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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1956)
Univ. ol Oregon Library ETOEME, OREQCtl THE BEND BULLETIN WEATHER High yesterday, 15 degrees. Low last night, 3C degrees. Sunrise today, 4: SI. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:3G. FORECAST CfearfiiK fonfgftf. fricrpasfng ctoudtt Tuesday. tU&tL both dajm !. Low lealgbt, 34 SO. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAfLY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Monday, January 16, 1954 Eight Pages No. 34 ask DsroOc feral by Pcesideont!: Budget Proudly f Train Leaves Rail at Biggs Junction Area THK DALIJvS (UPi An east- bound Portland- to- Spokane Union Pacific passenger tram was de I railed, at Biggs Junction east ol here- early today. The engineer ami fiivman were hospitalized hut state police said none ol the estimated tfl passengers was injured serious- The seven-car train was detailed about 12:35 a.m. The rear part ol the two-unit diesel and the from baggage car were on their sides. The other cars were derailed but were upright. One passenger car was tilting slightly. Hospital izt-d hej-e were R. W. Harvey, 61, Portland, me engineer, ami W. B. Ford, Portland, the fire man. Harvey, a veteran of 37 years on the railroad, said it felt like the train hit something. Harvey suf fered a back injury and Kord suf fered lacerations. Hoth also suffer ed from shock. A special bus was sent from Portland lo take passengers to their destinations. Although some passengers were shaken up, none was reported hospitalized. One un identified soldier said he slept through the whole thing. Wreckers were sent from Port-; land and Hinkle and trains were; being rerouted down the Washing ton side of the Columbia river. The train was. the UP's number 20, the "Spokane." It had left Portland about 10 p.m. The front baggage car behind the engine fl i p p e d completely pround -sideways. One end struck a boxcar full of tools on a skiing, derailing the tool car which was lying endwise down the bank with one end in a shallow backwash of the Columbia river. Track was torn up for a "couple of hundred yards," state police said. The engine plowed into a pile of ties after it jumped the track. One of the ties went through the left windshield of the cab, injur ing Ford. The engine was de scribed as "badly smashed." Sweetland Sets Bid for State Secretary Post PORTLAND (UP) Monroe Sweetland, state senator from Clackamas county and publisher of the Milwaukee, Ore., Review, yes terday announced he was filing for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State in the May 18 Oregon primary. Sveetland, Democratic national committeeman since 19-18, said he would not run again for that pst because "I do not believe that major party officials should he candidates for other major of-; fices." "In 1956 Oregon can take long stens forward," Sweetland said. "With increasing population, with, unbalanced industry, and with state government too long domi nated by a few selfish economic interests, our sreat srntn must ma'-ie a new beeinning," he said. Sweetland said a state govern' men "responsive to the pop'es reeds" required a liberal and Democratic legislature and a state board of eon'rol that would 'V least be bi-partisan." BPA Power Line Trouble Noted Transm;sion line trouhles on the B "-nneville Pmvr Adnr nistra t ion svst-?m caused pow-r supn'v in the Central Oregon area to rmhiate erratically through most nt Sunday nrcordinir to W. A. Larlraff. Dis trict Manager for Pc:fic Power f- I ("-M Con nan v. P.P.&L. connects with BPA at RMmond. T-nckaff was told that BA's 230 000 volt line between Midwv ir Cnra iVasIiinTtn ad Big Eddy js'ibsqi-n neir Tie Dallas where it connects with Ontral Or-?or wis downed bv hrv.