EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, May 11, 1950
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WATCH ON THF RED RIVER Anxious citizens line the Norwood Bridge In Winnipeg, Canada, fear
lully witching as tile "rampaging Red Blver continue to rise. With three more feet ol water Bearing
down on the city, Hood control authorities ordered the bridge abandoned and residents ol the area evac
uated. Some 3000 homes and six square miles ol the' city are under water
(Acme Telenhotoi
RED RIVER RAMPAGE Floodflghter watches as a building, torn
loose by the ever-rising flood waters of the Red River, floats down-
stream past Inundated Winnipeg, Canada. Thousands have left the
city and thousands more are preparing to leave as the wild river
continues to rise.
Jackson County Farm Notes
Compiled by County Office O. S. C. Extension Service
Tours for Farmers
To Start on Tuesday
Everyone likes to see good
stock and crops. Some produc
ers seem to be able to produce
a better dniry cow, a pig, a crop
ef alfalfa or a ladino seed crop
superior to the average. The
"why" of some of these questions
will be available to those farm
ers who participate in the meet
ings, tours and demonstrations
scheduled for this week and
next.
On Tuesday, May 16, the
purebred Jersey tour will start
at E. B. Poyer's farm at Ash
land, and thence to Delbert Mon
gold's La Pine jersey farm north
of Eagle Point.
If seed production Is your
chief concern, then you will
want to attend the meeting in the
courthouse auditorium at 8 p. m.
on Wednesday, May 17. We have
word that some of those alfnlfa
seed growers that harvested
over 800 pound!) of seed per
acre will be there, also those
ladino seed growers who know
hoy to secure over 300 pounds
per acre.
Perhaps your Interest Is in
beef cattle. If so, you will want
to learn some of the points to
look for In selecting your foun
dation herd. A beef cattle grad
ing tour will start at George
Nichol's farm south of Ashland
on highway 99 at 0:30 a. m. on
Thursday, May 18. The tour will
continue to Central Point to
grade some more fine registered
neretora cattle on the R. H.
Field and John Bohnert farms.
Pork producers, or those con
templating raising swine, can
not afford to miss the tour on
Friday, May 19, which starts
at A. T. Lalhrop's farm at 10
a. m. This tour will then visit
Mrs. Hanley Heffprnan'i Ross
lane farm. From the Heffeman
farm the tour will continue to
the Charles H. Elmore farm at
Applegale. The major factors af
fecting swine production will
be emphasized.
Top Dairy Herds, Cows
Tested by Dairy Group
With two testers on the Job
during April the Jackson County
Dairy Herd Improvement asso
ciation tested 802 cows under
the standard plan of testing, and
250 more cows were tested un
der the owner-sampler plan.
Those cows produced 818.884
pounds of milk and 2,801.7
pounds of bullerfat, or an aver
age of 772 pounds of milk and
3S.2 pounds of butterfat prr
cow.
Following are the five top
herds and the 10 top cows test
ed in April:
Five top herds:
Delbert Mongold. owner; 047
average pounds milk, 50.3 av
erage pounds butterfat, 23 cows
in herd, three dry cows.
Jim Tate, owner; 982 average
pounds milk, 49 average pounds
butterfat, 23 cows In herd, two
dry cowa.
H. C. Callihan, owner; 1,238
verege pound milk, 48 aver
age pounds bultcrfnt, 14 cows
in herd, one dry cow.
R. E. Van Deusen, owner; 782
average pounds milk, 45.9 aver
age pounds butterfat, 21 cows in
herd, three dry cows.
P. K. Nelson, owner; 908 aver
age pounds milk, 44.9 average
pounds bultcrfnt, 17 cows in
herd, no dry cows.
Ten top cows:
Design Golden Shirley, 2,025
pounds milk, 113.4 pounds but
terfat, Delbert Mongold owner.
Bim, 1,902 pounds milk, 91.2
pounds butterfat, Jim Tote own
er. Roxie, 1,626 pounds milk,
86.2 pounds butterfat, Tate own
er. Lcnne, 1,388 pounds of milk,
78.2 pounds butterftit, P. K. Nel
son owner.
Queen, 1.305 pounds milk. 75.7
pounds butterfat, R. E. Van Deu
sen, owner.
Norm. 1,302 pounds milk, 75.5
pounds butterfat. Nelson owner.
Blnckie, 1,161 pounds milk,
75.5 pounds butterfat, Jack
Caldwell owner.
Star, 1,218 pounds milk. 75.4
Organ at Salt Lake
City Rated Almost .
Infinite in Range
Salt Lake City (U.R) The
thousands of visitors and radio
listeners who have heard the or
gan play from the Salt Lake tab
ernacle of the Latter-Day Saints
church long have known the in
strument had a wide and beau
tiful range.
But it took a mathematician
to figure out just how wide the
range was.
Using an electronic calcula
tor. Prof. Pierce Ketchum of the
University of Illinois worked out
the figures for his friend, Frank
W. Asper, tabernacle organist.
Ketchum announced that the
slops have "36 thousand vigin
tillion" combinations. That's 36
followed by 66 zeroes.
10,000 Pipes Used
The organ has 10,000 pipes.
The console has 183 stops with
two to five Dositions on. off.
an octave higher, an octave low
er on a combination of the note
played plus an octave higher
and an octave lower.
Foot pedals provide 40 more
stops. The choir and positif or
gans add 33 more controls with
various positions. In the "great
organ" sections are 23 two-position
stops. The "swell organ"
contributes 29 more stops, the
solo and bombarde section 20
stops, and the lntiphonal organ
nine more controls.
It's the combination of these
stops that furnish the astronomi
cal number of variations, not
counting the difference when t,he
organists play loudly or softly.
