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Newspaper Page TextTWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURC.OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 1 . 1938. News of Farm Life GRANGES COUNTY AGENTS REPORTS CROP NEWS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWS U. 8. EGG OUTPUT Price Boost Acts as Spur to Production; Chick Population Upped. CHICAGO, Aug. I. AI) The nation's hen, it itppourml from ugg market vital BtiUiHtics today, me turning hi mi all time high ImUfng uvciruge at the liuat UiIh suhhoii. Those atatitttlcK uitto h ho wed liirth control is "out the chicken Iioiihc window". thiH your. The young chick population on July 1 wub ltf Iter cont gruutor thun a year ago. A little bootu in ugg pclcoH liau Htlrred the avonige hmi'u egg out put to record propoi tloim, and Iiuh put more foeij In Unhly'H trough. However, farmeiH aren't goading tliufr 'flocks, according to cliy fel lows hero who wutcli sucli things for market tips. Mercantile ex- change statimlclans estimated av orage egg production In the United states iiuiH about 60,000 eggs a minute day and night. Tho poultry business, livelihood of hundreds of poultry men und pucketbook money ror thousaiHls of farm wives, simply has a lot of good, cheup foed and hens are so t'at and happy, the experts say, they have been Hhowing apprecia tion in their daily turn at the nest. Weather hua been fuvorable, too. Prices Upped Although heiiH still are breaking all rocoii! h in the laying depart ment, egg production is In Its sea sonal decline, und with marke re ceipts going down, prices of eggs have risen about 5 cents from the 1038 low of 111 cents u dozen whole sale in February. Tho government bought eggs for relief distribution curly in the year but lias hoeu out of the market since spring. Here's the way the batting uv orage roads: Average eggs per 100 hens March 1 was 12.2; April 1, 07.D; May 1, 58.1, the nil-time high; June 1, 52.!); July 1, -Hi.6. Tho July riguro still was u record lor the dute. FOR CATTLE PI1ICES Tho outlook for cnlllo prices iurliiK the lute Hummer mill full mouths huu been "hoiucwIiiiI im proved," I he huruuu uki Icullurnl , economics reports. Tho brlKhtor outlook 'Is ultrlbut oil to tho prospective pickup in business activity mill emiHtimer de mand. It seems likely, thu t'connm Ists said, thai the seasonal advance In prices of the butler kiiiiIiw of sliiUKhlcr cnlllo will lui "mora maikml und limner sustained" tliim expected ourlior. It was pointed out. huwevnr. tliill O.o prices o( tlio butler kiiuIcs mo not likely to reach the uiiii.miiiI hluh of lutu summer mill early fall lust yunr. more noll-flnlshcd culllo will bo going on the market than a your ago and consilium' iIimiiiiiiiI for nit'iilH will not lie us HtroiiK us It was at thai time. As lo the lower grades of cuttlu, thu bureau points out Hint the iiliiiniliint supplies or feed, good KiuiiKo ami pii.duro coiullHous, and i'ollttlvely low Teed prices will ell coui'iiko prodiicurs to w ithhold from luurkct, as reihieemeii( Block, nunc tililll Iho iisiiiiI IIIUIllll'IH of cows, heifers, unit calves. CoiiHcmienlly, market supplies of I Hobo lower Kradoa may show Uhb Hum the UBiuil seasonal IneiMlBi iliirhiK the Hiimiiier and full, and I'rlre ilo clinua miiy he lens limrked. WASHINGTON, AllR. 1. (AIM Tbu iiKileiilimiil ailjiiHlmeut ad hiliilBliatlon in, lei today n lerer milium In 15 hue potato proilueing allium to ileteiinlne whelher pro (IneolB Tinor u pinuiaill denllleil to ki'L'p cull poiaioeH off the mar ket. Sillies III Willi h tbu referendum will he held between Annus, lit and 21 liicliidu NniHi Hiikolii, Nebras ka, Colorado. Iilalio. Wyoinlim, Ulah. (Ilegon, WiishliiKtoii und (.'aliroi'itia, ' Tho liKipiined roiu yeai' liinrkel lui! proKiam would set up a Joint fedmal-Blalii Byslein or IliHpcc Hon of IMilatuoB for IlileiHlulo Hilp Jnent. , Thu purpoBO, offlehilH esplahied, Is lo keep low Krade luitiitoeB from I InoiliilK nultk'fls and ileire.ilns prices. It also would gire Iho AAA authority to limit liiiinstuti- nlilp moat of potatoes other thun culls in yoitrB of liii-go Hurpliises. Two-Thlrdi "Ve" Neoded An order reipilrliiK ifrowers and ImiidluiH lo comply. Willi Hie pro gram Will ho issued, the AAA Maid. If favored by twothlnls of the vot ing growers, ellhec by number or by volume of potatoes produced, and If haudlei-B. ropt'csouHiiK fo per rmit of th voltimi of potatoes Hhlpped. sign