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Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, NovnCer l, 1937
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Erosion Battled .in Soil Conservation Program, in
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County
Hill Districts
Suffer Damage
New. Methods Are in Use
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Cover Crops-Planted, -Other
Means Tried
The past 'two years bare seen
great strides toward control ol
Marion county's erosion problem
and in the main this stoppage of
soil losses may be credited to the
sc ' conservation program of the
federal government. -.
That, in effect. Is what Harry
L. RlchesMarion county agent,
has l say on - the local erosion
situation and with his office
the clearing center for Marion
county farmers' problem.! and
f alsa the federal conservation in
this locality, his word is best
authority. ,
Hill Land Damaged 4l
Erosion has done considerable
damage In this county by. wash
ing grain . tielda. . in the Waldc-
Hills,, Silverton bills ana siayion
' ' bills Eectlons especially. It may
be said, parenthetically, that"
, -eood- third of Marion . county's
farming land is in the hills dis-
trkts. Sheet erosion on flat lancuj
has ! also given some cause for
concern
Especially" on ; the hill lands.
continuous cropping witn scarcely
a thought to rebuilding the land.
has created the poor condition of
tL3 soil which made v it ripe lor
the wiles of eroslve-incjoined
winds, and rains.
Erosion contre 1 In this , county
lias been confined chiefly to cov
er cropping in orchards and seed
ing to green manure , crops on
crop lands, especially in the, hills
sections where a serious effort is
"beinz made to rebuild the land
A good, deal of crop land,
, which, has .lost Its binding fibre
due to grain cropping year after
vear. has been seeded to peren
nial grasses, and since this Frac
tion was started land wnicn eroa
d freelv Is being -tield now, and
even in the heaviest rams the
water runs in Instead of cff to
carrv soil with it.
' Based on 1936 records at-the
office of the county agent, and
n talrlv conservatlee "figuring
Riches says. 4000, acres is the
1927 estimated planting in green
manure and cover crops in Mar
ion county. . . ' . . ..
plant in Autumn
The practice in orchard cover
rrnni . here is to plant oats ana
vetcht rye and vetch or miiture
of vetch and Austrian peas, seed-,
tno- oariT. la. Sent ember and at
latest up to the middle of Octo
ber, and leave the . crop -.wm
about April or as long as possi
ble without cheating the trees ol
moisture; then the crop ia
ed under.
Farmers Waging War on Erosion
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With yonr name im
printed in gold - or sil- V
T e r. Beautifully tie- ;
signed - cards, choose
from doifiw of styles!
Plenty of Gift Ideas
at Cooke's
Late Best-Seller1 -
Books ! ..
Book Ends . ' :
; .- (new shapes)
Mexican Gift Items
Stationery -
. Photo Albums .
Fountain Pens
STATIONERY CO.
340 STATE ST.
Jnst East of Ladd & Bash
Much the same' practice . is fol
lowed with I green . manure crops,
except these do not have to be
plowed i under ; as- early- because
there is not the worry about tak
ing moisture from trees.; The, us
ual procedure Iff j'to clean culti
vate ibese. crops during the sum
mer, bat some acreages are seed
ed to .clover or alfalfa and .occa
sionally 'to crimson clover seed
in June and July, and a sun au
ferent . treatment is . to seed to
perennial pasture grasses and the
green manure crop .is iumeu un
der. . - - ' ,
.. Preblom Difficult . f ;
County Agent Riches points
out that in the past the hills
areas, devoted largely to grain
fields, have not grown soil con
servation crops clover, and vetch
servation crops clover and
vetches as have other areas
chiefly because it was harder to
get a stand of such crops.
Now, , however, the hills farm
ers are applying lime and com
mercial fertilizer where, neces
sary to give these crops a start
and as a result many acres of hit
lands have been sown within the
past three; years to cljover, alfal
fa and oats and vetch,.
The use of perennial - grasses
has developed In this jcounty in
the past two years, and fits into
the conservation program to help
balance the agricultural picture,
Riches points out.
The goal of the conservation
ists is to divert 15 per cent of
the soil depleting crops to soil
conserving crops,, and , this on a
permanent basis, Riches reminds.
