HEPPNER GAZETTE
County Agent's Office
Local Wheat Growers
Concerned by Salmonella
By GENE WINTERS
Morrow County Extension Agent
Wheat c rowers need to be con
cerned about salmonella infec
tion, according to a report made
by a State Department of Agri
culture representative to the Pa
cific Northwest Crop Improve
ment Association meeting in
Pendleton recently.
Regulations have been chang
ed so that era in with certain
types of contamination cannot
be used for human or animal
consumption. Now in addition
to loss in weight and food val
ue contaminated grain could be
subject to diversion from food
or feed uses in the coming sea
son. In the case of salmonella
contamination the grain must
be either buried or burned.
All harvesting and handling
practices which insure clean,
dry grain will help prevent sal
monella infection. Salmonelli
bacteria thrive under conditions
of 14 to 20 percent moisture and
90 to 102 degree temperatures.
For more information about
producing and marketing clean
grain ask the county extension
office for Fact Sheet 119.
Seed Certification
Applications Mailed
Seed certification application
forms are being mailed this
week to those growers receiving
an allocation of Nugaines seed
wheat last fall. Wheat growers
wishing to produce certified var
ieties from all or part of their
Moro, Wanser or McCall stands
should req u e st application
forms from the county extension
office.
Among the requirements are
that the seed planted must be
from Oregon tagged or other
approved source. The land must
not have grown an indisting
uishable variety for" at least two
years previous to planting time.
Nugaines is indistinguishable
from Gaines. Moro is indisting
uishable from Omar.
Cherry Fruit Fly
Emergency Announced
With the emergence of the
cherry fruit fly home gardeners
with bearing cherry trees will
need to make timely spray ap
plications to assure worm-free
cherries. Applications every 7 to
10 days of Methoxychlor, Sevin
or Diazinon until harvest are
recommended. As much of the
foliage around the cherry tree
as possible should be sprayed.
Further details are found in
the "Spray Schedule for Home
Orchards", available from the
county extension office.
County Well Represented
At USDA Conference
Mororw county was well rep
resented at the tl. S. Department
Wheat Marketing
Study Expanded
A wheat marketing study,
carried on the past year by
states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho and the grain indus
try of these states with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, will
be expanded in scope July 1,
1967.
The project, participated in by
the Departments of Agriculture
of Oregon, Washington and Ida
ho, the wheat commissions of
these states, industry and the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture's Consumer and Marketing
Service, has covered the effect of
storage and handling on wheat
from various areas.
Ben Allen, an assistant direct
or of agriculture for Oregon, has
been the project leader as of
July 1. An Oregon State Univer
sity graduate student, Myron
Shenk, has been working on the
project on a part-time basis.
Grain is sampled from repre
sentative grain elevators in
wheat producing areas of the
three states at random, from
representative rail cars as they
are unloaded at the terminal
and at the farm storage places
as time and money permits. The
sampling and testing will con
tinue over a three-year period.
The project was started in April,
1966.
Added to the project this year
will be a study on the protein
content of wheat by groups of
heavy wheat-producing areas
within the three Northwest
states.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burken-
bine and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Hollomon took a short vacation
trip to Reno and Virginia City
from Saturday until Tuesday.
Forrie's mother, Mrs. Herb Case,
of Poulsbo, Wash., stayed with
Lisa, Connie and Alan Burken
bine and the Hollomon children
have been with Jerry's mother
in Milton-Freewater Mrs. Case
plans to return to Poulsbo at the
end of the school term taking
her grandchildren for a short
visit.
Boxboard for making signs
and decorations at the Gazette-Times.
- TIMES. Thursday. June 1. 1967
of Agriculture "shirt sleeves"
conference hold in Pendleton
last week. Ten county ranchers
were present among the 120 per
sons there representing all ag
riculture and livestock commod
ity groups, farm credit, farm or
ganizations and allied groups in
eastern Oregon.
Ranchers met at the Invita
tion of the Secretary of Agricul
ture to present their views about
the status of agriculture. The
testimony will be forwarded to
the secretary.
