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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1955)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIVE Farmer Of The Week mm,, "mrn m It ,.-1 WV- V i i n " ST ? 1 1 i'.. 5 FARMER OF THE WEEK Lawrence Horfon looks over the pen of Hereford bulls he plans to ship io the 15th annual Red Bluff bull sale next February. At present the two year old animals weigh about 1,300 pounds each, but will weigh around 1,500 when taken to the sale, Horton said. Last year, Mortons animals took the top price at the sale. Horton Readies Champ Bulls For Annual Red Bluff Sale i Now preparing his bulls for thei 15th annual Red Bluff Bull sale Is this Week's Farmer of the Weelr, Lawrence Horton, who, with his two sons, Robert and John Horton. operates a 6.000 acre spread east of Klamath Falls. Horton's Herefords, taken from the largest registered Hereford herd in Oregon, have been con sistent winners at the Red Bluff sale ever since its beginning. There were five years, from 1949-83, when the Hortbns did not consign. Their winnings have included champion, bull, champion female, champion ; pen of five, reserve champion, pen of five, reserve champion pen of three and re serve champion pen of females, (For the first few years of its existence, females were sold at the Red Bluff sale.) The Horton operation is divided ' between three ranches, one in Poe Valley, bne in Langell Valley and one in Yonna Valley. He said he wouldn't want to estimate how many calile he is running "I haven't stopped to count them" was his comment but he did say It was the largest registered herd in. the state. ; Horton is proud-nf the history ' of the spread, which dates back to when his grandfather homestead ed it in lb63. The Yonna Valley spread has been in the family a long time, having been homestead ed in 1871 by his maternal grand father, James Colahan. He bought that place in 1939. Except lor about 10 years which he spent in the Tulelnke area, he has lived his entire life "in the house where I was born." And, he says, "There are darn few peo ple around who can say that." He added that he only knew of two. The Yonna Valley land Is very easy to irrigate, having tour wells and a good spring. Three of the wells are artesian, but all four are pumped- for maximum flow. He has some of his land rented out to a potato grower, and him self concentrates on the cattle. The only material he himself grows is related to his cattle, and includes alfalfa and other feed crops. A progressive operator, Horton has modernized his pasture land by leveling, Irrigating and other improvements. The pleasant home on the Poe Valley ranch Is one of the neatest around this area, ac cording to an official at the county extension office. However, Horton himself is more interested in his cattle, and hopes to again cop the top price at the Red Bluff sale next February. Church Double Club Meets In Weed WEED Eight member couples in addition to the committee of four, attended the regular month ly meeting of the Kum Double Club of . the Weed Community Church, Saturday night, October 8. A social hour of games followed the dinner served in the parlor of the church. Mrs. Delbert Donn led the devotionals and other arrange ments of the evening were made by Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, chairmen: Mr. and Mrs. John Paulson; and Mr. and Mrs. Doan. Guests for the evening were Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Yeager, Okla homa City, brother . and sister-in-law of Mrs. Glea Anderson; and Jim Forbes, Gardiner, Oregon Stockmen Set Meeting Date The Western Oregon Livestock Association will hold its 20th annual meeting November 17 to 19 at the Gearhart Hotel, according to Har ry Lindgren of Corvallis, former Oregon State College livestock specialist. ClasLsop and Columbia county livestock associations will host the meeting for the 550-member or ganization that includes 14 west ern Oregon counties. An invitation also has been extended to mem bers of the statewide Oregon Cat tlemen's Association and the Ore gon Woolgrowers' Association. Registration is scheduled the morning of November 17 followed by afternoon and evening commit tee meetings. Committee reports, resolutions and the business ses sion will be conducted in a gen eral assembly the closing day. Second day speakers will Include James Short, director of the state department of agriculture and Jo seph W. McCracken, Portland, executive vice president of the Western Products Industries As sociation. Also scheduled Novem ber 18 is the evening bnnauet with former governor Al Norblad . as master of ceremonies. ' Farmers Get Child Labor Regulations Social security and child labor regulation? for farm workers were outlined today by U.S. and school officials. Although there are slight differ ences between Oregon and Cali fornia regulations on child labor, the essential rules are the same. Federal social security regulations, of course, are the same in both states. School regulations provide that every