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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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