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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1956
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CROWD AT "FORKS" A few of the 100 or more persons
who attended the "biggest celebration in years" at Forks of
Salmon, Calif., are shown in the picture above, taken late
Saturday during a visit of 19 Jackson County Chamber of
Local People Feted
In Forks of Salmon
Forks of Salmon, Calif. This
tiny mountain community put
on "the biggest celebration we've
had in years" last week end, for
visiting members of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce,
Medford.
The event, planned for more
than a year and postponed last
JIMMY DUNLEVY
Seeks Council Election
Dunlevy in Race
For City Council
Seat From Ward 4
James J. (Jimmy) Dunlvey, 44
of 408 Ardmore ave., today an-
nounced his candidacy for a city
council seat from Ward IV. His
nominating oetition was filed
this morning.
Other candidate for the Ward
IV seat is Jack Fitzgerald, 1728
Woodlawn dr., who is seeking
reelection to a second four-year
term.
Dunlevy's filing means that
there will be contests for at
least three of the four council
vacancies this year. Only in
Ward II is there no contest as
vet. with Tony Manno, 646 South
Hollv st.. the only announced
candidate.
Candidates Listed
In Ward I. candidates are Ed
Hall. Robert Mclntyre and Gran.
vil Brittsan: in Ward III. Mrs.
Marina Gates and R. L. Sickle,
and in Ward IV, Fitzgerald and
Dunlevy. Aug. 31 is the deadline
for filing candidacies.
Ward I is the area of the city
east of the railroad tracks and
north of East Main st. as far as
Black Oak dr., and north of Hill-
crest east of Black Oak; Ward
II is the area west of the tracks
and north of West Main st.:
Ward III is the area west of the
tracks and south or West Main
St., and Ward IV is the rest of
the city, east of the tracks and
south of East Main and Hillcrest.
Native of Ohio
Dunlevy. who has been man
ager of radio station KYJC since
1930, is a native of Akron, Ohio,
and attended the University of
Akron. He came to the Rogue
valley in 1942 with the Army,
and was stationed at Camp
White, where he served in pub
lic relations, as a radio program
director and editor of the post
newspaper. After leaving the
service in 1946. he was manager
of radio station K.MED until
1950.
He is married and the father
of three children. Patrick. 13.
Judy. 10. and Mary Elizabeth. 8.
The candidate is a past presi
dent of the Medford Rotary
club, and his memberships in
clude the American Legion, the
Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital
board, the Salvation Army ad
visory board, the Boy Scout area
council board, and the board of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. -
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September by forest fires, was
the result of long planning and
enthusiasm. Residents of the area
were returning the hospitality
that Medford people showed last
year when a group of Forks of
Salmon grade school children
visited a "big city" most of
them seeing for the first time
such things as elevators, street
lights, milk shakes and fire
truck.
Notices Posted
Notices announcing the cele
bration had been posted in Forks
of Salmon for the past two
weeks, and virtually the entire
community, including miners
and loggers from the far back
country, joined in.
The Jackson county party
started arriving at about noon
Saturday, to be greeted by Miss
Delia Brown, a schoolteacher
whose letter to the Chamber of I
Commerce started the whole
story. A camp site had . been
prepared m.n.ng tia.m u.e
owns on the Salmon river, and
food-laden tables had been set
up.
The afternoon was spent in
"loafing," getting acquainted,
and some mostly-unsuccessful
fishing for the Oregonians. Later
they were taken to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Carsner, where
they were entertained at their
spectacular home which has hand
carved interiors, wide lawns.
trout pond and an independent
hydro-electric and water system,
Banquet Held
In the evening, the group met
at the Forks of Salmon school
for a banquet dinner of baked
salmon. Some 100 persons, in
cluding those from Jackson coun
ty, attended. Candy and ice
cream sent down by Snider's
dairy supplemented the home
made cakes of the hosts.
