Kitrntn caxcttettmei. Thursday. Octotm u. ihi
Africa Calling
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Br NELS ANDCRSON
(The following- It Inter
from Nels Anderson to Newt
Oliarra lellm of the acricul
tural conditions In Mirtr. Ai
rice, v hor the former Morrow
county auent U now wxwktnj
with the Near East rounda
tioni.
It iremi funny to be to far
from home and find many of
the same problems we have In
Morrow county. The only thing
U that the solution I much more
painful and slow than 1 ever
imagined it could be. The poo
pie here are much more ready
for the help, though than the
mechanics are act up for
There are many different
croupa from many different
countries all with some kind of
a program and few of them co
ordinated. and manv surely dup
Heated. Of course. I have been
here only a short time and may.
be I can see manv thing now
that I won't see after I Ret used
to the way thine are done In
the circles in which I work. This
morning as I stood out tinder a
gowya tree near the village of
N Dounga it was like a quiet
day In Morrow county with only
the sounds of some tints across
the cuivette (valley!. 1 thought
of hunting season opening in
a few days at home and wished
I were standing under a big
pine in the Blue Mountains
waiting for a buck to come
along. It was only a hundred or
so in the shade, a cool day.
Later as we went across the
cuivette running some lines for
boundaries of a school which we
are building to teach a group
or young Mgerrienes the prin
ciples of farming, the farmers
were beginning their millet har
vest, the main crop of this area.
It Is the staple food that Dro
vides stock for soup. mush, and
bread. Millet here is much dif
ferent than the millet I was used
to In the Midwest. It resembles
the cattail with the "tail- being
me head or seed. Many of the
reads axe two feet long and con
tain an enormous amount of
seed. The farmers cut the heads
off one by one, tie them in a
bundle, earn ing them, on thek
heads to the granary or to town
to sell or trade for something
they need. I don't know yet how
long it takes to get the whole
crop in
1
I!
ft
have the hump like Pi ah ma
but are smaller and Ws I Why
although all animal I have
seen, other than some camel,
are in real good fkh.
This Is the end of the rainy
seaHon and the era Is fctill
creen and plentiful. It will be
about nine months, however, be
fore it will rain acaln. and I
eucm things get a little on the
poor side by then. You see, they
don't think at tout putting up
anv hav or forage. The Peace
Corp bovs are doing some good
vvoik with fcilace which mi:ht
catch on. The Siiool being set
up as one of the first of our
projects will attempt to tram
farm bo who want to learn
some good iwtnciples of farm
Inc. The boys will stay at the
M-hool for one year going
through the process of rawing
crojm, fencing, caring for live
Mock, doing routine farm work.
The main project for these boys
will be to teach them now to
use oxen and donkey drawn Im
plements Each will be sold on
credit a pair of oxen for his use
at the end of the training.
Life here Is Quite Interesting
but awfully dull. We are In our
newly remodeled home and are
quite comfortable even though
we would complain quite loud-
Iv at home if we had to put up
with some of the things. We
have had dozens of workmen
around and still have an outside
crew, for the hours they have
put in so far we should have
a palace to live in. but I hear
thev only get 12 cents per hour
so I don't blame them for not
hurting themselves. They are
building us a fancy 8-foot wall
around our yard. The concrete
here Is kind of like mud. The
cement looks real poor and the
sacks are marked "Made in
USSR." They mix it with a fine
sand, no gravel or pebbles. I
guess it gets by!
Our house is mixed right in
among the Afxiciane mud "ban-1
country and brtnn In u peddle
door to Ur. There ar hund
red of ttonkcv hauling wood,
and every Imaginable thing.
I am amared at the ue the
native make of their head In
ram In thing. One cannot go
an where, and I mean an where
regardless f the mot remote
areas, tut what one will run In
to someone or srvip of women
coining aero a field with nvr.
mou load f hide. veritable,
meat, fuh, cloth, pottery, wa
ter, millet, iteanut, uliie. r.n,
wood or tou name It. lite farm
era who have their millet field
away from the river ratry all
of their water to their thatch
hut from the rive, sometime
several mile away. AH on their
heads! I have seen little cut
with a 4 gallon tpen pall full
of water on their heads without
kpltling a drop. There are some
iln well out In the country
rMHHUlly at a village. A sur
vev of wells of the- country ha
recently boon made and plans
are to dig or drill more wells
in strategic spots If It seem ad
visable. There Is absolutely no electric
power out In the country so
rver thing must be done bv
hand. They do not understand
motors or engines but are not
larv to do things the hard way.
