MAIL TRIBUNE, M4forJ, Or., VfalMMby, January 21, 1959
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Beneficial Uses
Determined by
Several Factors
Beneficial uses in the seven
sub-basins of the Rogue River
basin were determined by
the state water resources
board by variance in physical
features, degree of economic
development, and water use
rquirements from sub-basin
to sub-basin.
The board presented its
findings and recommenda
tions at a special meeting in
the Jackson county court
house this morning.
In arriving at its recom
mendations for the programs
proposed in the sub-basins,!
the board found that domestic
use, while small, represents
an important factor in exist
. ing and presently contem
plated needs of water in all
sub-basins.
Municipal Us
It also found that munici
pal use represents a signifi
cant factor in existing and
presently contemplated needs
and uses of water in all sub
basins with the exception of
those of Little Butte Creek
and the Applegate river.
Irrigation use, the board
found, is a significant factor
either In existing or in pres
ently contemplated needs and
uses of water, or both, in all
sub-basins except the Lower
Rogue. Irrigation use in the
Lower Rogue is recommend
ed to permit development of
the small potential which
exists there, the board noted.
There is power potential
existing in the Upper, Middle
and Lower Rogue river and
the Illinois river sub-basins,
but the potential in the Mid
dle Rogue is limited, the
board found.
Power Development
Development of power In
the Lower Rogue basin would
seriously interfere with the
passage of anadromous fish, it
said.
Industrial use does not rep
resent a significant factor in
existing or contemplated
needs and uses of 'water in
the Upper Rogue, Little Butte
creek, Applegate river and Il
linois river sub-basins. But in
dustrial use is recommended
'in these sub-basins to permit
development of the small po
tential there, except in the
Little Butte creek sub-basin
which does not have sufficient
water to support industrial
development.
' Future major water -using
Industries in the Bear Creek
sub-basin because of limita
tions on supply, the board
noted, will be forced to util
ize water from other sub-
basins.
Industrial Purposes
There is potential for the
utilization of water for indus
trial purposes in the Middle
and Lower Rogue river sub-
basins.
. Mining, the board found,
does not represent a signifi
cant factor in existing or con
templated needs and uses of
water in the Upper Rogue,
Little Butte creek, Bear creek
and Lower Rogue sub-basins.
Mining requirements should
not materially increase above
the present level of rights in
the Applegate river, Middle
Rogue and Illinois river areas
because of the present .low
level of mining activity as
compared to the large quan
tity of rights for that purpose.
The board found that re
creation use represents and
will continue to bring sub
stantial benefits to the state
in the Upper, Lower and Mid
dle Rogue river, and Illinois
river sub-basins.
Unregulated Flows
Utilization of unregulated
flows for recreation will not
be a significant factor in pre
sently contemplated needs
and uses of water in Little
Butte creek, Bear creek and
the Applegate river sub
basins. j Wildlife uses represent and
will continue to bring bene
fits to the state in all sub
basins except Bear creek
where the relatively high
level of development has
eliminated most of the more
wilderness type of wildlife,
the board said.
Fish life uses, the board
found, will continue, to bring
benefits to the state in all sub
basins but enhancement of
fish life will be difficuilt to
attain jn many areas, particu
larly the Bear creek basin be
cause of lack of flows in the
streams.
Average Annual Runoff
' The board found that the
average annual runoff of the
Rogue and its tributaries is
sufficient to satisfy all exist
ing and presently contemplat
ed needs and uses of water
with the exception of mini
mizing pollution.
. However, because the run
off is variable in time and
place, many localities have
lerious supply problems dur
ing the low flow period of
July, August, September and
October. Flows during this
period, the board found, are
inadequate in many streams
to provide present consump
tive demands exclusive of
pollution abatement.
"Storage of surplus runoff
is necessary for major aug
mentation of the water re
source in periods of short
age," the board said.
Irrigation Water Rights
Irrigation represents the
largest block of water rights
in the basin, the board noted,
with a total of 39 per cent of
the total. Such use is season
al, it pointed out, and not en
tirely consumptive in nature
Power rights account for 33
per cent of the total water
rights, but are nonconsump-
tive in nature, and water di
verted for power becomes
available for other uses at
downstream locations.
Mining rights, the board
found, represent 25 per cent
of the basin total, but the
quantity of water being used
in active mining operations is
less than 1 per cent of the
rights.
Domestic, municipal; indus
trial, recreation, wildlife and
fish life rights comprise only
3 per cent of the basin total,
the board said.
Legal Restrictions
The board found that legal
restrictions preclude the at
tainment of maximum benefi
cial use of water in the basin.
The restrictions include:
Oregon law withdraws wat
ers of Mill and Barr creeks in
the Upper Rogue basin for
protection of fish life.
