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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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, 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. ' ' .
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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.