The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 17

I i fff ony mrnnt Igf Friday April 1, 1988 pC o) -EJejsSras Giviliaim oirnipinriipl breadwinners. vey. 1974, the Labor Department reported. Janet Norwood, the commissioner of labor statistics, said a slowdown in the expansion of the labor force is beginning to be reflected in unemployment rates, which had, until last month, been dropping more on the basis of job growth, The jobless rate for whites fell from 48 percent to 4.7 percent while rising from 12.6 percent to 12.8 percent for blacks. The rate for Hispanics dropped from 8.3 percent to 8.2 percent.

Joblessness among men was unchanged at 4.9 percent but dropped among women from 5.2 percent to 4.8 AMoetetod Prs WASHINGTON A sharp decline in the size of the American labor force last month sent the civilian unemployment rate to a decade-low 5.6 percent, the government said today. While the number of people at work in March dropped by either holding jobs or looking for them fell by 445,000. The 0.1 percentage point drop from Februarys 5.7 percent jobless rate reflected a decrease of 137,000 to 6.8 million in the number of workers listed, as unemployed. The 5.6 percent, seasonally-adjusted rate is the lowest since May 1979 and has not been lower since Farmers The birth rate decline in the 1960s and the early 1970s has resulted in fewer young people reaching labor force-age in the 1980s, she said. While the number of Americans at work has grown by 3 million over the last year, the labor force has increased by less than 2 million, The rate for teen-agers rose from 15.4 percent to 16.5 percent.

Black i teens saw their rate drop from 38.3 percent to 36.9 percent. 1 An alternate unemployment calculation, including the 1.7 million members of the Armed Services stationed in the United States, also, fell 0.1 percentage point to 5.5 per- cent Pride will move, 4 make pet food, ship grain This is a big step forward for us, said Keith Purser, who jstarted the pet-food operation last year as a means of diversifying his agricultural seed company. Factory employment, which had soared through the last half of 1987, was stagnant for the second month in a row. At 19,417,000 people, manufacturers actually had 1,000 fewer people on their payrolls than in February. Factory employment, however, is still more than 420,000 above where it was a year ago.

Job increases in machinery and printing and publishing were offset by small declines in 11 other manufacturing industries, Norwood said. Despite what appears to be an end to the manufacturing rebound, total payroll employment grew by 260,000 last month, according to a Labor Department employer sur 'K Powcier paints she told the the congressional Joint Economic Committee. Even though the unemployment rate hds fallen a full percentage point from March 1987, the latest government data indicate that the job boom may be coming to an end. The number of so-called discouraged workers people who have given up the search for a job out of the belief they cannot And one and are not included in the bor force or jobless rate 'calculations rose by 115,000 in the first three months of 1988 to 1,027,000 after falling by more than 200,000 last year. Two-thirds of the increase in discouraged workers was adult men, historically the primary family sonable freight rates.

Purser says there are 60,000 acres of irrigated farmland in the Grand Valley and grains are produced on 20,000 of those acres. The pet-food operation could consume grains from 5,000 to 6,000 acres, he said, and the rest can be stored and shipped when the market is good. Currently, he said, the pet-food company markets its product in nine states and still is expanding its distributionnetwork. Purser anticipates pet-fOMi sales of $1.2 million this year in what is nationally a $5.2 billion marketplace. Farmers Pride employs seven people now and he expects to hire four or five more people over the next six to nine months.

Purser cites the Mesa County Business Development the small business incubator program, and its field representative Bob Dudley with helping to position the company for the growth he foresees. That is a good, good program for this valley, he said. Dudley has helped the company locate equipment and put a financial package together and the program also delivers accounting, marketing and distribution assistance. 10 percent annual rollbacks in excess and unwarranted surpluses that other countries run in trade with the United States. In its place, Rostenkowski and Bentsen settled on a modified Senate alternative that calls on the U.S.

trade representative to list foreign trade barriers and, if necessary, use import curbs to force their removaL The bill would transfer from the president to the U.S. trade representative authority to impose import restrictions in retaliation for unfair foreign trade practices. But it still would leave room to waive the curbs if the cost would be substantially out of proportion to the benefits of action. The president would retain the authority to decide what import relief to grant to U.S. industries hit har by surges in imports.

