The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 11

Escanaba Daily Press features SPECIAL pictures Is This Your Town? U.P. Agricultural Extension Program Falters At Chatham JEAN WORTH Upper Peninsula farmers and friends of Upper Peninsula farming have been concerned for some time about the progress of U. P. agriculture. This concern inevitably affects the agricultural extension services of Michigan State University in the Upper Peninsula, because they are the promotional forces now at work here.

The recent visit of President John A. Hannah of Michigan State University to the Upper Peninsula afforded a chance for review of the situation. The inquiry pointed up some U. P. problem." and explained some failures.

The Upper Peninsula Experiment Station farm at Chatham in Alger County is the center of agricultural research in the Peninsula. It is the of Russell Horwood, District Extension supervisor and his specialist It is the site of Camp Shaw, where the annual tJ. 4-H Club encampment is held, it the scene of the annual U. P. Farmers Roundup.

Extension In Michigan When President Hannah was tpld that it is the belief many persons that the Chatham Station is not as effective as it should be and has small hope of becoming better under the present policy, he reviewed the far as Extension (the carrying of soivues to 11 1 people instead of having them go! to the MSU can.pus) is concerned; it is doing as well the Upper Peninsula as anywhere Dr. Hannah. counties have a county agricultural agent, 4-H Club leader and home demolition agent whose paid by the tmiversitj and whose tmpanaei are paid by coun- ties. These heft have fewer persons to work with in the Upper Peninsula than they do in the Lower (The U. P.

agents have a greater problem of communication that Low- PREMDENT JOHN A. HANNAH of Michigan State I'niverdty informally discusses the services of the university with a Delta County croup at the House ol on a visit to Escanaba to address a alumni Katherine. (Daily Press Photo) er Peninsula agents because of the station in the scatter of population here and other factors.) Upper Peninsula and lines were drawn across the Upper Peninsula connecting its mities and they crossed at Michigan was a food potato chathan producing s.nd Dr Hann.di it no longer is. We used to demand that state institutions use Michigan potatoes and we had a hard time of it because of the quality of some of the potatoes, but there is no reason why we raise quality potatoes here. Chatham Started 54 years ago it was decided to start an experimental Research Big Item In Cancer Drive Research to widen the control of cancer and find new cures for it is being expanded this year under the auspices of the American Cancer Society, Dr.

Vernon Lang, chairman of the ACS April Educational and fund-raising crusade in Delta County said today. cents out of every dollar collected here by our Dr. Lang explained, go to help support the work of about 1,000 top-flight scientists in 152 hospitals, universities, and laboratories in 37 states Working with these key investigators in re- earch are some 3,000 younger men and women, who are serving as technicians or being trained for larger responsibilities $7,000,000 has been al- I located for the research program in 1956. Beside contributions from I the general public, that figure in- eludes a $500,000 gift from the Hayden Foundation for research. In the last 11 years, the ACS tuts devoted more than $41,000,000 to medical and scientific research.

An international committee of 50 distinguished American and European scientists is appraising ihe advances made in cancer research, especially since 1945, when the ACS first went to the public for funds for that purpose. In the intervening years, such research has developed a vast amount of knowledge about tile role of hormones, viruses, genes, enzymes, and other basic factors in cancer, of which almost nothing was known before World War II. Keaeareh increased the past 1U years research in this field has been increased the onve chairman said, through nation-wide educational efforts ol the American Cancer Society, the public has come to realize the great need to provide funds foi going on with the fight to conquer crudest One section of the international committee is weighing all existent scientific knowledge about cancer of the lung, which shown an alarming increase in recent years. Meanwhile new cherno-therapy experiments on laboratory animals are in progress, and tests are under way to check on tne value of repetitive x-rays in revealing early lung cancer. Radiation and surgery are still created it ere CU-veLma if' Iron owned most of the land and gave it for the station.

sayil pay for the Only a little of the land is of good agricultural quality and what is away from the farm buildings Rock is near the surface in some areas and drainage good. "We have put a good deal of money into a dairy barn and other installations and where we are. The place is inaccessible and it has no labor supply; we have provide housing for people we station there. Dean Anthony talked several times of ev- not impossible, to improve MSU Extension services to the Upper Peninsula. The difficulties are these: 1.

No one wants to injure Alger County by removing a substantial state establishment with a budget of $40,000 a year and stveral salaried officials. The counts had a population of in 1950, standing sixth among the 15 countiw. Munising. population 4,389 in 1950, is its county 2 The placement of a relocat- ed experimental farm might be contentious. The Upper leading agricultural counties, in order, are Menominee.

Delta and Dickinson and each might desire the station. 3 It is inherently difficult to move any government establishment because government responds to political pressures and no area likes to lose a payroll, not en a lept ariurr; Change Essential 4. The public must be convinced that a ch nige would be in the public interest and undoubtedly Chatham has many things to recommend it. Right off, it is al- and needs only expenditure for maintenance operation and expansion, whereas a new site would require a large capital outlay. in the chance of impressing the public that agriculture is ing helped to progress as it should, Ual.

