HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Tttunday. March 28. 19G3 I
County Agent's Office
Moisture Blocks Set
To Test Soil Needs
By CENE WINTERS
County Extension Ajent
Soil moisture, as well as rain,
is one of tln more popular top
ics of conversation litis season
throughout the county. Most of
the concern Is for the eslimated
153.0UO acre wheat and 15.000
Here harlev crop and raneelands.
A short sunnlv of irrigation wa
ter for hay and pasture lands Is
critical for the livestock pnxluc
crs.
Farm windbreaks suffered
throuRh 1967. Where Irrigation
water is available these should
be irrigated. The evergreen con
iters such as pine, fir, spruce,
arborvitae, cedars and junipers
are especially vulnerable this
season after a dry summer, fall
and winter. Evergreens use some
moisture throughout the winter.
Two series ot soil moisture
demonstrations will be estab
lished on Morrow county farms
this spring. Soil moisture blocks
will be placed in the soil pro
file In irrrigated wheat to deter
mine root penetration and water
use. Blocks will be placed at
one foot Intervals to five or more
feet of depth. Weekly moisture
readings will be charted during
the season. Such information for
the different soil classes will
promote better irrigation man
agement. These trials will be on
the Sagemoor and Ritzville soils.
A second demonstration will
be established using soil mois
ture blocks on summerfallow
wheat land that has been sub-
soiled and on that which has
received normal tillage. Read
ings will be taken the spring
of 1969 to determine root pene
tration and moisture use. These
trials will bo used to determine
the value of sub-soiling soils
with compaction layers, thought
to be limiting root growth. I he
sub-soiled moisture trials will
be on the Morrow and Condon
soils.
drcdweleht paid for certified
seed wheat (all varieties I over
uncertilM'd seed. The barley ho
nus per hundredweight was 32e
counting Jill varieties.
These results again show that
certified siH-d Is one of the big
gest bargains for the farm op
erator.
Survey Shows Goods Bonus
Paid on Certified Seed
The Oregon State University
seed certification staff recently
made a survey of seed compa
nies across the state to deter
mine whether or not farmers are
receiving a bonus for the cer
tified seed they are growing.
According to Garv Cooner. cer
tification assistant,' over 80 of
the questionnaires were return
ed. The summary of the survey
shows that in 1967 growers re
ceived a bonus of 37c per hun-
Mrs. Mabel Chaffee returned
Sunday evening from a trip to
Spokane, Wash., where she at
tended memorial services on
Friday for her brother-in-law, F.
A. Chaffee. She first traveled to
Walla Walla, from where she
accompanied friends to Spokane,
and was met in Umatilla by
friends on her return trip home.
Wheat Executive
Tells Benefits
Under Law 480
By JOHN WELBES
Executive Vice-president
Oregon Wheat League
It's alwavs been of concern
whether Public Law 480, the
sale of agricultural commodities
In exchange for foreign curren
cv. has been or any real ceo
nomic advantage to agriculture
and the United States.
The Oregon Wheat Growers
League, the organization tha
sinelehandedly took this new
program In 1951 and developed
a gigantic overseas market, can
now look back witn pnue on
its accomplishments.
Since 1954 over Sltt billion
worth of U. S. expenses have
been Da d abroad in those cur
rencies in lieu of dollars. This
is resulted in a balance of pay
ment benefit in that amount.
h?Z??n Zffi elected for the coming year
Deadlines Near
For Requests
On Crop Loans
Producers who want loans on
l'.Mi7 crops of wheat, barley
oats, a ml rve should ream's
such loans at the A SI'S county
olliee by the owl of April, ac
cording to David MiLooil, office
manager, Agricultural blalnliza-
lion and Conservation Service
office.
Final dates for requesting
price-support loans are npproxl
mutely 30 days prior to llie par
llcular loan maturity date, l
the crop is not placed undc
loan. It may be sold to the Com
modltv Credit Corporation by
notifying the ASCS county of
fire bi-lore the loan maturity
date.
Growers who are considering
the reseal of 19(57 crops under
loan either on farms or in
commercial warehouses also
should file a request for exten
sion of such loans. The 1907
crops eligible lor reseai are
wheat, corn, oats, and parley
Ueseals loans on older crops
which are stored on farms will
be extended automatically with
out the tiling of a request.
