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ty, My» lop believe«.
WENDELL WILLKIE PRACTICAL FARMER
Republican Nominer for President Itninra llox« nnd F eeder Steer« in Indiana.
LOCAL NEWS
A rchi*
> »hurt
■leer.
Huohanun I« »pending
vocation
h u n tin g
for
Mr« W, C. W right an d d a u g h
te r Viola a r e v ac atio n in g th is
week a t Suaaide and ad jo in in g
amache».
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Are We Slave Timber?
Tlie H ille r p ic tu re of to -m o r
row Is a E urope of 40« m illio n s
of highly train ed serf*, h erd ed
u bout her facto ries an d flo o d in g
I th e World, w ith slav e-m ad e w ares.
| T h e N asi la to be n um ber on e
m un und th e r e s t o f us p u t un
d e r.
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Fdltnr-ln-4'hlrf. F arm Jo u rn al and
F a rrn rr'a Wife
D aring the p a il two month», na
tional inter»»! ha» focuied on live
farm » lying In a H irer mile aeml-
circ le Just aouth of Ruahville. Indi
ana. typical of thouiand» of corn-
b ell farm * Living on and working
them a re live ahrrw d Indiana farm
er». G erm an and Scotch Irish ex
traction They were purchased, in
dividually, by Wendell Willkie, but
only after careful Inspection by Mr.
Willkie and analysis of the toll« by
ag ric u ltu ral »cientlita.
The farm » w ere purchased by Mr.
W itlkir with hla »avlngi long before
he had any notion of entering n a
tional politic». They are operated
on a aelf-m alnlenance p attern with
hog» and feeder »leer» a* the princi
p al »uurce» of revenue. Mr. Willkie
and the live tenant-m anager» »hare
profit» on a SO-SO bail». E ach farm
ha» m ade a profit «tnce Mr. Willkie
took It over
The nam e» of the tenant» who
•h a re partn ersh ip with Mr. Willkie
a re Joseph K ram er. Je sse Bell.
L ouli B erkem eler. Chorle» Brown
and H arold Moore. All of the farm»
• re »tgned up with AAA. Ml»» Mary
Slceth. of Kuihvtlle. an old friend
of Mr*. Willkie, act» a» a »ort of
local o verseer for the farm ». She
a lio look* afte r one of her own.
No s h o w Flare* H e r e
None of the farm » 1» a »how place
o r "fancy" in any rrspect. Soon
afte r purchasing each place. Mr
Willkie directed that the house» be
put In good rep a ir and well painted.
Kitchen« w ere m odernized and elec
tricity brought In from the local
REA tine*. The b n rn i nnd other
b iu ln n * building« were put In or
der. E ach farm ha» It» own vegeta
ble garden, chicken yard and fruit
orchard.
T ypical of the Willkie ty stem of
farm ing 1» the Louia B erkem eler
place, 398 acre» of woodlot and pas
tu re running along Mud Creek, and
p u rchm ed by the candidate In 1934.
This sum m er it grew 10 ac res of
barley. 8S ac re s of corn and 60 acres
of w heat to support it* 80 Hereford»
and 200 hogs.
F a rm e rs ' Welfare F irst
The K ram er place, a m ile and n
h alf up the road from the Berke-
m eler's. has a flock of SO sheep.
They a re not only a source of cash
Income. They free Joe K ra m e r from
the task of keeping fence lines
cleaned, nnd furnish C hristine K ra
m e r with a source of m ateria l for
the blanket» and ca rp ets she has
woven during the p ast three years.
Wendell W illkic's idea seem s to be
th a t the farm er who m akes the best
living as well as the su rest profit Is
the farm er with a low overhead. By
this, he does not believe th at wages
should be peeled to 1890 levels nor
th a t farm ers should sta rv e their
fam ilies and U innsclvas In order to
build up a bank account. To the
contrary, he Insists that the op era
to r's own bodily w elfare com e be
fore other consideration» The trim
home», vegetable garden», fruit
tree* and chicken yard* on each
Willkie farm a rc proof to th a t end.
He docs vigorously oppose the
farm practice of »citing on a whole
sale m ark et and buying extensively
on a retail m ark et, especially when
It com es to the m a tte r of m ateria ls
th a t can be grown at home. T hat
belief shakes down to the rule that
lies behind the success of the five
f a rm s :—• balanced ratio of live
stock and home-grown feed.
