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Tree SeecLCollecting Tests To Pit SauirfelsAaainsiMen m VcamV fnrectvra Irmfcprf at -1 .effort to find out who collects the best tree seedTiheirfellcw nun or the pine squirrels. - , T 1 j-v A number of foresters have questioned the quality of seed col lected by squirrels. Others say squirrels consistently stare cones fill ed with good, mature seeds in their woodland caches. Seed taken from the squirrels hide-outs, pro fessional seed men argue, are as sound as oref erred stock in an Uranium mine. - Douglas fir seed, the pine squir rel's substitute for a nut, rates high among the furry gourmets. At a rate 'of 38,000 fir and 9,000 pine seeds to make up a. pound, squirrels would not be too happy about hiding several bushels of empty cones in hollow stumps and logs for winter. To find out if squirrels know What they are doing, researchers at the state forestry department have set up an experiment and are determined to end the con troversy. More Research The experiment entails consid erably more scientific research than checking cones gathered by squirrels, Dick Berry, research di rector for the state forestry de partment, advised. He said that foresters have never known for certain the number of forest seed lings which may be started from seed collected from the lumber trees of the Pacific northwest Berry pointed out this lack of in formation is one of the current reforestation problems facing pri vate industry and public forest agencies. Researchers admit they know little about the small seeds which are the forester's stock in trade. But to learn more, a Forest Tree Seed Committee, composed of leading researchers and silvicul turists in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, has been estab lished. Committee members are Timber Company; Don Baisinger, Crown Zellerbach Corporation; Soy Silen, Pacific Northwest For est and Range Experiment Sta tion; Dr. W. F. McCulloch, School of Forestry, OSC; Dr. Charles Al len, OSC Seed Laboratory; Dick Berry, Oregon state forestry de partment; Dr. George Allen, Uni versity of British Columbia. Objectives of the committee will be to stimulate research in tree seed testing and advise the seed testing laboratory at Oregon State College as to 'the needs of Shower Honors j Newlyweds NORTH HOWELL Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Beals, who were re cently married at Stevenson, Wn., were honored with a bridal show er Friday night at the North Howell Grange Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Albin of Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dunn of North Howell as hosts. Others .present were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rickard, Mr. and Mrs. H. C Espe, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Beals, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Blaney, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dunn and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Werner, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Redding, Mr. and Mrs. John Beals, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bump, Mr. and Mrs. Bill David son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hawley, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Beals, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Selman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zitzewitz, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dixon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mertle and son, M. A. Dunn, Mrs. Alvan Wiesner and Lark, Mrs. Nettie Noren, Mrs. Vernie Leighty, Sharon and Ka- thy Hatrick and Nancy and Mary- ann Dunn. Will Assist at Installation Marion Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars were entertained at the home of Mrs. George Lewis. with Mrs. Ivell Haley, and Mrs. Ed VanSenten assisting. Committees were named to as sist at the installation of officers for the auxiliary in April. They include Mrs. Billy Kelso,- Mrs. G o r don Bressler, decorations; Mrs. Mae Wilder, and Mrs. Mel Clemens, door; Mrs.: Genevieve Olson and Mrs. Lloyd Grim, clean up. Monmouth Mrs. Gertrude walker arrived herd this week from New York City, via Califor nia, for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Alta R'gers. Mrs. Walker,-a longtime resident here.was grad uated from Monmouth High School and xn& active in local musical circles. She has spent the ast month in California at an air base, visiting her nephew and niece. Captain and Mrs. Roger Beckley, and their children. Cap tain Beckley drove his aunt here and he is visiting his grandmoth er and his wife s mother, Mrs. Horold Buss, also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Iverson at Carlton, Before returning home. I j fZ? Y" JOHN GRAHAM'S f ZrH PARK MEDICAL V ' PHARMACY Y 597 S. Winter St -.