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Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, February 25, 1954
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E lectric Board, let us pay a p a rt
of the cost of the flood control
dam plus all of th e costs of the
pow er g en e ratin g facilities and
transm ission lines, and let us get
By
th e pow er we need from C ougar
H arris E llsworth , M.C.
Dam, w hich will be built anyw ay,
and th u s relieve ourselves of the
N CA M PA IG N speeches in the
job of building a n o th e r dam in the
1952 cam paign, in th e pow er sam e a re a ?
policy announced as ad m in istra-
T hey asked m e th a t question
policy by In te rio r S e c re ta ry M c
K ay and in the re cen t budget m es last fall and I agreed th a t they
sag e of th e P resid en t, th e p rin ci not only had a sound idea but that
ple of p a rtn e rs h ip of s ta te s and it conform ed w ith w h at I u n d e r
local co m m unities w ith the F e d stood to be the policy of this a d
e ra l gov ern m en t in the develop m in istra tio n . They proceeded to
m en t of m u ltip le purpose dam s deevlop th e ir plans for a p a r tn e r
h a s been rep eated ly endorsed by ship proposal and brought them
to W ashington. Mr. R ay B oals and
th e a d m in istratio n .
his assistan t, Mr. Byron P rice, to
In a recen tly published m aga-
g e th e r w ith th e ir engineer, Mr.
pine artic le . S e c re ta ry M cKay
Byron T aylor, spent several w eeks
w ro te : "T h e D e p a rtm e n t will not
in W ashington recen tly . It w as a
co m p ete w ith th e s ta te s and local
p leasu re to w ork w ith them and
co m m u n ities in th e developm ent
help them They w anted no deal
of the n a tio n ’s w a te r resources.
unless it was a good thing for the
It will co o p erate and not ham per
governm ent as well as being fair
th e full d evelopm ent of these re
to the city of Eugene. T he plan
sources, in strict conform ity w ith
they have w orked out is clearly
ex istin g law s.”
both. It is sound, clean-cut and
T h e P re s id e n t’s budget m essage w orkable. If adopted, it will save
w hich w as sent to Congr< ss ju s t th e governm ent a considerable
last m onth co n tain s th e following | am ount of m oney and will provide
tw o sen ten ces:
|M)wer for E ugene a t a reasonable
“F ederal a c tiv itie s in p roj
ra te .
e c ts or plans tci/Z not im p ly
S e n a to r Cordon and I helped in
a n y exclu sive reservation o f
th e final d ra ftin g of a bill which
such p ro jects to F ederal con
legalizes the arran g e m e n t, which
stru ctio n or financing, or pre
we introduced in both houses of
clu d e local p articipation in
C ongress. It should, we think,
th< ’in. . . . The pow er policy of
have favorable congressional a c
this a d m in istra tio n recognizes
tion.
th e w illingness o f s ta te and
W hen th e P resid en t learned of
local groups to pa rticip a te in
th e hrtl he have th e plan h*s p e r
providing additional pow er fa-
sonal blessing w ith a stro n g fav
cU ities.'’
orab le sta te m e n t. He said th •
T h e city of E ugene, which owns project is a good exam ple of his
1st own elec trical g e n e ra tin g and a d m in istra tio n ’s policy of eneoui-
d istrib u tio n system , has grow n to aging local p articip atio n in such
th e point w h ere its u tility needs projects w h erev er feasible.
m ore jKiwer. M eanw hile th e con
I he Eugene proposal is not the
s tru c tio n of a dam on the S outh fu st legislation o ffered which em
F o rk of thi' M cK enzie riv er has bodies th e general idea of “p a r t
been au th o rized by C ongress as nership." I have not had an op-
T he O regon D epartm ent of Vet
a p art of the W illam ette Basin portunitv to stu d y others they
«'vans'
A ffairs is still p ro c e ssire
Fltxxl control pro ject. P ow er could nti.v ht' good too. I not«', how-
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110
W
orld W ar II v e te ra n s'
and should be g en e rated at th a t ever, th a t the E ugene plan is th«'
dam Whv not, reasoned the m an tirsi one Io ht endorst'd bv Presi- t»onus claim s. R obert J W illiam
son, Ixinus supervisor, report« d
ag em en t ot the E ugene W a te r and dent Eisenhower.
