Congratulations for Forest Fire Hero President Truman
congratulates James W. Simons (right), forest fire hero from
Newhall, Calif., after he received the American Forest Fire
Foundation medal from Secretary of Agriculture Charles
Brannan In Washington, D. C. Simons, a bulldozer operator
for department of Los Angeles county forester, is credited
with having halted a forest fire last November 4 In Cali
fornia's Malibu mountains. (AP Wirephoto)
'St. Paul Trail Ride Dated
June 5 Gets Wide Interest
St. Paul, May 19 Reservations are being received daily by
St. Paul Rodeo Secretary Pete Kirk as interest gains momentum
for the second annual St. Paul trail ride, slated Sunday, June S, as
a preliminary feature to the 14th annual rodeo July 2-3-4.
Already there are more than 200 guests signed from 11 western
-''Oregon equestrian groups. Their
participation in the all-day af
fair will begin at 9:30 a.m. with
a buckaroo breakfast at City
hall. Dave West, Portland rodeo
singing cowboy, will be guest
entertainer during the breakfast
hour.
The riders will leave rodeo
park around 10:30 a.m. for
10-mile trail ride in the pic
turesque countryside between
St. Paul and the historic site of
Champoeg. situated on the banks
of the Willamette river, west of
Newberg.
The group will stop for lunch
at Champoeg state park, and
afterwards take another route
back to the rodeo grounds. There
a series of games, contests, and
races for men, women, boys and
girls will take place as a spe
cial afternoon feature. Prizes
and trophies will be awarded to
the winners in each event
Equestrians from the host city
will not compete for the awards.
Eastern Linn
Work Picks Up
Lebanon Local employment
prospects are brighter now than
a any time since last fall,
states Fred (Worrell, employ
ment officer of the Oregon em
rilovment service office in Le
banon, i
At present the rolls disclose
a total of 500 stilf seeking work
a huge drop from several thou
sands a few months ago. Com
pared to last year, the figure is
greater, with 350 out oi worn
In May 1948.
A maior number of the 500
. persons currently Jobless In Le
' banon and Sweet Home are wo
men, he pointed out, and with
berry picking and other types
of rural work opening this
should considerably decrease or
entirely erase the figure.
- A recent Improvement at the
employment office is the con
struction of a large parking lot
in the rear of the employment
building. When transportation
for berry pickers become need
ed, states Worrell, the farmers
will load their pickers into
' trucks at this place rather than
along Main street.
Name Being Sought
Extension Unit
Liberty, May 20 The exten-i
sion unit met Thursday at the
Salem Heights hall for a covered-dish
dinner and the project,
"Conserving You," presented
to the club by Eleanor Trindle,
Marion county home demon
stration agent. Miss Trindle
demonstrated a short-cut method
of ironing a shirt. There were
24 present.
The club discussed changing
the name of the club, and it
was voted on by the members
to submit name at the first
fall meeting. Then the club
could decide on the name. A
contribution of $7.20 was sent
tn Azeala House. Members
filled out co-operative reports,
and the program for next year
was voted on.
New officers installed were
chairman. Mrs. W. J Hall, vice
chairman, Mrs. E. L. Gray, and
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Ralph
Maude, with Eleanor Trindle
the installing officer. Mrs. Ray
Crittendon pinned on the cor
sages. Mrs. Paul Wishart, re
tiring chairman, was presented
with a camillia. and thee scrap
book of the year. Miss Eleanor
Trindle was presented a gift
from the club. .
By
Group Named to
Study State Tax
Livestock Growers
Visiting in Valley
Albany Word has been re
ceived here that purebred live
stock owners from all over the
Pacific coast will visit Linn
county next week, calling at the
several Hereford ranches In this
area during the annual West
ern Livestock Journal-sponsored
beef tour.
The tour will start Sundav.
May 22, at the Hotel Weed,
Calif., and will be in Linn coun
ty after visiting Junction City
and Coburg: Monday, May 23.
2 p.m.. Ward Willamette Polled
Hereford ranch, Halsey, Ore.;
4 p.m., Frank Cochran, Butte
stock farm, Brownsville, and
from Linn county will go to the
Oregon State college at 6:30
p.m., at Corvallis.
This tour, it was announced,
will afford an opportunity to
see some top grade cattle as
well as to observe new methods
of feeding and new experiments
in pasture grasses. Anyone
who is interested Is invited to
join the tour at any point and
continue as far as possible.
The tour will end at Port
Angeles. Wash.
Wheat Pad to
Cost $84 Million
Washington. May 20 ()
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan told senators today the first-
year cost of the international1
i wheat agreement will run about
$84,000,000.
