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Influence of McKay's Opposition To Beaver Marsh Project Studied By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special How much influence will the personal opposition of Secretary of In- j terior Douglas McKay to the j proposed Beaver Marsh powc project in the upper McKenzie river area have upon the Fed eral Power Commission as it de bates whether to open this area to hydroelectric development? That is a question being asked j here by observers who note that ' as the FPC begins consideration j of the Beaver Marsh project of Eugene Water and Electric Board. Secretary McKay has been letting his personal opinion of the project be known. McKay is opposed on grounds the upper McKenzie should be preserved for recreational use. unaltered by the diversion dam. tunnel and power house for which the Eugene utility has asked the FPC to grant a 50-year license. But the Interior Department officially is not objecting to issu ing the license. It has only urged that fish protective devices be employed by Eugene. About 10 days ago McKay wrote Sen. Richard L. Keuberg er (D-Ore.) about the project and sent him the department's report, which the senator had requested. This past week McKay was joined by Neuberger in register ing opposition to the S7.000.000 project, which would generate 30.000 KW. "While the bureaus in the De partment of the Interior would not be adversely affected by this project," McKay told Neuberger, "I personally am very definite ly opposed to it." McKay recalled that while governor of Oregon he created the Governor's Natural Resource Committee which later held hear ings on this project, took testi mony of people living in the up per McKenzie and then voted unanimously against the Beaver Marsh development. "I noticed, however, jn the full report that the Oregon Fish and Game Commission is not now opposed to the project." Mc Kay said. "I personally shall con tinue to oppose it as I believe that the McKenzie and the Rogue river areas should be preserved as nearly as possible in their natural state because of their outstanding recreational value." It has been noted that Mc Kay's personal opinion was for some time an issue in the hear ings before the FPC of the Hells 124 Lb. Freezer LE o Butter Keeper 9 Cheese Keeper Egg Nest o Shelves in Door EVERYTHING YOU ASKED FOR ELECTRIC STORE Canyon controversy. McKay was on record as personally favoring the Idaho Power Co. scheme for developing the Snake river, but the Interior Department, he maintained, was officially 'neu tral.'' But it has generally been expected that the prevailing opinion of the Eisenhower ad ministration against the high Hells Canyon project will influ ence the decision of the five-man power commission, four of whose commissioners have been ap pointed by President Eisenhow er. This has given rise to specula tion about what influence, if any, McKay's opinion of the Beaver Marsh project may have. The power commissioners won't re ceive the case until FPC Exam iner Francis Hall has rendered his initial decision later this sum mer. Neuberger. who is on the op posite side from McKay in the Hells Canyon dispute, said his opposition to Beaver Marsh was based on one major premise. "It is my firm conviction that any power production to result from such a project would not justify the loss in scenic, wildlife and recreational values on one of the most picturesque streams in North America." "I doubt if the Beaver Marsh power project can be undertaken without substantially impairing the McKenzie's recreational at tractions," Neuberger went on. "The marvelous waterfalls at Koosah and Sahalie will be vast ly reduced in volume. The unique fish population of Clear lake, a part of the McKenzie watershed, will be hard put to survive if the lake is tapped for water- Local Osteopathic Physicians at Conclave Four Med ford Osteopathic physicians and surgeons attend ed the 59th annual convention of the American Osteopathic as sociation at Los Angeles last week, according to information from the association. The gathering was held at the Statler hotel July 18 through 22. More than 3.000 members of the association and their wives attended. Theme of the gathering was circulatory dis eases, and some 200 lectures on the subject were given. Attending from here were Dr. George S. Jennings, Dr. W. W. Howard, Dr. J. S. Heatherington and Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Dier dorff, according to the associa tion. LOOK Roll Out Shelves at a OPEN WEDNESDAY NIGHTS TIL 9 power production. The food for all aquatic life is certain to bo imperiled as the water level of the McKenzie system is altered. "When we consider the enor mous amounts of energy still to be generated at major sites in the Columbia river basin sites such as Hells Canyon and John Day it is obvious to me that the comparatively small amount of power to be generated by the Beaver Marsh project would not warrant the damage to be done to the McKenzie and its water falls and fish life," Neuberger said in a letter to the chairman of the FPC, Jerome Kuykendall. Seven Arrested Over Week End in County Seven persons, four of them juveniles, were arrested by state police and sheriff's officers Sat urday and Sunday. Two Eagle Point boys, aged 16 and 17, were fined S10 each plus S5 court costs after being arrested at Table Rock Four Corners for illegal possession of liquor. Frank Alvin Leonard. 