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FORECAST Rain, occasionally
moderate, this morning,
changing to light rain this
afternoon and evening. Show
ers Monday. Occasional gusty
southerly winds. Continued
mild temperatures.
Temp.
A jtory on the Pear bureau
appears on Page 10 of today's
Mall Tribune.
Highest yesterday 45
Lowest yesterday 47
Precip.
1.03
To 10 p.m. yesterday .
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Streams In Couniy
Rising From Warm
Southwest Storm
ins Forecast Today;
Freezing Level High
Jackson county streams were
rising steadily last night from
warm rains which started about
6 p.m.' Friday.
Weather Bureau officials here
-said the outlook was for rain to
continue most of today with
some slacking expected for a
short time tonight.
The Lffeeue river at 10:30 p.m.
last night was at a stage of 5.2
feet at Dodge bridge, officials
said, an increase of .8 foot
since 5 n.m. yesterday. Flood
stage at Dodge bridge is con
sidered 9 feet.
As of late last night, a contin
ued rise was expected, but pos
Kihlo flooding conditions were
undetermined. Officials contin
ued close observations through
out the night.
Warm temDeratures accom
panying the storm which moved
in from the southwest raised tne
freezing level more than 6,000
feet within a 12-hour period Fri
day night and Saturday. Offi
cials said the freezing level was
about 4.000 feet at 7 p.m. Friday,
but by 7 a.m. Saturday, it was at
10.000 feet, and continued to
move slightly higher.
The storm brought an almost
duplication of weather condi
tions here Christmas week, wea
ther bureau officials said.
Up to 10:30 p.m; last night,
the present storm brought 1.13
inches of rain, .48 of that within
a six-hour period between 4:30
p.m. and 10:30 p.m. yesterday.
Total Rainfall Listed
Total rainfall since September
1, 1955;Tup" to 10:30 p.m.-yes-terday
was 18.28 inches, some
8.77 above normal. This com
pares with 5.04 inches, or 4.47
below normal, for the same per
iod last year.
Rain started falling at Crater
Lake National park before 6 a.m.
yesterday, and by 4:30 pjn. some
1.36 inches had fallen.
State police said there were no
highways in this area flooded
late last night, but that condi
tions would be watched closely
during the night.
Elmer Deelz To Run
Ag
ainsl Sen. Morse
Oregon City U.R) Canby
dairyman Elmer Deetz announc
ed Saturday that ne wouia oe
o nanriirlnte to unseat ben.
Wavne - Morse (D-Ore.).
Deetz, a Republican who serv
ed 18s first term in the state Leg
islature as a representative
from Clackamas county in 1955
said "I have been urged by
many people and friends to file
for United States senator irom
Oregon due to pressure on our
present administration.
Knowland Opposes
Long-Term Aid Plan
V Washinston (U.R) Senate
V Republican Leader William F.
Knowland Saturday openly op
posed President Eisenhower's
plan to put foreign aid on a
long-term commitment basis.
He thus joined Sen. Walter
F. George (D-Ga.), chairman of
Senate Foreign - Relation com-
mirittee of which Knowland is
a member, in urging the pro
gram be kept on a year-to-year
basis.
George warned Friday that
bipartisan foreign policy would
be jeopardized if the Presidents
insists on a long-term basis.
Council Gets TV Set;
Can See Popular Show
Since it was not possible for
CBS television network to
schedule the Phil Silvers show
so that it would not conflict
with city council meetings,"
KBES-TV has purchased a tel
evision set io enable council
members lo watch the show in
the council chambers.
Representatives of KBES
TV presented the set to the
council Friday afternoon.
The council passed a resolu
tion last month asking that
the program be scheduled at
another time because it con
flicted with council meetings"
... to the great inconvenience
of the nine members thereof."
Objectivity Needed
To Cut Obscurity
Of AI Sarena Case
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington After the first
two days of the Al Sarena min
ing claim investigation by Con
gress, it appeared that the joint
Senate-House committee will
have to employ a much sharper
pickax of objectivity if it is to
cut through the heavy overburd
en of political oratory that has
thus far obscured most of the
hard factual nuggets " on which
the case can be decided.
