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History from the files ot The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9. 1951 (Tuesday)
A tight to get lower milk
prices for Oregon consumers
and a bailie to kick UuK -
out of the stale throw me oui
islalure into con
troversial hieh gear today.
A. R. Leavitt, Medford, re
ceived the highest honor of
the Hillah temple of the
Shrine when he was elected
Illustrious potentate Friday.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1941 (Thursday)
The Medford post of the
American Legion voted unani
mously last night in favor of
tha orooosed $60,000 bond is-
aiio In raise funds to finance
the city's part of a municipal
irnnrt develooment project,
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smnrlrr, Pot" column: "The
British have been cut lo 32
cents worth of meat a week,
and have been advised 'they
can choose between steaks or
victory.' In any event, wen
done."
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1931 (Thursday)
The city has installed 10
flop signs on streets leading
into Riverside ave.
Jackson county placed fifth
In the "state for the number
of crimes committed during
1030.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1921 (Sunday)
Medford merchants plan to
combat the high cost of living
with special prices and sales
next Wednesday.
Burglars broke into two
Central Point grocery stores
Saturday and left notes advis-
ing the owners they should
keep more milk on hand for
their next visit.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1911 (Monday)
Mayor W. H. Canon will be
ice king reelection when
voters of the city go lo the
polls tomorrow.
Members of the Methodist
Episcopal church will meet to-
night to discuss plans for a
new $25,000 church here.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine ot fen correct is superior
Sevan or tight is excellent; Nva ot
is Is good.
1. Name the late war cor
respondent whose writings as
a roving reporter are com
piled in a book, "Hume Coun
try."
2. What was the first crea
ture to leave Noah's Ark?
3. Alligator pear is a com
mon name for which fqult?
4. The Solicitor General of
the United States is appointed
by the Supreme Court, the
Attorney General, or the
President?
5. Name the British noble
man who wrote "Charge of
the Light Brigade."
6. What is the name of the
Instrument that measures
wind velocity?
7. What Is the missing letter
In this scrambled word be
ginning with S: Sivece?
8. Ia the marimba a bird,
tropical vegetable, or musical
Instrument?
9. Gold it weighed by the
fluid ounce, troy ounce, or
avoirdupois ounce?
10. Which of the oceans Is
the largest In area?
Answtrst 1. Emit Pyle. 2.
A raven. 3. Aracado. 4. Presi
dent. S. Alfred, Lord Tenny
son. 6. Anemometer. 7. R.
(service). 8. Musical Instru
ment. 9. Troy. 10. Pacific.
Medford,
Harsh (But True) Indictment
One of the interesting things one finds in
Washington, D.C., papers, seidom found else
where, is the use of paid advertising in attempts
by groups to get their message before members
of Congress.
It is not unusual to find a full page, or even
more, of the capital papers devoted to such ad
vertisements. In the Washington Post of Jan. 2, 1961, a big
ad, taking up almost two full pages, was head
lined :
"Petition to the House of Representatives of
the 87th Congress of the United States."
MOST of the ad was names of people the peti
tioners.
It included distinguished members of the bar,
of college faculties in almost all fields, of church
leaders (Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran,
unitarian. Jewish), scientists, businessmen, Dame
ers, editors, authors, radio and public relations
executives, labor officials, and so on and on
It contained a former
and (to our surprise) Robert W. Kenny, former
attorney general of California. It contained trie
name of a former president of the American Med
ical Association.
All in all, it was as
bles as one could find in
A ND what were they
"cerned about, that they put down their money
to buv an expensive ad
Thev were seeking
Dioc on American democracy ana vyuiisuiuuonai
theory, the House Un-American Activities Com
mittee. Here is what their petition said :
We, the undersigned, petition the 87th Congress to
eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Ac
tivities as a Standing Committee.
We believe that the U.S. Supreme Court has, in the
United States vs. Watkins, made it clear that the Com
mittee has habitually misused its mandate in uncon
stitutional ways for political purposes; that it has be
come an agency for repression; that it has usurped
the functions of the executive and judicial branches of
our government.
We are confident that only a return to consitutional
procedures can protect us against subversion without
at the same time subverting the very liberties we seek
to protect.
