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THURSDAY, APRIL 13. 1944. THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. PAGE FOUR YOUR PROTECTION is our JOB! You never really know the value of adequate automobile insurance until "after the accident". If an accident strikes, your Farmers policy* goes swiftly and surely to work—assumes your financial loss—protects your interests. Safeguard your auto and without insurance. your possessions. Don’t drive ROY DUNCAN, AGENT Phone Stanfield 722 FARMERS AUTOMOBILE ^INSURANCE Eichang. "National itesdeed Nos-assessable Coverage. FARMERS ASKING . ee — FOR FACTS ABOUT HOG PRICE FUTURE With the period at hand for plan- ning for the fall pig crop of 1944, farmers are asking about what the price of hogs will be after March. 1945, say agricultural economists of the O.S.C. Extension service in re viewing the hog outlook. Most of the 1944 crop of fall pigs will be market ed after March next year. This year’s price floor on hogs, which is $12.50 at Chicago for 200 to 270-pound good and choice barrows and gilts, expires on March 30. 1945. Congress has provided that certain commodities, including hogs, are to be supported at 90 per cent of parity for two years after the end of the war, under certain conditions, the econo mists point out. Just what the pari ty price of hogs will be a year ahead depends considerably on the index of prices paid for commodities, interest, and taxes at that time, This index has been going up at the rate of 10 to 12 points a year. To compute the parity price of hogs, you take $7.27, which was the United States average farm price in the 1910-1914 period, and multiply by the index of prices paid by farmers. With this index at 171 on March 15, 1944. the parity price of hogs was $12.43, and 90 per cent of that is 911.19. If prices paid by farmers in- crease 10 points more, the parity price would be $13.16, and 90 per cent of that is $11.84. More definite information about the 1945-46 hog price support program would help farmers to plan produc tion, as the post-war price support provisions are indefinite in other ways, the O.S.C. men add. One of the qualifications is that the price sup port is to be provided until the secre tary of agriculture has given suffi- UNION STOVE OIL cient public announcement to permit producers of such commodity to make a readjustment in the production of the commodity. Then too, any prom ise of support prices is certain of ful fillment only to the extent funds are made available. Provisions for sup porting the six “basic” crops are more definite, within the range of 85 to 90 per cent of parity through nonre course loans. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES RE Sin, Disease, and Death “A , Real” was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Chur ches of Christ, Scientist, on Sun day, April 9. The Golden Text was, “Bless the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all his benefits: who for- giveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who re- deemeth thy life from destruc- lion” (Ps. 103:2-4). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: “For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord” (Ps. 33:4,5). The Lesson-Sermon also in cluded the folowing correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scrip- tures” by Mary Baker Eddy: 'Christian Science reveals God, not as the author of sin, sickness, and death, but as divine Prin ciple, Supreme Being, Mind, ex empt from al’ evil” (pg. 127). 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Main St. Pendleton, Ore. — Examination Without Charge — STANFIELD NEWS Increase Locker Storage With Proper Planning Five hundred to 1,000 pounds of the family’s home-grown perishable foods can be put through a frozen food locker in a year if the storage schedule is properly managed. Al though an average locker will hold only about 200 pounds of food at any one time this capacity can be in creased and even multiplied by reg ulating the traffic in and out of it. The first step is to budget the year’s supply. In case of a family of five, it would be necessary to determine which of the 8,500 pounds of food needed for the year can be pre served best by freezing. Knowing the seasons in which dif ferent foods are available makes it possible to schedule beef for freez ing in March, fruit and vegetables for summer, when part of the beef has been used, and dressed pork for October, after some of the berries and beans have been consumed. Some 2,500 pounds of that 8,500- pound family food budget can be preserved by freezing, curing and canning. Freezing the steaks, roasts and chops, curing the ham and ba- con, and canning the stew and ground meat makes efficient use of storage space and adds desirable va riety to the dinner table. Frozen berries, peas, beans, and asparagus provide a pleasant change from canned vegetables and sauerkraut. A family reunion dinner April 9th was enjoyed by Mrs. J. W. Waid at her home when all her children were home but the three sons who are overseas. Present were S/Sgt. Viv