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Editorial
Northeastern Oregon
Today we present with pride the annual northeastern
Oregon edition of the La Grande Evening Observer.
Our pride is not so much in the edition itself as it is in
the people, organizations and institutions, and the
natural resources it exemplifies and represents.
In these, our pride is in the vista of future progress
and development of which their present state gives
promise. '
Northeastern Oregon, we believe, is a typical section of
America and a cross-section of Americans. It is more
fortunate than some sections in that its greatest gains
are before it.
Throughout this edition you will find evidence that
this section of the great northwest is surging forward
and that post-war here means opportunity to attack-the
problems attendant on development.
Here is tremendous opportunity for agricultural ex
pansion in all its phases from growing grains to inten
sive farming stock raising and fruit ranching.
Our lumber industry expands continually and in its re
search is promise of new and greater products to serve
the nation in its post-war construction.
Our railroad industry, a giant which discharged its
war obligations efficiently, is capable of serving the
needs of the area fully and of delivering its product
throughout the nation.
Its myriad of business, small and large, already is
seizing such opportunity as is available to build, rebuild,
modernize and expand and this process will enlarge as
conditions permit.
Our educational institutions also have already indi
cated increasing growth and will in time enter fully the
task of providing education facilities for a large area.
A natural playground and recreation center, it will
more and more serve as a vacation spot for large numbers
of people through all of its seasons.
Our pride is justified.
Wehope that this edition will enable others to obtain
even a small view of the tremendous picture so evident
to us. .
Republicans Ask
Elliott Pay Tax
On Unpaid Loan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP)
Republican members of the house
ways and means committee de
manded today that Elliott Roose
velt and his former wife, Mrs.
Ruth G. Roosevelt, be compelled
to pay a tax on the unpaid por
tion of his much-publicized $200,
000 loan.
The unpaid portion was $196,000
The man who made the loan.
President John A. Harlford of
the Great Atlanlic & Pacific Tea
company received only $4,000 in
settlement and was allowed to
deduct the $100,000 as a "bad
debt" in his 1042 income tax re
turn. The republicans quoted Hart
ford as saying he made the loan
to Elliott only because "his father
(the late president) practically
asked me to." They said Hart
ford did not press for a larger
settlement because he did not
want "to cmbarass'' the presi
dent. "Clearly, as the case now rests,
the federal treasury stands to
lose the tax on $106,000," the re
publicans said, "That must not
be permitted. If Hartford is en
titled to a deduction of $196,000
on his gross income, positive
steps should be taken to collect
the tax on $196,000 from Elliott
and his former wife."
Large Group at
Tigers' Den for
Opening Night
A large group of high school
students, members of the Tigers
Den, attended the opening of the
youth center Saturday evening,
when a dance was given with
Glen Houlc's orchestra providing
I he music.
Mrs. L. Courtney and Mrs. Jen
Bennett supervised the event and
ran the fountain.
Dates and hours when the den
will be open have been set as
follows: 4 to 6 and 7 to 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 4 to 6
and 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, and 1:30
In 5:30 and 7 to II p.m. Saturday.
On any Friday evening when
there is a home game at th high
school, the den will open only if
there is no high school dance.
This is the second year for the
youth center, opened last fall for
the high school students to pro
vide a site for omiioued whole
some amusement f'tr Um tooup.
Money for the pro;ct W4J rauen)
by popular jiubscripUt.i c
Photo Credit Lines
Most of the photographs in
this edition of the La Grande
Evening Observer were taken
by its photographers. All aerial
photographs were taken by this
newspaper's staff with the co
operation of Eastern Oregon
Airways.
Exceptions are as follows: All
photographs of Red Cross activ
ities were taken by the Photo
Album of La Grande. Picture
showing activity at Eastern Or
egon Experiment station at
Union was taken by its staff.
Picture showing farming scene
in the advertisement of Chan
dler Tractor company was taken
by Union Pacific photogra
phers. Picture showing farming
scene, combining operation, in
first section was taken by Cat
erpillar Tractor company pho
tographers. Picture of cattle
scene in advertisement of
Northwest Hereford Breeders
association was taken by Union
Pacific photographers.
Four New Units
In 4-H Program
Organized Here
Four new Union county 4-H
chibs have been formed within
the last week, it was announced
today.
