rEN HERALD AND NEWS Thursday, february 1. IMS Farm Loan Groups Consolidate Here; Changes Announced Consolidation of three nation al farm loan asociations In this district into the Klamath Nation al Farm Loan association, with headquarters at Klamath Falls; payment of thousands of dol lars in cash settlement for asso ciation stock held by former bor rowers who have paid off their loans, and rehabilitation of the association capital structure, a announced by H. E. Hamaker, secretary-treasurer of the con solidated organization. Heading the new, enlarged as sociation, which manes ana ser vices loans for the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, is E. A. Geary, well known farmer of Klamath . county. R. L. Darling, farmer stockman at Fort Klamath has been elected vice-president. Oth er members of the cooperative's board of directors are U. E. Keeder and L. J. Horton of Klam- anza. and George Denton of tr VI am nth. Consolidation of the accounts of these associations will bring to more than 400 the number of farmer-borrowers served by the larger organization, and the com bined loan volume wm exceeo SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 1 VP The eight Oregon branches of the Spokane froaucuon ureaii association supplied $13,051,281 in credit to 1,557 farmers last year, the corporation's annual report showed today. About 43 percent of the capi tal stock in the eight associations is now owned by Oregon farm ers and stockmen, who have set their goal at 100 percent, said E. E. Henry, PCA president here. Capital stock investment now stands at S735.000 a $78,435 in crease over 1943 although the Oregon members started from scratch 11 years ago, Henry re Dorted. Offices are in Salem, Baker.. Klamath Falls, Pendle ton, Portland, Keomona, Mea iord, and The Dalles. Three of the Oregon branches paid a total $25,797 in dividends to members last year. The state's associations have $1,086,571 in reserve; and undistributed earnings. Egg Price Increase Raises Living Cost PORTLAND, Feb. - i CP) , Chief cause of a 1.1 per cent in crease in- living costs here for the quarter ending December 15, 1944, was a 28.8 per cent jump in egg :pricesr a federal report showed; today. Some small .items formerly classified as luxury goods but now listed essential, including cigarettes and beauty shop costs, rose .8 per cent. Clothing and house furnishings also increased slightly, the U. S. bureau of la bor statistics said. - Rents dropped one tenth of one per cent in the six months from June to December.' Oregon Farmers Need No RACC Loans CORVALLIS," Feb. 1. (IP) Oregon farmers will need no regional agricultural credit cor poration loans this year, the state USDA war board reported today. The board said Oregon's rec ord 1944 farm production was accomplished without RACC loans, and that other credit facilities promised to be ample this season. RACC loans were made here in 1943. Wool Socks Wool or Part-Wool For Shoe or Boot OREGON WOOLEN STORE Main and 8th $1,000,000, according to Hamak- Rehabilitation of the capital structure of those associations which have been impaired will erase all outstanding obligations and set up reserves to cover an foreseeable losses on loans uun on the books, Hamaker said. The associations will have three vears in which to determ me their losses, it enaoies mem to settle in full for stocK neict bv former borrowers who have nairt nff their loans but failed to obtain reimbursement for their association stock. "This consolidation and re habilitation program, which strengthens the farmer-owned and farmer-controlled mortgage credit system in this and other Pacific northwest states, is made possible through operating econ omies of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane," said Hamaker. "Savings which resulted from these economies and from the use of