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h Page 14, Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore,. Tue Sept. 21, 1948 Motor Vehicles Increase Noted Oregon motor vehicle registra tions are continuing their climb to new heights with 572,261 listed to the end of August, a 12 percent gain over last year, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry has report ed. -- At the same time, registration lees have dropped lor below col lections, Newbry said. He ex plained the decrease is due to a change in the method of register ing trucks and busses. Such ve hicle now pay a highway use tax, with license fees greatly reduced. Busses led all other classifica tions in percentage increases with a gain of 59 percent over 1947, ih secretary said. Motorcycles and pick-up trucks have increased 24 and 23 percent respectively. The two largest groups, passenger cars and trucks, have each gained 11 per cent. Passenger registra tions now total 431,670. Receipts of the driver's license division are nearly double those of 1947, Newbry said full operation of the changed renewal system ac counted for most of the Increase. Transactions of the motor vehicle and driver's license divisions for the eight months totalled 1,189,058, with fees aggregating $3,902,-373.87. Youngest Member Congress Next Year Probably Will Be Texan ELECTROMJX Vacuum Cleaner. Air Purifier Sales, Service. 1409 W. 4th. Phone 1612 tMll US AT THE FAIR New REAR-ENGINE MODEL 0 TRACTOR No. 3 TRAIL-TYPE POWER MOWER ROTO-BALER Only Machine that Makes a Rolled Bale POWER-DRIVEN SIDI-DELIVIRY RAKE AND TEDDER Here's your chance to see the most interesting display of fum equipment being shown this year, k We will be there to answer your questions and give you free pamphlets on ill types and sizes of equipment Stop in enjoy yourself take home new farming ideas, We will be looking for you. See us at die falrt Hear Ike NATIONAL MIM AND HOMI HOUI wMl lvrtll Mllchill, evwy Saturday, NBC c ALUS-CHALMERS SALES AND SERVICE 3 Farm & Industrial Equipment Co. ALUS-CHALMERS TRACTORS Industrial and Logging Equipment Farm Machinery 10B0 West 1st Ave. Eugene Phone 843 or 622 . McALLEN, Tex (U.R) A lanky young Texan who looks like the movie actor James Stewart prob ably will be the youngest mem ber of the next Congress. The Texan, Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., barely turned 27, won the Democratic nomination in the sprawling 15th congressional dis trict of Texas, a district that in ns 45-year history has produced only two previous congressmen. Since the Democratic nomina tion amounts to election, Bentsen is assured of a seat. Bentsen, scion of a wealthy Lower Rio Grande family, already has fitted into the pattern set by the first representative of the dis trict, John Nance Garner. Garner Paved Way It was in 1903 that Garner, then a 28-year-old . county Judge, de cided to gun for Congress. Garner took to horseback and rode 1000 miles as he waged a person-to-person campaign. Garner won, and held the seat until his elevation to the vice presidency in 1932. Then Milton H. West of Brownsville was elect ed, holding the post until his re tirement this year. Friends of lanky young Bent sen figure that he, like Garner, is going places. Late in the summer of 1946, just after his election as Hidalgo county judge, Bentsen, than 25, read a copy of the book "Mr. Garner of Texas." Parallel Seen The young World War II vet eran was struck by the similarity between himself and Garner in his youth. Both were of pioneer stock in the relatively new, fast-growing border country. Both became law yers at an early age. Both were among the youngest judges in Texas history. Garner cut on a vigorous cam paign in 1903 when there were more coyotes than voters in the new district; Bentsen scurried back and forth over the 13-coun- try district seeking votes. Young Bentsen takes his task seriously. Two days after he won the Democratic nomination in the most drama-packed congressional campaign in border, history, he announced he was going to Wash ington to start the groundwork for his new job. Leads His Field He led the field of four candi dates in the Texas July primary and in the August runoff between the two leaders . he soundly thumped his opponent in a cam paign marked by arrests, calls for Texas Rangers to keep order, and mass rallies attended by up to 10,000 persons. Border politicians say Bentsen can be re-elected in two years without trouble. In four years, they say, watch out. Bentsen won't let any grass grow under his feet. Gondoliers Irked A Wntor-wnlkers - I If v. - - - I irumrt w.fi) Gondoliers in the ancient city of canals always j have something to giipe . . : .., mnfnrhnatS Which sped down Venice's canals laden with tourists, wno roue m' -cheaper than the pole-shoving gondola wlelden end their few customer5- ,.a embody Th s year us "" got a pair of water skis and prac ficed walking on the canals. Now he idea is spreading. The gondo Hers want ,ome city ordinance ; passed prohibiting piking on water, "or else we go out of busi ness for go""- . Freshmen Grounded uriWT.TNO GREEN. O mm The president of Bowling Green State University, Frank J, Prout, has banned the use of automobiles by freshmen this fall. Prout said the campus is becoming too con gested with traffic to permit first year students to operate. j4ovL5eLo(d QooL Storage NEW MODERN CONCRETE BUILDING (Low Insurance Rate) EUGENE TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. Phone 160 650 ' Willamette 1391 w. om - Mot BRIGGS - STRATTOnS """"" ottiviCj engines and repaid Prompt repoj, .e8 Call Clark Battery and Elec 1331 w. om Booklet Explains Best Use of Lumber Grades Economies which today's home builder can effect by .properly using the different grades of lum ber available are pointed out in an eight-page booklet distributed free by by the West Coast Lum bermen's Assn. Entitled "A Quality Home Can Cost Less," the booklet traces the construction of an actual home and indicates where lower priced grades can be used with a savings to the builder. , 4 nn Livestock Auction 8 P.M. -Wednesday, September 22 GRANDSTAND LANE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 1947 Champion steer fed out by Dennis Mitchell, 16, ol Lorane. Bird Flaten, Cottage Grove, holding steer. Buyers of 4-H prize stock at last year's auction: Guy Greene First National Bank Gulstlna Bros. Osburn Hotel U. S. National Bank Bob McClay Eugene McRenzie H. W. Sherbondy Leslie Hodges Hoffman Jewelry Eugene Plywood Stuart & Stuart E. K. Burtls Steen Bros. Elks Club Irlsh-McBroom Radio Station KUGN Kiwanls Club Interstate Tractor & Equipment Co. THE EUGENE KIWANIS CLUB, SPONSOR OF THE AUCTION AND THE 4-H. AGAIN THANK LAST YEAR'S BUYERS AND ARE LOOKING FOR YOU AND MANY OTHERS AT THIS YEAR'S SALE. COME TO THE FAIR o ATTEND THE AUCTION ENIOY THE SALE PROGRAM Back up the 4-H Club's marvelous child training program! If Therms One Thing Penney's Is Famous For. 4 mm. A New Collection of Suds-Loving A j - J im y I LBffl 2.79 m ummm 'The last thing we think of when we're styling a Cotton Frock is the old-fashioned housedress! The last thing we'll ever give you is a dress that loses its crisp beanty after tubbing! The last thing we'll ever skimp on is workmanship. Seams, stitching, trimming, hems are important!- AND WE KEEP THE PRICE DOWN TO Here's tfce proof why hundreds of women shop only at Ptni ey's for their cottons. Just look 'at these smart princess line tic-backs, smooth tailored and street type styles! In checks, stripes, and florals or prints. Size ranges: 12-20, 38-44, and 46-52. AT PENNEY'S dIy-atto? 3 THURSDAY FOR "EUGENE DAY AT THE LANE COUNTY FAIR.
