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SIPHON PROGRESSES Work on construction of a new
siphon across Bear creek at McAndrews rd., is progressing,
as the picture above shows. The siphon will carry water of
the main canal of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district.
The job is part of the rehabilitation work being done in the
RRV and Medford Irrigation districts. In the foreground is
Reward Offered
For Lead on Fire
At Feather Falls
Oroville, Calif. (U.R) The
Feather River Pine Lumber Mill
today offered a reward of $5,000
cash for information leading to
the convictions of the person or
persons who set fire to a $100,
000 railroad trestle.
The bridge was burned early
last week as a series of incidents
sparked the two-year-old strike
of the AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Workers Union against the
Georgia-Pacific subsidiary. j
TBI Takes Jurisdiction -
John Hill, Portland, attorney
tor the lumber company, said
the FBI now has assumed active
jurisdiction in the investigation
of a Sacramento house bombing
as it violated a federal law
The bombing was linked to the
Feather Falls turmoil.
Meanwhile, at the lumber
mill at nearby Feather Falls,
the sheriff's squad was stepped
up to an undersheriff and three
deputies as increased picketing
activity was expected. Luther
Sizemore, international repre
sentative of the parent union of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners Union, said he ex
pected 150 AFL "observers" to
be on the scene by Thursday.
The mill has been operating
with nonunion personnel since
negotiations for a new contract
faiied in June, 1954.
Somers Low Bidder
On Bank Protection
F. L. Somers of Medford was
apparent low bidder at $19,253
for construction of bank protec
tion work along the left bank of
Bear creek, the Army Corps of
engineers reported today.
Bids were opened at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in the Portland office
of the corps of engineers.
The project includes 5.260
cubic yards of excavation. 500
cubic yards of embankment
from gravel borrow and 4.024
cubic yards of dumped stone e
vetment. Completion time is 45
calendar days.
Bids were first called for this
project on July 16 and opened
Aug. 1. Failure to obtain right
of way caused delay in award
ing the contract and cancellation
of the bids.
Republicans
'lc' From Democratic Party
Washington U.R The Re
publican party has launched as
"official policy" a campaign to,
change the name of the Demo
cratic party, a spokesman dis
closed today.
L. Richard Guylay, director
of public relations at the Repub
lican National committe, told
the United Press it "will be a
matter of policy" for Republi
cans to refer to the opposition
as the "Democrat party."
The GOP convention in San
Francisco last week was the
first fullscale tryout of the new
policy. It omitted the word
Democratic" from all party ut
terances. Guyuay said the GOP feels
that "Democratic as an adjec
tive oot dasciiptivs of the
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1956 Price 5c No. 137
Current Tax Millage
Rates for Jackson
County Announced
Tax rates in mills for the cur
rent year, for each taxing unit
in Jackson county, have been
compiled and were announced
this week by the county asses
sor's office.
The rate is an expression in
mills (1-1 0th of a cent) of the
amount of tax levied on each
dollar of assessed valuation. It
is computed by applying the
total amount of the tax to be
levied in each taxing district
to the assessed valuation within
the district.
No General Levy
The millage for the county as
a whole is only .4 of one mill,
and this is for two continuing
levies, to support the Jackson
ville Museum and for the County
Juvenile Detention home, both
voted by residents of the county.
There is no general county levy
this year. Last year the county
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Kansas City 6 6 1
New York 7 10 4
McMahon, Krimian (5),
Shantz (9) and Smith; Kucks,
Morgan (7) and Berra. Home
runs: Robinson. Kansas City;
Mantle. New York; Collins.
New York.
Chicago 0 14 2
Washington 7 9 2
Wilson. Kinder (9) and Lol
lar; Wiesler. Griggs (4). Grobe
(7), Chakales (9) and Courtney.
Detroit 7 7 1
Boston 4 10 2
Hoeft. Bunning (2), Master
son (6). Aber (8) and House;
Brewer. Delock (8) and White.
