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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-02-13

Photo by Misch Studio
These opening day scenes OF
Ottawa county's first annual
Home and Builders Show were
taken in ffe Port Clinton Ar
mory by Willis Misch early We'd
nesday afternoon as booth own
ers rushed to complete last min
ute details before fhe big show
opened at 500 that afternoon.
An enthusiastic crowd Of home
owners attended opening night
and were entertained by Toledo's
feIevision stars. Lloyd Thaxton
and Barbara KralI. and the famed
comedy quartet The Marks
men" Thursday evening The
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
No End In Sight For Slide In Farm Prices

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
House and Senate agriculture lead
ers had expected to have year to
work out new farm policies, but the
price slide has already raised a clam
or in Congress-.
o. V. Wells, USDA's bureau of ag-
ricultural economics chief, told Sen
ate committee last week that farm
prices will fall another SO during
1853 and that the farmer els already
in a cost-price squeeze"
Senator Clinton P. Anderson Cd
N. NJ demanded to know whether
steadily falling cattle prices and fair
ly steady retail beef prices have Gre
ated "a packers paradise" He said
packing warehouses are $50 jammed
with 16 cents-a-pound beef h t
ranchers can't sell another pound. :"
Secretary of Agriculture Benson,
February 3, pleaded with cattlemen
to cease their "unwarranted pessi-
mism" and stop dumping cattle on
the market. But he promised no gov
eminent action to stabilize prices.
Senator Hubert HI. Humphrey ID
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

Mimi Immediately described this as
"a 1853 rendition of prosperity
around the corner and isn't going
to help"
Two days later, Benson said re-
moval of beef price controls would
stabilize cattle prices. "Basically," he
said, ''the situation is sound. It's
always a good idea to encourage peo-
pie to help themselves when in troub-
lie, rather than run to Washington. 4"
"There has been some panic," he
said, but predicted it would end along
with controls.
Senator Mike Monroney (D-Okla.)
called for quick program of produc-
ton credits to stop "a landslide de-
cline in cattle prices"
Farm leaders here quickly noted
that President Eisenhower's state of
the union message stuck to present
agricultural legislation" providing for
900 parity price supports instead of
following the 1852 Republican plat
form plank of ''full parity prices for
all farm products in the market
place"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
ONE STOCKMEN'S BILL Is
DOWN FOR the COUNT

Senate Bill SO, the proposal to make
it next to impossible for veterans and
other young men to enter the stock
growing business via purchase of
state lands, was given the thumbs
down" treatment by the Senate,
Wednesday.
AS originally proposed, SB SO
would have upped the down payment
on state land purchases from 10 to
40 per cent. Early this week this
was amended to 25 per cent. Still too
steep, said Senators Anderson (Pon-
dera), Lindquist, Grandey, Wilson,
and Hatch as they successfully moved
indefinite postponement" 1921. Sen
ators Bremen and Scofield defended
SD SO.
Still to be considered is Senate
Bill 70-a companion measure to SD
SO. This bill would eliminate COM
petitive bidding for state lands to the
disadvantage of both the person de-
string to purchase piece of land cur
rently held under lease by another,
and to the school permanent fund.
(See VOICE, Feb. g.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

the motoring public has "path-
illogical dislike" for trucks on the
highway. In substantiation he cited
survey by the Automobile Manu-
facturers Association which purport-
ed to show that less than Is per
cent disapprove. I'm rebuttal to
that assertion, Rep. McAndrews, CO.
sponsor of HB $50, read from re-
cent Gallup Poll finding that showed
80 per cent of the motoring public
in favor of trucks being forced to
use a separate highway lane from
rest of motoring public.)
Wayne Hageman, Laurel, vice
president of Montana Transport AS
ISOLATION, emphasized to the commit
tee that about 80 per cent of the
truckers in Montana are small bust
nessmen, and that the committee
should bear this in mind at all times.
Gene FehIig, Helena, representing
Montana Ready-Mix Concrete Asso-
citation, protested that the Gross We
hicle Weight schedule was unfair to
short-haul concerns such as he rep
resented. He contended that the
weight-mile schedule would impose
additional costs on such concerns.
attorney Huppe clarified this by
calling Fehlig's attention to sec
ton in HB $50 which exempts truck
ers travelling less than three from
the center of their home city in any
one trip, from the WIN schedule. In
stead, they would pay flat fee.)
Rep. McAndrews, speaking in sup
port of his bill, pointed out that the
present GWV schedule does not COM
Continued on page four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

