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L 7, 1955
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No. 15
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Life of
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London U.R) Sir Anthony
tden began his career as prime
minister today by retaining for
the time being the cabinet mem
bers who served Winston
Churchill.
The new prime minister called
his first cabinet meeting for this
afternoon, and the members
summoned were those who had
worked with the retiring Prime
Minister.
But Eden is expected to make
some appointments of his own.
Pending completion of the ap
pointments in his own govern
ment, a process that is continu
ing, Eden chose to extend the
life of the old cabinet.
Tin Off To Election
If, as expected, Eden makes
few changes, it will be a up on
to an parlv general election,
perhaps in May. The two most
frequently mentioned dates are
May 16 and May 26.
A major reshuffle would
mean a fall election since Eden
would have to give the elector-
Money Allocated
To Bring Relief in
'Dust Bowl' Region
Washington (U.R) Presi
d e n t Eisenhower allocated
$5,000,000 today to help allev
iate critical "dust bowl wina
erosion in seven Western states.
He authorized the advance
from his special .disaster relief
fund 'pending congressional ac
tion on a $15,000,000 supple
mental appropriation request.
The emergency action was
taken on advice from the Agri
culture Department that 7,000-.
000 acres of land in the affected
states already have been seri
ously damaged and an addition,-,
al -20,000,000 acres have insuf
ficient grass or stubble to pro
tect them against severe erosions
in the event recent strong winds
continue.
A substantial part of the mon
ey probably will be used to
help farmers pay the cost of
emergency tillage deep plow
ing to turn the topsoil under
so that it doesn't blow away.
The areas affected are East
ern Colorado, Western Kansas,
Northeast New Mexico, the Ok
lahoma Panhandle, Northern
Texas, Southwestern Nebraska
and Southeastern Wyoming.
Portlanders Plagued
By Love-Sick Anfs
Portland (U.R) Hordes of
love-sick ants descended on bal
my Portland yesterday as haras
sed citizens struggled between
onslaughts of the winged aven
gers and recurrent attacks of
spring fever.
Experts blamed the appear
ance of the millions of ants on
the weather, Entomologist Rob
ert L. Furniss of the U. S. forest
service said the 74-degree wea
ther caused the hibernating ants
to finish sprouting their wings
and take to the air in swarms
in search of a mate.
They are quite harmless, how
ever, and he says they are much
too busy with love-making to
cause much trouble.
Furniss added that a few days
of warm weather and they will
all be grounded anyway.
Measure Would Make
Churchill 'Citizen'
Washington (U.R) Sen.
George A. Smathers announced
today he will introduce legisla
tion to make Winston Churchill
an honorary citizen of the Unit
ed States. 1
The Florida Democrat, an ar
dent admirer of the retired Brit
ish prime minister, said he has
instucted his staff to work with
the legislative counsel's office
and the Library of Congress on
drafting the necessary legisla
tion. Smathers said he will intro
duce" it when the Senate returns
next week from its Easier re
cess Churchill's mother was
born in the United States.
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Uranium Prospectors
Said Tearing Up Lands
Washington (U.R) Mem
ber of the National ' Grazing
Lard, representing 10 Wato
states, declared today that pros
pectors for uranium and other
materials are tearing up valuable
grazing lands.
xtends
Cabinet
ate time to get used to the new
members. But the betting was
that Eden simply would promote
Defense Secretary Harold Mac
Millan to be' foreign secretary,
the job Eden has held for 10 of
the past 20 years.
Housing Minister Duncan
Sandys, son-in-law of out-going
Prime . Minister, is the favorite
for MacMillan's defense post.
Works Into Night
Eden worked late Wednesday
night at his Carlton Gardens
residence, nlanning for the
eventful months ahead.
Churchill moved out of the
official prime minister's resi
dence, No. 10 Downing Street,
Wednesday. But Eden and his
pretty wife, a niece of Church
ill's, are net expected to move
there until after Easter.
Eden officially became prime
minister Wednesday at the mo
ment Queen Elizabeth' II asked
him to form a new government
and he accepted the offer by
kissing her hand in the ancient
sign of pledging allegiance to
the sovereign.
