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Coquille Valley Sentinel
COQUILLE. ÇOOS COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY «1. 1M8
Homemakers'News Farmers Should Use Caution In Fern Fires
By Cecilia Van Winkle
Home Demonstration Agent
for Coos County
Burning fern land in late February
This danger led to an amendment
or March is only justified where sub­ to the Oregon fire permit law em­
The Coos-Curry Jersey Cattle C lub»
sequent seeding of grass is planned, powering the governor to advance the
met Feb. 18 at 12:30 at the Coquille
as burning without such seeding only closed bunting season to any date up
Hotel, where a .lovely banquet was
results in a heavier crop of fern than to February I if conditions 'warrant
GREASE IN THE PIPES
served to about 35 members and
' An institute for town and country
Grease floating on the dish water, before, points out D. D. Robinson, Under such circumstances, fire per­
guests. Those registered were I. W.
pastors, open also to rural church lay
or a sink drain clogged by accumu­ extension forester at Oregon State mits are necessary even for fern
Slater, Prof. P. M. Brandt, John Mil-
leaders and religious education work­
lated grease in the pipes is more than college ,in giving suggestions for han­ burning.
ton, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sweet, Mr;
ers; will be held at Oregon State col­
a nuisance. It is a strong hint that dling fern land.
and Mrs. . H- A. Hoyt, Mr. and
Mrs.
The safest practice in burning
.
Reactivation ot the war-recessed lege July 22 to 27 as the result of dishes and pans are not being care­
Clear or relatively clear land, ferns, says Robinson ,is to avoid start­
Schwenn, Mrs. Scranton, Robert j milk and cream grading program in arrangements made by a committee
Gould, Edwin Hoey, A. L. Motchee, I the dairy manufacturing plants of of the Oregon Council of Churches fully scraped before washing, and badly fern infested, can best be ing the fire in the bottom of a canyon
George Rood, Leonard Rood, Gerry plants return to a more normal status and an advisory group frofn the Ex­ that fat still greatly needed for sal­ handled if pl<?wed and cultivated sev­ or draw,where it normally is not dry
eral times during the year before enough to burn until after fern on
Heath, Svdney Cadman, Frank G. upon return of veteran graders, the tension service and other departments vage, is being wasted.
Every good housekeeper knows grass is seeded on the area. Even the higher ground is so dry as to be
Wilson, Cnas. Perkins, Clifford Brun­ state department of agriculture an­ of the college.
mowing two or three times in the hazardous. By starting the fires on
ell. O. H. Aasen, Fred Brunell, Bob nounced this week.
This institute or training course that grease should never be poured
summer
will help. In stump and the supper edges of a slope or hill,
into
a
sink
or
drain.
Not
everyone,
Knox, Dorothy Sabin, Hans Selfors,
Joseph A. Gray, himself a veteran, will be similar to those held in lead­
John Carl. Several left before reg­ has returned to the department staff ing middlewestem land grant col­ however, is careful to scrape every heavy brush land, however, burning next to a previously prepared fire
bit of fat from frying pan, platter and has been found to be the only way break, one can burn downhill or
istering.
and will be In charge of the renewed leges, says Dr. E. W. Warrington,
Following the banquet the business quality improvement activities for chairman of the planning committee plates. Some of the fat left from to get the land seeded, says Robin­ against the wind until a strip 150
meeting was called to order by Pres. the department, says O. K.. Beals, and professor of religion at the col­ cooking can be saved and used again son. County agents can recommend feet or more thas been burned. The
The rest should be locally succesful mixtures.
, John Milton. I. W. Slater western chief of the division of foods and lege. ‘It is intended to provide in­ for cooking.
fires can then be safely started half­
Usually four or five days of clear way down the slope and finally at the
field man for American Jersey Cattle 1 dairies. Ihitial work is being carried formation, Irairilng and inspiration strained into cans and turned in to
weather in late winter or early spring bottom, burning the entire area with­
club, discussed Jersey problems and on in southern and central Oregon 1 to help the rural pastor or church the butcher for salvage.
Hotels, hospitals and other institu­ will dry fern enough to burn. If out danger.
