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Proposed 10-Year
Program Will Cost
About $1656,100
Alternate Plan From
Recent Traffic Survey
A plan for a 10-year through-
street program in Medford was
presented to the ;city council
last nignt.
It calls for a less extensive
and less expensive system than
that proposed earlier. The coun
cil voted to forward copies to
the Medford planning commis
sion, but withheld action pend
ing a state highway commission
decision on location of a pro
posed freeway in the Medford
vicinity.
Expenditures Stated
The proposal calls for expend
itures totaling $1,656,100 over
10 years, with some 10 per cent
of the project being completed
each year once started.
; The plan is an alternate to
the state highway commission's
25-proiect program costing an
estimated $10,870,000, of which
the city would have to pay $4,
130,000. The plan was submit
ted by the highway commission
in September, 1954.
City Manager Robert Duff
said the basic highway commis
sion plan was used in preparing
the alternate plan, which was
prepared to reduce the over-all
cost to' a feasible plan for the
city.
Among the major changes is
elimination of a long railroad
underpass and 66-foot pavement
at 10th st. between Grape st.
and Central ave. Duff estimated
savings ' of about $768,200 on
constructing a grade crossing
with 44-foot pavement. -Other
Modifications
Duff said other streets have
been modified to save right of
nrav costs and movinff of build
ings. Several street widths have
been reduced from 66 feet to 52
feet with parking prohibited
during peak traffic hours.
' Duff noted that there are ad
vantages to an underpass over
a grade crossing at the 10th st.
location, but added "the advant
ages do not seem to justify the
greater expenditures for an un
dercrossing at least for a number
of years."
. One of the major items on the
alternate plan is a Main st
Eight st. couplet instead of a
Main st.-Sixth st. couplet. Duff
noted the new', proposal costs
about $59,330 more . than' the
original highway commission
plan, but he said there are sev
eral advantages of the Main st.,
Eighth st. couplet. , ,
Advantages Listed
This couplet would go from
Riverside ave. to the west city
limits, with an additional . rail
road -crossing and ' east-west
street, create less damage to
property on West Main st., elim
inate several left turn move
ments on and off West Main st.,
and cause less damage to the
city park, Duff said.
It would extend across River
side ave. and Bear creek to con
nect with Main st. near Haw
thorne st.
. Duff noted that the same gen
eral priority as first recommend
ed is followed in the modified
plan, and variations from the
3iginal priority - have been
based on the estimated 1970 traf
fic volumes. . , . .
? The new plan was prepared
by Vernon Thorpe, Medford traf
fic engineer.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
-v New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 471.23, off 5.33; 20 rail
roads 156.51, off 1.76; 15 util
ities 65.26, off 0.33," and 65
stocks 167.75, off 1.72. Sales to
day were about 2,170,000 shares
compared with 2,060,000 yester
day. .'
Fulfillment of Blood Quota
Seen In Appointment List
A total of 361 persons had
made appointments up to mid-
morning today to give blood this
afternoon during the visit of the
Red Cross bloodmobile. ,
Delighted Red Cross workers
were hoping to obtain 300 pints
from the donors figuring the
.usual number of rejects and "no
shows" or 50 more than the
quota. If this hope is fulfilled, it
will be the first time in many
months Medford will have met
the quota.
Shady Cove Success
In Shady Cove yesterday, 213
persons appeared and 173 pints
were obtained. No quota had
been set, but state blood bank
officials said it would be a "good
Thiry
50th Year
MEDFORr
20 Pages BEDFORD, ORE
Flood Survey Bills
Slated in Congress,
Meeting is Told
First Major Step
Seen in Action
Grants Pass Bills will be in
troduced into, the house and the
senate this week to authorize
the U.S. Army Corps of Engi
neers to complete surveys of wa
ter use in the Rogue basin, Vic:
tor Boehl, Grants Pass, an
nounced yesterday.
Boehl made the annouifce-
President Eisenhower has
authorized the allocation of an
additional half-million dollars
for disaster area relief in Ore
gon,' Congressman Harris Ells
worth advised the Mail Trib
une this morning. The money
is in addition to the sums
already allocated for flood re
lief and rehabilitation in areas
stricken by the late-December
floods.
