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Fir rest Hi' mi District 6C Approves Budget, 456 to 151 Central Point Patrons of school district 6C yesterday vot ed 456 to 151 in favor of a budget totaling $808,843 for fis cal year 1957-58. The vote by polling places was: Central Point Junior high school, 364 yes, 103 no; Gold tlill, 50 yes, 42 no; and Sams Vtlley. 42 yes, 6 no. District tC school officials said the vote i a "fair" turnout. Tha general fund budget tI S732.988, and the bond Jtittrest and sinking fund totals 75.855. The general fund budg et shows an increase of $60,625 o than the $672,363 budget the current fiscal year. al Tax levy The total tax levy is $480,533 hich $81,855 for bond inter Mi and sinking fund is not af Jattted by the 6 per cent limita w. Of the $398, 688 tax levy nthe general fund, $101,237.62 vithin the 6 per cent limita m ; Search Under Way for Rogue River ft n in Cascades jtlamath Falls (U.R) Search- hunting an elderly Rogue ier. Ore., man lost near Dia iid lake in the southern Ore fai Cascades today reported 9 ruling tracks believed to be tjaaye of the missing man. . An air and ground search was ynafcr way for Andrew Kohlstad, i, who lives 11 miles up Evans tte police said bloodhounds u4 tracks on the North Ump uroad leading out of Diamond lite toward Roseburg. They said fB tracks from time to time off the road into the Verais and then back on again. Sewue squadrons from both 9fe"Mth Falls and Roseburg tact eff for the search area as tm ' as the morning overcast claral. Kohlstad was believed to h tamping in the lake area whe he disappeared. Bloodhounds directed by Nor man Wilson were summoned from Dallas and joined state po lice in the ground search at mid night Wednesday.. State police said he left the camp about 11 a.m. yesterday, and had not returned by 5 p.m., when authorities were notified. Police said one report indicated he may have headed toward To keete, and another indicated he may have headed toward High way 62 where he may have ob tained a ride into Medford. Kohlstad was reported to be slichtly lame. Temperatures in the area were said to be above the freezing mark and the weather good. Kohlstad was last reported seen by California Oregon Power company workers about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was reported to have ar rived in Oregon recently from Minnesota. Lightning Sfarls Fire on Ward's Creek State forestry department pa trolmen were sent to Ward's creek, 3li miles northeast of the town of Rogue River yesterday afternoon to extinguish a small fire, caused when lightning struck the top of an old pine tree. A similar blaze was reported near Prospect and crews sent to it yesterday morning. Curt Nesheim, southwest dis trict warden, stated that there have been seven fires, six started by lightning and one man-caused, in the district since the opening of the fire season on April 1. Phoenix Man Treated At Local Hospital Carl Hogan Blair, Evershady Auto court, Phoenix, was re leased from Rogue Valley hos pital this morning after being treated for scalp wounds Wednesday afternoon. Blair was taken to the hospi tal Wednesday by city police after he was found by James F. Lewis, 612 Catherines st., Med ford, in the alley near the Bo hemian bar, 101 West Main St., Medord. Police reports showed that si. stitches were required to close one of the scalp lacera tions. Police still are investigat ing the case. Bulletin Washington 0J.R Tha Senate Appropriation Com mittee ignored administration warnings of new mail servica cutbacks today and Toted to support the house in slashing $58 million from the Post Of fice Department ! naw budgat. tion, and $297,450.38 outside the limitation. The budget committee esti mated 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 for bond redemption and interest. Federal O and C funds previously alloted by the county paid the item in the 1955-56 budget, and about half the amount in the present budg et, the committee noted. Those funds are not available this year. Increased Costs Items accounting for the oth er 3 mills in the increase are increased construction costs, bus purchases, higher prices for ma terials and equipment, addition al equipment and supplies be cause of increased enrollment. Three additional teachers are provided at the intermediate level in elementary school, and regular teacher salaries increas ed from $373,664 to $406,042 next year. The committee said the increase was necessary to compete with other districts for teachers. A total of $15,000 was pro vided for purchasing two buses. The district operates 17 buses at present, and several of them are more than eight years Id. New buses will relace older ones, the committee said. Funds for Survey Reported Assured Rogue River Fred Ingram of the Army engineers last night assured the Rogue River Flood Control and Water Resources as sociation that funds will be ap propriated to complete the sur vey of the Rogue basin in the near future. A letter read from ' Sen. Wayne Morse said he had con