The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 21, 1954, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Textm Our Valley jpffrd ... By CHARLES IRELAND How lucky can you get? ... Last Tuesday,! Municipal Judge A. H. Craven of Monmouth lost a diamond ring he had been wearing for 40 years, land who do you suppose found it on the street two days later? ... A preacher . I The Bevl William F. Rademacher of the EUB Church . . . Judge Craven thinks he lost the ring when he pulled off his carivas gloves at the curb after pruning a tree in the City Park; j. . But the ring was found more than a block down the street . . . Sup position is 'that a car ran over the ring, picked i up in its treads, then dropped it again. H ! J ' i f Recent 40th anniversary of Roberts Get Together Club caused our Roberts Correspondent, Annie Johnston to wax nostalgic I. . . "For a number of years," wrote Mrs. Johnston, a charter member of the club, "our only means of transportation were horses and bug gies and 'shanks mares. We walked miles in all kinds of weather en onr vnuddy roads and through fields. We usually wore boots and carried oar good shoes to put on after we got to the meeting." . . . Now, then, does that make anybody yearn for the "good!, old days?? i a '. Speaking of shoes, how big do you suppose ,ay women's feet have to get before they should be called big?;. . Using Clemantine (Oh, My Darling) for a guide, I would have said size nine . . .But here's news, ladies ... A shoe clerk told me the other day that he had just fitted three size-tens in a row . . . Women'? feet, he added, are definitely getting bigger ... So ladies, if you wear size 9Vt, I guess you can;brag about your small feet . . However, if you wear 9tfs, I wouldn't brag too much. ; i i The Jesuit Novitiate over near Sheridan, much less publicized than ML Angel Seminary, reportedly had a close call this winter . . . Looked like the place was going to run out of water . . . The situation was getting desperate . . . They drilled well after well but everything was in vain . . . Finally, somebody had an Inspiration . . . They called in a water "witcher" and, bing, he struck water right off the bat S That story is supposed to be true, but I'm a little suspi cion of it Hecrd it from one of the St. Benedictine fathers over at Aft. Avgel. si . i Shades of the wild west ' . . Destry is going to ride again over In Polk County's Oakdale community ... At least, buffalo will roam the range again . . . But in this modern version the range will be of the kitchen variety and there will be just one fourth of a buffalo . . . Women of Oakdale will roast the buffalo and serve it to the public at Oakdale School the night of April 10 . . . The buffalo was obtained at a public drawing In Montana. p j , That lead3 right into a story that former newspaperman Gene Fowler told in one of his books . . . When Fowler was a cub reporter on the Denver Post, he was sent ; out to inter view -an old Indian scout a buddy of Buffalo 'Bill who was supposed to be on his death bed . . . The old buzzard had that death rattle but insisted that he wasn't going to die . . . Fowler happened to mention that a fierce blizzard was fore cast for the Denver area . . . "Nonsense", declared the Old Scout, "It ain't going to snow. I can tell by the way my bones , feel." . . . The reporter happened to mention this! in his story and it turned out that the Old Scout was right, it didn't snow ... So, for three or four montns the Post printed the Old Scout's weather forecast every day on page one,! right beside the official forecast , . . Fowler said it finally ended with the weather bureau down on its knees begging for mercy. Loggers Work, Play Hard, Laugh at Narrow Escapes By JEAN ROBERTS SUtcinum Newt Servict ' H MEHAMA Logging in winter weather Is a muddy, wet job and many logging firms close operations during the winter months. Log ging however is classed as a year round job and for Some operators shutdowns occur only during a windstorm or when snow gets too ' deep. ' The Mehama area, which is predominantly logging, has many unemployed men at present Some who are working are fight ing mud. Despite rain, snow and mud, loggers have a sense of humor unsurpassed by anything but their vitality and zest for life.