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Washington, D. C, July 29 The
hay growers' association, whose
membership comprises the hay far
mers of Washington and Oregon,
have been endeavoring to obtain
permission from the office of price
administration to add a small
charge for carrying in the coming
winter, but without success to date.
In the livestock industry feed has
become the No. 1 problem. It is
asserted that there is not enough
hay in sight (alfalfa, wild or tame
hay to meet the requirements and
the price of hay is such that it is
more profitable to raise hay this
year than any other crop.
Regulation of meat continues in
a mess and there are today a larg
er number of cattle on the farms
than ever before., Butchers have
been restricted in slaughtering and
the livestock has been piling up.
The public has been unable to pur
chase the meat it needs (some ex
ceptions, of course,) and the stock
men are wondering where they will
be able to obtain the hay for their
stock. Among those in touch with
the situation there are some who
predict that meat will be very
scarce a year hence for, with feed
scarce, there will be nothing to do
but slaughter animals on a grand
scale.
, The food question gets down to
the chickens and turkeys. Those who
raise poultry professionally are wor
ried. There is an abundance of
chickens and turkeys now, but un
less the necessary feed is made
available a slump in the flocks is
expected. The quartermaster de
partment wishes civilians to lay
off turkeys in August and Septem
ber in order to accumulate birds
for the troops overseas, but the
feed situation wil have much to
do with the amount of turkeys the
government buys for the soldiers.
Corn is almost impossible to ob
tain in the northwest, according to
reports, and this is almost a must
in feed for chickens and turkeys.
Argentina corn, which formerly
came into the northwest by the
shipload, is no longer available be
cause of a shortage of cargo space.
'
Beef slaughter in the northwest
has increased a good 20 percent
during the past few weeks. Cattle
men who were holding out for high
er plrklis are now flipping in
trainloads every week and the
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Although wounded by a Jap's vicious hooked bayonet in hand-to-hand
combat on Guadalcanal, Marine Ffc. Harold Pazofsky of Brook
lyn, N. Y., finally succeeded in cutting his opponent down with his
machete. Our boys are willing to spend their lives. How much more
can you afford to lend by increasing your Payroll Savings allotment?
Take a pencil and figure it out.
Times, July 29, 1943
packing plants of Oregon and Wash
ington are operating full blast. Con
siderable of the beef now being
butchered is range or grassfed and
does not come up to army specifi
cations, which wants No. 1 beef for
the huge daily requirements. No. 1
beef is grainfed, and the shortage
of hay and different grains for cattle
feeding last year forced many cat
tlemen to resort to range fattening.
Northwest cattle growers are be
ginning to wonder if grassfed steers
are going to become a glut onj the
market .Such beef is good njieat,
but with point rationing and the
armed forces taking practically all
of the grainfed beef their only
market is civilian consumption on
a rationed basis.
Great reserves of fuel oil and gas
oline are being built up in Wash
ington, Oregon and Alaska, but not
for the use of civilians. The war
strategy board has issued a direct
ive to the California oil companies
to create all-time reserves of these
petroleum products. The purpose
is to anticipate the big Pacific push,
when several thousand surface ships
of every, description and thousands
of aircraft combine to move in on
the Japanese to wipe out all resis
tance. The vessels from Puget Sound
Columbia river and Alaska points
must be kept supplied with fuel,
for not all of the ships will move
westward out of California ports.
These fuel reserves are being
stocked up while the yards of the
northwest are building and launch
ing ships and by the time the pust
starts in earnest the gasoline and
oil will be in readiness. Naturally
these prodigious quantities of pe
troleum products will substantially
reduce the gas and fuel oil avail
able for civilian consumers and a
strict rationing of these commodi
ties can be expected. If the push is
in the winter it will mean less heat
for dwellings and office buildings,
a reduction under the 65 degrees.
The time may come when the navy
will back a truck up to a private
home and pump out the oil in
storage the tank in order to furnish
fuel for the fleet.
The American people will be more
economical after the war. They are
learning to utilize things which
were formerly tossed away and
which in the stress of war they now
realize are valuable. The list ranges
from tin caps for bottles to tubes
for toothpaste and shaving cream.
