6 MAIL TMIUME, MMo,d, Or9oii, Sundiy, June 29. 195S
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iemljers of Portland Chamber
Seem Impressed With Project
Members of the Portland
e,Chamber of Commerce dele
gation Thursday seemed par
ticularly impressed with the
-sports-fishing possibilities in
the Howard Prairie reservoir.
Marshall N. Dana, former
editor of the Oregon Journal
editorial page, hfeaded the
group. He said it should be
emphasized that the state
game commission will plant
rainbow trout first in the res
ervoir. This, he said, should
attract a good many out-of-state
trout fishermen.
Cole oRivers, local repre
sentative of the state game
commission, said spiny ray
fish such as bass and perch
will be planted after the com
mission determines how well
the trout have adapted them
selves to the reservoir. The
spiny ray fish seem popular
with the local sportsmen, but
those from outside the state
seem V prefer the trout, he
said. The state game commis
sion feels that a large number
of tourists will be fishing in
the reservoir, he added.
Plans to Plant
Rivers said the commission
plans to plant 75,000 rainbow
in the reservoir this fall. They
will measure from 3V4 to 4
inches. At least 175,000 more
rainbow trout will be planted
next spring, he added. Plant
ings depend on the storage
schedules and how much irri
gation water is drawn off, he
said.
Neal Butterfield, of the Na
tional Park Service, Portland,
said the average draw-down
will be seven feet at Howard
Prairie. The depth will vary
from time to time, he said.
Little draw down is antici
pated during the summer
months when the reservoir
will be used for recreation
also, he said. This was in an
swer to questioning by Col.
Paul H. Weiland, a member
of the Jackson county chap
ter of the Izaak Walton
league.
Irrigation, Power
People should realize that
irrigation and power are the
two main purposes of the res
ervoir, remarked a represen
tative of one of the federal
agencies interested in the
project. Irrigation and power
come first and second. Rec
reation comes third, he said.
However, he pointed out
that Wickiup reservoir on the
Deschutes river in central
Oregon has only been drawn
down once during the eight
years of its existence. Then
it was drawn down to its out
let works.
Irrigation water will be
drawn from the Howard Prai
rie reservoir directly while
the Emigrant dam is being
raised, it was pointed out
This will start at the end of
the current irrigation season
this fall and will last during
a period of a little less than
three years.
Cover 2,000 Acres
The reservoir will cover an
area of about 2,000 acres and
will have an average depth
of 30 feet. It will be 75 feet
deep at the dam.
Rivers said the state game
commission estimates the tem
perature of the water will
be the same as that of Fish
lake and maybe as cold as
Diamond lake.
If developed, public use site
No. 1 would be the first of
two such areas constructed,
Butterfield said. The zoning
for this area would cover Vi
mile by a quarter mile.
Access Road
Construction of an access
road into the area by Jackson
county has been delayed be
cause the slash has to be
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VORK 0RESSE1 Construction ma
chinery was in action Thursday when a
touring group looked over the Howard Prai
rj dam development. The large piece of
land jutting out into the water will be cov
ered when the project is complete. Rainy
weather and late snows have delayed the
contractor. However, the reservoir is sched
uled for completion this season. Upon com
pletion it will be used for irrigation sup
plies while the dam is being raised at Emi
grant reservoir.
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TALKING IT OVER Marshall Dana (right) head of a Port
land Chamber of Commerce delegation, confers witn county
Judge Rodney Keating. The two men are standing at Hoxie
springs, the site of public use site No. 1 near Howard Prai
rie reservoir, one of the two public use sites planned. Keat
ing was explaining the county court's views on administra
tion of. the possible recreation areas. The two men were part
oa tour of 70 people Thursday at the Talent project.
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EXPLAII CHART Neal Butterfield, Portland, Nation
al Park Service, (left) and E. K. Peterson, now of Portland
and former regional forester here . for the bureau of land
emanagement, discuss location of possible public use sites on
the Howard Prairie reservoir. During the Talent project tour
Thursday for Portland and local chambers of commerce, and
representatives of various agencies interested, recreational
aspects of the Talent project were discussed.
EDUCATORS VISIT SOVIET
Moscow (UPI) A group
of American educators Satur
day began a two-week study
of higher education in the
Soviet Union. The delegation,
which arrived by air Friday
night, included President
Harry David Gideonse of
Brooklyn college, President
Frank Murphy of Kansas uni
versity, and President Her
man B. Wells of Indiana university.