Three of the clubs were organ
ized at P t r r y Mrs. Mary B.
Kail, leader, and one at Five
Points by Miss Doris McWhorter,
Union county home demonstra
tion agent.
Perry clubs and members are:
Cooking 1 Martha Kleng, pres
ident; Phyllis Fowler, Carolyn
Walker, Aldene Brewer, Gcorgie
Brewer, and Lois Yarington.
Handicraft Ronald Carson,
president; Nicholas Kleng, Billy
Carson, Peter Fowler, Buddy
Yarington, Angel Kleng. and Jack
Greenough.
Health club Billy Carson, Ron
ald Carson, Nicholas Kleng, Mar
tha Kleng, Angel Kleng, Phyllis
Fowler, Peter Fowler, Lois Yar
ington, George Yarington, Aldin
Brewer, Gcorgie Grewer, Caro
line Walker, Charles Walker, and
Jack Greenough.
Five Points health club. Mrs.
Steit, leader Verna Ann Marlin,
Krth Marlin. William B. Glafke,
Marian K. Glafke. Marjorie E
Gray, Cohan W. Bostwick, Mf
thi Strut. Btlly Henry, Gry
Henry Bubwm, Roberta Bay,
iwd William Qlafke.
IndiiduJ Five Point member
are: WJluon Glafke handf-raft.
One of High
Counties in
High State
When the Union county vic
tory loan campaign starts in a
few weeks, Union county will be
again upholding a reputation it
has built up and retained
throughout all the loan drives of
the war.
Union county has consistently
gone over its quota in every
campaign: in fact, it has been
one of the highest counties in
the state, and the state, in turn
has been one of the highest Ln
the nation. Which leaves the
county one of the top in the
entire nation.
In series E bonds in the seventh
war loan union sold 112 percent
of its quota. In combined sales
to individuals, the county was
set at 128.2 percent of quota. Per
capital sales were also large
$53.01. Corporation sales amount
ed to 301.3 percent of capital,
$506,154.
Same Chairman
When the drive starts Oct. 29
to last through November, it will
be the eighth time W. C. Perkins
has been chairman. In previous
campaigns he has had, from time
to time, August Stange as co
chairman, and in the fifth, A. K.
Parker and Judge R. J. Green.
Mrs. Fred Kiddle as woman's
chairman was succeeded by Mrs.
Mabel Morton.
Chairman of Union county war
finance subcommittees under the
county committee are;
Payroll savings, John Cava
naugh; La Grande women's
special list committee, Mrs. A.
C. Fresinger: retailers commit
tee, Lynne Bohnenkamp; farm
sales. R. W. Schaad; speakers,
Harry Zurbrick. Henry L. Heis,
Colon Eberhard, R. E. Dixon:
publicly, Mrs, Treve Lumsden:
schools at war committee, Fred
Paiton: railroads, Stanley
Mills: fraternal, W. E. Wilkins:
city-county subdivisions partic
ipation, Ed Ford; bonds other
than E, Treve Lumsden; spe
cial and corporations, Raymond
Gray; issuing agents. A. K, Par
ker; theaters. J. Donald Mey
ers; radio, Gordon Capps;
granges, Clarence Carter; Elgin.
Jack Fitzgerald. Union. G. I.
Hsbs: Coce, James Mills: North
Powder, Chris E. Johnson, jr.:
Imblcr, Alex McKenzie; Sum
merville, James Woodoll; Pump
kin, Jim McKinnis; Aliccl, Mrs.
Ray Fuller; Pondosa, Lloyd W.
Davis; Iowa district, Dale Stand
ley; Starkey, Mrs. Chris Mit
chell; organized labor, Carl
Herrmann; F r u i i d a 1 e, Zach
Chandler: Ladd canyon, Frank
Jasper; Cove road, Virgil Mor
ris; Island City, Don Schroder,
Totals By Years
Union county war bond pur
chases since 1941 have amount
ed to $9,454,081, according to fig
ures issued by the Oregon war
finance committee. Totals year by
year exclusive of drives have
been as follows: 1941 $143,848;
1942. $714,268; 1943, $1,114,254;
1944, $423,698; 1945 (Aug. 31)
$39,038.
Drive totals: First, $112,882;
second, $592,266; third, $!)93,7H'I;
fourth, $1,141,800; fifth, $1,059,
700; sixth, $1,241,000; seventh,
$1,526,495.
