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.-. : -
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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. :'..'.
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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.
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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 ? ,
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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
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To obtain this pattern send 11
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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
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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