- Recently a choker setter got bis feet stuck in the mud and could not free himself. The cat skinner, safe from the mud atop a D-8 thought it a hilarious joke. The next day the table turned, as the cat skinner tried to toss the drum line' to the choker set ten and it curled about his feet and dumped him in . the creek. He emerged dripping wet from the icy water in freezing weather. Humor enjoyed by loggers would be a battle for life in any other circumstance. , Jeep Buried Two timber fallers drove a jeep out a cat road to save walking and came out one night to find the jeep almost buried with dirt The cat skinner had 'dozed dirt ahead and behind the jeep Until it wouldn't budge. The timber workers spent several hours dig ging dirt away with a power saw bar before they could free, the jeep to go home. A truck driver alighted from his truck only to have a fellow logger lift a ' caulked boot and splatter his face with mud. Re taliation was swift and efficient The logger was rolled in the mud until almost chocked. A jeep was also used to pull some chokers to a landing up in the woods. The road was rough and the driver pushed down on the throttle. A logger, bystander, reached down seized one of the DIRECT BROADCAST I TWO HOURS : OF SONG WILLAMETTE "FRESHMAN GLEE SUNDAY, 2 P. M. On KOCO 1490 Brought to You as , A Public Servico by Jewelers Silversmiths I. , mm t chokers and dropped it over the end of the 'dozec blade. When the end of the1 choker was reached it halted the jeep abrupt ly almost hurtling the driver over the steering wheel, Fire in the Hole;: Dynamite is frequently used to blow up stumps while building logging roads. .Quite often a sin gle stick is used to 'spring a hole" and then the main charge is placed in the correct position. Re cently a marker heard the warn ing cry "fire in the hole" and thinking they were just springing the hole, only moved back a short distance. Instead of a single stick it was the main charge and he was a surprised man when rocks and chunks of stump showered about his bald head. Limburger cheese smeared on the exhaust manifold or heater of a fellow worker's car is the most common joke at present Anvone who doesn't like! the smell of burning limburger had better not leave his car unattended or in sight of Mehama, unfil loggers go oacR to work. s Loggers work hard, play hard, ana laugh at narrow escapes.! 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WE GUARANTEE YOU A RETURN OF OVER 100 ON YOUR MERCHANDISE INVESTMENT, A ILLUSTRATED BELOW: MERCHANDISE INVESTMENT Guarantee Return $562.50 $1125.00' Your investment is protected by a money-back guarantee, and the above figures should represent your monthly income. We will only select reliable and responsible persons who can devote about 10 hours monthly to start and you must have cash now for the merchandise that is In the retail stores. This area and ibrrounding vicinity now being opened. Write details about yourself and include Phone No. to Statesman Journal, Box 322. Install New Priest Today AtSilverton Statesma Ntws Service - SILVERTON The Rev. M. E. Fleming of Portland will be in stalled Sunday at 4 p.m. as pas tor of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Silverton, with the Rev. Theo dore J. Bernards, i pastor of St John's Church, Oregon City, and dean of Clackamas and Marion Counties, officiating. The St Monica 'Altar Society will serve a buffet supper to vis iting priests and guests in the rectory following the installation. In charge of supper arrange ments are Mrs. Gregory Schem mel, Mrs. Ralph Frances, Mrs. Nick 7 Frank and Mrs. Frank Spies. X. 'ft U Father Fleming Is a veteran of World War I with four years ac tive service in the Canadian army. He is a science graduate of the University of Toronto and has had teaching experience both in Canada and the -United States. He completed his philosophy studies at St Patrick's seminary, San Francisco, and took his theol ogy course at St Thomas semi nary, Denver, Colo. Legion Post Commanders To Assemble Statesman News Service SILVERTON Past Command ers of the American Legion, Del bert Reeves Post will meet at the Legion Hall Monday night to commemorate the; 35th anniver sary of the founding of the post Roy Davenport5 a past com mander of the Post, will be mas ter of ceremonies;' Ronald Reed, commander, reports. The program honoring past commanders will .? stant with a banquet for them at Town House and an evening of fun afterwards at Legion HalL I First commander of the Del bert Reeves Post, was Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, Silverton. Others are Carl R. Moser, Arthur Dahl, Har ry Carson, Sr., Clifford G. Rue (deceased), Ernest L Starr, Charles A. Reynolds, Albert