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 11 11 0
Chicago 4 11 2
Erskine and Campanella;
Kaiser. Hughes 1. Hack.r (6).
Valenlinette (8) and Chilli.
Landrith (8). Home runs:
Hoak. Chicago; Campanella,
Brooklyn; B a k t r, Chicago,
Snider. Brooklyn.
SCHOOL COOKS TO MEET
School cooks of Josephine,
Jackson and Klamath counties
will hold their 12th annual con
ference Friday at the Eagle
Point school cafeteria. Registra
tion will start at 9 a.m.
Open Campaign To Remove
party as it exists today.
Edited GOP Speeches
He said Republicans feel that
the party of the Democrats
should be "more properly' call
ed the "Democrat party" be
cause of the "divers viewpoints"
within it.
Guylay was one of those re
sponsible for editing Republican
speeches at San Francisco to see
that no "ic" got through the
teleprompter.
In press copies of Thomas E.
Dewey's speech there were two
blank spaces after each "Demo
crat" where industrious staffers
had smudged out the "ic."
Guylay claims the origin of
the shortened name is "ob
scure." But simmering Demo
crats recall most vividly that it
was used repeatedly by Sea.' Jo
the temporary flume which
built after the old flume was
siphon, a big U-shaped pipe,
suck the canal water under
some 550,000, is being done by
Eugene.
millage rate was 8.7,
To determine how much the
rate will be on his own real
property, a taxpayer can add the
millage rates for all the taxing
districts in which he resides
(such as city, county, school dis
trict, or special district).
Millage Rates Given
With this figure, plus the as
sessed valuation of his real pro
perty, he can determine how
much his real property tax bill
will total when, it comes due
Nov. 15.
Following are the millage
rates for each taxing district in
the county, with the 1956-57
figure first .and the 1955-56 fig
ure following in parenthese:
County: .4 and (8.7).
Cities Ashland 14.7 and
(13.2); Butte Falls 12.8 and (8.7);
Central Point 16.9 and (17.6);
Eagle Point 22.3 and (25.2); Gold
Hill 25.6 and (19.6); Jacksonville
26.2 and (17.5); Medford, 18.7
and (18.9); Phoenix 26.9 and
(24.8) ; Rogue River 17.0 and
(15.0) ; Talent 16.9 and (20.6).
School District
School districts Rural school
board 54.7 and (50.2); Jackson
ville 59.0 and (50.2); Griffin
Creek 54.7 and (56.6); Ruch-Sterl-ing
54.7 and (50.2); Phoenix 53.8
and (50.2); Ashland 51.1 and
(47.1) ; Central Point 50.1 and
(40.0); 6C (consolidated) 49.4 and
(40.4); Eagle Point 60.3 and (50.2);
9C (consolidated) 60.0 and (50.2);
Lone Pine 63.9 and (50.2); Tal
ent 64.8 and (51.3); Rogue River
54.7 and (51.0): Applegate 54.7
and (50.2); Trail 54.7 and (50.7);
Medford 43.7 and (39.9); Pros
pect 57.2 and (50.2); Wimer 54.7
and (50.2); Shady Cove 66.5 and
(50.9) ; Butte Falls 54.7 and
(50.2) ; Pinehurst 54.7 and (50.2);
West Side 61.4 and (53.3); How
ard 54.7 and (54.5);
Water Districts
Water districts Charlotte
Ann 4.2 and (3.4); Elk City (new)
9.3; Grandview 9.2 and (9.4);
Kenwood 7.0 and (9.1); Kings
Highway 17.4 and (13.4); Maple
Park 18.7 and (6.7); Midway 1.4
and (1.6).
Sanitary district South Bear
Creek 5.1 and (4.3).
' Rural fire departments Cen
tral Point 4.0 and (4.3); Medford
4.4 and (4.0); Rogue River 2.9
and (4.3).
Reference
seph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) dur
ing the Army - McCarthy feud
hearings. Other' Republicans
adopted it and now the commit
tee has made it official.
