Committee Heads
Named By Lamme
Tl>e Board-of-Thfemr^of-the
Rotary Club, together yith the
various committee heads named
by the President of Rotary, Bill
Lamme, met Tuesday even 114.
V arious phases of Rotary work
' vere dis'eiisifed by the director;
and those assembled.
Among the Committee heads an
nounced by Lamme, were the fol
lowing: Community service. Har
old Booth; 4-Way Service, Ben
Kraft; Attendance, John Given,
Classification, Ivor Schott; Club
Bulletin, Howard Demarest; Fel
lowship, Pete Ramaglia: Magazine
Committee, Rev. Roman Sturmer;
Program Committee, Capt. Ken
Loveland and Clarence King; Pub
lic'” Information, Sig Digree; Ro
tary “Information, Dr. Bob John
son and Club Service, Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson. ^ Sergeant at
Arms has not as yet been appoint
ed.
Title to the library site of the
Club has not as yet Tjeen cleared,
but is expected tb be forthcoming
in two or three weeks, k was
learned.
Various projects for the Club to
sponsor and**wys and means for
rendering greater service to the
community were discussed. This
was left to committee heads.
letter to the editor
Dear Sir:
• A short while ago I went to see
the two varieties of beautiful na
tive orchids that bloom at Fort
Abercrombie. Instead of finding,
the usual number of Spotted Lady
Slipper, Cypripedium guttatum,
and Wild Purple Hyac n'h or
Showy Orchis, Orchis aristata,
there Were freshly dug holes in
the ground.
Apparently some unpubiic spirit
ed individual or individuals want
ed them under a watchful selfish
eye, to linger and die in a hostile
environment. Why-so many plants
were required is beyond compre
hension, taken from an area where
many people could enjoy their
beauty. These and other orchids
need optimum conditions to thrive,
not generally found along dusty
roads and most back yards. It al
so takes considerable time for the
plants to reproduce.
Of course the area could have
been posted, but whether real pro
tection would have been afforded
is a question. (Pardon a moment,
Pica, a pet magpie, just pulled the
ribbon off the typewriter). There
ace-few enoughs touristattractions
in the vicinity.-. Something like a
small Wild-Flower Preserve would
help increase interest, especially
with lady- visitors. Bet they would
remember being- able to walk up
and shake hands with a wild or
chid as well as anything on their
trip. There are hardly any places
left in the States where they
could walk on an orchid-covered
slope suoh as this was.
If the occasional plants that may
!
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Friday night.
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yet be present are left in place
there might be eventual restoration
of former numbers. Another ares
it the Base might welh4je protect
ed also. Both these spots are. easy
to reach to see these fast disap
pearing showpieces'-of Nature.
Why was I at Fort Abercrombie?
Besides to enjoy the flowers,-to
try to capture on color film the
exquisite fragility of these unique
plants. The only way, not being an
artist, to collect without destroy
ing.
Most Sincerely.
Kim Clark
Bonus Payments to
Alaskan Sheepmen
Alaskan sheepmen will receive
substantial incentive payments on
their 1955 clip soon, Philip R.
Johnson, chairman of the Alaska
Agricultural Stabalization and
Conservation (ASC) committee
said recently.
The incentive payments amount
to 44.9% of the net sales proceeds
received by the sheepmen. These
payments will be made under- the
National Wool Act of 1954. This
is the one agricultural, prijw- sup
port program that has-been ex
tended to Alaska.
Most of the shoe > in Alaska are
on Umnak and U ulaska Islands
in the Aleutians, Johnson explain
ed. While there are small flocks
in the Fairbanks and Homer areas,
the islands without a predator
problem and with year-round graz
ing are the potential wool produc
ing areas in Alaska. Wool is a rela
tively non perishable and compact
product that can be easily trans
ported. A ready market already
exists in the States. This incentive
program could easily make wool
production in those island areas
one of the most profitable agricul
tural enterprises in Alaska, John
son said.
The Wool Act under which the
payments are made was passed by
Congress in 1954 to encourage do
mestic production of wool. The act
recognizes wool as an essential
and strategic commodity which is
not produced in sufficient quanti
ty in the United States. At the
present time Americans use about
800 million pounds but only pro
duce 230 million pounds. Duties
paid on the balance imported from
wooUproducJhg countries are used
to finance the wool programs,
r^A ipceh^e^^ice/ of docents
A record 'is- kepfof all wool1 sales
during each marketing year. For
1955 the producers received an av
erage price of about 13 cents per
pound. A percentage figure of
44.9 percent was calculated to
bring this up to the incentive price
of 62 cents and each producer will
receive that percent of his net
sales proceeds. This has the advan
tage, Johnson explained, of pro
viding a premium tor quality wool. ,
If a producer produces high quali
ty wool he will receive a higher
price for it. Since the payment :s
a percentage of the price, he will
also receive a higher payment
This should encourage ihe produc
tion of high quality wool.
Persons interested in learning
more about the operation of the
program should write to the Alas
ka ASC Office, Box B, College.
Death At Sitkinak
Kenneth Curtis, 45, of Spokane,
Washington, died at Sitkinak at
10:15 a. m. July 16. He was earth
moving superintendent for the
J. A. Jones Construction.Company,
rtf 1 hat^ompany’s project there.
The body was brought in by Ko
iiak- Airways Wednesday and ship
ped'!© Spokane for buriatt His
wife^-aHd chiTdreHn reside in the
Washington city. • •
25 cents of every dollar Standard takes in
goes to meet your future oil needs
I
Our search Jnr oil has led to drilling offshore wells like this one i in
the Gulf of Mexico) costing nearly 6' times more than lurid wells.
BUILDING ‘ ISLANDS” IN THE SEA from which
to probe the ocean floor is one good example of how we
must search farther afield to find the oil America uses
in such quantity. And as new sources of oil become
harder to find, locating it and bringing petroleum prod
ucts to you grows more costly.
Last year, a quarter of every dollar Standard took in
was plowed back into oil exploration, development of
producing fields, research and construction of facilities.
All told, during 1955 we invested $.347 million to help
meet your growing oil needs.
1956 1965
317 Ballon. 1007 gallon,
per capita p„ capi,9
M STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
pi##* petroleum progreee to work for you