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Newspaper Page Text53rd Year Subscribers Recommended Price 10 Cents MEDFORD To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune In Medford phone SP 2-6141 Ash land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W before 6:45 pjn. daily and 12 JO ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after . you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Th third In the teriet of article! on trailer courts appears on pare 10 of today's Mail Trib une. United Press Full Leased Wiro United Press Full Leased Wire 60 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1958 No. 143 f n-v rr More Than Five Thousand Dn County Fruit harvesting More than 5,250 persons were working in the fruit in . dustry in Jackson county Aug. 31, according to John J. Pat ton, manager of the Medford office of the state employment service. . Of the total, about 2,250 were working in the orchards. The total includes 199 Mexi can Nationals who were brought in to assist the har vest when sufficient domestic : employment could not be re cruited, Patton said. He added that even with the few Mexican Nationals employed, it will be difficult to maintain the required total of more than 2,000 domestic employees in the orchards during September. This is due to the completion of other fruit areas having longer sea sons, he added. Early Surplus The fruit harvest started about Aug. 1, Patton noted, and during the first 10 days there was a surplus of labor, which was quickly used up when the harvest got into full swing. By the third week, a shortage began to develop, he said, and at the start of the winter pear harvest the short age had become acute. Attempts to recruit work ers in the Pacific northwest failed to provide enough em ployees, and arrangements were made to import Mexican Nationsl. Of the 300 Mexican Nationals authorized for this area, only 199 were brought in, Patton said. Wages for Nationals are .fixed at the local "going rate" Additional Funds For Rogue Survey ' An additional sum of $24, 900 for the Rogue basin flood control survey has been al located by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers according to word from Rep. Charles O. Porter of the Fourth Con gressional district. The amount previously al lotted to finish the survey was $4,000, Porter said. The in crease was made by the plan ning division of the corps. All available details on pro posed water resouces develop ment of the Rogue River basin are expected to be given here during Monday's meeting at the courthouse. Representa tives of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers will meet with the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation. The engineers are conduct ing further testing of the Lost creek dam site. A series of public hearings on the flood control program are scheduled for early next winter follow ing the completion of the sur vey. Nov. Ballot Is Set for Printer The November ballot will be' delivered to the printer Monday morning, complete with E. Roy Bashaw listed as candidate for district judge, County Clerk Bereth Hopkins said Friday afternoon. Mrs. Hopkins said that her office was adding Bashaw's name to the ballot Friday aft ernoon in accordance with an order issued earlier in the day by Judge Edward Kelly. Judge Kelly had ruled shortly before noon that Ba shaw was the duly nominated candidate after disqualifying the other contestant, Robert Danielson, because he was not a resident of the county at the' time of the primary. Saturday morning Ashland attorney Sidney Ainsworth, attorney for Danielson in two court cases contesting his nomination, said that Daniel son had not yet decided if he would contest Judge Kelly's decision or an earlier decision of Judge Val Sloper, Salem, which also held Danielson was ineligible for the judge ship nomination. Registration Unit A mobile voter registration unit will be in Ashland be tween 9:30 a.m. and 6 pan. Monday, the Jackson County Democratic party has an nounced. The registration booth will be conducted pn a non-partisan basis, and nd political signs will be displayed! The booth will be in front of the J. C Penney company. for the work they are doing, he said. Nationals are em ployed under contract pro visions specified by agree ment between the govern ments of the United States and Mexico. Some unemployment oc curred in Jackson county dur ing - August, Patton pointed out,' but some was due to labor disputes involving con struction projects, and the long-haul truckers strike. Unemployment in the coun ty as of Aug. 31 was estimat ed at 530, which is 40 per Couple Seeking Damages From Talent Mayor George W. and Ila N. Con ner are - seeking damages from J. Frank Christian, Tal ent mayor, the city of 'Talent and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company (a Cali fornia corporation) as the re sult of cutting down two trees on the Conner property in Talent, according to a com plaint filed Friday in the circuit court. The Conners are seeking $6,900 in a first cause and $5,200 damages in a second cause. The Conners charge that two large ornamental and shade poplar trees on the property at the easterly line of Second st., Talent, were cut down. One was in the yard and one partly on the street or highway. The cut ting was done without the consent of and