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Timber Uprooted
As Hill Crumbles
On Private Road
Bodies Recovered
From Mound of Earth
Newport, Ore. (UPD - Two
construction workers were
crushed Thursday when a rain
soaked hillside crumbled and
uprooted thousands of board
feet of timber on a private
road on Georgia-Pacific' Co.,
land about 28 miles north of
here.
The body of construction
foreman Harley Norton, 50,
Grande Ronde, was dug from
the mound of earth and wood
about 3 p.m. The body of his
co-worker, Pete Jacobs, 44,
Springfield, was recovered
about an hour later. Jacobs
was a jack-hammer operator.
A bulldozer operator, Ron
nie Olman, was able to jump
clear as the slide started. He
radioed for help.
The men were working on a
gravel timber road near
Euchre creek between Siletz
and Kernville when the side
of the hill above the road
started to slide. A company
spokesman said about 100,000
feet of timber was uprooted
when the hillside gave way.
The slide occurred about 10
a.m. It was an hour before
rescue workers could reach
the scene. About 70 men, un
der the direction of G-P log
ging manager Clyde Jernigan,
feverishly dug at the 300 foot
wide mound of earth in a
futile effort to reach the two
men. Five bulldozers and two
power shovels were used, in
the digging operations.
The two men were appar
ently killed instantly when
struck by a large stump that
had been uprooted in the
elide, officers said.
Campaign Expense
Deadline Nov. 14
Campaign expense state
ments must be in the county
elections department by Nov.
14, County Clerk Bereth P.
Hopkins said today.
This applies to all persons
who spent more than $50 in
support of candidates or meas
ures for the recent general
election, she explained.
. Deadline for campaign ex
pense statements for political
candidates is Nov. 19, Mrs.
Hopkins said. All candidates,
according to state law, can
not spend onore than 10 per
cent of one year's salary for
the office to which they are
nominated. Each candidate is
allowed to spend at least
$250. she said.
All warrants for payment
of election officials' service
were mailed today, Mrs. Hop
kins added.
Moon Shot Delayed;
Now Slated Saturday
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-ttiPD-The
Air Force corrected the
"technical difficulties" that
forced postponement in
launching its third moon rock
et today and began preparing
the 88-foot vehicle for another
blast-off attempt early Saturday.
Make Medford Beautiful
GROANING FOR BURIAL These wrecked car and truck
bodies are clustered next to Southern Pacific buildings near
the Clark st. grade crossing. Removing them would help
"Make Medford Beautiful."
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1958
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PETITION Mrs. Myrna Frink, principal of
Griffin creek school, presents County Judge
Rodney Keating with a petition signed by
Tree Inventory
Of Parkways in
City Completed
A tree-by-tree inventory of
street parkways has been com
pleted by a three member
subcommittee of the Medford
tree committee, Mrs. O. A.
Eden, general chairman, has
announced.
"Every tree on city park
ways, with, one exception,
she said, "has been counted
and defined and entered on
a master blueprint." The blue
print will be kept in the of
fice of City Manager Robert
Duff as a reference when resi
dents seek permission to
re-
move a tree.
A city ordinance requires
that residents get permission
from the city to remove trees
on city parkways, the area
between the, street and the
sidewalk or the outer edge of
the right of way.
Tree Not Identified "
The one tree which has not
been identified is at 820 Beek
man ave., Mrs. Eden, said.
Members of the- committee
and tree authorities consulted
could not identify the tree,
although some said it appear
ed to be a variety of oak, she
added.
The present owners said the
tree was there when they pur
chased the property. The com
mittee would appreciate any
identification I which can be
made, Mrs. Eden said, and
may notify the committee by
writing to Trees, box 1349,
Medford.
The inventory committee
was composed of Mrs. Eden,
Mrs. W. L. Tucker and John
Gribble. The program began
two years ago when volun
teers started mapping the spe
cies, location, size and con
dition of trees. The informa
tion is being coordinated with
the landscape committee's
recommendations for planting
trees in Medford.
. Moscow-flJPD-The Soviet Un
ion today celebrated the 41st
anniversary of the Bolshevik
Revolution with one of the
most moderate military pa
rades seen here in decades.
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120 parents asking that the county correct
hazardous road conditions in the school
district.
