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THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 20, 1931 OE OUTLOOK REPORT IS ISSUED Increased Demand for Farm Products Predicted for 1931-1932 Season. Oregon State College. With the improvement in business conditions which seems fairly certain during the 1931-32 marketing year, the demand for farm products is also expected to increase says L. R. Breithaupt, eco nomist of the Oregon Extension ser vice, who has just realeased the Ore gon Outlook Report. It is in two sec tionsthe first dealing principally with livestock enterprises, and the second the crops and horticulture out look. The Oregon report, based on in formation gathered from every coun ty of the state, in addition to the con clusions of the national outlook con ference is available in mimeograph ed form from county agents or direct from the state college. Although improvement in poultry prices may not reasonably be expect ed before late in 1931 or early 1932, successful commercial poultrymen of this state will do better to increase rather than decrease their flocks, be lieves A. G. Lunn, head of the poul try department.- of the dairy department, was to the effect that "in general expansion in Oregon should be recommended only where production costs are most fav orable." He points out that an accu rate, careful check on production J-- l j:.,: j i j custa uy iiiuiviuuui uuaviiieii la iiuw of more importance than ever. Many Oregon dairymen, he says, have al ready reduced production costs to the point where satisfactory profits are obtained even under present condi tions, while others could not make dairying profitable if prices were dou bled. Outlook for turkeys, beef cattle, hogs, sheep and wool, mohair and a number of other commodities are also reported in the first section of the re port, while the second deals with wheat and other farm crops. Farm Wheat Control Is Successful Says Speaker Walla Walla. Tests made in Co lumbia and Whitman counties by the sponsors of the so-called Dayton plan of wheat surplus control have proved so successful that the sponsors are certain that it will prove the ulti mate solution of the wheat growers' problems, J. J , Edwards, Dayton merchant, told the chamber of com merce Tuesday. The project seeks Ultimately to rAeAtrtt t.hrnno'h contractu wheat growers of the nation to retain 25 per cent of each year's production on the farms. Edwards declared that the support of the North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc., representative unit of the farm board in this section, and of Chairman Legge of the board, was assured. Ninety per cent of the growers of Columbia county have pledged them selves to enter this contractual status of control, Edwards said.. , Bull Injures Farmer ; " Pinned to the earth by : a young Jersey bull he was attempting to lead to water, Henry Girod, proprietor of the Maple dairy, at Brooks, Oregon, suffered a bump on his head, a cut on one arm and a bruised leg. His call for help brought another farm er to his rescue. Collective Selling Aids in Acquiring Facilities for the Marketing of Farm Crops Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington (By Orris Dorman, North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc.) At the Walla Walla conference, the question was repeatedly asked, "What does our organization offer farmers that should induce them to join with us?" - Is it not better to sell collectively, having our own agencies seeking the best possible market for our wheat, rather than that a million farmers offer their individual crops in daily competition one with the other? It is conceded by everyone that through the activity of farmer-owned agen cies, wheat is selling at from 12c to 20c per bushel above the world mar ket, notwithstanding the depressing influence of an enormous surplus. Can we not see in that material bene fits from farmer cooperation? During past months, when other buyers were in and out of the mar ket (mostly out) your own agencies afforded you a market on every day. In a few cases , buyers, having a limited milling demand, have entered the market for small lots of grain with attractive offers, but in no re spect have they offered you a sus tained, dependable market for a large volume of grain. Had we all been competing in the effort to sell to these intermittent buyers, what kind of a market do you think we would have had ? What influence would have . sustained the market under such conditions? Orderly cooperative: marketing of the wheat crop during the past few months has added un told millions to its value and it should not be necessary to argue the point. It has demonstrated the value of collective bargaining ; beyond the possibility of a doubt. It is complained that the farmer, not cooperating, receives more bene fits from our marketing agencies than do our members. It might be true in a few isolated cases only. As a rule the member is receiving a lit tle better price than the man on the! outside, to say nothing of the very substantial investment the member is making in facilities for handling his grain and in the permanent fin ancing of his marketing agencies that promise to serve him continuously. The organized fruit growers of California and of our own Northwest states have been of untold value to the industry, yet all of the growers have not cooperated. The failure of a few to cooperate does not mean that cooperation is a failure. When George Washington's patriots were fighting for liberty and starving in their winter quarters at Valley Forge, their neighbors were selling food to the English army, but that did not argue that the war for in dependence should not have been fought and won. Cooperating '. wheat growers in many places have a large investment in elevators and other facilities built up largely through saving to them selves the profits in handling their grain. In some cases the value of such facilities amounts to ten