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JFALLS BEING PRESERVED This i a
view of ' Prospect Point, a luvoritc view
ins area for honeymooncrs and tourists,
after a nrly 200-foot section crumbled into'
the swirrKig JJsiagara rivers lower gorge on
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By GERARD J. GAGNON
Niagara Falls, N.Y. - lUPD -Nearly
three centuries ago
the ltjin cataracts of Niagara!
were describe s "a vast anS
prodigious c:fifence of water
Qhich falls down after a sur
prising and a.'Aonishing man
ner, in so muca that the uni
verse does not afford
parallel."
Those words were peiQ d
in 1G78 by Father R. P. Louis
Hennepin, widi.' - traveled
French missionary and
plorer.
Today his dcsc-lption of
(jiagara falls still rings true.
But, the question is-for how
much longer?
Recently an earth dam was
thrown up near the brgik of
the Am(0can falls to divert
enough waler so work crews
could clear debris left at the
base by a big rockslide in
1954. What came to light has
had officials pondering.
Crack) Disclosed
The de-waterij portion of
Ih : falls (..closed large cracks
in (he rock formation, lead
ing Pi speculation more rock
falls Qre in nature's plans.
One geologist opined that if
the deep, wide cracks weaken
the formation enough a por
tion of the AO.erican f;s
larger than a football field
would collapse into the gorge.
This, he indicated, would turn
that portion of the (Kiajcslic,
1 (igjfoot high falls into just
fX L1MIUC. Q
Last Oeek a team of fgir
consultants who inspected me
area said tjjit any measures
to 'qU erosion would be im
practical. They reported there
was no danger of any imme
diate collapse nor of any siz
able rockfall for a consider
able tiine.
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July 28, 1954. Though notning can be done
to heal the present damage, lan is now
attempting to preserve the furare grandeur
of the fallsO
iHoSds True
Rockslides are nothing new
at the falls. The first rerdcd
fall was in 1818 when a huge
chunk broke A' the Ameri
can falls. The latest of major
size was July 28. 1954, when
some 185,000 lOiS of rock
fell at rosr.Qt point. Two
yenrs Inter, two-thir of a
mile bc?ow the falls, an esti
mated 120,000 9uns of rock
crushed the Schoellkopf pow
er station
ex-0Dramafic Collapses
"Din-frig the lOHOs several
dramatic ocollapscs occurred.
Thw-e persons were killo
Uibojj day, 1930, when the
roof of the Cave of Ihe Winds
collapsed. In J;uuur the fol
lowing year the edge of '(jo
American falls 300 feet from
Luna island slid, leaving a
gap that can be seen today.
On Aug. 13, 1934, some 45,
000 tons of rock toppled into
Ihe gorge, again at the Amer
ican falls. And just a little
more than a year later thous
ands of tons showered down
on the tracks of the Scenic
Gorge rail route, resulting in
its abandonment.
The stone formation at Nia
gara consists oPmany lars,
the topmost of hard livestone.
Below are successive layers
of various shale limestone
and standslone. The wearing
away of these underlaycrs is
.constant with 200.000 cubic
feet-a-second of waler
ing over, in and thwjgh tne
cracked formation.
The ero.-tpn process is be
lieved to have slowed some
what in recent centuries, man
hopes to slow it even more.
Though nothing within rea-
Oonably econonv bounds may
fill the cracks an heal tPre
present damage, future dam
age may be minimized. O
Not only is r..an atPempting
to preserve the grandeur of
the falls, but he'll continue to
b-Oefit from its mighty fori
The New York State Power
a u thority 6s "solidly on
schedule" on its $7'l-million
Niagara hydro power project.
The first electrical current is
expected to be generate on
Feb. 10(3)961.
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Washington - H'PH - Sen.Ql
exander Wiley of Wisconsin,
senior Republican on the Sen
ate foreign relntfcs commit
tee, has warned Russia that
the U.S. will not relax its
vi!nce durins the current
politicaQcamtehsn. J Q
"In the 6jys ahead, wucy
added, "we should make it
as always we
uously be ready
regardless of an
election - to protect the ram
parts of freedom.
WUG) said "We sWuld
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ALthe same time Wiley urg
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laentiai canmaaies to presem
tensions, and creating a coun
ter-attack to tiie Communist
propaganda offensive.
Other great issues, he said,
are the need "to maintain and
further strengthen the econ
omy at home" and the adop
tion "of new programs for
1 preserving human rights ana
promoting human progress."
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The present redevelopment
engineerir has two prime
igjactical objectives - to cut
clown on erosion by distribut
ing the vater more evenly,
and to aeOlr jjore power
by diversion of the flow.
