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0 mmm 1 1 -4 50th Year Medford Price 5c MEDFORD, OREGON, TUF' Forest ServL Moves in On Bogus Mining Claims By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The Forest Ser vice .is starting a mopping up operation against thousands of scattered outposts held by pseudo-miners who have staked bogus mining claims in the national forests and "tied up billions of board feet of federal timber. Federal foresters are armed with a new weapon a law en acted by Congress this past sum mer designed to stop timber by jrabs by those who have abused the opportunities afforded by the mining act of 1872. Both the mining industry and conservation groups are backing the campaign of the government foresters. Representatives of both groups helped draft the new law. Could Isolate Preserve Under the old mining act, any one could stake a claim on pub lic lands, erect "No Trespassing" signs, and virtually isolate his newly acquired preserve from the rest of the world. He could build a summer cabin on the site, or as some have done, estab lish a commercial resort or sell building lots all on the pretext of trying to develop a paying mining operation. When these claims were staked in national forests, they disrupt ed the Forest Service pattern of timber management, for forest ers couldn't legally "trespass" Portland Company Awarded Contract Cophenhagen and company of Portland has been awarded a $132,642:52 contract for rehabil itation work on the Medford an8 Rogue Rive- Valley Irriga tion districts.. Bids were receiv ed by the Bureau of Reclama tion early this month and for warded to the Denver, Colo., of fice for consideration. The work includes earthwork, pipe lines' and structures and main canal structures. The proj ect is located east of Medford. The project calls for construc tion of a reinforcM - concrete bench flume, consti v. .ion of two concrete Dine siphons, and mod ification of other concrete strut tures. Work is to be completed in 450 days, according to terms of the contract. Three Youths Arrested By Sheriff's Officers Three Jackson county boys were turned over to juvenile authorities following their ar rest by sheriff's officers. The 16-year-old Gold Hill youths were arrested in con nection with theft of gasoline from Bristol Silica company, Rogue River. A 17-year-old Eagle Point boy was jailed 'yesterday following his arrest for being'drunk on a public highway. He also was charged with malicious destruc tion of property. Officers said the youth damaged doors of the .Eagle Point fire hall with an automobile he was driving. In the absence of Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna, juvenile court is being held by the Hon. Orville J. Millard, circuit court judge of this district. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trial 482.60. ud 1.64: 20 rail roads. 166.78, up 0.73; 15 utili ties 65.71, up 0.28, and 65 stocks 173.36, up 0.66. Sales today were about 2.370.000 shares compared with 2,460,000 shares yesterday. Five College Students Die As Car Smashes Into Train Hanford, Calif. U.R) An au-, tomobile carrying junior college students smashed into the side of the Santa Fe's crack Chief passenger train today, killing five of the youths and critically injuring another. Visibility Zero The collision occurred eight miles south of here at 7:58 ajn. Highway patrolmen said visibil ity at the crossing was zero be cause of fog. The train was traveling an es timated 80 miles an hour when the car slammed into the fourth coach, strewing bodies of the victims and wreckage several V f on the claim. Under the new law, i the "No Trespassing" signs come down. The government has the right to cut timber, build access roads, permit grazing, hunting, fishing or camping on the claim so long as these don't interfere with the miner's operation. The claimant, in turn, can use what timber he requires for his min ing venture. Under the old law, mining claims could be staked on a dis covery of common stone or cin ders. This allowed, for example, a group of University of Oregon students to file claims on the quarry rock they could find within an eight-mile radius of Courtesy Driver Award Totals $10 The "Courtesy Driver of the Day" award climbed to $10 to day because the license number published Sunday was not inden tified. The license number of today's courtesy driver: 4-K-8996 The courtesy driver program is part of Medford Safety Coun cil's membership drive and "Partner In Safety" program. The i . ogram includes a Mr. and Mrs. Jaywalker, who yesterday was rot identified. Persons re ceive a cash award for receiv ing an affirmative answer to "Are you Mr. or