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State Forecast
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cloudy today and Friday.
Little change in temperature.
High 80 to 90 both days. Low
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAlLY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949
No. 134
TIE
Single Department
To Conserve U. S.
Devastating Waste
Washington, May 12 (UB An emergency conference of the
national resources committee met today and was asked'to per
suade congress to establish a single department with over-all
responsibility for the nation's resources.
Former Attorney general Francis Biddle who Ls chairman
of the committee said in a statement that the Russians have
offered a not uninteresting
italism is incapable" of devel-
oping and conserving re
sources.
("A very large portion of
hat paradise of earth which
once was America has gone
x forever under the fire, the
axe, the plow and other free com
petitive methods of the pioneer,"
Biddle said.
The national resources commit
tee is a private organization in
cluding as members leaders in in
dustry, labor, agriculture, educa
tion, and government.
New Agency Sought
Morris L. Cooke, first head of
the rural electrification adminis
tration, told the conference he
hoped it would come up with a
suggestion for "setting up an en-
Washington, May 12 (IB
Secretary of agriculture Charles
F. Brannan told a natural re
sources conference today that the
nation will be permanently short
of timber unless the government
steps in soon to regulate timber
cutting. - .
Brannan said "we are using
our timber much faster than we
are growing It."
tirely new resources agency."
Cooke called the reclamation
bureau-army engineers adminis
tration of the Missouri river val
ley project as "a new low in prof
ligate waste of public funds" and
their planning "inadequate to the
point of being childish."
He also critcized the "hit or
miss" quality of congressional ap
propriations for resource proj
ects. . - . - i
C. Herman Pritchett of the Uni
versity of Chicago cited the "im
portant indictments" by the Hoo
ver commission of the reclamation-engineers
work in the Mis
souri basin under the Pick-Sloan
plan.
Called "Shotgun Wedding"
' Pritchett called the plan the
"shotgun wedding" of the two
agencies which was held, he said,
when the campaign for a Missouri
valley authority was "showing
signs of success."
Ellery Foster of the Interna
tional Wood Workers of America
(CIO) said in a statement that "as
long as the lumber lobby's advice
is followed, no forest will be safe,
and a large proportion of the log
ging operations will continue to
be destructive."
He said that selective cutting,
instead of replanting, is the prop
er way to save America's forests.
This requires that forests be di
vided into small units, he said.
"That is Why," he said, "the lib
eral forces in the west are on solid
technical ground in their opposi
tion to the so-called sustained
yield agreements proposed by the
interior department."
Under this type of forestry,
huge areas of public and private
land would be cut at a uniform
rate.
Steel Workers
AStage Walkout
Pittsburg, Calif., May 12 IP
CIO steelworkers struck the Co
lumbia steel plant today, idling
4.300 employes in what the com
pany charged was a violation of
the contract.
Some 200 men in the open
hearth department of the plant,
which Is a subsidiary of U. S.
ou.-ei, waiKen our 10 enioice humi
protest against the company's ac
tion in reassigning certain em
ployes to new shifts in the open
hearth department.
O. A. Pringle, company vice
president, said the reassignment
of shifts was "entirely In accord
with the labor contract"
"The contract expressly pro
vides that any alleged grievance
shall be handled according to a
grievance procedure without work
stoppage," he said.
"This arbitrary action is a. clear
violation of contract."
The walkout began shortly after
noon. It Involves steelworkers
local 1440. A company spokesman
said "It looks like they're all go
ing out."
Joe Lockner, general aeer.t of
the local, said the strike was
"spontaneous" among the men
and that there were no Immediate
plans for a picket line. He said
the walkout was not ordered by
local union officials.
challenge by stating that "cap
Wheat Farmers
Offered Bonus
To Retain Grain
Washington, May 12 ilPi The
Agriculture Department today of
fered to pay farmers 10 to 1H4
cents a bushel to hold wheat on
their farms for another year in
stead of delivering it to the gov
ernment. This would apply to
wheat on which farmers have ob
tained loans on purchase agree
ments. The department offered similar
programs for barley and oats in
a move to encourage farm stor
age of grains before coming crop
floods into the big terminal.
Under the proposed program,
farmers would have the option
of extending for. another year
their price support loans which
expired May 1. Likewise, far
mers who have wheat under pur
chase agreement could store It
for another year.