tacted various committees, and assured the association funds would be available to finish the survey. Engineers discontinued their survey about two months ago be cause of lack of funds.. Remain ing to be done are field surveys a'ong the nain stem of the Rogue river and its tributaries. J. E. (Slim) Bartlett, Grants Pass, a representative of the Grants Pass chapter of the Izaak Walton league, said the chapter was in favor of the association, but said it would not approve a bill proposed to be introduced by Congressman Charl s O. Por ter for a flood coi.trol program. The same sentiment was ex pressed by Joe Shaw, Grants Pass, of the Rogue Rod and Gun club. The next meeting of the asso ciation will be held in the Jose phine county courthouse at 8 p.m. Monday, June 10. Police Report Dog Poisoned in Medford Vera May Anderson, 115 Florence ave., Medford, report ed to city police Wednesday morning that her six months old dog had been poisoned. Mrs. Anderson told police that the dog was healthy earlier in the morning when she let it out of the house. Approximately 15 minutes later she found the dog on the front porch frothing at the mouth. It died shortly afterwards. City police disposed of the dog's body. Government Rests Case Against Elkins, Clark Portland ;U.R) The govern ment today Tested its case in the federal wiretap trial of racketeer James Elknu and his employee, Raymond Clark. 'You Say You Have Thi Keep Smelling Oil?" Public Hearing for City Residents on Annexation Today Expenses, Revenue in Berrydale May Balance The city council at 7:30 p.m. today will hold a public hearing for Medford residents to voice opinions on the proposed annexa tion of the Berrydale district. After the hearing, the council will either approve or reject the proposal. If approved, residents in the Berrydale area will vote on the annexation proposal May 22. City Manager Duff said esti mated expenditures and revenue in the Berrydale area would "just about balance" should the district be annexed. Estimated expenses in the area would be about $40,000 and about $6,100 to the water de partment, city officials said. Esti mated revenue will be $46,675, Duff said.' Expenditures would be for street construction and lighting, traffic signals, police, fire, build ing inspection, drainage and other miscellaneous services, Duff said. Revenue would come from city' property tax, state shared taxes on gasoline and liquor, business license revenues and franchise tax, he noted. Population of the district pro posed for annexation is estimated about 1,250. Robert Lee, water superinten dent, said the water board esti mated it would cost the depart ment about $6,100 annually if the area is annexed. The expenses would be from revenue loss and operation and maintenance ex penditures in the area, he said. The additional cost to the de partment could be absorbed without water rate increases, the board said. The additional cost, he said, would not include the indebted ness of Midway and Elk Water districts involved in the pro posal. About 60 per cent of the Midway district, and 40 per cent of the Elk Water district would be involved in annexation. Lee said the water board has recommended that the city not assume the indebtedness of the portions of districts involved. Cost of construction of sewers in the district would be financed by the residents of the area, Duff pointed out. He added that should the area be annexed, increased fire protection would be needed. A fire station would have to be constructed in the near future, he said, but it would be financed by a. general bond issue. Last November residents of a larger area in the Berrydale vi cinity defeated an annexatlion proposal. Since that time, boun daries have been revised to in clude a smaller area. The Berrydale Sanitation com mittee has held a series of meet ings recently to study possible ways of solving what the com mittee terms as a "dangerous sanitation problem." The group decided that annexation was the most feasible way 'to solve the problem. Ditch Cleaner Bought By County Court The county court has an nounced purchase this week of a Gradall ditch cleaning ma chine from the Howard Cooper corporation of Medford. Purchase price for the ma chine was $20,500, which is $9,500 under the regular pur chase price. The 1955 model ma chine will be used in clearing roadside ditches throughout the county. Members of the court said they expected clearing of the ditches to result in some relief I of local flood conditions. Impression That You 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wira 28 Pages Sheriff, Prisoner Rescue Family From Madras Flash Flood Madras, Ore. (U.R) Sheriff Jesse Woolrich of Crook county and a partially handcuffed prisoner rescued a family of four from a flash flood which washed the family's car nearly a mile down Highway 97. - The rescue occurred Tuesday evening as Woolrich was driving south on the highway with Norman Shepard, about 21, a prisoner he was returning from the Midwest on a warrant charging forgery. When