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tons Imi fcsw mgtm (Hearings Rezoning The Hertford planning com mission will hold public hear ings on rezoning property pro posed as building sites for two churches at a special meeting Monday, May 27. Another hearing will be held at the special meeting on rezon ing 28.3 acres of property owned by Dr. I. D. Phipps from single family tone to limited commer cial. The property is located north of Jackson st. and east of Biddle rd. A 12.6-acre portion of the property is outside of the city limits. The commission at its Monday night meeting recommended to the city council that this 12.6 acre portion of property be an nexed. It would be brought into the city as a single family zone, the same as the remainder of the Phipps property. The May 27 hearing would be on a pro posed change of zone for the en tire 28.3. acres. Representatives of the Adven tist church of Mcdford and the Bethel Assembly of God church appeared before the commis sion on behalf of rezoning re quests they submitted for pro- Phoenix District Residents to Vote On Budget May 15 Phoenix Residents of Phoe nix school district Wednesday, May 15. will vote on a proposed 1957-58 budget totaling $365,815. Polling place will be at th; grade school gymnasium between 2 and 8 p.m. The proposed budget shows an increase of $26,063 from the present budget of $339,752. Re ceipts and available cash balance is estimated at $119,952, leaving $264,863 to be raised by levy, ac cording to school officials. An estimated $19,818 in taxes will not be collected, officials noted. The increase is necessary to take care of bond payments and interest and for costs resulting from anticipated enrollment in creases. Excess O and C funds allotted to the district were used to make bond and interest pay ments in the present budget, but these funds are no longer avail able, officials said. Anticipated Increase While no increase was made in the teacher's salary schedule adopted two years ago, the addi tion of two new grade school teachers to handle anticipated increased enrollment, and regu lar increments- allowed in the present salary' schedule account for some increase, school offi cials said. An increase in capital outlay is included in the proposed budg et to provide necessary class room facilities for additional stu dents. The classroom facilities will enable the district to main lain state standards of a max imum of 25 pupils per classroom in primary grades, officials noted. By including capital outlay in the budget, no bond issue for building will be necessary in the rear future, they said. The proposed budget will in crease the millage rate between 3 and 4 mills more than the present 54.8 mills, officials an ticipated. Talent Irrigation Not To Use Storage Talent The Talent Irrigation district will not begin using stor ase water tomoTow as previous ly planned, Walter Hoffbuhr, manager of the district, said to day. Precipitation recently and cool weather has increased stream flow to provide sufficient water for present irrigation. London HP The Mayflower II reported today she was sailing in a "very light trade ' wind" about 1,300 miles west of the African coast on her voyage to to New England. Substantia! Cuts in Defense Budget Said Approved , by House Subcommittee Washington (IP) A House Ap propriations subcommittee has approved tentatively what mem bers today termed substantial cuts in President Eisenhower's defense budget. But subcommittee sources said there were no grounds for Eisen hower's fears that funds for missiles and aircraft, had been trimmed dangerously. Eisenhower asked for $36,200, 000,000 In new appropriations for dofense, not including a $2, 300,000.000 item for military construction, which is handled separately. TentatiTe Action Taken Subcommittee members de Called For Properties posed church buildling sites. City ordinance now specifies that churches may be built only in multiple family zones. The Adventist church has se lected a seven-acre site south of Siskiyou Memorial park, near Crestbrook rd. Part of the properly would te used lor a church building and parking area, and the remainder, would be divided into residential lots: The commission gave tenta tive approval to a preliminary plat 'for the proposed residen tial lots. Hearing on rezoning the church building area - from single family to multiple family will be held at the special meeting. The Bethel Assembly of God church has a building site near Mc Andrews rd. between Biddle rd. and Crater Lake ave. The property is