Vernonia eagle., January 21, 1954, Page 4, Image 4

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THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1954 THE EAGLE,
VERNONIA,
ORE.
AROUND THE FARM’^iX
A tansy ragwort plant in full
tloom was sent into the office
by R. E. Keene, Wilark, for iden-
t.ficalion. Apparently the plant
was one that was about to bloom
erben fall weather set it, but since
the weather was not cold enough
to kill the tops back, it went
¿.head making slow growth until
it bloomed. Incidently, this plant
aid not come from Columbia
• ounty, but was found on some
land that was rented by Keene.
The appearance of a plant in
t loom at this time of the year
j>otnU out how persistent this
weed can be. Nevertheless, we
teel optimistic about the possibil­
ity of eliminating this stock-
killer, or at least reducing it to
the point that it is not a major
probl m. Much of the thanks
lor the progress made on this
scure must go to Earl Watson,
Delena, and the other members
if the weed control committee,
and also to Bob Robinson, who
has b:en county weed inspec­
tor for the past few years.
Recently we have heard or
feeri two or three reports indicat.
ng that Columbia county was one
if tlie counties having ragweed,
the heavy pollen producing weed
that causes so much discomfort
for th«’ hay-fever sufferer. How­
ever. we hav? been unable to
n-rify any of these reports, and
at present it is our belief that
we do not have this pest in Co­
lumbia county.
Market reporters and econo­
mists indicate on the average the
American housewife paid about
1’ pif cent less for the items that
»be purchased from the grocery
«tore during 1953 than in 1952.
But even with the slightly lower
prices, consumers (and we are all
< nc) paid a higher food bill in
1953. This was because they ate
nare food, but also because they
ate more expensive food, and
r«eriiaps more meals in restau-
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Economists all seem to agree
that for the past several years
people in this country have been
spending about 27 per cent of
their spendable income for food.
However, they also indicate that
they have spent only 18 per cent
of their spendable income for
food had the housewife bought
only the same kinds and same
quantities of food as before the
war.
Our eating habits are changing
in that we are now eating more
fruits and vegetables, eggs, dairy
products, meats, fish, and poul­
' try; and. we are eating less of the
c:real products and less potatoes.
Altogether each person ate about
one per cent more in 1953 than in
1952, and estimates of those who
have studied the subject show
that we are eating about 12 per
cent more food now than during
the prewar years.
Earl Butz, Agricultural Econo­
mist of Purdue University has,
along with many others, deve­
loped food costs in relation to the
amount of effort required to pay
for them. “In 1948 the American
factory worker spent 6.4 minutes
to get a pound of white br<.ad. To­
day he spends 5.8 minutes. In
1948 he spent 40 minutes to get
his pound of round steak. Today
he gets it in 30 minutes. In 1948
he spent 25 minutts to get his
pound of hamburger. Today he
gets it in 20 minutes.
In 1948
he spent 9.5 minutes to get a
quart of milk delivered to his
doorstep. Today he g.ts it in 6.0
minutes.
Never before in the
history of America was food so
cheap in the terms of the human
effort required to buy it.”
Farmers received an average of |
45 cents out of each dollar that
consumers spent for farm food
products in 1953. The remaining
55 per cent went to pay the mar­
keting and processing charges
after the products left the hands
of the farmers. The share of the
retail price received by farmers
varies widely by commodities. For
example the costs of transporta­
tion are high for some perishablq
fruits and vegetables that are
often shipped long distances to
market.
In this instance the
farmer averaged only 29 cents
out of the consumer’s dollar sp nt
in 1953 for fruits and vegetables.
After observing that bear can
do a lot of damage in second
growth stands of Douglas fir, es.
pecially early in the year by pull­
ing the bark loose near the base
to get at the inner layers, George
A. Nelson, St. Helens, decided to
try to put a stop to it. After
building a log-cabin type cage
with a falling lid, Georg? used a
half hog head wired to the trig­
ger as bait. In this way, George
got to trap his bear and to shoot
it also. George reported that the
bear did considerable chewing
on the inside of the walls during
the two or three day interval be­
tween trap inspections, and if he
had confined his chewing to one
area he might have escaped. Now
George indicates that he is pre­
paring to eat the bear after hav­
ing it smoked and cured.
Announce Cancellation of Sun­
day Deliveries Until Further No­
tice Due to High Production Costs
and to Allow a Day Off for Our
Employees.
