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Floyd Fox, Marion county grass seed grower, right, watches Ben Newell, assistant county agent,
take a sample of rye grass seed for germination test to meet certification requirements.
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Seed Certification Aids
In Producing Best Stock
By Claude Steusloff
V Marion county seed and plant growers are producing superior
f seed stock of strawberries, Willamette vetch, alta fescue, potatoes,
) Ladino clover, and Cumberland clover, with the aid of the seed
certification program carried on
1 through the county agent's of
fice. Seed certification is simi
lar to the livestock registration
work with purebred animals
" and certified seed is seed of
known heredity and quality
which has been verified by an
impartial and officially recog
nized agency.
Nine of one-half million Mar
shall variety strawberry plants,
enough to plant 2100 acres, were
tagged during the 1946-47 season
in Marion county. Thirty grow
ers originally entered 199 acres
lor certification but rejections
cut this down to 130 acres grown
by 17 berrymen. The highest pro
duction was 640,000 plants
grown on three acres of irrigat
ed land owned and operated by
Bernard Smith, route 2, Wood
burn. The largest producers in
the county, each of whom had
more than one million plants
certified, were: F. E. Gilpatrick
and DeSantis Bros, of Silver
ton; and Weeks & Beardsley and
Willard Moore, Salem. The
strawberry plants go mostly to
growers producing berries on
contract to canneries.
Rig Market in South
Willamatte vetch seed to the
extent of 3,750 acres, was cer
tified in 1946. It was produced
by 113 growers in the county.
The bulk of this seed is market
ed in the southern states for
use in winter cover crops.
Homer Davis, Gervais; L.
J Frank, Sublimity; Oscar Loe,
Silverlon; and N. A. Reiling,
Hubbard, grew 136 acres of cer
tified alta fescue grass seed.
Small acreages of Ladino clover
were certified during 1946 for
Ivan Brundidge, Woodburn;
Louie Hennics, Turner; and
Nels Toresdal, Mt. Angel. Sixty
acres of Cumberland clover was
certified for Cecil and Walter
Smith of Aurora. These grass
seeds are in demand for use in
lawns, airports, and pasture mix
tures along the eastern sea
board. Certified seed potatoes were
grown on 93 acres by Jack Ev
ans, Hubbard; Herr & Reinsche,
Salem, and John Plas, Scotts
Mills.
Certification of small grains
is of prime importance in the
improvement of these crops but
is not extensively carried on in
this county. Hannchen barley,
first certified in 1946, is in
strong demand from brewing
interests searching for a high
quality two-row barley. Ab
ruzzi rye, named according to
county agent Harry Riches, for
a mountain range in Italy which
he struggled over during the re
cent war, is a newcomer in the
winter cover crop group for this
area. About 50 acres of it seed
ed from small plantings at Ore
gon State college experiment
station, were certified in 1945.
AZALEAS
IMPORTED FROM HOLLAND
New Shipment Finest of Colors
1 5 Cut
On All Nursery Stock, Starting Friday, May 2
50 off
On All Roses and Fruit Trees
F. A. DOERFLER & SONS
LANDSCAPING DESIGNING . 150 N. LANCASTER DRIVE
The 1946 crop was kept for ad
ditional seed planting and this
year should see considerable
available for sale.
Association Keeps Watch
The first official inspection
service known to have been pro
vided for any agricultural com
modity was a tobacco-inspection
service provided for by an act
of the Virginia House of Bur
gesses in 1619. Certification has
been done in Marion county
since about 1935. At present
some 800 varieties and hybrids
of more than 30 farm crops are
included in the service, watch
ed over by the International
Crop Improvement association
in U. S. and Canada.
Applications for crop cer
tification are made through the
county agent's office. Field in
spection is made by specialists
from O.S.C. one to five times
during the growing season. Af
ter harvest the seed is tested
for purity, germination, type,
weed content, and grade, at the
seed laboratory in Corvallis.
Most rejections are made be
cause of variety mixtures. For
potatoes an inspection in the
bin is required. Strawberries
are field inspected only.
Tags which denote successful
conclusion of the certification
gantlet are attached to the seed
sacks or plant containers by rep
resentatives of the service. They
are of various colors corre
sponding to the grade of the
produce and give identification
information for the seeds to
which they are attached. They
are evidence of the pride which
many of the producers of the
seven and half million tons of
seeds grown annually in the
nation take in their work.
