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Subscribers To report Improper or noo d livery of the Mall Tribune phone 2-6U1 before Ai p.m. dally and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If reiular delivery arrives shortly after you call, pleas notify office, thut eliminating iptcUl meuemer aervlce. WEATHER FORECAST: Snow ihoweri to nifht and Wednesday, Colder tonight. Temp. Highest yesterday 41 Lowest this morning ......... 31 Prte. to 4:30 a. m, today Trace EDFORD JBUNE United Press Full Lease Wire United Press Full Leese Wire 44th Year 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1950 NO. 245 M Congress Issues Chorus of Protests On President's Washington. Jan. 10 U.P.) man's budget with fresh clamor for economy today. But some mem bers believed the cold war and an election year made a balanced budget nothing but a dream. In his annual budget message yesterday, Mr. Truman proposed $42,400,000,000 in spending. That would mean a $5,100,000,000 deficit at present tax rates in the fiscal year starting next July 1. Congress Seen Willing To Make Cuts The chorus of protests some from within administration ranks strengthened the already widespread belief that congress is more eager to make deep cuts in government spending than it was a year ago. But some members cited offsetting pressures which may tend to add to the deficit either through cutting income or boosting spending items above Mr. Truman's proposals. The administration's "cold war defense of deficit financing was reflected in the comment of House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack, Mass. He hoped the "international situation will improve but my judgment tells me that it will not." "The American people must face the fact that we must make large appropriations for national defense," he said. The loudest criticism came from republicans, who are viewing the size of the budget and the deficit as their No. 1 issue for the 1950 campaign. Load Reductions May Go Off Three Roads Tomorrow R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, today told The Mail Tribune by telephone that three sections of state secondary high ways placed under load limit re strictions last Friday "probably" will be released from the reduc tion order tomorrow. These are the Medford-Provolt highway to U. S. highway 9, the Williams branch of the same road and the road from Eagle Point to Lake Creek. The Tiller-Trail road and the Crater Lake highway above Cas cade Gorge will remain closed, Baldock said. It is these two sections of road which are most heavily used by local log truck ers and the closure of which mo tivated the strong protests which have been forwarded to Baldock and Gov. Douglas McKay by lumbermen and other Medford business men. $2 Million Damage The highway commission placed the load reductions, amounting to about half of usual limitations, to avoid road damage by heavy trucks during thaw periods, and some $2 million damage to roads was done last year, Baldock said, by -not or dering similar reductions at the proper time. Roads are being inspected daily by highway commission men, Baldock added, and those still under reduced limits will be freed as soon as possible. Rogue valley lumbermen had objected to the load reductions because it virtually eliminated about 80 per cent of their sources of supply during what is usually one of the best logging months, they said. Some 500 men in the Prospect area had been idled by sawmills closing and' Medford mills anticipated laying off up to 2,000 men during the thaw season, if they had to cut log decks as the result of the order. GOP Critics Denied Quiz Of Acheson Washington. Jan. -10 U.R) Secretary of State Dean Ache son's chief republican critics were allowed to hear his defense of administration China policy today but were denied permis sion to question him. Acheson spent the day ex pounding before a closed session of the senate foreign relations committee this country's plans for opposing communism all over the world. Sitting in the committee room as guests were Sens. William F. Knowland (R., Cal.) and Homer Ferguson (R., Mich.), both of whom are bitterly critical of the administration's decision not to help Formosa against the . Chi nese communists. But Committee Chairman Tom Connally (D., Tex.) ruled that Knowland and Ferguson could ask "no questions" of the secre tary. He said quizzing of a wit ness by non-members would damage the committee's "integ rity." Road Conditions The Oregon State Motor as sociation office here reported this noon that snow was fall ing hard on Siskiyou and Greeniprings mountain passes. There was four