35 Home Fires Are
Answered in Area
Home fire alarms answered
by Medford city and rural fire
department during November
totaled 35. Eighteen of tnem
were by the city and seven were
rural, according to the monthly
municipal report.
v Flue fires accounted for 24
of the 35 alarms to home fires.
Two overheated stove alarms
were answered, an electrical
short, gus range explosion, elec
trical appliance and an alarm
for combustible material against
a furnace were answered.
Six trash fires were extin
guished in the city, two business
firm fires caused bv
Editorial Comment
AWARD OF MERIT
An award of merit goes to
Medford whose United Crusade
for welfare funds went over the
top for the fifth consecutive year.
The goal was a high one, too,
for a community of its size
S123.120. Success was undoubt
edly due to good organization j
and public liberality. Oregon j
Statesman, Salem.
Still 'Mining7 Timber
At Ai Sarena, But No
Minerals Being Taken
FORMER DEAN DIES
Boston IIP Melvin M. John
son, 86. former dean of the Bos
ton University Law School, died
here Wednesday of a heart ail
ment. He was the world's third rank-
! ing Mason as prior past grand
master of the Massachusetts
Grand Lodge
electrical wiring,
fire and one false
By SENATOR
RICHARD NEUBERGER
Portland (Special) Just
j before the 1956 election, a poh
made. Nelson made 36 inspec- tical 'gold rush" was reported in
tions of business firms, five pub- j Southern Oregon. Men with hard
lie assembly buildings, three ho-j hats, drills and picks were al
tels and several other inspec- j legedly swarming over the Al
tions. j Sarena claims the 475 wooded
Orders for correction of defec-1 acres in the Rgue River Nation
tive wiring totaled 37, removing , al Forest patented by the Inten-
defective J papers 13, and eight recharging
an airplane
alarm. Four
fire extinguishers. Eight orders ResJdentS Reminded of
for lmDrovement of fire alarm
gasoline spills were flushed by ! systems and five orders for re-' Results of Partying
the city during the month. (pair of sprinkler systems were The next few days of
A total of 54 inspections were j issued. '
made by Fire Marshall Truman! Fire permits for the month
Nelson and 109 orders for cor-iwere 302. Three fire investiea-:
fire hazards were j tions were held, he said.
rection of
Cast Mala St.
DAIRY-SMITH
at Genessee
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
We heard about an educational toy design
ed to adjust the child to life in the world
of today . . . No matter how he puts it
together, it comes out wrong.
the
Christmas season are usually
critical so far as drinking driv
ers and .pedestrians are con
cerned because of the number
of pre-holiday parties, according
to Police Chief Charles P.
Chafnplin.
Champlin said drivers arrest
ed for driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor
are subject to both fine and jail
sentence and result in a manda
tory driver's license suspension
by the state department of mo
tor vehicles for 90 days. He said
232 Oregon drivers had licenses
suspended last December after
convictions of driving while intoxicated.
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OPEN
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225 East 6th
DUa.. CD 1 CflO
'lie rfr J
or Department for mining under
a special, unprecedented proce
dure which had become a '"cause
celebre" of irresponsible hand
ling of national resources. More
than 13 months have passed, but
apparently no colors are show
ing yet in the pan.
"Core drilling, a preliminary
step to mining operations, be
gan this week on the controver
sial Al Sarena mining property
. . ." the press reported on Oct.
26. 1956. Visual evidence was
offered, two days later, in press
photos over the caption: "Robert
MacCorkle, left, and H. P. Mac
Donald Jr. handle a drilling ma
chine as a preliminary step to
block out bodies of ore in the
Al Sarena mine area in Southern
Oregon . . ."
Press Was Planted
These stories, planted In the
press by the Al Sarena operators
and their political allies just
prior to the 1956 elections, went
on to speak of "blocking out"
vast masses of ore on Elk Creek,
estimated at as much as 190,000,
000 tons of ore, and spoke of
"good mineralization" of gold
and valuable base metals.