For two decades the Congress has allowed the Com
mittee to function. For two decades the Committee has
condemned Individual Americans, has wrecked the
lives of some, and has denied them the due process
of law that English and American courts have toil
, -, . i i
somely evolved over many centuries. Now the nation
is reaping a bitter harvest:
1. The Committee has perverted, and thereby Im
periled, the proper and necessary powers of the
k 1 Congress to conduct lnvestlgtions. -
2. The Committee has helped discourage free study
and inquiry In working for peace while the world
Is threatened with destruction.
3. It has harrassed Americans who work for racial
equality and justice.
4. It has increased bitterness between racial and
religious groups of our citizens, which in turn has
imperiled our good relations with the people of
Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
5. It has discouraged social and cultural contacts
with our neighbors on this shrinking planet. It
has discouraged U.S. students and scholars from
studying in countries which we Americans des
perately need to understand.
The House Committee on Un-American Activities
has in these ways weakened America. At no time in
history have we needed to be stronger. At no time
have we needed to be wiser. Let us rid ourselves of
this agent of weakness and of folly.
THIS is a harsh indictment, but it is no more
Mi on fVio ti'iifV.
Wit 11 VI IIK11
Oddly enough, the most vociferous defenders
of the committee are often the ones who prate of
"returning to the Constitution" in our govern
ment, while at the same time glorying m the
witch-hunting, defamatory and unconstitutional
procedures of this committee.
It is time for us to wake up, stop seeing a com
munist behind every light pole and under every
bed, and begin acting, once again, like unafraid
Americans, proud of our freedoms and our rights
as well ,as our responsbilities and duties as
Americans. E.A.
Mexico Bans
The Mexican Government Ministry of Public
Works has announced a
the country s major highways. No more billboards
will be allowed to be put in place in Mexico, and
existing ones are required to be taken down im
mediately. This sweeping order makes United States ef
forts to curb billboards seem puny indeed.
The Federal Government has worked out a
plan whereby states receive a cash bonus of one
naif of one ihm- cent of the road grant if they
agree to regulate billboards, according to Federal
standards. This program applies only to highways
in the Interstate System, a negligible proportion
of all highways in the United States.
DILLBOARDS are not ruled out altogether un
dor the program, but only regulated, Regula
tion can succeed only if the the states agree to
cooperate, ;,nd few have indicated an interest in
curbing billboards. 0
It is difficult to believe that Mxeico has more
beautiful scenery or more striking highways than
the United States. Mexico evidently does have a
greater senstitivity to the need to prevent its
scenic highways frdRi being robbed of their
beauty by garish, unnecessary commercialization.
Des Moines Register.
governor of California
impressive a list of nota
many a long day.
so interested in, so con
m the Washington fostt
the elimination ol that
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Billboards
ban on billboards along
Dennis th. Menace
' Hi , Mi?. iVitsoN ! Looks like you m'mb
ARB THE GMiy PEOPLE UP'
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Recreation Area
To the Editor: The Eagle
Point Grange wishes to call to
your attention the fact that a
natural waterway exists, ex
tending from the Gordon Ker
shaw place north and west
ward toward Rogue River
through land owned by the
Hoover properties, the Ore
gon Fish and Game commis
sion and the city of Medford.
By making a series of dams
and small reservoirs on this
waterway a wonderful fish
ing, hunting and recreational
area could be developed.
This would require the co
operation of several groups,
viz., the Rogue River Valley
Irrigation district, the Oregon
Fish and Game commission,
the Medford Park and Recrea
tional commission, the Hoover
properties, the city of Med
ford, and others. We would
like to have your group join
with us in planning and de
veloping the recreational po
tential of this area.
It would be quite an under
taking and we will want and
need the cooperation of ail
interested persons. It is close
to town and would help meet
the recreational needs of
many people, especially chil
dren. The lakes on the Hoover
properties in this area have
proved very satisfactory from
fishing and recreational
standpoint.
There is reason lo believe
that water to fill the ponds is
available.
This development is sepa
rate from the Agate Dam proj
ect and it lies below that irri
gation storage area and can
readily be coordinated with
it. Ultimately the two pro
grams will work nicely to
gether for the joint benefit of
farmers and sportsmen.
Eagle Point Grange
Committee
C. C. Hoover, chairman
Steve Wilson
Kenneth Cearley
Wilford Davics
Robert Bittcrling
2005 Gregory rd.
Medford
Rough Water
To the Editor:
Mr. Khrushchev, my dear,
If you'd still stay afloat,
Go way back and sit down,
Do not rocket the boatl
Jack Find
3710 llilsingcr rd.
