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toe o t3 "a, - 38 ' : & 3 Ft for mm The question of how far Med- ford should extend its water and sewage facilities to areas outside the city was brought up at planning commission meeting last night when Berrydale and Grandview districts requested permission to connect to the Camp White trunk sewer line. Spokesmen for both districts stated that the areas had reached a point where septic tanks can no longer be used, and in order to continue development, sani tary sewers are essential. Become Surrounded - Members of the Planning Commission pointed out there is a question as to how far the city 'should go in extending the use of its facilities to perimeter areas. They said there is a dan ger that the city would become surrounded by individual dis tricts where there is no directed development, and that these dis tricts would eventually impede Medford's growth. They suggested that it would be to the immediate advantage of those areas, and to the even tual advantage of the city, if they would petition for annexa tion rather than continuing with plans for installation of sanitary sewers. Berrydale sanitary district has had a contract with the city for severaj years for use of the city trunk lines and sewage disposal facilities, but because of bonding difficulties has not installed sew age lines. They now desire a re newal and clarification of the contract. Ervin Hogan, attorney for the district, said last night that they were ready to issue bonds and begin sewer construc tion. Grandview Area The Grandview area, 'which now has a water district, is in the process of forming a sanitary district, and asked assurance that they would be able to con nect to the Camp White trunk line and use the city disposal plant. - '.-.. The planning commission, although- they "did not refuse the requests of the districts, ad vised both of .them to first form a committee to meet with city officials and consider the advan tages of annexation. Berrydale representatives said they would do so, and it will be considered by Grandview residents. M. T. Wray, planning commis sion president, painted out that the planning commission has gone on record opposing exten sion of sewage and water facili ties to areas outside the city. He said that the city is well Proper Cooking Advised for Pork . Dr. A. E. Merkei; county health officer, advised county residents today of proper pork cooking procedures after two cases of trichinosis were diagnos ed in the county recently. He warned that a great amount of pork harbors the trichina larvae, and can infect others eating the meat if it. is insufficiently cooked or improp erly processed. All pork which might harbor tne larvae must be cooked so that all parts of the meat reach es 150 degrees fahrenheit. commercially sold hams or other processed pork which have been federally or state inspect ed are safe, he said, but home cured meats are potentially dangerous. Pigs most often are infected with the .larvae by eating un cooked garbage containing in fected raw pork. Garbage might also be infected by rats who har bor the larvae, he said. The trichina larvae is lodged in muscles of animals affected and there is no direct treatment for the serious disease, accord ing to Dr. Merkel. . Congress Told Democratic Plan Jo Raise Tax on Highway Users Would Be Lacking Washington U.R) Treas ury Secretary George M. Hum phrey told Congress today a Democratic plan to raise taxes on highway users would pro duce "less than half" of the revenue needed to pay for the expanded road building pro gram Democrats are proposing. Yield Less Than Needed He said the proposed taxes would yield $9,100,000,000 over a 12-year period, or $11,900,000, 000 less than is needed under the proposed building program. Therefore, he told the House Ways and Means committee, the Democratic plan would not put highway building on a true "pay as you build basis." Humphrey was the first wit ITY USE OF CES TALK aware of the problems of the outlying districts and would do all possible to help them arrive at a reasonable and speedy solu tion. Lists Advantages A. D. Harvey, planning com mission member, listed advan tages of annexation compared to forming a sewer district. The city could obtain a lower rate of interest on bonds that would save the area thousands of dol lars, he said; savings in insur ance rates would also be substan tial; city zoning would protect property in the area and the city would aid in directing develop ment; and the areas would have the additional benefits of police protection, street lights and storm sewers. Hogan, and others from the Berrydale district, said that im mediate construction of sewers is imperative, as cases of disease already have been reported and development of the area has been stopped because of the sani tary situation. Morton Tompkins, Former Master of State Grange, Dies Salem (U.R) Morton Tomp kins, 71, a past master of the Oregon State Grange and a na tionally known agriculturist, died today in a local hospital after a long illness. Tompkins was State Grange master from 1942 to 1950. He was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1929 to 1931 and was known as the father-of Oregon's school bus law. He was a leader in en actment of the Oregon people's utility district act, and an advo cate of federal development of Northwest river systems. Guest of British Tompkins had been a mem ber of the McMinnville Grange since 1922 and was: a past mas ter there. He was overseer of the State Grange from 1924 un til. 1942. ' Tompkins was a member of the first advisory committee of the State Department of Agricul ture in 1931. In 1943 he was one of five guests of the British government on a three-month inspection tour of agriculture in Britain, As a result of this tour, at Tompkins instigation, grew the International Federation of Agriculture Producers. He operated a farm at Grand Island near here for many years. Survivors include his widow, Maude; two sons and one daugh ter. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Hopewell, Ore. McKay Would Support Nixon ton President Washington (U.R) Interior Secretary Douglas McKay said yesterday he has only one can didate for the Republican presi dential nomination President Eisenhower but would support Vice-President Richard M. Nix on if the president doesn't run. McKay, a former governor of Oregon, called Nixon "one of my favorite young men." - But he said he st'. hopes Mr. Eisen hower will decide to seek a sec ond term despite the heart attack he suffered last Sept. 24. Road Conditions Highway 62, Prospect Mo torists advised to carry chains; one inch new snow. Highway 99, Siskiyous Carrying chains advised; spots of ice. snow flurries. Highway 66. Green Springs Spots of ice, no new snow. Chains required at Govern ment Camp, Timberline and Willamette pass. ness as the committee opened hearings on a bill to raise taxes one cent a gallon on gasoline and diesel fuel, and three cents a pound on tires. 13-Year Road Program Rep. Hale Boggs (D.-La.) spon sor of the measure, has estimat ed the taxes would yield $12, 000,000,000 over a 15-year pe riod and that this, coupled with revenue from some existing .highway user taxes, would be enough to pay for almost all of the 13-year road building pro gram. - The program is estimated to cost about $36,500,000,000 over a 13-year period. Boggs proposes to count as highway revenue $22,000,000,000 to be collected over a 15-year period from pres Khrushchev Issues Challenge for Economic Battle Capitalist World Not To Hold Lead Moscow (U.PJ Soviet Com munist party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev challenged the cap italist world to an all-out econ omic battle for survival today. In a major address to the 20th Communist Party Congress, the first since Josef . Stalin's death in 1953, Khrushchev said the Soviet Union will also keep pace with capitalist power in arms production. . Flanked by Premier Nikolai Bulganin, who has been missing for a month, and other top party leaders, Khrushchev said the ad vances of Communism no long er would be confined to the Sov iet Union' alone. ; Challenge Capitalism "The principal feature of our effort is the emergence of soc ialism from the confines of one country and its transformation into a world system," he said frankly. The Soviet Union, the party newspaper Pravda said, -possesses "ail" the necessary conditions ... to catch up with and surpass the most highly developed cap italist countries in per capita production ... In this field the struggle is worldwide. If we win here, then we shall win on an international scale, definitely and for all time." During his five-hour speech, Khrushchev struck the same note and made these other points: 'l. The United States must ad .mit the Communist camp is "in vincible" and establish good re lations with Russia in line with the recent friendship treaty of fer, or -else see "an arms race on a greater scale and a still more dangerous growth of forces on both sides." 2. The internal forces of the capitalist economy? are working toward its downfall, while the Communist economy is steadily rising towards its goal of prov ing itself to the world and trans forming itself into a world sys tem' through ' pea'cieful competi tion. - - ' 3. The United States "has pass ed the peak ' in the use of its postwar economic possibilities and no new markets are in sight. Hence there are no prospects for a further serious rise in produc tion." Claims Peace Program 4. The West is forming ag gressive blocs and extending the cold war while Russia struggles for peace. "The international atmosphere has become poison ed by a war psychosis," he said. 5. "All the countries which do not belong to aggressive al liances can live in peace and perfect friendship with the USSR." 6. The Soviet Union by mu tual assistance to Communist countries is now helping to build 391 enterpries and has granted long term credit total ing 21,000,000,000 rubles (ap proximately $5,250,000,000) ; at most favorable conditions. Set Bid Opening for Griffin Creek School Bids for the construction of three additional classrooms at Griffin Creek school will v be opened Feb. 28. A $45,000 bond issue for con struction of the classrooms was approved by the voters, Dec. 6, 1955. Plans call for possible start of construction in March and for completion this fall. The classrooms will be of con crete block construction and, will accommodate about 70 students. Plans and specifications will be issued by James K. Hoey, con sulting engineer, 56 Quince st. Salem (U.R) James R. Bain of Portland has filed his candidacy here for reelection as Multnomah county circuit judge. ent fuel and tire taxes on high way users. """'The proposed construction program is for 13 years. The fi nancing program is for 15 years. Humphrey, using a 12-year-projection, estimated spending at $35,200,000,000. Humphrey's Totals Humphrey arrived at his total by counting as highway revenue an estimated . $14,200,000,000 which he said "would be pro duced over the 12-year period by existing gasoline and fuel taxes. He said that -revenue from present tire taxes should not be counted toward financ ing the highway program. Humphrey criticized the Dem ocratic plan for failing to pro vide enough revenue. Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 16 Pages St. Valentine's Day Observed in Oregon as 97th Anniversary of Admission To Union Portland U.R) It's happy birthday today for a grand old lady but it will be a quiet one. No parties, no fanfare, no whooping it up because she is 97 today, St. Valentine's day. A little old for boisterous ac tions in spite of the fact that she looks to be much less than her years. No, if the people don't mind this lady will just rest quietly and bask in her memories and glory in her children. For she has many of both, some small, some big some famous, some not so. Oregon today accepts the love and good wishes of her kin as she celebrates another ' Nixon Assails 'Helplessness' of Democratic Parly New York ttJ.R) Vice Presi dent Eichard M. Nixon assailed Democratic "helplessness" in ci vil rights Monday night and indi cated Republicans will make de segregation a key election issue. The vice-president, in a speech at the 70th annual Lincoln Day dinner of the National Republican- club at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, also scored the Democrats on the major campaign issues of foreign policy and big business. Nixon centered his attacks oh Adlai Stevenson, charging that the 1952 Democratic standard bearer shows promise of becom ing "the great hair splitter of 1956." Best-Chance for Peace Hesaid ; the Eisenhower ad ministration foreign policy pro vides the best chance for peace without surrender in the years ahead. "The test of failure or success of foreign policy is whether it re sults in war or peace and I am sure 165,000,000 Americans will agree with me when I say it is a lot better to be on the brink than in the drink as . far as war is concerned," Nixon said. .' ', '.. - Because of the President's economic . policies, America is today enjoying its greatest pros perity in history with gross na tional product, personal income, consumer expenditures and scores of other economic highs." Invitation To Negroes In a frank invitation to Ne groes for Republican votes,' the vice president said: the Eisen hower administration has regis tered the greatest advance" in Negro rights since the Emanci pation Proclamation. Nixon charged that "Demo crats know their hybrid party is helpless and futile" in the fields of civil rights and race relations. ; He cited the Eisenhower ad ministration as abolishing racial segregation in the. armed forces, among employees -working on federal contracts, among federal civilian employes .and in the District of Columbia. . Roseburg Sets Budget , For School District Roseburg (U.R) A budget of $2,137,103.34 for School District No. 4 in Roseburg was set last night by the School Board for the coming year. A vote will be held March 9 on $1,069,631.39 of the-budget which is outside the 6 per cent limitation. The School Board said it an ticipated an increase of 336 pu pils and 14 teachers during the' next school year. American Housewife Pancake Race Winner By UNITED PRESS An American housewife. Mrs. Adina Jordan, ran a 415 yard course in 1:14.6 at Lib eral, Kan., today to give ' her country victory and a 4-3 lead in the International Pancake Race against the women of Olney, England. .'."-. The 24-year-old interna tional winner is a blue-eyed blonde beauty who ran and flipped her way .through a dense Kansas fog. A crowd of 7500 lined Lib eral's streets to watch the un usual race. In Olney, 18-year-old Cicely Sparrow sprinted home in 1:15.2. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBKUXit;56 milestone, this one just three -years short of the century mark. ' It was on Feb. 14, 1859, that Oregon was granted her pres ent boundaries and became a full fledged member of the , UnitedStates. James Buchan an, the 15th president, signed the bill 97 years ago today that made Oregon the 33rd state. ; John Whiteaker served as governor - in that first state : government and since that . time 26 other men have been called upon to assume the re sposibilities as senior son of the old lady. A strange name, Oregon, but one for her to, bear with PAYING TRIBUTE to first Falangist student, Mathias Montero, students at Madrid Catholic Institute of Arts and Crafts are challenged by non-Falange students. Police break up riot with , clubs and high-pressure hoses after one student is killed and three injured. This is first time since Falange Party of Generalissimo Franco has held power that Falange control of universities has been challenged. ' (InternatumtU Soundphoto) Southeast1 Meiford civ ' planning com - mission last night appointed an eight-m ember committee of property owners - and commis sion members to study zoning of the rcently annexed southeast Medford area.