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LIKE OLD DAYS Coarse yellow gold, that more than a cen
tury ago brought prospectors to Jacksonville, was discovered
this week in an area being excavated by county road equipment
in building a bridge across Jackson creek within the city limits
of the small town. The gold is in virgin blue clay in the stream
bed, not far from where the original strike was made in the
1850s. Although extraction of the gold cannot be done on a large
scale because of limited space, a half-dozen excited prospectors
panned out the ore in the bottom of the pit yesterday while
numerous townspeople look on. Ernest Dorn, above, whose
father was a pioneer gold miner in Jacksonville, holds a pan
containing about $7 worth of the yellow metal.
Porter Tells of Bid
By State Department
To Soft-Pedal Probe
San Francisco (IP) Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D.-Ore.) said
today the State department once
asked him to "soft pedal" his
investigation of the mysterious
Galindez case.
In a speech to the Common
wealth club of California, Por
ter reviewed the events that led
to the disappearances of Jesus de
Galindez, a Basque scholar and
avowed foe of Dominican Presi
dent Rafael Trujillo, and Ger
ald L. Murphy, an Oregon pilot.
Had To Consider Agreements
"When I began to pursue the
strange disappearance of my
constituent, a number of high
State department officials called
on me," Porter said. "At first,
they asked me to soft pedal the
case. I was told that inter-American
solidarity would suffer,
that our defensive agreements
with the Dominican Republic
had to be considered."
. Porter said -some of his col
leagues in Congress also reacted
in this manner.
"Now I underestimate neither
the importance of inter-American
solidary nor the dangers of
international Communism," he
continued. "But we will not
jeopardize the cause of freedom
by closing our eyes, in the name
of anti-Communism, to other
tyrannies which usurp the sov
ereignity of the people."
Galindez disappeared from
New York City March 12, 1956.
Porter said New York City po
lice investigated his disappear
ance, "knowing he had feared
for his life at the hands of Tru-
Police to Start
Talks in Schools Monday
On Monday, Sept. 16, 13 city
police officers will start a school
tour which will reach more than
3,000 children in the Medford
school system with safety talks.
Officers plan to talk in. each
grade school classroom in the
city and hold assemblies before
the four schools with junior high
students. The program will be
completed by Sept. 26.
The officers will spend about
20 minutes in each classroom.
In addition to the lecture, stu
dents will receive a pamphlet
on bicycle safety tips. The lec
ture will consist of four parts,
police friendship, bicycle safety,
associating with strangers, and
suggestions for pedestrians.
Police Friendship
On police friendship, how po
lice work for them and how
students can help will be dis
cussed. Several crimes in Med
ford during the past year have
been solved by use of tips from
alert students, police said.
Bicycle safety in all grades
will be stressed, according to
Capt. Clyde Fichtner. Laws per
taining to bicycles and how to
keep them in good condition
will be discussed. The need for
bicycle licenses will also be ex
plained by police.
Dangers of accepting rides
from strangers will be explain
ed -to students, and what to do
jillo's thugs." However, no
proof of complicity could be
found.
Accepted Job -
Shortly after, Porter said,
Murphy accepted a job from
Gen. Arturo Espaillat, Domini
can consul-general in New York
to fly an "invalid" from New
York to West Palm Beach. From
there he took off for the Domin
ican republic.
"A few days later he returned
to Miami, a good deal richer.
The following month he became
a copilot for the Dominican Air
lines. Later Gen. Espaillat de
nied knowing Murphy."
Murphy was last seen in the
Dominican Republic Dec. 3. The
next day his car was found
abandoned on a cliff overlook
ing the sea.
On Jan. 7, the Dominican gov
ernment announced that another
pilpt, Octavio de la Maza, had
hanged himself in his jail cell,
leaving a note in which he "con
fessed" killing Murphy, Porter
said.
Note Said Forgery
"On March 16, in a formal
note delivered to the Dominican
government, the State depart
ment stated that the suicide note
is a forgery, Porter said.
". . . How was Trujillo em
boldened to commit crimes upon
U.S. citizens and U.S. residents,
not only in his own territory,
but right in the United States?
How does he have the audacity
to submit to our government a
forged note as explanation of
an American citizen's death?"
Safety
if a ride is offered will be
expained.
Suggestions for pedestrians
will be stressed in the junior
high level. Need of obeying good
walking habits will be reviewed.
The schedule for school visits
are Sept. 16, Roosevelt; Sept. 18,
Lincoln and Jackson; Sept. 20,
Washington and Jefferson; Sept.
24, Oak Grove and West Siac;
Sept. 26, Howard and St. Mary s
where grades 1-6 will be visited.
