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Not I polis Tribune Mi that tonnage is good," the report said. Rain last week helped soybean pods fill out. That crop is still about three weeks away from maturity, although early varieties are beginning to ripen, the report said. Fifty-one percent of the soybeans were reported turning yellow, a sign they are nearing maturity, compared with 26 percent by this Early corn crop maturity means safety from damage by frost By: Warren Wolfe its weekly crop-weather report. this time.

Early reports indicate time normally. Ninety-three percent of Minnesota's massive corn crop is almost beyond damage from frost, about three weeks earlier than normal, the state Crop Reporting Service said Monday. Normally, 37 percent of the crop has reached that stage by this time, the reporting service said in In addition, 22 of the corn crop is mature, compared, with an average of 6 time. The crop is estimated at a record 531 million bushels. "Many fields are rapidly drying, permitting early silage cutting.

Farmers have already cut onetenth of their intended silage acreage. Usually none has been cut at Energy-savers ers turn to Milaca to learn easy, cheap tips for improvements Milaca, Minn. Don and Abby Marier and friends hear from some interesting folks. Staff Writer By Roberta Walburn Staff Writer A man from Maine wrote about a house he designed. "I built it as a greenhouse," he said.

"A five-foot deep fish and swim pond fills most of the house, with a deck over the back two-thirds of the pond to live on." From Moorhead, came the question, "Did you ever think of what you could do with all those cans in the ditches along the highway?" And I the answer, "One idea is to use them to heat your house during the winter" by using them to build a solar -air furnace. From New Mexico came a series of equations leading to the conclusion that "under certain circumstances firewood may not have a significant energy advantage for home space-heating over simply burning the petroleum used in firewood hauling." The Mariers and their associates publish a bi-monthly magazine, Alternative Sources of Energy, from the Marier farm and energy-efficient house near here. The magazine is distributed worldwide to about 5,000 subscribers. Alternative Sources of Energy depends on its readers to also be its writers. Their ideas for projects must be simple, cheap to buildand energy efficient.

The magazine masthead says the publication is "for people concerned with the development of alternative technologies for a decentralized society." Staff Photo by Regene Radniecki Abby Marier worked with Dana McDill, background, on a brochure. "We see the whole thing as a political statement," said Mrs. "We got so freaked out after a sources energy KILOWATT Na 2 of CONSUMERS AND CONCEPT! sources energy QUANTITIES, A SEDANOS ADMIN3 3N :10 alternative INZV9VW alternative War Wind two we energy WINGPOWER SPECIAL, SEC Climates Northurb Water Solar Heating Marier. number of years by the poor quality of life in the city," Mrs. Marier The Mariers, who are in their mid- said.

Pollution, "people snarling at 30s, used to live in the Chicago each other and ugh!" area. He was an electrical engineer with Western Electric Corp. She The magazine grew out of a projtaught elementary school in the ect Marier designed in the summer suburbs. of 1970. He built a hydraulic ram to pump water uphill at Abby's The found that life wasn't for father's farm in northern Wisconthem.

"We always wanted to do sin, ran off mimeographed copies something more than just careers," of the design, and a newsletter he said. was started. It was transformed into the magazine format in 1972. For a while the Mariers lived in the Wisconsin woods. Then they read about Martin Jopp of Princeton, who's been working with electricity and windmills for more than 55 years (and who now writes a column for the magazine).

"I wanted to be near Martin," Marier said. He built a shack at Jopp's place and divided his time between Princeton and Wisconsin until the couple bought property near Milaca and began to build their ener-gy-efficient house in 1974. After three years of work, the house was finished in the spring. The sun heats the house. But there are no solar collectors or complex contraptions.

The sun's rays just flow in and heat the house. Period. The position of the house and windows aid greatly. The front of the house faces south and is dominated by huge winMarier continued on page 5B gometric Northfield tage. St.

Olaf Coach Tom Porter said the extra width of the field about five yards will give pass receivers an edge. "A defensive back learns a territory," Porter said. "Increasing the territory by a couple of feet should make it tougher to cover the ends and backs, especially on the The metric game was suggested by Dr. Jerry Mohrig, professor of chemistry at Carleton, who said it was time for American football to take "one short step" into international measurement. 2B State news Around Minnesota Buffalo: Airport consolidation study under way for 3 cities As of Friday, topsoil moisture was short but northeastern and extreme southern Minnesota, the report said.

However, heavy rains over the weekends in parts of the state probably helped soybeans. Corn probably was not affected much by the rain. Crops continued on page 5B Don Marier in repose. Anderson sells home, keeps land Associated Press Sen. Wendell Anderson, has sold his farm home in Washington County near Withrow but will keep about 100 acres of farmland as a possible future home site, according to an aide.

Anderson and his family were packing belongings Monday and will fly to Washington, D.C., Thursday to move into a new home in suburban Annandale, Va. Aides said the family hoped to be Anderson continued on page 5B The Minnesota Department of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration are studying and promoting a proposal to build a joint airport in Wright County to serve Monticello, Maple Lake and Buffalo. from the airport commissions of each city, will conduct a public hearing on the issue at 7:30 p.m. today at the Buffalo Junior High School. man of the special committee, preAll three cities already have air- dicted a large crowd would turn ports.