government funds in pre vious years are being passed on to farmer-borrowers as part of the cooperative function of the bank. "Established 27 years ago to give agriculture access to a per manent and adequate source of long-term mortgage credit, spe cially geared to its needs, the land bank system nationally has financed more than a million farmers. Its goal from the start has been to place ownership and control entirely in'the hands of borrowers through their nation al farm loan associations. "The Federal Land Bank of Spokane, which serves the four states of Montana, Idaho, Wash ington and Oregon, has now realized that goal. During 1944 it repaid the last block of capital stock subscribed in the early thirties by the federal govern ment, and funds are being ac cumulated to retire by May 15 the last of the government's paid- in surplus. "During the past several years the bank also has been decentral izing its activities, giving the NFLA boards of directors the responsibility for servicing its loans and contracts. Through this program and through refine ments in operating procedures, the bank has reduced its person nel to 83 as against 441 in 1936. savings in operating expense since that time have amounted to more than $640,000 per year. "These savings have permitted the bank to set the Dace for long-time interest rates at 4 per cent on all regular loans made through national farm loan as sociations. A five per cent di vidend to all stockholders was declared on September 30. 1944. Through this new program and through other operating econ omies and sound business prac tices, the bank contemplates go ing on a permanent dividend paying basis," Hamaker concluded. No Lyin'-a Lion iiiiin i rm This mountain lion was preying Utah, so Stuart Hamblen of mo tion pictures orougni mm auwii .ifl. n-Kii-h tin hac hae- ged,87 bears, 14 mountain lions ana snow wiuvi, T Chiloquin Sgt. Alfeo E. Minato has recently been promoted to that rank. He is with the army air force somewhere in Italy. Sgt. Minato is in the 250th air group, which has recently received a unit citation, and he will receive an air medal. He has been on six sorties, which is equivalent to 10 missions. . Harold Collins, who is in the navy, is home on leave. He has seen action in the South Pacific. Reno De Bortoli is home on a furlough visiting his parents and friends. He is in the army air force. Dick Flury, ace basketball player, is now stationed at the San Diego naval base. He was sent to "boot camp" immediate ly after his physical examination at Portland. Billei Wade. Chiloeuln hleh school student, broke her leg while skiing two weeks ago. She had symptoms of pneumonia but it is reported that she is doing nicely now. Many Chiloquin citizens at tended We thrilling basketbal game between the Harlam Globetrotters and the Klamath All Stars Tuesday night. The cost of AAA superphos phate distributed under the 1045 conservation materials program will be $34 per ton, county agri cultural conservation associa tions were notified this week by the state AAA committee. Against this $34 cost, farmers receive a credit of S24 a ton for applying the phosphate to le gumes, grasses, permanent pas tures and cover crops in or- cnaros. xne amount of phos phate that a farmer can obtain under the program is limited by his farm allowance, which is the sum of $2 times the acres of crop land ano orcnard in tne farm. To assist m meeting the ur gent need for increased milk production, emphasis is being piaceo on using aaa pnospnate to boost the yield of Oreeon's dairy pastures. Preference is being given to dairy counties in allocating the state's 5000-ton quota of phosphate for the first six montns of 1945. Phosphate supolies in the na tion, as a whole, are consider ably below the amount that farmers would use this year if this fertilizer were available in liberal quantities. Part of the shortage has been caused by the increased demand for sulfuric acid in the munitions industry, limiting the amount available for ' manufacturing super-phosphate. Future of Flax Industry Studied CORVALLIS, Feb.