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52nd Year Price 10 Subscribers ' To report Improper or non-eUv-erv of the Mail Tribune in Med ford phone SP 2-6)41. Ashland MU 2-1021. Yreka 841W before :45 pm. daily and 10 JO ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. Recommended 2 MEDFORD JUNE United Press Full Leased Wire A tlnrr ahont the history of Mt. MrLnuihlin and the forest lookont on lt peak appears on pace 1 of today's Mall Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire 56 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1957 No. 50 11 r - : ' O J"'" . .'. ' ' ' mmf?? "wss"swssssse"-e-ssw .,. . . , m vnqseiyiHiKsi vjiivw. K i. , ly..,,.,,,, . i. ysjji i iji . . ii.isi ' - ' ' FINISHING TOUCHES The final preparations for the dedi cation of the new Medford Memorial Armory are being made this week. Shown above are workmen in the process of paving the parking area around the big new building at the'fair grounds south of Medford.- The dedication will be next Saturday, May 25. when Maj. Gen. Thomas E.. Rilca, adjutant general of the Oregon military department, and Gov. Robert Holmes will be here for the ceremonies. A public open house will "start at 7 p.m.. and will include displays and demonstra- Unidentified Man Struck by Car at Fifth, Riverside An unidentified man between 60 and 70 years old was struck at the intersection of Fifth st. and Riverside ave. about 8:15 p.m. yesterday, according to Medford police. He was undergoing surgery for head and compound leg in juries at Rogue Valley hospital at press time. Police said driver of the car was Miss Marcia Lee Presgrave, 18, of 409 South Peach st Med ford. She was traveling north on Riverside ave. at the time of the accident, they said. Police said the man, who car ried no identification, weighed about 150 pounds, was bald and had not shaved in about two days. The investigation was continu ing late last night. Crime Conference Scheduled in Medford The 1958 Western States Crime conference, for law en forcement agencies from federal to local levels, will be held in Medford. Selection of Medford as the site for next year's conference was reported by Chief Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh and Medford Police Lt. Lyle Perkins. They returned Friday night from a three-day Western States Crime conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 1958 conference will be sponsored by the Medford po lice department and sheriffs of fices of Jackson and Josephine counties. Expected to attend the session are 175 to 200 officers from about V western states. At tly annual conferences, of ficers exchange information on interestate activities of known criminals. Thousands Flee Homes In Southwest Storms BY UNITED PRESS Thousands of persons fled their homes Saturday in the flood-ravaged southwest, ' and vokmteers worked to exacuate citizens from the danger areas. The Cimarron and Arkansas rivtrs were SHI! levels i history. Tula braced for a heavy flow of water, . perhaps reaching recocrf depth of 25 to 26 feet. Sports Bulletin It. Mary's of Medford was tkird with 28 points last 'sight i lkae Oregon high school B track meet at Springfield. Jim Darlwad took a first for the Ceasaders in the high hurdles sod she St. Mary's half - mil retay team was victor. Wal loyra, tn the meet with 32 saiiE and Monro was second watl &. Cove was fourth with tf-ytarie. all by Jim Puckell. Berrydale Residents May Vote Wednesday - Registered voter? in the Ber- at the receptionists desk on the rydale district may" go to a poll between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Wed nesday, May 22, at Howard school to vote on a proposal to annex to the city of Medford. Election officers will be Lor rain E. Dusenberry, chairman; Ilene Ottoman, judge; Enid Friend, clerk; Martilla Berteau, clerk; and Blanche Doty, clerk. They were appointed by Neva Samuels, city recorder. Sample ballots for the special election are available at the po lice station in the city hall and Seven Arrested On Liquor Charges Sheriffs deputies Friday night arrested a group of seven people, including five teenagers, and lodged them in the county jail on charges involving liquor, v Lyle Marvin Mitchell, 23, Wilderville, Ore., was charged with . furnishing alcoholic bev erages to minors. Marvin James Varja, 18, Wonder, Ore., was j charged with being drunk on a public highway. Charged with illegal posses sion of alcoholic beverages were James Howard Day, 20, of 