Pf Eocene Rcgitier-Guard, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1945
Interests Oppose
Water Diversion
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 21
Of) Strong opposition to the di
version of water from the Kla
math basin to the Central valley
watershed of California was voic
ed by both Oregon and California
Interests represented at a hearing I "0 second eet of water into the
of waters In the entire river
basin from .its origins in Oregon
to its mouth in California. Other
hearings will be held this week
at Yreka and Eureka.
Colonel Kenneth M. Moore, dis
trict U. S. engineer at San Fran
cisco, presided at the hearing and
i me ouiset tne engineers ex
plained three possible schemes for
Klamath watershed development.
wo. 1 provides for diversion of
conducted here Tuesday by the
U. S. engineers.
Spokesman from both states
challenged the possibllty that any
water-tight guarantee could be
given that Irrigation in the Kla
math basin would receive the
minimum flow of water in cir
cumstances where the supply was
Insufficient for both this basin
and the diversion program.
i Klamath basin spokesman em
phasized the importance of ag
ricultural expansion in the fu
ture economy of this basin, with
a lumber industry decline in pros
pect, and argued that there will
be ultimate need for every drop
of water in the Klamath water
shed. The American Legion hall here
was jampacked for the hearing,
which is the first of three to be
held by the engineers on a forth
coming report covering the use
Central valley project from the
upper area, with a new storage
reservoir on Sprague river and
other developments downstream;
No. 2 provides for the Sprague
reservoir and downstream de
velopments but no diversion; No.
3 leaves the upper area much as
it is, but pertains to the develop
ment oi tne Trinity river, with a
diversion from that area Into
the Sacramento watershed.
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Morse Says Imported
Farm Labor To Increase
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 OP).
Allocatlone of imported farm labor
may be "a little larger" for the
northwest this year, Sen. Morse
.(R.-Ore.) said today.
Brig. Gen. Philip G. Brauton,
war food administration's labor of
ficer, is now in Mexico recruiting
rarm laDor tor the current season,
Morse said, adding that he had
been assured no change was con
templated in the methods used the
past two yeara in supplying farm
ers with additional help.
W. H. Talbert will be in charge
of the northwest labor office at
Portland, Ore., he said. Talbert,
who has been connected with the
Los Angeles office, succeeds R. T.
Magleby.
Dow-Jones
Preliminary closing Dow-Jones
stock averages: industrial 199.66,
up 0.00; railroad S1.0S, off 0.12;
utility 28.28, off 0.16; 69 stocks
99.80, off 0.09.
Sales totaled 1,720,000 shares
compared with 1,770,000 shares
yesterday. Big board pond, sales
aggregated $8,330,000 against $12,
170,000 yesterday. Curb stock
turnover was 670,000 shares com
pared with 670,000 yesterday.
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Terrier Filling Gl Master's
Job As Head Bellhop In Hotel
By ARTHUR A. NEWGAHDEN
United Press Staff Correspondent
LOCKPORT. N. Y., Feb. 21.
(U.PJ Butch, the head bellhop
and the only one at the Park
hotel, is a black and white fox
terrier. Butch was troubled to
day. Her bellhop business was
going to the dogs.
For one thing, Bulch wished
Mrs. Nellie Pierce would come to !
ner aoor and get the morning
ago,, when the regular bellhop
was drafted. Charles C. Bartiey,
manager of the hotel and Butch's
master, gave the little terrier the
job after she showed her apti
tude by putting a batch of mail
in front of the right door.
"At first, it was a little diffi
cult for Butch." Mrs. Bartlev. the
dog's mistress, said. "But now
well, there isn't another bell
hop in Lockport who can hold a
RICKETT8
Missionary To Speak
William R. Ricketts, who for the
past year has been engaged in
missionary work In Alaska, will
be the speaker Wednesday at 7.30
p. m. at the Fairmount Church of
Christ. He will tell of his work,
and of the future of missionary
endeavor in the Alaskan territory,
where saloons outnumber
churches, four to one.
Stationed at Juneau, the mis
tlonary's work mainly was with
me wnite population. On his re
turn, he will go to Fairbanks, rep
resenting the Church of Christ, a
new field with varied problems.
Chief need Is for consecrated per
sonnel to preach the gospel, he
declares.