- 1 (P) Future of Oregon's flax industry is being studied by two Oregon agricultural experiment station officials, now visiting linen man ufacturers in the east. Dr. D. D. Hill and Dr. D.. B. De Loach will return here in mid-February after investigating possible peacetime flax markets in this country. For Commercial Itefrigeratloit SALES and SERVICE See Karl Urquhart Refrigeration Equipment Co. 611 Klamath Phone 6455 HIGHWAY 47 SOUTH CAL-ORE WILL o '- RE-OPEN TONIGHT Cfll-ORE TflVfRI. Hlft H WAY 97 SOUTH (Feb. 1) With ABBY GREEN And Hii 5-Piece Orchestra CHI-ORf HIOHWAV T SOUTH CM-ORE TAVERI. HIOHWAV 97 SOUTH Statistics showing the much larger reduction in sheep num bers in Oregon in recent years compared with other western states and with the country as a whole, proved to be sobering (acts when presented by H. A. Lindgren, extension livestock specialist, at the annua! meeting o( the Oregon Wool Growers as sociation in Prineville. Records going back to 1B67 showed that the total o( sheep nnrt innihs now is at the lowest nnint since 1880. The number o( sheep ana Minos on urviion (arms, January 1. 1944. is esti mated at 1,217.000 head, which was 16 per cent fewer than the number a yo.tr earlier, and 41 per cent below the 1935-1939 average. Leaders of the association blame high production costs In the range siiecn industry and in ability to get enough competent herders at any price for the fact that the reduction in sheep num bers in eastern Oregon has been 67 per cent, while a 2 per cent increase was shown in western Oregon, where farm flocks un der fence predominate. The con clusion reached from the general discussion of the causes for the decline in the eastern Oregon sheep industry was that many taciors nave combined to in crease the cost of production out of proportion to increased prices o( wool and lambs, thereby mak ing other farm enterprises more profitable. Turkey Bulletin Revised by OSC A revised edition of a former bulletin entitled "Management of Turkey Breeding Stock." bv Noel L. Bennion, extension poui- iryman. nas just Been issued by tne ussu extension service as bulletin No. 644. The new bulle tin is somewhat larger than the old, contains more illustrations, and has some new data and re ports on newer methods. Oregon turkey growers nor mally keep from 300,000 to 325,- uuu turKey breeders, which pro duce more than six million poults. Only about one-third of these poults are brooded on Ore- gon farms, while two-thirds arc exported as poults or hatching eggs to various Darts of the Un . ed States, says Bennion. Ration Calendar War Prim anrf nflnnin n4 aia Main street. attic hnun rt.nJ in J. rn, to 4:30 p. m.: Saturday, 10 a. m. p. ou rnonc tuoi jor au I ru or fixa tion. All ntlHcaHrtn muat ha XT A rT m tn to the War Price end Rationing Board at 430 Main street, and NOT presented in person. SUGAR Ration book 4 Sugar stamp No. 33 valid February 1. PROCESSED FOODS BLUE STAMPS .Ration rw.V J W-9 J-2, K-2, L-2. M-2. X-3 through Z-3 uu UIIUIHII U-J Villi V11IQ. M.U uiAiwra Y-a ana z-a gooa tor 10 DOint each. A -2. R-2. C.o. n.2 nn in valid. Q.5 through X-5 still valid. Take used fats to your meat dealer and he will pay 4 cents and two points per pound. anuw Katton oooic 3 Airplane snot KLAMATH BASIN , Carload Potato Shipments (Figures from Stato-Fcderul Inspoctor Ross Aubrey) Day 01 Month g,..on wm """ "M: " ., J,;.' jraT o o who IUI" 7 u,T am xi i wi 70 " " aa m amw ao , xa irau i'ti w mu N) :eu rait ia l in ou.n o iiT is ia.t mk 31 m inaa in lau awia gg 0111 IU1T 0 I"" 8W0 71 mu win iiJ IIU ! w m a" "a 71 TH T31 44 3U1 IHWT 72 7m asm C aaa aisa 0 7IKI B1RU st ato tuia M b.vi nwu na n ami djj mil ii a im el wi aain a km ea "Si a.w 3u aaa aaau w noi sum M 7:i a M Tito aiiw a7 aio a o inu nnu t aw a4a , 38 1301 37 71B MJ u M.n a 7ia avis 3t 1370 D37S M 7J7 IB0.1 ci iTuu ata ui jo ;w3 aii iaj eo7l 5a tTia P44i a aia ajoa 0 1419 Wll ail IKW 0744 30 14Stii B4l 30 0J0 07M j) 1474 IM7I1 0 oaa 74 31 1303 KUO 57 7ia CarloU Overload! and Truckloada . TOTAI Mia Itamps 1, 2 and 3 sood Indefinitely. uasului E. a iiamp cooa uniii March' 21. 