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12 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Oft. Mod., March 12, 1951
Don't Rush Lawn Making
Lest Turf Be Short-Lived
With the first few days of warm,
sunny weather in early spring there
wUl come a mad scramble among
owners of new homes along the pa
cific coast to plant lawns.
More often than not, this means
the top soil will be scratched up,
dragged and leveled, a thin dress
ing of commercial fertilizer spread
and grass seed planted immedi
ately with a scattering of peat
moss over the top as a surface
mulch. The usual result of this
kind of lawn making is a brilliant
green carpet &t fast growing grass.
Soon, however, the weed seeds
that have lain dormant in the soil
germinate and someone has to
spend hours on his knees trying to
pull the weeds without disturbing
the grass. Then, the effects of the
mineral fertilizer wears off and the
roots begin to starve in the unpre
pared soil. The grass turns yellow
and begins to thin out. This is be
cause the roots are now trying to
live on the mortar, sand and per
haps dead soil excavated from the
basement of the house.
A good lawn must be build upon a
foundation of good, fertile soil with
plenty of organic material mixed
in. This organii material must be
added to the soil before planting
the seed. The soil should be made
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ready weeks or months before the
lawn is planted.
The first step is to remove all the
debris left by the builders. Exca
vated dirt should be carried away.
If fill is needed it should be the best
top soil you can obtain, not lifeless
creek silt which may be infested
with nematodes. Next, buy several
yards of cow manure which has
been composted and rotted and is
free of weed seed. Even if weed
seed is present, the weeds can be
hncd out if the soil is prepared well
ahead of planting time. If the -oil
is light, a liberal amount of peat
moss should be added along with
the manure to help retain moisture.
Work the manure and peat moss
into the top foot of soil. Break up
the large clods but do not fine the
soil at this stage. t
Allow the ground to lie fallow
to absorb the rains of the next few
weeks. If drouth occurs, keep the
soil moist with the hose to germi
nate weed seeds in the soil. As
weeds appear, turn them under or
hoe them out.
The month of April Is considered
one of the best months to plant
lawns along most of the Pacific
coast states, and by that time you
should have your lawn area prac
tically free of weeds which were in
the soil and manure. A lawn plant
ed in April on well-prepared soil,
will look better through the hot
days of summer than one planted
hurriedly at this time and sub
jectcd to th ecold weather an
wins of late winter.
VOLCANO ERUPTS
TOKYO UP) Mount Mihara,
volcano on Oshima island 50
! miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific,
erupted late yesterday.
I Three streams of lava coursed
down' the sides of the 2, 500-foot
' peak and engulfed two homes but
; were expected to stop short of
' seaside villages at the base.
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POSSE DRILL LEADERS Pictured above are the drill leaders of the Douglas County Sheriff's
Posse. On the right is Henry Cook, drill master. Cleo Tipton, left, is the assistant drill master.
The posse drills every Thursday night at the fair grounds In preparation for the annual Sheriff's
Posse Rodeo. (Staff photo I '
Cannon Beach
Auto Ban Plan
Beaten In House
SALEM OP) The House de
feated, 43 to 14, a bill .to prevent
automobiles from being operated
on Cannon beach.
The bill, sought by Portlanders
who own summer homes at the
beach, was opposed by residents
of the area who like to use the
beach as a roadway.
Rep. John Dickson, Portland, fa
ther of the bill, said "Cannon
beach is wide open and is a Bar-
bary coast. Drunken youngsters
drive along the beach where
youngsters play."
Rep. Joseph E. Dyer, Astoria.
opposed the bill asserting:
thousands of people camp on
the beaches and use the beach as
an access road. Cannon beach has
stiffened fines for reckless drivers."
Dyer said there also is speeding
on the highways, and added "they
should catch a few offenders, in
stead of keeping thousands away
Irom the beaches.
Election Change Asktd
A proposed constitutional amend
ment to elect slate representatives
by zones in the it counties which
have more than one representative
was introduced in the House.
It provides that In those counties,
the county cuurt or county com
missioners would split the county
up into as many zones as there
are representatives. Then one rep
resentative would be elected by
each zone.
Representatives now are elected
by the county at large.
It would affect these counties:
Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson,
Klamath, Lane, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Umatilla, Washington
and Yamhill.
The siwnsors are Reps. John P.
Ifounsell, Hood River, and John
D. Logan, Portland; and Sens.
Philip S. Hitchcock, Klamath
Falls, and Frank II. Hilton, Portland.
Bill To Engage
More Chaplains
Given "No" Vote
SALEM (!) The legisla
tive ways and means committee
voted against a bill to hire two
more full-time chaplains for state
institutions.
The state prison now has the
only full-time chaplain. The bill
would provide chaplain for the
state hospital, and another to serve
all institutions in Marion county.
The committee doubted the need
for chaplains.
"What does a chaplain do be
sides pray once a day?" Sen. Wil
liam A. Walsh, Cons Bay, asked.
Sen. Carl Engdahl, Pendleton,
asked if there aren't enough min
isters among the convicts to do the
work.
The bill, asked by the State
Board of Control, is endorsed by
the Oregon Mental Health associ
ation. This association recom
mended widespread reorganization
of the state's hospital system last
week.
The committee vote was on a
motion to take the bill off the com
mittee table.
Tax Boost Asked
Oregon's 2 percent tax on insur
ance premiums would be boosted
to 3 percent by a bill introduced by
tho legislature's joint ways and
means committee.
The increase would net $750,000
a year for the stale general fund.
The committee also introduced a
bill to let the governor hire expert
analysts from private business to
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state departments.
Welfare Costs Assailed
Sen. Rex Ellis, Pendleton, told a
meeting of county judges and com
missioners here that Oregon's wel
fare budget is soaring to the point
where the people won t be able to
carry it.