A Mere Formality
Today's meejing was merely
to confirm Eden in the office,
and its significance was much
the same as the 1953 coronation
which confirmed Elizabeth as
Queen.' She actually had been
Queen since the moment of her
father's death.
The Privy Council, an advis
ory body for the crown in mat
ters of state, is largely a figure
head body. It is made up of all
the cabinet ministers and nearly
300 other prominent persons
who have pledged themselves to
aid the queen.
The Privy Council was the
next-to-last act setting the seal
on Eden's leadership. The last is
a mere formality, too a Conser
vative Party caucus at which he
will be named party leader. The
caucus had not yet been called.
Blood Donations
Exceed Quota Here
A total of 276 pints of blood
36 more than the quota were
collected during the visit of the
bloodmobile here yesterday, Red
Cross officials reported happily
this morning.
There were 323 donors, with
47 of them rejected for various
reasons. Two groups of donors
were replacing blood used by
friends or relatives, or were giv
ing in anticipation of need. Six
people from the Shady Cove
Trail area gave six pints in ad
vance of an operation which is
needed by a friend, who will
need blood transfusions.
Another group from Camp
White gave six pints used re
cently by Ralph Doty during an
operation and convalescence at
Sacred Heart hospital.
The excess 36 pints have, been
sent to the regional blood bank
in Portland, it was reported to
day, in partial "repayment" of
blood which the bank has fur
nished Jackson county in the
past because recent blood collec
tions have not met needs here.-
Izaak Walton Head
Raps Resources Bill
Eugene (U.R) A bill pro
viding for a state water re
sources board in Oregon was at
tacked today by Don Allen, pres
ident of the state Izaak Walton
league.
Allen said the measure was
a "backward step in fish and
wildlife conservation." He he
quested a : hearing before the
Senate Natural Resources com
mittee on the measure, which
has passed the House.
"Existing statutes which pro
tect fish and wildlife interests
are being scuttled in HB25 in
its present form," he said. He
said it is proposed that future
of both commercial and sports
fishing be left in the discretion
of a board "which may be to
tally unfamiliar with such man
agement." Burns Man Tells Guilt
On Income Tax Charge
Portland (U.R) Ray O. Ap
plegate, alias Ray O- White, 52,
Burns cardroom operator, plead
ed guilty today to an income tax
charge. U.S. Judge Claude Mc
Colloch ordered a presentence
investigation,
The government had charged
that Applegate claimed his in
come in 1948 and 1949 was $2300
or less each .year on which no
tax was owing but that he really
made $18,893 the two years and
should have paid a tax of $2142.
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FRIENDLY WARRIORS Foreign Aid Director Harold E.
Stassen (right) who had warred with Senator John L. Mc
Clelland (D., Ark.), left, chairman of the Senate investigat
ing subcommittee, last week over a disputed government
contract involving construction of grain elevators in Pakis
tan, is greeted with handshake as he arrives to testify.
Stassen had refused a subpena issued for his appearance.
Good Friday Service
Slated by Ministerial
Association
The annual three - Lour Good
Friday service of worship will
be held at the First Presbyterian
church from noon to 3 p.m. to
morrow. Theme of the service
this year is "People That Meet
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in xne woss.
The program, under the spon
sorship : of. the Medford Mini-
steriar association, is divided in
to nine sections dealing with the
various : personalities -associated
with the crucifixion.
The topics and speakers will
be: "Caiaphas," the Rev. Nor
man K. Tully; "Mary," the Rev.
Elmore J. Gilstrap; "The Sol
diers," the Rev. Sherman Moore;
The Thief," the Rev. F. Wildon
Colbaugh; "Pilate," the Rev.
William C. Piper: "Peter." the
Rev. Floyd H. Yates; "Judas,
Ellsworth Working
For Partnership Dams
Portland. (U.R) Rep. Harris
Ellsworth (R-Ore.) said today he
was making every effort to get
approval at this session of Con
gress of a partnership construc
tion program on Green Peter
and Cougar dams in Oregon.
Ellsworth said the House sub
committee on flood control had
scheduled a public hearing on
his bill for May 2.
