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Weekly Page of Farm News ugunt 27. 1042 PAGE N1NB How Evacuee Labor Can Be Used Officially Explained Japanese Colonists Can Work Outside Of Mi (Kdllor'i Nolo: The following tory wn written at the Tule lik JupiinriiB reception center by a pre 'rcprcaentatlvo of the QfHA, unci therefore roimtltutr off ti-inl Information on tho whole fietlon of lobor from tlin evacuation colony), Peoplo of Japnnino iinccntry who liavo linen evncuntcd from tha west count, ciin tnko purl in tho harvesting of nutuinn crops., tho Wnr Relocation Authority announced. HorniiHO of tlin wnr, lliero in a nr-rioim dhortajfo of farm help throufrhniil tlin nntion, and vijroroun effort are bcinj? made to roc mi t pcopln for thin work. Jnpnncso farmers who voluntoor to work on tho farms will perform n patriotic service, the War Kolocnlion Authority says. Till mean that evuouoc now In assembly center unit reloca tion projects will be allowed to liO anywhere in the United States, except California and , The cast boundary uf No. I defense urrn in uri'iion la highway No. 07, accordion to the army. Thin im-un Unit evacuee cai be employed In Oregon runt of highway No. 97, which enter California Qt Dorrl. other No. 1 Defenae Arras; but niiuruncea muat bo given by tho governors of Mole und the ihcriff of the counties to which the evacuees may so that law and ordrr will bo mnlntalncd. AitMirancc from the employer or Ilia ogent thnt transportation by bit or lull and mcala en route will be provided without rout to tho evacuee from the as sembly or rolorotlim centera to the place of work. Tho employer or his aiicnt muit also ogrco that in the event that It la deemed ni-coury feir evacuee to return to trie-relocation center or pro ject,' audi return will be iiimlo In aecorduiiro with tho provl- 0l.nl for bringing the farm work It from tho relocation center. ' Already, thl year, evacuee I rave marie an Important con tribution to tho war effort by volunteering to work on fnrm In Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Orcuon. During the aprlng and iiimmi'r approximately 1700 evacuee volunteered to do farm work. Thla hn generally worked out successfully for both the worker and the farmer. The evacuee hnvo been highly commended for their work by both public official and prlvato citizen. The need for holp on the forma I urgent. The harvest union call for the acrvico of all who are available to do thl work, mid the Wur Relocation Authority urgo evacuee to vol-.1 untiter, for fnrm work at thl time. Tho War Relocation Au thority will be In charge of recruitment from all center. A-crultlng will he carried on In TrL-cordnnco with the following provlalona: 1. Recruiting- will be on a voluntary baal. Both iamlllt and lngla per ton may go. 2. Roundtrlp (reimportation and mean an rout will ba furnlihtd at no cott to th worker. 3. Adequate living quarter will ba iumiahed at no coat to tha workar. 4. Prevailing wage will b paid. 5. Ataurance wilt be given by the Governor and local law enforcement official .tot- th State Into which the worker go that law and order will b main- . talned. . I, Worker and their fam , I1U will b authorised 0'-; to laave tha Centera to go '" Id dealgnated Countl. 7. If the aaembly center In which the workar raaldad, hould ba evacuated dur ing hi abienc, tha work ar will hava tha choice of returning to tha reloca tion center to which hi aaaambly center was evacuated, or of going to a different relocation can tar dealgnated by W.R.A, 8. Written offer of employ ment tatting forth term of employment, length of employment, wage, and describing housing faclll tie will be made by em ployer who wish to hire workara. Offer when accepted by worker will - ... THE fudHc Dances Have Been Discontinued at the Eagles Hall itary Area ALSIKE CROP mo on mm r h ii ULL LAST YEAR The August 21 roport from the U. S. department of agriculture ahowi that the present nlslke clover crop la much smaller than the crop harvested In 1041. Pro duction is estimated this year at 13,408,000 pounds, thresher run seed, compared with 10,116,000 pounds In 1941. Tho 10 yenr average from 1030 to 1930 Is also much above this year's crop, being 18,002, 1)00 pounds. This represent a 10.4 per cent decrease from last year, and Is attributed mainly to tho reduction in acreage, al though yield per aero are slightly higher than a yenr ago. Every state In the union ha e smaller than normal rop, ex cept Iowa. The acreage to be hnrvested thl year I the small est on record, bolng 93,000, com pared with an average of 172,. 