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Plan Farmers' Field Day Marion county agricultural lead
ers met on the site of Willamette Valley Soil Conservation
Day, the Irvin Battels farm, near Aumsville, to complete ar
rangements for the demonstration of good land use Sep
tember 17. Kneeling, left to right, Bartels, owner of the field
day site, and Ronald Elmes, district conservationist, U. S.
soil conservation service. Standing, left to right, Leonard
Burns, in charge of the Stayton staff of the service; Lillie
Madscn, publicity chairman for conservation day; Vernon
Jette, supervisor of the Santiam soil conservation district;
Bob Schmidt, general chairman, and agricultural chairman of
Oregon State Grange; W. M. Tate, chairman for local arrange
ments; and Harry Riches, Marion county agent. - -
ARE YOU EFFICIENT?
How Much You're Doing Is
What Bosses Worry About
By SAM DAWSON
New York, Aug. SO W) It isn't how long you work but how
much, or how little, you do. Bosses around the country worry
more about that today than ever before.
The reason is they're in a double squeeze. They're trying to
get production costs down so they can price their products to
suit a demanding public. At tne
game time, labor's drive for a
shorter work week spreads out
into more industries.
These trends pull against each
other. It would look like a stale
mate, with the consumer getting
the worst of it, in higher prices
unless ways can be found to
turn out more goods in less time.
The railroads are face to face
with the problem. Their non
operating employes go on a 40-
hour week Thursday ai mc
same pay they've been getting
for 48 hours. That will be costly
to the roads, unless they either
can close down some facilities
two days a week without loss of
revenue, or can get the former
amount of results in eight less
hours of work.
Rail labor leaders, however,
note that freight loading has
been decreasing on Saturdays
anyway since industry generally
beat the roads in taking up the
40-hour week.
Textile mill spokesmen warn
workers that the industry faces
extinction in New England un
less they produce more. Mill
owners contend that productiv
ity there ranges as much as 50
per cent less than in some other
textile regions.
An employer in the building
Industry contends that employes
average one day off for each two
days of work. H. C. Turner, Jr.,
nresident of the Turner Con
struction Co.. with offices in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Chicago, adds up 104 Satur
days and Sundays a year, 8 holi
days and 10 vacation days to get
a total of 122 days not worked.
That leaves 243 work days out
of the year's 368.
In a letter to his employes he
ays the one off, two on ratio
should mean "starting work
nromotlv and working a full
dav."
The plea for more work also
comes from a source that might
surprise you. In a report to be
submitted next week, leaders of
the British Trades Union con
gress are telling workers that
business is being taxed almost
to the limit and labor's only
hope for better living standards
is to work harder,
Some executives in this coun
try think that maybe hiring
ome more men might be the
way to get this increased output
ner man hour,
Gustav Mentzman, president
of New York Central, says it
may be wise to add supervisors
to the railroad's staff "to see
that we are getting a full day's
work for a full day's pay, and
to see that the work that we are
getting is productive work
Against this, labor makes two
points. One is that with fewer
working hours employes are
fresher and can produce more
work per hour. The other is that
management often wastes la
bor's time, keeps employes
hanging around unnecessarily
and doesn't provide work for
them efficiently while they are
on duty,
Another factor one of which
labor and management often do
not see eye to eye is the matter
- of mechanization. This is being
speeded up in mills, factories,
on the farms and in the offices.
A cast in point is labor's ob
jections to the use of diesel en
gines on the Southern Pacific
railway if it means fewer work
. President A. T. Mercier re
plies that on the face of it diesels
are labor savers. They pull hea
vier loads, require less helper
service, make better time and
are easier on the tracks. But he
says that thereby the road can
meet truck competition. There
fore, he reasons, "we expect to
De aDie to get more traflic with
the diesels and put more me!
to work." And so, Southern Pa
cific plans to use diesels almost
entirely by 1960.
Another business spokesman
seeks to allay labor's fears that
the drive to increase output per
man hour is just a speed-up, or
a move back toward sweatshop
days.
