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111111111111111111, dew fork lose 10 s des. eaLs and. Flori e-.1zonaArizona a] ryiand GA5 970 19802 7 7 5)0 1 1 4 4 4 5 43 48 5 59 6 7 1 1 17th Year No. 48 January 25, 1972 15 17 10 10 41 2 2 2 2 , 24 23 11 11 11 6 5 5 5 Cattle 7 6 8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 17 12 12 January's 11 19 19 19 8 8 5 4 3 10 9 8 2 1 1 3 3 2 Work and Talk 1 2 2 2 2 Cattle are not only the principal cause of work in mid -winter 15 16 16 to most G&G area farmers but they have certainlybeen domina- 2 2 39 37 ting the conversation for the past month. 33 11 11 The winter has generally been open enough to make the work 18 1 1 1 less difficult than in some years and there have been substantial 23 22 22 6 5 marketings of cattle at G&G area livestock auction b, - 5 4' 5 At left, all the hats face the same way at a G&G area auction 25 23 20 market to follow what has been as high-priced a market as many 2 2 cattlemen have ever seen. Cattle buyers and sellers may have be- 6 5 5 2 1 come trite over the years in calling activebidding "red hot mar- 1 8 8 kets", but sales for the past several weeks could hardly be called 24 25 26 anything else. 2 2 3 Below, Ted Peterson, who farms northwest of Clay Center, 1 1 10 10 11 stands in the midst of the subjects of all that conversation. 7 8 8 4 3 2 9 9 9 1 1 840 9700 12050: 1225V. 1405@' 10350: 167201:, 1135r7 13250: 7520: 10150 11150 ow 12551:. 1610r 11200: 10450: vs 1223. 1000, 1255r 104704 91C., 11500: 880: 13200 1138r 1295(:- 1086, 97208920 835 S &CIVS & CiVS JS& clvs & elf VS AIS confined to sand, department, saidhe melting. If we were Wilson of ClayCenter S county health many roadswould be closed forman, and Lud Fiser vice, of any harmfuleffects of Manh ans Less Cost, Fewer Problems InSalt was unaware city and countyweeks." secretary -treasurer. from use of salt on Wilson and Fiser are mana roads. chambers ofcommerce. g As Best Ice-Melter On Roadways Salting may evenbe beneficial on Cities reducing begetation represented county roads by organizational at While the use of salt to de-ice slickhighways during snowstorms. kept out ofditches6 Counties For meeting highways is coming under attack in When the snow stops,highwaythat must be JunctionCity, ly salt toanyway, Aikensaid. Manhattan, other states, local environmentalistscleanup consists of spreading theArkansas Center, Paxico, Wakefield, are Saltrunoffinto Area Development Oh generally agree not enough salt ismelt any ice. If temperatures storm sewersisn't St. Marys and St.George... extremely cold, salt is mixedwithRiver from city Robert used in this area to cause serious continued, becausethe MANHATTAN-Dr. The group willdiscuss is toharmful, he Newsome of Manhattan,director of forma polluting. calcium chloride. The calcium has extremelyhigh of a regional planning In many states, environmentalistskeep the salt from freezing. river already the Riley Countyextension service,for the six -county coimai claim highway saltis a harmful Sand is spread on streets andhigh-chloride content. source ofhas been electedchairman of a six -Manhattan. Federalarea Feb. The river's primary funds ways primarily to providetraction, ofitscounty planning andcoordinating pollutant that contaminates ground- saltisone available for sucha commiss15% watersupplies,poisons roadsidewhile salt is used for melting. "naturalT' Creek nearcouncil organized here. 'vegetation and endangers fish and "Overall, I think salt's the mosttributaries-Rattlesnake Cosponsored by the Manhattan Great Bend-whichflows through a animal life. economical and --it's the only thing of salt, Aikenand Junction City'schambers of Several states have banned the.that really does the job-otherthanheavy concentration commerce, the councilwill promote LIST AWARD WINNERS explained. IN MARION SOIL ;use of de-icing salts except at majorthesun,"saidGeorgeWilton, the salt wouldeconomic and social conditionsof DISTRICT superintendent of maintenance for "I can't see where MARION-Winners intersections and steep inclines. adverse impact,the area. of have any great 30 - servation awards from Kansas uses less salt than many Wichita. Aiken All 41 communities within a the M Wilton said street salt has theseeven on fishin the river," County SoilDistrict ad otherstates,primarilybecause mile radius of JunctionCity and areDvi. there are fewer snowstorms. Foradvantages over sand, expeciallyconcluded. Manhattan have been invitedtoKruse, Marion; Roscoe andstatemaintenance Ma after the snow and ice hasmelted: Wilton group.Riley, Peabody; PeterBartel, wi this