now in a single fam ily zone. A hearing on rezoning it as multiple family will be held at the special meeting. City Attorney E. R. Bashaw reported to the commission on a study he has made concerning supreme -court rulings on re striction of church, building. He said no Oregon supreme court decision has been made on le gality of prohibiting construc tion of churches in certain areas. He said, however, that such re strictions have been ruled in valid in other states where the question rose. Bashaw indicated the city would be within its rights to re quire parking facilities to be included in any new church con struction. The planning commission rec ommended to the council that 16.3 acres south of Crater Lake ave. and west of Delta Waters rd. be rezoned from single fam ily to industrial. Change of zone was requested by property own ers in the area. .The commission deferred ac tion on a proposed extension of South Holly st. to Garfield rd. The extension was requested by the Medford school board. At last night's meeting a letter from Supt. Leonard Mayfield was read, pointing out that the extension as proposed ' would call for two 90-degree angle curves. He requested that ac tion on the matter be deferred until plans can be made for straightening of the extension. Commissioners Paul Selby and Mark Goldy were named to study a request by A. W. Adams for change of setback on prop erty at the northwest ' corner of 13th st. and Hamilton st. Adams said he wants to add to a building there and is request ing the setback be changed from 20 feet to 9 feet. Tentatire Approval Tentative approval was given to a plat for a subdivision on the Earhart property bounded by 11th st. on the north, the IOOF cemetery on the east, Bear creek on the south and Willamette ave. on the west. Subdivider is B. Bauer. The plat includes provision for a 60,000 square foot park. The commission recommend ed to the council that permis sion be granted to Dr. R. P. Mortensen to erect a building at Siskiyou Memorial park to house construction of concrete grave liners. Date for a hearing will be set at the next regular meeting of the commission for a proposed city ordinance governing subdi visions. The proposed ordinance was drawn up by Hahn, Wise and Associates, Redwood City, Calif., planning consultants. In its final item of business last night, the commission rec ommended payment of a $58 bill submitted by Chester E. Corry for professional services in .con nection with the city street tree committee. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE ' Detroit 2 S O Boston 0 3.1- Maas and House; Sullivan, Delock (9) and Whitt. Daley (9). clined to say just how much was eliminated in the subcommit tee's tentative action. Eisenhower will try to enlist Radio-TV Highlights President Eisenhower'! budg et speech will be heard locally orer radio station KMED (1440 kc) at S p.m. today, orer radio station KYJC (1230 kc) at 7:30 p.m. and station KBES-TV at 10 p.m. public support for his whole $71,800,000,000 budget in a na tionwide TV-radio speech to night. The President expressed 52nd Year M EDF0RD United Press Full Leased Wire 18 Pages fuEn CONTROL FIRE When fire broke out in the Crater hotel building, 30 South Central ave., yesterday afternoon, fire men were able to get water to the flames by Chopping holes in the roof. The holes also served to control the fire by venti lation. The fire was similar in nature to the Medford Furni ture store fire two years ago, in that it was burning between I V IN I Israel lo Kun Test Ship Through Suez Canal Soon Br UNITED PRESS Israel announced today it will send a ship into the Suez Canal "irk the near future" to test the Egyptian blockade of . Israeli shipping through the vital water way. The "test ship plan was an nounced by Foreign Ministry spokesman Moshe Leshem in Je rusalem. But Leshem denied re ports that the vessel was already on its way or would sail within i one week. Informed sources said earlier that the test could come "at any moment." Project Being Readied They said the blockade run ning project was being readied in the wake -of the decision of Britain and other maritime na tions to resume use of the' wa terway nationalized by Egypt last summer. The sources said the only thing holding up the Israeli test was France's reluctance to join the other nations who have given the go-ahead for use of. the canal by their ships. Such an Israeli blockade "test" raised the threat of a new Middle East crisis. Israel has warned previously it would con sider an Egyptian attempt to prevent