This would be the price for
helping American farmers find i
a steady foreign market for sur
plus wheat, he explained, adding:
"With or without a wheat,
agreement the United States,
must either export sizeable'
quantities of wheat or cut its 1
wheat acreage far below the le
vel of any period in recent!
years."
Brannan testified before a
senate foreign relations sub
committee studying the propos
ed plan of 41 nations to buy and
sell wheat during the next four
years within a fixed price range.
But Brannan said the $84.
000,000 subsidies which would
be paid American farmers
above the agreement price
would be less than the cost of
i not having the program.
"The reason is," tie said, "that
'without the foreign market,
I which this agreement helps us
Legislative interim committees maintain, the cost of an acreage
aiioimem program necessary to
cut U.S. production would be
greater than the subsidies ex
pected under this wheat agree
ment." The reason for u
he explained, is that the gov
ernment's price . ,i
will keep domestic wheat prices
above the world market price.
State Employes Hear
Talk by Mr. O'Neill
A regular monthly meeting of
Salem Chapter No. 1 of the
Oregon State Employes associa
tion was held Wednesday eve
ning at the Salem Woman's
club.
Virgil G. O'Neill, editor of
the Oregon State Employes ma
gazine, was the main speaker of
the evening. He gave brief
outline of some of the prob
lems confronting the employes
association. He stated that one of
the main problems facing the
Polk Pressing I
Claim on Camp i
Dallas Polk county court is
pressing its request for the full
claim of $150,000 filed with the
judge advocate general of the
army for damages done to
county roads in the Camp Adair
area by the army during the
war. Although a claim of
$104,000 has been allowed by
the judge advocate general, the
county court believes that army
engineers overlooked two roads
in the area which are maintain
ed by the county.
County Judge Jack Hayes
stated that the county court met
Friday with the highway com
mission and that body conceded
that the two roads had not been
maintained by the stale as the
engineers who made the survey
had apparently believed.
County Judge Hayes stated
that the court is communicat
ing with Oregon's senators and
congressmen, as well as army
authorities, to point out the
probable error.
J. M. Devers. chief counsel
Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 20, 1!M!) IS
of the highway commission, has
also agreed to communicate
with them to support the state
ments of the county court.
The two roads which appar
ently were not included in the
survey of damages were those
from the Bunny Burns farm to
Lewisville and from Lewisville
Lto the old Monmouth highway.
to study taxes, highways and col
lege education were appointed
today by Senate President Wil
liam E. Walsh and House Speak
er Frank J. Van Dyke.
Members of the tax study com
mittee are: Sens. Howard Bel
ton, Canby, and Orval N. Thomp
son, Albany; and Reps. Giles L.
French, Moro. and John I. Sell,
The Dalles. Governor McKay
also will appoint five advisory
members to the committee.
The highway committee will
continue the study begun by an
interim committee created in
1947. Members are Sens. Paul
L. Patterson, Hillsboro; Elmo
Smith, Ontario, and Jack Bain,
Portland; and Reps. Max M. Lan
don. Sweet Home; Ralph T.
Moore, Coos Bay; E. A. Geary,
Klamath Falls, and Vernon Wil
son, Lakeview.
The college education commit
tee will seek to determine if Ore-
gon needs more colleges, with
emphasis on whether junior col
leges are necessary. Members
are Sen. Thomas Parkinson,
DapaU.... .. .J 13 T E CI
p.Hn.nn , r.,u c i ! association is that of gaining
Redmond, and David Baum, Laiu ..ui: ,u .
r j ' better public relations. The pub-
Albert Brog Wins
Scholarship Award
Gerald Brog, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter M. Brog of route 1,
Salem, has been chosen ,as the
winner of the $25 Albert award
at Salem high school, accord
ing to an announcement releas
ed Thursday by school officials.
The award is presented an
nually on the basis of scholar
ship, character, service and
wholesome influence. The facul
ty picks three finalists for award
consideration, and a vote by
members of the senior class de
cides the winner.
Among Brag's activities at Sa
lem high Bre the presidency of
the Future Formers club and
membershin n the National
lie, he asserted, seems to feel
that the employe is out after
something without giving any
thing in return. This, he said, is
not the case. He said that the
higher wages paid public em
ployes will attract better quali
fied employes, will give the
employes a better incentive for
work and will help keep them
on their jobs. In the past the
state has attracted some good
employes but as soon as these
employes have gained exper
ience and proficiency they leave
the state for higher wages of
private industry.
A color film showing the pro
cessing of fresh Snoboy brand
fruits was shown. The refresh
ment committee served aoffee
and salad. About 30 members
were present.
Honor Society and school safe
ty council.
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cepted the $104,000 since they
believe to do so would imply
that they are satisfied with the
amount and the claim would be
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North D.-ikota leads the other
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