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v 55 a O Vital Question of State's Rights At Stake in Cowlitz Controversy Olympia !U.R; A vital ques tion of state's rights appeared to be at stake in the Cowlitz river dams controversy, although the fish-versus-kilowatts strug gle has been more prominent in the legal arguments of the dis pute. The state's rights question is whether a subordinate subsi diary of state government, such as the city of Tacoma, has au thority to condemn state prop erty outside the city's bound aries. Authority Claimed That is what the city would have to do to build its proposed Cowlitz dams at Mayfield and Mossyrock. The city claims it has such authority from the Fed eral Power Commission under terms of the federal power act. "This is a case of the tail try ing to wag the dog," said the attorney for the state, which is attempting to assert its righs are superior to those of one of its component parts the city of Tacoma. A state fishery, state high ways and some state land would be inundated by water behind othe dams, if they are built. To got that land, the city would have to condemn the state prop erty under rights of immanent domain. The state argues that the city does not have such rights out- side the city limits, where the dams are located. The city said such condemnation would not be indescriminate, but would be orderly and the state would be treated properly. 0 "That's not the point," argue 'attorneys for the state. Since when does the federal govern ment get the idea it can author ize a city to overrule its su perior?" they ask. "Since the federal power act was passed," answers the city. The city claims that in the case of the Cowlitz dams, the city, just as any licensee, can go ahead with the project under terms of the FPC permit, regardless of state laws. The FPC has power to deter County's Evacuee Quota 33,000 Jackson county would be called upon to handle about 33, 000 evacuees from Portland in the event of an atomic attack on that city, according to figures released this week by the Ore gon Civil Defense" agency. Mobile teams frorri Jackson county would report to the stag ing area at Aurora. Types of mo bile support teams which would make use of staging areas include emergency welfare, rescue, first aid, medical hospital, public health, fire and police. Following an enemy attack on Portland all mobile support teams from throughout the state would report to staging area be fore receiving specific assign ments. Staging areas are locat ed at Aurora, Forest Grove and Sandy. COW HAS QUADS Hollister, Calif. (U.R) Farmer Sven Petersen's cow gave birth to quadruplets Tues day, an 844, 736-to-l rarity. The cow, a Holstein-Guernsey cross breed, and the four shaky legged offspring were reported doing cicely. THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY DmS.ON OF RATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, LOUISVILLE, . sfcMTUCKY. 85 PS00F, 65 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS ' mine who shall build dams on navigable streams or water the city claims in pointing to such a ruling by the State Supreme Court last year on the Cowlitz controversy. Valid License Ruled The high court ruled then that Tacoma had a valid license to build dams under terms of the federal power act and FPC per mit. But the dispute in point has On The Side (Distributed by King "hore are now r;ver 4.500 ho tels and motels in the United States that welcome guests with dogs. If you are planning to take a trip across the country in your elegant motor car you don't have to leave your dog in a kennel Incidentally, there are 40 hotels in Manhattan that welcome dogs These include some of the finest hotels in town. In Los Angeles only some of the smaller hotels welcome the pups. However, the best hotels in Beverly Hills don't bar dogs. They are welcome at such world famous hostelries as the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Carlton and the Bel Air. All ho tels in the USA welcoming dogs are listed in that guide titled "touring with Towser." Passing By William Haines. Cinema star of the silent film era. If you re call him starring in the film ver sion of "Brown of Harvard," may be able to get you into the young old timers association Haines is now one of the coun try's leading interior decorators Says He "What's all this about the ov erworked housewife?" writes a Detroit husband. "Last summer I took charge of our 2Vz year old daughter and 5 months old son and performed every duty hand led usually by our allegedly ov erworked females from washing, cleaning, ironing to all other op erations of keeping house. This was done besides working 40 hours a week in a gas station. While doing housekeeping and handling the child care I had plenty of time to watch TV and talk with neighbors. I would change jobs with my wife any time. Housekeeping is a cinch." Please Note New Yorkers get their best break in the drink and food line at their neighborhood pubs and restaurants. The purveyors of re freshment operatinng that type of bar depend on a steady trade. They go all out to please their clientele. Many Broadwayites ' and fellows from other so-called sophisticated sections are patron izing some of the picturesque bars along Third ave. The qual ity is good, the prices are rea sonable and the atmosphere is interesting and amusing. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Have you readers in Faith (S.D.), Hope (N.D.) and Charity (Mo.)