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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG,, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1939. News of GRANGES COUNTY AGENTS REPORTS JtROP NEWS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEWS FARM LIFE Oregon Leads In Seed Crop Yield State Tops in Alsiko Clover, Also Ranks High in Red Clover and Alfalfa. , Oivuoi.'k Jwullw" position (n tin production of ninny I'kOd crop Hi-(;it(i Im wiiplniHizfif in tin current I't'doi'iil ri!.or1 ' niiuiniuriziiiK iikiI rullurul pro luiiiou in lh" I'niti-d Sliilt'8 for llCi!), n:iy.-4 (J. It. Ilyslop. h.'ji.l of (In- ilivlsion of plant iiiiius trlfs hi ()n-K"H Statu v.uUftiP. Tin m olfh ial tinmen for VMU Hliowfil Uvvuun "iili ilit highest yield per ari'e of nlnikf Hover unions all the coinmen lal neeil-piothh iiiK Htutes in the country. Oregon also eoin pa rt'd well in red rlnvor iiihI at fulfil Heed prediK'tlon. Averue ild of alsike Hover seed In nKoii was f.7 lnixlieln in V.I'.W, which is 1,2 huslnd: per acre more than the prodnrlion in Idaho and fiom two lo iv linieH Hie acre pioilml ion In the other coin menial Hlale. hi liKts Idaho alone PXetM'deil She Oieyon a vera (in yield. In total product Inn ol alike clover Avvtl ()iei;on linn exceeded all oth er Mutes for Ihc prist 'two years itnd Ik rri'ilited with Kft.ofhi hushels or fi,:H.iM pounds in VJ'.V.. Red Clover Yield High Oregon also occilpin an enviable position hi red clover sved pro duction, too Hy.;:lop, haviiiK the third hiKhcHl yield per. acre amoim tho Hlali diiiin-; ilie punt I wo yeui'H, heiiip exceeded in yield per aero only by Washington and Ida ho. OreKon's averane for VXili wan 1 bushels an acre with n total pro duction of Ifi.niiii bushels or LV EMO.OOu pounds. This plat es Oregon clover seed production nt a llllle Over S,2r,(i.i)n(i pounds with ti value in excess of Sl.LTiO.niiO. 'Alfalfa seed production Is im portant In Oregon which Is one of ,the hiHi yleidliiK stales. Total yield, however, is slightly below thai of lust year wliiln the dry sea son cast of the Itoeky inountaitiK has rorftilled in it much larger yield nf seed lliere than heretofore. This climatic condition tended to iullii-jL-ncti not only the yield per aero but the acreage lhat was saved for feed purposes. Iju'or ucreaKeS: of alfalfa and led und alsilto clover lire expected In OroKon for I!)I0. With t!ie pros pects of nearly double the, plant .liiKs of hairy vetch and winter peas, the seed business in Oregon .idiouhl he a pood one for J!U1, lly- Hop prudletud. . , . , Newsof4-H CLUBS The local -1 11 club lenders are holdiim their monthly meeting in the office of the club u!.cnt Ibis evening al 7: If. o'clock. K. A. Hi lt Ion, county club aftenl. Is anxious to have as many leaders as pos sible come lo I be office in order to see lor themselves wha the re ipilrenieuts of Die office are and learn how they may be obtained. o. i. IhiKhson, reptesciilinn the slate buiblniK coimn-ss. was in tin1 ymn'ty th (Im tuiniA-u id Ml elitb work last week. Mt. llunhson's JorKiinUattoii i backln up, a build its pioiiiain wluTein Woodworking A liibH t'ontiaef to build a miniature 'house, barn, dairy hitihiiuu. or ma '"rhlne shoii. ami to Scale. The con rotis provides bltie prints, la rue ir.e lumber, aiid also instructions ',r ma kin In in her and sbluKles ,to scale. .t (.The woodworkinu club of the S'tnli h Itiver Ht-hont. imdur the lwndcrsiip of Joe Abbott, lias com 'tdetrfd half ol Its I II program ami '1h bennininji this week oir a chair .bulbilnc pro-ram Since most ol .Mht' members' ol this'cttib are a I hi , members of I he Voting Crnnyers of America, I hey have decided to fl'lilld chairs tor use In the munue hall. The fciariiM- has purchased a supp!y ol niod lumber tor (his purpose. 