4 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., June 13, 1955
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A VITAL DECISION
Charles V. Stanton
Fow people in Douglas County, I imagine, have given
much thought to the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
upholding the authority of the Federal Power Commission
in granting a license to Portland General Electric to build
Pelton dam on the Deschutes River.
Why should Douglas County residents be corp-erned
with what happens to the Descihutes River? Sure, we
know it's a fine fishing stream. But irrigation and power
, are needed, so why object to a dam?
Perhaps if impairment of the sports fishery were the
Only factor involved, the decision would be of less import.
But, as it stands, the decision seems to indicate 'hat the
State of Oregon has no control over the use of its rivers,
and that the federal government can do what it desires
to do with our water. ,
Did you ever hear of the scheme for the "Ladder of
Rivers?" '
' The federal government has blueprinted a plan where
by the North Umpqua and Rogue rivers would be dammed
in their upper reaches. The water would be tunneled
through the summit of the Cascades and dumped into the
Klamath Lakes. Then, by canal and tunnel, water divert
ed from the Umpqua, Rogue and Klamath lakes an.l riv
ers, would be transported to California.
Unless laws are changed, there is nothing to prevent
this diversion of water, rio matter how much we obiect.
The State of Oregon has no say in the matter, according
to the Supreme Court's decision.
State's Rights Are Cone
i ' It has always been presumed that each state hpd con
trol over its non-navigable waters. The Desert Iind Act
of 1877 conveyed to western states the right of control
over waters flowing from the public domain. Then the fed
eral government began setting up power reserva'ions
Most of the North Umpqua River is so reserved. Author
ity to establish power reservations was specifically grant
ed by Congress in 1910.
uregon s laws provide lor license or power projects
by the State Hydroelectric Commission, and also grants
the Oregon Fish Commission the power to veto where se
rious impairment of the fishery resource is involved
The Fish Commission, joined by the Came Commis
sion, vetoed the proposed Pelton Dam. The Oregon Hy
droelectric Commission refused a license. The Federal
Power Commission, however, gran-ted a license lo PCIE.
The power company appealed the . Oregon ruling. The
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 2 to 1 de-
. cision against the company. The issue than was (akpn to
the Supreme Court, which overruled the Appeals Court
and upheld the authority of the FPC to grant the license
for Pelton Dam, inasmuch as it is to be biriltann "re
served'' land.
As lands along any stream can be brought into a power
reservation simpy by administrative decree, the decision
virtually, rules out all control by any state over the wat
ers within its boundaries.
Change In Law Needed
Western states, which are principally affected, inas
much as they contain such a large proportion of public
domain, should combine efforts to amend federal 'aws,
and thereby retain rights to control and direct uses of their
waters. But it may be difficult to obtain agreement
among states. California is thirsty. It also is populous
and politically strong. It has nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by the decision. If it can muster enough
power, it can steal water from neighboring states, just so
long as the water passes through a generating turbine.
Oregon has two senators believing in government pow
er monopoly. They could hardly be expected to work for
any amendment which might weaken federal authority
over rivers suitable for power development.
We hear much talk about "multiple purpose." but the
only "purpose" seemingly under consideration is that of
power. ,
The scope of the court decision eclipses the fish fight.
It opens up the whole field of state's rights.
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FORT STANTON, N.M. U What's new in cemeteries?
Well, if you are really a cemetery connoisseur, there
are a couple of interesting ones here at this cmtury-old
former Army post where "Blackjack" Pershine, later a
famous general, earned his nickname playing cards.
Some people like hospitals. Some
like night clubs. Some like ceme
teries. I'm a cemetery man myself,
and I suppose most people are.
Night clubs cost too much. Hos
pitals make you nervous. But
nothing gives you a better per
spective on the importance of life
than a visit to a cemetery No
other place is as restful. Only in
a cemetery do the dead generally
have to pay an admission fee while
the living can enter and leave 1 nore nu,sl nnve 'nought of this be
free, j fr'"" "icy died an inland death.
The elflor Pmnlri. f th. F.I.
em section of the United States
iaics t
arc usuallv well-cared for. Rut thev
are also often primly trimmed and j
patterned and have a caught-as-K--
is.fi.rvr i.!, . . nZ .... i I
prisoned in glass does. '!;ned ,w,th 4 ,f?'lcd hand-carved
Tt,. ... , l anchor. Many of those with names
,Lh , c,mc,,r", hcr,e r bear Scamnavian names,
somewhat careless and unkempt.
