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MAIL TRIBUNE, M4for4, Or.
Sunday, May 17. 19S9
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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
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to nearly 150,000 acres. He
said Standard Oil company of
California owned over 100,000
acres, and other oil compa
nies owned over 50,000 acres
in the San Luis valley. The
SP got its land as a grant
from the government as an
incentive to build a railroad,
which was never constructed,
Douglas pointed out.
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.
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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.
Nature produces new top
soil at a rate of about an inch
in 500 years.
Chowdogs and polar bears
are the only animals known
to have black tongues.
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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
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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