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.
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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. He
was then overpowered and
the two fugitives fled in both
the police car and the stolen
vehicle.
Two two were finally chas
ed into the Rye Valley coun
try and onto a dead end road.
VEHICLE THEFT
Pierre, S. D. flP) State Po?
lice Radio has reported a theft
of a motor vehicle of a differ
ent sort: A 1954 red tractor
near Alliance, Neb. -
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