Th«- Sentinel, Cottagi' Grove, Oregon
Cottage Grove Sentinel
Thur»., Jan. 10, 19.5?
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W. c. MARTIN
Oregon chickens and turkeys in
1952 will pick at more i'X|Miisi\e
fix'd. lay ehcnjM'r eggs, ami yield
lower pi iced meat than the\ did in
1951
That's what Oregon State col
lege agricultural cconoihiats say
tn a new agricultural situation and
1 outlook Copies of the ivport nre
available through county extra-
sion agent* or by willing diivctb
to the rollege
IVspite a slightly |M*ssiniistic
outlook, the economists -ay 1951
has been a fairly isxxl year for
I ooltiymen and turkey producer...
and prospects for the next six
month ate not discouraging enough
< to cause a reduction m chick and
■ turkey poult purchases.
Egg production nationally, the
' report say s, will set a new nasirtf
in 1952. If the nation’s farmers
raise more pullets in 1952 than
they did in 19S1, larger egg sup
plies will make 1953 prices even
less favorable than those for the
coming year. This is especially
true, they add, in view of pros- |
liects for more meat and uncertain
business conditions.
Oregon egg, poultry, and feed
prires follow the national trend,
the report says.
By mid-Noy ember, the Oregon
farm price barometer had risen to
a new high level. Farm prices on
the national level have also ad
vanced to a point about 9 per
cent above a year ago. Meanwhile,
an almost identical Increase in the
parity index of farm costs kept
the purchasing power of farm pro
ducts on a par with 12 month ago.
The report says more animals
are gathered around a smaller na
tional feed supply, accounting for
higher costs Ft'ed costs will stay
above 1951 levels until a larger
corn crop is product'd in the mid
west .
Fur farmers are among those
feeling the pincers of higher costs.
Peit prices are down as compared
with a year ago and feed costs arc
climbing.
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EDITORIAL
NEWS PAPER
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Feed Costs Up;
New Record Seen
For Egg Supply
ASSOCIATION
Lighting Surprisingly Good
We are making belated mention of some surprisingly
I clever Christmas lighting during the holiday season. Like
others perhaps we were dilatory in not driving around to
make an inspection of the many decorations in this and ad
joining communities.
We are in accord with the lay group in that the Christ-
mas season is becoming too commercialized, but believe as
they do that decorations reflecting the true season, which
means putting Christ back in Christmas should be encour
aged. Perhaps because not enough people were encouraged to
decorate is the chief reason others did not decorate or light
up their homes or places of business.
Last year the Chamber of Commerce inaugurated a
lighting contest, which attracted interest since the winners of
the contest received recognition in addition to a little finan
cial reward and seemed to stimulate additional interest in a
project of this sort. We hope some organization sees fit to
revive the contest for the general interest it will create.
There was some outstanding holiday lighting in the
rural communities mentioned in a previous issue. One of,
the most praiseworthy in Cottage Grove was the nativity
scene portrayed in the window of Hansen Brothers. This.
Christmas scene drew much comment and took a lot of time,
talent and effort to make it stand out as it did.
Broadening Our Readership
Perhaps most of our readers have noted there is an in-
creasing amount of news from our nearby rural communities.
We hope to have other communities represented as time goes
on. The thing that we would like to point out here is that
most of us living in the South Lane-North Douglas area have
common interests: otherwise we would be different from oth
er localities over the nation.
While the automobile has pretty well destroyed the com
munity center as we knew it thirty years ago. this bad fea
ture is offset by the fact that rivalries and animosities be
tween communities is largely disappearing. This fact was
recently evidenced in the dedication of the new Disston
school gym building. So far as we could learn there was noth-1
ing but best wishes for the good fortune of the Disston gym.
There was no jealousy, rivalry or animosity such as might
hav^been noted in the earlier years. Gone too to a large ex
PRIZE-WINNING BATTLE PHOTO— This picture entitled “For Will Pickens Dies
tent are the intercommunity squabbles which too were fairly
A Fallen Comrade” by Sgt 1/C1. Al Chang took first place in a recent
common in the old days.
exhibition of Korean combat photography. A grief stricken American
in Salem Friday
infantryman whose buddy had been killed in action is comforted by
In your own experience it may have been more or less
another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically tills out
Will Pickens passed away in
commonplace to rather dislike an individual on first ac
casualty tags.
Salem. Friday, January 4. H< is
quaintance, but the better you knew the individual, the better
the oldest brother of the late
you liked him or her. The same thing holds true for commu
H.