1949. All gas rationing: ap- DlleaUons must be aceomnanfed bv mils. age rationing ilip which was received witn new -a uook. FUEL OIL Period 1 and 3 valid until August 31. 1945. Other periods wUl be announced as they become valid. renoa number a. vana January s. Weekly Market Trend (Td I tor's Note: The following markel Information Is supplied from maturUl obtained over tho government leaird wire in the office of the cxtcnim economist at Oregon State college. The material, In the form of a weekly sum mary ot trends In Ihe livestock market, Is not Intended to replace day by day market reports.) GENERAL LIVESTOCK Except for a sharp In r rente In the sheep dlvUlon. receipts of livestock at North Portland Moudny were about In line with other recent week. The sal able supply of cattle wa 2100 head, hogi 1100, and sheep and Iambi 1300. - Sheep numbers were double those of a week previous. Cattle were fed steers hoes were feeder pigs advanced 25 cents to sell at lis to $13.50. Lamb buyers were pressing for lower prices on the bails of largcd supplies. Marketings of cattle In the midwest recently have been con siderably below those of a few weeks ago and leu than a year earlier. Prices have strengthened under a strong de mand with steers at Chicago On January 24 bringing a top of $17 It. Offerings are now showing a larger proportion of the better grades of fed steers. Eastern hog markets report com paratively light marketings Offerings at the 12 principal midwest markets last week totaled about 230,000 he nil, com pared with about 300.000 head a year ago. Normally, hog slaughter begins to decline around mid-January. Lat year was a notable exception and so far this year receipts have hetd fairly constant, but at a much lower level. A noticeable decline In tha averave quality pf lambs offered at North Port ana nas occurred. Tms is due to the llsrht carlot movement out of feedtnli. Most of the, receipts have been truck Ins from nearby farms. Demand has were up 3.1 rents with good i as high as $16.50. Slaugnter been strong and prices on loot! quality , offerings have held. rK: iiutpi.im No nollcrattlo change In the coil ol Hvciluck feed occurred last week but price average a Utile lower than Ihey were a year ago. Hay Is quoted about the same as a year ago but oats and barley are both slightly lower. Country supplies of oats and barley r becoming sea t ve. rccd corn, which was practically un- obtainable a year ago. Is now available at prices fairly comparable with other icvtl grainm uui reinuvny cixiifiivu with wheat by-pruduct. Prices of com mercial feedstuff, by-products of the milling and criuhlng ntlu trips, continue at ceiling levels at Portland with some Hems still very scarce. win run anu nilildllnei havn held at Hfl W. Ihe celtllia since max I mum prices were first citati- lishcd In IIM;i, L.H,sbc1 meal is qumeii at H7 but supplies ate light, Suytmnn meal sold the pail week at f-fll.di) and meat anu uone moai at m w, Higher livestock prices and somewhat lower grain prices have resulted in moie favorable feeding ratios now than pr valled a year ago, Dated on Chicago prices of No. 3 yellow corn and good lo choice hog, loo pounds of hog would buy 12 H bushels of corn nn an average during the first Hire weeks in aJanuary. compared with 11. 