HENRY ANDEREGG
FLOYD BUSH
Iaauad Weekly by Extension De­
partment, OSC and USDA
By Helen Sell»
Home Extension Agent
The preliminary meeting for
j the Better Dress Workshop will
I be held at the Rainier high
school auditorium on Friday, Feb­
ruary 5, starting at 10:30 in the
morning and continuing through
until 3:00 in the afternoon. Those
attending are asked to bring along
their sack lunches for the noon
hour.
Janet Taylor, clothing specialist
from the Oregon Extension Ser­
vice will give the instruction on
selection of material for the work­
shops.
Attendance at this meeting is
required for those wishing to en­
roll in the Better Dress Work­
shops.
Better Dress Workshops sched­
uled for March unit meetings are
receiving focus among extension
members these days. Additional
cotton dress workshops are being
conducted by some of our pro­
ject l.aders so more of the mem­
bers may be qualified for this ad.
vance training.
Our project leaders deserve
much credit for the additional
work, time and often times much
patience which this involves. In
addition to spending days receiv­
ing this training, they spend an
equal amount of time and often
much more in passing on this
information to their n.ighbors.
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Oregon State College — Logs
remained in short supply in west­
ern Oregon last week.
Many
mills were operating on limited
schedules because of the shortage.
Prices were unchanged.
SAWLOGS: No. 2 second-
growth Douglas fir sawlogs at
Willamette Valley mills ranged
from $30 to $42 a thousand, most,
ly $35 to $40. No. 3’s were $25 to •
$30. Long camp-run logs ranged j
from $30 to $40 a thousand, most­
ly $33 to $38. Short logs were
$2 to $5 less.
Eight-foot logs
down to six-inch tops were $15
to $16.50 a cord, or $30 to $38 a i
thousand.
Old-growth Douglas fir saw­
logs were $40 to $47.50 for No. 2’s [
and $25 to $37.50 for No. 3’s.
Peeler logs sold over a wide
range. Top prices wsre $85. $95,
and $110 a thousand.
POLES AND PILING: Demand
was fair to good for 40 and 45- j
foot barkie poles at Willamette i
Valley pole yards. The volume •
of poles being brought in was
small.
Forty-five foot barkits •
ranged from 15 to 23 cents a
lineal foot, depending on dia- I
meters.
PULPWOOD: Unpeeled hem- j
lock, spruce, true firs, and Doug. [
las fir for pulp w.re $15 a cord I
at St. Helens. Cottonwood was '
$23 to $24 a thousand for 24 to 38 !
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Much of the success of well- foot logs at Eugene and Lebanon. 1
HARDWOODS: Aid t , ash and
made garments in our Better
Dress Workshop depends upon a maple at Portland brought $36 a
good sewing machine. The regu­ thousand for 16-inch logs. Eleven­
lar cleaning of this bit of home inch logs were $34, and eight-inch
equipment helps assure better logs were $30. Top quality high­
land maple brought $34 at Al­
service.
Begin by cleaning out all hnt bany. Both alder and maple were
and dust.
An old tooth brush $29 a thousand in eight-foot
is good for this. Lint and dust lengths at Lebanon. Long.r logs
will cause the machine to run were $30.
OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS:
heavy and sometimes prevent it
from sewing properly. It will Dry Cascara bark was 12 cents a
also put an undue strain on the pound. Swordfern was 14 cents a
bunch. Oregon grape root was
motor of an electric machine.
After removing the lint and 10 cents a pound at Portland.
dust, oil the machine with oil
Today’s work that is put off
made especially for sewing ma­
chines. Put one drop of oil in until tomorrow probably got the
each bearing and oil hole. Never same treatment yesterday.
oil the tension. Run the machine
There’s more hard work than
with some waste cloth under th.
pressure foot to absorb excess luck in most success stories.
oil from around the needle and
feed works.
It is a good practice to oil your
machine after each day’s work or
after eight to ten hours of use.
If your machine needs a more
thorough cleaning than this, fol-
low the instructions that came
with the machine. If you hav?
misplactd the instruction booklet.
ask at our office for a copy of
Sewing Machines—Cleaning and
Adjusting, FB 1944.
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Lesson Given
At Unit Meet
Nehalem Dairy
Pebble Creek Dairy
1 AROUND
HOME...
Whether your home is new or
old, simple pre-tested lighting
recipes can show you exactly
how to get all the light you need
for all of your kitchen tasks.
