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Elk Creek Reservoir to Provide Major
Irrigation in Rogue Basin Program
(Continued irom Pago On)
Lost creek and Elk creek
reservoirs would be operated
as an integral unit to provide
flood control, irrigation, fu
ture water supply, fish and
wildlife enhancement, water
quality control, power gen
eral and recreation benefits.
Applegate reservoir would be
operated independently for
flood control, irrigation, fish
and wildlife enhancement,
recreation, water quality cofr
trol.
Owners Indicate Interest
The major part of irrigation
will be out of Elk creek. John
Mangan, area engineer, Salem
office, bureau of reclamation,
said bis office estimated 50,-
000 acres could be benefited
from irrigation. However,
owners of 28,000 acres have
indicated their interest in ir
rigation. This is due mainly to
the number of new subdtvl
sions planned which wouldn't
need irrigation and the nunv
ber of dryland farmers not
interested in irrigation, it was
explained during the no-host
luncheon at the Rogue Val
ley Country club.
Basin project water could
increase the stream flow of
Bear creek by taking the wa
ter through the diversion
point at Medford or it could
be pumped as far upstream
as Phoenix, Stewart said.
Cooperation Urged
Malcolm Karr, state water
resources board, Salem, speak
ing at the Applegate site,
urged continued cooperation
of all agencies and people in
making the project a reality.
"It's a mistake to think'the
job is done," he said. "It's no
longer a case of fish versus
dams, but the dams for fish,"
he said.
Bill Jess, vice president of
the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation, urged a "sustained
long term effort" in promot
ing the project. It will bene
fit the public, not any par
ticular interest group which
makes its promotion a little
harder in some respects, he
said.
On the tour were Col. Sterl
ing K. Eisiminger, Portland
district engineer, U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers; Jack
Woolstenhuln, U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Portland of
fice; Phil Schneider, Oregon
State Game commission; rep
resentatives of Jackson and
Josephine county courts, the
Jackson county parks com
mission, Medford chamber of
commerce, and a cross section
of businessmen and farmers.
Child Accidentally
Swallows Rat Poison
Steven Ray Coffman, 17-months-old
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Coffman of 412
South "B" street, Eagle Point,
was taken to Rogue Valley
hospital Saturday afternoon
with a police escort for emer
gency treatment after he ac
cidentally swallowed rat poi
son. He was reported in sat
isfactory condition late Sat
urday. The child was in a park on
the Applegate with his moth
er when he took the poison,
Medford police received the
call from the Applegate area.
Evictions of Welfare
By Nursing Homes N
Portland - IUPD - The vice
president of the Oregon Nurs
ing Home Association said
Friday that eviction of seven
people on welfare from
nursing home is nothing new.
Frank D. Gilman, operator
of the Bid-A-Wee Nursing
Home in Portland, said he has
found it necessary also to
have four of his own custom
ers on welfare moved out
within the past month.
More may have to go.
Gilman said.
Gilman's statement follows
action last week by the oper
ators of a Monmouth nursing
borne to evict seven of their
patients on welfare because
they couldn't afford to keep
them.
Gilman said he sympathiz
ed with the Monmouth opera
tors, Mr. and Mrs. Ken E.
Draheim, and added that if
welfare payments are not
raised, the state may have to
set up nursing homes.
Members of the Public Wel
fare Commission reacted to
criticism of Its nursing home
policies. Clay Myers, Jr., Port
land Insurance executive and
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. AUGUST 18, 19B3
member of the commission
said the welfare commission
operates on a "closed end"
budget.
"It is our job to do the
best with what money we
have."
He added that he doubted
they would ever satisfy com
pletely either the nursing
home operators or the tax
payers.
Other Portland nursing
home operators took excep
tion to a claim by the chair
man of the welfare commis
sion, Dr. Ensis Kelzer, who
said the medical needs of the
School Opening
Dates Are Noted
School openings for the fall
term start with Butte Falls
Monday, Aug. 26, according
to the Jackson county school
superintendent's office.
Prospect is second earliest,
opening Friday, Aug. 30.
Opening Sept. 3 will be
Rogue River, Evans Valley
and Pinehurst.
Opening Monday, Sept. 9,
will be Phoenix and Talent,
Ashland, Central Point (in
cluding Gold Hill and Sams
Valley), Eagle Point (Includ
ing Shady Cove and Elk-
Trail), Applegate, and Med
ford.
Patients
ot New
patients were the comm
sion's first concern.
They listed complaints
ranging from inability to hire
professional help because of
lack of funds, to inability to
purchase all the needed medl
cal supplies for some of the
patients.
