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o O lliL '-A EGGS BY PRIZE HEN Bob Morrison of the . Poultry 4-H club. The eggs are collected each Southwest Medford 4-H club (left) and Craig day from the prize chickens at the annual Wright of the Chuck's poultry 4-H club (right) 4-H, FFA fair now going on at the Jackson look over eggs held by Donna Debrick of county fairgrounds. Central Point who is a member of Chuck's What Public Power Has Done for Oregon Reviewed by Journal When J. D. Ross took the helm of the infant Bonneville power administration 20 years ago, all he had was one uncom pleted dam, a tiny office in downtown Portland and a small group of public power zealots around him. Zealots who shared his dream. His great friend FDR (who "gave" Bonneville dam to Charley McNary and Gen. Mar tin) had not yet pressed- the but ton which started the first 5000- kilowatt house generator at Ben- neville dam. That came a month later. Ross' one-man, part-time pub licity show was run by a rising young writer, Richard L. Neu berger, now United States sen ator. Charley Carey, first of a long time of chief engineers, had not yet designed the backbone grid which was to bring cheap federal power to Portland and the Pa cific Northwest. And many won dered what Ross would do with all that Bonneville power. Half a million kilowatts was a lot of kilowatts in those days. All the principals in this drama (except Sen. Neuberger) are no longer on the scene. But the dream they dreamed has be come a bewildering reality. - Today, almost exactly 20 years after Pres. Roosevelt signed the Bonneville act (August 20, 1937), BPA is the world's largest util ity in terms of hydroelectric generation, marketing 4,700,000 kilowatts of power from 12 great multi-purpose dams in the Columbia basin system. It has the largest high voltage grid of all utilities in the United States approximately 750 cir cuit miles serving as the back bone grid for the Northwest power pool which ties together 11 great public and private power systems in the Pacific Northwest. : BPA has a plant Investment in transmission lines, substations and plant facilities approaching $.400,000,000. Its gross cumulative revenues since he beginning of operations totaled $518,000,000 by mid 1957. Power marketed since the .first generator was placed on the line at Benneville dam totals more than 219.000,000,000 kilo watt hours. That is enough to supplv all ie power require ments' of the United States of Ameaca for the first five months of the geophysical year. Industrial customers served by BPA, including the great alum inum plants in Oregon, Wash ington and Montana, represent a $250,000,000 investment, havej annual payrolls of more than $75,000,000, pay $6,000,000 in state and local taxes. But the payoff, in terms of widespread use of Bonneville power, distributed by public and private systems and in terms of electric living, is the fact that the average consumption per family in the BPA area is twice as high as the national average. It's an astonishing 8200 kilowatt hours a year, as compared with the 3100 national average. And for this BPA and the smart pub lic and private distributors of Benneville power can take full credit We have the cheapest power on earth. And right now we wish we had more lots more. Bonneville no longer is a cru sader's dream. It's a hard-headed reality, an amazing reality. So amazing that we wonder sometimes whether Roosevelt, Ross, McNary, Martin, Carey and friends would believe it if they could see it. But knowing them, seeing them in action in the crucial early days of BPA, we somehow believe they would. Oregon Journal. Dissected, Headless Body Found in Lake Chicago im The dissected, headless body of a woman was found jammed in a steel drum floating in Lake Michigan yacht basin Thursday and authorities today said it appeared to be the work of a professional butch er." v Deputy Coroner Norman Gib bons said the woman, believed to be between 35 and 40 years old, had been dead at least three days. He said identification would be difficult because the head, the right arm and both hands had been neatly severed. The drum, with its grisly car go, was sighted floating in Mont rose Harbor Thursday morning and was reported as a hazard to boatmen. . Grange Notes Phoenix Granga Phoenix Grange will meet Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 8 p.m. The program will be put on by the recreation committee. Mrs. Mervin Hixon, chairman. Refreshment committee will be Mrs. Mark Smith, Mrs. Dora Hilton and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lewin. Gertrude Lewin Publicity Chairman Salvage Job Ends At Hanford Plant Richland (If) Officials at the Hanford atomic plant here announced Thursday the com pletion of a salvage job, started in 1952, that provided tons of uranium to the nation's atomic program. At the direction of the Atomic Energy commission, tons of ur anium compounds were recov ered from the "tank farms" of Hanford where large volumes of uranium mixed with radio active materials were stored. Some of the materials had been stored in the tanks since the World War II period. The element had to be extracted from highly radioactive fission pro ducts with which it had become mixed. The salvage operation was started five years ago when an economically feasible separa tion method was devised. J. J. Courtney, metal recov ery manager at Hanford, said this was one of the most diffi cult salvage programs on record at Hanford. Over the years, the uranium compounds had settled as a sludge to the bottom of the big tanks: Engineers broke this up with streams of water from high pressure hoses so the uran ium salts could be pumped out. Lack of visibility and the pressure of radiation were the two biggest problems, but rigid safety standards were maintain ed to protect the workers, Court ney said. Government Takes Record in Taxes Washington (IP) Govern