Bright Future
Seen by Mayor
Economy Sound, Potential
Excellent, Study Reveals
Construction and development
projects now under way or con
templated in the near future in
southern Oregon have a total
value in excess of $70 million,
Mayor Snider declared today.
The mayor and city council
have, in recent weeks, felt con
cern over an apparent general
belief that "things don't look too
good'' for this area.
But this simply is not true,
- Mayor Snider declared after
making a two-week study of fac
tors which have a bearing on
the over all economic well-being
of the area. His study was made
for the benefit of the city coun
cil, and he made its results pub
lic today.
Many Factors
Not only in general construc
tion and development, but in
other factors, the present is
sound and the future outlook is
good, he said, mentioning as ex
amples such items as the fact
that postal receipts at the Med
ford post office were up 14 per
cent during the past four-week
period over the comparable per
iod last year; that carloadings
are only slightly down in the
Medford area, compared to a de
cline of about 8 per cent in Ore
gon generally; that steps are be
ing taken to make the area more
self-sufficient ' In agricultural
needs, and that the potential of
developing new industries is
getting better all the time.
Unemployment in Jackson
county as of July 31 was esti
mated at 800 persons by the lo
cal office of. the state employ
ment service. This compares to
about 450 at the same time last
year. But Manager John Patton
said the 800 this year is smaller
than the number of unem
ployed at the end of July in four
of the past 10 years. In 1949,
1950, 1953 and 1954, unemploy
ment totals were higher, he said.
Short Supply
Actually, Patton reported,
fruit harvest workers are in
short supply this year, and the
labor office has been unable to
fill ali the orders it has received
for help.
Population trends, which in
the next 15 years will make Cal
ifornia the most populous state
in the nation, will also guarantee
continued increase in population
in southern Oregon, he pointed
out. ,
Here are some high points
from the mayor's report:
Talent project More than $2
million in construction under
way; $6,125,000 available for use
this fiscal ar; in excess of $10
million due in the ensuing four
years. The importance of the
project, however, lies less in the
original outlay, than in its sta
bilization of the agricultural in
dustry by virtue of an adequate
water supply to the irrigation
districts, and water for some
2,800 acres of now u&rrigated
land.
This will perrt small -plot
acreages to enable workers in
seasonal industries to produce
part of their needs.
Irrigation District s save
$100,000 in rehabilitation work
scheduled.
U.S. 99 Freeway T h i s new
section of four-lane, limited ac
cess highway between Ashland
and the new highway north of
Central Point will cost nearly
$19 million, and will be con
structed probably in two years.
Hew Highway Route
Medford-Lake of the Woods
Klamath Falls highway Con
struction should begin in the
near future on development of
the present forest road into a
high-standard, all-weather, level
route highway, which will per
mit far faster and more economi
cal transportation between the
two major southern Oregon mar
kets, linking them even more
closely than at present. No con
struction cost estimates now
available. ,
Crater Lake Highway improve
ment One section due for con
striction at cost of some $550,
000; further developments to
follow.
Other road and highway con
struction, including $170,000
work on Old Stage rd.
Rogue Valley Manor Con
struction on $5Vi million retire
ment home in southeast Medford
tentatively scheduled for early
next year.
Rogue Valley Memorial hospi
tal New $2'2 million building
due for completion next spring.
Work at College
Southern Oregon college $2
million worth of new buildings
authorized, some now under con-struction.-
Shopping center About $1
million development, including
new Sears, Roebuck store.
Church construction At least
eight churches in the area plan
to put up new buildings at a cost
estimated in excess of $1 million.
Other major new buildings
are slated, including those by
the Eagles .lodge, Oregon-Nevada-California
truck line, Med
ford school 'system, 'and others,
including medical office build
ings and automobile company
sales and service buildings.
Utility development Califor
nia Oregon Power company now
at work on new Medford-Klam-ath
Falls transmission line at
estimated $865,000, mostly for
labor costs; Eagle Point power
plant and transmission line,
about $500,000; new Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany microwave relay system
linking Medford and Klamath
Falls, $1,300,000; other major
improvements slated in tele
phone company equipment; ex
pansion plans by California Pa
cific Utilities company, includ
ing the possibility of natural gas
to the Medford area if major
new pipeline extended south to
Bay area.