Hears Outraged Mutters
With most Democratic' big
wigs out of town or campaign
ing with Adlai E. Stevenson,
the only Democratic National
committee comment immediate
ly available was outraged mut
ters from secretaries and the
like.
Most of these embraced whole
heartedly suggestions in "letters
to the editor" columns here call
ing for a countermove to short
en the GOP name to "Publican
party" or "Republicrat party."
In the Bible the word publicans
is usually followed by "and
1 signup.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Win
now carries the water. It was
washed out last winter. The
is about half installed. It will
Bear creek. The job, to cost
E & W Construction company,
Record Spending
Said in Prospect;
No Tax Cuts Seen
Washington (U.R) The ad
ministration expects to spend
more money in the current fiscal
year than ever before in peace
time and end up S707 million in
the black. But no tax cut ap
peared in prospect.
The latest look at the budget
released Tuesday night estimates
spending in the fiscal year end
ing next Jan. 30 at $69.1 billion.
Receipts mostly from individ
ual and corporation taxes are
expected to hit a record $69.8
billion ; " ' -" '
Surplus Nearly Double
That would leave a surplus of
$707 million nearly double the
surplus of $434 million estimated
last January. But officials said
that is still not enough for a
tax cut.
Congressional fiscal experts
disagreed with the figures. They
said they expect the surplus to
reach $2 billion despite the in
crease in spending.
Budget Bureau Director Per
cival F. Brundage told United
Press that since only about seven
weeks of the new fiscal year
have gone by "it's too early to
discuss tax cuts . . . that can be
faced when Congress recon
venes." Record Collections
But Treasury Secretary-George
M. Humphrey said last Janu
ary that a surplus of between
$2.5 billion and $3 billion would
be necessary before tax reduc
tions could be undertaken.
Although it didn't start out
that way, last year wound up
breaking peace time revenue
collecting records as receipts
reached $68.1 billion. It was the
boom which brought in record
revenues and balanced the bud
get, overcoming an original an
ticipated $2.4 billion and leaving
a surplus of $1.7 billion.
The administration last Jan
uary estimated spending at $65.9
billion and receipts at $66.3
billion.
City to Receive Aid
For One-Way Couplet
The state highway commission
has agreed to pay for 75 per cent
of the work in constructing a
one-way couplet on Main and
Eighth sts.. City Manager Rob
ert Duff has been informed.
The work, which would make
Main st. one-way westbound and
Eighth st. one-way eastbound, is
estimated to cost $241,000. Of
this, the commission has agreed
to pay S178.750, leaving the city
to pay $62,250. The route is part
of State Highway 238, enabling
the state to participate.
The commission's offer de
pends on the city's participation.
The project is one of several
which will be undertaken if the
over-all arterial street program,
which Medford voters will de
cide in November, is approved.
The state would assist in that
part of the couplet between Co
lumbus and Riverside aves.
Washington (U.R) Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon said to
day labor leaders have a right
to take "a personal, stand" in
favor of Democratic presidential
nominee Adlai E. Stevenson, but
he expressed confidence that
union members will vote Republican.
Inside Today
Section On
Women's News 2
Editorial 4
Sports 11, 12, 13
Locals, Markets 15
Section Two
Comics . . 2
Radio. TV 2
Classified Ads 4. 5
President Appeals
For Worldwide
Support on Suez
London Proposal
Called Peaceful Step
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower appealed today for
worldwide support of the Lon
don conference proposal to in
ternationalize the Suez Canal as
the best way to "assure a peace
ful solution of this great
problem."
President 'Glad'
In a special statement, the
President also said he is "alad"
Egyptian President Gamal Ab
del Nasser is willing to meet
with representatives of the Lon
don conference to discuss the
Suez crisis.
Mr. Eisenhower's statement
was read to reporters by Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
as he left a two-hour meeting
with the President, Adm. Arthur
W. Radford, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, sat in on
the latter stage of the meeting
in the President's office.