0B0 acres. Drouth and other conditions hove thinned out stands, caus ing many to bo plowed up and put Into other crops. ' Averogo national, prlco offer ed grower as given In this re port wns 15.75c per pound, a compared with a price of 11.19c last year, and i 10 year average of 12.20c for the game grade. This year- prlco as reported I 40 per cent higher than last year, Harvesting of nlslke I now underway throughout most of tho producing district of the United States. Klamath county produces more nlslko clover than any ollv er similar area in the United Slates. Last year the local crop was nearly 2,800,000 pounds, but various estimates indicate that thi yenr's crop will perhaps not bo much over two-thirds of this amount, due to winter killing and other conditions resulting In many stands being plowed and seeded' fo other crops. Local harvesting I now starting, and will continue for the next 30 days. Thl year' Klamath crop perhaps will be about 10 per cent of tha nation total. WHAT T T t LOS ANGELES, (API An employe roported to police the theft of a 16-gnuge shotgun. From the Information desk of Almea Semple McPherson'a Angcltis Temple. eonitltuU dtfintt agrae - mania. However, such agreement may be term- , lnated by either party en ' five daya' notice. ' 9. Offer of employment will be mad available at th aambly and relocation ctntara. Worker will hava an opportunity for examination and choice of employment. 10. An official of W.R.A. will be designated within tha next few day at each center to be in charge of recruiting. Further notice will ba given at that time. CAN'T KEEP GRANDMA IN HER CHAIR Sha'a aa Lively a Youngster ' Now hr Baekach i batter Miny aullfrtta nlltn unl't WmI euli-kly, ont iby dliMW tl l MVM of ttwlr trniiWa y bp iW kldniyp. Th kldncya m NaeWa ebW way ol k fna tba "M attl n,tfc.n " tilfat. Tiny halp ctMt paopla r' '"'"Ivn 51imlf f kldnny (untlloa Mrralu fmbftnovii mutlM to remain Iq your hloM, ih inky CMtiksnnnalna h-karht, rbeiunttlo palai, tm nftlni, I-mi ol pop And Horn-, atUas up llliliti, awi-llin. puffinm imiMt ihe myu, lidfhj anil illnlnr Freqiwnt or Manly Immmm with anisnlna ann burnlaa aomn Iiipm tliima Ibne It (oiuiblni wronj wilk your kldncyl or liUilder. Pon'l iralil Ak your dnujaUl for Pa a ruin, uM atirrrnlully by wlllmnii for jvr 0yr. '(hoy alvn happy and mil blip . Urn IS mlli of ElHiify mbfa ib i out. p,!1'" ' ua wane Iron j-our Wood. Ctt Doan'a PlUa. HEDFORD TOP AGAIN SCDHGH LIST PORTLAND, Aug. 27 lP) Temperatures ranged from the mld-30' to 104 degreos In Ore gon last week, tho department. of commerce wcuthor-crop . bul letin disclosed today. ,. Mcdford recorded tho top of 104 although It once reached 103 degrees at La Crunde, 101 at Raker, 102 ul Pendleton, 100 at Mudrus, 00 at Albany end Bund, 08. at Roseburg and. Con don. Baker got .30 of ah Inch of ruin, Condon .01, North Bend .07. ... , The wcatner was generally favorablo for farm work. threshing, haying, peach, pear and plum picking. Borne labor shortage wero reported, ; Late potatoes were , making good growth allhbugh , , some blight was reported. Green beun picking and canning continued and ' tomatoes ripened well. Field corn was thrifty and was reaching tho market. . Sugar beet were coming along well. Some county reports': Douglai Grain threshing about finished. Second cutting of. alfalfa ready to haul. Wal nut will bo light crop, reaches and early plums ripo. Prunes are dropping heavily. ., . Gilliam some- barley still to bo harvested. Some summer .fal low being worked for weeds. Jackson Fair crop of pears being .. harvested. Early toma toes about ready but : labor scarce.'-. v-'?t " : Joioplilne-Picking of late hop Slotted. ; Clover seed and grain harvoat continuing. Lake Truck crop ond vege table in good condition. Hay harvest finished. Pastures dry Lane Boon picking for can ncrles continues at peak. Peach es and plums ripening. Beet pulling continues. Flax harvest and mint distilling In progress. Pear are being hurvc-Aed. Ranees and pastures dry. Con siderable blight In most potato fields, otherwise ' truck crops and vegetables doing well good crop of evergreen blfcck berries being picked. ,'-(. 