Special Assemblies
Special assemblies will be
held at McLoughlin and Hedrick
Junior highs while students of
junior high grades at Howard
and St. Mary's schools also wi'l
attend special assemblies.
Police officers taking part in
the talks will do so on their
days off. Officers Gene Dupay,
Frank Elsom, Duane Franklin,
Ronald Clawson, William Hal!,
Garnet Staltenburg, Elvin Ren
fro, Charles Chisum.- Berle Ste
phens, Keith Vanllorn, Tom
Furnace, Bruce Long and Al
fred Apparcel will participate
in the program.
'A special meeting of all visit
ing officers, school officials and
police officials was held in the
council chambers recently to out
line the series and work out a
system of visits which would
be agreeable to both police and
schools.
Faubus Takes Off
For Session With
Ike on Saiurda,
No Legal Advisers
For Governor at Talk
Newport, R.I. (W Arkansas
Gov. Orval E. Faubus took off
from Little Rock today for a
dramatic meeting here Saturday
with President Eisenhower on
the school integration impasse
in Little Rock.
Faubus, who has defied a fed
eral court order to admit Ne
groes to Central High school in
Little Rock, was accompanied
by two consultants.
Route Not Disclosed
No information was released
as to the route of the six-place
Aero-Commarfdcr plane carry
ing the gubernatorial party or
the estimated time of arrival at
the summer White House.
But Faubus told reporters he
understood he and his compan
ions would spend the night "in
the Newport area."
The conference is scheduled
for 9 a.m. (e.d.t.) Saturday.
Faubus said he would have no
legal advisers with him at the
talks with Eisenhower.
"The only time I need legal
advice is in court, not In a con
ference," the governor said.
Helicopter Flight
The meeting between Eisen
hower and the Arkansas gover
nor was arranged by Rep.
Brooks Hays (D.-Ark.) an old
friend of the President. But
there was no immediate indica
tion Hays would be present at
the conference.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said it was
likely Faubus and his party
would spend the night in Provi
dence, R.I. He said they would
be picked up by helicopter Sat
urday near Providence and
flown here for the meeting.
Automobile Possible
In case bad weather inter
fered with this arrangement,
Hagerty said, the group will be
brought here by automobile.
Hagerty said Attorney Gen
eral Herbert Brownell Jr. and
Presidential Assistant Sherman
Adams will arrive here Satur
day, half an hour before the
president's meeting with Fau
bus. Trucking Company
Plans New Terminal
Building in City
Oregon-Nevada-California Fast
Freight Inc. will break ground
on a new Medford terminal on
Biddle rd. Tuesday, according
to Michele Rossi, manager of the
local operation.
..Construction of the 120 by 50
foot building will be done by
Cummings Construction com
pany, Grants Pass. The struc
ture will be oh a five-acre lot
north of the California Oregon
Power company substation on
Biddle rd., and about one half
mile north of the planned shop
ping center at the corner of
Jackson st. and Biddle rd.
Rossi said' the new Medford
terminal is one of six being
built by the company, with oth
ers to be constructed in Rose
burg, Coquille ?nd Coos Bay;
Redding, Calif., and Reno, Nev.
Operation Shifted
. The freight company's opera
tions here will be shifted to the
Biddle rd. terminal upon com
pletion of the building. The pres
ent terminal is at 433 South
Riverside ave.
The terminal will include fa
cilities for loading and unload
ing about 20 hauling units. at the
same time, whereas 12 can be
loaded and unloaded simultane
ously in the present terminal,
Rossi said.
Oregon- California- Nevada
keeps from 15 to 20 line-haul
freight units, tractors and trail
ers at Medford, in addition to
nine pickup trucks. Rossi said
conditions at the present termi
nal are crowded. The new build
ing will allow more room for
present operations and have
space for future additions.
The Grants Pass contractor
could not be reached for esti
mates of cost or completion
date.
Weather
FORECAST: Afternoon and eve
nine thunderstorms over the
mountains, with slisht chance
of showers in the valley.
Otherwise fair throuch Sat
urday. Low tonight 50, high
tomorrow 90.
Hichest Yrstrrday 91
Lowest this Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 5:49 a.m.
Sunset 6:25 p.m.
Moonrise 8:34 p.m.
Last Quarter ..." Monday night
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 7:27 p.m.
Prominent in the evening sky
until late in January, it will
reach its greatest brilliance in
December.
Saturn, low in southwest
it S:16 p.m.
