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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, May 6, 1918 MYERS WATER SYSTEMS ’THE The Famou» Myers Pump in stock in a size to meet your needs. Pipe Also “TAKE YOUR HAT OFF TO MYERS“ is a trade mark of qual ity. Just turn a tap— Myers does the rest. BE SURE OF A PLENTIFUL WATER SUPPLY COMPARE MYERS WATER SYSTEMS A M E R IC A N WA Y • 1946 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan • 1940 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan • 1941 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan 1941 Pontiac 4-Door Sedan 1939 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan 1940 Ford 4-Door Sedan MILLER’S SEED and FEED •> 1 1 S. 6th St. "H om e of O liver F arm T ools” At B est U sed Car B u y s G ran ts Pass Good Food 1941 Chevrolet 1-? Ton Pickup Anytime You FOLLOW THE WISE USED CAR BUYERS TO Want It HANNUM & KELT CHEVROLET TAKE MOTHER OFT TO USED CAR LOT Watkins Avenue in CAVE JUNCTION PHONE 3412 CEDAR HAVEN FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND ANY OTHER DINNER SPECIAL MENU FOR MOTHER’S SHOES “Brothers Under The Shin DAY 11 Miles South of Cave Junction on Highway 199 O /> /» ■ « /» D t t t A » IV U y U c l a l V v i MOTHER'S DAY GIFTS All Kinds of Cards for Mother’s Day Beautiful Boxes of Chocolates specially pre pared for Mother’s Day Gifts JEWELRY, COMPACTS, PERFUME SETS TOILET WATER SETS, BATH AND TOILET SOAPS, and many other items that will make wonderful Gifts for MOM. ( <>me in and look around—No obligation to buy SI L( IAL Milk Shakes to take out—Made with ARDENS ICE CREAM Dave White DRUG SUNDRIES and FOUNTAIN Cave Junction Stop and Think Your Good Ju d g em en t WILL SUGGEST YOU CAST YOUR VOTE FOR 5 7 X M arie W ilco x rOR STATE SENATOR COMPARE: I h i record in the House of R ep resen tativ es. Mrs Wilcox is fo r th e in te re sts o f Folks who live in Josephine ( ounty . . . yet as a tru e R ep resen tativ e S ill: KNOWS S T A T E AEEAIRS. SUCCESSFUL AS A REPRESENTATIVE MARIE WILCOX WILL DO THE BEST JOB AS STATE SENATOR COMPARE' I’ol Adv BE EAIR TO YOUR OWN GOOD JUDGMENT Paid by S tan to n Adv. Service, G ra n ts Pass, O regon From where I sit ...z^ Jo e M arsh "What's Your Opinion, Mister?" Fellow from one of those public opinion polls was in Andy's Garden Tavern, qurrving Andv's patrons on everything from th at "new look" to the next election. And it occurrwil to me th at th ere’s nothing more typically American th an collecting oth er folks’ opin ions, as well as giving out with one’s own. And from where 1 sit, it’s a m ighty healthy habit. So long as people can 4 b ro sa bnlH aides of a question th at comes up — w h e th e r it e o n cern a « h u rt sk irts versus long, beer compared with cider, or the larger issues of party versus party we re sure of the individual liberty that has made this country great. I or it isn t differences o f opinion th at m atter. The im p o rtan t thing is folerunce for differences of opin* urn — w hether they affect the rig h t of an individual to vote, to speak his mind, or enjoy a glass of beer. They're all p a rts of the freedom th a t w« cherish! CepyrigAt, l«tí. I Stala» Brnrer, FounJatwa Bureau rate we find, according to the S tate Public Utility Commis sion re p o rt fo r 1946, th a t the local com pany expended in the production of 433,306,601 KWH $535,709.93 fo r dep reciatio n and am o rtization $466.861.27 and fo r taxes $1,155,439.97 w hich gives a A study of the B u reau o f Recla pow er cost o f 4.98 m ills p er KWH. m ation re p o rt on d ev elo p m en t of The B ureau of R eclam ation have th e w ater reso u rces o f th e Rogue j figured am o rtizatio n , op eratio n R iver B asin leads to th e con and m ain ten an ce, and rep lacem en t elusion th a t no fu r th e r irrig atio n in th eir ra te s and 3 p e r cen t on in th e valley can be had if the the pow er in v estm en t and arriv e land is req u ired to pay th e e n tire at the ra te in plan A of 4.2 mills, cost. In o rd er to develop fu r th e r This is a com petitive ra te and irrig a tio n in th e valley th e pow er en tirely sound. The 3 p e r cent p o ten tial o f the Rogue R iver must on pow er in v estm en t m ay be con be developed along w ith irrig atio n . sidered a tax fo r the developm ent This raises th ese q u e stio n s: of the com m unity ju s t as the 1. I f the land can n o t a ff o rd de- [ P° J e r C° m p a " y taX is use<l fo r thp Electric Power Development velopm ent on its own a cco u n t who . . . . . else beside land ow ners w ill be b en efited by irrig atio n develop m ent? 2. If o th ers a re b en efited w hat is it w o rth to them ? 3. I f it is w o rth developm ent how can the p ay m en ts be m et? v e’, coun y’ m unicipal and schools P pnt« g o nvprnm v ern m en ts. Tf It a am r»i, ounts to about one m illion p er year. This 3 p e r c e n t on th e pow er in v estm en t is com parable to th e local com pany tax of $1,155,439. 