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Editor's Corner
By Charles V, Stanton
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Page 4 The Newt-Review
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1964
Olaila Feasibility Report Draws Nearer
The "moment of truth" is getting
closer on Olullu Dam.
By the end of the month, the final
feasibility report will be completed
at Salem and sent on to the Boise,
Idaho, regional office of the Bureau
of Reclamation.
This step is a long way behind the
original schedules indicated by the
Bureau, but with the tremendous
number' of specific studies which
jiave been made, it's not surprising
it should be off a year or two in es
timates. One ef the main reasons for what
appears to be long delays is the fac
tor of benefits. Since 1957 when the
Bureau first began poking around at
the Olaila Creek site, Congress has
at intervals added other factors
which can be counted as benefits.
This meant that federal or state
agencies of specialists had to make
studied so these benefits could be in
cluded in the final report.
. J n those six years, Congress has
decided fish and wildlife, industrial
and municipal water supply, recrea
tion and water quality control (pol
lution abatement) could be included
iis benefits. . ' : '
, This called for extra studies by
the state Game Department, U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Park
Service and .U. S. Public Health
Service. All these meant extra time
was needed.'' '
But we have a feeling the time was
well spent. Judging from reports at
the Bureau office in Salem, all the
factors involved have added tip to a
highly feasible cost-benefit ratio.
John Mangan, area engineer for the
Bureau, left little doubt about the re-.
port being favorable when he said,
this week at Canyonville, he has "ev
ery reason to believe it is a good
project and will be glad to support
it in Congress.."
The fact the Congress acted in add
ing other factors for consideration of
the report looks so' favorable. When
the dam was originally considered,,
the only benefits possible were hy
droelectric (of which there are ap
parently no possibilities) , flood con
trol and irrigation. On just flood con
trol and irrigation, it was doubtful
that yearly benefits would match
yearly costs.
The additional benefits approved by
Congress also give a brighter hue to
the other three dams being consid
ered in the county. Without them, the
Tiller damsite would probably have
been discarded long ago. As it is,
this key dam in the proposed system
is gaining favor to the point it might
be built of concrete and include an
electric power generating facility.
(All the other dams will be earth
fill.) While on the subject of benefits,
we can't stress enoligh the need for'
farmers and other possible irrigators
in the areas of all four dams to let
the county Water Resources Survey
office know if they, are interested, in
receiving irrigation water. This indi
cation from landowners 'doesn't bind
. them, but it is considered in deter
mining possible benefits. The more
who indicate a desire for irrigation
water, the higher the benefits for ir
rigation will be andthe better the
possibilities of having a favorable to
tal cost-benefit ratio. If, after the
. studies are over, those who indicated
a desire for irrigation water don't
like the costs they would have to
pay, they will not be held to, thejr
original estimate of land to be irrii
gated. But the important first step
is getting a good cost-benefit ratio,
so all possible benefits can be figur
ed in. .-. ;
The people of the county certainly
deserve high praise for their unflag
ging interest in ! the projects being
considered, despite what appears to
be a long, drawn-out series of stud
ies. It is this great interest which
has kept the federal and state iigen-,
cies working with vigor in complet-
ing the studies.
This interest will become more im
portant in the months to come be
cause Congress, which is highly sen
sitive to the desires of the people it
represents, will be making the final
decision. We shouldn't miss any
chance to put in a plug with our con
gressional representatives.
t THE LIGHTER SIDE:
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Tobacco
Takes Edge Off
; By DICK WEST
United Praia International
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Every
whero. you go these days you
hear pcoplo talking about quit
ting smoking. Which probably
does them a lot of good. ;
As long as their breath Is out
bound, they can't very well in
hale. ; ' , .
I believe the' record will show,
however, that the ratio of people
who talk about quitting to those
who actually do quit is roughly
49,280,521 In 13 and Mi. the Vi
is y'r h'mbl' c'rr'sp'nd'nt.
I quit smoking about 18
months ago but technically I do
not represent a complete at)
stulncr because I bavo not en
tircly given up tobacco. Instead
of smoking tobacco I now bitu
it. There is a reason (or, this.
People who stop smoking al
most invariably find themselves
eating a lot more. And the nan
ers these days' arc filled' with
warnings about the dangers ol
ovcr-catirg.