Children Injured
As Car Turns Over
Two small children were
treated at Rogue Valley hos
pital Saturday for cuts and
bruises suffered when the
car in which they were rid
ing went into a ditch and
turned over along Highway
99 between Phoenix and Tal
ent. According to slate police,
the accident occurred about
1:40 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Cath
erine Jane Walch, 24, of 1100
Spring St., Medford, told of
ficers that her younger child,
Marty, 19 months, was at
tempting to crawl from the
front to the back seat and
she was temporarily distract
ed. Both Marty and the oth
er child, Tammy, 4, were
thrown from the car when
it turned over. The children
were taken to the hospital by
ambulance.
Tammy was released later
in the day and Marty under
went minor surgery, hospi
tal attendants reported.
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Rescue Attempt
In Link River
Proves Fatal
By United Press International
Oregon s week end acci
dental death toll stood at six
Saturday night. There were
five traffic deaths.
Willie Lownd, 43, Keno
drowned in the Link river at
Klamath Falls Saturday after
noon while attempting to res
cue a boy. His body was re
covered.
Mother, Son Die
A mother and son from Spo
kane were killed in a two-
car, head - on collision on
Interstate 5 about 20 miles
south of Roseburg early Sat
urday. The victims were Mrs. Hel
en Krofchek, 54, and Robert
Krofchek, 22, her son who
was driving.
Noel Brown, 21, Corvallis.
who was alone in the other
car, was critically injured. He
was taken to a Eugene hos
pital.
Truck Leaves Road
Delbert Johnson, 31
Springfield, was killed when
his pickup truck went off a
Lane County road 12 miles
northeast of Eugene Friday
night. He lost control of his
vehicle on a curve, it hit a
bridge abutment, went off the
highway and came to rest
on its side against some trees.
James Olsen, 18, Portland,
was killed in a one-car acci
dent in Portland Friday night.
Five other youths in the ve
hicle were injured. They
were taken to a Gresham
hospital.
William Easton, 75, Myrtle
Point, lost his life in a two
car collision on Interstate 5,
14 miles south of Rosebiu-g
Friday night.
Park Relocation
Contracts Called
Salem -(UPO- Bids on one of
the slate's largest single parks
contracts, estimated to total
$350,000 will be opened here
Aug. 27. the State Highway
commission announced.
The contract will cover the
relocation of the present Cove
Palisades park to higher
ground at two separate loca
tions. The present site will be
covered by more than 200 feet
of water after completion of
the Round Butte dam and wa
ter is backed up into the
deep canyons this winter.
The Round Butte dam is be
ing built by the Portland Gen
eral Electric Co. The pool
will be called Lake Chinook,
and its three arms will be
formed by the Deschutes, the
Crooked and the Meto 1 i u s
rivers.
The new park will have
two sites. The park area on
the east bank of the Crooked
river will have a boat ramp
and day-use facilities. The
other area will have facilities
for both day use and over
night camping. It will be
located on the eastern bank
of the Deschutes arm of Lake
Chinook. The day-use area
will have boat ramps and
parking, and the overnight
camp will have 48 trailer, and
44 tent sites.
Other facilities will include
picnic areas, two rest stations,
two utility buildings with
laundry and showers, a bath
house, and a parks mainte
nance building.
Portland General Electric
Co. will pay the cost of relo
cating the park.
Honolulu Man Sought as Search for Killer
Of Woman in Portland Hotel Room Continues
Portland -flJPD- The search
for a man wanted for ques
tioning in the death of a
wealthy Idaho woman whose
body was found at the Hilton
hotel continued Saturday.
The partially clad body of
Mrs. Irene Davis, of Payette,
was discovered Aug. 8 by a
hotel maid. A nylon stocking
had been knotted around her
neck twice and the Multno
mah county coroner's office
said she died of strangulation.
Sheriff's Officers
Probe Burglaries
Two burglaries were being
investigated by the Jackson
county sheriff's department
Saturday.
The VFW hall at Rogue Riv
er was entered and candy and
supplies taken. The sheriff's
office received a report of the
burglary at 10.02 a.m. Sat
urday and officers were still
investigating the case Satur
day afternoon.
A house under construc
tion on Brophy rd. at Eagle
Point was entered and three
power tools taken, Mr. and
Mr H. J. Burrow of Toll
man Creek rd., Ashland, re
ported. The Burrows are
building the house on their
ranch near Eagle Point. En
trance was gained by prying
lock on a door with
ice picks, sheriff's deputies
stated.
The woman last was seen
in the company of a man
when she left the Canlis Bar
atop the Hilton about 2:30
a.m. Aug. 8.
The man sought by police
was identified as Robert Jo
seph Evans, 27, Honolulu. He
was recently employed in Ti-
gard but failed to report for
work Aug. 7, detectives re-
'ported.
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