QThe water diversion will
not mean, however, any de
crease in the Niagara Spectac
ular. Under the Canada
United Smiles Niagara divers
ion treaty of 1950 certain
minimum amounts of water
n;t flow over the falls at
specified times of the day and
periods Of the year or the
benefit of sightseers who
flock here from all parts of
the world. q
Authorities also are going
all out to beautify the falls
area. Visitors will find many
new parks, roads, bridges Qid
scenic observation points.
Program Dedicated
A 36.5 million improvement
program on the Niagara parks
reservation was recently
dedicated. Highlight was for
mal opening of the SI. 85 mil
lion Amoric; Rapids bridge,
a 590-footo spa: connecting
GoS. island with the main
land. A new 4,000-foot section
of the Niagara parkVQiy also
was decncaiea.
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and the Rev. James Mathew
son of the Congregationalist
church in 1835: "Niagara
falls should be deen-.ed the
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California Casting Eye on Use
On Kilowatts From Northwest
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3y ROBERT A. SMITH
aus Tribune Washinglon
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Correspondent
Sacramento (Special;ali
fornia once again has its eye
on j vital Pacific Northwest
r 4F'j,''i resource
t'l which it
wouia "Ke to
import into
the rapidly
expanding
golden state.
A decade or
more ago Cal
ifornia turned
a longing eye
on the Colum
bia river as a possible solu
tion for the water needs
of its arid Central Valley. A
gigantic Rube Goldberg plan
was conceived within the U.
S. Bureau of Reclamation for
channeling some of the North
west's generous water supply
southward via canals from
one river system to another
until it finally wound up in
the irrigation ditches near
Salinas and Fresno. But this
blueprint, considered fantas
tic in its conception and '.
necessary, never got past the
drawing board.
Today California officials
fSiy tney aon t need uoiumbio
river water. They have plenty
in their own rivers, especially
in northern California, to
serve the expected deiftaiQl of
what will be the nation's most
heavily populated state iglo'
near future.
Wants Kilowatts 0
But California dOss wort
Columbia river kilowaOs -cheap
power to energize irri
gation pumps, industrial
plants and resiiO.'ntial circuits.
And officials of this state are
bily working on a plan o
secure substantial blocke of
power from the Bonneville
power system. o
California could get along
without Bonneville power. Its
utilities could build more and
more oil-fueled steam plants
that would generate high cost
kilowatts during the dry sum
mer months when stream
flows are lowest in this state
and irrigation pumping power
demands are highest.
But, like every customer,
A llnhl. smitb
file Family. GotiMl
Editor') Note: The Family Council consists of a Judee, a psychlntrltt,
three elercymen, a newspaper editor, a wOoienQ. editor and two writers,
liacli artlrle Is a summary of an actual "ase history. The Council reports
on problems that have been dealt A1i by responsible agencies and
counselors.
Louise R. - She should re
tire before she is fired.
Jane M. - I don't like to sit
around doing nothing.
Louise R. - My problem in
volves my closest friend, Jane.
We have known one another
since childhood and are now
past 70. AQ our children Ore
married and we sharQa9ionie.
We both went to work after
our children were grown, but
I retired more than five years
aio. Jane, however, is stil&
working.
I feel very strongly that she
should retire now. If o',e
doesn't, she's going to be fired
id tlQt will hurt her vy
much. Her eyesight is lailing
and she gets slower and slow
er, mentOly and physically.
It iOridiculous for a woman
of her iige to travel to and
from wMrk and put in a full
day when it isn't economically
necessary.
Jane M. - It',not true that
my eyesight is failing. I ;0!
just as well as I did five yOrs
ago. The doctor hasn't
changed my glasses in years.
I find that I'm well able to
keep up with the work. I'm a
little tired when I get home,
bQ who isn't? Louise insists
on treating me like an old,
feeble woman. I have always
becQ healthy and I haven't
missed a day's work in years.
Nobody has jet complained
about my woTk. Louise says
they're just being kind to me,
but I don't believe it. I rarely
make an error.
I have worked hard all my
life. I'm not HQ kind of per
son who likes to sit around
doing nothing. Louise enjoys
hersfrU visiting friends and
family but I prefer grkQ
The Council: Louise's belief
that Jane's errmloyer may be
suffering in fetence out of
kindness to her is probably
way off base. The best-hearted
employers manage to rid
themselves of unwanted em
ployees- without too rauffi
bloodsiSd on either aide of
the firing line.
Undoubtedly Jane s em
ployer has found, like S'$ff r n . . pontest, Pomona
many othtjg-.rjjiat older work
ers are extremely dependable,
their attendance recora is ex
cellent, and when they areS'n
the right spot, their perform
ance is equal to, or better
than, the younger employees.