Mrs. Jaywalk er?" The Safety council also is con ducting a Safety Slogan contest, entries for which may be ad dressed to the Medford Safety council. Those identifying license num bers should call 2-2441 or 2-5643 before noon the day following publication. Mother, 3 Children Die in House Fire Castle Rock, Wash. (U.P.) A mother and her three small daughters, including one only 10 days old, perished early today in a fire 'which destroyed their home- here, the Cowlitz county sheriff's office reported. The victims were Mrs. Mary Matson, 24, and her daughters Judith Elaine, 4; Donna Diane, 18 months, and Barbara Ann, 10 days. The husband and father, Charles Matson, told sheriff's deputies he woke up and found his room ablaze. He said he tried to get into another room but couldn't and -had to jump from an upstairs window.- Sheriff's deputies said the house burned rapidly and was a total loss. Officers recovered re covered Mrs. Watson's body and those of the two older girls by daybreak. Cause of the fire was not de termined immediately. It broke out about 12:30 a.m. Matson was treated at a Long- view hospital for burns. Russians Said Forced To Make Hydrogen Bombs London flJ.R) Moscow Radio said last night the Soviet Union was forced to make hydrogen bombs because "Western politi cians and military leaders are in favor of widescale use of atomic weapons." The broadcast identified two of these leaders as U. S. Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther, supreme Al lied commander in Europe, and his deputy, Field Marshal Vis count Montgomery. "Under the circumstances, the Soviet Union cannot help taking steps to guarantee its own secur ity," the broadcast said. hundred yards along the right of way. Patrolmen said the driv er left 110 feet of skid marks at the crossing, indiccating he fail ed to see the train until a few seconds before the collision. Dead Identified The dead were identified as Loreto Anthony Fabbri, 19, Le- moore, the owner of the car and believed to have been the driv er; Jerald Dale Villaborgi, 20 Marlene Rae Fabuion, 19; and John Earl Champness, 20, all of Lemoore, and Frances Joann Quist, 18. Stratford. William Eugene Valentine, 22, Lemoore. was hospitalized in critical con dition. No. 214 DTT2TTATT? m lilU U H .L .MBER 29, 1955 28 Pages the Cougar dam project on the south fork of Oregon's McKenzie river. They figured to sell the rock back to the government when it was needed to build the dam, thereby realizing a fat profit. Under the new law, stone, cin ders, sand, pumice or pumicite no longer qualify as minerals. They are regarded now as mater ials which can be bought from the government, either at a government-set appraised price or by competitive bid. Under the old law, mining claimants could win patent to their claims if they showed by assays that there was sufficient mineralization to permit a pru dent operator to make a paying proposition of his mining ven ture. With patent, he gained all surface rights that any land own er enjoys including ownership of the timber. Opportunities Not Reduced Under the new law, there is no change in this aspect of the mining act. The changes wrought by the new law, in a word, don't reduce the opportunities afford ed the miner who can prove he has a discovery of commercial proportions; but it strikes at the person who has no intention of developing a mine, yet is using the mining law to gain use of federal property for other valu able purposes. Before the new law was en acted, the Forest Service report ed that "the number of claims is snowballing so fast that the situation on the national forests is rapidly getting out of hand." It is estimated that 10,000,000, 000 board feet of timber was tied up, having a stumpage value of $112,000,000. Estimates were that 215,000 acres of Oregon timberland were tied up by 6700 claims. The new law. is not retroac tive, of course, so thatny claims filed prior to the date of enact ment, July 23, 1955, are subject to the old mining law. But the Forest Service mopping up oper ation will be to contest the le gality of these old claims, and eventually to wipe out all that are not legitimate mining ven tures. (Next How the mopping up operation is to be conducted.) Egypt-Syria Forces Ready To Launch War Damascus, Syria U.R) The commander of the joint Egyp tian and Syrian military forces said today that both nations , are ready to "launch a war of liber ation against Israel whenever public opinion of both countries demands it. Egyptian Gen. Abdul Kakim Amer. commander in chief of Syrian and Egyptian forces join ed together in a recent military agreement, said at. a press con ference that the forces of both nations