Future Farmers of America
Take Awards at Annual Fair
Results of judging at the 4-H
and Future Farmers of America
lair, now in progress, have been
announced for several exhibits,
contests and demonstrations.
Listed below are early re
ports on FHA contest results:
The following are the results of the
poultry exhibit:
White eggs, first. Lyle Biirham. Cra
ter High school; Brown egjts, first.
Fred Jossy, Eagle Point; second. Live
Biphsm. Crater High.
White Rock Breed
Single pullel f Int. Fred Jossy.
Eagle Point; second, Boyd Davis. Cra
ter High; third. Lvle Blgham, Crater
High; and fourth. Wlnton Worth. Eagle
Point.
Pullets (pen of two) first. Fred
Jossy, Eagle Point; second. Boyd Da
vis, crater High: third. Lvle BiKham.
Crater High; and fourth. Win ton
worth. EagJe Point.
Pen (one male and female) first.
t.vie tsignam, crater High.
Winning Pullets
Pullets (pen of three) first, Fred
Josiy. Eagle Point. Hens, first Lyle
Blgham. Crater High.
White Leghorn hen, first, Lyle
oignam, crater mgn.
Hay
Oats, vetch. Ta first. David Mack
and Hershel Mack. Crater High; clo
ver anc grass, first, wayne Marshall,
Eagle Point: second. Norman Barnes.
Crater High; Lotus, second, Monte Ax-
iru. tagie FOint; and oats and peas,
first. Norman Barnes. Crater High.
Alfalfa. Rill Award Wbvti Vfai.
shall. Eagle Point; Bob Elden and Ken
jugnam. ootn of crater Hlgh
Red Award Richard Morris and
Cliff Blgham. both of Crater High.
White Award Billy Rvan and Noel
jnoore. notn of crater High.
Oats and vetch. Blue Award Bob
Mden, Crater High. Red Award Ken
Blgham and Cliff Blgham, both of
x-raier mgn.
Oat hay. Blue Award Bay Bltter
llng. Eagle Point: Red Award Noel
Moore and Bill Ryan, both of Crater
High.
Swine Showmanship
Swine Showmanship first, Ronnie
Meade. Crater High; second. James
Cochran, Crater High; third. Craig
Cochran, Crater High: and fourth, Al
len Barnes. Crater High,
Seed Wheat first. Jim Estramado.
Crater High; second, Wayne Marshall.
Eagle Point.
Seed Barley. Blue Award Cliff Blg
ham and Ken Blgham. both of Crater
High; Red Award Allan Barnes, Cra
ter High; and White Award Craig
Cochran. Crater High.
Seed Oats. Blue Award Bill Rvan;
and Red Award Bob Elden. both of
Crater High.
Sweet Corn. Blue Award Bob El
den; and Red Award Bill Ryan, both
of. Crater High.
Fletd Corn Awards
Field Corn. Blue Award Art Gard
ner; and Red Award Dave Woolfolk,
both of Crater High.
Tomatoes, Blue Award Bob Elden,
Crater High; and Dick Schauble. Eagle
Point. i
Pumpkins, Blue Award James
Cockran. Crater High.
Onions. Blue Award Bill White.
Crater High.
Pickling Cucumbers. 'Blue Award
Craig Cochran. Crater High.
Slicing Cucumbers, Blue Award
Craig Cochran.
Strawberries. Blue Award Ralph
Simon. Crater High.
Melons, Blue Award Craig Cachran
and Bill White, both of Crater High.
Potatoes. Blue Award Bob Elden,
Crater High.
Angus Breeding Cattle
Junior Heifer CaJf. first. David
Mack, Crater High; also junior cham
pion. Junior Yearling first, David Mack.
Crater High.
Senior Yearling, lenior champion
and grand champion.
Angus Female first, Art Gardner,
Eagle Point.
Two year old cowl first, David
Mack. Crater High.
Aged cows first, David Mack.
Production cow (call) David Mack.