reason, road maintenance of- officials agree salt causesstructuralaffiliatewiththe ficials and environmentalists agree Sand must bepicked up with Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Geary,Ella Albright,Pretty street sweepers while salt dissolves,damage to roadsand highways. Herman Janzen, Newton;Pra there is no need to curtail use of but what saltDickinson and Clay counties are and saving thecityadditionallabor"There's no question Gillet, Peabody. The highway salt in Kansas. but I don't thinkincluded. annual m costs. does some damage was held Tuesday, January A spokesman for the state high- much," said Other officers elected were Rod a way maintenance division said a 6 Sanded intersectionsoften areanyone knows how mixture of sand and salt is spread on slippery, but salted intersections areWilton. not hazardous. Salt, the officialssaid, may ac- MINNE4POUSBUILMECER HOG HOUSES GRASS & GRAIN o Dry sand kicked upinto wind-celerate streetdeterioration by The Mid -Kansas news weekly pub- shields can be more hazardous thanseeping through expansionjoints INSULATED ROOFS un- lished each Tuesday at 1531 Yuma, (Box saltspray,whichimpairs addingrusttosteel HINGED SIDE WINDOWS 1009) Manhattan, Kansas, 66502 by Ag dry and Press Inc. Second class postage paid at visibility. dergirders. We Will Deliver Manhattan, Kansas. salt,Wilton official A disadvantage of A state maintenance Standard Sizes 10' Subscription: $4 year said, is that it freezes in extremelysummed up the merits oftreating x 16' >CrE Circulation 14,200, Also Custom Builtto coldweather,requiringseveralslick streets with saltinstead of your Specification. applications. sand: VENTED- ON SKIDS "I don't think the amount of salt "We know salt doesn't do anyof SADDI RS & TACK we usecontributestopollution,the roads any good. But thepublic although I know ther's been a lot ofdemands good roads they canget MINNEAPOLIS. BUILDING CENTER BOOTS only controversy over it (nationwide),"around on, and salting is the 913/392.2851 MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS MOCASSINS for WESTERN Wilton said. feasible method we've found CLOTHES GeorgePotts,environmentalist & HATS and science instructor at Wichita's yre YourI STIDNAM North High School, agrees the ad- Horse & Stock vantages of salting streets outweigh Trailers the disadvantages. Salt,usedinlargequantities, Good Quality couldincreasesalinityofthe Quarter Horses Arkansas River, Potts said. "But, sand also would fill in the bottom of TRAVELUTE the river, to a degree, so it probably Western Store would be just as detrimental as salt. MJIe South Of Waterville "No more than we use salt in this On Highway 77 areaIcan't see that it would be Open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. detrimental," Potts concluded. OPEN ON SUNDAY en- Allen Travelute JimAiken, director of CLAY CENTER, KANS. vironmentalhealthforthecity - LET MORTON BUILD YOUR IDEAS IN COLOR, WITH GUARANTEED RESULTS DON'T FURNITURE CITY'S BUILDINGS MISS Wiens eit $111615 MI! MORTON Camino' zeros. anriu eitIrktfalos 8 colors available 40 year guarantee on posts , fir des0 !I'M 5 year guarantee on paint against excessive fading Gigantic January Pr.eteintabitivEs. 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Box 1103 Sale Positivetly EndsAt 9 p.m. Sat., Jan. 29 Holton, Kansas 66436 Salina, Kansas 66701 Phone 913/364-2603 Phone 913/825-1571, Ext. 251 OPEN EACH EVENING-THIS SALEONLY DStudent El I am interested in a Farm Building FreeDelivery Credit Terms El Other "The Furniture Name Fashion of the Mid -Wed IP Address_ IN CLAWGEN-I-612 Phone ----------- 8011% Side of Courthouse l'hone ME 24215 Clay Center, Rers- of Clay nd Lod,,Centu, Tystreasurers percent. - and pise,, rs of Con; a4 The continued disappearance of Kansas Farm Grass & Grain S verage Now 587Acres small farms along with mergers into represetteMkt. farms in Kansas inyears earlier. Farm numbers have 3 2 larger, more efficient operations tiouald Thenumber of acres in 1935. estimated at 85,000,downdeclined steadily since 1935when contributed most to the change in 11 meet.meet.lty, 972 is Total land in farms in 1972 January 25, 1972 last year, accordingtothere were 175,000 farms. is farm numbers. Urbanization and Pax' lightly from estimated at49.9millionacres, Wear Crop and Livestock The average size of farm in 1972 e Kansas isunchanged from 1971 and down onlyhighway construction were the Ys and sf Service. 587 acres, compared with 580acres major causes of decline in land in rt. eporting a little from the State's peak of 50.5 group will numbers are1,000 fewerin 1971.