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Turkeys This Year Supposed
To Be Broader, Fatter, Tastier
By HARM AN W. NICHOLS
Beltsville, Md., Nov. 11 (U.R) H. L. Shrader. aenior poullry
man of the department of agriculture who also ii known ai the
world champion turkey carver, can't miu setting a new record
come Thanksgiving.
He's got a broader field this year.
Meaning, the 1949 turkey has
Big Three In Jovial Mood U.S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson (left) and French Foreign Minister Robert Schu
man clasp hands in front of beaming Ernest Bevin (center),
British foreign secretary, following the opening meeting of
the big three In Paris. (AP Wirephoto.)
WITH EXCEPTION OF COFFEE
Retail Prices of Most Foods
Change Little This Week
By th. jusoetited Pr.
Changes in the retail prices of most foods, with the exception
of coffee, were minor this week.
Coffee, however, rose several cents a pound in many places as
roasters advanced wholesale prices in an effort to catch up with
their own advancing buying costs.
A basic grade of green coffee
beans which roasters could buy
for around 29 cents a pound only
two months ago was selling at
around 52 cents this week. If
such coffee had to be roasted,
packaged, distributed and sold
immediately, trade sources said,
the consumer price would be in
the neighborhood of 76 cents a
pound, depending on how the
coffee was blended and packed.
Actually, retail prices still
were well below that figure this
week, although some nationally
advertised vacuum- packed
brands were selling at 68 to 72
cents a pound.
Some large store chains who
do their own roasting and who
bought raw coffee before the
market had spiralled steeply up
ward, were still offering bag
packed coffee below 50 cents.
Price changes elsewhere in the
food picture were irregular. Pork
and poultry were a little lower
in most marketing centers com
pared with last week, while top
grade eggs, good lettuce, onions,
cucumbers, green peas and snap
beans were slightly higher.
Produce men hailed the first
good-volume arrivals of several
winter vegetables, such as limas
from California, corn from Flor
ida, eggplant and peppers from
Texas, okra from Cuba. They
said Maine potatoes were at the
lowest retail prices of the year
in many places.
The Dun & Bradstreet whole
sale food price index this week
advanced to $5.74 from last
week's $5.69 with higher cof
fee prices chiefly responsible for
the gain.
The figure, representing the
aggregate wholesale cost of a
pound each of 31 general use
foods, compared with $6.39 in
the like week last year.
Salem Heights Troop
Hardy Boy Scouts
Salem Heights The Boy
Scout Troop 19 of Salem Heights
held an outdoor meeting Tues
day evening. An infilteration
game was played and then the
troop had a weiner roast. De
spite rain and windy weather
the troop hiked for their meet
ing.
Plans were made for the com
munity club program which will
be put on by the Boy Scout
troop. They have invited their
sponsoring group, American Le
gion Post 136, to also take part
in the program. Anyone inter
ested in the scouting program
and everyone in the community
is urged to attend.
Reports on the recent paper
drive stated that $32 was made
on the drive. This will be div
ided between the scouts and the
school.
Elk Hunt Successful
Lebanon A five-point bull
elk was bagged by John Kief of
Lebanon near Ukiah on the third
day of the season, he reports.
The elk was brought down with
a single shot from a distance of
150 yards. Five others in the
party, Ray Kief and Alvin Kief
of Cottage Grove, Joe Zehr and
Enos and Bill Miller of Tangent,
all made kills.
The giraffe, attaining a height
of 18 feet, is the tallest living
animal.
Brother Finds Sister
After 21 -Year Hunt
Minneapolis U.R Edward D.
Monds, Anchorage, Alaska, lost
track of his sister, Mrs. Henry
Thornburg, about 21 years ago.
Monds came to Minneapolis
recently and looked through the
phone directory for her name
it was a habit to do this.
"As usual, I checked the
phone book," he said, "and there
it was. Henry Thornburg. I
didn't think there could be two
of them, so I got in my car and
drove out without calling first.
"She answered the door, but
she didn't recognize me at first.
Then I said 'Sis,' and she threw
her arms around my neck, and
just couldn't say anything."
a wider breast and fatter legs
and therefore more for Shrader
to work on with his carving
knife. Its bones are smaller and
the flavor finer than any since
the Pilgrims caught their birds
on the wing.
Some 41.000.000 gobblers are
ready for the holiday market
one of the largest crops in his
tory. And thanks to experi
ments performed here and at
agricultural stations throughout
the country the output is one of
the best..
Furthermore, this year's holi
day bird grew up faster than
any other on record.
Back in great grand-dad's day.
it took some nine months to
raise a poult big enough lor tne
carving knife. Today, due to
cross-breeding, time elapsed is
seven months. Some day, ac
cording to the department of
agriculture, this time will be
cut to five and a half months.
