FOL K The Heppner Gaiette-Times,
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(Editor's note: The follow
ing is the fourth and final part
of a four part series featured
weekly in the Gazette-Times.
The author, Kay Anderson of
Hcppner along with her hus-.
band r'rankan area wheat
rancher, recently traveled to
India. ' as well as other
countries, and has written an
account of their interesting
trip.)
By KAV ANDERSON
In the early afternoon we
flew over some mountains to
Meghauli, where we were met
with fourteen elephants that
were to transfer passengers to
Tiger Tops. On our way, we
also hunted through elephant
grass, which grows about 20 to
25 feet tall. Marcia and I
shared the same elephant,
having left Frank back at the
hotel to suffer with his cold.
Our mahout succeeded in
cornering a mother rhino and
her baby. About five other
mahouts brought their ele
phants to help, as a rhino will
charge one elephant, but not a
number of them. We got some
good photos and it was very
exciting as all the elephants
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trumpeted at once before the
rhino turned tail and disap
peared. On our two hour trip to Tiger
Tops we also forded three
rivers on our elephants, one of
them quite deep, which gave
us the sensation that we were
floating on the elephants.
Tiger Tops seemed to be run
in a fairly civilized manner.
We had a very good dinner of
buffalo shish kebab, our
rooms were comfortable, lit
with kerosene lanterns, we
had the ever present bucket of
water beside the toilet and a
shower that worked. We also
found hot water bottles in our
beds. The evenings in Nepal
are quite cool, but by midday
the weather is very hot and
humid.
The next morning out we
went on our elephants again
for another game hunt
through buffalo grass. We did
see a barking deer, the
smallest deer in the world-;
about the size of a large fox
terrier. We made the mistake
of telling our mahout the day
before how great he was for
finding our rhino, so on this
trip he put out even greater
effort. He thought he heard
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something in the brush, and
determined to outrun it, he
kicked that old tusker into a
trot and we went like mad
through tree branches and tall
elephant grass for about half a
mile. It was like Disneyland's
"Wild Ride of Mr. Toad."
Believe me, it's not easy to
ride a trotting elephant.
After our two hour elephant
ride, we took off for our next
camp, a tribal village inhabi
ted by a tribe who had
remained by developing an
immunity to malaria.
We went first by land rover
to a very wide river, as wide
as our Columbia, but quite
shallow and full of crocodiles.
These boats were shallow and
flat, holding six people and the
boat boy. My family knows I
hate boats, and floating down
a river full of crocodiles, with
no life vest, and through two
spaces of almost "white
water" was about the longest
45 minutes I've ever spent.
Raj kept telling me that
crocodiles were very shy.
There did seem to be a lot of
them sliding off to the sand
into the water.
Our rooms at the tribal
village were the same as
usual, no electricity, and the
toilet facilities were about 50
feet out back. But the toilets
flushed, so that was an
improvement, but there were
no showers or baths. By this
time we were used to being
dirty anyway.
We were entertained that
evening by native dancers
from the village, and the next
morning we walked back to
the river full of crocodiles, and
moved slowly back across to
the other bank where the land
Crop Report
The following Crop Report
has recently been released
from the Oregon Crop and
Livestock Reporting Service:
Winter Wheat Seedings
Winter wheat acreage seed
ed in the fall of 1981 for the
1982 crop in Oregon is placed
at 1,150.000 acres, down seven
percent from last year. Crop
production, based on condi
tions as of December 1, is
placed at 62.100,000 bushels, 15
percent less than last year's
crop. Seeding conditions were
generally good this fall, but
infestations of cheatgrass and
crusting caused a consider
able amount of reseeding to be
done in some north central
counties. Moisture supplies
are ample to surplus in most
areas.
Nationally, winter wheat
acreage is placed at 66.3
million acres, one percent
more than 1981. Production of
the 1982 crop, based on
December 1 conditions, is
forecast at 2. 13 billion bushels,
one percent above 1981.
Annual Small Grain Summary
Record yields for both
winter and spring wheat in
1981 pushed Oregon's wheat
production to a near record
high-77,380,000 bushels-just
shy of the 77.4 million bushels
produced in 1980.
Winter wheat production at
73.2 million bushels is a record
high; two percent above the
previous high of 72.0 million
set last year. The new record
yield of 61 bushels per
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rovers were awaiting us. The
exciting part of this boat trip
was that our boat was leaking
and by the time we reached
the vehicles we had about two
inches of water in the bottom
of the boat.
And so we wended our way
back to the airport at Meg
hauli and to Katmandu to pick
up Frank, then on to Delhi,
Hong Kong, and home.
Meghauli was very hot and the
airport building, a small,
thatched construction, was
open on all four sides to let the
breeze, if any, blow through.
The air tower operation was
a man walking around a grass
airstrip talking into a walkie
talkie which obviously wasn't
working, and looking anxious
ly at the sky. Also, there were
four native boys fooling with
a battery and pouring some
thing into it from a lemon soda
bottle. None of this was very
reassuring. Finally, looking
at the sky paid off and we were
picked up by a seven passen
ger plane and took off from
our grassy field for Kat
mandu. harvested acre is one bushel
above 1980. It reflects the
outstanding growing condi
tions which prevailed east of
the Cascades, which more
than offset the sharply below
normal yields caused by
extensive disease problems in
the Willamette Valley.
