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Oregon' record - October rainfall nukes Itself shewn In the above-picture of tbe Willamette aleagb
along South River read near Sallm elty limit. Backing water el the Willamette river have cov
er the meadow and now reach the lower branches of tree een la the background, where only
week ago eowt peacefully graced. Another storm Is reported about 500 mile off the coast, and Is
sweeping across the Pacific toward Oregon. (Pbote by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
CRT
SHUDQB
Frequently one runs across the
assertion that the Grand Coulee
dam is the largest man - made
structure on the face of the earth.
Comparisons are made with other
dams, like Hoover dam, and with
the great pyramid pf Cheops In
Fjrypt. Grand Coulee far surpass
es each of these in bulk.
But there is one thing bigger:
the great wall of China. This wall
made of earth and stone and faced
with brick, stretches along the
northern and northwesterly boun
daries of China proper. For 1,400
miles it runs over ridges and
mountains, across valleys and
plains. Its height varies from 30
to 30 feet The wall is 25 feet
thick at the base and 15 feet at
the top. Towers 40 feet high occur
t intervals of about 100 yards.
Rouen computation shows the
cubic contents of the great wall at
136.888,000 cubic yards. Grand
Coulee dam contains about 12 mil
lion cubic yards of concrete, so in
volume it is only about "a tenth
that of the great wall. Construc
tion of the wall extended over
many centuries. It was primarily
defence project, designed to
protect the rich Chinese cities and
countryside from the predatory
nomads of Mongolia. It may have
been the favorite WPA project of
Chinese emperors At least- it had
more Asocial significance' than the
pyramids which were built as
tombs to gratify the pride of the
kings of Egypt.
Grand Coulee Is the biggest
modern structure, but the great
wall of China, constructed by the
hand labor of millions of Chinese
cooliei working at interval of
time for many centuries, remain
the largest man-made structure on
the face of the earth.
Reds Encircle,
Destroy Power
To Changchun
PEIPING, Oct. 20 -UP)- Chang
chun, capital of Manchuria, lay in
darkness tonight and listened to
gunfire from the east, where com
munist troops cut the electric lines
leading; to the city.
Conceding that the Manchurian
civil war situation had taken a
serious turn for the worse, the Chi
nese government side reported
that the communists had completed
a series of wide encircling moves
around both Changchun and the
power center of Klrin, 60 miles to
the east
The railway between the . two
cities was cut at several points.
Government dispatches said Chiu
tai, 35 miles east of Changchun,
was besieged by 20,000 commun
ist. (The communist radio an
nounced that Chiutai had been
captured.)
KCAP PLANE SOUGHT
PENTICTON, B.C., Oct 20-(CF)-Search
for the missing
RCAF photographic plane carry
ing nine persons switched- abrupt
ly to the Slocan valley area about
5 miles east of here tonight fol
lowing report that "crash and
explosion had been heard there
at the approximate time the plane
was reported missing last Satur
day. -
Animal Crackers
: By WARREN GOODRICH
. . and God bless Ptps, nd
Cod bless Pips's boss, Bmis
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Valley Frost A waited;
Water Causes Slides
The U. S. weather bureau at McNary field Monday night fore
cast light frost in the exposed areas of the Willamette valley for to
night and a virtual absence of rain here today as the' Willamette and
Santiam river 'continued to climb slowly as a result of heavy rains
Sunday! and Monday.
The1 bureau, however, said that neither stream was expected to
P
in
cies
Flayed by DA
A discrepancy between the let
ter and the carrying out of the
taw regarding alleged illegal pin
ball machines is largely responsi
ble for the difficulty of prosecut
ing individuals charged with ille
gally i operating the devices. Mil
ler Hayden, Marion county district
attorney, said Monday.
The district attorney noted that
Marion county has a good record
in prevention of gambling in gen
eral and asserted bis office is will
ing to act on any reasonable com
plaint brought to it
"My office is not police force.
he said. "We prosecute complaints
brought by the sheriff's office and
by individual and also aid the
grand jury in investigating case
brought before it All law en
forcement agencies operating in
Marion county, whether they be
federal, state, county or municipal
agents, are bound to enforce the
law, he "said.
Recalls Court Ruling !
