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Plan Calling for Salary Raises
For County Employees Discussed
A plan calling tor salary rais
e for mot county employees
tervini in ky administrative
and supervisory positions was
pTPnted fridsy at a meeting of
Ja-Ason county commissioners
and other county officials.
Tr plan, which was explain
ed b :irs. Bereth P. Hopkins,
county clerk, calls for raises
ranging from a few dollars to
. two or three hundred dollars a
year. The salary recommenda
tiv s are based on a job classifi
cation survey made by Mrs. Hop
kin?, who compared salaries paid
to key personnel under civil ser
vice ratines, by California . Ore
gon Power company, telephone
company and other firms and
agencies.
In presenting the report, the
rlerk said dissatisfaction among
key personnel is becoming in
creasingly evident. She and oth
er officials pointed out many
enployees in responsible posi
tions have been working for the
county for several years and are
still receiving starting salaries.
Also voiced was the opinion that
prior experience, quality of work
and education should be consid
ered along with tenure and oth
er factors in determining sal
aries.
Four Classification!
The report, which does not in
clude the health department
farm home or agricultural exten
sion service, shows four classi
fications for county personnel:
officials (elected and appointed),
specialized service, clerical and
labor.
Clerical personnel falls into
four classifications depending
upoo responsibility loads which
are comparable to state civil
service position classifications
Salaries under the civil service
program range from $210 per
month for beginning clerk typ
ist in position 4 to maximum of
$460 per month for accountant
2 in position 1. Recommended for
Iekson county employees is a
beginning salary of $240 per
month for position 4 to a maxi
mum of $433 per month for 10
years of experience in position 1.
Sirs. Hopkins also recommended
that a, '-"trainee" position be in
cluded io tha job classifications.
Salary in this position would
ranc from a beginning salary
of $17!! pr month to $240 in
tio years.
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The report indicates some posi
tion 1 personnel here have work
ed as long as 33 years and are
receiving annual salaries of
about $3,984. Recommended an
nual salary for these employees
is $3,200. Salaries for several
other key personnel would not
be changed at this time if the
recommendations are adopted.
Specialized Services
Specialized services are listed
in five classifications; law en
forcement and allied services,
schools, land evaluation, engi
neering and allied services and
welfare.
Salary comparisons for the ju
venile department show a mini
mum in the county of $4,500
for director and state civil serv
ice minimum of $4,800 for the
same position. Salaries for coun
selor in this department are a
minimum of $4,200 in Jackson
county and $3,440 state civil
service minimum.
The report indicates salaries
paid to sheriffs deputies are an
estimated S50 to $175 per month
under salaries of state police of
ficers. Salaries for key person
nel in most other departments
were also shown to be compara
tively low.
Voica Surprisa
Several officials attending the
meeting voiced surprise that
Jackson county salaries were so
far under salaries paid elsewhere
for comparable work. The com
Directors Will Be
Elected in School
Districts Monday
Elections for directors of
boards of education in 19 school
districts, plus two rural and two
non-high districts, in Jackson
county will be held tomorrow
Polling time for all elections is
2 to 8 p.m.
Candidates and polling places
for each district are:
Applegata (District 40) Fran
cis Krouse, incumbent chairman,
candidate for five-year term
poll at the school.
Ashland (District S) Archie
Fries, candidate for five-year
term, poll in Ashland city hall
Butta Falls (District 91) Mrs
Hannah Dalton, incumbent di
rector, and Elga Abbot, running
for two five-year vacancies, poll
at the high school.
Central Point (District 6) C
W. Anhorn, incumbent chair
man, candidate for five-year
term, and Wilton A. White, can
didate for two-year term, polls
at Central Point junior high
gym. Gold Hull gym, and Sams
Valley school.
Eagle Point (District 9) Jack
Caldwell, incumbent chairman.
running for five-year term, poll
at the school.
