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Heppfter Gazette Times, Thursday, August 15, 1957 Full Use Of River's Power Being Developed By Robert Psnlnnd Ilnw ,i river ran lie completely put t't work was demonstrated l;ist Friday to u group of Eastern Oregon newspaper, radio and television men by Pacific Power ii ml Light company when offici al..! escorted the newsmen over one of the largest private power development projects on the Pac ific coast. The Lewis river In southwest ern Washington, a short distance from Portland, was the focal point of the trip which Included In spect Ion of two completed PI'&L hydroelectric pro)ects, Merwln and Yale dams, and what soon will lie the world's highest earth fill dam Swift, a $.r.l ,000,000 structure that will provide 250, 000 kilowatts of power for the northwest, The Swift dam, now under major construction con tracts and scheduled to start putting kilowatts Into the Northwest power pool late In 1958, was the center of Interest for tho visitors, arid the size of the pro ject dwarfs many government works of a similar nature. Swift dam Is Incited at the lunctlon of two streams near Die base of Mt. St. Helens, the Lewis river and Swift creek, from which the project nit las Its name. It will he an earth fill structure 510 feet hl;h, 1950 feet long at Its base and 2100 feet wide at Us crest. II will back up a lake 12 miles long holding 270,000 acre feet of waler, equal to 10 times the am ount of water stored In McKay reservoir near Pendleton. There arc many unique, feat ures of this dam, hut adequate description of the huyc job can not he put lnlo words In a man ner that can really explain I lie size of the project. Accompany inn this story Is a picture of some of the newsmen who visited the works, taken In front of some of the Immense 25 foot steel liners which will seal the tunnels that soon will lend water to the pow erhouse generators, The size of the "pipe" In the picture will Rive an Idea of the expanse of the entire project. How wi'll the Lewis river will eventually he put to full use Is shown In tho dams already built and those either under construc tion or planned. Farthest down on tho river, not fur from Wood land, Wash. Is Merwln dam, the oldest, which supplies 90,000 kilo watts of power and will soon produce 150,000 KW when a third generator Installation Is com plelcd. At the head of Merwln reservoir Is Yale dam, an earth their lowest capacity. fill stiucture completed in 195.') Tht Swift dam, and the sur- providing peak generation of rounding mountain area wnicii 133 000 kilowatts. lean be reached on good roads, is Swift Adds Water U a remain-m: d.m m..-,- Three miles above the head-'"B r. " IUUIW ' waters of the Yale reservoir Is " anr i u.i. .-. Hermiston, Umatilla, Pendleton, Athena, MiltonFre water, Walla Walla, and Dayton, Wash., and Pf'&L officials from this district. They were flown by DC3 from Pendleton to Portland and then md'the head of the Yale back- superintendents. water) will not no to waste for SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS HERE EQUAL $12,000 MONTHLY PAYROLL More than 210 beneficiaries In . .1. - .. .. I. 1. 4 . 1U 4 I L A, it I the Swift project, but those three jPoims eaci. wee w wuicn uie.mKun oy car over u.e i-miir ucv miles of fall (between the dam pnigress and serve as "hillside" ciopment project, returning that livening Dy plane iu i cnun-ion. The Eastern Oregon region i Many pictures of the project the Cowlitz County Public Utility ;"'"' nt'" ul - District Is now building a canal -"- ....w, which will use the water from the Swift powerhouse and funnel It into another powerhouse that will generate 70,000 kilowatts. After this water has been well used, It will flow Into the Yale reservoir and from there to Mer wln. Nothing Is being wasted. Planned for the future are two other hydroelectric projects above Swift on the same Lewis liver. The first Is the Muddy project, expected to cost $34 million and the Meadows project, cost yet un estimated. Developed entirely without government money, tho Swift, and other Lewis river projects, hold a particularly beneficial po sition In the power supply plan of the northwest for they gain their highest peak of power dev elopment during the winter when Columbia river projects are at Half Millionth Phone Installed in State; Use Up in Heppner Pacific Telephone Installed its 500,0001 Ii telephone In Oregon on Tuesday, August G, Just four days after Its 79th birthday. The first telephone exchange was estab lished In Portland August 2, 1878. The occasion of the 500,000th Installation was observed In Sal em by presentation to Governor Robert D Holmes at his office of a green Speakcrphone bearing an engraved plaque. Making the presentation to the Governor was F. A. Dresslar, vice president and general manager for Pacific Telephone In Oregon. Mr. Dresslar commented that In u period of tremendous growth In Oregon during the past 10 years (ho company has Installed as many phones as It did during the first 0!) years of Its exlstance. The 250,000th telephone went into service In the state during Febru