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Newspaper Page TextTWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON,. MONDAY. AUGUST 31. 1936. 1 YOUTH AID AGAIIU GIVEN STUDENTS Requirements Set Forth For Needy Wishing to Attend College. Applications fur financial an- nistunec uuUr thu National . Youth Administration for utlfiulltiK Ore gon Hlale collre ar now betnic re ceived by B. li. 1-cmon, rvglsmu', Mr. Lemon hua Just been notified Unit the program will he couUnut'il at O. H. C. And all other qualified higher educational liiHtltimun on cHHcnilally the twine basis uh lam year. Application, will he reculved up to September 1, following vrhlcn comnilttfCH will start the work of Aducilon to determine the most worthy umo:K thoso who have asjked this aid to nttend college. Kofitili euibiilH are that a Htudetit, to receive this -work-aid, must o lie t ween the agea of IB and 26. In cliiHlve, in tint uliow promlHU on tin lmnis of high school or past col lege record of doing creditable KcholaHtic work, and must tie able to show that he or alio rwiuircw Mich aid In onlwr to attend cm lege. All students who receive the help must work on a regular hour ly batdB at the prevailing rate for the type of work they do. Allotment Repeated hunt year there wai $ -10,155 available Tor this typo of student aid, and the flame amount has been allotted for the ruining year, as the 1D.U onrollmont wan aculn used us a basis. The funds last year were rnrned by AM different stu dents who averaged approximate ly $12 per month. Tho require meats nre that no ij indent may earn inorfi thnn $20 In any one month mid the aveniae for the group must not exceed $1! each mouth. An average of 3fl0 students a month received help under NYA last year, ubmit a third of vhom were women, this being the ap proximate proportion of women tn the student Iwdy as a whole. All sorts of wort: jirojerta wore carried through under the phm, the chief requirement being thai it must ho useful work which would not oilier wine be done, as tho college la not permitted to re place regular employees by this (.incus. Inquiries already huow . t hat lliuru will lu lmuu demand for l hi nid than can he supplied, but (he committee In charge Is prepared to niaks a carelul examination oi each nppKnition In order to ex tend iiulp to thou must worthy. A complete In von lory of rnunty owned hinds In the slate or Oregon Is now under way under the direc tion of the Oregon slate planning board, ami will be completed wlfn In the next few weeks. It Is an nounced b Ormond R. Mean, hoard uhalrmnn. The Inf irmatlou will form part of n report to he made to (ioivrnor Martin hy a special committer1 on taxation, appointed by him some time ago. In n number of counties the work of compiling the Inventory will he done by county planning commis sions, wliilf tn others experts from the planning board stall will ob tain l ho Information. Work has already been completed In iHmglns and 11 other counties under the direction or Joy K. Itadlry or the board staff. Highly slgnirirant figures have already been compiled for the 12 counties where the work Is com pleted. In these counties the as sesKdl valuation f county owned lands Is shown as uppnulnuitelv $I.Hi7,UiM), agnhiHt which charge of $r.:ti,H2 have accrued. A total of 177, IKS acres of land are In volved, as well as .7 14 Hly lots. The (memories will be mi uni form curds whieh -rry full tutor matloii ou all property.. - CUT COST OF FUEL for htitlnT the home, trees are iimri thnn .Im-t a setm-c of flee wood. They conserve fuel when used as a windbreak, nays V. K Williams of the I nlted Slates for est Mftivlf'ti llnrttliia iiiiiliniMiiil In n house unprolevhtl b. trei SV tripled when ioM in. Is retch veloelly of 2d miles mi hour. Tests show that winter tempera tares are t to " hieher on the lee ward side til a wladbii'sk than on Die wind aid side and thnt he-it requirements increase tupiilh with an tncvense In wind veloi iiv inr Jut; winter mouths. 1'misidei lug pioper t in ulsl ion ol nil In the sumiimr us well a pro leetliin In the winter, Williaiuw I'eeoiniiK-mht (hat w i iu) li r lu U Uv planted Ion l.'.O f e. t funn the house. Mest protection a!s is giv en when the trees are la led" In nlfetnate im:. The couipiit'tiiesH of evei fi'i'ii 1 Ire! : mal.es h.:y i ypu!t'i km j vjtPlhninit i-uri'Oifvi-. lu-r.t.tvt. mt.