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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. ThuKday. January JO. lS SIRVAT con Hcppncr Soil and Water Conservation District SILVER ANNIVERSARY Annual Meeting Program 25th Year TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1969 7:30 P.M. LEXINGTON GRANGE HALL 1. Opening Meeting 2. Business Meeting 3. Election of Two Supervisors 4. Introduction of Guests 5. State Conservation Winner Introduced by Louis Carlson TALK: "WATER FOR MORROW COUNTY FARMLANDS" By Charles W. Hodde, Chairman Northwest River Basins Commission D CT MARKS 25m YEAR REFRESHMENTS Compliments of Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District DISTRICT ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR 1968 Four major projects head the list of District Activities for the year 1968: Detail soil survey of the north part of the County. Formation of croup and survey to start Penland recre ational project. Survey on Rhea Creek for a small watershed (P. L. 566) Pr'orf;anization and planning Committee meetings held on Columbia-Blue Mountain resources area. Held 10 regular meetings, 2 special meetings and one annual Annual report published and circulated in local paper ard received Commendation for Excellence in Contest and presenta tion for our 1967 annual report. , Made survey for water storage sites in helping to co-sponsor an irrigation project in north part of County. ..... Observed Soil Stewardship week, "A Time For Initiative . Co-sponsored Farm-City Week and held annual banquet. Held two tours: Forestry-Soils tour for school children and Conservation tour for adults Sponsored the Soil and Water Conservation Speech contest. All but one land operator has signed as cooperator with the district. First district in Oregon to be this close to 100 signup. The second consecutive year to have a winner selected from our district as State Conservation Man of the Year Louis Carl son in 1967 and Peterson Brothers in 1968. , Own and rent equipment to district cooperators. Eighty Co operators used district equipment and stakes. ... . f 1 ; -f ' ' j, .--:r.,r::,-..-, "tyb4r, ." , OREGON CONSERVATION MEN of the Year are the Petenon brothers Herb (left) and Bob (right), of lone. Ai Petema Broi. they were chosen Morrow county Conservation Men of 1968 and were ncCa State Conservation Men at the Oregon Wheat League meeting n December, the ijecond consecuUve year that this honor has come to Marrow county. Louis Carlson was chosen Morrow county and State Conservation Man In 1967. Morrow County Gets State Honors In Conservation for Second Year For the second consecutive year statewide nonors nave come to Morrow county as the result of practices conauciea here bv conservation-minded ranchers. Pntorsnn Bros., ranch opera tion of Herb and Bob Peterson southwest of lone, was selected for Conservation Man of Year honors at the Oregon Wheat League convention in Portland in December. They had been chosen as Morrow county Con servation Men earlier in the year. Meeting Held to Consider Underground Water Situation DISTRICT OBJECTIVES FOR 1969 Encourage continuation of contour and wind strip cropping, stubble mulch fallow, diversion ditches, contour farming, subsoil ing, grass-legume rotation and all other needed conservation prac tices. . . . ,. Continue to maintain conservation equipment for use by dis- 4 n JjiT onnniirn trvrt: Complete the high intensity detail soil survey on the north four townships of Morrow County. Continue the push for a pub lished soils report of Morrow County. rnntiniio to rncnuraie and cooperate with Oregon Wheat League in selecting the Conservation Man of the Year. Work with the Port Commission and County Court to get a Reclamation Irrigation Project started in the north end of the County. . . , Complete the Penland Recreation Group Project. Work for start of construction on the Rhea Creek small water shed project. Bring to the attention of all people the importance of conser vation of our natural resources and its effect on their economy. To encourage urban, rural and city people working together for that end. , Carry out a well-rounded conservation program through par ticipation in the Goodvear Conservation Award contest. Continue to sponsor activities to better acquaint youth with observation of our natural resources Conservation speech con test Soil workshop and judging contests send boy to attend con servation range camp. Encourage observance of Soil Stewardship Week with all Churches in the