ary, 1917. In lleppher, according to man ager D, A. Short, the number of telephones has increased during tho past 10 years from 510 to 721. Morrow county were getting monthly social security payments totalling $12,101 at tie- end of 1950. The number of beneficiaries increased by 150 over 1955 and the total of monthly benefits be ing paid in the county at the close of the year was $2,299 over the total being paid a year ago, Vernon A. Welo, district manager of the La Grande social security office announced today. These in creases, he noted, result In part from the protection provided to farm families by the coverage' of farm employment and self-employment under social security. He pointed out that self-em- r, loved f.irmers were first hroueht , , - .. .. ... under social security in January, 1955. Those over retirement age at that time, or who reached re tirement ago before the end of 1950, became insured if they re ported self-employment income of at least $400 for 1955, and again for 1950. These Insured per sons were able to qualify for old- age benefit payments during the latter year. Welo said that about 210 self-employed famers and their dependents filed claims for benefits In the La Grande office service area In 1956. The number of farm claims filed in 1957 will be much greater Welo said. For example, during tho 6 months, January-June, 1957, 807 farm claims for benefits have been filed. Noting the impact of farm cov erage In general on essentially agricultural areas like Morrow county, Welo said that a farm employee for Instance, who was already at retirement by mld-1956 became Insured as of April 1 of that year If he had taxable wag es of $400 or more In 1955 and of at least $200 In 1950. Benefits paid to farmers and their depend ents, moreover, figured in tho na tlonwide totals for 1956. At the close of the year, over 9 million people were receiving one-half billion dollars In monthly bene fit payments. In Morrow county for the month of December 1950, 117 retired woikers were getting $8,663.00 monthly. Also 36 wives or de pendent aged husbands of retired workers were being paid a total of $1,049 monthly; in the same county for December, a total of $006 was being paid to aged wid ows or dependent aged widow ers and narents of deceased work ers. This was an increase of 33 I in monthly payments to agedi workers and their dependents and 43 to dependent aged survivors of deceased workers In this area. Tho lowering of the age at which a woman without an entitled child in her care can start getting benefits is reflected in these fig ures, Welo pointed out. Effective with November 1956 benefits could be paid to women starting at age 62. Monthly payments of $1,723 were being made to 44 widowed mothers with children under 18 in their care and minor children of retired or deceased workers and accounted for 14 of the tot al old age and survivors insur ance benefits being paid in Mor row county, as of December 1956 I Gi K" ?S Jllllg HUGE STEEL LINER SECTIONS for power tunnel of Pacific Power S Light company's Swift hydro electric project on the Lewis river provided a ba:kdrcp for picture of editors end publishers of eastern Oregon during their visit Friday at the site of what will become the world's highest earth fill dam. Tom Keenan, left, Pendleton district manager, reported project will require 1575 feet of 25-foot diameter liner. Standing to the right of Keenan are: Dan litrtlett Jr.. Editor and Publisher of the Umctilla Sun; R. C. Cooke, Editor and Publisher cf Athena Press; Robert Penland. Editor and Publisher of the Heppner Gazette Times; Dan C. Bartlett, Editor and Publisher of Hermiston, Herald. Come In and "PERFORMANCE TEST" a new Golden Anniversary INTERNATIONAL i .rwnffrrmifc .y. "T f J1 I 1 i J ' Xi Ntw Ooldn Ann.v.fituy INTERNATIONALS rang from PUkupi to 33,000 Ibi. CVW in whetl.n Olhir INTERNATIONALS, to 96.000 Ibi. OVW, round out world i mait compld lint. Your very firs! drive in a new Golden Anniversary Inter national Thick will sell you on its superior comfort, handling ease and "get up and go." But just to be sure you are really convinced, we liave set up what we call our "Performance Test." This consists of taking a new Golden Anniversary Inter national to places of your wen choosing - tho most rugged loca tions you know of-and giving the truck "the works." Take it off the road. Soe how it performs for you ! And as you test the truck, remember that, over the years. International Trucks cost irasf to own-cost records prove it! Take our "Performance Test" any time! INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS cost least to own! LEXINGTON IMPLEMENT CO. LEXINGTON, OREGON i pi r J feJ Lis Justice and Municipal Courts Mr, and Mrs. Wendell Connor and Danny of Forest Grove vis ited recently with his parents, the .Frank Connors. . Charles James Bsvan, failure Misg Wf. ht daughter of to stop at stop sign, $10 fine. Mf and Mfs Joe Wrightj ,8 now Robert Lee Lovpren, axle over- working in the office of Dr Clif- load. 3N8.80 fine. forcj Waener. - Gus L. Hekkala, overheight load, $10 fine. Marilyn June Pettyjohn, no