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EIGHT VODTOVD (OIZQOH) MAIL TRIBUTE Thursday. September IS. 1955 Benson in Belated Confession Farm Program is Bust, Sen. Morse Says O Medford Officials Outline Manager Plan at Ashland Ashland Medford's experi ences with the city manager form of government, .which was adopted in January of this year, were outlined here this week by three Medford officials. Speaking at a meeting of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce were Mayor Earl Miller, City Manager Robert Duff, and D. L. Flynn, president of the League of Oregon Cities and former Medford mayor. "We still have headaches In Medford," Duff told the meet ing, "but at least the city council members have been relieved of some of theirs since the in auguration of the new form of city government. - Duff declared that city gov ernment today is a 'complex business demanding business methods. He noted that under the manager plan, the council is responsible for making policy decisions, and the manager is the coordinator . responsible for making policy decisions, and the manager is the coordinator , re sponsible for administration Mayor Miller stated that, in Medford, the manager plan is still in the experimental stage. Under the manager setup, the overlapping jobs of treasurer and recorder were abolished, and will eventually be combined in a financial department, Miller . said. Flynn warned that "A city Jiianager is not a cure all." "The elected representatives of the community must still be held responsible," the LOC president declared. Flynn expressed con fidence in the mayor-council city manager plan, and declared that results in the state have been "most successful." : -J '0VJ- LSI CPA Firm Opens Medford Offices A Medford office of Rodolph, Zamsky and company, certified public accountants, has been opened at 210 Leverette build, ing. L. C. Watrud, formerly with the state tax commission's Med ford office, will be in charge of the local office. The firm also has offices in Klamath Falls. The three partners in the bus-, iness, Rollin P. Rodolph, Adolph Zamsky and Anthoy Molatore' Jr., all certified public account ants, will operate out of b,oth the Medford and Klamath Falls offices. RETIRING FROM ARMY, Col. Percy Thompson, 56, ma- 'Ternal grandfather of Dwight Eisenhower II, is aided in pre liminary bookwork by daughter, Mary (left) and Mrs. Thomp son after he enrolls at University of Florida. (International) Oregon Tourist Trade Shows Small Increase Over Previous Year Salem Results of the 1955 tourist survey, recently complet VH hv the hiehwav deDartment's traffic engineering and travel information divisions.- maicaies that there was a slight increase in the travel business for the past year. The survey shows that 1,031,- 125 foreisn licensed cars, car- rvinr an average of three teo- ple per car, spent over $127, nno onn in Oreeon during the year. This is an increase of VA per cent over the 1954 travel business ficure. when visitors spent an estimated $125,000,000. Most From California As in past year, California supplied Oregon with the largest number of visitors, followed by Washington, Canada, Idaho, Tex as and Illinois, in that order.' Although the time spent in Oregon decreased from 6.8 days in 1954 to 6.2 days during the past year, the business total was kept high due to the fact that there "was-a 5-plus per cent in crease in the total tourist traffic. Also the daily expenditure per person increased from $5.54 to $5.68 in 1955. , . The number of miles driven by each car ' was 601 this year as compared to 644 last year. This coincides with the decrease in "days spent" factor and also to reports by other states. With very few exceptions, the surveys of other states showed a tend ency on the part of travelers to see as many major attractions as possible while on their trips This shortened the length of stay and number of miles driven in one particular state or area. More Campers The survey shows a slight in crease in the number of camp ers and a slight increase in the number of people traveling in each car. This year's, tourist survey was' completed during the first three, weeks of August at 17 points of departure from the state's tour ist areas and took into consider ation only those persons spend ing three or more days in the state. Rain, Hail Sforms Sweep Over Oregon . Portland U.R) Rain, hail and .lightning storms swept over Oregon yesterday and last night to herald the start of the fall rainy season. One power substation and three high tension lines were struck by lightning in Portland, causing power interruptions . in several parts of the. city. Strong winds accompanying