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t 'regon Wildlife Federation DEBRIS is shown here blocking Deer Creek in the Lemolo No. 2 project construction area. The debris was described as that from capal clearing operations along the banks of Cat - ' ' n ,:ti rv Li Lt DAM AND RESERYOIR at Lemolo No. 1 project on the North Umpqua River at the mouth of Lake Creek is examined above by Bill- Pitney and Jim Vaughn of the State Game Commission and Bruce Yeager. j&r' 7 'IV ' 4 fjA, 1 EFFLUENT of wash water from the rock crusher at the head of Toketee reservoir is shown above Water passes through a settling basin and is then pumped into the North' Umpqua. Yeager claims sediment is not completely settled bofore it is pumped to the river. . - Rate Of Soviet Progress In AirPower Impressive By VERN HAUGLAND MOSCOW Wi The rate of Soviet progress in aviation most "n - Swiss Mountainaires To Try Rescue Of Bodies NEW YORK tfl Eight Swiss, mountaineers arrived here Thurs- speed w'ith which the Soviets have gene Airpark, one of the North day on their way to Arizona to I developed their Air Force. west's oldest municipal airports. attempt to recover the bodies of! The American group ngreed tne Private fliers are transfcring 58 persons who died in a United j rapid Russian gains pointed up I their operations to Mahlon Sweet Airliner crash in the Grand Can-i sharply the need for more empha-j Municipal Airport north of Eu yon sis in the United States on re-! gene. The mountain-climbing team,!sea,rch. and technical and scicntif-. The Airpark was opened 38 i.,jj h ,v st-imfii hrnnoht c training. vears ago when aviation was still 5 L It Lnuinmrnt I Neither Twining nor the officers ; in its infancy. It has been sur 2 300 pounds of equipment in- ,ho accompanicd him saill before, rounded hv homes over the vears eluding parachutes mob ' their departure for nome yesler-jand in 1954, hugene resident's an stretchcrs, metal toboggans, steel. da that thcir Russian hosts had proved an initiative ballot meat rope and mountain hooks. revealed to them anything star-lure to close it. Thev were flown to this country iiinelv new. I A federal grant of S2S2 000. tn hv Swissair, whose oresident. Dr. Rudolf Hauerlcin, had offered to '. nav their pynensps here. United ' Air Lines will take them to rona. pressed the U.S. Air Force dele-, ini.itnrl in Mnspnw in app the soviet Union's big air show n inspect air bases and facto- nes. . . . . Gen. Nathan F. Twining, tne U.S. Air Force chief of staff, and lire airloB fnnnH Russian achieve- ments in aviation considerable, hut thev noted oarticularly theihavo h.n .Won rfnun ai iho v.n. Rnr fhpir tnnr. thev aid. was : interesting and enlightening. They nheprverf that while fhp Snvipt ri-1 Ari-Wilian economy generally is back- I ward by Western standards, the Deer Creek, a tributary of the. North Umpqua. It is not the same Deer Creek which runs through Roseburg. (All pictures by Paul- Jenkins). Russian efforts in aviation and nihpr military fields showed a (great capacity for quick progress, c a; i. ft j. cugene mrpam wiujtu; Larger Airnort Used r he matched hv xiRooon in ril v I funds, was approved earlier this! month for imnrnvpmpnU at Mah. Ion Sweet field to take care of the private planes. President Lashes Copco Construction Yeager Asks Public Support For Regulations In Future Bruce Yeager, president of the Oregon Wildlife Federation, today called for mobilization of public ef forts to control such future indus trial developments as the Califor nia Oregon Power Co. hydroelec tric facilities now under construc tion high in the North Uinpqua watershed. His plea for public support against such single-purpose dam developments followed a tour- of the Toketee and Lemolo projects I last wecK with Mate Game (Jom mission and State Sanitary Author ity officials., ; ; Indicts ' i Yeager issued an Indictment of the projects, charging that fisher men and recreationists had suffer ed, that flood control had become near impossible and that more than 2,500 acres of forest land had been denuded in building the eight plants since 1947. "I feel we have paid pretty high ly for 125,000 kva of electricity," he said. "Without regulations, we must expect such conditions to pre vail. If we don't do anything about it, we will continue to suffer." Yeager, however, did not limit his indictment to the Hydroelec tric project. He said poor logging practices and other types of con struction were also to .blame for muddying the river. Yeager pointed out that not much could be done now against the Copco project in Douglas Coun ty, but he called for conservation ists to band together all over the; state to make certain