tail light, $10 fine. n PARENTS OF SON Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith of Morgan are the parents of a son born August 9 at The Dalles hos pital He weighed 8 lbs. 12Vn or.. Nine out of ten mothers and and has been named Glen George, children in the United States now Grandparents are Mrs. Fannie have social security protection. Griffith of lone and Mrs. Frances At the end of the year, nation-! Mitchell of Portland Mr. and Mrs. wide, about 1,341,000 children un-' Frank S. Parker of Heppner are der 18 were receiving monthly ' great-grandparents. social security payments. Of' o these, 131,000 were being paid! Mrs. Irene Marciele of San monthly benefits because of the Leandro, Calif, is visiting her retirement of an aged insured bwtlwr and sister-in-law, Mr. and parent. Children who become to- Mrs- Tom Fraters. tally disabled before age 18 may' Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pedersen, now be eligible for disabled Ja"et and Perry and Mr. and fi.iiri'c hi.mm navmonts nftnr.Mrs. nans j'euersen oi aeauie, age 18. This type of social secur ity insurance benefit, however, did not become payable until January, 1957 and such benefits and beneficiaries are not includ ed In the figures quoted above. Commenting on the steady growth of the social security in surance program, Welo said that three-fourths of all men becom ing G.r this year will be eligible for social security benefit pay ments. A representative of the social security office will be In Heppner for his monthly visit from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, August 22. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith, Lexington, an 8 lb boy born Aug. G named Oscar Dean. To Mr. and Mrs. M. Snell Weatherford, Condon, a 5 lb 13H oz. boy born Aug. 8, named James Horatio. To Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Owens, Condon, a G lb. 5 oz. hoy born Aug. 8. named Calvin Dale. To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sorenson, Heppner, a 6 lb. 10 oz. girl born Aug. 9, named Sandra Sue. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woody, Fossil, a 7 lb. "a oz. girl born Aug. 10, named Willamae, Medical Joe Wood, Condon; Frank K. Wilson, Kinzua, dis missed; Willis Wright, Kinzua; Barbara Richards, Monument; Vivian Springer, Heppner, dismis sed; Robert Selby, Condon, dismissed. Minor Surgery Alex Thomp son. Heppner, dismissed; Marsh all Lovgren, Heppner, dismissed; Candace Paplneau, Lexington dismissed; Grace Richardson Kim-ua. Major Surgery Antonia Yza guiire, Hermiston; Connie Bow man, Monument; Alleta Addle man, Hermiston; Art Keen, lone; David Rietmann, lone. o Eddie Groshens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Groshens, has been visiting friends in Portland. From there he went to Eugene where he is attending a workshop for student body officers. He is e jpected home Sunday. were weekend guests at the home of Mrs. Harry Duvall. J:ck Angel of Walla WaRa, former administrator of Pioneer Memorial hospital, was visiting in Heppner Tuesday. Mrs. Richard T. Meador and daughters, Beverly Blake and Bernice Thomson were in The Dalles Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Groshens, and Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troed son of lone, returned the first of the week from a short stay in Portland Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carlson of Milton - Freewater visited this week at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Blakney, and Mr. Blakney. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamlin spent the weekend in Redmond and Gresham. They were ac companied home by her grand son, Ted Herlinger, of Redmond. Bernard Damon of La Grande is visiting this week at the Claude Graham home. - Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lindsay and family spent the weekend fish ing at East Lake. Mr. and Mrs Carl Spaulding, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. William Heath were in Eugene last week to at tend the" State American Legion convention. Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Schaifitz, Diane and Jimmy returned Tuesday from a few days spent in Portland. They were accomp anied home by Mrs. Mary Carter, mother of Mrs. Schaffitz, who will visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamlin made a trip to Portland over the weekend. A SPICY COMEDY is being pre sented in blushing color on the screen of the Star Theater, Sun day and Monday. My Neighbors "Why, so it IS an engage ment ring. I can see the dia mond plain as anything!" Call 6-9223 For Printing Needs 1 whatever you co... S3. BE SAFE.. .BANK FIRST and save now for next year's fun! Saving for next year's vacation is almost as easy as dreaming of it, when you get the savings habit at First National Bank. Put yourself on a schedule. Regular savings deposits at your convenient, nearby First National branch will put you on the Honolulu liner, the plane to Paris, or the road to another part of Oregon's cool, green vacationland. Start jour own vacation plan now. 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