It is more than 13 months
since these representations were
made, with great hullaballoo, by
the Al Sarena interests, and used
by the political defenders of the
1954 Al Sarena patents to off -set
the Congressional committee
findings that National Forest
timber, rather than minerals,
had been the real object of the
Interior Department's unusual
and special Al Sarena patenting
procedures. I think it is signifi
cant that in more than a year
since the 1956 election we have
heard no more of mining on the
Al Sarena patents. We have,
however, additional evidence
concerning logging.
I have received a letter from
the Regional Forester of the
United States Forest Service
which declares: "To our knowl
edge there has been no appreci
able mining activity since 1955."
The Forest Service letter also
reports: "Total volume logged off
the claims since patent issued
amounts to about 2,961,000 bd.
ft. through October, 1957."
Something New
The Congressional committee
report established that what had
happened in the case of the Al
Sarena patents, as it was handled
by the then heads of the Depart
ment of Interior, was certainly
not required by existing law. I
This was clearly shown also by j
the fact that no such case has ;
been known to happen before or
since Al Sarena, under the iden- j
tical mining laws. ;
Beyond the specific problem j
of maladministration in the Al j
Sarena instance, however, there I
has always been the overall ques-1
tion of the policy of granting ,
fee - simple patents to timber- j
covered mining claims in our i
National Forests a question
which Al Sarena brought to
wide public attention.
In 1955, when Congress adopt
ed Public Law 167 to clarify sur
face rights on mining claims, I
stated in my individual views
appended to the Interior commit
tee report that this statute still
left untouched the issue of grant
ing surface rights with mining
patents. I wrote.
"The committee report rec
ognizes that this practice is
against the public interest and
deters sound conservation
practices, and that in a num
ber of national forests the
separation of surface rights
from mineral rights has by law
been extended to mining pat
ents as well as mining claims.
I believe this loophole should
be closed by general legisla
tion for all federally owned
timberlands."
Uew Law Offered
In the coming session, I intend
to introduce a bill to carry out
this view This will provide that
mining patents within the Na
tional Forests will convey title
only to the mineral deposits on
which the patent is based, along
with adequate rights to use the
surface and timber located on
the patent so far as needed for
mining operations themselves.
However, the United States will
retain title to the surface and to
all surface resources, such as
timber, beyond the actual rea
sonable needs of the mining op
eration. My proposal is patterned on
legislation which has long been
in effect for specific individual
national forests. For example,
such legislation has applied to
the Mount Hood National Forest
since 1934.
Nevertheless, I fully expect ,
that the proposal to limit mining
patents on National Forests to 1
subsurface rights will meet much j
opposition, and that its enact- j
ment will involve a long, hard :
effort. I would invite, of course, j
the support both of the Depart-1
ment of Agriculture, which has
responsibility for the National
Forests and the Forest Service,
and -of Secretary of the Interior
Seaton, who on the occasion of
the Al Sarena case expressed
the view that Congressional leg
islation was appropriate for solv
ing the problems of protecting
national timber resources which
grow above subsoil mineral de-
Sunday, December 22, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUME FIVE
JUNE IN NOVEMBER
Carmi. 111. OF Charles Bur
nett said his June apple tree
must have thought it was June
in November. The tree produced
a full crop in June and then bore
another smaller, crop in November.
Accident Victim Said Satisfactory Friday
Phillip Rock LeVeille. 65, of
51 North Oakdale ave., Medford,
was reported in satisfactory con
dition Friday at Sacred Heart
hospital after he was struck by
a car Thursday afternoon.
Police said Leveille was struck
by a car operated by Murray
Star Gardiner Jr., 44, of post
office box 1143, Medford, wvhen
he attempted to cross the street
at South Riverside ave. and 12th
st. Hospital officials said he
suffered minor injuries
12
TODAY
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noon until s p.
It has never been our practice to stay open on Sunday as we have always felt it is a day set aside for
rest and for the family, but we have had so many requests to stay open this Sunday, we thought for
the convenience of our customers and friends, we would as they would not have any other time to do
their Christmas shopping.
Our Store Wide Stock Liquidation
Sale Continues!
