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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 27, 1949 NINE Will Rogers Jr. Adopts Indian Son (NEA Telephoto) Will Rogers, Jr. (center) and his adopted Cherokee Indian son. Randy (right), welcome to the family 10-year-old Clem (left). Navajo Indian boy whom Rogers adopted in Los Angeles. Attorney Loren Miller (background) handled the legal proceedings. Blizzard in Western States Promises Benefit to Crops. Repelling of Grasshoppers DENVER, Jan. 27. CP) The oceans of snow over the West ern United Slates are filled with something besides misery. The beneficial payoff comes when the icy flakes start melting. Farmers are the principal suf ferers now. They'll be the prime beneficiaries when the white crystals dissolve into droplets of water and nourish the far-flung plains. Federal officials agreed today, the heavy snowpack from Jan uary's blizzards in the mountains assures adequate irrigation wa ter. And that's the life blood of many of the West's rich farming areas irrigation. Dry land farming may be sim ilarly benefited. However, mighty winds swept some spots clear while drifting the snow against obstructions on the prairies. The snow-barren spots may be larking In soil moisture when spring comes. The heavy snows may be the start of nature's defense against what agriculture officials said could be a catastrophic Invasion of migratory grasshoppers. The areas swept by the worst storms were also the most vulnerable to the crop-destroying 'hoppers. They are in Southeastern Mon tana, Eastern Wyoming and Col orado and the Western parts of Nebraska and Kansas. Federal officials said the grasshopper threat Is the worst since 1940. Excellent water supplies which the current storms prom ise would Insure strong growth of prairie grasses and farm crops. The luxuriant growths could withstand the hungry at tacks of the migratory 'hoppers without serious damage. Along with adequate Irriga tion supplies for the west's farm ing valleys, the storms assure water this summer for hydroe lectric plants. They supply many of the west's greatest Industrial centers. Fortune in Guano Will be Mined In Grand Canyon WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 (JP) A California fertilizer company had federal appoval tod' for an unusual mining operation In a cave 800 feet up the side of the Grand Canyon. The cave contains an estimated 5.000 tons of bat guano the drop pings of millions of bats that have Inhabited the cliffslde shelter for countless centuries. Randall F. Geddes, president of Randall Mills. Inc.. of Paramount, Calif., estimated the commercial value of the guano a rich fertil izerat S3SO.0O0, or $70 a ton. He savg it covers two and a half acres of floor In the cave to a depth of at least 35 feet. Geddes told reporters the bu reau of land management has ac cepted his bid to remove the guano from the cave, located on federal property In the Lake Mead recrea tional area. He estimated that It will take a five-man crew a year to dig the guano from the cave, sack it, and transport It to barges on the Colo rado river at the foot of the cliff. The cave was discovered two years ago hv a Nevadan becalmed on Lake Mead In a sailboat. He noticed a black cloud of bats swarming out of the cliff and Investigated. Group Asks Right To Meet Price Competition WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. .?V A law clearly guaranteeing In dividual sellers the right to meet .price competition has been rec ommended to Congress by an ad visory group. The group, composed of 4(5 representatives of business, labor, agriculture and the public, made its report to the Senate Com merce Committee's trade poli cies group. Four of the mem bers three from farm organiza tions did not sign the report. The committee now Is consid ering a bill by Chairman Edwin C. Johnson ID-Colo.) to legalize uniform pricing where no con spiracy exists. Its hearings continue. The word "furlong" originally meant a "furrow long" the length of the usual acre strip in the medieval manorial system. Utnpqua Cabinet Shop Home and Stora Remodeling Bar Stools Chair Tabla Ensembles Kitchen Cabinets Phone 449-R3 or 337-R-S 2040 N. Stephen! Final Clearance JEWELRY Effect Real Savings Now On Fine Quality Jewelry Items HOLLOWARE Sterling and Plated 3.49 to 11.95 values to SCATTER PINS EARRINGS NECKLACES BRACELETS 1.00 to 7.95 values to PEARLS ' White and Colored Single and Double Triple Strand 1.00 values 1.95 volues 2.95 values 79c 1.49 2.39 Up to 1.95 Pins-Earrings-Bracelets and All Late Season njbbjb Reduced For Quick Clearance ONE GROUP PRICED ONE GROUP PRICED ONE GROUP REDUCED TO ONE GROUP REDUCED TO riB final clearance One Large Rack WOMEN'S ROBES reduced Splendid Assortment COAT Priced at Vi or better 1 Black Caracul Indian Kidskin Persian Paw Natural Squirrel Locke Mink-Dyed Coney Russian Squirrel Locke Chekiang Lamb Prices do not include federal tax JEWELRY DEPT. Main Floor 212 No. Jockson WHERE ALL DOUGLAS COUNTY SHOPS AND SAVES jr -rr i H tt & X 1 .' I L if - ... Ait i'l . Ill nil ? wS s u,'t-.(