District Attorney Hayden took
exception to a directive issued to
his office by Attorney General
George Neuner. regarding opera
tion of gambling devices. .
Neuner quoted the Oregon law
stating that it was the duty of of
ficersto confiscate and, without
delay," destroy all such games
when processed, displayed, oper
ated or played in violation of the
term of the act"
. "Neuner wa correctly quoting
the Oregon law as enacted," Hay
den said, "but he did not take into
consideration the state supreme
court's ruling regarding that sec
tion of the law. j
Hayden referred to a 1939 de
cision of Justice Hall Lusk of the
Oregon state supreme court in a
case brought by a pinball opera
tor, against the sheriff of Umatilla
county, in which Lusk held that
owner or operator of j devices
which might also be used for am
usement purposes must be given a
hearing before the machines can
be destroyed.
Convictions Difficult j
According to the court' ruling,
Hayden said, if county official
followed Neuner' advice, they
would be liable in civil proceed
ing for any destruction j of ma
chines. Marion County j Sheriff
Denver Young last week said that
Jury convictions of pinball operat
ors were difficult to obtain.
This county ha been prosecut
ing pinball and slot machine op
erators and punch board dealers
and other gamblers whenever evi
dence is gathered and a complaint
filed," Hayden said. "There are
plenty of laws to handle gambling
complaints, but experience has
shown that it is difficult and cost
ly to secure evidence that a jury
will accept
Believes Slug Alright j
Hayden also expressed himself
as being at variance with Neuner
on the attorney general's ruling
that machines which pay off in
slugs for replay purposes are ille
gal. Slugs, Hayden declared, in
themselves have no intrinsic val
ue, unless redeemed for merchan
dise or other articles of value.
The district attorney revealed
early this summer both Gov. Earl
Snell and Neuner had assured him
that "there were no complaints
against Marion county" regarding
gambling devices. rf
5 Still Missing
At Boys9 School
Five of nine boys who escaped
from the state training school for
boys at Woodburn Sunday morn
ing were still at large late Mon
day night state police reported.
M. D. Woolley, school superin
tendent, said the boys left their
cottage through an unlocked door.
AH the boys, he said, are habitu
al escapees.
The four youths, recaptured
shortly after their escape, were
found a short distance from the
school, state police said.
ballCharg
Discrepan
reach Sunday s high crests. ' The
Willamette here Monday meas
ured 11.9 feet as compared with
the high crest of 12.9 feet on Sun
day morning. The Santiam river
at Jefferson was still above flood
stage Monday, measuring 13.6
feet, and was expected to rise
slightly today. Flood stage there
is 13 feet.
Silverton Water High
Waters draining from the hills
in the Silverton area have inun
dated the old Silverton highway
near the airport. The nearby Pud
ding river bridge and highway
were under several feet of water.
Silver creek in Silverton rose
nearly five feet by noon Monday
and was expected to continue ris
ing. Elsewhere in Oregon storm
died down Monday, but rain
soaked hillsides slipped onto high
way in a half dozen part of the
state. The Associated Press report
ed Monday night
The Columbia river highway
near Crown Point wa partly cov
ered by a mud slide, but crews
cleared it away quickly.
Slides Hit Road
One-way traffic was in effect
on the Oregon coast highway
south of the Yaquina Bay bridge
and south of Beverly beach. In
Portland one hillside Intersection
slid downhill and officials feared
a small building used by the Rich
field Oil company might follow.
' For the next 24 hours the wea
ther bureau in Portland predicted
showers In the east portion of
the state, none In the west and
moderate fresh northwesterly
winds off the coast
Whether the relief i tempor
ary depend on the direction tak
en by a new storm now centered
about 1,000 miles off southeastern
Alaska, the weather bureau said.
Brazil to Cut
Russian Ties
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 20 - (JT)
Vice President Nereu Romas de
clared today that a break in dip
lomatic relation with the Soviet
Union was "imperative for na
tional honor" but it appeared
formal announcement would not
be made until tomorrow.
Failure of the Soviet Union to
give a satisfactory reply to Brazil
ian protests on articles In the
soviet press attacking President
Eurico Dutra has been given as
the reason for the Brazilian action
in breaking diplomatic relations.
