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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1957
No. 183
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SHOCK WAVK1 The picture above shows
shock waves which built up in front of a
Regulus 1 missile as it made a terminal
straight-down dive on a target. The picture
Is believed to be the first of its kind. Taken
by the Sandia Corporation in California and
released by the department of the Navy, the
1,200 Men Fight
San Gabriel Blaze
In 25,000 Acres
Atrial Tankers Ar
Grounded by Winds
Jizusa, Calif. OP) A sprawling
forest fire, whiplashed by gusty
60-mile-an-hour winds, spread
over rearly 25,000 acres of San
Gabriel Mountain brush land to
day to force the evacuation of
residents fringing the fire line.
More than 1,200 men were on
the fire lines, including a spe
cially trained team of Indians
from Albuquerque, N.M. Their
job was hampered by the winds
which kept much needed aerial
tankers grounded.
The fire and winds dumped
a gritty mixture of ash and dust
on much of Los Angeles, 35 miles
southwest of the blazing moun
tainside. However, diminishing winds,
which washed across southern
California from the Arizona
border- to the Pacific Ocean
Thursday night, lessened the
danger to nearby towns of Du
rate, Arcadia, Monrovia, Sierra
Madre, East Pasadena and this
foothill city.
For a time Thursday night the
fire verged on breaking the fire-
lines and sweeping down into
the cities, but the country fire
chief, Robert Klinger, said little
danger existed now.
Only one mountain cabin was
known to have been ravaged by
the fire, though several others
In the area were in the line of
the fast-stepping blaze and were
ordered evacuated earlier.
The winds raged at 90-miles-an-hour
gusts Thursday night in
the area of the Los Angeles
International Airport and turbu
lence battered one airliner so
hard over Ontario, -Calif., that
several persons were treated for
injuries when the plane landed
at International Airport.
Immediate aim of the fire
fighting crews was to bridge the
fire at a bulging line at the
5.000-foot high Angeles Crest
Highway in the San Gabriels.
The L-shaped blaze swept up
San Gabriel canyon on a two
mile front toward Etevil and
Bear canyons, a lush wild area
that was described as inaccessi
ble to fire fighters. It last was
blackened by fire in 1924.
The Weather Bureau said the
winds would continue through
the day and resume Saturday
(gfter quieting somewhat during
the night.
Jay Peterson, Forest Service
fire prevention officer, said the
blaze apparently started when
a portable stove was overturned
in a brush area at the convict
road gang camp near the 7,500
foot elevation on ilt. Islip above
Crystal lake. The convicts were
Rising the stove to keep warm
since the weather has been below
freezing in the area, with snow
on the ijrth side of the moun
tain, Peterson said.
0 O Salem UP) Spots of ice were
reported on roadways near Gov
ernment Camp, Warm Springs
junction and McKenzie pass by
thi state highway department to
day. '
JVEATHEf
(FORECAST: Fair through Sat-
urdav. Patches of valley log
earlv morning hours. Low to
night 28. High Saturday 55.
Temp.
Hiehest Yesterday 57
Lowest this Morning 21
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise :,1 a m.
Sunset 4:44 p.m.
Moonset 5:5 P-n.
Moon rides low.
First Ouarter Nov. 28
PROMINENT STAR
Altair. high in southwest at
moonset.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, low in south
west 6:45 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 4:16 a.m.
Mars, rises 5:52 a.m.
WHIP
Meeting Dates Set
On Basin Programs
Three future meeting dates
were announced, and a look into
the workings of the Jackson
County Water Resources com
mittee, given during a special
meeting for press and radio in
formation this morning in the
Jackson hotel.
On Monday, Nov. 25, there
will be a meeting in the office
of the county court to consoli
date the preliminary reports
made by the weight subcommit
tees under the Jackson County
Water Resources committee.
Following this a public hear
ing will be beld for residents of
Jackson county in, the courthouse
auditorium at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 on
the findings and recommenda
tions of the subcommittees, Bill
Jess, Eagle Point, chairman of
the committee, announced. At
this time county residents will
be asked to present their prob
lems and recommendations in
connection with development of
water "resources of the Rogue
River basin
A public hearing will be held
Dec. 11, starting at 9 a.m. in
the courthouse when members
of the state water resources
board will meet with water re
sources committees of Jackson
and Josephine counties to hear
reports and recommendations. A
public hearing will be held for
Curry county at Gold Beach for
the same purpose. Consolidated
reports and recommendations for
development of the Rogue River
Basin will be presented the state
legislature later.
