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HErrNC GAZETTE-TIMES. TAwradaT. NntmbM It. IK4 yn THE rf HEPPNEIl GAZETTE-TIMES moxiow couwn i irrwsrArti Tht Hrppnrf Gatrtte eatablUhrd March 90. 1JWJ. The Heppner Times ettablUhed November 11 XW7. Consolidated February IX I PI IVIfAMt ft IIIIRIII ASSOCIATION W ISLET A. IHtJtMAH Edilot mmd NblUkw HATtOMAl IDITOIUl) ay cpigj. HELEN C. SHERMAN Associate fuMUhM Pubecrtptloa Run: 14 M Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. PuhlUhed Every Thur1v and Entered at the Puat Office at Heppner. Oregon, ai Seeond Clas Matter. The Hope for the Home on the Range Extraordinary work has been dan In recent year by Morrow county student in the annual Soli Conservation speech contest We're Retting pretty used to having our representative placing In the state finals, and It has been years since the local Morrow winner dldnt advance to the state semi finals. This showing Is due not only to the talent of the students but by the help and encouragement of their teachers and the Heppner Soli Conservation dUtrlct But the Important thing. It seems to us, Is not so much that they win the contest, but what they have to say. They bring a real message, and the great pity has been that too few hear them. This year's local winner, Anita Groves, placed second In the semi finals and thus was eliminated from the state finals. But she cave a talk that deserved hearing by large btudiencc. It was repeated at the Morrow County Grain Growers meeting and thus reached the ears of several hundred persons. Because all In the county didn't have the opportunity to hear Anita, and because she has a message of Importance, we reprint the text of her talk below. Many years ago a song written by an unknown cowboy was dedicated to the rangeland of America. The first lines, familiar to all of us. are, "Oh. give me a home where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play, where never Is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day." These well-known lines, written so long ago, describe the rangeland as it was before man destroyed so much of its beauty and value. Today, there are millions of acres In this country of ours that are sorely neglected and no cowboy or any living creature would want to call them home. Grasses are gone, weeds have taken over, erosion has left deep gullies, and rocks are sprouting from the hillsides. In the second verse of the old song, the cowboy says, "I would not exchange my home on the range for all of the cities so bright" Today, he would probably gladly trade this worn out land for city lights, and If he sang the song he would be lamenting the loss of yesterday's range. The time is running out and the range is paying the fanner back for his poor care by feeding less livestock. A surplus produc tion of livestock is not likely to ever become a permanent problem in the United States. With a population explosion In progress and the danger of a scarcity of feed for future generations a possibility, rangeland conservation should be a major concern to all of us. Furthermore, the wide open spaces the cowboy once knew are disappearing and every precious acre must be protected. The phrase, "there's never a discouraging word," Is not true today. When millions of acres of once lush grasslands are covered with scraggly weeds and useless plants, such as sagebrush, the outlook is dismal and discouraging. But with a wise seeding program and scientific range management much of this land can be restored. However, this restoration Is a slow process. It takes nature several hundred years to build up an inch of topsoil, and without man's help, it may take from 20 to 50 years for grass to grow on areas where it has been de stroyed. In the past grass was taken for granted, but now with the soil conservation program, more and more ranchers are realizing that good grasslands are an essential and basic part of a ranch geared to high production. For prac tically all grasses and legumes conserve and improve the structure of the soil and are the principal agents for pre venting erosion on sloping hillsides. Rangeland management means planning and putting into operation a complete program of conservation suitable for a particular range as the conditions are never Just alike, but the end result is