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'.'The OREGON STATESMAN. Sakra. Oregon. Sunday Morning,' August 20,; 1933 PAGETnRED STIFF TO H STATE FI lu Department Heads Chosen; Offer Services Free . To aid Program . Department superintendents for tbe 1933 state fair, opening here Labor day, were announced yes terday by Max Gehlhar, director of the fair. A new policy Is bein? followed this year in giving each superintendent complete charge of his show. In order - to help" out the fair this year the superintendents and secretaries, who handle the finan cial details in each department, including entries, ., recording of judges', reports and the' issuance of . premium awards, axe offering their services free. They are being paid only a moderate per diem for expenses. Included In the list of superjn tendents are the names of men who hare made Oregon state fair history. J. C. Finnicum of Day ton will again have charge of the beef cattle show. For 20 years Finnicum has been. - associated with this department "of the fair and- Is known to hundreds of ex hibltors. ..... 'J. E. Reynolds of La Grande; superintendent pf the. horse .de partment, is another veteran; la point' of service as is Edward Shearer of Estacada. Shearer, In charge of the poultry department. has served 16 years since 1917. He has watched the poultry de partment outgrow three buildings on the fairgrounds, including the present one which was thought biz enough for all time when it was built 12 years ago. Complete list of department su perintendents are: horse, J. E. Reynolds, La Grande; livestock, W. S. Bartlett, Salem; beef cat tle, J. C. Finnicum, Dayton; dairy cattle, W. S. Bartlett. Salem; sheep and goats. Ronald Hogg, route 2. Salem: swine. Case Nichols, route 6, Salem; 4-H club H. C. Seymour, Corvallis; Future Farmers, Earl R. Cooley, Salem: poultry, Edward Shearer, Estaca da; rabbits V. D. Leek, route 3 Salem; land products, Charles A. Cole, Salem; dairy products. J. D. Mickle, Salem; floral, Mrs. George W. Spring, Lents Station; photo graphic art. William Ball, Cor vallis; textile and .domestic bak ing, Mrs. Waltex.X3asi44ing. Salem; art, Mrs; William. Bell, Roseburg; racing. Dr. W. H. Ly tle, Salem; concessions and rent als, Ed L. Moore, Hillsboro; ag ricultural building, H. A. Rich ards, Portland; ground police and parking, A. A. Bouffleur, route 2, Salem; auditor, Glenn Hoar, Sa lem: arena director, 1 night show, Ed Wright, Hollywood, Cal., and director of ' Gymkhana; Jim Mc Cleave,. Stockton, Cal. Stock Judging at the -fair this Harvests in his Section-of Vall? 1 ExceptionallyrFine, Especially for Grains, Survey of Districts Shows Crops in Marion county -lave generally, turned .- out. better, than expected. , A" survey; made the past week with the assistance of the Statesman staff of valley cor respondents f readily- shows that' nature corrected Jher winter wor ries to. the farmer. on a' magnani mous scale. Exceptions , were some of the berry crops and wal nuts, ' : " ; -v-: , Spring grain In the northern part of the county is reported the best in 20 years. Oat harvests of around 90 tons are reported near Aurora and Hubbard; and of 100 tons at Mt. Angel. ' Prolonged spring rains aided most crops, es pecially hays.'; . . : - . Hops are excellent; at Mission Bottom one grower . expects two tons per acre Filberts are excel lent; but walnuts light. Pears look a big crop and peaches are generally good. .Potatoes look like a big crop. Wheat has been generally good. Here s a brief picture of crops In 45 communities In Marion county and nearby vicinities in Polk and Linn counties: Swede With hay baling about "over and grain harvest well under way, this district is making a good showing. .Most of the hay was'tbe grain variety. Fruits and nuts of all kinds are excellent in quality but light in yield. Late potatoes and garden promise bumper crops. Gates Haying was finished this weekend, with most of It grain hay. Yield exceeded expec tations. It is the first season known that wild blackberries have ' not been obtainable. A large huckleberry crop is expect ed but late, as there