Maturity dates for the differ
ent crops grown locally are
April 30 for rve. May 31 for
wheat, barley and oats, and July
31 for corn.
Manager McLeod pointed out
that the price-support loans
make It possible for farmers to
market their crops when prices
are mo;;t favorable. Crops may
be redeemed from loans at any
time prior to maturity by pay
ing off the loan plus interest.
? Quarter Horse
Association Sets
Tune-up Clinic
At the annual meeting of the
Columbia Basin Quarter Horse
Association the following were
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NAMED TO REIGN over the 24th annual Milton-Frcewater Poa Festival and Junior Livestock Show
are (lo!t to right) Princess Susan Heldenrlch, Queen Roberta Parent and Princess Peggy Hall.
Fca Festival events begin Monday. May 6 and run tnru Saturday, May ll.
(Photo by Harris Studio)
Oregon Farmers
ndicate Decline
n Wheat Acreage
and interest from long term dol
lar credit sales are now start-
Harold Buchanan, Hermiston,
president; Dr. James Norene,
nn to come in. aou in intr ipuj- i, ..! .
66 period amounted to 56.6 mil- 'v. K n" secret
., nil ivwij, . ... -J i
. . . . 10("j Jim Strong, Pendleton, five-yeai
During that same period, 19G3- riirpctor. KoUcv Tiller Irrigon
Jim Strong, Pendleton, five-year
;on,
Tot
emphasized overseas procure- ' -"
ment of materials, goods, ana r
services required abroad by U. S.
Government agencies, resulted
in a further savings of $479 mil
lion. The building of these new ov
erseas markets by PL 480 wheat
has now resulted in a rapid
emergence of cash wheat mar-
kets. Japan, Is the best example . excellet from bleacher seats
ian.
Earlv entry of horses for the
Tune-up Clinic was stressed by
Mrs. Donald Smith, secretary,
during her report. Mrs. Smith
said that due to the amount of
time allotted, the number of
horses will be limited. However,
viewing for spectators will be
now being our number one cash
wheat customer.
The Tune-up Clinic, first of
its kind for this area and spon-
Taiwan's PL 480 Imports drop- ""Tk "V-TV-" " ki 5 '
ped from 325 thousand tons in wH
1962 to zero in 1967. It's com
mercial buying cash purchases
kent from 9,000 to 280,000
tons.
The Rcnubllc of Korea: PL
480 wheat imports dropped only
slightly from 337,000 tons in 1962
to 331.000 tons n 1967. But Its
cash purchases from us during
that same period went irom
26,000 tons to 341,000 tons.
Public Law 480 is one gov
ernment program that has not
only been a social success but
an economic one, too. It deserves
to be continued.
ATTENTION, FARMERS!
SALES MAY STOP SOON
Accepting new applications for Federal
Crop Insurance protection may stop early
this year, according to Mary McLeod,
Morrow County Crop Insurance Agent.
New applications on 1968 spring
Barley were stopped a month ahead of
the normal date this spring. Continued
drought makes this more than a possibil
ity on next year's crop.
Anyone intending to apply for a new
or change in their old policy coverage,
should do it without delay.
The Federal Crop Insurance office is
located in the Gilliam and Bisbee Build
ing, Heppner.
Quarter Horse Association, will
be held March 31 in tne new
Round-up Pavilion, Pendleton.
Two top Pacific Northwest
trainers. Hank Alrich, American
Quarter Horse judge and train
er from Aurora, and J. L. Bart-
lett, trainer for the Money
Quarter Horse Ranch, Yakima,
Wash., will give demonstrations
and instructions before Judging
classes in halter, reining, west
ern pleasure, western riding,
cutting and rooms,
The clinic is planned to aid
the amateur horseman to train
and to show his own animal.
For further information on how
to enter call 567-6272 or 567
5971.
According to survey results
lust released by the Oregon Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service,
Uregon larmers Indicate a 6 per
cent decline in planted wheat
acreage from a year ago. intend
ed spring wheat acreage, at 95,
000 acres, is down 8 percent
from a year ago. Spring wheat
acreage plus the winter wheat
acreage planted last fall equals
1.018.000 acres, 78.000 acres less
than planted in 1967. The de
creased wheat acreage is partly
in response to smaller 1968
wheat acreage allotments.