Bulletin
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1 (UP)
The Crosby research founda
tion claimed today to have a
defense against the atomic
bomb.
FSA Tries
Farm Security administration
committeemen from seven est
ern counties are meetinf todsy
and tomorrow at the Sacaja,ea
for a two-day conference to seek
ways and means of helping re
turning farm veterans and war
workers i m-establish them
wlvs on farms and disruss rc
convonitin problem of family
type and small farmers, announc
ed Nei L. Williams dhrtru'i SU
pervijiir, The Wft
Covet let represented w.ll (Hi
c'ttrae, $luiim!) iMvTtyWi, Umali-
Eccles Tells LDS "Church
Must Take Care of Its Own"
Stewart B. Eccles of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints church welfare committee
from Salt Lake City, speaking
before the 600 or more members
at the Union Stake quarterly con
ference held in La Grande yes
terday, stressed the necessity of
providing for the needy in the
church.
He encouraged all to follow the
advise and council received from
church leaders, in taking care of
those who are or may be in need,
that the members of the church
should not accept support from
the county, state or nation, but
rather that the bishop store house
should be arranged and stocked
to provide all who arc in need.
Bishop Warns
Bishop Joseph L. Wirthlin, sec
ond counselor in t h e presiding
bishopric, warned the people' to
adhere to the teachings of the
church in all things.
Robert Ord of Baker, recently
returned from Europe where he
served in the army related some
of his experiences and told of the
comfort the teachings of t h e
church had been to him. Young
people spoke on their many op
portunities and the guidance and
teachings which came to them
through the church.
Music was under direction of
Norman Fcik and David Eardly
of the stake music committee.
4-H Clubbers to
Show Stock at
International
Eighteen head of cattle, 22 head
of hogs, and seven head of sheep
wil be shipped Oct. 8 to the Pa
cific International Livestock Ex
position in Portland, it was an
nounced today.
Owners of the slock, all 4-H
club members, will leave Oct. 9,
and the show will be Oct. 10, II.
and 12 in the Portland stock
yards.
The cattle, 16 of wtiich are
Here fords, showed an average
gain of 2.1 pounds a day for the
last 45 days, and the hogs show
ed an average gain of 1.5 pounds
for the same period. Biggest
weight gain for cattle was re
corded for cattle owned by Don
ald Hefty of Cove, and Iris Vo
gel of Union.
Four-H club members to show
stock at the exposition are:
Beef Wayne Berry, Ehrman
Bates, La Grande; Iris Vogel,
Jean Vogel, Clayton Glen, Union;
Dick Conklin, Ronald Pucketl.
Clifford Towle, Barrie Gassett,
Donald Hefty, Cove; and Wes
Conrad, Imbler.
Hogs Barrie Gassett, Roderick
Flench, Johnnie Vann, and Don
ald Hefty, all of Cove.
Sheep Keith Hallmark, Jimmy
Rundell, and Johnnie Vann, Cove.
C. C. Conrad and II. G. Gas
sett will accompany the members
to oversee the stock .
Methodist Pastorate
Changes Announced
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP)
Transfer of the Rev. Laurance A.
Burdette from Mount Tabor
Methodist church, Portland, to
the First Methodist church of The
Dalles and appointment of the
Rev. Thomas Klink to Mount Ta
bor pastorale was announced to
day by northwest denomination
leaders.
to Help
la, Union, Wallowa, Baker and
Malheur.
Meting today will renter on
how bst to start qualified vete
rans on the road to farm owner
ship through the 40-year farm
ownership loans and locale family-type
farms that can be pur
chaed at a reasonable price, ex
plained Williams. Qualified Oie
fnn veterans are now having
grvat difficulty in finding suit
able farrn,s priced in terms of
paHiinff riSf'aril'V.
P Use of FSA's program to help
Bond
Morning music was furnished by
the combined young peoples
courses of the stake. In the after
noon service the music was fur
nished by the stake choir.
Two hundred and fifty young
persons enjoyed a banquet which
had been prepared for them by
the stake Anionic priesthood
committees and the stake primary
board. Youths between the ages
of 12 and 17 years attended the
dinner. In addition these officers
made up several hundred lunch
boxes for adults.
