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F a rm T o p ic s S H E E P C A R E IS F U L L -T IM E JO B A NAME FOR THE MOTHER-IN-LAW “ Did you see,” asked Senator Dumm, “where a group of women recently voted for a change in the term ‘mother-in-law’?” “I did,” replied Representative Dummer. “They voted to change it to kin-mother, the big sillies.” “The foolish season is here ahead of time,” said the senator, “ and win ter must be nearly over. There are many names I could call the old girl, but kin-mother is not among ’em.” “What was the big idea, anyhow?” asked Dummer. “ Were the moth REX ELLIS ers-in-law complaining?” “ Mothers-in-law are always com SENATOR REX ELLIS plaining,” snapped the senator. “Do From Umatilla, Union and you see this bruise over my eye?” Morrow Counties “I do,” said Dummer. “How Republican Candidate for come?” “From walking up to my wife’s U. S. CONGRESS old lady and saying, ‘Hello, kin- To the People of Eastern Oregon- mother’; that’s how I got it. She Repeal Farm Truclc Law thought I said something else, and When I first went to Salem as state senator, the farmers of Oregon could not use their trucks to help out a neighbor, and if they owned a truck they were not allowed to hire it out, under penalty of fine and imprison ment. Through my efforts and my senate bill repealing such laws, a farmer may now use his truck for hire in practically any way he pleas es. when I tried to explain she said Old People’s Friend I raised the price of liquor and ad mother-in-law was good enough for ded $3,000,000 additional money for her, and it would have to be good old-age assistance. While we need enough for me.” • • • still more money for this worthy "I noticed that there were many cause, three million dollars will pur chase some additional comfort for my other names suggested before the elderly friends. final vote,” said Dummer. For American Farmers “One of ’em was ‘Blitzkrieg Moth I think it is a crime that we allow er.’ ” laughed the senator. “I rath the importation of turkeys, cattle and er liked that one. It will linger in dairy products to come in from for my memory long after I have for eign countries in competition with gotten all about ‘kin-mother.’ But do our eastern Oregon farmers. you know what I think is called for Opposes Communism Speaking of communism. Senator now?” “No.” Ellis had this to say: “As Christ “A new name for mothers-in-law symbolized the noblest and highest conception of spiritual conception, so to call their sons-in-law and daugh does Stalin or communism represent ters-in-law.” “Haven't our mothers - in - law the lowest form of materialism. The two, therefore, are as opposite as the enough names for them already?” poles and their teachings stand as asked Dummer. far apart as the sky from the earth. “I mean something printable; To Stalin or communism, man at his something that can be used in po best is merely an intelligent animal lite society,” argued the senator. • • • of no more importance than the beast of the field. To Christ, man was the “How about asking her to call you noblest handiwork of God. This a kin-son?” asked Dummer. country has gone a long way in “She would re Christianity and the Holy Bible. I taliate by calling pledge you that if elected I will nev me a kin-bum and er forsake this Holy Book.” I pledge you that if you send me say she misun to Washington as congressman from d e rsto o d m e,” the Eastern Oregon district, I will barked Senator work, plan, connive and fight for Dumm. “ Couldn’t she your best interests. REX ELLIS just call you a (Paid Adv.) kin-guy or a kin- sap ?” ask e d Dummer. “She might be glad to,” said the senator. « • Plan that coming vacation nowl Taka in Eaater i Cities, W orld's Fairs, N ational Parka. Traveling coat* are Invitingly low. • “Will anything come of the whole business?” asked Dummer. “Nothing whatever,” declared Senator Dumm. “A man never re fers to his mother-in-law as his mother-in-law, anyhow. He either calls her ‘that woman,’ ‘old iron sides,’ ‘the crackdown’ or 'the fam ily static.’ ” • • • “ Do you know what I call mine?” asked Dummer. “What?” “The Roman Galley,” declared Dummer. “Why?” asked the senator, a bit puzzled. “ Because she is always putting in her oar,” concluded Representative Dummer, dodging a chair. • • • LINES AFTER LOOKING OVER THE PICTURES 3 T H U R SD A Y , MAY 9, 1949. THE HERM STON HfiHAlP, HERMISTON, OREGON. PAG» six F a m o u s Trains from Portland ALL AIR-CONDITIONED S t r e a m /s n a r 3 0 - 3 4 hour« to C h icago 3-aatIinge m onthly, 6 .3 0 p m., on la t,7 th , 13th, 10th, 25th . Make roaarvatlona. N o antra fare. P artM n al R o t a d aily 0 :3 8 p. m P a c if ic L im ite d d aily 8 :0 0 a. m. W O R L D S F A IR S Naw York opsna M a y J 1th San Francisco M a y 2 5 th Round-Trip to New York R eturning via San Francisco »135 IN STANDARD PULLMAN Pius Barth C h arga V acation B ooklets oa requeet F. C. Woughter Agent Phone 2531 For Robert Taft, as fisherman, I simply cannot root; He fishes in high-polished shoes And in a business suit. • • • Add similes: as uncomfortable as a skiing enthusiast on a Caribbean cruise. • • • Mr. Dewey says the time has come for us to tighten