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Important to Medford Three matters of considerable importance to all Medford residents' will be on a special election ballot held in conjunction with the primary election tomor row. The Mail Tribune considers the passage of these three measures important to the continued health, safety, welfare, comfort and progress of Medford people. fESPITE surface appearances they are also econo- my measures. Here are the ballot titles of the three proposals: MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM ENLARGEMENT BOND AMENDMENT Shall the charter of the City of Medford be amended by adding a new section authorizing the issuance of water bonds in the amount of 52,800,000.00 to provide funds with which to construct dams, storage reservoirs, pipe lines and otherwise enlarge and extend the municipal water system of the city of Medford: authorizing the construction and acquisition of all such facilities and works by the board of water commissioners and the sale and use of water outside the City of Medford. 500 YES r 501 NO ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT BOND AMENDMENT Shall the charter of the City of Medford be amended by adding a new section authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of 5125,000.00 to provide funds with which to con struct additional fire stations, equip the same and acquire ad ditional fire fighting equipment and facilities and acquire such property, real and personal, as may be required in connection therewith. 502 YES 503 NO FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL TAX LEVY Shall the charter of the City of Medford be amended by adding a new section authorizing the council each year and in addition to other taxes, to levy and assess taxes not to exceed four mills on the dollar valuation on taxable property for the purpose of maintaining and equipping the fire department and paying salaries of fire department personnel; such taxes to be in addition to, in excess of, and outside the limitations on taxa tion imposed by article XI, section 11 of the Oregon constitu tion and not within any limitation of taxes provided by the charter. 504 YES 505 ' NO OERE are the reasons the three ballot proposals are favored: The water department improvement is badly needed, some provision will have to be made to in crease supplies, and the work can be done more eco nomically now than in the future. Last summer Medford people were forced to cur tail their use of water, because tremendous and un predijable population increases taxed the water sup plies to the utmost. And all forecasts indicate that building supply costs will go up, not down, in the future. Medford needs the water the best on the Pacific coast now, not later. HPHE fire department proposals are inter-related. The bond issue will provide funds for a new aerial ladder track, two new fire substations, a new alarm system and badly-needed new hose. The four-mill levy will provide funds for in creased personnel to man the stations and use the new equipment. Additional men will increase pro tection to all parts of the city. REASONS for support of these three measures are : 1. They are vitally needed to protect life and property. 2. THEY WILL SAVE RESIDENTS MONEY. e) FHAS been pointed out that unless the fire depart ment is improved, the insurance rating bureau will give Medford a high risk classification, with an ac companying fire insurance premium rate increase. The four mill levy will cost less than $4 or $5 per year for any but the most pretentious homes in Medford. But an increase in fire insurance premium rates (the best estimates are that they would increase from 20 to 30 per cent) would hit all property owners and by several times the amount which the small increase hi taxes would do. FOR our own health, safety and welfare, we should see that these three related proposals for the bene fit of the city pass by a substantial margin. E.A. Atlantic Pact Chiefs Establish Permanent Council of Deputies London, May 18 0J.R) The Atlantic pact nations set up a permanent council of deputies today to coordinate their defense and economic program. The foreign ministers of the 12 Countries announced creation of the new permanent body, which will sit continuously in London. The announcement was issued as the ministers met for the final session of a conference here. In effect, the ministers left se lection of the head of the new council up to President Truman. The deputies will elect their own chairman, but it was understood the American deputy would get the post. The names most frequently mentioned here were those of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia univer sity: Robert A. Lovett, former undersecretary of state, and W. Averell Harriman. roving am bassador for the Marshall plan. A resolution adopted by the foreign ministers of the 12 coun tries was made public just before the last session of their confer ence here. Balanced Defense Fores Oregon Sfofe College Graduation June 3-5 Corvallis. Ore.. May 1 8 'UP.) The largest graduating class in history of Oregon State college will receive degrees at the 81st annual commencement June 3-5. Candidates for degrees now number 2038. indicating a final clars of abcAit 2000, compared with nearly 