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Newspaper Page TextLOWER CO EVICUAT Cancellation of Sarena Grants Urged in Report Congressional Subcommittee Making Study Republicans Asked For Minority Report Washington U.R) A staff report urging cancellation of the controversial Al Sarena mining claim grants in Oregon is being studied by members of a con gressional investigating commit tee, it was learned today. Informed sources said a ma jority of the Democrats on the joint House and Senate subcom mittee have indicated general approval of the report. Involved are 15 mining claims held by Al Sarena Mines. Inc., in Rftgue River National Forest. The company was granted "pat ents," or full title, to the claims two years ago in an opinion writ - ten by Interior Undersecretary Clarence A. Davis, then the de partment solicitor. Timber Harvest Charged Democrats on the subcommit tees have charged the company sought the patents only to har vest timber on the 475 acres in volved. The report states 2,000 000 board feet have been cut since the patents were obtained, while "not one cupful" of ore has been mined by the company. Republican members of the subcommittee have been asked to prepare a minority report, if there is to be one, by June 12. One minority member. Rep. Charles Raper Jonas (R-N.C), said is "quite sure" there will be a minority report. ' "From ,what I've read,"' he said, "the report doesn't repre sent my views." He said he doesn't know who prepared it. He said it "certainly wasn't the result of any consid ered judgment by the commit tee members." n.-:. I The report bristles with criti cisms of Davis. It said he granted the claim patents "in haste." He didn't "even wait for a written report" on special assays he or dered on mineral content of the claims, it said. He also did not give notice of the award to the Forest Service, which had contested the claims. It added. The report said Davis' actions constituted a "procedure with out precedent" and were "con trary fo the principles" of the federal administrative procedure act. On these grounds, it said, the Justice Department should be asked to "take appropriate steps ... cancel these patents." Two Men Injured in Dynamiting Accident Ralph Conard. 44. and Noah Huskey, both c Butte Falls, suf fered head and other injuries in a dynamiting accident in Med ford, corporation timberland north of Butte Falls about 4 p.m. yesterday. Company officials said Conard and Huskey ere blasting stumps for a road right-of-way for log ging operations when the acci dent occurred. Conard suffered a possible skull fracture and H iskey a low er jaw fracture, officials said They were taken by Medford ambulance to Community hospi tal, where their condition today wag reported as fair. "It Won't Seem the Same Without You, Boy" PH Ml . tSj' Committee Approves $2,636,818 Budget The county budget committee has approved a $2,636,818.47 budget for fiscal year 1956-57, which calls for no levy of gen eral taxes. It will be published in full twice on June 8 and 15, before a public hearing, which has been called for 10 a.m. Friday, June 29. in the circuit court room. It is down from the 1955-56 budget, which totaled $3,622,003. Last year's tax levy was S695, 094. Funds on Hand The fact that no general tax levy is being made this year was made possible by large funds on Three Bonanza Students Killed In Auto Collision Klamath Falls (U.R) Three Bonanza high school students were reported Tolled about 10 a.m. today when their car failed to negotiate a curve and hit a lumber truck on Bly mountain 35 miles east of here, police re ported. State police officer Earle Tich- enor said the truck tipped over on the death car and sealed the three bodies inside. A wrecker with torch cutting equipment wag summoned after earlier equipment proved inadequate for the job. Driver of the logging truck, William J. Hamilton, 37, of Klamath Falls, was apparent ly uninjured. Victims Identified The victims were tentatively identified as Claudette Shuck, 17. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Shuck of Swan Lake; Bobby Robertson, about 16, son of - Ray Robertson of Bonanza, 1 and Rex Porterfield, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Porterfield of Dairy, Ore. They were seen leaving Bon anza this morning in a new car believed to belong to the Porter field family. Friends said they were en route to Sprague River to pick up a fourth classmate. District 49 Election On Budget Today A poll will remain open until 8 p.m. today in the Medford High school girls' gymnasium for residents of School District 49 to vote on a proposed budget of $1,992,437.11 for operation of the district in the 1956-57 school year. The proposed budget calls for increased expenditures totaling $200,203.76. resulting from in creased enrollments, higher sal aries and other increased opera tion costs, according to school district officials. Eligible to vote are residents who have lived in the district for six months and who have been registered to vote at least since May I. Residents of the Dewey and Kenwood districts and residents of the Oak Grove and West Side districts will not be eligible to vote in this elec tion. The districts will become a part of the Medford district this year but will operate under separate budgets for one more year. hand and expected in the form of receipts. Only levy will be $24,205, which includes the $16,205 his torical society continuing levy and the $8,000 juvenile deten tion home operating and main tenance fund continuing levy both previously approved by the voters. The historical society levy figure is contingent upon valuations found by the county assessor on the 1956-57 tax roll. The levy is not to exceed one half mill. Total receipts and cash on hand is estimated at $2,612,- 613.47 (compared with S2.926, 909 last year), which includes estimated O&C land receipts of $1,102,429.32. Appropriations for this year, as compared with last year, are as follows: County court and commission ers, $20,971.40 (down $1,595); circuit court, $19,490.40 (up $1,- 240.40): district court $10,944 (up $665.60); justice court, Ash land district, $7,096 (up $526); Jackson county planning com mission, $10,000 (up $2,500); general road fund. $1,282,949.32 (up $161,412.68): Jackson county library, $24,000 (up - $5,400); emergency, fund, $40,000 (no change): civil defense $8,770 (up $3,010); county surveyor $9,455.40 (up $2,860.40): water master. $15,665.60 (un $35); dis trict attorney, $17,811.80 (up $400); fruit inspection $1,380 (up $150); county agents office, $19,662 (no change); miscellan eous general county, $125,767.78 (up $2,416.20); veterans service officer $7,270.40 (down $207); board of equalization, $2,000 (up $1,750); Constable, $8,135 (up $300); care of poor at county farm, $221,120 (up $21,767); miscel laneous relief, $6,000 (up $4, 500); county compensation, $360 (no change); Jackson county Red Cross $1,500 (no change); indi gent veterans, $1,500 (down $400); coroner, $1,200 (no change); juvenile department, $17,905 (up $835); Jackson coun ty health department, $95,904 (up $7,760); mosquito control. $6,000 (no change); justice court, Gold Hill, $2,715 (up $200); sheriffs office $89,- 603.04 (up $6,726.58); county clerk. $61,143.18 (up $1,898); treasurer, $9,307.40 (down $54); assessor; $80,848 (up siz.ubu courthouse expense, $30,789.93 (down $93.32); county jail, $22, 285.42 (up $2,9J0); Jackson county farm home, $70,397 (up $825); courthouse construction, improvement and maintenance fund $25,000 (down $365,887.63); Jackson county historical fund, $16,205 (up $1,570); juvenile detention home operation and maintenance fund $8,000. Members of the county budget committee are M. T. Wray, chair man; Roger F. Rath, secretary; Rodney Keating, county judge; L. G. (Shy) Morthland, commis sioner; Chester H. Wendt, com missioner; and Arnold Bohnert, committeeman. Shady Cove Couples Form Partnership Shady Cove -Trail Three Shady Cove couples have form ed a partnership with the purpose of constructing and op erating three stores and an asso ciated warehouse, it wag report ed today. The couples are Mr. and Mrs Rene Espourteille, Mr. and Mrs. William Leekey and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Conway. Their an nouncement said they plan to open a builders supply store, general hardware store and a furniture and appliance store. Construction of the warehouse to serve the stores has already started on property located next to the Oaks court. No estimate of the amount of investment involved was given by the partners' announcement. Council Inspects New East Side Fire Hall Mayor Earl Miller and city councilmen inspected the city's new east side fire station this afternoon preparatory to formal acceptance of the building from the contractor, Myron Corcoran Construction company. An open house at the station is scheduled from 1:30 to 5 p.m Sunday. All residents interested axe invited to inspect the build ing at that time. Fire Chief Gordon Barker has announced. The station, at 530 Highland dr., was placed in service on Tuesday. Air Force Bomber Crashes in Denver Suburban Section Four Hospitalized; Four Others Dead Denver (U.R) A crippled Air Force B25 bomber crashed and burned in a suburban resi dential section here today, kill ing four of the eight persons aboard. The four survivors, one of them a member of the Women's Air Force, were hospitalized at nearby Lowry'Air Force Base. Their conditions were not im mediately known. Engine Trouble The twin-engined plane, en