Seeks World Support
The meeting was Mr. Eisen
hower's first with Dulles since
the 22-nation London conference
on the Suez. Eighteen of the na
tions drafted a plan under which
an international board would
operate the Suez Canal. Nasser
has agreed to meet with a five-
nation committee picked to out
line the plan to him.
"This program was conceived
in an atmosphere of friendly con
ciliation and, in my opinion,
ought to rally behind it the sup
port of all the nations and peo
ples that believe in the processes
of international justice and con
ciliation," the President s state
ment said.
"The U.S. government and, I
believe, the American nationals
completely support the 18-nation
proposal thus arrived a in Lon
don, which, fully respecting the
sovereignty of Egypt, would as
sure the peaceful solution of this
great problem."
Consultant Firm
Assistance Urged
The county planning commis
sion is recommending to- the
county court that a firm of plan
ning consultants be retained to
help get the county planning
program started, according to
John Pletsch, commission chair
man. The group suggested that the
firm of Hahn, Wise and Asso
ciates, Redwood City, Calif., the
same organization which the city
has retained for planning assist
ance, be hired for similar pur
poses. The commission is studying a
proposed contract with the firm.
The court has made no decision
on the recommendation as yet.
Two Chairs Empty
In Brink's Jury Box
Boston (U.R) Two empty
chairs in the Brink's jury box
were wedged today against the
giant government machinery
massed to present evidence in
the nation's greatest robbery
trial.
The 11th and 12th jurors were
selected Tuesday in the 17th day
of trial at Suffolk county's grey.
brick courthouse where more
than 1,600 veniremen have been
dismissed or challenged. Two
alternates still must be picked.
The death of a prospective
trial witness was learned. For
mer Pennsylvania Attorney Gen
eral Charles J. Margiotti, who
died Saturday in Pittsburgh,
was to have testified for the
state.
Margiotti was a witness before
a federal grand jury in 1952-
1953 when the FBI tried unsuc
cessfully to obtain indictments
against several of the present
defendants.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair with variable
high cloudiness tonfRht and
Thursday. Low Urtiifht 52.
Highs Thursday 85.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 8
Lowest thii Morning .. - . 0
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 5:33 a.m.
Sunset 6:51 p.m.
The Moon rises 11:38 p.m.
and rides high. New Moon Sept. 4
VENUS rises - 2:13 a.m.
MARS is in the south
west 3:52 a.m.
and SIRIUS rises 3:45 a.m.
Venus is now more than three
times as bright as Mars and
Mars is now more than twice
bright as Sirius.
JJUIIH.. i.JvJ., " J.I
Open Diplomatic
Break Predicted
By Some Observers
Mission By Menzies
Said 'Prelude To War'
London U.R) The five
power Suts committet an
nounced tonight it will meet
Egyptian President Gamal Ab
del Nasser in Cairo Monday lo
discuss the future of the Sues
Canal.
London iU.R) Anglo-Egyp-tion
relations worsened today,
with Observers in Cairo speak
ing of the possibility of an open
diplomatic break. Some London
newspapers called the Menzies
mission to Cairo a "prelude to a
war against Egypt."
British and F r e n c h pessi
mism increased sharply with the
expulsion of two British diplo
mats from Cairo for "espionage"
and a Soviet statement of all-out
support for President Gamal Ab
del Nasser in his firm stand
against the West.
Britain was reported seeking
alternate measures if Egypt re
fuses to negotiate a Suez settle
ment. Planning ranged from out
right military seizure of the ca
nal to a liberal party proposal
for construction of a new canal
or pipeline.
To Study Operations
The five-nations Suez Com
mittee headed by Australian
Prime Minister Robert Gordon
Menzies meets today to study
operations of the 10-mile water
way that supplies most of West
Europe with its oil.
Any doubt of the Soviet posi
tion was dispelled Tuesday night
when Evgueny Kissilev an
nounced after an hour-long talk
with Nasser that any settlement
should be based on the "sover
eign rights of Egypt as the abso
lute master, owner and manager
of the canal."
