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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1942)
Weekly Page of Farm News Mny 28, 1042 PAGE ELEVEN Sating Quality of Potatoes Injured By Light Effects By C. A. HENDERSON County Agricultural Agent Potutoca deterlnriito ruplilly In quality whm. exposed to the light for liny period -of lime Thin xpoMiro rtora not (tffoct tho quality of tho potatoes from the nnd standpoint but seriously nf -fact! tlm Cuiillty unit flavor (rum tho conaiinipllon atandpnlnt. It hiui been frequently ohnorvod by cnnaumera Hint potulona placed on exhibit for from two to tluvo doya during fnlra nra almost completely Inedible, whim taken homo und cooked. Tho brighter the light, of courae, tho deeper the penetration of the greening ffeVhango In color from white to JITen. I'otutoca dlnpliiyi'd In atoro wlndowa In bright aunllKhl doterlornta serlounly In a single day'! time. Itcconlly In exiimln ln three different lota of potu toea ao dlapluycd In Kliuiuith Fn 11. It wna found Hint tho pen etration of the green color win approximately I Inch, und that even below thla depth aome ef fect wna atlll noticeable. In peeling thla off on n moderately ailed potato, lit len.il flu per cent of the potato wna o total waste. Thl, Incldenlally. U the purl of the potato contnniliiK tho moat vitamins end the highest food value. In a report on the murketliiK of Central Oregon nnd Klamath baaln lato crop potntoea. Or. I). P, DcLoach of Oregon Btato col lego, nave intcreatlng Informs- Pn on the dnmogo found In cgon potntoea In the Califor nia market due to vnrlmui rauitea, one of the most Import ant being exposure to light. Thin report In Oregon Stnto College Station bulletin 4D0, atatca, na follow: "Light greening occurred In 23.3 per cent of the Oregon US Weekly Market Trends CATTLE MARKETS Tho catlla market at North Portland was strung Monday, when 1600 head wero available for local aale. Medium to good fed iteen sold mostly at $11.73 to $13, a gain of around 23 cent! comparod with last week's clos ing prices. At San Fronclsco the top price reported wna $13.30, While at Chicago the market waa IS cents lower with a top of tU.90 for averago choice heavy weight!. The American pcoplo are now eating much moro meat than In other recent years. Per capita consumption of beef and vent during the first three months thli year wai 21 per cent great er than for tho corresponding three month! Inst year, and 24 per cent greater than tho flvo year average. In aplto of In creased consumption, however, reserve! havo been accumulat ing In atorage and number! of livestock on farms aro atlll Inrgo. Cold atorage holdlnga of beef were 48 per cent larger on May 1 than yenr previous and 811 per cont above the five-year averugo. SHEEP AND LAMB ffRKETS n heavier run of ahecp and lamb! occurred at North Port land Monday than has been tho caso In recent weeks. With 2200 head offerod locally, the market wna atlll able to absorb them and pay up to 23 cents higher than lust week for spring lambs. Oood to choice spring Iambi lold up to $13.78, while grass fat ihorn old-crop lambs moved at $9.50 to $10.23. San Francisco's market was about steady ai was the enso nt Chi cago and Omaha, whero top prices of $13.33 and $13.23 re spectively were reported. Per capita consumption of lamb and mutton was 4 per cent larger than last year In tho first quarter of this year and 7 per cent above tho flvc-yeur nverngo for that period. Holdings of lamb and mutton wcro up 40 cent from year previous, BIG WINNER AT Yea, wo'ro a Popsl-Cola family, too. Lunch, dinner, anytime Pepsi-Cola's got what we like nnd plenty of It! Finer flavor, purity and good taste . , . nil In that big 12 ounce bottle. All hpil-Coli li mads only by Papal-Cola Company, Long Uland City, N. Y. Authoring lottltr: No, 1 and 27.2 per cent of tho Oregon US No. 2 potutooa aum pled In tho California markets. Thla defect wua found In 21.0 per cent of tho US No, 1 and 14.0 per cent of the US No. 2 pota toes In Portland. In Hulcm tho aurvey disclosed light greening In lH.fl per cent of the US No. 1 und US No. 2 potntoea. Tho Eu gene figure wua 20.0 per cent for UK No. 1 nnd 21.3 per cent for US No. 2." Of thu different typo of con tnlnera used, It wna notlceublo that leas greening wna found In the paper bugs, according to the Of! .ouch report. In fact, no greening wna obacrved In pota toes sacked In paper container!. Tho totnl percentage off-grude became