no such "rec reational castastrophies" occur in the future. Yeager also called for public sup-! port in regaining stales' rights in locations of dams and determina tion of purposes of the dams. "We need support in holding off Sutherlin Lodge Plans Meetings Ethel Wattman, noble grand, and Effie Dunning, vice grand, presided at a recent meeting of Sutherlin Robckah Lodge. A com munication was read stating that Ethel Gibhs, president of the Rc bckah Assembly of Oregon, would pay her official visit Thursday evening, Aug. 2. There will be a potluck supper at 6:30 that evening with Mrs. Eu nice Beck in charge, preceding the meeting. All officers are to be present in the afternoon of that day for a school of instruction. Mrs. Nadine Stearns, Mrs. Juan ita Holgate and Mrs. Doris Stein bach were appointed on the dec orating committee, and Mrs. Olga Bielman will have the president as her overnight guest. It was reported that the district convention would be held in Hose burg Tuesday, Aug. 7. Mrs. Beck was appointed to work at the well child clinic. Reports of the Itebek- ah convention held at Tillamook were given by Mrr Mary Barker, Mrs. .Maggie Francis, Mrs. Olga Bieiman and Mrs. Doris Stein bach. Ethel Wattman also gave a report. Mrs. Dorothy Austin, Mrs. Mar gie Williams and Mrs. Jean Smith were appointed to take charge of a skit that the lodge will put on at the Follies of 1956, sponsored by the Sutherlin Business Wom en's Club Friday, September 14. Gene Wheeler, Dale Bonney and Chester Williams, were appointed as a committee 10 nx me ioage!njshcd the food and participated booth for the Timber Days cele bration, and Effie Dunning was appointed as chairman for the children's parade. There will be no more regular meetings Until SeD. 6 as the lodge I will vacation during July and Au- I gust. v i,Vs . -, '"v "' " ONE OF AREAS which Yeager says is "virtually wide open for erosion," is this one looking west "along the North Umpqua canyon. It has been cleared for a transmission special interests," he said. Takes Tour His indictment of the Copco pro ject came after his tour with Ted Gerow of the State Sanitary Au thority, James Vaughn and Bill Pitney of the State Game Com mission and Paul Jenkins of The News-Heview. He decided to take the tour aftep being deluged with telephone calls from irate fishermen who com plained about the muddy character of the North Umpqua River. With the four other men. he ex amined most of the projects and this week outlined this picture of tne situation:- "Mud prevailed all the way up tne worm umpqua, he said. He said he discovered several sourc es of the mud on his tour. One, he reported, was a rock crusher at the head of Toketee reservoir from which gravel washings were not given time to settle before the wa ter was pumped back into the riv er. He cited another example in which constructon of a canal had been built too close to the steep banks of Deer Creek, a tributary high on the North Umpqua. He said one place along the bank of the creek had given way where an access road to the canal had been built. He said the slide had tumbled down over the road into the creek. The road was cleared, he claimed, and debris was pushed into the creek causing the creek to become virtually dammed with mud. It was being washed into the North Umpqua, he said. Mort Erosion Another source of erosion and mud, he claimed comes from water gushing out of canals when gener ators have to be closed down for repairs. He cited examples where r if t . "-LfrA f J V,v 4" 1 i S I , f vt NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING These men of Company D, 186th Infantry Regiment from Roseburg received in struction in the use and operation of the 30 caliber heavy machine gun during their field training at the 1956 sum mer encampment at Fort Lewis, Wash. The machine gun crew are, from left to right, SP3 Jim Ewens, 'gunner; Cpl. Ivan Denney, assistant gunner, and Cpl. Jerry Hounshell, squad leader. They completed two weeks training last Fri day. (Oregon National Guard Photo). Sutherlin Community Assn. Holds Dinner The outdoor ham and fish din ner, given last week by the Com munity Building Assn. of Suth erlin on the park grounris, was uprvpA tn annrrwim.itolv 'MVi npr- 1 5ons Members of the club fur- in the affair. The master of ceremonies was Sandy McBride and speaker for the evening John Amacher gave a talk. Bill Evans, of Roseburg. also talked to those present. C. A. J'ctherick explained the building land a large picture was on du- C ANOTHER VIEW, looking upstreom thu time, is shown of Deer Creek. Debris has liter ally chocked the stream at this point. water beine backed ud had gushed over