HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. October 27. 1
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County Agent's Office
Small Watershed Approval
Given For Buttercreek
By GENE WINTERS
Morrow County Extension Agent
Word was received recently
that the application for assist
ance under the Small Watershed
Act. tP. L. 566 for the Butter
creek watershed and the Little
Buttercreek waters h e d s had
been approved by the State En
gineer. The next step will be review
and action bv the State Con
servationist of the Soil Conser
vation Service.
Unless an economical means
can be found to import unap
propriated water from outside
the basin there is a very strong
possibility that storage of wa
ter for irrigation would not be
feasible. Should this be the
case, benefits to flood control
and land treatment measures
would also be reduced.
It should be noted the Bur
eau of Reclamation has done
some investigation in importing
water into Buttercreek by tun
nel via Snipe Creek from Cam
as Creek.
Weed Harard to Cattle
A recent report from Utah
points out the hazards of cat
tle and sheep from grazing
false helebore during the grow
ing season.
False helebore, also called
western helebore, wild corn, and
skunk cabbage, is a showy per
ennial growing in the western
states. Plants grow from three
to eight feet tall and are us
ually found in wet seepage
areas.
Agriculture Research Service
scientists at the Animal Disease
and Parasite Research Labora
tory, Logan, Utah, have found
that deformed calves and lambs
may be born if the mother eats
this poisonous plant on the 14th
day of gestation. Eaten before
or after the 14th day small
amounts of the plant may cause
death of the fetus without af
fecting the mother. If eaten on
the 14th day the plant invari
ably causes head deformation
that gives the young a "mon
key face" appearance.
The poisonous chemicals in
false helebore are contained in
the entire green plant. As the
i leaves or stems lose their groon
color, because of maturity, lack
I of water, or freezing, they also
lose tne poisons.
Weather Records Compiled
Rainfall records for the l;V5
66 agriculture weather vear
i from IS weather observers have
been collected and prepared in
mimeograph form.
Precipitation during the peri
od starting September 1, U65,
and through August l;66. show
ed a wide variation in Morrow
county. Measurcme n t s show
near i inches in the areas north
and west of lone during this
period. In the Lena area near
ly 11.5 inches was recorded.
Sear Valhy about 8.4 inches
was reported. Very close to this
amount was measured near
Lexington.
The official recordings at the
Heppner station and Hardman
stations were identical at S.3S
inches.
Total rainfall for the report
ing period doesn't give the
whole story. For example July
rainfall extremes were reported
from 0.8 inches to almost l.S
inches. This amount in April, or
May. or June, would have made
a substantial increase in grain
production.
July rainfall, of course, ben
efited range, pasture and al
falfa production.
The timing of precipitation
can be more important than
the total amount.
low Cost' Eating
Program Slated
For November 16
By MRS. MARJORIE WILCOXEN
County Home Agent
"Now is the time," the Wal
rus said, "to talk of many
things of sealing wax, cab
bages and kings."
Since we have few cabbages
and no kings in Morrow coun
ty, I will talk of many things.
One that should be of special
interest to everyone is the "Low
Cast Adventures in Good Fat
ing" program that is scheduled
for November 16. l'J66. at 1:00
i p.m. at the Fair Annex. There
, will be domonstrations using
! low oast cuts of meat. They can
i be just as delirious and riutrit
j ions as the higher cost cuts.
There will be recipes and door
prizes. So organize a tasting
party, and sample some of
I these food - dollar - stretching
j meat dishes. The program is
I sponsored bv the Morrow Coun
! tv Extension Committee, the
Cow Belles, and the Morrow
Countv Home Extension Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Spra-
ker. who at one time time own
ed the Condon Globe-Times, vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Wes
Sherman Mondav. The SDrakers.
j w hose home is in Stayton, came
I to Condon to attend the 75th
anniversary of the United
Church of Christ there and then
came to Heppner to visit the
Shermans. The Sprakers and
Shermans were associated in the
operation of The Stavton Mail
from 1958 to 1961. and the Spra
kers later sold the paper and
are now retired from the news
paper business. They enjoyed
visiting many old friends in the
Condon area.
