At the Churches EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN Master Warns of BPA Rate Fight The well being of every North­ west citizen is threatened by the —Rev. Allen H. current campaign to force Bonne­ Backer, Minister ville power administration to in­ 9:45 — Sunday crease its rates, according to Mor­ ton Tompkins, master of the Ore­ school gon state grange. 11:00—Morning worship. ‘.This is not a question of pub­ 6:30 p.m.—Young People’s service. lic vs. private power. It is a move 7:30—Evening service. Wed. Eve., 7:30—Bible study and on the part of eastern and mid­ west industry to keep the Pacific prayer meeting. Northwest in the status of a back­ LATTER DAY SAINTS ward empire,” he asserted. Sunday school convenes at 10 “The standard Bonneville rate a.m. at 925 Rose Ave un , ■ , . ------------------------------ ------------- ---------------------- Oregon State Fair Dates Set % • The 1947 Oregon state fair will open on Labor day, Septem­ ber 1, Director E. L. Peterson and Manager Leo G. Spitzbart an­ nounced last week. The dates were set by the state board of agriculture at its recent semi-annual meeting. The 1947 fair will run seven days, closing Sunday, September 7. The seven- day exhibition has been scheduled for a number of years, as also has been the Labor day opening. Fair officials and the board are already giving attention to strengthening some of the phys­ ical facilities at the fair grounds. This applies particularly to those overtaxed on the days of greatest fair patronage. At the 1946 fair, the first after a four-year war recess, more than one-fourth of the entire week’s paid attendance of nearly 200,000 persons jammed the grounds on the opening day. Crowds smashed all previous rec­ ords. In setting the dates for this year’s fair, the officials are op­ timistic that the farmers of Ore­ gon will point to that week with a record exhibit of livestock and farm produce. • Ag Bccklet Ready For Distribution A revised edition of the book­ let, “Agriculture in Oregon,” is now being mailed in response to queries for information about .Oregon farming, the stat; de­ partment of agriculture reports. Besides containing a general pic­ ture of farming in the various sections of Oregon, the 32-page booklet gives considerable addi­ tional agricultural data, mostly broken down to a county basis. Much of the statistical informa­ tion is from the federal farm cen­ sus of 1945, although the state 30 Tour Tree Farm Saturday Trapper Wins Daily Award James K. Martin, well known trapper from Birkenfeld, is a winner of the daily award for correct pelt handling in the Eighteenth National Fur Show conducted by the Raw Fur Mar­ keting Service of Sears Roebuck and Company at Seattle. Martin’s carefully handling of mink pelt brought him one of the $5.00 daily awards, as a result of its being judged one of the three best handled skins among all pelts received at raw fur marketing station in Seattle on Saturday, December 28, and in addition en­ titles Martin to consideration for one of the major awards, in- vluding $1000.00 first award to be selected at the final judging which will be held in April. Correct pelt handling — the prime purpose of the fur shows—- has proved to be of vital import­ ance to trappers due to the fact that milllions of dollars were for­ merly wasted through careless incorrect skinning, stretching and drying of furs—dollars which could readily have gone into the trappers’ pockets instead pf be­ ing cast to the winds. Well-pre­ pared pelts command more money than poorly handled ones thus increasing not alone the earnings to the trapper, but the value of our country’s natural resources, (See Story Page 1) Thirty professors and students from Oregon Stat* College came here by bus Saturday on a special trip to view first-hand the work that is being dorte on the Colum­ bia County Tree Farm. The vis­ itors were taken on a tour by Farm Supervisor Glen Hawkins. Making the visit were: W. Mc­ Culloch, J. R. Dilworth and R. F. Keniston, professors and Wayne O. Harris, James C. Manley, Scol- lay C. Parker, A. L. Sorseth, Milt Easton, Sherwood C. Trotter, N. E. Bjorklund, R. E. Rogers, Rarryl E. Storm, Ralph A. Wiese, J. W. Wagg, R. E. Corthell, B. H. Underwood, R. D. Schwartzlender, F. J. Lyne, L. D. Hayes, K. G. Borchgrevink, L. thka, R. C. Fink, W. I. Stein, Richard A. Campbell, William J. Sauerwein, J. M. Barnes, C. H. Hinman, E. L. Johnson, Wayne G. Hubbard and R. C. Mangroll. • The estimated American veteran population increased by 210,000 during November to reach a total of 17,905,000, of whom 13,9959,000 had served in World War II. More than 50,000 veterans (in the Pacific Northwest) are en­ rolled in schools and colleges. For Quick Starts Be sure your battery, is charged and your cars plugs are clean and correctly adjusted. Check today— don’t be delayed. ROSE AVE. GARAGE H. H. Sturdevant ANY NML5 ? MATERIALS DELAYED ? rUKWACES ? has enjoyed the cooperation of state and other federal groups in gathering the material. n IT TAKES A LOT OF CALLS TO GET THINGS DONE TODAY The Forest Grove s NATIONAL BANK À INVITES YOU TO BANK BY MAIL IF INCONVENIENT TO COME IN PERSON & See this bank for LOANS of all types It is an amazing fact, but there are more tele­ phone calls being placed now than during the busi­ est times in the war years! This story told to us last week by one of our sub­ scribers may help you understand why. Our friend owns a lumber and hardware firm, and he told us that he received over one hundred phone calls in a single day, just to find out if he had any nails in stock! And he, in turn, made almost as many calls to sup­ pliers all over the U. S. trying to obtain the materials his customers so badly needed. Similar stories could be told every day through­ out the length of our system. Calls from homes are higher than ever, too, both for our local service and long distance. We of your telephone company are doing every­ thing we can to give you the best telephone service possible. We have much material and equipment on order, but many critical items are still difficult or impossible to obtain. We wish to thank you, our subscribers, for your cooperation and understanding during this period. 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