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Pregpn IsJExpected to Dftibje
o Irrigated La(fs i 50 Years
By W. HARWY JR. with the estimated amounts ta.be
Oregon, which now has l,-dted in the 50-year-per-l, are:
S74.707 acres of irbgaftd land, j Coastal counties. 10.050 jnd 39
U bnr, water to 1.4."9.17il Kb: Columbia Basin. 93,8 and
mora) acres in the next 50 vtirs, i JJ7.7P& Blue Mountains. WO 003
me yregon Agricultural xperi-ard 143,750; South Central Area,
ment Station estimates. B54.959 and 160.920: and Southern
The station made this estimate Oregon, 75.658 and 66,530.
alter a comprehensive land jfldl "Preliminary calculations," the
iwr survey. report ftys. "indicated there it
It said there are 5.325.000 acres enoush water in sight toiieet the
of cropland that could be classed requirements of the estimated irri
as irrigable, plus 25 million acres ' gable land by areas as well as the
of range and pasture lands. 'total water need for the state.
There isn't enough wat avail-1 "Considerable develop
able for all of that land, and it ment through storage and other
wouldn't pay to irrigate a lot of it. ! means will be needed, however.
The estimate that the amount if this water is available for
of irrigated land will be doubled gated agriculture."
in the next half century is based
on assumptions that present sourc
es of water will remain available. Youth's StilV Prolonged
that state and federal water pol- n I l li wt
icies won t change, and that the "PllUM 1 ItSOll W alls
demand for food will shove farm Millard Raymond Williams 19
prices nigh enough to make irri-,who could have been paroled had
gallon profitable. j he remained behind the prison
The Willamette Valley, which walls another four months was
now nas 80. 195 acres of irr Baled fniinH ,,,,n , i,; ....,.. .:.
land, is due for the biggest rx-.cuit court Tuesday of escaping DOC! T?acnnnli fo 1 1 J 11 Rwlc
panston of any region. The station from a prison work gang July 29. T IlO 1100611011 VtllllIIIi
uau:u uiai nw.ouu more acres Williams was captured near
in me vauey will be irrigated in Aumsville a few hours after he
ine next mi years.
Present totals for other regions.
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going to use it for
Yi -10 -"We're
getting kicked
school!"
They're
walked away. He will be sen
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CANADA DRY
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Boost Sought
WASHINGTON UH Secretary of
Welfare Folsom announced yester
day Congress will be asked to in
crease Public Health Service re
search funds by 25 to 30 per cent
next year.
He told a news conference that
the administration also will recom
mend a new program of federal
assistance to medical and dental
schools, with federal funds to be
matched by the institutions.
In a statement, Folsom said in
creased research funds would be
available to each of seven major
research activities in which the
Public Health" Service now en
gages. These are mental health,
cancer, heart, arthritis, neurolo
gical, dental and microbiological.
Total appropriations to the na
tional institutes of health the re
search agencies administered by
the Public Health Service are
$97,800,000 this year.
,." GIRL FOR FASTS
CLEAR LAKE Mr. and Mrs.
On Ice Harbor
WALLA WALLA Wl Army
Engineers announced yesterday
bids will be called next month for
the first major construction work
on Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake
Rivpr.
The first bid call will cover a
'south shore cofferdam, a tempo
rary dam to block off the river
while a section of the dam's base
i is constructed. Col. Myron Page,
Walla Walla district engineer said.
The engineers also will call for
bids on turbines early in 1956.
Preliminary work will be started
under a 1-million dollar appropria
tion authorized by Congress.
Eagles Yule Party
MOLALLA A Christmas parly
and family night for Eagles and
their families was held with a pot-
luck dinner for about 40 Friday
night in the Eagles Hull. I here was
a Christmas tree and Mrs. Edna
Ricksger and Mrs. Ann Koos
passed out many gifts. Mrs. Myrtle
Carroll s son and Mrs. Vi Smith s
daughter played accordion num
bers. Mrs. Helen Turnbow, presi
dent o fthe Eagles auxiliary who
Arnold Fast are the parents of a 'planned the evening, was in charge.