Spring wheat production is
down 23 percent from 1980, as
the lowest harvested acreage
since 1977 more than compen
sated for the record equalling
yield of 38 bushels per acre.
Barley production in Oregon
is placed at 11 .7 million
bushels, 16 percent greater
than in 1980, and the largest
crop since 1972. Statewide
yields averaged 60.0 bushels
per harvested acre, the second
highest yield on record.
Nationally, all wheat pro
duction was up 18 percent;
winter wheat was up 11
percent, spring wheat (other
than Durum) was up 37
percent; barley was up 33
percent; oats were up 11
percent; and rye was up 13
percent.
BMCC board
sets future
election dates
The Blue Mountain Com
munity College Board of
Education has voted to set
March 30, as its operating levy
election date and May 18 for
the tax base election. Each
year the college goes to the
voters for its tax levy. State
law requires taxing bodies to
present the tax base question
to the voters every two years,
A BMCC news release stated
College President Ron Dan
iels presented the board with
data outlining the impact on
BMCC of potential state bud
get reductions. Figures pre
sented by the president show
ed that community colleges
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We traveled on this trip
through many miles of farms
in arid districts and in areas of
higher rainfall and irrigation.
Eighty percent of the Indian
population live from the land
and most of the farming is
done in a most primitive style,
by buffalos and brahma bul
locks (the female Brahma is
never used in the field), that
pull very primitive tools. It
appears that most of the
potentially good farm lands
have been cleared for farm
ing. India is terribly over
populated and it seems that
their population will probably
double in ten years. Due to
religious reasons, and the
large amount of illiteracy,
they seem to have problems
for which there will be no
ready answer.
Would we do it again? Yes
and No. In spite of a lot of
illness, and hard work travel
ling, it was an interesting trip.
We just should have under
taken it twenty years sooner.
I think our strongest feeling
is that Morrow County is
beautiful.
have received fewer dollars in
proportion to growth increas
es than either elementary and
secondary schools or the
four-year colleges and univer
sities. The president said, "If
the state reduced the alloca
tion to BMCC by 20 percent, it
would require a 12.7 percent
increase in local taxes to
make up for the loss of state
funds."
Figures presented by the
president indicated that a ten
percent increase in the college
budget, coupled with a 20
percent cutback in state
funding, would require an
increase of 33 percent in local
property taxes. The president
noted, "An increase of that
amount would be more than
the college could even consi
der. Therefore, a combination
of a nominal tax increase and
a reduction in existing college
programs would be neces
sary." In other business:
A savings of $12,512 was
approved by the board
through change orders on its
construction and remodeling
project. The savings came
through changes including
less expensive light fixtures, a
lesser quality of carpeting,
and the extension of certain
construction deadlines.
Also on the remodeling and
construction project, the
board authorized the college
to accept a bid of $11,600 from
Ohngren's Office Furniture
and Supplies of Hermiston for
room dividers and counters
for the new Admissions Office
Business Office areas. The
college will also be purchasing
office furniture, including files
and desks from this same
firm. The total amount
budgeted for the room divi
ders and office furniture was
$15,500.
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The Christian Women's Club
will hold a salad luncheon on
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 6:45 p.m. at
the Degree of Honor Hall in
Hcppner.
Theme for the luncheon will
be "Molding a New Year."
The annual birthday party
will be held during this
meeting.
Special feature for the
Road Report
The Morrow County Public
Works Department has re
leased the following Work
Report for the week ending
December 19:
Pot holes were patched with
cold mix on the following
roads: Cutsforth-Baseline,
Baseline, Jordan Grade, Ione
Boardman, Juniper, Bombing
Range, Rugg-Jordan, Brenner
Canyon and Upper Rhea
Creek.
Weeds and- brush were
burned and culverts cleaned
on Black-Horse Rond, Piper
Canyon Road, Morgan East,
Strawberry E., N. Find of lone
Goosebcry, Baseline, Baker
E.W., E.W. Slock Drive,
Bergevin Road Cecil Road,
Ely Canyon, Paul Tews and
Baker E.W.
Gravel was spread on D.
Smith-McNab W., Smith
Road, Halvorsen-Eight Mile,
Joe Kenny Road, McElligott,
Zinter, Barlow Canyon, Dal
zell Ridge, and Dolven (Wag
en blast). .
Roads bluded were: Baker
E.W.. E.W. Ella. D. Riet
mann, A. Lindstrom'and Lena
Hisler.
In the Bourdman-Irrigon
area, dirt and sand were
removed from road No. 761.
Brush and weeds were remov
ed from ditch lines, signs
checked and reset.
The main county crusher on
Clarks Canyon road operated
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muke any New Year's resolu
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Doherty, Heppner. "Making
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the judges then loarned had
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