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the three new major programs of plants.
worker contribute most to the gen
. ,
burning is delayed too long, it may
A. J. C. C.
Robinson recommends that farmers
Milk and cream graders in the ara* betterment of rural life in his tions usually have grease traps in­
stalled with the kitchen plumbing. become to tinder dry as to be dan­ planning to burn fern prepare fire
Prof. P. M. Brandt of O. S. C. dis­ dairy Manufacturing plants serve ift • community.
cussed artificial insemination, saying effect, though not actually, as depu­ I An advance contribution has been Grease caught in these traps now­ gerous. In 1942, for example, 25,000 breaks around the area unleess there
that the association needs sires of ties of the department^lnasmuch as made by a national mail order house adays is regularly turned in for sal­ acres of Oregon forest land were are natural barriers, such as streams,
a right production inheritance to be they are licensed by i t In the de­ to help pay travelling expenses where vage. In private homes without this burned over from uncontrolled fern roads and rocks ledges, and then as­
fires while about 15 years ago 60,000
successful and urged testing. *
partment program, in which Gray is denominational funds are not avail­ equipment, the saving must be done acres were blackened when high semble tools and manpower to handle,
Frank G. Wilson was unanimously being assisted by George Dickinson, able. Details of the program are to by scraping.
the fire if it shoould get out of con­
Chemists and household equipment winds fanned fern fires.
elected secretary-treasurer for the dairy supervisor, the services are be announced later, says Dr. War­
Can
Close
Season
trol.
specialists
advise
keeping
sink
drains
coming year.
available to all dairy manufacturing rington.
in good condition by pouring down
The next meeting will be held on building back a quality product.
boiling water every few months enameled furniture also may be
the third Wednesday in March at
Many plants, especially tfie larger Geto Navy Release
This softens and carries away any washed this way but does not need
the Hoey and Gould farm i t Alle­ ones, have been able to keep up a
Clarence E, Shilts, seaman first
gany, North Coos river.
pretty good grading program during class, of Myrtle Point has received grease. Whenever a drain begins to polishing.
“run slow,” boiling water should be
BEAN PROTECTION
—
the wa., but in others conditions have , hll discharge from the U. S. Navy, used at once, and also, if possible,
If any of the dried beans from last
been such that it has not been possi- , jt wal announced this week by navy one of those rubber force cups on a
Ag Department
summer's garden begin to show small
¡ble to achieve the pre-war quality. public relations’ offices
handle known as “plumber’s friend." round holes, that is evidence that
A total of 180 ex-servicemen are
Welcomes Employees
Before using any of the drain bean weevils are at work. No time attending Oregon schools and col­
cleaners on the market, the house­
With the return this month of three AAA Committees Prepare Practice Program wife should understand the action of should be lost in getting the beans leges under the state education aid
into a very slow oven to save them program for veterans, Hugh E. Ros-
key men, the state department of
With $2,800,000 available for improving and conserving Oregon’s the lye in these preparations. Soda
son, director of the Department of
agriculture swelled to 31 the number agricultural resources this year, AAA committeemen are helping farmers lye combines with grease to form from further damage. '
Place beans in shallow pans and Veterans' Affairs, announced this
of servicemen end women assisting and ranchers plan an all-out attack on erosion and depletion with the hard soap. Potash lye forms, soft
heat at least salf an hour at 135 de­ week.
its work. Nine of these were with assistance of the IMS agricultural conservation program.
soap. Many drain cleaners are made grees F. a temperature low enough
These benefits amount to $35 a
the department when- they entered
Th'e conservation work for each farm will be charted on a farm plan, the with soda lye because it is cheaper
the service and the remainder have basjs for participation in the p r o - » ................ ..........“ ........................... and easier to obtain than potash lye. not to scorch the beans. After heat­ hours of classroom attendance per
ing, keep beans in a tightly closed month in accredited schools for vet­
assumed department posts since re­ gram, according to E. H. Miller, chair- ’
If pipes do not contain too much jar or can, protected from future at­ erans who were Oregon residents for
entering civilian status. A tenth em­ man of the state AAA committee.
grease, the sods lye, used according tack until they are used.
one year before entering service and
ployee of pre-war days, Howard
At community meetings, county of­
to directions with water may clear
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
who had 99 or more days in service.
