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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1956
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Ladino Clover Seed
Growers lo Vote to
Form Commission
Jackson county ladino seed
growers will vote from 7 to 9:30
p.m. Monday on whether or not
they want a state-wide com
modity commission, W. B. Tuck
er, chief county agent, has an
nounced. Also voting on the issue will
be growers in Jefferson county.
Jackson and Jefferson counties
are the two principal producing
areas.
A hearing on the issue was
held here in March and Paul T.
Rowell, chief of the market de
velopment division for the state
department of agriculture, au
thorized the election.
Nine Jackson county growers
are eligible to vote, Tucker ex
plained. In order to be eligible
a farmer must be currently grow
ing the past three years.
Partnership Votei
All such owners, renters or
lessees are eligible to vote. In
partnership arrangements, one of
the partners may cast a single
vote. Growers who live else
where, are absent from the state
or are disabled may obtain ab
sentee ballots from the state
department of agriculture.
The commission will be
created if affirmative votes are
cast by two-thirds of the growers
voting and producing at least
one -third of the state's ladino
clover seed.
Balloting in Jackson county
will be in the county agents'
office at the courthouse.
Wool Producers lo
File for Payments
Eligible wool producers desir
ing payment under the wool jn
cetive payment program for the
market year ending April 1
should file applications by April
30, according to Talbert (Tab)
Sehorn, Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation office
manager.
Applications should be filed at
the ASC, office in the county
oourthouse.
Sehorn said that no incentive
payments will be made this year
tor mohair since the national
average selling price was higher
than the incentive level estab
lished under the law.
Aleutians Not Forgotten as Key
To America's Northern Defenses
an "amazingly high esprit de
corps" among military person
nel. In February, 1955, the Alas
kan Command signed a 3325,000
(with adjustments) contract with
the Bankers Life and Casualty
Co., Chicago, for the concern to
remove usable salvage from
abandoned bases.
Siill Strategic
Bankers Life now has a crew
on various islands, reclaiming
such items as plumbing that had
not deteriorated completely in
the wartime installations. The
present contract runs through
1958.
Between the end of World
War II and October, 1955, the
armed services had taken steps
to return 700,000 acres of Aleu
tian territory to other units of
the federal government for
eventual return, as no longer
needed for defense, to the public
domain.
However, " the rollback does
not mean that the Aleutians are
no longer of strategic purposes.
A look at the map makes it
obvious that some defenses, pre-
Kodiak, Alaska U.R) The
Aleutian Islands, where so many
Americans fought Japanese and
the world's worst weather dur
ing World War II, are lonesome
now in this age of jet planes,
nuclear weapons and cold war
but not forgotten.
Kiska and Attu, only Ameri
can soil occupied by the Japa
nese during the Pacific War,
have been virtually abandoned
to the elements in the new
scheme of things.
So have many of the other is
lands of the Aleutian chain,
stretching far to the southwest
from the underbelly of Alaska.
On them now there are only
natives and crews salvaging
some of the war's leftovers.
But on others, particularly
Kodiak at the eastern end of the
chain, and Adak, well out in the
line of island dots, reasonably
strong military establishments
being retained.
Kodiak is the headquarters of
Rear Adnr. Kenneth Craig, com
mander of the Alaska Sea Fron
tier which, with the Air Force
and Army, makes up the over
all joint Alaskan Command.
Originally outfitted as a sea
plane base, Kodiak now serves
all branches of the naval service
including Coast Guard units that
patrol the- weather-treacherous
Great Circle sea lane from Amer
ica's West Coast to Japan.
12 Airports in Aleutians
Adak, whose north-facing Ku
luk Bay affords an excellent an
chorage for all types of craft, is
the forward base of operations
for the Navy. Its landing field,
one of the best in the chain, is
kept in reasonably good condi
tion. Shemya, 20 miles east of Attu
and the only non-mountainous
island in the Aleutians, also is
kept busy. Its big airfield, con
structed during the closing days
of World War II to a size that
could handle B29s, is a refueling
stop for Northwest Airlines and
other planes flying the northern
route to the Orient.
There are now 12 airports in
the Aleutians that are kept in
some degree of operation to the
extent "permitted by deteriora
tion and weather," according to
Capt. A. C. Burrows, deputy
chief of staff . of the Alaskan
Command. --
Admiral Craig and Captain
Burrows toured all bases recent- High altitudes are best to ob-
ly and Burrows said they found serve cosmic rays.
