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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.'
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for every peddler pitching any
thing from kazoos id kumquats
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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.)
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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. Drake's discovery
of oil at Titusville, Pa., on
Aug. 27, 1859, ushered in the
oil era and started -a rush for
oil that rivaled the California
gold rush of 10 years earlier.
The earliest known fishing
book in English is the "Trea
tyse of Fysshynge Wyth an
Angle," according to the Na
tional Geographic Society. It
was printed in 1496 in West
minster, England, and lists 12
fly pa terns, 10 of which are
still in use.
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