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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
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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
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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
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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.
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