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Let’s Face the Facts
About Home Building!
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In the confusion created about the shortage
of homes in America one point stands out
clearly:
YOU CAN’T BUILD HOMES WITHOUT
MATERIALS!
Lumber and building material dealers and
contractors obviously have a vital interest in
obtaining materials for home building.
They report, nevertheless, that such mater
ials are not flowing through thevs r^s; that
they have not been able to get them. 1 here
fore, the Government’s HH priorities offered
to enable veterans and others to obtain homes,
are simply home hunting licenses—for mater
ials in quantity are not available.
As long as OPA continues its wartime con
trol policy rather than a policy of adjustment
to aid reconversion, it will neither be able^to
prevent an inflation or a deflation; it will only
be able to prevent reconversion by discourag
ing production of needed home building items.
Here, for example, is an instance of OPA
action that has resulted in increased product
ion. After 6 months’ delay, OPA granted a
4% to 10% price adjustment that allowed 125
of 400 closed brick and tile plants to reopen.
This price adjustment allowed these plants
and 400 others that had been operating, to
hire needed labor. As a result, in the next
quarter production rose 35%.
But in hardwood flooring, siding, plywood,
millwork, and construction lumber, OPA
clings to its wartime formulas. Instead
r' OPA follows the unrealistic policy of allowing
premium prices to* mills for producing lumber
for such things as export to foreign countries,
and for items that were needed in wartime
industry.
Today’s question is not essentially one of
price control—if there were plenty of homes,
no price controls would be necessary. The
important question is one of production and
man power. IJ; § _
So far, OPA and Go vernment officialdom
in general have conten t e n t ed themselves
themselves with contr ols, allocations and pri
ority systems which at best can do nothing but
juggle an insufficient supply of building
materials—and at wor st, delay and retard
production and the em ployment of man
power
Homes will not be b uilt in the United
States unless the Buildsig Industry builds
them. Whether they are labeled “Public
Housing of “Private H omes,” the- same ma
terials, the same labor, the samebuilding in
dustry will build them. * .* •
Production can be u nblocked by the re
moval or adjustment o f OPA’s wartilme pol
icies. But such a rea listic approach cannot
be attained as long as Government action is
based on a philosophy of lack rather than a
philosiphy of abundan t supply for peacetime
prosperity.
The lumber dealers, builders and contrac
tors stand ready to buid or1 rebuild America.
But it is up to the peo pie to demand that the
way* be cleared for the production of mater
ials for homes.
Any government program that does not
FIRST remove the obstacles blocking pro
duction of materials will simply add addition
al difficulties to the problem facing the
building industry.
MOORE-NOBLE LUMBER & COAL CO.
SPELTS-RAY LUMBER COMPANY
NATIONAL RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS' ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.
LIFE WITH £fchtnid&^ CUT CLUB
JACOB SCHMIDT BREWING CO, ST R«UL MINN
THIS IS
OMLV TILL
WE GET THE
ICEBOX FIXEC^
WALDO
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A- Warvarp
PROFESSOR CALLS
OVER-EXPOSURE
-TO 5UMLWSHT
A CAUSE OF
BAL.PHESS
AERF ARE MORE
THAA 600 SPECIES
OF VJOOP IM
_ VEMF2UELAS
•• FDRFSTS
LIVESTOCK HEALTH ODDITIES
■a—
HORSES AND HUMANS
HAVE ONE DISEASE IN COMMON
SLEEPING SICKNESS, BELIEVED
NSPREAD BY MOSQUITOES. OVER
1 ‘ '* 1,000 U.S. HORSES HAVE
STRICKEN.
A Disease like human
MALARIA KILLS THOUSANDS
OP U.S. CATTLE
ANAPLASMOSIS-CAUSED BY
A MALIGNANCY OF BLOOD CELLS
CATTLE CHEW PENCES,
BUNKERS,ETC., WHEN STARVED
1 lforphosphorous in
THEIR DIET. _ ,
-
'Today's deadly cattle disease
ANTHRAX, WA6 KNOWN AS
“MURRAIN” IN BIBLICAL TIMES
( Exodus 9-3). VETERINARIANS
NOW CONTROL IT BY PREVENTIVE
VACCINATION,
m HORSE'S FEET
OR INK WATER THROWiH
M SPECIAL GLANDS, TO
if MAINTAIN FOOD HEALTH
HORNS ON CATTLE ARE
A TOTALLY USELESS ORNAMENT 1
AN 0 CAUSE UNTOLD THOUSANDS
DOLLARS ;N INJURIES
3L mch year
CHAMBERS ITEMS
'Vntinued from page Four)
if \vs in Cupbo <rds and Princip
les of Cupboard Arrangements” i
was presented by the 1 tiders,
Mrs. C V. Robertson and Mrs. El
mer Wondersee who brought out
the advantage of extra shelves,
racks for lids and p^ns, easy slid
ing drawers and many other!
things which ma|de a kitchen more
convenient. R^reshments of;
sandwiches, vegetable salad and
coffee was served.
The home of Mrs. Wayne Smith
south of town was the scene of
a lov.ly miscellaneous shower
h|cld last Saturday aftemon,
March 2, in honor of Mrs. Arnold
Mace, Jr. About forty friends
gathered to enjoy the program
presented by Mrs. Richard Smith,
Miss CVnolle Held, Mrs. Dean
Stevens. Miss Phyllis Carpent ir,
Mrs. Wayne Smith and Marilyn
Walter. This consisted of songs,
readings, musical selections and
Batan traveling Th^ biide re
ceived many beautiful and useful
gifts. Refreshments of s nd
wiches, angel cake food and coffee
was served.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Outside a
colonel’s office window at the air
forces tactical center, within sight of
a hangar and celestial navigation
towers, garden peas are growing. As
is the case with most things
at AFTAC, these peas are extraor
dinary.
