Southern Oregon News Review. Thursday, A p ril 24, 1947
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H o w to R aise an d
T r a in Y o u r D o g
Ingenuity Solves Housing Problem
Cooperative Action Builds
Homes for Yakima Vets
Newcastle Disease
Control Progresses
By BAUKHAGE
Yr«-* ,\n a h il tn d Com m entM or.
Vaccination Now Gives
Promise of Real Aid
W M ' Service. ISIS Eye Street. N. W ., . tire coarload was apportioned on the
spot—to the place where it would do
Washington, D. C.
(Editor's Note: This Is the first the most good.
Within a short tim e, 50 homes
of four articles describing how vet
were completed—but 50 were not
erans in different parts of the coun
enough, so the mayor organised
try managed to put roofs over their
an emergency housing commit
heads. The first deals with Yaki
tee with a retired Baptist min
ma. Wash.)
ister as chairm an, veterans' or
ganisation
representatives, a
WASHINGTON — There is one
lawyer, a labor chief and three
quality that is as thoroughly indig
enous to America as potatoes, hot ( persons from local savings and
dogs, baseball or apple pie. That is ! loan associations.
The committee asked local build
ingenuity. It often is alluded to as
"Yankee ingenuity.” but it blos ers and architects to design a house
soms from the Florida Keys to Pu which would meet FHA standards
get Sound and from the purview of and still be sold for less than $5.000.
San Diego’s farthest floating peli A large order in these days of high
can to the northernmost quirk of : prices, but the committee turned up
a practical plan. Four local con
St. John's river.
Ingenuity
is something
that tractors were interested and con
achieves the impossible There has struction got underway. The local
government
h o u sin g
expediter
come to my at
helped by organizing a "swap shop”
tention a number
where builders could find out who
of stories on how
had some extra hardwood flooring,
certain communi
plaster or plumbing fixtures.
ties have solved,
The Yakima contractor who com
with their Amer
pleted the first of these new low-cost
ican in g e n u ity ,
houses says he couldn’t have built
that s e e m in g ly
the house for the price if he hadn't
unsolvable hous
had plenty of cooperation from ev
ing problem.
1
erybody in the building industry.
think some of
He saved money by using straight
the stories are
walls instead of offsets, and he sim
worth repeating
plified the cabinet work. But the
to you. and I'm
most important thing was the co
b e g in n in g w ith
operation he got from the unions who
Y a k im a . Wash.,
saw that he had the right men at
a town of 50,000
Baukhage
the right time to do the jobs when
people which I
haven’t visited for 15 years, but they needed to be done. The con
which I can visualize clearly, rest tractor paid union wages to his
ing contentedly in the heart of Yaki- j workmen, bought his materials from
ma valley.
That vicinity furnishes many
things from apples to polo ponies,
but like many other communities in
America, it didn't—until this spring
—furnish enough homes for veter
ans. Formal dedication of a white,
green-roofed, five-room house was
the end of the first story I want to
tell, a story with many a sequel.
Last fall there were 160 houses
standing unfinished in Yakima for
lack of plaster. Many of the houses !
were unlivable, but with winter |
weather coming on and the housing
shortage getting worse every day,
some people tried to move into 1
their uncompleted homes.
Yakima’s mayor, M. K. Buck,
knew that 200 low-cost homes (under
$5,000* were needed for veterans
as well as 1,000 higher-priced houses.
He consulted contractors, plaster
sub-contractors,
the
plasterers'
union, veterans’ organizations and
press and radio; gave them the |
facts; asked their help.
Sub-contractors agreed to move
crews from commercial construc
tion to the unfinished homes. They
Ex-Sergeant Colgan finds K.P.
also agreed to transfer stocks of
duty in his new house a pleasure.
plaster being held for commercial
building to veterans’ housing. The
Ex-WAC wife Mildred says the
kitchen is everything a kitchen
plasterers’ union agreed to work only
should be—cross-ventilation and
on veterans' housing when plaster
was available.