The whole plan for operation of
the farm s seem s to be ch aracteristic
of their owner. G enerous co n sid era
tion for the fact th at his associates
in their m anagem ent a rc entitled to
live well was one of his first
thoughts. He laid down the basic
principles of operation — selecting
those that successful farm ers had
found to be profitable—and then
t Lights
darrtorltan h o sp ital. He will have
read In T H E AMERICAN BOY
M any fam ous a th le te s In all to have a n o th e r o p e ra tio n oil
»port» cre d it m uch of th e ir suc- bis face.
ce»a to helpful su g g e stio n s re
M rs. Jim W a lte rs e n te rta in e d
ceived from sp o rts a rtic le s c a r th e Leedy G ran g e H ome Econo
ried in t | e
T H E AMERICAN
m ics c lu b T u esd ay a fte rn o o n .
BOY M agazine. V irtu ally every
i Issue o f fe rs advice from a fa-
M r. a n d Mr» Jim L arso a e of
rnoua cosoh o r p la y e r. F o o l - G reys R iver, W ashington, v isi
ball, b ask e tb a ll, tio c k . te n n is. In ted a t The hom e of M r. a n d M rs.
fact every m a jo r sp o rt Is co Ja ck W yss th is w ee k .
vered In fiction and fact article*
Mr. an d M rs. H aro ld P ro c to r
le a th e r s lib ra ria n s, p are n ts,
of T illam ook visited a t th e hom e
and le ad e rs of h o y 's clu b s also
of M r. an d M rs. R ich ard C raig
recom m end
THE
AMERICAN
a few d ay s la st w eek. M r. an d
BOY e n th u sia stic a lly T hey have
M r». P ro c to r
are
co n tin u in g
i foun<1 th a t as a g en e ral ru le re
th e ir trip to E a ste rn
Oregon
g u la r re a d e rs of T H E A M ER I
w h ere th ey w ill h u n t d ee r.
CAN' BOY advance m o re rapidly
and develop
m ore
w orthw hile
c h a ra c te ris tic s th a n do boys wbo
NOTICE TO CR ED ITO R*
do n ot read it.
IN T H E COUNTY COURT OK
T ra in e d w riters an d a rtists,
TH E STATE
OF
OREGON
fam ous coadke» and a th le te s, ex
FOR W ASHINGTON COUNTY.
p lo rers, sc ien tists, and m en s u c In th e m a tte r o f th e E sta te o f
cessfu l In b u sin e ss an d Indus
Jaco b F . T ra c h s e l, D eceased.
try Join w ith
an
ex perienced
N otice Is h ereby given th a t
•ta ff to p ro d u ce In T H E AM ER
th e u n d ersig n e d , J u lia T ra ch sel,
ICAN BOY, th e s o r t o f r e a d ln ,
h a s been by th e co u n ty c o u rt
m a tte r boys like b est.
of th e S ta te o f O regon fo r W ash
T H E AM ERICAN BOY se lls in g to n C ounty, duly ap p o in ted
on m o st n ew sstan d s a t 25c a 1 a d m in is tra trix of th e e s ta te of
copy.
S u b scrip tio n p rices a re Ja co b F . T ra c h se l, deceased, an d
|2 .0 0 fo r one y ea r o r $3.50 for
h as d uly q u alified a s su ch a d
th ree year»
F o reig n and C a n a
m in is tr a tr ix . A ll p e rso n s h a v
dian ra te s 60c a y ea r e x tra . To
ing claLmfc a g a in st sa id e s ta te
su b scrib e »Imply »end y o u r nam e
• r e h ereb y req u ired to p re se n t th >
ad d re ss an d rem ittan c e d ire c t to
nam e to me, w ith p ro p e r vor-
T H E AMERICAN BOY. 7430 Se
c h e rs, a t m y resid e n ce a t B eav er
cond B lvd. D etro it, M ich.
