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VOL. XIV NO. 16
OUR CRYING NEED
Nobody's crying yet, but it
could come to that. So many
things we need, like mink coats
Cadillacs. But they cost - so
much, that we can compromise
with a sweater and a used '33
model, and still mosey along.
But this cold storage plant
is something that cant be a
half way proposition. Either
we have one, or we do without.
And It certainly wont be a mon
ey making deal trying to do
without. ,
It might be a "get-rich-qulck-Wallingford"
thing even if we
get one. But whether it made
any private forhirnes or wheth
er it didn't if would still make
the community richer in many
ways. ,
We need other things, too.
Such as a lot of different sorts
of re-manufacturing plants to
make use of our forest wastes.
But those things are much eas
ier to get. Why? Because we
already have the waste in sight,
and there are already indus
tries in other places making
use of such wood waste.
The investment needed for a
cold storage plant is different
only in one way. It calls for
vision. The results will not be
Immediately highly lucrative,
but they will be cumulative.
We have to visualize the mani
fold possibilities of Douglas
County Agriculture, before we
can even visualize the need for
such a plant.
We have a wonderful cli
mate. One of the few places
in the U.S. where people . dont
rush to "California for the win
ler." We dont need to. In fact
we have nicer weather than
they do down there, most of
the time.
Our climate is a "natural"
for vegetative growth of all
kinds, including timber and
fruit. Yet we have seen young
orchards wither and die from
neglect, because the farmer
uld "make more in the
woods" than staying Jiome and
running the farm. "Fruit don't
pay in this country", they say.
It pays in other countries, and
would pay here if we had the
facilities to preserve it.
We have another "natural"
too. Our climate is just exactly
right for poultry and egg pro
duction. There is no claim that
' it don't pay", either because
we have too many folks taking
things easy from what they
have made with chickens and
turkeys. Even during the deep
est part of the old depression,
poultrymen bought new cars
when nobody else could. We
have "Si" Dillard's word for
that, and he was selling cars
Ore. Mon., April 21, 1952
Three Suspects Jailed
In $41 Million Fire
TOKYO Wl Police Friday
blamed Tottori's disastrous $41,
600,000 fire on a short circuit
caused by illegal tapping of elec
tric wires. They jailed three suspects.-
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THE FARM BUREAU
Using traps, scientists are col
lecting as much as 2Vi lbs. of
apple pollen per hive of bees.
A person working eight hours
cant get more than 5 ounces
by hand.
And with one of our tractor
weeders one woman can weed
an awful big garden, while her
husband with an old-fashioned
hoe would probably quit as soon
as he had enough fish worms.
Sure pays to get up-to-date.
And these tractor weeders
only cost a few dollars. A good
garden would pay for one in a
year in the saving you'd make
in groceries, besides the fun of
making garden this easy way.
luring that late, lamented de
pression. Petaluma Calif, became
known as "the egg basket of
the world". Yet the Petaluma
district isnt nearly as big as
Douglas County. Nor does it
have the natural advantages,
as to climate, and isolation.
Their egg business was built
up on a basis of marketing
their product in New York.
Nowadays, our poultry and egg
market is at our door.
But we cant exploit our pos
sibilities in poultry production
without a cold storage plant.
American food habits have
changed, and food is handled
much differently than in by
gone years. It's sanitation and
vitamin conservation have be
come Guvmcnt rcsponsibilites.
And the Guvmcnt says all poul
try must be quirk frozen and
kept under low temperatures if
it is to move interstate com
merce. Unless Douglas County poul
try can move to other sections,
we can conceivably reach the
saturation point locally long be
fore we have even neared the
profitable capacity of our com
munity. ,
You will hear more about
this. In the meantime let's all
put on our thinking caps, and
figure how to put this across.
It is a deal that calls for co
operation among every seg
ment of our population.
New OSC Soil, Water Resources Bulletin Ready
A program in which research and
extension can assist Oregon resi
dents to make still further prog
ress in conservation and use of
land and water resources is out
lined in a new Oregon State Col
lege extension bulletin, number 725,
entitled, "Soil and Water Conser
vation and Use in Oregon," now
ready for distribution.
Copies may be obtained from the
county extension office or directly
from OSC.
The 22-page circular, almost en
tirely a graphic presentation, is
a summary of work done by ten
OSC school of agriculture staff
members. The primary objectives
of the program outlined as a result
of their work are; one, to solve the
man-made problems of erosion and
water run-off; and two, to develop
the most effective use of soil and
water resources for the welfare of
the people.
