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SCRUB DOWN COW Michele Nie
haus, 11, of Medford, and Donna Geren,
11, of Eagle Point's Antelope 4-H club,
scrub down Donna's entry in the 4-H
dairy division in the 4-H, FFA Fair. Mi
chele is not "a 4-H clubber but helps her
Complaints Heard
On Fair Grounds
Complaints on the condi
tions of the county fair
grounds were made yesterday
by Jackson county fair board
members and 4-H leaders.
They complained that the
county court has been asked
repeatedly to sprinkle the
grounds to lay the dust, dur
ing the 4-H and FFA fair,
but had failed to do so. The
fair board this winter and
spring had requested also
that gravel be spread on the
main road into the 4-H and
FFA buildings and also
around the wash stands. A
group headed by Arm in Rich-
ter, Medford contractor, this
year donated and constructed
new wash stands for cleaning
livestock, according to Bill
Bigham, chairman of the fair
board.
"We have asked the county
court repeatedly to sprinkle
the fairgrounds each morn
ing to lay the dust," Bigham
said. "So far they haven't
done it."
He added that the county
court has failed also to get rid
of a pile of weeds which theyj
dumped in the center of "the
parking area.
- The county court was asked
at budget time for a new
building costing an estimated
$30,000, but refused, Bigham
said.
"I've helped around the
fair for 22 years and been a
4-H leader for 20 years and
this is the first time the coun
ty court has been asked for
money to improve the
grounds that I have ever
Western Oregon
Closed to Logging
Salem (UPD Much of
western Oregon was ordered
closed to logging effective at
midnight Tuesday because of
continued high forest fire
danger.
State Forestry Department
officials, who reported several
small blazes in Oregon, closed
down operation of .power
driven machinery used in log
ging and sawmilling in zones
1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and the
Lane county portion of zone 7.
The closed areas includes
land north of the Douglas
county line and -west of the
summit of the Cascades with
exception of the coastal strip
as far north as Otis junction,
and the floor of the Willam
ette valley north of Lane
county.
Lighthouse
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w.- zz.i V.l -
heard of," Bigham said.
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said yesterday af
ternoon he was trying to
contact a water truck to wet
down the grounds. He did
not know of any request for
gravel for the grounds, the
county commissioner said. A
lot of gravel was dumped in
there last year, he added.
Asked about erection of a
new fair building, Wendt said
"there is quite a possibility
for it." It is up to the budget
committee, however, he add
ed.
Miss America
To Arrive Here
Final touches are being ap-
Dlied to booths and interior
decorations at the New Na
tional Guard armory today
in preparation for the formal
opening of the Kiwanis club's
county fair at 5:30 p.m. to
morrow, according to . Russ
Jamison,' fair manager. First
stage presentation will be at
8 p.m.
Those groups having con
cessions at the fair have been
asked to meet at the armory
at 7 p.m. to get their space
assignments. Jamison added.
Registrations for fair entries
will start at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Everyone is welcome, even
those who previously nave
not sent in an entry will be
welcome, he said.
Marilyn Van Derbur, Miss
America, is scheduled to ar
rive at the Medford municipal
airport at 7 p.m., where she
will be met by representa
tives of the city, Medford Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce
and Kiwanians. It may be
possible for her to make a
brief , appearance at the fair,
Jamison added.
The four-day affair will in
clude- more than 100 different
demonstrations, exhibits and
events, the spokesman said.
Included will be commer
cial and non-commercial ex
hibits, concessions, games,
stage shows, food, textile, flo
ral and land products exhibits
and a number of other events
yet to be announced, the fair
spokesman said.
Salem (UPD Twelve pro
fessionally landscaped gar
dens will be a feature of the
floral and garden show at the
Oregon State Fair, opening
here Aug. 28.
friend.with her entries at fair time every
year. Tomorrow swine will be judged.
