MEDFORD MAIL TRLBUSE. MEDFOKU, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1934
PAGE PIVE
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High Cost of Chops This Winter
Ascribed to Hog-Corn "Seesaw"
MMting of Medford Post No. 15.
American Legion, will be held Octo
ber 32. at the Armory. Every mem
ber Is urged to come out and aaalst
the new officers start their year off
vlth A good attendance. Plana tor
Armistice day celebration will be dis
cussed, and the chairman. Russell
6emon, will be there to appoint
chairmen for the different commit
tees for this event.
Commander Earl Poy will appoint
chairmen for standing committees for
the coming year. He has been careful
In selecting his men and hopes that
everyone will be ready to help make
this a good year for the American
Legion.
All oast commanders of sou
Oregon will hold their regular meet
ing at the Oregon Caves on Satur
day evening. October 20, end Are ask
ed to make reservations with Lee
Oarlock at once as several will expect
to stay all night and reservations
must be sent to the Caves manage
ment. There will also be regular meeting
of all Legionnaires and Auxiliary
members the same evening at the
Caves, and it Is expected that large
delegations from Roseburg. Grants
Pass. Medford. Ashland and Kerby
will attend. State Commander Joe
Chamberlain has been invited, along
with other state officials. "This will
r one grand party for all who -sn
Attend, so make your reservations
early," Is the advice received by the
local post.
EN BY DEATH
Mary Dahack, wife of Zera Dahack,
passed away at their home, 547 Marie
street, at 1 p. m. Wednesday, follow
lng an Illness which confined her to
her bed for the last two years. She
had been In poor health for the past
tlx years.
Mrs. Dahack was one of the oldest
pioneers of this locality, being born
t Eagle point nearly i years ago.
She leaves besides her husband, two
sons by a former marriage, Paul and
Garland Randall of Washington. Also
two brothers and one sister, Green
nd Grant Matthews of Eagle Point,
and America Flt2erald of Los An
geles. Funeral services will be held at the
Conger chapel at 10 a. m., Saturday,
with Interment In the Central Point
cemetery.
'LIVING CORPSE'
DATES ARE SET
ASHLAND, Oct. 18. (Bpl.) Pro
duction dates fpr "The Llvlrtg Corpse,"
community drama under the direction
of Prof, and Mrs. Angus L. Bowmcr.
were announced today by Mr. Bowmor
Friday and Saturday. November
23 and 24. The play will be presents,
at the Normal auditorium where re
hearsal are being held several times
each week.
Mrs. Bowmer, who has assisted Mr
Bowmer in a number of Normal school
productions. Is directing the tech.
nlcal side of the play. She haa de
signed the scenery snd costumes and
is directing their execution. Several
?enes are already completed, but
much work remains to be done. An
Interesting feature of the costume
construction Is the dyeing, each gar
ment being dipped through two or
three dyes to give It the depth and
texture of rich and expensive clotn
though Inexpensive muslin la used.
By CAHOL C. CRANMKR
WASHINGTON The high cost
of pork chop th la winter and next
year may be due to what agricultural
economist call the "hog-corn price
ratio."
Prices of pork chops have risen
abut 35 per cent since April, one of
the largest percentage increases of
any food for which average prlcea are
obtained by the consumers' counsel
of the AAA.
The 'hog-corn price ratio" works
like a seesaw.
When the value of 114 bushels of
corn is equal to the value of 100
pounds of live hog, nothing happens.
But when relatively high corn
prices due to a short crop or heavy
feed demands make 11.4 bushels of
corn worth materially more than 100
poupds of hog the effect is like a fat
atrl on one end of a teeter board and
them 1 an undersized boy on the other.
now it nuiris
Farmers sell their corn, feed their
hogs sparingly and market them light,
breed fewer sows for the next far
rowing, hog slaughter goea down
and corn prlcea go bump I
Then low corn prices make loo
pounds of hog worth more than 11.4
bushels of corn. Farmers begin, reea
lng their hogs heavier and breeding
more sows for farrowing, and soon It
la time for hog prlcea to get a bump.
The chief difference in this corn-
hog cycle is that there Is a "lag" or
a yeaT or a year and one-half after
the nerlod of relatively high corn
prices before the slump in hog slaugh
ter.
Just now agriculture department
charts show corn prices have been in
black under the 11 4-bushel deadline
for some time, which means that corn
prices are relatively higher than hog
prices. Therefore reduced hog slaugh
ter is anticipated.