of thla defect on the average waa high. In connection with thla com mon defect, it la Interesting to note that new potatoes and thin rklnncd potntoea of vnrloua kinds are highly susceptible to light and deterloruto rupldly when exposed. The thicker skinned potatoes, such na the Netted Gem or russet con atnnd much more light than the thin ner skinned vnrletlea. However, immature ruaseta nlso discolor bndly. Kxlra precautions taken In the display of potntoes In order to keep them out of direct aunllght or any bright light will make po tntoea more palatable nnd there by Increase the sales snd con sumption. Prevention of groen Ing Is not difficult nnd will pny big dividends to the producer, retailer and consumer without a great deal of effort, as a major portion of this deterioration li brought about through careless ness or lurk of Information on the subject. as of May 1, and more than 100 per cent greater than the five year average. HOO MARKETS Of the 21)00 hogs received at North Portland Monday, 2200 were offered for local sale, and although the market was steady as far as prices were concerned, trading for the week atarted alow. Good to choice 170 to 213-pound drlve-lm aold mostly at $14. The market waa illghtly lower at Chicago with a top of $14 83 for one ahlpment aent from Ore gon. At Chicago the market was up slightly to a top of $14.43. Consumption of pork and lard was 7 per cent grcoter the first quarter of this year compared with a year ago, and was 23 per cent above the five-year average. Pork stocks were down some what, however, because of heavy shipments under the lease-lend program In April, Even so, they were 72 per cent of those a year ago, and B0 per cent of the five year nverngo. WOOL MARKETS On the Boston wool market the demand for territory wools of all kinds was slow, although prices were well maintained. Fine French combing length of averago quality territory wools sold at $1.15 to $1.18, scoured basis. Good averago half-blood stnplo wools were quoted at $1.13 to $1.13, while short cloth ing wools moved at $1 to $1.03. Some transactions In mohair wero reported at 57 to 60 cents for adult original package fleeces. TIME AND TIDE JUNEAU, Alaska, (P) Time waits for no one except bet tor priority rating, Many of the high school'! clock! were itopped when the master clock relay panol wore out, Superintendent of Schools A, B, Phillips applied for a new one, but was Informed that he needed a rating of at least A-5. THE DRINK DINNER for B(. 75 TO ATTEND CAMPUS EVENT H KLAMATH A somewhat lowor registration but Juat as high quality of In struction and activities are In prospect for the twenty-eighth annual 4-H club summer school at Oregon State college, June 2 to 12, saya II. C. Seymour, state 4-H club leader. , Far more of the club member! will go by train to the campul than bus been the case in the past, although achool buaes and special stage line buaes will al so bo used In many Instances. Tho Union Pacific will start Its special train at La Grande, and pick up delegations en route, ai will Southern Pacific epeciala from Portland and aouthcrn Ore gon. ' As usual the club members will bo houaed In the mcn'i dormitory, Wuldo and Snell women'! dormitories, and In 20 or 25 of tho sorority and fra ternity houses. , About fccvcnty-fivc 4-H club members and local leaders aro planning to attend summer school from Klamath county. They will leave Tuesday morn ing, June 2, from tho Southern Puclflc depot at about 10:30. Club members from Chlloquln will board the train at about 11:30 In Chlloquln. Members are urged to be on time. Four-H News LUCKY NINE CANNERS CLUB Tho Lucky Nine Cumicrs club met at tho homo of their leader, Mrs. A. J. Stewart, at 4 o'clock, May 21. A general discussion took ploce with the topic. "Can ning Without Sugar." The next meeting will be at 3 o'clock In stead of 4 on Thursday, May 28. We Joined with the "Shasta Vita min Rustlers" garden club, in forming an Oregon Green Guard squad. Virginia Qulnouskl was elected captain of the group. Jenn Owens, news reporter. SHASTA VITAMIN RUSTLERS VEGETABLE GARDEN CLUB The Shasta Vitamin Rustlers Vegetable Garden club called a meeting at the home of their leader, Mrs. Arthur Stewart, Thursday, Moy 14, at 3 p. m. Roll call was answered by the name of an insect. The members were divided into groups to give short talks on the following top ics: Insects, and Weed Control. The next meeting will be held Mny 21. We plnn to