Medford mail tribune., June 30, 1955, Image 6

SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, June 30, 1955
Navy Pilot Sees
No Sign of Life
At Scene of Crash
Anchorage, Alaska U.P.)
Navy pilot who flew over the
wreckage of an Air Force C47
transport said today there was
no sign of life at the crash
scene.
Four Men Aboard
Four men, all from the 5039th
Air Transport Group, Elmendorf
Air Force base, were aboard
the plane when it crashed yes
terday on the highest peak of
the island, about 90 miles south
west of Kodiak.
The plane left Elmendorf AFB
here yesterday morning with a
crew of three and flew to Kod
iak where a fourth crewman,
a radar operator, was taken
aboard.
It left Kodiak to air drop sup
plies to a preliminary survey
party on the island in connection
with plans for construction- of
a recently-authorized $4,000,000
Air Force base there.
An SA-16 Albatross left El
mendorf last night for the wreck
age scene and paramedics of the
71st air rescue squadron were
to jump to the scene if the Al
batross was unable to land at a
lagoon near the foot of Sitkinak
Dome, the 16,400-foot peak on
which the plane crashed.
Sandy Youngster Dies
In Auto-Truck Mishap
Sandy, Ore. (U.R) Ronny
Searls. two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Searls, Keose, Ore.,
was killed about noon yesterday
when he fell out of his mother's
car and was run over by a lum
ber truck.
The tragedy occurred about
one-quarter mile west of Sandy
on the Mount Hood Loop Highway.
Child Killed, Four
Hurt in Collision
Seaside (U.R) A six-year-old
girl was killed and four other
persons injured in a three-car
collision seven miles east of
Elsie on the Sunset highway yes
terday. The victim was Gilda Conner,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Lester Conner of Hills
boro. The Conners and another
daughter, Sharon, 15, were taken
to Seaside Hospital.
Also injured was Frank
Probst, 67, Elsie. Hospital phy
sicians said none of the four was
seriously hurt.
PLANS NEW ORDER
Paris U.R) France's hero
of the homeles. Abbe Pierre,
plans to go to Rome to discuss
formation of a new monastic
order for helping the "wretched
and the poor," Roman Catholic
circles said today.
Tacoma Pilot Dies
In Skyraider Crash
Near Santa Cruz
San Francisco U.R) A
Navy AD6 Skyraider crashed
into the ocean near Santa Cruz
yesterday, apparently killing
Pilot Lt. (jg) Charles Herbert
Nylund, 24, of Tacoma, Wash.,
the 12th Naval District announc
ed. The Coast Guard Air-Sea Res
cue Station reported late last
night it had abandoned the
search for Nylund's body after
searching the waters off Pigeon
Point for hours after the crash.
On Practice Run
Nylund, stationed at Alameda i
Naval Air Station, was on a
routine bombing practice run,
diving on a smoke pot floating
on the ocean. Other pilots on
the maneuver reported the plane
flew too close and crashed into
the water. It disintegrated on
impact, they said.
After the crash, pilots in Ny
lund's VA Squadron 95 circled
around the area until a Coast
Guard helicopter and an Alba
tross amphibian from Hamilton
Air Force Base could reach the
scene. A Coast Guard cutter was
also dispatched to aid in the fu
tile search for the pilot.
Condon Pilot Sets
Entry in Jet Race
Portland (U.R) Portlanders
will have more than usual inter
est in Saturday's annual Nation
al Air Guard jet race between
Ontario, , Calif., and Detroit,
Mich.
Representing the Northwest's
National Guard wing will be Lt.
Col. Staryl C. Austin Jr., of Port
land who said he entered the an
nual race because his wife
wanted him to.
Colonel Austin is commanding
officer of the 142nd fighter in
terceptor group of the Air Na
tional Guard.
He said that "although there
are some newer type planes than
the F-86 Sabrejet in the race,
they will be handicapped and I
stand as good a chance as any
in bringing the trophy home."
Austin is a native of Condon,
Ore., who enlisted in the Air
Corps as a private shortly after
the start of World War II.
Last year's Northwest entrant
placed "fourth in the race and
Austin said "I think I can shave
that position a little bit anyway."
