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TWELVE MED FOR D (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 20, I9JS Arizona Calls Second Witness In Colorado River Water Suit San Francisco (U.R) Wayne Akin, chairman of the Arizona Interitate Stream commission, today was called as Arizona's second witness in its suit against California over Colorado river water. Theodora Kindl, Arizona at torney, spent the first 45 min utes of today's session in quali fying Akin as an expert on Ari zona farm and water problems. He then questioned Akin about the geographic boundaries of the Colorado river drainage ba sin which extends from Wyo ming to the Mexican border. Acquainted with Stat Kindl described the witness as a man who had "flown, driv en, ridden and walked over Ari zona many times." Akin himself testified that there was -no part of the state I have not seen one way or an other." Gov. Ernest McFarland of Arizona was in the courtroom today as Akin filled in the back ground by which Arizona bases in part its claim to 3.8 million acre feet of Colorado ' river wa ter per year. Akin testified in a suit brought by Arizona against California. The U.S. Supreme court odered Special Master Simon H. Rif kind to hold a trial and to rec ommend a verdict. The nigh court will give the final deci sion. Not Enough ' If Arizona wins, California will lose 30 per cent of the 5, 365,000 acre feet of water it now takes from the river about half the supply of the metropolitan Los Angeles water district. There is not enough water to ful ly satisfy the claims of both states. Arizona's first witness, Rus sell C. Ewing, testified Tues day. Ewing is a history profes sor at the University of Arizona. He went back to the 16th cen tury and the Spanish conquista dores to assert Arizona's histori cal claims to Colorado river watsr. Ewing testified that Arizona used water from the Gila river, a tributary' of the Colorado, as early as 1540. Under cross - examination by California counsel Norcutt Ely, Ewing said that his information came from written documents left by the Spanish explorers and from reports of U.S. Army units who were sent to the Ari zona territory in the last cen tury to protect settlers from In dian attacks. Earlier Tuesday, Rifkind said he will call a two-week recess beginning July 9. He said he must be in St. Louis on another case. John Moeur, chief counsel for Arizona, said he doubted he will be anywhere near completion of its case by then. So far, Arizona has introduced more than 100 documents. Rifkind refused to let Arizona enter into evidence a report of the "Commission of 14" a semi-official group comprising delegates from each of the seven states of the Colorado River Compact. Rifkind said there must be a limit to-the amount of collateral material admitted to the record. Um Mail TrlBun Want Ada EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY to really ses the country on your next trip East from UNION PACIFIC'S spaci ous new Dome Coaches, lux urious Dome Lounge and exclusive Dome Diner. CALL UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD WK k X h f o I -mri : i S PEELING OFF even her swimsuit in defiance of New York's 94-degree heat, Mary Ellen Cosgrove, 3, yets a lecture from lifeguard Bill.Annis. nternationoi Soundphoto) Cahill's Wife Denied Visit in State Prison Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Salem iU.R) The governor's office today refused to make an exception to prison rules to al low Mrs. Otto Cahill to visit her husband who began serving a Fall Injuries Fatal For Portland Timber man Portland U.R) A fall at his home terrace was responsible for the death yesterday of Gor don McCutcheon. 69, Portland timberman. He suffered a frac tured skull in the fall. . McCutcheon was born in Shel bourne, Canada, and came to the United States in 1921. He had been active in real estate and timber dealings on the Pacific coast since 1931. one year .sentence last Satur day. Cahill was convicted of con verting public funds to his use while secretary of the Taft-Nel-scott-Delake water district. Prison rules allow a convict's attorney to make a visit during the first 30 days of confinement. Mrs. Cahill's attorney appeal ed to the governor's office after she was denied permission to visit by prison authorities. The rule has been in effect since Warden Clarence Gladden took over. Nearly 6,500 students, most of them American servicemen studying in off-duty time, are enrolled in the University of Maryland's overseas program. Council Calls Bids for Sewer, Water Main, Paving Projects CAT DROP Manistee, Mich. PJ.F9 A bald eagle swooped down, picked up Mrs. Julia Rosen- i blum's cat and carried him about 100 yards across a field before dropping the angry, howling ani mal as a bad bargain. The Medford city council last night called for bids on two san itary sewer projects, a water main, and six paving projects. Bids will be opened at 11 a.m July 2 for sanitary sewers on Valley View dr. between Capital ave. and the north city limits, and in the Verde Hills area Bids on six paving projects also will be opened at 11 a.m. July 2. They are Boardman st. from Ohio to McAndrews rd Broad st. from Jackson to Clark, East Second St. from Front st. to Central ave., Kenwood ave from Humphrey to West Second St., North Keene Way dr. from Jackson to Oregon ave., and Fairmount st. from Summit to the end of the street. Authorize Sewn An ordinance authorizing the Verde Hills area sewer was adopted after considerable dis cussion concerning assessments at a public hearing. The assess ments will be studied by the fi nance committee at a meeting to which residents of the area will be invited. ' Most resident of the area last night believed methods of assess ment proposed were inequitable and some suggested a combina tion of assessments based on sewer connections and front footage City Manager Robert Duff sub mitted three methods of assessing the property on an area basis based on square footage, on a front foot basis with alternates for lots with two or three sides, ana on a per lot basis. Duff said the estimated cost under . the area method ranges from