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LUNCHEOJI GUEST Honored guest at
luncheon at thf) Rogui Valley country club
Saturday noon was Dr. John R. Richards
Qsecond from left) Chancellor of the Oregon
ate system of higher education, who was in
the valley to atteru the dedicatory exer
Qcises of the new $400,000 Britt student cen
ter building at Southern Oregon college.
Host at the luncheon was Medford attorney
Izaak Walton Chapter
On Rogue
The Jackson county chapter
of the Izaak Walton league went
on record last night favoring
(flood control development in
the Rogue river basin, provided
it projects "all God-given re-
The resolution and statements
of factvgjso approved during last
night's regular meeting in the
Jacksoii hotel are to be pre
sented to the state water re
sources .-commission when it
ho2fisaM?ublic hearing tomor
row starting at 9 a.m. in the
Jackson county courthouse.
The hearing will consider the
0 studies and recommendations
0 made by the subcommittees of
the Jackson county water re
sources committee on develop
ment of the Rogue river basin.
Statements by other groups and
individuals in the county will
be heard during tomorrow's
session also.
The Josephine county water
resources committee will not
have its public hearing with the
commission the same day as
planned previously. It will meet
with the commission at Grants
Five Appear Today
Before Judge Hanna
Five persons appeared in cir
cuit court this morning before
Judge H. K. Hanna.
Sentenced to two years in the
Oregon State penitentiary was
Edwin Raymond Phillips, 54,
Medford, who had his probation
revoked. David William Regan,
18, and William Raymond Dyer,
20, both Gold Hill, pleaded guil
ty to charges of grand larceny
and sentencing was continued
pending Federal Bureau of In
vestigation reports.
Also appearing in circuit
court were Ralph Dinsmore,
Medford, and Harry Sam Mack
ay, Ashland. Dinsmore, who is
charged with obtaining money
by false pretenses, had Ben Day,
local attorney appointed by the
court to represent him. Roy E.
Edwards was appointed to rep
resent Mackay who is being held
on a non-support charge.
Earlier E. C. Klatt, Medford,
appeared before Circuit Court
Judge Edward C. Kelly and
pleaded guilty to charges of ob
taining property by false pre
tenses. Sentencing was continued
Navy's Reg u I us II Given
Semi-Public Demonstration
Edwards AFB, Calif. HP) The
Navy today showed off its new
Regulus II, a supersonic guided
missile soon to become opera
tional aboard fighting ships and
submarines, in its first semi
public demonstration.
Launched in Desert
The missile, which can carry
a nuclear warhead and was de
signed to replace the Regulus
now carried on surface and un
dersea craft was launched at
about 8:20 a.m. (PST) from this
desert base.
The surface-to-surface missile,
capable of flying at twice the
Medford Scores To pen Each
Frank Van Dyke, right, a former member of
the board of education. Other guests includ
ed Dr. Elmo Stevenson, left, president of
Southern Oregon college, and William Walch,
second from right, Coos Bay, member of the
state board of higher education. Dedication
of the student center, which Dr. Stevenson
said would become the "heart" of the cam
pus, was held Saturday afternoon.
River Basin
Pass Thursday. Another session
will be held at Gold Beach Fri
day. Resolution Quoted
The resolution as quoted by
Tom Rickard, Medford, chapter
president states, "The chapter
will vigorously support any de
velopments, structures or con
trols on the Rogue basin which
give full consideration and pro
tection to God-given resources
and further be it resolved the
chapter will vigorously oppose
any development which does
not give-- full consideration to
these resources."
In one statement the chapter
declares 'it is an favor of "cer
tain dam structures" for control
of floods providing they aid in
fish passage and reproduction,
guarantee minimum flows and
provide for a cooling effect on
the river.
According to another state
ment, the chapter renews its
stand on "plan A." Chief objec
tion is directed against the pro
posal of a dam on Lewis creek
site under this plan. (
The chapter also favors mak
ing a comparison in costs of
withdrawing flood - plain land
with construction of flood con
trol structures.
Spring chinook and summer
steelhead races of the Rogue
river fishery should be protect
ed since they are of major im
portance, another statement
reads.
Diversion of water into irri
gation ditches should be regu
lated so fish are not drawn out
of the river, according to an
other such statement.