3,000 Spectators
Attend Air Show
At Local Port
Between 2,500 and 3,000 per
sons witnessed the air circus
sponsored yesterday afternoon by
Eastern Oregon Airways in ob
servance of their first anniver
sary in business.
Thirty-one outside planes, in
addition to the dozen from the
local field, participated in the
event, with Pendleton, Walla
Walla, Milton, Ontario, John Day
and Boise represented. Cash
piizes were offered by Merlin
Johnson and Keith Province,
owners of the flying school.
Acrobatics
Highlights of the show in
cluded a spot landing contest In
which Don Piper of Milton won
first in his Fail-child PT-19, Miles
Silver of Union second in an In
terstate and Viola (Cooky) Lyons
of John Day, third in a Taylor
craft. Another feature of the aftor-
l noon was a demonstration by Rex
Covey in a Bcechcraft two-engine
craft of a single engine take
off. The third demonstration of
skillful maneuvering and acro
batic flying was executed by
Glen Messer of Birmingham, Ala.
now hero with an aerial photo
giaphy group. He soloed at 15
years of age and has 13,000 hours
to his credit, as well as fighting
with the English - American air
corps in the first world war.
Taking the breath of the spec
tators was a 16'j turn spin, made
by Cookie Lyons. She took her
ship to 5,000 feet for a 1 W) turn
spin, held it for an addition six
and one-half turns, finishing with
a spot landing. She took her
training at the local flying schorl,
soloed Dec. 3, 1944, received her
private licence April 4 of this
year, and has now accumulated
enough flying time for a commer
cial license.
Others participating in the
event were:
James Lyons, John Day, flying
a Taylorciaft; Orville Pellett, La
Grande, Interstate; Dick Fuller,
La Grande, Interstate; Mike
Houser, Klamath Falls, Cub J-4;
Forrest Harrah, Pendleton, Cub
J-5; Harry DeVore, Milton, In
terstate; H. H. Hart, Pondleton,
Taylorciaft; Mason Folsom, La
Grande, Interstate; Don Horn,
Cub J-4; Robert Renfrew, Walla
Walla, in a Curtis Robin; Ray
Mullen, in an Interstate; and W.
M. Peare, La Grande, Cub J-3.
Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.
Temperature:
Maximum 80
Minimum 38
Forecast: Clear tonight and
Tuesday. L i,'t t I e temperature
change.
Veterans
family-type and smaller farms
convert rapidly to a peace - time
basis Will be the prinripal con
sideration Tuesday. Efficient farm
operation on the basis of suffi
cient livestock and machinery,
small watei facilities, needed im
provements, and farm and home
plans to fit ivst war adjustments
will be discussed. ' 0
County FSA committeemec at
tending today's meeting lie:
Ralph Leonfllg and John Chri
tensen, leaker coumy. M ' BxftO
Griggs, Lee Childers, Paul
Sales
Repeal of
3 Percent
Tax Asked
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UP)
The administration asked con
gress today to repeal the 3 per
cent normal tax on individual in
comes and thus remove an esti
mated 10,000,000 persons from the
federal tax rolls.
It called for repeal of the 05
percent wartime excess profits
tax on business, effective ijcxt
Jan, 1, and asked congress to fix
a definite date when wartime ex
cise taxes would revert to 1042
levels.
The first glimpse of the admin
istration's postwar transition tax
program, which would, cut the
government's income $4,000,000,
000 a year, was givon in John W.
Snyder's quarterly report to con
gress. It was made public while
Secretary of Treasury Fred M.
Vinson was closeted with the tax
writing house and mean commit
tee, presumably outlining the
same recommendations.
The committee hopes to have
congress complete action on the
emergency tax relief by Nov. 1
so the lower rates on both indi
viduals and business can go into
effect Jan. 1. Broader revisions
of the federal tax structure are
expected to follow.
Snyder noted ln his report in
creased taxes had been adopted
as an emergency measure to si
phon off some of the inflation
ary spending power of both bus
iness and individuals during the
war.
"Correspondingly," he saLd,
"reduction of taxes during the
immediate transition period can
be n potent influence against de
flation." Newspaper Week
Being Observed
In United States
President Truman, in proclaim
ing natioruil newspaper week,
which begins today, paid one of
his highest compliments when he
said the newspapers of America
had shown the way to freedom
and justice and will be leaders
in the post war area for a just
and lasting peace.