times the original investment. One cooper ator recently said that the visible as sets of his organization were but a small part of the profits it had re turned to the members through ef ficient marketing service. The building of . warehouses and elevators, as some of our locals have done, through the small investment of their members and the saving made by operation is a long and tedious process. The acquiring -of these facilities as speedily- as pos sible is everywhere recognized as be ing necessary to successful local co operation. Every farmer is under obligation to join a local organization and do what he. can to aid in the effort to acquire facilities. They save the farmer a lot of money in the handling of his crop and are a valu able aid in marketing. Through our system of organization a large vol ume of credit is made available to use for financing grain handling facilities in a short period of time. In every activity of marketing, financing and handling your crops, our organizations offer and perform a dependable, efficient and general ly satisfactory service. At the be- Before Buying lectric Lamps E and other electric appliances, including Sad-irons, Percolators, Toasters, Waffle Irons, Hotplates, Vacuum Sweepers, G. E. Refrigerators, and Hot point Electric Stoves. In fact," everything electrical Musk Oxen Arc Pets Fairbanks, Alaska. Too much mollycoddling has spoiled the taste for wild life of 34 young musk oxen which recently arrived at Fairbanks from Greenland. To the surprise of I. A, Palmer, biological official in charge of their extensive inclosure, they come to his beck and call every morning for their bran mash and 1- &SSSQ30 falfahay. W PRESTON-SHAFFER MILLING CO. Electrical Department, Athena, Oregon. Phone 182 ginning of the present marketing season there was literally a flood of grain rolling into every market, plenty to overwhelm every buyer and marketing agency and glut every market in the country. In the city of Spokane there were as high as 200 cars of Montana grain on track day after day. Our cooperative mar keting agencies grappled with this flood of grain with a boldness and determination heretofore unknown. It was a task to stem the tide of disaster seemingly beyond the pow ers of men and organizations. Every buyer, broker and news agency fore saw and predicted a disasterous panic in the grain markets the world over. Our agencies bought as high as 9,000,000 bushels of grain day after day. It was not within the possibil ities to maintain a reasonable profit able level of prices. The wonder is that they could maintain any prices whatever. What kind of reasoning to question the services rendered? What the chance of honest judgment to offer criticism? Can anyone say that a good effort on behalf of grain growers has not been made? If the effort to organize our marketing is a mistake, the judgments of presi dents and congresses for over 20 years are faulty. If we have not a farm problem demanding this effort, 99 per cent of your neighbors and friends are mistaken. Organized every day life in the home, the church, and the community round about us commends cooperation. The farmers' marketing problem has no other agency at its service. It took a great many years to get the agri cultural Marketing Act and it avails nothing to stand by and say that it is not what we need. It is the only marketing agency making an effort in our behalf, and until it is given a fair trial we need expect no other. It is the only agency of large enough influence to undertake anything in the way of surplus control and that is a problem vital to "agricultural success. It is the only agency dealing with the undertaking to educate farmers in the field of marketing, a field that has never been cultivated, and in which there are greater possibilities of production than in any other. Ranger Irwin Reports Low Moisture Content J. F. Irwin, Umatilla forest super visor with headquarters in Pendle ton, reports that the small amount of water in the snow that has fallen in the Umatilla National forest makes the outlook on the condition of the range far from encouraging for the coming season. At North Jones Prairie in Morrow county, head of Five Mile branch of the John Day, there is 22.2 inches of snow with 6.1 inches of water con tent being about the same as last year when there was 15.5 inches of snow with 6.4 inches of water. This indicates another low water year in Butter Creek. , The Walla Walla Tanks station has 17.3 inches of snow with 5.4 inches of water as against last year which had 16.7 inches of snow with 3.3 inches of water. There is 46 inches of snow with 14.1 inches of water at Toll Gate summit. Mr. Irwin stated that the cause for the small amount of water even though the snow is about the same depth as last year, is the dryness of the fall. Early fall snows, when the weather is comparatively warm, con tain a lot more water than the later snows which fall when the weather is quite cold. , The condition of the grazing ranges in the Umatilla forest will naturally suffer from this lack of moisture, Mr. Irwin said. Entertaining Program See Africa with the Cohens, and Kellysl Not a Cook's tour but the funniest comedy Charlie Murray and George Sidney have ever made for the silver screen. The Vox Theatre has announced the coming of "The Cohens and Kellys in Africa" which will be the feature attraction begin ning Friday, February 20th. Initiat ing Universal's hilarious series with "The Cohens and Kellys," Murray and Sidney, and Vera Gordon and Kate Price have left a trail of laugh ter which has been doubled and trebl ed with each successive picture. If their adventures and antics in Atlan tic City, Paris and Scotland were fun ny, their escapades in Africa are to be considered a perfect not. Want Uniform Statute A uniform warehouse act for Ore gon, Washington and Idaho is advo cated in a house joint resolution in troduced by Representative Swift of Baker and adopted by the