fH m sD A V , JULY 24, 1041
Oregon Ups Food
Prodnction While
Crop Prices Rise
THE SK.VTf.VKL COTTAGE GROVE
f )R EG ON
Crater Lake, Fabled Battleground of Indian Gods,
Discovered Cool Retreat From Heat of Valleys
Tangible evidence o f ndjunt-
nienia In Oregon'» agriculture to­
ward national
fnod-fnr-dafense
and nutritional program giNils U
oontamed In n review of the cur­
rent farm situation Just la»ui*d by
the exten»lon service nt 0 .8 C.
the repnrt also »bow» that the
farm« over the natlnn aa a whole
are expected to produce abundant­
ly with Increases lielng registered
In many of the defense and n u trl-'
tlon commodities such as meat,
milk. eggs, and certain
truck
crops and fruits.
Outstanding among Oregon's
contributions toward the national
ftsMl program are the expanded
output of canned products, par­
ticularly given beans and peas
Oregon's production
of green
beans for processing Is expected
to react) 20,500 tons this year,
compared
with 15.000 In 1940.
Green pea production is estimat-
Sky-high Crater lake remains one of Oregon'« outstanding tourist attractions. L a it year its
e<l al 35.170 tons of shelled peas
deep blue waters end rugged scenery drew 252.000 tourists, a figure 1941 may exceed.
The official figures of the U. 8.
T h ia Is r»»i4i o f a »«Nso o f irvrtor !</<•
a Sunday crowd of several hun- tween Liao, the god of the
m ade ' • •
| . f . i t i . . u <■!
department of agriculture place
8*rni«n » /id the Or««««« M tH a M o to r aaa>w
drwd and there wasn’t a 'v e - underworld, and Skell, the god
Oregon as the first state In the
»4a»i«»r
rib tag viaiis ! • in te ra atirig nfstaa
rarida-sltter In the bunch.
o f ihs R a r if ir fwerihwwst
T b s r u n iB M «
of living things. The legend is
nation In volume of green beans
» j4 U ls « * i a p p ear in T h a O re g o n ia n »
A t Slnnott memorial, rough preserved today In the names
•aaAttsy ■aagaaina J u t , >u.
for jirocesaiiii in 19-11 and third in
stone building whose parapet of Liao rock, a prominence on
green peas noth of these indus­
BY FRED W. C O L V IO
commands
a view of the lake. the South rim of the lake which
tries luive grown rapidly during
• < a f f W r ite r . T b s O regonian
Dr. Wayne Kartchner, one of the Indians believed was the
a period of years, hut the Increase
Irv in S. Cobh, Bluegrass hu­ the park's seven ranger natural­ god's throne; and Skell’s head,
this year Is particularly note-
morist, visited Crater lake by ists, held the attention of a another rocky protrusion.
worthy. The green bean Industry
horae and buggy 20 years ago-— throng with an explanation of
Crater lake's fantastic blue
Is centered on irrigated lands in
and wild horses couldn't drag how the lake came Into being
the Willamette valley, while green
L ike a great eorn popper, the color (which led its discoverer,
him back.
John Wesley Hillm an, who
I* ’-’« production has attained prom­
He was firm in his objections: peak had popped out its Insides. stumbled upon it in 183.3, to
inence on good non-trrlguted lands
"Beauty, certainly
there’s
call it Deep Blue lake) evokes
largely in Umatilla county.
beauty there— a fantastic sort
more questions from tourists
Further gains In the general
of beauty. But it Isn't restful. 1
than any other feature.
farm price level have l«-en made
Just can't Imagine resting in the
during the past month, bringing
Ranger Herb Armcntrout at­
shadow of that grandeur."
the Oregon Index somewhat above
tributed the color to the purity
To easy going Cobh, whom
85 per cent of the 1996-1930 aver­
of the water, its great depth
we met in Bund, restfulness pic­
age level. Kami prices are now
(Crater lake, plumbed at 2000
tures a shaded veranda and a
feet, is the deepest lake on
more than 20 |<er cent higher
m int julep, snd. by that defini­
the North American continent
than the general average a year
tion restfulness Is something
and the fourth deepest lake in
ago Among the important factors
sky high Crater lake "Just ain't
the world) and the reflection of
which have helped to boost farm
got."
