Polk County Prune Growers
Given Cut in Tonnage Price
DalUi, Sept. 1 With the prune harvest due to start at once,
Polk county growers have virtually lost hope of getting the $25
per ton price which they agreed to ask canners and packers at a
meeting last week. :
At that time they voted to demand the $25 per ton or they
would not . pick. Wednesday?"
lound a number starting the har
vest and the best ofer heard in
the county-was $20 per ton of
green prunes. Other concerns
were seeking to sign growers
on a "market price" basis, but
early week found few growers
accepting such a deal.
Canners pointed out that
peaches and pears are both be
ing purchased at approximately
$30 per ton, and they declare
that prunes will not move from
grocers' shelves unless they are
available at a cheaper price than
the other fruit. They hold that
$20 is a top price this year.
, Growers with dryer outlets
are picking to dry and will plan
to hold the dried prunes with the
hope of getting a higher price
later jn the winter.
Faced with the dismal price
situation, it appeared certain
that growers in general will pick
because of the fact that a "solid
front" would avail nothing since
canners can go to other coun-i
ties and get all the prunes they
need. However, with the bump
er crop, canneries are placing
grpwers on quotas in most in
stances and will not take the
entire crop.
Picking and shaking help is
sufficient to handle the crop
without difficulty, but a tem
porary branch of the state em
ployment service is being set up
in the office of the Polk county
extension agent, N. John Han
sen, to direct farm labor where
needed.
Growers who may need help
are advised to place their orders
with the representative in the of
fice, basement of the county
courthouse.
CAMERA USED NOT KNOWN
Secret Washington Photo
Found on Night Club Wall
Washington, Sept. 1 VP) A high-level aerial photograph of
the Washington area, plainly showing all military installations
and withheld from general publication, was found today on the
walls of a downtown night club and restaurant.
George Bomze, proprietor of the "400" restaurant near the
treasury, said the picture was'
found In the cafe three weeks
ago. It apparently had been left
by some navy man.
Liking the scene, Bomze said
he had it enlarged and mounted
prominently in his display of
photo-murals of points of inter
est around the capitol.
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It attracted attention at once.
' Two admirals laughed heart
ily when they spotted it, Bomze
told a reporter, but other navy
officials demanded its removal.
Bomze said he refused, on
grounds that any possible dam
age to security already had been
committed.
The navy consistently has re
fused to permit publication of
' the picture.
The photograph was made
from a navy Banshee fighter
plane, a twin-jet aircraft, from
an altitude of 48,846 feet. Some
navy officials believed this was
a new record for high-altitude
photography.
The carema used was a newly
developed instrument, details of
which are still secret. Within
the single picture Is embraced
the entire city of Washington
and its surrounding area, indi
vidual buildings showing in
sharp detail.
. Why the picture was not re
leased for publication was un
clear. Security restrictions had
been removed, releasing it for
publication, but attempts by
newspapers to . obtain prints
from the navy were unsuccessful.
One Passenger Train
Temporarily off
The Southern Pacific today
announced temporary discon
tinuance of the West Coast, pas
senger train operating between
Sacramento and Portland, ef
fective October 2.
It was explained that the new
Shasta Daylight, recently inau
gurated, and the Cascade would
prove adequate for the winter
passenger load. -
State Fair Judge List
Announced by Head
The complete list of livestock
judges for the Oregon State Fair
September 5 to 11, was an
nounced Wednesday by Man
ager Leo Spitzbart. All state
fair judging will be completed
by late Tuesday afternoon, Sep
tember 6.
: The judges include: J. C
Knott, Pullman, Wash., Ayr-
shires and Brown Swiss; Clif
ford Knight, Lodi, Cal., Guern
' seys; Wendell Severin, Lincoln,
Neb., Red Poll; M. B. Nichols,
Pullman, Wash., Holsteins; O. C.
Evans, Chilliwack, B.C., Jerseys.
C. W. Hickman, Moscow, Ida.
beef cattle; R. C. Gracey, Roscoe
Tex., milking shorthorns; Frank
Ecker, , Modesto, Cal., milch
goats; Don Kessi, Harlan, An
gora goats; Wade Wells, Boise,
swine; Leonard Higginson, Sar-
dls, B.C., and Chaucey Hubbard,
Junction City, sheep; E. L. Pot
ter, Corvallis, horses; Robert
aprague, Sacramento, rabbits
and Harry Reid, Vancouver, B
C, poultry.'
Training Session
Billed at Albany
Albany Centering around the
theme, "The pupils of today are
the community leaders of to
morrow," Albany's public school
teacners of all grades will as
semble Wednesday, September
7. at 9 a.m.. in the Albanv hi eh
school building for a two-day
session wnose predominat mo
tive will be the correlation of
pedagogical and community
progress.
Presiding will be A. E. Pal
, mer, Albany curriculum direc
tor, under supervision of Dr. J.
Granville Jensen. Ore eon State
college professor of geography.
ine two-day inservice train
ing project is being conducted
with the cooperation of the Ore
gon state system of higher edu
cation extension division, Ore
gon State college and industrial
and community leaders with the
AiDany scnool system.
: For a quick and delicious des
tert float banana ll-o in hr
bet glasses of orange juice and
iop wim moist shredded coconut
Where' Mama? Ann Petrowsky (left) and Thomas Smith,
both two-years-old, wear crowns and anxious expressions as
they glance around for support from their mothers after
winning a baby beauty contest at the opening of a new Chicago
wading pool. (AP Wirephoto)
11 Crewmen Killed in
Ship-Barge Collision
Copenhagen, Sept. 1 P) The
7,176-ton Danish steamer Ne
vada collided today with a chan
nel dredging barge off Hals
Barre near Aelborg and six of
the' 11 crewmen on the barge
were killed. The accident oc
curred in a heavy fog.
A relapse caused his family
and doctors concern yesterday
but Justice Rutledge spent a
"comfortable" night.
Plant Leased
At Springfield
Washington, Sept. 1 W.B The
$3,000,000 Willamette valley
Wood Chemical company plant
at Springfield, Ore., was leased
by war assets Wednesday to
three residents of Americus, Ga.,
who want to experiment with
industrial alcohol production
from wood waste.
The wartime installation was
leased for five years to Charles
B. Hudson, Jr., William S. Hud
son and Mrs. W. E. Mitchell.
They told war assets they pro
posed to spend between $250,
000 and $300,000 in rehabilitat
ing the plant to determine
whether production of industrial
alcohol from wood waste is practicable.
The lease calls for a rental of
$100 a year for the first three
years and a scale for the fourth
and fifth years based on the pre
vailing price of alcohol with a
guarantee of $5,000 a month.
The lessees will have the op
tion of extending the lease for
three additional five-year peri
ods or to purchase the plant,
U. S. Buys Oregon
Butter at 62 Cents
Portland, Sept. 1 W The
government made an initial pur
chase of Oregon butter yester
day under the price support pro
gram.
The Consolidated Dairy Prod
ucts company said a 30,000-
pound carload was purchased by
the government at 62 cents sup
port price per pound.
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Sept. 1, 1949 8
Justice Slightly Better
York, Me., Sept. 1 (P) Phy
sicians report "a slight improve
ment" today in the condition of
Supreme Court Justice Wiley
B. Rutledge.
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