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Opening Of Albany-Eugene Freeway Seen Year Early If Weather Favorable
42-Mile Distance Includes
Straight 32-Mile Stretch;
Work To Cost 27 Millions
Construction is progressing at a
rapid rale on the interstate free
way between the North Albany in
terchange and Judkins Point east
of Eugene, with 35 miles of the 42
mile distance under contract, W. C.
Williams, state highway engineer,
announced.
In fact, he stated, progress has
been so good that if the weather
and other (actors continue favor
able, the freeway may be com
pleted in 1960 rather than the
scheduled 1961.
The total cost of the completed
freeway will be approximately 27
million dollars, 3 million for right
of way and 24 million dollars for
construction. Average cost per
mile is $650,000.
The highway will feature the
longest tingle straight stretcn in
the state, a tangent section over
32 miles In length without a curve.
Construction is of the latest type
with 12-foot traffic lanes bordered
by 10-foot outside paved shoulders.
In the interest of safety, a 76-foot
wide median is being provided.
When completed, the new section
will result in a saving of 21 min
utes driving time between Albany
and Eugene and cut the distance
7'1 miles as compared to the pres
ent route. Average driving speed
on the present highway is 47 miles
per hour, and on the new highway
it will be 60 miles per hour.
Five Firms On Job
The tremendous 35-mile long
grading job under contract is be
ing handled by five firms. The J.
N. Conley Co. has its heavy equip
ment working on the bantiam Junction-Lebanon
Rd. section near Al
bany. Roy L. Houck and Sons are
grading between Lebanon Rd. and
Saddle Butte. R. A. HeinU Con
struction Co. has the section be
tween Saddle Butt and Twin
Buttea.
Earl L. McNutt Co. is getting
tinder way on the Twin Butles
Bella Rd. section. Roy L. Houck
also has the section between Belts
ltd. and the Lane County line, and
the Natt McDougall Co. is just
starting on the section extending
from the Lane County line to the
McKenzie River.
The grading project between the
McKenue River Bridge to Eugene
will be let next January.
Cross traffic will be carried over
and under the highway by more
than 30 structures. Controlled ac
cess is being provided for throuRh
a system or miercnangei ai ap
proximate lo-mile intervals.
Structures Contracted
At ita last meeting, the Highway
Commission approved the construc
tion of nine structures as part of
the work on the Albany-Eugene
Freeway. From north to south
these include g r a d separation
structures at Lebanon Corvallis
Rd.. Tangent - Lebanon Rd., Sand
Ridge Rd., Boston Mill Rd., Linn
West Rd., county road near Cala
pooya River, Halsey Sweet Home
Highway, Lake Creek Brownsville
Rd. and the Bond Butte Rd. All
are under contract to Hamilton
Thorns Contractors of Eugene.
Hamilton - Thorns also was ear
lier awarded the contract for the
Albany Tillman Rd. grade sepa
ration and the Albany Browns
ville Rd. separation, in addition to
twin drainage structures at six
sites on the freeway.
Two modern steel and concrete
structures will carry traffic across
the McKenzie River just south of
Cnhurg. Work on these 860-foot
long steel and concrete reinforced
box girder and deck girder twin
structures is well under way. Ham
ilton Thorns also has this con
tract. A second set of bridges will
span the Willamette near the east
city limits of Eugene.
Route Crosaes Raelroad
Southern Pacific branch lines
are crossed at three locations by
the new highway: The Tallman
Branch overcrossing just south of
Albany, the Bond - Butte over
crossing southeast of Halsey and an
overcrossing just south of the Mc
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Kenzie River. At each site, twin
structures carry the highway over
the tracks. Peter Keiwit Co. has
the contract for the six structures.
The seven-mile section between
the North Albany Interchange and
Lebanon Rd. will be paved with
Portland cement concrete. The con
tract for this pavement is held by
Roy L. Houck and Sons, who are
now producing aggregates for the
job.
