HEPPNER GAZETTE
H
orse
Br GAIL McCARTT
County Extension Agnt
Morrow County 4 H horse club
members arc reminded tnat tne
4 H horse show in connection
with the Morrow County Fair
is scheduled for Sunday, Aug
ust 14. starting at 1:30 p.m. on
the fairgrounds.
Regular fair premiums will
he paid on the placing and
state lair participants selected.
All club members are urged to
participate.
The 4 H horse show at State
Fair will begin Monday, August
22, at 10:00 a.m. The county
contest was scheduled so that
the winners would have a
chance to attend the State Fair
Horse Show, which will run un
til Wednesday. August 24. All
horses must be removed from
the state fairgrounds by 10:00
a.m. August 25.
Farm Safety Week
With National Farm Safety
Week, July 24-30. almost over,
even- rural person is reminded
again of the loss of life and
limb each year to rural acci
dents. These pertain to each of
us. not just farm people. Quite
often these farm accidents in
volve city raised visitors, pass
ing motorists, or short time
farm help. With the busy sea
son of harvest upon us. be es
pecially conscious of harvest
equipment on the roads and
look for the slow moving ve
hicle sign publicized so widely.
Warning Sounded on
Clear Title on Li Testocit
Don't take for granted that
you nave ciear uue on me am-,
Set A
mal you purcnase. oe sure "u,nese
have it.
K. W. Sawyer, assistant state
director of agriculture for live
stock services, has that advice
for all who purchase animals
after rendering a decision re
cently on the rightful owner of
a cow consigned for sale at a
livestock auction market
The animal was
among 60
some six
head purcha s e d
months previously by the per-
son consigning it for sale but i
the brand inspection certificate
arm Bureau
Furrow
FARM SAFETY WEEK
STRESSES SMV EMBLEM
By GEORGE DEWEY
Executive Secretary,
Oregon Farm Bureau Federation
The week of July 24-30, 1966
has been proclaimed National
Farm Safety Week but this ef
fort on the part of many to
place emphasis on farm safety
will receive about as much in
terest as any other national
week.
The 1964 breakdown of farm
resident accidents shows a to
tal of 8300 deaths and 760,000
disabling injuries. Of the
deaths, 3700 involved motor ve
hicles; 1900 were in the home;
2500 were work accidents; and
800 resulted from off-the-farm
non-motor vehicle accidents, ac
cording to the National Safety
Council.
Farm Safety Week comes at
a time of year when farm peo
ple are actively involved in all
phases of farm work. This is an
excellent time to stop a mo
ment and check the safety of
farm equipment particularly
the farm tractor, which is in
volved in the majority of fatal
farm machinery' accidents.
During National Farm Safety
Week, special emphasis is being
placed on the Slow-Moving Ve
hicle (SMV) emblem.
The triangular emblem was
developed by Ohio State univer
sity research specialists in an
attempt to reduce the number
of rear-end collisions involving
slow-moving vehicles.
Use of the emblem is now
mandatory' by statute In Ohio,
will be compulsory in Nebraska
this next year, and many other
states including Ore g o n are
considering introducing similar
legislation.
If you are a farmer and some
times drive slow-moving farm
machinery on the highways,
you should know about the SMV
emblem It could save your life.
If you are a city or urban
dweller and travel the state's
highways, you, too, should
know and recognize the SMV
emblem it could save your life.
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Power Tools
Hydraulic Jacks
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Phone 276-5862
- TIMES. Thursday. July 28. 1966
Show
ugust 14
he received at time of purchase i
: 1 . j . . ..v. u .. .1 . . t '
tne antmai nraiwea on me rignt
hip with I"9.
When the animal was later
consigned for sale clear title
was questioned because of the
t-rand. which was recorded to
a man at The Dalles and the
money impounded by the state.
Owners of the brand testified
that in the past several years
they had last cattle and 10
white face cows with their
brand were missing in liHU. the
year the purchase was made.
Thev could not prove this par
ticular animal was stolen at the
same time but neither could
the mast recent owner provide
proof of legal title or ownership
hence the brand had to be
accepted as prima facie evi
dence of ownership. This meant
the original owner was given
the $12 realized from the sale
of the cow.
Market Director
Tells of Climb
In Wheat Sales
Story of market promotion of
Western Wheat Associates, the
marketing agency for the Ore
ron Wheat Growers League in
Asia, was featured at a confer
ence in Washington, D. C. re
cently. Far East Regional Mar
keting Director James Hutchin
son of Tokyo. Japan, informed
, nor
200 American and Japa
trade and governmental
leaders on the subject, "Pros
pects for Selling More Wheat to
Japan", at the Washington,
D. C. conference on trade with
Japan.
