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Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, May 6, 1949 Outlaying a Fas A businessman ean.n home one night looking very weary. “ You look tired, dear.” sal if his wlfa sympathetically. “ Have you bad a very busy dav at the office?" “ Well, not exactly; but you ace, the office boy earne In with the old story <>f going to bis grandmother's funeral, an 1 decided to tench him a lesson and accompany him.” “ Of course, you found It was a football match?” “ N'o aueli lurk,” lie said with a rueful grin. “ It was h it grand- mother’s funeral!* SEVEN FAT YEARS High Agricultural Production Reverses Egyptian Chronicle the seven previous years the “lean” production was 15.4 bil lion bushels. For wheat, the figures show al most 7 billion bushels in the seven fat years and 4.8 billions in the lean period. For oatB, the record stands at more than 9 billion preceded th e seven " l e n t '' y e a rs bushels compared with 6.5 billion. Two Equals Three (1933-39). However, as a result of the The record reveals that for change in demand—both national these crops, production in two and world-wide—the farm situa “fat” years has been nearly equal tion in the "lean” years was char to three of the "lean” years. And acterized by a threatening and the United States has experienced persistent "surplus” problem. In seven successive fat years of good the “fat” years, the parade of crops. record-breaking crops has not Crop experts agree that the been able to match the war-creat weather is a principal item. They ed requirements, and “shortages” mention as other elements in the have accompanied bumper crops. picture: Hard work and planning Production Increases by farmers, improved machinery These contrasts appear in de and better cultural practices that partment of agriculture tabula include such items as use of fer tions of crop production. By using tilizer. hybrid corn nnd improved crop report figures for the seven varieties of other crops, and con fa' years and official estimates for trol of-erosion. From the stand previous years, simple addition point of human nutrition, substi shows a production of more than tution of machines for horses as 21 billion bushels of corn for the farm power has released much seven vears of 1910 to 19-16. For acreage for food growing. Experience in the United States has run just contrary to the Egyptian chronicle of the seven lean years following the seven fat years of the Pharaoh's dream which Joseph interpreted. Here the seven "fat” years of high pro duction have followed instead of DEAN OF WATCHMAKERS . . . William H. Samelius, watch- maker for more than half a century, is shown inspecting a “Lighthouse” clock, one of the novelties designed by his stu dents. In the background can be seen his personal collection of ancient timepieces. IN THESE UNITED STATES Means Everything To Dean of Watchmakers Leg,ess c iv ilia n ELGIN, 111.—Somewhere in the United States there may exist an untutored and unknown genius of Joblike patience who, after months of painstaking effort, could put together a watch that would run. But the odds are just about one-million-to-one that it would fall far short of the performance demanded of fine watches today, in the opinion of William H. Same,in,, director of Eigin Watchmaker, col- Cover Crops Reduce Soil Erosion Losses Research Tests Show Four M ain Advantages How cover crop» seeded In corn nnd other row crops could help furmers fight erosion, build up the »oil's orgunic matter und add to the nitrogen supply. 1» Indicated In studies by research men of Iowa agricultural experiment station. Four major advantage» are cited: . ! I ' j I I HELENA, Mont.—Battle-clouds AVIATION NOTES of w orjd War II have cleared but SUPPORT AIR SUPREMACY one battle—the fight to rehabili- The day when farm folk shaded X S g ffie ^ T irih m X " their eyes and looked up when lege. gle is Joe M. Miller, 21, himself they heard a plane flying over and Samelius ought to know. The dean of American fine watchmakers legless, who never wore a uni- then went back to their hoeing is . , . , kAnn.fi« i----------: - form, but who is using his own gone forever. Aviation no longer came by his know » clocks while completing their col- bitter experiences as the basis for is a luxury business; on the con His father was the royal watch- yeterang tQ over. trary. it’s really "down to earth.” maker of Sweden, his mo Unique Clocks come their war-received handi- Evidence of that fact comes in a t ^ l J S t iJelaid He A nine-dialed clock which caps, the report that three of the larg was ^ r n at Belfa . shines ]ike & lighthouse waa con. Taking cognizance of Millers est farm organizations in the na TnH aJhA ft life member of ei-ht structed by Student William Geo- work among amputees, the war tion have gone on record urging Today he s a