^li cnttan Connût journal
Seventieth Year No. 39
T hese
T h in g s
We
N ote
Moro, Oregon Friday
Premium Lists Readv
For Distribution;
Some Changes Made
The 1958 Sherm an County F air
Prem ium list has been printed
and copies are available at the of
fice of the fair board secretary,
Mrs. J. W. Coons who is in charge
of distributing them.
There are a few changes in the
book this year including the elim-
Giles L. French
ination of fat stock open classes
In Portland the schools are go and the addition of FFA classes,
ing to concentrate on teaching, Many changes have been made in
not on extra-curricular activities. flowers and 4-H listings which ex-
hibitors will find interesting.
Revolutionary—and proper.
JoJm Day Dam
Sheep Obtainen To
August 1 1958
Weather Hot,
Inaugral Program Start Chain Sv
Fires Numerous,
Ronnie Moblev
Date : Sept. 19 structor,
Marvin Robertson, FFA in Harvest Ending
and Ronnie Mobley went
County Official Paper
Countv Gets Small
Sum To Eradicate
Predatorv Animals
Hot Weather, Dry
Grass Cause
Many Fires
Sherm an county will receive
$536 of the $30,000 of state monev
The ilate for the celebration to Molalla last week and l>ought
Sherman
. . . . county’s
. .
w eatherm an allocated by the state departm ent
over the sta rt of the John Day ten H am pshire ewes and a ram
The hot w eather made every
did
his
but could not equal Of agricult ure for predatory ani- thing dry .
and fires _________
started as
dam has definitely been set for so that Ronnie can sta rt a sheep the heat best
of other places.
even ,n a i control during the fiscal year quickly as if the earth was cov-
Septem ber 19. Site will l»e the chain. He will keep them two Portland having
ered with gun powder. Fire de-
north axis of the dam a short years and then sell a like nu.n- al«.ve ours. B u f .M o n d a T m e 'X r*
, o ''' 1
, "U .
n-vn have rush-
distance above the W ashington ber to some younger Iwv ju st ,nom eter at tlte extsuantent X
1 , "i
* <,lvl9lon ed to wheat ftehls and barn tires
landing of the Maryhill ferry sta rtin g In the sheep business. lion w ent to 102 („ ^ .1 ,0 hig h est
w here the U. S. E ngineers are •Ihe s lv e p a re front th e herd th a t of th e su m m er so far. I,
" '..‘‘r mtamr inlm al eon.ro. t . a he
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building a headquarters and the produced the champion at The on July 19, 1956 when it was th a t .1
• animal control is a
> ouy
hut
ib . i .
?
three-way program between the
Monday the Bon Christianson
contractors, Morrison & Knudson Dalles show last June.
.
. '
' a‘s
nv tllat state and federal governm ent and harvesting outfit pasted the
are establishing a base.
w h 'ii it
? nil " US U 5 3’ 1942 the u n t i e s . Funds designated for Blaine Miller field and a spark
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General chairm an
is
Ken
,
“
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each county are available to the U nited the grass w ith the result
These ar«; not the times for a Buck Hollow Gets
Weeks, banker of tloldendale. Utility Property Up
*
in r lu L 'in o m n u ’. n extent that counties appropriate th a t some 40 acres of standing
debating society and the United
Head of the program com m ittee is
r m u e up e»rn d ° ? u n \ t h \ Bth HUH 'E tc h in g funds for the program , wheat, ten acres of barley and
Nations, being that, is losing its Highway Approval
C harles Allen Tom, state repre
In
State
Valuation
‘
,„ .vi,,,',,,,,"
.\he aV' which Ls conducted by the state another 40 acres of stubble and
standing. Until the nations gives
sentative, who is busy lining up
erage maximum was 88, the av- in cooperation with the U. S. grass went up in rolling smoke
Kenneth Fridley, mem ber of speakers and im portant figures
some pow er to international gov
rhe
1948
tiu
e
cash
utility
pro-
erage
minimum
was
56
and
the
despite the work of hastily gath
ernm ent it will am ount to little. the state highway commission, who will wish to attend to help perty in Oregon shows an in- mean tem perature 72, a good four Fish and Wildlife Service.
has made inquiry about this news- kick-off the start of the last major crease of
ering volunteers.