I the sky.
price levels arc the current high
Hut we were not looking for
I
Sole law officers in the na­
rate of industrial employment and
that kind of restfulness. And
tional parks, rangers are guar-
Income of consumers, higher gov­
neither. If we may judge, were
| dians not only of the park's
ernment loan rates on basic farm
the 232.000 persons who set last
natural beauty but also of the
oomns«titles and the food-for-de­
year’s record attendance figure
tourists who put themselves in
fense buying <>|ieratlons of the
at ttie park. Year in, year out.
their custody during their visit
government.
Crater leke has been Oregon’s
— and the bumans can get them­
The sharp advance In farm
outstanding tourist attraction.
Adamant Mr. Cobh vote-, w ith Fine new highways now lead to selves into plenty of scrapes.
prices has occurred despite large
Like the three Virginia lads
the m inority.
stocks <m bond of many items and
Crater lake, as this map shows.
who triod to climb down the
Driving the wett-knswn white
the prospect for Increased pro­
travel car o. the Oregon State Gases, gathering pressure In steep crater w all and found
duction this year Farm costs are
Motor association we reached the mountain's hellish innards, themselves in a spot where they
advancing also, although not as
Crater lake after a night spent saturated the liquid magma could neither descend farther
rapidly thus fa r as the prices for
at Diam ond lake, 14 miles then expelled it in a great nor climb back out . . . It took
many kinds of farm products The
north. l»-rs "ringing" from the shower of rock " flu ff,” found rangers from 7:30 one evening
index of prices psld by farmers,
rapid ascent to the lake rim. today in the form of pumice as until 5:43 the next evening to
interest, ami taxes at mld-Jun<-
we encountered e i g h t - f o o t far as 100 miles from the lake. extricate them, and that at
stood at 130 per cent of the 1910- I
snow banks at the north en­ A fter the explosion the moun­ great risk to themselves.
1914 level, only two points higher '
trance, pleasant contrast to the tain "boiled over." sending tor­
New highways Into this high
than a year before. Farm w ag e'
July heat of the valleys.
rents of smoking froth down Cascade region have made for
rates have advanced more rapidly
Cobb's criticism had set for the valleyiL and then the shell swift access. Whisre Irv in Cobb
anti there are indications that
us the objective of learning of the peak fell into its own visited Crater lake by horse
other farm costa may lie Hffe»-«<-d
w-hy Crater lake would he the cauldron and was melted.
and buggy 20 years ago, and
by the current trend t</ward gen­
magnet for close to 300,000
But then, of course, there is where even youngsters like us
eral prlcr inflation
tourists this year. At the Him the Klamath Indian legend— recall the dirt and gravel roads
Relative farm price levels at
village, as the cluster of park and one may believe it tf he of ten years back, broad high­
mid-June In the United States, in
buildings on the south side of wishes— that the take was cre­ ways— the equal of any in the
percentage of the 1910-1914 levels
the crater Is called, we found ated In a titanic struggle be state— now lead.
were: Meat animals
144 up 42
points from a year ago. dairy
youngest sons formerly of this
» T A L IN H E A D O F RUSSIAN
products 12«; up 22 points. chick­
community are spending the sum­
ARMY.
ens and egg» 118 up 37 (mints.
mer In Washington.
I nick crops 146 up 34 points, fruit
Mias Jeon Yearous left Satur­
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ma«B Overganrd
Premier Joseph Stalin »as de­
97 down 7 points, grains 96 up 13 day for Washington where she
points, and cotton and cottonseed will make an extended visit with bar«- imrchased tlx- Lizzie Gn-en dared ,n a Moscow radio broad­
place where they live.
107 up 13 points.
cast Saturday night to have as­
relatives In Vancouver and Che­
sumed personal supreme command
halis.
of I he Soviet Union's embattled
The Max Buffington family and
army, becoming Russia's National
the L. A. Yearous family spent
Defense Commissar in which post
Mrs.
Anne
Deane
a
n
d
Steve
Mra. May Home of Bay Center
Alyce Trunnell returned home Lewis of Corvallis were recent he replaced Marshal Scmvon Tlm-
Washington, spent Severn I dayj
FarraV osh'’ nk(’
last week at the Harry Castle Sunda> after attending 4-11 camp visitors nt the Harry
Mrs. Horne la a slater of ttl
Vn-ek.
i home
Timoshenko, now commanding
Mm C u tie .
I W. T. Garoutte left Sunday for!
