MEDFORD (OREOOW) MAIL TRIBuHB SEVSIf
Irrigation Districts
8
Sunday, January 12, 1958
Vote
Tuesday
Two
Area
WatefJIser
Three Precincts
Open in Medford
Between 8 and 5
Three princincts have been
established for water users in
the Medford Irrigation district
in a special election Tuesday,
Jan. 14, on a contract with the
bureau of reclamation.
Under the proposed con
tract, the MID will receive
8,000 acre feet of storage
space in the new and enlarged
reservoirs in the Talent pro
ject, and will obtain two-
thirds of the increase in re
turn flow to Bear creek.
The contract would provide
repayment of $603,000, the
cost for the additional water,
and the amount, not to exceed
$361,000, which would be used
in rehabilitation.
Three Locations .
Polls will be open between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday at
three locations. Voters in pre
cinct one will vote at Hillcrest
Orchard house. The precinct
includes the portion of the
district lying north of Barnett
rd.
Water users in precinct two,
which includes the portion of
the district south of Barnett
rd. and east of Kings highway,
will vote at the district office,
1310 Barnett rd. Users in pre
cinct three, which is that por
tion of the district north and
west of Xings highway, will
vote in the arts and crafts
room of the Oak Grove school.
District directors pointed
out that each voter must cast
his ballot in the precinct his
land is assessed. Any persons
more than 21 years old with
two or more assessed acres is
eligible to vote.
Following are questions and
answers concerning the Med
ford Irrigation district elec
tion prepared by district of
ficials:
Purpose of Contract
1 What is the purpose of
the proposed new contract be
tween the Medford irrigation
district and the United States?
The United States, through
the bureau of reclamation, is
now constructing water stor
age facilities which includes
new dams and reservoirs at
Howard Prairie and Keene
creek, and enlargement of the
Emigrant dam and reservoir.
These, together with Hyatt
dam and reservoir and re
lated canals and delivery
works, will make additional
stored water available for
power production at the new
Green Springs plant and for
irrigation.
These facilities are being
built as part of the Talent
project. Most of the new ir
rigation storage space has
been sold to the Talent Ir
rigation district. However, 12
000 acre feet of storage space
and at least 5,000 acre feet of
increased return flow will be
come available to the Medford
and Rogue River Valley Ir
rigation districts under pro
posed new contracts.
Additional Water
2. How much additional
water will Talent division
works make available to the
Medford Irrigation district?
Under the proposed con
tract, the Medford Irrigation
district will obtain 8,000 acre
feet of storage space in the
new and enlarged storage res
ervoirs and will obtain two
thirds of the increase in re
turn flow to Bear creek re
sulting from expanded irriga
tion and water-use in the Tal
ent and Medford Irrigation
districts.
Even in poorer water years,
the Medford Irrigation district
will obtain at least 6,000 acre
feet of additional water under
the proposed contract. In good
years, the new water will be
more.
Reservoirs Filled
When the reservoirs fill, the
Medford Irrigation district
will have 8,000 acre feet of
storage water in the reservoir
system plus at least 3,330
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11,330" acre feet of water from
the Talent division.
3. How much will the new
water cost the Medford Ir
rigation district?
Additional water (storage
and return flow) will cost the
district a total of $603,000.
In addition, the new contract
provides that there will be
available $311,000, at the op
tion of the board of directors,
to be used for the extension
and rehabilitation and better
ment of the district, and for
construction of a new diver
sion dam for the district in
Bear creek, estimated to cost
$50,000. Thus, under the new
contract, the Medford Irriga
tion district would be obli
gated to repay $603,000 plus
whatever amount, not to ex
ceed $361,000 would be used
at the option of the district
for rehabilitation.
B0 Years lo Pay
4. How long will' the dis
trict have to repay the United
States?
Sixty years from the time
water first becomes available
from the new Talent division
works.
5. Isn't the district already
obligated to the United States
for some rehabilitation and
betterment works?
Yes, an existing contract
between the United States and
the Medford Irrigation district
requires the district to repay1
$1,475,466 in 40 years, begin
ning the year following the
completion of the joint system
construction.
New Contract Add
6. How much will the new
contract add to the repay
ment obligation of the dis
trict and the water users each
year?
Very little during the first
40 years of repayment. In
fact, water users will pay
only 5 cents an acre a year
for the first 10 years, and
about 25 cents per acre each
year for the next 30 years.
7. How can the Medford
Irrigation district take on a
new repayment obligation of
$964,000 without increasing
its payments more than 25
cents an acre for the first 40
years?
Because the new contract
extends the payout period
from the present 40-year per
iod to 60 years, the new obli
gation can be paid off almost
wholly in the last 20 years of
the 60-year period.
New Obligation
If the contract be approved,
the new obligation would be
paid off at $450 per year for
the first 10 years; $2,284.50
annually for the next 30
years; and $44,548.25 for the
last 20 years. During the last
20 years, there would be no
other obligations. Present ob
ligations will be paid off in
40 years.