the storm forced .loggers in the Cannon Beach area to clear out of the woods because - of the danger of falling limbs. Power in the area was out for some time too. " EVEN PLAY-DAYS ly'l PAY-DAYS JERR WW EM N hey WHAT A WAY TO yW fkj " V A LIVING I MjMS. V What a grand and glorious feeling to really relax while on vacation, yet know that important savings goals are getting closer all the time. That's how youTl feel with every U. S. Savings Bond you buy. For Bonds go right on earning money for . you no matter where you are or what you re doing. . Start feeling good today. Join the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. Just tell your pay office'now much you want to save each payday. Your company invests this money for yu in U. S. Series E Savings Bonds. Then the money you worked so hard for, starts working equally hard for you. When haH to maturity (9 years and 8 months) each Series E Bond pays an average of 3 per year, compounded semiannually. With the automatic extension privilege, it will go on paying that same fine interest for 10 more years. For example, tart just $3.75 a week m 5 years youTl have $1,025; in another 4 years and 8 months you'll have a total of $2,137. The secret of saving is system. And system is the whole idea of the Payroll Savings Plan. Get in the Plan, slay in the Plan, and youTl get where you want to go. TW V. 5. Conmmt pnlrMlii far tlmr ptriatm ioamtiom. i If you wont your interest as current income, ask your banker about 3 Series H Bonds, that pay interest semiannually by Treasury cheek. Annual limit, $20,000. mtimt. Tto Tnamry Dtpartmtmt Ml tA AdvtrtUinM Council amd MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Oregon Democrat Leads Indication Of Campaign Issue Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse said today that Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson has made "a belated con fession that, the administration farm program is a bust." The Oregon Democrat made the comment on Benson's prom ise yesterday to recommend something "very specific" to Congress to prop up falling farm prices. Benson did' not indicate what he would propose. Morse's dig at Benson came as Democrats showed signs of mak ing the drop in farm income' a major 1956 campaign Issue and Republicans admitted it was one of their most vulnerable points. Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill.) charged that Republicans were "trying to rewrite history" to beg votes next year by "deny ing" President Eisenhower in 1952 pledged to support farm prices at 90 or 100 per cent of parity. GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall' said Douglas was talking "bunk." Parallel To Twenties In another development Chair man Harold E. Cooley (D-N.C.) of the House Agriculture Com mittee warned at East Lansing, Mich., that falling farm prices in the midst of prosperity else where present an "exact paral lel" to the situation in the late 1920s which led to the depres sion. Benson acknowledged that he is not satisfied with present farm prices, but he stuck by the ad ministration's flexible price sup port program. He said it did not cause the present farm crises. . Morse said Benson's promise to come up with specific recom mendations on farm Income "is belated confession that the ad' ministration's farm program is a bust. Many farmers know it is busting them." Government Payments Although he did hot disclose the proposals he will submit to Congress in an effort to end the farm price-cost squeeze, Benson did say his department is study ing a plan for government pay ments to farmers for taking land out of production. . ' He also said the government is considering a pork buying plan to help hard-hit hog farm ers. . " ' Morse told newsmen he is "convinced that American farm ers are not going to be fooled again in 1956, by politically mo tivated pronouncements ' from the reactionary Republicans who control the Eisenhower farm policies as they were fooled in '52." Congressman Warns On Colorado Measure Long Beach (U.R) Rep. Craig Hosmer, (R-Calif.), says Utah will "grab the lion's share of Upper Colorado loot," if con gress passes the Upper Colorado River water project bill. Hosmer, in a speech before the Rotary club yesterday, charged Utah had "inveigled her sister states of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to join her in a monumental treasury - raiding scheme ."which they will forever regret if it succeeds." He said the project's "direct and hidden cost would mire the U.S. Treasury in untold billions of new debt and trample Cali fornia's water rights." SUGGESTION PAYS OFF ; Grand Island, Mich. (U.R) The head of an inspection shift at the Cornhusker Ordnance plant here suggested a tool for use in work at the plant that is saving the government some $69,590 per year. Orye Lessor, the shift head, got $295 as an award for his suggestion. The tool strengthens the lips of dam aged rocket motors. 