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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
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. 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
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have something to giipe
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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
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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.
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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. ,
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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!
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