Funds foir Commp White Expected do Week
FREE WORLD FORCING
REDS ON DEFENSIVE,
GEN. RIDGWAY SAYS
Washington (U.R) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said Friday
thai Communist forces in Korea are able to wage germ and gai
warfare, but that it U anybody'! guess whether the Reds would
resort to such weapons.
The former Far East commander told a luncheon meeting of
300 Washington reporters his statement that the Communists are
"capable of waging germ and gas warfare is based on the best mili
tary intelligence the United Nations command could gather.
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway asserted
Friday that the Communists
have ben forced on the defensive
by "the growing strength and
determination of the free
world."
The former Far Eastern com
mander who on May 30 will be
come chief of Western European
defense forces said that Com
munist propaganda has hit "a
new pitch of hysteria and vul
garity" because the free world
is frustrating their designs.
No Ammunition Lack
Ridgway made those state
ments in an address to newspa
permen and women. Earlier he
' told House members there is no
shortage of ammunition in Ko
rea. He said the only major lack
In Korea is jet planes. The gen
eral's meeting with the House
Armed Services and Foreign Af
fairs Committees was closed and
his testimony was not officially
made public. However, commit
tee sources said the general as
sured members that reports of
ammunition shortages In Korea
are based on "erroneous infor
mation." Troops Well Supplied
"He said United Nations
troops in Korea are as well
supplied, both from the stand
point of quality and quantity, as
any troops anywhere," one
source reported. "He said re
ports of a shortage of ammuni
tion are based on erroneous in
formation." Ridgway addressed a luncheon
meeting of the National Press
Club, the Women's National
Press Club, and the Overseas
Writers Club.
He said that even before his
arrival at his new headquarters,
European Communists are vili
fying him "as a war criminal, a
microbe-killer, and Fascist mur
derer, ad nauseam."
He attributed this in part to
the fact that the Unied Naions
forces under his command
blocked the Reds in the Far
East. Now that he has been as
signed to the supreme command
of Atlantic Pact forces in Europe
the Communists "know, I hope,
that I will give this vital mis
sion everything that I have got,"
Ridgway said.
Ridgway said he understands
that the Communists of Western
Europe are "planning quite a
reception' for me." He recalled
that they planned the same thing
for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
whom he is succeeding, and
"failed miserably."
Medford Offici
To Attend Meeting
Mayor D. L. Flynn, City Su
perintendent Robert Duff and
City Attorney Frank Farrell are
scheduled to attend a League of
Oregon Cities meeting tomorrow
p and Sunday in Portland, they re
ported today.
Expected to be a leading topic
of discussion at the Portland
meeting will be daylight saving
time, according to an agenda for
warded here. Mayor Flynn has
urged that a measure settling the
DST confusion which has been
apparent throughout the state
this year.
Other items on the agenda in
clude a clarification of annexa
tion laws, allocation of addition
al revenue of Oregon liquor con
trol commission funds to incor
porated cities, uniform traffic
citations, plans for an airport
management conference, and a
discussion of LOC convention
plans.
Cateroillar Horde Stalls
Minnesota Highway Traffic
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Brainerd. Minn. (U.R) Auto
mobiles slipped and skidded,
railroad locomotives stalled and
residents wore high boots as cat
erpillars three inches deep in
places crawled over a million
acre area east of here Friday.
It was the worst invasion by
the yellow and black tent cater
pillar in the history of Minne
sota, Trees Stripped Clean
The moving carpet of cater
pillars crept over forests, bushes,
bare fields and highways.
Million of trees stood naked,
stripped of their new spring
leaves by the relentless nibbling
of millions of tiny mouths.
Motorists said it was almost as
pj? i&T
GENERAL RIDGWAY
Reds on Defensive
Big New Plywood
Plant Construction
Begun in Valley
Work has started on a big
new plywood fabrication plant
at While City, it was announced
today by the recently-incorporated
Medford Veneer and Ply
wood corporation;. Plans call for
completion of the plant before
the end of the year.
The company will employ ap
proximately 150 men, and will
produce 3,000,000 feet or more
of three-eighths inch Douglas fir
interior plywood each month.
the announcement said. Plans
for future expansion call for in
stallation of machinery to manu
facture exterior Douglas fir ply
wood, and to slice vertical grain
fir, pine, . redwood and other
types of wood for manufacture
into plywood.