an Israeli ship for tran siting the canal as an act of war. Egypt has been in a "state of war" with . Israel since May, 1948. Slot Machines Seized In Central Oregon Clubs Bend HP The largest slot machine roundup in the history of . central Oregon .took place Monday night as officers simul taneously hit four clubs in Bend and one in Redmond. ' Raided were the Bend Elks, Eagles and Moose clubs, the Bend Golf club and the Moose club in Redmond. Eighty slot machines were confiscated with an estimated value of $32,000. himself at today's meeting strongly against any cuts in the missiles-aircraft program, saying he' "would not want to assume responsibility for the security of the country" if such cuts are made. Senate Republican Leader Wil lian F. Knowland said he agreed corppletely with the President on this subject. Knowland called the missiles and aircraft pro gram "our greatest guarantee of peace." He said aggressors started World War II and the Korean conflict because "they thought we were too weak to strike back." hater Signing of Budget Delayed for Opinion Signing of the Jackson county budget for 1957-58 has been delayed . peiKiingeeipt - e4 - le - gal opinion from Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton, it was reported today. The legal question concerns a fund of $12,500 set aside for operation and maintenance of the' juvenile detention . home. Members of the budget commit tee explained the fund will not be used until after the home is completed, sometime after Sep tember. The budget becomes ef- fective on July 1 The attorney general's opinion is being sought on whether the fund may remain as labeled in the budget until the building is completed, or whether "it must go into the general county fund. Similar Questions .' . . It was indicated that similar questions are arising over . the $104,000 agronomic research sinking fund, established in the new budget. The county will be paying for a new agronomy sta tion near Jacksonville '.over, a period of several years rather than in a lump sum. Total proposed budget for 1957-58 is $2,990,446.72. The committee expects to receive the attorney general's opinion and sign the budget in a few days. Date for a public hearing on the budget will be set at the time i is signed. ' Manwhile, County Treasurer Karl Janouch estimates there will be a surplus of about $1,078, 737 in the 1956-57 county budget. The surpluses over estimated re ceipts for the year include $756, 513.25 from O & C receipts; $45,369.99 from forest rentals; 'Did I Hear Somebody Knock A Few Months Ago?" mm jw' - iiLA XT MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY m the ceiling and the roof of the two story building, but by. catching it in time, yesterday's fire was never out of control, '. according to Fire Chief Gordon Barker. The fire originated from a cigarette. Water damage to the hotel and retail stores below was extensive, Barker said. $38,353.95 from motor vehicle lk censes; $38,500 from interest on 4l - e - ps.i - fcs -and -approximately- $200,000 on other miscellaneous receipts. Additional Balances ; Janouch said the surplus could prove to be as high as $1,250,000, depending on any additional un expended "balances to be carried over to next year. Most of these surpluses would remain in their individual categories, he, said. State and government receipts are redesignated for use in the counties. "r Janouch noted that the esti mated 1956-57 surplus would be 20 per cent higher than the sur plus last year. The 1955-56 sur plus was. 12.4 per cent higher than that for 1954-56. The 1954 55 surplus of receipts was 2 per cent higher . than that for the previous year. Total budget and levy for 1956 57 was $2,645,269.07. Weather FORECAST: Showesr or thun dershowers this eveninc Pnrtly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. A few widely scattered showers In the mountains Wednesday. Low ' tonight 42, high Wednesday 62-72. Temp. Highest Yesterday 2 Lowest This Moraine - 4 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 3? Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:51 a.m. Sunset 7:2S p.m. The Moon rises at 8:32 p.m., appearing between the star, An tares. and the -planet, Saturn. During the night it moves slow ly and steadily nearer Saturn, which is now in the constella tion. Ophiuchus. Last Quarter May 21 TRIBUNE 14, 1957 Action to Reduce Crossing Accidents To Be Investigated Dr. William . J. Thompson, Medford optometrist, has been named chairman of a committee to investigate ' what community action is possible to reduce the accident potential of railroad crossings in Medford. ' ' The committee was appointed by Aubrey Loper, U.S. National Bank, president of the Medford Safety council, at a special meet ing of the council's board of di rectors Monday. Other commit teemen named are Claude Hag gert, Copco safety director and Leo Sevcik, state drivers license examiner. Meeting Scheduled The committee will meet with officials of the city of Medford Wednesday afternoon to deter mine a course of action. , " "The Medford Safety council would . be ' derelict in its public responsibility," Loper said, r'if it did not take decisive action. We hope this meeting -with pub lic officials will point the way to a permanent solution to a problem which has plagued the city for many years." Loper pointed out that what ever course of action was decid ed upon - would have - to have the full support of the member ship of the Medford Safety coun cil as well as the general public. Explosives Worth $150 Said Stolen The life of someone, possibly in Jackson county, may be in immediate danger, sheriffs dep uties reported today. They issued the warning after, receiving a -report that about $150. worth of explosives, was stolen-several days ago from a mine on Silver Fork creek, about a half-mile north of the, Cali fornia border. Owner of the mine is William Earl Strow bridge, 616 Catherine st., Med ford. Officers said the" stolen explo sives include 200 electric caps, 50 sticks of dynamite, 3 rolls of black powder fuse, an elec tric detonator and 50 No. 6 reg ular blasting caps. Deputies said potential dang er of any. of the explosives will increase with time. They added that the electric caps can be set off by as much as vibrations from a two-way car radio. Officers said they were es pecially fearful that the explo sives might have fallen into the possession of children or some one unfamiliar with their use and potential danger. They add ed that the explosives would be particularly dangerous if all are kept together in a car or other space, rather than scattered over a wide area. me Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wins No. 46 HOTEL 0 Cigarette Reported Cause of Blaze in Hogan Building Traffic Blocked for Several Hours Estimates were being made to day of damage resulting from a j tir-a jejici uaj' aiiciuuuii in uie Crater hotel, 30 South Central ave. Damage probably will run into the thousands of dollars. The fire started about 3 p.m. in a cardboard trash container in a storeroom in the northwest corner of the building, which is owned by M. N. (Mel) Hogan. Firemen said a 'cigarette caused the fire. . The blaze extended from the storeroom through broken plas ter to wood in the ceiling and through the attic, firemen said. Firemen removed the paper cov ered wood roofing' in four places to reach the flames. . Traffic Blocked Central ave. traffic was block ed for several hours during the rush hour, and Medford police rerouted vehicles around the scene of the fire. Fire damage was confined to the point of origin, firemen said, in an area about 24 by 50 feet in the rear of the northwest corner of the building. Water damage throughout the building was ex tensive, they said. Firemen said they attempted to. limit' the use of water to pre vent too much water damage, but when they learned the fire could not be properly contained, more water was used. Ceilings in at least three busi nesses on the street floor fell in as a result of water. .They were in Ginn's Flowers, Dr. Robert J. Urie's office, and Sams Sporting Goods, . in addition to rooms in Crater hotel. General Alarm A total of 27 firemen, includ ing those who reported from off duty, and six volunteers respond ed to the general alarm. Fire men returned to the station about 6 p.m. Two 1,000-gallon pumpes, and the aerial ladder responded. About 4:43 p.m. yesterday, one pumper was released from the Crater hotel fire to report back to the main station to stand-by because the west side truck, which was standing by, was called to a reported house fire at the Lee Sherman residence, 840 Stewart ave. Firemen found no fire at the Stewart ave. address, and said the alarm apparently was turned in when someone saw smoke from a fireplace. About 10 p.m. yesterday, fire men were called to the Crater hotel again when contractors re pairing the damaged roof report ed smelling smoke. Firemen found nothing, they said. Orchard ists Disagree on Bill To Tax Fruit Trees Salem Frui t.grpwers of Jackson and Hood River coun ties disagreed Monday, on tax ing orchards. - , The Jackson County Fruit Growers called for passage of SB311 which would make only the land subject to taxes and not the trees on it. The Apple Growers associa tion of Hood River want trees to be taxed as has been the case for many years in this county. At the last session of the legis lature a law was passed requir ing such taxation. y Edward Kelly, representing the Jackson growers, said pear production would decline if ad ditional taxes were slapped on the trees. He said 40 per cent of the older trees need replanting and added taxes would discour age this. Loss of tax base in Hood River would be around $750,000, Rep. George Annala (D.