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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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.
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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.
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former Yale University assist
ant professor, died here
Wednesday. He was 82. Shep
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York firm of Laird, Bissell
and Meeds in New Haven. He
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1920.
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