-l NEW GRANGES ed plantings with more permanent trees In the center rows may de velop more rapidly. At leatU three or four rows, 8 to 12 feet apart, givo bjHL protection, Tho young tree grow faster where cultivated lor the first few years. Windbreak tree may be obtain oil from many of the state colleges as slate nurseries have been de veloped under the Clarke-.McNary farm forest law. These trees are distributed to farmers ut nominal cost. T AGAIN LEAD TEST COHVAU.1S, Aug. 3I.-CAPI Kor the fourth conriecuttve month Ihi! Rood pastures and (rood cows of the Tillamook cow tenting ae Hoiiutlon combined lo give that group the lead among 15 leatlnx UHHOclatlona of tho atate, the cui ri'iit reiHirt covering July tenting anil aeeiled It q bent gratia Rlone. ttlon dairyman, showa. Tillamook's 11X4 cows averaged 12 04 pounds or rat, while one of the members. C. M. Atkinson, took hlKh hen! honors in the state with un average or 59.66 pound of rut for hla 13 cows. A recently organized second Tillamook association waa second on the list with a 41-pound average, followed by Coos bay, 37. .18; Curry county. K B; Coqullle vulley, 36.34; and Washington county, 32.62. Other association showed produc tion In the following order: Lin coln county. Vanihlll county, flat sop county, Ulun-Ilenton. Rogue iHmied by Hoger W. Morse, exten county, Umatilla county, and I'olk county. High cow ror Ihe month was a grade Jersey owned by Ihe New Ijike dairy of the Coqullle associa tion which produced 16.11 pounds of milk containing 83 pounds of fat. William J. Kerns or the Hogue river association had the second lil'.'h cow, also a grnde Jersey, with HliK pounds of milk and 8K.9 pounds or rat. , Cows under test reached a new hlKh mark at 'J II) 7 in 421 herds. MALHEUR TURKEYS PREY OF COYOTES ONTAlllO, Ore.. Aug. .11. (Al) Coyotes . are , making raids on iniiihers' turkeys in Ihe Owyhee Hnclionluf ' Malheur coiliitv reuurin mild ItBjay.' ( Twemy-two have been ruptured recently. TUKSYS AID WAR 4 fm pg iii'ivrnvii.i.K, titnli, Ails. 31. (API Kal and full or crickets. Sl.wm turkeys were relumed tn their ranch homes !n this section lifter seven weeks of siii'vl- In a central ITtnh ivur on Insects. ihe birds were shipped to Tooele and .Inab counties earlv tn Jnlv when feiinera there called for help imnlUHt an Inviislon of Mormon crickets. Hungrily the young birds went lo work. They grew ronlrilv. itiul so did their appetites. In no time at all they cleaned out one ui-ea and proceeded to Ihe ni-xt, limiting a conquest of miles of and and millions of Uli kets. STRIP CROPS AID "POINT" ROW BAN Contour farming Is a fine way to reduce 1 mi -off mid pivsIoii nu sloping fields, but strip cropping l even better, according to reimrts lo the soil conservation service. Strip crops on the contour iml inly retard run-nff but In most tiehls the clost-plaittiM mips lake up the short, "point" rows ihnt re ult from variation In the eon- tour. Very few Ileitis have the same angles of roniour from one Hide to the other. Strip cropping it alternattnc strips of close giowlng. Inany-root-ed crops aurh an grasses, legumes r smstl grains- with rows of lean-tilled crops like corti and rot- ton. Stiip crops spread out and iak up ihe water that rims oif ihe row cmps snd art us harriers to any m:ill gnts thnt may torm in me ireshly Hlleil soil. Price Outlook for Oregon Livestock in 1937 Regarded Good by O. S. C. Economist The '.K" . market uutlintk for aniuial products is eonipai a lively favorable lor mot items, with the prn.pective supl smalier (ban in P':.t. aecoiding to the turiein ,g i it ult m i) Siimtlloii and t mtbmk report issued h I. K. nreitbuupt, extension ilgrlcultiuul (.Mmmmist at tiregou S!att college. Tlie reptirt -deals wkh Hie poab try, dairy and livestock outlook. with consldershle sp;ice devottil al so to crop prostHM ts of Interest to Oifgon glowers. The nun set outlook for dairy products Is gooiL, as the demand is glowing utinnger while the p-v capita sutudv oi milk will pmh nhy be somewhat smaller duiiiu; the next lew ais than during the Immediate- lu the last 10 years the general tiend ot farm pi ices of huttcrfal in Oregon fr.m year lu year has been ehsev as sociated with the trend of centum ptitTha.