ment federal, state and local took a record $545 in taxes from every man, woman and child in the nation during the last fiscal year. . All three government . levels also set a record in spending a total of $600 a head. They more than made up the difference by taking in from another $79 a head. That brought general revenue other than taxes another $79 a head. That brought the total per capita take from general revenue to $624. The Census bureau said Thurs day night in releasing the re port that the per capita break down on taxes was: Federal $388; state $80; local $77. J Newspaper Strike Settlement Hinges On ITU Proposal rjetroit (W Quick settle ment of the Detroit newspaper strike hinged today on whether the International Typographical union could swing striking mail ers back into its camp. Al Biederman, president of Local 40, conceded Thursday night a big effort was under way to get the strikers to swing away from the splinter International Mailers union Local 40. So far the mailers strike at the Detroit News has been di rected by the IMU. The three Detroit newspapers, all shut down, have refused to deal with the IMU, which did not sign the current collective bargaining contract with the newspapers. That contract for the mailers was signed by the ITU locaL Hire Back Mailers But the mailers membership has stuck with the IMU, and the IMU has demanded the newspa pers hire back mailers fired at the News when the strike start ed last Saturday. The Detroit Newspaper Pub lishers association is ready to make an agreement with the ITU local on the men returning to work while grievances are arbitrated according to the con tract. But the publishers will not do this for the IMU. The" results of the ITU drive to win mailers into letting the ITU settle the strike was a main issue as the publishers met to day for the fourth time with a joint newspaper craft unions committee. Only the Teamsters have lined up with the IMU, and the Teamster refusal to cross IMU picket lines makes the strike effective. Only editorial employees and a few others have not been laid off by the newspapers, with the total idled between 4,000 and 5,000. WATER AT HAND NewOrleans (W Firemen didn't have to look far when they ran out of water while fighting a blaze at a motel. They put out the fire with water from the mo tel's swimming pooL ' . Court Records DISTRICT COURT Robert Aubrey Cabler. no motor vehicle license, $5. Wayne K. Griffeth. overload, 313. Stephen L. Heley, no tail lights. $5. Harold Ray Payne, failure to atoo at stop sign. $10. Enid Geneva Mitchell, failur to stop at stop sign. S10. Thomas Elder Dechard, overheight, 15. , , monty iouis maaen, ovenoaa. Lawson Charley Walser, overload. $95. Dannie Bawayne Chartier, defect ive foot brakes. $5. Steve Riter, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. Clifford McGinty, no license on tra;ler, $10. Ernest William Hinkie. improper safety chains, $15. George Raymond Owens, massing with insufficient clearance, $15. Calvin J. Hansen, overload. 5,363. Grace Lucille Se liars, failure to stop at red light. $10. oeraia Kaymona AiDrigni zaiiure to stop at red light, $10. excessive MUNICIPAL COURT Bert LeRov Johnston, noise. $5 fine. Preston Nine, failure to remain stopped at stop light, $5 bail. James btennen cuiioD. violation ox basic rule, $5 bail. Robert Kenneth rink, disobeyed stop sign, $5 bail. Aivin uonam yorx, violation ox basic rule, $10 bail. Hicnara uavia Hayes, aisoDeying traffic signal. $5 bail. . Vincent woms smim. aisooeyms traffic signal. $5 bail. John Francis Simcoe, violation of basic rule, $10 bail. Howard William Hopkins, disobey ing traffic signal. $5 bail. Herbert Kelley, permitting unlic ensed driver to operate vehicle, $10 bail. Delmar Gene Maiov. no Oregon driver's license. $10 bail. Jack L. Vincent, excessive noise. $10 bail. Edward Charles Poleskl. failure to dim lights for on coming traffic, $5 bail- , . Elaine V. Tapiett, vioiauon ox Dasic rule, $10 bail. 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Councilman Walter Bosshard was named to meet with the medical staff to discuss the matter. Dr. Hald's letter recommend ed, in addition to the committee, that a sinking fund be provided by lease arrangements to cover improvement costs; that plans be Friday, August 23. 1917 o MEDFOjD (OJEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVB Frank Sinatra Hurt By Hank Cartridge Hollywood (IB Frank Sin atra received, minor injuries Thursday when a blank cart ridge was fired too close to his neck while filming a new tele vision series at Goldwyn Studios. The paper wad from the .38 caliber cartridge hit the croon er on the right side of his neck. He was treated by a studio doc tor and continued working after changing his shirt which was blackened by the blast. investigated for enlarging the building; and that the council look into estates and charitable institutions as possible sources of financial support for hospital improvements. ' Uexym Train-Bus ' , Crash Kills 8, Hurtf It o Irapuato, Mexico (in A passenger train and a fcus col lided late Thursday night at a crossing in. this 410-year-old pro vincial ty, killing eight per sons and injuring 16. The dead included an Amer ican (Svoman, tentatively Identi fied as FJabeth Mary Salman. 2 DRAMATIC ' SAVINGS SUNDAY Watch Sunday's Tribune Fruit Packing Supplies GLOVES 59c Rubber 39c DOZ. -ADHESIVE TAPE- 1 In. by 10 Yard 45c 0I ttM . Isft -igisSiST 1 STRING 30c PR. D0Z. $3.39 m ri ii l b v. i s-'G i 1 gsmarfgTffl .: pi lie niirr oc . o oo mi ill II t I m 'rf. w 'fZZZjJicrs'aX ouus. uurr uue pr. fx Erasers COTS jit":'" " "I'll ym.wa (WV a r " ' -) 4e ' fe. 3 for & SHOP -SSr-S 20e j WESTERN THRIFT AgPfflL KAs4 T Pencil W Dox-19clftj 131091 Tablets 29cV 29c SPCS 19 TEST'. Ball Pens 19c - 2 for 35c REGULAR $3.00 NUTRI-TONIC Creme Shampoo With Lanolin $1.50 BIG 15-OZ. 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