W. Walter Williams, Seattle
businessman who is chairman
of the committee for economic
development, says: "Increased
productivity is not' so 'much a
matter of working harder as it
is a matter of working better.
Worker Loses Arm
In Dynamite Blast
Tillamook, Aug. 30 W) A
contruction worker lost one arm
and possibly will be blind as
the result of a dynamite explo
sion at a Nctarts bay stream
project.
County Coroner Lallan Lund-
berg said Arthur Wridge, 53, Ne
tarts, was handling the dyna
mite yesterday when it explod
ed prematurely. The circum
stances were not known. His
son, Delwin, 20, wasxcut about
the face and chest. He had been
standing at some distance from
the elder Wridge.
Wridge's left forearm was am
putated at a hospital here. It
had been shattered in the blast.
Hospital aides said one eye may
be permanently disabled. Wridge
is already blind in the other eye,
Wridge's wife collapsed when
brought to see her rmsband and
son.
Boy Captures Criminal
Sacramento, Aug. 30 (U.R)
David Stein, 15-year-old youth
who captured an escaped crimi
nal while on a deer hunting trip,
complained today that he "didn't
even get one shot at a deer."
Capsized Motorboat
Hints at Drowning
Astoria, Aug. 30 WP) An over
turned outboard motorboat hint
ed of the first drowning of the
lower Columbia river . sports
fishing season.
. A coast guard boat crew found
the capsized' craft near a jetty
yesterday. It was among 20
craft to which the coast guard
was called. Most of the other
calls were due to disabled en
gines and sand bars.
An estimated 5000 boats were
expected on the river today for
the opening of the salmon derby
here and others along the river,
Hotels began filling over the
past week-end.
Silversides were running close
to the surface, but the Chinooks
were scarce, apparently run
ning deeper.
83RD AND 'FINAL' ENCAMPMENT
Last of Boys in Blue
In Battle for Prestige
By BOYD GILL
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 30 (U.PJ Six shaky and fragile old
men, who were live strapping duck privates ana a arummer Doy
B5 years ago, mustered their feeble strength for a last battle for
prestige today.
Deaf to most of the sounds around them, their sight dimmed
by the passage of the century or'
morethat they have lived, the
six were gathered here for the
B3rd and "final" encampment of
the once mighty Grand Army of
the Republic, the GAR.
For the most part, they sat in
their wheel chairs, seemingly
caring little even for the cere
monies which went on in their
honor.
But for Theodore A. Penland,
100. Portland, Ore., who fought
in the battles along the Potomac
after his father died at the sec
ond battle of Bull Run, the en
campment was the site for a
strugle to keep his office at na
tional commander - in - chief of
the GAR.
Penland and Charles L. Chap
pel, 102, Long Beach, Cal spry-
est of the six, threatened a
showdown on the twin issues of
who will be the last commander
and whether this will be the last
encampment. The other four
were expected to be drawn into
it, at least for their share of
making the final decisions.
Chappel stormed about the
hotel lobby with a crutch under
his right arm and said Penland
was trying to "hog the show."
'He wants to be the last com
mander," snapped Chappel. "I'm
going to ask him for his place
and see what he says."
Penland, perked up by a
spiked egg-nog his nurse slipped
him despite the fact he's a tee
totaler, said he was sorry this
was the last encampment.
"It's going to be hard to say
goodbye to my comrades," Pen-
land said. "But we're getting too
old for these trips. There won't
be another."
Nearby sat James A. Hard,
108, Rochester, N.Y., so old and
feeble he can seldom leave his
wheelchair. Albert Woolson,
102, Duluth, Minn., the drum
mer boy, was so deaf he had to
talk with pencil and paper, the
written questions held close to
his eyes.
Joseph Clovese, 102, Pontiac,
Mich., only negro left in the
GAR, his dusky face less lined
and wrinkled than his comrades,
told stories in French and Eng
lish of his days as a slave In
Louisiana before he ran away
and joined the union army.
