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2 Capital Journal, Salem,
Polk County Harvest Labor
Campaign Plans Launched
Dallas Preparations are being made by Polk county farmers
and representatives of the Oregon Slate college extension service
and the U. S. employment service toward recruiting and making
available the largest number of
farm workers ever before re
quired In this county. It will
be necessary to find more
sources of labor this year than
has ever been true before here.
What appears to be a very
heavy prune crop; the largest
acreage of beans yet produced,
and the more than 3000 acres of
hops to be harvested and the
loss of so many people to the
armed service and to industry
who have formerly assisted in
this work, makes this job an ex
ceedingly difficult one.
One of the first steps in re
cruiting the estimated 8000 sea
sonal workers will be that of re-
Grangers Talk
Fire Prevention
Lebanon A large attendance
was reported for the meeting
of the Crowfoot grange, when
fire prevention was one of the
principal topics discussed,
George Simons, a veteran fire
man, made several valuable sug
gestions, among them the state
ment that old shingles cause
more roof fires than moss.
The roll call was answered
by each member telling what
was the first thing he or she
would take out of the house in
case of fire. Mr. Simons loaned
Master Marvin Ufford for the
evening a gavel, the head of
which was made of wood from
the old Oregon battleship, and
the handle, fashioned in the
form of a rope, was of wood
from the old Sanliam academy
building at Lebanon.
Ray Nichols of the state agri
cultural committee reported that
'the state veterinarian had been
called to examine a recent out
break of hog cholera, where 20
deaths had already occurred,
and warned that all hog raisers
;in this community should take
jprecaulionary measures.
At a previous session Worthy
;Master Ufford gave a resume of
jspeeches of prominent persons at
ithe slate grange meeting.
Volunteer Firemen
Quell Debris Blaze
!' Silverton A spectacular fire
called the volunteer firemen on
the job at 10 o'clock last night
when scattering debris and old
flax burned at the site of the
' former Fischer Flour mills
which are being cleared up by
the city. Several piles of salvag
ed wood were saved by the fire
men and contrary to usual rulcj
the fire proved a help in get
ting the trash that accumulated
from razing the buildings out
of the way. No damage was
done. The origin of the fire is
not known.
Youth Fellowship
Conference Calls
Lebanon Twelve members of
the youth forum of Westminster
Fellowship of the Presbyterian
church, arc attending the an
nual summer conference at the
YMCA camp at Silver Crook
Falls. The camp began last
Sunday, July 18, and ends next
Sunday.
They are Mary Kathcrinr
Reeves, Doris and Eloiso Groves.
Donna Ashlon. Elizabeth and
Mary Waddcll, Doris and Doro
thy Neustel, Barbara Smith.
Rockney Gill, Donald Pierce
and Richard Gray.
Their bedding and equipment
was r.auled to the camp by Hi
ram Groves Saturday, while the
Groveses, the W. H. Waddrlls
and the Ralph Reeves families
drove the young people there
Sunday.
The local Fellowship group
meets each Thursday for a pic
nic supper mid youth choir un
der the sponsorship of Mis.
Reeves, youth activities director.
John Eskcldsnn is recreational
director of of group and Miss
Nancy Kirkpalrick is choir director.
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cruiling every individual not al
ready engaged in important
work. This will include house
wives, children, and a large
number for evening work who
are otherwise employed in the
daylime. Recently also made
available for use in Polk county
has been approximately 500
Mexicans. This group is a part
of the 50,000 allocated to the
United States by the govern
ment of Mexico through a treaty
between the countries. Oregon's
quota, which will only take care
of a very limited amount of the
total work to be done, is ap
proximately 4000.
In order to make the use of
Mexicans most effective and to
release other workers to other
farms, it has been agreed by of
ficials in charge and a group
of Polk county farmers, to house
and use the Mexicans as nearly
as possible at one place. An ad
diiional 500 have been ordered
but it is unlikely that they will
be available. The first 500 will
be located on the Horst hop
ranch and will be used in work
ing one specific yard. Reserva
tions have been made for 100 of
the group to be made available
to prune growers mainly for
the purpose of working as shak
ers in the prune orchards at
harvest time. This will help con
siderably in filling the need for
men to do this particularly diffi
cult job, perhaps the one type of
labor most difficult to secure at
this lime.i Women and children
are not husky nor strong enough
to do this type of work, and
men usually available for this
work are employed in defense
industries or elsewhere.