Depends on Area
To farmers who keep their
wheat, the department offered a
storage payment ranging from 10
to 1 ',4s cents a buushel, depend
ing on the area. In Kansas, the
biggest wheat state, the payment
will amount to 10 cents.
The department offered storage
payments of eight cants a bush
el for pats and 10- cents for
barley.. ..ut ..-. : --
' Only 60,000,000 bushels of the
estimated 250,000,000 bushels of
1948 loan wheat was said to be
on farms. The government Wants
it left there.
Another 113,000,000 bushels of
wheat was said to be under pur-
i chase agreement, but no figures
were available as to how much
of this still is on farms.
Officials said, however, they
believe less than 10,000,000 bu
shels of wheat will be affected
by the program. Only in scat
tered area where the new crop is
expected to be relatively small
will farmers take advantage of
the oner, officials said.
Eisler Stowaway
Aboard Liner
New York, May 12 (IPi A ra
dio message from the trans-
Atlantic liner Batory indicated
today that a stowaway aboard
the ship is Gerhart Eisler, who
has been called the No. 1 U.S.
communist.
A message from the shin; in
answer to an immigration service
query, said the stowaway said
he was born Feb. 20, 1897, at
Leipzig, Germany.
Records In the office of Els
ler's attorney show the same
birthdate and other records in
dicate that Eisler was born in
Leipzig of Austrian parents.
Eisler has been free on $24,500
bail pending his appeals to the
supreme court on two federal
convictions, for passport fraud
and contempt on congress. De
portation proceedings also have
been pending against him.
Justice department officials
said Eisler would be jailed im
mediately if he is returned here.
The message from the Batory
gave no further details on the
man who was reported to have
bought a ticket to Cydnla, Po
land, after his discovery on the
ship.
Boy Pronounced
Dead, Eats Meal
Pasadena. Cal., May 12 rtPi
Four -year -old Lawrence Page,
pronounced dead Saturday night.
todav ate his first meal in more
than four days.
His mother, Mrs. Francis M.
Page. Mojave, Cal., brought a
breakfast tray and fed him or
ange Juice, cereal and milk in his
room at Huntington hospital.
She said she would bring his
brothers, Eddie. 8. and Ronnie, 5,
to visit him later todav.
The boy said his first word
since being pronounced dead
when his father showed him a toy
last night and asked:
"Whose is this?"
"Larry's." was his feeble answer.
is Sought
Resources;
Charged
Forest Service
ivestigating
Odell Lake Crash
Investigation of the -Odell lake
crash Monday afternoon that re
sulted in the death of David Lepe-
scu, San Francisco, calif., pilot,
and the injury of Ralph W. Craw
ford, Richard P. Bottcher and
Newell Cory, forest service offi
cials, was nearlng completion to
day, following removal of the
plane from the lake. Of the three
men injured only one, Crawford,
remains in the hospital.
Bottcher, who was only slightly
injured, did not enter the hos
pital. Cory was released yester
day, and returned to his home at
Crescent, where he is stationed
as district ranger. The at
tending physician said Crawford,
Deschutes national forest super
visor, would be in the hospital for
several days. However, his con
dition was reported good.
Taking part in the investigation
of the crash is John S. Bowen,
United States forest service re
gional safety officer, who is here
today conferring with the crash
survivors.
Wreckage Removed
When the plane wreckage was
removed from the deep water at
Odell lake, just off Trapper creek,
the body of the pilot was found
still strapped to the seat. Only a
small piece of broken metal held
the seat in the plane. Had that
bit of metal broken, the pilot
might have made his way to
safety. He was carried to his
death when the fuselage turned
over, after breaking away from
the wings, to .which the engines
were attached.
, 'The, body p.:h,e,pilot who had
made application to the" forest'
service for amphibian plane moor
age at Odell lake, was taken to
San Francisco for services.
Although the fuselage of the
plane was taken ashore, the wings
and the engines, which apparent
ly were torn from the body of the
plane by the crash, remain in
the lake.
Ford, Strikers
Still Negotiate
Detroit, May 12 (tB-.Negotia-
tors continued efforts today to
settle the Ford Motor company
strike that with other "speed up"
disputes in the auto industry has
idled 150,000 workers and cut car
and truck production by 20,000
units this week.