I this w eek.
Most of th e claim s are aw aitin g
inform ation requested of a p p li
ca n ts in o rd e r to establish th e ir
i»nt it lenient. W illiam son said A n
o th e r 112 rep resen t appeals by
v eteran s from disallow ed claim s,
Soft - Safe - Pliable
on w hich decisions have not vet
been m ade.
SH O E C O H lt.A IS. $2 19 -
COWBOY RACKS $1 79
Since th e bonus deadline of last
1
•ecenrber
31, th«' d ep a rtm en t has
IDEAL GIFTS FOR
received 19 applications o r re
CHILDREN
q u e s t s to r application form s Non»'
i of th ese can be acted on because
♦ (,'i/f W nip/nrsp F ree
they w ere filed too late.
The bonus has bt'en paid to 126.-
036 v eteran s or th eir survivors in
the am ount of $50.124.990. T he liv
ing v e te r a n s averag e bonus p a y
T his W eek’s
m ent w as $392 81 while p ay m en ts
G reen S ta m p W inner
IROOklNGS
to survivors avera ed $528.21.
LETTER FROM
W ASHINGTON
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Bonus Claims
Being Checked
• M U S IC A L
dered qu ilts. Mrs. E llen Jag g ers,
and the second oldest quilt which
w as en te re d by Mrs. V iolet W al
lace. It w as m ade by Mrs. H.
H o rn er in 1870 in Ohio and
brought across th e plains to N e
b rask a in a covered w agon.
A n o th er item of in tere st w as a
cro ch eted bedspread e n tered by
Mrs. E d ith D ro rb au g h w hich had
been m ade by a N egro slave about
ninety-five y ea rs ago. Mrs. Neil
M artin toon both first and second
in th e crib quilt classification.
W hen th e door prize w as draw n
for at 9 o’clock, Mi'S. M anilla H as
sett held the lucky num ber. Oth« r
w inners w ere Mrs. V erna,M enden-
hal, Mrs. E llen Ja g g e rs and La
V ere H ew itt.
Mrs. A lvina Eickhoff, ch airm an
of th e co m m ittee fo r th e affair,
wishes to th an k everyone for th e ir
interest in e n terin g th e ir quilts,
hobies and antiques, so th a t th e
show w as a g re a t success.
T he Q uilt D isplay, Hobby and
A ntique exhibit at the G range
hall last S a tu rd a y drew m any e n
trie s and a ttra c te d m any people
to enjoy the m any fine q u ilts and
By
o th e r th in g s on display. T h irty
C L IF F O R D P. q u ilts w ere hung around the sides
ROW E
of th e hall and on racks, w hich
w ith the hobbies, an tiq u e flow ers
4 LTHOUGH everyone g ets a and curios also on display, marie
big laugh out of the am ount a colorful, in tere stin g im pression
of tim e th a t Dagwood, new spaper as one en tered the door.
T he judges, Mrs. Sylvia Lee,
com ic page c h a ra c te r, spends in
the b ath tu b , I believe th a t th e C u rry county hom e d em o n stratio n
carto o n ist who has c re a te d th e a g e n t; M rs. K en n eth P riest, wife
idea has cap tu red an im p o rta n t j of th e co u n ty agt nt. and Mrs.
aspect of m odern A m erican liv j E dith Ackley, ch airm an of the
C u rry co u n ty Pom ona G range
ing.