Plan Other Types
Other plans are being made
for future manufacture of hard
wood veneer plywood, and ply
wood utilizing impregnated plas
tic faces, hardboard faces and
other newly developed methods
of using lower grades of veneer
John Dingley is president of
the new firm; Loren Haugen is
vice-president, and Kenneth Pry
or is secretary-treasurer. All are
Medford residents, and have had
years of experience in the ply
wood industry in all phases of
plant operations including build
ing, management and cost pro
duction control, the announce
ment said.
To Cost $400,000
The announcement indicated
the new manufacturing plant
would cost about $400,000, with
out any additions. The firm is
incorporated to sell 7,500 shares
of stock at $100 each, much of
which has already been purchas
ed by Medford residents. Offi
cers of the corporation said that
Medford investors are being giv
en first consideration in an ef
fort to keep the firm locally
owned. Temporary general offices
have been established at 1103
North Riverside avenue.
HELD FOR INVESTIGATION
Lawrence William Brownell
19, of Hilt, Calif., and a 16-year-old
youth, also of Hilt, are being
held for investigation of a theft
from an automobile which oc
curred about a week ago, city
police said today. Officers said
the case involves a briefcase and
other items which were taken
from a car at the Y club, High
way 99 north."
mct In set stuck in the mounds
of caterpillars as It was in a
snowdrift.
Cars traveling through the
area proceeded at reduced
speeds over the treacherous blan
ket. It was .dangerous to stop for
fear that it would be impossible
to get the car moving again.
Locomotive Stalled
Caterpillars crossing a rail
road track stalled a locomotive.
The engine gradually lost trac
tion going up an incline until
its wheels spun on the tracks.
It finally had to back down
the grade some distance then
rare ahead to sain enough mo
mentum to carry it through the
bunker of caterpillar.
Three-Day Recess
Decided in Heated
Truce Ngotiation
Enemy Angrily
Agrees To Break
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
Deadlocked Korean armistice ne
gotiators decided at a heated ses
sion Friday , to take a three-day
recess.
The United Nations proposed
the recess to eive the Commun
ists a chance to "consider our po
sition. The Reds angrily agreed
to the break.
Despite the recess, Vice Ad
miral C. Turner Joy, retiring
head of the U.N. delegation, pre
dicted the talks eventually would
result in an "equitable and hon
orable armistice."
No Nonsense
Joy's successor, Maj. Gen. Wil
liam K. Harrison, set a firm "no
nonsense" tone in his first full
day as senior delegate.
He suggested the recess after
the Reds again accused the Al
lies of mistreating prisoners of
war, of "massacres" in the prison
camps, and of using force during
their screening to determine
which prisoners want to return
to Communism.
'Admissions' Repeated
North Korean Gen. Nam II re
peated the repudiated "admis
sions" to Brig. Gen. Charles F.
Colson, who negotiated release
of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd
after Dodd was seized by Com
munist prisoners of war on Koje
island.
Nam charged once more that
the U. N. intends to use the pris
oners as "cannon fodder" for the
Republic of Korea and National
ist China. He demanded that Har
rison reply at once to these
charges.
Recess Suggested
"Unless you want to talk some
more, I suggest that we recess,"
Harrison retorted.
Nam: "You mean you refuse
to give an answer to my state
ment?'.' Harrison: "Your statement is
not worthy of a reply."
Nam: "Your attitude is no at
titude for negotiations. Do you
mean you refuse to negotiate?"
Harrison: "I propose a recess."
Nam angrily threw his pencil
on the table. i -
"You -dare -not answer my
statements," he said, "because
they are the full facts. I agree
to a recess."
Turman, Utah Wilson Don't
Expect To Hang for Murder
Walla Walla (U.R) Turman
and Utah Wilson said Friday
they did not believe they would
hang, although, for the third
time, a date has been set for
their execution.
The brothers, convicted of the
1950 kidnap-slaying of JoAnn
Dewey, were told Thursday In
Clark county Superior Court
they would die June 23. They
previously have been given two
stays of execution.
Questions Answered
Though the brothers were not
allowed to speak to reporters
Thursday, Turman Wilson an
swered six written questions
submitted to him by the Oregon
Journal.
