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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1950)
V Farmers Oppose Removal Of Turkey Price Support The Polk county Farmers' union has taken a stand against the m removal of price support on turkeys and any other poultry and poultry products. A resolution to that effect will be sent by the Farmers' Union to Oregon's congressmen. The rpsnlutinn was introduced .spraying for weed control. He at the quarterly meeting of the Polk county farmers' union at the Spring Valley school. Also a highlight of the quart erly meeting was a speech by John Hansen, Polk county agri culture agent. He spoke on weed control, tuberculosis and Bangs disease control in Polk county. Hansen explained the action being taken in forming commit tees from each farm group to be on disease and weed control committees. He displayed a Tan Bey Ragwort specimen on which he pointed out identifying char acteristics with reference to the proceedure for most satsfactory Conrad Hamann Earns Award , Independence Conrad Lewis Hamann, 17, senior at Independ ence high school, and president of the local FFA chapter, won a State Farmer Degree for his outstanding farm project. Conrad was one of 59 candi dates who received this coveted degree at the 22nd Annual State FFA convention, held in La Grande, on March 23. His brother, Gerald, received his State Farmer degree in 1943, and since that time, Conrad has had as his goal the achieve ment of the Degree, and thus attain equal stature with his brother. During his freshman year, a grade Jersey calf was the hum ble beginning of his supervised farming program. When this calf was sold, he bought a reg istered Jersey calf. In the spring, he planted one-fourth acre of sugar beets in coopera tion with the West Coast Beet Seed company of Salem. In partnership with hisv father, he had an acre of barley, to round out his first year's project. Conrad added ten acres of wheat to his farming program in his sophomore year. The Sears and Roebuck Foundation Inc. presented him with five registered Suffolk ewes, and it might be said that this proved to be the turning point in his farming career. In his junior year, Conrad was farming five acres of grey oats, ten acres of wheat, six acres of white oats, seven acres of red clover, and two acres red clover pasture in addition to caring for eight ewes, twelve lambs and one registered heifer. It was on this project that he won second place in the Upper Willamette District Better Farming contest sponsored by the Kiwanis clubs of Oregon. At present, his investment in his supervised farming program amounts to $1602.40, not includ ing ten new lambs, recent addi tions to his sheep enterprise. His total labor income in three years of farming has been $868.81. In additions to his extensive farming operations, he has tak en an active part in school activities. He is a two-year let terman in football, holding down a tackle position. He is also a member of the track squad and was counted upon for many points this year in the high jump. His leadership abilities are shown in his Future Farmer activities. He was a member of the chapter parliamentary team for two years, winner of the chapter public speaking contest, and third place winner in the district public speaking contest. He was a member of the FFA judging team for three years, and a delegate to the state con vention for two years. As to his plans upon grad uation from high school, Con rad states that he plans to en roll at Oregon State college next fall with the idea of ma joring in agricultural education. Hop Restrictions Caused 20 Increase Independence According to results of a survey by the Ore gon State college . agricultural experiment station, restricted harvesting of hops in Oregon last year under the hop control program caused a 20 percent in crease in the estimated cost of production. Dr. G. W. Kuhlman, agricultu ral economist, made the estimate of the average cost of hop pro duction in western Oregon in 1949. The compiled figures re vealed that production costs in creased more than 10 cents per pound as a result of restricted harvesting. It was estimated that the aver age 1949 yield was 920 pounds per acre, while, under the hop marketing agreement, growers were permitted to harvest an average of only 690 pounds per acre. Estimated cost of produc tion on a full crop basis was 52.7 cents per pound. On a restricted crop basis, costs jumped to 63.3 cents per pound. Fixed costs, preharvest costs, and harvesting costs were all included in the estimate. emphasized the rapidity with which this poisonous weed is spreading in Polk county. Hansen announced that poison squirrel bait is now available at the county office and ware' house for the purpose of eradi cating ground squirrels. Ernie Sollie, president of the Spring Valley local, was ap pointed as county representa- tive on the disease control com mittee which is to meet at Dal las. A weed control meeting is to be held in Dallas Thursday, April 27, with George Hammond acting as representative for the Polk county Farmers union. The Polk county picnic com mittee brought in their recom mendations, and it was voted to hold the annual picnic on the 4th of July at the P. A. Lamb farm near Independence. An in- vitation was extended to the local grange to hold their pic nic with the county farmers' union this year. Mr. McBee announced the dates for the Polk county fair for the coming year as Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday, August 24th, 25th, and 26th. He also told of the purchase of land at Rickreall for the county fairgrounds and of plans that had been made for its develop ment. Other speakers were John Bollinger, manager of the Farm ers Union Co-op Store in Salem Lyle Thomas, State Farmers Union secretary and Ronald E, Jones, Oregon State Farmers Union president. President Jones stressed the necessity for every voter to cast his ballot in the coming election. He also stated the importance that the voter should spend sufficient time in studying