The bill would repeal the windfall profits tax on oil companies, a measure approved by Congress in 1979 when petroleum prices were raw grains, can be shipped more economically, because the transportation cost represents a smaller proportion of the total value. The new manufacturing site includes rail spurs and grain silos. We can hold six train-car loads of grain until the farmer is ready to sell, he said. In the past, Purser said, virtually no grain left the valley by rail because of the excessive cost involved. It has never been economical to freight things out of this area, he said.

But with the soon-to-be-completed merger of the Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Southern Pacific, that should change. Except for certain regulatory ap provals, the merger has been7 worked out and Purser says it holds tremendously important implications for this valley. Once a single line has been established, there could be a very substantial reduction in the cost of shipping to the West Coast, he said. That would be a tremendous and I mean tremendous boost to the economy of our area. California and off-shore markets are hungry for the corn, wheat and barley this valley could supply, said Purser, suggesting that all thats needed to open them are rea The unemployment rate calculations are based on a sampling of the nations households.

Health care and business services provided 85,000 of the new jobs, with construction adding 80,000 more. The growth in construction jobs plus a jump of 10,000 people on real-estate agency payrolls affirm earlier indications of a resurging housing market. Things are not so well in banking and on Wall Street, however, with employment dropping by 5,000 last month. It was die second straight monthly decline. Retail trade employment was flat last month after rising by 250,000 workers in January and February.

