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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1955)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN Flood Area I Begins Huge .Relief Task! ! By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' The worst confusion was during Up Wednediy in flood-ravaged sections of the Northeastern stales. Even In the most severely wrecked communities, where life was still badly disrupted, there was new hope from President Eisenhower's promise of massive federal aid for rehabilitation. Pennsylvania solved the problem of providing for children in flood damaged and isolated summer camps by shipping them home. In sodden, prostrate factories at Woonsocket, R. I., workmen ener getically tackled the job ol getting things in running order again. Management representatives were "amazed" and gratified by the turnout of volunteers for rehabili tation work. "We knew some would turn out but this is a happy surprise," they were quoted as saying. The death toll came In for a re count, revising the number of known dead from ISO down to 170. The death figures by states were: Pennsylvania, 100, with an unknown number still missing: Connecticut, 49. with 71 known missing: Massachusetts, 13: New Jersey, ; New York, 4; Rhode Island, 1; Virginia, 3. Bit by bit further repairs were made. Here and there another road was opened. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. re ported 50.0(10 of the approximately 66,000 telephones put out of service had .been restored. Voluntary contributions of cloth ing, food and money came to ihe aid of flood victims. The Red Cross launched a. special flood re lief drive with the strong backing of President Eisenhower, who handed his own personal check to national Red Cross chairman E. Roland Harriman. , "His gift was a generous one an example to others who have not yet acted," Harriman com mented later. In Washington the CIO opened a flood relief fund with an initial allotment of 1100,000 to help an estimated 50.000 members made homeless or Jobless' by the catas trophe. 'Tentative damage estimates by the various states totalled around three billion dollars. Connecticut figured Its losses at more than one billion; Massachusetts, one billion: Pennsylvania, half a bil lion to a billion: Rhode Island and New Jersey. 100 million or more each; New York, IS million. 13 ' ' u Si 1 - -J; -1 I' Ti Tlllll' '"' ifMMM iiiIIii il II ' I If IIMJlJ k i Conservation Record Told By McKay In Portland Talk A PRETTY GIRL who can bake hot biscuits is sure to win masculine acclaim. Janet Owen, 4-H Cookery Club member, Lindley Heights, shares golden brown baking powder biscuits with three hungry fellows, left to right, Tommy Potter, Roy Billings and brother Don Owens. Her biscuits were entered in the camp cookery division at the junior livestock show and fall 4-H and FFA Fair. PORTLAND I Secretary ol the Interior Douglas McKay re viewed the conservation record of the Interior Department Tuesday night to deny what he said were "misleading and outright false statements made for partisan po litical advantage." He told a meeting of the Port land Izaak Walton League, In a speech billed by Republicans as a major policy statement on conser vation, that although he was an advocate of hydro-electric develop ment, he has opposed construction of dams where dsmase to n-ildlife. fish, or recreation would exceed power benefits. Among proposed dams which he has opposed on these grounds. Mc Kay said, were the Beaver Marsh Dam on ihe Upper McKenzle River in Oregon and Glacier View Dam in Montana. The secretary. In discussing pro posed hydro-electric development of the Echo Park Dam which has been, opposed by a number of con nervation groups said the lnte President Roosevelt hsd made res ervation for later hydro develop ment In the area when he created Echo Park. "In view of this reservation and the need for he comprehensive de velopment of the Rocky Mountain region, the department could not opoose the Echo Park undertak ing " he said. McKay said that political oppo nents have contended that the Bonneville Power Administration was being dismantled. This isn't so, he declared. . Since he has been secretary, Bonneville has collected more than seen million dollars In net rev enue, has integrated a total of 1.260.000 kilowatts of federally pro duced power into the system and has built 1.000 miles of transmis sion lines and 34 new substations, he said. Answering what he said were reports In some quarters that the ilepartment intended to "give away" several waterfowl and big game reiuges, McKay said: "These reluges, as well as na tional parks and forests, are an irreplaceable national asset. I feel strongly that these resources of which the: federal government is the giiaralan on behalf of all the people, should and must be pre served." Ke said the department was es tablishing new refuges and that Oregon s additions Include some 3.000 acres on the north fork of the John Day River and plans for extending the Upper Klamath Ba sin game refuge In Klamath County. He said the department also was expanding national parks: "The National Park Service has adopted a program of long-range planning for the parks with which I am In hearty accord." He also praised the administra tion's so-called "tidelands oil" pol icy. He said that since Congress has "affirmed' state ownership of the tidelands. a total of Mo million dollars in bonus payment on oil and gas leases, plus ground rent als, has been turned Into the Treasury. In conclusion, the secretary said: "The Department has not and will not surrender -any natural re sources that should remain In the custody of the people. "But the department will not be a party to imposing state socialism on that portion of the economy that can best be developed through individual and local enterprise." Indian mulberry wood bend easily and atands up well under strain." making It desirable in the manufacture of tennis rackets. New Zealand has ' 323 peaks mare than 7500 feet in height, with the highest being 13,345-fool Mount Cook. ' HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES SALES and SERVICE At CHARLES YORKELAND MOTOR SHOP 1737 Oregon Ave. rk. IMT Residents Of Flood States Recount Strange Events NEW HARTFORD, Conn. W Dan Burns shook his head in wonder. "If only Smokey could talk," he said. Out of all the Incredible events of the flood -stricken night last week, one stood out In Burns' mind. Thr water of the Forminpton River was rising. He was afraid his horse smokey might be trapped in the barn, so he set the animal loose. The water rose and Smokey disappeared. The next day Smokey was found alive Kin top of a machine shop roof a mile from Burns' home. Smokey was lying there, ex hausted. Somebody thought It would be humane to shoot him, but didn't. Finally Smokey was re turned to Burns. ' I was going to sell him," he said. "My children had not both ered to ride him lately. But they were so happy when he came back alive now I wouldn't sell him for $1,000." But the story of Smokey was hardly more fantastic than some of the things that happened that night. There was the sturdy steel bridge, a two-lane affair that had remained immovable for years. But last Friday it was gone, swept away by the rampaging river. The fire house near the river hank had been a familiar sight. It, too, disappeared but not before participating in an eerie effort to alert the population. As the water rose to an alarm ing level shortly after Thursday midnight in this town a few miles south of hard-hit Winsted in the northwestern part of the state, local authorities decided to warn the sleeping populace. They set off the fire house siren. Ordinarily it can be heard for two or three miles. But the bursts of rain and raging of the river muf fled its ound. Some people didn't hear It. Some did. And some who did. didn't know what It was sounding for. Fire house, siren and all, finally toppled into the water. Firemen had driven the pumpers to safety In the meantime. If some of the people didn't link the siren wails with & flood it was understandable. Before going to bed, most had checked the height of the river and discovered that it had fallen. That was one of the strange phases of the flood. It rose and fell twice, lulling the people, before the river broke out of bounds to take seven lives in the little town. 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