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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1957)
F LymSier A number of small lumber' operations in Jackson county j have been forced to shut down j because of the high cost of stum- j page and the low price of lum-l ber, according to information ga-j thered by a telephone survey of i mills in this area. ! The larger lumber companies, and other firms with their own j stands of timber or those with j comparatively lower-priced raw material sources, are still oper ating. Industry spokesmen generally expressed the belief the lumber market is in its worst stage in two years. They blamed the "tight money situation" as an indirect cause. Recent rainy wea ther which hampers woods oper ations was given as a direct cause. High price of stumpage and low lumber prices was giv en as another cause. Situation May Improve Lumber men seemed to feci nnerally that the situation will Syria Demands UN Action Against Turkish Troops United Nations, N.Y. W $ yria today demanded urgent ac tion by the United Nations Gen eral Assembly against Turkish troop concentrations which it said presaged "imminent at tack." A Syrian note to Assembly President Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand said the situation on the Syrian-Turkish border had become "itolerably danger ous." 'Military Threat' "At present," it said, "there exists an actual military threat to Syria, resulting from the heavy, unprecedented and un warranted concentration of Tur kish troops, up to several divis ions, in close proximity to the Syrian-Turkish border. "They are now massed main ly in a small sector and have taken a disposition which pres ages imminent attack. The Tur kish troops have apparently been given a slogan, 'To Aleppo!' which they now publicly re peat." Aleppo is a Syrian city a few miles south of the Syrian-Turkish border. i The Turkish delegation had no immediate comment, pending re ceipt of the official Syrian com-' plaint which was submitted to to the U.N. this morning. Khrushchev Warning The Syrian charge followed close on the heels of a warning from Soviet boss Nikita S. Khru shchev that, "A barely disguised threat of war and a threat of aggression, which may have the most dangerous consequences to all international life" exists in the Middle East. It came only one day after Lebanese Foreign Minister Charles Malik declared that while his country would adhere to the Eisenhower Doctrine which gave it American aid, it "certainly will rise to the sup port of Syria in case Syria is attacked." Flu-Like Infections Are Above Normal Number of flu-like infections is above the seasonal average for the last year or two but not in an alarming state according to Dr. A- Erin Merkel. Jackson county public health officer. 'The increase is spotty throughout the county. There doesn't seem to be much increase in Medford. but it varies mrom area to area outside Medford," Dr. Merkel said. Medford school authorities re ported absences are about 12 per cent which is about normal. Ashland school authorities re port that the number of ab sences due to colds and flu is higher than normal, but not as bad as last week. Then the daily number average 300. The high school had the largest num ber absent. Dave Beck Not To Quit As Teamster President Washington IP Dave Beck anounced today that because of court proceedings here he will not resign as Teamsters Union president in favor of president elect James R. Hoffa. Beck, whose term runs to Dec. 1, had planned to resign imme diately from the S30,000-a-year job to let Hoffa take over. I Wealher FOURfAST: Fair Ihronih Thurr-dav Shallow fnj again Thursday morning. Low to nuhi 35. High Thursday 63-68. Temp. HirhP-.t Yesterday 66 Lowest this Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset Moonrise 6:25 a.m. 5:29 p.m. .11:55 p.m. New Moon Oct. 22 Mars and Jupiter, like Venus, are m'jvinr, eastward on their orbits around the sun. Both are too near the Sun to be seen to day as Mars passes to the east of Jupiter. industry improve slightly by next year and be back to normal by 1960. They seemed to feel, also, that the loosening of purchase terms on housing helped a little but came too late. One man said the banks just do not have the money to loan. Elk Lumber company, one of the larger mills in the area, re ported the night shift in its stud mill was laid off the middle of September and the day shift the first of October. This affected approximately 80 men in the two shifts. The pine sawmill and planing mill still are run ning two shifts each. Other than a seasonal lay-off of approxi mately 40 men working in the yard, no further lay-offs are an ticipated, a spokesman said. Triple Milling, Inc., is report ed shut down with 28 men laid off. Manager E. E. Konopasek commefited the immediate fu ture ''looks like sour grapes." Since it "can't be any worse," he expects it to pick up by 1960 Medford Officials To Participaie in League Convention Six Medford men will partici pate in panel discussions or speak at the 32nd annual con vention of the League of Oregon Cities at the Multnomah hotel in Portland starting Sunday, Oct. 20. Richard B. Hogan, recently ap pointed purchasing agent for Medford, will lead a discussion on Medford's purchasing proce dure at a 1Q a.m. Monday session at the Oregon finance officers section. At the general session Tues