an agreement lo abide by It, If the producer vide is favorable, . but the renult-ed number of han dlers decline lo sign the agree ment, the order may Im Issued with Hie appi'iival of the president. Tho pKugrum may be terminated lioenrn the end of the four-year pe riod If desired by a majority of growers voting In n referendum. The program would be aduiluls- lared by sluts and local potato v. ri4J Wtmmmmmmimm mn i.r Reservoir 'iAitil mfrmmtzt! ifMnmrr',T"i''W gwawwT km "" rimc I ?fc'tK'fafa.if 4v&$ safw?, tt I Dam I This mile-long spillway Is a $14,000,000 Insurance policy for the people who live down the Missouri river from the new dam at Fort Peck, Mont. It must carry the excess water in time of great flood an,d keep the river from tearing out the vast earth-filled structure. Six miles from the dam proper, the spillway skirts a part of the shore of the lake that will be formed and empties into the river at a point where it curves back below the dam. The spillway has a huge concrete dam of its own, with control gates leading to a deep concrete-lined chute. The whole project is costing around 75 million dollars and when completed will control the flow of water is the Missouri so that navigation will be possible between Kansas City and Sioux City. la. 'Peasant Type" of American Best Material for Resettlement Plan, Conclusion of Research Worker WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (PA) farm security udniliifBtrallnn ao dal research worker couuludcd to day that the "peasant ype" of American seemed the "best human material" oa which lo base a re settlement policy. I'hu social worker, Mario Jasny, avoided the tm-ni "peasant typu" in the body of a report on original settlers In Hp) Tule Lake reclama tion project In Uulirornla and Ore gone but she. used lit In a footnote. Ifoivreuorl was pused pu a study of litti lioiuesleudorB who Buttled fa Tuln Laku In 1117 and showed tlluL of this mimbur only 110, or 4S.5 per cent, rmnained wlien Hie survey was made late in (DUG. She divided Iho homesteaders re maining into two classes, tho "ftirin ur typo" and "cupltulislic type." In a footiioio, however, Miss lastly said slio would prot'or the term "peasant typu" for "fanner lypu," and added: . "Ilul unfortunately and laigoly without presold day Jlislirlcatiou Hie term 'iieusiiul typo' aeems lo be tinged, to American airs, with no tions of medieval backwardness and a physical drudgery not allow ing for li decent cultural and ma control committees composed growers and handlers. f'OUVAI.I.IS, July ,10, (Al') William A. .Schoenrehlt, dean of the Oregon Stute college school of agriculture, said today that Oregon potato growers will have oppor tunities til discuss a proposed AAA marketing program before voting on It. Ilefore tho election dales, the college extension service will ar range a series of meetlii; III com mercial potato counties to explain the plan to growers. Although the schedule hua lint been set, the ineellims nrolmblv will ximt ih,. I week of August S.' Olflclully certil'led seed potatoes lire excluded from the program as wen as poiaiocs used In tile nialiu factnre or starch and other by products. 1'OItTI.ANP, Aug. 1. (AIM---I'he government's efforts lo raise the Hiatus of low-Income und bun- Heappcd fanners to a solf-sustaln- lug basis broaulit assistance io 7.- r!ft families la Oregon for the vear endlllg July I, current I., Smith, state director or the fiinu security aiimiuisirallon, reveuleil. Tho ailuilillBtrallou extended loans of $.7iis.ir!i lo ;i.l;t!i runners for livestock, machinery, feed, seed anil cooperative facilities. Loan col lections amounted to jr.75.6iu. More I huu S per cent or the ma tmlHcs were met promptly and :'7I loans were paid In full. The farm debt service adjusted the llidelitedlleas of Ml", families Horn J2,l:l,OMt lo JI.;IM.2S" by consolidations. refinancing and lime extension. Six teuaul-fann purchase loans were made In l.lun county and Im- proved Icnure agreements neguliat .mi ..mi .... i.iioiers. ,ooui 10. masler, and lied Colt, county do families have not been transferred puiv. from sulmiarglnal atcus, many ofi The next meetine nr i',iin.,n (huu being located on tho Yamhill I'urniB projecl. ,, hl lh, mnv hl Thl, Sixty-two one pound loaves foilildille munee ic.