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Congressional Achievement
Adjournment
Follows Approval
Of Housing Bill
President Gets Most
Foreign Requests
'""Washington (UP.) The Democratic-controlled
Congress laid
its record before the country to
d-ay. Partisans immediately be-
gan debating whether it gave a
new showing of "unity and
aclevement" or short-changed
President Eisenhower on domes
tic legislation.
After false starts Saturday
and Monday, Congress finally
achieved its goal of sine die ad
inurnment Tuesday night, the
House quitting at 7:36 p.m. (PST)
and the Senate at 8:0d p.m
PST).
Housina Bill Approved
The dam broke when the
House approved the compromise
housing bill despite last-minute
objections from President Eisen
hower over some relatively min
or provisions.
This was followed by settle
ment of the bitter squabble be-
twecft House and Senate leaders
over how to. handle some pay
raises for congressional em
ployees in the appropriation bill
for Congress itself.
Compromises were' reached
and approved over legislation to
extend the defense production
law and allotting 'federal funds
for free polio vaccine. And in
the scramble, the Senate shelved
sugar production quotas until
next year.
The windup marked the end
of seven mouths' in which Mr.
Eisenhower got practically all he
asked in terms of foreign policy
and national defense from a Con
gress controlled by the opposi
tion party.
On domestic,, legislation the
story was' different. Mr. Eisen
hower was given much of what
he asked but generally the final
bills bore a Democratic imprint.
And big chunks of his program
were ignored, stymied or side
tracked until next year.
'Unity and Achievement' Label
The record was one to which
Senate Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson attached a label
of "unity and achievement." He
said Democratic leadership had
enabled the nation, "for the first
time in many years," to speak
wffii "a strong and single voice"
to the world.
In contrast. Senate Republican
Leader William F. Knowland
said the congressional perform
ance was "moderately satisfac
tory" from the administration
viewpoint. A GOP - controlled
Congress, he said, would have
enacted more of Mr. Eisen
hower's domestic program and
more of it in accord , with the
President's recommendations.
Payoff Next Year
Two years not one make
the record of a Congress and the
payoff will come next year. On
the basis of the record a year
nice,Jthe two parties will have
j go before the country for the
1956 campaign. Most Republi
cans hope and believe, however,
they will have a still bigger as
set in an Eisenhower candidacy
for a second term.
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Railroad Says Plan
On Trains Unchanged
Portland (U.RJ Recent in
structions issued to Southern
Pacific agents to accept Pullman
reservations on the Portland
Ashland passenger train after
Sididay, Aug. 7, did not neces
sarily mean that the company's
decision to discontinue the train
had been cancelled, an SP of
ficial said today.
Bernal S. Quayle, general pas
senger agent, said "the notice
given to the public on July 6
that the train would be discon
tinued Aug. 7 has not been with
drawn." However, he said, Pub
lic Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. Heltzel has recently
'officially challenged our right
to do so with a formal order
and out attorneys required time
to study the legal effect of that
order."
"In the meantime," Quayle
said, "we have merely instruct
ed our agents not to refuse to
accept Pullman reservations for
dates later than Aug. 7."
The railroad says it is losing
money on the route.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUG
Winning off UN Seat
By Red China Seen
'Not Too Far Away'
Geneva (U.R) Western
diplomats closely following the
talks between the United States
and Communist China said to
day it "may not be too long"
before Peiping wins member
ship in the United Nations.
They said ' Red China must
first make a genuine success of
the Geneva talks and convince
Washington it is ready for a
cease fire in the Formosa Strait
where the United States and
Red China appeared close to war
early in the year.
The diplomats paid particular
attention to Secretary of State
Council Sustains
Mayor's Velo of
Paving Ordinances
The city council last night,
without dissent, sustained Mayor
Earl Miller's veto of two ordi
nances for paving Kenwood ave.
between Second and Humphrey
sts. The ordinances called for
bids and paving on Kenwood
ave. ,
Mayor Miller vetoed the bills
last week "after careful consid
eration; and review of all fac
tors involved, and for the best
interests" of the City of Med
ford. He Dointed out that be
cause one person wnnarew a
name from a petition favoring
paving the percentage dropped
below the necessary 50 per cent
of property benefitted.