Britons Ready
ation
LONDON, Oct 20 -TV Labor
government leaders put finishing
touches today to a new parlia
mentary program expected to be
devoted largely to British econom
ic recovery.
Back from more than two
month recess, members of both
houses of parliament met briefly
this afternoon to hear the proro
gation speech of King George VI,
in "which he praised the United
States for taking the initiative in
promoting European economic re
covery. Today's address, also written by
the government and read by Lord
Jowitt. the lord chancellor, report
ed "substantial prograss' toward
economic reconstruction but warn
ed of difficulties and further sac
rifices ahead.
Hurricane Lashes
Bermuda Resorts
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 20
(JF) A hurricane, the first in 21
years, lashed across this fashion
able British island resort colo
ny today for mor than an hour,
causing considerable property da
mage. No loss of life was report
ed. The hurricane veered to the
northeast, apparently removing
any threat that it might strike the
east - coast of the United States
but still endangering any shipping
in it path.
The high winds were clocked
officially at 100 miles an hour
with gusts attaining" 12S miles. '
Legist
Parisian
Strike
To End
DeGaulle Party
Appears Ahead
In Elections
PARIS, Oct. 20.-UP-The week
old strike in Pari' transit system,
ted by the communist - b o s e d
General Confederation of Labor,
appeared ended tonight on the
heels of the emergence of Gen.
Charles De Gaulle's new anti
communist party. Rally of the
French People (RPF), as the
Strongest political force in France.
Service on the capital's subway
system and buslines, a spokesman
said, is to be resumed early tomor
row. At the same time, the threat
of a general strike In the Paris
area faded when the Paris Feder
ation of Labor Unions adjourned
a meeting without voting on a
waiKoui.
Representatives of Socialist Pre
mier Paul Ramadier's cabinet con
ferred all day today with strikers'
delegates.
The government had denounced
the strike as politically motivated
and observers had seen it as a
struggle between the non - com
munist coalition cabinet and com
munist-led labor.
Both the cabinet and commun-r
1st positions were weakened today
by the apparent sweeping , victory
scored by De Gaulle's followers in
Sunday's municipal elections.
There were indications and pre
dictions that DeGaulle's big vote
tn the municipal elections would
be reflected in the composition of
the non - communist government
headed by Ramadier.
Less than 20 per cent of the
votes cast in the election were
counted, but the candidates of De
Gaulle new rally of the French
people (RPF) were leading in all
portions of the nation.
Mounting returns gave the RPF
38.4 per cent of the vote, the com
munists 30.65 per cent, the social
ists 19.S, the fading Popular Re
publican Movement (MRP) 9.1
and various other parties 2.35.
PT&T Allowed
14 Increase
In Washington
OLYMPIA, Oct 20 - (JPS - The
Pacific. Telephone and Telegraph
company ha been authorized to
increase iti rates within Washing
ton by approximately 14 per cent
effectively immediately, Andrew
J. Zimmerman, state director of
public utilities, announced today.
The concluding hearing on the
application of the Pacific Tele
phone it Telegraph company for
a rate Increase of $2,249,000 ba.eri
on its Oregon operations, Will
open here Thursday and probab
ly continue until Saturday.
Final testimony will be offi-red
by rate experts for the Dublic
utilities commission with cross
examination by Fletcher Rock
wood, Telephone company attor
nev for the Oreeon area. Public
Utilities Commissioner George H.
Fiagg said it would require two or
three months to write a final or
der in the proceeding.
Coulee Dam Adds
Seventh Generator
COULEE DAM, Wash., Oct 20
-(AVProducing a new surge of
power for industries which have
been threatened by an electrical
energy shortage, a seventh main
generator went into operation at
Grand Coulee dam today, the first
since 1944. It has a rating of 108,
000 kilowatts but the other main
generators have produced as much
as 130,000.
Average Industrial Wage $50.52
Per Week for U.S. in September
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - UP) -Forty-three
million Americans
worked in industrial jobs and
averaged $50.52 a week during
September, the bureau of labor
statistics reported today.
Both figures set new records for
industry.
Agricultural employment was on
the down grade, however, so the
total number of jobs in the nation
wa less than the 60.000,000 re
ported in June.
