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Keeping Lands on Tax Rolls One of Biggest Problems Facing Counties in Western States Salem (U.R) County offic-Ideal whereby it got some good ials of several western states said Friday that one of the big-! gest problems facing the coun ties is keeping their lands on the tax rolls and not having them ac quired by the federal govern ment. The officials expressed their views at the annual meeting here of the Interstate Associa tion of Public Land Counties, which originated in Oregon. They were Introduced by Lester Coffin. Susanville, Calif.. Las sen county supervisor and pres ident of the Association. Jim Stearns of Modoc county, northern California, said some study should be given to the ad visability of retaining such vast acreages as public lands. He said "public land is not a sacred cow. It might serve as well in private hands." Favors Reclassification Stearns said some land in Cal ifornia could be reclassified and if it is not serving "too well in public ownership, it might as .well be put on the tax rolls." He said land adjacent to cor porate cities which is public land is restricting the expansion of those cities. Fred Schneider of Colorado said: "Uncle Sam is continually taking lands from us." He said in some Colorado counties the federal government owns as much as 97 per cent of the land. Schneider said one of Colorado's big problems is getting the use it needs itself out of the rivers that originate in the state. These in clude the Colorado, the Rio Grande and the Platte. He said he thought the state should have some say in use of these waters and that Uncle Sam should not set himself up as the supreme authority in allocating water rights. Spruce Beetle Problem Glenn Reed of Bonner Coun ty, Ida., said 67 per cent of the land in Idaho is federally owned. He said one of the problems fac ing the timbered areas of north ern Idaho is infestation of the spruce beetle. He expressed hope that the federal government would " co-operate adequately in financing the fight against the pest. Frank Dougherty of Montana said that his state had made a land it might not have otherwise acquired in a deal involving 9000 acres of land which recent- fland exchange for acres ac- ly was put into Glacier National park-federal land. He said the federal government sent men in to buy this land which had ad- Joined the park. But Montana of ficials instead of selling, negoti ated an exchange of lands of equal value. The land involved is dense forest. So the federal government finally exchanged 200,000 acres of less valuable land for the 9000. Nevada Seeks Land Cecil B. Campbell of Nevada ulated areas of that state were striving to get lands back on the tax rolls to provide for the cost of governing themselves. Lloyd Karrer of northern Cal ifornia said one of the efforts be ing made by county officials in that area is to get timber for quired by the government in the so-called primitive area oi wai part of the state. Forrest Cooper, counsel for the Association, told of work he said was being carried on to give the. counties more control of their lands and to retain the con trol once they get it Klamath Problems Judge U. E. Reed of Klamath Falls told of problems in his oUTCSu The "guest speaker" for the said the counties in the less pop-J day spoke in.absentia. Congress man Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg Republican, was to have attend ed the meeting but had to keep an engagement elsewhere. He "addressed" the meeting by way S .1. i ill ii.. EN ROUTE TO JAPAN, Sgt Paul E. Call, 30 and son, James. 7, stop in Seattle after Call won custody of lad from former wife. Mrs. Jeanne Call, 27. Huntington Park, Cal., who opposed his plan to have Japanese wife rear James. (International) of a phonograph recording he made in Washington, D.C., re porting on developments con cerning federally owned lands and Oregon and California grant lands. Civil Defense To Continue as Part Of American Life Salem U.K)l Americans must continue to accept civil de fense as part of their way of life as long as there are threats to world peace, CoL Arthur M. Sheets said during the first de partment head meeting since his appointment as state director of civil defense. The new director said he is certain of two things first, the Oregon civil defense agency has well-formulated plans, and, sec ondly, civil defense is a vital part of the national defense pro gram. . Work Still Important He said: "As a co-partner with the armed forces, our work in providing national security is just as important today as in 1952 or 1951. Civil defense is row operative, but the task that feces us will never be completed. Everything we can do during this period will help that much more in saving lives and re storing damaged facilities fol lowing a large scale disaster." Reports Given Chiefs of eight civil defense services gave reports, followed by a presentation of freedoms foundation awards to Russell H. Kaufman M.D., chief of physi cians section of the Oregon Civil Defense emergency medical serv ice, and O. R. Blair, director of Oregon civil defense transporta tion service. The George Wash ington honor medals arid cita tions presented by Gov. Paul L. Patterson were based on out standing work in preparing the country against possible enemy attacks. They have worked for civil defense on a voluntry basis for three years. Sunday. August IS. 1153 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE IN 1MODILGAS ECONOMY RUN Come see and drive the winner! 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No other distillery has reached that T mark. . v The warehouse, built of Ken tucky limestone, meets SO pages of government specification for a bonded warehouse, and is radiant heated to keep the barrel at an even temperature the year around. Each barrel of whiskey re ceives government stamped serial number before it is placed in a warehouse for aging, so there was no question about THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER Bloomington, I1L (UJ9 Jimmy Lohnes, 4, was just stand ing there watching and wasn't even mad at the raccoon, but the raccoon got mad at Jimmy. It slipped away from older boys, who were chasing it with a bushel basket, and bit a chunk out of Jimmy's ankle. The animal was beaten off with a baseball bat. Jimmy needed four stitches. whether or not this one actually number 2,000,000. Connecticut claims the distinc tion of having nine of the na tion's comparatively few eight sided houses. One of the octagon shaped dwellings located at Bridgeport, once was the home of P. T. Baraum. Hollywood (UJ5 Olivia de Havilland said she will marry Perisian magazine executive Pierre Gallante soon after Aug. 27 when her divorce from novel 1st Marcus Goodrich becomes final. Dead Una far at aooa Satardaja MAKE A DATE' NOW for the iF&nm Achievements of 4-H-F.F.A. Boys and Girls On Parade! v v Miem&is. 4 in n URGE YOU TO ATTEND P PA P At the Jackson County iFAnmcsmdDnjEJiiDS Sponsored by the Medfrd Mary C 4 DBECE DD&YTS Complete Displays of Livestock; Paultry, Crops, Home Economics Achievements! YouU ENJOY this fine shewing of Jackson County's boys and air of 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America . . . youH be PROUD of their achievements . . . you'll lend encouragement to these thoroughly practical, thor oughly American youth movements. Jorgensen's urge you to attend ALL FOUR DAYS ... and heartily congratulate the Med ford Rotary Club for supporting these two fine organizations, in which beys and girls LEARN by DOING! 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