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rOTJRTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, March 3. 195S 'Unauthorized Encroachment' Charged To Oregon n Plans (for PeHon Dam on Deschutes K5ver Washington U.R) An at torney for the 'Federal Power Commission told the Supreme Court yesterday that Oregon has attempted an "unauthorized encroachment" on U.S. property in seeking to bar construction of a dam on the Deschutes river. The FPC attorney, WillardW. Gatchell must decide whether Congress "does or does not have rights to water across its land." Assistant. Oregon Attorney General Arthur G. Higgs assert ed, however, that under the desert land act of 1877 the fed eral government severed all water from the public domain and surrendered to the states the right to control use of non navigable waters. Objection Upheld Last Year The U. S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld Oregon's objection to the "Pelton pro ject" last year. It rules that own ership of the site does not give the government power to use the river's water "contrary to the Oregon state law." Oregon contends the dam would seriously curtail the re gion's fish supply by preventing salmon and steelhead trout from going upstream to spawning grounds. The FPC lawyer disagreed. He said the project included fa cilities that probably would in crease the stream's fish ' resources. . Gatchell contended the "pub lic lands" reference in the desert land act does not apply to the site of the proposed dam. He said the site is bounded by land "reserved" to the federal government. Therefore, he said, the U. S. has control over the water. Must Pay for Use Justice Hugo L. Black asked if it would be possible for the government to block and use all of the Deschutes' water under the FPC's interpretation of U. S. water rights. The FPC attorney said that if the government did take such a step, the Bureau of Reclamation would be required by law to pay for use of the wa'.er. The controversy started ; in " P EXPRESSING OPPOSITION to Eisenhower administration's proposed military cutbacks, Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Army chief of staff, tells secret session of Senate Armed Services committee they endanger national security. He is chatting with Army Sec retary Robert Stevens before taking stand. . (International) Broadcast Union Strike 'Imminent' Government Camp, Timberline Get Snow Salem (U.R) A foot of new snow at Government Camp and six inches at Timberline made chains a must for motorists traveling to those places, the State Highway Department said today. ' Chains were advised at Wil son river summit, with five inches of new snow; Sunset sum mit, with eight inches and Warm Spings junction with 6V2 inches. Chains were required at San tiam pass, with 4 inches of new snow, and advised at Willamette pass, with 2 inches; Meacham, with an inch, and Austin, with an inch. Dead line for Sunday Classified Is noon Saturdav: 10 a m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousdav San Francisco (U.R) The CIO National association of Broadcast Employees and Tech nicians union said today a na tionwide strike against the Na tional Broadcastng Company and American Broadcasting Company was "imminent." , The union, which represents radio and TV engineers, script writers and editors, said its membership has rejected a new contract negotiated early this year. No date for the strike was announced and Union President Cliff Rothery said an attempt would be made to negotiate the disputed issues in the contract. Rothery said he believed the membership rejected' the, con tract because of unsatisfactory settlement of fringe benefits. He said the contract prftvided an eight per cent wage increase. The disputed , issues included the wage scales of non-technical employees, jurisdicition over film production and'editing for TV, a job security provision and length of the contract. Rothery said the membership opposed the three-year contract opposed by the networks. Forest Grove Phone Rate Case Recessed Hillsboro (U.R) A Public Utilities Commission hearing on West Coast Telephone Com pany's request for a rate in crease amounting to about 20 per cent in the Forest Grove area today was in recess until tomorrow. At yesterday's session some 150 persons attended. Two state legislators, Sen. J. O. Johnson of Metzger and Rep. Leon S. Davis of Laurel were among those objecting to the proposed increase. Edwin Graham, tele phone company attorney, said higher taxes and wage increases made the rate boost necessary. 