's
piusn motel, "The Wigwam,"
which was reserved for the oc
casion. "Nearly every meal was a ban
quet," French recalled with en
thusiasm. "There were 105 of
us there, but they had enough
food for 300."
The story Is that Goodyear
vows to add five pounds to every
one who attends, and French
avers that this is no idle boast.
A large part of the huge acre
age is developed, but some is
not. It is said that the farm was
started during the war when
Goodyear, cut off from foreign
sources for long fiber staple cot
ton, set about to raise its own.
After the war, it was found that
the cotton could be obtained
cheaper from Egypt than raising
it domestically, but the company
kept the ranch just the same.
French says that it has the
appearance of being operated as
a profit-making enterprise, not
just a show place.
There were few speeches and
formal gatherings on the trip,
and the local men had no re
sponsibilities in the way of mak
ing reports or giving talks. A
highlight was a steak fry in the
dessert.
While there, the men called
Garnet Barratt, former Morrow
county judge, now at Mesa, and
tried to reach the E. Markham
Bakers, who are spending the
winter in Arizona, but they could
not contact them.
Beautiful weather contributed
to another highlight on the trip
home. They flow over the great
yawning Grand Canyon which
was spectacularly colorful on the
bright day.
This is the second time that
the Heppner district has won the
Goodyear award, first getting it
in 1953.
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Strong Teams to Vie
In Condon Tourney
Prestige will be on the block
Friday night as Heppner High's
Mustang basketball squad trav
els to Condon to meet the Wheel
er County High Falcons of Fossil
in the first game of the Condon
Holiday Invitational Tourney.
The game will open the two-day
event which will run Friday and
Saturday nights.
Heppner will square on with
the Falcons at 6:30 p.m. and
Sherman's Huskies and the Con
don Blue Devils will meet in an
other contest to follow at 8:00
p.m.
Wheeler is rated by many as
the team to beat in District 6-B.
The Falcons are a big, husKy
team that can battle with tho
best of them. Their forward wall
averages 6'2" in height and
should prove tough to stop un
der the boards.
As of yet, the Wheeler unit has
not been beaten this season. The
Falcon coaching staff scouted the
Mustangs Friday night during
'63 Farm
Increases
By N. C ANDERSON
Morrow County Agent
A part of the annual report
of the Morrow County Exten
sion Service is a determination
of estimated value of products
sold by farmers during the year.
Considerable time is spent in
determining acreages and yields
of the various hay, small grain,
and specialty crops as well as
determining production by var
ious classes of livestock. This,
in turn, is then calculated by
amounts marketed during the
year at prevailing prices.
In comparing the 1963 farm
Al Lamb Chosen
To Head Chamber
For Coming Year
Al Lamb, first vice president
of the Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce through
1963, was elected president for
1964 at a meeting of the direc
tors Friday.
He will succeed Dr. C. M. Wag
ner who has served through 1963
and will take office at the next
meeting.
Oliver Creswick, second vice
president for the past year, will
be first vice president for the
coming year. Randall Peterson
was elected second vice presi
dent. Wes Sherman, Secretary since
June, 1961, was reelected to that
position, and Bert Huff, treasurer
for four years, was also reelected.
All officers received unanimous
votes.
New directors, elected bv the
general membership, are Wayne
Brubacher, Harley Young, Ralph
Richards, Ed Dick and Herman
Winter. Their terms will expire
December 31, 1965. Holdover di
rectors who will serve until De
cember 31, 1964, are Dr. Wagner,
Al Lamb, Oliver Creswick, Ran
dall Peterson and Barney Mai-
com. The secretary and treasurer
are ex officio directors. The re
tiring president Is also an ex
officio director, but in the case
of Dr. Wagner, he had been elec
ted for a two-year term last year
and therefore is a director in
both capacities.
Director Brubacher commend
ed this year's officers for their
"fine leadership" and asked his
fellow directors to join in this
commendation for the record.
Carnegie Class
Plans Underway
Plans are underway here for
a class under the Dale Carnegie
Course, designed to develop con
fidence, speaking ability and to
improve ability to deal with
other people.
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce has voted to
sponsor the course. Bob Marsh
of Parkdale, associated with the
Carnegie course, has been work
ing with the chamber on plans.
A Chamber committee has
been selected to help prepare
for the class and is composed of
Wayne Brubnchor, Ed Dick, Har
ley Young, Herman Winter, Wes
Sherman and Ralph Richards. ,
The organization will make
contacts inviting the public to
an explanation and demonstra
tion meeting to be held in late
January.
Marsh appeared at the Cham
ber of Commerce several weeks
ago and met with the committee
at a recent luncheon. He will
be in Heppner January 7, 8 and
9 to make further preparations
for the class.