Louise expresses herself in
terms of concern for Jane, but
her attitude suggests some
thing else. She seems to have
a keen eye for signs of deter
ioration in Jane, but is less
observant of Jane's admirable
health and spirit. She express
es herself in threatening
terms. Friendly concern
.should take the form of en-
California WOUld like to get,
its power at a loy5,r cost.
Bonneville power is cheaper,
and it is so plentiful these
days that substantial amounts
are going to waste for lack
of customers in the Pacific
Northwest.
This fresh interest in Co
lumbia river kilowatts is di
rectly connected to the mam
mouth California Qater Plan
which is nearing a critical
point i)iecision by the voters
of this state. On the ballot
this November is a proposi
tion which they must approve
if the state is to go forward
with a S1.7 billion bond issue.
The bond sale would finance
construction of the world's
highest dam on the Feather
river and a huge system of
aqueducts to carry water from
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aillHUCl U Mllll WJ 111! ell yunm
tion ail agricultural centers.
Heart of Wat Plan
Some $50 million has al
ready been spent on the Oro
ville Dam which wilLbe 735
feet high, 29 feet higiTer than
ffliover Dam, world's highest.
Orovillecbam would store 3.5
million acre-feet of precious
SOiter that would flow down
the aqueducts. This dam ana
the aqueducts comprise the
heart of the California water
plan.
To ge? this water to all its
centers of ilo'ed, however,
pumping statdms will be re
quired. Gravity will carry the
water southward from the
Oieights to which it is pumped.
To reach Los Angeles Gnrt the
other valleys and towns of
southorn California, for ex
ample, the d'oOr mitft be
pumpojl ovotf the Tchvhapi
Mountain Range.
ft will lobe grcOter quan
tities of power to energi0
these pumping slatlcsib-more
powc than California' new
dams can produce. If Caifcr
nia can import hip kilo
watts from Oriojon, it will
help reduce tie? considerobleo
costs of thio water system.
Some California officials
aijp worried tht t?ie cost per
acre of water delivered may
be prohibitive to some farm
ers who would otherwise open
couragenient rather than dis
couragement. It is quite possible that Lou
ise's unpleasant suggestions
have thoroughly fiOjhtened
Jane and forced her-to cling
to her job even harder than
she would ordinarily care to.
In reaction to Louise's "You
are much too old to work,"
Jane may have stiffened her
back to prove she isn't yet
ready for the rubbish heap.
After five years of retire
ment, Louise may be bored
with herself and probably is
deteriorating far more rapidly
than Jane simply because of
lack of vital conneQion with
the workaday world. Perhaps
it is hard for her to watch her
girlhood chum still going
strong.
We think Jane shouldvork
as long as she cares to, but she
shouldn't hold Qi to ft;r job
out of fear of falling into
hopeless disQe. With her spir
it, she can well look around
O new interests qSO that
eventually she can retire
simply because tlff-re is some
thing else she wants tcQlo.
(Copyright ie60. General C
Features Corp.)
Grange Nftos
Phoenix Grange
Lecturer Mrs. Ralph Swin
gle preceded the meeting at
Phoenix Grange July 26 wQh
an entertainment r(30Bi"nrr
and a briS? talk by a
student.
ntertainers were the "Ea
ger Beve'-s," who are Marcla
and Richard Bever of Centra"?
Point. The youngsters sing
and play guitars. James Scott,
who wo'i a trip to. Corvallis
on a 4-H scholarship, explain
ed some details about the
schiling.
The meeting was opened
with the seating drill and
Mi.er Lloyd Lacy presiding.
JJd White:e gave a fi
n;fv)rjorjj50n theGkrange Fes
tival plans.
M r s. Olin Poe reminded
'Uxnmv. thp li-nlllintf and
Grange will do final judging
in oepieoer so 5uwiuinuv
Granges must do their Judg
ing before that time.
q There was some discussign
on the Phoenix school district
reorganization.
Mrs. -Willis House, HEC
chairman, requested that pro
ceeds from the Republican
dinner that was given recent
ly be applied to the building
fund.
The serving committee in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Perl and Mr. and Mrs. Lharies
Hockersmith.
up another quarter million
acres of fertile land to fruit
and vegetable production inQ The (ime wi come jn (he
the Central Valley. I not too ar AistanX tllulre
The great capital costs of ' when even the Pacific North-
building this system of dams;
and aqueducts - with invest
ment capital that will cost
the state about 4 per cent in
terest - represent the basic
cause of uncertainty about
just how feasible this water
plan will be in actual opera
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