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PAGE EIGHT Soil Preparation A Gardener's Must Importance of Readying the Ground Not To Be Overlooked by Victory Planters' The following story on preparing of the soil as Klamath gardeners go to war in the "Food for Freedom" program in their own back yards, is the second of a series of articles which should be clipped for your gardening files. Much of the material comes from lectures given by Dr. Bouquet of Oregon State college and is well worth keeping on hand as spring can't be far away despite "tne view out your ironi noon "The object in preparing the soil is to get organic material into it as quickly as possible , so that decomposition may be gin and soil conditioning take place. Don't dash out and dig up your garden plot as soon as the snow goes off and then walk around on it, this packs it and when planting 1 time comes it will be harder ' than a brick driveway. Especially in this country where there is so much adobelike soil, do we have to Spade at the right time., In England a great deal is made of compost piles. It amounts to a tradition' there. This is an excellent way to introduce organic matter into the soil. Nothing that will de- : compose ' is discarded. It is piled up, kept moist, a little dirt or better some straw or ; strawy - manure added as the layers are built up. Some times a little lime can be added to keep the compost from becoming too acid. "Farmers use cover crops, to -get organic material into their soils. This, so far, has not been - done by gardeners- because v they have thought their plots : too small, but there is no rea; ; son why. vetch or some of the . other cover crops cannot be . used even on very small urban . gardens. - ' - - ' : '.'When the -cover crop or , compost is turned under, the . bacteria causing it to rot uses . up the nitrogen. '. So often, a -nitrogen fertilizer will have to be added or a nitrogen cover . crop such as vetch can be used. ."People worry too much . about the acidity of the soil. It is easily corrected with the use of a little lime applied be fore the fertilizer. Wood ashes should be used with discretion. If applied repeatedly they cause a swing to an over al kaline soil which is just as bad as one that is too acid. Fertili zers are much more efficient ' -when the soil is fortified with plenty of organic material well spaded in. . . "The question of thecom- parative values of - well-rotted and fresh manure was discus . sed by Dr. Bouquet. The be lief tnat to be good, barnyard fertilizer had to be well rotted and ancient, was scouted as completely false. Manure is never so good as when it comes directly from the barn. There has then been no leach ing out of valuable minerals or loss of micro-organisms. It is true that there may be a burning effect as the fertilizer decomposes and that it cannot be used in all places, but if spaded into the ground it is very satisfactory. There are .weed seeds in new manure that are objectionable but in a garden these can be worked out, since the top of the soil should be worked anyway to conserve moisture. "When fertilizer is to be put in a hill where a plant is to be placed, it should not be put in the bottom of the hole and the plant placed on top of it, but should be thoroughly mix ed in. . . "A great, deal has been said about- the use of sawdust as a fertilizer. The bacteriologist at Oregon State college says among other things that it has ' practically no plant food, it takes considerable moisture to ' rot it. If used as animal bed bing fjrst it would be more beneficial. Alone it is useful for loosening the soil. .The plant chemist frowned on the use of sawdust if there was anything else to be had and said that it might be useful to cover manure in 'the fall. "City gardeners will have to build up their soils with chem ical fertilizers, the main ele ments of which are nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash. Among the minor elements that is not to be overlooked is boron, which is a by-product of borax. This prevents cracks in celery, beet canker and in sures white heads of cauliflow er. "In the next of this series .there will be more about fer tilizers and how the Victory gardener will be able to pro vide the nitrogen that has been removed from our commercial fertilizers to be used in war materials to defeat our ene mies." The Catholic Daughters of America met in the parish hall on the evening of January the eleventh for the regular bus iness meeting. Agnes La Londe, grand regent, was con fined to her home with an in ,. 