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People HJKe Zoning After They Know Dt, LaneSanStarianSays "The longer the citizens of Lane county have county zoning the better they like it," Victor Morgan, chief sanitarian for the county of which Eugene is the principal city, told members of the sanitation study commiUee Wednesday evening. Zoning provides health pro tection by preventing hazardous conditions from developing through supervision of building and development projects, he stated. The sanitation committee in vited Morgan to explain county zoning as a possible solution to conditions in Jackson county. Editor Leads Movement Morgan stated county zoning was enacted in Lane county in 1948 after a crusade by William Tugman, then editor of the Eu gene Register-Guard after it be came apparent to county offic ials some plan would have to be made to prevent development of the county in a "hodge podge" manner. Morgan said zoning in the county areas works much as in cities, but that farm oper ations and agricultural lands are excluded. While the county is zoned for various types of construction for each district, it is still up to the people in that district to decide what type of zone they wish to become, he stated. They are then protected from undesirable types of construction coming in later and devaluating their property, as well as from 'health hazards. Permits Required "Perhaps the greatest protec tion zoning offers to the health and welfare of Lane county resi dents is the ordinance providing that construction permits must be obtained through the health department," he said. "In this way, qualified sanitarians are able to supervise proper sanitary installations and people are pre vented from installing undesir able facilities through ignor ance." 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He stated one could not even build a "privy" in populated areas of Lane county without a permit, but he stressed that farm ing lands do not come under this limitation. Board Directs Policies A board, whose interest is in the betterment of the commun ity, and composed of representa tives from all areas, is elected to direct policies and make plans for the future, he said. These plans are subsequently submit ted to the health department for approval. From a health stand point "this means a great deal," Morgan stated. Morgan emphasized that a pro gram such as this is not de veloped overnight, but requires a great deal of education as to its value before it is acceptable to the public. Additional staff at the health department, such as building and plumbing inspectors and sani tarians, takes care of the build ing permit program and is paid for from permit license fees of $2 per $1,000 in expected con struction costs. Last year, Lane county collected $19,000 in fees from building permits, which makes the program almost self sustaining. Evidence of its value is the fact that additional help building inspectors, engineers and others are being added and that the people are more en thusiastic than ever about the program. Value To Assessors He also mentioned the value to the assessor's office in having records of construction through out the county. The biggest problem with zon ing, he said, is acquainting the public with its provisions and values. He also cited many bene fits other than of health protec tion alone. Walter Sutherland, retired county sanitarian for Jackson county, pointed out that the health department here now has no means of supervising con struction to prevent dangerous health conditions unless individ uals come to the sanitarians for assistance. "We need a metropolitan dis trict or some such solution to provide us with the means of solving existing problems, but county zoning will prevent for mation of future problems," Sutherland stated. The meeting also heard re ports on the hearing held in Salem Tuesday on SB 434 intro duced by Senator Phil Lowry, providing for formation of a sanitary authority. Mrs. Chester Guches and Edward Stevens, who attended the hearing, stated they felt the bill would be passed, providing technical fi nancial provisions can be ironed out in time. Last of Meetings This marks the last of the study meetings of the commit tee, Mrs. Winifred Uridel, chair man, stated, and plans were made for results of the ' meet ings to be compiled. These re ports to be made into pamphlet form by the state board of health and will . then be made available By the cup or 7 . . r7 - x 5v oy ine uul... COFFEE I 1 J C I ALL TIED UP Pat Kersting is dressed right for the desert sun at Phoenix, Ariz., but the spring-style cowgirl cos tume doesn't seem to help a bit when it comes to fancy roping. It takes practice, Pat, practice. Mystery Disk Said Only Harmless Button Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.R) A mysterious radio-active disk found in a lake gulch turned out today to be a harmless "black out button" used by workers on the first atomic bomb project. Dr. John Victoreen, a radia tion scientist, said the disk was used