J. Titus, Dr. A.'W. Simmons, Claire Jarvis (deceased), Charles J. Johnson, Dr. A. J. McCannel (de ceased), C. J. f owe, Kenneth Hansen, Roy L Davport, James A. -Scarth, Harry Wilson. Lewis A. Hall, George Manolis (de ceased), George E. Towe, Frank M. Powell, Sam Lorenzen, Glen R. Price (deceased). Arthur M. Gottenberg, Clifford Dickerson, Gladwyn P. Hantre, Patrick M. Grogan, J. S. Kaufman, Oscar Ed- lund, C. E. Hisinbotham (de ceased) Wesley Grogan, Fred Ev ans. Ed Martin, Ralph Francis and Earl Baker. GET FFA AWARD PERRYDALE Sam Stewart, Donnel Stapleton, and Bennv Rempel, Perrydale High School seniors, received the highest sme Future Farmers of America award, the State Farmer degree, Wednesday at the FFA conven tion at Oregon State College. Valley Briefs Pratum The Methodist Wom en's Society of Pratum will hold a plant food and needle work sale at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church basement Lyons The Lyons Community Methodist Church is sponsoring a musical festival on Friday eve ning, April 2, at Mrxi-Linn School gymnasium. Talent will be rep resented from Mill City, Stayton, Lebanon, Scio, and Lyons. Har ley Libby of Jefferson will be master of ceremonies. Silverton J. G. Long, Port land, will be guest speaker at the annual Ladies Night of Silverton Rotary Club Monday night at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Trinity Ladies Aid will serve. . Brooks Two dogs were run over by hit-and-run drivers in this area during the past week. Roth were pedigreed boxers, owned by Frank Vance and William R. Pfau. , Sheridan Wendell Heath, Sheridan druggist has resigned as a member of the City Council A new councilman will be ap pointed at the .next meeting of the group. Tltis Field Yielded Ton of Cucumber Seeds r JEFFERSON Standing in a five-acre trict, near Jefferson, is Gilbert Looney (above) who holds a "Straight 8" cucumber. The field . yielded over a ton of encumber seeds. Looney has been drying seeds since 1946. Squash and Cucumber Seeds Gain BY GLADYS SHIELDS Statesman Newi Serric JEFFERSON The Santiam River Valley around Jefferson always has been famous for its rich soil and diversified crops, but during the last decade or so, peppermint has been given so much publicity that the tendency is to overlook other well-paying crops grown by farmers here. This is the time of year just before plowing and planting when farmers are beginning to plan their crops and contracts are being made with buyers. In re cent years, seed crops such as squash and cucumbers have proved good bets. Quotations Higher These two crops also are grown in northern California where the price consistently has been from 10 to 15 cents higher than the Ore go n i quotations. However, growers there are forming a farmers' association, and will send representatives to this state in an i endeavor to stabilize the price between the two states. This should help prove a deciding fac tor in! choosing either or both of these crops. Although squash and cucum bers should be grown on irrigated land, .they are easy to grow, and require ; little spraying as few bugs bother cither. In fact two Jarie Cox Carries Santiam DeMolay Colors in Contest : Statesman News Service STAYTON In a princess contest to be held in Salem in ! competition with candidates from I Silverton, Salem, McMinn ville Miss Jane Cox has been chosen as the candidate to rep resent Santiam Chapter DeMo lay from Stayton. Winner of the district contest will represent the district at the state conclave. As a ; fund-raising project the DeMolay boys are offering their services to the highest bidder at a "Slave Sale" scheduled to be held in Turner Wednesday eve ning.) . Valley Births j Stateimaa Newt Servict SHERIDAN Mr. and Mrs. Ted Aaron of Sheridan are the par ents; of a daughter, born March 17 at McMinnville Hospital. i Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gill of Sher idan are the parents of a daugh ter ,i born March 15 at McMinn ville Hospital . Prevent Eye Injury I . In the shop, in 'sports, or while driving, wear the new Unbreakable Glasses that won't shat ter . ; . won't break. Reedy in 1 day at Seller Optical. Libcral Credit NO EXTRA Charge far It ye cm offers', vUy mt atfthlj. Wsr fr CJomos Wkile fsjrteal Hi ! OKrt OAllT AT.S.MAM-1'M 1-3111 WttcrvAM fUa. STATE t COMMERCIAL Wesa. On field of cucumbers on. the Favor as Jefferson bugs found on each the 12-spot and black flea beetles pollinate about 50 percent of the blossoms. The only bad feature is