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ataon of Cities With Few Gardens
GERMANY
HOLLAND SHOWN Slars on this UPI news
map spot Amsterdam and The Hague, capital
city and administrative seat of the nation's
government, respectively. Holland is one of
the world'3 smallest (15,800 square miles)
countries and except for Japan, is the most
densely populated (11,417,254 citizens). (UPI)
Influenza Tops List
Of County Diseases
Influenza continued to have
the most numerous cases re
ported last week, according to
Dr. A. Erin Mcrkcl, Jackson
County Public Health Officer.
Central Point reported 15
cases of flu and Ashland one.
Chicken pox ranked second with
10 cases reported. Three were in
Medford, three in Rogue River
and four in Central Point.
Other cases reported were one
case of pneumonia in Ashland,
one case of infectious hepatitis
in Medford, one case of tubercu
losis in Medford, and one case
of Dink eye in Ashland and Gold
Hill. .
Rogue River reported three
cases of strep throat and Talent
had one. Eagle Point reported
two measles cases, and Ashlnnd
five mumps cases.
Residents of South
Talent Area Discuss
Getting Voters Out
TALENT - A group of South
Talent residents favoring zoning
met Friday night at the home of
Mrs. Lois Yockel in South Talent
to discuss means of getting out
the vote for the South Talent
zoning election Friday, Jan. 24.
Voters will be contacted by
telephone and rides to the polls
will be provided, according to
Wyldcr Hooke, chairman of the
group.
Many of the group felt the re
cent bond issue for the major
portion of the sanitation system
was defeated clue to three main
factors.
The system would include
about 40 per cent of the resi
dents instead of the hoped fur
75 per cent. Area residents did
not approve of the engineering
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design which they felt appeared
to be more of a feasibility study
than a working layout. A sewer
system with the possibility of
no zoning would tend to draw
undesirable businesses into the
area, according to reports.
The group favoring zoning feel
a good trailer house on a good
piece of land, properly land
scaped, could make an attrac
tive permanent residence. If this
were permitted under the zoning
ordinance much of the opposi
tion might be eliminated, they
feel.
The present interim zoning or
dinance expires Nov. 1, 1964,
but a number of area residents
have successfully petitioned for
an election on zoning before it
expires. The legal question re
mains whether the vote would
be on interim or permanent
zoning.
Contract Awarded
For Forest Road
KLAMATH FALLS The
award of contract for construc
tion of 7.5 miles of road on the
Winema National Forest has
been announced by Forest Su
pervisor Alex Smith.
Fitzgerald Logging Co., Rose
burg, was successful bidder for
construction of the Fucgo Five
Road at a cost of $45,487,110.
By .IOOP MAR.MELSTE1N
United Press International
THE HAGUE (UPI) - Visi
tors to Holland are apt to be
told by a smiling native that
"we are a nation of cities with
a few gardens in between."
It is an appropriate descrip
tion. Holland is one of the
world's smallest countries, with
a territory of only 15,800 square
miles, hut more densely popu
lated with its 11,417,254 people
than any nation except Japan.
With a size slightly more
than one-fourth that of Illinois
but a population roughly 1 ,000,
0110 "roatcr, Holland pressed
between Germany to the east
and Belgium to the south and
fronting on the North Sea is
in constant need of space. The
nation now is engaged in a
project to wrest some 500,000
acres from the former Zuyder-
zce, now renamed Lake ijssei.
The country's official name is
the Netherlands, but Holland is
more popular. "The Nether
lands" is a strict translation of
"De Nederlandzen" meaning
the low lands. The name "Hol
land" is j leftover from the
time when North and South
Holland were the nation's two
largest provinces.
Dislike "Dutch" Tag
"Dutch" a term used to de
scribe the country's people and
its language, comes from
"Dcutsch" or "Duits," the Ger
man and Dutch words, respec
tively, for German. Hollanders
do not like to he called "Dutch
men." They say it started many
years ago with the British, who
lumped Hollanders and Ger
mans together and on British
tongues "Dcutsch" (pronounced
Dnytsch) became "Dutch."