After the dinner, tables were
cleared away and the entire
community joined in a dance
with a local volunteer orchestra
playing, which lasted until the
wee hours.
Most of the Jackson county
group slept out in sleeping bags
at the mining claim, retiring
about midnight or 1 a.m., while
the dance was in full swing. But
the Forks of Salmons hosts ar
rived at about 7:30 a.m. to serve
a breakfast of ham, eggs, home
made biscuits, jellies, jams and
coffee until about 9 a.m. By noon
most of the visitors had started
the long, dusty trip back over
the mountain roads
Friendly People
Several of the trippers declar
ed that they "just couldn't be
lieve it. They were the most
friendly people we ever ran
across." And there is some talk
of making the exchange of visits
an annual affair.
Those making the trip includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barker,
Clyde Fichtner, Mr. and Mrs.
Berle Stevens. Don McNeil, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Pree, Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Milnes, Ray Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Russ Jamison, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Snedden, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Abbott and Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Balk, several of the
couples also taking their chil
dren with them.
Weather
FORECAST: Afternoon and vr
nine thundrrstormt. Othr
wi(? fair through Tuesday.
Low tonight it. High Tues
day 93.
Temp.
Htrhett TstrdaT
Lowest this mo mint 9
pTer.
To 4:3t am. today .
19
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise -Sunset
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5:2 3a.m.
7:03 pjn-
6:24 p.m.
Moon rise
Full Moon Tuesday . 4:38 a.m.
fKUMlMiM STAR:
Vega, high overhead 8.49 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS:
Mars, rise 8:50 p.m.
Saturn, in southwest .. 8:54 p.m.
Venus. ries 2:14 a.m.
(All times Parlfte Mandard)
Commerce members to the tiny community. The visit was a
return of hospitality which arose out of the visit last year of
school children of the community to Medford.
FISHING ADVICE-Mrs. Jim
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son gets advice on fishing in the Salmon river from Miss Delia
Brown, Forks of Salmon schoolteacher who instigated the ex
change of visits between Medford and Forks of Salmon people
last year. Trie local party camped on a mining claim she owns
on the Salmon river.
Dulles Reiterates
West's Suez Demand
London (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
today i renewed the West's de
mand that an international board
be set up with absolute authority
for "operating, maintaining and
developing" the Suez Canal.
Dulles and India's roving am
bassador V. K. Krishna Manon
drew sharp factional lines in to
day's fifth session of the 22-na-
tion Suez conference.
Menon introduced a proposal
which, in sharp contrast to the
Dulles plan endorsed by the Un
ited States, Britain and France,
would give Egypt full rights to
own and operate the Suez Canal.
Under the Menon plan, a consul
tative body made up of nations
using the canal would have ad
visory functions only.
Dulles said that Egypt, would
retain sovereign rights over the
canal and be a member of the
international board. But she
would not have the exclusive
operating rights over the strateg
ic waterway which President Ga-
mal Abdel Nasser has demanded
and which the Menon plan would
give her.
Before the plenary session con
vened at Lancaster House, there
had been a series of hectic diplo
matic maneuvers among the var
ious delegations. Soviet Foreign
Minister Dmitri Shepilov con
ferred for 40 minutes with Dul
Tydings Withdraws
From Senatorial Race
Havre De Grace, Md. (U.PJ
Former Democratic Sen. Millard
Tydings' withdrawal from the
Maryland senatorial race has
started a scramble for the Demo
cratic nomination.
The veteran senator Sunday
withdrew from the race to re
capture his old Senate seat from
a long-time political foe Sen.
John Marshall Butler (R-Md.)
because of illness.
Tydings. who has been suffer
ing from shingles since last May,
said he had ' not made the com
plete recovery which a vigorous
election campaign would neces
sitate."