-eiitle ,,,..l,.l bread cull be produced from Hie i Hour ground from one bushel of heat. To Protect Valley Dwellers terial level of living." Different Types Defined. Of this type of American, she wrote: "Theso settlers cling to their homesteads and want their children to grow up thoro. They seem. therefore, lo be Hie Ideal human material mi which lo base a ro- sctllcmoiit pulley aiming al strengthening of the rural section of the population," '1 lie report described the "fann er type" as Hie man who has natural Inclination for country life wllllo Iho "capitalistic type" of Homesteader wub described as a man wlio considers his homestead primarily us an opportunity lo get a good return from his investment. Of Iho original Tide l.ako home steaderB who do not now occupy the land,- ftlss Jasny reported 17 lliilde a practice of leasing while fill had moved away. Chief reasons for leaving were sale or the land lor speculation, a dislike for country life, and assort ed domestic troubles, Including marital relatlona and drunkenness. The report concluded that a sys tem of strict finally selection Is essential to Hie success of sotilemeiit underlakingB. Douglas Growers Asked to Stand for Rigid Price to Bolster Market. ., , "nuulus coimly pear growers urged by I'lvnona gral'ge te illl.el and dclormine prices lo be asked lor canning pears. Sucnimeiilo urowjis, the ng'l cultural committee le iur oil at a ni.'eiiug or Pomona UT.ini;o Sail'r day at Chile, have refused an of. for of SLM per ton. while dinners und puckers claim they can buy Ysklnm pears for S17.r.u. No lirlce has been set ror IioukIbs county pears, ot which (here Is a big crop this year, ami Pomona grange recommended that the growers should hold lor a suitable price rather than permit a break in Hie market, particularly la view or the present outlook. I'Votl A. doff, chairman of the ilgrlcilllliiul eonnuiltee. reported he would be clad to urraliae for u meet lug nf growers, providing suttielent Inlerest Is shown and asked that growers favorini: such a price llxlim meeting communi. cale with him. Saturday's meeting was attend ed by only n small group of grang ers, due In the fact that so ninny farmers were busy with Hie halv es!. Ilepreseutaljves were present rroin (Hide. Melrose, Ulversdale. South I leer Creek. Myiile Creek. Ulildle, Camas Valley. Kelloci!. Sunnyilale, Sutherlln coiumunll.v and Tenmlle untnees. State Conference Set llllouilcement was made of the slate grange conference to bp held In liosehiog October I. Details or place of no -cling and other nr- raiiueinents were placed In the hands of T. K. Husenliai k. I'onunia grange was niinniiurod for October 'Jll ill lthlille. The uieelini! will tie the gymnasium hulhlln'u on the ol.t school property and is having the structure remodeled for grange Below Huge Fort Peck Project purposes. A resolution, introduced by (Hide grunge, urging a county ex hibit at the Pacific International Livestock exposition was adopted. Program Presented The afternoon was given ovor to a lecturer's program, arranged by I'auln Anderson of Kellogg, Po mona lecturer. It Included group singing; a reading, the 23rd Psalm in Hie Indian language, by Mrs. (lay Moore of (Hide; musical selec tion, by Virginia Coon of Camas Valley; reading, Mrs. Halm, Ten milu; musical selection by the Horner .trio, and motion pictures presented through the Umpqua national Torest service. A most interesting feature, start ed by Mrs. Anderson was a display of bubbles. A. 0. IJuntlBy of Snth urlln has a hobby - of writing' Verses.' lidgar Madison of Kellogg displayed baskets nindo from split oak and samples or artistic whit tling. M. II. MeCord of Glide dis played a collection of Indian ar row heads. A. O. Miinllcy of .Myr tle Creek had a display, of pioneer skelches. John Alexander of (Hide makes a hobby of collecting Scotch canes, licorge and ltuth Casebeer had a tine exhibit of amateur photography. ,A flue dis play of needle and fancy work was made by the billies of (.Hide and Kellogg granges. News of 4-H CLUBS The group of -l-li club boys who are currying livestock projects left yesterday afternoon ror Salem where they will Join -with l-H clilb boys mill leaders rroin olher purls of Hie stute on a livesiock judging imir. mis is iiio llrst or two live stock judging; tours this season which are sponsored by Lapbani .lolors. Ibis i-roup that made a lour of the Valley Pucklug company tilaul at Salem and Judged Southdown sheep at the Claude Steuslotf ranch. This afternoon they are judging Hampshire hogs at the Hayes Liihlsch farm at llrooks. The boys will camp tonight at