/ 14 Pilles section Two Cottage Grove Sentinel COTTAGE GROVE. LANE COUNT Y. OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Itno NUMBER 26 U. 1 PRIIOHTIR WHICH WAS SHILLED AND SEIZED RY NATIONALIST WARSHIPS OFF SHANGHAI Douglas Fir Achieves New Milestone i In History of American Forests Recently mittec Is the certifying agency for »Ulterior tree seed* and will keep xyMtcmaix' record« of each lot so that Its progeny can be folowcd and studied In a report filled with optimism, Hagenstein told of forestry ad­ vances during the past year in the Itouglas fir region». Some 22,200 acres of idle land» ii. reforested r «a« by * in- werr artirlcmlly ri. ... «1 ii .. i t y dustry tn the Douglas f r region. . to break all ..ii exbiting wi . records. %i_ The, rorest indiixtricN Free nr Nursery! supplied 7.000,(XX) tree« for hand- planting 12700 acre», and 9.500 acre» were seeded by airplane and i Swine Growers Bred Gilt Sale At Salem Feb. 4 Thirty-two top quality animals representing nine breeds and of­ ferings from 22 breeders will be sold during the fifth annual bred gilt sale s|xnutored by the Oregon Swine Growers ns-xx'iation at the state fairgrounds i .ar Salem, Sat­ urday, February 4. Sale time has been called for 11 o'clock in the morning nnd lunch will be served on the grounds, re- |x>rts Ben Newell, Marion county extension agent, who also serves as swine association secretary. The < iregon Swine Breeders as­ sociation. headed by Lyle McKin- ley. .Shedd. also jqionsoring three similar rales in other sec- tions of the state. Bred gilt sales will lx- held in Li Grande, Febru­ ary IM; Prineville March 1; and at Klnmath Falls, March 4 Breeds to tx- represented among the offering« at the Salem sale Include Chester White, Duroc-Jer- scy, Spotted Poland China, York­ shire. Berkshire, Minnesota No. 1, Hereford, Hampshire, and Poland China. The sale committee is headed by F. L. Zielinski, St. Paul All animals will have been |>assed U[x>n by a sifting commit­ tee before they are allowed in the ring This committee is composed <>f A W Oliver and B. John- • i Joe l son. O.S.C. animal husbandry de- . . partment and Ed- . . staff ... memiwrs, . Kidder. Sherwood, _____ Auctioneer will be H. J. McMur­ ray, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sale catalogues are available from Newell by writing to him at his office in the post office build­ ing. Salem. Portland. On-gon, February 1-'eat Conservation Committee of the (Special) A new milestone In Pacific Northwest Forest Indus- American forestry was achieved trie« here last Thursday, during 1949 by the Dougins fir The Forest Indusetrlea Nursery industry when it adopted, for the at Nisqually, Washington, which first time in U. S. forestry history, produces seedling» for use through­ a region-wide »erd certification out th«' Douglas fir region, will jMilicy for assuring superior trees hereafter use only certified seed. from artificial reforestation Hagcnstein said Each company A super race of Douglas fir trees receiving trees from the nursery is ultimately possible from thi« ad- will supply its own seed, paying vanced step In forest genetics, particular | attention to place col-1 He reported un increase of 256,- according to W D. Hagenstein. lected, elevation, form of purent chief forester, in hi» report on the tree, lex’s! climate and proximity 551 acre« In the Douglas fir re­ jMixt year'» forest accompliahmrnt» I to area needing artificial reforest- gion certified during 19-19 as West to the annual meeting of the For- ntion The industry’» nursery com- Coast Tree Farm». Thi« brought the region total to 3,270,692 acre» of taxpaying forest.« pledged to permanent management since Mr». Gale Roby. Report*^ 1941 Five additional companies Phone 7M-J-? employed foresters for the first time, despite a downturn in forest With spading shovels wiped product« markets during 1949. clean of snow last week and an eye on the brown sod of the early DAIRYMEN: HOW TO LOSE pea patch, old man winter again MONEY (IT SAYS HERE) stepped in, flipping a foot of new Note to dairymen: Here’s how snow' on the brown earth Monday —It right down here nnd let to waste the money you have in- night Then rains about had that tlx make you cheer! Our com­ vested in your dairy herd improve­ melted away until the rain chang­ ment association, according to ed to wet snow Friday at daylight plete coverage against any O S C extension dairy specialists. and piled up 4 or 5 inches more. 1. Never look at the herd record ■Spading shovels were back again risk will make you feel more txxik. 2. Don’t ask for suggestions shoveling snow. from the tester 3. If the test« i Just as residents were compli­ brink. Accident, health, life insurance |M>liclr*. Don't makes suggestions, don’t follow menting themselves on having delay. them. 4. Stay away from all meet­ power for nearly a week and thru ings and activities of the associa­ the last two storm», the light went tion 5. Tell neighbors you’ve re­ out with a flash, Friday noon, that ceived no help from the associa­ blew fuses, burned out light bulbs, tion 6 Drop out of the association and damaged refrigerator and at tbe close of the year's testing. radio units. It is said a broken DH1A testing, it is pointed out. wire crossed a high voltage line, Wiier Bldg 617 Main Phone 34 is a method to determine low pro- sending a high voltage charge thru ducing cows which may profitably the wires before they burned out. lx« culled Power was off about 33 hours and folks with power w'ater pumps found snow water again was bet­ ter than no water and were glad there was snow to melt. A new storm with more snow has every­ one jittery and just tired of win- • ter a.« they wait for it all to end. It has been said nothing lasts for ever, or can it ? One temporary arrangement for water while the power was off at I the Elvis Kelly. Claris Abeen and | Roy Ewing homes was to connect by garden hose with the water line from tho hill of C. C. Gilham. Woodards logging crews resum­ ed work last week and kept at it all week hauling the snowy logs and say it was a snowy mess. Cut- ting crews were more reluctant to weather the weather and have not started work, pending better weather. School was able to stay open all WE HAVE BEEN IN COTTAGE G ROY F FOR ONE YEAR week, with attendance about as usual, and most youngsters glad AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY to terminate their home confining vacation. Regular 4-H club meet­ ings were held at the school on FRIENDS W E HAVE MADE WE W ANT TO THANK Tuesday, with members planning to go to the 4-H officers training THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN LANE AND NORTHERN classes in Cottage Grove Saturday, which were later postponed be­ cause of bad roads everywhere. DOUGLAS COUNTIES FOR THEIR PATRONAGE AND Some children are still absent, especially among the smaller chil­ WE PLEDGE A CONTINUANCE OF OUR POLICY OF dren off the bus route who find it i difficult to wade the deep snow to । the bus. Harold Cox has been out MAINTAINING THE BEST LINES OF MERCHANDISE for some time due to illness nnd ! Mary Tullar just returned after AT THE LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH THEIR 1 two weeks with bronchitis. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill and HIGH QUALITY. Phillip Higdon and son, Doyle attended the University of Oregon University of Washington game in Eugene Saturday evening. They W'E ARE INDEED HAPPY TO BE HERE AND report the roads as pretty slip­ pery, especially on the return trip. A visit with Grandma proved to AGAIN W E SAY — be exciting for Jill and "Tenny" Johnson last week when young, 'Tenny," a toddler fell on a drink­ ing glass, cutting his nose length­ wise, and requiring 5 stitches. He did not even break the glass. Be­ fore that, Jill, past three, was bit by a neighbor's dog, not serious, but a good nip under the chin. The children returned with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson to their home near Fresno, Icav- Ing Saturday after a visit since New Years with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Morton. To top it all off, before they left, Mr. Morton was believed to have the mumps. 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