Benefits Outlined
On Tree Planting
By State Forester
Salem (Special) Oregon
farmers may qualify for annual
payments of approximately $12
per acre for a period of five or
ten years under the tree plant
ing program of the Conserva
tion Reserve program of the
federal agricultural act of 1956,
according to a statement issued
today by State Forester Dwight
L. Phipps.
It also has the added advan
tage of offering an excellent op
portunity to realize a profit
from poor croplands through
forest farming, he said.
Not only will the farmer be
eligible for the annual payments
but he may receive reimburse
ment up to 80 per cent of the
cost of trees and establishing the
plantation. In all cases the plant
ing costs are based upon a total
of 1000 trees per acre, Phipps
stated.
The tree planting program
calls for contract for periods of
either five or ten years, depend
ing upon the nature of the plan
tation. The former deals with
shelterbelts, windbreaks or plan
tations designed for wildlife
habitat, the forester said. The
ten-year contract applies to
woodlands which have been es
tablished for forest crop pro
duction.
Harvesting Restricted
Harvesting the crop is re
stricted, Phipps said. No prod
ucts can be taken from the land
during the contract period ex
cept upon the recommendations
of a qualified persons where it
would be in the nature of stand
improvement.
"One of the recent changes in
the regulations deals with the
non-diversion acreages or crop
lands that have been planted to
permanent crops since 1953,'
Phipps stated. "Annual pay
ments have been increased from
30 to 50 per cent at the option
of the county committee, but if
all the eligible land on the farm
is planted to trees the payments
may be up to 100 per cent."
The administration of the pro
gram is under the county agri
cultural stabiliaztion and con
servation committee and any in
terested individuals should con
tact their county ASC office in
order to get the entire picture
covering the procedure and pay
ments in the county, he added.
Stock Shortage Possible
"It is quite possible that there
will be a shortage of tree plant
ing stock this fall with about
3,000,000 trees available from
the Oregon forest nursery near
Corvallis," Phipps said. "How
ever, there will be a larger sup
ply of trees during the 1958-59
planting season. The state's new
Elkton nursery will produce
between 10 and 12 million trees
for next fall planting while the
Corvallis nursery will have five
million trees.
"Inability to get the trees for
planting under the program
need not delay signing the con
tracts. These can be signed and
the annual payments to farmers
will begin immediately. The
cost sharing payment will be
made when the trees are plant
ed. The contract period will be
extended to fulfill the five or
ten-year tree growing provi
sions." The date has not yet been
definitely fixed for the 1958
signing but it is expected to be
some time this month. The
forms have not yet been re
ceived by the various county
committees, Phipps stated.
Russian Nuclear
Explosion Reported
Tokyo OP) The Japan Met
erological Board said today Sov
iet Russia tested another nuclear
weapon Sunday night.
Weather stations throughout
Japan recorded unusual atmos
pheric pressure and weather ex
perts estimated the test may
have been held around 5 p.m.
The shock duration ranged
from 30 minutes to an hour, the
announcement said. Tnis was
longer than the previous Soviet
test held Sept. 24.
The test was located north
northwest of Japan, the same
location as the last one.
The S e n d a i Meterological
Agency said it registered an un
usually heavy count of radio
activity this week-end.
Strong Stand Wanted
For Democratic Party
New York rtP Gov. G.
Mermen Williams of Michigan
called upon the Democratic
party to take a strong stand on
Civil Rights even if it results
in a loss of political strength in
the South.
"We do not want to drive out
the South but the Democratic
party the majority of the party
simply must stand on its own
principles, whether the stand re
sults in political gain or politi
cal disaster," he said.
In an article appearing in the
nation, a weekly journal of op
inion the Democratic governor
said that President Eisenhower
had no choice but to send Fed
eral troops into Little Rock.
Camp White Domiciliary
Member Returned To Useful
Position Despite Handicap
John Peterson, 64 -year-old
member of the Veterans Domicil
iary at Camp White, is a good
example of a handicapped per
son who has been rehabilitated
and returned to useful employ
ment, according to Arthur Sa
vard, chairman of the Jackson
county committee of Employ
ment of the Physically Handi
capped. Employ the Handicapped week,
a national program to encourage
employment of the physically
disabled, is being observed this
week.
Peterson, a war veteran, suf
fered a heart attack in 1947, and
was told he had a short time to
live, Savard said. In desperation,
he turned to the Veterans Ad
ministration for help and was
sent to Camp White.
