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"Iveryone In Southern Onion J - 1 -. 1 1 iPvlKunA" Fubllthed Dally excer t Saturday by HKUIVKU rRifliUU WW. M North fir 8t., Ph. SP8li ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advortlilns Manager GERALD T. LATHAM. Bui. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mill. Editor EARL H. ADAMS, City Editor ifinsv nfiPMAN. Tale. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sport! Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women1! Editor DALE ERICKSOH, Circulation mT, An Inriemndent NewsDIDer Sntered ac aecond claae matter It Medfora, ureion. unaer Act ok March 3. 1897 mmsrniPTioN RATES By Mall In Advance, Copy 10c . Dally and Sunday 1 year (15.00 Dally and Sunday? 6 moi, 8.00 . Dally and Sunday 4 moi. 4.29 1 Runriav OnlvOna vear 14.20 By Carrier1 In Advance Medford Aihland, Central Point Eagle Point, Jacluonvllle, Cold HiU. Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er, Talent and or motor routei, Dally and Sunday 1 year 818 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. 1.80 Carrier and Dealer! copy 10c All Termi cam in Aflvance Official Paper ef City ef Medford Official Paper of Jackion County United Preu International . Full Leaaad Wire O.P1. Telephotd Newiplcturei MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU" OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Renresentative: WEST HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of' flcca In New York, Chicago, De troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. LouU, At lanta. Vancouver, B.C. , NEWSPAPER k rUeUISHEIS "ASSOCIATION NATION At EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History 'from the file of Tha Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Mar 3' 1951 (Thunder) A 16-year-old Jacksonville High school student was kill ed instantly this morning when a car she was driving left the Applegate .valley road and overturned; she was a princess in last summer's Jacksonville Gold Rush jubl lee. . The county courthouse will be closed Friday during the funeral of C. R. Bowman, county superintendent of schools, who died Tuesday. 20 YEARS AGO Mar 3. 1941 (Saturday) A dietician has been added to the staff at Community hospital: From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Quite few have the 3-day measles The 3-day measles are like the 4-mInute speech of the pa triots. Both forget to quit on time." 90 YEARS AGO May 3, 1931 (Sunday) A crew of 20 has been busy since the April 22 windstorm repairing forest telephone lines. Following approval of a new site for the courthouse by the votefs of Medford, the county court has resumed studied of design and space requirements. 40 YEARS AGO May 3, 1921 (Tuesday) An airplane will be used here during the summer to help spot forest fires. A contract tor $1,600 has been let for a small addition to the rear of the county courthouse in Jacksonville. SO YEARS AGO May 3, 1911 (Wednesday) The county court plans to abolish an existing toll road over the Sisklyous by con demnation and make it into a county road. The Medford post office is currently handling an aver age of 12,000 pieces of mall dally. . . Whst's Your I.Q.? Nino ten correct b lueeilon eve ef eight It mcellent; five er ix h toed. 1. Which vitamin is Impor tant in the prevention of scurvy? 2. A half-wild horse of the South west plains Is called m g? 3. Who has been culled the Immortal Bard? 4. According to the Bible, whose father was Jesse? 5. What la the antonym of occidental? 6. What is the short name applied to B.P.O.E.? 7. Which flowering plant has been called "The Queen of Flowers"? 8. Name the capital of El Salvador. 0. Georgetown U n 1 versity Is in which city? 10. The rank of Captain In We Army Is equivalent to that of a Captain In the Navy; true or false? Answertt 1, Vitamin C. 2. Mustang). . William Shake speare. 4, David's father. 5. Oriental, t. Elks. 7. Rose. I. San Salvador. I. Washington, D.C. 10. False. WEDNESDAY. MAY 3. UBl Highway Progress and Politics Oregon is way out ahead of all other states in its interstate highway construction program. Of the total mileage projected for the system, Oregon has completed and opened to traffic 58.19 per cent. The only other state that even comes close is Mew York, with line is Kansas, with 48.77 per cent and the rest go down irom there, to the 50th in line, Tennes see, which has only 1.47 per cent completed. Why is it Oregon is out ahead? There are two major factors, and both of them are to the credit of the Oregon highway commission, not only right now, but well into the years past. . e e e t fXNE of them is the long lead Oregon took in building its own highways to high standards, even before the federally-supported interstate system was conceived. The other is the utter lack of any corruption, or graft, or any hint of any, on the part of the commission or the department, such as has re sulted in ugly reports in other states. And, despite some of the dissatisfactions voiced by certain sections of the state, this has all been done without any undue neglect to the rest of Oregon's highway construction program. e e e THIS is one of the basic reasons we so deeply 1 deplore the action of the state legislature in substituting its own politically-motivated judg ment for the soundly-based, well-planned pro gram of the highway commission. It began several years ago when interests along the Oregon coast agitated through the leg islature a bond issue to eo for construction of highways in that area. That did it. Ever since then, various sections have been trooping to the legislature to get ap proval of their own special highway projects. This is fine for them,' and undoubtedly many Jt i.1 i.. . 