Materials dealers
plenty of built-in cupboards.
agreed to sell rock lath and sheet
regular dealers, made a fair profit
rock for veterans’ homes only.
The plan went into high gear when for himself—and was still able to
a carload of plaster—the first to sell the house for $4,750.
The veteran who moved into the
reach Yakima in a year—came in
one October night, consigned to a first house was Walter Colgan, a
local lumber company. When the former army sergeant, and his wife,
company manager arrived early Mildred, who served in the WAC.
in the morning, he found a crowd They’ re very proud of their new five-
of veterans waiting for him. The room, two-bedroom product of
local commander of the Disabled American ingenuity and coopera
American Veterans checked the tion.
(Next week, Des Moines, Iowa)
needs of each purchaser. The en-
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Freshman Senators Make Mark
“ I ’ve never seen anything like it,”
my friend was muttering, “ never in
my 12 years on Capitol H ill.”
My friend explained, “ I mean the
freshmen senators in this ‘class.’
The class of ’47. I ’ve never seen
such activity among any group
cf oaby senators before—the way
these boys have pitched in to build
m ajor legislation; the way they han
dle themselves on the floor, present
ing their points so effectively, and
so on—”
I t used to be the custom that
freshman senators were seen and
not heard. They were supposed to
sit around for a year or maybe even
two years, absorbing procedure and
protocol, speaking when they were
spoken to. But not the “ Class of
’47.”
My friend explained this unusual
activity among the newcomers as
due to two reasons.
One: There are so many new
comers—18 on the Republican side
alone. This means Republicans had
to put newcomers on subcommit
tees. Subcommittees are s m a ll-
three men, usually—and tradition
ally, the chairman of the subcom
mittee handles the legislation in
question on the floor. Thus this
year’ s freshmen have had opportu
nities denied their predecessors.
Two: He points out that this year’s
crop of newcomers are unusually
capable men. Under Roosevelt’ s
large majorities, he said, "acci
dents” were apt to be swept into
the senate—men who were put up
by the party with no real confidence
that they would be elected—but they
rode in on the tail of Roosevelt’s
popularity.
According to my informant, there
are very few “ accidents” in this
senate. One or two at the most, and
even those, he says, aren’t too bad.
He feels optimistic about the
trend; thinks i t ’s a good thing for
the country. Most of the new “ boys”
are young—several of them in their
early or middle forties. They’ve
come straight from the people, and
maybe they are closer to the peo
ple. New house of representatives
members, he says, can be trained to
party teamwork under the type ot
strong leadership provided by Speak
er Joe Martin, but the senate fresh
men of ’47 w ill never be led or In
fluenced out of their independence
of action. “ Watch them,” my friend
predicts. “ This class is going to
be a notable one in the history of the
senate.”
By W. J. I1KYI1EN
New vaccine developed by the U. ffV E K Y O N E a d m ire s a well
tra in e d pup. Don’t postpone
S. department of agriculture gives a
teach
in g your dog appealing tricks
chicken immunity to Newcastle dis
becau
se you think a special knack
ease for several months. This is good
news to the poultry industry which or skill is required. All you need ia
p atien ce und good hum or.
Rem em ber that «logs have varying
(tegn-i-s of Intelligence, too. don't abuse
your pup If he's slow to learn.« Hotter not
begin training before three month» old.
Then slick Io three short trulnlng periods
a duy until each trick la mastered.
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dience. Alsu chapters on diet, grooming,
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Fox’ of Revolution Fame
BY T H E S ID E OF T H E RO A I) . . . The grave of an "unknown brown
and white doggie, victim of an intoxicated Christmas d riv e r,” is
tended by neighborhood children. It is located at a busy Intersec
tion in Santa Monica, C alif. Curious motorists stop to read the
inscription; then drive away carefully.
NEWS REVIEW
Anti-Strike Bill Drafted;
Railroad Crashes Probed
LABOR BILL:
Plenty of 'Teeth'
A strike-control b ill that would
rigorously restrict labor unions in
many ways has been approved by
the house Republican steering com
mittee. Its most drastic provision,
perhaps, is a clause authorizing the
federal government to obtain in
junctions for a 75-day period in in
dustries which affect public health
or safety. This apparently would
cover the telephone and other com
munication industries, coal mining,
electric light and power companies,
railroads and possibly several other
fields.
