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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, October 31. 19SS ...1.1 f fir ' 7: r w - PEACEFUL PROTEST Carrying Algerian flags, these young Moroccans hold an or derly demonstration in Casablanca in protest against the arrest of five leading Alger ian rebels by the French. In the wake of Arab anger over the arrests, 60 dead were counted in Morocco. Neuberger Claims Proof That Al Sarena is Timber Operation Portland (Special) Sen Richard L. Neuberger an nounced today that the files of the public utility commissioner in Salem contain "positive proof that the controversial AI Sarena claims in the Rogue River Na tional forest are a timber opera tion and not a mining opera tion." The Oregon Senator said he had learned of an application made by the owners of the mine, H. P. and Charles R. McDonald, in August of 1955 for refund of the state fuels tax on 738 gallons of gasoline used for "construc tion and logging." Under Oregon law, commer cial log-haulers can recover the state gasoline tax when : fuel is used for operations off highways which receive state or federal aid funds. "This application, covering a 12-month period, for the gaso line rebate from the Oregon Utility commission was made only 18 months after Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKa& had granted full patents to the 15 controverted claims in the Rogue River forest," said Neu berger. "Nowhere in the applica tion does it refer to a mining operation, but twice there is ref erence to a logging operation. Yet, ex-Secretary McKay still claims the patents were granted to operate a mine. Where's the mine?" Neuberger suggested that State Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel should make a full statement as to whether or not the fuels-rebate application from the Al Sarena owners, listing use of the fuel in logging opera tions, actually is on file at the commission office. "This will de cide the question of whether Al Sarena has been a logging ven ture or a mining project," Neu berger added. Neuberger noted "a strange coincidence that the owners of the Al Sarena property an nounced two weeks before elec tion day their plans to explore the claims and attempt to 'block out' what they describe as 'val uable' ore bodies." "It's this a political mine or a mineral mine?" he asked. "It's about time someone tried to find out whether the claims have ore of any value. Assays by three government agencies showed insufficient mineraliza tion to warrant granting of pat ents, and only the private assay 3000 miles away by a firm chos en by the Al Sarena company was allowed by McKay to over rule these findings," Neuberger continued. "The U.S. Forest Service had already established the fact that the claims had more than 18 million board feet of merchantable timber." Neuberger pointed out that the Al Sarena company did not need patents on public land in order to mine ore. "The company could mine ore without patents, but there was one thing it could not do it could not log and cut the timber from national forest lands until it had patents to the land in volved," Neuberger explained "A number of substantial min ing companies, including Ana conda Copper Mining company and U.S. Vanadiam corporation, are producing ores without pat ents on public lands in the west. "Basic public policy is in volved in the specially invented procedures by which the Al Sa rena patents were granted un der ex-Secretary McKay. The Forest Service reports that more than 166,000 unpatented mining claims, involving more than 100 billion board feet of timber, dot the National forests. "What would happen to our national forests the source of our water supply, the habitat of 70 per cent of our wildlife, the basis of Oregon's $100,000,000 a year tourist business if the special patenting procedures contrived for Al Sarena were ex tended to the other 166,000 claims?" Neuberger refuted claims of the mine owners that the Forest Service was notified' before the claims were granted. Trie Ore gon Senator cited sworn testi mony by both Dr. Richard E. McArdle, chief of the Forest Service, and E. F. Mynatt, assist ant general counsel of the De partment of Agricultre, which "specifically stated they were not informed of McKay's deci sion until Jan. 20, two weeks after McKay's solicitor had or dered the patents granted." 11" .X , -J ..I S-'. , Jit L. G. "SHY NORTHLAND Has Done A FINE JOB FOR US - LET'S KEEP HJM IN OFFICE To CONTINUE This Fine Public Service! Tkm for County Administration art Low. Only .4 Milli This Year. Thii levy Votod on by the People. (Detention Home end Jackson County Museum.) Jackson County has no indebtedness. The mark of an Efficient, Economically Operated County Government. No Direct Levy for County Government. Plans were submitted to the Juvenile Committee by Shy Morthland and the architect and have been accepted. Construction specifica tions will be-qiven to the contractors December 1st. Bids will be opened January 7th, and construction to begin soon after. Distribution of $685,859.09 to county school districts to redeem their bonded indebtedness. MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED ROADS 1. Applegate Road 2. Little Applegate Road, paving 3. Dead Indian Road 4. Butte Falls Road 5. Butte Falls to Prospect Road 4. Meadows Road 7. South Fork Little Butte Creek Rd. 8. Valley View Road (Medford) 9. Foothill Road 10. Elk Creek Road 11. Thompson Creek Road, paving 12. 