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IPorier Calls for S44.000 for Completion of Survey Reports Washington Congressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) Mon day called for 544,000 for com pletion of Army engineers sur vey reports on the Rogue river and its tributaries. He testified before the public work subcommittee of the house committee on appropria tions on proposed expenditures during the next fiscal year. Por ter said the funds requested by him and other members of the Oregon delegation "would keep on schedule the construction and planning of these projects and mean an immediate brace under the sagging economy of this area.". There is no provision in the president's budget for the Rogue basin survey. Bxolaim Report Porter explained the report will cover local protective works such as levees, revetments, and channel improvement, which may be found justified as sup plementing the flood control ef fect of irrigation reservoirs un der study by the bureau of rec lamation. "The possibility of providing additional storage for flood con trol and multiple purpose use will be investigated and consid eration given to the problem of maintaining fishing resources of the stream," he stated. The' congressman said, "I have been informed by Gen. J. L. Per son, chief of civil works, that S3, 500 has been made available to continue this survey through the end of the current fiscal year. The money was made available through reallocation of unexpended funds in other areas. However, a new estimate of it after fiscal year 1,957 is now $44,000 . . . The study could be completed during the coming fiscal year if this amount is made available by appropriation to the Local Woman Attends Convention of Rivers Congress in Capital Washington The National Rivers and Harbors Congress' project committee recently plac ed a flood control and conserva tion survey of the Rogue River valley in its class III, which asks engineering authorities to make an expeditious report. The committee's endorsement was voted by the Congress at a ' J I t I ' - ttl ' 'ft. Ik 1 I. closed convention session May 18. The endorsement came after several witnesses testified before the committee in behalf of a $50,000 appropriation for the bureau of reclamation and Army engineers to make a survey. Among Witnesses Among witnesses was Mrs. K, E. Heffernan of Medford, who operates a 225-acre orchard in the Rogue valley. She was the first woman witness to appear before the committee in a dec ade. A member of the Junior League and daughter of one the first families of Oregon, Mrs. Heffernan was named a delegate to the convention by Congress man Charles O. Porter. Mrs. Heffernan became inter ested in conservation after the flood in 1955 damaged about $4 million worth of property along Rogue river. She also is a super visor of the Rogue River Soil Conservation district. She was accompanied to Wash ington by her mother, Mrs. E. B. Hanley. She remained in Wash ington after the convention to confer with department of agri culture officials on conservation matters. ... The National Rivers and Har bors Congress is composed of in- dividuals and governmental agencies working for a long- range program of flood control and harbor improvement. Army Engineers ... I intend to introduce' legislation authorizing a project based on "the engineers' report as soon as it becomes available and I think it would be a real economic disaster to de lay further the completion of this report by failure to approp riate the necessary funds." Flood Damage Porter added, "The basin has been putting up with serious flood damage for years and the last major flood a year and a half ago was just this side of a major disaster." The congressman 2lso urged appropriation of $6,041,000 in cluded in the president's budget for construction of the Talent division of the Rogue river basin bureau of reclamation project. ' "Total cost of this project is estimated at $19,200,00, which is a considerable reduction from the original estimated cost," he pointed out. "It was authorized in August of 1954 and involves rehabilita tion work on the Talent Irriga tion District for flood control, irrigation and electric power generation. It is extremely im portant in an area of my district which has suffered heavily from floods and its irrigation econo mic benefits are substantial . . The program for the year includ es a provision for progress pay ments on the first section of Howard Prairie Delivery canal, award of construction contracts and progress payments on the second and third sections and on the .Ashland, East and Talent laterals. He continued, "Progress pay ments are also scheduled on the Green Springs Power plant and related equipment and the award of a