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HEITWEK CAZEnXTIMES. Tbundoy. May 2. 1968 Sediment Problem Told in Booklet Br RALPH BICXARDS Soil Conservation Sorrlc For years soil erosion has been considered a menace to the welfare of the nation with em- lihasla on the damage in farm. land. What perhaps has been dredfJA our harhnra llA la.' iph our rewrvolrs diminish In their mpucny, we are reminded of this problem. One can rend mnra ahnnr thla In a new publitution of the Soil Conservation Kirvir llcttA overlooked by many la the called. "Sediment It's Filling damage eroded soil does to ev- Harbors, Lakes and Roadside eryone everywhere. As we clean Ditches." The Soil Conservation our drinking water, as we 'Service In the Gilliam & Bis- bee building has copies for those who wish them. The Publication points out that more than a half billion cubic varan or eroded anil r dreded each year from streams, navigation rhannk Kttmria and harbors at a cost of 40 cents a cunic yara. cost or keeping it out of these places through nrnfw.p mn,rvArliin nriiAlltw.. would be only a fraction of that. Not onlv Is sediment ormliie. ed from farmland it comes from building sites, along roads, and streambanks. Conservation work can reduce sedimentation by as much as 90 percent. HELP LB.J. With the ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM in settling the Restless Natives DONATE To The . . . RED CLOUD Lawn and Tree Service For the Benefit of B1U Red Cloud and Family 17 Years Experience Insured, Bonded, Dependable and Darn Good Work Anderson Has Leading Role in Stock Tnpleheader1 Soma it that tnwx aaM In IK. iv swiy ft .ii an ncr sheep and cattle industry will HDcak durlnir a II header" sclieduled for Oregon btate Unlversily May 2, 3 and The schedule Includes a steer finishing school and meeting of be the afternoon dedication of League Position Stays Unchanged Br JOHN WELBES FRUIT TREE PRUNING TREE TRIMMING TREE TOPPING ROOT PRUNING COMPLETE LANDSCAPING Ornamental Plant Trimming Topiary and Japanese Landscaping Waterfalls and Rock Gardens OUR SPECIALTY SHRUBBERY FOR SALE (If we Dlant. we CliaranfPAfnr a vonr 20 ft. Tall Birch 7 & 8 ft TaU Norway Maple 7 to 12 ft Tall Scotch Pine 20 (ft. Tnll Vm1 Blue Spruce Green Spruce Please send cdl Smoke Signals tos P. O. Box 207. Fossil. Ore. RED CLOUD Lawn and Tree Service OUR MOTTO: "Why be trimmed by your Mends when you can be scalped by Red Cloud?" Reports havA hfwn iw-i.lt rH from some areas of Orecon that the Oreenn Wrinnt f:mui.ni League has chanced its no- sit on In reonrriii m thn vim withholding action. The LpaptIA stltl annnnrt. Its orlclnal resolutions which are as follows: limiting maiket offerings of farm commouiucs as a means of rais ing farm prices. We also recog nize that much nf nur IT S fnrm production Is exported and must remain oricA mmrvt t va in oer 10 do soia, and that a with holdiniT art Inn which Its nrf an companled by efforts to adjust production so as to reduce total commodity supplies will not be oeneuciai in tne long run. Wheat Growers League cannot support a withholding action mat flfVfl nnf A kl nmnii-n A austic means to protect export marKeis ana adjust total supplies." The LeAPIlA And Pnmmtimlnn have alwn continue to work in marketing urn-mulls mat win increase pro ducer income. The most recent announcement- nf thin l th marketing fivmnncinm thnr to n be held in Miravnir Matin Mo., 23 and 24 and sponsored by the wheat commissions of Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Mnn. tana. PeonlA nf nnHnnnl have been invited to speak on a ii nnasps nr farm harrro n u uaiEuiiiiiit: Kepresentat iv e s from the U.3.D.A., f arm Bureau, N.F.O. Granee. Co-ons. Kpnatnr Mnn dale, and others will - r- . w.. uie program. the newly formed Beef Improve merit Federation, May 2; the OSU Animal Science Depart ment's annual Beef Day, May and Sheep and Wool Day, May 4. Frank Anderson of Heppner Is state chairman of the Beef Im provement Federation and will lnrticli)ate In the rinv'a event Thursday (today). He will be chairman of a meotinu in ho held In the afternoon. Also nlunnlnp In Atlnnit tmn here nrn Cnil extension anent, uick Wilkinson ana possibly Ned Clark. Dean PrLxrhkmv-hr DQtT tension llvextrx-k sruv-lnliut niH cattlemen will get a chance to near such exrjerts a nr Arr Linton nf.fhA Amorlpan IT...A- ford Association nt Kansam Cltu and Dr. R, 11. White of Armour and l.omuanv. I h rnim ri crnu. CUtabllitV. finish Kl7A mil roln tlve value of steers at the May i meeunc. The beef Imnrnvnmnnr eneulnn will begin at 10 a.m. with the judging or a live pen of steers which will be slaughtered and displayed for carcass evalua tion following the Beef Day pro gram May 3. Clarence Burch of Oklahoma, president or the new Beef Im provement Federation, will ex plain the role of that organiza tion. whlrh WflQ fnrmnA In Ttm uary as a coordinating body for an mate ana national Deer lm Drovement pffnrtM Thnr nnrr nf tne May i program will be held in w tnvcombe Hall. Beef Dav will eet nnderwnv jvniy oi9 a.m. in Withycombo Hall with a talk hv T)r Whito on "lne bteer of Today and To morrow." Author and conserva tionist Hawk Hvde of Klamath Falls will discuss th enmnntn. bilitv nf eaftlA anH uMHllfn Manning Becker. DSII pvtoncinn farm management speciaist, Will talk flhnilf (vnnnmtn nnnl.r- sis of beet ranch operations. Higniignt or tne program will the new OSU fixvt mill, rvm Mishler of Portland, vice presi dent of Oregon Feed, Seed and supply Association, will oilici ate. Marlon Mnrpan nf the Butler Steel Corp., Kansas City, will dlNCUsa rurwnr trnrt In fi-od and animal housing at the ded icmion program. Sheepmen also will have a chance to practice their Judging skills when Sheep and Wool Dav Pets undenvav Mav 4' nt 9 a.m. A pen of lumbs will be Judged In front of Wlthycombe Hall. alailfrhtArArl. ind nnrvnutf evaluations made during a tour of the OSU Meats Laboratory that afternoon. J. R. Broadbent of Utah, vice president of the National Wool erowers Association, will dm- i u b . . r. t 1 1 r rtwt mnl In a IIia sheep Industry. 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