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Sundav, June 9, 1S5T nder Howard Prairie Darn Completion Slaled for 1959 Bid Openings Set For Other Phases o O o v. TEIf MEDFOHD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE J Segments v it I 4',. Jrj ,4 n ,3 4 . -t m Sy ELLIOT CARLSON Mail TribuM Staff Wrilar bout 4.500 feet above sea level in the Cascade mountains, nearly 20 miles southeast of Ash lanr). construction is under way ' the first three of 25 segments of the S21 million Talent project. Preliminary work has started on preparing the foundation of the $1,074,000 Howard Prairie darn, one of the major "project items" in the Talent project. Construction of the dam, to be an earthfilled structure, will be completed this fall. The structure will be 8 feet high and 1.000 feet long at the crest with concrete core, and will dam the Howard Prairie reservoir. The lake will be five miles long. 80 feet deep and 2.5000 acres in area. It will be ready for use in the summer of 1959 Bid Opening Set Bids for clearing 800-acres of land for the reservoir will be opened at 2 p m. June 18, as the bureau of reclamation office at Camp White, according to J. A. Callen, the bureau's project con- struction engineer. A contract to ciear the balance of the reservoir site, totaling about 1,7000-acres will be awarded sometime in the summer of 1958. Water to fill the lake will be diverted from several high-coun- try creeks, through the Dead - wood tunnel, near Dead Indian rd. Work on the $426,000 tunnel, first phase of the Talent project to be started, has resulted in ' 2.000 feet of the 3.6000-foot tun nel beffig excavated. Water from the lake, to be used for irrigation and power : generating purposes, will be di verted through creeks and man made canals, conduits and tun nels through the Cascade divide to the west slope of the Green Springs. To Power Vlaat From there it will drop into the power plant. It will con tinue from their to Emigrant lake for distribution throughout tho Rogue valley for irrigation. Third major portion of the Talent project now under con struction u the $373,000 hydraulic- turbine and $283,700 generator for the Green Springs . power plant, which will gener ate about 18,000 kilowatts of jlectricty. " Callan htm estimated that one third of the work on the six-year Talent project will be either rompleted or under construction hy the end of 1857. Bids will be either awarded or opened on six sections of work, including con tracts valued at about $6 million, early this summer, completing work scheduled for 1957. Bids Rejected Work on the project is a "trifle behind." Callan said, be cause several bids had to be re- ' jected last fall due to excessive amount. Twelve contracts re- .main to ba awarded to finish the project, which is scheduled for completion in 1982. i Other work now in progress includes relocating Hyatt and .Dead Indian rds. in order that :their route will not conflict with Talent project facilities. Clearing right-of-ways for the "roads Will be done this summer . and grading will be concluded in 1958. Bitia will be opened June 18 An the Green Springs power 'plant switchyard and penstock. Then work will be constructed on a aite southeast cf Ashland along Emigrant creek near High way 68. The penstock will pro vice a 1.775-foot drrp into the Greco Springs power plant, c Work on the power-plant will include a single-unit concrete 'ructure and trailrace structure. IRRIGATION PUMPS to 60 H.P. From $2950 UP h H.P. SHALLOW WELL $3950 M H P. DEEP WELL 9600 how' Sb&ipa Hardware P. $ 2 IJ 22S W. Main MEDFORD, OREGON We & S4H Graea Sta-npi PANORAMA OF CONSTRUCTION SITE The R. A Construction comnanv. Portland, is stripping the abutments on what will be the Howard Prairie dam, shown above. The Talent project dam will include 186.000 cubic yards of earth fill. 204,000 cubic yards of rock fill and a concrete core. It will be equipped with an outlet to the canal and a spillway. The structure, to be 1.000 feet across at the crest. 426 feet f CifJiPK-. ii4 , DEADWOOD TUNNEL Shown above is the upstream portal of the Deadwood tunnel that, when completed, will divert water from sev eral high - country creeks to the Howard Prairie reservoir. Glenn A. Gerrard, crew member of the Lord Brothers Construction company, Portland, stands near a large pipe that pumps fresh air deep into the tunnel. a major plant equipped by the government, about 9.000 linear feet of steel penstock, a surge tank, a switchyard, road reloca tion and a parking area. Bids on Headquarters Bids will b? opened June 20 on a headquarters for a Howard Prairie dam caretaker and bu reau of reclamation survey crews and inspection personnel. A $1,636,000 bid was awarded recently for construction of the first 10 miles of the Howard Prairie delivery canal, scheduled for completion in about a year from this fall. This portion of the canal extends from Howard Prairie dam to the Little Beaver creek siphon and wasteway. Bids will be warded later this summer on the second portion of the delivery canal, which will then continue nine miles from the Little Beaver point to the Keene creek dam and reservoir, near Highway 66. Bids on this segment will be called late in June. Major Contract According to Callan, bids will be called late in June on a major contract that will include several important phases of work. Among the projects are construc tion of the Keene creek dam and reservoir, relocating Highway 66. and construction of the 4.000 foot long power conduit line and tunnels, one 1.800 feet long and the other 5,000 feet. About 11 segments of the Tal ent project will remain to be started in 1958. among them At OK MARKET SILVER DOLLAR if? STAMPS! r t V Ah a MEDFORD MUFFLER CO. vt a DOODY'S RICHFIELD SERVICE STATION IK, JOHNSON'S MODEL BAKERY & BAKERY LUNCH Heintz i reconstruction of Emigrant dam on emigrant creeK, about tne last work scheduled for the project. It will be completed in 1962. The present dam on the site, near Highway 66, will be raised 75 feet, which will enlarge stor age capacity of the Emigrant reservoir from 8,000 to 40,000 acre-feet of water. The work will cost and estimated $4,581,000. Other contracts