"Low land" is the right name
for the country, whose average
height above sea level is only
37 feet. Parts of Holland lie so
low that it is ribboned by some
1,500 miles of dikes to hold back
the sea. And the dikes are not
always enough. In one of the
worst floods, in 1953, 1,800 peo
ple were drowned in southern
Holland.
The little boy who saved his
town from flood by sticking his
finger in a hole in Ihe dike is
a famed fictional symbol, just
as Hans Brinker of Ihe silver
skates has immortalized the
canals that help bring down the
sea level. I
Pleasant Land
Holland is a pleasant country
to live in and visit. It Is noted
for its good food as well as its
windmills (now more scenic
than useful) and the wooden
,shocs o( its countryfolk. Young
American men who visit Hol
land, including Gl's, have dis
covered too lhat Ihe country
has some of Ihe prettiest young
girls of Europe, rosy - cheeked
and full of fun.
The standard of living Is com
fortable. Along with other coun
tries of booming postwar Eu
rope, Holland has enjoyed eco
nomic prosperity for several
years.
Ihe main pedestals ot Hoi-
land's industrial strength today
are its shipyards in Amsterdam
and Rotterdam, its electronics
industry centered at Eindhoven,
and its many metal-working in
dustries. In the agricultural
field, tulip bulbs have taken the
place of dairy products as the
country's No. 1 export although
Dutch cheese is known and
popular around the world. Also
sent around the world are Hol
land's pedigreed cows and bulls
valued as breeding stock.
Ho)1- d is a constitutional
monarchy. The present queen is
Juliana. Executive power rests
with the queen and her minis
ters, while legislative power is
in the hands of the states-general
(parliament) composed of
! a first chamber and a second
chamber.
Reaches Far
For its size, little Holland
reaches far. Its merchant fleet
numbers more than 1,500 ships,
which sail to all ports of the
world. And its airline, KLM
(Royal Dutch Airlines), is one
of the world's largest interna-1
tional air carriers touching
some 120 cities in nearly 80
countries.
Holland has another boast. It
claims its railroad system,
largely electrified, may very
well be the world's most effi
cient, i
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Gl Insurance Dividend
Payments Set in January
PORTLAND In response to
President Johnson's direc live
for Ihe earliest possible payment
of the $'234 million GI insurance
dividend for 1004 nf which $2,
KitUOO will go to 53,2:18 Oregon
veterans, the Veterans Adminis
tration said the first checks
would reach veterans hy Jan. 2.
In reporting this. It. .1. No
volny, manager of the Portland
VA regional office, said pay
ments would be completed by
Jan. ?5.
The President Pec. 8 ordered
the accelerated payments as a
stimulant to the economy.
rii;,t Speed Payment
In the first speed payment of
a dividend ordered by Ihe late
President Kennedy in 19tl pay
ments were completed by March
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last Jan. 31. The VA plan to
issue the 1I dividend checks
hy next Jan. 25 will cut a week
j from the previous record pro
cessing time oi .si nays in ma.
The dividend payments in 12
and in the years prior to 11
were made throughout Hie en
tire year on the anniversary
dates of Ihe individual insur
ance policies.
Of Ihe total distribution of $234
million, S15 million will go lo
about 225.000 World War I vet
erans holding U. S. Government
Life Insurance il'SGLI) policies.
The remaining $219 million
will go to 4,500,0000 World War
11 veterans who hold National
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policies.
Korean Conflict veterans hold
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not provide regular annual divi
dend payments.
The regular dividends are pri
marily a return to the policy
holders of part of their premium
payments since the death rale
among Gl policyholders con
tinues to be lower than the rale
upon which the payments were
established hy law.
Novotny reminded policy hold
ers lhat preparing and mailing
dividend payments are auto
matic and require no corres
pondence from veterans or their
families. Such correspondence
might delay the dividend dis
tribution process, he said.
Medford Sophomore
In College Band
PORTLAND - Mary Milne, a
sophomore from Medford, is one
of 48 students comprising the
Lewis and Clark College Concert
Hand on its second annual tour
beginning Jan. 5.
Miss Milne plays the oboe in
the band. She is Ihe daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Kdwin E. Milne,
2824 Country Club Drive, and is
a member nf Ihe rally squad at
Lewis and Clark.
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