Howard Cleveland
Brand Inspector
W. Howard Cleveland, ranch
er tn Morrow County for a num
ber of years, has joined the
Livestock Division staff of the
Oregon Department of Agricul
ture as a brand laspector. The
position has been filled tempo
rarily by Floyd Hutchtns. Cleve
land, who resides on Hinton
Creek, Heppner, can be reach
ed bv calling 676 9727.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. January 19. 1967
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Br EUGENE WINTERS
County Extension Agnt
The development of water re
sources of the area continues to
be of concern to the people of
the Columbia Basin and Mor
row county.
Two Soil Conservation District
annual meetings scheduled In
the county will have principal
speakers discussing some phase
of water resource development
A third meeting of another or
ganization for February is now
in the planning stages.
Next week the Boardman Soil
& Water Conservation district
annual meeting will have Ru
pert Spearman, area engineer
from the Upper Columbia De
velopment office of the Bureau
of Reclamation in Spokane,
speak on the Umatilla River
Basin study and its effect on
the West Extension Irrigation
District. This meeting will be
Tuesday. January 24. at 8:00
p.m. in the new Grange Hall in
Boardman.
Donel J. Lane, executive sec
retary of the Oregon Water Re
source Board, will be the main
speaker at the annual meeting
of the Heppner Soil & Water
Conservation District, Tuesday,
February 7. at 8:00 p.m. in the
Lexington Grange Hall.
The Water Resource Board, in
addition to other duties, estab
lishes state water policy in ac
cordance to standards establish
ed by the legislature.
Lane will discuss Columbia
River water diversion and the
State Ultimate Water Needs
Study, row underway. I
According to Maxwell Jones,
chairman of the Boardman dls- j
trict, and Raymond French,
Heppner district chairman, the
district s annual meetings are
open to the public.
Amount of Soil Moisture
Determines Kind of Fertilixer
Good soil moisture conditions
in this year's wheat crop may
encourage the use of a late win
ter or early spring applied ni
trogen fertilizer material. Which
material to apply will require
a certain amount of weather
forecasting.
In general those materials re
quiring applicator equipment
which disturbs the soil are not
recommended for those fields
with a foot or root rot history.
Organisms are spread from in
fected straw residue to growing
plants.
All dry materials will require
rainfall (or Irrigation) to take
the plant food into the root
zone. At least 1 Inch of precip
itation and preferably 2 Inches
is usually required.
Research has shown better
performance from the nitrate
nitrogen forms when the soil
is cold. No or little difference
was noted between the ammo
nium and the nitrate-nitrogen
forms when the soil warmed to
near 70 degrees.
Soil temperatures at the four
Inch depth In most of Morrow
county probably wouldn't ap
proach this temperature until
late May.
$10
WAR
For information leading to the
arrest and conviction of those re
sponsible for breaking wires in my
pasture fence and turning out my
children's horses, thereby endanger
ing motorists of Morrow County. The
reward also applies to other acts of
vandalism occurring to my property.
BARNEY MALCOM
Heppner Lumber Co.
Cleveland Named
Brand Inspector
For This County
By GAIL L. McCARTT
County Extension Agent
The Oregon Department of
Agriculture has Just announced
the appointment of W. Howard
Cleveland as brand inspector.
This position has been filled
temporarily by Floyd Hutchins
until this time.
Cleveland, a long time resi
dent of Morrow county, now re
sides on Hinton Creek, three
miles east of Heppner and can
be reached by calling 676-9727.
Advance notice of needed
brand inspections would be appreciated.
4 H Ski Club. Off to Good
Start on Arbuckls Mountain
Morrow county has a trial
4-H program in operation which
shows great promise. Bob Hen
ry of Heppner and Dick McEl
ligott of lone are leading 4-H
Ski Clubs. These clubs are meet
ing with a club from Gilliam
County, led by Louis Rucker,
each Saturday for nine weeks
on the ski hill at Arbuckle
Mountain.
Last Saturday, a total of 69
young skiers showed up and
under the guidance of Junior
leaders Jim McElligott. Mark
Tullis, Bill Stockard and Carrie
Peterson, made excellent prog
ress. All members are riding the
tow and can do all the basic
maneuvers. Henry reports these
beginners are progressing twice
as fast as his lesson plans.
A work horse of the program
is Al Martin, Heppner elemen
tary school principal, who drives
the bus and heads up the ski
patrol. The bus leaves around
6:45 a.m. and returns by 7:00
p.m. or a pretty long day.
The Morrow County Jaycees
are also in the picture. Members
are operating the ski tow as
well as serving refreshments at
the warm-up shack. Hot choc
olate and hot dogs seem to be
the favorites.
With all of this hard work
and effort, Morrow County's 4-H
Ski clubs are off with a run
ning start and we should prob
ably chalk up another first in
the state for Morrow county.
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GEORGE WOOD, Coordinator lor
Was tern Wheat Associates and
the Oregon Wheat Grower
League in Washington. D. C
admires the handiwork of a
young Japanese housewife in
his recent tour of Far East
offices. This was at a wet
noodle demonstrat I o n and
cooking class at Yokohama
which was held at a cooking
school. The age spread is
quite large of those who at
tend. It ranges from young
ladies, who want to learn
housewifely skills to the old
er ones who want to improyt
and learn new skills. The
general appeal of these class
es is one oi the reasons Wheat
Associates supports this type
cl demonstration.
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White Wheat Stock
May Be Reduced
To 20 Million
By JOHN WELBES
Executive Vice President
Oregon Wheat League
Don Woodward. President of
the Oregon Wheat Growers
League has said that, quote:
'There are strong indications,
from information received from
Washington. D. C, ASCS offic
ials during the annual conven
tion of the OWGL at Portland.
