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Should City Join in
Sanitation District?
Harvey Gives Views
(Editor's Not: Many questions concerning Senate Bill 434,
commonly known as the "Metropolitan Sanitary District Bill."
har arisen sine its passage during this year's session of he
Oregon stale legislature. In an effort to answer these questions,
A. D. Harvey, Medford engineer who organised the plan, has
prepared a series of three articles for The Medford Mail Tribune
concerning the bill. This is the second in the series.
By A. D. HARVEY
The questions which many
people have asked concerning
formation of a metropolitan san
itary district are there: "Should
Medford join such a district?"
"and "What would be the effect
on Medford if it went into a dis
trict?"
It is not necessary that Med
ford join in such a district if it
does not wish to do so. How
ever, there are reasons why the
residents of Medford, and the
property owners, would want to
do so.
Tt wnnlrl cost them little, if
anything.
The outlying communities and
the people of the area do a sub
stantial amount of their tract
ing in Medford. For this reason
the people of Medford are in
terested in their welfare.
Could Negotiate
Regardless of whether Med
ford is in such a district, the di
recting board of a broad sanitary
authority would be in a position
to negotiate with the city for
riehts for flowage through its
sewers at fair prices.
It would have the funds and
the right to guarantee construc
tion or reinforcement of the city
sewers when such action became
necessary because of the added
loads from outside. It would
have authority and the , capital
to provide for expansion of the
present treating plant when such
action should become necessary.
It would have the stability
and financial background to
make it easy for Medford. to
contract with it for treatment
of sewage, or perhaps in the
future to contract witrr the au
thority to have Medford sew
age treated in a separate plant
if such would then be indicated.
Sees Advantage
For these reasons, it appears
that it would be advantageous
for the city of Medford to coop
erate with and join such an au
thority. In answer to the question
"Should smaller communities
such as Talent, Phoenix, Jack
sonville and Central Point join
such an organization?" the an
swer is "yes."
Although such an arrange
ment would not eliminate the
necessity of those towns build
ing their local sewer systems,
or keeping up with the needed
expansion thereof, it would al
low the smaller communities to
turn their sanitary problems,
both of construction and opera
tion, over to a well organized
sanitary district.
Ashland also should join, as
it is located at the head of the
valley, originates sewage plant
effluent, and can be an import
ant factor in the system and can
benefit from the, valley author
ity developments.
Big Bond Issue?
Another question that has been
asked is this. "Does this mean
that the whole valley would
have to go behind a large bond
issue and get ready to spend a
lot of money?"
The answer is "No."
Although there is, at present,
requirement for a considerable
'expansion of the sewer systems
in the valley, there also has been
some action taken toward cor
rection of these situations.
Action on the remaining por
tions requiring service has been
seriously delayed due to inabil
ity to finance on previous" legal
restrictions and. pending the
passage of this sanitary author
ity bill as well as other bills re
150 Farmers, Businessmen Attend Annual
Field Day; Learn of Fertilizer Benefits
Talent Potash and phos
phorus two major elements
often neglected in fertilizer pro
grams usually will more than
pay their way in increased yields
150 farmers and businessmen at
tending the Southern Oregon
branch experimnet station field
day learned today.
Fertilizer trials with corn,
wheat, oats and barley showed
profitable increases due. to pot
ash and phosphorus, where a
tst indicated soils were low in
these two elements.
Increased Yields
Harold White, station superin
tendent, and John Yungen, re
search agronomist, reported 100
pounds of potash increased corn
silage yields by more than4Vi
tons per acre, bringing a dollar
increase of S36.40. Figuring fer
tilizer costs, the researchers
pointed out each dollar invested
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lating to sanitary district mat
ters. An authority, , if organized,
might well take over these prob
lems and bond issues for their
construction. Interest, amortiz
ation and operation of same
would be paid for by the area
directly benefitted, according to
law.
