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I TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-RF.VIF.W, ROSEBUG, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1939. NEWS OF FARM LIFE GRANGES COUNTY AGENTS REPORTS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWSCROP NEWS Type Developed by Priest in Oklahoma Matures in 62 Days. I)y The AP Fcniurd .Smvkn WAUKO.MIS. Oklll. - - A prieHt from an Okliihomn tmiulet in I he HoulhwcHtern il imt bowl helieves ho litis created a new variety of corn that will srow no fnm drought can't eatcii up with it. In the obscurity of his illsoli, Olila., parish, Father II. B. .Man di'lnrlz has been breedhiK anciint varieties wltii more .'modern l'l'H for six years ami now lie has corn that will mature In the speedy time of 112 days. This two-month corn could bo harvested in early June while southern temperatures still are jnlld the crop ordinarily matures in July after April planting. In the north, drought usually doesn't strike corn crops that early because the weather Is cooler. Hut in the south corn flourishes In the spring and frequently dies In the lieat of summer. "If the corn Knthur Mandelartz lias perfected will mature In li days there is no telling what It rtiay mean to agriculture. In Oklahoma and oilier southern stains," said (Jltrfleld County Agent .1. II. Hurst. The Catholic priest, former pro fessor of biology In Mount Angel college of Oregon, says his corn is hardy, extremely drought resis tant .and contains all the food ele ments of varieties maturing in Un usual time of Ironi Oil to lull days. v;STIINOTOJ. Jan. . (AIJ) Secretary Hull has advised Itepre selltativo I.eavy seasonal duties on i'uctllc. Northwest fruits moving Into Cunnda would bo somewhat lesB under I lid new reciprocal Initio agreement. Ho told I.eavy 111 a Idler United rllales negotiators had made "the greatest effort" lo bring about the elimination of the dalles which were uddltlonal to the ail valorem duly. The added duties were designed to protect I hu Canadian growers from foreign competition when marketing their crops and I.eavy had expressed concern over their mention In the t rutin agreement. Hull said there had been "pro gressive libornllJinllon" or I lit) I'an uiltltu larltr program and "conces sions of significance" were ob tained. Hull said reductions In Ihc added duty and in the ad valorem duly on npricolB and "Ihe aullclpaled 10 jnnviil" of a :i per cent excise tax Would cut tin' total "in season" (jiiirgcH on aiii'lcols and poaches to J.II cents and I X cents, respective ly, from 2.0 rents and 2. '2 cents In lii;ts. ; In addition. Hull said Ihe period or advanced valuation on peaches had been reduced from III lo nine ivoelis, . ', Thn annual uieutlnK of the West orn Oregon Livestock association, to be held February 11 and 111. has been transferred Irnni Corvnllis to Knur-lie because or 11 ronilirt In dales wllh Ihe minimi home inter 1'Htn ' conference it I Oregon Statu tjollege, announces II. A. I.lndgren, secretary ol the association. The convention Is now scheduled for tile Moose hall at Kllgene. Personnel of rour main romuill lies have been nunulinced by Presi dent Albert Powers of CoiUtlli, and itll members are nskeil to meet nt '10-o'clock on the afternoon of IJie firat day of tlio convention. The general session will be con vened at !l:'.l(l o'clock Friday morn ljlg," .February HI. The committee njialrmen follow: .Hiid classlllcalhm -.larvlH ln--fls. St. Helens; tax situation and fjigged-over and brush lauds H. L. Jones. Clifton: pasture bind de velopment and use in western Ore gon H. I,. Clark, Portland: gen eral resolutions A. t'. .Marsters, iioscln.ig. ADVERTISING PAYS I - LUMBER RETAILERS TACOMA. Jan. 2S. IAPI 1H pending 1.2 per rout of I heir m oss sales in newspaper adverllsiiig, hltuber retailors protllcd last e;u. Tklrred Colljer nl . Klainalll Falls, ire.,- said yesterday belore a ses sion of the West .Coast Lumber men's association stockholders' iieeting. , Collier nlso rouiineniled the cm sroslty of newspapers in ualug news releases and iiuhllBliing house id a Us. DEMAND FOR AGENTS BIGGER THAN SUPPLY' - COI'VALI.IS, Jim. no. (AP) j JVmnud from counlies for coopfin live ixli'iisimi UB'nls havo exceed ed lb.