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8 MAIL TRIBUNE, M4for4, Or. Sunday, May 17. 19S9 ID Public Relations Firm Gives Up Job With Centennial "William Dawkins, public relations and advertising firm of Medford, has announced that it no longer will handle publicity for the On to Ore gon Cavalcade, Inc., Rose burg. The firm, which has been donating its services since last summer, said last week it could not agree with the Roseburg sponsors of the Cen tennial Wagon Train, which is en route from Independence, 'Mo., to Independence, Ore. "With the wagons rolling merrily along, we feel that our donation to the cause has been sufficient, and that we should devote our time to the accounts which keep us business," Dawkins said. Second Reason ' He added that a second reason for withdrawing is 'we f have found it impossible to agree with many of the ideas and procedures of the group of young men in Roseburg who along with the commis sion, are sponsoring the trek They feel, and perhaps with reason, that they have not v received enough credit for their idea; we felt-and still feel-that it is the hardy group on the wagons who are wor thy of the publicity." Dawkins added, "Although we were responsible only to the Centennial commission, we had no desire to assume any responsibility for , what might have become a petty wrangle over authority. We feel tHat the wagon train has been an outstanding success so far, and we are happy to have played a part in it." The Oregon Centennial commission promotion staff is to help handle the publicity now. Centennial Commission er Jack Lively, Springfield, is with the train to determine what needs to be done to in sure the continued success of the train. Not Cooperating Dick Smith, president of the On to Oregon Cavalcade, Inc., said Dawkins "did a wonderful job" but he was not willing to cooperate with our officers. i Smith indicated that his group was dissatisfied with the work of Dick Carter, who has been acting as advance man for the train and is pre pared to replace him with Ivan Hoyer, Drain, after Live ly returns and gives an ap praisal of the situation. How ever, Carter may be kept if Lively so recommends, Smith said. The Centennial commission Is making available D. Clark Hayden, who is in charge of Centennial special events, to work part time as an advance planner of the celebration planned in various Oregon cit ies when the train arrives this summer. , Douglas, Morse Win Fight In Eliminating Clause from Bill Boy Gets Award for Returning Billfold Larry Gene Halme, 12, of 601 North Columbus ave was presented with a $5 re ward Thursday for finding and returning a billfold be longing to Charles Albert Marchant Jr., 325Vfc Crate Lake ave., Medford police re ported. Police said Larry brought the billfold to the station Thursday morning, saying he had found it at 12th and Grapes it. Inside the billfold were Identification papers and $19 In cash. Marchant claimed the bill fold later in the day and left a $5 reward for Larry. Police reported presenting the re ward to Larry that afternoon in his sixth grade class at Jackson school. By A- ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special)-Sens. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.) and Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) won an uphill fight in the Senate this v-mmtw;'4tia nast wplr to eliminate a clause from a big California reel a m a t i o n project bill that was sought by large land holders in the fertile San a. Bobu smitfc J o a q i n val ley, including the Southern Pacific Railroad. After a week of sporadic debate they called it a cam paign to enlighten their col leagues, not a filibuster - the Douglas amendment was adopted by voice vote, knock ing out of the San Luis irriga tion bill a controversial sec tion dealing with the historic 160-acre land limitation that is basic to most federal recla mation projects. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) was a co-sponsor of the amendment, but it was Douglas and Morse who carried on the sustained debate that ended in a victory few thought they could achieve. Storage Reservoir , The project centers around a large storage reservoir, San Luis dam, and accompanying distribtuion canals and pump ing stations to bring supple mental water to nearly a half million acres of land that lies 125 miles southeast of San Francisco. The bill authorizes $290 million for a reservoir holding a million acre-feet of water. t But under a proposed part nership with the state, the dam might be built much larger to hold twice as much water. If an agreement is con cluded, the federal govern ment would pay $240 million (a saving of $50 million) and the state would put up $250 million. The water would be split 50-50 for state and fed eral irrigation project areas. It's the possible co-min gling of "state water" and "federal water", in one reser voir that caused- the flareup, for federal water normally cannot be delivered to tracts of more than 160-acres under one owner. Sponsors of the bill, Sens. Thomas Kuchel (R- Calif.) and Clair Engle CD- Calif.), added an amendment stating that the 160-acre limi tation would not