- X " Next te Salem V Memorial Hospital N. Meet Your Pharmacist ... the man who works closer with your doctor In order to .Vi , bring yon better health. Yoer PhOne 4-6227 pharmacist is thoroaghly train: ed and highly skilled. Yen can r.A n.t!A-ii ' "ly on Mm te fifl yoar presoip rree Delivery tlens with greatest care and ac enracy. . ? ... . ' ' :- r their Vinl rard this Week la M the foresters. Currently, the seed laboratory is the only one of its kind in the country; with services performed upon a fee basis. Key to Reforestatkm Tree seed testing is relatively new in the United States and has lagged behind work accomplished in grasses, vegetable seeds and the, cereals. Procedures are lack ing which win tell the number of live seeds which are present in a sample of a certain standard. This data provides the key to reforest' ation projects such as aerial seed ing and growing of seedlings at forest nurseries. In addition to furnishing tech nical advice and tree seeds to the OSC seed testing laboratory, Tree Seed Testing Committee also ga thers information from all forest research centers in the United States, Europe and Australia. Berry admitted the squirrels are partners in the experiment as they store large caches of cones each year. Cone pickers watch the 10-ounce rodents hide their cones and rob the caches where they often uncover four or five bush els. Berry said he doesn't know who gathers the best tree seeds, men or squirrels. The squirrels havent offered any. comments. Fresh Water From Ocean Said Needed CAMBRIDGE, Mass. W What this country needs and will need even more in the future are good new ideas for getting really cheap fresh water out of the ocean. So said Thomas K. Sherwood, professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a public address Sunday. For the fact is, be points out. we're already running short of water in various places and at cer tain times. He cites 1,031 cities and towns reporting enforced cur tailment of water use in the first eight months of last year. Southern California si He points to Southern California not only bringing water 300 miles from the Colorado River, but also planning to transport it the length o line state from l the Klamath River. He points to the withdrawal of ground water at 1.4 billon gal lons a day in the high plains of West Texas 30 tunes the rate of water from the sea. Near Chicago, the sub-soil water table has been lowered by 500 feet Cities are restricting water-use for air-conditioning. They are building Digger reservoirs. ? 96.5 Pure Sea water, he pointed out is 96.5 per cent pure water, and directly avanaoie io me states in wnlcn r J 1 A. A. . . . m . la more than two-thirds of the people live. One cubic mile of ocean con tains enough pure .; water for the entire nation's needs for nearly eight days. i He estimated that the best known process even if it could be made perfect could only approach a price of 8.4 cents per 1,000 gal lons "and this appears hizhlv un likely." j Dr. Sherwood said "It is a sad commentary on the state of sci ence that we do not know how to perform the common operation of separating a salt from water with out using several times the theo retical minimum power." lums, V2 off 78 Albums, Vi off STOP, LOOK arid LISTEN to your favorite records before you buy. . WILLS MUSIC STORE 432 State St. flw4959 Y Here's Music j For Everyone ' Bonneville - Contracts Cain ion WASHINGTON HI Te Power Coinmission Monday confirmed and approved for the period ending Dec. 19 the electric-energy rates provided in contracts between the Bonneville Power Administration and five private utility conmanies in the Pacific Northwest, i! The Interior Department an nounced the signing of the con tracts some moms ago between Bonneville and: Portland General Electric Co., Pacific Power and light Co., Mountain States Power. Co., Washington Water Power Co. and Puget Sound Power and Light CO. .? ( The FPC pointed out that the 20- year contract states that Bonne ville is unable-to supply the full ments of the five utilities and that the quantities to be made available each month win be determined by a supply schedule to be prepared each year by the Bonneville ad ministrator. . :l I "The contracts establish si sched ule of specific priorities for the allocation of power expected to be available to the various classes of Bonneville's customers during the terra" of the contracts' the FPC said. - v - I - vi They also provide that Bonne ville may withdraw from the com panies, upon five years f notice, capacity and energy anticipated to be required by public bodies, co operatives or federal agencies. The rates and charges, the FPC said, consist of Bonneville's C-4 rate schedule ($17.50 per kilowatt year) applied on a monthly basis to the allotted demand, with cer tain modifications to apply when utilization of the allotd demand is restricted. 1 The FPC said Unapproved the rates only for the interim- period until Dec. 19 because the! agency is now making studies to determine whether any changes should be made in its rate schedules.' Engineers to Rehearse j Flood Duties PORTLAND m i- The ArmxJ Engineers staff plans a rehearsal! next month of duties in - case of a major flood along the Columbia River this year, : j Officials of the Seattle district will rehearse duties April 5, the Walla Walla district April 7 and me Portland district April 9. j The Columbia freshet normally comes m late May and early June. The runoff this year is expected to be above normal, but forecast ers do not expect a majoiflood. Lonnrmat - ' S ''''" i It" ' , ' ' ' ' . 5 ' II i ... ' I Li- -1 M t y- . :v. :- ; mm.;. -: - X. - X . X - o 1 ' iv. " V . ?.. t 'j 4, . fV.y a-. . 1WT , Jfc-, . .