The tall, healthy vines are loaded
with purple pods, and their stems 1
are thick and branching. Atop the
vines, pretty purple flowers wave in
the Florida sunlight. The original
seeds from which these vines sprang
were placed by Egyptian priests in
the tomb of King Tutankhamen 3,300
years ago.
At least, this is the only theory
that fits what facts are known about
the peas’ origin.
Col. Harlan W. Holden, comman-j
dant of the school of applied tactics
at AFTAC and present custodian of
the King Tut peas, is the man who
has done most to stimulate scientific
interest in the little vegetables. He
has mailed hundreds of seeds from
his two crops to experimental and ,
research agencies desiring to experi
ment with the “new variety." As to
the peas’ return from the tomb,
Colonel Holden makes no claims.
He merely points out the window to
where the peas are growing and re
minds skeptics that so far no one
has been able to offer one fact to
disprove the story as given to him.
Found by Carter.
This is the history of the King Tut
peas as compiled by Colonel Hol
den:
The original peas came from How
ard Carter, who was a member of
the Lord Carnervon expedition to
King Tut’s tomb in 1922 and 1923.
Carter found them in an urn in the
tomb. They went to Lady Gilbert of
“Grimm’s Dyke” Harrow Weald.
Her head gardener gave some of the
peas to Mr. A. A. Aldrige, who
after obtaining a parcel of the peas
gave two pods to his friend, Mr.
Arthur Easton of Newport, R. I.
After raising one crop, Mr. Easton
presented two of the pods to Maj
Walter D. Dyer, who planted them
in his garden in Portsmouth, R. I.
They proceeded to grow as if they
had just come from the grocer’s.
The seeds from this crop, when
planted the next year, bore profuse
ly, and Major Dyer harvested about
a pound and a half of fresh peas.
Some of these he brought with him
to the tactical center in Florida,
where among a wide variety of mili
tary courses there is one on jungle
survival.
immediately intrigued by tne
peas' background, the commandant
of AFTAC’s school of applied tac
tics, Col. Harlan W. Holden, took up
agriculture. The season was far
from being the prescribed one for
pea planting, but Colonel Holden
acted on the premise that sand is
sand, whether in Egypt or Florida
He also had a hunch hat peas which
had pulled through three millennia
in a tomb could stand ofT-season
cultivation. On April 10, 1944, after
the regular Florida pea crop was
finished, he planted about 60 seeds ,
from the Rhode Island germination
in the sand-based soil just outside
his office.
Any gardener in this part of the i
country will tell you that you can't
raise peas in this area in the spring
As a matter of fact, they told
Colonel Holden that; and while he
patiently listened to them over the
phone, he looked out the window at
the healthy vines.
Bug and Disease Proof.
Hardly were the first sprouts out
of the ground when they started try
ing to set an altitude record. In the
first eight weeks they grew 5V4 feet
while the natives scratched puzzled
heads. By the 4th of July Colonel
Holden, who stand 6 feet, 2 inches
himself, was looking up to count the i
budding pods at the tops of the vines. |
Corp. Merle Tibbets, jungle sur- i
vlval non com, was fertilizing and !
watering the vines one day when he j
noticed another remarkable thing
about these plants. Whereas the 1
usual worms, green lice, and beetles
continued to chew up surrounding '
vegetation, they spurned completely
the Egyptian intruders. As one ser
geant observed, perhaps the garden
pests feared some kind of "King Tut
curse," but leaving that theory aside
the matter still was not entirely ex
plained.
O'NEILL HOG MARKET
Both butcher hogs and sows continue
to bring ceiling prices of 14.10 and
13.35. With the taxing period only 3
weeks off it might be a good time to
gei fat hogs sold. Why not bring them
in next Saturday, Mar. 9, any time
between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.
M. will be alright. Mr. Pruden will
be there to pay ceiling prices for
them, at the O'Neill Livestock Yards.
Atkinson Livestock Market
Last Tuesday, Mar. 5, cattle receipts
600 head with the market another quart
er lower on all classes except can
ners, cutters and fat cows. These
looked fully steady. Your next op
portunity to market cattle will be
next Tuesday, Mar. 12, and although
prices are somewhat lower than recently
it still looks like a good time to
sell a few cattle. Just phone Atkin
son 89 and tell us what you are
bringing, we'll do the rest.
Atkinson Livestock Market, Atkinson, Neb.
Phone Atkinson 89 ERNIE WELLER, Manager
Week-end Specials
O. K. Flakes, two packages for
Corn Flakes, Red and White
Giant packages, two for
Coffee, Rob Roy, 1 pound bag for
Milk, three tall cans for.
Sweet Potatoes, two large cans for
Gains Dog Food, 5 pound bags for
Crystal White Scouring Powder
three for.-.~.
Baby Food, Gerbies and Hinze, can
Pard Dog Food, can ...
Wax Paper, giant roll
12c
25c
29c
27c
49c
50c
10c
08c
10c
25c
Dill Pickles, j gallon while they last 49C
Grapefruit, extra large size % count, doz 49C
Plenty of all kinds of Sugar. Bring your 39 stamp
B iy a little extra cake flour, we have a
goou supply of Soft of Silk, Swans Down and
Fluffy Bake on hand now.
Ask for short items, we may have them,
such as bananas, jello, soap and soap powder
We have a large stock of gallon fruits in
syrup. Saves your sugar.
Again in stock, all Post items, Grapenuts, Post Toas
ties, Grap?nut Flaker and 40$ Bran Flakes.
SCHULZ STORE
Phone 230 We Deliver
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