Beef Showmanship
Advanced Showmanship first, Ken
Bigham, Crater High; second, Norman
Barnes, Crater High; third. John Greb,
rratr Hiirh- fourth. Bob Elden. Crater
High; and fifth. Ralph Simon. Crater
Beginners Showmanship first, Art
Gardner. Eaele Point; second. Noel
Moore, Crater High; third. Billy Ryan,
Crater Hign; ana iourin, jic. ri,
Eagle Point.
KuMn Fvhlhltlnr
HamnshriA Swine fat nog. first,
Jerrv Leonard. Crater High; Pen of
three fat hogs, first. Jerry Leonard,
Prator Wiph-
Berkshire Swine aged boar, first
and champion. Craig Cochran, Crater
High; junior boar, first, Craig Coch
ran: junior gilt, first and second, Craig
Cochran; breeding sow. first, Craig
Cochran; second. Ron Meade, Crater
men.
Yorkshire Swine junior gilt, first,
James Cochran: fat hog. second,
James Cochran; pen of three fat hogs,
first. James Cochran: production class,
first. James Cachran; and breeding
sow. second. James Cochran.
Duroc Swine fat hog. champion
FFA barrow, first. Alien names, cra
ter Hieh: junior gilt, first. Allen
Barnes; breeding gilt, first, Allen
Barnes.
Is That So?
Before the automobile, when
horse, river boat and trains were
the chief forms of transportation,
it was quite possible to go for
a short walk and strike up a
friendship with the trailing ar
butus, the lady slipper, the violet.
Today when it is so easy to
motor far out into the country
during an afternoon such na
tural wild flowers are becoming
exceedingly rare and in many
regions extinct, due to ruthless
cutting, picking, uprooting by so
called admirers of wild flowers.
Never just one flower to press
and study; no, always large arm
fuls which wither and die.
Before we consider the des
perateness of today's situation.
think of what beauty wild flow
ers contribute to this world, each
in season, month after month,
from April's trilliums, to June's
columbines, to September's gold
enrod and asters which will
bloom until the very edge of
winer. What a sad end if our
land were to be robbed of this
colorful glory.
Unfortunately, the more deli
cate, the more beautiful, the
can
JOHNS-
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By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
more fragrant the flower the
greater the threat to its survival.
Take the trailing arbutus. When
the Pilgrims landed in America
this delightful, wonderfully fra
grant flower was growing in
great abundance all over New
England. To express their love
for it, admirers thoughtlessly
pulled it up by the basketful to
bring into their parlors. Now, in
many areas it is non-existent and
where it does appear it is exceed
ingly rare.
Would Spell Extermination
Or the lady slipper. Yes, I still
know where to go to a hidden
acre of woods to feast upon them.
But do I tell others? Not on your
life: to do so would be to spell
extermination as they have
been ruthlessly pulled up and
exterminated from almost all
other areas.
Or, the shy violet. Remember
them from your childhood? How
you carried them to your home?
But how sometimes they were
too wilted to put into a white
china teacuD? Wilted, discarded
Destroyed by kindness, which
murders.
So too, the mountain laurel.
The pink azalea from how
many woods is it now almost
missing? And the rhododendron,
that magnificent flower of our
western forests.
Like the trailing arbutus, the
lady slipper, the violet for be
ing lovely, for being delicate, for
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Fire Hazard Still
High in Forest Area
While fire loss in the forests
has been small so far this sea
son, the fire hazard will remain
high until after the fall rains,
according to Albert Wiesendang
er, executive secretary of the
Keep Oregon Green association.
Wiesendanger was in Medford
yesterday, conferring with local
members of the KOG movement
and distributing Keep Oregon
Green reminders and signs.
He pointed out that fires due
to logging operations in the
county in 1956 have been few,
and that loggers and other citi
zens have been giving good sup
port to the KOG program, since
all types of man-caused fires are
down from previous years.
He also had praise for forest
fire suppression crews, who
have done effective work in
promptly extinguishing fires
caused by lightning. As a result,
he stated, little acreage has
burned over and the loss has
been small.
But he reminded residents
that late summer and early fall
is often the most hazardous time
of year for fires, and urged
continuing vigilance to prevent
them.
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being fragrant, they have paid
the price to flower lovers (who
else would pick them?) and are
rapidly approaching extinction.
