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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, Mareh 7. 1968 Growth of Irrigation BringsOutNew'Lingo' By GENE WINTERS County Extension Agent For much of Morrow county inert; is a new lingo Doing gpok en in larm circiei. The new lunKungc or words have to do wan Hie Increasi-d popularity of irrigation ana can include init mis. uourcviaiions, as well as words. The more common abbrcvia Hons used are cfs, epm and psl, C'fs refers to cubic feet of wa ter per second and Is commonly used when civinjr. quantitative amounts of flow in ditches creeks or rivers. A cubic foot of water Is very close to 7.5 Eal Ions. There are a number of ad- vantages to usine cfs instead of gallons. One principal advan tape is with arithmetic of appll cation where one cubic foot of water per second equals one acre per hour. upm retors to canons per minute and is more commonly used in describing irrigation sprinkler head capacities at cer tain pounds per square Inch (psi). Other words of the irrigation ist include infiltration rate, avuiiabie moisture, field capac ity, wilting point, evapo-trans-portation ratio, static head, and such instruments as tensicmet er. Some words have a precise meaning or measurement, while others such as field capacity has a general meaning with practic al use The language of the irriga- tionist includes terms of the en gineer, physicist, physical chem ist, soil scientist, climatologist, plant physiologist and miner. A substantial amount of water in the west is measured in miners inches. Water rights in some states are in miners inches. One cubic foot of water per second is equal to 40 or 50 miners inch es, depending upon which state you are talking about Water Forecast Meeting Planned for Friday Night A water forecast meeting of interest to Morrow and West Umatilla county irrigation farm ers is scheduled for Friday even ing, March o. according to in formation received from Clar ence Underwood, work unit con servationist, for the Boardman and West Umatilla Conservation Districts. The meeting will be held in the Community Center Building In Hermiston at 8 p.m. Bob ueorge, water forecaster with the Soil Conservation Serv ice, will present stream flow and storage forecasts for the area. PTA Schedules Spring Kapers March 22 POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors e Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks e Alemite Equipment 421 S.E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 Chemical Treatment Recommended for Rye One of the more persistent an nual weeds, cereal rye, is be coming evident throughout the county. From most reports, those growers with rye pulling pro grams in the spring have gain ed considerable ground from this pest. Where rye is lainy sona on the edges of fields, in and near fence rows, where crops won t be damaged, a chemical pro gram is reasonable In cost com pared to other methods of con trol. Materials for grass and broadleafed weed control in ar eas not in crops such as stubble cost about $7 per acre. The same materials used for winter fallow are effective for cereal rye and broadleafed weed control. Use 1 pound active (0.5 gal lons) of Amitrole T with 1 pound active 2,4-D ester in 10 or more gallons of water in ground ap plication or 5 gallons by air. Apply before the weeds are 6 inches high. Because Amitrole T and 2,4-D are in general non-residual ma terials, some weeds may germi nate later. Total season weed control can be accomplished us ing soil sterilants. Check with your herbicide dealer or county agent about the limitations for use on land to be planted to crop. By DIANA KINCAID ION'E A Surprise Auction will be one of the features at the ITA Spring Kapers, Mrs. Lee Pettyjohn, auction chairman, an nounced this week. Small uspd or new Items for either children or adults, such as knick-knacks, books, games. etc., are needed for the surprise auction. People In the commu nity are asked to put the dona ted objects in boxes at Brlstow's or In the elementary school be fore March 20 so they can be catalogued. Baked goods or can ned goods may be brought Fri day afternoon. For further Information Mrs. Pettyjohn or committee mem bers. Mrs. Don McElligott or Mrs. Louis Carlson, may be con tacted. More details on Spring Kap ers, scheduled for March 22, will be announced later by Mrs. Bryce Keene, ways and means chairman. Students of Mrs. Robert Rlet mann's class participated in the Sunday