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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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Committee Named
To Study Hospital
Ashland Ashland city coun
cil indicated at its meeting
Tuesday night that it would ap
point a committee of five per
sons to study possible improve
ments at the general hospital.
Dr. Christian P. Hald, secre
tary of the hospital medical
staff, suggested in a letter to
the council that such a commit
tee be appointed. 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
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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. '
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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.
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