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EPC's Rejection of Snake Bids Said Bold Political Decision Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The Federal Power Commission's rejection cf Pacific Northwest Power Co.'s applica tion for Moun tain Sheep - 4 and Pleasant Valley dams was a bold po- 1 i t i c a 1 deci- s i o n reached as a conse quence of the terrible beat- itobt smitb ing i n e has taken from Congress the past two years over the Hells Canyon case. This was the explanation of a veteran FPC official who was involved in the running Snake river development con troversy. The FPC was anxious to re move the stigma of being re garded as pro-utility for hav ing granted Idaho Power Co. a license for several smaller dams in that stretch of the river where an FPC examiner found that high Hells Canyon -dam would have been superi or. Other pieces fit into this Srake river puzzle. The ad ministration has been sore at the member companies of Pa cific Northwest Power Co. for having sent representatives to testify before Congress last spring in favor of federal funds to start John Day dam as a government project when the administration was cling ing to its "partnership" idea for private utility construc tion. Congress soon thereafter added $1,000,000 to start John Day, and now the administra tion is stuck with having to go through with this project at a cost of $310,000,000. Realities Not Accepted Somehow the administra tion refused to accept the po litical realities which the utili ties had faced after the 1956 elections, when the only three possible sponsors of "partner ship" power bills Sam Coon, Harris Ellsworth and Douglas McKay were all defeated by Oregon Democrats who favor federal construction. While the FPC and the ad ministration protest any hint of collusion in these power cases, it is a fact that all five commissioners now sitting at the FPC were appointed by the administration and share its reluctance to support fed eral dam building. When Secretary of the In terior Fred A. Seaton a year ago came out for a higher dam at Pleasant Valley, he was quickly boxed in by the oppo sition of FPC Chairman Jer ome Kuykendall and the White House. Since then, however, Kuy kendall and the reputation of the FPC as an impartial regulatory agency suffered the humiliation on Capitol Hill of having the chairman's reappointment for a new term delayed for two months while critics of the FPC whaled away. With support from Democrats from gas-producing states, Kuykendall was con firmed, but the reputation of the FPC was none the better, for the experience. Friendly To Gas Lobby The FPC had also been pic tured as friendly to the pow erful gas lobby because it favored a bill to exempt pro ducers from federal regula tion of rates a bill which Eisenhower found it necessary to veto because of public in dignation against the $2500 gift which a gas lobbyist was disclosed to have given one senator. From outward appearances, the five-man commission did not take this Snake river case under advisement until the oral argument late last No-1 vember. In that one-day Hear ing, the argument for Nez Perce was made by an FPC staff attorney, Joseph Hobbs, SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF RESTORE BEAUTY TO YOUR FLOORS Easy fo Operate Low Rental Rates Clean and Dustless A I WITH A (RENTED SANDER whose presentation in the view of many who heard it was flimsy and virtually inco herent. The commissioners were smiling tolerantly before he was through. The weak argument in be half of Nez Perc mattered not at all, according to this in formed FPC official, for the decision to back that project had been made by the com mission in consultation with the staff several months be fore. Would Kill Salmon Likewise to no avail, then, was the contention of the pow er companies that Nez Perce could not feasibly be built in Taylor, Barker Are Candidates for DSA Robert Taylor and Harry E. Barker are candidates for Distinguished Service Award, presented annually by the HARRY E. BARKER DSA Candidate Junior Chamber of Com merce to a young man who has exhibited outstanding leadership and community service during the year. The award will be present ed at a banquet Saturday, Jan. 25. at the Roeue Vallev Country club. Sneaker for the banquet will be Benjamin Biaggim Jr., vice president of Southern Pacific. Tickets are available at Robinson Brothers and Swem's. Taylor has served on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce, the Crater Lions club and the YMCA. He has also worked on the United Medford Cru Mike Todd, Wife Leave for Russia Paris - (ffl Millionaire showman Mike Todd and his actress wife, Elizabeth Taylor, left today for the Soviet Union aboard a commercial airliner. In a sudden burst of shy ness Todd had only a quick wave to newsmen and photo graphers as they boarded an Air France flight for Prague en route to Russia. They planned to pause briefly in the Czech capital and then transfer to a Rus sian TU104 jet airliner for the trip to Moscow. The couple will spend about a week behind the Iron Cur tain on a business and sight seeing expedition to Moscow, Warsaw and. possibly other East European cities as well. To Assemble a BOAT KIT