General Summaries
This mornine. chairmen of
three subcommittees under the
county committee gave general
summaries of their reports and
stressed cooperation and educa
tion for development of Rogue
River basin water resources and
solution of its problems. Pur
pose of the meeting was to set
up a press and radio information
program on the work of the
Jackson county water resources
committee.
Representing the county com
mittee were Bill Jess, Eagle
Point, chairman; Ron Gandee,
Medford, chairman of publicity
for the committee; Robert Lee,
city water superintendent, and
chairman of the domestic and
municipal water users subcom
mittee; Manville M. Heisel, Med
ford, chairman of the pollution
abatement subcommittee; and
Kathryn E. Heffernan, Jackson
ville, chairman of the watershed
subcommittee.
Can't Point Finger
In correcting watershed
abuses, Mrs. Heffernan, said it is
impossible to point the finger at
any one group as responsible.
Cooperation among logging in
terests, farmers and the general
public must be established and
an education program set up,
she said. As a starting point, her
subcommittee has recommended
parallel state and county laws be
established setting up a govern
ing board of the county of not
less than five persons represent
ing a cross section of interests.
The board would hire a water
shed management consultant
educational representative, en
forcement officer and executive
secretary.
One of the main abuses has
been through poor logging prac
tices, Mrs. Heffernan said. An
educational program here should
be aimed at the smaller operators
as the large companies employ
a full-time forester to maintain
conservation practices. Regula
tions would probably have to be
established through logging con
tracts to ensure better practices,
she explained. Over-irrigation
and over-grazing are other
sources of polluting and cause of
erosion, she said.
Robert Lee, Medford water
superintendent, also emphasized
photograph shows- waves in front of the
Chance Vought built missile's nose as it
passed the speed of sound. Its speed has been
estimated at Mach 1.1. The picture was taken
through a 60-inch, F-5 reflective telescopic
lens at a distance of IV2 miles.
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cooperation. His subcommittee
estimates that 45,840 people are
now served by municipal water
systems. In 10 years the subcom
mittee estimates this will in
crease to 61.250, by 1977, to 77,
400 and in 2007 to 122,400. The
forecasts are based on the U.S.
bureau of census figures, he ex
plained. Present laws should be
changed to allow industrial use
of Rogue river water, it was
recommended.
Pulp manufacturers, as future
industry, would probably be the
largest users of water in this
area, he said. Pulp processing
requires a high quality of water
for manufacturing, he added.
Under the present system, city
water could handle the pulp in
dustry, he added. Practically all
major industry in the area is
now on municipal water systems,
Lee said.
Heisel stressed the potential
danger of stream pollution in the
county, particularly from the
sanitation standpoint. People
must be educated in installing
and maintaining proper sanita
tion facilities in the outlying
areas, Heisel said. Their cooper
ation must be obtained and teeth
put into present sanitation regu
lations, he said his subcommit
tee has recommended.
Suggests Authority
His group has suggested that
a metropolitan sanitary author
ity be established along the lines
of the state industrial accident
commission. Then, permits
should be required for all those
building industrial plants or
homes in the county. This would
regulate installation of sanita
tion and waste disposal facil
ities.
A serious health hazard are
the irrigation ditches in the
fringe - area housing develop
ments which are actually open
sawers carrying off wastes from
improperly installed septic tanks,
Heisel said.
Overflooding of agriculture
lands with irrigation water
further complicates the sanita
tion problem in subdivision areas,
he pointed out.
The subcommittee chairman
declined to say if a county sub
division ordinance would be the
answer to the problem. County
regulation on sanitation facilities
is necessary, he added.
La Grande (IP) Francis A.
Shoufe, 54, Oregon City, died
apparently of a heart attack
about 7 a.m. while hunting elk
in the Limber Jim area 35 miles
southwest of La Grande.
"How Did You Say Their Election Came Out?'