The matter of fertilizer is coming
to the fore as scientists say that the
land on the west side of the Cas
cades is being exhausted and some
thing must be done to increase its
fertility. From the days of the first
white man in the Pacific northwest
.crabs have been caught and after
the meat had been extracted the
shells were thrown into the sea.
Conservationists now explain that
these shells contiin elements which
are needed to rebuild the soil and
should be used as fertilizer.
U. S. Trtairy Dtpartmtni
RATIONING CALENDAR
(Clip and keep for handy reference.)
RATION BOOK No. 2
July 31 Expiration date for red
stamps P, Q, R and S (meats-fats-.
Red stamp T becomes valid July 25;
U on August 1; V on August 8
and W on August 15 all expire on
Aug. 31. Each weekly series good
for 16 points.
August 7 Expiration date for
blue stamps N. P and Q (processed
foods- all of which became valid
July 1. Blue stamps R, S, and T will
be valid from Aug. 1 to Sept. 7.
RATION BOOK No. 1
Sugar. Aug. 15 Sugar stamp No.
13, good for five pounds expires.
Sugar stamp No. 14 for five pounds
valid Aug. 16, good through Oct. 31.
Canning sugar stamps No. 15 and 16,
each good for five pounds, expire
Oct. 31
(Maximum 25-pound allowance
of sugar for canning includes 5
pounds each from stamps 15 and 16,
five pounds may be used for jams,
jellies and preserves.)
COFFEE. Aug. 11 Stamp No. 22
good for one pound, expires. July
21 expiration date for coffee stamp
No. 21.
SHOES. Oct 31 Stamp No. 18,
good for one pair of shoes through
this date.
FUEL OIL
Sept. 30 Period 5 coupons valid
through" Sept. 30. Heating coupons
one unit,, value ten gallons; ten
units, 100 gallons.
GASOLINE
Sept. 21 No 7 stamps in new A
book, each good for four gallons, va
lid through this date. July 21 expir
ation date of old "A" mileage ra
tion books and No. 6 stamps re
newal forms available at service
stations and ration boards.
TIRES
Cars with C ration books must
have tires inspected every 3 months;
B "books every 4 months; A books
every 6 months. September 30 next
inspection deadline for A book
holders.
ESTRAY NOTICE
Strayed to our place 2 brown
mares branded TL over half circle
on left hip; 2 bay mares branded
bar under H on left shoulder; one
bay mare with bell. Owner may
have same by paying for advertise
rnent and pasture. Ben Cox. 17-19
FOR SALE Reconditioned s?cks
at Smith's warehouse Arlington.
Frank Young, lone. 17-18p
I'M IN THJ5 WAR. TOO.'
1
Yes.indeedy ! I'm mighty proud to be
furnishingsomeof the 57,360,000,000
eggs Uncle Sam's asked for in '43.
It takes 6ve of us hens to lay
enough eggs for Just one soldier's
yearly supply, and you can bet
we're all laying to beat the Axis.
A G-T want ad will do wonders
if you have anything to sell, trad
or exchange. Results every time.
'SHERIFFS SEMI-ANNUAL
REPORT
Jan. 1, 1943 to July 1, 1943.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Collections Disbursements
Land sales $ 7,979.03 $ 7,979.03
1942-43 25,658.23 25,658.23
1942 25,617.83 25,617.83
1941 8,718.18 8,718.18
1940 5,142.86 5,142.86
1939 2,769.96 2,769.96
1938 1,025.26 1,025.26
1937 32.42 32.42
1936 63.85 63.85
1935-31 21,818.91 21,818.91
1930, prior 3,692.34 3,692.34
$102,518.87 $102,518.87
TEMPORARY AUTO PERMITS
$ 150.50 $ 150.50
CIVIL FEES AND MILEAGE
$ 147.84 $ 147.84
JOHN H. FUITEN,
Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon.
By: NEVA S. WELLS, Deputy.
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County Clerk's Semi-Annual Report, January
1, 1943 to July 1, 1943.
GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT
Jan. 1 Warrants outstanding $ 798'
Total of 356 claims allowed by County Court
Warrants issued for above claims '
$21,270.25
Total warrants paid by Treasurer $18'5 ,5M8,
Warrant cancelled by County Court 25-00 18,5J4.b
July 1 General Fund Warrants outstanding $ 2,735.39
GENERAL ROAD FUND ACCOUNT
Jan. 1 Warrants outstanding $ 1.840.65
Total of 256 claims allowed by County Court
Warrants issued for above claims - 19,0-a
$20,843.02
Total warrants paid by Treasurer 19,600 65
July 1 General Road Fund Warrants outstanding 1,242.37
MARKET ROAD FUND ACCOUNT
Jan. Warrants outstanding $ 48908
Total of 18 claims allowed by County Court
Warrants issued for above claims. 1,401.41
$ 1,890.49
Total warrants paid by Treasurer 1,30896
July 1 Market Road Fund Warrants outstanding $ 581.53
DOG FUND ACCOUNT
Total of 2 claims allowed by County Court
Warrants issued for above claims $ 99-50
Total warrants paid by Treasurer 99-50
RODENT FUND
Jan. 1 Warrants outstanding $ -75
Total of 1 claim allowed by County Court
Warrant issued for above claim " 7.14
$ 7.89
Total warrants paid by Treasurer 7.14
July 1 Rodent Fund Warrants outstanding $ 75
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF MORROW COUNTY, OREGON,
July 1, 1943,
ASSETS
Cash in hands of Treas
urer $205,235.09
United States war bonds 40,000 00
Taxes Receivable (de-
inquent 65,089.77
Taxes Receivable (cur
rent) 20,038.79
$330,363.65
Outstanding Road Bonds $271,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. BARLOW, County Clerk.
County Treasurer's Semi - Annual Report,
January 1,1943 to July 1, 1943.
Balance on hand January 1st, 1943 $319,452.09
RECEIVED FROM
Taxes from Sheriffs Office $94,539-84
Land sales 7,979.03
Clerk's office fees 1,130.45
Dog licenses - 469.00
Sheriffs fees and mileage .' 147.84
Sheriffs temporary auto permits 150.50
Interest on Time Deposits ' at bank 250.00
Realty rentals 777-50
Sales and rentals, road department 571.24
Miscellaneous fines 814.00
State Elementary School fund.,,.. 7,749.38
Interest on. War Savings Bonds 250.00
Secretary of State for Motor License ' fund..... 2,752.07
Secretary of State for County Fair fund......... 400.90
Secretary of State for Liquor Sales..... 234.00
State refund on motor fuel 1,039-75
Forest reserve rentals, 'etc 497.87
Payments on note to School District 200.00
Taxes from other counties. 1,489.60
From Irrigation District clerk 2,091.48
Salvage account 129.58
Miscellaneous refunds 135.85
Co-Op dividend 14-15 $123,814.03
Grand Total $443,266.12
DISBURSEMENTS
General County expenses. $21,221.71
General County Roads 19,600.65
Market Roads 1,308.96
General School fund 21,218.40
School District specials. 71,969.31
Elementary School funds ! 15,498.76
Non-High School District funds 3,489.99
School District Bond and Interest 16,493.41
City Specials 8,046.91
County bonds redeemed. 6,500.00.
Interest on County Road bonds 6,672.10
Irrigation District orders ; 4,095.45
Forest Fire patrol 1,791.24
Claims on Dog fund 99.50
Rod nt control 714
Finci sent State Game Commission 17.50 $198,031.03
Balance on hand July 1st, 1943 $245,235.09
LEON W. BRIGGS,
Morrow County Treasurer.
Warrants, outstanding
(Gen. hind) $ 2,735.39
Warrants outstanding
(Gen.. Roads) 1,242.37
Warrants outstanding
(Market Roads) 581.53
Warrants outstanding
(Miscellaneous) .75
Estimated Revenues
(Taxes) 85,128-56
Current Surplus (in
cludes amounts due
all funds, including
School Districts) 240,675.05
$330,363.65