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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1948)
Brooks Family On Texas Trip BROOKS Leaving recently tor Los Angeles were Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Sturgis. From there they will go Xo Texas. Their son, Har ry Sturgis, will take care of the farm while they are away. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sturgis are building a new house near the Ralph Sturgis home. . . Richard Harrison was taken -te the veterans hospital in Portland last week following an accident near Tillamook, when his car left the highway. Rudy Harris, riding with Harrison, was uninjured. Harrison suffered a dislocated hip. Mrs. Arleta Weis and son George arrived from Hills boro, Ohio, to spend a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sturgis. " v Montie Ramp of Rose burg was a recent guest at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Ramp. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Judd of Mol alla were recent guests at the home of their cousin, Mrs. Anna Dunlavy. $ ' i Jefferson Hub of j Mint-Production District Detroit School Enrolls Many Young Beginners DETROIT ! Beginners in the school here are Lyndall Albert-, son, Floyd Baney, Jamie Baugh man,. Sharon Lee Bennett, Carol Busier, Robert Burt, Jimmie Cook, Ronald Duncan, Raymond Edwards, Jimmie Gfrod, Robert Gordon, Jimmie Gulliford, Dennis Howland, Richard Jacobs, Jerry Manasco, Ronald McKinney, Don ald McKinney, Ardis McCoy, Sharon Ann Morby, David Payne, David Roberts, Mary Plummer, . Donna Stevens, Ruth Scott, Re bekah StoIL Evelyn Stoehr, Lorali Trumbly, . Ernie Wallace, Lois White, Thelma Wilson. t.nr "" '. ' , ' ' 'I rTr. , " f a.' i ' ' ' ' '' ';' J j i - . n t a .A W - t rf"V 7 A 1 a New $3t 000 saint distillery built wis year oreens wwie wvmu jcuhmiu uj vum okcuwu uu BUI Bart. It Is equipped With a water! tab. boiler and Is completely automatic Mint is distilled In the tanks en the trucks and approximately SM pounds of oil is run through in a day. (Phot by Hal Wynd.) j f i s J No Wonder Extensive Area Smells NiceL350jpOO Pounds Of Peppermint Oil Produced r t j JEFFERSON Since August 20, this entire community has smell ed like peppermint candy, chewing gum, sugar and spice and every thing nice, and there's no wpnder. For around 350,000 pounds of pep permint oil are estimated to leave this area this season 50,000 more than in 1947. i i , . . . Oregon and Washington states together have an estimated total of 16,000 acres of peppermint this aw Air CnrtinlCiitm PORTLAND Sfl05 ROUND TRIP...$M0 sefot Phono 2-2428 year to produce around $00,000 pounds of oil. Jefferson Hub of Area Jefferson is the hub of the mint-Droduein section of Ore gon inrluriinir B.OOU acres in narta Of Marion. LUUL penion tk-nA Pnlk counties, with the heaviest plantings in Iho Talbot im west of here. Most of the old growers have increased their acreage for 1948, ana many; unn ers put in from 10 to 50 acres of mint for we nrsi ume uu jw. xh mint harvest in this 'Imme diate area was 10 to 20 days late this year because heavy spring rains delayed planting and till ing. The average yield per acre is also lower for the same reason. Most mint stills expected 6 make a run of about 40 days and will finish up in a few days. While the average yield f of oil per acre is down to 50 pounds, experienced growers are getting around 68 to 70 pounds an acre on their old stands of mint. At $6.75 per pound of oil this , brings $461.50 per acre. However, grow ers txint out that it isn't all profit and no worries. Much Work Attached There's the plowing, discing and harrowing, planting the mint roots, hoeing the weeds, dusting for flea beetle and strawberry weavil by tractor or airplane, fertilizing. irrigating, cutting. hauling, distilling and dividing the income with uncle bam. Weeding requires a lot of hand labor. Oil Is graded as to purity by professional smellers, who can detect the slightest taint u any weeds are distilled with the mint. Two methods of distilling are THE ONLY WAY - i To Deal iho Gas Shortage $ Let's