0 biuhels In January 1044. In January tow, 100 pounds of hog would buy IS. 4 bushels of corn. A hundred pounds of good steers will buy 1J.4 bushels of corn in January this season compared wllh 12 0 btithels a year ago, and 14. 0 bushels, the 10-year aver ago. Compared with average, middlings are relatively cheaper than bogs tliU season. A hundred pounds of hogs In January would purchase nn an average 73S pounds of middlings this year com pared with 000 a year ago, and 6U pounds, the 10-year average. WOOI, MAKKKT Trading In domestic Wt-wli was much slower In the Doston wool market the past week. Very Utile graded territory fine staple and half-blood wool remains on which options have not been placed, A lot of ao.OOO pounds of Wyoming three eighths AO's to fttt's- graded staple wool, shrinking 30 per cent, was sold at a grease price of 04 cents. Market Quotations fluxing qiiulalUms; AmwrJrun Van Aim I'ar A f dy .... Am Tel A Tvl Ansrtmda ('lit Packing , I'at Ti actor t'litmi.iMuvt'fllin noi t-mils-Wi'itlil l.'r trial KUM'trle (11 Nor lly litd Illinois t'eitiiol . jut lliii veslei- , . Krnmu'oU l.ocKherjl Long -Hell "A" Mniiigoinery Wtiul . Naslt-Kelv , N Y 1'imti'nl Northern Pnolflu .... 1'or tin X ri , . , Park4itl Motor pcntfi It It llcMOlOU' Slret Kii'hneld (III H.i(eav SUH'es , hears Hoehurk . Fcmthei n Pafific . .., fHIiitlnrtl Hraiitls . . htllivhlne Mining Tiaiis-Amerlt's llnioii till t'nllf . , Pulim I'dCiflc II N Nteel , , ., Warner Pictures . , , am, . 41 i Hi's . 77 . " r -, i?.': . up, a,., . S4; Potatoes tii ? ami 1,1,1 toui ... s ... . f Itllllif Vi IO(l(l f i if Hi " v witii chnlve tiaiu,-. . " '""Ml lt.lt WHEAT I'lllr'a.... keu we,- ':Jr 1 i S ''1' s ft.! .... . i.i i,r; ,"i.iM I'J"' Inking ,.. '.' T ni.S in .. , , i." .V"" t k . in. iiV i, i invsrM i ii.! '.. on i'.'VI r k .?V .1 it y. lit., m , , .,7 llttM. deinanil etfenlu a aiiAttle trai off r i litati mi kel flint at re Ulna ; new slm-k: supplies verv light, demand ex ceeds suipllrs, market (Inn. Maine Katahillna. vi.mmniclfll. $.104; North Da. kola IIU Tilumpha. t. N No I. I 1 1. rommeii'iat WUcnnslit t'hlppewa, i S. Nn. I. S.uw. rioii.ln in irt,k. miss Triumphs. U. 14. No. I, $4 70, POItTt.ANl). Or.. Keb. I lAP WrAI Kaldbln and total fit HI o I MM calves 21; maikel aclive. steady -strung some cows sllahtlv Mailer: coitimon-iiieitliiin steer 111" W l.Ji. rumiiiun lueilluni heifers $lii(K. i:ioo: cull, down to fti.ftt: fanner cutler cow. snivinwt; fat dairy ijpe Cows $900-11 DO. faltly good beef rows $1200: good heavy bulls $11 73-12 Oil, common light bulls down lo $rt 30: koihI. choice vealri $l.l .VI. 13 00: common uuwn lo siooit; runs uuwn in ao.iMi Malable hogs 2Vi; I.Hal 3D0: market active, fullv ilcoriy-; gotMl-chnlce 17i. 210 llw $13 73, 2n3 Hi 3 00. .123 14U IU $14 30. Ugllt llghU $14 3(1: good 41RI. uo lb. sows $1.1 7.4 urn; gmHl chulie feeder nlg iiuolabte $l3(Ht3d. Salable am) total sheep on. few itikkI Phiilro w tied Inmli un to $13 23 or nta above Wednesday s lott: com mon grades salable down to $11,00, good 'Choice ewes quulablo I to $7 23, r mica no. rh. l tAP.wrA. tuiihu hng BOOU: tola! 1.1.0UU; arttve. fully sleauy: good and choir n narrows and gilts IW lbs, and over at $14 73 ceiling, few good and cholra 140-100 lbs. $14 A3 14.73: all tfood and choice Sows 114 UO: arty rlearaiu-e. Haiatiie cattle nwxi: toiat woo; sal a me calves nog; total MOO,- fed steers and yearlings steady to Weak, all nther classes fully steady, however, with row and bulls Active: largely aleer run, eastern rail transportation difficulties bearish factors in market; bulk sleets $14. 