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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, May IS, I9S3
CosteflDo EDeciSBon on IHIeDDs Canyon Shock
To Bath Sides; Shows .High EDam Better
By A- ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) The
Hells Canyon decision of Ex
aminer William J. Costello came
as a stunning surprise to both
sides that have made the con
troversy over a high fedral dam
vs. three low private dams a
hot political issue her and in
the Pacific Northwest.
Costello's written opinion, 79
pages of fine print based on his
summation of the facts present
ed in the case during the FPC
hearings that began nearly two
years ago, contained two fund
amental and distinctive find
ings. 1. An engineering finding that
the high dam offers a superior
plan for development of the
water resources of the middle
Snake River.
2. A political finding that the
high dam can't be built in the
foreseeable future due to heavy
political opposition within Con
gress and the Eisenhower admin
istration.
Costello concluded from these
findings that Idaho Power Co.
should be given a license for
one dam without prejudice to
later approval of the other two
projects.
This surprised Idaho Power
officials who were confident of
winning but expected to get
licenses for all three dams in
stead of just the Brownlee proj
ect. It was equally surprising
to National Hells Canyon Asso
ciation attorneys who assumed
that if Costello agreed with
their contention that the high
dam was superior, he would re
ject the private utility plan and
recommend the federal dam to
Congress.
Costello reached his engineer
ing finding after 55 pages de
voted mostly to analyzing both
schemes as to cost of power,
power benefits, effect on irriga
tion, flood control and naviga
tion in short, all the technical
aspects of the two plans that
have been so bewildering to the
layman, If not to the politician.
In the process, Costello de
molished favorite arguments of
Idaho Power backers about the
high dam. These arguments and
Costello's findings were:
Argument No. 1: There Isn't
enough water in the Snake to
fill the high dam reservoir and
allow for future irrigation needs
in southern Idaho.
Costello's finding: "With am
ple allowance for all forseeable
upstream irrigation water uses,
a dependable water supply can
reasonably be expected for the
efficient and economic operation
of the high dam project during
its (50 year) payout period."
Argument No. 2: The high
dam would be so expensive that
Bonneville power rates would
be forced up or the federal in
vestment in Hells Canyon could
never be repaid.
Costello's findings: "For the
high dam project, the unit cost
per kilowatt of salable firm
power would be approximately
$23.80 . . . this cost would not
result in affecting the current
Bonneville rate of $17.50, since
all revenue and costs of the
project would be pooled with
the revenues and costs of the
existing BPA system."
Argument No. 3: Because
Idaho Power's dam could be
built faster, they would supply
a large block of power to the
power-starved states of Oregon
and Washington.
Costello's finding: "The pros
pects, as reflected in this rec
ord, for the sale in the North
west of the large amount of ex
cess power that would be avail
able from the three projects at
rates which would equal the
cost of the power (6.6 mills) are
so feeble as to be worthy of
no consideration." (It was for
this reason that Costello or
dered only one dam built at a
time, as its power output could
be consumed in Idaho where
power rates are higher than in
the Bonneville-served area.)
Argument No. 4: The high
dam would be a "monument to
government stupidity," as Wash
ington Gov. Arthur B. Langlie
once put it, conceived by an
empire-building bureaucracy.
Costello's finding: "The high
dam project would stimulate
throughout the Pacific North
west (a) power-load develop
ment, (b) greater utilization of
power in industry, agriculture,
commerce and communty and
service activities, (c) new busi
ness and employment opportu
nities, (d) expansion of produc
tion and productivity, (e) de
velopment of minerals and other
materials important to the reg
ional and national economy and
to national security, (f) strength
ening of the regional and na
tional economy."
Having weighed each scheme
to make his engineering find
ing, Costello reached the vital
point of decision whether to
recommend the high dam to
Congress and reject the Idaho
Power application, or to grant
a license to the company and
thereby preclude federal con-
Attempted Robbery
Thwarted by Pair
Armed With Bottles
Portland U.R) Two Port
land businessmen Friday night
thwarted an armed robbery at
tempt when they grappled with
their assailant, slugged him re
peatedly with soda bottles and
a newspaper rack, and then held
him at bay with a gun.