- ability of I lie college to meet OUR BOARDING HOUSE SAY, HOOPLE , PIP -lOu CATCW UP WITH THE OLP THUMB WA6SER "THAT WAS LOOKIM' TOR VQU? THEVfe , BEEKJ SDME PECULIAR . BACK POOR JOBS PULLED OFF IMTH' I WEKSHBOR HOOD AU' I'M CHECKIM1 UP OM ALL. SUSPICIOUS , ma J-30J, ;e. inc. Y. COr'R. 1939 DY NEA SERVICE. INC. HtH-li niijuoslH Tor tli first tfmo stncu tint iicicullunil extension work wan OKtabliHlied in V.)2, V. U ltulliinl, vice-iliructor of extension, ropui'tH. Svoral coiintioH nskod thai nu- iIHloniil itKcntH hu placed this year, hut Willi I lie exception of the n- ilacemeut of an assistant agent hi Mulliciir enmity, funds would no) permit, mieh expansion. E Tho eighteenth annua I cannorM' aixt fleldiiietrB school eondneted by the food fiuliistrleH department at Oregon Slate college will be held IhiK year from I-'elnnary ti lo IS, In- eluxlve. iinuounceH K. II. Welind, head of the department. The detailed program leaflet just IhsuimI hIiowh that a more eompie- hensive Hehonl for rnnimercial can- nei-ii will be put on than ever he fore, with eighl other govern mental depart men In and eommer- elnl coin pan let eooperatinK. The work 1h divided up Pn ns to pro vide snltahln liiHtruetiou for be KiimeiH In the cannery business well uh those who have had long experience in the industry. Divisions of the work will in clude a three-day course for can nery field men, a douhle-seamiUK course on ban tiling canning mi- chines, a fruit and vegetable cun ning course, work on the grading of canned foods, methods nf hnd! hlg frozen fruits and veget aides, and technical laboratory woi k on loud examination and qualitv con trol. 1ht 'smooth type of hairy velch if cut green ami handled properly is proving to he a superior hay lo common velch on a number nf Oregon-farms where It baa been tried recently, reports (i. It. llynlop, head of the farm crops department at (, S. lis use would make the nroduution of legume hay possible on Q tmH. where shallow or less I'ei file hells are not stti ible for the, -production of common velch or btlter Uvimes. : H4ir' velch is a common seed cunr erlVi -' hi ( li'OL'iin tint hnu imr lin-m- r--' k,,.,.. ....iw'l,!..!-.,,) u.iit,,., I'm' Imy.v .It coutiMiis 11 heat U per cent InqlMlU however, wil per cent for jih compared t-ummon eUh. hemv makes a richer feed If the hay Is produced In palatable form. Those who have 'tried it acree I that if hairy vetch is lo make a palatable hay it must be tut as soon as seeds hae hrmiu to form in the lowest pods, because cows may refuse to eat It if it matures hirther. It Is more winier hard lhait other vetches and belter suit ed lo somewhat mere arid hmIIm. llfhw N.-ilun1 sloilliU'Ii. liver, HAIRY VETCH BEST whew ii era ntlvlt biini:- iiuirk li'licf lo suHVrers f rum gastritis or indlgt's. Ituii. tnyli btuoil jtirssuii' or rtii'iimalit s. siu.uish liver ami kid neys, tolllis. eolen disorder or eolisl ip.i lion. Others gel relief Why net eii'.' 30 1'iiys Treatment SI. FULLERTON'S with hmf -fuf:. ikjdeed, demsjis, vou should be cogsjizaklt op the fact that x, as a leapim3 citiz.em amd LOKD OF HOOPT-E MAM OR NEVER HOUSE A VISITOR OF DOUBTFUL. CHARACTERSpLT.:saiTT T THE aEMTLEMAM VOU REFER TO IS MV UNCLE BRUMO, A Bia DIAMOMD AA.GMATE FROM THE TK6.KlSVA.AvL- A MAM OF WEALTH AMD AFFLUEMCE AMD FRIEMP OF ROYALTY f-El If ti. reg' uTsTmt. off. z POUTLAXn, Jan. 30. (AP) Now they're using ultra violet rays to coax the hen into laying bigger and belter eggs and moro of them. W. A. .lunnila of tho Washing ton committee on relation of eloc trlcily to agriculture described ef fect nf artificial light on a hen's laying apparatus before the Pacific. Northwest ( Itural Klecti'llcaUou conference lie said last year he' experiment ed with four pens, each containing I'O birds in single cells, each cell