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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1962 Durno Opposed to Reclamation Job In Baker Vicinity By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent WashinRton - (Special) Rep. Edwin R. Durno, doing what a congressman almost P jtvCVT never does ! jf- " 1 has come i I 1 r c 1 a mat ! IT ( project lor located to irigation would be epaid to the government without interest, and the other costs are non-reimbursable. The project is designed to supply full irrigation water supply to 4010 acres of pres- has come out ently dry lands and a supple- LV-V new mental water supply to 13.990 ion acres. project for his Grounds for Attack state - the up- j Congressman Durno and his per division of colleagues have attacked the bill on these grounds: 1. The project is not eco nomically justified under any proper method of analysis; 2. Proper repayment is not as sured; 3. The 160-acre limita tion would be breached; 4. It has dubious flood control benefits; 5. Half the lands are poor; 6. Over half the lands tne Baker irri gation works, north of Ba ker in eastern Oreeon. The Medford Republican and eight other GOP members of the House Interior Com mittee have filed a vigorous dissent from the committee's majority endorsement of a bill i are owned bv relatively few sponsored by Rep. Al UUman, I persons; 7. The bill requires Baker Democrat. an unjustified power subsidy The bill authorizes S6168.-(from Bonneville Power Ad 000 in federal funds for de- ministration; 8. Crop surplus velopmenl of the project, ics make reclamation of mar- which includes the Mason dam ginal lands unjustified. currently running an annu al deficit of about $19 mil lion and said: "It is fully evident that there are no Bon neville power revenues now available to subsidize the Baker project payout. To authorize such use of Bonne ville power revenues would be a farce unless the bill also provided for a proper increase in Bonneville rates to assure current repayment of the Baker project costs and of the cost of all other federal proj ects that are to be repaid by the use of power revenues in the Bonneville area." The GOP congressmen went on to challenge the long-stand ing policy of the government in charging no interest to re imbursable irrigation invest ments, claiming that the "un paid interest costs the taxpay er run from l'j to 4 times the initial cost of reclamation project." Trial Balloon Conceeding that the Baker project costs are relatively small, the dissent slated: "There can be no question, however, that this is just a trial balloon or precedent for authorizing larger and larger uneconomical re clam ation projects outside the present Bonneville power marketing area, with major repayment to be charged up to nonexist ent surplus power revenues of ! Bonneville. We must empha ; tically oppose any such pro i posal." Durno and the other ob jectors cited the long-standing limit of ISO-acres in a single ownership, if the government delivers water, and pointed ; out that this bill affords an exception by authorizing de liveries to up to 320 acres if the land has been classified ! as poorer class 3 and class 4 lands. They noted that 6 persons I own 6,130 acres, or 35 per ; cent of the project lands, and that "by the expediency of the i transfer of a 320-acre block to each of four members of a j family, it appears no excess land would have to be dis j posed of on this project." ! "While it might be true that the proposed increase in aere ' age under one ownership would be limited to the poor er class 3 and class 4 lands, j this proposed method of ; breaching the lHO-acre limita ' tion could easily result in questionable or deliberately 'dishonest land classification , whereby an actual circumven tion of the lriO-acre limitation could be achieved even on class 1 or class 2 lands." the minority stated. Benefits Boosted In early Interior Depart ment reports on the proposed Baker upper division, the Fish 'and Wildlife conservation ben lefits were estimated first in 1951 as $2200 annually. In 1958 it was boosted to $5,400, and in 19n'0 to $17,700 annu ally. The minority charged that the "it appears to be a : collusive effort by two related I agencies to juggle conjectural j figures in an attempt to achieve a favorable economic i answer." They said the allo cation of $032,000 as a non reimbursable cost for fish and f wildlife over the 50-year per iod is "totally unrealistic and unjustified in the record. The recommendation that Con gress ask the taxpayers of the nation to pick up the check for this amount is an aiiront to our intelligence." bill has been a hearing by The Baker considered in the Senate Interior Committee but not voted on yet. Its Sen ate sponsors are Oregon Sens Wayne Morse and Maurine B. Neubergcr. CUTTER INSECT REPELLENT New cream formula is concentrated so that a little bit goes a long, long way. Non-greasy, non-sticky. Pleas, ant-smelling, easy to use. Comes in a pocket siie, unbreakable flask. J- -t- INSECT REPtlLEKt I on the Powder River 18 miles from Baker, plus a replace ment for the existing Lilley : pumping plant and a relift ' pumping plant. The Bureau of Reclamation has allocated the ' total cost of the project as j follows.'1 for irrigation, S4, 354. BOO; flood control, Sl.-i The objections to a subsidy refer to the provision where by the local water users would repay SI. 127, 500 of the proj ect's cost, over a 50-ycar per iod after the initial 10-year development period, and Bon neville would pick up the tab for the remaining S3.227.100 056,400; fish and wildlife con- allocated to irrigation. servalion. SOJ2.000; and rcc realion. S125.000. The cost al- The noted dissenting lawmakers that Bonneville is Dennis the Menace 7 'When Mcw gets though talkin'toMrs. Mison, como we CALL THE KENNEL AN' SAY K RUFF V i 2030 W$ Phone 1 I W.MAI ty 772-6828 Boneless GVEN ROASTS 7 , M Sirloin Tips and Rumps GRAIN FED STEER ROUND STEAK CENTER CUTS PORK CHOPS JV4 TO 2''j LB. AVERAGE orjn's freih local rnVCDC Sarin's r n i tno f 79 79t 89 DELICIOUS B 8.Q-D GROUND CHUCK , 2 b, 1 10 Locker Specials 25-lb. 20-lb. MIXED BEEF PORK ORDER ORDER ORDER 30-lbs. 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