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F 01 Em Mppofls IF ivLA XT CASTLE BUILDER-About a load and a half of two-foot firewood, that ordinarily would have been stacked in the usual ' manner, was turned into a towering three story castle by Bruce Barnett, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Barnett, 608 Stewart ave., Medford, this summer. Bruce and his friends have slept in the structure many nights and have used it as a sputnik 15,098 Students Enrolled; County Gain Is Noted Jackson county schools have a total enrollment to date of 15.098 students, an increase of 367 students, or a 2.5 per cent countywide gain in school population, according to Jim McDonald, director of public relations for the county school superintendent's office. McDonald said the figures are an early indication of en rollment trends in the county schools, and no official gain or losses in enrollment can be made until the first quarterly attendance reports are re ceived. All indications are enroll ments will rise during the next few weeks as summer work for students ends. Also, there are two schools yet to open in the Medford school district, the senior high school and the Hoover elementary school. To date, school districts showing the largest increases in enrollment are Ashland, Griffin Creek, Phoenix, Dis trict 6C, which includes Cen tral Point, Sams Valley and Gold . Hill schools, Rogue River, Butte Falls, Howard, Medford, Talent and Eagle Point, which includes Shady Cove and Elk-Trail schools. Other school districts in the county remained about the same as opening week last year, showing only small gains in enrollment. Soon after the September quarterly reports are in, a more complete and accurate tabulation of enrollments can be made by this office, and at that time, enrollment figures will be released for each school, officials noted. $170 Taken from Furniture Store Approximately $170 in cash was stolen from a safe in Lucas and Howard Furniture store, 40 Bush st., Central Point, sometime between 1 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. today, according to Jackson county sheriffs deputies. The safe, weighing 1,600 pounds, was moved from one office to another where sev eral attempts were made to open it. The door of the safe had been peeled, authorities said. Nothing else in the safe was disturbed. Deputies reported that en trance was gained to the build ing by forcing a rear door. Some of the tools used to open the safe were left at the store, officials said. Some of them belonged to the store. Long-Haul Truckers Start Work in Area Long-haul truck drivers here began going back to work today following settle ment of the strike-lockout which idled them more than five weeks. Employers reported they expect to be back in high gear by tomorrow or the mid die of next week at the latest. At least two are "very busy" already. Local Man From Rescue Try Sgt. Richard Grigsby, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grigsby, 613 East Eighth st., Medford, was reported recov ering from chill and shock in a Portland hospital today after he was tossed from a life raft in rescue attempts Tuesday at the Swift dam project about 60 miles north east of Vancouver, Wash. Sgt. Grigsby, a silver star award winner in Korea, was United Grocers Buy Local Firm Northwest Grocery com pany, a wholly-owned subsidi ary of United Grocers, Port land, today announced the purchase of the Mason-Ehr- man c o m p a ny's Medford operations. S. Mason Ehrman said his firm would continue its opera tions in Lewiston and Mos cow, Idaho. The firm's Med ford and Klamath Falls wholesale grocery operations will be transferred as of Sept 30, he said. Willard Durst, president of United Grocers, said the firm would , transfer its southern Oregon - northern California operations from Ashland to Medford Oct. 1. Northwest Grocery company will take over the warehouse, merchan dise inventory, trucks and all physical assets of Mashon- Ehrman. . Durst said better facilities than the company's present warehouse in Ashland have been needed to serve the inde pendent retailers in this area. United Grocers bought Fride ger Grocery company in Ash land in 1956. He said all delivery of mer chandise will originate from the warehouse built by Mason Ehrman less than five years ago. A cash and carry opera tion will be maintained in Klamath Falls if the necessity for such a service is evident, Durst said. United Grocers warehouse in Ashland will discontinue operation. Registration Booths Scheduled in Ashland Two voter registration mo bile units will be in Ashland this evening, ' the Jackson County Democratic Central committee headquarters has announced. The units will be at Ideal Drug, Siskiyou blvd., between 6 and 9 p.m., and at the corner of Iowa st. and Siskiyou blvd. between 7 and 9 p.m. Can vassers will contact residents in the areas who have not yet registered to vote between 7 and 9 p.m'. . . Deadline for registering to vote in Nov. 4 general election is Oct 4. Washington (CPD United Press International has peti tioned the Federal Communi cations commission to suspend increases in leased teleprinter service rates sought by the American Telephone - a n d Telegraph