of the labor spokesman were not
Montanans, were, in effect, sent into
the state to ruin industry. The fact
of the matter is that EVERY labor
spokesman was a Montanan, by vir-
tue of having been born here, or hav-
ing lived in the state the major por-
ton of their lives.
Corrette further contended that
the rank and file of labor do not
want Silicosis under compensation,
that it is only few labor leaders
who are pushing the program-lead-
ers, who, although elected by their
membership, do represent the rank
and file.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
SB Its Would Finish
Squaring Old Farm Loan
Debt To School Fund

Thirty years ago the legislature
permitted the use of $4,25O,625 of
permanent school fund moneys to
handle a large number of farm
mortgage loans. This investment of
state school funds turned sour.
About 1927 Guerney Moss, then rep
resentative from Flathead, began
agitating that the state was honor
bound to repay this money to the
school fund, along with interest. In
time he was successful in getting
the state to assume the obligation.
And, just few weeks back the
state completed paying every cent
of the original $4,25O,625 to the
permanent school fund.
There is still matter of the two
per cent interest specified by an
earlier law, remaining unpaid. In
lieu of cash interest payment by the
state, SB ITS by Moss, Working and
James, would authorize the state to
transfer to the school permanent
fund "all farm mortgage loans now
existing as such, all the lands taken
over by the state under such mort
cages through foreclosure proceed
ings and otherwise. Thus, it
would appear the schools at long
last will receive very substantial
return for the use of school money
Incorporated thirty years ago.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
THE 'WHY" OF NO
PHYSICALS BY ACM

He also made much of the fact
that the ACM does not require ply
steal examinations of those seeking
jobs with his company. He neglected
to tell one of the main reasons why
no physicals are required and yet the
company need not fear common law
suits arising from men contracting
Silicosis in ACM employment. The
"why" goes back to 1915 when Cor
Kelley (now chairman of the Boart
of ACM) helped write the origina
Workmen's Compensation Act. B.
some means or another a gimmicI
was put in that bill which took away
from victims of disease the right to
sue for damages, and at the same
time barred them from receiving
workmen's compensation.
Corrette stoutly contended that
no Silicosis had been contracted
in the Butte mines since 1927,
and at the same time loudly pro-
tested that it was unfair to Mon
tana industry to burden it with
the cost of occupational disease
compensation.
Jack Warren, ACM sanitary engi-
neer, confirmed his superior's con-
tentions on how free of silica dust
the Butte Mines are and stated oc-
diseases are 1000 pre-
He also sagely advised the
committee that a person can breathe
more silica dust in two days in the
streets of Butte than in a lifetime
in the Butte mines"
Ernest Salvas, international Mine
Mill representative (and native Mon
tanan) observed that if Warren's
were true, practically all
Of the more than 400 Silicotics in
Butte drawing $50 per month from
The Public Welfare, should be
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
Senate Approves Time off
To Vote BiII--Minus Pay
Provision

Workers would be permitted two
hours time off to vote without pay
if Senate Bill ZIG by Weydemeyer and
Ross also receives approval in the
House of Representatives The bill
passed the Senate by 1913 margin.
SD 216 is quite similar to House
Bill SO which went down 44-42 in
the lower house a couple of weeks ago
Principal difference is that HB SO
provided two hours time off to vote
on election day, with pay for the
time off.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
Why Then Do Corette Co., So Stnuousy Resist Placing
This Occupatonal Disease Under Workmen's Compensation