Peace talks between the strik
ing CIO United Auto Workers'
union and Ford officials resumed
despite the absence of UAW pres
ident Walter P. Keuther, who was
in Pittsburgh for a conference
with CIO president Philip Murray.
About 100,000 workers are job
less from the strike against Ford's
big River Rouge and Lincoln-Mer
cury plants here. Another 33,000
have been laid off by the Chrys
ler corporation because of a parts
shortage brought on by a supplier
company strike.
Other disputes over alleged
work speed ups boosted the total
Idle to 150,000.
Potato Sales
Show Decline
Washington, May 12 HP The
agriculture department said today
that the government's heavy loss
es on the 1948 potato support pro
gram were due In part to an "un
precedented drop" In potato con
sumption. In a review of the potato situa
tion, the department said prelim
inary estimates indicate that
Americans apparently reduced
their potato eating last year by 15
pounds per capita, or about 12 per
cent.
That alone would account for
36,000,000 bushels of the "sur
plus" 144,000.000 bushels which
the government had to buy up in
supporting the 446.000.000 bushel
crop. The support operation, man
datory under farm law, cost more
than $200,000,000.
"Another surplus is In prospect
for 1949. though much smaller
than in 1948," the report said, "un
less farmers reduce acreage this
year below the seven per cent re
duction indicated by their March
Intentions to plant, or unless
yields should be surprisingly
poor."
Plane Carries Flier fo Death in
Forest Service Photo.
Pictured here is the wreckage of the plane which Monday afternoon carried David Lepescu, San
Francisco pilot.to his death in Odell lake and injured three of .his passengers', Ralph W. Crawford
and Richard P. Bottcher, Bend, and Newell Cory, Crescent, all Deschutes national forest officials.
This picture was taken after the submerged plane was hauled ashore. Its wings were sheared off in
khe crash.
Higher Taxation
Still Demanded
By Pres. Truman
Washington, May 12 HP)
President Truman insisted today
that $4,000,000,000 (B) in new tax
es will be necessary this year to
avoid a federal deficit.
This was the request of Mr.
Truman made of congress In Jan
uary. The $4,000,000,000 would be
In general revenue. In addition,
the administration wants sinie
$2,000,000,000 in additional so
cial security taxes.
Chairman Robert L. Doughton
of the tax-writing house ways
and means committee expressed
hope yesterday that government
spending could be cut sufficient
ly to avoid new taxes this year.
Doughton even expressed doubt
that a bill calling for new tax'
es would be considered at tills
session of congress.
Holds Position
Today at a news conference
Mr. Truman stuck firmly to his
January position.
The president told reporters 'he
is in complete agreement with
Doughton on the necessity for
rigid economy in the government.
But under succeeding ques
tioning the president said he does
not believe it would be possible
to avoid a deficit without new
taxes.
Mr. Truman said federal rev
enue should be sufficient to re
tire between $2,000,000,000 and
$5,000,000,000 of the national
debt every year.
The president was unable to
estimate the deficit probable at
the end of this fiscal year June
30. He said he would have to
wait until he had more up-to-date
figures. Latest budget bu
reau estimate was $000,000,000.
The president spoke with feel
ing in his opposition to deficit
financing, saying there should be
no deficit In a country with a
national income of abqut $217,
000,000,000. SEARCH ABANDONED
Portland, May 12 'in Capt.
Jospph Smith, commander of the
McChord field, Wash., air force
base rescue detachment, todav
said an organized search for a
missing B-26 attack bomber that
vanished in the northwest three
weeks ago had been abandoned.
The plane disappeared on a
flight from Hamilton field, Cal.,
to Portland with three California
service men aboard: Col, Archi
bald Y. Smith, 49, pilot; Col. Wal
ter W. Hodge, 45, Presidio. San
Francisco, and MSgt. Ii. E. Slu
ga, San Jose.
2 ALARMS ANSWERED
A motor in a refrigeration unit
at the Marketeria on North First
street burned out this morning,
fillirtg the grocery store with
smoke. Firemen who answered a
general alarm at 7:41 a.m. said
that damage was confined to the
motor.
In answer to a still alarm, the
fire department made a run nt
9:20 a.m. to McKinley avenue and
South Fourth street, where they
extinguished a trash fire that was
unattended. There was no dam
age. SAFETY RKCOK1) GOOD
Portland, May 12 UP Portland
continued Its perfect string of
traffic safety days today, entering
its 54th day without a fatullty.