company. observation tower. Though no nails were used to hold the pieces together, the cone shaped castle is quite sturdy. Bruce ex plained that the curved shape gives it strength. Bruce is shown above looking out the top story window while his sister, Barbara, looks out from the second story. A ladder inside connects the three levels. Recovers one of two airmen who man ned a life raft which went into a diversion tunnel at the Pacific Power and Light com pany's project on the Lewis river. They were attempting to rescue Charles R. McGhee, Portland, who was thrown into the mouth of the tunnel when a cable supporting ; a steel beam he ' was riding slipped loose. . One man was Tsilled in the mishap, and; another was rescued. Float Down River Sgt. Grigsby and Lt. Arthur Bennett, 29, both of the Port land air base, floated down the river in the tunnel, but the rubber life raft was swamped and upended. On his way out of the raft, Grigsby attempted to grab McGhee, but failed. He lost his hold on the raft, and was carried on down the tunnel with only his Mae West life jacket supporting him. Sgt. Grigsby's parents re ported that he was taken to the Portland hospital Tues day, and was seriously ill Wednesday. He was placed in an oxygen tent, they said. He still was suffering mild shock last night, according to reports. Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby went to Portland to visit their son. Sgt. Grigsby's wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schumacher, Medford. Sgt. Grigsby lived in Medford un til he joined the service. Four Children, Mother Injured In Auto Crash Four children and the wife of Harold Ottosen, city mar shal of Eagle Point, were being treated in two Medford hospitals today following a collision yesterday afternoon involving the station wagon driven by Mrs. Ottosen and a logging truck. Cora Lee Ottosen, 2, was reported in "poor" condition at ' Sacred Heart hospital, where she is being treated for multiple skull fractures and a fracture of the right leg. The accident occurred as Mrs. Ottosen was driving five of her seven children home from a doctor's office in Shady Cove, where Robert Harvey Ottosen, 10, had been taken for an earache. Robert was in Medford Osteopathic hospital today with a fractured right hand. Mrs. Marie Rittenhouse Otto sen,- 40, was' being treated there for a fractured right arm. Charles Floyd Ottosen, 6, was reportedly suffering from a fractured collarbone and "other injuries." Beverly Sue Ottosen, 1, was "under observation.". State po lice said she had been cut on the head. Only Elizabeth Ruth Otto sen, 4, escaped .without in juries, police said. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Highway 62 in front of Stan's market near the junction with Highway 234, state police reported, The logging - tractor - truck, pulling a pole trailer with 53rd Year M EDFOED 26 PAGES Ford Contract Expected To Set Industry Pattern Reuther, Company Official Pleased Detroit-UPD-The United Auto Workers, having gained a "non-inflationary" contract from Ford Motor Co., pre pared today to turn its famed "whipsaw" on General Motors and Chrysler. Ford and the UAW agreed to a three-year contract Wednesday about six hours after Ford workers at 86 plants and parts depots throughout the nation walked off their jobs when the nego tiators were unable to agree before a strike deadline. The settlement, expected to set a pattern for 600,000 auto industry workers, gave ' the union pay hikes totaling 24 cents an hour, improved un employment benefits, pensions and job security-the matters UAW President Walter P Reuther called "pressing hu man needs." Chrysler Next The average Ford auto worker's wage now will be more than $2.40 an hour, with night shift workers getting a 10 per cent differential in stead of 5 per cent. Immediately after reaching the agreement, Reuther an nounced he would show up at the bargaining table of an other ' company," probably Chrysler. """Top union frielfis 'were seeking to get Ford workers back on the job as soon as possible. ' - : . : . Reuther said he expected most of the workers to re turn today but "some have local problems which must be solved before the workers re turn." i Both Sides Pleased The Ford workers will get bonuses of 10 cents an hour retroactive to July 1 under terms of the new contract and 7-cent pay hikes in both the second and third years of the pact. Both Reuther and Ford Vice President John S. Bugas, chief company negotiator, appeared pleased with the new con tract. It contained unexpectedly generous ' improvements in supplemental unemployment benefits and pensions. Reuther indicated it was these provis ions which caused him to over throw a UAW convention mandate which banned agree ments covering more than two years. eight logs aboard, was driven by Lee Jasper Thompson, 54, of route 1, Trail, police re ported. Police gave the following report of the accident: Both vehicles, were south bound on Highway 62. Thomp son had pulled his truck off the road onto the right shoul der with the intention of mak ing a left turn across the highway into Stan's market. He told investigating offi cers he had switched on his turning signals and had checked