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Emigrant Lake To
Be Expanded; Other
Items Are Listed
ir ERIC ALLEN JP.
MiJ Tribun Managing Editor
A nw aic fiv milM
long. 80 fe.?t deep, 2.500 icr
10 area will itart rising In
!$i Cascades during th turn
er of 1353.
Tn northern tip of Hoird
VraiTi lake will lap nar the
dq of the Dead Indian road,
approximately half - way b
tween Ashland and Lak i
t3 Woods.
Th water to fill the lake
will be diverted from a half-$-tn
or more high-country
reeks, fed by wintertime
J3 at and ipring and fall
Orirn.
tne south and wel. the
Ocor will flow through man
jaOt canals, conduits and
toOO!s tnrouah the Caicade
3:0 O" to the westward slop
toe Green Springs pass.
8re ii will plunge down a
1.776 foot pensloclc into
gowerhouse. where it will gen
eral inn 16.000 kilowatts of
electricity.
From the powerhouse the I
jer. supplemented by other !
creeks and canals, will flow
into Emigrant lake reservoir
which will soon there- j
after be increased over five
times in its capacity. During
the summer months, the water
will be withdrawn from Emi
grant and channeled through
fee canal systems of an ex
panded Talent Irrigation dis
trict, to water broad acre of
fruit, vegetables, truck eropi
end forage fields. It will lup
lement the water lupply of
two other irrigation distrieti
further north down Ihe Bear
Creek drainage.
This is the Talent project, cul
mination of years of work, and
effort and dreaming by men
ho see for the Rogue valley a
prosperous future, with an econ
omy based on fertile farms as
weil as lumber from the hills,
on food processing and pack
aging plants as well as on the
manufacture and remanufacture
nf wood products.
Two Main Pillars
Lumber and aenrulture are
the two main pillars supporting
the Rogue valley. The third im
portant pillar recreation
will also receive an important
ind substantial added impetus
from the completion of the proj
ect. The magnitude of the multi
purpose job can be told in sev
eral ways.
In terms of cash, it means the
expenditure of about S21 mil
lion fnr construction, paid by
the federal government but to
be repaid through water use
charges ard the salp of electric
energy. It also means greater
crnp yields, for during most
years 1 1 he ample water supply
of 1D.tR is an exception to the
normal i there is not enough
water to permit farmers to take
full advantage of the productivi
ty of the soil. More and better
crops mean a more prosperous
agricultural industry, and this
in turn means more money for
merchants of all types, and for
service industries. It means a
slider tax base lor local govern
ment. Natural Resources
In terms of tnp conservation
of natural resources, the project
means- the beneficial use and re
u; of our most important sinele
resource, waier. It means better
arte;s to thousands of acres of
good timber. Ii means that land
now lying idle will support
more people.
In terms of recreational bene
fits, it means a major new lake,
approximately tl-.e sue of Dia
mond l.kc. with its associated
raniPEi ounc! -. homcsiles and in
stitutional camp areas; it means
the pprnms i'P r'f beautiful
section of hish mountain coun
try, aorl the enlargement and ex
teninn of Emigrant lake, already'
the mei i a of hundreds of boat
owner. I' n-e;rs the .stabiliza
tion rf H art lake, which will be
used o!':y for water storage and
will rot. in ordinary years, be
rir?wn down m the summer
months, thus making it a better
fishing lake. Water sports of all
types will he gien a chance
for n-ji-'i e'eatrr development.
Initial Construction
In:al construction on the
Ta:ent p.-oiert is ready to begin.
Bins on several r'as of the
overall development nave been
nt'ered. and the low bidders
are s,-t go Congress has
pa.: sen the initial S2.400.0JO ap
propriation, w hich is now avail
able D "tailed plans and speci
v:or; are virtually complet
vri for i-.ooy of the items
The f "e thing remaining to
; u nc before construction can
i-osin ;s an election for landowner-
m the Talent Irrigation dis
trict, at wuch time they will
Qo'e a repayment contract
etween tne district and Lh
SCOPE OF PROJECT The scope of the Talent proiert. ork
on which will begin soon, is shown in 'he inap-ciiai-ani nbm e
At the left trie shaded area shnus ti e lands v. inch m ill he
brought under new or supplemental irrigation when it is com
pleted, totaling more than 17.000 acres. In addition, about
9.000 acre feet of water will lie made available for use in tiie
Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts, sur
rounding Medford. Central Point, and lo the east At the upper
right can be seen Lake of the Woods. To the left of it is the
South Fork canal, uppermost of the project works, which
will collect water to channel it into the Big Draw canal snrl
thence into the Howard Prairier reservoir. Water from the
upper part of Dead Indian creek also will be used. The How
ard Prairie Delivery canal, coming out of the reservoir and
winding through the mountain to the south and west, will
"WING" DAMS NEEDED This view shows the south end of
Emigrant lake, which is the part with which most people are
familiar. Highway 66 can he seen at the far right. The picture
was taken from a spot just above the high water level to he
created by the higher dam. and the arrow at the left, under
Filot rock, shows approximately where the south end of the
bureau of reclamation. The pro
posed contract is in its final
stages of negotiation, and the
election has been called for
Aug. 22.