Congressman Ellsworth said
Gov. Elmo Smith has been ad
vised of the additional alloca
tion. ment here at a meeting of rep
resentatives of organizations in
terested in flood control.
Important Step
Boehl said the bills, to be in
troduced by Sen. Wayne Morse
m.-Ore.l and Congressman Har
ris Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) represent
the first important step toward
flood control.
ReDresentatives of 45 organi
zations in Jackson' and Jose
phine counties which liave en-1
dorsed a resolution asking tor a
corps of engineers survey lead
ing to flood control met at
Grants Pass to formulate plans
for a permanent flood control
organization.
The group adopted the name
"Rogue Basin Flood Control and
Water Resources association"
and selected a nominating com
mittee of seven men to choose
24 nominees from which a board
of directors consisting of 16 men
will be elected at the next
meeting.
Committee Named
Those on the nominating
committee are Ralph Moore and
Donald Cameron, both of Grants
Pass; r Miles Williams, Shady
Cove; Harold Gebhard, Central
Point; Fay I." Bristol, Rogue
River; Larry Gushing, Illinois
Valley and Dri Edward Chance,
Rogue River.. J
A motion was adopted provid
ing anyone could suggest nomi
nees to the nominating commit
tee by writing to any of the
members before the election to
be held next Tuesday, Feb. 14,
at the Redwoods hotel.
It was .-. suggested that the
board of directors include about
an eaual number of men from
both counties, with representa
tives from the county courts,
city governments, Granges, soil
conservation districts, sports
men and businessmen.
MDeton
PhUadelphia vU.R5 -Connie
Mack, baseball's grandest old
man and for generations the
greatest name in the game,
died today. He was S3.
Salem (U.R) Warden
Clarence T. Gladden has accept
ed the resignation of Al Rich
ardson as food manager at Ore
gon state prison.
showing" if 100 pints were col
lected
The Upper Rogue operation
was to "pay back" the blood
bank for supplies used by a
child in the area during a long
illness. Donors there were from
Prospect, Shady Cove, Trail,
Butte Falls, Eagle Point, and the
surrounding small communities
and countryside.
Until 6 p.m.
The bloodmobile will be open
at the Elks temple today until
6 pjn. "Drop-in" donors will be
I welcomed, although if there are
no vacant appointment times,
they will be asked to return at
the next blood collection in
heet P odd
RECORD SNOW PARALYZES SOUTHWEST Two uniden
tified youths stroll past unused parking meters in Amarillo,
Tex., where a record five-day blizzard left up to 29 inches
of snow on level ground and drifts several feet deeo. At
least 30 persons have died in Texas, Oklahoma and" New
Mexico from the storm.
County Off icials Tell
Worry Over Dangerous
Rodenticide Poisons
County . officials have voiced
their..' alarm' .concerning' .the: ..un
restricted : use of a powerful
rodenticide, 10-80, which has re
sulted in the deaths of a number
of dogs in this area recently.
County ' Sanitarian Robert
Hart said today that a pest con
trol firm is using 10-80 m local
stores and on dumps and other
property throughout the area, to
control rodents. State and city
police also are investigating re
ports of inadvisable use of the
poison.
Health Hazard
Such practices are against rec
ommendations of the state and
county health departments, Hart
said, and present a serious pub
lic health hazard, f
The poison has no known anti
dote, and under present prac
tices it is entirely possible that
Fire Station Bids
Called by Council
Plans were approved and an
ordinance adopted by the Med
ford city council last night call
ing for construction bids on the
new East Side fire station.
Bids are scheduled to be open
ed Friday, Feb. 17, and present
ed at the council's Feb. 21 meet
ing.
The new fire station will be
located on Highland dr. opposite
Siskiyou blvd. City Manager
Robert Duff has estimated $28,
504 is . available for construe
tion. '. , v.; .
Plans call for concrete block
construction. Duff said, . how
ever, that an alternate plan is
being prepared for wood frame
construction , with exterior stuc
co finish and plastered interior.
He said this is desirable because
builders have expressed concern
over a shortage of competent
brick masons in the Medford
area, .which might delay con
struction. N
Councilmen 'Too Busy7;
Return Television Set .