State statutes grant exclu
sive rights to Medford for
water of Big Butte creek, the
springs forming its headwat
ers and its tributaries for
municipal use. The same sta
tute grants the right to the
Eagle Point Irrigation district
to use 100 cubic feet per sec
ond of Big Butte Creek water
for power purposes.
Oregon statutes do not per
mit construction of . dams or
structures which would inter
fere with the free passage of
fish on the Rogue below a
point near Shady Cove, and
limits construction of dams
between Shady Cove and just
upstream from McLeod to the
federal government.
Below Shady Cove
All water below Shady
Cove has been withdrawn by
state laws for domestic, stock,
irrigation and municipal pur
poses. A state engineer's with
drawal of water of the Rogue
and its tributaries above Gold
Ray was to withhold that wat
er from general appropriation
for "use and benefit of the ir
rigation project which is to
be jointly investigated under
the provisions of Chapter 87
laws of 1913, and the contract
Independent Cancer
Fund Drives Said
More Successful
V ft s;
SEEKING to attract U. S.
capital, , President Arturo
Frondizi leaves Argentina
for Washington.
Girl Atiempis to
Locate Father
The Jackson County chap
ter of American Red Cross
has been asked to help locate
the father of Miss Sandra
Johnson, 18, of Bellingham,
Wash.
In a letter from Belling
ham, the Red Cross chapter
there said Miss Johnson's
father, Walter Fay Johnson,
was born in Medford and
would be about 41 years old.
He may have moved back to
Medford following discharge
from the service.
She said her father and
mother separated when she
was about six, and she would
like to contact him. Miss
Johnson said she believes her
twin brother, Thomas, was
named after her father's
brother.
Anyone having information
about Johnson may contact
Mrs. Sheridan Scott at SPring
3-4937.
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Independent American Can
cer society campaigns raise
money more successfully than
those associated with united
fund drives, according to
leaflet circulated by the so
ciety this year.
A committee of the society's
Jackson county unit met yes
terday noon to discuss pub
licity plans for the annual
educational and fund-raising
crusade this spring.
Mrs. Mahr Reymers, execu
tive secretary of the unit, de
clined t o comment o n last
week's criticism in the Ore
gon Labor Press. The weekly
AFL-CIO newspaper in Port
land urged a boycott against
the cancer society and the
March of Dimes in their fund-
raising drives because they
are not participating in united
fund activities.
Attitude of Society
"We just want to get across
what we stand for," Mrs. Rey
mers said. She referred to the
leaflet as representing the at
titude of the society.
"Experience," the leaflet
states, "shows that the small
percentage (10 per cent) of
our units in united funds have
not over the years shown as
much growth in essential fi
nancial support as the great
majority which conduct their
own campaigns.
"This is why by 1960 all
units will conduct separate
Crusades. United funds can
accept and aid the society's
policy, thus speeding the at
tack on cancer. Or they can
impede this attack by fighting
this policy.
Threatens Attack
"In some cities united funds
threaten the national attack
on cancer by trying to force
units of the American Cancer
society into united funds or
by trying to prevent others
from leaving.
"There is room in America
for both united funds and in
dependent health agencies,"
the leaflet continues. "The
American - Cancer society is
an emergency agency commit
ted to winning the battle
against cancer. When victory
is attained - it will close its
doors."
The Oregon Labor Press
stated last week that if the
cancer society's independent
crusade succeeds, "other
health agencies are sure to
withdraw .from the United
fund to stage independent
fund campaigns of their own
And our hard-won United
fund principle of 'one drive
a year' will be shattered."
Research Effort
The cancer society's leaflet
also points out that crusade
has stimulated a nationwide
research effort. The disease, it
states, "will strike 40 million
men, women and children now
living."
The leaflet states that while
in 1948 one in four afflicted
with cancer were saved, the
figure today is one in three.
"Thousands owe their lives to
the devoted women volun
teers, aided by outstanding
men, who each April wage
a house-to-house educational
and fund-raising Crusade to
prevent needless deaths from
cancer.
"The American Cancer so
ciety combination of giving
and living must continue until
cancer is controlled."
The leaflet adds that the
annual crusade is "the accept
ed way", to attack cancer.
between the state and "the
United States."
The purpose or the Sept. 6,
1915, withdrawal by the state
engineer has been partically
fulfilled through the Talent
project, whose water right
and its priority date are based
on the withdrawal, the board
noted.
