i Ear-Ira
n nrv
M
Era
52nd Year
MEDFORD
United Press Full l
30 Pages
77-Room Hotel Is
i
Evacuated After
'Warning of Bomb
Nothing Suspicious
Found by Officers
The Jackson hotel was evacu
ated for l'i hours last night,
after police and firemen search
ed for a non-existent "bomb."
A series of anonymous tele
phone calls to the police station
started a chain of events which
lasted until late evening. Every
room of the hotel was searched,
and about 15 guests, as well as
29 hotel employees, were moved
out.
The first call, at shortly after
5 p.m., told officers that a bomb
was planted at the hotel, and
was due to go off at 8 p.m.
Both police and firemen turned
out with standby equipment,
and began a room -by -room
search of the 77-room hotel. They
found nothing suspicious.
Orders Hotel Eradiated
At 7:30 p.m., Chief Charles
Champlin ordered the hotel
evacuated 'as a safety precau
tion. Officers and firemen stood
by until 9 p.m. one hour past
the "deadline" and then per
mitted the hotel's guests and
employees to return.
Meanwhile, several other
nonymous calls, from a man
ficers said sounded as though
fee had been drinking, were re
ceived. Attempts were made to
trace calls coming to the sta
titm. One suspect was nicked
oy for questioning, but was re-
lejueed after about an hour. t
A small crowd stayed on the
Bide of the streets opposite the
during most of the time
it was empty. The Oregon liquor
control commission closed at
1:90 p.m. a half-hour early
t the request of police as a
XneMutionary measure, and a
dumber of last-minute would-be
Customers were disappointed,
the Medford Lions club, which
feiecW at the hotel on Tuesday
venings, hurried its - program
1m he through early, at 7:45 p.m
fier President Herb Seitz was
informed of the "bomb scare
Sneaker was Dr. A. Erin Mer-
kel. county health officer, dis
euing "mental health."
Sevca. Conducted
The building search was con
ducted by seven police officers
nd eight firemen, working in
iemms, under the overall direc
of Chief Champlin and Fire
CJief Gordon Barker. Four fire
itjetuirtment vehicles and three
ymlice vehicles were on duty
during the several hours of the
precautionary measures.
Chief Champlin theorized that
Jhe calls, the last of which was
ieeeived after 8 p.m., were from
mentally unbalanced person,
V tomeone with a "grudge"
Sinst either the hotel or the
jpolice department.
Traffic was not blocked off
lain and Eighth streets, adja
cent to the hotel, but pedestrian
trtffic was requested to use the
iitUnt side of the streets.
Itngley's Lawyers
fanning Appeal
Portland IU.R) District At
torney William Langley's law
yer planned today to appeal to
ih. State Supreme Court in an
effort to keep Langley in office.
Circuit Judge Frank Loner
ftn Tuesday ordered that the
ffice held by Langley was va
cant. But he held up filing the
rer until 11 a.m. Thursday,
giving Langley's attorneys time
m prepare papers asking for a
tty of judgment.
Langley was convicted April
It on a neglect of duty charge,
Cnidemeanor.
fudge Lonergan also imposed
e 100 fine on Langley.
Appropriation for 077
Kited Out Favorably
Salem IU.R) An appro
bation of S2.629.000 to run
Oregon Technical Institute it
Klamath Falls was voted out U
orably to the floor of the House
ly the Joint Ways and Means
mmittee today.
The institute's current budget
from the general fund is $1,659,
680" and the governor's budg-1.
recommended S2.448.653 for the
biennium starting July 1.
7 n W
1 i rr -m ni,rMiV"rr iii'ife'T
SEARCHING DRAWERS Assistant Fire Chief Earl Harrison
searches through dresser drawers in the Jackson hotel for a
bomb, which anonymous telephone callers told Medford po
lice would explode at 8 p.m. last night. After a search of 1V4
hours, nothing suspicious was found by searching firemen and
police. A total of 44 people, including J5 guests, were evac-
u ited from the hotel.
' I ffr Vt iff 4
P 4 r" H ft If FfS
CHECK TIME Medford Police Captain Clyde Fichtner and
Police Chief Charles Champlin check the time during last
night's search of the Jackson hotel for a reported bomb. The
bomb was reported to police to go off at 8 p.m. Medford fire
men and police, after searching the hotel, stood by until after
9 pm. yesterday.