route from McChord Air Force Base, near Tacoma, to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.. had taken off at 5:59 a.m. (PST) from Lowry for Tyndall. Two minutes later the pilot radioed having engine trouble. The crash followed almost im mediately. The plane smashed into earth, narrowly missing four houses in the heavily populated suburban area immediately southeast of Denver, in neighboring Arapa hoe county. Its right wing "missed one home by 24 inches, knocking over a stack of cement sacks and grazing a pickup truck parked in the yard. Despite the fact that all the homes were occupied and peo ple were in ome jf the yards, none of the persons on the ground were scratched. Tail Section Intact : One home was set on fire but the flames were quickly ex tinguished. The plane's tail sec tion, the only recognizable in tact piece left of the aircraft after it had plowed across a stretch of some 200 yards of open ground, came to rest within a dozen feet of another house. Late News Briefs MOLOTOV RESIGNS London (U.R) Soviet For eign Minister V. M. Molotov re signed today "Radio Moscow' 're ported. Pravda Editor Dmitri Shapi- Iov has replaced Him in the For eign Ministry, the announce ment said. GRACE KELLY EXPECTING Berlin (U.R) The West Ber lin tabloid "B.Z." said today Princess Grace of Monaco is ex pecting a child in January. PROSECUTION RESTS St. Louis (U.R) The govern ment rested its case today in the trial of T. Lamar Caudle and Matthew J. Connelly on charges of conspiracy to fix an income tax evasion case. NEGOTIATIONS ADJOURNED Washington (U.R) Wage negotiations affecting 30,000 Western Union employees out side New York City today were adjourned until Monday. A strike call apparently was smi possible at any time. North Entrance to Park Being Cleared . The north entrance to Crater Lake National park probably will open about June 22, accord ing to Tom Williams, park su perintendent. Williams said state crews are working with bulldozers and snow plows but work is slowed due to unusually heavy snow packs. The road usually is open by June 15, he said. Building Permits for May Show Increase Building permits issued in May totaled $359,503, compared with $224,210 for May last year, Olivor R. McNeel, Medford building inspector, announced today. Among permits for May were 10 new homes. $107,500; 17 homes remodeled. $22,989; five new garages. $9,200; three new duplexes, $33,000; five business establishments, $370,068; and seven business establishments re modeled, $16,185. Officials Hope to Complete Canvass Soon Jackson county election offic ial hone to complete the can vass of primary election returns by next Tuesday, it was an nounced todav. Tho canvassers said the large number of write-in votes for candidates has been primarily resDonsible for the delay in com pleting the project. The depart ment began the canvass eany It is not expected the an nounced results of any election races will be changed. 51st Year Mep 24 Pages M . . i i mmmmmmmmmmmmmmgmmmmmmmuuiwsm iu --: i rr- ?JLi T"n -, a vSv- - mm ' , - - (citA w" e- JjJ , - -But , -.' r 1 OPEN HOUSE Members of shop classes at Medford High school are shown constructing a 14x1 6-foot prefabricated workshop in the shop at the school. Metal, machine and wood shops at the school are holding open hou-e between noon and 8 p.m. today. Included in Petition To Halt 'Slow Freight' Order Dismissed Portland (U.R) A three-judge Federal Court yesterday dis missed a petition of 63 small lumber companies and brokers of Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia to set aside an Interstate Commerce commission order banning , "slow f reight' , . mer cl&h9isln2methodsT !JK'..S At the same time, the court vacated a temporary restraining order issued April 17 by U.S. District Judge William G. East here. The tribunal, made up of U.S. Circuit Judge Albert Lee Ste phens, Judge East and U.S. Dis trict Judge Gus J. Solomon, held a hearing here May 11 when parties in the litigation were heard. Then written briefs were submitted to the court. Said On'.Y T Gain Time The ICC based its service or der 910 on its opinion that an acute freight car shortage exists in all sections of the country and that movement of loaded freight cars is being delayed solely to gain time. Plaintiffs seeking the injunc tion admitted they had been shipping lumber destined for points east and routing it by slow freight while negotiating for sale of the product along the line. They said they had been using this method for more than 20 years. Small Mills Hurt They further contended that order 910 would have the effect of destroying many small man ufacturers and divert their busi ness to large manufacturers who do not sell lumber on a "diver sion" basis. The court, while accepting the contention of plaintiffs that en forcement of service order' 910 would not alleviate the "car shortage," said it had no prov ince "in the matter, as a legisla tive emergency declared by Con gress or one of its administra tive agencies is not subject to judicial review upon its merits." Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from his alma mater, the College of Ida ho, at Caldwell, Ida., Saturday. Washington (U.R) president Eisenhower left by automobile today for a week end at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy wit showers in mountains Satur day morning with occasional light rain during day. Clear in e Saturday night. Low to night 50. High Saturday 72-75. Sundav outlook rhance of x few widely scattered showers. Temp. Highest Yesterday 74 Lowest this Morning S3 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 03 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . . 4:37 a.m. 7:42 p.m. Sunset The Moon. at Last Quarter 11:13 a.m. rises Saturday !2:37 a.m. VENUS tonight begins to move westward among the itars of Gemini. In a few weeks it will leav the evening sky and tt wtu re turn as a morning star early 1b July. cVAY, JUNE 1, Several Fires Start In Area; Damage Said Minor in Most Cases Two state forest patrolmen were dispatched tis morning to all a large burning snag near Chimney rock between Antelope and Lake creeks. The fire is one of four in the county started by lightning which have been spotted since Tuesday. Others were in the Green Springs, .at the head of Elk creek and on the east fork of Evans creek. One other fire was discovered in Josephine county. Patrolmen said that there are possibly other lightning fires which may smoulder a few days Red Blanket to Build New Planing Mi Red Blanket Lumber company will build a new planing mill in the White City area, it was re ported today. It will have a ca pacity of 80,000 to 100,000 board feet per day. The company plans to move its Eagle Point operation to the new planing mill site in about two months. Red Blanket has another "plant in Prospect. De tails as to completion date for the planing mill and expected cost of construction are not yet definite, according to William Mattson Sr., president of the company. Red Blanket also plans to build a hardboard plant in the White City area that is expected to employ from 25 to 40 people. Plans for the plant are still in the formulative stages, Mattson said. Particle board, which is made of planer shavings, will be produced in the new plant. 8th Army Ready To 'Pull Lanyard' If Reds Start Anything in Korea Seoul, Korea (U.R) Gen. Isaac D. White, commander of the U.S. 8th Army, said today his troops "can pull the lanyard in 15 seconds" if the Commu nists start anything over expul sion of the truce inspection teams from South Korea. . White told the United Press the 8th Army was ready to take care of "any situation." The U.N. command announced Thursday it was provisionally suspending work of the four nation truce inspection teams in South Korea because of inter ference by the Communist Pol ish and Czech members and be cause of Communist violations of the truce. The Polish, Czech, Swedish and Swiss members of the teams were given one week to leave South Korea. Both the Peiping and Pyong yang radios were silent on the expulsion but Moscow Radio an nounced the action as a "gross violation of the armistice condi tions in Korea." It said the "real reason" was the American build up of the South Korean army. - The U.N. command, in an nouncing the action, accused the Conununisti of buildinj up i 400 I Price 5e Tribune 1956 No. 62 displays is a solid oak pear-shaped table which was made for the school board office by members of the classes. Instructors of classes are Scott Brill, metal; Don Harming, machine; and L. A. Mentzer, wood. (Landis-Shangle photo) before they are discovered. The state department of forestry has five lookouts in the district at present. Applegai Fires Four lightning fires were re ported in the Applegate district May 29 and 30, according .to J. H. Wood, supervisor of Rogue River. National forest,., .... The fires were confined to small areas, he said, and only minor damage was reported. City firemen said that four lightning strikes were reported to them during yesterday's storm. They stated that no fires resulted. Two trucks were dis patched about 7:25 p.m. when a lightning strike was reported on a house on Beekman st. The pumpers returned to the station when no fire was found. Siskiyou Fires The forest service reported about 23 blazes in the Siskiyou county area of Klamath National forest. Most damage has been re ported in Happy Camp and Forks of the Salmon areas, where 62 men are on emergency duty. Fire fighting personnel are be ing hindered