Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 11

IDAHO STATE JOURNAL-SECTION I PAGE 1 mugglers of Aliens Cash in on Idaho Business OISE, Idaho (AP)-There's the same period, he said at least time smugglers. About 75 per border states and crossed into dler, fruit ranch. ranch. "I think everybody uses scores of other Idaho (arms, money to be made in a half-dozen other smugglers cent of the aliens come in California and Arizona on the "They came out of the or- some whether it's intentionally The records showed the fruit BOISE, Idaho (AP)-There's big money to be made in smuggling Illegal aliens into Idaho. Thousands of illegal aliens are transported into Idaho between January and April of each year, the Idaho Statesman said Monday in a copyrighted story.

The paper said organized smuggling rings are run by what the Illegal aliens call Coyotes are big- time smugglers with connections on both sides of the Mexican border. a a i acknowledged coyote said he drove more than 100 illegals to Marsing from California, charging them $300 each, in a period. And during the same period, he said at least a half-dozen other smugglers were transporting as many aliens into Marsing as he was. The Statesman said alien smuggling Into Idaho is rampant during the early months of the year when thousands of Mexican farm workers arrive to work on Gem State farms. Harrison Rhodes, supervisor for the Boise office of the U.S.

I i a i a Naturalization Service, said his office has received Information that there probably are several transporters of illegal aliens in every Southern Idaho town where the aliens work. Federal agents in Idaho, Arizona and California say smugglers range from large, efficient operations to small- time smugglers. About 75 per cent of the aliens come in through Arizona and the 'rest from California. "We estimate there are probably 40 large, organized groups smuggling aliens into i area," said Dale Musegades, an agent at Chula Vista, for the U.S. Border Patrol.

"There are probably live times that number of small, independent operators," he said. Rhodes estimates that 30 to 60 per cent of the aliens in Idaho are smuggled in. Almost without exception the alien workers came from Mexico's Interior states. Few came from border states but all passed through those border states and crossed into California and Arizona on the way to Idaho. Federal agents say groups of aliens are hidden under produce, pottery and other goods in trucks.

The transporters also have turned to scout cars equipped with citizen band radios. The cars drive ahead of the load and the scouts radio back to the truck carrying the aliens to avoid the Border Patrol. Smugglers are hiring drivers, including women with children, to drive transport vehicles In Idaho and the border states. One "coyote" Interviewed at Heybum said he was driving for a smuggler that operated out of that city. He said he picked up two, 13-man loads at a Chan- dler, fruit ranch.

"They came out of the orchards. They were thick In there," he said. Between July 1, 1975 and April 1 of this year, the Border Patrol's Twin Falls office located another 3,645. A 42- passenger bus, returning illegal aliens to their homes, leaves Boise on the average of once a week, year around. The Statesman said it checked 1976 and 1977 records of arrested aliens to learn where they worked.

Some 62 workers arrested during that period said they worked at the Sunnyslope fruit ranch. It's run by the family of Rep. Steve Symms, R-Idaho. "I'm sure we use some," said Dick Symms, who runs the ranch. "I think everybody uses some whether it's intentionally or unintentionally.

We don't have any way of knowing whether they are illegal or legal." Workers must have a Social Security card to go to work at the Symms' ranch, Symms said. In general Idaho growers require workers to have cards. But because of a shortage of farm workers and the pressure of the harvest season, when many different crops are harvested at the same time, "most everyone hires anybody that comes along," said Symms. Federal agents said the problem is no greater at the Symms' ranch than it is at 17 Units of Housing Readied at Malad Units await installation on foundations nearby in the $325,000 Oneida County Elderly Housing Project. Each unit will be placed adjoining another at a slight angle, and the entire group will be faced with brick.

The project js expected to be ready for occupancy by midsummer. Gordon sown is the Developer. (Journal Photo by Norma South.) JOneida's Qet Homes MALAD--A 17-unit Oneida 'County housing project for the is expected to be ready for occupancy by mid-summer, according to the developer, irdon South. The 17 apartment units, plus 18th unit that includes a Maundry and common area for are being moved from JjPocatello to Malad by way of Arbon Valley and over i Holbrook Divide on Idaho High- Away 37. KI Situated on 50 South Street fitwo blocks east of Main Street, Rthe project is open to persons Jage 62 or older, or whose spouse I Jv.ls 62 or older.

