PafS ICMSe'etioff I THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon", Friday, February 18, 1957 ANOTHER BIG GREEN TAG DAY SATURDAY? South Oregon Views at Odds On Irrigation Merlford Benefits From Talent Project; GP Won't Tap Rogue By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Granls Pass and Mcdford are Southern Oregon cities, the cen tral points in counties which share timber, agriculture and tourists as the principal resources. But there are sharp differences. One of these several differ ences is assurance now of enough Irrigation water, nays J. W. For rester Jr., editor of the Pendleton East Oregonian, who studied the economy of a score of Oregon counties on a recent swing through the state. 8,(101) New Acres Tliis is the way ho found the situation: In Jackson Counly, of which Medfnrd is the county seal, the Talent irrigation project is put ting supplementary water on land and work in progress on I ho proj ect will bring water to fl.OOO new acres and additional water to 11, 000 more. The county's water supply can be expanded beyond any agricul tural needs now in .sight. But in Josephine County, of which Grants Pass Is the center, talk of tapping the Ilngue River runs into the strongest kind of op position from fishermen and other outdoors enthusiasts. Failure of the people of the area lo agree has been offered in Washington, D. C, as the reason for rejecting past irrigation plans. Dairying, Hops Decline In an Inlerview wilh Frank Slreeler, veteran Granls Pass newspaperman, Forrest was Inld mat Josephine Counly dairymen have been decreasing in numbers since repeal of the state milk con trol law. Hop growing has de clined in this county as in olhers. Even the growing of gladiolus bulbs has been falling off. Jackson Counly agriculture has noted some falling off, Ino, espe cially in dairying and poultry rais ing. However the great fruit in dustrynearly million boxes ol pears harvested last year represents an Income of about 1!) million dollars. The agricultural future looks good, and will bo even brighter with added irrigation. In timber, Josephine Counly has seen curtailment of the small and medium - sized operator's work. Bale Lumber Co., with a sawmill and a plywood plant at Merlin, is Ihc biggest of the operators in the county. A comparative newcomer there, Rale has been a heavy buy er of government timber, Timber Ahead of Cut - Jackson County has several rel- alively large operators and a few secondary processors, mid aside from Ihc general slowdown now in lumber has n promising out- 100K. Full utilization of wood has made no appreciable kI rides in either of these counties bul lim ber growth Is exceeding the nil. In the tourist trade, both coun ties sn tops.. Both have Incom parable mountain scenery. Jose phine Counly is magic for fisher men, lis famed Rogue fliver at trading them from all parts of Ihc country. Jackson Counly has bnlh Crater Lake and Oregon Caves. Roth counties arc havens for people in retirement "a good place lo live." WU Student Wins Speech Test at OSC COItVAI.I.IS in A wiii, elle University student won one speaking cnnlesf and placed third in another at an annual event mil the Oregon Slate College campus1 Thursday night. ( Lewis Rrighl won the tith an-' nual experimental speaking enn- i lest. A new system is tried each' year in that contest. This year Hie speakers appeared on tele-! vision, with the judges silling in ; front of a television set at the other end of a closed circuit, j Donna DcVries, University nf ; Oregon, was second in the con-j lest, and Jack Booth, Lewis and j Clark College, thud. ! The .mill annual stale Peace Oratorical Contest was won bv : Wayne Rrynnl, Northwest Chris tian College of F.ugcnc, with, Diana Scott, University ol Oregon, second, and Bright thud. Nine colleges were entered in the events, sponsored annuallv by Ihc Intericillpgiale l-'orensir Am.ii. Javcccs Cilo liPA Official WASHINGTON - Thr Junior Chiimhcr nf (VmmetTe Thursday announced Ihc seledinn of 10 "oiilstiindiriii ymiei: nun in nv rrnmeiU" ; winni'is of tlu ninlh nnnu.'d Arthur S Kleinming mvm'ris. The auiirds. consisting of plfiqucs. arc designed l reencimo nrcomplislnncnls, enrourap' Inch standards ni.d to help all rati qualified young mm to federal service, The recipients, selected (mm among 7$ nominees, included ling er L. flnnkling, M, director of budget and managcmeiil for thr Bonneville Power Administration in Portland. f ew Smell Kuiming ASTORIA - The Smelt Co operative at Clatskanie reported Friday that only a small quan tity of smelt h heed delivered to reeeivinc slat ions here. Cold wenther was blamed for the delay of the annual run. J mm N TAGS! Save up to 50 and more PROOF YOU SAVE AT SEARS! L Shirts flOO (f Reg. & U Sixes 4 to 16 ' JUVENILES' w nuns u mmfm""rr r IT" ON SRC iih .Gfc 11 . ' ' . 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