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John Day Dam Plan Okehcd By Army Engineers Board WASHINGTON UB - A modified version nf the John Day projnt im (lit Columbia River was p nrnvfd unanlmniuly Thurirfay by a board of Army Engineers. Th modified plan calls (or a 'iwcr dam than wai originally au iVirizcd by Congrats and at a low . r cos. Cost 01 tha lower John Pay dam would be Jlfl million r ilan, 40 million leia than tha , rlglnal dam. Tha w plan muit now ba ap proved by the chief of Army En gineers twfore going to Congrtu for a request that exUtlng frgie liillon ba revised. Under tha new plan tha dam would have maximum elevation of MJ feet at mean aea level to tore 800.000 acre-feet of water. Tha original John Day proposal provided for dam with maxU mum elevation of 291 feet and stor age af two million acre-feet of water. 1955 Storm Damage High In Forests Ncuherccr Asks State Denv t Dam License to Idaho Power WASHINGTON I - Sen. Nm-llo Lewis A. Stanley, secretary cf I ereer (D-Ore) Thursday urnd (hi DniM Uvrinuiri rmmk that no Oregon atata license ba Is sued to tha Idaho Power Co. for rnnstructlon of dami on tha Snake aiver. Ha made tha plea in a telegram Snow Seeking Congress Post PORTLAND Uf The first an nouncement of a Rpubllcan candi dacy for Third District congress man was made Thursday. Claude A. Snow, Portland in secticide manufacturer, said he will file later. Earlier Philip Hitchcock, former state senator, said ha had consid ered seeking the GOP nomination but decided aginst it. Gait Anderson, labor leader and atata representative, la another Repub lican who has been mentioned aa a possible candidate. Rep. Edith Green, Democrat, ia the incumbent. Advertising irf Newspapers Up NEW YORK W Newspaper advertising for the first 11 months of 1955 was 18 per cent higher than the total for the same period of 1954, Printers' Ink magazine re ported Wednesday In its national advertising index. This topped. total advertising In all media for tha first U months, which was 13 per cent ahead of the year ago period. slon, which will hold a hearing at Baker Friday on tha Idaho firm s application. Tha company already has a fed eral license for tha dam. Tha ap plication for a atata license wai to meet tha state's claim of interest in tha Snake, which is on the Oregon-Idaho boundary. Neuberger told Stanley the com mission "should not sanction i program against the best Interests and welfare of Oregon." Ncwberg Youth Wins Appointment To West Point WASHINGTON III - Bruce M. Springer of Newberg is ona of four Oregon youths appointed by Sen. Seuberger D-Ore to attend tha .8. Military Academy at West Point. Tha others are Richard P. Shuey, Eugene, and William P. Knebel and Harry F. Drewfs, both Portland. Robert J. Ell of Portland was nominated for the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and John V. Dirksen, Troutdale, and Michael C. Collcy, Portland, ware appointed for the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Tha senator also named 11 alter nates. He said tha appointments and nominations were based "solely on merit from scores obtained through United States Civil Service acad emy designation examinations." Shermkn M. Baldwin and Charles A. Waller, both of Grants Pass, were named third alternates to the Naval Academy. PORTLAND UN Last year's storms caused at bast tUotCO In damage to Pacific Northwest forests, R. F. Grefe, regional engl near, eiti mated Thursday. Only 141 waa a worse year, he said. That year tha audden melt ing of winter snows resulted In floods that caused lossea ranging from three to four million dollars. According to Grefe, roads, bridges and culvers suffered hear lest last year, and It will cost soma M3.000 to put forest camp and picnic areas back Into shape. Moat hard-hit forest, ha said, waa tha Siskiyou In southwestern Oregon, closely followed by Mt. Hood In northern Oregon. Suffer ing most In Washington were the Snoqualmie, Okanogan and Olym pic. Grefe added that every forest was damaged somewhat. Up-to-Date Pirate Activities Predicted UNITED NATIONS til - India has warned the United Nations that today's slave traders are up to date. Asserting that a clause in a projected new international treaty punishing the trade on the high aeas is not enough, Indian delegate Balanchardra predicted befora a U.N. committee that slave traders and pirates will use planes and helicopters. HELP Y0U3 KIDNEYS If eerly raactiealii Dd- aerr ana Bladdn make yea euffer from Getting Up Nlghta, Nenretnneea, the matle Pains, Stiff nesa, Boro Ing, Smarting, Itching, at Acldltv try SchattVs Kidney and Ebdder Pills Price) 60C SCIIAEFER'S DRUG STORE Onen Dally 1:11 a.m te I Ms. Sandaya, t a. m. te . m. Hi NORTH COMMERCIAL Statesman, Salem, Dir., 171, Jin. ?. 11' " ( r. IW ft 9MlooolM? 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