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2 " ,,T in C L A C K A M A S C O U N T Y N E W S. EST A CA D A , O R E G O N FR ID A Y . JA N . U . I M I success even as w e a d a p t e x upon u s? If w e a re to m ake Som etim es w e a re even sh o rt tension w o rk ot th e fa st-b re a k wise decisions in the face of of vision. ing neels of o u r tim e.” th is fu n d am en tal change, we T he ad v ersary in this our ! w ill need econom ic literacy i perspective ed u catio n al role is th e a u th o ri ' L et m e rev iew w ith you some and socialogical 1 of the p e rp lex ities and urgen- fa r beyond th a t w hich we have ta ria n w ho is m ore interested B y J . J. Inskeep, C o u n ty th an j cies o f to d ay , especially as th ey been called on to supply in th e in m ak in g people obey tension A gent u n d erstan d . The a u th o ritarian I affect a g ric u ltu re and ru ra l p a st.” alw ay s has a crisis and a tim e W hat a re th e pro b lem s fac “ A g ricu ltu ra l ex ten sio n w ork, 1 life.” table. He is alw ays in a h u rry ing A m erican, and O regon fa r W hat is m ore, fo r those who “ A t th e to p of th e list is th e m ers? P ick u p a copy of alm ost b acked by research , residential w a n t to Continue farm ing, and his purpose is to get people any n ew sp ap er th e se days and te ac h in g and th e co operation g reat dilem m a created by o u r technology, and m anagerial to act according to a p recon y o u read a b o u t th e h o rro rs of of farm groups, has succeeded ab u n d an ce Is o u r ag ricu ltu ral sk ill h av e become suddenly a ceived p attern . th e fa rm surplus. A ctu a lly th e o v e r th e y ears because it has p la n t ac tu a lly o v er -expanded? m a tte r of econom ic life or p ercen tag e of surp lu s is small. been responsive to th e needs of Will w e be able to m eet F or education to adppt the th e death .W e c a n ’t afford to take A ctu ally w e a re faced w ith ! ru ra l people. T his ed u catio n al food needs of th e fu tu re , W ill 10 y ears to change o u r th is adversary ways m ethods of th e necessity of fu rth e r in creas system o f ours— I sp eak of e x th e m ovem ent of w o rk ers out of farm in g . K now ledge is need w ould be fatal. F o r o u r goal is ing p ro d u ctio n by a n o th e r 40 tension education ra th e r than of a g ric u ltu re be p e rm an en t? ed a t once. E xpansion m ust u n d erstan d in g an ratio n al d e or p e rc e n t o r m ore by 1975 if we classroom teach in g — is th e e n How do w e learn to live w ith be p lo tte d boldly a n d intelli-J cision, not in d o ctrin atio n large-scale, highly- gently. Suddenly you m ust be | sh o rt-term action. T he purpodb a r e ta feed o u r gro w in g p o p u vy of th e w orld. It is im p o rta n t th e new lation. | th a t w e u n d erstan d w hy and com petitive , technological a g a good fa rm e r o r you a re not of education is to develop th e j be a fa rm e r a t all. T his p u ts a full, unpredictable scale of h u . p reserv e th e elem ents of th a t ric u ltu re w hich seem s to trem en d o u s responsibiltity on m an im agination an capabili o u r re se a rc h and extension j ty, not to reg im en t th e th o u g h t an d action o f th e individual. pro g ram . , ......... f . . We w an t no brainw ashing, A t th e sam e tim e, w e cannot j n o t even w ith o u r ow n kind of abandon o v ern ig h t th e m any soap. good people w ho a re w ro k in g th e ir w ay out of ag riculture.A ; Sound research and useful g re a t m an v w ill rem ain as in fo rm atio n are still the h e a rt p art-tim e fa rm ers o r ru ra l res- | of all extension education. We idents w ho ru b elbow s daily can n ev er tu rn extension w o rk w ith th e rem aining co m m er o v er to professional com m