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is outdated for present day con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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Colo., for an Easter visit In
Heppner, Mrs. Kit Gisirgo and
baby son arrived Wednesday,
March 22, and have been stay
ing with her parent. Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Van Winkle. They
have been visiting with other
friends and relatives hern and
plan to make a trip to Walla
Walla, for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar George
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cook and
Mr. mid Mrs. Clay Phillips
traveled together to Kiwall lo
attend a dinner given by tha
Eastern Star for the Miutonlc
Lodge In Fossil. They rcMrtcd
a pleasant time, seeing old
friends and enjoying the ex
cellent program which Includ
ed a performance by the Wheel
er County High school's girls
drill team, a recent winner of
second place In state competition.
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