40 miles of pavement 13. Savage Creek Road paved (Rogue River area) 14. West Evans Creek paved (Rogue River area) 15. Evans Creek Road (Rogue River area) 1 6. Coleman Creek Road 17. McLaughlin Drive paved 18. Modoc Road paved 19. Rogue River Drive 20. East Main Road to Highway 66, Ashland Under const rue Hon CREOSOTED TIMBER BRIDGE 1. Wgnr Crack en Rjpp Road 2. Little Bun Crack 3. Wt Fork Food Crack 4. Tala Creek n BRIDGES (Reinforced Concrete) 1. Bear Creek at Hot Springs 2. Bear Creek at Talent 3. Bear Creek on Table Rock 4. Bear Creek oii Upton Road 5. Beaver Creek 6. Little Applegate Rivet 7. Star Gulch 8. Evans Creek on Meadows Road 9. Red Blanket Creek 10. McNeil Creek Butte Falls Road 11. Neil Creek Dead Indian Road 12. 3 Jackson Creek bridges 13. 2 Griffin Creek bridges 14. Kanes Creek 15. Snider Creek 16. Willow Creek 17. Dry Creek 18. Griffin Creek Numerous 19. McKee Bridge 20. Tresham Lane Sams Valley STEEL BRIDGES 1. Steel Bridge Evans Creek at West Fork 2. Carberry Bridge Bridge This Was Done Plus the Flood Damage Work Shy" serves all the people, county wide, regardless of their parry affiliations. RE-ELECT L G. "SHY" NORTHLAND As Your Working County Commissioner Y f J I Ess ITeA Pd. Adv. Morthland for County Commissioner V I im " VY " "T Committee, Tom R. Williams, Secy. SHADY COVE-TRAIL School Gym Decorated By EVALYN P. WATSON Shady Cove-Trail ' The Shady Cove school gym was a scene of activity Thursday and Friday nights of this week as the booths were put up and pre parations were made for the Shady Cove carnival Saturday. Adults were busy hammering, stapling, putting up balloons and all sorts of Halloween decora tions and children were scurry ing to and fro, helping as best they could. Mrs. Carl Chisham, of Trail has returned home from the Rogue Valley hospital in Med ford, where she underwent sur gery about a week ago. Her daughter, Carlene Chisham of Mountain Home, Idaho, has ar rived to be with her mother and help with the work. Mrs. Dick Bartuss, of Shady Cove, has returned home from Fullerton, California where she was called by the illness of her sister, who is in a very critical condition. On the way home Mrs. Bartuss stopped off at Santa Barbara, Calif., where she visit ed Mrs. Charles Chaffee. She also visited in Berkeley with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas and in .San Francisco- with Comdr. and Mrs. Charles Goeb el. Mrs. Bert Clark, of Big Butte cr.. Trail, has retdrned home from San Diego, Calif., where she was called by the illness of her sister, Mrs. Hugh Caywood. She expects to return to see her sister again in a short time. She is seriously ill. Mrs. Ed Learning and daugh ter, Marilyn, of Shady Cove, have both had slight attacks of the flu. A group of members of Our Lady of Fatima club met at the church hall Wednesday and did a lot of work painting the halls and rest rooms. Those working that day were Mesdames Dick Bartuss, Ernest Segessenman. Pearl Adair, Ole Hornseth, of Shady Cove; Roy Anderson and Fred Morgan, of Trail, and Gene Hugo, of Eagle Point. Another work day will be held Monday. Oct. 29, starting at 10 a.m. All attending are asked to wear work clothes and to take a sack lunch. Coffee will be furnished. Mrs. Ernest Segessenman of Shady Cove, attended the Holy Rosary Crusade rally held at McLaughlin Junior High school Thursday. Due to conflicting dates the annual bazaar set for December 1 will now be held Saturday, Dec. 8, at the church hall. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dody, of Coquille, Ore., spent a week vis iting' Mr. Dody's sister and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Little field, of Rogue River drive, of Shady Cove. Open house will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Car roll Watson on Rogue River drive, Shady Cove Sunday aft ernoon, Nov. 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. honoring the golden wedding an niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Watson, of Trail. Friends of the couple are invited to attend. Mrs. Adeline Carl of Shady Cove, has returned home for the winter after spending 4 months in Alberta, Can., visit ing with relatives and friends. Also she visited in Medford at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Pet erson. A group of rock hounds met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sackett Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, and made plans to or ganize a rock club in the Shady Cove, upper Rogue area. An other meeting of the club was set for Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Watson of Shady Cove, at which time it is planned to have some one from the Roxy Ann club, of Medford, present at the meeting. A field trip was scheduled ten tatively, for Sunday, Nov. 11. Details are to be announced .later. Agnes Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Oliver, of Trail, is planning to leave about Nov. 10 to enter school in the North west Air college in ' Spokane, Wash.. She has been attending college at . SOC in Ashland. Lloyd Oliver, Joe Oliver and Virgil Wilson, all of Trail, are on an elk hunting trip near Prineville. . Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dudley, of Mr. and Mrs. Athel Dudley, of Shady Cove, last week. Athel Dudley is an uncle of Clarence Dudley. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wil son, of Redmond, Ore., visited for several days with Mrs. Wil son's sister and husband, the Athel Dudley's last week. Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson, of Shady Cove, and Mrs. Wil son's aunt. Miss Ann Forbes, who is visiting the Wilson's from San Diego, made a trip to Port- Hand this week end, where they visited Mrs. Robert Mickey of Gresham. Mrs. William Shepherd, of Shady Cove, gave a talk on "wall plaques made of herbs" at the monthly meeting of the Rogue Valley Herb society in Medford. Mrs. Edgar Vander lip, a member from this area, also attended the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. A." D. McQuis ton of Seattle, Wash., spent sev eral days visiting with Mrs. Mc Quiston's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Al Verdun, of Shady Cove. Also visiting the Verdun's has been their nephew, Ray Ells, of Edmonds, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, of Medfora, spent Saturday visiting Mr,, and Mrs. Duane Jones and family, of Shady Cove, home of Mr. and Mrs.. Carroll Bill Millbank, Paul Pearson Watson for an evening of "hi fi" music Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John McNaugh ton, of San Rafael, Calif., have been visiting with Mrs. Mc Naughton's sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cross of Shady Cove. Members of the Steelhead Post No. 6881 and Ladies Auxil iary, who donated blood for the last Bloodmobile, were Dan Krotz, Russell Stelle, Ed Learn ing, Joe Waltz, Kenneth Patter son, Wendell Stalker, Virginia Krotz, Sally Stelle and Betty Wilson. Those working at the Bloodmobile from the Post and Auxiliary were Mary Cassal, Mary Hopkins, Sally Stelle, Jeannette Johnson, Virginia Krotz, Virginia House, Lois Learning, Marie Mills, Edna Montgomery, Evelyn Stalker and Eleanor Sawyer. At the work day held by the Post and Auxiliary recently, at the home of Mrs. Jim Cassal, to repair the roof and get in winter wood, the following were pres ent. From the Post were Ed Learning, Kenneth Mills, Jess Flenner, Henry Birch, Bob Col pitts, Melvin Jenkins, John Wil son, Bert Craven, Byron Crav en, Norman Bandy and Reed McKay. Those attending from the Auxiliary were, Lois Learn ing. Marie Mills, Betty Flenner, Leila Birch, Minnie Colpitts, Elsie Busch and Eleanor Sawyer. Jim Cassal is confined to the Veterans Hospital in Vancouver, Wash. The Shady Cove-Trail Lady Lions met at the home of Mrs. Frank Fagalde; Rogue Retreat, Shady Cove, '.for a progressive dinner. Serving the dinner were Mrs. Ray Mullen, Mrs. Earl Sheppard and Mrs. Gus Olsen. Initiation service was put on by the officers, with new mem bers, Evelyn Stalker, Alma Davis and Rena Howe, being initiated. A report was given on the work shop at Grants Pass. Plans were made for another progressive dinner to be held November 3. Republican committ e e m a n, Paul Davis, and Republican com mitteewoman, Marie Larson, of Shady Cove, heard Vice-President Richard Nixon speak at Hedrick Junior High school in Medford Friday. Scott DeGregori, son of Mr. and Mrs. George DeGregori, of Castro Valley, is in a hospital with a respiratory infection. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brill, of Trail. Pj'ggy Wiggly to Sell Prize Winning Lamb The prize winning cross breed1 fat lambs shown at the Pacific International Livestock exposi tion by Fred' Bayliss, Medford, were purchased by Piggly Wig gly stores at an auction Wednes day, Oct. 24, in Portland. According to Piggly Wiggly store officials the meat will be sent to the grocery chain's Stew are ave. store here where it will be sold this week end. ,The rib bons, won bv the lambs, will be of Roseburg, were dinner guests ' on display at the store. If You Have a HEARING LOSS . . . HERE ARE A FEW WORTHWHILE SUGGESTIONS TO CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING A HEARING AID. 6 FIRST See, a Doctor for an examination. Many cases of deafness are caused by an accumulation of wax In the ear and you may not need a hearing aid. 0 SECOND See a local dealer who can be found if your hear ing aid needs attention. ' THIRD Try """"9 'd in your home, at church or meetings before you buy. FOURTH Don'f b ""sled by fake ads such as NO BUTTON, NO CORD. NO BATTERY, NO TUBES. These are "come-on" ads to sell high priced unheard of hearing aids with no guarantee. 