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Willamette Valley Ram Sale Slated Af Albany Soon By GENE WINTERS County ExUfialon Aqont Tin Morrow County Kxtennlon offlrp him rii'clviMl ni(tli) of thtt WIIIjiiucIIk Vnllcy Haiti Silo to be held In Albany. July 22. HicimIh to Ih mild art' Itomncy, Lincoln, Corrlednle, Columbia, I'tilli-d Dorset, t'hevlot. North Country Cheviot, Shropshire, HnnipHhlie, Snutlidown, and Suf folk. Further Information on till Kale In available at the Exten sion office, Rodont Proofing Necessary The urnlu division of the .State m-partnient of Agriculture IKilntx out the iiiH-eitKlly (or ihmUImk' k'ritln Hlomj-it plucen ro dent ami hlrd iirixif. 'Hire or more of uiiv mmhlnution of ro dent ih'IIi'In andor hlrd dropp ing In a repreiuntntivn mi triple (about 2 iMiundnl for the orig inal Miitnple hit will tie graded "nmplo jtriide," din 1 1 net I y low (ludlllv. A seizure notice wilt he placed on t hut lot of wheat until the atute Inborn torlea ran determine whether ir not Nalmonelln lit prewnt. No contaminated wheat will he re leaned for human use. If It con tain Hiilmonellit It will not he released for animal feed until Ntx-ctul heat treatment destroy the nalmonelln bacteria. Settlnq Tallur Analyied Failure to act fruit In a com mon problem with cucumber and tomato pin Ms this time of the year. With cucumber and other cucurbit fruit will not set until both mule and female flower are produced. Knrly In the neason only male flower are produced. With tomatoe a completely different situation Ik responsi ble (or failure to set fruit on earlv flower. Slnr each toma to (tower ha both male and female part the lack of female I lower 1 never the problem. liw nh'.ht temperature (about 50 decree Ft during the devel opment of the flower part caus es a blossom chop This damage can occur two to three week before the appcurmuo of the flower. In uch case the flow er Is itstlned to be unfruitful In-fore It open. The Interval between the time the damage due to cold occur and the time opening flower will mi fruit 1 variable. The duration of the cold period and the ti-jniK-rature following the cold period will Influence this Interval. Eradication Posalbla Wild morning glory stunds can Ih- nearly eradicated with spot slcrllant treatment or re duced tii to 80 percent with an nual 2,4 D application program. THA. I'RA. iH.ii.nbor (TilA borate mixture), dlcamba (Han vel l)i or Heloram (Tordon) are materials recommended for U"-e when applied according to the label. These material can be applied In Morrow county any time the morning glory patches can be found. In summer fallow this can be anytime after the bindweed emerges In late May until frost. Stubble field appli cation should be made any time after harvest when the bindweed plant are still green and can be easily found. The application should be made primarily on the soil. Heavy foliage growth may In tercept the chemical enough to reduce control. There Is no fire hazard or danger from livestock poisoning with these herbicides when used according to the label. The restrictions for use are listed on the label. Large ucrcnge summer fallow treatment using 3 pounds of 2, 4 1) per acre Is effective when used every year. Application of 2, 4 1) amine or acid (do not use ester form) on summer fal low should be made In early August nr. ureas kept fallow un til late June or the first of July. In the crop year application should he made In the stubble after harvest. Mrs. Velma John of Portland is n guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. Pete McMurtrv. She return ed home with the MeMurtrya from Philomath on Sunday after thev hud attended the Philomath College Centennial reunion, which set a record attendance over all of Its past reunions. McMurtry, as this year's assoc iation president, presided over the day-long celebration which marked the 100th birthday of the college founding. M LOOK! A Lucky License, worth 100-rigbt now! n M M More than 500 other new winning Oregon license numbers this week... from $5 up to $2,500 -check the new list of winning numbers posted every week at Standard Stations and Chevron Dealers. By the way, what' your, license number? niiriinnii nrit rne . M linCinuii UEHLCno McAlmond Takes Firm War Stand (Continued from page 1) eem to go on a If the war wa not In existence, the speaker aid. Hut while he win there. "It Deemed a If the sound of Runflre wa constantly In my car." McAlmond told how the Viet cong ha Kystemutlcully gone about killing the .South Vietna mese leadership, Komelhlng that It almost Impossible fur them to replace. He pointed out that If thU happened In I hi country, other would be ready to step In be cause they are educated for It and prepared for It. This, how ever. I nm true In Vietnam. While In Vietnam, McAlmond' had a pass that permitted him to travel on most airplane available, and during most of travel, he went alone. Tall of GI Attltud He Interviewed many of our soldier. "1 asked the CI' how they felt about the war," he said. "Thev would generally an swer, 'What do you mean?' 