SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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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
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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.
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Game commission personnel are
good men to know.
In addition to their regular du
ties, Oregon Game Commission
personnel volunteer their services
to perform many varied tasks in
their daily routine. Because of
their wide travels throughout the
more remote and mountainous re
gions of the state, these men are
often Johnny-on-the-spot to render
assistance to persons In distress.
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."
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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.
Reports by Oregon State College
researchers and agricultural Indus
try representatives will deal main
ly with crop-robbing weeds, al
though some attention will be giv
en to beautifying home grounds
through weed control, says con
ference secretary Rex Warren,
OSC farm crops specialist.
Research findings win inciuae
weed control In cereal, vegetable,
strawberry, and grass and legume
crops; chemical and mecnanicai
removal of sagebrush; and con
trol of plant growth In farm ponds.
Amone other tonlca are the oper
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heavv blow at the flood or com
munist books and propaganda into
Indonesia Saturday by banning the
import and circulation of more
than 70 publications. Vice Premier
Dlanu Ismadl sain tne nan was
necessary to the preservation of
law and order.
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