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Cake
bakers
compete
All nf Hip county fairs are
mer and 10 counties have
selected their champion cake
bilker loenmpele for the state
crown at the annual Oregon
Wheat Growers League con
vention, Monday, Dec. 16, at
the .John Adams High School,
Portland.
Practically all counties had
more contestants this year
than in previous years. County
winners are as follows : Arlene
Strutz, Umatilla County; Bar
bara Marks. Union County;
Agnes Nash. Wallowa County:
Augusta Kliever, Willamette
Valley; Lucille Ryun, Jeffer
son County; Roberta Garri
son, Morrow County; Mari
lynn Anderson, Sherman
County: Mary Wirth. Baker
County: Mrs. Dick Neal.
Wasco County; and Mrs. Allen
Anderson. Gilliam Countv.
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Pionters In Plasties Fcr Ow 50 Yeirs
Lexington
Pendleton, Hermiston and
Morrow County members of
the Eastern Oregon Historical
Auto Club met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harrison of
Lexington Tuesday evening.
The evening began with a
pot luck dinner served at 7
p.m. The business meeting
was held following the dinner,
with President Bob Harrison
presiding. The next regular
meeting will be the third
Tuesday in December at the
Swarenger home in Pendle
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Sands
are living at the home of Mrs.
Eula Bloodsworth while she is
spending some time with her
granddaughter. Mrs. David
Anderson, and family in Hua
Hen, Thailand, where Mr.
Anderson is employed by the
Dole Pineapple Co. Mrs.
Bloodsworth plans to remain
there until after the holiday
season. Mrs. Sands is also a
granddaughter of Mrs.
Bloodsworth. and is employed
at First National Bank in
Heppner.
George Irvin has returned to
his home in Pendleton after a
week's stay at the C.C. Jones
ranch.
The Food Sale and Bazaar
sponsored by the Rebekah
Lodge at Case Furniture Store
in Heppner was well attended
and the ladies express ap
preciation to a'l who helped
with the project.
The Morrow County Histori
cal Society meeting is sched
uled for Dec. 2 at the
Lexington Grange Hall.
A pre-Thanksgiving cele
bration, anniversary dinner
and four birthday parlies were
combined Sunday at the
Wilbur Steagall home when
members of the family
gathered for the day. Present
were Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Crowe!! of lone. Mr. and Mrs.
William Steagall and dau
ghter. Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Brandhagen and children of
Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Dougherty and children of
Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Steagall and family of Lexing
ton and the host and hostess.
Wilbur and Marie Steagall.
Bill Padbergwasa Portland
weekend visitor.
Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Nov. 28, 1974
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School
committee
to meet
The Long Range Planning
Committee of the Morrow
County School District will
meet Tuesday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m.,
at Riverside High School in
Boardman.
The committee will examine
costs of proposed building and
remodeling plans that have
been developed to help the
district keep pace with the
changing population in the
schools. Notable among these
are increases in school pop
ulation within schools in the
north end of the county and the
Heppner area.
The committee will also
consider items which have
boon included in the plan to
accommodate changes in em
phasis in school curriculum
especially in the areas of
career education and voca
tional agriculture. The dis
trict's present shop facilities
are inadequate to accom
modate the program. The
Long Range Planning Com
mittee will consider the advis
ability of changing the organi
zational pattern of Heppner
schools to the 6-6 plan. This
plan calls for the first six
grades to be housed in the
elementary school and the 7-12
grades at the senior high
school.
Advantages of this plan
would be to allow junior high
age youngsters to utilize
facilities, equipment and staff
at the senior high school.
Irrigon news
Dry Guiuiiin, iofloiion squeezing farmers
Karen Richards, Irrigon.
leaves Tuesday for the 4-H
National Congress in Chicago.
She received this expense
paid trip as an award for her
outstanding achievements in
4-H work. She has been in 4-H
work for 9 years. Her greatest
achievement was in her 4-H
swine project. She has also
had sewing and cooking and
has won many trophies on her
Mmitadale sheep ai county
and slate fairs and al the
Paciltc International Live
stock Exposition.
Carl Wiley has completed
his basic training in the U.S.
Army and is now stationed at
Ft. Lewis. Wa. He was
married two weeks ago to
Reeky Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Johnson
of Alderwood Manor. Wa.
They are former Irrigon
residents. Wiley is the son of
Mrs. Tom Sweeney. Irrigon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Stephens of Hermiston and
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stephens of
Irrigon were dinner guests of
Mrs. Mae McKinney in
Pendieton on Saturdav.
The long, dry autumn and
the persistent, upward march
of production costs have in
most quarters of Oregon
agriculture created serious
problems for the coming crop
year, according to reports
made at the Nov. 13 State
Board of Agriculture meeting
in Portland.