1 i i mi y l i oi meir joos are neeaea. ine uoiumDia river bridge at Astoria will be improvement of Highway range irom (Joquule. So perhaps would be some of the other projects that local interests have been seeking. - ' DUT this raises hob with the highway commis last as a lot of people would like, but they were laid out with existing revenue sources in mind, and on a pay-as-you-go basis, without excessive borrowing. i . . The debt service on these new bonds (uo to $10 million per year) will cut into gas tax funds if. . .1 -11 hw avauauie ior uiner construction, ana will tend to slow down highway building elsewhere in the state. V, : ;. : Much as we may admire a new Columbia river bridge, or an improved Highway 42, make no mistake we're all paying for them, with in terest paying both in progress on more urgently-needed construction. . The state legislature makes a lousy highway commission. E.A. DST "Solution At this writine it appears evident the Oreeon legislature is going to "solve" the daylight saving time issue as follows: 1. Permit Multnomah to proclaim DST locally this summer and next, leaving the rest of the state on standard time. 2. Referring the matter of uniform' daylight saving time to the people for yet another vote next year. , Kespectfuliy, we suggest that No. 1 is no so lution at all, and will simply multiply many-fold the time difficulties of all of the state except the rortiana metropolitan area and its "bedroom" communities. ., THE issue was voted last fall, and the people 1 of Oregon elected to remain on standard time. The partial reversal of this for the benefit of Portland- is, a slap in the face at the rest of the state. We believe that sentiment favoring daylight time is growing, and has been compounded by the state of Washington's vote to go DST this year, leaving Oregon a standard time "island" in a sea of daylight time in California, Idaho and Washington. ' The current bill, admittedlv. is a little bit better than its earlier version which would have E emitted any unit of government to go to DST. ut not much. If the state is chopped it will presumably add impetus to the DST cam paign next year. Which, we suspiciously con clude, may be one of the reasons for it E.A. 1 " .I in. I, , Remember the Today's younger generation tends to baffle us at times. A sure sign presumes. We must confess that fied as a gay dog. Never swallowed a goldfish. Never went on a panty raid. t (Of course there was the time that the fire hoses ... and the time that the chick sale ah, well, nevermind.) So, perhaps it is inevitable that we fail to see the irresistible attraction of trundling a bed across country, or even floating one down-river. On the other hand, it's eood. healthv. outdoor exercise, and does no one any harm a fine outlet for high spirts and youthful vigor. And if one avers the time could be better spent in more studious pursuits, he is reminded of the time that . . . well , . . never mind again. E.A. 54,44 per cent. Third in a fine thing. So will the 42, east over the Coast money, and in lack of and adioiriinfr counties un into two tima zones. Time That.. of encroaching age, one we never reallv classi Dennis the Menace JIM U wgjVa- fl i. v- v. rum i i hi 11 i 'THE KIDDieeARTER TEACHER Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the "writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not contrary is often the case. A Brief Debate To the Editor: Allow me to debate with you your views expressed in "Voluntary Cen sorship" of Sunday's issue. 1 do not agree with your opening statement that "Presi dent Kennedy was wrong - dead wrong -in the Cuban invasion." That was a fight of freedom-loving Cubans against Communist-controlled Cubans, and as a freedom lo' "ng nation with a strong freedom-loving President our sympathies were with the freedom fighters - BUT it was not our fight. Our government did not intervene as a government. Instead we said to the Cu ban refugees who had taken asylum on our shoes in Flori da, "Go on back and help your countrymen in their fight for freedom if you want to; and our best wishes and moral support go with you. You ir.ay even have my gun and my helmet and such if you need it; but it is your fight, go back and do the best you can." The only trouble with that policy was that