will be award ed next year on rehabilitation work on Emigrant dam's east canal, which extends 24 miles from the dam to an area east of Medford, and on rehabilita tion work on Talent Irrigation district facilities. Five segments in the Rogue water shed, to be started in 1958, Denial Building Construction Starts Construction of a duplex dent al building to house offices of Dr. Virgil Mohr and Dr. H. H. Bresee is under way at Portland ave. and East Main st. The stone and stucco structure should be ready for occupancy about Aug. 1, according to the owners. The facilities also will include a dental laboratory to be oper ated by Emerson Anderson, Med ford. Both Dr. Mohr and Dr. Bresee have practiced dentistry in Medford for about 10 years. a a a Pqj Also crh ROXY ANN MARKET & THE CRATERIAN BEAUTY SALON tf if wide at the base and 88 feet high, will dam a large, new lake, the Howard Prairie reservoir. It will store water diverted to it by the Deadwood tunnel, located several hundred feet higher in the Cascades and a few miles east of the dam site. The water is to be used for irrigation and power generating purposes. The dam will be completed late this fall and the lake will be full in the summer of 1959. At tins end, what workers call "moletram crews" have bored 400 feet into the tunnel. It will be 3,600 feet long when complete. Crews at the other end also have progressed a few hundred feet. Work on S426.000 tunnel started last September, first phase of the Tal ent project to get under construction. are scheduled to complete work on the Talent project. They in clude construction of the South Fork Little Butte creek diver sion dam and canal, the Daley creek diversion site, the Beaver dam creek diversion site. Dead Indian diversion dam and Conde creek diversion dam and canal. ?? 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The new law calls for appointment of one member with a term to expire July 1, two with terms to expire July 1, 1959, two for July 1, 1960 and two for July 1, 1961. The bills provide that various geographical areas of the state be represented and that at least six member be actively engaged in agriculture. It also provides that the board shall hold four meetings a year, two more than under the old law. School Officials Plan Meeting on Wednesday Members of districct 13 school board association will meet Wednesday, June 12, at 8 p.m. in the Hedrick Junior High school cafetorium. State Sen. Philip Lowry, mem ber of the senate education com mittee, will speak on school leg islation. Attending the meeting will be all directors and admin istrators from the district, which includes Jackson and Josephine counties. Arkansas spent 4.8 per cent of its revenues for cost of govern ment and miscellaneous gener al agencies during fiscal 1955 56. v . . . With the Dramatic New 1957 West inghouse AIR CONDITIONER Senate Demo Leaders Hope To Get elp From By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondence Washington Senate Demo cratic leaders are holding back on bringing up the Hells Canyon dam authoriza tion bill in hopes that public reaction against the fast write-off for Idaho Pow er Co. will help turn the the tide of votes in favor A Roht. Smith ""J iiign dam bill. The public reaction is expect ed to be stimulated by the dis closures coming from the inves tigation of Senator Kefauver's anti - monopoly subcommittee, which is thoroughly covering the administraton's decision to grant the S65,000,000 tax write-off to the Idaho utility. That subcommittee last week reached what its members feel was one of its high points when it showed that on the day the Office of Defense Mobilization approved and signed the Idaho Power tax certificates, the util ity's stock hit a new high for the year on the New York ex change in a big spurt of trading. That was April 17, a week before ODM announced its decision to the public. ODM admits that on April 18 it turned over the tax certificates to Idaho Power rep resentatives but didn't leak the information the day before. Triple Average Gains It may . be several weeks be fore the subcommittee concludes this phase by trying to determine who purchased the Idaho Power securities on that critical day and whether they were given inside information on which to make a killing. The company's stock subsequently made steady gains, roughly triple the average securities gains as shown by the Dow-Jones average. These disclosures may Intens ify the reaction against the tax write-off, but whether it will improve the chances of the high 31 li'ai iVtiafl Thinner! Lower! Runs on less current than your electric iron or toaster! Saves up to 40 on electricity! Saves on Installation! Only Per Week After Small Down Payment ton a at SBRJ ok Wbstin0house o Phone SP 3-6241 3k--k-vi-K Idaho Write dam bill being passed is open to question. Reportedly too many southern Democrats are still un willing to vote for the Hells Canyon bill, despite the outraged feelings home have vented about the tax grant. The Republicans are expected to hold firm, against the bill, al though many privately are sore as hornets over the hole the tax write-off has put them in. Yet they are pleased that Sena tor Wayne Morse has given them a chance to defend the integrity Capitalism Film Available at CC "The Story of Creative Cap ital," a film describing what capitalism is, where capital comes from and what it does, is being offered for Joan to local organizations Dy tne Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The film features cartoon characters, music and color. Among the characters telling the story are Alf the Elf, who puts people to sleep for 20 years, and Rick Van Winkle, who desper ately wants to be a "capitalist." "The film is designed to help people in the community to bet ter understand the meaning of capitalism and why each of us has a real stake" in capitalism as a way of life," according to Don McNeil, chamber manager. It will be available until June 29, McNeil stated. This Is the last day some of prices. If you haven't taken today and select from our 500 GAL SEPTIC TANKS State Approved 63 88 REMEMBER! 40 GAL. 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