to n , O regon, R oute 2, o r a t th e
la w o ffice o f M. B. Bum p in
Bethany-( edar Mill : ! me nth» from d a te h ereo f
By E sth e r S an d stro m
I
D ated am i f ir s t p ublished S ep
T h a t raise« th e q u estio n -A re
we slav e-tim b er, w e A m e ric a n a ’
H ave we gone so s o f t p la y in g
, j w ith d ie g ad g ets an d trin k e ts of
I an in v en tiv e ag e th a t we a re
1 likely to cru m p le up an d bu ck le
u n d er? S h all the Nazi wbo h av e
been living on cabbage, p o tato es,
and self den ial, m ake u s Ubeir
.p ro p e rty ? Is th e young A m erica
l now In th e g rad e s an d on up
th ru college la-lag m ode s tr o n g
j to han d le the w ealth. In stitu tio n s
and In dustry th a t la A m erica?
If not w e a re slav e tim b er.
A Lttnle«« l.en e ru lio u
H ear C am eron B eck, fo rm e r
te m b e r 20, 1940.
p erso n n el ch ief of th e New Y ork
L o st p u b lic atio n O ctober 19.
M rs.
E dw in L osli re tu rn e l
Stor k E xch an g e— “You will h av e
1940.
hom
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to a lte r th e y o u n g ste rs SOME
J u lia T ra c h s e l, A d m in istra trix
THING FOB NOTHING and LET ing bo p s th e re .
of th e E s ta te o f Jaco b T ra c h
O TH ER S DO IT attitu d e ," he de
M rs. F red a H ogan. M r. E d sel, d ec ea sed .
clared before a council of e d u win L osli an d son F o re s t v isi
M. B. Bum p, R esid en ce an d
c a to rs . At a re c e n t m eetin g of ted re la tio n s a t S ilv erto n rrld a y .
A
ddress,
H illsb o ro . O regon, A t
em inent m edical m en, sp e c ia lists
Ja ck / I t a l i a n is in th e Good to rn e y f o r said E s ta te .
43-*7
In m en tal disease», It w aa a-
greed th a t the law lessn ess of th e
risin g g en e ratio n is due to th e
u n fa ith fu ln e ss of p a re n ts . T h ey
u rged a g a in st ed u c atio n w ith o u t
m o ral fib re— "A law less g e n e ra
tio n " n o te .
T h e f ir s t census, th a t o f 1790
ra v e ua th ree m illion p o p u latio n
2 m illio n s o f them w ere W hige.
tru sted the m en he had selected to W -H -r-C -: We Hope f n God. th-»
w ord m e a n t. By su ch w ere th ?
c a rry the program out day by day.
F n eo u rag rs 4-11 Club*
foundation ’«tones o f A m erican
Not the least of Mr. W lllkie's in d em ocracy la id . C an th e s tr u c
terests as he goes around the farm s tu re be m a in tain ed u n le ss Am e r
on his frequent visits a re the chil ic?.’ «gain goes Bible?
dren of his farm p artn ers. He en
F irs t Thing« F irs t
courages them to have anim als of
“ As fo r m e and h o u se w e w ill
th eir own and is a h earty supporter
serve
th e L ord." said Jo sh u a of
of 4-H club activities.
“ F aith in farm land as a sound old. T o th a t w e sa v A m en. F irs t
business Investm ent." according to of all th e sin q u estio n m u st be
Miss Sleeth. is apparently the rea l s e t t l e d . T h e h e a rt of th e Bible
reason Wendell Willkie invested his Is ONE-God w a n ts you fo r him - '
savings in Indiana farm s; that, and se lf an d so H e se n t h is Son to
a d esire to keep his roots In the die fo r y o u r s I d s . So H e b o u g h :
soil. Mr. Willkie also w anted his you-*'Bought w ith th e p recio u s
son. Philip, a P rinceton student, to
blood of C h ris t. TW O-God w an ts
have the experience of actu al farm
you os a w itn ess of H is pow er
work.
"M r. W illkie." explains Louis to e a st o u t sinful h ab it an d m ak e
B erkem eler, "say s we can h av e Just you C h rist-lik e w ith in , w ithout ; j
as m any steers and hogs as we T H R E E -In th e ag e s to com e God
please so long as wc grow enough w aits to show th e ex ceed in g ri-
stuff right here on the place to feed ! ehes of H is g rac e In H is k lnd-
—By Highway Information Service.
them the y ea r "round. He says 1 n ess to ms th ru Je su s C frrigt. j
Signing the 1940 Federal Highway Act was one of the last official acts of
th a t's the way to m ake m oney in How ab o u t you an d y o u r h ouse?
