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...nrn i i oca g : MEDFORD MAIL THIBUWEi MEDFOP.D, ORE, - . . TUESDAY. WOV" Record Number of Oregonians Expected To Cast Ballots Next Tuesday Many Contests Rated Toss-Up; Competition Keen By United Pren International A record number of Ora gonlans will troop to the polls election day, Nov. 8, to elect a president, U. S. senator, four congressmen and three major state officers. Competition is keen and many contests are rated as toss-ups. A total of 900,616 Oregon residents are registered to vote and the Democrats have the greatest edge in the his tory of both parties . . . 7S, 303. The breakdown is 480, 588 Democrats and 405,105 Republicans with 14,833 Inde pendents. The Democrats expanded their margin by 20,000 since the May primary. Oregon has seen vigorous campaigning for the national ticket within the slate, in cluding visits by three of the nominees - Democratic stand ard bearer John F. Kennedy and the Republican team, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and former UN Ambas sador Henry Cabot Lodge. Some of the top names In both parties have stumped the state. Demo Big Wigs Visit The Democrats brought In Adlal Stevenson . . . National Chairman Henry Jackson . . . Son. Estcs Kefauvcr . . . and Congressman James Roosevelt to name a few. The Republi cans had Thomas Dewey . . . National Chairman Thruston Morton . . . John Roosevelt . . . Attorney General William Rogers . . . Labor Secretary James Mitchell . . . and GOP Sawdust SJ.H GREEN STAMPS Medford Fuel Co. Tel SP 2-21 It Court t McAnd. keynoter Walter Judd Nixon was considered to have an edge in Oregon ear licr in the campaign but many experts now are rating them even. Both parties have pressed their most prominent state politicians Into the campaign effort. Gov. Mark Hatfield has stumped far and wide for the GOP at all levels and is honorary chairman of Elmo Smith's race for the U. S, Senate against Mrs. Maurine Neuberger, Sen. Wayne Morse - slung by Kennedy in the primary- has licked his wounds and is campaigning for Kennedy be cause he is ... in Morse's words . . , "10 times belter than Nixon." Senate Race Watched Aside from the presidency the most close-watched Ore gon contest is the U.S. Senate. Mrs. Neuberger is going after the senate scat of her lale husband, Richard L, Ncu bcrgcr. She is a former Ore gon legislator, having served in the house while her hus band was in the state senate Smith, a newspaper publish er and former Oregon senate president, became governor in 1956, succeeding the late Paul Patterson. Smith lost a close bid for election to Dem ocrat Robert D. Holmes that year. Because of Senator Neuber- ger's sudden death last spring, Oregon could elect two U. S. senators - one for a short term beginning elec tion day and another to the full term beginning in Janu ary. Smith and Mrs. Neuber ger are running for both terms. In the congressional elec tions, all four Oregon incum bents seek reelection three Democrats and one Re publican. Norblad Favored GOP Congressman Walter Norblad Is favored to win an eighth term in the First Dis tricl over Democrat Marv Owens, a former Army pri vate campaigning In a jeep Owens is Just 25 - the mini mum age for a candidate for Congress. Of the four dis tricts, the Firct remains the SCANNELL ABLE HONEST COURTEOUS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Scanncll for Dlst. Ally. Comm., Mary Morgaret Mullen, Sec, Campbell Rd.; Medford, Ore.' only one where Republicans , to be decided is attorney gen have an advantage In voter eral, and incumbent Robert Y. registration. The edge is 5,000. Thornton faces his old oppon- In the Second District, Dem ocrat Al UHman is going for a third term against potato farmer Ron Phalr of Klamath Falls. The Democrats in that district - east Oregon - have an edge in registrations of more than 14,000. One of the state's most powerful Democrats, Con gresswoman Edith Green, is expected to capture a third term in the heavily-Democrat ic Third district, Multnomah County. Portland Insurance- man Wallace L. Lee is the Re publican candidate, but faces a Democratic registra tion lead of 42,000 in the dis trict. Mrs. Green Is Oregon top Kennedy booster and her name has been mentioned I connection with the Kennedy cabinet, should he be elected Fourth District Eyed Top Republicans feel thi GOP's best chance to capture another Oregon seat in Con grcss this year is in the 4th District, where incumbent Charles O. Porter is opposed by Stale Sen. Edwin Durno of Medford Some Democrats hava said privately that Porter's early strong stand for Fidel Castro was a political mistake, along with his well-publicized battle with the state department over a passport to visit Red China. Durno is a practicing physician who was first elect ed to political office two years ago. Porter has the ad vantage of a 24,000 plurality in the Fourth District voter registrations. The highest slate office up for grabs is secretary of state and the clash between Repub lican Incumbent