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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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