Medford Man Wins
Mexico Trip Contest
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Amidon,
730 West 11th st., plan to leave
next Tuesday for Mexico, where
they will vacation about a week
and a half. The trip was award
ed the Amidons as a prize in a
sales program of the Permutit
Water conditioning company, of
which Amidon is local repre
sentative. The contest, which was held
during December and January,
included salesmen west of the
Mississippi river.
Amidon has been northern
California and southern Oregon
representative since 1937.
Jacksonville Residents
Reminded to Tie Dogs
Jacksonville Residents in
Jacksonville city limits are re
minded that because of garden
ing season dogs are to be tied up
beginning April 15, Mrs. Jean
Hewlett, city recorder has an
nounced. The requirement is
made' through "a "city ordinance.
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 7 AND 8
Full Dozen
Count Baskets
From the same place as the fine plants we had last year
Healthy, flowering, colorful!
&9C
Per Basket
ASPARAGUS
Sweet, young, tender! Small green spearsl
Now is the time to can.
UPTON SOU P MIXES
CHICKEN NOODLE or i PACK OQ
TOMATO VEGETABLE W CTN. w5C
BEEF VEGETBLE O PKGS. 4C.
or ONION SOUP. FOR
GREEN PEA 2 pkgs. for 33c
U PTON'S TEA
48 Bags 63c
Vi-b. Pkg. of
Orange Pekoe..79c
LUMBERJACK SYRUP Nalley Valley 24 son, 29
Alber's Flapjack Flour
2!2-lb. Pkg 29c
4-lb. Pkg 45c
CD EC PANCAKE TURNER
rilkk With Each Package
Hi C
ORANGE
DRINK
So Delicious
46 cAzN 29c
SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING
3 89
COLD CUTS
ASSORTED
Time for Sandwiches LB.
49
T-BONE STEAKS
79
Grade "Good" and "Choice"
Well Aged and Trimmed LB.
U. S. GRADE "CHOICE" KLAMATH LOCKER BEEF
12 Beef, 40c lb. Front 35c lb. Hind 14, 50c lb,
Beef prices are up but even at our Low Prices we cut and wrap FREE!
sumably including radar warn
ing stations, will long remain on
the lonesome, fog-shrouded is
lands. Soviets Might Evade
Should the cold war turn hot,
strategists are certain to realize
that Soviet bomber forces might
attempt to evade heavy defenses
of Alaska proper and try to fly
from Siberia toward the Amer
ican mainland direct.
Such a course would take the
warcraft directly over at least
some of the Aleutians.
It was just off St. Lawrence
Island, in the Bering sea just
north of the Aleutians, that a
Navy Neptune patrol plane was
shot down by Russian MIGS on
June 22, 1955. The Soviet Union
recently paid S724.947.68 in
damages for the incident.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY r
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.P.) Universal
International studio has unveil
ed a new dancing sensation who
will co-star
"For our nightclub act I taught
Lobo to stand on his hind legs
and salute," explained trainer
Ernie Smith. "He does that at
with Van' the end of the dance act and it
Johnson in a
musical. But
this hoofer
has four feet
and a built-in
fur coat.
The freckle
faced Johnson
admits he has
Aline Mosby drawn one of
his toughest assignments: To be
the partner of a dancing dog in
"Kelly and Me."
The title role of Kelly went
to a white German shepherd,
Lobo, already a star of the night
club circuit. Lobo not only
dances on his hind legs but re
sponds to commands that some
two-footed actors can't master.
Dog Pais Actiesi
In the movie, Lobo politely
closes the door behind Piper
Laurie when she gets out of her
car. He wolfishly pats her leg.
He can count to 10 by barking
to whatever number you name.
In the dancing scenes, Kelly
the dog imitates Johnson's steps.
Then they do a shuffle-off-to-Buffalo
closing a la' Jimmy Du
rante and Eddie Jackson.
looks like a goodbye wave."
Smith started training Lobo
and ,his other dogs when they
were a year old. They played
Wolves in one western movie
and then took on for five years
the nightclub circuit. In clubs
they did imitations of elephants
and other animals.
Double Also Signed
Lassie's trainer, Rudd Weath
erwax, recommended that U-I
sign the German shepherd and
his double, Timer, for "Kelly
and Me." Another trainer, Bob
Williams, is "choreagrapher" for
the dancing Lobo in this canine
musical.
"He's a magnificent dog," Wil
liams said as he put Lobo
through his paces. "There never
has been a role so demanding
on a, dog. Audiences will be
amazed."
This week Lobo celebrated his
sixth birthday. He tossed a party
for other cinema canines, with
the help of the studio publicity
department. In attendance were
Daisy, Red Dust, Cleo and Las
sie. Ground beef and plenty of
photographers' shots were
served.
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