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'";,;,<~..',..,,. >~';' \. , '". .~,".-;";~$i~'~~.'"'' 00 3 5 Area Coverage Strong Policy 0' State R.E.'s Just what Is_the Rural EIootrlc Q<t.op principle of SUVIDg l'UI'aI ....., Thla principle was clearly reg(-ated at a recent meetb1g 01 Colorado Rural Electric Association officials In Denver to dlsCuss possible anti. pirating IegI.slatlo~. Tom - Bonar, President of Union, Rural 'El~c, .Assoclatlon of Six Exchanges Opened in State More than 1000 modem' dial tele- phone exchanges set'Ving about 288.- 000 subscribers have been constructed and placed In operation uncler the rural telephone Joan pro~am M the Rural'EIectritlcation Administration. that agency reports. '!be program is seven years old. , . 4 tl;lW of 331 exchan:&,ea were pJaooilIn_senrIce d1n'frlg 19l'J6. 284 dUl'bte ~In aD INSO flOW are,1n oJl!lNUoa,.''!be exchaDges are In U statfll' IUld are' OW'Ded ;and - operated by-' '~U ~dent - telephOll8 com- panlea IUld CGOperaUves. Texas, with 1a7 new e,,;changes operated, by '24 borrowers,'leads the states In the :number, 01 exchanges In se~, 'Mlnneirota ranks second, with 19 ,systems operating 79. exchanges. In Colorado, three, phone assocla. tlons _have placed six exchanges 10 operation. A new ,stainless "teel sInk bowl' With, the ~ In a back corner In. stead "of the middle, is now on. the market. With the new.type s1nk, the disposer unit can occupy a back corner-not the middle of the space below . . . A sound'Proofed electrtc dishwasher is also on the market- now you can have your dishes washed. and quietly, too, make no-dIUerence in Union's long. time policy 01 sei:vtng every feasible farmer in Its' area. '<Regarilless 01 what Jurlsdk1Jon we might be under." ~r said, "Gul' Union Directors are going. to tollow tho prlnolP)o1 of the .REA. Aet td COn. greBlI of 191'16 and serve everyoJl,e. 'We are not going to allow pOckets 01 un. electrified ftUms'ln,our area Just be- Clll-1lS(l they might not 'be highly profitable." Attorney Cross of LoveJand, :tor many years counsel fol' Paudre Val- ley Electric of Fort -Collins, spoke for the poume vaney directors who were-present,_saylngthat-thIsNorth. ern C,olOl'ado Rural Electrle ,would never .for~et Ol' soften its principle ot serving everyone possible. He con. curred fully In Bonar's opinions. The 'discusslon was full aSSUl'ance to rural membet;-consumers that the Rural ElectrIc Co-ops are not going to forget the' original reason why they were started 20 years ago--to reach 100 per cent coverage In their areas. John -Crosa Brighton, and John Cross, attorney for the Poudre Valley Electric Asso- clatton ot Fort Collins, were the chief :figures In this discussion. In talking over Union Rural Elec- triC's decision to come under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Public UtIl1t1es Commlss1.on to try to pro. tect its area, Bonar said this would MEAT CO],'ffiUMPTION . , . Note these sharp InCrea.sE!S in our cQnsump. Uon,of m'eat: From 1935 to '39 about 7 blllton pounds of beet annually: now, 14 bUlton. ~m 1935 to '39 six to eight billion of pork a year; now 12 billion. Since 1935 to '39 consump- tIon' of poultry meat and eggs has doubled and so has the use of, most dairy foods, excepting, chle!ly, butter. Now-get controlled-heat electric c.ooking,with regular house wiring.,. for 0 N L Y $44~ Westinghouse ROASTER-OVEN "; C/ean.1', "0/.":14_".' coolrlnlll Here's hea~nfroiIed OOoklng with speeial'advantages you can't get any other way. It's &ell-basting! Reduee$ shrinkage and roasts theJ~t meats you've ever eaten. Roil8ts<ftwhole ham.. Bakes PIeS. cookies; cakea-cooks full meats for 2 to 20, Extra-large capacity.. ..cans as many as 12 jars of fruitl Uses"no,more current than yOU!' eleetric iron! Confecticn Colors ... Frosting Pink, Mint Aqua, Lemon Yellow and Sugar White, Plug& In .""'here for Oven cooking at tabID Clean. In Ih. alnkl.In8et pan,.dishes and rack helihtl Standa:d temperaturte, from 1500. This low come out arid wBal1'llke aDJ utensill Cleaning is so heat warms for hours because of Fiberglas insulation much easler, you'll lI8D ~ instead of your regular and t!lhWlttiD, Look-in Lid.' ov~ for thlnp that,~r~ 1koI1""."II, "T/",., CloCk, D8blnltt Acu..orl.. opUo"",.t """M.",. coal~ TRIAL OFFER Us.th. W"linghous.;;~:~!':~OJllnYOUr own home 10' 16. 