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- - FILING UP SNOW DRIFTS w many low-lying areas. Four 01 Initial ' appropriations for construction of the Talent div ision irrigation and reclamation project are expected to be sub mitted to Congress this session, despite reports from Washington that funds for this purpose are not included in the federal bud get to be presented next week, it was reported here, today. 1. One of the principal local sup porters of , the project, a mem ber of the Hogue River Valley Irrigation association who pre fers not to be quoted by . name, said that even in the event such funds are not in the budget pro per, chances are excellent tor ' obtaining approval of a. supple mental budget item in good tune for Congressional action. ' Funds Allocated He . pointed out that $84,500 In bureau of reclamation funds have already : been allocated . to the project, and that preconstruc tipn and design work is, under way through a bureau office, op: pen here last .September . t He also stated that it is under stood that more than $350,000 is in the budget for rehabilita tion work on the Medf ord and Rogue Biver Irrigation districts' canal system, which is consider ed to be the most urgently need ed : portion- of : the overall pro ject. '0:-:- ': : Work : Is also x, progressing through the bureau of reclama tion and in the- Interior Depart ment itself, to revise certain fea- tiirM of the nronosaL which Jhave been criticized chiefly ha v in to do with repayment ra tios. Congressman Harris Ells worth is assisting in these ef forts, It was reported. The bud rot i. first resented to the House of Representatives. . i The Talent project is expect ed to cost a total of more than $22,000,000, with work spread over a six-year period. For, this Invasion Probe In Costa Rica Ion TAtt : San Jose, Costa Rica U.F9 - a five nations commission . ar rived here today from Washing ton and beean an immediate in vestigation of Costa Rica's charges that rebels,, backed by Nicaragua and Venezuela, have attacked this Central American country. - '':-'- ''''0 : The commission also will ex amine Costa Rican claims that rebel planes parachuted machine guns arid -i rifles, . bearing the Soviet hammer and sickle marfc tog, to peasants in the Villa Auesada area, near this capital city.; " . The .commission's ; first .act was to order before it for inter rogation Carlos Lara Hein, one of the leaders of the revolt, who was captured yesterday. . Big Estate on Rogue River Given to Episcopal Church "Black Oaks,' a 57-acre sum mer estate on the Rogue river, has been presented to the Episco pal diocese of Oregon, it was re ported today. - 0 ' The Xdonor is. Mrs. - Alan J. Lowrey, San Francisco, wife of a ; viceiprssident. of the Union Oil company. The ....gift was an nounced in Portland by the Rt Rev. Benjamin Dagwell, bishop of the diocese. Property Described - The v property has a five-bedroom, three-bath residence, with a large living room and veranda over a 60-foot terrace above the river. There is also a guest house with - three bedrooms, each with private bath. The grounds are landscaped, and include a tennis court, a badminton court and a garage. Bishop Dagwell said the prop erty will be used as a conference in mountainous areas, storm lashes Inches of snow causes traffic snarls Sipir reason the first appropriations needed would be much smaller than the total amount. -" The project involves reservoir, canal and powerhouse construc tion, in the Howard Prairie and Greensprings area east of Ash land, as well as in the Talent Irrigation district itself. - Even tually, the project will provide a full water - supply for 9,680 acres in the TID, plus a supple .- By BILL FORCE t j t I United Press Correspondent Salem U.RA bill to pro vide a new retirement plan , for public employees in Oregon, one that will save .the state between $300,000 'and $400,000 -a : year, wasliaccepted.bv, he Joint.Ways and Means Committee today for introduction in. the Senate.' . The committee heard a report by the interim committee on re tirement which had drawn up a retirement - .plan members said would be second to none ; any- China Ships Said Destroyer Targets Taipeh,- Formosa iu.R) Chi nese National corresponaems said today two American " de stroyers fired on Chinese Com munist ships Monday near in vasion-threatened Tachen Is