Special equip- 'ment has been used in two units especially for han- 5 dicapped. i The electrically heated units be carpeted, draped and with ranges and refrigerators. A living room, room, kitchen bath and fBone or two bedrooms are con- "tained in the 650 or 720 square- foot units. They will be faced with brick on the exterior after being moved onto foundations. An indoor common area and an outdoor common area will be shared by renters.

One and a half parking spaces are provided for each apartment, as well as a small back yard. Monthly rent includes heat, light, and water. Valued at more than $325,000, the project is basically financed by Farmers Home Administration, South said. The apartments are open to all elderly, regardless of income, South said. However, some elderly may be able to qualify for various types of assistance with rent.

Hearing Date Set BLACKFOOT Alan Ten- dore, 23, of Fort Hall was arraigned in magistrate court before Judge Robert C. Brower Friday on charge of assault with intent to commit murder. Judge Brower set a preliminary hearing for May 13 at 8:15 a.m., and appointed an attorney, Kenneth F.Clarke. Malad Seeks to Acquire Added Water for City By HESTER PULLING Journal Correspondent MALAD--Continuing efforts to secure enough water pressure to operate the $400,000 city sprinkler system, the Malad City council reviewed options of purchasing 200 additional shares of stock from Deep Creek or installing 2,000 feet of pipeline to bring water from nearby Crowther Reservoir. Councilman Don S.

Evans reported on a meeting with Malad Valley Irrigation Co. directors--who control Crowther Reservoir- concerning the possibility of using MVI water to help raise pressure in the city's system. Evans said the large, 24-inch Crowther outlet pipe is unserviceable, but MVI officials had agreed to allow the City to tap the reservoir at the dam. Council directed city engineer Carlyle Briggs, Boise, to investigate costs of installing 2,000 feet of pipeline from Crowther compared to the cost of purchasing 400 shares of Deep Creek stock. In other city business, the council agreed to extend water rationing policy to seeV the legal services of local attorney J.

Wesley Crowther for the City, and to send a letter of warning to a local LDS relief society sports director LaNae Wakley approached Council with a request to use the city park for women's Softball games. Supt. Cris Toland noted a problem of finding time to water grass at the park because of heavy use of the diamond. He recommended -setting aside one day each week for sprinkling, and prohibiting use of the diamond that day. The council approved the plan, and agreed to let the relief society team use the Park Tuesday nights.

Resident Irene Alder next requested $200 from the council to aid the Malad women's Softball team. She noted that last year that amount was appropriated for a men's team. Councilman Marvin Thomas pointed out that many players on last summer's men's team were recruited from Tremonton. Mrs. Alder replied that every member of the women's team was a resident of Oneida County.

Councilman in charge of recreation, Bill Thorpe, agreed to meet with the women's team. Two LDS representatives approached the council about the possibility of using city water to sprinkle new grass being started at the LDS recreation area. Waldo Blaisdell, high counselor over recreation, explained that in order to complete much needed baseball diamonds for use next year, grass must be started this summer. While acknowledging benefits of the new rec site, the council said that present city Water users must receive first priority on culinary "I hope we can help you, but it's hard to say this tight water year," the mayor said. The council agreed to the churchmen's request to have the city engineer work with them on installing a sewer line from the rec site to the city's mainline.

In his monthly financial report, Treasurer H. Ward Thomas warned the council again that the water office ii not taking in enough money to meet maintenance and operational costs--and so the reserve fund is gradually being whittled down. Culinary water rates have remained fixed at $3 a month for the past 16 years, much lower than the average rate in Idaho, added the engineer. Council asked the clerk to write other cities for information on their rate schedules, and agreed to consider the matter next month. Paul Briggs, Boise engineer, reported on the current status of the city industrial park, noting that the final application for an $80,000 Farmers Home Administration loan had been submitted several weeks ago to the local FmHA office although appropriations have yet been made.