There w asn’t
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nearly $84 million or degrees above the
normal for
much they could do about it for
lhe dam in the main stem of the Col- 9-87% over last year, C. W. Cham- July.
Did you notice that you re
gn (ailing Buck Hollow Buck umbia and speed the day when bers. chairm an of the State Tax
tall wheat burns rapidly and vio
ceived more bills before the end
We have had long d e a r and dry Bus Drivers To
lently so that equipm ent can h ard
of the month? F irst tim e busi creek and the sign will lie chan bigger barges can move the Commission, announced this week spells, one occurring last fail
ly stay close enough to spread
ness men have had a chance to ged to Buck Hollow creek.
freight of the interior.
following the commission’s annu- from August 19 to Septem ber 17
This seems a sufficient com
much ■water.
save a cent on a bill.
Eldon Bridge, farm er of Gold- al review of utility assessm ents, which was longer than this one Be Examined
promise and has a basis of fact in encale, is chairm an of the com-
luist T hursday a spark from a
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The increase, sim ilar to that of which has lasted since July 18
The special school bus d river’s ham m er mill Ignited chopped
C hristine Keith, the w riter on that, as W. O. Widdows, who m ittee to arrange for a luncheon a y«ar ago, is due mainly ti> ad
* w ,
wb2n a mere .02 of rain fell one
The Dalles Chronicle,
recently handles such things for the com- for distinguished guests a nd vis- ditional property being construe- night. So far the crop year has license will expire annually on ka^' on the Gordon H arper place
discussed the theory that th in k cription of Sherman
that the
legal calls
des* Hors
Maryhill
castle H‘
prior
to ted and used U>,
in utility i!ervice-
service, brought 14.67 inches compared to July 1. ’Pie physical exam ination and before it was over two hay
countv
iu........ at .........
w ‘7** "““T
ior tO
is currently recommneded to be s b<‘ds, the hay and the ham m er
i l l II I Herman co u n ty t a i l s the program . Leonard Erickson Commissioner
Cham bers said. an average of 10.59.
ing cool thoughts can keep the
taken annually by each driver. ,n*H were burned. The Wasco
heat from getting one down.
! rnu an w" ,ei n T " ' oi Gol.k-ndaie ¡« m charge of ar- Gas, electric, and telephone calc-
Our rangem ents which means speak- gories show the largest increases, H arvest Elid ing
Along with the special license, ,ire departm ent came but the
Thinking about anything makes \ • 1 Ulk Ho11™ cieek.
the Department of Education and blaze was too big to control,
it worse and anticipation can ‘ ‘ ■ a of,„ ‘h! h C0<ie sa/vs:, " ,hc"ce c r ’s stand, telephone and loud «eared to population and business
W heat and barley harvest, the I^epartment of Motor Vehicles
Vinton
west along the south tow nship speaker and conveniences.
activity o___
gains ...
in .the stale
vm ion W atkins
atkins' cat shot a
make things better.
'I’he gas companies continue to sPeeded by hot, dry w eather and will conduct jointly the In-service sPark tbat started the grass along
" e ” low nshlp 5 south to the
A group of about 21) met Tues-
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thence daY
j ay night
night at
at The Dalles w ith make plant additions to handle many c?
combines,
is nearl
nearing Its training 'program. Classroom ses-
base line road and burned
Newspapers in McMinnville and middle
* uuu,* u of n Buck
“ ,K hollow; in€nce
mDlnes’ >«
Portland have been In a bit of , 7 ? , . m idd}€ of Buck hollow colonel H art and Major H utchins natural gas, Electric companies end in shvrm an c°unty.
Many slons, currently set for a two- stl,bblc on the Amidon and Barzee
conversation about city names
° the intersection of Buck creek Of the Engineers from Walla have added hydro-electric and fir,ished last week, more w ill fin- hour minimum, will l>e held In Places before l>elng extinguished,
Instead of the very hot days
which was started by misinfor-
an‘
eschutes r iv e r ;’. There is Walla to make plans for the cele- steam generation facilities in Bak- ish ,h ls’ even in the 8OUtk end of the various school districts. Meth-
ods and procedures for school bus ] ke w*nd has come up since
most satisfactory, operation, traffic laws and regu- •'oesday and the tem perature is
got 40 bushels to lations, films and visual aids will ^,,u n but danger from fire still
those who did not be presented at the training pro- exlsls and every one is being
The assum ption that the “th e”
ivuiuies oi n. vom ing
distribution facilities.