by Manhattan Project scien tists to locate persons or obsta cles in the dark and to check Geiger counters because of its radio-activity. The disk, measuring two inches in diameter, and about one-quarter of an inch wide, was found a week ago near" Central City, Colo. DST FOR TV Tallahassee, Fla. (U.R) State Rep. William Coleman Jr., said today his bill to place Flori da on daylight saving time will keep the state from being "out of step or contrary" to the rest of the nation while watching television. for use of community groups. Plans were also discussed for organizing small community meetings and for getting out pe titions to present to the county court and to the city .council for formation of a sanitary au thority if SB 434 passes, and for city annexation in areas where it is feasible. Today's the day to "Join The Test Pilot Club" . and see what a thrill you get when you try Variable Pitch Dynaflow We ' e're Local Delivered Price of) the 1955 2-Door, Model Even the (octory - such as: Heater ft i MILTON IERLE STARS FOR BUICK-See the Buiclk-Berle Show Alternate Tuesday DRIVE FROM FACTORY SAVE UP TO See Your BUICK Dealer Improved Corn Silage Obtained At Experiment Station Tests run at the Southern Ore gon Experiment Station last year indicate it is possible to produce up to 30 tons of corn silage per acre in the Rogue River valley. This is more than double the yield normally obtained, accord ing to H. H. White, superintend ent of the station, and John A. Yungen, agronomist who con ducted the tests. They said such yields are made possible by four methods: (1) planting a high yielding silage type hybrid va riety, (2) obtaining a high plant population per acre, (3) fertiliz ing heavily, and (4) irrigating properly. However, they report, failure to consider any one of these four factors may lead to disappoint ment. Hundreds of Varieties They added: There are hundreds of varieties of corn. Some are adapted to this area and some are not. Some are best suited to grain produc tion while others are preferable for silage. This was well dem onstrated by one of the experi ments carried out on the South ern Oregon Experiment Station last year. Idahybrid 544, usually recom mended for grain in this area, was tested by the side of three silage type varieties. They were given identical treatment throughout the season but at harvest time the Idahybrid 544, a grain type corn, yielded seven tons per acre less silage than the average of the three silage type varieties. With silage worth $8 in the field, selection of the right variety could make a difference of $56 per acre in the amount of silage produced. The best silage types for this area appear to be Illinois 200, Illinois 1570 and U. S. 13. Other Factors The number of corn plants per acre and the amount of fertilizer used can also make a sharp dif ference in silage yield. In an ex periment on the Southern Ore gon Station last year, Idahybrid 544 was planted at four differ ent rates, 10,000, 16,000, 22,000 and 28,000 plants per acre. Each of the plots received four differ ent rates of nitrogen fertilizer., The nitrogen rates were 0, 100, 150 and 200 lbs. of elemental nitrogen per acre. In the 0 nitrogen block, plots planted at the 'rate of 28,000 plftnts per acre produced nine tons per acre more silage than where planted at 10,000 plants per acre. In the block fertilized with 100 lbs. of nitrogen, the 28,000 plants per acre section produced 10.4 tons more than the 10,000 not kidding. 11 riri " y When you try a '55 Buick with Variable Pitch Dynaflow, you'll feel like a pilot does when he heads his plane down a runway for take-off. For you, in the driver's seat, are doing what that pilot does -you're changing the pitch of your propellers one way for instant response on getaway another $2669 Buick SPECIAL 6-Passenger Sedan, 48 illustrated) it Optional SQuipment, accessorial, slat and local lavs. If any, additional. Prices may vary slightly in adjoining communities. installed etros vou may wont are baraoins, Defroster-$8170; Radio & Anterma-$92.50. plants per acre portion. At 150 lbs. of nitrogen per acre the difference between the high and low plants per acre rate was 12.7 tons of silage per acre, while in the 200' lb. rate of nitrogen the difference was 14.4 tons. In this experiment the greater the number of plants per acre and the higher the rate of nitrogen, the more the yield of silage. Dollar Test . But of course the final lest is the dollar test did it pay? In this test it paid to increase the number of plants per acre up to the 28,000 rate. However, the fertilization phase the pic ture changes. While the yield was highest at the 200 lbs. of A Ncho's Worth of . . . Comment On By HARMAN United Prttf Washington (U.R) If you are planning a vacation out of the country, you might as well drive. That is, take your car along. Say you are taking a ship from Key West, Fla., to Carde nas, a Cuban port city 100 miles east of Havana. A car and driver can make the trip afloat for a to narman Nichols tal of $62.28, plus $16.50 