New Industry
Industrial development New
plywood plant planned at White
City, with company capitalized
a' $100,000; strong possibility of
other wood-utilization and elec
tronic firms locating here.
Crater Lake More than
$400,000 scheduled for "Mission
66" improvement and develop
ment this year; some work now
under way; total cost of physical
development over 10-year pe
riod, $5,721,200.
000.
Southeast Medford De
velopment of homes valued at
more than $1 million scheduled
for next two years.
City of Medford construction
Arterial streets, more than
$593,000 including state partici
pation; $144,500 for storm sew
ers; $270,000 for Grandview
Kenwood water system; $110,
000 fore Berrydale sewer sys
tem; $270,000 for other subdiv
ision improvements; $65,000 for
airport work; $240,000 for other
vater department construction;
grand total of more than $1,500,
000. In Klamath Area
Klamath Falls area work
Of less immediate impact, but
cX great importance to this area,
are projects in the Klamath
basin, including $12,500,000 for
Copco's Big Bend power plant
cn the Klamath river; the $12,
000.000 Johns-Manville hard
board plant now under construc
tin; $5,000,000 for Air . Force
housing at expanded air base,
plus $500,000 for base -improvement.
. ... . . . .
Miscellaneous data Mayor
Snider pointed out that the rate
of payment to the city for street
and sewer work shows fewer
delinquencies this year than
last; the federal government is
actively considering construc
tion of a new federal office
building . here; some lines of
business are definitely up, al
though many are slightly down
from last year, which itself was
a near-record year.
The mayor also said that dis
cussion with business . in the
county had brought out ad
ditional fact brealng on the econ
omy. He said these included:
That price fluctuations affect
profits more than they do pay
rolls, and that payrolls are basic
to the overall health of the
economy, and continue as long
as production is at a normal
level, as, is generally the case
here.
That local markets, tied di
rectly to the . population, are
the key to prosperity, and that
.during a period of population,
increase, small diversified in
dustries, both manufacturing and
service, are bound to enter the
area, followed by larger con
cerns. That as transportation facili
ties improve, Medford will con
tinue to grow as a center for
additional service industries and
small manufactories.
Lumber Prospects
That timber cutting is now
approximately at a sustained
yield level; that new uses of
lumber are developing and will
bring new job opportunities;
that a major outlet for wood
waste is planning to locate su
iciently near Jackson county
that it will provide an eco
nomical market or substantial
volumes of material.
That the tourist potential is
"almost unscratched," and that
facilities are needed at the right
locations to provide recreation
other than scenery.
That studies are well along
for maximum utilization of
water resources, and that plans
are being developed for flood
control, protection and expan
sion of the Rogue fishery, great
new additions to the irrigation
potential, more than doubling it.
but that unified support will be
necessary before such a plan
can be placed in effect.
The mayor concluded by
stating that these facts add up
to the inescapable conclusion
that the future is bright, despite
the present slump which has af
fected a portion of the local
economy.
Portland n State Rep.
Norman Howard, . Portland
Democrat, has announced that
he is a candidate for. speaker
of the 1959 Oregon house of
representatives.
52nd Year
Med
United Prew Pull Leased Wir-
26 Pages
Defected Russian
Agent Shapes Up
As Key Witness
Potential Witness
Named Co-Conspirator
New York IP) A fellow Rus-
sion espionage agent who defect
ed to the West shaped up today
as the key witness against So
viet intelligence Col. Rudolf
Ivanovich Abel, indicted Wed
nesday as the most important
Red spy ever seized in the Unit
ed States.
Ironically, the potential ' wit
ness, Reino Hayhanen, was nam
ed as a co-conspirator in the in
dictment against Abel who posed
in this country as a down-and-
out artist and photographer for
nine years while heading a So
viet spy ring. Hayhanen, who
spent six years in the United
States as a trained spy, was
flown here earlier this week
and testified Wednesday before
the Brooklyn grand jury that
indicted Abel on three counts of
espionage.
Abel, a mild-mannered, nondescript-appearing
man. of 55,
was pictured in the indictment
as the mastermind of a spy net
work, that transmitted Ameri
can defense secrets to Moscow
by radio and courier. Specifi
cally, Abel, a Russian national,
was charged with conspiring to
transmit to Russia documents,
maps, photographs and other in
formation "relating to the na
tional defense" of the United
States.
