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11 The News-Review, Roseburg, Oft Thurs., June 15, 1950 Oklahoma's Big Population Loss, Shown In Census. May Cost State 2 Congress Seats OKLAHOMA CITY UP Preliminary census reports reveal a start ling exodus from Oklahoma farms in the past decade which may cost the slate a popuhtion loss exceeding a quarter million people and at . least one and Jiaybe two seats in Congress. ' Only two congressional districts have completed preliminary counts. But enough counties from all parts of the state have reported to warn state officials of what's coming. With few exceptions each new census figure repeats an old re frainpopulation losses in farm ar eas, towns gaining population but an overall loss. Chambers of commerce and state newspapers are exhorting every true Oklahoman to be counted. Gov. Roy J. Turner took to the radio to support this campaign Why can't Oklahoma keep 'em on the farm? Federal agriculture officials, sur prised by the first reports, made an independent survey. U.S. Agri culture department statistician K. D. Blood said fewer people are owning more and more farms in the state. He said severe red soil erosion and in many cases poor country roads made It more economical for small farmers to sell out and move to other states or get good- paying jobs in the cities. Blood added that bigger opera tors have quickly bought up the small farms for "land spreads" to start stock farms or cattle ranches Others want more land to expand ineir larm mechanization opera tions. Schools, Churchtt Dosorttd The officials found schools, church and homes in the rural areas are being abandoned in the wane of the slow migration. The Seventh congressional His trict's preliminary report showed a 29,714 loss in 11 counties in southwestern Oklahoma. Earlier, the Sixth district in south central Oklahoma showed a 9,129 loss for nine counties. Even heavier losses are expected in many eastern sections. Seminole county for Instance OUT OUR WAY By J. R. 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J once the center of booming Okla homa oil activity alone has lost more than 20,000. Its county seat of Wewoka lost nearly 4,000. Okfuskee county in eastern Okla homa lost more than 8.000 persons 5,000 of them school age children Other oddities: Kiowa has the same population it had in 1940, Indiana note lost one, and Guthrie the first state capital gained one resident in ten years. State officials estimated before the census count started the state stood to lose one of its eight con gressional seats if the population loss reached 250,000. Now Okla homa leaders fear the loss may exceed that figure, endangering two seats. Extent of the loss came as a surprise. Most state towns are en joying a building and business boom and farm income has re mained high in the past few years. 1800 youngsters and the Beaver on June 25 for a to the campus, Boys State follows week. Many other conventions and conferences make use of the state facilities during the summer. I Senators Drop Contempt Action Against Editor BATON ROUGE. La.. l.V The Louisiana Senate has drop- pea contempt proceedings against an editor and publisher whose newspaper likened some senators to "trained seals ' and "lackeys of gov. Earl Long. By a vote of S0-2. with seven members not voting, the Senate accepted a recommendation of a special committee that a jail term was "not the answer" to an edi torial of June Sin the New Or leans Item. i Under the state constitution the senate had the power to impri son publisher David Stern and edi tor Calyton Fritchey up to 10 days for contempt if they were found guilty. Immediately upon acceptance of the committee report, the Senate waived its rules to allow introduc tion of a bill to impose a $3,000 fine and 90 days imprisonment for failure of a newspaper to pub lich a reply to criticism of any person. I he measure would reulre news papers within 10 days to print in the "same prominence" replies to "any attack or citicism regard ing the character, reputation, mor als, business or profession of any citizen in private, political or pub lic life ..." It would fix fines from $1,000 to $3,000 and jail terms from SO to 90 days. An effort to kill the bill failed 7-23. In recommending that the tail terms not be given Stern and Frit chey the special committee said it did not intend "to dignify their positions by such action. We do not intend to create such sensa- Ttltvislon Questionnaire University Project COLUMBUS, O., (JP Some 2.500 Ohioans who should know are being asked whether watching tele vision causes eyestrain. That many ophthalmologists and opteometrists soon will be filling out questionnaires sent by Ohio state university's institute for re search in vision. The institute wants to know de finitely the answers to these questions: 1. What effect does television viewing have on eyes of patients. 2. Have the eye specialists no ticed any increase In the number of patients that can be attributed to suspicion on the part of the patients that their eyes have been affected by television? 3. Do findings of the SDecialists indicate television is directly re sponsible? 4. What recommendations are made for proper television view ing, and are special glasses need ed? The answers to these and other questions will be given to the gen eral public and professional men, say Dr. Glenn A. Fry and Dr. Arthur M. Culler, co-directors of the institute. They feel that in the three years television has been available in Ohio the specialists have had a chance to analyze its effect on their patients. Answers will be broken down by age groups persons under 10 years old, those 10 to 20, and those over 20. tlonalism for Mr. Fritchey, which is his only claim to fame in the newspaper field." The committee ' report called Fritchey's attitude ''contemptu ous and arrogant." At a hearing before the committee last week Stern and Fritchey refused to re tract or apollgize for the Item's editorial. There was no immediate com ment from the Item on the Sen ate's action. Earlier Fritchey backed up the "trained seal" re ference by saying, "the record ef the legislature speaks for itself." Montana Man Held On Cabbie Kidnap Charges COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, -irVt Accused of forcing a taxi driver to carry him 265 miles at the point of a gun, a 27-year-old Montana man was neld here Friday under $10,000 bond on a charge of kidnaping. thief ot Police Arnold Engen said Walter Lindon Babcock. 27. of Anaconda, Mont., was arrested alter cab driver Gordon Rickaby, 28, also of Anaconda, whispered can ine law to a a service sta tion manager. - Babcock was armed with a .22 caliber pistol, Engen said, but made no effort to resist arrest. The police chief said he freely ad mitted having forced Rickaby at gunpoint to drive the 265 miles here from Anaconda. The cab driver said he picked Babcock up at 4 a.m. Thursday and was told to drive to a tavern on the road to Phillipsburg, Mont. When they found the tavern closed, Rickaby said he drove on to Phil lipsburg. There, he said, Babcock puled out the pistol and told him to "keep going west." The police report quoted Bab cock as saying he had planned to hitch hike to Spokane, but that he had been drinking and had no idea when he decided to take the cab. LOWEST PRICES EVERY DAY AT FRED MEYER . . . PRICES GOOD THROUGH MONDAY Father's Day Gifts At Fred Meyer Summer Events Keep OSC Campus Humming , This campus gets little time for any rest or "recuperation" as opening of summer school follows close on the end of the regular school year. The regular eight week session starts June 19 and continues through August 11. 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