against the wishes of the owners, the complaint states. ., The cutting reduced the value of the real property and left " large and t unsightly stumps, the property owners charge. Removal of the trees also removed the shade and cooling factor for the dwell ing, they said. The cut trees were convert ed to the use of those who cut them damaging the owners approximately $200, the com plaint states. Included in the total damages asked are puni tive damages of $5,000 since the trees were removed "de liberately" and with "malici ous intent," and against the express wishes of the owners, the complaint stated. First Winner Winner No. 1 of M.T. PHOTO QUIZ with a perfect score is Mrs. Leonard J. Freeman of Route 2, Central Point shown receiving a free one-year subscription to the Mail Tribune from Lois Reed, who has been "delivering their paper for the past 12 years. Mrs. Freeman and her husband are old time residents of Jackson county. Mrs. Freeman's grandfather, Nathaniel Dean, mentioned in the first photo-quiz, was the first white man married in Jackson county. - Both Mr. and Mrs. Freeman spent considerable time in research to win the first contest. They were fortunate to have in their possession many old newspapers and a copy of a rare biography of the northwest by Chapman Publish ing company, Chicago in 1904. These, together with a first hand knowledge of many of the people in Jackson county helped them become - winners. 1 ." ' Freeman has been a farmer since 1918, raising pure-bred Hereford, Black Angus and Guernsey cattle. This has also been his hobby. Mrs. Freeman spends her spare time garden ing. - - . . . .. Below are listed the 8 correct answers to the first M.T Photo-Quiz contest .that appeared in the paper of Sunday, August 31. 1-Lindsay Applegate, explorer in Southern Oregon, 2-Nathaniel Dean, first white man married in Jackson county, . 3-One of the first stores in Jacksonville, ' ' 1 4- One of the first stores in Medford, 5- The first school in Medford, 6- The first building of Southern Oregon college, ,. " 7-Ashland in 1860, 8-A covered wagon, early means of transportation. cent less than the previous month, and 18 per cent more than the same month last year, he said. The unemployed included men out of work because of labor disputes, and a consid erable number of women and older people who can not do the heavy outdoor work now available. There also are a number of people who recent ly moved into the area to seek employment and who have not yet succeeded in becom ing established, he noted. Workers directly involved in a labor dispute are not eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, . but other jobs often are affected, and this tended to maintain a larger than usual unemploy ment compensation claims load through the summer months, Patton said. "Other wise," he said, "unemploy ment in the county has been about the same as last year." The hot, dry weather last month permitted lumber and construction activity to pro ceed without loss of time. The logging operations in Jackson county were not affected by fire hazard closures -wnicn stopped such operations in other sections of the state, Patton noted. The outlook for jobs, Pat ton said, "will remain good through September, but will then begin to drop off as sea sonal work starts its annual decline." Robert Boyer Joins Planners Robert A. Boyer, Medford attorney, has been appointed to succeed Don B. Whalin on the county ' planning commis sion, the Jackson county court announced Friday. ' Whalin has resigned effec tive Sept. i. On Aug. 27 he informed the county court that he had been considering for several months resigning from the commission. The dif ficulty over the Jacksonville garbage dump decided him, he stated in his letter of resig nation. The county court earlier had turned down the proposal of the planning commission for interim spot zoning which would have encompassed the garbage dump. The county court also admonished the planning commission for not acting sooner. - . Announced Mayor John W. Snider Mayor Snider Is Appointed To Commission Medford Mayor John W. Snider has been appointed to the Oregon Centennial Com mission, Gov. Robert D. Holmes has announced. The appointment is one of three made to the commission. Snider, was appointed to replace Glenn Jackson, Vice President of the California Oregon Power Co., also of Medford. Thomas C. Young, Portland industrial business and civic leader, was named to succeed Thomas F. Sandoz, Astoria, President of the Columbia River Packers Association. A. F. Hartung, President of the International Woodwork ers of America, was appointed to replace Bruce Bishop, Port land, who resigned in August to study on a Fulbright schol arship in Europe. Snider has been substitut ing for Jackson who resigned for reasons of ill health. The Mayor is a member of the ad visory board of the Centen nial for Jackson, and,. Jose phine counties. . Two Boys Admit Setting Car Fires Two Medford boys,-,!! and 12 years old, have confessed setting fire to two automobiles in the city on Aug. 19, city police reported Saturday morning. ' The youths were turned over to the juvenile ' author ities and are being held in the Jackson county juvenile detention home pending furth er action. They admitted to police starting fires in cars owned by .Herman Budd Mitchell, 720 West 13th St., and Donald Arthur Greaves, 716 West 13th st. The Mitchell vehicle was reported a total less as result of the fire, the Greaves car suffered a three by five inch burn in the leath er upholstery. The Medford fire depart ment cooperated with local police during the investiga tion. ( The boys started the fires by throwing burning matches onto the seats of the car. A witness told police earlier that she had seen-two boys ride by after the fires and throw a lighted match into one of the damaged cars. With this and other leads the investiga tors were ablfe to discover the arsonists. -.'