the same good grassland. Heppner Soil and Water Conservation district ranchers use several different methods to protect and improve their grasslands. One popular practice in this district is rotational grazing which means that livestock are rotated among several grazing areas to allow regrowth during the rest periods. Closely related to this is the practice of deferred grazing. In our area the use of separate winter and summer ranges is a successful means to increase production. Furthermore, ranchers watch their grazing land to see that it is not over stocked for the stand of grass and that it is being uniformly grazed. Along with these practices, a fencing program must be used to prevent overgrazing, to encourage uniform grazing and to successfully use rotational grazing. We are fortunate in the Heppner district that most ranchers advocate these practices and use them extensively on their ranges. Providing several stock watering places in each field is another way to save grassland. This means well-scattered stock, less tendency to kill grass around the water, more time for the cattle to lie down, and more money in the bank when the stock is sold. Many ranchers in our district have developed excellent ponds on their ranches. Besides providing water for live stock, these ponds attract all forms of wildlife. The lines in the song, "Where the deer and the antelope play," can come true if individual land operators apply soil and water conservation practices that increase wildlife. The land use decisions of farmers and ranchers can mean an abundnce or a scarcity of wildlife. Because so many ranches in our district provide food, water and cover so vital for wildlife survival, Morrow county is widely known as one of the best hunting areas in the state. There is much more to rangeland management than I have presented here today. The using of fertilizers and chemical sprays, the reseeding of old pastures and the mowing of weeds are among them. I am proud of my district and what it Is doing about range land conservation, but there is more to be done. If each and every rancher would use some of these practices, much of our nation's rangeland could be restored to its former beauty and pro ductiveness. Then we could again sing the sentimental ballad, "Home on the Range," as if we meant it However, if we do not practice sound range manage ment, we may be singing new words to the old song that go like this: Oh, give me a home where there is some loam, Where the soil and the water will stay. For I must exchange my home on the range for some other place that will pay. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman Officers Chosen At Boosfer Night Grange Meeting I DEUNA JOKES t-jviNtrrov tw uing ton Grange nt f-r H n-uUr Club riaiu far ChiUtwiaa Three Links o-iiimitlee i'l Holly It. U hh Ixtr t't at the home ! Mr J tii;l.-ttian In wilh Mr Bertha Hunt Busy Needles Meet Busy Needles 4-H club had a meeting November 3. We met at Mrs. Holtz' place in town. We met again November 10 at the home of Mrs. Spohn. Teresa Tucker joined us to start her sweater. We had one visitor, who was Mrs. Herb Ekstrom. Frances Wiley, reporter i Returning to their borne in Hood River on Sunday, after spending four days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones were their son and daugh ter-in-law and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jones, Holly and Guy. Lloyd Dyer, also of Hood River, accompanied them here and en joyed a successful elk hunting trip. WSCRATVl-ATiONS to the now official Morrvw iVuntv Jav- : Mth tricir charier all pre. t-ented an.! a rouMne wnMf by some 15 other chaera, ihey are tow all set ti go. We ve known r Jaycce chap ter which. ha lukt about changed the whole complexion of a community. lirrtng life and activity to make a prxtgrraalve area. Young men i ideas ana the vigor and enthusiasm to ac complish them are a real aet to anv community. This paper will back them 100 per cent In any w-ortnwhiie ac tivity they undertake, and we now they will get the same kind of cooperation from the rrt of the public. A DISREPUTABLE CHARACTER with a Ion frowzy beard, and wearing heavy and wet rain clothe, came In Friday leaned over the counter, 'i and h;teint furnuhed by the Grange line table were l-eauttruliy v but l wa too amall