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e o o O w O K1BPDSD (OBSGOV) VJk.IL TJ.IBUKE KINK Interior Department Getting Set To Win Columbia Basin Approval By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The interior department is getting all set tor another concentrated attempt to 01 a coiumDia basin reclama tion account a method - by which new and existing federal power projects in the Pacific North-west- would A Bokt imit coniriouie IT pwer subsidy to develop new irrigation projects throughout the region. This is essentally a long range plan designed to provide an extra source of revenue to finance many of the less eco nomically feasible reclamation projects thai are beyond the ability of water users to pay for entirely. It would mean, if adopted, that some power revenue from McNary 4am, for example, might be placed in a special basin account and used to help finance new irrigation projects anywhere in the Columbia ba sin, not just in the vicinity of . that Columbia River dam. Mora Details Commissioner of Reclamation W. A. Dexheimr may give more -details f what the interior de partment plans' to do next week when hr makes a speech at Yakima Both Detfheimer and Interior Secre.ary Fred A. Seaton meu-tioar.-d the possibility of a basin ac.ount fof the Northwest when O t!iey addressed the National Reclamation Association at Salt Lake City last week. They didn't commit the Eisenhower admims O trataon to advocate such a plan-, but they both spoke favorably of it and indicated clearly they are hopeful of pushing it through, One reason the department is starting a drive for the basin account now is that it feels Con- Kress this past session approved the principle wfiich is inherent in the plan when it authorized the Crooked river project in central Oregonand the vast-four-state Upper Colorado reclama tion project in the inter-Moun-ctain states. In both instances, ir rigation development will be aided financially by power rev enues from dam that are phy- j sically unrelated to th,e irrigated acreage. Sam Principal The same principle has been applied t power dams and rec lamation in the Missouri basin and in California's vast central valley. So the Columbia basin now remains the' last reat area with big irrigation possibilities "Your Savings are Insured" We hear that phrase a lot these days - but what does it actually mean to you? .Well, at Jackson County Federal, it means that the money you invest Is safe that there is not one chance in a million that anything can happen to the dollars you've worked so hard to earn and have entrusted to us for safe-keeping. Now,- how Is this done? Well, Jackson County Federal is one of more. than 3,000 financial Institu tions insured jagainst loss by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora tion. The Corporation is an independent agency of the United States govern ment. I now protects more than 28 billion dollars in savings and loan associa tions across the country. . ' Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and that, no matter what, your savings account is protected up to $10,000 against loss. And, of course, this extra service at Jackson County Federal costs you nothing. SAVINGS 126 East Main Medford that has not been brought under a basin account. One reason for this delay is that it has been controversial in the past. The bureau of recla mation tried to get it through Congress in 1950 as part of a big package which included the high Hells Canyon project and many projects of the corps of Commission Calls For Highway Bids Salem (U.PJ The Oregon State Highway commission will receive bids on $1,800,000 in highway projects at a meeting in Portland Dec. 17, it was an nounced Saturday. Projects to be bid on include: Douglas county: 2.83 miles of grading on the Myrtle Creek Canyonville section of the Paci fic highway, south from Myrtle Creek a four-lane job. Jackson county: 1.11 miles of grading and paving on the Pa cific highway In Ashland. Lane county: Traffic signals at tow intersections in Eugene. Malheur county: 16.29 miles of grading and paving on the lone highway about 36 miles north of McDermott, Nev., and 49 miles west and south of Jor dan Valley. Multnomah county: Install 16 mercury -vapor luminaires on .the Columbia River highway be low Crown Point vista house. Umatill- county: .25 mile of. grading and 1.22 miles of pav ing on the Hermiston highway about 3 miles south of Hermis ton. Wallowa county: .25 mile of grading and paving on the Wal lowa Lake highway and Main street in Enterprise. New Groups Join Transportation Club Four new groups have joined the newly-formed Rogue Valley Transportation club, the board of directors has announced. The new members include the Western Union company. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany, California -Oregon Power company and California Pacific Utilities company. The organization will hold a Christmas party Saturday eve ning, Dec. 8. Next regular club meeting will be held at noon Thursday, Dec. 20, in the Pio neer room of the Jackson hotel. Theme of the meeting will be "Christmas Festivities and Spirit." Prospective members may get This Is your symbol of safety This symbol means that Jackson County Federal has met and maintained the high standards demanded by the i LOAN ASSOCIATION Since lJOl Engineers. After a lengthy bat tle on the Senate floor, the rec lamation part of the package was shunted aside and the corps of engineers projects approved. Some groups and individuals -have opposed the basin account bacause they claim it may lead to development of uneconomic irrigation projects with revenues from sound power dams. Anoth er consideration is that it re quires the federal government to continue to build power dams in order to have that pow er revenue available, and some interests want the private utili ties to take over this job. Touch off Debate If the administration asks Congress to authorize such a plan this coming session, it will undoubtedly touch off another debate between those who sup port the Republican administra tion and the Democrats who have opposed its power and re source policies for the Demo crats will argue that the North west can't have an effective basin account without the as surance that more federal dams are going to be built instead of the "partnership" projects ad vocated by the administration. Secretary Seaton indicated last week that his answer to this argument Is to guarantee that power revenues from "partner ship" projects would be reserved for reclamation use after the utilities have paid off their in vestment in the dam. Seaton spoke of charging a falling water levy which the utilities would pay as a govern ment fee, so to speak, for the right to continue making use of the dam after their original licenses are issued for develop ment of hydroelectric sites and the time usually used by the utilities to amortize their capital investment. In other words, Seaton's ar gument is that a basin account can be set up and provided with revenue for reclamation by a reservation enforced by law on new power projects in the Co lumbia basin. And whether they are built entirely by the govern ment as federal dams, or by local utilities and the government as "partnership" projects, in either instance after their cost has been amortized they would . begin to contribute to the basin account. TREE ON TRAIN Alamogordo, N. M. (U.R) A 65-foot Engleman spruce cut in the mountains of New Mexico for the White House Christmas tree will be placed on a train with a state police guard Sun day for the trip to Washington. in touch with either Bob Steph enson. 3-5325, or Bob Holmes, 2-7173. "Where You Are Paid To Save" iijiiju ii iiiMi,:.iimi,iiiiiMimii oil iiiiiiiuii. ii i a 1 h . '. ' ' fd Su. fiirii iimrniWVi'- iiiinirMiniarrA faHiiilitfMl run r ARRIVING IN NEW TORK, Actress Marilyn Monroe givea "brushoff" to press saying she is tired. With her is Arthur Miller, her playwright-husband. (International Soundphoto) Police investigating Three Poison Deaths Hagerstown, Md. (U.R) Police investigating the poison - deaths of a West Virginia fruit picker and at least two of his children tried to find out Satur day how arsenic got into his well. During the last two weeks' 42-year-old William S. Kidwell and two of his children have died from arsenic poisoning and vir tually all the rest of the 11-mem-ber family have become ill. An other Kidwell child a 10-week-old infant died earlier this month, but police have not de termined whether the child was poisoned. Authorities said they do not yet know whether the deaths were accidental or killings. Mother Hospitalized The mother, who had been taken into custody for question ing about the "peculiar" nature of the case, was admitted to the Washington County General hos pital here Friday. Tom Kaylor, Washington coun ty state's attorney, said "she claimed she didn't feel too well." He indicated she would be tested for arsenic in her body. Friday night West Virginia police questioned and released Kidwell's brother, Richard. Po lice said they gave him a lie detector test but released him after the results were inconclu sive. Richard lived with his brother's family at their home near Kearneysville, W.Va. According to police sources Richard Kidwell said he also was ill. But these sources said he did not require hospitalization. Dr. Russell S. Fisher, chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland, revealed Friday that arsenic traces were found Swiss Stop Flow of Cheap Gasoline Bern, Switzerland (U.R) The Swis government Saturday stopped the flow of cheap and ration free Swiss gasoline for foreign motorists. Several