child between 8 and 16 years of age must attend a full time school, and all children mider 18 who work must huve a work per mit. Only minors 14 to 18 years of age may work before or after school. They may not work earlier than 5 a.m. or later than 10 p.m. Children 14 and 15 years of age may only work outside of school nours. and may not work more than three hours on a school dav or eight hours on a non-school day. Maximum work week for 14 and IS year olds is 18 hours during a school week and 40 hours in a non-' school week. A new work permit must be ob tained lor changes of jobs, except that Calilornia Saturday and vaca tion permits are valid for more than one job. These permits are issued by school principals. No child under 14 may get a work permit while school is in ses sion. Fines or Imprisonment are pre scribed for both employers and parents who violate these regula tions. - ' . Social security laws provide that farm workers making more than $100 cash wages from a single employer must pay into the social security fund. Farm hands who will be paid more than (100 must have a social security number, which may be obtained through farm labor or growers association offices or at the social security .office in the Klamath Falls post office. t Employers must deduct two per cent from the wages of men cov ered by social security, and must keep records of all wages paid and the amount deducted. At the end of the year, a report must be filed with the director of Inter nal revenue, showing name, social security number and wages paid to each employe. Both the money collected from workers and the employer's two per cent share will be paid at the time this report Is submitted. Erramouspe Rites Held In Alturas ALTJRAs Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a.m. from the Cedarville Catholio Church for Mrs. Dominica . Er ramouspe with Father Michael of ficiating. Survivors include two sons, John of Eagleville and Albert of Bur ney, California, and two daugh ters, Mrs. Floyd Cook and Mrs. Keith Hcryford, both of Eagle ville. . Those who wish to do si may contribute to the national Arth ritic Foundation. , WARNING TOKYO tfl Red China warned Iran Saturday that Its decision to join the Turkey-Iraq-Pakistan mil itary alliance Is "a dangerous step" towards "military aggres sion" against the Soviet Union and China. FRED TILESTON, Agricultural Research Service engineer from Hermiston, is shown checking water intake at the parshal flume as test irrigation recently got underway in the Fort Reck area. Data is being collected for an irrigation conference to be held in January, sponsored by rnoto ey duo rants the. Fort Rock-Silver Lake Soil Conservation Di strict, Soil Experts Launch Study Of Northern Lake Count WITHDRAWAL TOKYO Ufl North Korea's Communist radio said Saturday Red China withdrew a total of 19,- 533 troops from North Korea this week. A Pyongyang Radio Broad- cast said the soldiers were part of six divisions Red China Is re calling from Korea. A Chinese di vision runs to approximately 12. 000 men. State Game Office Men Perform Many Varied Tasks Fall Bulbs Should Be Plpnted NOW! m Jan De Graaff Lilies ' Mid Century Hybrids Valencia Gold Band Golden Chalice Other varieties supplied on order. Jan De Graaff Daffodils King Alfred Carlton Hades Fortune Do m ton Franciica Drti! TOP SIZED BULBS BEST IN WEST TULIPS Darwin Zwoneburg William Copeland Williom Pitt La Tulipe Noirt Sundew Barbara Pratt Prince of H orient Boron de la Tonnaya Clara Burt ' Giant-Rev. 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Up in the Troy region where Norm Minnick now resides as the Wenaha game unit manager, Min nick's knowledge of first aid soon became known and set him solid as a valuable addition to the citi zenry in this remote region of the state where a doctor's care comes at a premium. Minnick's first aid was put to test one day when a pipe tension bar on a "Swede" line snapped back and struck a logger in the face causing serious facial lacer ations. In another incident, Min nick ' quickly administered first aid to a logger who had been bitten by a rattlesnake. Bob Stein. Wallowa district game agent, also came -to the rescue of a person in distress. Stein is a member of the Wallowa County rescue unit along with numerous other Wallowa County citizens. Last week Stein along with 16 members of this unit made a hurried pack trip into the rugged country of the Imnaha north fork to rescue a sheepherdcr in dire distress because of Injuries. The sheepherder's horse had fallen from a steep mountain trail, roll ing over the sheep man cailsing several broken bones and multiple abrasions and lacerations. Also last week, Dave Luman, Pendleton district game agent, ad ministered first aid to three occu pants of an automobile that had rolled down a grade from the Bat tle Mountain Road. Luman attended the injured until the state police arrived with emergency equip ment. During the John Day controlled deer hunt, Bob Mace, chief of big game, and Glen Ward, Hep pner district game agent, assisted