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inspectors (background) rfnt scene cf way. At least one person, a little girl, was
fireworks warehouse axf loaiew i Pottlaad, killed ajid more than 20 injured. See story
Ore., which razed sdttril tBtffcf home en page 3A, second section.
beat)) fiobat on MSghways
Running
By United Press Inrrteftagl
Americans died at thiPjate
of slightly less than fve an
hour in traffic accidents dur
ing the three-day Fourth at
July week end, a Uhitpt
Press International oi
showed today.
Eugene Orr Leitef
For Washington
A. Eugene Orr, MedfdrS
merchant, is schefluled to
leave Medford today for
Washington, D.C., where he
will testify before the Veter
ans Affairs committee con
cerning the expanding of hos
pital facilities at Camp WhjtS.
Orr, national rehabilitation
executive committeeman q
,the American Legion, will
represent both the American
Legion and the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce afr
the hearings scheduled to be
held Thursday, July 10.
- He will contact William
Williams, chairman of the in
dustrial committee of the
chamber of commerce, in
Washington, D.C., prior to
the hearing, it was reported.
Financial assistance for the
trip by Orr will be paid from
the budget for the industrial
committee of the chamber,
officials aid. The proposed
plans for expanding facilities
at Camp White falls in the
category of valley payroll de
velopment, chamber officials
explained.
Chairman of the House of
Representatives committee is
Olin Teague, Democrat, from
Texas.
Cubans Free Three
More Americans
- Havana (UPI) The Cu
ban rebels released three more
Americans today. They land
ed at Guantanamo Naval Base
in a helicopter after a flight
from a secret rebel - encamp
ment. The U. S. Embassy hera an
nounced their release. All
three are civilians.
They are:
James P. Stephens Jr., d
mond, Okla., assistant superin
tendent . of the United Fruit
Company of Cuba.
Sherman Avery White, gen
eral manager of the U. S.
owned Nicaro nickel installa
,tion. r James A. Toll, Grand Rap
ids, Mich., assistant general
-manager at Nicaro.
Porter Evokes Reservoir
Of Venezuelan Good Will
By ROBERT A. SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
- Washington The visit to
Venezuela of Rep.. Charles O.
Porter (D-Ore.) over the week
end has evoked "a vast reser
voir of goodwill toward the
United States," the New York
Times reported today.
Banners of Welcome
In a dispatch from Caracas
where Vice President Nixon
was stoned recently, the
Times reported that Congress
man Porter was "met at dawn
at the airport Friday by 200
persons. They included all
editors of Caracas daily news
papers as well .as political
refugees from Cuba and Do
monican Republic. The greet
ers carried banners of wel
come." .
The Times added that Porter
received an "ovation Sunday
at a meeting of 20,000 sup
porters of the Action Demo-
Qebifid Estimates
I count showed 373 traf
fic death between 6 p.m. on
Thursday and midnight Sun
day night, toeal time. With
179 drownings, dead in
pjant crashes, and 81 in mis
ctUaneoua accident, the
Wftjy ToHtQi death toll stood
fat CO.
The National Safety Coun
cil had predicted the traffic
deaths "would total 410 by the
Ltime fl report for the 78-
haur uenod were in. This
wonld have been an . hourly
4eath rate of 5.2, compared
to tbe 41 counted today, and
In the early hours of the holi
day it appeared this estimate
wqyld be conservative.
California led tfte nation
with 31 highway deaths, fol
lowed by Texas with 24. New
York w third with 21, and
Wet Month in Area
Bepoflei h lane
Jue in Medford this year
was wet compared to 1957
wo ci UiifiEu .
me weauier uuieiu icui i i
today.
ttain, including that from
seven thunderstorms, totaled
2.72. inches. Last m year the
figure was .03 inches, with
only one thunderstorm report
ed. Mean temperature was 66
degrees last month with a
high of 99 and a low of 44,
compared to a mean of 67
with, a high of 94 and a low
of 41 in June, 1957.
Two Burglaries
Reported to Police
Two cases of breaking and
entering were reported to
Medford police over the week
end. ' '
Burglars, who broke into
the Physicians and Surgeons
pharmacy, 902 East Main st.,
took $15 from a refrigerator
but missed $350 elsewhere in
the store, according to police.