Pickens. KnIHfle Haynes and
$1,709 per Family
nities, the more you know them the more you admire them
Will Pickens were associated 10
for what they are. By knowing them you learn of their prob
Taxes, 7 ' Paid by Oregon
years in the grocery business in. ।
lems and knowing their problems, you appreciate them more.
These tax exactions t— • this year an average of $479 Salem. The late O. II. Pickens was :
In the days of many changes it’s one way to get acquainted. per capita (men, women and children» from the people of associated with them the latter
Oregon, or approximately $1,790 per family. Next year the live years.
• ] Burial services were held Tues-
total will be higher.
Our Baby Crop
ted
States
Cham-
<*■>’• January X, in Salem
This
$479
per
capita
Compares
with
Uni
The prosperity of most of us, particularly the merchant
is pretty well tied up with the prospect of increasing popula ber of Commerce estimate of $548 per capita as individual
tion. The U. S. Census bureau has some interesting informa- share of spending by the federal government alone during* Agnes Perry
the fiscal year to end June 30, 1953. While not all of the fed
tion on this point. It finds for instance that there are now eral
will be financed by taxes, enough of it will be' .
¡>M«ed away F ri-
55 percent more babies under five years of age than in 1940, -• spending
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day, January 4, at the home of her
by
borrowing
(bonds)
to
increase
the
inflationary
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which indicates a children’s market It also gives you an in financed
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J daughter in Springfield at the a ■
sight into some problems school officials are facing and will effect of excess spending. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce ()f W( Shc was tK,rn ARnes Ix,„h.
face to accommodate the growing number of pupils. In addi- comPares with the scheduled federal spending of $548 periers February 11, 1R71 in England,
tion the census says there are 23 percent more youngsters
*or 1953
th® l*r,cfPlta federal ®P$nd* and
married ,h‘" ^bro-ri
between the ages of five and ten
ing of $68.16 twelve years ago, or $7.54 42 years ago, before 20. 1890, to Charles Perry. They
,. the 10 °». to 0“ 14 year frt
«¡T 13 > percent
” fewer in the wn
bracket;
13 to 19 I
year age and 2.3 percent fewer in the 20 to 24 bracket.
These figures reflect the slump in birth rate during the
depression, according to the census bureau. The bright spot
of the long range picture is that there will be a substantial
increase in the number of teen agers by 1960.
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Bewildering
Situation ..
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We believe the average American is pretty well bewil-
dered at the national state of affairs. He is bewildered by the
graft and corruption which has come to light in the bureau
of internal revenue and the prospect of increasing taxes
which is the result of our foreign commitments. We read a
supposedly authoritative statement that the United States is
now qr has loaned money to a total of forty-five nations. Also
thkt'ione of the loans which were to be seif liquidating under
the Marshall and kindred plans had been paid. In fact we are
still pounng money into the hands of our first foreign bor-
row^r. On top of this we will have a total of 2,000,000 men
under arms soon. Most of them are to be stationed either
in Europe or in Japan.
If our information is correct, we will soon be aiding a
billiou of the world's two billion population. The other billion
comes under the sphere of Soviet Russia which has added
several million to its orbit of influence without much of a
Struggle and without any loans.
In the meantime the United States has given war ridden
nation» and China .several millions of dolla™ and we doubt
if we have as many friends now, exclusive of China, which
has turned against us as we did when we started pouring
money into the hands of our war stricken neighbors.
We do not believe that a total of a hundred and fiftv
uuiuuu peopxe can cununue co aiu uie rest oi tne ounon witn-
out sinking to the level of the people we are trying to help,
certainly not without lowering our standard of living. Yet
the present administration seems to be hellbent on reforming
the world and raising its standard of living.
Birth rate in Oregon, high as it is, is among the lowest
of that of any state, according to recent report of U. S. Vital
Statistics. As against average birth rate for all the states—
24.2 per thousand of estimated population—Oregon's birth
rate was only 21.5. Only three states—New York, Connecti
cut, and Massachusetts—showed a lower birth rate. Evi
dently the school enrollment problem will be as great, if not
greater, in most states than in Oregon—Oregon Voter.
TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, EPITAPH: “Government
spending this year will total $88 billion—more than the entire
national income in the boom year of 1929. Per capita cost has
risen ... to $580 for this year’s spending, or 40 percent of
the average per capita income of $1,435. Experience has it
that when the tax take goes above 25 percent of the national
income, inflation is here. Present tax bill of 40 percent places
the nation well out on the inflation limb now.”
