TEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 19, 1978
Oregon wheat, potatoes, hay production
up over last year says Dept. of Ag.
Oregon potato growers
are winding up a 29.4
million hundredweight (1.
47 million ton) crop for
1978, a yield anticipated to
be 15 per cent more than
was harvested a year ago.
According to the U.S.
Department of Agricult
ure's crop reporting
service, the increase in
production was due mainly
to a 15 per cent increase in
potato acreage statewide.
Washington expects to
harvest 48.8 million hund
redweight of potatoes, four
per cent less than in 1977,
and Idaho estimates a 93.3
million hudredweight pota
to yield, six per cent higher
than last year.
Nationally, the output of
O Kinzua
news
Barbara Pike
Why is it that time seems to
fly faster the more we wish to
stay its flight? A special day
often seems to take forever to
arrive while the events we
dread rush to meet us.
So it is with the last few
months here at home. Daily,
the cleared lots increase...
grass now covers the place
where homes once stood. I try
to visualize the scene when the
last building is gone, the last
board hauled away, when the
tall smokestack falls and
Jeffmore Hall is no more.
Already the Hall is silent
and empty, the cafe and bar
closed. No longer will Santa
hand out treats to the excited
children before the Hall's
huge fireplace. The Hall was
the heart of Kinzua for many
years, it was the scene of
union meetings, movies,
dances, reunions, company
gatherings and parties. With
the heart dying can the body
last for long?
Work on the tear-down at
the mill is moving along,
according to Tom Burgess.
Mr. Burgess, whose company
is dismantalling most of the
plant building, reports it will
be quite some time before his
company will be ready to pull
down the smokestacks. The
railroad out of Kinzua has
been removed from this end.
The Samuel railroad crew will
move to Condon right away to
complete the removal of the
right-of-way from Condon.
News this week is again of
those moving to new locations.
Ronald (Skeesix) Benson and
Rick Benson have both gone to
work in Burns where their
father is also employed.
Skees, his wife and children
went to Burns this morning.
Hazel Jackson has complet
ed the move from her mobile
home here in Kinzua. She is
now living in The Dalles. Joe
and Gwen Bennett and their
infant daughter are now
getting settled into their new
residence.
Another long time Kinzuaite
will be living in The Dalles.
Virgil Miller moved to that
city on Saturday.
Several former neighbors
were back in the area this
weekend, some like John
Weaser were hoping to fill
their doe tags and some
like Verlin and Lavina Conner
to pick up some more of their
belongings. Arden, Marian
and Bill Trip were here to
attend the potluck at the
Kinzua Community Church.
Lynn Mai, daughter of the
Reverend Bill Mais, was in
town Sunday to attend the
potluck. Lynn is on three
months leave from her work
with Village Missions in Tri
este, Italy. She was a
houseguest of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Tasto in Fossil.
RUBBER
STAMPS
676-9228
fall potatoes is forecast at
312 million hundredweight,
two per cent above the U.S.
production level in 1977.
Oregon wheat product
ion is forecast at 51.3
million bushels, according
to the USDA, about 13 per
cent more than last year.
Wheat production for the
Pacific Northwest states of
Oregon, Idaho and Wash
ington is forecast at 244.1
million bushels, 24 per cent
above 1977. Nationally, the
wheat production is esti
mated at 1.78 billion
bushels 12 per cent below
1977 yields.
Hay production in Ore
gon is forecast at 2.6
million tons, five per cent
above last year. On a
national basis, hay produc
tion is expected to total
139.2 million tons, six per
cent above the U.S. output
in 1977.
Bill Bellamy tells
Tillicum Club
of campaign
Bill Bellamy, candidate for
representative of District 55,
told the Tillicum Club in
Boardman last week that
because he has always lived
and worked in the district he
feels he has an understanding
of the needs of the people in
District 55.
"I am sincere in wanting to
represent the people in Distri
ct 55, and I will work with the
people to solve the problems,"
Bellamy stated.
Before the Tillicum Club
meeting, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Peck of Boardman hosted a
campaign coffee for the com
munity to hear Bellamy and
ask him questions informally.
Bird hunters
warned of
possible pesticide
contamination
Pheasant hunters in Col
umbia Basin counties are
again advised this year by
the Fish and Wildlife
Department to skin their
birds and trim away any
deposits of fat.
Sampling of pheasants
and other birds in Umatil
la, Morrow, Sherman, and
Wheeler counties has fou
nd that some birds contain
levels of the pesticide
heptachlor which exeed
the maximum 0.3 parts per
million allowed by the
Food and Drug Administ
ration in human food.
In all sampling, highest
levels have been found in
fat deposits with only a few
birds containing more than
0.3 ppm in muscle tissue.
In most instances nearly
all traces of the chemical
can be removed with the
skin and fat.
Birds get the heptachlor
from eating seed coated
with the pesticide to cont
rol wire worm, a potential
...threat to wheat growers in
the Columbia Basin.
GEARH ART SEAFOOD
IN HEPPNER
THURSDAY, OCT. 19
ACROSS FROM MILLER'S WELDING
FROM
1 1 a.m. TO DUSK
Prices Effective October
18 thru October 21
7
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1
mm
56 ts
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A '4
Nabisco
11
12 ounce boxes of a delicious snack or for
use in desserts.
12
Ounces
Brachs
ASSORTED
TREATS
One pound bags of your choice of candies.
Special for Halloween.
$1.19 W W Each
Curtiss
BADY RUTH or
BUTTERFIl'GER
Give out everyones favorite treat this
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Each
Pennant
DRY ROAST
PEANUTS
7
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Toys that will stretch
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SPECIALS FOR EVERYONE
Brachs
ASSORTED
CANDY
One Reg.
pound. 89
Reg.
$14.99
V "Y AJ
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Reg.
$2.99
Lowe
YAIITZEE
GAME
A fun game of skill
and chance.
Your Choice!
DR.GRAUB0V1
PIPES
Your choice of our large
assortment of smoking pipes.
25
Convienent
A pen on a cord that will always
be at your fingertips.
Reg.
$1.00
For
'A ffi
Irregular
OATH
TOWELS
A large selection with
slight irregularities.
Your choice!
Quality
JOGGING
SUITS
jogging suits in variety of colors.
A Assorted sizes.
HJC77
Now
Each!
200 Count
BAYER
ASPIRIN
Fast pain relief from minor
discomforts and aches due
to colds.
Now
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Rolaidi
Rolaids
ANTACID
TABLETS
1 50 antacid tablets for upset
stomach and heartburn.
Reg.
$2.09
Screwball
HACI2ET
DRIVER
Screwdriver with many functional
uses. A great gift for dad!
Reg,.
$9.99
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Jewlery Clinic in both Pendleton and Hermiston stores
during the regular store hours from October 19 thru
October 22, 1978. Plus your choice of 2 pairs of
surgical steel earrings, all for only!
01
Nobody under 5 yrs of age.
Under 17 must be accompanied
by parent or guardian.
Now
Reduced
Prices1
Special selection of Indian Jewelry
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