Fire, Spray Control Gorse;
Imported French Beetles
Check St. Johnswort Spread
ly PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
Associated Puss Staff Correspondent
SALEM, Ore. Gone the shrub pest which is blamed for
destroying 25,000 acres of grazing land on the coast in Lane,
Curry and Coos counties now can be controlled.
During the past year, the Oregon Agricultural experiment
station finally found the answer to eliminating this oily plant,
which is blamed for the destruction of the City of Bandon in 1936.
Flames spread through the gorse fields and burned down the
town. . , j
The shrub was brought to Ore
gon from the British isles in 1884, j
lor ornamental purposes. Then it
took over, and for many years sci
entists have been trying' to find a
way to kill it. -
The station says the way to kill
it is to burn it, then spray it witn
a mixture ot 2,4,9-1 aim z.vu. do
that for several seasons, and then
you can use the land for pasture
again.
A n A 1 I. A I ,U
niKjiuri jeaK.v wrru vtmi'ii uic
station learned to control this year
is the St. Johnswort weed, wnich
ruins range lands.
In this case, the station g 0 1
beetles to do the job.
Australian scientists thought up
. the .idea of turning the beetles
loose on the weed, and they found
just the right, beetles in France.
The French beetles went merrily
through Australia eating St. Johns
wort. So the station brought 75,000
adult beetles into Oregon.
The beetles are doing nice work
in Oregon, and they like it here,
with so much St. Johnswort to eat.
But it will take three or four years
for them to eat enough of the weed
fo'bring it under control."
Seed Raising Profitable
Thanks to the station's recent
studies, . Oregon might develop a
business of raising vegetable
seeds. The station proved that cab
bage, onion, beet, cucumber, mus
tard, turnip, radish, spinach,
pumpkin ami squash seeds can be
grown profitably in the state.
It also discovered ways to kill
insects which destroy seed crops.
The answer is DDT. .
Oregon farmers annually lose 10
to 20 percent of the nutritional
value of their hay crops because
of leaching, bleaching, molds and
leaf shattering. So- the station
found that by careful harvesting
and proper drying, these losses
can be cut to zero. . : j
In the potato- business, the" sla
tion says it has a hard job; It
can't keep up with all the new spud
diseases. But at least it's- finding
way. of eliminating the diseases al
ready known. . . .' ' - I
The station is busy trying to save
farmers money by cutting shipping
losses, s a test, it shipped 14 car
load of potatoes to Chicago and
Des Moines.
It found that 5.7 pounds of pota
toes out of every 100-pound sack
were ruined by shipping losses.
A dust-spray program to stop
downy mildew in hop yards was
developed. This is welcome news
to hop growers, who lose av lot of
money from mildew.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Dr. E. B. Luther, pastor, has an
nounced that the Sunday school
nroeram at the. First Conservative
Baptist church will he held Friday
evening. Dec. 22, at 8 p.m.
The Christmas sermon and mu
sic will be held Sunday, Dec. 24
during the regular church service
at 11 a.m. The public is invited to
attend both of these services.
Latest figures indicate that there
are. 3,550,000 tractors on U. S.
farms.
s
See them here!
The MODERN '
NEW WALL COLORS
in VuteAVctf
WONSOVER
Delicate pastels!
Smart deep shades!
Be your own decorator.
Choose here from the mod-
Oern new wajffjcolors in Dutch
Boy Vt onsover. It's really
wuhanl ...covers old paint,
wallpaper. kaUomine with ' '
jmt one coat. A fine oil-haC
paint that's ready-to-use.
O Douglas County
FARM BUREAU
Co-Operate Exchange
ROSEBURG, OREGON
And the station also nroved
to hop growers that they can tnnle members did not make a commit
their yield by proper cultiva- ment. There was snme indication
tion, irrigation and fertilizing. I jn their discussions that the es-
r :
II I
Texas Pink Grapefruit 325c
Cranberries, Mb. bag 19c
Sweet Potatoes, U.S. No. 1, lb. 9c
Lindsay Large '
PITTED OLIVES
No, 17 Tall Tin
27c
Your stockings
will be
filled with
foy if
you shop
here
for your
Christmas
dinner.
4.
O
o
Action Deferred On
PORTLAND tm The State
Liquor commission has deferred
until another meeting the question
of permitting continued beer sales
near the University of Oregon cam
pus. The administrator's office was
directed to prepare recommends-
tinns foe action before Jan. 1 after'
the situation was reviewed by As
sistant Administrator Joseph Stoll.
Stoll said studios reveal about
90 percent of Oregon students pass
the College Side Inn and Taylor's
Coffee Shop, both now under 15
day license suspension for sale of
beer to minors.
