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NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1948 rw i Bean, Hop, Fruit Pickers Needed In State This Month About a thousand additional twan pickers can be used in the Eugene, Albany and Lebanon areas during the coming week. but the peak (arm labor demand will be reached in about two weeks with late hops, beans, pears and prunes vying (or help. This was the result o( a survey of 30 farm labor offices by Earl R. Lovell, director of the State Employment Service. Families with camping equipment are needed most but exact Informa tion about accommodations, wages and other conditions may be obtained at any local office. Principal demand (or the thou sands of outside hop pickers wilt come from the Grants Pass area about August 23, and Eugene and Salem a week or ten days later. according to reports reaching state headquarters. Early hops al ready are being harvested. The Kreewater district will need about 500 more prune pick ers for a two week season begin ning August 24. Camping sites are available, but single men al so can be used. Pear picking also will start about August 20 to 23. Merifnrd Is asking 1,000 out-of area pickers and Hood River 300. Cabins and camping space are available. Besides the wide demands for hean and hnn nirkers near Salem peaches, prunes, mint and beets ! will help occupy workers In this area most of September with nuts and other harvests coming along in October Mrs. Sadit E. Geiwiti Of Happy Valley Diet Sadie Elizabeth Geiwitz, 67, resident of Happv Valley, died Aug. 13 after a short illness. She was born Aug. 24, 1880, in Glen wood, Iowa, and came to this community three years ago to make her home. She was a mem ber of the Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Meeham, Roseburg; three sisters. Mrs. Pora Johnston. Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Margaret Smith, Packwood. Iowa, and Mrs. Ida Cox, Pasadena: four broth ers, Ed Walling, Retsil, Wash.; Thorn Walling, Los Angeles. Warren Walling, Pasadena: John Walling, Los Angeles, and three grandchildren. The body w ill be shipped hy the Roseburg Funeral home to St. Joseph, Mo., for funeral services and Interment. Second Spray For Filbert Worms Due Before August 20 The second spray for the con trol of filbert worms should be applied prior to Aug. 20, accord ing to J. Roland Parker, county extension agent. Entomologists of the Oregon State Experiment Station report filbert moths are again active and laying eggs which will hatch In about eight days. The same materials used in the first sprav are recommended and thoroughness of application is essential inr gooa control. Where a spray Is used, lead ar- Poultry and Egg Prices On Roseburg Market Price of colored fryers took a slight drop on the Roseburg poultry market today. Producers were receiving one cent less from processing houses. Other poultry and egg prices remain the same. Today's prices follow: No. 1 Colored frvtrs, 3 poundi and up. par pound S 41 No. 1 lcnom broilers. S lb. and up -IS No. 1 Colored h.n. .31 No. 1 Ltfhorn h.n. ... . .27 No. 1 Colored roul.r -2 Frying r.bb'l., 4 to S n""" 2 Lars egs. per dozen S:l Medium per doun ... .Is Ram Sale Prices Show Big Increase Over 1947 PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 16. (.P) Bidding at the 22nd annual ram sale here Saturday pushed prices an average of $28 a head higher than a year ago, sale of ficials reported today. The 307 bucks brought an av erage of $113.08 as compared with $85.10 paid for 265 animals last year. Highest price was the $260 paid by Coffey Ranch. Baker, Ore., for five Ramouillets. Con signor was John Withers. Pais ley, Ida. Spring Valley Livestock Co., Caldwell, Ida., was the larg est buver, taking 27 head of Suf folks. The companv also paid the top for Suffolks of $225 a pen for five consigned by Glenn Cox of Philomath. RED CEDAR SHINGLES I PAGE LUMBER & FUEL I 64 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 24:1 Estimates of the time It will take to restore war wrecked Ber lin range up to 50 years. Registered Willomette Volley Bred Romneys from Imported rams. Choice selections now available. Oak--rt Farm Newherg. Oregon N.wt-R.vlw Pictures COOD HARVEST A bountiful supply of many varieties of vegetables comes from this garden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Singleton, 852 Hoover St. The Singleton table hat had no lack of freth garden produce almost all year. The upper picture shews a patch of tall corn, where Mr. Singleton picked 67 ears only this morning. The lower picture shows enother part of the garden, where tomatoes, beets, oniom, carrots, cucumbers and melons grow. The garden has many berry vines. Mr. Singleton's prides are his strawberries and grapes. The garden is an ex ample of what can be done on a city lot, but it takes much cultivation. Price of Wheat Continues Under 'Support Level' Bv WILLIAM CHICAGO. Aug. FERRIS 14. (.D ducer has the option to deliver the wheat to the government at the Jjan price any time before May 30, 1949, storage require ments are not as exacting as un der the loan. This year's loan price Is the W ... V. .... , Clnn. ttia nw. ' zram w as started in 1938 the I loan has Increased each year. Meanwhile, some srain trade Wheat is selling today below the sources criticized the loan pro government's theoretical floor" j gram. One grain house said. In most parts of the country, "the whole support program was Efforts to hold up the price have I started at a time of reduced agri bogged down under the weight , cultural income, and was design of heavy sales and lack of stor-d to prevent disaster to the age room. j farmer but was never Intended Recent support efforts have in- to assure him higher prices year eluded increases In scheduled ex-1 after year." ports for September, an official , statement that the crop year's Vetera Women Aide At export goal will be raised above original intentions, and an Ar- State Fair Still on Job riculture IVpartmcnt campaign to get producers to hold wheat ; A gracious lady who has been on farms. directly associated with the Ore- But the price of wheat con;. Sta(), Fajr for narIy h(l)( tinues below the support level. g century u j ,gain be on hand The government support s,,0 wr.rome visitors to the 1948 wheat mainly through a loan, PXpoitnn In Salem. September based upon 90 per cent of parity. 