LTw,.Kvi.w Ro.ebu,,, Ore-Mon., Sept. 19. 1960 pgefe y. PUbC PoWCr '
Feud Certain To Be Revived
At Next Session Of Congress
flj w h JlIJJ By Bob Bradley
tyyw?! . County Etensiee Aoant
Falling raindrops can mean good precipitation,
news or bad news depending upon Next lo receive the rainfall is
the conditions involved. Rainfall; the forest floor, composed of fall
during a summer drought or a for- en leaves and other debris. Not
et fire is welcomed with o p e n only does it offer a protective cov
arms On the other hand, rainfall ering to the soil but it also helps
in sidden abundance can c a u s e to retain a certain amount of mms
damaging floods. ture that might otherwise be eva-
One of the things that helps most ! porated from the underlying soil,
to control rainfall, so that the wa- Last to receive the rainfall is the
,.r i. , evenly distributed, is soil itself. When water reaches the
Here are some points brought
out bv Herbert C. Storey, Director.
Division of Watersheds Research.
U.S. Forest Service, in his article
"Effects of Forest on Runoff."
Tree Retains
When rainfall first strikes a for
ested watershed, a significant part
of it will be retained by the tree
canopy. Part of this water will be
evaporated, part will drip from the
leaves and twigs, and the rest will
run down the stems and trunks to
the ground. The amount of mois
ture thus intercepted and evapor
ated will vary depending upon the
density, type and height of the
canopy.
For example, a thirty-foot Sitka
spruce plantation in England inter
cepted 38 per cent of the annual
precipitation. An eighty-year-old
stand of ponderosa pine in the
Sierra Nevada, however, inter
cepted only 12 per cent of the an
nual precipitation. An 11,900 board
feet per acre stand of lodgepole
pine intercepted 7.5 inches of pre
cipitation, whereas an adjacent
stand cut lo 2.000 board feel per
acre intercepted only 4 inches of
soil surface it may either enter the
soil (called infiltration) or flow olf
as surface run-off or overland
flow (as in streams). Coarse tex
tured soils or those with fine par
ticles held together in large stable
masses have high infiltration rates.
Protects Soil
A complete forest litter effective
ly protects the underlying soil
from raindrop impact and prevents
the clogging of large pore spaces
by fine particles. This layer also
furnished fond and protection lo in
sects and animals which permeate
the snil and bring about conditions
favorable to the entrance of water.
Large pore spaces provide pas
sageways for water. Therefore, any
thing which increases their abund
ante and prevents their ohstruc
tion is favorable for infiltration.
As might well be imagined, in
filtration is usually good where the
forest floor layer is well developed.
It is therefore from the nature of
the litter, humus, and surface snil
layers that we can best judge the
forests ability to absorb and hold
rainfall. Yes, the forest with all
its complex layers is truly one of
nature s greatest reservoirs.
WASHINGTON fAP) A bill
due to be revived in the next Con
gress it expected to provoke a
lousing fight between and among
upstream and downstream states
and private and public power
groups.
The bill, which died late in the
recent session of Congress, would
coordinate power dam operations
throughout the nation.
It aroused such strong opposi
tion, including charges of give
aways and complaints about sub
sidies, that sponsors permitted it
to die in the House Rules Com
mittee. The legislation would provide
for regulation of reservoirs to per
mit maximum power generation.
Private and power dam owners
would get payments for release
of water under certain circumstances.
On Bill Given First OK
for the private power firms be
cause it would compel the govern
ment to pay them for water which
it owns.
Some public power groups, in
cluding rural electric cooperatives
and public utility districts, are at
odds over the proposal.
Elmo Smith Has
$5,000 Answer
To 'Charm' Story
PF.NDI.ETON. Ore. (API Elmo
Smith, the Republican candidate
for U. S. senator, today offered
15.000 for proof that he ever at-'
tended a charm school in Holly-!
wood. !
Smith made the comment In a
One bill had been approved by campaign speech here, saying he j
CALENDAR
EVENTS
Monday, Sept,
Knights of Pythias, Pythias Hall,
t p.m. (
Winston Dillard Kiwanlt Club,
. 6:30 p.m.