Program Recommended
Now that manv of vou can
get KOAP TV, Channel' 10, you
should watch "Clothing Close,
i I'ps." You can enjoy the last
; half of a series, prepared and
i narrated by Elaine Carlson, ex
tension clothing and textiles
specialist, Oregon State Univer
; sity Cooperative Extension Serv
' ice. The series is aimed at help-
ing you homemakers select and
'care for ready-to-wear clothing
for your family, through provid
I ing a series of key facts about
piin iv I'Brmpnle fhrt hrn.
gram is seen on channel 10,
7:30 p.m. each Wednesday
through November 30.
Evening Unit Planned
Of interest to many of you
people who work or otherwise
cannot attend daytime meetings
of home extension units, there
is an evening unit being organ
ized in Heppner. The first meet-
i ing will be held November 8.
at i:30 p.m. at the 4-H dorm
building at the fairgorunds. All
interested or curious people are
invited to attend. There will be
a discussion of programs, orga
nizational matters and election
of officers.
If you have any questions or
I suggestions, please contact me
at tne Lounty extension unicc,
Heppner phone 676-9642
I'm looking forward to meet
ing many of you "Night Owls,"
so plan on coming to the first
meeting and find out what the
Home Extension Service has to
offer.
Need scratch pads? Get them
at the Gazette-Times.
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Monument Soilor Serves on Corricr
Fire Control Technician Sen
man Glenn V Farreti. USN. mm
of Mr. mid Mrs. Parrel K. Far
reus (if Monument, U fiervlng
aboard the I'SS Keamnge tCVS
;U. an nntl sutiniarlne warfare
support nlreraft carrier nerving
with the Sevenlh Fleet In South
east Asia, uivodlng to Informa
tion from the Fleet Home Town
News Center. Great Lakes, Ill,
The "Mighty Key." n (die Is
called, has lust completed n
visit to Sublc Hav, Itejiulillc of
Philippines, where she spent
five dav rest and recreation per
iod after a lengthv patrol off
the coast of Vietnam.
I'otiitiiaiided bv Captain Wll
laid L. Nvlmrg. and the flag
ship for Hear Admiral Kit T.
ltelch, commander of Anti-Sub-marine
Warfare Croup Five, th
Kenrsage has nerved Ui fleet
for over W years. Her home port
Is Loiik' Itearli, Calif. 1
HEAR
IRVIN MANN
LIVE
Over Radio KTIX
1290 KC
Monday, Nov. 7
12:45 P.M.
"Oroqon'i Water Strategy"
DON WOODWARD (left), president of the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers League, and Ron Row, member at the Oregon Wheat Com
mission, are shown receiving a certificate ol appreciation for
their work in developing the market for U. S. wheat in Japan
from Tsutomu Tanaka. Tanaka was the chief of the govern
ment trade team which recently visited the Pacific Northwest
and is presently Director of Administration for the Japanese
Food Agency, who has the authority to purchase alt wheat
imported Dy japan.
Wheat Situation
Draws Attention
Of Japanese Team
A highly regarded Japanese
government trade team was In
this area recently reviewing the
U. S. wheat situation and the
classes and amounts available
to Japan..
Tsutomu Tnnjik.i ttnm lindnr
estimates that Japan will Im
port MX),ow metric tons or I'PiW
white wheat this viar. This Is
some 200,000 metric tons more
man they normally buy or this
class of wheat. Five years ago
Jnnjin hnnnht r,inni1 tiitflttl
metric tons of all classes from
tne v. i. which amounted to
only 3Vi of their total imports.
This year, Japan expects to pur
chase 22 million metric tons of
wheat from the U. S. which will
be 5-l'r of their total imports.
Tanaka gave three leading
reasons for the growing popu
larity of U. S. wheat in Japan:
1. Market promotion work car
ried out in Japan by the Ore
con Wheat League, Western
Wheat Associates and the
USDA; 2. the deartment's pol
icy of competitive pricing of
wheat; and 3, the work by the
department, wheat producers,
and railroads to place mid-west
wheat on the West Coast where
they could compete effectively
with Canadian wheats.