Medford
INTERESTING
London - - This ad, said
the Daily Telegraph today un
der the heading "No, it can't
be," appeared last week in a
small unnamed British news
paper: "Gamekeeper seeks po
sition with titled lady."
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
JOHN PARKER tells about a prosperous planter in Ken
tucky who decided to run for governor. He wasn't much
on speech making, but he played the violin very well indeed,
and backwoods voters
flocked to listen to him.
Then his opponent, a
no - holds - barred politi
cian, made a valuable!
discovery. The planter
plRyed the fiddle left
handed. From thai day
on, the politician's chief
campaign argument was,
"When my aristocratic
opponent plays lor his
millionaire friends in the
big cities, he plays right
handed. But when he
comes hero to see you
country folk nature's noblemen, the salt ot the earth, the
backbone of Kaintucky what docs he do? He plays left
handed. He thinks that's good enough for you. He thinks
you're too dumb to know the difference:"
After that all the planter's protestations that he was nat
urally left-handed were drowned in boos and catcalls. He
was lucky to escape with his life.
O 1961. by Bennett Oart. DiiUibultd by'Of Hr Syndicate
the case.
Toys and Death
To the Editor: In Europe
where now peoples' under
standing of the true nature of
war is much more extensive
than ours, model machine
guns, tanks, etc., are not gen
erally considered appropriate
playthings for children, much
less model atomic weapon-
equipped submarines.
Today s Sunday supplement
"Family Weekly" contains a
full page ad featuring a model
of the submarine that we have
been assured has a fire power
equal to all the bombs drop
ped in WW II.
Perhaps more objectionable
than the choice of such a
"toy" for a child is the text
of the ad, which contains sen
tences like the following:
You'll stand breathless as
Commander Jim Osborn gives
the command to launch the
Polaris missile . . . cheer with
the crew as it lands on target
1200 miles away!"
Commander Jim Osborn and
his crew are not out for test
firing. If they ever fire the
Polaris missile it will likely
mean that millions of Russians
will die, along with millions
of Americans and neutrals -not
something to "cheer"
about - assuming we and our
children are among the sur
vivors. In this regard a most in
formative 40 page booklet has
been made available by the
Ford Foundation's Fund for
the Republic. A single copy
of the booklet entitled "Com
munity of Fear" may be ob
tained free by writing the
Center for the Study of Demo
cratic Institutions, Box 4068,
Santa Barbara, California.
Eugene Antley
1495 Oregon St.,
Ashland, Ore.
Appraisers To Hold
Meet in Roseburg
Southern Oregon chapter,
Society of Residential Ap
praisers, will hold its monthly
meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10, in
the Umpqua Hotel, Roseburg.
Following the no-host 6:30
p.m. dinner the program will
be presented on the recent
SRA course held at Southern
Oregon college, Ashland. Ma
terials and pamphlets used at
that time will be the basis for
the evening's discussion under
the leadership of John Fleck
past president of the chapter.
Robert W. Loveless, Grants
Pass, is the new president and
Stewart Pennington. Medford
is secretary-treasurer.
Stop Me
Foreign News Desk:
A Problem; Belgian
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
From the foreign news ca
bles:
Italian Rftds
Look for a big gathering of
International Communist lead
ers in Rome
n February
when the Ital
i a n Commu
nist party eel
e b r a t e s its
40th anniver
sarv. Luigi
Longo, No. 2
man in the
party, was re-
Dortea to nave
arranged the meeting during
ihp Moscow "Red Summit"
conference this winter.
Idle Tony
An idle and still untitled
Antony Armstrong-Jones is re
ported becoming an increas
ing embarrassment to nimseu,
in hi wife. Princess Margaret,
and the Queen. Most Britons
believe he win De mace a
knight or given some other
nnnnr and allowed to take
some kind of money-making
job soon.
Belgian Turmoil
Two developments have
arisen to worry King Bau
douin of Belgium: The current
series of socialist-led strikes
have cost the country more
than the budget savings which
sparked them. The French
speaking southern (Walloon)
half of Belgium has started a
virulent move for separation
tmrr, Ihe Flemish (Dutch-
speaking) north along federal
lines.
