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House Supports
High Fixed Farm
Price Supports
Senate Pigeon-Hole
Destination Seen
Washington 0J.R) The
house Thursday narrowly ap
proved a Democratic bill' to
scuttle President Eisenhower's
flexible farm price program and
return to the wartime system of
high ' fixed government price
' guarantees.
-The roll call vote of 206-to-201
was so close that Speaker
Sam Rayburn of Texas ordered
a recount. The vote stood.
While the measure seemed
destined to wind up in a sen
ate committee pigeon - hole,
backers were counting on it to
wing farm votes into the Dem
ocratic column in the 1956 pres
idential election.
The action came after . the
farm bloc defeated, 212 to 199,
a Republican effort to kill the
bill by sending it back to the
agriculture committee. The law
makers also reversed them
selves and rejected a critical
anti - peanut amendment they
approved Wednesday. That vote
was 215 to 193.
Speaker Rayburn had warned
that "if we want a bill at all the
only thing we can do is vote
down the so - called peanut
amendment." several big city
Democrats who backed the
amendment Wednesday respond
ed by changing their votes.
The bill was passed after a
two-day see-saw battle. Demo
cratic leaders were so fearful
of defeat Wednesday after the
house voted to exclude peanuts
from mandatory high supports
that they put off the showdown
until Thursday to rally their
forces.
On the final vote, 21 Repub
licans joined 185 Democrats in
voting for the bill. Opposed
were 29 Democrats and 172 Re
publicans. Under the president's pro
gram, aproved by the last Republican-controlled
congress,
the government is obligated to
support prices of five basic
crops corn, cotton, wheat, rice
and peanuts-Tat from 82 to
90 .per cent of parity. The floor
would drop to 75 cent next year.
Under the house - approved
measure, these price 'guarantees
would be fixed at a flat 90 per
cent of so-called "fair" parity
price through 1957. Parityis fig
ure calculated to give a farmer
a fair price for his crops in re
lation to the cost of goods and
services he buys.
Idaho Plan Seen
Best for Hells Canyon
Washington (U.R) A Senate
interior subcommittee was told
by a construction engineer today
it is his "firm opinion" that the
Idaho Power Company has the
best plan for developing Hells
Canyon.
The subcommittee planned to
wind up hearings today on a bill
r to authorize a government dam
in the area on the Oregon-Idaho
border. An FPC examiner also
recommended today that Idaho
Power Company be granted a
license for one of three dams it
seeks to build in the canyon. -
Bernard Williams, vice-president
of the Morrison-Knudsen
Co. of Boise, Ida., said the three
dams proposed by the company
would put more power,"on the
line" more ' quickly and at a
lewer cost than any other proj
ect in the Pacific Northwest.
Bend U.R) The annual con
vention of the Oregon Junior
Chamber of Commerce will open
here May 13.
Saturday Wrestling Card
Will Go On Despite Law
Saturday night's ' wrestling
program featuring feminine
grapplers will go on as sched
uled despite signing of a bill by
Gov. Paul Patterson Wednesday
which prohibits women wrest
lers, Promoter Mack Lillard said
today. The program will be pre
sented at Merrick's arena.
Lillard said he had decided to
go on with the program since
the card had been signed, ad
vertised and the principals were
already hc e. He said he felt
that inasmuch as the wrestlers
had gone to the expense of
coming to Medford, ia good
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Budget for GouMy
Tops $3,622,
TaxLetiy$695v
The county court gave a final
inspection to a $3,622,003.20
budget yesterday. It will be sub
mitted to members of the bud
get committee Monday for final
approval.
A date for publication and a
public hearing on the fiscal pro
gram will be set at that time.
The tentative budget calls for a
levy of S695.094.13, according to
members of the budget commit
tee. This total includes $65,000
for construction of a juvenile
detention facility, and more than
$14 000 for the Southern Ore
gon" Historical fund, both of
which are outside the 6 per cent
limitation on budgejt increases,
Higher Levy
The proposed levy compares
with levies of $356,918.14 for
1954-1955; $347,646.55 for 1953-
54, and $598,621.82 for 1952-
1953.
The tax . levy, minus the de
tention home and historical
fund items is exactly 6 per cent
above the 1952-1953 levy.
It was necessary to levy up to
the full 6 per cent limitation
this year, or the county would
lose its full tax base, according
to county officials.