That, of course, will save the
housewife money. Turkeys will
be cheaper because they are
gobbly eaters while they are
growing up and turkey food is
expensive.
Dr. Charles Knox, in charge
of turkey breeding at this gov
ernment research center, ex
plained that turkey breeding is
done logically.
"We do it on what you might
call a family basis," he said.
"We find the best females and
mate them with the best males
we can find. State departments
of agriculture and the colleges
have been a great help in co
operating to find a better bird."
A couple of years ago, the
stores started featuring an
"apartment house turkey." Ac
cording to Dr. Knox, this is still
popular. The female of this
kind weighs around 15 pounds
and the male 22 to 24 pounds.
The bigger birds run up to about
30 pounds or more.
Dr. Knox, who knows his tur
keys from feather-duster to gob
ble, says that raising the fowl
has more hazards than show on
the scales at the final weigh-in.
A turkey hasn't any sense and
would just as soon commit sui
cide as not.
The birds, most of them." he
said, "would rather stand out
side and drown during a storm
than take shelter. That cuts
into the profits especially after
you've nursed a flock from egg
to market. But they'll do it
every time."
a
Dr. Knox told about one
grower who found six prize
birds smothered in a barrel
which had been found in a tur
key yard. Somehow, they man
aged to get under and into the
barrel. Once inside, the turks
didn't know how to get out.
And in panic, a flock of tur
keys will fly into anything. A
fence, a barn, a garage, or a
house.
Turkeys this year are expect
ed to run a little cheaper than
last year on account of the big
crop. The dressing or "with it"
will run along according to what
the traffic will bear.
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Bond Election
Faces Monmouth
Monmouth At a meeting of
the city council an ordinance was
passed referring to the people a
$65,000 bond issue to finance the
construction of a sewage disposal
plant at Independence and a
t'-unk line sewer from Monmouth'
to Independence with connec
tions to the new high school
building which is being built
midway between the two towns.
In discussing the above ordi
nance it was brought out that
the entire cost of this sewage
disposal plant was to be about
$80,000 of which $15,000 is now
on bond, $15,000 is to be paid by
a special assessment against the
Oregon College of Education, and
the balance of $50,000 to be paid
for over a period of 20 years by
our present sewer assessment
which is being paid monthly in
connection with the water bills.
It was determined that these as
sessments would be ample to re
tire the bonds over a 20-year pe
riod. Preliminary surveys have
been completed for the sewer
line and disposal plant, and
rights-of-way will be negotiated
for within a few days.
An ordinance was also passed
referring to the people the op
portunity to vote upon a $50.000 1
bond issue to finance the con
struction of a 1,000.000 gallon
reservoir to be located adjacent
to the present reservoir on Cu
pid's Knoll.
Resolutions were also passed
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Capita) Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, November 11, 194911
which authorized the mayor and
city recorder to enter Into con
tracts with the city engineer for
the preparation of plans and with
the city of Independence for the
joint operation of the disposal
plant.
A petition was presented to the
council signed by 30 taxpayers
and voters of the city requesting
that there be referred to the peo
ple an opportunity to vote on a
two-mill tax levy upon the taxa
ble property of the city of Mon
mouth to establish a fire equip
ment reserve fund which would
be used to replace and purchase
new fire equipment for the city.
During the discussion it was
brought out that the present
pumper is now more than 31
years old and has reached the
point where it Ii not too depend-
'able. Monmouth now enjoys
low insurance rates, and it wai
.with the idea that these rates
'could be maintained and lowered
that the city council is asking
for this two-mill tax.
All of the above measures will
be voted upon at a special elec
tion to be held early in Jsnu
ary, 1950.
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When his sister recovered her
composure, Monds learned for
the first time that he had been
reported killed in an automo
bile accident five years ago.
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OREGON
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
NOVEMBER 1, 1949
RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks $ 116,880,131.74
United States Government Bonds 248,398,599.66
Municipal and Other Bonds 38,315,233.26
Loans and Discounts 148,416,862.06
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank .
Bank Premises (Including Branches) .
Customers' Liability on Acceptances .
Interest Earned
Other Resources
600,000.00
7,414,748.80
504,199.18
1,966,016.52
259,081.96
$ 562.754,873.18
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 10,000,000.00
Surplus 10,000,000.00
Undivided Profits 12.280.183.83
Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc
Acceptances
Dividends Declared
32,280,183.83
3,095,811.22
536,167.07
250,000.00
Deposits 525,219,116.23
Interest Collected Not Earned 1,303,660.68
Other Liabilities i 69,934.15
$ 562,754,873.18
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