ian White and parents of Pilot Rock, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wickersham and two children of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall of Lexington, Ver non Waid, Claude and Miss Lennä Waid of Stanfield. Mrs. J. W. Waid is now 83 years old. Mrs. Will Reeves was elected pres- ident of the Study Club to take the place of Mrs. Era Green who re- signed. Easter visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Hoffnagle were Corp. J. Alvin May, on furlough for ten days from Camp Roberts, and his son Jimmy May and mother and sister. Mrs. James T. May and Janice from Athena, and sister, Mrs. Bob McLain and two children from Gibbon, and brother George May from Portland. Corp. May, his wife and small son re turned to Athena with his parents for a visit. Echo Economics club were the hos tesses for a social night April 11 hon oring the birthdays of the members occurring thus far this year in the Stanfield Grange. Word was received by F. A. Baker that his son Bruce has now attained the rank of Lieut. Col. at the Alex- andria. La.. Air Base hospital. He has 34 doctors and as many or more nurses under his supervision there. Lulu Newman visited her sister. Mrs. Rose Hedrick and family here over Easter, returning to Portland Tuesday morning. They had not seen each other for 21 years. Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott will hold open house on Wednesday, April 19, from 2 to 7 oclock on the fiftieth wedding anniversary, when friends may call. Mrs. Fern Kruse and daughter Del la returned Sunday night from a visit at Spokane and many other Washing ton points. Mrs. Margaret Daughtrey spent Easter week in Portland visiting her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McAlester. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Pendle- ton were visitors at the N. D. Bard home Easter day. Miss Neva Hedrick attended a shower for Dorothy McCormack in Pendleton Wednesday night. Acids Freed by Frost* May Endanger Animals Frosts can be dangerous to farm animals, for they cause sorghum and sudan grass to release quantities of hydrocyanic (also called prussic) acid which may prove fatal, warns the department of animal pathology and hygiene, University of Illinois college of agriculture. These plants contain substances that are ordinarily harmless, but ad verse weather conditions, such as frosting or drouth, may bring about the release of this acid. Young plants and second growth are the most dangerous, although as the plants mature the danger decreases somewhat. Hay made from these plants is generally quite safe, but silage should be held in storage for at least six weeks, the department says. Symptoms of hydrocyanic poison- ing are rapid breathing, stupor, blue ness of the lining of the mouth, con vulsions. paralysis and death. Since many affected animals may often be saved if treated promptly, a veter inarian should be called immediate ly because a few minutes’ delay might mean the difference between recovery and death. If the affected animals can swal- low, emergency treatment may be attempted by giving a drench of one or two quarts of molasses di- luted with water. First Losses China’s first losses to Japan fol- lowed the short Sino-Japanese war of 1891-95, from which the major Japanese gain was a big southward step to tropical Formosa (Taiwan), an island area nearly twice as large as New Jersey. This island, in addi tion to welcome supplies of miner als, tea, sugar and rice, gave Japan until very recently a virtual monop oly on camphor. Now the island supports three million people, about 5 per cent of them Japanese. The near-by Pescadores Islands were taken from China at the same time. Mako island in the Pescadores has been converted into a naval base. Along with these island acquisi tions Japan wrested from China a toehold on the continent of Asia. China agreed to recognize Korea (Chosen) as an independent state and ceded the tip of the near-by penin sula of Liaotung, site of the impor tant leased area of Kwantung and of the ports now known as Dairen and Ryojun. At that time Ryojun (Port Arthur) was extensively used by Russia when more northern ports were frozen over. Russia growled at the prospect of Japanese en- | croachment on Asia’s mainland; so Japan hastily sold back the Liaotung peninsula to China. Renovate Japanese Japan was a mere miscellany of medieval agricultural islands in 1854, when President Fillmore of the United States and Commodore Perry I lifted the lid off of it. For 223 years no Japanese had been permitted to leave the islands’ atmosphere of I feudalism. Not until 1870. after the great Ishin or "renovation,” were feudal castes abolished and common people allowed to use their own family names instead of their masters’. Warriors were encouraged to cut off their topknots of long hair and stop wearing swords on peaceful strolls in the streets. When the lid finally came off. Japan began to expand with explosive force. VO fill ▲▲▲▲▲▲ AAAAAAAA Place Your Orders Now! 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