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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1945)
f age Six Section C THE LA G1ANDE EVINING OBSEtVEt, LA GRANDE, OREGON Monday, October 1, 1945 i Forest Tracts fliiveii 4-H Clubs to Serve Many Uses, IMwezitmiml imd Recreational 4-H club groups throughout the state have acquired a con siderable number of timber tracts which will serve throughout the years a duplicate purpose of pro viding educational opportunities nnd recreational facilities, re ports Dan D. Robinson, exten sion forester at Oregon Stale col lege. More than 500 4-H club boys and girls have attended forestry classes and field demon- Farm Residents' Accident Deaths 14,000 in 1944 CHICAGO Furm resident deaths from accidents totaled 14,800 in 1944 5 percent less than in 1943. This fact is re vealed in an analysis of 1944 farm accident figures by the Na tional Safety council. A decline of about 3 percent in the farm population and the nationwide observance .of the first national farm safety week undoubtedly were factors in the 'drcrcasc, the council said. Farm work accidents accounted for 4,300 of the fatalities and re sulted in more than 225,000 non fatal Injuries. But farm home accidents took an even greater toll, the council points out. About 6,000 farm resi dents were killed by accidents in their homes and 000,000 others were Injured. File, perennial rural enemy, destroyed farm property worth about $90,000,000, one-fifth of Ihu national fire loss. strations at club summer schools and tevl.Tal county gatherings this summer, he said. The Oregon stale board of forestry and several county courts have leased, sold or designated tracts of timber lands to county 4-H club leaders associations for lire by clubs and other youth groups, Robinson explains. These areas are administered by the leaders associations which are re sponsible for their use and de lopment as outlined in advance agreements. In selecting such areas, pri mary consideration is given to a good water supply, suitability for tree planting siles and forest management demonstration pro jects. As they are used also for recreational purposes, adequate Farsiaers Have PIrect Interest in War End Farming "basic" and "Stea gall" commodities have a direct financial interest in the end of the war, R. B. Taylor, chairman of the state AAA committee, points out. Upon the formal dec laration that war is ended will depend how long the government is committed to support prices of tlu-se farm commodities at the specified levels. Wheat is the only Oregon crop named as "basic" in the agricul tural adjustment act. For basic commodities, congress has direct ed that prices shall be support ed at 90 per cent of parity. "S tea gall commodities are those for which the secretary of agriculture hy proclamation has requested increased wartime pro duction. These include hogs, eggs, chickens over three and a half pounds liveweighl, turkeys, milk and bullerfat, dry peas, diy beans, flaxseed and potatoes. For these, the price support level is "not less than 90 percent of the parity or comparable price." Legislation directing price sup ports for these two groups of com modities fixes the support period for the duration of the war and until the "expiration of the two year perdiod beginning with the first day of January immediate ly following the date upon which' the president by proclamation or the congress by concurrent reso lution declares that hostilities in the present war have been ter minated." . Just when and how this formal declaration will be made is still a matter of conjecture. At the end of World War I, the joint resolution of congress declaring peace with Germany and Aus tria was not signed by President Harding until July 2, 1921. If the end of hostilities is proclaimed anytime before next Jan. 1, the government's price commitments for "Sleagail" and basic commod ities will extend through 1940 and 1947, chairman Taylor explains. swimming facilities are usually arranged for. Buildings are add ed and improved as time and funds permit with much such improvement work contributed by parents and 4-H club leaders. In the postwar period some of these area's will be developed for 4-H summer camps, Robin son adds. Several such camps have been operated within the state in the past few years and have proved extremely popular. The tracts are also used for over night camping sites and week end hikes by various other youth organizations in the neigh borhood. More Cattle, Calves On Oregon Farms Cattle and calves on Oregon farms were estimated af 1,182,- 000 head January 1, 1944, an all time record for this state. This is 29 percent above the average number on Jan. 1, during the years, 1935 to 1939 inclusive: Most of the increase was in beef cattle. In Union county in 1944, total' of all cattle, all ages, was 37,500, with 8,000 milk cows two years and over, and 8,000 in beef cows two years and pver. In 1940 all cattle all ages in the county were listed at 28,500. This year's num ber has been estimated at 34,000. Of this number 8,100 are produc ing milk cows and 7,800 beef cows, with the rest steers and heifers, according to Rollin W. Schaad, county agent in Union county. THIS LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET IS NOW UNDER THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF George ISenals and George I'.cmis has established several salt's markets throughout tin' west, in cluding the one ill Tiicnish, Wash., which lias been highly successful, lie has hail many years in Hie business. Al present his headquarters arc al Yaki ma, Wash. William Xchaan liuill ami lliaiBi cliaan established the market at Missoula, Mi:nt,'iia, second largest in that .state, in which he is well acquainted. He also has had many years in the business and will lie personally in charge of the lU Grande Livestock Commission Com pany, making his home in La Grande. AUCTION EVERY FRIDAY at 1:00 p.m. mmmmmmmmmm' YOU GET HIGHEST RETURN FOR CATTLE . . . SHEEP HOGS . . . HORSES I .i . . vt-K men of northeastern Oregon are here offered a market and : m i ii i' nnnhlaiuaMe eveptit lone; distances. Market your livestock hele and inline voiirself of a pi ol liable outlet for your cattle, sheep, horses and pigs. Our auction bring price.-- conipai alile to any when t'rieght and shrinkage costs ale taken into consideration. C'aa!ia &.(eke9 Aiaetioneei La Grande Livestock Commission Co. Phone 1F3 f"H' IIJ-lll L "frm 77. V ft at.WTTS'SS". . - -. . 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COMBINES We expect these combines to also he available in (i and l)-foot sizes. REPAIRS - PARTS - SERVICE CHANDLER TMTM mi EffllPMT CO. LIU Washington Phone 170 In j-ppriseiiirfiivr I.i Grand?