Ewan Clague, director of the
BLS, told a news conference the
$50.42 average for weekly earn
ings in manufacturing compared
with $23.86 in pre-war 1939 a
"statistical" increase of about 112
per cent
But Clague displayed a chart
showing that the high cost of liv
ing today compared with August
1939 cut this increase to about 30
per cent.
September earnings represented
a rise of $1.21 a week over the
August average of $49.21. Durable
good industries paid an aver
M tp 'Fowl-Less ays
Mogh -Prices Laodl to 'tateirfeireinice9
Film 1 City
Reds Said
Powerful
WASHINGTON. Oct 20 - (A1) -Hollywood
rnmmuruM raised
$87,000 fur their raunr t a recent
meeting,' Producer-Director Sam
Wood of the movies testified to
day. He said actress Katharine
Hepburn , appeared at the meet
ing. Wood was one of the opening
witnense as the big congrcssum!
hunt for red tinges in Hollywood
got under way.
Another one, Jack L. Warner,
vice president of Warner Broth
ers, testified that people with "un
American leanings" have bored
into Hollywood.
AnU-Reds Vigilant
But a hearing by the house
committee on un-American acti
vities also turned up testimony.
that:
1. Unrelaxrd vigilance is being
maintained to keep suhverMve in-
fluenzes out of movies.
2. "Of course" some war time
films were "friendly" to Russia,
but the White House wasn't re
sponsible for that. Louis B. Mayer,
production chief of Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer,
made this statement.
Wood was positive there defin
itely are communists among
screen writers. He called litem
"the most dangerous group in the
movie industry."
He said a Hollywood laboratory
theatre for training workers is
controlled by "the communist
party."
Warner and Mayer, refraining
from listing anyone as commun
isti, both spoke of "un-American"
Influences in Hollywood.
And Warner said he wanted to
deny "vehemently" that the gov
ernment cooperated in the pro
duction by his company of "Mis
sion to Moscow."
No Government Request
Mayer was jut as emphatic in
saying "Song of Russia," starring
Robert Taylor, was not made at
government request.
These war time films were
mentioned last spring when com
mittee chairman J. Parnell Thom
as (R-NJ) said "White House
pressure" was responsible for
some flagrant communist propa
ganda in the movies.
No movie stars were questioned
today. But Adolph Menjou is on
tap for tomorrow.
Mayer said M.G.M. soon will
start fhooting an anti-communist
picture called "Vespers in Vien
na." Warner said his company
also plans an anti-communist
movie.
Slate Church
Session Here
Approximately 100 delegates
from Christian churches through
out Oregon are expected to visit
Salem this week for a three-day
Christian education workshop at
First Christian church. The state
educational committee of the
churches is sponsor of the pro
gram Wednesday through Friday.
Principal speaker on all three
days will be Raymond Baldwin,
Topeka, Kans., director of educa
tion for Christian churches in
Kansas. Among several other
speakers will be the Rev. Dudley
Strain, pastor of the local First
Christian church.
The educational : workers will
confer each morning with state
leaders and take part through the
day in devotional and study pe
riods and a period for an informal
tea and "book browsing." Spe
cialists will conduct departmental
meetings each evening.
age of $53.96 a week in Sep
tember, while non-durable goods
plants paid $46.79.
In tlie general economic picture,
Clague showed charts indicating
apparel still going up. textiles up
normally, leather up, rubber ris
ing slightly but leveling off, autos
up again to near the liixh for last
spring, and lumber down some
what Unemployment compensation
claims continued to nose-dive to
a total of 1.250.000. Claims for
veterans and civilians alike were
cotiMdeiahly under 1946, Clague
said.
New dwellings started in Sep
tember totaled 88.000, rivaling the
all-time high of 1925. Clague said
the current dry weather which
hurt crops was helping home
builders because more starts were
possible and inside work could
be continued through the cold
winter months when normally con
struction work comes to a standstill.
Hearing
Brings
Charges
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct 20 -4)
An executive of the Columbia Ri
ver Packer, producers of most
of the nation's canned salmon,
today blamed higher price on
government interference with the
food economy.
The statement came at a con
gressional sub-committee hearing
into living costs.
T. F. Sando, executive vice
president of the firm that oper
ates vast cannery and fishing In
terest in the Pacific northwest and
Alaska, said "If government will
cease interfering with the food
economy of this country, the food
industry will again function ef
ficicntly.