Howell App ling Jr. and challenger Mon roe Sweetland is rated a tight one. Familiar Nam Sweetland is a Democratic state senator from Clackamas county, a familiar name in both political and education circles. He publishes a week ly newspaper in Milwaukie and tills is his second try for secretary. He was defeated in 1956 by Mark Hatfield. Appling, a Portland bus! ncssman, was named by Hat field to the post 21 months ago. The Appllng-Sweetland fight has become increasingly bitter and the stakes are high A banker-farmer and a real tor are matched for state treasurer. GOP Incumbent Howard C. Belton is also Hatfield appointee, and he Is opposed by another Demo cratic slate senator, Ward Cook of Portland. The treasurer contest has been on the luke-warm side. The third major state office Enjoy The Great Whiskey of the Old West T,C 8OTTL.N03- 7 I TAKS your L' -.-.-! iJ ent of 1956 -Republican State Senator Carl Francis of Dayton. Thornton wants a third term and he is the Democrat who defeated Francis by 10,- 000 votes four years ago. Thornton has been under fire from many top Republicans and Hatfield has charged Thornton with being "incom petent." Thornton says there is a smear campaign among the Oregon Republican brass to get rid of him and this race has been another of the stale's hottest. Demo Control Expected Oregon will elect a new legislature and the voter reg istration would indicate that the Democrats will control it. But Republican chances of winning control are not fore closed because the Democrats have more seats up than does the GOP. . An entire slate of 60 mem bers will be named to the House and 15 - or half - of the senate positions are up. Democrats are putting a dozen of their senate seats on the line and the Republicans only three. Both state party chairmen Republican Peter G u n n a r and Democrat Robert Straub --predict control of the 1981 session by their parties. As if all this were noi enough, Oregon voters will also tackle 15 state ballot measures ...the longest slate in years. The hottest one is regit la tion of billboards, an initia tive measure puslicd by the Oregon Highway Protection Committee. The billboard in dustry is strongly opposed and has waged a vigorous adver tising campaign The opposition is untied un der the Oregon council on highway regulation. The coun cil Itself has been criticized for using so-called "scare tac tics" including statements that Oregon's tourist industry will collapse if the measure passes, and the state will be in the billboard -business. Partial Restriction The protection committee says the measure actually calls for only partial restric tions on billboards. Those In cities would not be affected at all and the major effect would be on two freeways 99 and 30. Billboards would not be allowed within 660 feet of these routes. The signs would not have to come down immediately but would have to be removed in five years' time. Another measure generat ing some heat is bonds for the state veterans farm and home loan program. Veteran groups are solidly behind the meas ure and private loan compan ies are against it because it cuts into their business The state has reached the limit of its bonding capacity for such loans and it says the demand is still great. Daylight Saving Issue Oregonians will decide whe ther they want daylight sav ing time starting next year nd numerous groups have again taken sides. The far mers don't like it , . . most businessmen and outdoor groups do . . . and Oregon's labor leadership supports it this year. Three other measures of Kentucky Straight or Kentucky Blend Sunny Brook tastes better, richer than any other whiskey! The men who tamed the Old West choae Old Sunny Brook above other fine Ken tucky whiskies. Today this is still the VA.nr' tri m n.k A von rav. "T mailt lik tha 46?4 0t. Mot, taste of this whiskey I" ''i SDNNV .jjJv. : brook L;::;j J9PI Z ft- - BLEND STRAIGHT Rich, htirty, flni Lieht. imoolh.tx Kentub.ty Straight cvptlonillr tint Bourbon whftky Kentucky tut M OLD SUHNT BROOK CO., lOMUT. MNItlCM SI WW I BOORBSH WHlSKtT 90 NtOOf Ml OUT IUNCIC WKiMCT K KOOf.tt UUSt NWUl SMI Land Ownership Battle in West Could Wind Up in Congress House Party No one's ever sure just what will happen when Art linkletter chats with those uninhibited, hilarious youngsters! You'll enjoy all of the fun features and surprises of this lively daytime hit. Be listen ing every weekday on CBS Radio, Mon.-Frl., 2:05 pm DIAL 1230 KYJC Radio Washington - (UPD - A land ownership battle that certain ly will land in the courts and which conceivably could wind up in Congress is brewing in the western states where Bureau of Reclamation proj ects operate. Involved are irrigation wa ter supplied by federal-built projects, water cut-off provi sions In the basic reclamation law which limits water de liveries to individual units of not more than 160 irrigable acres, and the legal require ment that land in excess of this acreage must be sold within a specified time. The law does not concern itself with the total farm acreage but simply that part which is irrigable. The most likely battle ground is the great Central Valley Project in California, huge federal-built project stretching from Redding in the northern part of the state to Bakersfield in the south. Included in the Central Val ley is some of the world's most productive fruit and vegetable land when irrigated. More important, some Central Valley farms under single ownership receiving federally produced water consist of thousands of acres. 