Statements Explained
Considering the first state
ment, a spokesman ' explained
Woman Arraigned
On Forgery Charges
Mrs. Geraldine Blanche Grif
fin, Rogue River, was arraigned
in district court Monday after-1
noon before Judge James -M.
Main on a forgery charge. She
waived the right to an attorney
and preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury.
Bail was set at S1500 and was
released on own recognizance
upon the recommendation of the
district attorney.
speed of sound and smashing
down a target more than 1,000
miles away, was guided on a
flight of about half an hour and
then brought in to a landing on
its retractable tricycle landing
gear by a jet "chase" plane. The
missive used today had been "re
covered" twice previously in
this manner.
Test Said Successful
The Navy described the test
as successful.
The flight of the nearly five
story high missile, witnessed by
newsmen, was conducted under
simulated shipboard conditions.
Gives Stand
Proposals
water temperatures above 70 de
gress are injurious to fish.
Tom Rickard explained it
might be cheaper to withdraw
flood plain land from continual
production with the federal gov
ernment paying the farmer for
it. Then, if the farmer should
need it for crops he would lease
it back from the government.
The lease money would be used
at least in part, to pay for any
crop damage occurring from
flood, Rickard explained.
Too many of - the farmers
"soak up" their land in the
spring with irrigation water, he
said, and in this flooding proc
ess fish are drawn over the pro
tecting screens at the mouths of
irrigation ditches.
"It means the farmer not only
irrigates but fertilizes his land
with fish at the same time," a
chapter member said.
"What we are after are green
forests, clean waters and ample
soil," Rickard explained. "This
goes much further than mere
protection of wildlife and fish."
"We have broadened our
stand on dam construction in
the. basin since the 1948 fight
when we opposed plan A,"
Rickard said. "A chief objec
tion then was against the pro
posed Lewis creek dam site
which would dry up the river
between Shady Cove and Dodge
bridge by permitting excessive
diversion of spring flows to ir
rigation ditches."
"We also realize all groups
will have to give a little if full
utilization of water resources in
the basin is to be accomplished,"
Rickard said. "We only want
safeguards for those God-given
resources."
To Present Statements
Rickard and members of the
executive committee drew up
the resolution and statements of
fact to be presented at tomor
row's hearing.
Col. Paul H. Weinhold, Med
ford, a chapter member, said
the chapter, in effect, has not
altered its stand on dam con
struction in' the basin since the
1948 issue when the Izaak Wal-
Ixon league Drougni pressure 10
bear nationally to help stop any
ton league brought pressure to
aam prupusdis in uie udwi.
Members of the state water
resource commission expected
to attend tomorrow's hearing
are: L. C. Binford, Portland;
Vincent A. Ostrom, Eugene;
John D. Davis, Stayton; Robert
H. Foley, Bend; La Selle E.
Coles, Pendleton; Ben R. Little,
Corvallis; Robert W. Root, Med
ford; Don Lane, board secretary;
E. R. Watson, engineer; and
Malcolm Karr, engineer de
tailed to work on the Rogue
river.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
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Move Necessary
To Meet Russian
Military Challenge
Question of Curbing
Local Wars Studied
Washington (IP) Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles said to
day the North Atlantic Alliance
must be made more flexible to
meet Soviet military and econo
mic challenges in the missile
age.
Dulles also told a news confer
ence that the 15-nation alliance
is carefully restudying the whole
question of whether local wars
can be prevented from growing
into global nuclear conflicts.
Character Changing
On the eve of the NATO sum
mit meeting in Paris, Dulles said
the character of future war is
changing. For example, he said,
the likelihood that missiles will
be used more and more is becom
ing a factor in the consideration
of what a general war would
mean to the world.
Dulles said the Soviet Union is
making moves to increase its
military potential and to use
subversive economic warfare
throughout the world.
Dulles said the changing char
acter of the Soviet challenge
means that NATO must be made
more flexible. The Allies, he
said, must be prepared more ade
quately to meet this challenge.
Nenewed Spirit Expected
Dulles said he has no doubt
that the Summit meeting in Par
is, opening next Monday, will
renew the spirit of NATO to de
fend Europe against attack.