E n t r a n ce was gained
through a skylight, the report
stated. An inventory was to
be taken today to see if any
narcotics or medicines had
been removed.
Approximately $230 in gro
ceries was reported taken
from the Grandview market,
2330 Crater Lake ave., some
time Saturday night. Items
missing includeed 75 to 100
pounds of ham, bacon, -coffee
and about 60 cartons of cigar
ettes. According to the police
report, the market was en
tered through the attic.
cratica party and was greeted
by warm editorials in news
papers. The story added:
"Mr. Porter took advantage
of his prestige in Venezuela
today to warn against the
dangers of Communism and
to emphasize United States
friendliness, in a television
speech.
"I am against all dictator
ships and tyrannies," he said,
"but we must not forget that
tyrannies include Commu
nism." He applauded the three
major political parties that
have come out against Com
munism in Venezuela.
Porter is expected back
Tuesday. He was accompanied
on his trip over the holiday
week end by Mrs. Porter and
an interpreter, Mrs. Rickie
Bennet, of the Library of Con
gress. They were guests of
the Venezuela Press Association.
after it came Missouri with
20. Ohio with 18, Louisiana
and Georgia with 16 each and
Michigan with 14.
Only eight states had un
blemished traffic records and
only five of the eight got
through the holiday without
any type of fatality.
The eight without a high
way death were Delaware,
North Dakota, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, Ore
gon, "Vermont and Wyoming.
Only Delaware, North Da
kota, Nevada, Wyoming and
Vermont had perfect slates.
fugitives May Be
in Medford Area
Two fugitives wanted for
murder in California may
have fled-to this area, accord
ing to local police' who dis
covered an abandoned vehicle
on Fifth st. Friday.
A check with police in
zureu, tain., riaay reveai-
ed that Robert Dennis Mc-
Carthy and his wife, Ethel
Lorraine . McCarthy, were
known to have been operating
the vehicle found in Medford.
They -were wanted on war
rants for auto theft . and de
frauding an' innkeeper as
well as for murder, police
said.
McCarthy wa described by
police as white, 39 years old,
5 foot, 11 inches, 165 pounds,
with brown hair and blue
eyes. His wife was said to be
heavyset, weighing about 200
pounds. Both were known to
use aliases of "Pattison" and
"Patterson."
The vehicle, a 1946 Buick
found on Fifth st. between
Grape and Holly sts., was re
portedly stolen May 31 from
Fortuna, Calif. Local police
believed it had been aband
oned for "a week or more."
Local FBI agents are also in
vestigating the case.
Powder Puffers
Completing Flight
Charleston, S. C. (UPI)
Powder puff fliers were buzz
ing into Charleston Airport
today on the last leg of the
famed trans-continental air
race that winds up Wednesday
with announcement of the na
tion's top woman light plane
pilot.
Fourteen of the 60 women
pilots entered in the 12th an
nual Powder Puff Derby ar
rived Sunday with a steady
stream expected at the airport
throughout today.
The flight began Friday in
San Diego. Many of the 2,177
miles to Charleston were
flown through cloudy skies. '
The first planes arriving
here, however, may not carry
the winners. The top pilot is
chosen on the basis of a handi
cap system that takes into ac
count the planes' flight ca
pacities. " .
Identification of
Plane Wreck Sought
Seattle (UPI) The State
Aeronautics commission an
nounced today it was trying
to make a positive identifica
tion of .the wreckage of a
crashed plane --.which was
found last Thursday in the
Cascades about halfway be
tween Snoqualmie Pass and
Stevens Pass.
Beaverton, Ore. (UPI)
New construction here in
1957 will reach $2 million, ac
cording to City Superintend
ent Robert O. Malsey,
53rd year
Medford
20 Pages
Oregon Chalks Up
16 Accidental
Week End Deaths
Water Claims 14;
No Highway Deaths
By United Press International
The accidental death toll
in Oregon for the 78-hour
Fourth of July holiday week
end stood at 16 today, but
not one of these was' a traf
fic fatality.
State police in Salem said
records showed no previous
death-free three - day week
end in Oregon highways.
Riven and seashore claim
ed at least 14 lives, and two
more victims died in acci
dents classified as miscella
neous. One of the dead was
Mary Beth Howe, 4Vfc-year-old
girl who perished in the
Portland fireworks explosion
early Saturday.