inches of new snow and conditions were get ting worse. The office said that rain was falling on Sexton mountain pass. Chains were not required but were advised. Snow was falling and becoming packed at Grants Pass. A report obtained through city police said that Oregon mountain on Redwood high way was closed. OMA states that Yreka po lice described road conditions from that city north to the California-Oregon line as not bad. Snow was falling hard, however, between Weed and Redding. There was five inches of new snow and chains were required. Traffic in Dunsmuir canyon area was said danger ous. High winds of marked vio lence were reported at Klam ath Falls and Keno and there was packed snow on the high way at Keno. Deficit Spending Budget Congress greeted President Tru got vmm WINTER FLOODS PLAGUE MIDWEST-Farm homes not completely under water are isolated on tiny Islands as water frof. the swollen Kaskaskla River Inundates lowlar.vls neai Vandals, III. Note snow on ground not covered by water. Continuing rain and Ice storms have already forced 50(1 families from their ' homes in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, taken three lives and caused damage running Into hundreds oi thousands 01 dollars. Rampaging Through Levee; Towns Flooded Chicago, Jan. 10 U.R) The raging Wabash river today ripped through a big levee 30 miles above Vincennes, Ind , and pounded at dozens of Indiana and Illinois river towns, The island levee on the Indi ana side of the Wabash between Graysville, Ind., and Hutsonville, 111., collapsed without warning under the 28.2 foot crest. The dike burst after 200 wearv volunteer workers thought they had won their four-day fight to save it. Workers Escape The workers escaped the surg ing waters and managed to save their equipment as a small "sandboil" burst into an eieht- foot gap. then spread into a ma jor break-through. ihe flood waters fanned quickly over 5,500 acres of rich farmland, but authorities said all residents of the area had been removed to safety earlier this week as the flood danger in creased. The army, which had planned to send 200 soldiers to Graysville from Vincennes today, counter manded its order and held them for duty on the Vincennes sea wall, one of the major danger points in the crest's path. Authorities said today's levee break, like one on the Niblack levee Sunday night, might tem porarily ease the pressure at Vin cennes and other towns along the lower Wabash. Guardsmen On Duty However, the river was ex- Chiloquin Seeks To Keep Liquor Permit Salem, Ore., Jan. 10 (U.P.) The city of Chiloquin in Klam ath county has brought suit against the Oregon liquor control commission in an effort to keep its liquor license. It wants the court to go on record that it is "non-Indian." The Klamath county court filed a complaint with the Mar ion county clerk Monday, charg ing that the commission has asked return of a permit held since 1937 and renewed two weeks ago. The commission recently ruled that Chiloquin is not entitled to a permit because it is an "Indian community." Federal law prohibits sale of liquor in Indian communities. But Chiloquin claim? that a re cent survey shows 472 non-Indians living in the city compared with 172 Indians. The complaint asks a court order declaring the city to be "non-Indian." St. Louis, Jan. 10 (UK Ar thur A. Kocian, 74. one of the best-known art critics and deal ers in the nation, died yesterday of a heart attack it hit gallery. But the first specific economy prescriptions came from two senators who stand at opposite poles in the president's own party. These were Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D., Va.), the conservative, who asked for a $6,400,000,000 cut in spending, and Sen. Paul H. Doueias (D.. 111.), a fair dealer, who asked for cuts of $3,000,000,000. Those who saw trouble ahead of the budget-balancing bloc mentioned these factors: No Sign For Much Tax Increase Support While there is plenty of sentiment in congress to cut excise tax rates, there is no sign yet of much support for other tax in creases. An excise cut without offsetting tax Increases or spending cuts would add to the deficit. The president's budget called for a $305,000,000 increase in postal rates, although a more modest request for boosting postage revenues oy 20u,uuu,uuu went 'Mr. Truman recommended more money for reclamation and flood control projects already under way, but did not ask funds for any new ones. Some who must face the voters next November were not elatea. To Senate Republican Leader Kenneth S. Wherry, Mr. Tru man's budget meant "spendthrift socialism." and to House Bepub