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About Central Point star. (Gold Hill, Or.) 192?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1929)
CENTRAL POINT STAR » I VOLUME TWO Increased Gas Tax Will Aid Highway Work ■- 1 ■ 1 OREGON ORGANIZES MANY NEW CRANGE ORDERS BUSINESS CONDITIONS NOT . SO GOOD IN 12th DISTRICT During October the decline in pro duction in prim ary distribution, re ported ill September, spread to oilier llclds of business activity. Com modity prices moved downward. A drastic decline in securities prices placed additional credit burdens up on member banks and more Fed eral reserve credit was called into use than has been needed since 1921. Continued dry Weather has affect Mure than 02,000,000 in additional ed agriculture unfavorably re ta rd revenue will be collected by Ihe ing Hie sowing of w inter wheat and »lute of Oregon in 1830 a* a result causing further impairment of con of the one cent per Mallon Increase dition of livestock and livestock In the »late tax on gasoline anil dis- ranges. Scanty range forage has Dilute »ole», bringing Ihe loal re forced the prem ature m arketing of ceipt* from lids source to 87,052,054 some range stock during recent according to a tentative estimate weeks. Both foreign and domestic made by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of buying of wheal have been if) rather state. After January 1. 1930, this small volume this autumn and stor tux will lie four cents per Mallon on ed stocks are relatively large. Al gasoline and 3 1-2 cents on distillate, though yields of nearly all fruit the new rate being the first change crops have been sm aller than Iasi since the rise in 1923. year, aggregate financial returns to During the present year, with grow ers, due Io higher prices, have collections in for nine months and been about equal Io those of 1928. the revenue for the rem ainder of Ihe Despite recent unfavorable factors year estimated, a total of 84,807.073 in the situation, it still appears is anticipated for receipts during probable that agricultural purchas 1929. Based on the constantly in ing power has not been reduced as creasing num ber of gallons of motor compared with a year ago. fuel sold during the year, an esti Seasonal curtailm ent in employ mate has been fixed for 1930 on a ment of industrial w orkers was re gain of 10 per cent in sales. Tills, ported during October. For the taken ill conjunction with Ihe one month as a whole, there were sm al cent additional tax, is expected to ler than sc isonal increases in build bring a total of 87.052,054 into Ihe ing and construction operations. state's coffers. Refunds made to Hour milling, petroleum production, purchasers who use gasoline for ag and nonferroiis metals mining. Dur ricultural or industrial purposes will ing the last week of October sharp run approxim ately 8520,801 and ad curtailm ent in output of many in m inistrative expenses will require dustries was reported, although 810.000, leaving a net revenue for those industries supplying goods for tile sta ll lugli\su\ fin.'I Ilf 00JU1JMB Ihe holiday trade were reported to To this may be added the projected be generally active. receipts from m otor vehicle fees and After making allowance for the us licenses of *5,005,327, which w ill give ual seasonal changes, nearly all the hig'itwuy fund more than 812* lines of retail trade slow ed declines in value of sa b s during Ihe month. 000,000 <luring 1930. All revenue accruing from Ihe lax Daily average deparlim nt store sales on motor vehicle fuel is turned over were sm aller than in September and to the state highway fund to be al sales of new passenger automobiles located by the state highway com and trucks decreased substantially Sales at wholesale increased. Do mission in the construction and m aintenance of roads throughout mestic shipm ents through the Pana the slate. No division is made d i ma Cuñal also increased, chiefly be rect to the counties from this source cause of heavier eastbound ship as is in the case of the receipts from ments of refined petroleum pro m otor vehicle fees which will net ducts. The general level of commodity the counties some 82,802,663 in 193(1 Deduction in automobile license rate prices declined during October. In and u new apportionm ent of one- cluded in Hie decline were prices of third of the receipts from motor ve wheat, livestock, and wool, all im hicle fees to counties would leave portant products of this District. the stale highway fund with less Relatively satisfactory prices for revenue proportionally than hereto fruits have helped m aintain the p u r fore were it not for Ihe udded tax chasing power of a large section of on gasoline, which was established the agricultural community. Early in November California crude oil