Those working on the budget
noted that this year's total of
$3,626,003.20, minus the O&C
controverted funds and the funds
for the detention home, is only
$23,310.29 higher than last
year's budget.
They noted that the O&C
controverted funds do not enter
into the levy and will be used to
offset- school d t s t r let " taxes-
Nationalists Begin
Mining China Coast
To Counter Threat
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Chinese Nationalist Ministry of
Defense announced today it had
begun mining the China coast to
counter the Communist threat of
invasion.
Foreign shipping was warned
that defensive mine fields are
being placed around such ' off
shore islands as Matsu and Que
rn oy in a move that could close
the big Red pcts of Amoy and
Foochow.
Ships Visit at Own Risk .
These two ports are visited
regularly by international ship
ping including British. Today's
communique made it clear such
ships visit the Communist ports
at their own risk.
The announcement coincided
with a defense ministry' an
nouncement ; of the heaviest
Communist a r t i 1 1 ery barrage
against Quemoy Island since last
September.
The ministry said the Reds
hurled 200 rounds, 150 of them
within a one-hour period. Na
tionalist artillery fired back
while heavy air patrols went up
to watch for a possible invasion
attempt.
Menaced on Three Sides
Quemoy is menaced by Comm
nist artillery on three sides but
the heaviest firing apparently
came from the Amoy section
during the attack Thursday
night and Friday morning.
Although Nationalist planes
have bombed shipping in the
Amoy and Foochow area, this
was the first time they have
mined the ports. The communi
que did not say whether the
mines were sown by plane or
ship. .' '
faith, they should be given the
opportunity to go through with
the match and to earn reimburse
ment for filling their commit
ment. The bill, passed by the house
and senate and signed by the
governor, carries an emergency
clause which makes it effective
immediately. The emergency
clause states: ."This act being
necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this act
shall take effect upon its pas
sage." - - v
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amounting to about four mills.
The budgeters have no control
over the detention home funds,
which were voted by the people
and must be included.
Taxes May Decrease
County Assessor R. G. Fowler
has indicated that the new asses
sed valuation for the county, ex
pected to be completed about
June 15, may mean a decrease
in taxes, despite the increased
levy.
Included in the cash on hand
is $1,079,873 in estimated O&C
receipts. This amount is based
on Bureau of Land Management
estimates, minus a 20 per cent
"safety factor."
Also in funds on hand is $685,
859.07 in O&C cash from the
controvertd lands fund. This
money all has been earmarked
for use by the county's school
districts to pay current bonded
indebtedness. An item of $262,
410 in cash on hand is money
marked as a surplus in the gen
eral county fund for the current
fiscal year. '
Two New Items
Two items appearing in the
budget for the first time are $7,
500 to be used in conjunction
with the city to employ a plan
ning officer or to set up a plan-.
ning commission, and the $65,
000 for the detention home.
Budgeted again this year in a
building and equipment fund is
$60,000, which will be the coun
ty's share of money for construc
tion of the .proposed armory
building to be located at the
county fairgrounds. Another
$4e,000wilt be- pulf-up - by-, the
city of Medford.
For the first time, all depart
mental items of extra help have
been lumped together into a sin
gle item of $11,560 under the
miscellaneous county general
fund. Previously it has been the
budgeting policy to leave extra
help as an item in each depart
mental budget. -Equipment
Lumped
Also for the first time, this
year's proposed budget lumps
all departmental equipment into
a single sum, rather than leaving
it in the individual departments.
A noteworthy change , in this
year's proposed budget for the
sheriff's office is addition of
three new deputies at an annual
salary of $3,720 each. It is ex
pected that addition of the three
new deputies will allow operar
tion of the sheriff 's office on a
24-hour a day basis. .
The fact that the courthouse
annex, now under construction,
will be completed during the
coming fiscal year, was noted in
several budget items. These in
cluded an increase in circuit
court funds of $2,400 for a spec
ial reporter and defense counsel,
because of secondary courtroom
facilities which the annex will
make possible. Other increases
in this connection were in the
courthouse expenses fund, where
money for janitorial, services,
heating, and light and power
was increased.
