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Mmg, Ml mm il7 I: atural u Holmes Foresees Step as Major Development Move Apparently Hinges on Plants Salem - (UPD - Early exten sion of natural gas pipelines into southern Oregon was foreseen today by Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes if International Paper company decides to build two new paper mills in the area. Gov. Holmes said extension of the line would be "the most important development in ' Oregon since the introduction of low cost Bonneville power 30 years ago." High Hopes Expressed Last week the governor ex pressed high hopes for loca tion of the two plants in Ore gon following receipt of telegram from the company indicating that the choice of sites was near and thanking various state agencies for co operation in its studies. Public Utility Commission er Howard Morgan said feas ibility studies conducted by his office showed ample de mand to support extension of natural gas pipelines to south ern Oregon. Morgan said "I am certain the line will be built at once" and he predicted a po tential load increase of, 50 per cent over present loads carried by the pipeline of Oregon. ; Four Chief Reasons He listed four chief reasons for. his optimism: Load stud ies made by California-Pacific Utilities in Roseburg, Med ford, Grants Pass, Ashland and Klamath. Falls; the pro posed plants of International ' Paper ' Company; conversion of lumber and plywood dry ing plants to natural gas; and conversion of the Hannah Nickel smelter at Riddle to natural gas. If the line is extended, Morgan's office said the, in tefruptible rate for natural gas at Roseburg would be only one-tenth of a cent per therm higher than the present rate in Portland. Hunter Returns After Being Lost A hunter returned home this morning after, being lost overnight in the Mt. Ashland area, Joe Walsh, chief crimi nal deputy for the Jackson county sheriffs office, report ed today. Merlin Bewey, 36, of 3486 Jacksonville highway, was re ported lost about 8 p.m. yes terday by his wife.' He failed to return home at 5 p.m. as scheduled. She called state police, the state forestry "pa trol and, at 5 o'clock this morning, the Jackson county sheriff's office, which was or ganizing a search party when Dewey called his wife that he was safe. Dewey told his wife he be came lost in one of the val leys around Mt. Ashland be cause of fog and could not find his way back to his car. He eventually found his way down to the highway by fol lowing a creek. A motorist picked him up and he called home from a nearby gas station. si Make Medford Beautiful 3 IT"! jE &) lit lte? MORE JUNK - Here is another example of second-hand mer chandise and junk displayed helter-skelter on one of Med ' ford's thoroughfares. A fenced enclosure or enlarged interior space would help clear up unsightly outdoor bargain counters. "Making Medford Beautiful" is every citizen's responsibility. 53rd MEDEORD 28 Pages '"Back To The Exemptions Exceed 556 Million From Ad Valorem Taxes Jackson county exemptions from ad valorem taxes this fiscal year will exceed $56,- 186,490 in assessed value, ac cording to County Assessor Ray Schumacher. This compares to total as sessed value in Jackson coun ty of $85,6(12,672.26. Of the total assessed value exempted, $55,204,330 applies to the estimated value of non assessable property of fed eral,, state, county, and city governments, school ' districts and churches. Veteran's and widow's exemptions total $982,160. True cash ' value of this exempt property is estimated at $224,545,960, the county as sessor said. . Assessed Valuation Schumacher estimated that a total of $45,000,000 in as sessed valuations covers all public lands such as city, state, county, federal and school property. Under the exemption cate gory and the true cash valua tions are churches, $1,531, 985.15; lodges, $1,072,929.60; veterans organizations' prop erties, $61,340; community clubs, $408,221; hospitals, $3,719,050; granges, $191,100; libraries, $187,000, miscella neous such as youth centers and camp grounds, $150,750, the county assessor listed. ;. State and national banks, production credit associations, and building and loan associa tions are all exempt from pay ment of personal property tax es, Schumacher said. Exempt from Payment Deciduous trees, shrubs, plants and crops which in clude the value of orchards on agricultural land, are exempt from payment of property taxes, the county assessor pointed out. The exempt value IMS EllTiraSDM ira i IBIfi reSSDlLI SIM Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1958 Shelter, Men" for these categories in Jack son county have not been computed. -7 . - Jan. 1 inventories of farm ers, producers and processors of grains, hay, fruit and live stock sold for slaughter are all subject to exemption if sold prior to May 1 of the assess ment year, Schumacher ex plained. Cancellation of as sessments is based on inven tories on hand as of Jan. 1. "Each year the legislature is asked for exemptions on property