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W . I I ti .Hilling , ' POSIE SNIFFER-Young Charlie Weaver Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weaver of Miami, Fla., seems to be having a bit Dennis the D0NT LOOK IN THE CLOSET 'TIL Meet Mr. A.B.C. ' tf ATI of trouble with his britches as he stoops to sniff flowers In his parents' garden. (UPI) Menace I QST'm BACK IN THHP 60X-! 0 p Lis S nM J rSTv Servicemen Said Desegregation Tools Washingon-IOTD-Rep. F. Ed ward Hebert (D-La.) has ac cused the administration of using servicemen as a "tool' in its desegregation cam paign. In a speech prepared for delivery on the House floor, Hebert attacked a defense de partment order authorizing military commanders to make communities discriminating against Negroes "off limits" to servicemen. Hebert termed the order "economic blackmail." He said it would also mean that servicemen would no longer have the right to determine how they will spend their off duty hours. Hebert said that until "now" servicemen felt that they belonged to an organi zation that existed to provide security for the nation. In stead, Hebert said, the mili tary now has become a poli tical tool "of the attorney general, the President and the secretary of defense." V. He Works for our Advertisers He is one of the experienced circulation auditors on the staff of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Just as a bank examiner makes a periodic check of the records of your bank so does Mr. A.B.C. visit our office at regular intervals to make an exacting inspection and audit of our circulation records. The circulation facts thus obtained are condensed in casy-to-read audit reports which tell our advertisers: How much circu lation we have; where it goes; how it was obtained; and many other FACTS that tell advertisers what they get for their money when they advertise in this newspaper. Advertisers are invited to ask for a copy of our latest A.B.C. report. MEDFORD Mosquitoes Force Farmers To By MORT J. SULLIVAN United Press International Stonefort, 111. - tl'PD - Veno mous hordes of salt water mos quitoes are forcing farmers to wear masks outside, keep ing children inside and even stampeding cattle around this tiny southern Illinois commu nity. "Be Alert . . . Mosquitoes Crossing," reads a sign one Stonefort farmer tacked up in front of his home. Around Stonefort, a town that's about as mosquito-ridden as the Panama Canal Zone, folks don't tell fish tales. They tell "skeeter" stories. "They (the mosquitoes) are out for the blood of every thing that moves," complained farmer Ralph Beasley who is suing Williamson county be cause of the buzzers. "My cat tle are sometimes stampeded," he said. Farmer Loren Nolen wears a wire-mesh hood along with his overalls, leather jacket or raincoat, and gloves - "even in 100-degree weather." The problem of swatting, slapping and smacking mos quitoes (it's not a sport) has become so bad, it has reached the governor's desk. A bill up for his consideration appro priates $10,000 for the state public health department to deal directly with the Stone fort 'skeeters. This Isn't Funny "A lot of people think this is funny," said the bill's author, State Rep. C. L. Mc Cormick of Vienna. "But these mosquitoes have cut milk production by harassing dairy cows." And much more. Farmer Charles Curtner said "It's so bad the kids can't get out in the yard to play." Farmer Beasley, who owns a modern home, farms 80 acres of land and Is principal of a grade school, said "Some people would like to sell their property but can't because of the mosquitoes." He and other Stoneforters believe the strip mines in the area are to blame. The area in the southeast corner of Williamson county is pock - marked with strip mine soil banks and ponds which the farmers say are ideal breeding places for the aedes sollicitan," more com monly known as the salt wa ter mosquito. "We didn't have mosquitoes until the coal companies came in," Curtner said. "Nothing has made me want to leave this country more than this The mosquitoes are thicker than flies used to be when flies were bad The Audit Bureau of Circula tions, of which this newspaper is a member, is a cooperative, nonprofit