,n ine main part of the county gram sessions by teams of in- careful.
was unnecessary is incorrect.
îo,n aB area w kere the land was
The telephone industry has add- are a k t,k ‘ apologetic. Forty bu- structors.
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most im portance we cannot Bank Gets Ready
cd facilities for radio relay, direct gbels used to In* a wild boast.
Many m otorists still do not un
This may come to he called the completely agree.
distance dialing and dial equip-
,,ail <ild damage to many crops derstand the Oregon law permit- Small Boy Helps
For
Name
Change
tranquilizer age and it certainly .
m ink the men who wrote
ment conversions.
and 8onw were hurt by hot wea- ting turns ugalnst red lights, as
needs to he followed—and soon—
of Sher-
Bank
Railroad VaiudllODS
valuations decreased
l— tke oiinginal description
•
* rh »»» e _ F
A irst n National
a u v iia i I9U
1IIN V of I
IVUlUOdU
(lOCFCGSOd £ u 1 th er an,i ‘“>,’ne
’ were
• * on land thal evidenced at most intersections Rescue Held Kitten
♦«, cannot produce 40 bushels.
I
Fer- controlled by traffic signals.
by an age when people get ex. man (ounty back in 1891 slipped Portland, the oldest national bank relatively small amount 4
iHmnis Benson heard a kitten
when they described the county on the Pacific Coast, will have the reflect a co n tin u ed ad v erse earn- ,llia?r helI*d in most cases, big
cited about things.
The law, In effect for a num ber mewing last Saturday and finally
and run the line down Buck hoi- new est name of any bank west of ings
The
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InKs position
position.
The commission
commission rains ,na,k‘ lhe cr< op sure and of years, perm its drivers to make located the sound under the Paul
W hat to do with K hrushchev k)W to
point wlx?re Buck creek the Rocky M ountains on Thurs- considered the railroads’ declin- favorable
w eather, added
to a right turn against a red light, May house recently vacated by
if he comes to this country is entered the Deschutes but we can day when it officially becomes the ing com petitive position in the timely work by farm ers made the after stopping. It also perm its a I>on King, E nlisting the aid of
bothering the leaders. We under hardly expect the highw ay com F irst National bank of Oregon, transportation industry in grunt- 1958 crop one to lx» remembered. left or right turn against a red adults, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hail
Not only will the crop lx* re light, after stopping, when en ter ey, the lx>y found the kitten with
stand one of the problem s will be mission to correct it now and we
A telegram from the comptrol- ing a small reduction in true
to find some one to drink with are grateful for the change.
1er of the currency In W ashington cash values of this actegory, C<
,'om- membered but the excellent cut ing a one-way street.
its head stuck in a hole in a lx>ard
ting conditions. Harvest contin
These turns are always legal under the house. Hailey had to
him and listen to his bragging.
D. C., making the change official, m lssloner Charnliers said.
ued w ithout a stop for rain or unless otherw ise directed by a Mw hlm out Th<, j'iui'e' calico c il
was received yesterday by the
NEW BARLEY MAY
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damp mornings.
head office of statew ide branch
We are just getting out of this RE Hl’tX’ESHFUL
P°llce offIcer or a slgn at a spe’ 1« drinking milk from a suoon
recession and prophets are saying
I his was the 19th year of good clal Intersection, tlx« Oregon De- and enjoying the life he alm ost
A new w inter barley variety, banking institution.
Sherman County
crops for Sherman county. Since partm ent of Motor Vehicles said. jo«t.
Shareholders had earlier a u th
we are startin g a boom. W hat a Alpine, shows prom ise for general
1940 there has not been 3 |X)or
Failure to take advantage o f _____ _
life
use In Sherm an county, reports orized the change at a special Picnic August 10
crop county-wise.
