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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.
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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.
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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. Rus
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rope to say that the Ohio gov
ernor would be a "formidable"
Democratic presidential ' candi
date. Russell said . it was too
early for him to be committed
to anyone, but his kind words
for Lausche as a "middle- of
road" statesman still stand.
Russell was defeated for the
1952 Democratic presidential
nomination and took no part in
the campaign to elect Adlai E.
Stevenson. He was the candidate
of Southern conservatives but
WINS SECOND ROUND
Icelandic novelist Halldor
Kiljan Laxness was named at
Stockholm, Sweden, as the
1955 Nobel winner for litera
ture. The 52-year-old Stalin
prize winner came back to
take the award after barely
losing to American novelist
Ernest Hemingway last year.
COUEY'S
In the Littrell Parts Building
insists he will not seek the nom
ination again.
Saluted by Texan
Gov. 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.
That was 26 years ago and
times may have changed.
Eagle Point Teachers
Attending Conference
Eagle Point Three teachers
from Eagle Point schools are at
tending the classroom teachers
fall conference in Portland this
weekend.
The three are Mrs. Heli..j
Becker, Mrs. William Pomeroy
and Larry Rehfeld. They will be
in Portland today and tomor
row. Eagle Point school superin
tendent Glenn Hale is attending
the annual superintendent's con
ference at Eugene. ; . .
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