Police booked Leonard
O'Neal Jr., 21, of 232 North
Monroe st., Portland, on suspic
ion of assault and robbery.
Gaylord W. Shiveley told of
ficers the holdup man pointed
a gun at him while he was in
his store, the Food Mart, at 3203
N. Williams late in the evening
watching television. Shiveley
said he was ordered to surrend
er his cash and was kicked in
the stomach when he was slow
to responds After putting the
money in a sack, Shiveley was
made to lie down on the floor.
Went to Watch TV
Meanwhile, John W. Williams,
who was painting in his ap
pliance store next door, heard
the demand for money and
thought Shiveley must have had
a good TV program on. When
he went to -watch, he was con
fronted by the robber's gun.
All three men were treated
at hospitals for cuts following
their battle. Police said O'Neal's
gun was not loaded.
HAND OF VICTIM (arrow), protrudes from wreckage of Col
iseum Building, New York, part of which collapsed, as priest and
fellow workers pray for him. Joseph Lombardl, 55, was only one
of 52 workers periled by crash to lose life. (Inttrnational)
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struction of the high dam. He
declared:
"I do not feel that this Is a
proper instance . . . (for recom
mending federal development to
Congress) even though the facts
seem to point to the inescapable
conclusion that with the marked
and substantial advantage of the
government's credit, the high
dam would be dollar for dol
lar the better investment and
the more nearly ideal develop
ment of the middle Snake."
Why not?
Costello gave as his main rea
son the Roanoke Rapids case,
a federal vs. private power dis
pute in Virginia which the FPC
granted a license on grounds
there was little or no prospect
of federal development of the
river. The Supreme Court up
held it.
Costello said the "similiarity
lies in the lack of likelihood of
any foreseeable action by Con
gress on the high dam proposal
within any foreseeable time, as
demonstrated by the withering
of the (Hells Canyon dam) pro
posals in the previous sessions
of Congress, even when spon
sored and rigorously promoted
by the then secretary of the In
terior, in a political climate
more favorable to acceptance
of such proposals."
To support his evaluation of
the currant "political climate"
which he implied is unfavorable
to federal power development,
Costello cited the Eisenhower
administration's insistence on
the Dixon-Yates contract for
private rather than federal de
Contracts Awarded
For Natural Gas
Pipeline to Region
Houston. Tex. (U.R) Con
struction contracts totaling $11,
236,000 and coverinto the first
655 miles of the Pacific North
west Pipeline corporation gas
line to the Pacific Northwest
have been awarded at Houston.
. The contracts cover the first
eight sections of , the 1,466-mile
main line between Ignacio, Colo.,
and Burley, Ida.
To Design System
Fish Northwest Constructors,
Inc., of Houston, will design and
build the system running from
the San Juan basin in New
Mexico through Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington.
Laying of the pipe is expected
to begin within a few days, R.
D. Ricketts, president of Fish
Northwest, said.
New York (U.R) George W.
Carpenter, president of Idaho
Natural Gas Company, promised
Saturday that his firm is making
every effort to coordinate con
struction plans with those of the
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Cor
poration. Contracts Awarded
He said contracts already have
been awarded for construction
of Pacific's main transmission
line as far as Burley, which
means that Idaho Natural will
soon be able to announce a time
table.
Pacific Is to supply the na
tural gas from its fields in San
Juan basin.
Carpenter has said that plans
now call for the first distribu
tion of natural gas in south
eastern Idaho this fall.
Phoenix
Phoenix The Fred Starkey
family of Klamath Falls visited
with the Orval Hill family on
Mother's day, Sunday, May 8.