Elk-Trail (District 45) James
O. Wilson and Roy A. Anderson,
candidates for five-year term,
poll at the school.
Erana Valley (District 62)
Jerome B. Wilson, incumbent
chairman, and George H. John
ston, running for five-year term,
poll at Evans Valley Grange
hall.
Griffin Creek (District 2)
David B. Winningham, candi
date for five-year term, poll at
the school.
Howard (District 100) George
C. Flanagan, incumbent chair
man, candidate for five-year
term, poll at school.
JacksonTille (District 1) Mrs.
Dorland Offenbacher and War
ren Davis, candidates for five
year term, poll at the school.
Lone Pine (District 10) Wil
liam E. Edwards, R. J. Ritchey,
and Rose L. Cook, running for
five-year term, poll at the
school.
Medford (District 549) Ott.
A. Ewaldsen, incumbent chair
man. and Francis Cheney, can
didates for five-year term, pol.
at high school girls' gym. j
Phoenix (District 4) Mrs. W. I
O. Grove and Elmer Faytinger j
candidates for five-year term. ;
poll at Phoenix Grade school.
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Sunday. Jun 18, 19S7
missioners, however, said efforts
are being made to bring salaries
in line, especially in the sheriff's
department. They added that
records show gradual increases
have been made here in recent
years.
Those attending the meeting
expressed appreciation for the
report and recommendations and
urged the commissioners to sup
port their recommendations.
Commissioner Chester Wendt
said the court was not in a posi
tion to commit themselves at that
time, but needed more time to
study the report. He stated, how
ever, that if the budset commit
tee does not adopt the recommen
dations submitted by the offi
cials, a job classification and
salary schedule survey would be
made later by a professional out
side source.
A question was asked as to
whether or not the budget com
mittee was aware of the possi
bility of a union-type organiza
tion coming in if employees' sal
aries are not adjusted. Opposi
tion to that type of organization
involving county employees was
expressed by one of the county
commissioners.
Some discussion was also held
as to whether or not vacation
time for county employees was
a c c u m u 1 ative. Commissioner
Wendt indicated it should be ac
cumulative. PinehursMDistriet 94) Clyde
Laird, incumbent chairman, and
Robert Cooper, incumbent direc
tor, candidates for two five-year
terms, poll at the school.
Prospect (District 59) Clar
ence Hedgepath, candidate for
five-year term, poll at the
school.
Rogue River (District 35)
Richard DeArmond, Mrs. Ella
May Douglas, and Howard F
Norwood, candidates for five
year term, poll at the school.
Ruch (District 3) E. H. Fos
sen, incumbent chairman, and
David B. Winningham, candi
dates for five-year term, poll
at the school.
Shady Cove (District 89) Ed
ward Learning, incumbent chair
man, candidate for five-year
term, and Frank Faggalde, can
didate for four-year term, poll
at the school. -
Talent (District 22) C. W
Gleim and Samuel O. James,
candidates for five-year term
poll at the old Talent Elemen
tary school.
Rural board zone 1 (Rogue
River, Evans Valley, Elk-Trai:
and Shady Cove) William A
Starzinger, incumbent director,
and Robert J. DeArmond, run
ning for three-year term, polls
at the schools' regular polline
places.
Rural board zone 2 (Prospect
and Butte Falls) Edith L. Hoag
candidate for one-year term
polls at the schools' polling
places.
Non-high board zone 3 (How
ard school) John E. Chitwood.
candidate for two-year term
poll at the school.
Non-high board zone 4 (Grif
fin Creek, Ruch, and Applegate,
Edmund Ramsay, incumbent
director, and Francis A. Krouse
candidate for five-year term
polls at the schools' polling
places.
ANNOUNCING
MOVING OFFICES
of
Dr. C. D. Lemley
from
41 Hawthorne Ave.
to
326 Medical Center Bldg.
Medford, Oregon
Our new Phone Number will be
SP 2-5752
The new office will provide expanded facilities and
more room in conducting a general practice in osteo
pathic medicine and surgery.
