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.
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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."