take advantage of the gas shortage and get that motor overhauled. Let as get your car ready for win ter driving. We give free estimates on needed repairs. If you're short on cash ask about oar budget plan and make arrangements to pay a small amount each month. Don't delay. THE DOUGLAS LIcKAY I CHEVROLET CO. 510 North Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon f used. The old method is to han die the taint like hay, hauling It to the distillery where it is dump ed into rubs. When processed the "slujrl is 1 dumped And left to de cay! into! compost. New Boilers Installed In the? other method, the tubs on trucks are hauled to the field where hay choppers chop the mint as fthey pick it up and fill the tubs. Full tubs are hauled to the distillery where steam is turned Into them. The "slug" can be distributed Immediately back on the land by a spreader. Several growers Installed new type automatic water tube boil ers ! in their distilleries for the first time this year. The auto matic boiler at the new distillery on Greens Bridge- road, built this yeaj- at a cost of $30,000 by Oliver Stephenson and Bill Hart, has proved more successful than many others. This still has four tubs on trucks and is completely auto matic, j Mint production was started in Oregon at Coburg in 1911 when Olivet Todd brought some roots to Oregon from Kalamazoo, Mich, in 1914, W. J. Turnidge, an uncle of Dave and Henry Turnidge. present-day heavy mint growers fin the Talbot district, planted a small patch of mint at Crabtree and in 1916 brought the mint roots to his ranch at Talbot. I Receiving Plant Built Mint Oil was priced at $1.35 perl pound when first produced in (regon. It dropped to 90 cents a pound in 1931, when many growers (became discouraged and returned to grain and seed crops. In 1940, mint oil was priced at $2, in 1941 ; at $3, then in 1942 at the beginning of the second world war, ; it i jumped to $7 and has been from $6 to $7 since that time. A receiving plant was built in Talbot this spring for the 1943 crop, j This office is headed by W. F. Phillips of Salem and ser vices I the whole: Pacific North- estJ Three men are employed the : year round. The peppermint oiL s bought by the A. M. Todd company, is received there, weigh ed and shipped out. V - i- K E. B. Bennlngsen. extensive mint grower at Talbot, drawing off peppermint oil at his Island dis tillery. Hennlngsen controls around Z50 acres of mint this year. Mu Angel School Enrolls 392 Pupils MT. ANGEL First day of St. Mary's school tallied up 392 pupils in grades one to eight In clusive, just 11 more than for the opening a year ago. The in crease this year is in the upper, grades, the fourth to eighth, to talling 244 pupils against 224 last year, while this year's figures for the primary grades show a decrease, with 148 this year and 137 in 1947. The beginners class this year numbers 53 of which 29 are boys and 24 girls. Boys predominate in most grades, but the eighth grade has the amount exactly divided, 22 boys and 22 girls. Two new class rooms have been added this year and two extra teachers were hired to take care of the overflow. New teach ers are Adeline Connry and Mil dred Meunier both of Portland. Maurice Davis Takes Oveir Cleaning Plant SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Davis arrived at Silver- ton Monday to take over the leased from R. G. Smithpapace Quality Cleaners, 106 S. Water street, which they have leased from R. G. Smith. Davis is for mer i Silverton youth, son of Charles i Davis, and has operated cleaning establishments at Wal lace, ! Idaho, and Spokane. Mrs. Davis; is the former Mablo Sko- gon, ineiece of Clinton Weiby of Silverton. Davises have one son, dark, IS months old. All the United States executive department were set up by acts of congress, the oldest being state, war and treasury, which were es tablished in 1789. Plan for D.eputy Sheriff Explained At Idanha Meet DETROIT At a Wednesday evening meeting in the Rod and Gun club, ! County Sheriff Denver Young explained .briefly to the crowd of about 30 people his plans for getting a full-time