'The Kiddle leaders are mcctini: on Wednesday of this week al '! I' ri in. at I he Kfddle schoni. K. . ; Ipilton. county i lab auent. will; aJtend tile meeting. ! ' " " I A rr i iimrkettng dub ha iern Jriirolttul at (be loam grade school. Th is consists onlv of eighth uiadej f nieniUei aiid includes Myron ! J Farley. Wuam t l.aswell, i :tiner j .'wion. I.eona Hirk'ibier, llart IHani. Il.ii'i Fim h. Hill Hunter, j H;Hiy Hoiiiiald, AHrcd- and. Jack! .hmmk. Men-tM I nai.l. Stanley j I'isiui:. Ifobei t Thomas . I lobby King. Kodeio .Mueller. lob-t j llo.-s. Jane spencer, Mildled Van ' 'Kiik Fat il.iiic-. Mailba ivool and! .John .-ieiiti;t, her The leader ol the club is (1. Ii. Itloomqtlb t. w ho is 'also prtm Ipal ol the school. . Mrs. i'rivli'i ii a ('nuns. icai liiT 'nt l!ni l.rnnn si-llnol, has si nl in '-mi t'nriillllieut ol n new ln-allll 'i lull v.ilh I'li'hl iiii'inlMi s. II, -It'll "I'lnitnbi'ilMn was rlechl iiri'i-iiit'nt ,! I - i lull t'hillde lli'll-ll'V P'Vsiili'1,1, iiti-1 .Im Itmiker ctle- H'.v ll.-ii-.;, M.irr.l Tilt' Uli-li' l,ivi'-.loek i blli w;ir. t.ln:,., .in,! sl.ilti',1 Oi l .Mllbi'l' " I n i-i - .-I.., i. ..I - ..!lr,i,v . t : -. 1 1 1 1 i ,:, '..i,.,ii : i .,,1 ,, ; v-lHw, Miv I'lei idi ill , liaiiil'l .M.u l, Farm Bureau .aZJ . . I 1ws-ltoview 1'lmto and Knt'iavlng The 1'ou'las County Kami llur:au Kxchanj;e on Thursday ol luM week was host to more than tiOO Doug las county farmers, u ho attended the farm machinery show, presented In cooperation with the John Deoie company. The KxelmiiKo, provided a noun meal for 1 ts Riiesis. i'ietured above are boiiio o'i the audience ami ladles who assisted In nerving tiie dinner. " ''' secretary. Claude I). Taleott was appointed local leader, oilier mem- hers were Vin;ll Modges, Neil Tal - colt, Jimmy Watson ami John Kob- Insiin. The iiieetlncs are lo be held every other Tuesday. A var - led proup of projects was taken three rabbit h, two beef and one sheep. We ppui on having a good lub and completing with I'u per cent. The second meet in g was held ! 'ecemlier The problem of getting started on our projects was (piite hard. Some of the members were new. e started a plan "hereby at every meeting a mein- hi- won III h:il ili4i-HSsioii ill Kioiie one tiling. 1 Parrel I toss was appointed to lead a discussion In heel cattle. ( lly Josephine Wright, J "ays Creek. I The regular meeting of Woodcraft era .Forestry club the was held lust Tue.lay. Wileika Hutchinson was ele .ierguanl-at-arms. Mr. JIIII, leader of the club, i-ted plained lo I be gioup what will be expecied ol u mis year. We will complete the sun eying of our plol of laud. The club plans to build it load to the plot ho it can lie reached easier. The land Is to be divided into four parts. One of iheso will be burned over con tinually year after year, allowing anything that will to grow; a sec ond will be1 burned ami seeded; the other two will be used as the for est sen ice ad ises. From these experiments we plan to deiermiue what is t lie best met hod of pre- i paring Cic land for grazing, l-lach I member will man ibe nlot lo keen I i or innner iniormanon. i The president appointed a coin- ! i mttleo whirh will caretully plan I W h-.it tin. flitlit Lit- llihl Will f.iii. ' tain. This comnilitee consists vi i buduet and votes J i;o,ihui,hoo ()-i CHICAGO Finest K. Jack ruin Sii;e Crispen. Wiletha I tntebinson Hpeefal defense taxes, the federall'1' trousers by shoving ' his and Maui ice Malt news. Stie a Is appointed a social coiummhtcc con sist hit ol Lester Ferguson. 