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ROYAL PAIR Linda Estramado, 3, and Harold Ellis, 6, were
chosen king and queen of1 the 1957 Pear Blossom Festival yester
day. The coronation ceremony was broadcast over television sta
tion KBES-TV about 5:30 p.m. after judges made their selection.
Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Estremado of Gold Hill
and Harold is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ellis, 1924 Stratford
ave., Medford. The youngsters will ride the royal float in the Pear
Blossom Festival parade April 27.
District 6C Calls
Election on Budget
Patrons of school district 6C
will vote May 8 on a proposed
budget totaling $808,843.
Polling places will be open
between 2 and 8 p.m. at the
Central Point Junior High school
gymnasium, the Gold Hill school
gymnasium, and the Sams Val
le school.
The proposed budget shows
an estimated $732,988 in the
general fund and $75,855 in the
bond Interest and sinking fund
for the fiscal year July 1, 1957,
through June 30, 1958. The gen
eral budget shows an Increase
of $60,625 more than the $672,
363 budget allowance for the
current fiscal year.
Total Estimated Levy
The total estimated tax levy is
$480,543 of which $81,855 for
bond interest and sinking fund is
not affected by the 6 per cent
limitation. Of the $398,688 esti
mated tax Jevy for the general
fund, $101,'237.62 ' is within the
8 per cent limitation and $297,-
Four Bids Opened
On Rehabilitation
Work Along Canal
Four firms submitted bids
for rehabilitation work along
the main canal of the Medford
and Rogue River Valley Irriga
tion districts. Bids were opened
this morning at the bureau of
reclamation office at Camp
White.
The projects are construction
of Osborne Wash siphon and
three bench flumes near
Brownsboro.
Apparent low bidder was Aus
1 a n d Construction company,
Grants Pass, which submitted a
total bid of $113,461.50. The
firm bid $76,990 on the Osborne
Wash job, and $36,471.50 on the
flumes.
Other Bidden
Other bidders Included Har
bor Construction company,
Seattle, Osborne Wash, $106,
954, flumes, $52.83, total. $159,
837; Cherf Brothers and Sand
kay Construction company,
Ephrata, Wash., Osborne, Wash.,
$102,000, flumes, $34,342, total
$136,342; and Engineering Lim
ited Pipeline company. El Cen
tre, Calif., Osborne Wash $109,
289, flumes $71,349, total
$180,638.
Engineers estimates for the
projects were $81,000 for the
Osborne Wash siphon and $35,
343 for the flumes, or a total of
$116,343.
Bids will be forwarded to the
Denver, Colo., of the bureau of
reclamation for considering and
contract awarding.
The Osborne Wash siphon
will be about 1,073 feet long and
wiH eliminate a flume and
about 11.500 of canal which at
present has considerable seep
age irrigation district officials
Mid.
Schrunlc Surrenders To New Indictment
Charging illegally Obtaining Tapes
Portland (U.R) Mayor Terry
D. Schrunk surrendered Mon
day to an indictment charging
him with illegally obtaining tape
recordin gs.
One of Six Indictments
The indictment was one of
six returned Monday by the
vice-probing Multnomah county
grand jury. There were four ar
rests on the six indictments.
Schrunk already faces indict
ments charging him with brib
ery and perjury.
Also indicted were Clyde C.
Crosby, Oregon Teamster na
450.38 outside the limitation, ac
cording to budget committee
members.
The committee estimated the
total mill levy would be 56.5, an
increase of 6.5 mills more than
the current levy.
Of the millage increase, 3.5
mills are in the item for bond
redemption and interest, the
committee said. Excess Federal
O and C funds previously allot
ed by the county to the district
paid the item in the 1955-56
budget, and about one-half the
amount in the present budget,
the committee noted. The funds
are not available for next year,
it added.
Increased Costs
Items accounting for the other
3 mills in the increase are in
creased instruction costs, bus
purchases, higher prices on ma
terials and equipment, additional
equipment and supplies because
of --Increased:" erirollmeritrnij
committee said.
