Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 11, 1963, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. AUGUST II. 1963 Assateague Island Ds Submerged in Controversy By JOHN PIERSON Unhid Pre.. Inttrnationtl Assateague Island, Md.-WPD -Assateague Island off the Maryland - Virginia coast is submerged again - this time in controversy. On Ash Wednesday in 1962 a storm swept over the low sand reef, carrying away all but a dozen of its houses. Now Interior Secretary Ste wart L. Udall wants to do away with the remainder and make Assateague a national seashore. But the owners - at least some of them - don't want to go. And they're holding onto their land almost as stubborn ly as the waves are trying to eat it up. LOT-GRAM The next 45 days ... the moit important in the life of your lawnl FOR THAT SPRING TIME IOOK FERTILIZE WITH Scotts TURF BUILDER S4.95 (ro Works Wonders in Hot Weather CONTROL CRABGRASS ALSO GRUBS WITH Scotts HALTS $4.95 (.TO FOR LAWN MOTHS, EARWIGS AND MANY OTHER INSECTS USE . . . Scotts KODE S4.95 ( ) CHECK TO SCOTTS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR LAWN PROBLEMS Win FREE Sack of Scotts Bonus Watch for your house number posted in our store . . . August 120 3-1 4-1 5. One FREE sack per day to first claimant. ALBERS 33 FEED & N. FIR ST. FARM SUPPLY MEDFORD Last spring when Udall dropped onto the beach in a helicopter, one of the owners walked up to the secretary, shook his finger at him, and said, "You, sir, are on our land, and you're trying to use our money to take it away from us." Wants Rett of Reef As a matter of fact, the in terior department already has appropriated the southern third of Assateague - the Vir ginia portion - for a wildlife refuge. What Udall wants is the rest of a barrier reef typi cal of many along the Mid dle Atlantic Coast. Assateague is long, narrow and low. From the air it re sembles a worse for - wear ! dragon clinging close to the mainland for protection. A broad sandy beach con fronts the ocean. Behind the beach dunes rise up gently where grass has gotten a toe hold. Still farther inland, i vegetation increases and dunes fall away into salt swamps. I Here and there are patches of higher ground, forested j with pine and oak and carpet j ed with myrtle, bayberry, su mac, rose and catbriar. I Ponds and Potholes Scattered about in the marshes are ponds and pot holes bordered with bull rushes and other food larders good for ducks and geese. Hie wildlife preserve is a major wintering spot for waterfowl of the Atlantic flyway. In 1923 Boy Scouts put a pair of tiny Japanese Sika deer on Assateague. Now more than 1,000 of them roam the island. The most famous residents are some 200 wild ponies whose ancestors are believed to have come ashore hundreds of years ago from a Spanish wreck. Children have read about them in Marguerite Henry's "Misty of Chinco teague." The ocean waters abound with blues, stripped bass and weakfish; the bays with clams, oysters and crabs. Explains Reasons Little wonder then, with all this beauty and abundance, the owners shook their fingers at Secretary Udall. But un- DEI. ASSATEAGUE ISLAND 1 H''J, JH ?::j:k' ::ati anticss M$':Z' OCEANS t jjJ ' " J'"JJrf1J, WALLOPS ISLANDS SHOWS ISLAND This United Press International newsmap shows Assateague Island, center, which Interior Secretary Stewart Udall hopes to acquire for development as a national seashore. (UP1) like a Kansas farmer a year ago, they did not order Udall off their land. He stayed long enough to explain why he wants Assateague for a fed eral reserve. Assateague, he said, is the largest undeveloped seashore between Cape Hatteras, N.C., and Cape Cod, Mass. It offers splendid swimming, fishing, boating and other water sports as well as a chance to watch birds and other wild life in their natural habitat. The island is within easy reach of the major population centers of the middle Atlantic states. One can drive there from Baltimore in three hours, from Washington in four. Philadelphia is 200 miles away. New York 290. Would Build Bridges Udall said the federal gov ernment would build bridges to the island and sand dunes along its 35-mile ocean front to protect it from storms like the one last year. Thus a fine stretch of sea shore would be preserved for the enjoyment of millions of persons. Left in private hands, Udall said, Assateague's fu ture is dim. Private develop ers would probably not be willing to build dunes at the rate of $1 million a mile or install the expensive water and sewage systems required because so much of the island is at sea level. But the owners say Udall exaggerates the cost of dril ling wells and getting rid of sewage. They claim the dunes can be built for much less. Pride of Ownership And, like most, Americans, they have pride of owner ship. "This is our land. We want to keep it," one of them FREE PARKING 341 N. Central (Between 3rd and 4th Sts.) Beside the Store fi tin n im ii tl 1111 n e PHONE 772-4158 told Udall. "This Isn't Czecho slovakia." Local officials on the main land have sided with the is landers. They don't want to see the property taken off their tax rolls. Maryland state officials take the federal view that national parks, always produce prosperity next door. A spokesman for the land owners accused Udall of want ing to keep the whole country "a wilderness." The secretary shot back that if this attitude prevailed "there would be no national park system." Meanwhile, waves pound in from the Atlantic, winds whispers in the topmost branches of a loblolly pine, a great blue heron has begun Ticket Sale Slated For Annual Event Medford city firemen will begin sale of tickets Tuesday, Aug. 13, for their annual har vest ball. The dance will be Sept. 14 at the Medford armory with music by Baldy Evans orches tra of Klamath Falls. Firemen in uniform will start calling at Medford busi ness establishments Tuesday. Proceeds will go toward the department's annual Christ mas toy project. Firemen re pair toys and they are dis tributed as presents for needy youngsters of the area. A to tal of 888 children of 251 families benefitted from the project last year. The Salva tion Army distributed the toys. ms aesceni 10 me edge or a salt pond, and a deer observes it all with a liquid eye. Shrine Club Plans Canned Food Drive The Jackson county Shrine club will hold its second an nual canned food drive for the crippled children's hos pital the evening of Aug. 12, President Earnest Kennedy has announced. The food will be taken to Portland by a caravan start ing at Ashland and will be joined by trucks from each town through which they pass. The Southern Oregon group will be met at Eugene by a similar caravan from the coast which will start it Brookings. The two caravans will meet Aug. 16 and continue to Port land the same day. The fol lowing day, the caravan per sonnel will attend the Shrine All-Star football game and will be Introduced at cere monies during the game. The local Sh-rincrs will be assisted by De Molay boys and Scouts. Several pick-up trucks will be assigned to a particu lar area with the boys pick ing up the canned food. Last year's caravan was able to collect about 33,000 cans of food for the hospital. The Shriner clubs now are planning to make this an an nual event In southern Ore gon for the Portland unit of the Shrine hospital organization. B 5 MUTUAL FUNDS? INVESTORS MUTUAL, INC. INVESTORS STOCK FUND, INC. INVESTORS INTER-CONTINENTAL FUND, LTD. INVESTORS SELECTIVE FUND, INC. INVESTORS VARIABLE PAYMENT FUND, INC. FACE-AZ2WT CERTIFICATES? ' INVISTOM SVNB4CATC ; , OF AHimCA, INC . CA YD He represent. INVESTORS Diversified Services, Inc., exelu. tive netionel distributer (or the above mutuel funds and 'lnstellment-type" face-amount certificates. 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