The Heppner Gazette-Times, Ileppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 8, 1979 THREE
Wheat farmers defend 2,4-D
Oregon's wheat farmers,
responding to challenges from
environmentalists, are spring
ing to the defense of 2,4-D,
their main weapon against
weeds.
Scores of wheat farmers
have submitted signed state
ments to the Oregon Wheat
Growers League, testifying
that 2,4-D has been used for 30
years on their farms with only
beneficial effects.
The wheat farmers said
2,4-D is essential for weed
control.
Without it, wheat production
would drop by 50 percent,
farmers said in the informal
survey. ,
"We're expert witnesses
and should be heard," said
Earl Pryor, Condon, league
president.
The herbicide is a phenoxy
compound. Some residents of
southwest Oregon have laun
ched a campaign against the
Welcome
sign violates
zone
The Heppner City Council
agreed with a request by City
Police Chief Dean Gilman to
lengthen the probationary per
iod for new employees from
six months to 12 months at the
council meeting Monday.
The council also decided to
transfer $1,148 from the gen
eral fund to the swimming
pool bonded-debt fund. A
request was made by the
auditor for the city because of
a change in budgeting proce
dures. The city also will look into
the possibility of putting a
timer on the lights at the
tennis courts so the light will
not be left on all of the time.
The council learned that the
highway department will be
taking down the Welcome
to Heppner sign at the south
end of town because it is in
violation of a zone.
The council denied a request
by a state engineer who
recommended putting a no
parking are in front of the
Coast-to-Coast store on the
corner of Main and May
Streets. The council decided to
keep the angle parking there
despite the recommendation
made by the engineer that a
change was needed.
Wheat League
will meet
Morrow County Wheat
Growers will hold their annual
meeting Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. at
the Elks Lodge in Heppner.
The program will begin with
committee meetings of the
standing committees of the
Oregon Wheat League.
A social hour, sponsored by
the Morrow County Grain
Growers, will begin at 5:30
p.m.
The annual dinner will be at
7 p.m. Tickets are $3 each.
with the remainder of the cost
being picked up by the Oregon
Wheat Growers League.
Speaker for the evening will
be Dr. Jim Cornelius, Exten
sion marketing specialist for
Oregon State University,
whose topic is "What Hap
pened to.Our Wheat Price?"
Dr. Cornelius joined the
O.S.U. Extension staff May 7,
1979, Cornelius worked for a
private firm in California in
marketing. From 1976 until
May, 1979, he was marketing
specialist for the Montana
Extension Service.
Committees that will be
working on resolutions for the
state meeting in Portland,
Dec. 2-5. are: Taxation and
Legislation, Production and
Land Use, Wheat Use and
Research, Marketing, Wheat
hearts, Transportation. Na
tional Farm Programs, and
Public Affairs and Member
ship. County President Joe McEl
ligott urges all wheat growers
to participate.
use of all phenoxy compounds,
which include 2,4,5-T as well
as 2,4-D.
Max Barclay, Heppner, who
has farmed for 24 years and
has sprayed 2,4-D on 47,000
acres in that time, said, "No
health problems, No abnormal
pregnancies or births. Have
horses in foal all the time...
deer and pheasants are all
healthy.
"If we did not have 2,4-D we
would lose a lot. It's the most
effective weed killer for us
in this area."
"2,4-D is a safe, cost-effective
tool which is helping keep
food bills low," said C.K. and
Stephen Peck, Lexington.
"Have five very healthy
children and they are all
grown and have healthy
children of their own," said
Lyle Peck, Heppner, who has
been farming for 29 years and
spray 2,500 acres of wheat
land a year with 2,4-D.
Production costs, already
ahead of the price farmers set
for wheat, would rise another
$3 per acre, said another
farmer.
"I don't think we could stay
in business if we lose 2,4-D",
said Kenneth Peck, Lexing
ton. Barton Clark, Heppner, said
2,4-D has been a major facto:
in production increases ana
said that these increases have
helped the U.S. balance of
trade, since most of the wheat
grown in this area is exported.
"I think 2,4-D is as impor
tant, or more important, than
fertilizers," said Ed Bates,
Condon, who has sprayed 1,000
acres a year for 30 years.
"We have used 2,4-D as a
spray to control annual weeds
Rates up for VA
transfer loans
The Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs will in
crease the interest rate on
veterans' loans transferred to
non-eligible individuals after
November 30, 1979. The new
transfer interest rate will be
11 percent on real property
loans and 12 percent on
personal property mobile
home loans.
The interest rate on loans to
eligible veterans for the pur
chase of farms or homes is not
affected by this change.
Those rates will remain at 5.9
percent on real property
loans, and 7.9 percent on
personal property mobile
home loans.
Oregon State law requires
the director of Veterans'
Affairs to annually adjust the
rate to within one-half of one
percent of the prevailing rate
in the conventional mortgage
market. The rate was last set
at 9.8 percent on December 1,
1978.
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Kenneth Charles Klinger
Kenneth Charles Klinger, a
lifetime resident of the Lex
ington area and a retired
wheat rancher, died in Hepp
ner on Saturday, Nov. 3. He
was 58.
He was born Aug. 15, 1921 in
Pendleton, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph Klinger.
On June 6, 1940, he was
married to Annetta Tolbert at
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Mr. Klinger was a member
of the Lutheran Church and a
veteran of World War II.
