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14 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 1950 7-Man Party Gets Details of Hell's Canyon By ROBERT E. GEIGER Washington, Dec. 21 (Pi It was 117 degrees hot. The ground was so rugged footwear lasted only 10 days. Nineteen rattle snakes were killed. One false step meant a fall of hundreds of feet to death on sharp rocks. Adventure fiction stuff? No, it's from a prosaic report on a government project aptly named . Hell's Canyon Dam, Idaho, in the deepest gorge in America. The bureau of reclamation wants to build the world's high est and third largest concrete dam there, in the Snake river gorge along the Idaho-Oregon border. The dam would be 742 feet high as high as a 70 story office building. It would have a capacity of 900,000 kilowatts of electricity. Last summer the bureau sent a seven-man party into the gorge to investigate problems the con struction engineers may en counter. Parts of this report came out today in an article in "Reclama tion Era," bureau publication. Of the gorge's reputation the article noted: "It thwarted an attempt by Lewis and Clark to pass through its turbulent churning waters. The John Jacob Astor expedition lost three men and a fourth went mad trying to ride the rough Snake river) through this gorge. "No wonder even our hardy forefathers upon seeing this playground of Satan for the first time decided it was a one way ticket to the hereafter instead of a passage to the green valleys of Oregon. They avoided it like plague." ' The rim of the canyon is sev eral thousand feet high in places. The engineers climbed the cliffs with ropes. Even the mules couldn't make it. The ground was so rocky the pack saddles shifted constantly and gave them saddle sores. But the party was a sucess, the reclamation bureau reports. It got its information. Engineers said that Hell's can yon doesn't get its name from the heat, despite summer tem peratures over the 100 mark. It's hot because there's a lot of sun and the heat gets trapped in the depression of the gorge. An en gineer said the place probably was named Hell s canyon be cause someone thought it's bad- land characteristics resembled Hades. m m ! 1 tS proof Canadian Whiiktr. ImpofUd In bulk by J. & J. Dunbar A Co. BoMltd by th Did Manailirv Co.. SattftfWoihlrtgtem. in 43 Quart CANADIAN Firm Withdraws Price Boosts Chicago, Dec. 21 () New price increases announced Dec. 12 by International Harvester company were withdrawn vol untarily, but reluctantly yester day by the farm implement firm. The company, in announcing its return to Dec. 1 price levels, said it will seek government ap proval on reinstatement of the higher prices. In a telegram notifying price stabilization director Michael V. Di Salle of rescinding the price boosts, the company said the ac tion was taken "to support anti inflation measures." It added the roll back creates an immediate hardship in our business." A company spokesman said that the price increases announc ed on Dec. 12 on a number of farm implements and other items averaged 3.8 per cent. He said withdrawal of the increases will cost the company "about $36,000,000 in profits based on 1951 estimated sales." The com pany said the increases "only partially recover the rapidly ris ing wage and material costs we have experienced." A full-fledged rodeo for ju venile performers only is held at Santa Rosa, New Mexico, each June. Jebby Davidson Ready to Resign Washington, Dec. 21 "Pi As sistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson was report ed on the verge of resigning to day and planning to return to private law practice in Portland, Ore. Friends reported he has pur chased a home in Portland and plans to specialize in advising industries planning to expand in the Pacific northwest. Davidson in the past year handled much of the task of advocating the pro posed Columbia valley adminis tration. A native of Lafayette, La., the 40-year-old cabinet aide entered government service in 1934 as an attorney lor tne uennessee valley authority. Later he be came chief counsel for Bonne ville power administration and was appointed assistant secretary Ida Ringling North Of Circus Fame Dies Sarasota, Fla., Dec. 21 W) Mrs. Ida Ringling North, 77, only sister of the Ringling Broth ers of circus fame, died in a hos pital here early today. She had been in Sarasota hos- of the interior department June 18, 1946. pital since Thanksgiving day when she suffered a stroke. Mrs. North and her eldest son, John Ringling North presi dent of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus, Inc. were trustees and administrators of the estate of John Ringling, last of the five founding brothers, who died in December, 1936. There were two other Ringling brothers. A survey places milk at the top of a list of favorite American beverages. 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