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TWS VIEW ENDANGERED Urgent necessity for the preservation of U. S. primeval
gra, such as this view of a portion of Glacier Wilderness in the state of Washington,
'jilf be a major consideration at the Fifth Biennial Wilderness Conference in San Fran
eisc March 15-16. Mora than 500 Federal agency heads, conservation leaders, scien
tUs ad administrators of wilderness areas will attend.
Ltftsr a Little Life;
Land Yalues Higher
Wilcox, Ariz. (L'.Pj Signs
of the times:
Back in 1920. the Chamber of
Commerce ran an ad in a San
Francisco newspaper offering
600 acres of fertile farm land
for sale at $20 an acre.
Charles T. Behan, a real es
tate dealer, wrote back on Jan.
28, 1920, that he would trade
two-and-a-half acres of land in
the heart of Richmond. Calif.,
for the farmland. Both were
valued at $12,000.
The letter arrived here this
week just 37 years after it was
mailed.
r The Richmond land is now
valued in excess of $225,000.
The Arizona land is valued in
excess of $150,000.
PROBABLY RIGHT
London (U.R) Lord Bea
verbrook's Daily Express sum
med up the latest Egyptian and
Israeli moves in the Mideast to
day with this headline:
"Here They Go Again."
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Artist Perturbed Because
Painting Hung
Chicago (U.R) Sam Hinv
melfarb must be a pretty fair
artist. His semiabstract painting
won honors at an art show even
though it was hung sideways by
mistake.
This left Himmelfarb in some
thing of a quandary. He wasn't
sure whether he should mention
the error to Chicago's Art Insti
tute, which plans to send the
painting on a tour of French
museums.
"Maybe they wouldn't think
as highly of it if they knew it
should be hung the other way,"
he said.
Himmelfarb entered the paint
ing, entitled "Mosaic," in a re
cent "no jury" art show at Navy
pier.
"One day I dragged some fri
ends out to see it," he said.
"Imagine how I felt when I
found the thing hanging side
ways." Not So Abstract
The five foot canvas depicts
a group of people sitting on
ror
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stone steps. It's an outdoor scene
in bright sunlight, but the
figures are half hidden in shad
ows. "The way they hung it, the
people looked like they were
falling 'off a cliff," Himmelfarb
said.
"It was definitely a semi-abstract
work, but not that ab
stract' I even painted faces on
the people."
Himmelfarb, president of the
Chicago chapter of Artist's
Equity, complained to the man
ager of the exhibit.
"You ought to feel flattered,"
he was told. "It's beautiful from
any angle."
Heads Own Firm
This was not the first con
tretemps in Himmelfarb's career.
As a struggling youngster in
New York's Greenwich Village,
he "usually didn't know where
my next oatmeal was coming
from."
Tired of "starving in a garret,"
he went into industrial design
and now heads his own firm,
Three Dimensions, Inc. An ex
urbanite. he had a studio built
into his home.
"I work four days a week on
industrial design, then I go home
and paint like mad Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday," he said.
He's had several things hung
in the Art Institute and last year
he had a one man show at the
Panoras Gallery in New York
"And they hung all my stuff
right side up, too," he said.
No Frostbite Noted
At Fort Dix in 1956
Fort Dix. N.J. iU.P.) Fort
Dix beat the cold in 1956, ac
cording to Lt. Col. Joseph W.
Cooch, a health officer.
The Army post did not regis
ter a single case of frostbite all
year long, Cooch reported.. But
he could only cross his fingers
in 1957.
"We may get a few cases of
frostbite before this winter is.
over, even with precautions,
Cooch said. "Despite our best
efforts, one or two men figure
they can outsmart ' the ther
mometer." Cooch attributed the perfect
1956 record to "emphasis on
cold weather indoctrination . . .
and effective use of protecting
clothing and equipment . . ."
Specifically, field trainees
were issued heavy gloves, wool
en "pile caps" and traditional
long underwear besides typical
cold-weather clothing.
Air mattresses and extra
heavy slecpingbags kept the
men warm and comfortable
while sleeping in pup tents.
Cooch added. So-called "warm
ing tents" containing heaters
helped GI's fight the cold while
on bivouac or at the post rifle
ranges.
Frequent inspections also were
made, Cooch added, to insure
that no soldiers went to sleep
wearing their combat boots.
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Proposed Legislation
Affecting Schools Is
Discussed at Meeting
A discussion of proposed legisla'
tion pertaining to Oregon public
schools was presented at a com
munity meeting in Ruch school
gymnasium Friday About 60 res
idents of the Applegate valley
and adjacent areas attended.
Principal Boyd Gibson of
Ruch school introduced the pan
el of speakers including Alf Mek
vold, Jackson county school su
perintendent of schools; John
Harr, superintendent of schools
in Rogue River, and Glenn
Smith, chairman of the Jackson
county rural school board. Rob
ert Webb, member of the Ruch
school board, acted as modera
tor. Proposed measures receiving
consideration were House Bill
171, which would increase the
Basic School Support fund from
S80 to $120 per census child;
House Bill 163, which provides
for school district reorganiza
tion; and Senate Bill 64, the so
called "key district" basic dis
tribution formula, which pro
vides for correcting present in
equities in the distribution of
the Oregon Basic School Sup
port fund.