December 12 14, that every at
tempt will be made bv the
USDA to reduce Pacific Worth-
west white wheat stocks bv
July 1, 1967. to approximately
m minion bushels through
movement of Food for Peace
shipments to the developing
countries."
'This would be the same
carryover target as that of the
last marketing year when the
actual carryover level on July 1,
1966. was set at 18.3 million
bushels. A large percentage of
the 1966 production remains in
growers hands. Any stabiliza
tion or improvement in market
prices through balancing total
demand by movement of sup
plies under government pro
grams would accrue principally
to growers," Woodward said!
A recent Purchase Authoriza
tion to India of 77,000 metric
tons is said to have cleaned up
the balance of the last P. L.
480 agreement to this country.
The US DA has since granted a
sale of 50,000 tons to India un
der G.S.M.-3 for dollar payment
on short term credit terms. It
is exported that a new P. L.
agreement with India for 2.000,
000 m t (75,000,000 bushels)
will be announced soon. It is
also indicated that white wheat
win likely be concentrated on
in this allocation because of
bettor crop prospects and a
comparatively larger reserve
supplies available for export in
the Pacific Northwest as com
pared to the Midwest where
1967 crop prospects are suh nor
mal and larger percentages of
production are used domestical
ly, i
Walter Leth Takes
Oath of Office
As Ag Director
Walter I,eth, who was sworn
In January 12. as Oregon's new
director of agriculture, has spent
his whole life rither ranching
or farming or tn work related to
aglculture.
And, It was his Interest In
the state's agricultural future
and Its great contribution to
Oregon's economy that led to
acceptance of the directorship
when it was offered him.
Commenting on his new role
In Oregon's agriculture, the for
mer state senator said, "The Im
portance of agriculture in being
responsible for more lob oppor
tunities than offered through
any other resource and the work
of the department In represent
ing the interests of the consu
mers, together with the expand
ing opportunity In the years
ahead for agriculture, have cre
ated my very strong interest In
the department. The outstand
ing achievement of Director Jim
Short and the fine organization
he has left facilitate for me to
render service in these areas."
Leth, who resigned as a state
senator to become director and
also resigned his position as
field superintendent for Blue
Lake Packers, Inc., started life
in Wyoming.
He lived there the first 16
years of his life. Then the fam
ily moved to Idaho, where he
became familiar with irrigation
farming, something he has prac
ticed on the farms he has own
ed and operated since coming
to Oregon In 1925.
A graduate In agriculture from
the University of Idaho, with
advanced studies at Oregon
State University, Director Leth
came to Oregon In 1925 to teach
vocational agriculture at the
Newberg High School. He was
on the faculty there until 1936,
serving part of the time as
principal and acting as super
intendent of schools in 1936. He
left to become Polk County ex
tension agent.
Leth bought his first Oregon
farm near Newberg in 1934. He
sold the farm In 1944. but the
same year leased a 550-acre
seed and grain farm In Folk
County that he operated until
1949. In 19-18 Leth purchased a
700-acre farm southwest of Mon
mouth, which he presently op
erates with the main enterpris
es sheep, beef cattle, seed and
grass crops.
In 1954 he became field su
perintendent for the Blue Lake
Packers. Inc., and the same year
was elected to the Oregon State
Senate from Polk County. He
was In his third term as sona.
tor when he resigned to accept i
the lirector of agriculture past. '
In his years in the senate the j
new director held many com
mittee pasts. These Included
chairman of the Senate Agricul
ture Committee for five sessions;
republican minority leader In
the senate in 1965; chairman of
a sub committee of the Interim
Committee on Agriculture in
1961 and chairman of the In
terim Committee on Agriculture
in 1965, a post he held when
he resigned.
Many from County At State Schools
Ninety students from Morrow
county were enrolled In Insti
tutions In the Stale System of
Higher Education during the
year 1965 fitl. the biennial report
of the State System, Just re
leased, shows.
Some of those from Morrow
were registered In each of the
state's nine higher education
Institutions. The number from
Morrow topped Harney county,
with 85; Sherman, with 63; Gil
liam, with 46; and Wheeler,
with 15. All other counties had
more than Morrow enrolled.
In all. 40.-i:O Oregonlans at
tended the public collrges and
universities one or more qunr
ter during the academic year.
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Federal Land Bank
Marks Anniversary
Seven directors of the Feder
al Land Bank Association of
Pendleton will attend a four
state conference of land bank
association representatives In
Spokane, January 19 and 20.
Robin A. Fletcher, manager of
the Pendleton Association, will
also attend along with James
Beamer, Weston; Milton Mor
gan, lone; Verne Dale, Helix;
Elmer Pahl, Pendleton; Ray
mond Rugg, Pilot Rock; Harold
Campbell, Echo; and Richard
Wilkinson, Heppner. They will
represent the local association
at the Spokane meeting.
Beamer also Is a member of
the 12th District FBLA advisory
committee which is in charge of
the conference. Most of the of
ficers and directors will be ac
companied by their wives.
The Spokane conference Is
the initial event of a year-long
observance to mark the 50th
anniversary of land bank serv
ice in Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington. The program
will feature addresses by a
number of nationally-known ed
ucators and agricultural lead
ers and the premiere showing
of a new nationally-produced
motion picture.
Fletcher said the 50th anni
versary of the Land Bank Sys
tem will he observed through
out the nation during 1967. The
observance is dedicated to Amer
ica's farmers, "providers of
plenty."
Visit Paper Plant
The Dancing Daisies and the
Blue Bell Bluebirds visited the
Gazette-Times last week and
learned how the paper is made.
The linotype man showed us
how the letters are made for
the sentences. He made name
plates for each of us.
Debbie Holland and
Meriel Turner, reporters
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