our belts. But too many Americans think their belts are tight when it's merely indigestion. « • • CAN YOU REMEMBER— Away back when an icebox looked like an icebox? • • • Walt Disney's “ Pinnochio” is all right. The trouble, however, is that it encourages too many other animated cartoonists. • • • THE PROOF I know when winter's on the lag And going to the dogs: It's then my mail is flooded with Those fishing catalogues. • a • ISN’T IT SO? Manhattan, so all the records show. In books and public prints Was settled 300 years ago . . . And hasn’t been settled since! • • • Avery Giles. ASSISTS UNION PACIFIC R A11 R l) A D "Tobacco Road” has run to long it must be a federal project. • • • Attention. Mr. Farley! I ran •cross a postage stamp the other day with George Washington on it. Milt the Berle. Winter Protection of Ewes Pays Dividends. By L. K. BEAR Lambs may not gambol in the springtime if their owners do some gambling in the winter by failing to give the ewe flock enough atten tion to insure the production of a healthy lamb crop, according to ex periments in animal husbandry at Ohio State university. The ewe has two tasks to perform in producing a good lamb and a fair clip of wool, and she cannot succeed unless the raw materials needed are supplied by the flock owner. Ewes will go through the winter in good shape with only home grown roughages until six or eight weeks before lambing. However, there are vast differ ences in roughages. Good legume hay provides the protein needed by the ewes but timothy hay and corn stalks do not. Farm ers also should remember this winter that corn stalks and leaves have had their usual feeding value reduced by un usual fall weather. Protein supplement in the form of linseed meal, cottonseed oil meal, soybean oil meal, or whole soybeans should be fed to ewes which do not get legume hay. Shepherds are cautioned to re member that a mature ewe needs about a gallon of water daily, al though some people think sheep re quire little or no water. Farmers who buy sheep tonics and compel their flocks to drink from filthy wa tering places are spending money uselessly. Calcium can be furnished the ewes in the form of finely ground limestone. Loose salt placed in troughs permits the ewes to get this necessity without breaking teeth in gnawing a supply from salt blocks. The ewe flocks have difficulty enough performing their two tasks of lamb and wool production with out supporting a horde of internal parasites. The parasites can be re moved by treatments described in the bulletin previously mentioned. Drifted Soil Regions Are Easily Restored Harnessing the wind to undo its own damage gets results at less ex pense than doing the job mechan ically, experiments where wind ero sion has formed dunes indicate. Once a dune has formed a sharp crest, the tendency is for it to grow higher and higher. But concentrat ing the wind cuts the crest and moves the sand until it is shallow enough for planting to crops that will check blowing. One of the simplest and least ex pensive methods is to fill gunny- sacks with the dune sand and set them fairly close together on the crest. This concentrates the wind, and as the crest lowers, the sack* sink and continue the work. Drag poles drawn by two teams, one on the crest of the dunes and one on the lee slope also loosen the sand on the crest and break the sharp ridge. So. too, do one-way disk outfits. Dunes usually are surrounded by areas wind-stripped down to the hard subsoil which will not grow crops. Deep-listing these eroded areas catches considerable sand as the wind moves it away from the dunes. When the hard clay and the freshly deposited sand are mixed, cropping possibilities are improved. Deep-listing also catches and holds rainfall. Lowering the dunes, and mixing sand with clay in nearby areas, are only the first of essential steps. The next important step is to stimulate plant growth. Until plants start to grow, these blown areas are still in critical conditions. Crops of drouth- resistant plants such as sorghums or native weeds cut the sweep of the winds and their roots bind the sandy soil. 'GERONIMO' PACKS ACTION A N D THRILLS “Geronimo”—there was a cry to stop a sturdy heart when, in the days of his gory glory, that roaring, rag ing, revengeful savage roamed and raided the Great Southwest he want ed for his own. “Geronimo”—there is a motion pic ture to race your pulse as the exploits of this last great Indian enemy cram the screen with action and romance of giant proportions. Paramount cast this powerful sto ry which starts Sunday at the Oasis theatre with people who know how to play their roles to the hilt. Pres ton Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy De- vine, William Henry, Ralph Morgan and Chief Thunder Cloud contribute vivid portrayals. With its basis in fact and its fact running faster than fiction, “Gero nimo” brings to the screen a fascinat ing chapter of American history that begins when the United States ceded from Mexico the land which was to make up the states of New Mexico and Arizona. The government ac quired not only trackless wilds, but a troublesome tribe of Apache Indians unwilling to surrender the country. A