Tuesday. August 20, 19S7
MEDFORD (OREGOIf) MAIL TRIBTJOT SEVEN
Pomona Grange To
Have Holiday Exhibit
Pomona Grange will be rep
resented at the Kiwanis Town
and Country Holiday by an ex
hibit depicting the various agri
cultural and horticultural seg
ments of the economy of Jack
son county.
Delmar Smith, In charge of
planning the display on behalf of
Pomona Grange, said the exhibit
would -be similar to the one
which will represent this area at
the Oregon State fair ia Salem.
Other rural representation at
the local event will be a booth
presented by the 4-H clubs of
Jackson county.
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4-H and FFA county fairs in a beef showmanship class. As the
Judges look on the youngsters work with their animals to hold
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1105 Court Street
Phone SP 3-4507
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them in the proper position. Approximately 94 steers and 85
female beef animals are expected from 4-H clubs for this
year's annual event.
TOWN & COUNTRY HOLIDAY1
JACKSON
COUNTY
TITLE CO.
121 East Sixth
Phone SP 3-4551
LEONARD
ELECTRIC CO.
309 East Main
Phone SP 2-4427
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Lumber Manufacturing
Pacific Highway North
Phone SP 2-6268
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named for its fur-lined pockets.
These pockets, actually complete
pouches, are on each side of
the head and neck. Using its
front feet so fast that the hu
man eye can hardly follow them,
the gopher inserts food or nest
material in one pocket and then
the other.
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BACK AGAIN Harold Ewalt, left, returns the previous fairs on the Jackson county
again this year to judge the dairy classes fairgrounds. Approximately 190 4-H dairy
in the annual Jackson county 4-H and FFA animals are expected to enter this year's
fair. This picture was taken during one of fair.
4-H Work Is Part of Oregon State
College's Extension Program
Perhaps a good proportion of
those who visit the county fair
for the first time Tuesday
through Saturday this year will
wonder exactly what this 4-H
program stands for and what it
means to the state and commun
ity. Oregon 4-H club work is the
youth program of the Oregon
State college extension service
in cooperation with the U.S. de
partment of agriculture and the
various counties and cities in
Oregon.
Cooperates With Schools
. It cooperates with the schools,
churches, and other youth or
ganizations in the development
of boys and girls.
It also helps boys and girls to
become responsible citizens who
will live useful, enjoyable lives.
The program teaches boys
and girls:
Mississippi-Ohio Waterway
Seen of Economic Benefit
Oak Hill, W. Va. W An
inland waterway connecting the
Mississippi-Ohio basin with the
Atlantic seaboard is the dream
of a newspaper editor who claims
it is not only possible but would
be of great economic benefit. .
The so-called "Midland Canal"
connecting the Kanawha and
James Rivers would require a
tunnel more than 100 miles long
from Deepwater, W. Va., to near
Lynchburg, Va. Editor Monroe
Worthington of the weekly Fay
ette Tribune here estimates that
it would cost $6,600,000 a mile
to build.
"But the whole enterprise
would pay for itself in 10 years
from tolls," he said. "It would
carry 10 times as much traffic
as any turnpike or five times
as much as any double-track rail
road. And it would never wear
out."
Worthington admits that "at
first glance, the suggestion seems
fantastic and even insane." But
he is a man who won seven
awards in the West Virginia
Press Assn's (1956) better-newspaper
contest and second place
for community service in the Na
tional Editorial Assn. contest.
Washington Started It
He said George Washington
originated the plan to connect
the' James River with the Ohio
Mississippi basin at a time
when "there were no drills,
dozers, dynamite, power shovels
or trucks."
"The canal had gone into serv
ice as far as Buchanan, Va., and
was payirig good dividends when
the Civil War broke out," he
said. 'And -a group of eminent
French engineers and financiers
had signed a contract with the
State of Virginia to complete the
canal to the Kanawha River a
tributary of the Ohio when the
war prevented them from pro
ceeding."
Rather than an overland route
with many locks, Worthington
said the project is now feasible
by tunneling under the Appa
lachian Mts., from Deepwater to
Lynchburg, both about 615 ,feet
above sea level.
'If the tunnel is 125 feet wide,
and has an arched top with an
average height of 54 feet, or 42
feet above the 12-foot water
level, it would require moving
1,320,000 cubic yards per mile,'
or $6,600,000 a mile at a cost of
$5 per yard," he calculated.
Cost Liquidated
Based on present water trans
portation in the area that would
be served by the canal, he estL
mated it would carry at least 300
million tons of freight a year
"and if a toll of $1 a ton were
put on this, it should pay for the
whole cost in four or five years.
"Even if the tonnage were
only half as high, it should pay
for itself in 10 years," he de
clared. "This is one time the tax
payers would be getting
break."
Worthington denied that canal
transportation is obsolete and
cited these figures: "Today1!