They wear their grass long in-1 separate corner, lined up
stead of trim and tidv. They have i forever, rest four sailors from the
a frontier down-to earih expression, imprisoned crew of the German
if you can think of cemeteries as!rad'r ;af SP"- scuttled off
having individual expressions. And 1 So,llh America eaily in the Sec
of course thev do just as trees !ond World War.
and peopc and pigeons oo. Do ,nv (ule,n , wonlt,rj
Both cemeteries seem to have I what happened lo Hermann Neu-I
had a "welcome stranger" altitude,! hoff (born Aug. 8, 1910 or Otto
giving shelter to anyone, overcome : Zcitscli (born April 1. 1910' Well !
by the storms of this world. 1 here thev la rrv. plrrnal nine.
Th bigger cemetery is the new
r one. More than half a century
ago the Army post was turned into
natioMl hospital for tubercular
members of the American Mer
chant Marine.
It seems, apart from the bene
fit of climate, an mid place to
cure sailors homesick for seas far
away. Hut the vista of bonding
grass on rolling hills reaching lo
distant mountains gives one the
feeling of being aboard a ship
straining toward a high shore.
Many of the 951 niarineis buried
. u" m "e rv v 'l lnr
identity of a name and carry only
.... . i ,
J" j '"I""-"" '
IZt '"a' '..L'
,,' fcw s,rave h"ve
r"de weathered wooden crosses
mates, under the Iron Cross and
burgeoning cactus plants.
The older cemetery is the stnal-
ler one. It must have been started
Khrushchev Invites
Western Newsmen
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia I -Soviet
Communist boss Nikita
Khrushchev is making good and
fast on his invitation here to
Western newsmen to visit Moscow.
Staggering out of the farewell
banquet which wound up the
Soviet-Yugoslav talks here early
last Friday, Khrushchev after five
hours of dining and toasting gave
"come one, come all to Moscow"
bid to correspondents clustered
around the door.
The next day some 14 corre
spondents, many of them Ameri
cans, swamped the Soviet Embas
sy with visa applications. In Stal
in's day the requests would have
languished for months before they
were rejected.
The cmbasssy here now has
informed Eric Bourne, British cor
respondent for the London Daily
Express and the Christian Science
Monitor, his visa had been granted.
A Soviet embassy spokesman
said that in addition 'to Bourne.
four other correspondents had re
ceived visas.
They are Frank Kelley, Rome
correspondent for the New York
Herald Tribune; Jack Bogon, NBC
Rome correspondent; Rene Mc
Coll, London Daily Express, and
Seymour Freidin, New York Post.
Dulles Appeals
For Approval Of
Austrian Treaty
WASHINGTON W Secretary
of State Dulles said here Russian
agreement to an Austrian treaty
"may open the way to further co
operation to fulfill other wartime
pledges" by the Soviet Union.
Dulles went before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee head
ed by Sen. George (D-Ga) to ap
peal for rapid approval of the
Austrian peace treaty.
Dulles said;
"President Eisenhower staled in
his sneech of April 16, 1953, and
the United States has repeated on
numerous occasions since, that So
viet agreement to the Austrian
treaty fulfilling the Moscow agree
ment of 1943 would be considered
a significant deed as distinct from
words.
"It may open the way to further
cooperation to luiiiii other war
time nlednes."
Dulles hopeful attitude came on
the eve of Big Four talks which
the West wants to hold with the
Soviet Union next month.
Donald Imlih Sentenced
To Die In Cas Chamber
HOOD RIVER i Donald
Dwaine lmlah, 20. will be re
sentenced June 17 lo die in the
state gas chamber.
He Is accused of Hie slaying July
S. 1953, of his guardian Bruce
llouck.
Imlah was convicted without
recommendation for leniency, mak
ing the death sentence mandatory.
The case was appealed to tlic
State Supreme Court but the ap
peal was denied.
shortly after the military fort was
! stablishcd- in 185.V
I Here are buried a number of
Army cavalrymen who nxle to
'death to make the frontiei safe,
Hut time has destroyed most of
their headstones. Who knows what
man lies below. . . ami how he
died . . and whv? Their true mon
ument: The great Wild west its-
"','' !
Hospitably interred with them I
are a few civilian pioneers. There I
aiSO a Small, OOV S Size firave.
lovingly outlined with pebbles, ami
ucanng a headstone that sav.il
simply: Charles." The grave is!
sunken, but flowers still bloom
upon it. Somebody remembers -Charles.