1 lai r W'ight, Noel Welch and Kay I'.oyd. The meei inn date was changed trom Tuesday lo Wednesday. The .hi u lor Forest ry club reor ganized for the coming year. Mr. U:!ckliui si. science Instructor and bovs' roach, will serve as the lead er toi (his group. James Ward w as elected presi dent of this group lor the coming year. Aleh in Web b vice president ami Mamie Wiiuhl secretary. This ( lub will cooperate with the Woodcraiters In workfng out many exiieriinenls. ( t he members of tills club are ; James Ward. Meh in Welch, Margie I Wilght. Marshall Matthews. Norxal ' Ferguson. Maxiue Wt ight. Pollv ; Whirl". Many Woater. John W rit hi and CMiTon! Woaster. They ! w til im-el rach Wedltesdav at the jnhonl. l in- (Jills' cnoMn;: rlmili nl hays rice I1,.. id Us Hit Ii meeting at the M'h.n.l Vi i-dllcsiby. . l llie iit'l nit'.-iinr; c:,, h in, -in lei' is in answer the mil call h iinniiiu: a v igeuilii. and icilliu: why If vliuii'ld he included In mir laily .ilb-l .l.-.ui Al.-dee will I .It Ihe Uiemflei-s hnw hi malu- all;,'l l"'-l l ake. Vaviue W l'li-llt .'Hid ll' lliiella- ri.itn ale III pleime v li.H f ii y i .insider an ideal menu Hem 1,11:1 I lam , (he , hill ,he lllelllud by which she tnailv I ti: 111 bleu.i '1 In- nice'iliv, t!u- eiiliie gum;, i iillb il. sir. itii-i'd Willi ''pelting Un j i held their I'll" Ilaellelor It.ih tular meellii:; Thuisdav al tile si he ul l i;u I lie w .it l, ttone pi ills, lls.se.l anil leiin inns. well' lll.'lde li I'. Hll IIH-lhlii'l 11-; Id lilt .iiiii'linl nj' work In- hud 1 1 mi pli-l I'd. -eii'ill .lll'iciillie us l, ii'i'iinl I I . ...K W I le elkllll,'d l.v III,, lead- ! - I' I'll I .ippnlllli iit'M tin ' v..inl.n. ".ill hr ' -pli'il .M.ii'kIi.iIi M.illhi'U. il Hill and Art W.inl in ;i ili iniuii-lriitiiiii Im- tin I'llin: hu'h will In- liidd ' .l.umaiy v. Tln-ir .-ultjei t il.. ii to 11,'vll l:.u-:,'' ii tin u i -Ii r ?l.iik"i''ti-. It . 1-1 u.-u.il ineetltie.' at the tcnonl Exchange Hostto Thursday. Xelma Davis was elected solid i leader lo replace Janet Cbenowelli, who lias moved away. J Al the next meeting I hey will de Jclde on a subject for their essays, i They plan lo lake one product ami carry it through the various stages to the consumer. The club studied the tesson "Transportation in Itelnlion lo Mar keting." Cut Defense Items WASIIINCTUN, Jan. S. (AIM Congressional war iness of raising the national debt limit appear ed today to lessen (lie chances of additional defense measures which are luring drafted by the war and navy departments in the ibope of Hdiiinlstrrt'U.hjn, hacking. , f'y' lloth branches were reported Ln admin btrai ion quarters (o have been counting on prompt approval of the $L:M S.I I'll, rn!i military appro priations which Mr. lioosevelt sub mitted lasi week to clear the way for requests for supplemental funds later in Hie session. The army's ?! .OU7.3rili.5lJG share fell far short of meeting the gen eral stall's estimate of tho cos I of "critical" items or the so-called in itial protective force. A SS.-jiuhui.immi estimate original ly requested for additional guns, ammunition ami supplies for a force of upwards of a million men was slashed. The war department said only approximately SM.nna,. i was included In both regular and emergency budgets specifical- ty tor I he purpose. It mlll'i'MH .'iilnt.lu tlw iimd,l..i.l'u ' ficit w ill approach the S I.'i.imio.- nuo.iKMi mark tlie maximum set by law, There has been no general disposition in congress so far to move to increase that limit. The navy's estimates fared bef- ter than the army's but there have been official statements that prep-1 orations are complete to speed up waisbip Imilding without awaiting such addition! legislation as the bill of Chairman X'in.sou (D., Ca t1 of the house naal committee loj aiiibone !." more warships costing; about l.:eo.oiio,iiiH. 2-Wsy, Non-Stop Ocean Planes Seen I W VSIIIMITON. .Ian. K.-(AP)-Aeninauticat eiiuinei-i's forecast lo day American airplanes capable nf 'ilyiim to Kin-ope with a lull lna.1 -if ; l-.iuili.s. or (iiisseiicei s. ami I'll run, anil leturntni: unit stop if necessary. 