Other events include the dairy judging
contest, beef and sheep judging and
swine showmanship. The 4-H, FFA fair
ends Saturday.
Eight Cities' Tax
Mill Rates Up;
Decrease in Two
Tax millage rates in all
Jackson county incorporated
communities but two in
creased this year, it was re
ported today by County as
sessor Ray Schumacher.
The two cities in which the
rates decreased were Jackson
ville, down 7 mills, and Gold
Hill, down 3.6 mills. The oth
er eight went up.
'Largest increases were in
Rogue River, up 10.9 mills,
and Butte Falls, up 10.3 mills.
Medford millage increased
2.6 mills, and Ashland went
up 1 mill. Other increases
were in Phoenix up 4.3; Cen
tral Point, up 5.5; Eagle Point,
up .17; and Talent, up 1.2.
Here are the millage rates
for the county's incorporated
cities, showing new rate first,
and that for the 1957-58 tax
year in parentheses:
Ashland, 15.6 (14.6); Butte
Falls, 19.6 (9.3); Central Point,
20.3 (14.8); Eagle Point, 22.4
(20.7); Gold Hill, 22.5 (26.1);
Jacksonville. 22.R r29.8Y MprU I
ford, 27.6 (25); Phoenix, 32!
(27.7); Rogue River, 20.2 (9.3);
Talent, 22.1 (20.9). .
Tax rates in the various
service districts held fairly
steady from one year to the
next, with the largest gain in
the Central Point Rural Fire
district, up 2.7 mills. Next
highest increase was in the
Elk City Water district, up 1.8
mills. All others varied less
than one mill.
Widest fluctuation was in
the school districts of the
county, and at least a portion
of these were accounted for
by the new state school laws,
and rearrangement of tax ob
ligations. Schumacher said he
is preparing a comparative
study of the school districts
tax rates to put them in a per
spective more accurate than
is possible by just listing the
millage rates.
Milage rates are computed
by the assessor by applying the
total budget of the taxing
unit (city, school district, etc.) ;
to the total assessed valuation. I
The millage rate itsejf repre- i
sents tne amount that will be
charged (in tenths of once
cent) on each $1 of assessed
valuation of property in thej
taxing unit.
The rate any individual tax
payer will pay on his property
depends on the millage rates
of the taxing units where his
property is.
The county is divided into
"code zones" according to the
taxing units involved. This
year zone 1-1 (city of Jackson,
ville) has the highest rate in
the county, 108 mills, which
includes the city, the school
district and the rural school
levy. Lowest . rate is in code
zones 5-2 and 5-3, just outside
Ashland, with a combined
rate of only 43.3 mills, includ
ing the Ashland school district
and the rural school levy.
The county itself has no
millage rate this year, as no
tax levy is being made. The
county this year has adequate
income and reserves to oper
ate without a tax levy.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Scattered, thunde
storms this evening. Consid
erable cloudiness tonight. Part
ly cloudy Thursday. Low to
night 60. High Thursday 92-95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 96
Lowest this Morning 60
Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ... 7:06 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:24 a.m.
Moonset tonight ..10:30 p.m.
First Quarter Tomorrow
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, high overhead 8:49 p.m.
The Earth and entire solar
system are moving through
space in the generai direction
ot Vega, the fourth brightest
star.
53 rd
year
Medford
16 Pages
District Judge
Issue Now Set
For Friday Trial
Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly has set Friday morning
at 9:30 o'clock as the trial
date on the disputed district
judgeship in Jackson county.
At that time he will hear
the various actions whieh
have been filed with regard
to the legal dispute over
which, if either, of the pri
mary candidates is the legal
candidate for district judge
E. Roy Bashaw received the
lesser number of votes, but
Robert G. Danielson, the ma
jority vote getter, is alleged
to have lost his eligibility for
the nomination by' moving
from the county before the
election.
