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Brick Announcts Price Cuts On 1950 Model Can FLINT, Mich., Dec. 27- Price cuts ranging from $65 to $310 were announced today by Buick motors on certain of its 1950 model cars. The reductions include a recently announced cut of $40 on Bulck's . torque con verter transmission. Engineering and styling details of the new models will be dis closed tomorrow. .' , The new lower price tags af fect models in the Roadmaster and super series. No change is made on the special- series, . in troduced last August. The roadmaster series $65 and $76 cuts ' are made respectively in the sedanet and four-door se Tuti., Dee. 27, 1949 The Ncwt-IUWtw, Rosabeif, . for that new Radio-Phonograph dan, while $190 reductions are made on the convertible. $310 on the so-called hard-top convertible 3 pN . ; 78 r. p. m. Ovr 50 Different Labels ! DOLLY GOES TO CHURCH After a little girl came to the ' I vicar of St. Botolph's Church, Northfleet, England, and asked him ' .' to have her doll "christened," he thought it would be a good idea ; I to hold a service especially for children and their dolls. Here Is ; i Ul oral tJUU ounuay, wiin uie uoub siiung amtxKiy m uro pvwi ,; as their young mistresses pray. BOLL WEEVIL SECOND , ; Grasshopper Wins All-American Honors As 'Nastiest' Of Team . Of Destructive Insects In U.S. '. - . . - By FRANK CAREY . BIRMINGHAM, Ala. VP) The- grasshopper is the outsanding player on the 1949 "nastiest" all-American team of destructive insects. '...--,., This rating was given today by Dr. F. C. Bishop of the U. Depigment of .Agriculture's bureau of entomology arid plant quaik ! antlne,' here to. attend an insect-cpritrol meeting sponsored by the, "National Cotton Council, i He also listed the other top ten members Of a bug eleven .that damaged the nation's crops in much the same way that Notre Dame and the professional' Phil adelphia Eagles gave the busin ess to their foes. Bishopp, offered the list in re sponse to the query of a reporter who figured that virtually every one except insects had gotten in to the act on the outstanding this-and-that for 1949." i ; Here's the lineup of the year's nastiest bugs' from the standpoint of economic damage although they're not all necessarily in the exact order of importance be cause Bishopp didn't have his form" book handy: i 1. The grasshopper. In a host of varieties, he hopped broken field through range areas and rich croplands particularly t n Wyoming and Montana. The gov ernment had to launch a C-47 air plane ladeij with bait to slow him down. 2. The cotton boll weevil. Long a dangerous performer in deep Dixie and far-western competi tion, he ventured in destructive strength to more northerly areas of the cotton belt this year. ' 3. An agricultural worm that is a true triple-threat being known variously as the corn ear worm, the cotton boll worm, and the to mato fruit worm, depending on where he strikes. 4. The European corn borer. Believed to have been imported in cane designed for kitchen brooms, he's become a terror of the nation's main corn belt. Stric tly big-ten calibre. 5. The "cattle grub." Opens up holes in cows' hides, ruining them for market 6. The Mexican, bean beetle. A tramp player who somehow came east and hit hard in the ivy league and the southern con ference. 7. The bark beetles. Literally hotter than a forest fire because they do more damage to pine and spruce than flames do.. 8. The horn fly" of cattle. No kin to the horned toads of Texa3, this competitor will take on sheep and goats as well as cattle. 9. Poultry lice. They're money players from away back. They account for millions in lost egg production,, stunted growth Vf fOWl. ; . ; i ..'.! 10. The "lygus bugs" of cotton, alfalfa and other crops. They're aerial artists, as distinguished from certain pests which feature a ground game. ? lit The "confused flower beetle." They're hot when attack ing stored products such as wheat corn and cereals but are likely to run for the wrong goal line at any time. Destructive, but need better quarterbacking. Bishopp- listed the Japanese beetle, cabbage worms and the red scale of citrus on his second team for dishonorable :inention.' And he said old timers like the gypsy moth of New England and the malaria mosquito while benched now because of inability to cope with modern insecticidal T. formations will always rank as potential-threats. v r-f He said the Department of Ag riculture aione is spending 000,000 annually to fight all these and other insect big shots and nearly $1,000,000 is earmarked for quarantine measires against ringers irom toreign teams. CITY PAY HIKES SLOWER CHICAGO -m There has been a slowdown in pay raises for people on city payrolls. - The International City Mana gers association and the Civil Service assembly made a study ot pay rates in 100 cities, and re ported: Fewer cities gave pay raises during the first six months of 1949 than during similar periods in 1947 and 1948. Forth percent of the 100 reporting cities raised pay rates during the first' half of 1949 compared with 47 and 61 percent for the first half of 1947 and 1948 respectively." The American Municipal asso ciation, surveying 265 localities, found pay for city attorneys ranges from $600 to $17,500 a year. Chemical control of weeds has been found cheaper than hand cutting by the Rural Eletcrifica tion Administration. New Service Laundry 324 W. Lone Phone 88 and $2u on tne estate wagon. In the super series the conver tible is cut $85 and the estate wagon $300..;, . , ... ,,. :, , ; ..... i Buckeye Official Spikes:: : Rumor Of Team Dissension PASADENA, Calif.1 (Ath letic Director Dick Larkins said he has heard reports that there has been dissension on the' Ohio State Rose bowl team but he branded -them as "completely false." - - I ' Advised of reports that the squad held a secret meeting to discuss various matters, Larkins said: - . . . - ,. i ' i "Yes, the squad did have a meet ing and the players called it them selves to build their morale to beat California. i 'There is not one kid on the squad who has a gripe or a prob lem. Their morale is absolutely splendid and if - anything was go ing on I would certainly know about it. - "Any report to the opposite is as false as can be." Mrs. Elizabeth Clow Dies In California EUGENE, Dec. 27 Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hy land Clow, 75, Eugene, were held here today; She