The only beard, flowing white
down the blue serge vest of his
uniform, was worn by Robert
Barrett, 102, Princeton, Ky.
Chappel frowned at the peo
pie trying to make him more
comfortable. He looked at a
crowd of younger men standing
around him.
"Boys, do all you can to keep
the flag up," he said.
The state flower of Kentucky
is the goldenrod.
Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
F. Boylan of Stockton, Calif.,
and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. LeDoux
were visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Hauptman
at Brooks. Dinner guests also in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mc
Dougall of Gervais.
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Ryegrass Yield
In Valley High
Portland, Aug. 30 Higher
ryegrass yields have boosted the
Oregon crop to 49,000,000
pounds compared with 34,600,-
000 last year. But the federal
crop reporting service said le
gume seed yields were down.
A severe winter and late
spring frosts were blamed for
the drop of legume seeds to
113,000,000 pounds. The crop
represents about 68 per cent of
the nation s supply.
The department of agricul
ture's weekly bulletin said hairy
vetch would total about 14,500,
000 pounds, down 500,000 from
last year. Common and Wil
lamette vetch was estimated at
11,900,000 pounds less than half
the 1948 output.
Although plantings of Aus
trian peas were increased 17,000
acres, the harvest will be 29,
600,000 pounds, only 4,600,000
above a year ago. Hungarian
vetch output was estimated at
630,000 pounds compared with
1,100,000. last year.
Support prices for the 1950
crop will be based on parity
prices as of April 1, 1950. the
department announced.
The agency said that if riar-
ity prices next April are the
same as those of July 15, the
average support levels for top
grade seed would be as follows:
hairy vetch, 13.54 cents a pound:
common vetch, 6.34 cents; Wil
lamette vetch, 6.34 cents; crim
son clover, 16.03 cents; common
ryegrass, 7.09 cents; Austrian
winter peas, 4.62 cents.
These would be slightly under
1949 support prices.
Third Transmission
Line Comes to Salem !
Portland, Ore., Aug. 80 !U.
The Bonneville Power admin
istration Monday awarded a
$74,790 contract for construc
tion of the east McMinnville
sub-station and control house to
the Teller Construction com-1
pany, Portland. . j
The sub-station facilities will
improve service to McMinnville
and will supply a third trans-!
mission line to Salem and south
ern Oregon. Construction will be,
completed near the end of this
year. I
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, A u (rust 80, 1949 11
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Old Fiddlers Contest
September 8 and 9
The annual old fiddlers con
test, sponsored by the Veterans'
Living Memorial association,
will be held at the Hollywood
theater September 8 and 9.
There will be two classifica
tions as to age, adults up to 50
years old and those older. They
will compete for trophies and
cash prizes.
Proceeds of the contest will go
to the memorial building fund.
No entry fee will be charged.
The first night all entrants will
play. The second night will be
elimination and award of prizes.
Entrants will register at the
Will Music store on State street.
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Birmingham Boy Wins
Detroit, Aug. 30 (U.R) Herbert
L. Davis, 15, Birmingham, Ala.,
returned home today with top
honors in the third international
model airplane contest.
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Drive north on River Road 1V4 mile past Kelzer
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The ship that helps create jobs in Alaska
From Ketchikan on up the
coast ... in dozens of towns
and cities in Alaska. ..people
frcct the tanker "M.S. Alaska
tandard" with considerable
affection. For, over the years,
she's helped Alaskans develop thousands of jobs.
Regularly she loads a full cargo of petroleum products and
takes them wherever they're needed ... like some giant floating
service station. She pokes her prow into rocky inlets to serve
fish canneries, goes on up the coast a few miles to bring a new
mine the lubricants it needs to work, stocks oil for fishermen
so they no longer have to travel six or seven hundred miles to
refuel when the salmon run is on.
In short, she helps both the coast and interior of Alaska de
velop its resources... just as the oil industry throughout all our
country helps other industries grow and people work, produce
and prosper.
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