4 Tht New-Revitw, Roieburg, Or. Mon., June 12, 1?50 Publiih.d Dally Exc.pt Sunday by h , Newt-Review Company, Inc. latara dm mallar Mar 1. Il IB a ! attic. .1 Baaaaarf, Oraf an, .afar Ml ( March t, 1111 CHARLES V.. STANTON gWKt EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manag.r M.mbar of th Associated Press, Oregon N.wspapar Publlshori Association, Hi Audit Bureau of Circulatiena Saaraaantai by WMT-HOLLIDA? CO., INU., at'lcaa In Naw Tart, Cbleaia, Ban rrDclse, Laa Angalca. aaaltla, ParlUoa, St. Laala ICJBBCBIPTION RATES lfl Oraran B Malt far rrar IS-M. all manlba a-.. Ihra mantba ttj Cltr Carrier err raar llo.ne (la a.raneal, lata tbaa ana raar, par mania ll.ot. Oatalda Oragan Oj Mall Far Mar alt aaaalha 14.1ft, Ifaraa mantaa 11.11. CONFUSED By CHARLES V. STANTON We visited Warner valley, in Lake county, last week to secure first hand information on a highly controversial reclamation project. We must confess that we returned more confused than ever. We can't understand the source of insistence for the reclamation project, nor pin down the reasons for in sistence. After looking at the land involved in the dispute we can't understand the reasoning behind the proposed development, insofar as certain intended uses are concerned. We asked a lot of questions and received many answers. We got evasive replies, individual opinions, expert data, and local sentiment. , Trying to put our information together, we find our selves in possession of a lot of ideas which might be com pared to the blocks our grandmother used in making a patchwork quilt. She was able, to produce a pattern, while we, as yet, haven't been able to get a satisfactory pattern out of this Warner valley controversy. Members of the State Land board . are the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. These state officials apparently had not fully informed themselves on the project previously. Some land board employees, however, evidently are completely "sold" on the project and are trying to con vince the board the development should proceed. Agriculture Versus Wildlife Warner valley, located about 30 miles east of Lakeview, is about 40 miles long and five to eight miles wide. It has a peculiar geological formation. A fault developed and strata separated leaving a wide fissure which has filled in during countless ages to floor. Warner valley drains of from north to south as is leys. It has no outlet. Therefore, water collects in lakes, swamps, sumps and potholes and is lost only through evap oration. The entire valley may have water in exceedingly wet years, while a very small portion of the area will have water in dry years. The northernmost lake bed has not been filled since 1900. .The valley is divided into north and south sections by a natural barrier known as The Narrows. South of The Narrows lies Crump lake and Crump marsh. North, of The Narrows lies Petri marsh. Water supply for Petri marsh, an extremely valuable waterfowl nesting area, comes from Crump lake and Crump marsh. The State Land board, which controls about 34,000 acres of state-owned land in the level of Crump lake, dike off about 8,000 acres in Crump swamp and use the land for agricultural purposes. The project would be financed by tion which would lease the land from the state. A lot more detail is involved, especially in the matter of intermingled ownerships, and water rights. The big dispute pertains to as Warner valley is rated by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife service as second only to the Malheur lake area in value as migratory bird nesting ground. Reasoning Hard to Understand Advocates of the proposed want to conduct an experiment into the possibilities of growing grain on reclaimed lake beds. It was our under standing that agricultural experimentation is the duty of the State Department of Agriculture rather than the land board, The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation has twice rejected rec lamation projects in Warner valley because the cost was not to be justified by low-value crops grown at such high altitude (4,400 feet), limited and variable water supply, etc. The land board, of course, need not be guided entirely by Bureau of Reclamation findings, inasmuch as the state would be leasing to a private corporation which would be assuming all financial risk. On the other hand, if the cor poration is to use the land to promote colonization, as has been rumored, it appears the state should have some moral responsibility to protect prospective settlers from locating on what assuredly is submarginal agricultural land. ; Furthermore, it appears rather silly to be considering