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<br />Automation for Your Form Newest Attack on Preference Clause
<br />, laws giving non.profIt dfBtrlbuws a pretueace In pnrcl1aslng. federal.
<br />. AotomaUon IJJ one form or another Is being used o~ oy.ny,tarms ~power -Jia"e. beeJ:I attackeil -from _ Just aOO", every directiOn, but the
<br />to save bilDdreds of extra steps. _ , Th th tat Is ad In trot Iaiest move to chIp_ IlWAY these prel~noo lAws 8lIppod through the'S$natt
<br />Automatil: controls run !eeders, flU Iln e ermos US con. almost W1hendded last monOl.
<br />waterers, check temperature or bU. fill. ~~'U ~:::f~~ br::ero=p ~ The new PubUc Works Bill passed preference principle and ~ture Fed.
<br />mldity, and llllUIllCe lights to regu. where constant te~perature is needed. on to the House by the Senate- con. era] river development be to~n
<br />late the wo:rk1na day of poultry and The solenoid valve is also used as talns a "state preference,", regardl~ apart. Support for' Federal l:l.evEllop.
<br />llveatock. uto tI co trol Teamed with of pro.fI.t or non.profit distribution of ment will narrow to a few states and
<br />ElectrIo timers control lights in :n h~dity ,ccon~1 "it performs a the poWer. to the state in which a within the states preference will 6e
<br />henhouses Of In 'other livestock areas ,- , hydrQ-dam Is located. That con<:ept,
<br />wkeep poultry and IIvestoclnlaUng~ number 01 chores. ,This setup may, be of course, runs coritrary to the phno:. practically meaningless.
<br />and prodl.\clng. They're 8180 used to used. to put a, spray of water In an sophy originating with President
<br />run feeders. thereby saving many a .efli' room or on, fresh vegetables. Theodore Roosevelt over 50 years ago
<br />feeding chore. One man uses thls combination with that our Federal natural resource de-
<br />_.. used to trol a heat thermostat to cool his Dock 01 vefupment8 should be P 1'_0 te c ted
<br />TImers h1a1 oon poultry. When the temperature hits _.M..... I I 'I , --", In ~
<br />vent1ladon. One of the86 amalI mas- 95 degrees, a thermostat trips the a6.........., exp 0 ta on or pun., Ii
<br />termlnds can run . fan for lIYe mJn. magnJl'tic valves to set ou. rotating tar as po.sslble. tra to th rIn
<br />utes,: Uten cut It off for five ndnutes., sprlnlders above the ,metal roof of It also J'lll18 con 'In'" I ,",.~..p In'
<br />The timor Is useful In runntng l;he,-" his ul h cJple that OongreslJ ves uw
<br />aWe ran or the fan nsed In ~ po try ouse. rilsouree development for the genen.l
<br />olOps. Or It m&1 be used to blend HwnkUty controls cut the cost 01 weJtaie _01 tb.e publlo, not the 1ndiYld-
<br />feeds. 1'00 Just Bel; the timing dIat- crop dryInz. In this ~ tile bu. uaJs 01' buslnesll enterprises of any
<br />d torret th chore. mldlty controller cuts the, fan ot:f sbWe I!.l.aw. otherwise, why should
<br />:~~at~hd.ol"~utoma~Ci;:On~Is.k~ep i:~~~~:~W:~:du::..'~,Federal government step In ,,'
<br />an eye' on Whether It's 'toO hot or too_ when the huntidltjr ts high, it wmdd Rural - eIectrlc co.ops. as non-profit
<br />cold This ts a good setup for the ootuall1 put ml?lsture into the crop power. distrIbutors, have been en.
<br />haymow during- hay drying. Should that you're trying to dry. . _ titled to prelerred customer status
<br />the hay get too hot, the Clontrols Damper motors. switched by ther- without regard lor state Unes. As a
<br />sound a warnIng buzzer. Or you can mostat, humidity controller, or .tlmer resUlt, they have obtained a third 01
<br />use a bell attached to the contacta of are being used to open and close wIn. their power and "yardstick" rates
<br />a temperature air 8 wit c h to give dowsln poultry hOWles, to turn valves, which has lowered farm. power costs
<br />warning 01 frolJt In truck gardening and to open feed chutes. ,all along the line. The Senate PUbllc
<br />or trult.~wlni projects. When the Mtcxoswitches activated by very Work Bill, If adopted by the House,
<br />temperature 1al1s dangerously, a light pressure turn on llghts or heat can ~te new "have" Md "have
<br />warning bell rings ~ your bedroom. when you open a door. They. may not" states In power supply. 'l:hat
<br />also be used to start an alarm' If would, hit rural, ele<!trics In states
<br />windows or doors are opeJ;led by where wholesale power costs are al.
