Spray Program
Of Past Year
Is Summarized
Bf gene winters
The 16 County Wood Spray
Program was reviewed and
plans for 19fi7 were made Mon
day by the Morrow County Weed
Advisory Committee.
During the 1966 spray seas
on approximately 3600 miles of
county road were sprayed at a
cost of about $7500 for spray
materials and waces. The spray
truck was furnished by the
county road department.
Nearly 900 gallons of 2.4-D
were used for general broad
leafed weed control. Canada
thistle, wild mornlnc Rlory nd
Russian knapweed wore treated
with 15 gallons of Tordon herb
icide. Small amounts of dela
pon and dinitro general were
also used for grassy weed con
trol. Spraying began April 18
and was completed in the early
part of September according to
the report of Jim Cason, county
weed sprayer.
The County Weed Advisory
Committee of Gerald Swaegari
Lloyd Rice, Arnold Hoffman.
Marcel Jones. Ralph Beamer and
County Judge Paul Jones and
County Agent Gene Winters
spent considerable time discus
sing the results of tse sandbur
survey.
This survey shows 253 miles
of county road shoulder infest
ed with sandbur. Control would
require treating more than 120
acres.
Winters reviewed the results
of sandbur control trials in the
area. Soil sterilant materials
costing about $26-528 per acre
had given the best season long
control. Dinitro general and oil
as a contact spray at about $12
per treatment had given reas- i
onably good temporary control
the agent said, but more than
one application is usually nec
essary. The use of soil sterilants for
sandbur control of gravelled
road shoulder creates a main
tenance problem, according to
Judge Jones. For effective con
trol the sterilants must be ap
plied in late winter and not be
disturbed until fall. The judge
pointed out that most of these
roads require frequent blading
during the summer, the season
of heaviest road use.
Other weeds on roads in the
county discussed were diffused
knapweed. Johnson grass, Me
dusahead, puncture vine, yel
low star thistle, common spike
weed and Hoary Aster.
Chairman Swaggart asked the
committee to meet again soon
to consider adopting a county
weed control policy statement
and complete plans of the 1967
county weed control program for
the consideration of the Coun
ty Court and the County Budg
et Committee.
Bulletin Made Available
On CJimatological Data
The Morrow County Extension
office now has a bulletin avail
able for those persons wishing
to know more about the climate
of Morrow County and the Col
umbia Basin of Oregon.
The publication "Climatologi
cal Data for Oregon Columbia
Basin Counties" was printed by
Oregon State University Coop
erative Etxension Service to
meet the many requests for such
information in the area. Gilbert
L. Sternes. State Climatologist,
Environmental Science Services
Administration, is the author
of the 15-page special report.
In addition to an introduction
to general climatological char
acteristics of the area the report
includes 10 tables of data and
maps showing length of grow
ing season and average rainfall
The author acknowledges the
contributions of the dedicated
volunteer weather observers who
without any form of monetary
compensation at the same time
each day record the tempera
ture and precipitation for the
preceding 24 hours.
Morrow county data is from
near Morgan, south of lone, and
Heppner. Weather observers at
these stations are Mrs. Blanche
Lindstrom, Louis Carlson and
Donald l. Gilliam.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thunder. January 26. 1967
The Wheat Field
Br GEORGE W. DEWET
LtgislattT Counsel,
Oregon Wheat League
1
SALEM . . . "Research a
studious inquiry, usually critical
and exhaustive investigation or
experimentation having for Its
aim the revision of accepted
conclusions, in the light of new
lv discovered facts." That's what
Webster says, and that's what
the Oregon Wheat Growers
League says needs to be done
to help the wheat growers min
imize the potential losses from
Executive Meet
Of Wheat League
Set for Today
By JOHN WELBES
Executive Vice President
Oregon Wheat League
The first quarterly meeting of
the Oregon wheat Growers
League executive committee
will be held at the Pendleton
Elk's Lodge, Thursday, January
26 at 9:30 a.m.. it is announced
by John Welbes. executive vice
president. Although this is an
executive committee meeting,
any interested wheat producer
may attend.
One of the features of the
meeting will be a legislative re
port by the league's legislative
council, George Dewey, who has
been very active in Salem in
working on legislati-e matters
pertaining to wheat producers
and farmers in general.
A large portion of the meet
ing will deal with the forma
tion and adoption of the 1967
league budget. It is hoped that
finances will be available to in
crease our efforts on major pro
jects such as state and national
legislation, Agri-Business Coun
cil of Oregon, marketing and
others of vital importance to the
wheat producers.
The recommendations and
resolutions of the nine state1
standing committees which were
recently passed at the state con
vention will be reviewed and
then adopted by the executive
committee.
The 1967 elected officers will
take over early in the meeting,
just as soon as all financial
considerations for the year 1966
are approved. These are Robert
Jepsen, lone, president; Bill
Hulse, Dufur, first vice presi
dent; and Tom Vaughan, Jr..
Pendleton second vice president.
There will be very few changes
in state committee chairmen for
the various committees.
cereal diseases.
Wheat growers of Oregon are
asking the State Legislature to
appropriate funds for the em
ployment of a cereal pathologist
at Oregon State University for
this purpose.
This appropriation was includ
ed as a new program In the
State's experiment station re
search budget, but unfortunate
ly, received the "meat cleaver"
under former Goverenor Hat
field's budget recommendations.
Now, the chances of including
this item in the next biennial
budget appear even more remote
as Governor McCall is asking
for a further cut of some $700,
000 from the Hatfield budget.