417 King st., Medford, a 17-year-old Medford boy, a 17-year-old Med ford girl, and two 16-year-old girls, one from Central Point and the other from Medford. Deputies said they stopped the youths, who were riding in a car, at the intersection-of lOak dale ave. and Eighth st. They reported finding 19 bottles and three cans of beer in the car as well as a large number of empty beer containers. According to the officers, Mit chell admitted to them that he had" purchased the beer and furnished it to the minors. The beer was confiscated by the of ficers as evidence in the case. Bill Authorizes New Circuit Judges Salem IP) Three new Cir cuit Court judges for Oregon were approved by the House Friday in Senate bill 245 which now goes to the governor. Rep. George Laymen, New berg Republican, said the judges would be placed in the three most over-burdened districts in the state. One judge would go to the first district of Josephine and Jackson counties; one to the second district of Coos. Curry, Douglas and Lane counties: and one to the 21st disrtict in Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties. tions of military equipment, including two Army helicopters. The ceremonies will be at 8 p.m., and will be followed by a free public dance, with music provided by the -234th Oregon National Guard band. The Armory will house the two Med ford Guard units, Headquarters company and Company A, a rifle unit, both part of the 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry regiment, 41st Division, the Oregon - Washington Guard division. (Kenn Knackstedt photo.) city hall's second floor. Submit Proposal The Medford city council sub mitted the annexation proposal to Berrydale in April after area residents petitioned the council through the Berrydale Sanita tion committee. Main purpose of annexation is to solve what the committee has termed a "dang erous sanitation" problem" in the area. Last week the council, repre senting Medford voters, cleared the way for Berrydale residents to become members of the city when they approved the propos al following a public hearing. Berrydale voters rejected a proposal to annex a larger por tion of the area last November. Since that time, the proposed boundaries have been revised, resulting in a much smaller an nexation area. Boundaries Reviewed Boundaries of the annexation area run roughly north from the Big Y junction along Highway 99 to Gore st., west to Lynn st., then parallel to the Pacific hign way to a point north of Mace rd., east and south across the Crater Lake highway, then west to highway again, and - south along Riverside ave. to McAn drews rd. An "island" area east of Riv erside ave., north of McAndrews rd. and west of the Kenwood Grand view boundary - were ex cluded from the annexation area after residents petitioned the city council to be excluded. Thursday the council decided the city of Medford would not assume bonded indebtedness of the Midway and Elk City water districts if the Berrydale area is annexed to Medford. The Berrydale area is respon sible for repayment x of about 70 per cent, or $52,000, of the $74,000 Midway . water district debt and about 40 per cent, or $75,000, of the $187,000 Elk City water district debt. . Millage rate for debt repay ment in the Midway district is 1.4 and in the Elk City district 9.3. Estimated Expenditures City Manager Robert Duff es timated expenditures and rev enue of the Berrydale area would "just about balance" should tlie district be annexed. Estimated expenses in the area would be about $40,000 to the city, and about $6,100 to the water department, with city revenue estimated at $46,675. . The additional cost to the wa ter department could be absorb ed without water rate increases, according to Robert Lee, city water superintendent.. Duff said there would be no immediate increase in city taxes as a re sult of the annexation. Population of the district pro posed for annexation is estimat ed at about 1,250. (Sea Stories on Pages 8--nd 7) Governor Gets Bill Exempting Orchard Trees from Taxes: Salem Iff) -A bill exempt ing orchard trees and other de ciduous shrubs and crops from ad .valorum taxes squeeked by the House 32-25 Friday and went to the governor for signature. Rep. Fayette Bristol, Grants Pass Republican, said that for 95 years growing crops had been considered exempt . from such taxation and that farmers should not be required to pay ad valor um taxes on growing crops. Bristol said the tax problem arose in Jackson and Hood River counties where the value of pear and apple trees was added tp the regular property ' taxes by asses sors. Opposes Exemption Rep. George Annala, Hood Riv er Democrat, opposed the exemp tion on grounds it would reduce the assessed valuation of his county by five per cent by tak ing the trees off the tax rolls. He said six counties assess orch ard crops. Rep. Vernon Cook, Gresham Democrat, also opposed the bilL He said the State Tax commis sion docs not assess trees sepa rately from property but that an orchard is considered like a house or barn or other improve ments in determining true cash value of property.