Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 23, 1962, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Chit Chcrt By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Firm Editor During the Land and Peoples conference held In Portland on the rural area development program we thought one of the best speeches was given by Lew Cooley, president of the Commercial Bank of Twisp, Wash, We have learned from exeprience that the small town banker is almost as close to the people and their problems as a country doctor. Also, he has a large amount of horse sense. Cooley speaks as a man who loves the rural people and rural life, yet also sees its problems clearly. We would like to see some local organizations such as the Medford Realty board, Medford Chamber of Commerce, plus some farm organizations finance his trip here to make a speech. Perhaps even the Southern Oregon Bankers' as sociation might help. The chamber apparently already short of funds and in the middle of a membership drive could give little help. In appraising the rural citizens and their communities Cooley noted, "I find the average rural citizen has a very personal interest In his government, from the level of the hamlet up through the channels of our local, state and fed' cral governments to the center of this republic's govern' mental procedures of Washington." The theme of the small town banker's talk was that rural citizens express the virtues symbolized by America's "minutemen" of the American Revolution self-reliance, In dependence and resourcefulness. He illustrated the difference in city and rural attitude by describing actions of a rural fire department: "The fire siren blows and a large portion of the population promptly leaves everything and hurries to the fire station to help out. When we get to the fire we do the best we can within the limits of our equipment and training, but oddly enough, it's quite amazing how well we manage to fumble our way through. Let someone's house be damaged or destroyed in the country, and within minutes neighbors will be there with offers of food, clothing, shelter and comfort." "In the city there are established agencies to take care of these situations and in the city you have learned to depend to a large extent on these agencies and their very excellent services. In the country we do not have these agencies," the banker pointed out. "It is the quality In people of rural areas that prompts them to help themselves and each other with greatest emphasis on a typical American type of friendliness and neighborliness. In fact, It's a common expression in rural areas to refer to another by the expression he neighbors well," the banker continued. We have seen household goods and food piled up In front of the Talent city hall after a neighbor was burned out. We have attended a large meeting of rural people In a small town city hall In the middle of a heavy snowstorm In which they organized to demand zoning. Too many of these people hadn't even voted in recent years, but when they saw a common emergency affecting their rural area they turned out to handle it. It's this feeling of rural neighborliness which attracts many former city dwellers to settle In the country. Cooley and others at the conference pointed out that planning is needed to provide for an orderly settlement In the country without destroying its virtues. Sawyer Gives Resume On Milk Audit Work Salem - The state depart ment of agriculture this week released a resume on grade A milk auditing since June 1 when K. w. bawyer was named chief of a milk audit and stabilization division. This shows: (1) Completion of five audits in milk plants started prior to June 1; (2) Start of 16 additional audits with five of these completed and the other 11 in various stages of completion; (3) Re (.raiment of personnel to complete a staff of four audi' tors and one accounting clerk; (4) Preliminary audit differ ences to late September of $18,185.95 in underpayments by six dealers (processors) to producers; (5) Overpayments totaling $1,401.78 to produ cers by three dealers. Purpose of the audit work is to assure that producers receive proper accounting and payment for the grade A milk Ihcy deliver to dealers. This law is separate from the sta bilization act which expires "If we citizens, by our own efforts, can develop our tre mendous rural recreational resources to provide a better type of life for ourselves and, in so doing, help alleviate the severe juvenile problem, we will have surmounted one of the most difficult and one of the most pressing of our problems," the banker noted. Cooley also stressed that the city retail merchants have failed to develop the great trade opportunities In the country. They can best do this by helping the cross-road merchant with his inventory problems, new techniques of selling and new general business methods. But, most of all local people should trade In local stores if they want to see their mer chants carry the goods they need. "If you want to help a man in business succeed In the country you must do business with him. You must encourage him in every way so he can afford to expand his scope of service," Cooley pointed out. He also pointed out that economically both city and country are interdependent. This applies to water and water power which originates in the country and serves the cities, to timber resources, plus minerals. "Minerals of all sorts play an Increasingly Important part In our daily lives," the banker continued. "As the pace of technological development Increases, as more and more foreign sources of metals and minerals become closed