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CONSERVATION TO
TOP AAA PROGRAM
DESPITE WARFARE
Oregon farmers who make up
county AAA committees in this state
are determined that the increased
production necessary to meet this
nation's wartime food needs can be
achieved without sacrif icing the con
servation gains made through the
AAA and other programs, declared
Robert B. Taylor of Adams, chair
man of the state AAA committee, in
summarizing recommendations made
by committeemen at the recent state
conference.
By asking for only a few changes
in the 1943 program, mostly for
greater efficiency in operation, com
mitteemen believe that the objectives
of greater production with conserva
tion can be accomplished through
the present program, Taylor said.
Modifications sought in the range
conservation program, would make
some of the practices more applicable
to western Oregon's growing live
stock industry, particularly the coast
cutover areas, the chairman report
ed. Other recommended changes
would place further emphasis on
seeding abandoned eastern Oregon
cropland to grasses.
A committee on the seed pur
chase program urged farmers to or
der immediately at least half of
their esiimated cotton bag require
ments for the greatly expanded win
ter legume seed crop. A shortage
in bagging material, coupled with a
40 per cent expansion in acreage,
may create a serious situation at
harvest time unless action is taken
now, the committee pointed out.
In view of a shortage in phosphate
fertilizers, the committee on the
conservation materials soil building
recommended more emphasis ort ap
plication of lime, weed control and
the seeding of legumes and cover
crops.
The important role the farm pro
gram will play in post-war adjust
ments, as well as in wartime pro
duction, was stressed in the report
of the education committee, which
recommended that every commit
teeman should assume the respon
sibility of supporting the program
during the war period, that agri
culture may have its help and pro
tection for post-war adjustments.
Evening Class to
Start Dramatics Club
The evening class in dramatics
organized a dramatics club on
Thursday evening, Dec. 18, at 6:30.
Anyone who wishes to take part in
plays or to help otherwise is asked
Tuesday or Thursday at 6:30 p. m.
to the music room at the school.
Rehearsals are now in progress for
three one-act plays to be given in
January. Those giving "Silence
Please" are Louise Green, Betty Ma
rie Coxen, Mildred Clary and Ray
mond Parrish. "Corn-Fed Baby" is
to be presented by Virginia Lee,
Maxine Browning, Vera McDaniel,
Calvin Crawford and Irl Clary. "The
Trysting Place" wil be played . by
Gwenneth Glasgow, Elizabeth Blan
kenship, Neta Bleakman, Dick Fer
guson, Bob Pinckney, John Lane
and Clarence Bauman.
The proceeds from these plays is
to be used for local or national or
ganizations, such as the hot lunch,
Red Cross, health association, or the
U. S. O. The members of the club
will decide on the disposal of the
money.
Home-Town Papers
Held 'Best Read'
Home-town papers are read more
thoroughly by rural people than any
other publications and hence they
are the most valuable medium for
disseminating farm news, according
to AAA committeemen attending
the annual conference at Oregon
State college. One farmer serving
on the education committee of the
conference stated that, although his
group is always glad to get news in
the metropolitan dailies, the news
that really counts in reaching a
large proportion of the farmers is
that used in the country weeklies.
The farmer committeemen rec
ommended that close contact be kept
between those dealing with the var
ious agricultural programs and the
local editors in order that each may
be of the greatest help to the other,
to the benefit of the rural popula
tion as a whole. The community
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A BOND OF UNITY. The handclasp of sincerity and partnership
is used by artist John C. Atherton, of Bridgefield, Conn., to depict the
close cooperation of the American people and their Government in
financing the Defense Program through the sale of Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps. This poster was awarded first prize at the
Museum of Modern Art exhibit in New York out of a large number of
submitted drawings, and is being used on posters by business firms
in advertising, and in numerous other forms to promote the sale of
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Traffic Precautions
Cited for Emergency
A list of emergency traffic pre
cautions, approved by national safe
ty authorities, was released today
by Earl Snell, secretary of state, in
the hope pf averting traffic acci
dents as a result of the present
war emergency.