- - He called Senate bill 311 a subsidy of pear "and apple grow ers and said it should either be extended to all farmers or drop ped entirely. Defending the bill was . Rep. Robert Steward, Keating Demo crat who will take over the State Agriculture Department shortly. Steward said the practice of tax ing crops might spread to seed and grass ' growers and would ha2 a bad effect on soil conser vation practices. 1,000 Music Students Will Participate in Approximately 1,000 music students from fifth through 12th grades in all of Medford's public schools will" participate in the Spring Music Festival Thursday, May 23, at the Medford High school stadium. " .. Featured in the program will be the combined elementary or chestra, combined elementary chorus, Hedrick Junior High school, McLoughlin Junior High school, senior high school a cap pella choir, massed chorus and brass ensemble. Dances will be presented by students of Roosevelt school, Jef ferson school, Lincoln school, Washington school and a group from Miss Pat s Studio. Patriotic, religious, traditional and general songs will be pre sented, including songs of the northeast, south, central plains and west. Dances will carry out SSemiiniv IPimewmrooinioo, Joint Proposal for McAllister Road Is Approved by Slate Highway Will Be on State Forest System The state highway commis sion Friday accepted a joint pro posal by the Jackson and Klam ath county courts to place the McAllister Springs rd. on the forest highway .system. The commission's approval was given in Portland at a 15 minute meeting attended by Jackson County Judge Rodney Keating, County Engineer Paul Rynning, M. M. Huggins, Jack son County Chamber of Com merce president, Glenn-Jackson, chamber member, Don McNeil, chamber manager, and the Klamath county court and 'en gineer. The McAllister Springs rd. ex tends from Eagle Point to Klam ath Falls by wa"y of Lake of the Woods. Federal Funds Action at- Friday's meeting opens the way for the road to be. constructed with federal funds under supervision of the bureau of public roads. After construction is completed, the state will maintain the road. It would be an all-weather, easy grade road, - eventually - of a higher standard than the Green Springs route. - Before federal construction funds are appropriated, the road will be placed on the state secondary highway system. There has as yet been no indi cation' when actual construction can get under way, although' engineering surveys are expect ed to start late this summer. Confirmation of the agree ment will be sent to members of both Jackson and Klamath coun ty courts for signature. Commend Klamath Court Local delegates to the meet ing commended members of the Klamath county court for con cessions they made to expedite the agreement. Among "stum bling blocks" to the project has been a disagreement concerning a 21-mile stretch of road from the McAllister Springs rd. junc tion to Ft. Klamath. The Klamath county court, original owners of the stretch, have been promoting state main tenance of this road section. However, they agreed on Fri day to ' withdraw this proposal and resume management of the road in order to reach agree ment on the larger McAllister Springs rd. project. Proposed County Budget Not Signed One signature is still missing from the proposed 1957-58 Jack son county budget, it was report ed Saturday.. Signing of the $2,990,446.72 proposed budget for next year was scheduled for last Thurs day. However, one member of the budget committee could not be reached that afternoon and still had not been contacted Sat urday. Committee members said they were hopeful the final signature would be on the budget Monday. Public hearing on the budget has been set for Monday, June 17. Festival themes of the various program sections. Instrumental portion of the program will include