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Employment Is High for 1964 ì •5 » $ AROUND THE FARM *♦ î 3 > BRUNSMAN < INSULATED UNDERSUIT HARDWARE and ELECTRIC A year-end report from the Ore gon department of employment put F IN E F U R N IT U R E 1964 at the top of the list for high By V employment, low unemployment and 9 9 SIMMONS an expected good employment econo 5 Slumber King Innei »5 my for the new year, Governor Mark S Spring Mattress and V . X* <~ Hatfield stated recently at Salem. 9 Box Springs $ A Q95 The governor said the estimated Price, each *Z With a high percentage of Columbia red clover crop. Red clover does not average total employment for the Beauty Rest Inner county’s farm lands located along the lend itself well to making of hay, es state in 1964 was 730,600, some 17,800 Spring Mattress and Columbia River, the extent of flood pecially at an early date when above the average employed in 1963. Bex $f7Q 50 damage continues to be the current weather conditions are not favorable. An all-time record was set in August 2*pi«co, 5 ounc* Coiocloud. Springs, Each • with 788,600 employed . high point of interest. Although many Easy-to*wo«h, qu>ck dry, warn. Sites smatl tfwovgh extra large. In May, 1963, the Federal Commun individuals have experienced damage Governor Hatfield said the non (SC0010-1-SC0013-8) certainly Columbia county fared bet ications Commission formally abol farm wage and salary index, which ter than many of the Willamette Val ished CONELRAD. Although t h i s reached an all-time high of 119.0 in M a s f r c r a f t 36 Month ’news’ is more than a year old, we November is a good sign for the em ley counties. 6 VOLT BATTERY At the writing of this column there have been getting some questions ployment economy to continue on a has not been adequate time to fully about CONELRAD, which indicate high level into 1965, especially if the assess the extent of damage. Inunda that the word hasn’t gotten around. index rose again in December as it In the CONELRAD system, all was expected to do. tion has been the biggest threat with the greatest damage probably occur- authorized radio stations were to Insured unemployment rates in Oc ing from flooding of Columbia Diking broadcast emergency information on tober and November were at a 10- District Number One, the Columbia 640 and 1240 kilocycles. Therefore, year low for that time of the year. transmissions on these two frequen Though seasonal unemployment start 3 L ig h t B la c k county portion of Sauvies Island. cies would have been coming from an d B ra s s From Model 23 CK 302 ed the unemployment rate on an up As soon as damage can be fully POLE appraised, and programs determined, transmitters all over the country at ward trend toward the end of No $7.99 LAMP residents of flooded areas will be ad the same time. This would confuse vember, insured unemployment, over Don’t buy a color TV that may soon be the guidance system of an aircraft Modern pole lamp w ilb 1964 as a whole, was at one of its obsolete. vised of emergency aid programs be Get a Motorola Rectangular black bullet lamps, ing offered to speed recovery. While which was trying to follow a radio lowest periods in over a decade. Low black and brass pole. no details are available at the present beam to a particular town. Missiles est rate was reached in October at Color TV. time, we have learned that emergen and bombers now use newer and bet 1.9 percent for the two weeks ending For all Chev., Ford, Plym. e Handwired Chassis October 5, also the lowest point for cy loans will be available through ter guidance systems. 19 56 and o ld .r. (D A 75 -97 ) I * 1* CONELRAD also had some serious e Full Year Guarantee the whole year. Farmers Home Administration. weaknesses. Many rural areas were 8’ B a t t e r y B o o s te r Contract construction and wood e Color Indicator Light so far from a CONELRAD station CABLE SET products, lumbering and logging con For those folks who have suffered that people couldn’t hear emergency e New Slim Cabinet damage to property from flooding, test instructions. These people would tinued to be the big employers cov Oregon State University has prepar have been without instructions dur ed under the laws of the Oregon de (Many Other Models In Stock) ed a series of fact sheets providing ing a real emergency. Others, living partment of employment. Around information on how to care for vari near two or more stations, couldn’t 39,000 employers in the state are A rm strong Budgetone vinyl floor covering. ous kinds of equipment and house understand either one when they both now paying into the unemployment hold goods that have been damaged started broadcasting on the same insurance trust fund. A majority of Square $*| 2£ these employers will receive reduced by inundation. These may be obtain frequency (640 or 1240 kilocycles). Y ard_________ unemployment insurance tax rates ed at the extension office. Congoleum vinyl Fore Under the Emergency Broadcast beginning January 1, which rates cast floor covering. ing System (EBS), stations will stay Square “Grow or perish” is the handwrit at normal power on their regular range from 1.2 to 2.7 percent depend ing on the wall for dairy cooperative, frequencies. You won’t have to turn ing upon the employer’s experience Y ard_______ is the belief of Frank Groves, Uni to 640 or 1240. Stations which hold ratings. This is expected to save 9x12 Plastic 15 versity of Wisconsin economist. Al National Defense Emergency Author employers about $6 million in U.I. Surface Rugs Heavy duly cable, copper clad though the words are new, we’ve izations will stay on the air during taxes during the coming year com clips. For 12 volt s y it.m i. heard the thought expressed