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Giflmo Smith Speaks
At Ceremonies for
Ued Cross ISuilding
Probably the greatest good
of the American Red Cross has
been making itself a vehicle for
use of volunteer personnel,"
members of the Jackson counly
Red Cross chapter were told
yesterday at dedication cere
monies for the new chapter
house at 60 Hawthorne st.
Ex-Governor Elmo Smith, now
editor and publisher of the Al
bany Democrat-Herald, offered
the compliment in his address
at the luncheon ceremony held
in the new building's auditorium.
About 200 persons attended.
Smith outlined the history and
projected the future of the or
ganization. He said Red Cross
can provide a valuable program
in the "hazards of future living."
"Through the Red Cross, we
have learned to bulwark our
selves against disaster," Smith
stated. He selected the current
blood bank program as the
"most severe challenge" ever
faced by the organization.
Eugene Thorndikcr, outgoing
chapter chairman, presided at
Juvenile Arrested
After High-Speed
Chase in County
Medford police arrested a 15-year-old
boy last night for car
theft after he led six city patrol
cars on a chase in which speeds
sometimes reached more than
110 miles an hour. He was re
leased to his parents, police said.
The' juvenile was arrested at
the Butte Falls intersection on
Highway 62 where two police
cars formed a roadblock. Police
said they had to fire several
warning shots at the stolen car's
tires to force it to a complete
stop.
jhe youngster (who, at 15,
had no driver's license) was
brought into juvenile court this
morning. He had been on proba
tion for an earlier car theft
since Aug. 28, under customary
conditions, including an 8 p.m.
curfew.
After the hearing. Circuit
Judge Edward Kelly committed
him to McLaren School for Boys
at Woodburn.
The 1957 car was reported
stolen to police by Floyd Les
lie Somers, 36 Glen Oak court,
from 241 North Pacific highway
at 11 p.m. Somers told police the
car had been taken between 6
and 11 p.m.
While still on the scene
of the theft, police report
ed seeing the car heading north
on Biddle rd. at a high speed.
The car failed to obey police
sirens and increased speed until
police reported they could no
longer see the car's tail-lights
while traveling about 110 miles
an hour on Highway 62. The
juvenile later admitted going
more than 120 miles per hour,
police said.
The car was observed again a
few minutes later heading to
ward Shady Cove. At it neared
the Butte Falls intersection, the
roadblock was set up.
Upon questioning the juvenile
admitted he had taken the car
atfer seeing the keys in the igni
tion and the door 'unlocked,
polices aid.
Police lost the services of
two cars in the chase when an
oil line in one broke while en
route to the Biddle rd. area and
another had a flat tire after fall
ing behind the car during the
chase. Police said the safety
designed tire saved the lives of
two officers by releasing air
slowly.
Aurora Borealls Gives
Spectacular Display
One of the most spectacular
displays of aurora borealis, or
northern lights, seen in this
area for many years was ob
served by many residents last
night.
Much of the night the north
ern portion of the sky was
filled wilh pinkish radiance,
often- shot through with
streaks of white light, "like
searchlights," one observed re
ported. Cause of the aerial lights,
seldom seen in latitudes this
far south, has not been defi
nately determined, but one
theory is that it is caused by
magnetic emanations from the
sun reacting with the upper
atmosphere of the earth over
the poles.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1957
the luncheon, which served also
as the 40th annual chapter meet
ing. Following the luncheon,
Manville Heisel was announced
by the nominating committee as
chairman for 1957-58.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V.
Carpenter, who donated the
building to American Red Cross
for administration by the local
chapter, were honored. A certifi
cate commending the work of
Mrs. Carpenter, who has been
active in Red Cross work for
several years, was presented
from the national Red Cross
chairman.
Carpenter said "there will be
something for the Red Cross to
do in the next 50 years . . .
that's why this building is here."
At the end 'of the meeting,
certificates and awards were
given local workers, and the
nominating committee announc
ed the slate of officers and board
members for the coming year.
The slate was unanimously ac
cepted. Participating in the program
were the Rev. George R. V.
Bolster, of St. Mark's Episcopal
church,, and Bishop Benjamin
Dagwell, Portland.
Includes Offices
The pumice block and stained
wood chapter house contains
5,200 square feet of floor space.
It includes administrative of
fices, conference room, kitchen,
laundry, auditorium and disaster
warehouse.
All non - profit community
service organizations may use
the building.
Nominated and accepted as
officers for the coming year
were. Manville Heisel, chairman;
Dr.' Elmo Stevenson, first vice
chairman; Todd Tibbutt, sec
ond vice chairman; Kenneth Mc
Donald, third vice chairman;
Mrs. W. E. Thomas, secretary;
and Elwood Hedberg, treasurer.
