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Resources Board To Have Broad Power To Administer Hew Policy
State Engineer,
Attorney General
Will Cooperate
Salem (U.R) The State Wa
ter Resources board, whose
members were appointed yester
day by Gov. Paul Patterson, was
given broad powers over the
state's water resources to en
able it to conform to a Declara
tion of Principals set forth by
the 195S Sfifate legislature.
In part the declarations says:
The legislative 'assembly finds
that it is in the interest of the
public welfare, that a coordinat
ed, integrated State Water Re
. sources policy be formulated
and means provided for its en
forcement, that plans and prod
grams for the development and
enlargement of the water re
sources of this state be devised
and promoted to secure the
maximum beneficial use and de-
veloDment of additional water
supplies be carried out by a sin
gle Qrte agency which, in car
rying out its functions, shall
give proper and adequate con
sideration to the multiple as
pects of the beneficial use and
control of such water resources
with an impartiality of interest
except that designed to best pro
tect and promote the public
welfare generally."
The. state engineer will serve
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as engineer lor xne Doara ana
is empowered to employ special
assistans The Attorney General
will serve as attorney for the
board and likewise is empow
ered to employ such assistants
as are necessary.
The board may employ a sec
retary and such technical assist
ants -.as needed.
Resource Study
As rajbidly, as possible, the
board must begin a study of ex
isting water resources of Ore
gon; means and methods of con
serving and augmenting water
resources; and a study of domes
tic, irrigation, power, industrial,
mining, wild life and fish uses,
as it relates to water as well as
pollution of water, and other re
lated subjects, including drain
age and reclamation.
A hearing must then be pro
vided to which all public agen
cies concerned may appear, and
after the hearing the board must
progressivly formulate an inte
grated, coordinated program for
the use and control of Oregon's
water resources and issue state
ments of all such findings.
However, the board cannot
modify1 or set aside or alter any
existing right to use water or
the propriety of such use estab
lished by present law.
Next Jan. 1, four state agen
cies the Willamette Valley
Basin commission, the State
Reclamation commission and
the State Irrigation board will
be abolished. Duties of the two
water basin commissions will
be taken over by the board. Du
ties of the Reclamation and Irri
gation boards will be taken
over by the state engineer.
Advisory Committee '
Beoause of the magnitude of
the task assigned to the board,
the legislature provided an ad
visory committee to the board.
The governor will be chairman
Other members will be the Su
perintendent of Public Instruc
tion; State Fisheries director;
State forester; State Game direc
tor; Secretary of the State Sani
tary authority: State engineer;
chairman of the State Soil Con
servation committee; Superin
tendent of State Parks; Director
of Agriculture; Oregon State
college; Director of Geology and
Mineral Industries; and the
chairman of the Water Re
sources board.
The new board must mainfein
its principal office in Salem and
must meet at least once every
three months, or more often if
called by the chairman or
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SECTION TWO
'Y' Delegate Writes From Austriajtaly
Editor's note: Terry Brereton of
Medford is in Europe as a delegate
to an international VMCA meeting.
This is another in a series of articles
he is writing about his experiences
for the Mall Tribune.)
By TERRY BRERETON
Our tour takes us into Austria
after leaving Germany. The first
of the two cities we visited was
Salzburg.
Salzburg is an interesting city.
There is a sheer rock cliff run
ning through the city, separating
it into two sections. There is a
road going around the cliff and
also a tunnel, both of which are
used quite frequently by the
tourists and the inhabitants.
Old Christian catacombs are
in Salzburg, and there are many
old churches which are very in
teresting to walk through.
Pretty Picture
On the mountainsaround Salz
burg, there are many restaurants
and castles. The make a pretty
picture at night when the lights
are on.
It is interesting to walk along
the river at night. The streets
are lined with book stalls and
taverns, which are all lighted up.
On Aug. 1, we visited a refu
gee camp. The YMCA plays a
very big part in the programs at
the camp. For the benefit pf the
refugees, the "Y" nas provided
games and entertainment. They
also make it possible for the
refugees to learn another lan
guage while they are at the
camp. Trades are also available,
which will help the refugees
Pilotless Plane
Terrorizes Resons
Sydney, Australia (U.R)
A pilotless runaway plane ter-
orized the heavily populated sea
side resorts north of Sydney for
two hours and 45 minutes today
before an Australian navy pilot
shot it down 6Vi miles at sea.
The runaway, a single engine
four passenger Auster similar to
U.S. Air Force spotter planes,
took off from' Bankstown Airport
20 miles south of Sydney when
its pilot stepped out to start the
engine by swinging the propel
ler.