Parents Petition
Court to Correct
Road Conditions
A total of 120 parents, pro
voked by the near-tragic Grif
fin creek school bus accident
last, Friday, have petitioned
the county court to correct
hazardous conditions on Dark
Hollow and Pioneer rds.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, and Commissioners Ches
ter Wendt and Ralph James,
received the petition yester
day from Mrs. Myrna Frink,
principal .of Griffin creek
school. Accompanying her to
the courthouse were 16 other
people, most of them young
mothers.
The 120 signatures, Mrs.
Frink said, represented "a
small part of the distressed
and worried people" in the
Griffin: creek district .
Crowded Off Road
The school bus, carrying 35
pupils, was crowded off the
shoulder of Dark Hollow rd.
by an unidentified passenger
car late Friday afternoon. It
rolled down an embankment,
turning over completely , once
and coming to rest on its right
side. '
One boy suffered a broken
leg. The others suffered cuts
and bruises.
Yesterday's petition asks
specifically "f o r lmprove-
Guest Artist To
Appear at Concert
Rafael Mendez, Los Angeles,
one of the leading trumpet
virtuosi in the world, will be
guest artist at the Medford
High school band benefit con
cert at the High school audi
torium at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
14, 1. A. Mirick, music depart
ment head, has announced.
The concert is to help raise
funds to send the high school
band to San Francisco for the
eighth annual East - West
Shrine football game Dec. 27
in Kezar stadium, San Fran
cisco. Mendez appearance here
is being underwritten by
Purucker's Piano House, Med
ford, Mirick said. The show
will be produced by radio
station KMED.
Tickets, which will be dis
tributed today, are available
at the Music Mart, Purucker's,
Emerald Music company, and
from any member of the high
sbhool band.
Domiciliary Man Is
Named To Firm Post
John W. Sinders, personnel
manager at the Camp White
Veterans Administration dom
iciliary, has been named vice
president pro tem of Handi
capped Industries, Inc., it was
announced today by Eric A.
Allen, 21614 North Peach St.,
president.
He succeeds Richard K.
(Die) Walsh in the position.
Walsh has resigned from the
firm, Allen said.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 196
ments on the Dark Hollow rd.
Also Pioneer rd. from Griffin
creek rd. to Dark Hollow rd.
through to Coleman creek.
- "These roads, it states; "are
believed to be unsafe and a
risk to travel. The road is not
wide enough for two-way
traffic. There are dangerous
curves and other hazards that
should also be corrected.
"We as parents as well as
taxpayers, request that the
Jackson county road commis
sion look into this matter as
soon as possible and see that
the above conditions are cor
rected and the road made safe
for two-way traffic in all
places."
Orderly Development
"We're trying to make an
orderly development of all of
these roads," Judge Keating
replied.
"The court can't spread
over all the bad spots at once,"
he said. "We solve as many
of these. problems as we can
every year."
Commissioner Wendt said
that some backwoods roads
were paved before those in
the valley to accommodate the
lumber industry and minimize
wear and tear from heavy
logging trucks.
Asked by one young mother
if the court was thus "putting
logging trucks and business
before our children," Wendt
replied that she had misun
derstood him. He said that
buses had to go along the
backwoods roads too, and that
logging trucks tore up those
roads.
Money From Roads
- "Those are the roads from
which we get our money to
pave your roads," Judge Keat-
"s tununeniea. tie was re
ferring to the county's share
of receipts from the sale of
O and C timber.
Another mother asked if the
roads mentioned in the peti
tion could be posted with cau
tion signs.
'That's a temporary solu
tion, saia Paul B. Rynmng.
county road engineer. He add
ed that construction work
could not be started at this
time of year as -the resulting
mud would make the road im
pasjable 'for the school bus
ail. winter.
"We want everything done
for us we can have," Mrs.
Frink said.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudv with rain
tonight. Showers. Low tonight
52. High Saturday 60.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 59
Lowest this Morning 54
Prec. to 10 .m. Today 09
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:58 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:53 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 3:39 a.m.
New Moon Nov. 10
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Cassiopeia, high in
north . 10:01 p.m.
In this position the brighter
stars of the group form a let
ter "W" in the sky high abova
the North Star.
Election Boards
Complete Count
Of Absentee Votes
No Results Changed
In Final Tally
Two election boards com
pleted counting the nearly
800 absentee general election
ballots late Thursday, accord
ing to County Clerk Bereth
P. Hopkins. The final tally
did not change any results
previously listed.
