The Daily Journal from Fergus Falls, Minnesota • Page 7

North Dakota's voters Former60P congressman reject 2 remap plans Amish don't feel new energy crisis KARGO, N.D. (AP) North Dakota voters have rejected two legislative reap- portionment measures and sent the issue back to a federal court panel. With 83 per cent of the state's precincts reporting, both meas- ures were heavily in the loss column in a special election held Tuesday. An initiated constitutional amendment was defeated by an unofficial 47,078 no votes to 801 yes votes from 1,434 of the state's 1,731 precincts. A referred reapportionment law also was downed by an unofficial 45,458 no votes to IRS unable to deliver 600 refunds According to R.

C. Voskuil, district director of Internal Revenue for Minnesota, over 600 Minnesota residents have refunds coming and Internal Revenue Service cannot deliver them. "These refunds range all the way from $1.70 to over $2,300," said Voskuil. "Usually the people have moved and not left a forwarding address. Lists of these have been prepared showing the name, city, state, and zip code.

These lists are available to the news media on request," Voskuil continued. "The zip code breakout will make it easy for newspapers to decide which names fall within their circulation area." If you have not received your refund, simply contact the District office of Internal Revenue in the area where you resided at the time your return was filed, establish your identity and your right to receive your check. Post office extends hours for mailing The Fergus Falls Post Office has set up special hours for the balance of the Christmas Post Office windows will be open from 8 a.m. to a p.m. Monday through Saturday, providing additional window service on the three Saturdays before Christmas.

Postmaster B. Earl Loeffler said the volume of mail has increased substantially this week, "indicating fine response to the Postal Service's cam- paign for early mailing." He recommends mailing as early as possible because of the fuel shortage. He also recommends use of zip code in both the address and return address which will result in faster service. 932 yes votes from the same precincts. The amendment, which had won strong backing from a i a leaders, would have created an appointed citizens commission to apportion the state legislature into single-member districts.

In effect, the constitutional change would have given Democrats and Republicans an equal voice in drawing bound- aries for election of state law- makers. The referred measure, stricken from state law by the vote, was a remap plan adopted by the 1973 Kepublican- controlled legislature over Democratic Gov. Arthur A. Link's veto. leaders on both sides of the debate said they were not sur- prised by the election outcome, although the head of the pro- amendment forces vowed to continue the struggle.

Alton Schuette, chairman of the Committee for Equal Ap- portionment, responded: "We're going to have single- member districts in North Da- kota, one way or another." Schuette said his group has not formulated specific plans for future action, but will pur- sue the issue through the courts or another amendment-referral campaign. "If the next legislature docs not adopt a single-member ap- portionment plan, we'll be go- ing this whole route again next time," he added. The chairman of the North Dakota Republican party, Allan Young of Devils Lake, said the election results make it clear North Dakotans do not want single-member districts. "It is clear that the people do not want a commission appor- tioning their state legislature and that they don't want single- member districts," the GOP leader said. With the defeat of both spe- cial election measures, at a cost of about $300,000 for the tax- payers, reapportionment re- turns to a three-judge federal panel.

The federal court, which re- districted the state for the 1972 elections, has retained jurisdic- tion of the issue. It is not known what the fed- eral judges will do with reap- portionment, but Schuette said he hopes a new plan will be drafted to create single-mem- ber districts. The court could leave legisla- tive districts as they are or or- der a new plan. Incomplete returns Tuesday night offered no explanation for the defeat of the constitutional amendment. Schuette and other pro- amendment spokesmen had predicted strong support in ru- ral counties with tougher going in the urban areas where single-member districts would hit hardest.

A check of seven rural coun- ties and the five major urban centers shows the con- stitutional question net rejection in both areas. In Adams, Billings, Emmons, Hettinger, Pierce, Ramsey and Walsh Counties, only Adams approved the amendment by a slim seven votes in unofficial returns. In Cass, Burleigh, Grand Forks, Stutsman and Ward Counties, only Grand Forks gave an edge in favor of the measure, though balloting was not complete in three of the five counties. A light turnout of voters, pos- sibly the lowest in 10 years, ap- parently didn't affect the elec- tion. In the rural counties, voting followed the pattern of a 1972 special election in which only 26 per cent of North Dakota's nearly 400,000 cast bal- lots.