When the Al Sarena hearings
opened last Tuesday, reporters
were hardly in their- seats at the
press table before an aide to Rep.
Clare Hoffman (R-Mich.) was
passing out a lengthy prepared
statement in which Hoffman
"white washed" the entire case
before the first witness had ta
ken the stand.
Uninhibited Member
This was not out of character
for Hoffman, who is probably
the most uninhibited member of
Congress. Nor was it a particu
larly unique performance in the
committee room that day, where
Rep. Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.) ran
him a hard race for pre-judging
the case.
Sen. Kerr Scott (D-N.C.) had
started things back in Decem
ber when he announced the
hearings would be held. He
charged Interior Department had
"concocted a frantic scheme to
deal from the bottom of the deck
and-pass- under the - table -some-
one-half million dollars worth of
publicly owned timber to a pri
vate company." Like Hoffman s
analysis, Scott's conclusion was
drawn before the evidence was
in. :
Durine the luncheon time
break of the first hearing, Hoff
man turned on his mimeograph
machine to supply reporters
with another long statement
when they returned to the after
noon session. This time he said
the whole thing was designed to
"smear" the Eisenhower admini
stration. Scott Statement
Just before the day's hearing
concluded, Sen. Scott announced
he had a statement. As copies
were dispatched to the press
table, he said it was now clear
that Secretary of Interior Doug
las McKay's men had handled
this case in a "shoddy and shab
by fashion." As he finished, Scott
rapped the hearing into adjourn
ment amid cries from Republi
cans for a chance to offer rebuttal.--
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz.) stalked from the room,
muttering that "those same lib
erals" had -been -the ones who
"wanted to tatoo McCarthy" and
that "they ought to see them
selves now."
?Next morning, Hoffmai began
by reading a reply from Gold
water, who was absent. It said
the "giveaway" charge "is with
out substance and they know it.
Before the day was out this had
been, supplemented by another
long document from Hoffman for
the defense a n d a statement
from Scott for the prosecution.
Hopeful Sign
For those interested" in the
facts alone, there was one hope
ful sign on the horizon: none of
the members of Congress from
Oregon, who know the most
about the details of the case,
joined in the open political back
biting that turned much of the
first two days of hearings into
a sideshow.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D
Ore.), a member of the investi
gative group, scarcely said a
word the first day and he limited
himself largely to questionmg
the witnesses the second day
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has
not attsr.ded the hearmgs but
submitted a list of questions con-
cernine the facts in the case
which he said he hoped the in
vestigation would permit to be
Portland Warned It
May Lose Trade Fair
Portland (U.R) The City of
Portland was warned Saturday
that if it delays much ' longer
in getting its exposition-recreation
center located and built,
it may lose the proposed Inter
national Asiatic-Pacific Trade
Fair planned for 1959.
answered. Rep. Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.), who has been invited to
testify inasmuch as he was in
volved in the case, has yet to
make an appearance in the hear
ings. Ellsworth has been repre
sented in the audience by his
administrative assistant, Hayden
S. Garber, who has also been
invited to testify.
Let Chips Fall
While Neuberger and Ells
worth are privately inclined to
ward opposite views of this case,
they both seem willing to let the
chips fall where they may in the
current investigation, if . only
their colleagues would permit a
full recital of the facts on which
the final decision must rest.
The questions which Senator
Morse" asked to have answered
during the hearings follow:
1. In what ways do the pro
cedures used in this case differ
from other mining appeal cases
in the Department of the Inter
ior? 2. Is the Government usually
contestant in mining patent ap
peal cases? In such cases, how is
the public interest protected by
the Department of . the Interior
and were adequate steps taken in
this case to protect it?
3. By years, how many dol
lars worth of minerals were re
moved from the contested claims
as distinguished from the uncon
tested claims? Also please segre
gate by periods before and since
the patent was issued.
Active Mining Periods t ; V
4. What are the periods when ;
active mining operations w'.'re
conducted on these claims and
particularly the periods since
the issuance of patent?
5. What was the extent of the
actual mining or discovery work
at the time application for patent
was filed?
