A View From The Governor's Office
By Gov. Raymond P. Shafer
la a little less than two years, world’s first demineralization
Pennsylvania s now $5OO million plant for acid mine diumagc
conservation fund has made the soon will be built.
State the Nation’s leader in the Two years ago, in my Conser
elimination of scars of previous- vation message to the General
]y ruinous coal mining practices. Assembly. 1 called foi cm 1> eii-
That is the inescapable con- mination of the scais of past
elusion to be drawn from a per- coal mining as a pait of Penn
sonal visit last week to the site sylvama’s new Golden Age of
of the State’s first completed Consei vation.
burning culm bank elimination Nine months ago two major
project at Scranton and another burning culm banks located in
Bear Wilkes-Barre where the Northeastern Scianton, near
Ira B. Landis
Ph; 394-7912
1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane.
West Willow
Farmers Assn., Inc.
Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
Dixon City and Olyphant," spew-
ed noxious fumes, hazardous to
SafetV f b ,° lh to the area - the Department
Lu . 2 S ,°r tb T a / Ca^ d of Mines and Mineral Industries
J r I" 8 Intorstate 81 ad " already has scheduled 72 other
jacent to mem. stream pollution abatement pro-
Today, the one nearest the jects all over the Slate,
highway is gone, and with it at These run the gamut fiom
least fifty percent of the air elimination of the souice of acid
pollution they have caused for mine drainage by backfilling
the past twenty-two yeais. In its abandoned strip mine pits to
place stands a new, level tiaet construction of smaller water
of land suitable for futuie use treatment plants like that now
once the second bank is eluni- jn use on Little Sciubgiass
nated early next year. Creek, Venango County, and
Already, the Depaitment of soon to be built on Sandy Run
Mines and Mineial Industries in Luzerne and Buck Mountain
has eaimaiked $4B million of Cieek in Carbon County,
the $2OO million it will have to Other, more sophisticated
spend over the ten-year penod treatment plants, aheady are
of the fund’s existence for the under conti act for consti action
elimination of air pollution on Slippery Rock Creek in But
fiom burning culm banks. ler County, Hawk Run near
In addition to the Marvine Phillipsbuig, in Smith Town
bank already eliminated, an- S^l1 P> Washington County, and
other of these piojects will put ? n Swamp Creek which is the
out the fire in its twin, a third i ol ' Poßutant of the East Branch
will extinguish the Taylor Bank Reservoir on the Claiion River
in Lackawanna County, another in a R’ f am pleased with
the Huber Bank in Luzerne the s P eed Wlth whlch our De-
County and the fifth the Hous- P artme nt of Mines has begun to
ton Refuge Bank m Chartiers our new conserva-
Township, Washington County. tlon * und * n both a * r Pollution
The fact that the first of these f n d . , W f ® controL
“mSffp a i ad ,L^e e „ e „ n »«> J
SS not onTls tt OS sake ° £ all *****
State in the Nation that knows
how to eliminate this source of
air pollution but is determined
to do it at the earliest possible store your steam iron in an
time> upright position on the heel
Later I visited the Button- rest, advises Mrs. Ruth Ann
wood outfall near Wilkes-Barre Wilson, Penn State Extension
which currently is polluting the clothing specialist. This is im-
Susquehanna River at the rate portant whether you leave the
of 14 million gallons of extre- water in or remove it from the
mely corrosive acid mine drain- iron before storing. Keeping the
age each day. It is here that iron upright will prevent chemi-
Westinghouse plans to build its cal pitting or marring of the
demineralization plant, con- soleplate from moisture remain
tracts for which were signed by ing in the iron,
the Governor on Monday.
In the area of cleaning our consider Apartment Gardens
streams from acid mine drain-
age, Pennsylvania again is the It is possible for apartment
only State in the Nation with residents to achieve beautiful re
the know-how needed to purify suits with balcony gardens. Red
the waters and the money with wood tubs, asbestos pots, hang
which to begin the task. mg baskets and wooden boxes
In addition to the Westing- can be used to make very flexi
house plant which itself will ble balcony gardens, suggest Ex
result-in purification of 5 mil—tension ornamental horticultur
lion gallons of acid mine waters ists at The Pennsylvania State
daily and attract new industriesUmversity
HEIFERS FAST at low cost with ..>
NEW PURINA HEIFER CHOW
More and more local dairymen are proving that a small extra
investment in heifer feeding can pay off when heifers freshen and
begin contributing to the milk check.
And research has proved that heifers which produce well in the
first lactation continue to be high producers over a longer
milking life than average cows.
NEW Purina 1 ' Heifer Chow* has been developed to help you
grow big heifers fast, conveniently and at low cost. New Heifer
Chow is a palatable, coarse 14 per cent protein ration, fortified
with vitamins and minerals to stimulate fast, solid heifer growth.
To build low-cost growth, you need feed only 3 pounds of New
Heifer Chow per heifer per day if your legume forages are of
good quality. For best results, start your heifers on the Purina
heifer growing program at six months of age until 90 days before
freshening when they’ll be fed on the basis of their condition
and on the quality of your forage.
Drop in soon and pick up a copy of our New Purina Heifer
Growing Program folder. It explains the program +o follow for
fast-growing, early-freshening heifers at low cost
•Rag. Trademark—Ralston Purina Co,
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
E. D. 3, Ephrata
John J. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph: 442-4632
Paradise
Lancaster Farm
Steam Iron Storage
James High & Sons
Ph: 354-0301
Gordonville
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph; 367-1195
Rheems
ing, Saturday, July 5,1969—:
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