-y ice. This re sulted in voltare fluctuations dur in? the mominj Failure of another EPA trans mission Hie rvrted to h one ba tween McNarv Dam and Trout da!f cui.i'-d a series of heavy power surees during the evening with sevra1 short inrnmMons nt v'c in IV-'d rd oVr Central Oreron cities between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. McKay Creek Bridge Washed Out by Flood PRINKVJIXK Blocking an im portant logging route, the bridge over McKay creek a short distance north of Prinevilte was washed out iate yesterday in one of a serie.t of flash floods in tils area result ing from heavy rains over the weekend. In southeast Prineville, Dry Gulch turned into a roaring tor rent in the dawn hours Sunday, flooding several homes in the Mel rose urea. In these homes from three to four inches of water cov ered Ihe floors. By mid - morning Sunday, city street equipment was on t.ie job in an effort to stem the torrent and divert the flow into' adjacent lipids. But Uk tontntial rain con tinued and (he workers met with .want success. Frien.U and neighbors assisted these in tiie path of the small ilood fmm the normally dry gulch .n moving furnishings above tie water level. St i 11 a not her fl ash fiood i n a seasonally dry gulch 17 miles east of Prineville sent a stream of wa ter I0 feet wide across highway 26, near Ihe former Keystone ranch. Largo boulders were strewn over the road. Traffic was not halted, but warning signs were posted. A bridge on the Lamonla road north of Prineville was weakened by another flash flood and traffic over flint secondary route was closed to travel when a section on, the span gave away. i Oyners File Remonstrance A remonstrance against includ ing two lots in the rear of the First Presbyterian church property south of Franklin avenue between, Hill and Harriman streets in the commercial area of Bend wa$ filed today by -15 property owners with the city recorder. The church board requested that the two lots be included in Che ir regular area to be rezoned from residential lo commercial lhat is bounded roughly by Lava road. the alley south of Irving avenue, Division street and the alley south of Franklin. i The city commission deferred fi nal passage of the re-zoning ordi nance last fall to readvertise the boundaries with the lots included. Under the original plan, the church property would be divided, with trie rear tots in a residential zone and the front in a commer cial zone, thus affecting its value for reside if mat were desired in the future. When the change was agreed upon, there was no objection. The remonstrance today sets forth that the 45 property owners in the vi cinity do not object to the rezon- ing as a whole but wish to retain the two church lots within the resi dential zone as a buffer against further commercialization of theiri residential area. Tie rczoning will come before the ci t v commiss ion Wednesday night for final action. The remon strance will make necessary a un animous vote if the lots are eluded. 'II' "'"I -riv- ' " tr lTmft i'tTT"--- -'iVTi-iii ir n " r -n' mil 7' ' 'l-at m''Uh''r',n - - ' - " SHADOWS OVER SHEVUN Shadows of pinss were long in the Shevlm area wKen Paul Hos mef looli Ihis picture of Oregon's portable town, now at the end of its wandering career. The town is being abandoned by Brools-Scenlon, Inc., with only a caretater to be in charge. The town's "last slop" was near U.S. Highway 97, south of LaPine. Only a part of the logging town appears in this picture. (Photo for Ihe Bulletin by Paul Hosmer.J Travel over the Prineville-Md-ras route -was not handicapped by the series of flash floods in the area. Crookfd river, generally the first of the streams in the area to go on a rampage in Hood seasons, re mained quiet this morning, with its flow near normal for this time of the year. Despite Lie inconvenience in the flash -flood areas, the heavy preeip-, nation with 1.2a niches measured here yesterday, is being welcomed by ranchers aid farmers follow-in; the driest summer - fall season in history. Oehoeo reservoir, which held o disheartening low lust fall of 2,99fi acre feet, (kav -holds 17,750 acre feet, and IaSvlle Coles of the Orhoco district, said tin level is still rapidly gaining. The lake has an active capacity of -Hi.rtOO