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Newspaper Page TextSdDiaitoir DOaftfl (S g s Scattered Light Showers Forecast Tonight, Saturday 16 Inches of Snow Reported at Lake Heavy rainfall yesterday brought the precipitation to tal for the Medford vicinity pbove normal for the first time this month. Cool air ac companying the storm front lowered the snow level to about 3,500 feet. Medford station of the weather bureau recorded .86 inch of rain for the 24 hours ending at midnight last night. The precipitation brought the total for November to 1.31 inches which is .22 more than normal. Another .07 fell this morn ing but only scattered light showers are forecast for this area tonight and Saturday. 16 Inches at Park More than 16 inches of mow was reported, at Crater Lake National park this morn ing, and it was still snowing. The road from park head quarters to the rim :3 tempor arily closed, they said, with chains mandatory for travel in the park. Telephone lines to the park have been out for several days, officials said. State police report more than a foot of new snow on Highway 230, the Diamond Lake cutoff. They discouraged travel in the area. Chains are mandatory. No chains are needed for southbound travelers on High way 99 over the Siskiyous, po lice said. Two inches of snow which fell early today has broken up. Plows Operating Snow plows are operating on Highway 66, the Green springs route, and it was still snowing heavily at midday. Police said the highway was covered with packed snow with four inches on the road side. Chains are required. It was snowing on Highway 199, over Oregon mountain south of Grants Pass, with chains advised. Sexton moun tain, on Highway 99 north of Grants Pass, as reported open and clear. Gunnar to Speak at Monday Meeting Peter M. Gunnar, Salem lawyer who was active in the campaign of Mark Hatfield for governor, will address the Jackson County Republican Womens club at the Girls Community club Monday noon, Nov. 17. . Mrs. Lester Adams, club president, said Gunnar is ex pected to announce a basis upon which Oregon Republi cans will proceed in their ef forts for a successful 1960 campaign. Mrs. Adams said a special invitation had been issued to Republican men. Gunnar is chairman of the Marion County Republican Central committee and as such is regarded as an import ant adviser to Hatfield. Van Nuys, Calif .-WPD-Shock waves from a terrific sonic boom caused by a fast-flying jet plane swept across the San Fernando Valley Thursday, breaking windows and crack ing plaster and dishes. Make Medford Beautiful DEAD SHEDS-These defunct structures abut on Bear creek and are plainly visible to motorists crossing an adjacent bridge on one of Medford's traffic arteries. When the pro posed freeway running beside the creek to the east is com pleted, they will be visible from another angle. If freeway travelers are to have a good impression of Medford, this scene and others along Bear creek should be cleand up. Meanwhile, this particular scene is visible from the existing traffic artery right now. Medford 22 Pages Russia Refuses To Reveal Any ilitary Secrets Surprise Attack Conference Bogged Geneva -(DPD- The Soviet Union has refused to consider revealing any of its military secrets under a possible East West agreement to prevent surprise attacks, it was re ported on highest authority today. The Soviets have told the West, it was learned, that dis covery of defense secrets is a job for military intelligence and that Moscow's , main in terest at the Geneva Confer ence is to reach a political agreement to prevent the use of such secret weapons by either side for surprise at tacks. Sharp Difference The Soviet Union's attitude on secret weapons marked still another sharp East-West difference. American sources said before the present Gene va talks opened that the Unit ed States might be prepared to share some of its military secrets with the Russians dur ing the conference on sur prise attacks. But the East-West confer ence on prevention of surprise attacks bogged down in total deadlock today after four formal sessions. The Russians have sought from the outset to turn the talks into another cold war political and disarmament battleground. The West has re fused to back down from its stand that these are purely technical talks, between ex perts. The deadlock was just as great as in the conference on suspension of nuclear tests which is going on simultan eously in Geneva. These talks were adjourned Thursday un til Monday while the Soviets studied the text of a new U. S. offer of a treaty for an East- West ban on nuclear tests with built-in controls to police it. Russia and the West ar gued again today over the agenda for the surprise at tacks parley. Man Strikes Bus Driver at Station A Continental Trailways bus driver received a fist in stead of a fare yesterday when he opened the door of his bus atthe downtown Trailways depot here, according to Med ford police records. Frank Augustus, Lindstrom, Sacramento, Calif., the driver, told police investigators that when the door opened an uni dentified man jumped inside, grabbed him by the necktie and struck him with his fist. His assailant, Lindstrom said, accused him of having almost caused an accident a short time before. The man then departed in his auto mobile. MEDFORD OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1958 Author! 