1500 last year, col lege officials said today. A primary goal of the new council will be to develop in de tail a plan already outlined to create a balanced international defense force for the west. It would supersede the existing separate national forces in each country. The member nations will try henceforth to specialize in vari ous fields of defense. These will be fitted together and coordinat ed into the overall defense pro gram of the western world against any aggression. Columbia River Wafer to Cover Fields In Vancouver, Portland. Ore., May H (U.R Army engineers and the bureau of reclamation an nounced today that 375.000 acre-feet of water will be re leased from Grand Coulee reservoir into the Columbia river in an attempt to cut the coming flood creit. The huge reservoir will be lowered about five feet be low its pretent level to make storage room for 1.275.000 acre-feet of potential flood waters in Franklin D. Roose velt lake. Portland. Ore.. May 18 (U.R) The weather bureau said high water in the Columbia river would flood lowland pastures in the Vancouver. Wash., area Saturday when the river passes flood stage and remains above the 15 foot level until the spring flood crest passes next month. WEATHER FORECAST: Thickening floudl ncsi tonic bt utf Friday. Fw howen ovr mountains Fri day. Rtilng Uraptraturtt. Temp. Highest Ytftcrday Ca Lowest this Morning ) BEwT cohtro. Primary Vital Local Issues Face County Vote During Balloting Polls Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Daylight Time Today marks the end of a prl mary election campaign in Ore gon that has been closely watched all over the nation. There will be even keener in terest in tomorrow's results. In addition to the vital state con tests, important local issues on both sides of the ticket are ex pected to draw voters to the polls in large numbers. In Medford. voters will de cide whether the city is to con tinue to depend on a single pipe line from its water source or will construct a supplementary line to provide assured and in creased supplies. Voters will al so determine the fate of the fire department realizing they are flirting with increased fire in surance rates if the department is not expanded to meet the needs of the growing community. Recall Slated In Ashland, the political for tunes of Mayor Thomas Williams and Councilman Elmer Sheldon hang in the balance. A recall election aimed at the two of ficials had been set to coincide with the primary election. After today the candidates for their party's nomination will disappear from newspapers and radio stations and the candi dates will have to sweat out the opening of black ballot boxes that have now been distributed to the county's 84 precincts. Timet Given For most people, the polls will open tomorrow at 9 a. m., since the majority of the county is on daylight saving time. But for those who still observe standard time, polls will be open at 8 a. m. They will remain open for 12 hours, closing at 9 p. m (DST) or at 8 p. m. (Pacific standard time). Though the recent addition of several new precincts in Jack son county, with the resulting shuffle of precinct boundaries, has created some confusion, ev ery possible effort has been made to keep the electorate informed of precinct changer, registration places and registrars and of poll ing places. Maps, Lists Published Ashland and the count yas a whole, showing the new precinct boundaries, have been published in The Mail Tribune twice. Ad dresses of polling places, brought up to date, have likewise been published twice, the latest in yes terday's .edition. (In a listing Tuesday of can didates for nomination, a typo graphical error resulted in the indication that only one state legislative representative is to be elected from Jackson coun ty. There are, of course, two. Both republican and democratic races for nomination are uncon tested.) Beer parlors, the state liquor. store, county and some city of fices, various branch offices of the state government will close tomorrow. The legal departments of the city will be closed but all other offices will remain open. Banks and schools in Medford will remain open and beer parlors may reopen after the citizens have done thir sober duty at the polls. District Asked Voters in Precincts 73 and 74. Mound and Sams Valley, respectively. Friday will be handed ballots at the primary election polls for the formation of a livestock district to De known as the Sams Valley and Beagle Herd districts for the purpose of prohibiting livestock from running at large. Wash., Area No damage from the early flooding was seen, however, and the bureau noted that cooler weather would hold most Col umbia basin streams down to a slow rise during the next two to five days. ' , Idaho Guard Alerted Meanwhile. Gov. C. A. Robins of Idaho said in Boise that he had alerted the Idaho national guard and other state agencies to prepare to give aid in north ern Idaho if the flood situation worsens. The Kootenai river, one of the most threatening in the area, is down one font from its peak to 25 feet, six feet un der flood stage. Robins said he had been ad vised by army engineers that flood conditions were possible within the next 10 days at Bon ners Ferry and St. Maries. A report from Olympia. Wash., said army engineers