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23irs91iiiiii)ii9a9 etioiig M&ifWiy in MeiKord OrgDD Fannni Bureau's State President Slated To Speak At Annual Meeting Ben Robinson, Imber, presi dent of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, is scheduled to ad dress the annual meeting of the BEN ROBINSON President of OFBF '-Oregon Farm Bureau, Thursday, Nov. J8, at a morning general session to be held in the Holly theater. , , Robinson has been a chief spokesman for the Oregon Farm Bureau for the past two years. During that time he has served as state president of the state farm organization. Majoring in animal husbandry at Montana State college, Rob inson first started his agricul tural career by teaching at South Dakota State college and then working for the Land Utilization Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He now farms a 557-acre di versified farm near Imbler in Union county and has special ized in growing grass seeds and raising hogs and polled hereford cattle. Robinson also has been active in state affairs, with appoint ments to the state education com mittee and the education televis ion committee. He served as a state delegate to the Washington, D. C. safety conference earlier this year. Convention Program WEDNESDAY: 8 p.m. Social mixer in Social room of Medford YMCA with Jackson County Farm Bureau as host. THURSDAY: 4 . 7 a.m. Organization breakfast in Social room of Med ford YMCA. Address by O. James Price, manager, of West ern Farm Bureau Life Insurance company, with Cliff Wright, OFBF organization director, presiding. 10 a.m. Morning session at Holly theater. Call to order by Fred Rueck, first vice-president of OFBF. Salute to the flag led by a 4-H club member. Invocation by Dr. Raymond Balcomb, pastor of .the First Methodist church of Medford. Insurance service report by Charles L. Proctor, insurance company manager. Annual report by George W. Dewey executive secretary of OFBF. Annual address by Ben Robin son, president of OFBF. " 1:30 p.m. Afternoon session at Holly theater. Call to order by Ben Robinson, president of OFBF. Address by James Slfori, director of Oregon State Department of Agri culture. Address by E. W. Tiedeman, director of American Farm Bureau Federation dairy department. Address by Dr. ' Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college. Special tour of Jacksonville, with special buses waiting in front of Medford hotel. 6:30 p.m. Evening session at Ashland Elks building. Buses will leave Medford hotel at 6 p.m. for those not hav ing transportation. Annual banquet of OFBF with Jennings Pierce as ioastmaster. Speech by George Wilson, president of California Farm Bureau Federation. Presentation of Ore gon Agriculture Distinguished Service award. Annual infor mal dance with music by Johnny Lu.sk and his orchestra. . FRIDAY: . , ' Morning session in Banquet room of Medford holeL Meeting of the House of Delegates of the Oregon Farm Bu reau Federation, with call to order by Ben Robinson, presi dent of the OFBF. Consideration of resolutions by elected and accredited county voting delegates. Election, first sec tion, confirmation of nomination of regional directors and department chairmen. Election, second section, election of , federation officers including first vice-president and second vice-president. Old business and new business. Adjourn ment followed by meeting of OFBF board of directors. Shrinking Markets Problem Of. Farmers, Officials Say Magic Show Due, Here Next Week; Sponsored by KPs Ormond McGill, noted illu sionist, author and entertainer, will bring his "East Indian Mir acles" show to Medford for two days next week, it was an nounced today by members of Fuhat Burkan Temple 224, Dra matic Order of the Knights of the Khorassan, and the Nomads of-Avrudaka, which are sponsor ing the event. ' The performances will be giv en at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. both days, Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 24 and 25, in the Medford High school auditorium. , For Spastic Program Proceeds of the shows will go to the fund for the benefit of spastic sufferers, a program of the Knights of Pythias, parent organization of the sponsoring groups. Tickets can be obtained from members of either organization, and also are on sale at Com mercial Transfer and at the service station at the Medford hotel. ' The McGill show features f wo acts, the first featuring a var-H ied selection of magic ' illustra tions, conjuring and prestidigi tation, and the second act fea tures feats of yogi and hypnotism. WORKERS jot , f- 1 - INCOME , it'1 f , ' FARMERS' .' V VALUE OF I VI CASH I ' if c " 1 RECEIPTS 1? , u,s- , I FARM I JT , EXPORTS mm w , if of 1947-49 ' U 1 I J 25 L 1 f t I, 1940 45 50 53 1940 45 30 Si F -it , J I.-.