district. . Affiliate with, and be represented at the State and National Conservation Associations. Be represented on all committees of the Columbia-Blue Moun tain Resource Board. By GAIL McCARTY i The HeDDner Soil and Water Conservation District sponsored a ioint meeting recently, rcaturing the State Engineer's office and the U. S. Geological Survey, to discuss the underground water situation in our area. Chris Wheeler, state engineer, and James Robison, ground-water hydrologist for U.S.G.S., were present to present their views and answer questions. Robison explained that he was working on a cooperative study with the state engineers office on the problem of de- r-Hninu untpr levels in the Ordnance area. He said that deeper water is much outer than shallow water. Most of the wells studied are in water bear ing zones in basalt. These are reecharged only according to cracks in basalt layers exposed to water. On the problem of deep wells affecting shallow wells, he pointed out that an uncased well drilled through one water zone and into anoth er will drain the first into the second zone thereby drying up wells drilled only into the first zone. Wheeler stated that ground water follows the same laws as surface water, pointing out it all comes from precipitation. He then followed the history of Ult'KUU VVtlltl IjtlVVS, uir I first water rights act of 1905 to present. He emphasized tnat his office "encourages the use ANNUAL CONSERVATION REPORT Heppner District now has 348 cooperators which includes 1,077,9S4 30 ifewcooperators signed district agreement sheets for 106,780 12 basic conservation plans were written on 121,729 acres, 72 acres of contour strips and 240 acres of wind strip cropping. 216 551 linear feet of diversion ditches (41 miles) making a total of 275 miles of diversions in the District. 164S ft. of drainage, 438 ft. of tile drains and 1216 ft. of open drains. . , ., , 51 stock ponds, 3 farm ponds, 10 erosion control dams and 1 wild life pond. , , , . 14 372 linear ft. of channel change and channel improvement. 68 acres of land leveling and 27 acres of rough leveling. 8043 linear ft. of irrigation mainline, 3 irrigation structures. 1 flume 4 spring developments and 6 acres of sod -waterways. Assisted 20 farmers on 860 acres of grass and grass-legume seed- FielcMrial grass plantings on five farms in selection of better grasses for our use. of every drop of water that can be put to a beneficial use with out damaging an existing wa ter riuht." He -cloned with an appeal to well owners to require a pumping test on all wells to determine output and to main tain a record of water levels in each well throughout the years. SWCD Supervisors RAYMOND FRENCH, CHAIRMAN KEN TURNED, VICE CHAIRMAN DICK McELLIGOTT, SECRETARY ED GONTY, TREASURER BRYCE KEENE ALBERT WRIGHT DAVID BAKER GERALD PETERSON Advisory Supervisors D. O. NELSON O. W. CUTSFORTH RAY HEIMBIGNER PAUL PETTYJOHN As the state winners, the two will be hosts for the State Con servation Tour to be held later this year. In 1967. Louis Carlson was chosen Morrow county's Conser vation Man, and he and his family were hosts for the state tour last summer. The Petersons' ranch operation embraces some 7400 acres, ol which 5400 is in cropland and 2000 acres in rangeland. Part of the operation Is on the Holmes Gabbert ranch. Stubble mulch bed prepara tion adapted to the lands be tween diversion ditches and con tour strips, contour strip crop ping, diversion and seeded wa terways are among practices that mark the operation. In the 1968 season, 2800 acres were in stubble mulch and 700 acres on one place were in contour strips. More than 17 miles of diversions have been established, and im provement has been made on l4 miles of channel to dispose of water collected from water ways. Subsoiling, range improve ment and weed control also played a part in their selection for the county and state honors. Accomplishments Noted On Silver Anniversary rt'i in 'i j Wlfihlman, Kbb Hun!ns, O. W. ii..t tlm lltmnmr JH'MIV - - tiWCU celrbratt's lis 25th year mint i ii itun vnftr Ol dormancy during World War II. Morniw eoumv nan ucunimu . ...,Pif if fht Hiulrhi. 1 1 Will 1 1 1" wwi i The original sujMTV.Hora saw a greui niMMi ana ine rruu ae k.,i..n miiLifinrllniT Some accomplishments are: 12 of Oregon's strincropping io Ol ireKiin uivi-i.