The bill was prepared under di
rection of Chairman Hartley (Rep.,
N. J.) of the house labor committee.
He told newsmen he hoped that the
bill would pass the house within a
week. It probably faces a struggle
in the senate, observers believe.
The injunction feature is designed
to give the government a stronger
weapon against strikes imperiling
public safety and welfare. The
attorney-general would be empow
ered to seek a restraining order in
federal courts which would require
a 75-day "cooling off" period.
Other provisions would outlaw in
dustry-wide bargaining and ban the
closed shop. Unions would be re
quired to keep dues low and to
elect officials regularly by secret
ballot. Communist - d o m i n a t e d
unions would lose the recognition of
the National Labor Relations board.
Unfair labor practices would be in
vestigated and prosecuted by a new
agency—the Office of Administra
tion of the National Labor Relations
Act.
April 5, Milwaukee road switch
engine fell off bridge near Ottumwa,
Iowa;
crew narrowly
escaped
drowning in swollen Des Moines
river.
April 6, Union Pacific’ s City of
Portland collided with a freight near
Granger, Wyo.; 11 injured.
April 7, Pennsylvania's Gotham
Limited jumped track outside Co
lumbia City, Ind.; 40 injured.
April 8, Pennsylvania's Manhattan
Limited derailed; passengers shak
en up.
Rioting and revolts in various
parts of the French empire have
prompted the French cabinet to
strengthen the army. To this end
President Auriol has called up con
scripts of the 1947 class on May 15.
several months early.
An uprising in Algeria has
brought promises of reforms. In
terior Minister Depreux has gone
to the North Africa country to make
swift changes to pacify the rebel
lious Kabyle tribes and to quiet gen
eral unrest.
War Minister Paul Coste-Floret
has demanded additional troop re
inforcements to cope with trouble
spots in Indo-China, Madagascar,
Algeria, Morocco and several A fri
can protectorates.
Daily Occurrence
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E ffic ie n t C.aloM w o r k t treo way»»
X llr lp i rem ori film . . . bring out
Applications of limestone at the
rate called for by a soil test w ill
correct the acidity of surface soils.
Lime, however, should be applied
from six months to a year before
legume seeding to allow time to
sweeten the soil.
Disking or harrowing scatters
limestone particles through the top
two or three inches of surface soils.
Then each particle starts correcting
acidity in its immediate area. With
in a year it may materialize an area
of from one-half to an inch In di
ameter.
In the beginning, acid soil zones
considerably outnumber non-acid
areas around the limestone parti
cles. However, jf sufficient lim e
stone has been applied and thor
oughly mixed with the soil and if
lime particles are allowed several
months to establish areas of sweet
soil, clover w ill be able to secure
lime from the sweet areas. Tests
should be made before, not after,
liming.
New Utility Cart
BIG EGG . . . Thia speckled
Brahma hen, owned by Mrs.
Evans Mealing ot Glen Cove, L. I.,
N. Y., Is the new champ of egg
layers. She laid a 14-ounce egg,
seven and a half inches in cir
cumference, which is shown be
side one of ordinary slse.
Building Costs To Level Off
tural steel and cast iron soil pipe and
fittings, prices for most building
materials have tended to remain
steady since the start ot the year.
Only in the Pacific states was opin
ion general that further gains of
from 11 to 12 per cent would be w it
nessed in 1947.
According to the survey, labor in
efficiency caused by an irregular
flow of materials, construction de
lays imposed by an Inadequate sup
ply of skilled workers, and an ex
cessive expenditure of time in shop
ping for and obtaining materials are
F ra n c is M arion, who led a g u er
rilla band of A m ericans ag a in st the
B ritish d uring th e R evolutionary
w ar, w as known as the ’’Sw arnp
F o x .” He broke B ritish lines of
com m unication, cap tu red B ritish
scouting and foraging purties and
p rev en ted the L oyalists from o r
ganizing.