Classification
Of State's Land
Has Been Asked
An Immediate classification of
Oregon's land resources has been
requested by a statewide land eco
nomics committee headed b y
Charles A. Tom, Rufus.
It was one of the committee's rec
ommendations which was acted on
favorably at the recent statewide
agricultural conference at Oregon
State College. Through extensive
field work, the committee s a i s
boundaries of areas primarily suit
ed to forestry, grazing, cultivated
crops, recreation, watershed pro
tection, wild life or combinations of
these uses could be determined.
Maps and other material pre
pared should then become the guide
for county, state, and federal pro
grams on these areas, Tom ex
plained. Recommendations Made
The committee also recommend
ed that federal mining laws be
amended to accomplish the follow
ing: Make mineral prospecting and
location' of mining claims subject
to appropriate restrictions and reg
ulations in order that abuses be
nrevented- and allow owners of ml-
! ning claims to have mineral rights
only, reserving to the government
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1952
CLASSIFIED SECTION
FOR SALE, 2500 sexed torn
poults, hatch May 28th, 45c
each. This may be a steal, but
you will still be on the right
side of the sheriff. See Jay
Conn, Melrose.
BE CAREFUL
On rus.iing oft to the wars,
an old Roman officer locked
his wife in armor, but gave
the key to his best friend.
"If I'm not back in six
months, use the key. Only to
you, my best friend would I
entrust it".
Then away he galloped, but,
looking back after going a few
miles, he noticed a cloud of
dust, and stopped to wait.
Presently his good friend came
up alongside, and with an ag
grieved look on his face, he
complained; "My friend! You
have given me the wrong key I"
He; "I bet I know what you're
thinking about."
She; "Maybe so. But you sure
dont act like it."
HARDWARE HARDTACK
We saw a fellow fixing fence
the other day. Of all the jobs on
the farm we hated fence fix
ing worst. Always getting
scratched up. The Mrs. did
most of it, and it kept her out
of the garden, so we had to
buy our vegetables, which kep'
us broke.
Now that Douglas Flour Mill
has those electric fences, don't
cost hardy anything, and
leaves lots of time for the Mrs.
to run the new garden tractor,
and we figure we can buy some
of that fine fishing gear, and
it looks like a pretty good sum
mer ahead.
Worried wife; (at hubby'a
bedside); "Is there any hope
Doctor?"
Doc; "Well, that depends
Mrs. Jones, on what you're
hoping for."
BE CAREFUL
Every year thousands of fine
pullets die from "blow-outs".
The loss includes also the pos
sible profit these good pullets
would have made, because
every pullet which blows out
Is one of your best.
Most of this trouble Is due to
pullets coming into HEAVY pro
duction too fast and too young.
UMl'QUA DEVELOPING
MASH is designed to prevent
exactly that. Among poultry
men who follow our sugge tions
on using Umpqua Developing
Mash there is very little com
plaint from this trouble. Come
in, or ask us to come out, and
explain the reasons for such
great satisfaction among our
customeri.
Discussing significant features,
major problems and land use, the
circular outlines the state in five
areas. They are the coastal, South
ern Oregon, the Willamette Valley,
the Columbia Basin, and the re
mainder of Eastern Oregon.
Makes Surveys
In terms of an action program
the circular suggests making soil
surveys on all land on which there
may be a choice with regards to
use.
Discussing erosion problems, the
Water Forecasts
Best In Years;
Floods Possible
Snow covers that have roken
all-time records In many parts of
Oregon assure an abundance of wa
ter for farm irrigation and hydro
electric power needs during 1952
but also represent a continuing 1
flood hazard in case of unusual
melting conditions. ,
That's the overall Oregon water.
outlook for the coming crop sea
son from W. T. Frost. Oregon snow
survey leader, who completed his
annual statewide water forecast
meetings last week. Now in its 25th
year, the snow survey research
is a joint project of the soil conser
vation service and the Oregon State
College agricultural experiment
station.
Every section of the state will
have plenty of water for all agri
cultural needs, Frost reports. Some
may have too much for al
ready swollen streams to carry. A
combination of warm weather rain
and winds might produce a heavy,
all other resources except those
required for mining.-
Other recommendations Included
one to have all federally owned, rev
enue-producing property pay to lo
cal taxing units an amount equal to
the tax assessment if the property
were in private ownership. The
committee cited the fact that about
58 percent of Oregon's land area
is owned by various junicipal, coun
ty, state and federal agencies. Muc
of the land is revenue producing,
yet the revenue returned varies
from nothing for certain lands to as
much as 75 percent of the receipts
from others.
