11 The Statesman. Salem, Ofqon. Thursday. February 2I 1952
Small Bank, Small S taff Do Big Business
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FARMER
News and Views of Farm and Garden -By ullie l. madsen
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GERVAIS Geoff Wadsworth (above), longtime Gervais banker and general manager of the Gervais
State Bank. Only two people help him man the bank. Titer are Helen Hiller (upper left inset), rice
president and cashier, who has worked with Wadsworth for more than 20 years; and Helen Scholx,
(lower inset) her assistant. (Farm Photos for The Statesman.)
G. Wadsworth
In 32nd Year,
Gervais Bank
By LUXJE I MADSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
GERVAIS Opening and closing
h! nwn door when he Dleases Is
one of the pleasures of a man who
owns his own business.
That's the opinion of George
Wadsworth, Gervais banker since
1821, and one of the few who was
able to guide his bank over Dotn
rough and smooth financial seas.
"Of course.' Mr. Wadsworth
boasted, as we were seated in the
front of the neat, little bank, "Wo
are a corporation now. We even
have a branch bank, say, was it
a boy or girl?'
I gasped, looked up from my
to find him address
ing not me but a charming
woman across his desk. She had
4iit rpcntlv become a erandmoth
er and had come in to tell him
about it.
"The branch?" I reminded him
Branch Formed
"Oh, yes, Well, really, we are
the branch now," ne continued.
"You know, we opened the Bank
of Oreaon on Highway 99 Wood
burn . . . Say, how does the weath
er affect those sheep? Everything
coming along all right?
This time I knew without even
looking up that someone else was
standing on the other side of the
desk. He had come in to pass the
time of day with the banker, and
the banker made him feel he was
fflad to see him.
"Well, I really am. I'm always
glad to see any of them," the
banker said, as he went on to tell
me that his son, H. G. Wads worm,
was now president in charge of
the head office in Woodburn, add-
inff that "I lust work here now
Others in the corporation are Mrs.
Wadsworth, senior; Helen Hiller,
cashier of the Gervais bank, and
ice president of the corporation;
and R. V. Colby at the Woodburn
bank. That's it. There are no more
members of the firm.
Organised in 1907
Between information of crops,
babies and general business in the
Gervais and Woodburn areas, with
a little of Donald and Brooks
thrown in, I learned that the Ger
vais bank was organized in 1907
and 24 stockholders, only two of
whom survive: A. R. Siegmund of
Salem and Joseph Nathman of
Woodburn.
It was on Jan. 13, 1921, that
Wadsworth, coming out from Ok
lahoma where he had a chain of
three stores, bought the bank.
"Some might say that the thir
teenth was an unlucky day, but
it certainly hasn't been for us.
The community has been good to
us. We went through the depres
sion without having to raise the
stock. We foreclosed on bvft one
mortgage, and we did that as an
accomodation to someone who
asked us to," Wadsworth said.
"Can't think' of anything in life
that has given me more pleasure
than to help some of the people
in the area own their own farms,
the banker continued, as he added
that "Farmers have certainly been
a good risk. No nicer people to
deal with.
Gervais, the beginning of French
Prairie, where Oregon's first farm
ing was started,, has grown into a
fine dairy community. It is sur
rounded by Grade-A dairies, all,
according to Wadsworth, "doing
fine."
Takes No Endorsements
"Sure, I make personal loans,
he answered to a question." But
I never take an endorsement for
someone else. If a man can't stand
on his own feet, then it's no use
bringing in someone else. You just
nave to pick up the money from
the endorsee, and that's no good.
We take our own chances. We
don't ask anyone else to take a
chance we wouldn't."
Wadsworth said the policy of
the bank had increased its depos
its from $120,000 when he took it
over, to $2,000,000, today, and its
loans from $27,000 to between
$500,000 and $700,000.
"We try." he said, "to divide our
loans in three proportions: One
third in real estate; one third in
chattel mortgages and the balance
in personal loans."
We came back to the discussion
f keeping "your own hours."
When do you open in the morn
ing," I asked.
Closes When Ready
"Well, officially at 9 ajn. Ger-
rais is largely Catholic in religion.
We try to be open when the pat
rons come from the early morning
services. It saves them time They
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WOODBURN R. T. Colby (above
gon here. H. G. Wadsworth (right) is president. The Woodburn Bank
of Oregon was opened some months ago, now is headquarters for
both Gervais and Woodburn banks.
