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GOLD HILL Council Holds Meeting Br MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill Miss Noreen Kelly, city attorney, was pres ent at a meting of the Gold Hill city council last week to assist in the final preparation of an ordinance to take the city out of the garbage busi ness. The proposed ordinance would turn the business over to a private garbage collect ing agency and make provi aion for closing the present city dump. A preliminary copy of the proposed ordinance wag stud- led and changes made when deemed necessary by the council and attorney. The council voted to give th garbage collection fran chise to Pat's Sanitary Serv ice of Grants Pass. Miss Kelly will have the fi nal draft of the ordinance ready for action at the next regular meeting of the coun cil Feb. 3. According to city officials, the ordinance would give the garbage collecting franchise for five years to Pat's Sani tary Service, Grants Pass. The Sanitary Service would pay the franchise tax of $24 each year and would furnish a S1000 bond Garbage pickup would be once a week, starting March 5, 1958. Fees to be paid by residents for collection will be $1.30 or $1.25 monthly, depending upon whether gar bage pickup would be from resident's premises, or from street or alley. The service will conllect fees from resi dents. Fees are on the basis of one 30 gallon container. Excessive amount of garbage would mean extra charges. Delos Walker, proprietor of walker's Signal service sta tion, filed a complaint that acts of vandalism have been committed at the station. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gail and family had as house guests recently Andhi P. Isa- rankura. He is a junior at the University of Washington, where he is studying fisheries. He is from Bangkok, Thai land. The Gail's daughter. Miss Mildred Gail, also a junior at University of Washington, met Isarankura through the Cosmopolitan club, which is sponsored by the YWCA at the university to promote friendship and Christian un derstanding between students of all nations.. Cosmopolitan club members invite a for eign student into their homes during the holiday. Among visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Sardine Creek, were their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Petty and children, Corvallis, who have returned home following a two week visit. Other guests at the Smith home included their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Douglas Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pettey, parents of Allen Pettey of Denver, Colo.; and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pet tey, Ashland. Others were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strat ton of Central Point; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burnett and daughter, Miss Donna Bur nett, Upper River rd. and Mrs. Blanche Merriman of Gold Hill. David Taylor is visiting several weeks in the Law rence Smith home. His par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon J. Taylor of Edmonds, Wash., will move soon to Grants Pass. Bruce Burnett has re turned to Corvallis where he is a student at Oregon State college, after visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burnett. Increase of Number Of Cases Reported To Police in 1957 Mrs. Alfred Bailey has an nounced that she, her hus band and son, Dennis, who is a junior at Crater High school, will live at 14415 South Muriel st., Compton, Calif., after Jan. 25. Bailey left several weeks ago for California where he has or ganized the Bailey Machine and Engineering Corp., at Compton. Bailey spent the holidays here. Another son, Tim Bai ley, left for Memphis, Tenn where he entered the Naval aviation technical training center, following a 10-day visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Iver Sands will move into the Bailey home. Newcomers to the com munity will be Mrs. Lois Mor gand and Miss Helen Tryk from Tempo City, Calif. They have purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sands. Police department records show a slight increase in the number of cases in almost ev ery category, according to the annual report. Cases handled last year to taled 16,069. Of the total, 14, 886 were cleared or closed, for a 92 per cent average. In 1956 police handled 14,353 cases, of which 13,428 were reported for a 94 per cent average. Major crimes reported in Medford during 1957 num bered 887, of which 27, or 31 per cent, were reported cleared. This compares with 812 reported in 1956 with 290 cleared for 36 per cent. Largest Number The largest number of cases reported among major of fenses was petty larceny with 595. There were 141 cases re ported, 88 grand larceny, 50 Mrs. Floyd Lance is a pa tient in Rogue Valley hospi tal in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Walther left recently for San Antonio, Tex., after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hoffman, Pacific high way 99 north. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gail of Rogue River and children, Terry and Candice. were guests Jan. 2 at the Norman Gail home. Miss Grace Gail, a fresh man at Oregon State college, has also returned to school following the holiday vaca tion at the home of her parents. Mrs. Bill Zimmer and daughters Jackie and Janice, of Sweet Home, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Clement. Miss Sarlene Layton, Coos Bay. who is a student at the Southern Oregon college, was a week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Abbott and son, Tommy, Old Stage rd. Others visiting in the Ab bott home Jan. 5 were Mr. and Mrs. Vic Rose and chil dren of Weaverville, Calif., and Mrs. Mary E. Moore of Medford. Mrs. Rose is a sister of C. W. Abbott and Mrs. Moore is his grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Ross and children Dickie and Glen da, went to Phoenix, Ariz., where they visited his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Cane, and Bill and Ruth Lowen, all of Phoenix. Mrs. Donald Dickinson re turned to her home here Sat urday, Jan. 4 after a two week visit in Pacoima, Calif., where she visited her hus band and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dickinson. Dickin son is employed in Pacoima. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Garrison from Arlington, Calif., were guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Arbuckle, last week. On Thursday, Jan. 2, Mrs. Ar buckle and children, Rudie, Donna, Linda and Bobby Dee accompanied her parents to Springfield, where they vis ited Mrs. Arbuckle's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith. During the holiday friends of Mrs. Thomas C. Bucking ham, Eugene, learned that her husband died in September in a Eugene hospital following a heart attack. The Bucking hams were well-known in Gold Hill. He was depot agent for Southern Pacific for sev eral years. CURFEW TROUBLE Kncxville, Tenn. (UWMat the ' Leeper, 76, a janitor, landed in trouble Thursday when a woman tenant vio lated his order that everyone be in bed by 10 p.m. She charged that Leeper tried to hit her on the head with a hammer when she disobeyed his order. 634 Accidents Are Reported in City During Past Year The Medford police depart ment investigated 634 traffic accidents in which 109 per sons were injured and four killed during 1957, according to the department's annual report. Police received reports of 249 lost persons, animals and property and 307 persons, ani mals and property were re ported found. Police provided 733 money escorts and assist ed at 11 parades and nine fires during 1957, according to the report. They reported 1,028 open windows, 1,728 open doors, 109 opsn safes, 66 open gates, 1,314 night lights out and seven open skylights in Med ford business firms last year. Vacation house checks totaled 783. A total of 3,207 bicycle licenses were sold. Basic Rule f Citations Violation of basic rule ci tations totaled 1.154 last year. A total of 901 were cited for not stopping at signs or sig nals. ImDroDer Darkinz viola tions amounted to 1,944 and 31,224 meter violations were listed. Citations for inadequate and defective equipment total ed 205 and excessive noise citations numbered 138. Seventy-three drivers were cited for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Another 27 were cited for reckless driving during 1957, the report shows. There were 465 citations issued for no operator's li cense, 14 were cited for allow ing an unlicensed driver to drive. Thirty-nine motorists were cited for void license plate tabs and 210 for void vehicle licenses. Citations for failure to yield right-of-way to vehicles or pedestrians totaled 90. There were 80 citations for illegal left turns and 74 for operat- j ing in tne wrong lane, xne report showed. RESEARCH EXPERT DIES Schenectady, N.Y. (IP) Dr. Willis R. Whitney, 89, the dean of American industrial research experts, died Thurs day night of a heart attack at his home here. Whitney join ed the faculty of the Massa chusetts Institute of Techno logy following his graduation in 1890 and evolved the electrochemical theory of cor rosion there. In 1900 he was employed by General Electric to establish an industrial re search laboratory, which he directed until 1932. He was a vice president of General Electric until 1941. auto theft cases, seven aggra vated assaults and six robber ies. Medford police said no rapes or homicides were re ported during the year. Miscellaneous crimes re ported in the city totaled 7,492, of that total 6,896 were cleared for 92 per cent, com pared to 5,525 reported in 1956. There were 5,744 cases in volving traffic and motor ve hicle laws, road and driving laws and driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, the report showed. In 1956 there were 4,177. Rec ords show slightly less than 100 per cent of the 1957 cases were cleared and 100 per cent of the 1956 cases were con sidered closed. Arrested for being drunk in public last year totaled 519. Forty-nine persons were ar rested for disorderly conduct and 48 for vagrancy. Thirty one arrests were made for vio lation of liquor laws. Three cases of violation of narcotic laws were reported. Police reported 124 cases of fraud and embezzlement, 100 of which were considered cleared. Forty-four cases of forgery and counterfeiting were reported. Twenty-four of them were cleared. fmm,i9)mm.,um-imi.mm.,vmM.ft)i u)iu.3wwMga.v Sunday, January 12, 1958 " r GOOD NEWS American lawyer John Sandor and his Russian wife, Viktoria, are shown in their Moscow home after hearing that Russian authorities will allow Sandor to take his wife back to the U. S. with him. Sandor was notified that he was being granted a fourth visa extension so that he can stay until his wife, whom he met in 1956 and married last November, will be ready to leave Russia. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Anacortes Man Gives Up In Blaze of Gunfire Baker W Two Ana cortes, Wash., jail escapees who surrendered in a blaze of police gunfire near here on Thursday night were indicted by a Baker county grand jury at 11:00 p.m. Friday. Each man was charged with two counts of armed robbery, one of assault with intent to kill and one charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Bail was set at S60.000 for each man, or $15,000 for each count of the indictments. The pair, Wesley Earl Dav is, 30, and Jack Norman Gibb, 28, both of Portland, were to be arraigned before Circuit Judge Lyle Wolf today. The fugitives were captur ed by a group of state police men in the Rye Valley area about 40 miles east of here. Gibb surrendered after a burst of machine gun fire and Davis was captured about two hours later after he fled into : the brush. There was gunfire at three ! different points in the chase! but no one was wounded. The j capture ended one of the big- j gest manhunts in recent years j in eastern Oregon. The two had been arrested in Anacortes on a burglary charge and were wanted by Oregon authorities. They had escaped from the Anacortes jail Monday night and were spotted by state policeman Donald Gore who stopped them in a car stolen from Portland. Gore was overpow ered and his patrol car taken. The police car was found ab andoned Thursday morning near Boardman and a car be longing to Royal H. Rands, a Boardman justice of the peace was stolen. Later state patrol man Roy Barnes stopped the car stolen from Boardman about seven miles east of Ba ker. A gun battle ensued and Barnes, who was working alone, emptied his gun. 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