1 jured ankle and Florence Hen riot, vice grand regent, pre sided. V a r i o u s committee chairmen reported and after the business meeting "bingo" . was played. Refreshments were served by a committee beaded by Mary McGoran. LANGELL WOMEN'S CLUB MEETS .LANGELL VALLEY The Langell Valley Women's club met at the : parish hall . on Thursday for the January meeting. It was an all day af fair and the ladies did Red Cross sewing and enjoyed a potluck dinner at noon. In the afternoon during the meeting, a letter was read from Mrs. Alice Peatross, who is ill in San Francisco. Following roll call, the members 'gave the Lord's pray for Mrs. Peatross and each wrote her a letter. They voted to have all mem bers write her a card or let ter. ' Her -address is 806 Mc Allister street, San Francisco. The USO tablecloth made by Mrs. Peatross was auction ed and. Mrs, Daisy Huntley was the buyer. ' ., . Members voted to ' have Grace Ttevell go to the USO and fihd.out what they needed and bur club to by it with the $32.25 raised at various times. . The, afternoon's prize, gift was .won by ' Mrs. ' Walter Smith. ' . ;' .' ' .The next meeting- of the club will-be at the parish hall on February the twenty-fifth, when Mrs. Ray Davis and Mrs. Lyman. Fitzhugh will be host esses.' .The ladies will meet at ten o'clock in the morning to sew for the Red Cross. Each member will take her own sandwich and the hostesses will furnish the dessert and coffee. : Everyone is urged to attend these meetings. 'Those enjoying the day were-Lela Murray, Florence Botkins, Honey Beck, Nettie Davis, Nonie Pepple, Norma Campbell, Grace Revell, Myr tle Johnson, Mary Dearborn, Bessie Campbell, Genevieve ' Smith, Edith Jones, . Madge . Monroe,. Eva Roberts and Cora " ' Leavitt.-. : - . TOWNSEND- . AUXILIARY . ' ELECTS The Townsend auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Mary Martin, 220 Wantland avenue, Wednesday afternoon for pot luck luncheon and a business meeting. Officers for the year were installed including Mrs. ' Bernice - McCtacken, presi dent; . Mrs. Mable McWithey, vice president; Mrs; Ethel Ford; treasurer; ' Mrs. Idella Harndin,. secretary; Mrs.. Eva Myers, flowers .- and cards; 1 Mrs. Adah Larson,, publicity. Sixteen guests enjoyed the afternoon sewing for a ba zaar to be given soon.. The next meeting w i 1 1 be held February the 'tenth at the home of Mrs.. J. M. G r a y, 2435 Union avenue. , .. , :.'.... '; -;.'.' christian : ' : ' ' church council groups. meet ' . The four council groups of the First Christian church met Thursday afternoon, ; January the. twenty-eighth, ! in J the homes of the following mem bers: Group One met with Mrs. Chet Hamaker, Group Two with Mrs. M. L. Miller, Group Three at the home of Mrs. John Glubrecht, ' and : Group Four with ' Mrs. - Lulu Puterbaugh. .: Despite stormy weather a good attendance was reported and splendid interest shown. The women sewed on layettes for the various missionary sta tions and plans were made for the next council meeting at the church on February , the eleventh. :'..'. ' ' ', MRS. SIMPSON PAYS VISIT ' TO LAKEVIEW . LAKEVIEW Mrs. Marjo rie Simpson, worthy grand matron of Oregon, paid Ori ental chapter an official visit Tuesday night, on the chap ter's regular meeting night. , :, The chapter membership and ' officers honored Mrs, t Simpson . with' a six o'clock , dinner at Hotel Lakeview.La . ter at, the hall,. Mrs.. Simpson coached the officers, in all ; ceremonial work of the or der. In her visit' to Lakeview, the grand matron was-accom-panied by Mrs. Clarence Hum ble, worthy matron of 'Aloha . chapter, Klamath Falls. The inclement weather;, prevented a large attendance) .'.'. pn in i i m'uiMinni t,.,i,-u JL.iiiiiimn m rr ini"-ri'-ri r v s ."..... . .... L I WED IN JANUARY Mr. and Mrs. David N. McComb were married January the twenty-seventh by the Rev. Arthur Charles Bates. The bride is the former Vada Rea . . Bates. .. ." .. ... ' Kenncll-Ellis. PINOCHLE CLUB MEETS . AT GODDARD'S The Lucky Thursday. Pin ochle club held its regular, meeting Thursday afternoon, January the twenty-eighth. Fannie Goddard, 2205 Darrow avenue, was ' the hostess. Luncheon -was served at one o'clock, followed by pinochle, with Mary Martin holding high . score, Maude Phillips second, and Fannie Goddard, low, and pinochle to' Ursel Bratton. ' ' Members present were Mary Martin, Florence Young, Agnace Lowe, Zella Blank enship, Nettie Good, Estelle Smith, Maude Phillips, Ruth Sehorn,' Rita Fuller and the hostess; and two guests, ' Arthur Stone and Ursel Brat ton. Mary Martin will be the hostess, for the next meeting, February the eleventh, at her home on Martin - street and Wantland avenue. GUEST." HONORED AT SHOWER Mrs. Vern Murphy was hon ored at a stork shower on Thursday afternoon, . January the . twenty-eighth, at the home of Mrs. Leonard An derson, 2526 White avenue. Those honoring Mrs. Murphy were Mrs. Guy Jones, Mrs. Elmer Myers, Mrs. C. O. Put nam, Mrs. Robert Lewis, Mrs. C." O. ' Oliver, Mrs. ' H. C. Hard, Mrs. Joe Linder, Nona Hall, Mrs. C. C. Crowson, Mrs. A. Schiro, Mrs. H. C. Brown and Mrs. A. Downs.