Obedience Trials sponsored by
t'mpqu Kennel Club, Pavilion on
; Fairgrounds, 7:30 p.m.
I Junior Duplicate Bridge Club,
T:30 p.m. ilrs. Walter Ulrich, di
I rector.
Buckerooi, workshop, at the
' barn, 8 to 10 p.m.
Hayloft Squares, square dance
lessons, Preschern Barn, D u d
. Siblv, instructor, 8-10 p.m.
Lilac Circle Neighbors of Wood-
, craft, at the Woman's Club, 7:30
p.m.
Elkton American Legion, at the
Elkton drade School, 8 p.m.
Yoncalla BPW, home of Mrs,
Emmitt Churchill, evening.
Beginner's contract bridge .les
sons, Gold Room of Umpqua Hotel,
. first in series. 7:30 P.m.
Alpha Zeta Theta Rho Girls
Club No. 30. 10OF Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Winston City Council, City Hall
Douglas Camera Club, 880 SE
Jackson St., 7:30 p.m.
Emblem Club, Elks Club, 8 p.m.
' Glendale Coordinating Council,
City Hall, 7:30 p.m. i
Douglas County Chapter of the
Oregon Pilots Association, court-:
1 house auditorium, 8 p.m.
Douglas County Chapter of the
Oegon Council of the Blind, home ;
of Ellery Jones, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 20
Work Basket, Service Club of
Woodmen Circle Umpqua Grove
51, Kvcrgren Grange Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Intermediate contract bridge
lessons, room 312, Umpqua Hotel,
first in series, 7:30 p.m.
Melrose Grange Booster Night
program, 8 p.m., public invited, i
Tenmile Ladies Club, at the club
house, 11:30, noon potluck.
Olalla Busy Steppers, home of
Sirs. Arnold Roberts, 11:30 a.m. j
Lookingglass Home Extension,
home of Judy Scott, committee
chairman and project leadcra to be
lelerled, 1:30 p.m.
Elkton Rebekah Lodge meeting i
and potluck. at the lodge hall.
Winston Police Reserve, City
Hall. 7:30 p.m. j
Elks duplicate bridge greup,
Elks Temple, 7:30 p.m.
Rosoburg Kiwanis Club, Umpqua
Hotel Civic room, noon.
Glide Kiwanis Club, 7:30 p.m.
Associated Volunteers card par
ly, va Hospital recreation build
ing music room, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Army Reserve, 1614 W. Harvard,
8 to 10 p.m.
Boots and Calico, square dance
lessons, Winston ommunity Hall,
a p.m.
Sutherlin Girls Drill team prac
tice. East Grade School play
ground, new members welcome,
for information write Box 262, fU.
i, auiueiitn, a p.m.
Job's Daughters, Bethel 8, Ma
sonic Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Pre-Natal classes, .Mercy Hospi
tal, 7:30 p.m.
South Umpqua Archers shoot,
Riddle warehouse, 7 p.m.
( Garden department meeting of
Kosenurg Woman s Club, club-
noii8e, to a.m.
Roseburg Art Association.
, Rainbow Garden Club, fieldtrip.
Missionary Society of the Mel
rose Community Church, business
meoung, jo a.m.
Oregon League of Seniors, Can
yonville JOOF Hall, 2 p.m.
the House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee, and could
have been called up for action in
the House in the closing weeks of
the session.
Rather than risk defeat in the
face of violent and growing op
position, sponsors decided lo let
the bill die and reintroduce a sim
ilar measure early in the next
session.
Rep. I.ee Metcalf, P Mont,
plans lo offer "some kind of leg
islation on the subject in the
Senate If he wins the November
election contest for the office held
hv Sen. James E. iiurry, Li-Mont.
Murray, retiring at the end of
this year, was the chief sponsor
of a Senate bill.
The Senate bill was not pushed
pending house committee consid-
sponsored bv Metcalf, Rep. Rob
ert W. Hemphill, D S. C, and
others.