SllcOSS other OccupaOnaI lUU
preventable'
Slicos and other occupatonal diseases NOT entire
ly preventabe'
The only eliminate occupatona disease abolish
industry
eve have had Slicos develop in Butte mines
since 1927"
can occupational disease law would be runous IS per
cent of the small firms in Montana"
"a desirable environment be maintained for work
that he need not suffer occupationa hazard"
Were all these quotes Mondays open hearing propos
ed occupaona disease legislation position by
and of the four bills discussion?
They not Each and of them many equal
ly contradictory asseron) the exclusive property of
spokesman for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and
4Lan-a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

ton"
The truckers spokesman was Mr.
Gwynn of the western transport as.
ISOLATION. Speaking in defense OF
the honesty of the industry was
Charles V. Huppe, Helena attor-
ney. The public hearing was held
Tuesday morning under the chair
manship of House Highway Com
mittee' Chairman Walter Sagunsky
of Madison county.
House Bill ESQ would set up a
schedule of taxes on trucks, trail
ers and buses, quite similar to the
past six years. Commercial users
of the highways would pay for
the use of our roads according to
the weight they haul and the num-
Der of miles they travel over the
highways each year. Trucks
operating within three miles of
town, and those under $4,000
pounds gross weight, would pay
flat fees in lieu of the weight-mile
schedule.
In, criticising the Oregon law,
Gwynn contended that it was "radi-
cal" and, according to many high
way experts, had not proven success
full. He stated that only 1872 per
cent of all commercial vehicles are
required to pay the ton-mile tax. He
also pointed to the high cost of adj
ministration and collection of the
law, placing the figure at upwards
of 10 per cent. (NOTE: Admins
tration and collection of Montana's
gross vehicle weight tax runs more
than II per cent?
In opposing HB $50, Gwynn fur
Their stated he did not believe that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
Their employer groups!

To be sure, labor representatives
did contend that Silicosis and other
occupational diseases are 100 per cent
preventable. But, they might as well
have saved their words, because man
agement in one breath assured the
committee members of the accuracy
of the contention, and in the next
breath denied the same. These We're
MT the only choice gems of double
talk engaged in by employers spokes-
men. There were others, many others.
For example, Carl Trauerman,
spokesman for the small mine opera
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
TRUCKERS REPRESENTATIVE PUTS
INDUSTRY I'm BAD Light
BEFORE COMMITTEE

Will truckers attempt evade paying their share of taxes
for construction highways Montana
legislature weigtmie truck tax measure?
sentative of the industry nmates they will spokesman for
House Bill 250the weight-mie proposal-says mo have
too much confidence in the industry accept such
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

tors, in opposing Silicosis legislation
cannot stand this added expense"
then assured the committee that in
smaller Montana mining operations
1--WE have so much pure air we have
to control it by bulkheading it Off"
Bob Corette, the ACM's number
one lobbyist in one instant told the
committee it wasn't fair to hold the
"last employer" solely responsible
for paying Silicosis compensation,
which he swore House Bill 103 would
do. Later on, after reading the bill
little more carefully, he told the
committee the ''last employer" could
appeal for an apportionment of COM
pensation costs, and would be held
liable for only that portion of the
disease contracted in the workers
"last employment"
MORE NONSENSE
Another Zulu" by Corrette was
that Silicotics come from other states
in order to get the $50 per month
Public Welfare assistance presently
paid Silicotics. He didn't mention
what other states, but, right here is
a good place to note that "A of the
other At states cover Silicosis under
workmen's compensation, with bene-
fits ranging up to $53.s5 per week as
to Montana's $50 per month
Corrette also made several asser- !
tons which were not entirely befitt-
ing man of his stature in the leg
islative halls. For example, he tried |
to cast shadow of suspicion on la
boris motives in seeking such legis-
Iation by flatly stating that some
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13