Only Adams County showed an extraordinarily light vote with 721 ballots cast Tuesday compared with 1,559 votes in the 1972 special election. Turnout in urban counties was also light with Cass County providing about 500 fewer votes than in 1972. Other urban coun- ties were just under the 26 per cent mark of last rear. Democrats, who fought hard for the amendment, were somewhat consoled by their showing in five legislative races. Unofficial returns showed Democrats leading their Re- publican opponents in all the special election districts.

Vic- tors this year face another con- test in the 1974 general elec- tions, however, in order to hold seats in the 1975 legislature. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) Richard Pillsbury Gale, for- mer Republican congressman from Minnesota and former state legislator, died Tuesday at the age of 73. Gale, a grandson of former Minnesota governor John S. Pillsbury, was engaged for 35 years in what he liked to call "dirt farming." He won honors as a sheep breeder, raised thor- oughbred horses and ex- perimented with raising certi- fied seed and developing a nur- sery on eroded land.

He lived on his farm west of Mound. While serving in the U.S. House during World War II, Gale advocated the estab- lishment of a separate com- mittee to wage "spore war" against the nations enemies. He suggested that spores of grain rust and potato and rice fungus be spread by airplane over German and Japanese fields to destroy enemy food supplies. Gale's collection of Japanese prints and scroll paintings of the Tokagawa period (from the 16th through 19 centuries) is considered to be one of the best privately-owned collections in the country.

He served on the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and on several legislative committees on tax reform. He was a director of the Hen- nepin County Red Cross and a state trustee of the United Ne- gro College Fund. He is survived by his widow, Isabel, a son and three grand- children. OELWKIN, Iowa (AP)-The Amish of Iowa are consummate savers of energy. There are no telephone or power lines leading into the Amish farm homes.

No cars, trucks or tractors are parked in the yards. Television antennas are missing from the roofs. The plumbing is outside because to pipe water in would require the use of fuel or electricity. 'llie Amish have none of the niceties of modern America, and they appear bemused at a nation struggling with a severe energy shortage and inflation. "But we don't laugh," said Amish patriarch Dan Borntre- ger, 73.

"It's not right." How- ever, he believes Americans arc "wasting what you have." Chris Rabcrs, 57, a buggy maker, smiled at the mention of the energy shortage. "We've heard about it," he said. There are about 125 Amish families some 700 persons in the Old Order Amish com- munity near Oelwein in north- east loiva. Rising prices, the energy crisis and unemploy- ment are passing them by. Windmills pump the water that is hand-carried into the homes.

Shocks of corn fill the fields, cattle which provide milk and beef graze in the fields. There are swine to be butchered and then sugar- cured to avoid refrigeration. Canned produce from summer gardens fill the Amish larders. Their farm machinery is of the last century. Their beliefs dictate that locomotion can't be powered by gasoline or diesel fuel.

Horses are supreme, pull- ing the plows and providing transportation. The wooden buggy wheels have metal rims instead of rub- ber which wears out quicker. "The Bible says God has cbo- sen all base things. Steel is base, rubber is not," said Born- treuer. Wood from heavy timber stands owned by the Amish fuel stoves for rocking and for heat in Amish homes and the schools they operate.

Fergus Falls (Mn.) journal Dec. 5,1973 BOOT UP! GOOD LOOKING AND WEATHERPROOF TOO! EVERYTHING A LADY NEEDS IN A BOOT. Fisherman Knit A belter-than-ever-before gift this year: Long sleeved sweaters in the pouplar, bulky fisherman knit for men. Perfect for the coming cold weather season. 100 per cent acrylic.

Choice of crew or turtleneck styles in assorted popular colors. Sizes XL. To Your Good Health By Dr. George C. Thosteson A 'BALLTHAT FORMS IN THE STOMACH' extension report By KEN ROSE West Otter Tail County Agent The 1974 edition of the Farmer's Tax Guide is now available at the West Otter Tail County Extension Office.

This reference booklet from the I.R.S. explains the tax rules that are important to farmers in helping them prepare their 1973 Federal Income Tax Returns. Examples throughout the booklet show how the tax laws apply to actual situations, and filled-in farm records and tax schedules illustrate how carefully kept records can help you to prepare an accurate tax return. accident spoil things: Drive defensively and with extra caution during the holiday season inspect and maintain home heating and electrical systems plus electrical ap- pliances to avoid fire and shock hazard keep stairs and trafficways clear use sturdy stepladders don't wear slippery footwear or garments that could trip you put water in your Christmas tree, set it so it can't tip, check light strings and turn off lights before going out or to bed make a special effort to protect senior citizens and small children from home hazards. Effective Jan.

