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Newspaper Page Text0 Mail Tribune Today Observes 50th Year The Medford Mail Tribune today observes its 50th anniversary f publication. The publication started March 22, 1906, as the Medford Daily Tribune, moving here from Ashland because "no town in Southern Oregon has so bright a future." J. M. Potter, publisher, moved the plant of the Ashland Tribune to Medford and started the paper 6 an evening and weekly. The geneology of the Mail Tribune includes at least five papers. First was the Medford Mail, founded in 1888 by Thomas Harlan, which was issued each Thursday. Newell Harlan pub lished the Mail in 1890, and Felix G. Kertson in 1891. A. S. Bliton in 1893 purchased the Mail, and published it until 1909. After the Tribune moved to Medford from Ashland, where it was founded in 1896, the Medford Tribune also published a twice-a-week edition, the Southern Oregonian. Sidney D. Charles had established the Southern Oregonian four years previously, and in 1906 absorbed the Jacksonville Times. Another paper in the Mail Tribune's genealogy was the weekly Sun, issued Sundays. The paper was started in 1906 by L. C? Branson and S. Sumpter Smith Putnam Succeeds Moore as Editor George Putnam succeeded A. F. Moore as editor of the Tribune in 1907, and two years later, on March 20, 1909, Bliton sold the Mail to the Tribune Publishing company. The con solidation resulted in the present name, the Medford Mail Tribune, which has continued to publish daily and weekly since that time. - Putnam remained with the Mail Tribune until 1919, when he went to Salem to publish the Capital Journal. He is now editor emeritus of that paper and still active in writing editorials and columns of his reminiscences. Robert W. Run-1 and Sumpter Smith of the Sun purchased con trol of the paper when Putnam left.. Smith died in 1935. The Mail Tribune is now owned by the Medford Printing company, stockholders of which are mem bers of the Ruhl family and cer tain employees of the paper. "Picturesque Environment' The Daily Tribune's March 22, 1906, lead editorial read, in part, "the Ashland district, with its unrivalled fruit, its picturesque environment, its splendid water supply and its undeveloped min eral resources, is one of the fa vored spots of the great west. But as a point of vantage from which to Qview and report the great work of developing the en tire county, the publisher be lieves Medford is far more ad vantageously located." The policy of the paper was "one of enthusiastic support of all legitimate enterprises in every part of the county." Devoted to "the development of Southern Oregon's agricul tural, mineral and horticultural resources." the editorial con tinued: "The man who endeavers to block the wheels of progress in Medford. be he Republican, Demdcrat or what not, will very likflv be 'bawled out . It concluded: "Let everybody who has the interests of the city and county at heart cooperate with the Tribune; our cause is a rommon one. Put your shoulders to the wheel and push the good old red wagon of prosperity to the top of the hill. The exercise will do you good and put money in your pockets. That edition had four pages. Tod Story of Day Ton storv of the day was from Wallace. Ida., where a sheriff ws seriously wounded attempt ing to serve a writ of restitution to secure the eviction of a man from railroad property. Another story concerned news of Jonn T. Rockefeller s health. Other Page 1 stories included one about Swift Packing comp any purchasing 1,700 acres of land in three tracts near Port land for establishing plants and about the Oregon Railway atfii Navigation company let ting contracts for construction of a railroad between the mouth of the Wallowa river to Joseph, some 47 miles distance. A senate committee that day recommended passing a bill ap propriating $20,000 for construe tion and equipment for a life saving, ocean-going tug for ser vice on the North Pacific coast, Candidate for Office Among candidates for politi cal offices were James Withy combe of Corvallis, Republican candidate for governor; Walter L. Tooze, Woodburn, Republi can candidate for congress; E V. Carter, Ashland, Republican candidate for state treasurer; S G. Van Dyke, Medford, Repub lican candidate for Jackson county sheriff; Egene A. Sher- win. Democratic candidate for state senator; W. R. Coleman Phoenix, Republican candidate for county clerk; and O. D Owen, Medford, Republican can didate for county treasurer. r C. Hensley, secretary of the county Socialist club, noti fied residents of a county con vention to nominate a full county ticket for the Socialist ' party. Local and Personal In the "local and personal i,,rrm of 1906. was the fol lowing item: "The weather: It rained a little yesterday afternoon, but cleared up in the eve ning. Today we are having sunshine and clouds alter nately, but no rain. Temp erature is moderate." (-Another "personal" item read as follows: "Fred Champlin of t h e Toots Creek dredger, is