Bottom Lands Escape
Erosion as the farmer suffers
it is not found a great deal on
Marion county river botton land,
because the soil is -heavier, says
the county agent. . Some sheet
erosion, due to hard showers but
appearing only athort intervals
and then on surfaces minus cov
er crops or vegetative growth, is
practically the only erosion ; loss
on river bottom lands.
Strip-cropping, an anti-erosion
measure where wind erosion is
severe as in; eastern! Washington
and Oregon, ( is. not used in ; this ,
section, norl i trashy summer
tallow (the practice of plowing
straw and trash under only part
ly to checfc washing) used on
any scale here. I - j
However, a practice of leaving
joinders off plows to let stubble
stick up with the pjirpose of pre
venting washing soilSi Is coming
into some use In this county,
Riches finds. And in instances
where combine harvesters are be
ing used, - the more evenly scat
tered i straw left on the ;fiel
leaves a greater ,amount of j crop
refuse to be turned; under which
adds to organic matter in the
soil, thus doing its bit toward
soil conservation.
- For seeding, the usual prac
tice is to use 40 to 60 pounds of
vetch. "or mixture of vetch, and
peas; or a bushel of rye or oats
and 40 to 6$ pounds of vftch.
A few orchards in this i area
have seeded turnips for cover
crop, but this is not so common
here as in the Medford district
where big pear orchards are
found. The turnip yCbver crop
winter kills too rea'dily In .the
valley to be satisfactory. - '
Reports Come
For Roll Call
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Snndberg First to Submit
Showing; Increase Is
! About Fourth :
Top view shows soil erosion in an
orchard, and might be labeled
remedied" and "unremedied,'
for not that erosion is evident
only on the strips where trees
v are planted and not where the
orchard land has been seeded to
cover crop. The scene is a wal
nut orchard between Stayton
and Sublimity. Bottom view,
washboard surface due to eros
ion of soil in field in Sunnysidc
area south of Salem. (Photos by
County Agent Riches).
DALLAS The first Red Cross
roll call chairman here to turn
in a report is C. B. Sundberg, in
charge i of memberships for the
Industrial district This does not
Include mill employes of. the Will
amette' Valley Lumber company
who wre handled by a special
committee. Sundberg showed a 25
per cent increase In contributions
over last year. ,
Other . 1 committees who will
cover the business district within
the next few . days are: Eugene
Hayten for the postof flee block;
Jack Eakln and Jack Long for
the city hall, block; .Earle Rich-
ardson, county court house; Otto
Adolphi, Mala street block between
Court and Mill; August Risse and
Jack Allgood the Dallas city bank
bloc!: and Paul Bollman, east, of
Mam and all north of Mill and
Court . streets. -. - '-:'X-i X'
R. R: Turner is chairman in
charge of enrollment for the three
school ! buildings. Mrs. W. L.
Walte, Mrs.' Cecil Dunn, Mrs.
Harry Pinkerton and Mrs. Hubert
Ashby j as representatives of the
Dallas i Woman's club will --cover
the residential enrollment - -
Takes First Membership V
The! first Red Cross member
ship to be taken out this year
was by Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hoag
of Dallas. For a number of years
they have had this distinction
Mrs. John Shaw was the second
person to take out a membership
The! only outside report has
been from Rickreall with an in
crease of 35 per cent over last
year. At this rate there is little
doubt ( of meeting the Quota of
S80 members.
Branch chairman are Mrs. Fred
Gibson, West Salem; Mrs. F. H.
Thomas, Valsetz; Miss Laura
Taylor, Monmouth; E. L. Se-
christ i for Ballston, and E. S
Stultz!for Perrydale, McCoy and
BetheL .
Hobo Party Held
By Endeavor Unit
LEBANON The members of
the Christian Endeavor of the
Church of Christ held a hobo
party Wednesday night. The young
folks met at the church and then
drove to the farm; of one of the
members where a big fire, was
built, and supper J prepared. "Arid
Lindsey won the prize for being
the best hobo and! Dick Backberg
won a contest prize. i
Thursday the Girls league ! of
the high school heard Miss Man-
rine Hopkins of the Hotel Lebanon
beauty shop talk on. the care; of
the Skin . and hair and how to
dress the hair to suit one's per
sonality. After her talk Nancy
Ann Klrkpatrlck sang and Joan
Schenks and Charlotte Bo hie gave
a tap dance.