25,000 Alien Jews Deported to Nazi Territory BERN, SWITZERLAND', Aug. 87 (P) Twenty-five thousand alien Jew have been arrested in the provinces of Dauphlne, Savole and Haul Snvoio in occu pied France for deportation to German territory In. the east, It was reported today. ''-.'- Most of these, already, have been concentrated l ly'6n, and since Aug. 7 Jewish men hive beon sent to Germany every three days in cattle cars.tfor forced labor, the report from France said, t'; The women and children -left behind are sent to special camps. i' Dealor snortagea put hew value on used merchandise. Cash In on your "Junk" 'through a NOTICES Owing to the griat shortage of culinary workers.v. v-. ; j WILL Dt EVERY MONDAY for the full 24 hours to give all our employees the Jay off. , OPEN NIGHTLY EXCEPT! v MONDAY Dining and Dancing For Your Pleasure tl3 TflViRfi HIGHWAY eT SOUTH Weekly Market Trends (Editor' Note: Tho following market Information I supplied from mnlerlal obtained over the government leased wire In the offlco of the extension econo mist at Oregon State college. The material, In the form of a Weekly summary of trends In the livestock market, is not Intcndod to replace spot day by day mar ket reports.) ' ' CATTLE MARKETS For the fourth consecutive week Portland reported an un usually heavy run of cattle, witli 21100 nvolluble for , local sale. DcVpltn this, trading wos active and prices steady to strong,, with lightly sorted good fed steers selling at $14.38 and grass fat Steers at $12 to $13:50. Grass fst beef heifer brought $10 to $11.60. . Son Francisco reported n shortage of good fed stuff but quotations were up to $13. SO, the price a week ago. The Chicago market -.was weaker with most fed steer sold at $13.75 to $13.78. . . ' Normally cattle price in the west follow a steadily downward course from May through Octo ber as supplies of grass fat cat tle Increase.' 'Present prices, however, In spite of heavier re ceipt than former years, are equal to those of a month ago, owing 'largely to shortage of dressed beef In many large east ern markets; . SHEEP AND LAMB MARKETS Prices on sheep and lambs at North " Portland Monday were steady with a week previous, good to' choice spring lambs sell ing mostly at $12, and medium to good at $10.50 to $11.50. Trading was active on the 17S0 liead available for local sale. At Chicago the market was slightly higher, on spring lambs, most of the good and choice native stuff brlnging'$15.38 to $18.50, which was 50 to 73 cents higher than the Sveek before,- but at Omaha trading ' was ' slow and bids around 23 to 40 cents below last week. Contracting of western lambs for late summer and fall deliv ery hai become rrtore active with many sales reported in the Intcr rnountain states last week. Con tract prices ' Indicate consider ablo' confidence in the market situation; especially ori feeder typo lambs, being now about $1 higher than a year ago.- (Market prices for slaughter lambs are now about $3 higher than a year ago.) With the ratio more fav orable! to feed lot operators than a year ago, competition is active between 'operators ' In various areas and 'buyers for wheat field grazing. ' ' ' Trade interest in Colorado es timate that about 75 per cent or more of ' the lambs-in that state are now under contract. In the Sun Luis valley district mixed ewe and wether lambs sold at 511.50.to-mostly $12, f.o.b. load ing point; In southwestern Colo rado at $12 to $12.23, and in the northwestern part of the state sizable - bands of blackfaces brought ' $12.50." Most feeder lambs In Wyoming were con tracted at $12, with mixed bands at $12.25 or better, and in Ne vada aovoral large, bands brought $12.50. " : HOG MARKETS Hog price at North Portland dropped somewhat Monday from their ' record high maintained ;the past few weeks. Arrivals to taled 2100 head, of which 1900 were' Offered locally. Good to choice' drive-ins brought mostly $15.38 to $18.40 and butchers to 270 pounds told at $14.78 to $13. Good sows were steady at $14 to $18. San ' Francisco prices were reported too late to be In cluded but trading at Chicago was active on all weights, top butchers selling at $14.83 to $15.05 and heavier weights at $14.40 to $14.80. Marketings last week at North Portland were heavy but there was a continued good demand from both slaughter and feeding channels. A new high since 1020 was reached in Thursday of that week when some top hogs brought $15.85. WOOL MARKETS Large sales