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Four Men Referred To Grand Jury on Criminal Counts Three men were bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges and another was bound over on a burglary count in dis trict court yesterday morning. District court reports said that the three, who waived counsel and preliminary hearing on charges of larceny from a shop, were Lincoln Eldred McFall, 35, route 1, box 215, Rogue River; John Silva, 27, route 1, box 191, Rogue River, and Earl Howard Erovn, 25, route 1, box 773, Grants Pas3. Articles Stolen The case involves the taking of articles from I. D. Harden's place of business in the Wimer area on March 17. Articles in cluded 35 feet of copper tubing, four Caterpillar diesel brass bushings, a coffee pot and a cooking utensil. The men were committed to the county jailj and bond was set at $1,500. Clifford Clinton Gee, 29, Har ion, ure., was suoject ot a pre liminary hearing Friday and Saturday before being bound over in connection with thefts from the Hartford Smith home, Rogue River, last September, ac cording to district court and the district attorney's office. A jack et, a rifle, a shotgun and a gold pencil were among articles re portedly taken. Several others were apprehended in connection with the case at the time. Two Sentenced District court reported two Friday sentencings. Ralph Waldo Bridger, 44, Sacramento, Calif., was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Rawles Moore of a . 4 4 1 . ijcuy larceny count. The case involved theft of leather gloves from the Safeway store, 130 North Bartlett st. The records disclosed that Bridger pleaded guilty and that Judge Moore re served the right to suspend the sentence after 15 days. Arthur Raymond Huff Jr., 18, entered a plea of guilty and was fined $15 and assessed $5 court costs on a charge of illegal pos session of intoxicating liquor. A jail commitment was issued in lieu of a fine. I .:: - V V imMmlM 1 """" '-'"l"111 "' H I II U JM lll.ll.W.UJ J I j IW.I UJ i -II HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICES It will pay you to drivo out and see our fin selection of new and used pianos. Very Easy Terms RENTALS Also Rental-Purchase Plan OPEN , . Sundays by Appointment PHONE 2-4296 TODAY ERSKINE'S Piano Store 1304 KINGS HWY. CADETS CHOSEN The two young people above are cadet lieutenants in the Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol who have been chosen by the squadron to represent Medford in Port land this week end during the first phase of the international CAP foreign exchange program. They may be chosen to go abroad this summer. They are Johnny Foust, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foust, 610 Experiment Station rd., and Janice Stevens, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Sylvester S. Stevens, 5025 South Pacific highway. 2 CAP Cadets Chosen In Exchange Program Two Civil Air Patrol cadets of the Medford squadron left Fri day noon for Portland on the first lap of the cadet foreign ex change program for 1955. Cadet Lt. Johnny Foust, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Foust, 610 Ex periment Station rd., a Medford High school student, and Cadet Lt. Janice Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester S. Stev ens, 5025 South Pacific highway, Siam's Siamese Twins Coo; Don't Like Being Apart Chicago U.R) Siam's separ ated Siamese twins cooed and held hands in the same crib Fri day. They didn't like being sep arated. The 22-month-old twins from Thailand, the present name for Siam, were separated in a ZVz- hour operation at the University of Chicago Billings hospital Tuesday. All their lives, they had been joined by a band of tissues on their stomach. They shared a common, king-sized liver. . After the operation, nurses put Prissana and Napit Poplin yo in a big crib, but at some dis tance from each other. Reaches Out Hands As a nurse described it, "when the first one' came out or the ether, she reached out her hands to touch the face of her sister who had always been beside her. "When she couldn't reach her, she started howling. We had to move them back close together so they could touch each other." "They're happy as can be and even holding hands now and then," the nurse said. The twins were flown here 14 days ago. Doctors planned to stop feeding them by vein Fri day and start them on some solid food. " They promised the twins a, good chance for normal, separate lives. Hermiston Girl Dies Of Injuries in Fall Spokane (U.R) Patricia Manny, 9, Hermiston, Ore., died Thursday night of injuries re ceived when she fell about 40 feet from Hermiston butte last Sunday. Attendants at' Sacred Heart hospital said the child had not regained consciousness since the accident. Patricia was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Manny, Hermiston, formerly of Spokane and Walla Walla. a Phoenix High school . student, were chosen by the Medford squadron as their outstanding cadets. They are representing Medford in the foreign exchange program preliminaries in Port land this week end. Basis Told The cadets are chosen by what they have contributed and what they have received from . Civil Air patrol, as well as their activ ities in school, in church and in the community. It is felt that to be an "ambassador of good will" in a foreign country, a cadet must be outstanding in his or her own community. Cadet Lt. Foust was chosen as the outstanding cadet in 1953 summer encampment, in addi tion to his other CAP activities. Cadet Lt. Stevens has an out standing attendance record and received a certificate of achieve ment in 1953. She has acted as cadet adjutant to the squadron for some time. Both cadets have taken an active part-in all CAP activities, from field problems to classwork since becoming mem bers. Have Sent Three The Medford squadron has been able to send a cadet to a foreign country for three years. James Merritt went to Denmark in 1951; Albert Eaton to Eng land in 1952; and William Neal Jr. to the Netherlands in 1953. It was necessary to skin 1954 since no male cadet was then qualified to meet the high stand ards set by national Civil Air Patrol headquarters. Three cadets