Central and Eastern Oregon
wheat, caught short of rain,
may not achieve enough
growth in time to endure
subfreezing winter tempera
tures. The beef and lamb
industries, already distressed
over low prices, have had poor
grass yields on pastures
because of low moisture. It is
the same story in the dairy
business.
Dry weather also has caus
sed delays in getting nursery
products to market. Board
member Jim Doty, West Linn,
said the dryness and un
seasonally warm tempera
tures have delayed winter
dormancy in many nursery
products. This means, he said,
everything will be dug and
shipped late. He also said
deciduous plants are faring
well only where there is
irrigation.
The dry spell also has
provided some farmers with
an unusual advantage in both
harvesting and planting. Ed
win Gebhard, Central Point,
said the dry weather made for
a favorable harvest of pears
and apples in the slate.
Mamaro Wakasugi, On
tario, said the late season also
helps in soil preparation and
late harvests in his area.
Wakasugi did, however,
paint a grim picture of rising
costs. He said high costs are
driving many farmers out of
the business of growing alfalfa
seeds. Fertilizer prices for
any crop have more than
tripled in some formulations,
going for $180 a (on and still
rising. Suppliers are dealing
on a cash basis only for
fertilizer. He said loan money
is available, but at a price
ranging from 9 per cent to 12
per cent . He said machinery is
being financed at up to 14 per
cent interest. Machinery itself
has risen in price to the point
that many farmers are refus
ing to buy needed equipment.
Repair parts also have more
than tripled in price.
He said, "Repair parts are
hard to get and, when you can,
they are expensive. An item I
paid 50 cents for last year is $2
this year."
Wakasugi also said the cost
of key employes is going up
rapidly. He said a "steady
man" gels more than $4 an
hour, plus a pickup, gasoline
and usually a house and
annual bonus. Some farmers
also are paying for health
insurance.
Al the other end of the labor
force, however, as unemploy
ment climbs in the state,
farmers are finding ample
workers willing to work for
low wages.
Edwin Gebhard found this to
be a cause for concern. He
fears agriculture will be
criticized for exploiting a
situation which has created
cheap labor.
Doty said the nursery in
dustry, particularly near
Portland, has found labor
readily available. He said
many persons are happy to
find work at almost any wage.
Prices are holding on a high
level on most crops. The clear
exception to this is the
ASC election
under way
The Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Service
community committee elec
tion is in progress.
Ballots were mailed on Nov.
22 to all eligible voters of
record. Voted ballots are to be
returned on or before Dec. 2.
Any eligible voter not re
ceiving a ballot may obtain
one from the ASCS office.
Results of the election will
be determined in a public
meeting on Dec. 5 in the ASCS
office, according to David
McLec ASCS executive dir
ect oi . tabulation of elec
tion ballots may be observed
In any interested person, as
the meeting is oen to the
public.
The elected committeemen
in this election will meet on
Dec. 12. at 9 a.m. in the
Gilliam and Bisbee Building
conference room to elect the
county committee for the
calendar year 1975.
Anyone interested in ob
serving the ASC committee
election process is encouraged
to attend these meetings,"
McLeod said.
WATER MAINS ISKING
I. AID l IONE
Work on the City of Ione's
new 8-incli water main was
started Monday by Contractor
Claude Nousen.
The new main will go from
the highway up the sleep slope
to i he existing reservoir.
Nousen plans lo have the
project completed by Dec. 31.
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NOTICE
THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DIVISION
WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING
TO PRESENT THEIR
PRELIMINARY SIX YEAR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
How will the construction program
affect you?
What is your role in the program?
Where are your highway tax dollars
going?
ANSWERS TO THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS
WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE MEETING.
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3:30 PM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 1974 ;
WASCO COUNTY COURTHOUSE-COUNTY COURTROOM j
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livestock industry where pro
duction costs have far exceed
ed returns.
Garland Meador, Baker,
told of many ranchers on the
brink of bankruptcy. "That's
not just the small operators;
One fellow has a $fi-million
operation and is looking for a
buyer," he said.
Representatives of Oregon's
cattle industry met recently
with President Gerald Ford in
Portland seeking some form,
of federal assistance. The
cattlemen requested an em
bargo on imported beef, which
represents 10 per cent of U.S.
beef consumption. Meador
said thev received an indica
tion that some relief may be
forthcoming in thai instance.
He said some cattlemen ure
asking for additional financ
ing, "but," he said, "this
should not be available until
we can pay it back."
Meador said Oregon cattle
men, and most in the nation,
abhor tactics as those used in
Wisconsin recently when hun
dreds of calves were slau
ghtered. Board member Mrs. Clara
Peoples, who represents con
sumers, suggested agriculture '
should conduct a consumer
awareness seminar to help
consumers become more
aware of the true picture of
the current plight of agriculture.
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New Hours
Effective Dec. 1, 1974
Morrow County Grain Growers
will be open
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
and
8 a.m. until noon
Saturdays
These new hours will be effective in the
hardware, parts and shop departments.
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