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TIMBER SALE At public timber auctions
in the federal court room of the Medford
post office Monday, several- southern Ore
gon logging firms and individuals were on
hand to bid on three tracts of Rogue River
National forest timber in the Fish lake
area. Conducting the first sale, above, is
County Men to File
For Commissioner
.-- Two Jackson county men
last night announced their
intentions of filing for the
Democratic nomination for
county commissioner, a post
now held by Republican Ches
ter Wendt.
. They are Franklin (Jere)
Girard, a long-time state offi
cial and forester in Idaho and
a resident cf Jackson county
for nine years, and Frank
Christian, mayor of Talent.
Wendt, a resident of Jack
sonville, will be a candidate
for reelection.
Ranger for 12 Year
.. Girard, 65, lives at 1070
Emma st., Ashland. A native
of Ashland, Tenn., he attend
ed high school and took spe
cial studies in forestry at the
University of Montana, later
joining the U.S. forest service
Man Bruised When
Caught in Garage
Miles Stuart, 1029 Queen
Anne ave., escaped with
bruises . Tuesday evening
e ve n i n g when he was
caught and pressed between
tne door and the door jam
of his car, neighborhood doc
tors who rescued him report
ed. Firemen, who were called
about 6:40 p.m. to release
him, said that Stuart had
gotten out of his car to open
his garage door. The auto's
transmission had been left in
drive position and the veh
icle started to move forward.
Stuart was caught when he
attempted to stop the car. The
door of the auto was forced
shut by a retaining wall, pin
ning him.
Drs. Florian Shasky and
Thomas Rutter, neighbors of
Stuart, attracted by horn
honking and shouts for help,
had released him by the time
firemen arrived. ',
Retirement Announced,
Principals Named in 6C
Central Point The forth
coming retirement of H. P.
Jewett, long-time , superinten
dent of school district 6C, was
announced, and three - year
contracts with four, princi
pals in the district were ap
proved by the board of di
rectors at a meeting here this
-week.
Contracts were approved
w.ith Arthur L. Strauss, Cra
ter High school, Central
Point; Gilbert A. Mack, Gold
Hill schools; William Brew
sier, Sams Valley school; and
George A. Johns, Jewett. El
ementary school, Central
Point.
Three-Year Contract
C. A. Meyer, principal of
Central Point Junior High
school, was given a three-year
contract to continue for the
1958-59 year as junior high
school principal. He will
vrork with Superintendent
Jewett and the school board
during the coming year pre
paratory to taking over the
stiperintendency upon Jew
ett's retirement in 1959.
Meyer's contract for 1959
to 1961 is for superintendent
of the district. He has been
principal of the Central Point
Elementary and Junior High
school since 1946. Before
moving to Central Point he
was teacher and coach in Co
quille Junior High school. A
graduate of Oregon College
! in THahn whprp h& wac a
ranger for 12 years on the
Clearwater and St. Joe Na
tional forests.
In 1933 he was elected sec
retary of state of Idaho on
the Democratic ticket, and
was reelected in 1935 for a
second two-year term.
Later he served for seven
years with the state forestry
department in Idaho.
As secretary of state, Gr
rard also served as a member
of the Idaho boards of equali
zation, examiners (similar to
Oregon's board of control)
land commissioners, and was
member and secretary of the
state board of prisons, par
dons and paroles.
Chief of Recreation
He is a veteran of World
War I. In 1949. due to ill
healtfi.Tie was employed Ihere
until 1956 as chief of recrea
tion in the office of special
services. Since his retirement
two years ago, he has been
selling real estate in Ashland.
Girard is married. A grown
daughter by , an earlier mar
riage lives in Idaho.
