Frank Riley Wins
Edith Hill Memorial
Portland (U.Pj Frank
Branch Riley, local lawyer and
lecturer Friday night wasnamed
as winner of the Edith Knight
Hill memorial award for his
"outstanding contribution to
Oregon."
The occasion was the ninth an
nual Matrix Table banquet giv
en by Theta Sigma Phi, profes
sional journalism honorary for
women. Riley was honored for
his numerous tours featuring lec
tures about the Northwest and
for helping to attract tourists and
industries to Oregon.
Five Oregon women also were
honored at the banquet for ach
ievements. They included Vir
ginia Welch, administrator of
Good Samaritan hospital, Cor
vallis Mrs Rita Calhoun, direc
tor of the home service depart
ment of Portland Gas and Coke
company; Mrs. Frances Cook,
justice of he peace in Beaver
ton and originator of the nation
al "Safe-Teen" movement; Mrs.
Helen Leonard, executive direc
tor of the Girl Scouts for the
Portland area, and Mrs. Evelyn
Sibley Lampman, author.
POSTMASTER
Washington (U.PJ Donald
F. Ewald has been selected to be
acting postmaster at Cutler City
In" Lincoln county. Ore., Rep.
Walter Norblad (R-Ore.), said on
Saturday. Ewald will Teplace
Mrs. Hazel V. Crane, who died
last month
Need for Water, Soil Management
Program Noted in Saturday Tour
The need for a water and soil
management program in the
Bear creek watershed was point
ed out yesterday afternoon to
the Medford League of Women
Voters by Clem Ault, conserva
tionist of the Rogue Soil Con
servation district, during a four
hour soil and water conservation
tour.
Ault conducted the tour for
about 30 members of the league
in a bus provided by the Cen
tral Point school system. The
tour included about 20 stops
throughout the Bear creek water
shed in Jackson county where
creek bank and hill erosion and
soil loss problems exist.
He explained many of the
problems have resulted from
land mismanagement, conflicts
of interest and a lack of public
education on understanding wat
er and soil maintenance.
He noted that practices of
"itinerant loggers," particular
ly in the hills west of Medford,
where roads and trails have been
constructed with no planting or
diversion dikes to prevent ero
sion, "are major factors con
tributing to floods and soil loss
from small watershed areas."
Logging Practice!
Pointing out bad logging prac
tices, Ault commented that stip
ulations could be included in
contracts with logging operators
to regulate skid trails and elim
inate gulleys which create ero-
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sion. The problem in this case
is educating the land owners
who lease the timber, he said.
A measure that could correct
land and water mismanagement
and also provide flood control
and irrigation is a small water
shed program now being pre
pared . for Bear creek by the
Izaak Walton league, Ault said.
The Rogue Soil Conservation
district is sponsoring the pro
gram. According to Ault the water
shed program would request fed
eral, assistance for the flood con
trol portion of the plan and bene
mitting local people would fin
ance irrigation and recreation
portions of the program. Coop
eration from the Jackson county
court and Medford city council
would be necessary before the
watershed plan could gain U.S.
department of agriculture ap
proval, he noted.
Channel Blockage
The tour included stops at
Jackson, Daisy and Griffin
creeks to view bank erosion,
channel blockage, silt and debris
problems.
Problems at Griffin creek are
a combination of no vegetation
for bank protection, debris and
silt which are producing a larg
er channel, Ault said. Water in a
widening and deeping channel
is turbulent and hard to control,
he said.
He pointed out that Griffin
creek becomes swifter down
stream and has been a probem
on the Bert Elliott farm. Be
hind his residence the water is
diverted down a 10-foot concrete
drop creating a turbulance
which flood the property per
iodically. Ault noted that during emerg
encies farmers can obtain fin
ancial assistance in reinforcing
creek banks and correct other
flood problems through the Ag
ricultural Conservation pro
gram, floods increase erosion
problems, when creek channels
are widened by uncontrolled
water, Ault said.
Bank Willow Growth
He observed that on Jackson
creek local farmers had not con
trolled bank willow growth and
the creek's flow was now being
impeded. Erosion also is the re
sult of "plugged streams," he
said.
The use of large rocks, black
berry vines and controlled wil
low growths will protect banks
and stabilize water flow, Ault
noted. He, cited as an example
a portion of Jackson creek near
Taylor rd. which has been con
trolled by a thicket of black
berries. Along portions of Jackson and
Griffin creeks, poor bridge align
ment creating a potential prob
lem in case of floods was observ
ed. Ault noted that recent bridge
designs developed by the county
have eliminated stone supports
under bridges which previously
collected debris and impeded
water flow.