Alaska covers 586,000
square miles, with a coastline
of about 26,000 miles.
cleared yet, according to Paul
Rynning, county engineer.
The road, on O and C land,
would run above the south
side of the lake and would
connect with a road into the
home site area.
The home site areas on the
west side of the lake would
be developed By the bureau
of land management. Leases
would' be given on a 20-year
basis.
s According to the general
plan, the park service would
draw up plans and specifica
tions for recreational site de
velopment. The bureau of rec
lamation . would oversee the
construction work to let con
tracts. It also would make ar
rangements on the conces
sions, James Callan, project
engineer, said.
Meet Maintenance Costs
Butterfield said he doubted
if proceeds from the conces
sions and other sources of
revenue would meet the cost
of maintaining recr e a t i o n
ites.
Operation of site No.
would cost an estimated
$3,500 a year, according to
figures compiled by Chester
Armstrong, state parks com
mission. The estimated cost
would include janitor serv
ice, erection of signs, tables
and benches, and toilet facili
ties. Return per year is esti
mated at site No. 1 at $570.
All money earned more
than the operation costs
would go to the bureau of
reclamation, which would use
it for further development of
the site.
Butterfield said it is pos
sible to split the administra
tion of park sites. Ashland,
for instance, might take over
the administration of the pro
posed recreation site on Emi
grant reservoir.
An estimated total of $150,-
000 would be allocated out of
total construction costs for
recreational site development.
However, the couny could not
expect to have all this fund
used for Howard Prairie if
it should decide to administer
only that site.
During Thursday's tour of
the Talent project, Walter
Hoffbuhr, Talent Irrigation
district manager, said the Tal
ent project would furnish sup
plementary water to 10,000
acres in the district. Appfoxi
mately 5,000 new acres would
be brought under irrigation
He said irrigation water
from the Talent project actu
ally will only supply more
water for land already under
irrigation. Marginal land can
not be brought under irriga
tion, according to bureau of
reclamation stipulations, he
added.
Three-Car Accident Reported to Police
Tiny Kusaie Island, an area
of only 42 square miles, has
been occupied in its time by
four foreign powers Spain,
Germany, Japan and the
United States. It is in the
Carolines in the South Pacific
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A three-car accident one
quarter mile east of the Sum
mit ranch on Highway 66 was
reported to state police Friday
evening.
There were apparently no
Crater Lions Get
$7,000 for Service
Money to purchase needed
life saving equipment at the
Rogue Valley and Sacred
Heart hospitals was recently
presented to the institutions
by Cliff McGinty, general
chairman of the Crater Lions
annual TV auction.
During the fiscal year end
ing July 1, the club announc
ed, it has netted $10,000 on
its Light Bulb sale, Water Ski
tournament, Sports fair, and
TV auction.
More than $7,000 of the
money was distributed on
local community service; such
as hospital equipment, $4,000;
sight and blind work, $850;
health and welfare, $500;
youth activities, $900; foreign
exchange student, $650; and
respirator maintenance, $170.
injuries from the accident
which caused front-end dam
age to two cars and extensive
body damage to the third ve
hicle when it rolled complete
ly over, police said.
Drivers of the vehicles were
Ted Milo Underwood, 38, of
265 Third st.f Ashland; Pearl
F. Bairey, 57, of Salem; and
William John Bosanko, 60, of
Klamath, Calif.
The Bairey and Bosanko
cars were eastbound when
the Underwood vehicle, trav
eling in the opposite direction,
went out of control on a
curve. It struck the left front
of the Bairey auto, which in
turn was shoved back into the
front of the Bosanko car, po
lice report. The Underwood
vehicle rolled off the high
way, coming to rest on its
wheels, police said.
RUSSIANS TANGHT HERE
Newton, Mass. (UPI)
Newton High school, rated as
one of the nation's first pub
lic secondary schools, will
start teaching the Russian
language next fall. . Applica
tions for the new course are
being distributed among jun
iors and seniors "who have
demonstrated ability in lan
guage work."
The cost of driving a car
10,000 miles in 1958 will be
$1,078, an increase of $76
over 1957, the AAA reported
recently.
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TEACHERS' LUNCH
Boston (UPI) For the
first time in the 323-year
history of public education in
Massachusetts, public school
teachers are now guaranteed
a 30-minute lunch period. A
new state law grants this concession.
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