- "The gifts were assembled on. a table decorated with red , carnations and the Valentine motif was used for luncheon favors. ' - ' If A VOWCl Try this on your sewing machine. . For something new In dresses, Helen Fortescue Reynolds, socialite and Hollywood actress, bought , - herself a two-bit burlap bag, tried it on for size, left, then whipped ' . up the natty number in which she promenades at right. HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON MISS BATES BRIDE IN CEREMONY . . Miss Vada Rea' Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bates of this city, became the bride of Mr. David N. Mc Comb, son of Mrs. Marion Mc Comb, in a simple ceremony read January the twenty-seventh in the study of the pas tor, the Rev. Arthur Charles Bates of the First Christian , church. Miss Dallye Walker and Mr. John Short attended the . young couple who will make their home in this city. , . Attending the service were Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Mar- ' ion McComb, Mr. and Mrs. . John Short, Miss Dallye Walk er and Miss Mary L. McComb. :- .- ' " Cascade An epidemic of measles has broken out on the mountain. Douglas Ugstad has been in bed with the disease for several days, and little Patty Vaerrier, niece of Mrs. Gene Layoy, who has been staying with the Lavoy family for the past week, is Just recovering from a mild attack of them. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Benson of Cru zatte is another small child to have had them in, the past week. Donna Mae Lavoy has been absent from school for the past few days on account of having had croupe. Robert Miller of Eugene, is as sisting R. L. .Porter in taking care of the signals during the snowstorm. - Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCollum are spending the winter in San ta Cruz. McCollum Is a build ing contractor and he and Mrs. McCollum spend the summers at Odell lake. Before going to San ta Cruz, they stopped off in Stockton, where they visited their son. They have two daugh ters living in Oakland. Former Klamath Girl Joins WAVES Mildred B. Martin Also Announces Betrothal to Navy Man at California Home ' A story of interest to Klamath Falls residents appeared recently in the Berkeley Dally Gazette concerning tho botro thai of Mildred B. Martin, daughter of the J. A. Mnrtlns who re former residents of this city. Miss Mnrtin attended Klam ath Union high school, was a mombor of Pep Peppers in 1033, and later was graduated from Long Beach high school and an Oakland business college. Tho story follows: "Romance will take second place for the time with attrac tive Mildred B. Martin, daughter of J. A. Martin and Mrs. Martin, junior past pres ident of Berkeley Council of Parent-Teacher associations, of 1931 Cedar street, for the Berkoloy girl has enlisted in the WAVES. She was sworn in November the eleventh and will leave soon to report at the training center in Cedar Falls, la., January tho twenty second. Plans for her mar riage to Charles E. Holston of Klamath Falls, Oregon, who Is in the navy also, will be postponed for the time. "Several farewell parties are being givon for Miss Mar tin. Among tho hostesses were Mrs. Estelle Cunha and Mrs. Lily' Johnson. A farewell luncheon was presided, over by Mrs. Nolla Steincrt for the WAVE.. Tomorrow Miss Mar tin's mother will entertain a group of intimate friends for her daughter at luncheon. In cluded in this group will be Mrs. Ruth Simpson, Mrs. Hel en Cozad and Mrs. Audrey Perry. Incidentally, Miss Mar tin is the godmother of little Ronald Charles Perry, recent arrival at the home of Mrs. . Perry. . " "Miss Martin Is a sister of Cadet Bob Martin, U. S. navy air corps, who will be gradu ated from Corpus Christl next month, and of Chuck Martin, who will. complete his marine boot camp course this month. She does not know where she wi 1 1 be stationed on active duty, but is hoping it will be in Miami, Florida. . "Mr. and Mrs. Martin would be left alone except that the latter'! sister, Mrs. M. A. Har grove, and her young daugh ter, Neva