Hutchinson told the U. S. -Japan
Trade Council sponsored
event. "In 1959 we were faced
; with a declining export posit-
ion due to increasing Japanese
'wheat production and a change
in Japan's wheat flour require-
meets.
Director
Hutchinson nointed
!nnt frnm thi Inw nnsitinn.
"Wheat Associates with the co
operation of growers and the
whole wheat industry increased
sales 217 percent by 1965. and
prospects continue to increase."
Total of all U. S. wheat ship
ped for 1965 season is almost
i6S.4f0.0lX) bushels.
"During 1963 we moved into
the number one wheat sup
plier position and have contin
ued to maintain this position
with a 54 percent share of the
market in 1965," he said.
Hutchinson is optimistic about
the future prospects of increas
ing U. S. wheat sales to Japan.
During the current shipping
season he expects U. S. exports
tc Japan to reach almost 73,
500,000 bushels, and by 1970 he
expects exports of close to
92,000,000 bushels.
New Doors Brighten
County Courthouse
New doors at both the front
and rear entrances of the Mor
row county courthouse have
been installed and add to the
appearance of the building in
another step of improvement.
The nev front door replaces
heavy old-fashioned doors, and
it is flanked by glass panels.
The rear door was installed to
open outwards to comply with
fire regulations. Both front and
rear doors are of wood with
j" ass panes in the upper por
ion. TO THOSE
on
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
WARRANTS WILL BE SERVED ON
DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROP
ERTY TAXPAYERS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER AUGUST 15, 1966.
CJ.D. BAUMAN
Sheriff and Tax
Collector
Morrow County, Ore.
Cattle Growers
Urged to Check
On Winter Feed
Oregon cattlemen are liable
to be hurting for feed this win
ter, according to John Landers,
extension science specialist at
Oregon Stale I'niversity.
Landers strongly recommend
that cattlemen start lining up
their supplies of winter feed as
soon as possible.
The drouth that has plagued
Oregon as well as other west
ern ami Great Plains states for
the past few months has cut
down on quality and quantity
of range food, and what is
more Important from this win
ter's standpoint, has cut back
hav production, says Landers.
Cattlemen with a cow-calf op
eration should pay particular at
tention to providing adequate
energy as well as protein to the
cow herd if they want to re
a'i.e a good calf crop next year,
points out Landers. While cows
can lose weight until the calf
is dropped, they must be kept
in condition while the calf is
nursing.
There may still be time for
cattlemen to contract to bale
crass and straw from the Wil
lamette Valley, according to
Landers. Another possible source
of winter feed is chaff from the
grain harvest. It may be eco
nomical to haul chaff short dis
tances, if arrangements are
made for the harvester to drop
the chaff in piles where it can
be picked up easily. Feed value
of chaff varies greatly, from al
most nothing on up, depending
on the number of heads and
small grains that come through
the combine.
Cattlemen planning to feed
chaff this winter should pay
particular attention to providing
supplemental vitamin A, Land
ers stresses. There is no caro
tene in chaff. Vitamin A can
he provided either in the form
of two pounds alfalfa hay pel
lets per head per day, through
injections of vitamin A, or by
mixing synthetic vitamin A
preparations in salt or mineral
supplements.
Dry cows need about 20.000
International Units of vitamin
A daily. If the vitamin is sup
plied by injection, this would
mean bringing in the cow herd
and giving a one-million I.U.
shot every throe weeks, Landers
explains. After the calves are
dropped, vitamin A require
ments double, meaning a shot
every 10 clays. Cost for the one
million I.U. shot ranges from
30 cents to SI a head.
Cows normally consume about
one ounce of salt a day, so vit
amin A should be mixed with
the salt in suitable proportions
to supply the amount required
each day. Cattle also need
phosphorous and calcium, which
can be fed in the form of di
calcium phosphate, tricalcium
phosphate or steamed bone
meal. Lack of vitamin A reduces
fertility of both cow and bull,
can cause deformed or stillborn
calves, and can lead to calf
hood diseases such as scours.
Replacement heifers bei n g
carried through the winter
should get one-half pound oil
meal and two pounds rolled or
ground grain per head per day,
advises Landers. This is partic
ularly Important if they are
bred to calves as two-year-olds.
In light of the anticipated
short feed supply, the cow herd
should be culled heavily this
DELINQUENT
Japanese Trade
Team to Visit
Br JOHN WELBES
Oregon Wheat League
Don Woodward, president of
the Oregon Wheat Growers
League, has announced that the
League and Wheat Commission
will be hosts for an outstanding
Japanese trade team In Port
land. August 9. The group will
consist of representatives from
six flour mills in Japan who
mill 7tn of the flour In the
country.