many emergencies. All others will close pared to the taxes paid during 1964. Starts stalled cars quick. SETS (AJ0500B8) times in recent months. Probably the down. Therefore, any station you can An estimated average of 31,200 idea should not be restricted to just hear during an emergency will be workers were employed in contract dairy marketing cooperatives, either. part of the EBS. Stations will ident construction during the year. Con One reason for starting coopera ify themselves by area rather than struction worker earnings averaged T.V .Pillowback Recliner tives was to provide farmers with the call letters, so you can just turn the $149.25 per week, the highest weekly $¡8 52 Gallon Vinyl Covered, Foam wage paid to any industry in the means of balancing the power of dial until you find a station that is ISilvar Saal Set and Foam Back. large buyers. Failure to keep pace giving information for your area. The state during 1964. Electric Now $ /? O 8 8 WATER Lumber and wood products employ with the concentration that is taking EBS stations will cover more of the Only La Salle “Fan Gio” UF&TFR place in the markets has meant that country than CONELRAD did and ed an average of some 72,200 people Automatic Elec. Heater cooperatives are not providing as stations won’t interfere with each with production workers in the in with $ a J 95 much countervailing power as was other any more than they do now. dustry earning an average of $116 Thermostat.... “ originally intended. EBS stations have built-in fallout per week. Logging and sawmills em “Many feel.” says Groves, "that protection so they are able to stay ployed an estimated average of 39,- Titan Circl-Aire Portable one of the reasons co-ops have failed on the air 24 hours a day during a 100 persons during the year at an Baseboard Elec. Heater to keep pace is that their merger nuclear emergency. Most have emer estimated $116.75 per week. Combination Fan-Forced Thermostatically Controlled For the most part during 1964, policies have not been as aggressive gency generators in case their regu and Radiant $ 0 0 9 5 Oa^ an<l Wood as those of their competitors. Many lar power supply fails. Many Oregon Oregon’s insured and total unem H eater.................... cooperatives today realize that they stations are a part of the EBS and ployment rate has been below the Heat. Only. Oakland Fireplace must grow in order to survive. others are being added as rapidly as national average, though the labor UNPAINTED CHEST “A fairly constant growth rate is possible. force (766,200 estimated average) Wood Heater. OF DRAWERS necessary just to hold their relative has been growing by leaps ano $ -| Z»95 market position, and in order to in bounds during the past several years. 5-Drawer crease their share of the market, The economy has remained quite Now Only......... they must grow at a faster rate than stable during 1964, based on the low 9-Drawer $ rt/V 9 5 t h e i r competitors. Consequently, rate of unemployment and high em Reg. $23.95 ...... there is renewed interest in merger ployment and even in lieu of the ex as a means of achieving more rapid panding labor force and threats by Goulds balanced flow Tractors and other equipment the labor strike in November, when growth. shallow well system See Our New Selection “Broadly speaking, the hoped-for caught by the recent Northwest flood some 4,000 papermill workers were No tank, no extras. 3-Piece Walnut Bassett Bedroom Set ----------------- V A C L U lt? a . of I Table Lamps results from any merger can be clas require numerous checks before they off work for nearly two weeks. Compare at $249.95 Now $ -j 0 9 5 and sified in two different areas: the are put to use again, Don Coin Wal The department of employment Only This Week Only............... tz up first is an increase in bargaining rod, county extension agent, advises. during the yeai continued to take If a tractor engine has been com on added responsibilities in the field power and the second, improved ef ficiency. These are tied together and pletely submerged, no attempt should of training and referral to opportuni Waddells at Gearhart. it is often necessary to accomplish be made to start the motor or turn ties under both the Manpower De Mrs. Waddell Visited one before you can realize the other.” it over before it has a complete velopment and Training Act of 1962 Bob Grimsbo returned to his stud While Recuperating cleaning inside and out. The most and the Economic Opportunities Act ies at Pacific University at Forest MIST—Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Wad Grove Sunday afternoon. New Years Red clover is a good reliable seed satisfactory equipment for doing the of 1964. Its responsibilities under dell are staying with the Shalmon day the Grimsbos were at the Harold cleaning job is a steam cleaner us crop for Western Oregon farmers and MDTA in the selection of trainees one that deserves greater considera ing a soap solution. If a dealer or by November had totaled some 690 Libels due to being without electri Cases to watch the Rose Bow’l game TIMBER RT.