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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1950)
®AGR were bringing around >190 to >275 a head. Poorer type dairy cows averaged around >155 a head. Yearling dairy heifers were bring ing around >100 a head. Bred dairy heifers sold at «round >177 a heau. In most cases these prices show ' DECEMBER 21. 195«. advances over previous sales. TWO S e n tin e l COQUILLE, OREGON. 4-H Calendars Given By Steinmetz a » Jimmy Kay Shines A t Oretech School Dairy Prices Continue To Advance With Strong Market Assured Farmers Jim m y Kay, form er Coquille high sonool basketball star, is a shining light at Oretech, Klam ath Fails, his sports mentors an nounced this week. Kay is play ing forward on the varsity of the Oregon Institute of Technology team. A tough season has been lined up for the Oretech quinte; meeting such teams as W illam ette, Linfield, Lewis and Clark, and other top smaller colleges. • • PRICES FOR DAIRY COWS BY $30.00 COW PRICES AVERAGE HIGHER THAN JANUARY ,in Coos county. Each county has j foreclosed on some property lo- , cated in the other county, j The two county courts are now askng the senator and representa- ! tives from this area to introduce legislation amending the law and i fixin g the boundary on the legal sub-divisions which have been used in assessments. I f the legis lature approves the amendment, property owners along the county line w ill continue to pay their taxes in the same counties in which they have been paying them the last 50 years. Farm prices for Oregon dairy at mid-November averaged the products continue to advance, ac highest of any time so far this year. advanced cording to the weekly dairy ma~ The, average price around 25 cents a hundredweight kets review prepared by the OSC during the month ending Nbvem- Extension Service from USDA re ber 15. Compared to a year ago ports and other data. M ilk sold prices are 50 cents a hundred to cheese factories continue to give weight higher. Oregon producers are highest price The farm price for dairy cows in fo r m ilk sold for maufacturing Oregon at mid-November aver Leaders o f 4-H Club are dis purposes. Prices received at con- aged the same as for mid-October. tributing calendars to all boy and densaries are second high while Prices, however, were the highest I whole m ilk sold to butter manufac Past Noble Grands were hostess- g irl club members. Also from the of any time this calendar year and walls o f public offices, schools and turing plants is third in line. Dairy cow prices received by Oregon point last January. The average e. Featured on the evening’s : * C1“ b Calendar wtI1 farmers held steady w ith the pre lodge, vious month. On the. other hand November price of dairy pows at program ram was the showing of pic- d“ P* yed 8erv,n« not,ce that the farm in Oregon was also just of h______ Mexico by R. ..........., Bunch. 14 H Club work ,s more the average price for dairy cows at tures i of _ Dr. J. ... . , actlve than mid-November for the nation as >5 under the ail-tim e high for this An accordion selection was given e' 55 ln ° uf. con'ul' u" lty ; , month in 1948. The average price a whole shows an advance. But Na,'onal 4-H Calendar is of dairy cows In Oregon, however, by Mrs. May Ensele and a vocal ter and cheese prices continue to Steinmetz Motors o f continues low compared to other solo by Miss Aileen Kellenbergcr t FOns?,red show strength at major terminals w ith accompaniment by Bernice Coquille. John Beeson, 4-H Club m ajor dairy producing states. The Production is at the seasonal low ¡agent, «nd ------ local — leaders ---------- T— — - believe average farm price for dairy cows Clausen. of i that the calendar w ill serve to re- point and supplies of fresh prod There was an exchange in California at mid-November ucts are below demand. Cheese 'm ind our community of the many was the highest in the nation and Christmas gifts and secret sisters has been removed from the list of activities afforded by 4-H club amounted to >255 a head. New were revealed. commodities offered for donations York was second w ith the aver work, and all are pleased that to welfare agencies. Guests at the Alton Grimes' funds derived from sponsorship of age price >254 a head. Other west Prices received by Oregon farm home for the holiday week-end the calendar are being used to ern states also continue fa irly high ers for butterfat at mid-November build the 4-H club camp in w ith the average price of dairy w ill be Mrs. Pansy Young and Miss , were around a cent higher than a cows in Utah at >225, Idaho >200, Jean Young from Portland, Mr I Washington, D. C. month earlier. Compared to a year and Washington >205. and Mrs. W. B. Dunshee and There is no charge fo r the cal- ago butterfat prices are up two daughters, Susan and Drusilla, of endar »nd a ll 4-H Club members Recent sales of dairy cows at cents a pound. Orinda, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. in Coos county are asked to con the Corvallis livestock auction The wholesale price of whole Ji Allen Young and sons, Bob and tact either their 4-H Club leader m ilk received by Oregon farmers showed that good dairy type cows Philip, of Bend, Oregon or Steinmetz Motors. • • M ainly A b o rt People Guests at the John Glass home over Christmas w ill be Mrs. Glass’ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. G riffith and fam ily of Sweet Home and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Glen G riffith and fam ily of Coquille Miss Evelyn Vestal of Lakeport California, is spending Christmas in Coquille w ith her sister, Mrs Jessie Pullen. o o Mr. and Mrs. Ray. Gosnell will spend Christmas w ith relatives in Salem. o • Spending the Christmas vacation in Portland w ill be M r. and Mrs. Frank Cedarquist and family. o e Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Hamilton were week-end visitors to Port land. Dr. Bunch Shows Mexico Film 1950 We send our simple but enduring respects this season. Counties Search For Clearer Lline And hope this Christmas is one The boundary line between Coos and C urry counties w ifi leave | the meandering ridge between the Coquille rivjer and streams south of the Coquille and settle down on sectional and subdivision lines if the 1951 state legislature supports a resolution adopted by the Coos and Curry county courts. The boundary line now p ro - 1 ceeds “ westerly along the s u m -’ m it of the ridge dividing the waters of the Coquille rive r from those which discharge thmeselves into the ocean.” This line has never been surveyed, and it is es timated that a survey would cost more than >70,000. The line winds over more than 60 miles of rough terrain. L. D. Felshiem, Coos county judge, said the assessors of Coos and C urry counties got together about the beginning o f this cen tury to discuss the problem of assessing property which lay partly in each county, w ith no one knowing how much of it was ; in each county because of the lack ' of surveys. The assessors, therefore, arbi tra rily fixed a boundary line for assessment purposes, following the ridge line as closely as possi ble, but describing the property ay legal subdivisions. Since then, ; Coos county has been taxing some , property located in Curry county, and C urry county has been collect ing taxes on spme property located Greetings to our friends and our* neighbors on this Happy Holiday. Let the bright spirit of the day fill all your days with the light of cheer and good health. Church Pontiac And Staff you can cherish forever. 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