to us, it becomes evident we must discover and learn to use new materials, the metals and other substances of which they can become a part and that we must develop these from our own resources. "Where are these minerals located? Largely in the rural areas. Why is this important to us here today? Because we have become aware of the fact we neither have an adequate scientific inventory of these resources nor do we, if we are successful in locating such resources, have the network of roads necessary to permit us to operate them on a com mercial basis." Emmctte Spraker, Bannock county commissioner, Puci tcllo, Idaho, defined rural development as "a coordinated and cooperative effort whereby local groups, with the assistance from state and federal agencies and organizations, with plan ning for stimulating balanced economic growth, Improve ment of the economic well-being of rural people, plus the development of local leadership and community facilities, will provide better opportunities for rural youth." The Jackson county court has established the skeleton of such a program with its Jackson County Regional Plan ning Advisory group. The RAD program Is meant to tic in with this. However, outside the original appointmrnls to the group nothing has been done. Industrial Lands, Inc., covering 800 shareholders. Is one example of Industrial changes taking place In Bannock coun ty, the county commissioner said. This corporation bought land to offer to Industry the first was Associated Foods which established a warehouse employing over BO persons. Most recent acquisition is a Naval ordnance plant which was leased to Thiokol Chemical corporation which Is setting up an operation for 150 persons. "The goals accomplished by this example of cooerative Kisit Beautiful 0 eingH Memorial Park and Funarol Home "A Name To Trust" 1395 Arnold lane Phone 773-7338 1,000 Feeders Slated for Sale At Midway Yard Approximately 1,000 head of feeder cattle are expected for consignment this week at the Midway Auction yard for Friday's second fall feeder sale at the yard on Table Rock rd according to Bill Bray, owner-manager. Bray said yesterday he had received 200 head so far that day. V "We will sort according to quality," Bray said. "We have all kinds of cattle." Recently the yard built a new calf barn which places 20 pens under roof. The yard now has one of the largest roofed areas of any livestock auction yard In Oregon. Cor vallis may have a yard with more roofed area, Bray said, Speed of the sale will de pend partially on the number of penlols available. Bray said. Some penlots of 75 to 100 have been consigned al ready, he added. Feeder cattle are being con signed from all over Jackson county, plus Azalea, Glendale and from the Umpqua valley. Bray said he expects lots of buyers, mainly from Cali fornia. The current balmy weather Is helping to raise lots of good California grass, Bray said. Sept. 22, Bray sold 1,2:12 cattle "on a red hot market" for the first feeder sale In Jackson county for the year. The brightest part of the sale on yearling steers showed a penlot of 610 pound steers selling for $26, 12 head of 620 pound steers bringing $26. and a pen of 674 pound year lings bringing $25.90. December 31 and under which price the dealers pay to producers is established for class 1 or bottle and can milk. Sawyer says the present auditing staff, still undergo ing training, "should be suf ficiently adequate to dis charge the department's re sponsibilities under the grade A milk usage audit law." Sawyer further reported progress in assisting dealers with their record systems and pool reports. Progress has also been made, he said, in simplifying monthly reports required by the department. He commented that the de partment does not have au thority to impose upon deal ers a uniform records or pool ing system. On the other hand certain records are required by the audit law and assis tance in establishing uniform records is of benefit not only for the state audit but also to dealer internal controls. The assistance offered, espec ially to smaller dealers, will automatically result in ade quate records on which to base a milk usage audit, Saw yer explained. 475 Cattle Sell At Midway Yard; Market Brighter A total of 475 cattle were sold during the Friday, Oct. 19 sale of Midway Auction yard, according to Bill Bray, owner-manager. The market was reported active, stronger on good qual ity calves and yearlings. Fat cows were higher. Good steer calves brought $26 to $28.10. Medium steer calves sold for $22 to $25.50. Low grade calves sold for $18 to $21.50. Good heifer calves brought $23 to $24.60. Medium heifer calves sold for $21 to $22.50. Low grade heifer calves went out at $16 to $20.50. Good yearling steers, 500 to 600 pounds, sold for $23 to $25.90. Medium grade steers went out at $21.90 to $23.50. Good yearling heifers sold for $20 to $22.10. Medium quality heifers brought $17 to $19.50. Veal, choice, sold for $23.50 to $25.40. Medium calves went out at $21 to $23. Slaughter bulls sold for $18 to $20.50. Fat cows brought $16 to $18.40. Utility cows sold for $14 to $15.80, cutters $12 to $14 and canncrs were slow at $8 to $11.50. The market is much bright er than it has been for the last three weeks," Bray comment ed. ' The rain helped a lot and the demand for calves is real good again. We should have a real good market this w eek for our feeder sale." planning are: (1) increase of non-farm employment oppor tunities so small farms may be kept intact with outside em ployment, (2) furthering the goal that each citizen can have a decent standard of living and (3) making