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t Porter Tells of Money Needs For Rogue River Basin Projects Congressman Charles O. Porter aoDeared before a bouse appropriations commit tee subcommittee last week to testify op behalf of funds for corps of engineers and , bureau of , reclamation proj ects in the Oregon Fourth con gressional district. In addition to the Talent division project of the Rogue River basin currently under way, Porter also requested funds for completion of the flood control survey on the Rogue river. . Porter expressed his ap proval of several projects for which funds have been re quested by the corps and bu reau and in addition request ed funds for completion of the flood control survey on the Rogue river. Need for Survey The local congressman stressed the need for $30,600 to complete the flood control survey on the Rogue river. He explained that the survey should be completed during the coming fiscal year, yet nothing has been allocated to cover the survey. He termed the omitting of this item from th aDDroDriation bill as "fis cal insanity." He explained That Congress had already appropriated $171,000 of the estimated to tal cost of, $191,000 for the survey of the flood control, power, irrigation and other potential benefits of a major development project in the Rogue River basin. With the needed appropriation the final report could be submitted to Congress at the earliest pos sible date for action, Porter explained. -Illinois Valley Division Congressman Porter ex pressed approval of a request by local interests for the in clusion of an appropriation of $40,000 to finance an investi gation by BLM of the Illinois Valley division of the Rogue River basin monument. This item is not included in the submitted budget. A $2,727,788 appropriation request by BLM for the Tal ent project was also comment ed on by .Porter. He men tioned that the project will be about 86 per cent complete at the end of fiscal 1960. The sum requested is for continu ation of construction which includes work on Emigrant dam. enlarging the Ashland East laterals and completion of 16,000 kilowatt Green Springs power plant. The first supplemental water de livery from the Talent divi sion is scheduled to begin early in the next fiscal year. Other Requests The bureau has also re quested $78,000 for the oper ation and maintenance of the Talent division and $200,000 for rehabilitation and better ment program in the area near Medford. . , Under investigation by the bureau is a study of the Evans Valley division ' of Evans Creek for the development of $4,000 acres of land which is not considered by the bureau to be properly irrigated. The study, costing $34,775, in cludes storage area informa tion as to diversion dam, canal, and lateral needs. - T 1$ DEDICATION Southern Oregon college formally added an other building to its rapidly expanding campus during dedi cation ceremonies at the Commons dining hall last week. Speaker for the event was Dr. F. A. Gilfillan, dean of the Oregon State college. Dr. Elliott B. MacCracken, chairman of the SOC science-mathematics division and general chair man for the ceremony, is seated at left. Also visible are Mrs. MacCracken and Mrs. Loren E. Messenger, extreme right. Dr. Messenger is professor of psychology at the college. Siskiyou Band Camp Slated at Ashland Ashland Southern Ore gon college will again spon sor the Siskiyou Band Camp, to be held this summer on the college campus from July 19 to 31. As in the past two sum mers, the guest conductor will be Clarence Sawhill, director of bands at the University of California at Los Angeles. Sawhill is one of the nation's leading authorities in band work. ' " Students who are eligible to attend include junior and senior high school pupils as well as college and graduate students. There will be two bands available to camper's, one for seventh and eighth grade students and one for high school students. Other musical activities will be available as well as recrea tional activities of all kinds. Sawhill also will conduct a college and graduate student seminar in band methods. Coordinator of Siskiyou Band Camp is Glenn T. Math thews and camp secretary is Dr. Herbert Cecil. Anyone wishing information about the camp is requested to write Siskiyou Band Camp, South ern Oregon college, Ashland, Oregon. $6 Million May Be Spent in Oregon's Forest Fire Season Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is 6,684 feet above sea level and is generally claimed to be the highest point in the United States ly ing to the east of the Mis sissippi river. I a ban-el of quaWy I in every bottle! Ill ' ' ufSTr