? A. Not that I know of. But give me time I'm just a young fellow . . . Q. Has there ever been a woman jockey riding regularly at ma jor race tracks? A; A young wo man named Judy Johnson rode in hurdle and steeplechase races at the New York tracks. She is now a trainer of jumpers . . . Q. You said Harry Fox was teamed with the Doily Sisters. You should know it was the Miller ship Sisters. A. Harry Fox was, not been decided by the high court, according to the state. The federal government may have jurisdiction over navigable waters, but it doesn't have jur isdiction over state highways, and state property that would be flooded by the waters behind a dam. the state maintains. It is this point of state's rights that attorneys believe the pro posed Cowlitz river dams dis pute will be decided. By E. V. Durling Features Syndicate. Inc.) at different times, teamed with both the Dolly Sisters and the Millership Sisters. Horses and Women "In grandma's day the stock ings worn were heavy and black." So I note it said. The ref erence would be more apt if it read "Great-grandma's day.' When the majority of today's grandmas were whistle girls they wore silk stockings that might have been black but were not so heavy. Whether or not silk stockings had more appeal than nylons is open to discussion. Ask your grandpa. Injuries My right arm I injured play ing football. A "glass arm" re sulted, handicapping my base ball efforts. In baseball 1 broke four fingers. But how do you think I recently put my left arm temporarily out of business? Why, sir, operating a typewriter. I thought I had a cold in my arm but a discerning man of medicine determined the cause as afore mentioned. My chair was too low; too much reaching up. Too much use of left arm in spacing. He said many users of typewrit ers suffered similarly. Steel Producers Pare Allotments New York (U.R) Steel producers, caught "flat-footed" by the continued strength of the market, are wielding a heavy blue pencil on customer allot ments in a "desperate" effort to restore order, Iron Age said to day. "Both old and new customers are getting the treatment," said the national metalworking week- ly. Meanwhile, the mills are go ing through one of the worst per iods in recent years from a pro duction and customer relations standpoint. Iron Age said steel companies thought the market would ease during the summer, but, instead, are finding incoming orders still 10 to 15 per cent ahead of capac ity. In addition,- it said,' producers were hit by a short-lived strike, a maintenance problem of major proportions, a record breaking heat wave and summer vacations in their own shops. "The ingot rate, since the strike, has reflected the cumula tive effect of these problems," said the magazine. Operations this week are scheduled at 89 per cent of capacity, while last week the mills produced only 88.5 per cent. A cow pumps an estimated 400 pounds of blood through her udder for every pound of milk produced. enjoy the whiskey KENTUCKY BLENDED WHISKEY 1 80 . PT. 4 35 LAND HO! The 70-foot, 30-ton junk "Free China" nears the tog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge, entrance to San Francisco Bay, after a 112-day journey from Tapei, For mosa. With a crew of five Nationalist Chinese and Calvin E. Mehlert of Fresno, Cal., U. S. vice consul at Taipai. the ship ma'de the long voyage with sails her only means of power. In and Around Eagle Point Eagle Point Mrs. Gertrude Stanley was hostess to 32 mem bers of Central Point Garden club at her home on Nichols branch Friday, Aug. 5. Mrs. A. E. Crance of Eagle Point attended a family reunion at Prospect the last week end in July, at which there were five sisters and two brothers and families. One sister, Mrs. Crance had not seen for 21 years, mak ing it a doubly happy occasion for the two. At the family din ner on Saturday evening there were 30 present. John Robertson, Eagle Point, is recovering from a serious op eration he recently underwent m a Meaiora nospuai Mrs. C. H. Davis, Mrs. Violet Bilson, Eureka, Calif., and Mrs Bilson's sister, Mrs. Edwina Johnston, Hollywood, Calif., were callers on Mrs. Orvil Hen derson Thursday, Aug. 4. The three were staying in Ashland and attending the Shakespear ean festival, but returned home Sunday. The opening of the Klamath Stockmen's Commission comp any yards at Klamath Falls was held Tuesday, Aug. 2, and was a success, with something over 800 head of cattle being sold during the first day. Bertland Stanley, son of Mrs. Gertrude Stanley, is one of the owners and until about a year ago lived on the family ranch on Nichols branch, until moving to Ft. Klamath where he and family are living on their ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ashpole re turned home Aug. 7 from a trip to Yellowstone park. They re ported hot weather in each state they were in including Mon tana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and California. Also that they had seen no place comparable to Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Gosnell, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Coons and Mr. and Mrs. "Pres" Preston of Roseburg were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Henderson, the week end of July 29, to attend Mr. 45 QT. and Mrs. Hendersons' silver an niversary observance on Sun day, July 31, when friends drop ped in throughout the afternoon to congratulate and wish them many more happy years togeth er. The couple also received many beautiful gifts along with the good wishes. Mrs. James Hannaford is re covering at home from a frac tured hip she sustained about three weeks ago, when she fell. GRANGE The Gold Hill Grange held its regular meeting Thursday, Aug. 4, with Master Herman Kamp ing in the chair, with 28 mem bers and 6 visitors present, in cluding the McKays from Shady Cove, the Densmore of Gold Hill and an out of state visitor from Idaho. Mrs. Blanche Edgerton and - children. The pictures shown at the lec ture hour, were enjoyed by all. The report on the rummage sale was that every thing was in order, and the sale would be held at a very early date. The Grange picnic will be held Aug. 28 at Roxy Ann. The Grange closed with the retiring drill. The next serving committee will be the Jinks, Lenox, and Bichels. ' Jm, IS OLDS IOCAL DELIVERED PIICI Oldimoblle "81" 2-Door Sedan as low at state $2564 Your price depends upon choice of model, and body style, optional equipment and accessories. Prices may vary slightly In adjoining communities. 