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Utility District Tax Law Upheld The Dalles (U.R) A cir cuit judge has upheld the Ore gon law allowing levying of property taxes on people's util 0 ity districts. The ruling was made yester day by Judge Malcolm W. Wil kinson in a case brought by he Wasco County PUD. "Hir ruling was in the form of memorandum opinion in favor of the defendants Was co county, the State Tax Com mission, city of The Dalles, Ore gon Business and Tax Research of Portland and six" individual Wasco county taxpayers. Except for the levy in the 1950 fiscal year, Judge Wilkin son held property taxes levied against the district were legal. The PUD had filed suit on the grounds that state law authoriz ing levying of property taxes on PUD's was illegal. ....... Judge Wilkinson said, "Wasco county does have authority from under the constitutional and legislative provisions to impose, levy and collect a tax upon the plaintiff district for the years 1951, 1952 and 1953 and . . . such levies for such years are lawful, but . . . the levy for the year 3 4 1950 made under the 1939 act . was void because of title limitations." Power Cutback In Northwest Ends Portland (U.R) Dr. William A. Pearl, Bonneville Power Ad ministrator, last night announ ced the end of the Northwest's 75 per cent cutback in interrup tible power. Dr. Pearl, who appeared on a Portland television show, said improved Columbia streamflows had brought piecemeal restora tions recently. However, he said the decision to restore power to aluminum and other large industries was reached yesterday because it was felt wanner weather at Colum- bia headwaters had brought con ditions at federal dams back to near ' normal. Interruptible power loads were cut 25 per cent early in March. By the end of March, the reduction was stepped up to the full 75 per cent. The cutbacks, which affected 14 big industrial plants, forced purchase of more expensive steam-generated power. Uaa Mail Tribune Want Ads from to 5 In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS Over east of the mountains especially in Klamath and Lake counties, and to a lesser extent in Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California the termination of federal supervision of the Klam ath Indian reservation is a mat ter of the utmost interest and importance. The termination, with its ac companying problem of remov ing the Klamath Indians from the status of wards of the federal government and making them over into lull citizens with all the privileges and responsibili ties of citizenship, was initiated by the enactment, in the frenet ic closing days of the congress last summer, of Public Law 587. It is under this law that the transition of the Indians from wards of the government to full U.S. citizenship-is to take place. Some imperfections in the law are showing up, and these imper fections are presenting problems. I suppose interest in the Klam ath reservation is much less keen on the west side of the moun tains. Still, 2500 ; SQUARE MILES of area, containing some of the finest pine timber and some of the best grazing lands in the West, can hardly fail to be of interest to any citizen of Oregon. The economy of the en tire state will be affected by the success or the lack of it that at tends this rather staggering so cial and economic experiment. 1'HIS IS the present situation, in brief: Public Law 537 provided for a CHOICE on the part of the members of the Klamath tribe. They can either take their share in cash and get out, or they can stay with the ship. In order to get the money to pay off those who want out, Pub lic Law 587 provides for the SALE under certain prescribed conditions of reservation proper ty. Since the money must be provided rather quickly, it would amount to FORCED SALE of the more liquid of the reser vation assets. The most liquid of the reser vation's assets is its TIMBER. In order to provide the amount of money needed within the time limits provided, the timber would have to be sold to the highest bidder. rpHE RESULT of such a pro- cedure would be to throw the reservation timber probably ihe finest body of Ponderosa pine remaining in the West on the market for IMMEDIATE CUTTING, thus putting an end to the policy of sustained yield management under which this tetifoe ffigli Octane Gasoline Caw being made today are the most power ful ever built. And with this extra power you also get extra economy more mile per gallon. . The reason for these benefits is that today's engines are high compression engines and make more complete use of the power available in today's higher octane gasolines. But did you know that the kind of driving most people do most of the time -local driving can, in a short time, create a condition that offsets the extra power and economy that these engines should get from high octane gasoline. Why? Because this kind of driving increases the build-up of certain