life ™£mbe t hagpn Driven by an electric mo- department awarded him a com- the government to "spread avia ♦ r H^fnrtin^nnqtantdemand as a tor,the dials indicate correct time mendation of exceptional civilian tion all over” and to see to it that tions and in const simultaneously in Bombay, Lon- service in a ceremony at Washing- some of the taxpayers’ money lecturer. don Hawaii San Francisco, Yoko- ton. In the citation, presented by goes into advancement of avia Graduates 2,500 Jewelers hama, Shanghaii New York. Mos- Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, sur- tion. Samelius says he has made cow and Elgin. geon general, Miller was com- Typical is the comment of Ed watches for “50 years plus. Ana Geohagen’s design remained at mended for “his untiring activity ward A. O’Neal, Farm Bureau for 26 of those years he has di- college to take its place along- on behalf of amputee patients, his president: "The United States rected the study courses of Elgin g-de a ceiestial clock, which ex- kindly assistance and continuous farmer has a deep interest in aero Watchmakers college, which has a rising sun or moon at the demonstration of courage and nautical .research and he wants it graduated more than 2,500 men prOper hours; a program clock, skill.” continued at a high level, first be cause he realizes that this country and women now engaged in the wbich sjgnaig automatically the Lo*es Leas at 12 must maintain its leadership in jewelry business in all 43 state beginning and end of watchmak- , ” 19 vonro nf w and in foreign countries. Many | classeg and many other un- ,^ hen 5, J Mrs fM SJ aerial technology for security rea iU inci, son ovii of vra. Mr. and Mrs. M. »» own their own watch repair and ugual timepieceg> Miller, J. • sons, and second because he will . Ship Miller of Helena, lost both legs in use air transport increasingly for j e " c £ s S e n ts learn that the »^¡"9 Repair Flying Repair Ship a ^rajn accident. Hospitalized for travel and shipping certain com There have been few students yearg> he continued his stud- modities." best watches must be within a nited tolerance tolerance of of time, time, fast • • • limited fast or or who ha^'e e9ual-!5d the unusual ieg and recejved his grammar ow before they are released record of Clemans, a young school diploma whiie still confined Rural areas are expected to ♦___ " Samelius oovo man ear]y from Alaska in the hospital, hn^nitnl om ’ -u the e factory. says. ated jn 1946 who was He gradu- hig in account for more than 60 per rhev ---- r ' , a flying boat i„»„. ~ hey learn to maintain toier- toler- wife ____n Painfully mastering the use cent of future sales of small nccs * of ': -0001 of e an inch to fit fit - e n Q purchased u f o r the in^ ation large of% of artificial limbs after grueling aircraft, it is disclosed in a re cent national survey. Basis for art3 Preci ,, ., ■ watchmaker’s bench shop’ io provide a hours of practice, Miller finally S2J (ng watch repair returned home. In high school the prediction is the wide util was able to dance, ride horse ity of aircraft in the agricul Clemans planned to make his he ecessary to restore a watch to back, swim, drive automobiles tural industry. business territory the group of « • » :s timekeeping ability.” and ski. settlements that are within a These are no more than sta A leader in school, he served as SLOW PARACHUTE SPEED 50-mile air radius of isolated tistics until it is known that class president, school cheerleader New devices introduced by army Naknek on Bristol Bay. They one ten-thousandth of an inch and chairman of the school’s first air forces include a “sand bullet,” are identified by such names as is the size of a human hair designed to slow the fall of para Dillingham, Ekegig, Ugashik scrap drive. after it has been split the long chuting troops and supplies and Kogguing, Snag Point, Clark’; Takes Hospital Job way 30 times—that a watch to eliminate landing hazards. Point, and Kinknik. All ar ticks five times per second, or After graduation in 1943, Joe The “bullet” consists of a U- fishing villages with seasons 432,000 times a day, so that if it worked announcer financial downs. manciai ups and ana aowns. ; --------- — as ,, a , radio : . a . and shaped tube with an explosive loses or gains a second it has .... , ,,, , later enrolled at Montana State charge in the center and a charge At last reports the Clemans duo co„ at Bozeman. There he de- added or dropped only five ticks sand in each end. It is set off was deeply engaged in the flying cided a 4_F draft classification of in i 432,000. 