fr HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. Mot 26. 1966
Coming Field Day Interests
Cattle and Sheep Growers
By CENE WINTERS
County Extension Agent
We have received a program
of the Field Day to he held
Friday afternoon. May 27. from
1:30 lo 4:00 p.m. at the East
ern Oregon Experiment Station
at Union. Morrow county cattle
and sheep producers will be in
terested in the subjects discus
sed. Research findings at the Un
ion station to be presented in
clude: "Wintering Pregn ant Beef
Cows in Northeastern Oregon."
"Vitamin A Injections and Calf
Scours in Northeastern Oregon,"
"Other Current Cattle Re
search." "Effect of Thibenzole
I'pon the Feedlot Performance
of Lambs." "Other Current
Sheep Research" and "More Hay
per Acre".
Public Rearing to Present
Discussion on Ground Water
The State Engineer is hold
ing a public hearing on Fri
day. June 3. at 9:00 a.m. in the
Civic Recreation Center in
Hormlston on the question of
determination of a critical
ground water area in the Or
dinance area of Morrow and
Umatilla counties.
According to the notice re
ceived from the State Engineers
office, all interested persons are
invited to be present at the
hearing and to present oral or
documentary evidence on the
subject as follows:
(a) Whether ground water
levels in the area in ques
tion are declining or
have declined excessive
ly; tb) Whether the wells of two
or more ground water
claimants or appropriat
es within the area in
question interfere sub
stantially with one anoth
er; (c) Whether the available
ground water supply in
the area in question is
being or is about to be
overdrawn;
(d) Whether the purity of the
ground water supply in
the area in question has
been or reasonably may
be expected to become
polluted to an extent con
trary to the public wel
fare, health and safety. ,
Application forms are being
prepared in the County Exten
sion office fif growers signa
tures and payment of foes.
It is recommended that grow
ers rogue the stands carefully of
rye and of off-type heads as
they may appear.
Ullman Opposes
River Diversion
Farm Fire Control Committee
Calls Meeting to Plan Program
Meeting notices are going out
from the County Extension of
fice this week to members of
the Morrow County Farm Fire
Control committee.
Committee members and
ranchers who have fire fight
ing equipment are asked to
meet in the county extension
office Thursday, June 2, at 8:00
p.m.
Purpose of the meeting is to
plan the fire control program
for the season.
Growers Soon Will Receive
Seed Certification Information
All Moro variety seed wheat
growers will soon receive a let
ter informing them about seed
certification requirements for
this crop.
Congressman Al Ullman tD-
Ore.t told the House Interior
Committee the proposal to
study Columbia River water di
version should be remo v e d
from the pending legislation to
authorize the Central Arizona
Reclamation Project. Ull m a n
suggested a separate and com
prehensive western water stuuy
instead.
The bill under consideration
would authorize a mammoth
irrigation project in the rhoenix
area with water from the Colo
rado River, and would provide
for construction of two dams
on that river to generate pow
er and revenues for future wa
ter diversion from other river
basins. The bill also directs the
Secretary of Interior to rep r t
to Congress in 1971 with a plan
for such diversion.
Ullman objected repeatedly in
his testimony and in answer to
questions from Committee
members. He said it would be
unsound legislative procedure
fot Congress to consider both
matters in the same bill. Ull
man sail, the study would, bv
its very nature, be prejudiced
I in favor of diversion. He said
'the people of the Pacific North-
west could never accept the
I concept that another river basin
("has any natural claim on the
waters of the Columbia River
Basin"
"We will never, under any cir
i cumstanees. agree to substitute
I the promise of abundance for a
j share in scarcity," Ullman
i warned.
He cited figures by the U. S.
Geological Survey which indi
cates a need for the full flow
of the Columbia River by 1990
to generate power at installed
generators on the river and the
additional need for substantial
flows below Bonneville Dam for
navigation, fish and wildlife,
and other purposes. Secretary of
Interior Udall has advised the
Committee any study should be
limited t: withdrawals below
Bonneville.
Before a packed hearing room.
UUman expressed fears that in
adequate guidelines would pre
judice the study in favor of water-short
areas dependent upon
importation for a longrange, de
pendable water supply. Referr
ing to the Central Arizona Proj
ect, he said it should stand on
its own merits without be i n g
tied to a study for importation.
Well Drilling
ROY T. FRENCH
Now drilling well in
your vicinity
Rotary Drilling
Is much faster.
Does away with testing.
Cleans the hole with air
as it drills.
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1015 S. W. Frazer
Pendleton. Or .
March Deaths Set
New High in State
The largest number of deaths
ever recorded in Oregon occur
red in March of this year when
2.012 were reported to the Ore
gon State Board of Health. The
board's vital statistics section
reports this total exceeds deaths
of March 1965 by 26 percent and
that the excess mortality was
apparently associated with the
outbreak of influenza experienc
ed during this period.
Although the number of
deaths reported for residens of
some counties is small, mere
appears to be a rough regional
pattern in the mortality data.
The tri-county are of Crook,
Deschutes and Jefferson coun
ties reported a gain of 95 per
cent in deaths, while the adjac
ent area of Wasco and Hood
River counties showed an in
crease of 70 percent.