The council agreed to have the engineer call for bids as soon as grant funds are approved. Funds will be used to purchase two street lights, chain link fencing and asphalting material for roads at the park. In the meantime, the council agreed to investigate ways to promote the park to attract new business to Malad. In other matters, the city superintendent reported that local contractor Gordon South had connected a new home to a main sewer line without first securing a permit. After some discussion, council asked the clerk to write South a letter explaining that in the future a permit must first be purchased and a city supervisor be present during sewer hookups.

If this procedure is not followed, violators will be subject to misdemeanor charges. Toland also noted a problem with residents hiring a tree trimmer to cut branches, then having the trimmer leave them on curbs for the city crew to collect- thus saving $15 charged by trimmers for carting away debris. Councilmen stated that the city's policy to pick up yard debris stacked at the curbside does not apply to large branches left by professional trimmers and agreed to put a notice in the local newspaper to this effect. Council also agreed to speed up work on the city pool so it can be opened this summer, reviewed and passed a cemetery ordinance, and agreed to study, (or next month's meeting, a proposed mobile home ordinance. IDAHO NEWS BRIEFS Coeur d'Alene Fires 17 Striking City Firemen COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) Seventeen striking firemen have gotten the axe in a dispute that has shredded old friendships and shows no immediate signs of settlement.

"The bad thing Is that a lot of people who worked for the fire department I've known for years," said Mayor Ron Edinger, 40, who gave about 12 striking, fulltime firemen the axe Sunday morning. Five others were fired Saturday when they refused to work. The strike began early Saturday morning. "I've drunk beer with them. We've had some good times.

It's just something the council and I felt we had to do for the rest of the people of Coeur d'Alene," said Edinger, who was'on the City Council for six years before becoming mayor about three years ago. As striking members of Local 1494 of the International Order of Firefighters continued to picket the fire station in this city of about 18,000, Chief John Schwarz hired two fulltime replacements Sunday morning. Other prospective employees were interviewed, Edinger said. The department is up to about full staff with the chief, assistant chief, fire marshal and city workers in other departments who volunteered, Ore Strike Found MULLAN, Idaho (AP) A possible major silver strike was reported Sunday by Hecla Mining Co. at the west end of north Idaho's mining district.

Rich silver and lead ore was discovered as exploration crews reached the target area of a three-year tunneling effort north of Mullan and near the Lucky Friday Mine, the company said. The strike was directly under the old Gold Hunter Mine, a property abandoned years ago when Its ore pinched out, said Hecla. But geologists figured the vein might reappear at greater depth and Hecla launched the exploration venture in 1974 from 4,000 feet down in its Lucky Friday Mine. The ore appeared to be the same type of silver, lead and zinc which made the Lucky Friday the third-ranking sliver mine in the nation, said William Love, Hecla's president. "It will take much time to assess the importance of this find," Love said Sunday.

"But it is very encouraging." If the discovery is as significant as it appears now, he said, an investment of about $1 million would be needed to build a mine. That would require proving ore reserves of at least 500,000 tons. Further blasting for ore samples is scheduled for Tuesday, he said. Power Curtailment Enforcement Unclear BOISE, Idaho (API-Idaho Power Co. attorneys say they're not clear who would have enforcement duties to carry out a i power curtailment proposal offered by the Idaho Public i Utility Commission staff.

The staff presented its plan before the commission Friday to wind up a week-long hearing. I The commission listened to curtailment plans I presented by utilities serving I the state. It took no action. The PUC staff has proposed Imposition of a surcharge of a flat amount per kilowatt hour on all energy used above an approved percentage of a customer's use over a 12-month base period. In his questioning of power company witnesses throughout the week, Robert Jones, PUC attorney, frequently questioned utility executives whether their billing was done by computers and whether they could compute what was 90 per cent of the customer's a power usage.