The nominations included in
cumbent board members reelect
ed for the term 1957 to 1960:
Rodney Keating, Miss Helen
Bullis, Mrs. Martin Luther, Mrs.
W. C. Zieser, Dr. Malcolm By
ers, Col. Charles . Stafford, and
Mrs. R. E. Carley. Board mem
bers newly elected for the same
term included Dr. William M.
Sammons, Col. William H. Bart
lett, Mrs. MacLeod Maurice,
Berwick L. Wood, Robert G.
Balk, Mrs. David. Lowry and
Carl Nelson.
Convention Called
Of Board Members
A convention of all school
board members in Jackson coun
ty will be held Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.
in the courthouse auditorium
here to select a nine-member
committee to work toward reor
ganization of school districts,
County School Superintendent
Alf B. Mekvold has announced.
All members of school boards
in the county may attend the
convention and any legal voter
is eligible to serve on the com
mittee. The purpose of the county
committee is to plan reorganiza
tion of school districts, where
necessary, into more efficient
administrative utiits to provide
better educational program for
schools concerned.
In addition to nine committee
members, five alternates will be
selected to fill any vacancies
which may occur on the com
mittee. An explanation of the
school reorganization act and a
discussion period also are
planned, Mekvold said.
The reorganization bill be
came effective Aug. 20, 90 days
after the close of the 1957 legis
lature. Attempts to have the
measure referred to a vote of the
people failed because the re
quired number of signatures for
a referendum were not certified
before the deadline.
baseball
AMERICAL LEAGUE
Chicago 1 8 3
New York 7 13 0
Pierce. Staley (3), Latman
(6) and Lobar; Ford, Grim (7)
and Howard.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4 10 0
Chicago 1 8 0
Friend and Foiles; Elston,
Lown (8) and Silvera, Fanning
(8).
United
'Out, Damned
Pear Harvest About
75 Per Cent Complete,
Spokesmen Indicate
Pear industry spokesmen said
today the harvest in the Rogue
valley is about 75 per cent com
pleted. Harvest end is expected
by the week of Sept. 23.
Earlier harvest finish this
year is due to an earlier season
with favorable picking weather,
with no time lost to rain, and a
siightly smaller crop. Better siz
ing of the fruit also helped with
resultant speeding up of the han
dling problem.
The Bartlett harvest has been
completed and the last of the
D'Anjou crop was picked by
mid-week. Cornice and Bosc va
rities are being picked now.
Total production this year will
be considerably lower than last
year's bumper harvest and
slightty under the pre-harvest
estimates of three million boxes,
spokesmen said. The total, how
ever, is anticipated to be close
to a normal year's production.
Final packout totals will not
be available until after harvest.
General quality and condition
of the. fruit is considered good.
Current fresh Bartlett market is
firm spokesmen said. The fruit
is moving to market at a good
rate and prices in general are
considered satisfactory. Also,
wide distribution for Rogue Val
ley pears is being maintained
and orders are being taken from
all parts of the country.
Export demand also looks fa
vorable for the winter pear
crop, it was reported. Shipments
are planned for Sweden, Hol
land and Germany.
"The estimated $15,000,000
Welding of Syrian and Egyptian
Forces Gives Israelis Jitters
A tighter welding of the Syr-
ian and Egyptian armies gave
Israel a new case of the jitters
today.
Two days of talks between
Syrian and Egyptian military
leaders in Cairo resulted Thurs
day night in binding their two
armies even closer under a joint
Command controlled by Egypt.
'One Army, One Command'
The leftist commander of the
Syrian army, Gen. Afif Bizri,
said before returning to Damas
cus that his army and that of
Egypt were "one army, with
one command and one strategy."
Israeli sources in Jerusalem
said there was no doubt in their
minds what that strategy is to
wipe Israel off the map.
But authoritative western
sources said the pro-western
Arab nations of Lebanon and
Jordan, both neighbors of Syria,
were considerably concerned
that Egypt's military support of
Syria might be aimed at them
too.
Reports from Beirut said 12
persons were killed on the Syrian-Lebanese
border Thursday
in a clash between armed Syrian
civilians and Lebanese gen
darmes. King Hussein arrived home
from his vacation in Spain late
Thursday to confer with govern
ment officials in Amman who
have shown mounting concern
over the Communist threat from
Syria.
Even before his arrival, of
ficials had tightened security
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pear crop provides a real boost
to the local economy which has
been recovering from the effects
of a soft lumber market," pear
industry spokesmen remarked.
Employment figures indicate
more than 4,500 have been em
ployed by the local fruit indus
try during harvest season.