their best wasn't good enough. Next, if there is stiU room, (I hate to count words, espec ially my own, and like most women they are numerous and try to be "the last") there is that matter of "voluntary censorship" which President Kennedy asked the newspaper industry to maintain. To be sure we are, not in a "shoot ing war" and thank God we are not (but only due to the cool head and careful judg ment of "that rash young man" that so many people were so afraid of electing to the presidency), and since the President has rejected "a new agency along the lines of the office of censorship which op erated during the war," I say, with him, that it should be tho duty of the newspaper in dustry, as well as of every citizen of this country, to ex ercise "voluntary censorship" of everything they write or say so that it will be in the national interest. I notice the Russians do just that and I hear from returned visitors to Russia that it is al most impossible to get a Rus sian to say anything against his government. I also recall a stuffed rain bow trout we had on our wall during the last war, with a caption that said, "If I had kept my mouth shut, I wouldn't be here." Mildred B. Engman 1848 Stewart ave. Medford. O . Editor's note: We hope Mrs. Engman will forgive us for cutting her letter down to within our limitation, and also attempting to get the "last word." We would like to make two points, however: 1. Little if anything nas been published in the press that was of much help to var ious enemies, since their in telligence services appear to be excellent, and the only thing that "voluntary censor ship" would do would be to deprive the American people of Information our enemies already have; also, we do not feel that editors are equipped to decide what Information is, or is not, in the "national in terest." 2. We fear our role in the fiasco in Cuba was more than just moral encouragement and the loan of arms. Credi ble reports Indicate it was American-financed, American planned and, to an extent, American-led. Under censor ship that would never be known to Americans - and it should be. More Cougar Screams 1 To the Editor: Away back In September, 1950, I had a mama cat we had spayed In 1948. She got mad about GOT 60REfiM'?ffMBl' necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the something, food rationing maybe, or home government. So she, took off. I decided to climb the moun tain to the south and call real loud. Maybe she would hear me and come home. Inciden tally, the place was five miles south of Canyonville, where there is now a "Rest Camp." . Following the power line, climbing, pulling myself up by clinging to the small trees and brush, I found a "deer trail" on top, and followed it, calling my cat. After going some distance, my dog, a bobtailed Australian shep herd, stopped and refused to move. I thought, O.K. I'll go on alone. But reconsider ing decided, "Maybe I should n't be here." So I dropped over the side of the mountain to a logging road below. About six week,s later, I was outside culling my cats, around li or 11 p.m., when suddenly there was an awful scream up on the mountain, then another, and another. Fearing my cats would be frightened T kvpt (railing them until all were .here, counted and fed. I then hurried in and asked my husband, did you hear that terrible noise? As he had worke.i in the woods most of his life, he laughed and said, "That's a cougar. I was expecting you to come a tearing in here." He then pro ceeded to tell me the old timers around there said there was an old "cougar trail" up on the mountain, and cougars make regular trips over it. Around a month or so later we heard him again. I am sure if anyone wants to see if a cougar screams, they could just sit up there on the mountain six or eight weeks, and one will surely come by. If you get hungry, just follow the power line farther south and pick some mushrooms, the pasture . va riety, or go on further and come to a part of the "old stage road" that wound around the mountain, and on it growing quite profusely, In the fall, is a lavender tinted mushroom with cream colored gills. Isn't bad eating. The best flavored mushroom is across from the "Rest Camp," a white one with white gills and no cup (death cup). Oh yes, on a point up there some place, in the early days, they killed 60 rattlesnakes in one day, and a party in 1949 killed a rattler down by the creek. Thelma Glad 1427 Lawnridge Medford. Coming Over? To the Editor: Not too many years ago, I remember hearing and seeing a popular slogan of the day, "Let's make the world safe for De mocracy," Being a sort of a trusting and simple sort of fellow, I actually thought that we did. I also remember a popular song which a lot of people now seem to have forgotten: I believe It went like this: "Over there. Over there, send the word, send the word over there . . ." .SOOooo, President Wilson sent the word over! He said "We'll be over, we'rei coming over, and of course, I had to stick my long nose into It, but then, I was a little' dumber thnn I am now. I went along, fool that I was. However, 1 was lucky enough to survive, but cannot forget. Again in 1942, after our Ja panese friends had blasted hell out of Pearl Harbor. 