The PUC staff proposal did not mention a specific 1 percentage, but Gov. John V. Evans and utilities have recommended a 10 per cent cutback in power usage to cope with the drought conditions. Robert Fleming, an Idaho Power attorney, questioned PUC staff witnesses whelher the PUC had authority to police the usage o( each customer. He said it would be costly for either the utility or the commission lo administer such a program.

Under the staff's proposal If the PUC determined there was an insufficient supply of elec- trical power, it could Impose the curtailment plan. would require a surcharge on excessive users of power to encourage them to curtail use. could seek modification of their base period use by an appeal procedure. i i a also questioned what procedure would bo used to establish the base period use for new customers and whether the PUC had nn adequate staff to enforce the proposed cur- tailment plan. The staff proposal will not necessarily be accepted by the PUC when it makes its decision.

a i i a representatives of sugar companies and food processors said power interruptions, even short ones, would cause millions of dollars worth of sugar, potatoes or fresh vegetables lo spoil in Idaho. They also testified that if a power curtailment affected their operation ol waste treatment facilities. Edinger said. Advertisements soon will be placed in newspapers for more fulltime, permanent help, he said As of Sunday night, no fires were reported in Coeur d'Alene, a picturesque lake city in the forests of northern Idaho. However, since the strike began more than eight false alarms were turned in.

Schwarz said he believed they were rung by sympathizers of the strikers, Sharing Welcomed BOISE, Idaho (API-Sharing services between the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church would be beneficial to both, a leader of the Episcopal Church says. The Rt. Rev. John Maury Allin, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was in Idaho over the weekend to address some 250 delegates to the an- a i of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. "It would be a very beneficial thing, a very startling thing, if the Church of Rome and the Anglican Church could go to each other's altars and share," he said.

That proposal was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week after a meeting with Pope Paul VI. Rev. Allin described himself as a moderator or reconciler within his church. He said the Episcopal Church, with about three million members, "is not too big, not too small and my job is to try to keep them all together." He said the issue of women in the Episcopal priesthood is a case in point. He described it as an experiment.

"We're trying new roles and I'm sure the Roman Catholic Church is watching with said. He said his church is open- minded enough to accept women in the priesthood, but he draws the line at homosexuals in the priesthood. "I don't think the church is ready for that," he said. But he cautioned that society has been careful not to resort to "glibness" in discussing such an issue. Fires Expected BOISE, Idaho (AP)--Forest officials say they expect an extremely bad forest fire season this year and have activated lirelighting crews lour to six weeks earlier than usual.

"The situation is grim on western national forest lands," said Bob Bjornsen, Forest Service director at the Boise Interagency Fire Center. It coordinates federal firelighting efforts in the Western United States. "The key to what kind of summer we will have will be whether we get our rains in June," Bjornsen said Friday. Oiiicials said public access to federal land may be restricted unless heavy rains improve the moisture situation. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Lorin Weiker said there already have been 52 fires on Idaho BLM land this year.

Some of them occurred above 6,000 feet elevation. Area Births OSTBERG-to Mr. and Mrs. Don Ostberg, 525 N. University, HOPKINS-to Mr.

and Mrs. Terry Hopkins, Box 198, Plnsroe. April 29. a son. not by the strikers themselves.

Edinger said the nearby communities of Post Falls and Hayden Lake have assured him of help in case of a large fire. The firefighters, without a contract since Jan. 1, struck over issues including wages and sick leave. The firemen, whose monthly wages range from $746 to $812.22, sought a 10 per cent raise against the city's offer of 7 per cent. Marty Knapp, local union night but that the city refused to alter its position.

No further talks were scheduled. Knapp contended Sunday that the dismissals were illegal. He said the strike was lawful because the firemen did not have a contract with the city. Ditch Claims Tot By The Associated Press Two small Southwestern Idaho boys were pulled from irrigation ditches over the weekend. One survived and one didn't.

Richard Day, the 3-year-old son of Keylyn Day, died at a Nampa hospital several hours after he was pulled from a canal near his grandparents' home. Deputies said the boy and his mother were visiting the grandparents. He turned up missing and was pulled from about three feet of water Friday night. The boy died at a Nampa hospital Saturday morning. Sean Hawk, 2, was more fortunate.

