tWO MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, February 13, 1955
FPC (Gives Okayto 1700-Eile
IPopeDBnne to Pacific Northwest
Oregon To Receive
Service by Fall of
'56, Attorney Says
Washington (U.R) The
Pacific Northwest Pipeline
Corp. has received Federal
Power commission permission to
build a 1,700-mile pipeline from
New Mexico to Washington
' state to serve seven western
states with natural gas.
Charles E. McGee, attorney
for Northwest here, said Satur
day the big project would get
under way- in early, spring.
; Oregon Service by. '56
i Colorado and Idaho custom-
iers would be served this year.
" Service to users in New Mexi
co, Wyoming, Oregon, Washing
ton and Utah will begin prob
ably by the fall of 1956 when
the pipeline is. scheduled for
completion, McGee said.
The line, McGee said, will run
from the San Juan basin in
New Mexico to a point near
Bellingham, Wash. It will draw
natural "gas from the San Juan
basin and .the Big Piney area
of Wyoming.
The FPC approved a finan
cing Dlan which allows Pacific
Northwest to issue $120,675,000
in bonds, $17,220,000 in prefer
red equities and $25,126,000 in
common stock.
Must Okav Finances
The FPC said it approved
Pacific Northwest's application
for building the facilities last
June 18 on condition it also
must approve the .method of fi
nancing. The Security and Ex
change commission must ap
prove the financing before it
goes into effect, however.
The total funds necessary for
construction are $165,121,000,
the FPC said, of which bonds
will be issued for $120,675,000.
The bonds will be sold to insur
ance companies. The rest of the
project will be financed by six
per cent notes and common
stock.
The company also plans to
bring gas into the Pacific North
west area from Canada but fi
nal details have not yet been
completed.
Building Permits Here
Oukfrin State Growth
Building permit values in
Medford during 1954 were 61
per cent higher than those in
1953, compared to only an 8
per cent increase throughout
Oregon as a whole, according to
a report of the Equitable Sav
ings and Loan association.
Building permit valuation
here last year totaled $2,513,
036, compared to $1,564,941 the
fyear before, the report said.
Throughout the state the 1954
total was $87,888,678, and the
1953 total was $81,003,559.
Permit valuation of residence
construction in Medford last
year was $1,044,200, compared
to $746,100 in 1953, or an in
crease of 40 per cent, the re
port showed. The statewide
dwelling figures were $36,709,
340 in 1954 and 34,349,257 in
1953, an increase of 7 per cent.
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j Nancy sends her Valentine greetings from Las Vegas, Nev.
Murder Trial Slated
To Start at. Burns
Burns lu.rj James wuinton
Anderson, 31, of Beatty, is due
to go on trial Monday in " the
court of Circuit , Judge M. A.
Biggs for the murder of Rich-
ara uavia iviiixci, tj, luemuu
of a wealthy former Tucson,
Ariz., family.
Miller was killed by a shot
gun blast after a drinking party
at Beatty last November.
Anderson was indicted by a
Klamath county grand jury, but
the case was transferred to Har
ney county circuit court on a
motion for a change in 'venue.
Rose Festival Sets
Date for '55 Parade
Portland (U.R) The Board of
Directors of the Rose Festival
Association has decided. Satur
day is a better day than Friday
for the annual festival , parade.
The decision was made at a.
special meeting Friday to con
sider arguments from some quar
ters urging that the parade be
held on a Friday this year. The
parade traditionally has been j
held on Saturday and the Par- j
ade Committee had recommend-!
ed the Saturday date be con-1
tinued. !
'- Thus, this year's parade will
be Saturday, June 11.
Gov. Knight Has Troubles
Keeping Date in Portland
Portland (U.R) Gov. Good
win Knight of California finally
made . it to Portland for a Lin
coln day banquet talk, but he
was 2V2 hours late and minus
his luggage. ;
Last year, Gov. Knight was
scheduled to speak at the Lincoln
day banquet here but developed
laryngitis.
Knight was delayed Friday
when two planes developed
minor engine trouble.
Gov. Paul Patterson and some
600 other Republicans waited
nearly three hours at the Colum
bia athletic club. Patterson, in
stead of reading Knight's speech,
made an off-the-cuff talk in
which he spoke of the present in
ternational crisis and said:
"I pray to God that the presi
dent will find it in his heart to
$1,600,000 Transaction
Revealed at Prineville
Prineville (U.R) The Hud
speth Land & Livestock Corpo
ration has acquired six ranches
totaling more than 85,000 acres
of land in Crook county in a
$1,600,000 transaction, one of
the largest on record in the
county.