Without at least 50 per cent,
the city cannot levy assessments
against property benefitted.
The council passed the ordi
nances at its last meeting after
a public hearing in which objec
tion to paving arose. The Ken
wood ave. paving project has
been before the council several
times this year, but because nec
essary percentages were not
available the matter has been
delayed.
Mayor Miller said: "Lean well
understand the desires of those
people on Kenwood avenue who
have tried so many time's to ac
quire the necessary percentage
to get their street paved, and
it is my hope they will be able
to obtain the necessary percent
age in the future with mutual
understanding and their desires
will be presented to the council
without a reoccurrence of signa
ture withdrawal."
Assessor Bob Fowler
Taken To Hospital
R. G. (Bob) Fowler, Jackson
county assessor, was taken to
Community hospital by Medford
ambulance service yesterday af
ternoon, for treatment of what
apparently was a heart attack,
which he suffered in his office
at the courthouse.
The hospital today reported his
condition as fair, and said he
spent a good night.
Fowler served as county agri
cultural agent from 1924 until
his retirement a few years ago.
He was elected assessor at the
last general election.
Washington (U.R) A House
interior subcommittee will hold
a hearing at ine miles. Ore., on
Nov. 8 on the $550,000 Wapinita
reclamation project in Wasco
county, according to Rep. Sam
Coon, (R-Ore.).
Baseball
AMERICAN
Cleveland 2 5 0
New York' . 14 1
Garcia. Mossi (9), (Narleski
(9) and Naragon; Turley, Kon
sianty (9) and Berra.
Chicago 4 8 3
Boston 6 11 0
Trucks, Martin (4), Howell
(7) and Lollar; Parnell, Hurd
(7) and White.
NATIONAL .-. D
Pittsburgh 3 8 0
Chicago 2 7 2
Face, Surkong (9) and Shep
ard, Atwell (9); Davis, Jeffcoai
(9) and ChitL
John Foster Dulles' press confer
ence statements in -Washington
Tuesday when he appealed to
Red China's leaders to make a
public declaration against using
force to conquer Formosa. '
Some believed Dulles might
be holding out for Peiping the
bait of American ' diplomatic
recognition and a U.N. seat two
goals Chinese Communist Pre
mier Chou Enlai has been seek
ing for months.
Governments Consulted
The American and Chinese
negotiators took a day off today
to consult their home govern
ments on the release of Ameri
can civilians held lay Red China
while optimism that the civilians
would be returning soon grew
steadily.
Diplomatic sources said they
believed arrangements for the
return of the civilians could be
worked out in three or more
meetings between U. Alexis
Johnson, U.S. ambassador to
Czechoslovakia, and Wang Ping
nan, Red Chinese ambassador to
Poland.
Wreck Kills Four
Near Myrtle Creek
Myrtle Creek, Ore. (U.R)
Four persons were killed and
two seriously injured early to
day in a highway accident in
volving a loaded log truck and
two automobiles on Highway 99
six miles -south of here. --
State police identified the dead
as Cecil Leroy Lemen, 34, a
Navy man from Seattle, and his
wife, Bernice Jean, 31; and Mr.
and Mrs. John Victor Sheely of
National City, Calif.
The two Lemen children, Peg
gy, 6, and Jimmy, 2, were ser
iously injured and taken to For
est Glen hospital in Canyon
ville. The accident occurred about
7:30 p.m. Police said the Lemen
car attempted to pass the Sheely
car and trailer and 'was met by
the log truck, driven by Arthur'
Kelly, 26, of Myrtle Creek. In
pulling back into the south
bound lane the Lemen vehicle
struck the rear wheels of the
truck. The impact threw the car
into a ditch and the load of logs
spilled onto the Sheely car,
crushing the California couple.
Kelly was unhurt.
Prospect Men Fined
For Venison Possession
Jessie Merit Taylor, 72, and
Warnie G. Hampton, 37, both of
Bar GM ranch, Prospect, were
fined a total of $130 for viola
tion of game laws in district
court yesterday.
Taylor received a $50 fine and
Hampson an $80 fine for posses
sion of untagged venison. The'
meat was confiscated and order
ed delivered to the - Salvation
Army.