combustion chamber deposits the root of most power and gasoline waste. And to overcome these deposits you need a gasoline with a special kind of additive. What happens is this As your engine warms up, these deposits warm up, too glow red hot. And these glow, ing particles act like hot coals ignite the. gasoline mixture ahead of time . . . before the . Oxiy Shell Preminm Gasoline lias Loth.: TCPorc? ffigK Octane! News great stand of timber has been administered for decades. rpHE RESULT of that would be several years of wild boom followed by a BUST. The three able citizens of Ore gon who make up the "manage ment specialists group" that is charged with the responsibility for putting Public Law 587 into effect could not bring them selves to accept such a situation. So they declined to serve un less their contract was revised in such a manner as to permit them to proceed with the job of termination of federal supervis ion in a more orderly manner. They convinced the federal authorities that their position was sound, and the contract was changed. rpHE MOST important change in the contract was one grant ing to the management special ists the right to SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CONGRESS. Mr. Watters, Mr. Favell and Mr. Phillips (the management specialists) believe that if carefully drawn amend ments permitting more orderly handling of the reservation's huge assets can be presented to the congress at a time that is less hectic than was the case when Public Law 587 was en acted congress was then hasten ing to reach adjournment in a Presidential campaign year it will be possible to secure amendment of the law providing for wiser and more orderly liqui dation procedures. That is the long and the short of the present situation. XI ERE IS a' point we must all keep clear in our minds: THE LIQUIDATION OF FED ERAL SUPERVISION OF THE KLAMATH INDIAN RESERVA TION IS A MATTER THAT IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KLA MATH TRIBE. The Klamath reservation is their heritage. It is all that re mains to them of the country that belonged to their ancestors. In the process of termination of federal supervision it is THEIR WELFARE that must be primari ly considered. 1UT It seems to the three able and public - spirited men who compose this management spec ialist group that the welfare of the members of the Klamath tribe and their descendents will be better served by a more order ly proces of liquidation than is provided by Public Law 587. This objective of a more or- full power pistons reach proper firing position. This is : called pre-firing and means that power works against you instead of for you. , In addition; these same deposits have another power-wasting effect: They foul spark plugs, causing your engine to miss.. Engineers will tell you there's nothing more wasteful of power and gasoline than pre-firing and spark plug "miss." ' But there is an answer there's one high octane gasoline that gives you all the advantages of high octane without the power-crippling effects of these deposits Shell Premium Gaso line with TCP. TCP, the Shell-developed addidve, fireproofs the deposits so that they no longer cause pre firing. No longer can they glow xed hot and ignite the gasoline mixture. And TCP stops spark plug "miss," too. Your spark plugs do the Job they are supposed to do. : Start getting the full power built into your, ' engine. Get Shell Premium with TCP. It's the most powerful gasoline your car Shift far tha vlique guolin tdditto SimiiiIi HE'S READY President Eisenhower tells newsmen in Washington that he is ready to attend a Big Four chiefs of state meeting to test Russia's sincerity on relieving world tensions. He said he pre ferred that such a top level meeting be held in a neutral country and that the meeting last about three days. Springfield Vote Recalls Councilmen Springfield, Ore. (U.R) Two city councilmen here were recalled by an overwhelming vote in last night's special elec tion, an unofficial tally indi cated. A poll of precincts by local reporters showed Paris Breed love was recalled by a vote of 1400-406. The vote against Ralph Nicholas was- 1403-413. The special election was call ed because of a dispute over the "too-rapid" acceptance of the resignation of former city man ager L. D. Bartlett, now Lane County NRoad Administrator. Citizens charged the city coun cil put the resignation into effect too soon, and were too hasty in appointing Herbert C. Hamilton, Cottage Grove, as Bartlett's suc cessor. , Mayor Ed Harms strongly pro tested the city council's action. derly procedure, they believe, can only be provided by amend ment of the law. Personally, I quite agree with them. . ' can use. Pttcot appliad fa. rs Mil I 1 .uall I 1 tHU- OLA - BERON I iLSLJ ft".. JtMPI FINEST LAMINATED VINYL Fully Guaranteed AIR MATTRESSES $3.40 XP $3.70 50 Ft. 31 Plastic Garden Hose 5-yr. 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