Christian, Talent, mayor
and retired building contrac
tor, has lived in Talent , since
1950. Shortly before tnai n
had moved to Myrtle Creek
from Washington. At Myrtle
Creek he was one of the ong
inal stockholders in a saw-
mill and plywood plant there
and acted as purchasing agent
for the company at that time
Christian owns several
busines properties in Talent
He lives with his wife at
314 West Main st., Talent. He
has two sons and two step
sons. One is now working for
Crown Zellerbach company
in San Francisco, Calif., after
receiving a master's degree at
the University of Idaho. Two
other sons are in the Navy,
Another is now a senior at
Oregon State college and is
studying mechanical engi
neering.
of Education and Oregon
State college, he served ZVz
years in the Navy during
World War II
He has been active in pro
fessional teacher groups -in
the county and state.
Willamette Graduate
Jewett, a graduate of Wil
lamette university, . Salem,
has been superintendent of
district 6C since 1922.
The board also approved
extra' secretarial help in the
superintendent's office and
extra help in music for the
Sams Valley school. Inspec
tion of grounds and buildings
by the budget committee will
be Feb. 17 and the first meet
ing of the budget committee
was set for Feb. 27.
Lester James, chairman of
the board, noted that 16 con
tractors have taken out plans
for the addition to Crater
High school. Bids will be
opened Feb. 18.
The board also approved a
request from the Rural school
board that funds be included
in its budget to underwrite
the expense of the special ed
ucation school now being
held at Talent. The rural
board will receive reimburse
ment for the funds from the
state and from districts hav
ing pupils in the school.
Robert Sutherland, biology
teacher at Crater, was grant
ed a year's leave of absence
for graduate study.
Timber Management Officer Howard G.
Hopkins, while Clerk Mrs. George Sprague
tabluates bids. The last two sales were con
ducted by Timber Sale Officer Douglas B.
Shaw, Ashland. The total bid value of the
three sales amounted to more than $38,000.
(See story on page 11)
Solid Gains for
Agriculture Made,
R. J. Steward Says
The "forceful leadership"
of Gov. Robert D. Holmes,
backed by a majority of the
1957 legislature, accounted
for the first solid gains for
Oregon agriculture and the
consumer public in this gen
eration state director of agri
culture and former legisla
tor, Robert J. Steward, said
last night. He spoke at a meet
ing of the Democratic party
of Jackson county at the Ash
land Civic clubhouse. About
100 persons attended.
Steward cited 23 agricul
ture laws passed during the
regular .-1957 session provid
ing protection to producers
and consumers. He said all
were desperately-needed-legislation
by-passed by nine
previous legislative sessions.
He praised the governor and
present legislature for "legis
lative responsibility," and
cited Jackson county's Robert
B. Duncan as an example.
Meat Inspections
Among the 23 laws noted,
Steward mentioned the one
proyiding compulsory meat in
spection; one providing state
wide recognation and elimina-;
tion of Bangs disease, which
causes Undulant fever; milk
usage control act; the ware
house bonding and licensing
act; the livestock districts act;
ragweed control act and
others.
Two Jackson county Demo
crats announced their inten
tions of seeking the office of
commissioner. They are
Franklin Girard of Ashland
and Krank Christian of Tal
ent.
' Brief talks were made by
announced candidates, Larry
Sheehan, who seeks the of
fice of sheriff, and by Mrs.
Nita Zumwalt, who lias filed
for county clerk.
At the meeting, the qualifi
cations of another Democratic
candidate, Raymond , Koch,
Central Point, who has filed
for sheriff, were questioned
by Democratic party chair
man James Redden.
State Representative Dun
can reviewed the accomplish
ments of the regular and spe
cial sessions of the legislature.
He praised Governor Holmes
for courage in calling the
special session, which "cost
the taxpayer only, about five
cents per capita and yet pro
vided a substantial measure
of tax relief" and also for
"bringing state government
close to the people."
Antidote , for Poison
Donated City Police
. Several packets of a uni
versalantidote . for accident
al poisoning . have been don
ated to the Medford, city po
lice for. use in first aid kits
in the station and emergency
vehicles, according to Police
Chief. Charles A. Champlin.
The new antidote, donated
by Wainscott's Pharmacy,
will be used in common acci
dental poisonings except in
the case of corrosive sub
stances, the chief reported.