production of grain on an 8,000-ncre tract immediately ad joining a marsh area which accommodates as many as 100,000 ducks and geese at the peak of migration. Of course, such an experiment would be fine for the birds, but we can imagine the sentiment of the farmer when his crop was harvested by ducks and geese. At nearby Tulolake it is estimated that ducks and geese consume about $300,000 worth of that area's grain crop annually. " Altogether, despite our inspection of the proposed de velopment project, we find it rather hard to understand iust why there is so much insistence for what would be a duck pasture in Warner valley. Industrialist Shows He Likes Employes PHILADELPHIA. June 10 .T) H. Ncwlln Hill, asbestos felt man ufacturer who died May 17 at M apparently was satisfied with his employes. flis will probated yesterday dis closed he left an estate of 5100.000 and upwards to his family and nine employes. Hill, who headed If. N. Hill and Co., directed that half of the in PATTERN however, to use those patches produce an almost flat valley from south to north instead the case with adjoining val the area, proposes to raise a $3,000,000 private corpora. damage to wildlife resources reclamation project say they come from the firm together wMh the income from three shares of Aftenhill, Ltd., of Canada and five shares of the Aden Hill Manufac turing Co. be paid over to seven employes In varying percentages Upon the death of an employe the income share of such person is to be paid to his or her issue or sur viving spouse. In event of liquida tion of the companies the employes or members of their families are to get their share outright. The Income from three shares of It's Either A Feast Or A Famine -ri'--i','-T-"" vTS"'r4Sv '--si- In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) the people of the United States . . . Religious people are the greatest support a free government can have." STANDING there in that simple, not-too-awesome pulpit, talking to delegates who had come to Washington from all over the coun try to attend the annual synod of their church, Harry Truman was just his simple, sincere self. For a moment, he stepped out of charac ter as the titular leader of the Democratic party, with thousands upon thousands of associates and supporters depending upon him to keep the Democratic party in power so that their jobs and their careers may go on uninterruptedly, and was just a plain, honest little man upon whose shoulders weighty problems rest. He wanted the prayers of good people all over the country. He needs them. Unaffectedly, genuine ly, he asked for them. a a a NOBODY wrote that speech for him. It came from his own heart. He is often like that. When he IS like that, be is at his best. Personally, I wish he could be like that all the time. I like him when he is just his genuine, sincere self. I find that at those times lam inclined to trust him. If he could be like that all the lime, he could lead us in the direc tion we ought to go for in his own natural person, Just BEING HIM SELF, he has great charm and great power to command trust and confidence. a a a I THINK all sincere men are like that. But here is an odd thing about men they are sincere some of the time and some of the time they are not sincere. I imagine we are all more or less that way. I'm sure Harry Truman is. When he just speaks from his heart, as he did in that Washington church, he means what he says. When he talks about spending and spending and spending and never wondering or bothering our heads about where the money is coming from, just being sure we are getting richer and richer and happier and happier by the process of spending money we have not earned by the sweat of our brows, he doesn't mean what he says. He is then the leader of his party, the man upon whom his associates and his supporters depend for the continuance of cushy jobs, a ANYWAY, I like Harry Truman in the moments when he shrugs all this off and is just his natural self. Winnipeg Flood Ends WINNIPEG. June 10 (.in Can ada's worst flood in modern times ended officially today in greater Winnipeg. An excited voice at James ave nue pumping station, where the Red River level is read, announc ed: "Eighteen feet exactly." That is the point all Winnipeg had been waiting far the point at which all flooding in the twin cities of Winnipeg and St. Rom face starts or stops. Now the riv-T is going down. slock In After-Hill, Ltd.. was be queathed in equal shares to two of its employes. SfeS y Sawdust or wood chips are a a cheap organic matter and excel lent soil conditioner, according to a recent issue of the Forest Pro ducts