Vast Horde of Grasshoppers
Expected to Move About May 7
By RICHARD A. LITFIN
(United Preu 8tifl correspondent)
Lakeview, Ore., March 18 U.fi A vast horde of dormant grass
hoppers, largest of its kind in the nation, will threaten destruction
to a rich agricultural area when it resumes its relentless migration
this spring, authorities said today.
The grasshopper carpet, with a population of many millions
'spaced about 28 per square yard,
lies astride southeastern Oregon
and northwestern Nevada, with
fringes in the northest corner of
California.
Voracious and meticulous, the
hoppers will be on the move
again approximately May 1, de
vourine vegetation with the ef
ficiency of a new vacuum clean
er sucking up loose dirt.
"We expect severe damage
from the grasshoppers through
out the cro season , said Elgin
Cornett, county extension agent
in Lakeview.
Cornett said that if the grass
hoppers come out and continue
to move in a northwesterly dir
ection as they did last year, they
could easily pose a serious threat
to Warner valley, where last
year there were 30,000 head of
cattle, 20,000 acres of hay and
15.000 acres of grain.
Center of the horde is a point
35 miles east of Lakeview. The
horde itself is 80 miles long and
40 miles wide. The infested area
covers 1,011,840 acres, including
276.480 in Lake county and
458,880 in Harney county, Ore
eon. and 276,480 in Washoe
county and 148,480 in Humboldt
county, Nevada..
Cornett has received a map
from the U. S. Bureau of Ento
mology, based on surveys taken.
last year when the grasshoppers
were moving in a northwester
ly direction six miles a day.
stripping rangeland of sagebrush
and grass.
The big red patch on the map.
showing the outlines of the in
testation, indicate there may be
movement this year toward
California. Already there i:
small infestation in Modoc coun
ty. Calif., northeast of Cedar-
ville.
Cornett and other experts are
uncertain what the locusts will
do to agruculture because these
particular hoppers are believed
to be a new species, named the
western range locust. Thus far
they have concentrated in des
ert and rangeland.
"If we have a program of con
trol of decent size, we can do
some good," said Cornett. But
federal entomologists fear that
appropriation of control funds
may come too late to destroy the
hoppers while they are hatching
A committee headed by Oscar
Kittridge of Lake county, has
sought control money from the
Oregon state emergency board,
The board will decide late this
month on an appropriation.
Cornett said a mixture of saw
dust bran and poison, scattered
by machine and hand in the in
tested area about hatching time
presently is considered the best
control method.
Growers May
Jump Incomes
" Income of flax growers
be substantially increased if the
growers will pull their crop on
the basis of maturity rather than
convenience, according to fiber
flax studies conducted by the
OSC agricultural e x p e r i ment
station.
Flax has its maturity, with a
maximum quality and quantity
of flax fiber, high seed germina
tion and oil content with low
wax content when it reaches the
early golden yellow stage.
The proper state of maturity
for pulling is when the major
ity of the green stems have
turned golden yellow and have
shed their leaves from the low
er third of the stem, the investi
gations reveal Seed bolls range
. from an occasional blossom to
' a few that are dry enough to rat
tle when maturity is reached.
This stage of maturity was
reached between 78 and 85 days
in trials conducted last year. Be
cause the time will vary from
year to year with the weather
and other growing conditions,
inspection is the only sure way
of properly timing pulling oper
ations. The usual practice in Oregon
at present is to pull flax after it
has passed the optimum stage of
maturity. After this time the line
fiber yield and quality begins to
drop rapidly and the percentage
of wax to rise. The high wax
content makes the fiber difficult
to handle by the spinners.
Tom Hill Opens
New Shop Here
Tom Hill, who started making
candy when he was 17 years old
back in Kansas City, Mo., and
with the exception of time spent
as a soldier in the first world
war has been at it ever since
has opened a shop for the sale of
sweets at 264 North High street,
Although products of his shop
are already being retailed, for
mal opening will- be held in con
nection with the annual "Spring
Opening," March 23. At that
time people will be given an op
portunity to witness the proc
ess of candy manufacture.