Would Be Cheaper
It would be cheaper to do this
because, with its large assessed
valuation and more secure op
erating condition, it can be as
sumed that the securities of
fered by a valley-wide authority
would be more attractive to in
vestors and would bring a bet
ter interest rate than those of
fered by a small and underfi
nanced district.
Construction costs also would
be somewhat more favorable if
the projects could be offered to
contractors as a group, in larger
quantities. :
Another question that has
been asked is "What can we do
to bring an overall sanitary au
thority into being?"
According to the law, petitions
must be obtained from 10 per
cent of the residents of the pro
posed area, requesting that the
county court hold a hearing and
establish the district boundar
ies.
Could Set Boundaries
The first step might be to es
tablish the boundaries . of. such
a district in a preliminary way.
Logically, these boundaries
would include practically all of
the area drained by Bear creek
and tributaries.
However, even this first step
should be preceded by meetings
of interested groups. Possibly
the best way. to approach the
matter would be to have each
city. town. , school district, sani
tary district, water district and
other organized groups in the
valley appoint one person each
to meet and discuss the matter.
From this meeting they could
gain more knowledge of the
problems and procedures involv
ed, and could report to their
own organizations. From such
meetings it could be determined
whether the people in general
are interested in pursuing the
matter.
The meeting could be spon
sored by the county court, the
court health department, or the
Jackson County Health associ
ation. From it could come some
measure of volunteer coopera
tion from various units which
would form a basis for a more
permanent group.
(Tomorrow: How about
Annexation?)
Lee Poirier Fined $200;
Notice of Appeal Given
Lee Pqirier, Jacksonville, was
fined $200 and court costs yester
day in district court on a charge
of practicing dentistry without
a license.
Poirier's attorney, O. H. Bengt
son, Medford, immediately gave
oral notice of appeal to circuit
court.
The case has been in local
courts for approximately a year.
Poirier operates a false teeth re
pair business in Jacksonville.
Diamond Lake Kamloop
Restocking Scheduled
Bend, Ore. (U.R) The state
game commission tomorrow will
launch the second phase of its
Diamond lake rehabilitation pro
gram by planting 151,000 Kam
loops trout.
in potash returned $6.71
For other grain trials, Yungen
reported on off-station work at
the J. W. England farm near
Cave Junction.
There, phosphorus more than
doubled yields on wheat and
oats from 1,542 to 3,312 pounds
per acre while potash boosted
yields from 2,715 to 3,312
pounds.
Returns Told
r
Value of the. increase per acre
was figured at $60 for phosphor
us, and $20.25 for potash. Return
for each dollar spent was $4 for
phosphorus, $2.12 for potash.
The 60 pound rate of actual
nitrogen brought the best yield
increase, boosting it from 2,210
to 3,312 pounds or a return of
$37.35 per acre. . -
White explained that fertiliz
ers are important in returning
needed elements and minerals
Medford
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Ike Asks Funds
For Dixon-Yates,
A-Ship Restored
Atomic 'Showboat'.
Plans Turned Down
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower appealed
strongly today for congressional
approval of two recently rebuff
ed projects, his proposed nuclear
powered atoms for peace mer
chant ship and the Dixon-Yates
electric plant.
The congressional Atomic
Committee turned thumbs down
on the atomic "showboat" yes
terday. And last week the
House Appropriations Commit
tee rejected a $6,500,000 item
for building transmission lines
from the Dixon-Yates power
plant site to the Tennessee Val
ley Authority. This transmission
link is the heart of the whole
project.
Meets GOP Leaders
Mr. Eisenhower made his ap
peal for reinstatement of the
two projects at his weekly con
ference with Republican legisla
tive leaders. Senate GOP Lead
er William F. Knowland of Cali
fornia said the consensus of the
conference was that the atomic
ship "program is constructive
and will serve a very useful pur
pose for promoting atoms for
peace."
Knowland said he believes
Congress will approve the nu
clear merchantman before the
session is over. The joint com
mittee vote against it was 9 to 7.