Drought Big Factor
The reason la that while the gov
ernment haa reduced the grain con
suming anlrml units on farms
through pig and sow slaughtering, re
lief purchases and a hog reduction
program, and by drought relief pur
chases of cattle and sheep, the
drought has reduced feed grain pro
duction even more.
It la estimated hog slaughter in the
year beginning October 1 will be at
least 30 per cent under tne average
Of the last several years, that the
numbers of cattle on January 1 will
be 10 to 15 per cent less, and tne
numbers of sheep 8 to 10 per cent
less than a year ago.
. But the feed grain supply per farm
animal for 1934-35 will be 30 to 35
rxr cent smaller than for the five
year average of 1929-33.
Thus a premium is placed on feed,
and reduced hog slaughter and high
er pork prices are anticipated.
Under the circumstances it might
be argued that the logical thing to
do would be to urge farmera to grow
more corn.
"Yes. but not too much!" officials
of the AAA caution.
Tendency To Overplant
Although average hog prices on the
farm in August advanced to the high
est point since 1931. they still were
75 per cent short of "fair exchange
value" when benefit payments are in
cluded, compared with 45 per cent a
rear before.
A study of crop years after great
droughts since 1868 shows there ai
HOGS AVtRACt PRKTt ANONttSVlUOWCOIHI
HOC MARKETINGS jmt,
MILLIONS t I i lt , I I
.. w n - . .- rn.nu yr nui MARKETINGS ;5
.0,
SHORT. TIUC TREND OF HOC MARKETINGS
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1901 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925
I9-V0HTM MtOVWC AVlKAQt Of WOC SLAUCHTi. FCOtHAUr iHiPCCTCO
3?
1930 1934
It's like a seesaw, this chart prepared by the bureau of agricultural
economics, and in Its dips and upturns It tells the story of possibly
higher prices for pork chops this winter. The black portions under the
average price Hue show corn price- relntlvely higher than hog price,
with reduced hog slaughter resulllng. indicated by the shaded portion
below. The chart shows corn prices have been higher than hog prices
for some months.
ways Is a tendency for farmera to
over-plant.
Thus In 1895, after the 1804
drought, farmers planted 10,000,000
extra acres of corn, yields per acre
we;"e above the average, and prices
fell from 45 cents to 25 cents a bush
el. By 1897 hog production had been
stimulated and hog prices fell below
those of 1894.
AAA economists fear something like
that may happen this time.
Agreeing that a moderate increase
in hog production Is desirable and
that & larger corn acreage ahold be
planted to build up reserves and pro
vide a margin of safety, they say corn
acreage should be held to about 95.
000.000 acres next year If farmers vote
for a corn-lfog program.
This Is less than a 10 per cent
acreage reduction from the 105,500,
000-acre average of 1932-33, compared
with a 12 per cent reduction this
year.
Be correctly corseted in
an Artist Model by
Ethelwyn B Hoffmann.
W hillock Estate Ustcd
TOLEDO, O. (UP) The late
Brand Whltlock beloved one-time
Toledo mayor and former ambassador
to Belgium, left an estate of 9102.314
net value, according to an inventory
filed In probate court here.
Water WUchers Organize
BUTLER. Mo. ( UP 1 A Water
Witchers association has been form
ed here by Bates county farmers who
claim they can locate underground
water supplies with forked sticks.
Famous Name at Chicago
CHICAGO (UP) The University ot
Chicago intends to challenge Har
vard's claim to famous names. The
Frosh class here boasts of a Wood
row Wilson. William Cullen Bryant.
Irving Berlin and Walter Eckersall.
4
Coat Hanger Cost $300
OLD LYME, Conn. (UP) O. Page
Ely hung his coat on the back of
door and slammed it shut. There
were matches In the pocket. They ig
nited. The bill amounted to (300.
TO HELP GLEEMEN IN
(By Arthur W. larnock.) j
At the annual meeting of the i
County Teacher' Institute, to be
held tomorrow morning in the audi
torium of the high school, H. J.
Fleischer, director of the associate i
membership campaign for the Med
ford Q lee men. will be present, at the j
special Invitation of Superintendent1
Bowman, and Mrs. Una B. Inch, rural !
supervisor of schools, to Invite teach-1
era to become asociate members of
the Glelemen for the coming season.
Mr. Fleischer will tell some of the
interesting stories of the Oleemen's
work In the county that will surely
Appeal to teachers In their work of
guiding the youth of the community.
Full of enthusiasm for good music.
Its educational value, and its impres
sion on growing minds, Mr. Flelach?-
wlll explain what the Glee men ere
trying to do, m a cultural way, lor
young and old alike. Mr. Bowman
and Mrs. Inch have extended their
Invitation to Mr. Fleischer directly in
line with their educational program.