Could Be Executed
If convicted, he could be exe
cuted under the so-called Rosen
berg law, which sent Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg to the electric
chair in 1953 for spying for
Russia.
Neighbors were stunned at
Abel's .arrest on espionage
charges. They described him as
a quiet, meek, "seedy-looking,"
arty person.
Two Firemen Hired
By City Department
Leonard Dusenbury, 33, of
S14 Beatty st., and Elmqr Tomp
kins, 29, of 368 Stewart ave.,
have been employed as firemen
by the Medford Fire depart.
ment, Chief Gordon Barker an
nounced today.
Two additional firemen were
provided for in the new city
budget. This raises to 39 the
number of department person
nel, Barker said.
. Both men have had a "year's
experience as volunteer firemen
and will work with hoses and
ladders while on duty as full
time employees.
Dusenbury is married and has
one child. Mr. and Mrs. Tomp
kins have two children.
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EXAMINES PEARS Harold Holmes, manager of Rogue River
orchards, examines a box of Bartlett pears on Suncrest orchard.
The valley pear harvest,., started late last week, is 'now in full
swing with prospects for a pack-out, of 2,875,000 boxes, according
to industry sources. Standing with Holmes is Mrs. Joe Canton,
Medford, in charge of the crew."Between the two is Velois Grant,
Central Point, one of the pickers.
Jackson County Approved
For In-Residence Training
Jackson county is one of the
four Oregon counties approved
for a two-year in-residence train
ing program for physicians plan
ning to enter public health. -
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public
health physician, said today he
has received a letter from the
council on medical education
and hospitals of the American
Medical association of the coun
ty's selection for the field train
ing program.
To qualify, a trainee must
have had a year of post graduate
FORD
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Reunification of
Germany Vetoed
By Khrushchev
Declares War Would,
Devastate America
Berlin (1PI Soviet Com
munist party leader Nikita S.
policy speech today closed the
door on German reunification
and said war would bring atomic
devastation to the United States.
Khrushchev had , only warn
ings and reproaches for the
West in a two-hour speech to
the East German Parliament.
He boasted that the U.S. is
within range of "present" nu
clear rockets and cautioned the
London Disarmament Confer
ence to ' remember this before
rejecting Soviet proposals.
He compared West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to
Hitler. ,
He accused the West of block
ing disarmament and plotting to
convert all of Germany into an
aggressive NATO base.
He offered again to pull all
Soviet troops out of Eastern
Europe if the U.S. withdraws its
troops to America. But he said
the U.S. would not dare accept
this.
He flatly rejected "so-called
free elections" for German re
unification, and endorsed in
stead the East German plan call
ing for EastrWest German talks
and a loose confederation of the
two German states. .
This' plan has been rejected
by the West many times but
Khrushchev said it was the
"only solution."
His speech was considered the
harshest since the Kremlin
shakeup at the end of June.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia . 6 12 0
Pittsburgh 3 10 1
Simmons, Miller (9) and Lo
pata; Law, King (6), O'Brien
(7) and Foilei. .
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston ..' 16 1
Baltimore . 3 5 1
Fornieles, Delock (8) and
While. Daley (8): Odell, Zuve
rink (8), Lehman (8) and' Tri
andos. Washington 6 10 0 ,
New York 1 7 3
Kemmerer and Courtney;
Dilmar, Cicotte (4) and Berra,
Howard (7).
work in public health at one of
the recognized schools. The Uni
versity of California is the only
such school offering the course
on the west coast. Others are
University of Minnesota, Pitts
burgh University, Johns Hop
kins University, Harvard, Yale
and the .University of North
Carolina. ,
Trainees will work directly
under Dr. Merkel, he explained.
Other counties in Oregon ap
proved are Multnomah, Lane and
Clackamas.
Baseball
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957
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NEW WATER MILESTONE Medford Mayor
John Snider (shown above) assists in laying a
silver-colored water main which brought to
100 miles the total length of distribution
system mains of the city water department.
Shown at ceremonies Wednesday on Crater
Lake avef commemorating the milestone are
Three Appearances
Made in Circuit
Court Yesterday
Three persons appeared in cir
cuit court yesterday. One was re
sentenced to the penitentiary, an
other was arraigned and the case
against the third was continued.