The atomic committee strong
ly endorsed, however, Mr. Ei
senhower's new atom-sharing
program and voted him $270,
000,000 for atomic construction
not including the nuclear ship.
Atomic Engines
The House Maritime Commit
tee last week approved a bill to
authorize hull construction of
two ships to be powered by
atomic engines. But that" proj
ect cannot be carried out unless
Congress authorizes construc
tion of the engines.
. The atomic committee refused
to okay Mr. Eisenhower's pro
posed atoms for peace merchant
man dubbed a "showboat" by
hostile congressmen, but it did
authorize a $25,000,000 expendi
ture on a separate project, de
velopment of an atomic engine
for large surface ships.
The Dixon-Yates project, a
subject of bitter controversy,
originally was proposed by the
President to provide TVA at
Memphis with electrical energy
offsetting in part the drain on
TVA power supplies by Atomic
Energy plants elsewhere.
It would be financed, built,
and operated by private enter
prises as a substitute for the fre
quently defeated proposal to add
a new steam power plant to the
government owned TVA sys
tem at Fulton, Tenn.
Krishna Menon Talks
With Eisenhower
Washington U.R) India's
V. K. Krishna Menon said after
a preliminary talk with Presi
dent Eisenhower today that eas
ing of world tensions is "a snow
balling process."
"We're all making efforts to
better the world," the -roving
ambassador from New, Delhi
said.
Krishna Menon, Indian dele
gate to the UN Trusteeship coun
cil, flew here from New York
to talk with Mr. Eisenhower
and Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles on how to insure the
peace in the Far East -
lost through years of cropping.'
"With more than 100 years of
agriculture in the Medford val
ley," he stated, "some of these
nutrients must be restored now
to insure continued high produc
tion." Attending the field day were
70 businessmen from Ashland,
Grants Pass, and Medford.
P I Man Speaks
Noon speaker was Walter Holt,
manager of the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock Exposition, who
discussed the "Significance of
Agricultural Research."
Assisting White and Yungen in
the field day were D. D. Hill,
head of farm crops at Oregon
State college; W. G. Nibler, ex
tension agronomist; T. L. Jack
son, extension soils specialist;
and Josephine and Jackson coun
ty extension agents.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
LAS VEGAS
MIDNIGHT FAREWELL Three brothers,
all of them sergeants in Headquarters com
pany of the Oregon National Guard, Medford,
are shown above with their wives as they got
ready to depart at midnight last Saturday for
the two-week summer Guard encampment at
FubDoc JKlearong Set
Jusie24onEDogKace
IPflan for This Area
. A public hearing on the ques
tion of the county giving ap
proval 'to a ' dog racing ' trsck
near Ashland will be held Fri
day, June 24.
This was decided this morning
at a meeting of the Jackson
county court. The court set the
time for the hearing as 11 a.m.
It will be held in the court's of
fices in the courthouse.
In announcing - the decision,
County Judge Rodney Keating
said "The court feels this is the
only fair way to handle the ques
tion." He noted that a great deal
of public interest in the question
has been shown since the propos
al was reported in the Mail Trib
une last week.
' The request was placed before
the court by W. D. Huber and
Richard Watson, both of Med
ford, and Henry Enders, Wil
liam Briggs, and Robert Van
Fleet, all of Ashland.
Keating noted that the court
has received a heavy volume of
mail concerning the proposal. Al
though he did not indicate the
sentiment of those writing to the
court, it was believed that much
of the mail ws in opposition to
the plan.
One of the reasons for this be
lief is the fact that an informal,
but strenuous campaign against
the proposal has been underway
in the Ashland area.H. '
As outlined by. the five back
ers,,the dog racing plant would
be set up at a track, north of
Ashland and east of Highway 99,
which is now used for hardtop
auto races.
Opposed in Ashland ,
Ashland The operation of
any dog track, with pari-mutuel
betting, is receiving a "thumbs
down" from Ashland merchants,
ministers and residents.