He explained that all police
officers are holders of ad
vance first aid cards and the
antidote would be used prior
to taking the victim to the
hospital or physician.
Portland HP) An" uniden
tified man was killed today
when he was struck by a train
at a small bridge in the
Mock's bottom area of tnorth
Portland. ' .
Opportunity for
Jobs To Increase,
President Thinks
'Pump-Priming'
Project Announced
Washington (in Presi
dent Eisenhower predicted to
day that the recession will
start to end next month and
employment will pick up.
In a special, written state
ment, the chief executive ack
nowledged that unemploy
ment currently is bringing
hardship to many Americans,
but he said he is convinced
that better days are in sight.
The President issued his
"chins up" statement in the
wake of estimates by the
Labor and Commerce depart
ments that unemployment
went to 4,494,000 in mid-Janu
ary, the highest since 1950.
Official Alarm
The one-month increase of
1,100,000 in the number of
jobless caused official and
public alarm.
The President also obvious
ly was concerned about de
mands in Congress that the ad
ministration .take drastic steps
promptly to prevent a depres
sion. He said that from the best
advice he could get he be
lieved "that we have had most
of our bad news on the unem
ployment front."
"I am convinced that we
are not facing a prolonged
down-swing in activity," he
said. "Every indication is that
March will commence to see
the start of a -pickup in job
opportunities. That should
mark the beginning of the end
of the down-turn in our econ
omy, provided we apply our
selves with' confidence to the
job ahead."
Post Office Program
Tuesday he announced a $2
billion program for modern
ization of post office buildings
and equipment during the
next three to five years as
one major "pum-priming" ef
fort to speed an economic up
turn. Today he said the adminis
tration is engaged ,in "sys
tematic and - comprehensive
planning for expansion and
modernization of public works
and buildings, all of these use
ful public projects to be taken
off the shelf when they could
most appropriately be under
taken." WEATHER
FORECAST: Partial clearing
with valley fog tonight and
early Thursday morning.
Increasing cloudiness dur
ing day Thursday. Rain by
afternoon or evening. Cool
er tonight with low 35.
High Thursday 50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 54
Lowest this Morning 42
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today $4
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:13 a.m.
Sunset '5:39 p.m.
The Moon rises Thurs
day 3:3J a.m.
and rides low. New
Moon Feb.-1
Saturn appears near the
Moon tonight, but a spice
traveler, after making the
238.009 miles to the Moon,
would have to go another
970.000.000 miles to arrive
on Saturn.
Unemployment Continues
In County in January
The high- unemployment I
level which was reached the
last week in December con
tinued, in January, but most
employers believe the em
ployment picture should show
considerable i m p r o v ement
during the spring months, ac
cording to John J. Patton,
manager of the Medford of
fice, state employment serv
ice. Lack of employment activ
ity in the area was due as
much to bad weather as to
economic factors, Patton said.
He noted that there was "a
good deal of 'off and on' oper
ations on the part of several
sawmills - and some logging
firms." v
General Feeling
In general," he said, "the
feeling among most employ
ers seemed to be that the low
point had been reached, and
that the employment picture
should show considerable in
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VERN SMITH
Seeks GOP Nomination
Ashlander Seeks
GOP Nomination
As County Sheriff
Vern Smith, 51, of 1221
Park st., Ashland, ' today, an
nounced he would seek the
Republican nomination for
Jackson county sheriff in the
May 16 primary election.
He will oppose Joe Walsh,
at present chief deputy sher
iff.
Smith has been a law en
forcement officer in Jackson
county for more than 20
years, and was chief of crim
inal investigations in the sher
iff's office yndjef" tehnriff Syd
Brown for nix years. - 1 '
In Forest Service ; .
; Prior to his duty under
Brown, Smith was public re
lations and enforcement of
ficer for the forest service in
Ashland, and was a member
of the Ashland police depart
ment for two years. Later he
became chief county weigh
master, after which he accept
ed a job as police chief in Ash
land. He served in the latter
office six years.