his. rear-vjew mirror. Bumper Struck Door ' Mrs. Ottosen attempted to cut in front of the truck as Thompson started his left turn. The truck's bumper struck the right door of the station wagon. The station wagon spun .around, struck the truck's left front tire, spun several times and came to a stop 98 feet from the point of impact. Mrs. Ottosen and her five children were thrown "to the pavement along : the path of their heavily - damaged ve hicle. Thompson, the truck- driv er, was unhurt. The truck, owned by Lloyd F. Silva, Grants Pass, received minor front-end damage. Laura McFall, Mail Tribune correspondent, has begun tak ing up a collection to assist the Ottosens. She can be ffeached at the Eagle Point city hall or through P.O. box 164, Eagle Point. - m, chrys MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958 Oilman's, Union Controversy Said In Route A controversy which has developed between Gilman's Dairy, Medford, and the Teamsters local union centers around provisions of an agree ment concerning route truck drivers, those involved indi cated today. The issue was brought to public attention recently when Gilman's, in a paid ad vertisement, said "Teamsters' officials gave us an ultimatum to fire our present employees within five days or force them to join the union. We did not comply with this ultimatum The agreement is one signed by Robert A. Shaw, secretary of Teamsters Local 962, and Fred Morlan, secretary of the Southern Oregon Fluid Milk Medford Stores To Close Nov: 11; Activities Slated The Medford Merchants committee of . the Jackson County Chamber . of Com merce yesterday agreed - to close retail stores in Medford Veterans-iJayrNev; lTT Previously, most industries in the valley indicated they wouia cooperate, witn a re quest from the Jackson Coun ty Veterans Council and said they would be closed. The Veterans Council spear headed a move this year to have area industries and busi nesses close to observe Vete rans Day. Several activities have been planned, including a parade, veterans' breakfasts, armed services displays and a dance. Theme of Floats Theme of the floats for the parade is "Comic incidents in the service," according to the Veterans Day committee of the Veterans Council. The pa rade will include floats and marching units from this area. Committee members said at tempts are being made to ob tain marching units from mili tary installations along the west coast. Floats may be entered in one of lour divisions. Tney are veteran and military units, cities and schools of Jackson county, civic, frater nal and non-profit organiza tions, and commercial. They will be judged only on the humor of the incident por trayed in the float, commit tee members pointed out. All cities in Jackson coun ty have been invited to enter floats in the name of the city, committee members said. The Camp White Domicil-, iary Color Guard and firing squad will lad the parade, which will form on Eighth st. west of Oakdale ave., proceed to Bartlett st., and go west on Main st. Military equipment enter ed in the parade will be on display later in the day, and reviewine stand will be erected on West Main st. Camp Adair Progress Pleases Gen. Gills Corvalis -flJPD- Air Force Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Gills, in stallations chief of the Air Defense Command, said Wednesday he was satisfied with the progress of construc tion at a SAGE installation at Camp Adair north of here. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Friday with chance of showeri tonight. . Low tonight AS. High Friday 72. Temp. Highest Yesterday 7 Lowest this Morning' 43 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today :17 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:55 a.m. Moonset tonight 10:04 p.m. First Quarter Sept. 19 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, sets 9:28 pjn. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, sets 7:19 pan. Saturn, follows the Moon. Mars, in the east 11:3S p.m. Venus, rises : 5:03 ajn. LER HEXTMJAW Drivers Dairy Operators association Morlan signed the agreement in behalf of the organization. which is a representative group formed under the framework of the Industry Council. Represents Dairies The Southern Oregon Fluid Milk Dairy Operators associa tion represents seven dairies in Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties, including Gilman's. Sections of the agreement provide that no milk "will be supplied a peddler unless he is a member of the Union and conforms to the working rules of the local union," and that "No Employer shall sell or lease its routes to any of its employees." The latter section also provides that routes sold to persons other than em ployees be sold to a purchaser who "will employ routemen subject to the terms and Con ditions of this agreement." Vincent N. Smith, manager of Gilman's, said that as far as he can determine "no one has been, at any time, authorized to enter into such, an agree ment" on behalf of Gilman' He added that he has notified Teamster officials to that ef fect. 1 Claim Nofr-ValidU-, Smith said the agreement is not a "valid contract.' He said the routemen are independent businessmen and are not em ployees !