1,800 Area Scouts to
Take Part in Circus
About 1.800 Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts and Explorers will par
ticipate in the Crater Lake Area
council's annual Boy Scout cir
cus at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18,
in the Medford High school sta
dium, according to Ray Frisbie,
general chairman. ,
Theme for the program will
be "Onward for God and My
Country," adopted from the cur
rent four-year program of the
Bov Scouts of America, Frisbie
said.
Robert Cunningham, ticket
chairman, said more than 2,000
Cubs, Scouts and Explorers of
the council are now selling tick
ets. A special circus neckerchief
slide will be presented to each
Scout who sells 15 tickets to the
circus, Cunningham said.
Features of Show
Features of the show will in
clude a parade of all Packs,
camping and fire aid displays,
and about 10 Boy Scout Troops
will present scenes depicting
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable cloudi-
ness with a few showers to
nirht and Thursday. Low to
nisht 48. High Thursday
65-68.
Temp.
Hichrt Yestrrday 73
Lowest this Morning 53
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .. .4:38 a.m.
Sunset 7:19 m.
The Moon in Perijee tonisht,
sets Thursday 2:IS .m.
and will be Full ..May 13
PROMINENT STAR
Proryon. low in west 10:1 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, high in south 8:37 p.m.
Mars, sets .10:22 p.m.
Saturn, due south 1:50 a.m.
VEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1957
"Get Out the Vote" and "Emer
gency Service."
Another act of the program
will be a "Winning of the West"
scene, including about. 20 Cub
Scout Packs dressed in pioneer
and Indian costumes. Other
Scouts will hold a tug-of-war,
wall scaling, rppe climbing,
chariot racing, three - legged
races, sack races and mass calis
thenics, according to Frisbie.
Tickets may be obtained from
any Cub Scout, Boy Scout or
Explorer. They also will be sold
at the stadium the night of the
circus, Frisbie said.
House Voles To End
Board of Control
Salem 0J.R) House bill 506
abolishing the three-man Board
of Control and centering power
over state institutions in the
governor and a new director of
public institutions passed the
House today and went to the
Senate.
Vote on the measure was 33 to
24, largely along party lines.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes had
requested abolishing the board
composed of himself, Secretary
of State Mark Hatfield and
State Treasurer Sig Unander,
but Rep. Keith Skelton. Eugene
Democrat, said the bill was a
matter of reform and not party
politics.
Coos Bay!U.R) Joseph Nel
son, 43, was fatally injured
Tuesday while unloading logs
from a truck at the Menasha
Plywood Corp. dump at Davis
Slough here.
Price 10c
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wi
No. 41
Eisenhower Plans
TV Appearances
To Defend Budget
Too Many Subjects
For One Address
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower told a news confer
ence today that he may make
twd television appearances soon
in support of his budget, which
is encountering trouble in Con
gress. The President told reporters
he had worked for a long time
on an address to the people,
but found there were so many
subjects to be covered that he
doubted one speech would ac
complish his purpose.
Vigorous Stand
He used his news conference
to make another vigorous stand
in behalf of his budget, assert
ing that truly big cuts could
not be made until this country
was certain that the 'foreign
situation had eased very greatly.
Other news conference high
lights: He anticipates the eventual
resignation of Treasury Secre
tary George M. Humphrey but
said that Humphrey had not yet
submitted a formal resignation.
Opposes Tax Writeoffs
He said there were no dif
ferences between Humphrey and
him on financial policy. Quite
firmly Eisenhower said that the
monetary policy of this country
is "strictly his own.
He thoroughly agreed with
Humphrey that the -.j v'ps'v no
ldhger;any 'reason for the -.government
to permit corporations
the right of rapid tax writeoffs.
Plan Requires Study
Eisenhower thought the
Russian compromise aerial in
spection plan submitted at the
current London disarmament
talks would require earnest
study, but did demonstrate that
more honest, hard work was
being done by the current con
ference than in previous meet
ings. If a foolproof international
inspection system were agreed
on, the United States probably
would stop production of nu
clear weapons.