He became county weigh-
master again, and has served
in that office three years.
Smith said he has studied
law three years, and has stu,
died business administration
and police science, basic
safety and traffic control at
the University of California,
and has taken 23 police sci
ence training school courses.
Affiliated Listed
He is . affiliated with the
Methodist church, an original
organizing director of Mercy
Flights, a member of Hillah
Shrine, Royal Arch Mason,
Commandery, AF&AM 23,
Ashland lodges, and affiliated
with Elks lodge 944. He is on
the executive committee of the
Jackson County Employees
association, and is an explo
sive ordance disposal agent
with the Civil Defense. 1
Smith was born in Oregon
City in 1907. He and his wife
have three children and two
grandchildren. 1 He attended
schools in Oregon, and the
Naval school of marine en
gineering and special courses
at the University of Calif
ornia.
provement during the spring
months."
Low market prices contin
ued to trouble the lumber in
dustry, and wet weather
stopped construction and oth
er outside work in January,
Patton . said. The feeling of
gloom which pervaded the
area last fall, he added,
seemed to be absent or great
ly reduced.
As of Janf 31, unemploy
ment in tLe county was esti
mated at 3,070, which in
cludes all persons in the coun
ty who are ordinarily- in the
labor market, and are at pres
ent out of work.
At the end of January, Pat
ton said, 18.5 of each 100
workers having waee credits.
which would entitle them to
an unemployment compensa
tion claim, were unemployed
and filine. This is 24 npr rnt
more than December and 15
per cent above the same time
a year ago.
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18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1958 No. 252
Gas Bill Defeat
Seen as Result
Of Fund for GOP
Texas Contribution
Stirs Congressmen
Washington (IP) A $100,
000 Republican fund raised by
Texas oil men today appeared
to have killed for a second
time their politically explo
sive natural gas bill.
Some congressional figures
who called the bill as good as
dead compared, the fund with
a $2,500 campaign contribu
tion offered Sen. Francis Case
(R-S.D.) by an oil company
in 1956 when a similar bill
was before Congress. Case
publicly rejected the con
tribution, causing a sensation.
The measure, which would
sharply relax federal controls
over producer prices for na
tural gas, passed then but was
vetoed by President Eisen
hower because of what he
called "arrogant 'lobbying
tactics" in the Case affair. He
said the principles of the bill
were desirable nevertheless.
Summing up today's senti
ment of several congressmen,
Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt.)
said:
"The oil and gas people are
using oil 'and" gas to "-' cook
their own goose."
'The Last Straw
Flanders, who voted for the
measure in 1956, said he
would be in the negative if it
came up again because "now
the merits (of the bill) are
obscured by the people push
ing it."
Rep. Morgan M. Mouider
(D-Mo.), who - also endorsed
the bill earlier, said he was
likewise switching to the op
position after the Washington
Post and Times Hearld re
ported the Texas fund was
raised to muster GOP House
support for the bill Moulder
said that was the "last straw."
Unander Willing .
To Debate Issues
Salem (IP) State Treasurer
Sig Unander said today that
Secretary of State Mark Hat
field's suggestion of a state
wide tour for the two Repub
lican gubernatorial candidates
is a good idea if a schedule
can be arranged.
Hatfield suggested in Port
land Tuesday that the two
candidates make joint appear
ances before statewide groups,
possibly one section of the
state at a time.
"That sounds like a good
idea," Unander said. "I would
be glad to do it if we can ar
range our campaign schedules
to permit it. However, my
schedule already is rather
full." .
City Budget Group
To Tour Facilities
Members of . the citizen's
budget committee, several
members -of the city council,
and City Manager Robert A.
Duff will tour city facilities
Thursday starting at 10 a.m.
The tour will include a two
hour tour of the city hall
establishments with lunch
served to the group at noon
at the Central fire station.
During the afternoon the
group will view the fire sta
tions, city shops, airport and
sewerage plant.