Today’s light conditioned kitch
en includes light over the sink,
over the rang , and over at least
one work counter to give just i
the light you need—where you
need it.
The garnet sometimes is gre- n,
instead of the familiar red.
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WEEKLY FOREST
MARKET REPORT . . .
"Making Buttons. Buckles, and
Belts” was th" theme of the les­
son given at the regular meeting
of th Mist-Nehalem home exten­
sion unit Friday, January 8. at
the home of Mrs. Lawrence Jep­
son of Birkenfeld.
Mrs. Fred
Busch and Mrs. Clair Devine
demonstrated th«- making of cov­
ered cord, th n tyin? a Chinese
button from that.
Belts and
buckels from material were also
shown.
A report from the research
chairman. Mrs. Elvin Larson, on
"Taking time to be a better citi-
z.n” was given.
A discussion
was held on the nameplates for
the festival. Mrs. Joe Roeser was
appointed for health and safety
chairman.
A memorial service was held
in memory of Mrs. J. E. Crawford
by the reading of John 10-14 by
Zella Bellingham and also a
prayer for the family and friends.
The March meeting was filled
at this m eting by the decision
to have Mrs. Udey teach cake
decoration.
The next meeting will be at the
horn«’ of Mrs. Howard Jon« - of
Bn kenfeld on salads and salad
drssngs by Mrs. E E. Larson
and Mrs. R Gar lock Th«' lesson
will be iri the morning and those
attending will sample the salads
for lunch.
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Convention of Stockmen Due
All livestock producers and their
friends are invited to attend the
16th annual convention of the
W’estem Oregon Livestock associa­
tion being held in Salem. Janu­
ary 25-27, reports George Poysky.
president of the Columbia Coun­
ty Livestock association.
The Western Oregon Livestock
Association is made up of the
thirteen county livestock associa­
tions of Western Oregon. Presi­
dents of county associations serve
as directors for the Western Ore­
gon association and each member
of a county association is also a
member of the W’estem Oregon
association.
Monday. January 25, will see
the start of the convention at
10:30 a.m. Headquarters will be
the Senator hotel. Monday’s ses.
sion will be general business with
committee meetings in the after­
noon. Quite a number of Co­
lumbia county stockmen have
been assigned to committees, but
the m.etings are open to anyone
interested. They are welcome to
sit in with committees which in­
clude range and pasture, preda­
tory animals and game, swine,
livestock disease, and legislation.
The Tuesday and Wednesday
programs will be given over to
speakers and to committee re­
ports. Governor Patterson will 1
speak at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
Miles Teneyck will give a demon
stration on lamb cutting; there
will be a pan?l on the major
problems of the livestock indus­
try with E. L. “Dad’’ Potter as
moderator, a speaker on range
and pasture management, and a
talk on taxation by Art Johnson,
Astoria. The annual banquet will
be Tuesday evening.
Roads Given Attention
During Bad Weather
MIST — Snow plows and
sanders are ousy during this
weather.
Both Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Melis
ar? sick. Mr. Melis is feeling a
little better, but Mrs. Melis was
taken to the Longview hospital
Friday morning, where she still
is.
Mrs. Vern Fugerson from
Kirkland, Washington, their
daughter, is at the Melis horn •
and also the granddaughter, Miss
Joan Melis, from Seaside, helping
with the chores and work.
Miss Margaret Dippold from
Clatskanie was a recent visitor ot
the George Jones.
The Bert Eastmans were motoi
ists to Clatskanie one day last
week.
Adte'lifemtnl
where I sit... by Joe Marsh
Open Even When
Hezs Closed
Must have been davdreanung
on my way to a meeting down in
Centerville the other night. My
car ran dry before I thought to
look at the gas gauge, but I man­
aged to coast into a gas station—
and found it closed!
Well, I thought my plans were
ruined for sure until I noticed
u gasoline can with a sign: “This
is emergency gas. Ju»t help your-
;. If and leave the can with $1.00.
Thanks.”
Got atartwd, a.A<ie ute meeting
on time, and had enough gas to
get back home again—thanks to
a trusting friend.
From where 1 sit, folks who
trust their neighbors make the
world a better place to live in. For
instance, letting a friend express
his personal preferences, is one
way of trusting your neighbor.
Sometimes I prefer a temperate
glass of beer in the evening but
1'11 always ask what you'd like
before I pour yours.
Copyright, 1954, I mied Slates tireuers !■ validation