Asked if they were prepared
to die, Turman wrote on the
Journal's questionnaire: "If I
die, and if Utah dies, then the
state is taking the lives of two
innocent persons."
Turman told the Journal:
Neither Utah or I feel that we
will hang. We believe the gov
ernor, who is a Christian, will
let us live and that the governor
Paralysis Patient
Taken To Eugene
An 18-year-old Glendale, Calif.,
boy was taken to Eugene by
Mercy Flights ambulance plane
this afternoon. He was suffering
from infantile paralysis, accord
ing to his attending physicians.
According to the story the
youth told, he was hitchhiking
north from California following
the recent death of his mother,
and was robbed of his money
near Crescent City. He hitch
hiked to Medford to look for a
Job, and began suffering from
stiffness in his neck.
On the following day, Thurs
day, the stiffness was worse and
he was hospitalized, and his ail
ment was diagnosed as polio
myelitis. The physician said to
day that he is slightly improved
this morning, but that rigidity
persists in his neck, and that
there are muscle spasms on the
left side. The polio has not af
fected his respiratory system.
He will be taken to Sacred
Heart hospital in Eugene, which
has extensive facilities for the
treatment of infantile paralysis.
He is the 60th patient carried
by the non-profit ambulance
service.
Medford
United Prs full Leased Wire
47th Year
20 Pages
DODD
Additional Forces
Ordered to Koje
To Regain Control
Further Disregard
Not To Be Tolerated
BY RICHARD APPLEGATE
Koje Island, Korea (U.R)
Australian infantrymen were
ordered to Koje Island Friday
to join American paratroopers
in getting "uncontested control"
of prisoners of war who still
taunt their guards with flags
and signs of defiance.
The Army did not disclose
how many of the British com
monwealth soldiers were mov
ing to Koje.
Control Ordered
Re-enforcements o f Allied
units on Koje was announced
shortly after Gen. Mark Clark
in Tokyo said he ordered prison
officials "to obtain uncontested
control" of the seething com
pounds. Clark, supreme United Na
tions commander in the Far
East, said that "the prisoners'
flagrant disregard of our in
structions will not be tolerated
any longer." A headquarters
spokesman in Tokyo said the
order was passed down through
8th Army channels to Koje and
Pusan, scenes of prison rioting.'
Situation 'Intolerable'
The spokesman said Clark de
scribed the situation on Koje,
where prisoners have been run
ning the compounds to suit
themselves, as "intolerable."
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boat-
ner put his American guards
here through riot drills with
bayonets and gas masks. He In
formed' the prisoners-"you- can
see for yourself he (Boatner) has
the power to enforce his com
mand."
will insist that the guilty person
will be found.
The Journal also asked if the
brothers would prefer to prolong
their fight "months or years, if
possible" or if they would rath
er get their sentence over with.
Turman answered: "We want
to live. We are absolutely inno
cent of this crime, and the prose
cuting attorney has suppressed
the truth.'
The questions were answered
by Turman because Utah was be
lieved to be suffering from an
appendicitis attack. Authorities
said later, however, that his ill
ness appeared to be nervous In
digestion.
Enemy Industrial
Center Bombarded
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied
fighter-bombers from land and
sea smashed a huge war indus
trial suburb southwest of the
North Korean capital of Pyong-
ang Friday In the climax of a
two-day attack that was the big
gest aerial blow of the Korean
war.
American and Australian war
planes, including aircraft carrier
dive bombers, flew night and
day from the opening strike
dawn Thursday. They leveled
305 buildings, among them a
hand grenade factory and power
plant, and damaged 151 more.
BULLETINS
Hillah temple of the Shrine
has been given the 1953 North
west Shrine council meeting,
according to a telegram re
ceived ai about 1:30 p.m. to
day from Jerry Jerome, who
is attending the 1952 council
meeting at Billings, Mont.
Jerome, who has served as
vice-president of the council,
was elected president of the
organisation for the coming
year.
Washington (U.R) The
House by a teller vole of 122
to 91, Friday tentatively ap
proved a 1111,200.000 cut in
economic aid to Asia.