Colt Rescued from
Military Rd. Well
Central Point - A colt,
owned by" John Gates Was
rescued from a dry well on
his ranch on : Military rd.
Tuesday, according to the
Central Point rural fire de
partment. They said the colt appar
ently fell into the well Mon
day evening. He was not dis
covered . until early yester
day, they sAid. A wrecker
was called for use of a hoist
to rescue the animal, accord
ing to firemen. The colt was
not injured. . -
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'What I Really Want Is a Few Jars of
Instant Science"
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Mrs. Nye Resigns
School Board Post
Mrs. Stephen Nye resigned
as a member and chairman of
the Medford school board last
night, and Keith Hockersmith,
former member of the Oak
Grove school board, was ap
pointed to fill her unexpired
term. . .
: Mrs. Nye resigned because
she is moving into a new home
in the Phoenix district. She
has been , a member . of the
Medford board for almost 10
years, and this was her second
term, as chairman -She was
chairman during the school
year 1952-53.
Hockersmith currently is a
member of the County School
Reorganization board.
Principals Appointed.
The board also appointed
principals for the district.
They are Lester Harris, Med
ford High; Glenn L. Linn, Mc
Laughlin Junior High; Vincent
Bevins, Hedrick Junior High;
Kenneth' Hulburt, Jefferson;
John Childers, Roosevelt;
Robert Sage, Washington; Ron
ald Weatherf ord, West Side;
Bruce-Metzger, Jackson; Jack
Holmes, Lincoln; and Robert
Phillips, Oak Grove.
Roy Gilbertson was ap
pointed principal of Hoover
Elementary school on Siski
you blvd., and Robert Baccus
was named principal for Wil
son school on Corona ave.
Phillips has served in the
Medford district six years,
moving here from Southern
Oregon college as coach at
Washington school. He also
taught in Jefferson school.
Teachers will be elected at
the board meeting March 11.
Bids are expected to be
called for the new Wilson
school prior to Feb. 17, and
will be opened at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5 in the
school administration build
ing, Mrs. Nye said. Final plans
and specifications have been
approved by the board.
Plans for the new Hoover
Lincoln Wasn't Opposed
Politics and
Washington (IPi The Li
brary of Congress toasted Lin
coln on his birthday today by
releasing an unpublished draft
of a letter he wrote on blend
ing politics and whiskey.
Abe allowed he wasn't
against it.
The library released the let
ter in announcing its receipt
as a gift along with two others
and a Lincoln family Bible.
Gift To Collection
David Mearns, library man
uscript division chief and Lin
coln expert, said the letters
and Bible were a gift to the
library's Lincoln papers col
lection largest in the world
by' Lincoln's great grand
Mart
Tribune
i" school are progressing' satis
factorily, the board said. Bids
are expected to be called in
the near future.
The two schools are part
of a two-year building pro
gram costing more than $1
700,000 approved by the vot
ers last fall.
A site for a proposed dis
trict warehouse and school
bus shop hear the Jackson
County Housing authority was
discussed, but no action was
taken by the board. Possible
other sites also were dis
cussed. June 3 was set as the ten
tative date for an election on
the 1958-59 budget. Prelim
inary work on the budget is
under way, and the budget
will be submitted to the com
mittee in the near future.
Eisenhowers Slate
Georgia Vacation ,
Washington (IP) President
and Mrs. Eisenhower fly to
Thomasville, Ga., Thursday
for about 10 days of rest and
relaxation.
They will stay on the Mile
stone plantation of former
Treasury Secretary and Mrs.
George M. Humphrey, just
outside the city of Thomas
ville, which is located in the
southwest corner of Georgia.
It wilL be the1 President's
fifth winter trip to Thomas
ville, where he particularly
enjoys the quail shooting and
golf.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 441.21, off
1.14; 20 railroads 105.38.
off 1.05; 15 utilities 71.64,
off 0.48; and 65 stocks 150.