Dusiimclhi QKammlbnDim
A new Holstein Club has been
formed in Polk and Yamhill Coun
ties, and is to be known as the
Polk - Yamhill County Holstein
Club. John Rogers of Indepen
dence, has been named president,
with Elmer Bernards of Carlton
as vice president, and Dick Hess
of Dayton, as secretary-treasurer
The directors are Loo Albright,
Maurice Bernards and Jack
Wrizht. This is the baby livestock
association in the two counties
S. B. Hall, former county agent in
Multnomah County and Holstein
breeder for 40 years, was out from
Troutdale to help the group or
ganize.
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Bathing pigs doesn't seem
quite natural, but that's what
Louie Gnu, Tamhlll County
agent, is advising. Ho says to
scrnb the sow as thoroughly as
possible before farrowing and
put her in a pen that is thor
oucbly scrubbed. It will help
to save,, he adds, that extra
little pig that is between profit
and loss. The margin for hog
growers has been narrow enough
recently, he points out. not to
make it fade out completely by
loss of pigs. A pig brooder in the
corner of the farrowing place is
helpful, he adds. The use of a
heat lamp, over the center of
the pen to give the pigs some
additional warmth before they
learn to use the brooder, is also
helpful, Louie says. But keep
the heat lamp 20 inches above
the floor to prevent burn on the
young pigs, he warns.
The rambler was told this past
week that it takes five pigs to
pay the expenses of the sow up
don't have to come back into
town to do their business," he said.
as he added "and we try to close
at 3 or 3:30 o'clock in the after
noon, depending upon when we
get through. Sometimes a farmer
can't get in right at three. We try
to wait for him if we know he is
coming."
As I arose to go, he talked brief
ly of the subdivision of the Hayes
Farms in Lake Labish, a business
handled chiefly through the Ger
vais bank, a few years ago.
"That was interesting. We all
enjoyed it The whole was divided
into tracts. A $400,000 deal, and
never a default. Sure we had to do
some trusting. But it's been worth
it, anyway you look at it," Wads
worth said, as he showed us a
picture of grandsons and grand
daughter on his desk. "I like Ger
vais and I like the people around
Gervais. I like my work. And I
don't have to quit until I'm ready.
There are some worries, but there
are more compensations in owning
your own business."
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left) is cashier at the Bank of Ore
to farrowing time. So, in order to
make a profit, more than five pigs
per sow must be saved.
. Wesley Shenk, out at Wllla-
mina, says a new barn cleaner
he has installed is one of the
best improvements in the way
of machinery he has put into
use on his farm. Wes, with his
40 - cow barn is now able
to clean it in 7 minutes. With
this new electric cleaner Wes
has been able to carry on his
dairy program by himself, do
ing all of the milking and other
work during the winter.
Going on to the Ballston com
munity, we found Jack and Rich
ard DeJong installing a farm tank
for the collection of milk. The
farm tank, a new method in hand
ling milk, is being installed in a
number of valley dairy farms.
Farmers claim that the tanks pay
for themselves very shortly with
saving on milk and better tests
for butterfat.
Polled Hereford
Sale, Show Set
Feb. 25 at Salem
Sixty-five head of purebred
Polled Hereford cattle, 40 bulls
and 25 females, will go on sale
Monday, Feb. 25, at the state fair
grounds in Salem. This is the sec
ond annual Oregon Polled Here
ford Association sale.
Walter Fisher, Oregon City .as
sociation president, says animals
consigned by 28 breeders will be
shown and placed Sunday after
noon, Feb. 24, starting at 1:30
pan. Salem time, Monday, has
been set for 12 o'clock noon.
Show judge will be Herman
Oliver, veteran John Day cattle
man. Polled Hereford cattle other than
those consigned to the sale may
bo included in the show by ar
rangement with the association
gon City.
The sale committee is composed
secretary, Don C. Walrod of Ore
of Harold Bernier, Oregon City;
C. E. Lewis, Aumsville; Dick Hib
bard, Imbler; Roy Newport, Cul
ver: B. O. Tom. Alsea: William
Minkoff, Clatskanie; Everett Wil
son, Shedd: Fisher, Walrod. and
Ben Newell, Salem.
Lunch will not be served on the
fairgrounds on show day but will
be served by the Middle Grove
Associated Clubs on' sale day.
Cut off all sucker growth on ap
ples and pears. February and ear
ly March is a good time to feed
trees.