Dulles several times hinted
that he expects President Eisen
hower to go to Paris. He said
the meeting will be attended by
government heads.
Action Postponed
On Zone Change
Action on a public hearing for
a change in zone on property
located south of the intersection
of Crater Lake highway and Bid
die rd. was postponed last night
until the next meeting of the
planning commission, according
to city officials.
The zone has been requested
for a change from class IA, sin
gle family, to class V, light in
dustrial. The commission said
they postponed action on the
change pending more public
opinion from area residents.
A change of zone request was
recommended to the city council
for a section of land in the Nar
regan addition. The change
would be from class IB. single
and two family district, to class
VI, heavy industrial, in several
lots on block four of the addi
tion. Vacation of a section of D'An
jou st. for the Rogue River
Orchards was also recommended
to the council by the commission
last night.
An offer by the Medford school
district to dedicate the extension
of Siskiyou blvd. was recom
mended to the council. The pro
posed street is -located near an
elementary school site. The com
mission also recommended to the
council acceptance and dedica
tion of Stafford way.
The final plat of the Earhart
park subdivision was approved
by the commission on the condi
tion that Vernon Thorpe, city
public works director, approve
final plans on paving, sewers
and sidewalks. Thorpe said he
had recently received the plat
and needed more time for study.
Contract Awarded
On Tires for County
The Oregon Tire and Supply
company, Medford, were award
ed the contract for tires on all
county equipment, according to
County Judge Rodney Keating
this morning.
The accepted bid of 518,601.43
was one of seven bids received
by the county, Judge Keating re
ported. Six of the firms were in
Medford with one bid received
from a Portland firm.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 439.24. off 4.52; 20 rail
roads 95.98 off 1.23; 15 utilit
ies 67.65 off 0.11; 65 stocks
145.80 off 1.32.
Sales today were about 2,
360.000 shares compared with
2.230.000 shares Monday.
Medford
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18 PAGES MEDFORD,
Chairmen Elected
As Representatives
To League Meeting
Mrs. Josephine Kittredge of
Klamath Falls, chairman of the
Oregon Non-Partisan Tax League
was principal speaker at the
Monday evening meeting of the
new Jackson County Non-Parti-son
Tax league.
At the meeting two chairmen
pro tem of the local league were
elected unanimously to' repre
sent the county at the first meet
ing of the state tax league to be
held in Salem, Dec. 14. Tempor
ary chairmen are Russell De
Forest and Mrs. Dwight Hough
ton. Several 6fficers were named
at the Monday meeting. To
serve on the by-laws committee
are Mrs. Frank C. Bash, Med
ford, and Ed Singmaster, Ash
land, Ken MacDonald and Bob
Balk, both Medford, will serve
temporary appointments on the
membership committee. Chair
men of the program committee
will be appointed at a later date,
DeForest said.
No Party Connections
Mrs. Kittredge explained that
the group has no political party
connections and is not a fault
finding organization. She ex
plained the league's purpose is
to make people more aware of
local, county, and state tax prob
lems, and compared it to a
handy "do-it-yourself" kit as the
public would be more interested
in taxes if they felt they had
something to do with them. She
added that the public should
know what they are getting for
their tax dollars.
She told of the Klamath Falls
tax group and explained that the
group has held several public
forums.
Mrs. Kittredge said that the
state organization would be
formed at the Salem meeting.
Ghe reported that the board of
directors and state officers
would be elected and by-laws
adopted.
DeForest outlined the purposes
of the group and reported that
about 10 other counties would
send representatives to the Sa
lem meeting.
Also speaking to the group
was Bruce Manley, representa
tive of the Jackson County Tax
League which was organized in
1955.
Hurt Hitchhiker
In Fair Condition
A 24-year-old hitchhiker was
listed in fair condition, suffering
from undetermined injuries, this
morning after he was struck by
a southbound truck on North
Pacific highway about 4:45 a.m
today, according to Sacred Heart
hospital authorities.
Medford police said John
Arthur Marshall, 24, of Kalis-
pell, Mont., was apparently
walking across the highway in a
diagonal path when he stepped
into the path of a tractor-trailer
truck owned by a local bakery
The driver, Jack Windord Wil
liams, 455 Walker st., Ashland,
told police he attempted to turn
into the curb lane to miss Mar
shall but the truck's sideview
mirror struck the pedestrian.