NOW IS THE TIME NOT ONLY TO SAVE MONEY ON
YOUR CHRISTMAS BUYING, BUT ALSO ON ALL
YOUR WINTER CLOTHING NEEDS!
Sale Prices Good Thru (Dec. 31 !
MEN'S ALL WOOL BATWING
BLACK JACKETS
Reg. 14.95
SALE
$5.00
ea.
MEN'S
DRESS SLACKS
5.88 6.88 7.88
MEN'S WHITE
DRESS SHIRTS
2.49
MEN'S WORSTED WOOL
DRESS SLACKS
12.88
MEN'S
PLAID CASUALS
10.88
MEN'S
SPORT COATS
16.88
MEN'S
SHORT JACKETS
7.88
MEN'S
WOOL SHIRTS
6.88
MEN'S
TIES
99c
MEN'S HEAVY -
WOOL CRUISERS
10.88
MEN'S
SWEATSHIRTS
1.79
MEN'S
13 4-OZ. JEANS
2.88
MEN'S
BLACK JEANS
3.29
MEN'S
Nylon Whipcord
JACKETS-9.88
MEN'S
SPORT COATS
6.88
Boys' , Sacks 25c
Boys' Pajamas $2.44
Boys' Ivy Leagues $2.66
Boys' Denim Slacks .... $2.44
Boys' Jeans, double knee $1.79
Boys' Sport Shirts $1.49
Boys' Hooded sweat Shirt $1.88
Boys' Colored T-Shirts .... 79c
Boys' Caps 79c
Boys' 13 oz. Jeans ... $2.39
Boys' Shoes . . . $2.88 & $4.88
Boys' Slippers $2.39
Boys' Gym Shoes 88c
fflen's Work Socks 69c
Men's Ivy League Slacks $4.88
Men's Nylon Whipcords . $6.44
Men's Wool Whipcords $10.88
Men's Work Socks ..3 $1.00
Men's Stretch Socks 88c
Men's Sweater Shirts ... $4.88
Men's Billfolds 20 off
Men's Cuff Sets ...... 20 off
Men's Colored T-Shiris . . 59c
Men's Rock & Roll Coats $10.88
Men's Nylon Reversibles $10.88
Men's Hooded sweat Shirt $2.88
Men's Work Shoes S5
Mens' Calk Boots $21.
Men's Shirts $1.99
en's Haps 9c
lien's Scarfs 88c
If en's Nylon cotton Unions $2.49
Men's Insulated Drawers $3.49
Men's Belts, your choice . . 99c
Men's Suspenders 99c
Men's Handerkchiefs 10c
Men's "iS Cruisers $19.88
Men's Rubbers S2.I5
Men's Tin Pants $4.88
Men's Ex Rubber Coats $5.88
Men's Black Rubber Pants $4.88
Men's Tennis Shoes .... $2.68
Men's Bow Ties 88c
Men's Denim Work Coats $3.69
Men's Blk. Lined Jackets $2.69
Men's Rubber Boots .... $5.25
Men's Bib Overalls $2.95
$1.39
Men's Chambray Shirts
MEN'S
SPORT SHIRTS
Long Sleeve
2.44
MEN'S
FLANNEL SHIRTS
2.44
MEN'S
DRESS SOCKS
49c
MEN'S
KHAKI PANTS
2.79
MEN'S
KHAKI SHIRTS
(.79
MEN'S
WOOL SHIRTS
7.88 to 10.83
MEN'S
DRESS OXFORDS
4.83 6.88 7.83 8.88
MEN'S
T-SHIRTS or SHORTS
59c
MEN'S
SLIPPERS
1.99
MEN'S
PAJAMAS
Flannel or Broadcloth
3.44
MEN'S
SWEATERS
Slipovers
5.88
MEN'S O
COAT SWEATERS
5.88
MEN'S
CAR COATS
16.88
MEN'S BETTER
SPORT SHIRTS
3.29
MEN'S
DRESS SOGKS
G
88c pr.
HUNDREDS OF ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!
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