Because Medford has a busy
city council, councilmen last
night decided to return a tele
vision set which had been
donated by KBES-TV so the
council could watch a popular
program Tuesday nights.
Mayor pro-tem John Snider
pointed out that "because the
council is . busy, it does not '.
have an opportunity' to use it
for the purpose for which it
was intended.":, For that rea
son. Snider suggested the set
be returned, "with thanks."
The council obtained the set
after it passed a resolution ask
ing the sponsor of the Sergeant
Bilko program to change the
time of the .program for: the
convenience of the council. A
copy of the resolution was for
warded to the sponsor.
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FEBRUARY 8, 1956 No. 274
a youngster or unknowing adult
could -suffer serious effects' from
the substance. ' A nerve gas de
veloped during the war, it re
quires only a small amount to be
fatal.'" V- ? .- "T
Although a state law prevents
sale of 10-80 in Oregon, purchase
of the poison has been made
from outside the state and at the
present time there are no legal
restrictions on its use. ':
Precautions Taken ;
Precautions have been taken
by the company which makes it
unlikely that persons might
come into direct contact with
10-80 in .the stores, Hart stated,
as it is placed in small contain
ers which only the rodents can
enter.
Dogs either get the bait : di
rectly through another source,
or chew an affected rodent. Al
though '' 10-80 has '. not been
proved dangerous on rontact
alone, . it is deadly if it enters
the bloodstream, according to
Hart. . . ,
. He explained that other poi
sons, not so dangerous to other
animals,, can be used for rodent
eradication. Warfarin, a common
rat poison, provides little danger
of injuring other animals, he
said.
It is expected that a statement
requesting legislation banning
use of the rodenticide in Oregon
will be presented at the March
1 hearing dh Medford of the leg
islative interim committee. .
Al Sarena Hearings
Ended by Committee
Washington The long-drawn-
out Al Sarena hearings are over
unless Sec. of Interior McKay
requests a congressional investi
gating committee to hear him
in the case.
The joint house-senate com
mittee probing the issuance by
the interior department to Al
Sarena Mifiing company of min
ing patents -; on claims in the
Rogue River National forest
voted today: .-
To permit McKay to testify
if he expresses a desire to do so.
An aide told the committee he
would do - so upon his return
from the funeral of Gov. Paul
Patterson. . -v
To keep the record -open for
10 days for the inclusion by any
committeeman of documents or
other material relating to the
case. v
To terminate the hearings and
proceed to work on a report of
findines of the hearings, which
began in Portland last Novem:
ber and have sputtered along
intermittently since.
Washington' (U.R) Assist
ant Air Force Secretary Travor
Gardner has submitted his resig
nation in protest against admin
istration -research policies.
City Bus Lines
Plan To Eliminate
Non-Rush Traffic
Declining Revenues
Given as Reason
Evergreen Bus lines last night
notified the Medford city coun
cil the company proposes to re
strict city operation to "rush"
hours only starting Tuesday,
Feb. 21.
Ralph B. Matthews, manager
of the line, said the restricted
service "will be -feasible only if
a sufficient number of passeng
ers in addition to students, con
tinue to use the service." He
said buses will operate between
7:15 and. 9:15 a.m., and be
tween 2:15 and 6:15 p.m. daily
under the new schedule.
Maintain Routes
Present bus routes will be
maintained during those hours,
he said. The new schedule elim
inates all Saturday service, he
said.
Evergreen operates bus ser
vice on two routes in Medford.
One serves the east side extend
ing to the country club, and the
other operates southwest of the
downtown area.
Matthews said a survey of
passengers using the , service
showed an average of 14.9 per
sons during each hour of opera
tion iii October last year. Dur
ing November, there was an av
erage of 14.2 persons; in Decem
ber it was 15, and last month
11.6.
"This is exclusive of school
children riding on reduced rate
school tickets," he said. The av
erage revenue per passenger
during the four months ending
Jan. 31,. this year, was "slight
ly in excess of 14 cents," he
said.
