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Over 1700 Freight Car Delivered To
Southern Pacific Railway In August
N o E q u ip m e n t M a n u fa c tu re d D u rin g W a r,
W ill H elp C o m p an y Move its F re ig h t
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trients below the plow sole arc vertisem ent paid for by the Chet-
In the last several iss,,«
lost to crops because their roots co Rod & Gun C lub and E. E. I dot advertisements hat
canot get down. As a result, the H anscam placed in this issue of placed by various concent
plants are w eaker and, should the P ilot, “ by any one going into
carefulness in the
a drought hit, become very' hard the m ountains from now until the
hit. When there is a rain, the fa ll rains a ctu a lly begin,
sm all am ount of top soil, a fte r
D uc , 0 ex tre m e ly dry fuels N e w Mexico Couple
a l just about 8 or 9 inches of m ore h igh ly inflam m able t h a n L eased Metier Bulb
plowed ground becomes soaked e ve r a fte r , he firs, n ht S ep tem .
Mr. and Mrs. Peder,
and w ater stands there. Much ol ber rains> Jate sum m er an(| earI
of
Santa Fe, New Mex
the w ater is washed o ff and takes fa ll are most hazardous
lod'
w
ere
in the area last
sod along
of our fire season.
m g for a location, have W
1 he soil should be enriched
organ ically so that it can hold
"This is the tim e o f the y e a r L a rry Metier bulb fan
and absorb more w'ater with out when special fire w e a th e r fo re H arbor district and wifi
becoming a muddy mass or a con casts are sent out (only, how ever, m ediate possession, Lam
crete slab when baked by the sun. when conditions become quite told the Pilot, Monday
The Sand becks, for so«
, In addition, if a plow pan exists, c ritic a l). These predict increasing
there is a need for connecting the eas^ winds and hum idities below residents of the Santa Fe
subsoil and top soil in order to 25% . Woods operations a re r e w ere in the real estate
allow free circulation. Then sta rt Quired to shut down w hen the th ere before coming to
anew.
relative hum idity is 30% or low er,
L a rry Metier and his
Subsoil attachm ents va ry ac- and everyone should be exceed- W ard Metier, will leave i
cording to conditions and depths
cartTul when sm oking or M edford where they will i
required. You go two inches deep- building a cam pfire — or when a w holesale lumber conr.
er and you need not double the startin g a fire for any purpose, sell exclusively sash ad
pow er that one inch require, but S o’ when w e combine sum m er’s stocks.
four tim es the power. Thus sub- accum ulated dryness and the ef-
soiling must be w ell planned a c 4 fcct °.f the late sum m er and e a rly
M oad Bigham, while
fall light rains w ith a special on the Hogan water tower
cording to power equipment.
w eather forecast, we r e a lly h ave fe ll to the ground.
an extrem ely dangerous period £ ad shaking up, he is rep
ahead,” N ance concluded..
h av e severely sprained his
More than 1700 new freight cars I Contributing to the transport-
w ere delivered to Southern P a c-!a tio n problem in the west, Mr.
ific in August, an im portant boost M ercier emphasized, is the fact
tow ard relieving the nationwide that this part of the country has
c a r shortage, A. T. Mercier, Pres, developed faster than any other
of the railroad, reported today. section in recent years
“ Population has m ushroomed,”
V irtu a lly all rail car construct
ion w as banned by the G overn he said. “ New industries have
ment during the war, it was poin come. Farm crops, this y ear es
ted out, and since V-J D ay build pecially, are setting all-tim e re
ing of new equipment has been cords. and the biggest job of wes
fu rth er delayed by m aterial short tern rail lines is hauling crops to
ages and reconversion difficulties distant m arkets.
of m anufacturers.
“ Then, too, the tra ffic flow has
D eliveries of new freight cars again become predom inantly east-
to Southern P acific in August bond, whereas during the w ar it
w ere the heaviest to date, com par w as greater westbound. At pres
ing with only 425 new cars deli ent, westbound tra ffic received
vered in July, Mr, M ercier said. from connecting lines is 30 to 40
P rio r to Ju ly the railroad had per cent less than a y e a r ago
received only 150 of the morp than substantially reducing cars avail-
4,000 new cars it had ordered se able for eastbound shipm ents,
y e a r or more earlier.
which are now as great or g re a te r
Since December. 1944, the ra il than the w ar-tim e volume.
road has ordered or authorized
“ As with industry generally,
purchase of more than 10.000 new the railroads during the w ar con
cars for freight sendee, including centrated on m ilitary business
5,000 new refrigerator cars for which, car for car. could be han-
“ Special care with fire should
P acific Fruit Express Company, died with less w ork because w hole
of which Southern P acific is half trainloads went to governm ent be exercised,” said Marion Nance,
Lovely 100^ wool coating—you’ll wantitforyo
owner.
installations. C ars handled now d istrict ran ger to the Pilot this
dressier coats and flattering dressmakers
A total of 4,050 new freight are divided among m a n y in w eek, w hile authorizing the ad-
Also
ideal for shirts alone—colors, green, meic
train cars are scheduled to be in dustries.
service by the end of this year,
"Reconversion problem s,” he
Royal Blue and Black — 56 inches wide.