2.3-10 00; top $ltl.73 on weighty bul- Clnssificd Ad. Briiif Results. To help feel your best IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROPER IRON LEVEL IN THE BLOOD One-ounce dish of KELLOGG'S All-Bran gives over yard your daily minimum iron needs EVERYONE, young or old, needs iron constantly to help keep up the "iron level" in the blood to help keep vitality up to par. The best place to get iron is in foods. But-there are only a few foods that have a significant amount of iron. Thus, your diet can be lacking in iron with out your knowing it-and your "iron level" may decline. Fortunately, there is one everyday breakfast cereal that is a rich, inexpensive source of readily assimilable iron. It's kellooo's all-bran, which actually gives you more available iron than spinach. And, in addition to iron richness, this nut brown, crunchy breakfast cereal is an important natural source of calcium, phosphorus, and vita mins Bi, Bi and niacin. That's because ALL-BRAN, produced by Kellogg's in Battle Creek, is made from the vital outer layers of finest wheat. KELLOGG'S All-Bran is made from the VITAL OUTER LAYERS of finest wheat fou know that the skin of a potato and the pee of an apple are richest in vitamins and minerals, In the vital outer layers of wheat, too, Nature stores some of the grain's most important nutrients. ' all-bran is made of these vital outer layers and is more abundant in many iood elements than whole Wheat itself. America's Great Regulating Cereal And, in addition to being a storehouse of iron and other important elements, famous kellogg's all-bran is Nature's great rkoulatino cereal. Millions eat it regularly. It's America's most widely used regulating FOOD. Just a one-ounce serving eaten daily is usually adequate for satisfactory taxation, all-bran does not interfere with normal digestion. It is triple-milled for golden softness. Be sure your family gets a good start on its requirements of iron and other important food ilementa! Serve kellooo's all-bran regularly. I.'''' IWIl'HHailiiM . - s Potato Growers! See Tom Thorn before you sell! Nick Delis Co. San Francisco Branch Office Hatfield M'l . . ' IMdllll'lll . .- ii i"nci whirl 1,11 urr i''i,,M iMvminn inirfac. i pniiitT lnii,,i,...ci1 i..-.. . .. . "H, riiii -j iy iiMiiiiiiiuf ,;i.7.""i v-nindii,, ,! Ad, rllJ Cruiser Cooti vockinowj OREGON WOOLEN STB? '"i main Never before Anything inet New tyMtoitriiuplJ Is Btrmlincd for iif3 miiiy Ooiuncil, rorrrf tructcil fiirloncrrM.k . fr0 tlTVlct. lo,r mnl mil. No Win, (jtu,il . iw moving uruge of orxlcr, in otiiinvjra Knjoy running wiln-ili want, whenever vmiwi with this smiting m I J wsier nyiicm. It s ihij tho job, lwy thrift. A Good Supply ol ft rumps Kow on Hii SAMSON Implement Cj 2424 6outh ilk I'.l Klamath FtlU Lenny's woics MORE BLOOD DONATIONS NEEDED NOW Mill Edith Jane Meyer, 835 Trinity Ave., Bronx, N. Y., gave hor first pint of blood on her 21st birthday, two yean ago. To dote, ihe hai donated 7 pints. Other patriots oro urged to donate blood for urgently noodad plmma. ' Fluid part of tho blood Is rostorod in a fow hours. Maintaining the body's proper "iron level" helps to robulld the rod corpuiclos. Eat kellooo's all-bsan as a cereal, . uiniuinns, or on otner cereals. MIMlki ILUUiitu sssT try. 11 ffff V II Pi It alllsb . . ' From the cock of the walk to the lowliest biddy the word's get ting around that Larro Feeds are back with alt their prewar quality. Dur ing the emergency, Larro Feeds were maintained at the highest nutrient level possible under wartime conditions. But now that ingredient restrictions have been lifted, Larro Feeds are restored to their full quality standard. Look for the "Farm tested" label! 7J OeNIRAW sun. Fr ley. Afi"Fi In the first twelve weeks, good, healthy chick! often multiply their hatching weight thirty times. Larro Chick Builder ii dcsiRned ' provide nutrient which help chicks fulfill tnia natural urge to grow. Years of research m feeding tests at Larro Research Form ljv proved Larro Chick Builder economical w. iced, safe and productive. SFP VnilD i a bra re a i CD vl linilSV 1EiM-n "Farm-luM" Is a ntlilircd trada.marV f flENERAI'