sleep banks cutting ditches as much as 30 feet deep along the cdRes of the canals. lie charged poor management in many ot the construction practices. "1 was extremely disappointed in the whole operation," Yeager said. "Little thought was used," he claimed. ;;..". i. -.,' ' l t. , w 9 ' play showing the plans that arc in the making. Different clubs of the commun ity presented checks and it was announced that $5000 is now in the community building fund and it is hoped to have the cement floor poured before the Timber Days celebration. Entertainment during the dinner hour was presented by a barber shop quartet, the Roseburg Men's Chorus, and the Cowan Accordion band. Frl., July 6, 1954 Tlx Nw-Rvir, Reburg, Ore. 9 line from Lemolo No. 1 power plant and Lemolo No. 2 penstock. Yeager said some 2,500 acres have been clear ed to make way for the eight projects. Yeager also claimed that the trouble would not end with the completion of the projects this year. He said some 2,500 acres had been cleared of all vegetation, leaving it "virtually wide open It erosion." He said that people i the lower stretches of the river can "look into the future for a lot Miss McGuire Leaves On Trip Miss Helen McGuire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McGuiro, left for Portland last week on the first lap of her dance-study touL of Europe. She was accompanied to rori land by her parents and Larry Miller. From Portland she depart ed via United Air Lines for New York City. After a day in New York City, she went by train to Montreal, Canada, where she sailed for Europe on the S.S. Co lumbia. The ship is scheduled to arrive at LeHarve, France on July 7. From here the group, consisting of student and professional danc ers from throughout the United States, will go to Paris. Helen Lee will celebrate her 18th birthday in Paris on July 17. The dance tour will take Helen to London July 23, where she will take courses at Saddler Wells School of Ballet. The touring dancers will also visit Holland, Belgium. Switzerland, Germany and Italv before returning to Paris where the tour ends. She will sail for the states from LeHarve Sept. 4, and is expected in Portland around Sept. 15. Helen is a 1956 graduate of Douglas High School. She has been very prominent in musical and dancing activities at the school and in Ralph Patterson's dancing re citals. SHRINE TREK SLATED CORVALL1S If! The annual Marys Peak Shrine trek, which has raised $147,000 for the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in the past 10 years, will be held Aug. 5 this year. About 10,000 nersons are exDected. The trek. which features an entertainment program at the top of the moun tain, raises money through $1 donations and charge! for find wichci and coffee. On River of mud in bad weather even after the projects aro complete." Flood control has also suffered, he said. "We have lost any poten tial chance for water storage and flood control," he claimed. He contended finally that Indus trial development is necessary, but it must be controlled for the good of all. Frying Chickens To Be Featured This Weekend By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Frying chickens, the hardy per. ennial of the housewife's midsum mer menu, will be featured in many of the nation's supermark ets and grocery stores this week end. Poultry produers will send about 20 per cent moro chickens to market this July. Another factor influencing chick en purchases are the generally higher seasonal prices for some meats. This weekend, for example, pork chops and Sirloin Steak will Ire 2 to 6 cents higher in some sections of the country. Also on the "special" lists this week are all kinds of ham, leg of lamb and ribs of beef. Eggs edged upwards in price this week, and the 2 to 4-cent in crease was attributed to the fact many farmers now are getting larger eggs than their pullets had been producing in recent weeks. Some stores will feature such summer items as lemons, blueber ries and honcydew melons, but generally the best buys are in vegetables from local farms. These are plentiful, and usually low priced at this time of year. Beets, cabbage, cauliflower, let tuce and squash are outstanding buys in most places, while radish es, green onions, spinach and oth er "greens" also are fine buys. Local snap beans and peas arc rated as good buys, along with carrots, but the asparagus crop is about finished by now. STRAWBERRIES ABOUT GONE CORVAI.LIS I The 1956 Ore gon strawberry harvest is nearly completed, the Oregon State Col lege extension service reported Wednesday. A few of the higher helds will be producing for another 10 days, but the bulk o( the crop has been picked.