lican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., for political purposes. . : - , lift1 Wabash River Breaks pected to resume its rise today to a predicted crest of 28 feet at Vincennes. More than 1,000 sol diers and Indiana national guardsmen worked around the clock, piling sandbag on sand bag there. Red Cross Field Representa tive Robert Sibbert said his or ganization was alerted to "get 5,000 people out in a hurry" if the flood wall breaks at the his toric old city. On the Illinois bank, commu nities were bracing for "the worst." Town In Danger A spokesman for Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, who flew over the area yesterday, said Russellville was under most im minent danger. The river was ex pected to crest at or near the top of the levee there. Second Ship Ready To Run Blockade Hong Kong. Jan. 10 U.R) A second Isbrandtscn line ship, the Brooklyn Heights, prepared to day to run the Shanghai block ade later this week despite state department warnings. Capt. Andrew Chinklcy, Far East representative of the Is brandtsen line of New York city, said the Brooklyn Heights was taking aboard cargo for the Shanghai run despite the shell fire battering given a sister ship, the Flying Arrow, ysterday. The Brooklyn Heights is sched uled to leave tomorrow, Crinkley said, but departure might be de layed a few days because loading of cargo was going slowly. None of the crew aboard the vessel in the harbor here appear ed to be perturbed by the dan gers of sailing the Chinese na tionalist blockade of communist held Shanghai. Most of them were engaged in painting bulk heads and railings. Italian Workers In Protest Strike Rome, Jan. 10 (U.R) Some 1.500.000 workers in northern 1 1 a ly ' s industrial "red belt" staged a protest strike today and left-wing leaders warned that civil war was near unless the government changes its attitude toward labor. At the same time, authorita tive sources in Rome said Pre mier Alcide De Gasperi will sub mit his pro-western cabinet's res ignation tomorrow. . The resignation was reported prompted by last October's walk out of right-wing socialist minis tors rather than any labor agita tion, however, De Gasperi was expected '0 form a new govern ment immediately. for Byrd, Douglas and others unneeaed last year. it meant "juggling public vinds , ' i - - - y t K" "V1 Authorities feared the levee would crumble. They said the situation also looked "pretty bad" at St. Francisville, 111., where the Wabash and Embar rass rivers meet below Vin cennes. Upstream on the Wabash and its feeder streams, waters began to recede. The Red Cross said many of the approximately 4,000 Indiana and Illinois residents driven from their homes were beginning to return. German Communists Declare War On Cowboys And Indians Berlin, Jan. 10 (U.R) A west German newspaper reported to day that German communists have declared war on American cowboys and Indians. The newspaper Telegraf said the east German province of Saxdny-Anhalt banned the exhi bition of toy Indians and wild west books. "These measures have been adopted to prevent the danger ous, indirect Americanization of youth," the newspaper said. Missourian He's Jesse New York, Jan. 10 (U.R) , Jesse James, who is the latest man to claim he's the notorious 'outlaw, said today he has $2,000,- 000 in loot buried near Fort Sill, Okla. He also said in passing that there never was a James gang. The latest Jesse said he has been known since 1882 as J. Frank Dalton. He came to New York from Missouri yesterday to announce he had filed suit in Missouri to change his name from J. Frank Dalton back to "my christened name" of Jesse Woodson James, the celebrated outlaw. Shooting Said Hoax He said )- is 102 years old, that the alleged shooting of Jesse James by Bob Ford in St. Joseph in 1882 was a great hoax to per mit his escape from the law, and that it actually was Charlie Bige low who got a bullet " in the back of the head" from Ford's gun. He brought along six "corrobo rating witnesses" who .believe fervently that he is th real Jesse. There's no doubt tt he knows Jesse's operating fenrain thoroughly and the history oi the "operations." "There never was a James gang." the old man said as he lay in bed in his hotel room. "Ain't a farmer in the country in those days that wouldn't try to make a little more money if he got the chance. And that was the James gang. "Let me tell you," he pointed Walkout Of UMW Spreading Through Soft Coal Fields Officials Remain Mum On Reason For Strike Pittsburgh, Jan. 10 (U.R) The hit-and-miss strikes of Unit ed Mine Workers spread stead ily today throughout the nation's soft coal