in the city having his hand treated. A short time ago he suffered a slight burn, but blood poisoning set in and he is having rather a pain ful time with it." John Luther Long's "Madame Butterfly" was scheduled at the Ashland opera house the next day, and the Butte Falls Sugar Lumber company stockholders elected new members to the board of directors, including B. Harris, John McAllister, W. F. Entrop, F. W. Streets, J. E. Enyart, Holbrook Withington and J. H. Miller. Ben A. Lowell of Woodville advertised subdivisions of a 900-acre Rogue River ranch, 80 rods from the Southern Pac ific depot, for sale. Good Rigs' J. A. Elmhirst advertised fine stock," "good rigs" and day and night cab service" at the Nash Livery stables. The Medford bank,, with capital stock fully paid totaling $50,000, had filed an application to be come the Medford ' National bank. The Jackson County bank also listed capital stock of $50,000. Russell s confectionery, m a half-page ad listed candies "that are hand made and fresh," while Cameron and Meyers, 'The Metropolitan Outfitters" of Medford npted that the firm's shoes are "best by test, give them a trial." Price for the 1906 paper was 50 cents per month delivered to southern Oregon homes. Cir culation of the Daily Tribune started with 50 paid subscrib ers, and by Sept. 10, 1906, had increased to 300 paid subscrib ers. Today, the Mail Tribune has about 16,200 subscribers in southern Oregon and northern California. United Press Full Leased Wire 0 J United Press Full Leased Wire ' No. 1 51st Year 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1956 Price 5c Kefauver Backers Planning Oregon Write-in Campaign Candidate Approves On Brief State Stop Portland U.R) Support ers of Sen. Estes Kefauver plan ned today to wage a campaign for write-in votes for Oregon's May 18 presidential primary, and they had the go-ahead of the candidate himself. Kefauver stopped briefly here early today, en route by plane from Montana. to San Francisco and was met by a group of his supporters who said he gave his approval to a write-in campaign, Would Bind Delegates Neither Kefauver nor Adlai Stevenson entered the Demo cratic primary in Oregon. But under Oregon law the 16-mem-ber Democratic delegation to the national convention would be bound to support the candidate getting the largest write-in vote. Kefauver said he had not pre viously announced his willing- 0 l ill . ' 1 AAclCay Says Pressure fi Run For Senate Game in Oregon Ralph Cook Buys Antelope Orchards Purchase of Antelope orch ards on Yankee creek by Ralph Cook, local orchardist and rancher, was announced today. The orchard is believed to in clude the largest single block of seckel pears in the world. It con sists of about 40 acres, and yields about 20 carloads of pears annually. Former owner is John Ramsey, who have moved to Nevada. The orchard is located' east of Camp White near Antelope creek from which it receives its names. Purchase price was not announced. Seckel pears are used princi pally for pickling and are sold through New York City markets for this purpose. Minneapolis (U.R) How were Republicans able to vote in the Democratic primary election in Minnesota? State election officials, in response to numerous queries, today explained that in a Min nesota primary election; a registered voter may request a ballot of whichever party he desires when entering the poll. Republicans crossing over party lines in this way was credited with a significant ef fect in the surprise victory of Estes Kefauver over Adlai Stevenson in the presidential preference election Tuesday. ness for a write-in campaign be cause he had not had a chance to talk to Oregon Democratic lead ers. Kefauver's go-ahead also may touch off a campaign to get write-in votes for Adlai Steven son, who has many Oregon sup porters. Chairmen Contacted Monroe Sweetland, Demo cratic national committee, said he had .written all Democratic county chairmen, urging them to encourage voters to write in their preference for the presi dential nomination. "Presumably the champions of Adlai Stevenson and Estes Ke fauver will be active in every county, and perhaps other aspir ants will appear," Sweetland said. Investigation Into Death Continues Authorities are still investi gating circumstances in the death of Mrs. Jean Gunter, 30, Ashland, who died March 16 of a .22 gunshot wound, according to District Attorney . Walter Nunley. Mrs. Gunter's husband, Jack, 30, told law officers he found his wife's body in bed last Fri day morning when he returned home. Nunley said a formal in quest to determine exact nature of the shooting is pending. David Shaw to Speak At Phoenix Grange Attorney David C. Shaw, Gold Beach, Democratic candi date for congress from the fourth district, will speak at a dinner sponsored by the Democratic So cial club at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Grange hall. Shaw's subject will be "Flood Control and Full Development of the Rogue," according to Clyde Fichtner, president. Also on the program will be colored slides of a European trip by Mrs. Frank Perl. A discussion period will follow Shaw's talk. The dinner is open to the public, and reservations may be made by calling Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Norton at 3-2888. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy through Friday with scat tered showers. Slightly cooler and windy. Low tonight 35. High Friday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 61 Lowest this Morning 37 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today Trace Groups Appealed To Administration, Secretary Asserts Public Opinion Poll Showed Apparent Wish Salem '(U.R) Interior Secre tary Douglas McKay said today the factors that made him an eleventh hour candidate for the Senate "originated in Oregon and not in Washington, D. C, or in the national committee." McKay, here to launch his pri mary campaign and mend some political fences, said he was "be sieged by those who insisted that I run" when he visited Oregon in February to attend the fun eral of the late Gov. Paul Patter son. "My answer was emphatically 'No.' I believed that as secre tary of the interior I was already doing an important job," McKay said. McKay's statement continued: "These people then appealed to the administration and to the national committee. Their an swer supported the position 1 had taken. Finally, under in creasing pressure, it was agreed that a public opinion poll would be taken by an independent out-of-state agency to determine who would be the strongest candi date. When this poll showed the -apparent wish of the man in the street that I make the race, I then discussed it with Presi dent Eisenhower and agreed to run. "There was no time for further discussion with state leaders and I boarded a plane for Oregon," the secretary said. In explaining his decision to try to unseat Sen. Wayne Morse, McKay said he wanted xne iui lowing understood: States Position "1. It was the opinion of Ore gon voters and not the insistence of party leaders in Oregon or Washington, D. C. that determ ined my decision. "2. A Republican primary is open until 5 p.m. of the last legal day for filing and my filing was made when there was yet time for any other Republican to file, withdraw or otherwise follow his convictions. "3. I never at any time in this or any other election asked any man to withdraw in my favor and I never will. It was reported to me before I left Washington that other candidates would withdraw if I filed. This did not influence my decision. My de cision was based upon my con victions of my duty to Oregon, to President Dwight D. Eisen hower and the principles for which he stands." McKay concluded his state ment by saying it was not easy to give up a position in the Presi dent's cabinet to enter a tough political campaign. But I am do ing what I have been doing through 25 years of public serv ice: I am doing what I believe the people of my state want me to do." The interior secretary flew to Oregon last night to endorse pre liminary plans and a nucleus organization for his primary campaign. INITIATE 3RD STAGE SrW' SEPARATE 2HD STA6E SECOND STAGE 8URN.Q0T 1 St f -FIRST STAGE WUT THIRD STASEl THUS STAGE BURK0UT I 1 IGffiTION SFPARATIOH t tun ' i VELOCITY 25,000 RSEtT ALTITUDE 200-400 8IIIS " RASGE 1500 MILES TIME 10 MM. AFTER LAUMCHTriS PHEUKiiARY SCHEMATIC TRAJECTORY! I II HI HWIIW III ! i rfi I Til til i f- ll DEPICTING BURNOUT POSITIONS of three stages of Navy Martin Vanguard research vehicle, drawing discloses flight plan of rocket which is to be fired from Florida later in year. It will become satellite about 400 miles above earth. (International Soundphoto) Russian Nuclear Blast Reported Washington (U.R) Official sources speculated today that the new Soviet nuclear test means the Russians are going all-out to perfect atomic war heads for long-range ballistic missiles. Others said it proves the Rus sians have achieved "atomic plenty." They are now, one well informed source said, building up a "whole family of atomic weapons" comparable in versa tility to the larger U.S. nuclear arsenal. Such weapons include atomic warheads for everything that now uses high explosives artil lery shells as small as eight inches in diameter, a growing variety of missile charges, bombs of many calibers, land mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. May Have Been More The new Russian explosion was announced Wednesday night in London and Washing ton. It was part of a series 01 explosives which have been go ing on intermittently since Au gust, 1955. Although the United States has reported only live in dividual shots in the series, in formed sources said there may have been many more. Never before, since their first, test in September, 1949, have the Russians been able to stage so many tests in so brief a time. Instead of months, the gap between tests previously had been years. (See story on Page 10) DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow- Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 510.94 up 3.02, 20 rails 171.72 up 2.87, 15 utilities 67.23 off 0.06, and 65 stocks 180.97 up 1.44. Sales today were about 2,650,000 shares compar ed with 2,930,000 yesterday. Salem -tU.R) A hop growers vote on whether they wanted a commodity commission formed for their crop was completed Wednesday. Votes won't be tab ulated, however, until all county ballot boxes are received by the State Department of Agriculture. 