- : ; The ' committee, which will use an already prepared map showing land use in the area, in cludes planning commission members E. NMcKinstry, Mark Goldy, and A. D. Harvey; and property owners Clifford Lewis, Jack VanDyke, Robert Mclntyre, Jack Crawford and Ralph Pierce. '.. After the committee has had an opportunity to propose . zon ing regulations for the area they will meet with a planning ex pert to further discuss the prob- Civil Service Probe Of Congressmen Told Washington-- (U.Ri The Civil Service Commission has con ceded that it sometimes makes loyalty-security investigations of congressmen and keeps the in formation in a "permanent con fidential file." But generally few people are questioned except close friends of the congressman. These disclosures came in re ply to a House Government Operations subcommittee which wanted to find out whether the commission was investigating congressmen and for what. The Civil Service Commission last year, in reply to a routine questionnaire from the subcom mittee, stated: "The commission does not maintain security files on members of Congress." The United Press revealed, however, that the commission had made security investigations of several members of Congress, including Sens. Charles E. Pot ter (R-Mich.), Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) and James E. Murray (D-Mont.) DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 465.72,' off 1.45; 20 rail roads 154.51, off 0.76; 15 util ities, 64.44, off 0.61, and 65 stocks 165.73, off 0.78. Sales to day were about 1,590,000 shares. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Wednes day. A few snow flurries, mostly in tbe mountains. Low tonight 25-28; high Wednes day 40. lemp. Highest Yesterday 48 - Lowest this Morning 30 Prec. to 4:30 sum. today, Trace ;d grace and proudness. The name dates back to her par enthood and early ancestors that claimed the bounty of her forests and plain. Oregon, or River of the West, as it meant to the Indian, although young at 97 in com parison to her neighbors, has already carved her niche in history. Twice in this century she has been called upon to sacrifice her sons in world wars and once earlier loaned her name to the fleet to a gal lant lady there. At 97 she is growing grow ing fast. Her wealth and her beauty she gives freely. And in the course of these. 97 years, her life has been a Zoning Group Named ! lem, according to City Manager Robert Duff. ' There were no objections raised at two public hearings on change of zone' within the . city and the - commission . passed a Courthouse Closure Petition Submitted ' A petition . seeking , Saturday closure of the Jackson county courthouse was presented to the county court today signed by 106 officials and courthouse employ ees. County Judge J: Rodney Keating said the court would take the petition "under advisement."-; ; . ; . The petition, states that the majority of law offices already close on Saturday, that the state law allows such closure, that work during Saturday , hours is negligible, and that it is "in the best interests of . the offices and personnel and " people of . the county." Other courthouses closed all day Saturday include Multno mah and Marion counties. - , Russian Entry in Mid-East Fight Seen . Washington (U.R) Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned today " that "if we be come involved in war in the Mid dle East, Russia is stepping in." The veteran Georgian said "that would be the excuse she has been looking for." For that reson, George told newsmen, . "I do not believe it would be wise to make any ship ment of arms into that area at this time in the hope that by peaceful means we can bring about an adjustment" without open conflict. - Israel has been appealing to the United States since Novem ber to sell it arms to counter Communist shipments of wea pons to Egypt. But ther State De partment so far has taken no ac tion on the request. Cleveland Baseball Club Sold for $3,961,800 . Cleveland (U.R) The Cleve land Indians Baseball club today approved a plan to sell the American League baseball club for $3,961,800. The new stockholders include General Manager Hank Green berg of the "Indians, and Igna tius O'Shaughnessy of St. Paul. O'Shaughnessy is owner of the Globe Oil Co. and a director of the Nickel Plate Railroad. RIBUNE Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 279 full one. She has seen good times and bad ones, sorrow and gladness but most of all progress. . Progress from her childhood when her people lived in hard ship and often in danger. Prog ress from when her sons and daughters . wrestled the land away from the Indian. Progress-that laced her counten ance with strips of asphalt and harnessed her, rivers for power. .Today' at 97 she still is young. Young in spirit, vital ity and hope for the future. So light the candles and happy birthday to a grand lady. . " I recommendation to the council that the requests for changes be granted. one changes asked were from commercial to light indus trial for three, lots at the end of Liberty st., and from single fam ily to multiple family, for Chris tian Scienc echurch, property in the block six extension to Siski you Heights addition. ; The