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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
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