'Great Decisions' Program Opening Day Set The Jackson County "Great Decisions" program for 1956 will get under way this week end. The foreign affairs discussion and evaluation plan will start with a discussion leaders' train ing "institute" at 1 p.m. Sat urday at the Medford High school library. Anyone interested in forming or leading a discussion group in the Great Decisions program is welcome to attend, according to Don Hansen, chair man of the committee in charge. Hugh Simpson, of the South ern Oregon college faculty, will conduct the institute. Fact sheets on the subjects scheduled for discussion will be available starting this week end from three sources. They can be obtained at the office of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, 5 South Riverside ave., at a charge of $1 for the eight sheets. Those wish ing to have them delivered can telephone 2-5355, and make ar rangements for delivery, and they can be ordered by mail from the office of Gene Piazza, 207 U. S. National Bank building, telephone 3-5331. A charge of SI. 50 is made for mailed or de livered copies of the fact sheets. Information on any phase of the program can be obtained from Hansen, whose telephone number is 3-5311. Radio stations KYJC and KMED will sponsor weekly half hour programs on the topic for discussion each week. The broad casts are being prepared by mem bers of the Southern Oregon col lege staff in cooperation with in terested individuals and the ra dio stations. Times of the pro grams will be announced later. A survey of the first of the dis cussion topics, "How Can the U. S. Meet Russia's New Chal lenge," will appear in Sunday's edition of the Mail Tribune. Sur veys of succeeding discussion topics will appear in succeeding Sunday editions of the paper. The other . seven discussion topics will include "What Can the U.S. Do About Germany in Europe?" "What U. S. Policy for North Africa?" "Can the U.S. Help Peace in the Middle East?" "How Should the U. S. Deal With China?" "What Can the U. S. Do About Japan's Role in Asia?" and "What U. S. Problems in the United Nations?" Each discussion group is en couraged to use prepared ballots, which are included with each set of fact sheets, to express their opinions on the subjects, and to forward them to the Great De cisions committee, which will compile them and see the results reach members of congress and the state department. Similar programs were suc cessfully conducted last year in Portland, Corvallis, Eugene, and Springfield in Oregon, as well as elsewhere, and are again un der way this year The temporary committee which has set up the informal framework under which discus sion groups can be organized is working in cooperation with the Foreign Policy association, a non profit, non-partisan nationwide organization which has the aim of wider public participation in determining U. S. foreign policy. Congresional and governmental leaders of both, parties have at tested to the value of its work in recent years Further details on the program appear on Page 4 of today's Mail Tribune, WORK IS PROGRESSING on Navy Martin Vanguard re search vehicle which will place world's first man-made satel lite in its orbit around earth. This is artist's conception of launching, scheduled for Florida test center. In background is gantry which places vehicle on launching stand. At right is blockhouse housing scientists in charge. (International) UN Disarmament Committee Hears Stassen Proposal Plan Calls for Mutual Reduction by Russia London (U.R) The United States offered today to cut its military manpower to 2,500,000 men if the Soviet Union will match it. The American proposal was put before today's session of the U. N. subcommittee on Disarma ment by U.S. delegate Harold E. Stassen. Stassen said the United States also was willing, on a mutual basis with Russia, to reduce armaments and military expendi- -tures to levels in line with the smaller armed forces. The entire American offer was contingent on the Soviet Union reducing its armed forces to 2,500,000 men, with a corres ponding reduction in expendi tures and armaments. Reciprocal Basis The American plan specified that the scheme must be carried out on a "reciprocal and safe guarded basis." Stassen began unveiling the American plan yesterday with a dramatic proposal for a 20,000 to 30,000 square mile '-'test strip" in Russia and the United States where means of detecting war scale military buildups could be tried out. Almost at the same time the British Defense Ministry an nounced that Russia has "recent ly