Hill started his first activities
in Salem with a "chocolate shop"
on South Commercial street a
bout 30 years ago. Later he mov
ed to 12th and Leslie where he
remained 10 years. For a while
he operated a lunch room on
North Capital street and aban
doned candy making except for
the Christmas trade.
After three years of operations
at Valley Junction he again re
turned to Salem. His line now
includes 40 varieties of choco
lates as well as fudges, brittles,
taffies, hard candy and a wide
assortment of boxed candies.
Liberty Girl Scout
Troop Starts Cooking
Liberty Yvonne Pool was
hostess to the Girl Scout troop
51 at her home on Rt. 0. The
entire group is starting in their
second degree of homemaking,
which is cooking. The order of
the day was a primary seam and
the placing of a patch.
Working on the second class,
in agriculture, arts and crafts
are Janice Smith, Patty McMil
lin, Margo Hudkins, Shirley
Hudson and DeLee Davidson.
Jackie Welch and Shirley
Hudson were in charge of the
entertainment, and Janice Smith
assisted Mrs. Alvin Pool with
the refreshments.
Mrs. Robert Morrow, who is
the Girl Scout leader, has re
turned home from the hospital
and is convalescing at her home
on Boxwood Lane,
- Kaiser Goes to Smelter Bronze bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I,
is lowered frfom the Berlin Palace of Peace en route to the
furnace due to shortage of metals in Russian zone of Germany.
This scene is a reeriactment for Russian cameramen.
City Park at Lebanon Named
In Honor of Dr. Joel Booth
By C. K. LOGAN
Half a century of service to residents of Linn county and the
state by Dr. Joel C. Booth was noted in Lebanon this week by
the naming of the city park at Hiatt and Sherman streets in his
honor, capping a surprise testimonial banquet.
The dinner was held on the 93rd birthday of Mrs. Elizabeth
Westfall, oldest sister of Dr.-
Booth, who raised him from a
youth, . with speakers Mark
Weatherford, of Albany, attor
ney and past member of the
state senate; Dr. N. E. Irvine,
who formerly practiced medi
cine with Dr. Booth; William
Thomas, president of the Lions
club: members of the Lebanon
city council and Kiwanis club.
Dr. Booth was an Iowa farm
boy coming to Linn county in
1896 where he began his medical
career in the "horse and buggy"
era,' teaching school at Lyons
Waterloo and in other Santiam
districts to obtain funds for his
medical studies.
The future doctor was again
forced to delay his studies when
he served in the armed forces
during the Spanish-American
war, but after his discharge he
completed his studies in San
Francisco and the University of
Oregon, joining his brother at
Lebanon in 1900 when he began
his practice.
Business -was good in those
days, for the young doctors were
forced to keep three teams of
horses and buggies in order to
attend patients in outlying dis
tricts and rough roads and wea
ther . were never permitted to
interfere with his personal com
forts when he was needed by a
patient.
Though Dr. and Mrs. Booth
occupied one of the most modern
homes in Lebanon in 1948, the
original family home still stands,
a monument to the architectural
pattern of the early 1900s. The
new home is on Grant street
and faces the park which . now
bears his name.
wnen the lirst world war
came along Dr. Booth took an
active part in the organization
of a national guard unit in Leb
anon. The unit became a part of
the 116th medical regiment of
the 41st division. He ended his
military career with the rank
of major.
Though he was unable to again
don uniform during the last
world conflict, he was active in
defense and patriotic duties, tak
ing a lead in bond drives.
Dr. Booth was also interested
in civic matters and when Leb
anon began its rapid develop
ment, he directed his engeries
towards the establishment of a
hospital, which first took form
in a private residence on South
Main street and later at Second
and Ash, its present- location.
He was president of the hospital
Edwin Smith
Services Held
Final services for Edwin M.