Crushed by Bauldar
The other was a 17-year-old
California youth, William
David Delay Jr., who was
crushed by a huge boulder
during a picture taking out
ing near Odell lake southeast
of Springfield Sunday. He
was dead on arrival at Oak
ridge clinic.
Richard Ray. Lander, 25,
Riddle, drowned Sunday night
while swimming' in the South
Umpqua river near Myrtle
Creek. The body was recov
ered early today.
Multnomah county sheriff's
deputies resumed dragging
operations today for the
bodies of two Portland sis
ters who apparently fell into
a' hole while wading at Sau
vies Island Sunday. Presumed
drowned were Shelba Ann
Scroggins, 15, and her sister,
Connie, 11.
Other drowning victims in
cluded: Lewis Jackson Jr., 21,
Seattle, a visitor in Portland
who drowned in the Sandy
river Sunday; Donald L. Cros
by, 27, Portland; Walter
Arvin Chaffee, 12, Veneta;
Harry Allan Anderson, 15, a
visitor from Lincoln, Neb.,
who drowned near Lebanon;
William A. Young, 50, Ore
gon City; Martin Leon Fisher,
49, -North Bend, and his 19-year-old
son, Allen; Sally
Jenkins, 14, Sweet Home, and
three Eugene men, William
Seavey, 38, Frederick Ort
loff, 30, and Roger Branman,
20.
(See Story on Page 13)
Russia Threatens
To Abandon U.N.
Moscow '(UPI) The
Soviet Union has. warned UN
Secreteary General Dag Ham
marskjold it will pull out of
the United Nations if there
are further demonstrations
outside the Soviet delegation
building in New York.
The protest against the dem
onstrations were made in a
note to Hammarskjold deliv
ered by Soviet UN Represen
tative A. A. Sobolev on July
3 and published today in the
Moscow press.
The demonstrations came
in New York two weeks ago
when Hungarian students pro
tested the execution of Hun
garian former Premier Imre
Nagy. Seven New York City
policemen were injured in
quelling the demonstration.
Several Hungarians were ar
rested. The Soviet protest said that
those in the United States re
sponsible for the June dem
onstrations might possibly be
trying to "create exactly such
a situation" withdrawal of
the Soviet delegation.
WEATHER
FORECAST Warm and rather
humid through Tuesday. After
noon and evening thunder
storms mainly over the moun
tains. Low tonight 56. High
Tused.y 90. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 98
Lowest This Morning . 59
Prec to 19 a.m. Today 1
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset :S1 P-m-
Sunrise tomorrow 4:42 a.m.
Moonrise tonight , .11:19 p.m.
Last Quarter J"y 8
PROMINENT STAR t
Arcturus. in the west 11:48 p.m.
Comparatively speaking, this is
a runaway star. Its position
among the other so-called fixed
stars changes about one-eighth
of the Moon's diameter every
100 years.
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MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY JULY 7, 1958
IKE SIGNS ALASKA BILL
Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower today signed
into law the bill to make Alaska he 49th state. '
The President put his signature on the historic legislation
at 3:20 p.m. (e.d.t.) in his White House office. Photographers
and reporters were called in to record the signature.
A White House spokesman said a presidential statement
would be issued later.
After signing the bill, the President looked up and com
mented to Terald Morgan, White House special counsel,
"Now we have 49 states." But the President quickly added
that "maybe we don't do it until the plebiscite."
Morgan replied that "We don't do it until the plebiscite."
They were referring to the fact that Alaskan voters still
must approve the terms of statehood in a referendum to be
held in December. Only after that will Alaskan statehood
become a reality.
A - A - A - A - A -
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rnment
New Drive Against
Excessive Smoking
Washington (UPI) The
government plans a new drive
against heavy cigarette smok
ing on the heels of a fresh re
port linking smoking with
lung cancer, a- high official
said today.
Dr. Leroy E. Burney, U. S.
surgeon general and chief of
the U. S. Public Health Serv
ice, told United Press Inter
national ."we have some ideas
and plans" for strengthening
the .. government's ' year-long
campaign to reduce "exces
sive" cigarette, smoking.
He said officials of his agen
cy would meet today to agree
on the new drive, and he ex
pected an announcement some
time this week.