acre ft-el. Not so happy with the rains, however, are Prineville mill men. who face the problem of moving the necessary Jogs into town over swampy roads, to keep their plant operating. Some of the unpaved roads are already impassable. Couple injured In Sunday Crash Special to The Bulletin PRINKVILLE Leonard Dale. 22, and his wife, Mildred of Mit chell were injured Sunday after noon when their car struck the rear of a ca 1 1 1 e truck on the Oehoeo highway, near the former Keystone ranctt eat or here. The collision apparently occur red as the truck, operated by Olin Turner, prepared to turn into: the Keystone ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Dale were brought to the Pioneer Memorial hospital here by Lloyd Hudspeth. Mrs. Dale suffered a number of fractures. The Dale car was extensively damaged. Pelton Access i Road Planned ! PORTfJViVD (UP) A call for bids to construct four miles of ac cess road to the Pelton dam site on the Deschutes river will be is sued by Portland General Electric Company sometime this month, a company spokesman said today. The road will lead lixm the Warm Springs highway to the Pel- ton site and to the re-regutaungi dam site about 3 1-2 miles down stream. Bulletin PORTLAND (UP) Two -year-old boys, lost over night in the rugged Larch mountain area taint at hj-re, were found altve by searchers shortly before noon today. Both were weak. Searchers reported that Lyle Btoch, one of the boys, was able to walk under IUk own power whUs the other, Juntos Senium burg, wan carried to search headquarters on a stretcher. They had ti-en rabbit hunting. 4K jDike Reported Still Holding At Yuba City SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Mud smeared levee workers sloshed across the spongy top of the re paired dike at Yuba City today in belief they had saved the city from a second inundation by Feather River. tuba City, however, still re mained the critical situation in the Northern California flood disaster area. Ait the coastal streams that had gone over their banks and driven thousands from faeir homes during 'he weekend were reported falling today. The crisis passed when the 48-hour storm came to tin end yesterday afternoon. For a time, the storm had threatened lo duplicate the Christ mas week disaster when f lexis, re sulted in 75 deaths and nwtv than ITTi million dollars property dam age.. Although the storm had passed, const unt vigilance had to be maintained at Yuba -City, Critical Hours The danger there was pin-pointed at Shanghai Bend, where the Feather Hiver lapped at the mud dy top of the reconstructed levee. It was here that the bulwarks broke at Christmas time, sending nearly 10,000 persons fleeing for their lives and killing at least At 6 a.m. this morning, the river stood at 67.1 feet, a danger point, but the river was falling above Yuba City and ftae waters were nam ar lhei or only u tenth of a foot an hour at Yuba City. The levee at Shanghai Bend isj 71 foot high, and the city Iev?e commission did not believe me water now woidd go over the top. The greatest danger, however, was whether the levee would con tinue to hold. Since the Christmas break, construction crews owl heavy equipment have been used in the three-week struggle to re store the city s defenses. Tens work, however, was untested, un-; packed and spongy. There always was the chance thBt the river could come boiling in from the bottom. , Around The Clock A crew of Army Engineers from Camp Beale Air Force Base, work ing m shifts of 100 around the t -re and augmented by city vol unteers, continued to man the levee. Heavy equipment had to be remowd because it could not .be used in the mud. Upstream, north of Yuba City, the river had dropped a tenth ol a foot at Gridley. At Oroville, 16 hours away as the stream flows, the river had dropped seven fc'et. So Tar. three deaths were re ported from the current floods. Henry R. Beneken Sr., 64, a car penter, apparently slipped into the paper mill creek behind his h?me at Forest Hills in Ma'rin County around midnight and drowned, Rav Stemx 50, drowned in an irrl- jation ditch south of Atturas, and Jem 'Maurer. 