aaugmer norn uec. 14. Ine child ; Several games were played. The
weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz. and is named next regular auxiliary meeting is
Lcann Eileen. She has an older scheduled for Friday evening, De
, sister, Nancy, and brother. Randy Icembcr 23-
(was the night
and all through the bank,
were asking just whom
thank, for
pleasure
before Christmas,
Wjthe tellers
they should
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making their year
and joy; while meeting and
or boy.
one of
2Q8irm
greeting each man
hen out in the lobby, loan officers
and clerks
came . . . and typists
question
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the same. From offices, vaults,
and from K4-MI compartment
guards . . .
bookkeepers,
m
rfjgf , their
lira
and the
trust department
jgn seventy-one branches
knew, that they had a message
to you. And so they all sang
loud and clear, L Wf'Merry Christmas to all
... and a HaDDv ll New Year V
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the managers
to carry
in tones .
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Or, 1o puj it onother woy.'ihe peo
pie of the 71 ilottwide bonkig
offices of The First Nolionol BonJt,
of Potllard ish yti end yours o
very rgerry ChristrrOs ond o hoppy, c
prctjoerow New Yeorl
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USDA Raises Wbeat andc5)rn
(Fiviires in Final '55 Report
WASHINGTON n The Agri
culture Department, in a final re
port for the year, Tuesct'
mated this year's wheat cro( at
931. 159.0110 bushels and the corn
crop at 3.1M,8J.0O0 bushels.
The wheat estima'ii 22.631.000
bushel more than li"st month's
foreca of 915.528.000 bushels and
'compares with the government's
goal of about 87O.ow.O0O bushels.
A revised estimate put last year's
wheat crop at 984.846,000 bushels
and the 10-year average at 1,154,
073.0O0 bushels.
The corn estimate is 1.99C.O00
bushels more than the depart
ment's November forecast of 3.182,
870.000 busjiels and campares with
the government's production goal
ui j.uw.uw.uuu uusneis.
The wheat estimate included
705.372.000 bushels of winter wheat
compared with 804. 349.000 last year
and 867,3110.000 for the 10-year av
erage, and 232.784.000 bushels of
spruiR wheat compared with 180.-
41I7.0UO last year and 286.683,000
for the 10-year average.
The spring wheat crop was bro
ken down further with 20.599.0U0
bushels of durum wheat compared
with 5. 124.000 last year and 33.
432.0UO for the 10-year average.
and 212.188.000 bushels of spring
wheal cither than durum compared
with 175,373.000 last year and 253,-
251,000 for the 10-year average.
The production of other crops
this year compared with last
month's estimate, last year's re
vised estimate and the 10-year av
erage, respectively, included:
Oats 1,375,736.000 bushels for fi
nal
a
report:
1.636.030,000 last
month; 1.497AI5.000 last year and
1.323,321,000 for the 10-year aver
age. Barley S90.9S9.000 bushels: jaa,
Ml.O. 370,502,000 and 266,918,
000. Flaxseed 40.R.H.OO0 bushels : 42.
9K5.&0; 40.808.lViO and 35,898.000.
bAH hay 109,697,000 tons; J09.908,
000. Dry peas J.793.00 bags; !,S33,
000; 3.491.000 and 4,764.
Potatoes J.H 6.11.000 bushels: 383,
771,000; 356,031,000 and 401,146,
000. Sweet potatoes 36,406,000 bush
els;' 36,101,000; 30,131,000 and
951.000.
Sugar beetPl2,49,0W tons; 12,-
474,000; 14,08.WjO and 10,431,000.
Hods 36.874 000 nnunds- 37 lnO
4X); 43,477.000 an? 53,621,000.
Apples lOmmercial) 15.293!mo
bushels; 104.113,000; 109,654,000
and 106,402,000.
Peaches 51 f 11.00 bushels: 50.
539.000 ; 61.3rb.OUO and 68,767.000e
Pears 30.511.00 bushels: 30,143,
000 : 30,434.000 nd 30.9.S.000.
Grapes 3.174.00 tons; 3,133,000;
2,569.000 and 2.925,000.
Chcrifts 268.000 tuns; 270.000;
26.000 and 211,00.
Ajirieots 268.00 tons; 258.000;
155.000 and 234.000.
Cranberries 1,035.000 barrels,
0000; 1,016,00 And g.0.
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