" 6. If the mining is now in pro
gress, are the "contested claims
under active operation?, '
" 7. What are the theoretical ad
vantages of securing a patent
over mining without a patent?
Which of these theoretical ad
vantages has actually been ex
ercised by the patentee in this
case since issuance of the patent?
- 8. Is it true that the contestant
was allowed to select the assay
firm? . .
9. If so why was not the pro
testant, the Forest Service, ; al
lowed to participate in the select
tion of an assay firm or send
portions of the samples to a
Government laboratory or other
assayer? ' " - "
Earlier Assays " .
. 10. Were the results of two
western-performed assays earlier
submitted by the Forest Service
ignored in the final decision?
Was there any basis for believing
these two assays were inaccurate
as compared to the, one per
formed in Alabama?
11. The Forest Service and the
Secretary of Agriculture have
long tried to protect our forests
from questionable mining claims.
Is it true that they were not
consulted as to the final action
being taken on this matter?
12. What are the species, vol
ume and value (at bid rates for
the area at the time of applica
tion) of the timber on the con
tested claim? For the uncontest
ed claims? What are the values'
on the same basis at the times
when the various appeals were
filed? What are today's values?
13. Has timber been cut from
the claims since patent was is
ued? If so, from which claims
(contested or uncontested) and
in what amounts from each?
Norwegian Sailor Describes Ordeal In
Shark-Infested Waters Christmas Eve
Swansea, Wales (U.R) A
young Norwegian sailor who fell
overboard in shark-infested wa
ters on Christmas eve, told Sat
urday how some 20 ships passed
him before he was rescued two
days later.
"I almost tried to drown my
self when all those ships passed,
and I was fully resigned to the
end," said Arne Nicholaysen, 25,
of Oslo. '
The hardy young sailor arriv
ed in Swansea aboard the tank
er British Surveyor, which pick
ed him out of the waters 30
miles from the Tortuga islands
Elections Monday
On Annexation in
Southeast Sections
Larger Area Includes
Proposed Developments
Annexation elections will be
held between 1 and 8 p.m. to
morrow in two areas totaling
more than 1,100 acres southeast
of Medford.
One election will be held in
a three' and a half block county
"island" in Siskiyou Heights ex
tension just north of Verde Hilfs.
Polling place will be at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Barker,
601 Keene dr.
The other election will be in
an extensive area adjacent to
present city limits which in
cludes Rogue Valley Country
club, the proposed Rogue Val
ley Memorial hospital, the pro
posed Rogue Manor ..Retirement
Home, and the Mont Crest sub
division on Barneburg hill.
Polling Places
Polling place in the larger
area will be at the home of Mrs.
Blanche Powell, 1920 Barnett
rd. Mrs. Powell also will serve
as judge, and other judges and
clerks are Mrs. Georgia Coggins,
2045 Barnett rd., and Mrs. Thel
ma Sutherland, 1924 Barnett rd.
Besides Mrs. Barker in the
Siskiyou Heights "island" judg
es and clerks will be Mrs. Elaine
Stout, 208 South Groveland ave.
and Mrs. Charlotte Zacharisen,
,725 Keene dr. -
The county "island" was cre
ated late-last year when several
individual properties were an
nexed by petition.
The Medford city, council
Tuesday night will canvass votes
cast in both elections." Public
hearings1 for city residShts to ex
press, opinions on the., proposed
annexation were held early in
December.
- Registered voters who have
lived in the areas for 30 days
are eligible to cast ballots to
morrow. Registration boos for
those wishing to vote closed 30
days prior to the election. '
(See story page 7)
Petitions For Ike
Are Ruled Invalid
Concord, N; H. (U.R) A set
of petitions putting ; President
Eisenhower in. the nation's first
presidential primary was ruled
invalid Saturday clearing the
way for New Hampshire's gov
ernor to carry out previously
announced plans to enter Mr.
Eisenhower's name on Monday.
At the same time, Sen. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee started
a folksy tour of New Hampshire
to court votes of the state's
Democrats in the March 13 pri
maries. He conducted the same kind
of "How-do-you-do" campaign
in defeating then President
Harry S. Truman in the state's
Democratic primary in 1952.