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Two Annexations, Two Contracts,
Two pieces of property on
Black Oak dr., were annexed
to the city and bids on two im
provement projects were award
ed by the city council last
night.
The council adopted an ordin
ance annexing property owned
by Allen Hart and Thomas W.
McFadden on Black Oak dr., aft
er a public hearing at which no
objection was voiced. Both Hart
and McFadden had petitioned
for annexation prior to the city's
annexation proposal which was
defeated in a July 5 election.
The council alsor accepted ded
ication of Black Oak dr. south
to Country Club dr. The street
is 60 feet wide and is used by
residents living near the new
hospital site.
A request from E. M. Sands
that California Pacific Utilities
property at 303 Groveland ave.
be annexed was referred to the
planning commission. The prop
erty is in Roseborough addition.
Bids for construction of a san
itary sewer on Oregon ave. be
tween Oregon terrace and Keene
Way dr., and one for paving Oak
st. between West Second and
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Debated
Released Fliers
Reported To Have
Reached Canton
No Hitch Expected
In Thursday Arrival
Hong Kong flj.R) The 11
American fliers being freed by
Communist China were reported
today to have reached Canton
in South China, and U.S. offic
ials saw no hitch in their return
to freedom Thursday.
The Royal Observatory here
predicted rain and fog for Thurs
day but American officials said
any decision to delay the men's
immediate flight home for a re
union with their families would
be made that afternoon.
To Arrive by Train 0
American sources said the 11
men would spend the night in a
Canton hotel and come to Hong
Kong by train from the.Kwang
tung Province capital in- the
morning. The train usually ar
rives near the border at 8:30
p.m. (PST).
Lt. Col. O'Wighton D. Simp
son, Air Force liaison officer
and the official American greet
er in Hong Kong, planned a trip
to the new territories adjoining
Red China late today to make a
final check on arrangements for
receiving the airmen.
The men's contact with the
press will be limned in Hong
Kong to answering such ques
tions as "How does it feel to be
out?" and on their health.
Hearing Tests
Validity of Claim '
: Hearings on the validity of a
placer gold mining claim owned
by S. L. Dickey being conduct
ed at the Bureau of Land Man
agement office here, are sched
uled to finish today, according
to Eugene Peterson, district for
ester; The claim, located on Galice
creek in western Josephine
county, has been examined by
bureau mineral experts to deter
mine if the claim was valid.
More than 50 samples from
the "Hidden Treasure", claim
failed to show gold in paying
quantities, Peterson said.
Dickey presented witnesses
who had mined there in previous
years. They stated that, while
their operations were not profit
able, they believed they could
have been if operated in a more
efficient manner, Peterson ad
ded. The hearings are to decide if a
road into O&C timber lands will
be permitted to go over Dickey's
claim. The government has let
a contract for the0 construction
of the, Galice road for some $430,
000, and construction is now in
progress on all parts of the road
except through Dickey's claim,
Peterson said. 0
St. Louis '(U.R) Mayor Ray
mond R. Tucker has proposed to
put St. Louis' policemen in Ber
muda shorts and sport shirts.
West Jackson sts., were awarded.
J. C. Compton's bid of $11,
250.75 on an alternate plan to
for Oak st. paving, to use creek
run gravel rather than crushed
rock for base, was accepted. The
bid was within 5 per cent of
engineer's estimates of $10,718.
Warren Conrad's bid of $3,142.75
was the only bid received ,pn
the Oregon ave. sanitary sewer.
It was within 6 per cent of en
gineer' o estimates of $2,959 for
the project. c
Both bids were recommended
by City Manager Robert Duff.
The council authorized Duff
to refer back to residents on
Stewart ave. a proposed sanitary
sewer line because the low bid
of $808.95 by E. O. Stevens was
56 per cent over the engineer's
estimate of $517. Duff pointed
out it has been the policy of the
council to refer a bid back to
property owners when it is over
10 per cent above the estimate.