! barges carry from 1,000 tons up
ward each, and enough of tnem
are tied together to carry 20,000
to 25,000 tons at one time. This
is equal to four 100-car trains.
"Freight on the nation's rivers
increased 10 times from 1929 to
1955. Practically every new
heavy industry or factory is lo
cated along our navigable
Desirable skills, attitudes, and
ideals for better living.
Responsibility for self, family
and community.
Cooperation how to help
others.
Courtesy to get along with
others.
Health habits for healtful liv
ing. Good grooming for better
looks.
Confidence in themselves.
Pride in a good job well done.
To finish what they begin.,
Appreciation of nature,
beauty, music, and life itself.
Helps Parents
The 4-H program helps par
ents guide the development of
their sons and daughters and
possibly is the most direct
answer to the nation-wide prob
lem of juvenile delinquency.
Local juvenile works say few
streams. That's the reason for
the present-day boim along the
Ohio," he said.
Worthington claimed that the
canal would be competitive in
speed -with railroads, and that
shippers "could easily save
money after paying $1 per ton
for using the Midland Canal."
How About Ventilation?
He has answers for other ob
jections, too, such as the prob
lem of ventilating a 100-mile-long
tunnel.
The same shafts or slopes
that are used to reach down to
the 615-foot level at half a dozen
points along the course so that
construction can start simultan
eously will serve as natural
chimneys, creating more than
ample draft.
Some high storage dams on
the headwaters of the Green
brier river can store enough wa
ter to assure a steady flow, even
in drought periods," he said, add
ing that the project also has pos
sibilities for creating cheap hy
droelectric power.
Worthington foresees tremen
dous economic advantages ac
cruing from the canal:
Sixteen states east of the Ap
palachians, plus Wisconsin and
Michigan via the Chicago Canal
to the Great Lakes, would ben
efit directly by all-water inland
transport to the rich Atlantic
Coast markets, at the very be
ginning.
Lower freight rates on grain
would mean higher prices to
farmers saving billions of dol
lars in farm price subsidies, and
possibly saving housewives one
cent a loaf on bread.
"It would carry western lum
ber, lowering the cost of anav
erage house by perhaps $200 or
more. It would carry millions of
gallons of gasoline and oil, and
bring the cost of gasoline down
several cents a gallon.
Western Tunnel Too
"It would carry coal for the
needy countries of Europe and,
by lowering the delivered price
and increasing the market, would
put 50,000 or more idle miners
back to work. It would carry in
bound iron ore and limestone,
and assure Pittsburgh's domi
nance of the steel industry for
another century.
The prosperity resulting from
the canal would ultimately mean
more business for every railroad
in the affected area."
Worthington also talks of an
other canal linking the Missouri
and Columbia river basins, with
a second 100-mile tunnel under
the Continental Divide of the
Rocky Mountains, and has sim
ilar figures to back it up.
The Midland Canal is the an
swer to the nation's inevitable
needs if we are to keep grow
ing," he says. "It is the submarine-proof
canal across the con
tinent. And best of all, it's an
economical plan that will mean
dollars-and-cents savings to each
harassed taxpayer.
"It's coming, sooner or later,
because of the inevitable logic
of destiny," he declared. "And
I'd like to see it come during my
lifetime."
Hav-fever victims can take
refuge as they like in pollen-
free Meramec Caverns, Stanton,
Mo. For overnight visits, they
are requested to bring their own
sleeping equipment.
if any 4-H members appear be
for juvenile court.
Such a program also offers
opportunity for parents and
others interested in the welfare
of boys and girls to become 4-H
club leaders.
This program is for all boys
and girls between nine, and 21.
To be a 4-H club member in
Oregon, a boy or girl must have
passed his ninth birthday and
not have passed his 21st birth
day on Jan. 1 of the current club
year.
The term "4-H" refers to
"head," "heart," "hands" and
"health."
Head To learn the value
of science through applying the
latest scientific knowledge to
farming and homemaking proj
ects. Wholesome Character
Heart To develope whole
some character and personality
and the qualities of good citizen
ship, often through working to
gether. Health -1 To cultivate gol
health habits which lead to
satisfying, happy living.
The 4-H program is aimed
primarily at keeping youth on
the farm by fostering interests
in both home-economics and
agricultural projects. Agricul
tural leaders also learned at the
turn of the century, when this
movement started, that one of
the best ways to get scientific
methods used on farms and in
homes was to start with youth.
In 1914 Congress passed the
Smith-Lever act which provided
for cooperative extension work
agriculture and home eco
nomics, including what was then
known as "boys' and girls club
work." This law also provided
for the system of federal funds
to be matched by the states and
counties to financially support
the program.
The 4-H club idea now in
cludes more than 40 countries.
See and Hear
the
HAMMOND
CHORD ORGAN
Displayed
and demonstrated
at the
Town Gr Country
HOLIDAY
Thurs. thru Sun. Aug. 22-25
at the Medford Armory
Sponsored by Kiwanis Club
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