of fine and half blood territory wools wore made at ceiling prices on an ac tive Boston wool market last week. Half-blood territory wools brought $1.14 to $1.10, scoured basis, while fine staple sold at $1.18 to $1.20. About 6i million pounds of wool will be offered at auctions opening August 27 in Denver and August 31 at Billings, Mon tana, each continuing three days. With almost a million more sheep shorn In the United Stales this year, production of wool Is expected o be the largest on record, totaling over 302 million pounds, despite the fact that average weight of fleeces this year was smaller than- last. In Oregon, however, wool shorn this year is estimated 8 per cent less than that in 1041 and 26 pur cent, less than tho 1931-40 average, the reason, of course, being declining sheep numbers. WHEAT CHICAGO, Aug. 27 UP) Small mill - and professional trade orders lifted wheat prices about a cent at times today, with other grains, except corn, trying to follow, but the market made little headway toward recovery. Flour business remained quiet, matching the slow move ment of new wheat into commer cial trade due to the fact that government loans are more' at tractive than market prices. . Wheat closed unchanged to Ic higher compared with yester day, September $1,171-1, De cember $1,201-1; corn Ic off to ic up, September 83-83 Ic, De cember 85l-86c; oats Ic up; soy beans 1-1 Ic higher; rye unchanged. Labor Shortage Strikes at Oregon Beans, PORTLAND, Aug. 27 UP) Oregon's hop, bean and prune crops faced a crisis today as the latest agricultural victims of the labor shortage. Five thousand hop pickers arc needed immediately in the Salem area, the U. S. employ ment service said, and bean growers in the same region are short 1000 harvesters. The sit uation was more acute than had been expected because later : maturity of the beans dovetailed that harvest with the hop season. In the. Milton-Freewater sec tion, it was feared that the Cooling 'Refreshing'! rii-ft-fl-ritafii .1 i ii 1 1 -HailairiiTir iif i n ifcyfit n i t ik i) MwmnTmwmrr'-'"m J. MARVIN HILTON, Diirriburor KLAMATH fAUU RAILS START NEW YORK, Aug. 27 VP) Rails and selected Industrials led a mild recovery jaunt in today's stock market. A faint gleam of cheer In the war new from Russia and the Solomons helped restore bullish confidence to aome extent. brokers said, although there wa no buying rush at any time. A better tone wa In evidence at the start and leader soon edged forward fractionally. In the final hour price inclined to waver moderately and there wa an assortment of small minus sign. Transfer for th full pro ceedings were around 275,000. A feature of the session -was a "special" offering of a 17,000 share block of U. S. Steel at 46 Vi. This wa quickly over subscribed. Receiving support were Beth lehem Steel, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, Woolworth, Kenne- cott, Homestake Mining, Good rich and United Aircraft Backward at intervals were American Telephone, Texas Company, Youngstown Sheet, Du Pont and J. C. Penney. Carrier bonds improved and commodities were only shade uneven. Closing quotations: , American Can ... 681 Am Car & Fdy 24 Am Tel & Tel .:. ...118J Anaconda 261 Calif. Packing 181 Cat Tractor 361 Comm'nw'lth & Sou 732 General Electric 261 General Motors 371 Gt Nor Ry pfd 22i Illinois Central ; 71 Int Harvester . 471 Kennecott -: 291 Lockheed 171 Long-Bell "A" . 8 Montfomery Ward 301 Nash-Kelv Si N Y Central 8 Northern Pacific 6i Pac Gas & El 181 Packard Motor 21 Hops, Prunes Italian jSrune crop would fall to the ground if picker were not obtained soon. Businessmen planned to close stores and of fices, releasing additional, men and women for. picking. In the Rogue River . valley. growers expected shortage of pear pickers and packing house help, but the Jackson county labor committee withheld it request for assistance by sol diers at Camp . White. Before the army is asked to disrupt its training program, the com mittee said, every effort will be made to. enlist civilian har vest hands. MILD RECOVERY 4T Penna Ft R 22 Republic Steel 131 Sear Roebuck 541 Southern Pacific 131 Standard Brands 31 Sunshine Mining 41 Trans-America . 41 Union Oil Calif 13 Union Pacific 77 IJ S Steel .-. 