Assessor's Funds Cut
A sharp cut was noted in the
county assessor's budget, which
was dropped from $125,234 last
year to $66,787 on the new
budget. Chief reason for the cut
was an appropriation of $59,200
last year to match state and fed
eral funds for classification, an
item not required on the new
budget. "
An item of $100,000 budgeted
last year as a special "invest
ment" fund is not included, in
the new budget. The $100,000
from the fund is included this
year in a $190,000 sinking fund.'
Woman Hospitaliied '
After Being Hit by Car.
Miss Luba Burtasoff, 30, of
637 Pine St., Medford, was in
jured when she was struck by a
car operated by Martin Eugene
Burke, 1796 Thomas rd., Med
ford, at the intersection of Sixth
and Grape sts. about 8:30 a.nv.
today.
Miss Burtasoff was taken , by
Medford ambulance to Sacred
Heart hospital, where her condi
tion was listed as "not serious" .
by hospital authorities. She suf
fered . leg and back injuries,
scalp lacerations and facial cuts
and bruises. .
Police said Burke was cited
for failure to yield right of way
to a pedestrian,
FRIDAY,
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RESENTMENT MOUNTS
Bao Dai, Viet Nam's absentee
Chief of State, walks with pet
boxer in garden of his swank
villa at Cannes, France. In
Saigon, sentiment against
him was mounting amid de
mands for his ouster. Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem called spe
cial Congress to act on de
mands to fire Bao Dal
DeMolay Conclave
Opens Here Today;
Over 400 Expected
Some 400 to 450 members of
the DeMolay are expected in
Medford by this evening for the
annual state convention of the
organization.
. First meeting of the three-day
convention was to open .at 2:30
p.m. today; and a .banquet wifl
1 1 1 . J.- . ? Al .
ue iieia mis evening, wim xue
Beames Social club of the Order
of Eastern Star in charge.
In addition to business ses
sions and social functions, the
convention will feature a parade
downtown between 1 and 2 p.m.
Saturday.
Events Scheduled
Degrees, a flower talk and
memorial service will be held
between 7:30 and 10 p.m. to
day, with a caucus following,
both at the Masonic temple. To
morrow's schedule will include
a Buckeroo style breakfast at
the high school athletic field; a
business session from 9:30 to
noon at the Masonic temple; an
officer's no-host luncheon at the
Jackson hotel and an advisor's
no-host luncheon at the Medford
hotel, both between noon and 1
p.m.; the parade: a business ses
sion from 2 to 5 p.m. including
election of officers, and the an
nual Sweetheart ball from 8:30
p.m. to midnight at the Medford
High school gymnasium.
Each district is sponsoring a
candidate for queen of the dance.
The concluding session Sun
day will be a devotional service
at 11 a.m. at the Masonic hall.
Senior advisor to the con
verence, is Edward B. Beaty,
Corvallis, an active member of
the international supreme coun
cil of the Order of .. DeMolay.
Arnold Coe is state master coun
cilor Chicago Blaze
Leaves Nine Dead
- Chicago (U.R) A flash fire
raced through the " lobby and
squalid cubicles of a Skid Road
"flophouse" early today, ' snuf
fing outlives in just 10 minutes.
Deputy Coroner : Harry; Glos
said at least nine men were
known dead and 12 were injured,
two critically. A search was
launched to discover whether
more persons were trapped and
killed in the flaming hotel. "
The blaze flared suddenly and
trapped the victims as they sat
sleeping on benches in the Com
fort Hotel's second floor lobby
and in the tiny cubicles which
served as bedrooms.
In a matter of seconds flames
shot from the windows and en
veloped the narrow, five-story
building.
Agreement Said Near
On Austrian Treaty
Vienna, Austria (U.R) The
five-power conference on an
Austrian state treaty is so near
agreement that a final settlement
may be announced today or
Saturday , Austrian officials said.
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Weather
FORECAST: Fair throush Sat
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Saturday 78-80.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 80
Lowest this Morning u 38
Emergency Clause
On Tax Measures
Going To Voters
Passage Would
Change Policy
Portland U.R) The 1955
Oregon legislature left lying in
the secretary of state's office a
proposed amendment to the state
constitution that could if ap
proved by the voters have more
far-reaching effects on the state's
affairs than any other single
piece of legislation enacted this
year.
Waiting for a place on the No
vember, 1956, election ballot is
a proposal to allow the legisla
ture to put the emergency clause
on tax measures. Passage would
make a radical change in Ore
gon's historic policy of giving
the electorate final word in tax
matters. Oregon is the only state
in the nation that prohibits its
lawmakers from putting tax laws
into immediate effect.