24 Needed Total
"If operation of bus service
on the present routes and sched
ules 'is to continue," Matthews
said; -revenue equivalent to 24
full fare (not school) passengers
per . hour of operation - will be
necessary." He noted that the
figure is more than twice the
number of passengers using the
bus during January, and a 60
per cent increase over : the De
cember number of persons;
. On a monthly basis, Matthews
stated,' "the difference between
actual . revenue and that requir
ed amounted to approximately
$360 per month for December,
the. -best month, and- $430 per
month1 during January, the
poorest." .
"Evergreen -Bus lines cannot
afford to continue operation of
the city service on the present
basis," he added. "Unless some
means for obtaining the addi
tional-revenue can be worked
out in the very near future, re
striction ". of service to 'rush
hours' appears to be the most
promising course."
Matthews pointed out that the
problem of public transportation
within cities is not peculiar to
Medford.- "Declining revenues
and increasing cost of " public
transportation have forced many
transit companies to seek some
means which -would either increase-
revenue or reduce ex
pense of operation," he said.
Matthews noted that increased
fares in many cities provide ad
ditional revenue, but said in
creases do not appear probable
here because of additional loss
of passengers.'. He noted that
fares here have increased once
since the company started ser
vice 10 years ago..".-..
Fares here have increased
from 10 cents a ride or three
tokens for 25 cents to 15 cents
a ride or 10 tickets for $1.25.
School fares have increased
from 10 rides for 60 cents to 10
rides for $1, he said.
Matthews noted that increas
ed use would be "highly desir
able from the standpoint of the
community as well as that of the
bus company." He said use of the
private automobile, and increas
ed facilities by private firms for
parking have contributed to the
decrease in patronage., .-,
Train Abandonment
Hearings Scheduled
Salem U.R) Public hearings
on the Southern Pacific's aban
donment of passenger service to
Ashland last August will be held
March 13 and 15, the public
service commission has an
nounced. ' - - -
The March 13 hearing is sched
uled to be held in Roseburg and
Medford will be the site of the
second day's proceedings.
At the liearings Commissioner
Charles. Heltzel will determine
if the railroad company is pro
viding reasonably adequate
service to the area.
Decision Will Be
Determined by
Health Condition
Statement Planned
At News Conference
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower told a news
conference today that he thought
he would be , able to announce
his decision on a second term
by the end of this month.
Mr.- Eisenhower made it clear
that, in coming" to a decision, he
will be guided by whether or
not he feels he would be suf
ficiently healthy to carry on the
burdens of the presidency. In
any case, he said, he will never
go out barnstorming.
Affection for Reporters
He also said his present inclin
ation is to make his announce
ment at a news conference be
cause he has come to develop a
deep affection for his meetings
with reporters. But he said that
if a lengthy explanation might
be necessary, that might be an
other matter.
Mr. Eisenhower was asked
how he feels after a month of
fairly full scale presidential ac
tivity. He replied that at times
he feels more, tired than before
his illness. But he added with a
grin that maybe is just a sign
of advancing years. He is 65.
The doctors, he went. on, say
that his clinical record is splen
did. Asked About Warren
Mr. Eisenhower was asked a
series of questions about the
possible availability of Chief
Justice Earl Warren as a Re
publican presidential candidate.
He said there were many ways
Mr. Warren could be a candidate
and the Chief Justice would en
counter no opposition from' Mr.
Eisenhower. . .
Mr. Eisenhower - said, how
ever, that he did not think it
would be appropriate for him in
case he decides not to run again,
to ask any other Republican to
make the race.
Deplores Negro Riots
To do so, the President said,
would imply that, he could win
the election for another man.
- 'Other news" highlights at Mr:
Eisenhower's meeting with re
porters: - . .'
-1. The recent riots involving
a Negro student at the Univer
sity of Alabama are deplorable.
2. He conceded that Russia
might be ahead of this country
in some aspects of the develop
ment of guided missiles," but he
thought the . United States ; is
ahead in other areas. He said he
thought this country's guided
missile program represents the
best possible effort of American
scientists. .
3. He has not yet completed
his reply to the latest letter from
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin.
He wants to continue the ex
change of correspondence with
the Russian leader on the theory
that this country should never
take the position of blocking any
available avenue to peace, no
matter how tiny. .
