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3 2 Th Statesman. ScOfein. Proton, f ridgy. July s Big Salmon 'Crop' Developing at Bx MRS. S. T. MOORE Statesman News Service MARION FORKS Steelhead salmon eggs totaling 2,706,789 re developing at the Marion Forks fish hatchery following the annual egg collection which lasted from April 25 to June 13 this year. At the Minto Creek egg-collecting station on the North San tiam River above Gates, salmon are trapped when they return to tha ipawnint area. Here Orval Greer, manager of the State Fish Commission hatchery at Marion Forks, and five assistants make two annual collections, one in the early summer during: the Steelhead run and another in late cummer when the Chinook salmon come up the river to Spawn. Twelve months of care by fish hatchery attendants is required before the fish are sufficiently developed to be released in the river. During this period several Cages of development are noted y attendants who handle the eggs accordingly. This year's hatchery records how that 954 female steelhead were stripped of their eggs and 425 males were milked for tho Kit to fertilize the eggs. Expert nds are required to hold the struggling salmon and extract the eggs or milt without damage to the fish. Since many weigh over 20 pounds, handling them requires considerable skill. Where Heat Dazed Workman mmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm0mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmimmBmmmBmB uiinrn niaa.uw m v i 1 Cm 'w: frfS "'4 PRATUM Fellow workmen carried Jack Kortseborn, tl, Salem car penter, to safety Wednesday when he was stricken by heat while working atop the nearly-completed Pratum Co-op elevator. Salem first-aid car (foreground) transported Kortzeborn to Salem, eight miles for medical attention. He was reported back at work Thursday. New Pratum Grain Elevator Will Store 80,000 Bushels Statesman Newt Service PRATUM Carpenters Thursday were rapidly rounding out the ap pearance of the Pratum Co-op's new grain elevator. The $80,000 structure is tentatively slated for completion this month. A crew of 27 worxmen, lnclud ing 21 carpenters, started the ele Milk looks alike, too . . . But you can taste the difference in Curly's Milk Yes, always buy CURLY'S AAILKI It's farm - freshness ... Its creamy-richness ... its dependable purity make it the best milk for you to drink. Always say, CURLY'S MILK, pleasel CURLY'S Phone 3-8783 Your Friendly Home Owned Dairy V4 MARION FORKS Orval Greer, manarer of the State Fish Commis sion hatchery at Marion Forks (72 miles east of Salem), is shown tripping eggs from an average Chinook salmon. The hatchery hero is a popular stopping point for North Santiam Highway tourists. Errs and milt from steelhead salmon may be taken without damage to the fish, which are released later, but, since Chinook vator about May 1. The builders are A. S. Fetterman and Co. of Portland, specialists In elevator construction. The new storage plant will have a capacity of 80,000 bushels. Con structed largely of laminated wooden 2-by-lOs and 2-by-6s, it will be finished with aluminum siding. The elevator will be 122 feet tall. Construction of the new elevator is a highlight in the six-year his tory of the Pratum Co-op which now serves some 700 patrons. Other facilities of the cooperative include feed and seed sales and cleaning and a hardware depart ment. Arno Spranger is president of the Pratum Co-op and Roy R. Wil cox is manager. There are about 20,000 different words in Shakespeare's dramas. SCHAEFER'S NERVE TONIC For functional disturbances, nervous headaches, nervous irritability, excitability, sleep lessness. $1.00 -$1.75 SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial V salmon die after spawning, no attempt is made to save them. After collection, the eggs are Camp Pioneer Underway for Marion, Polk County Scouts DETROIT Boy Scouts through out the Cascade area, which in cludes Marian, Polk and Lane Counties, will attend four sessions this summer at Camp Pioneer on Pine Ridge Lake, six miles south east of Marion Forks. Ninety boys filled the camp to near capacity Sunday when they enrolled for the opening session. Three other groups will follow at weekly Intervals. John Klapp, camp director from Salem. Is assisted by Clark Lethin, also of Salem A water-front di Detroit Club Picnic Scheduled Sunday At Mongold Park Statesman New Servtc DETROIT The Detroit Women's Civic Club will hold its annual covered-dish picnic for families and friends of club members at the Mongold park Sunday at 1 p.m. (standard time). Mrs. Brad Humphrey will direct games and recreation for the chil dren, and Woody Burgess will lead group singing and entertain with his guitar. Coffee and punch are to be served, but persons attending the picnic are requested to bring food, dishes and silverware. The committee in charge of ar rangements includes Mrs. Harry Rutherford, Mrs. Bob Manning and Mrs. Otto Russell. MRS. EGAX IMPROVED SILVERTON Mrs. Will Egan, who has been critically ill at Sil verton Hospital for three weeks, following surgery, has been mak ing good progress recently and was removed to her home Thursday? Statesman Newt Service diaries Virril Averill ALBANY Final rites for Charles Virgil Averill, 74, owner of the newspaper at nearby Halsey from 1937 until a few months ago, will be held from the Halsey Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Sat urday, with the Fisher Funeral Home in charge. The Rev. O. L. Covault will officiate and burial will be in the Brownsville Masonic Cemetery. Averill, a native of Brownsville (May 5, 1878), died last Saturday at Hagerman, Idaho, where he was visiting. He had recently re sided in Lebanon. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Pearl Chamberlain Averill, to whom he was married Aug. 6, 1906; a sister, Mrs. Nora Swank, Payette, Idaho; five daughters, Mrs. Theta Botkin, BuelL Idaho; Mrs. Vernice Thayer, Hagerman, Idaho; Mrs. Teddy White, New port; Mrs. Mary Mitsch, Lebanon, and Mrs. Sammie Martell, Lyons, and 12 grandchildren. Valley Births Statesman News Service WILLAMINA Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Pierce are parents of a son, born July 8 at McMinnville. SILVERTON A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Slover, Wood burn, July 9, at the Silverton Hos pital. Or. T T Cam N D. Dr. O. Chan. N J DRS. CHAN . . . LAM CHINESE NATUROPATHS Upstairs. 241 North Liberty Ortlti even Saturday only. 1 aja tm 1 p I U 1 sjn. Consultation, blood pressor ana urine tests are fr of charge Practiced stneo itlT Write fee attractive gift. No U-tattoa. Valley Obituaries ffM Forks kept in troughs at the catching basin until they reach the eye stage when they may be safely transported to Marion Forks. Here they are placed in trays and kept in constantly flowing water from Marion Creek until they are fully-formed minnows with the egg sack completely ab sorbed. This stage may take several weeks, depending upon water temperatures. The minnows are moved to outdoor pools where for the next 10 months they will receive fresh water and regular feedings. Sur vival of the fish is comparatively low with only about 25 per cent living to be released In the river. Fish In the hatchery ponds re ceive - a scientifically - blended diet, compounded in the modern laboratory at the hatchery. Tfie food Includes beef, sheep and pork livers, horse by-products salmon viscera (obtained from Astoria fish canneries), and fresh frozen salmon flesh collected daring- the Chinook spawning season. A large cold storage sys tem accommodates the vast quan tities of food necessary to oper ate the hatchery. An electric srinder and large electric mixer are used in preparing the formula. Fish that may be seen now In the pools at the Marion Forks hatchery are young Chinook which will be released before the fall run. rector is employed to supervise water sports, and older scouts help In directing other camp activities. One phase of the program for each weekly session is training in forest conservation and simple tree identification. This is conducted Jointly by Boy Scout executives and Detroit ranger district per sonnel. Entrance to Camp Pioneer Is gained by the Big Meadows road off the North Santiam Hirhwmy, with a half mile hike from the road to the camp site. Valley Striefo Statesman News Service Haxel Green Discussion of a Farm Bureau insurance program will feature a meeting of the Hazel Green Farm Bureau Cen ter Friday at 8 p.m. in the school- house. Macleay Macleay Grange will Auburn The July picnic meeting planned by the Auburn Womans club has been cancelled Willamina The Promenadors, newly-formed square dance club, will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at tieuevue Man to dance. Interested persons are invited. Sheridan Adolph Pelzer has been elected president of the bheridan Rotarv Club. Other of ficers are Charles flmilrf Tnn French, Charles W. Wright," Tom rarsons and frank Stuck. Hopewell Boysenberry and raspberry picking are underway in this area. Growers that have started picking boysenberries in clude Leonard Hickerson, Ed Nelson, John Geisler, and Oscar Lafferty. Charles Compton and Frank Bass are harvesting both varieties. Rosedale Bill Cole is spend ing this week at the Christian Church camp for young folks on the McKenzie River. Willamina Miss Florence Lamson, on vacation from her duties as a teacher in government schools in the Panama Canal Zone, is here visiting relatives. Amity Miss Beulah Dickin son and her mother are vaca tioning in Texas. Mrs. Ralph Wood is operating the former's shop while they are gone. Auburn Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Shaw, who moved to Albany five months ago, have moved back to their home on Monroe Avenue. Grand Island Miss Lois Rock hill, who has been hospitalized in Portland with a bronchial in fection, is reported improved and was to visit her mother here this week end. Willamina Work Is under way on the new grade school gymnasium, and it is expected to be ready for use when the fall term starts. Mill City Mrs. Grace Dart has returned to her home here following surgery. Auburn Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanson spent the past week vis iting in Washington. Swegle The Ralph Hein resi dence was the scene of a large family picnic recently with sev eral out-of-town guests remain ing for the week end. Congo Post Calls Willamina Pastor Statesman News Service WILLAMINA The Rev. and Mrs. L. P. Furman and family have been reappointed to Belgian Congo in Africa. He is pastor of the Assembly of God Church here. They had a term of service in the Congo before coming here, and will go to the jungle country of the great Ituri forest in the Haut Wele of the Congo. They will leave this summer. t- m o DAILY AND SUNDAY The Nation s Top Comics Your Home Newspaper ( BLONOE, DID VOL) vg E3UV TOOTH PASTE ?) no. pear, eS2T f I DiDnT buy CjlW) (, rr. Be cause vou J I SAID VOU WERE ) Jljs V GOtNG TO , ' BLONDtZ LITTLE ANNIE BOONS! BUZZ SAWYEB MICKEY MOUSk KIP KTRBY T I'm taking these to the cleaner. Corky. Will we be going to any dress - up parties? GASOLINE ALLEY 8AjL.Y GOOQU BUT I'M NOT luXX. WE'RE THE KILLS? BOTH IN type. tM MOT V The sams DICK TRACT M-j-r Summer rains " M) X GRAND? IN WINTER I i-' I r"N. n&mh THE PA1K1 'Scolo ' ' OAW AM' ICY AN' ACTS ! JJ'sJSr&& LIEITWAS 4 i -l 'f"f't i MAD AT THE R 3T tCSPF' FARMERS! 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