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
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