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About The Beaverton enterprise. (Beaverton, Or.) 1927-1951 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1949)
The average price of dairy products received by O regon produ cers con tin u es to slip lower. m T he B A E estim ated price fo r but- | terfat for the 15th o f each month Insurance protection should be com plete not patchy. You don't buy half an umbrella or one boot or lo o f only one room o f your house. The prim ary purpose o f insur ance Is to w orry-p roof you r life You chip a m inor sum in to a kitty each year to protect y ou r self against m a jor losses by fire, accidents, law suits, theft, etc. So make it you r business to protect you rself ALL. O V E R , from every angle. It is our business to show you how. shows a gradual decline to O regon dairym en. T he average price on M ay 15 for bu tterfat was 28% low er than a year ago. T he average price for whole m ilk at w holesale to O regon farm ers was 16 percent under* a year ago. Your community mortician since 1910 D airy product prices, however, are not up so high com pared to the past 10 years. B u tterfat is up 85 percent, while m ilk prices are up 36 percent. Phone 3411 * ‘ '» PROTECTION '* '» BEAVERTON, OREGON If ’ Vf ’A» Vf ' Vf M f «At/Vf ’AJ \ f M f MM ’«Vf Ml jim am um a Leonard Adams "P ersonal Insurance Service" Phone 3831 Any Tim e 73 Broadw ay, Beaverton D A N C E Kinton Grange Music by Johnnie Washburn's Melody Aces QUALITY PRINTING JULY 2 Admtssion~74c; IM P O R T A N T Al.KKTMlK\J. W EALTH is represented in the grow in g, green stands o f tim ber. And so, ov e r the com in g big week-end, farm in g values are put in serious jeop a rd y by careless vacationers. An unusual dry spell that has extended thru the last tw o m onths, coupled with the seasonal developm ent o f d ry grass, slashings and fallen tree needles, or "d u ff” , sets the stage fo r disastrous (Inc. Tax) Lattarhpsdn - a n t e lo p e s • C ard s a t s t e m r u ls - O f f i c e F orm » B U SIN ESS K O RM S O F A I L T Y P E S Pioneer Publishing Co. Phone Beaverton 2321 fire that m ight well rival the tragic T illam ook burn. H um an lives and soil values m ight vanish in a fu ry o f sm oke and flam e. V eteran forestry o ffic ia ls warn that not in two decades have con d ition s been in such a critical Htate from a forest fire standpoint. In 1933 . 350,000 acres o f forests were reduced to a charred w aste land, in the T illam ook burn. D on ’t let It happen this year! STATE FARMERS LEAD NATION IN PAYOUTS OF FHA ADVANCES O regon stands num ber one am on g the states for payouts o f farm ow nership loans made by the F arm ers H om e adm inistration du rin g a 10-year period startin g in 1938, W alter A. D uffy, P ortland, state d irector, announced recently. O f 507 farm ow nership loans m ade during the 10-year period an din g in 1948, 259 fam ilies or 49 percent have paid out their real estate loans in full, 30 years ahead o f schedule, the state direotor dc- j d a res. F or the period July 1, 1948, thru February, 1949, about 43 percent 1 o f the $858,000 loaned in O regon try the F H A vvent to veterans to purchase or equip farms. Returned j servicem en becom ing established J in agriculture accounted for tw o- fifth s o f the 500 O regon farm ers who were assisted during the eight m onths period. O regon ’s rate o f egg production F our hundred and eightythree per layer during May was the \ operating loans and 15 w ater fa cil highest o f any state, a ccord in g to ity loans were made, D u ffy state? the w eekly egg and poultry review V eterans receive preference for prepared by the O b C extension all types o f loans available through service from USDA rep oits and the F arm ers H om e adm inistration. oth er data. E ach layer on the pro Supervised credit, the state d irec duction line during May turned tor emphasizes, is well suited to out nearly 19k* eggs. Som e m id meet needs o f you ng couples with west states run a very close lim ited capital and experience w ho second, but O regon ch ick en s kept wish to get established in farm ing. the lead. T he U. S. average pro O nly farm ers w ho are unable