An offering for this new field
will be taken at the meeting.
paper. The small dog delivered it fa,n,dle to Butch when 't cornea to
as usual, then stood down the "1'." care OI ' West."
grade rails 114.20 up 0J6; 10 2nd
grade rails 94.19 up 0.19; 10 pub
util. 109.09 up
107.71 up 0.13.
0.04; 10 Indus.
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SIGWART'S
PRISONER LIST COMING
WASHINGTON () The
transmission of names of Amer
icans liberated from Japanese pri
son camps in the Philippines is
being delayed by the top priority
given urgent war messages on
army radio channels.
The war department, explain
ing this today, said 4,200 names
are on file In the Philippines and
are being sent as conditions per
mit. In addition, couriers are
Bringing lists to Washington to
prevent loss of any names. 1
Wilt-Resistant Weed
Gives Hope Td Smoker
WASHINGTON, (U.PJ Now
take It easy, don't expect any
immediate increase in cigarets at
me corner drug store but the ag
riculture department has run on
to a new way to boost tobacco
yield.
Department scientists have In
formed gTowers of a new wilt
resistant cigaret tobacco which
may Increase the acre yield by
29 per cent. It won't cost the
producer any more, either, except
possibly a little more for' seed,
the department said.
The tobacco specialists had one
chance in 1,034 of locating the
resistant strain, the department
explained. Experiments began
In 1934. Out of 1,034 varieties
tested, only one from Columbia,
South Africa showed high wilt
resistance. That variety was the
granddaddy of the seed now of
fered southeastern tobacco raisers.
The first coal mines in America
were opened in Virginia about
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all kind of hens, from tho largott right
down to tho $mallo$t for Induitry, Bug.
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WhaHvor your flnantM problem, you
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EUGENE BRANCH
hall with her head cocked on one
side wondering why it wasn't
picked up.
Mrs. Pierce, you should have
talked to Butch before you hur
ried off to Sierra Madre. Calif..
after hearing of the American in
vasion of the Philippines.
Butch is pinch hitting for the
young man who went, into the
armed services, and she does her
work better when she's told
what's going on.
snt doesn t know you are the
mother of Brig. Gen. Clinton
Pierce, who was captured bv the
Japanese when the Philippines
fell. She doesn't know Gen.
Pierce waj taken to Manchukuo
with Lt Gen. Jonathan Wain
wright and won't be freed by
current Yank victories, and that
you just want to be nearer him.
Butch never failed to show Mrs.
Pierce to her room during the
montns sne stayed at the hotel.
The lonely mother and the dog
spent many hours together.
Butch got her job two yars
The persevering dud never fall.
when it comes to delivering mail,
newspapers, or keys to patrons of
the hotel. One resident has lived
in the same room for three months
and Butch hasn't missed a call
yet.
"She's efficient," Bartiey de
clared. "Outside of chasing our
black cat, Slippers, she really
knows no other joy than her work
-and what more can an employer
ask these days?"
Butch gets candy, dog biscuits,
and other tips. Just yesterday, a
guest gave her 40 red ration
points a T-bont steak!
an 18,000-ton converted merchant
ship.
This latest submarine haul In
cluded two transports, three cargo
transports, and 17 cargo vessels,
the communique said.
Sinkings by American submar
ines since the beginning of the
war now total 1,025 vessels. These
include 100 warships.
Bill Restricting
PUD Deals Favored
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 2) (U.PJ
Senate bill 62, which would pre
vent Dublie Utilitv districts (mm
buying utility properties outside ;
or tneir own districts without the
approval of the voters in the area
affected, was on the senate floor
todav with a "rin
mendation by the railroads and
utilities committee.
The bill was introduced by Sen.
Merle R. Chessman, Astoria, and
Rep. Ralph Moore, Coos county.1
It has been hostly contested by
some PUD reDresentaHvn a an
undue restriction on the rights of
the districts to expand.
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his discharge from the army di-1
mumuve, screen star Mickey T
Rooney will beein . '10
contract at $9,000 a week
25 More Jap Ships
Bagged By Subs
WASHINGTON. vh. 51 nj
American submarines have sent a 1
Japanese escort carrier, a large
converted cruiser, a destroyer, '
and 22 merchant vessels to the :
bottom in new operations, the
navy announced today.
ine cruiser was believe! to be
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