Asked About Plan
4. He will do everything with
in his constitutional . powers to
prevent an outbreak of hostilities
in the Middle East.
5. As far as he . .knows, his
brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower,
president of Pennsylvania State
University, has no political am
bitions.
(See story on page 6)
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Thurs
day with valley fog tonight
and Thursday morning. Low
tonight 27. High Thursday 55.
Temp.
' Highest .Yesterday S. 46
Lowest this Morning . ; 24
January Unemployment Up;
Improvement Is Predicted
Unemployment in Jackson
county last month increased 26
per cent over December, and
was up 1,2 per cent over a year
ago. January, according to John
J. Patton, manager of the Med
ford employment office.
Patton noted, however, that
138 persons were placed in em
ployment last month, indicating
"the generally optimistic spirit
of most employers in this area
and the resulting effort on their
part to keep things going."
Work Shut Down
He said heavy rains through
out the month forced shut downs
in several logging operations and
log shortages reduced or stop
ped work in other mills.'."The
total amount of unemployment
resulting from this was less than
had been expected," Patton said.
Unemployment as of Jan. 31,
was estimated at 2,400, some
26 per cent above December,
1955, Patton' said, and 12 -per
cent- above unemployment in
THORNTON, SMITH
SPEAK AT DINNER
The 1956 political struggle be
tween Democrats and" Republi
cans will be. a battle of beliefs
between "socialism and Ameri
canism," Dan Thornton, former
governor of Colorado and ad
visor to President Eisenhower,
said last night. '
Thornton ' and Gov. Elmo
Smith spoke at a county Republi
can Lincoln day dinner in the
Jackson hotel.
Thornton repeated a statement
made Monday in Klamath Falls
that he was sure,President Eisen-
Gov. Elmo Smith indicated
to reporters at a press confer
ence yesterday afternoon that
he . is strongly considering
entering the race for the gov
ernorship this fall. When asked
if he would be a candidate he
replied, "I don't know. I
haven't made up my mind
yet." But under repeated
questioning he said, "Certain
ly I'm not to be counted out
of the picture."
-When asked when he would
decide, he replied, "I'm well
aware of the filing date."
hower would run for reelection.
He said his belief is based on the
fact that the. president's health
continues to improve and that
Eisenhower was not a man to
step out of a "job half done." -Press
Conference
In a press conference before
Thornton's speech he told re
porters he believes it would be
better for Eisenhower's health if
he continued in the presidency.
He suggested that the let-down
Norblad To Seek
Governors Post;
Newbry Eyes Seat
Salem (U.R) Rep. Walter
Norblad - (R-Ore.) itoday an
nounced he will be a candidate
for - the Republican nomination
for governor as - political fires,
ignited yesterday, continued to
burn brightly.
The Oregon - representative is
the first Republican to seek the
office now held by Gov. Elmo
Smith. : ;. - '
Yesterday, Portland attorney
Lamar Tpoze revealed he was a
candidate ' for . the . Republican
nomination for United States
Senator. Tooze had said before
the death of Gov. Paul Patterson
that he would run if Patterson
didn't. If nominated, he would
face Democratic Sen. Wayne
Morse. " .
Might Challenge Morse . .
Also involving Morse was the
report that Circuit Judge Donald
E. Long of Portland might chal
lenge him for the Democratic
nomination for senator. ,
' Multnomah c o u n t y sheriff
Terry Schrunk raised some
sparks when.he said he was very
much interested in running for
governor -on the , Democratic
ticket in competition with state
Sen. Robert D. Holmes, choice of
many Democratic leaders.
Newbry Considering
Norblad's announcement was
followed by a statement from
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry that he is "seriously con
sidering" running for the Con-
gressional seat Norblad would
vacate. ; .
Newbry must retire from the
Secreetary of State's post since
he has held it as long as statute
allows for, consecutive terms." He
has said he would remain active
in public affairs. Although a
registered voter in Ashland,
where he has busines interests,
Newbry has resided in Salem for
the past eight years. He is 55
years old. . ...
January, 1955, when weather
was abnormally dry.
Patton noted that although
last month's figures are above
those of January, 1955, "they
are lower than any other Janu
ary in several years." The num
ber of persons placed in employ
ment last month was a "good
total for such a period of bad
weather," he said.