Essay Says Life
Of Bucking Horse
Not So Rough
(Ed. Note: The following es
say was written by Rita Petty
john, student in the English
class of Mrs. Dennis Doherty at
Heppner High school. The teach
er asked the members of the
class to assume the role of an
animal or an inanimate object
and write from their point of
view. Miss Pettyjohn took the
point of view of a bucking
horse, and her essay was judg
ed outstanding bv the teacher,
and it is reprinted that others
might enjov itt.
ROUGH LIFE?
Some people would say I
have a rough life and this sport
should be outlawed. Boy, what
fools they are. What they really
don't know is I have one of the
easiest lives for a horse. You
see, I'm a bucking horse. I have
the shortest working hours of
any horse. And boy, what fun
it is to buck those cowboys off!
The day of the rodeo is so ex
citing. All the cowboys come
and all the people of the town
turn out. The rodeo starts and
it's time for the bucking events.
The men run us into the chutes
and the cowboys throw their rig
gin' on us. Then finally the
time has come and they open
up the chutes and I buck as
hard as I can. I try to throw
the cowboy off and as far as
I can.
While the cowboy is on me
he has to spur to make any
points and a qualified ride. This
is what everyone thinks is so
cruel to us. But really, it does
n't hurt and it only lasts for
eight seconds; then I am free
to roam around and do as I
want for the rest of the day.
The reason it really doesn't
hurt too badly is because their
spurs aren't too sharp and the
flank strap is padded with
cowhides so it doesn't bother
me. And, as I have said before,
if the cowboy is riding me for
a bareback horse he only rides
me for eight seconds and then
sometimes not even that long.
If the cowboy is riding me for
a saddle bronc, he has to stay
on me for ten seconds. Cowboys
can usually ride me longer in
the saddle bronc event. That's
why I prefer to bareback; it's
easier to throw them off.
After I have had my one ride
for the day I am turned loose
out in my corral or pasture with
my friends, and that's the end
of my work for the day. Usually
I just lie around and talk to
my friends and eat and sleep.
Boy, do they ever feed us well.
They have to keep us in good
shape so we will have lots of
energy and pep to buck those
cowboys off.
We have just about the eas
iest life of any horse. It's us
ually the cowboys who get hurt,
so I try to be careful. Once in
a while I accidentally kick one.
Once I remember, when a cow
boy rode me and the pick up
men came to get him off, just
as he leaned I went the other
w?'" wow, did he hit hard! He
broke his arm and had to have
it in a cast for a long time. I
really felt sorry for him but
that's what he gets for being
so smart and riding me.
There's only one thing I don't
care about in the rodeos. That's
when some days I don't feel
very well and have the blues
or Frille, my girl friend, and I
have had a fight. (You know
we feel blue just like when boy
friends and girl friends have
fights, but I guess some people
don't realize this). When I feel
this way and they open the
chute. I just don't feel like
bucking so I just stand there.
That's when my work is the
hardest. My master comes over
there and gives me the hot shot.
He doesn't like to hurt me but
it sure does give me some get
up and go. My master tells me
that when I'm at work I should
forget about everything else. So
that's what I try to do and as
long as I do that, I don't get a
hot shot.
Well I'm sure you can tell
from the above things I have
said that we do have an easy
life. Bucking is the same to us
as your work and we don't
think anything about it because
it is just our work. So don't
feel sorry for us; just come to
the rodeo and watch us and
enjoy us. When you come to
the rodeo, look for Cowboy's
Nightmare that's me.
Sales Increase
On Low Calorie
Dietetic Foods
By MARJORIE WILCOXEN
County Extension Agent
As people attempt to become
slimmer, sales figures for low
calorie foods fatten. The combin
ed sales of low-calorie fihwls and
soft drinks have increased ten
fold in the last five years. Lat
est break-through for the cal
orie counters is a new product
that looks and tastes like sug
ar hut contains only about one
sixth the calories.
