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-t0W"W1 M "W" Pr"T' WH "WHiT ITf ' W'"ljli"fprffT11 BESSIE WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 I VOL. 180. NO. It THURSDAY, MAY 6. IBM l PAGES 25 CENTS Extension agent says crop outlook is pretty good By CATHY PECK behind on moisture." Mill. mnwiecr of Morrow Mills "We'll need a period of The crop outlook for the 1982 harvest season in generally pretty flood, according to Bob Costa. Morrow County Exten sion agent. "It's been pretty slow growing because of the cold weather." he said, "but up. it's doing belter." He noted that the final harvest would be directly related to the late spring weather. "It's not another record crop," he said. The wheat is behind sche dule because of the cold weather, and there are too many weeds, especially cheat grass, according to Costa. Because it is behind schedule, a hot spell could damage the grain, he added. The amount of moisture though, looks good. Costa said. "We're a little ahead here in the Heppner area, but I understand there's a belt In the Valbv area that is a little 25 attend Morrow County Weed Tour By CATHY PECK A Morrow County Weed Tour, sponsored by the OSU Extension Service and the Morrow County Wheat League was held Wednesday. April 27. About twenty five farmers attended the tour and listened to presentations on herbicides 'that will soon be on the market. The tour began with an Inspection of weed control on several plots of land owned by Charlie Anderson. Weed con trol comparisons were made on plots using Glean. Sencor, and a 24D. Bronate and Banvel mixture. Farmers Seedlings planted to boost turkey V! v jy. r -1 A i OA P'"' 1 f ' P7 Joyce Housden of Heppner plants a white oak seedling In an effort to boost wild turkey population in the area, the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, have for the GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow County's Cnsla has seen lady buRS in the wheat, which he says, indicates the presence of aphids. hut they at the present, are pretty hard to find The warm weather will bring them out. he added. Most of the disease problems are related to the cool wet weather. Foot rot and Yellow Dwarf Virus are always around. Costn continued Ahoul the onlv recourse left 10 f.-irmers with excessive chejit grass problems at this point, is to plow it under, he siiifl It's almost Ion late in all areas to do any seeding, with Ihe exception of in the verv high count rv. If farmers are L'oine In join Ihe farm pro gram, he indicated that Ihev could lake the necessarv acreage out of their worst rhent grass area Slornce in Morrow County is being planned for a crop equal to 8ii percent of the 1981 crop. 11 was announced bv fjirrv were given information con cerning the new chemical Glean: the length of effective ness, the best time to apply, and different methods of weed control which are available with the chemical. The tour then continued to the Ralph Crum ranch, where farmers inspected several plots of ground to compare weed control effectiveness using different amounts of different types of herbicides. These plots were seeded directly through the herbicide, a new method of weed control. The tour continued just into Gilliam County where differ ent methods of controlling goat-grass were discussed. past week, been busy planting thousands of small seedlings in the woods near Heppner. A total of 3,000 White Oak seedlings will be planted on : 1 t 'i 1 ! y j - : i (- l - The Heppner Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper County Grain Growers. The directors of the Grain Grow ers decided that the co-op would ncccpl the 1982 crop into he reserve program at their Mond.-iv niuht meeting. Mills staled ThU will mean that the en-p will go into harvest, with ,'ihouf h.-ilf of the available sfoniLT capacity being used to since grain held over from last year. The licensed storage capacity for M C.G.G. is 3 8 million bushels. Due to the holdover, provisions are being made for outside storage to be available again this year, a program which has been very successful in the past, accord ing lo Mills. Of the wheat held over. 1.5 milion bushels are in the reserve program, which is a Ihree-vear program. The trig ger level is $4 65 for 1982. Mills said The need lo generate export markets was pointed out by Morrow Co. Jr. Rodeo entry forms mailed Entries have been mailed to contestants for the Morrow County Junior Rodeo to be held June 11. 