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Increase Noted in Welfare Cases by Salvation Army An increase in the welfare load was noted by the Med ford unit of the Salvation Army, Capt. William Ricken has announced. He said 53 families were given grocery orders so far in the three months this year, and nine families were pro vided rent orders. The Sal vation Army clothing depart ment issued more than 400 garments to local families, he noted. The transient shelter op erated by the Army received about 800 applications. The Army furnished beds for 742 and provided 2,406 meals through March this year. Mo Slack Period The usual slack period in January saw more activity this year than previously be cause of the unemployment situation, Captain Ricken noted. Help extended to families in Medford and Jackson county is for emergency needs only, he pointed out. Captain Ricken said that six months of the present fiscal year have passed, and about three-fourths of the Salva tion Army's welfare budget has been extended because of ' the increased demands. The budget committee will hold ' a special meeting this week to discuss the situation. The v Salvation Army depends on the United Medford Crusade : for support . of its welfare activities. . Cash grants and transporta- tion have been eliminated be cause of lack of funds, he said, and single persons are . refused grocery orders .in preference to families with children. Rogue River Library Votes to Withdraw From County System New Officers Are Elected by Eagles R. G. (Barney) Garrett was elected president of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles at a meeting last week. Other officers elected were Marvin Hedges Jr., vice presi dent; Harvey Hawley, past president; Jack Satterlee, Chaplain; Dick Weber, con ductor; Lewis Parker, secre tary; Al Ford, treasurer; Billie Rogers, inside guard; and Glen Rush, outside guard; Henry Myhre, LeRoy Cooper, Chris Hutton, Roy Picard and Eugene Edwards, trustees. The new officers will be installed at a June meeting. The Rogue River library board has decided to with draw the town library from the Jackson county system, Mrs. Roland Jones, Rogue River library board chairman, said Friday. Meeting with a delegation from 'Rogue River, the Jack son country court and mem bers of the Medford library board, she explained the board had met with the Rogue River city council and decided to make the break. She requested it become ef fective July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. Coun ty Commissioner Chester Wendt said the city could ex pect to receive about $156.70 in rebated tax money from the county for operation of the library. This, he explained, is based on a valuation of $522,341.48 for Rogue River. Tax Reimbursement Deputy District Attorney Jim Anicker explained that to get the tax reimbursement, Rogue River would be re quired to publish a notice of a public hearing for four con secutive weeks. Then a major ity of the council must ap prove and have the written consent of the library board. Then the city council can ap ply to ' the county court for the tax money used for opera tion and maintenance of the library. , In reply to a question from Mrs. Jones, Anicker said the county library system may take back such books as it has title to. Books purchased by the city or donated to the branch library are its proper ty, he said. Eric Allen Jr., Medford li brary board chairman, said the legality would have to be checked but he thought the board would be inclined to let the Rogue River library re tain most of the reference books there. Mrs. Jones had requested the Rogue River li brary be allowed to keep the volumes. Delegation Appears A Rogue River delegation had appeared before the coun ty court March 7, presenting reasons for wanting an inde pendent status. Arguments in cluded (1) Medford is too far away from Rogue River for the school children there who need more than the limited amount of reference material sent to the Rogue River li brary nov through the general library system from Medford, (2) Rogue River claims the town has not been allowed to keep the books donated specif ically to its library, (3) Under the present system Rogue Riv er does not get enough books and magazines. The request for independ ent status was taken under advisement that afternoon by the Jackson county court. On March 12, Deputy District Attorney Anicker presented an opinion to the county court stating the library tax money collected in Rogue River may be returned by the county court for use by the Rogue River library, but tax money attributed to the school dis tricts in the Rogue River area may not be refunded. Information Presented This Friday, Allen present ed information compiled on the services now rendered the Rogue River branch of the Jackson county library. The period on which the statistics were compiled was from March 1, 1957 to Feb. 28, 1958, inclusive. Volumes sent from head quarters during the year to talled 658, volumes returned to headquarters during the year included 596, total on loan in February, 1958 were 678 volumes, original cost for the February, 1958 books on loan was $1 831.14. Average cost per book was $2.70. (This does not include the cost of indexing, cataloguing, and processing about $1 a book) Also included were sub scriptions to eight magazines costing $34.50. During the same period per sonnel from the Medford li brary paid 10 visits to the Rogue River branch library Salary provided the branch librarian was $25 a month Registration Figures Registration figures show 143 volumes were registered and 33 new registrations were made. Circulation totalled 4,558 adult fiction volumes and 692 volumes of non-fiction, 1,941 volumes of juvenile fiction and 387 volumes of juvenile non-fiction. Periodicals circu lated to the branch library totalled 2,500. Books and peri- branch library totalled 2,500. odicajs circulated totalled 10,-078. Approximately 25 per cent of the Jackson county li brary's total budget goes to extension work, or roughly $16,000 