Those visits in the past have
been extremely valuable to the
U. S. wheat Industry. While re
sults cannot be measured In
bushels, it has boon definitely
observed to Influence the mar
keting familiarity with the
V. S. wheats, and a consequent
Increased U, S. wheat buying
habit. A customer that is more
familiar with a product, every
thing else being equal, tends
to buy the familiar . . . "the
tried and true". In the case of
the flour millers who are the
primary users of wheat in Ja
pan, their desires to the Gov
ernment Food Agency carries
great weight In the F.Vs decis
ion in Issuing purchase orders
or tenders .
While In the United Slates
they will be visiting wheat pro-
ducing areas, centers of wheat
processing, marketing people,
and I'SDA officials.
year, and any boarders elim
inated that aren't paying their
way, it Is advised. Cows that
are disabled or not producing
a good quality calf should be
wooded out.
Range cattlemen looking for
sources of cheap pro t e t n
shouldn't go overboard for the
nonprotein nitrogen sources
such as urea or ammoniated
molasses, warns Landers. Some
use can be made of these sourc
es, but the best results with
them come In feedlots, where
cattle are on a high concentrate
ration rather than with cattle
on low quality maintenance
rations. If too much of the pro
tein equivalent is fed, death
loss from urea or ammonium
poisoning can result, he caut
ions. Cattle can be wintered on 10
pounds grain per day during
the winter, but the cost would
probably be prohibitive, points
out Landers.
Laverne Van Marter, Sr., who
underwent surgery In Portland
July 20 Is "doing fine" accord
ing to son LaVerne Van Mar
ter, Jr. and should be able to
come home soon. The elder Van
MartiT's phys i c a 1 condition,
good for a man his age, helped
him to come through the op
eration well.
See us ror envelopes of all
kinds. The Gazette-Times.
Ford
Used Car Dealers
hate two t Mugs...
customers.
Losing money.
One leads to
the other.
So we're careful
about every
used car we sell.
re can't
not to he.
Dealer
HEPPNER AUTO SALES. Inc.
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY
For Week Ending July 22
(Compiled by U. S. Deport
ment ol Agriculture, Port
land) Haryeit nearly completed
in North Lexington area, with
wheat averaging between 25
and 30 bushels per acre, bar
ley three-quarters ton per
acre; both good quality. On
shallow soils farther south,
yields of wheat runnlnq S to
10 bushels less. In generaL
quality Is good. Some third
cuttinq and some second cut
ting alfalfa underway. All
perennial grass ranges green
ing up from recent rain.
Problems of 1.5
Tax Limitation
Measure Cited
The proposed t per cent
properly tax limitation, If pass
ed in the November election,
would Increase and complicate
the work of assessors, school
administrators, and others who
have the difficult task of dis
tributing taxes and administer
ing public services, says Mar
lon I). Thomas, Oregon State
University extension agricultur
al economist.
The proposal assigns the Job
of reducing budgets and the
kinds and amounts of services
to the Slate Tax Commission.
This would reduce the author
ity and responsibility of local
budget committee and officials,
he noted.
Bv limiting the tax to l' per
cent, which equals lid mills un
der the present system of fig
uring levies on assessed values,
the proposal would reduce the
amount of money available to
finance local government serv
ices bv at least SlOOmllllon a
year, according to Thomas.
Thomas said property taxes
are c.ioeted to hit a new high
this year, topping $.i00-million
for the first time, up from SlOO
mllllon six years ago and S100
million in iyfrt). He said those
totals are the results of decis
ions made by a great many
property tax payors acting as
budget committees for local
governments and voting In spe
cial budget Icectlons.
One of the reasons for the in
crease in taxes, according to
Thomas, is that the costs of
public as well as private goods
and services are going up.
Schools use most of the prop
erty tax levied in Oregon.
Most groups which have tak
en a position on the proposal,
including the legislative tax
study committee authorized by
the Legislature, have concluded
that the l' per cent limit
would create many more prob
lems than It would solve and
would be a most undesirable
method of achieving needed
property tax relief, Tho man
added.
