Clackamas County news., March 02, 1956, Page Page Six, Image 6

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Clackamas County News
Friday, March 2, 1956
Page Six
Estacada, Oregon
squeeze betw een low er prices
3.
T he booming n o n farm ec­ leas th eir incom es a re augm en­
and risin g costa, farm ers find onom y, and prospects fo r con­ ted from n o n farm sources. Too
m echanization is one m ean s of tin u e d population gro w th , have often these o th e r sources a re
red u cin g p ro d u ctio n costs per in d irectly helped to hold land not available.
‘T he recen t rise in and v a l­
unit. O ften, m o re land is need p rices up. T his leads m any peo­
ed to m ak e m o re e fficien t use ple to believe th at a farm is ues d u rin g a period in w hich
and
of m ach in ery fa rm e rs h av e o r still la sound long-term invest­ fa rm com m odity prices
b y J . J . In sk e e p , E x te n sio n A g e n t
m ent. It is tangible and, th ey incom es declined w as a p p a r­
W hy have land p rices r e ­ R esearch ” issued by th e U. S w an t to buy.
2.
C redit to fin an ce farm p u r­ believe, m ore likely to m aintain en tly du e to: 1. A stro n g d e ­
m ain ed u n c h a n g e d a .! !cwHM-w d e p a rtm e n t o f a g ric u ltu re may
m ain ed h ig h re g ard less o f d e ­ provide a t least a portio n of chases h as becom e m o re readily its v alue if inflation occurs. m and by fa rm ers fo r a d d itio n ­
available. S e v e ra l m a jo r lend N oting th e rapid increase in al land to m ake m ore efficient
clin in g prices o f fa rm p ro d u cts? th e answ ers. H ere they are:
ers red u ced in te re st ra te s and p o p ulation and the fix ed supply use of m achinery; 2. m ore lib ­
W e h av e ask ed o u rselv es th is
1.
F a rm e rs have contin u ed to
q u e stio n m an y tim es. A n a r t i­ bid stro n g ly fo r land to e n larg e raised ap p raised values fo r loan of land, m any people a re inclin­ e ra l len d in g policies adopted
purposes in 1954.
ed to m inim ize th e c u rre n t less- by several m a jo r
lenders in
cle a p p e a rin g in “ A g ric u ltru a l th e ir farm s. C aught in
fa v o rab le relatio n sh ip betw een 1954 and co n tin u in g into 1955;
incom e and land p rice w hen 3. a g en erally favorable cro p
th ey bid for land.
y e a r; and 4.
a stro n g an d ex­
B u t too m uch re lia n c e should panding
n o n farm
econom y
n o t be placed on an increasing w hich encourages the b elief on
po p u lation to b rin g ab o u t a th e p a rt of m any investors th a t
‘scarcity value’ of alnd. T he po­ land is a sound lo n g -term in ­
te n tia l capacity of o u r farm v estm en t.”
plant, along w ith tech n ical a d ­
vances in prospect o v e r th e nex t
20 years, seem s cap ab le of m eet­
ing increased food an d fiber
Mrs. D ora C lester received
needs.
son-
M ore efficient p ro d u ctio n of w ord S unday th a t h e r
farm products, and re tu rn s to in-law , Elgin C ran e had p ass­
a g ric u ltu re com parable w ith ed w avay from a h e a rt a tta c k
o th e r sectors of th e econom y, a t his hom e in C ottage G rove.
Zola
m ay be m ore im p o rtan t p ro b ­ He w as th e husband of
lem s in the years ah ead th an and leaves th re e young ch ild ­
food en ough.’ The real basis for ren. T he fu n eral w as held on
lan d v alues in the fu tu re , as in T uesday at 2 P.M. in C ottage
th e p ast, m ust be th e ir long­ G rove.
C allers a t the Dora C lester
te rm p o ten tiality fo r fa rm e a rn ­
ings. End of USDA re p o rt.
hom e S unday w ere
Mr. and
M rs Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
G raham of P o rtlan d .