Terms of the contract, some
what similar to those approved
by the Medford and Rogue Riv
er Valley Irrigation district
landowners for rehabilitation of
their canal systems, will include
a 60-year repayment period,
with the money to be raised by
water-user fees, r'us the sale
of electric energy from the
powerhouse.
Indicates Attitude
A majority of Talent district
landowners have already indi
cated their favorable attitude
toward the contract, and the
election is expected to result in
strong endorsement of the pro
posal. There are 25 separate "pro
gram items" in the project. Of
these, construction is expected
lo get under way immediately
on four.
They are the Howard Prairie
dam and reservoir, estimated to
cost some 52.000.000: the Big
Draw- collection canal, which
will pick up wa'er from several
creeks on the west side of the
Cascade divide and send them
through a tunnel to the east
side, estimated to cost about S2,
000.000; Howard Prairie deliv
ery canal, which will carry the
water from the reservoir south
and west ipicking up some ad
ditional creek water as it goes'
and through a tunnel to the west
side of the Cacade divide, esti
mated co.r about S4.00n.non.
?nd an interceptor ditch, $112.
000, Earth Till Dam
Howard Prairie reservoir -tl!
be dammed by an earth fill dam
w ith a concrete core 90 feet high
and 940 feet long at the crest.
It will require about 1S6.000
cubic yards of earth fill and
204.000 cubic yards of rock fill.
It will be equipped with outlet
to the canal, and a spillway.
The reservoir will have a live
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capacity of 60.500 acre-feet of
water, and dead storage of 1.500
acre feet. Heaviest draw-downs
will be in the fall and winter,
so generally it will be full or
r.ear-full during the summer
recreation season.
One of the big jobs faced in
preparation for filling the lake
will be clearing the area to be
inundated of trees, brush and
the few structures existing.
Some of this nas already start
ed, with contracts for clear-cut
logging let by the bureau of
land management. Stumps are
limited to a 10-inch height, and
the bureau of reclamation w-ill
also clear underbursh from be
low the highwater line.
Water Collection
The dam should be near com
pletion by the summer of 1959,
and collection of water is sched
uled to begin then. The delivery
canal is expected to be completed
a year later.
Work on the Emigrant reser
voir and dam i srheduled to
start the summer of 195R. and
will cost an estimated $4,531.
000, the most expensive single
unit, of the entire project.
Using the present concrete
arch dam as a core, a big new
earth fill dam will be construct
ed at the present site, and will
raise the maximum level of the
lake about 84 feet enough to
increase the capacity of the res
ervoir about 5': times, from
P. 000 acre-feet to 45.000 acre
feet. Sise Incress
The size of the lake !?e. n-ill
oe increased many times. The
larger area will require reloca
tion of roads, moving of homes
and some businesses and the
clearing of considerable land.
The present junction of High
way 66 and the old Facific
highway will be inundated, and
arms of the lake will go far up
Emigrant creek and Hill creek.
Preliminary work on the
Green Springs powerhouse will
get under way next year, with
full-scale construction, the sum
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pn'k up additional water from a number of creeks in that area.
11 will pass the Keen Creek diversion and through a tunnel
under the Cascade divide (shown by the broken line) and
through a channel and penstock lo the Green Springs power
house. Part of this w ater will go into the Ashland lateral canal
along the west side of the valley, but most of it will flow down
Emigrant creek into Emigrant reservoir, which will be en
larged to hold p. maximum of 45.000 acre-fcet. This will be the
chief immediate sovirce of irrigation water during the summer.
The reservoirs at Hyatt and Howard prairies will be drawn
down mostly in the winter, to fill electric needs and to replen
ish the supply in Emigrant reservoir before the irrigation sea
son. The north end of Howard Prairier reservoir will be ad
jacent to the present Dead Indian road.
lake will be when full. Just to the right of this picture is a gap
in the hills which will be filled when an earth-fill wing dam,
because the gap at present is below the proposed high water
level. Another wing dam will be needed in the gap on the far
side of the hill at the right. Highway 66 will have to be relo
cated before the enlarge lake rises.
mer of 1958. with completion a
year later. It will cost an esti
mated S2. 000, 000.
The entire project is sched
uled for completion, except for
some minor canal work, by the
summer of 1962, but much of it
will be done a year earlier, and
its benefits will start to be felt
sooner than that.
Tne total cost, based on cur
rent estimates, will be about
S21.000.000. but some of the
bids received so far have been
considerably below estimates,
while others have been above.
What the ultimate cost will be
remains to be seen, but it is not
expected to go too far above the
estimates.
Penstock, Powerhouse
One of the most spectacular
aspects of the job. and the one
most readily visible, will be the
penstock and powerhouse. The
penstock will go down more
than 1.700-feet. and will be
about 9.600 feet long It will
cross the Green Springs high
way (No. 66i at about its steep
est point, as it winds around
the side of the hills above Tyler
creek.
From the powerhouse. s"me of
the water will go into the Ash
land lateral, for delivery to
higher lands on the W'est side of
the valley, and the rest into
Emigrant creek and so into the
reservoir.