Summerfield May
Seek Budget Boost
Washington (U.R) Postmas
ter General Arthur E. Summer
field informed President Eisen
hower and Republican congres
sional leaders today that he will
have to ask for an increase in
the 1958 Post Office Depart
ment budget because of the
mounting mail volume the de
partment will have to handle.
Summerfield told Eisenhower
and ' Republican congressional
leaders at a White House meet
ing that he has asked the Sen
ate Postal Subcommittee for an
opportunity to submit new fig
ures on the needs of his de
partment. Senate GOP Leader William
F. Knowland instructed Sum
merfield to make his presenta
tion quickly because the sub
committee is about ready to act
on the original budget request.
"Confidentially, Which Of Us Do You
Think 1$ Ahead?"
r ' " '"' L ,v II ill I II ITW '""f1"'.., '.'l. M. . Jk I "WUitW"HI. '"'HM
WRECKAGE Above is the wreckage of a
car operated by Mrs. Margaret Mary. Dono
van, 28, of Medford, after it was struck early
today by a Southern Pacific switch-engine
traveling about 30 miles per hour. The car
$345,177 Increase In
County Budget Seen
The 1957-58 Jackson county
budget will be $345,177.65 more
than the budget for the current
year, unofficial tabulations indi
cate. Proposed budget for the com
ing year is $2,390,446.72 as com
pared with $2,645,269.07 for
1956-57. The budget is now being
double-checked in the clerk's of
fice and is expected to be signed
Thursday or Friday by the coun
ty budget committee.
Budget increases for 1957-58
are indicated for nearly all
county departments. Most sig
nificant increases over last year
are evident in the general road
fund, which will be up $115,697,
and in the assessor's office, which
will be up $20,602.
Decreases Listed
Only decreases compared with
last year's budget will be in the
health department, down $2,964;
board of equalization, down
$350; and the Civil Defense fund,
down $735. No changes are evi
dent in the election department,
county--compensation,' Red Cross,-
lndigent veterans fund, coroner's
salary, surveyor's salary and
county agent's office.
Among additions to the new
Water District Votes
In More Properly
Voters in the Kings highway
water district Tuesday approved
43-11 the annexation to the dis
trict of a portion just south of
the present incorporated area,
according to Mrs. Jeannette Mar
shall, attorney of the district.
The election succeeded an-
other election held last week,
in which residents in the small
er area voted 45-2 to be annexed
to the water district.
Boundaries of the- area an
nexed extend south from Stew
art ave. to a line 400 feet south
of Old Stage rd. Happy Valley
drive and Sunny View lane are
the only other streets in the
new area.
A bond issue election to ap
prove installation of fire hy
drant and water main improve
ments in the district will be held
May 22 at the Wayne Troxell
residence, 1833 South Peach st,
Mrs. Marshall said.
Military Pay Increase
Ordered by Wilson
Washington (U.R) De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son today ordered military pay
raises ranging from $12 to $50
a month for 360,000 enlisted
men with special skills.
CCWEReolCE.
Or THE
PCOCRAM
budget will be a $104,000 agro
nomic sinking fund.
Total budgets for the various
county departments, with com
parisons with last year in pa
rentheses, are as follows:
County court, $23,821.40 (up
$650); circuit court, $21,540.40
(up $2,050); district court, $12,
252.50 (up $1,308.50); sheriffs
office, $95,489.64 (up $2,720);.
county clerk, $62,938.40 (up
$570.02); election department,
$27,567.60 (no change); treasur
er, $11,028.40 (up $1,181); school
superintendent, $20,367 (up $1,
410.60); assessor, $101,634 (up
$20,602); courthouse, $40,134.85
(up $9,344.92); county jail, $23,
715.82 (up $1,430.40).
County, farm home, $74,755
(up $3,740); care for poor not at
farm home, $233,979 (up $12,
859); miscellaneous relief, $14,
000 (up $8,000); county compen
sation, $360 (no change); Red
Cross, $1,500 (no change); in
digent veterans fund, $1,500 (no
change); coroner's salary $1,200
(no change); juvenile department
$26,989.61 up $9,084.61); health
department $93,401.40 (down
S2.964); mosquito control, $8,
500 (up $2,500).
Surveyor's salary, $9,635.40
(no change); water master, $16,
605 (up S939.40); district attor
ney, $18,371.80 (up $660); fruit
inspection, $1,550 (up $170);
county agents', office, $19,662
(no change); miscellaneous gen
eral county fund, $127,545.78
(up $1,778); veterans service of
ficer, $7,425.40 (up $15).