organize a Keep Oregon Green squad. Our presi dent, Jean Thomas, read a letter and rules concerning this to us. All members were present with tho exception of Charles Qulnouskl, who Is confined to his home because of Illness. After the business meeting, we sang songs and practiced yells. Gloria Stewart served refresh ments. Gloria Stewart, news reporter. S. F. LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (-(Federal-State Mar ket News Service) Cattle: sal able 29; nominal: steers absent, quoted $12.30-13.50; medium to good heifers and cows unavail able; trucked-in she-stock weak; odd cutters $7.00-7.50; few can ners $5.60-6.00; most bulls $9.50-10.25; calves: salable 10; nominal; good to choice vealers quoted $12.50-13.50. . Hogs: salable 300; around 10c lower; most good to choice 185-238 lb. barrows and gilts $14.85; most good sows $12.00. Sheep: salable 550; strong; 2 decki mostly sorted choice 90 lb. lambs $13.75; deck good 97 id. yearnngs jtii.uu; average No. 2 pelts; medium to choice shorn ewes mostly $4.00-5.00 WITH QUICK FOOD ENIRGY pi.ooia 10111101 0o Kiimsth ratio County Nutrition Committee Works Hard on Food Proaram "U. S. Needa Ua Strong Ent Nutritional Food" li an Impor tant new war slogan and one with which everyone will soon be familiar, Wlnnlfred Glllen, Klamath county nutrition chair man, said today on the anni versary of the first national nu trition conference colled by Pres ident Roosevelt In Washington lust May. The Klamath county nutrition committee la cooperating In the national program and is spon soring a number of projects de signed to get people In tills com munity to eat for health. One of the first purposes of the committee is to try to reach uo mull iiuufiu aw juoikiv w.tii Information on tho kinds of food to eat in order to best supply every day nutritional needs. The committee is Interested in improving school lunches and has sponsored a comprehensive pro gram through the achool lunch project In city and rural schools. Classes In nutrition for home makers and others Interested In learning about how to eat for health have been established. Approximately 40 women have enrolled In these classes and to day many who have finished the classes aro volunteers working to improve nutrition in Klamath Death Ends Career of "Goat Gland Doctor" J. R. Brinkley SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 28 Up) Death Tuesday closed the turbulent medical, political and oratorical career of Dr. John Richard Brinkley, 56, rejuvena tion surgeon known popularly as "the goat gland doctor." Dr. Brinkley died in his sleep of a heart ailment which fol lowed the amputation of a leg in Kansas City several months ago. Mrs. Brinkley and their son, John, were at his bedside. The former Milford, Kansas, surgeon who pioneered In medi- Portland Produce PORTLAND, Or... Mar t? 1AI HI'TTP.R, print. A grade 4l tn parehment arrap per; 42'V la cartun,; II grade, 41c In par chmfiil rpnT. 41c In rarton. lll'TTItltl'AT I'lrai qualllr. mallniuui ul J Pi I M-r rent. r,.illjr. dellrerrd n e1 land. lH0c '. premium qualltr, (maal mum of .01 at I per real, aridity), lb.: eallre roulea and euunu? polote, U lee under llrft. I'llKK.SK Seillnt nrlr to Portland re tailer! : Tillamook Triplet.,. Ptyo lb.; l-r, tl',c lb. Trlplrta to aholeaaUra, K'tC lb.; loaf. tT- t'.O.H. Tillamook. FOGS Price, to producer: A larr. 8e; S larir. 7e: A medium, zsc; U tncll'iii,. tv doirr.. Reale to retailer, ie lilftier (or ra.e,; carton,. Sc Mehcr. I.IVK rolLTHY-lluylns l-rlcei: Xo. I grade Leghorn broflera under !ty lb., IbL, over !t lbt iRc; colored frycra, t- rba., sac; under Sti lb,.. 18c coton-d rontcr,, tte lb.; colored hen. to.1e lb.: Leghorn. under SV lb,., lc; oeer S1 lh Ivr; No. 1 grade neni, fte rn. leu; rooiera, 10c. DRKSSKU TI'RKEYS - Selling price hen, B7.Ze; lolll. not quoted. Buying prlcea: tomi, 23-2lc; ben, tic tb. RAnillTS Average country killed, M-Mc lb.; city killed. StMe lb. HAY Selling price on truck: Alfftlfa. No. I, tt too; oat. retch. III Ion. v.ll.y prlcea Vfllamrtt elorer, 010 too, alley point: Timothy, eastern Oregon, tu ton. ONIONS-Orcgon ts.M.2.70 per 501b. aack; green .,lSt doa. hunchea: California Waa. 02.e&-t.50 lug; Taia Bermuda. M'a, O2.sys.ft0 aara. POTATOES. new-Shatter (Calif.) While Roae. ie.tinj.u cental. COUNTRY M RATH Selling nrleea to re tailer; i ouniry aiiieo noga, ueia nuicner. 119 to 110 Iba.. II1M; vealera. fancy, tO'tc; light, thin. lft-lRn ib.; heavy, lMelc; can. ner cova, 4-15e; good cutter cowa, lEo ll.; hull,. 