In; Salem Hospital
MACLEAY Margaret Nelland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Nel
land, is confined in a Salem hos
pital recovering from an emer
gency appendicitis operation, v
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Monday
iJOGEWG o o o
Under the sponsorship of the Holloway. Research Clinics of
- San Francisco We are; presenting Dr. W. F. Holloway in person,
who will ' assist us in a two-day . clinic in bis specialty of
Scientific Foot Correction; ' ' I - ' . f
arid Tuesday
; ' :Noy. 22nd and 23rd
- Dr. Holloway is licensed Naturopathic physician, is a grad
uate of five schools, has, had years of experience in both'
- general and special practice, and brings to us a still which
enables him to correct most severe cases without Knife, Drugs,'
Metal Arch Supports or Strapping of the feet, and do it with-
oat pain!' Do not fafl to see him while he Is here as you may
be suffering from so-called "Rheum tism,' Sciatica, Lum
bago, Constipation, Nervousness, hot or cold feet, and many
. other serious ailments as a result of bad feet, j j. ; ;
J I . v '. - - "' . '; ; J ;Vi-: V - ; r-. V
.Examination Is FREE though priceless to yon! A limited
number of corrections will be made, at prices yon can well
'afford to. pay. Please phone 8784 for an early appointment.
V- X. ' ' ' 1 X -. ' ' ' ' v ''N . '- v , 1 i 1
j)n Stapran'sHealth; Clinic
475 North Commercial St.
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Salem, Oregon
g tompany
Resumes Packing
&ibvJ!iKTO.N operations at
tne t ront street nlant of the
Silverton : Canning company re
sumed - Wednesday night after a
few day s' shut down to install
new and faster apple canning
equipment. .
The .; new equipment includes
recently patented peelers and
sllcers. About 50 people will be
employed to do the work and
three shifts will be used on the
peelers. Apple canning will be
continued for another , three
weeks. . : -
The- apples used in the "pack
are being trucked to Silverton
from the Sheridan orchards and
are being packed mostly for ho
tels, restaurants and bakery
trade.
WEST- SALEM The l o e a 1
Woman's club entertlined the
Polk county federated clubs fat
an 1 all-day business meeting l at
iub cur uui inuraaay. j ?
Dr. Floyd Utter of the state
parole board gave; an Interesting
address. There were health talks
by other speakers. including the
health nurses. i ' -
Miss Margaret Hogg gave two
musical numbers and Miss Ben
ner sang. ' j '- j
A pot luck dinner was served
at noon to about 150 persons. The
uan was uecoratea with flowers
furnished by Mr. Howell, West
Salem florist. -
Clubs acting as 'Tiostesses were
Zena Missionary, Brush 'College
Helpers., Sweet Briar club, Book
and Thimble, Laurel Social Hour
and Orchard Heights clubs. I
Fitts in Washington
F. K. Fitts Is in Washington
visiting his brother.
.The West Salem commnnitv
club met Monday night but there
were not enough present to con
duct business. . The meeting will
bei i called ; again next Monday
night.;';,"-; - v .-.
Mission Society
Meets, RliU Gty
Colored Women's Work in
South Is Topic of
j Main Paper
MILL CITY Mrs. W. J. Rob
inson I was hostess at her home
Wednesday afternoon for the Mis
sionary society of the First Pres
byterian church. Mrs. James Mc-
Auley had charge of the devotion
als and also gave interesting
paper on "What Colored Women
Have Done for the South.",
MrsL Smiley and Mrs. Lee Mor
ris alBo gave talks. Lunch was
served to 16 members.
Mr.' and Mrs. W. L. Harris are
the grandparents of a son born
to Mn and Mrs. E. L. Keubler In
Salem: Friday.
Burson's Brother Dies
M. ! S. Burson was called to
Klamath Falls Sunday due to the
serious illness of a brother, Roy
Burson, who ' died Sunday.
Mrj and Mrs. T. W. Allen, Miss
Smullins, Mrs. Max Kelly and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Schroeder at
tended a social meeting of Ac
cacia i chapter, OES, in Stayton
Wednesday night.