'dsys< ,See your dealer lodhi$limited~time. offsr tllis "weeki' @ YOU CAN._. SURE"'IFIT!;Westinghouse :",:: Cole. -lurar llldflc-..;.w. ",Mar~'1957~ ',~ ':':".' '.'."' ,," ."" I Potpourri l~JJ1 . '(EdItor's no...._(_~ Is ~.;I . Auatln's la6t column. See sfuij't6rf..~1? the'A;;n~~Jt:~: ~7;}.k In the first' place-pctpeurrt Is S1,l~ '... a nloo. fancy word. In the second pIaC'e .it sounds much more elegant than "a' mixture of thIs and tllat.. WhICh Is what, it really means and which is what this really IsI Oddments 01 tI11ngs to bring to your- attention ~ve oo1Ieoted on my desk and- rJil mixing lIP . few for tbls last column. Have you eriv.led your. secre~ sisters their easy running, almost noiseless, and beaul:U\llly even print- ing electric typewrtters'l' You don't need to any longer. Smlth.Corona hll$ a wonderful new _portable elec. hie machine that runs on AC cur- rent, UO,voltage, and weighs only 22' pounds. More expensive that. ordl. nary portables but a jOy to use-m- glv~ U opening cans Is more to tire point than' opening a literary career at the moment, you can stllJ ma)l:e use of WIllie Wlredhand. The John Oster Mfg; Co. whlch has given us 80 many household helpers now of. fers an electric can.opener. It oper- ates on the base of an Oster electric meat grinder and will open any size or shape 01 can. Removable blades for easy cleaning. too. Next time you read _ ''Dick Tracy" don't laugh. (Though why anyone laughs at the "funnies" anymore Is beyond me, what with all the tears and: gore contained therein!) You, too, may have, an honest-to-goodness wrist radIo. It Is on a staInless steel expansion bracelet and is only 2% xl%- x %- 1nches 1n size and weighs only 2~ ounces, inclUding batteries, believe it or not. LeI, the makers, of Copiague, Long Island, say the 1600 kc band coverage gives good . reception and long seivf,ce.~ "Callll)g , all husbands. Come home to supper." It Is with real regret that we Be_vel' our offIcI,,1 ClOIlIl.OOtion WIth the CoJo. ndo Rural Elootrlo News. But we ....... to ,.... triat.."". pe~~~.'. ' nooUon 18 cea.sIng., YOlq:' trl w:lU alwQ)'$ be-~~t to ns___1did. our Interest In eveiYUrlDg that ccm. cerns you will al"'lB be VM'Y, .reaI,~': And, say,_let'ine'~ you what I think I'll get to take to WlsconsiJi! It's a new product of Interstate Rub- ber Products, 01 La}c~ood., 01110. An Electro-mat-just plug it In and put your cold feet on it 'Whlle you work! -How we'll miss Colorado's winters! Co-ops Show Stability Washington-The stabIlity of-tarm. er-owned co-ops is shown in a USDA agency report .for 1954-55, Issued Jan. _25. In that year, co.ops continued to market about tile same volwne Of crops, and livestock products, to han. dle about the same quantity of :farm supplies, and they malntallled their membershlp- despJte a significant drop in the number 01 farms. Marketing CO-OpS had n.t bUlfon sales In 19114>M, up from "oS bUIIon the prevIous year. F).nn supply co- opslllldsaleao1f2.2b1llton,thesame "In_ The -number of tarm co-ops mop. ped from 10,058 to 9,887, relIectlng co-op mergers, Fanner Cooperative ServIce explained. U. S. tanners con- tinue to hold 7.6 million membershlps in these coopeiatives, One out of every six pounds of po< tatoes used today is sold, In some processed fonn. Of the :frOzen_ potato pioducts now, on, the market, French tries are the biggest selk;!rs. Also available are potato puffs arid patties, potato soup, diced and whlpped po. tatoes-aIl in ~n form. ,',' Farm landowners may_ qualHy for sOcIal security under' hew_' amend. ments to the SocIaJ Security laW. WAR SURPLUS. . .... ..BARGAINSI rt~f' 8r~~~~1. ~~~.il\':t~. ~~ c::{":~.t. W..rint_App...I_'nd _... ~'.ollIu ....n".. ~M"l :;;''s~:i'a:~~l~_ ~~~:fhlnt. _,Sond 510. hili SIItpI.'s....' SIO.' ,.';1....' .' t';