9 FIFTH the dealer who wears a hearing aid and under stands the problems of the hard of hearing. GEORGE E. WHITE THE FINEST IN HEARING AIDS Eye Glass Hearing Aids Eye Glass Hearing Aids Using Your Own Glasses Behind the Ear Hearing Aids Conventionl Hearing Aids FROM $50 UP 131 West Main Street, Medford PHONE 3-1841 FOR APPOINTMENT AT YOUR HOMI FAINTING in court is Mrs. Opal Collins, 'n Crown Point, Ind., as she iff sentenced to die for the murder of her husband, his mother, and his two sisters. (International) Agreement Reached In Coos Bay Strike Coos Bay tUR) Weyerhaeus er Timber Company officials and members of Local 2652, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, yesterday reached agree-' ment for settlement of a strike of Weyerhaeuser woods workers here which started last Friday. Crux of the dispute was recog nition of the local as bargainng agent for some 300 woods em ployes of the company in the Coos Bay area. The union said there were a number of minor grievances outstanding and the union had demanded talks with the firm at high levels. Construction and maintenance workers began returning to work immediately and Weyer haeuser said others would re turn today. Full operations will resume as soon as conditions of access roads and weather permit. Japanese Stragglers Taken Off Mountain Roxas, Philippines U.R) Four Japanese World War II stragglers were airlifted yester day off a mountain top where they have been hiding for 11 years. - Toyokichi Nakagawa, first secretary of the Japanese Em bassy in Manila, finally convin ced them the war is over and they are free to return to Japan. Earlier attempts to reach the former soldiers by helicopter failed because of the rough ter rain and high altitude. Lumber Mill Near John Day Destroyed John Day U.R) Fire of un determined origin swept through the C. L. Pine Lumber Co., be tween Prairie City and John Day yesterday, causing damage estimated at between $150,000 and 5250,000. Firemen from both towns fought the blaze but were unable to extinguish it until the plant was leveled. The lumber company em ployed about 75 men and had an annual capacity of 15 million board feet. About seven-eighths of Cey lon's total population lives in small communities devoted only to agriculture. J,sv V 'J" comes 1 Rep. MANN Says . . . HOW ABOUT THE SURTAX? LOOK AT THE RECORD! Mr. Boyer, Democratic State Central Committee Chairman, states in his ad: "Bob Boyer will work vigorously to repeal the vicious surtax saddled upon our taxpayers by the last Republican legislature. Jackson County's two incumbents voted for the 45 surtax which more than doubled the average taxpayer's income taxes. Neither incumbent has any background of legal knowledge or training. Both are in the legis lature for the purpose of serving special interests." However, Mr. Boyer conveniently neglected to state that 23 OUT OF 25 DEMOCRATS in the House of Representatives voted FOR this so-called "vicious surtax" on it's final passage and EVERY STATE SENATOR VOTED FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL ON EVERY ROLl-CALLl This included Sena tor Holmes, Democratic candidate for Governor, also Senator Sweetland, Democratic candidate for Secretary of Statel i it '! ? i Mrs K-i: Keep a Good Man On the Job! -ILUCT ED State Representative Here's the Record! JL Mr. H. Vor Halvarsen, Portland, Association for Retarded Children, says: ". . . Thank you for your work in behalf of Oregon's seven thousand mentally retarded children in this last legislature. . . . The fact that there are people like you, people will ing to take the time to understand the problem posed by mental retardation, provides heartening outlook for the future ..." JL Harold M. Erickson; M.D., Oregon State Board of Health, says: . ". . . We do appreciate the amount of time and the interest which you demonstrated in bringing about the best possible public health legislation. It was a real pleasure to have . worked with you . . .", JL Mr, N. 0. Nilsen, State of Oregon Commissioner of Labor, has this to say: "... I was unable to attend the last meeting of the interim Committee on elections, tt was with particular gratitude, therefore, that I learned of your plea to leave the position of Commissioner of Labor on the Ballot. Your comments on the importance and sensitivity of the department and your statement that the working people should have an opportu nity to vote on an office so important to them, met with my complete agreement. Thank you for your determined stand on this matter." JL Mr. Murray Wade, Cartoonist, Columnist and Writer, in a review of members ef the Legis lature, has this to say about Ed Mann: "On the floor, he is a keen and witty debater, who has the knack of establishing cordial ity with his opponents." X Mr. E. C. Potts, of the Oregon Voter, in the edition of "Who's Who in the 19S5 LegisU- ture," says: ' "Stubborn fighter for his ideas-. . . talks well and not too often ... sound as to basic problems and voting record was excellent." Pd. Adv., Committee for re-election of E. H. Mann, State Rep. R. H. Gandee, Chairman, 404 Leverette Bldg., Medford