Visitors at the L. D. Neill
home over the week-end of
July 23 and 21 were Mrs. Nelll's
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Neal Knlghten and
sons of Kennew lc k, and her
cousin, Mrs. Let ha Harris
of Portland.
afford
m
Public Notices
MORROW COUNTY
SCHOOL DISTRICT R-l
CALL TOR BIDS ON
SMALL BUS RUNS
Notice Is hereby given that
the Hoard of Directors of Mor-
Farm, Home Loans
To Veterans Up
In Morrow County
Oregon's Department of Vet
erans' Affairs granted farm and
home loans to 3.70.1 veterans
during fiscal 1W5 M In the
amount of $l-Ml!,:K, II C,
Saalfeld, director, reports. This
was a nine percent Increase In
loans and an tS percent In
crease In dollar volume over
VMWiVS.
In Morrow county last year,
loans were granted to seven
veterans In the amount of $72,
250. compared to three loans In
I'.H'.I tir for $20,750.
Since the loan program Marl
ed In l'.M5, loans hove gone to
'Mi veterans In this county In
the amount of $i.M'i, 150. State
wide. Mi.stil veterans have bor
rowed $177,27.1.021 since I'.M.Y
They have repaid S2-I01 mil
lion of this In principal and
another $7! million In Interest,
with monthly repayments ov
eraglng $.1.5 million, interest
payments alone are running ov
er SJiMi.ono a month. Of the
more than 5;i,(00 loans, ,'U),7'.)
were outstanding June ; In
I he amount of $2SD.525.0;i2.
Saalleld said the loan pro
gram continues to cum a net
revenue after paying all expens
es of the loan program ami of
the department's service divis
ion. This net revenue last fis
cal vear was a record $2.-l.'Ui,l,J7,
bringing the total earnings
since l!ir to SlH.717.2tHi.
This money Is plowed back
Into new loans to help uu-ot
the veterans' demand for farm
and home financing, and reduc
es the number of self liquidat
ing bonds that have to he Is
sued to finance the program,
Saalfeld said.
Ted Toll, son of Mrs. Memo
Toll, left July 12 from Bend for
service In the I!. S. Army. He
will take basic training ai Kort
Lewis. Wn. Mrs. Toll, who Is
also the mother of U'onurd
Toll, moved to Heppner from
Redmond and has leon living
here for the past three months.
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"The Store of Personal Service"
MARJ and LeROY GARDNER
Heppner, Oregon
row County School District H I
will receive bids on August IS,
l'.Nit't, until 1:00 pin. for the
transportation of pupils desig
nated bv the school board, over
tho routes designated to the
school of the district.
Kids should be sent to the
district office at Lexington, llox
3llH, I'xlnglon, Oregon In seal
ed enviloM'S clearly marked
"Transportation Hid".
Kids will be opened at 1:00
p.m., August 15, VMM, ami wilt
bo presented to the board at
their regular meeting nt 8:00
pin. August 15, I'.KHi, at Lex
ington. Bidder shall furnish and op
erate at his own expense the
necessary vehicle required to
provide safe, economical and
legal transportation (or the stu
dents of the district to and from
their homes to design a t e d
schools, from the date school
starts until ending date of
school. All Insurance must be
approved bv the district school
board. Drivers must keep vehic
les In lop oMratlonul condition
nl all times. Drivers must at
tend occasional meetings for
bus drivers.
Complete data on these runs
mav be obtained from the of
fice of the district uorlntem.
ent at Lexington, Contracts will
be awarded for a two-year per
iod with necessary adjustments
as to mileage to be made at the
beginning of the second year.
The Morrow County School
Hoard reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids, waive
any or all claims or technical
ities The list of bus runs with ap
proximate mileage one way
follows:
1. Dr. Huber ranch to Itoger
Campbell ranch K.S
miles; alternate Mute: Dr.
Huber ranch to linger
Campbell ranch to Hob Jep
sen ranch 1-1 miles.
2. lone Schools to Hob Kiel
maun ranch 105 miles.
3. lone Schools to Don Lin
noil ranch 10 miles,
1 Hubert Hosklns ranch to
lower Rhea Creek Junction
J5 miles.
5. Hob Peterson ranch In Mc
Klllgott ranch 13 miles.
t. Heppner Klementury school
to Jerry Itougherly ranch
Hi miles.
7. Heppner Klementury school
to Willow Creek ami Halm
Fork 15 miles.
8 Hob Schiller ranch on up
per Hotter Creek to Pine
City school 152 miles.
'.) Kuggs llardman run 10
miles.
10. I a-mi junction to Raymond
French ranch to Bob Mc
Laughlin ranch Hi miles.
Alice Vance, Clerk
Attest: Irvln Huuch, Chairman
MORROW COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT R 1 22 24c
WE HAVE
A COMPLETE
SELECTION
OF WESTERN
HATS, SHIRTS,
PANTS, BOOTS,
BELTS AND
JACKETS