Mr. M ercier said, and deliveries continued, are common to all in
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of the other 6,000 are expected in dustry, and the change from w ar
substantial quantities e a rlier next tim e operations to peacetim es has
year.
affected the entire national econ
The shortage of railroad cars orr,y an<I production m achinery.
Beautiful materials in various lengths— at
Is nationwide, part of the general This is also true of transportation,
F u n e ra l D ire c to r
postw ar picture includes auto- anf* u n t’ l it *s possible to get more
an d
mobiles, refrigerators, nylons and new f l i g h t cars and sufficient
A m b u lan c e S erv ice
p ractically all other m anufactured m anpow er to keep present rolling
items, it was pointed out eact class stock in constant repair, the pur-
of shipper has felt the pinch__ ¡ch a ser of railroad service m ay be
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farm ers, lumbermen, m anufact- conlronte<t w ith the sam e short-
C re sc e n t C ity, C alif.
urers - - - and it has not been con ages that he encounters in all
fined to any one part of the coun other lines of goods and services.”
try. In western territory the de
mand for peacetim e transportation
has been g re a tly increased by the
tremendous w ar-born grow th of
By Robert Sloan
industry, the bum per crops and a
S U B S O IL IN G
gain of almost three m illions in a
T here has been so much em-
population in five vears.
A
.
phasis on shallow' soil ‘treatm ent,
A variety of tactors have com- the folly of deep plowing, the wis-
r ne\ ‘ 11 Was s,a,ed> to cause the dom of m ere harrow ing and disc-
reight car shortage:
ing, that the w ider public m ay
1. Many cars w ore out under the im agine t h a t an evolution has
w a r tra ffic and could not be re- taken place. This is not so. The
placed at that time, nor has it m ajority, the overw helm ing ma-
time to take every possible step in the preparation of yt
been possible to replace them since jo rity of farm ers plow because
soil
tor
planting.
Remember, one whole year of hard work and toil'
the w ar ended.
they need to plow. Under certain
ahead—not to mention the investment. A very large part of the succ
2. Shippers have relaxed in conditions of sum m er dryness it
m any cases from their w artim e bfls often happened in the past
J ° ur year’s work depends upon what you do or dont
e ffo rt to load cars to cap acity.
’ bat year in and y e a r out th e'
w i t h i n the next few weeks, before
planting. These are a few quest«
Critical Days Face
Forest, Says Nance
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YARD
Murdock G.
ROEDER
G O O DS!
REM NANTS
And Apparel Shop
Fertilizer Tips
Bolls G row e
A M essage F o r Y ou
3. M ost ind u stries h ave retu rn ed
to a five-day week, which means
that m any freight cars stand idle
over the weekends on shippers
sidings.
M anpower shortages have for
ther aggravated the freight car
sh ortage
acceording
to
Mr
Mercier.
“ For
a
..
evam nU ”
* 'a m p h ,
»
he
. . .
said.
be-
s k iii'.V '
‘nsuh,ieient iorct' of
s k ilh d m echanics in our shops, a
h igh er percen tage of locom otives
are now out of service for repair
than during the war. There is also
« ^hoytage of men to rep air freight
— ~
pl° W " Cnt o v c r th e Ihnd in the
direction at the sam e depth,
' Vll«t w ater seeps down comes to
3 te,nPorarv halt at the plow s o le ,!
the foot of the furrow’s. There
IhC Wi‘ u 'r dcposits somc m inerals
™
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and S q u a l l y
' PS fA,rthe,r’ O ver a ^ riod of
years, the plow sole becomes ce-
n ien ’ ed by thg fine p articles
w a sh e d down to it. an 1 the con-
nection between top soil and sub
soil is broken,
Such a form ation is called a
plow pan or a hard pan N atuar
lly. it keeps the w ate r and
from penetrating to low er levels.
______ ____ _ - J If therc he a plow pan, the nu-
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and answers about the work done by 5-foot SEAMAN TILLER:
Q
W hat M the advantage of having
tillled ?
A. Com plete tillage means finer p u lveri
zation
F in e ly
it t ike'to
Brookings. Oregon.
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Q. Does it help in the control of weed*
other pests f
A. Yes! Those who have had their soil t2a
in previous years say that the lootf*
cuts th eir tim e in weeding over one‘‘
m akes hoeing and cultivating much etf*
Field mice, moles and gopher runways -
are within the depth of the tillage (M ^
inches) are destroyed. Often the pests t
selves are destroyed w hile in the
Q. Is this tiller service expensive*
A. It is expensive not to take advance
this service. F o r this tremendous
ment in soil p reparation costs by the
approxim ate $15.00 per acre.
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A N D S P E C IF Y
2. How many acres’
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holds
*’’e ?rowth of an acre of your lilies*
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soil
m oisture and holds it longer. Not to sav
that soil tilled would have a tendency to
drain poorly because pulverized soil rids
itself of excell m oisture hut retains the
most beneficial percentage for crop growth
Q. What about A E R A T IO N ?
A. It is an established fact that the most
potent facto r governing nitrification of soil
is the supply of air. Te revolving tines of
the Seam an tiller dig and throw the soil
against the machine, bringing air with the
finely pulverized soil to the tillage. This in
creases the a ctiv ity of the soil bacteria and
conseqnently the efficiency of the fertilizer.
A R O O K IN G S -H A R n O R P IL O T ,
D ati
p u lverized
It also helps m aintain higher soil ternpffl
ture.
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