If Oregon farmers carry out
their planting intentions, the
following crop acreages will in
crease in 1968: spring and fall
sown oats, up 16 percent; spring
and winter barley, up 10 per
cent; and sugar beet acreage-,
up 9 percent. Crops registering
acreage decreases along with
wheat are: field corn, down 19
percent: potatoes, down 12 per
cent; dry field peas, down 10
percent; and hay acreage for
harvest, down 5 percent.
Oregon's farmers will be fac
ing the probability of moisture
shortages in the coming growing
season. At the present time, top
soil moisture is in adequate sup
ply in most areas due to Feb
ruary showers and snow pack
run-off caused by mild temper
atures; however, subsoil mois
ture is in short supply in Col
umbia River counties. Stream
flow irrigation water supplies
in both western and eastern Ore
gon are likely to be short due
to the small snow pack at high
er elevations.
lone Public Library Helped
By Club's Annual Benefit
Mike Snyder Serves
On USS Ticonderoga
Commissarvman Seaman Mi
chael R. Snyder, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam I. Snyder of
Route 2, Irrigon, is at Subic Bay,
R. P. aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS Ticonderoga.
The Ticonderoga went to Su
bic Bay following 38 days "on
the line" in the Gulf of Tonkin
off the coast of North Vietnam,
While in the Gulf planes from
the carrier flew more than 700
air strikes in support of U. S.
and Allied ground forces oper
ating in South Vietnam.
In addition to supporting
ground forces the planes struck
the Vinh airfield near Vinh,
North Vietnam. Also strikes
were made against enemy gun
positions, waterborne logistics
craft, storage areas, bunkers and
rocket sites north of the Uemil
itarized Zone.
The Ticonderoga is the first
carrier to return to Vietnam for
a fourth tour of duty.
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By DIANA KINCAID
IONE Topic Club members
were hostesses for an afternoon
of pinochle and bridge play on
Saturday, March 23, at the lone
Masonic hall. Ten tables, dec
orated with spring flowers, were
in Dlav at the annual library
benefit. Approximately $100 was
raised for the purchase of addit
lonal new books for the lone
Public Library.
Prizes were won in bridge by
Mrs. Fa ye Ferguson, high; Mrs.
Virginia Rosewall, low, and Mrs
Lois Hunt, 100 honors, in pi
nochle. Drizes were won by Mrs.
Dot Halvorsen. hlgn; Mrs. nos
sie Marick, low, and Mrs. Ida
Coleman, 300 pinochle. Mrs. Ola
Rueeles and Mrs. Eunice Mcfc.1
ligott were winners of the two
door prizes.
Tn ceremonies directed by
Worthy Advisor Willa Johnson
initiation was held for Melanic
Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Don Ball, last Tuesday evening
in the regular meeting of the
lone Assembly of the internat
ional Order of Rainbow tor oins
Grand officers who were escort
ed and introduced were Martha
Peck, grand treasurer, ana uon
nie Akers. grand confidential
nkcrvpr Other euests were Su
san Melby and Patsy Wright of
Heppner. Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen
served refreshments at a taDie
decorated in a St. Patrick's Day
theme.
Cattlemen's Board
To Hear McMillan
Bill McMillan. Denver, execu
tive vice-president, American
National Cattlemen's Associa
tion, will address the board of
directors of the Oregon cattle
men's Association on Friday,
March 29, Imperial Hotel, Port
land, according to Denny Jones,
president.
McMillan will discuss with
this state's beef leaders details
of the computerized communica
tions marketing program which
will be initiated nationally on
April 2. This activity, which ties
in with the ANCA Guidelines
marketing program, could revo
lutionize our livestock market
ing activities, Jones said.
More than 100 of this state's
leading cattlemen are expected
to attend this board meeting.