uidnt want to ue up hu tag; that quhk. Hut he never did orated with fall Ci.l.t and Itnj tne Due re wanted ana Mfmjt.iilntf nakina. Cave him the querulous re that wo muht use on any dubious transient before we realized he looked vaguely familiar. When the grin came on hi face, we could see throuKh the mangy growth that Fred Glmbel was behind the foliage. lie had been out all alone on an elk hunt, coming from his wvnt without. ThU vear he only tr In one dav'a deer hunting In the coat country and was akunked, and now he falls to connect on elk here. Loka a if Fred and Petty and family will be eating chicken again thla winter. JIMMY SWANSOM of lone. 13. vear old winner of the Punt, Paa and Kick contet sponsored by Heppner Auto Salea here, came within a whUkcr of win nine a trip to San Francisco, it was learned this week. Ilia big point total was top rxd bv a boy In Pendleton who thus became state winner. Put the wtnnlne score was only 3' Doint better than Jim! That a nd I coming so close that it hurts. Wei WELL, SIR. Fred Ott probably Is thinking about starting a rat farm this week. In a lutle ditty last week, we called upon public sympathy to help him pet rid of four bob tailed cata becauft he didn't have the heart to end 36 feline live (9xt . He and his wife, revile, re port this week that they Rot new home In Cottage Grove, and calls for cats from all over. Some ne nad oecn campea lor a wee. 'drove In from Lexington, others His brother of llermlston was going to go with him but had to back out at the last minute. so Fred did his elk hunting alone. The ex-FPXL lineman-agent here is kind of a selective hunt er. If he doesn't see exactly Just the right buck doer he wants, he doesn't pull the trigger, but on this occasion, he didn't see any bull elk at all and he didnt have to make a decision. How he enjoys that camping alone In the cold and snow, I'll never know, but he does. FRED IS KIND of like the guv described in "The Lost Forty" column in The Forest Log. pub lication of the State Department of Forestry. This particular hunter would do nothing unless conditions were Just right. One time." the column re ports, "he was hunting on horse back in the Dead Indian coun try and saw a huge buck with tremendous rack of horns. "Putting his rifle to his shoul der, he suddenly remembered he had neglected to clean the gun the night before. Not wishing to risk spoiling his aim because of grime in the barrel, he dls mounted and carefully swabbed the firearm. Remounting, he sighted again at the animaL Then it dawned on him that he had not sharpened his knife. Re alizing the folly of shooting a buck and not having a sharp blade in readiness, he climbed from the horse again. After whetting the blade to his satis faction, he mounted once more, only to find his coat was bind ing him across the shoulders when he looked down the sights. "So he got down, took off the offending garment, placed it over a tree limb and swung into the saddle. Just as he raised his musket, the deer ran away and he failed to get off even a snap shot. "The cautious one was heard to say, 'If I'd been an instant quicker, I would have bagged that buck!' LAST YEAR Fred could have bagged a buck on opening day, from the Butter Creek area. He probably could have gotten rid of a dozen cats. Well, don't let it ever be said that folks don't read the old GT! tBv the way. someone on the classified page wants to give some cut little puppies away this week. They would be Just right to chase bob-tailed cats). WE THINK w at last have found out why Claude Cox U such a happy-go-lucky man. It's because he has such a good cook at home. Some time ago this nice lady sent us a Jar of plum lam. We didn't get around1 to trying it until the other day when Mrs. Co-Publisher brought home some of this Brown N Serve bread. Maybe vou think that Jam wasn't delicious on that hot bread! The jar didn t last long. A khott txocram wa held fol lowing the dinner at whk tt time two Thankuclvln reading were given hv Jean Nelaon and two enjoyable musical numtwra were presented bv the daughters of Mr. and Mr. Carl Mriuardt. accompanied bv their mother. A khott talk on "What the Grant.' It and why we ahould Join the Grange" was given by the I'a- mona Matter Berl Akera f lone. While the members held their meeting, the guekts