March 12, 1942
Weekly Page of Farm News
PAGE ELEVIW
Squirrels Out on
Schedule, Poison
Program to Start
Br C. A. HEHDEHBON
County Agricultural Agent
Th mild, sunshiny weather of
the past two week! hii served
to bring out ground squirrel
bout on schedule.
Each year these squirrels ap
pear about the early part of
March, after (pending about six
monthi In complete hibernation
In their burrows In the ground.
They enter the deeping, or hi
bornttlon period along In late
auinmer or early (all, and neither
est or drink until their spring
awakening. Throughout the
crops season, they are particu
larly active, and If allowed to
Q unchecked would destroy hun
eds of thousands of dollars o(
(arm products In the Klamath
basin, and would cause consider
able loss by burrowing Into the
dike, ditch banks, under road
ways, etc., In establishing their
next winter's home.
Poison oats are still the best
method of controlling this post,
and are mixed and distributed
from the county agricultural
agent's office at cost, as required
by law. Stores throughout farm
ing districts handle polsonad
. oats in season for the benefit
of land owners (n those districts.
In addition, supply Is always
kept at the county agent's office
on the second floor of the fed
eral building.
State laws require that land
owners examine their property
and poison all noxious rodents,
Oilng accepted methods for this
ork. Complete control or ex
termination is required. Poison
ing gives best results when un
dertaken early In the morning,
on warm, still, sunshiny days. A
small quantity of oats placed
Just In front of the mouth of the
burrow from 8 to 19 kernels
to a burrow gives best results.
This poison should not be put
down the holes or burrows, as
most of It Is wasted. Poison
should not be put out in bunches,
or containers with poison should
not be left in the fields, as It
is extremely dangerous to live
stork under either condition.
This poison contains strych
nine as a poisoning agent, and
Is dangerous to all kinds of live
stock. It should be kept out of
the way of children when stored
In buildings or about the farm,
bags Anyone using this or any
other poison material Is respon
sible, and should see that it is
properly handled and properly
titftd without endangering live
stock or people.
With the great national need
for food products tills year. It Is
essential that all land owners
tnke every precaution to prevent
loss of crops by squirrels or other
rodents.
Four-H News
If V Hj
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the regularly labeled poison
Dairy
Harlan Prough of East Dairy
was taken to a Klamath Falls
hospital early Monday, where he
is suffering from a severe case
of blood poison in his arm.
Friends wish him a speedy re
covery. Mr. and Mrs. Jo Horsley had
the misfortune of losing their
flock of 300 baby chicks and
brooder house which caught fire
Sunday night. They awakened
In time to extinguish the fire
before other buildings nearby
caught fire. They believe the
fire was started by the explod
ing of the brooder.
Buck Williams and Ernest
Paddock moved their herd of
beef cattle to the Albert Burg
jlorf ranch Saturday, where
Qhn Logue will feed out the
Tuy recently purchased ther.
They have had them at the Ray
Hicks ranch all winter.
Italian Alien From
Medford Being Held
PORTLAND. Ore., March 13
(UP An Italian alien, arrested
by FBI agonte In a raid at Med
ford. Or., (or possession of con
, t re band, was held last night In
the Multnomah county jail at
Portland.
J. D. Swenson, special agent
in charge of the Portland FBI
office, said the contraband In
cmaea ririe, a shotgun and
camera.
Swenson added that federal
agents mad 81 raids today In
the vicinity of Medford.
UNCLE SAM'S KNITTEH9
Uncle finm's Knitters of Ma
lln held a meeting March 3, 1642.
Officers of the Knitting I club
ere Donna Clugston, president;
Ruby Stem, vice president; Mel
ba Stephenson, secretary; Mary
Ruth Bay, song and yall leader,
and Marie Hanel, news reporter.
The club has 10 members. The
name of our club originally start
ed when we were knitting f
ghans for the Red Cross. After
we finished on the afghans, we
started on our 4-H knitting pro
jects Every girl has a choice
of Itoms which she may knit
Three of the following have to
be made In order to finish the
project: a scarf, purse, beret,
beet, bag, or baby shoulderette.
Many hava nearly completed
their work.
The majority of the members
have had two or three years of
4-H club work, some five and a
few seven.
Betty Lou Dalton recently
Joined the club. She and Marie
Suty are the only ones who knew
anything about knitting when
they Joined the club.
Winona Logsdon did the cro
dieting and Violet English the
embroidery on the (Irst afghan.
The remaining members knitted
the squares.