land, but American t naval sources would not confirm the report today, -w7"'--'t.0-'i -'r. The correspondents made the assertion at Nationalist bombers attacked Red Chinese -ship con centrations today in an effort to head off a Communist invasion of the Nationalist outpost 200 miles north of Formosa. ; ; v The Chinese reporters, y who returned last night from Tachen, said the American destroyers fired on Communist ships which were pursuing a Nationalist LST south of Tachen. . Ike, Heuberger Back Gl Education Measure Washington U.R) .Presi dent Eisenhower today endors ed; legislation to let; men now in service continue to. accrue GI education benefits. , v v -i -Under a presidential order ac cumulation of , entitlement - for this and other wartime veterans benefits will be ended on Jan. si: Meanwhile, Sen. Richard I. Neuberger (DOre.), suggested that the . GI school program be continued as long as young men are being drafted.";.,. center for Episcopal churches in the southern portion of the dio cese, as a vacation spot for mem bers of the clergy, and for other church purposes. It is located on the north side of the. river about 13 miles from Medf ord. "Mrs. Lowrey retained portions of the property on either side of the area she - presented to the church. - . - . . .' Fishing Riffle . ' A fishing .riffle in the river near the property is reputed to be among the best on the river, according to the Rev." George R. V.: Bolster, rector, of St. Mark's Episcopal church, Medf ord, who as . the closest ' clergyman will have administrative duties in connection, with; the property.' r No valuation, for the property was announced by Bishop Dag well, although it ' has been on the market in the past, with a pric in xceti of. $65,000, Oregon Retirement Plan in Committee w ' zx A 5 1 southern California, flooding in Banning. (International) mental supply, of - some 9,000-acre-feet for use in the Medf ord and Rogue River districts, in ad dition to some. 13,000 acre-feet in increased runoff water, also usable - by the two districts. : It would generate some 16,000 kilo watts of power. It was authorized by Congress and approved by the President in the closmg days of the last session of Congress. where in the nation. Savings to the state would result from a decrease in liabilities through withdrawals, turnover in em ployment, and extension of em ployment to many persons past the irejurement age; of 65. Benefits Listed 1 V' New' benefits under the com mittee plan were listed by Sen. John C. ; F, Merrifield of Port land and included: ' ' 1. Increased benefit for career employees . who stay in i public employment. 2. Decreased costs to low-salaried -employees who had com plained about losses of take home pay resulting from heavy retirement . contributions. ; . 3. : Gradual reduction in- the maximum retirement - age. - 4. Protection against misuse of voluntary retirement . provi sions of the law. v 5. ;; Elimination ' of inequities for police and firemen. Savings for Life of Sysiem - T ; Max Manchester, head of the state : retirement system - who helped ' compile the : "committee report, told . ways and 'means members that, the savings antici pated would not be confined to the 1955-57 biennium but would continue for the life of the sys tem. Complaints of some members that retirement benefits to low income employees would be cut were answered by Merrifield, who said most employees who remain in public .employment long enough to realize maximum retirement benefits- would have progressed out of the lowest in come brackets beiore .iney reached retirement age. . . Salem (U.R) A bill seeking state control of meat slaughter ing and processing plants was introduced in the Oregon" legis lature today. " ! : Sponsored by Sens. Lowell Steen of Milton Freewater and Mark Hatfield of Salem, the bill would force packers to - either conform to rigid state inspection or quit business. ; ' . ,' . , . . - I Violators of the act would be subject to heavy fines and jail sentences. " - Rest Home Operators Get Fines, Sentences ' Gresham, Ore? (UJQ The husband arid wife7 operators of the Bel-Air rest home received fines and jail sentences yester day in connection with their re cent arrests here. , Mrs. - Blanche May Kephart, 34,v was fined $100 and sentenc ed to 30 days in jail after Mun icipal Judge George Flower found her guilty of assault and battery., Buel Kephart, 39, her husband, was fined $50 and giv en a 30-day suspended jail sen tence on a drunk and disorderly charge,- . ? ? Washington (U.PJ The Air Force, using the mighty kick of rocket boosters, now can launch nine-ton ' jet fighters directly into the air from, platforms mounted -on trucks. 