Engineer's Order
An engineer's order effec
tive July 27, 1934, provides
no further permits to appro
priate water of Sucker and
Althouse creeks in the Illi
nois Valley basin for any pur
pose other than domestic or
for mining and power devel
opments where such do not
consume water or interfere
with existing rights.-
The board said almost one
third of the 170,500 acres of
irrigable agricultural land in
the basin lies within the Mid
dle Rogue River basin, but
more than two-thirds of that
area is not irrigated, and most
of the remainder requires
supplemental water for full
development.
The highest level of irriga
tion development, the board
noted, exists in the Bear
Creek basin. Two-thirds of its
irrigable lands will be re
ceiving irrigation water and
more than one-half of the ir
rigated land will be receiving
an adequate supply when the
Talent project is completed.
The bureau of reclamation
IF)irsirD's IFninidlDimg
presently is constructing the
Talent project, which will in
crease development in the
Bear Creek basin; taking
steps to start development of
part of the Illinois Valley ba
sin potential; has published a
feasibility report on the Mer
lin division, which considers
developing part of the Mid
dle Rogue River basin; is pre
paring a feasibility report on
the Agate dam and reservoir
which is designed to increase
the level of development in
the Bear Creek basin; and has
scheduled additional studies
in the Middle Rogue and Ap
plegate basins.
Existing low flows at most
locations in the basin are not
sufficient to supply the desir
able base flows requested by
the fishery agencies, the
board reported.
"Conditions are particular
ly acute in Bear creek, the
Illinois river, the Applegate
river and in the Rogue river
from Grants Pass to its
mouth. At many locations in
these streams, the average of
flows for at least one month
each year is less than the de
sirable base flows," the
board said.
Desirable Base Flows
"Physical and legal attain
ment of desirable base flows
will be achieved only through
storage," the board pointed
out. ,
Water temperatures unfav
orable to fish life are common
during low flow periods. Tem
peratures as high as 76 de
grees Fahrenheit have been
recorded in the Rogue 11.
miles above its mouth.
"Flood control," the board
reported, "is an item of eco
nomic importance, but bene
fits accruing only from re
ducing or preventing flood
damages will not justify the
cost of structures necessary to
provide such control."
The board found that flood
damages occurred throughout
the basin, but the majority
was along the Middle Rogue
river main stem with 50 per
cent of the total damages tak
ing place in a 38-mile stretch
between Little Butte creek
and the Applegate river. To
tal damages from . the 1955
flood were estimated about
$4,085,530.
Appreciable Control
Appreciable c o n tr o 1 of
flood volumes at Grants Pass
could be obtained by main
stem storage with the degree
of control depending upon
the location of such storage.
The board noted, however,
that basin-wide control will
be achieved only through
both main stem and tributary
storage. .
The theoretical power po
tential of the basin was deter
mined from the average
monthly streamflow and max
imum heads not conflicting
with existing basin develop
ments or other potential pow
er developments, the board
said.
Total power, potential
equals or exceeds 780,000 ki
lowatts for 50 per cent of the
time. Present installed capa
city in the basin is 51,000
kilowatts in the Upper and
Middle Rogue basins. An ad
ditional 16,000-kilowatt plant
is under construction in the
Bear creek section of the Tal
ent project.
"The total," the board re
ported, "is less than 8 per cent
of the total basin potential."
Virginia Governor Pledges To Hold Segregation Line
Richmond, Va. -(UPD- Gov.
Lindsay Almond sought to
rally Virginians today to yield
not an inch 'on school integra
tion despite signs "token'
mixing of Negroes and whites
was only weeks away.
Almond Tuesday night
pledged that "we have just
begun to fight." He said a
special legislative session
would seek new weapons to
replace the "massive resist
ance" laws wiped out Mon
day by state and federal
courts.
Nine Schools Closed
Under those laws, Almond
had closed nine Virginia
schools serving 13,000 stu
dents in Norfolk, Charlottes
ville and Front Royal.
Norfolk school authorities
said Tuesday they will move
to reopen its schools, perhaps
by the February second . se
mester, with a handful of Ne
groes admitted. Superintend
ent J. J. Brewbaker said the
six Norfolk schools could be
opened on a day's notice.
Almond exhorted Virgin
ians to continue to oppose in
tegration everywhere through
out the state.
"Abandonment of the prin
ciples involved anywhere is
to forsake those principles
everywhere," he said.
Will Not Yield
"For the record now and
hereafter, as governor of this
state, I will not yield to that
which I know to be wrong
and will destroy every ration
al semblance of public educa
tion for thousands of the chil
dren of Virginia. v
"I call upon the people of
Virginia to stand firmly with
me in this struggle. Be not
dismayed by recent judicial
deliverances. I propose to re
store the tax revenues of this
commonwealth to the control
of the people."
Almond did not elaborate
on that. There was specula
tion he might mean some form
of tuition grants or special ap
propriations by the Legisla
ture separate from those voted
for public schools.
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