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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Gaines Wheat Dominates State Wheat Acreages By EUGENE P. WINTERS County Extension Agent The Gaines variety of white winter wheat accounted for 64 per cent of the total winter wheat acreage planted in Ore gon last fall. According to the Orecon Crop and Livestock Reporting Serv ice, Gaines was seeded on 61 per cent of the total acreage in the Tacific Northwest. Omar, a white club wheat, was the second ranking variety in the Pacific Northwest, ac counting for nearly 12 percent, while Burt ranked third at 9 per cent. Oregon Sta t e University's Moro white wheat appears to ! be gaining acceptance with ' 195,000 acres, or 5 per cent of j most popular hard red winter.0! are cited as being respoiv varietv. accounted for 4 per cent I slb for lIS-- c,ilplr-' at 155 000 acres points out that the I DA can Wan'ser andMeCall varieties enforce only the labeling and of hard red winter wheat which ,n,,erstai? shipment of pesti were onlv released in 1966 were i c'l1s.- The enforcement of use planted on 39.000 cares and Nu-, restrictions is delegated only to gaines, also a recent release, ac- t'10 user counted for 280,00 acres in the Some states have laws and tn-state area. Weed Control Law Up For Revision Economists estimate that un controlled weeds cost Oregon farmers more than So million a year through crop yield losses, livestock deaths and reduced qualitv of crops. Even as the 1967 Oregon State Legislature is meeting, concern ed farmers, extension agents and state and county officials are planning for a major revis ion of the state's 30 year old weed law at the 1969 session. Rex Warren, Oregon State University extension farm crops specialist, says that the old law is outdated for present day con ditions. Two main weaknesses of the present law according to Warren, are that it isn't strong enough and that there never has been any state agency tied into the law. In other words, the local weed districts have been left to shift for themselves. During the next two years, educational meetings and hear ings will be held throughout the i average price of 52.1 cents re state to hammer out a workable law to be presented to the 1969 legislature. One draft has al ready been drawn up by the legislative committee of the Oregon Weed Conference. It is ior trie most part a copy oi a ; uniform state weed law prepar- " a ui 1 ists from various states and the U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Weed Society of America. No Buck Passing For Safe Pesticide Use People who ask who is re sponsible for the safe use of pesticides usually find the an swer rests on their own should ers if they are the ones using the chemicals. Joseph Capizzi, Oregon State University extension entomolo gist, said that the user alone is responsible for the safe use of pesticides. "The responsibility is often attributed to some other person, 8th Grade Tour Set April 28-30 Fourth annual Portland 8th Grade Tour to Morrow county will be Friday through Sunday, April 28-30, Gail McCarty, coun ty extension agent, announces. The tour will be similar to the one conducted here last year with stops being made at the same places, it was decided at a meeting of the sponsoring committee last Wednesday. In addition, a stop will be made to view the sprinkler system at the Fritz Cutsforth place. Another change is that lunch will be at the Krebs bunkhouse on the first day of the tour instead of at the Cecil store. County agents of four partic ipating counties will go to Port land April 17 to talk to the eighth graders who will visit the counties. McCarty will rep resent Morrow county. Chairman of the sponsoring committee this year is Dick McEUigott. Others attending the meeting last Wednesday night were Paul Tews, Al Martin, Dave Potter, Ken Turner, Mrs. Lindsay Kincaid and McCarty. Ullman and Morse Tell of REA Loan Congressman Al Ullman and Senator Wayne Morse in a tele gram to the Gazette-Times an nounced Rural Electrification Administration approval of a $328,000 loan to Umatilla Elec tric Cooperative of Hermiston, serving Umatilla and Morrow counties. The loan is to finance 34 miles of distribution line to serve 329 new consumers, 19 miles of 69-KV transmission line, and extensive system im provements, including three miles of new tie line, convers ion of six miles of existing tie line and related facilities, and increased substation capacity. The loan also will finance in stallation of two substations with combined capacity of 11,250 -KVA. Thursday. Match 30. 