12. and 13 at the Fairgrounds in Heppner, said a rodeo spokesperson. Rodeo entries close May 24 and entry forms can be picked up at Gardner's Mens Wear, said the spokesperson. Buckles for all event win ners will be given plus silver spurs for the all-around senior boy. senior girl. Junior boy and junior girl. Other awards are the Jody Rugg Memorial Trophy for high point Morrow Coutny girl contestant, and the Harold Erwin Memorial trophy for (he high point contestant. The 1981 winners of these awards were Tara Mahoney of Heppner and Cody Hassler of Lowden. Washing 150 acres south of the Tupper Guard station, says Bill llelphinstine of the F"orest Service, a move he hopes will eventually cause an increase in the wild turkey population there. There are some turkeys in the area now, says Helphin sline. but once the trees mature they will produce acorns on which the turkey feeds. "There is a small population there now, and a few hunters gel their turkeys." Helphin sline explained. "It will be about ten lo fifteen years before we expect any results." he added. The seedlings were brought up from the Barlos Ranger District near Dufur. Because the trees came from Ihe east Morrow Co. Court supports ballot At a Morrow County Court meeting on April 28. the County Court signed resolu tions in support of two state ballot measures. The court is supporting measures no. three and no. four, which will be presented to Ihe voters on May 18, slated a news release from the court. Ballot measure no three provides for Ihe sale of up to $00 million in Stale of Oregon Mills "We'll need a period of improved exports to improve prices." he said The amount of grain in reserve docs limit Ihe free supplv. hut the market is still verv soft, according lo Mills. "We just have more supplv than de mand " he added. Russia is a good potential market, due to rumors of another crop failure there, and while China doesn't huv Vor'hwest wheat because a' their concerns about TCK Smut, that country is another potentially pood customer. Mills said The transportation of Ihe tK2 crop is in good shape. Mills said Adequate trucks and road repair scheduled for completion by harvest look good, he added Transportation lo the coast also looks good since more harges have been built and unit train rail rates in Wash-, inglnn are lightening the load on the river. Mills concluded. ton. A Stick Horse Race for kids will be featured at the Saturday afternoon perfor mance. Age groups three and four year-olds, and five and six year-olds, with trophies to be given to the first three places in each division. En tries will close for this event at II a.m. June 12. Entry forms are available at Murray Drug and Gardner's Mens' Wear, the spokesperson said. On Saturday night . June 12. a dance will be held at the fair pavillion. with music by the Imposters of Corvallis. A Sunday morning church service is being planned and a movie. "More Than a Cham pion" will be shown. The movie will be sponsored by the Christian Life Center. population side of the mountains, they are expected to be fairly drought resistent. llelphinstine said a similar program to plant this type of tree for turkeys has been successful in The Dalles. Currently, six people are planting the trees (about 20 per acre), two from the Fish and Wildlife Dept. and four from Forest Service crews. Money for the project came from the Hog timber sale, purchased by Kinzua in 1979. In addition to planting the trees, the crews are also putting wire cages around the seedlings lo protect them from wildlife. "We're afraid it would be just like ice cream to Ihe deer and other wildlife." llelphinstine said in explain ing Ihe extra protection. general obligation bonds for Ihe purpose of providing a Correctional Facility Fund. Revenue from this fund will be used for improvement of current jail facilities and construction of new jails. Morrow County has applied for, and has received prelimi nary approval for a grant to finance construction of a facility. Currently, the county has no jail and must transport HEPPNER, OREGON Anita Palmer Pennant bearer Bobbette Angell (L), Princess Nancy Paine, Queen Anita Palmer, Princess Annette Wilgers and pennant bearer Stacy Kennedy Under sunny skies before a large crowd. Anita Palmer of lone was crowned queen Friday afternoon, of the 1982 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo. Wearing traditional white. Anita accepted the crown from last year's queen. Nancy Miller, who now steps down as chief representative of Mor row County's annual event. Densmore visits Heppner as part of campaign Al Densmore. democratic candidate for Oregon's Second Congressional District, visited Heppner last Tuesday. April 27 and attended the Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Densmore also visited Pen dleton. Pilot Rock. Condon and Fossil as part of his campaign in Eastern Oregon last week. Densmore. 35. is in his third term as mayor of Medford and is an agent with Standard Insurance Company. He re presented Jackson County for three terms In the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1977). He was elected House Majority Whip in 1973 and speaker pro tern in 1975. His committee work included Slate and Federal Affairs, State rep. to speak at co. meeting By BOB COSTA Morrow Co. Extension Agent Representative Max Simp son will be a guest speaker at a quarterly meeting of the Morrow County Resource Committee on Tuesday. May 11. 7:30 p.m. on the second floor at the Elks Lodge in Heppner. The public is invited to attend. prisoners to other counties on a "space available" basis, the news release continued. The second resolution is in support of ballot measure no. four. This measure would increase the state gasoline and motor vehicle fuel tax. one cent per year for three years. The measure would also increase the commercial vehicle weight-mile tax an average of 12 5 percent in 1982, Weather Total,, precipitation for April: .91 Normal average: 1.27 April. 