MARIE HANEL,
News Reporter
CKEMULT "CO EDS"
At the last meeting of the
Chemult "Co-Eds" three mem
bers finished their requirements
in the leathercraft project. The
three who have completed their
work are Margaret Hash, Jo
sephine Brader and David Bra
der. We expect to have a few
mora finish the next meeting.
Those present were Jacky Mc-
Greer, Gall James, Caple Jessup,
Margaret Hash, Glenn Hash,
George Hash, David Brader and
Josephine Brader. Several of
the members brought cancelled
postage stamps, and we had a
good business and work meeting.
After the meeting we had ice
cream made by one of the mem
bers mother, Mrs. Cap Jessup,
with the help of Caple Jessup,
Jacky McGreer and Gail James.
Cake was served with the Ice
cream. The meeting was ad
journed with a vote of thanks
for Mrs. essup,
DAVTD BRADER.
News Reporter.
MERRILL 4-H NEWS
At the last meeting w elected
a nam .(or our club. We de
cided on "Uncle Sam'a Seam
stresses." We elected officers:
President, Mary Lou Day; vice
president, Evelyn Polndextcr:
secretary treasurer, Wlnnifred
Fsyne; news reporter, Colleen
Moore; leader, Mrs. Day.
COLLEEN MOORE.
News Reporter.
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"CHAMPION COOKS"
Our last meeting was held on
February 26, 1942. The meeting
was cauea to order by our presl
dent. Then we had some songs
and yells.
Elizabeth Dennehy and Betty
Turner gave demonstration on
how to prepare and serve vege
table salad. Our leader, Mrs
Lyon, gave us several sugges
tions on making salad. The
meeting was adjourned until
Thursday, March 8.
COLENE HERRICK,
News Reporter.
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AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING C I N T I R-AerUI view of Sydney. Australia, and Darling
harbor whirrs rivet Mr of city's Industrlsl and commercial character. Circular Quay i In center.
RECENT PRICE
ADJUSTMENTS
FAVOR
BUTTE
ceedlng $2,000,000
The secretary of agriculture
would also be authorized to
plant or contract for the plant
ing of not to exceed 75,000 acres
o( guayule In areas of the west.
ern hemisphere where the best
growth and yields may b ex
pected In order uf maintain a
nucleus planting of guayule to
serve as domestic source of crude
rubber; to establish nurseries
and buy equipment; survey for
growing areas; to build pro
cessing facilities; test and har
vest it; improve processing and
obtain patents and hire employes
to carry out the act.
Keno
Guayule Rubber Industry in
California Given Big Push
SACRAMENTO. March 12 ment would pay a tots! not ex-
(UPV California's guayule rub
ber Industry was given Impetus
with the signature of President
Roosevelt on a congressional act
permitting federal development
of the rubber substitute.
The bill was signed March 0,
the day Governor Culbert Olson
had proclaimed as guayule rub
ber day In California.
State Director of Agriculture
W. J. Cecil said the passage of
the legislation would permit ac
quiring extensive acreage of
guayule plantings in Monterey
county and elsewhere in the west
from the International Rubber
company, and would eventually
lead to a formidable western1
hemisphere source of crude rub
ber. Cecil said he was told that an
improved strain of guayule, now
being grown in the Salinas val
ley, produces a larger plant than
the native Mexican shrub, aver
aging 18 to 22 per cent rubber.
He ssld comparatively few plants
of the improved guayule are
available for 1942 spring plant
ing. He said about 700 acres will
be seeded in Monterey county
this spring with which to make
the 79,000 acre plantings to be
grown later under U. S. depart
ment of agriculture supervision.
"We have no knowledge at
this time where this acreage will
be located or under what the
plants will be grown." he said.
The major rubber companies
have used guayule In different
quantities and they say it makes
good rubber. This work has long
since psssed the experimental
stage. '
Cecil said the bill limited the
development program to the
united States when originally
passed and vetoed. The presi
dent requested the bill to be
broadened, to the program below
to be carried on anywhere In
the western hemisphere, and the
senate and house agreed to that
change.
The act would authorize the
secretary of agriculture to ac
quire by purchase or other agree
ment the right to operate under
processes or patents relating to
the growing and harvesting of
guayule or extraction of rubber j
from It, and the acquiring of
real property, seeds, patents and
processes for that the govern-
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Eczema Torture
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clan drug itor til ovr til country,
fhoiusndk bfcv found helpful rtlltf front
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mho. txtwmi. polioo Itv nd outer
toroMIy eauied ikln trouble!.