The strong Soviet statement
meant Egypt can now take the
strongest possible line in nego
tiations with the Western pow
ers. Some observers in Cairo said
it meant failure of the Menzies
mission even before it left
London.
Probe Broadens
In Baby Deaths
New Haven, Conn. U.R)
The coroner's office today
broadened its investigation of a
"nurse" accused of the deaths
of three infants by studying
death certificates of all babies
who died in the New Haven area
in the last five years.
Coroner James J. Corrigan
said he wanted to determine
whether there were any other
deaths of infants cared for by
"pediatrics nurse" Virginia B.
Jaspers, 33, other than the
three of which she already is
accused.
Miss Jaspers, who is not a
registered nurse but has cared
for babies as a private nurse for
eight years, admitted violently
shaking or patting three infants
who later died and two who sus
tained injuries. She is six feet
and weighs 250 pounds. '
She refused to testify at a
coroner's inquest Tuesday on
the advice of her attorneys and
Corrigan postponed the inquest
for about two weeks. She is be
ing held under $50,000 bond on
a technical charge of idleness
pending further investigation.
Her attorneys said they wanted
time for psychiatric examina
tions. Keating Appointed
To 0 and C Committee
County Judge Rodney Keating
was appointed to the legislative
committee of the general assem
bly of O and C counties at a
meeting In Eugene Tuesday.
The committee will study
feasibility of joint county proj
ects and will prepare legislation
for consideration by state and
federal governments. Studies
made by this group will be pre
sented at the next meeting of
the general assembly in Novem
ber. County Commissioner Chester
Wendt accompanied Judge Keat
ing to Eugene. The two returned
late yesterday with a check for
$1,867,393.17, Jackson county's
share of receipts from timber
sold on the revested Oregon and
California railroad land grants
within the county. Jackson coun
ty's share was the second largest
in the state.
Payrolls of Oregon
Employers Set Mark
Salem (U.R) Payrolls of Ore
gon employers reached a new
high in the first quarter of 1956,
about 9.2 per cent above the pre
vious record, the State Unem
ployment Compensation Com
mission reported today.
Employment was up four per
cent during the came period. -
Seaton to Speak
At GOP Jamboree
Fred A. Seaton. secretary of
the interior, will fly to Medford
tomorrow to appear as principal
speaker at the Republican Jam
boree, scheduled to start at 6
p.m. in Hawthorne park.
Seaton is expected to speak on
policies relating to natural re
sources, according to Mrs. Kath
leen Bash, county Republican
Central committee chairman.
Others to Appear
Several GOP candidates will
be introduced, but will not make
formal speeches. They include
Seaton's predecessor as secre
tary of the interior, Douglas Mc
Kay, now candidate for the sen
ate; Harris Ellsworth, congress
man from the fourth district;
Gov. Elmo Smith: Sig Unander,
state treasurer, and Mark Hat
field, candidate for secretary of
state.
With the exception of Seaton,
guest candidates will be dressed
in big barbecue aprons and will
1
Seaton Says McKay
Not First To Open
Wildlife Reserves
Portland (U.R) Interior Sec
retary Fred A. Seaton said today
it is a fraudulent misrepre
sentation to charge that this ad
ministration opened up the na
tional wildlife reserves to oil and
gas leasing."
seaton, at a luncheon spon
sored by the Portland chapter
of the Izaak Walton League, list
ed several "salient facts" which
he said "have been deliberately
and inexcusably misrepresented
to the people of Oregon."
Authorised in 1920 '
The cabinet member said that
oil and gas leasing on wildlife
areas was authorized in 1920
"under a Democrat secretary of
interior by an act signed by a
Democrat president."
Seaton said that since 1920
only 612 leases on all categories
of wildlife land have been grant
ed, 335 by the present adminis
tration, 277 by its Democrat pre
decessors. He said the difference
of 58 was accounted for by war
depleted oil reserves.