thousand French, Ital ian and German motorists, it was reported, crossed the Swiss bor der during the past week for the sole purpose of buying cheap Swiss gasoline. But a government decree Is sued put a stop to ths practice in order to conserve Switzerland's dwindling stocks. Hereafter, foreign motorists will be required to state how much gasoline they had in their tanks when they crossed the bor der and only be permitted to "ex port" the same quantity when they leave the country. The new decree also forbids Swiss motorists from taking gas oline in spare containers with them when they leave Switzerland. Evenly RADIATED HEAT! ! v. ft 2 Hi 'V1 1 BEAUTY SAFETY COMFORT! NO SOOT! NO SMOKE! No damper needed GUARANTEED SAVINGS ON FUEL BILLS Send height and width of your fireplace opening and re ceive complete information by return mail. SHITH-DYNGE LBR. CO. J in a sample of water from Kid well's well. Could Have Been More He said there was not enough arsenic in the sample tested by his office to cause death. But, Fisher added, "we infer" there was probably more earlier since the sample was taken some time after the family was stricken 12 days ago. Authorities said one possi bility is that arsenic spray used on nearby fruit trees got into the well. Two of the Kidwell children. Thomas, 1, and Charles, 2, died last week. Kidwell died in the hospital here Thursday. A third child, 13-year-old Mollie, was in serious condition. The other six children are expected to recover. Petition Started In Valley View Ashland Residents of the Valley View district are circulat ing a petition to present to the state legislature requesting as sistance in establishing a fire protection organization. The move was strengthened Thursday when the two-story Valley View home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dawson burned to the ground. Friends and firemen were able to save the washer, dryer, refrigerator and deep freeze, though all other personal possessions of the family were burned. Several fire fighters received cuts while carrying kitchen equipment from the structure. The fire was believed to have started in the flue of the fire place. The Dawsons are tempo rarily staying at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Sand ers. Valley View. On Oct. 30 the residence of Oscar Self, Valley View, also was totally destroyed by fire. Five Pressure Gate Valve Bids Received Five bids have been submitted for furnishing high pressure gate valves for outlet works at How arA Prairi Ham near Ashland. according to the bureau of reclamation. Snhmittinff bids were the Pa cific Coast Engineering com pany, Alameda, cam., sio.ouu; Monarch Forge and Machine Works, Inc., $19,911; Guy F. At kinson comnanv. Inc.. South San Francisco. Calif., through its sub sidiary, Willamette Iron and SIppI roirreanv. Portland. $24,- 009; Hardie-Tynes Manufactur ing company, Birmingham, Ait., $23,500; and Charles C. Steward Machine company, Birmingham, Ala., $39,690. With the Modern THERMO-RITE Glass Fireplace FRONT! Special heat-treated truss paneli la beautiful solid brags frames with draft control make your fireplxc an efficient heat producer. Sunday, November 25. 1956 Two Men Arrested For Selling Space Norman, Okla. iU.PJ Police arrested two men Saturday for selling parking space at $1 a ear to fans arriving for the Oklahoma - Nebraska football game. They were doing a big busi ness telling space on a free campus parking lot. BALLET FOR HUNGARY Monterey, Calif. (U.R) Mon terey's Hill Theater will show Monday a film of the ballet "Ro meo and Juliet" produced by the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow. All proceeds will be donated for Hungarian relief. Don't CHRISTMAS OPENING Wednesday Night, Nov. 28 Medford Merchants have a reaf gala party planned, with the MeWord Junior Chamber of Commerce in charge of the Parade, starting at 6?30 p.m. Old Santa will be there in person . . . bands . . . floats . .a. fun for all. Don't miss itl o And Don't Forget To o mm t maemem f I ft Enjoy wholesome, delicious ice cream often during the holidays. Every one loves it ... as the perfect dessert to top off your Christmas seaso dinners or as a taste-tempting snack when guests drop in. We haVe all your favorite flavors in handy packs. Always Ask For "Jorgensen's CRASH VICTIM Vancouver, Wash. (UJ!) Ronald Rex Gibbs, 21, Joseph, Ore., was killed Friday night SAVE MORE Our prices are always SPECIAL Phone 3-4462 Wa'll have your order ready! Forget Medford's THROUGH THE SEASON AHEAD. You're Sure of When You Serve 9 V 11(1 IH whan his automobile failed to make a cuQ-e and crashed out of control on Highway 830 about eight miles east of Bingen, Wash. CSV' 3 OK MARKET 1201 Nortti RhrmM OPIN IVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT o HOLIDAY the BEST . M W I 1 A 6 ICE G o GO
