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L TEW MZDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, May 28, 1955 Fight Over Hells Canyon Project May Be Decided By One Senator Br A. Robert Smith Mail-Tribune Correipondtnt Washington (Special) The fight over the high Hells Can yon project authorization bill in Congress has come to the criti cal point where one senator may decide the fate of the bill and possibly the ultimate fate of middle Snake river development. He is Arthur Vivian Watkins, Utah's white haired senior sen ator who won national repute last fall as chairman of the spe cial Senate committee that judged the conduct of Sen. Mc Carthy of Wisconsin and recom mended that he be censored. Vol Deferred A vote on the high dam bill within the Senate Interior Com mittee, which held hearings in the Pacific Northwest in April, has been deferred until Watkins has finished studying the full implications of the bill and has made uo his mind whether to support or oppose it. A former judge and for over 20 years counsel for reclamation water users oi central Utah, sen. Watkins is concentrating his at tention on the charge that the big federal project in Hells Canyon would threaten existing water rights of , upriver irrigationists in southern Idaho. Attention To Opposition During hearings on the bill here, Watkins paid close atten tion to the opposition testimony given by William Holden, Idaho Falls counsel for Upper Snake River Water Users and nine can al companies. That the senator was being openly wooed by both sides became obvious in these hearings, for every time Watkins would question the witness he would get somewhat conflicting answers from his colleagues. Senators who are passionately for and against the bill would jump up to Watkins with a quick response. Sen. Henry M. Jack son (D-Wash.) saying one thing, Sen. Henry C. Dworshak (R-Ida) saying another. Sen. Herman Welker (R-Ida.), who like Dwor shak opposes the high dam, said little aloud but would hustle up to Watkins and whisper in his ear while supporters of the' bill were trying to hold his attention with their account of the farts Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D- Ore.) kept emphasizing similari ties between the high Hells Can yon project and the vast Upper Colorado storage project bill which the committee and the Senate had previously approved, for Watkins was its champion every step of the way. Division of Opinion Watkins' vote could be critical because of the tightly drawn di vision of opinion on the Hells Canyon issue in committee and in the Senateas a whole. In the Interior Committee, seven of the 15 members are figured as sup porters of the bill all of them Democrats, six of whom are co sponsors of the bill. If Watkins votes against it, all seven Re publicans on the committee are expected to oppose it. This could very well seal the fate of the bill in committee, blocking it from ever reaching the floor of the Senate. If taken to the floor, it would appear to face sure defeat. If Watkins votes for the bill, its clearance by the committee is certain and its chances of being approved by the Senate would go up immeasurably, most observers believe. The bill would then have bipartisan backing, for observers think Watkins would carry perhaps half dozen senators with him by sheer weight of his prestige on a con troversial question most law makers don't have time to study in order to reach an independent opinion themselves. With the Eisenower adminis tration opposed to the high dam, observers think it will be harder for Watkins to come out for it than against it. But high dam supporters are convinced ' the GOP senator from Utah is con scientiously examining the en gineering and legal facts rather than the politics of the matter. "The longer he studies the facts, the better for our side," said one high dam sponsor," be cause we have the facts on our side." Whether Watkins will agree, remains to be seen. In and Around Eagle Point Eagle Point Mrs. Augusta Perry returned home Saturday, May 21, from a two week vaca tion in California. She spent a week with her nephew, SSgt Darrell Newstrom and wife in Vallejo, the second week with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gibson, Weaver- ville, Calif. Mrs. Amy Brown has been re covering from recent seige of old fashioned flu. There have been several cases ofthe same in this vicinity in the past six weeks. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Smith, Eagle Point, are in Crescent City, Calif., at present for an in definite time. Mrs. Roy Swan and Mrs. Ger trude Stanley were hostesses at a dinner party at the Stanley home to five couples Sunday May 15. Those present were Mr and Mrs. W. E. Hammell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Henderson, Eagle Point. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beebe, Medford and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brummitt,' formerly of this lo cality, but recently of Watson- ville, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Swan and Mrs. Stanley. After dinner while Mrs. Brummitt played the piano, all joined in singing many of the beautiful old songs as 'well as some of the more modern ones, interspersed with friendly joviality, 'making it a most pleas ant evening. Mr. and Mrs. Brummitt left Medford Wednesday, May 18, for Washignton, and planned on going to Florida for awhile be fore returning to California. Mr. and Mrs. Bertland Stanley and two daughters, Judy and Linda, of Ft. Klamath, came over Saturday for the week end with Bert's mother, Mrs. Gert rude Stanley, returning home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guerin of Newport, Ore., left Monday, May 