97 even though the pow er com p any is p ay in g tax es on all iti facilities w hich m ay be g re a te r th an th e b u reau in vestm ent. B E N E F IT S The C e n tra l V alley p ro ject of T he w hole a re a o f th e valley in cluding all business and all p ro C alifo rn ia w ith the S h asta IMim as fessions are b en efited by any val its key p la n t is set up on a pow er ley developm ent. The crops raised ra te of 4.72 mills. on the irrig ated lands a re sold and NEED FOR MORE POWER 1 d istrib u te d thro u g h the channels T he pow er p roduction of the o f tra d e in cities and tow ns. Each S ta te o f O regon as re p o rte d by d o llar sp en t in wages, m aterial, th e P ublic U tility C om m ision has and service in g row ing these crops not in creased in the last sixteen pass th ro u g h these tra d e channels y ears In fa c t the pow er produced fo rm in g the very life blood of the by U tilities in 1946 w as 53,981.- city and tow n trad e. The rail 11 i KWH less than was produced roads, tru ck lines and bus lines a re in 1930 by the sam e utilities. all b en fited , p erh ap s to a g re a te r F rom 1930 to ab o u t 1937 pow er e x ten t th an are the farm ers and p roduced in O regon w as sold in this b en efit is m ore im m ediate ind o th e r s ta te s in am ounts as high as c e rtain . A fr u it crop raised to 150 m illion K \\ H per y ear. Sint^e m a tu rity re p re se n ts a d efin ite 1937 th e S ta te of O regon has been ’ value enjoyed by labor, business im p o rtin g pow er from o th e r sta te s I and service people even when sold in in c re a sin g am ounts till in 1946 at a loss on th e m ark et and n e ttin g th e im ported from ad ja c e n t states the g ro w er little or nothing. It lias m ore pow er by 467,903,089 KWH i been claim ed th a t th e farm do llar th an they produced in the state. I im petuous passes thro u g h not less T his in d icates th a t O regon is d e f th an seven hands befo re it finally in itely sh o rt o f pow er developm ent comes to rest. It may be safely as an d is a t the m ercy o f the o th e r sum ed, th e re fo re , >hat irrig atio n s ta te s who in tu rn a re sh o rt of of added acres will m ean th ree or available pow er. C alifo rn ia has fo u r tim es th e farm value to the been very short d u rin g the past th e r in te re sts o f the com m unity. fall and W ashington has been COM M UNITY VALUE im p o rtin g C an ad ian pow er to T he farm p roduction of th service h er in d u stries. T ru e th ere Rogue River basin as rep o rted by a re larg e p lan ts being b u ilt hut th e tw o co u n ty ag en ts for 1946 the re cen t h isto ry o f W estern was 30 m illion dollars. They have pow er developm ent proves th a t estim ated th a t full developm ent none o f th ese plan ts will m eet the o f th e valley th ro u g h irrig atio n p o te n tia l dem and. Irrig a tio n d e | w ould double this production. Dis velopm ent in th e basin would co u n tin g p re se n t high farm prices probably double the p resen t valley it is fa ir to estim ate th at full dem and fo r pow er w ith no visible l valley d evelopm ent through ir- j rig atio n would produce a 20 supply on h and unless the Rogue riv e r p o ten tial is developed. m illion do llar added an n u al re- 1 so u rce to th e city and town t.us- . iness. It should be w orth t., the The EQUITABLE I com m unity the ex p en d itu re o f the LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY $36.691,600 req u ired to develop of the UNITED STATES i the Rogue River P ow er p o ten tial j as o u tlin ed in th e A plan of the FRANK GORDON j B ureau REPRESENTATIVE POWER REPAYMENT U n d er R eclam ation laws th ree p er cen t on th e pow er inv estm en t can he used to pay p art of the irrig a tio n co n stru ctio n costs to lighten the farm developm ent load. P u rch asers o f this pow er will re ceive full value fo r the money e x -, pended and this m oney will c re a te I a fu n d th a t will aid in the rec lam atio n of the land to produce a su stain ed valley incom e fo r the e n tire com m unity. C om paring the cost of power as developed by th e p resen t local pow er com pany and the proopsed^ 408 E ast "B " S tre e t T E L E P H O N E 4225 USED CAR LOT 735 S. 6th Street GRANTS PASS PHONE 2419 For T h e W h o le F a m ily WORK and DRESS SHOES and KEDS LOGGERS and SAWMILL WORKERS HEAVY DUTY SHOES A SPECIALTY MARTIN'S DRY GOODS & CLOTHING “Where Price and Quality are Friends” Cave Junction A House Full Of U s e fu l a n d L a s tin g G ifts FOR MOM FOR MOTHER’S DAY CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL MOTHERS ILLINOIS VALLEY HARDWARE The Hamilton’s and Bill Cave Junction I H A V E D O N E M Y BEST FOR THE ILLINOIS VALLEY I agree, the best I could do was too little, but it has been the same in all sections of the county. If re-elected, I will continue to d o " my best for the Illinois Valley. L. M. Mitchell TOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER No. 61 on the Republican Ballot BELTON STATE TREASURER P aid Adv. GiH You, Friend, Will Greatly Appreciate _ Them The Illinois Valley News Send