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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1956)
J vj ;J Spy' ssn -- v.. S kaf Ml . THS PARTY MfcYpU PREPARED BY CHICAGO HOSTS, this is cover of Demo- ' cratic convention book for national convention. Colors are red, blue, yellow and black. (International Soundphoto) In The Day's News by Frank win, J the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray? Suez stuff: Stocks dropped an estimated 2Vi billion dollars in quoted value in trading on the New York stock market. International oils' were hardest hit and showed the least comeback when the market tried to steady itself shortly before noon. ("International" oil comes largely from the Near and Mid dle East. If it has to be hauled around the southern tip of Afri ca it will cost more at point of delivery.) THERE was a time in history of the world when war was regarded as good for business especially FAST BUCK business. Those days are gone. Every body knows now that war is bad for business. ' WHAT of the Suez issue? It's in the poker game stage. Nasser is looking at his hand and trying to decide if it's strong' enough to bet on. The Arab countries are all for him, but all put together they don"t amount to much. What Nasser wants to know is what Russia is going to do. THE day's dose of politics: Harold Stassen continues his anti-Nixon campaign today with charges that the vice-president has evident weaknesses as a vote-getter among labor, mi nority and independent voter groups. He might have added that Nixon is EXCEEDINGLY weak among dyed-in-the-woot Demo crats. They look upon his as too popular among voters generally, and would like to get rid of him. A SAN QUENTIN, prison con vict escapes from an honor camp at a forestry project near Eureka, and road blocks set up in the area failed to catch him. He was sentenced in Trinity county in December of 1954 to a term of up to five years and he had a prior felony on his record, but his behavior had been good enough to win him a chance at honest labor in the great out doors. He WASN'T good enough, and skipped out when nobody was looking. THERE have been a lot of es capes from these honor camps, where convicts do useful labor in the national forests and the state parks and other public enterprises, and are paid wages in addition to their board and lodging. The percentage of escapes, however, has been surprisingly small, and I hope the state of California keeps the honor sys tem going. Suppose some of them do take it on the lam. May be few will think it over and COME BACK. You know what St. Matthew says: "If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into WIRES PERSPIRE. DIE Detroit (U.R) Excessive sweating knocked 20,000 subur ban telephones out of commis sion Monday for more than three hours. -Telephone company officials explained that high humidity made cables perspire and caused a short circuit. 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Hoffbuhr explained that the present irrigation system is un able to provide a uniform amount of water to about the 10,000 acres under irrigation Last year, Hoffbuhr said, the irrigation system provided about 12 inches of water per acre and this year will provide about 12V4 inches per acre. When the new Talent project is complete, he said, the system will irrigate about 5,000 additional acres. Diversion Sites Hoffbuhr-said the new Talent project will operate with diver sion sites situated on several creeks which divert water into collection canals. From collec tion canals, he added, the water will be directed into the Howard Prairie Collection reservoir and then delivered through a long canal to the pover house. The 15,000 irrigated acres will receive a uniform amount of water, he said. Emigrant res ervoir, located below Howard Prairie reservoir, will be used for flood control as well as stor age, Hoffbuhr pointed out. He said the Emigrant reservoir will be enlarged five times its pres ent size and will be designed to relieve the pressure on the low er Rogue. Hyatt reservoir will be used for supplemental storage only, he said, and will be practically full, or static, all the time1. He said the bureau of land manage ment is planning sites for sum mer homes on the banks of both Howard Prairie and Hyatt reser voirs. Cost of the Talent Project will be about $21,000,000, Hoffbuhr said. He pointed out that $96,000 will be utilized for fish and wildlife: $350,000 for flood con trol; $356,000 for recreation; S12,000,000 for irrigation; and $8,000,000 for power features. Financing Project Hoffbuhr continued that wa ter users will have to pay for about $5,810,000 of the