Jean, formerly of Hawaii, are staying with them for the duration." . Girl Scout Troop Visits Shop v, - Girl Stout troop 16 of Al tamont Junior high school visited the Cummings Fur shop Wednesday and were shown the different processes through which fur goes to become a finished garment. Albert Lane acted as instruc tor and explained the differ ent types of fur. This was re quired work for one of the Nature badges. Mrs. H. R.' Burritt Is the leader of this group, and Mrs. R. E. Quick the assistant leader. Twenty one girls attended. ' The ladies of Midland Home Economics club sponsored a card party January the twenty-third at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb. Pi nochle was played and re freshments were served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crapo, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lar gent, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mot schenbacher, Mr. and Mrs. Cal ' Noble, Mrs. Joe Lamb, Miss Betty Largent, Helen Largent, Mr. and Mrs. M.. Taylor and daughter Joan, Mrs. C. H. Young and Mrs. June Albert. Spring lake Mr. Williams chopped two stacks of hay for Forest Low last week, - Carolyn Dunn spent the week end with Cora Young. Sincere sympathy is being ex tended to the family of Mr. Fred Dingier, who passed away recently In San Francisco. Jim Bunnell is sorting his po tatoes this week. Albert Karger, who is em ployed in the shipyards In Port land, was home over the week--end. Ann Curry visited with. Betty Lou Bunnell Thursday night. LeRoy Crapo is suffering from mumps,. The people of this community are extending sincere sympathy to the family of Wayne Coewho passed away last week in Klamath Falls. . Mrs. June Albert gave a din ner and a miscellaneous shower honoring Mrs. Helen Karger. Covers were laid for Mrs. J. Jackson, Emma Lamb,- Nina Noble Amy Crapo, Blanche Qulmby, E. Young, Mrs. Jack son Sr., Norma Roberts, Bob and Dick Crapo; Jack Karger, Bar bara Lea Bunnell and Kenneth and Carol Albert; . LONG WAIT ' v v MALONE, N. 'y., (P) The Union church has had its first wedding ceremony in its nearly 100-year-old existence.' The Rev, Edward George said there was no, apparent reason for the long wait. t , ot ? , ? . ? ' t If ( LS MISS BOTENS This Is Joan, scven-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Botcns of t h e Grccnsprlngs highway. Kcnncll-Ellls. Langell Valley LANGELL VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. W. Luck of Portage, Wis., spent six weeks recently with Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and Ed Miller. Their son 'Row land, who lived in Langell Val ley prior to leaving for the army, has been trasf erred from Farragut, Ida., to Urbana, III., where his is going to naval training school to learn diesol motors. Chris Hood of tho Gcrbcr ranch has been moved to the Gcrber home in Klamath Falls, aiter being In Hillside hospital for two weeks. Ho was kicked by a horse and suffered three .broken ribs and sevcro bruises. Francis Lilly was painfully bruised and Injured last week when he was trampled by a bull. Mrs. Mabel Powers of Sobas- topol, a former Langell Volley resident, is recovering from a major opcrntion In a San Fran cisco hospital. 1 R. R. Davis is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. Ful andJ colds have been prevalent In the valley. Stanley Johnson of Molln spent Wednesday and Thursday at the Emery Johnson nome. Mrs. James Beck of Rogue river. Is spending two weeks with Mrs. Claude Murray end Mrs. Botkins.' George Smith, who works on the Max Barbour ranch, expects to leave the hospital soon. He is In a complete box cast and has been In the hospital several weeks. He was injured when a load of hay turned over on him. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frazlcr enjoyed Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs. Frank Brown of Bon anza. Mrs. Grace Revell entertained with a luncheon on Monday. Guests were Mary Leidy, Bessie Frazier and Theresa Teare. Bridge was enjoyed in the af ternoon. FAMILY SCORE MOLINE, 111., VP) The Ches ter Miller family of near Silvia, 111., was more evenly balanced as to number of boys and girls today - after Mrs. Miller gave birth to twin girls her lBtn and 10th children.. With the addition of the twins, there now are eight girls and 10 boys in the family, the oldest 26. The MUIor's third child, daughter, died. Thrr of -the 10 boys are In the army, while the father is a machinist at Rock Island arsenal. Western Union Offers Regular employment In an Induitrv that is slavina a vital rola in the war effort. to