the state police in the removal of a hunter who had died from a heart attack. Previous to the in cident. Glen Ward had been with out sleep for 36 hours from game commission duties at the check ing station, patrol, and directing hunters to problem deer areas. It is a common sight to witness a game commission agent render ing assistance to motorists in trouble, perhaps a pull from a mud hole, or changing a flat tire for one of the helpless sex. Re cently, a black Angus steer was rescued from a sump into which It had fallen, high In the Wal lowa Mountain area. Profound thanks were given by the owner of this valuable animal. Manv other acts of assistance are rendered daily by game com' mission agents wherever distress is encountered or when called upon for help. Yes game commission agents arc good men to know. PORT ROCK In anticipation of future expansion of irrigation in the basin areas of North Lake County, the first scientific studies of water penetration and moisture retention capacities of local soils were recently launched here by ihe soil end moisture division of the Agricultural Research Service in cooperation with the Soil Con servation Service and Oregon State College. Similar studies have been made in seven other soil conservation districts in Central and Eastern Oregon where flood irrigation is used, conducting tne irrigation -re search program is Fred Tileston of Hermiston, ARS irrigation engi neer. By collecting basic soil moisture facts and conducting a controlled irrigation on an approximately fo X200 foot plot, Tileston is able to as semble data enabling him to rec ommend the amount of water needed and the length of Irrigation necessary for speciiic soils. Three test sites, representing typical soils that may be used for more extensive Irrigation, were selected by the local soil conser vation district, the organization re- nuestinir that the study be maae. These were on the Cameron Cliff ranch at Silver Lake, operated by Robert Rosebrook. and the Leon ard Pitcher and Bud Parks places at Port Rock. The district selected the sites and arranged for Dotn assistants and water for the ir rigation runs. "Selection of test areas that rep resent predomlnale conditions Is verv important," Tileston said, "In order to give the greatest predict able value of these experiments. General field sampling of soils enables an accurate description of moisture conditions when the Ir rigation Is started. Following this. 10 sheet iron rings 12 inches in diameter are driven into the ground at intervals through the test area, filled with water and a measure ment taken on the speed with which it peneirates the soil. For the test Irrigation, 6x3-inch parshal measuring flumes measure the water bolh on ana on tne aren. The automatic recorders give com plete information, according to Til eston., From tne iniaxe curve a more accurate recommendation can be determined on how long water should be lcit on the land. Volume wciuht tests are made the following day to determine the moisture holding capacity of the soil. Two series of 10 samples arc taken about five Inches apart In a profile, using a Pomona sampler which cuts 2x;i-incn cyiinuricm cores. The difference In weight of samples, before and aflcr baking In an oven, Indicates the maximum holding capacity of the soil. This data, once established, remains constant. Separate samples are taken and- sent to Oregon state College where minimum holding canacities are determined. A follow-up of tins study is planned lor next year. This work is being pioneered in Oregon by Tileston who is the only person to assemble and use available! equiDment. SCS personnel assist ing him here included Duane Crane and Jack Gillette of the Silver Lake office and Joe Rogers, area con-1 servatlonist, and George watt, area engineer, both of Bend. Plans for this researcn were made cooperatively by Tileston of the ARS, Jeff Rogers, head of Ag- rlcull tral Engineering at OSO ana Harolu Tower, state conservation ist for Oregon. Results of the local study are to be made available for an Irri gation conference in January spon sored by the Fort BocK-Biiver lakc Soil Conservation District. CHARGE MOSCOW Ifl The Soviet mag azine Communist says Dr. Nor man Vincent Peale Is' trying to undermine the faith of workers In themselves "by calling upon them to rely on the will of God." The September Issue of the magazine assailed Dr. Peale's American best-seller, "The Power of Posl live Thinking" as a dispenser of a "reactionary social trend." " PACIF SUPPLY CO-OP so. 6th Ph. WIRE ond WIRE FENCING Z O STEEL U POSTS O STEEL T POSTS 2x4 Mesh Fencing Hi 2 Point and 4 Point I I Barbed Wire DEERING STOCK GATES-BALING WIRE HEAT0N STEEL AND SUPPLY HOME i ' "j1 aJ Phone 2-3427 428 Spring Nights Phone 4012 or 2-1841 New Weed Killer To Be Shown Latest findings In chemical war fare against weeds win be re viewed In public sessions Novem ber s and 10 at the fourth annual Oregon Weed Conference at the Senator Hotel, Salem. 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