; The plan has resulted in a
special session of the Ashland
Ministerial association, a poll of
the members of the retail trade
committee of the Ashland Cham
ber of Commerce, and the circu
lation of petitions against the
proposition.
" The Ministerial association
met Saturday and voiced unan
imous objection to the proposal.
Members of the association and
their congregations were urged
to direct letters of protest to the
county court in Medford. Steps
were also taken to contact other
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ministers In the county to ask,
their support.
EldonScripter chairman of
the committee that polled Ash
land merchants, reported that all
contacted were . of the opinion
that such an operation would be
detrimental to the economy of
this section of Jackson county.
The retail trade committee will
advise the Jackson county court
of its feelings.
School District
Vote OKs Budget
Central Point One hundred
thirty-three voters of School Dis
trict 6C voted in yesterday's dis
trict election, and approved the
budget by a vote of 89 to 44.
Central Point area voters cast
74 ballots in favor of the budget
and 43 against. In Gold Hill the
vote was 15 to 1.
The question in the election
was a levy $252,996.48 over the
6 per cent limitation. The bud
get totaled $600,841, an increase
of $402 over ' the " total budget
for last year.
Ex-RoguQ River Man
Arrested as Escapee
.. Logan, Utah U.R) Two
men who sawed, their way to
freedom from Cache county jail
here . Sunday were recaptured
without a" struggle in Downey.
Ida., about 50 miles away, last
night
Gordon S. Little, 38, of
Boise, and Rogue River, Ore.,
was captured as he walked in
the shadow of a building in the
eastern part of Downey.
Harry Edwin Vickerman, 51,
Santa Fe, N.M., was arrested by
Bannock county, Idaho, Sheriff
Leo G. Sorensen in the Downey
railroad yards.
- Gordon Sayre Little is "well
known" to southern Oregon law
enforcement officers, State Po
lice Lt. Paul Morgan said today.
In checking his record, Lieuten-
ant Morgan said "you could1
write a book on the guy he's1
got a record as long as your
arm" going back to 1934.
Little was last arrested here
in 1940 when he pulled a pistol
on a law enforcement officer,
Lieutenant Morgan said. He was
given a suspended sentence for
illegal possession of a firearm,
and sent to Arizona where he
was wanted for armed robbery.
Among many other offenses for
which he was convicted was a
forgery charge in Grants Pass,
for which he received a two-year
prison sentence.
At one time he lived in Med
ford at Main and Bartlett sts.,
and also lived in Rogue River
where members of his family
operated a rest home.
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VS DAMAGE FROM STORM
Ft. Lewis. Left to right are Sfc. and Mrs.
Peter M. Bateman; Sgt. and Mrs. Bruce Bate
man, and Sgt. and Mrs. Arthur Bateman. The
two local companies, part of the 1st battalion,
186th Infantry regiment, will return to Med
ford June 25'. (Landis-Shangle photo.)
Morse Defends
United Nations;
Critics Scored
Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon staunchly de
fended - the United Nations,
.which celebrates its 10th anni
versary in San Francisco this
month, in a speech last night be
fore the Northwest Institute of
International Relations.
The Oregon Democrat scored
critics of the UN as using famil
iar techniques of "the wild
charge, the unsupported allega
tion, the deliberate lie."
Strong Instrument
Morse said the UN and espec
ially its technical assistance pro
gram provided one of the strong
est anti-Communist instruments
in the world today. . . ' s .
In the last few years, Morse
said, the vast majority of Ameri
cans had settled down to a ra
tional view of the UN as good
for America after a starry-eyed
honeymoon and an equally in
tense disillusionment with the
organization.