He reviewed the objective and
complete coverage of Ihe war by
the American press and empha
sized the need for this kind of
coverage to be extended to all
countries for better understand
ing. He also pointed out how news
men risked their lives and how
32 lost their lives in covering tl
war.
Several of the UniUcd Pi ess
men who covered the war for the
La Grande Evening Observer
were among this 32:
Harry Crockett, Carl Thus
gaard, Frank Prist, Ray Clapper,
Fred Faust, Ernie Pyle, Robert
Post, Jack Prankish, United
Press; Eugene Petrov, Webb Mil
ler, United Press; Ralph Barnes,
Frank J. Cuhel, Joseph Morton,
Tom Treunor, Fred Painton. Stan
ley Gunn, John J. Andrew, Unit
ed Press; Harry L. Percy, Unit
ed Press; Brydon Tavcs, United
Press; Bedo Irvin, William dick
ering, Byron Darnton, John Cash
man, John B. Terry, Harold Ku
lick. Jack Singer, Melville Ja
coby, Ashel Bush, Ben Robert
son, Lueien A. Labaudt, and Da
vid Lardner. Still listed as miss
ing arc O. Witt Hancock, William
T. Shenel, John J. Andrews, Unit
ed Press, a n d Robert Bellaire,
United Press.
to Farms
son, Union county; Henry Oil,
Mrs. Alice Kirk, Guy Rockwell,
Umatilla; Carroll Barker and
Lloyd Lear, Gilliam county.
FSA representatives present
Alvin Hoburt, state RR director,
Viola B. Shaffer, slate IIM spe
cialist, G. C. Hendry, production
and loan supervisor, Harold J.
fincgan, farm ownership special
ist, all of Portland, Bruce Stove
art and Kew Williams, The Dal
li, Eugene Denfley, Hosel Hunt
er, Fred Bubb, Irene Makinson,
i,On',ario, and Amy S. Larkin, Pen
dleton. U
Union Out for Raise
In Rates for Drivers!
La Grande lias no bus service in or out today. '
Service was suspended on Overland-Greyhound bus lines
at 12:01 a.m. today when drivers went on strike in protest"
against wage cuts from war time to eace time basis. '. '.':''
Representatives of the Amalagamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America,
AFL, (Local 1055) said their drivers would not accept the
proposed reudctions. Instead, they asked pay rates be r
tained until a new contract can be nogtiated. nt
The company contended higher wages were paid on a WLB
order because of extra time required to make runs during
Officers Say
yNo Progress'
In Death Case
After talking to dozens of per
sons who were known to have
boon in the neighborhod of Fox
hill Friday night when Mis.
Frank Lovely, 2B, of East Rus
sell street, was fatally wounded,
stuto police and the sheriff's of
fice said today they had "abso
lutely nothing" to report in the
way of progress on the case.
Sgt, Lewis Johnson of the state
police said he is still checking
with parties who had been re
ported in the vicinity and who
came forward with statements
they were in the vicinity. So fur,
none of them have been helpful.
Funeral services for Mrs. Love
ly will be h e I d at Snodgrass
funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Burial will be in the Odd Fellow's
cemetery.
Mrs. Lovely, her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Evans and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Denton had made
cump on Fox hill road on Mt.
Emily Friday evening, as was
their annual custom upon the
opening of the deer season.
They were preparing to go to
bed when a car approached. A
shot came from the car and the
bullet struck Mrs. Lovely In the
abdomen. Evans ran toward the
car shouting but the occupants
backed around and returned in
Ihe direction from which they
came.
Emergency operation at Grande
Ronde hospital failed to save Mrs.
Lovely.
Petitions Asking
Soil District in
County Approved
Petitions for formation, of a
soil conservation district in the
Hot Lake, L a d tl Canyon, and
Union district have been approv
ed by the slate board of soil con
servation, it was announced to
day. petitions were circulated
result of a meeting July
mors and soil conserva-
lists in Hot Lake. Date
and election has not
it was announced.
W. Schaad, Union
ultural agent, has
recommended it bo scheduled for
sometime in the last two weeks
of October. Also undecided is the
place, although Hot Lake has
been suggested.