Now, don't be alarmed. Mr. and
Miss and Mrs. School Teacher. Of
course Mrs. Fleischer Is going to ask
you to become an associate member
of the Gleemen, but have no feais
as to having to pay cash for ycur
ticket. Your I. O. U. will go with
Mrs Fleischer, thus permitting you
to become an associate member to
morrow. Also, you will not only be
helping the city's finest educational
group, In a musical way, but you will
also be treating yourself to the two
splendid concert to be given by Med
ford's famous choir this season.
KATHLEEN M. SMITH
RITES AT EPISCOPAL
CHURCH FRIDAY 2 P.M.
Kathleen M. Smith passed away at
the Sacred Heart hospital Wednesday
morning, October 17, 1934, after a
lengthy illness. Kathleen McCarty
was born In Gouverneur, N. Y., Sep
tember 33. 1870. She attended Gouv
erneur seminary and later Oswego
normal.
She was married December 12. 1894.
to Henry C. Smith, who passed away
on their 30th wedding anniversary.
December 12. 1924. The family mov
ed to Medford In January, 1921,
where they operated the Hotel Hol
land until 1924.
Mrs. Smith was a devoted Episco
palian and for a number of years
was active in the Greater Medford
club and P. E. O. Sisterhood. She
was a charter member of the Marble
City chapter of Eastern Star In GouV'
erneur, N. Y., and also a member of
the D. A. R.
She leaves one daughter. Virginia
M. Walt of Medford; three sisters,
Mrs. J. T. R. MrCorkle. Boise, Idaho;
Miss Maria McCarty, Brooklyn. N. Y..
and Mrs. R. F. Underhlll, Glen Cove.
Long Island. One uncle, Charles Mc
Carty, of Oouverneur, N. Y.; one
aunt, Mrs. D, J. Brown, of Hudson
Falls, N. Y.
Funeral aervlces will be held at St.
Mark's Episcopal church. Friday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock, with Father E.
S. Bartlam officiating. Entombment
will take place In the Medford Me
morial mausoleum, Perl Funeral
Home In charge.
Do You Really Want
To Stop That Cough?
You may do it with a couple of
doses of Bronchuline Emulsion witU
hslf a bottle anyway. It's not p lens
ant tasting aweet sugary cough syrup
but It's one with a real kick. As a
matter of fact, it feels great going 1
down. Oives INSTANT RELIEF.
Soothes & hacking, racking cough al
ost while you are swallowing it. Mon
ey back tf it doesn't give you relief.
Jarmln's Drvig store nnd all other
good druggists guarantee.
BRON-CHU-UHE
EMULSION
In Medford!
CORRECTED TIME
8:30 P. M.
TONIGHT
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Why live in a cold room
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Makea Old Coffin Ready
GILBERT. Ark. (UP) A. D. Mor
gan carefully duated the coffin hp
haa kept In hla home here for tlic
laat 14 yeara and told vlaltora re
cently: "I think I'm going to be
needing It aoon and want to aee that
lt'a In good repair."
Ote Mall Tribune want ada
New Comfort for Those .
Who Wear False Teeth
No longer need you feel uncomfort
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your plates holds them tight and com
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M-279
Piles Go Quick
Without Salves or Cutting
3 Yokes ( hangi'il Ills Mind
" NEW BRITAIN. Cunn. (UP)
John Mlkalauskna started to make a
cheee omelet but changed hla mind
when he cracked open an egg and
found It contained three yolks. He
placed It on exhibition In his restau
rant window.
Use Mall Tribune am ada
' Thousands of sufferers from Itch
ing, bleeding or protruding plies hove
learned that quick and lasting relief
can be accomplished with an interna)
medicine. Neither salves nor cutting
remove the cause.
Bad circulation of the blood in the
lowr bowel causes piles. The veins
are flabbv. the bowel walls weak
the parts' lifeless. To end Piles an
Internal medicine should be used to
stimulate the circulation, and restore
the affected parts.
Dr. J. S. Leonhardt was tne nrsi to
discover a real internal Pile remedy
He called his prescription HBM-ROID.
and prescribed It for hundreds of
patients with a marvelous record of
success and then decided every Pile
sufferer should be able to get HEM
ROID tablets from their own druggist
with a rigid money back guarantee.
So why waste time on externa!
when Jarmtn Drug Co.. also McNnl: ;
Bros, of Ashland says "No matter what :
kind of Piles you have, one bottle ol '
HEM-ROID tablets must show you the I
safe clean way to get rid of your I
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AT
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nil n 1
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