A. J. Minke's
Guernsey Top
DHIACow
Two new members were added
to the Marion County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association, during
the past month wherr John Mc
Crone, Aurora, and John and Os
car Bellinger, Silverton, started
testing. Supervisors Joe Bilyeu
and Chester Anderson now have
54 standard dairy herds.'
A total of 1,506 dairy cows on
test in January produced an ave
rage of 671.3 pounds of milk and
31.41 pounds of butterfat. Cows
which were dry and which were
figured in the average included
241.
A. J. Minke's Guernsey cow.
Cherry, at Ml Angel, topped the
association with 101.5 pounds of
butterfat in 1,587 pounds of milk
for individual honors. Frank Grat
singer at Gervais, president of the
association, was second high with
Bell, a Jersey at 100.2 pounds of
fat in 1,670 pounds of milk. Grat
singer claimed third place, too,
with Caroline, a Jersey, with 95.7
pounds of fat and 1,519 pounds of
milk.
Fourth went to George Kruse,
Mt. Angel, on a Holstein giving
S9.7 pounds of fat and 2,188 of
milk, and fifth to Number 187 in
C. J. Berning's Holstein herd at
Mt. Angel with 89.6 pounds of fat
and 2,037 of milk.
Davis Had 2 Above 75
Roy Davis of Aumsville had two
cows in the class above 75 pounds.
One at 79.3 and another at 77.9.
Ben Vandercovering, Mt. Angelr
had a Holstein with 75.6 pounds
and Herb Coleman a Jersey with
79.9 pounds of fat. St Benedict's
Abbey at Mt. Angel had one Hol
stein with 75.7 pounds.
Of special interest to dairymen
is the production of the Andrew
Kehreli and Son herd of Jersey s
at Woodburn. One-hundred twen
ty cows overaged 34.47 pounds ofl
butter fat and 628.0 pounds oi
milk. This is the largest herd in
the association.
Erwin Nickodemus of Mt. An
gel, turned in the high 305 day
record on a 2-year-old Jersey
with 477.1 pounds of fat and 8,602
of milk. Three-year-old honor for
a 10 month record went to I. F.
Buyserie and Son of Woodburn on
Valentine, a registered Jersey, at
591.4 pounds of butter fat and 10,
125 of milk. The Buyseries topped
four-year -olds with Melba at
728.9 of fat and 12,941 of milk,
and the 5 year-and-over class
with Sandra at 740 pounds of but
ter fat and 12,070 of milk.
Berry Expert
Gives Cane
Pruning Hints
The "V-system" for training red
raspberries can be used by both
home garden and commercial
growers, says D. L. Rasmusson,
county extension agent. The plants
must be grown in hills for best
results. Although distance between
hills varies according to the indi
vidual grower, the average dis
tance between hills in the row is
30 to 48 inches.
In late winter or early spring,
weak or injured canes are cut off
flush with the ground. The re
maining canes are grouped into
two bunches. Half of the canes
from two adjoining plants are
brought together at the top wire
and fastened with twine. A short
section of pliable wire can also be
used to tie the canes to the wire.
New canes will grow in the
center of each "V." The new canes
can be tied loosely to the top wire
before picking starts. The "V-
system" separates most of the new
canes from the fruiting canes and
makes picking easier.
Variety U Factor
The height of the top wire from
tte ground will depend upon the
variety, the length of canes, and
size of pickers. In fields having
annual cane growth of six to eight
feet, -the top wire is usually five
to five and one-half feet from the
ground. In fields having annual
growth of less than six feet, the
top wire may be as low as four
or four and one-half feet from
ground level. If children do most
of the picking, the canes must be
headed back to a convenient
height for them.
Number of canes to save per
hill varies with the vigor of each
hill. Only the vigorous canes
should be saved. Weak and spind
ly canes should be pruned out.
The largest berries are" produced
from the sturdy canes.
COOLED EGGS
EVANSVILLE, Ind., (INS)
Designers at Servel, Inc., decided
to include a special Odds-and
Eggs basket in one model of their
1952 line of refrigerator after dis
covering that eggs kept better in a
moist-cold area.
To prevent a barnyard gate from
sagging or breaking the hinges,
fasten a small wheel to the open
ing end. The gate will open easily,
with less strain on the hinges.