punitive expedition undertaken by the American Army discovers Geronimo is a relentless and wily foe. It is only after several thrilling battles are fought and unprecedented sabotage is uncovered that Geronimo is taken. There’s a Stepped-Up Tempo in the Hayfield Today It looks like the haying season is going to be shorter this year. And one reason is the new McCormick - Deering Tractor Mowers, designed to match the speed and perform ance of the new Farmall Tractors. With these new mowers, it will be possible and practical to cut a swath at speeds up to five miles an hour. Come in and see them. Pendleton Grain Growers Inc. PENDLETO N, OREGON Townsendites do not believe there is any other answer to the present unemployment except the Townsend plan. That is the reason they are ready to stake the chance for this bill upon a direct vote. The time has come for action. Another meeting of the local club will be at the Legion hall Friday, May 10. More important flashes TOWNSEND CLUB will be read and you are welcome to all the meetings. NEWS Another Townsend dance is being By MRS. JOE UDETY planned for May 18 in the Columbia At the Columbia club house a very hall. convincing demonstration of the proof of the working features of the Townsend plan shown on colored charts together with a Townsend lec S SEASIDE INVITES ture given by Mrs. Clara Ingledice, brought over 100 interested people CITY OFFICIALS to the meeting, and those who didn’t PORTLAND, OREGON see and hear this program sure Mayor F. C. McKenzie and the missed a treat. A very encouraging flash direct city officials of Hermiston have been invited by Mayor Theodore Dichter from Washington congressmen, dated of Seaside to attend the 15th annual May 3, that 154 congressmen have convention of the League of Oregon signed our discharge petition. A bulletin from Dr. Townsend— Cities May 23 and 24 in Seaside. Invitations to attend the Oregon Marshalling all possible strength to Finance Officers’ association confer push ahead the signing of the dis ence to be held May 22 in conjunc charge petition, I have ordered three tion with the League meeting have top flight national representatives to been mailed to all local government Washington, D. C., to assist the staff finance officers by city recorder there by visiting congressmen and urging them to sign the petition. I Gault Patton of Seaside. According to an announcement to want that petition signed with the day by William Hall, acting execu necessary 218 names if it is human tive secretary of the League, partici ly possible. We can brook no delay. pation by Oregon city officials in Action now, talk later. If I have to open forum sessions on problems of pull every national representative in rural fire protection, municipal fi the country in here to help, I will do nance, city planning, zoning, public ! it if it becomes necessary. Our bill employees retirement, municipal in must be brought to the floor of the surance, recreation, traffic control ; House. and public health will feature the an nual meeting. New sections are being organized this year for special groups in the League including city attorneys, mu nicipally owned utility managers, civil service commissioners and air port managers. "Hotel muunomnH Gènuine 6 Gu. F t FRIGIDAIRE • They're genuine 6 cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerators—brand new, every one —com plete w ith m any advantages found in Frigidaire m odels costing $100 m ore! N o t a “stripped” m odel in the lot. Take advantage o f this Agricultural News great bargain opportunity w ithout delay. Easy Payment Plan Terms, if Dean John F. Cunningham. Ohio State university, says a speaker who asked his audience the difference between a good farmer and a poor farmer received the reply, "The good farmer sits and thinks and the poor farmer just sits.” • • • The Federal Crop Insurance cor poration has forecast that during the second year of its operation more than 300,000 insurance con tracts on the 1940 wheat crop will be in force. • • • Fruit areas are usually near large bodies of water because the tem perature is more uniform and the growing season is longer than in other areas. • • • Radiant Romance Storrs, a 16- year-old Jersey cow, has established a new lifetime record for her breed in the U. S. She has produced near ly 140 times the milk equivalent of her own weight, and seven times her weight in butterfat. She is owned by the University of Connec ticut. desired. AU THESE EXTRA-VAUIE FEATURES INCLUDED AT THIS SENSATIONAL H U CII Famous Meter-Miser Mechanism • 1-Piece All-Steel Cabinet • Automatic Interior Light • Open-Shut ONLY Freezer D oor • Uni-Marie Cold Control • Auto matic Reset Defroster • Frozen Storage Compart ment • Cold-Storage Tray • Touch-Latch Door F R IG ID A IR E HAS THE METER-MISER Opener • 4 Big Ice Trays • Automatic Tray R e lease on Every Tray • Stainless Porcelain in Pood Compartment • Serin-Smooth Dulux B ya-kw • J- Year Protection Plan Against Service B x p en sel.. . iny many others 1 S im p lest refrigeratin g m ech an ism ev er b u ilt Cuts current cost to the bona. Whisper quiet Un seen. Trouble-frae. IT NOWI MOR-TONE SOUND SERVICE Phone B i l l Heradeton