Conrad bid $810 for the Stewart
ave". project. c
Duff was authorized to work
out an;arrangement between the
city, county and Medford school
district to install a traffic signal
Weather
FORECAST: Continued fair
through Thursday. Low to
night 52. Hich tomorrow 88.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 87
Lowest this Morning SO
Sheriffs Blazing
Pistol Puts Down
San Antonio Riot
Too Many Concessions
Blamed for Outburst
San Antonio, Tex. OI.R) A
sheriff who stopped a prison riot
last night with his blazing pistol
said today the uprising occurred
because the convicts were given
too many concessions. One pris
oner was killed and two others
wounded in the brief outburst.
-"The more you give them, the
more they want," Sheriff Owen
W. Kilday said after the riot was
put down.
Riot Predicted
He predicted last Wednesday
that the riot would occur after
a prisoner uprising in which they
demanded better food and a later
curfew.
The prisoner killed in last
night's riot was identified as
Rodolfo Escobedo, 27, who was
serving a theft sentence. The
wounded prisoners were Pas
trino Galvino and Rodolfo Reyes,
33. Galvino was shot in both
legs and Reyes was hit in the
right leg.
The rioting started shortly
after supper as some 65 prisoners
in the Bexas county jail were
taking their recreation period
outside their cells in the fifth
floor cellblock. Kilday said they
knocked out the lights and start
ed breaking windows and tables.
Plate Thrown
The men started throwing
their stainless steel eating plates
at Kilday and his deputies as
they tried to enter the cellblock.
Kilday said he had two pistols
loatfed with cartridges filled
with parafin that could "hurt a
man, but wouldn't kill him." He
said he fired 12 parafin shells
down .through the cell block,
but the prisoners, refused to quiet
down.
L- The sheriff then put iiye
live shells into his pistol and
fired into the dark cellblock
Escobedo was shot in the stom
ach Tas he advanced on Kilday
and was caught in the glare of
the sheriff's flashlight.
He died a few minutes later.
July Was Second
Coldest on Record
Last month was the second
coldest July on record at the
weather bureau station here.
The -average temperature was
67.9 degrees, or 3.9 below nor
mal, and only .3 degrees . above
the coldest July recorded in
Medford in 1916 when the mean
was 67.6 degrees.
Temperatures during July
ranged from a high of 99 on
July 13 and 14 to a low of 40
degrees on July 3.
Although there were four
days of cloudy skies and nine
days of partly- cloudy skies, the
only measurable rainfall record
ed was .01 inch July 26. Aver
age rainfall for July is .17 inch
es. A trace of rain was recorded
July 2. .
July's 18 clear days compares
with a normal number of 22.
Normallyo there are six partly
cloudy and three cloudy days in
July.
at the corner of Stewart ave.
and South Holly st. The school
district requested the light to
protect children crossing Stew
art ave. when school starts at
the new Jefferson grade school.
Duff pointed out, however,
"unfortunately, we have nothing
inour funds for traffic signals."
Funds for' four proposed traffic
signals were deleted" from the
1955-56 budget after Medford
residents rejected a proposed
budget $66,510 over the 6 per
cent limitation.
Councilman John' Snider sug
gested the school district furn
ish ..funds and city employees
install the lights.
Half of Stewart ave. is in the
city and half in the county. The
planning commission is studying
a request from the school district
to annex property south of Stew
art ave.
The council authorized Duff
to draw up plans for a Verde
Hills Sanitary sewer. Residents
have two choices, Duff report
ed. One would be installation
of a pumping station to carry
sewage to present city lines, or
to delay installation of sewer
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JUBILEE CANDIDATES A queen and four princesses will
be named tonight to reign over the eighth annual Jackson
ville Gold Rush jubilee Saturday and Sunday. The selection
will be at the annual Queen's Ball, starting at 9 p.m. in Jack
sonville Community hall. Candidates, above, left to right, are
"Miss X," (Barbara Johnson,) sponsored by Medford Exchange
club; Connie Caton, Crater Lions club; Sally Walker, Medford
Lions club; Patricia Minnis, Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce; Cora Mae Gleim, Talent Lions club; Zita Mad
dox, JacksonMle Lions club; Sharon Frazier, Medford Laun-
derette; and Lee Anne Leach, Ashland Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Standing behind candidates are Marvin Hart, left,
chairman of the queen's contest, and Ike Dunford, jubilee
general chairman. The picture was taken in front of U. S.