55, Co lusa. Calif., was lodged in the county jail Saturday pending payment of a S15 fine. He was charged with switching license plates. A sixteen-year-old boy and fourteen-year-old girl are being held in the county jail for Cali fornia authorities after being arrested as runaways by state police Saturday. The boy is wanted in Orville, Calif., on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Wayne Gafford Rupp. 23. and Kenneth Homer Potts, both Grants Pass, were arrested on suspicion of burglary about 6 a.m. Sunday. They are being held pending signing of formal complaints by Edith and Kath erine Stalsworth, Savage Creek. BOY SCOUTS Troop 15, Phoenix During the last regular meet ing, "we discussed plans on sum mer camp, for the fourth period. All boys going to camp must take their physical examination. Dr. McGrcary will give the examinations Thursday, July 28. during office hours. We urge the parents to help from camp. Also we had a good time on our fishing trip at Union crck. and lots of fun on our swimming party at Twin Plunges. Roger Kelsoe. 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The traction company sent Hetlzel a new schedule which reduces the number of daily because ftoifftfw I55-HQ1 A N.HJ.U.5J..'.M 5 CD , IN f " ' ' " DAVY CROCKETT'S FIDDLE San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) Davy Crockett's fiddle gets into the act tonight. A record com pany announced it will use a fiddle once owned by the king of the wild frontier in recording a new ballad about his exploits. round trips from 37 to 27. Sun day round trips would be cut from 19 to 12. The transit group, an organi zation of "persons living along streetcar line, has been fighting traction company attempts to abandon or reduce service. buy the popular 4-can pqk YOU'LL LIKE THE PRICE! AND, OF COURSE, YOU'LL LIKE THE BEER... it's Monday, July 25. 1955 Hornbrook Hornbrook The Knitting club met July 19 at the home of Mrs L. C. Walsh who served a birth-1 day cake in honor of Mrs. Mar shall Horn on her birthday. Others present were Mesdampb James Hodse. Edward Smith. Uorrti CM-, -5 ,-,,-, on T TT Tntn- T ! E. Breceda and the hostess. Dr. E. M. Smith and wile and son who have been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, here will move to Cor ning, Calif., where Dr. Smith will practice veterinary medi cine. Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Archer of Hornbrook July 20 was a son in the Siskiyou County hospital at Yreka. Visiting at the Ernest Adams home this month are his sister, Miss Marian Adams. Dallas. Tex., and Jack Dasef. Grosse Point Park. Mich., a nephew of Mrs. Adams. Visitors at the Carroll Funk home this week are her father, Sy Colton, Alturas. Calif., and brother, Eugene of Moro, Ore. Mrs. Al Kutskey received word Saturday that her daugh ter Joanne who has been spend ing vacation with her grand mother at Portland. Ore., was taken to Emanuel hospiia for an emergency operation for appen dicitis. Mrs. Kutskey accompa nied the Thomas Watts to Port land to be with her daughter. TOKYO SHAKEN Tokyo (U.R) A heavy rolling earthquake shook buildings in downtown Tokyo Sunday. There was no reports of damage. munfl $ I K I .0 U i $ " " M no t& it " f J fi " " ' ' ' 'lir 1 g ' "Owe. jT saCf? REPORTING REASONABLE measure of success, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and President Dwight D. Eisen hower work out "agreement in principle'' with other Bis Four representatives at final summit meeting on how to break East-West procedural deadlock. (International) Student Rescued From Crevasse on Mt. Baker Mount Baker (U.R) Donald Wallace, 22, Winslow. Wash., was rescued by fellow students yesterday afternoon about two and one-half hours after he fell into a 50-foot crevasse on Mount Eokcr. Wallace, a western Washing ton College of Education gradu ate student, fell into the narrow crevasse while descending the west side of the mountain. He was taken to St. Lukes hospital in Bcllingham where he was NEW ASK I MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE r Vi Air Crash Near Boise Fatal to Two Men Boise (U.R) Two men were killed instantly yesterday when their light plane crashed on a barren hillside about seven miles cast of Boise. The victims were John Charles Gaines, 38, of Klaber, Wash., the pilot, and John Lawrence Cot treel, 43, of Boise. treated for shock and exposure, a broken right arm and cuts and bruises. O.S A N G E I E Si jam-.. ..