"They realize that it bridges
the cold war in some ways and
may serve to lessen tensions in
the world," he said. "Yet they
realize that it cannot bring a def
initive peace in a world split by
the fundamental ideological con
flict between Democracy and
Communism." , ' - -,
Two Possible Courses
The senator saw only two pos
sible courses for America other
than full UN participation. One
would be for America to domi
nate the world, which Morse said
was unthinkable. The other
would be an isolationist attempt
to build America into an im
penetrable fortress.' Morse said
the experts agreed that this was
impossible.
Ike, Adenauer. Agree
On Reunification
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower and Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer . of West
Germany agreed today that one
of the. objectives of the July
Big Four "summit" meeting will
be to pave the way for early
German reunification."
They also restated their "com
bined opinion" that a concept
of neutrality in no way applied
to Germany. .
"Only in ' collective security
arrangements can Germany as
sure its independence," said a
joint U.S.-German statement is
sued after Mr. Eisenhower and
the Chancellor conferred for 30
minutes.
The discussion was devoted
largely to relations between na
tions of the free world and the
Soviet Union.
London (U.R) The fifth ses
sion of the Soviet-Japanese peace
conference opened in the Soviet
Embassy here today.
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable
cloudiness, few ltiht showers,
mild temperatures through
Wednesday. Low tonight
bout 50. Bifh Wednesday 75.
Temp.
Hiihert Yesterday 81
Lowest this Morning 56
Cloudburst Leaves
Water Hip Deep
In Parts of City
Highways Blocked;
Phone Lines Out
Las.Vegas (U.R) Residents of
this resort city mopped up today
in the wake of a hail storm and
cloudburst which flooded the
city temporarily and caused
damage estimated in excess of
$1,000,000.
The sudden storm, the worst
in more than 30 years, burst
without warning yesterday
about 4 p.m. Hail fell for about
20 minutes after which water,
poured from the skies for an
hour and a half.
Water Hip Deep
In some parts of the city, wat
er stood hip deep at the heights
of the storm. ,
Hailstones were dumped so
thick that it gave the appearance
of snow.
Highways and streets were
impassable for many hours and
telephone communication was
shut off for several hours when
lines were knocked down.
Water still stood 14 feet deep
in the Charleston ave. under
pass, one of the city's two main
east-west thoroughfares, at 10
a.m. today. The storm washed
concrete walls on the approaches
to the underpass that they
crumbled in places.
Heavy Rainfall
The Weather Bureau at Mc-
Carran Field, seven miles south
of here, recorded .39 of an inch
of ram in 30 minutes. The bu
reau said that an unofficial
measurement in a residential
area in the northern sertinn nf
Las Vegas showed 2.8. inches of
ram within 90 minutes.
Water poured over- the curbs
in some business areas, damae
mg shops and stores. Numerous
homes suffered water and mud
damage.
Lightning Fires
Attract Fighters
By UNITED PRESS
Forest fires, set Iby lightning
storms last week, plagued re
mote areas of southern Oregon
and northern California today.
More than 100 blazes were re
ported in the Modoc national
forest of northern California.
Another fire has burned over
more than 160 acres and destroy
ed about 1000 Douglas fir trees
in the Klamath National forest
near Jacobs Ladder, Calif.
. About' 60 men were sent to a
fire in' rough terrain 14 miles
east of Brookings, Ore., in south
west Oregon.
H. B. Mack of forest service
headquarters at Alturas said
more than 100 experienced fire
fighters were being used to com
bat blazes in the Modoc forest
area. Two fires covered 15 acres,
four covered five acres and there
were dozens of other small fires
being kept under control. A heli
copter from Stockton was being
used to drop men into the rug
ged fire area.
- The Jacobs Ladder fire is one
of 15 raging in the Klamath Na
tional Forest, eight in the Happy
Camp area, six in the Salmon
Creek Ranger District, ana" one
in Seiad Ranger District.
Radio Amateur's SOS Call
Answered Through Alaska
This story could be entitled "How to call for help when you
have a flat tire."