8sm -ioeally l!3lil(Dlg Reservist Program In Request Six Months Training For Volunteers Asked Washington. (K.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today asked Congress to extend the draft for four years, set up a massive re serve training program for young men 17 and 18 years old and raise the pay of the armed services.. . " - Mr. . Eisenhower proposed an aggregate . pay increase of 6.7 per cent in military pay. This is estimated to cost about $70,000, 000 in pay and allowances for men and women already in the armed services. The chief executive's reserve plan called for "volunteers" in the 17 and 18-y e a r-old ; age bracket for six months basic training to be followed by active reserve participation for . 9 Mt years. -Would Use Draft Mr. Eisenhower gave no figure as to how- many "volunteers would be needed. He , said an adequate" number. The Defense Department has said the goal-is is 100,000 a year to start. The President said if an "ade quate" number do not volunteer, authority - should be given : to draft young men -between the ages of 18 and 19. ; ? H Men not volunteering, or selected, for; t h i s i program- a modified form of universal mili tary', training, - would continue subject to" calls by their draft boards for two years of regular military duty, as at present, jm or the fjrst tune, reserve duty for d ischarge draftees would be made compulsory. The President proposed "other than honorable" discharges for those Who failed to carry out their assigned reserve duties. : -; Militarv Strength Needed Mr.. Eisenhower, in two mes sages to the House and Senate: said it shall always be the . na tion's objective,, "in the present world situation, : to maintain a military force that we can sup port for the many, years that may be necessary ttr dispel the shadow of Communist threat." . In asking extension throutrh July 1, 1959of the authori.tr td induct young inen for 24 mdhtfiJi of trammrand'eieetrT'i iwsennower said he saw ' no rea sonable prospect that the world situation - or 'technoloBical -. ad vances,": in the next four years, will render -the draft unneces sary. - Unanimous Vote Approves District Formation of Grandview water district northeast of Med ford was approved yesterday by a vote of 94 to 0, according to figures ?. listed by the county clerk's office." . - ,. J ; , Successful candidates for com missioners of the district were John Ahern, 81 votes; Oweta Richardson,; 81 votes; William Auel, ,71 votes; . Dorothy L. Brown, 67 votes, arid Harold B. Cook, 65 votes. - ' . ? I Others receiving .votes were Jack Thomsen, 58 votes; Larry M. Rose, 52 votes, and Charlotte Fogelquist, a write-in candidate, 1 vote. "0.:. :0:-00 -:. ' The vote authorized incorpora tion of the district as a munici pal corporation for the purpose of obtaining water for domestic use of the inhabitants of the dis trict. Data on O&C Funds Lacking : Members of the Jackson coun ty court said this morning that they have received no informa tion concerning plans for distrib ution ; of ' timber , sale receipts from controverted lands. 7 ' It was announced in Washing ton, D.C., yesterday that the government plans to start dis tribution of the funds, which amount to from $6,000,000 to $9,000,000. The money will go to 18 Oregon, counties, with Jack son county getting one ,of the largest shares. , - The receipts .have been held for 12 years ' pending court fights- over the distribution formula. "- 1 1955 Dpg Licenses On Sale by County Dog licenses for 1955 are now available in the county clerk's office in the courthouse, accord ing to Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, county clerk! Cost of obtaining licenses from Jan. 1 to March 1 is $1.50. A penalty of $2 is assessed after March 1, bringing the total cost of the licenses to $3.50. Sale of - licenses has been "very slow" so far this year, deputy county .clerks said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES ' - New York (U.R3 Dow-J ones final stock averages: .30 indus trials 398.34 off i.44; 20 ; rail roads 1425 off 