association of nearly 4,000 advertisers, advertising agencies and publishers. Or ganized in 1914, A.B.C. brought order out of advertising chaos by establishing: A def inition for paid circulation; rules and standards for auditing and reporting the circulations of newspapers and periodicals. TRIBUNE MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. "There's nothing we can do but fight and kill them," he said. A celebration of sorts was held recently when Beasley -using a device which attracts mosquitoes with black -blue lights and then draws them through a fan into a sack -bagged 2'i pounds. He said the device - a Luralight - will clear one acre of 'skeeters per night. But during the hot months of June, July and August, the humming plague just presses on in its relentless task of unnerving every other living thing around. Marion Poggas, health edu cator for the Franklin -Williamson bi-county health de- Look Fall-ward 92.84 1214-22J4 int 'flTtViifc FLATTERY STARTS with a softly curved, fringed-bow collar, continues down the slimming skirt. Be wise, start September with this sheath. Printed Pattern 9284: Half Sizes 12V4, 14V2, 16'., lSVi, 2014, 22V4. Size 16V4 re- quires 33A yards 35-lnch fabric. FIFTY CENTS in coins for this pattern add 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. 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Send 25c now! OREGON partment, said residents of nearby West Frankfort and Zeiglcr in Franklin county also have their mosquitoes. Drainage Costly Poggas, a Zeiglcr resident, said surveys by the state recommend draining the swampy areas where mosqui toes breed or to spray the areas with a mixture of kero sene and insecticide. But that takes money and Stonefort doesn't have it. Harvey J. Dominick, slate entomologist, made a study of the Stonefort 'skeeters and promised he would make recommendations on what can be done in the area. HEAVY TERRY r- TtEitbV0ii11111' V iWs III sl ,ow - 111 SI 2.59ili- 111 A -rSssoctc I gjss 'ft p BATH TOWELS innn dahdii IIIUII DUHHU Regular $( Decorator Pictures Gruen Watches TOTE BAGS "Tubby Time" r!: 36-Inch COTTON PLISSE White $ 1 lit. PLASTIC SANDALS 50 52? Wear Masks in Illinois Williamson county does not have a mosquito tax, and funds ordinarily are not al located for that purpose. Some cities within the county have a mosquito abatement district, like Lerrin. Other cities, like Stonefort, do not. Breed in Mines What this means is that rural Stonefort residents don't know whom to ask for help. Stonefort is the only area of those making mosquito com plaints where strip mining occurs. West Frankfort and Zeigler both have shaft mines where the waste is brought to the surface and deposited In piles ah st.ei-Adju.t.bi. TAPESTRY Regular $1 .99 So"dwhl," JiQn FBsM 24"x36" Reg. $1.00 Ea. UtfU rT J) ICO -98 uu.i;? u M Reg. 3.98 E. S2.69 Jf Top Selection 1LDDIPC Udie.'-M.n't 17 Jewel .. '2 iHlUC f ,r 5.2-F00T PLASTIC SAIL BOAT scsssszsr 20 VALUE COME IN AND EOBIE n You 1 '8' n OREGON FOOD STORES WESTGATE CENTER JEfr, THURSDAY. AUGUST I. 1M3 called "gob" piles that are ideal breeding places. In Stonefort the "gob" is spread like butter on bread. Some areas of the strip are decorated with evergreen trees and other foliage. But Beasley, who has a land de valuation suit pending before the Williamson county board of review, feels the effort "is only a token measure to satis fy the government." "It's one thing to cover up an area with foliage," he said, "but to correct the situation is a n o t h e r." Beasley's suit charges that strip mining op erations in the Stonefort area, combined with increased mos 2, 79c 99c rc4 FREE -FREE Not Have '30" E 3 quitoes, have rendered his farm and home less valuable. What about the bill await ing Gov. Off. Kerner's signa ture? "We're delighted to think that something is going to be done about the mosquitoes," Beasley said. "They're not something like flies that you can walk out to the barn and kill them by spraying or swatting them. One person can't do it." "I woulcn't care if they killed every sprig of grass if they killed the mosquitoes," said Curtner of a proposal that the state spray more in the area. 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