He said the Eugene Water and
Electric Board was ready to put
up $11,000,000 for financing of
the power at Cougar dam and
that the same was true of Pa
cific Power and Light Co. for
Green Peter dam. Green Peter
would cost $58,000,000 and Cou
gar $36,000,000.
Ellsworth said if the partner
ship program can be approved
it would speed up construction.
It is "possible," he said, "to get
money apropriated and construc
tion started this fall."
Two More Ministers
Xeave Diem's Cabinet' .
Saigon, Indochina U.PJ Two
more ministers " resigned today
from American-backed Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem's Cabinet in the
moderating crisis which had
brought free Viet Nam to the
edge of civil war. . '
While no real peace apeared
possible in the country under
the present circumstances," an
uneasy truce won by the French
and by President Eisenhower's
special envoy, Gen. J. Lawton
Collins, still held between
Diem's army forces and troops of
the Bing Xuyen sect, his most
bitter opponents. The Binh
Xuyen and Hoa Hao sects want
Diem to reorganize his Cabinet
to suit them.
Harrisburg Salesman
Gets Six Months Term
Portland U.R) A Harris
burg salesman was sentenced to
six months in prison yesterday
for violation of Federal Hous
ing Administration regulations.
U. S. Judge William J. Lind
berg sentenced Mark Warren
felt, 40, who was convicted three
weeks ago of presenting false
documents for FHA home im
burg branch of the U. S. Nation
provement loans to the Rose
al bank.
c'! ysiidieinitiiiol
isc-H mas y
if r ' -A
r-um
Tomorrow
the Rev. Clynton G. Crisman;
"John," the Rev. Raymond W.
Hum, and "Jesus," the Rev. Ray
mond E. Balcomb.
Ministers in charge of the wor
ship will be the Rev. Messrs.
Willis J. Loar, Lawrence Krause,
Thomas McCamant, Lt. George
Johnstone, C. V. S.tern, R. H.
Mathewson, Herbert Hunter and
Robert W. Root. yv-.
jThere';will be three 'vocal
los. Mrs. William McAllister
will sing, "Lead Me to Calvary,"
Mrs. F. Wildon Colbaugh, "I
See A Crimson Stream," and
Mrs. Howard Bush, "O Was
Ever Loneliness Like His." Or
ganists will be MrsfRichard Hart
and Mrs. Eva W. .Marsh.
People will be free to come
and go while the'seryice is in
progress, but are requested to
do so during the interludes each
20 minutes. - -
A service for Junior High
students . will pe held at the
Church of the Nazarene from
1:15 to 2 p.m. Speaker will be
Dr. D. K. West, and Dr. J. Thom
as Dixon will be the worship
leader. There will be three musi
cal selections by the Junior High
Mixed Chorus under the direc
tion of Ray Lewis
Senior high students' are invit
ed to attend the three hour ser
vice. Sen. Lowry Opposes
Measure on Libel -
Salem (U.R) Three sena
tors, all lawyers, told a State
and Federal Affairs Committee
hearing yesterday that a mea
sure designed to protect publi
shers against heavy damages in
unintentional libel cases vio
lated the state constitution.
Sens. Philip Lowry,' Medford;
Carl Francis, Dayton, and War
ren Gill, Lebanon, spoke against
he bill. Francis and Lowry
took issue with an opinion by
the attorney general which ruled
it constitutional.
The measure would limit re
covery of damages in cases of
unintentional libel to those
where amount of injury to the
defamed person could be mea
sured in money, providing a re
traction and apology were published.
Music Contest, Festival, Opening Here
This Evening; Many Students Attending
The Southern Oregon Music
Educators contest and music fes
tival opens at 7 o'clock this even
ing in the Medford High school
auditorium. '
Class C high school bands
from Jacksonville, Talent and
Phoenix, and the Medford Junior
High school band, will perform
this evening.
Starting tomorrow, bands,
choirs and orchestras from high
schools in five counties will per
form in both the high school
auditorium and gymnasium. Ses
sions will begin at 9 a.m. and
will continue until '10:30 'p.m.
Each group is entered for a con
test rating or for criticism only
Schools represented in the
'Crucifixion' of
Stassen Declared
Subcommittee Aim
$en. Bender Accuses
Fellow Investigators
Washington (U.R) Sen.
