A Strong Federal Strip-Mining Law In 1964, under the guidance of Governor Scranton and Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and conservationists, Pennsylvania adopted the nation’s toughest strip mining restoration law, which requires that stripped land be returned to its “approximate original contour.” ELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLER REPAIRS Authorized Factory Service on Most Shockers. REPAIR THEM NOW. Glenn M. Hoover Leola RDI, Oregon Pike 17540 656-8020 Manufacturers of Kafstals. Veal Stalls. Bale Wagons 5% OFF ON AATREX 4 L FURADAN for Root Worms APPLICATORS FOR RENT CONTACT; JONAS S. EBERSOL 1 % Miles North of Bird in Hand on Stumptown Road. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER IH RIDING MOWER LOOK WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY! Get an Edger Trimmer or Hedge Trimmer for just $l.OO when you buy a Cadet Riding Mower or Cadet Lawn Tractor. Whafs more, the coupon below is worth $l.OO toward your Greenback Sale purchase. ■ Tj \tuic rnilPflM KSKSSS2 (f| I Jjy“UurUn ( r"1 \ UX( ■ —' pnnn CAD I \\ low when you I UUUurUn If (***] I , Buy a Model 2041 Edger ■ M |« .... . n I 01/ I I' // Trimmer or Hedge Trimmer for I ONE OOLLARjI u _ 9. (l, . r ,<|llf ‘* J “"‘ 3 °. Tractor >Cv\ ■ \ Void whlio prohibited by low ji • ecological balance which ia felt far beyond the legal boundaries of the property being mined. The mere fact that a mining operator acquires mineral rights to extract valuable coal should not exempt him from the restoration of this land to its original condition. I believe such restoration is the minimum requirement to protect our outdoor resources. What many critics of strip mining restoration seem to overlook is that ap- proximately $35,000 is realized from one acre of ship-mined coal. It costs only $5OO of that $35,000 to return that acre to its ap proximate original contour. That’s a small investment less than 1% percent to make to be able to utilize coal as an energy source and still protect the en vironment. There also are those who argue that strip mining should be banned outright. I reject this view. Coal is by far our most abundant energy resource comprising about 80 percent of our known fossil fuel reserves. About half the 600 million tons of coal produced in the U.S. each year is surface mined. T 6 meet our pressing energy needs we cannot hum our backs on such a fast and inexpensive short-range solution to the energy crisis as strip mining, particularly when a tough federal reclamation law, similar to existing Pennsylvania law, can protect the environment and guarantee that the strip mined land is restored for further public use. Through more than a decade of practical ez- C. B. HOOBER & SON INTERCOURSE, PA. 768-8231 Compete At Penn The Solanco F. F. A. Chapter will be in full swing this year as far as com petition is concerned. There will be 23 members and three advisors going to F. F. A. Week at the Pennsylvania State University June 18-20 to test their skills in eight different categories. The* various teams and individuals will all be vying for state titles. The spotlight will be especially directed toward the dairy cattle judging team and the land judging team. Both have taken first place county and state titles in previous years. The dairy cattle judging team consists of Tom Galbreath, Joe Winters, David Reath and Gary Welk. The members of the land judging team, who will be competing as individuals, perience, Pennsylvania has demonstrated that coal can be strip mined without destroying the land. The sooner we make the Penn sylvania law the law of the land, the better. Breakfast Boosters Eggs In bacon cups are pretty and pert They’re made simply by placing bacon slices in a cold frying pan and cooking slowly until transparent. 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