1967 I government agency or the man ufacturer," Capizzi said. "But this just is not true". For example, a typical sup plementary label reads: "Since the use of this product Is be yond the manufacturer's con trol, neither the manufacturer nor the seller makes any war ranty, expressed or implied, concerning this material wheth er used in accordance with dir ections or not, except that it con forms to the chemical compo sition expressed on the label when packaged. "The buyer as sumes all risks and liability for personal injury or property damage resulting from hand ling, storage or use of this ma terial and uses it on these con ditions". Sometimes the V. S. Depart ment of Agriculture or its agen- regulations which establish guidelines for safe use and pro vide mechanisms for enforcing them. Capizzi noted, but the re sponsibility for safe use still lies with the ultimate users of pesticides. Wool and Mohair Program Payment Rates Announced USDA has announced shorn wool payments will be made at the rate of 24.8 percent of dol lar returns that each grower re ceived from the sale of shorn wool during 1966. according to announcement bv Dave McLeod, County ASCS director. Payment rate is based on the difference between incentive nriri wt -ante sanrl nfltinnnl isorii payments on 1965 market- ings were made at the rate of 31.6 percent. Each grower's wool payment is determined by multiplying nis dollar return from saie of wooi (less marketing charges) by payment rate of 24.8 per- cent. Percentage method of pay ment is designed to encourage growers to improve quality and marketing of wool. Under this method, growers who get the best passible price for wool al so get the higher incentive pay ment. USDA also announced a pay ment rate of 52 cents a hundred weight on unshorn lambs sold or slaughtered during the 1966 marketing year. This compares to the 1965 rate of 60 cents per hundredweight. The payment on sales of live lambs that nev er have been shorn is based on the payment rate for shorn wool, average weight of wool pe: hundred weight of lambs, and value of lamb's wool rela tive to the value of shorn wool. Deductions of V-a cents a pound from shorn wool and mo hair payments and 7'i cents per hundred pounds of live weight from lamb payments will be made for advertising, promo tion, and related market devel opment activities on wool, lamb, and mohair. The promotion pro gram for wool and lamb is car ried out by the American Sheep Producers Council, Inc., and the promotion of mohair will be conducted by the Mohair Coun cil of America, Inc. ASCS county offices will be gin making payments soon after April 1 on 1966 sales. The 1967 incentive price for wool (announced June 29, 1966) is 66 cents a pound, 1 cent a pound higher than the support price for 1966. The 1967 support price for mohair is 76.4 cents a pound, .6 of a cent a pound higher than the 1966 support price. Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman and Cathy were in Forest Grove on the week-end of March 18 19 to join other members of the Sherman family in a surprise party for his mother, Mrs. Har ry Sherman, Sr., on her 80th birthday. Sons and daughters-in-law arranged the event, which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherman, Jr., and with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sherman of Reedville assisting with arrangements. Grandchild ren and one great grandchild came for the occasion, including Bill Sherman from the Univer- j sity of Oregon and Mr. and Mrs. : Dick Sherman of Salem, sons j and daughter-in-law of the Wes i Shermans. j Miss Carol Hisaka of Hawaii was a house guest of Susan Drake during their spring va cation week from Oregon State University, where both are i freshmen. Father of Miss His aka is superintendent of a sug ar plantation on the mainland of Hawaii. She enjoyed her first visit into Eastern Oregon and appreciated the friendliness of those she met. She is majoring in elementary education. ROLL TICKETS ror sale In single and double rolls. Use for drawings, admissions to events. Gazette-Times, Hepp pner. Ph. 676-9228. Sprinkler System Big Improvement At Golf Course Golf on the Willow Creek course will be better than ever this year, declares Lowell Crib ble, president of the club. One big reason is the im provement made with the in stallation of an underground system that will provide sprink le irrigation on all but two of the course's nine holes. The job was recently complet ed bv volunteers who pitched in and did the work In two days after materials were purchased at a discount. This made it pos sible to make the improvement at minimal cost to