Savard said Peterson had been
active in the business world, as
Beat Russia To Moon,
Scientist Urges U.S.
Editor's note: The race for the moon
and planets is on and the "issue is
supremacy," a distinguished scientist
has told the United Press in an inter
view. He said every American should
realize what this means. Because of
his position the scientist felt it would
be inappropriate for him to talk in
his official capacity. Therefore his
name is withheld from the following
dispatch.
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press Correspondent
Washington UP) A lead
ing U. S. scientist called today
for an all-out program to beat
Russia to the moon and planets.
He told the United Press the
program he envisions would cost
billions but "the issue is suprem
acy." The scientist, who asked that
his name be withheld because of
his official capacity, said the
Russians are driving toward
manned flight to the moon and
planets and 'we had better be
there when they arrive."
He suggested setting up a gov
ernment agency with wide pow
Royal Family
Visible in Northwest Sky
By FAY BENTLEY
Would you like to meet a
brave and daring young man,
hero of many an ancient legend?
Then . look to the northeastern
sky about 9 p.m. and well above
the horizon, in a brilliant part
of the Milky Way, you will see
Perseus, the Rescuer. It was he
who destroyed the sea monster
thereby saving the beautiful
maiden, Andromeda, who was
giving her life to atone for the
careless boasting of her mother,
Cassiopeia.
At the time of Andromeda's
rescue, Perseus was returning to
his homeland after having slain
the Gorgon, Medusa. Beholding
a more than attractive young
lady chained to a rock on the
seashore with a man-eating mon
ster rapidly approaching the spot
where she was lying, Perseus,
after advising the maiden to
close her eyes, presented the
snaky head of Medusa for the
sea-dragon to look upon.
"And they are three, the
Gorgons, each with wings
And snaky hair, most hor
rible to mortals.
Whom no man shall be
hold and draw again
The breath of life," wrote
an ancient Greek poet.
Turns To Stone
To the great joy of everyone
concerned, the monster instantly
turned to stone and Andromeda
was restored to her grieving par
ents. Andromeda's father whose
sadness had quickly changed to
rejoicing told Perseus to men
tion anything he wished and it
would be given him.
"All I desire is to claim the
hand of your daughter in mar
riage," replied -the hero. ,
For many years, Andromeda
and Perseus lived happily to
gether, and when at last death
claimed them, Jupiter placed
them near each other in the
starry heavens.
By 9 p.m. all four members
of the Royal family of Ethiopia
are gracing the evening sky.
Cassiopeia, the Queen and mo
ther of Andromeda, is perhaps
much resembles a rather sprawl
ed out capital 'W' as it lies,
about midway between horizon
and zenith, in the Milky Way in
the northeastern part of the
heavens. Cassiopeia will always
be found on the opposite side
of the sky from the Big Dipper
with the North Star dividing
the distance between them.
Below Cassiopeia, also in the
Milky Way, we find the son-in-law
and rescuer, Perseus. This
star picture bears little resem
blance to a man, but its position
in the Milky Way just below
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a cierK ana omce manager, as
his strength began to return at
Camp White, he was given sev
eral minor positions, none of
which took advantage of his
background experience, the
chairman stated. In due time, one
of the Camp White officials sug
gested that Peterson help him in
making studies pertaining to the
cost of operation of the domi
ciliary. Since the new job drew on his
experience, Peterson tackled it
with enthusiasm and the more
time he put in on the study, the
more his confidence in himself
and his outlook improved, Sa
vard said. Today Peterson holds
a responsible Civil Service job at
the domiciliary and one of his
greatest pleasures Is to help some
other disabled person to rehabili
tate himself, Savard said.
ers similar to the Manhattan Dis
trict that perfected the atomic
bomb in World War II.
He said the Russians have a
tremendous head start in the race
into space. He said the launching
of their artificial moon was truly
impressive for the fact they did
it on the first try . . . "they made
it look easy."
But he is confident this coun
try can close the gap "if we are
willing to make the effort."
The Russians now are talking
of firing a rocket, carrying a
crew of experimental animals,
to the moon in the next year or
so.
The scientist refused to dis
count wholly anything the Rus
sians are claiming. But he sug
gested five years might be near
er the mark.