fields. Major mines which worked yesterday failed to open today as the "no contract; no work" strike sjgnal of the miners passed from mine to mine. Big Mines Closed Jones & Laughlin Steel cor poration reported its three big mines in western Pennsylvania were closed. Night shift workers failed to report at the Shannopin pit. The Vesta No. 4 and No. 5 mines closed this morning. The mines employ more than 4,500. Republic Steel mines, which operated yesterday, also began closing last night. However, the hit - and - miss of the walkouts continued. Ber wind White, a large commercial producer in central Pennsylva nia, and Wilbur Coal company at Hooversville, Pa., reported full operations. Nine Idle In Ohio In Ohio, two more mines closed to bring the total down to nine with 3.400 miners idle. UMW officials continued mum on the walkout. John P. Busarel lo, UMW District 5 president at Pittsburgh, refused comment on the cause of the strikes. He ad mitted today that he had made no effort to get his miners back to work. Russia Walks Out On Meeting Of UN Lake Success, Jan. 10 j(U.R Russia walked out of the United Nations security council today after Soviet Delegate Jacob A. Malik failed to obtain the ouster of Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang, Chinese nationalist delegate. Malik left the council chamber after he failed to force a council vote on a Russian resolution un der which the 11-nation group would refuse -to recognize Tsiang's credentials and would exclude the nationalist delega tion from its meetings. "The delegation of the Soviet Union." he told the council be fore the walkout, "in support of the Chinese peoples (communist) republic, insists upon the expul sion from the security council of the Kuoinintang group." Here's Lesson On How Not To Argue About Another Man's Driving Fullerton, Cel., Jan. 10 U.R) Motorist Robert E. La Tour, 21, Halsey, Ore., is going to be more careful in the future when he criticises another man's driving. La Tour allegedly launched a long tirade yesterday against the driving of another motor ist. The man listened quietly, then handed him a citation. La Tour was fined $40 for "outraging the public decency by the use of profanity" in ad dressing Police Chief John C. Gregory. London, Jan. 10 (U.R) Lord Stanley of Alderlcy. whose for mer wife, Sylvia, recently mar ried Clark Gable, has changed the name of his yacht from "Syl via" to "The Gables," it was dis closed today. Claims James his left Index finger a finger with the lip end shot off, "I'd us ually maybe have two or three experienced men with me. But as the usual thing I'd go around to farmers before a robbery and I told 'cm: 'If you want to go out and get a little piece of money I don't know, say $50, $70, $100 you come with me and I'll take you and we 11 get it. Didn t tell 'em what we were going to do. And we went." The latest Jesse lives at Mera- mec caverns. Stanton, Mo., where Jesse James had a hideout during the Civil war. He suffered a hip fracture not long ago and is con fined to bed. His right arm is paralyzed from a stroke. He con stantly fingers a bedside revolver with his left hand and says that as a boy he "used nearly a bar rel of 'cartridges' learning to shoot left-handed." "1 got $2,000,000 buried in the Wichita mountains near Fort Sill," the old man said. "There's been people lookin' for it, but never found it. If anybody gets it, let em get it the way I did. Witness 'Positive' Dcwitt Travis. 81. an oil man of Longview, Tex., who is help ing "Jesse's friends" pay for bringing him and the witnesses to New York ana lor tne petition in Union, Mo., circuit court to change Dalton's name back to James, said he was "positive" this was the real jesse. tic saia he sat on Jesse's knee as a young boy when the hiding Jesse stayed at the Travis home and has been associated with him lor 30 years MATER'S GRIP OfJ ROGUE RIVER inds, Rain, Snow Hit Medford; Damage Extensive Planes And Building Tipped; Man Shocked Wlnln- ti.nollinf hlah uulnris snow and rain descended on the Kogue niver vaitey witn a ven geance this morning. Sweeping gusts of wind, which n,n uinflthAc hnrpaii said ranged .. H n.il., an hnill1 nV(T. turned half a dozen light aircraft tied down at tne Meaiora airpun, , , :j ..un.. 11 overiurnea ana cHinea ouvut u feet a two-car garage and work shop, disrupted power service, and downed trees and branches n.,, ...!...