marches, waltzes, novelty, patriotic and general numbers. Featured in the finale will be the massed chorus and brass en semble in "Battle Hymn of the Republic." In charge of the program are J. L. Dyrud, vocal supervisor and program coordinator; I. A. Mirick, instrumental superisor; and Lee Ragsdale, director of physical education. Accompanist will be Mrs. Ma rian. Montgomery. Assisting with the orchestra performances will be John Drysdale, Elmer Ayres ! and Mrs. Audrey Bartlett. In charge of band performances will be Albert Huntemann, Ron ald Bartlett and Mrs. Virginia Wester field. JHc ef SwffieiroirDg Election on Budget For County's Rural Schools is Monday Residents of rural school dis tricts in the county will vote Monday from 2 to 8 p.m. on the proposed 1957-58 county rural school budget of $1,844, 777.55. The districts include Jackson ville, Griffin Creek, Ruch.-Lone Pine, Talent, Rogue River, Apple gate, Elk-Trail Prospect, Evans Valley, Shady Cove, Butte Falls, Pinehurst and Howard schools. ,The total budget includes esti mated operational costs of $1, 523,366.55; rural operating and emergency fund of $47,961; and non-high tuition and transporta- Five Of Six Hurt In Accident Are Still Hospitalized Five of the six Grants Pass High school girls injured in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 99 Friday were still hospitalized Saturday. Jo Ann Wood, 17, route 1, box 103, Rogue River, was discharg ed from Sacred Heart hospital Friday night. Listed as "holding her own" at Rogue Valley hospital was Sharon Plantz, 16, of 225 Lin coln rd., Grants Pass, driver of the car , which struck the. rear of a cement, truck on Blackwell hill. The other girls were passen gers in the car. Condition Said 'Fair' Condition of Yvonne Erickson, 17, of 1248 Shroeder lane, Grants Pass, was reported "fair" by officials at Rogue Valley hos pital. .The other three, all pa tients at Sacred Heart hospital, were reported in "good" condi tion. They are Virginia Splie thof, 16, of 200 Lewis ave., Char lene Palmer, 16, route 2, box 328B, and Dixie Lee Turk, 17, of 1417 East Park st., all of Grants Pass. Lester Dusenberry, 704 Palm St., Medford, driver . of the truck, was not reported injured. According to state police, the girls were en route to Jackson Hot Springs on a senior class "skip day" when the accident occurred. Police said the cem ent truck, operating at an esti mated speed of 17 miles per hour, was knocked 117 feet up the hill by the impact of the crash. The car traveled about 275 feet along the highway shoulder before striking the truck, police reported. .The ac cident occurred at 9:57 ajn. New Meter Times Go Into Effect A change in "working hours" for all parking meters in Med ford will go into effect tomor row. .' Motorists will start depositing coins in the meters at 8 a.m. in stead of 9 a.m., and will be re quired to make deposits until 6 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. ' Time limits of about 50 park ing meters in the city have also been readjusted from 12 min utes to 3Q minutes. Rates on the former 12-minute meters are now changed to 5 cents for 30 minutes and 10 cents for an hour. The changes are the result of a new parking meter ordinance recently adopted by the. city council. City crews began read justment of time limits on the 12-minute -meters last week. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today and Mondav. Scattered showers this afternoon and evenim. High todav S-"0, low tonight 40. hifh Monday 14. nirhest yesterday 4 Lowest yesterday SO Our Skies Tonight Sunrise - 4: t.m, Sunset ":30 p.m. Mnonrlie Monday 12:04 a.m. VENUS, the brightest planet, now sets shortly after sunst. .For the next tthree weeks eVn tts will sink below the horizon a little later and a little furth er north, each evening. U Pctir lion operating and emergency fund of $273,450. Estimated receipts for the year total $544,359.54. Amount to be collected by taxation is $1,300,- 418.01. Within Limitation ' Tax base within the 6 per cent limitation is $213,603.37, which represents 16.4 per cent of the total amount to be levied and is the full amount the rural board can levy without voter approval. School officials pointed out the first obligation on this levy with in the 6 per cent limitation is the rural board operating and emergency fund of 2.52 mills. This leaves only 13.9 mills that can be levied within the 6 per cent limitation on the district budgets. In the event the rural levy should fail, the amount in excess would have to be raised by a special vote in each district. Total estimated increase in mills is from 54.7 for the current year to 68.4 mills for the 1957- 58 year. Of this total, loss of assessed valuation from with drawal of area in the rural dis trict - causes a millage increase from 54.7 to 61.1. The non-high budget accounts for 4.5 mills of this increase, it was explained. The current bud get for the non-high is increased in the proposed budget by $23. 