In offect, then, thev arc only
trading one suspected health
hatard for another. In order to
realize any gain front the trans
action, they must also find a
way o lose weight.
The most effectivo method of
keeping one's weight down is ex
ercise. Which brings up the
danger of over exertion.
I try to avoid these secondary
risks by carrying around a few
cigars in my pocket.
At such times as I might or
dinarily reach for a sweet, or
start doing knee bends, which
arc the usual substitutes for
smoking, 1 bile the end off a
cigar.
Since 1 became a tobacco bit
er, I have lost several pounds
Also several friends You would
be surprised at how intolerant
some peoplo are.
For smokers who would like
to kick the habit but arc mi
ablo to adjust to tobacco biting,
I would recommend a method
discovered by Bob Cross, a lo
cal orchestra leader.
At the age o.' 11, Cross began
taking tuba lessons. One day.
while his mother was out of the
house, he tried to practice on
the tuba and smoke a cigar at
the same time.
The idea was to see If he
could fill the tuba witli smoke.
After be recovered, he never
smoked again.
'I can't guarantee that the
Cross method will always work
however. Some people who try
II miKiit swear off the tuba in
stend.
Or they, might continue to do
both. The music wouldn't be
much but dig that crazy filler!
The Almanac
Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the
17th day of 1!)4 with 349 to follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The evening stars are Jupiter,
Venus and Saturn.
Those born today include
American inventor, statesmen
and author, fisnjumin Franklin,
in 1706.
On this day in history: '
In 1SUG, ii baby was born in
the White House for the first
time as the daughter of Thomas
Jefferson Martha Jefferson
Randolph gave birth to a son.
In 1917, the United Slates pur
chased the Virgin Islands from
Denmark for S25 million.
In 1944, Con. Dwigbt I). Ei
senhower assumed command of
the Allied liberation forces.
In 1961, the deposed premier
of the former Belgian Congo,
Patrice Lumumba was murdered.
V;WY S "
Products Of 'Weed Tree'
Offer Bis: Future Market
The Weyerhaeuser Co.. one of the country's largest
manufacturer!! of timber products, has been getting a
great deal of publicity recently.
It hit the news columns with an announcement of
discovery of a new drug obtained from paper mill ef
fluent. The drug, now undergoing extensive research,
promises to join the "miracle drugs" of late years.
Another recent announcement is that the company
will spend some $30 million to triple the output of its
plant at Springfield. As Weyerhaeuser is one of the
principal owners of timber in Douglas County, we can
expect that a large amount of our timber resource will
be cut to feed the company's plants at North Bend
and Springfield.
Another item of great interest is found in a recent
issue of Weyerhaeuser News, a trade magazine which
features an article concering a new product, "Silva
Silvaplex is being produced in
Fresh
Need
Shuffle
ed By GOP
By ROBERT C. RUARK
Lord knows I like Ike, and
I love that dame named Maine.
(Both might remember I had
something to do with the suc
cessful sloganeering.)
But I do not see the general
as anything more than a retir
ed President and a retired Chiof
of Staff. I certainly do not sec
him as the doyen of the party to
which he actually defected. Ike
was a Democrat once, remember'?
From what I read the line
forms to Gettysburg, seeking
Eisenhower approval for possi
ble shots at the Republican
nomination. 1 am prepared to
vote for Art Buchwald, if not
for Harold Stassen, but I do not
think that the Eisenhower
stamp is necessary for the run.
Ike won a fine war. Ike kept
us free from Acllai Stevenson.
Ike hiadc golf worthy of Scot-
ly Reston. Ike endowed us with
a freedom from excessive Pres
idential rhetoric. Ike kept Ma
mie at home. Ike was is
pretty damned wonderful,
GOP "Short Of Peanuts"
But I don't think we need
him as a leader of the Young
Turks. The Young Turks are
having trouble enough already
with Goldwatcr. Rockefeller
and a lot of other people; named
Wilbur, including one retread
named Harold Stassen. Not
since they prematurely exhum
ed Alt Landon has the G.O.P.
been so short of peanuts for
the clcphanv.
What the party does not need
is an elder statesman. T o o
many things people don't like
are associated with the Republi-
sion which was certainly not
of his own making had the
good grace to go fishing when
he quit the executive office. Mr.
Truman was a cantankerous fel
low, but when he quit he basic
ally quit. He just played citizen.
and shot off his face when ill
pleased him. In any case he
didn't try to organize the Young
Turks.