It Is the longest period of its
kind for the city of roses.
General Clay Warns Berlin
Populace Fight Not Yet Won
By John B. McDermott
(United l'rM Staff Cormiiondcnt)
Berlin, May 12 .(U.E) Jubilant Berliners celebrating the
lifting of the soviet blockade heard a sober warning by Gen.
Lucius D. Clay today that they still had to fight for the free
dom they earned with the help of the airlift.
The retiring U. S. military governor made his farewell ap'
pearance before the west Berlin city assembly as trains.
Truman Predicts
Wayward Solons
Will face Puttie .
Washington, May 12 U' -Presi-dent
Truman told reporters today
he won't have to purge democrats
who oppose the administration
program because the people will
take care of that. '.
He was questioned about a re
mark attributed to him earlier
this week that there are "too
many Byrds" in congress.
He was quoted to that effect by
a delegation representing the
American veterans committee.
The remark referred to Sen. Har
ry F. Byrd, D Va., who has fre
quently opposed administration
policy.
Byrd, after publication of the
remark, said he was ready to com
bat any "purge" efforts by Mr.
Truman in the 1952 election.
Todav the chief executive was
asked whether he had been cor
rectly quoted about Byrd. The
president replied that he saw no
reason to comment on a confi
dential conversation. .
' Then he was asked whether he
was "thinking in terms of a
purge." lie replied that lie was
not interested In a purge and that
the people would take care of
that.
Buried Money
Found in Garage
j Seattle, May 12 (Hi Two friends
of a once-wealthy real estate oper
ator who (lied a recluse in appar
ent poverty revealed today how
they dug up $27,400 in cash from
beneath the dirt floor of his ga
rage. George R. Comptnn, who came
here from New York 50 years ago
and made a fortune in real estate
ionly lo lose it In the depression
of the earlv 30's, died April 24.
j Hi? was 81."
j Shortly after his funeral, At
torney Reeve Aylmore discovered
j $2.1,000 In hunk deposits In Comp.
ton's name had been untouched
(Since lf).'7. He asked two of
iCompton's friends lo search
; Cnmntnn'H nun reni.'tininp niece
; ui .i .y, ins num.-.
' Fieri Osborne. Spokane, and!
Charles I). Cumrnlngs, temporary
administrator of the estate, round which tax cither was not poid or
the cache of money In three glass Was paid at a reduced rule be
Jars burled beneath two feet of cause the fuel was used for cov
dirt in (.nmptons garage.
Osborne said that he, Cum-
mlngs and Comptnn had come
west together from New York
state half a centurv ago. They
"mucked for gold In Alaska and
punched rattle from Montana to; tie M. Cutshall, 53, Portland, siif.
! Arizona," he said. ifocated when a bed caucht fire
Osborne recalled that Compton, i in her home, the fire marshal's
whose real estate holdings were of flee reported today,
appraised during the 20's at more ! Her husband, Charles Cutshall,
than $300,000, had once said, "irhnd been away on a trip. He
anybody wants mv monev, they'll ! found the fire when he returned,
have to dig for It." 'She was an Invalid.
Odell Lake
trucks, and cars flooded into
the city for the first time
since the Russians imposed
the blockade 328 days ago.
- I. In Carnival Mood
,Thb incoming trafic,-hu't'k-
ing Russia s biggest setback
in the cold war, found Herlin
in a carnival mood. Flags flutter
ed In a hot spring sun. Schools
were out for a- holiday. For the
first time in a year Russians
smiled at Americans, Britons,
French and Germans along the
zonal boundaries.
After the first mad rush of traf
fic between Berlin and west Ger
many, the occupation powers and
the Germans got down to brass
tacks. They started pouring sup
plies, especially fresh vegetables,
and equipment into the city to re
pair the ravages of nearly a yeur
of skimping under the soviet
shackles.
The first two food trucks, bring
ing 28 tons of fresh cucumbers
and leeks, arrived at 11:27 and
11:34 a.m. The first freight train
of 43 cars loaded with coke ar
rived at the Lichterficld station
in the American sector at noon,
Driver Rewarded
The driver of the first truck to
arrive with fresh vegetables was
given 10 bottles of schnapps,
The first interzonal buses left
Berlin for Helmstadt, the check
point at the Anglo-soviet border,
at 7 a.m. It was jammed to capa
city with no standing room left.