sent mergency equipment to meet Medford 45th Year. 22 Pages Election rriday s fs 4 v s ARMED with camera, Margaret Truman, daughter of President, gives Blackfeet Indians instruc tions in how to pose as she passes through Havre, Mont, on special train, fnrernnliotml Soundphoto) New Curator (or Pioneer Museum Arrives' Tuesday Earl E. Patterson, who has been in charge of the Oregon His torical society's museum in Port land since 1928. arrived here Tuesday to assume the tempor ary curatorship of the Jackson ville museum, now in process of activation in the old court house at Jacksonville. Patterson met with the board of directors of the Southern Ore gon Historical society yesterday for a tour of inspection of the pioneer county seat building which the society has roburnish ed with funds provided through a special levy voted by Jackson countv residents. Voices Enthusiasm The curator was enthusiastic over prospects for the museum declaring the old building pro vided one of the finest settings for such purpose he had ever tounct. The Jacksonville museum, Pat terson stated, is undoubtedly destined to become one of the state's outstanding tourist attrac tions as well as a place for pre servation of memorabilia linking this region with its colorful gold rush and pioneer days. The new curator is especially interested in Jacksonville and southern Oregon as he lived here as a boy. His father. Joseph L. Patterson, was a Jacksonville resident: his uncle, Joshua Pat terson, resided in Talent, and another uncle. Sylvester Patter son, resided in Ashland. Overdue Airplane Feared Down in Alps Zurich, Switzerland, May 18 (U.R) A private plane carrying four men, one an American, was long overdue today and be lieved to have crashed in the Alps. The American was identified as Col. Miguel Robbin, no ad dress. The proposed district would cover approximately 4.000 acres in the Sams Valley, Beagle and Table Rock areas, all west of the Rogue river. on Saturday possible flood along the Yakima river. However, Suite Civil De fense Director Charles Bryant skid the Yakima was expected to hold a steady runoff during the next several days and that no flood threat was likely yet. Coeur D' Alene Rites Residents around Lake Coeur D'Alene, Ida., were ready to in stall flood gates around low lev er lake walls if the water level rises another one-third of a foot. Lake Coeur D'Alene's water lev el reached 2,133 feet above sea level yesterday, up eight inches in one day and up three feet in four days. The Columbia river was ex pected to reach 15 5 feet Satur day at Vancouver, or half a foot above the flood stage. A 18.1 foot mark was forecast for Sun day. By Sunday the Willamette river at Portland was expected to reach 19.5 feet, 2.1 feet under Hood stage. I IT I ' a DFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, Republicans Will Settle Issue on Morse vs. Hoover Senatorial Race Leads in Interest Portland. Ore., May 18 (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse will pit his "liberal" republicanism against the conservative republicanism of Dave Hoover tomorrow in the Oregon primary election. The Morse-hoover battle for the GOP nomination has been fought briefly but aggressively on such global issues as aid to Europe, comfort to communism and Hoover's war cry of liberty versus socialism. It overshadow ed all other contests from the standpoint of national interest. A total of 354,575 democrats and 346,038 republicans were registered and eligible to vote in the first Oregon election since this state gave its electoral bal lots to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. Oregon was the sole state west of the Mississippi to turn down President Truman. Principle Over Party Hoover, a homespun candidate who runs a dairy farm near Deadwood, Ore., is spokesman for orthodox Oregon republicans who have broken with Morse be cause of his frequent jumps to the democratic side in congress. Morse says he puts principle over party and will vote with the democrats when he thinks the republicans are wrong. Dave Hoover and his campaigners charged that Morse has been a chronic fence-straddler whose excursions to the left have giv en aid to American "socialism". Hoover pictured Morse as a former sympathizer or befriend ed of Harry Bridges, Tom Moon ey, and Henry Wallace. Morse poured scorn on Hoover's state ment that financial aid-to-Eur-ope was like pouring money down a rathole. The third, republican, candi date was John McBride. a gov ernment employee who conduct ed virtually no campaign. Democrats Jubilant With Oregon democrats Jubi lant over their leadership in slate registration, two of their candidates were contesting for the senatorial nomination. They were Howard Latourette, an Oregon City attorney, and Dr. Louis A. Wood, former Univer sity of Oregon economics profes sor. Both are Truman fair deal ers, and Wood is an outspoken partisan of the proposed Colum bia Valley administration which most republicans and some democrats oppose. Gov. Douglas McKay, a middle-of-the-road republican, had no opposition "for his party's re nomination for governor. But three democrats waged a hot scrap. They were State Treas urer Walter J. Pearson, State Senator Austin Flegel, and once defeated Lew Wallace. All three are staunch fair dealers. Three