As a matter of fact, I don't
think Ike's trying to swing his:
weight very much, cither. Cer-1
tainly he didn't swing it for
Dick Nixon when Richard was
aiming for the succession. It
appears now that all of the peo
ple are inferring that Ike's for
cm instead of agin em. The
communications on Stassen's la
test bid are the kind of mime
ographs you send out in re
sponse to begging letters.
Transfusion Needed
The Republicans, it seems to
me, are standing sorely in the1
need of complete transfusion.
They don t need a Queen Moth
er; what they need is a candi
date. And they don't need a
candidate who's, been whipped
to his knees so often that dc
feat is synonymous with his
name.
I think Dick Nixon would be
a good President, but bis grinl
is sour with defeat. Tom Dew
ey would make a good President!
(too. but his mouth is full of
ashes. Stassen has only narrow
ly missed being defeated for
the office of dogcatcher. To an
nounce his availability for the
Presidential race, with the in
fcrence of Eisenhower backing
is about as ridiculous as if I
stood for public office. I'd
rather vote for Buchwald. At
least he knows he's a comedian
Mister General Eisenhower
cannot, I think, nominate any
of the aforementioned by en
dorsement. And I don't think ho
can do much for Mr. Rockefel-j
ler or Mr. Goldwater either.
There is loo much legend still
fragrant with Ike's last admin
istrative years, including t h e
walkout at the summit.
Farm System Suggested
As an inexpert observer of
the political scene for the past
quarter century, I really think
the Republicans ought to con
cede the battle this trip, and
spend the next four years build
ing up a farm system, like the
Yankees. Casey Stengel couldn't
make the Mots go. Certainly Ei
senhower can't make a Stassen
or Dewey or Rockefeller or
Nixon (he got beat in bis own
slate for Governor) into a pen
nant contender.
What we need is a new coach,
and a lot of hungry young peo
ple who don't know defeat,
haven't been unpopularry di-i
voiced, and aren't members of
a strict faith which has bylaws
against Negroes and conflicting
religious sects. We might even
need people who are not lump
ed with towns in Pennsylvania
(who need Scranton?), or the
Standard Oil Co., or even for
mer Generals of the Army.
What the Republicans need is
a new deck, a fresh shuffle, and
they might as well spend the
next four years inspecting the
cards.
ICopyrl., TO3 by United Fea. Synd., Inc.)
a forest plastics plant at Marsh
field. Wis. While the magazine
says the method is a refinement
of a German process, it seems
to me to be closely related to a
product which appeared at the
U.S. Forest Service experimen
tal laboratory in Madison, Wis.,
during the Second World War.
The Weyerhaeuser magazine
does not detail the technique
used in the manufacture of this
new product. It does say, bow
ever, that a great deal of re
search was necessary before
the German process could be
used successfully on U.S. wood
The material made by German
manufacture from that coun
try's wood could not be repro
duced exactly with wood avail
able in the United States.
The wood finally selected is
asnen. Aspen is one oi me
country s so - called "weed
trees." It is a rapidly growing
wood. It is to be found in many
parts of the country presently
having very limited commer
cial production of wood. Thus
Aspen, as has been staled, is
a "weed tree in mucn of the
country. What about our own
weed trees" Can we antici
pate that in some near future
date our madrone, scrub oak,
jackpine and other such species
will have greater value than
the Douglas Fir upon which we
presently base our economy?
Cjone l$3ty
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1924
Dodge Brothers Adver-
t:nn.nn, i'liri.n ...intn. inlnnrl.
.... , , . 1 lioUilllIll. 1,1111 MllllUl uncial-
Simplex promises to i become a I your desh.e for c,osed car
warmth and protection, remem-
can past, and almost all of it is
A thought for the day Gen
Dwight Eisenhower once said:
"Humility must always be the connected to failure
portion of any man who receives I air. Herbert . Hoover, who col
acclaim earned in the blood of lected a cold wind not of his
his followers and the sacrificcsiown blowing, when he assumed
ihjus menus Irosponsihillly for the Depres-
esource Group's Decision
Blow To Sports Fisherman
TEMPORARY DRESS
HOUSTON (I'Plv - Cold
weather and a broken-down
heating plant Wednesday epa
girls at Friendsuood High
School an excuse to wear hi
jeans and pedal, puslivrs, .