Picking Up
Agricultural work, particular
ly orchard pruning, got behind
during wet weather, but .picked
up toward the end of January,
he said. In most cases, unem
ployment was of short duration,
he said. . y
Patton said the outlook for
employment beyond the next 30
to 60 days is good. The seasonal
increase in new hiring, he said,
will depend on the weather, but
the month of March usually
marks the beginning of the an
nual turnup in employment ac
tivity. .
following completion, of a strenu
ous job is often more detrimen
tal than continuing.
Thornton, gave blanket en
dorsement to Renuhli pan fnraian
policy. "I thank God we have a
president and a secretary of
state," he said, "who have pulled
us back from the brink of war
three times . . J can think of at .
least three presidents who did
not pull us back from the brink
of war in 1916, 1941 and 1950.
i, ior one, nope we continue to
have a president and a secretary
of state who will pull us back
from the brink."
Governor Smith In u
. " aiccui
immediately Drecedinff Thnm.
ton's expressed regret over the
aeam ot the late Gov. Paul Pat
terson. He said he considered it
a tremendous honor to be gov
ernor and that he would try to
liveup to the standards set by
uuvernor .fatterson.
Smith said hp
believer, in local government at
city, county and state levels.
"Only by having good govern
ment at the local level can we
have good government at the
top," he said.
Smith, a Short, heaw.ser man
who spoke slowly and carefully,
said that the best trihnto
licans could pay Governor Pat.
lerson would be to dedicate
themselves to the task he had
begun.
Thornton snoke bitterlv nfww
what he called socialistic en
croachment into the Demrwrnt.
ic party. He referred to Demo
cratic "brainwashing" and soc
ialistic indoctrination of school
children and college students.
Democratic Candidate -
"The Democratic candidate for
the presidency, he said, will not
come from the south but from
the "socialistic leadership'' as
represented by Averill Harri
man and Adlai Stevenson, and
would have the endorsement of
the labor bosses.
Thornton declared that , the
failure of socialism might clear
ly be seen in Great Britain and
in the fact that the only two
areas in the United States where
there is a power shortage are
in the Northwest and the Ten
nessee valley, areas where the
federal . government has devel
oped extensive electrical pow
er projects.
"It is time we stopped apol
ogizing for being a capitalist in
this - great capitalistic nation,"
Thornton said. He stated that
capitalism has made this coun
try the greatest on earth and
that the ' Eisenhower adminis
tration has proven that it con
tinues to be the "best way of
life. ;-. . ; . .-, '
A crowd of about 265 people
began the Lincoln club meet
ing by singing a erse of Ameri
ca. The Rev. Raymond W. Hum
gave the invocation. David
Frohnmayer," Medford . High
school speech student, recited
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, in
keeping with the theme of the
meeting.- Officers and guests
were introduced by Lincoln Club
President Donald B. Whalin who
acted as chairman.
Detention Home
Medford city attorney Frank
Farrell last night was instructed
to .prepare a deed for about two
acres of land near the. county
shops to go to the county for a
juvenile detention home.
The city council received a re
quest from the county court last
night for the land, which is lo
cated between property owned
by Dr., Charles W. Lemery and
the county shops just south of
Barnett rd.
The court said it had consid
ered several properties in the
valley, but only the city prop
erty was considered accessible.
County Judge J. Rodney
Keating this morning expressed
the court's "sincere appreciation
for the council's action." He
said he hoped the move would
enable the county to begin pre
paring the site for sewer and
water facilities soon and com
plete surveying. Plans and con
struction could then be ' con
sidered, he said.
; Funds for construction of a
detention home were voted by
the county in 1954.
Medford Gets $71,288
in Highway Revenues
Salem (U.R) State highway
funds totalling $2,883,475 for
the six-month period ending Dec.
31 were apportioned today to
cities in Oregon.
Bulk oivbiT money went to
Portland which received $932,
114. Apportionment is on the
basis of 10 per cent of highway
revenues from registrations,
gasoline taxes, fees and fines.
Other cities included: Klam
ath. Falls $59,406, Medford $71-288.