This has been the most pain
ful decision of my life and has
been reached upon the unani
mous advice of the finest doc
tors, and after the entreaties of
my family," he said, Js J
A1
Pree (left) watches as Russ Jaini-
les at the U. S. Embassy, and
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
met with key cabinet ministers
at No. 10 Downing st. -
There was immediate specula
tion in diplomatic circles the
barrel chested Russian was seek
ing last minute changes in Dul
les' Suez internationalization
plan to make it acceptable to
the Soviets.
It was the third time Dulles
and Shepilov had met alone since
the opening of the Suez parley.
Stevenson Will Help
Sen. Morse in Oregon
PortlandU.R) Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) said to
day that Adlai Stevenson, Dem
ocratic presidential nominee,
had promised he would come to
Oregon to help Sen. Wayne
Morse in his reelection fight
against former Interior Secre
tary Douglas McKay.
Neuberger, home for a few
days rest, also said he and his
wife, Maurine, would speak
throughout the state in behalf
of Morse, running for the first
time as a Democrat.
"We Can Say, Then, That You Don't Feel
Moderate About This"
cans kicked off their "Ike and
Dick" reelection campaign to
day with a mighty shout of
happiness.
Republican National Chairman
Leonard Hall started the open
ing session of the GOP s stream
lined four-day convention with
a question: "Is Everybody
Happy?"
The delegates responded with
a great roar of assent. If any
body in the mammoth . Cow
A story on the Republican
convention platform and a sur
vey showing first ballot pos
sibilities for renomination of
Richard Nixon for vice presi
dent appears on page 6. A
story by Robert Dickey, Med
ford. an alternate delegate to
Ike convention, also appears
on page 6.
Palace, scene of the Republicans'
1956 meeting, was feeling sorry.
it was Harold E. Stassen, seated
in the "honored guests" section.
His campaign to knock Nixon
off the ticket had fizzled and
the youthful vice president was
certain to be overwhelmingly
nominated for a second cam
paign as President Eisenhower's
running mate.
The opening session was de
voted to welcoming speeches
music with television carrying
the show to screens across, the
land. The day's biggest burst
of oratory will come in the early
evening session when Washing
ton Gov. Arthur B. Lanelie de
livers the keynote address. This
is the speech each four years
which is supposed to sharpen
tne party's lust for Democratic
blood in the forthcoming cam
paign. But Gov. Goodwin J. Knieht
of California got the delegates
roaring in advance with a wel
coming address which predicted
that, anf.i'tospired,. .determined,
and ..unified" - GOP will win
overwhelming" victory in No
vember.
Mr. Eisenhower is comine
here Tuesday. Knight described
him as the tallest of "the tall
men" the world needs to keep
it on the path of peace. He de
scribed the President's policy as
one of constructive "modera
tion." Knight Cheered
Knight said Mr. Eisenhower
has given the nation "a new.
vital and vibrant ingredient"
which he defined as "the politi
cal humanities," a "new dimen
sion designed to serve the cause
of good will among men."
The governor said Mr. Eisen
hower's efforts in behalf of the
enslaved and downtrodden and
backward and his deep apprecia
tion of man's yearning for peace
and prosperity have "created a
column of credit" that will
never be destroyed by oettv
detractors."
Knight alluded to the North-
South clashes in the Democratic
party and departed from his pre
pared text to say "There will be
no South against the North, or
East against the West with us."
The convention cheered.
Stassen was given a seat in
the convention's VIP guest sec
tion. He is a member of the Pres
ident s Cabinet as disarmament
adviser. He is on leave from
that post, however, while he
campaigns against Nixon here.
Baker U.R) Congressman
Sam Coon, Oregon Republican,
has announced appointment of
Mrs. Ronald Johnson of Pendle
ton as vice chairman of the Coon
for Congress committee.