Doughty brothers are baling the central Soviet armies defend­
the main
O. W. Hooker la conducting ser- “ week's visit at the home of hi» hay. for several of the farmers in ing Moscow against
German offensive, was named
vices every evening at the Blue 5<>n Nelson at McKenik- Bridge.
,hls community.
Mt. church.
M r and Mrs. Earl Gridley and
M r- and Mrs. Darrell Wilson Vice Commissar of National De­
Herold Jones left Sunday for s<>n of Sisters and Mrs. Rogerson and sOri 1,nd Mrs. Wilson's moth- fense by the Supreme Presidium
Fall Creek to attend the 4-H club of B»*nd spent the week end al the cr- Mrs Johnston, from San Die- of the U.S.S.R.. according to a
stimmer camp.
t W T . Garoutte home.
K°. California, visited recently Moscow radio broadcast picked up
Mr. and Mm Clifford Allen and
Eldon W alker accompanied M r Wl,h M r an<1 Mr* I,a r r > Farrar, by the Columbia Broadcasting
son Richard of Cottage Grove and Mrs. Oral McLaughlin to D ia-i rh*' WUaon!’ and Johnston are System.
spent the week end at the Roy mond Lake where they had a sue- movlnK back to Eugene after an
Kennedy home
cessful fishing week end
absence of four years.
(Yiarles Teel of Los Angeles vis-
Mr. and Mrs Merle Porter and
crews started working
Ited his daughter. Mrs. Joe Stew- daughter. Mr. nnd Mrs Charles i ,he earl> morning shift this week
art, several days last week
Young. Mr. and Mrs Lyle Lebow ?n
h<” weather nnd
Don and Leslie Orecr of C o t - nnd
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Johnny
Bennette spent S u n -1}0* hjumidl,> Very little rain fell
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here during the electric storm last
tage Grove visited several days day
picnicking on Row 'river
‘“ ¿ w e e k with Gene Overton.
| Mr. and Mrs. Max Buffington week.
Mrs. Fay Galagher, daughter
i i
™ Cottage Grove and son left Munday for a week’s
Winnefred and two sons of Fres­
vtalted last week at the home of visit in Hugo with relatives
Wa grkpdparents. Mr. and Mrs.
M r and Mrs. Charles Fry of no, California, are visiting at the
¿25^7'
Newport and M ix Kai io Ewing E. W. Howard home.
Harold Foster nttend«>d the
ar,d Mrs Merle Johnson and were Sunday evening visitors at
postmasters' convention at Bend
< niMrrn of Culp Creek spent Sun- the A. E. Walker home.
ditcher home.
' Mrs Margaret Fry and fwo last week,
Charles Gale of Ft. Lewis vis­
UP to 10 LBS
ited his father here the past week.
M
I N F I v E D ays
Kay Schneider is now employ ed
4
f
in a beauty parlor at San L u is ,
Obispo. California
Tlx* knitting guild met recently
with Mrs. Dorothy Farrar. Sweat­
ers and scarfs are being made for
the Red Cross and Bundles for
Britain.
W a n t to redact? O f rsarae yon da
It coo ean do I I aafelr.
F a ita sad
Mrs. Raymond Woods and son
frea k dlela m a r rao er t r e a t haroe and
Leroy attended the Assembly of
naeeunanei» hr d rp rle ln a re a r (la n d s
God camp meeting last week tM and narrea of n a ts ra l e ilam lna w h irl,
Ih e r need. Seduce the V lta m a lt w a r.
Salem.
T ake the Juice of a lemon w ith N atu re
C alalum Compound Io n ru lra lla o lha
I Mrs. Gladys Perry has returned
a rid . 1 Umro dalle.
T aha tw a lo a -
from a two week's visit with rela­
anoonfula of V lta m a lt every S hoars la
Buy a good spare, or better yet, equip your car for another
Place
a
f
food.
M
any
r
e
to
r t tbo lost of
tives at Newcastle, Wyoming.
10 pounds In » day« and any th a t lhay
5,000 miles for $3.00 or $4.00. These tires are GOOD and
feel h e lle r th a n they ha re fa r roars.
Darrol Davis has enlisted in
! • ” • * • • ’ »•lee. Daea nol eonlaln
avlalion-mechaniCs and Is leaving
we
large «took. Come in and see them.
thyroid nor any other redaclns a a t-
for
training.
atance.
600x16, in all makes, many unused miles as low os $.50 ea.