'Then I would av, 'Do you think we should be here?' And they nil told me the name thing, 'We've got to he here. We've seen the atrocities perpetrated by the Victcong. We've got to make Congress realize they (the South Vietnamese) can't be overrun.' " On t reels and rural road In Vietnam there 1 an almost con stant flow of military vehicle. 'The sight of the military buildup I breathtaking when you see It," he said. lie showed picture of school being built by the South Viet namese under USAID. With the help, classroom are being con structed at the rate of 100 per month, McAlmond said. Fisitage also Included picture of member of the Victcong who had defected to the south. At the present time, the Victcong are dcfcrllng at a rule of two time that of last year, the visitor ald. Some (10,000 have defected In the past several years. McAlmond said that If It Rave him a very strange feeling to confront these men who had on ly a short time before been kill ing, or attempting to kill U. S. troop. The visitor, who never referr ed to Senator Morse In his pre sentation, summed up hi pos ition on the Vietnam war In his concluding statement. "We have learned lesson by bitter ex perience that the Insatiable desire of those who would Im pose their will bv force on a free people cannot be satisfied by appeasement anil cannot be quenched by weakness." Church Young People Plan Camping Session Heppner and Irxlngton Christ lun church young people, who have been In the fourth through the sixth grades, will attend the Junior Co-ed camping session at Cove Christian Camp from July Ifi until Julv 22. according to Al Hoschee. pastor. This group Includes Robonall Riddle, Dvrk Dunlap John Peter sen. Cvde AILstott, Barbara Mc Carl, Janice Edwards, Lynda Baker. Mike Bergstrom, Rnndy Ball. Robert Hughes, Joyce Mar quardt, Carol Hughes. Carllta Marquardt. Lolita Marquardt, Jimmy Mnrquordt, Sally Wish art and Susie Wlshart. Mrs. Vern Nolan, Heppner, will be a counselor at the camp during the Junior Co ed sessior Examiner Coming A drivers license examiner will be on duty In Heppner Tuesday, July 18, at the county courthouse between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Persons wishing original licenses or per mits to drive are asked to file applications well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure time for completion of the required license test. LOSE WEIGHT Get smailng remit when you take our product callod SLIMODEX. No prrarrlptlan needed. Tou must lorn unly fut or your money bock. SLIMODEX Is a tablet Mid easily wallowed. No starving', no spec ial rxenlse, no harmful drug. SLIMODEX coat 3 00 and ia sold on this GUARANTEE: If not mitlsfled for any reaaoa Just re turn the unused portion to your drugglat and get your full money bark. SLIMODEX Is sold by: MURRAY REXALL DRU03 317 N. Main Mall Order rilled. H M M CTiiinHDn CTHTiruiC jihiiuhhu oihiiuiij tt Story is Hoax, Man Arrested On Check Counts J. W, Kverett, former welder foreman for I'aelfle Can Trans mission Company, had a good many people excited about some proposed construction work be fore It whs found that hi story was a hoax, and he wound up In tall on charge of obtaining money under false pretense. Kverett, who came to lone some three week ago In a ve hicle bearing Texaa limine plate, represented himself a n foreman and paymaster for Pa cific Ca Transmission. He told resident he wu there a an advance man for the compan; iy. which wa planning to bring In a crew of some 200 men to do some const met ion work on a pipeline In Hay Creek canyon to extend aerof the John Day Itlver. Among those to whom he told the story wa Mayor Jim Bur nett, who sought to determine how housing might be obtain ed for the big crew. Kverett wa known to many in lone lnee he had worked on the I'GT pipeline when It was constructed In 11. He had the reputation of being reliable and responsible, and go when he sought to cash ome check In lone, he had no trouble doing so. He wrote cheeks totaling $110. The check proved to be with out funds, and Kverett wa ar rested June 28, the night after he left lone. He had $81 cash In his possession. It wa learned by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman thut Kverett was wanted by Grand county, Colo., for violation of probation on check charges. He was ar raigned In