RESERVE PRESIDENT
Bend. Ore.. May 15 (U.R)
Capt. V. L. Nunckamp, Astoria,
was elected president of the
Oregon Reserve Officers' associ
ation at the windup of a con
vention here Saturday.
TO ADDRESS TRAINMEN
Seattle, May 15 U.R) Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson said today
he had accepted an invitation to
address the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen's annual north
west association convention here
next week-end.
pounds butterfat, J. H. Stanley
owner.
Bell, 1.536 pounds milk, 76.3
pounds butterfat, Paul Stevenson
owner.
Dell, 1,503 pounds milk, 72.9
pounds butterfat, Mongold own
er. County extension agent.
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Farm Bill Introduced As
Answer to Brannan Plan
By Vincent J. Burke
United Press Correspondent
Washington, May 15 U.R)
Rep. Harold O. Lovre (R S. D.)
today introduced a farm bill
which, he said, is designed to
provide record high government
support prices for farm products
at little cost to taxpayers.
Lovre said in a statement ac
companying the bill that his
self-financing plan would insure
farm prosperity "without using
taxpayers' hard-earned dollars."
The plan involves a two-price
system and marketing quotas.
Answer io Brannan Plan
It is Lovre's answer to
the administration's controversi
al Brannan farm plan which also
promises record high supports.
Like the Brannan plan, the
Lovre plan has no chance of en
actment by this session of con
gress. It does not have the sup
port of the GOP high command.
Unlike the Brannan plan, it
would require consumers to pay
higher prices for their food and
it would require no sizable out
lays from the treasury. Farmers
would be assured 100 per cent
of "parity" prices in the mar
ket place for products consumed
domestically. The Brannan plan
would provide about the same
support level, but would let sup
ply and demand set the actual
market price for perishable
foods, with farmers receiving
subsidy payments to make up
any difference.
No farm product is supported
now higher than 90 per cent of
parity; many supports are set
lower. Parity is a price at which
sale of a given amount of a farm
product will return the farmer
about the same purchasing pow
er as he received in a past rela
tively favorable period, usually
1910-14.
North Dakotans Help
Under the Lovre plan farmers
would get lower prices only on
the surpluses channeled off do
mestic markets by government
buying. On this portion farmers
would receive only that amount
which the government received
In disposing of it.
Lovre said North Dakota
farmers helped draft his plan.
He said it is in "substantial
agreement" with a recent 10
point farm proposal advanced
by Axel Beck, republican na
tional committeeman from
South Dakota and chairman of
a GOP agriculture sub-committee.
However, congressional GOP
leaders already have thrown
cold water on Beck's proposals.
Some GOP senators and con
gressmen from midwest farm
states believe that the repub
lican party should plump for
rigid higher farm supports.
Marketing Quota
Under Lovre's plan each
farmer would have a "marketing
quota" which would limit the
amount he could sell. The quo
tas would be set to equal the
normal domestic demand for a
given product. If a farmer want
ed to sell more than his quota,
or "fair share," he would have
to buy a marketing certificate
from the government. The price
of the certificate in each case
would be set high enough to
Shady Cove Residence
Destroyed by Fire;
Neighbors Give Aid
Shady Cove, May 15 The
home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hook, located at the corner of
Long branch and the county
road near here, was complete
ly destroyed by fire early Sun
day. Virtually all the family's
personal possessions were lost.
But before nightfall, friends
and neighbors of the Hooks
had constructed a temporary
garage- shelter, where the
Hooks will live until a new
home can be built. In addition,
the community it planning a
dance and box social io raise
funds io aid the family.
The family includes two
young boys.
The fire was said io have
started in a flue.
offset the lass the government
would suffer in disposing of the
surpluses it would have to buy
as a result of the extra market
ings. The government would have
a standing offer to pay the full
support price for any product.
The surpluses would go on the
world market or be divided into
the school lunch program or in
to lower-priced, non-competitive
uses.
School Vacations to Start in May, June
Schools in Jackson county will i
soon wind up the current school
year with a flurry of finaPexami
nations, class parties and picnics
and graduation exercises.
Luckiest kids in the county are
those attending the Shady Cove
school. They are to be dismissed
for the summer vacation May 19.
Most of the other schools will I
close in June or the end of May.
Closing dates that have been
reported so far to the county
school superintendent's office
are: Jacksonville, June 5; Griffin
Creek. June 2; Ruch-Sterling,
May 31; Phoenix, June 9; Cen
tral Point and Gold Hill, 4une 9;
Eagle Point, May 31; Lone Pine,
June 2; Talent, June 2; Rogue
River, June 2; Applegate, May
29; Elk-Trail, May 31; Medford,
June 9; Wagner Creek, June 2;
Evans Valley, June 2; Oak
Grove, May 31; Butte Falls, May
29; West Side, May 31, and How
ard, June 2.
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THE CITY OF CAVE JUNCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
HAS FOR SALE
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Each 10,000 gallons, minimum bid accepted $100 each
1 JACUZZI PUMP, 3 h.p. 1 phau, minimum bid accepted $250
1 POMONA PUMP, 3 h.p. 3 phase, minimum bid accepted $800
1 HEAVY-DUTY PISTON PUMP, minimum bid accepted $50
1 3-H. P. MOTOR, 3 phase, minimum bid accepted $50
The sealed bids are to be submitted to the Recorder of the
City of Cave Junction prior to 12 o'clock noon, May 25,
1950, at which time and at whose office the bids will be
opened and considered.
Mailed bids should be addressed to "Isabel Small, City Re
corder, Cave Junction, Oregon." These items offered as
is on the Water Department's property in Cave Junction,
where they may be inspected.
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