An attractively landscaped way
side rest area is planned 2V miles
north of the Linn - Lane county
line.
Motorists traveling the existing
two-lane Highway 99 are unaffect
ed by the mammoth grading job.
since all construction south of the
Santiam Junction at Albany by
passes the present highway to the
east.
At present the traffic between
Albany and Eugene is maintain
ing a high rate of 6.700 cars per
day, Williams said. This is in ex
cess of the 5,000 cars per day rate,
which is considered the maxi
mum for a two-lane facility with
out causing congestion.
' Love De Gaulle'
Theme Of Most
French Politicians
By HARVEY HUDSON
PARIS (AP) "I Love De
Gaulle" is the theme song of most
of the politicians who aspire to
star in this year's French election
productions. A few have a second
chorus: "De Gaulle Loves Me."
The first tryout comes Sunday
when 2,900 candidates for the new
French Parliament face the vot
ers. Less than 100 are expected to
win scats in the first round by
getting a majority. In runoff vot
ing Nov. 30, a plurility will be
sufficient for election.
Only a few of 2.900 candidates
dare to say that they do not favor
Premier De Gaulle. Mostly these
are communists.
In September's referendum M
K?r cent of the voters approved
e Gaulle's new Constitution for
the Fifth Republic. That was a
popularity lesson that the candi
dates teamed quickly.
Former Premier Maurice Bour-ges-Maunoury.
a Radical Socialist,
and former Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau. a Socialist, came
out for a "non " vote in the refer
endum. Both are in trouble now in
their districts and face an uphill
fight for re-election.
Throughout the country, it's the
ame.
This chorus of "me, too" for De
Gaulle has left manv voters con
fused. The regular issues on which
electoral campaigns usually are
based have been pushed aside.
Jacques Fauvet, political writer
in 1 Monde, said:
There is no theme and no pro
gram. Peace in Algeria? The wor
ry ahout tnis nas neen letl to lien.
Da Gaulle. Oaulliim? From left
to right, each one sacrifices him
self "
"It can be said that democracy
Is sleeping."
Five Umatilla Rancher
Purchase Meats Stock
SALEM (AP) Five Umatilla
County ranchers have purchased
stork in Cascade Meals, Inc., of
Salem.
G. F. Chambers, president, said
that the wheat and livestock pro
ducers wished to remain anony
mous. They purchased the great
est share of a one-quarter interest
in the firm from the estate of
Curtia Cross, one of the founders
of the Salem meat industry and
company president for several
rears prior to his retirement in
1939.
Management officials purchased
part of the estate.
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Idaho Holds Two
Men As N. Mex.
Murder Suspects
' RATON, N.M. (AP) Murder
cha1. get have been filed in Raton
against two men held in Idaho.
They are to be brought to New
.Mexico for trial in the fatal beat
ing of a 50-year-old I'ennsyl
vanian. The two, David R. Peterson, 26.
Spokane, Wash., and Woodrow
Ilines, 32. Bowling Green, Ky..
are held in Payette, Idaho, on car
theft charges.
Dist. Atty. George Reynolds and
Asst. Dist. Atty. John Hobbs filed
the murder charges late Friday.
They also had warrants issued
for the men.
Peterson and Hmes are to be
returned to New Mexico for trial
in April in the fatal beating of
Peter DeSalle of Blairsville, Pa.
His body, badly beaten on the
head, was found near Springer,
south of Raton on U.S. Highway
85. Thursday.
Hobbs said an autopsy showed
De Salle, a salesman who left his
family in Pennsylvania while he
came West looking for work, died
of a fractured skull caused by re
peated blows on the head. A blood
stained rock was found on a coun
try road at the start of a trail
made when DeSalle's body was
dragged from a car Into an open
field.
Home Owner Victor Over
U. S. Fetes Birthday 84
AI.A.MOGORDO. N.M..I John
Prather. balky pioneer rancher,
celebrated his 84th birthday anni
versary Friday on the 1.1 acres
the government gave up trying to
oust him from.