equipped with a HK)-watt heater that keeps the temperature between 15 and f.H degrees and each lighted by liO-watt bulbs. The pen receiving 17 hours a day of warmth and light turned out tho most and best eggs. Others laid about in proportion to the amount of light and heat. Hut the pen that was lighted IM hours a day was low, proving, he said, that a chick en can have loo much light. Ife said several experiments were being niado with ultra violet rays. Itorou, applied as borax at the rate of from 10 to 3D pounds per acre, has resulted In up to 7 it per cent cure lor celery crack, accord ing to reports from coopfralors and observations In definite experi mental trials carried on by the i begon State college experiment station. - - i The bnrax may be applied mixed with a complete fertilizer either before or after' transplanting, or may be dissolved In water ami ap plied either with a spray machine or by Introducing into a sprinkler Irrigation system'. Tho description of releVy crack and how it is being controlled by (he use of small tpiantilies of (his minor soil element Is described in a new circular of information. No. just issued by the experiment nation. The circular is written by A. C. It. Itommet of the veget able crops section, and W. (. pow ers, head of the soils department. LINN-BENTON CLUB WINS JERSEY MEDAL SA1.K.M, Jan. :ti.- l.P The I l.iiiU' I teuton Huh was awarded the Oregon Jersey Cattle club's gold medal for highest achievement by a local unit at an annual meeting Saturday. Polk county's club was second, and Yamhill's third. The club discussed plans lor an exhibit of T.'i or more Jetsey cattle at the San Francisco exposition, urged cent inualiou of the milk control act. endorsed a proposed expansion of the Oregon State col lei;c 11 vet lock depart men t . appro v Get Relief This Easy Way SQUAVVPAW HERB POWDER Umi PKllCKNT VKCKTAIU.K HKKU TON IC rlimiiliile ttivins lltnl ivmllati' kiilncw and Imiwi'Is. Iloiim this DRUG STORE Major Hoople Ec3D, 1 HOPE MARTHA DOESU'T PISCOVEPV HIV IM TME PARLOR AMP CHASE MIM IMTO THE STREET'I YSO ijlE KMOWS MARTHAS METMOP OF HAsWPLIKlO HOOPLES ed a small lax on hutterfat to fi nance national dairy products ad vertising, and pleaded that agricul ture be given more recognition on the state board of higher educa tion. ELK CREEK GRANGE HAS NEW MEMBERS YONCAM-A, .Ian. 30. The regu lar meeting of the KIU Creek grange was held Saturday. Jan. Usth. Mrs. Ilud Schosso and Harley Itowman were voted into the grange. James Kobinson was rein stated and iMerle Sehlin initialed. During tho morning session, four applications were submitted for membership into ' the juvenile grange. Miss K von Watson, lec turer of the juvenile grange, put on a fine program consisting of skits, readings and .musical numbers. A basket dinner was served at noon. GRANGE TO SPONSOR CEMETERY PROJECT CAMAS VALLKY. Jan. 30. At an Interesting grange meeting Tuesday night the matter of caring for the local cemeteries as a com munity project was taken up. Much interest was shown and a commit tee appointed to take charge of the project. The pest hunt Is on the way, aud several trophies were turned in. Refreshments were served at the (dose of the business session. DIRECT SUBSIDY IS URGED BY GROWERS I.OS AN(! KIjKS, Jan. 30. (AP) A resolution condemning the fed eral surplus crop distribution pro gram and demanding direct sub sidy of fruit and vcgetnble grow ers was unanimously adopted by the convention of tho United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable association. Officers elected this afternoon included M. C. Cohodas. Apptetou, Wis., president, ami C. It. God ding. Chicago, treasurer. Klon J. Gilbert, Yakima, was named a member of the advisory board. PATIENT EASES BOREDOM DY HATCHING HEN'S EGG WAIKATO, New Zealand (AP) Itored by a long spell in a local hospital, Harold liyder amused himself by batching out a chick en's egg in his bed. After "setting'' J" days. Kyder heard the chick moving around. Next day the shell split and cut hopped