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o 12 MAIL TRIBUNE. Medforo1, Oregon, Jndy, Jun 1, 1938 1,2 Mcoy dttq p Dy dl bd Demit Peon Be - CONCRETE PLANT A portable plant mixes concrete on a construction site at the Talent project. This is one of four such plants- Small rock is mixed with sand in the section to the right of the picture. This is carried on a conveyor belt to the cement gilo on the left. The cement pours from the silo along with the rock and sand into a hopper which in turn pours into the cement mixer truck. Construction to Hit Peak During Summer Months By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer High in the Cascades south east of Medford, several hun dred men are building a dam, tunnels, delivery canals and conduits which will provide additional irrigation water, electrical power and recrea tional facilities for the Rogue valley. ' More work on the Talent project, which, when finished, will have cost more than $20 million, is planned later this year and during the next three years. There is more than $5,800,000 worth of con struction being done at the present time. Full shifts will be working seven days a week on the Green Springs tunnel in the Talent project so it will be holed through by mid-August according to the contractor. The concrete lining of this tunnel will be completed in j BUILDING FLUME Workmen carefully swing a bucket full of concrete into place as concrete is poured into a section of flume. When completed along with the rest of the Talent project, the flume will carry water from the Howard Prairie dam to the Green Springs power plant. This flume will extend approximately a half a mile. This month make it a special project to see that the kiddies and grown ups, too have plenty of MILK, There's nothing better for them ANY WHERE! IT'S NATURE'S PERFECT FOODI DRINK AT LEAST GLASSES of MILK a DAY! MILK 'foducers league 0 si the fall, according to present schedules. Construction Hits Peak When construction in the Talent project hits its peak in mid-summer it will employ 1,200 men, most of them skilled laborers, according to oureau of reclamation offic lals. The recent labor strike which slowed all heavy con struction in the state also slowed down the Talent pro ject for a month. However, officials say the contractors hope to make up the time lapse. Before the strike the project was on schedule. Project work has been gen erally handicapped by the hard rock containing consid erable moisture, and the ne cessity to construct several forest roads into the various project sections. The com paratively short period of fa vorable weather and tha heavy mud has also made the work more difficult, accord ing to reports. Important Project One of the more important parts of the project, is the Green Springs power plant. The underground structure of this is almost completed Equipment which will be con nected with the turbine has yet to be installed. This in cludes a control board, wir ing, and a bucket wheel. Jets of water hit the bucket wheel forcing it to turn. As it turns, the turbine also turns. A 40-ton derrick will be in stalled on the north side of the power plant this summer It will be used for handling the heavy parts to be placed in the power house. The generator has been or dered from Switzerland and is due to arrive in October, according to bureau officials A Swiss firm was the lowest bidder on the project. By Oc tober the concrete building of the power plant will be finished, as will a caretaker's cottage. .' The power plant installa tion is scheduled for comple tion by next April. This in cludes cleanup work and land scaping of the grounds. Green Springs Tunnel 0 When the tunnel is com pleted the water will flow through the Green Springs tunnel into the penstock and into the power plant. About 16,000 kilowatts of power will be generated, enough for a small city. The Howard Praisie project work is scheduled to start again this week, J. H. Callan, project engineer, said. All merchantable timber was cleared from the ' reser voir area last summer. The Howard Prairie dam is to be raised 39- feet higher before completion this Octo ber. The dam will hold back approximately 60,000 acre feet of water, project en gineers report. Collection Canals ' Collection canals are sched uled for completion some time next year. Bids are to be opened June 24 on the Conde J creek and the Dead Indian collection canals which will feed the reservoir. Half of the work on these canals and the collection canals for the south fork of the Litle Butte creek are to be completed this fall. Contract on the other half will be awarded next year. The canals will cover 15 miles and the outlet 21 miles. A flume. will carry the water from Howard Prairie dam through a delivery canal at Soda creek into the Keene creek reservoir canal and into the reservoir which furnishes the forebay. This will hold 265-acre feet of water. The water will then go through the Cascade tunnel into the power conduit and hence along its route to the power house. The Cascade tunnel which connects with the Keene jilt Sf j ' '"' ggg & 'Ij TUNNEL James Callan, project engineer for the bureau of reclamation, stands at one end of tunnel under the Cascades. This tunnel, connecting with Keene Creek dam, was recently holed through and is 2,000 feet long.. Framework' for cement work can be shown at the tunnel end. Water will flow through the tunnel into the power conduit and along its route to the power house CLEARING FOR SIPHON James Callan, project engineer in charge of the Talent project for the bureau of reclama tion, points to a stip of clearing through heavy forestation. Through this strip of bared ground the Soda Creek siphon will be installed. Pipe for the siphon are shown alongside a aitch. The half-mile long siphon will connect two canaio. Not shown is the canal just beyond the trees which will help transport water to the Green Springs power plant. creek dam was recently holed through. Next step is to apply cement lining under pres sure. This is done with a spe cial pipe. It is similar to the dental operation of forcing cement into a filling. This is necessary to withstand the pressure of water as it is sucked a considerable dis tance from the surface to the floor of the reservoir and into the tunnel. This is possibly the only tunnel in the pro ject which will be under pres sure. , Rock Crushed One of the interesting fea tures of the project is the way rock is crushed.mixed with sand and the concrete is mixed right on the project. One such concrete mixing plant of, the four being used will turn out 150 yards of concrete in an eight-hour shift. The cement powder comes from the Gold Hill branch of the Ideal Ce ment company. This-with the mixture of rock and sand is poured into each cement mixer truck. A rock crushing plant at Try and Stop Ale By BENNETT CERF- "T DON'T KNOW WHY so many folks picture an author's life as glamorous " laments humorist S. J. Perelman. "It's about as glamorous