apply to wa ter ( deliveries serving lands under contract with the state" outside the federal project service area. Meaning at Issue The meaning of this amend ment was at issue throughout the debate. Its sponsors claim ed it was only to reiterate that federal land limitation were not to cover lands irrigated by the state. But the National Farmers Union, the Grange and the AFL-CIO units in Washington, D. C, and California jumped on it as a breach in the 160 acre law. Douglas, Morse and Neuberger in turn denounced the amendment, saying it might prove to be the entering wedge for violating in other states this old law which was designed to foster family sized farms Some observers say this was another battle between large 'landholders in California who years ago trie"d to eliminate the 160-acre limitation from the Central valley project leg islation over the successful protest of Mike Straus, former commissioner of reclamation Produces Maps uougias proaucea maps which he displayed in the Senate chamber showing a checkerboard pattern of land holdings of the Southern Pa cific which he said amounted a1 ami xrz sr 3X UEEN. 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Morse pointed out that Van Loben Sold, president of the Southern Pacific Land com pany, the subsidiary which manages the land, testified during hearings on the bill that the company had no in tention of selling any of its holdings in order to . break them up into tracts that would qualify under the federal land limitation. But not everyone agreed it was a black and white situa tion. Gov. Edmund G. Brown of California fired a letter to Washington that was read to the Senate by Engle. Brown said he was also "opposed to any unjust enrichment or mo nopolization of benefits by owners of large landholdings as a result of either federal or state operation." " But he said the federal 160 acre limit should not apply to state project lands, and it should apply to all federal service areas. He indicated he would take ;up with the Cali fornia legislature the issue of whether to limit land owner ship on state projects. 'Special Pleader' Morse dismissed Pat Brown's appeal as that of "a special pleader." And the Sen ate, in the end, adopted the Douglas - Morse - Neuberger amendment. But in' the House Interior committee this past week, Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.)) lost an attempt to kill the same clause in the lower chamber's version of the bill. The vote was 12-7. This-indicates a hot floor fight in the House later. "I think we 'have a good chance to knock it out," Ull man said. "The issue at stake is that there are these tre mendous land holdings, and reclamation law has always stated that public benefits from reclamation projects shall be widely dispersed and not approved for the gain of big landowners." Some reclamation experts on Capitol Hill say that Morse and Douglas won a hollow vic tory because the land limita tion would not apply to the lands served by the state from the San Luis reservoir, and that there was' never any doubt the 160-acre limit would apply in the federal project area. But other veterans of recla mation battles feel that the legislative record made by the Oregon and Illinois senators will make it impossible for large landowners to win any concessions, if they should challenge the whole matter in the courts. Blight Warning Issed by Agent Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultural agent, has re minded pear growers about blight which now appears to be extensive among apple trees of the area. Late blooms in Bartletts are particularly susceptible, Cordy said. He suggested con trol by spraying with neutral copper solution at five-day intervals. Orchardists with blight in fected apple . trees should either cut down to the main limbs or cut the trees down, the county agent said. It is too late to spray apple trees, he added. Homeowners who find blight in ornamental trees and in such trees as cantoneaster pyrocantha and in English Hawthorn should cut from 12 to 18 inches below the in fected limb area, Cordy suggested. So far pear trees show only occasional infected blossoms, the county agent said. Blight can be detected from the water-soaked appearance of the blossom clusters and the discolored leaves. Initial set "of the fruit in pear trees of the area looks good, Cordy said. Some hail fell south of Medford Thurs day but reports indicate no serious damage, he added. Engineers Plan Scholarship Fund The Rogue Valley section, Professional Engineers of Oregon, has announced plans to award a scholarship for the Junior Engineer and Sci ence Summer Institute next month. Competition for the schol arship is open to high school boys and girls in Jackson, Jo sephine, Klamath and south ern Douglas counties, accord ing to the announcement. The JESSI program, from June 14 to 27, is held at Linfield college, McMinnville, for girls and at Oregon State col lege, Corvallis, for boys. The program in its fourth year, "is designed as an ex ploration in the pure and bas ic sciences, and is an education-career guidance program of recognized merit," the an nouncement states. Fifteen scholarships to the institute are being awarded to southern Oregon students this year by various indus tries and organizations. Last year, 14 southern Oregon stu dents were among those at tending from Oregon, Califor nia, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and Washington. Winner of the engineers' scholarship will probably be announced this month. lJ HOLDING hands to face, Lewis L. Strauss listens to testimony on his fitness to be Secretary of Commerce at Senate hearing. CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL Summit, N.J.