Railroad Bridges
The soil conservationist point
ed out where several Southern
Pacific railroad bridges caused
silting and "back supplies" of
water.
An example of erosion dam
age on-property where floods had
washed out part of an acre of
what Ault called ''some of the
best alfalfa land in'the county,"
was pointed out.
To stabilize the creek bank
the owner constructed a wall of
stones and willows, Ault said.
Poor maintenance of open
water ditches along Taylor road
was noted by Ault. He said if
a drainage district was organ
ized feeder lines could be direct
ed to a "main water storage
site." He added that finding' an
"economically feasible basin
site" was difficult.
Management Problem
"Too much water on acreages
is as harmful as not enough,"
he said. "Poorly drained farms
are another soil management
problem because they accumul
ate silt."
The proposed water shed for
Bear creek and its tributaries
would eliminate many land man
age problems, Ault said. He dis
cussed property on Old Stage rd
where a hillside eroson pro
blem was being corrected.
Because man-made equipment
had moved top soil down hill
and water erosion, Ault estimate
ed that 40 to 50 tons of soil had
been lost per acre. The property,
intended for dryland pasture, is
being rehabilitated by seed bed
preparation, planting of proper
species, fertilization, and proper
grazing, he added.
Population Increase
Discussing the increasing pop
ulation, Ault said it is conceiv
able that eventually Jackson
county could run short of soil.
According to Ault it takes 2Vz
acres per person to maintain
the standards of which people
in this area accustomed. But,
he added, an increasing popula
tion, which means additional
airports, roads and homes, is di
minishing this ratio.
Ault noted that conservation
of resources was a method of
making the most of land and
water. He defined conservation
as a means of developing land
according to its capabilities, not
taking land out of cultivation
as many people think.
Sunday. April 7. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
News Briefs
Chicago U.R) More than
121,000 road and yard service
worKers on 140 of the nation's
railroads have won a 26 V4 cent
an hour package wage boost.
The National Mediation Board
Friday night announced an
agreement erantine thp inrroaso
had been reached between rep
resentatives of the railroads and
the Independent Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen.' .
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Hells Canyon Group
To Continue Fight
Seattle (U.R) The Nation
al Hells Canyon association an
nounced Saturday it would con
tinue its legal efforts for a high
Hells Canyon dam on the Snake
river and would carry on an
"all-out" effort to get the pro
ject authorized this year by
Congress.
The association's board of di
rectors decided to carry on its
fight for a high dam at a meet
ing here Friday.
"We will continue our fight
against waste of the river by
any means possible," board Pres
ident J, T Marr said "We still
feel that Congress will recognize
the abuse of our resources pro
moted by the low dams."
Idaho Power company has
been authorized by the Federal
Power commission to construct
three low dams on the Snake.
The Hells Canyon association
took the matter into the courts
but lost out earlier this month
when the Supreme Court ruled
against it. '
The association's board of di
rectors has directed its attorneys
to file for a rehearing with the
Supreme Court, asking the
high bench to review the Hells
Canyon case.
First Leg of River
Cruise Completed ,
. Portland (U.R) Eight men
making a 1,500 mile trip up the
Columbia. river planned to reach
The Dalles Saturday after com
peting the first leg of their cruise
on schedule.
They are making the trip in
two 20- foot plastic outboard
boats. Reason for the voyage,
scheduled to wind up at Revel
stoke, B. C, is to call attention
to need for navigation locks in
Priest Rapids and Wanapum
dams and to growing interest in
boating on the Columbia.
Wilfred Woods, publisher of
the Wenatchee Daily- World,
heads the expedition.
The two boats arrived here on
Friday after a rough start. They
became stuck in'the mud at As
toria Yacht club Thursday night
and had to be pulled out by a
bulldozer.
The men plan to ford around
the Hanford atomic works be
cause they are not allowed to
run through the reservation.
WRITING A "SENTENCE"
Des Moines, Iowa U.R
Neal Keasey, 41, was in Sail Sat
urday for drunkenness because,
suffering from a strong dose of
writer's cramp, he couldn't re
sist one little medicinal nip of
whiskey. He got the writer's
cramp writing "I am a fellow
who can't take the first drink"
2,500 times in order to avoid a
HANGED IN EFFIGY
Pittsburg U.R) Teamster
President Dave Beck and. his top
administrative assistants have
been hanged in effigy by a local
which- he placed in trusteeship
15 months ago.
Straw-stuffed figures repre
senting Beck; James R. Hoffa,
vice president; Frank Brewster,
a West Coast representative, and
Einar Mohn, Beck's personal as
sistant, were strung up Friday
night at headquarters of Local
249 which as a membership of
10,000.