Pusaa, Korea (U.R) One
woman was killed and 144
ether persons were injured
Thursday when 300 shouting
rioters clashed with a bat
talion of police and troops in
front of the Korean eapitol
building.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23,
GOLSOfJ DFiOTED
Oregon Demos Aivr
Over Leadership to
National Convention
Portland (U.R) Oregon
Democrats were engaged in
post-election arguments over
delegate leadership to their na
tional convention Friday as Re
publicans prepared for a com
paratively harmonious caucus of
their delegates to Chicago.
Despite a pledge of unanimity
in behalf of Sen. Estes Kefauver
of Tennessee, the Oregon Demo
cratic presidential election win
ner, two factions appeared to be
ready for a battle over naming
of a chairman for the party's 12
delegates.
Morgan Action Protested
Howard Morgan, Monmouth,
chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, called
a meeting of the delegation for
next Wednesday in Portland,
but his action was protested by
members usually opposed to
Morgan and to Monroe Sweet
land, national committeeman.
Thomas R. Mahoney, Port
land , a delegate-at-large, de
manded to know why Morgan
had called the meeting inasmuch
as Morgan isn't a delegate. Nich
olas Granet, 3rd district dele
gate and former chairman of
the Multnomah county Demo
cratic central committee, said
Morgan had no authority to call
a delegate meeting.
Schrunk Candidate
A leading candidate for dele
gation chairman is Multnomah
County Sheriff Terry. D.
Schrunk, who ran far in front
in the "at-large" balloting and
is backed by the' Sweetland fac
tion." Another candidate is Jos
eph K. Carson Jr., former mayor
of Portland.
Morgan said he had called the
delegation meeting for Wednes
day so that the delegates would
be able to talk to Sen. Robert S.
Kerr of Oklahoma, who is
scheduled to be in Portland that
day.
Elliott Calls Meting
Robert A. Elliott, Medford,
Republican state chairman,
called the GOP delegate meeting
1952-53 Budgets
Near Completion
Jackson county's budget for
the fiscal year 1952-53 will be
completed and ready for signing
next Monday, County Judge J.
B. Coleman said this morning.
Judg? Coleman explained that
total figures are now being com
pleted by the county clerk a of
fice and that the budget com
mittee will pass on the complet
ed form next Monday.
The judge said the budget was
completed "without any mate
rial cnanges from the depart
mental forms which were filed
with the committee at Its first
meeting this year."
. Work ' on the Medford city
budget for the coming fiscal year
is also hearing completion, ac
cording to city officials. The city
council finance committee and
the citizens' budget committee
will meet jointly Tuesday, May
27, on fiscal plans and one or
two additional meetings should
finish the job, they said.
The city budget will be inside
the six per cent limitation and
no election will be necessary,
City Recorder Ralph Woodford
said. The city expects to have
work on the budget completed
well in advance of the July 15
deadline, he stated.
Rural Budget Given
Approval of Voters
Voters of 21 of the county's
23 rural school districts authoriz
ed $819,377.12 over the six per
cent limitation for the fiscal
year 1952-53 by an official final
vote of 441 to 62, according to
figures released this morning by
County School Supt. Alf. B.
Mekvold. Two districts did not
report.
The total budget figure for the
next fiscal year is $1,081,642.21
which Is $140,646.10 over last
year's budget.
The Increase from 1951-52
was caused by salary Increases
for teachers and various school
building projects, Superintend
ent Mekvold pointed out.
for noon on June 7 in Salem's
Senator hotel.
Elliott is a dclegate-at-large
and Gov. Douglas McKay, who
led the vote getting, is expected
to be named chairman of the
delegation.
Fourth Annual May
Phoenix Festival
Opening Tomorrow
Phoenix The fourth annual
Phoenix May festival, principal
event of the year in this small
community, will open tomorrow.
A full day of events and enter
tainment has been planned for
the enjoyment of residents of
the entire valley, spokesmen said
today. i
The festival will open at 10
a.m., with a ceremony featuring
the officials of a number of val
ley towns.
To Crown Queen
At 10:30, the queen of the fes
tival will be crowned. The ruler
will be chosen from five prin
cesses, Miss Betty Louise Hend-
rickson. sponsored by the Phoe
nix Parent-Teacher association;
Miss Betty Jean Hopper, spon
sored by the Phoenix Youth
club; Miss Leota May Perry, by
the Phoenix Grange; Miss Kay
Marie Fisher, by the Phoenix
Thursday club, and Miss Mary
Kathryn White, by the Phoenix
Lions club.
