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o o o o o o o State Treasurer Howard C. Bel ton announced recently that his name will be on the Oregon pri mary ballot as a candidate for his present office. Belton was named State Treas urer by Governor Mark Hatfield to succeed Sig Unander, early in January, following Unander’s presidential appointment to the Federal Maritime Board. A Canby, Oregon, farmer and businessman, Republican Belton has served twenty-two years in the Oregon Legislature, devoting much of his legislative effort to matters of public finance. In the o o o o THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1960 State Treasurer Seeks Approval Of Appointment o o o THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON PAGK SEVEN --------------------------- -—3 19&5 and 1957 sessions, he wJ* chairman of the Senate Financial Affairs Committee. He served on the Senate Ways and Means Com mittee for 16 years, much of the time as chairman. In declaring his intention to file for the nomination, Mr Bel ton said that his decision was based on ‘‘the public trust placed in me by the Governor, in seeing to it that the state’s financial af fairs continue in their present sound and healthy condition. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to this job, and would like to con tinue the interest I have had in public finance for the past thirty years, for the benefit of Oregon and its people.” FOR FINE PRINTING THE GATE CITY JOURNALI distinctive Olympia’s distinctive good taste makes every round a pleasure! Active Westerners find that Olympia’s re liable quality and distinctive character matches their own thirst for perfection. One of the world’s few naturally perfect brewing waters makes the difference. This is why we say, '//t /A« Water Home Landscape Pointers Listed By OSC Expert nue. Whi» is and Mr* Harold E. local representative of an Dairy Industry and Mr 12-year-old daughter, Dee, ance company and the moved week to Wayne comes to Nyssa Rebounds After Moncur residence on Emison ave- Idaho. The of soil tests was ed in Marion county recently a mass sampl Five-Year Decline ing one reason ’s dairy industry appears value White Jo the last prov when cooperative revealed at least Oregon In landscaping your home, look ahead to the future; consider sun, why crops in that area aren’t to be on the rebound after five years of declining milk produc or shade requirements of plants; growing as well as they should. Too little boron (an important tion, reports Stephen C. Marks, pick those that suit your likes, fertilizer) was found in 209 of the extension agricultural economist home and location; and don’t hesi 228 soil samples taken. Of these, at Oregon State college. tate to be different. Milk production in the state 158 were critically low, reports That’s the advice to home own Arthur S King, Oregon State col turned upward the second half ers from George Fredeen, assist lege extension conservation spe of 1959, but not enough to keep ant professor of landscape archi- cialist. the annual total from falling techture at Oregon State college. Soils on 66 farms within a 7- slightly behind that of the pre Fredeen has conducted a series mile radius of Stayton were tested vious year, Marks found as he of landscape clinics this winter as a cooperative effort of OSC, studied reports from the U.S. De throughout northern Oregon. fertilizer dealers and the Stayton partment of Agriculture. As a re Try to get trees established at j Canning company. The mass test sult, last year’s output of milk the earliest time, Fredeen advises, j ing was initiated by the canning ended 6 million pounds below They are slower growing and will cooperative which felt that grow that of 1958. take longer to mature. ers could improve production This year, however, Oregon’s If the new home is occupied | of some crops — especially sweet milk flow is running 4 percent above that produced during the, late in the spring, plant the lawn ■ corn. and wait on the trees and shrubs Soil samples were analyzed in first quarter of 1959, Marks said. until the following fall. If you 1 the OSC soil testing laboratory, And last month’s output increas move in late in the fall, plant the j The testing service tells how much ed at a faster rate than last year 1 trees and shrubs and let the lawn ' fertilizer is needed to grow a par and topped that of March 1959 go until spring. ticular crop on certain soil. Each by fully 4 percent. This change in milk production Place plants in the situation to | of the Marion county samples was which they are best adapted, Fre checked for corn, beans, carrots apparently reflects the increase ' in number of milk cows reported 1 deen says. For example, many of and strawberries. in the state last year, Marks add the native plants—Oregon grape, Forty-four samples were low in Salal, vine maple, pines, Kinniki- phosphorus, 24 critically low. But. ed. Production o f manufactured nick or Manzanita—are well suit 75 samples were real high, which ed for landscape use. They have reflects a heavy use of phosphorus dairy products is also on the up become established to the climate fertilizer by some farmers who swing in the state, Marks found. and there are few diseases which I may be applying more phosphorus During January, the latest month for which information is avail attack them. than they need, King observed. able, outputs of creamery butter, In the shady areas of the yard,' As for potash, 90 samples were cheese and ice cream were all select and place the plants that below the level considered ade larger than a year earlier. Ore require afternoon shade or cannot quate for most crops. gon’s dairy factories produced 13 tolerate too much sun. They in- j tests uncovered a shortage percent more American cheese, i elude rhododendrons, camellias, of The magnesium on 15 samples. This 7 percent more butter, I Acuba and others. Plants that was the first indication of magne-' churned and turned out 2 percent more I need a half day of sun or more sium shortages in the main Wil ice cream. include the deciduous plants like lamette valley. Meanwhile, prices received by Spirea, flowering quince, azaleas Oregon dairymen for all milk King pointed out that taking and roses. many samples in a concentrated sold wholesale last month went. One thing often overlooked in provides good opportunity to down about a nickel from that . landscape planning is the future area compare soils and see what short of February—but farmers still re growth of the plants, according to ages are present the area. Sim ceived 20 cents more per hundred Freeden. When plants are pur ilar cooperative in operations are pounds than in March of last chased while small, it is difficult way near Gresham and Eu year. This price advantage was to realize that some will spread under partially offset in the Willamette 4 to 6 feet in just a few years. gene. valley, and perhaps in other It is best, he recommends, to make 18 inches or 2 feet from the house areas, by higher costs for alfalfa I the plant beds big enough in the to prevent overcrowding and also hay. beginning to accommodate the National milk production was ; allow room to paint, wash win mature size of the plants. Annuals to also reported on the upswing. dows, etc. can be planted in the space be March production was up ' As a general rule, plants of col Total tween the shrubs until the plants 1 percent over that of February, umnar habit, such as arborvitae, and only unfavorable reach maturity. weather in ■ yew or cypress should be avoided, Plants should be placed at least Fredeen believes. These tall, thin the major dairy regions prevent a more pronounced gain, the forms are difficult to work with ed economist said. and add little to the landscape. Their use is best defined as CARD OF THANKS hedges, screens or wind breaks. I wish to thank my friends, They are often incorrectly used neighbors and relatives for their at comers, between windows or many acts of shown dur Steve's Body Shop Bldg. near the front doors. In these ing my recent kindness bereavement. • General Repair spots, they accent parts of the —Mrs. Marie Reitenbaugh house already accented, he point • Welding ed out. • Machine Work It would be better to use plants that grow about one-third or two- thuds the height of the house at ELLIS HORN the corners and avoid planting Ph. FR 2-3305 the entire front solid from comer Expert Work by to corner, he says. higher 01 ATRAZINE " ■ ' '■ /-'¡¡jjjMtfj^GENCE CORN HERBICIDES Full Season Control of most annual broadleaf weeds and grasses. 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