Some farm ers the law causes unnecessary traf-
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County Agent T. W. Thompson. meeting held in Portland on June
Sliei man county picnic will Jx? and some sections have not al- flc congestion.
Social security is to be boasted The new bearded variety develop- 27. Com m enting on the change, ( ’.
More Stock Aim
In making such turns, officials
again which is like a cat chas ed in Utah has special promise B. S tep h en so n , bank president, I h 'M Sunday, August 10 at Laurel--ways share 1 in the gixxl harvests
Hui t I ark, at 1:00 p. m. ( offee, but in .. general they
have ........
been .......
said drivers
should
proceed
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_ with Of State College
ing its tail. Keeping up w ith In for sh atter resistance and w inter said;
“W ith F irst National bank scr- rl , ai" and 8l,^ar ar*d punch will far above the old average which caution so as to not conflict with
flation Is a congressional chore hardiness.
Prospects for expanding Ore
it does best. Now the boys can
Yield wise the variety has vices available to O regonians at ire fu rn ish ed , E rn est Webb, Pres., for tlx* 1920s was computed at traffic going through on the green
around 17 bushels.
gon's livestock and poultry indus
light.
come home and lx>ast until the shown superiority to other w in 77 offices in 55 Oregon com m un Irene F raser, Ssec.
tries to fill local dem ands for
new taxes are announced.
ter varieties for two year tests ities, our new name, F irst Nation-
meat are under study by Oregon
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at tlx? Sherm an branch experi- a *
Oregon, is a much more ap-
State college agricultural experi
Now that we have selected a ment station. Superintendent W. propriate description of our bank.
ment station.
Miss Oregon the affairs of the E. Hall, reports the variety has As Oie bank continues to expand
West coast (xipulation increases,
world seem a little less compli been under nursery test for five in the future, the name will Ire-
were Don arid Bill Macnob, ( ’het farm ers this week. The Informa- coupled with higher standards of
cated.
years and field plot seedings for come increasingly more appropri-
Coats, Elton Medler, Frank Reid, tlon was sent to those believed to living, have turned coastal states
ate.”
1957 and 1958.
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Registration of. Wells
Fred Dormaler and Rlchelderfer have a Morning Glory problem, into a m eat-im porting area, re-
The arm ed services are said to
Ihiring the 1956 freeze Alpine
For anyorx? we missed, please ex- po rts Dr. ihmdon R. Sitton, OSU
be long on dark glasses. Well, was the only variety to survive
August 3 is final date for reg ranches.
F. A. Nielson Heads
The num ber one need—a vac cuse, ami give us a call for your agricultural economist heading
th ere’s always Hollywood.
istering wells that are used in u
the w inter. Hall
has reported.
commercial m anner—Ip Sherm an uum cleaner or a good tight fence copy. The sum m ary is the ix«st the new project.
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Olympia. W inter Club. Hudson,
A large i>ercentage of the pork
Independent
Group
Man has learned how to eradi Trebi and
county this means irrigation of for hogs or turkeys. Anyway it available and answ ers most (pies-
Flynn No. 37 were
should lx« excellent duck and lions operators need.
and broiler meat eaten in Oregon
cate flies. Lake care of mosquitoes nearly 100% destroyed during
over
one-half
acre
of
ground.
Sev
Announcement of the appoint
is shipped in from outside the
and control nearly all the anim als this free»?. Alpine besides su r ment of Francis A. Nielson of the eral people have asked alxmt reg goose hunting.
w estern region. Increased cattle
but himself, an art at which he viving had the best yield of any Wasco Pharm acy, chairm an of the istering springs and w hether w a F ires anil M ore Fires
CANADA TH ISTLE
A lertness by farm ojrerators,
feeding in Oregon during rerent
makes slow progress.
of the five years tested in the Sherm an county chapter of the ter can lx« reserved for future use.
Canada Thistle is presently In years is bringing supplies of beef
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Springs are surface w ater and cooperation of neighbors, and lo-
nursery.