Placards reading "Muscle Man
Hoffa," "Trustful Brewster."
"Honest Dave" and "Trust Me
Mohn" indentif ied the figures.
'RED PURGE"
Tokyo !U.R Japanese news
papers Saturday blamed the
"fanatic Red purge" activities in
the United States for the suicide
of Canadian ambassador to
Egypt Herbert Norman.
A columnist in the Asahi Shim
bun said Norman apparently
killed himself because of "hu
miliation" he felt at being brand
ed a Communist by the U.S.
Senate internal security subcommittee.
OVERTIME FEE
Reno U.R) Washoe coun
ty commissioners Saturday pro
posed to charge alter-bound cou
ples time and a half for marri
age licenses issued after hours
and on weekends.
The commissioners gave first
reading to an ordinance hiking
the cost of marriage license fees
from $5 to $7.50 during hours
the marriage license bureau is
open but all other county offices
are closed.
DEMAND RETURN
Madrid, Spain U.R Spain
will continue to insist that. Rus
sia return 510 tons of Spanish
gold deposited in Moscow by the
Republican government 2(1 vparc
ago, informed sources said Sat
urday.
The Soviet Community Party
newspaper Pravada said Friday
the gold had been used up long
ago by the Loyalists opposed to
Generalissimo Francisco Fran
co's regime.
NEW CABLE CAR
San Francisco ii.pv sn
Francisco Bets its first.
car line in 77 years Sunday when
the first of 10 cars begins its
two-mile run from the Washington-Mason
car house to the
Beach and Hyde turntable. .
But meanwhile, there was
more concern for the old ones
than there was tor the new.
Superior Judge John B. Moli
nari granted an injunction to a
group of taxpayers, preventing
the city from continuing removal
of cable car tracks on the west
ern segment of the Washington
Jackson line.
FAIL TO AGREE
Crescent City U.R) A
jury failed to agree Saturday on
whether Del Norte county Sher
iff Harold Scott accepted a bribe
to permit a Bordello to operate
but convited his two co-defendants
of conspiring to operate
the brothel.
Judge Charles McGoldbrick
dismissed the jury of eight wom
en and four men when they were
hopelessly deadlocked on the
guilt or innocence of the sheriff.
McGoldbrick ordered Scott to
be retired after completion of
his trial for perjury scheduled
for April 15. Scott was accused
oi lying to the grand jury in con
nection with the vice investiga
tion which brought the bribery
and conspiracy charges.
TO CONTINUE TRIP
Cayucos, Calif U.R)' Skip
per Devere Baker, master of the
Luckless Raft Lehi III, planned
Saturday to continue his slow
motion voyage to Los Angeles
although is crew of one debark
ed for good Friday night.
Baker said his crewman, Craw
ford Hartley, 22, left the raft
Friday night because he has to
return to his job as a butcher in
the San Francisco area.
STUDENT MISSING
Antioch, Calif U.R) Dan
iel Chew, 23-year-old San Fran
cisco city College student whose
boat overturned in the San Joa
quin river near here Saturday
was reported missing and was
feared drormed.
Deputies in the Contra Costa
county sheriff's office said a
search for Chew had to be called
off because of rough waters in
the upper bay region.
PICK UP URGE
West Covia, Calif., U.R
A young man who said he "al
ways had an urge to pick up lit
tle girls" Saturday confessed to
the brutal beating-rape of a
three-year-old girl, who was left
nude and critically injured in a
field, sheriff's deputies reported.
James Kenneth Williams, an
instrument calibrator, of Alham
bra, admitted taking the child,
Barbara Allen, from her moth
erls car Friday after the mother
agreed to let him watch her
children while she cashed "a
check in a restrauant, detectives
said. The girl's brother, Jimmy,
2, was left in the car unharmed.
DEPUTIES HARASSED
Petaluma, Calif U.R) A
truckload of angry bees harass
ed sheriff's deputies Saturday
as thej tried to remove the body
of William G. Swicegood Sr., 72,
of San Francisco, who died while
driving his truck north of town.
Swicegood was headed for his
ranch near Sebastopol with a
load of bees. He apparently suf
fered a stroke or heart attack,
according to the Sonoma county
coroner, and his truck overturn
ed when he lost control of the
wheel.
"DOWN THE DRAIN'
Washington U.R) Sen. J.
William Fulbright said Saturday
the administration's foreign aid
program is "going down the
drait.v unless President Eisen
hower steps in quickly to give
it new vigor and a new ap
proach. The Arkansas senator, second
ranking Democrat on the Senate
foreign relations committee, said
in an interview that the presi
dent must come out strongly for
the program if it is to survive
growing opposition in congress.
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