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r4 FOUR ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1943. o Army Jeep Seen As Future Farm Aid, All-Purpose By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON It may not seem important now, but any one who remembers the junkheaps of war material that piled up after the last war will realize how im portant it will be some day that the department of agriculture has proved that Jeeps may become the all-parpose farm vehicles of tomorrow. Before we got into tills war several congressmen announced that some day I hey would Intro duce bills to sell surplus jeeps to the farmers at cost-plus-nothing. the idea was brushed off with a few snickers as a political ges ture. However, it started some people thinking. Tests Are Convincing As a result, research officials of the department of agriculture, in cooperation with one of the major automobile manufacturers which produces jeeps, have just completed field tests near Au burn, Ala., and Toledo, O. It looks as if the "army's mira cle car" may become (with pos sibly slight modifications) the "farmer's miracle car" of peace time. In Alabama, the jeep pulled a IB Inch plow, cutting a 7-inch fur row over an acre of cotton bot tom land In an hour anil three quarters on 2.32 gallons of gaso line. In Ohio, where the all-purpose tests were made, the jeep hauled n 1,700-pound wagon, loaded Willi 4,500 pounds of corn, 13 miles and returned unloaded on one gallon of gasoline. The Jeep has proved itself also a satisfactory farm power unit to operate machinery for milking cows, clearing land, sawing wood, etc. Has Speed And Power Fast, rough-riding, ' powerful, the jeep power plant develops GO horsepower at 3,l00 r.p.ni. It has a highly developed cooling sys tem and the engine is "insulated" against mud and dust by what ollicials call n "sH.'cial duly heavy oil bath air cleaner." It has four-wheel drive and I he standard gear lever operation but two additional gear levers. (rjo provides u "low-low" on the four wheel drive. The other Is a "high high" that shifts to rear-wheel drive for top speeds on the open road. It has the "finger-tip" steer ing wheel control of modern pas senger ears. Right now. It's getting field tests under observation of army engineers on the frozen steppes of Russia and the tundras of Ice land; on the sands of Libya and in the mud ol Tunisia; and in the matted jungles and swamps of the Solomons and New Guinea. If there still are any "bugs" left In it, there shouldn't he by Ou tline those members of congress gel around to turning them over to the army of peacetime larmcrs. Potato Price Ceilings Given Clarification Recent .! 'A regulations have clarified the potato price ceihne, situation some what, says K. R. Jackman, extension crops spc eialist at Oregon Stale college. The maximum price alluw.ihle on U. S. No. 1 Netted Gems or riDDDBcmiji The Week's n HPAT nilUA DCdl DUId nPII n q REAL Ld I Hit ft SPECIAL 31 a n m n Q El B H ! a a a Bert Green home at Win ston, Just (!i miles out. 27 acres irrigated f r u 1 1 ranch. I'liuies, pears cherries, grapes, walnuts and clover, .'i bediooin moilei nicd home, $i;ikxi, elect ric litiit dryer, Irurt packing house barn anil chicken houses lor 1000. Borders on rner anil is all river bottom land. High Income ranch priced lor quick sale. Also 11 1 acres on t iwr, .11 acres best ipialily lil torn garden land, now in prunes ami .ill, ill. i so acres wooded lull past ure, no buildings, part ol same estate. 1200 acres bheep or ealtle ranch, best of grass land, 20 miles from Rnsehurg Fair house, plenty of barns, nil woven w de fenced. Price $17,000.00. .i acres oesi ipiainy not. Q loin galilen find, now in Q prunes aim anana. n Ft acres wooded lull past- H m lire, no buildings, part ol ; JJ same estate. i.u" -ilm... DlHlfi VI . .lllll: KM ranch. bcM of grass I. in I, Q n " Wiley Advertises Q Them They're Good n EARL WILEY Hotel Rose Bldq. Phono 726 H mm Tough Going launaiiKs in .lanuary is .2.2. per hundred. This is the price f. o. I), country shipping point. In some instances dealers are paying this amount to farmers, although in other cases some deduction is made for local handling and load ing. Specified premiums are al lowed ior special pucks such as Where all potatoes are above a certain size. If farmers sell direct to retail ers Instead of to carlot distribu tors, they may charge the basic ceiling price plus transportation costs, plus 23 cents per hundred. II sales are direct to consumers by house to house canvas, tile ceil ing is the basic figure plus trans spoliation, plus $1 per hundred, says Jackman. 