Ashland Boy Injured
When Hit by Car
Ashland Clarence Pretty
man, 12, of 571 Bulter Creek
rd., Ashland, suffered a frac
tured ankle Thursday afternoon
when he was struck by a car
as he ran from behind a parked
school bus, according to Ashland
city police.
The accident occured on East
Main st. in Ashland behind the
Junior high school building. The
car was driven by Robert Lee
Jones, 16, of 2249 Buckhorn
Springs rd., Ashland.
Officers To Be Named
At 4-H Council Meeting
Annual election of officers for
the Jackson county 4-H council
will be held starting at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, in Bigham hall at
the county fairgrounds.
Officers listed by the nomin
ating committee include Carolyn
Tiegs, Talent,' president; Phillip
Krouse, Applegate, vice presi
dent; Virginia Martin, Phoenix,
secretary; Jo Anna Malloroy,
Antelope, reporter.
measures both internally and
along the borders with Syria
and Israel.
Occupation Charged
In Damascus, a Syrian mili
tary spokesman . charged that
Israeli troops occupied the vil
lage of Altawafik in the de
militarized frontier zone be
tween Israel and Syria Thursday.
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SIXTH M-T CONTEST WINNER Eugene K. Peterson, 523
Fairmont street, Medford, is shown above getting his frte one
year's subscription to the Mail Tribune from carrier Larry Jones
after winning the sixth Bargain Days' picture contest.- Peterson
is district forester of the bureau of land management and has
lived in Medford since 1938, when he first subscribed to the
Mail Tribune. He has taken the paper ever since, even though
he was gone three years to serve with the BLM in Roseburg
and Washington, D.C. Peterson does a lot of traveling in this
area and knows the country well. His wife knows a good many
people in the area, and between the two of them they were able
to solve the picture contest, Peterson said. Mail Tribune Bar
gain Days will continue through Monday, Sept. 16.
Effort To Weaken
Resolution Seen
Certainly Doomed
Replacing 'Condemns'
With 'Deplores' Asked
United Nations, N. Y. (ID
India declared itself today flatly
against any condemnation of
Russia and the Hungarian re
gime for the brutal suppression
of last year's freedom revolt in
Hungary.
Despite the position taken by
India, a recognized leader of the
Asian "neutralist" group, efforts
to weaken a 37-power resolution
condemning the Soviet action
appeared certainly doomed.
Burma Resolution Rejected
The United States, with the
unanimous support of the other
36 sponsors, rejected a resolu
tion by Burma to replace the
word "condemns" with "de
plores" in the resolution.
Observers foresaw a crushing
defeat for this move and an over
whelming approval of the reso
lution as submitted when it
comes to a vote tonight or Satur
day. Ambassador Arthur S. Lall
told the General Assembly's spe
cial session India's attitude "does
not mean that we, in any sense,
approve of what has taken place
in Hungary," he added:
"We feel we must, both in the
interests of Hungary itself and
in the larger interests involved,
turn away from the course of
condemnation. . ."
Supports 'Pull-Back'
Lall expressedIndia's support
for the proposal of Irish Foreign
Minister Frank Aiken that both
Soviet and North Atlantic Treaty
Organization forces be pulled
back 60 miles or so from the Iron
Curtain frontiers as a first step
toward liberating the satellite
countries.
Travel af Craler
Lake Shows Decline
Travel to Crater Lake Nation
al park during the summer tour
ist season this year was slightly
below the numbers of visitors
in 1956. 1955 and . 1954,. the
park office here reported this
week.
During 1957 through Aug. 31,
the park office said 81,472 auto
mobiles carrying 278,876 people
had visited the park.
Both '56 and '55 seasons had
larger volumes, of both cars
and people, and 1954 saw fewer
cars but more people. The totals
given were, for 1956, 81,879 cars
and 288,786 people; for 1955,
81,725 cars and 290,556 people,
and for 1954, 81,359 cars and
296,988 people.
Temporary Farm Labor
Office Closes Today
Oregon State Employment
Service temporary farm labor
information office, 1665 South
Pacific highway, will close for
Lthe year at 3 p.m. today.
W A 1 W 1 A
aii agriculture employment
information will be handled
through the main Medford office,
119 North Oakdale ave., the re
mainder of the year.
The highway office was open
six weeks, beginning Aug. 5.
In Washington, U.S. officials
said today the U.S. is not willing
now to give Israel new iron
clad guarantees against Arab ag
gression. They said all Middle Eastern
nations and Russia already un
derstand what action the U.S.
would take under the Eisen
hower doctrine and previous
U.S. policy statements.