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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, County Agent's Office Portland Graders To Tour Morrow Farms In April By N. C. ANDERSON Tentative plans were drafted last Friday for the Portland Eighth Grade School Tour which will be held in Morrow county on April 24, 25 and 26. The tour, fashioned after the successful experiences of such a tour in Gilliam county for the past two years, is aimed at acquainting city children with the agriculture of Morrow county. Thirty-give Portland eighth graders will come to Morrow county to spend the week-end with a host farm eighth grader and family. Applications for host eighth graders are now being distributed through these classes in both lone and Heppner. Leon ard Herrick, lone elementary school principal, is distributing his this week but Hillard Brown, Heppner elementary principal, has back most or the appuca tions distributed to his farm eighth graders two weeks ago. Applications coming back show a lot of enthusiasm for this pub lic relations activity. Locally, the Morrow County Wheatgrowers Association is tak ing the lead with several organi zations backing them. Among these are the Heppner Soil Con servation District. It is hoped that the Morrow County Live stock Growers Association, South Morrow Leaders (4-H) Associa tion, Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce will also assist. The 35 boys and girls will arrive in lone for lunch on April 24 and will have an opportunity, after becoming acquainted with their host eighth grader, to see farming practices in the south lone area which will include a demonstration of machl n e r y common to wheat farming, con servation practices and the op erations of a grain elevator. Sat urday will be spent in seeing more agriculture of the area with Dick Wilkinson, Heppner livestock operator, inviting the group to his ranch on Willow Creek to observe cattle opera tions. Included on the Saturday tour, will be a demonstration of aerial spraying for weed con trol, some more farm operations and a visit to some of the coun ty's famous farm fish ponds. A Saturday evening gathering is planned for the entire group so that everyone might get better acquainted. After church on Sun day, the group will return to Portland to report their exper iences to their eighth grade class. Those attending the Friday morning committee meeting where tentative plans were made, were Hillard Brown and Leonard Herrick of the Heppner and lone Elementary schools; Louis Carlson, chairman, Morrow County Wheatgrowers Associat ion, Public Relations Committee; Paul Tews, president, Morrow County Wheatgrowers Associat ion; Bob Jepsen, former state chairman, Oregon Wheatgrowers League, Tublic Relations Com mittee representing the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District; Walt Jacobs, Iona, chairman, Oregon Wheatgrowers League, Public Relations Com mittee; Dick Wilkinson, presi dent, Morrow County Livestock growers Association, and myself. Tree Fact Sheets Available We have copies of a new Ore gon State University fact sheet entitled "Dwarf Fruit Trees for Homo Gardens." The fact sheet deals mainly with varieties in cluding apples, pears, peaches, prunes, plums and cherries. For those making dwarf fruit tree plantings, this fact sheet should be of interest. French Sileage Good If 'Pickled' Correctly While trench silos have never been accepted as wide-spread in Morrow county, those who have used them are quite well pleas ed. One livestock operator, John Graves, HardnNin, has ensiled COMPLETE LINE OF STOCK SALT IODIZED SULPHUR MOLASSES WHITE HALF-GROUND T-M FINE MORTON'S SUGAR-CURED SALT for MEAT CURING BUILDERS SUPPLY MEL MELENA lone Ph. 422-7242 Thursday, February 6. 19841 FABM NEWS grass and alfalfa In trench silos for several years and is real pleased with the results. John is the first to admit that you cannot make good sileage from poor feed and Is quite particular to use young succulent forage. From time to time, those who do not need all of their sileage, ask how long sileage can be kept in a trench silo. I was in terested In the article in a publi cation recently for two reasons. One, was that the person quoted was a former 4-H club member of mine from Bowman, North Dakota; the second was that it was found that the sileage was still as good after 14 years as when put in the silo. This anal ysis was made by the State Uni versity determining nutritive value and other factors. The extension husbandman said that the 14-year-old sileage smells good and has a good color also. He referred to the sileage as "pickled pasture" and says that farmers find trench sileage the cheapest method of feed storage with the sileage re taining its quality and volume if it Is "pickled" correctly. Booth Organizes Boys