contract for the Cascade Divide tunnel and inlet struc ture. Also provided for are right of way acquisition, - reservoir area clearing and relocation of county and forest service roads as well as progress payments on the prime contract for the How ard Prairie Dam. A number of other items involved in the over all program can be continued or initiated with the amount re quested in the budget ... I have reason to believe that the amount requested has already been cut to the bone before the budget was presented to the com mittee, and I believe the full amount should be appropriated." HOMEMAKERS Greenville, Mich. (IT) Thirty-three high school boys en rolled in the local school's first home economics class for males. "The boys have wanted such a class for some time and their in terest is genuine," said Cathe rine Stall, home economics instructor. k You con put stars in lfe eyes of your favor He brkie with a gift of beautiful, contemporary Lifetime Wore, the original Melomine Melmoc dinnerwwe. 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Stevenson Quizmaster Stevenson, Democratic presi dential candidate in 1952 and 1956, acted as quizmaster. Tru man, Mrs. Alben Barkley, Sen. John Sparkman (D-Ala.) and Gov. Foster Fufcolo of Massa chusetts were the panelists. Stevenson said that Rep. Noah Mason (R-Ill.) termed modern Republicanism "a form of brib ery, a program to buy votes with the voters' own money." Sparkman said "modern Re publicanism is never putting off until tomorrow what should have been done in 1873." It is "like an iceberg," Fur colo said. He explained that "it's cold, slow-moving, and very little of it shows above the surface." "The Republican iceberg is 10 per cent visible, 90 per cent sub merged and 100 per cent at sea," he added. Stevenson said mat "people in Washington are still talking about an historic occurrence which took place here not long ago. Secretary of State John North Idaho Gets Relief From Floods . By UNITED PRESS Weary North Idaho residents, plagued by rain-swollen creeks and streams, today were hope ful that the worst flooding was over as the weatherman pre dicted relief from the steady downpour of the last two weeks. Streams started dropping to ward their normal levels Tues day as the result of a combina tion of cooler weather and slack ening rain. It was believed that the flood danger was over, pro vided more rain didn't fall on the, area. Col. George B. Bennett, dep uty adjutant general forIdaho, relieved National Guardsmen from Lewiston and Grangeville who had been fighting high wa ter at Orofino, the most trouble some lood spot of the week. Orofino Mayor A. B. Curtis estimated the cost of repairing damage in his city alone would be $100,000. Wednesday, May 22, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Hanby School Slates Promotion Exercise Gold Hill Principal Gilbert A. Mack has announced thatthe Hanby Elementary school of Gold Hill will hold its eighth grade promotion exercises May 24 at 8 p.m. in the school's gym nasium. The Rev. Howard Walton of the Gold Hill Methodist church will give the invocation. The eighth grade teacher, Ro land Griffith, will introduce the class and present the awards. Dorothy Springman and Mari lyn McCoy will read the class history. The class will is to be given by Ronald Ross and Nor man Adkins Judy Kimmey and John Doherty will project the class prophecy. The program will include spe cial music from the seventh grade under the direction of Wil liam Brewster. Clarence Mellbye, vice prin cipal of Crater High and recent ly elected principal of the Cen tral High school between Mon mouth and Independence, will be the guest speaker. The title of his address is "Junk Heaps and Treasure Chests." Another feature will be music by the Hanby school band under the direction of Charles Cook. ( Norman Gail will give recom mendations and present diplo mas to the class. Exercises will conclude with a benediction by the Rev. Thomas White. ENVOY EN ROUTE TO U.S. Tokyo (IF) Koichiro Asakai, newly-appointed Japanese am bassador to the United States, was en- route to Washington by plane today to assume his new' post. Asakai, 51, a career diplo mat, formerly was Japanese am bassador to the Philippines. He succeeds Masayuki Tani - in Washington. More Than J 00 Visit Hospital on Thursday More than 110 persons regis tered at Sacred Heart hospital Thursday during Hospital day,, according to hospital officials. The Providence guild mem bers and friends served refresh ments and tea to the visitors and decorated the hospital for the i occasion. r What Are Coast-to-Coast Stores? The COAST-TO-COAST STORES ore an organiza tion of over 650 INDEPENDENTLY OWNED store located in 17 States. 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