morning service of the lone United Church of Christ by giving the meaning of the Len ten Season and by ushering. Those students who took part were Richard Hamiett, BUI Jep sen, John Rietmann, Gregg Jac obs. Greg Wilson, Clint Krebs, D-Ann Barnett, Cathy Cannon, Anne Hoskins, and Christina Llndstrom. "O.C.E. Today" was the theme for Parent Week-end at Mon mouth on Saturday that was at tended by Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mathews. Both Deniece and Ber Rockhound Comer Mrs. R. G. McMurtry attend ed the funeral of her cousin, Mrs. Edna Mills, at Waitsburg, Wash., on February 21. Mrs. Mills, whose grandparents were in the Heppner nood in laud, died on February 19. She was a niece of Sheldon Baldwin, for merly of Heppner. Mrs. McMurt ry drove to Touchet to meet an other cousin who continued to the funeral with her. RANCH ME AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO. Owned and Operated By PAUL N. HANSEN Will be back again this year with two sprayers to offer assistance to the ranchers of this area with your weed spraying problems. This will be my 21st season in this area, and I wish to express my appreciation of your past and continued patronage. LANE APT. NO. 5 PH. 676-9294 HEPPNER The Rockhound meeting of March 2 was called to order by President Eleanor Gonty. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bar nett, and the parents of Mrs. Barnett. Several reports were given by members. Ruby and George Miller reported on rock shows which they had recently attend ed in California, and Mary and Pete McMurtry discussed the equipment which they had re cently purchased in Portland with club funds to be used in work of the club members. Mrs. Miller continued a talk on chal cedoney; Walt Edger reported on the corneilian and sand stones, and Mr. Miller discussed characteristics of the chryscolla and chrysocrase. Rachel Harnett presented information on the jasper. A greeting was extended from Ora Evans to all club members. The next meeting is schedul ed for March 23 at the old Wag on Wheel dining room, now owned by the McMurtrys. All in terested persons are invited to attend. On the agenda is a re port on bloodstone, to be given by Ed Gonty, with other mem bers to report on iris agate, fire agate and agatized wood. niece Matthews, who are stu denu there, took part In the many campus activities. On the return trip home the Mathews stopped for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ely in Salem. The Markham Bakers return ed home on Monday evening from their winter residence in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree. ac- companied by Miss Lolah Wil son, drove to Portland on Sun day to visit Mrs. Edris Llnds trom In the Good Samaritan hos pital. Miss Wilson remained In Portland. Driving to Kennewlck on Sun day afternoon for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rex Fisk were Mrs. Amanda Warfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carlson and children. H f n .1 -I lrH Dill Onmrl .nifl 11,. Dill, iUIB UliJ UVIKUVllli and Rudy Bergstrom attended the funeral of Frank Tews, fa ther of Paul Tews, In Seattle on Saturday. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Ruby Tom lin Montgomery, wife of L. A. Montgomery, of Beaverton. Mrs. Montgomery was a 1917 gradu ate of lone High school, and was a resident here many years ago along with her brothers, Archie and Eddie Tomlin, and a sister, Mrs. A. W. Howry. Serv ices were held in Portland on Tuesday. Recent visitors at the Blaine Chapels were Mr. and Mrs. Rho Bleakman of John Day. Mrs. Tom Fraters of Grass valley al so spent a few days here last week. Patti Pettyjohn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pettyjohn, at tended a directors meeting of the Oregon Barrel Racing Asso ciation held in Portland on Sat urday. Miss Pettyjohn is direct or of the northeast Oregon area. Mrs. Judy Andrew of Corval- lis spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer. Sunday dinner euests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wate Crawford were Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Crawford and family of La urande. Visitors at the Darental Gar Swanson home this week were Mr. and Mrs. John Swanson and girls of Portland. Saturday night guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen and Mrs. McMahon of Kennewlck. lArchle Munkers are visiting this Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Martin, week