by the 1929 legislative assembly. prices which, on October 21, had DAIRY INDUSTRY SUFFERS 1,088 been reduced as much as 65 per cent FROM LOW GRADE MILK4U REAM in some fields, were restored to the levels in effect prior to the reduc Low grade milk and cream is tion. costing the dairy industry of this Changes in both member bank country about 840,000,000 a year, statem ents during recent weeks said O. E. Reed, chief of the U. S. have reflected largely demands for Bureau of Dairy Industry in an additional credit growing out of the address in St. Paul, Minn, at the Nat needs of local and eastern security The rapid dow nw ard ional Creamery Butterm akers’ Con m arkets. vention. Much of this loss is due movement of stock prices in late Oc to refusal of dealers to accept sour tober and early November was ac and off-flavored products and such companied. at member banks, by a refusal means direct financial loss substantial movement of funds to New York, a decrease in deposits, to the farm er, said Mr. Iteed. “The m arketing of low quality and an increase In loans. To help milk and cream results many times meet this situation, member banks in the m anufacture of inferior grade increased their borrowings at the of dairy products," he said. "Be Reserve Bank by 38 million dollars. cause these products bring low pric The amount of reserve hank credit es, the farm er does not receive the in use at mid-November was larger best price for his milk and cream .” than at any time since 1921, and the reserve ratio of the Federal Reserve People consume more milk and cream and milk and cream products Bank of San Francisco, at any time, when the grade is high Ilian when since 1921, and Hie reserve ratio of it is low; the great increase in the the Federal Reserve Bank of San per-caplta milk consumption in this Francisco, at 57.9 on November 15, country in the last few years is a t was at the lowest point reached tributed partly to the rem arkable since that year. improvement in Ihe quality of Hie A MOOSE STORY milk and cream sold, he said. One of Ihe four moose in Douglas “ Billions of pounds of skimmilk. butterm ilk, and whey produced each county broke into print in Good year in the United Stales are either Housekeeping Magazine of Iasi w asted or are inefficiently used, and month. The story was told of a the discovery and development of moose who suffered a broken leg in methods of utilizing these by-pro the wilds of Douglas county about ducts is one of the Im portant ob a year ago. The animal was caught jects of the Bureau of Dairy Indus and the leg set by a deputy warden try . Investigations along this line and a rancher. Some lime later af- include work on the m anufacture of ter Hit lcg had healed Ihe rancher dry skimmilk and extending this pro was in a boat on a stream anil he duct in making bread and ice cream. saw amoosc standing on the bank. Presently Ihe animal plunged into -------- o--------- the w ater and swam to the boat. The REVISED VERSION Sonny—“ Must 1 sleep In the dark? rancher rubbed the nose of the beast and then it swam away, having ex- Mother— 'Ye»”. '' " ■ ' f ■■ " i» ' in I tre.it- •'Oh, then let me say my prayers |i.-. pver again—<norc carefully. NUMBER 19 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1929 ï J ment previously received. The National Grange has been in session at Seattle the past week in its 63rd convention. Louis J. Taber Master and H arry A. Caton Secre tary both of Ohio, were re-elected yesterday. The Oregon subordinate Granges have been voting on nomi nees for state Grunge officials and Bertha J. Beck, the efficient secre tary, is the only one who has a clear field for the election next April. The other elective positions have several contenders. For Master, Geo. A. Palm iter, incum bent, A. H. ’Shumway, M. s. shrock, B. W. Gill, »"d M. C. Glover are proposed. For Overseer, M. C. Glover, incumbent, Farm Board Will Be Aided By the Grange Today is T hanksgiving and everyone has som ething to be thankful for. Any optim ist can find many things to be thankful for—'tis only the pessim ist who sees no silver linings to life’s dark clouds. W e may not like the w eather The National Grange and other —hut we have seen worse. W e m ay not feel good hut we general farm organizations can he have felt much wjorse. W e may not be w ealthy hut there of great assistance to the Federal are others who ma*' he even poorer. This old planet may Farm board in the adm inistration lo o k dark and drear hut the next world may not he so of the Agricultural Marketing act, J Charles S. Wilson, Member, Federal good. Farm board, said in an address pre T here may he clouds here, now hut som ewhere the pared for delivery November 20 be sun is shining. So it is with life. O ftentim es everything j Fred