We Have CLIPPER CRAFT and DILLABAUGH Boats, Completely Assembled, on display at our store, for your inspection. the foreseeable future because it would kill off all the mig ratory salmon which now de pend on getting up the Sal mon river to spawn. Still smarting from bad re action to its Hells Canyon de cision, suffering the indigni ties of being portrayed as too favorable to the gas and elec tric utilities it is supposed to regulate, the FPC. grasped the high Nez Perce dam as a means of trying to reestablish its basic integrity. If there is a more persua sive explanation for the com mission's support of a dam which no one wants to build, it has yet to be voiced. sade, the Muscular Dystrophy drive, March of Dimes auc tion, and with the Boy Scouts. Water Ski Meet In addition he has served as cochairman of the South ern Oregon first annual water ski meet, a member of the Lake of the Woods Water Safety committee and is past president of the Crater Lions club, past president of the Oak Grove PTA and secretary of the Auto Dealers association. Barker has been on the membership and greeters committee and served as pub licity director for the Cham ber of Commerce. He has served with the United Med ford Crusade, vocation guid ance committee, chairman of space sales for the Kiwanis ROBERT TAYLOR Candidate for Award Town and Country fair and member of the organization and extension committee for the Big Pines District, Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts. Barker is manager . of the home furnishings department at Mann's Department store. Auctioneer Sells Portland Business Portland (IP) Screw Ma chine Products company, once one of Portland's most prosperous industrial firms, was sold piecemeal over the auction block Thursday in a bankruptcy sale. Several thousand buyers from West Coast firms at tended the auction to bid on the company's equipment which included turret lathes, dies, a complete metal plating department and other metal and , plastics working tools. Total selling price was about S200,000. i I It's Later Than You Think. Now Is the Time ... 14' Chinook Sportster as illustrated above $7Q50 $29.50 Down LQy $12.60 Month Other Models from. Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT ' Food Editor Canned Peaches Head List of Fruit Plentiful! Cling peaches 'for canning are grown primarily in Calif ornia. They are the Ideal can ning peach because of their large size, golden color and close, tender fiber that re tains form, size, flavor, color and aroma during canning process. They're on the U.S.D.A.'s list of plentiful which means that now is the time to stock up on them. Forty one per cent of peach es grown find their way into cans. They're packed whole, in halves, quartered, sliced and diced; packed in water or in light, heavy or extra heavy syrup. Here again, public opinion polls indicate that by far the most popular use is straight from the can at any mealtime and in between. We offer other suggestions, how ever. Variety of Uses For meringue-topped peach es, carefully remove peach halves from can or jar; fill each peach center with half a teaspoon of tart jelly. Cover with meringue and sprinkle with chopped nut meats. Bake in a moderate oven, 350 de grees, about 15 minutes or until meringue is browned lightly. This recipe good with pear and apricot halves also. Fill canned peach halves with cream or cottage cheese, raisins and chopped nuts for a nourishing luncheon salad. Glamorize an everyday sal ad with cubed canned cling peaches and shredded cabbage tossed with mayonnaise and peach syrup dressing. Drain canned cling peach halves, brush with butter or margarine, fill with maple syrup and broil to a glaze. Serve with mats, pancakes or waffles. Fill canned cling ' peach halves with blended cookie crumbs, brown sugar and nuts. Pour peach syrup sea soned with lemon juice over all and bake. Buttering Vegetables When buttering canned veg etables, drain liquid from vegetable into saucepan. Boil rapidly until liquid reduced to about half a cup. Add veg etables and seasonings. Heat, but do not over-cook. When creaming vegetables or mak ing baked dishes, use this liquid with rich milk for add ed flavor and nutrition. Rejoice in Bounty Of Tart Red Cherries We've been growing tart red cherries in America for nearly 200 years and the year 1957 outdid itself with a crop of around 285 million pounds; half of which, it is estimated went into cans, 40 per cent into frozen food packages. Long prized for making of pies, tart red cherries are now taking on a new look, appear ing in soups, muffins, desserts, and adding glamour to poul try and meat. Cherry Glazed Ham Steak We rather fancy the new look and distinctive flavor of tart read cherries in this Ham Steak recipe which uses sweet potatoes to make six hand some servings. 2 pounds sweet potatoes (about 6) 34 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 No. 2 can red sour pitted . cherries (water pack) 4 tablespoons butter iVz inch thick ham slice v Cook unpared sweet po tatoes in boiling water 15 min utes. Peel, halve lengthwise. If potatoes are small, leave them whole. Combine brown .