'Mils proliabthty. iiecteil to lie-," ,111111' a reality in Hi,, nexi war -ir lis in.inth. grew inn of two lecbul cat i'i.ii-s In congress by the lla ' tl.in il ailvisiny loiiiuiitli e lor uern ( IKIIltles. I Two at'tiaienlly simple cflauces i in wini; .lesimi. ami the "liiinini:" nl airiilane engine c linilers preiM ise In im lease vaslly tlie rang". ! si .1. pay l.ia.l I el lii ienry ol : nirplan-s which aliea.lv are being .les.gne.l. ; I lliglueei s regard llle present air- planes as hinili.-t ing (nicks ciilu ! pared with Ihe 'vines which will he (.lining out of the jigs" in a J ear or so, 'I'lie new streamlined wing will iiit thrniieh Ihe air lih onlv one third Ihe reslstanee. or "driii:," or I" '"'III Willi; dl'iiKHS. lUTIIlltllltK mm'i-ui ol .ir.it to .'.ini miles im hour. It irill is a iliist'lj cii.ndi'il iiiililurv ret. V. h' ii a 11ind d;ilies awiiy J'roin .in I'Pi iny. he is ipiiti- likl-ly in li'.lie his tail t,i ,ilra. t 111.-' 11 -Kiel 's nil. .int.iii , hile he ninkes his i-siap,' lly un-iiiis ol sperlally I'-ilii- d aias.'Ii-s and IIlmiiii-iiI-.. the .I'l'llllll' i,m t lilpivll.'i.s ii in I , -il in" i Hiinn ,:ii,.y, a new I. ill oi.uu to loun. Large Group ODDITIES (fly I he Associated Press) Babies Wanted MIAMI. Ariz Tins the storjt tak en a holiday? No birth has been re ported in this community of about to.lMih since midnight December :tl. . Merchants who annually shower gifts on the first baby ol the year are beginning lo wonder at the de Iny. ... .. , - Page Baron Munchausen WASHINGTON. Ind. Policeman Christopher D. fluthrie Is-looking tor his 'possum oound. ' ' lie said he had only to display u pelt'stretchiitg hoard to the '-flog, itnd immediately1 tlie nooch wriiihl go out and catch a 'possum with! a skin exactly the si bo . of the : board. ..-: Seeral days agi, he said, the dog accidentally saw the funnily, ironing board and has been missing since. - - uu Nice Stop, Officer DALLAS - Policeman .1. M. Fer guson handed motorist Uoyd George a summons for failure, to stop at a boulevard. Noting the signature on the tick et, fleorge commented: "I'm on my way to your house to get that last payment on those books you bought." Weather Note i - hamls into the pocketk H 'U from a pier Into Lake Icldgan, luenking through Ihin Alter pulling himself out he put i bands in the pockcrts to keep ! warm. The temperature was near zero. ! P"Hre had to make generoM3 ; s,tt'''s in -lurk's trousers to free his ! ,1:'i'ds. They were frozen fast: "Hearing" Recovered OMAHA, NVI.-R T. j..iiiiso'n. !:'! mult', :is iii'rnid ho lost his "i':u-!i" In ii Mil- that (k'stroyivl tlio Mt-nslmw hnh'l. - ... I'ohk.v. !Hs tux li'lrlcv, which pulls Jiilinsnii's punts vz w hen ;y "in1 nppi-init'hes. was missinc I.at.'f t'irinirh I'otliifl I'rirv) KU'inimhiK in Hit' U'utrr-MM lasiv iiii-nt. ! Marital Armistice I I ST. CI.AIItSVlI.I.K, O. Asked there wer liny reason . he i a . jurv. K. I). i coilliln I serve Kiikpatrii!; said his wile ns In the paiud. "Wi-ll." smiled Jtidire C. 1.. Hell, ".vim two could pit Mr once, couldn't you?" So Kirkpiilriik joined his wife In Hie lm. Floor Sanding and Refinishing CHAS. KEEVER . Phone 651-J Phone 128 Temporary address R. F. Dv Oakland, Oregon., j H. C. STEARNS Funeral Director Licensed Lady Assistant Phone 472 OAKLAND, ORE. Any Distance, Any Time ' Our service Is for ALL, ..and meets tVERV NEED V fioseburg fancier; Benefits By War Diverged 'Demands for 'Gam Ira's Draw 'Custbrners . Ffom t. S. Hid HdwaH. V The Kuiopean Var flttmtion has gieiitly liicieuseil ileniuntl In the .1'iilled States for poultry anil ftaine bhils, aceordlne In Ii. A. Smith, ;'I2tf S. Main itinet, Konebiirit. poultry aiul ganie bird fancier, who ;on. Frliluy Hhlppbd a. 011 of diirk Coinfsh vhlckeim to nilo. Hawaii. Many fanciers who heretofore have purchased breeding Mock; In . Europe are turning to the United States for birds beennse of the un certainty of shipments Jrom ' -Europe, Mr. Smith