Koski, H. F. W arren, and W. A. fore the annual convention of the appears to he at about the lowest ebb. We perm it o u r Jones are named. For lecturer, Mrs. National Grange at Seattle, Wash. selves to he carried into the depths of despond and every Minnie E. Bond, incum bent, Mrs. Mr. Wilson outlined to the conven Marie Flint McCall, C. C. Hulet, Mrs. thing seems to he gloomy and when someone comes along Jesse Millar, W. It Gekeler, Fred tion what the hoard ha* done thus with a smile and a joke it seems almost impossible that Goff, Mrs. Margaret Denny and Mrs. far in helping grain, wool and mo livestock and o ther groups of anyone can be happy but soon we get the spirit of his E. A. Blake are candidates. All but hair, cooperative associations to organize smile and the m irth of his joke and we too smile and joke two for each office will be elim inat national commodity m arketing agen ed by vote next month and election cies. He discussed in a general way and everything becomes brighter. be in April. Oregon organized the policies of the Farm Board thus On T hanksgiving Day— why not be jolly. Let joy be will more new' granges the past year far developed. unrestrained. Pass on to all our surroundings a word of than any state except North Caro Samuel R. MeKelvy, Member Fed cheer or a smile to help them to enjoy a fuller life. lina. eral Farm Board, told the conven O ur president and governor have declared the day a tion about the organization of the day of thanksgiving and asked the people of this great FOURTEEN FEDERAL MEN Farm ers National Grain C orporation LOST IN FOREST FIRES nation to observe the day in fitting m anner. This holiday and what it has hoped this central m arketing agency will accom plish is our holiday. It is not handed on to us from the early The total of human life taken by for the grain producers of the coun pagen, the sun w orshippers, the early C hristian or from fires on the national forests in this any foreign nation. Thanksgiving day originated in the year's disastrous fire season includes try. “The program of the Board, we youth of this land—when the Oregon country was known fourteen employes of the U. S. F o r realize,” Mr. Wilson said in address only to savages and anim als. The hand of reform ers who est service, six of whom w ere in the ing the National Grange convention, had cast their lot in this g reat undeveloped w estern world North Pacific D istrict of Oregon "is an am bitious one. It is one which gave birth to the day when afte r many trials and hardships and W ashington. This inform ation we believe m erits th support of ev is given out by the Portland office ery farm ers’ organization and every — when savage? and the ravages of disease and the bitter- of the Forest Service. agency engaged in research, teach cold of the elem ents had all done their deadliest w ork— Loss of life of forest personnel ing, or extension w ork in agricul were blessed with good crops and fortune seemed to smile was heavier this year than in any ture. We have the assistance and upon them. They set aside a day of thanksgiving and o f year since 1910. The largest num support of the United States D epart fered up their devotion to their heavenly father for the ber of deaths due to forest files oc- ment of Agriculture, the state agri in the North Pacific District, culture colleges, and extension ser blessings which they had received. They were a religious cured where six forest service employees vices. people and they deemed the showing of good fortune the lost their lives. The N orthern Dis “We believe that farm organiza creator's way of expressing his sanction for their cause. trict (Montana and Idaho) reported tions, and particularly the Grange W e m oderns make this day an event for the offering four deaths and the California and w ith its long history of service to of thanks and for the com m em oration of the early work of Eastern D istricts tw o each. agriculture, can he of great assist out pilgrim forefathers. , The Forest Service does not know ance. It is a program which chal- ! how many deaths there have been lenges the best effort of every farm W e are sure there is no one hut who has sbm ething to of persons not on . Us employment . I organilation and , beHevc it is oniy feel thankful for and we hope th at the spirit of the day rolLs, but it 1* known that a num ber necessary ,o outline the situation to prevails even into the darkest corners of the nation. of people not on these rolls lost you in order to obtain your hearty OREGON PLANES ON ÍNCREASE • IS SHOWN BY MOSS F em ale S herlock H olm es Servant girl—“Madam, m aster lies Evidence of the increasing owner- unconcious in the hall, with a piece ship of airplanes by individuals and ; of paper in his hand and a large of the formation of