- me V4iiw rw - mess have go shawy M uf AND DOWN FOt YfcAf S - ' T"e ;; iw VAiut Of m ; THE DOUAI HAS i COW DOWN Wi HOW FAI SHOWS IT CO v - A me nauonai cot i ' I v jKi E GfTHNO IKXW f . HOW C SMOUIO I 1? I ' U ' I I SOUND DOLLAR Farm Bureau is for rela tively stable general price level which is es sential to steady economic growth and a rising standard of living. Farm Bureau also stands for a sounder value of the dollar for when money loses its value the whole economy is affected. Keeping : government spending in line with income is another Farm Bureau be-, lief for the way government handles money and credit greatly influences the general price level keeping the tmaget unbalanced helps promote inflation cheapens the dollar. Medford Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954 Pages 1-8 American farmers now have a greatly "expanded productive plant, but their foreign markets are shrinking, according to Ore- Grange Central Point Grange Central Point Grange and Juvenile Grange will convene in regular sessions f on Friday,' November 19, at 8 p.m. The lec turer's program will be in charge of the Graces, Dorothy Strauss, Freida Smith, and Lucille Frink, who are planning a Thanksgiv ing program. Final reports on the November 13, turkey dinner will be made. Plans for an Anniversary party to honor all members mar ried thirty years or more and to present 25-year pins will be discussed, also, election of Juve nile matron or patron. Juvenile Grange is exemplify ing the Juvenile degree on Sun day, November 21 at 3: p.m. in the Grange hall. All subordinate members are reminded they are eligible for honorary memer- ship..and it is hoped they will avail themselves of this oppor tunity to take the degree. Alt Juvenile Grangers in the county arp invited to attend. Central Point Juveniles will have their final practice Friday night, and Juvenile Matron Mar garett Wilson urges all Juveniles to be Dresent. Election of Pomona and Flora will be part of the business for Friday night. . ; ASCC Ballots To Be Mailed Out By Nov. 29 for Vote Ballots for the forthcoming Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee elec tions will be mailed to all elig ible voters on Nov. 29, it was announced today by Delmar L, Smith, county chairman. The ballots must be returned to the ASC office in the court house or mailed in, on or before Dec. 10. County and community elec tion boards have nominated 10 candidates for each of the coun ty's seven communities. Addi tional nominations can be made by petitions signed by 10 eligible voters and filed with the chair man of the community election board on or before Nov. 22. Officers Named Later Up for election in each com munity will be three committee men and two alternates. County officers will be elected later at a meeting of the seven commun ity chairmen. The chairman in each'community is the candidate who receives the largest number of votes." Present chairmen of the com munity election boards are Charles C. Chittock, Appgate; M. B. Caster, Central Point; A. T. Wattenberg, Eagle Point; Olin V. Poe, Jacksonville-Medford; C. W. Jensen, Rogue River; Dick Westerberg, Ashland, and Lester E. James, Sams Valley. ' A map showing the commun ity boundaries is available in the county office in the courthouse. gon Farm Bureau officials, it is urgent that national policies which are adopted at this time be designed to expand farm mar kets to the point where they will provide an outlet for pro duction, they say. In addition, they list the fol lowing broad lines of action as fundamental to the prosperity of farmers. 1. Full employment, high productivity, and a good distri bution of income after tax must be maintained. General prosper ity is necessary for continuing form prosperity. 2. Monetary and fiscal policies which will contribute to the maintenance of a more stable general price level must be used effectively. 3. Government policies which tend to place agriculture at a disadvantage with the rest of the economy must be corrected. 4. Exercises of monopolistic power by any group govern ment, industry, labor or agricul ture must be prevented. 5. Practices which restrain trade must be prohibited. 6. Policies which encourage rather than strangle foreign trade and investments must be followed. . L. S. TIEGS Field" Representative Tiegs Represents OFBF in Region L. S. Tiegs, Talent, is Oregon Farm Bureau field representa tive for this region. The area he serves ranges from Polk county to Lake county. Tiegs has been associated with Oregon Farm Bureau for the past tw years.