-dng newer jih imlicsted bv the fartoty pa roll in tho Coil ed Slaios, my a llivithaiipt. This has Iwn inenMsftm sieailily since I lie low p'diit of l!t::2 and luithei , tinmovenieiu Is in prosH't. (iitvo'jM r UM.lui l.oun .in iJctei-l m-uuiV Uaiiy pivdutti- ptkcv in V.iv ' I 3 ' ' i ill" "II' S OF F COUNTY AGENT'S REPORTS I Alleged Coyote Skins Turn Out to Be Disguised Squirrel Felts., Htute and county game officials lind it pays Lo exumlne ciorteiy pelts turned In for bounty. Uh scrupulous i boiiiity-seeltrs some times do a good job ol dlHgtnslug skins ou which no bounty Is ot tered. In uortliern Aioniaua, for exam ple, a lun;e number of coyote pup pens on which bounties were puiu on; l spring, turned out to be ground stiuirrel skins. They hau oeen colored with a ml j. lure of grease and lamp black to rene.iible skins ot youiiK coyotes. Pelts ui fully grown Kround wiuhrelH anu young coyotes are about the sanic sir.e, .Montana .official detected tbi fruud in ihvestlKatliiR reports ot lai'Ko liumberH of coyote pelts be ing turned In. In Identifying . the fake pelts thu officials were as sisted by It. K. Hateman, Miles City,- Mont., district agent of the game management division of Hie lnitedStaiet bureau of btolopfical survey. Several fake pelts also were sent to the biological survey at W'uidiliititon, I). C, by Mr. Itate man and hleutit'iud aj squirrel skins. Fraud Encouracd Ilounty lor coyotes and other animals frequently eucouraKcs fnutd, records of the survey, show. Sometimes female coyotes aro -ur-posely released lioiu trapu to ln tturo a permanent "bounty crop." After cupturiiiK tho coyotes that are easiyl chukih the bounty seekers usually find it 'takes too much time to catch the otualve ones. Professional coyote hunters get better results, the survey linria. These men are expert murkamau ami tiappeis and uih usuully em ployed by the stutes, counties, and livestock orKuntxatiuna In cuopuru tiop with the survey. They make it a iMtint to capture coyotes that liuve become livestock kilters. Farmers Interested In Intention will have, an opportunity to view various kinds and types of Irriga tion systems in' operation Wednes day of this week when the third annual Itouglns county irrigation tour will he held. The tour will start at l't a. m. at Hu.sunbark llros.' farm on the Melrose road, six miles west of Itose burg, and will Incmde visits to the C. K. Marks farm in lllvermlale, Frank aiul Oscar tiorrell farms at L'mp tjtiiL, (.eotgt M. Wilcox farm at Oakland and Km mi it . Hall farm west of Wilbur on tho Calupooia creek. Arthur Minn, extension upecinl 1st In soils of (lie state college, will be present anil explain the vari ous systems In use. Various types of sprinkler systems will be seen on the IV.itenhnrk Hros.. tisear t.or ndl and tieorge M. Wlleox farms, while Irrigation by Mood and prep aration ol laud for flood hrlr.ntion will be viewed on the Frank (ior M'll. C, K. Marks ami Kmmltt Hall isrms. Homing of the lour from Ihe Hu senhnik farm will be determined hy the condition of the Jones font at Melrose. It the ford Is passable, the second phu e to bo visited will he the C. K. Marks faini. but if impit.ssahli- the tour will follow the Mel rone Cleveland man and the Frank (lorrell farm nt I mpqua will be the next place visited Mlh ihe tour ending at the C. F .Marks farm in l(iersdale. There has bivn a tendency during the past ww son for many lainun to Install spiinkthii; sy.iems when, only ai limited supply of Irrigation water! j milk cow population. On Janti .11 y I nf this yesi the iuiinl-r of milk cows on farms In the Culled Stales was estimated at o.H.M.immi m- upproximately j;Mt w thouseud is'tpie. Iitttiratioiis aro for some reduction in cow numbers hj next laiiiary. and further improvement in luvtory Hiyt!ls, whh h would be epeiied i, result In some bet terment lit prices, teaseim! change coiitiidered. Mai ketinRs of caitle and hmis during the next few mouths may be expected to be laV::ei . owing to the short supplv ami higher prices for foods iti areas at'let led by th drouth, ihe circuit.!