—Mr. and Mrs. Bud tion by Columbia county farmers. repair shop is equipped with such persons trained with 414 employed Gibson and family had as guests city since last Monday. Mrs. Waddell on TV. Ready markets are available for high cleaners they should be utilized. In upon completion of training. The con during the holidays Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Itzen and chil returned from the hospital New quality seed of Kenland and Penn- some states, where flooded tractors tinued MDTA program for 1964-65 will Sam Smith and Terry from Spring- dren and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Sil- Year’s Eve after having two growths have been cleaned with a steam refer 2,726 persons for training in 28 field, Gary and Vem Smith from scott varieties. baugh and family were with their One of the common methods of cleaner, it is regarded as the best training courses about the state. The Portland, Mr. and Mrs. George Hult removed and is doing just fine Mar mother, Mrs. Edna Johnson for the establishing red clover, whether for piece of equipment for the job, and state department of education is re and Marvin from Sweet Home, who lene Kahoe of Portland was here Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. seed or forage, is to broadcast the it can do the work in one-third of sponsible for training the persons se were here over New Years. Mr. over the week end to see her mother Walter Carl are staying with Mrs. seed in fall-seeded grains, preferably the time required for hand cleaning. lected by the department of employ and Mrs. Dick Gwin and family and and other family members. Mr. and Johnson. No machinery should stand any ment. winter barley or wheat. Good stands Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn Graves and Mrs. Dick Waddell and children of of red clover are usually obtained by longer than necessary after it can be family from Crow visited them Sun Eastern Oregon arrived New Years The department’s new responsibili Please advise us of your new ad Eve to visit his dad and family. broadcasting the seed in late January taken out of the water because delay ties under the EOA of 1964 are es day. will mean greater rusting and cor dress if you are planning to move. They also visited with the Ralph or early February. Ideal seeding Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hult went to pecially spelled out in the field of conditions are a few inches of snow rosion and will cause cylinders or disadvantaged youth. Gales Creek Sunday to visit for a or some surface frost. The melting other parts to stick. A suggested The governor said Oregon's em few days. snow or thawing frost helps cover the procedure is to clean all parts with ployment economy is gradually be » Kathy and Patricia Reynolds spent seeds. Seedings made at this time kerosene or a solvent or flushing oil coming a mare stable non-seasonal g become well established during the and then use a solution of soap and economy because of the expansion Saturday night and Sunday with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. water to remove all silt and grit. spring months. g of present year-around industries, Another common practice for es The machinery’ should then be (fried new non-seasonal industries being es Linwood Reynolds and family. V 9 Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn Graves and tablishment is to drill the red clover thoroughly and coated with a light tablished and the changeover of pre V family from Crow spent from F ri coat of oil. V into the winter grain fields, usually sent seasonal industries to year- day to Sunday with her parents, V All oil lines must be cleaned com i n March. Seedings with winter » around operations. V Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thacker. •Trains are generally not as good as pletely of silt and grit, especially m 9 Tommy Galloway from Clatskanie seedings on so-called summer fallow motors having full pressure lubrica 9 9 and Chris and Ron Smith visited land in late April or May. However, tion systems. Some folks will want Family Gathering Is 9 from Christmas until Tuesday with the costs of establishing red clover to know whether it is necessary to 9 Held at Snyder Home 9 their grandmother. Mrs. Nell Thack by the latter method is usually high take the motor entirely apart, and 9 9 the answer is yes, even when using TIMBER RT.-M r. and Mrs. Geo er. er because no crop, other than pos 9 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kells from 9 sibly limited pasture, is harvested a steam clean«- The transmission rge Snyder and family from Sweet ■ and differential will need cleaning Home spent from Wednesday to Sat North Plains visited Mrs. Carl Sny during the seeding year. 9 9 One of the problems with the pro And the time to make repairs is urday with his mother and brother, der Saturday evening 9 Glen Reynolds was in the hospital 9 Mrs. Carl Snydtr and Bert Mr. and duction of red clover for seed is the while overhauling the engine. i ’ Tractor men may wonder if more Mrs. Donovan Reynolds and fam from Monday to Saturday. need to remove the first cutting, as Cards, billheads, business and social forms of $ seed is produced on the second crop. trouble is likely to develop that can ily joined them for New Years din be blamed on the flood damage. ner. Start the New Year with a fresh Since this first cutting should come every type get careful, creative planning and Jeanette Todd from Aloha spent outlook - by giving old discards, off early, preferably close to May There may be some rusting and fine prompt precision printing here. For results wor 9 9 first, silage is the best means of uti silt which may cause faster engine Saturday night with Mrs. Carl Wien- clothing and household articles, to 9 thy of you. at low cost, see us non-profit Goodwill Industries. Help i lizing the forage produced by the wear which could be missed. To re •eke. I duce danger from this, make the Mrs. Carl Snyder returned home is needed now and all through the first oil change in about 20 hours, Wednesday after spending a week year. X suggests Walrod. g and a half in Portland caring for her sister who had undergone sur- Don't expect free passes for travel $ THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1965 READ ADVERTISING — IT PAYS! 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