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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939.
‘SUMMER JOBS FOR
~ 15 FORESTRY STUDENTS
“Fifteen forestry school students
have been given positions in the
ehort term protective force on the
Tahoe National Forest this season,
according to officials in the Nevada
City. office. Of these, eight are said
to come from the University of California, one from Iowa, five from Minnesota and.one from Utah.In addition to these three pre-forestry students from the University of Nevada
are-employed on the fire suppression
aquad at the Truckee ranger station,
. The policy of the forest service, E.
L, « Baxter in charge of fire protection says, is to employ these forestry
students,.to the greatest extent pos) sible, .so that they. maysecure actual
experience in the profession which
they have chosen and for whilch they
are educating themselves; and thus
fit themselves for higher adminis“trative positions, either in the forest
‘service or in. the field of private forestry:
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CALIF. FARM~ VALUES TAKE
ANOTHER DROP
By RALPH H. TAYLOR
For California farmers, struggling
with the backwash of depression,
there’s both good news and bad in
the latest report of the United States
Bureau of Agricultural ‘Economics,
dealing with fluctuations in farm
real estate values during the past
twelve months.
Presentin® the worst first, the’ bad
news’ is the fact that California farm
land values dropped again—for the
second consecutive year. The decline
however, was comparatively slight, a
drop of two points from Mareh 1,
1938 to March 1, 1939.
The brighter aspect of the picture
comes in comparison of California
values with those in other states.
Aacording to ancient philosophers,
“Everything is comparative’ —and
on that basis, California agriculture
has much to be grateful for.
Here is that phase of the picture.
For the nation at large, the federal bureau reports farm real estate
values are 84 per cent of the prewar (1912-14) level —a ‘low’ that
means that American farmers have
been forced to write off hundreds’ of
millions ‘in losses on their holdings.
For ‘California, farm values are
121 per cent of the pre-war level—
far below the boom figure (167) of
1920, to be sure, but still 37 points
above the national average!
Looking at the national situation,
values are lower in five of the country’s nine agricultural regions than
they were in the 1912-14 era, They
are equal to or higher than pre-war.
in only 15 of the 48 states, with
California values ranking fifth highest in the nation. And despite slight
declines during the past two years,
California values are still 12 points
above the 1933 depression low. :
Other Pacific Coast states, however, have not fared as well as California. Washington farm real estate
values, which boomed up to 140 per
cent of pre-war in 1920, are only 83
yer cent today, And Oregon values,
which soared to 130 per cent in
1920, are only 8 per cent of the prewar level today.
Except for California’s comparatively high values, the Pacific Coast
area would be one of the regions
listed in the government’s report as
having lower farm values than the
pre-war base of 25 years ago. And
California farms, relatively speaking, are among the most valuable in
the entire nation.
Analyzing the 1938-39 drop in
farm real estate values, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics puts its
finger on causative factors as follows: Bran
“The decline during the past year
was attributed chiefly to the lower’
price levels for farm products and
to reduced farm income.
“The upward trend in farm taxes, however, and the extensive farm
real estate holdings of creditor agenqies also affected values adversely.”
Insofar as the primary factor—-low prices for farm commodities—
is concerned, only a greater measure
of business and industrial recovery,
with re-employment of unemployed
workers and increased purchasing
power, will provide a remedy.
But with the second factor—the
upward trend in farm taxes—farmers themselves can cope effectively,
if they make it their business to reward legislators and public officials
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hours—6 to 9 A: M.—5.to 8 P. M. No irrigation water
permitted to run outside of these hours. Have all leaky
taps and plumbing fixtures repaired.
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who adhere to sensible policies of
economy, and: to retire: those who
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Reminder ofa sterner day
part of everyday life,
of The Golden West,”
when the romantic conquest of
oxen plod-with their. own peculiar majesty
-at the California World’s Fair. The crossing of
one of the many seenes which bring a thrill to every American who sees
across the
the West wasn’t romantic at all, but a
sighed in prairie schooners is
300-foot stage of ‘Cavalcade
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© spectacular show.
Still insist on free handed spending
and increased taxation. And if they
value their farms—and want their
farms to be worth something approxi-'
mating what they paid for them—it
is high time that they took a firm
hold of controllable factors and controlled them!
The 1939 state legislature, after
months of battle, halted the upward
climb of state taxation — at least
temporarily—and killed all but one
of the many new taxes proposed.
But it was a hard, bitterly fought
battle, with the outcome always in
doubt up to the hour of adjournment. And there are other legislative sessions to come—a special session just a few months ahead. If you
value your farm, have a talk with
your lawmaker!
NEW LAWS WILL
GOVERN TRAFFIC
ON HIGHWAYS
Laws granting authority to the
State Highway Department to place
distinctive markings in the center of
highways, and making it illegal for
motorists to pass to the left of such
center markings, were enacted at the
recent session of the legislature and
will become effective in September, .
rerorts the California State Automobile Association.
Authority is also granted the department “to construct local service
roads paralleling state highways
where traffic is so great that there
entry upon the main highways. Entry
upon main highways from service
roads paralleling them will tbe prohibited, except at points designated
by state authorities,
Clarifying the intent of existing
laws, another new ‘measure will require all forms of traffic to obey traffic signals. The measure was prompted by doubt as to whether or not
street car operators -were required
by law to obey traffic signals. This
point has been definitely cleared by
the new enactment, which will require all traffic on. a street or highway to proceed in accordance with
signals.