is still some snow in the shaded berry patches. Housewives have little fruit to can as cold spring rains made a shortage of prunes, pears and berries. spring? wheat -Or oats which, are I Hops In north Marlon county are fairly good.. Several acres of win-1 very tine and of excellent quality. ter wheat survived the rreese and promise an ejeeuens yieia, . run Bumper Prune in South and.nnts are a ?ery ugnt crop Jefferson Harvesting of rrain this. year. Due to last winters is finished in this district, and hay. shortage ; most farmers here threshing began August II. The put up an extra amount for feed fan 8own grain Is good, but late this year. . .,; , . . spring grain is poor. The hay r crop waa Just fair, but better than Silverton Hills Strawberries wa exneeted. Kasnberrv cron. in this district proved only ap- excellent: ttrawberriec no or: proximately a 40 per cent crop. bumper crop of prunes is expect Later berries, Including raspber- e(j ja tne Thomas, Looney and Al- ries, gooa; wneai, ugui; oais. fair; hay, good; potatoes, fair. Oats Ron 100 Bushels ' , Mt. Angel Bumper crop of spring vetch And oat hay; clover Seed short on account of freeze; spring grain crop heaviest ' for years, some oats running 100 bushels; wheat 30 to 40 bushels. Corn promises to be excellent: prunes short; early berries poor but evergreens look .good. Only 50 per cent walnut crop;-filberts shorter than last year. . Hops about one-third more than In 1932. V len orchards. Peaches and pears are. a fair crop," as also walnuts. The bean crop Is excellent. Hops, good. . !- . . v . - Roberts Hay and grain "crops here .were . heavy due to 'May rains. Hop outlook Is . the best In many years. Raspberries were light but excellent quality. Waldo Hills Considering the hard winter and necessity of re seeding,'. crops are good. Hay was excellent; . prunes, , plentiful and good ' quality; ' oats " and wheat, good. . Ben Kaufman reports 70 bushels ol oats to the acre. Hops are excellent and the final spray is being put on now. Corn Is not so. good, though a few farms have a good stand. Peppermint Scarce Talbot There Is a bumper hop crop here; peppermint crops are very poor; hay, just fair; Kanota oats proved very, good for hay; severe winter injured' clover and alfalfa badly;, grain 'and . flax, fair; late potatoes look good. Snnnj-slde-rrPrunes, spotted in entire district, with none over half a crop; cherries, fine; wal nuts probably good; wheat and oats promise good with some wheat 45 bushels to acre; hay, good; berries, poor. Hollywood. Tree fruits and nuts will be generally light here; hay and grain are bumper crops. E. J. Ward threshed 50 bushels of wheat to the acre and got 28 bushels of barley off one-naif acre. Berries were almost a total loss due to winter freeze. Flax Yields Good Bethany Reports from farm ers or tnis district snow mai crops as a whole are comparative ly good this year. Wheat is said to be light; oats comparatively good; barley, good; hay was vry good; hops, excellent, early pota toes good: late potatoes depend ing upon autumn rains; flax good. Scotu M1I1 Harvest Is com ing along fast here. Grain Is late on account of the freexe but Is a very good yield; hay, considerably better than last year; practically no prunes and about half a crop of walnuts; potatoes, fine, espe cially in Crooked Finger area. Sublimity Crops- here are good, especially oats and rye. Wheat looks quite good; prune crop, fair. Pears and apples, fair; walnuts, fair; filberts, excellent; potatoes, very good. All vegeta bles, good. Rosedale Crops in our district have been rather discouraging. Prunes and loganberries are the main crops and both are poor, as were strawberries. Gardens are good. Very little hay and grain is grown; nuts are not heavy either. St. Paul Fruit crops were fair except, strawberries which were scarce. Cherries, excellent quali ty and the S. J. Merton orchard peaches but average late crop," It looks. Bay, scarce; grains,-fair; filberts, fair; hops,' good - crop, picking to commence) August 2 S. All Crops Good Turner This vicinity Is bless ed with better -crops than usual . a whole. Early gray oats grown for hay and grain, bump er; barley, good; corn is making satisfactory growth despite late spring; .kale and garden stuff, fine;- cherries and raspberries, good. ' ; i, ' Stayton A survey of crop con ditions In' the Stayton' district in dicates oats, rood; corn excellent; wheat, good; barley, . fair; hay. excellent; prunes, fair; berries of all, varieties, poor; cherries, ex cellent:- walnuts, fair; filberts. good; beans and tomatoes excel lent. Some spring oat and vetch ray -yielded r 4 , to S tons per acre. . - . . - Waconda Hay and grain crops here and In Fairfield and Mission Bottom districts are fair. A bum per crop of spring grain- Is a re ward for farmers who resowed. Jim Mahoney estimates that a 40-acre field of barley will bring 700 sacks. An exception to the fair loganberry crop was the 12 tons . harvested by A. W. Nusom from 4 H acres. Pearl-Patterson reports a good yield. of raspber ries. Cherries, fair, hall damaging them for market; .strawberries poor. Paul Winslow - expects to pick a good -crop of prunes; peaches, good; filberts better .than last year; hop harvest will bring the best crop in roars. Two ton per acre is predicted from the C. C. Russell yard in Mission Bot tom. - Pea Seed Growth Fine Hubbard All the crops in this vicinity that were reseeded are ex cellent. The harvests, briefly: ber ries, poor; cherries, bumper but no market: prunes, plums and peaches, excellent; oats, excel lent, with Fred Palmer getting 91 bushels per acre; wheat, barley, sudan grass and all garden truck, excellent; clover and nuts, poor; field peas, bumper, running ton per acre for WTaldo Brown; corn. yielded five tons. Few early excellent; hops, bumper; garden truck, excellent; wild hazelnuts, bumper. Aurora It is safe to'say'the 1133. crop of spring train Is the largest harvested in 20 years; spring- white oats and barley bum per; wheat, excellent; three crops near Maeksburg SO to 90 bushels to the acre; hay, below average: hops, good (production will in crease 1-3); walnuts light, fil berts, good; peaches, goo d; prunes; good. Macleay Oats are fair with wheat generally ' good; pears. good; apples, fair; evergreen berries, very poor; hay Is fair while most corn is good. Cherries, prunes and walnuts, fair, with prunes and nuts below last year; strawberries, very poor; black caps, fair. Shaw Threshing and grain cutting is well under way and the grain, mostly spring cats is fair; strawberries were poor; lo- gans and blackcaps were fair and cherries good. Fair crop of -.ones is expected. West Stay torn The crops in this section hare been yielding a fair produce this year. The beans are good at the present, but the Indications are strong for a short run of picking in most yards. The tomatoes are looking very good and a heavy yield is expected. ' Rickey Fruit reported fair, with apples and prunes below last year.v. Loganberries fair; r straw-: berries were very poor. Due to the freeze,, grain and nuts generally fair with a few fields of oats and wheat reported "good." Hay and nuts fair. Early planted corn and sudan grass good; late planted, poor. Frukland The crops in this section are considered generally good. Loganberries and early ap ples are more than abundant, with promise of fair yields from prunes and late apples; grain of all kinds are exceptional in regards to the general run of late spring sow ing. Hay has been good in most cases, while most all types of nuts seem to be suffering from severe blight. Middle' Grote Baling of hay, with good yield. Is about finished, and threshing of wheat and oats, began around the 10 th, -with oats running as high as 70 bushels and wheat between 20 and 4 0. (Cher ries, pears and filberts, are yield ing good while apples and walnuts are only about-half a erop.