with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Melene and Mark, drove fromiStender in Salem Othello, Wash., this week-end to visit his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Fredrick Martin. In addition to those Antl-Llt-ter posters displayed last week In local businesses the art work of Sherl Wilson. Charles McEl ligott and Joel Peterson are now on exhibit. This Anti-Litter cam paign Is a project of the lone Garden Club. Monday, March 11. will be Ladies Kite at the lone Lions club with members and their wives to enjoy dinner at 7:00 p.m. followed by a colored trav elogue, and other entertainment. Everyone Is Invited to come to the Willows Grange Hall on Fri day, March 8, at 8:00 p.m. for an enjoyable evening of square dancing. A potluck snack will follow around 11:00 p.m. Guest caller will be Don Arkell of Pen dleton. Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Llnds trom drove to Tacoma this week-end for a visit with their son, Steve, who Is a student at Pacific Lutheran, Friends will be glad to know that Bill Melena has been dis missed from the hospital and is convalescing at Delamarter Nur sing home in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs, Ray Helmbigner were guests this week of their son, Tom, for Dad's Week-end on the university of Oregon cam pus in Eugene. Also enjoying the busv week-end. which in eluded basketball games with Washington State and the Uni versitv of Washington, were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lundell. who were guests of the r daugnter. Chervl. and Walt Jacobs who visited his son Jim. Mrs. Gordon Meyers, Mark and Lisa, were overnight guests Friday at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn Me Cool. State Youth Officers Visit On Sundav afternoon mem. hers of the lone United Church of Christ Sunday School class were hosts to a caravan of state youth group officers and also Condon High school. Folk sing inn and Plans for the Mid-Win ter Conference, were on the agenda. State officers present were Gail Kann. Buz Elgin, Jim Coates and Lvdla Robinson who were accompanied from Portland bv Miss Kulh Bailey, state air ector. Rev. Dick Trotter, Larry Tombleson, and Rod Trotter were guests from Condon. Local students who enjoyed the after noon were Chuck Nelson, Keith Nelson, KrUtin Nelson. Scott Wilson, Christine McCabe, Bar bara Boyce, Sharlene llamlett, Sue Jepwn, and Ricky Boyce. Also attending were Rev A. H. Hazzard, Mrs. Norman Nelson and Mrs. Lindsay Kincald. OREGON TRAIL ANGUS SALE HERMISTON, OREGON MARCH 16 Held at Northwestern Livestock Auction Yard on Highway 30 30 BULLS 30 FEMALES Sale Starts 12:30 P.M. Sponsored by Oregon Angus Ass'n. For Catalogs Write HAROLD RANKIN 809 Tamarack, Hermiston, Oregon 97838 BESTLAND ROCK PICKERS! MODEL 876 unloads Into truck r swath 4000 lb. hopper capacity adjust ablt ' , ii.h an. n.a tnrtna wnoeis onu tteel tines tire. MODEL 876 Unloading Typical Bestland owner re port: There is no equal to a Bestland for strength and clean picking." i , - - MODEL 624 With Center PuU Tongue or with Side Pull Tongue for picking beside the tractor by simple adjust ment tow or pick directly be hind tractor 6' picking swath adjustable spacing of Vt square spring steel tines -4 wheels and tires. Low, low price. Write. Phone or See Gray's Repair Heppner, Oregon 97836 Phone 676-5541 or 676-5395 Nikanders Return From Church Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikande ' have returned to their home af ter spending several weeks in the Los Angeles area, where they went to attend the Four Square Gospel church conven tion. The couple spent several days vacationing in Pacific Pal isades before going to the con vention, which was held in the Angels Temple in Los Angeles. After their meetings, the coup le spent time visiting friends in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and San Francisco before resuming their trip home. In Corvallis, they visited with Rich Peterson, a former Morrow county resident. 2,4-D Simizen Atrizen Amatrol-T Amine LET US CHANGE YOUR TIRES for mk DnVBBBffl WE WILL 1. Take Off Your Two Winter Tires 2. Mount- Your Two Summer Tires 3. Balance Your Wheels ALL FOR ONLY FORD'S TIRE SERVICE HEPPNER PH. 676-9481 Buturic Brominal Banvil-D Lorox Kuron Tordon Benzac Trysben Weedon Karmex Cytrol Dowpon How Can We Keep You GROWING HERE'S HOW NH3-- AQUA--N-S0L-23 DRY FERTILIZER SPREADER FOR RENT 120 Gal. 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