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I o 52nd Year ft r j I VI Hit H i I S- I f--tex Price 10 Cents Tribune Unit ress Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 2nd Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1957 Six Pages Higher Grazing Fees On BLM Lands Slated To Start January 1 EXAMINING WRECKAGE of Pan American Clipper are Inspectors Leon Cuddeback (left) and Earl Mitchell of Civil Aeronautics Board, who hope to find a clue in San Fran Cisco inquiry to disaster which cost 44 lives. (International) a. A? fhe Grange C'i Bill Grng Gold Hill Grange met in rcgu 3P Bession, Thursday, Nov. 21. Outstanding event of the meet the draping of the char ter for departed member, E. (C. JPiene. Mr. and Mrs. Fiene were char ter members of the Grange, and Cwtr very activ in the work of CS9 order until they moved away Tew years ago to Banning iMUif. The sympathy of the Grangers and friends foes out to Sister Fiene, in her bereave ment. Preceding the business meeting Glen Woolridge showed films of Atlantic salmon fishing in New Brunswick and motor boat rac ing in Florida. Visiting Grangers were Broth er and Sister Golding of Live Oak Grange. Xvprftm Court to Look Into Refusal Power Washington (Ifl The Su preme Court agreed today to Took into the State Department's powW to refuse passports to citi ier, The court accepted for review it ippeal by artist Rockwell Knt, Eusable Forks, N. Y., and on by psychiatrist Walter Briehl, Los Angeles. Both were denied passports by Secretary of Stt John Foster Dulles be euj they refused to sign a non Communist affidavit. DdJing a recent typhoon in Jhe Philippines area, a total rain till of about 88 inches was re corded in four days. Gold Hill Juvenile Grange A great deal was accomplish ed by the Gold Hill Juvenile Grange at their last meeting, held on Nov. 14. Dave Force reported on the fish pond and Linda Walker and Mike Turner on the white ele phant booth. These two conces sions were operated by the ju veniles at the bazaar held Nov. 2. Following these reports two candidates were received into the Grange with Mike Turner acting as Master. These two were Ronnie Hanscom and Don- nie Wright. After the initiation, the fol lowing officers were elected: master, Bobby Turner; overseer, Pamela Freeman; lecturer, Dave Force; chaplain, Earl Meister; secretary, Marie Jones; treasurer, Tom Morrow; steward, Billy Jones; assistant steward, Mike Turner; gatekeeper, Randy Tur ner; Ceres, Marlene Wright: Po mona, Beverly Wright; Flora, Linda Walker; lady assistant steward, Sharon Wright. Next meeting of the juveniles is set for Dec. 12. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail-Tribune Correspondent Washington Higher graz ing fees for public lands will be charged starting Jan. 1 by the Bureau of Land Manage ment. Interior Secretary Fred A. Sea ton announc ed Monday. The new fees will be on a sliding scale, much Robt Smith xne same as charged by the U.S. Forest Serv ice, based upon the average live stock prices at we:tern markets for the preceding year. The present fee charged by BLM is 15 cents a month per head of cattle, 15 cents for five sheep or goats and 30 cents per horse. Current livestock price trends indicate fees will be high er next year under the new for mula, said Seaton, but no charges were indicated specifi cally for the new year. New Directive This decision will implement a directive sent out just a week ago by the Budget Bureau to all federal agencies to have them JMtUlmtl Distributor "ML TO BURN" let Us Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP. 2-2111 Court & McAndrews Miss Roberts Wins Speech Contest Miss Sharon Roberts, St. Mary's High school junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O. Roberts, 633 South Holly st. was winner of the local run off in the Voice of Democracy con test sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Subject for the speeches given Saturday, Nov. 23, at television station KBES-TV was "I Speak for Democracy." Miss Roberts was one of four high school students who par ticipated in the Saturday speak off. Winners of various high schools in contests held previous ly were Lynn Hales, Medford High school senior, Miss Sharee Skipworth, Phoenix High school junior, and Miss Marjorie Edens, Jacksonville High school sen ior. Miss Roberts will enter the district contest to be held in Ashland Nov. 26. Winner of that contest will enter the state com petition. Miss Roberts, who plans a career in music, hopes to attend Marylhurst college following graduation. At St. Mary's High school she is president of the national honor society, Durocher chapter, treasurer of her class, unit leader of the Sodality of Our Lady, co-editor of the school paper, "The Marion," member of the Marion choir and choraletts, and a charter member of Hori zon club. She also won first prize in a St. Mary's high school bak ing contest and first prize in the music division of the Disabled American Veteran's amateur con test in 1956. increase a variety of federal fees to bring them more into lin with the service rendered to pr vate citizens and commercial in terests. The bureau pointed out that BLM grazing fees were well below those charged by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and by private landowners. The bureau pointed out that in southern Oregon, where BLM charged 15 cents, Forest Service was charging 44 cents and In dian bureau $1.38. Presumably the higher level of fees next year will approximate those of the Forest Service, since BLM plans to adopt the livestock price formula used by the For est Service. Seaton explained that the new sliding-scale formula will be based on price information fur nished by the department of agriculture. Fees will be changed only when price fluctuation force them at least two cents up or down, he said. Change Deferred Seaton said originally the higher fees were scheduled to take effect the first of this year but he deferred approving them when the drouth hit many west ern cattlemen. The new fees will affect some 30,000 stock men who graze some 12,000,000 head of livestock on approxi mately 170,000,000 acres of range in the western states. Under the new system, fees will be subject to change an nually. It will be up to the head of BLM to set the new fees each year. The new formula has been approved by the National Advisory Board Council for grazing. 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