Those Interested in the course
are invited to contact any mem
ber of the committee for further
information.
the Heppner-Condon game. This
plus their height advantages
over the Mustangs should make
them a tough team to stop In
the Friday contest.
The Mustangs will take a rec
ord of five wins and no losses
into the game. In their last game
the Mustangs won a squeaker
from the Condon five.
Helping the Mustang cause
during this game will be the re
turn of Doug Dubuque, who is
off the injury list and in good
shape for the scrap. Dubuque's
weight and height should help
the local five both under the
boards and on defense.
Should the Mustangs win the
Wheeler encounter, they will
play the winner of the Condon
Sherman game for the cham
pionship on Saturday night at
8:00 p.m. Should thev lose the
first contest they will play in
the losers' bracket at 6:30 p.m.
on Saturday.
(Continued on page 4)
Tops $
Income
16.5;
12 Million
income, we find it to be in
creased substantially over 1962.
In checking through the figures
for the two years, we find that
contributing to this added in
come is an increase in cattle
numbers with the subsequent
sale of more weaner calves; an
increased acreage of barley and
wheat, with a larger yield for
both of these crops, as well as
a larger hay crop this year.
Wheat is Largest Contributor
Wheat, as in the past, was
again the largest contributor to
total agricultural income. The
county yield was estimated at
34 bushels compared to a yield
of 32 in 1962. Some ranchers re
ported the largest yields ever
harvested on their ranch. In
many cases, this yield came from
Gaines, the new semi-dwarf
wheat released to growers in the
fall of 1961. Increase was seeded
on approximately 16,000 acres
for harvest in 1963.
Barley was a good crop also
in 1963 and contributed $1,700,
000 of the $12,113,880 total agri
cultural income for the county.
Wheat contributed $6,963,880 of
the far income. Rye, corn, oats,
alfalfa, grain and other hay, and
alfalfa and clover seed contrib
uted approximately three quart
ers of a million dollars toward
the total field crop income.
Alfalfa Seed has Marked Increase
Of Importance this year was
alfalfa seed, a relatively new
source of income for Morrow
county but increasing rapidly
with over 600 acres of various
varieties seeded for the sole pur
pose of seed production. One of
the top yields came from the
Harry Proudfoot ranch on Butter
Creek where a yield of over 600
pounds, cleaned basis, per acre
were harvested. This alfalfa seed
had a 92 germination which is
outstanding for this crop seed.
Truck crops returned the low-
est income in recent years, main
ly due to the switch in produc
tion of farm crops in north Mor
row county. For the first year in
many, no commercial plantings
of potatoes were made in that
area. At one time this was an
important crop at Boardman.
Cantaloupe and watermelon also
have decreased substantially In
acreage with many of these
growers converting acreages to
pasture and hay lands. Fresh
asparagus increased somewhat
and the Birdseye Corporation is
attempting to contract for 500
acres fo this crop in the Board-man-Irrigon
area. Interest centers
in this area because of the adap
ability of land for the produc
tion of this crop. If interest de
velops, this could be an import
ant crop for our north Morrow
area.
Beef Leads Livestock Income
Livestock produced $2,608,000
of the income for Morrow county
this year with beef leading with
$2,154,000. Sheep and wool were
second in lino with hog income
down substantially from 1962.
Dairy contributed an income of
$64,000, with poultry estimated
at $60,000. Farm forest products
contributed $130,000.
Not considered in total agri
cultural income this year were
wool subsidy payments, agricult
ural conservation payments, soil
bank and other payments in the
farm program. This income has
not been calculated during the
past several years to comparative
incomes are equal.
The 16.57o increase of income
over 1902 is important to our
ranch operators in view of the
anticipated decreased income
from wheat in the 1964 produc
tion year as a result of present
farm legislation. This could be
quite signilicant to the economy
of Morrow county relative to the
amount of spendable income
which affects the economy of
town and country, especially
since it has been determined that
for each dollar income from the
soil, an estimated $7 income is
generated in the general econ
omy. It is plain to see that any
increase in agricultural Income,
the main contributor to our Mor
row county economy, is quite
important here.
Mineral Society
Elects Ed Gonty
Ed Gonty was elected president
of the Morrow County Gem and
Mineral Society at its meeting
Saturday evening.
Dr. C. M. Wagner was chosen
vice president, and Randall
Peterson was elected secretary
treasurer. A director and pro
gram chairman will be elected
at the January 25 meeting.
In observance of the Christ
mas season, the members ex
changed gifts at the meeting.
Father McCormack
Opens New Church
The Rev. Francis McCormack,
formerly pastor of St. Patrick's
Catholic church in Heppner and
St. William's in lone, was the
celebrant at first mass in the
new Catholic church in Sisters
on Christmas mor n i n g, his
friends here learned.
The Sisters church will be a
mission under St. Thomas Cath
olic church of Redmond, of which
the Rev. McCormack is pastor.