additional com box alongside.” Mine. X (joyously)—“Oh, my new panics for the omntereial use of planes in Oregon are shown in the hat has arrived.” list of registered craft in the state. This list has been prepared by Sec retary of State Hoss, from the reg tion while the state board of aero istrations received by his office. Of nautics supervises the licensing of the 63 planes listed about 50 per cent pilots. are owned by individuals. A num ber of planes are owned by Aircraft belonging to the federal Oregon firm s for inter-state use, government or its divisions and which are registered only by the those used in inter-state commerce federal government. For those used are not required to register with the exclusively in the state the Rankin state departm ent, since the federal flying service and the Union air departm ent of commerce regulates lines both of Portland, lead the list their licensing. The secretary of in ow nership, each firm having 4 state has charge of aircraft registra- planes. their lit es on account of the fires in the forests in the Pacific N orth west as well as elsew here in the west. • support. Cooperative m arketing is dpendent upon the ability of the in dividual farm er to understand m ar keting problem s and policies. “The local granges for many years TURKEYS TO BE have been a great factor in bringing GOVERNMENT—GRADED to their members the agricultural problems. It is suggested th at in P reparations for the government making up the program for the local grading of m ore than 500.000 tu rk Granges at least one evenings con eys this year are being completed by sideration should be devoted to m ar the Departm ent of Agriculture. Gov keting policies and practices. The ernm ent inspectors will grade birds time is past when cooperative m ar at term inal m arkets in Boston, New keting can be based on propaganda. York Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wyish- It is time now for frank and inform - ir.gton, Pittsburg. Detroit, and Chi- d i^ u ssto n of the farm ers m arket cago, and cooperative agreements ing problems and of necessity of the farm er* becoming able to under- have been made w ith State d epart stand and meet these problem s upon ments of Agriculture for Federal- their own initiative. Therefore, I State grading at shipping points in believe that the Grange can render Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wy no greater service to agriculture at oming, California, Montana, Minne present than to continue to streng sota, Virginia, and Maryland. then its program of education and Govenment-graded birds will have discussion in the local Granges. paper “bracelets” around the shank, “At the present time, I would sug on w hich the grade will be printed gest that the local county and state over the initials of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Depart Granges give support and guidance ment of Agriculture. The grades to the cooperative associations in are “U. S. P rim e” and “U. S. Choice” their territo ry . I am not asking the as applied to young birds that meet Grange to accept or support a coop erative which is considered to he therequirem ents of these grades, and the older birds Which qualify will unsound or poorly managed. I am he labeled "U. S. Prime. M ature", or asking that the Grange and its mem bers aid in correcting unsound con “U. S. Choice. Mature.” More than 11)1) classers at shipping points have ' ditions in so far as possible. I am asking that you accept the principle been licensed by the bureau of Agri which I am sure you do, that co cultural Economics for grading tu rk operative m arketing is sound and eys. I that you will do your part to see that Approximately 2O(),(IrtO turkeys it is not retarded by-inefficiency of were Government-graded last year, any kind.” but it is expected that more will be graded this year in view of the esti- -------- 6-------- mated increase of 9 per cent in the MANY COl GAR (KILLED size of the crop as com pared w ith DURING PAST FISCAL YEAR last year. A total of 288 cougar w ere killed in Oregon during the state game commission's fiscal year w hich end- ed September 30. This was 34 more than w ere killed during the preced ing year. A total of 87 of the big cats were killed in Douglas county; 58 in Lane, 37 in C urry and Clacka mas and Ceos hunters took 25 each. Wild turkeys released numbered Eight wolves w ere killed and »even 350, guinea fowl 537 and golden of these w ere reported from Doug 'Gene Simpson, superintendent of state game farm s has reported to Harold Clifford, state game w arden, that 17,823 Chinese pheasants were released during the year. In ad dition to these there was a release of 1,643 Hungarian partridges in the counties of Eastern Oregon. Read The Ads pheasant* 60. las county.