-of ; Gilman's. , The routemen, ' he said, purchase the milk and resell it on their home delivery routes." As in dependent businessmen,1 'he said, "they are not subject to organization by labor unions.1 Shaw said the union sent - letter to Gilman's last June 16 asking arbitration- on the al leged violation of terms of the agreement concerning route- men. Shaw was named negoti ator in the letter. A second letter, indicating circuit court action to enforce the agree ment would be sought, was sent July 1, he said, but no acknowledgement of either letter was received by the union. No court action has been taken. Shaw said the union "bent over backwards to avoid any difficulty," and that Gilman's was invited to appear before the Central Labor Council to discuss the problem. The in vitation was ignored, he said Letter Circulated A letter to union members, approved by the Central Lab or Council, was circulated about two weeks ago. The letter placed Gilman's Dairy on the "unfair list" of the Central Labor Council "be cause they refused to abide by the terms of the Teamsters Union agreement." Shaw said the action was taken by the Council after Gilman's ignored another pro vision , of the agreement, which provides for arbitra tion, and which the union had requested. bmith said he had no in formation from the union about discussions" on the mat ter. ' The union still is willing to sit down and arbitrate as pro vided in the agreement, Shaw said. Smith indicated he also was willing to arbitrate, but noted that he did not believe the agreement was valid. ' Gilman's, Shaw said, never sought to terminate the agree ment. Belieres It Unfair Smith' said Gilman's be lieves it is "unfair to fire em ployees who have served us faithfully for many years. We have never forced any of our employees to join, or not to join, a union." . Union officials noted that one term of the agreement provides that employees be come members of the union within 30 days after starting employment. Shaw said the Central Lab or Council took the action it did because it felt obligated to do so since other dairies in cluding Snider's and Jorgen sen's in Medford, were abid ing by the agreement. j Tribune "My Need Is Greater Than Yours" '. . Rogue Basin Study In Final Stages The Rogue River basin study being conducted by the state water resources board is in its final stages, Malcolm H. Karr, investigations engi neer, said yesterday. Karr explained to a small group of sub-committee chair men of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association that the invesiiga tion, does. not duplicate the work being done by the U. S Army Corps of Engineers and is more comprehensive. The iniormation will be presented as recommendations . to the state legislature for basin de velopment. The study includes agricul tural, recreation, . fish and wildlife, domestic and munic ipal, industrial, mining and power water use, as well as flood control, watershed man agement and pollution abate ment.: Water Control It will consider the water control problem, and reports have given the approximate amount and distribution ' of water in the basin. ine engineer presented a series of charts and diagrams covering the various phases of the study. One of these was a water yield diagram showing a profile of the basin stream system. It is based on profiles of the U. S. Geodetic Survey and in part by quadrant sheets provided by the corps of en gineers, Streams in the basin cover a total of 5,200 miles or rep resent one mile of stream per square mile of basin area. An other chart shows the average rainfall in all years of record. Water and its relation to its economy also is shown. Derelopmenl of Basin A plot of irrigation lands shows development of basin, what lands are adequately ir rigated, what farm lands need additional water and what ones have a potential value as farm land. The diagram . is based on a bureau of reclama tion survey. , Another map' places boat- launching facilities and recre ation sites. A transportation facilities map shows highways, secondary roads, railroad lines and airlines. Other maps and charts show spawning areas in the basin and the number of fish using them, the flood plain and the area subject to erosion, all existing dams and reserVoirs and potential sites for dams and reservoirs as suggested, future water needs, popula tion growth, population fore cast and practical power po tential. Specific Sections The study report is designed to cover the Tjasin generally, and seven specific sections. These include Bear Creek, Ap plegate, Illinois Valley, Upper Rogue, Little Butte Creek, Middle Rogue and the Lower Rogue river. This, Karr ex plained, is so a reader of the report w$h little knowledge of the Rogue basin can be given an over-all picture and Price 10 Cents No. 153 one who lives in the basin and knows well a particular sec tion can- obtain the informa tion he wants quickly and easily. Karr said it is still too early to draw any conclusions from the study. The informa tion will be presented to the state legislature but its de cision may not be based on the facts presented, Karr con cluded. . . 