W henever he wus h ard pressed
or m et a force too big for his g u er
rilla band to tack le, he would re
tire to the sw am ps to re ap p ea r at
som e d istan t point to h a ra ss the
enem y once m ore. Thut is how he
earn ed the title of “ Sw am p F ox.”
Trouble in Colonies
RAIL ACCIDENTS:
Derailment of the Santa Fe's Su
per Chief in northern New Mexico,
with injuries to 25 passengers but no
fatalities, rounded out a week of ra il
road accidents reminiscent of the
early days of railroading.
The Super Chief, one of the na
tion’s most famous streamlined lux
ury trains, left the track near Raton,
N. M., while traveling at high speed.
The three-unit diesel locomotive
broke loose and came to rest with
its nose on the trestle of a dry river
bed. The train was eastbound from
Los Angeles.
Other accidents within a week:
April 3, Burlington's Twin City
Zephyr derailed in Downers Grove,
111.; three killed, 35 injured.
April 4, engine of Rock Island
Rocket derailed near Linwood, Kas.;
engineer injured.
had cause to fear this new killer.
Poultrymen in about 30 states have
suffered from costly inroads made
by the disease.
The new vaccine is not the last
word. Specialists of the various
states and federal department of ag
riculture are still at work to devise
a "fool proof” vaccine. The achieve
ment of the federal specialists in
developing the vaccine that would
Inst even several months is a big
step forward.
Newcastle diseuse is a virus which
attacks chickens of all ages, from
baby chicks to laying hens. It also
is known to attack pigeons, ducks,
turkeys, geese and pheasants.
Until the vaccine has been placed
on the market in an improved state,
the prevention and spread of the
disease must be contrdled by sani
tary procedures, use of disinfectants,
proper feeding, housing and manage
ment.
FRANCE:
RELIEF IN SIGHT
NEW YORK.—Construction costs
have reached a peak after soaring
to all-time highs during the post
war period, it is revealed in a sur
vey covering 268 general contrac
tors.
Fifty-three per cent of the contrac
tors queried in the poll, which was
made by F. W. Dodge corporation,
expressed belief that building costs
have reached their highest peak,
and a m ajority felt that costs w ill
stabilize below present levels.
It was pointed out that, with ex
ception of lumber, cement, struc-
Teaching Tricks
major contributing factors of today’ s
high construction costs.
Of the reporting contractors, 43
per cent said the average wage of
some building craftsmen in their
areas of operation had increased
since the first of the year, and 76
per cent said that they expected in
creases later in the season.
In the aggregate, the general con
tractors reported that 34.6 per cent
of their present work, by dollar vol
ume, is being done on a lump-sum
basis, while the rest is being han
dled on cost-plus-flxed-fee contracts.
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KILL ROACHES
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Nasty roaches eat
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Farmer* have used
fifc r w /c
Stearns’ for 69 yean
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PASTE | roaches, waterbugs.
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W N U — 13
This cart may be used for gar
den or barn. It is made from an
old hood, doll carriage wheels and
three pieces of tubing for the han
dle. This cart disposes of leaves,
weeds, etc., from the garden and
even takes the ash can to the dump.
It was designed and welded by Fred
W. H. Spear, Natick, Mass.
New Enzyme May Have
Affect Upon All Life
The new enzyme found in the
eggs of frogs, by University of Cali
fornia scientists, called phosphopro-
tein phosphates may have counter
port in all forms of life. This en
zyme separates phosphorus from
proteins in the ovum, making it
available for use by the developing
embryo. Phosphorus is essential to
the normal growth and develop
ment of all living tissue, and devel
opment of embryo.
17—47
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waste matter from tha blood.
If more people wara awara of haw tha
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plus fluid, azeaaa aeida and other waste
matter that cannot stay la tha blood
without Injury to health, than would
bo hotter understanding of why the
whole ayatam la upaat whan kldaaya fall
to function proparty.
Burning, acanty or too frequent urina
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