Business License
Upheld by Judge
In Ruling Today
Says Ordinance Was
Properly Presented
Municipal Court Judge Noreen
Kelly today again upheld the
city business license ordinance.
She said it was properly pre
sented on the council agenda,
properly introduced, and prop
erly passed at the Aug. 15 coun
cil meeting. The use of proper
procedure in passing the ordi
nance had been challenged by
Ray DeMarrs, Medford barber,
one of three businessmen
charged with conducting a busi
ness without a license by the
city.
DeMarrs, in evidence present
ed to the court Wednesday, de
clared the listing of the ordi
nance on the Aug. 15 council
agenda had been improper. He
had also maintained that since a
similar ordinance had been ve
toed by the mayor, a new ordi
nance could not be introduced
and passed at the same meeting.
Judge Kelly ruled that under
council procedure rule, it is nec
essary only to "list the matter on
the agenda" to provide a frame
work for an orderly conduct of
business.
She held the ordinance prop
erly passed by a rule which per
mits passage of an ordinance
without being read at a preced
ing council meeting if. it passes
by a majority vote. "The ordi
nance passed at the Aug. 15
meeting by a 7 to 0 vote, one
council member being absent.
DeMarrs, who purchased his
business license Monday under
protest, had challenged the ordi
nance as unconstitutional in
court action last week. Judge
Kelly in a 15-page opinion ruled
the ordinance valid at the Nov.
15 court session. - - - -She
said DeMarrs had acted in
good faith in challenging the li
cense, DeMarrs business license
amounted to $13.50.
Method of Setting
Fees Changed by City
An amendment changing the
method of setting fees for busi
ness licenses for hotels, motels
and apartment houses was adopt
ed by the city council last nignt.
The amendment permits the fee
to be assessed on a space rental
basis.
The amendment provides that
the number of space rental units
used in setting the fee will be
the average number of units oc
cupied daily during the year be
fore the license year. The num
ber will be determined by divid
ing the number of days of occu
pancy for all units by the total
number of days.
The citv recorder will furn
ish each firm with a special form
to comply with the new require
ment. Businesses may also be in
spected by the city recorder to
determine if the form is correct.
The amendment, which goes
into effect immediately was re
quested by the council after some
councilmen felt basing the li
cense fee on the total number
of rooms was unfair.
Seattle (IP) Top Teamsters
Union organizers met here again
today to discuss further plans
for expanding the union's organ
izing work.
VISIT LIBRARY As part of a program to
stimulate children's interest in books during
National Book week, Nov. 18 to 23, about 40
fourth, fifth and sixth grade students from
Medford's West Side school held "class" this
morning in the juvenile department of the
Medford Public library. Above, Mrs. Nora
Jane McKay, head librarian of the juvenile
department, instructs a group of students in
Ashland Voters
To Act On Program
Of School Building
Ashland A school building
program costing more than $1,
250,000 will be submitted to vot
ers in school district five Dec.
16, the school district board has
announced. -
.The, program is a long range
plan which calls for $1,263,000
in- bonds. Two junior high
schools, which will cost $798,
372, are the bggest items on the
list. Also involved is the addi
tion of elementary classrooms to
the school system.
School Superintendent Dr.
Howard Balderstone said the
program, if approved by voters,
would provide the basic needs
of the system for about 20 years.
This includes allowances made
for expansion when needed, he
said.
Advisory Committee
The district's citizens' advis
ory committee recommended the
building program which is
slightly different from the pro
gram recommended by Dr. Bal
derstone. However, the three
year junior high school program
was retained in the committee's
plans.
Dr. Balderstone has made a
study of school population
growth since 1948 when the dis
trict was first made into the pres
ent size. He has estimated that
school enrollment, which is
now 2,378, will reach 2,810 in
1961. He also said that by 1967
junior high school enrollment
will reach 1,568.
The 1957 enrollment gam
over the 1956 amount was about
2.1 per cent, he said. This is
about 1.1 per cent less than we
expected, he added.
Amendment to Bike
Ordinance Passed
An amendment to the 'city
bicycle ordinance was passed
last night by the city council.
It will permit children under 12
years old to have limited use of
sidewalks while riding bicycles.