Burney declined to detail
the nature of the new cam
paign except to say it would
be from the ''primarily educa
tional standpoint."
New High in Smoking
A year ago the Public
Health Service launched its
first effort to woo the public
away from heavy cigarette
smoking after finding "in
creasing and consistent evi
dence" that "excessive cigar-
Dulles To Report
On De Gaulle Talks
Washington (UPI)
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles planned to report
to President Eisenhower today
on his meeting with France's
"man of destiny," Premier
Charles de Gaulle.
Dulles indicated the nature
of part of his report upon his
arrival here by plane Sunday
night from Paris.
, He told, newsmen he had
had "full, satisfactory, com
prehensive talks" with the
new French leader and
thought De Gaulle would "do
much to relieve the predica
ments' 'that have - prevented
France from taking a full role
in international affairs.
Dulles described De Gaulle
as '"a man of wisdom and
power."
The secretary was silent,
however, on one aspect of his
conference with De Gaulle
that has disturbed some
American diplomats. De
Gaulle is reported to have in
sisted that France develop its
own atomic weapons and to
have declared France will
test an atom bomb in the not
too distant future.
A - A Alaska!
em V mention j
ette smoking is one of the
causative factors of lung
cancer." -
There has been no recent
evaluation of the effect of the
present campaign. Latest re
ports from the Agriculture
Department show cigarette
smoking is expected to hit a
new all-time high in the Unit
ed States this year. A big shift
to filter cigarettes seems the
chief result of the drive thus
far.
Burney said the Public
Health Service already has
sent copies of its new cigarette-cancer
report together
with an analysis of its find
ings to all state and territor
ial health officers.
Carries Weight
The report, made . public
Saturday, was conducted by
the Public Health Service and
covered 200,000 veterans. It
showed that during a 2-year
period there were 32 per cent
more deaths among smokers
than among non-smokers, and
58 per cent more deaths
among cigarette smokers than
non-smokers.
Dr. Burney said in an inter
view the new study added
"considerable weight" to simi
lar results of previous studies
here and abroad.
"I feel very definitely a re
lationship has been estab
lished between excessive and
long smoking and lung can
cer," Burney said.
He added, however, that the
"cause" of cancer in cigarettes
still has not been discovered
and isolated.
Deadline .Wednesday
For Camp Enrollment
Deadline for registration
for the Jackson county 4-H
summer camp will be 5 p.m
W e d n e s d a y, according to
County 4-H Agents Glenn
Klein and Marylou Garner.
The camp at Lake of The
Woods is open from July 14
to July 19 for both boys and
girls from nine years old to 15
years old, the agents said. The
older 4-H members will serve
as counselors. The theme this
year is "Hawaii." This will be
featured in camp crafts and
the menu, Klein said.
Washington (UPI) The
Senate has passed and sent to
the House a bill making the
government's mineral explor
ation program a permanent
activity of the Department of
Interior.
Price 1 0 cents
Shots Exchanged
Around Amentdrjl
Offices in Beirut
U.N. Observe
Blasted by N?V
Beirut, Lebanese iVPt)
Rebel and government force
exchanged gunfire today
a half-hour elash around JWi
rut's main square where U.S.
business firms have offices.
Elsewhere in Beirut, bomb
exploded Sunday night nd
this morning to usher ia tit
ninth week of political citi
in Lebanon. One bomb ex
ploded shortly after
outside the Beirut post oiiic
but no casualties wx
ported.
& Casualties Jtepoitaf (
In the northern port of Tri
poli, desultory fighting vftf
on throughout the night.
The new gun-fighting bofea
out this morning around
rut's Hiad Solh Square, vfeere
Pan-American World Airway'
and the First National CM
bank of New York have iocai
offices. . Ther wer tso.
ports ef eulti i fcr
shooting.
Pro-government nevsf riw
today blasted U.N. Secretary
general Dag Hammarskjold
and the U.N. observer groap
for failing to confirm Leban
ese government charges of
"massive . intervention" by
Syria.
The Lebanese cabinet was
called into session today to
study the United Nations re
ports on Syrian infiltration
and to decide whether to
ask for a Security Council
hearing.
Hope Not Abandoned -
Lebanese Premier Sami Es
Solh told United Press Inter
national in an interview the
government has not given up
hope of getting an internation
al police force to seaJ its bor
ders desp'ite U.'N. Secretary
general Dag Hammarskjold's
unfavorable report.
