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Governor McCall says 'State Fair Will Open On Schedule' Leis tlu n 24 hours after a fire ravaged the main exhibition halls on the state fairgrounds in Salem (Governor Tom McCall announced that "Oregon Is going to have an old-fashioned state fa ir and it w ill open as sch eduled." McCall salt^ " with the fa ir opening set fdPMfig. 26, there’ s not a minute to be lo s t." He said that men from the Oregon Correctional Institute w e re rushed to the state fairgrounds to assist in the cleanup, and that debris was being removed before the ashes had cooled. After the rubble Is removed, the governor said, huge tents w ill be used to house the more than 140 State F a ir exhibitors displaced by the tragic fire . McCall stated that contacts through the Division of Gen e ra l S e rv te e s and private sources up and down the coast have brought promises of tents ranging in size from the very sm all up to giant circus tents, 300 feet long. He further ex- phaslzed that the State F air Commission w ill honor "every apace commitment* and that » i ■ ..... Senate Candidate exhibitors are being contacted by telephone and mall as to the exact availability of exhibit space and locations fo r their displays. "The F a ir office has received assurances from dozens of ex hibitors that they are prepared to stick by the fa ir under any circumstances. State F a ir de partments lost to the flames w ill be relocated in other areas and other fa ir buildings to that "we w ill have a complete fa ir and a great far as o riginally planned,” McCall said. These departments include the Oregon A rt Show, International Photo Salon, horticulture show and county booth displays. F air Manager Robert L. Stevens reported that offers of assistance have been coming from throughout the state, and that county fa irs have offered ttie loan of exhibit booths, dis play cases and other materials, The governor commended "the valiant efforts of firem en, u tility companies and fa ir staff whose expeditious actions pre vented additional damage and serious injury from what could have been a cataclysmic holo caust." In M y rtle Point MYRTLE POINT—" I don’ t See how we can expect A m eri cans to support an Increase In taxes when part of their money Is being used fo r foreign aid to countries who are continuing to do business with our en- dmles, the very people we are fighting in North Vietnam,” Phil H. McAlmond, Democratic can didate fo r U. S. Senator, told members of the Chamber of Commerce here Monday. "One of the reasons I oppose the tax Increase Is that part of that money Is earmarked fo r aid to countries which accept Am erica’ s dollars on the one hand, but apparently have no reluctance whatsoever to trade with North Vietnam and Red China at a time when we are engaged In a war in Southeast A sia,” McAlmond stated. He continued: "1 am likewise deeply con cerned over the rising cost of government. There is no jus tification fo r taking money out dt the private sector to finance e ve r-ln cre a sln g government -expenditures. Those who look to the government to solve all Ills are wrong. They should seek other ways of overcoming problems, and generally p ri vate business Is fa r better e q u lg p ^ s tp 4W» than government is ." - McAlmond was quick to point W t, however, that it Is equally unfair to pin the "S o cia list" label on everything the govern ment does to benefit the people. He stressed the f a c t that there are many instances where only the government can do the job, but that he deplored the ten dency of some people to turn to Washington as a matter of habit fo r assistance on all prob lems. "Money alone won’t do the Job,” McAlmond emphasized. "You simply cannot legislate m orality o r social acceptance. If we are going to make any permanent inroads againstpov- erty, fo r example, we must ereate in the less fortunate a tense of responsibility and ac complishment. We must show them that they can make their qwn way rather than continually rely on a government ‘dole.’ "P riva te enterprise, which can often do the Job more ef fectively and economically. Should be encouraged to par ticipate in the 'war onpoverty.* Perhaps a tax w riteoff or sim - r incentive might be in le r , " he concluded, i Witnesses Return From Convention E, C.Carlson, piesiding m in ister, and some 25 other m em bers of the Port Orford congre gation of Jehovah's Witnesses returned to their homes Sunday night from the "D iscip le -m a k ing" D istrict Assembly of Je hovah's Witnesses held in Eu gene August 3-6. Carlson said th a t highlights of the assem bly included the Friday m orning baptism s e r v ice w hich saw 180 new W it nesses baptized and the Sunday lectu re " R escuing aGry a t Crowd of M ankind ou t of A rm ageddon" by K. V. K ennedy of New York to an au dience of 10. 