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Plans To Utilize Small Watershed Law Here Discussed A description of preliminary planning now under way to take advantage of the federal small watershed law for the Bear Creek drainage was given here Friday noon at a meeting of the water resources committee of the Jackson County Chember of Commerce. Cleir, Ault, soil conservation service technician with the Rogue Soil Conservation district said the measure provides fed eral assistance to local groups in providing flood control on smaller watersheds. The em phasis, Ault said, is not strictly on dams, although small dams can be constructed, but on over all land management, including timber and range management and good farming practices. Measures Help Taken together, these meas ures can help to take the peaks off of floods, Ault explained, and can go a long way toward elim inating the destructive force of floods, particularly if the iin- poundments are tip high where the floods begin. Under the law, Ault stated, the local groups bear part of the cost of flood control works, and all the cost of associated benefits, such as irrigation, rec reation and power. The program is limited to areas of 250,000 acres or less, and the size of dams to 5,000 acre feet capacity. Plans for dams larger than 2,500 acre feet must have federal approval, and all planning must show a favor able cost-benefit ratio. Benefit Mid-West Ault said the law is designed chiefly to benefit areas of the mid-west, where high-value lands provide a favorable ratio. He discussed proposed amendments which would make it easier to justify such activity in the west. Proposals to work out a plan for the Bear Creek drainage have met with considerable favor, Ault reported, and much inter est has been aroused. There is a good chance for a favorable benefit-cost ratio here, he said. Planning is still in preliminary tages, but the board of directors of the Rogue district are taking leadership in the project, and the Izaak Walton league here is assisting. The procedure is to make application first, and if it is approved, then the federal government will conduct a sur vey to determine feasibility. First for Group Friday's meeting was the first gathering of the newly-formed water resources committee, of which Elwood Hedberg is chair man. Subcommittee chairmen include Norton Smith, soil con servation; Shelby M. Tuttle, Rogue river; Jack Hoffbuhr, ir rigation, and A. D. Harvey, in. ausinai water use. Bob Root, Medford orchardist and a member of the Oregon water resources board, briefly discussed the work of that agency, and showed a map of the Rogue river basin showing. Further meetings of the com mittee, which was set up to learn all it can about water use and problems in the area, will be on call of the chairman. Aerial Tanker Being Tested by Air Force Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.R) The Air Force disclosed that an aerial tanker which can refuel three jet fighters or light bombers simultaneously is be ing tested here. The Boeing KB50 will under fo evaluation tests at the opera tional test center here for three months, the Air Force said Fri day. Dead line Sunday Classified is at at noon Saturday. DONT MISS THE BIG SPECTACULAR SHO AERIAL and GROUND DISPLAY TUG of WAR BETWEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT and FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A DEMONSTRATION With Ladder Truck DISPLAY of ANTIQUE CARS by MR. TUCKER Senior High School YEVSCA Admission $1.00 s , : . Jim REFUSING comment, Greet Hofmans, described as the "faith healer" responsible for rift in Holland's royal family, still is seen at the palace. (International) Grange Eagle Point Grange A -potluck dinner at 7 p.m. will precede the regular meet ing of Eagle Point Grange July 3. Members are reminded to bring a main dish an salad or dessert. This meeting is the deadline for sales slips and each is re quested to bring his at that time. A representative of the coun ty extension office will be pres ent to identify and talk about weeds. Anyone having one he has a question about should bring a sample to the meeting., Lecturer C. C. Hoover has plans afoot for a program that he savs no one should miss. Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met June 26 at 8 p.m. The lecturers' program pre ceded the meeting and was ar ranged by Dramatic Committee Chairman Vaughn Quacken- bush. He led community singing of two old time songs. Little Bonnie Simmons played two piano selections and her sister, Penney, sang accompan ied on the piano by their moth er. Mrs. Merle Simmons. District Attorney Walter Nun ley, a visitor, presented a reci tation. A comedy skit followed in which both men and women of the Grange participated in modeling ladies hats that would be hard to describe but as the announcer, Mrs. Bert Stancliff stated "out of this world and easy on the pocketbook." Master Melvin Lattie called regular meeting to order at 8:45 p.m. Athel Dudley was reported ill. Mrs. Marian Riegel told a story on finding the good in everyone, when others speak ill. Brother and Sister Poling were here for a visit. They are now making their home in San Lean dro, Calif. Each spoke briefly. Lecturer Dee Hendrickson an nounced the program for the second meeting in July would be put fin by the recreation com mittee, Mrs. Al Floyd, chair man. Refreshments of pineapple fluff and homemade cookies and coffee were served by the Gro- chokis, Dudleys and Goods. Butie Falls Grange The Butte Falls Grange met in June with a a good turnout of members. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stockton were obligated in the first and second degree. A report was given on the work days held, one at the cem etery and two week ends on the community hall. There was a good turnout of members on all these projects. The HEC met at the home of Mrs. L. Casey, with five mem bers present. The next meeting E WORKS. Camp Benefit Adv. Courtesy of Uranium Prospector Guards Main Street Claim in KF , Klamath Falls (U.R) Ura nium prospector Earl Sheridan continued to guard his claim on Main street here Saturday with a shotgun, while a legal battle be gan to protect his rights. Sheridan, who has maintained a constant vigil at 9th and Main streets since Friday morning, held a long conference in the tent with his attorney, State Senator Harry Boivin, yesterday morn ing. During the course of the con versation, held over the sour- Racial Issue Among Hems al NEA Meet Portland tU.R) Racial segregation in schools and the fate of teachers who oppose seg regation loomed large here Sat urday as one of the chief issues to go before the nation's school teachers gathering for the an nual convention of the National Education Association. A group composed of execu tive secretaries of Negro teach ers associations in southern states called a public meeting last night on the eve of the con vention to outline their cam paign for a definite NEA stand on the school desegregation issue. A spokesman for the group, called the National Association of Secretaries of State Teachers, Associations, said its aim would be a resolution excluding from national affiliation any teacher organization espousing separate but equal educational facilities. He said they would also seek convention approval of resolu tions regarding dismissal of Negro teachers and alleged dis missal ,of white teachers who publicly supported desegrega tion in the South. The NEA convention opens here today with some 5,000 dele gates and an equal number of guests expected from every state, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii. Sessions will last through July 6. Texiron Plans New Coquille Building Coquille, Ore (U.R) George A. Ulett, manager of the Coquille Plywood Division of Textron American, Inc., has announced that the firm plans to construct a second plywood plant at Co quille. Ulett said that work on the new plant, to be located adjacent to the firm's present plywood plant, will be started immediate ly with hopes of having it fin ished in five or six months. Site of the new plant will be a tract of about 14 acres purchased from the Stonecypher estate. The new plant will add about 8 million square feet of ply wood a month to the present plant's production pf 10 million square feet. It will house a com plete plywood operation, provid ing jobs for about 200 men. Green veneer from the former Myrtle Point Veneer company plant at Norway will be utilized in the new plant. The Norway plant was recently purchased by Textron American, Inc. Ulett said modernization of the Nor way plant should be completed in about 60 days. will be a picnic in the park. All ladies of the Grange are' wel come. The next Grange meeting is July 2. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dean and Mrs. i Rose Arnt served refresh ments. The serving committee for the next Grange meeting is Mr. and Mrs. Brit Ash and Mr. and Mrs. L. Casey. JULY 8:30 P.M. Stadium Children 50c dough's breakfast of ham and eggs, Sheridan signed several legal documents. It was reported that this was the first step tow ard filing of a restraining order in Klamath county district court to keep the city from evicting him. Sheridan claims he is an heir of the late George Nurse, found er of Linkville, which later be came Klamath Falls. He con tends that although Nurse deed ed property for establishment of streets, he retained mineral rights. The real property in the so called uranium area is now worth about $3,000 per frontage foot. "I haven't had time to explorer all the legal angles," Boivin said, "the whole thing happened so suddenly. I am waiting for com plete proof of Mr. Sheridan's claim that lie is an heir to the founder of Klamath Falls." Eviction Attempts Meanwhile, on the advice of City Attorney Henry Perkins, Police Chief Orville Hamilton halted attempts to evict Sheridan from the city's busy intersection Sheridan, who has continued to guard his claim with a shotgun, temporarily suspended digging operations pending outcome of the legal snarl. He has the support of many local residents who have paused to encourage him and offer as sistance. "One woman told me to sit tight," Sheridan said, "She offer ed to bring me anyth"--? I need ed, and we split the profits. I'm going to stay right here. Aside from the noise of traffic, I'm do ing fine . . . and just think," the prospector said as he put another cup of coffee on the camp stove, "I may be a millionaire." Navy Rocket Sets New Heigh! Record White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M. U.R) The Navy fired an Aerobee-HI rocket 163 miles into the air Friday to set a new world's altitude record for a single-stage rocket. The Navy said the new record was set because of design chang es in the thrust chamber of the Aerobee-HI an improved ver sion of the so-called "work horse" Aerobee. The previous altitude record for a single-stage rocket was 158 miles, established by a Vik ing II in May, 1954. Special radio instruments housed in the nose of the rock et shot back to earth scientific measurements needed by the Defense Department in its prep aration for the international ge ophysical year 1957-58: A two-stage rocket, a combi nation of a U.S. WAC Corporal and a German V2, holds the all rocket altitude of 250 miles set here in February of 1945. -assrrraT I 1 l l I : 1 1 a s THAT'S WHY YOUR PRICES START AT $119.50 Reds Make Public Text of Lenin's Political Will Moscow (U.R) The Soviet Union Saturday made public to its people the full text of V.I. Lenin's long-secret political will recommending that Josef Stalin be fired from the post of Com munist Party secretary general. It was the first time since Lenin's death in 1924 that the full text of his political test ament had been published in Russia. A Soviet Communist youth organ had published ex tracts of the testament earlier. The text appeared Saturday in Communist, top party publica tion. Reference to the will was made in the publication, Kom somolskaya Pravda, several weeks ago but the test was not published. In the will Lenin accused Stalin of rudeness and thirst for power. He asked that anoth er Communist be appointed to what was already becoming the key job in the Communist Party.. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist state, de manded the appointment of "someone more patient and more loyal, more polite." The detailed publication in formed the Soviet people for the first time of the full facts of Lenin's assessment of Stalin and that on his death bed Lenin disowned the late dictator. The full will's disclosure to the Soviet people now empha sized the determination of the present Moscow regime to hold nothing back in its effort to discredit the one-man rule "per sonality cult" of Stalinism. The Lenin testament had been common knowledge in western countries.- It was published in the 1920s by followers of Trotsky and others. But Stalin used his power to prevent the publication of the letters in Russia during his life time. NINE ATTEMPTS TOILED Columbia, S.C (U.R) Mar riage licenses will cost $3 in stead of $1 beginning Sunday, to discourage wavering applicants who might otherwise fail to pick them up after the 24-hour wait ing periods. Probate Judge A. Ray Ninnant said one man "ap plied for nine licenses with nine different women and never pick ed up a license to marry any of them." Would-Be Bigamist Foiled Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) Mrs. Mabel Rumpel noted a familiar name in a newspaper list of per sons applying for marriage li censes and promptly called the district attorney. The name was that of her husband, who had been issued a license to marry a Minnesota widow. vsjtojnjoy WORTH t . : Sunday, July I, IS5S Gas Truck Sets Fire To 10 Ohio Homes Cincinnati, O., (U.R) A truck laden with 7,500 gallons of gas oline overturned and exploded on a residential street here Sat urday setting fire to 10 houses. 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