Robert Merrill was resentenced
to 12 years and 125 days to the
penitentiary on charges of as-
Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly
gave Merrill credit for the 12
years he has already served plus
any time off for good behavior
to which he may be entitled. The
latter is decided by the warden.
Merrill was returned to Jack
son county for resentencing.
Originally Sentenced
Merrill was originally sen
tenced to 20 years in the peni
tentiary in 1945. The old statute
under which he was originally
sentenced has since proved to
be unconstitutional, the district
attorney's office said. Merrill
could legally only be sentenced
to a maximum term of 15 years
under the old statute, it. was
explained. --
Robert Gale Corbett, 18, Med
ford, was arraigned on charges
of grand larceny. O. H. Bengtson
was appointed his attorney. He
and a group of juveniles were
arrested in connection with tak
ing $176 from the safe in the
Medford Bowling lanes July 29.
Two of the youths, one 17 and
the other 16 years old, are sched
uled to appear in juvenile court
in the near future and are being
held in county jail. Two other
minors have been placed on pro
bation, released to their parents
and are under supervision of the
county juvenile officer. A fifth
youth has been, questioned, by
the juvenile officer and released.
Merchants to Stay
Open Monday Nights
: Downtown retail stores in
Medford will remain open until
9 p.m. Mondays beginning Aug.
12, following plans made by the
Retail Merchants association.
The night opening is expected
to be a year-round practice, an
association spokesman said.
Firms joining in the Monday
service, he said, will include
Montgomery Ward and com
pany, which, has remained open
Wednesday nights for the past
12 years, and Robinson Broth
ers, which has opened Wednes
day nights for the past four
years.
' J. J. Materie, Wards manager,
said his firm had decided to
make the change from Wednes
day to Monday night "in order
to cooperate with all other
merchants."
Bulletin
Hilo, Hawaii (W A Mili
tary Air Transport service
plans with 67 persons aboard
landed here safely today at'
1:26 p.m. (p-s-t.) after strug
gling more than 1.000 miles at
low altitudes with two of its
engines dead.
I4th Annual Round-Up
To Start Tomorrow
First show in the 14th annual
Rogue River Round-up will begin
at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the posse
grounds on Sage rd.
The round-up will last through
Saturday, sponsored by the Jack
son County Sheriff's Mounted
posse. The Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce Is in
charge of the program.
. Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Queen Glenda Forman and her
court will' Tide in "the round-up
parade in downtown Medford.
Princesses this year are Tessie
Fisher, Barbara Lickess, Jean
fistremado, and Shirley Oswald.
Final show will be held at
the posse grounds at 8 p.m. Sat
urday. ,
In Charge of Program
Captain Glen D. (Red) Martin
is in charge of the round-up,
"Buck" Lambert, Prineville, will
announce the shows, Gary Gust
affson will manage the grand
stand and ticket sales, and
Harry Firch will handle parking.
Stock has been . contracted
through Don Miller, French
Gulch. Miller contracts for only
Concern Expressed
Over Appointments
Red Cross officials' expressed
concern today over a lack of ap
pointments to donate blood at
the regular visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile in Medford
Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Only 20 persons had . tele
phoned headquarters since work
ers began taking appointments
Tuesday, they reported.
A total of 350 prospective
uonors are needed to fill the
Medford quota of 280 pints. The
Bloodmobile will be at the JSlks
temple from 1 to 6 p.m. next
Tuesday.
The much-needed appoint
ments may be made by calling
headquarters, SPring 3-3813. Do
nors need only to take a few min
utes from their afternoon ' to
make the contribution, officials
stressed.
Attendance Declines
At Crater Lake Park -
Attendance at Crater Lake Na
tional park during July showed
a 7.91 per cent decrease .from
the number of people visiting
the park in July last year, ac
cording to the national park of
fice here.
A total of 162,327 persons
visited the park last month, com
pared to 176,279 in July last
year, officials said. '
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
nisht. clearing early Friday,
becomlnr partly cloudy by
. mid-morninK. Low tonight SZ,
high tomorrow 82.
Temp.
1
S4
Richest Yeiterday
Lowest this Morning
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise S:11 "
Sunset 7:2 J p.m.