-(UPD-MrsBer-nard J. Fallon received a con gratulatory telegram from President Eisenhower Friday. It was her 100th birthday. The Rogue Valley ' section, PEO, plans its annual ladies' night tomorrow night at Ping's Garden, 2330 North Pacific highway. Dean George Gleason of the OSC engineer ing school will speak. Hilts Students Visit Mail Tribune Seventh and eighth grade students from Hilts, Calif., school visited the various de partments of the Mail Trib une Friday morning. Making the tour were Da vid Whittaker, Larry Black, Marsha Simmen, Marcia Cav in, Pamela Mendes, Barbara Rainwater, Diane Aquila, Gary Tallis, Tommy Lausta lot, James Blanchard, Mike Widness, Marilyn Thompson, Janet Benson and Lee Roy Green. They were accompanied by Aristeo Perez, an instructor at the school. By 1950 the average hen on American farms produced 167 eggs compared with the previous 10-year average of only 147 eggs per layer. I Former Medford Woman Gets Degree Portland-Mrs. Viola Harri son, formerly . of Medford, will be among some, 145 can didates to receive degrees at the 92nd annual commence ment at Lewis and Clark col lege here. The outdoor exercises will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday May 31, in Griswold stadium. Baccalaureate services will be at 9:15 a.m. the same day in the First Presbyterian church of Portland. Commencement speaker will be Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, president of the University of Oregon. His address will be entitled "100 years of higher education in Oregon." , Mrs. Harrison will receive a bachelor of arts degree in English. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, 204 North Ivy st., Medford. Airport Dedication ' Set at Grants Pass 1 Grants Pass Josephine county's new airport six miles northwest of Grants Pass will be dedicated June 14 in an other Oregon Centennial event. A fly-in for visiting pilots will begin at 7 a.m. and con tinue through the day. From 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. chuckwagon breakfasts and lunches will be served, and dedication ceremonies will be held from 1 to 1:30 p.m. A Navy jet plane fly-over, an Aerobatic show and an Air Force jet fly-over will follow. And at 2:45 p.m. a half hour of parachute jumping will start. 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CHBYSTAL KIMT GET. 4th and Fir Phone SP 2-7315 re fin Jl Al JIHIE is MEW mm fm W4A JACKSON COUNTY CENTENNIAL WELCOME HOUSE 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dedication Ceremonies At 3:00 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT O LIGHT REFRESHMENTS at the Concession V The Jackson County Centennial Association takes this opportunity to recognize the substantial contributions made by these firms toward the success of this Centennial Year Hospitality Center at the summit of the Siskiyous, and to publicly thank them for their fine cooperation. 417th Brigade USAR PLUMBING Modern Plumbing & Sheet Metal Co. NorPac Supply McLaughlin Plumbing & Heating Merritt Plumbing Patterson Plumbing Stuart Mechanical Don's Plumbing Day and Night Crane Co. Cardona Supplies Plumbers Local No. 418 ELECTRICAL California Oregon Power Co. Brooks Electric Co. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. Feldman & Olsen G-E Supply Company Trowbridge & Flynn Sloan Co. LUMBER MANUFACTURING Red E Cut Log Inc. Delah Timber Products Kogap Lumber Industries Sierra Cascade Lumber Co. Ross Lumber Co. Elk Lumber Co.' Medford Corporation Gulf Red Cedar Company Timber Products Company Medford Veneer and Plywood LUMBER RETAIL 1 Hi-Way Lumber Company Big Pines Lumber Company Copeland Lumber Company Smith-Dynge Lumber Company Bruce Bauer Lumber Company Norton Lumber Company Medford Lumber Company Stephenson Lumber Company West Side Lumber Company Ashland Lumber Company STEEL . Moore Steel American Steel Medford Steel HARDWARE Hubbard Brothers Ashland Hardware Simpson Hardware (Ashland) Acme Hardware MILLWORK Bellview Lumber Company Padgham MISCELLANEOUS Lininger Ace Roofing Company Commercial Home Insulation Willamette Valley Co. (Asphalt) Bristol Silica Co. (Rogue River) Ekerson Cal Ore Builders Zellerbach Carpenters Local 2067 Lumber Products Company SW Floor Covering Jackson County Shops City Sanitary Service Co. (Medford) City of Central Point Blake, Moffit & Towne Barco Supply Oak Street Tank Company v Medford Concrete Construction Valley Equipment Brill Sheet Metal Cheney Forest Products Ore. Sawmills (Ashland) So. Ore. Conservation" & Tree Farm Assn. Published in cooperation with the Jackson County Centennial Association by the Medford Mail Tribune
