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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Wednesday. Jan. 20, 1960 Theyll Do If Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo PlINKINGTON, THE OFFICE PURCMAS DO BIZ W1TH-ASK ANY SALESMAN.' But at home base he's a chump for every peddler pitching any thing from kazoos id kumquats AND GET OUT AND STAA-- BOTH CONCAVE X " OUT UNTIL. YOU'VE SOT V AND CONVEX-IT PEELS, V WOW V SOMETHING WORTH -t 4 IT SEALS-IT BORES, IT filwP me V l WHILE TO SHOW ME.1 ' rrsTTX CORES-OPENS CAMS-IT 15 nc V f NEXT' T- MllJb OPENS CLAMS, HONES VOUR W Iffl", -TMTi I l-lil RAZOR SHARPENS KNIVES- f. THEM '.'.J PURCHASING M I tegStlSsB A KITCHEN HELPER FOR JoS-jr-- AGENT ., 8 ALL. WIVES-A BUCK AND iwTi. " II 1 Grange Hews lr Central Point Grange "The Need for Family Counseling," was a panel dis cussion presented at the Jan. 15 meeting of the Central Point Grange. Panel members were James Pullman, director of the Jack son County Welfare commis sion, Mrs. Henry Padgham, and Mrs. Scott Hamilton, members of the welfare com mission. They presented sta tistics showing the rising trend in broken homes, di vorces, and the harmful ef fects it has on children of the homes, and the additional cost of welfare by the county for dependent children. In areas where family counsel ing is available, costs have been reduced and many mar riages stabilized. An officers seating drill was performed, preceding the opening cf the Grange, by the new officers. Master Benton Boyce an nounced the appointment of committee chairman as fol lows: agriculture, Arnold Bohnert; legislative, Edwin Gebhard; finance, Marshall W e i d man; recreation, Mrs. Gaston; 4-H, Mrs. O. T. Wil son; relief, Mrs. Charles More house; horticulture, Dee Hen drickson; reception, Mrs. Wal ter Mang; building, Fred Kuest; musicians, Mrs. Del- mar srrutn and Mrs. tine Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Why the Fan at an Entrance? For the Insects, of Course Many buildings such as drug stores, restaurants, and some others, often have a re volving fan over the entrance that whirls and looks rather silly. Most people abhor drafts, or any suggestions of cold air in motion, and fail to understand why a store should have such a thing as a fan over the front door. Many folks think it is ri diculous to have this whirl ing contrivance blowing air down the back of their neck when entering or leaving the establishment. About all they can figure the gadgets is do ing is stirring up the outside air when they feel the air doesn't need stirring up. Fan Necessary Actually the fan is a neces sary part of the store's equip ment. In some places it is even required by law. Actual ly the fan takes the place of a screen door. Insects hate drafts, too, Kurtz; and water resources, even more than do people, Charles Taylor, HEC chairman, Mrs. O. T. Wilson, announced the next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Alma Mallory, 347 Laurel st., Central Point, Wednesday, Jan. 27, for a 1:30 p.m. dessert. The display table was an exhibit of Afri can violet plants grown by Mrs. Homer Jeffries. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Hendrick son were accepted by demit from Phoenix Grange. Insurance Agent Roscoe Roberts reported that 1959 had been a satisfactory year in the history of Grange in surance. Chaplain Mrs. More house reported illnesses in the Grange. Some were re ported improved and others still quite ill. At the request of the mas ter, Roberts, County Grange deputy, gave the installation charges to the following offi cers elect: secretary, Mrs. Charles Taylor; lady assistant steward. Mrs. Arnold Bohn ert; executive members, Charles Taylor, and Chester Wendt. The next regular Grange meeting Friday, Feb. 5. will be Grange visitation night for Central Point. The members are asked to bring sandwich es, and visiting ladies will furnish cookies. The recreation committee chairman, Mrs. Floux, an- and for much more sensible reason. They are not afraid of catching cold or being un comfortable. They dislike drafts because moving air makes it difficult for them to maneuver. It is rather dis concerting to a bug to start out for a predetermined des tination, or to be following a delicious scent-trail, and have a sudden and violent air cur rent hit him and throw him off course. Usually when this happens he changes his feeble mind, or whatever it is a fly nounced there will be a card party Friday, Jan. 22, for all Grangers and friends. Each lady attending is asked to bring a white elephant for prize, card table, cards and either sandwiches or cookies. A square dance is being plan ned for Jan. 29. Other dates to remember are Pomona meeting Satur day, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Eagle Point Grange hall, visi tation night at Phoenix Tues day, Jan. 26, and open house at Central Point Grange Feb. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George of Lake Creek Grange, and Roberts of Roxy Ann Grange were visitors for the evening. The serving committee were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olson, Mr. and Mrs. William Fo ley, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lull. changes, and goes elsewhere. Following as he always does, the line of least resist ance, he can see no sense in battling a head-wind which can easily turn him on his beam-ends when he can go somewhere else and not have to work so hard. Now. You Know The next time you enter a public place where a fan is revolving above the door you can be sure of the reason for it. If you think the draft on the back of your sensitive neck is uncomfortable, think of how the bug must feel when, he is sailing blithely along and an unexpected downdraft throws him off course or upsets him entirely. Equilibrium is very import ant to a fly. In air-conditioned buildings the outside fan serves anoth er purpose: helping to keep the cool air in and warm air out. But about this neither the bug nor myself would have much knowledge, neith er of us being bright enough to understand the complexi ties of air-conditioners. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) Many Chemical Poisonings Said Being Used in U.S. Agriculture tailor s note: 1 be cran berry scare" of last Thanks giving focused attention on the fact that more than 1.200 different chemicals are being used in the production and processing of America's food supply. They have brought many benefits but have also raised many serious problems, including potential hazards to human health and wildlife. Following is the first of three dispatches on these problems and what's being done about them. By LOUIS CASSELS Washington -flJPD- The weed killer that got on some of our cranberries is just one of more than 200 chemical poi sons now being used in Amer ican agriculture. The vast majority of these pesticides marketed under 6,000 trade names have come into use since World War II. They have been of enormous value in reducing the multi-billion-dollar losses caused by insects, rats, weeds, fungus disease and other ag ricultural pests. In 1959, American farmers spent about 8500,000,000 for pesticides. An estimated one billion pounds of chemicals were sprayed or otherwise applied to farm crops. Boon To Consumers The U.S. Department of Ag riculture says the increasing use of chemicals is a boon to consumers because it makes possible the production of more and better food at lower cost. But the "chemical revolu tion" in agriculture has also created problems, which were dramatically called to public attention by recent govern ment drives against contami nated cranberries, chickens and milk. Whenever chemicals are used to treat crops or live stock, there is a chance that traces of them will get into the food that goes to Amer ica's tables. Such chemical residues do, in fact, get into food all the Women spent more than $1 billion in beauty salons in 1958. To gain their share of the beauty market, perfume and cosmetic advertisers last year invested over $12 mil lion in national newspaper advertising. time, if they are enough, they may be entirely harmless. In larger quanti ties, they can be a menace to health. To minimize this danger, Congress enacted in 1954 a law which gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad powers to set "toler ances" for pesticide residues in food. If the FDA finds that a chemical can cause cancer, it is required by law to set a "zero tolerance" - which means that food containing even the most minute trace of that chemical is considered unfit for human consump tion. Zero Tolerances It was under this clause that the FDA seized batches of cranberries which were found to contain traces of aminotriazole, a weed-killer that causes cancer in labora tory animals. The FDA also has set zero tolerances for all chemicals in milk. The theory is that since milk is so widely con sumed by infants and elderly people, no chemical contami nation whatever is permis sible. The agency has deter mined from spot checks that I a relatively small proportion of the nation's milk supply -less than three per cent - does contain residues of pesticides, such as DDT, used to kill in sects in dairy barns. It also found in about four per cent of the milk sampled last year traces of penicillin,' which is used to treat udder diseases in cattle. A drive has been launched against milk con taining either of these chemi cals. For foods other than milk, and for chemicals other than the very small number sus pected of causing cancer, the FDA tolerates some residues. The specific amount permit ted in food is usually deter mined by feeding the chemi cal to laboratory animals for a prolonged period to deter- small mine the least quantity that harmful to animals. A An old Spanish proverb de scribes the weather in Madrid in these words: "Nine months of winter and three months of hell." is tolerance of one-one-hundredth of that amount is then fix ed for human consumption. How can a farmer be sure that he is keeping pesticide residues within the legal lim its? He merely has to obey carefully the very detailed and explicit instructions on the proper use of agricultural chemicals which are given in Agricultural Department pub lications and on the labels of every pesticide container. Trouble Looms These instructions tell what pesticides may be used on what crops, when they can safely be applied, and in what strength. Farmers who violate these instructions - as some cran berry growers did in using aminotriazole at a later date in the growing cycle than is permitted - may get into trouble. The FDA has a field staff of 500 inspectors scattered across the country. They try to keep an eye on farming practices, and to spot any mis use of pesticides that is likely to lead to contaminated food. If their informal warnings are unheeded, they seize the food when it goes to market. Is the FDA staff big enough to do a fully effective job of policing? A government com mittee which studied this question in 1955 urgently recommended that the inspec tion staff be tripled or quad rupled. Congress made a ten tative move in this direction last year by raising the FDA's annual budget to $13,800,000 - which was $2,000,000 more than the administration re quested. This budget boost permit ted a modest increase in FDA's field staff. But it is still far short of the force recommended by the com mittee as essential to the pro tection of the nation's health. (Next: Chemicals added to food in processing.) r MEDFORD PAINT and Wallpaper Store TAINT WITH iteauttilmtei 6th & Holly Diagonally Across from Post Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give S&H GREEN STAMPS DC Kzzzrtr Astoria Voters Beat School Plan Astoria-ttJPD-Voters Tuesday defeated two of the three pro posed school reorganizational plans in Clatsop county, ac cording to unofficial returns. Only the reorganization of the Warrenton-Hammond area was approved, by a vote of 92-44. The Astoria, Lewis and LONG TUNNEL Spokane-The Cascade tun nel of the Great Northern railway through the Cascade mountains is believed the longest in the western hemi sphere. It extends for a length of 7.79 miles. Clark, ana Olney and the Sea side, Cannon Beach and Gear hart areas defeated the pro posal. The reorganizational plan combines the Warrenton-Hammond areas into one school district. The others remain separate districts. Edwin L. 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