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Turkeys Come In Thousands Gath Bros., of Turner, have
to guess at the number of turkeys on their farm, and you
don't wonder about that when you look at the picture at the
top. They figure it's between 18,000 and 19,000. The cen
ter picture shows Lester Hagedorn, Edward Gath and Harry
Baker clipping wings so the big birds won't fly away. Bottom
left are shown Harry Long and Arthur Gath debeaking the
turkeys so they won't become damaged by pecking, and in
the bottom right the turkeys are being vaccinated by Vernice
Williams and Harry Long.
Week Devoted
To Brotherhood
National and local leaders of
Brotherhood week, to be ob-
' served next February 19-26 un
, der the auspices of the National
Conference of Christians and
, Jews, will launch plans for the
nation-wide observances at a
luncheon meeting to be held on
Friday November 11, at the
Mayflower hotel, Washington,
DC.
President Truman will deliver
a major address at the assembly
which is expected to attract
more than 1000 representatives
of communities from every state
In the Union, according to Judge
Joseph B. Felton, Brotherhood
week chairman for Salem. The
audience will also include cabi
net members, supreme court Jus
tices, members of the senate and
house, state governors, mayors,
and leaders In the fields of re
ligion, education, business and
Industry.
The Oregon chapter is asking
Senator Wayne Morse and Jo
seph K. Carson of the U.S.
maritime commission to repre
sent It at the meeting, stated
Judge Felton.
Brotherhood week has been
observed every year since 1934
and is conducted by the nation
al conference to emphasize the
nation's democratic heritage,
and to remind men of all creeds
and races that they share a com
mon destiny.
Too Much Love;
Kills Admirer
Hollywood. Oct. 31 UB A
shapely 25-year-old blonde ad
mitted today that she shot and
killed a 71 -year-old furrier be
cause "he was always making
love to me."
The furrier, Harry La Pides.
was found dead beneath a pile
of expensive fur coats in his Hoi
lywood shop yesterday. A few
hours later, police picked up
skitchboard operator Patsy Rog
ers on a drunk charge and she
readily admitted the shooting.
She said she pumped five slugs
into the furrier's body but did
n't realize they had killed him.
"He was always making love
to me and I got very tired of that
stuff,' Miss Rogers said. "I
guess I just blew my top."
United States exports in the
first ten months of 1948 declined
27 per cent from the correspond
ing period In 1947, according to
the Britannica Book of the Year.
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Unusual Accidents
Bring First Aid Men
Carving pumpkins to make
jack-o-lanterns resulted in in
juries and first aid calls for two
Salem residents Saturday.
Dick Powers, 14, who lives at
48 Abrams avenue, scverad the
tendon of a finger on his left
hand when the carving knife
slipped. Mrs. Pete McCaffcry
1775 Grant street, cut an artery
in a finger in a similar manner.
Another first aid call for an
unusual kind of accident was for
Elmer Steinbrook, Bligh hotel
resident. He was opening a
keg of beer at the Pioneer club
when the plunger flew up and
hit him in the eye. He was taken
to a hospital, but released as
soon as the eye was cared for
CAN'T 'COUNT 'EM
Thousands of Turkeys
Fatten on Farm at Turner
By CLAUDE STEt'SLOFF
"Neent malawna" (more than we can count), answered an In
dian more than 300 years ago to an inquiry as to the number of
wild turkeys roaming the woods of Plymouth Colony, Massachu
setts.
Gath Bros., of Turner, largest Marion county turkey growers
and one of three leaders in Ore-
gon, might make a similar re
ply today.
A census of America's favorite
Thanksgiving fowl on the 400
acre Gath farm totals between
18,000 and 19.000 birds. More
than 5,000 of these are breeding
hens.
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Six new permanent buildings
have been erected at the farm
this year on quite widely sepa
rated locations. They include
four roosting houses, each 100
by 30 feet, for the laying hens.
A 160 by 50 foot radiant heat
ed brooder house will handle
10,000 poults. An egg packing
house, equipped with refrigera
tion, will care for the egg pro
duction, about half of which is
shipped to the middle west and
the remainder to local hatcher
ies. Broad Breasted Bronze tur
keys have been largely respons
ible for the sudden development
of the turkey business from a
casual holiday trade farm side
line to a major enterprise in Ore
gon agriculture. Concentrating
on meat and heavy fleshing rath
er than coloring and feathers
Oregon and Washington breed
ers in less than 20 years have
developed a bird having 10 to
15 per cent more breast and leg
meat than the old Bronze tur
key. Jesse Throssel of British Co
lumbia exhibited some massive
Sheffield Bronze turkeys at the
1930 Pacific International Live
stock Exposition in Portland.
Ward Cockeram of Oakland, Joe
Kupetz of Eugene, Herman O
Dell, another Oregon breeder,
and R. D. Mitchell, Oak Harbor,
Wash., who crossed toms from
the Throssel flock with their
own Bronze hens were early de
velopers of the Broad Breasted
Bronze.