states.'" ! Kroih Ills flock of dark Cornish poultry Mr: Smith has been Inak lug shipments recently to nearly nil parts of the United Status and, has received numerous foreign ' Jn (lulrles recently ns a H-sult of ad verllsemenls in trade publications. He shipped Friday a pen of five, four pullets and a cockerel, to S. Kadota, Hilo. The birds were ship ped by express to San Francisco, from which point they were la. be taken to Hawaii by boat. The birds are shipped In specially built crates which permit proper reeding and watering en route. The dark Cornish breed of birds, Mr. Snillh stat.es, are used exten sively to cross with lthode Island licds to produce a flno bird for meat purposes. Parity Payment Status Explained WASHINGTON. Jan. R. I AP) Administration farm officials ex plained today that. If congress made no provision tor farm parity payments in the agi'lcullure depart ment appropriation bill, the ab sence of such subsidiaries would not show up In producer Incomes until the summer and full of 1811. In his budget message. Presl-di-nl lioosevelt made no provision for parity payments, saying he was influenced by the hope that' prices would advance to- a point; where farm income would not be lowered if the payments were not voted. -. Officials said thnt $225.0(10.000 'impropriated last year fort partly J payiucuts would bo distributed dur ing the coming summer and rail I among producers or cotton, wheat.; corn, rice and possibly some types i' of tobacco. Only those fnrmers co- operating with crop control pro-' grams w ill be eligible. ( Parity payments get their nnme from a farm price goal set up ln I tne mix crop control acl. This leg islation authorizes program de signed to raise and maintain prices Of major farm proiliicls at a level which would give them purchasing power, in terms or uon riirm good and services, equnl to that thev held in the 1 non-1 1 period. Trundles Barrow Across U. S. to Satisfy Mortgage MIR ANC.KI.KS, Jan. S. (API Hugh Hood, -lli year old Scot, trun dled a wheelbarrow across the con tinent to lilt a mortgage from two New York city lots. It. took him all summer and rail anil cost him three pahs of shoes, worn nut by weary plodding, but it was "wurrth an' thai." be says. Hood said the ow ner of Ihe mort gage promise. I in New York last April that "if you push your wheel harrow to Sau l-'ranclsco within seven months. I'll cancel the mort nage." Hood said lie reached San Fran cisco November Hi. Just foyr da,vs before file deadline. Farmers Notice Called To Ruling on Debt Law WASHINGTON, Jan. S (AIM--Ki'presenlalive William I.emke llt- j N. I.t. i King a recent supreme j conrt decision upbolilin gthe Fra j zier-l.enike moratorium act, urges iihat farmers seek Immediate rein i slalcinettl of cases dismissed by "Job Analysis";.. We Call It We call it "Job Analysis" you'll call it the SAFE way to buy a tractor. Here's how it works: 1. We help you check your present work schedule to Tind out how much you do and how much it costs. 2. Wo figure what it would cost to do the samo work with a "Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor. If wo can't save you money, we'll say so. If wo can, we'll prove it by a demonstration on your own farm. Drop in and talk it over. DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. ROSEBURG, OREGON lower courts which misinterpreted the act. : The supien- court reversed n district court decision which bad ' denied a farmer debt relief under the act because he 'could not prove ability to rehabilitate him self within three years. "Cohgresa and tile farmers have a right to expect that (tie district courts will now In good faith carry oat the provisions of the Frnr.ler Lemke moratorium act," Lehike "fluid. "ln all cases where the farm has not lmsscd into the hands of an Innocent purchaser it Is the court's duty to 'reinstute the, 'petitions that It willfully dismissed. This court ought to do of Its own Volition." Texas Tops States fn federal iFarm Subsidies WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (AP) The agricultural adjustment admin istration reported, that its expen ditures, including subsidies paid farmers for cooperating with crop control programs, totaled $3.H,5S0. 