TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thuridar, August 1, 1957
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POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Copco employees George
Bryant and Don House stand beside the 132.000 volt trans
former that will soon be installed at the Eagle Point power
plant now being built by Copco in the Nichols' gap area.
Also pictured is the turbine that will be powered by the 435
loot head of water from an -irrigation canal. The plant will
operate under a constant flow of water and will provide part
of the company's "base" power load.
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UPPER END OF PENSTOCK At this point, more than 400
feet higher than the new Eagle Point power plant, water will
be collected in a small forebay for its 1,880-foot shoot to the
turbine at the boltom. Workmen, above, who are completing
forms at the opening of the penstock, had to board up the
hole to keep back the gale of hot air that escaped from the
pipe during the day. The penstock disappears from sight in
the picture where it starts down the hill at a steeper angle.
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LOWER END OF PENSTOCK Like a giant snake lying on
the steep hillside, the 42-inch steel penstock will carry water
to the new generating plant in the Nichols gap area north
of Eagle Point. The water will come from an irrigation canal
owned by the Eas;le Point Irrigation company. Energy from
the water had formerly gone to waste as it cascaded down a
series of drops to reach distribution laterals at a lower level.
Permission to use the water was granted to Copco in ex
change for maintenance of the ditch above the site. The
water comes from Big Butte creek.
Loggers' Championships
yuincy, Calif. Prizes total
ing S3. 000 wjll be awarded win
ners of the Pacific Coast Log
ger's championships to be staged
at the Plumas county fair the
evening of Aug; 10 at Quincy.
Martin Heddick, who has held
the all-round woodman's cham
pionship ior the past 'two years,
Slated at Plumas Fair
is expected to defend his title.
Competition will be in one
man saw bucking, hand chop
ping, limbing, axe throw, and
other classes.
Information is available by
writing O. B. Brown, Plumas
County Fair office, Quincy.
Deadline for entries is 9 a.m
Aua. 7, he said.
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Copco Project in
EaglePoinf Area
Will Cost $500,
Irrigation water that formerly
spilled uselessly hundreds of
feet through ravines to get to
laterals on the valley floor, will
soon be used to provide power
for a 2.813 kw generating plant
in the Eagle Point area accord
ing to Frank Benesh, district
manager of California Oregon
Power company.
The $500,000 project will use
the water from a high-level
ditch which croses Nichol's gap
about four miles north of Eagle
Point, owned by the Eagle Point
Irrigation company. The right to
utilize the water was granted to
Copco in exchange for mainte
nance of the ditch above the
power plant site to the source of
the water on Big Butte creek.
1.880-Foot Penstock
The water will be collected in
a small forebay high on the hill
side and will be carried through
a 42-inch steel pipe, or penstock,
to the generating plant below.
The penstock is 1,880 feet long,
with a total drop of 435 feet. It
is plainly visible from the Camp
White area.
The water turbine, rated at
3,900 horsepower, is a Francis
horizontal-type and will turn a
2,813 kw generator. Power will
be generated at 2,400 volts and
will be "stepped up" to 132.000
volts through a three-phase
transformer, to connect -with a
nearby transmission line, ac
cording to Benesh.
Automatic Unit
The unit will operate on a
constant flow of water and will
be unattended except for peri
odic inspection. Automatic fea
tures will shut it down in case
of malfunction.
After the water is used to gen
erate the power it will be fed
back into the irrigation laterals.
In order to get the water to an
advantageous point for the
downhill shoot, it was necessary
for Copco, to build seven miles
of ditches in addition to. the re
location of 1,800 feet of canal at
the bottom.
Construction was begun last
fall, Benesh said, and it will be
completed about Oct. 1.
POWER PLANT BASE This concrete found
ation block, at the foot of the 1,880 for, pen
stock, will support the new power plant being
built by Copco in the Nichols gap area north
of Eagle Point. A horizontal type turbine
will be moufited directly to the penstock and
discharge water will be carried to a back
bay, or small storage reservoir, before going
into, irrigation ditches for distribution. Elec
trical power will be generated at 2.400 volts
sndwill be transformed to 132,000 volts to
connect with a nearby Copco transmission
line.
Below Normal Temperatures in August Predicted
Washington -HP) The Weath
er Bureau forecasts below nor
mal temperatures and normal or
above rainfall for most of the
nation during August.