|
isn't a single woman drawing the
Silicosis payment.
AND, MORE NONSENSE
Sam D. Coca, Jr., secretary of
Montana Economic Council, and Hell
ena Associated Industries official,
made much of how making Silicosis
and other occupational diseases would
diminish profits of Montana business
men. He inferred it to be unfair to
expect industry to carry this burden,
and that if Montana joined As other
states in placing occupational d.
seases under compensation it "would
be ruinous to IS per cent of the
small firms in Montana"
Stanley Thurston of state fedora
tion of labor executive board, pro-
vided the committee with answers to
the nonsense peddled by Coca, by
quoting statistics prepared by the U.
S. Chamber of Commerce and u. S.
Dept. of Labor on the cost of occu-
pational disease coverage in other
states. Ohio, for example charges
TWO cents per p1OO OIL pdyrOll Tor Oc-
cupational disease coverage Wiscon-
sin figures show less than five per
cent of all compensation cl i'm S
chargeable to occupational disease.
In Oregon, over five year period
| (1943-48) occupational disease claims
represented only 1877 per cent of all
claims filed.
Similar low percentages were re-
ported from Virginia, New York,
South Carolina, and New Jersey. Yet,
says Coca, it "would be ruinous to
IS per cent of the small firms in
Montanaw
MONTANA FARMERS DOUBLY
TAXED
Dick Shipman, acting president of
Montana Farmers Union, told the
committee his organization of over
$4,000 Montana farm families, was
solidly on record for occupational
disease legislation, pointing out that
Montana farmers are presently doub-
ly taxed for this. All states manu-
featuring farm machinery which
Montana farmers buy have such di-
seases under compensation. Recall
ing that U. S. Chamber of Comerce
considers such compensation "cost
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-13
SiHcosi $ Completely EziminatedzLn Butte
Mines, Jay ACM Spokesman :

women. Actually, said Salvas, there
isn't a single woman drawing the
Silicosis payment.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Seeding Trees
Planted In State

First deliveries of seeding trees
from state nurseries for planting
in Ohio's statewide Sesquicenten-
nial PLANT OHIO program were
made in the southern part of the
state this week. Deliveries were
made to central distribution points
in counties by state Highway De-
partment trucks under new CO.
operative system worked out this
spring between the Division of
Forestry and the Department of
Highways.
Most deliveries from state nur-
series to counties will be made in
this manner, thus expediting ship
ments from nursery to p a n ter
and eliminating costly delays
which often result in stock spoif-
age. AS the planting season moves
northward deliveries will be made
to central and northern Ohio area.
The Division of Forestry expects
to complete all deliveries in the
state by April Goth.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Ordnance Leaders
Meet At Rossford

One-hundred supply personnel
representing military installations
within a ten-state area and the
Dominion of Canada, attended the
third annual Ordnance distribu.
ton area supply conference, Wed.
nesday and Thursday at Rossford
Ordnance Depot.
The conference is one of seven
being held this spring at Ord.
nance installations throughout the
country to familiarize post, camp
and station personnel with cur.
rent supply procedures and gen
eral policies pertaining to distri-
button and supply between depots
and requisitioning agencies.
Those attending represented
class l and II Ordnance installa.
tions, military districts, state Ma
tional Guard Headquarters and
Air Force bases in the states of
Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wis.
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
and the Dominion of Canada.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Keys Bull Gets
Approved Rating

An Ayrshire bull, Good Acres
Ottawa, owned by Fred Keys OF
Port Clinton, has been given the
high rating of Approved, accord
ing to the Ayrshire Breeders AS
sociation xecutive Secretary
Chester c. Putney, Brandon, Ver-
mont.
The Ayrshire Approved rating
has been given to the sire in rec
ignition of the superior produc-
ing ability of his daughters when
compared to their dams.
The Keys sire qualified on his
eight daughters that average TO-
249 pounds of 3.94 per cent and
404 pounds of butterfat on a Ma
ture Equivalent twice-a-day milk
ing basis.
The Approved Ayrshire Sire
Plan that was adopted in 1910 by
the Ayrshire Breeders Association
has enabled Ayrshire Breeders
all over the country to improve
their herds to increase milk pro.
duction.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Closet Storage
Space Tips Given

Closet storage is most satisfac
tory if there is no waste space
and if it is arranged to fit the
size and number of article s
stored.
Ann Biebricher, extension home
furnishings specialist at the Ohio
State University, says that poles
or rods are first essentials. Each
adult needs at least two feet of
pole space for his clothing. More
is desirable.
The pole should be at least SO
inches high to prevent clothes
from sweeping the floor. For
some garment bags, this height
may be as much as 72 inches.
Adjustable supports at the sides
of the closet make it possible tc
raise or lower the rod. Some rods
may be pulled out from the wall
to slide the rack of clothes out
into the room. These are con
venient in shallow closets. All
rods should be strong enough to
bear the weight of the clothes.
The specialist says that one or
more shelves can occupy the
space above the rod. This is con-
venient for hat storage. She ad-
vises against wasting space be
tween shelves. A space of 10 to
IL inches is usually sufficient to
fit the needs.
Hooks are useful when they are
not back of the rod or hangers
Allow at least six hooks, spaced
about seven inches apart for each
adult. Allow about IL inches be
tween hooks used for heavy work
clothes.
Miss Biebricher suggests that 3
tier of shelves at one end, with
the lower ones somewhat close to
gether for storage of footwear Of
ten is convenient. Shoe polish
brushes and similar items may be
stored conveniently in a drawer
at floor level.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Spray Broadcasts
Aid Orchardists