People are asking us many
questions about the synthetic
sweeteners. What are they? Are
thev harmful? Do they have any
food value? Can a chemical
take the place of an agricultur
al product? and so on . . .
What are they? When you
buy synthetics, what are you
getting? Unlike sugar, synthetic
sweeteners are not a food. They
are simply a sweet-tasting
chemical with no nutritive val
ue. There are several typos sold
in both the dry and liquid form.
An organic chemical 300 times
as sweet as sugar was discover
ed by accident in 1S79. Sacchar
in was manufactured on a com
mercial scale first in Germany,
and later in the United States.
Although saccharin was the
fore-runner, the real break
through on low-calorie foods
and beverages came with the
development of "cyclamates," a
more palatable, non caloric
sweetener. The cyclamates re
moved the major objection to
synthetic sweeteners a rather
unpleasant, lingering aftertaste.
Most of the chemically pro
duced sweeteners sold in the re
tail markets today are 90 per
cent cyclamate and 10 percent
saccharin. This blend gives the
advantage of the Intense sweet
ness of saccharin wilh enough
cyclamate to mask any unpleas
ant aftertaste.
Sucaryl is an example of a
saccharin and cyclamate combi
nation. It is made in two forms,
sucary l sodium and sucaryl cal
cium. The latter type is intend
ed for those whose intake of
ordinary salt (sodium chloride)
must be restricted. Since low-
calorie sweetners vary in
sweetness it is important to read
the label for instructions on use.
USES: About half of the com
mercial production of synthetic
sweetners goes into low -calorie
soft drinks, dry base beverages,
and canned fruit. Salad dress
ings, dietetic jellies and jams,
breads, pastries, ice cream, can
dies and a number of other
foods are also often prepared
with synthetic sweetners.
Salp nrnmntinns nf artificial
I sweetners have been geared to
and accepted by many hopeful
dieters. However, evid e n c e
makes it clear that synthetics
alone can't take off unwanted
pounds. Coupled with good eat
ing habits, they can be helpful.
SAFE TO USE?
A daily, moderate use of ar
tificial sweetners and, or artific
ially sweetened foods is regard
ed as safe by the Food and Drug
Administation. However, the
long-time effect of excessive and
exclusive use of artificial sweet
eners is not known. If you are
on a special diet it would be
well to consult your doctor as
to the type of sweetener you
should use.
WHAT'S NEW?
A granulated sugar-replace-
mpnt that Innks ariH tastps lilep
sugar, but contains only about '
one-sixth the calories, is now
being test-marketed. This prod
uct can be used from the sugar
bowl to sweeten beverages, cer
eals, fruits and juices, and re
portedly has the same sweet
ness as sugar.
The density of the new sweet
ener is not identical with sug
ar, and this means that the
manufacturer is having to spe
cially adapt some recipes.
County Committee Alumni
Entertained on May 24
The Morrow County Home Ex
tension Committee Alumni were
honored with their annual lunch
and program by the present
county committee on Wednes
day, May 24, at the Fair Annex,
Heppner.
The highlight of the program
was a presentation by Mrs. Gar
ry Tullis and Mrs. Fred Martin
of lone, on flower arranging.
Mrs. Tullis explained equip
ment and supplies used to ar
range flowers with a profession
al touch. She demonstrated tech
niques using these and a touch
of artistic ingenuity that could
be developed by most of us. Mrs.
Martin showed colored slides of
flower exhibits at fairs and
flower shows, these were com
mented on by Mrs. Tullis.
Those attending were: Alum
ni: Barbara Witherrite, Viola
Berger, Emma Drake, Claudine
Warren, Ida Slaughter, Ruth Mc
Cabe, Faye Ferguson, Irene No
lan, Edna Fetsch, Lola Ann Pet
tyjohn, Faye Munkers, Vida Hoi
iker, Ola M. Ruggles, Elaine
Rietmann.
Present cou n t y committee
members: Beverly Wright, Mil
dred Rhea, Marge Acock, Glad
ys Connor (unable to attend),
and new county committee
members: Bea Luciani and Iva
Booker, and Marjorie Wilcoxen,
county extension agent.