NEW MUSIC HALL
Portland (U.R) Dr. Morgan
S. Odell, president of Lewis and
Clark College, reported to the
Oregon Presbyterian Synod yes
terday that construction of a
new $360,000 music hall will be
started on the Portland campus
this fall.
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Who i there in the city of Medford or in Jackson
County who is not in favor of improving the sanitary
condition of our communities. No one. The responsibility
for good housekeeping and sanitation rests with those
who create the problem and that is exactly the reverse
of the annexation program proposed by the city. The
citizens in Medford and in the proposed annexation area
who have their house in order are being called upon
to pay for those projects which have been built and
promoted and left in the hands of innocent purchasers
and are now the primary source of our worry.- It is not
enough to call on the citizens of Medford and those in
the annexation area to foot the expense' of cleaning up
the sanitation and housekeeping of those poorly planned
subdivisions whose promoters have left their cutsomers
in this mess and pocketed their profits and washed their
hands of all responsibility but now comes the city gov
ernment and proposes a plan to annex 3000 acres to a
city whose total acreage is only 2000 an increase of
1 50. The law of course permits the city administration
to carry out an annexation program without the ap
proval of the citizens and that is as it should be in the
case of small annexations but the city administration
assumes too much responsibility when they, without
consulting the citizenry, decide to increase the area of
the city from 2,000 to 5,000 acres. A careful survey of
this undertaking could disclose that the city could bank
rupt itself or tax the present property owners beyond
all reason if they throw this additional load onto the
present city structure. From the standpoint of the city
dwellers and taxpayers, we must summarize this by
saying that it is the responsibility of the city administra
tion to make a careful survey of the problem and pro
ject the venture over, the next 10 to 25 years as the
case may warrant, and tell the. story to the citizens of
Medford in minute detail including all tax and future
financial problems and finally leave it to the decision
of the people to determine whether or not the city should
assume this additional burden. .
We have presented the concern of the average
citizen in Medford, and now let us present the prob
lems of the voters and property owners of the area to
be annexed. For years to come the big tax load will
fall on those who have investments in the area, exclusive
of the undeveloped speculative land. The' new Armory
Auditorium and the new Hospital will represent large
investments but these institutions will be tax exempt so
it helps neither party of tax payers. We taxpayers in
the new .area to be annexed, can be grouped into 5
classifications; . ,
Group 1 ' '. - .'
1. Home owners in subdivisions whose property is
on small lots of less than an acre and whose congested
area is causing .the primary sanitation problem.
2. Home owners on land one acre or more.
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3. Orchard properties and farms.
4. Commercial properties.
5. Industrial properties.
Why are these various groups of taxpayers against
annexation as proposed.
Group 1
A lot of these are desperate in their predicament
and may have. good cause for condemning the pro
moters who put them in this plight. Annexation is im
portant for their community and their problem should
be solved. They of course fqvor annexation but do not
want to help to carry the large undeveloped area load.
Group 2 ' v
The majority of these have good housekeeping end
good sanitation and they acquired their properties to
enjoy the freedom of rural living and to get away from
the necessary blanket restrictions which city government
must enforce due to city congestion and many other
factors and problems which are not applicable to rural
living. Taxes are also a factor.
Group 3
These are the owners of the properties which are
part of the bread basket of the community. Again these
people feel the same as group 2 plus the fact that they
are much concerned about any city government control
which could materially and detrimentally effect the
normal operations of their orchard and farms. If the
farmer wants to build a chicken coop he doesn't want
to be forced to ask the city boys for a permit or specifi
cations. The extra tax to which his property will bo
subjected for which he will receive very little return,
is also a grave concern to him. -Group
4
' The same applies to this class.
Group 5
Annexation would be very discouraging to industry
within the area for the same reasons set forth for the
other classes. City Taxes and restrictions could easily
stop all industrial expansion in the area or in other
adjacent areas to the proposed city limits. New industry
would fear another ambitious expansion program of
the City Medford and it would simply result in industry
locating in other parts of the county or not at all.