commission set March 5 as the date for a public hearing on proposed ; agricultural zone re quirements, and for a hearing on a request for change of zone from two family to multiple family of property on the west side of Broad st. and the east side of Summit - ave. between Jackson and Clark'sts. Action was deferred on a re quest for a change of zone to allow a" mortuary on Highland ave. '''. Tomorrow Marks Start Of Lenten Season Tomorrow, Feb. 15, is Ash Wednesday, and marks the be ginning of Lent which starts 40 days before Easter. On Ash Wednesday the ashes from palms burned from the previous year's Palm Sunday are blessed and in some cere monies used to mark a cross on the foreheads of the con gregation. The 40 days of Lent correspond to Christ's 40-day fast in the wilderness. Jackson County Wholesale Sales Totals $81,415,000 Wholesale sales in Jackson county amounted to $81,415,000 during 1954, according to pre liminary results of the 1954 census of business announced by the U.S. department of com merce bureau of census. Merchant wholesalers, total ing 74 in the county, sold $62,- 359,000 and other types of wholesale establishments num bering 31, sold $19,056,000 mer chandise, Merchant wholesalers are pri marily engaged in buying, stor ing and handling goods sold, while "other types" of wholesal ers include such establishments as sales branches and sales of fices of manufacturing and min ing companies; petroleum bulk plants and terminals, merchan dise agents and brokers; and as semblers of farm products. Oregon Sales . . Oregon . wholesale sales amounted to $2,328,970,000 in 1954, an increase of 26.1 per cent over sales of $1,846,439,000. No Medical Reason For President Hot To Continue Work Good Recovery Said Made Since Attack Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's physicians said today there was no medical reason why the President could not continue his active life in the White House for another term. Dr. Paul Dudley White, the Boston heart specialist, 'said that as far as his medical conclusions were involved "the President should be able to carry on an active life satisfactorily for an other five to ten years, but the choice is his, not ours. . Basis of Workload The doctors gave Mr. Eisen hower their favorable report on the basis, according to White, of how he had withstood his work load during the last five weeks. Asked whether his reference to "active life" referred to the presidency, White said yes. The staff of doctors attending the President said in a formal statement that Mr. Eisenhower had made "a good recovery" from his coronary thrombosis of last Sept. 24. They elaborated their views m a session with reporters shortly after they had given their ; findings to the President himself. Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder, the White House ' physician, said Mr. Eisenhower "showed no" signs of heart failure or begin ning heart failure." We can report that the Presi dent's health continues to be" satisfactory," said the formal statement read by Snyder in. behalf of the doctors who gave the President a one-hour exami nation today. Group Organized To Study Possible Ashland Hospital Ashland The Southern Ore gon -Memorial hospital was or ganized : by about 300 people from the AshlandrTalent area at a "town meeting" here last night.- . .. Between 35 and 40 organiz ers were nominated to study possibilities of a new hospital, consider feasible sites.' and esti mate expenses in hiring an ar chitect and perhaps a profes sional fund raiser. Organizers will elect officers at a meeting which probably will be held next week, accord ing to John Cotton, co-chairman of the committee which called last night's meeting. . Cotton and Ed Singmaster were appointed about six months ago to investigate possi bilities of organizing a group to obtain a new hospital in Ash land to serve the Ashland-Talent area. The proposal for a new hospital Here has been consid ered often in the past 12 years.. . Cotton' said the committee studying possibilities decided not to proceed too quickly, so the . group could examine the campaign recently for the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital in Medford. The present Ashland General hospital is city-owned. Budget Committee Meeting Tonight The Medford citizen's budget committee will meet today at ' 7 p.m. in the mayor's office at the city hall. Officers will be elected and committees appointed to con tinue work on the 1956-57 city budget in 1948. A total of 2,991 whole sale establishments in 1954 re ported 28,752 employees and had an annual payroll of $123, 080,000, compared with 2,345 establishments, 28,491 employ ees, and an annual payroll of $91,276,000 in 1948. The 115 Jackson county es tablishments listed 1,004 em ployees in 1954 and a payroll of $4,648,000. Medford's wholesale estab lishments numbered 81, with 484 employees and a payroll of $2,478,000 for the year. They included 59 merchant wholesal ers with $38,488,000 sales and 22 other types totaling $12, 891,000. " Jackson county was third high in the state as to amount of sales in 1954 for merchant wholesalers and showed a 176 per cent increase in volume over 1948. It was third with other types of wholesale estab lishments, but showed a de crease of 16.7 per cent from 1948, - ;
