so Mr. und Mrs. Swingle from Of the nine service commands cow yurds and corruls where it Montana are spending a few days throughout the United States, the is tram ped uni thoroughly mixed with soil and m anure. Later it ninth Service Command which is in Ashland enjoying our climate is taken out and applied directly composed of Oregon, Washington and water. Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, to Helds. Fine assortment of pocket Berry farm ers have found that and California .stands third, hav­ knives, finest quality. Get them ing enlistm ented 68,675 of the sawdust applied twu to three Talent to Have Garage Changes at Marshall Wells Store, on the inches in depth is an excellent total number. Sawdust Being Used medium A Paint S ore The goal of the Armed Forces Plasa. phone 2-1231. Hands Again Here for c o n tro llin g t h e weeds as well ns cutting down Voluntary Recruitment Act of Ray Redman has just announc­ As Soil Dressing the num ber of irrigations neces- 1945 is to have a voluntary army ed the purchast of the Talent Farm ers in the area are report­ ( sary. of 1,600,000 men by July 1. 1**46 to r­ Garage from Gilbert Hildebrand NEW mattkemmeh Headquarters Indicates that the ■ ....— — —o——— —— together with all stock tools and ed to be making increasing use FLCTOUY TO YOU fixtures. Mr. Rodman plans to that sawdust, properly applied, is FSA Services Open to program is progressing satisfucf 01.1» M YTIKESSEH IHAIIE orily and our army should lx* up take over the business on the chards where it has been found I.IKE NEW to the desired strength within the 10th of tins month and will oper­ of sawdust as a top dressing for Returned Farm GIs time. NEW IIOX MPKINilH an ate a general automotive and .nils. This especially is true in or- Specific Farm Security Adm in­ allotted Lt. Col. William M, Cohoon of WHILE THEY LAST farm implement repair service. an excellent m oisture conserva­ istration services open to veter­ the Oregon District Headquurl ■ .• nor­ Mr. Redman is well known in tion agent especially on the hea­ ans going back on farms in Jack ers, announced that again i n 1 m iini this community having come vier soils. REED’S March for the third straight rkuig und- hero from Cahforn a about three Previous objections to the use son county were outlined this month .that this district has eon MATTRESS CO. years ago. At that time lie pur­ of saw dust on soils were all cen­ week by J. Merton Stein, Coun­ tributed more than their allotted) 93 N. Main Ph. 6271 Hve d property chased a farm property on Wag­ tered around the belief that the ty FSA Supervisor, 211 Fluhrer quota. F acific High ner Creek anil was at the same rosins and turpentines had an Building, Medofrd, Oregon, to Ashland. Oregon time associated with the Pheonix way and Wagner vreeK reek rc road auction yard as mechanic and imm ediate and detrim ental ef­ avoid waste of time and money | Monuments and markers. Se» on the part of service men who Burns Memorials. On the Plot«. where he plans to build a six ­ driver. Mr. Redman has been ser fect on plant grow th. The Coun­ teen by tw enty-four building vicing automobiles in one capa­ ty A gent’s Office indicates that need other types of assistance. Veterans can quality for five- which will house a retail paint city or another for many years there is little if any evidence to year operating goods loans up to support this view. Mr. Cordv, the store in addition to serving as and is looked upon as a compe­ horticulturists with the County $2,500 if they: headquarters tor his contracting tent and skilled mechanic. 1. Own or are able to secure a Agents Office, suggests that such business. The new building will Gilbert Hildebrand, who has m aterial when added to soils in w ritten three to five year lease or THRU stand just sout i of Bud's Poolhall been operating the garage over share agreem ent on a diversified overabundant quantities causes a A. B. Culvi r, brother to Ira e associated in the* a considerable period is taking nitrogen starvation which in it­ farm. Culver is over Mr. Redman's Wag n e r self is detrim ental to plant grow ­ 2. Can show satisfactory farm busine: Creek property and will retire th. O verabundant hum us uses up experience and reference prior to from the local business scene and the nitrogen in the soil in its de­ going into the service. devote himself entirely to farm ­ caying processes at the expense 3. Cannot secure type of credit ing. of plant growth. This may be needed from usual sources. These loans can be made fpr overcome by the addition of any of the nitrogen fertilizers, am- ; purchase of livestock,equipment, Talent Grange Has monium sulphate, sodium nitrate seed, feed, household goods, min- barnyard m anure, or by the or building repairs and advance Birthday Party Talent Grange honored its 18th planting of a legume crop. In cash rent. Interest is five percent birthday as a unit by a special cas<’ a commercial fertilizer is on the unpaid balance and repay­ program, A tribute to the organ- used such as sodium nitrate, 100 ment can be scheduled up to five ization composed bv Mrs Talbot pounds to each two acre inches years. The same type of loan may was read by Ira Culver. George of sawdust should compensate for also be made for part-tim e farm ­ Carter and L. H. Gallatin, ch art­ the additional nitrogen lo s s. ing operations where a stable er members, sat beside a cake When sawdust and a commercial outside income such as a disabi­ »o io» with eighteen candles while the fertilizer are used the sawdust lity allowance or regular season decomposes rapidly in one to two outside work can be shown to tribute was being read. years, making a lasting supply of balance the income from farming S IG H T IN ’ M E N ! Eight applications for m em ber­ plant food available. When saw ­ operations. ship were presented and referred LO VIN ’ WOMEN! -------------o— , — to a committee for investigation. | dust is used mixed with barnyard Dangerous D ays! m anure the decomposition of the Army Gives Figures Two previous applications were returned from committee and saw dust is equally as rapid. T O N WIST COAST T8AIIWAV1 A C IN I W ill O t A O l T M i l » TO O H A N T O O » H I » voted upon by the members. 