1, 1974, many Minnesota farmers who hire farm laborers will be required to conform to the provisions of the state workmen's com- pensation law. All farmers who paid, or were obligated to pay cash wages totaling $2,000 or more in 1973 must insure their liability for workmen's com- pensation benefits in 1974. For nearly all affected farmers, this means that they must buy a workmen's compensation in- surance policy. The annual soils, fertilizer and agricultural pesticides short course is scheduled for the Minneapolis Auditorium Dec. 11-13.

The program is divided into two sessions a soils and fertilizer session and an agricultural pesticide session. Registration fee is $5, which includes copies of the talks Holidays are a time for fun and fellowship don't let an Help prevent unnecessary baby pig losses by paying special attention to health, sanitation, and nutrition. Treat sows and gilts for external parasites three to four weeks before farrowing. Farrowing facilities should be scrubbed with hot water mixed with lye. Dietduring farrow ing should be moderately laxative to avoid constipation problems.

For more information, ask for a copy of Animal Husbandry Fact Sheet No. 15 at the County Agents' Office. Many newly planted evergreens suffer from winter drought, especially if the ground is dry when it freezes. Soak the ground thoroughly and mulch heavily with leaves or peat moss before the ground freezes. These precautions reduce the depth of freezing and shorten the period the plant is deprived of soil moisture because of a frozen root zone.

Dear Dr. Thosteson: My wife, who is 81 and in very good health, has been undergoing tests because her doctor was concerned about her low blood count. They came up with what to me is a very unusual diagnosis. There seems to be some kind of indigestible substance in her stomach, which the doctor says is from eating persimmons. My wife likes and eats persimmons but not to excess.

Our doctor is a wonderful man with a string of degrees a mile long, and we have great faith in him, but this diagnosis seems so far out that I would like another opinion whether this is medically sound or just an old wives' Your doctor sounds like a smart fellow. Too often a patient's eating habits are not sufficiently included in a medical history. Indigestible fibers can ac- cumulate into a ball in the stomach, becoming too large to escape from the stomach. Such a ball is called a bezoar. Children (and others) oc- casionally acquire a habit of pulling out hair and swallowing it.

This can create a bezoar. But about three out of four bezoars are from eating per- simmons. Your wife may not have eaten them with undue frequency but at 81 she doubtless has been eating them for a long, long time. The fibers have a resin that insulates them from the action of digestive juices, and when some remain in the stomach and begin to form a ball, they trap more fibers as they reach the stomach. There may be no symptoms from a bezoar until it becomes large.

Then there is a feeling of fulness in the upper abdomen, and there may even be some pain, nausea or vomiting. Foul breath is a possibility. A bezoar can create enough irritation to cause an ulcer and bleeding of the stomach lining and in your wife's case, a gradual loss of blood until the low blood count (an anemia) became apparent. Distinguishing a bezoar from, for example, a tumor is possible with X-ray, since the bezoar will be seen to move about. Relief from a bezoar is removal of it surgically; if that is not possible, then no more persimmons.

I repeat: you evidently have a shrewd, knowledgeable doctor to have spotted the trouble as quickly as he did. Dear Dr. Thosteson: My wife insists on not using salt with iodine in it. I feel the amount is more beneficial than harmful. We very rarely eat fish.

Please send your opinion. R.A.M. Iodine is added to salt as a means of giving people enough iodine to prevent goiter. Since iodine is plentiful in seafood, people living near the ocean are less plagued by goiter than those living far inland. But whether near the sea or far from it, using iodized salt is a safe precaution for nearly all of us.

The amount of iodine is extremely small, because only traces of it are needed by the body. Unless your wife has some very definite reason for avoiding iodine (such as a known sensitivity to iodine) the iodized salt will not harm her and it may save trouble for both of you. Dear Sir: I have had an abnormal discharge for al- most four years. It is a whitish, thick matter. Is it some type of V.D.? I don't want to tell my mother because she'll take me to the doctor.

S.S. Heavens, where else should she take you? It is technically leucorrhea. There are various underlying causes other than a venereal disease. Think again and tell your mother. It's nothing to be ashamed of; just something that ought to be taken care of.

High blood pressure can be controlled. To find out what causes high blood pressure and what can be done to treat it, get "Controlling Your Blood Pressure (Hypertension)" by Dr. Thosteson. To obtain a copy of this helpful booklet, write to him in care of this newspaper enclosing 25 cents in coin and a long, self-addressed (use zip code), stamped envelope. Dr.

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