6 , u. She Is Mrs. Ella S. Wllsor. Ixians at various terminals are now in effect. Grain experts be lieve farmers have applied for loans In very large number, hut official figures have not been issued. Malor cause for the slump of wheat below the loan, grain men said, appeared to be inability to obtain storage room. To get the loan, wheat mut be stored to meet government tocificatinn. With storage space filled, some wheat has had to be dumped on the market. However, the government also will give farmers purchase agreements" on whoat at the same price as the loan. The pro who was first associated with the state fair In 1903. Mrs. Wilson, who now arts as personal secretary to" Manager t.eo Spitzbart, was secretary of the fair during the vears from 1922 to 1931. During her long term of service she has witnessed the construction of each one of the fair's fifteen major buildings. Mrs. Wilson can well remember when the week long crowds at the fair about the turn of the century numbered less than 40.. 000 as compared to the 250.000 persons who have attended both the 1946 and 1947 expositions. ROOFING Hot and Cold Roofs Composition Roofing All Estimotei Free ROSEBURG ROOFING CO. Phone 1077-R Hemy Pence, Mgr. 917 W. 1st St. Hen Lays Two Eggs At Time, Joined by Third Mrs. Le Pillion, Looking gifts Rt.. own a htnt that out did herself in laying tggi Sun da. Tht hen, a ven-month old Rhode Island red, laid two eggt at the same time. The two eggs were Joined by a third egg Just forming. The eggs were soft shelled. Then hen has been laying eggs for Just a month. HARDWARE-PAINT TOOLS-HOUSEWARES You'll Profit By Buying At Unuglas 906 S. 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NORTHWEST Poultry and Dairy Products 500 W. Lone Phone 210 goodveaui Sure-Grip tractor tires DETTEtt GRIP lsss sup : fp ot CWTl Ivery hf d MB a- IroctiM cleat. iitt mi tmmU sack l.f kit. H tett 4fk w.a lm mMSPMiKO I tfasJ It 1 W'lf IA LANCED DESIGN tife ea kk 4 a lrs on ( la lattfil. aw aoelisoo. Wi'h Sura Gripa FOUR luoi me alwoye puiling in the around- a nolrhod pair on each etde ... no ' blind ipou' toeauie hp and rapid woar ... no unovon con tact to oauao )orke and bound rg ride. So ui lor Sura Gripe today. 47" 10.24 rt Hansen Motor Co. Tire Dept. Oak ft Jtephens ROSItURO, ORI. Phona 444 senate, 3 pounds to 100 gallons of water, or DDT used at the rate of 2 pounds of 50 per cent wettable powder to 100 gallons of water is recommended. Kor growers who use a dust, a 40 per cent lead ar senate dust or a 5 per cent PDT dust should he applied at the rate of 40 to 50 pounds per acre. The filbert moth larvae feed only on the under side of the leaves before they enter the nuts and it is Important that the un dersides of the leaves be covered with the sprav or dust to secure effective control. Where DDT is used as a spray or dust the ground under the trees should be covered to kill moths as they emerge irom tne son. vrwyy . You're Never Caught Napping . ... by sudden in-full pay ment demands or costly re newals when your home is financed with a Direct Re duction Loan arranged through Ralph L. Russell. See about this modern, per sonalized loan service now! RALPH L. RUSSELL Loans and Insurance 112 W. Cass Phone 913 Loan Representative Equitable Savings & Loan Assn. PHONE 307 FOR SAWDUST and Some prospectors have sunk prospecting oil wells more than 20 miles oft land In the Gulf of Mexico. Prompt Return of Farm ;j ; Practice Report Urged All farmers carrying out pr tlces under the Agricultural Cfi servation Program are reminds- ' by J. r . HonebraKe that repop should be turned In at the count! of lice as soon as all practices ari completed. , Every effort should be made : cooperating farmers to comDleli all possible practices according 44 specifications so they will quaitjj lor assistance payments. When specifications are follnw ed carefully the best lone term results will be obtained. All prae tlces offered In the 1948 Progrtfh help conserve our agricultural re sources and help keep farming"? on a paying basis, Mr. Boniv-J brake explained. Inspection and office work will . be simplified If members report J promptly all work completed, ajC well as all work that cannot b a carried out. i OLIVER Single or Double Loads Ph. 307 YOUNGS BAY LBB. CO. A New farm Power Leader Here's the power tcadet of Oliver's new, modern tractor fleet. It's the husky 3-4 plow "SB" with a 6ylinder engine and six forward speeds to provide you with a practical work, ing pace for every farm operation. The "88" is an ideal unit for concentrated fanning ... for all the heavy "rush" jobs season after season. To suit your fuel situation, Oliver offers three great engines I (1) for gasoline, (2) for tractor fuels, (J) diesel ... designed" specifically for a farm tractor and available later. Look at these new features! direct drive power taie-otT, Oil Miser transmission case, floating oil pump screen inlet, 20-gallon fuel tank, battery ignition and automatic spark advance, basic interchangeability of Oliver's full line of cen trally mounted and rear suspended tools and a choice of interchangeable cast iron or stamped steel wheels with all other new Row Crop models. Let us give you the details on all the valuable farm-utility features found on Oliver's new farm-engineered tractor fleet, built in Row Crop, Standard, Row Crop witn Adjustaoia Front Axle or Single Front Wheel models. 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It does all of this in one simple operation, t ome in, we will aladly explain the many additiooaj w, both with snd without various spatially-designed attachments, foe ROTOTaLER Power Tiller oi a liundcd ties. UMPQUA AUTO AND IMPLEMENT CO. 444 North Stephens r u 9m. tx X , y. .In. ." fl, 'in. a i ii: T5r its i ::et 'al