8. How much interest will
the district have to pay?
None. The interest free fea
ture of this loan is the attrac
tive inducement, inasmuch as
this is the only means of ir
rigation financing without the
penalty of interest.
9. Will a favorable vote on
the election mean the district
costs will be increased?
More Acres of Land
Not necessarily, by reason
that with the additional sup
ply of water, it is contemplat
ed that more acres of land
may be served. The revenue
from these lands, in addition
to the ' savings in operation
and maintenance expenses as
a result of the rehabilitation,
could reduce the assessments.
10. How will the Talent
project water benefit the
lands east of Bear creek?
The Talent project water
will be introduced into the
main canal at Phoenix, leav
ing more of the present sup
ply available to the tracts on
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Gun Battle Ensues
Between Agent, Thug
New York (IP) An FBI
agent and a "dangerous" mur
der suspect wounded each
other in a gun fight just off
busy Times Square Friday
night when the desperado
made a futile attempt to shoot
it out with his captors.
, The FBI positively identi
fied the criminal as Albert
Joseph Kostal, 37, an escape
artist wanted in Denver,
Colo., for the slaying of a
policeman during a grocery
stickup and kidnaping.
Kostal and agent Frank H.
Gerrity, 37, of Colonia, N.J.,
Dynamite Blows
Slump And Man
Sweet Home (IP) Linn
Paddock, 19, Sweet Home,
was killed Friday when dyn
amite under a stump he was
removing to clear land blew
up in his face.
Paddock was clearing land
to make room for a home for
himself and his bride-to-be.
Linn county Coroner Glenn
Houston said that Paddock
had set a charge of about 30
sticks of dynamite under the
stump Thursday night but it
didn't go off.
Paddock and four others
went back Friday. He set two
sticks of dynamite under the
stump to attempt to make the
other charge explode. How
ever, only the two sticks ex
ploded. Paddock and John Livezev,
21, Sweet Home, went back
to check the dynamite and it
exploded as Paddock walked
to the front of the stump.
Livezsey suffered cuts and
bruises.
The others, Paddock's fath
er, Vince Paddock and Rex
Liveszey, a brother of John,
were not hurt. The coroner
said apparently the smaller
blast set off the fuse on the
larger charge.
The victim had planned to
be married to Sharon Poppe,
Sweet Home.
the east side.
11. How much total stor
age space will there be in the
Talent division?
Total Acre Feet
The old space is 24,000 acre
feet .and new space will be
91,000 acre feet for a 115,000
acre feet total.
12. Who will operate the
new storage facilities?
United States will operate
the new storage facilities in
itially. However, the contract
provides that operations and
maintenance may be transfer
red to the Talent Irrigation
district. All districts contract
ing for space in the new
system will have a voice in
the operation of the joint
system, and any district may
appeal to the secretary of the
interior in case of dissatisfac
tion. 13. Why is an election nec
essary? '
Cannot Increase Debt
Directors of the irrigation
district cannot increase the
obligation of the district with
out consent of at least a ma
jority of the electors who
vote in a properly called elec
tion. 14. What happens if the
election fails?
If the election should fail,,
the district will not share in
either the water or the costs
of the Talent project. Annual
costs to water users for the
next 40 years will be about
the same either way, since
most of the cost of Talent
Jivision water will be repaid
by extending the total repay
ment period to 60 years.
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both were taken to St. Clark's
hospital with leg wounds.
Kostal later was transferred
to Bellevue hospital's prison
ward. Neither was seriously
wounded.
Kostal, who came close-to
making good his boast he
"never would be taken alive,"
met his downfall like another
desperado 'of the 1930s, John
Dillinger.
Kosial Fingered
The FBI said a woman "put
the finger" on Kostal who
had registered at the Hotel
Dixie Friday under the name
of Joe Delmar.
Dillinger was shot to death
by FBI agents in Chicago as
he left a movie theater with
"the woman in red" who had
tipped off authorities that
Dillinger would be with her.
The gunfight between Ger
rity and Kostal broke out
when Gerrity, accompanied
by agents William Glossa and
Frank Mattes, tried to arrest
the gunman at a subway en
trance. Kostal whipped out his .45
caliber automatic and Ger
rity grappled with him. Be
fore the other two agents
could intervene, the pistol
went off, wounding Gerrity
in the leg.
Continues Struggle
Gerrity continued to strug
gle with Kostal and all four
men crashed to the pavement
when the other agents joined
the melee.
Another shot rang out as
Gerrity twisted the pistol in
Kostal's hand. The slug hit the
gunman in the leg and he
gave up the struggle.
The area, just one block
from Times Square and a
short distance from Kostal's
hotel was filled with movie
goers and' strollers when the
shooting started.
Kostal escaped the Jeffer
son county jail in Golden,
Colo., last Nov. 21 where he
was being held for the slay
ing of policeman Raymond
Isley in the grocery stickup.