more productive uses of human and physical resources," the commissioner summed up. Food Machinery corporation has increased lis electric furnaces producing elemental phosphorus from one to four. J. R. Simplot company recently put into production an ammonium phosphate plant in addition to their regular fertilizer operation. "Farming increased $2,935,089 the past five years due to increased use of fertilizer, proper water management, belter use of equipment, adoption of new varieties, Improve ment of sprinkler Irrigation systems, improvement to num ber and quality of livestock, new growth in the cattle feed ing business, establishment in county of multiple farrowing swine operation, of a swine feeding operation in connection with a packing plant, more Income from farm flock wool through cooperative selling, and better potato marketing conditions due to polato processing plants in adjacent coun ty," he added. "Let II never be said that in these years of the scientific revolution we were able to send men into space, but were unable to put bread and milk into the hands of hungry children. It takes more than just dreams to build a com munity, both urban and rural. It takes plans, then action. Our infinite good fortune, as Americans. Is that the dreams we have been given are inexhaustible. Let us actlviatc our dreams to build upon and improve what we have, where we are," the Idaho county commissioner concluded. Considering the effects of the recent storm, peargrowers would agree with this Scottish proverb: "A" the wealth o' the warld is I' the wealhcr." New Superintendent At Hanley Station; White Retires Feb.l Dr. Porter B. Lombard, as sistant horticulturist at the University of California Cit rus Research center, River side, Calif., has been appoint ed new superintendent and en tomologist for the Southern Oregon Branch experiment station, Medford. He will replace Harold H. White, who is retiring Feb. 1 and Louis G. Centner, who re tired in July. New entomologist is Peter H. Westigard, now in the de partment of entomology. Uni versity of California, Berk eley. Announcement of the new appointments came from F. E. Price, dean and director of ag riculture at Oregon State uni versity, Corvallls. The local station Is one of 13 operated by the OSU Agricultural Ex periment station in various agricultural areas of the state. Outstanding Leadership The southern Oregon sta tion concentrates on problems of fruit and crop production in Josephine and Jackson counties. During the years ,it has provided outstanding lead ership in agricultural ad vances in Southern Oregon, Price noted. White has been superintend ent of the station since 1954 and Gentner was entomologist here for 32 years. Lombard received degrees from Pomona college, Wash ington State university, and Michigan State university. While on the staff of the Cali fornia Citrus Research center he has had seven technical papers published In the past four years reporting research findings at the Riverside sta tion. They include reports on chemical thinning of fruit, foliar nutrition for plants, and effects of nitrogen fertiliza tion and cultural treatments on soil moisture conditions in fruit trees. Wcstigar will arrive In Med ford Dec. 1 from the Univer sity of California where he is completing his studies for his doctorate degree. At Berk eley, Westigard has worked on the biology and control of Insect pests of pears and ap ples, and more recently has been conducting research studies on pear psylla and some of the other facets of the pear decline disease, White's work at Medford has been a climax to some 40 years of work as a leader in agriculture. He was a voca tional agriculture teacher in the early 1920's following graduation from OSU. He es tablished the vocational agri culture department at Le banon High school, taught at McMinnville, and then at Cor vallis, where he was in charge of the high school program and also worked at OSU in agriculture teacher training. From 1930 to 1947, While was an agricultural economist with the OSU extension serv ice. He became agronomist at the Southern Oregon' Branch station In 1947 and superin tendent in 1954. Under his direction, an ex tensive agronomy research program, keyed to the needs of the region, has been de veloped. Numerous new and improved field crop varieties have been introduced. Gentner was the key man In develop ment of insect control pro gram for the area. it i '! . . IV P. B. LOMBARD New Station Superintendent Range Bulls Sell For $629 Average At Modoc Event Sixty-four animals changed hands at the 18th annual Mo doc County range bull sale for an average price of $629 at Cedarville Sunday, Oct. 14. The average is $24 higher than last year's average. The sale was held by a local sale committee in conjunction with the farm advisor's office. Sifting and grading took place on Oct. 13th starting at 1 p.m. That evening a buffet dinner and dance were held. Prior to the sale on Sunday Cedarville Rotary club served a good hot barbeque dinner to a good crowd. The grand champion bull consigned by Frank Turner of Sattley, Sierra county, and bought by Roy Morrison of Calabasas, Los Angeles coun ty, lor $1,225. The reserve champion, also sold by Turn er, sold for $1,350 to Mabel Schumaker of Silver Lake, Ore. Mrs. Schumaker also bought a Turner bull for $1, 250 and a Shasta Hereford ranch bull for $750. There were 22 buyers and 17 consignors. C o n s i g n ors from this area were Dudley Parker, Gazelle: Hoy Here ford ranch, Weed; D. J. Kuck, Montague. Buyers and others from here attending included Imported Poultry Subject of State Hearing Oct. 30 Salem