Sometimes I think It would be
better to leave them to do things
as they have always done, but
there are the more iogrclve I
that want everyone to live their
wav. I gues.
There U a lot of room for con
iservation here. They are lucky
th.it the land grows back to
grass quickly so they get some
cover. Their summer fallow is
land thev abandon for six or
seven years, then go back and
clear it for crop again as it
builds back up to raise a crop.
What we couldn I do with a few
shiploads of fertilizer and
sprinkler sv stems in this sand
and heat! The Niger river Is Just
running ty. doing no one any
good other than for the natives
to wash their clothes.
Well I have rambled on here
for quite a while, especially In
mv poor hunt and peck style
of typing. I am surely missing
the good secretarlel services I
was used to at home. But I might
get to be a fair typist before my
time is up here. No doubt I will
learn to do other things also.
I hope you are feeling well and
are not having too bad of a
summer. Fall is there now. I
guess. I think this heat will get
fcfs llwm Hitanders, 26 f o 6
League Standings
W L
0 4
cos" so we are exposed to their , -old'' before we leave it behind
every day life. The town Is laid us. I always thought a good
sweat was good lor anyone
out quite oddly. There are few
areas where the houses are
grouped for Europeans or the
officials of the Nigerrien gov
ernment You will find the poor
est to the richest all on one
street.
We have a constant parade of
Further on. we saw herders I naked youngsters bv our eate
with large flocks of cattle that all day long as well as an as-
are not bad quality considering sortment of whatever you might
everything. They are, I would imagine would be on the loose,
say. Zebus, although I haven't We see camels loaded with wood
heard what they call them. They sticks which they cut out in the
r
but it gets quite exhausting. I
change my clothes at least
twice a day and average three
showers a day. And the hot sea
son has not yet arrived! Oh.
well. I will never complain about
the cold again, maybe.
Best regards,
Nels Anderson
Sherman Co,
Wahtonka
lleppner
But us
Madias
Urar.t Union
Bums' inlanders apparently
im the brunt ol the lleppnet
lllgh's pentup diappotntinenl
at suffering two league losses
rri.Uy when the Muotang loot
bail team punished the inland
ers there, i'u to 6.
It was rather an astonishing
victory for the home eleven, sup
porters of whom had evintted a
real tough battle, lite inlanders
couMnt com within denting
distance of the goal line except
on the game's lat play from
scrimmage when they scored on
a N yard run against lleppner's
sophomores and Junior.
Ilalftime found the score only
6 0, the touchdown coming in
the second quarter when Tim
lriscoi punched over from the
two yard line, t.'nd Mark Brown
set up the touchdown when he
caught an aerial and. with the
run. made It a 33yard gainer.
The point try was no good.
The Mustangs kUked the III
landers in the kilts again early
In the third quarter, lleppner
kicked olf to Burns, but on the
first play from scrimmage, the
inlanders fumbled. Alert Dave
Uray picked up the fumble on
the Burns 40 and ran all the
way to score. Mark Murray kick
ed the extra point, and It was
1 j 0, while the small contingent
of lleppner rooters cheered loudly-
Lightning struck again for the
Harney county eleven late in the
same period. Drlscoll ran off the
kft side of the line and scored
from 25 yards out. Murray miss
ed the placeklck conversion, but
the lleppner gang had a 19 0
lead and their stock was still
soaring.