all issues and candi dates on the ballot. Dean Walker shared Mr. Jone's opinion this matter. The next quarterly meeting will be held Wednesday, July l2Ui, at the Perrydale local That local will act as host at this evening meeting. Spring Opening, Independence Independence The "Triple- header" Spring Opening, spon sored by the Chamber of Com merce, will be held on Friday evening and is expected to draw many residents from Independ ence and surrounding areas to the city. The Treasure Hunt, in which Independence merchants will give away over 100 prizes, will begin at 6:30 p.m. and continue through the rest of the evening. Most Independence stores will remain open for the evening. Following a short concert by the Independence high school band under the direction of Paul Dodd, there will be an Apprec iation Day Drawing. This draw ing is expected to take place at 7:30 p.m. In the future the weekly drawings will be held on Friday nights instead of on Wed nesday afternoons, as has been the custom. The street dance will begin at 8:30, and will be held on C street, just off of Main street. Lee and his Melody Night Rid ers will provide music. Arrangements are being made to have the Tanglefoot Square Dance club give a short per formance. The club's member ship includes people from both Monmouth and Independence. Spring opening chairman, Ray Herbst, stressed that all of the events on the program are free. P.O. Cuts Jobs Joseph Dodge scratches his head in be wilderment as he ponders newspaper headline and Postoffice notice on mailbox in San Francisco announcing the extension of clerk-carrier examinations. Confusing, isn't it? (Acme Telephoto) Auction to Raise Money for Scouts Lebanon Local merchants are cooperating in an auction April 27 at the Parker gymnasi um, the purpose of which is to raise funds to send eight Leban on boy scouts from troops 51 and 30 to the national jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa. The boys plan to leave June 18 with scout official William Bald win for the month-long trip. Finances for the trip are being met in various ways with each scout needing $300 for expenses. The auction is expected to raise the greater part of the fund. Scouts who will make the trip are Darrel Carlson, Danny inompson, Harvey Rose, Jim Wise, Donny Swanson, Dick Morehead, John Brown and Gene Stewart. Special $80,000 Road Levy Placed Before Polk Voters Dallas, April 21 Polk county court will ask votors for a special road levy to raise $80,000 with which to repair ana lm orove the county's road system, according to Judge Jack Hayes, The proposal will be on a special ballot at an election to be held concurrently with the May primaries. Mandatory welfare programs- levies have increased to such an extent that no leeway is left under the 6 limitation for ade quate road fund levies, the judge explained. In eight years the welfare fund has increased ap proximately 170 per cent. At the same time, he pointed out that Polk's roads are in very poor condition as a result of two successive severe winter freezes. Over half the roads are in need of extensive repairs and maintenance. High costs of road equipment, supplies and labor have exhausted funds alloted to roads. Last year the county court asked a road levy of $160,000 per year for three successive years in order to institute a pro gram of road improvement, but this was defeated by voters. The present plan is for a one-year program only, and the total amount involved is just one sixth of last year's proposal. The $80,000 levy would be in addition to the annual levy for road district No. 1, which took a 6.1 mill levy for 1949-1950. It is planned to rebuild and ditch the Buena Vista road and the Perrydale road to highway 99-W as the first steps on the summer's program, Judge Hayes said. The court has started policy of ditching and renewing roadbeds before proceeding with resurfacing on the theory that lack of adequate ditches for drainage is a source of a large part of the trouble when roads go to pieces. Patching is proceeding at once and crews are now working on the Orr s corner road which be came a virtual "no man's land' after the cold weather early this year. Doris Newman Named Valedictorian Amity Graduation data re leased by R. W. Haberly this week reveals that Doris New man will be the valedictorian of the 1950 senior class. Her class rank Is a "2", four year class average, 1.41, progress test, 43 memory test 6. Erma Smail, who is a student from the Ballston district this year is second and will be the salutatorian. The girls of the Amity senior high school class have been in vited to a tea at Linfield college Wednesday afternoon. Bales Herd 1 Finishes Test F. E. and L. C. Bates' herd of registered Jersey cattle has just completed a year of offic ial herd improvement registry testing. They live near Salem. The herd averaged 8,297 pounds of milk and 449 pounds of butterfat per cow during the year. An average of 16 animals were in the herd during the test period. All tests on the herd were made by the Oregon State college and verified by the American Jersey Cattle club, which has its national head quarters in Columbus, O. ihe Bates herd produced more than twice as much butter- fat throughout the year as is produced by the average dairy cow in the United States. The herd improvement registry test for production is part of the program designed by the Amer ican Jersey Cattle club to make possible the constant improve ment of the Jersey breed. FOR Insured Savings SEE First Federal Savings First Current Dividend 2Vi st Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n. 142 South Liberty 1 $59.50 Plus Tax and Your Old Portable Buys New $84.48 Royal Arrow Model Trade In mutt hire 4 rowi kerf, back ipicer, no broken parte. Kay Typewriter Co. 223 North High Dial 3-8095 S 100t.$1000 OK MORI Auto or Personal COMMERCIAL CREDIT FLAJV INCORPORATKDm Balem Agency: 4 N Chnrcn St TeL 34161 1100 "-n?sri F&00 1'9 si r92s 1 all straight whisky! all four years old! 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