Upper Peninsula agriculture con- tt nds ith a great variety of soils and cold. growing season is shorter than that of the areas it which most of the Upper Peninsula's crops are grown. I 4ram are deficient in research on new crops for the U. which are a necessity if the Upper Peninsula is to expand its farm income, Need Broader Base Vegetables and small fruits look like promising lines for U. agriculture, but the strong ten- Early-Day Lumber Center Now Has Many industries CLINT 1)1 NATHAN town pictured above has a habit of shifting about, but it is now believed to be firmly anchored 100 years on the ebb and flow of economic forces.

The first (or one of the first) settlements in Delta County, the town u.u rath when a water-powered sawmill was built on the river bank. The history of the community reads like a list of lumber firms and operators, for until rather recent years was the The Escanaba Paper and the hydroelectric installations of the Upper Michigan Power Light Corporation. In the passing of more than a the center of the community has moved twice. Beginning Daniel Wells and Jefferson Sinclair bought out the Smith Brothers mill and moved operations dency in U. P.

farming for years only industry supporting the town. has been to rely more and more on dairying. The result has been a drastic shrinkage in the number of farms (over 31 per cent in the eastern U. P. in the vears 1940- entually abandoning Chatham.

If 50) and farmers. This change has we got nearer to a town we created better, bigger farms and Itemi I hey teen I to tlieir in lime Many thousands of aie being cured ol cancer every year More ami wore people aie going their doctors in time. bul the 1. oui dm has teli i dial every third cancer death a death lu ice many could be saved. Km of life about can' call the American Cancer Society office nearest you or write to in care of your local Post Office have to hou-e labor.

But we did nothing because it would take money and because if you talk of moving Chatham. Alger County is going to be unhappy. Change Suggested Dean Harden was with us he discussed a different experiment station, but then he went on to is a problem at Chathem. The poultry unit needs about $20,000 in equipment of it is going to do a decent job, but hesitate to make that investment there if it may not stay. There's also the need for a residence to cost 2 or more.

The problem is going to have to develop here (in the Upper Peninsula). It is going to have to be so Michigan State University, in other words, is apt to go along with the present limping situation at Chatham and not improve it because it is basically wrong and may not be continued. If it is go- ing to be changed, the Upper Pen- insula must take the initiative be- cause it will be an unpopular action in some quarters The Difficulties If the policy indicated is to be Michigan State University's official view, it will difficult, but they are producing more milk than the many little farms used to produce, but U. P. agriculture should have a broader base than dairying if it is to prosper consistently.

Even if a new experiment station were created, or the one at Chatham were improved, however, the Peninsula still would be in great need of a program of marketing research. Crop research and marketing research go hand-m-hand to aid agriculture. The basic problem of the farmer is to grow what tho public will buy. C. P.

Opportunities have got to have enough production of an item to warrant a marketing said Dr. Hannah. can grow fine ber- ries up here and they come into the market later than other areas, so you get the benefit of the big summer population in the Upper Peninsula agriculture has been undergoing great changes It is time for a vitalized program of action seeking new crops and new markets. No such program is in sight. The Peninsula, which would benefit from it, must undertake it or there apt to be one.

American fiancer Society more effective thiough engineering development of more powerful radiation sources, better methods of application, and medical reduction of side effects. voltage in ranges up to 24,000,000 volts is how being used in cancer cases. Surgery Aided Surgery has been fortified by medical advances which greatly aid the suigeon ill gauging a patients al condition ahead of an operation. And new methods, including some in anesthesia, make possible surgery that could not have been attempted a dozen years has ago. detection of cancel also has notably improved the Dr.

Lang concluded, lhat some 10,000 more American women are being saved each year from cancer deaths tlian there weii 10 years ago. A great many of those are women with uterine the only known cures for cancer, cancer, which was discovered early enough for effective treatment because of the increased use of the Papanicolacu test of body fluid, a microscopic screening which MUnko op muiignani celi Dr. Lang pointed out. But certain chemical compounds have been produced that slow down the effects of some forms of that dis- uci.ng 1 won ut atincnt has been I VMM Edward Kohler, onetime royal Bavarian drum major holds one ot the ten captured drums lie plans to return to Ore.it as a gesture ot Bavarian good will Kohler, of Munich. Germany, won the drums In 1944 when hand placed first in a German music contest.

Ihe probably were found hv the Germans the Rrilhh uithdrrw from Dunkirk in World War II Kohler hid them for more than IV earn to return them in Now the community is achieving a healthy diversity in industry and business. Long a railway terminal. the town now has a marine terminal for oil. The dimension mill rated the principal industry is now one of several enterprises that include a coal dock, gas stations, motels, restaurants and other more recent facilities serve the highway traveler. The early Period Through the years the town has increased and declined in population several times In recent years the growth has been upward.

particularly in a newer section of the town. A school and a church are a part of the new construction in the area. Names connected with the community in the early days will ring few bells of recollection among even the oldtimers, for Billings Richards and the Smith Brothers operated mills farther up-river more than 100 years ago. It was in 1851 that the N. Ludington one of the biggest lumber corporations in the history of the pine days, bought out the mill owned by John and Joseph Smith.

