F R I D A Y , J U L Y 8, 1938 T H E B O N N E V I L L E DAM C H R O N IC L E April ........ 731 62,725 May .......... ....39 754 66.945 June ........ ....40 1,007 89,513 1,028 Julv .......... ....40 82,004 August . . .. .. .40 959 87,057 September . ..41 2,125 193,852 2,072 October ... . . .41 195.974 November ....41 2,030 135,321 December . . 40 1,379 89,320 Total $1,157.360 Av. 1,180 1937 January ....42 879 52,941 Februarv 650 ....37 47,120 March .... . . .41 375 70,537 April ........ ....38 76.164 506 May .......... ....44 85,563 592 June ........ ....41 105.937 650 Julv ........ 121,696 787 August .... ....36 103,699 845 September ....43 659 251,039 October . . . ....47 795 240,022 November . . ...46 132,024 732 December . ....45 108,730 555 Total $1,395.47 Av. 669 See this fine new guaranteed line of popular priced Timepieces, priced from............. $ 9.95 For better Gifts and Jewelry, Shop at S ch e’s ewelry STO R E ' MV Unemployment Checks Total $45,617.30 ♦ Benefit checks to Hood River county’s jobie&s workers insured under the state unemployment com­ pensation law t o t a l e d $6,037.68 through June 29th, swelling the re­ cession cushion supplied the county since January to $45,617,30. June checks totaled 50 per cent less than those sent here in May, ac­ cording to Harry L. Kuck, Informa­ tional Representative for the unem­ ployment compensation commission, who paid the Hood River employ­ ment office an official visit today. Claims for benefits filed at the Hood River office reflect the same conditions. Berry picking and start o f the valley fruit season have com­ bined to reduce new claims to an average of 15 per week during May and June. The continued claim load also has diminished gradually from 397 during the week ending April 2 to 206, week ending June 4. Commission graphs presented by Kuck shows, however, that 30 per cent more money has been returned to jobless insured workers in Hood River county than employers con­ tributed to the fund during 1936 and 1937. Up to June 1, benefits exceed­ ed these contributions by 11 per cent. Hood River county employers con­ tributed on payrolls totaling $1,157,- 360 during 1936 and $1,395,472 during 1937. September, 1937, was the big­ gest month in employment covered by the state law, with a total of $251,039 reported. The lowest month was February, 1936, with $43,134. The bulge in employment and pay­ roll curves during September, Oc­ tober and November reflect increas­ ed activity in the canneries. The lumber and timber products group show comparatively steady activity. Agricultural workers are not cov­ ered by the unemployment compen­ sation law, but cannery workers are. Elimination of this big group of workers in the valley leaves most of the benefit checks going to lumber and sawmill workers. Figures brought here by Kuck show 93 per cent of the benefit checks during the first quarter of 1938 were taken by four industrial classification groups : lumber and timber products, 58 per­ cent; contract construction, 23 per cent; food manufacturing, 6 per cent; and wholesale and retail trade, 6 per cent. The commission survey on indi^ry has not been completed beyond the first quarter of 1938. Distribution of reconciled checks by major indus­ trial groups to April 1 shows the following participation in benefits from administration of the law: Contract construction, $2,741; food manufacturing, $718; lumber and timber products, $6,796; miscellan­ eous manufacturing, $106; interstate railroads, $177 ; transportation other than water, $53; communications, $43; utilities, $15; wholesale and re­ tail trade, $744; automodile sales and service, $145; hotels, eating places, $72; personal services, $10; amusement - a n d recreation, $68; total, $11,682. Total number of firms reporting, total monthly payroll and number of persons employed as of the first of each month in all employment cov­ ered by the Oregon Unemployment Compensation Act are as follows: Month and Year Total No. Firms Monthly Person» Reporting Payroll Emplyd. 1936 January ...........34 February ....... 35 March ............ 38 $56,940 43,134 54,575 Portland Boats Anchor Near Eagle Creek ♦ Six cabin cruisers arrived at Eagle Creek near Bonneville on the even­ ing of July 3, and cruised in to the picnic grounds where they anchored for the night. They returned to Portland the next day. The Eagle Creek anchorage has been created by the backing of the waters of Lake Bonneville up Eagle Creek, and is an ideal harbor for river boats. Boats at the anchorage included the cabin cruiser “ Eva-B” with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sparks, daughter Janet, and Mrs. Eva B. Sparks, mother of Mr. Sparks aboard; the cabin cruiser “ Viking” of Portland, with Mr. and Mrs. L. Hartwig, daughter, and a party of San Fran­ cisco guests aboard; Cruiser “ Aqua- Duck” of Portland, owner H. B. Caldwell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kirchgraber along as guests; the Cruiser “ Golden Anchor,” owned by Leslie F. Page, who was accom­ panied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Page and Mable Harnden; and a small cabin cruiser owned by Mason Dillard and family, with the Dillard family and guests aboard. THREE Special Cargo To Be Shipped On Sea Liner ♦ While the S. S. Charles L. Wheel­ er, Jr., when she docks at The Dalles Saturday, will carry a limit cargo of 1500 tons, around 100 carloads, the outbound cargo will be more symbolic than real, in so far as ton­ nage goes. Plans call for filling the extra refrigerator space with a few boxes of the finest fruits of the Mid- Columbia country, to be forwarded as gifts to officialdom of San Fran­ cisco and Los Angeles. Orchardists of the upper Hood River Valley have been asked to pack some of their finest cherries for forwarding on the west-bound voyage of Captain Peter Lund. Officials of the Mid-Columbia-Bon- neville Seaway Association have written to Ricco Bros., stock raisers of Dixie creek in Grant county, near Prairie City, asking that they send one of their “ gobblers of the golden gizzards” to Mayor Rossi of San Francisco. Ricco Bros, three years ago began raising turkeys in a big way, their flocks reaching 3,000 an­ nually. Over in that rich gold country of Grant county, chickens and turkeys, ranging over the gold- bearing bars often pick up nuggets as grinders for their gizzards, and housewives of that country always search crops and gizzards. They are often rewarded by discovery of val­ uable nuggets. That brand name of the Ricco turkeys is based on actual Play Golf . . . Hood River Golf Course AN D FENDERS K.'luiilt - S traigh ten ed Painted Get our low price« ♦ Bartol Motor Company Hood River, Ore. incident of frequent occurance and not legend. It has beevn suggested that the “ Golden Gizzard” gobbler be allow­ ed to roost atop the Wheeler’s mast, but Captain Lund, perhaps, has heard that some of the boys at Hood River and White Salmon may have a yen for turkey meat and might pick him off when they pass under the center span of the inter-state bridge. Virginia tobacco is to be grown on 36,740 acres in Japan this year. DODGE & PLYM OUTH SALES and SERVICE J. F. V O LST O R F F on the Haights Hood River Face Powder Blended to Your Complexion Each individual has her particular shade of face powder which matches her complexion. Our experts blend that shade from our stock of many tints. This individually prepared powder is of the highest quality. 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