Even the resolution to put such
a proposal on the ballot was bit
terly fought in both houses this
session. Opponents contended its
was a back-door approach to a
sales tax, a deceit and a fraud
on the voters.
Would Speed Collections
Supporters argued that it was
a move to modernize Oregon's
antiquated financial structure.
They insisted that the pioneers
of the initiative and referendum
laws never intended that tax
measures should be subject to
referendum attack. Tax meas
ures are the only real emergen
cies the legislature has to deal
with, according to proponents of
the resolution. -'!
Whatever the merits of the
proposition, there is agreement
that legislators would have be
haved much differently if they
Cpuld, .enact tax, bills, . with ..the
immediate effect of law. At pres
ent, all bills that would affect
tax revenues must go to the gov
ernor without the emergency
clause. They do not become law
for 90 days after the end of the
legislative session and the vot
ers only 20,000 of them have
the same 90 days to file their
referendum petitions.
Filing Stalls Effect of Law
The very filing of the petitions
stalls the effect of the law. The
money the lawmakers had
counted on to balance their bud
get doesn't get collected.
Whenever legislators at Salem
consider bills to bring in more
money, their first consideration
is: Will it be referred? Despite
that fear, 1955 lawmakers passed
two bills that might be opposed
by the voters but they are count
ing on public recognition of the
state's money troubles to get the
measures through the referen
dum gristmill.
Salts Tax Feared
Voters who doh-'t like the pro
posed cigarette tax or the new
income tax rates have until Aug.
4 to collect 20,000 signatures and
get them on a special ballot. If
they fail, the laws go into effect
and the money starts rolling in.
If they succeed, the laws re
main inoperative until the peo
ple speak at the election. The
State Tax commission doesn't
know yet-whether delay in those
collections will force state
finances onto a state property
tax.
Enactment of the emergency
clause amendment would put an
end to the referral process on tax
measures. Would it mean a sales
tax? Proponents o the measure
say it .would meaii a tax pro
gram geared to the state's need,
as. viewed by legislators. Sales
tax opponents would still hold
their seats in Salem and the peo
ple could still initiate against
such a. tax on their own. And
the legislators who favored, a
sales tax could be ousted by their
constituents at the next election.
But the last word on the peo
ple's power in tax matters will
come from the people a year
from next November.
Warm Weather Brings
Gas Spill Fire Hazard
Warm weather has brought
with' it, as usual, the serious
fire hazard in "the downtown
area caused by overfilled auto
mobile gasoline tanks, firemen
said today.
They flushed down three gas
oline spills yesterday.
Firemen conducting the city-
wide residential inspection pro
gram, checked 161 homes yester
day. They made 226 recommen
dations for correction of condi
tions which have been found to
be eommon causes of fires.
FSrsft Mdo Vaccinae
Shots Me Mo'nri ay,
Af.Oatt (Grove School
The first Salk anti-polio vac
cinations in Jackson county will
be. given Monday at about 8:45.
a.m. at Oak Creek school, Dr. A.
E. Merkel, county health offi
cer, said this morning.
During the week, approxi
mately 2,800 of the 3,000 eligible
first and second graders in the
county will receive the inoculations.-
The children receiving the
shots ' will be those for whom
parents have returned consent
slips. Dr. Merkel noted that "sur
prisingly few" parents have
withdrawn consent for vaccina
tion of their children.
Requests For Shots
He added that the county
health department has had nu
merous requests from parents
of pre-school children and those
past the second grade asking
that their children be allowed
to receive inoculations with any
surplus vaccine that . may re
main because of cancellations.
The health department has
been unable to grant these re
quests because of strict regula
tions concerning use of the vac
cine, Dr. Merkel said.
The executive board of the
Jackson County Medical society
has endorsed start of vaccina
tions in Jackson county schools
on Monday with the Parke Da
vis and Company vaccine which
arrived last week.
Doctors Advise Vaccine -
In a statement released oday,
the board said, "It is felt that
all eligible children who are
well at present, and in school,
should avail themselves of the
opportunity to begin this immu
nization." ' All vaccinations in . Medford,
Ashland, Central Point, Phoenixt
and Talent, will be given by
physicians who have donated
their services. Dr. MerkeJ noted
that 100 per cent of the county's
medical doctors and osteopaths
have offered to donate their serv
ices. "We have more requests
from doctors desiring to donate
their services than we have been
able touse,. the health, officer
said.