Members of-Santiam Rebekah
lodge were pleasantly surprised
at their meeting Wednesday
when a number of the Odd Fel
lows j arrived with lunch. Cards
were lenjoyed.
News of West Salem
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Woods visit
ed their son, Leland Wood, in
Portland Sunday. - - . .
Mrs. George VBuffun has re
turned -from,. Olympla Wash.;
where she was called by the death
of her sister. '
Mrs.' Donald Kuhn and daugh
ter Arlene spent ' several days at
the home of "her parents near
Dayton. .
; Supper Successful .
The pot luck supper sponsored
by the Ladies', Aid was; well at
tended. Places were set tor about
70 people.
Mrs. J. . R.; .Brown entertained
with a party Tuesday afternoon
for her daughter Ella on her
birthday anniversary; - . ' -
- Miss Grace Leek left for 'Eu
gene, to visit relatives.
' Rar Stumbb, president of . the
West. Salem cpmmunity club, an
nounces : that :Dr.- David Bennett
Hill of Salem i will be present at
club - meeting Monday night and
show some of, his" lat-t pictures:
There will, also be- some, musical
numbers ;'renderedrt,Everyone is
urged to be present:
Grangers' News
!:X Victor Point Election ;
VICTOR POINT Annual il
tion of officers in Union Hill
grange resulted: Master, C.j C.
Carter; overseer, Paul Jaquet;
lecturer, Mrs. : Berniee Peters;
steward, John . Steinberger; ! as
sistant steward, Marvin Darby;
unapun, jars. Ida Steinberger;
treasurer, M. M. Gilmour; secre
tary, Mrs. Elsie Tate; gate keep
er J. C. Krenz; Ceres; Mrs. Lou
ie Fisher; Pomona, Mrs. Pearl
Heater; Flora Mrs. Alice Rabens;
lady assistant steward, Mrs. Mae
McElhaney; executive committee
member, O. W. Humphreys; ' Ju
venile matron, Mrs. Jennie Hum
phreys; patron, W. M. Tate. !
Election of juvenile officers re
sulted: Master, Donald Jaquet;
overseer, Walter McElhaney; lec
turer, Wesley Darby; steward.
Richard Kreni; assistant stew
ard, Guy Scott; chaplain, Rosa
lie White; treasurer, Robert Fish
er; secretary, Marjorle Tate;
gate keeper, Donald Peters;;
Ceres, Arlene Morris; Pomona.
Vivienne Jaquet; Flora, Edna
Morley; lady assistant steward,
Lucille Jaquet. j
Initiation of a class of new ju
venlle grange members Included
honorary, Mrs. Floyd Fox and
Mrs. C. E. H-ater; regular, jEd-
na and Charles Morley, Lucille
Jaquet and, Floyd Fox, Jr.
Will Exchange Gifts i
Plans were made for an ! ex
change of small gifts at the lec
turer's hour at the December ju
venlle meeting and - a Christmas
box, will be packed for the Chil
dren's Farm (Home at Corvallis. "
Past Juvenile Master Robert
Humphreys will install the Ju
venile grange officers at their
next meeting and no arrange-m-bts
were made as to the in
stallation of the subordinate of
fleers.
December committees appoint
ed were: Social night, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Morley, Mr. land
Mrs. Theodore Fisher, Mr. "and
kfrs. J. O. - Darby; grange host,
Mr. and Mrs." John Steinberger,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tate, ; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Winn, Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Woolley.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fischer
and Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Fischer
will entertain at the grange hall
Saturday night, December 4 for
the first of - a series of benefit
card parties sponsored by f the
Home Economics 'club of the
I
4 AUBURN The. Community
club tnetr Friday-" evening nt the
school house. ; L'.-r --, V; ....
A tine program was given. C.
C. Creig was chairman of the
program committee. .' ; V . s
Th? school will have charge of
the December program, giving
their annual Christmas' program.
I NORTH SANTIAM The North
Santiam . Community club will
hold its monthly- meeting in the
schoolhouse on Friday evening,
November 26th. Lewis Fowler; is
presiding officer. ' Refreshnients
of cake and coffee will be served
and a program is being arranged.