Presumably some other spon
sors share Metcalf's feeling that
passage of such legislation may
depend upon compromise in order
to lessen opposition.
Strong Support For Bills
The bills have formidable sup
port, including the endorsement
of federal agencies and depart
ments.
Advocates claim the entire na
tion would benefit from increased
electric power production made
possible by coordination of plants
and reservoirs.
Along the Columbia River, for
example, they claim coordinated
operation would create up to a
million, extra kilowatts of firm
power generating capacity with
out construction of a dam.
Some Congressmen from down
stream states are opposed to the
proposal because downstream
plants would be required to pay
upstream plant for water re
leases at times.
Rep. John E. lloss. D-Calif.,
who wrote a House Commerce
Committee minority report on the
Metcalf bill, said it would author
ise another giveaway to private
utilities "which already are heav
ily subsidized."
Rep. John D. Dingell. D-Mich.,
said the bill would be a bonanza'
was nettled by a column that ap
peared in the Pendleton East
Oregonian. j
Publisher J. W. Forrester said
he had not used the word charm 1
in the column, but said Smith had
attended a school in Hollywood to
gel a new political personality, j
In his speech, Smith, a former
Oregon governor and now publish
er uL a newspaper at Albany. Ore., '
said he would give Forrester j
$5,000 "if he can offer any proof
that I ever went to a charm !
school. If he cannot offer proof of :
his charge, I'd appreciate a con-!
tribution of $5,000 to my cam-!
paign." '
Forrester said he had written
this in his Sept. 2 column:
"In the slate of Oregon we are
hearing about a new Elmo Smith. j
It has been reported (and we;
heard it from a source we consid-;
er reliable) that Mr. Smith at-
tended a school in Hollywood
where he learned to be a new per-!
sonality in politics crewcut, big
smile, ready handshake and so
forth." i
Today Forrester said "I got the
information from a mutual friend
of Smith's and mine. I'm not go- j
ing to involve the man by identi
fying him. 1 don't have any other
comment." !
However, Forrester added that ;
his column also compared Smith's '
record with his campaign prom
ises. Smith's opponent, Maurine
Neuberger, has said repeatedly j
that Smith voted one way in the .
state Legislature, has taken op-1
posite stands now.
OTI ENROLLMENT UPPED
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) An
increase of nearly 13 per cent in
freshmen enrollment at Oregon
Technical Institute was announced
today. . .
The metals division increased
37. S per cent, and the engineering
associates division 8.5.
The institute is beginning its
first year of operation under the
stale Board of Higher Education.
The board's policy actions stress
preparation for a position as tech
nician in business, industry or for
the professions.
Revolver Bullet
Fatal To Youth
ASHLAND. Ore. (AP) A re
volver bullet killed Philip M.
Itiney, 13, Ashland, as he played
with two friends in an Ashland
home Friday.
Police Chief Herb Hays said the
boy was playing with David Wea
ver and David Brown, both 13, in
the Weaver home, intending to go
later for registration at school.
Hays said Weaver was holding
his father's .38 caliber revolver
when it fired.
Itmey. struck In the neck, stag
gered into another room and col
lapsed. He died at a hospital 20
minutes later.
Pacifist Youths Try
To Snafu Nuclear Shot.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP)
A third Polaris-finng nuclear sub
marine became a unit of the U.S.
Navy Friday in ceremonies which
youthful pacifists tried vainly to
disrupt.
The Coast Guard hauled away
six would-be demonstrators who
approached by boat while the USS
Robert E. Lee was being commis
sioned at the Newport News ship
yard. The demonstrators were mem
bers of the self-styled Committee
fur Non-Violrh! Action.
Only a period of outfitting and
a shakedown cruise now remain
before the Robert E. Ixe joins
her sister submarines, the George
Washington and the Patrick Hen
ry, on active duty.
The multimillion-dollar sub.
launched eight months ago, will be
equipped with 16 Polaris mi'silcs.
She bae a submerged displace
ment of about 6.700 Ions. Her
commanding officer is Cmdr. Reu
ben F. WoodalL
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