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Critics of Public (Power Win Dii IFSrst SoDid Test on Uouse By ROBERT A. SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special) In the first solid test of the mood of the present House of Representa tives on the touchy, public vs. private power question, critics of public power have won a hands-down victory that is being taken as an indicator of what may happen to such Pacific Northwest questions as Hells Canyon and "partnership" con struction of dams on the Colum bia and Willamette rivers. The test came on whether Con gress should vote funds to con nect the TV A system with the proposed Dixon-Yates steam plant via transmission line across the Mississippi river as asked by th Eisenhower administration. Democratic critics of the Dixon-Yates power contract, which has already been sealed by the administration and the private utility combine that plans to build the plant, saw this as a last opportunity to block the imple mentation of the contract. The Democratically-controlled House Appropriations Committee ear lier had approved their scheme to deny funds for the transmis sion line hookup with TV A. Republican supporters of the Dixon-Yates power deal brought Club to Meet Phoenix Phoenix Thursday club will meet the evening of June 23 at the home of Mrs. Kay Fisher, 308 Second street, Phoe nix. Mrs. A. C. Floyd and Mrs Helen Norris will be assisting hostesses. CALENDAR Calendar notice and new tor tha society section of The Hail Tribune must be aubmitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition ia 1 p.m. Friday. Dead Una for the weekly calendar ia 8 a m of the day of publication, and for week day news ia 6 djb the day before publication. 1 the issue to a head on the House j floor last Thursday when debate neared a voting climax on the big public works construction money bill. They moved to re verse the action of the Demo crats on the committee and ap prove the power plant tiein. "The Dixon-Yates contract is a matter of national concern," declared Rep. Natcher (D-Ky.) "and success of" this plan ulti mately means not only the de struction of TVA, but the sams ! cititafinn will annlv in TTolle Canyon, Trinity River, and the Niagara Falls redevelopment." Rep Halleck (R-Ind.), GOP floor leader, roared back a few minutes later that "you people have done very well down there (in TVA country) compared to the taxpayers of the rest of the country, and I might suggest that it might not be too wise to ride a good horse to death. Possibly you are afraid the gravy train is running out." itep. Jones (D-Aia.) had a quick appeal to the "rest of the country" "This immediate pro posal does not confine itself just to TVA.. There is a larger ques tion, the question of whether or not the people, through their government, will continue to control the management of the TVA, Bonneville Power admin istration, the rural electrifica tion program, and all the flood control projects (of the Corps of Engineers) that presently contain a multiple function, including the supplying of electric energy." Rep. Arends (R-Ill.), GOP whip, said the vote the House was about to take was "whether, as a matter of national policy, we shall promote federal public power rather than private enter prise. It is essentially whether we believe in socialism or whether we believe in our Amer ican system of free, private en terprise. To this fundamental is sue all this talk about costs, rates, interest, and taxes, is superfluous." basin; that it might pass Rep. Sam Coon's bill for "partner ship" construction of John Dav dam, providing committee hear ings can be called on the bill; and that the high Hells Canyon dam bill would have tough going through the House in its present mood. McLeod Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Degree of Honor, home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tarr. 7:30 p.m. FOE auxiliary, of ficers and committee chairmen, t hall. 7 p.m. 8 and 40, Legion home. 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters, Py- thla MAo 8 p.m. Crater Lake post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and auxiliary, VFW hall. 8 p.m Circle 6, WSCS, Mrs. O. Pi Taylor, 3254 Jacksonville highway, joint meeting with Circle 10. Wednesday 12 noon Adarel Social club, OES, Mrs. Frank Janosky, Jack- nnvill McLeod Tony Miller smash ed one of his fingers and had to have it amputated. George Tockstein took the plane for St. Louis, Mo., Thurs day, June 16. He 'was called there on account of the death of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Darrohn just returned from Los Angeles where they went to pick up their daughter, Doris, who was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Hillman. On Father's day, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kobernik and Mr. and Mrs. Eldridse Kobernik and also Miss Mary Elliott, all of Roseburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vaughn and son Wayne and daughter Sonda. Prospect, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hume and twin daughters, Jacky and Joey, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding, McLeod, all met at Drew for a family picnic. Mrs. Arthur Kobernik, Mrs. Arthur Hume and Mrs. Donald Vaughn are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harding. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Denninger had as dinner guests at their home Wednesday, June 15, Mr. and Mrs. Doris Darrohn. The oc casion was the 20th wedding an niversary of the Denningers. Back and forth it went, with Pacific Northwest Democrats and Republicans sitting this one out. On the final vote, the Republican-led plan to approve funds for the Dixon-Yates power line wa approved 198-169 by a teller vote. Realizing they were defeated, Democrats who fought the plan did not ask for a formal roll call that would have placed each member on record on the question. While the same battle is ex pected to be fought when the bill comes up in the Senate later this summer, this was the first test run through the House of any major public vs. private power issue. This was surer evi dence that the House will likely pass the "partnership" bill of Rep. Harris Ellsworth for con struction of Cougar and Green I Peter dams in the Willamette 4-H Club News Trail Sewing Club The Sewing circle met at the Hume home Thursday, June 16. We finished our aprons. After swimming we had refreshments. Our last meeting will, be June 23. Jackey Hume, Reporter Eagle Point Dairy Club The Eagle Point 4-H Dairy club meeting was called to order with Vice-President David Huff man presiding, as President Cathie Carroll was attending 4-H Summer school at Corvallis. We planned a tour of our proj ects starting at 9:30 a.m. on Mon day, June 20, beginning at Jerry McDonald's and ending at Sally Mongold's with classes in judging. , A Fairgrounds clean-up and painting day was slated for the first two weeks in July, the date to be set at the next meeting. The next meeting will be June 28, the place to be announced to the club members at a later date. Sally Mongold Reporter Dead line Sunday Classified is at nonn SltiirHav 111 a m Monrtav fnr I Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday m . r veterinarian Hes Oregon Accredited In Disease Control Oregon will become an accred ited state under the expanded program for control and eradica tion of brucellosis within the next two or three years, Dr. George N. Gitzen, Medford vet erinarian, told the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club last week end. This will be a distinct economic advantage, he said, since it will mean that Oregon cattle may move freely anywhere in the United States. At present the only three states in the union which have achieved accredited status of 1 per cent or less of bo vine reactors are Maine, New Hampshire and North Carolina. For Bees and Dairy The new expanded and accel erated program' which was ini tiated last March by the U. S. Degartment of Agriculture pro vides for testing of beef as well as dairy cattle for brucellosis or bangs disease, and for vaccina tion of calves as a preventive measure. This is an entirely free service available upon request, Dr. Gitzen stated. It is recom mended that vaccination of beef calves take place between 6 and 12 months of age, and that of dairy calves between the ages of 4 and 8 months. The federal gov ernment pays the total indem nity for beef reactors amounting to $50 for purebred animals and $25 for grades, and also supplies a proportion of the indemnity for reactors among dairy cattle, the speaker said. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George were hosts to the club at a pic nic site on their ranch beyond Lake Creek. Reports were heard concerning the Junior Dairy show held in Gold Hill May 21 under club sponsorship. This was a successful event, and ap preciation was expressed to the firms and individuals who do nated awards, and to all who co- orjerated in other ways. Report on Session Frank Schutzohl of Grants Pass gave a brief report of the sessions of the American Jersey Cattle club held in Salem, which was attended by member-s from 36 states, constituting the larg est representation at any annual meeting in club history. Mrs. W. D. Mongold of Eagle Point de scribed the Dairy Foods festl val held in Medford recently This event was attended by 1.000 adults and many children, she said, and proved so success ful that it is to be an annual event to usher in June Dairy month. Fifteen club members and their families from Jackson and Josenhine counties were pres ent in addition to the following guests: Dr. Gitzen, Mrs. Rachael Crameron, , Grants Pass, Art Morton,, California, ' and John and ' Hughes, Eagle Point. The next meeting of the club. another picnic, is scheduled for July 10 in the park at Grants Pass. Tuesday, June 21, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE aWs I-" ii i i ii i i i ti ii "T'lii iijmneyiiim I &JI AT iaKe a llP irom "Jerry nines, i V TRAVEL! four travel advisor ... get the Greyhound habit! You'll find it pays off in big savings and added travel pleasure especially when you ride aboard one of Greyhound's luxurious new Scenicruisers or Highway Travelers. 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The death count, compiled for the nation-wide "slow down and live" campaign, showed 22 states and the district of Columbia re duced fatalities below 1954 while eight states held even. Five states had no highway deaths during the period and 18 states recorded an increase. Oregon reported five fatalities compared with nine a year ago, a decline of 44 per cent. By regions, the nine far west ern states led the reduction by cutting fatalities 19.7 per cent. Two Oregon Apprentices Win Trips to Purdue Salem ;U.R) Wilbur L. Edans of Portland and Edwin L. Bur gess of Jennings Lodge were certified winners of the final elimination match for plumber and pipe fitter apprentices an nounced today by the commit tee in charge of the state contest. They win an all-expense trip to Purdue University at Lafay ette, Ind., to compete in the international contest for fifth year apprentices of the pipe trades. Columbia Bridge Said Out of Date Portland (U.R) Army -engineers were told by towboat men and bridge engineers yes terday the present bridge across the Columbia river between Portland and Vancouver is out of date and should be modified when the proposed new bridge is built. Towing company representa tives told the engineers' hearing about difficulties of getting barg es, boats and rafts through the present structure. There also is an increasing amount of river traffic using the bridge. . R. H. Baldock, Oregon state highway engineer, said there was little sense to build a new bridge if the old one was to re main as it is. Baldock said the states of Oregon and Washington had offered to pay half the es timated $2,310,000 modification cost if the federal government would pay the rest. 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