ATTENTION
LOGGERS AND FARMERS
LOGS WANTED
8-Ft. 16-Ft. - And long Lengths
At Top Prices
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Farm Calendar
Feb. 21 rFinal day of Oregon
State Farmers Union Convention,
Legion Hall, Woodburn.
Feb. 21 Silage Day, Mayflower
Hall, Salem, 1 p.m.
Feb. 23 Mt. Angel Farmers Un
ion Warehouse annual meeting.
10:30 a.m. St. Mary's School, Mt
Angel.
Feb. 24-25 Second annual Ore
gon Polled Hereford Association
show and sale, Oregon state fair
grounds. Starts 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
12 noon, Monday.
Feb. 26 Farm Woodlot and for
estry meeting, Mayflower Hall,
Salem, 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 27 Willamette Basin Pro
ject, Salem.
Feb. 28 Willamette Farm La
bor CounciL 10 a.m. Cafeteria at
Paulus Bros. Packing Plant, 14th
and Oxford, Salem.
Feb. 29 Oregon State Bean
Growers, 1 p.m. Mayflower Hall.
Feb. 29 Pruning demonstration
Rov Rutschman ranch, one-half
mile east of Central Howell, 1:30
p.m.
March 1-9 National 4-H Club
Week.
March 8 Production calf sale,
40 head Marchon Hereford farm,
C. E. Lewis, owner, Aumsville.
March 9 Pacific Rabbit Pro
ducers Association convention, 10
a.m. Mayflower hall.
March 15-18 Pacific Dairy and
Poultry Association convention,
Coronado, Calif.
March 17-18 Sheep Shearing
School, Redmond.
March 19-20 Sheep Shearing
School, Corvallis.
March 24-26 State FFA con
vention, Corvallis.
March 27-29 State Agricultur
al Conference, Oregon State Col
lege. April 7 Oregon State Holstein
Association 5th annual consign
ment sale, fairgrounds, Hillsboro.
April 22 Northwest Guernsey
sale, Pacific International Live
stock Exposition grounds.
April 25-26 B e n t o n County
Spring 4-H fair, Corvallis High
School.
Three Fruit
Meetings Set
For Farmers
Two small-fruit meetings have
been set for the coming week, the
first one, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. at
the Dallas city hall, and the second
one Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the
McMinnville fair building, start
ing at 1:15.
Speakers fit the Polk county
meeting at Dallas will be Ralph
Clark, horticultural specialist at
Oregon State College, and C. O.
Rawlings, also horticultural spe
cialist at the college. The morning
session will be devoted to small
fruits, including strawberries and
cane berries. The afternoon meet
ing will be given over to tree
fruits, particularly prune produc
tion. A committee of Polk county
prune growers will conduct a
panel discussion on prune prob
lems, including disease and insect
pest control, orchard management
and prune outlook.
Clark, together with George
Waldo will conduct the meeting at
McMinnville.
Waldo will give a review of the
plant breeding program at the col
lege, emphasizing strawberries,
blackberries and raspberries.
Clark will talk on general cul
tural practice in small fruits, and
on a fertilizing program. Frost
prevention in strawberry beds, will
also be discussed.
Tree fruit and nuts will be dis
cussed at McMinnville on Tues
day, Feb. 26, in the afternoon,
starting at 1:15. Rawlings will dis
cuss rootstock in reference to wal
nuts, and Adin Steeland, college
plant pathologist, will talk on the
control of fruit and nut diseases.
The question of injurious insects
will be covered by Robert Every,
college entomologist.
Charges Against
Store Dismissed
PORTLAND (-Federal Judge
Gus J. Solomon dismissed four
more charges against the Fred
Meyer store chain Tuesday, leav
ing 15 charges of selling meat at
above-ceiling prices.
The. firm originally had faced
23 charges of over-ceiling sales.
Attorneys are presenting final ar
guments in the case.
LABOR COUNCIL TO MEET
The Willamette Fa;-m Labor
Council will hold its annual meet
ing Thursday, Feb. 28, starting at
10 a.m. in the cafeteria of Paulus
Bros. Packing Company, 14th and
Oxford, Salem. Norman McLaugh
lin, manager of the Agricultural
Labor Bureau of the San Joaquin
Valley, Inc., will be the -featured
morning speaker. At 1:30 pan. a
panel of farm placement person
nel from the Oregon State Em
ployment Offices, with Marshall
Swearingen as moderator, will dis
cuss local problems.