project costs. Power costs should be paid or in about 41 years, he said. The total cost of the project should be paid for in about 53.9 years, he commented. After completion of the proj ect water users will receive about 2.6 acre feet of water for irrigation, Hoffbuhr said. This is about twice as much as they have been receiving, he said. Water, users will be assessed about $10.75 per acre, he point ed out, which is about the same as they are paying now. Hoffbuhr stated that bids have been opened on the Deadwood tunnel which is the first feature of the Talent Project to be con structed. Next summer, he said, construction crews will clear the area for the Howard Prairie reservoir and will start con struction on the dam the follow ing summer. Completion of the Talent Project will be in 1962, he said. Answers Questions In answering questions on the project, Hoffbuhr said prospects for diversified crops will remain about the same: He said about $4,000,000 of the cost will be used to expand present facilities in the Talent Irrigation system. The Talent Project will re main under government control for the 53.9 years allotted to pay for the project, he explained. Then the control of the project will return to the Talent Irriga tion district, he added. The gov ernment will have permanent control of the power house, he concluded. Army Sergeant Drowns In Trying To Save Dog Tokyo (U.R A U.S. Army sergeant drowned while trying to have a dog in a lake near Mount Fuji, the Army an nounced Monday. The Army said Sgt. Lowell Wyatt Jr. was seized with cramps after plunging into the water after the dog which jumped from the sailboat on Lake Yamanaka last Thursday. Wyatt is survived by his wife, Mary Lee, of Monett, Ark. Sherry Fong Loses Motion for Release Portland (U.R) Sherry Fong, awaiting outcome of an appeal for hei second degree murder conviction, yesterday lost a mo tion to be released on bail. Mrs. Fong was convicted of the slaying of her former friend and baby-sitter, 16 -year -old Diane Hank. She has appealed the conviction to othe state su preme court. ' Judge Frank J. Lonergan yes terday refused her motion to be released on bail, pending out come of the appeal. Mrs. Fong was sentenced to life imprisonment last ; Decem ber. Her husband, Wey Him Fong, later was acquitted in a separate trial. Judge Lonergan ruled he had "no authority under the law to grant the release on bail." Tuesday, Avcruet 7, 19S8 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIV8 Chiloqiiin Woman Faces Murder Charge Klamath Falls ' (U.R) Mrs. Loretta Kirk, 51-year-old Chilo quin housewife, yesterday was charged with first degree mur der in connection with the slay ing of Pedro Pacheco. Pacheco, a 49-year-old Klam ath Falls railroad worker, died early Saturday from knife wounds suffered July 29. Mrs. Kirk was arraigned be fore District Judge D. E. Van Vactor and given until next Monday to advise the court of her plea. She is being held in the Klamath county jail. Mrs. Kirk earlier told police that she had believed Pacheco to be the person who had al legedly attempted to drag her 3C-year-old daughter into his cabin. Mysterious Disease Kills Korea Children Seoul, Korea U.R) South Korean doctors today were try ing to find the cause of a mys terious disease that claimed the lives of 12 -children during last week end. All the victims were under age 11. The first to die were three children of a family living near Taegu. The suffered abdominal pains of unknown case. Nine other children in the same area sbsequently died of the same disease. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 530 previous day One Week Only Special Services With Evang. Hildrelh Ethridge Stirring messages of deliverance every night except Monday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Are You Bound by Fear, Sin or Sickness? j God Has Deliverance for Youl ' Phoenix Assembly of God Church 411 2nd St.-Phoenix LeRoy Nidever, Pastor 1 1 Measles Cases Reported in County Eleven cases of measles were reported in Jackson county for the week ending Aug. 4, accord ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, pub lic health physician. Ashland had four cases of measles; Central Point 3; Med ford 2; and Phoenix and Eagle Point each 1. Other diseases reported for the week included strep throat. Central Point 1, Medford 1 and Eagle Point 1; influenza, Med ford 2; mumps, Medford 3; Pros pect 1 and Talent 1; chicken pox. Rogue River 1; infectious hepatitis. Eagle Point 2, Med ford 1 and Central Point 2; and pink eye, Rogue River 1 and Trail 1. SLEEPER IN BANK Newark, N.J. 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