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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE M ciavs reclamation suggestion uoens ew Element in John Dav Controversy By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay has in troduced a new element into the John Day dam "partnership" controversy by his suggestion that future reclamation in the Pacific Northwest might be par tially financed by the project's power revenues. The John Day project dram atized this fall by the Neuber-ger-Coon debates has hereto fore been regarded as a power, navigation and flood control dam. Irrigation was not part of the picture, either under Rep Sam Coon's proposal for "part nership" construction of the dam or Sen. Richard L. Neu berger's preference for federal construction as authorized by Congress in 1950. Answers Own Question McKay raised the issue of re clamation in a speech last week to the annual convention of the National Reclamation Associa tion at Lincoln. Neb. Tracing the historical development of reclamation in the West through use of power from government- built dams to offset part of the cost of irrigation facilities, Mo Kay posed the question: "How then does this fit in with the partnership (power) policy?" To answer his own question the secretary went on to tell the delegates of the Coon bill for John Day dam under which three power companies Pacific Power and Light, Portland Gen eral Electric and Washington Water Power have offered to put up 88 per cent of the Proj ect's cost in return for its power output for 50 years. "The entire structure, power J facilities and all, would remain in the title of the federal govern ment. It would be operated in accordance with the over-all river control plan," explained McKay. Congress Could Decide Future "At the end of 50 years, the government would be released from all obligations to the utility and own the complete structure. Then the Congress could make a decision as to the future op erating plan for the facility. How ever the plant is operated and the power marketed- the rev enue from the sale of power would be available for further resources development if Con gress saw fit to so provide," said McKay. "The public would own the structure and all of its revenue producing capabilities at the end of 50 years under either pro posal," he added. "If Congress desired to earmark power rev enue for resources development by means of specific legislation or through a basin account, it would be entirely possible. We could then proceed with long range irrigation development of additional acreage in the Colum bia River basin. Congress would- . . . and cucumbers axe just one e the inviting fresh fruits .and vegetables ! featured this week in the yvw ' m llfe, 'lS 2 FOR oduee Brade be secure in the knowledge that revenue from this structure, as well as from the other dams fi nanced by the federal govern ment, would be available for such purposes." Throughout his speech, McKay stressed that the administration plans to continue reclamation development. He cited as a major example the Upper Colorado project, a federal undertaking entirely which is now pending in Congress and which would authorize the government to spend about a billion dollars in BLAME RUSSIA FOR ISRAELI WAR Trucks shown here, somewhere in the Negev. Israel, are part of the materiel captured by Israeli forces in an attack on Egyp tian forces m the El Auja border zone. United States offi cials blamed Russia for the latest Egyptian-Israeli fighting and any Middle Eastern war it may spawn. Pulling no punches, the officials said Russia's decision to push Red arms sales in the Middle East is the cause of the biggest outbreak of fighting in the area in more than six years. As We Live Mother Shouldn't Push Girl Into Courtship Some people cling with dead ly tenacity and nothing seems adequate to shake them off. (Q) "I am a senior in high school. At one of our dances, I met a fellow who has graduated from college and is now in business. H e seemed to like me and has be come a regu lar pest, al w a y s calling me up f o r dates to do this, that, or 4F Dr. HKrlock the other thing with him. He is nice enough- but 1 am not really interested in him. I have a lot to do at school with my work, sports, dramatics, and other school activities. I am plan ning to go on to college so I must do good work at school. "My mother thinks I should go out more with this fellow. He has been buttering her up so she are 1 '' VV- r Tuesday, Norembr 8. 1955 power dams and irrigation works. He added, however, that "we must keep federal expendi' ture and participation at a rea sonable minimum." Plan Doesn't Fit But in answer to his question of how does reclamation "fit in with the partnership policy?" the secretary used the John Day plan to show that for all practi cal purposes it does not fit. As a "partnership" undertaking, John Day could contribute to reclamation, McKay suggested only after the 50-year partner- By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. ininxs tie is such a nice young man' with 'so much more to of fer' than my school friends. I realize she is right, but I am not just interested in him and I dis like pests who bother me all the time. How can I get rid of him without being positively rude?" J. C. (A) If you turn down this young man's invitations often enough, he should eventually take the hint and let you alone. You might stress your preoccu pation with school and the many activities you want to participate in. Your mother, like many others, views this young man as "eligible" and so encourages you to accept his invitations. Try to point out to her that going to college means a lot to you, and you must do good work at school to be accepted by the college of your choice. Explain to her that you want to have fun while you are still a schoolgirl. This should make her realize that