Monday, February 8, 1954
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon
Page 7
Oswald West Was a Boy
Once, and in Salem Too
By BEN MAXWELL
Former Governor Oswald
West has been prominent in
Oregon's public life lor so many
years that a younger generation
has come to believe that he
never had any youth at all. To
refute this assumption Os has
tent the Capital Journal his
likeness as he appeared in 1879
at the age of six in a Salem
made photograph.
It was at about this age that
Os saved enough pennies by be
ing exceedingly thrifty to buy
a dozen bantam chicken eggs.
Bantams were then in strong de
mand and: Os had visions of pro
fit from an expanding flock. But
it so happened that a neighbor
talked Os's generous father out
of the eggs. The neighbor got
the eggs, Os got nothing.
But the miserly neighbor had
no bantam chicks, either. ' Os
discovered where the hen "set"
and surreptitiously punctured
every one of the 12 eggs. For
months on end the miserly
neighbor vented his wrath and
perplexity about Os's eggs that
failed to hatch.
While in Salem in the 1880s 1
Os attended both Little and Big
Central schools and when he was
a pupil in East School in 1889
he was recognized as the best
penman in all of Salem's public
schools. This capacity landed
him a job paying $20 a month
with the Ladd k Bush bank.
Thirty years later he was elected
governor of Oregon on the Dem
ocratic ticket as the result of an
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Scout Membership
Now at 3,395,884
NEW YORK The Boy Scouts
of America now has 3,395,884 en
rolled members, following an in
crease of 6.7 per cent in 1953,
Chief Executive Arthur A. Shuck
reported last night.
A quart of sea water may con
tain as many as 100,000 micro
scopic organisms called plankton
on which fish feed.
Oswald West, who was gov
ernor of Oregon 40 years ago,
shown as a child of six in Sa
lem in 1879.
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Sale Attracts
Valley Cattle
. Many Western Oregon cattle
men are consigning purebred
bulls to the Oregon Cattlemen's
Association fifth annual Spring
Range Bull Sale to be held in
Ontario, Oregon, on February 12
and 13.
Jim Biuv-ell, Salem; Frank W.
Cochran, Brownsville; Jack T.
Harmon, Eugene; Walter P. Hub
bard, Junction City; Howard
Jones, McMinnville; R. A. Ward,
Halscy: J. W. Gilmour, Jeffer
son; Reed Holding, Mist; Glen
Martin, McCoy and J. C. Moran,
Vernonia all have offerings for
this annual sale event sponsored
by the Oregon Cattlemen's Asso
ciation. Holdjng and Moran are
Shorthorn breeders while the
rest named raise the Hereford
variety.
The sale is to be judged and
graded. Harvey McDougal, com
mercial cattleman of Collinsville,
California; Paul Muller and
Judge Tippett, Oregon cattlemen
comprise tne graaing commit-,
tee. Sifting will be done by Jim
Elings, Oregon State College and 1
Dr. William Hansell, Athena. El
lis White, Ontario will be the
auctioneer. j
Frank Beeson, secretary of the I
Oregon Cattlemen's Association, :
told newsmen that the livestock i
industry is on better footing than
it was three months ago, and
while there is still market im
provement needed, stockmen
have taken a more optimistic at
titude recently. "The current
shortage of bulls is evidence of
the production trend," he com
mented, i
The cattlemen's sale, will fea
ture 92 Hcrcfords, five Polled
Hcrcfords and 13 Shorthorns.
The Oregon Shorthorn Breeders
Association have joined the Cat- j
tlcmcn's Association in this an
nual sale.
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Sheridan Auxiliary
Elects New Leaders j
SHERIDAN rast Presidents
Tarlcy of Sheridan American Le
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hall to elect officers as folows:
president, Mrs. John Hendricks;
vice president, Mrs. Manley
Thurbrr; secretary treasurer,
Mrs Rov Main: and sergeant at
arms. Mrs. Coral Todd.
Members took a sack lunch
which was auctioned off. the pro
ceeds going to the March of
dimes fund. .
The Eagles Auxiliary with their
families met at the new Eagles
hall for a no host dinner honor
ine the state president, Mrs.
Lena Pickcll of Mcdford who was
making an official visit.
Miss Sharon Patterson was in
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'meeting following the .upper.
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