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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
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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.
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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, - ;