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
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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.
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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.
Mr. Eisenhower, who likes
to fish during his Colorado
vacations each summer, said
h valued the license very
highly.
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