Smith, 80, who died at Corvallis
this week after a short illness,
were held here Saturday after
noon following services at Cor
vallis. He was a member of the
business office staff of Oregon
State college for 32 years prior
to his retirement in 1947
Smith was born in Polk coun
ty January 4, 1870 and gradu
ated from the old Oregon Nor
mal school at Monmouth in 1891,
teaching school in Polk county
until 1904 when he served as
county clerk until 1914
The following year he joined
the college staff and became
manager in 1925, serving in this
capacity until 1940 when he was
given an emeritus rating and
continued as assistant comptrol
ler and disbursing officer until
he retired. In 1934 he was nam
ed assistant comptroller for the
state system of higher education,
a position he held in connection
with his other duties until 1945.
Smith had been a prominent
figure in college circles for a
third of a century and while he
had retired from active office
duties, he continued his mem
bership on the athletic board
He had been a member of the
present athletic board since its
incorporation in 1939 and was
also a member of the forerun
ner of the present board for sev
eral years.
He was married to Grace Har
grove in Salem in 1905 Besides
his widow he is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. S. Goodnight. Van
couver, Wash and Mrs E. G.
Noble, Heppner He was a mem
ber of the Christian church and
the Woodmen of the World.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Saturday, March 18, 1950 3
air force vice chief of staff.
Fairchild was appointed a
second lieutenant in the aviation
section of the army's signal corps
reserve in March, 1918, while in
France. From then until the
end of World War I he flew
bomber missions against Ger
many.
In 1919 he was discharged
from service, and the following
year he obtained a commission
in the regular army as a flying
first lieutenant. His progress
from then on was rapid.
Fairchild was named vice
chief of staff for the air force
on May 27, 1948, after serving as
commandant of the air univer
sity in Montgomery, Ala.
Besides the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, Fairchild wore a Croix
de Guerre awarded him by
France.
16-Year-Old Girl Held
In Burglary Roundup
A 16-year-old girl, the eighth
juvenile to be rounded up after
the uncovering of a young gang
of burglars and car thieves, was
listed on the Salem police blotter
Friday.
The girl was held at the Salem
Memorial hospital detention
quarters for juvenile court action.
Gen. Muir S. Fairchild
Gen. Fairchild
Of Air Force Dies
Washington, March 18 W
Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, second
in command of the U.S. air force,
died suddenly last night at the
age of 55, after a long career in
the nation's service.
Fairchild was stricken with a
heart attack at his quarters in
nearby Fort Myer, Va.
Born at Bellingham, Wash., on
September 2, 1894, Fairchield
first saw service as a sergeant
with the Washington state na
tional guard in 1916. Later that
year he became a flying cadet,
starting a military career, which
saw him rise to the high post ol
board during its earlier years and
is active in shaping plans for
the new community hospital.
Besides the title of major Dr
Booth also has that of mayor
and for two terms served in the
senate of the state legislature.
MARSHALL'S
FOUR CORNERS
Give Superior Food
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Red Hills Grange
Welcomes Visitors
Liberty The Red Hills
grange met at the grange hall
Many visitors attended from
Woodburn and the Silverton
granges. They were able to take
part in the demonstration of
grange work.
Frank Judd, master, presided
at the meeting, and as the roll
of officers was called each re
cited an incident about a bird
or told a joke or story to com
memorate St. Patricks day.
A routine business meeting
was held with a discussion on
farming and legislature.
Charles Ratcliff spoke on ''So
cialist Phase in England Today."
Refreshments were served by
the committee.
Masonic Lodge Guest
Lafayette The regular meet
ing of Joppa Masonic Lodge was
held with several guests pres
ent; Leanard Hamner, D.D.G.M.
from Newberg; Frank Knoll of
Research lodge, No. 198 of Port
land; Floyd Banks of Yamhill;
Rod Campbell of Sheridan No.
64; Earl Coburri and Oden Mor-
garidge of Jacob Mayer No. 108
of Dayton. Mr. Knoll was guest
speaker. Refreshments were
served.
NOW OPEN-THE NEW
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