died December 21 at San. Bernardino, Cal. She was born near Junction City, and married James M. Clow, June 7, 1893. He died in 1945. She lived at Roseburg, -SUverton and Port land' before moving to Eugene 'several, years-ago. She.' was a member of the Christian church and the Eastern Star. . Surviving are a son, Archie Clow, Eugene, a daughter, Pru dence Kirton, ' San , Bernardino, and four sisters.. , . FEEDING TIME A younir chimpanzee Is fed by Pop Marauli, vaudeville performlnr chimp, after bcinr christened "Cheerful Charlie" at London's Palladium Theater. Charlie was flown to the British capital from Sierre Leone,- West Africa. . NOT SATISFACTORY Fifty-six per cent of fire alarms turned in through Pontiac, Mich.'s box system in five years were false but only one per cent of telephone alarms were false. Liquor retailers must obtain lo cal licenses before being granted state licenses in Illinois and Georgia. -. Pellet Method For Reseeding Forests, Range Lands Studied "Caterpillar Day1 Set Jan. 6 At Roseburg Equipment Store By WILLIAM E. LOWELL WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Uft New studies are being made to perfect the pellet method for reseeding forests and range lands, the Forestry service says. '.'..-"' -, In his annual report, Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts revealed that the pellets thus far used have not produced satisfactory results either for reseeding trees or grass. ' , The grass seeds, encased in in earthen coating containing ferti lizer and rodent repellant, were scattered from an airplane over some forest land in southeastern Utah and hundreds of acres of wasteland on Arizona Indian re servations. An' Indian bureau spokesman told a reporter the experiment on the range lands also was unsatis factory. ''.. . Revegitation of the Indian lands would have been a boon to the livestock raising tribes of t h e southwest. Drought and heavy grazing had destroyed the once luxurious grass. Conventional methods of reseeding seemed slow and laborious.- Watts said of attempts at the planting:1' f" J' '- ' '"-; "The conventional ' pelleting process was found to destroy or inhibit the germinative capacity of donifer seeds, probably by limiting the oxygen supply. New type pellets are being de veloped which, it is believed, will not retard germination, but will have the usual advantages of pel lets: easier handling and a sup ply of nutrients for the young seedlings." r Watts also said the forest ser Lands said they will be interested vice station in the Pacific north west is developing a light hand seeder that will quickly plant, at a selected depth, a single pelleted tree. seed. '- ., - j Spokesmen for both the Indian burau and the Bureau of Public in any further developments but that studies by the Utah State college and Idaho university had found -damage to seed runs as high as 82 per cent from the pel letizlng process. ' Actually,'' the land agency 're presentative said, the pelletized seed had a far lower germanation than naked seed.") . 1 While these three agencies are not satisfied with present pellet ing processes or sold on the idea of broadcasting from airplanes, they acknowledge that there are situations where either would be valuable. The seed Is easier to control if dropped In pellets, for one thing. For another, there is a lot of rough country on the public lands of the west where the usual re seeding methods cannot be used but which could be covered, eas ily from an airplane. . For land where it can be used, the drill is much better, a forest er commented . He said experi ments have shown, however, that seed can be broadcast success fully in the ashes of a burned over area or in groves of such trees as aspens, where fallen leaves will provide cover. AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL CONCERNING In the Issue of the' News-Review of Friday, Dee. 23, some milk producers published statements that were greatly exaggerated and distorted. Let's not kick the truth around. Instead, let's take this problem of milk prices item by item. N 1. On Nov. 1, the Oregon State Milk Marketing Admistration set a minimum price of $5.50 cwt. for milk containing 4 butterfat. This is the price at which dairy farmers are producing milk in all of Western Oregon AND PRODUCING IT PROFITABLY. 2. At the time this reduction, was made the price of milk to the consumer at grocery stores WAS REDUCED Vic PER QUART. 3. We initiated the use of a new waxed paper carton and made it available. This new carton (which consumers demanded) is a distinct advantage over the glass bottle. To use this new carton COSTS 1c MORE PER QUART. BUT WE DID NOT RAISE THE PRICE OF MILK. 4. We can understand why dairy farmers want more money for milk RIGHT NOW in the winter. In spring and summer months, however, dairy farmers can produce milk far cheaper. Averaging costs for an entire year, dairy farmers can make a good profit at present milk prices if they operate efficiently. We do not feel the public should be penaliied because of inefficient opera tion of some producers. 5. The bald facts are these the distributors simply cannot operate at a loss. We challenge anyone to show that distributors are "lining their pockets." 6. We have always cooperated with the dairy farmers and we sincerely want to continue to co operate. We CAN buy plenty of milk at the price set by the Milk Marketing Administration a price we consider fair but we prefer to buy from our steady suppliers. 7. We invite anyone to inspect our operations and satisfy themselves to the problems involved which enter into this dispute. Inspection of our entire operations, including breakdown of costs, are open to the general public. Isn't this fair? . 1 8. We regret that a minority in a group of normally fine people, the dairy farmers, have taken such an attitude toward distributors. Milk is nature's perfect food and with the help of the dairy farmer we believe in making this food available to all at a minimum price. ' We sincerely hope this matter can be straightened out fairly and to the best interests o f all concerned. Published in the interests of milk distributors of Douglas County. AS r. p.m . RCA-Victer Capitol trail 33 13 r. p. m. 'Columbia - Capitol -Oecca -' Popular ...-'(. , "Old Master Painter" "Dreamer's Holiday" "Dear' Hearts and Gentle People", "I Can Dream Can't I?" 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