Selfish Thoughtfulnesi
The wholesale disappearance
of our wild flowers is attribut
able to selfish - thoughtlessness
never a thought that where
you pull one up today, none may
grow tomorrow. These flowers,
it must be remembered, are in
careful balance. The heavier the
stand, the more profuse the
bloom may spell in large letters
the very narrowness of their
margin of survival. The competi
tion with other plants is always
tremendous. Nature, remember,
reproduces only enough in the
long run to keep the species
going. Tear off the blossoms,
pull up the plants and you de
stroy the balance . . . and the
inevitable happens.
What to do? Put up signs
saying: Spare the Flowers?
No, much better. Societies ex
ist for the preservation of an
imals. Why not organize one this
fall in your own neighborhood
for the protection, understanding
and propagation of wild flowers.
In doing so, you'll keep this
world a more beautiful place to
live in.
(Copyright. 1956. by
Eugen. Burns)
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Newspaper Syndicate)
Friday, August H. 195S
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Industrial Boom
Sets New Peaks
New York (U.R) Higher
money rates rounded out by a
further rise in the Federal Re
serve System's discount rate re
veals America's industrial boom
setting new peaks, money mar
ket experts said today.
Demand for money for busi
ness use is so great, they ex
plained, that it exceeds the sup
ply and sends rates soaring.
The Federal Reserve's action
in boosting its discount rate, the
rate at which member banks
borrow from the reserve, reflects
that situation and also reveals
the Federal Reserve is still keep
ing a tight control 6n credit to
prevent a runaway inflation, it
is pointed out.
This situation is in contrast
with 1929 when the credit boom
was in stocks. Today there has
been only a small increase in
brokers' loans which reflect mar
gin dealings in stocks. The bulk
of borrowing has been for business.
Business loans stand at $28.6
billion compared with $26.1 bil
lion on Jan. 1. Loans for carry
ing stocks on margin have risen
only $17 million in the same time
and now stand around $4 billion.
The latest rise in the discount
rate, effective today, lifts the
rate for four regional banks to
3 per cent from 23A per cent
Two had been on the 3 per cent
figure and the other six are ex
pected to raise shortly.
Bosshard Seeks Office
In Ashland Council
Ashland Ewald (Walt) Boss-
hard, 1670 Holmes ave., of Ash
land, filed for the office of city
councilman with the city record
er this morning. Bosshard is an
independent lumber broker.
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Pete Graves, wrong way on a one
way street, $10.
Emery D. Maybe rry. following too
close. $10.
James Russell Keith, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Earl Dean Ruthstrom, passing with
insufficient clearance. $10.
Arthur Fred Chichester, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Marilyn Ann Paull. violation of baaic
rule. $10.
George Albert Culy, operating ve
hicle on wrong side of street. $2.50.
Therese Pauline St. Hilaire, failing
to obtain Oregon operator's license, $5.
Orie Stephen Moore, failing to yield
right of way to bicycle. $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Ceril Dixon, intoxicated on public
highway, $15.
Harold Warren Smith, violation of
basic rule, $10.
John Edward Combs, no operator's
license. $6.
Keith Edward Schroeder, overload,
$62.
Montie Wayland Walser, overload,
$185.
Lorenzo Gale Johnson, violation of
basic rule. $10.
John Stewart Day. violation of basic
rule. $1750.
Owen Lee Gocsett, no warning de
vice. $6.
Thomas Dion Partch Jr failure to
transfer title. $5.
Frank Rector, failure to stop at stop
sign, $10.
Lionel T. Keen, overwidth. $15.
John William Nichols, passing with
insufficient clearance. $15.
Charles Garlin Boas,, defective
muffler. $10.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Gordon Kenneth Mekvold. route 1,
box 803. Central Point, and Vicki
Jeannine Noel, box 701. Central Point.
Christen Johnsen Jessen, 524 Mae
st.. and Elizabeth Catherine Weist,
103 Crater Lake ave.
Robert Craig Bennett. Portland, and
Florence Evelyn MacDougalL 517 West
10th st.
CIRCUIT COURT
Gaston R. Ford vs. Lorita Ruth
Ford, divorce complaint.
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