Three additional teachers are
provided at the intermediate
level in the elementary schools,
caused by advancement of a
large primary grade enrollment,
the committee said. The regular
salaries of teachers show an in
crease from $373,664 in the cur
rent fiscal yeai to an estimated
$406,042 next year. The increase,
the committee said, is necessary
to compete with other districts
for teachers.
An item of $15,000. is provided
for purchasing two buses. The
district operates 17 buses at pres
ent, and several of them are
more than eight years old, the
committee noted. New buses will
replace older buses, it added.
Buildings Valued
School district buildings are
valued at $2,136,000 and cus
todial care, insurance and main
tenance and repair is a large
item, the committee noted. A to
tal of $22,225 has been proposed
for maintenance and repairs and
$69,010 for operation of plant.
Members of the budget com
mittee serving with the school
board in preparing the budget
were A. M. Setness and W. C.
Higinbotham of Central Point,
Frank Straus and J. W. Fitzger
ald of Sams Valley, and Don
Morrow of Gold Hill.
Weather
FORECAST: Showers over the
mountains this evening with
a chance of thunder storms.
Variable cloudiness tonight
and Wednesday with scat
tered lights showers Wednes
day. Low tonight 38, high
Wednesday 60.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 6ft
Lowest this Morning 36
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
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Sunset
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6:54 p.m.
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r d si i v r v t c t a t
Regulus. high in south 8:38 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mercury, low in west after
sunset.
Jupiter, high in south
east 8:04 p.m.
Mar, set 10:46 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
east 12113 a.m.
tional representative; Frank P.
Malloy, business agent for local
223 of the Teamsters and Lew
Cornelius, secretary-treasurer of
local 162 and president of the
Teamsters Building association.
They were indicted on perjury
charges and were freed on bail.
The indictment against Mayor
Schrunk stated that on May 17.
1956. when he was the sheriff
of Multnomah county, he will
fully and wrongfully obtained
tele-communications of which he
was not a participant.
Schrunk was released on
52nd Year
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Ooen Discussion
On Tax Program
Held by Committee
Giesy, Bristol Favor
Sales Tax Revenue
Salem (U.R) First open dis
cussion of a tax program for the
next two years was held by the
House Taxation Committee here
today with Chairman Clarence
Barton asking Republican mem
bers of the committee for their
ideas.
Both Reps. Wayne Giesy, Mon
roe Republican, and Fayette
Bristol, Grants Pass Republican,
said their first choice as a rev
enue producer was the sales
tax.
Would Broaden Tax Base
Giesy said a sales tax to raise
some $15 to $20 million com
bined with lowereing of exemp
tions on the personal income tax
to raise another $10 million
would help make up for the $30
million surplus that will be
spent during the next biennium.
Whether a sales or an in
creased income tax becomes the
cornerstone of the tax program,
Giesy said the tax base would
have to be broadened. He said
he couldn't favor a program that
would eliminate any taxpayers.
"Low income groups will have
to help pay for overall state
services," he said.
Property Tax Relief Wanted
Both Republican representa
tives said they wanted some
property tax relief on the local
level. Bristol said one of his
main concernes was getting in
dustry to the state and that in
dustrial leaders he had talked
to favored the sales tax.
Giesy agreed with Barton that
a sales tax, if it were introduced
would likely be increased in the
future to raise more money,
Democrats on the committee
have favored increasing income
taxes rather than applying a
sales tax which they believe to
be unpopular with the people,
City Council to
Consider Election
The Medford city council to
day will consider calling an an
nexation election May 17 in
the Berrydale area. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
city hall.
The council has indicated a
public hearing would be held
to give Medford residents an
opportunity to voice an opinion
on the proposed annexation.
The council can either call a
public hearing or an election
within the city to determine
opinion of Medford residents on
such a proposal.
Other council business today
will include four public hear
ings. One is on a proposal to re
zone an area in the vicinity of
Black Oak drive and Barnett
rd. from single family (class IA)
to limited commercial (class 3A)
Other hearings are on rezon
ing property in the vicinity of
Ellendale drive and Barnett rd.
from single family to limited
commercial.