Board of equalization, $650
(down $350); constable, $8,190
(up $55); county planning com
mission, $11,000 (up $1,000);
general road fund, $1,399,621.72
uP na.b7); county library,
j S28.000 (up $4,000); emergency
fund, $50,000 (up $10,000); Civil
Defense fund, $8,035 (down
$735); courthouse construction,
improvement and maintenance
fund, $35,000, (up $10,000); Jack
son County Historical fund, $18,
864 (up $2,659); juvenile deten
tion home operation and main
tenance, $12,500 (up $4,500); and
agronomic sinking fund, $104,
000. No tax levy other than small
continuing levies for the Jack
sonville Museum and detention
home, both approved by the
voters, will be necessary this
year, committee members have
indicated. This is possible be
cause of income from federal
O&C land and forestry depart
ment receipts.
Rogue River Man Finds
Bodies of Dead Dogs
Rogue River Bodies of two
dead dogs have been found dur
ing the last several days by Rob
ert Hoover of Rogue River. The
body of one of the animals was
destroyed, but county officials
picked up the second animal to
day. Cause of death has not been
determined, according to 'offic
ials. Eugene U.R) Louis Howe
Johnson, 89, controller emeritus
at the University of Oregon,
died Monday.
Talent Irrigation District to
Using Storage
Talent The board of direc-1
tors of the Talent Irrigation dis
trict last night decided to start
using -storage water for irriga
tion at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May
15, because of decreased snow
pack and resultant lower stream
flow.
The starting date, which de
pends on stream, flow, will be
about a month earlier than last
year, according to Walter Hoff
buhr, secretary-manager of the
district. Last year, storage water
was used starting June 18.
The board decided on a quo
ta of IVi acre feet per user per
acre. There are 1,143 tracts with
10,600 acres in the distict.
was stopped on the SP tracks near Stewart
ave. waiting for a red light to change, accord
ing to city police. The woman and her unborn
son died this morning in a local hospital as a
result of injuries sustained in the accident.
(Kenn Knackstedt photo)
Powerplant Bids
Scheduled to Be
Opened June 18
Bids will be opened at 10 a.m.
June 18 at the bureau of recla
mation office at Camp White
for the Green Springs power
plant, switchyard and penstock.
The work is part of the Tal
ent project and will be on a site
southeast of Ashland along Em
igrant creek near state Highway
66. Plans and specifications will
be ready for mailing about May
10, bureau officials said.
Work on the powerplant pro
ject will include a single-unit
concrete structure and trailrace
structure, a major plant equip
ped by the government, about
9,000 linear feet of steel pen
stock, a surge tank, a switch
yard, road relocation and a park
ing area.
16.000 Kilowatt.
The penstock will be about a
1.775-foot drop into the power
plant, -where ' it will general-
about 16,000 kilowatts of elec
tricity. ' .
The ""powerplant is one of sev
eral parts oi tne Talent project
which will be under construc
tion this summer. Bids on other
sections of the $21 million pro
ject have been opened. .
The Talent project includes
the Howard Prairie reservoir,
which will be a lake about 80
feet deep and 2,500 acres in area.
Water from the lake will be di
verted through creeks and man
made canals, conduits and tun
nels through the Cascade divide
to the west slope of the Green
Springs.
From there it will drop into
the powerplant, from where - it
will continue to Emigrant lake
for distribution throughout the
Rogue valley for irrigation.
Diamond Lake Road
To Open Friday
Salem The east and west
Diamond lake highways will be
opened to traffic at 9 a.m., Fri
day, May 10, according to W. C.
(Dutch) Williams, state highway
engineer.
The highway has been closed
since last fall because of snow.
Opening date is about two weeks
earlier than normal, he said.
Crews have been operating snow
removal equipment, and report
good progress against' a snow
pack estimated at only, 70 per
cent of normal.
Reduced load limits for trucks
will be in effect on both the
east and west Diamond-Lake
highways about two week' until
the roadbed dries, out, Williams
said. ' !
Also scheduled to open May
10 is the Mt. Hood Loop high
way. The McKenzie River high
way is expected to be open to
traffic May 17, about two weeks
earlier than usual. .