frying to No weary, withered "cukes" at Safeway ! Ours perky and flavorful, crisp-meated as a new apple. Chosen in the field by Safeway buyers, these cucumbers are cooled during smpmem flowing over ice. aiees and satisfying for salads at Safeway ship agreement had terminated and the federal government had then obtained the unimpaired right to use the power as Con gress determines. The convention's only action bearing on the "partnership" policy was passage of a water policy statement, which Oregon's delegate, Marshall Dana of Port land helped prepare. It said: "If private capital is to participate in the development of the power features of multi-purposes proj ects ... in area or basin-wide developments where reclamation is involved, then provision should be made for an allocation of revenue from income from power to supply the differential between the total component allocated to irrigation and the ability of the water users to pay." "Without this provision that power revenue in an amount sufficient to make the project feasible be so allocated, the proj ect could be rendered infeasi ble." the convention statement declared. "Under these proposals great benefit might come to reclamation from the proposals . . . which are aimed to imple ment the partnership concept of development." Seen Initial Bid The reclamationists did not stipulate whether or not they would be willing to wait 50 years to get power revenue for new irrigation projects, in accord ance with Secretary McKay's suggestion. Some Washington observers believe that McKay's suggestion is most of all an initial bid by the Bureau of Reclamation to generate public opinion in favor of a policy that would earmark for reclamation the power rev enues that "partnership" and federal dams earn after the 50- year payout period has elapsed. No policy now exists, for Con gress has yet to determine what should be done with power reve nues from government dams aft er the U.S. Treasury has been fully reimbursed with interest for the construction costs that have been charged to power. Nina Warren, Mate Start Housekeeping Beverly Hills, Calif. U.R) Nina (Honeybear) Warren, youngest daughter of Chief Jus tice Earl Warren, and her hus band, Dr. Stuart Brien- started housekeeping here yesterday aft er their elopment and one-week honeymoon in Las Vegas. Mrs. Brien, 22, clutched a toy stuffed bear which she said was given her 'by the Riviera Hotel where she was married Tuesday. Brien, 33, practices here. push you into a courtship is pre mature. (COPYRIGHT 1955. GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) 19c 'w. . fS "SS SHARES AWARD Ameri can scientist Willis Lamb (above) of Stanford Universi ty, CaL, shared the 1955 Nobel Prize for nuclear re search with another Ameri can scientist, Polykarp Kusch of Columbia University. Jockey Quarters Shaken by Explosion Tampa, Fla. OJ.R) A single dynamite charge last midnight exploded in the jockey quarters at Sunshine park race track that suffered some S80,000 in damag es by a bombing last June. No arrests were made in the earlier bombing last June 2, when two charges of dynamite went off in the race track club house, and authorities never found a reason for the explo sions. The charge last night, some 150 feet from the clubhouse of the track located at Oidsmar, 20 miles west of here, did little damage, officials said. TOBIN CRITICALLY ILL Indianapolis (U.P.) Daniel J. Tobin, 80, president emeritus of the AFL Teamsters Union and former Democratic party power, was reported critically ill today at St. Vincent's hospital here. Toothpick Added To Articles Menacing ealth of People By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor : New York (U.R) Among oth er things menacing people today are toothpicks. Bartenders stick them into onions and olives. Wo men put them into canapes and meatballs. From those places, they get into alimentary canals where they raise a great deal of hob. The Medical Society of the state of New York has, in effect, tipped off the professional that when confronted by what is known as "the acute abdomen" and the routine efforts to find out what is the trouble have fail ed, then the doctor may suspect it is a toothpick. Man in Pain The society did so by circu lating an account by Dr. Elmer G. St. John of Binghamton, N.Y. of his experiences with a tooth pick which had run aground while navigating the alimentary canal of a 48-year-old man who had been admitted to the hos pital with a very acute abdo men." He had been in much pain for 30 hours. X-rays showed nothing. There was some localized ten derness but nothing to indicate anything definite. Various things were suspected, but there was nothing to do since the man's condition was alarming except to open him up and explore Only then was a toothpick found puncturing the intestinal wall. After "a fairly stormy convales cence" the man was out of the hospital in two weeks, Consistent Trouble Dr. St. John was so exercised by his experience that he went through the files of many med ical journals and discovered that he wasn't, by any means, the first doctor to find a toothpick in a patient, or was his patient the first one to have his life Sweetclover will grow almost anywhere there is more than 17 inches of rain suitably distri buted and the soil has sufficient lime. Thousands and thousands of Oregon people say... iXVs, when you belong to yj XsjfidULi First National's interest-earning CjhMStmii$ Clb 6 menaced by a toothpick. He was struck by the fact that of all the "foreign bodies" which human beings manage to swallow, the toothpick seemed the only one which consistently gave trouble. The reason is its length and its sharp ends it is too long to get around curves and corners readily and its sharp ends catch easily on the shores, which they puncture or "per forate." 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