-. .v.v s Sleet Eleanor Brown telephone?Pxecutlve. In a busy Long Distance office in Sacramento, Calif o&b, Mrs. Eleanor Brown makes a number of vital decisions everySav. For she's am executive in every sense of the word. As Chief Operafer she plans and directs the work of 140 telephone women, is responsible for a significant part of Sacramento's telephone service. Mrs. Brown's Willamette - t . - t U . ' W r V - r - y , . - - , i, ft - t ,- ' Running the gamut Monday morning of bizarre punishments, Willamette University students paid off and collected on bets made on "Blue Monday" antics included ing Greek in a tree, and a host of others some or which are shown above. TOP LEFT one loser pays off by swaUowing a live goldfish. TOP SIGHT A raw egg shampoo is given a losing student in the gymnasium. LOWER LEFT class. LOWER RIGHT Winning (Picture also on page one.) Votes of Oregon Solons Recorded WASHINGTON UB Recent roll calls in the House brought these votes from Oregon members: On motion to recommit tax bill with instructions to increase per sonal exemptions to $700 and make other changes, defeated 210-204. For Angell (R); Against Coon, i .:-:-:: jeese.. r - Js, f Students Collect Glee Bets it the outcome of the Freshman Glee playing tennis in the library, taking a public bath In a backet, read A pretty coed loses a few locks student takes aim, and fires with , Ellsworth, ' Norblad (all Republi cans). On passage, 33940. of tax revi sion bilL For Angell, Coon, Ella worth, Norblad. -! There were no major roQcafis in the Senate. ii xisWSr .y.-a H9MF f llllllltl Wf ? ' jf 'Willi 1 llllll. ' A i I 'III! IH position is important. But it's not unusual We have many Chief Operators. And hundreds of telephone women are in other manage ment jobs. For it's good policy to help telephone people grow and develop in their work. We know that with capable, experienced people on the job, we operate more efficiently Naturally, this helps hold down the prices you pay for telephone service, I - ' , ' V "t v.- contest Held Saturday. The annual of hair for betting on the wrong a raw egg. (Statesman Photo.) 1715 Se. Commercial ph. 4-6313 .... rt-i- 1 , y ' l 1 ' - ----- 'AjanlKl MiMMW A - . - ' - . V ft s , , X Statesman. Salem, Orw Tuet. Raise Possible J For Teachers At 2 Schools Teachers at the state schools for the blind and deaf children will get salary increases. if there is enough money in the school bud gets, the State Board of Control agreed Monday. 1 Superintendents of the schools said the money Is available. The 11 teachers at the Blind school would get average 122 monthly increases, while the in creases for the! 32 Deaf school teachers would average $23.50 a month. V i These raises, which would ro into effect next! falL still would leave the teacher salaries ; below those paid in public schools in Salem and Portland, the board said.-. . i X - : i Gov. Paul L. PattersonJchair- man of the board, at first suggest ed that the Finance Department Director, Harry j Dorman, investi gate to determine if the increases were 'justified, j ' - i Then Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry countered that it wasn't any of Dorman'a business, f The Governor azreed with New- bry's suggestion that the in creases be granted if the money is in the budget! Tne board also approved in creasing the capacity of the segre gation building at the State School for i Boys at Woodburn from 30 boys to 60. - The project requires only minor alterations. f - 1 M ' ' ' ! Asks Wool i Tariff Rise ! . - . i f WASHINGTON (AP) -i Sen. Hunt (R-Wyo.) urged President Eisenhower Saturday to increase the tariff on wool imports as a temporary expedient until con gress can enact the administra tion's wool support program. Noting that the President's wool proposal is tied up in both House and Senate by controver sies over a general farm pro gram, "Hunt said some action should be taken now to aid do mestic producers. ! Regular Meeting of Cannery Local 670 Wed., March 24, at 8 P. a, Labor Temple Special fauius Meeting to Follow 'tv''Rtgular.'Metting . s y i ) j' i y V Marci 23. IS34 (Sec 1) SolonsOppo se BPAChangi WASHINGTON (X) Two House appropriations subcommittees are opposed to transfer of Portland, Ore., Interior Department Offices from their present quarters to the new 4 million dollar Lloyd Bund ing, Rep. John Phillips (R-Calif) reported Saturday. '. -.. He said both subcommittees bad rejected a .General Services Ad- ministration report favoring, the move scheduled for. April 15. GSA made arrangements to have the Lloyd Building constructed and has signed a lease for occupancy by Interior Department agencies, including the Bonneville Power Ad- V ministration. i A, Phillips said he thinks the new quarters cost too much. He would prefer to have Bonneville remain in its present offices, have other Interior offices move in with them. WireLibels sman RICHMOND, Va. CD-Rep. Gary (D-Va.) couldnt make it to the testimonial banquet of the Uni versity of Richmond's basketball team. .... . "Deeply regret," he wired from the capital, v "official dutiet. la Washington prevent attendance at dinner. Please extend myv heartiest . . ; etc. , The telegram swished around a curve in the wires on the way here, and when it came to the banquet it read "deeply regret official cuties in. Washington prevent ... etc." 1 SURGICAL SUPPORTS Of all kinds. Trasses, Abdomi nal Supports, Elastic Hosiery. Expert fitters private fitting rooms. " . , x "ASK YOVR DOCTOR" Capitol Drug Store v 405 State Street, . Corner of Liberty v SXH Green Stamps V von ores Eleanor Brown atarted aa an operator in 1936. Like other telephone executives ahe came up through the ranks... knows first-hand the problems of those whose work she directs. 1 Her first promotion was to supervising operator. Other advances followed aa she gained experience in the business. RixciMOt 1 II IIIIIIMIII.HI - HI f4l'"""' Good service to yon, low-cosi service, is made possible by the skill and knowledge of competent, capable telephone people. Pacific .Telephone works to make your telephone; a bigger Yalae every day ! - "K i :