Rosoarch society bulle tin to quote the Forest Log pub lished in Salem. The species that contain large amounts of tannin and terpens are quite suitable since the soil organisms quicKly destroy tbese chemicals. This would mean that the pint and iir sawdust that is available throug out Oregon at the -cost of trans portation only would make a good soil mulch. "The mixing of wood will? the soil has been determined to have no toxic effects on plants due to such wood constituents as essen tial oils, resins and tannins. Cer tain woods decompose more read ily than others; hence more nitro gen is 'grabbed' by the organisms. The nitrogen 'grab' is more pro nounced with sawdust than with chunk wood. "Results from incorporating two inches of sawdust with soil on yield of tomatoes have shown that yields were less for the first crop and higher for the remaining craps than yields on check plots that re Taking Picture Of Supreme Court Is Suggestion ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Kent Cooper, executive director of the Associated Press, suggests that Press photographers seek per mission to photograph the U. S. supreme court in session. Lesser courts might be influenced by the granting of permission, Coo per said. He told the National Tress Photo graphers association: "I caution you that the picture itself might not be newsy, but the mere silent taking of it in the august room by permission would be widely acclaimed as news. Most courts in the nation bar photographers. Cooper was awarded the associa tion's Joseph A. Sprague memo rial award for a non-photographer. The citation commended Cooper for his part in the development of wirephoto, thus promoting the re cognition and advancement of press photography. Wirephoto is a coast to coast leased wire network over which potographs are transmitted to Associated Press member news papers. The Sprague award is in memory of Joseph A. Sprague, a Graflex, Inc., executive who died two years ago. Bill McMillan of the Kosciusko? Miss., Star-Herald, received the as sociation's $100 first prize for the best photograph of the year. Sec ond price of $50 went to Jervas W. Baldwin of the Des Moines, la., Tribune and Register. Charles Hoff of the New York Daily News received a $25 third prize. Masons Slate Dinner Members of York Rite Masons. Ascalon commandery and Laurel chapter, are making plans to en tertain their w ives at a joint dinner Tuesday. June 13, at 6 45 p.m. at the Masonic dining hall. According to Sam Warg, who made the announcement Saturday, preparations for the dinner are in charge of the Masons. "This will he no potluck affair," he said, "the women are going to enjoy themselves." He added that a pro gram will follow the dinner hour. i5 By Viaktutt S. Martini ceived equivalent applications of nitrogen. Nitrates were depressed the first 18 months after which time they began to accumulate, the moisture level in the soil was increased, a softer crust was formed and a looser soil resulted. "The mixing of sawdust and shavings into a soil, especially heavy soil, has been found to improve the capacity of the soil to take in and hold water without de creasing the crop yield. Adding organic material to a light (sandy) soil gives it 'body' and the ability to retain moisture. Because wood chips will not decompose as ripid- ly as sawdust, it can be assumed that their use would be preferred because of longer lasting benefi cial results." I clipped the above some time ago and mislaid it, or it would have been in this column sooner. I rejoice each time I see a new place where sawdust has been used rather than burned! Why in the world more use of it is not made is beyond my understanding! Why waste something of value when we can use it to advantage And thereby lessen the hazards of fire? Experience Of 72 Years Ago Recalled By Trip Memories of 72 years ago were refreshed for Will Duncan, of Van couver. Wash., father of Mrs. Or ville Smith of Sutherlin. Accom panied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, he attended com mencement exercises at Washing ton State college at Pullman this past week. The return trip was made through Walla Walla, John Day and Burns. This was the route traveled by Mr. Duncan in a covered wagon 72 years ago enroute north from California. The exercises at WSC marked the 50th alumni anniversary class reunion and the 20th graduation anniversary of Mrs. Smith. State Patrolmen At Strike Scene MORRISTOWN. Tenn.. June 10. .P State highway patrol rein forcements were ordered to the strikebound American Enka Corp. rayon plant today in the wake , of new violence called the worst yet" in the ten-week-old