MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
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Friday, March 1671935
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MAN MADE SUN The fire ball of the fifth detonation in
current series at 'the Nevada proving grounds at Yucca
Flat is partially hidden by surrounding mourtains. This
A-bomb was exploded above smoke screen m test of theory
that artificial smoke can insulate humans and cities from
much of the searing heat of nuclear fission.
FFA Awards SViade
At State Convention
Central Point Last night was
"awards night" at the third an
nual state convention of the
Future Farmers of America.
Mike Harms, Canby, was
named "Star Farmer of Ore
gon," an award which is the
highest the organization can
give on a state level. He earned
the honor with a farming pro
gram which includes 18 head of
registered sheep, half interest
in 39 feeder lambs, 4 registered
Chester white sows and 18 regis
tered gilts, 10 acres of corn, 2
head of steers and 10 acres of
oats. With the award went a
$100 check.
Star Dairy Farmer
An award as "Star Oregon
Dairy Farmer" and a SI 00 check
went to Wilmont Elder, Enter
prise. He has 16 registered hol
steins valued at $3,700, which
averaged 12,746 pounds of milk
and 449.93 pounds of butterfat
per cow.
The soil and water manage
ment award and $100 went to
George Meyers, Newberg. He
Jjas developed Vz acres of
permanent pasture, built two
dams to supply water for irriga
tion, started buying an irriga
tion system, and conducted
other conservation practices.
Electrification Award
John Evers, La Grande, won
the state farm electrification
award of $100. He has planned
the wiring for his barn, run cir
cuits for lights in the milk room,
milk barn and parlor, wired
240-volt receptacles around the
farm, and repaired a number of
small apdiances.
The' $100 farm mechanics
award went to Jasper Olinger,
Mac-Hi, Milton-Freewater, who
has built and repaired many
pieces of farm equipment on his
farm, assisted in building a new
residence and built cattle guards
and corrals.
The Albany FFA chapter won
the farm safety $100 award for
safety accomplishments taught
and practiced in that chapter.
A safety campaign using posters
and reflectors was completed
by the group.
Crater High school FFA chap
ter was listed as a "master chap
ter" for the first time this year,
along with six other chapters. A
total of 32 chapters earned the
award, 25 of them for the sec
ond time. The chapter award is
based on the program of work
outlined and followed by each.
Other awards made during
the convention were for chapter
scrapbooks, Newberg, first, Wy'
east, second and Gresham, third;
for farm project record books,
Ronald Peterson, Adrian, first,
Harry J. Riehle, Canby, second,
and Kenneth Purkey, Bend,
third; secretary books, Newberg
first, Banks second and Gresh
am third; and treasurer books,
Roseburg first, McLoughlin sec
ond and LaGrande third.
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Pros and Cons off Annexation As Sanitation Answer TaOCted
The pros and cons of city an
nexation as a means of solving
fringe areas sanitation prob
lems which are largely those of
finance were discussed in detail
at a meeting here last night.
The meeting, second in a se
ries sponsored by the Jackson
County Public Health association
to seek solutions to the urgent
and growing need for sanitary
facilities, heard Medford City
Manager Robert Duff and Mayor
Earl Miller tell of the annexa
tion plan presented to the city
council this week.
Siill Tentative
The plan, which is still only
tentative and which will not be
placed in effect until a detailed
survey is completed, would call
for the annexation of some 3,000
acres southeast, south and south
west of the city. It would be up
to residents of the area to decide
whether or not annexation is the
appropriate plan for them, Duff
emphasized, saying that the city
is not "trying to put anything
over on anybody."
Mayor Miller pointed out that
the health problem affects every
one in the entire area, whether
they live inside or outside the
city limits. The plan is simply a
reflection of this fact, he said,
facing unp to the reality that epi
demics do not stop at city lines
once they get started.
Seriousness Emphasized
Seriousness of the health men
ace created by raw sewage ef
fluent saturating soils of the
area was emphasized by a quota
tion from Dr. A. Erin Markel,
county health officer, asking, in
effect, "How long can we con
tinue gambling with human
life?"
First step in any annexation
problem is a detailed survey
and study of the problem, re
vealing what liabilities and
what assets the city would as
sume by taking into its boun
daries outside areas, the city of
ficials said. The assets would in
clude the assessed valuation of
the areas for tax purposes, ad
ditional land for subdivisions,
additional revenue from the state
based on a per capita basis, and
others. The liabilities would in
clude any bonded indebtedness
of water or sanitation districts
in the areas involved, an increase
in costs of fire and police pro
tection, and added bonding nec
essary to put in sewer and water
lines.
Advantages to residents of the
annexed areas would include
the ability to bond for sanitary
facilities under the Bancroft
act, which permits amortization
over a 10-year period, building
inspecton, better police and fire
protection, with resulting lower
insurance rates, and the other
benefits of being within the cor
porate limits of a city.
Due In 30 Days
Duff said that his survey of
the proposed annexation areas
will be completed and presented
to the city council within the
next 30 days. He added that this
study is only a phase of an over
all project regarding annexation,
and that later parts of it will
embrace areas to the west, north
and northeast of Medford.
After the study has been com
pleted. Mayor Miller said the
city will be in a position to make
a decision on how to proceed. If
it is felt annexation is the best
answer, elections can be called
in the affected areas to see if
the residents want to join the
city. The city can approve or
reject annexation either through
a city-wide election, or by coun
cil action, but both Duff and
Miller indicated it would prob- was mentioned frequently dur- the committee,
ably be the former. ing the discussion, and will be The next meeting will be
County zoning as a solution the subject of 'later studies by Thursday, March 31, when A,
Harvey, Medford engineer, will
on discuss his proposal for a metro
D. politan sanitary district.
Record-Breaking
Douglas Fir Price
Offered in Sale
Heavy competition for four
tracts of timber offered for sale
by the Medford office of Bureau
of Land Management resulted in
the highest prices ever received
for Douglas fir timber in this dis
trict, according to District For
ester E. K. Peterson.
Dollar and Patterson Co., Inc.,
of Glendale, paid $44 per thou
sand for 4,000,000 board feet on
Upper Cow creek; Bate Lumber
Co. of Merlin submitted the high
sealed bid of $33.75 per thou- j
sand for 1,307,000 board feet of
Douglas fir on Powell Creek near I
Murphy; Southern Oregon Ply
wood of Grants Pass made the
last oral bid for $33 per thousand
on a tract of 1,000.000 board feet
on Wolf Creek; Medford Corpo
ration purchased 1,500,000 board j
feet north of Butte Falls for
$26.50 per thousand.
Minor Volumes j
Only minor volumes of Pon-
derosa pine, sugar pine, incense
cedar, white fir and western
hemlock were included in the
sales. Every tree sold was care
fully selected and ;r.arked for
cutting by a professional for
ester employed by the bureau.
All thrifty trees, poles and tree
seedlings were reserved and '
must be given maximum protec-'
tion during the logging on these ;
tracts of O&C and public domain ;
land. " !
Another sale will be held at
the Bureau's Medford office in
the city hall at 10:30 a.m. on ;
April 14. Sealed bids will be ac- j
cepted for 3!i million board
feet, mostly ponderosa pine.
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