-He works ' with county officers in promoting the organization., Tiegs, who' is married and the father of three children, has a small acreage in the Talent area, where he raises poultry. He came to Oregon five years ago from the Boise valley in Idaho. AF B F Da i ry Depa rtment Man Speaker for Farm Bureau BOY SCOUTS Pack 44 Cub Pack 44 will meet Thurs day, Nov. 18, 7:30 p. m. at the Lone Pine school. This isi the regular monthly pack meeting for Cubs and parents. Howard J. Veal, Committeeman. . Legion Commander Slates Visit Here Camp White Carl 'R. Moser will make his first visit to the Rogue valley as department commander of the American Legion this week. Accompanied by Mrs. -Marie - Wilcox,- Grants Pass, department president of the auxiliary, and other ; Legion officials, he will attend the 13th district conference in Ashland Friday and visit the VA domi ciliary center Saturday, accord ing to present plans. Moser expressed his intention of .looking over the present Camp White setup shortly after he became head of the Oregon department. In conferring with Manager E K. Ricker and As sistant Manager R. H. Denning, Commander Moser with "speak their language. He, was VA manager at Billings, Mont., in 1949 and before that , was as sistant manager at Roseburg for more than two years. : Moser has held continuous membership ' in ' D e 1 b e r t A Reeves Post 7, Silverton, since it received its charter in 1919 For. 17 years he was department adjutant. Posts attending the district conference at Ashland include Medford. Central Point, Grants Pass. Cave Junction and Ash land. E. W. Tiedman, director of the Dairy department, American Farm Bureau federation, has been scheduled to speak before, the dairy commodity meeting' Wednesday and Thursday at the general session of the Oregon Farm Bureau state convention now in session at the Medford hotel. Tiedman has a wide back ground in the dairy industry and from 1917 he. operated a dairy farm in St. Clair county, Illinois, and was a charter-member of the St. Clair county Farm Bureau. Oragnized Cooperative In addition to his dairy farm ing, Tiedman organized the Cen tral Dairy Sales cooperative, a J sales agency for the operating cooperatives who were members of the Central Grade A. ' He acted as general manager of the Central Dairy sales until early 1951 when he became Chief of the Dairy branch of the Food and Restaurant division of the Office of Price Stabilization. In May 1952 he joined the staff of the American Farm Bureau Federation as director of the Dairy department. In addition to his business du ties, Tiedman is a former presi dent and member of the board of directors of the Milk foundation of Chicago; former president and member of the board of di rectors of the St. Louis district Dairy council. He, is also past chairman of the executive com mittee and board of directors, National" Dairy council; former national chairman of June Dairy month; former director of the National Milk Producers federa tion Tiedman also served as sec retary-treasurer of the Produc ers committee for evaporated milk under the Evaporated Milk License and Agreement; was a former associate member of the executive committee of the Am erican Dairy association: Wasco OFBF Man Attends Chicago jeuiuii uii School Segregation Method Under Study Washington (U.R) The Jus tice Department has began formulating the government's position on when and how south ern states should carry out the Supreme Court decision outlaw ing segregation in public schools. Government attorneys studied b-iefs on the question submitted to the high court Monday by eight states, the District of Columbia and Negro parties in volved in the original , segrega tion cases. The government's stand is expected to be ready within a week or 10 days. ' Welcome Delegates ... WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR VISIT While in. Medford shop. at one of Oregon's largest gift stores Lew Wallace Anxious For, Senate Appointment Portland a-U.R) Lew Wallace, runner-up Democrat in Multnor mah county's four-way race for two state Senate seats, said yes terday he is "very anxious to be appointed to one of the two sen atorial vacancies." Portland U.R) Robert Bon ney,' superintendent of -recrea tion and parks at Klamath Falls, has been named president of the newly - formed Oregon Recrea tion and Park association. E. W. TIEDEMAN Dairy Expert Constitutional Committee Will Urge Convention Salem U.R) A majority of the Legislative Constitutional Committee will recommend the calling of a constitutional con vention to the 1955 Legislature for the purpose of revising Ore gon's constitution. - Members of the majority of the committee met in the capitol here yesterday to draft a report embodying their recommenda tions to the Legislature. . After spending a year and a half examining and studying the state . constitution, the majority group came to the conclusion that of the 18 articles in the con stitution, containing 233 sections, only 70 of these sections should be left unrevised. All others, they said, are in need of im provement, deletions or change in position. Other members of the commit tee who favor revision of the constitution by separate amend ments submitted to the voters will file a majority report to the