Granddaughter Born
Mr. and Mrs. John Venard
here received word of the arriv
al on Sunday, May 8, of a new
granddaughter in their family.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Venard of Santa Ana,
Calif., and has been named Cyn
thia Lee. Cynthia weighed 7 lb.
3 oz. at birth; she joins two
brothers, Johnnie, 5, and Eddie,
3.
Regional Forester Plans to Retire;
Charles Connaughton Named Successor
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HERBERT STONE
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman, announces the
retirement of J. Herbert Stone
as regional forester of the For
est Service's Taclfic Northwest
Region and the transfer to that
position of Charles A. Con
naughton, regional forester In
California since 1955.
"It Is with genuine regret that
I accept Mr. Stone's request for
retirement," said Secretary Free
man. "He has boon a devoted
and able leader ttirough more
than two score years of Forest
Service progress."
Stone has headed the scenlc
allv and economically import
ant Pacific Northwest Region of
the Forest Service since 1951. A
veteran career civil servant, his
Forest Service employment be
gan in 192tJ with seasonal work
in the Allegheny National For
est in Pennsylvania while he
was still studying for his Mas
ter's Degree in forestry at Yale
University.
In the ensuing years, he
moved steadily ahead In his ca
reer from ranger to forest su
pervisor to assistant regional
forester in the East, the South,
and North Central Regions. He
served for a short time as dir
ector of the Central States For
est Experiment Station, and in
1946 was named Regional For
ester for the 12-state Southern
Region of the Forest Service.
Five years later he was ap
pointed Regional Forester of the
Pacific Northwest Region with
offices in Portland. Stone's re-
Mrs. Anderson
To Return Soon
Mrs. N. C. (Esther) Anderson
and son Rick will leave Niamey,
Niger, Africa, to return to the
United States on June 17, and
her husband will start for home
on September 2, according to a
letter received Monday from the
Andersons.
"We will spend three days in
London, then over the polar
route to Seattle on the 21st,"
Mrs. Anderson wrote. "We plan
to spend a week or so there with
my sister and brothers, then on
to Portland and Milwaukie to
be with Connie.' Just four weeks
now, and we are really count
ing the days."
Anderson, who served as coun
ty agent in Morrow county for
a number of years before ac
cepting the Africa assignment,
is sending pictures of the dedi
cation of the N'Dounga project
and also the visitation of it by
President and Madame Diori,
Mrs. Anderson wrote.
"Our Ambassador requested
they be sent to your paper; he
is especially pleased with the
publicity you have given on
Nel's work.
"Our days now are torrid,
tropical days, and the nights are
just as sweltering. The humid
ity is extremely high as we are
having a few storms, but not
much rain as yet.
"Nels made a trip a Ouaga
dougou, Upper Volta, this week
to drive back a Dodge truck for
the project. He leaves again this
week-end for Lagos, Nigeria, for
a Jeep. So ho is getting a break
from his intensive work on the
project. His students are able
to carry on now with some su
pervision from the Peace Corps
volunteers.
"We hear Morrow county Is
green and prospects are for a
good harvest year. We hope It
continues so.
"We are anxious to see the
familiar fields and hills again
and breathe the fresh air. See
you this summer."
Abrams Has Survey
Tour With Directors
Bob Abrams participated in a
survey trip of the Board of Dir
ectors and other officials of
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege Monday and Tuesday, May
15 and 16.
The group inspected facilities
and construction at Lewis and
Clark College, Green River Com
munity College in Auburn,
Wash.; Tacoma Community Col
lege; Highline Community Col
lege, in south Seattle and Shore
line Community College In north
Seattle. They also heard an ad
dress by Dr. DeBernardis, pres
ident of Portland Community
college, during their stop at
Lewis and Clark.
Information from the trip will
be used during planning for the
third phase of the BMCC build
ing program to get underway
soon.
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CHARLES CONNAUGHTON
tirement will be effective June
2.