The grand parade will begin at
11 a.m., with awards for the
best parade entries to be present
ed Immediately following. At
noon a full afternoon and eve
ning of entertainment will begin,
according to Curt Fisher, festi
val coordinator.
Many Booths
All kinds of food, games and
concession booths will be scat
tered throughout the Commu
nity club grounds, as will vari
ous displays. Special events for
children will be available on the
grade school grounds. Two
dances will be held, a square
dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in
the grade school gym with Allen
Howard of Keno as caller, and a
modern dance in the Commu
nity club house with music by
Belle Van Dyke's orchestra, also
starting at 9 p.m.
A kangaroo court will be In
session to provide fun for every
one, according to Fisher. The co
ordinator noted that the pro
ceeds from the day-long fostivi
ties will go to building additions
and maintaining the Community
hall and Youth center.
Medford's official representa
tive at the festival will , be
Councilman John Snider.
Lynn Cram Heads
State Odd Fellows
Salem (U.R) Lynn Cram,
Medford, Friday headed the Ore
gon Grand Lodge of the Odd Fel
lows as grand master.
Sessions of the grand lodge
and affiliated groups closed here
Thursday after running since
Sunday with a peak attendance
of 1500 members of the lOOF.
Other grand lodge officers in
cluded Harold P. Patterson, Can
yon City, deputy grand master;
Harold Looney, Portland, grand
warden; Earl H. Shank, Port
land, grand secretary; Roy H.
Gibbs, Oceanlake, grand treas
urer; and A. C. Holmes, Pendle
ton, and George E. Lyons, Port
land, grand representatives.
Southern Pacific Ends
North-South Run Again
North and south train service
between Grants Pass and Duns
muir, Calif., was "discontinued
permanently" for the second
time this week, according to
Southern Pacific railroad offi
cials. '
The service was discontinued
around the first of the year be
cause of lack of customers, but
a few weeks later the trains
were rescheduled for the runs
because of the strike of Grey
hound bus line personnel. With
the sett'ement of the bus strike
this week, the trains were again
withdrawn.
Tribune
United Pru full Lul Wu
No. 54
Ranks Reduced To
Colonel (or Part
In Koje Incident
Third Officer
Rep rimanded
Washington (U.R) Army Sec
retary Frank Pace Jr. said Fri
day Brig. Gens. Francis T. Dodd
and Charles F Colson are being
reduced to colonel for their parts
in the Koje Island prison case,
A third officer, Brig. Gen
Paul F. Yount, will be repri
manded. He was commander of
the Second Logistics Command
at Pusan, Korea, and his com
mand included the prison camp.
Action Ordered
Pace told Sen. Richard B. Rus
sell, D-Ga., chairman of the Sen
ate Armed Services committee,
that Gen. Mark Clarke, Far
Eastern commander, also had
been directed to take actions
"within the principles of the
Geneva Convention ... to en
sure against lawlessness and dis
order on Koje Island."
Western Union,
AFL Telegraphers
Reach Agreement
Washington 4U.R The West
ern Union Telegraph Co. and
striking AFL Commercial Teleg
raphers union reached agree
ment Friday on a new contract
to end the walkout now Jn Its
eighth week.
. The agreement Is subject to
ratification of the CTU's 30,000
members in Western Union, The
strikers will return to work
Monday If the ratification Is
reached by them.
Agreement Provisions
The agreement provides:
Ten cent an hour wage In
crease for all employees on the
40 hour work-week;
All 45 13 hour employees
will be placed on a 40-hour week
week with a 20 per cent increase
in straight time hourly rates of
pay. In other words, this is 48
hours pay for 40 hours of work:
All 35 hour employees will
continue on the present work
week and will receive an across-the-board
increase of $22 per
month.
No Union Shop
There will be no union shop,
one of the union's original de
mands. Instead an "agency shop"
was agreed to, a device by which
employees will pay union dues
but will not be required to join
the union.
Central Point Man
Dies in Wyoming
George David Cormle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave T, Cormle,
Central Point, died yesterday at
Cheyenne, Wyo air force base,
where he was stationed, accord
ing to word received by his par
ents. Details of his death were
not learned here.
Cormle had been in the army
for six years. He is survived by
his parents, his wife, Dixie, and
a sister. Donna Leaf, Medford.