deputy sheriff for this part of the can yon. Recently the county court has authorized that money be set aside for another car and another deputy who will be stationed in this area. The plan is to have the deputy leave Salem in the late afternoon and cover this area during the evening and through the night. Mr. Young said he felt the section had a great need for an officer. Young also thanked J. C. Fow ler, constable here, for his co-operation, j County Judge Grant Murphy said that j the county court was trying to cooperate in every way possible to get the full-time dep uty because of the need, due to increase in population and the condition ot the road under con struction making this section ra ther isolated. John Arthur, one of the group of men going to Salem last week to interview the court, expressed satisfaction with the results of this visit Warren Stahl of Idanha presided. Silverton Lions Open Season j with Big Dinner SILVERTON A great turn-out of members heralded the start of the fall season at the Silverton Lions club with more than 50 at the dinner. The speaker, .W. J. Grant of Salem, member of the secretary : of state's Safety divi sion, spoke on the driver atti tude that accidents happen only to the other fellow. He also showed a motion picture on driv er concepts and resulting acci dents. , ' Progress of the football season ticket sales campaign was re ported by Lowell Paup, chairman of the committee. Home high school games this year will be at night and more than 600 covered seats. Season tickets may be pur chased from merchants. tit; Kriefs Four Corners Mr., and Mrs. Homer-Bales, 110 Back ave., en tertained the pinochle club Sat urday night when honors were taken by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. White, and Mr. and Mrs. William Bales. Next hosts will be the Ray Osborns. North Santlam Eighty five were registered in North Santlam school with additional pupils ex pected to register late because of harvest. Silverton More than 25 tons of paper were gathered in the Boy Scout paper drive here Sat urday. It is stored in a vacant building on the R. G. Smith place, awaiting a market. Detroit Mrs. Elsie Aseman of Seattle is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Noble. The Stcrlotmcm, Scdonx, Oregon, Tuedar Sept 21. 19483 Lincoln Family Host For Birthday Dinner LINCOLN Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. McKinney of Lincoln were hosts for a birthday dinner Sun day, complimenting Mrs. T. L. Wilkinson of Gervais and J. A. McKinney of Hillsboro. Others j attending were J. A. McKinney's three sons. Lloyd Mc Kinney, Portland, and Charles and Harlow of Weiser, Idaho. Mrs. Lloyd McKinney, Allan, Beverly, Mr. and Mrs Garold Welsh and Wayne, Corvallis; Mrs. Mary Cole and Marlene, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Harmison, all of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Glen KcKinney and Glenda, Alma and Eldon, Silverton; Mr. and Mrs. Loren Swenwold and David and Diane, Mrs. Victor Ut terback and Raymond, Esther and Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Ben McKin ney and Macyle and Phillis, Mr. and Mrs. E. Fred McKinney and PerL Prior to 1913, the Secretary of Commerce was known as the Sec retary of Commerce and Labor. Stayton Schools Enroll 501 Pupils STAYTON Increased enroll ment in the schools has been re ported by A. N. Arnold, superin tendent of Stayton public, schools, and Sister Alicia, principal of St. Mary's parochial school. Stayton high school reported 176 pupils, of which" 46 were freshmen, 45 sophomores, 42 jun iors and 43 seniors. While less than last year, Arnold said that he believes it will be increased within a short time. Largest increase in Stayton's three schools was in the grade school, which has 205, 27 in the first grade, 29 in second, 19 in third, 3Q in fourth, 23 in fifth, 29 in sixth, 31 in seventh and 22 in the eighth grade. With 52 pupils in the combined fifth and sixth grades, the school board of district No. 77 held a special meeting Tuesday night to consider plans to divide the class and hire another teacher. The