$112.50 sugar and cornstarch in skil let. Drain cherries; add enough water to cherry liquid to make one cup. Add liquid and butter to skillet. Add sweet potatoes and cook uncovered over low heat, basting occasionally until po tatoes are tender and glazed, about 30 minutes. Add drain ed cherries during last five minutes of cooking. While potatoes are cooking, prepare ham. Slash fat edges, stud with clove, if desired. Broil or pan-broil ham 12 to 15 minutes on each side for uncooked ham slice; 8 to 10 minutes if ham has previous ly been cooked. To serve, place ham in cent er of warm serving- platter; spoon sweet potatoes and cherries around. Pour remain ing sauce over ham. Food in Cans Canned foods may be safely left in the open can if it is covered and- kept in the re frigerator. The important thing is to store the food properly with the emphasis on keeping the food cold and covered. January Best Buys Department stores have January "white"- sales. Groc ery stores have January Can ned Foods Sales. This has been going on for a long time; is good merchandising on the part of store managers. Smart home makers stock up now on family needs, family fav orites. Today's stocks of canned foods are at an exceptionally high 'level due to last year's bumper . crops. Canners and distributors want to move these stocks out of warehouses well ahead of harvesting of this year's crops for obvious seasons. The consumer bene fits. Watch this newspaper's grocery advertisements. Note store displays for good buys and special bargains. Canned Vegetables. Na tional Canners Association tells us that these are the "plentifuls" in order of avail ability: Peas, corn, pumpkin, squash, lima beans, carrots, beets, tomato products, sauer kraut. Canned Fruits. Peaches head the list followed by tart red cherries which are grow ing in popularity for making of many good things besides pies. Then come pineapple, pears, purple plums, apples, apple sauce and fruit cocktail. Juice Jubilee. We think that the large economy size fruit and vegetable juices are bargains in good eating, good nutrition and convenience every day in the year. At to day's prices, it will pay well to stock up on tomato juice, pineapple juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice and blended citrus. Canned Seafood. All tuna caught and canned in the U.S. is from our Pacific waters. For salads and fancy dishes, use the solid pack. For. sand wiches and many ingredient purposes, the chunks, flakes and grated tuna have same good nutrition, cost consider ably less. Sardines from our own coast and from the coast of Maine are food bargains any time. Fresh Plentifuls. Cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, dry onions, potatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, winter squash, rutabagas fill v e g e t a ble stands. Fruit buys are apples, bananas, grapefruit, medium size oranges and avocados. Other Good Buys. Poultry continues the best meat buy. Eggs are plentiful, reasonable in price. Thrifty beef cuts Early Buy Special At the end of the '57 Season, we bought a few of these Fishing Motors at an extra discount. We are offering them Now at a Savings of $24 on the 5Vi and $28 on the Vh. They're all Brand New, in the Carton. We Service them for you. SVi H. P. Fisherman Complete with Remote Gas Tank 5 214 $21 Down $10 Month 7'H.P. Fleetwin Complete with Remote Gas Tank S7lfl $24 Down S5 Deposit 4U $2 Month Holds One Fear of Hysteria Said Reason for Secrecy on UFO Columbus, Ohio (tPI A fly ing saucer expert said here Thursday night fear of pub lic hysteria has kept theAir Force from releasing informa tion on unidentified flying ob jects because "there has been interstellar travel." Maj. Donald Keyhoe, a for mer Marine Corps flyer, said the saucers sighted may have come from Mars because most of them were sighted when Mars was swinging near the earth on its orbit. Keyhoe, director of the Na tional Investigations Commit tee of Aerial Phenomena, told a gathering of more than 3,000 persons that Mars might be only a space base. He said he believed most of the flying objects were some sort of observation craft. Russia Would Own World "If Russia had them she would own the world now," Keyhoe said. "If we had them we wouldn't be building these other weapons now." The former Marine Corps flyer said the Air Force was ready to release information on the flying saucers in 1948 and again in 1952. "But each time the lid went on," he said, apparently from the National Security Council or from the Central Intelli gence Agency. Keyhoe said the informa tion had not been released be cause of a fear of public hys teria and because a number of persons were killed while trying to check on the objects. He told the audience that some parts of unidentified fly ing objects have been found. Metal fragments were found after one broke up over Mary land last Nov. 13 and radio activity was detected in the area, Keyhoe said. EXPLORER DIES Chappaqua, N. Y. HP) William J. Morden, 72, for 35 years an explorer and big game hunter who brought back live animal specimens for museums, died in his home here Thursday. continue to be ground, stew meat, short ribs. Smoked pic nics are a good pork buy. Dried prunes, filberts, pea nuts and peanut products are good buys. Your $tfm ii GLENN R. JENNINGS