32, Eureka contrac tor, was killed Saturday by a falling tree as he worked to break a long jam in a creek. ' 'nrr""1 I "is -.. , 1 m wij mimM t ' Lijii8iiiiiliiiiriiil'ii Will SUPPORTS FUND Mayor Hap Taylor bought the Tirst polio lapel crunch, when Camp Bra Girls circulaled Ihe town Safur dsy. The sale was mads by NaBe Ron, who was sh-ickeir with a mild case of polio in Ihe tommer of 1954. (Bend BuHeHn Pho lo) ' ' Girls Collecf Over $300 Camp Fire and Ble Bird girls- participating in the annual tag 1 day sale of lapel crutches Satur day ' turned over - $311.50. -to the March of Dimes. The sale- under wiry from 10 a.m. fo 4 p.m., from headquarters at First Nation al Bank. Ten groups took part, with Mrs. Bob Conrad's group turning m $-19.99, the largest amount. Mrs. Lester McCrcry's group, ranked second in collections, with $-14.95. Other groups and the amounts turned in from the save were listed as follows'. Mi's, Leslie Ross, 2&.- 78 Mrs, E. A. Moody, $32.73: Mrs. R. W. Bmndis, 'MAA; Mrs. Andrew Pounds and Mrs. Virgil Hammer, $41; Mrs. Roy Cooper, 513.20; Mrs. Roy Johnson and Mrs. Omer Summers, $3&.9&: Mrs. Bob! Joan is, $13.81; Mrs. Jackie Skaggs,i $18.70. The fine work of the Camp Fire ! and Blue Bird girls is an important step toward eventual success in the campaign," said Miss Maren Gi-vhskov, drive chairman. Panfhers, 'Pokes Gei 8-A-1 Status SptH-Uil to The RulU-Uu REDMOND Prinevilte and Heomonrt high schools writ 30m , district 8-A-l for athletic comueti-; lion, bgiiming September, 1956. This was decided at a special Ore gon School Aciiviiies Association Board of Control meeting in Ku- gene Monday. Thus Ihe district will include nine schools. Besides Rndmond and Prineville, Bend. NorJbSaim?. South Salem, Albany, Corvullis, Lebanon, and Sweet Home nre al ready fn the district. Redmond officials announced they would not pn.r!injale in the 8-A-l football race, but would play an independent schedule, similiar to the one the Panther irMdersi loJlowofi Ibis year. Redmond will '"Kin district comiK-tion in basket ball. H was nrt known ImmetliatHy whether Prin'illc would (oin the district lor football rompe-lition or not. Coach Keith DeCourrey re- prrtcl that theve w.xi stnmtf' '-banco (he C'owfxws wnufd foKnw Redm'wid' examr ami piny an ndependent schedule. Latin America I- ISm'i wjv jylifjfil. Tn- Offered Red A!dri,,,,f;(y (, th" r,n' sh""r,,r wus I :. Jt-:n'd. MOSCOW (UPi Soviet Pr mier Nikolai JJulganin sai-1 i-i;?y tb?! ?.viet Union is ready lQ extendi HK.MKH IHSKKW ethnical ai lo Latin American! Siat to The Ktiirtln ountries if such ni is n'"d-d RV.UMOND Parents and P BufKantn als said Russia ( pre- arrd to establish diplomatic rela- ions wim tjitin mmwi( niftfng Tuesday, H p.m., to bo ; -ountries with which U now ha twjhcH In Jw Turk m-hoA cntr- ;uch relation. Bulanin stated these vlrws vply to question submitted by V editor o tbe I-atin Amerirnn tagazinr Vinion. Chains Required Over Mountains Jleaw snow was falling on Ore - gon-s high Cascade . passes thtsltiscal last. ,t . ,,C : Ott the baaUt at Me, "SiUebrae-r, " moiHtlig,..wi!h moloi-tass advised j That meant an indicated budgetr85"' !lB,vever. relatively small thnt ctiains iveiii! required. (surplus, excess of receipts m'crft'i'a"R's eou'rf afoct tfte surplu. The mountain storm follmved nlsoendini.. nt 1MD million ... ia-,T fT Presirien! counted on a J356 n-eekend of rain in tfie fowiandsjAnd Mr. Elsenhower said revised imiH,on fH,s'', rnfe increase. Con Ihat resulted in Hash Hoods in figures show there -! be a stir- SreRS ' MM5 to pa . Fail- some areas. In Bend, drenching, wind-blown rains by Sunday morn - Jug had melfed tiie six and" a half incites oi snow that covered thr area Satin-day. Bend's pi-eeipitatton Ittr the two- day st(.rm was near tlw hwh nl a hdf mark. A blnekado of the M. Hiwwt route into Portland occurred early Sunday mornmg when a truck and trailer sideswiped and sheared off