to duction per layer d u iln g May was secure suitable credit at reasonable slightly ov er 18 eggs. rates from other sources are elig T he nation's egg production ible to secure supervised credit during M ay was down about 2 from the F arm ers Hom e adm inis percent under a year ago in Muy. tration, it is pointed out. D u ffy states that the insured but is holding about the same percent above average. T he d e m ortgage program put into effect crease in egg production during in 1947 has m ade It possible for M ay was due to less layers. The banks, insurance com p an ies and nation's farm flock s in May uv-i individuals to c o o p e ia le with the or aged around 321.9 m illion layers governm ent in a program o f de T his is the lowest num ber o f lay veloping and im provin g local co m ers for any month this calendar munities. Loans m ade through the year. It Is also the lowest fo r May insured m ortgage plan are serviced by FH A fieldm en and repaym ents sin ce 1942. T his y ea r’s hatchings how ever to the lender guaranteed by the are on the Increase. C hicks and govei ument Ninety thousand dollars was you n g ch ick en s on U. 8. farm s jJ u n e 1 were estim ated at 556 mil loaned to O regon farm ers whose lion. T his is 14 percent m ore than property was dam aged o r destroy by the 1948 C olum bia river a year ago, hut is still slightly ed | below nverage holdings at this ! flood, Duffs concludes. During this Sale a New LowPrice on the tire that built GENERAL reputation for high mileage Oregon Hens Top Nation's Average Egg Production | time. T he supply o f top grade eggs at I most coast m arkets has been cur- i I rently short o f full needs. Lower grade eggs, on the other haniL | have Increased in supply. Small eggs nre also a problem at som e m arkets, especially San F ran cisco Collcae Puts Out List of Peaches OK For Freezing m f&s A ^ o n ! to tii<* \\ isr f o r S p ecia lists in SAFE BANKING your FIRST SECURITY BANK BEA V ERTO N , MKMjifK' OREGON f e d e r a l r e s e r v e s y s t e m F E D E R A L D E P O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N Harvest Begins On Caneberries In Wash. County C ancbcrry p lck e is are wanted in W ashington county, declares A l vin Elkins, m an ager o f the H ills boro office o f th e state em ploy ment service. C rop is said to be excellent and tentative picking price is 4c per pound plus lc bonus. B lackcap harvest is now under way. Caneberry g row ers are ad vised that there are platoons o f i | pickers signed up and available through the o ffic e s o f Ben Scott. | farm placem ent representative whose telephone num ber Is Hills- 1 boro 1761. Reach varieties that do not turn brow n and nre otherw ise suited fo r freezing are pointed out In a new O regon 8tatc college exton slon circu lar, num ber 532. en tit led ’ Peach Varieties for Otegon” which is now ready for release through the local cou nty exten sion agen t’s o ffic e or by w riting W orkers deairing picking jobs d irectly to O.S.C. are furnished transportation to 1 T he circu la r author. Quentin B the berry fields from the state i Zielinski O s C experim ent st.i em ploym ent service o ffic e at 124 tion horticulturist. has included South Second avenue. H illsboro m ore than 100 peach vaiieties In The local o ffic e is part o f the the seven page m im eograph. In nation-wide system o f em ploy form ation contained In the clr ment offices, affiliated with the cu lar is Intended to answ er fre t* S em ploym ent service under quently asked questions regarding the W agner P eyser act o f 1933 ' fruit *nd ripening ch aracteristics It provides a central clearing | o f standard and m ore recent house for the local labor market peach variety Introductions. bringing together the w orker and As well aa giving variety names, the em ployer. the circu la r Indicates ripening The placem ent service reduce« dates fo r each variety 1n com par waste in Job h unting and labor Ison with the com m on F lber’ a recruiting. Elkins points out and variety Other Inform ation In- 1 Its services are available for em etudes fleshin g color, stone ad- I plover .and job-seeker. 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