Warning Oi egon citizens that sev
eral fatalities already had occurred
in the state as a result of reduced
lighting, Snell urged the observance
of these rules:
1. Pedestrians who walk after
dark should wear or carry something
white to increase their visibility to
drivers. In some cities, certain lights
are being left dark due to air-raid
precautions and the increased areas
of darkness require additional care
on the part of drivers and pedes
trians alike. Women are advised to
carry a white scarf or shawl, men
are advised to display a white hand
kerchief or carry a folded newspa
per. 2. Children should be encouraged
to keep indoors after dark wherever
possible. If necessary for them to
go out, they should wear white rain
coats or carry lighted flashlights.
Bicycles should not be ridden after
dark unless absolutely necessary in
which case adequate front and rear
lights should be displayed.
3. Drivers should observe closely
special speed limits and other special
traffic regulations established for the
emergency. They should be famil
iar with local ordinances dealing
with blackout conditions. Such or
dinances specify that only author
ized vehicles may travel during ac
tual blackouts. All other vehicles
must be stopped and the lights turn
ed off.
4. At intersections, drivers and
pedestrians should keep alert at all
times. Traffic lights will show small
crosses of light, as will flasher lights.
Watch closely so as not to miss these
lights.
5. Pedestrians should be doubly
careful not to jaywalk after dark.
Reduced visibility increases the haz
ard of this dangerous practice.
6. Pedestrians on highways in rur
al areas should display a lighted
flashlight at night. They should
walk only on the left, facing ap
proaching traffic.
committeemen were urged to see
that local correspondents obtain
prompt and accurate reports of lo
cal happenings relating to the farm
programs.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
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New Type Loans
Available Thru FSA
Farmstead water facilities for live
stock, home use and garden irriga
tion are available in Morrow coun
ty through Farm Security to farm
ers unable to finance these improve
ments through other sources, re
ports Bruce E. Stewart, county FSA
supervisor, Heppner.
"Wells, pumping equipment, pipes,
and stock water pressure tanks, and
garden sprinklers are included in
develoments authorized by the de
partment of agriculture's water fa
cilities program," Stewart said.
"Loans are made for the average
life of the water facility with inter
est at three percent, and can be es
tablished on a group or cooperative
basis."
Adequate stock water is particu
larly important on the farmstead as
farmers are attempting to increase
livestock production to provide food
for defense, it was pointed , out.
Equally urgent is the need for a
good garden to provide needed veg
etables and fruits for the FSA live-at-home
program.
"Water piped into farm homes is
badly needed in the county," said
Stewart, "as many homemakers still
carry all the water used in the
home." The need for meeting most
of the family food needs on the
farm during the present defense
emergency, makes it mandatory that
the housewife be saved every addi
tional step possible."
Detailed information as to water
facilities available can be obtained
through the county FSA office.
Technical and engineering assistance
is available through the Soil Con
servation Service, where necessary.
USE TAX NOT NEW
A tax very similar to -the federal
"use" tax recently imposed on mo
tor vehicles was put into effect by
the U. S. government one hundred
and forty-five years ago, according
to Dr. E. B. McDaniel, president .of
the Oregon State Motor association.
At that time, however, the tax was
on carriages. The levy was repeal
ed in 1802.
CARD OF THANKS
We extend our heartfelt thanks
to the many neighbors and friends
for their kindly help and sympathy
and for the beautiful flowers given
at the time of our bereavement.
Mrs. William E. McFerrin and
family.
Oregon
New Food Stamp
List Announced
Raisins have been removed from
the list of foods which may be pur
chased with federal blue stamps dur
ing the month of January, M. Louis
Belangie, local representatives for
the Surplus Marketing administra
tion, U. S. department of agriculture,
announced today.
The January list for blue stamp
buying by eligible families in Ore
gon remains the same as for Decem
ber except for the removal of raisins
and includes: butter; fresh pork (ex
cept that cooked and packed in met
al or glass containers); fresh grape
fruit, pears, apples, oranges and all
fresh vegetables (including pota
toes);, corn meal, wheat flour, en
riched wheat flour and whole wheat
(graham) flour; hominy grits; shell
eggs; dried prunes; dry edible beans.
Sales of blue stamp foods among
participating families in this area
have been increasing since early
November, Mr. Belangie said. This
can be attributed primarily, he said,
to the enlarged list of nutritious
blue stamp foods available.
