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." All plans for subdivisions must
be submitted to the health de
partment, and sanitarians then
Check on, soil suitability for sep
tic tanks, drainage, type ,of fa
cilities necessary if not included
in sewage disposal areas, and
other precautions. This becomes
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a protection to future homeown
ers and to everyone in the coun
ty. 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Dallas, Ore. 4J.R) Robert
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early yesterday when his car
skidded off state highway 22 and
plunged into a slough two miles
east of Rickreall, state police
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