the club. A total of 2500 feet of 3 inch plastic pipe was laid in the job. and outlets. Just below ground level, provide for Rainbird type sprinklers, Cribt-le said. In ail. there are 26 outlets. A 5-horsepowor pump has enough capacity to keep all sprinklers going at the same time. Only holes one and three are not served by the under ground svstem, and these will be added later. Cribble said. The plastic pipe makes for "very easy plumbing" and joints are also very easy to make, he added. "In another two or three years this community will be real proud of its golf course," the president declared. Assisting on the irrigation project were C. C. Carmiehael, Ray Ferguson, Francis Doherty, Ed Hiemstra, Eddie Gunderson, Conlev Lanham. Joe Balfe. Ed Schaffitz. Clint MoQuarrie, Doug and Lowell Gribble. At the Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday, Gribble said that the club is soliciting com munity support for what it con siders to be an excellent attrac tion. Family dues are $50 per year, and an individual mem bership is $40. A social mem bership is available for those who wish to participate in club activities and not play golf at $10. Barbecues and other events are planned for the social sea son. The club is offering a month's free trial for any family or po tential member. They need pay green fees only during the month. Otherwise, play among residents of this area will be restricted to members and it is expected that this will be held to 80 families. Clubs are now available for rent at the clubhouse. Green fees are $1 per nine or $1.50 for 18 or all day's play. Matches are planned for the summer with Kinzua and Mc Nary clubs. Condon is now put ting in a course, and matches will be scheduled with golfers there at a later time on a home-and-home basis. Chamber to Hear Talk on Highways Larry S. Smitton, district maintenance superintendent for the State Highway Department Pendleton, is scheduled as guest speaker for the noon luncheon meeting ot the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce on Monday, April 3, it is an nounced by Mrs. Avon Melby. program chairman. Smitton will talk on restric tions which have been placed or highway beautifica t i o n, and what to do to meet standard re quirements. Also, it is expected that he will discuss new infor mation on future highway dc velopments for this area. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital during tr past week and are still receiv ing medical care, include the following: Kenneth Palmer, Lexington; Florence Zachary, Fossil; Trena Jordan, Kinzua; Florence Dalzell, Condon. Those who received medical care, and were later dismissed were the following: Shannon Kelly, Heppner and Treve Gray, Heppner. Shannon Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly, Heppner, returned Monday mor ning from a stay in Pendleton Community hospital following an emergency appendectomy performed Thursday, March 23. Shannon, a fourth grader at Heppner Element a r y school, made the hurried trip to Pen dleton after tests at Pioneer Memorial hospital indicated the seriousness of her condition. Ac cording to her mother she is feeling much better and glad to be home. Contrary to Infor mation Being Pub lished, I Still Buy Wool. Cornett Green Heppner Boardman Park District Through the cooperation of Union and Wheeler counties, the Hoard in an Tark and Recre ation district will benefit by a boast in funds from the State Marine Board. County Judgo Paul Jones said this week. Counties are eligible for shares of marine funds from the state on a matching basis when they have waterways that mav be developed. Any county which cannot qualify for its share, the ludgp explained, can give or loan its funds to other counties. Thus. Union county has agreed to turn Its $2510 over to Mor row, and Wheeler will do the same with its $2100. With the $2132 to be received as Mor row's share, the county will I have $7,012 from this source. 'The county court has agreed to I turn the money over to the ; Boardman district for develop I ment of the park there. This will be matched bv part of the j $13,000 that the district is em powered to lew bv taxes. With the remaining $S,000, the Board man district will have $22.0ti this year for development of Its park along the Columbia River, the judge said. The plan is to build boat docks on dry land and to trans fer them to the water of the Umatilla reservoir when the pool Is raised, starting after April. 