- continues. To, some extent the increa-e lu slauch tor will be onset by stronger mn sinner demand, b.n (he price out-1 look Ih better for beef next snrtiigl and stMiiuur limn during the com lug full and winter. Well finivlied href entile uie expected to be in better demand than sltnkers and feeders. I ih in mill ket outlook for hogs is strong, nlihoUk:h marketings may be heavy during the last half of lv:ti, Yiio ilHMitli has niateitul 1 jlii-aiU llie tn.uktt out Ion k loi 'II! i CROP NEWS is available, and the kinds of pipe and; aptiiiHlera iuncd are us varied as the number of Installations, ac cording to J. Holand Parker, coun ty, agricultural agent, i Tho , tour will give thoso attending an op iiurtuuliy to sea the various kinds of pipe and sprinklers in use as well as the various kinds of pump and power used In operating, tho system. . s - r Time lor lunch wilt be taken be tween 12:30 and 1:15 either on the Oscar Gorrell or (ieorgo M. Wilcox farms. K very one makuiH the tout is requested to bring ila own lunch. Good drinking .water will be furnished. Current Business Picture Reflects Marked Upturn in Many Activities. ! liy WMXIAM S. ARUKRY (Associated Press Staff Writer) Washington, Aug. 29. ap Cash gains In many fields of commerce and agriculture were re conled today by government and private ugencles. The current business picture. In cluding bright forecasts, covered such activities aa fnrming. build ing transportation ami industrial production. In the first half of 1938 deposi tors in mutual savings hsnks in creased by 3uu,(on, Tho total in July stood at 34U.UH0 topping the figures by Ui) per cent. The labor department, la a sur vey covering 709 cities, reported building waa up 9u per cent and tho estimated cost up 12.2 for the first seven months of Increas ed lul.3 per cent over the same period in 1935. While thousands of farmers wore in distress because of ruined crops, cjwh income from July farm marketings totaled 7 1 1 .'imi.UiHi, as compared with rK2,0)u,oon the pre vious mouth and $-tfil,tH).mm a year ago. Officials reiwrted July farm Income the best since VJ2U. Rail Lines Advance , Another sharp advance was re ported by railroads. Operating iov LMiues of 113 lines were shown to have fnc reused 27.4 per cent in July as compared with the same mouth iu l!o5. Increases were reported in the net operating income tn all three major districts. Tho eastern dis trict reported $32tn!l3,r,4 as com pared with $ie,8tiu.l73 ror July last yenr; southern district, ffi,u60,S54 as compared with 5I.HX3.122; west ern district. $-'2.3i) 1,421 na compar ed with J7.Sii3.4l3. Along with Its business review which cited the rise in excise inx icfelpts, the U. S. chamber of com merce review, diseuHsing pns-dble covi'Vfihional activity in the next session said: "Tnxation can not very well es cape attention, for by the end of the first seven months of 1937 there will expire a whole list of ex rise taxes, out of which more than $3u,0uu.0n( was realized In the last fiscal year which closed on June So. IWBH RECORD ('t)I(VAM.IS, Aug. 2!l. (AIM Heavier advance applications from new students ami transfers from other colleges have brought predie- tlons li-om ctllege officials that registration at Oivgon State col lege may rench 3".on in the full term which starts September -I, an albllmc liich mark for a single l ?m H it matei tallies. Applications have fluctuated dur ing ihe summer, and acceptances now are more than inn above ihe flgurv on tl same date last year. More limn 2un applicatimis are still pending and many are being re ceivid daily. Added to the expect ed fitshman class increase will be a probable heavy expansion in upper class t'Uals us large lower classes of the past two years move up. Large increases In science, borne economies, agriculture, and secre fHrlal science nre noted in fresh- in -in applications accepted. A larger increasv in women students than In men Is slso Indicated. , Knmltment in the fall term last la-it year rent-lied 3l:!f. credit stu dents and for the entire year 3 Hi. NDIGESTION (Joesrit live here any more I tile 1 Oimr't llftte tl.r fNtt -trf -! 1 iM n.-tU .1 Krt rtit -"C Vl . If DM DEPARTMENT OLO-TIME ARTICLES Pioneer-Period Possessions Objects of Inquiry by WPA Historian. ' : An effort to locate several ar ticle of historical vaiuo la being made here by U N. lowell, WpA historian. A hanu-made ciialr, a document printed on sheepskin, an a anient rifle and a newspaper file are among the articles sought. In 1894 Mrs. Wutson Uavla of Eden bow er owned nu old-fashioned rawhide Imttom rocker, made by her grandfather and given to her by her mother, Mrs. Wesley Plummet-, who rocked her 13 babies lu the chair. The oldest child was bom in 1833 and the youngest in 1858. In 1851 tho Plummer fam ily . emigrated from -Missouri to Oregon, settling on Howell prai rie, .Marion county, bringing the chair with them. In 1SH3 Judge J. S. Kit zh ugh had a patent to IH0 acres, of laud lu Illinois granted Adam Day as a bounty for services performed In the war of . 