Solh took exception with
the observer group chief Galo
Plaza, former president of Ec
uador, who told newsmen he
had seen no evidence of mas
sive interference by Syria.
Garage, Pumphouse
Destroyed by Fire
An old garage and a pump
house burned to the ground
Sunday on Hog Creek rd.,
according to state police and
state department of forestry
officials. '
Total damage was estimated
at $1,200, state police said.
The garage contained some
tools, about $100 worth of
commercial fertilizer and $500
worth of dairy type milking
equipment, officers said. "
Owner is Walter J. Powell,
11 South 8 st., Eagle Point.
Cause of the fire is unknown,
police said.
Court, Ashland Council
Schedule Meet Today
Members of the Ashland
city parks commission and
the Jackson county court
were scheduled to meet at 2:30
p.m. today in Ashland to fur
ther discuss administration of
a possible recreation site on
Emigrant reservoir, according
to County Commissioner
Ralph James. .
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing discussed the proposition
with the Ashland city council
and members of the park com
mission recently. However, it
is believed a more definite de
cision might be reached if all
county court members are
present, it was explained.
Chiefs of Police Honor
Nine States, 108 Cities
Evanston, 111 (UPI) Nine
states and 108 cities were
honored today for police traf
fic ' supervision activity in
1957 by the International As
sociation of Chiefs of Police.
Two states, North Carolina
and California, received out
standing achievement awards,
Seven others, Arizona, Colo
rado, Delaware, Maryland,
Michigan, New Mexico and
Virginia, were awarded cer
tificates of achievement.
Creta of Downed
Aif farce Plane
Mi' Captivity
MiQ Appear
Qwi Condition
. 7e9a, Iran .. (UPI)
JtuqjitEh Vfeyokeed nine crew
iwMJMW f a U.S. Air Force
WarKfmj lne after 10 days
i ea4ivity in Soviet Armenia
wise 4A tircraft was forced
kv7 ufsian jets. All the
JbtrtoMeqA appeared to be in
9094. iMon. .
T w Air Force men
arecw And over to U.S.
iIXwy officials early this
aiUMfc gt the town of As
ca h Stoviet-Iranian
horde. .
f 9eran
SVf y from the border
Jrth, Van, and then were
Oovaiato Cehran tonight.
JeU tn men appeared to be
iktnbl B1 in good shape
vkei thy arrived in the
baii capital, some 175
jAilK Km the border point
tky vere returned to
fetiteai by Soviet officials.
M Americans refused to
jaftt newfemen in Tehran.
'Wafcgve to report first to
u commanding officer at
w"iDle, Germany," one
mi. .
hey probably will fly
usdy to Wiesbaden, head
qutrffcr of fee U.S. Air Force
in Juoi.
Phe, ine Americans were
erVnten fca C-118 transport
Thicn thk Soviets claimed
violated Russian air space
over Armenia.
-ymet June 27
The U.S. .aircraft . was
forced down by two Soviet
fighter near Erevan, Ar
mania, June 27. A Soviet an
nouncement said that the
plana burned after landing
but that the crewmen were
safe and well." - -
The plane , had been en
route to Iran and Pakistan
carrying supplies to U.S.
fbrces there. It had come from
West Germany and had
touched down in Cyprus only
a few hours before it was
forced down at a Rusisan air
field. - ,
The Soviets had twice pro
tested formally against the
aleged border violation. They
charged that such violations of
Soviet frontiers were fre
quent and premeditated.
The U,S. had sent a note to
Moscow demanding the men
be released and at the same
time expressing regret if the
plane had actually crossed the
frontier.
Four Injured in
One-Car Accident
Four persons arc being
treated for injuries in Rogue
Valley hospital today as a re
sult of a one-car accident early
this morning at Voorhies
crossing and Highway 99,
south of Medford, state police
reported.
Injured were Eugene Ray
nar Benson, driver, 21, of Kel
logg, Idaho; and . passengers,
William Edgar Davis, 22, of
Woodinville, Wash.; John Clif
ford Nybakke, 20, of Hub
bard; and James Reed Stewart,-
20, of Salt Lake City.