- 1 1 9 - Oninabv Oats on the Chema- wa fields harvested,-75 .bushels per acre and Herman Hahn got (9 bushels on Kanota oats;. wheat only runs about 40 bushels; bar ley,, fair to good. Prunes, almost failure; berries, short crop; cher ries, fair; walnuts, fair; potatoes look godd; radishes and onions for seed, look very good. Hayesville Crops as a whole are good . here. Strawberries and apples are a failure, prunes dis eased,' Italians a failure, but Date good. Cherries excellent; bumper crop of pears; grain hay good; vetch hay failure; oats, bumper; wheat, excellent; barley, good. Loganberries and black caps fair; blackberries, bumper. Onion and radish seed good. More bay was baled than In last two years combined, due to fear of high price repetition. Pear Prospect" Fine Keizer The crop situation In this locality is encouraging. Prunes in some orchards will yield a bumper crop. Early and late peaches, tine. Our orchardlsts re-, Krt 150 tons of pears. Apples are owing np well.-Walnuts a 50 per cent crop. Filberts, good yield. Hay and grains are fine al though the threshing is not yet done. Brooks Threshing began the Lpast week and most farmers are reporting a bumper crop or wneat and oats. The hay crop was ex cellent quality but very light yield. The .berry crops were light but of good quality. The hop yards are in excellent condition and. prospects for a large yield were never better. Picking of the early fuggles will start in about 10 days. The Royal Ann cherry crop was good, and prospects are for a good crop of late peaches. Onion men are pepped up with prospects,- for large ; yield -Hd good prices. : . . . - vWafnnta Mostly Poor ' ! T Bethel All grain is cut and in shock. Threshing has started. nHMrouui wis, ucvueati ii ley, excellent; alfalfa hay, excel lent: clover hay, good; oats and vetch hay, good. The nut crop is poor; English walnuts and fil berts are tailing. Cherries were excellent. Apples, goodj prunes, poor;' pears, fair, and loganber ries, good. Clear Lake The hay crop here is good, and especially alfalfa; hops are excellent berries poor on account of freeze: annles. good; peaches, fair; grapes, aver age; pears, excellent; nuts, fair; small grains, good. East Woodburn Crops in this section are as follows: hay and grain, .' good; ' strawberries were very poor; the logan and rasp berries also poor; the apple and pear crops are good; bumper cherry crop. Walnuts and filberts are fair at a present estimation; early potatoes, good; flax also good. One Good Logan Crop Gervais Berries in this sec tion were light,- except loganber ries, one grower reporting 11 or 12 Jons grown on 3 ft. acres. The hay is medium; small grains, un certain until after harvest; some oats are producing well; corn on the. low lands promises a -good crop. Nut ' growers report " they expect a good crop, with price auft utlifirMr Pleasant View Although good crops were expected, they have only averaged fair, as follows: Tbe strawberries and corn, both poor; loganberries, prunes, cher ries and bay are only fair crops; wheat and oats are good. Monmouth Crop reports of this section indicate a heavy yield of spring grain and good yield of fall grain where a stand was nor mal despite the freeze. There is a shortage of clover seed, vetch and rye grass. Walnuts are a light crop; and filberts very (Continued on page 10) Filbert Crop Heavy Central Howell Spring sown oats, wheat and barley have done well. One field of grey oats made 76 bushels an acre. Clover hay that withstood the freeze was an excellent crop. Hops are good and the filberts, corn and potatoes are excellent. Cherries, fair. Strawberries failed. Labish Center Prospects for this section's chief crop, onions. are excellent. Onion sets are year will not only be an event but very good, also onion seed. Rasp- spectacle, Gehlhar said. Plans are being made to have most stock judging outside the barns, in front . Of .bleacher . seats:. construct ed expressly-for "that purpose. On .the bleacher seats "Livestock. Col onels" and friends may watch the judges sward blue ribbons for this prize hog or. sheep. The plan Is expected- to Increase interest in the stock judging. An Interesting feature sched uled for 9 a. m. Tuesday of fair berries were good, and loganber ries and cherries fair. Hay was excellent, including alfalfa, oats and vetch, and barley. Filbert crop is not as heavy as last year. Xorth Howell Crop reports for this section