160-Acre Limit The basic reclamation law envisions water deliveries to not more than 160 irrigable acres in any one ownership. Lands in excess of that acre age are denied water from a Bureau of Reclamation proj ect. Of course, a man and wife in joint-ownership states could own and operate on two units, or 320 acres. Also, if their children each owned 160 acres, that land could receive legally federal water. A cou pie with thousands of acres would need a flock of young sters each claiming valid ownership of 160 acres for the whole tract to be irri- more than routine interest are stale bonds for higher educa tion, bonds for a state build ing program, and the 1959 personal lax bill. The higher education bonds would involve no increase in taxes and would permit the state to build dormitories and other college buildings on a pay-as-you-go basis with stu dent fees and rentals. The state building program measure authorizes a 10-year period for issuing bonds as another means of financing state buildings and repairs. The personal income tax bill is designed to raise about $12 million of additional rev enue but at the time of its approval, it was not known the state would have a sur plu. at the end of this bien nium. No one gives it much of a chance for passage. Natural History Club To Be Formed Here An organizational meeting for a Natural History club of the Rogue Valley will be held at the Red Cross chapter house in Medford, Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m., accord ing to Dr. Franklin Sturges, Southern Oregon college science-mathematics division. All those interested in any phase of natural history are invited to attend as future plans for the organization will be made at the first meet ings. Activities of the organiza tion would involve bird study, botanical observations, the study of animal life, and any associated activities in which the group might be inter ested. Further information may be obtained by contacting Dr. Sturges at SOC, MUrdock 2-4611. gated with federal water. eMany of the big farms In the Central Valley were of their present size when the reclamation project went into operation. Many were already irrigated by well water. But the federal water was there as a supplement to rescue many farms where receding water tables made future op erations uncertain. - The owners could, and did, get supplemental water as a right for 160 of their acres, and supplemental water for the remainder of their lands, provided they signed a record able contract with the united States. A recordable contract is one that can be taken to the courthouse and recorded. DiGiorgio Case In signing a recordable con tract, the owner had to agree to abide by reclamation law which clearly calls for the disposition of excess lands that acreage above 160 acres within 10 years. If he refuses to sell, the same reclamation law empowers the Secretary of the Interior to sell the excess. The secretary is the' overall boss of the Bureau of Reclamation. Under law, the secretary is empowered not to deliver water to anyone who does not sign a record able contract. The contract itself empowers the secretary to sell the excess land if the owner refuses to do so. A case in point is the Di Giorgio Fruit Corp., which owns 4,423 acres of excess land south of Fresno. Under the recordable contract, Di Giorgio is supposed to sell this land early in 1962. It is valuable la n d. N DiGiorgio pumps from underground much of the irrigation water used on fruit and vegetable producing lands. DiGiorgio also uses a considerable amount of supplemental wa ter from the Central Valley Project. Undoubtedly, if this supplemental water were cut off, the farm would suffer. If DiGiorgio sold the excess land, conceivably DiGiorgio would suffer. What to do? DiGiorgio hasn't said-at least for pub lication. Neither has the gov- ernment-ln this case the Bu reau of Reclamation. It's a cinch something will have lo give-the 160 acra limitation or DiGiorgio. It could be' 'that Congress will have the last word. I TO HARVEST A J fW? CASH CROP... f A v S.. ... MM . M it pays to know this man - Your Equitable Reproientatlv JIM METZ 1310 Ridgowiy Medford, Oregon Phone: SPring 2-4294 Money, like anything else grows better when it is planted right and well tended. That's why it pays to know an experi enced Equitable Savings counselor. Money is his business. He can furnish you with sound, dependable advice and there is no obligation whatever. An Equitable man can help your money grow. 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