Graham of La Grande, will soon be ficers, and in individual visits with
the pipes satisfactorily. However if
Feb. 22— The Exsteide Extension The benefits are for 38 calendar
released from the navy and return to committeemen, operators will show
it forms too much hard soap, it may Unit w ill meet at 16:36 far the dem­ months.
the department, wi}ich makes only on the farm plans the practices for
close the pipes and cause more diffi­ onstration on Quick Breads The
\ , two former employees, Wayne C, which they want assistance during
Oregbn 4-H club members are culty than the grease. Potash lye is
Cook and Roe D. Crabtree, still in the year. May 1 is the final date again enlisted in a rural safety cam- better for this purpose because the meeting will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Don McLeod have re­
the army, to he checked back into for filing a plan for participation in paign to eliminate dangers long over- | soaP it forms Is soft and more solu- Mrs. Brant Bachelor. Project leaden turned to this area from Lebanon,
are
Mrs.
Batchelor
and
Mrs.
Mark
Ore.,
where they have lived for about
their civilian jobs.
the program.
looked on farms, says H. C. Seymour, ble in water so can be flushed down Scott.
a year and a half. They are living
Every war theatre is represented Will Review Plana
state club leader for the O.S.C. Ex­ the pipes easily. Drain cleaning
Feb. 22— The Charleston Extension at Norway until they can find a
in the service ribbons of the depart­
County committees will review tension service. Although relatively preparations should be kept from Unit will meet at the home of Mrs. home in Coquille.
ment veterans and on the service each farm, plan and determine the
spilling or splashing on hands,
•fiag there is one gold strfr, for Clar­ amount of assistance to be given the few are enrolled in organized safety clothes, linoleum or other floor cov­ Ruth Peek at 10:36 for the demmwtra-
vts-
projects,
most
club
members
have
tlon on Closets and Storage Spaces. iting relatives, according to friends.
ence L. Plnkley, navy, killed in ac­ operator. In addition to cpst-sharing
safety
precautions
called
to
their at- erings. When not in use the can. Feb, 2 6 — The Fairview Extension
tion in the North Sea. He wo rked f o r payments. this assistance can be iff
tention in connection with their other should be kept closed on a high Unit w ill meet at the Grange Hall for
the department shipping point serv­ the form of conservation materials or
shelf out of reach of children.
projects:
the demonstration on Labor Savers.
PtCTVK
ice in Milton and Portland. —
technical aid needed to plan and
Thia
year
the
national
4-H
farm
WASHING FURNITURE
The meeting w ill start at 10:30 a. m.
The veterans returning this month carry out ti|e practices.
o
f
JHt MONTH
safety program is sponsored by Gen­
The cure for a dull or grimy look
Feb. 27—The Glasgow Extension
include Clinton R. '‘Bud” Jester, last
In fixing this amount, committees eral Motors which will provide eight on furniture may be simply a soap Unit w ill m eet at the home of Mrs.
REOSOOK MAGAZINE
of the servicemen to return to the wU1
the size of each farm.g
prizes in each state of $25 savings and water wash. Soil from handling Mary White at 10:30 for the demon­
division of foods and dairies.
He I conaervation job in relation to the
bonds, plus a special plaque for the or from smoke dust or grease may stration on Labor Savers.
went to work February 15 as divi- | ,unds available for conservation work county with the best record. Cham­
accumulate gradually on furniture
Feh. 28—The Greendell Extension
sion representative in Josephine. on alt farms in the county. Pay­
pions from ail states will compete for and dim the finish.
Unit w ill m eet at the Grange Hall
Jackson and Klamath counties and is ments will average 50 per cent of the
16 tripe to the national club congress
Almost all finishes on wood may at 11:00 for the demonstration on
stationed at Grants Pass. Virgil Hiatt, cost of performing the practice.
this fall where 12 will each receive be washed safely, except shellac and Labor Savers.
Roxy Thur. - Fri. - Sat.
chemist, and Don Duffield, deputy
Citing the need for building back $200 college scholarships.
cheap varnish which water turns
state sealer of weights and measures, fertility lost in heavy wartime pro­
State winners in Oregon last year white.