day morning, Eric Allen Jr., managing editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, will speak at a policy formulation and public relations section. General ses sions will start at 9:30 a.m. Snider lo Speak Medford Mayor John Snider will discuss the city council's position on the management team at a session on administra tive relationships Tuesday morn ing. Roy Bashaw, Medford city at torney, will be one of four panel ists discussing prevention of ac cidents, and personal property loss at the park and recreation section at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22. City Manager Robert A. Duff will be one of eight panelists who will discuss annexation pro cedures and policies at the gen eral session starting at 2 p.m. Tuesday A discussion on street main tenance and minor betterment in semi-developed areaj will be led by Vernon Thorpe, public works director for Medford. The dis cussion is scheduled at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the public works sec tion A the convention. Several councilmen and Fire Chief Gordon Barker and Police Chief Charles Champlin may also attend. Sputnik Should Be Visible Thursday Portland (IP Thursday may be the last day that the Soviet satellite Sputnik or its rocket will be visible over Oregon. Provided skies are clear, the satellite should appear moving through the lower part of the hemisphere about 5:16 a.m., ac cording to calculations of the Gout School Moonwatchers here, the only moonwatch group in Oregon. The group said the satellite should appear about 20 degrees south of the orbit it took when it passed over the state today. It will appear in the sky not far above the horizon,' coming from just south of west and will disappear almost due south, de scribing a slight arc. Japanese Interests Get Logging Contract Seattle 'W The U.S. For est Service Tuesday granted a contract to a Japanese combine for the logging of 5k billion feet of timber on Baranof and Chicasof islands in southeastern Alaska. The timber, mostly hemlock, will be harvested for pulp pur poses. The logs will be harvested by the Alaska Lumber and Pulp Co. over the next 50 years. Alas ka Lumber and Pulp is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alaska Pulp Co., which is financed by Japanese interests to the extent of S26 2 million and by Ameri can interests to the extent of $19 million. when the market should return to normal standards. Beagle sawmill has been clos ed for three weeks with about 10 men laid off. Bill Beagle, manager-owner, said this is the first time the mill has run con tinuously for 18 months. It will probably be down until next spring, he said. Reason for the shut down is that no logs can be obtained now. Bellview molding mill a remanufacturing plant is run ning and stays open the year around. Three men are employ ed in making such lumber pro ducts as mouldings for houses. The White City division of the W. H. Daugherty company is open year around converting green lumber into finished lum ber. Approximately 100 men are employed the year around. Cheney Forest Products com pany lumber mill is down for re modeling and due to the "tough market." A company spokesman said he did not know how long 'This Happened Without Thousandson Hand To Greet British Queen Jamestown, Va. (IP) Queen Elizabeth II for the first time as ruler of Britain set foot to day on United States soil. Thou sands were on hand to acclaim her. She told her welcomers, "I know that we are going to have a wonderful time." The 31-year-old monarch step ped from her Royal Canadian Air Force transport at nearby Patrick Henry airport after a 500-mile flight from Ottawa. After the welcoming ceremon ies the radiant Queen, with her handsome consort Prince Phil lip, was off on a whirlwind tour of the historic Virginia tidewat er area where her nation's first permanent colony in the new world was born, grew, and later stirred toward revolt and inde pendence. The Queen was treated to beautiful blue October weather for her day in Virginia. The 500 Paratroopers Leave Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. HP The Army flew half of its 1,000 para trooper integration task force out of Little Rock today and an nounced plans to relieve the other half Thursday or Friday. A spokesman for Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker said the remain ing 500 men of the 101st Air borne Division will be flown back to Fort Campbell, Ky., their regular station, and be re placed by 500 men from the 502nd Airborne Division. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker ordered half of the 101st Airborne Division back to their regular base because of the peace and order now prevailing. Astoria Nurse Charged In Baby Abandonment Astoria OP Police here ar rested Mary Ruth Hofmann. 