All three have expressed in- out at tonight's meeting because of terest in receiving federal assis- concern by area landowners about tance to improve them. the effect a new airport would have on their land. Boyd said "Basically each community would Wright County residents were parlike to have an airport of its own," ticularly concerned about the cost said Ron Lloyd of the a aeronautics of a new airport. He felt there department, "and each would like would be opposition to the proposto upgrade its airport at a cost of al "unless they (state and federal $600,000 each There is such a aviation authorities) can convince close distance, rather than spend us of the benefits of it." all that money on each site, we think that they should consider The proposed airport would have looking at a joint airport." two runways capable of handling corporate jet traffic, Lloyd said. A special committee is considering One runway would be 5,000 to the proposal, planned for a 640- 5,500 feet long and the other acre site equidistant from the three would be about 4,200 feet long.

No cities on state Hwy. 25. The com- cost estimate for the project is mittee, made up of representatives available, Lloyd said. Hibbing: Perpich's efforts reportedly fail in steel strike Gov. Rudy Perpich made no head- The governor spent Sunday meetway Monday his effort to bring ing in Chicago with the chief nesteel companies and the United gotiator for the steel companies Steelworkers union back to the and in Duluth with the union's bargaining table in the strike of district director.

He now hopes to 17,500 taconite miners in Minneso- meet with McBride in Pittsburgh. ta and Michigan. An aide said Perpich is "cautiously optimistic" that negotiations can Perpich failed in several attempts be reconvened. to reach Lloyd McBride, president of the steelworkers union. The The union and the steel companies governor called from his home at have not met formally since the Hibbing, in the heart of the strike iron ore workers went on strike area.

The union leader reportedly Aug. 1. was moving into a new home at Pittsburgh, Pa. Pine Island: First water skier dies at age 74 in nursing home Ralph Samuelson, 74, the father of water skiing, died of cancer Sunday night at a nursing home. Samuelson introduced water skiing on 1 Lake Pepin, a wide portion of the Mississippi River, on July 2, 1922.

He was 18 at the time. "If you could ski on snow, why not water?" he asked, fashioning his first skis from long pine boards which he steamed in boiling water to curve the tips. The American Water Ski Association certified his claim as inventor 10 years ago. But Samuelson never accepted a formal award. "I never thought it mattered," he said.

"I knew I was the first one and that is all I cared about." Ralph Samuelson A year ago, a fountain honoring week before his death he entered a Samuelson and Lake City as the hospital in Zumbrota. He had been birthplace of water skiing was at the Pine Haven Nursing Home dedicated at Ohuta Park. only two days when he died. Born July 3, 1903, in Lake City, Survivors include his wife, Hazel, Samuelson raised turkeys on a ru- two daughters and a son. The fural Mazeppa farm until retiring in neral will be Wednesday in Pine 1962 and moving to Pine Island.

A Island with burial in Lake City. Clarkfield: Crop prices topic State Agriculture Commissioner "We're not affiliated with any Bill Walker will speak to farmers group. We're just a bunch of farmwho gather at Clarkfield, ers who decided we've got to do tonight to talk about crop prices. something," said the organizer, who asked that his name not be At least 40 or 50 farmers are ex- used. pected to drive their tractors to the 7 p.m.

meeting at Clarkfield High Compiled from staff and AP reSchool to dramatize their discon- ports. tent, an organizer said. Land ownership was exaggerated Friedrich Heinrich Frieher von Der 779.49 acres of land in Meeker Leyen does not own 77,949 acres County. of Meeker County farmland, as the Minneapolis Tribune reported And that brings to 24,823 acres the Monday. total reported nonresident alien ownership of Minnesota farmland, The West German dutifully report- not 105,000 acres as the Agriculed to state authorities his land ture Department originally reportholdings in Minnesota, as required ed.

by a 1977 law of all nonresident aliens who control farmland. "We thought it was just a misplaced comma, so we checked But as Europeans are wont to do, with him and he said it was right. he used a common European punc- But we didn't think to ask how he tuation, substituting a comma for a was using his comma," a departperiod as a decimal point. ment secretary said Monday after discovering the error. Von Der Leyen actually owns Robert Boyd of Buffalo, co-chair- "We see the whole thing as a St.

Olaf, Carleton to for football game in Associated Press Northfield, Minn. Two Minnesota collegiate rivals plan to play their first metric football game this fall on a 109-yard field that should produce an announcer's nightmare. first down, the teams will have to gain 10 meters. Officials will have to stretch somewhat as they step out penalties and announcers will give player heights in centimeters and weights in kilograms. Carleton and St.

Olaf colleges, Coaches for the two teams say the both of Northfield, have scheduled additional distance for the first the game for 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in down and the added length of the Carleton's Laird Stadium. field will affect the game. The field will be 100 meters long wide, about 58 yards.

Instead of 109 a yards and 53 meters 10-yard offensive drives for the Quist said he suspects there will be fewer first downs and that the team with the better punter and placekicker. will have an advan- Tribune State (612) 372-4542 News Bureaus Rochester 708 Marquette Bank Building (507) 288-1417 St. 14 N. 7th Av. (612) 253-6366.