The United States could do
that if it got started right away
and committed enough brains
and money to the job, he said.
of Ethiopia
Cassiopeia makes it easy to lo
cate. Perseus seems to have no
head. The short line of three
stars represent his body while
the two uneven lines of stars
extending out from the body
are his legs. Pointing .to the
right 6r east from the top of
the body a curving line of stars
depicts the extended left arm
with Medusa's head in his hand.
Andromeda to East
Andromeda lies just east of
Perseus; between Perseus and
the Great Square of Pegasus the
Flying Horse. This maiden is
attachecl to Pegasus just where
the animal's hind legs would be
fastened to its body if the horse
had hind legs.' (Pegasus is flying
through clouds and only the
front part of the body is show
ing). The star farthest to the east
or left in the Great Square forms
the shoulders of Andromeda,
like her rescuer she has no head.
Two lines of stars extending to
wards Perseus from the shoul
der star and forming a long,
slender 'V outline the body of
this princess. She is supposed
to be in a reclining position as
she lay while chained to the
rock.
Back again to the Milky Way,
we find King Cepheus, father
of Andromeda, higher in the
sky than his wife and queen,
Cassiopeia, and also on the op
posite side of the Milky Way
from her. This constellation
looks something like a church
steeple with its point down.
It can always be located by
imagining a straight line from
the Pointers in the Big Dipper
through the North Star and
straight onward for about half
the distance between the Point
ers and Polaris. Such a line will
touch the star in the top of the
"steeple." The four members of
the Royal Family of Ethiopia
will be visible during all the
winter months.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
Moscow (IP) Eleven U.S. rep
resentatives and staff members
of a subcommittee of the House
Committee on Government
Operations arrived here Sunday
for a five day visit. The group
is headed by Rep. Chet Holifield
(D.-Calif.). A second group rep
resenting the Joint Atomic Ener
gy committee and headed by
Sen. Albert Gore (D.-Tenn.) will
arrive later this week. '
The United States Military
Academy, founded in 1802, is the
oldest professional school in the
field of technology in this country.
BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS
Accident Totals
i'
For Six Months
Reported In State
SaJem During the first six
months of 1957 a total of 30,404
accidents took place in Oregon,
419 of which occurred in Med
ford, according to the semi-annual
summary by the State De
partment of Motor Vehicles.
More than 24,900 accidents in
Oregon resulted in property
damage with Medford contribut
ing 407. Oregon traffic deaths
numbered 169 to which Medford
recorded only one.
Cities in the 10,000 to 50,000
population class (Medford: 23,
500) listed 4,743 accidents, seven
deaths and 4,104 cases of prop
erty damage caused by traffic.
The summary stated that Med
ford had 236 of its accidents on
city streets while another 173
took place on state highways
within the city limits.
18-24 Class Leads
The 18 to 24-year-old class
led the persons killed in Oregon
traffic accidents during the first
six months with 35. The age
group with the largest number
of injuries was the 30 to 39-year-old
group with 1,319. Thir
teen accidents in the 30 to 39-year-old
class contributed to
Medford's total of 81 injuries.
The department's figures
show more men injured than
women. In the state 4,278 men
were injured while 3,585 wom
en were injured. Medford shows
47 women and 34 men injured
for its share of the total.
Medford's most accident-prone
time is the same as the state
average, 4 to 4:59 p.m. The state
recorded 3,303 accidents in this
period during the first six
months with 16 traffic deaths
while Medford listed 56 acci
dents during the afternoon time
Friday replaced Saturday as
the No. 1 accident day. On Fri
days, 5,339 accidents took place
in Oregon with Medford also
showing Friday as the heaviest
day with 91 recorded. Sunday is
the safest day for traffic acci
dents, according to the report.
Medford shows only 39 acci
dents, on Sundays while the state
has 3,543.
Fourth Quintuplet
Succumbs in France
Toulon, France 0P i Death
claimed a fourth Christofle
quintuplet today leaving only
one infant still alive.
Officials at Foch hosDital said
Roland, one of the two boys
and three girls born last Wed
nesday to Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Christofle, died at 3 a.m. (10
p.m. EDT) Sunday.
A brother and two sisters died
within 16 hours of the birth,
which was three months prema
ture.
Doctors said the surviving
girl, Michele. is in "satisfactory
condition" but they expressed
doubt she would survive.
UTILITIES EXECUTIVE DIES
New York OP) Eugene A.
Yates, 76, a public utilities ' ex
ecutive and a central figure in
the recent Dixon-Yates contro
versy, died Saturday night.
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