24. Tuesday morning. They said the contributing to the dependency of a minor. Officers said she was the mother of the infant girl found abandoned in a back pew of St. Mary's Catholic church here day morning. They said the woman, a nurse at St. Mary's hospital, gave birth to the child unattended at 1 a.m. Tuesday. Salem OP Fall term for the Oregon Supreme Court will start at Pendleton, Oct. 28. this will be. The stud mill nor mally employs about 35 men. Six men are working on ship ping orders. May Curtail Operations Donna Timber Inc. will con tinue to operate depending on the weather. Manager Virgil House said the company might have to curtail its operations fur ther later in the winter. The company depends on other mills for its source of supply. It is em ploying 25 men now. A full shift normally employs 40 men. Hunter and Best Saw Mill Inc. has been shut down since May 13. "The lumber business is so bad we couldn't buy logs for what they were asking, put 'em through the mill and make any money," a spokesman said. The mill usually employs from 25 to 30 men, he said. Kogap Lumber Industries is running the year around manu facturing lumber and producing veneer. Right now the plant is in the process of installing pulp- Any Violence temperature was in the 70s. The countryside was dressed in au tumn gold and red. Thursday, Elizabeth and Phil ip go to Washington for four crowded days as the guests of President and Mrs. Eisenhower before leaving for New York on Monday. Here she saw a region rich in history. She was, however, tactfully spared a visit to an equally historic site at nearby Yorktown, Va., where British forces under Lord Cornwallis fi nally surrendered to American revolutionary forces. Man Sentenced in Circuit Court Today Wilbur Dale Phipps, Crater Hotel, Medford, was sentenced in circuit court this morning to a term not to exceed two years in the Oregon state penitentiary. Phipps was arrested Sept. 26 at Klamath Falls. He was charged with issuing a S41 check to a local merchant, sheriff's officers said. Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly this morning also appoint ed an attorney for Frank Lester Jantzer, 42, Prospect. Jantzer is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. I Judge Kelly also ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Daniel Vernon Ferrier, 31, Dow agaic, Mich., who is charged with contributing to the delinqu ency of a minor. Washington (IP) The Agri culture department has estimat ed the number of calves being fattened for slaughter in 13 ma jor feeding states on Oct. 1 at 3,222,000 head, down 11 per cent from a year ago. 'Sputnik7 Said Of Providing Moscow 'IP The Soviet press admitted for the first time last night that the Russian earth satellite can provide military in formation of "immense impor tance" for guided missiles. Science writer V. Petrov said in an article in the newspaper Leningrad Pravda that Sputnik was capable of determining the density of the atmosphere at various heights. "This question is of immense importance for the 'development Market chipping equipment and a log barker. This is a further step toward full utilization of raw material, a spokesman said. It will not employ more men. The company operates a sawmill for large logs and pine and veneer plant for large high grade Doug las fir, plus a log-gang mill for smaller logs. The plant employs about 150 men not including con tract loggers. The mill is temporarily closed down due to the deer season and the wet weather. Touch and Go Loveness Lumber company is still running but ' on "a touch and go proposition," a spokesman said. The company normally em ploys about 40 men in making moulding and other lumber products. Lumber Mills Corporation has been down for some months be cause of lack of logs, high cost of logs and the low market prices. The closure is indefinite Manager John Cotton said. f AO iss 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1957 No. 151 Ike Considering Recommendations From Scientists Washington OP) President Eisenhower is considering rec ommendations from top U.S. sci entists for stepping up missile development in the race with Russia into space. The highly secret scientific ap praisal coincided with an abrupt warning from top administra tion spokesmen that more money may have to be poured into the nation's military effort, cooling off hopes for a tax cut. To Nzet Brundage Eisenhower scheduled a talk today with Budget Director Per cival Brundage. The conference was considered a possible fur ther step in the continuing mas sive re-appraisal of the missile program in the light of Russia's sending a satellite into orbit around the earth. There was no indication what the scientists' recommendations contained or if they would signal a shift into higer gear for the missle program being sought by congressmen who claim Russia has taken a significant lead over this country in the field. Construction of Storm Sewer Starts Construction started this morning on the Eight st.-Tenth st. storm sewer by Coast Con struction company of Eugene, ac cording to Vernon Thorpe, Med ford public works director. Total cost of the project will be S75,148, Thorpe said, with S27,354 for pipe costs. Contract bid was $47,794.75. Pipe will be laid first near where Tenth st. would intersect Bear creek, and continue to Laurel st. and extend west on Eight st. to the alley between Lincoln and Hamilton sts., Thorpe reported. Completion date for the pro ject is Jan. 21, 1958. The com pany started clearing trees the earlier part of this week. The project is part of the 5380,000 storm sewer -program approved by the Medford voters Nov. 6. Dogs Declared Launched In Rocket by Russians Moscow (IP) The official Soviet newspaper Red Fleet to day announced the successful launching of dogs in a rocket to a height of 142 miles. The dogs, who were sealed in globes along with instruments and cameras to record their re actions, were reported to have been in