Funeral services were at 10
'a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Hope
Lutheran Church, with the
Rev. John Maas officiating.
Carlita Bloodsworth and Carl
Marquardt sang "Amazing
Grace" and Whispering
Hope," accompanied at the
organ by Elizabeth Curtis.
Casket bearers were Bill
Padberg, Dean Hunt, Leonard
Munkers, Bob Campbell, Irvin
Rauch and Roger Campbell.
Concluding services and
interment were at the Hermis
ton Cemetery with Sweeney
Mortuary in charge of ar
rangements. Mr. Klinger is survived by
his wife, Annetta, of Lexing
ton; four sons, Steven, of
Detroit; William, of LaCenter,
Wash.; Victor, of Portland,
and Aaron, of Hermiston; and
six grandchildren.
Contributions may be made
to the Hope Lutheran Church
Memorial Fund.
David E. Leach
David E. Leach, 69, of lone,
died in Heppner on Saturday,
Nov. 3.
Mr. Leach was born May 23,
1910, in Grangeville Idaho. On
Aug. 4, 1970, he was married to
Ermina Tanner at Washougal,
Wash.
A member of the Christian
Church, Mr. Leach was a
retired truck driver and had
resided in the local area for
the past nine years.
Funeral services were Wed
nesday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. at
the United Church of Christ,
lone, with the Rev. Norman
Clear and the Rev. Cathy
Barker officiating. Betty Mar
quardt and Carlita Bloods
worth sang "In the Garden"
and "Nearer the Cross"
accompanied at the organ by
Rikka Tews.
Casket bearers were David
Leach, Bill Nichols, Paul
Tews, Jim Swanson, Wayne
Hams and Howard Crowell.
Concluding services and
interment were at the Lexing
ton Cemetery. Sweeney Mor
tuary was in charge of
arrangments.
Mr. Leach is survived by his
wife, Ermina. of lone; a son,
David Leach, Las Vegas,
Nev.; a daughter, Ermina L.
Williams, Centralia, Wash.;
two brothers, Cecil Leach and
Elmo Leach, both of Vancou
ver, Wash.; a sister. Mary
Green, Yakima, Wash.: nine
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
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November Specials
Make It Bake It Ornaments HI
Reg. $1" Now $1
Craft Ribbon
Reg. 99 Now 79
Ornament Kits
Reg. S6 Now $550
CLASSES AND SUPPLIES
While supply
lasts f
since it became available in
the '40's. We have had it all
over us, on our clothes and on
' our skin. The only thing we
haven't done is drink it," said
Fred W. Hill. Pendleton.
"No abnormal pregnancies
in man or beast," reports
Goorge Gilbert. Pilot Rock.
Umatilla County's soil conser
vation man of the year. "I
have been farming for 20
years and have sprayed some
32,000 acres with 2.4-D.
"II 2.4-D were not available,
we would have to change to a
most costly weed killer or
suffer a decrease in crop
production." Gilbert said
Maximum gas prices
listed in Pacific Northwest
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Judge Don McEUigott picks out one of the winners in the
pumpkin contest at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nursing
Home.
Hospital notes
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
patients for the week ending
Nov. 6 who were admitted and
discharged were Helen Krue
ger, Lexington; Randy Vos
berg, Lexington; Maynard
Seefeldt, Lexington; David
Leach, lone; Gerrad Robin
son, Fossil; Ronald Toombs,
Heppner; and Cleo Mears,
Lexington.
Patients who were admitted
and still are in the hospital are
Carrie Becket, Heppner; Pe
ter Barker, Condon; and
Lucille Massey, Heppner.
The Department of Ener
gy's District Office of En
forcement today has issued an
updated listing of estimated
maximum retail prices for
selected locations in Washing
ton. Oregon and Idaho.
The DOE emphasized that
this list is only intended as a
guide to give consumers a
better idea of approximate
legal selling prices in their
areas. A station charging a
higher price than the listed
price in this guide is not
necessarily in violation.
Variations in maximum le
gal selling prices at individual
stations can and do exist. For
example, higher maximum
legal selling prices may be
charged by dealers who pur
chase gasoline through job
bers rather than directly from
terminals operated by the
companies listed. Also, the
longer the period of time since
issuance of this list, the less it
will reflect current prices
actually being charged.
Motorists who believe they
have been charged signifi
cantly more than the esti
mated maximum area prices
may contact the DOE Office
of Enforcement at the toll-free
hotline number 1-800-424-9246.
The approximate legal sel
ling price at the end of October
in the Portland area for
Chevron gasoline is the cheap
est at 94.5 cents per gallon.
Exxon is next at 96.1 cents
and Mobil is still under a
dollar at 99.6 cents a gallon.
Texaco is at 1.01.1. Shell is
1.02.7, Arco is $1.05.2 and
Union gas is the most expen
sive at $1.08.6 cents per gallon.
The prices listed are for
regular gasoline only. No lead
gas is anywhere from onp to
six cents more depending on
the station. Premium gas is
about six cents higher at each
station.
Gas in the Tri-Cities and
Boise areas is usually the
most expensive while Eugene
has the least expensive prices
on gas. Portland has the next
cheapest and Spokane and
Seattle are in the middle with
basically the same prices.
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A Thank You
to My Customers
I have given up my connection with the Frank
Sewer Service after five years. I wish to thank all who
have supported me in my venture.
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