The council requested the city
attorney recently to prepare an
ordinance which would permit
children to ride bicycles on city
sidewalks in residential districts
only. The councl also told City
Attorney E. R. Bashaw to de
fine residential, as distinct from
downtown, sidewalks when pre
paring the amendment.
The amendment passed last
night will permit children under
12 years old to ride bicycles on
sidewalks in residential districts
as defined by the motor vehicle
code. The amendment requires
riders to dismount when over
taking or meeting a pedestrian
and to remain off the bicycle
until the pedestrian is out of
range.
The amendment is the second
to the city bicycle ordinance
within two months. An amend
ment permitting the municipal
judge to impound bicycles up to
seven days if a rider is found
guilty of violation of the ordi
nance was passed in October.
Theater Firm Granted
Closed TV Franchise
An ordinance granting California-Oregon
Theaters a closed
circuit television system in Med
ford was passed by the city coun
cil last night.
The action followed a report
by the executive committee
which studied the effect the sys
tem would have on "free" TV
and whether or not the system
would be practical to operate in
Medford. The council requested
the executive committee obtain
more information about the sys
tem before action be taken.
The committee, headed by
City Manager Robert A. Duff,
Committee to
Study Fence Code
A committee of Councilmen
Paul Van Sickle and Al Brad
ford was appointed by Mayor
John W. Snider last night to meet
with City Manager Robert A.
Duff to discuss the building code
requirement for fences in fire
zone one.
The committee was appointed
after an appeal from Wendell
Sessions, owner of Medford
Motors company. Sessions said
a wooden fence, on which adver
tising could be displayed, was
necessary for the automobile
business.
The nresent code requires that
the fence be open or solid metal
with metal posts of solid ma
sonry and not be more than six
feet tall.
Sessions said the requirement
was recently added to the build
ing code and a type of fence un
der construction at his building
was found to be in violation. He
also said another automobile
comDanv in Medford had found
that a fence built before the
change in the building code was
legal but a small section recently
completed on one end was found
to be in violation.
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw
said there are no means of ap
peal at present. He said an
amendment to the building code
must be made if the council feels
a fence other, than what the code
allows should be constructed.
The committee is scheduled to
make a report at the next coun
cil meeting.
Two Men Sentenced
To Penitentiary
Willie Woodrow Wolfe, 36,
Los Angeles, was sentenced to
six -years in the Oregon state
penitentiary this morning by
Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna.
Wolfe was found guilty on grand
larceny charges Wednesday in a
jury trial.
Also sentenced in circuit court
was Glen Eugene Johnson, 36,
Live Oak, Calif., who changed
his plea on a grand larceny
charge to guilty. He was. sen
tenced to three years in the state
penitentiary.
They were arrested last July
in connection with the robbery
of Grady Allen Conner, Med
ford.
the use of the card file. After a lecture pe
riod, each child was given a slip of paper
which had written on it the name of a book
to be looked up. This special instruction in
the use of library facilities is open to all
schools in the county, as well as special
groups as part of the function of the library,
according to Head Librarian Miss Helen
Webster.
believed the council should not
consider the matter from an eco
nomic standpoint but rather
from a point of control of regu
lation to insure public welfare.
The committee recommended
adoption of the- ordinance.
The ordinance grants Cali-fornit-Oregon
Theaters a 10-year
franchise. Installation of the sys
tem must begin within two years
after the franchise is granted,
according to the ordinance.
Any transfer of the franchise
must be approved by the city
A fee of 2 per cent of the total
gross receipts from subscribers
and advertisers will be collected
by the city each year.
The group will have 10 days
to file a surety bond with the
city for $5,000 after passage of
the ordinance. The group will
also have 90 days in which to
file a notice of agreement with
the city.
The ordinance provides the
city maintain the right to set
fees and rates for service given
subscribers.
The group plans to run fea
ture-length movies to private
homes. It is the first such fran
chise granted in Oregon. The.
group said how subscribers
would pay has not yet been de
cided. All But Two Tax
Bills Are Signed
Salem flPi Gov. Robert D.
Holmes today completed signing
all but two of the bills passed
by the recent special session of
the Legislature.
The remaining bills will be
signed by the governor as soon
as he receives them.
