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0 G Utah Authorities Continue Crackdown on Polygamy Friday. October 18, 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEX Some Suspecis Believed to Have Fled From State Sale Lake City (U.R) A "one by one" drive against the lead er of Utah's estimated 5000 to 20,000 Fundamentalists may cause some of the polygamy sus tJfcts to leave the state, officials admitted today, but authorities said they would be glad if that T8 what happens. Latest man to be . arrested in the campaign that began Wednesday was Heber C. Smith Jr., who gave himself up at Salt Lake county jail during the nigie and was booked on an "un lawful cohabitation" charge. Smith brought a bondsman to the Jail with him and was re leases on $2500 bond. PzTiously Arretted Smith was arrested in 1944 on a charge of conspiring to prac tice polygamy in ; Utah but the charge was later ' squashed. He reportedlyGhad been living with three women, according to County Attorney Frank Moss. Previously two men with 10 ' wives and 51 children were ar resd. One other, David Brig ham Darger, still eluded deputies, who have warrants for his arrest. "Our jLls aren't big enough to hold them all," said Attorney General E. R. Callister Jr. "We know that since we started a special investigation some of these people have left the state, but that's just fine." The Fundamentalists, whose members have been involved in at least three polygamy drives in Utah and Arizona in 12 years, is a group whose members claim to be following the original teaching of the Mormon faith. However, the established Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints disavowed the practice of polygamy in 1890.' Louis A. Kelsch, 49, whose five wives have 31 children, was released on bail after bis arrest Wednesday on a charge of un lawful cohabitation. V Carl Eugene Jentzsch, 54, chief electrician at the Navy's big Clearfield supply depot near Og den, faced a similar charge after his arrest yesterday, but was re leased from Davis County jail on $1000 bail. Jentzsch has five wives and at least 20 children. Unlawful cohabitation - com : plaints were filed against Heber C. Smith and David Brigham Darger, but they evaded arrest. U Salt Lake County Attorney "Frank Moss and other authori ties said the wives whose hus bands had been jailed or had left home would be allowed to remain with their broods and would be given state welfare aid of accessary food and clothing. JHoss also reported that habitual criminal charges carrying a life sentence would be filed against any men who had previous criminal convictions, "so we can end this thing in Utah once and tor all." Central Point Officials Sign Obligation Bonds Cenkal Point Mayor Donald E. Faber and . Recorder Arden Pmkham have- signed $12,165.64 worth of general obligation bonds for the city qf Central Point. The bonds recently were sold to the First National Bank of Portland. When processing is completed, the city will receive a check to pay for protested warrants -issued in connection with recent stre improvements. Oh - h th Oh-h-h! What power! New Rocket T-350 power! ... What smoothness!. New Jetaway Hydra Matic smoothness! . . . What glamor! New ; Starfire Styling! YouTI gay "Oh-h-hT for sure when you see Olds for '56! . "OH I Day" Nov. 3rd LDSMOBILES! them 'Vi3 V-fJ Jf on V Jj OLDSMOBILE Dealer's! Carnival Planned At Eagle Point High Eagle Point The annual Eagle Point High school carni val will be held starting about 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the school gymnasium. A queen will be selected from four candidates. They are Fresh man Glenda Swanson, Sopho more Maxine Woodward, Junior Cathy Eccleston and Senior Pat ty Hall. The queen will be named about 10 p.m. the night of the carnival. Proceeds from the annual event go into the student body fund. Reformation Day Services Planned; Speaker Announced "A Festival of Faith" commu nity observance of Reformation Sunday will be held under the auspices of the Medford Minis terial association at the Medford High school auditorium at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. A choir of more than 125 voices from participating churches, will sing under the di rection of Allen Lehl.,Mrs. C. R. Adamson will be the accompan ist' Herbert Daniels, baritone, will be soloist and a men's quar ett will sing. Philip, Hitchcock, former state senator from Klamath Falls and at present president of the Ore gon State Council of Churches, will speak. Participating in the program will be the Rev. Thorn-: as McCamant, the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, Dr. D. Kirkland West, and Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb. "Martin Luther,", a dramatic moving picture of the life of the Protestant reformer, will be shown under the auspices of the ministerial association Reforma tion day, Monday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m., in the Medford Assembly of God Church, 1108 West Main St. . The public is invited. No admission will be. charged. Revival Will Open Sunday at Prospect Prospect Evangelist E. G. Lawrence of Gustine, Calif., will commence revival services at the Prospect Assembly of God Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Services will continue daily at 7:45 p.m., except Monday and Saturday. ' The Rev. Mr. Lawrence has done extensive evangelistic work throughout the Western states and Alaska. He held a campaign last year at Prospect The Rev. Leslie Owens, a re cent graduate of Bethany Bible college, Santa Cruz, Calif., is now the pastor of the Prospect Assembly of God. COLTISH ANTICS Rushville, Neb. (U.R) Ranch er Art Loosevelt will think twice before parking his car in a horse pasture again. Colts rubbed the paint from the entire rear end, dented the body with their teeth and chewed on . the upholstery through an open window. The male seahorse carries the eggs of its young and supplies them with oxygen through his blood 'stream. At the end of the incubation period, 40-50 days, he expels the eggs as seacolts. - h 1 at your Ohio Governor's Nomination Roomlet'Couid Become Serious By LYLE C. WILSOK United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) There is more than meets the eye in the boomlet to make Gov. Frank John Lausche of Ohio the 1956 Demo cratic nominee for president. It is develop ing like a vote of no confi dence in Adlai E. Stevenson, Gov. Averell H a r r iman of tyle C. Wilson New York and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten nessee. Lausche will be 60 years old next month. He is a son of im migrant parents, a lawyer, five times -elected governor of his state. Lausche is a Catholic. He also is a somewhat unpredictable politician. Only this week in New York, Lausche referred to President Eisenhower in terms scarcely to be expected from a leading fig ure in the Democratic Party. Speaking before New York's Ohio Society, Lausche said Mr. Eisenhower had brought "unity and confidence" to the nation. That raises a fair question. If Mr. Eisenhower brought unity and confidence to the na tion, whom does Lausche hold responsible for the previous shortage thereof? Lausche didn't answer that one. Statements in Character Such -statements are in charac ter for Lausche. They might, and probably do, mean that if Mr. Eisenhower were a candidate, Lausche would not care to take him on. But there is serious doubt that the President will run again. Friends of Stevenson suggest that Lausche's political independence would prevent his nomination. The Lausche boomlet is Southern-bred. Sen. Richard B. 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Allan Shivers of Texas saluted Lausche Thursday as a "moderate" which means about the same as middle-of-the-road. He said the Democrats would "be showing alertness and in telligence" if they nominated the Ohioan. Shivers balked Steven son in 1954 to support Mr. Eis enhower. Two singers don't make a chorus, but there is something stirring' in the South for Lausche and there are others in that area thinking of him for 1956 who have not yet been heard from. Lausche calls the move ment a dream of friendly per sons. He says he will seek elec tive office next year and that he considers either a contest for reelection or a go at the Senate to be open to him'. Evidence of responsible South ern Democratic enthusiasm for Lausche is a political switcheroo from 1928. In that presidential election Herbert Hoover broke into the Solid South to " over whelm Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York. Smith's Catholic re ligion was a major factor, but so was prohibition, which Smith opposed. 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