277 during the first five months of the curfeht fiscal year. Included were soil conservation payments of 10S,20fi.03.1. parity paunents of $172.350,!i(i2. and sugar payments of 513.612.231. Adminis trative expenses, exclusive of local farmer 'committees, were $7,628, 181. Texas topped all states with riirm subsidies of f-fl.317,727. '. The expenditures by states In cluded: California !I.202,81'G; Idaho 52, !)!il,2S5; Montana S4,S37,S5:i; Ore gon S1.712.56U; and Washington $2,806.676. . Jap Planes Blast At China Railroad "HOXGKONO, Jon. 8. (AP) Japanese airmen blasted anew to day at one of China's "lifelines" the French-owned HnJphonR-Knm-ming railway connecting French Indn-Chlna and the sea. The Japanese army said the first customs station on the (Chinese Hide of the border in the Menrae area was raided, and one bridge was hit directly and the railway tracks were smashed. Repeated air raids on the rail way were regarded by observero as. evidence the Japanese were con solidating to hold the Nanning area intact for use as a base for aerial operations against China'H vital war Supply routes. . .' Meanwhile, UMneffc alh'iccH said' several hundred Japanese troops were attacked with machine guns, and rirowued as they fled across a river south of Vfngtak on the Canton-Hankow railroad in a general Chinese advance in northern Kwaugtung province. Contrasted with this, Japanese military sources previously said they halted a drive in . northern Kv.angtung province about InO miles north of Canton, killing 20, 000 Chinese soldiers and taking 3,000 prisoners. Missing Climbers oh Mr. Hood fceoch Safety PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 8. (AP) Just as a group of searchers were about to start a hunt for them on the stormy slopes of Mount Hood last night. Hill Wood. 34. and Herbert Rasor. '11. reached safety. The two Portland mountaineers left at f:30 a. m. Sunday to climb the peak, Oregon's highest. When they failed to return at 4:30 p. in. plans for a search were nitul;. A snowstorm had blown up in the meantime. The men snid they had scaled the summit but got lost temporar ily on the way down. They oriented themselves and reached Ihe upper terminus of the Mount Hood ski lift. JiV develop tout 8 ak posur film, girt jp- 6PP.NTW 2 ENLARGEMENTS Send your film. Prompt servics. Satisfaction guaranteed. ReprinU 8c each, minimum order 25c Send coin. TWO-BIT FILM CO. PORTLAND BOM 4122 OSIQOM Tail Measuring No Milk Yield Test Cow testing. Instead of being an added expense. Is Just as necessary as the feed bought for the cows so far as making a profit Is concern ed. In tlie opinion of the I'hlmnn family of Scappoose. Tlie L'hlman "family" Is used advisedly ln this Instance because testing there s more or less of a fumlly project. They first joined a dairy herd lm proveinent assoelatibn fn 1917. Joined again In 1922 and continued until hnrd times after the 11129 crash induced them to stop a serious mistake. It was decided later. In 1932 an argument with the hired man as to whether the length of u cow's tall was an indi cation of her producing ability re sulted in Installing some borrowed testing equipment which was on ernted by Miss Hilda Uhlninn. To the astonishment of all, a heifer, tentatively condemned to the butcher, produced H58 p'otmds of buttcrfal as a three-year-old. Since then tlie edw has averaged 135 pounds a yeur. During file three years when no testing waB done the herd's pro duction average was at a stand