3 held up my right hand, said "I DO," and I was back in O.Dj again. Ditto for the next two years and 4 months. Fonl again! -To cut this short, although neither way is a good way, what arc we going to do this time? Tell them wa are com MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON Tshombe Affair Results in Guarded Hope That Things Are Turning Better in Congo By PHIL NEWSOM VPI Foreign News Analyst In the topsy-turvy Congo there suddenly is guarded hope -that things have taken a turn for the better. Strangely, this turn sprang in part from an act of v 1 o 1 e nee in which the central gov ern ment of President Kas- Newtom avuDu saia u had no part and which cer tainly came as p. surprise to the United Nations command there. That was last week's deteir tion of Katanga President Moise Tshombe as he and his Beligan advisors sought to de part 'of the Coquilhatville Air port after serving an ultima tum on Katfavuba and other Congolese leaders to end their cooperation with the United Nations, ing over? Or maybe, wait until they blast the hell out of us again? Think it over, then tell your law-makers, don't tell me. Malemute Slim White City, Ore. Getting Even To the Editor: I've seen three different headlines in the newspapers in the past three weeks. Headline number one: "Our Administration will not per mit Russia to take Cubn." Headline No. 2: "Adminis tration plans no action in Cuba." L Headline number 3: "Mr. Eisenhower backs Adminis tration in Cuba situation." The Republicans wuz just getting even with the Demo crats for backing them when they wuz in the White House for eight years doing nothing. Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. Dream To the Editor: I had a dream the other night and I would like someone to tell me why I dreamed such a thing and just what it meant. I dreamed that Cuba was being invaded and President Kennedy was watching the invasion through a periscope from a submarine. I dreamed the invasion was a flop and President Kennedy became disgusted and returned to the White House. When Mr. Ken nedy arrived at the White House he walked into his of fice and Mr. .Richard Nixon was sitting in the President's chair. The President said to Mr. Nixon, "What are you do ing here in my office?" Mr. Nixon said, "I- am just taking over the job I was elected to do." Then Mr. Kennedy said to Mr. Nixon, "I thought you said Fidel Castro was a pip squeak?" Mr. Nixon said to Mr. Kennedy, "Well, you know how politics go." And I woke up. Helen B. Townsend, Route 1, Box 620, Eagle Point, Ore. Satisfied Citizen To the Editor: I wonder if you have room for letters that contain NO gripes? You are so generous to print so many letters free, of charge. I'm sure that all "people" in the U.S. are glad to live here, but to live in the Med ford valley and under the Stars and Stripes is a bless ing straight from God. Just think of getting cows federally tested - free. To know that the milk is baby safe. In 36 years of having federal tests we have never had a sick cow. I'm glad that our babies didn't eat or drink pasteurized germs. If food isn't safe raw, it Isn't safe cooked. The "germs" might be dead, but what of the con dition they created before they died? Now let's make it compul sory to have "every" female tested, and "every" calf vac cinated, then even our meat won't have to be burned to ashes to make it "supposedly" safe. As for the crop allotment. Most people don't realize that the government "rented" that land, and wanted the farmers to summer-fallow it. These farmers received checks just as though they had raised grain. Then they tried to snenk In a few acres more than alloted. So Mr. federal man steps and measures off the land. There he'says, plow It under. Up comes a great howl. U we rent a house, we can't expect to live in it, so Uncle rents the ground, wants it to rest and enrich its soil, and to hold surplus In check, and it's right for them to enforce the law. The same law en abled homeowners on farms ruton.ihlv th handful ofitanea and presumably would Congolese troops who seized Tshombe were acting on their own and were demanding that he end his differences with the other leaders. Be that as it may, both the Congolese leaders and the U.N. were quick to seize the advantage offered them. The UN announced the ar rest of Tshombe's six Belgian advisers and, bundled them off to Leopoldville for "in terrogation" and likely depor tation. Kasavubu and the Congo lese leaders remaining at the Coqullhativille conference re affirmed their policy of coop eration with the UN, and asked that aU military forces not under the control of the chief of state be disarmed. It also was announced that Tshombe would not be allow ed to return to Katanga but would be held in Leopoldville indefinitely. " With Tshombe curbed