The 30-day outlook calls for
temperatures to average below
seasonal normals from the Ohio
and lower Mississippi valleys
eastward to the Atlantic seaboard.
Below normal is also predicted
for central and northern areas
west of the Continental Divide.
Hotter Than Usual
But it will be hotter than usual
in the central third of the nation
with the greatest departures over
the northern plains. Near nor
mal is indicated elsewhere.
Over most areas east of the
Appalachians normal or above
normal precipitation is forecast.
This should bring relief from the
drought in this area, the bureau
said.
More than usual rainfall also
is anticipated over the southern
plateau and coastal areas of the
Pacific Northwest. Subnormal
rainfall is indicated for the cen
tral and southern plains. Else
where rain will be about normal.
Weather Conditions
Cause Delay of Test
Las Vegas. Nev (IP) Deto
nation of a "below normal" nu
clear device from" a 500-foot
tower has been delayed another
24 hours because of weather
conditions. "N
The Atomic. Energy Commis
sion Wednesday for the third
time re-scheduled the shot .
11th in the summer test series
for 4:45 a.m. p.d.t. Friday.
Scientists said predicted, winds'
today would - have carried fall
out over the populated areas
of Pioche and -Alamo, Nev.
With an area or about 386,000
square miles, Egypt is more than-
three times tha size of the Brit
ish Isles.
Dietitian Appointed
At Camp White
Camp White Gladys J. Mc
Cracken has been appointed
dietitian of the VA Domiciliary
at Camp White to succeed Mrs.
Helen L. Tearson, who has been
transferred to the VA hospital
at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Miss McCracken comes to
Camp White from the VA hospital-
at Perry Point, Md., and
will assume her new duties Aug.
11. She plans to live in Med
ford.
Mrs. Pearson has been in
charge of the dietetic service for
the past two and a half years,
following the resignation of
Mrs. Franklin Girard.
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Drought Conditions!
Could Be Trouble !
For Soviet Leader j
Washington (IP! Drought j
and other unfavorable weather
conditions may make deep cuts
in Russia's farm crops this year,
experts said today.
If rains don't come soon to
wide areas of the Soviet Union1
the farm situation could mean
considerable trouble for Soviet
Communist Party Leader Nikita
Khrushchev. He has been brag
ging about rising Soviet farm'
output and predicted big things
in Soviet agriculture for this
year.
Experts have seen trouble
signs for Soviet agriculture
cropping up in the Soviet press
in recent weeks. The Russians
have been complaining about
poor planning to provide com
bines and other farm machinery
for duty in grain fields.
U. S. experts on Soviet agri
cultural problems are watching
and studying a. variety of reports
that Soviet crops also are being
hurt by drought and heat waves.
Shortage of Rainfall
There seems to be a shortage
of rainfall in important farm
areas of the northern Caucasus,
southern Ukraine, Volga area
and in Kazakhstan.
A poor year on Soviet collec
tive farms could hurt Khrush
chev politically. For years he has
been overlord of Soviet agricul
ture. There were widespread re
ports that differences over agri
cultural policies was brought up
prior to the recent Kremlin
shakeup. An agriculture setback
now would give Khrushchev's
opponents powerful new argu
ments against him.
GARDEN FRESH
PRODUCE '
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Celery
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CANTALOUPE
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From Chico
WATERMELONS
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The Best We've Seen This Year
Juice
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Bucket Full ....
Persona!
Service
MEAT
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Choice
Steaks
From Klamath "Sorans"
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Fate of Hungarian
Refugees Discussed
Belgrade IP) Rep. Fran
cis Waller (D-Pa.) and U.S. im
migration chief Gen. Joseph
Swing met Wednesday with Do
brfvoje Vidic, Yugoslav under
secretary for foreign affairs, to
discuss the fate of Hungarian
refugees still- in Yugoslav
camps.
U.S. Ambassador James Rid
dleberger also attended the
talks.
ALMOST EVERYBODY LIKES FRIED CHICKEN!
NEVER A DOUBT ABOUT OK FAMOUS
Ground Beef 2 ;
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be back for more.
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CUCUMBERS
RADISHES
GREEN ONIONS
GREEN PEPPERS
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RED HAVEN
Fancy Tree Ripe
Peaches
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Stick Bologna .... 89 ea.
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