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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. MAY 19. 1963 Kenya Elections First Step to Independence By JACK ENSOLL United Preu International Nairobi. Kenya -(DPI)- The erstwhile colony ol Kenya is Britain's sole remaining pos session on the East African seaboard, and it won't be for Ions. In three-day parliamentary elections which ended Sat urday, it took the lirst step to become an independent member of the family of nations. Kenya's area of a quarter million square miles includes a vast amount of arrid and semi-desert country, one of the reasons for its backward ness and slow emergence into the 20th Century. In three fifths of the country, water must be conserved and water supplies developed before there can be increased pro duction. Most of the six-million Afri can-owned cattle are property of the few pastoral tribes who live in these areas. A decreas ing number of Europeans also own ranches in the drier re gions. Story in Itself The geography of Kenya is almost a story in itself. It is bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean with a coastline stretching from the Somalia border in the north to Tan ganyika, in the south. A dis tance of almost 400 miles. North of Kenya lies Ethio pia: the Sudan is on its north west, border, and to the west are Uganda and Lake Vic toria. From a narrow, fertile coastal strip, the land rises gradually through torn scrub and Savannah to forest, which starts 6,000 feet above sea level. The country within which most economic produc tion is centered lies from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Mainly Are Africans Kenya's 7.25 million popu lation is comprised mainly of Africans, but they are divid ed into over 40 different tribes, largest of which is the 1 million strong Kikuyu. Although classed with the Asians and the Europeans as immigrant races, the Arabs who inhabit the coastal strip have been there for many cen turies and were among the first traders and merchants to arrive on the east coast of Africa. Today they number come 39.000. Of the 178.000 Asians in Kenya, about two-thirds are Hindus and the remainder Muslims. The majority of Kenya's -::(.- 4 fS 2Zur' K?tLtfgi .rI,-Ja- CONTRAST NOTED Lone Turkana herd boy, at top, standing on rock looking toward Cherangani mountain range in Kenya's black semi-desert northern province, con trasts sharply with Nairobi's modern city square, shown in bottom picture. The first steR toward independence for Kenya, Great Britain's sole remaining possession on East African seaboard, will be taken dur ing forthcoming Parliamentary elections. (UPI) Chamber Directors Endorse Extension of Eighth Street A recommendation of the which will Drobably be let out highway rommitlec of the' to bids later this year. Medford Chamber of Com-j R,port, 0n Progr.i. mercc calling lor extension of Eighth st. to the Oak Grove area was endorsed by the chamber board of directors at the recent meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club. The committee asked that the chamber write the state highway commission advocat ing that the state proceed im mediately to acquire the right of way. Object of the request, pre sented by Chester Hubbard, reporting for Paul Rynning, committee chairman, is to al leviate present and future traffic congestion in this ex panding area. The possibility that Barnctt rd. will soon be increased to a four-lane road was reported by Hubbard at the same ses sion. Hubbard also gave the board a description of the Winnemucca to the Sea High way development and of In terstate 5 from Ashland to the California border, a project I Manager Don McNeil gave ! the board a brief resume of progress of House Bill 1402 which, he said, exempts union hiring halls from property taxes. The board went on rec ord opposing the measure. Ray Johnson, chairman of the retail trade committee of the chamber, reported that the two main objectives of his committee are an 18 month plan dealing with a strong scries of promotions for great- PLANS DELAYED Oxnard, Calif. -(UPB- Mrs. Julia Scott's plans to leave for New York Thursday were de layed by a moving van com pany. Mrs. Scott had sold her furniture to a family in River side, some 200 miles away, and her airline ticket, $1,000 in casli and personal papers were in a drawer of a dresser in a moving van taking it to Riverside. er Medford designrd to extend the retail marketing area throughout the valley, and the inclusion of more retailers on the chamber board. Manviile Hoiscl spoke on the activities of the Area Re development Adminislrat ion and contended that the agency started out four years ago as a temporary relief program and is now attempting to per- i petuato itself by expanding ; into a permanent arm of the! federal government. It started with 103 so called depressed areas or communities, Heisel said, and now reports 1,000 cities in the depressed cate gory. Heisel declared that he wanted to spike reports that the Area Redevelopment Ad ministration was being sup ported as a principle by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This, he stated, is not true. He urged the members of the Medford board to study the Area Redevelopment Adminis. tration program and be pre pared to take action v - the subject Mi a later meeting. B 3 CARPET 100 WOOL As Rugs - or Wall-to-Wall L-J Foot NO MONEY DOWN! Payments Low As $10 Per Month LAURINE'S CARPET HOUSE 520 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Next to Oergon Food Store 68.000 Europeans are of Brit-. people Based on Agriculture Kenya's economy is based predominantly on agriculture. The country's known mineral wealth, unlike that of neigh boring Uganda and Tangan yika, is small. Water re sources, soil and livestock are Kenya's chief assets. However, half the country lie within the low-rainfall belt, with the result that many lead a nomadic life. wandering about the country side with their herds of sheep, cattle and goals. Most agricultural exports come from the well-watered highlands between Nairobi and Lake Victoria. Chief among these are coffee, tea, sisal, pyrethrum, wattle-bark, meat and diary produce. Hides and skins from the drier, pas toral areas are also an im portant factor in the earning OPEN SUNDAYS 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Bring the whole family . . . shop in all 54 big departments, where thr se lection is wide ... the savings big. 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