STRAY TRAILER The reech bolt on the log
truck driven by Charles Blankenship, 870
Sunrise ave., broke while the truck was
rounding the corner from 10th st. to South
Central ave., this morning sending the trailer
and logs into a parked unoccupied English
made station wagon. The accident occurred
at approximately 10:10 a.m. and blocked traf
Lightning Storm Starts Fires;
Pover Difficulties Reported
Nature staged a spectacular
fireworks display for Rogue Val
ley residents last night as light
ning darted across the sky for
more than an hour, touching off
several small forest fires and
causing numerous brief power
shortages.
Fruit growers, who had an
ticipated extensive pear damage
from winds reported as strong
as 37 miles per hour, were great
ly relieved today. C. B. Cordy,
county horticulture agent, re
ported only a minor scattering
of pears blown from the- trees
throughout the valley. The agent
said suiprisingly little wind
drop was evident in Bartlett or
chards and only slightly more
damage was apparent in D'Anjou
orchards. Although a few
branches were blown from in
dividual trees in residential
areas, no other fruit varieties
were reported harmed.
Extinguish Fires
Forest service fire fighting
crews extinguished 11 spot fires
and were looking for two more
this morning. Fire control of
ficer T. S. Moore of the Rogue
River National forest reported
that some of the fires were in
the Applegate district and a few
others in. the Ashland district.
All of these were small spot
blazes caused by lightning
strikes. Three smoke jumpers
were dropped to each of two
of the Applegate fires and ground
crews were dispatched- to the
rest.
Mom Expected
Moore said the forest service
expected other fires from last
night s storm and more yet from
a storm predicted for today.
The state forest patrol report
ed a few others north of Jack
sonville and some in the Ante-
lone area. Patrolmen said 19
fires were spotted last night and
16 this morning. They said about
half of the blazes were under
control but added that new
"smokers" are being spotted all
the time. Fire combat crews are
reported adequate at this time.
No reports were available this
morning as to total acreage af
fected by the various blazes.
A Saturday evening fire caused
by a logging operation reported
ly destroyed about two acres oi
brush about ivz miles soutneasi
of Moon prairie in the Dead In
dian area.
Theater Darkened
Frank Benesh, district man
ager of the California Oregon
Power company, said several
transformer lines were affected
by lightning ' last night and
breakers on each end "relayed"
several times. One strike was
reported at the north Medford
sub-station, which serves the in
dustrial area north of McAn
drews road. A tree also fell on
a line somewhere between Med
ford and Rogue River.
Ashland's Shakespearean fes-
Court Decision Gets
GOP Platform Pledge
San Francisco (U.R) Republi
can platform drafters today
pledged their party to carry out
the Supreme Court decision out
lawing segregation in public
schools.
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (Il
linois) said, in effect, that
the White House had intervened
to get the subcommittee's orig
inal draft softened as demanded
bf Southern delegate.'
tival theater was plunged into
total darkness by a bolt of light
ning which struck near the the
ater transformer. The audience
lingered about half an hour but
when it became evident that
technicians would be unable to
repair the lighting system, re
funds and ticket exchanges were
made. Officials stated that the
audience was "sympathetic and
cooperative."
Phone System Out
The theater phone system was
also put out of commission and
service was not yet restored this
noon, the boxoffice reported
However, all lights are in readi
ness for tonight's performance
of "Cymbeline" it was said.
Benesh said about 150 trans
former fuses were blown, caus
ing small blocks of customers to
be without power for periods
ranging from a few minutes up
to an hour. Five transformers
were reported burned out.
Jacksonville service was in
terrupted for about three hours
early this morning when two of
four circuit lines went down and
all power had . to be shut off
while repairs were made. Sev
eral men were out all night mak
ing repairs and a general "mop
up" operation was' under way
today, Benesh said. He added,
"This, in general, was about the
roughest electrical storm we've
Talent Irrigation
District Election
Slated Wednesday
An election at which land
owners of the Talent Irrigation
district will vote on a Talent pro
ject repayment contract will be
held Wednesday.
A poll will be open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the TID office
in Talent.
