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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 26, 1956
PP&L ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR THIRD
GENERATOR ON LEWIS RIVER PROJECT
A $5,000,000 program to in
crease power output of the Mer
win hydro project on the Lewis
river by adding a third 45,000
kllowatt generator was announ
ced Wednesday by Pacific Power
& Light company.
The new generator will provide
the area with valuable additional
"peaking" capacity, especially
during the winter period of
heavy power demand, said .Paul
B. McKee, president of Pacific, In
announcing the project.
The big generator already is
on order from General Electric
company. It will be driven by a
61,600-horsepower hydraulic tur
bine on order from the S. Morgan
Smith company. The enlarged
power plant will have a maxi
mum capacity of 150,000 kilo
watts. Preliminary phases of the ex
pansion project will be started
this year, with the unit to be com
pleted and in operation in 1958.
Studies already are under way on
the downstream effect of the flow
from the added generator.
The new power unit will make
possible complete use of all water
available in the river at Merwin
for power peneration, McKee said.
Studies indicate that practically
no water will be wasted over the
the spillways except under ex
tremely heavy runoff conditions.
Installation of the third 45,000
kilowatt generator will require
an addition to the Merwin power
house. Foundations for such an
extension, as well as "penstock"
tubes which carry water to the
turbines, were put in at the time
the Merwin dam was built as the
first step in Pacific Power &
Light's program for comprehen
sive development of the Lewis
river's power.
The dam also provides space
for an ultimate fourth generator.
Completion of the third Mer
win generator will fit In closely
with completion of Pacific Power's
new Swift hydro project, third
and largest of the company's
Lewis river plants, which will
provide additional water storage.
Swift is upstream from the 133,-000-killowatt
Yale hydro project,
completed at the head of the
Merwin reservoir in 1952.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pfeiffer.
Kathy Smith and Orville Smith
arrived by plane Sunday from
Seattle to visit at the home of
the Pfeiffer's son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Pfeiffer.
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MORE POWER FOR NORTHWEST will come from large new generator to be added at Merwin hydro
project in S5,uuu,uuu expansion program Just announced by Prcitic Power 4 Light company.
Arrow on face of big concrete arch dam points to location where new power house must be built
to house 45,000-kiIowatt unit Merwin plant will have space for an ultimate fourth generator,
"It's the Water" that makes the difference
OLVUl MtWIN COMPANY. OLYMPIA. WAH U. . A.
$750 Cash Prize
For PNW "Grossman'
Gold comes in two forms to
winners in the si-xth annual
"Grassman of the Year" contest
as the Portland Chamber an
nounced today that R. M. Wade
& Co., Portland, Wade-Rain irriga
tion equipment manufacturer and
awards sponsor for the regional
contest, will provide a $750 cash
award for the 1956 Pacific North
west "Grassman of the Year."
The regional winner will be
announced in November by the
Chamber at a special luncheon
in honor of all "grassmen". State
contests in Washington and Ore
gon close October 15th. The
deadline in Idaho is October 1st.
First and second place winners
n the Oregon contest will re
ceive cash awards of $300 tnd
$200 provided by the United
States National Bank, Portland.
The Importance of good grass
management has been evident in
the past two years when periods
Pfcjc your swings forgot
dnd 'shocrf- shaight-fbr It:
XJL home . , , financial iecurity ... a
businesi of your own. Important savings
targets like these cost money more than
most of us Lave. But here's how you can
score a bull's-eye and walk off with the big
prize you want
The secret of saving is system. Ami
the simplest, most automatic saving
system is the Payroll Savings Plan.
Best of all, you do more than save
through Payroll Savings. You Inml
your money, too, and make it grow.
Here's how it works t
Tell your company pay office how much
you want to save each week. Then that
amount will be put aside for you 6for
you have a chance to sjx-nd it. Your money
will go automatically into U. S. Series E
Savings Bonds.
Because Savings Bonds earn good Inter1
est 3 compounded semiannually when
held to maturity (9 years and 8 months)
they're) soon worth much more than
you've invested in them. And your Bonds
will continue to pay this same good interest
as long as 19 years aud 8 months. That
means a return of up to 80 mort than
you originally paid.
Even if you've never Iteen able to
save before, this plan is guaranteed to
work. So sign up today for Payroll
Savings where you work or invest
in Bonds regularly where you bank.
For the big things in your life,
be ready with U. S. Savings Bonds.
of adverse weather faced farm
ers throughout the region. Oregon
State college specialists continue
to stress the importance and
need for more and better forage
programs on Oregon farms.
A recent study of former county
"grassmen" in Oregon, conduc
ted by the Portland Chamber, re
vealed conclusively that the far
mers and ranchers selected for
honors as "grassmen" are sold on
the economic soundness of good
forage programs. During the
past year and a half, when a
variety of adverse weather con
ditions placed a great stress on
feed and feed reserves, two thirds
of the former county "grassmen"
did not have to buy additional
feed supplies. During the same
period many farmers were forced
to buy high priced hay and sev
eral areas were declared as dis
aster feed areas because of feed
shortages.