Of course, we are all In sym
pathy with the desire to keep
government spending on a
sound basis.
Agriculture research, probab
lly more than any one thing,
has made agriculture the big
gest business in this country.
Dr. Karl Brandt, the noted
food economist of Stanford Un
iversity, estimates that farmers
manage half of all the private
business in the country. Their
assets almost equal the value
of all the stocks on the New
York Stock Exchange.
That's quite a business and
it wouldn't be what it is today
without basic research.
Yes, I know, but what does
agriculture do for Oregon?
It is second only to forestry
as a source of income to
the State.
Provides approximately 100,
000 Oregonians with jobs.
Generates an estimated one
billion dollars to the Oregon
economy.
Provides the consumer with
the "best buy in the world"
by cutting down the percen
tage of income spent on
food from 25 per cent in
1950 to about 18 per cent
today.
Provides food resources to
other states and foreign
markets (for example over
80 per cent of all Oregon
wheat leaves the State for
other markets).
In short, the research program
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Oregon State Univer
sity is aimed at protecting and
further developing Oregon's bas
ic industries Agriculture. Fish
eries, Forestry, and Recreation.
The annual product value of
these industries exceeds two and
a half billion dollars.
The addition of a plant path
ologist to Oregon's agriculture
research program is only a small
item within a dynamic industry
but it can't wait until tomor
row it is needed today.
Dewey West Heads Port Commission
Br MART LEE MARLOW
BOA ROMAN Dewey West
was elected president of the
Morrow Port Commission at a
recent meeting here at the city
hall; Oscar reterson is vice
president; Dick Krebs, secre
tary: Garland Swanson. treasur
er. Wayne Cordes of Portland,
port attorney, was present and
administered the oath of office
to newly elected commissioners
J. B. Ma loom of Heppner. and
Oscar Peterson of lone; and to
re elected Garland Swanson of
lone. West commented on the
work of the retiring members,
Harry O'Donnell of Heppner,
and Joe Tatone of Roardman.
ltalio Paniciddl of the State
Land Board was present and re
viewed the progress of the land
trade betwven the Land Roard
and the Bureau of Land Man
agement as regards the port's
property here.
tuners present included Kup-
ert Kennedy of the Mid Colum
bia Planning Council. County
Judge Paul Jones, and Jack Van
Winkle, the new county commissioner.
A health inspection tour was
made recently in the old Board
man townsite. concentrating on
the wells and the septic tanks
which are In the John Day pool
area. Present were Jerry Haines
of Salem, from the State Engin
eers office; Bill Culham and
Fred Bolton of Pendleton, from
the Oregon Stute Health Depart
ment; Evan Dillon. Umatilla
County Health Department: Hal
Miller of Walla Walla, Corps of
Engineers; Zearl Gillespie, city
sanitation department; Vernon
Russell, Boardman Vector Con
trol District: and Mavor Dewey
West, Jr.
Mrs. Ralph Earwood was host
ess for the Boardman Garden
Club last week at her home.
Roll call was answered by tell
ing what was received at the
Christmas party. The annual
family dinner was discussed
and plans are being made to
have it February 5 at the
grange hall.
A thank you letter was read
from the State Hospital at Pen
dleton for the Christmas dona
tion. The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Roy Ball on
February 20.
Grange Starts Centennial Tear
Greenfield Grange met Satur
day night at the hall, starting
with potluck supper at 6:30.
Mrs. Glen Carpenter was host
ess, assisted by Mrs. Arthur Al
len and Mrs. W. G. Seehafer.
A vote was taken and passed
that there will be no smoking
allowed in the main hall in the
future. The grange will sponsor
a bingo party, the date to be
announced later. A work day
was discussed to finish the rest
rooms in the hall, but no date
set.
The finance-committee, Ber
nard Donovan, Leo Potts and
Mrs. Leonard Bedord are to au
dit the grange and Home Eco
nomics Club books.
During the leotuwr'a hour a
candle was lit and a ceremony
held In commemoralon of the
grange's centennial year. The
candle la to be lit at each meet
ing the rest of this year. Taking
part were Delmer Hug, master;
Flossie Ball, chaplain; and Ha
lei Carpenter, lecturer. Margar
et Thorpe, Mrs. Ball and Pansy
Seehafer also presented read
ings. The grange has voted to let
the hall be used for catechism
classes by the Catholic church,
and also for Sunday School and
church services by the Commu
nity Church as pairt of the Com
munity Service project. The
Community Church Is to use It
until the new church Is com
pleted. The Catechism classes
held each Monday afternoon.
Raymond Soares, baritone,
and James Stout, piano accom
panist, will present a concert a
a National School Assembly
program January 27 at 8:30 a m.
In the school gymnast u m.
Soares has studied at both the
San Francisco and Boston Con
servatory of Music. He also
studied the art of aingtng and
song Interpretation with the fa
mous Roland Hayes. He has
toured from coast to coast In
the United States and Canada,
He has appeared on the Brook
lyn Museum Concert Series, at
Wellesley College, Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum In
Boston and at many other plac
es. He has been a member of
the de Paur Infantry Chorus and
was leading baritone In the
music-drama, "Year of Jubilee"
produced at the Joan of Arc
Playhouse In New York City.
Most recently, he has returned
from a national tour with the
internationally known Manhat
tan Melotlalre.
Stout Is from Cincinnati, Ohio,
lie has played many program,
and has Just completed a miring
tour for the University of Kan
sas. Friends are Invited to attend
the concert.
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