In the fourth quarter 1iImII
taught a p from Jim tkher
ty and made It good for .H yard
and a touchdown again! the
x;
n
dlsinayetl Soot. Murray kicked
the point, ami this brought the
count lo an amaring Mo.
toach Jim IVlter used all hU
reserves In the late stages of
the game and Just a few sec
ond were left when the Ml land
7- tttlle (he f yard play thnt
j i-retriiiru wr conical iroin tie
'log a shutout, lleppner look the
i Mt koir alter ihi score, but the
i miai gun soumicti on the run
1 back.
i v i I "! gun nwium on ine run-
J u V f V I1" Mustangs dominated play
, U f I j throughout the game despite the
' - J I fact that more lhan I.) yard
I WV, j" (T-WJ ul penalties were whistled
" -H ll? Blnt them lo 13 yards for
" . a
MARX BROWN, senior end of
the Heppnet Mustang. st up
the first touchdown 09010 t
Burns there Friday when he
caught a pass that was food
for 35 yards. Brown will b
la action against Sberntan
County friday In the last
league gam and final bom
aom of the season.
(C-T Photo).
Burns.
Mickey Kindle terforined In
gieat fashion on defense with 11
tackles to his credit, and Mark
Murray wa at unit equally a
effective with 12. Cray also was
rrcuitcd by his coach with an
exceptionally good game.
"lie didnt make so many
tackles but he pounded good and
nar.i." loach letter said
The coach fell that out of the
secret cf lleppner's success
against Burns was use of a 4
man defensive line, Inspired by
a scouting report on the inland
er.
Tnelr blockers would come
through the line and find they
had no one to block," he said.
ln both offense and defense
the Mustangs made very few
mistakes, and the roach said
that the team looked better than
it did against Wahtonka, where
me.
ards on 12
carries for a 66 average and
Jim Jacobs added 30 on nine
carries for a 4 0 average. Ken
Morgan made 21 on seven trie
for a 30 mark.
The coach moved Murray to
a linebacker sjmt for this one
and placed Kindle and Nalbro
It played a fine gan
Drlscoll gained NO
Cardinals Top Weston;
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Oregon Hunters
Eye Elk Season
Opening Saturday
An army of hunters, some
where around 60,000 strong, will
De neaaing xor tne high, tim
bered areas of the state this
week-end to hunt the big game
animal many feel to be the most
challenging trophy in Oregon.
Saturday morning, October 30,
marks the opening of the gen
eral elk season throughout the
state, which Is scheduled to ex
tend through November 14 in
the Roosevelt elk areas west of
u. b. Highway 97, and through
iwvraiuct in me nocKy ivioun
rain eiK areas east of U. S. High
way 97.
Hunters are reminded by the
game commission that if thev
hunt for Roosevelt elk they must
have the Roosevelt elk tag, or if
tney nuni lor Kockv Mountain
elk they must have the Rocky
xviuumaiii eitt lag.
buh elk only will be le?al
game In all of the Roosevelt
elk hunting area and in the
northeastern portion of the
KocKy Mountain elk area. Eith
er-sex-elk may be taken on the
soutneastern Oregon ranges. In
me duii em nunting areas, the
bag limit is one bull elk with
anuers longer than the ears.
In eastern Oreeon. either -spy.
elk hunting is available in the
wneeier, Grizzly, Ochoco, Maury,
noruisiae, iooKout Mountain
Murderer's Creek. Beulah. Mai
heur River, and Silvias units
ah otner units in eastern Ore
gon are restricted to huntinz
bull elk only during the general
season.
Hunters are reauesteri to rhAri
ine Dig eame regulations car.
fully for seasons, bag limits.
and other rules for the hunt.
Any bull elk taken must have
the antlers with scalp and eyes
attached while the carcass of the
animal is in possession irr thp
neia or rorest or on any high
way or road of the state.
Killes that do not meet the
minimum requirements are not
legal for elk hunting. Minimum
requirements include a rifle of
at least .25-inch bore diameter
and developing at least 1200 foot
pounds or energy at 100 yards.
Elk hunting rifles must meet
Dotn or these requirements.
FFA Chapter Host
In Soil Judging
Heppner chaDt e r. Future
Farmers of America, will be host
to the district soil judging con
test Satuday, October 30, at 10
a.m.
Five of the chapter members
will also Judge in the contest.
Ralph Richards, conservationist
of the Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation district, is in
charge.
With the conference title sew
ed up, lone High's football team
might have sufierrd Just a bit
of a letdown against Weston
High at lone Friday afternoon.
but they gencraied enough
steam to win a 19 0 v ictory.