Another main topic on the
agenda will include a discus
sion on the NFO (National
Farmers Organiztaion), , which
has been very active in signing
up members from among the
cattle industry. Other important
items on the agenda will in
clude marketing; public lands;
proposed budget and a discus
sion on state taxes and agri
cultural tax assessments. Jones
also stated that this might very
well be the most important Ore
gon Cattlemen's Association dir
ectors meeting in the last five
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Buschke
and children, Brett and Tanna,
of Canyon City visited in Hepp
ner over the weekend at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Swaggart and with
his father, Claude Buschke.
Kristin and Keith Nelson were
among the some 340 Oregon
young people who met in Port
land on March 22. 23 and 24,
for the United Church of Christ
Vnnth Conference. i,ieht discus
sion-study groups were held in
eight Portland area churches
with the main theme of all dis
cussions being "Turn on Youth
Power." The three day affair al
so featured a film festival, ice
skating, bowling, a dance and
an after dark tour of Portland.
In a meeting of the Mid-Columbia
District, Keith was elected
area representative. The two
young people were accompanied
by Mrs. Norman Nelson who
served as one of the leaders for
a study group.
Mrs. Hershal Townsend was
feted with a birthday dinner on
Saturday evening given by Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Childers. The
evening of pinochle that follow
ed -was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs.
Berl Akers, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Dalzell, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hal
vorsen, Mr. and Mrs. John Jep
sen, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Palmer
and Hershal Townsend.
Mrs. Mike Matthews and Mrs.
Berl Akers drove to Monmouth
on Sunday with their daughters.
Deniece and Berniece returned
to register for classes at OCE
and Bonnie Akers was their ov
ernight guest at the dormitory.
Mrs. Akers reported a pleasant
visit with a former junior high
classmate, Mrs. Helen Adisson,
who is now with the Elem. Ed.
Dept. at OCE.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Crabtree were Port
landers, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Meyers.
On last Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Larry Prock of Heppner en
tertained at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen,
with a coffee hour in honor of
Mrs. David Beckham (Tass Mor
rison). Mrs. Beckham and her
husband are leaving by plane
this week for Germany where
Capt. Beckham Is to be station
ed for three years. Guests were
Mrs. Dick DeBishop (Michelle
Morrison) of Ontario, Mrs. Dale
Rodriquez and sons from Herm
iston, Mrs. John Eubanks, Mrs
Hershal Townsend and grand
sons. Mrs. Rav Heimbigner, Mrs.
Herb Ekstrom, Sr., Mrs. Roy
Lindstrom and Susan, and Mrs.
Halvorsen.
Members of Locust Chapter
119, Order of Eastern Star, trav
eled to Heppner on Monday
evening for their district meet
ing with guest Mrs. Laurie
Woodard, grand matron of the
OES. Making the trip were Mr,
and Mrs. Herb Ekstrom, Jr., Mrs.
Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Kenneth
Smouse, Mrs. Jim Barnett, Mrs
Herb Ekstrom, Mrs. Rudy Berg-
strom, Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'
Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Roy W.
Lindstrom. Mrs. C. C. Shaffer,
Mrs. Jim Lindsay, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen.
The spring district meeting of
Epsilon Sigma Alpha was held
in Condon on Sunday following
a luncheon at the Condon Elks
Temple. Local Beta Omega
Chapter members attending the
meeting were Mrs. Roy A. Lind
strom, Mrs. Ralph Kincaid, Mrs.
June Lindstrom, Mrs. Gene Riet
mann, Mrs. Clyde Pettyjohn, and
Mrs. Marion Green.
Afternoon visitors on Sunday
with the Lewis Halvorsens were
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lasson of
Pendleton.
IONE SCHOOL NEWS
Residents are reminded of the
Junior High Athletic Dept. spon
sored outdoor adventure film on
Friday night. The film is in col
or and lasts two hours, 7:30 to
9:30 in the cafetorium.
There will be a National
School Assembly on Friday,
March 29, advance billing shows
a puppet show is scheduled tor
2:40 p.m.
Baseball season starts next
week in the lone schools with
three games slated for play. The
Junior high team meets the
Heppner team here at 3:00 on
April 1. Arlington travels here
on April 2 for the first high
school game set for 3:30. April
the Junior high team will be
Timber Soles Down
In Northwest Area
Timber sales In the Pacific
Northwest Region of the U. S.