National Federation of Indepen-
cal town fire fighting equipm ent full force. This perennial plant closer to local dem ands, the econ-
Exercise was invenkxl by man
F ield plot yields the past two dent Business, was made t<xlay by thus not covered by the ground and citizens have kept heavy occurs mainly in the draw s in the om lst explains.
as a substitute for w ork b u t it years have shown Alpine super- E. L. Stanley, district m anager of w ater
Tht>y are subject to
minimum this county, but is threatening to
G reatly expanded feed grain
has never been so healthful.
ior to Olympia, the best w inter
the federation in this area. the laws of appropriation, which grain loss to a
Complete production In Oregon during the
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variety to date. Alpine has been
Each business member of this has ,x?en ln exl8ten^e
Feb- y a r . J u s t an extra tug by a cat move into crop land.
A poll taker found that most comparable to Trebi and pro- organization m aintains a voting ruary 24( 1909' Exemption» under caused two fires w ithin the week eradication can be and should be past five years may be the kev
to more livestock and poultry
Americans thought this was an duces less than Flynn No. 37. mem bership, and is polled by bal- the $round w ater C(*le f«r wells in the Moro area. More fires are achieved.
in the offing and caution by all
Fortunately, there has been de- grown for local m arkets, lielieve
age when a great num ber of per- both spring varieties, during the lot each m onth on tlx? bills and do not
to 8Prln8s- A” a P- is required.
veloped in recent years a chem- stab? agricultural leaders,
sons tried to get by w ithout
do- same period. Average yield in bu- issues that effect independent bu- P,lcation f<*r ¡x«rinit with formal
Burned over stubble ground leal that may lie destined to deal
The OSC study Is expected to
ing tb?ir job better than they had
shels for the past two years when slness enterprise in the nation
,>,an of <lt«velopment is needed
Re-
to. Sorry we didn’t get to vote seeded in the fall; Alpine 33.6,
In an effort to do everything when sPring w ater is put to bene- can lx« a severe erosion problem. the plant a real Sunday punch, run for two o r three years.
Max Barzee a few years ago had Amino Trlazole, or ATZ, Is the suits will lie published in a form
Aye.
Olympia 30.4, Flynn 36 7 and Tre- possible to m aintain the Ameri-
use.
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bi 34.3.
can way of life, and keep a free
' lx?re Is no provision un< er excedent success in reducing ero- first chemical that has shown designed to help farm ers decide
O ur great-aunt Pease says it
The variety has a stiffer straw’ com petitive system of business, either the surface or ground w a slon by rotary subsoillng a b u rn t prom ise of being able to give whetlx?r It 1» economically sound
control of this plant.
for them to go into the livestock
<!oesn t make an j difference w hat than other w inter varieties plus the buslnes-m en express their ter law that reserves a right for over area. Farm ers having fire
ATZ, is absorbed and translo- business or trt expand present
he calls her before m arriage, an erect head which contributes own personal opinion on the bal- future use of w ater w ithout ac losses this year might like to try
Canada Thistk». livestock oj>eratlons.
she’ll wind up being called "H ey” to less shattering. Union county lots each month and tu rn them tually m aking a development. this system o r a chisel type tool, cate I by the
im plem ent to Since it is so readily translocated
Ixmg-range economic opportun-
in a few years.
found the variety to . he a very over to Mr. Nielson, who makes Anyone w anting to reserve w a Ju st some type
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K°°*I thresher and still excellent a tabulation of the total num ber ters must use them to m aintain rough up the ground could save lnto lhe roots and other parts of Hy for various types of livestock
many Tons of top soil
the plant, ATZ has a gfxxl system- enterprises on Oregon farms will
The nation has spent some 20 for sh atter resistance. One hun- and the m anner in which they their right.
1c killing action. The m aterial Is he studied. A lternative livestock
billions a year for the last fifteen dred se w n ty acres w«ere produced voted.
slow acting and re»|Hires several program s will exam ine such in
years more than it has collected. in Union county in 1958.
This tabulation is sent, with the
days before any effect is noticed, form ation as Investm ent required.