Czechs to Cuba
East Berlin reports say the
Soviet bloc is using Czecho-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
World verdict on Cuba:
Castro's charge that the
United States is readying an
immediate invasion of its
communist-plague neighbor in
the Caribbean reaches the
Security Council of United
Nations.
The USSR (Russia) votes
with Castro. Ceylon and the
United Arab Republic abstain
from voting. Britain, Chile,
Nationalist China, Ecuador,
France, Liberia and Turkey
agree with the United States
and vote to discard Cuba's
charge that she is facing im
mediate invasion from the
United States.
llIEANWHILE Castro puts
1,Ion a big military display
to back up his invasion
charges. He lines the Malecon
Havana's beautiful seashore
drive, with artillery - a lot of
which has been brought from
Russia. He scatters guns all
around his coastline. He alerts
his militia.
Why is he doing it?
Nobody knows why a mad
man does what he does. But
the prevailing opinion seems
to be that he is putting on a
show for the Cubans - trying
to convince them that the
United States really is going
to grab them.
That makes at least a little
sense. Most competent ob
servers agree that Castro's
greatest danger is a rebellion
on the part of the Cuban peo
ple. His economies aren't
working out too well, and the
Cubans are getting hungry.
B
UT enough of Cuba.
Let's change the subject.
MRS. JFK tops the list of
the twelve best dressed
women in the world. The de
cision is rendered by an or
ganization known as the New
York rnntiire GrouD. Inc.
NOW who says we're losing
world prestige?
WHAT of JKF himself?
" Well, he didn't fare so
well.
WHILE the New York Cou
" ture Group, Inc.. was
looking over the best dressed
women in the world and ren
dering a verdict, the members
of the International Associa
tion of Clothing Designers,
who had gathered in New
York for their 50th annual
convention, took a look at the
sartorial habits of the Presi
dent-elect.
rFHEY weren't much impress---
ed. Here are some of their
opinions of JFK's clothes:
His cont lapels are of the
old-fashioned wide variety.
The shoulders of his suits
are much too broad - which is
to say that he must have
twmght 'cm back in the days
when a lot of padding was
THE thing.
There are only TWO but
tons on his jacket - and they
are much too low on the suit.
IT'S too bad, of course.
But a lot of the men of
America will agree that if no
worse criticism ever faces the
man who in a couple of weeks
more will be President of the
United States he will be doing
all right.
A lot of the rest of us males
are wearing out our old
clothes, too. O O
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Slovakia to build up Cuba's
military strengm. ine reporu
say Cuban officers are being
trained in Czechoslovakia and
that many Czech military ex
perts have been sent to Cuba.
Polaris
Important NATO develop
ments are expected In Paris
when Adm. Robert L. Denni
son, supreme allied command
er of naval forces In the At
lantic, visits there in mid
January. He will go to NATO
to talk to alliance members on
the question of the missiles
and atomic submarines. The
U.S. has offered to provide
100 polaris missiles to NATO
if NATO will buy five atomic
subs. NATO is said to want
500 polaris missiles.
Business Can't Compete With
Labor in Political Organization
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington- lUPil - It would
be fair to say that Henry Ford
II has tagged himself as less
of an expert
on p o 1 i t i cs
than on the
man ufacture
of a u t o m o
biles.
Ford made
a speech last
week before a
D e t roit con
ference on
public affairs,
sponsored by the U.S. Cham
ber of Commerce. He coun
selled businessmen to take a
more active interest in public
affairs.
Ford's idea was that Amer
ican business leaders simply
opposed government policies
they did not like, especially in
the areas of economic ana so
cial matters, tax increases
and public works.
Mere opposition was no
good, Ford said. He chided
American businessmen for
this negative attitude. They
must, he said, be ever ready
to come up with Intelligent
alternative solutions to any
problem.
Ideas Needed
For every business gripe
Ford added, "there ought to
be at least one constructive
idea."
That is good advice to busi
nessmen, but it is not enough
The great political challenge
to U.S. business and industry
is the massive commitment of
men, women and money
which the equally massive
AFL-CIO is capable of mak
ing to organized labor's politi
cal favorites. And the money
is the least of it,
The AFL-CIO functions po
litically through its Commit
tee on Political Education,
COPE for short. How it func
tions was best shown last year
when labor used its muscle in
Tennesse to renominate Dem
ocratic Senator Estes Kefau-
ver. Kefauver's opponent was
a proven vote getter, Circuit
Judge Andrew Taylor. The
AFL-CIO News reported:
Labor Reacts
"Labor precincts in Chatta
nooga and Memphis voted for
Judge Taylor (a candidate for
governor) in 1958 and against
him in 1960. What happened?
