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THURSDAY. MAR 29, 1856
THE EAGLE. VERNONIA, ORE
Dur Great America ☆
AROUND THE FARM
Panty. parity price is a term
that we hear often but it is one
that is not too well understood,
especially by non-farm people.
The word panty is so frequently
heard in connection with support
prices that some folks might con
fuse these two
In effect parity prices are the
dollar and cents pnces that will
give farm commodities the same
buying or purchasing power that
these commodities had m a select
ed base period when the prices
receis ed by farmers and the prices
paid by farrx-rs •■ere cons-dened
to be m poaa haiance 7>...' pur
ctiajur.c power is metis-red -n
»cons of <1 prices of poods pur
chaxer. bi farmers. I ir.tt-ress or.
ram moerceanf-s- sec-reo by
tarn. rea. essate. >'S) Tares oe
tam rea nnw and 4 Cash
v*arr rases paic h-ned labor
Par ty pnces are tax set up to
measure cost ci production plus
a fair profit Also they are not
prices that will provide farm.rs
with income equal to non-farm
people.
However, when prices
of farm commodities are at pari
ty, farm incomes are in a muci
better balance with those of non
farm people than when prices
are below panty.
There might be some question
by some people about the fairness
of seeking a balance between
pnces received and prices paid.
However, a similar situation ex-
lrts in industry where compari
sons are made between wages
paid workers and living costs.
Labor contracts often contain cost
of living clauses to which wage
rates are geared—a relationship
that is similar to parity.
The basic period used in com
puting parity prices generally is
the period of 1910-14 This peri
od was selected because it was
one in which farm and non-farm
pnces apparently were in reason
able balance with one another.
For many commodities a more
recent period, or modernized par
ity. is used for determining the
relationship of prices.
Naturally parity pnces change
from time to time and in the
same direction and by the same
relative amount as pnces paid by
farmers change. Thus if prices
farm *rs pay doubles, parity pri
ces double; or if farm prices go
down tn half, panty drops to
half When the price of a cer
tain commodity—say beef—is at
panty, the return from 1000
pounds of beef will buy as much
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I it did during the five-year period
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If the price is below
panty the farmer can buy less
with the return from 1000 pounds
of beef; when it is above he can
buy more.
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The effective panty price is
computed for 165 commodities on
the fifteenth of each month by
the Bureau of Agricultural Econ
omies and publish d in the
bureau's nud-month price re-
ports Some at the parity prices
reported for February 15 are as
foiiows M..i per hundredweight,
5-4 or oau per bushel. $*4j beef
catlJe per h.uridrvdae.ght. $21 10.
eggs per dozer, 45 4c. and lambs
per hundredweight, $2323.
Most of the present prices are
bejew parity. One interesting ob-
serration on this panty matter is
mat the only time that pnces
for farm commodities have been
up to or above parity is during
periods when the United States
was at war.
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Agricultural Council to Hold County
Conference at Rainier April 4
Columbia county's agricultural
RIVERVIEW — Several young planning council has set the date
people from the Friendly Bible of the Ten Year Agricultural Con
church in Portland visited at th«-, ference for April 4, announces
home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Elmer
Loyd,
chairman.
The
Snook Sunday afternoon and then council will meet at 8:00 p.m. at
attended the youth meeting and the Raimer elementary school ts
church services at the Vernonia hear the recommendations of the
Bible church. The visitors were: committees.
Beverly Avery, Al Reichenberger,
For the past three months the
Billy Miano, Craig Wechesser, nine committees of the council
Gaily Langdon. Maiy Neal, Jew have been working on the specific
ell Fest. Opal Bond, Joyce Beigh- problems in their field. Most of
ley, Judy Johnson, Deanna Ruff them have given considerable
and Daniel Ready.
study to the current situation
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrison that exists in the county as well
moved from First street to the as taking stock of the potential
Scha'ock house at Treharne.
for the area, and in addition they
Mr and Mrs. Joe Lindsley of have attempted to look ten years
Springfield visitd at the home in the future in making recom
of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Lindsley mendations that would benefit
Saturday.
Columbia county and its people.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bond of We
A similar conference was ear
ott, California have be-n visiting
ned out by the council in Febru
in the neighborhood. They spent
ary 1946, according to county ex-
Saturday night with Mr and
I tension agent, Don Coin Walrod.
Mrs. John Krinick and visiting at
However, the recommendations
the Ed Buckner home both Sat-
made at that time have eithe;
urdav and Sunday.
been accomplished in many cases,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Huntley
or they are in need of revision.
took their daughter, Mrs. George
The nine committees working
Schless r to the home of her hus-
in preparation for the agricultur
band's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Schlesser at Beaverton on al conference are Livestock with
Saturday, where she will visit Bill Minkoff, Clatskanie, as chair,
man; crops and soils under chair
for a while.
man Floyd Lee ver. Goble; weeds,
Earl Watson; forestry led by Ev
SCOUT LEADERS TRAIN
erett Skeans, Raimer; dairy un
Jewell Lloyd. John Vike and der Jack Leu, Goble; 4-H and
Truman Knight attended a Scout youth committee led by Mrs.
leaders basic training course in Frances Harper. Yankton; horti
Portland Saturday and Sunday, culture under Bob Wence, Goble;
March 24 and 25. at the new poultry. Bob Bullis. Rainier; and
council training center. Lloyd farm and family living under the
and Knight completed the train chairmanship of Mrs. Hans Hov
ing and were presented with cer land. Raimer.
tificates Vike completed the last
The committee on farm and
half of the work
family living gives consideration
to a wide variety of subject rang
Prudence is an excellent vir ing from taxation to recreation.
tue—but don't confuse it with Problems having to do with the
timidity.
home and the family and its gen
eral welfare are the main inter
ests of this committee, which has
been one of the more important
ones in the past
The agricultural planning coun
cil is an organization that works
with and assists the extension ser
lîi HERE! the
vice in planning and carrying out
the type of program that the
people of the county indicate can
best meet their needs. Approxi
mately 150 people are included in
the membership of the commit
tees.