The Berlin airlift roared on,
even though it had defeated the
main Russian tactic in the cold
war. Western officials said the pa
rade of transports between west
Germany and Berlin would con
tinue until a stockpile of 200,000
tons of foodstuffs had been built
up here,
"The future only can determine
the exact date when the airlift
will end," l.t. Gen. John K. Can
non, commander of U. S. air
forces In Europe, said.
Auto Drivers Use
Much Gasoline
Washington, May 12 Hli Auto
mobile drivers burned 30,616,486,
OIK) gallons of gasoline In 1948 and
paid taxes of $1,082,705,690 for the
privilege.
Stales collected $1,342,973,000 In
gasoline taxes; the federal gov
ernment $459,702,690.
The gasoline consumption was
eight per cent above the amount
used in 1947, the federal works
accnev mnnrtpd.
The 1918 eallonaee does not In
elude 4,598,301,000 gallons on
ernmcnt
er non-highway pur-
poses.
WOMAN SUFFOCATED
Portland. Mav 12 'Hi Mrs. Mvr-
Lightning Hits in Deschutes
Forests, as Result of Thunder'
Storm; Heat Wave Continues
New thundorheads were building up in the southeast again
today following an electric storm that sent bolts into the Des
chutes national forest Tuesday, resulting in the first light
ning fire of the season. This was in the Bessie butte area,
south of Bend. It was a small blaze, and was quickly con
trolled, Protective forces were alerted this morning as the first
thunderheads were spotted far to the south, with the temp
Snow Blanket
Still Heavy
In Cascades
Deep snow holding an abnor
mally heavy water content still
blankets the mid-Oregon Cus
cades, according to information
from the office of W. T. Frost, hy
draulic engineer in charge of
snow surveys in Oregon for fed
eral and state cooperating agen
cies. "Snow surveys at key sta
tions in the Cascades indicate the
present snow contains up' to 168
per cent ot the average water con
tent at the highest elevations,"
the May 1 report, copies of which
have just been received here,
state.
The mountain snow cover al
ready has released much water
because of the abnormally warm
and dry April weather, but this
cover still holds water averaging
28 per cent above normal through
the state. Only in the Malheur,
Owyhee and Great Basin drain
ages ls the water content below
normal.
Storage Greater
Total water stored in all impor
tant Oregon reservoirs Is 12 per
cent greater than at this date last
year. Of Oregon's more important
reservoirs, 91 per cent are half
full or better. The Deschutes res
ervoir and the Ochoco are .near or
at caDacitv. .
t Frost Witf that revised stretinwr
flow forecasts for the state indi
cate the need for some reductions
from the April 1 forecasts
throughout the area because of
the lack of precipitation in April.
In that month, only .06 of an Inch
was measured at the Bend station.
New record stream flows for
the April-September period are
still likely to be established in
some areas, including tile Des
chutes, Frost reports. ,
Crew Abandons
Burning Tanker
New York, May 12 HPi A fire
aboard the large Swedish tanker
Atlanta early today forced the
entire crew lo abandon ship 330
miles northeast of Barbados
island in the Atlantic, the coast
guard reported.
Coast guard officers estimated
about 40 men would have been
In the 9,683-ton tanker's crew.
The U.S. coast guard cutter
Pandora was dispatched Imme
diately to the scene from San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 500 miles
away. Other ships In the area
were asked to proceed to the res
cue and one vessel, the Italian
steamship Foscolo, reportedly
was on the way.
The last fragmentary report
from the vessel was received by
radio at Barbados island at 2:50
a.m. (KDT). at that time the cap
tain and radio operator were still
aboard. Bui when no further
word was heard from the vessel
four hours later, I he coast guard
said it either apparently had
sunk or hud been abandoned com
pletely. The ocean weather division of
the weather bureau here re
ported that the weather was good
In the area of the disaster, with
a partly cloudy sky and light
winds, giving hope the men
would be able to hold out In
Ihelr lifeboats until help could
arrive.
Because radio Interference was
bad In the urea, the coast guard
was unable lo learn lhe extent
of the the or Its cause.
But the captain and lhe radio
operator remained aboard In the
most heroic tradition of the sea
sending SOS messages to the last.