Hie ( ily park In Dallas, where they will enjoy swimming, games, sup per and a camprire program. To morrow they will Judge Jersey ent ile on (he I,. A. Hulliert ranch al Independence a n d Hampshire sheep on the It. W. Hogg und Sons ranch near Itickreall. Tomorrow af- leruoou they will judge llllernsov catlle on (he .1. A. Campbell place near McCoy and then return to the Dallas City park to spend the night again. On Wednesday they will judge lioinney sheep on the William lll.l.les farm al Monmouth and heel utile at Oregon Stale college, duly Wednesday arteriiooa Hiev will be shown thoroughbred horses on the Pleasant Acres farm In Cor- vallls. This group has made ohms to spend an extra day camping and having a good time bo will spend Wednesday night ami Thursday Just enjo.ving themselves and re turn home by not laler than 7 o'clock Thursday ufiernuou. They will unload on Hie used car lol or the t.apham Motors eom'puuv. K. V lliitloa, county club uncut: II. W. llrnw. Knsebnrg hiuh school SiiilHi-HiKhes Instructor: C. D. Tali-nil. l it club leader, and II. A. Carlson, livesiock iiuh leader, will neenmpuny Hie boys on tile trip. i'he second laipham Motors live siock lour will be laken lo Coos and limy couulles on, August In. Ill ami 20. , 1 11 chili members of IMuglas county will be ghul lo learn coin luiiiiliy fair dales have been set by the various community fair hoards. The South Douglas fair al Cau- yonville will 1 bo held Saturday, AugiiBt 27, and may be extended through to Sunday the 28th. The WeBl Douglas full- will be held at Glide, Wednesday, August 31st. Then on Thursday, September 1st, tho Looklnggluss fair will be held. The Central Douglas fair, at Suth erlln is being planned for Friday and Saturday, September 2nd and 3rd. , .'..;:;.' County Club Agent 15. A. Brit ton is anxious that there bo dem onstration teams come to the vari ous fairs and give demonstrations oil various phases of 4-H club work. There will be prizos awarded for this work. One demonstration team Is prewiring a special demonstra tion on hogs which (hey plan to givo at each of the five' community, rub's. They will not be competlrtg a'gitlnst any other demonotrntiiiin .teams, i. . . It was explained to 4-H club members who exhibited at achieve ment day programs that they should bring their exhibits thut they made at those affairs to the community fali'B and at the same time bring the ribbons which were nwarded them with the exhibits. Club members who did not exhibit at achievement day programs may also bring their work to the com munity falra where it will be Bcor ed anil ribbons awarded. Thoso who have already received the rib bons will not have tho exhibits scored again. All l-H club exhibi tors will receive money accordina to the color of the ribbon which Hiey received. These arc classed us "A", "11" and "C." The Days Creek Canning club met at tho home of .Mrs. J. A. Ithoads on the usual meeting day, Krlduy, July 22nd. Tho roll call wos answered by giving n pickle recipe and many new ones were given. Tho local leader announced that every oue should huvo a relish recipe ror the next meeting: she also reminded us that our July cunning reports would soon be due, ulso that with the fair so near that we should be gin picking out an exhibit. After Hie meeting was adjourn ed, swimming was enjoyed. MONEY ALLOTTED FOR FISH LADDERS WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 (AP) A (olal of Il.s7.000 will bo spent by the department or commerce in coiiKtruclion of fish bidders and screen at federal power projects in iho Pacific northwest. Charles K. Jackson, noting com missioner of fisheries, announced SntlliiTay a jtrant of the required funds had been made by the 1'WA. He said Hie money would be siieat 111 Washington, Oregon and Idaho. - the. HOTEL SOMERTON 440 Glint STREET 0OWHT0KH BETWEEN MASON AN0 TAIIOD COIPlETttt lElUMISHtO - Splendid garage fac ilities . and, courteous service await iht tired motorist. COCKTAIL LOUNGE Service Unsurpassed lift lll5. KIHOSS Western Area Contributes to Most of Increase Over 1937 Output. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. (API The bureau of agricultural eco nomics estimates the 1938 lamb crop at 32,221,000 head, the largest on recoru, The bureau ' aaid tbe crop was about 6 per cent larger than lust year and about 2,000.00 head, or nearly 7 per cent, greater than the average for the last five years. The previous record crop was 31, 615,000 ill 1931. western sheen states, the bureau said, contributed most ot the In crease over last year. The crop in tueae states was estimated at 21, 192,000 head, or 9 per cent larger than last year, and the largest on record for the region. the bureau said weather and feed conditions' In the western sheep states during the 1938 lamb ing season were, on the whole, the moat favorable in recent years. The death losses of breeding ewes since the first of the year were aaid to have been relatively small. i ne cunniiion of lambs In July In most of the western states was re ported to have been above aver age. An Increase in slaughter sun- plies may cause lamb prices to de cline from mid-July levels, It was stated. But in the late fall and winter some Improvement in con sumer demand and prospective bet ter prices of wool and pelts are ex pected to be strengthening factors. OREGON BUTTER TO BE RATED MONTHLY SALEM. Aug: 1. (API Mem bers of the dairy manufacturers advisory committee met here with representative of the atato depart ment of agriculture and adopted a plan for monthly regulatory scor ings for all butter produced In Oro gon. Tho scorings will begin sonS time this month and two teams will alternate in the work. One team is composed ot Earl Cavett. and A. W. Hare', Portland, and Bry anf Williams, state" department of agriculture representative at Mo- Mlnnvllle. Members of the other tenm are If You Had Your Choice John Dlgler, Mt. Angel; Frank Mosier, Corvallls and O. O. Simp son, manoger of the Portland milk and cream teBtlng laboratory. OREGON LAMB CROP UP TEN PER CENT PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (AP) An Increase of 10 per cent in the 1938 Oregon lumb crop was estimated by the U. S. department ot agricul ture, which figured the total herds at 1,580,000 head compared to 1, 429.000 a year ago and the largest number docked since 1934, when the estimate was 1,700,000. Breeding ewes fell off, however, about eight per cent to 1,681.000 but this was offset by the nign lambing percentage of 94 this year compared to 79 last year. SPOTTED BEETLES ATTACK CUCUMBERS CORVALUS, August 1. (AP) Oregon vegetable growers, whose prospects have been crippled by the absence of rain, appealed to the Oregon State college entomol ogy department today for assist a nee In checking an Invasion ot spotted cucumber beetles. Tbe bugs, about the size of the "lady bug" beetle, have destroyed the leaves of many vegetables and flowering plants. Another New Service! We have just received our first shipment of Co-Op Gasoline and Stove Oil. Our arrangements for de livery service are not yet completed but we now have them on sale at the pump. Also Co-Op Tires and Co-Op Batteries. Get our prices and special gasoline proposition before- you buy. Special fall offer on lubricating oil. ORDER NOW 'See Us First We Can Save You Money' DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch, ' ROSEBURG, ORE. Would you prefer to tell your sales story to a prospect when he is crossing busy streets and dodging traffic, or would you choose to reach him in his home? Naturally, you would choose the latter, particularly if you could catch him in his easy chair, relaxed and at leisure, and free from competing influences. That is the way in which you reach your prospects when you advertise to them through news papers. People concentrate when reading. They absorb and retain newspaper advertising impressions more completely than flash impressions from less penetrating adver tising mediums. You can register lasting impressions of the values of your goods and services through advertising in this newspaper. HUNGRY CRICKETS EAT RATTLESNAKES ELY, Nev., Aug. 1. (AP) When goaded by hunger, Mormon crickets will devour anything, ani mal or vegetable. In this region of sagebrush, the Innocent-looking crickets ore kill ing and eating rattlesnakes whose darting head and poisoned fangs are feared by all men. Morley Murphy. Star valley rancher, reported today that large swarms ot crickets are driving rattlers in pita dug by WPA work ers. Murphy said he saw the crawl ers, by mass attack, force thrco rattlers into pits where they swarmed over them without leav ing a trace of the reptiles. During 1936, one American tire company produced 18,000,000 miles of tire cord enough to stretch around the earth at the equator 730 times. Floor Sanding and Refinishing CHAS. KEEVER Phone e&l-J R. R. 2, Box 220 Roseburj, Ore.