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Proposed Contract
To Provide Water,
Rehabilitation Fund
Water users in the Rogue
River Valley. Irrigation dis
trict will vote Tuesday, Jan.
14, on a contract with the bu
reau of reclamation for addi
tional water and funds for
rehabilitation of the district's
distribution system.
Polling place will be at the
district's office on Merriman
rd. just north of the Howard
school. Hours will be between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. All legal
land owners with two or more
regularly assessed acres may
vote, but the right to vote is
limited to one vote per own
ership, district officials point
ed out.
The contract, if approved,
will be for 3,000 acre feet of
additional water annually,
and $580,000 worth of reha
bilitation work.
Water In District
The additional water will
be used within the district.
It will be used on 500 acres
of additional land to be in
cluded in the district within
two years after the Talent
project is completed, and
1,500 acre feet of additional
water will be used for present
irrigated land.
Additional water will come
from facilities' being con
structed in the Talent proj
ect. Most of the new irriga
tion storage space has been
sold to the Talent Irrigation
district, but there will be
about 12,000 acre feet of stor
age space and at least 5,000
acre feet of increased return
flow which w,ill become avail
able to the Medford and
Rogue River Valley Irriga
Volume of
Rises; Receipts Are
Down, BLM Reports
The volume of timber sold
from the Medford district of
the bureau of land manage
ment in 1957 was 17,198 mil
lion board feet more than the
volume sold in 1956, District
Forester Ross Youngblood has
reported.
Timber sold last year to
taled 10,729 million board
feet, compared to 93,531 mil
lion board feet the previous
year.
Total receipts last year,
however, were less than re
ceipts during 1956. In 1957,
receipts totaled $2,969,241.10,
compared to $3,506,705.66 the
previous year, he noted. '
Youngblood said about
160.3 million board feet are
planned for sale during 1958
in keeping with the policy of
the BLM to place on the mar
ket the sustained yield allow
able cut, providing there is
personnel available to process
the tracts.
Other than timber sales
work in 1957, permanent
sample plots for timber inven
tory purposes were estab
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Planned major items of re
habilitation of the" RRVID
with funds being made avail
able under the proposed con
tract include 38,515 feet of
laterals to be tiled and re
paired; 34,350 feet of bank
repair and rehabilitation of
the Hopkins canal; and re
placement of 12 wooden sub1
structure flumes with new
long life structures.
Construction Scheduled
Construction for the addi
tional water supply is esti
mated to be $301,500, and
the rehabilitation loan to the
district, interest free, will be
$279,000, district directors
noted.
The annual payment by the
district for its share of Tal
ent water supply operation
and maintenance cost, esti
mated by the bureau of recla
mation, will be $1,500.
The first payment will start
sometime after the mid-1960s,
with the actual date depend
ent upon the progress of con
struction and rehabilitation
work. The final payment of
the loan and . construction
charges will be made after
the year 2020.
May Increase Assessment
Directors noted that if the
proposed contract is not ap
proved, the district may have
to increase its assessment
rate in the near future in
order to accomplish the re
quired rehabilitation. There
has been no major moderniza
tion to the bulk of the dis
trict' distribution system in
Timber
lished on about 420,000 acres.
They were established princi
pally in Josephine and Jack
son counties, and work is con
tinuing in Klamath county.
All phases of the inventory
work is scheduled for com
pletion in 1959, he noted.
About six miles of federal
access roads were built in
northern Josephine county,
and several mining claims
were examined under the
principals established by law
in 1955.
Considerable work toward
establishing a recreational
plan adjacent to the Howard
Prairie project were made,
and the blister rust control
program on 61,302 acres,
mostly in Josephine county,
was continued.
The BLM supervised seed
ing and planting 1,073 acres
last year. Most of the seeding
was Douglas fir. Most of the
timber sold last year was
Douglas fir, but about 15 mil
lion board feet was white fir,
which was considered non
merchantable a few years ago.
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more than 40 years, they
added.
Money for rehabilitation, if
the contract is approved, will
be interest free. The board
noted that more than two
thirds of the previous inter
est , free money obtained in
1955 went to the joint sys
tem. That is, it went for work
above Bradshaw drop, with
about $70,000 being expend
ed for new structures to carry
the Hopkin's canal across
Yankee, Antelope and Bear
creeks.
The maximum increase in
rate" which could result from
the election would be $1.90
per acre sometime after the
mid-1960s, directors pointed
out.
Full Support
Directors noted that if the
contract is approved, the bu
reau of reclamation will be
able to give the district full
support toward making the
Dry Creek dam a reality.
After a careful study be
tween the board of directors
and the bureau of reclama
tion, the board found that in
order to cope with present
conditions and to keep the
district on a sound future
basis that:
1. The district's irrigated
acreage must be appreciably
expanded with easy to serve
tracts in order to counteract
the high costs resulting from
the expansion of the residen
tial and industrial areas
around Central Point and
Medford into the irrigated
acreage of the district.
Supply Required
2. Increased water supply
is required for current storage.
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