by pressure groups," the county assessor comment ed "When these exemptions are allowed under laws, taxa tion is then shifted to other taxpayers." Hearing Held on Road Extension A hearing was held by the county court yesterday noon on establishment of the exf tension of the Pleasant Creek rd. as part of the county's general road system. "After discussion the court will consider the matter," County Commissioner Chester Wendt said. The road is located east of Rogue River With the exten sion measuring approximately Vi miles, it was explained. C. A. Wise and R. B. De Armond, through whose prop erty the road extension passes, were represented , by attor neys Ben Day and Philip Lowry, respectively. Also at tending the hearing were John A. Carnegie and Al Col lins, representatives of ' the bureau of land management. The road is needed for ac cess to large blocks of timber, Wendt said. The question arose as to whether the exten sion is private property or is a public road. Cost of Living Remains Unchanged Washington OJPD Living costs remained unchanged be tween August and September, the government said today. It also reported that earnings of the average factory worker hit new record highs last month. The Labor Department's consumer price index remain ed at 123.7 per cent of aver age 1947-49 prices in Septem ber. It was the second month ina row in which the index failed to rise after a steady two-year climb. The department reported that the average factory worker, with three depend ents, received a record $77.25 a week in pay after deduc tions for federal taxes. Contracts Planned For Recreation Sites at Lakes May Be Awarded by End of This Year Contracts on development of recreation sites on Emi grant and Howard Prairie reservoirs should be awarded by the end of the year, County Judge Rodney Keat ing said today. Keating returned last night from a meeting, in Portland with Neal Butterfield of the National Park Service. He was in Portland to attend a meeting of the executive board of the association of O and C counties. Butterfield told him the contract which would pro vide for county administra tion and development of the recreation sites was sent to the regional office of the bur eau of reclamation - in Boise, Idaho, yesterday for appro val. It is expected to be re turned to Portland by the end of this month. Main Delay , Butterfield explained to Keating that the main delay with the contract was deter mination of which govern ment agency- has control of timber on the proposed rec reation site on , Howard Prairie reservoir. It was de terminod it j.Q.nnd f? tim ber, Keating said he was told. The National Park Service will draw up , the specifica tions for concessions at the recreation sites, Butterfield told Keating. When bids have been accepted for develop ment of the recreation sites a press release will be issued from Portland, Keating learned. Minimum Facilities Minimum facilities requir ed of concessionaires would be gasoline facilities, a boat dock, store and possibly cab ins, the number to be speci fied by the National Park Service. Activities on the water in both reservoirs would come under county jurisdiction, Keating said he learned. The park .service is particularly concerned over the use of the water between water-skiers and fishermen. Zones would probably -be set up, County Commissioner Chester Wendt added. Drawing up regula tions for recreational use of waters in, the reservoirs will be referred to the county planning commission, Keat ing added. The bureau of land man agement is now burning slash in the Howard Prairie area to prepare for future clearing for recreational sites, the county court said this morn ing. s . Ranger Transferred To Fremont Forest Vernal E. Taylor, ranger for the Applegate district, Rogue River National Forest, will be promoted to fire control staff on the Fremont National for est, Lakeview, effective Nov. 16, according to C. E. Brown, forest supervisor. For the past three years Taylor has been in charge of the Applegate ' district with headquarters- at- the Star Ranger station. Taylor was graduated from the University of Washington in 1932, and had worked in the Olympic National forest, and Ouachita National forest, Hot Springs, Ark. He was transferred to the Rogue River National forest in September, 1955. " Cuban Rebels Release Two American Captives Havana, Cuba-JPD-The U.S. Embassy announced .today that Cuban rebels have re leased two Americans and seven Cubans employed ' by the Texas Oil Company who were kidnaped near Santiago de Cuba Monday. TRIBUNE Governor Asks Citizens To Join In Navy Tribute Salem (UPD The U. S. Navy and the President whose efforts brought it to world prominence will be jointly honored next Mon day in a day proclaimed as Navy Day by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. " The governor termed it most appropriate that Ore gon citizens should join hands to render "grateful tribute to our mighty sea air Navy and give well de served honor and recogni tion to the achievements