The same measure establishes 4
uniform definition of traffic signals
and standardizes the use of »green,
yellow; and red lights in such .sig“nals. It further provides that a) flashing red signal shall require traffic
to come to a stop only when such a
stop sign, Fa :
Another new ew will make it {llegal-to cause a trafific-actuated signai to operate for any other purpose
than that of permitting pedestrians
or motorists to cross the roadway:
It has been found that street vendors, hitch hikers, and others have
used these signals as a means of
causing motorists to stop.
“J don’t see Charlie nearly as much
as I used to.”
* “well, you should have married
him when he wanted you to.”
“T did.”
Butcher—There, madam, exactly
fourtéen pounds. Shall I send 4?"
Woman—‘‘Oh, I don’t want to buy
it. I just want to see how. much
I’ve reduced.”
Dentist—“‘I’H have to extract that
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tooth and if I use gas to put you to
sleep it will be $3 extra.”’ ;
Gandy—‘‘Hoot, mon. Just tell me
a bedtime story.”
EUROPEAN WAR
of millions of men: under arms, and
‘}was put out before any damage was
THIS SUMMER IS
NOT PROBABLE
LOS ANGELDS, July 20.—In
spite of ugly tumors, the nightmare
the war of nerves that is. gripping
Europe at the present time, military
conflict between Germany and Po
land this summer seems unlikely.
This is the opinion of Dr. Kazys
Pakstas, associate professor of geography from Vytautas -the-Great
University, Lithuania, who is lecturing at the University of California,
at Los Angeles this summer. He believes so long as Poland refuses to
yield to Nazi pressure that Germany
will hesitate to touch off the general
European war.
“Hitler was able to take the
strong little nation of Czechoslovakia,” he said, “‘only through the help
of England. Without England’s aid
he will have to go to war to acquire
more territory. Actual combat over
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STATE BAR WILL
DEBATE PLAN TO
IMPROVE JURIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 20. — Exercise of greater care in the selection of persons for jury duty was
vigorously urged in a report submit. },
ted to the State Bar by its committee on jury selection, Secretary
laude Minard reports.
Included in the report of the committee, headed by former Judge Lester W. Roth of
recommendations
jurors be given physical examinations, intelligence tests and receive
pay of $5 a day for their services.
The report will be submitted to the
State Bar convention at Del Monte.
Los Angeles, are
that prospective
eptember 6.
“All too frequently persons with
impaired hearing and vision and who
are otherwise ill
serve wpon trial juries,” the report
“It is strongly urged that!
or incapacitated,
each prosrective juror be-given @
physical examination, testing eyes, —
hearing and other sensory faculties.
Obviously, people suffering from
hypertension in advanced stages,
continuous headaches or other ill
nesses which make them physically
uncomfortable are not qualified te
sit for a period of four to five ‘hours
each day listening to evidence and
deciding questions which are always
vital to litigants.’ od
Opposition was expressed inthe
report to the acceptance of volunteer
‘yrors and jurymen suggested by
judges or other public officials.
“There should be but one source
of securing names, which in the opinion of the committee should be the
sreat register of the county,’ the
committee urged. The object of all
jury selection is thé choosing. of a
high type of trial jurors—men and
women who are honest, intelligent
and who represent a cross-section of
the community.”
The committee also urged that the
present practice of compelling litigants to advance lunch or dinner
money for jurors who have been instructed and are deliberating on &@
case be discontinued. The jurors
should buy their own meals, the
committee contended.
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Danzig seems unlikely because of
Poland’s fierce resistance and Germany’s desire to avoid war.”
"The geographer pointed out that
the population of the Polish corridor is 99 per cent Polish and that it
is the only commercial outlet to the
sea for 35,000,000 Poles. Any other
seaport beside Danzig would greatly
increase the distance by land over
which Polish coal, wheat, and industrial products would have to be shipped.
Dr. Pakstas scorned the suggestion
that Germany and Poland might
make a “deal’——giving the Polish
corridor to Germany and giving the
little country of Lithuania to Poland.
He pointed out that Lithuania has no
important seaport along the Baltic
coast. “Furthermore, Lithuania surrendered Memel to Germany~ last
summer after Hitler had promised
there would be no more territorial
aggression against the tiny nation.
Whatever the eventual outcome of
the squabble over Danzig, Lithuania wants to be neutral, Dr. Pakstas
said. “We Lithuanians realize, however, that the Polish corridor is more
necessary to the Poles than to the
Germans. It is not a matter of sympathy—but one of economics and
perhaps justice.” ;
WASHINGTON ROAD AND
BEE STREET IMPROVED
Street Superintendent Herbert
Hallett has a crew finishing work on
the Washington road and Bee street
where asphalt is being poured for a
permanent surface. Next work to be
undertaken will be Nivens Alley and
Orchard street. It is expected all the
street work will be completed in
about .two weeks. The street department has had a splendid season and
has paved a number of streets besides making repairs.
Max Solaro was called to the Nimrod street section Wednesday to extinguish a grass fire evidently set
by a cigarette or lighted match. It
done.
Mrs. Esther Joyal returned Saturday from Carmel where she had
spent a week. She motored to Carmel a week ago with her mother who
remained for a longer, vacation. Mrs.
Richard Tremaine has as her guests,
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