dispute. , The company said automobiles of workers leaving after the mid- night shift change were waylaid by a mob of "75 to 100." One car was overturned, a man was in jured and a procession of about 12 automobiles was stoned while halted by a barricade, reported T. W. Isorman of New York, a company lawyer on the scene. The incident followed by less than eight hours the withdrawal of the last 100 of more than 300 national guardsmen sent here May 29 to preserve order following oth- J or flareups. At Nashville, state Adj. Gen. Sam T. Wallace said he was told I all available highway patrolmen were being rushed to the Morris town area to supplement the eight patrolmen assigned here. He esti mated the number of reinforce ments at 35. A highway patrol dis patcher at nearby Kingsport, Tenn., said 15 men from that divi sion had been ordered here. TOP RED DEAD MOSCOW, June 1; I.P1 Ma). Gen. Ivan Mezhitsan died here suddenly June 7, the Soviet press reported today. Characterized ;.s a "darlnj and Milner Denies Saying Solomon Was Communist WASHINGTON, June 10 -UPt- Lawrence A. Milner. an Oregon State employee, denied Friday he ever said Federal Judge bus i Solomon of Portland, Ore., was a Communist. '1 never knew Mr. Solomon as a Communist. I never said he was a Communist," Milner testified be fore a Senate Judiciary subcom mittee. Judge Solomon's nomination by President Truman is being con sidered by the committee. The judge is serving on the federal bench now under a temporary (re cess) appointment. Milner testified after Daniel C. Mahoney, a Portland federal law clerk, reiterated previous testi mony linking Solomon with Com munism. Mahoney told the committee Monday Solomon is a Communist and quoted from data he said he got from Milner, one-time special investigator of Communist activity in Oregon. Judge bolomon alter neanng Ala- honey's testimony earlier in the week told reporters "there's no truth to it." Mahoney testified today: "It is my firm conviction that Mr. Solomon for the past IS years has been an active member of x group whose primary purpose is to destroy our form of government and mane it similar to commu nism." He said he gained his informa tion from reports Milner made to the Oregon adjutant general be tween 1936 and 1940. He said he had obtained the reports from Mil ner who knew he intended to pre sent them to the committee. Willy Schmiti German Champ For Fasting FRANKFURT, Germany, UP) Willy Schmitz is a 48-year-old Ger man who would warm the heart of any boarding house cook. Nobody has to set the table for Willy. He's been fasting for 43 days now in an effort to set a new world record for going without food. ! All Willy gets are four bottles of soda water and lot of cigarets eacn day and he s as pleased as a man with a T-oone steak. i Willy, who styles himself as a "hunger artist", is set up in a glass cage in the Frankfurt zoo He does his fasting under the sharp eyes of Red Cross nurses. A doc tor visits him every day and makes a thorough physical examination weekly. So far Willy has lost S8.5 pounds, and he has 10 more days to go. He wants to set a new record at 53 days, and already claims the existing record. Willy says he first went on his hunger endurance stunt in 102R anrl did without anything but his smokes ano soaa lor 48 days. Then in Luxembourg he did a stretch of 30 days but pulled the big one off in 1949 in Krefeld, Gemany. He fasted for 50 days. r How does a man feel who has been going without food in a glass cage for more than a month? Willy patted a stomach as lean as a piece of picnic bacon and smiled wanly. "I'm a little weak." he said. His manager, Hans Schneider, ! irownea in concern. "Willy sleegs very little. But he's in good shape. He's a pheno menon." The phenomenon moodily pulled on a cigaret and watched a small girl munching a sausage. He looked hungry. Farm Dwellers Show Water Saving Methods Cities are learning that they as well as farmers have to conserve water. And they're planning to use methods much like those by which irrigation farmers have long picked up excess water on the downhill side of their fields and used it on other fields. City industrialists who use large quantities of water for cooling, in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, may have to return that unconta initiated water to deep wells so that it can help replenish the ground water supply. decisive" tank commander, Mez hitsan had been awarded the Or der of Lenin and other high Soviet decorations. He had served in the Soviet army for 18 years and had been a member of the Communist party since 1941. 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