BANG-UP BLOWOUT IN STATE Limited Firecracker Period Won't Hurt Sales Any By WILLIAM WARREN UP Still Correspondent ' From here on out, flying saucers, pinwheels, parklers, lady crackers, snakes, golden butterflies and devil chasers will be on sale in Oregon only from June 20 to July 6. And the fellows who furnish the fireworks are glad of it. Oregon's new fireworks law relegates such capricious cuties as the M-80 and the cherry salute to the limbo of lost limbs. And the purveyors of pyrotechnics ay "goody!" They felt the business was getting bit out of hand, and good regulations, such as those adopted by the recent legisla ture, are better than a ban on the whole works, say the fire works men. C. E. Brown, who heads the Hong Kong importers and the Western States Fireworks Co., with headquarters in Toppenish, Wash., was in Salem this week to study the new firecracker act, now signed by the governor and already law since it carried an emergency clause. Brown said he was glad to see the more hazardous merchandise banned. For instance, the M-80. It is war surplus, used by the army in war games because it lets go with a blast that sounds like cannon fire. It can take a hand off, and has. The cherry salute is so called because it is the size, shape and color of a cherry, with the fuse ticking out like a stem. It is powerful enough to blast fin gers off, and has. The limited selling period doesn't worry Brown. It just capsules his schedule. He's looking for a bang-up blowout come the Fourth of July, with as much goods sold as in an unlimited season. Says the Hong Kong head man: "The kiddies will just save up their cash and concentrate on other firecracker buying be tween June 20 and July 6. We look for a sale as big as in for mer years." How big is that sale? Brown, whose two companies sell firecrackers, punk and as sorted bombs, blasts and salutes in Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Montana and Alaska, estimates total sale of fireworks in these four states and the territory will represent a retail value of some $4,000,000 this year. And that's a lot of decibles. Brown says Chinese firecrack ers are by far the most popu lar pyrotechnics, with rockets and roman candles next. A typi cal $1,000 order will include $400 worth of Chinese crackers $200 worth of rockets and ro man candles, $250 worth of aud ible items and $150 worth of visible items. Audible items, of course, are the ones you get a bang out of A popular entry is the flying saucer, some 3 inches long and one inch through, with a wing on top. The gadget flies through the air then explodes. Visible items include the sparkler, cone-shaped fountain that shoots off stars, handle fountain that erupts like a vol cano, house on fire, floral shell and pinwheel. Two brand new numbers in this group are the golden butterfly, which shoots a rig into the air where it show ers golden stars, and the devil chaser, working along the same lines but showering silver stars Each ends in a flash but no blast. Brown Imports his firecrack ers and punk from Hong Kong The crackers come from Can ton, mostly. The punk comes from the interior of China where the necessary ingredients are plentiful. The first shipload for the northwest has already reach ed Portland, and all the other shipments are on their way from Hong Kong. Incidentally, king cracker for Hong and Western States Fire works in Oregon is none other than Clarence Peddicord, the courageous blind boy who hitch hiked from his Portland, Ore. home to New York last year in hopes an eye specialist could restore his sight. The operation did not restore his vision, except for a fleeting moment, but the specialist held out hope that a future operation might succeed. Peddicord's earnings from fireworks will finance his trip to New York for that second try. Brown and his wife plan to drive Peddicord to New York immediately after the Fourth of July. budget fort are often foss than rail plus Pullman. Delicious meals aloft at no extra cost. Ask about United'! HaK-Far Family Plan. $3.15 o PORTLAND Only 30 min. $12.00 fo f attl -Tacoma Jus. I hrt. Up and back the tarn day UNITED AIR LINES T.n.lil fall 3111 "y 6, H AUtHOIIZIO MA VII AOtM ll Salutatorian Melissa Mil lam, senior at Dayton Union high school, is the class salu tatorian and expects to attend the University of Oregon and major in biology. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Millam, Dayton. Tate Checks Farm Incomes Although almost everyone knows of farmers who have made money during the past eight or 10 years, most farmers have not been doing as well as; the people in town or city. W. M. Tate, chairman of the Marion county agricultural con servation committee, backs up this statement with the fact that the average net income of farm people in 1948 from all sources was onl y$909 per capita, includ ing the value of home-produced food and income from non-farm sources. This compares with the non-farm average of $1,569. Mr. Tate said that consumers are often misled by the prices they have to pay for groceries and other commodities produced on the farm, or made from raw materials produced on the farm. Too often, they are not aware of the prices actually received by farmers. According to Mr. Tate, figures show that for the wool in a $50 suit, the farmer received about $5.70; for $10 worth of meat, the farmer received about $5.10; for the tobacco in a 20 cent pack of cigarettes, the farmer received about 2icents; for the wheat in a 14 cent loaf of bread, the farmer received about 3 cents. 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