A recent associate of Cal-Western Life, Glenn Jennings is well-known ' in the Medford area. A graduate of Oregon State College, he was a leader in campus activities. In 19SS-57, he was one of six final ists for Medfo'rd's ."Young Man of the Year." Re has served as a director of the United Medford Crusade and chairman of its Speak ers Bureau. He is past treasurer of the Jr. Chamber of Commerce and has been very active in YMCA work, serving as a director of that organization. He and his wife, Mar ilyn Kay, have one son, Michael... CAUFORNSA-WESTERN STATES, fclfE INSURANCE COMPANY 507 Haven St., Medford. Oregon Phone: $5 Deposit Holds One Friday, January 24, 1958 Grange Notes Roxy Ann Grange Roxy Ann Grange met in regular session Jan. 17 with all officers present. Agricultural Chairman Charlie Whitcher reported farmers make as much money, but their overhead is up 4 per cent. Beef prices are up. Stock is being sent to mid west to feed. They have lots of grain and hay left over. Alfalfa hay being sold to Cali fornia from $14 to $16 a ton. Poultry business isn't too good with an 18 per cent in crease in eggs. There are less dairy cows, but more milk increase due to culling of poor stock. We had visitors from Shady Cove. They were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Huston, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Deister, also Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swagerty from North Pacific Grange near Grants Pass. Glen Rader reported Con gress jumped on Benson about price support. Big farms- are benefited, but small farms get very little help from price support. He also said freight rates are raised in Oregon. HEC Chaiman Veda Quack enbush announced HEC met at the home of Frances Mof fatt, with Marguerite Shaw as cohostess. There were 30 present and one guest. Next meeting will be at the Grange Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. Marie Pfnister and Bessie Wight will be hostesses. Pomona meeting will be at Roxy Ann Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. Ladies bring salad or dessert. Next Grange meeting will be a potluck, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is asked to bring their own table service. No refreshments after Grange. Mr. Ellis volunteered to bring his TV so men can see the fights. Madge Nowlin, in charge of display table, had a book on the history of the Nowlin family from the 15th century, also the scrap book of the Grange. First and second degrees were given to Frank Mc Dowell by Roscoe Roberts. Glen reported Grange pol icies are paying dividends and no raising of rates. Roscoe reported GIA made a million dollars and is giving dividends. May Dalton thanked the Grange for the use of the hall by the extension unit. Mf Camrf your Cal-Western Agent Life SP 3-2981 :: MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVWT Eisenhowers Honor Washington (IB Presi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower honored Speaker Sam Ray burn at a dinner and musical Thursday night at the White House. As "Mr. Sam," 76, was es corted into the candle-lit state dining room by Mrs. Eisen- Frances Moffatt, lecturer, put on a skit by the Hall fam ily and a game by six Grang ers. District HEC conference will be held at Roxy Ann Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. Mrs. Edith Poe, district chairman, will be in charge. Ladies are to bring potluck dish for luncheon. There will be a card party at Roxy Ann Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. The public is invited. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Byron Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. J. Myhre. MAVTAG'S for a fully automatic washer or dryer! Ctaini1' cll 'jt SALE 3 mim V ' -H"it only!': f wmi ALL - WASHER SALE PRICE $410195 2 $12 Month DRYER SALE PRICE $10 Month PULLV AUTOMATIC WISHIR TWICE THE FEATURES of any other washer in thi price class! FULLY AUTOMATIC FULLY FLEXIBLE CONVENIENT SAFETY SWITCH LINT REMOVER TUB EXCLUSIVE AGITATOR ACTION Your Old Washer Makes the Down Payment For The Years Ahead Our Good Service Dept. Is At Your Service JOHNSTON STORES 112 South Riverside Speaker Rayburn hower, the Marine Band struck up a medley ofTexas tunes. The speaker, who is un married, escorted his sister, Mrs. W. A. Thomas, Dallas, as he has on important oc casions here since the inaugu ration of Woodrow Wilson. The President escorted Mrs. Thomas into the dining room. The dinner guests included congressmen, senators and of ficials of the Republican Na tional Committee. BROKER DIES Now Haven. Conn. William K. Shepard, a brok erage firm representative and former Yale University assist ant professor, died here Wednesday. He was 82. Shep ard represented the New York firm of Laird, Bissell and Meeds in New Haven. He was an assistant professor of physics at Yale from 1916 to 1920. NEW 95 FULLY AUTOMATIC D II V.BR NEVER BEFORE so much dryer for so little! FULLY AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC HEAT CONTROL AUTOMATIC TIMER FULL-TIME SAFETY 000R GAS OR ELECTRIC (electric works on either 115 or 230 volts) JOHNSTON STOCKS Complete Marine Sales & Service 112 South Riverside tPtCIAllSTS IK HOMIWAIISI 3 West 6th, St.jMedford