Some of the most important
work in the project, but prob
ably the least spectacular, will
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be the construction of new de
livery canals and laterals, and
the reconstruction and repair of
existing structures.
Completion of the project will
mark a milestone in the prog
ress of the Rogue valley, and
another step in the continuing
program of western reclamation
and irrigation.
Ontario Man Fatally
Injured in Accident
Ontario, Ore. fU.R) Iraneig
Montiel Yebra, 24, of Ontario,
was fatally injured 11 miles
north of there Friday night In a
one-car accident on Highway 30.
He died yesterday morning in an
Ontario hospital.
Riding with Yebra was Greg
orio Hernandez, 48, also of On
tario. He threw himself on the
floor boards and was not injured.
Police said Yebra's car went
off the right side of the road
and skidded for 133 feet in a
ditch, then bounced back on the
highway and rolled 210 feet be
fore it stopped. Yebra was
thrown from the car.
Washington ill.Rl A spec
ial postage stamp honoring the
salmon industry may have its
first day of sale in Seattle.
Amity, Ore. 'U.Ri Fire lev
eled a farm dwelling here Thurs
day and left the Raymond Jones
familv of seven homeless.
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LAKE TO RISE FHOM HERE This view is
taken from the top of the existing concrete
rch dam which backs up Emigrant lake. The
present dam will serve as the core of a new
arth-fill dam, which will rise about 84 feet
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HEAD OF THE NEW LAKE Shown above
is a stretch of the Dead Indian road abqut
half-way between Lake of the Woods and
Ashland where the upper end of the newly
created Howard Prairie lake will be. The wa
ters of the lake are expected to come right
Contest Touches Off Controversy
Long Beach, Calif. (U.Ri
Carol Morris, daughter of an
Iowa minister, won the Miss
Universe title early Saturday
and touched off a controversy
that marred the contest.
The judges' selection was an -
nounced a few minutes after
midnight and smouldering re
sentment of rejected Latin
America contestants flared into
open revolt.
All of the Latin American
beauties were eliminated earlier
from the five girl semi-finals,
causing complaints that the
judges were biased in favor of
North American and European
types.
I n ey bore no personal grudge
against the statuesque 20-year-
old daughter of an Ollunivva.
minister but they thought Latin
Americans had been slighted be -
cause none from their ranks had
von the contest in its five-year
history.
Miss Braiil's Merit
Some of the Europeans sided
with the Latin Americans. Iris
Waller, Miss England one of the
semi-finalists, congratulated Miss
Morris but later said she thought
it "very odd that all Latin Americans among the 15 semi
American girls were disqual- finalists there was ample ma
iied" I terial for the final five.
"I thought Miss Brazil es-1 -.Miss Argentine. Miss Mexico
pecially deserved to be among jsnd Miss Peru all were well
the selected five semi-finalists," qualified to eet into this erouo."
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earlier had refused to pose with
Miss Germany, thought at least
one Latin American should have
j been in the semifinals,
j Tne Laun Americans thought
. it was unfair that Americans
, ,, .i-ie title in two nf the
las' three contests.
Most of the foreign girls were
good losers Friday night when
Miss Morris, winner of the Miss
Iowa and Miss USA titles, was
picked from among five inter
national finalists as fhe most
beautiful girl in the world.
M'ss Germany Second
There were happy congratula
tions for the Drake university
, coed from her runners-tip. Miss
Germany. Marina Orschel. 19:
Miss Sweden. Ingrid Goude. 19.
j .tj,c5 England. Iris Waller. 21:
1 pncj j!5S Italy. RnWnna Galli.
21, who finished in that order
jln the finals,
I But in the wings after the
- contest was over, much Emm-
bling came from the Latin Amer
icans. Maria Cardosa, Miss Bra
zil, declared:
"We all are disappointed. I
am certain that among the Latin
she added. "It didn't matter to
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higher and multiply the size of the lake about
5 1 2 times. When completed the high water
mark will be nearly half way up the small
hill shown on the far side of the lake.
up to the right side of the road, and may pos
sibly require a short section of the road
shovvn to be relocated. This view looks ap
proximately to the east. The lake will go
south from this point, about five miles to th
new dam.
me whether I got in or not."
Judge Defends Choice
One of the nine judge,
lustrator Alberto Varga, hinv
self of Peruvian origin. nf
phatically denied that the judge
had attended too lightly to the
duties:
''It's one of the mot tftanl
less jobs in the world," he de
clared. "In fairness to moy col
leagues, I must insist that they
did a most careful, conscientious
job in accordance with their In
structions. The winner has darV brown
l.air. blue eyes and a fair com
plexion. She is five-feet, seven
inches tall, weighs 129 pounds
and measures 36-25-36.
Miss Morris. Drake uni
versity swimming champion,
fainted after beins declared the
j winner, but. she later came rn
i stage ' to receive her scepter.
crown and satin cape amid the
cheering of the 4.000 spectators
at Long Beach Municipal Audi
torum. Her mother and father, the
Rev. Laverne Morris and his
wife. Gertrude, were in the
audience.
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