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TWO MEDFORD OJIEOOH) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, June 12, 19S5 Fore Station, IKIaDf-Acre off Land, Offered (D.IP. IEflB-afl Fore EDostroct Dff (Budget Kd Central Point The White City Realty company has offered a complete fire station and almost a half acre of land if voters in Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection district approve an $8, 629 tax levy over the 6 per cent limitation at a special election June 23. relatively poor Job for the peo ple who live farther than miles away, and there are many who do." If the levy over the 6 per cent limitation is not approved, . a station to serve ' the east and north areas of the district will not be established, the directors A White City fire station, de-isaid. Without a station in the signed like the station south of Central Point, will be complete with alarm system and two-way radio facilities at no expense to the district. Service Not Restricted The district would be obligated to furnish the fire station with proper equipment and a person nel to operate the station per manently as a class 7 station. The station would be located to best serve residents and service will not be restricted to the White City area. The special election June 23 was called after a meeting of district board of directors and citizens' budget committee. The $8,629 tax levy was defeated in an election May 31, but directors and committee members believe the proposal was not fully under stood and that the vote was not representative of the district. The budget totals $30,370 for fiscal year 1955-56, an increase of $1,762.62 over the present budget. Of the total, $8,629 is over the 6 per cent limitation. Expenses Listed Expenses for operating a new ftation in the White City area are estimated at $8,629. The building and property for such a station would cost about $21, 000. Two new firetrucks would cost about $25,000, but the pur chase of the trucks can be ar ranged on a deferred payment plan. In a joint statement by the dis trict directors and members of the budget committee, it was in dicated that if voters approve the budget at the June 23 election, the directors will consider this evidence that the people of the district "want to continue to pro vide proper fire protection facil ities for the whole district on an equal basis." The directors pointed out that the 70-square-mile district can not be adequately served by one station, from which trucks are dispatched to fires more than 10 miles away and taking as much as 15 minutes to reach the scene. Need Cited A reasonable running distanee for adequate protection is about 4Vi miles, a run which can be made with modern equipment in about five minutes. "In a district as large as this," the directors said, "one fire station cannot properly serve the whole area." The present station and equip ment provides adequate protec tion for those who live near it, the directors said, but "does a White City area, insurance rates may rise from a class 8 resi dential rate to class 9 for those who live more than 4V4 miles from the present station. How ever, if a station is built in the White City area, it would assure lower fire insurance rates. About One Mill The budget committee pointed out that the amount ' of the budget over the 8 per cent lim itation, $8,629, represents slight ly more than one mill on the tax bill. The fire station offered the district at no cost represents a saving amounting to almost three mills on each tax bill. The process of building and equipping one station at a time while holding millage rates to about a four mill average, the Backers of High Dam In Hells Canyon See End of 'Golden Rule1 HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station Sundays KWIN 10:15 1400 K.C. -M- By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington (Special) Senate supporters of the high Hells Can yon dam bill are currently in a mood to repeal the Golden Rule, for they have about concluded that by extending it to some of their doubtful brethren they have been "had" politically and the chances of enacting the Hells Canyon bill seriously endan gered. This is the result of a chain of events of the last few months in the Senate which went like this: 1 Western Democrats lined up for the big drive to enact a Hells Canyon bill, while western Republicans from the Rocky Mountain states lined up their backing for the upper Colorado storage project. 2. After some early strategy sessions designed to promote a "package" bill which some thought would give both of these two federal developments broad er support in Congress, both sides decided best to go it alone with their individual projects. 