at least momentarily, there re mained at least one other pow erful' factor with which Kas avubu and his central govern ment must deal. That was the Stanleyville regime of Communist-backed Antoine Gi zenga. There has been growing confidence of late that the time has passed when Com munist aid could be poured into Gizenga to the extent that he could endanger the central government', and there are signs that he now would like to reach an agreement. Any such agreement would free the hands of the United Nations, permitting it to turn its full force on Katanga. About 1,000 Indian troops have been vegetating In Ka- to keep their homes. I wish we would all stand solidly for our country. See that we have honest workers in every office In the U.S., and tell every stupid Commu nist in the whole world that we are hard working, honest people and we love one God, country and freedom. If any Communist thinks they can and ought to have any of our livestock,' because they are too lazy to work, they better not try it here. From a satisfied citizen. Harriette Gibbs i 1375 South Columbus ave. Medford. i An Answer To the Editor: I would like to say a few words in answer to Mr. Wirth, in last weeks communications in the Mail Tribune. In last week's letter, he said, "I do not believe in God." There are two ways to believe, Mr. Wirth, either in good or evil. God is good, all good, and represents good, and the devil represents evil. You have to believe in one or the other. You can't help yourself. You have but one choice, for good or evil. "Choose you this day whom you will serve." Evil is the reverse of good, Both good and evil are positive power and man has the choice of be lieving one or the other, but "man cannot serve two mas ters, either he will love the one or hate the other." There is no half way about it. One sin and we are on the devil's side. Which side are you on, Mr. Wirth? It may -be later than you think. "God is no respecter of persons, His rain falls on the just and the unjust alike." But if you need healing, you can be healed and your sins forgiven too, for Christ bought us redemp tion with his blood. "As a man thinketh in heart so is he." Be ye transformed bv the renewing of your mind in Christ Jesus, "And verily thou shalt be saved." I am praying that all who read this may find light through believing in God the Father and Christ his dearly beloved Son, "who gave Him self a sacrifice that all man kind may have a second chance. Mrs. I. S. Hatfield Route 2, Box 200C Central Point, Ore. Indian Formula To the Editor: This Quota tion seems appropriate: "Daylight saving is found ed on the old Indian Idea of cutting off one end of the blanket and sewing it on the other end." L. W. Kilbourn Rouie 2 Central Point, Ore. Monument To the Editor: Most everv time when passing by White City, we take a long look at the "million dollar monu ment." as it appears to us two at least, that houses the war veterans. Those big brick buildings would not be there if it had not been for Lawyer Bengtson's mighty fight that he reportedly put up in sav ing them from the wreckers as the army officials had on scheduled to do, along with scores of other buildings. Not being here at the time, it is not for me to be too dogmatic about all this. But those who were here tell of the time and money spent by this seemingly dedicated be delighted to take over the job of disarming Tshombe'i private army. The UN then also would be free to enforce Its mandate demanding the departure of all Belgian military and po litical advisers from Katanga. UN correspondent Ray Mo loney has reported - from Strictly Personal By Sidney (c) General AIRLINE IMPROVES GROUND SERVICE I was pleased to read In an advertising journal that the airlines are at last coming to grips with reality. One "of the nation's b i g g e s t air lines is now "g r o unding" its own adver- tlsing pro gram. By this I mean that the airline will Harrla cease emphasizing speed, schedules, and eatables, and will concentrate on its ground service to the public. "The real challenge of the jet age," proclaims the first of the new ads, "is to bring you dependability, speed and quality of service on the ground as well as in the air." These are heartening words to a confirmed air traveler lilce myself. Most airline ad vertising has been silly, if noi specious after all, the equipment on all lines is pretty much the same, the speeds are the same, and the prices are identical. t What distinguishes one air line from another is the quality of service the pas senger receives before and after his flight and. this quality has been deplorably neglected by most lines, in favor of champagne cocktails aloft, or a thicker slice of meat in each sandwich. ' Counter service is still de pressingly slow and frustrat ingly chaotic at most airports. Delays in departure are not announced early enough-and sometimes, indeed, the coun ter personnel tell downright lies about the time of de parture when they know bet ter, in a cheap and desperate effort