46i Warner Pictures 5il LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 IJPi (Fed. State Market News! CATTLE: Salable 100. Steady; fed steers quoted $13.50; few common light heifers $9.00 9.50; yesterday, load 1092 lb. coast range cows $10.00, new re cent high. Today, few dairy cows $8.00-8.25; medium saus age bulls, $0.50-10.00. CALVES: Salable 10. Steady, package medium to good calves, $9.00-11.00. HOGS: Salable 300. Steady; most good 185-235 lb. barrows and gilts $15.55; one short car Oregons $15.60: extreme top: few heavy $15.00; odd good sows $13.25. SHEEP: Salable 350. Two decks medium to good 64 lb. shorn Iambs $11.70 straight. Choice wools quoted $13.50; me dium to choice ewes quoted $4.00-5.00. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (AP-USDA) CATTLE: Salable and total 250; calves 100. Mar ket barely active, mostly steady; few good fat beef steers $11.50- 12.50; fed grassers to $12.75; good dry fed steers quotable to $14.35 or above; common beef steers $9.00-10.50; light dairy steers down to $7.50; cutter and common dairy type heifers $7.50 to $8.50; common-medium beef heifers $9.50-11.00; canner-cut ter cows $5.50-7.00; shelly cows down to $5.00; medium-good beef cows $8.00-9.75; medium- good bulls $9.50-10.75; common light bulls down to $8.00; good choice vealers $14.50 15.00; strictly choice quotable . to $15.50; few heavy calves unsold. HOGS: Salable 300, .total 600; market steady; good-choice 175- 215 lb. drive-ins $15.25-40; 230 270 lb. $14.50-85; light lights mostly $14.50-75; good sows $14.00-25; heavy sows salable down to $13.75 or under; choice 78 lb. fat pigs $16.00. SHEEP: Salable. 300. total 350; market strong; medium- good spring Iambs $11.00-50; goodchoice quotable to $12.00; fat salable $9.00-75: good shorn lambs with No. 3 pelts $10.00- 50; good yearlings $8.00-75; good ewe salable $4.00-75. When the proper time comes, I am sure our president and England's premier, will give the word to advance, but in the meantime let us refrain from doing anything which might force their hands. Gov. Her bert Lehman, New York. Read Claulfiad Ad tor Result "Yes, it's worth fighting for" "Right-of-way is the strip of land of varying widths . upon which the railroad and its facilities are built" so says the definition. But it is much more than that. It is the guarantee of our government to a free people to travel when and where they please. It is the right of freedom of action, and , freedom of speech, and all the other freedoms we take for granted, because we have never had them taken away. , There is only one right-of-way for us today. It leads Jo peace and the protection of our freedom. Great sacri j Sees lie ahead, but peace is worth fighting lot. j Let each and every one of us invest 10 of his or her ocome in War Bonds, so the journey's end may be reached. ' ' yUfla H. I. Wayne, General Agent jSj POTATOES CHICAGO, Aug, 27 (AJ USDA) Potutoe arrival 63; on track 175; total U, S. ship ments 402; demand for best Tri umphs good, market firm; for Russet Burbanks, demand good, market slightly wetker, for othr er tsock demand fair, market steady; Idaho Russet Burbanks, U. S. No, 1, $3.75-4.10; Lon Whites, Idaho standard grade, $3.45; Nebraska Bliss Triumph, U. S. No. 1. $2.35-55; Cobblers, u. s. commercials $1.70-90; South Dakota Bliss Triumphs, U. S. No. 1, $2.35; North Dakota oiiaji Triuiiipiis, U. o. No. 1. $1.90; Iowa Cobblers, U. S. No. 1, $1.55-65; Wisconsin Cobblers. U. S. No. 1, $1.55-65; Bliss Tri umphs, U. S. No. 1, $2,15. Portland Has Siren Troubles PORTLAND, Aug. 27 (IP) Portland had a test yesterday of what was supposed to be the country's loudest air raid siren, but the results were unsatisf ac tor v. In the first test, from Rocky Butte, the siren could not be heard in the business district. In the second, from the West Hills, it was not audible even in parts of the West Hills district. BOSTON WOOL BOSTON, Aug. 27 (AP-USDA) The Boston wool market wa quiet today, due to the fact that many buyers are attending sale and auctions in the west. Some sales of . Texas 12 months wool were made at clean prices of $1.10 for short wools, $1.13 to $1.15 for average staple wools; and $1.18 to $1.20 for choice wools. . A Waterbury, Conn., woman and her daughter who recalled the shortage of fats during tha last war and began savings fats December 7 have contributed 130 pounds of fats thus far to the present drive. SCREENS You can Mp IcMp our army ntr captors and navy patrol plan flying. Evary fir ' an Ana fir. 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