Sandoz was one of a day-long
line of witnesses whose testimony
led Rep. Walter B. Huber, (D-
Ohin) to comment that there
seemed little hope of finding "a
culprit" to blame for the higher
cost of living.
E. I. Pitkin, manager of the
Eugene, Ore., Fruit Growers' as
sociation, noted that certain can
ned vegetables which have glut
ted the market could have been
shipped overseas if Europeans
would eat them. Rep. Norris Poul
son (R-Calif.) then asked. "If
we're trying to feed the world,
shouldn't they cooperate by try
ing to eat our types of food?"
E. J. Boddy, manager of the
frozen food division of the Wash
ington Canncrs cooperative, tes
tified that production cp.ts have
increased, but that prices have
declined because of consumer re
sistance. He said the frozen food
industry had over-expanded.
The color in fruit that in
creases its price but not it food
value was cited by J. E. Klahre,
general manager of the Hood Riv
er Apple Growers. He said house
wives will pay $1 a box premium
for red apples, Ignoring the yel
low and green types of the same
food value at lower cost.
Korean Report
Kept Secret;
U. S. to Stay
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -JP-The
state department today ruled
against disclosure of the report Lt
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer made
in Korea and China, holding that
publication now would be "actual
ly harmful" to thoae countries and
to the United States.
In another development relat
ing to the orient, the department
said that last Saturday it formal
ly rejected Russia's proposal that
Russian and American occupation
troops withdraw simultaneously
from Korea.
Rejection of the request had
been predicted in advance by of
ficials who indicated privately
a feeling that the Russian-trained
Korean army might try to take
over if occupation forces pull out
Wedemeyer investigated condi
tions in China and Korea at the
request of President Truman. The
state department acknowledged
"urging" from some quarters for
publication of his report, but said
much of it was based on confiden
tial information.
Power Firm's
Income Record
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20.-UF)
Mountain States Power Co. of Al
bany, Ore., today reported oper
ating revenues of $8,305,971, high
est in its history, for the 12
months ended August 31. This
compared with $6,664,191 in the
previous year.
Net income per common share
was $3.57 compared with $3.01 in
1946.
The company reported kilowatt
hour sales were up 25 per cent and
the number of customers increas
ed 8,300 compared with a year
ago.
The company, which operates in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming, is negotiating
bank loans of $5,500,000 for con
struction. WeathiT
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Portland 57
San Francisco S5
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New York 78 61
Willamette river II feet.
roarcAST (from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight with only one
or two scattered showers throughout
the morning. Cooler temperatures to
night with light frost expected In ex
posed valley areas. High temperature
today 60, low tonight 33. Weather will
be generally favorable for most farm
activities throughout today.
Queen Bums
I "TT1
BOSTON. Oct 2t Billows of
smoke rise from Ill-fated Ber
muda Sky Queen after the last
of It 69 passenger and crew
had been rescued and tho plane
wa destroyed by shellflr from
the Coast Guard Cutter Bibb,
a a menace to navigation on
the Atlantic oceon, last week.
(AP YVlrephoU to the States
man)
Balkan Watch
Asked to Show
Red Satellites
NEW YORK. Oct. 20V The
United States appealed tonight to
the United Nations assembly for
action that would convince Rus
sia's Balkan satellites that the
international community "doe
not intend to repeat the mistake
of the past and see their machin
ery for collective security jeopar
dized. The appeal was made by U. S
Delegate Herschel V. Johnston af
ter soviet Deputy Foreign Minis
ter Andrei Y. Vishlnsky charged
once more that the U. S. and Bri
tain and not Yugoslavia, Bul
garia and Albania were respon
sible for the disturbing Greek sit
uation.
Johnson asked the assembly to
approve a decision by the 57-na
tion political committee to estab
lish a U. N. watchdog commission
to assist in solving the Greek
Balkan problem. He spoke at a
night plenary session of the as
sembly, the third of the day.
The American delegate said
"the violence" of tho opposition
by Russia's Balkan satellite to
the establishment of the U. S
proposed watchdog commission
"can be interpreted only as indi
cative of the fact that certain pro
jects will be frustrated by its ex
istence."