1981: 1.90 crowned queen of fair & rodeo , April. 1981: 1.90 v - " l,.Bin-,.,- T'fjrv t ., -a:m...l,Jli;g " -v.laBBS -v4t-:,'.vA WW" iw Hi -rti In conjunction with the Heppner Moonlight Sale, this year's coronation was held downtown in front of the hotel. Joining Queen Anita on the coronation stand were her princesses Annette Wilgers and Nancy Paine, both dres sed in matching burgundy pants, jackets and hats. Jim Ackley. Ron McDonald Karen Kenny. Marti Baker, chairman of the Local Govern ment and Urban Affairs committee, chairman of the Select Committee on Energy and chairman of an Elections Committee. When asked what he would do to improve the economy and put people back to work, the congressional candidate said he would work on the budget deficit using the philo sophy of Senator Hollings of South Carolina; freeze federal expenses at present levels excluding Social Security. Densmore said he would like to be a member of the Transportation Committee and Public Works Committee in the future to work for better roads, air service, railroads and waterways for rural communities. He said a pro- Simpson is an incumbent democrat up for re-election to the Oregon State Legislature in district 59. Morrow County, previously in district 55 which is repre sented in the legislature by Republican Bill Bellamy, be came part of district 59 under a redistricting plan passed last June. measures 11 1 percent in 1983 and 10 percent in 1984. Funds gained from the increase would be used for road repair and construction and improve ment of roads in the state. If the measure is approved by the voters on May 18, 20 percent of the revenue gener ated will be designated for the state's county roads and 12 percent for cities, the news release concluded. and Steve Gross (sound) pro vided music for the coronation ceremonies, which besides the crowning included several gifts for the court. Representatives of First Interstate Bank. Bank of Eastern Oregon and Western Heritage Savings and Loan of Heppner. all presented buckles to members of the court. L Al Densmore posed waterway user fee would not be fair. It would be a competitive disadvantage, he added. He also expressed a need to redirect federal high way funds toward the main tainance of the existing sys tem before new highway systems are built in metropoli tan areas. He also said funds need to be redirected, not increased, in the federal defense budget. He feels budgeted funds should be directed toward better train ing servicemen and imrpoving equipment. "Frankly, I be lieve 9.000 nuclear warheads are enough," he continued. Densmore reported that he was not in favor of gun control. Enough restrictions are presently enforced to do the kind of job we need, he said. When asked if he was in favor of abortion, he replied he was not in favor of an amendment to overturn the 1972 decision (legalized abor tion). "With its limitations, it's the most acceptable com promise," he added. High Lew Freely Mon.. April 28 67 37 Tues., April 27 70 45 Wed.. April 28 57 32 Thurs.. April 29 82 37 Fri.. April 30 66 41 Sat,. May 1 67 38 Sun.. May 2 65 38 Mon . May 3 51 32 .08 .07 Dot Halvorsen of the Wil lows Grange in lone presented Queen Anita with a bouquet of red roses, saying they have always thought of her "as their own." Also honored on the corona tion stand with the court, was . this year's court pennant bearers. Stacy Kennedy and Bobbette Angell. Concerning local involve ment in the two WPPSS's abandoned nuclear plants. Densmore said a northwest needs to have a strategy to retire the bonds early. He also said he would have to wait until the lawsuits are resolved to decide whether any further federal legislation is import ant. He continued by saying he is "not in favor of default. It could effect our ability in the northwest to sell bonds." If elected, he said, he would be active in seeing that Bonne ville Power Administration foster an aggressive program in energy conservation and production from renewable sources of energy to secure money to negotiate with the bond holders. When asked if he though import quotas should be put on Canadian lumber, he said he would prefer to have negotia tions with Canada and ask them to voluntarially curtail imports. Densmore said he is con cerned about the emphasis the Forest Service is placing on current development in re search and reforestation. He said that development of the two should be balanced and he feels that too much emphasis is being placed in current development. We should be concerned about the long term future of the resource and we should be restocking our forests. He also stated a concern for foreign trade policies. He said agriculture is heavily depend ant on foreign policy and that non tariff barriers need to be removed. "If we don't do something with our foreign policy, we will continue to put our producers at a disadvant age." he concluded.