superintendent of schools is again asking that qualified grade and high school teachers who would like to substitute in the local schools to make appli cation at his office in the high school building. St. Mary's parochial school had an enrollment of 220 pupils, an increase of 15 over 1947. These show 29 in the first grade, 37 in second, 25 in third, 28 in fourth, 28 in fifth, 26 in -sixth, 20 in seventh and 27 in the eighth grade. Portland Woman Visits wilhjSon Tn North Santiam NOR-TH SANTIAM Mrs. Nan-i cy McGuffin of Portland is visit ing her i son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John McGuffin. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Moon of Salem visited their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Hammer, Sunday. Visiting Mrs. Carrie Smiley In Independence last; weekend were her granddaughters, Mary and Linda Scofield and Artis and Nancy Hammer. Mrs. Smiley and the girls and Charles Smiley pic-: nicked Sunday near Pedee. Mr. knd Mrs.; Robert Bethel and son Ronnie ; of Lyons were weekend guests. .' of the Arthur Biles, j . . - . The John Ward residence has been sold to a man named Jones. 4 Corners Dfress Shop Opened, Mrs. Hunsaker FOUR CORNERS, Sept. 20 Mrs. Olive Hunsaker opened her new dress shop, "Olive's, today in the Leo N. Childs building, occupying spaced formerly occu pied by the barber shop and beauty parlor which has been completely remodeled. Mrs. Hunsaker has been ope rating her shop on a small scale in her residence for the last two years and before that operated a similar shop in Toledo for seven years. ' j Valley I Obituaries! i I! John R. Drewett ALBANY John R. Drewett, 77, resident of Oregon for 40 years and of Albany since 1942, died unexpectedly from a heart attack just as he had finished his day's work at the Western Door & Ply wood plant Thursday. Funeral services were held Monday, Sept; 20, the Rev. Edgar d Luther of fi dating. Burial was in Riverside, f Born in Cass county. Mo, May 20, 1871. He came to the John Day valley, Oregon, in 1908. He was a member of the Millmen's Local No. 1528. : j Oct. 10, 1910, at Burns Drewi ett married Sadie Howe who sur vives; also three brothers and a sister. Elmer A. Drewett of Win? Chester, Idaho, Elmer A, and James C. Drewett both of Prairie City, and Mrs. Lillie Johnson of John Day. i'f - t Four Corners Minister, F. O. Ferrin, Resigns FOUR CORNERS The Rv. Frank O. Ferrin, pastor of Four Corners Baptist church fori the past IVt years, has announced his resignation from the position.; Ho said his future plans are not yet definite. - !! t The church pulpit will bo sup plied by visiting ministers. j ! Gervais High School Enrolls 90 First Week GERVAIS Gervais union high school, district 1 has an enroll ment of 90 and Principal Paul Reiling expects more to register in coming weeks. Three mem bers of the faculty are new this year, Margaret Bettis, home eco nomics and physical education; James A. Montgomery, general science and mathematics; Alvin L. Ringo, agriculture. Other faculty members are Paul Reiling, principal; Benona Dawson, English; Naomi Kirk wood, commerce; David Cavett, science; Orward Hoye, athletic coach. Carl Magnuson will again direct the veterans program. FOR LASTING KITCHEN CONVENIENCE ' It, f'l l ' , I K h. LssrZmetTZ -V t oat a trace GENERAL O ELECTT1IC j WITH I -Ml AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER Aid DISPOSAL!. WASHES ALL YOUR DISHES The G I Automatic Dishwasher washes all your dishes, glassware,- ailvefware, pots, and pans ia a few wnimxttj. Simply press the control bat and let the dishwasher Idol the rest automatically Your dishes wpl be hrgimkally ami sparkling dean with- of grease.. ! DISFOSCS OF CAJBACITWDipon, designed for ready mstallaiion la the G-E I Electric Sink, shreds all food waste, and flushes It down kbe drain. You can forget about garbage cans and garbage odors because food wastt is dis posed of while It is still frtth. COMPLETE INSTALLATION AND SERVICE BY OUK OWN SKILLED CEATTSMEN D7 DESIKED I DR. SEMLER SAYS: am DR. 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