Plans call for the first vac
cinations at Oak Grove school
President Confers
With Advisers
Washington XU.R) President
Eisenhower conferred for 30
minutes today with his top for
eign policy and military advis
ers. The White House described
the meeting as of "a routine na
ture," out refused to say -what
subjects were discussed. There
had been advance speculation
that the conferees would discuss
European and Asian problems.
The meeting came only a few
hours before one of the advisers,
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, was to depart for Paris
on a major diplomatic mission.
In Paris, Dulles will confer
with other Western Allies on Big
Four talks with Russia, efforts
to arrange a cease fire in the
Formosa Straits and the Indo
china situation. He also will par
ticipate in ceremonies admitting
West Germany to the North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
Besides Dulles, the President
summoned Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson, Undersecre
tary of State Herbert Hoover Jr.
and Adm. Arthur W. Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, to the White House.
Roadeo Finals Here
Set Saturday Morning
Finals in the teenage Roadeo
will be held at the Medford
High school parking area start
ing at' 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Winners will be presented
with their trophies at a banquet
tomorrow evening at which Sec
retary of State Earl Newbry
will be the speaker.
The public is invited to watch
the competition in driving skill
by the three finalists tomorrow
morning. They are Carl Gordon
and Robert Bobbet .Medford;
Allen Swearingen. Jacksonville;
Elvice Larson, Central Point,
and Roger Puhl, Phoenix.
The dinner will be at 7:30
p.m. at the Jackson hotel. The
public is invited, and reserva
tions may be made through Sat
urday afternoon by. telephoning
2-8615.
Baseball
AMERICAN
New York . 8 7 1
Boston ". 0 2 3
Turley and Berra; Sullivan.
Kemmerer (5). Susce (8) and
White. . .. .'-
to be given by Dr. William W.
P. Holt, Medford, the! county's
oldest practitioner. Other
schools where children will re
ceive inoculations Monday are
Lincoln, Medford; Briscoe and
Walker - Ashland, Griffin Creek
and Jacksonville.
Second Series Set
The second in the series of
three anti-polio immunization
shots will be given starting Mon
day, May 23, according to Dr.
Merkel. This will allow comple
tion of the second shots before
end of the school year.
. The third shots are to be given
at least seven months later. They
will be handled on an individual
basis and are to be paid for by
those receiving them. The first
two inoculations will be paid for
by the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis. '
Irrigation Districts
RehabiliiationWork
Contracts Talked
Two bureau of reclamation of
ficials are in Jackson county
cbnfering with directors of two
irrigation districts on plans for
rehabilitation of the districts'
canals and water supply systems.
They are Bill Burpee, recla
mation bureau solicitor from the
regional office in Boise ,and Lee
McAllister, of the Salem bureau
office. They met yesterday with
the directors of the Rogue River
Valley Irrigation district, and
this morning with the directors
of the Medford ID.
Go Over Details
Proposals for contracts gov
erning the rehabilitation proj
ects were gone over in detail at
the two meetings. If the project
is approved locally and by con
gress this session, the work will
be done by the bureau of recla
mation and paid for by the two
districts over a 40-year period.
After the form of the contract
is -agreed-upon by -the- bureau's
representatives and the districts
directors, it will be submitted
to a vote of the landowners in
the district, at a special election
the latter part of June.. If it is
approved, it will be checked by
the courts here, and signed by
the district directors. Then it
will require the approval of the
secretary of the interior, after
which work' can start, if funds
are appropriated.
Hopeful For Funds
Indications that funds suffic
ient to get the work started will
be appropriated by congress at
.this session appear to be good,
local irrigationists say.
The contracts being consid
ered by the two boards are al
most identical, except for the re
payment figures. The Medford
district will pay a larger share
of the total cost, because more
work would be done on its be
half.
The overall cost is estimated
at some $1,712,000, and the first
appropriation is expected to be
about $350,000.
Cause of Silent Air
Raid Sirens Sought
" By UNITED PRESS
Air Force and . civil defense
authorities in the Pacific North
west today were attempting to,
determine why sirens in the re
gion were silent during yester
day's ' , "yellow alert," when
some residents ' in California
were scurrying to bomb shelters.
