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
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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
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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. Scribe.
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MAPPING AREA of Russia and four Soviet satellite coun
tries he will visit, Ren. Pat Hillings of California (left) dis
cusses trip with Vice President Richard Xixon. Hillings will
give Congress quick check on reaction of Iron Curtain coun
tries to the Big Four conference. (International)
Portland Traction
Complaints Planned
Portland (U.R) Richard H.
Kopp. head of Transit Savers.
Inc., has revealed he plans to
submit two complaints this week
to State Public Utilities Com
missioner Charles II. Hcltzcl
protesting a Portland Traction
company plan to reduce service
Aug. 14 on its Oregon City in
terurban streetcar line.
The traction company sent
Hetlzel a new schedule which
reduces the number of daily
because
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
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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.
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