a healthy White Leghorn chick. Kyder kept the live chick hid den under the bedclothes another J day. fed it on hard boiled oca. ; Enough soil Is washed and blown from tields in the I'nited States annually to till a train of freight cars that would reach around the earth 11 times at the ' equator. j i" y YOU.TOftSHOUlPTRY I CREOMULSION For Coughs or Chcsl Colds i Homemakers' Needs Will Be Discussed at O.S.C. February 7-10. "Happier Family Living" Is the theme for the- Oregon conference for the study of homo interests, to he held on tho atute college campus the week of February 7 through the 10. More than 700 women are expected to register fortJiis confer ence, which is especially planned to moot the needs of Oregon home- makers, according to J. Holund Parker, county agricultural agent. (J)n .Monday,' February 6, preced ing the opening of the conference, the annual meeting of the Oregon Home Kconomics Kxtension council will be held in the Memorial L'nion. At the general assemblies of the home interests conference, leading authorities in their fields will speak on vital and Interesting phases of home and family life. The sectional meetings and demonstrations will stress more specific problems. Sev eral ol these will he conducted dur ing the same hour so that the homemaker may have a choice of meetings. Outstanding speakers include Dr. J. ' Hudson Italian!, Portland: Chancellor Hunter; Alva Graham, Portland, who has studied in Vienna; Miss Harriet Long, state librarian; Mrs. Iteatrice Walton Sackett, a member of the state board of higher education; Mrs. Kleiner, Portland, rormer state president of the Parent-Teacher association, now national vice president of the organization. Mrs. Mel of China, a graduate of Smith college, who Is doing further grad uate work at Oregon State this year; Mis. Jessamine Williams, Miss Alma Fritehoff and Dr. Shel- burne of the Oregon State faculty. Subjects listed for group discus sions are "March of Fashion," Household Tests for Fabrics," "Producers and Consumers look at Food Haying Problems," "How Much Do Oregon Families Spend," "I.andscupe Gardening," "The Charm of Old Things," "Some Foundations for Satisfactory Fam ily i'-lttslfitionshlps," "The Funda me'uiwl 'Needs of theChild," '"The Nursej-y School," and "Everyday Citizenship." Tne tonference will close with a luncheon Friday noon in 'Memorial l'nion, with Mrs. Azalea Sager, state leader, presiding. Following j the luncheon, a fashion show will he presented. The first part will be j a revue of Chinese costunios worn . by Chinese girls who are studying! on the campus. Mrs. Mel will he in charge. The second is to be a I fashion show from Portland, with . Miss I a Verne Axelson, stylist, in charge. She will bring costumes j and models for this occasion. ! News of 4-H CLUBS Tho large Forestry club, made up of members of Scotts Valley and Shoestring schools and led by Ja cob F. Wilson, has ordered more than 150 trees which will he plant ed this week and next. These trees are being planted for the purpose of establishing wind breaks. Forestry club members are able to secure these trees through the state hoard of forestry for use of establishing shelter belts, wood lots or windbreaks. According to County Club Agent K. A. Ilritton, marketing projects are progressing very nicely throughout the entire county. This project is carried by eighth grad ers lu conjunction with text book work In agriculture. Many of the essays which are not duo utwil April 1st have already been receiv ed. All the members enrolled in the project this year are looking forward to the Marketing; Day pro gram which will be held on Satur- BASKETBALL ROSEBURG Undefeated vs. UNIVERSITY HIGH Tuesday, January 31 sf 7:30 P. M. Senior High School Gym Preliminary Game Dr. Finlay's Midgets Will Start at 7:00 P. M. Admission: 35c, Students 25c day, near the middle of April. The program will consist of tours through business houses and busi ness establishments, a luncheon at noon and a show in tho afternoon. A request