that both mature late in the fall and are harvested in October and Novem ber when it is cold and rainy. Farmers vary squash and cu cumber craps according to the JEFFERSON Representa tives of the Northern Califor nia Vine Seed Growers will meet with valley growers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jefferson City Hall to discuss stabiliza tion of prices, it was announc ed Saturday. The meeting Is open to all growers and prospective grow ers. Attending from California will be Ed Holvbock and Vir gil Woods, both of Yuba City; and Clarence Baird, Meridian, who grows 500 acres of squash, encumbers and melons. Holv bock is president of the Call ia grower's group. season. Squash growers in recent years have included Albert Hoe fer, Lloyd Marlatt Gilbert Loo ney and Paul Smith. Growing cucumbers have been Leo Weddle and sons, Mervin Case, Jim Bond, and son and Alvin Robison. Cliff Plagmann of the Crabtree dis trict grows both vegetables. Sold for Feed Sometimes the squash fruit, after the seed has been taken out for drying, can be sold to stockmen for feed, thus adding to the income from the crop, Gilbert Looney sold from 50 to 60 ton of such squash last fall. However, the sale is limited as squash is quick to spoil after it has been opened for the seed. The normal average yield of squash is from 400 to 500 pounds of seed to the acre. Some sum mers it may, run higher. Varieties grown usually are summer, win ter, zucchini or table queen. Cu cumbers average from 400 to 1,000 pounds, depending on va riety and farming methods, and are classed as pickling or slicing cucumbers. Winter squash in the past has usually brought around 45 cents and summer squash around 35 cents a pound. Pickling cucum bers have brought from 40 to 45 cents per pound. The estimated cost of production per acre of cucumbers is $100, with squash WE'RE SERVING FREE COFFEE I To All At the SHUR-YAY CO. 2065 Silverton Road i I I ' t f f j . -. sir, v : ... Lnwl Albert Hoefer farm in Conner dis a little less. Washing and drying the seeds costs 6 cents per pound. Break With Axe In California, squash is thresh ed in the field, but here the ripened fruits are rolled in wind rows. Men follow along the rows, break open the squash with an axe, scoop out the seeds and haul them to the drier. When the cucumbers mature, they are picked by hand and thrown into a thresher, which crushes the fruits and separates the seed. The; latter are then washed and poured onto a screen lined wrack and dried at 100 de grees, the time varying on the amount dried. Gilbert Looney, who operates the only seed drier in this immediate community, has dried 3,000 pounds in 18 to 20 hours. Looney has been drying seeds since the fall of 1946. Before that, he and his father, the late Walton J. Looney, dried walnuts, and be fore that, prunes. The former built a new aluminum building to house the drier in 1951, and usually starts it going the first of October, finishing by Christ mas. His drying still includes walnuts. Also a Confection Squash not only is grown for seed, but also for a confection (to be eaten like peanuts). Many canneries dry the seeds for this purpose, after canning the pulp. Cliff Plagmann operates a drier at Cottonwoods and Aaron Ropp at Albany. These two and the Looney drier care: for seeds grown in the Santiam area. Other seed crops grown here include bluegrass, hairy vetch and fescue, Austrian field peas, mustard and sugar beets. They are threshed in the field. Dr. V. Uktn N tt ur. O cnan. ftU DRS. CHAN ... LAM . CHINESE NATUROPATHS CpsUlra, 241 North Liberty Office even Sataraa? only. II to 1 pja to T pjn. CoBinltatloB, blood pressor and otin tests mra free of charts. Practice since till. Wrltt for attract! re girt No rfeUf&tioa. Crops t.N j , n ;ag aasaa m i. i, j mum 1 Jjfs, I IX TO I SsJ'aM jjl WWr Ifs mmtt repair b i exee liiais'ilina T-'---"- wtfk,lwvfilstMW sfc swwfff O1 BsatsMsssMl mmmW MsMM H MIV r i : I W re imlormatiom. Come mmmJtalk k eve. ' OREGON PULP AIID PAPER COIIPAIIY LUMBER DIVISION ' -. Front & Ferry Sts. Salexn, Ore. Phone 2-2421 Statesman, Salem, Or.. Sun . Details Told For Proposed Merger u Stateimaa News Servlt ' MILL CITY Details to I guide the schoolboard of the proposed consolidation of Gates, Detroit Idanha and Mill City Schools have been warked out by a committee representing alLdistricts involved. ' Voters of tbJT districts will de cide on the consolidation on Mon day,! March 29. The committee has recommeded that; each elementary school