Bill Powell, principal of the'
school, which is under heavy
Quaker influence, said the garb
was all right until healing
equipment arrived from New
York. "I'm wearing pajamas
under my clothes, myscjf," he
lam. ' - - - r - ,
SAI.F.M (I P!) The Cover-
nor's Committee on Natural Re !
sources indicated Thursday it
would formally oppose an initia
tive measure which would out
law commercial salmon a n d
steelhead fishing on the Colum-
tun Hiver.
Gov. .Mark Hatfield named a
four-man committee to draft the
formal wording of the resolu
tion, which probably will he
aiiopioil at the committee's next
meeting.
i ne decision is a blow to
sports fishermen, and the Save
our Salmon and Sleelhead
virmin wmcn is sponsoring an
initiative measure to outlaw tin
commercial fishery on the river
Named to the drafting com
mittee were Dean F. E. Price.
Oregon State University; Robert
w. Nchnnlng, state fisheries di
rector; P. W, Schneider, Game
Commission director; and Chris
u. Wheeler, state engineer.
Resolution Postponed
The committee postponed
adoption of a resolution sub
milled today by Wheeler which
slated "the committee ..recom
mends against enactment of the
Initiative petition at this time
The resolution asked hv Hal-
i field Is to include a statement
that both Fish and Game Com
mission biologists agree that
there would be no benefit to the
fish run if the initiative were
adopted.
The .statement also is to point
out that there is a "user inter
est" conflict between sports and
commercial fishermen, and thai
minor changes in present regu
lations would allow the Fish
Commission to more rigidly
control the Columbia salmon
and steelhead escapements.
Wheeler anil Schoning appar
ently wanted the resolution en
jcted today. But Schneider in
listed he felt the Game Com
mission should remain neutral,
and not make a recommenda
tion.
Pointing to the running con
fliet between the Game and
Fish- Commissions over man
iigenicnt of the fishery re
source, Hatfield said, "This is
a rare occasion when both the
fish and game biologists agree
that there would be no biologi
cat gain from the initiative."
Conservation Eyed
He pointed out "the important
point of this whole controversy
is thai thi- committee is dedi
cater' to the conservation of our
resources. This committee was
formed to solve the problems of
user conflict of our resources.
Scneider insisted that conser
vation was not involved, that
i no real question was a user
interest conflict.
But Schoning said the Fish
Commission's job was to work
toward the "wise use" of re
sources. Conservation is the
real Issue." he insisted, "there
is no value to a resource if you
ean't use it."
Wleeler said scientific datu
should be given consideration
over user Interest. "There is no
biological need now for the in
itiative measure to protect the
fish harvest."
Six Tricks Are
Only Six Tricks
By OSWALD JACOBY
fWritten For NEA1
"But partner! 1 held. 100 hon
ors, mumbled South.
Honors are more dangerous
to bridge players than auto ac
cidents," said North.
Honors really bad killed North
and South this time. Or per
haps it was the fact that South,
in common with many bridge
players, wanted to play the
hand himself. A little consid
eration would have told him
that his six spades would take
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TOO FAR LEFT
F.I, SEGVNDO. Calif. (CPU
Dorothy Healey, 49-ycar-aUt
secretary of the Southern Call
forma Communist party, got
into trouble with the law last
eek for being too far to the
left in traffic, that is.
Police oflieer Arthur Hobday
said he cited Mrs. Healey last
Friday for making an illegal
left turn at an intersection in
this Southern California beach
town.
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VK8T EAST
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Both vulnerable
North Ernst South West
1 Pass 1 Pass
2 Pass S Pass
3 N.T. rss 4 Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead If 2
It seems that West had open
ed the deuce of hearts!
It is a pretty good rule to
avoid underloading aces against
suit contracts, but this time
West decided that he had a lot
to gain and very little to lose.
The lead really gave South
a problem. He finally played
the three from dummy. East
won the trick with his ten and
returned a club whereupon
West underled his ace of
hearts a second lime. South
could have made the rest of
the tricks had he played rium
my'.; king, but South was look
ing at only two hands. He play
ed the jack and East's queen
and West's aec plus the ace
of clubs gave the defense their
necessary four tricks.
All very beautiful, but had
North been allowed ' to play
three no-trump there would
have been no way to heat him.