embarked on some further nu clear tests." Russia began a simi lar series at start of last, sum mer's "Summit Conference" in Geneva and it was believed the new series was timed to bring pressure on the London Disarm ament Conference. At Least One Port Each test zone would contain at least one port, airfield and rail terminal and various non secret military installations in which the effects of a major as sembly of soldiers and supplies could be observed. The proposal is a logical se quel to President Eisenhower's "Open Sky" plan for air inspec tion as a means of guaranteeing peace. Russia's Andrei Gromyko did not reply at once, and observers here doubted he will do so until he has had a chance to check with Moscow. Little Harm Expected From Commerce Order An Interstate Commerce Com mission order prohibiting circu itous routing of lumber by rail is not expected seriously to harm lumber interests here, lo cal sources have indicated. The ICC issued the order! Tuesday, . to go into effect April 9. Under the circuitous routing system, a shipper sends unsold lumber to a distant point by a roundabout route rather than a direct doute. The shipper at tempts to sell the lumber at some point before it reaches the final destination. Ties Up Box Cars Often the circuitous routing system ties up box cars as long as 60 days. Normally, lumber shipped by the direct route could reach the same desination in slightly more than a week. Complaints that this type of routing may in part be respon sible for the current box car shortage inspired the ICC order. The roundabout routing is, however, one way for mills to sell their lumber. For example, lumber which cannot be sold locally might bring a good price elsewhere where demand for that particular type of lumber is greater. It also has been pointed out, however, . that the reverse can happen. One source said that a certain type of lumber might be considered "out of style" elsewhere in the nation and would therefore have to be sold at a distress price, which would be considered generally econo mically undesirable. Excectincr Order Some local sources have indi cated that they have been ex pecting the order from the ICC and have expressed favor, for it. Feelings appeared to be that anything contributing to tne re ported box car shortage should be curtailed. One source said that some some smaller wholesale lumber firms may be hurt by the order, but predicted no major perman ent crippling effect in general. It has been claimed that the circuitous routing curtailment will make it necessary for some firms to build up inventories in order to sell lumber. Some other lumber interests, however, for- see little or no change in inven tories as a result. Counly Truck Bids Awarded to Two Firms International Harvester com pany, 2232 Biddle rd., and Auto motive Equipment company, 1245 Biddle rd., were successful bidders yesterday to provide Jackson county with six dump trucks, according to the county court. Four five-yard trucks costing $4,918,05 each will be purchased from International Harvester and two Diamond T eight-yard trucks at 11.000.53 each will be purchased from Automotive Equipment company. Maxwell House Cuts Prices on Coffee White Plains, N. Y. (U.R) The Maxwell House Division of General Foods Corp. today an nounced it will slash prices for its regular ground coffees three cents per pound, effective to morrow. Recent lower prices for green coffee beans made the cuts pos 'sible, a spokesman said, Jacksonville Census Scheduled Next Week Jacksonville A census of Jacksonville residents will be taken Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27, Mayor John Keaveny has announced. He stated that the city council authorized the census in order that Jacksonville's pro rata share pf certain state funds will be increased on proof of population growth since 1,190 recorded in the 1950 federal census. Three enumerators will record the name, age and sex of all per sons residing within the Jack sonville city limits. All persons who will be absent from their homes on Monday and Tuesday are requested to leave the re quired information in a conspic uous place outside the house. Everett Ravenor is census di rector. Enumerators are Mrs. Fred Richardson, Mrs. Walter Mooring and Miss Judy Frohs. Request Funds for Experiment Station A request for $4,000 from Jackson county to assist in oper ational expenses of agronomic work at the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station was made yesterday to the county court. Representatives Of the station and the county extension service told the court that the station will need $6,000 next year to carry on present experimental work, due to a drop in income at the farms. Josephine county has been asked to consider budgeting $2,000 for the work. Commission Chester Wendt said the court has taken the re quest under advisement. Property composing the ex perimental farms is owned by the county and operational costs are covered by state funds and income from the farms.