from Oregon will be chosen in 1955. If Cadet Lt. Stevens is chosen, she would be the first female cadet chosen in foreign exchange from Medford squadron. Neely Plans Answer To Critics of Talk About Ike's Church Washington (U.R) Salty Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D-W Va.) declares he will answer all critics of his speech about President Eisenhower's church going "as soon as they get done blowing off." The 80-year-old West Virginia Democrat said his remarks which stirred Republican sena tors to cries of "low blow" and "personal abuse," were a toned- down version of what he had said in public for more than a year in both successful re-elec tion campaign and in Senate de bate. "I don't know what has stir red up the animals this time, he told a reporter, "except that the ReDublicans know that if they win in 1956, they have to win with Eisenhower. "They are trying to get firm seat on his coattail." The Bible-quoting Neely said he did not criticize the Presi dent's relieion or the fact he went to church, "but I did de- plore the fact that every lime he went to church we had a half page picture in the Monday pa pers. "I'd like to read, not that Ei senhower was in church, but that God was in there," Neely said "I haven't criticized him for his church connections, but have said a good deal about 'standing on the street corners and making loud prayers before men." "I intend to prove that my whole speech was in complete conformity with the Sermon on the Mount." Rise in Employment Forecast by Agency 1 Washington (U.R) A mod erate rise in employment for al most all sections of the country this spring has been predicted by the Labor Department. The department based its out look on a survey showing that employer hiring plans in 133 out of 149 major industrial cen ters indicate "a moderately ris ing employment trend" from now through the middle of May. The commerce department's latest job figures showed 59,- 900,000 persons employed in February and 3,400,000 unem ployed. - The department shifted San Diego from the "moderate" to the "substantial" unemployment category, making it eligible for special consideration in getting government contracts. LmLUJ PM Jh SAVE ON MAJOR GASOLINE AND WIN! On the Point - So. Central & So. 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Bolich, former as sistant commissioner of Internal Revenue, was hospitalized today with a heart ailment which first struck him during the trial. He will be sentenced April 14. U.S. Officials Hope For Action on Pacts Washington (U.R) U. officials hope that the four Eur opean nations still to ratify the S. Sunday, April 3, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIKE Forest Service Planus 3 ESesearchProjects BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The U.S. Forest Service is planning to launch three new research projects in the Pacific Northwest, in Umatil la, Willamette and Wenatchee National Forests, in a drive to find new ways of improving watershed values of forestland being damaged by logging and grazing. The Forest Service has budget ed $40,000 for this purpose. If approved by Congress this spring in the Department of In terior appropriation bill, the grant would permit the projects to be started this summer. Al though still under the Agricul ture Department, Forest Service now is included in the Interior budget bill by Congress. Basically the problem, as ex plained by Assistant Chief Verne L. Harper, is to find methods of restoring the stability of soil in mountainous forest areas where logging, grazing and access road building have damaged the capacity of the soil to hold moisture. The degree to which the watershed holds moisture is a vital factor in prevention of floods and soil erosion down stream, as well as for supply ing farmers with a steady water supply throughout the dry sum mer months. "We hope to develop im proved methods of logging and road building," said Dr. Harper, in order to minimize erosion and increase water yield." He said the research would also go into the effects on soil of burning logging slash. "It. is controversial just how much damage that does," he. noted. In Umatilla National Forest he said the research would deal mainly with the problem of grazing and its effects on the soil, where as in Willamette and Wenatchee forests logging was the major concern. Once the land is damaged, it is always hard to bring back," declared Dr. Harper. "We used to think all we had to do was let it rest, take the cattle off the land. But now we know that doesn't work." "In the national forests, tim ber cutting . and logging road construction are climbing higher up on the mountain side," the forester explained. "That is where we have some of our most critical watershed conditions and where we find the most un stable soil. Logging road con struction is a real problem." The question arises," con tinued Dr. Harper, "whether we should cut the timber in small patches in order to conseve the snow pack and try to get greater stream flow, particularly during German rearmament pacts will do so by the end of this month. 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The Forest Service is current ly conducting just such a re search project in the Willamette forest', cutting out small sections hidden as much as possible from sun and wind to prevent melting and evaporation of the snow pack as much as possible. Dr. Harper said this work was being done in the Rockies and Sierras, where in some cases it appeared their research had found meth ods of increasing water yield as much as 20 per cent. It is all part of man's effort to conserve supplies of fresh water which is in constantly greater demand as the popula tion mounts and industrial and agricultural uses expand. Port of Astoria Gets Dredging Contract Portland (U.R) Army engi neers said Saturday the Port of Astoria has been awarded a $368,165 contract for dredging the reserve fleet mooring basin in Cathlamet bay near Astoria so that moth-balled ships may be surplus grain. moored there while loaded with The port was low of three bid ders when bids were opened Fri day. 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