1968. The Boardman district will al so provide boat ramps, parking space for some 100 autos and trailers, rest rooms, and lawn and turf, over and above the picnic area and other facilities that will be Installed by the Armv Corps of Engineers. "Morrow county is going to be proud of Its parks and rec reation areas on Lake Umatil la." the judge said. The present football field at Riverside High will be develop ed as a swimming area when it Is covered by water us the lake rises. Just east of the pres ent school yard is an area that will be a fairly deep small boat harbor. The judge spoke on the mat ter at the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday. He said that it Is questionable whether the Army Corps will proceed with its previous plans to make a boat basin and park area at the mouth of Willow Creek be cause of the silt and sedimen tation problem. He said that other park devel opments on the Morrow county shore will be among the best recreational areas along the c THIS COULD BE THE A penny saved 1$ more than a penny earned if It's in a First National Bank of Oregon savings account. Interest builds up at a surprising rate-and with so little effort on your part. If you're one of those people who say, "But I can't save!" First National has an automatic savings plan called Save-O-Matic. Any sav ings teller can tell you how easily it works, At First National your savings are safe and sound ... In Columbia River. Other members pointed out that the recreation al possibilities are great be cause of the fact that there will be tnanv miles of sandy beach es while the McNarv pool is flanked by rock cliffs princip al ly. Judge Jones said that he be lieves a park district Ls feasible In south Morrow county for de velopment of fish Impound ments and recreational areas. "I think we may have missed the boat by not making a coun ty wide recreation district when the Boardman district was form ed," he said. Tom Croon, a student at EOC in La Grande and Margaret Green, from the University of Oregon, were at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her man Green for last week's spring vacation. The family and Leslie Kayo Meador trav eled to Odell Sunday for din ner with another son, Lawrence, on his birthday. Margaret and Leslie boarded a bus at Odell to return to their schools in t'ugene. Birthday greetings were at tended Ed Gouty at a surprise dinner arranged bv his wife at their home Monday evening. Present to extend their good wishes were Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Harris. Mr. and Mrs. BUI Farra, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman and Cathy, and lVmg, the Gunty's son. Janet Palmatoer. Arlington ro deo princess; Mr. and Mrs. Don I.lnnell. Marcl and Brock, and Mrs. Bill Snow, Jodl and Nell went along Saturday, March 25, on a trail ride sponsored by the Horseflies 4-H Club of Arling ton. The ride, with about 35 people participating, began at the Bud Philllppi ranch and followed a route along the John Day river. COLE ELECTRIC Motor Rewinding INDUSTRIAL COMMKRC1AI FARM AND HOME Pendleton 276-776! I - Mmbr Fadiral Dapoilt My.jfe? ' - Q) Gets Boost The Boardman park district was authorized In an election last July. Dean King Is chair man of the directors. Other dir. ectors are Art Allen, Harold Ba ker. Emmet t McKen.le and Bob Slcard. Members of tlie Morrow coun ty court went to Snlem to tes tify riHvnllv on a bill favoring broader use of state marine funds. At present a county must have lakes or waterways large enough for gasoline motors on boats to qualify for a share of funds accruing from sale of li censes to owners of small craft. Nancy WUcoxen, dauqhtor ol Mr. and Mrs. Charles WUcoxen, was home for Spring vacation from Blue Mountain Communi ty College. Those ipendlng Easter week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Nolan were their daughters and families. Mr. and Mrs. Krauktlii Miles, Don na and Glenn of Clarkston. IVn.; Mr. anil Mrs. James Boll of T.iconia, Wn. Also, their son .iihI family, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nolan. Christina, Michael, Tcr ne Ann and Grace Hawk; Mrs. Nolan's mother. Mrs, Myra K. Peck of Lexington and her bro ther and family, Mr. and Mrs. IHumhl 1'ivk, lionny and Shur on of Pilot ItlH'k. For Weed Cull on Mel Boyer Spraying - Dusting - DRY OR LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATION A GOOD JOB AT A FAIR PRICE You Can Find Us All Year Around AT LEXINGTON AIRPORT Phone ? . tf jay a r- START OF SOMETHING I sured up to $15,000 by the Federal Deposit Insur ance Corporation. Big Interest ... big convenience ... big safety , . . three good reasons to open a First National savings account now. 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