4 H Mobilization Week In Oregon Is Arranged A state iile I II club Mohili.a tion week lor Oregon has been set for February (i to 11. anuoune es II. C. Si-.vtnour. slate club lead er at oiegon Stale college. I A program much like that (ol-i lowed 111 11112 calls for 111 dull agents, local leaders, and club members themselves to try to in form others about the progress and achievements of 111 club work and tin' great need (or ex pawling it this year. With the na linn, and even llie world, lacing an unpi rri'itiMlteil dcinanil I'M lann pioducls, club members are being depended upon to make a teat leal c-niit i ilmtion to ine loon un ny program, says Seymour. Service chilis are being iiigeu to tenure 1 11 club in their pro grams that week, as are granges, P. T. A. groups and churches Some communities are planning to hold achievement programs to make aw ard.s to club members tor outstanding wink last jear. A special I II club Mobilization day i ailio pl ug! a m will be heard h um ll .M .lanuary 2."i at 7 Ml. tolloH cl by similar tine liom other l aillo sl.tliolis. Federal Wool Control j Advised by Growers BAKKK. un-. .l.in :r- !' The ( iregoii Wool Hum ei s i , soci.itinu wants the t,-o ,-i nment to roniiol woo pingiair.s unlil I w ii e.u s a I lei I he w ,il . A resoluliiin at the i inn hiding session of the annual eomentum heie also ini-d the gnei tunetit to piuchase llie l'.M.l wool ciip and regulate prices ' 'tiler ic.solutiotis pt.iposeit That Basipie and .Mexican sheepherders be impoiled to counteract the labor shorl.igi-. A .71 hour week tor iinhistii.il w hi kei s. A slate sales lav to leihlie pro perty taxes. l se ol tie- stale sui plus liuids to i educe pioiici lv taxes. lieelecieil were Max Hoke Hendleton. president, and Wani: .Stewart. L.'a.vvillc. x in- in itt nt CIVILIAN DEFENSE INFORMATION Air Raid Signals ALARM Variable pitch si ren. Duration: five minutes- ALL CLEAR Steady pitch siren. Duration: two minutes. Meetings Tuesday: first aid class, junior high .school ouildiug, i:.iu p. m. Air Raid Wardens (2nd and 1th Tuesdays) I'erkins build ing. S:lK) p. in. Wednesday: Auxiliary police Court house. 7:.'I0 p. m. Thursday: Oregon Stale Guard Arm ory. lli. Co., ":.'(() p. m. j Co. A. S p. m. Douglas Fir Bark May Solve Cork Problem UllKGOX ST ATK COI.I.KGK. .Ian. 2.v That the thick bark ot old Iouglas fir lugs is a rich source of cork which may hav high commercial value is reveal ed in a technical progress report made here by scientists win king on uiie of the Oregon lores! pro duels research l.iboratorv pro leels. Because ol the present inabiliiy lo obtain cork Ironi Mediieri ,m lan countries, eftorls have been made here and at oilier iiisliiu lions to 1 1 ml a suitable domestic substitute. Ordinary cork euir.es Until I lie bark ol a Kin ope. in species ol oak tree, hence it is n,n strange that other bark might contain similar material. Having Meat Troubles? Hero's Offer of Advice II. I 111. ill. ice 111-' l.niuh hi M) ith less meal is lv- d 111:4 dlM ussi'd Ihit'r tlir.es urck iiM the slate in lied radio st.i ; Hon KOAC by three hotueniaKers I w ho h,ii eombmed praelir.it e i pel u-tu-e uith a tetie.shiT onus,': in home economies at O. S. (.. 1 u j I Monday, Wednesday and I'l iday I at liV !.' a in. one ot the thri'i- . .s on tin- pio;:rani. Mis. l-'red Moiati on Mondoy j j 'lisciisM's providing rnt'.it loi ; guesl dinners. Wednesday Mi s K i i Mason .speaks on meal eien t mm;., and on Krid.n Mrs c'uitis. Mumlurd speaks on planning tlu- ; nuMl supply o I hese speakeih eei v week mm .ill entile week. I ue ht-in he. i! ,1 loi .in m.t.-i ini-e Annual Canners School At State College Dofcd ni;i:t;cN si.vn: n ..i i t;i.. Jan. L'5. The annual c.inueis ,nd t flo.-eii lod paekeis' school put on 1 by the lood industries dopailmcm ; la-re is scheduled for l-'eln uary I 1 lo t.' this veil. All le. lure;, di'la onslralinns, discussions, labora tory section, and machine hand ling work this year xx ill be ar ranged with relation to Hie pres ent war demand for exceedingly large tood parks, says 1-.'. II. Uie gaud, head of the department and nationally known authority on j lood preservation. Kelailed pro giams are available by w riting to the lood industries department. Losses of Ewos From Paralysis Preventable SAI.KM, Ore, .Ian. 2a ' Al'i Hr. W. II. Lytic, cliiel of the state division of animal Industry, said lie has received many remits of losses bv pregnant ewe paralysis. lie said the disease can be pre vented and cured by adding glu cose to the diet, wliile (locks should In- given at least three miles ol exercise per day. Cause of the disease is un- ;now n. AT YOUR SERVICE XCV W Ik It is your wartime responsibility to have your trac tors, tools, anil eipiipnicut put in lirM-c'l.iss opi-r.itini; loiijitiou. 