The latest action in the case
was taken yesterday when
Danielson filed an answer to
an earlier Bashaw complaint
in which Bashaw reauested
that Danielson be declared in
eligible and the plaintiff have
his name placed on the No
vember ballot alone and un
opposed.
Bashaw had claimed that
Danielson was not eligible
for the nomination;, that he
was not and is not now a
resident of this district, and
that Danielson himself de
clared his ineligibility and
abandoned his candidacy for
office prior to the May 16 pri
mary. Danielson denies all of
these allegations and in turn
alleges that the circuit court
lacks jurisdiction to act fur
ther in the case. He also re
fers to earlier action taken by
Richard J. House in which
House contested his nomina
tion. Danielson alleges that
since that case is still unde
termined, he could be faced
by court orders- directly con
trary to each other and which
might place him in possible
contempt for obeying one
judgment or the other.
Seeks Dismissal
. In light of this argument,
he requests that Bashaw's ac
tion be held in abeyance until
the other contest has been de
termined or dismissed. The
answer concludes with a re
quest for dismissal of the
complaint and recovery of
costs and disbursements.
Judge Kelly also antici
pates hearing arguments Fri
day for setting aside the tem
porary restraining order
which he issued last Friday
forbidding the county clerk
from entering the name of
any candidate for district
judge on the November bal
lot, he said.
In other action involving
the disputed case, a nominat
ing convention is to be held
Thursday evening to name a
candidate for the judgeship
in question. , The convention
is set for 8 p.m. in the Esquire
theater.
The name of the conven
tion nominee would presum-'
ably appear on the ballot if
neither Bashaw nor Danielson
is found eligible.
Scenic Protection
Bill to White House
Washington (UPD The Sen
ate Tuesday night accepted
House amendments to the
Rogue river scenic protection
bill and sent the measure to
the White House. .
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) told the Senate that
the bill would authorize land
exchanges in the Siskiyou Na
tional Forest to safeguard rec
reational areas along -the
banks of the Rogue below
Grants Pass.
Rep. Charles Porter (D
Ore.) initiated the measure
in the House.
Truckers, Union
Open Talks Today
San Diego (UPD Trucking
industry representatives and
Teamster Union ' spokesmen
open talks today in a nine
day strike-lockout which has
all but paralyzed common
carrier freight haulage in the
West.
Federal mediator George
Hillenbrand, San Francisc6,
along with a mediation team
of Ralph Patterson, San Frn
cisco, and Stephen D. Halli
gan, Denver, were prepared
to supervise the meeting. -
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1958
SWEAT AT SARDINE CREEK Parch
ed by smoke and dust, this crew of young
volunteers cuts a crucial fire trail barely
a shovel's length from the flames. Later
LumberShipments
Would Increase if
Rate Was Lowered
San Francisco (UPD A
Fnoenix number executive
said today if Southern Pacific
is permited to reduce freigh
rates he will increase the
amount of lumber shipped
from Southern Oregon . by
rail. ;
Testimony of Larry Ham-
man Wholesale Lumber and
Supply company paralleled
that of E. Earl Arthur, vice
president of Weyerhaeuser
Sales Company. Arthur said
Tuesday his firm would in
crease lumber shipments into
California if SP is permitted
to cut freight rates.
Both were called by SP as
it presented its case at an In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion hearing on its proposal
to . cut lumber freigh rates
between southern Oregon and
southern California 'and Ari-
z o n a. Northern California
lumbermen, who enjoy lower
freight rates to the south, are
opposing the request.
Shipmenls Decrease
Arthur said since Oregon
rates were raised above those
for northern California in
1954, Weyhaeiiser's lumber
shipments into California
have decreased steadily.
He said they dropped from
40 to 15 per cent of total ship
ments at Klamath Falls, Ore.,
and from 15 to 9 per cent at
Springfield, Ore.
He said they are now at
the point where customers
are demanding truck han
dling for. speed and lower ul
timate cost. -If the new rates
are not granted, he said, the
shipments probably will have
to go to trucks.