He said that income from oil
and gas leasing "underscores the
fact that there has been no sud
den and planned expansion in
this field by the present adminis
tration." He said it amounted to
$5,650,000 from 1947 through
1955 with the present adminis
tration collecting but $2 million.
McKay Said Not First
Seaton said that his predeces
sor, Douglas McKay, "was not
the first secretary of the interior
to open wildlife reserves to oil
and gas exploitation." He said
that McKay was the "first . . .
to close wildlife areas until new
regulations could be drawn to
supplant the inadequate regula
tions of his Democrat predeces
sor." And, he said, McKay was
the first secretary to' forever
close to leasing certain areas as
sanctuaries to protect rare spe
cies of wildlife.
He said several "real strides"
were made by the Fish and Wild
life Service in Oregon under
McKay.
Man Found Innocent
Of Assault, Battery
Robert Stephen Basey, 21, Ash
land, was found innocent of as
sault and battery this morning.
He was tried in district court by
a jury of one woman and five
men.
Basey had been charged with
assault and battery by Bert El
roy Johnson last March 8, after
an incident Feb. 25, according
to the court record. .
"You Never Had It So Good Since
You've Had It Bad"
help serve a smorgabord meal.
Hot dog and hamburger standi
will also be in operation.
After the jamboree, Soaton
and McKay will appear on a 15
minute television program over
KBES-TV at 9:30 p.m.
Addrenes Kiwanians
Congressman Ellsworth was
scheduled to address the Med
ford Kiwanis club at noon todav
at the Rogue Valley Country
club. From Medford, he planned
to fly to Eugene to meet Seaton.
The two men will then go to
Roseburg for a press conference
Thursday and continue to Med
ford for the jamboree, which is
sponsored by the Jackson Coun
ty Republican Women's organ
ization. Seaton, a 47-year-old newspa
per publisher from Hastings,
Neb., has held several political
positions on state and national
levels during the past 25 years.
In 1951, he was appointed to the
senate to fill the unexpired term
of Kenneth S. Wherry. In 1953,
he became assistant secretary of
defense, then secretary of the
interior on May 28 of this year,
following McKay's resignation.
Entertainment Planned
Festivities tomorrow will In
clude "live" music and other en
tertainment. The event will be open to the
public with no admission charge.
Charge for the smorgasbord is
$1.50. per plate. Tickets are on
sale in Medford at Barker's, Rob
inson Bros., Jean Hart's. Rogue
Valley National bank, Frakc
and Smith, Central Rexall Drug
and the Republican headquar
ters. Tickets may also be pur
chased in Hawthorne Park
Thursday evening, according to
Mrs. Wayne Stine, chairman ot
the food committee.
Driver in Fatal Car
Accident Sentenced
Carl W. McMillan, 50, route
2, box 816, Central Point, was
sentenced in district court today
to 30 days in jail, $255 fine and
90 days suspension of his driv
er's license.
A jury Saturday found McMil
lan guilty of driving while un
der the influence-of intoxicating -liquor.
He was released on $255 bail
as the court granted his attor
ney, Edward Kelly, ten days in
which to file motion for a new
trial.
McMillan was the driver of a
car which struck a jeep ' in
which members of the Arthur
Hanshew family were riding last
July 21. Eight-week-old Mi
chael Hanshew was killed in the
accident and several others in
the family were injured.
McMillan may be taken be
fore a grand jury soon to face
possible further charges arising
from the accident, according to
Walter Nunley, district attor
ney. Arson Considered
In Midnight Fire
Central Point Possibility of
arson in a midnight fire last
night at the Swan Island Load
ers establishment here will be
investigated by the state fire
marshal's office, City Fire Chief
Don Turner reported.
Several loads of two by four
lumber were burned and consid
erable damage to the plant re
sulted. Turner said. The alarm
was turned in by Gale Perdue,
employee of the adjacent Che
ney Lumber company.
A small blaze was discovered
at 2 a.m. Monday at the Cheney
stud mill by the Central Point
police department night patrol
man. Turner said only minor
damage occurred.