THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 20, 1931
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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. '
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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?
Get the Genuine
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When you need re
pairs for your I H C
Farm Equipment,
buy the genuine re
pairs. See that this
trade-mark appears
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Genuine IHC repairs are made from the
original patterns all others are copied from
copies. Genuine I H C repairs are made of
the same material, have the same finish, fit as
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machine.
We are the Authorized IHC Dealers
There is one certain and infallible "way to
secure genuine IHC repairs buy them from
us. And remember that International service,
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when International machines are equipped with
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freshmen looping the ball through
the basket which the Pendleton boys
could not stop. Geissel of Athena be
ing high point man making all the
Athena score.
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.
Under the amendment a producer
may dispose of his stock by securing
from the sheriif of his county a tag,
for which a fee of 10 cents is charg
ed, and which shall be held as proof
that a carcass has been sold.
The original act prohibited the pro
ducer from selling to anyone other
than a licensed retail meat dealer, but
the amendment opens the way for
him to increase his trade.
Idaho Ships Food
Idaho shipments of food to the
drought areas for distribution by the
Red Cross amount to 60 carloads al
ready and are likely to exceed 60 car
loads before February 19 when the
free freight privileges end, Lee
Johns, commissioner of agriculture
estimated.
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as to what you are, where you are, and what
you have to offer in the way of skill, talent or
commodity. The only man who should not
advertise is the man who has nothing to offer
the world in the way of commodity or ser
vice." Elbert Hubbard, m
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