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
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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.
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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
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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
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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