Last year the government de
cided to let him keep the plot,
where his stone house stands, on
the edge of the McGregor missile
range in southern New Mexico.
I'ncle Sam got the rest of Prattl
er's big cattle spread in order to
enlarge the range, but Prather
wouldn t budge from his home. He
flourished his 30-30 and held off
11. S. marshals, generals, what
have you. ...
As he observed his birthday.
John snorted, "They think they'll
get mv land after I'm gone. But
I'll fool 'em. I'll live to plant flow
ers on their graves." I
A WASHOUT
I.OCKPORT, N Y. (AP) - When
a 23-nionth-old youngster drank an
entire bottle of ink, altendanls at
Memorial Hospital took rare of
the problem from a method sug
gested by the label.
It said on the bottle it was wash
able ink. and they treated the
little boy by washing out his stomach.
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Reclamation Assn.
Joins Opposition
To Wilderness Plan
HOUSTON. Tex. (AP) - The
National Reclamation Assn. voted
Friday to fight for a federal law
to protect state water rights
which is so clear that it cannot
be evaded.
And the 17-state Western organ
ization made it plain it wants sup
port from other parts of the na
tion for that proposal as well as
one opposing creation of any new
wilderness areas without consent
of affected states.
An unanimously adopted resolu
tion said:
"Congress should, at once, en
act a law so clear and unambi
guous as 10 be incapable of eva
sion by either executive order or
judicial interpretation and requir
ing every agency ... of the fed
eral government, as a condition
precedent to the taking or use of
any water, to acquire a right to
the use thereof in conformity
with state laws . . ."
Another resolution asked Con
gress to make it clear that state
water laws also apply to federal
claims for use and control of
water arising on or flowing over
or under withdrawn or reserved
public lands. This would be de
signed to offset a Supreme Court
decision in the Pelton (Ore.) Dam
case.
In opposing creation of wilder
ness -area on the public domain
except with consent of affected
states, the NRA said that in man
agement of the people's property
first things should be placed first.
Action should be taken to attain
full use of public lands for pro
duction of water, food, timber,
minerals, recreation and other
benefits which can be derived
from multiple use.
Denver was chosen for the 1959
convention.
Among other resolutions ap
proved was one opposing legisla
tion pending in Congrefs to cre
ate a Columnia Kiver Develop
ment Corp. The NRA said the
agency in reality would be a fed
eral valley authority and that it
has consistently opposed such pro
posals for 20 years.
Turkey Dealer' Lottery
Winner: Three Turkeys
SALEM. N. H. Anyone who
deigns to congratulate George Gelt
on his good furtune on winning
three turkeys in a lottery may ex
pect to get knocked on the noggin
with a drumstick.
George operates a market and
has more than 500 birds in Mock.
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BPA Announces
Plans For Big
Construction Job
PORTLAND (AP) Bonneville
Power Administration announced
plans for a $21 .800,000 construc
tion program during 1959 in Ore
gon, Washington, northern Idaho
and western Montana today.
Administrator William A. Pearl
said the program would include
more work by private contractors
than during 1958.
the 19.j9 construction program
is .expected to be about $2,600,000
less than its 1958 counterpart,
partially because it won't be nec
essary to purchase as much heavy
equipment next year.
work let to private contractors
is estimaled at $3,830,000 of the
total, an increase over the $3,500,-
000 recorded in 1958.
Congress already has appropri
ated funds for the first six months
work, and the budget for the re
mainder of the year has been ap
proved.
BPA plans, subject to Congres
sional appropriations, to let con
tracts for 165 miles of transmis
sion line right of way clearing at
an estimated cost of $1,700,000;
180 miles of transmission line con
struction. $1,520,000. and construc
tion of 21 substations or substation
additions, $610,000.
