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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.
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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
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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.