good physical condition, after parachuting to earth. Capable Military Data of modern jet-propelled guided missiles as well as for the con quest of the cosmos in general," he said. He also indicated Sputnik was capable of reporting weather conditions of various countries. Presumably, this also could serve military purposes. Moscow Radio reported in a broadcast heard in London that the satellite had completed 160 circuits of the earth and traveled 4:,4u0,000 miles. Is Worst McGrew Brothers Sawmill, Inc., is running and isn't both ered by the rains since the com pany's logging operations are aided by a rock road into the Prospect area operation. Lithia Lumber company is op erating one shift, employing 180 men in logging, planing mill, kiln and shop force, according to Manager Paul K. Folks. The company is still decking and ex pects to continue its logging op erations through to the end of November. Folks added that the mill operation was down tempo rarily from Sept. 27 to this week. Mistletoe company's saw-mill has been down for four months, a spokesman said. Approximate ly 15 men are laid off. The planing mill is still running full capacity employing from 28 to 30 men. The spokesman said he doesn't anticipate any shut downs. Oregon Shut Down Oregon Lumber company is shut down. A spokesman said the Dulles Declares US W ould Fight Russia Turkey Aftac Washington (IP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today the United States must be on guard against a possible at tack on Turkey by Syria and the Soviet Union. But he said he does not "think an outbreak of war in the Middle East is like ly. Dulles implied that the United States would take the offensive against Russia if it attaoks Tur key. He ruled out any defensive reaction by the United States which would leave Russia what he called privileged sanctuary. Dulles told his news confer ence that despite recent Soviet scientific achievements, the Ashland Voman Asks $10,060 in Damages Helen Schram 812 Blaine st., Ashland, is asking $10,060.50 in damages from the Big Y Super market as the result of an ac cident in the store Jan 8, accord ing to a complaint on file in the Jackson county circuit court. Mrs. Schram, in her com plaint, alleges that she slipped on the "highly waxed floor" and fell on her back resulting in serious injuries. She alleges further that the store management was negli gent in maintaining" ' a highly waxed floor" without warning the customers, and that the "dangerous condition" was not removed. Mrs. Schram is represented by Attorney Alan B. Holmes of Medford. Power.Planf Strike Paralyzes France Paris (IP) Communist-led workers in gas and electricity plants staged a nationwide 24 hour protest strike today to press demands for higher wages. The walkouts practically paral yzed Paris. It stalled the nation's econom ic and public life in the midst of France's biggest political cris is since the end of World War II. Normal activity stalled throughout the country, and it was just a foretaste of more trouble to come. Resignation of USIA Head Brings No Comment Washington (IP) The White House declined today to com ment "at this time" on a report tat Arthur Larson will resign as head of the United States Infor mation Agency. Normally when the White House uses the phrase "at this time" in such a context it means that something is in the works, that the story is true but the White House is not ready to an nounce it. Valencia, Spain HP U. S. Navy helicopters have delivered 2,500 food packages to flood stricken Valencia to spearhead a massive international rescue mission. Salem HP Final enrollment at Willamette University has been announced as 1,168. n Tito Y mill hasn't operated for three weeks due to the fire season in the woods and the subsequent rain. However, the mill is ex pected to resume operations in another four to six weeks, he added. The sawmill and planing mill employ about 30. Table Rock Lumber company is still running one shift with one shift down. A spokesman es timated that about 20 to 30 few er men are now employed. The summer-time operation normally employs about 125 men. Timber Products company is still operating and runs the year around manufacturing finished lumber and plywood. It employs approximately 350 men a spokes man said. He said the future is "not good." Triple Milling Inc. is closed down with approximately 20 laid off. Stumpage Cost Paul Workman Lumber com pany has been down since Au guest withapproximately 28 men Tribune United States still has a very marked military superiority over the Soviet Union. He conceded that Russia probably has some advantage in potential military activity of the future, but he said he is absolutely confident of this country's ability to move ahead and stay ahead in the scientific field. In this connection, he said, Tt u s s i a's satellite accomplish ment is very useful. He said Sputnik completely voids com placency based on the idea that American superioty is automatic and alerts the nation and Con gress to the necessity for push ing ahead in scientific fields that may be decisive five to 10 years from now. Measure Of Concern As for Russia's violent pro paganda campaign against Tur key, Dulles said he always feels a measure of concern when such charges are leveled so widely and indiscriminately. He is fear ful that this type of campaign may be a smokescreen to hide