Salem (U.R Oregon had 121
traffic fatalities in 1957 through
April, the Traffic Safety Com
mission said. This is four fewer
than the . same period a year
ago.
Water Next
Hoffbur said all TID reser -
voirs are full, Pastures and
other crops such as grain; have
been using water since the lat
ter part of April, Hoffbuhr said.
Rain last month delayed the
normal starting time for irriga
tion of pastures in the valley.
Recent hot .weather put a
heavy demand on water for sur
face crops, according to Harold
Sexton, manager of Rogue Ri
ver Valley Irrigation district.
Pear orchard irrigation has not
started in the RRVID as yet, he
said. 1
Sexton said April rains de
layed the normal starting date
about 10 days for surface crops.
Unborn Son Also
Dies of Injuries
Sustained Today
Stewart Ave. Scene
Of Seventh Fatality
A 28-year-old' woman and her
unborn son died this morning as
the result of injuries sustained
when her car was struck by a
Southern Pacific switch-engine
at 7:45 a.m. today, according to
city police.
Mrs. William Donovan, of 13
Newtown st., Medford, died a
few hours after the accident in
a local hospital. It' occurred
while she was stopped on the
SP tracks near Stewart ave.
waiting for a red light to
change, police said.
The fatalities brought to seven
the number of persons killed in
traffic accidents in Jackson
county this year..
Car Said Blocked
According to witnesses, Mrs.
Donovan's -car was blocked by
another in front of her and one
in back, according to police re
ports. Witnesses also told police
the car behind Mrs. Donovan's
backed up and enough room was
provided for Mrs. Donovan to
avoid the oncoming train, but
no attempt was made, police
said.
Floyd Arno Bewley, 59, of
Ashland, told police he tried to
stop the train as ooon as he saw
the vehicle but the train's six
box cars provided too much
momentum to stop it, according
to police. The train was esti
mated by police as traveling
about 30-32 miles per hour.
Police said Mrs. Donovan suf
fered multiple head and internal
injuries and a compound frac
ture of the leg. Mrs. Donovan's
unborn son was expected to be
born in July, police said.
Survivors include her hus
band. Conger-Morris Funeral home
is in charge of arrangements.
Beck's Franchise
Dealings Told
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Rackets Committee was told
that teamsters boss 'Dave Beck
landed a Budweiser beer fran
chise for his son's firm and sup
plied an accountant paiu vith
union funds.
Irving J. Levine, president of
two firms which distribute beer
and liquor in Washington and
Alaska, testified that Beck Vend
ed the Seattle Budweisei dis
tributorship for him through an
official of Anheuser-Busch brew
ery of St. Louis.
Levine said Dave Beck Jr.
and a friend, Dr. Alex Grin
stein, then bought 49 per cent
of his beer firm, K&L Beverage
Co.
Later, he said, Mrs. Beck,
wife of the head of America's
biggest union, bought 40 per
cent of an affiliated firm, K&L
Distributors, which distributes
liquor in Alaska.
Union accountant Stewart
Krieger testified earlier that
Beck hired him to handle the
union's health and welfare fund
for the state of Washington but
assigned him for a year and a
half to work solely for K&L.
He said he was paid salary
and expenses entirely from un
ion funds. The committee said
this came to $15,375.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
" Boiton - 4 10 0
Chicago ' 1-4 2
F. Sulliran and White, Kee
gan. Fisher (8), Kinder (9) and
Lollr.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. LouU .....13 19 1
New York 4 . 8 - 1
Cheney, Mizell (1), Schmidt
(4), Jackson (8) and H. Smith;
Antonelli, Ridzik (5). Margo
neri (7), Jones (8), McCormick
(9) and Katt.
Start
Wednesday
1 Jack Hoffbuhr, manage
manager 01
the Medford Irrigation district,
said irrigation in the district is
running about three-fourths ca
pacity at present. He said
stream flow is decreasing at
present. First irrigation of the
season started about 10 days
ago, he added.
Jack Hoffbuhr said there may
be some danger of a shortage in
August,' but indicated that be
cause pears are developing
more rapidly than usual, any
shortage may not cause substan
tial damage unless io late pears.
He said the last irrigation of
orchards probably will be
earlier this year.