The final count in the race
between Dr. Edwin Durno,
Republican candidate for the
state senate, and Gordon Hud
son, the Democrat, shows
Durno received 12,394 to
11,783 for Hudson a margin
of 611 votes. This was the
only race which could have
been changed by the absentee
ballots.
The absentee ballots were
predominantly R e p u b lican.
This was evident in some of
the races where the Republi
can candidate received twice
as many votes as the Demo
cratic candidate. Absentees
gave Paul Geddes, Republi
can for congress from the
fourth district, 461 votes to
270 for Democrat Charles O.
Porter. Mark Hatfield in the
race for governor received
506 over Gov. Robert D.
Holmes, 231 votes.
Local Level
On the local level, Mrs.
Hopkins received 493 votes
compared to 234 for Marvin
Madden,; Democratic candi
date. For state representative
Mrs. Eve Nye, Republican,
received 443 votes, followed
by Mel Lattie, Republican,
398, Robert Duncan, 328, and
Mrs. Marijane Duncan, 231.
Durno received 477 of the ab
sentee votes compared to 247
for Hudson. ,
Final unofficial total for
county candidates:
State representatives, Rob
ert Duncan (D) 13,748, Mrs.
Eve Nye (R) 12,296, Mel Lat
tie (R) 10,460, and Mrs. Mari
jane Duncan (D) 10,081.
County clerk Marvin Mad
den (D) 13,174, Mrs. Hopkins,
(R) 10,939- - -
Commissioner
County commissioner, Ches
ter Wendt (R) 13,392, Frank
Christian (D) 10,561.
County judge, Earl Miller
(R) 13,487, Scott Hamilton
(D) 10,445.
Sheriff, Joe Walsh (R) 14,-
587, Larry Sheehan (D)
9,351.
Results in the races for gov
ernor, labor commissioner
and congressman in the fourth
district show that Jackson
county residents voted as
follows:
Congressman for fourth dis
trict, Charles O. Porter (D)
12,247, Paul Geddes (R) 12,-
T- xt '
Governor Race .
Governor, Mark Hatfield
(R) 14,928, Gov. Robert D.
Holmes (D) 9,570.
Labor commissioner, Nor
man Nilsen (D) 12,279, Lyle
McCauley (R) 11,075.
County residents also voted
on 13 measures:
Fixing state boundaries,
yes 16,763, no 4,101; increase
ing money for veterans' loans,
yes 10,870, no 11,249; in
creasing state legislators
salaries, yes 10,896, no 11,
728; capital punishment ban,
yes 10,298, no 12,037; fi
nancing urban redevelopment,
yes 10,428, no 9,173; modify
ing county debt limitation,
yes 11,593, no 8,075; special
grand jury bill, yes 15,755,
no 4,225.
Other Measure
Different use of state in
stitutions, yes 12,742, no
7,375: temporary appointment
and assignment of judges, yes
no 5,046; state power
development, yes 9,200, no
11,784; county home rule,
yes 13,592, no 5,814; autho
rizes discontinuing certain TB
hospitals, yes 11,395, no
9,466; and persons eligible to
serve in legislature, yes 12,
804, no 8,428.
Medford residents defeat
ed the sidewalk assessment
proposal with a vote of 5,432
no, compared to 2,568 yes.
For city councilmen Ward
I, Fred Robinson 1,152, Roy
Wilkes 1,042, and William
Doernbach 451; Ward II, Don
Hansen, unopposed, 2,068;
Ward III, Robert Baccus, un
opposed, 1,100; and Ward IV,
Stanley Stark 766, and
George Stacy 595.
County Schools to
Close on Monday
Alf B. Mekvold, Jackson
county school superintendent,
announced today that all
county schools will be closed
Monday and Tuesday, Nov.
10 and 11.
Monday the annual Teach
er's Institute, required by law,
is scheduled, and Tuesday is
Veteran's Day, a legal holiday.
SPADEWORK "Breaking ground" at the
site of the Sears Roebuck and company
store in the proposed East Jackson st. shop
ping center yesterday are Otto Frohnmayer,
president of the Jackson County Chamber
New Experiment
Station Gets Last
Inspection Today
Final inspection of the
buildings on the new South
ern Oregon Branch experi
ment station property was
scheduled this morning, ac
cording to Harold White, sta
tion superintendent. .