Industry close to the City of Medford means conven
ience to the industry employs. If you move industry to
other parts of the county the employs will favor hous
ing close to the new location of industry and not in
' Medford.' Most city "laws are' not written or geared to
industry. ,
SUMMARY:. '':. ...
vf-- After 'careful analysis "we ask,, who .is in favor of
this wholesale, ill advised annexation you answer the
question. What is the solution for the county and city?
mffi(C)MMIEMIIDM(DM:
1. Each subdivision outside of the city of Medford
who desire to be annexed should prepare their facilities
and their finances so that they will be acceptable to
the city vof Medford as a desirable annexation project
without additional burden to the property owners in
the city.
2. The city of Medford should prepare complete an
nexation specifications for new areas to be compiled
with before a subdivision is qualified to become a part
of the city and should be without expense to the pres
ent property owners.
3. .The sale of lots in any new subdivision should be
restricted until the promoters have the subdivision in
acceptable-financial and physical shape for annexa
tion, . according to the city specifications and require
ments. 4. A complete study should be made of all, .the '
areas which may become potential future city area' and
those areas which should definitely be excluded from
future annexation consideration. A comprehensive study
should be made of the entire problem and projected in
writing and on a map for the study of the people in the
city and the county.
5. The city council should not ue tn'r perogative
in accepting any large subdivisions or areas without
the consent of the people 'in Medford. Other smaller
areas which have complied with pardgraph 2 above
, .should present their petition to the council and have it
published in detail in the newspaper 60 days before
annexation' and after the .council has accepted and
approved their petition.
6. An overbuilt city means low property values,
lower incomes to business and property owners. The city
and the county should do some intensive research as to
the future basic industry income to determine if these
industries will maintain their present Jiigh income, and
payrolls. - . r '' . 7- '
',. 7. A statement by Ralph Moore in a recent Oregon
Voter should be quoted "We are sold by what meets
.the eye more readily than what appeals to reason. We
are accustomed to stylish attractive packaging of ideas
and beliefs, all wrapped up. for our convenience but
only dimly understood as to content. This makes us
peculiarly vulnerable to influence by slogan or mere
rumor that sounds good but actually has no substance."
So lets be careful.
Let's Take a Look at Eric Allen's Views on
The Annexation Problem ....
1. No one will take issue with Eric Allen's
views on annexation, provided, however,
that it is carried out on a fair and sound
basis. We are happy that Eric brought some
of the major issues to light in his editorials,
but it is our belief that Eric fails to do suf
ficient research in the matter.
2. He fails to tell us what the advantages are
of a package deal. It depends what you
put in the package.
3. He fails to bring out the unfairness of a
vote on this annexation by only registered
voters without regard to the wishes of the
many who will pay a large portion of the
taxes who do not have a vote. This is taxa
tion without representation.
4. He fails to bring out the facts pertaining
to the cost of this annexation which will
have to be borne by the present citizens of
Medford, who are simultaneously being
asked to permit the city government to
exceed the 6 tax limitation.
5. He fails to bring out what city services are
wanted or needed by the owners of prop
erty in the contemplated annexation area,
with the exception of that limited area
which has serious sanitation problems re
sulting from the creation of subdivision
' projects promoted and created without
adequate sanitation, streets and other facili
ties required in a congested residential dis
trict. 6. His answer to question No. 2 states, quote:
"Whether increases in services are worth
the added cost is up to the individual to
decide." The bulk of the taxes will be paid
by taxpayers who will have no vote in the
matter regardless of their decision."
He mentions G. L. Frazier as one who will
vote No, and that "others located in areas
where the ground is polluted from cesspool
or septic tank overflow, where there is a
crying need for new streets, street lights,
sewers and pure water, will realize that
an increase in taxes is a small price to pay
for city benefits and will vote 'yes." Our
answer is:
Even those "others," who Eric says will
vote "yes" if they study the financial prob
lems of the city will come up with a "no"
because they as well as the other citizens in
Medford are not anxious to be burdened
with the cost of this large underdeveloped
area and would prefer to come as a small
unit into a city whose future financial prob
lems will not be saddled with the 3000 acre
White Elephant.
We are not happy with the job of being
critical of our city fathers, and it is our
belief that no personal selfish motive
prompted them to promote this mass an
nexation. However, this matter has so many
potential financial and other pitfalls, we
must be critical of them, and particularly
in taking the full responsibility of this
large project without consulting the citizens
of Medford and others who have a large
stake in the matter.
Group Opposed To Mass Annexation
... Linna Dunivent, Secretary
Pd. Adv.
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