William B. Bankhead. Speaker of the U. S. House of Representative»,
farm ing . . . grow as m uch stuff as
before hit untimely death on September 15. He is pictured above con
the land will stand w ithout running
gratulating Congressman James W. Mott, First District, Oregon, ranking
aw ay and then sell w hat you c a n 't
minority member of the House Roads Committee, standing, on the important
P aid A d.
use yourself. Well, sir, you know B eaverton, O re.
part he played in securing passage of the bill by the House of Representa
th at was right down our road. T h at's
tives. The act authorizes the expenditure of SJ27.000.000 for much-needed
the way I was brought up and it’s AMERICAN BOY
highway construction throughout the 48 states for the fiscal years 1942 and
never been known to fail as long as IS COMPANION
1943. Oregon's share will approximate $2.149,000 for each of the tw*
a m an takes proper c a re rtf his land.
fiscal years.
T h at's why w c'vc m ade a profit out TO THOUSANDS
here for the last six y e a rs."
H u n d re d s of th o u sa n d s of boys
and y o u n c m en read T H E A-
MHRICAN BOY m ag azin e ev ery
month an d co n sid er It n ib re as
a living com panion th a n a s a
M JiL U M A I Ft A F A IN U
m agazine.
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If th e AAA ex ten d s Its p re
as m y
neigh b o rh o o d
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sent g ra n t of aid p ro g ra m fo r
w rites o n e high school se n io r.
w in te r
legum e seed to
o th e r
"T|HE AMERICAN BOY seem s
sta te s, in clu d in g A rk a n sa s, O re to u n d e rsta n d a boy's p ro b lem s
gon { aim ers w ill h av e a g re a tly and co n sid e rs them in »ucfiv a
expanded m a rk e t fo r th e seed sy m p ath etic and h e lp fu l w ay. I t
of vetch an d p ea s— p a rtic u la rly gives ad vice an d
e n te rta in in g
Vetch.
T his Is th e
re p o rt s e n t read in g o n every su b je ct In w hich
back from L ittle R ock, A rk ., by a young fellow is In te re s te d . It
G. U. Hy»lop, head o f th e p la n t Is p a rtic u la rly h elp fu l In s p o rts .
[ m ade o u r school b esk etb a il
in d u strie s
division
of O regon
S ta te C ollege, w ho
has
gone
th e re to stu d y fu tu re m a rk e t
Studio Barber Shop
possibilities! a n d r e s u lts b e in g
F ra n k M oore, Ppop., B eaverton
o b tain ed w itu O regon se ed .
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UNION SH O P
v er In a bgg w ay on a g r a n t of
G u a ra n te e d W o rk m an sh ip
aid p ro g ra m in A ik a n s a s , H yslop
w as to ld by a g ric u ltu ra l le a d e rs
and fa rm e rs th e re , w ith th e pos-
»fbility of a n y w h e re fro m fo u r
SPECIAL BRINKS
to te n m illion pounds b eing used
F o r T h ese H o t D ays
a n n u a lly .
PLAY SNOOKER HERE
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2 ^ 0 m a tte r how m any m iles
In T h a t E x tr a H o u r
"T h e re Is no q u e stio n in m y
c
a ll w ill m ean m uch to them .
se p arate you from your
m ind b u t th a t O regon could d o u You’ll F in d All Y our F rie n d s At
So,
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fam ily , they know th a t y o u 're
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no fa rth e r nw av th an vottr
a co n tin u atio n and ex p an sio n of
tractiv
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a g ra n t of aid p ro g ram In the
telep h o n e. T h e fa rt th at thev
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aft^r
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a la rg e bnsinesn In V"tch q u ick -
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.."i! w aste m a tte r in y o u r colon m«y ho
develop slo w ly .”
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A rk a n sa s f a ir ie r s need to get
th e ir seed Into th e g ro u n d by
O ctober 1 n e a rlie r, w '-'cii w cutd
pononinsr
h f f td ic h f
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