a rondstde tree, then bounced back; into the road to halt alt traffic tor: about four hours. Vehicles stalled behind ihe block-! ade included an early morning bus Into Port bind Sunday, from Bend. State hishway departmpnt mnin tenance crews- reportwi plows op erutlng on the various Cascade passes Ihis morning, as Ihe heavy storm continued. Chains, were not only r(uirei on those passes, but on J.S. 97 in. the Cbemult arta. Chains were also required at La Pine. On U.S. 20, tlte pavement wasj hare at Urolhcrs, but snow was falling nt Burns, to the easi. Plows were operating over the Ocfocoi summit to the pbs!. 12-Year-Oid Boy Wounded in Leg Sunday Afternoon Dean K. Sears, V2, of 6M K Mrsiiall avenuf, was slist thnjutf the leg below the knee by a .22 calibre bnlbt Su?iday nfUrnwtn in lawyer park north il Bend. Sears was walking in toe -.parfc altmy the rhn witb a boy cn 'ian on, David A. . Brijvu, of R ml" :j, when the boys henrd two rill' h.o'.s. Sears f 'U a s'iiig iit his. 1'K hut tfnk a step or two bef re he i l"4n to Jj and ri'alixi'd bp- bail' bi-fn shot. Four oJhtr boys and Brown s sisted Sears (o Ihe St. Charles Me nvnu httsp'.Uti where it was fmr,ii. that a bullet had p'"iced tlw Ikiw )ft)rvi me ixty's knee arid tore 'uuw'i.1 in the U;wk his W tt 'efff oaf. tmns of Redmond union hitfi -hool jv rembvW of tb- rtular jferia. Principal topic of the eve In, n:vr- wl be A'imrt'jri rt nv:; uMCtu'S of establishing a high srhoni cntetpfw. rcffftlittf to pre. idem Gone Lear. Administration Holds Out Against Tax Cuts In Next Fiscal Year WASHINGTON (UP Preside!?! Eisenhower proudly pieseiUed. la Ctmgress twtiy a baianmt Marie Ink budget culling Cur $5.tt bllUonj of federal spending. Koi- Ihp lirsi limp- sim-v 9fV. Tivusury deficits were turned Into sm&H injet-irt surpluses. lejipltp (his4 (he adnunisU-atUHl held out mon fii-mly han ever againxt inx euts in the foreseeable future. The President said bigger spend ing in iisral !W7, up S1.6 billion, is necessary to protect uncertain world peace- with "the gresles! military power in our peacetime history" aiii to promote nlder si h a r i n g of "our unprecedented prosperity" at e. j Items o mtyiM- mtwest: $35.5 billion tor the military; 3.S billion tut- Iiu-m relief; J4.S billion for foreign aid; biilioii for veler mw; and Jesst- amounts to start schdol construction and to help de pressed areas of tlte- country. Mure lir UeEenKfs Fisi-al I95T (s tlve govemmeut' ixxH(-pping year K-mch becins this July. The proposed spending of JtS.9 billion compares trtth ft).3 bittion tma year. Most of the Increase- mts ear marked for the titanic weapons tomorrow supersonic atrcratt. new atomic weapons, guided rois-t Taxes on boomtime profit andlTj CTT'' IT" . wages m estimated to rise ww.K?" bi? ms- S,,m a r '.a.1 more thnn .tw fT iri? ehW Swto Vwdget 4 tblltion fht vm m trji kiih l (plus of .'00 million when fiscnl!""' aa 80 woura neany wipe out i ctwJs this Jane 30. Should Reduce. Del The President in a -4O.0t)fmml ' buduef message to Coni.i-(Mi taiidf' these inrfirated Rtirnlus were tool 'slim" lo pi-rmit tax relief. He! suit! they siusild be nsed to i-ednee ' (lie debt. I Steretary of Treasury Ceorve M. I ffumphrey, Ute administration's! top man on tax matters, made this more emphatic, lie told news-f1 men there aftottd be a surplas ofifter's Supermarket early Saturday $2.5 billion before tax relief will foejhefore the store opened, it was in order. He tried hard to deflate a reported to police by Mrs. Charles belief cherished by many that theBergstrabl, wu &Jytbe drtvpr who sitrpius wii grow mightily by iate delivered them. Hayslack Reservoir Among NW Projects in Budget WASHINGTON ( UP President ! Eisenhower called today for am increase o! nearly 14 million doiiare in federal spending oni water and power projects in Ore gon and Washington. Hia bUfSxrt sr tbe- Iseal year) starting next July t asked for ai total oS nearly 3f3 million doYiam for flood control, navigation atul reclamation procts. About milifon dollai-s is iH'ing spent this year. A separate request of $18,700,000 was submitted Utr power Yme con- st ruction by the Rotuwvllle, Powvr! AHnmstratKm, un increase o 51,100,000 over the amtwiu Im,mij; spem tms year. Larger, secwul-year aivuropri aiions were esktrti tor work on Hills Creek and Cougar -dams h Oregon and Hartmr and Knglr Gorge dam. in Washington. Cwv gress approved a start on tlas projects last year. A I2.