W eek
T he follow ing inform ation is [ end visitors a t
th e C lester
tak en from talks given a t the hom e w ere O pal and Bill G a r­
33rd ann u al ag ricu ltu ral o u t - , d n e r of Salem and T ressa Woo-
look conference held in W ash- I dle of P o rtlan d .
On M onday
ington. D. C. late last fal. This
E m ery and
Iren e K eller
of
info rm ation presents t tough
P o rtla n d called on Mrs. C lester
bu t ju icy piece of m eat well ! M r. and Mrs. Bob S torey e n ­
w o rth th e chew ing.
'
terta in e d at d in n e r S un d ay in
‘ U n derstanding the c u rre n t i
ho n o r of the b irth d a y of th e ir
farm problem m ight be aided I
d a u g h te r Mrs. F lo ren ce H a rt-
by d iv id in g it into tw o some- |
w ie.
G randpa B row n, fa th e r
w h a t a rb itra ry segm ents. F irst. I of Mrs. Storev, w as am ong th e
th e pro blem s of full-tim e com ­
guests present. In th e evening
m ercial ag ricu ltu re com posed th e en tire p a rty w e re
supper
>f w ell-equipped farm s of su f­ guests at the
N eal Jeppeson
ficien t size to produce a satis hom e.
facto ry fam ily incom e if roason-
Mi - Florence C loninger and
“ '»to prices prevail. T his g ro u p ' C. C. D avis visited in P ortland
c o n stitu tes about 35 p ercen t of j last W ednesday
w ith th e ir
farm op erato rs w ho produce | frie n d Dr. DuBois.
bout R5 percent of farm pro- |
R onald B u rn e tt of P o rtlan d
du cts m ark eted .
visited his m o th er Mrs. M aude
"T he second s gm ent of ag ri­
B u rn e tt last S a tu rd a y and both
c u ltu re consist : of th e o th e r ap- atten d ed the ham d in n e r given
; < xi.nntely 65 p ercen t of farm bv th e G arfield G ran g e in Es-
fam ilies. In addition to th e p ro ­
tacad a G rade School cafeteria.
blem s of com nw rcial ag ric u l­ O th ers atte n d in g w ere
M rs.
tu re a lre a d y m entioned, these N ellie N elson and Mrs. E dna
ESTACADA EVERY WEDNESDAY
farm e rs p resently h av e insuff
Nelson.
en t land, equipm ent, and,
in
Bob and N orm an C lark a r ­
m
an
y
cases,
tra
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in
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to
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G R E SH A M , ORE.
riv ed hom e last
w eek from
duce a satisfatcory living nn-
C alifornia w here
th e y had
been w orking.
A m ong those from here a t ­
te n d in g the m eeting M onday
ev ening of the
In te rn a tio n a l
O rd e r of Jo b s D aughters in Es-
taca d a w ere Miss J e a n B ra c k ­
ett, a fo rm e r queen
of th e
G resham B ethe and h e r m o th ­
er, Mrs.
E arl B ra c k e tt T he
B rack etts, fo rm er resid en ts of
th e P leasan t V alley a re a n e a r
G resham , now live on the f o r ­
m e r R. E. D avis
place on
Folsom road.
Miss Jan ic e B u h lin g er w en t
to C orvallis
F rid a y ev en in g
w h e re she w as a
w eek end
g u est of Miss Jo a n n
B u rn e tt
w ho a tten d s O regon State. J o ­
an n w as recen tly in itiated into
th e K appa D elta S o ro rity .
Mr. and Mrs. Jo e B urke and
th re e children from M ilw au-
kie w ere carters last S a tu rd a y
of Mrs. H azel Beers.
$25 w as raised h ere to w ard
th e H eifer project,
Feb. 19,
w hen the Rev. D avid N orcross
spoke on the su b ject a t th e lo ­
cal P re sb y terian church.
T he E agle C reek C om m unity
N ew H eavyw eight
C lub held its reg u lar m onthly
C ham ps
m eetin g last F rid a y evening a t
th e school house.