still, while since that time it has been consistently raised from 332 pounds In 1932 to 37B.5 pounds. The I'lilnians stfll do their own testing of their 30 cov herd, but with mod ern electrical equipment. They raise their own replacements from high producing cows and good sires. There is no further doubt in that tamily but that measuring hut tcrfat beats measuring tlie cow's tall. FSA Loans Open To Fruit Growers VOTtTIiANP, Ore., Jan. S. (AP) Walter A. Duffy, regional farm security administrator, announces the availability of a limited num ber of loans to finance lit 10 orch ard iJi'oductioti in Oregon, Wash iiiKton and Idaho. The administrator explained funds would not permit expansion beyond the 1939 program but ef forts would be made to reach "every Kr6wer where a real oppor tunity for rehabilitation exists." No loans will exceed; ?5i00 and rn Washington they anno,tit;Ve made 6u m6re than 20' acres. 'LbanV will he made to present borrowers whose total production, harvest and packing costs, including In debtedness from previous loans. d6es not exceed $7500. The borrow er. However, must show progress In rehabilitation. The producer's rehabilitation op portunity will be determined on tenure arrangements, debt reduc tion and decrease in cash expendi tures through self-Bnfficiency. "The 19J0 program will encour age diversification and stabiliza tion In the light of the present mar ket situation," Durfy said. "Desti tute .growers -imablo to secure aid Errands that are performed by telephone save clothing and health in unruly weather! A telephone costs little. Our business office will gladly arrange for service to fit your particular needs. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY fclephona 71 from other sources will he ellgiblo for 'subsistence grants." Pastor Lends a Hand ZIONSVU.LK, lnu Milkman Fred Gregory, going to a hospital lor an operation, couldn't find a substitute driver for ' his 30 m lie mute. - , J3o the liev. Frank Shottelkorh, pastor of the Xlonsvllle Christian church, volunteered and has been on the Job daily since Gregory left. Oregon Had First Rural Electricity tellers It or not, lint the Hood niver valley was the birthplace of rural electrification in tho United States, according to a report nindo by Everett Davis, extension spe cialist In agricultural engineering at Oregon Slate college. Davis found that the first strict ly rural. electric distribution line In the United States was built in 1900 und was two miles long, connecting five Hood River valley farms. ; Today Oregon is still a lender in rural electrification w ith more than 53 per Cent of all farms in the state electrified. Threo years ago only 32 per cent of the farms wero served by electricity. Latest fig urges show upwards of 7000 miles of rural line serving m6re than 33,000 rural customers in tills state. The Itural Electrification admin istration has assisted substantially in extending rural service within the Inst year m so, says Davis. Four projects are either under con struction or have been recently completed, to "servo about 1300 farmers. Kxlendlng lines in popu lous farming districts is fairly simple, but In sparsely settled re gions like the eastern Oregon wheat country, distribution lines are so costly as .to be prohibitive under present conditions in many localities. 4RE you at the mrrcy of a snldly, jMsneezy, smothery head cold? Why endure no much misery? A tittle Menthol n turn applied in each nos tril will soothe the Irritated nasal membranes, check tho sneezing.. re lieve the HtuftincM, and help you to breathe more easily. i - Also rub Meiitholntum vigorously on the chen and hack to improve tho local blood circulation, and thus Bain extra help in relieving: cold dis comforts. Rub it on the forehead and u-tuples to allny headache and neural clue to coma. 1&1 So. Stephen St f5V
