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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
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