as working for the Post Office. There are, in fact, remarkable similarities. The author handles vast quanti ties of paper, envelopes and stamps and Jiandles them twice: once when the manu script is sent out to an edi tor, and again when it re turns." . A caddie had been accom panying a brand new player around or adjacent to the golf course. "How did the sucker make out? asked the caddie master when his charge stumbled wearily back into the shnn. "Put it this way," said the caddie. "If he had played with a new laid egg instead of a ball, that egg's shell still would have been un broken at the end of the third hole." . Sam Levenson defines a landlord as "someone who'd rather sleep than heat, 1233. by heotult Cat Disfariuted byJUag Fe&tere SyndifAta.,. one of the lower levels of the project grinds the rocks into the aggregate used to make the concrete. Bids on Emmigrant dam project, just east of Ashland will be opened June 3. Work will start after the irrigation season ends this fall. Present Emmigrant lake will not be used for storage purposes for two years so work may be done on the dam. Water need ed for irrigation during that period will run through the outlet works. When completed the dam will make the lake even bet ter for recreation purposes since a minimum water level will be maintained. Now, be cause of irrigation needs, the lake is practically drained off in ' September. When the project is com pleted in 1961, with the ex ception of some minor work, it will furnish supplementary irrigation water to the pres ent 5,000 acres now under irrigation in the Talent Irri gation district and will irri gate another 10,000 acres in the district. POWER PLANT A section of the Green Springs power plant is seen under construc tion in this picture. The underground struc ture is almost complete. Various equipment plus the turbine, imported from Switzer- is yet to ce instaiiea. a careiaKer s house also is scheduled for construction. The grounds will be landscaped to add to the scenic beauty of the farming area. The Family Council Editor's note: The Familv Council mtlKlctx nf tnrii? m nsvrhfafrist. three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Earti article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt wtia oy responsible agencies and counselor. Plans Announced for Von Braun Picture Hollywood (UPI) Plans have been announced for pro duction of a motion picture telling the life story of Wern her Von Braun, German-born scientist who played a major role in launching of the first U. S. satellites. Producer Charles Schneer of Morningside' International Productions and Friedrich Mainz of Rhomus Films, Mu nich, Germany, revealed Fri day that the film would be made both in Europe and Hollywood for release by Co lumbia Pictures. ACCORDING TO LAW Little Rock, Ark. (UPD One taxpayer has taken an exceptionally literal advan tage of Arkansas' tax laws. The law permits taxpayers to pay half their tax in May, the other half in November. The taxpayer owed a total of 52 cents. Thursday, the tax depart ment received a check for 26 cents. Helen R. His affair dis gusted me. Ethel F. She's childish and prudish. Helen R. I am 19 and I re cently broke off with a young man I had been very serious about. I didn't tell my par ents why I broke off because it was too embarrassing, but I did tell my friend Ethel, and she tells me I'm wrong. This young man told me he had been having an affair with a married woman off and on for the last four years. He said he didn't love her and never had and was trying to break free of her. He "said I was the only girl he ever really cared about seriously. I don 't think he should have told me those things and I was disgusted by him. I al ways dreamed of being the only 'one with the man I marry. Ethel says I'm a prude and a fool. Ethel F. Helen and I are the-same age, but I think she is really very childish. In spite of all the talk you hear against the double standard, the fact is that it is different for men. Most girls would rather marry a man of experi ence. I know I would be flattered to think a man who knew about love and life was at tracted to me. This man Helen went with had always treated her with respect and consideration. It isn't as though he was an ordinary wolf. I think she should have been thrilled that he was seri ous about her. I don't think I'm immoral vrhen I say a girl should not be too prudish. Helen should have appreciated this man's honesty. The Council: - We find Ethel the childish one in this discussion. We have the impression that Ethel does not wish to do wrong or to associate with wrongdoers. She is opposed to immorality, but she doesn't like to connect acts that have a certain glamor for her with that unpleasant word "immor ality." This is a very naive view of things. But even more naive is the coating of glamor Ethel gives to that exciting word "experience." It is a little hard to disillu sion Ethel, but we'll have to try. The fact that a man or woman has had sexual rela tions before marriage is no indication that this individual knows anything about "love and life." In most cases, it is a pretty fair indication of the opposite. It nearly always indicates a deep lack of self-confidence, a lack of ability to relate effec tively to the opposite sex. Usually there is no love at all involved in the experience, and for both men and women it can be a very wounding and harmful experience. We're all for experience but we favor experience of a different order. Both men and women ought to look for marriage partners who have had successful experiences in friendships, work, study, en joyable activities and genuine love for family and friends. These are the experiences which indicate a whole and healthy human 4 being. They are the experiences that ere-; ate a rich background for the beginning of marriage. Helen is neither prudish nor childish when she sets her sights. on a person with such a background. (Copyright 1958. General Features Corp.). Clear Burglaries Following Arrest Kelso (UPD Sheriff Merle Bevins of Cowlitz county said Thursday that nine Cowlitz county burglar ies and two armed robberies, one in Portland, and the oth er in Vancouver, Wash., have been solved with the arrest of two residents of this area The sheriff said Maynard Mask. 22. Longview, had signed a confession admitting a series of crimes dating back to January. The second man, Kenneth McLaughlin, 25, Kelso, already has been re leased to authorities in. Van couver where he has been charged with armed robbery. Bevins said Mask admitted that he and McLaughlin used a pistol and a shotgun to hold up the New Moon tavern in Portland Tuesday night. Then, according to Mask's statement, they staged a hold up at the Cozy Camp tavern in Vancouver at 1 a.m. Wed nesday. They then drove back to Longview. ''ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY". '(Author's Name Below) Every sickness cannot be cured overnight. 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