1.31; 15 utilities 62.69 up 0.05, "and 65 stocks 148.22 off 0.66. Sales today were about 3,350,000 shares compared with 3,400,000 snares yesterday. , United Frew Full Leased Wire : - ' 49th Yeir; 20 Pages Is Tan Of f set Plan Draws Criticism Special Election Declared Possible Salem U.PJ Edward A Geary, speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, today predicted that a special election might be necessary after the cur rent legislative session ends for the people to decide on a tax program. .:- - Both Geary and Elmo Smith, Senate president, said they were opposed to Gov. Paul Patterson's plan to repeal the federal income tax offset in the state income tax law.' Under this plan, money paid for federal income taxes could not 'be . deducted when state income taxes are figured. More Honest Way : 'It would be-a tax on a tax. Geary said. "Raising the income tax rate would be a more honest way of doing it" " Smith said, we might have to do it, but it should be only as a last resort Geary said the people ulti mately would decide' the ques tion of new taxes. think we'll have a special election," he said If the people turn down the tax program, they will be voting to reduce services. " Smith -said there was an "extreme likeli hood" of a special election. Strike May Result :. - ' ' - Gearyajsoxpressed-fear that a .taxpayers' strike, may result, leading to -a ' serious problem of school-financing, if . the state at tempts to collect a property tax. This was another method sug gested ; by Patterson to . raise more revenue if Oregon is ; to retain all its state services and proceed with- a buildmg- pro gram. Gov. Patterson predicted a deficit of some se5.uuu.uuu, in cluding his regular budget plus more millions for the building Droeram. . - ':, ,, ,-; . A six-mill state property tax would bring Tin ah estimated $30,000,000 in the ;next two years. Geary said last night that more than. 60 per cent oi tne tironertv' taxes now collected in Oregon's 36 counties are : spent for school. He said: Vlf the state gets into the property tax field, I'm. afraid it might' cavse the neoDle to goon s tax-strike, and this would be a grave thing in deed for our school." '. McCarthy Renews Treason Charge : Washington U.R) i ; Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy fired new "treason" charges at the Demo crats today. ' " - ' ' - McCarthy said he was not ac cusing all Democrats of treason, Then he added, "As faf as I'm concerned, there was treason by someone in the party." ' . The Wisconsin Republican's remarks ' c ame in the - wake of President Eisenhower's defense of Vice-President Richard M Nixon against Democratic charges that Nixon used "smear tactics" in the 1954 Congres sional campaign by. saying Dem ocratic; administrations w ere soft toward Comuhists. 96 Chest X-Rays : Given Wednesday A total of 96 chest x-rays were , taken , yesterday at the chest x-ray center . at Commu nity hospital according to offi cials of the - Jackson County Public Health association, which sponsors the program. The total included two retakes. '- The program is conducted ' Wednesday at the ' hospital. No appointments are' required, and the only .charge is for film and costs of the x-ray process. Marriages .Lead Divorces in 1954 A total of 445 marriage licenses were issued in Jackson county last year. according . to figures - compiled today by the county clerk's office. During the year,' 349 divorce complaints were filed ; in Jack son t county, and ' 270 divorces were" granted in . circuit s court here, deputy county -clerks- said. Salem (U.PJ State Republi can leaders will meet here: for two weeks, starting Feb. 3, for what GOP: leaders termed ! workshop." ' . ;j MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 &wmm Fog, lee Blamed for any (Bar A number of traffic accidents caused by icy pavements and thick fog were reported in the Medford area this morning. However, only one minor injury was listed. - i Rain which fell : throughout the area during the early hours of the . morning ; turned to ; ice when it hit streets and roads already below the freezing level. The temperature had dropped to about 28 degrees before the rain started to fall. ; " For Forms " Fog started forming in the val ley at about 8 a.m. when mois ture began to condense in a pool of cold air in this area, The fog was a local condition, according