Q The bidding has been:
Sooth Wnt North Rail
4 5 If S P
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You, South, hold:
4AKQJ91SI Vt 4)1 AIM
What do you do?
A rue. Your partner U
romptUn. oi tryinr (or
most important product for ar
eas now having little in the way
of forest economy.
Judging from information con
tained in the magazine, together
with pictures, it would seem
that aspen is reduced to fiber.
The fiber is made into a sort
of a paper. The layers of this
paper, under heat and extreme
pressvre, then may be fused
into a solid molded slate, s. v
Wood by this method, now is
being made, into shapes andean;.
tours previously available.' nniy
in metals, plastics and other
moldablc materials, it is stated.
School desk tops, superior to
desks which have gone before,
seemingly offer a large future
market. These desk tops, by the
wav, supposedly are impervious
to knives wielded by young
sters who enjoy carving their
initials into ordinary wooden
desks. Another use is that of
kitchen counter tops, rifle
stocks, archery equipment, ta-;
ble tops, trays, tops for washers
and dryers, " carrying cases
strong boxes, chair seats, etc
During the Second World War:
the Forest Service laboratory at
Madison came up with a light
weight airplane bucket seat
made from wood.
The wood was first reduced to
paper. The paper was impreg
nated with chemicals and ad
hesives. Many layers of Ibis
paper then were subjected to
pressure and heat in molds
which produced the scats.
These seats were produced
for the federal government and
were used in aircraft where
weight was an essential part of
military usefulness. But the
process was too expensive for
general manufacture. I saw
samples of it after the war
when Forest Service representa
tives were studying the market
to learn if they could find some
y of utilizing the process
through private enterprise. But
the process apparently was too
expensive. It would appear
from the Weyerhaeuser article
that the German method is
cheaper.
In any event the appearance
of this new product, in which
wood takes on the character of
moldablc plastic, bears out the
belief expressed in this column
on numerous occasions that the
future of our wood industry lies
in manufacture other than tim
ber and boards.
While aspen may be the ma
terial presently needed for mak
ing Silvaplex. it will not be long
until rest-arch uncovers new
uses for our Douglas Fir
ber that Dodge Brothers Typc-
B Sedan is almost as inexpen
sive to own and operate as an
open touring ctr. The price I
S1250 f.o.b. Detroit $1475 de
livered. J. O. Newland & Son."
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 193?
A capacity crowd last night
attended the formal dedication
.ceremonies sponsored by the"
Rose School Paien'-Teachiir As-"
soclation and the district school '
board at the newly completed
Rose School building. Follow
ing an Interesting program,'
over which Principal E. S. Hall
presided, those attending were
conducted by ushers on a tour
of inspection through the build
ing. The program included selec
tions by the high school orches
tra, directed by J. D. (Snap)
Gilmore, and address of wel
come by Mrs. Robert Mercer,
PTA president, after which a
history of the school was given
by Miss Adeline Stewart, who
was a teacher when the first
Rose school was erected. The
dedication prayer was given by
the Rev. Morris Roach, pastor
of Presbyterian Church.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1954
Judy Bellowr, Douglas Coun
ty's most famous polio victim,
will be the final judge for the
winner of the mystery voice con
ies' being conducted in the coun
ty this year. The announcement
was made by Bob Grant, infor
mation director of the drive.
Preliminary judging will be han
dled by Mrs. Jack Cummins,
Mrs. Leonard Johansen, Mrs.
Jean Ogle and Mrs. O. J. Fctt.
The object of the contest is
to name the man behind the
mystery voice which is broad
cast over the local radio stations
at intervals.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
RADIO SERIES
i Station I 9:45
KYES Sundoys
i i
six tricks at no-trump as well
as at spades.
Of course. East and West had
come up with a super defense
against the four spade contract.
TODAY'S QltSTIOS
You pass. West bids six hearts
and Ntrth and Eajt pass. What
do you do now?
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Corner of Lone ond Jackson
9:30-10:45 Church School
9:30-10:05 Worship Service
10:10 Adult Seminars
1 1:00-12:00 Worship Service
"The Way To Hear A Sermon"
The Rev. John E. Adams
5:00 P.M. Youth Communicontj' Oast
6:00 P.M. Adult Seminar
Nursery Care, 9:30 & 11:00 A.M.
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