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
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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."
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Attends Congress Convention
Democratic Panelists
Seek Definition of
Modern Republicans
Washington (W Top Dem
ocrats including former Presi
dent Truman and Adlai Steven
son held a political quiz show
Tuesday night that sought a defi
nition of "modern Republican
ism." ' "
The results were not designed
to please the GOP National Com
mittee. The quiz was the featured at
traction of the first annual Dem
ocratic Party Night. Democrats
at dinner and after-dinner gath
erings throughout the nation
tuned in the recorded quiz show
broadcast over CBS Radio.
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.
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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
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Foster Dulles and President Ei
senhower were both in town at
the same time."
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Then, he asked, "Where did
they meet?"
Furcolo was first with an an
swer. "It must have been either
at the railroad station or the air
port," he said. Stevenson re
plied that the airport was cor
rect. Truman said he admired De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son for his recent remark that
criticism about defense spending
by his "rich 'friends" in the-U. S.
Chamber of Commerce "gives
me a pain."
"My admiration went up a
notch on that ' statement," Tru
man remarked, i
Furcolo said "it was a dog
goned good answer."
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