uni cial farm ers. cators. I have found th a t in m y w ork, w hichis the publication In fact, w e fin d ourselves I of a farm m agazine, we can be co n fro n ted w ith a n ew kind of m o re effective if th e m a jo rity ; I ru r a l com m unity, com posed of o u r staff m em bers a re sci on-y in p a rt of fulltim e com e n tists w ho k n o w how to w rite. m ercial farm ers. The rest are As y et our jo u rn alism schools p a rt-tim e and ru ra l residents a re not tu rn in g out people ad j w ho do th e ir w ork in business, eq u ately train ed fo r ed ucation in th e professions, or in skilled al journalism . P re h a p s som e | o r unskilled labor. day w c can find th e proper in gredients fo r a good a g ricu ltu r F a rm in g is no lo n g er p rim ar- al com m unicator o r w rites. I j ily a w ay of life. It h as grow n am sure th a t w h en w e do w e i into a business com parable to w ill fin d th a t a sound ed u ca ru n n in g a h a rd w are store.a ga tio n in subject m a tte r is the rag e, o r a clothing store in first need and th a t th e com tow n. T h e new custodians of m unication sk ills a re supple- the ru ra l w ay of life a re not en tary , although im portant. farm e rs alone, b u t a com posite of peo p le w ho earn th e ir living D u rin g th e w a r w hen I w as in m an y ways. a n extension editor, I felt th a t o u r extension m essage w as o f W hile th e need fo r technolo ten too superficial,, th a t we gy and farm m anagem ent w ere ex h o rtin g o u r people to sk ills has been intensified for actio n b u t n o t alw ays supply a sm aller n um ber, th e re is no ing them w ith inform ation decline in th e n u m b er o ru ra l w ith w hich to a c t intelligently. people and th e ir desire fo r th e T h is superficiality is th e p it ex ten sio n ty p e of education fall of th e m ass m edia of o u r d ay. S u p erficiality and b re v A g re a t decision is being ity are n o t th e som e. By con forged in o u r generation— tin u a lly nagging we can w h e th e r education can keep estab lish im m u n ity to an idea th e ra n k a n d file of people u p ra th e r th an p la n t it and cause to th e ta sk of dealing '«d'eb- it to grow and b e a r fru it. w ith n ew problem s, w ith in the fra m e w o rk of dem ocratic fre e IN ESTACADA EVERY WEDNESDAY L e t’s tak e a q u ick look at dom, o r w h e th er w e w ill reso rt m ass media. in creasin g ly to reg im en ta tion. T his issue is especiallv P eo p le are h u n g ry fo r a sane, acu te in o u r n atio n ’s agricul- a n aly tical p ress and radio. I' I tu re. believe they are tired of h y s Phone MOhawk 5-2186 Gresham, Oregon te ric a l headlines and souped-up We a re sh o rt of time.We a re rad io presentations. I have no sh o rt of research.W e a re sh o rt ticed th a t m an y city people I skilled educational w orkers. lik e to listen to farm program s and like to re a d farm papers because they like th e co n stru c tive tone and the calm ap proach NOTES BY F ollow ing a re ex cerp ts from a m ost im p o rta n t ta lk by P a u l C, Jo h n so n , E ditor, P ra irie F a rm e r. It w as m ade to th e E xtension w o rk ers of O regon confer- E x assem bled in a n n u a l en ce in C orvallis recently. START THE HEW YEAR BY SUBSCRIBING FOR THE NEWS. THE W AYSIDE ONLY $2.50 PER YEAR J I" W J »» M*M> .w.NEERS are DEVELOPING a ,’RACTICE PIANO WHICH WILL NOT DISTURB t)*Ntl6HB0RS- -ONLY THE PERSON PlAYINOl CAN HEAR THE M U S IC * __ S/LENT, IN V ISIB LE AND INDESTRUCTIBLE SOUNDBEAM IS N O N USED ID LOCATE A N D M EASURE F L A W S IN N E W AND US£Q T m s # , N ot ONLY DOES IT SEEM QUIETER I AFTER A HEAVY SNOW FALL— 4 » r S n i f lT lS QUIETER — FORSNOW l/ ABSOP ABSORBS -------------------- SOME OF YOUR NORMAL S T R E " k,/' ,ec<?' T o r o n t