Included in the deal, closed
this week, were 2230 head of
cattle, equipment and housing.
run again in 1956."
Knight, who spoke in Seattle
last night, said the. new AFL-CIO
alliance "will wield a decisive
and overwhelming influence on
our national affairs." He said
the new combined union would
represent about 45,000,000 Amer
ican voters.
Patterson was questioned
again about any plans he might
have for 1956 and again replied
that he had none at present.
Nine Students Named
For Willamette Honors, .
Salem (U.R) Eight men and
one woman have been named to
the dean's list, for outstanding
scholarship at Willamette Uni
versity college of law, Dean Se
ward Reese said Saturday.
The mark of scholastic
achievement for the fall semester
is reserved for students in the
upper 10 per cent of their classes.
Third year men David Card
of Coos Bay and Eldon F. Caley
of Salem . were named to the
honor for the fifth consecutive
semester.
Other law scholars are Rich
ard Coggin of Coos Bay; Robert
Batchelder of Lake Grove, Jean
Lowman of Vancouver, Wash.,
and Arthur Franzke, Luther Jen
sen, George Juba and Lewis
Hamptlon, all of Salem.
Rogue River GOC
Organization Meets
For Business Talk
Rogue River Rogue River
Ground Observers met at Oak
Grange with 24 members and 3
visitors present.
Supervisor Howard Miller
presided and stressed the fact
that, in view of the tense world
condition and especially here
on the west coast, more observ
ers are4irgently needed.
! Sgt. Bernord B. Moore, Med
ford, extended an invitation to
a birthday party of the Medford
GOC, to be held Feb. 21 at 8
p.m. in the VFW hall in Medford.
Lt. Lew Ayres read names
of new observers, Linabelle
Miller, Inez Gelvin, Beryl Ingle,
Iza Forsyth, Edith Osborne. A
junior member, George Robbins,
was presented with wings. He
then told of the drive to be
conducted for new ' observers.
Awards will be given.
Howard Miller stated that ob
servers at the post are permitted
to. use the post phone on any
business of the Air Force.
Party Planned
Ways and means chairman
Stella Miller reported'a "private
party" is planned for the next
meeting. ,
Joe Golding suggested that
members solicit plywood to im
prove the post by an air space
under the floor, and weather
stripping around the door.
A "picture entitled "Commu
nications for Civil Defense" was
then shown by Sgt. Moore.
Miller stated permission has
been given to meet each month
in the dining room of the Live
Oak Grange.
Refreshments were served.
Gearhart Fluoridation
Program Said Success
Portland (U.R) Fluoridation
of public water at Gearhart, on
the Oregon coast, has brought
about an 82 per cent decrease in
tooth decay among six-year-old
children there.
The State Board of Health an
nounced here Saturday that a
study just completed showed the
82 per cent reduction in decayed,
missing and filled teeth among
six-year-olds, and a 42 per cent
decrease in tooth problems
among seven-year-old Gearhart
children.
Dr. David Witter, director of
the board's dental health section,
said the program resulted in a
23 per cent decay reduction for
the entire 6-12 age group 'in
Gearhart. The city-wide fluorida
tion program began in July,
1951.
The word clove comes from
the French "clou," meaning nail.
Natural Gas Deposit
Found Near Payette
Payette, Idaho (U.R) A New
Mexico oil firm has struck a
natural gas deposit at the south
western edge of this city, it was
announced Saturday by H. K.
Riddle, an engineer with ,the
company.
Riddle said drillers struck the
gas Friday at the 1442-foot level
of a well. The engineer said the
deposit appeared to be of a com
mercial quantity and contained
no water, although it had not yet
been determined how much of
the product existed.
Initiative Said
Increasing Costs
Salem (U.R) The citizens of
Oregon, through the initiative,
and not the legislators, are piling
up their own expenses,: State
Sen. John C. F. Merrifield (R
Portland) tolcTthe Oregon State
Farmers Union here Friday.
"Of the $200,000,000 expendi
ture budget, 41.8 per cent is not!
the fault of the Legislature, but
of people's initiative," he said.
"No matter how much you'd
like to, you can't vote things for
people without paying for them.
People initiate and vote a build
ing or benefit. The Legislature
figures out a way of meeting the
cost, and, the people vote down
the legislators' tax program. This
is beginning to leave only one
alternative: Property tax.
He added "if you like the
basic, foundation of the farmer's
independence, ;I hope you will
continue to stand on: it "rather
than a give me' program."
Police Nab Parolee
After Lengthy Chase
Portland (U.R) A 32-year-old
federal parolee fired a shot out
of the window of his car and led
deputy sheriffs on a wild, 30
block chase in northeast Port
land before he was captured
early Saturday.