this fiscal year. This is a total of about $1,600 a branch," according to the re- Walloons is the name given to people who live in Bel gium but speak a French dia lect. To the VOTERS of Jackson County: In the coming weeks, as the election approaches, there will be numerous advertisements for various candidates appearing in this paper. Judge James M. Main, present District Court Judge, is a candidate for Circuit Judge Position No. 1 to fill the vacancy being created by the retirement of Judge H. K. Hanna. The undersigned are some of the supporters of Judge Main. We plan to publish a series of advertisements sponsoring the candidacy of Judge Main. As voters we know the difficulty that one sometimes has in deciding just which candidate is best qualified to fill the job. In many of the offices we, as voters, are well aware of the requirements and are also acquainted with the candidates and know their qualifications. A judicial office, however, is somewhat different. Not all of us have actual contact with our courts and an intimate knowledge of the requirements of the office. Starting today we will run a series of advertisements in this newspaper setting forth the qualifications of Judge James M. Main fpr the position of Circuit Judge No. 1 and 'the reasons why we feel that he is worthy of strong voter support. A judicial office is unlike most of the offices which we fill at election time. There are no political issues, as we normally think of political issues, upon which the candidates can properly take a stand. For this reason the office of Circuit Judge is nonpartisan. The office of Circuit Judge is most important to all of us, both as individual citizens and as a community. We feel that a Circuit Judge should have the fol lowing qualifications: I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. By temperament he should be patient, fair and impartial. He should have judicial experience, knowledge and ability. He should be a "student" of the law with a greater than average knowledge of the law (because he does sit as judge over all the other lawyers in the area.) He should have the habit and capability of handling a large amount of work in order to keep court dockets current. His background should be broad and he should have an understanding of the problems of people and the community. He should have previous practical experience and training in judicial office. (We are fortunate when we can find candidates with judicial training in our lower courts.) We firmly believe that these qualifications are proper for the office of Circuit Judge and we further believe that James M. Main is the man who fulfills these qualifications. In today's advertisement and in advertisements to come, we will set forth, for your con sideration, our reasons for so believing. Yours very truly, Ben Lombard Ward Spatz Mrs. Moore Hamilton G. W. Kellingron C. C. Hoover Frank DeSouza Albeit Straus Carroll Smith Mrs. Murray Gardener Mark Norton Pd. Pol. Adv. Ben Day Dr. Arthur Kreisman Doris Booth by Mrs. L. Peers Wilmeth Mrs. E. W. Seggessenman Ben Day, Chmn., Gold Hill port. "This does not include the cost of books. Based on these figures, we estimate it would cost the Rogue River branch some $4,000 or more per year to duplicate the serv ices now being rendered by the central branch." Letter Read Allen also read parts of a letter from Eleanor Stephens state librarian, on loaning books through the state sys tem. The Rogue River dele gation had indicated previous ly they could obtain volumes their library did not have through the Oregon state li brary in Salem. "We have been very firm in refusing such services for two reasons: (1) we, at this distance, cannot know as much about the reading needs of a local community as a good county librarian at the county seat, and (2) the in creasing density of popula tion in Oregon has brought us to the realization we must cut down on direct loans in stead of increasing this service from the state library," the letter said. Allen said he wanted to re iterate the statement he made at the previous meeting with the county court and Rogue River delegation. "The board has gone on record that it has no objec tions provided the legal bar riers may be surmounted", he said. "It suggested that fur ther investigation be made. The board feels sure the Rogue River library can't pro vide the ' same services with out greater costs than predict ed." Special Cases Mrs. Jones said the Rogue River library expected to re quest no shipment of books from the Oregon State library other than in special cases. Some high school students are going to Grants Pass already, she said. "We never have complained of the services," Mrs. Jones said. "Whenwe objected was when the Medford library de manded our books and fine money." "Jacksonville had 3,500 vol umes of books two years ago. Then they were all shipped into the Medford library." Mrs. Lewis M. Applebaker, Jacksonville, said when the audience was asked for fur ther comments. "These books were replaced with 1,500 vol umes which we in the Jack sonville branch do not feel are sufficient to meet the de mand in spite of what statis tics say. tf we could get more volumes for our library we would be glad to volunteer MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, April 6, 158 7 our help to get them." She added that money for supplies has come out of the branch librarian's own pocket. Don Faber Central Point mayor, said he was at the meeting only to get information. Jackson County Federal and KM ED present HIS MAJESTY The Heavyweight Champion of the Year O DOUGLAS C. MOUNTAIN O Born March 25, 1957: Weight at birth - 11 lbs., 9 oz. PARENTS -Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Mountain 1524 S. Jasper, Medford, Oregon Hear HIS MAJESTY THE BABY Each Day at 12:45 on KMED 1440 NBC - f JJJfea J VM "s '000' ---'-- JJiml.ftIM.A...... ....A..AJ..ytj -- - -'- , r nr ft, 1 IS ff a iiMWtWW' I tit J WW : .:.; ft. I : F . V r MnJbM 11 .. J IttH. i J SALE! 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