Co-signing as sponsors and al
so responsible for the Polk
county Mexican group are How
ard Eisman of the Golden Gate
hop ranch of Oregon, Ralph
Williams and Harry Thacker of
the Thacker yard and Frnk
Kennedy, superintendent of the
Horst hop ranch.
Of the 100 reserved for prune
growers, the Willamette Cherry
Growers have requested the use
of 50 for work among members
of that association who expect
to ship green prunes this year
for the first time. Individual
growers have sub-contracted for
the other 50.
At a meeting of growers early
this week, it was pointed out
by several present that the em
ployment of a large number of
Mexicans by any one operator
would make more local people
available for other growers.
The treaty with the Mexican
government is very strict and
the requirements for the work
ing conditions and responsibility
of those employing Mexicans are
very strict. Also the Mexican
workers are responsible to their
own government for proper con
duct. Already these workers
have built up a very favorable
reputation in communities in
Oregon where they have been
employed. According to J. R.
Beck of the Oregon State college
extension service, through
whose office the Mexicans are
ordered from Mexico, every
community where they have
been used they are exceedingly
well pleased with them and
have requested more than could
be allotted them. It is interest
ing to note that these workers
prefer working long hours
whether they work on an hourly
or piece-work basis as they are
interested in making as much
money as possible and they are
turning in very efficient work
after they have had a chance to
learn how the work should be
done when they are not familiar
with the work assigned them.
Observation Post
Arranging Picnic
Scotls Mills The O P. 101.
A.W.S. is giving a picnic for all
observers and payees at the
Seotts Mills park Sunday, July
25. The dinner will be no-host.
Bring silverware and cups for
coffee.
A program and personnel
from the army have been ar
ranged for. The program at 1:30
o'clock will be followed by
sports.
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He Searched the World for Kxcitement and found "Hangmen Also Die." . . . The story behind
the assassination of Reinhardt Heydrick, Hitler's hangman. "Hangmen Also Die" stars Brian
Donlevy, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Brennan and Anna Lee. A daring picturization of a script smug
gled out of Europe, Hangmen Also Die" is co-featured with "Redhead from Manhattan," star
ring Lupe Velez with Michael Duane. These two hits play today through Saturday at the
Grand theater.
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Guns and Gals Alan Ladd and
spy thriller, "Lucky Jordan," opening today at the Capitol
theater, with the co-feature, "Cyclone Kid," with Don Barry.
Jefferson
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Phelps
and children, Jerry and Jean-4
ette and Ruth Hutton of Port
land and Mr. and Mrs. Dar Meu
nis of Salem were Sunday guests
at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Earl Phelps.
Mrs. Milton Libby is spending
several days this week at Fort
Lewis, Wash., visiting her hus
band, Sgt. Milton Libby, who is
stationed there.
Pierce Jacob motored lo Red
mond Sunday to see Mrs. Jacob,
who is in the hospital there, re
ceiving treatment for an as
thmatic condition. Jacob return
ed Monday afternon and stated
that she is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart Barnes and
sons, Michael and William Darr
of Portland are spending the
week in Jefferson visiting at the
home of Mrs. Barnes parents,
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Rehfeld
and Barnes parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Barnes. Hart Barnes
is employed in a shipyard there.
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Deur,
who have been living in Jeffer
son with Mrs. Deur's sister, Mrs.
Georgia Whitman for a short
time, left last week for Port
land, where he will be employ
ed. Mrs. Clausie Amnion and in
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Helen Walker in Paramount's
fant son, Dennis Eugene, left the
hospital in Albany last Friday
and are staying at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Roland, until Mrs. Ammon is
stronger.
Mrs. L. A. Brunner returned
from Gooding, Ida., Saturday,
where she was called by the
death of her mother. She had
been gone since June 30.
Miss Helen Kihs is spending
several days this week visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Lauren Stettler and family.
Week-end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hender
son and daughter, Carol Lee, of
Cottage Grove. Mrs. Roy Hen
derson and Carol Lee had been
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Henion six miles ;
northeast of here, I
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Fire Equipment
For Emergency
Dallas Following reading
and discussing a letter from
George H. Bales, civilian de
fense property officer, regarding
tentative allocation to the city of
Dallas of certain pieces of fire
fighting equipment, council
members Monday night gave
Walter L. Young, fire chief, full
authority to act in the matter.
The allocated equipment would
be for use in local civilian de
fense tests and for emergency
only.