0 00 For COOL driving ... gel an AIR-CONDITIONED OLDSMOBILE! S ub for details and a demonstration! Wednesday, August 10. 1955 Administration Opposed To State Veto Over Goverment Projects By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The Eisenhower administration is opposed to leg islation introduced in Congress thai would give states the power to veto federal approval of dams on intrastate rivers, such as the Pelton project on the Deschutes river in Oregon and the Cowlitz river dams in Washington. Portland General Electric Co. has been given the green light by the Supreme Court to build the Pelton dam, despite objec tions to it by the state of Ore gon; and Tacoma City Light has been given lower court approval of its two dam plan for the Cow litz, which the state fought. In both instances, the courts ruled that the approval of the Federal Power Commission, granting the utilities 50-year li censes, was sufficient to permit construction of these controver sial projects which had been long opposed by fishing groups. Since the Pelton ruling of the high court in June, it has been suggested in some quarters that Congress amend the federal power act so as to give states the right to decide, in addition to the FPC decision, whether the projected dam on an intra state river was in the public interest. But the Interior Department, the FPC and the Budget Bureau have all come out against such a bill, which is pending in the House. Sponsored by Rep. Byrnes (R-Wis.), the measure provides that if a dam is to be built "entirely within the bound aries of one state, and if the state requires that a permit or license be obtained for the con struction and Operation of such dam, no license shall be issued by the (Federal Power) Commis sion for the construction of the dam unless the applicant has first received from the state a permit or license for ' its con struction. . . " In a report sent to Congress but never made public, the In terior Department came out against the bill on these grounds: "1. It would jeopardize the principle of unity in rive-basin development. 2. It would put two agencies, one federal, the other state, in a position to veto each other's actions and thus would thwart or impede the full development which is so badly needed. 3. It's very terms, with re spect to licenses and conditions, though they are (we believe) properly to be read as not per mitting the states to condition their grant or refusal of a license on terms contrary to those re- 62 and local taxes extra. VISIT THI "ROCKET ' f -"'Vr ' fe'"' OF THE YEAR OARRELL H1LLER COMPANY, 415 S. Riverside PHONE 2-6209 GO AHEAD! DRIVE IT YOURSELF! 'THE GOING'S GREAT, IN A ROCKET 81" 1 quired or authorized by the fed eral power act, could be pro vocative of litigation to resolve this question." Interior's report was signed by Assistant Secretary Fred G. Aandahl. The FPC objected because "the bill proposes abandonment of comprehensive water-development policies first enacted by Congress in 1920 after years of debate and proposes a return to narrow concepts of-such devel opment completely controlled by state authorities." "Instances in which state laws conflict with a federal license," the FPC went on, "would un questionably be resolved in fa vor of the state under the) amend ment proposed in this bill. To subordinate federal control to state regulation in this fashion is undesirable and inconsistent with the plan for the most ef fective regulation in the public interest of water-power develop ment as it was originally con ceived by the Congress and pro vided for in the federal power act." The Budget Bureau, which clears administration policy on legislation, said it "concurs in the views of the Department of the Interior and the FPC and recommends that the bill not be enacted." The House Interstate Com merce Committee, to which the bill was referred, took no action on it and made no plans for later action when Congress re convenes. With no change in the laws ap parently in prospect soon, an other such state vs. federal case 1 is brewing in Oregon with the' see whal a difference C-H makes .IN CANNING AND COOKING SUCCESS THE ONLY AND THE MOBIL.I Now while summer sales are soaring is the easiest time ever to deal yourself behind the wheel of a new Oldsmobile! Yonll know instantly why this thrilling glamour queen is the most wanted car in all Olds history! It's that exciting new "Go-Ahead" look! It's that dramatic "flying color" styling! And what a smooth team awaits the touch of your toe . . . the commanding "Rocket" 202 Engine and Hydra-Matic Snper Drive! So come in now . . . find out why August is the hottest month of the year to deal ... and the hottest car is' Oldsmobile! 'Optional at mxlro coif. 0 ROOM" ... AT YOUR OLOSMOBIU MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE announcement by the Coos Curry Electric Co-op that it plans going ahead with its proposed dam on the .Illinois river. The state hydroelectric commission has turned down its application, but the FPC has granted it a preliminary permit for the project. Bonn, Germany (U.R) Author Thomas Mann as elected to the German Cultural Order Tuesday in recognition of O his contributions to German literature. The German - born novelist now is a U.S. citizen and lives in Switzerland. These aays, Y T Tvoor tires tougW take the going ..u- it's rough. To cane sugar A CANE SUGAR REFINED IN THE WEST! Nothing finer for sweetening fresh fruits and berries 0 DEALER'S! T & 0