Charles A. Connaughton, the
new Regional Forester In Port
land, has a lifelong career In
National Forest management
and forestry research. For the
past 11 years he has been Reg
ional Forester In the California
Region, serving as chief admin
istrator for some 20 million ac
res of National Forests In the
state.
Morrow County
CROP-WEATHER SUMMARY
May 29. 1967
By GENE WINTERS
Morrow County Extension Agent
Fall planted barley tully
headed out and looking very
good, A slight amount ol
ireeie damage observed in the
earlier maturing area. Extent
of damage from frost earlier
in the week not determined,
but thought to be slight even
though much of the grain was
in a susceptible stage of de
velopment Fall planted wheat matur
ing rapidly with a high per
centage headed out Rain over
the weekend beneficial to all
grains, but wetted some hay.
Rain covered wide area report
ed to be from 0.5 inches in
high elevations to 0.2 inches
near bombing range. Haying
underway throughout the
county.
Fertilizing and working
summer fallow continued dur
ing week.
UUVJ
HARRIS COMBINE
SAVES GRAIN - SAVES MONEY
BETTER THAN EVER - MORE DURABLE
Guaranteed TO OUTPERFORM ANY OTHER COMBINE
... and WE'LL PROVE IT! . . .
WE'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER DEAL, TOO!
New 1967 Model 908 has 41 New Features Automatic Hydraulic Leveling
Higher Capacity Shortens Harvest Period Large Rear Wheels S Tires for Smoother Rid
Exclusively Built for Hillside Harvesting Gets More Grain . . . Cets Cleaner Grain In Tank
Outperforms and Outlasts Any Other Hillside Combine
SEE THE NEW 1967 HARRIS 908 AT:
HEPPNER
Phone 676-9103
Minimum Freight
On Stock Ordered
Represent at Ive Irvln Mann
has boon advised that the Pub
lie Utilities Commission will
sunn Issue (in order uulliori.lug
the a ppl lii t ion of minimum
fiolnht rates to pooled ship
ments of livestock.
Tin' order Is the successful
culmination of a struggle not
off bv Mann In the spring of
I'.Hiti when an order bv the coin
mlsslonor forced application of
excessive freight rates to small
shipments of livestock even
though thev wore Included In n
full load.
Representative Maun Intro
duced n bill now ponding til
the legislature to make the
minimum rate application a
matter of law but has with
drawn his support from It,
pointing out that It has boon his
position nil along that the bet
ter wav to accomplish the low
er rates was through admlnlx
Iratlvo notion such as the new
PUC order will provide.
Adding machine tape, 23c roll,
Phone 676 9228
The 10th of the Month is The
Business-Professional Man's
PAY-DAY
Always pay your bills by the 10th of the month.
Remember, the way you pay today, is the way you
are building your credit record for the next
RED BOOK
Credit Bureau of
Umatilla County
SLOW AND PAST DUE ACCOUNTS ARE COLLECTED BY THE
ADJUSTMENT DEPARTMENT, PAY YOUH SLOW ACCOUNTS
NOW AND AVOID HAVING THE ACCOUNT TURNED IN FOB
COLLECTION
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OF THE
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Service
Ciiiiki
Midyear Survey
Of Ranches Set
Many Oregon farmer will bo
contacted (luring the midyear
crop nntl livestock survey con
ducted bv the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Across: the country more than
tm.mo f;irms will be visited tho
last (lavs of Mav and the early
part of Juno. Survey result,
along with reports mailed In bv
some 110,000 crop reporters, will
lie collected by USDA' Statis
tical Reporting Service and used
an the basis fur the season's
crop acreage estimates. The In
formation wilt bo Included In
the Julv crop and livestock re
ports released bv the Crop Re
port lug Service in lHirtland.
"Farm operators who are .con
tacted In person will be risked
about land use, planted acres
In the various crops, livestock
numbers, farm labor, rind wag
es." nays State Statistician Leon
ard Orvold. A similar type of
survey, emphasizing livestock
dntn In conducted In December.
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Phone DU 4-5600