Throughout the region, county
contests are currently being con
ducted and a few counties have
already announced their selec
tion.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Keioourn, Condon, a
lb. 13 oz. girl born July 21, named
Llalne Carol. To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Cossairt, Condon, a 7 lb.
12 oz. girl born July 23, named
Debra Lynn. To Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Morris, Heppner, a 8 lb.
oz. boy born July 23, named Den
nis Leroy. To Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Winters, Heppner, a 8 lb. girl
born July 21, named Sally Jo. To
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Evans,
Heppner, a 8 lb. 1 oz. girl born
July 24, named Michele Ann.
Medical Bert Cork, Heppner;
Jack Hickam, lone; Esther Wil
son, Heppner, dismissed; Ralph
Craber, Heppner; Myrtle Smith;
Heppner; Hazel Kandle, Kinzua,
dismissed; Mary Wienbarger,
Fossil; Freddie Jenkins, Spray;
Leland McKinney, lone; Judy
Cody, Fossil.
Minor Surgery Michael Craig,
Fossil, dismissed; Ben Buschke,
Heppner; Mary McLeod, lone,
dismissed.
Major Surgery Dixie Shell,
Arlington; Carol McGuire, Fossil;
Clarence Anderson, Condon;
Norma Justus, Fossil; Ralph Ells
worth, Condon.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Circuit judge William W. Wells
Thursday granted divorces to
Elaine S. George from W. O.
George and to Genevive Hinton
from Almeron W. Hinton. In both
cases the mothers were granted
custody of the children.
Th$ V. S. Covimmtnt ioti not pay for this advertising. Th Treasury Departmtnt thanks,
for their patriotic donation, A Advertising Council and
Heppner Gazette Times
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sauers
(Katie Anderson) of Weott,
California are visiting here with
her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Anderson.
They are staying at the Ander
son ranch during harvest.
Cell a Boulden spent the past
week visiting with a friend,
Charlene Haworth at Weston
while her parents were at camp.
Local News In Brief
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Warmuth,
Portland, visited over the week
end with her brothers and sister
and families, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ley Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Keithley and Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Keithley.
Diane ..Schaffitz, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Schaffitz, will
leave by plane Sunday from Port
land for Coos Bay where she will
visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Robert Haylor for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gillette and
children Grace and Johnny of
Pomona, California and Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Roller and daughters
Nancy and Marilyn of Porterville,
California were overnight guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James Thomson, Wednesday of
last weeK.
Theresa Monahan spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Do
herty of Pilot Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jones and
two children of Oakland, Calif.,
were guests oN Mr. and Mrs.
James Monahan last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly and
Luanne left Monday evening for
tneir home in Everett, Washing
ton. Mr. Kelly came to Heppner
Saturday to take home his wife
and daughter who have been
visiting at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
terguson.
Kenny and Donnie Keeling,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Keeling have returned after a
week in Seattle where they were
visiting at the home of their
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Eddy.
Ford Deopker and Harry War-
then of Richmond, Virginia left
Wednesday after a visit with
George Fischer Little at the
home of his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. George R, S. Little.
UP Tax Bill in
State is Large
Portland, Oregon Oregon busi
ness and government got a
healthy boost from Union Pacific
Railroad during 1955, according
to figures released today.
Final tabulations show the
company paid a total of $23,685,
017 in wages in the state last
year and poured out $1,883,225 in
to state, county and local tax cof
fers, of which amount, $1,218,715
(64.71 per cent) was earmarked
for educational purposes.
Lion's share of the taxes, $471,
800, was paid in Multnomah
County, followed by Umatilla
County with $353,000; Baker
County, $176,000; Union County,
$165,300; Malheur County, $140.
500; Gilliam County, $131,400;
and Wasco County with $108,000".
In the 13 western states in
which the railroad operates, paid
by Union Pacific last year, in
cluding Federal Taxes, amounted
to more than $76,000,000. This
does not include income and other
taxes paid by employes.
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Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter, Jr. returned home Satur
day from Chicago where they had
been attending the national Elks
convention.
Miss Mildred Bristow of Port
land is spending the summer
with her aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. West
of Portland. visited the Harley
Anderson, Howard and Everett
Keithley families on Saturday.
State Wheat Industry
Conference Plans Set
The Oregon Wheat Industry
conference has been scheduled
for February 19 and 20, 1957, ac
cording to J. R. Beck, assistant
director of the Oregon State col
lege extension service and chair
man of the conference planning
committee. Meetings will be
held in the Multnomah hotel, in
Portland.
The conference, requested by
the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea
gue, will report on a detailed
study of the nation's wheat in
dustry problems and of long
range recommendations on fu
ture wheat production; market
ing and utilization. More than
200 people representing all sec
tions of the state and all seg
ments of the wheat industry, as
well as staff members from the
OSC school of agriculture, are
taking part in the study.
Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Wolff and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brunner
spent the weekend in Portland
where they attended the theater
and saw "South Pacific".
Kristy Koenig is spending two
weeks with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mathison' in
Walla Walla.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Miller of
Texas are visiting at the home of
his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs, Tad Miller at Lex
ington. Miller, who will be re
leased from the service next Feb
ruary, plans to resume his stu
dies at Oregon State college at
that time.
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