3. The Democratically-controlled Senate Interior committee decided to extend the' Golden Rule to the GOP and approve the Administration-backed Colo rado project first, hoping its Re publican supporters would fol low through and do unto them in a similar fashion when Hells Canyon came up. With Demo cratic votes ' helping to offset some GOP opposition to the Col orado bill, it was whisked through committee , and later passed by the Senate and sent to the House. 4. When the committee turned to Hells Canyon, with, all eyes on two key Republicans,' Sens. Arthur V. Watkins, Utah, and Eugene D. Millikin, Colorado, who had piloted the Colorado storage bill through but re mained uncommitted on Hells Canyon. 5 After extensive hearings in the Pacific Northwest and here, the reclamation subcommittee called for a vote, only to have Watkins ask for more time to study the record. A second call for a vote came, and again Wat kins requested more time. The third time around, last Wednes day, Watkins again said He was still studying the record but didn't think he was justified in asking more time, so he voted against the record because he said what he had learned made him fearful the water rights of southern Idaho farmers might not be protected against the need for Snake river water required to fill the high dam reservoir. Millikin spoke ' unfavorably of the bill during the secret com mittee discussions which pre ceded the vote, then withheld his vote. This action shattered the sur face harmony among westerners who have been supporting fur ther reclamation development, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D- Ore.) scored the positions taken by Watkins and Millikin, "who are promoting a $1,659,000,000 power and reclamation project in that (Rocky Mountain) region, (and) have seen fit to oppose a $356,000,000 undertaking in the Pacific Northwest." "The western states can pro gress together only as a unit," Neuberger said in a prepared statement apparently reflecting chagrin at the way in which Democratic strategy backfired. "Secretary of Interior McKay and now 'leading senators from Colorado and Utah have taken the position that the federal trasury contains funds for de velopment in the Rocky Moun tains but not, in he Pacific Northwest. We Democrats must try to save the West from such a Jekyll-and-Hyde policy " Having let the GOP-backed Colorado bill slip beyond their grasp in the Senate, Hells Canyon backers expected- to salvage what they can in the way of tit-for-tat log-rolling in the House where the Colorado bill faces tough sled ding which even itsardent supporters concede may be fatal. In a word, House Democrats may threaten to kill off the Colo rado bill just as Watkins and Millikin -now. have threatened the Hells, Canyon bill with vir tually insurmountable GOP op position in the Senate. The Golden ; Rule may be scrapped in favor of an-eye-for-an-eye. directors said, seems to be a fair method of providing equal pro tection facilities throughout the district. Pointing out that the Central Point Rural Fire district is a rapidly expanding area, direc tors and committee members feel that a progressive fire de partment is needed. "In three short years," the group said, "the assessed valuation of the district has gone from less than $5,000, 000 to over $7,000,000. This rep resents an appraised value of over $20,000,000. Increased Need Because of increas"' --' adequate protection throughout the district, tne mix. committee members are re-submitting to the voters the dis trict's budget which will allow establishing and operating a sec ond fire station. Polls will be open at the Cen tral Point Rural fire station be tween 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Thurs day, June 23. Eligible voters must have resided in the district 90 days or more and must be registered to vote. Miss Lillian Anderson, Mrs. C. W. Ankorn and Mrs. Warren Patterson are members of the election board. SHOW YOUR COLORS Washington U.fi The Vet erans Administration said Sat urday that 93 per cent of the 150,000 World War II veterans treated for mental disorders have made outstanding readjustments to civilian life. The Modern Way! Don't Use an Old Fashioned Hearing Aid NO CORDS! NO BUTTONS! NO TUBES! NO BATTERIES! Scientifically Designed for NERVE LOSSES - - - CONDUCTIVE LOSSES "Special Offer to Hearing Aid Users'' THE ANSWER TO YOUR HEARING PROBLEM IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED A HEARING AID Also Available FOR EXTRA MILD LOSSES Hear Aid USED BUT LIKE NEW .Q95 GuarJJreed 2 Complete i CLIP-SAVE $5.00 SEND Ml PULL DETAILS FREE ON MODERN WAY TO HEAR SEND FULL DETAILS' FREE ON USED EAR AID HEARING - lex 2800, car Medfefd Mall Tribune . Nam Street City Stat Catfish Derby Due Week From Today; Queen Will Reign . Betty Miller will reign as queen over festivities at the Med ford 20-30 