Daniel Wells was head of the company and Isaac Stephenson, who w'as to become U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, was also identified with the firm. Naval Training Center Through the years the river carried to the mills at its mouth approximately 1,500,000.000 feet of pine. In the the mill was reported to be the largest west of the Hudson River.

As the I. Ste- phenson the firm in 1899 constructed the Escanaba Lake Superior Railway, and the following year erected a large hardwood flooring mill. Less well known to the citizens of the community is chapter related to the training of men for national defense in the Michigan I Naval Brigade. In 1908 the town was the home of the second battalion, and for a time the U. S.

Yantic was the training ship, carrying a crew of 165 officers and men. Annual cruises were hild. In 1911 the officers of the battalion included H. G. Stephenson, G.

M. Mashek, Forest Wells, James T. Ryan, W. B. Enibs and Henry Baer, Shore facilities In earlier days the river served as a harbor for sailing schooners that docked to load cargoes of lumber for Milwaukee and Chicago Now the community is growing as a center of shipping.

Located on the. shore are the Esca- U-M Carnival ANN ARBOR Students of the University 0f Michigan will present their biennial spring carnival, Michigras, on April 20 and 21, opening with a two-and-one- half hour parade. Over 40 floats, representing nearly 80 housing units on campus along with several high school bands will participate in the parade. Floats, following the theme of Michigras, Through depict every thing from recent Broadway shows to primitive jungle rhythms. downstream, the town is now spreading back up the river again toward Highway U.

S. 2-41. Hum Of Industry A number of new business places have located there within recent years, many new residences indicate the growth in population, and the construction of a new school and church evidence the optimistic outlook of the people. Widening of the highway to four lanes is proposed by the state, indicating the highest traffic count on any trunkline in Northern Michigan. I Stowaway Cat an oui (.

a the bodieii of some of the foundeis of (reminders of an earlier day) are a couple ol buildings of the N. Ludington Co. But the and the hum 4 industry that marks the present- day community of Wells (named for I Is) living mem and utilized the forest powei the river to build a foundation for today prosperity Tip For Sleepless: Count Freight Cars TUCSON. Ariz. became suspicious when they saw two men slumped down in the front seat of a car near the railroad tracks on a dark and gloomy night.

But the men were only asleep said they dozed off after, She's waiting tor about 45 minutes for a freight tram to pass. Really Gets Around TALLAHASSEE, Ha. UP Stowaway, the airport cat, is ng a case of wanderlust. She make- a point of meeting each i incoming plane beg leftover iood from the stewardesses. planes instead of just meeting them She's made one trip to Jacksonville and one to Tampa always put on next fl tht back to Tallahassee when she's discovered.

I I RSI WOMAN to fly over the North Pole Mrs. Lionel seated behind her father- in-law, Vincent Massey, Rovernor-general of anada, I hey are pictured at Frobisher, west Territories, after 17-day tour of air and defense bases, mostly in this dog due. during which Mrv Massey flew over the Pole. Children Love Easter Egg Parties If the Easter egg hunt for small fry has grown loo hard-to-cope with proportions, why not give a even contains a built-in party I the children pre-Easter egg-dyeing and decorating party? may be assembled easily, and the youngsters with an afternoon of fun. Set up card tables with newspaper or oil cloth in the kitchen or play room, and step back and let the little geniuses naba Coal Dock Co, (owned by take over.

the C. Reiss Coal and the Easter egg new Shell Oil marine term- supposed to be inwl And centering the indu: trial to government coloring kits are safe, conforming heart of the town is the Shepeck contain certified dye tablets, de- Dimension Lumber Co. corating materials such gay transfers of animals and clowns, stores to nest their eggs after usually, and a mystic writer for they finish decorating them If personalizing eggs. One new kit you think the idea will to you might wind up idea. The rock roll action toys with an egg exhibit of ft ring prises for the silliest or prettiest or whatever the case may be.

Plan a number of games for children to play the eggs aie finished. One might pinning the cotton tail on Peter Cottontail. You may mount a big sized rabbit cut from heavy drawing paper on cardboard. The children should try to pin the tail on the rabbit while blindfolded. Ice cream and cake will be fine for this party, Top the cake with frosting and decorate with jelly beans.

Plenty of hard-cooked eggs and eggs fit into them either rocking several egg coloring kits are about back and forth, rolling like a hoop all that is necessary to provide (ur working as a pull-toy by tying an a string. Children adore using their own imagination too, so supply them with bits of lace, flowers, broken beads, buttons, yarn, crayons, and perhaps even shells from the beach or old sequins. Colored drawing is a help for extra ft Each child might be given a small basket purchased at variety.