played pin- uthle and bridge In lite base ment Members heard reports from Nathan Thorpe, count v deputy from HermUton, and Herl Akera, Pamona MaMcr fnm lone. Flection f officers was held with the following comwntlng to take office: l)le Cox. maa ter: Cecil Jone. cvereer; Fred Nelson, steward; Fdward Hunt. aikUtant ttcward: Norman Nel son, gatekeeper: Marie Stcagall. chaplain. Kenneth Smoute, sec retary: IVIpha Jone. lecturer; Ardlth Hunt. lady att steward; .Nora Turner, lerea; Ola Ituggles. Flora: Frieda Ma)-ke. l'mona; Jean Nclon. trraiurer; Chcrilyn Smouse, mukian. Plan of e committee mem bers. Florence McMillan. Nor man Nelson and Ed Hunt, and the makter overseer and aerr?- tary for Installation of officer will be announced later. Following the meeting the group adjourned to the base ment where coffee was served Thoae winning prle at the card Katurdtty, starting with a Iviikey'., i,,!,., Nvv buslnraa Inrlud milutk UHiiu r, wlltt II. e iuikt h i.uit hain of lamy wiXk material fc rwl ear and ft a doll to he drewM-d and ld It wa iIm lo I. I d that the lodge hold blnhiav partle '"vry three months Itutrad tf the rlub rememlM-iintf the memtora each meeting. At the net meeting In le ceinher It wa requeued that the Secret Sister gift le bruueht to club at the home of Mr, iieipna Jone. and at lodge there would he an eachange f women and men plan f-r entertaining the children of the lodge members at the Christina meeting were planned and a committee will 1-e ai'i-olntcd to care for thl The children will be remembered before the regular meeting The rcM-ni for the meeting were Mr Charle lolly, Mr. Fit Hunt. Mr. Gene Cole. Mr Arthie Munker. Mr. Alonio Henderson, Mr. Joe Vocorn. Mr. Oris Padtwrg. Mr. Karl Warner. Mr. Charlie padbcrg, Mr. Blaine Chapel, Mr. Beriha Hunt an.l Mr. C. C. Jones. Re freshment were served. A. F. Majeske I a patient In party were Mr. Trudy Casebecr, high; Madge Bryant, high, and Nell Anderson and Annie Mealy. low. Next meeting I the Christmas meeting and will start with a potluck dinner and a Christmaa program. Mrs. Hunt Heads Lod? Holly Rebckah lodge met In regular session on Thursday of last week with the Vice Grand Ardith Hunt In the chair. At this time election of officers was held with the following ladles being elected: Mrs. Ardlth Hunt. . - . . I''' It' 4i.-. -W Willi MSI. .Next time I that broad smile ;NobIe Grand; Mrs. Darlene Pad- of Claude's I'll know he has been eating some of that plum Jam. SOME GOOD JOKES wore told by speakers at the Morrow County Grain Growers dinner Monday night We liked the one Marion Thomas. OSU agricult ural economist, told on himself. He has written quite a few Eapers on various subjects in is field. One day one of his friends told him. "Your papers remind me of a kiss over the telephone. ' t " "Hows that"' asked Thomas. "They're perfectly safe but not very exciting." tne disconcert ing friend replied. V V V THERE WAS anguish in Hepp- nerville Saturday when Stan ford cuffed Oregon State. Local folks had trouble getting the radio broadcast because recep tion was particularly poor. we got the idea of getting in the car and heading for higher ground to try and get it better on the car radio. When we got to the too of the hill on the Condon highway, we found we lust about had to have reser vations. A good many others al ready had the same idea. tveryone was disappointed at the outcome, of course, but we understand there will be a gen- berg, vice chairman: Mrs. Del pha Jones, secretary; Mrs. La Verne Henderson, treasurer: Mrs. Edna Fetsch. three year trustee, and Mrs. Bertha Hunt, two year trustee. Plans were made for in itiation to be held the first meeting In December. Following the meeting refreshments were served in tne dining room from tables decorated with fall flow ers. The next meeting is a plan ned turkey potluck dinner with the turkey being furnished by the lodge. eral migration to fnrvallla SaI. urday, and the local Dick liuhl Twa Tracker Meet fans hope their yelling will pull ' WO 1 racKC CCT the Beavers out. I Two Tracker i ll How club We're going to have to play I met at the rodeo grounds No this one pretty cool now that vember 10. The meetinc was Circuit Assembly Set To Convene in Baker Several men In this area have been appointed to uH-rvlory iHMttlona for the circuit tucmlily