are sufficient "to strike down any full scale Israeli ag gression on either country." He said that the combined armies would retaliate witn force if Israel should make a "violent attempt" to challenge Egypt's blockade on the Jewish port of Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba. Umpqua Timber Sale Scheduled Dec. 15 Portland (U.R) A public hearing will be held here Dec. 15 in connection with a pro posed sale of about 75,000,000 board feet of timber m the Ump qua national forest, Regional Forester J. Herbert Stone said today. i The proposed timber sale area is in the extreme northeastern portion of Douglas county in the headwaters' of the North Ump qua river drainage. The hearing arises as a result of appeals to the secretary of ag riculture of the decision of the chief of the U. S. Forest Serv ice to make such a sale. The secretary of agriculture has di rected that a public hearing be held under provisions of Forest Service regulation governing such cases. Weather FORECAST: Low clouds and fog tonight and early Wednesday. Partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 44. High Wednesday 53-55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 48 Lowest this Morning 44 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 04 Sheriff's Police Rushed to Riddle To Disperse Crowd Passage Blocked By Steelworkers Riddle, Ore. (U.R) A con tingent of sheriff's police was rushed to this Douglas county town early this morning to dis perse a crowd of CIO United Steelworkers gathered at - the gates of the Hanna Nickel mine and smelter here. 1 Officers said they received re ports that striking steelworkers had blocked the passage of otner employees to the nickel works. Two Men Arrested Deputies arrested two men in the plant area, one for creating a disturbance and the other for failing to stop at a traffic con trol sign at the plant entrance. Kenneth Paul Jokos was held in Douglas county jail in lieu of a $29.50 fine for creating a dis turbance and William A. James was fined $14.50 for failing to stop. . Production at the multi-mil lion-dollar nickel works was at a standstill as the strike went into its fifth day with only main tenance and supervisory person nel, on the job. Union Agent John Rusen said today that the walkout was "not T a union authorized strike but the men involved are members of the union and we will not dis claim them." Negotiations Continue Negotiations, meanwhile, con tinued but with no reports of progress. H. F. Pancake, international representative of the CIO Steel workers1, arrived here last night to confer with Rusen and wi4h the management of the Hanna company. Basis for the walkout was the' replacement by management of four men who refused to do cleanup work around the furn ace area at the smelter. In addition to striking Hanna employees, workers of the Bech tal Construction Co. refused to cross the lines of strikers. Bech tal is building new furnaces at the smelter. Deputies at the plant today said they had orders to keep all county roads in the area .orn. Hams, Beer Taken In Talent Theft Several hams and an unde termined amount of beer was stolen from the Ideal market, Talent, last night, according to the sheriff's office. A front entrance to the build ing had been broken open, of ficers said. The. University Club, 218 West Sixth st., was entered last week end and $29 stolen, according to city police. An upstairs door to the building had been forced, police said, and a bar room cash drawer containing the money was pried open. An attempted burglary of the McDonald Candy company, 332 South Front st., last week end, was reported to city police by. a person who saw three people prying on the door. City and state police and sher iff's deputies searched the build ing but found pry marks on the door. October Bank Debits Show Increase Here Eugene The Southern Ore gon banking district, which in cludes Medford, recorded a 17.5 per cent increase in bank debits in comparing the October 1955 debits with those of October 1954. Total debits for, October 1955 were $68,180,471, compared with the 1954 October, total of $57,- 919,234. The area noted a 4.7 per cent decrease in comparing the October and September debits. Total debits for the state, as compiled from 13 areas were $1,530,301,832, a 10.3 per cent increase over last year's Octo ber total. Bank debits, represent the dol lar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individu als and business" firms, and are regarded as good indicators of current business activity. Power Group Protests Intervention for Dam Spokane (U.R)-Jacific North west Power Company today filed a protest against attempts by public