.-; ; ,! Transient Woman Held for Arson Shirley Ann Kosse. 24, .a transient fruit worker from Michigan, is being held in the Jackson county jail on charges of arson involving recent fires at the 401 ranch northeast of Medford, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Joe Walsh Saturday. Walsh said interrogation and a signed confession re vealed the woman set three fires at the 401 orchard on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28. Total damage is estimated at $9,000. One of the fires burned down a cabin, another destroyed an outbuilding and another burn ed about five acres of brush. A truck and personal belong ings of a worker in the cabin were burned also, a deputy said. - - Walsh said the woman was arrested Friday night follow ing an investigation by sher iff's officers and a member of the state . . police i arson squad. No motive for the fires was revealed, Walsh said. Two Elementary Schools Facing A Double-Shift Temporary Measure Until Work Finished When school starts Mon day, Sept. 15, students attend ing Roosevelt and Wilson ele mentary schools will be double shifted at Roosevelt school for about one month, according to a school district official. The necessity of completing the sewer t connections and basic school plant at the Wil son school makes the double shifting necessary, he ex plained. Only exception to this tern porary arrangement is that all Roosevelt fourth grade students will be accomodated this school year in three class rooms at the Hedrick Junior High school. These are located in the . north end of the school's east wing. They are a portion of the classrooms oc cupied in previous years by fifth and sixth grade, classes of Roosevelt school. HS Program Expanded As the junior high school program expands necessitat ing use of these classrooms, the Roosevelt school fourth grade classes would be ab sorbed by additional class rooms added . to existing schools, the spokesman said, These fourth grade classes will operate all day on the regular elementary schedule beginning at 9 a.m. and con tinuing to 3:45 p.m. Roosevelt - school classes, other than the fourth grade, will operate on a temporary half-time schedule beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 12 noon. Students then will be dismissed for the day, a spokesman said. All Wilson school students will begin their half-time ses sion at 12:30 p.m. and be dis missed at 4 p.m., it was ex plained. All will be transport ed to and from school; ' : Regular classes will he held during half-time sessions and homework will be as signed in part to replace the usual teacher-supervised study periods, it was explained. Roosevelt school teachers will remain on duty during the afternoon to prepare lesson plans and student materials. The Wiison school staff will be on duty mornings to pre pare for their afternoon ses sion. Working space and fa cilities will be provided for the respective school staffs in the cafeteria during hours not with children, it was ex plained. The cafeteria will only serve lunches to teach ers during the temporary double shifting. ' A separate school office at Roosevelt school is being maintained by Robert Baccus, the " Wilson school principal. The telephone number is SP 3-3447. The regular Roosevelt school telephone' number is SP 2-2300. . The complete school bus transportation schedule will be announced later this week. Other details on school open ings will be provided in a later news story. United Crusade Workers to Meet A meeting of. workers In the United Medford Crusade's retail division will be held at the Jackson hotel at 7' a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, James Rag land, chairman of the division, has announced. ': The meeting will be con ducted by Dick House, train ing chairman, who ; will ac quaint workers with their du ties in the campaign, which starts Sept. 15, and the needs of the UMC member agencies. Miss Mississippi, Is Miss America Atlantic City, N.J.-flJPD-Mary Ann Mobley, Miss Mississippi, was crowned ' Miss America last night. WEATHER rnocnsT' Mrifnrfi anil vicin ity continued fair through Sunday night. Risk of thun der storms Monday. High to morrow near 100; low tomor row night near 55. TEMP. Highest Saturday 102 Lowest Saturday 51 -Our Skies Tonight Sunset today : 6:36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:44 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 12:27 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 7:5$ p.m. Saturn, low in south west .-. - 9:32 p.m. Mars, rises 10:01 p.m. Venus and Mercury, rise . .