of the men and; women who compose its ranks." He also noted that Oct. 27, set aside for the observ ance of Navy Day, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roose velt, the nation's 26th Pres ident who had previously served as assistant : secre tary of the Navy. Ike Praised for Campaign Tour; Lays New Plans Washington -TOPD- President Eisenhower returned to Wash ington today to hearty praise from Republicans for. his hard-hitting 5,300-mile cam- paign touK. Apparently convinced he had helped the Republicans in their battle for Congress, he promptly began , laying plans to step up his political activity before electipn day: Party 'Fired Up Eisenhower, tired but obvi ously pleased with the results of his barnstorming tour, was told by GOP National Chair man Meade Alcorn that the riartv is "fired ud" bv his performance. Alcorn and the President immediately conferred on fur ther campaigning plans. Eis enhower already has agreed to speak next Monday in Charleston, W.Va., and Pitts burgh; and in New York City, the following dayj At the airport here, the President was greeted with word from Alcorn that he had been "terrific" in his cam paigning on the West Coast and in the Midwest. Predicts Political Upsets Eisenhower told Alcorn, White House staff members and Cabinet members who met him that the vigorous trip was "worth it.". "Meade, I didn't find any pessimism or apathy within the party," he remarked. After his White House talk with the President, Alcorn told newsmen: "The President's irip has' fired up the party in a way I haven't seen it fired up since I have been down here." He predicted the response from' candidates, party work ers and the voting public has been so enthusiastic that he now is convinced "we will see one of the major upsets in recent political history" in next month's balloting. Truck Crashes Al Birdseye Creek A Pierce Freight lines trac tor with semi-trailer and full trailer carrying nearly 76,000 pounds crashed the fog on Highway 99 at Birdeye creek early this morning, state po lice reported. The driver,. Wayne Edward Spray, 34, of West Lynn, was reportedly not injured. But damage to two Califor nia Oregon Power company poles caused a power outage in the area, police said. The rear trailer, carrying five tons of sheet metal and two electric generators, land ed in the creek and was de stroyed, police reported. The semi-trailer left its axle strad dling the bridge guard rail and. reportedly, was dragged another 190 feet. Price 10 Cents No. 183 13th Attempt To Launch Satellite Ends in failure Beacon Balloon Fails To Orbit Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IDPD-j America's 13th attempt to launch a satellite ended in failure early today because of "some difficulty with the up per stages" of its launching vehicle. The Army disclosed it gave up hope that the Beacon bal loon satellite had orbited only two hours and 40 minutes after its Jupiter-C launcher blasted off late Wednesday night. Trouble Undetermined . Brig. Gen. John A. Barclay, commander of the Army Bal listic Missile Agency at Hunts ville, Ala., said there was "some difficulty with the up per stages" of the launching vehicle, but "we haven't de termined precisely what went wrong." Dr. Jack Froehlich of the Jet Propulsion Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology said that the trans mitter ini the payload "started giving abnormal signals after about 110 seconds, 'but we don't know1 whether this was caused by difficulties in the transmitter nt the rocket." BitUriy Wwlucky- - It was the 13th satellite launching attempt ,since' the first ' Navy ' Vanguard blew up just off the launching pad last Dec. 7, and the try proved bitterly unlucky. If the gleam ing inflatable balloon had gone into orbit, Americans would have been - able to point to a man-made moon that rivaled in brilliance "the stars of the big dipper." It was the third satellite launching attempt in a row that did not make the grade. Write-In Drive ; Planned in CP a ' Central Point Donald Burelson has withdrawn his candidacy for mayor of Cen tral Point, and a write-in campaign has been started for Councilman M. C: Glea son, city hall sources said to day. Burelson, a former Central Point mayor, plans to move to Medford, they said. Gleason, who is not seeking reelection as councilman, will face Free man Mason in the Nov. 4 gen eral election. Mayor Donald Faber an nounced some time ago he would , not seek reelection. The mayor's term is for two years. " ' :. . ' -; ... ; . Two or more candidates have filed for the other elec tive offices in Central Point. Incumbent Edward Jones and Avis Van Hoy are candi dates for treasurer, a two year . term, and Incumbent Lyle Paul and Betty M. Park er are candidates for city re corder. Council candidates include Ward I, E. R. Yocom, Art Rupp and Bill Colley; Ward II, Incumbent Les Bigham, Gay Anderson, Richard Pet ers, Dale Bartley; Ward III, Jerry Bianconi, Calvin Bow ers; James Corliss and Don Patterson. Council terms are for four years. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight: Patches of valley foe Friday morning. Increasing high clou diness Friday afternoon. Low tonight 32-35. High Friday near 65. . Temp. Highest Yesterday . 52 Lowest this Morning 31 Prec. to 4 a.m. Today : 02 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 5:18 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:35 a.m. Moonset tomorrow . 3.46 a.m. Full Moon . Monday The Big Dipper, sinking in the northwest after sunset, will be well up in the northeast in the morning twilight. The Pointer stars will then point downto the North Star. ' FORMOSA MEETING U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles meets Nationalist China's Chiang Kai-shek at Taipeh, Formosa, for three days of talks on the Formosa Straits crisis. It is speculated in Washington that Dulles may propose a military pull-back by both sides in the Quemoy area. Mean while, Chinese Reds on the mainland have resumed their heavy artillery shelling of the offshore islands. . . City May Benefit From New Service On Park Facilities Medford may be one of Ore gon's first cities to , benefit from a parks and recreation consultation service recently formed by the University of Oregon at Eugene. Dr. Lynn Rodney, chair man of the university's recrea tion and outdoor education curriculum, described the program here last night as "a new area of services" design ed 'to . extend educational and service opportunities we have on the campus into com munities." , He spoke before the city's new park - and ' recreation commission, whose nine mem bers had invited him to help them get started. Dr. Rodney was evidently impressed by his "quick look" yesterday at the city's exist ing and potential facilities. "From everything I've seen so far- it just looks terrific, he said. He described "the street tree program as one of the most delightful I've seen.""- : -; Dicussion of Role ' .; In his discussion of the role of parks and recreation facili ties in a city's development, Dr. Rodney stressed that neighborhoods and school areas should be considered the basic structure. "Your basic needs," he said, "rest with the' people in neighborhoods, people tied down by and closely connect ed with schools." He described a modern con cept of school -park units, whereby public schpols and park areas were laid out ad jacent to each other. The commission agreed to hold a joint meeting with rep resentatives of the Medford school district in November. Dr. Rodney described "the securing of good leadership as "the one big key" in de velopment of the city's. pro gram. "We could provide you with all the help you need" in getting the right per son, he said. ' Consultation Service He added that the consul tation service could provide a list of salary scales in commu nities of smaller size to Med ford as well as a "job analy- 218 Pints of Blood Collected on Visit A total of 218 pints of blood -72 less than the quota-was collected during the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile at the local chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., here yester day. Quota for the visit was 290 pints. Red Cross officials said 248 people offered biooa, of whom were rejected. Of the total appearing, 100 were drop-in. donors, and 148 had made appointments. The Bloodmobile will re turn to Medfard in December. Two-Year Contract ' Signed by Bakers , Local 404 of the American B&kers and Confectionery Workers here signed a new two-year contract yesterday with . Bakery operators of Medford and vicinity, Union Business Manager W. I. Thompson announced. He said that the 'contract, retroactive to July 14, pro vides a cents per hour package wage increase. Wages vary -with -classification -of baker but the boost means a top pay of $2.70, Thompson re ported. He said that the con tract also calls for a 5 cents per hour increase in night dif ferential pay. sis" setting forth the qualifi cations for a parks and rec reation administrator. .. The city has set aside $5,000 in the' 1958-59 budget with an eye to employing some one in this capacity. (Continued on Page 15) Park Proposal Talked at Meeting The constitutionality of re quiring subdividers to allot a portion of. their land or cash equivalent to municipal park and recreation purposes was discussed last night at a meet ing of Medford's new park and recreation commission. Dr. Lloyd Rodney, author ity in this field at the Univer sity of Oregon, said, "Quite a number of cities have under taken this type of proceeding, but it has never been tested before' the courts."' -The commission decided at its last meeting to consider this provision with reference to the city's revised subdivi- son ordinance proposal cur rently being studied by the planning commission. Dr. Rodney said he could send the commission the names of "five or six" cities' in Oregon that have adopted this procedure and the allot ment percentages they re quire. ' Mrs Edith Eden, commis sion member, said she under stood a 5 per cent basis had