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Chifdren In Coystr
Portland In the past five
years, 30 children have been
placed in new adoptive
homes Jackson county by
the Boys and Gii&s Aid Socie
ty of Oregon, according to
Stuart R. ftimmel? state di
rector, o
'During the same period,
there wer 19.086 days of
care provided Jackson coun-
ty children.
The Society recently placed
the 100th child for adoption
1 in 1958. It is the largest num
ber of placements in this pe
riod of time in the Society's
history and an increase of 33
per cent over the same period
last year.
Although most children are
placed in adoption in early
infancy, Stimmel said the age
range includes older children
Sd family groups of brothers
and sisters being placed to
gether. NEW ENGLAND WINS
New York OJPD Aggrieved
New Englanders piqued
over the omission of New Eng
land clam chowder from the
menu at the American Pavil
lion at the Brussel's World's
Fair can relax. Up to now,
only Manhattan chowder has
been served at the U.S. Pa
villion restaurants, to the dis
may of New Englanders. They
protested that the Manhatten
chowder, whose contents in
clude tomatoes, green peppers
hut no milk or blended butter
and flour, was not as repre
sentative of the U.S. as the
,New England chowder. Hence
forth, the New England type
will also be served.
Nebraska ranks lowest in
the nation in . the percentage
(2.6) of financial support to
schools from state funds.
Nebraska schools receive 91.9
per cent of their revenue from
property taxes.
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ACT
Alaska's Reputation
'Icebox' Declared Exaggerated
Editor's note: Jim Breetveld was
introduced to Alaska when he
spent one and one-half years there
with the 11th Air Force during
World War II. He has since become
an expert on the subject and is
author of the book, "Getting To
Know Alaska." published this year
by Coward-McCann, New York.
By JIM BREETVELD
(Written for United Press
International)
One of the reasons Alaska
was kept so long "one ice" as
far as statehood was concern
ed is the widely-accepted mis
conception about the climate
and nature of the land itself.
Many Americans feel that
Alaska is still a wild, frozen
country that cannot be devel
oped except through the rig
ors and heartbreak of primi
tive frontier living.
Nothing could be further
from the truth. This big al
leged "ice-box" is actually
one of Mother Nature's treas
ure vaults. Its contents have
been barely touched.
From 1940 to 1950, the pop
ulation of Alaska increased
by 77 per cent to almost
215,000 people, and more are
coming from all parts of the
United States. The majority
of Alaskans are comparative
"cheechakos" (newcomers) to
the "Great Land." What have
they found in Alaska?
Modern Hotels
They have found modern
hotels and TV stations, busy
military installations and sky
scraper apartment houses,
smart restaurants and movie
palaces, well-equipped hospi
tals and up-to-date airports.
They have discovered that the
Alaskan winter is no more se
vere than that found in Kan
sas, Nebraska or the Dakotas.
Three-quarters of Alaska lie
in the north temperate zone,
with the remainder north of
the Arctic Circle. In the
northern area temperatures
often plunge to 60, 70, or 80
degrees below zero. Only the
rugged Eskimo can surive in
this region. But central and
southern Alaska are much
like Norway, Sweden and Fin
land. In Ketchikan, Alaska's
southernmost city, the aver
age temperature is about the
same as that of Baltimore,
Md. Alaskans in this area en
joy a spring-like climate for
most of the year. Last June
the temperature in Fairbanks,
in the very heart of Alaska,
reached a sizzling 92 while
New York had weather in the
upper 70's.
The famous Matanuska Val
ley, about 30 miles east of An
chorage, is showing the world
that crops can be raised in the
Alaskan earth. The climate
has been found to be ideal for
dairying. Milk production in
the Matanuska Valley is esti
mated to be almost twice the
national average of the Unit
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ed States. The Matanuska
farms, started in 1935 as part
of a U.S. government experi
ment to transplant farmers
from Minnesota, Michigan
and Wisconsin, produced al
most S3 million worth of food
products in 1957.