The commissioners noted public
sentiment against renewal of the 1
tUa lu'd nlaf as hi it I ho
CLEANSING
, TISSUES
200's 9c
400's 18c
Corr,
SNACKS
2 for J5C
o
O O . . Ready-To-Eat
PICNICS
pound '
Beer Traffic Near
tahlishmenti would he permitted
to sell benr until the university
spring term ends.
Decision was deferred, too, on
the request of newspapers for re
laxing bans on full-page liquor ad
vertising and use of color in such
copy. Portland newspapers argued
th(' ban had little effect because
magazine copy was not similarly
under state control.
Continental Distilling Corp. was
ordered not to advertise in Ore
gon for a 16-day period, Jan. 18
to Jan 31, because it used adver
tising of which the commission dis
approved. The commission ex
plained the firm once submitted
one advertisement for inspection
then ran another. Iwo previous
advertisements which did not meet
commission approval had been sub
mitted, but too late for warning
lb.
52,
MerrV .. Christmas
Scotties
3.
Cf
cec
fiCOrV
lb. 45c
ICtyPriyA-MdrkeS
Dole':
FRUIT
COCKTAIL
No. 2Vi Tin
29c
o
o
o
3
U. of Oregon
letters from the commission to he
effective, Administrator William
H. Hammond said. '
The town of Athena was granted
a liquor agency. Residents there
have been driving 15 miles to Mil-ton-Freewaler
or 18 miles to Pen
dleton to make purchases. A sim
ilar application from llkiah, in
southern Umatilla county, was re
fused. Woman Falls To Death
Down Steps Of Hotel
PORTLAND ( A Spokane
woman, believed here to attend
religious memorial services for her
late husband, was killed in a fall at
her hotel early Wednesday. She
v.as Mrs. S. Saruwalnri.
The manager of the Foster hotel,
John M. Grace, said she had re-
SUGAR
White Satin
100 lbs.
$!
Wo.
Yovm9
Tom
Apples
DELICIOUS
Wrapped and Pa
40 lb. box
2.98
1 f
Wo.
Xou
0
Virginia
PEANUTS
5-oz.bagl5c
Spanish Style
5-oz.baglOc
On the day before Chriitmot
All thru the Market
Not a creature will be itirring
We will be closed
December
24 and 25
Yoncalla
By MRS. 6C0RGK EDES
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reeves and
son Jerry, will leave Friday, Dec.
22, to spend a couple of weeks wiili
Mr. Reeves' sister at Hemet, Calif.
They will attend - the Pasadena
Rose parade and Rose bowl foot
ball game.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Luttrel
and two sons of Reedsport spent 1
the weekend visiting Mrs. Luttrel s I
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs,
Everett Curtis. 1
jur. ana 01 is, i.enuy nausun anu
turned to her room and some 10
minutes later he heard her fall
down the 25 steps from the sec
ond to the first floor,
She was dead on arrival at a hos
pital. Grace said she registered at
the hotel Dec. 7, and he under
stood she was here for memorial
services.
Ocean Spray
Cranberry
SAUCE
Whole or Strained
No. 300 Tin
10c
ancY
Hoc1
A5c
Large
Solid Heads
LETTUCE
ch
10c co
Thurs.,
DteJI, 150 The Newi-Rtvlew, Roitburg, Ore.
Wilbur Briner made a business
trip to Salem, Friday for the high
school,
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Phillips
are enjoying a few weeks' vacation
at Tucson, Ariz.
Mr. and Mrs. Dena Hall spent
the weekend with Mrs. Hall's lister
and family in Eugene,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and
son, Gorci'jn, spent the weekend in
Portland, shopping and visitinj
irienns.
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Blodgett
left Friday to spend the holidays
with relatives at San Jacinto, Calif.
Mrs. Mattie Gunners returned
to her home ,in Detroit, Mich..
rriaay auer spending tne past two
months visiting at the Fred Lee
home.
Mr. and Mrs. CharloA Shively,
Douglas Shively, Billie Bcnner and
C,.."-W"
fur
. 3 ft. Tin
85c
5
1
Fruited Ready
HAMS
pound
T. J, Moore attendinded the Oregon
State basketball game Saturday
night at Corvallis.
Cancer Research Fund
Granted To 0.S.C
CORVALLIS (,P A $4,000
grant has been made to Oregon
slate college by the American Can
cer society.
Dr. E. j. Dornfeld, znology pro
fessor, will use the money for re
search in the study of a body chem
ical called nucleic, related to tis
sue growth.
Pointing out that cancer is a
form of abnormal tissue growth.
i i)r. uornieid said that when nu
! cleic acids break down in the
j body, nucleotides are formed. Such
j nucleotides are found to slow cell
growth, he said.
9
. y
We will give
FREE ORCHIDS
this Friday
and Saturday.
All ladies visiting
our store
at this time
will receive one
of these exotic
flowers of the
Hawaiian Islandsl
7.9'
- To - Eat O ,
69c
A.
Phana 91
Utotilf W. Wahintan St.
o