In 4-H Forestry Club After a few years without a forestry club, Heppner has an en thusiastic group who call them selves the Eager Beavers. Stop ping by their meeting for a few minutes last week, I am sure that the name fits them well Bob Booth of the local Forest Service is their enthusiastic leader. He is doing a real good Job keeping the 13 boys engaged in constructive activities of this 4-H project. This first year group will take hikes into the woods, learn the names of trees and other forest plants, learn about the animals and birds that live in the woods, how trees grow, the importance of Oregons forest, enjoy health ful outdoor recreation as well as preparing their exhibit of mounts of foliage, seed, flowers or other forest plants, including 5 or more trees at the county fair. President of the group Is Loren Hopper; Robbie Booth, vice president; Tom Stockard, secretary; Jon Hodman, news re porter; Mike Sweek, recreation leader, with other members be ing Bobby Ployhar, Dave, Mike and Bryon Hughes, Mike and Steve Hedman, Cecil Berry and Dwayne Steers. The majority of the boys are 9 and 10 year-olds. Lack of Manganese Diet Cause of Deformed Calves New research at Washington State University seems to have solved the problem of crooked calf, a deformity that has cost stockmen millions of dollars. A combination of atomic science, experimental feeding and range observations shows that the crooked calf problem is caused by a manganese short age during the pre-birth period. The affected calves have bent legs, twisted necks or spines or a combination of all. Using a nuclear reactor it was possible to determine that nor mal calves had two or three times as much manganese in their bones and tissues as the deformed calves. Manganese supplementation, the solution to the problem, can be very inexpensively perform ed by mixing manganese with salt, according to the WSU ex tension specialists. Butterfingcrs Meet The Butterfingcrs Cooking club met at the home of Mrs. Wallace Wolff on Wednesday, January 22. We made relish dishes. Next time we have, to bring recipes. We will make hamburgers. Mrs. Earl Ayres brought refreshments. Kathleen Ayres, reporter see kinds. us tor envelopes of The Gazette-Times. all Don't Wait Until the Rush Season For Your PLOW WORK WE REPAIR PLOW SHARES and WE MAKE PLOW HITCHES MANY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR PLOW WORK IN NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING YOURS IN, TOO. PREVENT NEEDLESS DELAYS See Us For Your Welding Job BECKET EQUIPMENT CO. Ph. 676-9621 Heppner 4f i T J f Decisions Due The time has arrived for pro ducers to decide how many acres of feed grain to divert from pro duction in 1964, says David Mc Leod, office manager, Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser vation Service. February 10 through March 27 is the period for signing the forms necessary to participate in the 1964 feed grain diversion pro program. All producers with a feed grain base may participate by visiting the local ASCS of fice and indicate their intentions. A producer may divert from 20 to 50 of his base and re ceive a diversion payment, price support payment (on the acre age of feed grain produced in 1964), as well as being eligible for price support loans on all his 1964 production. Those who are undecided to participate should take a look at the benefits of signing up and deciding later whether to com ply or not, according to McLeod. Only through producers' cooper ation can any program accom plish its goals and benefit those who make it successful. For further information and assistance farmers may visit the county ASCS office. Chats From Your Home Agent Welcome To North By ESTHER KIRMIS Your agent had an interesting experience last week paying "Welcome Wagon" type visits to the new McKenzie Trailer park, a mile south of Boardman. We found that the McKenzies have formerly been in our home state, North Dakota, working at the Minot missile base. They have built a home for them selves and have the beginning of a nice trailer village there. Laundry facilities, fenced yards, sewage and water, and lights are all being provided to their 20 some trailers already there. The McKenzies were making provis ions to equip 20 more trailer spaces. It's miraculous how the village "popped up" over night. We gave each family a wel come packet containing litera ture on Morrow county, explan ation of 4-H work, year's pro gram of the Home Extension units in the county, and a small catalog of bulletins offered by Oregon State University. Although most of these people are on road construction, they were quite pleased with the re lease in a Portland paper that Boeing is planning ground breaking ceremonies on the in dustrial park this month. 