of Jehovah' Wllncsnca lelng held In Baker. November 20 22. The presiding minister of the llermlston congregation. Tel loland. will serve a a purchas ing agent. Monte Chamhcrltn of Lexington will head the lost and found and check room de partment, and J. ('. Jackson will register full time ministers, known as pioneer. The convention' chairman will be L. M. Dugan. a special representative of the Watch tower Bible and Tract Society of Hroohlyn, New York. He will do liver the public address. "Our Divided World I It Here To btav? , Sunday at 3 P m. All session of the assembly will be open to the public, with no admission charge. Fellowship to Host Area Church Youth The Methodist Youth Fellow ship will he host to the youth of the area's churches Sunday evening at 6:30 for a rally and singing. Good eats will be furn ished by the host group. The film. "The Fact of Faith " A r I i fir.ll trlnnr1!! mml t.i 1 1 Kaa ' h aas,auBW oi IVf . If III W shown In conclusion of the event. This Is the rally that was orig inally scheduled for lant week. but was unavoidably postponed to this Sunday. A cordial wel come is extended by Margaret Green, president of the host church. the Community hospital In Perl dlclon Mr. Mab-ske spent a couple of ! !! week In IV 1 1 dleion to t-e near Mr Maeke. Mr loierni McMillan re turned home Saturday after rwv etal day a Ml Arlington at the home tf her a on In law and daughter. Mr. and Mr, tieorg Irvlrt and family. The Irv In and Mr MiMilln pe' la-t We4 hesday In Krlso. Wn, at the home of Mr. and Mr. tJmer IVmerwy where they visited Mr. Pomcruv who I seriously lit her home. Mrs. Ilob Davldsnit hat return ed to Iter home after a stay In Pioneer Memorial hospital. Larry Hcnderon apent the week end with hi parent. Mr. and Mr. Alonao llendermm, from hi work In Hood River. Mr. Vera Whllloik la In Eugene thl week with her mother. Mr. Emma Bresheara. and with her brother In-law and sutcr. Mr and Mr. Wilbur Steagall. and family. Mr, and Mrs. t.reg Leyva and children f IInmI Kiver ent the week end In Lexington with her parent Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall. Guest at the Kenneth Marsh all home on Sunday were Mr. and Mr, Vernon Cliriatopheraon and children of Olex. Mr. and Mr. Joe palmer of lone, Mr. and Mr. Ialla He a and daughter of Condon, and Mr. and Mra. Kenneth Palmer. N COMMUNITY I ) BILLBOARD Kf -i- Coming Events DECREE OF HONOR Annual Thanksgiving dinner Saturday, November 21. 6:30 P m. Christian church basement. Member. families, Invited guest. COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE Wednesday, November 2 Church of the Nazarene Public cordially Invited. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Friday, Saturday. Dec. 4 and 5 High school multipurpose room. -Green Valley." Tickets SI. 50c. juJjL Hill son Bill is at U of O and de termined that the yellow and green are going to pick roses. Since older son Dick is OSU '64. mom and pop are pretty much on the spot We sure hope on of the Oregon teams gets to go to the Rose Bowl! called to order by Marcla Jones. we went over our tests. Jana Lee Scott read the minutes from our last meeting. We decided to have a Christmas party on December 8. Mrs. Bob Btrgstrom served refreshments. Dovie Alderman, reporter RHEA CR. EXTENSION UNIT Food. Miscellaneous Sale Central Market Friday. Nov. 20. 10:30 a m. FOOD SALE Saturday, Nov. 21. 10 a.m. Red and White Grocery I By Methodist church women SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency f. O. Box 247 FIL 678-9625 H appear HP A. Mm. 000 'X I V tij ' ' I ' '"ft; ski ii ii 1 im'kA T : f3F "r' The family was so proud of Mom when she was swept into PTA office by a landslide victory, they phoned all the relatives Long Distance to share the good news. (They Direct Distance Dialed em like a flash.) How about you? Shared some family fun, long vacations, or election victories lately? Remember, "Long Distance is the next best thing to being there." And X lower ra tea begin after 6 PM. PACIFIC northwest bell vAy before 0 U bliM 500 LTD 4 Dw Hudlop . . . mod iuuitmn fwdl yon Your new car is one of the largest investments you'll ever make. Be sure you invest wisely. Insist on a test drive before you buy. There's no obligation on your part. 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