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Southern Orugon New# Review, Aahland, Oregon, Thursday, September I, 194® Letter From Croup Advises Care Of Animals Aller The Fair * Washington By Hon. Harris Ellsworth, Congressman, 4th District W ith hundreds o f fairs now under way in the U nited States, farm ers were advised today to make sure th a t anim als do not b rin g disease hazards home w ith th e ir blue ribbons. No m a tte r w hat s trin g e n t san ita ry measures have been taken at fairs, any anim al show n w here large gioups of other unim als have been assembled should be handled as if it has been exposed to in fe c tio n ," w arns a b u lle tin from the A m erican F oundation fo r A n im a l Heath. A m in im u m q u a rantin e period of 30 duys wan recommended for a ll anim als a fte r fa ir e x h ib itio n , before le ttin g them jo in the home herd. Second, treatm ent to save herds. The Foundation pointed out that w h ile an anim al m ay ap Old tim ers on C apitol H ill, those w lio have been around her«' tw e n ty years or more, all seem to agree that no previous C on gress lias ever gotten its e lf in to the mess tins one is In Nor is this a partisan view point. I t is expressed as freely by Democrats as Republicans. In a ddition to other troubles, the situ a tio n has developed some p re tty b itte r feeling between the House and the Senate. T his be came cle a rly evident recently w hen tin* Senate refused to give its consent fo r the House to take a recesss w h ile the Senate caught ♦ up w ith its w ork. I am told such a refusal is alm ost unheard of. I t is alw ays the custom fo r each House o f Congress to p o lite ly agree to w hut th«- other wishes to do fo r Itself. ion previously enacted. T his e rro r was la te r corrected by co n tin u in g the teinpoary basis to O ctober 1st M eanw hile, the Senate, by a vote o f 58 to 25, rejected the House recess resolution. A c tu a lly , that action made very little difference to members p f the House. We w ill recess as planned, b u t w ill keep in session technically by m eeting and a d jo rn in g each three «lays. The practical difference is that the employees o f the House of Representatives w ill get no vacation and m ust stay on d uty. Thus, the peeve of the Senate is taken out on a couple o f dozen w eary clerks, reporters, pages, reading clerks and door keepers. Seems to me th a t was a lit t le beneath w h a t is usually referred to as the d ig n ity of the Senate. Senate Refuses Consent Til«' details of w hat has hap pened In Congress recently are too com plicated and technical to relate here in detail. However, tw o or three things about the House recess resolution arc in te r esting. to say the least. In the firs t place, the Senate properly, I th in k , objected to the resolution because it proposed that the House be in recess u n til S ept em ber 21st, com pletely ignoring the fact that appropriations fo r the In te rio r D epartm ent, D ef ense D epartm ent and the A rm y Engineers w ould exp ire on the 15th, under n co n tin u in g resolut- Shallow Well Pump Pipe and Foot Valve In Good Condition For Sale or Trade on 6” Jointer HAGGARD Lumber Company Will Fly To Europe ... Hileo Floor Sander ... HAGGARD LUMBER CO. Phoenix, Oregon Phone 7915 Your Shake Maker BILL BADGER Drew, Oregon FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING AUTO TRIM Pickup & Delivery Phone 3217 Bicycles Started Highway Taxes tug on the stern post a fte r A p r il way funds among the 36 counties, ....... — - . m ontb w o u ld aieze the bicycle and sell lon 40 J * ^ p e n d e d under the aw ay M anager S pitzbart it fo r the «mount of the tax, and supervision o f th«- various county : ports more e x h ib ito r interest than costs. I he object and in te n t" of courts and commissions. at any tim e d u rin g his fourteen the law , the legislature said, was This diversion has relieved the I years as fa ir head. P a rtic u la rly to p io va le for a highw ay separ-1 annual county road tax of up to 'n o te w o rth y is the large num ber ate from that used by teams and 10 m ills on the d o lla r on county of out of state livestock e x h ib it- horsemen.” p ro p e rty in d ire ct proportion to ors w ith show strings already So, that statute o f 1901 was the the local allocations. Also it has entered from Idaho, W ashington precedent fo r and the granddad dc< urased the funds available to and various C a lifo rn ia points o f the present system o f auto- the h ig _ h w a , y commission __________________ fo r use _____ m o tive licenses, gasoline taxes, | on m ain lin e state highw ays by Free m id w a y acts on the Ore- fines and penalties w hich were the same am ount of $60,243,085 ^ ° n State F a ir’s eight block car- established a decade la te r and d u rin g the 1920-1948 period. dedicated to the task o f construct The annual c o n trib u tio n o f 1 n *va4 route w ill be a feature of in g the state h ig h w a y system of road user funds to county road the 1949 exposition