Legislature. . If the . Legislature adopts the majority report, the proposaL for calling a constitutional con vention would be referred to the voters. .. Farm Bureau representatives from 17 wheat producing states met in Fargo, North Dakota, Nov. 5 to discuss the wheat sit uation. Floyd Root, Wasco, Ore., Farm Bureau Field Crop chair man, represented Oregon at the meeting. They considered the present wheat situation and pos sible ways of solving problems which currently face the wheat industry. Discussion was direct ed towards increasing under standing of problems and view points and towards the . listing of matters which should receive further study by American Farm Bureau Federation's special wheat marketing study commit tee. : Charles Marshall, president of the Nebraska , Farm - Bureau, served as chairman, of the Far go meeting. Marshall also is chairman of a ; special wheat marketing study committee which was authorized by the American Farm Bureau Federa tion board of directors at its last meeting to : assemble facts and "devise ways and means of increasing the sale of wheat in the markets of the world." Other members of this special committee include Flake Shaw, executive vice-president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, Ralph Gillespie, president of the Washington State Farm Bureau, both of whom attended the Far go .meeting, and Charles Shu- man, president oi tne iiuuuis Agricultural Association, ana Herb Voorhees, president of the New Jersey Farm Bureau, who were unable to be present. Dewey Coordinates 23rd Annual Meet George Dewey, Salem, is con vention coordinator of the 23rd annual Oregon Farm Bureau Federation meeting. Dewey, ex ecutive secretary of the group, is scheduled to give his annual renort before the meeting on Thursday jit a"generar session.' Dewey has been actively as sociated with the OFBF since 1950 and has served in his pres ent position under Ben Robinson, president. . Raised in Pregon, Dewey was an active member ef FFA in Leb anon and is a 'graduate of Oregon State college in agricultural eco nomics. ' a. . - SJ GEORGE WILSON -; Speaks Thursday - George Wilson of California Group Banquet Speaker -About 7,000 plant disease cause enough damage each ear to be considered economically 'important. "The "Store of a Thousand Thoughtful Gifts" Welcome Delegates To The Oregon Farm Bureau . . Federation Convention! Let us show- you how the Traction Booster makes the difference. 1 Tone in Mm NflHwwl Font and Heme Hour tvwy Saturday NIC V " SAlfl ciimnGns SAlfS AND SfftVICf - - hdustrial Machine & Pump Co. 2940 N. 'PACIFIC HI WAY PHONE 2-8707 MEDFORD, OREGON , lilijiiioiiii iifr ji California's Farm Bureau Federation president, George Wilson, will be the featured ban quet speaker Thursday night at the Oregon ' State , Farm Bureau Federation. The banquet is set for the Ashland Elks building.. Wilson started his career in farm activities in 1915 as assis tant county farm advisor for the Agricultural Extension service. Following World War I, Wilson was placed in charge of the Un iversity of California Range cat tle experiment station. - ' After his work at the univer- - sity,. he went into farming for himself, raising a variety of crops. ' ' , Wilson's Farm'Bureau activ ities date back to 1916. He first organized 4-H clubs for boys, was a county Farm Bureau sec retary, chairman and director qt a county Farm Bureau; state delegate to convention, chairman of the State Field Crops depart ment, and came up through the ranks to his present position as member of the AFBF Board of Directors. ' 'The banquet speaker besides being active in Farm Bureau work, in the rural church and was a recent speaker at the Ore gon Town and Country church institute held -at: Oregon State college. , - : Kings Highway Wafer Job Hears Completion Work of laying pipe for the Kings Highway Water district expansion, program' is expected to be completed in about a week, lb was icpuncu ivuavt auc vuu- tractor, Sugg and Cox, will then install the master meter on Ste wart ave. and test the lines. " The project is costing about $58,000. 5 - ' v - 5 The board of commissioners recently set Dec. 1 as the dead line for payment for connections at the lowest rate, which is $90. After midnight on that date, the rate will go to $150 for connec tion, with later progressive in creases in the fees.'' ; - " GEORGE, DEWEY ' Executive Secretary Board of Control Renews Buying Recommendation Salem (U.R)- The Board of Control voted unanimously yes- State Emergency Board purchase of the Williams and Hart farm, three miles south of St. Paul, as the site for the new intermediate penal institution. : 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE AVE , MEDFORD, ORE. Extends A Cordiial t . to the Delegates of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation. I Viwv Jim Your John Deere Dealer Since 1884