Forest Service last year amount,
ed to 4.429,023,000 board feet
with a value of $121,60.000.
This Is a decrease of 3()8 mil
lion board feet from 1966 when
sales In the 19 National Forests
of Oregon and Washington to
talled 4,738,055.000 board feet
valued at $117,951,094.
The amount of timber actu
ally harvested during 1967 was
4.61)9,610,000 board feet, only 59
million less than the previous
year's 4.728,450,000 board feet.
Total value of the 1967 harvest
was $118.437,Cn2, about $l'i
million under the I960 total of
$119,673,808.
Volume of timber sold varies
from the amount cut In any
given year because the period in
which a sale of timber Is har
vested will vary from a few
weeks to several years.
The Pacific Northwest Reg
ion's annual sustained-yield al
lowable cut Is 4.347 billion board
feet. Since havest figures are
averaged out over a period of
years and Include some mater
ial not included In allowable
cut calculations, a slightly high
er harvest figure for 1967 does
not violate the sustained-yield
principle, said Regional Forester
Charles A. Connaughton.
One-fourth of National forest
receipts, including those from
timber, are returned to the
counties having National Forest
lands.
in play in another home game
this time with Arlington.
For the first time In many
vears lone sent several repre
sentatives to the Solo and En
semble Contest held in La
Grande last Saturday, "blnce
this was the first time any of
these students were entered in
competition they did very well,"
rmmmented their music director,
Darrell James. "I was proud of
all of them."
David Marick received a rat
ing of I which is a superior rat
ing on his tuba solo "Mastodon"
bv Guentzel. "He was recom
mended for the State Solo Con
test in Corvallis, however he
had to have his music memor
ized before his performance at
the district contest so next year
we'll plan for that problem
ahead of time," said James.
Among other students partic
ipating were: Neal Christopher-
son who played "Trumpet Con
certo" Movement III by Haydn,
Chuck Nelson played "Melodie"
by Tschaikowsky on his alto
saxophone, Kerry Peterson did a
trombone solo, "Hasse Suite,"
accompanied by his sister, Kris-
tine Peterson. All these students
are seniors.
Others were Jim Swanson,
"Trumpeter's Lullaby" An
derson; Ron Christopherson, a
trumpet solo "Bugler's Holiday"
Anderson; Christine McCabe,
alto sax solo, "Sax-Caprice" by
Harris; and the Choralettes sang
Call To Rembrance" and "How
Excellent Thv Name". Members
of the choralettes include: Con
nie Emert, Anita Crawford, Shar
lene Hamlett, Tanya Tucker,
Janice Snider, Linda Nichols,
Joy Beggs, Terrie O'Connor and
Teresa Tucker.
Principal Harold Beggs at
tended a conference in Salem on
Wednesday and Thursday con
cerning Computer Instruction.
The juniors and seniors are
being taught a special course in
civil defense for the next two
weeks. The class is taught by
high school instructor Jim Johnson.
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Where To Vote
In Morrow County
BLUE MOUNTAIN AREA
EDUCATION DISTRICT
ELECTION
(Blue Mountain Community College)
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
PERSONS RESIDING IN:
School District Voting Precinct No. 18
(Morrow County General Election
Precinct number 4).
School District Voting Precinct No. 19
(Morrow County General Election
Precinct number 1.)
School District Voting Precinct No. 20
(Morrow County General Election
Precinct number 3.)
School District Voting Precinct No. 21
(Morrow County General Election
Precinct number 5.)
School District Voting Precinct No. 22
(Morrow County General Election
Precincts numbered 6, 7, 8, 9.)
School District Voting Precinct No. 23
(Morrow County General Election
Precinct number 2.)
WILL VOTE AT:
A. C. Houghton
Elementary School
Irrigon, Oregon
City Hall
Boardman, Oregon
lone High School
Gymnasium
lone, Oregon
School District
Office
Lexington, Oregon
Heppner
Elementary School
Multi-Purpose
Room
Heppner, Oregon
Rhea Creek Grange
Hall
Ruggs, Oregon
(Pd. Adv. by Blue Mt. Area Education Dist., Robin R.
Woodroofe, Dist. Clerk, 215 S. W. First Ave., Pendleton, Ore.)