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE Of PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND Of APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURERS DEED ON COUNTY HEL0 CERTIFICATES TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN you are hefty notified that Mesa County as holder ot tax sale lien certificates sold at public sale to satisfy delinquent taxes on said parcels has made application tor Treasurer Deed Information concerning said certificates Is as follows CERTIFICATE NO 62324 sold November 22 1976 purchased by Jacquelyn A Moran Value 650 00 desenbed as BEG 124FT OF SE COR TR 33 ORCH SUB TO FRUITA SEC t7 IN 2W 21FT 28QFT TO BEG recent owner at lime ol sale was RODGERS, 4002 18th Street 10E, Lubbock TX 79416 CERTIFICATE NO 65311 sold November 24, I960, purchased by Patricia Moran Value 6210 00 desenbed as LOT 25 BLK 2 PORTER REDLANDS SUB SEC 17 EXC THAT PT TO HWY AS RECORDED 518 P-326 record owner at time of sale was BYRUM, 520 Skyway Dr, Grand Junction, CO 81503 CERTIFICATE NO 65991 sold November 23, 1961 purchased by Jacquelyn Moran Value 6210 00 desenbed as SOFT OF THAT PT DESC BEG NW COR TRACT A CASIMIR HTS SEC 31 IS IE 89DEG26 102 85FT 02DEG17 246 60FT 89DEG56 118 47 FT 01DEG29 24SEC 247 63FT TO BEG record owner at bme of sale was NICK STREZA II, 935 Northern Way, Grand Junction CO 81501, also being notilied-The Mutual Savings and Loan Association, 130 4th Grand Junchon CO 81501 CHARLES OBRY- AN. 2654 Sharon Place Grand Junction CO 81503 CERIlFicATE NO 66196 bold November 23 1961 purchased by Jacquelyn Moran, Value 6420 00, desenbed as BEG 02DEG36 572 4FT 6 0DEGO4' 310FT FR NE COR NW4SE4 SEC 15 IIS 101W 0OEGO4' 452 FT 16FT 04DEG04 452 FT 860EG44 16FT TO BEG record owner at time of sale was MYRON FERREE, 2074 Broadway Grand Junction CO 81 503, CERTIFICATE NO 68126 sold November 14 1982 purchased by Warren Walcher Value 6630 0Q desenbed as BEG 330FT OF SW COR NW4SE4 SEC 4 IS 1W 149 4FT 660FT 149 4FT TO BEG EXC BEG 1345FT 6 429 4FT OF S4 COR SD SEC 4 1 1 6FT 100FT 1 16FT TO BEG 6 EXC BEG 1711FT 6 329 4FT FR S4 COR SO SEC 4 100FT 269FT 100FT 269FT TO BEG 6 ALSO EXC BEG 1711FT 6 329 AFT FR S4 COR SO SEC 4 I00FT 250FT 100FT 250FT TO BEG record owner at time of sale was HELEN DAVIS ESTATE Ina HELEN HUGHES, 234 Teller Ave Grand Junction CO 81501 also being nobbed Elder, Phillips 562 White Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501 CERTIFICATE NO 68372 sold November 14 1963 purchased by Charles Desrosiers Value 6100 00 desenbed as 1 5BFT ot LOT 2 MUNFRADA SUB SEC 26 IS tW. record owner at tune of sale was MILO I 6 MUNFRAOA, 281 27 Road Grand Junction CO 81503 CERTIFICATE NO 69771 sold November 14 1984 purchased by WALCHER Value 61 260 00 desenbed as TRACT A CASA DEL SOL TOWNHOMES INC RECPT NO 1326478 OECL RECD 1433 P-436 THRU P-462 MESA CO RECDS SEC 8 IS IE record owner at time ot sale was VICTOR OLIVER WEISSER JR 607 Pioneer Road Grand Junction CO 81501 VICTOR OLIVER WEISSER JR 296 Holly La Grand Junction CO 81501 OCCUPANT 551 Garfield Dr. Grand Junction CO 61051 CERTIFICATE NO 69904 sold November 14 1984 purchased by Patrick Moran Value 6480 00 desenbed as 20FT OF SE4NW4NW4 SEC 19 IS IE record owner at time ol sale was JERRY PORTER (deoeased) BARBARA POR TER 301 Bay Shore Ave 5 Long Beach CA 90803 also being notified STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 1050 17th Street Denver CO 60202 THAT application and subsequent issuance of Treasurer deed is being made to dear description discrepancies only THAT subsequent taxes upon said parrels ol real estate were paid by the holder ol said lax lien sale rertiticate 1HAT the holders ol the aforementioned Certificates ot Purchase duly assigned said Certificates ot Purchase to Mesa County THAT Mesa County as present holder of said Certificates ol Purticase has made application to me tor a Treasurer Deed to said parcels That a 1 reasurer deed will be issued lor sax) real estate 1o the said Mesa County after 5 dock on the 26th day of July 1968 unless the same has been redeemed from said sale lor taxes as provided by law Witness my hand and seal this 25th day ot March 1986 Gena Harrison Treasurer ol Mesa CountyjCoiorado Dates ol publication Apnl I 8 and 15 lne Bureau ol land Management Grand Junction Office Boftermg lor sale the following property on a competitive small lot sealed -frd basis A variety ol Hems miscellaneous lots consisting ol metal and pusne adapters cuhrert heedwaHs. corrugated metal pipe with kds meui tape wen cap verves (gate vacuum mease) csfheguaid endwmgs and posts concrete drmkmg boughs, metal watrn tanks 7 a i maul gala, to mat Craig Lesley, paint system supervisor at the John Deere Horicon, Works, tests new powder paint for lawn and garden equipment.

Before applied, the paint has the consistency of talcum powder, but dries to a glossy, scratch-resistant finish. trade amendment Corn crops to increase, says USDA WASHINGTON Corn farmers intend to increase plantings this spring to 66.9 million acres, up 2 percent from 1987 but still one of the smallest planted areas in 18 years, the Agriculture Department said Thursday. The departments Agricultural Statistics Board said an annual U.S. survey of more than 70,000 farmers in early March also showed 1988 planting increases for other crops, including soybeans, cotton, durum wheat, rice, and sweet potatoes. Decreases were indicated for sorghum, barley, oats, winter wheat, other spring wheat and dry edible beans, Recording to USDA records, if farmers follow through with current plans, 1988 corn plantings would be the third-smallest since fewer than 66.9 million acres were planted in 1970.