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hii or itlmlnjj qulokly tututde, but thro
He iwiutlve d d emollient propertlw
heeltng U more qulokly promoted.
Aik your druiiut for en orijjtne! bottt
nf Kmereld oil Orette tUtalui.
Moaey refunded. If not utUfled.
Dairy
The community was saddened
Friday, March 0. by the passing
of Mrs. Margaret Virginia Hood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Smith. -
Virginia was a member of the
1938 graduating class of the
Keoo high school. An outstand
ing student and sweet person
ality Virginia was loved by all
who had the pleasure of her
friendship. The community ex
tend their deepest sympathy to
her relatives.
I red , Herrlck had the mis
fortune Monday morning of cut
ting off several toes while split
ting wood. This is the second
such accident in the Herrick fam
ily this winter. His brother.
Roy, cut off two fingers in the
same manner.
A class in home nursing, con'
ducted by Mrs. Ralph Johnston,
is being held each Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Dick Morgan.
IMPRISONMENT COBTS
The cost of maintaining a con.
vict in prison is estimated to be
$438.19 a year, while the cost of
supervising a convict on parole
is 546.81 annually.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Horsley
and sons moved from their
place east of Dairy on Tuesday,
March 10. They are spending
aeveral days with Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Monroe of Langell valley,
and then will visit with Hors-
ley's sister, Mrs. Howard Boor-
man and family of Merlin, Ore.,
before they leave for Oakland,
where Horsley will work in
shipyard. The Kimble family
from Klamath Falls took pos
session of their new horn the
same day.
Olive Mounts of Dairy. Mrs,
Horton Cadwell and daughter,
Cleo Nan, of Klamath Falls,
spent Sunday with Mrs. V. W,
and E. B. Schmoe.
Mr. and Mrs. Erchel Smith
and daughter Charlene. Mr. and
Mrs. Albert McCumber and
daughter Sharon Lee, of Klam
ath Falls, spent Saturday ever
ntng In Dairy visiting relatives
and friends.
John Tofell of East Dairy
had the misfortune of receiving
a serious injury to his eye Sat
urday evening when he started
to crawl through a barbed wire
fence and one of the barbs
struck his eye. It was necessary
to have a Klamath physician
take a number of stitches in
his eyelid to close the wound.
Mrs. E. B. Schmoe Is spend
ing severtl days with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Ray Rob
erts and family of Homcdal.
while Mrs. Schmoe Is receiving
medical care.
Martin Stoehsler and Frank
lin Arant, -operators of the for
mer Brewer service station and
store in Dairy, have just com
pleted remodeling of the store
department.
Miss Harriett Bruner of Olene
was a visitor in the home of
Mickey Mounts Saturday after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sparks of
Bonanza were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horsley and
family on Wednesday.
"Among the staple food fats,
butter is the outstanding source
of vitamin A In the dietary," ac
cording to Dr. H. C. Sherman,
nationally known nutrition au
thority of Columbia university.
Recent price adjustments make
butter even more Important to
the thrifty housewife.
'It Is remarkable," says MH
ton Hult, president of the na-:
tlonal dairy council, "that of all '
the fata available for planning 1
family meals, substantial in-1
creases, In price hava taken place !
(or every one except butter, In i
which case the Increase is fsr 1
lower than any other and only a
little over one per cent." !
The bureau of labor statistics j
of the United States department
of labor, reporting retail food i
prices in SI cities, lists seven
food fats and shows an average
Increase in price for the group
of little over 30 per cent from
December, 1940 to December,
194). Lard leads the price rise
for that period with an increase
of over 63 per cent and shorten
ing In cartons is a close second
with an increase of over 88 per
cent in price.
Signs of Spring
Observed Here
Signs of spring were noted In
Klamath Falls by a number of
amateur gardnera and pussy wil
low were out In full beauty,
Forsythia, on of the earliest of
the flowering shrubs, were re
ported by a number of property
owners.
First daffodils to open were
noticed at the Oregon state high
way department shops were
row bloomed7 on a protected side
of the office building. Tulips
and hyacinths wre pushing
through the group with vigor
and several said crocus plants
were attempting to bloom this
week.
WHERE IT CAME FROM
Th word "sleuth" com
from early trailing dogs, Irhieh
were known as slough hound,
or sleuth hounds, and wr used
to hunt out criminal In sloughs,
or bogs.