432,000 just the equipment lands. Students are taught, too, to f S ^ n ’ shouldn,t keeP him from helPinS Recoil before of the explosion almost ,rk with roller jewels so small “ ,s”°uld b ^ ^ e _ ^ CX Zl the war effort. He wrote a letter stops the heaviest loads, the AAF ork a f i n c e d d;„ , feels lat 4,666,000 of them weigh a d^ ed t0 MrS' ^ h 13113 for the to President Roosevelt,, which re re- said, adding that the rest of the aund; to use screws so tiny that h an •• * • in an * interview * 1 suited at the drop is like “falling off a chair.” army's Bushnell General hospital ),000 of them no more than fill tti Another new device for slowing Brigham City, Utah, where he ac descent of a parachute is tho . ordinary sewing thimble. Yet cepted a civil Service job in March "bare charge” unit, which has ich screw has a perfect screw 1944 as an orthopedic mechanic. been tested successfully at Wright iread and the head of it is per- He helped design artificial limbs Field. It consists of a small ex :ctly slotted. and soon expanded his activities plosive charge placed between Course Extends Year to the introduction of swimming, heavy falling loads and their Learning to be a watchmaker horseback riding, skiing and au parachutes. The charge is set off ¡quires from 11 to 14 months, | tomobile driving to programs for several feet from the ground, the imelius says, depending entirely ; legless veterans. i the adaptability of the student, i resultant shock wave of the blast Like all the classes since 1920,’ exerting a tremendous upward lis year’s group came chieflyj against the underside of Expecting Guests? pressure •om small cities and towns. On f the inflated chute, thus working egistrar Schmidt’s books a re ' like a brake. Just Blow Up Bed ome community addresses such s Rochester, N. H.; La Porte, Novel solution of the guest id.; Northwood, la.; Waldo, Fla.; problem in this day of crowded le atomic bomb town of Oak j housing conditions is the new idge, Tenn.; Ellensburg, Wash.,; mattress-bed, which is inflated for nd Artesia, N. M. sleeping and can be stowed away Extending a feminine influence, | on a closet shelf. irst evidenced in 1938, were five The mattress, which is made of 'omen grads in 1946. One of cotton coated with neoprene, is iem, according to Samelius, laid on the floor and blown up jrned in work that was unsur- (With a vacuum cleaner blower at assed by any student. tachment. It also can be blown “A woman expert on watches,” up with a hand pump or—in case Samelius added in his distinc of emergency—by mouth. tive style, “ is apt to become so z-:4 . Although the 11-pound mat solidly established in a grow ing business that she can afford CHINESE WAY OF WEIGHING tress and pillow are one piece, . . . A male student nurse, re they are inflated separately to a husband.” MODEL . . . The Bendix As adept a3 women students ceiving training from the Chi permit adjustment of each section TEST helicopter, Model K, has been to the desire of the sleeper. nese Relief and Rehabilitation ave proved, they have failed so If the mattress-bed becomes .ying for more than a year, ar to invade one field open to administration, weighs a husky gathering data for the larger hem for it is male students rather Chinese youngster at a welfare soiled from an outdoor trip, it four-passenger machines now han women who have designed station. Not long ago this baby can be cleaned with the garden under construction. hose or washed in the bathtub. was undernourished. nd constructed watches and hall PHILADELPHIA— Attendance fit prizefights and other sport events was suggested by Dr. Greg ory Zilboorg, psychiatrist, as a release for war-bom aggressive ness. The psychiatrist maintains that aggressiveness and a tendency toward violence has resulted from the war, not only among comba tants but also among those on the home front. Maintaining that psychiatrists are "too prone to treat all these conditions of aggressiveness as outright accidents of mental ill ness, whereas in many cases there is no mental illness involved," Dr. Zilboorg insists it is necessary to devise methods for “harnessing the aggression in the right direo- tion.” He maintained that the Lind bergh baby kidnaping and rise of gangsterism in the 20s were direct results of the first World War. Old Refrigerator Car Converted into House MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.—Home is where you find it, contends Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanson, and they have found theirs in an abandoned railroad refrigerator car. The car, with trucks removed, has been in stalled over a previously dug base ment. Finished with shingles, it has a living room built on in front and is a complete two-bedroom residence. COVM c lo p » p r o te c t tin - 4» • H 1. H d p S V d S G g £ 'B a c k O il F e e t ' Attending Prizefights Urged as Crime Deterrent CUCKOO IN REVERSE # # # CHINA SEEKS PLANES In an effort to expand its op erations to Tokyo and Manila, China Air Transport corporation is attempting to purchase surplus American airplanes and equip ment being sold in the Philippines. The company's main objective