in Salem, the state. b u ild in g has inceased fro m $485 SeP4 5 to 11. A nd, since 1920, by command 678 in 1920 to $5,278,371 in 1948^ ------------------------------ o f the legislature, the state high and w ill continue to increase as M r. and Mrs. Tex G a tlin o f w ay commission has apportioned m otor use revenues continue to A shland have returned from a a to ta l of $60,243,085 o f the high- grow. week-end d rive to Seattle, Wash. r Back In 1901 Do you rem em ber, or did you ever stop to th in k , th a t the b ic y cle is the grandpa of the Oregon State H ig h w a y fin a n cin g system? D id you ever hear o f the ‘Cen tu ry C lu b ” aw ay back in 1898 or so? The C e n tu ry C lu b was a bunch o f strong legged and sound lu n g ed, t ugged pedal pushers w ho had achieved the d is tic tio n o f pedal ing th e ir bikes fo r a "c e n tu ry ru n " (100 m iles in one day); guys lik e Fred T. M e r r ill o f P ortland, W att S hipp o f Salem and a long lis t o f others. T h e ir fa v o rite ru n was fro m P o rtla n d to Salem and return, or vice-versa, d u rin g w hich endeavor they struggled up and coasted dow n the “ New Era H ill" and o ther o f the tough spots along the road. So m a n fu lly did they pedal and so earnestly plea, th a t the 1901 legislature took p ity on th e ir s tra in in g extre m itie s and passed a law p ro v id in g fo r the construct ion of “ bicycle paths on e ither or both sides o f a ll p u b lic h ig h w ays o f the state fo r the use of pedestrians and bicycles.” To finance the construction an annual tax o f $1 as le vie d upon “a ll persons rid in g bicycles. ’ The b ic yclist paid the $1 to the county cle rk and received a tag w hich, the la w decreed, “ m ust be sec u re ly fastened to the seat post of each and every bicycle.” A n y untagged rid e r caught on the p athw ay o r rid in g w ith o u t the I was c e rta in ly correct when I said in m y le tte r last week that plans o f a M em ber of C on gress are alw ays subject to sud den change. I had planned to d riv e home w ith the fa m ily and spend three or fo u r weeks there d u rin g the recess o f the House. We had our grips packed and ear loaded. Then, le s than an hour before we were due to start, I received a telephone ca ll from th«- C hairm an o f m y com m ittee asking me to go w ith him , and the Subcom m ittee on P u b lic H ealth, to England and the Scan din a via n countries to study h e a - lf 1th insurance program s in oper * a tion there. The tr ip w ill be made d u rin g the recess. We w ill fly over and back. In this w o rk one does not lig h tly refuse a request by a com m ittee chairm an —especially when such refusal is fo r p u re ly personal reasons So the car was unpacked and in y plans fo a short vacation in Oregon were cancelled. O ther than fo r the s lig h t personal in convenience involved (and of course the fa m ily Is not happy about it) I do not regret this change in plans. As a m a tte r o f fact, I feel h ig h ly honored th a t I was chosen as one o f the members o f the com m ittee to p a rticip a te in a firs t-h a n d study o f socialized m edicine as i t is o p e rating in England. T his subject is a h o tly controversial one in this Congress. Thus fa r we have been showered w ith p rin te d m a tte r and blasted w ith o ra to ry — b u t actual firs t hand know ledge has been sadly lacking. C lear cold facts also are obscure by the heat th a t has been generated around th is sub ject. I believe o u r com m ittee can obtain in fo rm a tio n th a t w ill re a lly th ro w some lig h t on the problem so th a t fu tu re decisions can be made on the basis o f facts. J For Rent pear p e rfe ctly healthy, i t can be harboring deudly disease germs contracted from un e q u a lly heal th y -lo o k in g a n im a l ut a fa ir, a show, or livestock sale. Also recommended was a che ck-u p by a v e te rin a ria n o f a ll livestock re tu rn in g fro m fairs. Such a procedure, the F oundation said, has a tw o -fo ld purpose if the anim al is infected. First, special precautions can be taken to see th a t the disease does not the anim al's value can be in s tit uted p ro m p tly. spread to o ther anim als in the "Such vig ila n ce ," the F oundat ion said, “ insures th a t a w in in the show rin g w ill n o t be fo l low ed by a loss on the fa rm .’” Four Home College Gam es-$5 Football A bargain if we ever heard of one! Four home SOC games—all played in Ashland this year. And a $5 season ticket reserves “your seat” for all the fun, thrill and excitement at the local Walter Phillips Field. “Get in line”—season ticket sale NOW ON SALE at EBERHARTS SPORTING GOODS HOME SCHEDULE SOC vs. vs. vs. vs. HUMBOLDT STATE ............. OCTOBER 1 CHICO STATE ....................... OCTOBER 29 MONMOUTH ........................ NOVEMBER 5 PACIFIC LUTHERAN ......... NOVEMBR 12 Open ’til 9 p.m. Every Friday In Ashland . . for the convenience of our customers who cannot shop during the d a y . . . 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