Pepper Plants Planted
Grand Island Two acres are
being set with sweet pepper
plants at the George Asher farm
here.
RUBINOFF
And His Violin
Sponsored by
SALEM JR. WOMEN'S CLUB
Wednesday Evening, May 7
Salem Hi School Auditorium, 8:30
Tickets on sale at Miller's Dept. Store. Reserved, S2.40
and $1.80, Tax Included. General Admission $1,20,
Tax Included.
4 if , f
Hospital Bids
Oyer Estimate
The slate board of control
opened bids Friday on three
new construction projects at
Oregon State hospital, but the
bids ran considerably over the
estimated costs.
The board will meet in a few
days to consider whether to
award the contracts.
On the proposed new treat
ment hospital for the insane,
which the board had estimated
would cost $1,000,000, L. H.
Hoffman, Portland, submitted a
low bid of $1,516,002. Among
the other four bidders, the high
bid was only $200,000 more
than Hoffman's.
The treatment hospital will
have about 300 beds. It was to
have been built during the war,
but high construction costs held
it up, as it did the entire $10,-
000,000 building program for
all state institutions.
There were five bids on the
new ward building at the state
hospital's Cottage Farm, with
Dan J. Malarkey, Portland, sub
mitting the low bid of $650,
293. The high bid was $200,
000 more. The board's esti
mate was $600,000.
On construction of the new
tunnel to connect various build
ings at the state hospital, Viesko
and Post, Salem, had a low bid
of $168,539, compared with the
board's estimate of $150,000.
There were nine bidders, the
high bid being $299,916.
Unionvale Complimenting
their daughter, Elizabeth Jo
Strawn, 14, her friend Phyllis
Finnicum, 14, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Strawn entertained a group of
seven girls at their home after
school. Weiners were roasted
and served in the orchard sur
roundings followed by refresh
ments. DANCE
TONIGHT
SILVERTON ARMORX
WOODRV'S
14 Piece Orchestra
Toastmasters Gather Here
For District Convention
By Margaret Magee
Delegates from 19 Toastmasters clubs in District 7, of Toast
masters International, composed of Oregon and southwestern
Washington, are in Salem today to attend the annual convention
of the district with members of-
Capitol Toastmasters and Salem
Toastmasters as the host clubs
Presiding at the convention,
which convenes at 2:30 o'clock
at the Chamber of Commerce, is
District Gov. Carl H. Hasenkamp
of Timberline-Portland. Stearns
Cushing of Capitol Toastmasters
is the convention chairman
President of the other host club
is Edwin L. McEwen of Salem
Toastmasters.
From 3 to 3:45 o'clock this
afternoon an officer training
session was held. This was fol
lowed by a talk at 4 p.m. by Dr
Herbert Rahe, head of the speecn
department of Willamette uni
versity, with a 10-minute ques
tion and answer period after
wards. At the business meeting
set for 4:30 o'clock the delegates
will elect their district officers,
consider amendments and by
laws to their constitution and
discuss other district business.
Slated from 5 to 5:30 o'clock is
a speech criticism panel with
the following in charge: Wayne
Stevens, moderator; C. T. Rich
ardson of Hillsboro. Kaye E
Loomis of Eugene, W. D. Hol
lingworth of Coos Bay and
Ray Harrison of Medford.
For those wives of the toast
masters coming to Salem for the
convention the host clubs ar
ranged a trip to Silver Creek
Falls with a chartered bus leav
ing the Chamber of Commerce
at 2:30 o'clock and returning
at 5:30 p.m.
Feature of the dinner Satur
day evening at the Chamber of
Commerce will be the district
speech contest with John Meekc
of Hillsboro serving as toast
master. Topics, the speakers and
the areas they represent are:
' Arc We Stumbling," Otto A
Ewaldsen, Medford, area three;
"The Searing Flame," Wayne
Stevens, Timberline, area one;
Roland Smethurst, Portland,
area four: and "The True Meas
ure of Man," Dr. M. E. Gadwa.
Salem, area two.