As I walked toward the gate a i
dove whirred u3 with a soft feath-i
ered thunder. 1 saw two small ecus;
in the nest she hid mada in the i
dry parched grass, and k::rw that '
as soon as I was gone she would I
I oi urn to that nest, and that out of ,
mis out Home of death new life !
would hatch and fly. :
A cemetery is a pleasant place '
u you aren I in a nurrv.
Porter Hits At Charges
Of Congressman Ellsworth
EUGENE Our present Fourth
District Congressman, Harris Ells
worth of Roseburg, stated last
week that the opponents of "part
nership" dams are in the position
of "hunger strikers" in that they
(.Morse. Neuherger and Green, in
particular) "want government own
ership of electric power or none
at all."
This is nonsense and Mr. Ells
worth knows it. What we Demo
crats don't like about "partner
ship" as promoted by the GOP is
that the electric power so gener
ated will not be low cost power
nor will it be available on a re
gional basis, the two features that
made the Bonneville Power Ad
ministration so outstandingly suc
cessful and which include prefer
ence for public bodies and the fa
mous "postage stamp" rate policy.
Far from being "on strike,"
Democrats representing Oregon in
Congress have been fighting hard
for appropriations to build the al
ready authorized dams at Cougar
Creek on the south Fork of the
McKenzie River, at Green Peter
on the Santiam River and at the
John Day site on the Columbia
River.
Such appropriations are not ex
penditures of tax money- They are
investments, gilt - edged invest
ments as proved by the eagerness
WASHINGTON (NEA) The
battle between the railroads and
(he motor trucking industry is a
two-ring affair.
In one ring the railroads are try
ing to keep the truckers from get
ting any of the freight business
now served by rail lines.
In the other ring, the railroads
are trying to got into the motoT
truck business themselves, on an
ever-increasing scale.
In the middle is the U S. Inter
state Commerce Commission.
From railway management's
point of view, motor truck lines
have been muscling into the rail
roads' once exclusive freight busi
ness to such an extent that they
nave lo muscle back to survive
One of the key cases is Frisco i
Transportation Company' opera- i
lion, going back more than 10 1
years. Originally the St. Louis and;
!an rraneisco Railway Company
bought out six private truck lines
and established Frisco as a subsid
iary to run them.
ICC licensed Frisco lo operate
"auxiliary and supplementary"
service to its main rail line. But
in issuing the certificate, these
restrictions were inadvertently left
out.
ICC ORDERED the- limiting
phrases put back in. Frisco con
tested. It claimed the right to oper
ate an unrestricted motor freight
service in six states from Mississ
ippi to Texas.
Last April ICC denied Frisco the
night to unrestricted truck opera
uon aim iimnexi it 10 auxiliary moi
or services between "key points
in accord with past rail transporta
tion policy.
This key point operation L best
illustrated in the Santa Fe Trails
Transportation Company case. This
AT. & S.F. subsidarv has been
Mlreix..! In Anarnt a timnlnmnn.
lary tmck service along its rail
line from Kansas City to Dodge
l ily. K.insis., and from Dodge City
to Denver.
Santa Fe now Si-eks to drop
Dodge City as a key point so as to
give through truck service from
Kansas City to Denver. ICC turned
down this petition in February. Hut
the railway company is asking for
a reconsideration which is pending.
Another case still pending in-
volves Chicago, Rock lTland ami
Pacific's subsidiarv Rock Island
Motnr Transit Companv. Last Dc-
cember ICC granted Rock Island
the right to operate an unrestnct-l
I f
1 eter Cadon
5IT
DOWN.
PLEASE!
i of the private utilities to undertake
inese projects.
Mr. Ellsworth and his Republi
can colleagues are the ones taking
an unreasonable position, to wit
high cost private power or noth
ing!
Anyone who has bought a home
using a 20 or 30 year loan knows
how substantial a difference one
percentage in interest rate can
make in the total pay-out. The
United Slates government cati bor
row money at least 1 per cent be
low the interest rate available to
other groups, public and private.
Such savings mean a far lower cao
ital expenditure and hence lower
rates.
These "partners" and Mr. Ells
worth don't care about low rates
If they did. Mr. Ellsworth's legis
lation would include a defnite for
mula for determining the alloca
tion of costs between the govern
ment anrt the "partner. "
Instead of issuing such wild
baseless charges, our Congressman
might welt emulate his colleague,
Sam Coon of Baker, and consent
to defend his "partnership" views
in a series of debates in his Dis
trict this Fall. Certainly power pol
icy is the most vital of all domes
tic issues, for upon its success
the economic future of Oregon
largely depends.