George H. Bender (R-O) set off a
new controversy among Senate
investigators today with a charge
that his colleagues are seeking the
"modern crucifixion" of Foreign
Operations Administrator Harold
E. Stassen.
Bender also accused fellow
members of the Senate Investi
gating Subcommittee ' of using
"headline hunting tactics" in
questioning Stassen.
Others Differ Sharply
Other subcommittee members
differed sharply, with him.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt ' (R-S.D.)
said the hearings, in recess until
Wednesday, were not an effort
to crucify Stassen. "No charges
have been made against Mr. Stas
sen up to now that I know of,"
he remarked.
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R
Wis.) did accuse Stassen of per
jury. Wednesday and demanded
that he be prosecuted, but Mundt
said that was "a collateral issue
growing out of a gratuitous press
statement," by Stassen and had
nothing to do with the investi
gation. Hearings Never Protested
Chairman John L. McClellan
(D-Ark.) said "Sen. Bender has
never protested the hearings to
me in fact, he acquiesced in
them."
Bender's blast came several
hours after Stassen testified in
a hearing about a controversial
ftontrisct to-brjiid grain 'elevators
in Pakistan. The former Minne
sota governor announced he
would cancel all bids and start
over. .
Crippen Innocent
Of Gold Charges
Portland (U.R) Stephen Crip
pen, 45, Mediord, was found in
nocent late yesterday of a charge
of illegal possession cf gold bul
lion. A Federal Court jury de
liberated the case for four hours.
Norman Easley, Crippen's at
torney, had argued that his client
was entrapped and that he never
possessed the gold within the le
gal sense of the word.
Crippen, Wbodrow Atwood,
also of Medford, and Wilbur
Walls, Portland, were arrested
on similar charges last year after
a federal undercover agent said
an attempt was made to sell him
two gold bars valued at $4300.
Atwood had received permis
sion to change a guilty plea to in
nocent but did not come from
Medford to change it. Walls has
pleaded innocent.
Federal Judge William Lind
berg ordered Atwood to appear
April 29 for sentence.
Easley earlier had attacked
the charge against Crippen and
Atwood as unconstitutional, but
Judge Claude McColloch and'
Lindberg held it constitutional.
Roseburg Assault
Case Under Advisement
Roseburg (U.R) Douglas
County Circuit Judge Carl E.
Wimberly had under advisement
today the assault with a dang
erous weapon case against
James Darrel Fanty, 28, Indio,
Calif., who held his estranged
wife at gunpoint for 23 hours
last month.
festival include Jacksonville,
Talent. Phoenix, Ashland, Cra
ter (Central Point), Central
Point Junior High, Eagle Point,
Prospect, Rogue River, Grants
Pass, Illinois Valley, Kerby Je
rome Prairie, Myrtle Creek,
Glide, Sutherlin, Yoncalla, Lake-"
view, Henley, Klamath Falls,
and Medford, both junior and
senior high schools.
All events are open to the
public at a nominal charge, and
one ticket will admit the bearer
to any or all the day's perfor
mances. Class AA bands will perform
Friday evening, and the climax
to the three-day event will be
the "grand festival concert" Sat-
eirmrDoon
Four Groups Propose
To Build Atom Power
Demonstration Plants
Washington (U.R) The
Atomic Energy commission an
nounced today that four groups
have proposed to build nuclear
power "demonstration" plants
which would cost a total of
$150,000,000 and generate 455,
000 kilowatts of electricity.
AEC " Chairman . Lewis L.
Strauss hailed the proposals as
proof that industry is ready to
risk money on atomic energy.
They were made under the
AEC's recently announced pow
er demonstration reactor pro
gram. Those making them
Burglary Suspect
Will Be Returned;
White in Court
Edgar Delbert Bentley, a 24-year-old
transient, is to be re
turned here tomorrow from
Stockton, Calif , to face charges
that he was involved in a Feb.
24 safe burglary at Elk City
market.
A Jackson county deputy
sheriff and an Oregon state po
liceman have been questioning
Bentley concerning the bur
glary, and are to return him here.