by the flood dam age to fire trails in the county, forest service officials reported. Deadline for Filing Expenses Is Saturday Candidates in the primary election were reminded today that Saturday is the deadline for filing campaign expenses in the county clerk's office. Only 10 candidates had filed their expenses by Friday' morn ing. Statements of expenses will be received until the courthouse closes at noon Saturday. to 500 plane air force in North Korea in violation of the armi stice terms. Both sides were ordered to freeze the amount of men and war materiel in Korea at the end of the fighting. U.S. Deputy Defense- Secre tary Reuben B. Robertson said in Washington- the Communist arms buildup in North Korea 120 School Patrol Members Expected at Annual Dinner About 120 school patrol mem bers are expected to attend the annual dinner for the patrol be tween 6:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. today at Hedrick Junior High school cafteria. Elementary schools which have patrols include St. Mary's of Medford, Oak Grove, Jack son. Jefferson, Lincoln, Roose velt and Washington. Each mem ber of the patrol will be given a pencil from the National Safe ty council as awards of merit for service.' ' ..--. Miss Venita Howard of the traifit gaiety divilion of the sec Two-Foot Rise at Vancouver Seen By Next Tuesday Morrison Bridge Ordered Closed Portland (U.R) Alarmed rest dents along the lower Colum bia river bolstered their dikes today and residents of the Rai nier, Ore., diking district began evacuating as the stream con tinued to rise above earlier predictions. From 75 to 100 families live in the district located near Rai nier on the banks of the Co lumbia. Officials said the dikes had not been breached but that evacuation was being made as a precautionary measure. Two-Foot Rise Forecast A two-foot rise to nearly 27 feet was forecast for the Colum bia by next Tuesday at Van couver, Wash. The situation upstream was not bright, either. as the Snake and other rivers were coming up. Earlier, fore casters had hoped that the Port land area might get by with a 25-foot crest. In Portland, the Morrison street bridge was ordered closed to traffic after 7 p.m. today until the river drops below 25 feet. The bridge handles much of Portland s cross - town traffic. When the W i 1 1 a m e t te river reaches 25 feet the draw-opening machinery will not function properly. . Emergency Declared' A state of emergency was de clared last night at Kalama. Wash., downstream from Van couver on the Columbia. The city council called out volun teers today to add some 25.000 sandbags tq 2000 feet of dike. There was no floodwater in the town but the emergency state was declared as a precautionary measure. Thousands of acres of farm land already were under water. Some farm homes were evacu ated earlier as the Columbia crept slowly upwards. Elmer Fisher, the weather bureau's river forecaster, said the 26.7 stage predicted for Tues day might have to be revised tip--ward. The Columbia at Van couver this morning was 24.9 feet, 9.9 over flood stage. It reached above 30 feet in 1948s record flood. Mora Wok Added Hot weather in the Columbia basin and possibility of thunder showers added more woes to the flood picture. Streams in Idaho st"J were flooding and some were predicted to rise, including the Snake which is a key factor in future Columbia river crests. A rise of nearly two feet be tween today and Sunday was predicted in the Snake at Weiser, Ida. The official forecast here called for a continued slow rise in most tributary streams east of the Cascades for the next one to two days and in the middle and lower Columbia for at least the next three to four days. An aerial check yesterday showed much of the farm and dairy land between Vancouver and Ridgefield, Wash., was under water. Some 650 head of cattle have been moved out of the area. Salem (U.R) J. R. (Bob) Williams, assistant state budget administrator, has been named comptroller of the new depart ment of motor vehicles. posed a serious problem which must be solved within the next year. Although the North Korean radio made no immediate com ment on the expulsion order, the Communist government at Pyongyang declared it will not attack South Korea and that it will cut the size of its armed forces this summer. retary of state's office, will give the main address. The Rev. Rob ert Tomisser of Sacred Heart church will offer invocation and benediction, and a string ensem ble from Medford High school will furnish music. - ; , Several service groups are sponsoring the banquet in co operation with the Medford Safety council, of which R. L. (Bud) Palmer is chairman. Serv ice clubs are Elks lodge, Active club. Rotary, Kiwanis, Crater Lions and the Medford Lions clubs.