Pointing out that wellare costs
now total $30,000,000 a year, and
that a S6,000,000 annual increase is
sought by the welfare commission
suid the costs in a few years would
rise to $50,000,000 a year.
Confessed Spy
Involves In-Laws
NEW YORK UP) A former
army sergeant told a federal court
Friday that his own sister and her
husband talked h i m into giving
them American atomic secrets for
transmission to Russia.
The veteran, David Greenglass,
a confessed spy, was the second
government witness in the espion
age trial of his sister, Ethel Rosen
berg, 34, her husband, Julius, also
34. and Martin Sobell, 33.
Accused of conspiring to give
atom secrets to Russia, the three
face possible death sentences if co
face possible death sentences if con
victed by the trial jury.
His sister turned pale and pressed
her hands to her eyes when he took
the stand.
Greenglass spoke In a low voice
avoiding the stare of his relatives.
Greenglass' story also implicated
his own wife, Ruth, as the go-between
in his betrayal. They both
are named as co-conspirators but
Mrs. Greenglass is not a defendant
in the case. Greenglass has pleaded
guilty and awaits sentencing.
Pendleton Prep
Newspaper Rated
High Nationally
NEW YORK JP) The Lan
tern, Pendleton high school news
paper, is one of the two best in
the United States in its class, the
Columbia Scholastic Press associ
ation reported Saturday.
It and the Times of New Cumber
land, Pa., won medalist ratings
for publications "of distinction"
in the classification for Senior high
school printed newspapers in the
301-500 pupil enrollment group.
Close behind was Panther
Scratches of Redmond Union high,
listed first among the 27 receiving
first place rating.
Also in the same classification
was the Viking Log of Forest Grove
Union high with a second place rat
ing. Although the Pendleton publica
tion was the only one in Oregon
with a medalist rating, the Broad
caster of Leslie Junior high, Salem,
was one of the two best in the group
for Junior high offset newspapers
in the 1201 or more pupil group.
There were no medalist winners in
that classification, the Broadcaster
and Tusitala of Stevenson Inter
mediate school, Honolulu, sharing
in the top award, a first place
rating.
The annual contest is under aus
pices of Columbia university. More
than 1300 newspapers and 800 year
books were judged on a basis of
1,000 points, with medalist going
to the top group, first place to those
scoring 850 to 1,000, second place
for 750 to 849, and third for 650 to
749.
The Cardinal of Lincoln High,
Portland, was among the first place
winners in the 1001-1500 pupil class;
The Warrior, Drain Union high,
won a second place for special pub
lications (only three, including one
from the American university at
Cairo, Egypt, were rated above it);
Franklin Post of Franklin high,
Portland, won a second place in the
1501-2500 pupil class, and Rimrock
Savage, Monument, Ore., Union
high, won a third place among
schools of less than 300 enrollment.
Food Prleti InW&eni States Port New Record
SAN FRANCISCO UP)- Food
prices hit a record high in the
western states during January, the
depart mept of Labot reported.
In a series of releases from the
western regional office of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the de
partment announced that prices
of practically all foods had ad
vanced durine January, both as
compared with prices in Decem
ber and with January year ago. j
Phrases such as "a new all-time!
high level of retail food prices,"
"a new peak for the retail food
level" and "another all-time high," i
ran through the reports. i
The report covered the cities
of San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City
and Butte, Mont.
Portland's January overall
'prices were at a new peak, 190.4
points on the 1935-39 index and 8.9
percent above January, 1950. Food
prices alone were 15.7 points over
the previous year in Portland. The
most spectacular rise there was
beef and veal, which climbed 11.5
pouits in athe month and 43.2 for
the year.
But prices hit a real peak in sft
Francisco, where they wesj 238
points of the 1935-39 average, and
11.1 percent higher than a year ago.
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SOUTH PASADENA, Calif.
CP) Max Riley, 22, was in such
a hurry to get home that he was
cited for 13 traffic violations.
A pair of radio car officers said
they saw him run a red light and
gave chase at 75 miles an hour.
After catching him the officers
wrote tickets listing 11 stop signs
and two speeding violations. Riley
didn't say why he was in a hurry.
BRAVE YOUNC WORLD
MEMPHIS, Tenn. UP) Her
man L. Creel says he was at a
Starkville, Miss, service - station
when two boys drove up in an an
cient car. They bought a nickel's
worth of gas, asked for a road
map, tipped the attendant one
cent,- and announced they were go
ing to Birmingham 138 mi 1 e s
away.
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01' Paul was a remarkable
man. He did big things.
Quick-like and thorough.
Paul's spirit got restless about
30 years ago. Yearning for a mod
ern touch, he stepped out of
lumber and into a thing called ply
wood. He sat in with us back in
1921 when we pioneered the man
ufacture of Douglas fir plywood
for commercial purposes. With his
seven league boots he strode with
us from Washington to Oregon
in 1939. '
He helped us with many new de
velopments. The system of bark
ing, peeling, clipping, offbearing,
and grading was improved. Lathe
refinements were initiated. Drying
facilities were improved. The
Skoog patcher, a machine that cuts
out defects, inserts and seals the
patch in one operation, came in
great demand by the entire ply
wood industry.
Paul aided in laying out and is
building our plywood plants, o
lumber mill, our logging camp.
Then he took over the construc
tion crews who built our company
warehouses in San Francisco, St.
Louis, Dallas. But he got home
sick for Oregon and returned to
develop our new trademark, and
the method by which we put this
brand of quality on every plywood
panel we produce.
Paul still walks here. We just
saw him, heading for a meeting of
employees and management. Sub
ject: how to do things still better.
Plywood mills at Eugene and Wil
lamina; lumber mill atoseborg;
logging camp on Little River.
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