V lta m a lt la almply a aualalnlns toulo
A Christian Endeavor party was
eo n ta in ln a n a ts ra l rlla m ln a .
560x17, Ocod tregd, no breaks, in popular brands $.99ea.
held Friday night. Those present
To n ran look forw ard fa w t a r in t
were Irene Briggs. Joan Cooper,
your norm al alie am art clolkea asaln.
I f you are lenetom e fo r your media
Mnxinq Gowing,
Lois Gibson,
the fleet day or l« o . lake a beef cube
Beryl Cordon, Elva and Dalene
In b o lllu f w ater twice dally. Van may
alas e a t 0 or B atalka of celery.
Mitchell, Cecil Abbey, Kenneth
Hayes, Eileen Morris, Ira, Avery,
Winnie, Fern. Earl and Arthle
Lolirey, Mr. and Mrs John Dunn,
Mrs. Lowell Drullinger and Mrs.
llie R EX A L L Store
II. A. Mitchell.
020 Main St,
Cottage Grove, Ore.
Phone 225
C. J. Kent, Prop.
Auto Production
Is Cut 50 Percent
p ices. He has already insisted pressing inr legislation from cong-
against further increases in the less to enforce his price-fixing
price of me.-hank-iil refrigerators orders.
und has urged the auto industry
—,
' ■
■ L -p piu«« ,d pieseni I-v is .
peach Macaroon Icecream is In
Met with some r«*si.«tan<-c in the season now. Try it at Gustafson's.
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In the moat drastic order yet latter field, Henderson is now
wsuwl curbing civilian consump­
tion, Price Control Administrator
l^on
Henderson
Saturday at
Washington announced output of
automobile,
refrigerator
ant
laundry equipment Industries will
he cut 50 per cent because of
acute shortages in raw materia!*
needed for defense.
A dm lw uliin IOe a n d M o
At the same time, Henderson,
who also is administrator of ci­
Uri.. Sat., .Inly 25-26— “T H E P E N A L T Y ,- EdWsrd
vilian supply, said that the cur­
Arnold. Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, Robert
Sterling. Previ«-w feature "There’s Magle In Miiwtc"
tailment program will be extend«-1
Allan Jones, Susanna Foster.
to other consumer fields "in the
n«?ar future."
Sun., Won., Tues., July 27-26-29— "WEN OF BOVS
Sharp cuts, he said, will he
TO W N ,“ Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs
made in such industri«*» as air con­
Watson, Larry Nunn, Henry O'Neil, Mary Nash.
ditioning, heating and cooking
Wed., Thiir«., .Inly 30 31— “TOPPER RETURNS."
equipment, metal furniture, and
Joan Bkindeil, Roland Young. Billie Burke, Ro«?hes-
miscellaneous
household
appli­
ler. Preview feature "Adventure In Wauhlngtoa,"
ances.
Herbert Marsnall, Virginia Bruce.
In the ease of automobiles,
production will be slashed to a
rate of about 200.000 units a
month or about 2,400,000 passen­
ger ctTs a year. This is In con
trast to production of more than
5,000,000 a year at the present
A dm ission 10c and 28e
time, and cuts auto production
Bargain N igh ts 10c Saturday Mnttnae Ma and Ma
squarely in half.
Simultaneously
h é
indicated
Thun»., Urt., July 2t »5 — “M IL L IO N A IR E S
IN
that then* is to be a simplifica­
PRISON," ly e Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Wal-
tion of automobile models or
bum. B A R G A IN N IG H TS. Admission Kk?.
styles. He said that the cuts in
Sat., Sun., July 2«-27 — "T R A IL IN G
DOUBLE
all likeliltood would force "more
IR O I BI-E," The Range Busters. Lita Conway,
economical design."
Nancy King. Preview feature "The Norse’s Secret,”
The curtailment in automotive
Lee Patrick. Regis Toomey. Saturday Matinee 2:30
production will also affect light
P. M. Admission 10c and 15c.
truck.« under a 1-ton capacity,
but Henderson said that "no re­
Won., Tues., Wed., July 28-29-30— CLONED.
duction is contemplated in trucks
rhur».. Uri., July 31-August I — “.WEN OF T IM -
with greater capacities In excess
B ER LA N D ,” Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Linda
of one ton because of the urgent
Hayes. B A R G A IN N IG H TS. Admission 10c.
need for such vehicles at the pres­
ent time.”
Henderson strongly warned that
the production cut "should be no
occasion for an increase in retail
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