. Vic Milnes, 19 North Groveland ave., recently started on a
business trip to Klamath Falls late in the evening, forgetting
he'd left his spare tire in Medford for recapping. At the bottom
of the Green Springs hill, a tire went flat. It was about a
quarter to midnight.
Milnes, who is an amateur radio operator, has a "ham" set in
his car, so he got on the air to see if he could get help. The
only station he could read at the moment was one in Ketchikan,
Alaska, and he told of his plight. The Alaska ham sent out a
call for any Medford or Ashland amateurs then on the air, and
finally contacted Mark Taylor, 1925 Westerlund dr., who had
switched on his set just a few moments before going to bed.
Milnes started relaying' information 'about his spare tire to
Alaska, where it was relayed to Taylor in Medford. Taylor
started 'phoning around but couldn't find anyone to get the
spare to Milnes. And about this time, the signal to Alaska
started going bad. About then, a ham in Lebanon, Ore., came
into the conversation, ami took over the relaying job from
Alaska.
Finally, Taylor called a business associate of Milnes' in Ash
land, who had a car with a spare tire which would fit the bog
ged down automobile. He got out of bed and drove to Milnes'
rescue x
Time Necessary To
Move Mountainous
Backlog of Freight
Loss To Railways
Set at $42,000,000
London (U.R) The govern
ment and union negotiators set
tled the nation's costly 17-day-old
railway strike today.
The agreement will start trains
moving soon, but officials said
it will require days to restore
the nationalized railroad system
to normal, because of mountain
ous backlogs of freight.
Today's settlement, ending the
disastrous transport chaos, was
negotiated between the govern
ment's Transport Commission,
which operates the nationalized
railways and union representa
tives. Government . and industrial,
leaders- said it will be months
before the full economic loss
from the strike can be computed.
The strike forced many of
Britain's key industrial plants
to close, put nearly 1,000,000
men onto the nation's unemploy
ment rolls and seriously weak
ened the nation's drive to bal
ance its imports with exports.
; Losses to the nationalized rail
ways alone approximate $42,
000,000. With . the announcement that
the long dispute over wage dif
ferentials had been settled, there
was tired jubilation in the ranks
of the Associated . Society of
of the 70,000 striking members
Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men. The strike left the new gov
ernment of Prime Minister An
thony Eden a major political
headache.
The opposition Labor Party is
attempting to label Eden as the
anti-union proponent of a re-,
strictive "new doctrine" that
strikes must end before negotia
tions can begin.
The settlement assures the
striking engineers and firemen
that their demands for wage in
creases will be considered. .
The ASLEF demanded in
creases that would raise engine
men's top wages to $28.07 per
week. They now average be
tween $24.50 and ,$25.90 per
week. " . '.
ASLEF strikers went home
to their families and started liv
ing' on weekly union fund grants
of $5.60' per week, plus. 56 cents
extra for each child, until settle
ment could be reached.
Once-Postponed Rose
Show Slated Friday
The first annual rose show of
the Medford Rose society, once
postponed because of weather,
will be held Friday in the cafe
teria of the Medford high school,
and all rose growers today were
invited to participate.
More than 100 ribbons and 14
trophies will be presented to
winning exhibits. Entries will be
received from 7:30 to 10 o'clock
Friday morning, and the dis
plays will be open to the public
from 1 to 9 p.m. Entries received
after 10 a.m. will be placed on a
non-competitive display table.
Mrs. L. G. Gentner, co-chair
man of the show, urged all
growers to enter, even if they've
never entered a rose show be
fore, to compare their roses with
those grown by others.
The show was first postponed '
by cold, rainy weather which
held back blooming. Cooler wea
ther this week is aiding in keep-
ing roses at the peak of bloom.
Mrs. Gentner said.
Blood Collection Unit
Open Until 6 O'clock
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be accepting donations of
blood until 6 pjn. today at the
Medford Elks temple.
A quota of 250 donors to pro
vide 200 pints is needed, but the
number of appointments yester
day was far short of the number
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