Renewing his attack against the
Truman aid program and the
western powers generally tn
10,000-word speech before the
United Nation assembly at Flush
ing Meadows park, the soviet
chief delegate demanded action to
get American and British person
nel out of Greece at once.
Wreck Fatal
Near Amity
AMITY, Oct. 20 A head-on
automobile collision nine miles
north of Rickreall Junction on
highway 99W Sunday night killed
Ernest F. Waterhouse, 49, Port
land and injured three other men,
one critically.
Patrick Sullivan, 54, Portland, a
passenger in Waterhouse's car, was
taken to the McMirmville hospital,
where attendant Monday night
described his conditions as "criti
cal." Tom Bur bee, 30, Portland,
driver of the other car, and his
passenger, Laurence Christian, 23,
of Lebanon, were also in the Mc-
Mmnville hospital in "satisfactory
condition, attendant said.
State police said the accident
occurred when Waterhouse at
tempted to pass another car and
met Burbeo's machine head-on.
Waterhouse and Sullivan were re
turning to Portland after a deer-
hunting trip in the vicinity of
Corvallis when the accident occur
red.
POLK BEARS KILLED
DALLAS. Oct 20 -Wy- Farmers
In western Polk and Yamhill coun
ties reported today they have kill
ed seven bears in the last two
weeks. The bears were suspected
of raids on sheep.
eonoedls
Specific
Plan Said
Lacl
WASHINGTON. Oct 2HV
The cititen food committee to
night rejected a propooal to end
poultry Thursday, saying th
poultry and feed Industries havo
failed to effer an adequate grain
saving substitute plan.
Charles Luckman, Uvo chairman
of the committee totd reporter,
however, that tht Industry repre
sentatives probably will return to
morrow with a "new propoal.
After a five-hour, closed door
session which ended in deadlock,
Luckman told newsmen tho in
dustry plan was ."not specific
enough" in terms of guaranteed
savings of grain for Europe.
Fowls Said Gorging
The poultry dealer had told the
committee, it was learned, that
million of fowl are gorging on vi
tal grains and that eliminating
rhirkenles Thursdays" would be
the best way to help Europe, and
conserve food supplies.
Luckman clearly indicated ms
willingness to end the poultry les
day if an adequate plan is forth
coming, saying:
"We will entertain any specific
program to conserve grain at the
source, rather than at the con
sumer end."
The National Poultry Producer
Federation and commercial feed
manufacturer brought into the
session a promise that they would
"encourage" savings In feed
grains and that they "wanted to
cooperate," Luckman said.
'Speeifle Flan Needed
"I believe that," he added, "but
I feel impelled to ask for the
specific measures and steps by
which they plan to achieve con
servation." Luckman said he felt that aa
"adequate" program might in
clude an agreement to eliminate)
the use of certain grains from
commercial feed and then reduc
tion of other grains. i -
The poultry dealers had argued
that If the government would en
courage the eating of chickens and
turkeys, instead of discouraging
it 4,250,000 bushels could be
saved every week.
Change ia Feed L'rged
Industry spokesmen told re
porter another 30,000,000 bushels
may be saved from this year'
grain crop through an "intelligent
and effective" campaign aimed at
improved grinding and supple
menting of feed grains. Thi
would include grain fed to cattle,
hogs, poultry and all other live
stock. The continuance of poultry le?
Thursday, it was said, is forcing
poultry men to hold on to large
flocks and to "pour scarce and ex
pensive grain Into the birds to
protect their investment"
Albany Youth
Awarded FFA
Honor Degree
KANSAS CITY, Oct 20 - OP) -
The American Farmer degree,
highest honor achieved in the Fu
ture Farmers of America program,
was presented tonight to 189 beys
representing every state and seme
of the territories.
" The presentation were made at
the national convention of the
FFA, being held In connection
with the American Royal Live
stock and horse shove.
Selected from the total mem
bership of 238,269. the new class
of top young farmers earned the
award on the basis of reports on
their accomplishments.
The honored youths, the reports
show, average 19 years old, have
earned an average of $3,725 from
their supervised farming programs,
and $1,130 from other sources, and
have an average net worth ot
$9,500 in livestock, poultry land
and equipment
Among those receiving the de
gree were:
Oregon Wallace Loren John
son, Scappoose; Orville L. Ohllng,
Albany.
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