they were about 15 miles north of Madras the sheriff saw the water rolling toward the highway. He managed to get one handcuff unfastened before the flood struck their car. As they fled they saw another car nearby with the windows up and four frightened persons inside. Sheriff Woolrich got a man, woman and young girl from the car and started for higher ground. The prisoner rescued a two-year-old boy from the back seat. While they were heading for higher ground, Woolrich was swept downstream about 30 feet and managed to grab a root at the stream edge. Shepard ran after him and helped pull the sheriff to safety. The two cars were washed down the highway and rolled over into a field. Both were demolished. . . Two dogs in the family car were found alive near where the car stopped. Woolrich identified the family as Edgar Martin, 32; his wife, Betty, 22, their daughter, Debra, 4, and the son, Dean. Lewiston, Idaho (U.R) A cloudburst struck the Lewiston Clarkston area Wednesday night and caused considerable damage as well as numerous power out ages. The storm lashed the area be tween 7 o'clock and midnight and dumped nearly an inch of rain during that time. A bridge over Bear creek 25 miles east of here was washed out. Small creeks topped their banks and water deposited de bris and mud on lawns of many homes. Lightning caused power out ages when bolts struck the 115,-000-volt transmission line be tween here and NezPerce, the 115,000-volt line between Mos cow and Orofino. and the 60,000 volt line from "Moscow to Pom eroy, Wash. . Court May Hire Superintendent Soon The county court expects to hire a superintendent for the county farm- and a superinten dent for the farm home late next week, it was reported today. Members of the court spent the early part of this week inter viewing applicants for the posi tion from the Salem area. They will interview local applicants early next week. While in Salem, the court vis ited the legislature and conferred with legislators from Jackson county concerning several pro posals of local interest. Among legislation the court discussed with Reps. Philip Lowry and Al Littrcll were House Bills 809 and 737. HB 809 proposes that counties transfer to schools 60 per cent of all O and C timber receipts. HB 737 calls for abolition of the position of county judge in coun ties where all judicial jurisdic tion of the county has been trans ferred from the county court. County Judge Rodney Keat ing remained in Salem to attend other meetings. Commissioners Chester Wendt and Ralph James returned to Jackson county to day. Meet With Highway Commission Slated The county court, the councr engineer and Jackson county Chamber of Commerce repre sentatives will meet in Port land Friday with representatives of the state highway commis sion. They will discuss a proposal that the McAllister Springs rd be madfe a forest highway. The road would extend from Eag.e Point tc Klamath Falls by way of Lake of the Woods. If the proposal is granted, the road would be constructed wi;h Forest highway funds Later the state would provide funds for its mairtenance. Local delegates to the meetim? held a preliminary meeting th's morning in the county court room. A written proposal is be ing prepared. Salem (UTR) Three bills providing for state , compulsory meat inspection in Oregon passed the House today and were sent to the Senate. Television Highlight James P. Richards, special ambassador to the Middla East, will speak on the situa tion in that area oyer station KBES-TV at 10 o'clock tonight. MEDFORD, Ok. Denver !U.R) A mother and two small children were drowed by a flash flood tha' hit a low-lying section of suburban Denver today. No identites were immediate ly available. William H. Hawkins, a deputy fire chief, said he and his men recovered the bodies of a young woman and two small boys, one an infant and the other two or three years old. The water had apparently built up in the area during the night and this morning a wall of water rushed into the base ment just as the mother was trying to Hee with her children. The water forced her back into the baset.ient, where she and the. , children , were drowned, authorities said. .. Other Houses Flooded Several other houses were re ported flooded in the area. More than 3 13 inches of rain have fallen in the Denver area in the last 24 hours, ac cording to unofficial reports. Officially, the precipitation amounted to 3.22 inches at 7:30 a.m. . Widespread water damage was also reported in the moun tain areas immediately to the west of Denver. Telephone and power lines lines were out of order- in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties. Bridges were also reported washed away, one near Fort Logan on a county road. Governor Appoints Langley Successor Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes today named Portland Attorney Leo Smith, a three time member of the Oregon Legislature and prominent Mult nomah county Democrat, to the post of Multnomah county dis trict attorney. Smith fills the post