1812. The document was printed on thick heavy sheep skin and was rilled out by Joseph 1ST (fxtdt QUALITY )l,00K AT WHAT MORE RUBBER ON DEEP-CUT NON-SKIO TREADj Ayt NON-SKID ' 2 EXTRA LATER) DIPPED CORDS UNDER TREAD GUM-DIPPED CORD BODY UNION GARAGE Phono SZ2 C ASK t Y BROS. C16 Wlnchcslcr Life OF AGRICULTURE NEWS Meigs, commissioner of the gen eral land office and was signed by James .Monroe, president of the United States. When, iu 1848, Jake Arlck of Burlington, Iowa, decided to come to Oregon, he bad a rifle made to his order. He crossc the plains tho next year, 1S4'J, but returned in 1851. W. It. Wells then bought the rifle to use ou his trip acioss to Oregon in 1852. The rifle waa f.n use through the Indian wars of 1855 and isr.6. ".Monte" Fickle, for many years a telegraph operator in Koseburg, kept a complete file of old Kose burg and Douglas county newspa pers. The whereubouu of this file fa unknown, Mr. Lowell, who la making a re cord of historical events and items of i ate rost concerning Douglas county, would like to have infor mation on the present location of these various articles ami auy eno knowing ot them is asked to communicate with him. Vacationing .Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Q'Jlne are spending their va cation ut Gearhart beach. fbsenyy j Tormntsh sooilied- rt..jr: A BTrfoTJ llcalinq o'iecfbv lilt . ircnimj tt VOLUME PRODUCTION YOU StT THE ROAD MltEAGEXpH OF GUM TEXACO Stcphena and Mother S-.s. FORREST war '-fl '' Hsms. SsS" ' J0 ' , i i -in iiiiiiniiiaMimivm ;i TEST WHEAT SEED BEFORE PLANTING TOPEKA. Kas. (API J. C. Moll ler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, urgea furmers to use care in selecting wheat need and to beware of grain offered by itinerant truckers. He advised that seed be tested for Kcrniluabllity to insure good crops, adding that Itinerant seed peddlers sometimes did not com ply with state law that demanded seed tests and labels according to results before sale. Spend Day Here Mr. and Mrs. n. G. Klore, of Look laggings, spent Saturday in this city atteudlng to business and visitiug friends. SHEEP You can sea them In the dell. You can hear the blighters yell,- And you know they feel like hell. Give them Kah-Uab, keep them well. Bah-Bah, Ilsh-Mah, Bah-Dah. Bah-Bah la, the dependable capsule treatment for Fluke. Stomach Worm and Tape Worm Infestation of sheep and goats made and sold only at Richardson's Drug Store in Roscburg, Ore., and at Richardson's In Oakland. Ask the registered phar macist at Richardson's Drug Store about Bah-Bah Capsules the dependable, tafe, easy to give, economical sheep remedy. Give them Richardson's "BAH-BAH CAPSULES." Keep them well. Htte is the tire buying opportunity you have been waiting for. Just received (arse shipment first quality Firestone Tires. Must be moved t once as we do not have space to stock the entire lot - so wc make this amazing offer 1st grade quality tires at volume production TAKE THEM AWAY BARGAIN PRICES! It'i the biggest tire salt of 1936 act at oncel Buy a complete set at these money-saving prices. Equip your car all-around with ntw non-slid safety before Fall rains make streets slippery end dangerous. You've never seen so much tire for so little money as we offer during this mid-summer sale. PRICES sa v f i t . mil KEN'S SERVICE STATION Phone 5JM. STATION McK AY Phono 252 REGATTA TO FETE ASTORIA FOUNDING Celebrating the 125th anuiver aary the rounding ot Astoria, the 1936 Astoria regatta will be the largest and finest since the Incep tion of the Pacific northwest's oW esc water festival In 1894. With the recatta to be held September 3, 4 and i, only a few abort days away, every Astoria citizen U find ing his or her sea legs. More than 160 boats of all kinds will com pete lu reRBtta races, there will be nllihts of hilarity at the Pirates Den and hundreds of other events huvo been arranKed to occupy ev ery moment of the festival's dura- Hon. ' ' . . o 2 AUTOS, HAYSTACK SOCIAL CHAT TOLL EDEN, Tex. (API Toll for a so cial chat two automobiles and a haystack. Raymond Whitaon stopped to see Leonard Ouice, who was work ing on a haystack. Ills auto back fired and ignited the hay. When Guise hitched Ilia car to Whitson'a to pull It way both uutomobilcs as well as the haystack, vere de stroyed. I prices. So. Stcphcm 9t.