LOWER 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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.