Many Never
Suspect Calico
Of Backaches,
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C. I. Club Holds
Routine Session
FORT KLAMATH The regu
lar meeting of the Civic Im
provement club wat held in the
clubhouse on Friday afternoon,!
with the president, Mrs. Frank
Derton, in the chair and a good i
attendance of members present.
Routine business occupied the
attention of the group during
th meeting. Mrs. John Drake
became a club member at tills
the next regular business
meeting, which falls on the nf
ternoon of April 3. a speciiilj
Easter program will be present-!
d under the direction of Mi'ti
Carl Wilson, who is in charge i:if
arrangements. Potluck refresh
ments will be served at the clote
of the afternoon, and all mem
bers and friends are urged to at
tend.
The business meetings are held
on the first and third Fridays of
each month, alternate Fridays
being devoted solely to sewing
for the Red Cross when no re
freshment are served. '. '
These Motors
Must be Perfeetl
YOU, too,
can have a perfect motor
$044
for
Looking for Bargains? Turn
to the Classified page.
Defense Production Depends Upon You?
STffTT TT Your
ISlilUlU old
P SCRAP IRON
RUBBER
ALUMINUM, BRASS and COPPER
Help Assure Victory
M & BAG COMPANY
1
LONG HOURS
MEAN NOTHING
Tjini'S a firm helper th will work twenty-four hours'
XX s diy, if you wsnt It to . . .without a complaint . . ..
tni without slowing down.
It's ths iniwer to your need for extr help t s time
Vht getting your work done mesns grejter yield . .
and gtesier profits! It's the snswer to yout probfcra of
keeping your costs down when the genersl trend I up.
Only on the Ford Tractor with Ferguson Syttem esa
'you iai such time end Uborsrving features ss finger dp
Implement control . T. sutomttic depth control of unit
type Implements... safety electric starter... built-in power
tske-off. . . sad one-minute Implement chtage.
Only oa your own firm, sad oo your own work, esa
you really find out what this mesns to you In dollars snd
eents. Well be glad to arrange s demonittidon whenever
you ssy. Call us today.
BALSIGER
MOTOR COMPANY
Main and Esplanade
Item lobar fart
Install Rings 8.70 $ ,30 f
Vqrv Grind ....,.... 4.01
Adj. Rod Bearing N.C.
Adj. Main Roaring 4.S0
Oil .......
Gokt . iAP
$27.25 $13.35
2745
Total Part and Labor ..- $40.0
$8.44 Down
.. $8!4 ear Month for 4 Month
Ths costs were figured for a
Chevrolet others in proportion
Uncle Sqm Soys:
"Watch your car
and keep it rolling"
Dick B. Miller Co.
The BIG OLDS TOWER et 7th and Klamath
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THAT NEEDS NO ijfflPS
Hire it ikt- sugar beet making sugar
From the soil the beet draws water
into its leaves. Within the leaves,
hydrogen and oxygen (of which water
is made) meet carbon dioxide from the
air. When this happens in the presence
of sunlight a union of these elements
takes place -and sugar is created.
That is why sugar is sometimes called
"crystallized water and sunshine"
PJTJRE BEET SUGAR is ts sweet tn'd
wholesome s sparkling white and
fine in grain as any other topjuality
sugar. It tastes the same. It behaves
Exactly the same in cookery.
The only difference is that beet sugar
needs no ships.
At the time of World War I Amer
ican farmers, produced 764,811 tons
of beet sugar annually.
' Today our sugar beet industry turns
out nearly a million and threejuarters
tons of sugar every year. Prtsint pro
duction of American beet sugar is near
ly as large as the total tons of sugar
formerly brought from Hawaii and the
Philippines . . . almost as large as our
normal yearly importation from Cuba.
Because sugar in wartime is vital, our
supply of sugar must do more than take
care of our own needs. We must send
sugar to our allies. And In addition, we.
may have to 'distill thousands of tons of
sugar into raw material for explosives.
This three-way division of our sugar
is why sugar has to be rationed.
Our 1942 ration, however, will be a
liberal ration. It will probably allow
every man, woman and child in Amer
ica more sugar than did the 1918 ra
tton.Under this ration and with present
price control, nobody in our land will
be deprived of adequate sugar.
Let's remember that. Let's waste no
sugar and use no sugar unnecessarily.
'.
We say again, America is never likily
to go without sugar. And one reason is
the sugar beets that this spring will
grow green and lush over thousands of
acres of western farms.
The sugar beets that
will create, from air and
water and sunshine, the
sugar that needs no ships.
The largest-selling sugar grown in the West
834 Market
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