"COPE made 60,000 tele
phone calls, mailed 300,000
copies of Kefauver campaign
material, distributed 160.000
leaflets, set up central files
with names of 65,000 union
members, got many of them
registered and helped get out
the vote.
"The job started in May of
1959, when the executive
Committees Named
By 4-H Leaders
Home economics and agri
culture committees for the
coming year were named last
week at a 4-H leaders associa
tion meeting.
Named to the agriculture
committee are Sam James,
Talent; Floyd Charley, Cen
tral Point; Mrs. Margaret
Cantrell, Ruch; Morris Frink
Central Point; Cliff Moore,
Eagle Point; and Vic Stewart,
Ashland.
Named to the home eco
nomics committee are Mrs.
Leonard Franek, Central
Point; Mrs. Edyth Bohnert,
Antelope; Mrs. A. J5. Sidener,
Central Point; Mrs. John
Hochstattcr, Medford; and
Mrs. Jo Krouse, Applcgatc.
In other business, the asso
ciation discussed the annual
411 Leaders conference which
will be held in Corvallis Jan.
25 to 27. Leaders with 20
years or more experience will
receive special recognition at
the conference.
Slides taken by Phillip
Krouse on a recent trip to the
National 4-H congress in Chi
cago were shown.
CRASH MARRIAGES
i-oiiuim - wru - millionaire
ram iK-uy, nve nmcs mar-
i ii-u mi iivc nines aivorceo,
was quoted by a London news
paper today as saying, "Let's
put it this way. If I were a
pilot and made five consecu
tive crash landings I'd prob
ably give up flying"
Red Gathering; Tony
Turmoil; Czech Aid
Polish Liquor
The Polish regime has re
peatedly proclaimed that
liquor consumption in Poland
is decreasing but radio War
saw reports the citizens of the
Legnica District spent almost
$1 million for liquor In I960
and that "llquorless days" are
to be introduced to cut down
on this. Some Soviet experts
say Legnica is a principal Rus
sian troop base in Poland.
Sino-Japan
Premier Hayato Ikeda of
Japan is under pressure from
both Inside and outside the
government to change Japan's
stand against Communist Chi
na. Either Ikeda or Foreign
Minister Zentaro Kosaka is
expected to go to Washington
committee of the slate AFL-
CIO endorsed a broad educa
tional and registration pro
gram. It was agreed that full
time COPE people would be
assigned to four major cities,
and that central card files
would be set up in each.
How It Worked
"The card file was the key.
Without it, there would have
been no checking of union
registration, no e x t e n s ive
mailings, no telephone cam
paign. It (the card file) kept
200 members of the COPE
Women's Activities division,
and some men busy for
weeks."
This AFL-CIO report ended
with a quotation from the
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
FAVOR FOR KENNEDY
Washington The incoming
Kennedy adminiit ration's
problem of dealing with Fidel
Castro has
been greatly
eased by a
stout and sens
ible decision
of the outgo-,
ing Eisenhow-i
er administra
tion. P resident
E 1 senhower's
break in dip
lomatic relations
that
hysterical and extraordinary
ily offensive tin horn of in
ternational Communism is, of
course, tut-tutted by those
who invariably prefer a policy
of many words to a policy of
any deed.
Parenthetically and in plain
fact real diplomatic relations
could not have gone on any
how. For Castro had cut the
personnel of our Havana em
bassy to the point where it
simply could not have oper
ated.
SUGGESTIONS that we have
fallen into some clever
"Castro trap," however, are
very wide of the mark. The
loser is Castro, not the United
States. And a clear winner is
the Kennedy administration.
It has been saved the nuis
ance of having to confront a
chronic Caribbean crisis at
the instant of taking office.
And it has been spared the
embarrassment of having to
open its tenure by doing then
just what Mr. Eisenhower has
now done.
So Mr. Kennedy receives a
breathing space in which to
rally Latin-American opinion
in the inexorable common pro
cess of cutting Castro down to
size. The end of it can hardly
be doubled: In one perfectly
lawful way or another he is
going out of power in Cuba.
His current attempts to curry
favor with Mr. Kennedy by
slandering Mr. Eisenhower
will gain him one thing Mr.