The inspection party was to
include the county court and
architect. Total cost of the
three buildings on the 81.4
acres -of the former Hanley
property near Jacksonville is
$61,768, according to White
The buildings include a
caretaker's residence costing
$10,571, office and laboratory
building costing $26,294 and
implement and storage build
ing costing $24,903. .
The office and laboratory
building includes the superin
tendent's office and offices
and laboratories for horticul
turist, entomologis and agron
omist. All but the agronomist
are now moved into the new
quarters. The caretaker is
pow living in his quarters,
White said.
The agronomy farm near
Talent will be vacated and the
50 acres put up for bid about
the end of this month, White
said. Plans are to release in
three years the 27 acres of
the old southern Oregon sta
tion south of Medford and
just off Highway 99. The Med
ford station on Kings highway
near Jacksonville will be
maintained, he said. Proceeds
from the sale of the two. ex
periment station properties
will be used to offset the cost
of the new station buildings
and property, White said.
Experimental work on the
new property is provided by
4,000 pear trees, with expan
sion planned for each year,
field and truck garden crops.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (UPD - Dow
Jones final slock average:
30 industrials 554.26. off
0.59; 20 - railroads 151.80,
off 0.71; 15 utilities 84.05,
off 0.31, and 65 stocks
191.82, off 0.45. Sales today
were about 3.700,000 shares
compared with 4.890,000
shares Thursday.
"How About This Will You Agree To Admit
Inspections If They Don't Bring in Any Books?"
NUCLEAR
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Opinion Sought on
CtecaOfl off Morse
Grants Pass-flJPD-State Rep. Fayette I. Bristol (R.-Grants
Pass) said today if it is possible, a movement will be launched
in southern Oregon to recall Senator Wayne Morsel
He said he has asked Attorney General Robert Y. Thorn
ton for an opinion whether it is legally possible to recall the
Oregon senior senator.
In a copy of a letter he sent to Thornton, he said, "I would
like an attorney general's opinion as to whether the seat of
a senator of the United States, from the state of Oregon, is
covered by the recall provision of the constitution of the
state of Oregon. This particularly refers to Sen. Wayne
Morse."
Bristol said it is commonly accepted that U.S. senators are
not subject to recall under the constitution. He said, how
ever, that a recall movement would be launched if Thornton
should rule that it is legally possible.
The last time the question
when Morse, who had been elected on the Republican ticket,
changed to an Independent.
Police Chief Named
In Court Petition
A petition for writ of ha
beas corpus has been filed in
circuit court by Ted Boatman,
Bandon, through his attorney,
John Chaney, Medford,
against Mrs. Annabelle Warn,
Deer Lodge, Mont.; Charles
P. Champlin, Medford chief
of police; and Merlin Abshire,
detective with the Medford
police department.
According to the petition,
Boatman charges the defend
ants with the "imprisonment
and restraint" of his 16-year-old
daughter who had been
living with Mrs. Warn, her
mother, in Deer Lodge.
The petition charges that
the girl no longer desires to
live with her mother, to
whom she was awarded by
the court following the di
vorce of Boatman and Mrs.
Warn, then Annabelle Boat
man. Committed No Crime
The petition further charges
that the "imprisonment and
restraint" of the girl is ille
gal in that she has committed
no crime nor is she charged
with any crime.
The use of the habeas cor
pus proceeding apparently is
being used as a technical de
vice to get the matter before
a court, and was instituted
despite the fact that the girl
is not under restraint and, in
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of Commerce; Mark Goldy, local agent for
the center's developers; Medford Mayor
John W. Snider and W. Price Sullivan,1
northwest zone manager for Sears.
arose in Oregon was in 1952,
fact, has never even been held
by local authorities.
According to Chief Champ
lin the local police depart
ment was notified-in a tele
phone call from Deer Lodge
authorities earlier this week
that the girl had run away
from her home. Mrs. Warn
had requested police assist
ance in locating the girl, who
was thought to be in Medford
visiting relatives. Champlin
said that the police located
the girl at the home of her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Chaney,
1208 Winchester ave.
Seek Permission
The local relatives asked!
police, Champlin said, for per
mission to let the girl remain
with them and that they
would assume the responsibil
ity of returning the girl to
Montana if this was agreeable
to Montana authorities.