Arthur said the new Tates
would have no effect on ship
ments at Coos Bay, Ore.,
where- 96 per cent of the
shipments go by sea.
Somebody Get Hurt
Arthur admitted that if
Weyerhaeuser increased "its
shipments' into California,
somebody would get hurt;
most likely northern Califor
nia mills. : .
Earlier, E. J. Larson,
freight traffic manager for
SP, said the decision to re
duce . southern Oregon rates
was made for a two-fold rea
son: To enable Oregon mills
to comoete with nearby north
ern California mills once
again, and to Drevent further
losses of rail lumber business
to trucks.
Larson 'said that before
1954. northern California and
southern Oregon and equality
of lumber rates. : .
Genera Assembly
Has Night Sessions ,
United Nations. N.Y. (UPD
The United Nations Gener
al Assembly began overtime
sessions today to speed pass
age of a Western proposal to
send U.N. Secretary-General
Dag Hammarskjold to the
Middle East in search of
peace.
16) M. Ul
IS
W ITU
Faber Won't Run
For C. P. Mayor
Central Point Don Faber,
mayor of Central Point for
two terms, and a two-term
councilman before that, said
today he will not seek reelec
tion this year.
"I'm a controversial figure
here," he said in explaining
his' decision. And he added
that he believes , several im
"portant decisions facing the
city can be worked out better
if he relinquishes any official
status for the time being,
"The question of Central
Point annexing to Medford is
one of the things under., dis
cussion, and it's a hot one,"
he said. "I don't want to enter
into the arguments at this
time, and in an official ca
pacity."
Faber , also pointed out that
he believes city offices should
be rotated, and not held by
th same individual too long,
and said that two term each
as mayor and councilman are
"enough for a while."
He added, however, that he
may run for the council again
later, after "a long vacation,"
and after he gets several
business matters straightened
out. He said he- and Mrs. Fa
ber plan to travel some next
year.
He also said that there has
been misinformation concern
ing a subdivision he is devel
oping, with some people hold
ing the incorrect opinion that
the city was paying for the
streets and sewers. "I'm pay
ing for it all," he said, "but it
will go to the city when it's
complete."
Improvements Slow
Faber added that street and
sewer improvement in the
city is not moving fast enough
to suit him, and he thinks
that, with a "less controver
sial mayor," progress can be
speeded up.
Faber's announcement came
just prior to an adjourned
council meeting scheduled for
tonight, at which time consid
eration will be given to di
viding the city into three
wards, as permitted in the
city charter after the town's
population exceeds 1,000 per
sons. City Attorney Kent Black
hurst has prepared a tentative
ordinance, which 'provides
that all the city west of Sec
ond st. will be one ward; that
portion east of Second st. and
north of Pine st. will be
another, and that the portion
south of Pine and east of Sec
ond st. shall be the third.
The citv has six council-
men, three or whom are elect
ed each two years. Blackhurst
said that, by -chance, two
councilmen now live in each
of the three wards, thus satis
fying the charter require
ment that each ward be rep
resented equally.
Councilmen who have al
ready filed, for nomination
must do so again if the ward
ordinance is approved, Faber
said this morning.
He also said he recommends
to the voters that their new
mayor be a former council
man, someone who is experi
enced in city government and
Tribune
VALLEY
reinforced by a "cat," their mission yes
terday afternoon was to turn the flank
of the blaze high up on the ridge w?st
of Sardine creek.
familiar with the problems
He mentioned by name Coun
cilmen Mervin Gleason, Les
ter Bingham and E. R. Yocum
as good possibilities for
mayor.
Wilkes Nominated
For Council Seat
Roy P. Wilkes today be-
came
the second official can
didate for city councilman
from Ward 1. -.
A petition in his name bear
ing 65 signatures was filed
this morning with the city re
corder. A petition naming
William -Doernbach was filed
last Friday. Fred E. Robin
son, the-incumbent Ward 1
councilman, also has an
nounced his intention to run
but his petition has not been
filed, as yet.