Today Bentley was to undergo
questioning by California au
thorities concerning crimes, in
the Stockton area." r -
Sheriff Howard Gault says
Bentley has made some admis
sions "concerning the Elk City
market burglary. Gault credited
"excellent police work and co
operation between sheriff's dep
uties and state police," for Bent
ley's arrests
White Appears
In another case pending for
mow than a month in circuit
court, Bernice Hampton (Tex)
White,37, of 228 Hartley rd.,
Medford, appeared in court yes
terday while a motion to quash
a first degree . murder indict
ment against him was argued.
White is charged with the
slaying of Eugene Raymond
Birk, 32, of 215 Fourth st., Phoe
nix, who died m an Ashland hos
pital early in March after being
struck on the head. Eyewitnesses
said Birk was. hit by a two-by-four
piece of lumber wielded by
White.
The court has taken the mo
tion made by Defense Attorney
Robert T. Duncan under advise
ment. Two Out on Band
Richard Orval Rhoten, 23, and
Conley Carl Rhoten, 34, both of
route 1, box 74, Rogue River,
yesterday were released from
the county jail on $1,500 prop
erty bond. They are charged
with grand larceny involving
the theft of logs valued at $280
and owned by Robert Dollar
company.
The two have been bound over
to the grand jury on the grand
larceny charge. They are repre
sented by Medford Attorney O.
H. Bengtson.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ' (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 418.20 up 1 ?8, 20
railroads 154.42 up 1.92: 15 uti
lities 63.78 up 0.05, and 65 stocks
156.15 up 0.94. Sales today were
about 2,330,000 shares compared
with 2,500,000 shares traded yes
'terday. ruday at 8 p.m., when selected
musicians from all schools at
tending will perform in large fes
tival groups, including a 120
piece orchestra, a 180-voice
choir, and a 198-piece band.
Judges will be Clarence Saw
hill, band director at the Univer
sity of California at Los Ange
les; Maurice Brennan, band di
rector at Willamette university,
Salem; Karl Ernst, director of
fine arts at San Jose state col
lege; Oscar Bjorlie, assistant pro
fesor of music at Southern Ore
gon college; Charles Lawrence,
Urchestra conductor at the Uni
versity of Washington, and John
O'Connor, orchestra director at
the University of Oregon.
Soginio'Syire
would pay 80 to 90 per cent
of the costs with the commis
sion paying the rest.
One of the four was a pub
lic power proposal submitted by
the consumers public power dis
trict of Columbus, Neb.
The AEC also noted that in
addition to these proposals, the
Consolidated Edison Co. of New
York has applied for a license
to build, entirely on its own, a
250,000-kilowatt atomic power
station to cost about $55,000,000.
Private Enterprise
This plant, which would take
about five years to build, would
be the first financed entirely
by private enterprise as a strict
ly business venture.
The other proposals were
made under special offers by
the AEC designed to encourage
industry to enter the atomic
power field faster and on a big
ger scale than it might otherwise
do.
In none of the five instances
has the AEC granted formal ap
proval so far. It has not yet
drafted licensing regulations
covering such proposals as Con
solidated Edison's.
Of the four power demonstra
tion proposals, the AEC said
they, will be considered on a
competitive basis within the lim
its .of money and materials av
ailable to the commission for
the program. It has asked con
gress for $75,000,000 to finance
the program in the year start
ing Tuly 1.; . -The
Four Proposals
Strauss said the aim of the
program is "to advance the
time when nuclear power will
become economically competi
tive." He said the significance of
the four proposals lies in "the
extent to which the proposers
are prepared to risk their own
capital."
The proposals:
1. Boiling water reactor plant
of 180,000 kilowatts capacity to
be completed by 1960. It would
be built by companies associat
ed together as the Nuclear Pow
er group.
2. Light water moderated and
cooled reactor plant of. 100,000
kilowatts capacity to be com
pleted in late 1957. It would be
built by companies associated
together as the Nuclear Power
group.
2. Light water moderated and
cooled reactor plant of 100,000
kilowatts capacity to be com
pleted in late 1957. It would
be built by corporations assoc
iated in the Yankee Atomic El
ectric Co. of Boston.
4." Sodium graphite reactor
plant of 75,000 kilowatts capac
ity, to be completed in 1959,
proposed by the Consumers
Public Power District of Colum
bus, Neb.