Ralph Hight, his wife Eleanor
and their daughter Rosa Rae
left this past week for Palmer,
Alaska, where they will spend
the summer months. He will be
employed by the Alaskan road
commission and Eleanor will be
associated with Claras Variety
store. Max Hight, a brother of
Ralph, accompanied them. They
plan to stop at Eugene where
they will visit an aunt and uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hight, and
at Seattle, Wash., where they
will visit Mr. and Mrs. Marlowe
Johnson, friends who formerly
lived in Alaska.
Mrs. Albert Arnold has been
ill with the "flu" the past few
days but is on the road to re
covery now.
Albert Arnold returned from
the coast where he has been
fishing the past few weeks and
reports a fair catch. The weather
was good most of time he was
there.
The Phoenix Thimble club
met May 6 at the home of Neigh
bor Etta Parker on Highway 99
for a covered dish luncheon.
Edna Cook assisted with the
luncheon. Peggy Glascock was
taken in as a new member. A
special meeting will be held
May 19 at the home of Dorothy
Thompson for the purpose of
discusssing arrangements for a
booth at the festival to be held
May 28.
velopment of additional power
in the TVA area. Other factors
contributing to this climate are
Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay's expressed opposition to
the high dam and the possibility
of a presidential veto of high
dam legislation if Congress
should pass it.
Costello concluded that it
would be a "useless action" to
recommend the high dam, even
though engineering-wise he
found it superior, for in this
"political climate" the recom
mendation "would serve only to
freeze the middle Snake River
for hydroelectric development
for an indeterminate period in
the future."
Since it would not be in the
public interest to "freeze" the
Snake in view of Idaho Power's
need for more kilowatts, the ex
aminer arrived at his decision
to grant a license to the utility.
He added in what appeared to
be an oblique challenge to con
gressional proponents of the high
dam that if Congress wishes to
insist on federal development, of
the Snake, it has the power to
suspend the FPC's authority to
issue a license to Idaho Power.
Costello said this has happened
twice before in history, in 1921
and 1928.
Any change in the "political
climate" as result of Costello's
engineering finding that the
high dam is superior is consid
ered doubtful, unless the four
Pacific Northwest Democratic
senators are successful in push
ing their high dam authorization
bill through th Senate before
Congress adjourns for the sum
mer.
Meanwhile, the five-man Fed
eral Power Commission will de
cide whether to uphold or change
its examiner's opinion. Its final
decision in the long case is ex
pected by August. Backers of
the high dam say they will take
the case to court if the FPC ap
proves a license for the power
company.
Either way, it looks like the
Hells canyon dispute will con
tinue in Congress, in the federal
courts or on the political stump
in the Pacific Northwest for
many months to come, all of
which would at least "freeze
the middle Snake River for hy
droelectric development for an
indeterminate period in the fu
ture."
An Age-old
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killing conditions that finithod off tholr predo
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yet initiate tho protoctivt action of hotter water
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At planting time, H h roiommonded that the
young nursery stock (balled er bare-root) be sub
merged to tho top of the roots in half-strength
(moil solution (diluted 1 to 50) for peeled of
12 to 24 hours before planting. Immediately after
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JOAN ELOPES Ten years of life aione ena tor actress
Joan Crawford, 47 (left), when she eloped with Alfred N.
Steele, 54 (right), president of Pepsi-Cola Co. An after
dinner flight in Steele's private plane from Hollywood
ended up in Las Vegas where they were wed in a-quiet
ceremony.
Fire Damages Market
South of Ashland
Ashland, Ore. (U.R) Fire
Thursday night destroyed the
storeroom and caused between
$7000 and $8000 damage to the
99 Market one mile south of
here.
Firemen said the blaze started
in cardboard boxes placed next
to a stove. Mrs. Grace Gibble,
owner, said most of the loss was
covered by insurance.
TURTLE-BACK
New Bedford, Mass. (U.R)
Mrs. Eleanor B. Pierce, now 100,
says that as an infant aboard the
ship of her whaling captain
father, her carriage was a box
fastened to the back of a huge
turtle.
About three-fourths of Ameri
can farm homes have radios and
sewing machines, according to
recent surveys.
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