1951 when the FPC granted a li cense to the Portland General Electric Co. to build a 205-foot Expensive Steinway Piano Found Not . For Liberace Use San Francisco (U.R) The world's most expensive piano is for sale, but Liberace can't buy it. The piano can be had for $100,000, but unfortunately for Mary Kay Van Voorhees, who is vending the colossal knick knack, it was built by Steinway. "Mr. Liberace's manager, Sey mour Heller, was terribly inter ested in it until he found out it was a Steinway," she said a trifle sadly. "You see, Mr. Lib erace has endorsed another make of piano and he just couldn't buy a Steinway." Nevertheless, Mrs. Van Voor hees is confident she can sell the instrument. "It's the only- one of its kind in the world and it's a real bar gain," she said. The bargain measures some 15 feet in length and is slightly larger than the standard concert grand piano. Its magnificent rosewood case is inlaid with wal nut, ebony, and tuliD wood, as well as mother-of-pearl and tor toise shell. All hinges and pedals are gold-plated. Swapped Yacht Designed by Cottier and Co. of New York, the Renaissance case of the instrument was begun in 1895 at the order of Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney, one of the lead ers in New York society. The piano was delivered to Mrs. Whitney some 15 years later. Around the sides of the instru ment are hand-painted minia tures of nine composers, includ ing Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Wagner. On the topside of the piano are ornate inlays of crossed violins and a 22-word motto. On the underside of the lid is a painted woodland scene com plete with nymphs, ruined tem ples and swirling mists. The present owner, a retired business man in Santa Barbara who asks that his name be kept secret to avoid crackpot offers for the mammoth instrument, ac quired the piano by swapping his yacht for it. high hydroelectric dam on the non-navigable stream at a site in Jefferson county. The govern ment says the dam would help alleviate the power shortage in the northwest. Oregon argued that it has control over waters located with in the state. It said Jhe FPC had no authority to allow the elec tric company to build a dam unless the company complied "Hvith -the state law providing pro tection for the migration of fish. Robert Root Among Opponents for Hike In Unemployment Pay Salem (U.R) A bill to ! eluded E. L. Wilson, past Dresi- increase unemployment bene-1 dent of the Portland Apartment fits, recommended by the gov State Hospital Plans Released Portland (U.R) The archi tect's preliminary plans for the $14,000,000 state mental hos pital to be built in this area were released yesterday. Architect Glenn Stanton said his designs called for locating the hospital on 600 acres of "roll ing, open tillable" land. Staton's plans call for a 450 bed receiving, treatment and medical-surgical hospital; a 570 bed continued treatment hos pital; a 480-bed domiciliary-geriatrics hospital, and various serv ice, recreational and housing units. Greenhouses and orchards also are included.' Voters' in the 1952 general election approved $3,000,000 for the geriatrics and domiciliary unit, but the 1953 legislature failed to appropriate the monies. A measure has been intro duced in the current legislature to a ppropriate the sum. Gov. Paul Patterson has asked for $6,330,000 to finance initial con struction phases this year. ernor's advisory committee, on unemployment insurance, was discussed pro and con at a pub lic hearing yesterday afternoon before the Senate Labor and Industries committee headed by Sen. George A. Ulett of Coquille. Passage Favored Favoring passage of senate bill 360 were labor leaders E. S. Benjamin of the Teamsters union, J. T. Marr of the AFL and George Brown of the CIO. Also favoring it was H. E. Carl son of Portland, representing the Oregon Independent Grocers as sociation and one of the mem bers of the governor's advisory committee. Opponents included J. E. Claire of the Apple Growers as sociation of Hood River; Wilson Appleton, Hood River fruit pack er; Robert Root, former state representative and Jackson county fruit packer; Henry How ard, Eugene fruit grower, and James Cellars, of the Columbia River Packers association. The committee also heard six witnesses for and against Sen ate bill 4 which contains a pro vision to include businesses em ploying one or more workers. The present minimum is four. Heavy Burden Seen Supporters included Marr, Brown and Mrs. Alice Westling of the Oregon State Culinary Alliance, who said girls who found themselves out of work after being employed by small firms can get as hungry as those working for large firms. Opponents to the measure in- House Operators association, and C. C. Chapman, publisher of the Oregon Voter, who said & per cent levy would impose a heavy burden on many small firms. Natural Gas Signs Seen Near Ontario Ontario, Ore. (U.R) Oroco Gas company has discovered signs of natural gas in a second test well it has sunk near here, it was announced today by Com pany President H. K. Riddle. Gas also was discovered some weeks ago in a test shaft sunk near Payette, Ida. Riddle said the Ontario drill crew had stopped yesterday morning to change a bit when the well started blowing mud out of the hole. The "blow" al most caused damage to the well and equipment, Riddle 6aid. Experiments will be conduct ed in an effort to find where the gas sands are located, he said. Meanwhile, Riddle said, plans have been made tq sink pipe in the Payette well to make produc tion tests for gas to see if the reservoir is of sufficient quan tity for commercial production. Eisenhower Receives No. 1 Angling Permit Washington (U.R) Got. Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado today gave President Eisen hower the No. 1 non-resident Colorado fishing license for the IS55 season. 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