justice court of Low ell Cribble here, and bail was set at $2500 on the local charg es. But District Attorney Herman Winter said thut the local charges were dropped when Kv erett waived extradition to be returned to Colorado, and an of ficial of Grand county was due Monday to take him back to that slate. Everett was being held In the Umatilla county Jail. The $H-I will be prorated buck to tlie three lone bust nesses who accepted his checks. The Gazette-Times, having heard of the possibility of the big crew coming to lone, check ed with Roger Thompson of Spokane, Wash., in charge of public relations for Pacific Gas CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 22 THE FOR Here If Illness Claims Chester Wright Funeral services for Chester Kverett Wright, age 60, were held Sunday. July 9, at 2;00 p.m. Ml the First Christian church, Hcpprier. The Hev. Al Bowhee officiated and Interment follow ed In Heppner Masonic ceme tery with Sweeney Mortuary In charge of the arrungemenU. Mr. Wright died Thursday, July fl, at St. Anthony hospital, Pendleton, following a lingering Illness of several months. He wa born March 31, 1D07, In Mercer County, Missouri, the son of Arthur and Lucy Wright. He came to this area In 1928, and worked In farm labor on various county ranches. He Is survived by hi mother, Lucy Wright of Heppner; and two brothers, Hussell. of Kod !ak, Alaska, and llarley, of Heppner. GOP Meet Slated For 4 Counties Morrow county's Republican Central committee will be host for a 4-county meeting of cen tral committees here on Friday, July 14, Mrs. Herman (Pauline) Winter, chairman of the Morrow county committee, states. The meeting will be In the upstair room of the Elks' Tem ple, starling at 8 p.m. Counties participating Include Gilliam, Sherman, Wheeler and Morrow. Five from the State Republi can Central committee will be present, Including Irving Enna of Portland, who is chairman. Invitations are extended to all presently elected Republican of ficials In the counties and to all members of the central com mittee to attend. Transmission. Thompson had heard nothing of the project, and telephoned Paul Long, fore man on the gas compressor sta tion hmldrt fur PfyT nrnu nnrlnr. I way at lone. Long, aware of the developments, reported to the I paper that Everett's storv was a hoax. Mayor Barnett at lone said that men of Pacific Gas Trans mission are "high caliber" and rather resented the fact that one of the former employees had perpetrated the hoax and pass ed the cheeks. m mmr GAZETTE-TIME Friendship BEGIN A SUBSCRIPTION AND SEND THE PAPER PLUS I CENT Is THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO- Start a New Subscription for Yourself at the Regular Rate of $4.50 Per Year and for lc More You May Subscribe for a Friend or Relative (Who does not now get The Gazette-Times) for a Full Year. O THIS 1c BARGAIN IS GOOD FOR ALL NEW SUB SCRIPTION ADDRESSES PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS MAY ALSO RENEW THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS Whether the renewal is now due, or a payment in advance, a present subscriber may renew his paper for a year at the regular price of $4.50 and for $1.00 more start a NEW subscriber. Subscribers who have paid their accounts since June 1 may also take advantage of this special offer. Just bring or send in $1.00 for a new subscription of your selection. SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE ON THIS OFFER NO TELEPHONE ORDERS, PLEASE Funeral Service For Charles Toll Held Saturday Funeral service for Charles L. (( buck) Toll, 28, of Spray, who died In an accident Monday night, July 3, four mile west of Spray, was Saturday, July 8, In the First Christian Church, Heppner, with the Rev. D. L. Penhollow, pastor of the Red mond Chrbrtlan Church, offici ating. Interment was in tne Heppner Masonic cemetery, and Albce's Mortuary of Condon was in charge of arrangement. Toll wis born September 3, 1938, in Kooskla, Idaho. He lived In Redmond for a short time and attended high school there, but had been In the Spray area since about the age of 16. He wa unmarried. The young man entered in the army and served In France, lie was discharged about two years ago and had been working lor his brother-in-law, Don Griffith, on a ranch owned by Slate Treasurer Robert Straub at Spray. Toll's body was recovered from a car in the John Day River last Wednesday after a skin diver had reached the submerged vehicle. The auto, which Toll was driving, had struck a guard rail and gone Into the river- His brother, Leonard Toll, of Hepp ner said that it is believed that the accident occurred about 11 p.m. Monday. Chuck had worked through the day Monday on