vary. Strawber ries, complete failure; loganber ries, fair; filberts and almonds, good; winter wheat and oats, fair; spring wheat and oats, ex cellent; barley, bumper; all hay week Is a stock Judging contest crops, exceueni; peacnes, poor; hPt.Pn team comnosed of Fu- corn, late but excellent promise; ture Farmers Of America and their fathers. Eight will comprise a team, consisting of three F. F. A's and their fathers and two al ternates. The contest, slated for the stadium are"h. WJil Include beef, swine, sheejhjertef and onions, very good. Walnuts: Franquettes, fair; Mayettes, poor. Alfalfa Growth Good Hazel Green Grain is excep tionally good here; Fred Hashle- bacher got (0 bushels of oats per Holsteln cattle. Breeding animals acre. Perry Saunders has 41 will be selected, if possible. Prizes will consist of ribbons. However, each team completing the contest will be paid S2. Labish Lake Afire; Celery it Burned When Bog Ignites HAZEL GREEN, Aug. 19 "Believe It or not" Labish lake was afire on east side of the big ditch, the division line between Brooks and this district. The fire was discovered before much damage was done. Two rows of celery of C. K. Ogura's was partly bushels of wheat to the acre. largest yield reported here so far. Corn is late. Third cutting of alfalfa is coming on; Ralph Wor- den got seven tons from two cut tings on his two acres. Several of the 21 prune orchards have good prospects; others, halt crop. Filberts, bumper. Brush Creek The mid-summer crop indications and reports show prunes, comparatively good; wheat, medium; oats, good; hay. very good; corn, good; hops, ex cellent; potatoes, fair. B Victor Point Grain 'cutting is nearing completion here. Practi cally all of the fall sown grain Knmp,l when th fire rets well froze out and was reseeded to started It burns for a long period destroying the soil, which is of neat log variety. This . was on the Labish Meadow's property of M. L. Jones. La Roy Van Cleave and Leon- ard . Rutherford have returned from a three weeks' motor trip to southern and eastern Oregon and Idaho. They visited Mr. Van Cleaves grandfather James A. Loonev at Glendale. Oregon, and Jack Hall, a former resident oi community, at Welser. Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ziellnski snd children Louis, Quentin and Helen, will return Monday from a visit to Mrs. Zielinski's sister at Seattle and a trip . into various . places of Interest in Canada. Auburn Auburn is not a farm ing community, most of the places being - only small acreages, and only; used for home, gardens. The little hay that was grown yielded an excellent crop: The loganber ries were nearly all winter killed, but those that did escape were fine. The hop crop at the Iliihee ranch Is only fair this year. ma 'Mil mi nip wmmfiifmittmimMwim!mmfff,. wwmwuMwy. u ,.".-.-.v.vv-.-..".v.'--"-,.,.--.'....v.A.......'..-.'..v... v. v. .,.,.'.vAw.'.vA... .v-,---"---w. .-...-....v-'--- WfV.V.'.W,V.'.I.V.ViV.W.,.V.'.-.V.W.VA,.V.V.-V.V.1 Mehama The hay crop in this vicinity ". was extremely . good. Grain Is showing a bumper crop; strawberries , a failure here due to winter freeze but the plants are looking' good for ' next year; prunes and apples very scarce while pear trees are full. Pratum Winter wheat sown last fall- or in January runs 30 to 40 bushels per acre; spring wheat, 20 to 35 bushels. Barley, fair to good: potatoes, poor to fair; garden truck, drying up; filberts, fair to good; walnuts, : poor to fair; clover - seed, poor; corn, poor to bumper. II" ' M ".A ' i ...... I f , w V 1 eflejpeseeees ?v?ejy?we?. - 1 L j,-.-.. .y . v v.-. v. .'....'...v.'.,.S".v.v.V'--v.y.-.v -. -.v. ::. v.-.- v.-. v.1. .y. i .-.-j.v.-. U," -x X- v - -; f v, i ; w ' - - v -' it - ' r - - v r c - - - ' v '- . 1 v '- ' . v1" , ,' -i. , ,' ' v,N , . J A, .V.,.,i'.'.vAv.,.'.f,.'. .,.v,.'.;.'