power groups to prevent construction of two dams on the Snake river and labeled the at tempts "scurrilous and con temptuous." The firm asked the FPC to deny the requests of the North west Public Power Association, Oregon, Montana and National Farmers Unions and Idaho Fed eration of Labor to be heard as intervener. Fooire Dulles Appeals for Bipartisanship In Foreign Policy Avoid Political Battle, Is Plea Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ap pealed today to keep foreign pol icy out of the 1956 election cam paign because of the aid "a do mestic political battle" would give to America's enemies. "Those hostile to the United States and its ideals are not going to take a vacation so that we can here safely concentrate on a domestic political battle," Dulles told a news conference. Dulles said only "peril" could flow from -careless or uninform ed indulgence in partisan ex cesses during the coming cam paign. He warned against any "politicking" which could pro vide Russia and the Communist world with unusual opportuni ties for gain. Must Protect Nation Dulles said 'there undoubted ly will be debate on foreign pol icy. He said this debate is wel come, so long as it is construc tive and conducted in a way that will not endanger the nation. Dulles thus added his voice to that' of President Eisenhower, who appealed Saturday for bi partisanship in foreign policy. Democratic National Chair man. Paul M. Butler replied yes terday that Democrats would be happy to join in a "fruce". but said the Republicans should first top "exploiting" foreign policy by making a major political is sue out of the claim that the Eisenhower administration has achieved peace. Dulles appealed for "the same bipartisan unity which in the past has given authority, vital ity and much success to our for eign policies." First Since Geneva Dulles refused to criticize any Democrat for foreign policy at tacks. He insisted he will not be drawn into political wrangling during the campaign. But he left the door open to reply later to specific charges if he feels it necessary. v Almost all of Dulles' 40-min- ute news conference, his first since the Geneva conference, was devoted to politics and for eign policy. An increasing number of Re publicans urged that foreign pol icy be kept out of partisan politi cal debate. 1,455 Forest Fires Burn 38,758 Acres On Protected Land Salem (U.R) A total of 1455 forest fires burned 38,758 acres within the protection areas of some 25,000,000 acres admin istered by the State Forestry De partment and U. S. Forest Ser vice during the 1955 fire season, final reports issued by the two agencies showed today. . The figures are preliminary and may . be revised . slightly when checked, the agencies said. They included 18,222 acres burn- Bankruptcy. Figure Shuffle Brings Jail Portland (U.R) James D. Campbell, 50, Salem, convicted last September of concealing as sets in a bankruptcy proceeding, today was sentenced to three months in prison by Federal Judge Gus Solomon. The indictment had accused Campbell of concealing from the bankruptcy referee more than $500 in accounts receivable when his weather stripping and insulation firm was thrown into voluntary bankruptcy last year. Rabbi Node To Speak Ai SOCE Tomorrow Ashland Rabbi Julius J. No del of Temple Beth Israel in Portland will address the regu lar assembly of Southern Ore gon college at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Rabbi Nodel was a Jewish chaplain in , the Navy during World War II. He appeared in arwassembly at Southern Ore gon college several years ago. He is appearing under the auspices of the Jewish Chautau qua society and speak on "Why I Remain a Jew." Salem (U.R) J. Dale Stand ley of La Grande is chairman of the new chewings and creep ing red fescue commission. Overthrown EDGAR FAURE Loses Sixth Vote Christmas Parade , Plans Announced, Santa Plans Visit Plans for the annual Christ mas parade, which will officially open the holiday season at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, have been announced by Chairman Richard H. Bowers of the spon soring Junior Chamber of Com merce. One of the parade's main fea tures will be the first visit of Santa Claus to Medford. Follow ing tomorrow night's visit, St. Nick will make periodic appear ances in Medford. Parade floats and marching units will form on South Ivy st. at West Main st. prior to 6:30 p.m. The. parade wil go east on Main st. to Bartlett st., turn north on Bartlett st. to Sixth st. and then west on Sixth st. to North Fir st. where the parade will terminate. Judging Staff Medford Mayor Earl Miller will serve as chairman of the judging staff. A cash prize will be