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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.