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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. -
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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.
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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.
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