Weeds and Htrut
Borrowing that much and not
Seed stocks are short and ex signed liallots. directly to Con The Rig Wind • 19.18
Yellowing of the leaves Is the risk, and am ounts and types of
paying it hack Is enough to make pensive this year. Seed is avail gressm an Al I liman In W ashin-
first symptom.
feeds required.
everyone prosperous. It has. It able from Utah or Union county. ton. Inasm uch as all this action
July 12 will go down as a wind
A Ixnmtiful harvest Is near
ATZ Is not a selective weed
Relationships in past years be
has also made everyone a debtor. The Utah seed Is certified and takes plan? before the congress storm long to rem em ber In the completion. An investm ent In the
If we all had to pay our share of quoted as $85 per ton. Trenton, man is required to vote on these wheat country. W henever you future for continued prospect of killer so it cannot be used on tween local feed grain supplies,
the debt we would nearly all be Utah. Rail freight adds $2.40 per debatable legislative issues. It 1 lose 50% of the crop—It’s a big a properous agriculture should lx* crops. Thistle control m ust be livestock numbers, and prices
done by sixit spraying Best re will lx» of m ajor Importance in the
broke.
100 pounds m aking a price of the only m anner In which It is wind, ___
lens of thousands of dol- considered by all farm ers. Utili sults are obtained tiefore the this study, Sitton explains.
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$1.13 per ton. The seed source In possible for him to know the per- Isrs were lost in Sherm an coun- zation of all stubble and control
Oregon farm s produced an av-
Pete Radam acher is an ama- Union county is through Pio sonal opinions of his ind< |x?ndent ty cue to hail and wind damage of perennial weeds are sound In tle comes Into flower.
eragoe of 425,000 tons of barley,
teu r in that he fights for fun. neer Mills. Island City, states T business constituents in an o r on wheat and barley this year. vestm ents for the future.
oats, and corn i>er year from 1949
F a ir Booth*«
Say what you will about com- W. Thompson. This lot was from ganized manner.
Severe wind dam age occurred
Straw utilization is more essen
to 1953. By 1956. production of
mercialism it does often give a certified stock in Utah the prevl-
The National Federation of In- north and north-east of Wasco on tial with use of nitrogen fertilizer
After August 1, there will lie Diese feed grains had Increased to
will to succeed
ous year. Price at Island Cltv is dependent Business is a non-pro July 12. Heaviest dam age occur- than ever before Fall tillage or
available a new bulletin designed <67,tXM) tons.
Barley prices in
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$80 p er ton.
fit organization that has the larg- red In the Emlgrant-Blglow area, stubble break down might l>e de- to help folks plan com m unity Oregon fell from $54.58 per ton
There is opportunity
for
much
Five
ton
of
Alpine
from
Union
e«t
individual
m
em
liershlp
of
any
..
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An unlxllevable 40-50% loss oc- sired by some farm ers. Stubble Ixxiths at fairs. It will be rieslir-
comment on le
rval Faubus county was »»-cured the first of business organization in the Uni- curred on some farms.
Heads beaters have also proven effective nated as PNW 25
PNW stands during the 1919 to ’53 period to
$39 58 in 1957.
victory in Arkansas It is plain the week, by County Agent T. W. ted States and Independent bust- were « snapjxxl off, stripped of all
The time is right (or Morning for Pacific N orthw est and indi-
The project will analyse busi
th at if we are going to have gov- Thompson, for Sherm an county ness and
professional men of kernels and literally blanketing Glory and some other type per- cated that Oregon .State, Wash-
em m ent by the people we must farm ers. Indications were 10-20 every vocation participate with the ground w ith heads ami ker- ennlal weed control. A sum m ary Ington State and the College of ness agreem ents, m arketing pat
decide on the size of the unit, additional tons may i>e secured voting memberships, regardless of neis i/»-s on some farm s ran of the use of Chloro Benzole A dd A griculture, U niversity of Idaho, terns. and o ther economic trends
that could influence the course of
G overnm ent by the people of depending upon availability of the other civic or trade affilia from 10-25 bushels. Farm ers re- as a control for wild
Morning worked together In publication of Oregon s livestock and poultry in
A rkansas means segregation.
seed stes ks.
tions.
¡xirting and observe I to have lost Glory was mailed to a num ber of a Joint Ixilletin
dustry.
nifS8fon’
Countv Agent Notes Information o f Use to Farmers