Williams said he stopped the
truck and went back to find
Marshall lying in the road. Mar
shall was taken to the hospital
by Medford Ambulance Service.
Hospital authorities said several
X-rays and tests have been taken
but results would not be known
until this afternoon.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley tog tonieht
and Wednesday morning,
clearing Wednesday after
noon. Above the fog. high
thin clouds tonight, thicken
ing and lowering on Wednes
day chance of showers
Wednesday night. In the fog,
low tonight 30 and high to
morrow 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 38
Lowest this Morning 30
Prec. to 5 p.m. Yesterday, trace
Our Skies Tonight
, Sunrise 7:30 a.m.
Sunset 4:39 p.m.
Moonrise : 8:46 p.m.
Last Quarter Friday night
.Well above the Moon tonight as
it rises are the Twins: high
'above the Twins is Capella and
above Capella is Perseus, the
constellation containing Algol,
the variable star.
Week -
OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1957
Another
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Irrigation Districts
Schedule Elections
To Approve Spending
An election will be held Jan
14 in the Medford and Rogue
River Valley Irrigation districts
to authorize the costs to the dis
tricts in taking full advantage
of the Talent project, it was an
nounced today.
Work involved includes reha
bilitation of large areas of the
RRVID distribution system and
enlargement of the canal and
lateral systems in the MID. Ap
proval of sums to pay the two
districts' share of the Talent proj
ect costs also will be sought,
which will guarantee to the dis
tricts large additional water
storage supplies.
( The total sum involved is Sl,
544,500, to be split between the
two districts. Here is how it
would be broken down:
Medford Irrigation District
total, $964,000. Of this, $361,000
would be for the enlargement of
the lateral canal system, and as
sociated enlargement of the
Phoenix canal, and reconstruc
tion of the Bear creek diversion j
dam just east of Talent, washed i
out in the 1955 flood. The re
maining $601,000 would go to
pay the MID's share of the Tal
ent project cost, which would
assure the district of 8,000 addi
tional acre feet of storage, plus
rights to an additional 5,000 acre
feet of runoff irrigation water
from the Talent district.
Rogue River Valley Irrigation
District total, $580,500. Of this
$279,0000 would be for rehabil
itation costs, including tiling of
38,515 feet of laterals, bank re
pair and improvement of 34,350
feet of the Hopkins canal, and
replacement of 12 wooden struc
ture flumes on Hopkins canal.
The other $301,500 would go to
Talent construction costs, and
Would provide some 4,000 acre
feet of additional storage, plus
rights to some 5,000 acre feet of
runoff water.
If the proposed contract is ap
proved at the Jan. 14 election,
costs to water users of the two
districts would not increase im
mediately, according to the two
district managers, Jack Hoffbuhr
of the MID, and Harold Sexton
of the RRVID.
In the Medford district, per
acre per year assessment costs
now total $14. Under existing
conditions, this would not in
crease, for during the first ten
years repayment costs would be
a token 5 cents per acre, and in
ensuing' years decreases in exist
ing indebtedness would allow for
repayment without an increase
in assessments. Lower operating
and maintenance costs also are
expected to keep assessments
down.
In the Rogue Valley district,
no repayment would be required
until the mid-1960s, and no in
crease is anticipated before then.
When repayments are started,
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they will be under a 60-year con
tract, and costs are expected to
go up very little, from the pres
ent $12.50 assessment, Sexton
said.
Both districts are now nearing
completion of a rehabilitation
project on their joint system
which was approved and started
before the Talent project was au
thorized. The new proposal is de
signed to make it possible for the
districts to take advantage of the
additional 12,000 feet of storage
space, particularly important in
dry years, plus the 5,000 or so
acre feet available to each in run
off water. The rehabilitation and
enlargement costs associated
with this proposal will allow the
districts to take maximum ad
vantage of the additional Talent
water, the managers said.
They added that full details of
the proposal will be made avail
able to all water users of their
districts prior to the Jan. 14 elec
tion. Store Openings Set
For Busy Shoppers
Downtown Medford retail
stores will be open until 9 p.m.
each week day evening between
next Monday, Dec. 16, and Mon
day, Dec. 23, for the convenience
of Christmas shoppers.