"Either the state exists for the individual or the indi
vidual exists for the state. In the latter case you have dic
tatorship, whether you call it Communism, Fascism, or Per-
onism, and how far the dictator goes depends on his own
ruthlessness and the character of the people under him.”
•—The Wall Street Journal.
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LEATHERNECKS GIVE BLOOD TO FELLOW FIGHTERS
A GROUP OF FLEOOUNO ItATHERNtCKS hold the bottles they arc to fl It with blood for their buddles fighting In
Koren. The Marines, part of 600 bout-trainee graduates of Floyd Bennett Field, New York, made their con-
(International)
tributions al a Red Cross Donor Center where plasma Is rushed to wounded soldier*.
Swiss President
INCOME TAX TROUBLES?
We recommend
Victor Adding Machines
New models on display in hand and electric operated.
Ask for demonstration.
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
Dr. Karl Kobolt
DEFENSE MINISTER Karl Kobclt, 60,
was »lectcd President of the Swisa
ConScuacation lor 1952 nt Berne.
Switzerland'« president 1« elected
by
the two houses
, a Joint session of (International)
Parliament.
Phone 555
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Mr. Perry passed away in 1932 in
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Canada. Mrs. Perry came to Ore- 1
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For Ideal Homes
Nine essentials of the “ideal"
fartn home have been outlined by
a statewide rural life committee
headed by L. E. Francis, Tilla-
mook.
They are adequat ■ income, time
,o enl°y 1‘fe. a family goal, family
1 ®ve and understanding rebgiou
kpi'itual values,
Ity \he abilitv jo' buHd cEter
in children, evaluation of ideals
and the belief that the family is
more important than the house?
This committee is one of eleven
making ¡Jans for the Oregon ag-
ricultural conference March 27,
27 and 29 at Oregon State college,
^ts airn *s to collect material.
analyze the present situation, and
gon in 1945 and resided in the
Silk Creek district for one year. I
She then moved to Springfield
with her daughter. Mrs. Perry was
a member of the Church of Eng
land.
Surviving are four sons: Wil- *
liam of New Westminster, B. C.. '
Elbert of Chilliwack, B. C„ Arthur .
of Humbolt. Saskatchewan. Can-
nda. and Herbert of Calgary, Al
berta; three daughters: Mrs. Mil
dred Klein of Indio, Calif., Mrs.
Ethel Burton of Calgary, Alberta.
Mrs. Violet Mattheyer of Spring
field; 18 grandchildren; six great-!
grandchildren; and one brother.
Harry leathers of Miami, Mani
toba. Canada.
Funeral service:; were held at
Mills Mortuary Tuesday, January
8, at 2:30 p.m. Burial was in th<-
Silk Creek cemetery.
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Phones 555 - 556
e r^on?i?®ndaf|on^ for ,m'
by F. I. Ballard associate direc-
tor of extension
Chairmen were also named to
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Libby, Jefferson, health and safe
ty; Mrs. Lee Holliday, Klamath
Fails, housing and utilities; Mr
Floyd Fox, Silverton, education;
and Mrs. Alice Lindsay, Grants
Pass, community organization.
Mrs. Mabel Mack, assistant ex- J
tension director, i: serving as sec- i
retary.
The committee also came up
with these ingredients for an ideal
rural community: participation in ,
church activities;' good schools,
roads, and telephone service;
recreation facilities and leadership;
common services for those with
common interests; organization
and leadership to carry out im-'
provements; and electricity.
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The rural life commitice will
hold its final meeting in Portland]
February 12 and 13 before pre-
seating its recommendations dtu-
ing the state conference.
tian
PRINCESS Margaret Hose of England
was among those chosen as one of
the best-dressed women of the
world for 1951 by the New York
Drees Institute. Some of the other»
on the best-dressed list are the
Duche„ of windsor> Mrs. Winiam
RandoInh Hearst
Hearst Jr.,
Jr.. Duchess
Duehera of
of
Randolph
Kent, Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vander
bilt, Mrs. Henry Ford II, actress
Marlene Dietrich, Mrs. Douglas 1
MacArthur and Mrs. William S.
Paley.
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A local man gave his wife a lec-
pcssim.st j* the fellow who
ture on economy and as a result | hoped to make enough money next
has had to give up smoking.
J month to pay this month's bills.
Modem married couples don't , It still remains the foremost
realize what a tight fix they're in problem of 1952 that of knowing'
until they move into a modern where to park and how fast you!
apartment.
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