Despite the increase from 1987, this years plantings would fall 13 percent below the 76.7 million acres planted for the 1986 corn harvest The planted acreage dropped to 60.2 million acres in 1983, a year of drought and massive government acreage cutbacks. Officials cautioned that the actual acreage planted by farmers this spring mayWary from intentions because of the effects of weather, availability of production inputs, changes in market conditions prior to planting and the impact of the USDA report itself. PUBLIC NOTICES posts barbless wire, and joist hangers A variety ol otnes and held equipment consisting of conductivity meters, microfiche reader, mtcrolilm readerprtnter, datsUme stamp, two calculators, camera and ph meters Bidders are cautioned to Inspect Hems before bidding because the Government makes no warranty of the proeprty nor of its fitness lor any use or purpose, Property Is offered lor sale 'as is and "where is" Inspections wtH be Thursday and Friday, Aprtl 7 6 8, 196B, at 764 Honan Drive, Grand Jucntlon, CO 61506, from am to 11 a and from 1pm lo3pm Bids will bo opened on Monday, April 16 1088 at 1000am Requests fro a bid package or questions can be directed to Tuckie LaDou by calling (303)243-6552 or by among to the above address Published March 25, 26. 27. 1966 April 1,2, 3, 1966 COUNTY COURT.

COUNTY OF MESA STATE OF COLORADO Case No 88C356 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME OF MICHELLE MARIE MILBURN Public nobce is hereby given that by an Order of the County Court ot Mesa County, Colorado entered on the 29th day of March, 1966 In the above-entitled action, the name ol Michelle Mane Milbum was changed to Mila Michelle Muir- MXbum. ANITA 0ELFELDER CLERK by Laura Bishop, Dejntjr Published April 1.2 3. 1966 LEGAL NOTICE win be accepted by the Mesa County Road OepartmenL for FOUR (41 DUMP TRUCKS TWO (2) MOWERS 1 TORS THREE (3) 4X4 PICKUPS Bid specifications and documents are available at the office of the Mesa County Road Department. 1000 South 9th Street Grand Junction Colorado Sealed bids will be accepted at the office ot the Mesa County Road Department 1000 South 9th until 10 00 a onTues day Apnl 19, 1988 at which bme tads will be publicly opened and read Maxine Albers Chairman MESA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Published Apnl 1 2 3, 1968 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case No 88PR67 Estate of Carrol Wilcox also known as Carrol Sherman Wilcox also known as Carrol Wilcox Deceased All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the undersigned (or to the District Court ol Mesa County Colorado) on or before June 20, 1988 or said claims shah be forever barred Richard 0 Wilsox 1225 13 Tb Road Lome Co 81524 Published March 18 25 Apnl 1 1968 Montrose County School ElstruS requesting bids lor the re-roolmg of Montrose High School and Centennial Junior High School Contract Documents may be obtained or examined at the office ol the Engineer Buckhom Geotech Inc 245 South Cascade Montrose Colorado 81401 (303) 249-6828 A pie bid conference will be held Monday Apnl It. 1968 at 900am at the otfee of the Engineer Sealed bids will be received by the Montrose County School District RE tj 126 South 5th Box 219 Montrose CO 61402 umx 3pm Tuesday Apnl 19 1966 at which bme they will be publicly opened and read aloud Published March 25 28 30 Apnl 1 4 1968 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Case No 68PRS3 Estate ot George Mdcfwa Deceased Ax pereons having claims agamsl ha above-named estate are required to present them to the undersigned (or to the District Court at Mtse County Couredoi on or before Jury X.

1966 or setd dams shex be tom bemd Georgs MriOieX Personal Reoresentabvt 2311 Palace vetoes Dr Grand Junction CO 61503 Published March 16 25 1968 Apnl I 1968 Olngar Rio Daily Sentinel Farmers Pritle, the Fruita-based company working to make markets for local grains, is positioning itself to manufacture pet foods, in the Grand Valley and to ship raw grains out by rail. Thursday, the 4-year-old company signed a leaseoption on the old Western Co. building at 24'A and River roads, according to Keith Purser, who along with his wife, Judy, owns Farmers Pride. He plans to move the operation into the new quarters next week and to begin production of pet food within 90 days. "This is a big step forward for us, said Purser, who started the pet-food operation last year as a means of diversifying what was i simply an agricultural seed company.