205 Expected at Gideon Conclave Pat Zondervan, president of Gideons International, Chi cago, will be the principal speaker at the Oregon state Gideons convention to be held in Medford Friday,- Sat urday and Sunday. Headquarters for the con vention will be First Church of the Nazarene, 2S0 North Holly st., where the majority of the meetings will be held. Zondervan will speak at the Friday evening session which will be open to the public. A banquet will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel. Gideon Sunday will be ob served Sunday at the various valley churches with members reporting to the congregations concerning the ministry of the Gideons -and the place ment of the Scriptures. Approximately 250 dele gates are expected. The Gideons, a non-denomi national group of Christian businessmen, was started in 1898. Some 10 years later the group started distributing Scriptures in hotels. Today, 50 years later, more than 38,000,000 copies of Scrip tures have been placed in hotels, motels, hospitals, jails, offices, and given to school children, servicemen and nurses throughout the world. More than 34,000 copies have been distributed in Jackson county. I TOIETS Brownlee Halt Requested Until Fish Gear Workable Washington UPD The state of Oregon and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked to day that no additional units be permitted "to operate at Brownlee dam on the Snake river until new-type fisji gear at the dam proves workable. The state and the federal fish agency agreed to contin ued operations until Oct. 1 of the first generator unit at the dam which is now operating under a temporary permit ex piring Friday. Last Extension Officials of Idaho Power company, builder of the dam. said the new extension should be the last one needed because installation of fish gear at the dam should be completed by Sept. 26. Right Reserved To Bring Matter To United Nations 'Equitable Conditions' Urged by Secretary United Nations, N. Y.-TOPD- Dulles called todav for a prompt cease fire and "equi table conditions" to end the fighting in Formosa Strait. In a major policy speech in the U. N. General Assembly, Dulles said this should "elim inate provocations" and leave for later peaceful solution the Nationalist and Red Chinese claims and counterclaims. Reserves Right If current U. S.-Red Chinese talks in Warsaw fail to lead to settlement of the Formosa crisis, Dulles said, "the United States reserves the right to bring this matter to the United Nations." He said Communist Chinese aggressive moves toward the Quemoy and Matsu islands pose "a grave threat with ominous implications" which endanger world order. Dulles said the Quemoy issue is "a simple one: Armed conquest." "There are two indisput-, able and decisive facts," he said. "These are: "1. The Chinese Commu nist regime has never during its nine years of existence exercised authority over TaK wan (Formosa), the Penghus (Pescadores) or the offshore islands. , Using Naked Force "2. The Chinese Commu nist regime is now attempting to extend its authority to those areas by the use of naked force." The United States, Dulles said, hopes that a peaceful so lution be found. "Talks are now going on between the United States and Chinese Communist am bassadors in Warsaw," he said: "We seek a prompt cease fire ano equiiaoie conditions which will eliminate provoca-' tions and leave for peaceful resolution the different claims and counterclaims that are in volved." Dulles said the U. S. did not ignore the argument that the Chinese conflict is "civil war" or that the offshore islands are physically close to the Chinese mainland. "But we can scarcely ac cept the view that nations are entitled to seize territory by fnpni 4nc VkAaiica If 1m n9l at hand," he said. Three Hearings on Council's Agenda Three public hearings are included on the city council's agenda for its meeting to night at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall council chamber. They concern assessment for the Black Oak dr. .trunk water main extending from Country Club dr. to Walden pi., change of zone from single family to limited light industrial for the Lloyd Neil- son property on North Pa cific highway and the vaca tion of Priddy st. in the Jackson County Housing au thority area. The council ' is also sched uled to consider a purchase agreement for acquiring the Frank Humphrey property as a necessary right of way for the extension of Eighth , st. across Bear creek. Another major item on the agenda is financing repair to the floor of the Medford Pub lic . Library juvenile depart ment, at a cost of $1,213. The Library's budget can report edly provide only $1,200 of the total estimated cost of $2,413. The agreement was reached at a closed -door meeting among officials of the Federal Pow e r Commission, Idaho Power Company and others. Albert M. Day, director of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission, and Don Lane, executive secretary of the Ore gon Water Resources Board, represented Oregon. Fish Trap Discussed Day said theje was discus sion of a fish trap below Ox bow dam where 'repairs are under way. He said Idaho Power hoped to have the trap again in operation soon so adult Chinook salmon can be taken from the Snak? river and moved overland to spawn ing grounds. - "" '