Held in Multnomah county jail
as an ex-convict possessing and
discharging a firearm was James
Howell Wells of Portland. He
also was being, held for the fed'
eral parole board.
4 Wells told police he was "mad"
at his girl friend and had planned
to kill her and himself with a
.38-calibre revolver he .bought
Friday under an assumed name.
He said he had fired the weapon
to be sure it was in working or
der. His girl friend wasn't iden
tified.
Genitalia, Wash., (U.R) Earl
M. Sloniker", 46, Centralia, died
at Centralia hospital Friday night
shortly after his car was hit by
a southbound passenger trap at
a grade crossing one block, from
Union depot. .
Bills in Legislature
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Senate has passed and sent to
the governor a bill exempting
family dairies from the distribu
tion regulations of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. - r
Dairies consisting of one cow
or three goats still would come
under health regulations against
bangs disease, burcellosis, and
tuberculosis but would have . to
observe no other state regula
tions regarding sale of milk. The
bill was previously approved in
the House.
Also approved and sent to the
House for consideration was a
bill permitting two or more
counties to establish regional
libraries if their own resources
were not sufficient to support
libraries individually.
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Dairy Association's
January Summary
The dairy herd of 60 animals
owned by Victor and Nita Birds
eye topped the January herd
summary , prepared by the Jack
son County Dairy Herd Im
provement association, it was
announced last week.
Cows in the Birdseye herd
produced an average of 773
pounds of milk and 43.3 pounds
of butterfat.
Other herds in the top five on
the summary were those owned
by R. L. Wyant and Son, 33 ani
mals, with an average of 579
pounds of milk and 38.7 pounds
of butterfat; B. C. Whiteaker, 40
animals with 'an average of 863
pounds of milk and 37.9 pounds
of butterfat; P.' K. Nelson, 21
animals with an average of 637
pounds of milk and 7.34 pounds
of butterfat, and Minear Broth
ers, 71 animals with an aver
age of 648 pounds of milk and
35.1 pounds of butterfat.
Top Cow '
. The top individual cow was
"77", owned by Straus Broth
ers. 'The cow produced 1,576
pounds of milk and 88. pounds
of butterfat. Second was Bloom,
owned "by Richard Westerberg,
with" 1,271 pounds of. milk and
86.4 pounds of butterfat, and
third was Smokie,' owned - by
Chet Jensen, with 1,234 pounds
of.milk and 85.1 pounds of
bufierfat.
Morse U rges Delay of
CAB Decision on New
Alaska Airlines Setup.
Washington U.R) Sen.
Wayne L. Morse urged the Civil
Aeronautics board Saturday to
hold up a decision on renewing
airline franchises on the Portland-Seattle-Alaska
run until its
fifth member goes on the board.
Greatly Concerned
The Oregon Independent
wrote . CAB members that . he
was "greatly concerned" over
reports that .the board; is con
sidering a recertif ication for
Pacific Northern Airlines but
not for Alaska Airlines. ' Both
lines serve the route now.
Morse said he thought the de
cision should be considered by
a full five man board. - Former
Rep. Ross T. 'Rizley (R-Okla:)
has been nominated for the va
cancy on the CAB but that Sen-
Electrical Wires Over
Columbia River Sought '
Goldendale, Wash. (U.R)
A permit to construct temporary
overhead electrical wires across
the Columbia river at Covington
Point near The Dalles was sought
from Army engineers Saturday
by the Klickitat county public
utility district No. 1.
The wires would have a verti
cal clearance of 95 feet above
the water.
ate has not confirmed the ap
pointment. Trend "Toward Monopoly
Morse also wrote the board
nrnmharc fhpr is "ffmwinir fool.
ing in Congress that there is a
definite trend toward monop
oly in airline transportation."
He said "the rumored recom
mendation relative to the Portland-Alaska
run, if put into
effect, -would constitute evi
dence in support of the charge
of monopoly."
Certifying only Pacific "Nor
thern would eliminate competi
tion, by Alaska Airlines which,
"I am informed, has had the
greatest number of. flights on
this run since 1951," Morse
said.
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Circuit Court Judges
Subject of New Bill
Salem (U.P) Thp Units tree.
terday passed" and sent to the i
Senate a bill that would allow I
more than , one circuit court
judge to sit temporarily on the
state Supreme Court bench.
Also approved was a bill strik
ing out the population limit on
counties that may abate public
nuisances. - Present law makes
-such" a procedure illegal in coun
ties under 50,000 population. :
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