Calls For Repayment
The contract, which has been
negotiated between the district's
board of directors and officers,
and the bureau of reclamation,
calls for repayment to the feder
al government of some $5,800,
000 in project construction costs
over a period of up to 60 years.
It represents a little over one
quarter of the overall cost of
the project, and is about half
the amount allocated to irriga
tion benefit costs.
The Talent project, which has
been authorized by congress and
has received an initial construc
tion appropriation of $2,400,000
for work this fiscal year, is a
reclamation, irrigation, power,
flood control and recreation job
designed to bring more irriga
tion water to some 10,000 acres
of TID land plus enough to put
an additional 5,000 acres under
irrigation for the first time.
Subject to repayment
Only these irrigation benefits
are subject to the repayment
contract. Power revenues will
pay for the rest of the reimburs
able features of the project. To
tal cost is estimated at some $20
million.
Landowners eligible to vote
must, under state law, own four
or more acres of land in the dis
trict, and meet other voting re
quirements. An attempt is being
made to reach all those eligible
prior to the election to remind
them of their right to vote.
fic until about 11:30 a.m., according to city
police. The station wagon belongs to Alfred
L. and Thressie May Tye, route 1, box 432,
Medford. Trie truck is owned by Grant R.
Day, route 1, box 231, Central Point. Blan
kenship was taking the logs to the Kogap
mill, south of the city.
(Brainerd photo)
had in a long time."
Fires Reported
Central Point Rural Fire de
partment reported a tree fire
and a fence fire along Old Stage
rd. last night, both minor and
apparently caused by lightning
strikes. A power pole caught fire
on 401 rd. Sunday afternoon.
Transformer trouble was listed
as the probable origin of the
blaze. There was no particular
connection betweeYi this fire and
the electrical storm then in the
mountains.
The weather bureau .recorded
.19 of an inch of rain up to mid
night. Only noticeable damage
attributed to rain in the Med
ford area was water leakage in
a fuse box, resulting in a fuse
box fire at 302 Maple st City
firemen investigated the blaze,
reported by the occupant, Lydia
Huff. No further fire damage
to the house was reported.
River Rises
A heavy downpour of rain fti
northern California caused the
Klamath river to rise rapidly,
and it washed out several sec
tions of road in the Beaver
Creek area. Two Medford
couples, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pree
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balk,
barely escaped being trapped as
one section of road went out
ahead of them, and after they
turned around, another section
went out just after they passed
over it.
They were returning from
Forks of Salmon, and had to re
turn by a different route.
Rain Over Normal
Weather bureau officials said
last night's storm conditions
represented "just a normal sum
mertime situation." The storm
was caused by warm, moist air
and winds from California which
were squeezed over the moun
tains. The same type of storm
is expected in the Medford area
this afternoon and evening.
Last night's precipitation
brought the August rainfall total
above normal for the first time.
August rainfall total is now .09
above normal.
County 4-H, FFA
Fair Starts Tuesday
The Jackson county 4-H and
Future Farmers of America fair
will get under way tomorrow
at 1 p.m. at the fair grounds in
Medford.
Yesterday the exhibits were
brought to the fair grounds be
fore 8 p.m. to be eligible for
the class competitions. Today
judging, style review judging,
exhibits began and will continue
through tomorrow.
Tuesday schedule includes,
other than the home economics
judging, style reviw judging.
senior division, 9 a.m.; clothing
judging contest, 10:30 a.m.; style
review judging, junior division,
1 p.m.; rabbit judging and con
test, 1 p.m.; poultry judging and
contest, 1 p.m.; food and food
preservation judging contest, 3
p.m.; showmanship contest, poul
try and rabbits, 4 p.m.
The fair will last for five days.
In charge of the awards pro
gram will be Francis Krouse,
Phillip Krouse, Carolyn Tiegs,
Charlies Elmore, Truman El
more, and Norman Ditsworth.
The market livestock auction.
a regular feature of the fair.
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday
in the fair grounds arena. ,