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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1940)
Sentinel To Plan Agricultural Conservation 1941 Program Coos county fanners will 1 throughout the county during the week of December M to 11, to elect the community committeemen who with the county committee will ad- minister the Agricultural Conserva tion program in the county during the coming year. Following is a schedule of meetings and meeting places in the respective Washington, D. C., Dee. 11—Con communities released by Georgs H. gress is getting into an ugly mood Jenkins, county agricultural agent, about strikes which are interrupting and secretary of the Cbos County the national defense program. On the Agricultural Conservation program. floor of congress there has been much AU meetings wiU start at 1:10 p.m. said — and critical — regarding the * Monday, December 16, North Bend ' troubles in the lumber industry of Community, North Bayside Grange (By Melvin C. Moore) Wash! Oregon. The Pacific h . A large share of the cranberries hall; Tuesday, December IT, Marsh northw irrespective of the being served in Oregon homes this field community, Coos River School; merit of their cause, have increased holiday season not come from Thursday, December It, Coquille the impatience of the lawmakers and far away Cape but more than community, circuit court room, Co __ already several confressmra have likely, from one of Oregon’s oam.in quille; Friday, Dwihop SO, Myrtle sponsored measures which are really dustries situated right here in the Point community at the Smith- drastic. At the moment there is a Pacific coast counties of Coos and Hughes building in the Myrtle Point special committee studying all laws Clatsop. high school, and Saturday, December of the first world war and those en . Oregon ranks fifth and Washing 21, Bandon community, city hall. acted since which deal with labor, the ton fourth in the production of cran In addition to electing committee- purpose being tai ascertain whether berries in the United States. men, the main features of the 1M1 there are existing laws to meet the Last year, Oregon cranberry grow program as it effects the county wUl / strike situation without enacting new lers supplied the markets with 23,200 be explained and orders for phosphate ones. twenty five pound boxes of cran fertilizer will be taken. , Congress has been informed that berries worth $2.70 per box, giving a All owners and operators of farms 12,000 men went on strike in the lum total of $62,600 for this Oregon in or trade tracts of land, regardless of ber industry and that three times that dustry. sise in Coos county who expect to number of men are in uniform and These cranberries are by no means participate in the 1641 program are living in tents at Pacific coast camps an inferior grade, but rank along eligible to take part in this election waiting to be housed in cantonments. with the best eastern berries and will of committeemen in the community The strike is preventing completion of average slightly larger in size. in which his farm is located, and are the barracks, compelling soldiers to Oregon’s present acreage totals urged to attend the meeting for that live under eanvas in winter. War about 150 acres for this highly spec community as scheduled. department ta provoked at the lumber ialized and intensive type of fruit The Agricultural Conservation pro strike, too. because the department has farming, which costs the grower from gram, which is entirely voluntary, given its solemn pledge that conscripts $1,300 to $1,700 per acre just to bring was participated in by approximately will not be sent to camp until camps into bearing and which may result in 1,100 operators during 1040, during are built and comfortable. Stopping high profits or heavy tosses depend which time about 750 obtained as a construction is delaying the plans far ing upon the managemrat. The ma soil building material 444 tons of military training of thousands of con- jority of cranberry bogs are limited in treble superphosphate and around 200 size to only a few acres. applied approximately 1,500 tons ef off of materials, Oregon cranberries are grown on agricultural lime. Other, practices of carpenters very add peat soils. They must be used extensively under the program employed in building the cantonments near a good deposit of sand and an included seeding of perennial grasses idle . were uue. _ available water supply. factors, and legumes and deferred grazing, along with a humid records in the county office dis- make certain ; Oregon Grown Cranberries wrenched * Dairy, Í- pure milk and Eastman Cameras Bell Howell Filmo Movie Equipment Sheaffer Pens b Pencils Christmas Cards and Wrappings Billfolds BUNKBEDS Dresser Sets •Early Oldspice • Toilettries • Perfumes ond Perfume Sets For Furniture • Whitman Candy BICYCLES Snap Shop Sell Fmti & WUM Borrow Drug Co When the Oregon and Washington legislatures assemble next month there will be introduced bills impos ing severe penalties for conviction sabotage. The measure has be written by the department of justice and will be submitted to the govern ors, who are expected to have the proposed legislation sponsored by one or more lawmakers. It is part of a nation-wide plan for co-ordination of federal and state governments in deal ing with subversive activities. An other act will require licensing of persons who wish to use explosives. This would apply to miners, or farm ers using dynamite to blast stumps in clearing land. requires prevent actually sent over chine which cause through a hopper and dined boards The twine more elastic, bounce higher into a compartment to be further graded, while the soft berries that will not bounce go out as cull*. The majority of the Oregon and Washington cranberries are sold on local markets west of the Rocky Mountains ranging from Canada to More than 40 different government Mexico The consumer's next cran- bureaus, state and local agencies are beriy purchase will very likely be cgsloperating to determine methods from an Oregon-packed box. for developing the 1,200,000 acres to be irrigated by the Grand Coulee Why not buy that new reclamations project. In January the the family gift Let Nortons put a new new congreis will be asked to make Baldwin Spinet type piano in your home as a real surprise for thé whole family. < M* db CITY MOTORS una '