In the first half, things didn't
look too good for the Cards.
Weston came to lone In the hope
of upsetting the champs, and for
a time it appeared they might
do if lAlhough ihey couldn t
break into the end zone to score,
they had the ball on 41 plays
before Intermission to only 17
for lone.
Mark Halvorsen got his team
on the scoreboard in the first
quarter when he went off tackle
and rambled 86 yards to touch
down territory. The point try
was no good, and the 6-0 score
stood until the third quarter.
At one time Weston had the
ball within two yards of scoring,
but the team was penalized 15
yards and lost the opportunity
of going over.
lone developed a case of turn
bilitis. In one sequence the
Cards fumbled and Weston re
covered. The lone team then
held the visitors who punted,
and the Cards tumbled a sec
ond time with a Weston recov
ery. Holding the visitors once
more, they punted and an lone
player touched the bail on the
return try, and a Weston lad re
covered once more. On this oc
casion the Weston team went to
the lone 15, but was stopped
there.
In the second half, the Cards
looked more like the team that
has been rolling over recent op
position. Baker scored from 30
yards out when he skirted left
end, and Jay Ball ran the extra
point, bringing the tally to 13-0.
Halvorsen added the final
touchdown In the lourth when
he went over from the two fol
lowing a Cardinal drive down
field.
lone ended with a total of 210
yards gained, 226 on rushing
and H on passing, while Wes
ton had 1K6, 112 on ruling and
71 on passing.
Completing the regular sea
son, the Cardinals travel to Fos
sil Friday for a 7:30 game under
the lights against Wheeler Coun
ty. Their only loss of the season
was the first game to non
league Dufur, and they hope to
keep their victory string going
against Wheeler.
Coach Meyers said he under
stood that Crane and Mitchell
are fighting it out for the lead
In the southern end of the dis
trict, and lone will meet the
winner at some time In the fut
ure to be scheduled- No Infor
mation Is available on this as
yet.
fo In Ihe center f the line
Hits dcft'tiM proved to be a goHl
on. ,
llrpjuiir gained a total of 211
yards. Hi vn ruling and M on
panning, while Hums was tidd
to IUO. 73 of vvhU'h ram on
nulling and ."V) tl MHiiig
Heppner Runners
Defeat Hilanders
lleppner High's rros country
tram, traveling to Hums Willi
the football tram Friday, de
feated the inlander runners In
CToa country. 21 to 32. for their
MHxmd win of the season.
Ithrn of Hums ran the 2 3 mile
coure In the fatest time. 13 4.1,
but Tim Smith of lleppner was
second at 14 07, followed by 1111
MrUod In third at 1122 and
Kamlv Stlllman fourth at 14 30.
I -en tile llanna was sixth at 13 II,
Jim Shrrman was ninth at 1331
and KUk Wltherrlte was tenth
at 13 41. AUo running for llrtp
nor were Steve llaker and Allyn
Wlthrrrlte.
t.'lghtr-rn runners were In the
dual meet.
The district cross country
tiiiHt will In Friday with Nyssa.
Hums. Wahtonka and llrppnrr
xirtiiipating at IVndlrton, stari
ng at 4 pin. The top two team
will go to the state meet. Wah
tonka draws the favored role In
the district.
Examiner Coming
A Prlvers License Examiner
will be on duty In lleppner
Tuesday. Novemler 9. 13, at
the l our l house between the
hours of 9:30 a m. and 3:30 P m ,
accordlru; to an announcement
rccevird from the Urpartment
of Motor Vehicles of Oregon.
JOB BULLETIN
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OBRA Director
Ruby Fulleton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton,
was elected a director of the
girls' Oregon Barrel Racing As
sociation at the convention of
the association in Madras last
week-end.
Ruby, a sophomore In Hepp
ner High School, has been an
active participant In barrel rac
ing and other rodeo events for
several years.
As director, she represents
this section of Oregon on the
board, which Is composed of five
members.
The Fulleton family went to
Madras for the convention and
attended a dinner following the
business meeting. At the end of
the two-day session, girls took
part in barrel racing competit
ion but both Ruby and Becky
runeton Ilnlshed out 01 the top
placings.
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