4-H Food Leaders Train Mrs. Wallace Wolff, Heppner was hostess to other 4-H food leaders in this area for a 4-H Foods training session bv vour agent. Eight principles of modern cooking served as the back ground for this training. We went through the first three foods project books and brought out principles there. Mrs. Robert Abrams, Heppner, and Mrs. William Doherty, Lex ington, were the additional lead ers. The day before we visited with Mrs. Arnold Hoffman, Boardman, about these same things. Mrs. Charles Meador, a Foods V leader from Irrigon, attended the Uma tilla county foods training meet ing at Hermiston. We have five 4-H foods clubs with a membership of 32, at present. Money Notes Why all the talk about money? We don't have to look very far to notice the attention that's Ining given to money and fin ancial planning these days. There's evidence all around us in newspapers and magazines, on radio and TV, in cartoon, and comic pages and in conversa tions with friends and family members. Why all this attention? The change that's brought all this money talk is a many-sided thing. Here are only a few: Widespread use of credit. Credit has forced a certain amount of financial planning. Our families have changed since the turn of the century from a producing to a consuming family. Today we need money IN THE RUSH SEASON! Grange Program To LEXINGTON A movie, "The Co-op Circle," will be a featured part or the program for the Lex ington Grange meeting Satur day night, February 8, at the Grange hall. The regular business meeting will start at 8:00 p.m. Refresh ments will be served by the com mittee at the close of the even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Miles and children have moved to Lewiston, Ida., where Mr. Miles has been promoted to manager of Pacific Finance Co. Due. to lack of housing facilities in Lewiston, they are living in near- dv ciarkston. Miles is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dunbar and his wife is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. M. V. Nolan, all of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth returned Saturday from a plane trip which took them to Albu querque., New Mexico. They con tinued south to Mexico for a short visit before returning home. Mrs. Bertha Hunt, Mrs. A. F. Majeske, Mrs. Edward Hunt, Mrs. Florence McMillan and Mrs. Charles Colley visited Mrs. Julian Rauch in Good Shepherd hospital in Hermiston on Mon day afternoon. Mrs. Rauch is still Extended Villagers to buy the necessities and pleas ures of life. More and more of our people are owning their own homes and the financing of the home it self has brought families into money management in a big way. The baby boom in the 1940's had a great influence. Today money is needed to see them through their school years until they have left home for a life of their own. People live longer today. At the turn of the century the av erage life expectancy was 47 years. Today it is 69 years. This means we have 22 years more to plan for and enjoy. People realize that what they don't know about money leads them to woes and worries. That is why the Oregon Extension tries to help people with their money planning. Write Box 397, Heppner, Ore gon, for "Money and the Life Cycle," OSU Extension bulletin. Two Trackers Meet At Wrangler Ground Two Trackers 4-H club met February 3 at the Wrangler club house. Meeting was called to order by our president, Judy Ny man, and Gail Malcom read the minutes of our last meeting. Roll call was answered by giving our horse's name. Floyd Jones demonstrated the side step with his horse and we went over safety rules. Ora Evans and Betty Ful let on brought refreshments. Marcia Jones, reporter Electronics, Radio Classes to Organize The first of what is designed to be a series of classes on ele mentary electronics and radio theory and practice has been an nounced by Ray Smith, the in structor, for Monday evening, February 10. The organizational class will get underway at 7:30 p.m. at the Smith residence at 190 S. Chase. Enrollment will be open to both beginners and more advan ced students and is not limited to any particular age groups. WHITE SPACE IN ADVERTISING A GOOD INVESTMENT IS CLIPPING And SHEARING BLADES SHARPENED FREE As A Service To Our Many Friends and Customers Compliments of HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUGS AND ERWIN'S SEED CLEANING Feature Movie in a heavy cast, recovering slowly from injuries received in a car accident near Hermiston in December. Mrs. C. C. Jones was among those who attended the confer ence of Grange Home Ec. club chairmen at Stefani's banquet room in lone last Thursday. She returned Tuesday from a few days in Portland, visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Eatch. Democrats Elect Five Delegates For Pre-Primary Morrow county Demo c r a t s held an enthusiastic