Moonrise p.m.
Moonset Friday 4:J2 ajn.
PROMINENT STARS
Arctnrus, in the west 9:42 p.m.
Antares, low in south
west I 10:5J p m.
Altalr, high in south 10:49 p.m.
Deneb. high overhead 11:40 p.m.
Tribune
(left to right) LeRoy McCartney and Thurl
Moore, city employees; Robert Lee, water de
partment superintendent; Mayor Snider; Paul
B. Rynning, chairman of the city water com
mission and Jackson county engineer (at
pipe); Robert Duff, city manager; and Harry
C. Skyrman, water commissioner
three or four shows a year, and
his stock, rounded up by air
plane,' is "plenty wild," accord
ing to Martin.
Total purse of $600 will be
ready for contest winners, plus
entry fees in the various events.
The program includes five major
events, a wild horse race, ' two
saddle Taces, kids' calf riding,
and two drills. Events are open,
and-anyone: may' ride Who has
entry fee.. . ' ,
Both the sheriff posse and
the Trail Riders organization will
present drills on horseback dur
ing the round-up. Trail Riders
will do a square dance on horses.
Ray Refer Named
Apple Group Head
Raymond Reter, prominent
Medford orchardist and fruit
packer, this week was elected
president . of the International
Apple association at its annual
convention in Cincinnati.
The organization is composed
of members from 42 states, Can
ada, South America, Europe,
Africa and the Far East. It fur
nishes promotion, representa
tion, and other services for all
fruits and many vegetables for
growers, shippers, wholesale and
retail distributors and allied in
dustries. '
Reter heads the Reter Fruit
company, is past president of the
Northwest Horticulture council,
a founder of the Oregon-Wash
ington-California Pear bureau
and a member of the Jackson
County Fruitgrowers league.
Washington (If) Four Fed
eral Reserve banks today took
a major step to head off infla
tionary tendencies in the econ
omy and raised the discount
rates they charge on loans to
commercial banks from 3 to 3V4
per cent.
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Inadequacy of
Service Charged
By State Shippers
Hearings Scheduled
At Roseburg, Eugene'
Salem Complaints charging
inadequacy of service provided
by the Southern Pacific Railroad
have been filed with the State
Public Utility Commissioner by
shippers in the Eugene and Rose-
burg areas, and a general investi
gation now in progress will lead
to public hearings in the two
cities next month. ,
Howard Morgan, PUC Com
missioner, announced today that
the Eugene hearings have been
scheduled in the Council Cham
bers of the City Hall on Sept.
9 and 10 at 10 a.m. The Rose
burg hearings will be. held in
the Douglas county court house,
room 216, . on 'Sept. 11 and 12 tit
10 a.m.
Two Main Charges
The complaints center about
two main charges which allege
that the railroad has reduced
its switching limits along the
line to the point that some ship
pers now are excluded from
service although previously their
properties had been within the
switching limits, and second,
that the railroad has ceased the
practice of cleaning freight car
equipment prior to delivery tj
certain shippers. ,
Both the Eugene and Rcseburg
areas' are located on the rail
road's Portland division lines
and are 'wholly within state
boundaries, thus giving Oregon
PUC complete jurisdiction in
ordering the ' general investiga
tion and the public hearings.
Approve Contract .
Gold Hill A contract be
tween the Ideal Cement com
pany and Local 136, United Ce
ment, Lime and Gypsum Work-
ers International union wi
signed this week.- It affect 100
to 115 employees at the comp
any's Gold Hill plant.
Local 136 held a special meet
ing in Gold Hill to approve the
contract.
The union local also voted on
a basic agreement which covers
13 of the 14 plants owned by
the Ideal Cement company. Re
sults of the Gold Hill vote wiil
be sent to the union's office in
Chicago where they will be
added to those of the other 13
plants. The remaining Ideal
plant is represented by a dif
ferent union.
The basic agreement includes
an employees pension plan in
addition to social security, wor
king hours, overtime pay and
seniority provisions.
Wage increases included in
the agreement average 16.48
cents per. hour at all the com
pany's plants. Gold Hill workers
will get about .7 of a cent per
hour more than the average,
officials reported.
. Salem RB New admini
strator of Oregon's outdoor ad
vertising law will be Harry L.
Baker, Salem.
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