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Cost, Benefit Lack, Cited
By River Project Opponent
Saying that the irrigation
phase alone of the proposed de
velopment of the Rogue River
basin water resources would "re
quire at least $60 million which
could not come from any source
other than the federal treasury
and the taxpayer," D. H. Bar
ber, Trail, spoke in opposition
to the reclamation bureau plan
at the Kiwanis luncheon yester
day noon at Rogue Valley Coun
try club.
Barber brought out that his
group, the Preserve the Rogue
association, Is not interested in
the conservation and sports fea
tures of the proposal so much
as the economic aspects.
He said that promoters locally
have claimed that the project
would be self liquidating and
that when "that myth was ex
ploded," they said that it was
only a $100 million project, "a
small amount . . . which the
country wouldn't miss and that it
would be a 'great shot in the
arm' for local business."
Quotes "Contradiction"
Barber, quoting Senator Paul
Douglas, pointed to a "trouble
some contradiction" wherein
business groups have been urging
that the budget be cut on the
one hand and that money be ap
propriated for projects on an
other. The senator showed that,
if he were to back a project for
his constituents, he would have
to support similar projects by
other congressmen and "wink at
a grossly padded . . . bill."
"Our own comment," Barber
said, "is that if less than one
fifth of the members of congress
asked for projects the size . . .
of the one many of you support,
the total cost would nearly equal
the sum of of the present deficit
and the one expected for next
year. And we worry about
them."
Barber declared that his fig
ures were based on reclamation
estimates which he thought were
greatly underestimated. He
quoted a Hoover commissioner
who charged that the reclama
tion bureau Is guilty of appar
ently deliberately underestimat
ing and then requesting supple
mental appropriation.
Cites Proof
As proof of this underestimat
ing Barber referred to a recent
news release which read: "E. L.
Gates, Med,ford, was second low
bidder on a project to clear
27,000 acres of land between
North Dam and Coulee City.
Gates offered to do the work for
$424,850. Lowest bid was sub
mitted by J. W. Hardison, Yak
ima, for $348,962. Both bids were
more than double the bureau of
reclamation estimates."
The opposition to Rogue de
velopment has been accused of
selfishness when the group has
been trying only to defend its
home, Barber said. In turn, he
also stated, the opposition has
considered the advocates selfish
when they only have been fol
lowing the great American trend
to clear, .drain and irrigate to
get more land under production.
Now. in some places, the speak
er declared, followers of the
trend wish they had not cleared
some of the fine forests, or they
have spent money to make ponds
again where they once drained
them.
"Produce Too Much"
"Irrigation districts and farm
ers in them," Barber main
tained, "have, time and again,
gone through reorganizations
and bankruptcy before a stable
economy was reached . . . After
we got all these acres ready and
producing, we found they pro
duced too much and we had to
work up a system, costing bil
lions, to keep that surplus from
drastically lowering prices and
ruining the producer."
Barber indicated that fruit
growers in this area are not un
animous in their support of the
Rogue project. He interpreted a
December article in "The Amer
ican Fruitgrower" as evidence
that fruitgrowers nationally op
pose such a program.
The article reports that de
partment of agriculture experts
have been grumbling concern
ing plans of the bureau of rec
lamation to bring new -farm
areas into production. Julius
Krug's departure as secretary of
the interior represents a tighten
ing up policy by the Truman ad
ministration, according to the
article. It concluded that the pol
icy could mean fewer acres made
available for potential fruit de
velopment in the northwest, and
"a firmer long-range outlook for
growers already in business."
Barber also stated that while
local chambers of commerce
have supported the basin devel
opment, the national organiza
tion, in its publication has point
ed to the paradox of reclaiming
more farm land and at the same
time producing too much on
present land. The publication,
the speaker said, suggests that
Oscar Chapman, secretary of the
interior, and Charles Brannan,
secretary of agriculture, ought to
get together.
More farm land is not needed,
particularly at a cost of $653 per
acre ($527 of it to be borne by
taxpayers), Barber said, when
at the same time many of the
present irreplacable values of
the area would be ruined.
A number of proponents of the
Suspects In Cohen
Bombing Released
Los Angeles, Feb. 16 U.R)
Six suspects in the bombing of
Mickey Cohen's home were
crossed off the list today, and
police investigating an under
world war to the death were
back where they started.
Officers released five hench
men of Jack Dragna, reputed
"Capone of Los Angeles." The
five had been held on suspicion
of attempted murder.
One of them was re-booked
for failing to register as a sex
offender.
A misdemeanor complaint was
sought against Moe Shaman,
brother of a hoodlum killed in
1945. Police have been holding
him on suspicion of attempted
murder but admitted they have
little evidence other than that
he once said he would "blow
Mickey to hell."