On a proposal to establish
off-street parking requirements
for limited commercial districts
and on installation of a sanitary
sewer on South Grape st. from
Melrose to Stewart aves.
Baseball
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S1000 bail which a Circuit Court
judge reduced from $12,000.
Schrunk previously had been
charged with accepting a bribe
from a former Portland boot
legger and with giving perjured
testimony before the grand jury
in connection with the alleged
bribe.
Bribery Charge Denied
Schrunk, who was a recent
witness before a Senate Rack
ets committee, has steadfastly
denied the bribe charge. The
bribery and perjury cases are
pending in Circuit Court.
MEDFORD,
Senate Quickly
Approves House
Appropriation
Figure $6 Million
Short of Request
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate quickly approved by voice
vote today a House passed $41
million emergency appropria
tion to restore normal postal
service.
The action came a scant 10
minutes after the Senate met
at noon and unanimously agreed
to suspend its rules and take up
the measure immediately.
Returned To House
The bill, carrying a total of
$49,861,000 for the Post Office
and several other agencies, was
returned to the House for con
currence in minor Senate am
endments. The postal figure . was $41
million, $6 million short of what
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield requested.
Committee Chairman Carl
Hayden (D-Ariz.), asked and
got unanimous consent to sus
pend Senate rules and take up
the emergency appropriation
immediately.
Wants Ike's Signature
Summerfield, who cut back
postal services drastically last
Saturday, has said he can not
restore full service until the em
ergency bill is signed by the
President.
Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowland of Calif-
orniaamd ."House GOP Leader
Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massa
chusetts told Eisenhower at
a White House legislative confer
ence that the appropriation
might clear the Senate this aft
ernoon and reach the White
House tonight.
Faces Rough Session
Summerfield faces a possible
rough session today when he
appears before a public session
of the House Post Office com
mittee to plead for an increase
in postal rates a penny boost
in three-cent stamps and six
cent air mail stamps and hikes
in other mail costs.
Although committee members
said the squabble over his post
al cutbacks would have little
effect on his case for stamp
price hikes, members were like
ly to question him closely on
reasons for the postal curbs.
30 Per Cent Ratio
Set for Assessments
The Jackson county board of
equalization this morning adopt
ed a 30 per cent ratio for deter
mining personal and real prop
erty assessments in the county.
The ratio is the same for the
current year.
Under this ratio, assessed
value of property will be 30
per cent of the true cash value.
True cash value in the state of
Oregon has been set at 70 per
cent of the appraised value for
both personal and real property.
The board will meet on May
13 to consider requests from
property owners for reviews of
current assessments.
OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL
Money Vfted
GROUND BREAKING Construction of the
Jackson county juvenile detention home got
under way officially yesterday after ground
breaking ceremony at the site near the new
armory. Above, County Judge Rodney Keat
Jail Facilities
Said Inadeouate'
Physical facilities of the Ash
land city jail have been describ-
ed as "inadequate" by the Jack
son county grand jury.
In a report filed . last week,
the grand jury said, "In our
opinion the physical facilities of
the Ashland jail are inadequate
in that there, is. not sufficient
room to house any inmates: This
is particularly , true of the cell
for temporary - detention of - ju
veniles.',' ' , , -
The. jurors ' stated, .however.
that conditions and operation of
the Ashland jail appeared ex
cellent.
The grand jury, whose term
extended from Jan.. 21 to April
12, also inspected conditions at
the county farm home, the
county jail and the Medford city
jaiL The inspection tour was
conducted March 6.
Members of the jury said the
farm home was found to be in
excellent shape and the home
appeared to be handled, in a
satisfactory manner. . ,
Conditions and operation of
both the county jail and the
Medford city jail were described
as excellent.
Selection of a new grand jury
to serve . for the next' three
months,' was completed yester
day. Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The
Atomic Energy commission Mon
day rescheduled for 9 p.m. (P.
S. T.) tonight its highly classi
fied weapons test which was
postponed several times last
week.
TrIEvE
16, 1957
Construction Starts
Oh Detention If
The Jackson county juvenile
home is a step toward prevent
ing or lessening the problem of
juvenile delinquency.