which was declared vacant today by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Frank J. Lonergan in en tering sentence for William M. Langley. Langley's attorney, K. Cv Tan ner; had not filed by 11:30 a.m. an appeal to the Oregon Su preme Court from Langley's con viction of neglect of office, in failing to prosecute a gambling violation at a private party in Multnomah county. Langley was elected district attorney in 1954. Dag in Jerusalem To Talk With Ben-Gurion By UNITED PRESS United Nations - - Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold ar rived today in " Jerusalem for secret talks with Premier David Ben-Gurion in hope of prevent ing another Israeli Egyption war. Weather FORECAST: Conilderiblt rlnudinrc throuzh Friday with afternoon and evening howr or thundrstnrm. Low tonight 40. High Friday 70. -Terno. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning .. 42 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:57 a.m. Sunset 7:20 p.m. Moonset Friday 2:50 a.m. Full Moon May 11 Jupiter, high in south at 8:33 p.m. tonight appears well above the Moon. This giant planet is now nearly stationary among the stars in the constellation, Leo. Y, MAY 9, 1957 PRIZE WINNER This blue, white and black painting by Peggy Richey, 16, Medford High school student, has won the Hallmark honor prize for this region, the major award in the national Scholastic Art Awards competition. The award carries a $100 cash purchase prize from Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, Mo., greeting card firm. Earlier this year, this painting and those sub mitted by four other high school students in this region were nominated for the prize at the regional exhibit sponsored by Lip man's, Portland. Miss Richey is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richey, 1028 Winchester ave., Medford. The painting, submitted to the competition by her art teacher, Warren Wolf, will be exhibited at Carnegie Institute until June 2. Death Suggests More Restriction on Speed Of Trains in Medford The death yesterday of a 28-year-old Medford woman and her unborn child has suggested to local authorities the possibil ity of further restriction on the speed of Southern Pacific trains traveling through the city. The city, however, has no "direct" authority to regulate railway speeds. Mrs. William Donovan, 13 Newtown st., Medford, died of injuries after the car she was driving was struck by an SP switch-engine while she was stopped on the SP tracks at Stewart ave. waiting for a red light to change. A state statute on railroad reg ulations provides . that, "The power to fix and regulate the speed of railway .trains within the limites of cities' less than 100,000 population is vested ex clusively in the state." Studying Situation City Attorney E. R. Bradshaw, who has been studying the situa tion, has pointed out the same statute states, "the Public Util ities commission can order regu lation of speeds7 following its own investigation or upon peti tion by any railroad or incorpor ated city." The only time the Medford city council has considered the matter in " recent years was in February, 1956, when the rail road submitted for council ap proval a schedule of maximum speeds for trains at Medford crossings. At Stewart ave. the SP re quested a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour be approved by the city. Speed of the train which struck Mrs. Donovan's car was estimated by city police between 30 and 32. After the council completed studies of railway speeds at crossings. City Councilman Don Three Appear in Circuit Court Today Two Medford men received sentences .in circuit court Wednesday and a third Medford man entered a plea of guilty. Horace F. Knight. 44, of 452 Fairmont St., was given a three year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty .to a charge of burglary not in adwelling. Robert Edward Findlay, 37, of 330 North Front st., was sen tenced to one year in the county jail after pleading guilty to a charge of non-support. Albert Vernon Mills, Lake hotel, en tered a plea of guilty to a charge of forgery. His case was ordered continued pending receipt of FBI records. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wim No. 42 Hansen suggested the Stewart ave. limit be reduced to a max imum of 25 mph. He noted that the other maximum speeds pro posed by the SP also were ex cessive. Instruct Mayor The council then instructed Mayor Earl Miller to advise the SP that the proposed speed schedule was not satisfactory, and had not been approved. Lower maximum speeds were suggested. A copy of the letter was sent to the PUC, which acknowledged it. The railroad, never replied to the letter, and the city council has not brought up the matter again. - According to David Don, of the railroad division of the Pub lic Utilities commissioner's of fice ! in Salem, existing speed limits at crossings were set by PUC order in November," 1955. They are 35 miles per hour at all crossings between Stewart ave. and Mc Andrews rd., . inclu