something more serious, he said. The secretary said the present situation resembles the period at the outbreak of the Korean war in June of 1950. Dundee Filbert Plant Damaged by Flames Dundee, Ore. (IP) Flames razed the filbert processing plant of the Dundee Nut Growers here early today and damage was estimated at more than 5300,000 by plant manager Earl Smith. The townspeople of Dundee were aroused about 4:30 a.m. by persistent short blasts from a Southern Pacific locomotive whose crew had first spotted the fire. The building was still smouldering at 11 a.m. The fire destroyed a two-and-a-half-story frame and metal building, about 50 tons of fil berts, and $40,000 worth of can ned prunes being stored for the Springbrook Packing Company. Faber Pays Off Wager Sweeps City Hall Walk Mayor Donald E. Faber of Central Point paid off his bet on the Crater-Medford High school football game this morning. He appeared at the Medford city hall at 11:30 a.m. to sweep off the sidewalk. Faber, in a wager witn Mayor John Snider of Medford, had picked Crater to whip the Black Tornado. Medford won the Friday game 40 to 14. Snider was not on hand to see Faber at work. He wrote Faber a letter saying, that he would be out of town today and would have to take a "broom check" on the occasion. ROMANIAN OFFICIALS FIRED Vienna (IP) A number of high state officials in Commun ist Romania have been fired from their posts for "serious mis use" of public money, Buchar est Radio said today. The broad officials of the Ministry of Heavy Industry and a number of foremen at Romania's big gest power station were dismissed. laid off, owner Paul E. Work man said. He blamed the high cost of stumpage and the low price of lumber for his shut down. Red Blanket Lumber company with two mills in Prospect is shut down in its entire opera tion, according to Bill Matson, manager-owner. He blames tight money as "the fundamental cause" and the high cost of stumpage and low price of lum ber as the direct cause. His op eration on a one-shift basis in the two mills normally employs 75 to 80 men. Medford Corporation is run ning the same as it has been, according to Manager B. L. Nut ting. "At the present time, I don't know of any change in the operation," he said. "We are running the regular crew of about 500 men for the entire operation which includes both logging and plant. I hesitate to make any predictions as to the future of the lumber industry." Tired and Hungry Suspect Grabbed By Deer Hunter Lakeview (IP) Jesse Thur man Hibdon, 30, a fugitive who eluded posses for six days after the slaying of John Troy Law son in Paisley last Thursday, was captured without resistance late Tuesday by a fire chief who was on a deer hunting trip. Hibdon, exhausted and hungry was captured near Lapine, some 145 miles north of here, by Har old J. Broderick, 50, fire chief at the coastal town of Ham mond. The fugitive told police he had thrown away his rifle and moved by night near Highway 31. He said he had only one quart of milk to eat since he fled last Thursday. Big Manhunt Launched Lawson was shot down last Thursday as he tried to break up a post office robbery in the small town of Paisley. The two holdup men fled but one, Don ald Lee Ferguson, 32, Bakers field, Calif., was wounded and captured a short time after the pair abandoned their getaway car. One of the biggest manhunts in this area's history then wai launched for the other man in the rugged rimrock country north of here. Broderick said he had been staying at a Lapine motel with his two sons, Harold Jr., 23, and Pat, 12. They had been hunting earlier in the Paisley area and har". a description of Hibdon. Broderick was hunting about a mile east of the motel Tuesday when he saw a man in the woods. He said the man finally broke into a run. After they got to a clearing he shouted for the man to halt. "He stopped right away and didn't give any resis tance," Broderick said. Fugitive at Motel He said Hibdon drank nearly a quart of water "like a horse in the desert." Broderick then sounded the siren on his pickup truck and his two sons came. Hibdon was tied to the tailgate of the truck and returned to the motel where the operator, ' Wil liam Schabener, called state po lice. Schabener told police that on Monday night an unknown man who later turned out to be Hib don appeared at the motel twice, first saying his car had broken down and the second time ask ing to rent a cabin. Schabener said he was suspicious and told the man he had no cabins avail able and the man left. He called police. Officer William Aveline tried to follow the man's trail but lost it in the brush. Armstrong Date at Little Rock Canceled Fayetteville, Ark. IP) The Student Senate of the University of Arkansas last night withdrew a prom date invitation to jazz artist Louis Armstrong because of his "unfortunate" remarks about the engagement. Jack Davis, president of the Associated Students of the uni versity said the Student Senate had "regretfully advised Arm strong of its decision to with draw its negotiations with him." Armstrong was scheduled to play at a prom next March. Armstrong, a vehement critic of Gov. Orval Faubus, said re cently the engagement at the university was a "great moral victory." He said he would be glad to play at Arkansas but would be sorry if Faubus were to hear any of the "beautiful notes coming out of my horn."