A popular
n u m b e r on th e p ro g ram w as a
sq u a re dance p u t on by
th e
p u p ils of Mrs. C hiltons room .
M r. and Mrs. R ichard K lein,
S andy, w ere visitors
at our
ch u rc h a w eek ago an d
a fte r
services w ere d in n e r guests of
th e N eal Jeppesons. Mr. K lien
helped build th e b eau tifu l fire
place in th e new church.
A m ong the g ro w in g list
of
cold and flu victim s a re
M rs.
N e w models to do bigger jobs—rated up
R u th G aylord, w ho h as been
dow n fo r a w eek. L ittle P a tty
to 32,000 lbs. G.V.W .I N e w pow er right
B u h lin g er w as
stric k e n fo r
across the board—with a brand-new big
sev eral days b u t w as ab le
to
re tu rn to school th is w eek.
V8 for high-tonnage hauling! N e w auto­
M rs. S te w a rt Woods, lead er
fo r th e new ly form ed choir at
matic and 5-speed transmissions!
th e local ch u rch rep o rts
th a t
th e y a re now
10
m em b ers
stro n g in the big
choir an d
hav e 12
m em b ers
in
the
New Lightw eight
ch ild ren s choir. T he choirs a re
C ham ps
p racticin g faith fu lly and w ill
be ready to sing in
an o th e r
w eek w hen the new ch u rch is
Meet today's most modern truck fleet! It offers new champs of
opened.
T his w eek
se v eral
h a rd
every weight class, including four new' heavy-duty series. It
w o rk in g m em b ers a re
busy
brings you new power for every job, with a modern short-
p u ttin g th e last coat of v arn ish
stroke V8* for every model.
on th e floors
of
th e
n ew
ch u rch : in a n o th e r w eek it is
Then there's a wider range of Hydra-Matic models and
hoped th a t services can be held
Powermatic. a new six-speed automatic, plus new five-speed
th e re
manual transmissions.t
M r. and Mrs. V irgil Nelson
had as guests S atu rd ay ev ening
Come in and see these new Chevrolet trucks!
*yS standard in L.C.F. and Series 8000 and 10000 models, an extra-cost option
h e r b ro th e r and fam ily. M r.and
in all other models.
M rs. C arl S w anson of P o rtla n d
iExtra-cost options available in a wide range of models (five-speed transmission
and
Mr.
and
Mrs. G len
standard in Series 9000 and 10000).
W estling of C lackam as.
T he M ahoney
sisters had
N ew M iddlew eight
A n y th in g less is an old-fashioned truck!
som e bad luck last w eek w hen
C ham ps
th e ir re frig e ra to r
sp ru n g a
leak and let am m onia fum es
sp read th ro u g h th e house. O ne
of th e ladies being ill, had
to
rem oved to th e hom e
of a
neig h b o r an d a re p a irm a n w as
called
to
rem o v e
th e
re frig e ra to r from th e house.
Mr. and Mrs. S te w a rt Woods
NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE
w ere S a tu rd a y evening visitors hom e of th e ir parents, Mr. and
a t the Tony b u h lin g e r hom e
Mrs. J. D. W hisler.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim W ilsin of
West L inn and Mr. and
Mrs.
Don P olehn of P o rtla n d w ere Get the NEWS for $2.50
d in n e r g uests S unday a t
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FURTHER
T he A llis-C halm ers W D-45 an d 4-bottom plow together
cost $709 per bottom f.o.b. com pared to an average cost
of $917 p er bottom in 1950. A llis-C halm ers Engineer-
ing-in-Action m akes fa rm e q u ip m e n t d o lla r s go 29
percent fu rth er today.
In place of costly iron and steel, th e w eight of the
im plem ent an d the soil against it provide the drive
wheel w eight needl'd for traction. A utom atic T raction
Booster, as this system is called, lets a 4600-pound W D-
45 han d le 4-bottom s w here tractors of this size were
form erly lim ited to two or three bottoms.
Come in and let us show you how useless, built-in
w eight has been taken out of farm tracto r design. Now
you can do more work, in /css time, a t lower cost.
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