So far, he said, Farmers Pride Pet Food Co. handled only marketing and distribution of a product that was bulk-purchased from the American Nutrition Co. in Ogden, Utah. Farmers Pride bagged it and distributed it to local stores and, in turn, sold a small amount of local grain to American Nutrition, one of the nations largest pet-food companies. Now, equipped with the industrial zoning and the power supply needed to begin local production, Purser is ready to add value to the local grains before they leave the valley instead of buying back the value-added product afterward.

Value-added products, because they command a higher price than Gephardt WASHINGTON House-Senate negotiators scrapped Rep. Richard Gephardts controversial trade retaliation amendment while opting for repeal of the windfall oil profits tax, tough sanctions on Japans Toshiba and a $1 billion boost in U.S. grain export subsidies. The compromise trade bill completed late Thursday night also would require employers to give 60 days notice of plant closings and would increase government aid to' those left jobless as a result of competition from imports. But even as the massive bill moves ahead in Congress, concerns about a possible presidential veto are growing.

Sen. John'C. Danforth, said the. plant-closing provision and several others clearly would sink the legislation unless they were removed. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Proxmire WASHINGTON Senate Banking Committee Chairman William Proxmire, berating the Reagan administration for inaction, is proposing legislation to unify regulation of the nations financial markets in the wake of the October stock crash.

Proxmire, has an influential ally in former New Jersey Nicholas Brady, who headed a presidential task force that called for more coordination of the markets. But even before the bill was introduced Thursday, three top federal regulators said they opposed it and one of its co-sponsors, Sen. Donald Riegle, said he had reservations. Bentsen, D-Texas, also expressed uncertainty about whether the president would sign the overall package. Rep.

Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House-Senate con-ference committee that produced the package, said there was bound to be some grumbling, but he was upbeat qbout the final product We Wtfkked long and hard and I think evidence that its a good product is that nobodys happy about it, he said. At the heart of the measure are streamlined procedures for impos- ing import restrictions to aid U.S. industries hit hard by imports and retaliate against barriers that trading partners put in the way of 'American exports. Erased in last-minute, one-on-one bargaining between Rostenkowski and Bentsen was the provision that erstwhile Democratic presidential contender Gephardt had made the centerpiece of his campaign. It would have required offers plan scrapped surging.

The collapse of OPEC sent prices plummeting in 1985, hammering the Texas economy and rendering the tax useless as a revenue-raiser, at least for the time being. Its repeal is a goal dear to Bentsen, who is running for re-election. Also approved was a plan to ban U.S. government purchases of Toshiba goods for three years. It also would bar import of products of the companys Toshiba Machine Corp.

subsidiary for three years. In the fiiture, such violations would be punishable by import bans of two to five years. The measure was designed to retaliate for Toshiba Machines part in selling sophisticated computer- -ized milling equipment to the Soviet Union to produce submarine' propellers that are harder for U.S. listening equipment to detect Export of the equipment to communist countries is barred under an agreement between Japan and Western nations. Greenspan said the new panel could create legal problems if, for instance, it overruled the Federal Reserve on a matter determined by other law to be within the Feds jurisdiction.

After listening to Greenspan, Riegle, chairman of the securities subcommittee, said he was concerned about the bill's implications and was reconsidering his support In proposing the legislation, Proxmire expressed frustration with the pace of tne Reagan administrations efforts at market reform and with the regulators unwillingness to recommend legislation without first airing proposals through a working group set up earlier this month by the White House and headed by Treasury Undersecretary George Gould. to regulate markets Alan Greenspan said the new panel could create legal problems if, for instance, it overruled the Federal Reserve on a matter determined by other law to be within the Feds jurisdiction. dustrial average fell a record 508 points. The chairman of the Federal Reserve would head the three-member panel and a majority vote would be required for action. The bill directs the regulatory agencies to implement actions so determined by the committee.

A Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, SEC Chairman David S. Ruder and CFTC Chairwoman Wendy Gramm all said they would oppose creation of a panel with power over their agencies. The bill creates an Intermarket Coordination Committee composed of the chairmen of the Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The new panel is required to harmonize margin requirements across the futures and stock markets, coordinate circuit-breaker mechanisms such as trading halts and establish a contingency plan for market emergencies such as last OcL 19 when the Dow Jones in Li 1.