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W» Jottnaid, Pocatello ThttrxUy, Juat , ISttMuseum Officials Prepare For Reservoir Salvage WorkA reservoir such as the onein the area to he flooded by the | College, Temple University, the Fremont Dam. Crew workers I uuivcisity of Wisconsin and toe art from a number, of universi- university of British Columbia, ties including Idaho State, Washington State, San Deigo StateThe Idaho State University Museum Is preparing estimates and work for a number of proposed Id*ho reservoirs in the Snake River drainage.According lo Dr. Earl H. Swanson, director of the museum, the work is carried out tirxfer contracts with the National Park Service and otherfederal agencies. Revisions of rid estimates and new estimatesare being made for surveys of archaelogical resources in the Garden Valley Reservoir in southwestern Idaho, the Jordan Valley Reservoir in southeast* era Oregon, the Snake River -Plains recharged and the Crandall Reservoir, he said. Almost all of the reservoirs include important prehistoric remains which must be recovered in the public interest before water is dammed up in each area, Swan-aon explained.to be formed by Crandall Dam extends irrigation waters across much of Idaho's arid lands, Swanson said. In the case of the Crandall Dam, wafer will go to those along Raft River, on Oak-Icy Fan along Goose Creek, in the Salmon Falls Hilner-Cocton-wood area, and adjacent to the Lynn Crandall Reservoir, he said.Numerous reservoirs have been surveyed in the past and some have undergone intensive scientific investigation by crews from the University Museum. These include 1966 excavations in the Ririe Reservoir now under construction, and excavations over several years, including work in 1967 in Hells Canyon.This summer, under a Nation-Asks Jet ServiceWASHINGTON (AP) - West Coast Airlines has asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to provide Boise and Salt Lake City with nonstop jet service to Seattle and Portland.West Coast representatives appeared before the CAB Wednesday requesting that previous restrictions requiring an intermediate stop on those routes.Tl# airline said the only large airport between the cities affected is Twin Falls and its- airport cannot accommodate jet traffic.No West Coast jet service ex-They will be under the direction of Roger Powers, Pocatello, a graduate student in anthropoid ogy at the University of Wisconsin.Swanson said attention willlocation, he believes, should pro-’ vide new evidence about prehistoric settlement patterns in eastern Idaho. As with other reservoir salvage projects, the Fremont Dam program will add ba-s:c knowledge to our understanding of man's past in Idaho, Swanson said.Suicide is the tenth amongleading causes of deaths among adults and the third among young folks, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.a] Park Service contract for $11,-000, a crew will undertake fieldsts between Boise and Salt Lakework in the Teton River Canyon I City.be focused on a presumed village site of uncertain age. The
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1967
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