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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1953)
pcgon'o Cash Farm Incdnio So& AfrSCSESrWJB for Pact Yoac -Cabal (MB Oregon had a each term income of $408,093,000 to ICS, says X. L. Peterson, di neter of th Stat Department at Agriculture. i said figures from n report, el th" Federal of Agricultural Eco- a total which was $3099 hna than to 1M1 aad about $85,000,000 - vadar the earlier estimates on th 1IU farm income. , Tiha Laai i said crops accounted S23M23.000 of the 1953 First DiC3 rfcrfsr Ch:rc:dinPorll:r.d Portland UJ3 Daniel Ed ward Bay. 45, was held .today en a charge of first degree mur der la the shooting of his half brother. Or. George L. Ray. Daniel Ray waived prelimi nary bearing in Municipal Court yesterday and was bound over to th Multnomah county grand . jury. Mrs. Harriet Ray, wife of the lain doctor, was reported im proved at Providence hospital and was listed in serious condi tion. Her condition had been critical since she was shot twice to th bead during Daniel Ray's shooting spree last Friday night Also wounded in the shooting was Mrs. Mattie Ray, 63, of Po eateOo, Ida, mother of the vic tim. She was reported in good condition. uIh of farmers, and livestock and livestock products, ; $181,- 770,000. Jn addition to tne casn iwcetats for agricultural products as they came off the farm, con sumption on the farm of products not offered for market totaiea $21,200,000 or about a million less than the year earlier. In the commodity breakdown, cattle and' calves continued as the No. 1 farm industry, ac counting for $58,008,000 of the 1952 total Wheat held as the leader of all crops, at $48,594, 000, aad truck crops held second place at $28,215,000. In the livestock fields, dairy products were totaled at $58,048- 000; eggs, $20,320,000; turkeys, $11,993,000; hogs, $11,002,000; sheep and lambs, $9,301,000; chickens (including broilers) $7, 788,000; wool, $2,923,000; .other poultry, $1,880,000; and miscel laneous products, including mo hair, horses and bees, $1,601,000. Toir.bstor.2 Danzged By Portland Vandals, Portland (UPJ County offi cials today estimated vandals did some $5000 worth of dam age to tombstones in the Lone Fir cemetery in Portland. John Zimmerman, superin tendent of the county cemeteries, said the vandalism occurred in the old part of the cemetery. Damage consisted mostly of mar ble and granite stones broken or pushed over. Workmen attempted to piece together the old stones. In only three of the livestock fields hogs, dairy products and miscellaneous pool tijrw tie the cash receipts higher than to 1931 On th crop aid, potatoes ac counted for $18,048,000 last year. hay, $10,343,000; barley. $10,- 096.999; IS field seed crops. $23 993.000; heps,. $5,790,000; oats, $4477,000; peppermint, $4,248,- 000; sugar beets,. $$408,000; corn, rye and miscellaneous seeds, $1,721,000. Pear Values Tops Tree fruits and nuts, included in crops, were topped by $12,- 182,000 from pears. Other values in this breakdown: Strawberries, $8,446,000; apples, $8,014,000; prunes and plums, $3,491,000; cherries, $3,056,000: peaches; $1, 300,000; caneberries, $4,691,000; walnuts, $2,772,000; filberts, $3. 108,000; miscellaneous fruits, $142,000. Forest "products from farms sold for $10,832,000 and green house and nursery products, $IZ,I59,000. The cash returns from 17 of the 35 separate . items listed under the crop . heading were lower in 1952 than in 1951. Pear Check To Fall . While it will be another year before any similar breakdown is released on the 1953 harvest now entering into its final period, Oregon farmers already know that their, combined pay check will fall under the 1952 figures, Peterson said. The Oregon farm marketing for th first six months of 1953 were 17.2 mil lion dollars behind the same per iod in 1952, federal bureau fig ures released this month showed. '"4 Good beer cannot bemade mtkitt H Jood Wj water It is widely bjcogntzid by scientists , and Mister Brewers that one of the most im portant factors in making good beer is the quality of the water used in the brewing. To create a truly exceptional beer, it is necessary to have a source of water that is neutral in taste, free of many of the properties found inordinary cUnking water, and constant in quality, yearjn and year out. . , , Such a water perfect for brewing ; flows crystal pure from Olympia's own artesian wells near Olympia, Washington. It is this water that has given Oiympia Beer itsJeadership in character and quality since the last century. Try it yourself and enjoy Olympia's rare flavor and light, -refreshing good taste. f' jj Visitors atways welcome between S30 and 430 every day. Ofympie Brewing Company Olymaia, Washington. U.S. A. aw i i.i... y 0 BOUSK TJN-AMZBIOAN actlTlUes committee chairman Harold Velde (R., HL) (right) is interviewed by reporter after bis group heard Dr. Marek 8. Korowlcx (far left) testify that Communists consider United Nations their best platform for spreading prop aganda in western world. Dr. Korowlcx fled Polish delegation to UN to seek asylum in United States. (International SouwipKef) . Stockholders Approve IXC Control Transfer Portland U.R) Stockhold ers of National Credit Card, Inc., at a meeting here last night ap proved, terms of an agreement transferring control in the com pany to duPont family interests in return for equity capital. Officials said the agreement brings in $500,000 working capi tal and gives the Bulldog Corpo ration o: Washington, D.C.. ex- The four-sided needles of the white spruce are short, measur ing. 34 of an inch or less. elusive rights to sale of $3,500, 000 worth of capital stock to pri vate investors. ' The firm is ah Oregon corporation. NO WONDER HE GRUMBLED Floyd, Iowa (U.R) Farmer Art Debban paid the Charles City fire department the stand ard country call fee of $100 to put out a fire in his barn, but not without a grumble. The sparks Debban saw in his barn turned out to be fireflies. Tuesday. SlltS msdfosd (ossaoan scab, msnon-mrs tog worked.' In recent four week period it treated 7433 tons of ore for 3,174 ounces of gold worth nearly 80,000 pounds. Strfrc kiss G:!j D:3:n ' Perth, Australia ftjjo A tog worked.' In spectacular strike at a mine $00 air miles northeast of Perth has West Australlana hoping tor an other gold boom The Hill 50 mine of the only company opjerating at the one thriving town of i aft Magnet up to 16 ounces to. the ton had up to 16 nonces to the ton had been struck, when' a drill went through the 1140-foot level, sev eral hundred feet below th mine's present workings. Mt Magnet livened up with the news and a number of other mining vetures rushed to peg out leases to areas adjacent to Hill 50. Now leas application notices are overlapping the no tice board at the Mt Magnet office of th mines department The mine plans to begin to treat Its high-grade ore early next year. The manager esti mated that it would take at least three months, to sink, a shaft down 200 feet from present wor kings to where' the rich strike was made. Tunnelling to reach the ore would take another three months. 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