has been received by the county club agent from people of the Smith Hiver school for the organization or the Cooking club and Livestock club. Mr. Ilritton plans to meet with those people on Thursday forenoon of this week. Miss Patricia Douglas of Garden Valley is organizing a combination camp cookery and Forestry club in the Garden Valley school. Miss Douglas and the boys expect to nave the organization completed this week. Next Monday evening from 7:30 to 8 o'clock there will be a'-4-H club program of special interest to those attempting to write a 4-H club play. This will be broadcast over radio station KOAC. There will be a sample play and sugges tions given oir the writing ol 4-H club plays. A club of eight members carry ing miscellaneous projects has been organized at the Pleasant Val ley school under the leadership of Miss Ruth Marston, teacher. This type of club is known as a "Com munity club." Those enrolled are; Doris Kingery, Betty Ann Gibson, Kvelyn Grace Geider and Mary Hanslip, carrying the clothing II project; Charles L. Shields and Paul Allen, carrying the Forestry 1 project; Ross Geider, carrying a sheep project, and James Brant, carrying a pig project. Mrs. Poarl Montgomery of Look ingglass has organized a Camp Cookery club of ten members of which Betty Frltts Is president. Lota Hawiey vice-president and Luella Crow secretary. Other mem bers of the club are Olive Peter son, Maxine Buell, Constance El liott, Mary Huffman, Dorothy Kreiger, Fern Bane and Maybelle Strickland. An advance Clothing club has been organized at Garden .Valley with Miss Jean Ritchie as leader. The girls of this club plan to have their project completed before the (dose of school this year, em bers are: Kmma Leah VVinniford, president; Darlene Niday, vice president; Jeannie McCoy, secre tary Carol McCoy, and Thclma .iihnm. , ', Jy , . . , ,. A Cookery club has been enrolled at. Sutherlin with Miss Patricia Turner as leader. All three divis ions of this project are included in the membership. The girls elected Alice Sigismund as president. Hetty Lou Vogelpohl as vice-presi dent, and Charlotte Alcorn as sec retary. Other members of the club are Patricia Jordan, Edna Ruth Real, Kathleen Urantou. Earla Wolfo, Cora Wolfe, Helen Sigis mund, Virginia Lee Beller. Joyce Holgato, Jacqueline Thompson, Lola Streve, Jean Shirley, Jean Emery and Vivian Haveland. Three members of Glengarv sehool sent in an enrollment for a canning project. These are Marion Muuson, Doris Lander and Coryene McDowell. Mrs. C. II. Munson will direct the activities of this group. A club has been organized at Drain for the purpose of carrying out a landscaping project on the First M. E. church grounds. The club is being led by Reverend Itob- rt I. Parker, assisted by Jacob E. Wilson of Yoncalla. Members of this dub are Paul Parker, president; Paul Rising, vice-president; Norma Hitchcock, secretary; Ruth Stoute, Madeliuu Bragg ami La von Morin. Enrollment of thirty-nine 1-H Marketing club members was re ceived this week. Some of these members have been carrying the project for considerable time and neglected to send In, their enroll- Save Your Tire Have the Broken Fabric repair ed by Welding. O. K. Tire Weld Co. Richfield Station Mosher and Stephens St. ment before. All . will have the project completed by April 1st, (By Maxlne Wright, Days Creek) Due to the fact that all 4-H club members of the Days Creek school were taking mid-year exams this week, all club meetings were post poned until next week. The radio program put on over KHNR has proved very interesting and we look forward to hearing this club news. Sometimes it is difficult to get the station clearly as a broadcast from Wenatchee, Wash ington, cuts in at a very important moment. T OATH IS JUSTICE WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) A solemn ceremony made Vienna born Felix Frankfurter a member of the supreme court today. In the seclusion o . nn ' ante chamber of the court buildiug. the new Jurist took an oath to support the