awarded the winner, with other float and marching units receiving other awards. Winners will be notified by telephone, Bowers said, and awards will me made Thursday night on the Ore-Cal Panorama television phow. Among participants are Med ford High and McLaughlin Jun ior High school bands. Hedrick Junior High band will not march because band uniforms have not yet arrived. Downtown Medford stores will remain open until 9 p.m. following the parade. Christmas decorations have' been erected by city public works crews, and arrangements have been made to illuminate them tomorrow night. ed over on national forest protec tion areas and 20,536 acres on the state and association , dis tricts. . The reports Indicated that the .greatest acreage was burned dur ing the period of high fire haz ard in the first two weeks of September. During that time for est fires covered 33,000 acres of timberlands in several Oregon counties. Serious trouble was en countered in Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Malheur counties. From the standpoint of fire causes, lightning headed the list with 716. The national forests fought 527 of these lightning fires and the state agencies 189. Man-caused fires for both agencies totaled 739 with smok ers heading the listat 238. Camp ers were charged with 119 fires. Other causes included debri burning, 70; logging, 69; rail roads, 30; incendiary, 21, and miscellaneous, 172. 1954 Loss Smaller The area burned during the current year is in contrast to the 1954 season when only 10,106 acres were burned. While the 1955 loss is somewhat above that established as the extreme limit of area which can be burned under -n adequate protection system, still it is within the low er brackets- as compared to av erage area burned in recent years. Foresters said the loss in burn ed timber will be small as most of it can be salvaged imme diately and all is accessible from nearby roads. Washington (U.R) The Post Office Department has denied rumors it has rejected Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy s recom mendation that Thomas Miller be appointed postmaster of Ap- pleton, Wis., the Republican sen ator'! borne town. French Premier Loses Confidence Vole in Assembly Queuille Mentioned As Possible Successor Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar Fatire was defeated in an - at tempt to win a sixth straight vote of confidence in the Nation al Assembly tonight. The defeat undoubtedly meant the fall of his government, the 21st in France since the end of World War II. v Henri Queuille, a former coun try doctor and three times pre viously premier, was the most prominently mentioned possible successor to Faure. It was announced officially that the vote against Faure was 318 to 218. Final Plea Futile The 47-year-old Faure made a final plea . to the members to make "an act of sacrifice and courage in deciding to have early elections" and keep him in office. But it was futile. The issue on which Faure went down was raised indirectly by his proposal to cut short the term of the present Assembly by six months and hold elections early next year. The vote of no confidence against Faure threw France into another political crisis. Faure's defeat, widely pre dicted before the vote, seemed certain when Communist leader Jacques Duclos announced the Reds would not support him. Saved by Reds Twice The support of the 90-odd Communist deputies was the only thing that saved Faure from defeat in two other confidence voles on the election issue earlier this month. The cards were stacked against Faure's last-ditch effort. Even former Premier Pierre Mendes-France, once his friend and associate, postponed a plan ned visit to the United States to fight Faure in the Assembly. Russian Gun Play Protested by Briton Berlin (U.R) British Com mandant Maj. Gen. R. C. Cot-trell-Hill today demanded "urgent" Soviet action to pre vent East Berlin "peoples police" from firing on persons in the British sector. Cottrell-Hill, in a letter to So viet Commandant Maj. Gen. P. A. Dibrov, specifically protested a shooting incident Sunday in which Communist police wound ed a West Berlin man. , The British commandant's pro test came as American . Com mandant Map. Gen. Charles L. Dasher Jr. prepared to drive to the Soviet to deliver a stern pro test aeainst the forcible deten tion of two American congress-' men, the wife of one of the law makers and their escort officer. Held at gunpoint or allegedly violating a Soviet zone law were Reps. Harold C. Ostertag (K- N.Y.), Edward P. Boland (D Mass.), Mrs. Ostertag and Lt. James T. McQueen, Mullins, S.C. Ice Harbor Dam Facing Opposition Pasco (U.R) The proposed construction