.,.,.'AV -.v. 4 A J, Hops Look Good Woodburn There Is an un usually good, spring grain crop, much above normal size acre age, due to the tall grain freeze- out. Yields of 40 bushels of wheat and (7 bushels of oats have been noted. Corn Is nor mal: strawberries suffered a se vere damage but the loganberry crop was much better than ex pected. The Fruit Growers' as sociation handled 257 tons, which was about- 35 per cent of the crop. Blackberries are for a 75 per cent normal crop, of excellent quality. The hay crop is good; mostly vetch and grain hay, with about four tons to the acre. The clover crop froze out and Is very light. Prune crop will be light. Summer Picnics Prove En joyahle At Ifeotts Mills SCOTTS MILLS. Aug. 19 Members of the Christian church enlored a picnic at Hartman's dam Wednesday, about 40 being nresent. A basket dinner was snread at noon after which the afternoon was spent in playing aames and swimming. ' The following made np a picnic party to Moss lake recently: L. F. Mascber and daughter Minnie, Miss Ina Harold and A. Strand of silverton. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Saueressig and daughter , Cleo; Mrs. William Koger and -daugh- - ter Irene. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mil - lard and son Homer: Miss Evelyn Sown and Georgo Dlmlck of ScottS Mills. - : Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Robinson 'and son John,; moved to Medford ' this week, where they will be . 'nearer TKry Robinson's twork. Mr - and r- Mrs.i. Goodln of silverton have rented the Robinson place. Helpful Hints for Heallhfal living ...y - One of the most iini- versal, persistent and human superstitions among y the savage races was the belief in the. ferocity of the Evil Eye. We, of the civilized . world are more than grateful for the power that lies in the hands of " l our physicians. - Where Science end Ethics Reign CaplCoS EJs?i23 Gtcro 405 State St. Phone 31 18 ; . . j.H.wniett: . ... . t - , 4 1 H - 5. ' -a 1 v V .'.rjW.- W C sj, The speedoaeter is a little thing, but can be a big source of wrong conclusions. -On a recent test, two cars of different makes, with speedometers set at 0. were given each two gallons of gas, and driven the same road till they stopped. The top car went 7 miles farther down the road than the low car, yet the low oar's speedometer showed that it had gone farther than the top car. Paper miles and road miles may be two quite different things. It is easier to build a speedometer that will read 70 miles an hour than a car that will go 70 miles an hour. , A Detroit man who has a summer home in Northern Michigan, began several months ago to drive his first Ford V-8. He says: ' "My watch tells me that I go up north in less time than I did before, but my Ford speedometer says that I go at slower speed, and the trip registers fewer lies. In my former car the speedometer speed was higher, my mileage greater on this trip, but with ay Ford V-8 I go in less time and use less gas." There is no mystery about that. His former mileage, speed and gas con sumption were delusions 1 He figured by a speedometer that did not measure accurately, and was not meant to. All. his costs -operations, repairs, upkeep were calculated on a wrong basis. A wrong speedometer misleads on all these items. ..: Some car. manufacturers Justify this practice. They say it is just as well for a driver to think he is going 70 miles an hour when he is going only 62. Cell, let that pass as to speed; does it justify telling every driver that he is getting more mileage out of his car than he really is? A speedometer-measures speed AND mileage: should it cheat on-bothf r Speeding up a clock cannot create more hours any mo re" than speeding up a speed-meter can create more miles. An hour is sixty minutes long. A mile is .5280 feet long. Ford mileage and Ford speed are accurately measured -they are there you get them -no one gets morel Anyone can buy speedometers and have them " fixed" any way he wants them . ff e deal with manufacturers who know our strict stand on accuracy and are glad to meet our specifications. The limit of variation in Ford speedometers, a limit that cannot be avoided in manufacture, is 2 J at 70 miles. - , . . ' Se get our speed-and mileage out of our engine and wheels, not out of our speedometer. August 18. 1933 --vl i K-.r,. .w - x:: J .-. j.-. . .1. m ! ., - - t y- 1