In washing any furniture,
returned to their work in Salem head­ duction, Miller called on every farm­
were Henry C. Jaeger an* Larry care must be taken to use very mild
quarters earlier this monthx Joe er, to perform ail of the conservation
Wade, Condon; Charles Hornecker, soap and not to get the furniture
Gray, now in charge of the grading practices he can carry "on his own,”
Cornelius; Darrell A. Quint, Oregon dripping wet nor allow moisture to
plants, returned in January.
and thep add a few extra practices Oily; A1 Ziebert, Sublimity; Miss
, Other veterans of both war and with the assistance of the program. Hazel Nelson, North Bend, and Eu­ reach glued joints.
Wring a soft cloth or chamois out
d e p a rtin g service back are M. E. Committeefhen taking farm plans will
gene Storey, Sweet Home.
of
warm soapsuds, rub the surface
Roberta, with grain division office in have full information on the practices
until clean, then wipe dry with a
Pendleton; Floyd Markham and W. offered, and also* will be prepared to
Lost something? Find it by ad­ dry cloth. After washing varnished
N. Kanipe with the produce inspec­ discuss production goals, price sup­
vertising
in Sentinel Classified sec­ or oil-finished, furniture polish with
tion in Portland and Clifton T. Neil­ port prograiM’feflfc crop insurance.
a good furniture polish. Painted or
tion. .
sen with the same work in the On­
tario district, and Dr. R. C. McCor-
nack,. Salem, assistant state veterin­
arian with the division of animal
industry.
Nine men on the department pay­
roll when they entered the service
have taken up other pursuits, chiefly
business and farming, or have gone
back to school.
New to department service since
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their dischAfee are these veterans: R.
FA R M
H. Sarver, R. H. Griffith, W. E. Rohr-
bach, Victor J. Guthrie, J. H. Ashton
and J. A. Howard, all with the divi­
„ nroudly on the glob«
sion of grain inspection in Portland;
j
w
e
expect
to
start
delivering
Ckosley
Bernard H. Arndld, Corvallis, poultry
work; R. M. Smith, Baker foods and
Shelvadar* Refrigerators—»he anly
dairies division representative in
rafrigarutor
»hot places twice as much
northeastern Oregon; John E. Davis,
the s a id ® thing
to a gfe4t
food
in
front
raw space, right at yowr '
Salem, senior entomologist and plant
Case *®e"
machine* the eagle
up under
fingertips. It has every improvement
pathologist, division of plant Indus­
On O
xjf'P It means stam 1 o
fucefulhic*
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try; and ten men and one woman,
you could want in madam refrigera­
Margaret Bell, whft is in the Salem
tion— pfes the exclusive patented
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* • •> « » d
office, with the shipping point inspec-
Shelvadar*— to make • the anly
Shelv«W or* I t H ko opening
tiqn service.
These ten men are
tw o or Jittery roMgorootort.
truly eompfafe refrigerator.
are m
Lanse Pitts, Medford area; Jack Wil­
factory
life b u ilt into
and w ork to
•as» a.*, m ao .
liams, Ontario district; Clifford L.
needs.
Smith, Portland; A. C. Best, Red­
¡X d a rd s . Sed «
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mond district; F. D. Duncan, F. M.
Elsberry and D. N. MacKnight,
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Klamath Falls district; Orville Ott
if you’re hoping to bo ono of tho oorly purchaser* of a now Crooloy
and Randall Miller, Salem district,
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Shelvador*, please stop in and lot u* know . Wo w an t to givo prompt
M8BERN P*|TS
and Charles H. Stewart, Ontaria man
s ill» ® 1 1 "ÎÈ p Ï it Î i ÊÎ t
attention to those whoso need it urgont. No Red Tape—no obligation.
working. In the Klamath Falls area.
Dairy Qualify
Io Be Continued
Veterans Getting
Education Aid
4-H Members
Study Safety
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70*10**0%,
TH£
..SOONER
than you th in k !
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A w o rd to th e i m p a t i e n t . .....................
Sgt. Harold S. Dey called his wift
from Pittsburg, California, Wednes­
day evening, February 13, to Inform
her he was en route to Fort Lewis
for a discharge after serving 14
months overseas, most of that time
on Okinawa and in Manila.
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Motors
426 West Front Street
Coquille, Oregon
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