'Mystery' Tree May Be Collector's Item That "mystery" tree on South Beekman ave. may be a "choice collector's item," according to one local au thority. Medford's tree committee announced recently it had completed its inventors of trees lining the streets of the city and had identified all the trees with one exception. The exception, situated in front of 820 South Beekman ave., had the committee mem bers baffled. It was cautiously identified as a species of oak. Not at all, Marcel Le Piniec, proprietor of the Gar den Center -Nursery in Phoe nix, reports. Ex-Medford Man Killed Hunting Gilbert Blackburn, 58, for merly of Medford, and owner of Blackburn Motel, Klamath Falls, was fatally shot while elk hunting with his brother, Jess Backburn, also of Klam ath Falls; Thursday morning, local relatives reported today. The accident occurred near John Day, Ore., according to information received here. Blackburn was shot by a hunt er in another hunting party. He was a son of Mrs. G. A. Abbott, 525 Alberts St., and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs L. O. Howard, 219 West Jack son st., all Medford. Blackburn was born Oct. 21, 1900, in Tyrone, Pa., and moved with his parents to Medford in 1911. He is a grad uate of Medford High school. He was well-known in the Klamath Falls area for his activities in many outdoor sports. Other survivors include his widow, Ethel Blackburn; one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Cald well, two granddaughters, all Klamath Falls, and one sister, Mrs. Glenna Maude Taeves, Seattle. The body was sent to Eu gene. Morrow Rd. Line Reported Complete The Morrow rd. line of the Kenwood - Grandview and Laurelhurst sanitary sewer system has been completed as far as Veila st., according to Vernon Thorpe, Medford pub lic works director. Thorpe said a manhole was to be constructed today con necting the Morrow rd. line to the previously-constructed sewer serving the new Wilson school. The contractor, R. A. Heintz Construction company, Port land, has three power back hoes and crews working at present, Thorpe said. He add ed that one is on Roberts rd. and Grandview ave., a second is in the Laurelhurst area and on Crater Lake ave. near Buckshot rd. and the third is tha one on Morrow rd. Author! Le Piniec, a recognized ex pert on botany and horticul ture, inspected the tree him self after learning of the confusion it was causing. He believes it is a species of maple. Specifically, while he admits he is "not quite sure," he thinks it may be a speciment of Acer divergens, a tree native to the Trans caucasian mountains of West ern Asia. This species, he said, was introduced and cultivated at Kew Gardens, England, in 1912. It is related to the hedge maple of Western Asia and Southeastern Europe. Le Piniec said the tree is "quite unusual" and not found elsewhere in this part of the country so far as he knows. He said he has seen a few specimens of Acer divergens on estates on Long Island, N.Y. He said the tree was prob ably introduced here by a collector and is definitely "a collector's item." He also de scribed it as a "choice" tree. Couple Arrested on Contributing Charge Donald Martin Fiedler and Barbara Fiedler, both 35, of Grand hotel, Medford, were arrested by state and city po licemen here Wednesday on district court warrants charg ing each with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Medford police. They were arrested at the Greyhound Post House, 200 North Bartlett st. The war rants set bail at $5,000. Meanwhile Donald Fiedler, 12, and Dennis James Fiedler, 6, were turned over to Jack son County juvenile authori ties for temporary commit ment to a welfare home, po lice said. Crow's Lumber Price Index Down 63 Cents Portland Crow's Lumber Price Index declined 63 cents in the last two weeks. Green Douglas fir shouldered most of the blame for the drop,, but kiln-dried fir ran it a close second. Western Pine region species also helped pull the Index down, but the decline there was only about half that of green fir. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday with scat tered light showers. Chance of patchv valley fog Saturday morning. Low tonight 28. High Saturday 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 37 Prec. to, 10 a.m. Today 21 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:02 a.m. Moonset tonight 8:35 p.m. First Quarter Not. 7 Mars, rising shortly after sun set tonight, wiU be the first "star" visible In the evening twilight. As it sets only a few minutes before sunrise tomor row, it will also be the last "star" to fade out In the morn ing twilight. 1 RUSSIA ifiY Vf -WRITERS CSsJg 1 1 pgggjpE? Tribune No. 202 Federal Gasoline Tax Increase Proposed To Ike Boost Said Needed To Avoid Deficit Washington -(DPD- President Eisenhower has been advised that an increase in the federal gasoline tax of one or IVi cents per gallon will be nec essary next year to avoid add ing materially to his deficit difficulties. The Chief Executive was expected to decide shortly whether to recommend the increase to the new heavily Democratic Congress. Firm recommendations for the hike have been delivered to the White House. A final decision apparently awaits the out come of talks between the President and Secretary of Treasury Robert B. Ander son, just back from India. Difficult Decisions The gasoline tax increase is only one of many difficult fiscal decisions facing Eisen hower as the budget for fis cal 1960 the 12-month period ending June 30, 1960-nears completion preparatory to its submission to Congress in late January. The 1959 budget picture re mains bleak despite an ener getic upward spurt in busi ness conditions during recent weeks. The President's top fi nancial advisers have not re duced their estimate of a fed eral deficit of $12,250,000,000 in this fiscal year, which ends next June 30. Some private experts have expressed belief the deficit will be considerably less due to improved business activity and higher revenue collec tions. County Officials To Attend Meeting Several Jackson county of ficialswill attend the annual Association of Oregon Coun ties meeting in Portland Nov. 19 through 21. Karl Janouch, county treas