043. C om m enting on the lecture, Herbert Thage, Port Orford city councilman and owner- manager ol Thage’ s Motel, and M rs. Thage, are planning to close die motel for about three months--Oct. 1 to Jan. 2—and move to Tennant, C alif., where he w ih again be yard boss on the Ken-Del Silver Tip Christmas Tree Farm. This is the largest Christmas tree farm in Cal ifornia and thought to be the largest in the world, and from it, trees bearing the Ken-Del tags are sent by the thousands to U. S. Navy outlets in Guam, Alaska and the Bay area in California. Buyers from va r ious retailers in the nation find their way to the ranch each pre- Christmas season to place o r ders fo r trees, wreaths, swags and bundles of boughs. A ll s il- vertips are grown above 5,000 feet elevation, but other kinds of trees are handled by this farm from their distributing centers in Southern California. Noble and Douglas firs are shipped from Washington state and also from a large tree farm near C orvallis from which also comes the new Donna pine, a cross between the Scotcli and Shore pine. • Cutting the trees started on Oct. 10 anti when the cutting season readies its peak around Thanksgiving, some 70 persons w ill be working on the farm at Tennant. The center of operations fo r the Ken-Del Tree Farn and near which M r. and Mrs.Thage w ill live in a red frame ranch house built on a little peninsula between two streams where die inhabitants can fisli from either the front o r back porch and where German brown trout 16 inches long have been taken from the waters. The natural forest setting around the tiouse has been planted with several thousand tulip and daffodil bulbs and it Is a beautiful scene in the early spring o r during the tree gathering season when there is usually snow on the ground. Stan Musial had a lifetim e batting average of .331. Membership Up In Oregon 4-H Oregon’ s 4-H club member ship increased by 2,156 boys and g irls this y e a r as enthu siastic youngsters continued to enroll in new and existing 4-H programs. Cal Monroe, state 4-H exten sion agent at Oregon State Uni versity, said major gains were in the horse projects, the new 4-H Outdoorsman project, ju nior leadership and health. "O ther projects showing ap preciable gains,” said Monroe, “ were dog, rabbit, flower grow ing, vegetable gardening, arch ery, gun safety, e le c tric ity , woodworking, empire buildets, food preparation and home i m provement.” According to Monroe, 3G/.48 boys and g irls are now en rolled in Oregon 4-H activities, a record total. Boys’ enrollment increased 1,150 o r IT . G irls ’ enrollment also jumped by 1,000, but because of the la r ger number of g irls in the 4-H p r o g r a m , the increase was 4.2%. Monroe said a new TV action program added 1,115 projects in six eastern Oregon counties alone. “ A total of 593 boys and g irls were not previously enrolled in other 4-H projects,” he added. 14 mets fffotw «ZJL HIGH ACiOVFty W E * HEATER wSttfiv ♦ 5 5 » M l SET R fS t c S io n r& 'M 5 5 00 2 IX J 1 CAST IX0W PCOK FAUCTT whet rruiNnu *53 NOW AVAILABLE p / f lf M t f m m no. bows w S Ä “ « 49 Aufwr P A C IF IC ISKill Where "Prices Are Lower Every "Day! WHIFF CAW dog - FOOD TÀTW-W hwzek J .«E U C H . 5 'X So many ring-billed gulls gather at Mohawk Island, On tario, the spot has b e c o m e known as Gull Island. >INlK I OVERNIGHT GUESTS M r.andM rs.BertM uirden w el com ed o ld friends last Friday. A u g u st4,byholduig a c ra b feed and t h e n a tour of die town. T heir overnight guests w ere Mr. and Mrs. F.W . Goff of Portland, and their s o il and w ife, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam G off.E dithM uirden w orked for the G off's years ago when she was a school girl at V ida. Oregon, on the M cKenzie R iver, Mr. M uirden w orked for Goff a t the tro u t hatchery at le ah u rg in die 1930's. Port Orioni News, Tlimsd.iy. Aligns! Io, l'<>7 — I RELEASED FROM ARM Y Dale Klinner, son of M r. and Mrs.LeoKlinner, returned home Tueiday morning after being released from active duty from the army. Klinner recently com pleted a year's tour of duty in Vietnam. 21X11 iTAiwuiif (TtiL tftTH FAUCfT AMO H tffr sru/xe&f MT MOUTH IF THAW Mr. and Mrs.Knssell Juola and her niece a n d la m ily Mrs. Char les H agen, To Harvest «1111/ SINK T ie impression many have that Alaska is a wilderness covered with snow and glaciers is wrong. Glaciers cover only 3% of the land. VISITS FROM PHOENIX Mrs. Marble Cook of Phoenix. Arizona, has been visiting her p a r e n t s Mr. and M n . Adol ph Nelson in P o r t Orford lor the past three days. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have re cently returned f r o m a two week vacation in the H aw aiian Islands.They enjoyed staying at the H aw aiian V illage in Oahu, die Coco Palms in K auai and the Sheraton M aui oil die Island of M aui. The Cooks thought the Island of M aui the m ost b e au ti ful of the three islands. Before returning hom e Mr. and Mrs. Cook w ill visit fam ily and friends in Portland and w ill also spend two evenings in Las Vegas. Mrs. Cook w as also the guest o th e rsis tc r and b ro th el-in -law . we ave yououauwmodsmw ^ W HISK APRICOTS PINEAPPLE PUUf-UNft Carlson said Kennedy opened w ith the statement, "Arm aged d o n . threatening though th e name may sound, does not mean the wiping out of the race of mankind. The approaching war of Armageddon is, in reality, the forerunner of the happiest tim e in a ll human history. 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