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Show DAILY HERALD Reclamation Bureau Supplies Irrigation Water To 5,380,000 Acres in 1J States, Says Straus t:o r?S & : 47-ye- I. Sunley sKi In his annual report to Secre- developments enabled it to mar' tary! ot interior Oscar L. Chap- ket 18,250,000.000 kilowatt hours man, Straus said that fiscal 1949 of electricity during the year. saw (the bureau take the biggest of fiscal 1949, steps in its history in the By the end bureau was sup the Straus said, of development irrigation . pro to 5,380,-00- 0 jects. Also, the bureau's power plying irrigation water semi-arid acres of arid and land in the 17 western states. The progress made during the year, he added, was an attempt to catch up to ' the rising water 'needs of the expanding western popula tion "The water needs of increased der drugs penicillin and strep- population By PAUL r. ELUS and industrial expanUnited Press Selene Editor tomycin. The initial price of sion.; in the west presented ' a 1 penicillin was $20 for 00.000 greater challenge to the bureau NEW YORK, April 4 (U.R) The wholesale price is unit. 1949 than ever before. to Cortisone, the wonder hormone, cents. Streptomycin during. 'kl2 render the type of water and is worth 100 times its weight in sold originally at $15 per gram. service contemplated by '. t gold. is: now less than 50 cents a power It the federal reclamation laws," he sells ounce of for An $35 gram. gold .. , "Reclamation was able to if you can get it. An ounce of The reduction in the cost of said. meet this challenge with a pro cortisone costs $3500, and the deas a result of gram of activities 48 per cent mand is increasing every, day as penicillin came more and economical larger than the previous year. improved efdiscover its medical scientists to the ways; drugs.! produce The bureau in 1949 reached fectiveness against dlease. The first quantities of cortisone the halfway mark in foreseeable Cortisone, now made synthetic- were: made available by Merck development cost of irrigation," ally to a degree, originally now late. In 1948. 'In those days, sup Straus said. "This was accom$200 a gram, then $150 and a more reductions undoubtedly will plies measured only few grams. panied by extensive related hy1949 production steadily droelectric power and other re be made when a complete syn- During increased and the supply was lated water resource features. thesis is completed. .Research scientists at Merck measured in hundreds of grams The area irrigated was increased & Co., Rahway, N. J, hope that Today, the supply can be meas- 213.232 acres (during 1949). In com- ured in thousands of grams pro- stalled capacity of hydroelectric the story of cortisone may won- duced monthly. power was increased 263,000 kilo pare to that of two of the : . . Shortage Continues watts to a total of 2,757,400 kiloBut the shortage of the hor watts and output for the fiscaf mone continues; in fact, is greater year rose to 18,250,000,000 kiloin a way because of a scramble watt hours." among medical men and labors Straus said the bureau plans; a tory experts to get their hands on seven-yeprogram extending any amount of the substance. Dis 1956, under which "the co very that cortisone and another through bureau would provide a full supHill hormone, acth, has an Apparent ply of water for the irrigation of s if nil leant role in the health of about 1,662,600 acres of land now man' has brought medical science unirrigatefi and additional wa SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 tU.fi to the threshold of a new era. ter for 2,917,700 acres of land defense Pacific Northwest air aet- - now in But; the why difficulty inadequately irrigated." will be strengthened soon by the Ulng cortisone dh a mass produc Also under this program the addition of the 81st fighter-inttion basis? ceDtor wine headquarters and In the first place, the only installed hydroelectric generat two fighter squadrons,; equipped known practical method of mak ing capacity would be increased with Fr86 aircraft, the air force ing cortisone starts with two by 2,474,000 kilowatts. r announced today.Straus emphasized in his re chemicals, known as cholic and Officers said the wing head desoxycholic acid. They are job port that this is not a "gift" to quarters and the two squadrons tained from the bile of cattle. the west. are now located at Kirtland air and it has been estimated that 40 "Federal reclamation not only base, Albuquerque, N. M. They cattle ' are required to make pays its own way, he said, "but will be transferred to the Moses enough cortisone for one average brings substantial return on the investment made. Crops valued Lake, Wash, air base involving dose, the transfer pf about 1,200 per ' But even with the starting ma at $534,623,541 were produced in ' sonnel. teriaL the road to cortisone still 1948 on 60 reclamation projects is long. . The Merck scientists axe or divisions oi projects, xne In other western area transfers, the wing headquarters and ' one now concentrating on ways for a cumulative value, of these crops 1906 exceeded $6,000,000,-00- 0. squadron of the 235th fight-a- ll total synthesis of cortisone,' and since more than four . times the weather wing will move from they believe they will succeed. Moses Lake to McChord air base; Meanwhile, potential starting total reclamation investment "to. two squadrons and headquarters materials other than that from date." of the 62nd troop carrier group bile of cattle are under investiwill move from McChord. to gation.; They include vegetable sources, cholesterol from, wool Kelly air base, San Antonio,-Tex.- ; and the 25th air depot wing will fat, and substances from various move from Kelly air base to Hill special 'plants, including the Mexican yams. air base at Ogden, Utah. WASHINGTON, April 4 W.- BReclamation commissioner Michael W. Straua ' reported today that the bureau j of reclamation hit Its ull postwar stride in multiple-purpos- e, "basin wide construction during fiscal 1949. Drawn Hy John The Last Supper THE EASTER STORY Tuesday, April 4, 1950 ' cLim M 4 ar Wonder Hormone Worth 100 Times Its Weight In Gold p AHer sitpper. Jesws end the dis ciples went te the Mount of GMiveSf where, in the Qorden ti Gethsemone, Jesas arayed three times, while His disciples slept Jtias let vs ajar heaold he is at Jsoncf that wWf ssrtfay m. (Matt. J&M) ! " were skecked, end wonderad who among them bora the Owsst. And Jadas that betrayed him, answering, It H I, Kobor He sort to mrxc Thou hast tatd it. (Matt. 26:25; That evening Jews and Hi twelve disciple sat down to the Passover feast. It was their Last. Supper. Jesus said that one f HieM Kadi beriayed Him.: The eleven innocent apostles so; wot Jadas. Eehmd hm were oidiert of the hiah priesrt. Jwios node the agreed siaa. ht OrthNrtf9l alSwf$ COlVttffff wMst said: Hoi. Rabbi. 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