17c lb.: aprlng lamba. Rc Ih. ; yegr. ling lamha. roe lb.; ewe. 6.1Xo lb.. WOOI 1040 contract,, Orcgou ranch, nom inal, 04-370 lb.: eroalbreda. 40-430 Ib. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, May !8 CAP- USDA) Cottle: salable and to tal 100; calves: salable and to. tal 75; market active, steady; few head medium 650-822 lb. grass steers $11.25-12.25; strict ly good light fed steers quotable to $13.50; common heifers $9.00 10.00; medium-good beef heif ers $11.00-12.50; canner and cutter cows $6.00-7.50; very shelly kinds down to $5.00; fat dairy type cows $8.00-50; me dium to fairly good beef cows $9.00-50: medium - good bulls $9.50-10.75; strictly good beef bulls quotable to $11.00 or above; good-choice vealers $13.50-14.50; odd head $15.00; common grades down to $9.00. Hogs: salable and total 450 market slow, mostly 10-15c lower but very uneven; good choice 170-215 lb. $14.00-15; few lots up to $14.25; one small lot $14.35; 230-270 lb. $13.00- 50; light-lights $12.75-13.25; good 325-550 lb. sows $9.75 10.50; lighter weights upward to $11.50; good-choice feeder pigs quotable to $12.25-13.25. Sheep: salable 400, total 425; market active, steady; good choice spring lambs $13.50-75; medium-good grades $12.00 1300; old crop lambs and year lings of common-medium grades $6.50-8.60; few fairly good shorn ewes $5.00; some held higher; common ewes $2.00-3.50. EVOLUTION Charlos Darwin was not the originator of the evolution the ory. His grandfather believed In It, as did several other men. In 1801, eight years before Dar win was born, Lamarck pub lished a book on tho subject. county. Two or more classes will be conducted In the city dur ing the summer months, and classes in rural communities will probably be resumed In early autumn. Another activity of the county committee Is stimulating the lale and use of enriched flour and bread. Member! of the commit tee and nutrition volunteer! ex plain to food dealers and to homemakera the Increased nu tritive value of these products In comparison with plain white flour and bread. The committee estimates that virtually 100 per cent of the bread and flour now being baked In Klamath county Is enriched. This figure is based on a report dbtained by Dr. Peter H. Bozendal who recently made a survey of the situation In Klamath Falls. The committee Is cooperating in the victory garden program and is helping to encourage and give Information on victory gar dens. Methods of using food pro ducts which are plentiful in this community are studied and pub licized as part of the general program for conservingjfood and releasing transportation facil ities which would be needed for shipping surpluses. cat broadcasting in 1923 and built up a fortune from rejuven ation operations advertised by his radio voice heard from Mexi can shores into many of the states to the north, died not far from the rugged Rio Grande border country that he called home. Sex rejuvenation and life -lengthening treatments alleged to have been offered through the mails by the colorful, goa teed surgeon three times can didate for governor of Kansas last September brought a federal indictment against him in Little Rock. Dr. Brinkley, who once owned three princely yachts, all of them named "Dr. Brinkley," was adjudged bankrupt in San An tonio last year. At a hearing be fore his creditors here he testi' fled that he was shorn of his once-vast fortunes, but that he then clung to life insurance poli cies valued at $350,900. Also, he testified, he had $178,513 worth of personal prop erty insurance, which covered the luxurious estate on the out skirts of Del Rio filled with valu able imported furniture and bric-a-brac a showplace at which thousands of tourists had stretched their necks. PARK&TILFORD RESERVE fk PARKfcfllPORD fti smuts, me., niwtomt.n.t. 16 RAIN Mllir.U StHtlTt M S 900t Mite ia STOCK MARKET AS NEW YORK, May 28 UP) Irregularity ieepd Into today'! stock market as profits were caimed on Wednesday's climb ing steels and motors. It looked at the start ai though the list might duplicate the re covery Jaunt of the previous ses sion but offerings tn leading In dustrial groups loon halted a modest initial advance, While plui aigna were fairly well distributed In the final hour, losers were sufficiently numer ous to cloud the direction. Transfers were around 350, 000 shares. Volume was aided by one 10,000-share block of Coty International, unchanged at . v Stock! in the resistant class in cluded Allied Chemical, J. I. Case, U. S. Rubber preferred, Southern Railway, Philip Mor ris, Jehns Manvllle and U. S. Gypsum. Backward inclination! wore exhibited most of the time by u. S. Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, American Tele phone, Western Union, and Cat erpillar Tractor. Bonds were as uneven as shares. Closing quotations: American Can . 641 Am Car & Fdy '. 221 Am Tel & Tel 116. Anaconda .. 24 Cat Tractor 32J Comm'nw'lth St Sou ...316 General Electric 254 General Motors ... 361 Gt Nor Ry pfd j: 211 Illinois Central 51 Int Harvester 44 Kennecott .. 271 Lockheed 161 Montgomery Ward 291 Nash-Kelv 51 N Y Central 71 Northern Pacific 51 Pac Gas Sc El 17S Packard Motor 21 Penna R R 211 Republic Steel 141 Richfield Oil 61 Safeway Stores 341 Sears Roebuck 51 Southern Pacific 11 Standard Brands 31 Trans-America 4 Union Oil Calif 101 Union Pacific 691 U S Steel 45i Warner Pictures 4 RREGULAR PROFITS TAKEN far Mm& I Z3 I I Battle of Music! Pappy Gordon's Oregon Hillbillies vs. , Baldy Evans1 Swing Band o Battling for an Emergency Mobile Unit for Klamath County Defense O Friday, POTATOES PORTLAND, Ore., May 25 (AP) POTATOES: White lo cals, $2.00-2.20 cental; Deschutes Gems, $3.35-3.50; Yakima No. 2 Gems, $1.40 per 50-lb. bag; Klamath, No. 1, $3.35-3.60 cen tal; Idaho, No. 1, $3.40 cental. CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, May 28 (AP USDA) Potatoes: arrivals 53; on track 116; total U. S. ship ments 1035; supplies light, de mand moderate, market firm; California Long Whites U. S. No. 1, ' $3.00-12M; Louisiana Bliss Triumphs U. S. No. 1, $3.15-35; old stock; supplies very light, demand moderate, market stronger, Idaho Russet Burbanks U. S. No. 1, $3.53-60; Maine Katahdins U. S. No. 1, $3.00; Michigan Green Moun tains U. S. No. 1, $2.75. SALEM, May 28 UP) The state department of agriculture announced today It would hold a hearing at Ontario June 3 to determine whether separate grades will be established for early potatoes. - ' Such grades. If established, probably would follow the pat tern of Idaho grades on early potatoes In order to give Oregon early potato growers a better break in out-of-state markets. PACKING PLANTS SOLD PORTLAND, May 28 UP) The Knight Packing company, including properties at Portland, Medford and Cornelius, was sold Tuesday to the California Con serving company, San Francisco. Price was not announced. HOSTESS LEAGUE SALEM, May 28 (P) Salem's new hostess league of women, authorized by the city recreation commission to provide entertain ment for service men, was or ganized here last night. Special Purchaael For Friday Only Pure Milk Chocolate Stars . . Lb. 27c Limit 2 Lbs. to Customers MONTGOMERY WARD o May 29, 9 to 1 Service Men In Uniform Ftee Ladles Free Tickets $1.10 m CHICAGO, May 28 UP) Grain prlcci turned lower to day, wheat, rye and soybeans leading a reaction that eliminate ed much of yesterday's late ad vance. Losses amounted to about cent a bushel in most cases at the extreme. Receipt of . fee , first truck load of new wheat re ported at Grandfield, Okla., re minded traders that the harvest movement is at hand, which ac counted for some of the selling, and there was some hedging al though terminal market receipts remained small. Washington rot ports that a general federally supervised system to control cash grain marketing may be adopted because of the. scarcity of stor age space unsettled the trade. ; Wheat closed, J-l cent lower than yesterday, July $1.20-1.201, September $1,221-1; corn l-lc down, July 871-Jc, September 90-90ic; oats 1-llc lower, soy beans l-lc lower; rye l-lc lower. Dorris James Hodgeman made a trip to Oakland and Sacramento this week. ' "; Charlotte Pangburn,' Who Is employed by the Morrison Knudsen company at Tulelake, spent Tuesday night with Fern nell Sullivan at Dorris. Billee Shelley, who recently underwent an appendectomy at Klamath Falls, returned to her home Friday. She is recovering rapidly. Lou Ceille Glover spent the weekend at her home in Dorris. She is attending beauty school at Marysville, - Mrs. Ronald Souza who sub mitted to major surgery at Klamath Valley hospital on Fri day, is reported improved. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Thomas and Mrs. C. C. Ross were visiting in Dorris during the week. Arlet Bragg was here visit ing Lloyd Mitchell Tuesday. Arlet is working in Richmond. o'Clock I