o ' s ne wy QUIETER SU B W A Y SYSTEM N O W USES. ACOUSTICAL MATERIALS IN STATIONS AND CARS . TO REDUCE AlOlSE/* Y our b e st buy today in hom e ffim fo rt is m odern, dependable oil heat GRESHAM SEED AN D FEED CO M PAN Y, INC. T his sweet, smooth nn<l sassy new Chevy has its own built-in "dollar- saver” —America's favorite six! I k eep th in k in g how m uch easier it w ould be to teach soil conservation to fa rm ers w ho re a lly loved the land. H ow surpluses w ou d m elt if th e older farm ers w ho have m on ey in th e b ank w ould store pro d u ctiv e cap acity in the land in ^ e a d of iiauling it off to th e g o v ern m en t bins. H ow m uch easier it w ould be to keep our farm s in good h an d s if e v ery body w ould lend a hand to th e young couple sta rtin g out.H ow m uch b e tte r off farm ers w ould be in th e fu tu re if w e accept self-discipline an d m a rk e t dis ip lin e now in p lace of g o v ern m e n t discipline and q u estio n able security. make your gas stops few and far between. Like all new Chevies, it brings you a very special sureness of control. This is a quality th at just can’t be measured in dollars and cents. Lots of cars that cost lots more just don’t have it. Come in and see how much pleasure we’re passing out these days at Chevrolet pricesl Hard to believe it, but this big beauty is a bottom-priced Chevrolet “One-Fifty.” It’s got Body by Fisher quality written all over it. And it has a peppery, sweet-running “Blue-Flame” six under the hood to Big beauty with small- budget wags ! It’s powered by Chevy’s famous six I ENG AG EM ENT IS ANN OFN CED THIS WEEK M r. and Mrs. R alp h P.Thom - as announce th e engagem ent of th e ir d au g h ter A lice D ar len e to W allace E. Shepard, Jr. of M olalla. O regon. No w ed d in g d ate has been set. A lice is a g ra d u a te of E stacada U nion H igh School and is a stu d en t at P h a g a n ’s School of H air De sign a t P o rtlan d . W allace g rad u ated from M olalla H igh an d re c en tly receiv e h is dis c h arg e from th e A ir F orce. The "One-Fifty” 2-Door Sedan with Body by Fljher— one of 20 beautiful new Chevrolet» for ’571 O n ly fra n ch ised (Jievrolet dealers _/-Tl 1 i f d isp la y this fam ou s tradem ark MILLER CHEVROLET SERVICE ESTACALA, OKicGON r * "• M r and Mrs. D el G ant, M r and Mrs. W illiam M iller and M r. and Mrs. L a rry M eade cel e b ra te d th e b irth d a y s o f V em - ita G ant, Del G a n t and L a rry M eade w ith a d in n e r a t th e O ld T ow ne C rie r in P o rtlan d j on F rid a y evening of last w eek. A fterw ards Mr, and i M rs. G a n t and M r. and Mrs. M eade atten d ed the w restlin g m atch es a t the N ational G uard A rm o ry in P o rtlan d and wit-1 nessed th e sensational b o u t b e - ! tw een K u rt Von Poppenheim ; and Bull M ontana. Phone 8 4 -2 T he m any frien d s of Louie L eo n h ard t w ere glad to sse h im again as he re tu rn e d to E stacada this w eek fo r a few days visit.Louie w ho now lives a t L ongm ont, C olorado, has also been visiting in C alifornia Mrs. M arie F o n tan a th a n k s h e r frien d s fo r th e ir kind and ! th o u g h tfu l expressions of sym p ath y during h e r recent hospi talizatio n . NEWMAN'S TV SERVICE Shop from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. TRAINED TECHNICIANS IN THE Servicing All Makes . .. TV SETS, a!l makes RADIOS AUTO RADIOS Located in the Estacada Electric TUBES TESTED FREE PHONE 44 F I We Pick Up and Have One-day Service Robert Newman Carl Prokop WE BUY • LOGS CEDAR, FIR AND HEMLOCK j • TIMBER • TIM BER LANDS Office hours: In Gresham office, 2 to 5 p.m. during week. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Before 2 p.m. Call Estacada 31F2. COWLITZ TIMBER CO. 13 N.W. First - Phone M 0 5-3196 GRESHAM, OREGON