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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
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1960
State Treasurer
Seeks Approval
Of Appointment
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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
PAGK SEVEN
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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.”
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Home Landscape
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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.
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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
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