-ivh v,-rnces Largest acreage of stubble mulch in Oregon Rangeland managed and rat ed In good condition Boon selected Oregon's No. 1 district twice ami No. 2 one.. Had three State (oiimmabUo.) Men of the Ver wlnrn'r. Had one Stale Conservation MMHH'h champion n( ,,our o hers reached state finals -Had a film and TV show nv.de of Morrow county conservation 100 of Its farms as coopei- ators (this mav be unl'ie' Out of 66 Oregon hvUDs. Heppner'a Annual Keport was cited best In 1968 With a Utile promotion ami a lot of hard work and planning. Irrigation acreage and gross product from Irrigation could Increase 100 times. Morrow coun ty mav Rtow from 4000 to 40.. 000 population In 25 years. The Golden Anniversary report will Include this predicted growth. Completion of Penland Project Scheduled for Year of 1969 By O. W. CUTSFORTH i.. rwmlwr 1067. an option was obtained from Shirley RugR by Morrow county ana tneounc Game Commission to purchase both Penland Prairie and Kelly Prairie for the purpose of mak ing improvements on these sites for recreation purposes. Upon the maturing of this op tion, the State Game Commis sion, due to technicalities, was unable to finance the purchase of these lands so private funds were obtained for this purpose. A movement stanea dv rmtt Croon and others toward developing the Penland site, with the cooperation 01 "--Heppner Soil Service and the Morrow county, was initiated by the selling of za nome sues i $3,000 each in order to finance the project. i ....... with the including of the Forest Service, the protect now has every appearand- m success. , ,, . The SCS made a detailed sur vey of the site and reservoir. Soil samples were taken and ex cavations were made toward the feasibility of the site and prot ect With favorable reports from these efforts it was omura ui a Joint meeting of the four agencies involved to go ahead with the project and finish it in 1969 if possible. The SCS engineer is now de signing the dam which will be 34 feet high and impound about 65 acres of water and it is hop ed the dam will be completed in 1969 so it can be filled the winter of 1969-70. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT January 1, 1969 OF Rhea Creek Project Showing Progress By BRYCE KEENE The Rhea Creek watershed de velopment received an alloca tion of money from The Small Watershed Act, to be used for a survey made by the State En gineers. On July 2, 1968, Dave Hall and Galen Bridge of the State Engineers, attended the meet ing of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District, and discussed the work of locating possible sites above Ruggs with reports of cost estimates and water storage potential. This work was to be done through the summer of 1968, and a report will be made at a la ter date. Bank balance January 1. 1968 - Received from cooperators on account Cooperators credit Net income from cooperators Subsidies from SWCD Morrow County Fair Board ..$1,865.90 89 25 ..$440, .. 33, .. 20. .14 ,89 00 Total income Minus cooperator credit Bank deposits for 1968 ..$494. .. 1 ,03 .25 ..$492, Disbursements during 1968 a-1 .4 a I nmkorchinc piiv, uuta aim mellow""-. 24 Stewardship materials 3g Stamps : -ina Advertisements and notices Freight on stakes on Hall rental (two meetings) J' State audit tn' Awards & trophies 1Q Treasurer bond gg L,iaoiiiiy liisuidui-c 25 Eighth grade tour 10 Repairs (Gopher Getter) - :.78 192.7S $2,358.74 .00 50 80 97 .72 .00 ,00 ,00 .00 .00 00 ,06 Total expenses Paid out by checks Bank balance January 1, 1969 Value of equipment ..$478.05 478.05 ..$1,880.69 .. 1,164.81 Total cash and equipment January 1, 1969 .. ........ Accounts receivable ?,lur., Accounts credits ..$3,045.53 1.30 I 1, I Net accounts receivable .. Equipment rentals for 1968 Gopher getter 35 per Grass drill 50 per Noble blade 50 per Packer &0 Per Terracer 1-25 per ..$106.45 acre, Minimum $5.00 rental acre, Minimum $5.00 rental, acre, Minimum $5.00 rental acre, Minimum $5.00 rental acre, Minimum $5.00 rental $ 38.30 $190 00 $ 21.00 $ 30.00 $ 5 00 Sales land leveling Survey stakes Total Rentals $284.30 stakes $ 80.10 108.79 $188.89 $188.83 Total sales and rentals for 1968 $473.19 Submitted bv EDMOND GONTY, Treasurer THE FOLLOWING ARE HAPPY TO JOIN IN SPONSORING THIS REPORT IN THE INTEREST OF CONSERVATION Turner, VanMarter & Bryant Bank of Eastern Oregon First National Bank Farley Motor Co. Morrow Co. Grain Growers Heppner Inland Chemical Co. Mike Gray Auto Repair Heppner Auto Sales Cornett Green Feed Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Pettyjohn's Farm & Bldg. Supply Fulleton Chevrolet L. E. Dick Padberg Machinery Co. Gar Aviation HEPPNER SOIL and WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