44, off 0.73. Sales today
were about 2,030,000 shares
compared with 2.110.000
shares Tuesday.
Liquor, Letter Shows
son, Lincoln Isham of Dorset,
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Lincoln wrote the politics-and-liquor
letter in 1854 to
Richard James Oglesby, an
Illinois politician, in support
of Rep. Richard Yates who
lived in Oglesby's district.
Apparently Misunderstanding
"I understand his enemies
are getting up a charge against
him that while he passes for a
temperate man he is in the
habit of drinking secretly
and that they calculate on
proving an instance of the
charge by you," Lincoln
wrote. He said there appar
ently was a misunderstand
ing. -
Oregonian To
Propose Separate
Senate Inquiry
'Payment of Money
Evidence Claimed
Washington (m The strife
torn House investigation of
alleged "misconduct" in fed
eral agencies swung dramatic
ally today on the decision of
Sen. Wayne Morse.
Morse found himself in
physical possession of disput
ed files handed him by ousted
staff chief Bernard Schwartx
of a House Commerce Sub
committee investigating six
regulatory agencies.
The Oregon Democrat as
sured the subcommittee today
that he will not help its ousted
chief counsel, Bernard
Schwartz, keep any secret
records of his politically ex
plosive role. '
Morse advised the new
subcommittee chairman;
Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.) that
he can have the controversial
documents today.
But Morse said after read
ing the documents that he will
propose a separate Senate in
quiry into the same field that
the trouble-ridden House
group has been exploring
the affairs of six federal regu
latory agencies.
Schwartz, in a statement
late Tuesday, asserted he had
uncovered evidence of "the
payment of money" to a fed
eral communications commis
sioner in a disputed TV chan
nel case. He did not name the
person or case.
White House Clique :r
He declared he had planned
to bring to light the machina.
tions of the White House
clique in controlling deci
sions" of federal regulatory
agencies. He ticked off as
members of the "clique" the
names of presidential assist
ant Sherman Adams, White
House counsel Gerald Morgan,
Commerce Secretary Sinclair
Weeks, Col. George Gordon.
Moore, M r s. Eisenhower's
brother-in-law, and former
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York.
He said " his ' investigators
had planned to leave for Bos
ton Tuesday "to delve into
the notorious grant of a multi-
million dollar television chan
nel to. a leading Republican
newspaper." He said they also
were, going "to find out the
facts concerning the relations
between Weeks and a leading
director and stockholder o
Pan American World Air
ways.
Claims, Counter-Claims
Schwartz claimed the files
were his own "working" docu
ments and papers. New sub
committee Chairman Oren
Harris (D-Ark.) said they be
longed to the subcommittee
and included "original," not
copied, documents without
which his group's investiga
tion would be "thwarted." '
Harris said he assumed
Morse would return the docu
ments to the subcommittee.
Angered by Schwartz action,
Harris said the subcommittee
had not considered what
means could be taken to
'force" Morse to return the
papers if the senator refused
to give them up.
We're going to make every
effort to get the files back,"
Harris said. .
Schwartz said the papers he
delivered to Morse contained
'some" of his data. But Rep.
John E, Bennett (R-Mich.), a
subcommittee member, said
Schwartz handed the senator
the "complete results" of
Schwartz' investigation.
Bennett added that Morse
had no more right to the files
than any ordinary citizen who
was given something by somer
one who did not own it.
Hollywood OP) Actor
Richard Egan, 35, plans to
marry actress Patricia Nardy,
24, in June.
To Mixing
Thousands and thousands
of us . . . have known Yates
for many years," he said. "I
have never seen him drink
liquor, nor act, or speak as
if he, had been drinking nor
smelled it on his breath." :
Anyway, Lincoln said his
vote didn't "depend absolute
ly upon the question of wheth
er a candidate does or does
not taste liquor."
Lost Election -
A library spokesman noted
Yates lost the elections
But he said records show
Yates went on to become govr
ernor of Illinois a few years
later and was tipsy when he
took the oath of office. -