- 4:36 a.m. (Venus Is by far the brighter planet) ' y.s. Chours Statement Accompanied By Bombardment Lull Convoy En Route To Crack Blockade Taipei, Formosa (UPD Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai said yesterday Red China was preparing to resume Formosa peace talks with the United States. The statement coincided with a sudden lull in the Communist bombardment of the Quemoy offshore islands. Informed sources said a Nationalist Chinese convoy escorted by U.S. warships left Formosa for Quemoy last night to crack the Commun ist blockade around the off shore islands. The report, con firmed in Washington said the U.S- ships would sail to with in three miles of the main land coast, ignoring China's new claim of a 12-mile! terri torial sea. In a Peiping radio broad cast the Communist leader re jected the U. S. warning against Red Chinese action di rected at Formosa. Chou said Communist China has the "right to liberate" Formosa and the Pescadores Islands. 'Internal Affair' However, he said Commun ist China had offered in am bassadorial talks with Amer ica in Geneva to settle the Formosa problem "as an in ternal affair" of China through negotiation and with out the use oi force. . '..He charged ; the- United States rejected this proposal, but that Communist China was preparing for a (resump tion of ambassadorial talks with America. Sudden Lull The broadcast came in the midst of a sudden lull in the Red Chinese bombardment of the Quemoy island group. No shells landed on - Quemoy through mid-morning yester day and . the Nationalist de fense ministry said only ' 90 shells were fired on the is land Friday. It was' the low est number reported since the Red artillery barrage began two weeks ago. A Peiping radio broadcast said the lull was ordered to give Nationalist troops time to "reconsider" their posi tion. ' The broadcast presum ably referred to an ultimatum broadcast to the troops last week to surrender or face in vasion. At the same time, U. S. Ma rines from the Third Divis ion based on Okinawa were poised aboard ships of the U. S. Seventh fleet on the eve of the first American-Chinese landing exercise ever . held here. About one battalion of Ma rines will take part in what observers in the Nationalist capital call an obvious show of force by the two nations. Sputnik Rocket Visible Again Portland (UPD The fash ionable past-time of Sputnik watching is in vogue once again in Oregon. The'Oregon Moonwatch heaquarters here announced the rocket of the Russian-made satellite will again be visible over the state after an absence of sev eral days. Here is the schedule: . ' Today Sunday-7:51 p.m., 15 . de grees in northeast;- 9:31 p.m., 77 degress in southwest; 11:11 p.m., low in southwest. . Monday-7:15 p.m., low in northeast; 8:55 p.m., 86 de grees in northeast; 10:36 p.m. 10 degrees in southwest. Tuesday-8:18 p.m., 62 de grees in northeast; 9:59 p.m., 32 degrees in southwest. Wednesday Wednesday-7:49 p.m. 44 de grees in northeast; 9:20 p.m., 47 degrees in southwest. Thursday-7:11 p.m., 24 de grees in northeast; 8:41 pjn., 65 degrees in southwest; 10:21. p.m., low in southwest. Friday-8:01 p.m. 90 degrees slightly toward southwest; 9:41 pjn., low in southwest. Wkmme "Well, You Can't Leave Us Now" . - I ' - -- . I LSWU Strike Spread Idles 4 More Mills Portland-flJPD - Four more mills have been idled in a strike of the AFL-CIO Lum ber and Sawmill workers in Oregon and Washington. The four latest plants hit are the Pope and Talbot Corp oration at Oakridge, Oregon; the International Paper com pany's Long Bell division saw mill at Longview, Wash.; and Tygh V alley Lumber company and affiliated. Cody Logging Trucker Talks Making Progress, Officials Report Washington - (UPD - Union and company spokesmen re ported "substantial progress" yesterday in efforts to settle a Teamsters Union strike that has tied up trucking in 11 Western states. They announced that the talks, which were shifted here Wednesday, will be moved back to San Francisco and will be resumed Tuesday. There was no elaboration on the "substantial progress" report. Robert H. Cutler, chairman of a five-man management ne gotiating committee, and Ei nar Mohn, chairman of the Western Conference of Team sters, issued a joint statement on the negotiations. 'Substantial Progress' "We feel," they said, "that substantial progress has been made for settlement of the strike and lockout. The par ties "are recessing to meet in San Francisco Tuesday." The strike, involving about 1,000 drivers, started over a wage issue in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys of California. Teamsters there claimed their pay was not comparable to that received by union members in other areas of California. Throughout West Trucking companies began shutting down operations throughout the West, main taining a strike against one was a strike against all. Work Progressing On Sanitary Sewer Construction work on the Grandview-Kenwood sanitary sewer is progressing on two fronts, according to Vernon Thorpe, Medford public works director. R. A .Heintz, Portland, the contractor, began at one point with the connection to the Camp White trunk sewer north of Crater Lake high way. Work crews have since made the highway crossing and are working , south on Biddle rd. Other crews are putting in the sewer in the vicinity of Wilson school, so that street construction in that area can proceed. company of Tygh Valley, Ore. The Long Bell plant was forced to halt operations when the members of the in ternational Woodworkers of America refused to