Judge H. K. Hanna of the
Jackson county circuit and juv
enile courts, stressed this opin
ion in a statement to more than
50 people who attended ground
breaking ceremonies yesterday
for. . the new county juvenile
detention home.
The $89,626 structure is being
built on a site near the old
county fairgrounds. It is expec
ted to be completed in about
three months.,
Unable To Attend
Judge Hanna was unable to
attend the ceremony, and his
statement was read by H. Dewey
Wilson, chairman of the Jackson
county juvenile advisory coun
cil. Wilson was master of cere
monies for the program.
"Scientists tell us the best, and
many times the only way to cure
a cancerous growth is . tp .treat
it early . m its development,"
Judge Hanna said. "Much the
same can be said of crime. The
two diseases, one physical and
the other sociological, are much
the same. Each is almost un
noticed when it starts, but if not
checked, it can envelop the en
tire individual, and in the case
of crime, spreads rapidly to his
susceptible acquaintances."
The judge also stated, "An
alarming number of the offend
ers who come before me in the
courts are classed as juveniles
under the law, for they are un
der the age of 18. This is the
place we must make our great
est effort if we are to succeed
in the treatment of crime and
prevent or lessen one of the
chief costs of government."
He said, "The Jackson county
juvenile detention home is a fine
step forward in this field, and in
my opinion is one of the most
needed facilities in our county."
The judge congratulated the
juvenile advisory council for
their efforts in bringing to the
attention of the public the need
for such a home. He also com
mended the county court for
"the fine plans which they are
executing." '
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, assisted by Commissioners
Chester Wendt and Ralph James
turned the . first spade of dirt
at the site.
Introduced during the pro-
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
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final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 484.32, off 1.52; 20 rail
roads 145.59, off 0.61; 15 utili
ties 71.69, up 0.14. and 65
stocks 170.42, off 0.39. Sales to
day were about 1,890,000 shares
compared with 2,010,000 shares
Monday.
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ing moves the first shovelful of dirt as Coun
ty Commissioners Chester Wendt and Ralph
James look on. The ceremony was attended
by about 50 persons.
bme
gram were Mrs. KayCrowell,
director of the county juvenile
department, Chief Deputy Sher
iff Joseph Walsh, appearing on
behalf of Sheriff Howard Gaultf
Medford Police Chief Charles P.
Chaplin, building committee
members Bill Abbott, James Mc-
Goodwin and Chairman Wilson,
executive committee, C. W. Ab
bott, Wilson, Mrs. Stephen Nye,
Mrs. Maude E. House, Marshall
Woodell, Mrs. C. I. Drummond,
Mrs. Henry Fadgham, Kenneth
McHugh, Mrs. Una B. Inch, Mc
Goodwin, Dr. Frederick Troste
and Wayne Waelty and Archi
tect William Siebert.
Guests Listed
: Guests included John A. Wet
tereau, counselor for the- Jose
phine county juvenile depart
ment, appearing on behalf of
Circuit Judge Orval Millard;
James Lamb, superintendent of
the MacLaren School for Boys;
and Donald E. Long, judge of
the court of domestic relations
for Multnomah county.
Special mention was given to
Capt. Paul Parsons of the Ore
gon state police, and Judge Han
na, member of the executive
committee, who were not pres
ent. The following former mem
bers of the juvenile advisory
council were also mentioned: A.
A. Lausman, Robert Duncan, Dr.
William Miller, Blanche Lyman, r;?" X t, t -m,.
iri t,v, tw,. tw! rtate. operates three game farms.
Mrs. Victor Birdseye, Mrs. Dun
bar Carpenter, Miss Dana Platz
and Frank Durante.
Invocation was given by the
Rev. D. Kirkland West of the
Medford First Presbyterian
church.
National Guard to Conduct
Firepower Demonstration
National Guard members will
conduct a public night firepower
demonstration at Camp White
rifle range Saturday, starting at
6 p.m.