constitution. . . Thus tho 56-year-old Harvard law professor, who came to this coun-. try lis a 12-year-old Austrian immi grant unable to speak a word of English, took a seat on the na tion's highest tribunal. He occu pied the seat left vacant by the death last July of his Intimate friend, Justice Benjamin N. Car dozu. Frankfurter took the oath in tho absence of his close friend, 82-yonr- old Justice Louis D. Brandies, who lias been ill more than three weeks with tho grippe. Brandies was reported to be Im proving satisfactorily, hut his phy sician would not permit hint to come out today. PORTLAND, Jan. 30. fAP) Oregon's 1938 forest fire 'Season was longer and more dangerous than usual, C. I. Daguo of tho fed eral weather bureau said In au an nual report today. There were 1407 fires In national forests and 1124 on private lands protected by the stuto forestor. National forest fires were 137 per cent of the average for the last 11 years ami fires on lands under tho state forester's protection were 3 per cent of the average. An In crease In incendiary fires, particu larly in iwugias county and other southwestern Oregon sections, was observed. Lightning set 1080 fires. SOB of them on national forest lands. The number was the greatest since 1925. The lurgest conflagration was tne cedar camp blaze in Sis kiyou national forest, started bv lightning, which burned more than 31,627 ucres. Tho Smith river lire was second with 27,500 acres, AIRPLANE FLUSHES CROWS TO HELP IN SLAUGHTER DICXVER (AP) Airplanes arc being used experimentally in an effort to exterminate crows in northern Colorado. In the first trial more than 15,000 crows were Hushed by a plane that swooped close to their roost liu: place near Kries, Colo. About lun volunteer hunters, armed' with shotguns, were stationed -'-nearby and slaughtered approximately !."i" ol the birds. UMIPQUA heep Better Than Grain-and Cheaper j' $25.00 per Ton v $1;30 per Sack Douglas County Flour Mil! P ROSEBURG, OREGON PRUNE GROWERS TO MEETHEREf EB. 1ST Prune growers of the county are requested by State Director J. D. Aiickle to meet Wednesday after noon. February 1st, in the circuit court room In Rosehurg at 2 p. m., to discuss and furnish data regard ' ing the fresh and dried prune in dustry in Oregon in order that tho state department of agriculture may act promptly upon request of growers to Institute provisions of the agricultural marketing net passed by the special session of tile legislature In 1935 in the marketing of fresh and dried prunes. The legislature of 1935 passed a revised agricultural" marketing act ( following court action which de clared the act under which prunes were marketed in 1934 unconsti tutional. The act as it now stands has never been used by producers of the state for any agricultural commodity, and prune growers are anxious to know whother'or not the law will facilitate more order ly marketing of fresh and dried prunes and enable growers to re ceive -.reasonable prices for their prunes. ; The meeting In Ilosebur? Wed nesday afternoon will bo the first of a series of ton meetings sched uled for the chief prune growing sections of the state. 9o SALE AT CARR'S f ' An annual event, eagerly looked forward to, is Carr's ic sale. Just once each year do we offer such startling values. We want our old customers to take advantage of the savings and. if you're not a regular customer, plan to come in and see the real values at Carr's. Sale ends February 7, so hurry. Adv. SURE to START In January or July, you can depend on the engine in a "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor to start quickly and surelyl A simple, compact, powerful gasoline-starting engine , small enough to be cranked by hand easily large enough to turn the big Diesel indefi nitely is the feature of a positive starting system of fered only by "Caterpillar.". i ) AskforaDemonstratton ON YOUR OWN FARM DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange Roseburg, Oregon 1-' 3 Arctic Desert WJ)l 3 Heat jxaMmzMd Cubes