A headline in last night's Mail
Tribune incorrectly indicated
the evening shopping hours have
started.
The Retail Merchants commit
tee recently set the week day
evenings of the week before
Christmas, plus the Monday be
fore the holiday, for the open
hours.
Downtown stores were open
last night under the regular pre
holiday Monday opening plan,
and were crowded with holiday
shoppers.
Russian Satellite May
Control Communications
Washington (TP) Atomic ex
pert Rep. James T. Patterson (R
Conn.), said today Russia is buil
ding a super television satellite
capable of controlling the world's
communications and even
jamming out the. vital U. S. early
warning radar defense system.
May Carry Bombs
Patterson said "most reliable
and authoritative sources" also
told him the Soviets are making
Sputniks which may be "utiliz
ed as bomb-carrying vehicles."
The TV Sputnik, Patterson
said, is being designed to jam
not only radar and radio and
television signals but also broad
cast "its own propaganda on
Stranded Millions
New York Business
Suffers From Strike
New York OH The New
York City Transit Authority
moved today to break a crip
pling strike on its giant subway
system by ordering strikers to
return to work by 3 p.m. or be
fired.
The TA told 2.600 members
of the Motormen's Benevolent
Association and members of six
other small unions who Monday
night joined the strike that if
they wanted their jobs they must
give up their fight against domi
nation by the giant transport
workers union.
Bonuses Offered
Tke TA offered bonuses to
those who work. It set up dormi
tories in the subways for '"loyal"
employees ana promised time
and a half for overtime and for
those who sleep aid eat on TA
time.
The TA ultimatum and the
mayor's action were small conso
lation fr millions of New York
ers faced with the immediate
problems of getting to work.
buying Christmas gifts, and
carrying on their lives in a nor
mal manner.
The worst transit snarl in the
city's history threr the lives of
five million subway riders out of
kilter. They milled around on
subway platforms, or stood in
the rain waiting for jammed
buses that passed them by. Many
simply gave tip and did not re
port for work or school.
50 Per Cent of Normal
Transit Authority Chairman
Richard C. Patterson said that
service on the hard-hit Broadway-Manhattan
Transit (BMT)
and on the Iinterborough Rapid
Transit (IRT) subway lines had
improved to 50 per cent of nor
mal during the morning rush
hour.
The strike of some 2,600 memQ
bers of the Motormen's Benevol
ent Association at 5 a.m. Monday
threw rain-swept New York City
into one of the worst transport
jams in history.
Streets, highways and rail
lines were clogged from the cen
ter of Manhattan for miles into
the suburbs. Business was dis
rupted by tardy or non-arriving
workers; stores said they could
never recover Christmas sale
losses which were guessed to run
into many millions. Even air
travel suffered passengers were
delayed up to an hour in reach
ing airports.
Entry Blanks Ready
For Lighting Displays
Entry blanks for the Christ
mas lighting contest in Medford
are available at the offices of
the California-Oregon Power
company, Weeks and Orr, Home
Appliance and Montgomery
Ward until Dec. 20, contest dead
line. (
The prizes for the contest,
which is sponsored by the Med
ford Junior Chamber of com
merce, have been selected, ac
cording to Jim Anicker, chair
men for 'i.ie event. First prize
will be an oven rotisserie, sec
ond prize will be a vacuunb
cleaner and an electric blanket
will be awarded to the six runner-ups.
There is no entry fee for the
contest and it is open to all Med
ford residents. Purpose of the
contest is to interest as many
people as possible to beautify
the city and promote Christmas
spirit, Anicker said.
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Washington IP) President
Eisenhower will go to Paris
for the NATO summit meet
ing, the White House an
nounced today.
any TV channel anywhere in the
world."
Patterson, a member of the
House Armed Services and the
joint Congressional Atomic En
ergy committees, said the "big
brother" Sputnik would weigh
one ton and be shot into an or
bit 22,000 miles above the earth,
making a revolution every 24
hours.
Asks All-Out Program
In a speech prepared for de
livery to the Middletown, Conn.,
American Legion, Patterson
called for a "super-accelerated
crash program in all research
and weaponry." He said the ex
penses should be secondary.
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