1 Court Records POLICE COURT Charles D. McBeth, Robert E. Nor cross, Naomi Lucille Helzer. and Ray Melvin Huson. violation of basic rule. $10 each. Barbara Ann Fogai, no operator ! license, $5. William Marvin Grubbs. failure to stop at stop sign, IS. DISTRICT COURT Reuben Jay Arnold, failure to oner- ate on right side of highway, $6. Sidney ti. banders, operating log cine eaufoment without first bavin obtained a permit, $55. Al Gilhousen. violation of basic rule. $15. Marvin ri. Ball, overload. 1141. Bernard William Jungwirth. over load. $125. Marie Louise Nork. no motor ve hicle license. $5. William Edward Short, no onerator'a license, $6. . Robert Mattes, operating motor vehicle while driver's license sus pended. $50. CIRCUIT COURT Carl Mauritson, divorce complaint. Eggers. divorce complaint. Donald E. Warner vs. Alma War ner, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Frank Kittredge Moore, rjost office box 67, Camp White, and Ann N. Marsh. 45. of Tacoma, Wash. Rollin Benjamin Dexter. 46. of 1021 West Ninth St.. Medford. and ' Tl.nna Grants Pass Man Hurt In Gold Hill Accident L. J. Fritch, 36, Grants Pass, was in fair condition at Commu nity hospital today after being injured in an industrial accident at Gold Hill, according to hospi tal attendants. He was taken to the hospital by Medford Am bulance service. Fritch was - injured at about 1:15 p.m.- yesterday. Ambulance attendants said he was working at Jeddeloh Brothers plant, in Gold Hill. The man received an electrical shock, they said, and fell 20 feet from a ladder to a cement floor. . Fritch is being treated for hip injuries,' according to hospital attendants. Five More Greenlease Bills Discovered , " Chicago U.R) The bill-by-bill check of incoming money, at the Federal Reserve bank here has turned up five more $20 bills froni the missing $300,000 of the Greenlease ransom payment-- The new bills, found yester day, bring to 21 the number dis covered in the Federal Reserve Bank here and to 31 the total number of bills found through out the country. FBI Agent Donald S. Hostet ter. in charge of the Chicago of fice, said investigators are not yet ready to identify the areas from which the bills came to the reserve bank. Missing is half of the $600,000 Robert C. Greenlease of Kansas City paid two years ago for the ransom of his son, Bobby, only to discover that his kidnapers, Carl Austin Hall and Mrs. Bon nie Heady, had previously slain the child. Hall and Mrs. Heady were executed. Three Hospitalized Alter Car Mishaps In Jackson County Three people were hospital ized yesterday following Jack son county automobile accidents, according to state police. - Mr. and Mrs'. Grover C. Nice- wood, 1015 East Fourth st, were taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service following an accident on Jacksonville-Phoenix highway at about 1:30 p.m. Nicewood, 70, was the driver of a car involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by Her bert Neil Merriman, 28, of route 1, ; box 364G, Medford. Merri man was cited for following too close. . Treated for Shock Both Mr. and Mrs. Nicewood were treated at the hospital for shock. In another accident, Mitchell Erving Jones, 44, San Antonio, Tex., received rib injuries when his car went out of control and rolled on Highway 99 near the Josephine county line. He was taken to Josephine General hos pital in Grants Pass by Hull ambulance. Jones told officers he was forced to swing his car onto the shoulder of the highway to avoid an oncoming car in his lane of traffic. Jopes' car went out of control ' on the soft shoulder, crossed the highway and then roiled over, he said. Cars Collide In a third accident, cars driv en by Betty Jean Robertson, 27, of route 1, box 391, Central Point, and George B. Little, 71, Central Point, were involved in a collision at the intersection of Mason Ehrman rd. and Highway 99, north of Medford, at about 7:10 p.m. yesterday. Damage to the cars was minor and no in juries were reported. Little was cited for failure to yield right of way. FLOWERING TOUR Providence, R.L (U.R) Th Rhode Island Development coun cil has mapped a 50-mile moun tain laurel and rhododendron tour. The tour includes almost the entire southern Rhode Is land coast. - ! Nothing's ' as new I UO 202-h.p. THUNDERBIRD Y-8 ' I in the : ". 56 FORD . i . Coming September 23 P.B.A.F. 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