"The stamp plan 13 part of the
federal agricultural program which
assures farmers an adequate market
and enables them to increase pro
duction of food crops vital to Am
erica's war effort. Likewise, as a
measure of civilian defense for ten
million less fortunate Americans, the
stamp plan serves in war-time as
well as in peace-time to keep up
morale and health among these peo
ple." Gas Pumps Lead
List of Licenses
More than 22,200 licenses and cer
tificates of registration were issued
by the foods and dairies and weights
and measures division of the state
department of agriculture during
1941. Fees from these licenses are
used to carry on the regulatory work
for that particular field for which
the license is paid.
In excess of 60 per cent, or 14,
448 licenses were for gasoline pumps
and another 1225 were for non-gasoline
pumps. ' The 1941 scale law
brought 1223 applications for licen
ses, of which 521 were for scales
over 3,000 poui.ds capacity.
Among other licenses and certi
ficates of registration issued by this
division were: Bakeries, 550 with
376 manufacturers and 174 distribu
tors; carbonated beverages, 104;
commercial feed brands, 1,434; com
mercial fertilizer brands, 172; econ
omic poison brands, 922; egg dealers,
755; grade A dairies, 99; grade A
plants, 34; grade A shippers, 92; dai
ry grading, 613; milk products
plants, 217; garbage feeding, 75; but
ter and cheesemakers, 210; state
testers, 45.
U. S. NAVY RECRUITING OFFICER PRESENTS
APPLICANT WITH NEW "BADGE OF HONOR"
COMMANDER F. K. O'BRIEN, of the U. S. Navy Recruiting
Service, is shown here placing the new Navy "Badge of Honor"
on the lapel of an applicant for enlistment in the Navy. (Badge
shown above at right.) All ambitious young men who apply
for service in Uncle Sam's "Two-ocean" Navy, whether accepted
or not, are given this new badge as a mark of their patriotism.
To learn of the many opportunities the Navy and the Naval
Reserve offer, local men of 17 years and over can get the official
illustrated free booklet, "Life in the Navy," from this news
paper's Navy Editor.
Thursday, January 1, 1942
OSC Students Told to
Await Service Call
Oregon State College O. S. C.
students were told at a special con
vocation just prior to the Christmas
holidays to ' view the present war
crisis calmly but grimly, to be ready
for any self -denial, service, or sac
rifice, but to trust the government
to tell them when and where they
are most needed.
who was here at the time of the out
break of the first world war, re
viewed the events of those days and
showed what a vital part Oregon
State students played in that con
flict, both on the fighting fronts and
in technical service at home. He
said the selective service act means
jus what it says, and that until it
selects students here for military ser
vice, they are serving their country
best by continuing their education
so as to be of greater value to a na
tion which must, more than ever,
become the arsenal and the bread
basket for democracy.
Engineering students particularly
were urged to continue their work
because the government had esti
mated a need for 30,000 engineering
graduates by June, 1942, even before
actual war broke out. In the contin
uation of college work, however, it
is the patriotic duty of each student
to take his courses seriously and
give his best efforts to his country
in this way, the students were ad
vised. Vegetable Garden
Guide Reissued at OSC
Issued in time to aid in plans for
next year's home gardens is exten
sion circular No. 377, entitled "A
Monthly Schedule of Suggested Op
erations in Growing Vegetables for
Home Use." This mimeographed cir
cular, by A. G. B. Bouquet, head of
vegetable crops work at Oregon
State college, is a revision of a pre
vious circular and takes up opera
tions in a vegetable garden month
by month.
In view of the wide variations in
climatic conditions prevailing in dif
ferent parts of the state, Professor
Bouquet has grouped all vegetables
into three general classifications
with reference to their hardiness to
frost. He also shows the approxim
ate number of days between the
time of seeding and the first har
vest. With this information it is
possible for a gardener in any part
of the state to adapt the schedule to
his own local conditions if he knows
about the time when frost-free wea
ther may be expected in the spring.
. As Oregon is being asked to in
crease its number of farm gardens
by some 16,000 this year as a part
of the food-for-defense program, it
is believed that this circular will
be much in demand.