CHARLES 0. PORTER
2775 University St.
Eugene, Oregon-
ed truck service from Chicago to
Omaha.
AMERICAN TRUCKING associ
ations and affected independent
motor carriers in the area have
askeoV for reconsideration of this
decision. They also ask that key
point restrictions be applied at
Omaha. Des Moines, Davenport,
Rock Island and Moline.
Their argument is that existing
motor carriers. now provide ade
quate truck service between Chi
cago and Omaha. The trucking in
dustry maintains that if the de
cision is not reversed, it will lead
to general railroad usurpation o(
truck business.
New York Central. Central of
heorgia ana other railway com
Da nil's are also seeking to have kev
point restrictions lifted. They seek
to offer truck service over their
entire system areas.
SINCE PASSAGE of the Motor
Carrier Act of 1935. ICC has re
peatedly ruled that competition be
tween motor carriers and railroads
must be maintained? This comes
under1 the general policy that one
form of transportation must not
control another.
A major change in thus policy
has now been rocommened by
the President's Advisory Commit
tee on Transportation, headed by
Secretary of Commerce Sinclair
Weeks.
This committee would end the
present requirements that the ICC
administer the Interstate Com
merce Act lo preserve the inher
ent advantages", and competition
between all forms of transporta
tion. The Weeks Cabinet committee
recommends that thus policy be
changed so as to 'reduce econom
ic regulation. . .restrictions, con
ditions or limitations on individual
modes of transport."
Shopping Center Site
Purchased At Riddle
A four-acre tract of land at Rid
dle has been purchased by Fred
Vedder Sr and Fred Veilder Jr..
and the Myrtle Creek Mail re
ports thev will build a supermar
ket on the site The land was
bought from Riddle Manufactur
ing Co. A 80 by 120 foot masonry
block building is lo rise first on
the site, with other buildings for a
shopping center planned lat"r.
Room is to b reserved for a sna
cious parking lot.
strike has stopped the suburban
trains which Londoners normally
use to get from their homes to
their places of business in the
city. So those who havo automo
biles are using them to drive to
work. The result has been a ter
rific traffic congestion which
would have been aggravi'ed if the
queen had ridden thr )ugh the I
streets, in accordance with cus-!
torn, in the traditional roach.
The British are bound by tra- j
dition in a way that is unfamiliar!
to us. But, you see, thev are ca-1
pable of BREAKING WiTH TRA
DITION when ordinary common
sense calls for the breik.
Keep this in mind. 1
Queen Elizabeth presented the
Conservative Party's program to
the parliament. She didn't write
her speech. It was written for her
by the Conservative Party.
If the Labor Party had won in
the recent elections, she would
have presented the Labor Party's
program to the parliament. Her
speech would have been written
for her by the Labor Party.
That being the case, you mav
ask, WHY HAVE A QUEEN?
This is the best answci I can
think of: j
Elizabeth is a charming young i
woman. She has been schooled i
since her birth, IN THE HARD-i
EST KIND OF SCHOOL, in the'
principles of winning friends and '
influencing people. Her job is to i
Keep me uritisn people LIKING
THEIR GOVERNMENT and be
lieving that it is the best govern
ment on earth.
When vou come right down to
it, that is VERY important.
But let's get back to her
speech. j
She pledged a British Common-,
wealth struggle for peace. She
said the British government will I
whole-heartedly support the Unit- j
ed Nations, the Atlantic alliance
and the new Western European
Union. She announced government:
plans to keen Rritain nrosoerous. i
Then she WARNED THE LEG-!
TSLATORS nf what she called j
THE GRAVE SITUATION CRE-I
ATET BY THE RAILROAD
STRIKE.
That was her only reference to
the strike emergency that caused
parliament to assembly five days
early.
Let's watch very closelv these
British strikes, of which the rail
road strike is the most menacing
because it is handicaoping Brit-1
ish industry in the midst of an in
dustrial boom that is tremendous
ly heartening to the British peo
ple after all these years of au
stere scarcity.
Because in Rritain the govern
ment OWNS THE RAILROADS,
the British government will have
to handle the raMroad strike.
Maybe it wll be able to do
good job of it.
Myrtle Creek Budget
Hearing Slated July 5
Hearing on Myrtle Creek's pro
oosed S?02.880 city budect will be
held July 5. according lo the Mvr
tle Creek Mail.
No vote on the budget is requir
ed, for all monev to be raised by
taxes is within the 6 per cent lim
itation. The total levy on the 1955
56 budget has been set at $78,420,
and the tax rate will be an esti
mated 32.7 mills.
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