Everyone is invited to the agri
cultural conference program, but
Loyd particularly urges that bus
inessmen and the heads of or
ganizations attend.
YESTERDAYS
FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Eagle, March 29. 1951
James Johns was named Cub
master to succeed Darrold Proehl
who will serve as assistant.
The women’s bowling team
sponsored by Betty's Cafe and
composed of Mary Wiese, Agn.es
Blount, Esme Closner, Bess Wells
and Hazel Shipman placed se
venth in the Oregon State Wo
men's Bowling tournament.
Mrs W. F. McDonald and 12
Rainbow Girls
attended the
grand assembly at Seaside from
Thursday until Sunday.
TEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. March 28, 194S
R. M. Aldrich, S P &S. railway
agent here, retired this week af
ter 47 years railroading, 22 of
which were sp^nt in Vernonia.
Mrs. Harry Culbertson, local
chairman of the Red Cross drive
reported^that $1051.68 had been
turned in to date.
New members initiated by Ver
nonia Temple No. 61 this week
at the time of the official visit
of Grand Chief Mildred Harwood
were Edna Gwin. Faye Davis,
Laura Junken and June Willis.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle, March 28, 1941
Hiram Van Blancom was hon
ored with a party on his 86th
birthday.
Red, white and blue streamers
and flags were used for decora
tions for the Little Dance club's
last dance of the season held Sat
urday night at the I O O F. hall.
Music was furnished by Hal
Cook’s orchestra.
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
wage earners
rights
in Oregon
Official Newspaper of
Vernonia, Oregon
Marvin Kamholz
Editor and Publisher
* Entered as second class mail
matter, Augast 4, 1922 at the
post office m Vernonia. Oregon
under the act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription price $3 00 yearly
in the Nehalem Valley. Else
where $3.50.
Subject: Child Labor Restrictions
All minors under 18 have the
safeguards of Oregon’s child la-
bor laws. Some basic protections
of these laws are those which pre
vent excessive work-time, ha
zardous work, and work in en
vironments generally considered
undesirable for youth. These are
explained below.
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Q How many hours may my
16-year-old son work?
A There are three maximums
in work time for all minors m
industrial employment. They are
an 8-hour day. a 44-hour week
and a 6-day week. The only ex
ception is on seasonal work in
processing perishable farm pro
ducts when a 10-hour day is per
mitted for minors over 16. Be
fore employment, a minor must
obtain a release from school if
any work involves school hours.
Q What kinds of work are re
garded as too hazardous for mi
nors?
A. The following are some oc
cupations in which employment
of a minor is prohibited under
circumstances. Check carefully
before encouraging a minor to
take 'work in any of these classi
fications—
1. Logging operations
2. Sawmill operations
3. Operation of motor vehicles
4. On power-driven woodworking
machines
5. On power-driven metal-cutting
machines
6. Slaughtering and meat-packing
7. Mining
8. Elevator operator
9. Manufacturing of explosives
10. On power-driven bakery ma
chines
11. Work that exposes to radio
active substances
12. Paper products machine op
eration.
Q. Are girls prohibited from do
ing any kinds of work?
A. Additional prohibitions on
the employment of girls under 18
ban the jobs of car hop. house-to-
house canvassing, and maid in
hotel or motel. No minors, girls
or boys, may be employed where
draught beer is sold.
If you have a question, write
Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen.
State Bureau of Labor, Salem,
Oregon.
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Nine New Books
Now In Library
New books which are now
available at the Vernonia Pub
lic library include:
The Scarlet Cord by Frank
Slaughter; Case of the Terrified
Typist, Earle Stanley Gardner;
The Gentlemen, Edison Marshall:
Search for Bndey Murphy, Morey
Bernstein; Valley of the Vines,
Joy Packer; Murder in Haiti,
John W. Vandercook; Behind the
Mountains, Christopher La Farge
and a young peoples book. Youth,
Youth, Youth, an exciting collec
tion of stories helping the girl or
boy to realize that there aren't
any new problems under the sun.
They have all been faced and
solved before, collected by Albert
B. Tibbets.
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48 HEAD REG. & GRADE A DAIRY CATTLE 48
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! 7? milking cow* of which 10 ar« Reg. Holstein. < grade Ayreshire*. 3
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1953. All double tested. Full information will be given at sale.
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C. Power takeoff mower 4 ft. New Idea side delivery rake. Model 45
McCormick automatic pickup baler, horse drawn disc, one section
spring tooth, stock trailer, manure spreader.
THE VERNONIA EAGLE
PHONE 191
VERNONIA
Terms: See clerk or your local banker before sale date. .
C. W. Christiansen. Auctioneer.
Henry H. Anderegg, j
Forest Grove Auction Mart.
Owner
A. H. Abts, of H:Ilsboro Branch.
U. S. National Bank. Clerk.
A* atao offering my 32 acre riverbottem farm l'l story ? room house
wtl full basement modern. Barn 5>x 32 Grade A. Large hay barn
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