In the four weeks of March
(reporting week ending March
26 46,361 cases of influenza
were reported to the Board of
Health for a monthly morbidity
rate of 23 cases per l,rxJ pop
uiation.
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R. A. HUNT
Hunt Appointed
To Wheat Post
R. A. t.lan Hunt, of Olym
pic. Washington has been
named the country director in
India for Western Wheat Asso
ciates. This announcement was
made in Heppner by Louis Carl
son, president of Morrow Coun
ty Wheat Growers association.
Hunt will assume his post in
New Delhi this month. He re?
places Dale B. Douglas from
Emmett. Idaho, who has accept
ed a position in Washington.
D. C. with the Foreign Agricul
tural Service.
Hunt resigned as assistant
supervisor of marketing of tho
Washington State Department
of Agriculture, a post he had
held for the past two years, to
accept the India appointment.
Prior to that he served in man
agement capacity for many
years with wholsesale and re
tail farmer cooperatives in all
three Northwest sattes. He was
General Manager of Walla Wal
la Farmers Co-op at Walla Wal
la for eight years after serving
for a number of years as Dis
trict Manager for Pacific Sup
ply Cooperative at Madras, Ore
gon and Quincy. Washington.
Immediately after World War
II. Hunt was Countv Agent of
Jefferson County, Oregon for
three years. He is a 1936 grad
uate of Oregon State College
where he majored in agronomy.
Morrow County
CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY
Compiled by U. S. Depart'
ment of Agriculture. Portland
(For Week Ending May 20)
Fall barley starting to turn
in lower elevations; heading
out in later areas. Winter
wheat looks good except
ture is needed. Haying con
tinues. Wate r m 1 o n crop
shows near normal develop,
ment despite cool tempera
tures. Annual ranges dried
up, cattle being moved to
higher ranges. Rains needed
to help spring planted grain
crops.
For Weed Spraying
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Wheat Crop Hurt
By Drought, Frost
Frnst damage and lack of
rain east of the Cascades have
dimmed prospects for a 25 mil
lion bushel Oregon wneat crop
this year.
Prospects earlier pointed to a
5 per cent increase over last
year, but the extended dry
u-onthr mav havp already
damaged stands enough to re
duce yields in some areas, ac
cording to Stephen Marks, Ore-
onn tatt nnivprsitv pxtension
agricultural economist.
Frosts have caused scattered
damage to wheat and barley in
several counties. Martin Zim
merman, Sherman county ex
tension agent, said about 10,
000 acres of barley were hurt
enough to slash yields in half.
Some of it already has been,
cut for hay.
Victor Johnson, Umatilla
county extension agent, said
the frosts did some damage to
wheat stands and the wheat on
shallow soil has been badly
hurt from lack of moisture.
"A good rain may bring most
of the grain back," he said,
"but if we don't get some soon,
it could make 10 bushels to the
acre difference in the average
yield."
Washington and Idaho also
have pared their earlier wheat
crop, Marks said, so the three
state total is expected to bo
141.8 million bushels, about 2
per cent more than last year.
The drouth and freezing
weather also have damaged
stands in the Central and North
ern Great Plains, reducing the
national wheat outlook to un
der 1.1 billion bushels.
Range Planning
Manual Published
For Oregon, Area
The open range, as a major
source of the nation's meat
supply, is among the most val
uable natural resources.
An extensive guide to range
management in the Pacific
Northwest has been published
bv the Oregon State University
Cooperative Extension Service,
working with the Extension
Services of Washington and
Idaho.
The manual will be an aid to
ranchers and range managers.
It is available tree, from the
OSl' Bulletin Clerk or from
countv extension agents.
"Pacific Northwest Range. Its
Nature and Use" begins with a
discussion of range descriptions
and identifications. Soil, water,
and plants receive extensive
treatment.
Another section is devoted to
determining range conditions
and judging range utilization.
It includes a system for eval
uating the range and a method
of allocating the number of
livestock per acre.
Considerable space is given to
range development practices.
Stock watering places, fencing,
and salting places are discussed
along with seeding rangeland
and control of undeslra b 1 e
plants.
The manual was adapted
from a booklet prepared by the
American Society of Range
Management. Collaborating on
this new publication were Dill-
ard Gates. OSU extension range
management specialist: Grant
Harris, WSU associate profes
sor of range management; Joe
Johnson, WSU animal husban
dry specialist; and Ralph Sam
son. University of Idaho exten
sion conservationist
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TWO FRISKT LAMBS from the pent of Monty Malcolm. TFA exhibitor Irorn The Dalles, will be
among moro than the 100 on exhibit during the 20th annual Junior Livestock Show of the
Oregon Wheat Growers Leaaue. Monty Is a sophomore In the vocational agriculture class ol
Bill Fraser shown at left The show, sponsored annually In The Dalles for the past 20 years by
the Oregon Wheat Growers League will open Its four day run when wheat fed Steers, lamb
and hogs are welghed-ln June S.
County to Send
Delegation of 2?
To 4-H School
By GAIL MeCARTT
County Extension Agent
Morrow county's delegation to
the 16 Oregon 4-H Summer
School has been selected.