Champlin explained that Deer
Lodge officials approved the
request.
Chief Champlin stressed
that .the' local .- department
never had the girl in custody
at any time. ...
A hearing on the petition
has been scheduled for Mon
day, Nov. 10, at 1:30 p.m. in
circuit court. :
: Portland-dJPD-A dispute over
wprking rules has led to a
shut down of the ceramics de
partment of Bennett & Wil
liams Co. here.
Dedication Set for New
Buildings at
Ashland Two new South
ern Oregon college buildings
will be formally dedicated at
the Alumni-Dedication j ban
quet Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7
p.m. in the new Commons
dining hall. Dr. Charles D.
Byrne, former chancellor of
the Oregon state system of
higher education, will be the
main speaker.
Special guests and the
Homecoming queen and her
court will be introduced by
Dr. Alvin Fellers, chairman
and SOC director of student
affairs.
Welcoming remarks by Dr.
Elmo N. Stevenson, SOC pres
ident, and Richard L. Clark,
student body president, will
be followed by the introduc
tion of alumni officers by
Hugh G. Simpson, director of
alumni affairs.
Mrs. Delleen Metzger, Ban
Steward, Johnson
Letters Tell of
Plans To Resign
Morgan Refuses
Comment on Rumor
Salem-IDPD-Gov.-Elect Mark
Hatfield said today that career
state employees need have no
fear that "heads will roll"
when he becomes governor.
He made the statement
after receiving letters from
Agriculture Director Robert
Steward and State Motor Ve
hicle Director James Johnson
informing him they intended
to resign their posts effective
upon Hatfield's inauguration.
State Finance Director John'
Richardson also said he would
submit a courtesy resignation.
Richardson said he has writ
ten Hatfield advising him he
will assist in any way possible
an orderly transition to the
Republican administration. -
No Comment by Morgan
State Public Utility Com
missioner Howard Morgan
had no comment upon plans
to resign, although rumor had.
it he would be replaced.
"I'm just going to keep on
at it," Morgan said. "I've got
a lot of work to do."
Hatfield assured division"
chiefs of the secretary of
state's office that he would
appoint a new secretary to
carry on his policies of the
last two years.
He said he would make
any necessary state appoint
ments as the best men were
found and hoped for a friend
ly reception in the agencies
involved.
In a letter to Hatfield, Ste
ward said:
Fine Caliber
"You will find In this de
partment personnel of fine
caliber, good morale and high
productivity. I commend to
you, also, the State Board of
Agriculture whose members
represent a broad, practical
cross section of Oregon agri
culture." Richardson commented:
"The day Gov. Holmes leaves,
my resignation will be on
Gov. Hatfield's desk as a mat
ter . of courtesy and subject,
of course, to his pleasure." But
Richardson said he had no
plans now to do anything but
what he was doing.
Parking Program
May Be On Ballot
Medford residents may vote
on a municipal off-street park
ing program in the near fu
ture The eitv council Is sched
uled to decide whether to call
for such an election at an ad
journed meeting next
Wednesday evening, Nov. 12.
Mayor John W. Snider told
the council last night that an
ordinance setting up the elec
tion is beine DreDared. He
said it would be ready for
council consideration next
week.
Tentative date for the elec
tion, if the council is agree
able, is reportedly Dec. 10.
Mayor Snider said this ac
tion is being taken in an ef
fort to "crystallize" the off
street parking situation. j
The general nature of the
program, according to city
hall sources today, is the es
tablishment of a downtown
assessment district to finance
construction of off-street park
ing facilities in that area.
La Grande (UPD Chester
Murdock, minister of the As
sembly of God church at
Union, was injured today
when struck by a falling tree'
top while helping cut trees
near Union.
College
don, president of the Southern
Oregon college Alumni associ
ations will give a brief mes
sage prior to the presentation
of the new Commons dining
hall and the men's dormitory,
Siskiyou hall, to the Oregon
state board of higher educa
tion. .
Donald E. Lewis, college
business, manager and assist
ant to the president, will make
the presentation. He will also
introduce representatives from
Church, Newberry, Roehr and
Schutte of Portland, archi
tects, and contractors Graff
and James of Medford.
Open house will be from
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Com
mons and Siskiyou hall. The
evening's activities will end
with the traditional Home
coming dance in the Britt
Student center ballroom from
1 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
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