Perl funeral home is in charge
of arrangements.
Annual Utility Accountants
Conference Ends Today
The annual conference of the
accounting and business practice
section of the Northwest Elec
tric Light and Power association
ended here early this afternoon
with a luncheon meeting at
Rogue Valley Country club.
Featured speaker of the final
meeting was Elrion Johnsmeyer.
Pocatello, Ida., who represented
the Idaho Power company.
Johnsmeyer spoke in opposition
to construction of Hell's Canyon
dam on the Snake river as pro
posed by the federal govern
ment. Advocates Private Capital
"Construction of the dam
would be wasteful because pri
vate enterprise stands ready,
willing and able to develop the
power resources In the Hell's
Canyon area, end would do so
with taxpaying venture capital
unless prevented by federal pre
emption of the site," Johnsmeyer
asserted.
"It Is further wasteful because
the cost per Installed kilowatt at
Army Asks Budget
Bureau for Money
or Rehabilitation
May Let Contracts
Soon After Approval
A Department of the Army
request for $3,777,700 with
which to begin construction
work to rehabilitate Camp
While as a stand-by Army train
ing center is expected to be
acted upon next week, accord
ing to word received today from
the office of Sen. Guy Cordon.
The senator said he has been
informed that the Army has re
quested the Bureau of the Bud
get to advance that amount from
the more than $11,000,000 orig
inally appropriated by Congress
for the project.
Contracts in 30 Days
He added that the Army ex
pects that contracts for work at
the camp will be let within 30
days after the Bureau of the
Budget acts to make the funds
available.
Of the total amount requested,
the largest portion will be used
for the rehabilitation of utilities,
such as sewers, water mains and
telephone and telegraph lines.
A total of $2,850,900 has been
budgeted for these purposes.
Acquisition of land has been
budgetedfor $478,600; rehabil
itation of roads has been set at
$5,000; extension of the rail
road spur from where it now
ends at White City to the pro
posed camp site across the Cra
ter Lake highway has been set
at $415,900, and construction of
a telephone and telegraph build
ing will total $27,500, according
to . Senator Cordon's informa
tion. Doesn't Specify Area
' The senator's report did not
specify just what land will be
acquired, although previous an
nouncements have Indicated that
most of the area to be used will
lie southeast of the highway.
across from White City indus
trial area and the Camp White
Veterans Administration domi
ciliary. The proposed rehabilitation
will presumably cover only a
small portion of the huge area
used by the big war-time Instal
lation, where two infantry di
visions were trained.'
The campsite is about eight
miles northeast of Medford.
McAllister Names
Dickey Alternate
William McAllister, Medford
attorney who was elected one of
the state's 10 delegates-at-large
to the Republican national con
vention in Chicago in July at last
week's primary election, ha
named Bob Dickey as his alter
nate to the convention.
Dickey, assistant district at
torney of Jackson county, is also
president of the Jackson County
Young Republican organization,
and was state chairman of the
Youth for Eisenhower com
mittee. Medford's other delegate-at-large,
Robert A. Elliott, an insur
ance man and state GOP com
mittee chairman, previously had
announced he would name his
brother, Douglas Elliott, Port
land, as his alternate. Both El
liotts have been active in Re
public politics for many years.
Weather
FOrtKCAST: Fair and warm
through Saturday. Low to
night 46. High Saturday M-AS.
Temp.
Highest YMtTlav 5
Loweit this Morning .., 4ft
the proposed high dam Is more
than double the cost per install
ed kilowatt of the five low-head
dams which the power company
would build." he stated.
Officers Named
Two new officers were elect
ed for two-year terms today by
the section. They are T. C. Wood
side, Salt Lake City, chairman;
and Allan F. Elder, Spokane,
vice-chairman. Woodside suc
ceeds Frank B. Bash, Medford,
of the California Oregon Power
company.
During the two-day conference
delegates conducted panel dis
cussions and heard speakers dis
cuss methods of Improving serv
ice to customers, lowering costs
of operation and more efficient
office practices.
Trips to points of interest
around the Rogue valley, Includ
ing Jacksonville. House of Mys
tery, Crater lake and the North
Umpqua hydroelectric project,
have been scheduled for dele
gates tomorrow morning.