Usona Thiessen of Thiessen
Turkey Hatchery, Salem, was
one of the first breeders in this
area. Miss Thiessen has been
breeding Broad Breasted Bronze
since 1936 and is now doing
Record of Performance work
which embraces records of egg
production, hatchability and bo
dy weight made under official
U. S. supervision.
Though the Broad , Breasted
Bronze is not listed in the Am-
erican Standard of Perfection for
turkeys it is' generally consider
ed a separate breed and furnish
es 90 per cent of the entries in
the Northwest Turkey Show, old
est turkey show in America, held
annually at Roseburg. When six
months of age both sexes of the
breed must be three and one
half inches wide at a point one
and three-quarters inches below
the top of the keel. Toms must
weigh over 22 pounds and hens
more than 14 pounds.
The turkey laying season runs
from about January 10 to May
10, production per hen being
50 to 60 eggs per season. Some
operators have sold as high as
$11 worth of eggs per hen, in
come to Oregon producers from
both eggs and poults being five
to six million dollars annually.
Toms are so assiduous in their
domestic duties that fertility
drops as much as 30 per cent
during the mating season, one
of many basic turkey breeding
problems now being studied at
the Oregon State college poul
try husbandry department. Ar
ound 260,000 hens are now on
Oregon farms, Marion county be
ing leading county in the state,
followed by Yamhill and Clack
amas counties.
Most poults are hatched i n
April and May, to be marketed
at six to seven months of age.
This year, 1,600,000 Oregon tur
keys will find their way to din
ing tables all over the world,
Marion county will produce 300,-
000 of them. This phase of the
industry annually brings in 15
million dollars to the state.
A turkey approaching matur
ity eats more than a pound of
concentrated feed per day and
in favorable seasons, has return
ed a profit of three to four dol
lars to the grower. In leaner
seasons, such as this year, profit
may drop to 50 cents per head
but the owner has use of the bird
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Thursday night at 8 o'clock at
the Community hall. Mrs. Al
Beckman of Salem will be the
guest speaker. Topic "Chrysan
themums". There will be special
music. Hostesses for the evening
will be Mrs. Waldo Miller, Mrs.
Henry Benz, Mrs. Ravid Behm,
Mrs. Jess Mcllnay, Mrs. Homer
Bales.
Nominated Harold C. Stu
art, University of Virginia
graduate and former Tulsa,
Okla., lawyer, was nominated
by President Truman as As
sistant Secretary of the Air
Force.
through the growing and feed
ing season. Resulting fertilizer
is unusally high in nitrogen. One
season of running turkeys on a
worn-out field at the Gath place
which had been producing only
15 bushels of grain per acre in
creased the yield to 57 bushels
per acre.
Gaths have a rotation of one
year with turkeys followed by
two years with sheep on all their
fields. On both the Thiessen and
Gath farms rolling wooded hills
give shade protection from sum
mer heat and shelter from win
ter winds, two of the prime re
quisites for turkey comfort.
Oregon's 300 turkey breeders
are organized in the Oregon
Turkey Improvement associa
tion. Formed in July, 1940, its
prime objective is to improve
and standardize Broad Breast
ed Bronze breeding flocks.
Four Corners Teen Agers
Enjoy Halloween Parties
Four Corners, Oct. 31 Many pre-Halloween parties have
held the small fry and teen-age Interest. On Thursday after
noon. Brownie troop 147. with their leaders, Mrs. Robert Burns
and Mrs. Earl Thulin, met at the Community hall A rag-bag
costume style show was the main event with prizes for the best
costume. Barbara Burns ana-
Kathy Snook were hostesses for
the day. -
Girl Scouts troop 42 with 22
girls present held a costume
party at the Community hall
Friday night with the mothers as
guests. A musical program was
presented. Other numbers were
a reading, Nancy Barker; Piano
solos, Janice Shrake, Janet
Kleen and Jeanie Chrisman;- In
dian tap dance, Joyce Brant and
Betty Futrell; vocal solos, Joyce
Burns, Norma Hammond ana
Betty Riechenberger; vocal
duets, Sharon Eggleston and
Beverly Wright, Twila Rickman
and Barabara Kleen, Charlotte
Smith and Katharine Powell;
vocal trio, Peggy and Carol Hoff
man and Diane Kennen; violin
solo, Anita Hough.
Guests mothers were Mrs.
Ross Chrisman, Mrs. Jess Gan
non, Mrs. Warren Shrake, Mrs.
Oliver Rickman, and Mrs. Lloyd
Barker. Refreshments were serv
ed. Leaders Mrs. Raymond
Hough and Mrs. Earl Thulin.
Hosts to the Friendly Neigh
bors club at their first fall meet
ing Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Shrake on South Lancaster
drive welcomed the members to
their country home. Pinochle
was In play and late refresh
ments were served to Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Scorgie, Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Gilming, Mr. and Mrs.
Arlo McLain, Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Shrake, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Snook.
Four Corners Garden club
will hold its regular meeting
If you have an ice cream scoop
you've been using all summer
don't put it away now that cold
er weather is here. It's an ex
cellent .tool to keep around the
kitchen with which to serve
mashed potatoes, tuna fish or
salmon salad, or cottage cheese.
$40,000 Tax Liens Filed
Against Late KKK Head
Atlanta, Oct. 31 (UR) Federal
tax liens amounting to nearly
$40000 were on file today
against the estate of the late Dr.
Samuel Green, who was imperial
wizard of the Georgia Ku Klux
Klan.
Collector of Revenue Marion
Allen said Green owed S3, 797
for 1944 income taxes; $11,800
for 1945; $10,851 for 1948; $7,
629 for 1947 and $5,800 for 1948.
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