JslJ Sjf Compare Old Quaker's premium iSSHlfe- ?Sh ' quality and modest prices with other " lU' fine bourbon youll quickly see why y fayj s it has created such a sensation among (f alert bourbon buyers. Old Quaker has - US, I proved... conclusively... , ' LggSgjj that you don't have to be ' TriJt pJ- , , M rich to enjoy rich whiskey! -- '" MUST BE G00D...0VER 12,500,000 CASES HAVE BEEN SOLD STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 WOOf OU QUAKER DISTILLING COMPANY UWRENCEBURG. INDIANA Salem-Preliminary figures indicate that upwards of $6, 000,000 will be spent during the coming fire season on the 15,000,000 acres of forest land coming under the jurisdiction of the state forestry depart ment and its cooperating for est protective associations, ac cording to Theodore W. Maul, protective assistant. The state will administer nearly $3,000,000 of this amount while private indus try expends a corresponding amount on the protection of Oregon's timberlands. The state protection dis tricts will spend $1,000,000 on fire protection activities while an additional $750,000 will be contracted to the priv ate fire patrol associations and the federal forest service for the protection of private and state lands within their boundaries that are not mem bers of private associations. Some $1,333,000 of this will be contributed by forest land owners in payment of their fire patrol assessment through the taxroll. Administrative Expenses " An expenditure of $415,000 is scheduled for administra tive expenses such as radio communication system, cen tral dispatching, fire cache, personnel training and the two 20-man emergency fire fighting crews. Maul pointed out that the general public will contribute $1,342,000 toward the protec tion of Oregon's forest lands. Of this, approximately $582, 000 will come from the state general fund for the conser vation activities of the depart ment and the fire protection administrators in the field. Another $200,000, financed through a bond issue, will be spent in fireproofing the state forest land under the rehabil itation project. The balance will come from federal funds in the amount of $560,000 which are allotted under the Clarke-McNary act, the for ester added. Private Timberland The private timberland owners will expend the other $3,000,000 on their forest acreage. This will include $600,000 spent by their, priv ate forest protective associa tions and $2,400,000 that will be expended on snag falling, slash disposal and additional fire fighting, patrol and equipment needed for extra hazardous conditions. , Ml Street Chatter New York -UPD- As meas ured by the industrial index, the stock market has retreat ed to a strong , support area and formidable resistance to any further reactionary trends' should be witnessed, says J. W. Starks & Co. While the general market waits for some new, fresh stimulus, many issues contin ue to be suitable for purchase on their distinctive merits, ac cording to, Investors-Advisory Institute. Van Alstyne, Noel & Co. believes at this point that the temperament of both buyer and" seller still favors the op timistic side The 30 DowtJones industri al issues would currently ap pear to be technically secure against anything approaching a bearish signal over the near term, says E. F. Hutton & Co. Reynolds & Co. holds that most issues will be available below last week's lows prior to a serious attempt to re sume the rise. . r Standard & Poors has se lected Boston Edison as its stock of the month. Shearson, Hammill & Co., analyzing American Cyana mid Co. in a 24-page pamph let, estimates the company's earnings this year should rise to around $2.25 a .share from last year's depressed $1.91 figure for 1960 and beyond. An estimated 75 cents of every dollar a consumer spends for pork goes for cuts that make up' somewhat less than one-half 'the hog's live weight. Maul stated that the emer gency fire fighting funds are available for a total of $1, 289,000 should project fires occur demanding expenditures of large sums of money. One fund that now stands at $989, 000 is made up through a sev erance tax on all timber harvested from lands within the boundaries of the forest protection units in western Oregon. The other is a fund of $300,000 which has been set aside for a similar purpose where fires break state-owned land. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tiitsday, May 12, 1959 NEW SPRING COLORS ! Choose Carousel Red torrid as the noonday sun. v Or Tropic Turquoise cool as an ocean breeze. Or linger over the 18 other colors in Chrysler's Spring rainbow. 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