MINUTE MAN LATE
T1TLSA. Okla. (AP) Tommy
D. Frasier. chairman of the Tulsa
County Democratic Committee,
wasn't present when his ticket
was drawn at a club event. But it
probably was just as well.
The pri7e entitled him to at
tend the Republican Minute Men's
dinner.
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FOR BREAKFAST A variety of rich, tender donuts
ond coffee cakes.
FOR DINNER Seven kinds of flavorful dinner rolls!
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they are ready to serve.
FOR DESSERT
ENGLISH TOFEI CAKI Two ear.
omel sugar loyeri with creamy car
amel icing that is chock full of nuts.
And FRUIT CAKES! . . . Chuck has
perfected a light fruit coke with im
ported fruits, select walnuts ond pe
cans. A rich, satisfying holiday cake.
Don't forget . . . STUFFIN' (READ with spices
added. Blends with your favorite ingredients for
a truly fine dressing Order early.
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Births In Oregon
For Nine Months
Lowest Since '49
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon had fewer births in the
first nine months of this year than
in any such period since 1949.
The State board of Health's vi
tal statistics department said Fri
day only 26,997 babies were born
between January and September,
3 percent less than the total for
the same period of 1957, During
the same months the national birth
rate ceclined 1.4 per cent
Infant mortality dropped S per
cent. This, along with the de
creasing birth rate amounted to a
10.6 per cent jump in the infant
death rate from 20.7 per live
births in 1957 to 22.9 per thou
sand this year.
During the first eight months
the infant mortality rate was up
from 26 3 to 26.7.
Heart diseases caused only 4.120
deaths during the first nine
months of 1958. compared with
4.322 last year. There was an in
crease of 7.7 per cent in early
infancy diseases, which took 362
lives, suicides went up i.s per
cent to 159.
Deaths from work accidents fell
from 107 last year to 99 in 1958.
Automobile accidents claimed the
same number, 340. Altogether, 815
deaths were attributed to acci
dents. Tuberculosis claimed 41 lives,
the same as in 1957. But only
437 cases of the disease were
reported, compared to 451 In 1957.
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Real pumpkin pies, 8 ond 9 inch,
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MINCE PIES from on old-fashioned
recipe. Serve hot with rum
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Dexheimer Urges Westerners
To Sell Reclamation Benefits
By W. JOYNES MACFARLAN ,
HOUSTON (AP) Reclamation'
Commissioner W. A. Dexheimer:
this week urged again that west-j
enters get across to the nation the
story of reclamation benefits.
"the investment in reclamation
is a sound financial venture."
Dexheimer said in a speech for
the National Reclamation Assn.
(NRA).
"The returns, both direct and
indirect, are many times the in
vestment. "Last year t emphasized the ur
gency of getting the story of rec
lamation and its value across to
the general public. If the public
does not understand and support
our program, we can hardly ex
pect the Congress to continue a
strong program of reclamation
development."
Dexheimer presented statistics
showing that the federal invest
ment In reclamation through June
30 was $3,100,000,000 and that
gross value of all crops produced
on reclamation proleets had been
13 billion dollars.
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"Net generation of hydropower
on these projects totalled 28.3 bil
lion kilowatt-hours in 1957 alone."
he added, "cash return to the fed
eral treasury on water and power
revenue, plus repayment of con
struction charges, is over 87 mil
lion dollars a year."
The commissioner said Congress
voted 259 8 million dollars for the
Reclamation Bureau this year
and "an orderly, efficient contin
uation of work now underway will
soon require 300 million dollars
annually."
But on the basis of a 1940 dollar,
Dexheimer figured the 259. S mil
lion dollars voted for this would
he the equivalent of about 74 mil
lion dollars and the 1940 appro
priation was 75 million.
I "In terms of work accomplished
our program is more constant
than would first appear to be the
i case." he said, while demands for
water increase apace, occasioned
by population increases and in-
creased domestic and industrial
consumption.
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