-Petitions placing Mr. Eisen
hower's name on the president
ial , prefrence ballot were ruled
invalid because of improper sig
natures. Acting Secretary of
State Harry Jackson said Man
Grant would have to file a new
set of petitions to replace those
Chester auto dealer Maurice J.
he filed yesterday. ' '
Dublin, Ireland (U.R) The
United States closed its informa
tion and library, service here
Saturday because it feels that the
U. S. has so many friends in Ire
land the service no longer is
needed.
Dec. 26.
. Nicholaysen told reporters
that his ordeal started with a
party aboard his ship, the Nor
wegian tanker Hogeh Silver
spray, on Christmas eve.
He said the ship was in the
Straits of Florida when he sud
denly and unexplainably found
himself floating in the water
with no sign of his ship.
Nicholaysen was missed from
the Hogeh Silverspray at 10 p.
m. Dec 24. The captain reported
searching the area without re
sult. . The sailor said be knew the
TRANSFERRED R. H. Denning, (right), assistant manager at
Camp White veterans domiciliary the past three years, and Vest
Fleeman, (left) supply officer have. been, promoted and transfer
red from the domiciliary. They are shown with E. K. Ricker,
manager. ., . ' . ' ' , . '.
Fleeman Moved To
Salisbury Hospital
Transfer by promotion of Vest
Fleeman, supply officer at the
Camp White veterans domicil
iary, was announced this week.
He has been named supply offi
cer at the Salisbury, N.C., hospi-
' Another domiciliary, adminis
trator, R. H. Denning, left yes
terday for Iowa City, la., where
he will assume duties as assist
ant manager of the veterans gen
eral medical and surgical hospi
tal. He has spent the past three
years at the Camp White domi
ciliary as assistant manager.
The two were honored at an
informal party Wednesday at
the employe clubrooms. -
Fleeman was the first civil ser
vice employe at the domiciliary,
having' come .here in 1948.
Mr. and Mrs. ' Denning and
children, Dick arid Marilyn, left
by plane yesterday. -V-
Falsehood Charges
Levied At Dulles
Washington (U.R) Demo
cratic members of- the : Senate
Foreign Relations committee
Saturday fired, charges of folly
and falsehood at Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles for
his claim the administration won
Far East victories through
"brink of war" diplomacy.
Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowlbnd (Calif.)
defended Dulles to the extent
of saying "I think some attacks
on the secretary have misin
terpreted" the statements he
made in a controversial inter
view with Life magazine.
The White House took a
hands-off policy toward the boil
ing dispute, ignoring Democratic
demands that President Eisen
hower say whether he agrees
with Dulles. Presidential Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty
said there would be "no com
ment whasoever" on any aspect
of the matter. '
Oakland, Calif. U.R) A
small landslide in Redwood can
yon, 20 miles, east of here Sat
urday, derailed the locomotive
of a 10-car Sacramento northern
freight train. No one was injured.-
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waters were infested with
sharks. He said his biggest prob
lem was trying to attract pass
ing ships without attracting pass
ing sharks.
He said he swam and floated
on his back. in the hot sunshine
on Christmas day. He hailed
"about 20 ships" that passed near
him, and watched each one fade
into the distance. " '
The sailor said he almost tried
to drown himself when he be
came "a little delirious." Luck
ily, he said, the sharks he saw
came no nearer to him than the
sbips.
TO.-
Sports Bulletins
- Klamath Falls Medford
high's basketball team made
it two straight for the season
over Klamath Falls in South
ern Oregon Conference play
by clipping the ' Pelicans 55
to 48 here last night. The
Black Tornado look the lead
for the first time in the sec
ond ' quarter and headed 25
to 22 at the half. ' '
"ilibenije- -5 Phoenix high f
strengthened its . lead : in ' the
Rogue Basketball league last
night by defeating . Crater
here 53 to 44 to sweep its
week end series with the
Comets. .