The purpose of forming a soil
conservation district in this area
is to aid drainage and general
land reclamation, including weed
control.
Members of the original com
mittee, which has been working
on the project for more than two
years, arc: Gilbert Courtright, J.
C. Beddingfield, Charles Grandy,
T. W. Bates, all of route 2, La
Grande, and Royal Allen, Cove.
20 Cub Leaders
Meet With Speedy
Twenty club leaders and dis
trict Boy Scout officials of Pen
dleton, Baker and La Grande met
with Gerald A. Speedy, nationid
cubbing leader, yesterday after
noon in the Presbyterian.
This was the last of a series of
meetings conducted by Speedy
throughout the Blue Mountain
council.
The original foundation of the
cubbing program was the theme
of Speedy's speech. He discussed
how boys' gangs gradually be
came cub packs, with officers and
officials, and spoke on the func
tioning, of the pack committee,
and duties of the various officials,
including cub masters. o
Chief executive McDcriWtt of
Walla Wallu Raided over the
meeting.
"
ycVi
countyVagrii
the 35-mile-on hour speed limit.
This payment expires with lifting
of speed restriction. :
The drivers were paid 4:V
cents a mile before the war aft'fl i
5.5 cents under the WLB order.
Present demands would ra5e
mileage rates to 6.5 cents. '
Called Off
.Service called off by the strike
Includes four schedules betwo&h
Salt Lake City and Pocatcllo,
Ida., two between Pocatello and ,
Ashton, Ida., one between Poca'
tello and St. Anthony, Ida., six
between Pocatello and Idaho
Falls, Ida., four between Poca
tello and Burlcy, Ida., and eight
local Idaho schedules betweeh
Boise, Nampa and Caldwell, lij
addition service between Port;
land, Pendleton, Spokane and
surrounding vicinities was stop
ped. The company announced provi
sion will be made for passengers
caught enroute during the strike
to cqntinue their journeys. ; 1
It has been' estimated about
1,000 travelers leave and entnr
Portland on the struck schedule's':
OIL STRIKE STILL
REMAINS UNSETTLED
By United Press '
Company and union represent:
atlves failed again today to settle
the oil strike hampering the na
lion's reconversion program aa
labor troubles kept more than '
400,000 American workers Idle.
At Washington, a management
representative said the oil wage
conference appeared headed for
a breakdown unless the govern-,
mcnt comes up with an accept
able compromise.
UNION LEADER
SEES "SABOTAGE"
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP)
A legal battle between AFL and
CIO lumber workers took shape
loday in the strike of 60,000 men
in the Pacific -northwest as a su
perior court judge In Washington
granted an injunction restrain
ing the AFL from picketing
plants in Grays Harbor county
where CIO members ale em
ployed. ,
AFL picket lies aronund H)
CIO lumber operations in tne
county were withdrawn after the
injuncton was issued. J
Kenneth Major, president of
AFL local 3009, Sawmill and
Timber Workers, on whom the
injunction was served, said coun
ter action would be taken.
Fitzgerald Replies .
Karley Larson, head of the ClfJ
Woodworkers, said the presei -AFL
strike is the result of "do
liberate efforts by the lumbet
operators to destroy the union in
this industry." .,.
"The operators are utilizing
the just demands of AFL workers
to close clown the industry, freeze
out small competitors, discredit
our state and federal govern
ments, raise a hue and cry
against the entire labor move- '
mcnt and force lumber prices Up
next spring," Larson said. :,
J. B. Fitzgerald, secretary-manager
of the Lumbermen's Indus
trial Relations Committee, Inc.',
said Larson is confusing the is
sue. He said the AFL Lumber
and Sawmill Workers' union de
manded negotiations on a five
state basis for the first time. This
did not give employers time
enough to organize, he added.
Kngineers Study
Plans for Dams
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (UP) l
Members of the army engineer
consulting board on construction
ol dams in the Portland district
were in Eugene today to study
plans for the Meridian dam at the
middle fork of the Willamette
river. ,..
Th-3 hoard will make a slmilnV
(rip Wednesday to Umatilla on
the Columbia river at the McNarjf
dam site. Preliminary plans are
diwn for the projects and after
the projects doubtfulopoints will
be ironed out, enabling 0e en
giiiMrs to go ftad with plans
afld specifiisjlions.