Unopposed Republican Congressman Har ris Elsworth, Lowell Stockman and Walter Norblad were un opposed for their party's nomin ation. Republican Homer D, An gell, Portland, was running against H. J. Jensen and Donald C. Walker. . Democrats had three-way con tests in two congressional dist dicts and two-way races for the other two district nominations at There were dozens of hot fights on the state and county level with a total of 267 candi dates running for office. Phone Rate Boosts Given Suspension Salem, May 18 (U.R) Stale r.,,Kii niuitinu pnmmisioner or dered new, increased rates of the Pacific Telephone and leiegrapn company suspended late Wedncs- dy- .. .. :., This means tne oia raies win continue in effect until the pub lic utilities Commission has held a hearing concerning the new rates. The hearing will be held in Qolnm In thp hearing room the commission has in its quar ters In the new public service building. TU.. inlnnlnnn .-nmnanv esti mated the new rates It posted with the commission wouia in crease its gross annual intra- . . I. nrunnn hv about $2,920,000. The requested Increase would alfeci cnarges for. service for exchange users as well as toll users. Under law, the punlic mimics commission must suspend a new uithin 30 rinvi af ter it it filed or the Increased rates automatically go into ei feet. Snohomish. Wash.. May 18 fURi Seven-year-old Janice Mill una hnrnfiH tn Heath last night In her attic hedrnm when fire destroyed her home four miles south of her. xtehsioh W0m ;wmm N J i s . (If h ' v V, 4 9 . (Acmt Telephotot UP A TREE Holsted a little higher each day, car hangs high and dry above swirling flood waters near Winnipeg, Canada, as the owner tries to save what he can from the rampaging Red River. No Strike Expected By Lumbermen Over AFL Wage Demands Informed lumber Industry sources in Medford said today they expect no strike as a re sult of the recommended wage demands of the Lumber and Saw mill Workers Northwest council,. AFL announced yesterday. Some 15 per cent of the esti mated 5,000 lumber workers in forests and mills of Jackson coun ty are represented by the AFL union, the . spokesmen said. About five per cent are repre sented by the CIO International Woodworkers of America, which settled wage and welfare de mands last week, and about 80 per cent are non-union, the same sources estimated. Expect Agreement Most of the major operators employing AFL union workers are expected to agree to the union demands, which are for a lO'i cent across-the-board wage increase, to $1.55'i per hour base pay, retroactive ot May 1. Near-Gale Winds Lash Winnipeg Winnipeg, Man., May 18 (U.R) Winds of near gale force pound ed Red river flood . water against this prairie capital's sagging dikes today. Fred McGinnis, a flood con trol spokesman, said that even if the dikes held, waves would lap over and deepen the seep age pools behind them. At least 17 per cent of Canada's fourth largest city already is under water. Dikemen and spotters equip ped with walkie-talkies report ed scores of weak spots In the 20 miles of earthworks. Within minutes, flying squads of civil ians and soldiers from head quarters were filling the beach es with sandbags. A weather bureau forecast of showers tonight added to the worries of 55.000 floodfighters battling the 30.2-foot crest. Brother, Sister Hurt As Auto Overturns A brother and sister from Paso Robles, Cal., Gerald and Marie (Llillie) Lipham, 19 and 15 years of age, were Injured In an automobile accident near Central Point early this morning, according to Conger-Morris am bulance attendants who took the pair to the Community hospital. Their injuries were not listed as serious. The car was being driven by young Lipham at the time of the accident, ambulance attendants said. Another brother. John, 20, was uninjured in the crash, which occurred when the car In which they were riding over turned after going out of control while passing another car, it was reported. The accident occurred at about 2 a. m. today, one-half mile south of Central Point. The three Liphams are a brother and sister acrobatic dance act and were on their way t Seattle lor an engagement. Tribune 1950 NO. 49 sano These sources believe that em. ployers of non-union workers will follow along in the same general pattern. The Industry sources said that the-wage riemands are a reflec tion of generally high lumber prices, and went on to point out tnat lumper mills do not set tne price, which is set by the de mands of buyers. In any event, they said, consumers would not benefit by a decrease in at-the-mill lumber prices. Portland, Ore., May 18 (U.R) AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work ers conducted a strike vote in the Pacific northwest today in an attempt to gain a 10' j cents per hour wage increase for all 60,000 members of their, union. Granted 22,000 The pay boost already has been granted to approximately 22,000 AFL unionists by Willamette val ley, and Plywood ooerators of Oregon, and by some employers of western Washington. Kenneth Davis, executive sec retary of the northwest district council of the union, said a strike vote was under way in some areas of western Washington and will begin soon at Coos Bay and in the Portland coast Columbia district council area. Approval of