to keep passengers from switching to another line or another mode of travel. The airline in question is now-several years late-posting customers' representatives in front of the ticket coun ters, to answer questions and direct passengers to the prop er boarding gates. The bag gage service, flight-check plan, timetables, reliability and weather reports are being beefed up, to give the custom ers the kind of treatment they should have had all along. This is an overdue recog nition of the fact that the flying public of the 1960s is radically different from the public of even 20 years ago when the chief aim was to get there safely, and approximate ly on time. Ninety per cent of the airhne complaints today center on cumbersome ground procedures, not on the trip aloft, which is usually smooth, swift and dependable. Commercial airlines operate on certificates from the gov ernment, for air space belongs Bengtson, against tax -dollar waste, also of a trip or two to Washington to contact the powers that be, resulting In the saving of the splendidly constructed buildings that are home to the war veterans and a saving of untold tax-dollars for otner needs. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Try ami By BENNETT CERF- rLrVIA DE HAVILLAND tells o a famous and glamor J ous fellow artiste from the Hollywood hills who had married well and often and now found it expedient to get another divorce in a hurry. Her lawyer sug gested Mexico. "But I don't speak Spanish," she protested. "So what?" said the lawyer. "When ever there's a pause, all you have to do is say 'si. si.'" When the star appeared in court, the population of the tiny border town attended. There was much emoting and the star said, "si, si," very firmly on numerous occa sions. Suddenly the crowd gave a great cheer. "Well, I guess I'm divorced," sh said complacently. "Divorced, my eye," cried her perspir ing attorney. "You've just married the mayor!" a There sat a classroom full of bright-eyed Vassal- sophomores, Uw new fashions revealing cute dimples In their knees. A puri tanical visltlnj lecturer from- Boston eyed the girls arid mur- : mured. What, oh what, will the styles be up to next?" O 161. by Bennett Cart TJlitrtbutMl bj King Features Syndicate Elizabethvllle, capital of Ka tanga, that Tshmobe's posi. tion there has been weaken ing steadily, Despite its na tural wealth . the Katanga treasury is exhausted, living costs are soaring and his mer cenary army is restless. If his Belgian advisers were to depart, Tshombe would be a king without a throne. J. Harris Featurea Corp. to the nation as a whole. To justify these certificates, and' the profitable use of publia air space, the lines have an obligation to get us off the ground as swiftly ami pleas antly as they set us down. State Highway Commission Calls For Project Bids Salem-(UPD-The State High way Commission has called for bids on projects to ba opened here May 23, Includ ing by county: Baker: County oiling on three roads near Baker, Half way and Richmond, 5.99 miles total. Clackamas: Three struc tures on Clackamas overcross-ing-Park Place section, Cas cade highway north of Glad stone.. Also Fifth st. grading in Molalla. ' Clatsop: Replace pier fend ers on Lewis & Clark Bridge, Coos: Stringtown rd. bridge section, Myrtle Point-Coquilla rd. near Myrtle Point, bridge and grading. . Curry: Burnt Hill-Brook-ihgs section, Coast highway north of Brookings, 14.5 miles paving. - Douglas.-. Washington ave. bridge in Roseburg over South Umpqua river. Harney, Klamath, Deschutes and Crook: Oiling on Ochoco, Redmond-B e n d, Lakeview Burns and Fremont Highways in areas of Prineville, Bend, , Wagontire and Crescent. Jackson: Ruch-Litlle Apple gate river section on county route 559 about 13 miles southwest of Medford, 2.81 miles paving. Also Pine st. grading and paving in Cen tral Point, one-sixth of a mile. Also Evans Creek bridge 17 miles from- town of Rogue River, 182 feet. Lane: Goshen-Cottage Grove section, Pacific Highway six miles south -of Eugene, 12.98 miles paving. Also Cottage, Grove-Divide section, Pacific Highway 19 miles south of Eugene, 5 miles grading, structures. Also Row river bridge, 217 feet on Row river rd. 1.7 miles east of Cottage Grove. Linn: "L" st. paving ia Sweet Home, .55 of a mile. Erosion Damages Great Plains Land Washington -WB- The Soil Conservation Service said to day about 1,151,000 acres of land in the Great Plains had been damaged by Wind ero sion as of April 1. This was about 312,000 acres more than the amount reported a month ago, but 24 per cent smaller than a year ago. The damage this grow ing season includes 865,000 acres of cropland, 257,000 acres of rangeland, and 29, 000 acres of other land. The southern plains states of Col orado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, report ed 451,000 acres damaged and the northern plains reported 700,000 acres. The northern states are Montana, Nebraska North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Stop Me A (yoa'ft NOVVN