club's 19th annual National Catfish Derby at Tou Velle State park on Table Rock rd., a week from today. Prin cesses include Myrna Calloway, Linda Durkee and Pat Eckel. Contests, both fishing and non-fishing, are open to the pub lic, according to Buck Krause and Dick Frost co-chairmen in charge of the event. Prizei Offered Prizes for five fishing contests and at least six non-fishing events will be donated by Med ford merchants. Contestants in the fishing con test, Krause and Frost said, must comply with federal and state fishing laws and must have 1955 licenses to be exhibited when asked. Fish must be caught by the contestant, and Derby entries may be caught in any stream, lake, dam, creek or other body of water within the United States. Catfish must be caught before 3 p.m. next Sunday, closing time for all entries. Judges may dis qualify fish which are not in a good state of presenvation. Fish will remain the property of con testant. Various Contests Prizes will be awarded for the biggest fish, determined by weight; largest number caught by individual; youngest contest ant entering one or more fish; the oldest contestant entering one or more; and the grand sweepstakes trophy, which will be determined by the number caught, average length, average weight, general condition and appearance of catfish; and origi nality of costume of contestant. In addition to fishing contest prizes, prizes also will be award ed for contests of pie-eating, bub ble gum blowing, baldest man. fattest lady, the most newly married couple and the longest married couple, present. PAPER SEIZED Berlin (U.R) Soviet Zone authorities have seized the June 5 issue of "Der Sonntag," Pro testant church- newspaper in the Dresden area. The papr. to the third church publication to be confiscated by the Commun ists in recent weeks. No reason was given for the seizure. Ike Selects Gray For Defense Aide Washington (U. Presi dent Eisenhower has chosen Gor don Gray, president of the Uni versity of North Carolina and fornjer Army secretary, to be assistant defense secretary. The White House said Mr. Ei senhower will send Gray's nom ination to the Senate next week. Gray was named to succeed H. Struve Hensel, who has re signed June 30. Gray, 48, is a Democrat He served for five months In 1951 as director of the Psychol ogical Strategy Board. Born in Baltimore. Mr. Gray is a grad uate of the University of North Carolina and the Yale Law school. He was associated with a New York law firm until 1937 when he became publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and the Twin City Sentinel. Wafer Restrictions Scheduled at Nyssa Nyssa, Ore. (U.R) Water re strictions will go into effect here Monday morning and will con tinue until the city's new water system is completed in July. The new water system was made necessary last year when gasoline seeped into a city well which had to be abandoned. The system will guarantee a min imum of $3,000,000 gallons of water a day. the Flag - UII FLAG DAY -June 14 Elks Lodge Urge Displaying Of Old Glory on Flag Day Tuesday, June 14, marks the 178th anniversary of the adop tion by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the flay of the United States. The Medford Elks Lodge has called attention to Flayday as a time when "every good Ameri can can demonstrate that he is glad to be a citizen of this coun try, proud of the principles of liberty and justice for which it stands, by the act of publicly displaying our flag. "In recent years, this simple act of love and respect for the symbol of our freedom has been neglected. On national holidays when the flag of our country should have been displayed proudly everywhere in the com munity, it was all too often not in evidence," an Elks statement said. "To remind us that it is a privilege to live under the flag of the United States, and to strengthen our determination ever to defend it, Exalted Ruler C. Aubrey Sander of the local Elks Lodge, makes an appeal to all patriotic citizens of this com munity to display the American flag on Flag Day this year. This is a national program of the Elks, to have a flag displayed at every home in America. He states further that the American flag is a symbol of liberty. "Show your colors! Fly the flag on Tuesday. June 14," the statement concluded, T5 Hey Mom! F" FATHER (SUNDAY, JUNE 19) L m m . M big mcn k- Easy Starting Easy Running Big 4-Cycle 1J4 H.P. ENGINE P95 $5.95 Dawn $7 Month ' TERMS Te Fit Your ButJeet Ends all raking Ends hand-trimming Starts easy Handles easy Make mowing easy s-choose a VOLLRATH POWER MOWER' It cuts a wide path through grass, brush, weeds, leaves trims flush with walls, walks, trees and mulches as it mows! Pushes easy, turns easy won't dig in. Safe for anyone! 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