He toppled into an irrigation canal near the home of Jim Herrick of Boise. Herrick said he happened to spot the boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hawk, walking across a field and decided to see where he was going. He turned the corner of a building just in time to see the child fall into a canal face first.

scores of other Idaho farms. The records showed the fruit industry Is a big employer of illegal aliens. Some 31 aliens apprehended In one month listed the Larry Limbaugh Orchards near Emmett as their place of employment. And 29 aliens caught in one month said they had worked at the J.R. Simplot Co.

Skyline Farms at Ontario, Ore. A 1975 study Indicated the average alien is 28.5 years old and probably male. They sent an average of $105 per month to their homes, to support an average of 4.6 persons. They showed an average education of 6.7 years and made $2.71 per hour. Soda Pair Sought In Plane CHEYENNE, Soda Springs, Idaho, couple is believed missing and downed in a light plane piloted by a Californian in southwestern Wyoming.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hale of 350 North Second East, Soda Springs, were believed to be among four occupants of the aircraft which left Rapid City, S.D. Tuesday enroute to Soda Springs, according to Caribou County sheriff Kelly Izatt, Soda Springs. Hale and his wife, Martha, who operate a bowling alley In Soda Springs, were believed to be traveling with Paul Corn and his wife of Solphiavida, a Los Angeles suburb.

Corn was the pilot. He reportedly had failed to file a flight plan. The single-engine Beechcraft was reported missing Saturday when the Corns failed to arrive in Los Angeles for a Mother's Day celebration. Searchers Sunday put two aircraft into the air to search for the California aircraft on an airway that skirts south of the Wind River Mountains, from Atantic City, to U.S. 80 and the Idaho state line.

The Wyoming civil air patrol reported Com was last heard from Wednesday when he radioed for a weather report from the Lander airport. Jobless Rate Down BOISE, Idaho (AP)-For the second straight month, the Idaho Department of Employment says the jobless rate in Idaho has dropped. Director Glenn Nichols said Idaho's April unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent. That's a small decline from the Murch figure and compares last year's 6.7 per cent jobless rate. February's unemployment level was 6.8 per cent.

The department warned that a A i and May historically are the months with highest unemployment in logging. This year's drought may alter that seasonal pattern substantially, the report said. "There have been rumors of closing down many logging operations for longer periods than normal during the summer because of dry forest conditions," the department said. River Levels Low BOISE, Idaho (AP)-Levels of three popular recreationl rivers in southwestern Idaho have dropped to dangerously low levels and are unsuitable for float trips, the Bureau of Land Management says. Dean Bibles, BLM Boise district manager, said the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers are running only about one-third of normal, levels too low for save floating.

CORRESPONDENTS CORNER Looking Ahead By MARIANNE HANSEN Journal Correspondent SODA SPRINGS As the parent of three students and two future students, I felt an obligation to attend the meetings held recently to inform the interested public of the 15 mill override to be voted on May 10, in this school district. I came away feeling that the school board has tried to "strike a happy medium" and compromise between the group calling for 10 mills to be put entirely on the debt now, which would result in more cuts in existing programs, and the group wanting the override to be 27 mills to pay the debt and not make any cuts. These cuts made have not seriously hurt our children, and though it may not be as busy and exicting next year as it has been, they will survive. But, if the 15 mills docs not pass, now, further cuts will be made and will really hurt the quality of our school system. Lestening to ther discussion, one main source of lost revenue comes from student absences.

For each student absence, the District loses $3.44 a day in state funds. This may not seem like much, but with the average truancy or absence of 70 students per day In all Soda schools, (High school average: 20, junior high: 16, Hooper, 12, Thirkill, 10- 12i this amounts to $240.80 per day, $1204.00 per week, $4816.00 a month and $14,492.00 per year, which would help considerable. The reason for growing truancy seems lo be the lenient attitude of parents, and It is ollcn with honor students as "they won't be missing thai much anyway." Many feel that school Isn't as important as other acitvitics. Isn't It?.