the ranch and was going to Fossil, appar ently planning to attend the Fourth of July celebration at Condon the next day. Dr. John Linn, Gilliam county medical examiner, said that death occurred before the car en tered the river. The accident was not discovered until last Wed nesday morning when a motorist stopped to investigate the dam aged guard rail on Highway 19. Broken glass, a tire, wheel and rim and Toll's checkbook were found on a rock ledge some 30 feci below the highway. OH on the water and bubbles uere the only indication that a ear was submerged in the river. The body was still in the auto when the skin diver reached the wreckage. The car was hoisted from about 15 feet of water to a point where it caught on a ledge. Divers succeeded in open- Subscription Offer FOR YOURSELF AT THE REGULAR PRICE TO A FRIEND FOR lc A YEAR IN OUR Your C HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July 13. 1967 L. E. Ruhl Wins Who's Who Prize L. E. Ruhl of Lexington wing $30 In the Who'g Who contest for the week, concluded with a drawing of the wlnniw? entry by Mm. Fred Hosklns, who acted as contest Judge, Tuesday. Ruhl correctly identified We Sherman as the Who'g Who of the week and listed the 10 clues taken from advertisnenU of the July 6 paper. They were: P. U., flying fingers, Pintc Pong, ONPA. Chamber of Commerce, Gamma Sigma Pica, grandpa, James, Award Winner. The contest winner receives $5 for naming the mystery per son and $25 for listing all the clues. Another contest, sponsored by local merchants, Is in the paper thla week. Entries must be plac ed in boxes either at Peterson's Jewelers, Murrays Rexall Drugs, Gontys or Wagon Wheel Cafe. On the entry slip must be the name of the entrant, the name of the Who's Who identified, and the clues that were found in the advertisements in the July 13 Issue. Friends here hare) been in formed of the recent death of Eldred Corson In Victorvllle, Calif. He was raised in the lone community, the son of Mrs. Del la Corson, now deceased, and has returned to visit here fre quently. lng a door and removing the body. Traffic on the highway was limited to one-way for a short time while the operation was in progress. Wheeler County Sher iff Malcolm Keys and state pol ice were on hand to direct the recovery. Toll was well known here and had participated in the Morrow county Rodeo. He was a member of the Northwest Rodeo associa tion. He is survived by his step father and mother, Mx. and Mrs. Bill Richards of Spray; two brothers, Pfc. Ted Toll, who is home on emergency leave from service in Korea, and Leonard Toll of Heppner; and a sister, Mrs. Don (Joann) Griffith of Spray. Chuck's father, Gilbert Toll, died in a similar accident about 3l4 years ago when his pickup truck plunged into the reservoir of Detroit Dam off the North Scintiam highway. HEPPNER p A TT TPS XN A "H hance to Save Farewell Planned A farewell dinner will honor Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager and family at the Lexington Christ ian church. Saturday evening, July 15. All friends in the area are invited to attend the 6:30 potluck dinner. The family la preparing to move to their new home in Merrill, where Sager has been transferred to a new position with the First National Bank of Oregon, Mokes Honor Roll Release of names of Univer sity of Oregon honor roll stu dents by the university's news bureau omitted one of the Mor row county students who achiev ed this status for both winter and spring terms. Miss Jean Stockard, daughter of Mrs. An ita Stockard, Heppner, complet ed the past two terms of her sophomore year with a grade point average above the neces sary 3.50 required, and during the past term carried 20 hours of study in preparing for her math major. She will return to the university this fall for her junior year. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients who were admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital during the past week, and are still receiving medical care, are the following: Millie Doolittle, Heppner; Ed Buschke, lone; Sophia Barr, Heppner, and Mary Wright, Heppnper. Those who received medical care, and were later dismissed, were the following: Joann Rob ison, Heppner; Dorothy Close, Fossil, and Ruby Fulleton, Hep pner. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Walker, Condon Air Force Base, are par ents of an 8 lb., 2 oz. daughter, born at 3:41 a.m., Wednesday, July 12. She is their first child, and has been named Jacqueline Renee. From Portland including Flatt's Truck Service PHONE 989-8420 For Fast and Dependable FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE Daily Overnight Service Saturdays MOVING? CALL US GENE ORW1CK 99