<br />storms or prowlers. ready highest, and only the oppor.
<br />Cost ot these automatic devIces Is tunJty of transporting Federal power
<br />surprls.lngly low. And they more than across state lines o1fers them any
<br />pay tor themselve!l as automatic hired bargalnlng power.
<br />hands. Thus can: the whole labric of the
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<br />Oregon Co-ops
<br />Seek 'Anti-Piracy'
<br />SALEM, ORE.-Oregon's 14 rural
<br />electric systemlJ continued In eUorts
<br />to protect their terr1tor1es from plracy
<br />and lnvaslon of private utility com.
<br />panles late last month, testifying be.
<br />lore the state's House Commerce and
<br />UtUlties Committee considerIng such
<br />leglslatJon. .
<br />PlnulnI" ror a litibstItute to the
<br />origlnQt bDl, Barr)' Hoaan, attorney
<br />ror the Oregon RuraJ Eleotrlc Cl)o
<br />operative (statewide) Assoolatton,
<br />proposed thai private uUndes be prl)o
<br />h1blted from 8 e I' V I n g customers
<br />within 5,000 reet 01 a rural electrlo
<br />system outside cities or 5,000 or more
<br />population.
<br />Hogan told the Commlttee there
<br />were several Instances where com
<br />merclal utlllttes had moved Into co.op
<br />serv!.ce areas. taking over the best
<br />customers. '
<br />"When the eompanles take these
<br />favomble power loads from UB," -he
<br />deoIared, "II shakes severely the fl.
<br />nanel,,1 strllcfureo1the cooperatives."
<br />PacU'lc Power & Light Co. attorney
<br />Francis HIli. however, objected that
<br />the bl1l would not protect the private
<br />eompames from raiding by the co-ops"
<br />And the substitute, he continued,
<br />would "build an Iron curtain $round"
<br />,rural e1ectr1c customers, giving them
<br />no choice o! service. .' ,
<br />Eric Jobn80n, manapr of Wasoo
<br />EleotrJe <Jo.Gp, The Dalles, co.untered
<br />Hili's obJecdona. After the rul'lll elee-
<br />.trlo undertook service to 8lSO farms
<br />In Shennan Countyriltused by PP&L,
<br />he nsertecI, the uqllty moved In to
<br />take over those It could serve at least
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<br />As for charges that the power
<br />compal'ly would not be protected
<br />under the pt'opQSed legislation, John.
<br />son declared. they are now p~otected
<br />by the REA Act which bars loans to
<br />cooperatives tor lines extending Into
<br />private utility service areas.
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<br />J and K Bonds
<br />Withdrawn
<br />Effective AprU 30, the U. S, Trea.
<br />sury Department 'dllicontlnued the
<br />Issuance of Series J' and K Bonds, the
<br />securitles'ln which the rural electric
<br />systems have Invested over 60 per
<br />cent or their relJerve funds.
<br />Series E & H savings bonds. will
<br />continue to be sold and wI1l draw a
<br />higher rareot Interest, but Sedes E &:
<br />H bonds can be purchased only by In.
<br />dlvlduals and are, therefore, not avan.
<br />ableror the investrnent ot small busl.
<br />ness reserves, Which require a preml.
<br />um of security.
<br />Discontinuation or SerIes J & K
<br />eliminates the type or security which
<br />best met the needs of rural electrIc
<br />systems and other small business ror
<br />a sare Investment with a guaranteed
<br />rate of return.
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<br />12 Colo. lurallledrk Hews May. ,",'57
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<br />Atomic Power
<br />NewsleHer ;,',
<br />The Colorado Rural EleclrIc ~b. \"
<br />atlon has 'subscribed to the AmerIcan
<br />Public Power AssoCiation's, Atomlo
<br />Power Newsletter, Pres1deIlt George
<br />Wnson announces. Wllson said that
<br />the publlcatlon, one of the most im_
<br />portant In terms of fut1,U'& power de.
<br />velopment, would be available for ell'>
<br />culatlon _among all,lntere.sted_,numt-
<br />bers as, well -as oHlcers 01 the State
<br />Aslloclatlon and the Atomic Energy
<br />commtttee, headed by La Plata Elec-
<br />tric Association Director John W.
<br />Carlson.
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<br />The elderly rich gal was shoWing
<br />her new maids around the house. As
<br />they came w the dining 'room, 'she
<br />said, ''That dining room g()el> back to
<br />LouIs the Fourteen_th!'
<br />"I kriow Just how you feel,", sa'''.
<br />the maid, "my whole Uvlng ro(ii...
<br />go&li back to Sears on the fl!teenui{,:'
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