Youngsters Vie in Oregon Green Contest
Salem reports Keep Oregon Green announces a fire prevention contest offering 20 Oregon youths an expense paid forest outing. Ten boys and ten girls will be selected. top Green Guard members may join the trip. Entries must be postmarked by September 15 and require enrollment as Green Guards with completed fire manuals.
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Salem
High Cascades
Oregon
Keep Oregon Green Association
State Forestry
Green Guard
R. C Kuehner
Keep
Oregon Green
N. S. Rogers
Lyle F Watts
U. S. Forest Service
John B Woods
Oregon Forest Fire Association
Poison Oak Control Shows Promise in Ammonium Sulfamate
A new chemical weed killer ammonium sulfamate, tested at OSC, shows high kill rates for poison oak tops and roots, with fire retardant properties and soil benefits. Best applied mid to late summer, with a possible second application if soil remains unaffected.
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Lynn Harris
OSC
Oregon seed industry fuels war effort with legume crops
Washington officials note Oregon's 200,000,000 pound legume seed crop including vetch Austrian winter pea and crimson clover as vital to nitrate shortages. Farmers in the South convert cover crops to nitrates. AA purchases winter legume and ryegrass seed to ensure supply for farmers, with orders piling up for 250 carloads by August 1.
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Oregon
Washington
Oregon Allows Surplus Wheat Sale At Two Prices
Oregon farmers may sell surplus 1941 crop wheat to the government under a new program. August prices are 90 cents per bushel east of the Cascades except Hood River and Klamath, 94 cents west of the Cascades. September and October rise by a half cent monthly.
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Oregon
AAA
Corvallis
Cascades
Hood River
Klamath
N C_ Donaldson
Wheat Feeding Trials and Government Wheat Deliveries
The article notes October 1 as the start for moving new crop corn and urges early movement to relieve storage. Oregon State College feeding experiments show wheat can fatten all livestock types, with methods available in bulletin form or from county agents. Government wheat deliveries occur only in carload lots via dealers or direct to farmers, with orders through county AAA committees.
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Oregon State College
AAA
Stop Signs to Be Placed at Railroad Crossings
Oregon Secretary of State Earl Snell urges motorists to stop at all grade crossings as stop signs are installed at mainline crossings on state highways. Some crossings already with signals will require a stop even when the signal is inactive to prevent train vehicle collisions during wartime.
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Oregon
Earl Snell
Snell
What You Buy With War Bonds
The Garand semi automatic rifle is presented as superior to the Springfield rifle and is cited as essential for the army. It costs 85 dollars, is produced at one per minute, and fires sixty 30 calibre shells per minute. The piece urges every American worker to buy War Bonds and invest at least ten percent of income to meet the quota.
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U .S
America
Friendly Neighbor club meets in CATCHING CREEK
The Friendly Neighbor club gathered at Mrs. Austin Ralphs home with members including Effie Rema P F Bartlett A R Davenport James Wood Eugene Adams and others. Ben H Held left to join the US Navy and Luella Edwards will stay with her mother B H Held while her husband serves. Mrs Laura Gigner visited her parents in the past week.
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Catching Creek
Friendly Neighbor Club
Austin Ralph
Effie Rema
P. F. Bartlett
A .R. Davenport
James Wood
Eugene Adams
Jack
Jimmie
Laura Gibner
C. V. Bushnell
Betty
Ben H. Held
U. S. Navy
Luella Edwards
B. H. Held
Laura Gigner
Aan
Ralph
Visits Across Town Highlight Coast to Coast Trips
Arith tee wey ae Point, Sinan, ele a Mr and Mia, Bait Cox and son were weekend visitors AY Wood. Louis Shindell returned to Myr the Point Tuesday from Tacoma Washington on business. Miss Claire Bushnell of Portland visited Tuesday morning with her parents Mr and Mrs Carl Bushnell and relatives. A. A. Schriefer returned Thursday from a week with daughter Mrs Mickey Fullerton in Roseburg.
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Ae Point
Sinan
Mia
Bait Cox
AY Wood
Louis Shindell
Myrthe Point
Tacoma
Wash
Claire Bushnell
Portland
Carl Bushnell
A. A. Schriefer
Mickey Fullerton
Roseburg
Oregon Voters to Use Absentee Ballots for November Election
Secretary of State Earl Snell outlines absentee voting rules for Oregon soldiers and residents. Voters must register in their legal precinct and vote in at least one county election in the two year period ending November 30. Ballots require a filled in voter's name and mailing address and must be returned with a notarized affidavit.
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Oregon
Earl Snéll
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