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... 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
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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??
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gill of Sher
idan are the parents of a daugh
ter ,i born March 15 at McMinn
ville Hospital .
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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
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In California, squash is thresh
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. -
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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
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Mrs. Mar j one Kerber assisted by
the original committee composed
of Lloyd Girod, Joe Devers, F. M.
Smith, L. E. Spraker, Ralph
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and lumbermen who favor the ex
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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
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