Young Women 18-25 High School Graduates Those selected will be taught to optrat . automatic tele graph machines at Western Union Schools In Santa Crui, Calif., or other Pacific' Coast Cities. ; '.' ' . '' Salary while : learning, and transportation furnished. Personal interview will be arranged. Apply i -v WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. t -t '. -r TrZ "FRUITFUL" DE8ION8 FOR KITCHEN TOWELP MOUUMXO tttt MC . by Alice Brookss That three-tlmes-a-day chore of dishwashing will seem much lighter with cheery kltrhen towols! Here's a gay variety of fruit motifs all your favor ites worked In a gingham effect cross-stitch. Usei two shndes of a color to match your kitchen. Pattern 7080 contains a transfer pattern of 6 motifs averaging 51 x 8 Inches; stitches. To obtain this pattern send 11 cents in coin to The Herald and News, Household Arts Dept., Klamnth Falls. Do not send this picture, but keep It and the num ber for reference. Be sure, to wrap coin securely, as a loose coin often slips out of the envel ope. Requests tor patterns should read,. "Send pattern No. to followed by your name and address. . Willow Ranch H. A. Boutin has bought the ChurlM Jones' house. The Joneses moved to Lnkevlew last week. Dutch Patient arrived home Frldoy oftcr spending a week in Idoho, called thero by the doath of his stepfather. Bill Van Clove and family ar rived home Frldoy from spend ing a week at Emmett, Ida., on account of the serious illness of his father. The timber fullers returned home last week from across the lake, not being able to work be cause of the heavy,- snowfall Among them were C. L. Truitt, Marvin Wilson, Clayton Nlcison, Fred Shields and Fred Pugsley. H. A. Boutin and W. Waldon were working at the logging camp as was Shorty Thompson, ... and slicks up your slacks with that "Poured-In" L o o kl . . con C 'We Want Action 0 Say Wat Workers! ' GIRDLE )-My -''0 Gives It- - jlifStyi. I fK ij r" ' ' ' MMlm : '.'h No bones about It, this feather-light Coed gives ' firm tummy support, whittles hips, with 'nnry a re straint. Sleek under slacks . . . launders like lighten . ing. Two-way stretch cotton and rayon elastic yarn with rayon jersey panels. Nude. Small, medium, Igo. , Co-Ed Brassiere for medium butt (32-38) $1.29 Jnminry 80, 1948 DECISION IN FLAG o OLYMPIA, Jon. 20 (P) Tho supremo court reversed Fri day decree declaring throa minor children of Mr. and Mrs. ' Edward Bulling of Clullum counly, wards of tho court, in delinquent chiltlion, becuuso they refused to sulutu tho United States flag In school exorcises . and wore expelled, Tho high tribunal further pro hibited tho trial court from en- . torlng a similar order In tho caso of chlldron of throa othor families. Tho high court said the sco tlon of tho code requiring school , children to repeal tho form of words constituting tho saluto to the flag, ns sat forth In tho lawA may not bo enforced ns agiiinrilV tho children of tho petitioners t In theso proceedings. Tho parents of tho other chll dron concornod are Mr. unci Mrs. Clifford P. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Wllllnm Grlttman and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Purr. In both cases, the petitioners ore mem bers of Jehovah's witnww, t, religious cult, i In Its unanimous department- . nl opinion, written by Justice; Benls, tho high court tiaid the . decision "must not b consider , ed as authority for tolerating . the least disrespect for the flag which Is tho symbol of our lib erty ." Here's a Now Angle on How To Save Money LOS ANGELES. Jan. 30 W) ' Horo's a new wrinkle in movie contract approvals: Virginia Potion, 17, former!; of Portland, Ore., consented to a clause in ner iuu-h-wcck con-., tract for Investment of $12.80 , in war stamps. Tho suggestion , was made by superior jutig . Joseph W, Vickers who approv ed the minor's contract and ad vised her: , , If you don t learn to snva , money on iuu a wcck you never will." Courthouse Records Saturday DECREES Forrest L. Rondel versus Al then Randol. Divorce granted. Florence N. Moscotte vermis Paul Moscotto. Divorce granted. , Knrmlo C. Rllcy versus Dan iel Victor Rllcy. Divorce grant- Cd- . : "(f COFFEE ALLOTMENTS KANSAS CITY, (A1) North Kansas City residents, trying to stratch their coffca allotments, were tuntalizcd by a faintly familiar aroma. It was 12,800 pounds of cof feo, made unusable in a recent fire, being burned In an open lot by city and state inspectors. Let's put everything to work) Sell the articles you don't us through a classified ad. 133 So. 8th Dial 5188 " CASE GIVEN