Hotel in Jacksonville, headquarters for the jubilee. The queen
is named on the basis of the number of jubilee tickets sold.
The annual Queen's Banquet will be held in the new school
building in Jacksonville starting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college,
Ashland, will be master of ceremonies. The Jacksonville
Parent-Teacher association will serve at the banquet.
c o (Courtright Photo)
Brothers Sentenced
To 25 Years in Pen
Glenn Eugene Crow, 31, and
Delbert Lee -Crow, 33, both of
Carthage, Mo., were each sen
fenced to 25 years in the Oregon
State penitentiary by Circuit
Court Judge H. K. Hanna this
morning.
The brothers were arrested by
city and state police officers and
sheriff's deputies on the roof-of
the. Mason & Ehrman Co. ware
house July 20 after blowing the
safe and taking nearly $1,000.
They pleaded guilty to the theft
last Wednesday
Further questioning revealed
Forest Areas Closed
To Non-Permit Entry
Closure of the Jenny creek
Dead Indian creek and Prospect-
Butte Falls; forest areas will be
come effective at midnight to
morrow, and permits will be re
quired for travel on roads other
than state and county highways.
Permits may be obtained from
state forest patrol headquarters
on Table Rock rd. or from any
guard stations in the areas.
Entry permits ban smoking
and building open fires except
in designated places.
Guard stations from which
permits may be secured for- en
trance in the Butte Falls-Pros
pect area are McLeod, . Trail,
Prospect and Butte Falls, and for
permits into the Jenny creek-
Dead Indian creek area stations
are Lincoln, Ashland and Moon
Prairie.
Approved
lines until a trunk line is install
ed on Barnett rd., and then con
nect with it.
Residents of the area will be
contacted to determine which
plan they prefer.
. Public hearings on zone chang
es in Queen Anne addition and
on East cJackson st., were con
tinued until next meeting be
cause of public hearings had not
been posted. The Queen Anne
addition zone change request is
from single family to two fam
ily dwellings, and on East Jack
son between Genessee and Haw
thorne sts., the request is from
two-family and multiple family
to commercial.
Duff reported that the Fruit
grower's league has started con
struction of sanitary sewer to
the Mexican Labor camp, which
is on property leased by the city
near the airport. Duff said san
itary sewer installation was part
of the agreement of the lease.
The ccouncil approved a re
quest from Jim Elliott, 720 South
Grape st., for an extra width
driveway upon recommendation
of Duff.
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that they were part of a seven
Lman-burglary gang from south-
west Missouri, which committed
some 140 crimes including al
most $500,000 in that state dur
ing the past three years.
Others Given Terms
Six other persons received
shorter sentencfes, four more re
ceived suspended sentences, and
tnree cases were continued in to
day's circuit court proceedings,
Robert Johnston Smith, 35, of
801 Newtown st., pleaded guilty
to obtaining money by false pre
tenses. This case was continued
pending FBI reports. The case of
Paul Eugene Peck, 20, Fish
Lake, accused of rape, was also
continued pending FBI reports.
Sigurd Cholaas, 31, a tran
sient, was sentenced to three
years for contributing to the de
linquency of a minor.
D. G. Hampton, 23, Newburg,
Ore., pleaded guilty to obtain
ing; money by false pretenses
and received a sentence of two
years and two months.. Joseph
Patrick Lynn, 36, Clifton, NJ.,
received a two year sentence for
the same crime.
Year's Jail Term
Edward J. Bolen, 31; of 2882
Stewart ave., was -sentenced to
one year in the county jail for
making a false statement in
writing for purposes of procur
ing benefit.
A two year sentence was giv
en Glen Delbert Dunham, 34, a
transient who. was convicted of
entering a motor vehicle with
intent to steal.
David E. Porter, 39, Talent,
received . a sentence of five
months in the county jail for
concealing stolen property, and
his wife, Catherine, received
sentence suspension for one year
and was placed on probation on
similar charges. :
Sentence was suspended for
one year in the cases of James
Espy, 21, Talent, and his wife,
Martha Alameda, charged with
concealing stolen property. They
were placed on probation.