of Ice Harbor Dam faces a great deal of opposition in Congress, Rep. Hal Holmes (R-Wash.) told the Pasco Cham ber of Commerce yesterday. The dam would be located on the Snake river nine miles up stream from its mouth. Holmes also promised . Pasco residents the Esquatzel water way, which will drain the low er Columbia Basin, will not be routed through a residential area as first proposed. Ukiah Man Tells Kidnaping By Tough Woman With Gun Ukiah, Calif. (U.R) Police to day sought a tough-talking, gun toting woman who reportedly kidnaped a Ukiah city employee late last night and forced him to drive her about 50 miles before he managed ' to escape. The victim, I. D. Smith, .52, told Police Chief George E. Smith he was accosted by the woman when he returned tp his home in his car after driving his wife to a bus station. Gasoline Purchased He said the woman, described as about 35 years of age and wearing a red bandana- on her head, climbed into his car when he parked in front of his home and pointed a pistol at him say ing, "Take ma to Saa Francisco.'' Other A-Povrers Must Also Quit, ProposaFSays Gesture Declared 'More Propaganda' Washington (U.R) Russia offered today to stop testing A bombs and H-bombs if other at omic powers quit too. But Am erican officials dismissed the ges ture as nothing but "more prop aganda." A Moscow Radio broadcast monitored in London said Rus sia is ready to quit testing nu clear weapons "right here and now if the other powers possess ing such weapons agree to do the same." . It said the Communists can not stop testing their atomic wea pons "so long as both the U.S.A. and Britain manufacture such weapons and test them." Move for Disarmament As one of the first moves to ward international disarmament the broadcast said, the Soviet Union "suggests that the coun tries vhich possess nuclear wea pons pledge to discontinue test ing them." Officials here said the Soviet offer is undoubtedly designed to counteract the bad world reac tion which has followed Russia's recent explosion of its biggest H-bomb. Scientists in Japan and Eur ope reported today that radioac tivity in the atmosphere had been increased, although not dangerously, by atomic explo sions presumably originating in the Soviet Union. American diplomats said the Soviet proposal was not made formally to the United States. In their opinion, it is merely an other Communist device) to try to weaken the West's defenses 1 without an East-West agreement on disarmament. Tests Must Continue U. S. policy is that nuclear weapons tests must continue at present to help guard this nation against possible Soviet attack. This country presumably would agree to abandon its atomic wea pons development program only if there is an ironclad East-West agreement on disarmament. The Moscow broadcast was made in an English language program beamed to North Am erica. The proposals which the Sov iets have put before the United Nations call for a total ban on nuclear weapons and their re moval from national arms stock piles. Eisenhower To Meet With Security Council Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) The White House announced today that President Eisenhower will drive to Camp David, Md., Thursday to attend a two-hour meeting of the National iSecurity Council.' - Although this represents a change in plans, Press Secretary James C. Hagerty emphasized that no emergency is involved. "This is just the regular meet ing of the National Security Council," Hagerty told news men, "and the President wanted to attend it." Originally, the President had not planned to attend this week's Security' Council meeting, which was to have been held in Wash ington.. He had planned to attend next week's session at Camp David and to remain overnight to meet with his Cabinet. Next week's plans ' are unchanged, Hagerty said. ' Denver (U.R) tjlorado's Gov.. Edwin . C. Johnson, in a letter to Gov. J. Bracken Lee of Utah, has called again for con struction of the Glen Canyon dam and reservoir in Northern Arizona as the first project in1 the billion-dollar upper Colo rado River storage program. , He said he protested he didn't have enough gasoline, but she forced him to drive to a service station where she paid for $2 worth of gas. Prison Escape Told En route south, Smith ,said, the woman told him she and two other women had' recently es caped from Tehachapi Women's Prison in California, taking with them, a male guard whom they later murdered. Authorities pointed out that no prisoners have been kept-at Tehachapi since the prison was damaged by an earthquake in 1952. Approaching Healdsburg, about 50 miles south of here, Smith slowed the car and leaped out. t