000. Officials' said this budget increase is due to an anticipated enrollment increase of 14.1 per cent in 1957-58. Increase Salaries - Salary increases for the 1957 58 year amount to approximately 2.1 mills, covering the 208 teach ers in the rural district. Some of the larger increases in the total levy were on the increased non-high budget, newly adopted textbooksi library and school bus operation. Costs have also gone up in many items such as school furniture, light power and fuel, it was noted. School officials said, "On the whole, rural school boards have in the current year followed the policy of postponing items of maintenance, repair and equipment with the possibility in mind that legislation now pending would make some im provements in the school support structure. Bus purchases .have been spread over two and three years on lease-purchase agree ments. New textbook adoptions would cost approximately $12 per pupil. Approximately $7 per child was allowed in the current budgets and the balance deferred for the next budget." Body of Unidentified Man Found at Vancouver Vancouver, Wash. (If) The body of an unidentified man was found in a hobo jungle here Saturday and police said he had been beaten to death,. The man had been bound hand and foot, police said and he was naked except for a torn shirt. "It't Time To Get Into. My Roomier-Than-Ever Car And Get The Kids At The More-Crowded Than-Ever School" Soys Boy Rescued from Well After Being Buried 24 Hours Spot Found on Lung After Examination Manorville, N.Y. HP) Seven-year-old Benny Hooper, who sur vived 24 hours of being buried alive in a backyard well, was found to be suffering from pneu monia late Saturday. Dr. Joseph Kris said, after X raying the boy, Benny had a spot of pneumonia on his right lung. The boy was rushed to a hos pital Friday night after he was rescued and was immediately placed in the oxygen tent in an effort to ward off pneumonia. He also was given shots of pen icillin. ' A tube which pumped life preserving oxygen into the chill, dark shaft throughout Benny's entrapment and which despite sifting sand miraculously hov ered less than an inch from his mouth was believed by doctors to have kept the boy alive in what even the most optimistic feared had become a sandy grave. Jacket Also Helped Another fortune of chance) the billowing of Benny's jacket as he became wedged in the darkened Well shaft also help ed save the life of the sandy haired second-grader, doctors , said. Miraculously, the jacket worn because of an unseasonable chill had created an air pock et, catching the potentially death-dealing sandslides that, oc curred sporadically . during 23 huurs of frantic rescue oper ations. - The rescue was climaxed at 7:31 Friday night when. a 38-year-old Negro construction worker, Samuel Woodson, braved a cave-in 25 feet below the surface and freed the half conscious boy from his trap. From the pit of the emergency crater, came the cry of Dr. J. H. Kris, the Hooper family's physician. "The boy s alive. He's alive.' Spectators fell on their knees. many with their heads skyward, in silent prayer. Some scream ed deliriously. Others applaud ed. Mother Embraces Son " As two workmen gently lift ed Benny ' from "the crater, his mother, tears streaming down her face, ran from the house where she had been under a physician's care for shock since -learning of the tragedy while at work as a telephone operator. Beaming with joy, she em braced the blanket-warpped form of the son she had all but given up for dead. Then, as the boy was placed in an ambulance, Mrs. Hooper, sobbing aloud, em braced her weeping husband. Both, then climbed into the am bulance along with Dr. Kris, to accompany the faintly smiling boy to the hospital. .- An ambulance attendant held an oxygen mask over the boy's face during the 15-mile trip to the hospital. At the hospital, he was placed in an oxygen tent. Placed on a strict liquid diet, young Benny was given tea and, later ginger ale, but no solids.