Dragna, who dropped from
sight when a California crime
commission report said he was
waging an underworld war with
Cohen, still was sought for ques
tioning in the attempt on Cohen's
life.
. Police Lleutt. Grover Arm
strong said he has information
Dragna "may be across the
border in Mexico."
Rogue development were at the
meeting to hear the talk. Kiwan
is President Frank Rowe ex
plained that it is a club policy
to hear both sides on controver
sial subjects. Proponents have
previously addressed Kiwanlans.
Oregon City, Ore., Feb. 16
U.R) The school board has au
thorized construction of a $400,
000 grade school to replace the
old Eastham unit of the Oregon
City school system.
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Campaign Swings
Into Final Week
London, Feb. 16 (U.R1
Spokesmen for the laborites,
conservatives and liberals sent
the election campaign into its
final week today with the cus
tomary predictions of victory for
each of the parties.
"I am extremely optimistic as
to the results," Prime Minister
Clement Attlee said at a Leices
ter labor party rally. "I am very,
very confident that we are going
to win."
Coni.rvatWti Confident
Sir Walter Womersley, chair
man of the political committee
of the Constitutional club, an af
filiate of the conservative party,
said in London:
"I am dead sure we are going
to win. I am quite confident that
we shall have a good working
majority, and Great Britain will
be saved from disaster."
And Just to make it unani
mous, Clement Davies, head of
the liberal party, which has been
unable to muster a majority in
commons for 40 years and had
only 10 members in the last par
liament, said at a London press
conference:
Would Be Surprised
"Liberals would be surprised
if the party was not returned vic
tors at the election."
The election moved off the
front pages of the big national
newspapers. Two of London's
three evening papers, one of
them claiming the world's great
est evening paper circulation,
carried only a single paragraph
about it on the front page.
Central Point Man
Hurt In Accident
Central Point, Feb. 16 Phil
lip Goerish, GM 1c, navyman
from Central Point and son of
Mrs. Walter Hawley, Central
Point, was seriously injured in
an automobile accident recently,
members of the family said to
day. Goerish, who has served for
eight months in French, Italian
and Grecian water aboard the
USS Hank, left Norfolk. Va., on
leave late in January. He drove
west with two other sailors in a
new car. Seventeen miles east
of Boise, Ida., the car hit a stretch
of icy highway, skidded and
turned over, rolling down an
embankment.
Goerish was thrown clear, but
landed on his head on a pile of
rocks, breaking a vertebra. He
also suffered from shock and
multiple cuts on the head. He
was not expected to live for a
time.
His mother went to Boise to
be with him. He will be moved
to a west coast navy hospital for
additional treatment next week.
Goerish was all-service mid
dleweight boxing champion for
the years 1948 and 1949.
Churchill Denies
Report Of Death
London, Feb. 16 U.R Win
ston Churchill denied today that
he had died this morning. He
said a rumor to that effect was
part of a deliberate election
whispering campaign.
. The conservative party leader
issued the following statement
from his home at Chartwell,
Kent:
"I am informed from many
quarters that a rumor has been
put about that I died this morn
ing. "This Is quite untrue.
"It is, however, a good sample
of the whispering campaign
which has been set on foot. It
Would have been more artistic to
keep this one for polling day."
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Thursday. February 16, 1930
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FXYB
United Press Conducts Disaster
Exercise On Domestic Wire System
New York,' Feb. 16 U.R
The United Press conducted a
disaster exercise on its domestic
leased wire system today.
For one hour between 11 a.m.
and noon EST. all afternoon
newspaper clients in the country
were tied together on one wire,
which was controlled in mid
continent at Chicago.
Relays Eliminated
At a signal from New York,
news relays across country were
eliminated through the throwing
of switches, and papers from
Maine to California and from
Florida to the state of Washing
ton began receiving the same
news stories all at the same
time.
The A. T. and T., which leases
wires to the United Press for the
transmission of news, said the
hook-up was one of the longest
leased wire systems ever put to
gether. Even wires extending
into Canada for papers in Mon
treal and Vancouver were Includ
ed in the big hook-up.
For the period of the exercise
the Chicago bureau of the U.P.
took over the usual functions of
the headquarters bureau in New
York as the control point for the
flow of news. Other bureaus be
gan and halted the filing of copy
at signals given by the chief edi
tor in Chicago. Thus, the exer
cise proved that a constant flow
of news could be maintained to
client papers from a point far
inland if a disaster should dis
able the Washington or New
York bureaus or any other large
office in the east.
Less Operators
The U.P. said that durlna the
test ' it was able to deliver its
service with less than one-fourth
as many printer telegraph opera
tors as are used normally be
cause of the temporary elimina
tion or state and regional relays.
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