is to secure the 150 American trans port planes which operated over the "Hump” during the war. The transports now are grounded in Shanghai, with 70 of them in fly ing condition. from August to May. One- fourth of the annual sol! Io»» occur» during this period. q Well fertilized le g u m e » and “ grasses add orffnnlc matter io the soil that help# resist erosion during the May und June period. This is the time when one half of the annual »oil losses occur. Cover crops add nitrogen to the «5 soil, especially when legumes are a part or all of the mixture. a The yield of corn w ill be slightly •• increased in the year following the seeding of cover crops. Research workers have developed a plan that licks the problem of seed ing the cover crops. Just bejore Good field of corn secured from proper plant food. laying by the corn, they broadens, the seed with an endgate seeder. Wceders are attached to the culti vator to help cover the seed und better growth results. Clover and Alfalfa Need Limed, Fertilized Soil Sweet clover and alfalfa w ill do a good Job of increasing the soil's sup ply of nitrogen nnd vitally needed organic matter if they are well fed. Legumes are heavy eaters of phos phate and potash. They thrive best in a soil that has been limed to cor rect acidity and to furnish calcium. Husband: “ When anything g«ea wrong around t • house, I Just get busy and fix It.” Wife: “ Yeah? Since you fixed the clock, the curkoo h- ' s out and nsks: ' W i t . t time is I : ? '” A REAL DIPLOMAT ", .” said Hector, looking fruits the book he waa reading, "w h ti 1« meant by 'diplomatic phraseology’ ?* “ Well,” replied l*a, " if you t -re to say t<> a homely girl, 'Your fare would stop a clock,’ that would ha stupidity, but if you raid to her, •When 1 look into your eyes, time stands still,’ thnt would he diplo matic phraseology!” Surprise for Mora! Miss Smith, young Joey's piano teacher, was having considerable trouble trying to get him to practice his exercises. Finally turning to him in despair, she said, “ Joey, don’t yon want to be a great pianist?” “ Ah, no,” Joey spoke up. “ These music lessons sre just a waste of money. I ’m going to be a prize fighter when I grow up. Rut I ’m keeping it from Mom as a surprise.” Marital Rlisa Wife: “ I looked over the rest of the men nt the party and I was so glad thnt I was married to you.” Husband: “ Thanka, Sweetheart!" Wife: “ It's such a comfort to know that you have a husband that^ no other woman w ill try to steal.* n When legumes get a full quota of needed nutrients they w ill pro duce top results. That was shown in tests with sweet clover at the Newton soil experiment field in Il linois. The accompanying chart sum marizes results. Sweet clover grown on soil that had been limed and fer tilized with phosphate m d potash produced 63 pounds more nitrogen and a ton more organic matter per acre than that grown on soil that had received only lime. Another advantage of well-fed legumes comes in improved soil tilth. The sturdy tap roots of well-fed sweet clover and alfalfa drive through plow sole compactions and push mineralized organic matter deep into the soil. They open tight soil to air and moisture. The added organic matter and better tilth 18 to 25 inches deep enable crops follow ing in the rotation to make more effi cient use of the plant food available In the soil. Doctor: “ Your husband must lave rest and quiet. Here’a a sleeping powder.” Wifey: “ When do I give It to him?” Doctor: “ Don’t give it to him. Take it yourself.” Why ft’s So Easy To Kill Many Insects with FLIT 5% DDT Think of it — ono »praying' lent« for wooki. You don't havo to »pray ovory few hour» to kill tho Insects io your homo. N o bomb type »pray or other »pray» con- tainiog lot» than 5 % DDT can equal thi» for lotting effect. Flit Surface Spray with 5 % DDT it to power ful a »ingle application kills Iniecti today — tomorrow — oven next month. Increased Production Of Butterlat Required Dairy farmers whose average an nual production per cow is only 6,000 pounds are operating on a bare subsistence figure, it is pointed out by Howard O. Selby, general manager of the United Farmers of New England. It is not unreason able to suggest that an annual pro- I ductlon per cow of 7,500 pounds would be possible and that it would yield an ecomonic level more nearly In line with other groups in the na- j tion, he adds. Cleanliness Emphasized In Treating of Wounds Horses under treatment do much better at pasture than in stables, If I the weather is suitable. If sick horses must be stabled, quarters should be clean and well-ventilated. Be gentle in dressing wounds, clip : closely or shave the hair around the ' wound and make sure that no dis charge from around the edges Is car ried into the wound. Proper drainage 1 of the wound must be assured. BUY LOW COST F L IT TODAY! WNÜ—13 18—48