-WW.fM0 fond was sought foi a start on uV Talent Refiamatii: i'roject in Oregon, and sfepped-ur work was schedub-d at th Is chutes profecf in that state. Tli lr'stlet stiui funds woifo be sought later for the Juntjier :livisk t tir Wfmtia Pmiec1 in Oregon, if it is autluiried. IniveajMv amount were asked 1niK for the t'ftster Creek and Rox' Pits in Washington. Al the nam' time, the Presid-tV r-tniphase( hit; "ftnrtnersfttn vUicy for filler tU'vehipment, in tiirxtmg tttMit'tonai iuttfis wdt h "ndarseil three oth 1 frowt it Congress approve enabling hp U;Ution, tfi budget incUt-ied n TO mitfior dollar Ielprl ewtrtlMiiiwi Iwsri' (Tonstruclion of John Day dam or the Columbia Rivw, $r ib Orr Peter dam in Oregon, and thr limcos Kddy dam in IfJijf. Tljej1 ire to be bulk, he said, "in co operaiioo with atates, local govern men nr nhvate (froupa." A 13.8.80& Mem lhat wax in- spting and permit a tax cut after all in this election year. The sec retary denied the- reventif figures had been under estimated sg a biggec figure could he unveiled later. No additiotml surplus is "buried In this budget," he said. The projected surpluses, smatt as they are, wowlil be ihe first since fiscai Iffiif. President Tru man then budgeted Joe a 53 billion deficit and wound up wittx a $3 billion surplus. New taxes were imposed because of the Korean War ana they brought in mare man had been expected. Not since 194 lias a president aetuaiiy sub mitted a buluuced budget to Ca- gres. . StuKIUy Korerasi Mr. Elsenhower and Humplwey said the acftlewment of a balanced budget Is vevy Important for every one. They said it cements the (foundations tor continued prosper- ny, arft-cirarages tnuation protecis tlie stability o! wages and Hying costs. Inflation Is encouraged when (lie government consistently spends . more than It takes in. The budget represents the ad ministration's, desires. Congress still has a lot oi gay about it. . However, there Is getwrcal agree rnenl tn Congress on the need for continued heavy spending tor de- - i1104 "KeV.. ; . the estimated surplus, unless smrir corresponding cut were made fn proposed Rnettdins of Jvvttiues e- eetded' estimates. Humphrey was firm )n cteciar'tttg "there us no voom for ft tux rut in ibrae ligtires," Four cases of brvad" were stolen from, the jvar doorway t Wag- chiikd Utr Ihe Ccrtumhia Basin Pru(ect will allow dlsArihutton ays- terns for 47,000 acres of iond" to be completed in the nest fiscal year. VomUv Crwk Pri4 On the Foster crock prolocf. a 5l.S.W,Q0a fund will complete work on the Bridgeport Bar unit. Canals and lateral to irrigate &,?:!& acres in the Renncwicfc division would b fiantel by a n,288.QQQ allotment, and a $1,720, 000 hind would allwsv pwttijva1! work on the Roza power plant. un iw 1 aieni prt;eri in Oregon, i Vt.m.OOO request would finance start on Howard Prairie- dam ind other structures. A $1,035,000 hul was asked for cojjtinaed worts n the Haystack Reservoir ot th Sfhutt Prc-jivi. Ifere are the budget totula Cue Mtvigiit ami flixxi rontroi jvj cts in tt'ashfnijtou fur tyii tiwi l-7 rtftiictivy: fca itfe Goruc fteservulc 1,000,000 Thief Josi'pU Oam 12,800,000 12,- rce Harbor Dam 1,000,000 000,OJO, Washington, Hcctamatton ''wrter Crwk Project 60,000 0W, "jolwuWtt Husin !im,Jw1 S2,5a Vsikima, Kennewick livi.sw i,fl()u,- tm i.m.mi Vkit, Kuata WvI.'mijw 47T.0fM ; i.rmm. Th Or'tn n?ivii;aiij and Rrxxi onfnit finun's: Vnmbia Hiver fb; 75b,fM fltlt Creek Reservoir 310.000 2.000- loNry m T,50a.0f0 6.000 000, Thr 1aips Dam Sft.OBO- Tlw Orar reclamation protect ttires: frvhte Prrrwt, North Unit 27a,Ctt XA&m, Taietf Project fnethincl 2,W,(Wff.