CENTRAL POINT STAR
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VOLUME TWO
Increased Gas
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Highway Work
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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
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the w ater and swam to the boat. The
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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pheasant* 60.
las county.