While here, Tanaka present
ed the League and the Oregon
Wheat Commission with a cer
tificate of appreciation from the
Japanese Food Agency for tn-lng
the leaders in developing tile
school lunch program and many
other promotional projects.
Mrs. Ed (Rachol) Dick has
been in Portland this week to
attend meetings of the state
Parent -Teacher association exec
utive board and board of man
agers. She was expected to re
turn Friday.
Tell the advertiser you saw it
In the Gazette-Times
"We like Mr. Mann mainly because he did a good job In
his first session. He was among the leaders of the House
even though he was a new roan and that Is a distinction
not common. Shorman County Journal, Oct 13, I9GS.
HELP
YOURSELF
RE-ELECT
IRVIN
MANN
(Pd by Mnnn for Rep. Com
mittee, Bill Duff and Brent
Horn. Chairmen. Box 247,
Stanfleld. Ore.)
REP. IRVIN MANN
BOB DUNCAN
Do You Have A Question?
Get Bob Duncan's Answer
On The
DUNCAN TELATHON
Sunday, Nov. 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
KGW Channel 8
Call Collect Portland
224-3570
START CALLS AT 6:00 P.M.
iPd Political Adv. by Morrow County Duncan for Senator
Committee. Alvln Bunch. Chairman)
VOTE EARLY ON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. AND THEN COME TO THE
Annual Fall Meeting of The
orrow
County
ea to rowers Ass
Catholic Parish Hall, Heppner, Tuesday, November 8, Starting 9:30 A.M.
JIM HILL, JR.
VICE-PRESIDENT
OF OREGON
AGRI-BUSINESS COUNCIL
Will Be
LUNCHEON
SPEAKER
AT NOON
MORROW COUNTY
BUSINESSMEN
WILL BE GUESTS AT
THE LUNCHEON
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JIM HILL. JR.
9:30
9:45
10:00
11:45
12:00
1:00
1:30
2:45
3:15
3:30
Marketing
Production & Land Dm
Public Relation
Transportation
PROGRAM
ASSEMBLE FOR GENERAL SESSION
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT LOUIS CARLSON
AND FIRST DOOR PRIZE DRAWING
STANDING COMMITTEES CONVENE:
Wheat Utilization
Federal Programs
Finance & Membership
Taxation & Legislation
Youth Activities
ADJOURN FOR LUNCH; PICK UP BUSINESS GUESTS
LUNCH WITH JIM HILL, SPEAKER. DOOR PRIZE
ROAST BEEF DINNER SERVED BY LEXINGTON ALTAR SOCIETY
SLIDES ON WHEAT AND WHEAT FOODS FOUNDATION
By MILTON MORGAN
STANDING COMMITTEES RECONVENE
COMMITTEES REPORT
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. DOOR PRIZE DRAWING
ADJOURN
SPECIAL GUESTS:
RALPH McEWEN
ADMINISTRATION. OREGON WHEAT COMMISSION
JOHN WELBES
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT. OREGON WHEAT LEAGUE
INVITATION
WE URGE ALL MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT AT THIS IMPORTANT
MEETING AND EXTEND A SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL BUSINESSMEN OP
THE COUNTY AND OTHERS INTERESTED.
LOUIS CARLSON, PRESIDENT
DOOR PRIZES
WILL BE AWARDED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED ON BEHALF OF THE WHEAT GROWERS BY THE FOLLOWING INTERESTED FIRMS:
EKSTROM FARM CHEMICALS
IONE
RIETMANN HARDWARE
IONE
JORDAN ELEVATOR CO.
IONE
PAUL PETTYJOHN CO.
IONE
BI-COUNTY CHEMICAL CO.
IONE
INDEPENDENT GARAGE
IONE
IONE CHEVRON STATION
JIM BARNETT. OWNER
STONE MACHINERY CO.
IONE BRANCH
BANK of EASTERN OREGON
IONE BRANCH
THE GAZETTE-TIMES
HEPPNER
BRISTOW'S MARKET
IONE