Ridgway Successor
Said Speculation
Washington (U.R) An
Army spokesman described as
"mere speculation" reports that
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor- will
succeed Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way as Army chief of staff. :
- The Army refused to confirm
a published report that Taylor,
now commander of U. S. forces
in the Far East, would succeed
Ridgway. "No decision has yet
been made on who will succeed
Ridgway," the spokesman said.
"Reports as to who his successor
might be are mere speculation."
There have been other re
ports that Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther, Supreme Allied com
mander in . Europe, might suc
ceed Ridgway.
Ridgway, -60, was subject to
mandatory retirement last Mar.
31. ' ' ' '
Scenic Columbia Gorge
Land Acquired by BLM
Portland (U.R) Preservation
of Oregon's ' scenic Columbia
George . highway was a step
nearer .today with the acquisi
tion by the Bureau of Land Man
agement of a tract including
Mist falls and Angel's Rest.
Action Expected
To Prompt Allied
Talks With Russia
Moves Mark Sharp
Defeat for Kremlin
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower today signed histor
ic Allied agreements to end 10
years occupation of West Ger
many and to add German man
power and resources to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The twin moves marked a
sharp defeat for Russia which has
tried to keep free Germany out
of the Allied defense organiza
tion. The actions are expected
to prompt new Allied negotia
tions with Russia later this year
on Germany and other East-West
problems.
It is expected that after all na
tions complete final approval
West Germany will start build
ing a defense force of approxi
mately 500,000 men trained and
ready within five years.
White House Ceremony
At a White House ceremony,
the President formally signed:
1. U.S. accords with Britain,
France, and West Germany to
and free them from occupation
controls in the three Western
zones of Germany.
2. U.S. approval for the ad
mission of the German republic
to the North Atlantic treaty's
defense system against Commu
nist aggresion. Germany will be
the 15th nation in NATO.
3. An agreement changing the
status of American forces in Ger
many from occupation troops to
that of invited euests under the
MATn rlofcnoo circtow. ,
The Senate gave its consent to
ratification of the first two agree
ments April 1. Senate ratifica
tion was not needed on the third.
Final Technicalities
The President's signatures did
not clear final technicalities re
maining to be accomplished. The
sovereignty will not be actually
granted to the Germans until
the four powers meet at a formal
ceremony, perhaps in Bonn, Ger
many, within a month or so.
Sovereignty means, in addi
tion to ending the occupation,
that the Germans can have full
fledged diplomatic relations and
other rights denied them since
the end of the war. The Allies,
by German agreement, have re
served their right to deal with
Russia on a final peace treaty.
U. S. officials hope that the
formal admission of Germany
to NATO can be accomplished at
a meeting of NATO powers next
month in Europe. ,The Dutch
upper house and Denmark alone
have to complete parliamentary
approval of Germany's admis
sion to NATO. -
Six Lebanon People
Injured in Accident
Sweet Home (U.R) Six Leb
anon young people wound up in
Langmack hospital Wednesday
afternoon after a borrowed con
vertible plunged 30 feet down a
bank on a hill at the edge of
town.
Jerry Young, ' 21, who state
police said was driving the car,
was pinned beneath the over
turned vehicle and had to await
the wrecker before he could be
remover. His condition was re
ported as fair.
Three of the occupants were
thrown clear. They were identi
fied as Sharon Yvonne Black
burn, 21; Clarence John Prima
sing, 21, and Twyla Cone, 15.
Trapped in the wreckage were
Young, Shirley May Alley, 16,
and Kenneth Ray Gilmore, 21.
Police said Young told them
his brakes failed as he was
rounding a curve.
Oil Company Leases .
Land in Benton County
Corvallis U.R) The Sinclair
Oil and Gas Company, Tulsa,
Okla., has leased 540 acres in,
Benton county for possible de
velopment of oil and gas wells,
according to leases on file in the
county clerk's office today.
The leases are the first such
to be filed here, although drill-.
ing for gas and oil has been done
in the past without success. Thev
are located on private land in
southeast Benton county, be
tween Alsea and Lobster valley.
All are for 160 acres except one
for 60 acre.