Club members attending will
be; Alfred Drake, David Hall,
Chuck Nelson, Keith Nelson,
! Kerry Peterson, Mike G. Smith,
i Melvin Ashbeck, Larry Petty
john, Mark Tullis, Leon Wil
! son, Cheriiyn Smouse, Barbara
! Bloodsworth, Maureen McEUl
gott, Nancy Doherty. Christine
Munkers, Sheila Kay Luciani,
1 Merri Lee Jacobs, Teresa Harsh-
man, Patti Healy. Shcrri Lynn
! O'Brien, Lynda Early, Linda
Cooper, Mary Kathryn Camp
bell, Julie Ayers, Sandra Carl
! son, Kathleen Ann Sweeney and
! Kay Huson.
Dates for this years Summer
School are June 13-18. This
event Is held each year on the
Oregon State University cam
pus and provides a memorable
week for most club members.
Cost of this session is usu
ally ponsored by scholarships
from businesses in each of the
respective counties. Members
are required to pay for their
transportation cost and inci
dentals only.
Correct Choices
In Travel Gear
Aid Vacationers
By DONNA GEORGE
County Extension Agent
Traveling should be fun. ns
should be a week -end visit to
a dost? friend. But. it's not fun
when you unpack your luggage
and find your clothes full of
wrinkles.
When you do a little plan
ning before starting on a bus
iness or pleasure trip, the days
can be more enjoyable. There
are two secrets. One Is to choose
clothes that travel well and the
other is to pack carefully In
well chosen luggage.
Styling, type of bag, and
Ideas about packing vary, savs
Elaine Carlson. Extension cloth
ing specialist at OSU. There Is
a variety of luggage on the
market. Select cases for trips In
various lengths, and types of
transportation used.
Everyone needs luggage to
meet a variety of travel situ
ations. A man may find It help
ful to have at least two bags.
One of these could be a week
end overnight, companion, zip
per, or club bag. The other a
suiter or an unfitted pullman
case.
A woman may want two cas
es for a start. She will want a
train or cosmetic case and an
unfitted pullman or wardrobe.
An additional bag, such as a
week-ender or overnight would
be handy for ahort trips.
Domestic airlines no longer
Impose a severe weight limita
tion, but lightweight luggage
Is easier to handle and carry.
Teen-Age Appetites Regulate
Cost of Family Food BiU
Is there a teen-age boy In
the house? If so, you also have
a larger grocery bill. Figures re
cently rleased bv the USDA for
the Western Region estimate
the cost of feeding him at
$11.70 a week and that's on
the moderate coat fowl plan.
His father's food comes lo about
$8.40.
According to Mary M. Holt
house. Extension food market
ing specialist at OSU. average
figures for our region show a
teen age boy could le fed for
$i IO on a low-coat food plan,
but up to $1350 a week on a
liberal food allowance.
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INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL
FARM AND HOMV
IPenrtlrton 27B-T761
FOR SALE
Approximately 6,CM) acres deeded! U-ase of several thou
sand acres of Federal Government Grazing Land will be
assigned subject to consent of U. S. Bureau of iJind Man
agement. J. S. Burres River Ranch located In Sherman and
Gilliam Counties along the John Day River, togkether with
certain personal property will be sold to the highest bid
der for cash. Bid opening July 1. lti. Bid must be accom
panied by a cashier's or certflled check for 5 per cent of
the amount bid. Executor reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. For description of said property and other
detuils. inquire at offices of Dick & Dick, attorneys. Fifth
and Washington. The Dalles. Oregon.
WILLIAM G. DICK
executor of the Estate
of J. S. Burres, deceased
Several Attend Robison Service
By BLANCHE McDANIEL
HARDMAN, RHEA CREEK
Several from this area attend
ed the funeral services of Mrs.
Maud Robison in Heppner on
Monday afternoon.
Coming from a distance for
the funeral and spending the
week-end at the Sam McDaniel
home were Mrs. Maxnie Mahon
and boys from Elgin and Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Stubblefield of
Walla Walla.
Spending Friday evening at
the McDaniel home were Mr.
and Mrs. Iva McDaniel and boys
of Long Creek. Calling one day
last week were Mx. and Mrs.
Frank Howell and grandson
Paddy and Mrs. Everett Howell,
all of Monument.
Dallas Craber, Albert Wright
and Cecil McDaniel returned
home Sunday from Dawson
Creek, British Columbia, Cana
da, after spending a few days
on a trip in that area. They
accompanied Kenneth Batty
and Ellis Pettyjohn of Hepp
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Les Robinson
were in Pendleton on Friday
and in Spray on Saturday for
the rodeo.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hill and
family of Pendleton were over
night guests of Mrs. John
Graves on Saturday. Sunday the
group went to lone and spent
the day with Mr. and Mrs. Lou-
Is Carlson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cecil and
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Graves at
tended the Spray rodeo over the
week-end. Percy raced a horse
Saturday, taking second place.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Cecil McDaniel home were Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Davis and
Carroll Davis of Lonexock, and
Mr. and Mrs. Les Robinson.
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