21, on their return home after a week here. They came down to attend the Masonic lodge 100th anniversary, held in Jack sonville last week. Mrs. Ruby Stowell, and broth er Percy Haley, Eagle Point, re ceived word Sunday, May 22, of the passing away of their, sister, Mrs. Ivy Merrill, at her home in Eugene on Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Haley and Mrs. Stowell will drive to Eugene to attend the funeral Wednesday, May 25 at 2 p.m. Deepest sym pathy of their neighbors and friends is extended them. Mrs. John Smith of this place was honoree at a family get together pot. luck dinner Sun day, May 22, the occasion being her birthday. Those present were Mr. . and Mrs. Thomas Stowell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stowell and Mr. and Mrs. Aron Smith of Butte Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Don Helmick and family of Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bubb and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Carroll, Englewood, Calif., left Tuesday, May 24, after spending a week here with Mr. and Mrs. John Derry and family of Eagle Point. Mrs. Derry is also a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bubb. Eugene FPC License Hearing Postponed Washington U.R) The Fed eral Power commission yester day postponed a hearing on an application by the city of Eu gene, Ore., asking for an FPC license for the oroDOsed Beaver Marsh hydroelectric project on the McKenzie river. The hearing, scheduled for June 7, was postponed until June 27. - The extra years enrich jp its great Bourbon flavor i!30 4 80 45 QT. PINT HICKQHT HICKORY straight b OURB ON mim SIX YEARS OLD 86 PROOF OLD HICKORY DISTILLING CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA, PA. NOT SO TOUGH It was an easy decision for the Cali fornia Saddle Leather tenners meeting in Santa Cruz, Cal., to name Jeanine Burns (above) "Miss Honey Tone" as any tanner can plainly see. Father Weeps Bitterly At Funeral for Son Banning, Calif. U.R) Roger Deason, handcuffed and with his wife's coat thrown over his shoulders to hide his jail clothes, wept bitterly yesterday at fun eral services f6r his nine-year-old son. : The boy, Roger, Jr., commit ted suicide with a shotgun Mon day after his father was jailed on a burglary charge. Deason, guarded by two sheriff's offic ers, was permitted to attend the services. The boy's mother, Mrs. Gladys Deason, burst into tears when her husband was led into the funeral chapel, and she threw her overcoat over his shoulders to hide his jail clothes. Mrs. Deason said Roger Jr., a constant companion of the elder Deason on hunting and fishing trips, couldn't bear the taunts of schoolmates that his father was a "jailbird." LOGGER KILLED Myrtle Point (U.P.) Ansel Northrup, 29, Broadbent, Ore., was killed instantly Monday when he was struck by the butt of a tree he had just felled. The logging accident happened near Powers. Roman Catholic Church Increases Membership New York (U.R) The Ro man Catholic church has increas ed its membership in the United States, Alaska and Hawaii by 927,278, for a record total of 32,575,702. The 123rd edition of. the offic ial Catholic Directory published yesterday reported 137,310 con verts among new members gain ed last year. This marked the ninth consecutive year adult bap tisms have exceeded 100,000. To tal conversions in the last 10 years numbered 1,160,054. Molotov Confirms Big Four Meeting Moscow (U.R) Soviet For eign Minister V. M. Molotov summed the three Western en voys in Moscow and formally confirmed Soviet acceptance of a Big Four meeting at the sum mit. A Soviet note was handed by Molotov to British Ambassador Sir William Hayter, French Charge d' Affaires Jean Le Roy and American Charge d' Affaires Walter M. Walmsle,y Jr. It reiterated the Russian pro posal that the Big Four meet in Vienna. Scarf Gives Clue In Search for Girl Kalamazoo, Mich (11$ A huge searching party fanned out over a wooded game reserve to day after a scarf, believed to be long to missing Jeanie Single ton, was found tangled in a branch in the eight-acre tract. Police said the scarf, found by one of thousands of searchers who scoured the entire courty yesterday, may be their first clue in the disappearance of the lame eight-year-old girl early this week. Jeanie's mother, Mrs. Dorothy Singleton, 32, said she was "pos itive" the scarf belonged to her daughter, who disappeared while walking home from school. The missing girl's sister, Patsy, 13, said she and Jeanie had been arguing over the scarf the day before the girl disappeared. THIRSTY THIEF Philadelphia (U.R) A thirsty burglar ransacked four homes and stole $11, police said today. Detective Thomas Spera reported the thief drank four quarts of milk he found in the homes and left the empty bot tles behind. - Flegel Named Head Of Truman Committee Portland (U.R) . Austin F. Flegel, former head of the For eign Operations administration's mission to Thailand and one time Oregon gubernatorial can didate, will head the committee in charge of arrangements for ex-President Harry Truman's speech here June 11. Flegel's appointment was an nounced by Rep. Edith Green, general chairman of the dinner. Flegel, Democratic candidate for governor in 1950, returned to Portland early this year after his tour of. duty with the gov ernment. Mrs. Truman is expected to accompany her husband here. They are expected to arrive early Saturday, June 11, from Kansas City. A baby will consume 515 pounds of food in its first year at an approximate cost of $120. Baying UILK Today? Reach for GILF.1 Atl'S Borden Cheese 2 loaf Jf c Hills Bros. Coffee (.URIAH'S Sperry Pancake Mix V .. . 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