Timely fruit spray broadcasts
by local radio stations in coopera.
ton with the Agricultural EXten-
sion Service are again being made
as a public service feature.
These broadcasts are specific
for a given area such as the Otta-
wa County area. They are pre-
pared by trained entomologists
and pathologists and released to
the public via the national wire
services.
A wide variety of listening
times are available to suit every
listener on Tuesday and Friday.
The stations, announcers and
times are as follows: WTAlM, Tom
Taylor 6 to 6:15 a. m, WLEC,
Chuck Hruby 6:45 and 11:55 a. M,
WFOB, Robert Kuhn, Ills a. M,
WFRO, Earl Hurst 11:45 a. m. and
IL noon, WTOL, Russ Barnett g.
6:45 a. M, WRFD, Clyde Keathley
6:25 a. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
NOTES FROM OTTAWA
COUNTY AGENT
--- FRED cRIMbs
FRED cRiNlN

Robert J. Bay who lives on S.R.
120 has female Toggenburg goat
that wants a good home. Perhaps
you can help locate this pet a new
home.
Charles Johnson of Ottawa Coun-
ty Conservation League writes
that Laurel Van Camp, Bill Shupe
and Roger Jonson have been
planting multiflora roses like
mad. Laurel had mentioned pre-
viousiy that 1000 had been plant
ed so far. Charlie put P.S. on
his letter about the annual fish
fry to be held April "a in Genoa.
Expect this is open to the public.
Loren Sommer of Genoa stand
ing in a sugar beet field is pic
tured in the last March-ApriD
issue of the Ohio Farm and Home
Research. This issue is one of the
better ones. 1t deals with corn in
wide rows, different types of hor-
izontal silos, apple scab, chemical
weed control, up-to-date instruc-
tions on band seeding, strawber-
ries, sugar beets, liquid fertilizers
and better lawns. If you would
like to receive this bi-monthly
magazine free send us your name,
address and route number.
Want to build an automatic
poultry feeder, deep freeze, auto
matte sprayer for cattle, horse
trailer, feed bins or silo? We have
plans for them all.
It's not too soon to be thinking
about making hay silage. Your Ex-
tension office has plenty of in
formation on the subject. Just re-
ceived is a supply of bulletins on
the subject from Wisconsin.
Chlnch bugs bother someone
nearly every year. None of the
new chemicals have done the Job
up until now. Approved for use
this year is definite destroyer of
chinch bugs is "dieldrin." Keep
it in mind.
Brucellosis testing by use of
milk samples from individual
farms is nearly completed. The
officials in charge expect to leave
for sure by April 15-perhaps
sooner. If no one has been to your
farm for a milk sample contact
us Immediately 1881. 1t is impor-
tant to your health to have this
test made.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-04-10
Wild Grape Vines
Can Be Controlled

Woodlot owners can eliminate
wild grape vines from their tim
ber stands by using chemical
weed control solutions says w. R..
Anderson, Ohio Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station forester.
Most effective of these chemi-
Gals is 2,4.5-T, mixed at the rate
of one gallon of a commercial
mixture containing four pounds
of active ingredients a gallon, to
90 gallons of kerosene or fuel oil.
Best time to control wild grape
vines, Anderson says, is during
the dormant season. Fo1ia G e
sprays are less effective. Farmers
should spray all root crowns and
stems up to Is inches above the
ground. anderson recommends a
"mop-up" application the second
year.
Cutting vines increases sprout-
ing and steps up labor costs. To
kill individual vines in small
areas, the operator may apply the
chemical with a paint brush. Ad-
dition of small quantity of thin
yellow paint will serve as a mark
er for areas already treated.
A calm day is best for the
spraying job, Anderson says. OPP
orators can avoid harmful drift to
young tender trees or nearby
crop fields.