to the Weather bureau. ?: ... ? -0-The only accident in Which an injury was listed - occurred , just west of the Medford city limits on Jacksonville highway when a bus stopped, and was struck from behind by a car,-; which in turn was hit by another vehicle. Police estimated that about1 12 cars were involved before traffic was running smoothly again . - One "woman suffered a knee injury , in the mishap, : but her name was not learned by of ficers, who were too busy trying to straighten out traffic to check details of the accident. She was not hospitalized,' police said. ; . . . ...... f ,iaeddent'Wwhicn.:ihe name of the: drive r: involved could not be. immediately learn- ea occurred at the Four Corners intersection oh Crater Lake high way.. State police radio Was in operative for a tune this morn ing, but it was learned that the driver was not injured when his car overturned in a ditch.. - ; Three accidents inside the citv limits of Medford were reported. .. . Cars driven. by Edward. Con ner Jr., 906 South Newtown st, and William Edwin Sherwood. Morseflbably' To Be Democrat Washington (U.R) S en. Wayne Morse,5 who bolted from Republican , party ranks ' shortly before President Eisenhower's election, said last night there is a strong probability" that he will run for reelection as a Dem ocrat in 1956. Morse said he had - not yet reached "a final decision." but that ; he was "willing to say' now that there was "a strong probability" that he would run as a Democrat. He said Demo cratic leaders in Oregon and elsewhere have assured him that he. would be welcome as an of ficial party member, and that he 'may very well do that." Solons Join in School Measure Washington (U.R) Ore gon s two senators joined -with Sen. Lister Hill (Ala.) today in introducing an emergency school construction bill which could turn about $10,000,000 into Ore gon. Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich ard 1. Neuberger proposed an outlay of $500,000,000 over each of the next two years to help build elementary and secondary schools. The bill calls for com plete local control of education. Neuberger said the measure should ease the burden on Ore gon taxpayers as "well as pro vide better a c h d o 1 s for our youth." , " , ICIarnath Falls Housing Project Up Fcr Ssb Klamath Faus ttuy'me Public Housing Administration has put a "for sale" sign on 235-unit . housing project, in Klamath Falls. The - agency said today ; that sealed bids will be received until 3 p.m. Feb, 4. . Weather FOBECASTr Partly ekmSy to a3ht aad Friday. .Fgr tot " toBlcfct aaS BtmlBi kom. ' . Uow toalsbt ZS. JSlsh rridy 3S. Temp. Hichttt Yesterday , 4t Lowest this Mernins 2S Prec. to 4:3S ajn. Today 43 A TT - ' . United VtdUd AeeideoiK s 1020 Jasper st. collided at the intersection of 14th and New town sts. at about 8:25 a.mi Sherwood was cited for failure to yield right of way,' city po lice said. - - , Cars Collide ' Charles N. Roswell, Ashland, and Lorahie E; Cross, 1375 Ste wart ave., were drivers of cars which, collided on South River side ave.? at about '9 a.m.: The Medford driver was cited for not having an operator's license. , ' The third accident Involved a parked car owned by O. H. Bengtson, .122 Oregon . terrace, and another vehicle , which left the scene after leaving informa tion concerning the mishap on Bangtson's car. ; C-C Dinner Bids Due; er Set V Reservations for the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's annual membership - dinner, to be held 'nextTuesday . evening, are now, being accepted' at the Chamber officer. P":...f-' : ': " Speaker: for the 'event will be Dr. s p.; Merediths Wilson new president of the University- of Oregon, - Eugene, wno , wiu db making his second trip to South ern -Oregon since .assuming his new duties, last year.. ;; Dr. Wilson's .' topic J. will ', be The Lengthened .Shadow." Born In 'Mexico .