Matanuska has a short grow-
Federal Deficit
$2,813,388,661
Washington (UPD Th e
federal government ran up a
deficit of $2,813,388,661 in
fiscal 1958.
This was announced today
in a final report on the fiscal
year that ended June 30.
The report by Secretary of
Treasury Robert B. Anderson
and Budget Director Maurice
H. Stans showed both receipts
and expenditures were less
than estimated in the budget
last January. But the biggest
drop by far was in receipts.
When President Eisenhower
submitted his budget to Con
gress last January, he antici
pated a 1958' deficit of only
$400 million.
Dampening effects of the re
cession, however, combined
with a stepped up spending
program for missiles, pro
duced the bigger deficit.
Receipts were $3,300,000,
000 below the January esti
mate. The actual total of re
ceipts was $69,100,000,000 as
against an estimate of $72,
400,000,000. Expenditures were $71,
900,000,000, against the Janu
ary estimate of $72,800,000,
000. Ike Nominates
Health Assistant
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower today nomi
nated Bertha S. Adkins, as
sistant chairman of the Re
publican National Committee,
to be undersecretary of
Health, Education and Wel
fare. If confirmed by the Senate,
she would succeed John A.
Perkins, who resigned
March 1.
Long active in Republican
politics, Miss Adkins has been
GOP national committeewom
an from Maryland since 1948.
Since 1953, she has headed
the women's division of the
National Committee in addi
tion to-being assistant chair
man. Brig. Gen. Robert G. Mac
Donnell was nominated to be
president and senior member
of the California Debris Commission.
building, cars. Mercury gives you more . : . more
than ordinary cars offer. You'll find this equally
true of Mercury's room and comfort. The price?
As pleasant as the ride. Stop in and see.
as Vast
ing season, about 100 days,
but thanks to the long hours
of sunlight during the sum
mer days, the vegetables and
fruits are giants worthy of
Alaska. A 30-ponnd cabbage
is not rare. The strawberries
of the Matanuska Valley are
the size of a man's fist.
Potential Farm Land
What has been done in Mat
anuska can be done in other
parts of Alaska. There are
some three million acres in
Alaska that are rated poten
tial farm land. In spite of the
hopeful start agriculture has
made in the territory, Alas
kans import more than 90 per
cent of their food, mostly
from the U.S. The cost of
freight is high, so the prices
are rough. Alaskans pay 60
cents for a quart of milk, 90
cents for a dozen eggs, 55
cents a pound for tomatoes,
40 cents for a loaf of bread,
and $2.50 for a haircut.
Rents are high, too, whether
you live in a green-lawned
ranch house in the suburbs of
Fairbanks or in the 12-story
Mendenhall Apartment House
in Juneau. Compensating for
the high cost of living some
what is the better rate of pay
that prevails in most of Alas
ka. Carpenters and electri
cians get $5 an hour, construc
tion laborers and truck driv
ers pull down about $4 an
hour, and plumbers make $6
an hour. An engineer or an
office manager starts at $1,000
a month.
Population Growth Seen
A 1 a s k a's appointed - Gov.
Mike Stepovich has predicted
that within 50 years the Alas
ka population will grow to
about 30 million. If this hap
pens then Alaska will be the
biggest of the 49 states in ev
ery way.
But, , first,, the transporta
tion problem has to be licked.
The paved roads of Alaska
add up to about 1,000 miles,
less than the streets of Brook
lyn, N. Y. Give Alaska more
highways and railroads and
the 49th state will emerge as
the giant it is destined to be.
Give Alaska the power it
n p e d s bv harnessine its
mighty rivers and you will
witness industrial expension
that will thrill the world.
WOMEN WILL BE WOMEN
Atlanta (UPD Mrs. Ida D.
Browning had given Mrs.
Ethel Ferguson a lift in her
car Sunday when the con
versation turned to the sub
ject of shoes. Mrs. Ferguson
had just purchased a new
pair. Mrs. Browning told po
lice it was when she glanced
down to admire her compan
ion's footwear that her car
smashed into a utility pole.
The women were injured, nei
ther seriously.
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