Two ordinances passed final
reading and- were signed by
Mayor Kersey. The bill posting
ordinance fixed fees for daily
licenses at S2.50, weekly at
$7.50, quarterly at $10 and
yearly at $15. The salary
amendment ordinance allows
salary increases to the auditor
and police judge, street com
missioner and police officers.
The council named Lewis
Carr a member of the police
force to be on duty at the Willa
mette Valley Lumber;:company.
Homecbming Planned
Daylon The annual Dayton
homecoming picnic will be held
in the Dayton city park the last
Sunday in July, 25, the secre
tary, Mrs. Vivian Corbet of
Portland, has announced.
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STARTS TODAY AT 1 P.M. - 2 HITS!
THAT LADD IS ON THE
Remember the stony
hearted Kaven of "This
Gun for Hire" and the
death-on-rats gunman of
"The Glass Key"? Well,
Ret set for new thrills
because that Ladd's on
the loose again ... in a
picture all his own . . .
and he's belter than
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Dakota Storms
Are Impressive
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Bloch received -the July 14
issue of their home paper, Mon
day, the Grand Forks (N.D.)
Herald, which featured the wind
and rain storm of July 12 and
13 that affected practically half
the slate, doing damage to many
fields of wheat, trees, buildings
and stock.
Thelmer Kvenson, M.iff pho
tographer of the Herald, has sev
eral outstanding pictures of the
damage done, with a 35-acre
field of a perfect stand of wheat
of excellent quality, laid low;
trees uprooted or broken off
and telephone poles and wires
down. Practically every small
town in the vicinity of Grand
Forks and in other sections of
the state, including all the Red
River valley, suffered material
loss. The storm was described
as a. straight wind, reaching a
velocity of 90 miles, not of tor
nadic or twister proportions, in
Grand Forks and vicinity.
The parents of Bloch, Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Bloch, who were re
cent visitors here, were at their
home in Thompson, N.D., and
had loss of buildings but were
not injured. Only reports of in
juries were of one woman and
three children whose home fell
over them and who received se
vere cuts and bruises.
Silverton
' Mrs. Bert Rue and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Lester Rue, left
by bus Tuesday for Los Angeles
to be with Lester Rue of the
Seabees for a fortnight before
his gropp is moved to another
location.
Mrs. Mae Phillips entrained
from Portland Tuesday night for
Miami, Fla., to be with her sis
ter, Mrs. Carl Dahlberg for two
months, planning to return to
Silverton for the opening of the
fall term of school.
Miss Vades Dickcrson visited
friends in West Salem Tuesday,
returning home from Salem by
the 12:10 bus.
Mrs. E. Jack Kleeman has ac
cepted work as office nurse
from Dr. R. J. VanCleave in the
former First National bank
building.
Miss Joyce Holland, 12 years
of age, who has been a house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Bentson for a month, left for
her home Sunday and sent word
to Mrs. Bentson that she had ar
rived -safety, Monday. Mrs.
Bentson and Mrs. Ethel King
accompanied Miss Holland to
Portland from where she con
tinued the trip to Spokane alone.
Mrs. King was with relatives
over night Sunday in Portland,
and Mrs. Bentson spent the night
with Mrs. Cecelia Lathers, for
merly of Silverton.
Continuous Daily
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Monty Woolley and Anne Baxter in a tense dramatic Scene
from their latest picture, "The
McDowell, nbw playing at the
"Footlight Serenade,'! with John
Mature. '
Linn Financial
Position Good
Albany Linn county finish
ed its fiscal year with a total
cash balance ofo $349,270 on
hand in all funds, including
$41,235.24 in the general fund,
County Treasurer D. M. Rohr
bough stated in his semi-annual
report for the six months end
ing June 30.
The report shows expendi
tures for the half-year to have
been $709,215.10 and receipts to
have been but $274,917.21 in
cash, but when the half-year
started there was on hand a cash
balance of $783,573.16 left over
from the previous half year.
Receipts included $144,372.46
in taxes, together with a $542,
109.43 held over in the sheriff's
depository account.
Albany Will Honor
Dodson af Dinner
Albany W. B. D. Dodson,
who had a great deal to do with
the success of Albany in land
ing the bureau of mines labora
tory project on the former Al
bany college campus, will be the
guest of honor and spoaker at
the monthly meeting of the Al
bany Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday at the Albany hotel.
Secretary Carl Curlec of the
chamber announced. Dodson
represents Portland full time at
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Washington, D. C, but while
there also looks out for interests
of other Oregon communities.
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