BETHANY The Bethany com
munity club held 'its first meet
ing of -the year Friday night at
Bethany schoolhouse. : . f
' The program arranged for the
occasion was prepared . by " Anton
Semb, Oscar . Overlund, and Con
rad Henjum, Serving on the re
freshment . committee were Mrs.
Albert Grinde, Mrs. Albert Meade,
Mrs. II. Sprick and Mrs. Charles
Bergan." .-. . - ..i ,
Mrs. Henry , Johnson is club
president. ; ; i
AIR-FLUE
GAS FURNACES
Sidney S. Day, Inc.
j Phone .4823
839 N. Com'L Salem, Ore.
Three Aid Groups
Held Joint Party
LEBANON The Ladies' Aid of
the Methodist church, which is
composed of three circles, met at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Pengra
Wednesday afternoon to honor the
members with birthdays in No
vember.
Those having birthdays this
month were Mrs. C. M. Pearson,
Mrs. i Sugart, Mrs. F. A. Sikes,
Lottie Genry, Mrs. - C. W. Rice,
Mrs. R- C. Hunt, Mrs. C. H. Linde
man, Mrs. Vern Reeves, LenOra
Soule and the baby daughter of
Mrs. Paul Chilcote.
Dorothy Meyers sang a solo;
Glen Richards gave a reading and
theWesleyan quartet sang.
Officers for Rebekah
i Lodge Are Nominated
By Group at Silverton
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.' MONITOR The Frances Re
bekah lodge held its annual nom
Ination of officers. Wednesday
night with the result of noble
grand, Helen Jenson ; vice-grand,
Helen Hanson and Peggy Skiller;
recording- secretary, Ida Dimmlck
and Ruth Beck; financial secre
tary,! Blanche Norton; treasurer,
Grace Seely. -
- Rebekah homecoming will be
observed Sunday in the form of
a Thanksgiving dinner. - '
grange. Members are asked to
bring cake or sandwiches, tables
and cards.'
The date of the December
meeting of the- home economics
club has been changed to the
third Wednesday due to conflict
ing with the grange council meet
ing in Turner. The meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. W.
F. Frens with Mrs. H: E. Hub
bard assistant hostess. ."
ShelbumMen Get
Out Maple Burls
Product (Will Be Used by
- Factory Which Slakes
Table Tops
SHELBURN Ernest Isaac and
Walter" George are getting out
maple burls for a manufacturing
firm, to be used in making: table
tops. - .'.v:v.;:." J t,:XX X
. Emmett Maine and wife, who
have been living at Springfield.
have moved into the house re
cently vacated by his brother,
Harold and family. I Harold: has
purchased a 1160-acre farm In
Malheur county. . i
Liskas Go East ,
E. L. Liska and family left
Wednesday 1 or Massac husetts
where Liska has employment v in
a cod liver oil plant. Liska has
leased his 40 acres h'ere to a man
from Portland.
Mrs. Mania; has a crew of men
remodeling her home here, i
A family reunion was held at
the C. A. Bates farm home Sunday
in honor of Charles Bates :74th
birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Bates
celebrated their golden weddiBg
in 1935. ! r "1" V -.
FALLS CITY The local grange
will elect officers at their regular
bsiness meeting Monday night,
Nov. 22. All members aTe urged
to attend.
Reappoint Officer
Panel at Woodburn
WOODBURN At. the regular
meeting of the Woodburn , e i t y
council held in the city ball Tues
day night, the present city offi
cers were appointed and the fol
lowing salaries fixed.
E. N. Soule, water superin
tendent, salary $90 per month;
Walter Kleinsmith, assistant wa
ter superintendent, $45 per month
for the. next two months' when
permanent arrangements will be
made; John Muir, street commis
sioner, salary 175 per month;
Blaine McCord, city attorney, sal
ary $29.75; and the Hanks, Mc
Gee and Boden company, audi
tors, salary $20 per month.
W. H. Broyles was given per
mission to remodel the front of
his meat shop and to erect a mar
quee and the addition being built
to the Texaco station was ap
proved. -,; . ;
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BtLBsuimeGs as UJcunall
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We wish to call the public's
attention to the fact that the
fife which destroyed the Sa
lem Box Co. did NOT damage
the Friesen Mill work com-
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pany's plant. So it's business,
as usual at
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