'our 111 ic h i uc power is all that's left to re place tii.in-Knvcr jone to war. It's the b.ukhonc of your food pnvluction in I'M.?. , Our MiCorinick Decrinj; shop is the riejit place to li.nc lour Hrvicc- work done. We lir.ic the skill, tools, and iquipnicm. And wc know the spcci.ilued business of repairing farm machines. Kinlit now ibis shop is h.indlini; all the work il can lake. But the thim; Co do is to schedule your work nlu-.ul set it up iih us for a certain date and we'll get it done on time. Drop in tcxiav and we'll arrange il to your satisfaction. SIG FETT WIH L L 55555S5ss I 527 N. Jackson Victory Gardens Call for Finest Seeds Obtainable Early selection of good seed is something that can be done now toward (he success of a 1943 vic tory garden, reminds A. G. B. Bou quet, professor of vegetable crops at Oregon State college. Seed catalogs arc now arriving, includ ing those from Oregon firms which are prepared, in many cases, to provide locally adapted strains and varieties. While some seed may appear at first glance to be rather expen sive, the actual cost of seed for a gailen is so small in compari son to the value of the products that the best seed is the cheapest, no matter what is costs, says Professor Bouquet. Seed that is purchased on a cost basis alono often gives unfavorable results, I eilher with poor germination, I lack of uniformity, or both. Most successful commercial gardeners buy the best seed available re gardless of the price, knowing that the cost of seed is u compara tively small item in any case. Professor Bouquet recommends early purchase of seed while full stocks are available, and also the purchase of only as much as is likely to lie needed this year. Ex tension bulletin No. 532 lists de sirable varieties and suggests the amounl of seed necessary lo plant varying areas ol the different vegetables. As one usually lias some seed left over, it is wise, lie says, to mark each packet ol seed wilh I he dale it is purchased so that it will be possible in future to tell w hich seed is slid safe lo use. Ordinarily vegetable seed may be used safely after it is a year or so old. More Farm Machinery For Oregon Scheduled Oregon will get more lann j machinery lor (his year's food ; production job than the amounts j allocated under the original slate quotas, Albert S. Girod of Sa i lem, chairman of (lie slate USUA .war board's farm machinery committee, reports on his return from Washington, 1). C. Quotas tor many ileitis will be increased ' by 2fi per cent, and some may be : doubled, Girod said. Tin; increase is I be result of WI'B idlo- location of more materials to nianulacturers. Even wilh the increases, new farm machineiy 'will not begin-lo meet till needs, i ( hrod warned. County rationing committees be advised of how much ad- Phone 169 I nianiilaeturers. Kven wilh the. I I I ii ' Typewriter Service ' Office Machine Service pT fditional machinery will be allo cated to each county, and will use information now being gath ered through the every-farmer canvass to determine the farms where the machines are most needed. 4 Million Strawberry Plants Certified in '42 Certification o f strawberry plants has grown to the point where more than four million plants met certification standards in 19-12, according lo a summary issued by O. T. McWhortcr, ex tension horticulturist at Oregon State college. Certification of strawberries was started about 10 years ago and has become increasingly pop ular as a means of avoiding seri ous diseases and insuring better yields. Certification cannot pro vide any guarantee of the per formance of plants, explained Mc Whortcr, but it does show the con dition of the plants at the time of inspection. Growers who sign the certification tags guarantee that the plants in the tagged bags were taken from inspected fields. Metal Gather Will Save Cows, Farmers Advised SALEM, Ore, Jan. 25 (API Tlie stale department of agricul ture urges farmers lo collect all available scrap metal not only as a patriotic gesture, but also to protect their cows. The department's monthly bul letin said there have been many reports of cows eating nails, razor blades, bits of bailing wire and other metal. The stuff goes into Bossy's stomach, and often pene trates the stomach wall and pierces the heart lining, killing the animal. The best idea, the department' said, is for farmers to collect all liny bits of metal on their farms and (urn it in to Uncle Sam. H. C.STEARNS Funeral Director Phone 472 OAKLAND, ORE. Licensed Lady Assistant Any Distance, Any Time Our service Is for ALL, and meets EVERY NEED , ,.r , . 1) I oi nn n or 101 B 51 II A tenant 'or your empty apart- ! I-J I , 1 mvni . a better job for you I fl at I o customer for what you have I I 01 1 t0 s all ot these and many I'l fill more ore 0T your fingertip as f I neor os the nearest 'phone! Call ill 1 f In the early days of English law the witnesses in a trial were the jurors chosen because of their presumed knowledge of the ease. Repair the Tractor Don't let winter months slip by without getting your tractor in shape for spring work. Since new tractors are scarce, your present power, even though it may be well past retirement age, is more impor tant now than ever ... to you and to Uncle Sam. As "Caterpillar" Dealers in this area, we are fully equipped to help you keep your tractor power in there pitching for the duration. DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON L Many of service miles wheel alignment. STEPHENS AUTO CO. uses BEAR frame, wheel and axle equipment, to adjust your wheels to give maximum tire wear. GENERAL REPAIRS 323 N. Main St. The term Yankee is believed to stem from the Indians' mispro nunciation of the French word for English, "anglais." You Can't Replace SAVE YOUR TIRES can be lost by improper TOW CAR SERVICE Phone 302 i !ljr ' 4v ; "