' . Ashland 85, Grants Pass 61
OCE Junior Varsity 80, Yel
low Cab (Medford) 71, over
time. Eagle Point 65, Illinois Val
ley 34.
Homage Is Paid
To Missionaries
i
Quito, Ecuador JttJ.R) Five
widows flew over-' the jungles
of Ecuador Saturday to pay fi
nal homage to their American
missionary husbands who were
massacred by savage Auca In
dians. '.. ; . .
The widows tossed wreaths
from a U. S. Air Forcer plane
to the spot , below where their
husbands were buried. At . re
quest of the widows, the mis
sionaries had been buried where
their bodies were found. y
Sources familiar with Indians
customs said the Evangelists
may have been killed because
they refused to accept a shrunk
en head from the Aucas as a
token of their newly-won friendship.-
...
School District 4
Election Tomorrow
: Phoenix An election 'to re
move Phoenix school district 4
from the rural ! school district
will be held Monday between 2
and 8 p.m. in the grade school
gym.;
The district became eligible
to withdraw from the rural or
ganization of second and third
class schools this year when it
automatically reached a first
class census of 1,000. The change
would allow , the district to op
erate independently.
Voters registered 30 days pri
or to the election, who have re
sided in the district six months,
are eligible to vote.
Daily Mirror Says Eden
Saved World From War
London (U.R) The mass
circulation Daily Mirror claimed
Saturday that Sir Anthony Eden,
and not Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, saved the world
from war over Indochina.
"Thank God the advice that
was followed was Eden's advice
and not the bomb-brandishing of
Dulles," the Mirror said in an
editorial discussing Dulles'
"brink of war" interview ki Life
magazine. ' .
Cfesolution
Hmmediate
Sent To Miciais
Rogue River Strong and growing support for action
to control Rogue basin flooding was demonstrated at a meet
ing here Friday night,
About 200 people braved driving rain, that caused rising
streams,' to attend a citizens' meeting on flood control in the
Veteran's of Foreign Wars hall.
' ' The group voted overwhelmingly to endorse a resolution
prepared by the Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce calling
for an immediate survey of the Rogue basin by the U. S. Corps
of Army Engineers to formulate plans for flood controL The
resolution was to be sent to 19 government officials.
Various Groups
Send Representatives
The meeting was attended by
representatives of the army en
gineers, county and . federal
civil defense, chambers of com
merce, farm groups, 'sports
men's organizations, and a rep
resentative of Gov. Paul Patter
son. . .
There was complete unity
among the different factions at
the meeting that they would ac
cept and endorse whatever pro
gram of flood control the Army
engineers and bureau of recla
mation found necessary and feas
ible. - ;
Representatives of the Izaak
Walton League, which In the
past has fought a high dam on
the Rogue river, stated that the
league : would endorse a high
dam if a series of smaller, tribu
tary dams proved not feasible.
They pointed out that the re
cent flood did great damage to
fishing in the Rogue and that
recent studies have , shown that
flood control, resulting in stead
ier flow with, colder. Water in
the summer, might actually im
prove the Rogue- as a steelhead
fishing stream., , . v;-:
Ah all-river committee was
Rivers Near Danger
Point In Northern
Cal During Storm
San Francisco (U.R) Gale-
borne rains lashed northern Cal
ifornia Saturday forcing evacua
tion of 300 person from Tam
alpais valley north of here and
swelling ; to the danger point
rivers : that surged over their
banks in the pre-Christmas
disaster. :
Rains up to four inches in
the , past 24 hours brought the
'' San Francisco (U.R) The
City, council last night order-,
ed the X evacuation of some
2.000 people from the same
area where disastrous Christ
mas floods took dosens of
lives. '
. The surprise move came
after . city officials, the Sut
ter ' county supervisors and
civil defense officials learn
ed that heavy rains had caused
the Feather river to crest at
Orville to the north much
earlier than expected.
Russian and Eel river to near
flood stage and sent Locust
creek spilling over its . banks
in Tamalpais valley in Marin
county 10 miles north of here.