for each passenger. And you'll have your car handy for sightseeing. I speak from a little experi ence. Last fall, I flew to Paris with some other newsmen. We wanted to see Southern France. We did it by motor. We wouldn't have seen the countryside, had we not been mo bile on rubber tires with our own driver. We could stop and take pictures of sheep grazing and peasants picking grapes in the vineyards whenever we wanted. The American Automobile As sociation has some ideas about people who like to travel abroad. Take Europe, for example. If you are going for a whirlwind trip and are satisfied with look ing at the Eiffel Tower from the air, that's fine enough. But if you and your family ex pect to remain for a couple or three weeks, you can rent a small French Renault for $80 a week. You'll get 35 to 40 miles on the gallon of gas, and gas is pretty high in France, but if there are only two of you, that 1 rS J5" ir iiiIJIMJA.i"! way for better gas mileage in cruising. bur propellers are whirling in oil, deep inside the Dynaflow unit. When you press the pedal in the normal way, you hold those propellers in their economy angle and you enjoy plenty more miles from your gasoline. But when you want instant acceleration for quicks getaway, or for a sudden safety-surge of emergency power you just press the pedal way down, and with absolute smoothness you get the action you want, and split-second quick. It's the thrill that's the talk of the industry-performance unlike anything you Evenings. Frldar. April 15, 1S53 Yields nitrogen per acre rate, the in crease was not enough greater than the 100 lb. rate to make it worth while. In a semi-arid climate such as the Rogue River valley, corn utilizes 350 to 400 pounds of water to produce one pound of dry matter for harvest. Obvious ly the greater the number of plants per acre, the greater the demand for water to carry them to maturity. High rates of fertilization also increase the need for water. High fertilization without adequate water from natural rainfall or from supplemental irrigation may result in an actual decrease in yield. This and That W. NICHOLS Futur WrilM adds up to only $40 each a week for transportation. American cars run a little higher. If you plan to stay a matter of months, you can take your American car on the steamship for $450, round trip. Most of the hotels in London and Paris have parking facilities for visitors. But say you plan to be over seas for something like a year or more. You can buy a new or second hand car of your own from special agencies in Europe, for about what you would pay for them here. A little more, maybe. Many of these agencies will give you a contract to buy back the car you purchase at 25 per cent less than you paid for it if you return it within a year. That isn't too bad. You can buy any kind of a machine you want to. I can tell you that the small European cars sometimes can give you an ache. That is, the ancient ones we traveled around France in. But they say the newer ones are a little more comfortable. At any rate, you can get away from the conduct tour, if you are behind the wheel yourself. If you can afford it. GRANGE Eaglo Point Grange Next meeting of Eagle Point Grange will be on Tuesday, April 19. Of special interest to all members will be the literary program to be presented by Gold Hill Grange. Dea-1 line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Thrill of the Is Buicfc MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Dallas, Ore. 4J.R) Robert W. Moore, 19, Salem, was killed early yesterday when his car skidded off state highway 22 and plunged into a slough two miles east of Rickreall, state police reported. tlationa EC I x- APRIL SPECIALS! ENAMEL WARE 3 Nested Pans 6 -cup Percolators Teakettles Sauce Pans Buckets Dish Pans 18-Piece DINNER WARE SET $3.49 TV SHACK SETS $1.49 MIXING BOWL SETS $1.19 Adjustable All Metal IRONING BOARDS $7.95 Two-arm LAWN SPRINKLERS 99 TROWEL WEEDERS 2 for 25 SCREW DRIVER SET ..25 FLASHLIGHTS . ....98 WHEEL BARROWS $9.88 50' Gales GARDEN HOSE $2.99 25' TWIN SPRINKLER $2.69 Pincor GAS MOWER $64.95 Pincor ELECTRIC MOWER $39.95 SPIN ROD and REEL .. $10.00 Shallow Well PUMP, complete with tank ..... . .$100.00 We S&H GREEN STAMPS Siskiyou 225 West Main HOTTEST No wonder you sm Ways they're roiling up history topping lukk one of the have ever known before on the ground. And so many folks have been asking to try it that we Buick dealers across America have set up April as "Test Pilot Club" Month. All it takes to join the "Club" is a test drive at the wheel of a new Buick. That's all. So we cordially invite you to win your "wings" to try the spectacular perform ance of Variable Pitch Dynaflow and to feel the mighty V8 power that puts the whip to these gorgeous new Buick beauties. Drop in this week. Dynaflou Drive is standard on Roadmaster, optional at extra tost on other Series. y&sf V" lea. yrete (WhrdoB WHEN KTTfit AUTOMOBILES ARE WILT BUICK Kansas City, Kans. (U.R) Frank H. 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