1» Many farm ers are finding it pro­ onArmy Enlistments was announced that Centr a 1 fitable to use the m aterial as bed­ H eadquarters of the Military Point Grange would give the first ding in barns and as litter in Personnel Procurem ent Service and second degrees April 19th chicken houses. The resulting in Washington D. C. has recently and it was decided to give candi­ m aterial is easily handled and is figures on the total voluntary en­ dates for these degrees that op­ more efficiently applied than listments in the regular army 397 E. Main Phone 21611 portunity to take them at the when straw is used as a bedding from 1 June 1945 through March m aterial. Many operators in the 7, 1946 Central Point Grange. The total enlistm ents are 617,- Refreshments were served a ft­ district are having sawd u s t er the meeting in the dining dum ped in large quantities in 172 of which 19 per cent were original enlistm ents and 81 per room. Tables were tastefully fur- cent are men with previous army service. 23 per cent of the enlist­ ments were for one year, 22 per cent for 18 months, 1 per cent were for 2 years and 54 per cent were for three years. Additional [ figures show that 39 per cent of | M arble - G ranite the men were enlisted as pri­ i r A « tiM O NOW SilOM TNG! vates, 33 per cent of the men Bronze were privates first class, 8 per cent as corporals, 6 per cent as ,5 per cent as staff ser­ Q UERR HRU3R RRUSTOfl BURNS AGENCY sergeants We expect our first allotments in geants, 4 per cent technical ser­ ■ UIRbTER BRERnRn "On The Plaza'” the near future. From all infor­ geants, and five per cent as first ■ IURRD EOflD mation available to us the nylon or m aster sergeants. News from Talent nished and coffee and cuke and ice-cream were served with the large birthday cake the center of at traction. The next meeting was announc ed for Thursday April 18th. B e tte r Bus S e rv ic e NOW PLAYING Ends &it. Nite Tfav it'& all ttic way Steak House u LITKIÄ W hen NYLOHS C om e 9 9 Monuments I I I II3ÜÎ3 lUBliRfc TBIPLE-ACiiOl ÏHB1LIS! ’W Iff STARTS SUNDAY THIS IS OUR PLAN for 3 Days T i SOMETHING CITE HAS B E E N . plus ZANE G R E Y 'S ^ . à supply w ill not be sufficient to meet the demand until sometime in 1947. We want to be fair to ev­ eryone. After lonq consideration cl the problem of fair distribu­ tion .we have decided on a defin­ ite plan. We feel sure you w ill ipprove it, end not only co-oper­ ate but be patient. Effective now—we will register each custom er’s name on a file card in one of five groups, representing each of the following sizes 8 'i , 9, 9'/i, 10, 10"-i. Registrants to select the size they wish to register for. No telephone or mail registrations will be accepted. You m ust call in person at our store. No registrations by children, men, relatives ,or friends. e Anyone found registering more th a n , once will have their cards destroyed entirely. 806 When we receive nylon.; the following procedure will be used: If we should receive 2 dozen of a size—such as size 9, we will take all of the cards of all registrants for that size—put them in a box and publicly w ithdraw 24 cards. Customers who’s card is draw n will be notified by mail or phone and they must call in person for their pair of nylons within 10 days. If customer does not call for them within 10 days the nylons will be returned to our stock for the next drawings. Sim ilar drawings will be made in other sizes according to the num ber of pairs received. W - A ba '8A» a -, ./'fHAio Afi T|N ' ta ■ SiW I V CHAMES ? W IN N IN G E R SUNDAY I. ADELE JER G ENS SARA HADEN V I } 4%" Plus wit» DEBORAH KERR _______ GeneStrattnnPorter’sFamousNovel! a Si MATINEE SATURDAY CON ! 1NU0US SHOWS SUNDAY $400,000,000 construction program under way on the Pacific Coast steadily. In 1946 alone, more than 70 building projects, installa­ tion of eight billion feet of wire in exchange cable and construction of 200,000 miles of toll and long distance circuits are expected to be completed. Work will be started on the Western part of a nation-wide coaxial cable net­ work for long distance and television transmission, and in the next few years many new services and improve­ ments will be introduced. For it is our purpose to grow with the V st and to help the West grow—to provide an ever-widening, ever-im­ proving telephone service. ;,e Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 111 OAK ST. A COtlWll* W CTUtt ____ _ i RUTH NELSON.DORINPA CLIFTON j File cards of customers who receive nylons will be re­ moved from the file until all other registi»nts of that size have received a pair. They will then all be put to­ gether for draw ing of a second pair. P urine the next five years, a four hundred million dollar coKt ruction program is planned to improve and expan telephone service on the Pacific Coast. This program is already under way and is going ahead ASHLAND PHONE 3021 Registrations will be limited to regular customers w ith­ in the immediate trade territory of our store. We reserve the right to fill orders with w hatever brand, color, and guage that is available at the time of each drawing. 8 All shipm ents of nylon hose will he handled in the same way (whenever they arrive) until we have plenty for everyone. It w ill take months to fill all orders as we cannot qet all the nylons we want— onlv just as many pairs as ere allocated to us by hosiery manufacturers. Please do not become, im ­ patient. You have our assurance that not a sinqle pair of nylons w ill leave our store except under this plan. This plan w ill cost us monev' and much time—but we want to treat you one end all alike in a fair manner with no ex­ ceptions.