Polk County Chorus
Presenting Program
Independence National Mu
sic Week will include a program
at the Independence grade
school auditorium at 8 o'clock
Tuesday evening, by the Polk
county chorus under the direc
tion of Ronald Craven. The In
dependence high school band
and baton twirlers, under the di
rection of Paul Dodd, and four
piano students from the studio of
B. Carolyn Elliott of Monmouth.
The best oranges are firm and
heavy, with skins that are fine-textured
Contracts Awarded
On Three Road Jobs
The Oregon highway commis
sion Friday- awarded contracts
to the E. C. Hall company, Port
land, on three road jobs for
which bids were received April
24. The jobs:
Grading, surfacing and oiling
6.31 miles of the John Day
Burns highway in Harney coun
ty on a bid of $296,913; resur
face .76 miles and grade and
surface 4.71 miles of the Oregon
Washington highway in Umatilla
county on a $274,067.50 bid; and
construction oi four bridges on
the Oregon-Washington highwav
at Milton for $117,072.
Sickle Wiclder Injured
Zona George McConnel
slashed the back of his left hand
and his thumb with a hand sic
kle while cutting grass.
"Holly"
Says
Well folks I see one of our local druggists is advertis
ing jewelry (after a fashion), this week. When we saw
the advertisement we called up the employment agen
cy to see if we could get a registered pharmacist to
work in our store, thot maybe that was the modern
way to do. We had one nice young fellow all lined up
but the day before he was to have started work he took
his final pharmacist examination and flunked out be
cause he couldn't make a double deck sandwich.
We will continue with our same staff I guess and still
sell you first quality watch bands, and rings, and
bracelets, etc., but we warn you they will cost you a
legitimate price because we live here and what we sell
HAS to be good. Besides that we like to sleep nites.
Jackson Jewelers
255 No. Liberty Opposite Paramount Market
i
EXHIBITION
BY
THE STUDENTS OF THE
SALEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GRADES 1-12
ELFSTROM ART
GALLERIES
MAY 7th -16th
PUBLIC IS INVITED
To View This Exhibit on Third Floor
Independence High
Athletes Hear Knox
Independence R. D. Knox,
athletic coach at the Oregon Col
lege of Education of Monmouth
gave a talk to athletes of the In
dependence high school when
they were guests of the Inde
pendence Chamber of Commerce
at a banquet served by the wom
en of the Methodist church in
the church parlors.
Some 30 boys. Independence
high school athletes, together
with Paul Robinson, principal,
and Coach Gib Loy, were present
as guests of a like number of
business men, members of the
chamber.
Wanted
Experienced Alteration
Woman
also
Experienced Saleslady
for
Cosmetics
and an
Experienced Saleslady
For Ready to Wear
Box 472, Capital Journal
OF
ART
340 COURT
Capital Journal, Salem. Oregon, Saturday, May 3, 1947 S
The chairman of the evening,
Harry Day, was introduced by
Thomas R. Smith, president of
the Chamber of Commerce and
the boys were introduced by
Coach Loy. Remarks were giv
en by Elmer Oppliger, a mem
ber of the committee. Paul Rob
inson. E. G. Alger and Joe Rog
ers. Paul Dodd, band instructor
of the high school, led the group
in singing a number of familiar
ANNOUNCEMENT
John Galbraith & Company is pleased
to announce the association with us of
Mr. Charles A. Goodwin
who will represent us in Salem and the
Willamette Valley.
John Galbraith & Company
Investment Securities
Pioneer Trust Bldg.,
Salem, Oregon
STRAWBERRIES!
STRAWBERRIES!
ANOTHER LOAD
Of the Famous
DRISCOLL Strawberries
We are sorry so many people were dis
appointed last week. THIS WEEK we
will have three times as many strawber
ries. However come early (just in case).
ONLY 29c
Note, Berry Growers: This berry is well worth a visit to
our markets to see.
SAVING CENTER
TWO STORES
At the Foot Vi Mile North
of the Bridge of the Underpass
WEST SALEM SALEM
NOTE BERRYGROWERS: These are the new "Driscoll"
berry. Come in and see it.
Rugs & Upholstery
Cleaned and Mothproofed
in your home.
Work Guaranteed, Insured
Salem Duracleon Service
Phone 3736
U. S. National Bank Bldg.,
Portland, Oregon
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