Wilkes, 1863 Crater Lake
ave., owns the Brookhurst
orchard. He was at one time
a college professor and re
search scientist, and served as
an officer in the Navy in
World War II.'
A former member of the
city budget committee, Wilkes
was organizer and leader of
the recent drive for munici
pal services in the Kenwood
Grandview district area. He
has appeared before both the
council and planning commis
sion, speaking in favor of the
Sears-Roebuck shopping cen
ter development - and early
zoning of the Kenwood
Grandview and Berrydale
areas, and in opposition to the
proposed subdivision ordi
nance. De Gaulle Starts Trip
To African Possessions
Paris (UPD Premier
Charles de Gaulle begins a
12.000-miie tour of France's
colonial possessions in Africa
today to win support from
19 million African voters for
his constitutional reforms.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 1- 19 1
New York 7 8.1
Bell, Ferrarese (7). Mar
tin (8) and Nixon; D it mar
and Howard. Home runs:
Berra. New York. .
Chicago 10 . 16 1
Boston '. 8 13 1
Wilson, Shaw (5), Lown
(6), Staley (9) and Lollar;
Bowsfield, Wall (1), For
nieles (3). Byerly (7), Kiely
(8) and White. HR Wil
liams, Bos.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh u...; 4 9 0
Chicago -2 9 0
Kline, Gross (8). Face (9)
and Hall, Foilei (9); Hill
man, Alston (8), Henry (9)
and S. Taylor, Neeman (9).
Long (9). Home runs: Stuart,
Pittsburgh; S. Taylor. Chi
cago. .
Price 10 Cents
No. 130
Sardine Creek
Area Fire Now
Under Control
A spectacular electric storm,
one of a, series which have
hit the southern Oregon area
this summer, struck the val
ley and the surrounding
mountains last night.
It started a number of
fires in federal and state
protected forests. The exact
number of fires was not de
termined by noon today, but
was expected to exceed 20.
The state department of
forestry, already busy fight
ing a big brush and timber
- A total of 951 persons
sat through adverse weath
er condition's to see "The
Merchant of Venice" at
Ashland's Sli kespearean
Festival theater last night.
About 100 persons could
not attend the production,
which started at 8:30 p.m.
with actors and actresses in
street clothes.
During an intermission
later, when the stage was
cleared of water, the com
pany changed into cos
tumes and finished the pro
duction. Festival officials
said no "one got up to leave
during the performance.
fire on Sardine creek, was
"spread pretty thin" this
morning in the wake of the
storm. Additional supervisor
personnel from Coos Bay was
flown here today to take
charge of some fixe fighting
crews. .
350 Acres 7 ' '
: The Sardine creek fire to
taled about 350 acres this
morning, and crewmen had
achieved control of the blaze
Origin of the fire was not
known.
Both the state department
and the U. S. forest service
had planes in the air today
to spot any additional fires
resulting from last night's
lightning strikes.
Rain accompanying the
storm varied in amount ac
cording to location. The Med
ford weather bureau station
recorded only a trace of pre
cipitation, but far heavier
amounts fell elsewhere, al
though not enough to dampen
the dry woods enough to re
move the fire hazard.
Little Damage To Crops
Little damage to crops in
the county, or, to-utility in
stallations, was reported this
morning
The Sardine creek fire
broke out about noon yester
day on the west side of Sar
dine Creek rd., about one
mile from the old highway
route. The flames spread to
the west and over several
ridges.
An estimated 100 to 150
forest patrol and logging
crewmen have been sent to
the scene since the fire broke
out, although not all have
been on the blaze at one time.
Two tread tractors were
sent in yesterday.
Patrol headquarters said
that most of the lightning
fires were on the east side
of the county and that crews
had been sent to most of
them. A forestry department
plane was flown in from
Salem to assist with fire spot
ting. It came by way " of
Coos Bay where two foremen
were picked up.