assessments as high as $3,990 to a low of $87 on the smallest tract. Front footage costs would be based on not more than an estimated $3.36 per foot. The per lot estimated cost is S379. Duff said. Includes 154 Lots The project, which includes 154 lots, would cost an estimated $74,000. Property owners sign ing petitions represented 65.6 per cent of the front footage in volved. ' Some residents said they be- nevea tne per lot basis was more equitablewhile others believed residents should be assessed for extnding the sewer line along property lines whether large or small lots. A hearing on paving Modoc ave. from East Main st. to Wood- lawn ave. was continued until next meeting,' and the petition referred to the streets and road committee for consideration and clarification. Dr. Robert De- Lorme objected to the paving. stating that four of the five res! dents in the block in which he lives do not favor paving as far as woodlawn. Previous Petition The streets and road commit tee will consider a previous peti tion submitted for paving from iast Main st. to the old city lim its. The first petition was sub mitted before annexation, and no action was taken until a new petition was circulated in the annexed area to extend paving to Woodlawn ave. a nearing on vacation of an alley in the Edwards Place addi tion will be held July 17 after the hearing is readvertised. 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One will be held July 3 on the Southeast Medford trunk sewer, and two will be held July 17 on assessing as a lateral a portion of the cost of the Barnett rd. trunk water main and a portion of the cost of the Murphy rd. trunk water main. Sanitary Sewer Plans and specifications for a sanitary sewer in the Country club manor area and for a trunk sewer in Southeast Medford were authorized. Ordinances also were adopted creating funds for the Capital Hill area and Highcroft addition sanitary sewers. The council also extended a Southern Pacific franchise for a railway spur and side tracks on a portion of Evergreen St.; au thorized formal release of Army lease on property at Medford air port; approved a supplemental Des Moines Mayor Sorry Invifafion Extended Russian Des Moines, Iowa (U.R) Mayor Ray Mills said today he is sorry he invited the mayor of a Russian city to visit Des Moines because "the Commun ists are making hay out of it." Nikolai Respopov, mayor of the Russian steel city of Dne propetrovsk, can come to . Des Moines if he wants to, Mills said. "But he'll be doing it on his own time," Mills insisted." "I'm not inviting him." Mills invited Respopov last February, saying he hoped the visit would "bring a closer un derstanding between our two peoples. Mayor Cools on Idea The Russian accepted, but Mills cooled toward the whole idea because he said the Com munists have twisted his invita tion into an endorsement of Communism. Mills, also president of the AFL state Federation of Labor, said the Communists "are mak ing hay out of ft and I don't want any part of it.. He said the Communist Daily Worker in New York had used his original invitation "to try to show the AFL is now beginning to see eye-to-eye with the Communists." Moscow radio also has "used my position as AFL president for propaganda purposes," he said. "As far as I'm concerned that cancels the whole thing out.' Klamath Sheriff Replies To Petition Klamath Falls OJ.R Sheriff Murray Britton of Klamath county yesterday filed a reply to a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of convicted murderer James Clinton Anderson, in which Britton was named a defendant. In his writ, Britton claimed legal custody of the convict, pursuant to a court order signed May 1, 1955 by Harney county Circuit Judge M. A. Biggs. Anderson's attorney, Robert Welch of Lakeview, was granted until Monday to file his reply. Anderson was convicted of second degree murder in the slaying of Richard David Miller, Beatty show horse breeder. The State Supreme court upheld the conviction in a recent decision. .SENTENCED John Gojack (above), 38, . Fort Wayne, fad. official of the United Electrical Workers Union (Indiana), was sentenced to nine months and fined $200 for contempt of Congress. Federal Judge David A. Pine said Gojack's refusal to an swer questions before the House committee on un American activities fell "well with the pattern of those in which witnesses were actually contemptuous. Gojack is free on bond pend ing appeal. lease extending bureau of land management occupancy on the third floor of the city hall; and adopted an ordinance dedicating for public use a walkway in the Garfield subdivision. In other action, the council granted a request from Pinnacle Packing company to construct a pipe crossing across 12th st., adopted an ordinance authoriz ing budget item transfers and for an emergency fund appropri ation to finance installation of the city attorney's office in the city hall. Water Main Contract A contract for installation of a water main on Broad St. was awarded to Coast Construction company, which submitted a bid of $3,229.70, compared to engi: neer's estimates of $3,691.05. A recommendation from the planning commission that a 20 acre tract of city owned property south of the IOOF cemetery be didicated for park purposes was received by the council and re ferred to the parks committee. TO THE JOB, MEN! Theo dore Loos, president of the Motormen's Benevolent As sociation, waves his arm as he tells his striking motor men to go back to work on New York's subway system. The New York Transit Au thority promised immediate suspension of the "instiga tors" of the wildcat strike which stranded more than one million riders during the evening rush hours. The LATEST in home building materials new woods, new synthetic materials, new ways of using old materials. The LATEST in home finishing ideas new paints, floor coverings, wallpapers. Everything that makes the do-it-yourself family's job easier and more fun. The LATEST in home furnishings new innovations in modern furniture garden furni ture and barbecue equipment, new styles in tradi tional patterns. 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