( l,n itr anH vnllPV lliiuuKnviut -- Roof shingles were torn away by the gusts, which were as strong as any ever recorded here. Wet Snow Falls , , Light rains, beginning at bdoui A n n. annmnmoH tllA Wind. but got' heavier as the morning progressed, turning into m-avy. Up to one-half inch fell in down town Medford by mldmorning, When the snow uirnea unv.it : t ln,,,ai nlnuatinns. malting slushy rivers of streets and gut ters. The snow stuck on hills j tu ..bIIaus nnH n much as eight inches were reported in the areas surrounding .-iiio"u, where about two inches of snow -n n-nlntf Mntnrittta flt leu una iiiwiiiiiiR. - --- higher elevations were forced to use chains. c it.. nn,i fnlliiroa HlIP tO Opuiiy JW"- downed poles and lines were re ported in various areas 01 uit- w , Unm Incllncf for nV- oral hours before power could be restored Dy iaiiioiuin Power company ki Areas within Medford itself were without power for periods rang ing from five minutes to an hour or more, m. t mote 999 Fast 12th JLHUIIIUS Utwia, . street, a driver for Snider's dairy, was taken to the Community nos u.. -ii i,o this morning piiui uy 1.11 pw..- ---- - after the wheel of the small truck he was driving became tangled with a blown-down live wire at the Cottage street bridge, police said. Lewis' physician said he suf fered shock symptoms and was confined to the hospital lor ob servation, but, may be released tomorrow. Several persons said they saw ,- (1....W mnrle hv tllC a Drigni mue noon .- -contact between the wire and the truck tire. One source shiu ui t a(tfr hpinff dazed by the shock,' walked to nis home near by and then notified police and his employer, i-uuce received the call about 7:J0 a.m. More than half an inch of pre cipitation, both rain and snow, er bureau up to noon today, ine temperature last night fell only to 33 degrees above zero, one de gree above freezing, while a balmy high of 48 was registered at 2 a. m. Snow, Cold Forecast Continued snow showers and colder temperatures were lore . . ..,i .leather bureau 0II1- cials cautioned that driving to night and tomorrow miB-" "v,-" irJmelv hazardous throughout the entire valley. rlr.hnn The two-car gaiaKc, ,,r and woodshed at the Amos W. Walker residence, 1789 Stewart avenue, west of Medford, was P'edup,tippcd over ;.nd blown about JU ieev uj i-" v. at .bout 4 a. m. Walker raid it was a praciicany new and estimated damage at $1,500. inciuuuiK uwtup.". ojoinr scrvces. ine atruciu. measured 32 by 18 feet, and was (, n hprf on one side and the house on the other: A tai inside was undisturoea. nwi v pcr on a feeding shed was also . I 1... ,Un fl,C rippeu u hprp walker, wno n ,,,v- since 1905, said "I've never seen . 1:1. i. knfnr 1 anyming iii" " , i- nKnrt r.hurch. official in charge of the weather bureau, !hu a stpariv blow Of 65 or 75 miles an hour would do less damage man mi gusts felt here last night. Planes Damaged Six planes belonging to air craft service companies and in :..i..ni. ouM flonnpri over on their backs by the gusts, which also tore aluminum sheeting A fli hunoari nl the iruill une ui mc o"- - - airport. Several of the planes were severely QiHiiaKL-u. A 4 MnlftrH Trnilor Kfllpg. On U.S. highway 99 at the "Big Y," three 12 by 4 foot signboards ...or., hlnwn Hnwn RnflODinS SiX by six inch posts at the ground. une sign was diuwii j "" the street. Downtown merchants reported that some doors to places oi ousi ness were blown open by early morning wind blasts. Bonn. Germany. Jan. 10 (U.R) Western Germany today dera tioned fats, bulter and miiK, leaving sugar as the only food item on the ration usu Severe Storm Passes Over Western Oregon Portland, Ore., Jan. 10 (U.R) One of the severest rain and wind storms of the winter passed over western Oregon, the Wil lamette valley and Portland early today, and the weather bureau forecast a return of colder weather for tonight and Wednesday. Snow mixed with rain was forecast for west of the Cascades end temperatures were scheduled to drop below freesina over most of the area. South to southwoit winds blew steadily at 30 to 35 miles an hour across Portland last night and this morning, with gusts as high as 50 miles. Power wires were downed in some Darts of the city. The Portland General Electric company reported major dil- iicuities, particularly in tne west siae mils wnere several hundred homes were out of electric service most of the night. TRANSMISSION LINES KNOCKED OUT A 57,000-volt transmission line was knocked out on the West Side Pacific highway at the Tualatin river. In Hillsboro, a 24,000 volt line went out. v Considerable line trouble occurred elsewhere west of the Cas cades, including the Grants Pats, and Astoria areas. Most ot it was Portland airport had 1.22 incnet oi rain in 24 hours. Rain and snow prevailed over most of the stale as a bliasard in eastern Oregon threatened to plug the Oregon Trail highway