T hat very thought cam e to m e Hom e Econom ics com m ittee, had
just th e o th er day as 1 w as lying, i a difficult tim e deciding which of
full length, soaking in a hot tub. th e q u ilts m erited the gran d
I have alw ays felt th a t such a cham pionship. The Ohio rose p a t STAYING AT BONN
Mr. and M rs. R o b ert H am an n
form of relaxation has it all o v er tern quilt en tered by Mrs. C lara
the p sy c h ia trist’s couch when it K ern s w as finally chosen, w ith and children a re g u ests a t th e
com es to relieving ta u t nerves or th a t of Mrs. F lo ren ce Davis a Bonn Motel u n til th ey can find
very close ru n n er-u p . The o th e r suitab le housing. Mr. H am ann is
a troubled ipind.
But it w as not alw ays thus. I prize w as given for th e oldest su p erin ten d en t of L ak e P leasan t
can rem em b er as a y o u n g ster quilt en tered , and th a t prize was Plywood Com pany.
fighting w ith all th e tric k s at my tak en by th«' quilt en tered by Mrs.
com m and to som ehow escape th e I D ora B eaulieu. It w as a log cabin TO V IS IT FAM ILY
Mrs. H. A. W ilb an k s left M on
ordeal o r the inevitable S a tu rd a y p a tte rn m ad? in P en n sy lv an ia
night bath. In view of the fact j about tw o h undred y ea rs ago by day m orning to spend th re e w eeks
th at my own y o u n g sters a re co n th e g ra n d m o th e r of Mrs. V erne w ith h er fam ily in S eattle.
She rode as fa r as P o rtla n d
tin u ally fighting over who is to Cross, who gave it to Mrs. B eau
w ith M rs C harles W ersch who re
have the first bathing o p p o rtu lieu about eighteen y ears ago.
R ibbons w ere given for th e tu rn ed home from a visit w ith h er
nity, a m odern stu d en t of the
A m erican scene m ight com e to the q u ilts in the differen t classifica d au g h ter, Mrs. Ed S am uels, and
as
follow s:
P atch w o rk family.
conclusion th a t a desire for clea n tions
liness is a sudden developm ent of q u ilts, M rs. F lo ren ce Davis and
M rs. Alice Spence, w ith h o n o r TO GO O V ER SEA S
o u r own decade.
able
m ention for Mrs. E d ith A ck
P v t. Glenn O rton, son of Mr.
Such is not the ease, how ever;
ley
and
Mrs.
E
va
S
p
rin
g
er;
a
p
and
Mrs. I. V. O rton, was hom e
and if th cone who m ade such a
sta te m e n t had ever gone th ro u g h plique quilts, Mrs. C lara K ern s on a ten-day leave l>efore sh ip
th e agony of the w eekly ab lu tio n s and Mrs. D arrell G a rre tt; em broi- ping out for ov erseas duty.
in those years B.B. (I»efore b a th
tu b s), he would know th a t the
yo u n g sters of gone g en eratio n s
w e ren ’t fighting cleanliness
Del N o rte Indian W elfare Ass’n.
T hose who have perched on th e
rim of a galvanized tub, th e sam e
Smith River Community Hall
in w hich m other did the weekly
w ashing, w hile they w ent th ro u g h
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
the co n to rtio n s of bath in g will u n
D ancing 9:00 to 2:00 a.m.
d ersta n d and be sym pathetic.
The huge w ash boiler on the
A d ded A ttra ctio n
wood stove furnished the hot w a
A U T H E N T IC IN D IA N DAN CES
te r fo r th e a tta c k on th e w e ek ’s
M usic by E arl King
accu m u latio n of th e good e a rth ,
D onation $1.00
hut th e last b ather, and th e re
w ere eight in ours, usually ended
up w ith about the sam e p ro p o r
tion of hot w a te r as he did of
chicken at th e S unday dinner.
T he little ones got th e big b reak
though for they could sit down in
the w a te r; the rest of us had to
1» rch and swoop.
IT'S
WORTH
WILLIAM G. PH ELPS. E ditor
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