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i Thornton Tells on Overruling on IPC Needing State Darn Permits Salem i'U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said to day he had overruled on March 8 one of two allegedly contra dictory opinions as to the neces sity of Idaho Power company obtaining state permits for building its three low dams on the Snake river. The Salem Capital Journal in WE HAVE THE ...advertised in the nation's leading magazines 3 Before you buy any water heater be sure to see Permaglas the automatic electric water heater with a tank of glass-surfaced steel. It can't rust because glass can't rust it's built to last a lifetime! gNEW LOW PRICE OF o 195 $109 40 GALLON WATER HEATER Convenient budget payments WE REDEEM Borden's Milk and Raleigh Cigarette Coupons Here MARINE MARVAIR 220 W. Main Phone 2-4922 OPEN WED. TIL 9 P.M. a front page story yesterday said Thornton's March 1 ruling that Idaho Power would be vio lating Oregon criminal law if it proceeded with construction of the Snake river dams without a state license was in contradic tion of an earlier decision. Letter to Water Board The daily newspaper said the earlier decision on Oct. 26, 1955 was in a letter to the Wa ter Resources board from Torn ton's assistant, John D. Nichols. In that letter, the newspaper said, Nichols pointed out that in two cases the United States had ruled that hydroelectric projects built on federal lands or on navigable streams were under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal power commis sion. "It is impossible for me to conclude anything except that the application to the Oregon Hydroelectric commission and perhaps ultimately to this board (Water Resources board) would be a matter of courtesy by the applicant, and nothing more." Nichol's letter of opinion stated. Interpretation Corrected Thornton answered, however, that the Nichols decision was made while he was on active service with the armed forces and that when the letter was shown to him recently, he im mediately wrote to the State Water Resources board correct ing the interpretation. Thornton pointed out that Nichols was ruling on a differ ent matter in his Oct. 26 letter and that he merely appended his views on a state license. Thornton said that the part of Nichol's decision on the state application being merely a cour tesy was not a correct interpre tation of federal power act. "It should not be allowed to stand as an official expression of this office," Thornton said. Japan leads the world in fish eries production. The United States is second. MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Discussing the Middle East prob lem in the UN in New York are UN Secy. Gen. Dag Hammarskiold (right) and U. S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge. A Russian-Arab power play hamstrung the UN Security Council efforts to head off a Middle East war. Russia effectively blocked a U. S. proposal for imme diate action and an Arab spokesman said a move would be made to transfer the whole problem to the UN Gen eral Assembly. County Denartmen r Ask Budget Increases Almost all county depart ments are requesting 1956-57 budget increases and most of them are. asking per cent salary raises for their person nel. Some of the salary increase requests are for fess than 10 per cent and some others are for considerably more than that amount. Discuss Budget The budget committee Tues day heard several department heads explain their budgets, and discussed each in detail. No decisions have as yet been made. First being considered are the overall budget requests. Such individual items as salaries will be considered near the end of the committee's study. There will be further discus sion of the budget Friday when the group will again meet in the county court room at 9 a.m. Anyone interested may meet with the budget committee, but must call the county court for an appointment. Requests from the various de partments for the coming year are as follows: Department Requests District court, $11,024, in crease of 7.3 per cent; justice court (Ashland district), 57,446, increase of 13.3 per cent; justice court (Gold Hill), $2,515, no change; county court and com missioners,' $21,066.40, decrease of 6.6 per cent; circuit court, $17,250, no change; sheriff's of fice, $99,339.34, increase of 19.9 per cent; county clerk, $71,598. 74, increase of 20.9 per cent; treasurer, $9,689.54, increase of 3.5 per cent; school superintend ent, $19,740, increase of 7.4 per cent; assessor, $83,245.26, in crease of 21.0 per cent; court house expense, $30,789.93, de crease of ..3 per cent; county jail, $23,375.96, increase of 21 per cent, Jackson county farm home, $71,015, increase of 2.1 per cent; care of poor (not at county farm), $221,120, increase of 10.9 per cent; Miscellaneous relief, $1,500, no change; county compensa tion, $360, no change; Jackson County Red Cross, $1,500, no change; indigent veterans, 51, 900, no change; coroner, $1,200, no change; juvenile department (circuit court), S18.865, increase of 10.5 per cent; Jackson county health department, 597,680, in crease of 10.8 per cent; mosquito control, $6,000, no change; County surveyor, $9,895, in crease of 50 per cent. Water mas ter, district 15, $16,784, increase of 7.4 per cent; district attorney, $17,881.80, increase of 2.7 per cent; fruit inspector, $1,380, in crease of 12.2 per cent; county agent's office, $19,662, no change; ; General County Miscellaneous general county, $103,740, decrease of 15.9 per cent; veteran service officer, $8,740, increase of 16.9 per cent; board of equalization, $2,000, increase of 700 per cent; con stable, $8,335, increase of 6.4 per cent: Jackson county plan ning commission, $7,500, no change; general road fund, $1, 501,976, no' change; Jackson county library, $18,600, no change; emergency fund, $40, 000, no change; Civil Defense fund, $8,770, increase of 52.3 per cent; courthouse construc tion, improvement and mainten ance fund, $150,000, decrease of 61.6 per cent; armory fund, $60, 000, no change; Jackson county historical fund, $15,905, in crease of 8.7 per cent; and juv enile detention home fund, $12, 500, decrease of $52,500. Serving on the budget com mittee are M. Thomas Wray, chairman, Roger F. Rath, Arn old Bohnert, County Judge Rod ney Keating, and Commissioners Chester Wendt and L. G. (Shy) Morthland. Wednesday, March 28, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREK Families Should Be Responsible in Spring Floods Portland (U.R) Families should be responsible for basic protection of their lives and properties during any spring floods this year, it was empha sized yesterday at a conference on flood planning. The conference was attended by some 200 representatives of federal, state, county and . mu nicipal agencies. Weather bureau and Soil Con servative Service officials have said the heavy snowpack in .the mountains has led to a situation which could bring on severe flooding. Burden Passes Upward Spokesmen for planning and protection agencies said that as each level of responsibility ex hausts its resources the burden for flood fighting will pass up ward. The levels are from the individual and family on up to Federal agencies. Col. David Parker, assistant district Army engineer, said ex isting upstream storage projects which were not available in 1948 for flood control, could reduce this year's crest an. estimated one to two feet. But he said that except for new projects in the Sandy dik ing district and at Longview, Wash., there have been no major improvements in local flood pro tection facilities since 1948. Col. Parker said a river stage of 28 feet would top two levees, Columbia No. 1 and Bachelor island. At 30 feet, he said, "every levee on the Columbia river will be in critical condition." Jacksonville To Have Easter Egg Hunt ; Jacksonville An Easter egg hunt for children of Jackson ville, 12 and under, will be con- j ducted by Chief of Police Frank Carter Saturday, March 31,, at 1 p.m., at the Jacksonville Mu seum grounds. The children will be divided into two age groups and two prizes will be given. 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