Water was five feet deep in
parts of the valley. No one was
hurt. The residents were shelt
ered by the Red Cross in the
local .Lutheran church. About a
dozen stores were flooded in
Mill valley where .the water
measured 2 Vi feet deep on the
main street. '
More Rain Predicted '
The weather bureau predicted
more rain for northern Cali
fornia today. However, they did
not look for a recurrence of the
Christmas week disaster that
killed at least 75 and caused
$175,000,000 damage.
U.S. Army Engineers launch
ed round-the-clock levee-bolstering
operations on the Russian
river at Cloverdale and on the
Feather river at Yuba City.
It was at Yuba City that the
Feather burst through, the
"Shanghai Bend" levee on Dec.
24, claiming at least 33 lives.
The Eel river in far north
western California reached flood
stage of 17.5 feet late Saturday.
The rain ceased at about 6 p.m.,
however, and flood workers
hoped the .river would not rise
to fee 28-foot eritic&l level.
Seeking
Action
appointed to . work tout details
of organization for" the flood
control group and to plan further
action. Committee members are
Rogue "River Mayor Phil Engle;
Maxwell Thayer, Rogue River;
George Nichols, Rtfgue River;
Miles Williams, Shady Cove; C.
L. Acres, Gold Hill; Robert. M.
Saylor, Grants Passk Harold
Gebhard, Central Point, and Dr;
Edward Chance, Rogue River.
Henry Stewart, corps of Army
engineers, Portland district, told,
the crowd the engineers are
ready to go to work on a survey
of flood control possibilities as :
soon as funds are allocated for
that purpose. He said the length
of time required for the surveys
would depend on the amount
allocated, and perhaps on the
urgency of the need for flood
.control expressed by people in
the Rogue River basin.
Survey Soon
The Army engineers would
work cooperatively with the
bureau of reclamation, Stewart
said; would not duplicate work
already done by the bureau, and
would complete " the survey as
soon as possible. '
,Som? .. 9f ' thoseaV the meet
ing wished to dispense with the
Army survey and work for flood
control along plans prepared by
the Bureau of Reclamation some
time ago. But it was pointed out
by Victor Boehl, a representa
tive of the Grants Pass Cham
ber of Commerce, that this is not
possible, as the bureau survey is
oui oi aare in some respects and
is not complete. Stewart agreed
that a new survey, made in light '
of 1955 flood damage, might in
crease the amount of allocation
for flood control in the basin.
It was also pointed out that
a multiple purpose dam or .dams
would be necessary in order to
make the project economically
feasible. Boehl compared the
project to a several storied build-
ing with flood control on the .
top floor. The other floors, con- ;
sisting of electric power, irriga
tion, ana recreation facilities, .
will have to be built before flood
control can be achieved, he said.
Need of Unity
The need for unity between
the various factions in the val
ley and continued pressure for
flood control in tne form of
lobbies, letters to congressmen.
and resolutions was repeatedly
stressed by. all speakers . at the
meeting. Boehl pointed out that
1962 was the earliest date flood
control could be expected. If '
the program is allowed to lag,
he said, it would take even
longer. , ' .' . , '
As a measure of how much
flood, control could be achieved,
the bureau of reclamation's plan
A, which would build a high
dam at Lewis Creek, was dis- V
cussed. ,'. . .;; " '
Boehl stated that if the Lewis
Creek dam had been construct
ed, during the 1955 flood it
would have reduced the flow
of water in Rogue river from :
about 100,000 second feet at -Grants
Pass to 50,000 second
feet. Some salmon boards would
have washed out, he said, but
damage to homes and property
would have been slight.
Estimated Cost
Estimated cost of construction
of a high dam at Lewis Creek
in 1952 was $29,000,000, with
an additional cost of $2,500,000
for construction of a power '
plant.
Copies of the resolution en-
dorsed by those at the meeting
were to be sent to the secre-,
taries of the Army and Interior,
Senators Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger, Representa
tive Harris Ellsworth and to .14
other government cfficials. ;
' The resolution was read and
'explained by Sidney Bassett,"
president of the Grants Pass
Chamber of Commerce. He
stated that the resolution had
been endorsed and sent out by
numerous organizations in Jose
phine county, including sporting
group.
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