Jerry Kerr Elected r
To Boys State Post
Corvallis Jerry Kerr, Med
ford, a student at St. Mary's ac
ademy, was elected a senator
last week at Beaver Boys State
held at Oregon State college.
Representatives from Medford
included Dave Havlick, Bruce
Boldenow. Henry Courtney and
Dale Forsee.
Beaver Boys State is a one-
week course in government and
citizenship, sponsored by thejeeived no bids.
Oregon American Legion. A to
tal of 421 boys attended this
year's 21st annual camp.
The Boys State governor and
other state officials and legisla
tors were sworn into office at
special ceremonies in the state
capital. Rex Putnam, superin
tendent of public instruction
was main speaker. Later, the
boys went into legislative cham
bers for a mock debate of bills
on lowering the voting age to
18 and on sales tax for Ore
gon. All boys attending were spon
sored by local organizations,
either veterans, fraternal, ser
vice or social groups. Elections
were held as part of the citizen
ship training.
National Officers to
Attend Eagles Event
Two national officers of the
Fraternal. Order of Eagles, both
from Milwaukee, Wis., will be
among distinguished visitors in
Medford when the Eagles hold
their annual state convention
here June 27-29.
They are Judge Robert W.
Hansen, national chairman of
the program and activities de
partment of the Eagles, and
Michael T. Gaffney, financial ad
visor. Gaffney, who had a back
ground of leadership in the na
tional councils of the - fratern
ity in recent years, will outline
to Oregon aeries the fields of
membership, programs and com
munity civic and patriotic activ
ities. General business sessions will
be held at the Holly theater and
Pythian hall, 141 North Grape
st., where auxiliaries will meet.
Three public events will be
held during the convention
They include a Memorial ser
vice Thursday night, June 27.
Car Plunges Down
Bank Killing Driver
Portland W A car plunged
75 feet down an embankment
near here Friday killing a 31-year-old
Portland man and in
juring his wife.
Elmo A. Berndsen, 3956 N.E.
Rodney Ave., Portland, was dead
on arrival at a Portland hospital,
and his wife Dorothy, 41, was
in "serio.us condition" Friday
evening.
Deputy Sheriff Mel Farmer
said Berndsen's car skidded on
wet pavement on N.W. St. Hel
ens road after passing another
automobile and ran off the high
way. The vehicle landed upside
down, and the Berndsens were
pinned under the car until po
lice officers and firemen extri
cated them.
Transient Worker
Wounded in Brawl
Dayton rtfl Robert Lee Ta
tum, a transient farm worker,
was critically wounded here Fri
day night in a fight that climax
ed a drunken brawl at the Day
ton labor camp.
Tatum's condition was des
cribed as critical from knife
wounds over his body and blood
was rushed from Portland for
transfusions.
Arrested and held on a drunk
charge was Richard Vance Bear,
42, another transient. He re
fused to discuss the fight. He
was arrested more than an hour
after the stabbing after a man
hunt by about 12 police officers.
Five Timber Tracts
Sold at BLM Auction
Five tracts of timber contain-
i ing an estimated 26.185,000
j board feet were sold June 13
by the Medford district of the
bureau of land management for
5686,628.30. Three tracts con
taining 3,993.000 board feet re-
Joe Hearin Logging of Med
ford was the only bidder for an
estimated 35.000 board feet of
salvage timber on Alco creek.
Elder Logging company of
Shady Cove was the highest of
three bidders for an estimated
1,081.000 board feet of salvage
in the Dead Indian area. The
bid was S23.05 per thousand for
the Douglas fir and S13 85 for
the white fir, the major species
in the sale.
Regular Sale
The first regular sale to be
offered by the bureau that will
use the recently completed Gal
ice access road was purchased
by Bate Lumber company of
Merlin without competition. The
tract contains an estimated 6,-
at McLoughlin Junior High
school, and a drill team pageant
Friday night, June 28, at thp
high school stadium.