re tain its own name and location, but that all assets and liabilities be assumed by the new district The high school, which would serve all districts, would have a new name which would not in clude any of ! the towns involved. The name Santiam Canyon High School was mentioned as an ex ample. ! The new board would include one r member from each of the three present school districts. Two at-large members would be added when the student body of the district reached the 1,000 mark. Currently it-was reported as just a few below that number. Provide Transportation x! Transportation for all extra curricular activities would be pro vided by the consolidated districts The committee cited numerous "advantages" which. members de clared would result by consolidat ing the three high schools. Cost of eductating 29 pupils at Gates High School was said to be $1,205 per pupil last school year, compared with $941 for each of 38 pupils at Detroit and $368 for each of 113 pupils at Mill City. The above figures were submit ted as evidence that schools with larger enrollments can educate pupils for less money. Choice of Studies Other advantages the commit tee thought might result from a consolidated high school included wider choice of studies including vocational subjects, a better music program and more specialization by teachers, i The present Mill City ;. High School facilities will be used if the consolidation is approved, includ ing the $164,000 gymnasium under construction. Completion is due in August. Two years ago a similar consoli dation was voted on and was turned down decisively by Gates and Idanha-Detroit residents. P-TA ELECTS OFFICERS SHERIDAN Eugene Ritner has been elected president of the Sheridan P-TA. Mrs. W. P. Clore was elected first viee president; Floyd Jackson, second vice presi dent; Mrs. Roscoe Neely, secre tary; and ' Miss Esther Young, treasurer. Elected to the execu tive board were Cliff Bride, Mar garet Carkuff and E. E. Mar ceaux. BOS HEAR . . . "Frank and Ernest" DISCUSS "THE END OF THE WORLD" V C 1 1 M Sunday. IV. J. L. IIU Mar. 21, 1954 i 1390 K. C. 10tl5 A. M. Do you know that the bibli cal end of the world does not mean the destruction of the earth? Send for a free copy of the booklet "God and Reason." "FRANK AND ERNEST" Box 60, Dept N, Gen. P, p. New York, N. Y. ASOV! 'ICVeCS AM AWKWIMATI A0fTHlf WiMT I ry bJp yo wiffi fWaws March 21, 1S54 (Soc I) 7 Amity PTA to .i Present Comedy ' j tUUnu Service J AMITY The Amity P-TA will present - three-act comedy, "Good Gracious Gramma," at 8 pjn. Saturdayat the high school auditorium. j , I The cast includes Brce Mc Connell, Alan Wanless, Jackie Williams, Ruth Richter, Kathryn VanOtten, Ralph Wood and George Yoakum. - - ( ; Stayton Pins 5 es On Brochure BUtesmaa Newt Servict , ! STAYTON The Stayton Chamber of Commerce has com pleted a 37-page brochure which represents a six-months effort on the part of the chamber to per suade the Southern Pacific Rail way to' extend a spur into the west edge of Stayton. The brochure outlined the pro posed route, the growth of the area and volume of business which would be forthcoming with the added attraction of the spur, i Several meetings with railroad officials have been held in Stay ton, and the proposed route given attention. As proposed, the line would leave the main track at a point midway between Shaff and West Stayton Roads and follow property lines; to a point near Gardner road where it would di vide with one spur leading to the Stayton Canning Co. Co-op. and the other to the Santiam Farm ers Co-op plant 4uc ruiiMuu o. r. OiUClSlS re rAl.w u i. : t. : . - j i- i Kviicut uiic cAuiuueu a ific n il ly attitude toward the proposal. : The brochure was compiled by Mrs. Mar j one Kerber assisted by the original committee composed of Lloyd Girod, Joe Devers, F. M. Smith, L. E. Spraker, Ralph Bright and M. Van Driesche to gether with many businessmen and lumbermen who favor the ex tension. ' ! i SCOUTS DO GOOD TURN OAKDALE Boy Scout Troop 36 combined good turns with good times when they cleaned up the brush left after two large oak trees were felled on the school grounds recently. Monday night at their regular meeting time they built a huge bonfire of the brush, then bad a wiener roast xPoor Circulation? Nerve Tension? A wonderful : new mechanical Home Massage: has been de veloped that I brings relief from painful i limb cramps, numbness, cold feet and other circulatory' ailments. 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