The Auster shot across the
runway, narrowly missing the
pilot, buzzed the control tower
at 14 or 15 feet, circled Sydney
while it gained altitude and then
headed for the beaches 14 miles
to the north pursued by Royal
Australian Air Force and navy
planes.
Aviation veterans were at a
loss to explain how the light
plane with no pilot and no auto
matic pilot could stay aloft so
long and said they could not re
call it ever happening elsewhere.
The plane's flight was so er
ratic that it outmaneuvered fast
jet fighters while a flier carry
ing a hand operated machinegun
in a slow light plane was unable
to draw a bead. It was finally
shot down by the combined ef
forts of two fast naval propaller
driven Seafury fighters which
pursued it for nearly an hour.
meeting is called by a majority
of the board's members.
The legislature appropriated
$124,117 to the board.
In addition to creating the
Water Resources board, the 1955
'legislature passed a law relating
to the control and regulation of
rights to appropriate ground
water in the state. This law will
be administered by the state en
gineer. MEDFORD
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY,
greatly when they leave the
camp for a new home and start
making their own living.
In Bavarian Alps
After lunch we left for Inns
bruck. We traveled through the
beautiful Bavarian Alps. It was
very late when we arrived at
our hostel in Innsfcruck. Those
who weren't tired after supper
went for a walk up the mountain.
Those who did said that the city
was very beautiful at night.
On the morning of Aug. 2, we
walked to the. train station. On
the way we stopped at a news
stand and bought newspapers.
We saw a small article telling
about the train vs the pony ex
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AUGUST 30, 1955
press race. There are three girls
in our delegation from Roseburg,
and they were all excited about
the race.
We arrived in Venice late in
the evening of Aug. 2. After we
found our guide, we had a gon
dola take our luggage to our
hotels. We were split up into
three hotels which were close
together. After a late dinner,
most of us went to bed. We were
very tired.
The next morning we were
led on a walking tour of the city.
Our first stop was a barfk, to get
money changed, and then to a
post office. We ended up taking
a gondola ride across the harbor t
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to a glass factory.
We were shown through the
factory, beginning where the
glass is blown . and ending up
in the store where we bought
some glass ware.
After dinner we went on a
gondola ride at night. The music
along the canals is very intri
guing and romantic. Another
thing not to miss is the famous
Italian spaghetti dinners.
On Aug." 4 we went to Flor
ence for lunch. We were given
a short tour of the city, visiting
the famous churches and ca
thedral. We went to the leather
factory to buy some leather
goods.
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Communist Romania
To Cut Armed Forces
Vienna, Austria (U.R) Com
munist Romania will reduce its
armed forces by 40,000 by the
end of the year, it was announ
ced today..
The announcement made by
Radio Bucharest followed simi
lar proclamations of armed
forces cuts by the Soviet Union
and Communist Czechoslovakia.
The Kremlin announced early
this month the Soviet Army
would be cut by 640,000 men.
On Aug. 24, Czechoslovakia said
it would reduce its troops by
34,000.
Program. To Reduce
Log Accidents Launched
Eugene (U.R) A program to
further reduce accidents-in log
ging camps has been launched
by the Willamette Valley Lum
ber Operators Association here.
The accident-reducing meth
ods were developed by a nine
man committee of safety ex
perts. -
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ShelTe Trademark for this unique gasoline additive
developed by Shell Research. Patent applied for.
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Norblad Will Open
Offices in Salem
xSalem (U.R) Rep. Walter
Norblad (R-Ore.) who returned
to- Oregon when Congress 'ad
journed, said today he will open
his Salem office at room 220,
Post Office Building, Sept. 6.
His secretary, Mrs. Dorothy
Woodring, will be in charge of
the office. The Washington, D.C.,
office will also remain open dur
ing the Congressional recess.
Last year 164,000 persons
used the facilities of South Da
kota's 18 roadside parks.
NOTICE!
Medford Ambulance Service
NEW PHONE NUMBER
2-7151
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KIWI DIES
London (U.R) The London
Zoo duly reported yesterday
that "the kiwi called Kenneth
that died recently should have
been named Kathy." Zoo offic
ials said the long-beaked New
Zealand bird, long a favorite
of children at the zoo, was a fe
male. O
DIDN'T EXPECT RAIN
Oklahoma City (U.R) The
Oklahoma City Weather Bureau
said its roof sprung a leak dur
ing a violent thunderstorm last
night. . ',
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