Parade Scheduled
On Saturday, June 29, a par
ade of Eagle marching units
including drill teams and drum
and bugle corps will be held
About 1,500 delegates are ex
pected to be here for the con
vention, which is being held in
Medford for the first time. Gen
eral headquarters for the even
will be the Medford hotel.
E. C. (Chet) Lawson, past
president of Eugene, is state
manager of the convention. A
W. (Art) Klatt, Medford, is local
chairman, and Mrs. Lona Pick
ell, Medford, past madam state
president of auxiliaries, will be
in charge of the auxiliaries' con
vention, which will be held at
the same time.
Central Point Boy
Named to 4-H Group
Corvallis Carl Skyrman,
Central Point, was elected pres
ident of his living group Thurs
day at the annual Oregon 4-H
clubs summer school at Oregon
State college.
More than 1.850 boys and
girls attending the 42nd annual
session live in 42 fraternity and
sorority houses and college dor
mitories. Girls living groups
number 29 this year, and boys
groups number 13.
The 10-day school includes a
course work in all phases of ag
riculture and home economics.
Daily assembly programs and
recreation periods are included.
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523,000 board feet located on
Silver creek. The bid prices for
Douglas fir and sugar pine, the
major species was 524.15 and
535.10 per thousand, respective
ly. A re-logging operation cover
ing two sections of land in the
Pokegama area was purchased
by Puckett and Scherer of Keno
the only bidder. This tract con
tained an estimated 6,061,000
board feet Douglas fir, the major
species, which brought 525.50
per thousand in this sale.
The last and largest sale, es
timated to contain 12.485,000
board feet was purchased by
Continental Timber company of
' Medford after spirited bidding
Two other bidders also partici
Ipated in the sale. The success-
1 ful bids for the major species
were S.S6.Z5 per thousand for
Douglas fir, $60 for sugar pine
and S15.50 for white fir.
Available for Purchase
The three tracts which re
ceived no bids will be available
for purchase for a period of 90
days in accordance with the
regulations.
The next scheduled sale for
the Medford district will be on
June 20 when six tracts contain
ing an estimated 27,576,000
board feet will be offered for
sale. The appraised price for
this timber is $701,881.90.
Three of the sales are located
in Jackson county, two in the
area between Prospect and
Butte Falls and a small salvage
sale in the Dead Indian area. The
two sales in Josephine county
are located in the Williams
creek area and on Reuben creek
The one sale in Douglas countv
is located in the West Fork Cow
creek are on Bear creek.
Additional information con
cerning the proposed sales or
the sales that received no bid?
may be secured at the district
forester's office in the Medford
city hall.
First Tillamook Burn
Damage Suit Starts
Portland OPi The first dam
age suit resulting from the 1945
Tillamook "burn" in Oregon got
under way here before Circuit
Judge J. S. Bohannon.
H. B. McKenney, a logging op
erator m the burned area, is
seeking 5241,000 damages
against several Oregon lumber
and logging firms. McKenney 's
case has been called a "test case
by some law observers, and it
reportedly will have a bearing
on other pending cases that
eventually may total $2 million.
The other cases have been in
litigation since the blaze des
troyed thousands of acres of tim-
berland in July 1945. The fire.
which started on the Wilson and
Salmonberry rivers, was finally
brought under control by sup
pression crews and by mois
ture, after several weeks.
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Young Boy Smothers
Enterprise W A young
boy smothered to death in i
wheat bin here Friday night.
Kimball Emery Makin, 9, was
found in. the 15-ton capacity
wheat bin by his father and
grandfather with just his hands
showing.
The accident occurred abou'
5 p.m. Friday night. The boy's
father. Dallas Makin and hh
grandfather, were loading wheat
into a truck. They left the work
to go get something to eat. When
they missed the boy they hur
ried back to the bin and found
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