to Boise, Ida. CREWS WORK THROUGH NIGHT' Crews worked throuah the nlaht to keen the route open at Kalnes. A 300-yard long rock slide blacked the Union Pacific rail road near Hood River and a work train detachment expected to clear the tracks by morning. Rain was forecast tor the and rain or snow Wednesday. Cross current winds up to coast. Some telephone lines In Salem and Astoria were blown down during the night. San Francisco. Jan. 10 (U.R) struck northern California today wind that brought snow, sleet and hall and ram in torrenis as tar south as the San Francisco bay area. Pacific Gas and Electric company said some communities in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties were virtually isolated by the storm. Laytonville has had no power in two days, Garber ville is "squeaking by" on emergency equipment and Weavervilla has had power only for short intervals since Sunday, PGStE said. The state highway patrol warned that all highways north oi Redding are in dangerous condition and traveling on them Is "slow and hazardous." Chains are required, the patrol said. One bus took seven hours to make an 18-mlle trip between Weed and Dunsmuir in Siskiyou county. Watershed Well Below Average The first snow surveys of the 1949-50 season, completed last week, show that the snowpack on Oregon watersheds is consider ably below normal for some areas al this time of year, and is far below that measured at this time last winter, it was reported .dn ku w T ".luck" Front, hy draulic engineer for the coopera tive snow survey. TUn c,,fi,nu is maHp hv the Oregon agricultural experiment station ano ine icuemi sun .v servation service. The southern Cascade moun tains have a snow cover now which varies from 52 to 88 per cent below average, Frost said, and about 24 to 48 per cent of last winter's pack. Heavier In Norm Surveys in the central and nnHhnn, fa tinrine tthnw A SnmP- kvhat heavier snow cover as com pared with the southern eno oi the range, Frost added. Althnncrh ihp siirvpvii. made as of January 1, are below normal, Frost said that tne accumulation Medford Man Named To O&C Advisory Board Gene Tcdrick, Medford, has been appointed to fill the unex pired term of Hugh Haddock, Klamath Falls, on the O. and C. advisory board for the Medford district, it was announced today by Daniel L. Goldy, regional ad ministrator oi the bureau of land management. Tedrick is business agent for the Klamath basin district coun cil, Lumber and Sawmill Work ers. He replaces Haddock as the American Federation of Labor representative on the board. I, I. : . ' V -AN 1 1 up i iiiiih ! 1 .vw a . JET ENGINE RUNS AUT0-Jhn R. Mitchell of Dallas. Tex., ad Justs the exhaust stacks ot a Jet turbine engine which Is mounted In the rear of his old auto. Mitchell, an slrcratt mechanic, says operat ing costs of his JettgpJp ,1s only two-tenths at a cent per mils, CLOSES VALLEY Roseburg, Coos Bay, Tillamook caused by heavy winds. Portland area witn snow By night 40 miles an hour blew along the The worst blissard of the winter on the wings of a 50-mile-an-hour Snowpack may be greatly increased during the three remaining winter months. The next group of snow surveys will be made about Feb ruary 1,. he reported. Some representative measure ments on snow courses of the Cascades were given by the re port. At Siskiyou summit the depth is 10.6 inches with 2 inches of water content, compared to 8.4 inches of water content last year, and a 3.6 inch average water con tent. At Hyatt prairie compara ble figures were 15.4 inches of snow, 2.4 Inches of water con tent, compared to 9.2 inches last year and 4.6 inches average. At Lake O' Woods the same readings were 20 Inches, 4 inches, 9.4 inches and 3.3 inches; at Annie Springs, 41.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 20.4 inches and 13.6 inches, and at Diamond lake, 32.2 inches, 6.2 inches, 15.5 inches and 7 inches. Other Measurements The same measurements on more northerly snow couscs in clude: Phlox point (Ml. H"od), 104.1 Inches, 32.4 inches, 53.1 inches and 10.9 inches; Hogg pass (San tiam highway) 82.6 inches, 21.5 inches, 34.4 inches and 17.5 inches; Cascade summit (Willam ette highway) 55.4 inches, 14.8 inches, 23.9 inches (no average given). In Talent.Robert Kent, mana ger of Ihe Talent Irrigation dis trict, said the season is unusual by reason of unprecedently low amounts, of rainfall. Since Sep tember, ho said, only light rain fall has fallen in the valley and even Hyatt lake, usually a de pendable source of water, is ab normally low. It is still too early, Kent said, to dMrrmino water for the next Irngillon season. (Aeme Trlephoto) , i