Kennedy's total contempt.
In the meantime, the new
president will now be free to
act, so long as he may choose,
as though there were no Cas
tro at all. His eardrums can
find marvelous relief from the
incessant howling that has so
long come up from Havana.
The point is that now we need
not even pretend to listen.
TNDEED, it is highly prob-
able that Castro himself has
seen to the destruction of Cas
tro. The movement isolating
him from the rest of the Latin
America community already
had been well advanced. Six
Latin-American countries had
broken with him. More will
now do so and within three
months of Mr. Kennedy's in
auguration. His may ".veil turn out to
be that rare case that of a
man who screamed himself
right out of office.
The crv nf "Vanlin tm.
perialism" is Drettv annit stuff
among he Lat nn For thai
cry Castro found nleniv nf
sympathetic ear.C below the
Rio Grande. His "revolution,"
moreover, was vaguely popvil
lar with some other Latin
American nations, notably
Mexico, which think of them
selves as fine progressive rev-V
Mm
wmia
with
early in the Kennedy admin
istration to find out his "true
intentions." If Kennedy shows
any serious sign of breaking
the hard U.S. stand against
Peiping Japan could jump in
to the lead by recognizing Red
China,
Der Alte
West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer is looking
so vigorous at the age of 85
West Germans are recalling
the story of the day Adenauer
dandled a grandchild on his
knee and asked what the boy
wanted to be when he grew
up. "Chancellor" replied tha
boy. Adenauer countered:
"Don't be foolish, boy, ther
can't be two chancellors." :
COPE report on operation Ke
fauver: "The Tennessee campaign
was a clear example of what
COPE can achieve."
American business and in
dustry lack the men, women,
money and organization to)
achieve anything like that.
Of the four elements which
make COPE tick politically,
men and women are the most
important, by far.
And what American busi
ness and industry most lack
are men and women on tha
political firing line, making
telephone calls, mailing leaf
lets, card indexing names.
American business is a long
time learning about that.
S. WHITE
olutionaries and of us as an
old stick-in-the mud outfit.
TUT Castro long since be
gan lo do more than pull
at the tail feathers of tho
American eagle. He was ped
dling his "revolution" all over
Latin-America. This, too, was
more or less tolerated by most
of the Latinos. Their fear of
Castro was balanced off by
the unhappy fact that they do
not madly love us. (Now, they
respect us; and that is what
matters.)
But then came Fidel's fol
ly a thing worse than wrong
in cynical political minds be
cause it was toweringly fool
ish. When he made it impos
sible for us to deal at all
with him, he automatically ac
celerated his own isolation.
For if the United States can
no longer Ireat with him of
ficially, no other nation in
this hemisphere can deal with
him effectively.
The United States is th
powerhouse of this hemis
phere. And when you shut
down the powerhouse all tha
lights in the vicinity will be
gin to go out.
(Copyright, 1961. By United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Public Roads
Spending Told;
Projects Listed
Portland - il)Pli-The Bureau
of Public Roads paid $130 mil
lion to State Highway depart
ments and contractors in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana during 1960 for high
way development, according
lo B. M. French, regional di
rector. He added thai about SI2
million was spent during th
year for forest highways in
tne region while SI million
was spent for improvement of
forest development roads for
the Forest Service and $4 mil-
lion for timber access roads
for the Bureau of Land Man
agement.
French listed these forei
highway projects proposed for
Oregon in 1961:
. Work on Coast Hiehwa
for 6 4 miles Neskowin south
ward, S450.000.
. Work on McKemie Pa.
Highway near Blue River.
$500,000.
...Work on 14 8 miles of
Diamond Lake Highway from
Cascade Lakes Highway to
U.S. 97, $650,000.
...Work on 7.1 miles of
North Umpqua Highway from
Clearwater to Briggs Camp.
$750,000.
. . . Work on 4 miles of Mt.
Hood Loop Highwav from
Olallie Creek south, $400,000
...Work on 20.8 miles of
Belknap Springs Highway
from McKonzie Highway to
the Santiam Highway. $700 -
uuu.
. . . Work on 2 8 miles of
Lkiah Slarkey Highway from
east forest boundary weterlv
$100,000. q
... Work on 16 3 mile on
Lake of the Woods Highway
from west forest boundary ta
$810,000.,he W00t" ,UnCUOn'
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