-Hood River) said. He pointed out he was a fruit farmer and admitted it was unusual to ask for continuation of taxes.' Non-fruit farmers, businesses and city property of Hood River would have to pay the addition al amounts if the trees were re moved from taxation, Annala Ohmart's Switch In Vote Brings Victory To Bill Return To House For Concurrence Next Salem (IP The Oregon Sen ate today passed controversial House Bill 1, representing the heart of the Democratic tax pro gram, but it took a last minute switch in the vote of Republi can Sen. Lee Ohmart of Salem to bring the bill to victory. At the regular roll call, the vote was 15-15, with Democrat Sen. Ben Musa voting against it and Republican Senator Fran cis Zicgler voting for it. Goes Back to House The measure how goes back to the House for concurrence in what advocates said were amendments that make no sub stantive change in the measure. The vote was taken shortly after noon following a bitter debate that consumed an hour and a half. The measure was a :1 J X 1 : . I auction uiutri ui. ousiness at JO'30 am Due to the lateness of the hour, the Senate adjourned, post- poning until afternoon its long procession of measures up for final consideration. 'Surtax' Erased ' House bill 1 erases the name , of "surtax" as passed by the 1955 session, but embodies rates slightly higher than the surtax rates. Here are the rates under HB 1: On the first $500 of taxable income or any part thereof, 4 per cent. On the second $500, 5 per cent. On the third $500, 6 per cent. On the fourth $500, 7 per cent. On the third $1,000 of taxable income, 8 per cent. On the fourth $1,000 9 per cent. On all taxable income in excess of $4,000 and not in excess of $8,000, 10.2 per cent. And on. all taxable income , in excess of $8,000, 11.6 per cent. r The Senate late Monday night passed the ..-controversial corpo ration ' excise and income tax bill, 20-10., This was the other half of the Democratic . tax pro- ' gram. ? r, vi . . Man Escapes Injury In Accident on 99 Samuel. Donald Anderson, 22, of 492 Fordyce St., Ashland, es caped without injury early last night when an unidentified car "pushed" Anderson's off High way 99 about two miles north of Ashland, according to state police. " Anderson was traveling south, police said, when another car, in which Anderson told police were four young men, approach ed from behind, and started pushing the Anderson vehicle. Anderson lost control of his car when the- unidentified car pushed it at an excessive speed, police said. The Anderson car went off on the left side of the highway and turned over, they said. The unidentified car con-, tinued south, police reported. In another accident yesterday, a car operated by Elmer Stew art, 59, of route 2, box 205, Med ford, went out of control on wet pavement on Highway 99 on the north side of Blackwell hill, and went into a . ditch, police said. A passenger, Mabel Stew art, was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance service. said. An interim study of the problem was suggested in place of action on' the bilL. Hail Scratches . . Pears in Valley Two hail storms Monday afV ernoon resulted in scratching pears in small patches in the Medford1. area, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, ' "., . . The storms occurred about 2:30 and 3 p.m. Damage in small areas was reported between Tal ent and Coker Butte rd., and in an area west of Medford. Cordy said little loss of fruit resulted from the storms. Quali ty of the fruit was not affected, but appearance will be poorer than usual. . . - Some marks will be evident on mature clear skinned fruit, he said. However on Bosc and other natural russet skinned va rieties, the marks will be less prominent, Cordy indicated. Possible thunderstorms are forecast this evening, with part ly cloudy skies tomorrow.- Yes terday's storms left .33 inch of rain at the Medford weather bureau station.