House Bill 1 is the major tax
bill lowering state income taxes
about 20 per cent.
House bill 24 is a supplemen
tal appropriation for expenses of
the special session.
Earlier the ' governor had
signed House bill 2 raising basic
school support from $95 to $105
per census child and a bill rais
ing the State Emergency Board's j
fund to $1,500,000.
Air Force Plans New Base
For Missiles in
Washington (IP) Atlas Inter
continental ballistic missiles ap
parently will be pointed square
ly at Russia from a huge new
missile base to be built in Wyo
ming. The Defense Department an
nounced late Thursday the 65
million dollar base will be built
at Francis E. Warren Air Force
base near Cheyenne.
The Pentagon said construc
tion would begin "during the
middle part" of next year. The
base presumably would be ready
about the time the United States
has the Atlas fully perfected and
rolling off production lines.
The missile is undergoing tests
at the Cape Canaveral. Fla..
testing center now.
The Pentagon did not announce
the exact purpose of the new
"missile site." But observers
Seasonal Drop in
Food Prices Said
Primary Factor
October Prices Hold
To September Level
Washington OP) The 13
month climb in the cost of living
has ended, the government an
nounced today.
Consumer prices in October
held to their September levels,
the bureau of labor statistics re
ported. The announcement followed a
statement Thursday by Labor
Secretary James P. Mitchell that
the inflationary spiral has been
checked.
A seasonal drop in food prices
was primarily responsible for
stopping the long upward push
on family budgets which had
occurred every month since Au
gust,' 1956.
The good news was coupled
with a warning, however. The
bureau of labor statistics predict
ed there may be a slightly higher
over?all price index this month
because of higher price tags on
1958 autos. It said this gain will
offset continued seasonal drops
in food prices, which are expect
ed to hit a low point in January.
' The index for October, as for
September, was 121.1 per cent
of a 1947-49 consumer price
average. It was 2.9 per cent
higher than in October, 1956.
Lower Take-Home Pay
In a separate report the labor
department said a half-hour re
duction in factory work weeks
in October chopped 85 cents a
week off the take-home pay of
production workers.
That drop, together with ris
ing prices over the year, meant
a 1 per cent loss in purchasing
power from September and a 3
per cent drop compared with a
year ago.
This loss of buying power, ac
cording to the commissioner of
labor statistics, Ewan Clague,
was one reason that the price in
dex did not rise. He noted that
some people are "not so pros
perous as a year ago."
For a factory worker with
three dependents, October take
home pay was $74.78 a week. In
September it was $75.63 and in
October, 1956, it was $75.03.
Meat Prices Lower
Most of the 0.5 per cent drop
in food prices from September to
October, Clague said, was due to
lower meat prices, especially
those for hogs.
Mitchell said the leveling off
of prices is a "good sign" be
cause inflation "has been a con
cern of many people." It repre
sents an end of the "so-called in
flationary spiral," he said.
One big Item in the nation's
economy appeared certain to go
up, however. That was defense
spending and with it a prob
able rise in the federal budget.
In another economic develop
ment, the Federal Reserve Board
authorized three more District
Reserve Banks in Kansas City,
Minnapolis and Philadelphia to
lower their discount or interest
rates from 3Vi to 3 per
cent. Four other reserve banks
dropped their discount charge
last week.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jonei
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 442.68, up 2.88: 20
railroads 103.46, up 0.76: 15
utilities 67.10. up 0.27, and 65
stocks 148.33, up 0.32. Sales
today were about 2,850,000
shares compared with 2,900,
000 shares Thursday.
Wyoming
gathered from the wording of
the announcement it was intend
ed as a base for the 5,500-mile
range Atlas.
The Warren site apparently
will be fully equipped for the
launching of the big missiles
which could streak across the
top of the world to land a nu
clear payload on Russian targets
in 30 minutes in case of war.
The Defense Department said
that 4,000 to 5,000 men would
be needed "to operate the missile
facility." It added that Air Train
ing . Command schools now lo
cated at the base would be trans
ferred to other installations as
construction on the base pro
ceeded. The Pentagon said the Air
Force Air Research and Develop
ment command would take over
the Warren base.