house. The resolution calls for appointment of committee of two representatives and one senator from Oregon to confer with similar committees of the Wash ington and Idaho legislatures in an effort to draft a uniform code. 1 High School Notes Fever Symptoms (Marjorie Douglas) Spring is almost here with its mul titude of duties, flowers, and birds. The pussy willows are out and sever al robins have been seen. The spring gardens will soon be spaded and planted. Of course this will mean weeds which will have to be gotten with a hoe. Then is the time when the workers will begin to complain about broken backs and blistered hands. The nice fresh, damp earth will be fairly brimming with angle worms for the fisherman. Then the school student feels like playing hookey, but doesn't dare for fear that the principal and teachers have never liked to fish. It might be a good idea to put the boys to raking yards after school. The fresh spring air will make them feel like doing some thing, and raking would help keep them in shape for the next school sport since basketball is about over. The.girls will be enlisted in the ser vice of housecleaning. The farmers have their tractors repaired, so they will be ready to start the spring work. They will soon be heard chug ging away night and day. And it is only February! v , - , Lincoln Assembly Held An assembly was held February 12th. in honor of Abraham Lincoln. A few short talks were given by the students. These were: "The Boy hood of Lincoln," Aaron Douglas; "Lincoln-Douglas Debates," Marjorie Douglas; "Lincoln During the War," Mildred Hansell; "Captain My Cap tain," a reading, Natelle Miller; and "Death of Lincoln," Betty Eager. A few patriotic songs were sung and the high school students went to their fourth period classes. ' A - . ::HBii0; Band ' -The band is working on their num bers for the vodvil show. More re hearsals are now being held weekly and the band is. advancing rapidly in mastering the mysteries of the sharp and the flat. Each member is work- ine very hard; his efforts can be de tected among other evening and sun down noises. Band Plays for Lodge Last evening the band made an appearance at the anniversary pro gram of the Knights of Pythias lodge. The following numbers were played: Melody, Sriffen; "Amaryllis" Gavotte, Ghys; America. Glee Club The srlee club is rapidly organiz ing its numbers for the coming vod vil show. The boys and girls are practicing, as a group their parts separately as well as together. The rlnh baa also practiced the selections required for the state music contest with very pleasing results. Classes The senior class held a meeting on Wednesday. February 11, and dis cussed the school gift and the class flower. Grades The nuiiils of the first grade are starting on their fourth book. The third and fourth grades enter tained at a Valentine's party the first iiul sormnd (Trades Fridav afternoon. Games were enjoyed by all and at the close refreshments consisting of sandwiches, pickles, cookies ana milk were served. Grizzlies Win Hard Battle Tim Rrizwold hiarh school of Helix defeated the Athena quintet Friday evening, February Id, on tne nenx floor by a score of 25 to 10. The tnnlc the lead bv making the first basket and the Athena locals were not able to overcome the lead. Roth teams nlaved hard and check ed closely. The Athena boys were un able to locate the basket and were on, which gave the Grizzlies the advan tage. Crowley of Athena was high point man making 8 points. The lineup was as louows: tian ooii nnA v.. Rncrers. euards: Lowell Jenkins and Crowley, forwards; Huff man, center; GeisseL Rogers, Murpny, Pickett. Weber. Campbell and Jen kins, substitutes. Pendleton Defeats Athena A basketball game which proved to be an exciting game, although slow in the first half, resulted in a score of 18-33 in favor of Pendleton, Satur day night It seems that Athena could not get started in the first half. At the half last Saturday night the score was 19- in Panriiofnn'a favor. In the sec- ond half Athena showed real basket- Kali ahilitv and succeeded in making 16 points to Pendleton's 14 which left the score 18-33. Crowley was high point, man for Athena with 10 points. Athena 18 Pendleton 33 T.nwe11 Jenkins F Erwin Crowley ...F. . Stroble Huffman.. C Hill Rogers .......,.G Tergeson Leland Jenkins G .. Witherell Substitutes for Athena were Weber, Geissel and Pickett Athena Frosh Defeat Pendleton The freshmen of Athena defeated the freshmen of Pendleton, Saturday evening, February 14, on the home floor by a score of 15-8. The fresh men of Athena took the lead but were soon overcome by the Pendleton group. Both teams played hard and fast At the half the score was 4-4. the second half found the Athena When It Comes To Repairs: Who Wants an Imitation? 770ULD you call on your local mer- chant and ask him (or "imitation sugar, or raisins, or coffee? Would you ask him to sell you a pair of shoes made of something "just as good" as leather? Or a suit of clothes "made for" a man, whether or not it fits you? 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The lineup was as follows: Geissel, Rogers, forwards; Singer, Campbell, guards; Weber, center; Murphy, Bud Miller Substitutes. Helix Girls Defeat Athena Girls The Athena girls' basketball team was defeated by the Helix girls, last Friday, on the Helix floor. The first half was a close, hard fought battle. In the last two quarters Alma Kar stens, star Helix forward, began to find the loop at too frequent inter vals. The lineup for Athena was: forwards, Myrick, Campbell; centers, V. Ross, Douglas; guards, M. J. Mill er; Goldie Miller; substitutes, Barrett, Taylor, Trump and Weaver. Livestock Producer Is Favored in Amendment Salem. The house adopted an amendment to the "gasoline cowboy" act of 1929, by which the producer would be permitted to enter into the competitive resale trade along with the retailer. 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