The alert was sounded after
a Canadian radar station sound
ed the first warning. The
enemy" planes, which .turned
out to be United States ' jet
bombers,- were presumably
headed for the Northwest. -
Busy Session
For Board of
One of the busiest sessions in
history for the Jackson county
board of equalization was pre
dicted today by county officials.
, Many taxpayers are expected
at the board s meetings, which
open Monday at 9 a.m. in the
county clerk's office. The reason
for the anticipated large number
is a change in the ratio, to 25 per
cent, which will go into effect
this year.
In an effort to handle the
crowd with a minimum of delay,
the board : is planning to give
each taxpayer who' appears be
fore the group a 15 minute inter
view. . . ' .
In this way, they would be
able to meet with about 26 a
day. Time for the interviews
will 'be set up in the order in
which requests are received.
The board is asking that those
Review of Safety
Standards Pending
By Authorities
Actual Manufacture
Of Vaccine Continues
Washington U.R) Dr.
Leonard A. Scheele, - U.S. sur
geon general, said today the gov
ernment has' stopped approving
newly manufactured Salk polio
vaccine pending review of safety
standards.
Scheele told congressmen that
does not mean that the actual
manufacture of the vaccine has
been halted.
Scheele testified that the gov
ernment has not approved any
new vaccine production for the
past several davs. He said n-
proval has been "brought to a
standstill until we can evaluate
standards and safety."
An advisory groub which is
investigating the vaccines nro-
duced by the various drug man
ufacturers is evaluating safetv
standards now. Scheele said it
may decide to have the govern
ment test all vaccine instead of .
relying on the manufacturers'
tests.
Safety Procedures
Scheele expressed his confi
dence in the Salk vaccine Dro-
gram as a whole. He said he be
lieved the expert group would
advise that the program should
go on, perhaps with some new
safety procedures.
The advisory erouD. which ia
meeting at the National Insti
tutes of Health, may be able to
make its report to Scheele to
night. '
So far as was kribwn. shin-
ments of vaccine already ao-
proved have not been stopped.
The National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis only yesterday
ordered manufacturers to com
plete shipments to several states
for its program of inoculating
first and second grade school
children.
The foundation said it still ex
pects to have the first two Salk
shots administered to the school
children before summer vaca
tions begin in most places.
A foundation official .said
some' schools -may- close before
the second shot is administered.
But arrangements are being
made with state health authori
ties to hold clinics open for ad
ministering shots after the
schools close. , .
Called to testify before the
House Banking Committee on a
mounting number of bills to Im
pose federal controls on dis
tribution of the vaccine, Scheele
termed the Salk vaccination pro
gram "very useful" and said It
should go on.'
In stating there have been 44
cases officially confirmed of per
sons contracting polio after
being vaccinated, Scheele point-
ed out that from 4,000,000 to
6,000,000 persons had been in
oculated "up to now."
Ashland Budget of
$960,703 Approved
Ashland, Ore. (U.R) The
Ashland citizens', budget com
mittee Wednesday night' ap
proved a $960,703 budget for the
next fiscal year with $90,779 to
be raised through taxes. .
The new budget Is more than
$100,000 greater than last year's
due mainly to increases in sal-vies
for city employees and for
the mayor and city councilmen
which voters approved last fall.
There is also money budgeted
in case an .anticipated water
shortage forces the city to pur
chase added electricity from the
California Oregon Power Com
pany.
' Members of the citizens
budget committee were Walter .
Redford, - chairman, Lloyd Sel-
by, Iver Irwin, L. C. Ostrander, '
Dave Fortmiller, and Lawrence
Rude. '
Seen Monday
Equalization
desiring to appear file their no
tice in the clerk's ' office and
make appointments by telephon
ing Medford 2-4460 or 3-3151, or
by calling . in person at the
clerk's office.
While the board will meet
with those who have not filed
notice nor made appointments,
they pointed out that taking
these two . steps will speed the
interviews for both the board
and the taxpayer. The board
asked -that .appointments be
made as early as possible.
All taxpayers whose property
valuation has been increased by
the change in ratio have been
notified by the board. .
Members of the board are
County Judge Rodney Keating,
Arnold Bohnert, and Ralph L.'
Cook. The board is empowered
to make any changes in valua
tion required to equalize taxes.
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