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KOSSBUNS REWS-REVTEW, ROSEBURS. 0RES071 THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1 948 RINfc Home-Grown Seed Not Regarded As Worth Saying Many gardeners ask if It pays to save home-grown vegetable seed. The answer is generally no, says J. Roland Parker, County Agricultui'e Agent. Home-grown seed is not likely to be as pure a varietal strain as the seed you buy. Unless the gar den contains only ofte variety of each vegetable and is seperated by 'at least a quarter of a mile from other gardens or seed-pW ducing fields, cross nollinatlon in some vegetables will cause the varieties to be "mixed." ( ; Seed from last year's garden may carry . disease to infect the new crop. Seed borne diseases may occur in cabbage, cauliflow cr.Brussols sprouts, broccoli, col lards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, radishes, turnips, beans, peas, cucumbers, muskmelons, water melons, tomatoes, peppers, egg- Few homes have facilities for adequately drying- and storing" seed. For good germination, most seeds need to ripen during sunny weather or be dried quickly when removed from the fruit and then stored in a dry, cool, insect and roacm prooi place. Certain vegetables such as beets, chard, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, kale, onion, parsley, and turnips require storage of the plants or roots over winter to produce seed. The home gardener rarely has facilities necessary to do this sucessfully. - For these reasons and because the home gardener needs only small amoupts of seed of any given kind or variety, Parker advises most gardeners to buy the garden seed fresh each year. Number Tattooing On Babies Opposed By Federal Bureau BvJANEEADS WASHINGTON The U. S. Of fice of Vital Statistics wants to make clear that it does NOT favor tattooing numbers on all babies born In this country after January 1, 1949. It seems a lot of folks got that idea, and other ideas just as out-of-this-world. when the office backed a proposal for standardizing the numbering of birth certificates in the states. The standardization project was generally agreed upon by state registrars of vital statistics in a "work conference" sponsored by the statistics office here in March. The idea is merely to make the registration of all births in the United States 'Isimpler, more, posi tive and cheaper" bv a standard mtrinua Haopieq Dy.au me siaies. There would not be a central fed eral file of birth registrations, depends entirely on the states' adoption of the system. Montana and the District of Columbia have already voiced ap proval of the idea and other states SAY IT WITH MUSIC TOPS IN "POPS" ; IT'S iHERE! ,V KING COLE'S "NATURE BOY" Now It the Hour" Crosby l, Spivak '' , Wald ... Whiting ; Monona Peggy Lee . Mills Bros.1'..'... 4 Leaf Clover Alvlno Rey Russ Morgan - Beg Your Pardon Dinning Sisters YTTCX Russ Morgan ' Boby Face Henry King Sobre Dance Andrews Sisters , Toolie Oolie Doolie Henry Rene Andrews Sisters and Lots of Late Westerns Frankle Carle c MODEST MAIDENS TrukflKk Refltttnd U. ft. PiUol Oftct JS3, "Maybc you do have a doit ble feature and con tinuous performance, but I'd still rather go to the movies!" - are following suit, says Herbert P. Dunning, acting chief of the Office of Vital Statistics. He says that although there are approxi mately 3,750,000 births In the United States annually, it would take more than a generation to get an appreciable portion of the population Included in the newly numbered group. If the project goes through it will be done this way with three groups of figures printed on each birth certificate. 1. The first serial will consist of three figures indicating the registration area in which a child is born. The first figure will be the numeral 1, which will stand for United States. The second number, or second and third num ber, will represent the state, ter ritory or city. (Canada uses a similar system. Its serial numbers start with "2". If other nations loin the system they will use "3", '4", etc.) ' 2. The second serial will con sist of two digits, indicating the year of birth '49 '50 "58 and so on. Births are already filed and indexed by year in most registration offices throughout the country. 3. The third serial will list six digits, indicating whether the registration lists the first, fortieth, 600th, or 999,998th Gas Tax Refunds In Oregon in 1947 Set New Record Oregon gasoline tax refunds in 1947 totaled $2,707,794.73, an all time high, Secretary of Stute Newbry reports. Under the law, the tax must be paid originally by all purchasers, but tax-exempt or non nignway users are repam ine full amount, he explained. ,: The refunds were 12.59 per cent of a cross tax of $21,511,631.07. Newbry said. They topped those or iswe by moi-e than $asu,uuu, while receipts increased nearly $3,000,000. Sales for the year ex ceeded 43U,uuu,uuu gallons. Agricultural users claimed re funds of $1,298,949, nearly half the total. The lumber industry ac counted for nearly one-quarter with $614,909. Cities and counties shared $148,987, and aviation came In for $266,539 to greatly increase its share over preceding years. Marine and commercial users, mall carriers, the federal govern ment, exports, and the state in stitutions divided the balance, Newbry said. Number of cluims was 35,719, averaging $75.82. Recapitulating the figures from February 25, 1919, when the flint gasoline tax was collected, to De cember 31, 1947, the secretary pointed to total sales for the period of nearly 5,300,000,000 gal lons. Taxes on this amount have reached $235,344,714, with refunds of slightly more than $28,000,000. As of January 31, 1948, a total of $205,064,907.75 had been trans ferred to the State Highway Fund, exclusive beneficiary of the state gasoline levy. Tree May Indicate Metal Underneath " DENVER UP) By' examining a tree, the geologist of the fu ture may be able to tell defin itely whether deposits of copper, zinc and other metals lie under ground. , ; ' : Progress made by i the Univer sity ot British Columbia in re seurch along this line was report ed by Prof. H. V. Warren before the national convention of the Society of Exploration Gcophysi cists. ' . "Our investigation shows", he said, "that the zinc and copper content of some trees and lesser plants may reflect, to n striking extent, the presence of zinc and copier under the ground. We have proved conclusively the blogeochemistry has real pos sibilities in metal prospecting." When the project was started three years ago, Warren said "we faced a lot of laughing from prac tical mining men. A sure sign of our progress is the fact that the mining companies of British Co- lumnia now snow -penevoient tol erance' toward us." But when it comes to putting up money for continued research, he added, this "tolerance" changes into a stone wall. However, he said, much financial and techni cal help has been given by the United States. "From the results of our experi ments so far, we feel that it will be possible to present both pros pector and geologist with a new and useful tool," he said. Boy Scouts to Attend Swim Class at Eugene Boy Scouts from Douglas County will go to Eugene Friday for their second swimming class at the University of Oregon. They are to meet at the Rose burg Junior High School at 5 p. m., and the trip will be made by bus. A Boy Scout court of honor Is scheduled for 7:30 p. m. next Monday night. It will be held outside in the Kiwanls park If the weather permits. Otherwise it will be held in tne courthouse. certificate to be filed in that state within the year. Mr. Dunning savs that most people will accumulate from five to 25 numbers in a lifetime any way Social Security numbers, numbers on driver's licenses, in surance policies, bank accounts and charge accounts. Lettermen Banquet Guests of Girls League Roseburg High School letter men, who comprise the R Club, were honored at a banquet spon sored by the Girls' League Tues day night in the school gymna sium. Nearly 100 members, faculty, guests and members of the Girls' Athletic Association were in at tendance. Talks were given by Bob Feld camp, R Club president, and Coaches Cecil H. Sherwood, George Erickson and Jack Newby. Miss Danese Doak sang, "1 11 See You in My Dreams." Miss Nancy McKlnney was toastmis tress, and Miss Nancy Lehman, Girls' League president,' was also in attendance. The program was under the direction of Miss Melva Williamson, faculty adviser. 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