The Rogue River National
forest said this morning that
it had reports of hundreds of
strikes "iut. so far. .no fires."
Aerial check, of .south. half of
the forest was being made.
The Rogue forest reportedly
received more rain from the
storm than did state protected
land. A forest service spokes
man said that the rain may
have put out any fires or at
least held them down until a
later and warmer time of
day.
There were eight fires re
ported this morning in a
small area west of Grayback
mountain in Siskiyou Nation
al forest.
Seattle (UPD A safe in the
accounting office of the Uni
versity of Washington was
burglarized early today and
$2,500 in currency was re
ported missing.
Ike Says States
Responsible for
Their Obligations
Position Same As
It Was Last Year
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower said today -there
can be "no equivoca
tion as to the responsibility,
of the federal government"
to see that court rulings on
school integration are carried
out.
He also said that each state
has the responsibility to see
that the court mandates ; are
not opposed by violence.
"It (a state) cannot by ac
tion or deliberate failure to
act permit violence to frus
trate the preservation of indi
vidual rights as determined
by a court decree,", the Presi
dent said in a statement which
he read at the opening of a
news conference.
"It is my hope that each '
state will fulfill its obligation
with a full realization of the
gravity of any other course."
Defiance by a state of this
duty would present "the most
serious problem,'.' he said.
"But there can be no equiv
ocation as to the responsibility
of the federal government in'
such an event," he said. N
Use Of U.S. Troops
The President said his posi
tion was exactly that of a
year ago. He then quoted
from a statement then in.'
which he said:
"The very basis of our in
dividual rights and freedoms
rests upon the certainty that
the president and the execu-.
tive branch of government
will support and insure the
carrying out of the decisions
of the federal courts."
The President did not spe
cifically mention the use of
troops. But his statement ap
peared to make it clear that
he would use them again as a
last resort.
He said that all Americans:
must understand that if indi
viduals, communities or states
are "going successfully and
continuously to defy the
courts, then there is anarchy."
He said that all Americans
have "the solemn duty" to
comply with final orders of
the courts.
Eisenhower repeated his
oft-expressed belief "that the
common sense of the individu
al and his feeling of civic re
sponsibility must eventually
come into play if we are to
solve this problem."
Judge Overruled
The President opened his
weekly meeting with report
ers by saying that he had
prepared a statement in an
ticipation of questions about
the decision of the 8th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in
St. Louis, Monday. The court
set aside a ruling by U.S.
District Judge Harry J. Lem
ley, Hope, Ark., suspending
integration in Little Rock
Central High School for two
and one-half years.
After reading the statement
the President . said that he
would have nothing further
to say on the matter for the
present because other phases
of school integration contro
versies are pending in the
courts.
But, in answer to later
questions, he said there had
been preliminary negotiations
looking toward talks between
himself and his aides and Gov.
Lindsey Almond Jr. of Vir
ginia on the racial integration
situation in schools in that
state, particularly at Arling
ton just across the Potomac
from Washington, and . Nor
folk. ; '
Thousands of families of
federal employees live in
these two areas.
Boys Sought for
Starting Fires
Two boys, believed to be
between 10 and 12 years old,
were being sought today by
city police and firemen m
connection with ah attempt to
set fire to an automobile on
West 13th st. yesterday after
noon. : v
According to reports, some
one about 2:15 p.m. yesterday
started fires in cars belonging
to Herman Budd Mitchell,
720 West 13th st. and Donald
Arthur Greaves, 716 West
13th st. Firemen answered an.
alarm, but the Mitchell car
was reported totally de
stroyed. The Greaves car suf
fered a 3 to 5 inch burn on the
front seat, according to police
Later, a witness reported
seeing two boys ride up to the
Mitchell car and attempt to
drop a match onto the seat.
Police believe the boys may
have been responsible for the
earlier fires as well.