cross picket lines put up by the LSW. The - two unions are rivals within the AFL-CIO. LSWU executive secretary, Earl Hartley, said additional plants ; would be struck by the union, but .declined to name wnicn ones. The number of lumber workers now idle is over 3000. The Longview plant em ployes about one thousand. Negotiations between the LSWU and three major em ployer groups broke off when union negotiators walked out of the session charging that the employer offer was for Koo little money, and too long a contract. No negotiations are currently . being held .be tween the union and employ er groups, although the union and some independent opera tors have continued bargain ing sessions. Vote on Joining Union Slated Here About 120 employees of the Cascade Wood Products com pany, Inc., White City, are scheduled to vote on Sept. 16 on joining the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Wil lamette Valley district coun cil, according to Arthur Hedg es, Portland, attorney for the National Labor .Relations Board. . The date was set following an informal meeting of the NLRB representative, comp any and union representatives Friday in the ante-room of the county court office. If the election conducted at the mill under NLRB super vision favors the union than it will be certified as bargain ing agent for the employees, Hedges explained. Meanwhile, employees of the Fir-Ply company, Inc., at White City, voted 63 to 21 against joining the Willam ette district council of t he Lumber and Sawmill Work ers union, AFL. The comp any s night shift voted Thurs day night and day shift on Friday, according to Bob Van Deucker, office manager. The election was supervis ed by the NLRB.' Petitioner for the election was the LSW. 'Shadows' Win At Salem State Fair The Shadows, a rock 'n roll act composed of six Medford boys, won the statewide tal ent contest sponsored by the Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Oregon State Fair in Salem Saturday after noon. Members of the group, all students at St. Mary's High school, are Paul Smith; Tom Newcomb, Clare ? Mansfield, Bill Smith, Mike Feiss and Rick Carrara. Ugds Yaks But Would Not Prejudice Rights Of Nationalists Envoy in Warsaw Ready for Meeting Washington-fl!PD-The United States yesterday welcomed Red China's decision to dis cuss the Formosa crisis at the diplomatic bargaining table. But it emphasized that "we will not be a party to any arrangement which would prejudice the rights of our ally" the Nationalist Chinese led by Generalissimo Chaiang Kai-shek. The U. S. position was set forth in a 300-word statement issued at the White House fol lowing an extraordinary three hour meeting of the National Security council,convened by President Eisenhower. The President had inter rupted his Newport, R.I., golf-' ing vacation to fly here for the conference and to handle other urgent affairs. Ready to Meet The White House statement said the American ambassador in Warsaw, Jacob D. Beam, "stands ready promptly to meet with the Chinese Com munist ambassador there" to resume talks on the Formosa dispute. The United States and Red China had been discussing the problem previously in Geneva off and on since 1955. But the talks broke down last Decem ber when the Communists re jected repeated U. S. demands for a joint' renunciation of force by the two nations. But the Red Chinese radio announced this morning that Premier Chou En-lai was ready to have the ambas sadorial session resume. No Official Word "So far, the United States has not received an official word on this subject," the White House statement said. But it added that "if the Chin ese Communists are now pre pared" to resume the talks, "the United States welcomes that decision." . "Naturally,", the statement continued, "in these resumed talks the United States will adhere to the negotiating po sition which it originally took in 1955 namely, , that ; we will not in these talks be a party to any arrangement which would prejudice the rights of our ally, the Repub lic of China." The White House said the Security council also consider ed "measures which would conform to the policy" laid down by the President and Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles Sept. 4 in a state ment issued at Newport. ; There was no elaboration on this point. f In that statement it was said the President would not hesitate to use U.S. forces to defend Nationalist-held Que moy and Matsu if he judged the circumstances made this necessary. LAST CHANCE Today is the last day for swimming at the Hawthorne Park pool, according to Darel Huson, Medford city record er. It will be open for the regular hours. ' ) Sports Bulletins Salt Lake City -(UPD- Salt r Lake City evened its final series with San Diego Sat-: urday night, whipping the -Padres 7-3 on the strength ' of Fred Green's seven-hit pitching and an il-hit at tack off Steve Ridsik. ' j Rookie pitcher Gary Bell " oi the Cleveland Indians ! snapped the Tribe's three- , game losing streak Satur day night when he pitched -a six-hitter to beat the Chi- cago White' Sox, 7-1. In' another American League night game, southpaw Billy : O'Dell pitched the Balti more Orioles to a 4-2 vie-; lory over the Boston Red Sox. In day games, the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees,: 8-3, and the Kansas City A'a -downed the Detroit Tigers, 6-2.