been used in some cases. Wilson Opening Set For November 17 The opening of Wilson school on Corona ave. has been postponed until Monday, Nov. 17, Leonard Mayfield, superintendent of Medford schools, announced today. The school was scheduled to open Oct. 27, but because of unforeseen delays in sewer installation and road paving, opening date had to be post poned. Students will continue the double-shift classes at Roose velt school until Wilson school opens, he said. The new physics room at Medford High school is now in use, Mayfield reported. The new chemistry and indus trial arts rooms are expected to be ready for use by Nov. 17, he added. Chamber Group Outlines Ordinance Possibility The Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce committee on governmental operations and city officials Wednesday morning- continued their study of the possibility of or dinances;, to protect citizens against fraudulent solicitors or peddlers. : Committee members have been studying the possibility for a month. Studies have " shown that some cities have passed ordi nances of questionable consti tutionality, and often have been contested in courts and have been declared unconsti tutional. , Committee members also have found that protective or dinances must be imposed uni versally - on local business firms engaged in house to house activity similar to those of the itinerant operator. The problem facing the committee, Chamber officials noted, is one of finding ordinances Offshore Island With Formosa Nationalists Keep Right To Use Force Taipeh, Formosa - (UPD - The United States and Nationalist China today concluded three days of talks with a formal communique which linked de fense of the offshore islands with the defense of Formosa itself, and renounced the use of force as the chief means of returning to the mainland. Coincident with the end of the talks between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Washington (UPD- Secre tary of State John Fpster Dulles has pledged that the United States will neither attack Communist China nor tolerate attacks against the Red Chinese government. Kis surprising statement was included in an inter view with British Inde pendent Television. It was filmed last Thursday for a telecast today. The inter view took . place before Dulles' just-concluded talks with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa. - auu ueueiraussuno Ulliang 1 i; ; , , - Kai-shek, Communist shelling oi me yuemoys came to an unexplained halt. Speculation on Halt The Nationalist Defense Ministry said tonight that no Communist shells had fallen on Quemoy since 8 p.m. (PST) Wednesday. This led to specu lation that the Reds had si lenced their guns because Dulles had -left for Wash ington. Expanding upon - the com- miinimip 'Wntinnnlict TTi-fo4 ,MU.u..UUUb A Minister Huang Ahao-ku said it did not mean that Chiang had abandoned hopes of lead ing his, army back to the mainland. Reaffirm Solidarity He said Nationalist China will not rely "exclusively" on force but reserves the right to employ force in case of a Budapest-type revolt on the mainland. At a Taipeh news confer ence. Assistant Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson would only say that Chiang believes he should be pre pared to return to his home land "if the situation is propitious." The Chiang-Dulles commu nique reamrmea American and Nationalist Chinese soli darity in the face of the Red aggression in the bombard ment of Quemoy.. Peter Kalischer, Columbia Broadcasting System corre spondent in Taipeh, reported that Chiang and Dulles also had reached a secret agree ment in addition to the facts disclosed in the communique. Troop Reduction Kalischer said their agree ment included an agreement in principle by Chiang for an eventual reduction of the 100,000 troops in the Quemoy and Matsu islands if the Com munists put a de facto truce into effect in those areas. The reported reduction would in volve 15,000 to 20,000 troops. Kalischer said Chiang also has agreed that later he would make other peaceful gestures if all goes well in these initial attempts at disengagement One such gesture that Chiang might make, the CBS corre spondent; sai(Jt would be to lift the Nationalist blockade of the Communist mainland port of Amoy. which are a deterring factor to fraudulent schemes and yet do not create undue hard ship for legitimate peddlers and solicitors. - The committee commended city officals for their philo sophy of adopting ordinances which have legal standing in courts rather than ordinances the illegality of which may be questioned, but which are de signed to harass itinerant en terprises. The committee agreed that the city should assume some responsibility in passing ordi nances which could provide at least a limited degree of pro tection against fraudulent peddling and soliciting. One suggestion involved an ordi nance provision requirng that applicants post a security bond. Ordinances covering the subject in other Oregon cities are being studied by the committee.