Tom said the principle of asses
ed value and payments on the basis
of local tax levies has been recog
nized by Congress In the case of
the Coos Bay revested road grants.
These lands are appraised every
ten years and pay the equivalent of
annual tax levies from receipts.
DONT LET VOUR OIL
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Roots a Better Start
TUMPY, cloddy ground is no prob
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you make shorter work of prepar
ing belter seedbeds,
Tht Pulvi-Mukher crushes sur
face clods, pulls up buried lumps
and pulverizes them in one opera
tion! It gives you a fine, yet firm
seedbed with a moisturcholdint
S I G
527 NORTH JACKSON
FMI0O
MIUION ACKNOWlIDOtD
circular nrorjoses a six-point action
program. It would include develop
ment 01 good rotations on eastern
Oregon wheatlands; conversion of
steeper slopes from grains and row
crops to permanent pastures; fur
ther study of tillage methods includ
ine strin cropping for row crops
of all kinds as weu as grain; use 01
sprinkler irrigation on row crops
and orchards growing on steep
lands; clearing of undesirable brush
by mechanical or chemical mem
ods instead of by fire in Western
Oregon; and reseeding logged and
burned over areas to trees or
grass. ,
In the area section of the circular,
land use changes are proposed such
as clearing woodland or returning
plowland to grass or forests. Also
pointed out is the fact that Western
Oregon contains approximately
2,000,000 acres of hill pasture, much
of which is underdeveloped.
'Post Farm' To
IT, J CtiiiiAe
, EXpOnO jTUOieS
Of Wood Decay
Plans have been made to en
large the "post farm" located in
Oregon State College's McDonald
Forest, according to Robert Gra
ham wood technologist with the
Oregon Forest Products Labora
tory. Data on the natural durability
of native woods and the effective
ness of different preservative treat
ment used as fence posts are on-
tained from the farm, named the
T. J .Starker Post Farm for the
former OSC professor who started
the experimental project in 1927.
More than 2300 oosts have been
lodged in the farm's bosom. The
farm is excellent for decay con
ditions because of its many term
ites and fund. Graham said. Cur
rent test results have been pub
lished by the laboratory in five
progress reports. ,r
ed by the laboratory in five prog
ress reports.
Emnhasii Preservatives
The new project will emphasize
simple preservative treatments to
fit the pocketDooK 01 tnose using
low-cost construction, in many io.
calities, particularly in rural areas,
lumber commercially treated with
nreservatives is not generally avail
able or its cost may prohibit its use
in low-cost construction, oranam
said.
The farm will be expanded one
fifth and will serve as a ''proving
ground" for above-ground wood
fencing and types of wood joints
used in house building, five wood
SDecies which will probably be test
ed with different preservatives by
brush and soaking methods in
elude ponderosa pine, southern yel
low pine, Douglas fir, western hem
lock and western red cedar.
Theodore Scheffer. Portland, of
the division of forest pathology of
the USDA. will supervise treating
and installation of material. Also
ison, Wis.
cooperating on the study is the U.S.
Forest Products Laboratory at Mad-
rapid runoff that would be a real
flood danger in some areas, be cau
tions. Snowfall Heavy .
In all but certain northern areas
of the state, the snowfall is one of
the heaviest in history. South Cen
tral Oregon around Lakeview has a
snow cover that is more than twice
the long-time average in 1 0 m e
cases.
The Umatilla-Walla Walla basin
with drier-than-normal soil condi
tions and reduced rain totals for
this year, has the poorest water
outlook of any section. Even there,
however, the supply will be ample.
Elsewhere the forecast is for one
of the best water years in history
with nearly all reservoirs expected
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save time and money . get better
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Stop in next time you're in town.
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Sure-Stand Seeders.
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IIADII Or All THI SIIRIIf
Editor Freed In Blasting
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Negligent Officials
LAKE CHARLES, La. UB Man-
aging Editor Kenneth Dixon of the
Lake Charles American Press, was
acquitted Friday on charges of
defaming the Calcasieu Parish
(county) district attorney, assist-
ant district attorney and the 13
members of the parish police jury.
Judge Bernard Cocke read a
lengthy opinion on the one charge
against the managing editor and
concluded that Dixon had the right
to fill. Many are already spilling
water as a safeguard against flood
ing later on when the high level
snow begins its runoff.
Forecasts are based on measure
ments at the 111 snow courses
throughout the ranges of the state
dIus local reports on sou moisture
conditions, early runoff and precip
itation totals.
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