Phillip Lester Swenson, 35,
Alleff hotel, received a one year
suspended sentence for forgery.
The court continued the case of
Wendell Floyd Long, 17, U.S.
Air Force base in Pleasanton,
Calif., for sentencing. Long is
charged with grand larceny.
fores! Pal ro Crews
Watching Fire Area
State forestry department
crews were patrolling about a
quarter acre of land south of
Lost Lake today after fire
burned over the logging area
late yesterday.
Ted Maul, forest warden, said
damage was not extensive. A
crew from Ashland responded
to the fire about 5:30 p.m. yes
terday.
Missile Expected
To Reach 60 Miles
Into Outer Skies
Light Ball Equal
To Full Moon Seen
Washington (U.R) - Th
United States plans to fire a
sodium vapor rocket 60 - miles
into the skies over New Mexico
in an experiment expected to
produce a ball of light equaFto
a full moon at twilight.
Dr. Homer Newell, an official
of the Naval Research Labora
tory, confirmed that the experi
ment will be undertaken after a
scientist disclosed the project in
London.
Later, a spokesman at the Air
Force Research Center. Cam
bridge, Mass.. announced that
the rocket would be fired the
weeK of Oct. 14.
The spokesman said the
"Aerobee rocket would be fired
20 to 60 miles in the sky de
pending on weather conditions,
although the high altitude
weather missile hik climbed as
high as 152 miles in tests.
Repetition of January Test
He said the experiment would
be a repetition of a similar test
made last Jan. 19. He said it had
nothing to do with the proposed
launching of an artificial Earth
satellite by the U.S. govern
ment in 1957.
Newell said it is hoped theSex
periment will clear up some of
the mysteries about a layer rf
sodium which scientists believe
hovers in the ionosphexe 60
miles above the Earth.
He added that the sodium
moon project also may supply
important data for the man-
made Earth satellite vehicle,
which the United Sfetes hopes to
nuri Detween 200 and 300 miles
above the Earth in 1957.
Glow Observed
Scientists have long observed
that sunlight entering the At
mosphere produces a glow high
in the skies that suggests the
presence of a layer of natural
sodium.
One of the problems of upper
air research in the government's
rocket program haseeg) to de
termine the exact altitude and
other characteristics of this
hlayer.;
The sodium vapor rocket is ex
pected to supply at least some
of the answers. A few pounds of
sodium vapor will be ejected
from a rocket about 60 milps
and at about twilight.
May Give Answer
If this sodium glows brightly,
equalling the glow of the moon
at twilight, the experts say ' it
will confirm the presence of the
natural sodium layer. The rea
son for this is thate; sodium
ejected beneath the sodium
layer would not, for technical
reasons, produce any light itself.
The intensity of. the glow giv
en off by the sodium- rocket
also may supply scientists with
a means for measuring the con
centration of sodium in the
natural sodium layer. '
Rehabilitation Project
Pay Contracts Signed
The boards of directors of two
irrigation districts have signed
40 -year repayment contracts
with the federal government.
and the projects are now ready
for big awards, it was reported
today. i
Work contracts, for spillway
improvement at Four Mile and
Fish lakes, owned jointly by the
Medford and Rogue River Val
ley Irrigation district. ,an be
let almost immediately, perhaps
by tomorrow. Bids have already
been submitted on these jobs,
which are the first phases of an
eventual $1,712,000 rehabilita
tion contract covering most of
the canal systems of the two
districts.
State Income Surtax
Becomes Effective
Salem (U.R) Since the 45 per
cent surtax on personal income
rates passed by the 1955 Oregon
Legislature "was not subjected
to the referendum, the addition
al tax became effective today.
It will apply to personal incomes
during the present tax year,
payable on or before April 15,
1956.
Increase in the withholding
tax from employes' salaries will
not become effective until Jan.
1, 1956. A three cent per pack
tax on cigarettes, which would
have gone into effect, was re
ferred to the people and will
be" voted upon in the 1956
general election.
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LOGGER INJURED
Eugene Anderson, 30, Trail,
was taken to Sacred Heart hos-4
pital at 12:45 p.m. today for'
treatment of an injured eye re
ceived while working in logging
operations in the Tiller-Trail
area.