Polk Grange
Groups Slate
Feb. 23 Meet
The Polk County agricultural
and home economics; committees
of subordinate granges will meet
at Rickreall Saturday, Feb. 23, re
ports O. C. Brown, chairman of
the Pomona agricultural commit
tee. '
Jack McDermid, of the Red Hills
Soils Experiment Station, Oregon
City, will speak on handling soils
for crop production. ,i
McDermid will discuss problems
that have been worked out at the
experimental area in Clackamas
County. Some emphasis will be
given to production Of grass for
seed and pasture,, and some of the
methods that are used for maxi
mum production will be discussed.
The meeting will start at 10:30
a.m. with no-host dinner at noon.
S,fthCSUdinateangeltiny that great care is required
agricultural committee program?
wm oe given. A trophy, awarded
by the Dallas Chamber of Com
merce, will be presented to the
grange with the outstanding agri
cultural program.
Pruning Show
Scheduled for
Rutsehman's
Pruning fruit and nut trees in
the home orchard will be demon
strated by County Extension
Agent D. L. Rasmussen on Friday,
Feb. 29, at the Roy Rutschman
farm, Route 2, Box 191, Silverton.
Rutschman's place is about one
hall mile east of the Central
Howell School. Starting time will
be 1:30 p.m.
Apple, pear, filbert, walnut.
and sweet and sour cherry trees
are in Rutschman's home orchard.
Since general principles of prun
ing apply to both home and com
mercial orchards, the demonstra
tion is open to anyone interested
in pruning fruit and nut trees.
FARM CROPS MEETING SET
Arthur King, soil specialist. Ore
gon State College, will be guest
speaker Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m.
to crop farmers who will gather
at the Dallas City Hall. King vill
discuss rates and kinds of com
mercial fertilizer recommended
for use on spring-planted crops.
grass seed, dryland and irrigation
pastures. A general discussion by
farm operators in the county will
also be featured on the program.
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How to transplant an infant plant, by lifting roots and all between Htm
finger and a pointed stick, is demonstrated in above photo.
First Flower Seeds to Sow
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Are Petunias in a Seed Box
A flower ; which should be
started in a seed box under pro
tection is the petunia.
Though one of the most vigorous
of garden flowers, with amazing
to bring a seedling plant safely
through its infancy.
Florists have developed a
method by which practically all
seed can be grown into plants, and
while this requires greenhouse for
best results, it can be used with
much success in a sunny window
of a living house. The same
method can be applied to other
plants, where it is important that
a maximum number of seeds be
grown into plants, without loss
due to thinning out crowded
plants.
Start in Flats
Begin by sowing a packet of
seeds in a flat. If only one variety
Ls sown, the seed can be broadcast.
If citferent varieties are sown in
the same box, sow in drills, label
ing each drill.
A critical time with the petunia
is the 20-day interval between
sowing and germination of the
seed. During this period the soil
must not be allowed to dry ,out,
nor should it be so wet as to en
courage the growth of moulds and
fungi. By sowing the seed in a
layer of sphagnum moss, placed on
top of the soil, danger of disease
will be minimized. Germination
requires a higher temperature
than does the growth of plants. A
range between 60 and 70 degrees
is beft, and no light is needed
until the seeds break through the
soil.
Keep Night Heat Up
As soon as this occurs,' the box
should be placed near a sunny
window, but never on top of a
radiator. To make the plants grow
sturdy, a night temperature of 50
to 55 degrees, with 10 degrees
higher during the day, is best. The
seedling plants will be close to
gether, and to save them all it is
necemssary to transplant them to
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other flats, where they have room
to develop. j
Transplanting may f be . done
when they are very tiiiy, and
should be done as soon as they
have made the second pair of
leaves, known as "true" j leaves.'
Enough flats to take them all must
be provided, filled with J porous
soil. f
Use Plant Bands ?
The best way is to iise "plant
bands," which are substitutes for
flower pots, placing a seedling!,,
petunia in the center of each
band. Another way is to draw
lines two inches apart at right
angles and to set a seedling plant
at each intersection. ?
Transplanting an infant plant
is a matter of seconds, i Lift it,
roots and all, between the finger
and a pointed stick, place it in
its new location and firm, the soil
around it. j
Each plant will now have room'
to develop to garden size without
being moved again; bnt ! florists
often transplant them again into,
pots, to make larger plants to sell. '
Remember that each jtime a
plant is moved, it receives a set
back. So start operations early, if
you want early flowerst The ama
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tunias around two weeks! before
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