meeting in the old library last Thursday. Delegates to the Democratic State pre-primary convention in Corvallis were elected. Because of Democratic victories in this county beginning with President John F. Kennedy in 1960 to the substantial margins given Democrats Wayne Morse for Senator and to Congressman Al Ullman two years later this county was given three extra or bonus delegates for a total of five. Those elected were Kenneth Cutsforth, Dee Jones, Betty Brown, Virginia Rosewall and Al Lamb. Alternate delegates named are Barbara Cutsforth, Bernice Lamb, and Mrs. Kenneth Cuts forth. Announced candidates indi cate that each county precinct will have an elected committee man and committeewoman for the first time in many years. The meeting was opened by Chairman Al Lamb with a eulogy on former President John F. Kennedy and expressions of gratitude for the training and fitness for the job of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The speaker said that no one today is better fitted to assume the office of the presidency than President Johnson. He urged the election of candidates friendly to the pro gram initiated by President Ken nedy so that a fitting memorial to his greatness could become a living and lasting witness to our martyred. President Lamb also urged the end of "irresponsible charges" against the patriotism and mo tives of all candidates and elec ted officers, pointing out that so called "hate actions" hold Amer icans up to ridicule and appear ances of lack of maturity. "Good sportsmanship in poli tics, with honest and objective differences, will further the pro gress of Americanism much more than will adoption of methods used by former and present dictators," he said. The meeting voted to donate a copy of the Kennedy memorial book "The Torch is Passed" to the local library. The committee also urged all eligible voters to register and asked that addit- Yes, Sir, Mr. Farmer NOW is the Time To See Us For OditlfSS sex DURING THE "OFF" SEASON. GET YOUR EQUIP MENT READY FOR BUSY DAYS AHEAD. SEE US NOW AND GET YOUR TIRE RECAPPING DONE SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE READY TO GO WHEN WINTER BREAKS. WE GIVE DISCOUNTS TO FARMERS AND COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS ON NEW TIRES 441 N. MAIN 160 Scales Checked In Morrow County Weights and measures men of the Oregon Department of Agri culture checked a total of 160 scales, service station pumps and meters in Morrow county in 1963. In their checks of these meas uring devices inspectors con demned two for inaccurate weights or measurements. How ever, after being repaired they are rechecked and sealed by the state. The state seal is the sign of accuracy of those scales and meters tested. The inspections in Morrow county included 40 small scales ranging up to 399 pounds; 10 medium scales in the 400 to 7,500 pound class; 24 stock or vehicle scales of from 7,501 to 60,000 pound capacity; four ve hicle or grain hopper scales in the more than 60,000 pound class; 57 service station pumps and 31 meters, including six liquid petroleum gas liquid meters. The department's figures on weights and measures work in 1963 show a total of 37,653 in spections made statewide with 1,569 condemnations. In 1962 checks were made on 35,848 measuring devices and total con demnations numbered 1,404. ional registrations locations be set up, such as in the bowling alley, ig agreeable, and to be manned by volunteers if nec essary. WANTED Soft cotton rags. zette-Times Printing office. Ga FARMERS, RADIATOR We Clean, Repair, Recore TRUCK. TRACTOR AND INDUSTRIAL-TYPE RADIATORS Our Work Is Guaranteed We Give Special Attention To Out-of-Town Customers This is the time of the year to get your tractor and other Equipment Radiators in condition for summer work. DAVID E. JONES RADIATOR SERVICE Hermiston, Ore. 2105 North First FORD'S SERVICE Needlettes Complete Hospital Project At recent meetings of the Needlettes 4-H club we practiced different construction points be fore we started our main gar ments. On January 28, we met at lone meeting, we discussed different types of inter facing for different High school at 3:30. At this garments. We also made some pillow slips for the hospital as a com munity service project. Shirley Hicks, reporter ZIP CODE RUBBER STAMPS for Heppner and lone on sale at the Gazette-Times office. LIVESTOCK LOSSES imount to over $2 Billion annually. ( according toUDA estimate!) USE OUR LIVESTOCK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It it designed to serv you in your Livestock Disease Prevention Program. WE FEATURE VACCINES and SUPPLIES HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG STOCKMEN And Others Let Us Take Care Of Your PROBLEMS ANY RADIATOR Ph. 567-6916 ON TRACTOR TRUCK PICKUP COMMERCIAL TIRES PH. 676-9481 TIRE