the 10V& cent agreement has been recommend ed by the union negotiators to locnl unions. Davis said, however, that the district council also has recom mended that a strike be called against any operators refusing to sign a similar agreement retro active to May 1. The tentative agreement cov ers workers in the Willamette valley and as far south as Med ford and as far north as Mc Minnville. Rejects Welfare Program Davis said the AFL had reject ed a health and welfare program similar to one accepted by the International Woodworkers of America (CIO) in favor of an overall wage Increase. The IWA, in approving tenta tive agreements with all major employers except Weyerhaeuser, accepted a 7'4 cents wage in crease and a health and welfare program to be financed through payroll deductions. The IWA strike against Weyer haeuser spread to virtually all the company's mill, boom and logging operations. The com pany's plywood mill at Long view. Wash., manned by AFL members, was the only Weyer haeuser plant still operating. ianA:8if in Roseburg Milk War Ends; Farmers Receive New Price Roseburg, Ore., May 18 (U.R) Roseburg's milk war ended to day when producers and distrib utors set a compromise price on raw milk. Deliveries to homes were made for the first time in 15 days. The new price will give Rose burg dairy farmers $5.73 per hundred pounds of four per cent milk, retroactive to May 1. The farnstrs struck the clty s largest processing plant on May 3, establishing picket lines after their demands tor 96.98 per hun General News Sports Society Locals Personals tiohed Banking Committee Gives Approval For One Year Measure Passed en Local Option Basis Washington. May 18 (U.R) The house banking committee to day approved a bill extending rent controls for one year, on a local option basis. The presept rent control law expires June 30. Under the committee-approved extension bill, municipalities would continue to have author ity to take themselves out from under federal rent control be tween June 30 and December 31. Under Federal Control Between December 31 and June 30, 1951, municipalities would remain under federal rent control under the bill only if the local governing bodies or the residents vote in favor. of con tinued rent control. The committee - approved bill was sponsored bv Chairman Brent Spence. Kentuekv demn- crat. The vote was 13 to four In the committee for the bill. President Truman had asked for another year of rent control without any limitations. But the committee voted to put federal rent control entirely un tn th cities themselves. Many congressional leaders An not feel a hard-and-fast one year extension would pass the senate and house. There is some doubt even about the city option ex tension. Approval Needed Under present law municipali ties can take themselves out from under federal control provided they get the approval of the state governor. Spence'i bill would no longer require a gover nor's approval before a city de controlled itself. Spence's bill also would con tinue the present authority of the housing expediter to decon trol areas between June 30 and December 31. Some Damage Done Pears by Frosts Orchard heating In the valley has generally been effective so far this spring, Meteorologist R. J. Rogers reported today, but their has been a certain amount of damage to fruit In unheated orchards. County Agent C. B. Cordy said the damage will be felt more by Individuals than by the coun ty's economy, although cold weather damage will affect the total tonnage of this year's pro duction to some extent. There has also been some fruit mark ing by freezing temperatures, Cordy explained, that will af fect the markets for gome indi vidual growers. The exact ex tent of the damage will not be known until after the June drop, he said. Unlike reports from nearly every peach-growing area In the United States, prospects remain favorable for a good peach crop in Jackson county. Only here and In California is there like ly to be bumper peach produc tion. The United States depart ment of agriculture says there has been heavy winter damage in Illinois, Indiana, Virginia and Washington. Throughout the na tion, supplies of summer fruits are expected to. be below aver age, the department said. COMPLETE ELECTION RETURNS The Mail Tribune and radio station KYJC will cooperate Friday to bring radio listen ers prompt election returns after the closing of polling places in the May 19 primary election. Arrangements have been completed for United Press teletype service on statewide returns, and staff members of The Mail Trib une will be assigned to col lect and tabulate returns on county end city nominations and ballot measures. Regular broadcast of returns will be made direct from The Mail Tribune office starting at 10:15 p.m. Friday bv James Dunlery, manager of KYJC. dred pounds was not accepted. The state authorized a minimum price of $5.50. Earlier, the threat of violence In the bitter milk war arose when it was hinted that state milk control officers might at tempt to break up the strike. The two-weeks-old strike took a new turn after State Milk Ad ministrator Thomas L. Ohlsen indicated he might cancel grade A milk quotas assigned striking dairymen. Such action would bar them from selling fresh milk on the Roseburg market.