The demon; '.nation is expected
to last about VA hours. It will
be similar to a show presented
by Company A last year. Satur
day's exhibition will be a com
bined effort, with Company C,
Grants Pass Guard unit, and
Company A, the Medford rifle
company, participating.
Provide Training
Lt. Jack Phillips, who is coor
dinatuig the show, explained pri
mary purpose of the exhibition
is to provide training for the
men. He added, however, that
the public will be welcome to ob
serve the demonstration. Approx
imately 500 spectators watched
last year as one platoon, firing
trace ammunition, simulated a
battle firing mission.
This year's operation, with two
Parental Summons
Issue Undecided
In Morning Round
Complete Statement
To Be Made, Beck Says
Galveston, Tex. (U.R) The
Executive Board of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters
argued for nearly three hours
today the question of ignoring
or obeying a summons by. the
AFL-CIO Ethical Practices- com
mittee to answer a charge of
corruption.
Apparently no decision was
reached. As the board recessed
for lunch. President Dave Beck,
62, refused to say how much pro
gress they had made.
Won't Make Statement
"We have declared a recess
after discussing the subject mat
ter of this meeting for the last
three hours," he said, "I will
not make a statement before
the meeting is over so as not to
throw it out of continuity.
"When we are finished with
the business, a full and com
plete statement - will be made.
The meeting could end momen
tarily or last until 10 o'clock to
night. We don't know."
In addition to whether to obey
or snub the AFL-CIO Ethical
Practices committee, the board
also may decide the future of
Beck, who comes up for reelec
tion to a five-year term of his
$50,000 a year job in Septem
ber. May Mean Expulsion
Beck was suspended as an
AFL-CIO vice president after in
voking the Fifth Amendment
117 times during a Senate com
mittee inquiry. Snubbing the
Ethical Practices committee
probably would mean expulsion
of the Teamsters from the par
ent union.
Gerald Trainer, Washington,
general counsel for the team
sters, met Monday night with
three other top union lawyers,
Edward Davis, Philadelphia,
Jack Wiley, St. Louis, and Nat
Wells, Dallas.
They discussed "legal aspects"
of questions that may come up
today, especially the questions
of the summons from the par
ent AFL-CIO on May 6.
"There has always been bad
blood between the Teamsters
and the AFL-CIO," Trainer said,
in disclosing the conference. '
"A lot of us think they only
want us because we have so
many members."
Norton Named io
Succeed Balsiger
Marcus E. Northon, Phoenix
retail lumber yard owner and
prominent Jackson county Dem
ocrat, has been appointed to the
state game commission.
His appointment by Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes was announced
today.
Norton, an ardent hunter and
angler, succeeds the late Elmer
H. Balsiger, Klamath Falls, who
died last week. He will fill Bal-
siger's term which expires July
19, 1960.
Since 1951, Norton has opera
ted Norton's Lumber company,
a retail building supply yard, at
Phoenix. He has been active in
local Democratic party work
here for the last several years.
In the last general election he
was Jackson county campaign-
manager for Democratic Cong
ressman Charles O. Porter. He
also promoted Holmes' campaign
here. .
Oregon's five-member game
commission controls both hunt-
several egg-taking stations and
15 trout hatcheries.
Washington U.R) Sen. Gor
don Alliott (R-Colo.) has invited
President Eisenhower to spend
a summer vacation in Colorado.
platoons firing simultaneously,
will be larger than the one pre
sented last year. Lt. Phillips ex
plained the live fire portion of
the demonstration, sometimes
called a "mad minute," will con
sist of 42 riflemen, 12 automatic
rifles and four 30 calibre ma
chine guns firing together with
tracer ammunition.
Smoke Grenades
Smoke grenades, flares and
other pyrotechnics will be used
in addition to the live ammu
nition. Also included in the exer
cise will be an attack problem,
featuring a mock attack by a
platoon from Company C of
Grants Pass as they move against
a defensive position occupied by
members of Company A. Blank
ammunition and pyrotechnics
will be used in the problem.
In issuing an invitation to the
public, Guard officers noted that
all possible safety precautions
will be taken and chairs will be
provided.