The vessel, en route from Goth-
island, was built in 1930 and was
owned by Otto
Gothenburg.
Kihlstrom of
PROBLEM SOLVED
Seattle, May 12 (U M. C. Colt
rell won't be bothered any more
with caterpillars In the evergreen
tree near his home.
He took a torch and burned
them out.
The tree burned too.
erature rapidly mounting.
Yesterday s maximum was 84
degrees, highest mark record
ed at the Bend station this
year. Lookouts were on four
Deschutes forest stations this
morning. They are Mrs. Leona
Jones, Lava butte; Mrs. Melissa
Muves, East butte; Bob LeBlanc,
Spring butte, and Ed Park, Black
butte. ' v .
Rainfall Light
Little precipitation , accompa"
nied yesterday's storm, and arid
conditions still prevail in Central
Oregon. Observers in charge of
the local weather station say the
firesent spring ls one of the driest
n the 45 year history of the sta
tion. Normally, May is one of the
dampest months of the year.
Only a trace of rain feu in Bend
yesterday afternoon. The Cres
cent district received widely scat
tered showers.
(By United Pram) '
Flood fighters were put on a
24-hour basis Thursday at Bon-
ners rerry, Ida., where tne snow-
fed Kootenai river reached to
within two feet of spilling over
dikes.
A six-day Pacific northwest
teat wave bringing the highest
temperatures in the nation hast
ened melting of the Cascades' rec
ord snow-pack and swelled
streams and rivers emptying into
the Columbia to near-flood crests.
The Seattle weather bureau pre
dicted the Kootenai would rise 3.7
feet by 8 a.m. (PST) Friday. At
8 o'clock Thursday morning the .
river had reached 24.8 feet and
was rising at the rateuf .15 feet"
an hour. : j;-,?
Engineers Busy
Army engineers worked around :
the clock trying to complete dike ;
constructions. At several points,
where the dikes had been breach
ed during the disastrous 1948
flood, the old barriers had been
torn down. The half-completed
new dikes represented the major
danger, the river forecaster said. .
Despite the flood peril at Bon-
ners Ferry, forecasters still saw
little chance that last year s wide
spread Columbia river flood
would be repeated.
In the spring of 1948, the Koote
nai went on a rampage smashing
dikes from the Canadian border
down to Bonners Ferry and inun
dating thousands of valuable
wheat acreage.
As the Pacific northwest swel
tered, continued moderate rises in
the area's tributaries to the Co
lumbia were forecast for the next
three or four days.
A truck and trailer were dis
patched from Seattle Thursday
carrying 50,000 empty sand bags
to be used In reinforcing the dikes .
at Bonners Ferry. A company of
100 men, 20 dump trucks, two
power shovels, bulldozers, a liai
son plane and other equipment
were rushed to the threatened
area from Fort Lewis, Wash.
Maj. J. S. Grygicld, chief of op
erations division of the Seattle
district, was enroute to direct
flood-fighting operations.
Yakima Warmed
The nation's hot spot Wednes
day was Yakima, Wash., where
residents baked in 98 degrees. :
Oregon's highest , temperature
was the 97 recorded at The Dalles.
Seattle had its hottest day of
the year as the mercury climbed
to 82.
The weatherman saw no Imme
diate break in the heat wave.
"Temperatures will be pretty
much the same Thursday and Fri
day," he said. '
A moderate rise continued in
the Snake and' Columbia rivers
and the Wenatchee, Methow and
Entlut were approaching the 1948
flood level under the broiling sun.
Drinking Water Muddy
The Green river, Tacoma's
main water supply, sent muddy
water surging into the Green riv
er reservoir threatening the city's
water supply Wednesday.
At Wenatchee, Wash., the tribu
taries of the Columbia had cwol
len to within a few feet of the
1948 flood crest. The Columbia it
self at that point, however, was
still 26 feet below the 40-year high
" fElstered last year and 10 feet
below what Is considered flood
stage. However, the Columbia
continued rising at the rate of one
foot a day.
The Kootenai river in northern
Idaho had reached the 23 foot lev
el Thursday.
Other high temperatures In
Washington Wednesday included:
Spokane 90, Walla Walla 90, Wen.
atchee, 93, Omak 42, Ephrata 94;
In Oregon Medford 92, Portland
85, and Pendleton 91.
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