Health regulations covering the importation of poultry and hatching eggs into Oregon will be considered at a public hearing called by li e :-tute department of agricul ture for Tuesday, Oct. 30, ,it 10 a.m. In the Agriculture building, Salem. The proposed regulations have been worked out witn ; iir, advisory group from the! thicken and turkey industries and federal and state univer- ' Mty veterinarians and appai -cntly will meet with no ob-: jections. says Dr. Glenn B i Kea, SDA veterinary division chief. He urges, however, that any i Individual who buys poultry from another state for ship ment into Oregon become ac quainted with the proposals prior to the hearing so that lie may enter his objections, if any. Certificate Proposed If adopted, Oregon would require health certification on chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, artificially propagated game and exotic birds entering this rtate. Poultry infected with or exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease o' parasitic infestation would be barred from entry, with exception of imports coming in under permit lor experimental, diagnostic or laboratory purposes. Permits would be issued only by the office of the state veterinarian and would have to bt obtained in advance of shipment ti Oregon. The proposed rules would, as now cftered, allow entry of hatching eggs from flocks nr hatcheries under the na tional turkey or poultry im provement plans without health certification provided the pullorum-typhoid status accompanies the shipment. Interested persons may oh tfcin copies of the complete proposals from the state de partment of agriculture, Sa lem 10. Farm & Garden lurri L. L. Shelley. E. Orlo Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Day, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Sylva. The bulls were sold by an index rating set up by the University of California at Davis, Yolo county, which takes into consideration the rate of gain since birth, con formation and grade. All of the bulls were on the same schedule since May 1. 1 t' ,wf ' -4?. fOj TINIEST SORTER- Mrs. Edna M. Sears. Central Point, wai one of the smallest pear sorters in the Rogue valley during the height of the pear harvest season. She is four feet, six inches tall. Tiniest Pear Sorter Found in Packing House By MARY ALCE BRUSHA Central Point Correspondent Central Point - Mrs. Edna M. Sears, presently living at 2955 Linden lane, Central Point, was one of the tiniest sorters employed in the val ley this fall. She was an employee of the Stagecoach Orchards. She is Catarrh Reported By State Recently Salem The third occur rence this year of malignant head catarrh in cattle is re ported this month by the state department of agriculture, and involves only one animal. The disease affects the res piratory and central nervous system, is due to a virus and is fatal about 93 per cent of the time. Fortunately, it sel dom spreads from one animal i to another. Usually adult cat-: tie are affected. Initial symp- j loms are watery nose and eyes and heavy breathing: lat- er comes blindness, incoordi- j nation and helplessness. Dr. M. R. Woulfe of the department's veterinary staff i urges cattle owners who may ! observe similar symptoms in their stock to call their veter-' inarian. 1 four feet, six inches tall, 24 years of age. She is the moth er of one daughter, Dennisa Marie, who is 3'2 years of age. One of Many Edna was one of the many students employed by tha various packing houses in t' a pear harvest. She left recent ly to return to Oregon Col lege of Education in Mon mouth, and resume her stud ies for an elementary teacher. Students like Edna can ba found in practically all the packing houses in the district in different occupations. The wages are equal to any paid by other industries in the val ley. The money earned by them often is applied to further their education. SPECIAL 9N FORD TRACTOR wlojder OC3 CRAWLER wloader John Deere Crawler. Like new. NASH FORD TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 3005 Crater Lake Hwy. Four Dairy Officials Attend Idaho Seminar j Salem Four dairy offi-! clals from the Oregon Depart-1 ment of Agriculture attended the northwest regional milk sanitation seminar in Lewis ton, Idaho, Oct. 1618. Kenneth E. Carl, division chief, and Alvin Tesdal, dairy specialist, appeared on panels and V. N. Simmons, assistant chief, was on a two-man team to summarize and draw con clusions on the entire seminar. Dairy specialist Joe Gray also represented Oregon. ' Napoleon's troops, on their retreat from Moscow, had no salt. As a substitute, they seasoned their food with gun powder, which at that lime was made from saltpeter. Kids Only?? Not So Fast!! You've probably heard the one about only the vary young benefitting from the enrichment of water by the addition of fluorides. But think ahead. Kids grow up fast. Can you Imagine the first generation of Medford old folks (or Senior Citiiens, If you will) with dental cripples rarity? They'll ba full-faced, smiling, abla to handle the high-protein diet they naad . , . and they'll ba THRIVING on it. This it chance for All Medford voters to contribute toward the dream of a mora robust, healthier, happier population of All ages. Kids only? No. tVERYBOOY banafitt from fluoridation. Your committee for BETTER DENTAL HEALTH Td Ad Commrttft tc Fluondahon, Mr$ )er Eglso, 2200 S'lluveu Bud Quality Seed & Proper Fertilization Mean d) Be assured of the BEST. Contact Monarch Seed & Feed Co. Your Seedsman for Over 50 years. Check Our Wide Range of Seeds and Fertilizers! 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