-r.r;; f-. The. university president, who is no relation to the -Meredith Wilson of the music and enter tainment world, although he is sometimes . confused', with him, was . born in Mexico ' in lo. His-education r was received ' at Brigham Young : university, Lo gan, Utah, at the University of London, and at the University of California where he received his Ph.D. degree- in 1943. ' : He served as associated . dean of the college at the University of Chicago - while - an associate professor of history, and in 1948 became professor of histpry and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Utah, a position he retained until being named head of the university , ; He and Mrs. Wilson are the parents' of six children. . Washington (U.PJ A bill seeking authorization of a $500,- 000 irrigation project hear Mau pin, Ore.,, has ; been introduced in Congress by Rep.' Sam Coon, (R-Ore.). Mystery Man Second MOD The March of Dimes Mystery Man contest swung into .its sec ond phase today after Barbara Penney of Central Point, -who is employed at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce last night correctly identified the first Mys- SECOND MYSTERY MAN Can You Identify Him? tery Man as Chester Hubbard. ' . Clues for the second Mystery Man follow: He was born in the Badger state in 1916. He came to Medford from ' the JBvergreen state .tha. sams year:fhatfloods Speak 07 Pna ism tmmm vim Preew - TuU Liwi Wire Prica 5c No. 255 mum Rcnort On Dag's Jaunt ; , Awaited Conference With Lodge Arranged . United Nations, .N.Y. (UR Communist China has given Secretary-General Dag Ham marskjold some encouragement that it will consider UN demands it free 11 American airmen jail- ed as spies, diplomatic sources said today. . But the official report on Hammarskjold's success or fail ure will-i not come until after the Swedish diplomat returns to New .York late : this afternoon from his round: the; world trip to Peiping where he held a ser ies of conferences with Red Chinese Premier Chou En-IiiL ' To Confer with. Lodge Hammarskjold arranged to confer with U.' S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. on re sults : of his . mission when he reaches New York. Guarded official belief that the Communists - would ' recon sider the cases of the .11 impris oned fliers and other . UN per sonnel, held in violation of the Korean- armistice agreement ap parently was .based on a report to Washington- from U. S. Am bassador . John - M AULson in Tpky6lf 00.i-?M ' HanimarskjoTd briefed Allbon and, JohnEv; Hull,- Tl Sr Fat Easterau commander; in Tokyo, before he left for New York, t . Pelpina Silent 7 v Peiping radio was equally si- lent on outcome of his mission. The Communists kept up -their barrage of anti-American propa ganda with ; the usual charges the United States would try to art 1: r n m pmiIim, m41ltaiV setup" in Siu5ieast Asis. y - - Authoritative sources in Wash ington said Allison's message of f encouragement" paralled .-re ports where it ; was reported Hammarskjold had set the stage in liis talks for further progress on the prisoner problem. - American officials took tn view 'that the prisoners, could not be counted free ; until they , are safely in American or UN hands. The chief concern was the price the Hed Chinese de manded. l,"-''i''r;';:;".::l.:-y CIiou's 'Price' Reported ? The New York Times report ed today Chou did not give "tvla" ln m manv nmrrii hllt'' apparently sought assurances, from the United States there would be no attack on the main land from Formosa, complained. that 35 Chinese students in the United States had not received exit visas and suggested that negotiations Vbe carried out di rectly between the United States and Red China. Iclsntfitftc:; Centos? Starts; in the Mississippi, Allegheny and Ohio rivers killed 250 pert sons. He is the fathes- of one.; Add some weight to the name of a famous ; orator and you have his first name... -First r prize i for correctly identifying this inan will be a Sunbeam electric frying, pan do nated by Brooks Electric - Co.: Another prize and another due will be added each day that his identity is not guessed. . To night's call was to be made over , station KBES-TV at .5:30 pjn. . and Friday's call comes - from station KBOY at 4:45 p m. In rder to be eligible lor telephone , call, persons must BCUU . ephone- number to March of -Dimes Mystery Man,; PQ Box ' 531, Medford. A coupon for con--venience ' of those desiring to r send 1 their names appears on page 5. A name will be drawn ? at random each night during the ; contest and that person will be i called to identify the Mystery ; - Man. Yesterday members of the - Crater Lady Lkms Club con ' ' ducted a toll blockade on Cen- s . tral ave. between Main and Sixth sts. They collected $1WJ ; ' which was turned over to the March of Dimes. Mrs. Lloyn Evans was chairman of the pro y
