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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.