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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
2
Farmers must submit lime orders at the County Agents office for Coos county shipments. About 1500 tons are planned for 1947 and demand is expected to rise. Lime will cost about 10 dollars per ton at the car in North Bend Coos Bay Coquille or Myrtle Point.
Oregon farm products lost buying power in the month ending May 15 as extension economists at Oregon State College report. Nationally prices farmers receive fell about 1 percent to 119 percent of parity, while Oregon’s general farm price index dropped 3 percent to 255 percent of 1935-39. costs edged lower to 227 percent.
Seven committees were discussed and adopted at the County Agricu 1 and Rural Life Planning session in Coquille on February 19. Reports cover land use dairy farming crops horticulture and soil conservation and will be published for rural residents and new settlers. The Planning Committee endorses purchasing a livestock and crop sprayer to control pests and plant diseases with a supervising group including Leland Peterson Henry George Sam Dement and Ted Kirsch.
A Broad Bent notes page lists guests like neet Clausen and Mrs Bob Root, arrivals such as a newborn son for Mr and Mrs Nevy Smith, and gifts from several attendees. Vacation Bible school opens June 16 to 27, with Rev Cochran leading classes at 9 am. Memorial Day boating with Dave Lunden and Bill Kirstein is noted, as is a small boat project and a July picnic plan. The upcoming Conference in Washington at the Interior Department is mentioned as highway safety officials prepare.
The Myrtle Point Bucks travel to Empire for a Southwestern Oregon Independent League game on the Empire diamond. A new battery of Fred Gallagher and Frank Bolant will try to backstop the team as both players showed strong springs with Bolant pitching a no hitter for the Staters.
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