Measures Proposed
More legislative measures re
garding public schools have been
proposed at this session of the
state legislature than ever be-
for in the history of Oregon, the
panel noted.
Although the present formu
la for distribution of general
fund public school monies was
fair at the outset, changing eco
nomic conditions in the state
have almost completely reversed
its original intent, the panel
pointed out, so that at present,
those districts with lower as
sessed valuation, are receiving
a constantly diminishing share
of state funds, while the propor
tion being allocated to wealthier
districts, such as those in Mult
nomah county and certain parts
of eastern Oregon, is continually
increasing.
Jackson county, it was stated,
rates as one of the poorer areas
of the slate due to the large ex
tent of federally owned lands
within its boundaries, which are
not taxable for school purposes.
In the case of Ruch school dis
trict, Gibson pointed out, only
28 per cent of the land is taxa
ble for this purpose.
The federal lands fall mainly
into two categories: those ad
ministered by the forest service,
and the O and C lands adminis
tered by the bureau of land man
agement. Income from the for
mer is divided between Jackson
county and the U.S. treasury on
a 25-75 per cent basis with 6',i
per cent of Jackson county's
share being required by law to
go to the support of public
schools. This, at present, amounts
to approximately $2.45 per cen
sus child, according to Mckvold.
Income from O and C lands is
divided on an opposite basis with
25 per cent going to the bureau
of land management, to cover its
operations, and 75 per cent to
the county. There is no legal
stipulation with regard to school
support in the case of O and C
funds, it was stated, allocation
of county income from this
source being wholly at the dis
cretion of the county court. Of
the present $80 per census child,
about 70 per cent is now being
supplied by the county, mainly
from the property tax.
Passage of House Bill 171 to
gether with Senate Bill 64 would
establish a new distribution for
mula for state iunds based on
need, and would equalize educa
tioanal opportunities for every
public school child in the state.
As far as Jackson and Josephine
counties are concerned, accord
ing to John Harr, this would
mean an additonal $1,145,100 in
state funds for public school sup
port. Grass Roots Support
All speakers agreed that the
fate of these measures rests on
grass roots support as expressed
in letters and telegrams to mem
bers of the state legislature.
Those present at the meeting
were urged to express their
views immediately to Sen. Mon
roe Sweetland, chairman of" the
education committee; Sen. Philip
Lowrey of Jackson county, a
member of the committee; Sen.
Alfred H. Corbett, chairman of
the ways and means committee;
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and to Rep. Robert B. Duncan of
Jackson county, who is a mem
ber of the house ways and means
committee.
Principle features of bill 1S3,
as outlined by Glen Smith, final
speaker on the panel, are that
the total area within a county
shall be organized into districts
having both elementary and high
schools, and that in accomplish
ing this objective, whole dis
tricts may be united, existing dis
tricts may be divided, and where
deemed necessary, and districts
may cross county lines.
At the conclusion of their pre
sentation, panel members an
swered questions.
Mrs. Anna Scott, legislative
chairman for Upper Applegate
Grange, presided during the
meeting which was arranged
under Grange sponsorship. '
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Tuesday, March 12, 1957
Drawings for State
Hospital Considered
Salem tU.R) Preliminary
drawings for the new proposed
state hospital at Wilsonville
were up for consideration by the
State Board of Control today.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes, chair
man of the board, said if the
preliminary plans and program
met with approval, architects
Stanton, Boles, Maguire and
Church of Portland would be
authorized to begin 'immediate
work on final working drawings.
HE'S BREAKING RECORDS
Anaheim, Calif. ;U.PJ A used
car dealer expects a lot of par
ents to answer his newspaper
advertisement, in which he offer
ed to accept up to 10 Elvis Pres
ley records and allow $5 per
record against the purchase
price of any used auto. The ad
also said:v "Special offer to par
ents only if you're a parent you
can wield the hammer on all the
records that are traded in."
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Board Not To Pledge
Educational TV Money
Portland U.R) The State
Board of Higher Education indi
cated yesterday it could not see
its way clear at present to pledg
ing some $65,000 towards acti
vating channel 10 here for a pro
posed educational television sta
tion. Chancellor John R. Richards
said the higher education budget
was closed for the next bienni
um. He also questioned whether
the board could legally budget
tax money and hand it over to
another agency for spending.
Request for financial help
came from a delegation from
Community Television. Inc.
The board, meeting in com
mittee, authorized award of con
tracts for a tower and station
to activate channel 7 in Corvl
lis, conditional on approval of
the FCC, for educational TV. A
grant of $150,000 is expected
from the Ford Foundation.
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Bean, Berry Pickers
To Be Paid by Pound
Portland (U.R) Bean picker
and berry pickers will still bo
paid by the pound this summer.
The State Wage and Hour
Commission yesterday made
definite its previous decision,
that the 50-cent-hour minimum
wage for minors shall not apply
to agricultural harvesting.
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