Hospital attendants report
ed all four were in fair con
dition. State police said the 'driver
apparently fell asleep as the
car was - northbound on High
way 99. The car went against
an eight-inch concrete curb,
continued for 189 feet and
struck a building at -a corner
of the crossing.
The car was reported dam
aged beyond repair and con
siderable damage resulted to
the building, state police said.
Smokejumpers Sent to
Whiskey Ridge Blaze
Smokejumpers were dis
patched to the Whiskey ridge
area in the Applegate district
this morning to extinguish a
small spot fire caused by
lightning yesterday, state de
partment forestry officials
said today.
A ground crew was dis
patched before dark last night
and was expected to reach
the first this morning. 1
Although the fire is small,
such fires are potentially dan
gerous in the comparatively
dry section of woods of the
Hotel Room of
Gpldfine's Aide
Said Ransacked
Important Papers
Declared Taken
Washington (UPI) Th
Bernard Goldfine case sur-
denly turned into a cops-and-robbers
drama today.
In quick sequence:
The chief investigator for
the House influence investi
gating committee was caught
planting a "hidden micro
phone" at the hotel door of
one of Goldfine's aides.
A spokesman for Gold.
fine said that the hotel room
of Mildred Paperman, Gold-
nnes secretary, had been
"ransacked" and that a num
ber of important financial
papers had been -stolen. Rog
er Kobb, attorney for the Bos
ton millionaire, said the pap
ers had a bearing on Gold
fine's testimony before the
subcommittee investigatinff
Goldfine's relationship with
Presidential Assistant Sher
man Adams.
Can't Testify
Goldfine sent word to th
House subcommittee that he
would be unable to testifv
scheduled Tuesday.
Robb asked Robert W.
Lishman, counsel for the sub
committee, for "at least" one
day's delay in Goldfine's re
turn to the witness stand.
Robb apparently wanted a
longer delay. , '
Lishman promised to talcn
up the request with the com
mittee. "Mr. Goldfine is in no
shape to testify tomorrow,"
kodd said. -
He explained that Goldfine
got little sleep Sunday night
following the discovery of the
hidden microphone and was
further disturbed this morn
ing after discovery of the al
leged theft of some of his
papers.
The sensational turn of
events came a few hours after
Goldfine and his entourage
plus a new public relations
adviser returned to Washing
ton for the resumption of
Goldfine's testimony Tuesday.
Goldfine complained to the
FBI, the U.S. district, attor
ney's office, and the Washing
tod police department, which
sent detectives to the scene. .
Check for Law Violation
Goldfine complained to the
FBI about secret recordings
made in the middle of the
night by subcommittee investi
gator Baron Shacklette and
Jack Anderson, an assistant
to columnist Drew Pearson. '
The FBI turned the com.
plaint over to the Justice De
partment' for a determination
whether federal " laws have
been violated.
-Chairman Oren Harris (D
Ark.) called his investigating
subcommittee into emergency
secret sessions to consider
what he described as the
"very serious" incident in
volving the ..hidden micro
phone. He summoned Shac
klette to appear before the
group at ah afternoon session.
Harris, shown a copy of a
story about the "ransacking"
of Miss Paperman's hotel
room, said: ,
"The integrity of the com
mittee is at stake here and
we have simply got to find
out about it." 7
Shacklette and Anderson
were discovered early this .
morning with a microphone at
the bottom of the hotel room
door of Goldfine's new pub
licity man, Jack Lotto, former
New York newspaperman.
Harris said Shacklette. was
not assigned to the Goldfine
case and, in any event, was
"certainly not authorized" to
plant microphones at hotel
room doors. He promised to
"find out about all the facts."
Ike Urges Congress
To Nullify Decisions -
Washington (UPI) Presi
dent Eisenhower urged Con
gress today to nullify recent
Supreme Court decisions and
restore the government's au
thority to deny passports on
grounds of Communist sym
pathies. Applegate district, a spokes
man said. The Cascade sec
tion is still wet with some
snow there, department offi
cials said. -
A firefighting crew also
was dispatched at 6:50 a.m.
today to a spot fire in the
Imnaha area north of Butte
Falls, an official said,
A total of .16 inch of rain
fell during Sunday's storm
here, officials at the weather
bureau office at the Medford
municipal airport said. Winds
were reported at an estimat
ed 24 miles per hour.