sive, except at Main and Sixth streets, where the maximum is 10 miles per hour. Mrs. Donovan's death was the second in the city so far in 1957 involving a train. An elderly pedestrian was killed at the Main st. crossing last month. Four train-vehicle accidents have been reported this year, according to city police records. Don said PUC records show there were 10 accidents reported in 1956 and nine in 1955 be tween Stewart ave. and Mc Andrews rd. Fire Department to Offer Home Inspection Service The Medford fire departme will again offer home inspection service to householders within the city limits starting Monday May 13, according to Fire Chief Gordon Barker. Uniformed firemen, with fife trucks in ' radio contact witu alarm neadquarters, will call al every house on streets runnin; north and south. In the case ot areas annexed since last year, every house will be inspected in the new area. " Barker emphasized that this is in no way -an inspection to find possible violations of ths fire code or any other ordinanci He said it is a sincere effort to stop fires before ' they - start by pointing out ordinary hazards that have been overlooked by the householder and that ex perience has shown to be a con tributing cause to many fires. - Barker said, "The reasonug behind this offer of home inspec Residents Flee Path of Flames In Several Areas 5,000 Firefighters Try To Check Fury Boston '(U.R) Runaway forest fires threatened to wipe out en- . tire communities in New Eng land today. Residents in some areas fled their homes. The rampaging flames burned thousands of acres of dry wood lands from Maine to Rhode Is land despite the efforts of more than 5,000 weary firefighters. The fires, fanned by brisk winds, roared with uncontrolled fury through pine forests to ward the sea. It was the most explosive fire peril in New Eng land in a decade. Historic Town Threatened One fire with a 10-mile front ate through Miles Standish Re servation and threatened a sec tion of historic Plymouth, Mass. Residents were removed from their homes. New York Gov. Averell Har- riman ordered civil defense forces to stand by for emergency fire fighting duty in New York and bordering states. Fires in eastern New York and Long Is land burned more than 1,000 acres in the last 24 hours. All woodlands have been closed to the public. In Maine, 50-foot flames roared down both sides of a road to the heart of West Kennebunk. At least two houses were de stroyed and 100 others threat ened. More Volunteers Wanted Other fires raged out of con trol near the Massachusetts towns -of Shrewsbury, Boylston and Wrentham. Massachusetts Gov. Foster Furcolo, who landed at Plym outh after an aerial inspection of fire damage, appealed for more volunteers to man the battle lines. New Angland was mobilized for the worst forest fire peril since 1947, when woodland blazes leveled more than 100 homes and killed IS persons. Gov. Furcolo declared a state of emergency Wednesday night. River Flow Forecast Is For Above Average Residual flow on the Rogue river below south fork between May .1 and September 30 has been forecast at 580000 acra feet, or 111 per cent of the 15 year average. The final water supply fore cast was issued yesterday oy the weather bureau for streams in the state. The water year flow for tna Rogue below south fork was forecast at 1,530,000 acre fee:, or 115 per cent of average. The average is based on the 15-yer bperiod between 1938 and 1952. the net inflow into Upper Klamath lake from the Klamat.i river was forecast at 600,000 acre feet, or 170 per cent of av erage, for the period between May 1 and Sept. 30 The water year flow into Upper Klamatn lake was listed as 1 900,000 acre feet, or 155 per cent of aver age. On the Umpqua river below Lake Creek, the water year f lo -v was forecast at 355,000 ace feet. 118 per cent of the 15-yejr average. School Budget Elections Scheduled May 15, 20 School district budget elec tions for 1957-58 will be held at Phoenix on May 15 and in 10 other districts of Jackson coun ty on May 20. - Scheduled for Monday, May 20, are elections in Evans Val ley Griffin Creek, Medford, Ashland, Talent, Rogue River, Shady Cove, Elk-Trail, Prospect and Jacksonville school ' dist ricts. .... tion is readily understood when the fire history of the past yea? is reviewed. In the state of Ore gon last year an average of 2a homes each day suffered loss from fire. A .total of 60 people lost their lives in fire; 39 of whom were killed in home firej. Sixteen of these were children under 5 years of age, 11 of whom had been left at home un attended. A total of J 08 other persons, many of them sma1! children, were painfully - burn ed in home fires but did escape with their lives. In almost every case, these fires could have beei prevented by following a few simple rules of caution that w'U be demonstrated by firemen on these home inspections." Householders are being asked to admit the firemen when they call and ask them to point out any condition which might en danger" their lives or their prop