urer, will speak at the Tues day afternoon session before the Oregon counties' tax col lectors. He will be one of two speakers orrthe subject of tax collections, and whether it should be a duty of the sher iff's office or the county treasurer. Speaking in de fense of the current arrange ment for collections by the sheriffs will be John C. El fring, sheriff, president of the Oregon Association of County Sheriffs. Also attending the sessions from Jackson county will be the members of the county court, Judge Rodney Keating, and Commissioners Ralph James and Chester Wendt.' County Judge-elect Earl Miller also will attend the sessions, it was reported at his own ex pense. Several other county of ficials were uncertain as to their attending the meeting. Christmas Treasure Hunt Scheduled in City A Christmas Treasure Hunt will be held Friday, Nov. 28, for downtown Medford in stead of the parade as has been held in previous years. Santa Claus will make his appearance this year accom panied by the Medford High school and Junior High school bands. Sponsored jointly by the Retail Merchants association and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the bands will play in the downtown area from 7 until 8 p.m., it was announced. Follow Bands f Santa Claus will follow the bands until 8 pan. when he will stop on Bartlett st. be tween Eighth and Sixth sts. and continue to talk with children and distribute candy until 9 p.m. Carolers will also accompany Santa on his torn. From Monday, Nov. 17, un til Friday, Nov. 28, at 4 pan. Below-Freezing , Temperatures Over State Seen Two Inches of Snow Reported at Sandy By United Press International Wintery weather came to Oregon today as Portland got its first snow of the season and below-freezing tempera tures were predicted over much of the state for tonight. Big wet snowflakes fell in parts of Portland shortly after 7 a.m. Two inches of snow fell at Sandy on the Mt. Hood highway and chains were needed to go beyond the snow gate on Larch mountain, and from . Rhododendron to Gov ernment Camp. The weather bureau said snow was falling in mountain areas above 1400 feet. More Rain Next Week Temperatures tonight will range from 28 to 38 in west ern Oregon and from 24-32 in eastern Oregon. The cool weather was expected to re main over the week end with a decrease in precipitation. More rain is expected early next week. Rivers were still below flood stage. The Santiam at Jefferson was expected to fall after reaching 11.5 feet. The Willamette's main stem below Harrisburg will rise -through Saturday but' it was far below the flood level. The State Highway Depart ment recommended that chains be carried when travel ing mountain pass areas. San tiam pass had 12 inches of new snow, McKenzie pass 14 inches, Sisters five inches, Bend one inch, Ochoco three inches, Lapine one inch, Wil lamette pass 14 inches, Warm Springs 10 inches, Chenult five inches and Klamath Falls one inch. No Action Taken Seeking Fee Refund The Medford school district has taken no action seeking a refund of building permit fees paid to the city earlier this -year, Dr. Leonard May field, school superintendent, said today.' The school district paid the city a total of $3,621 for build ing permits for the new Wil son and Hoover schools, and for remodeling and additions at the high school. ': A recent attorney general's opinion held that school dis tricts, as governmental organ izations, are not liable for such fees. Dr. Mayfield point ed out that the payments were made during the last fiscal year, and that there is no machinery for making re funds by the city. He said, however, that the matter would be discussed at the next school board meeting on Dec. 9. Weed Plywood Mill Expansion Progresses Weed, Calif. (UPD John Mantle, general manager of International Paper Com pany's Long Bell division here, said today expansion of the plywood plant was almost complete. He said production on an increased basis would start the second week of De cember and employment would be given to about 100 additional persons. tickets for the treasure hunt will be distributed by down town merchants. Tickets will be given to all who make pur chases in the various stores or upon request by an individual. Display Planned Participating merchants be tween Nov. 24 and 29 will have on display in one of their windows an article of merchandise which- will be given away the night of Nov. 28 or 29. Numbers will be assigned the prizes in the vari ous stores by the chamber of commerce at 4 p.m. Friday. Persons holding tickets corre sponding to the number on the articles may claim them as their "treasure." Downtown stores will re main open until 9 pjn. Nov. 28, for the kick-off of the Christmas season. . City crews will start putting up 'the city's Christmas deco rations next week, it was reported. l ' l JJ liiin nli I MERELY WINDOW DRESSING Sen. Wayne Morse (D. Ore.) above left, has refused to attend a proposed meeting of the Oregon congressional delegation with Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield, above right. Morse, who attacked Hatfield during the recent election campaign, termed Hatfield's invitation as "merely political window dressing." 69.54 Per Cent of Voters Cast Ballots Approximately 69.45 per cent of the registered voters in Jackson county voted dur ing the recent general elec tion Nov. 4, according to an official count made in the county elections department. This means that of the 35, 518 persons registered to vote in the general election some 24,169 persons voted, an elec tion official said. This was an "average" figure, she added. This compares to more than 53 per cent who voted dur ing the May primaries, it was Walter D. Green, Well-Known Area Resident, Dies Walter Douglas (Pop) Green, 87, of 212 South Ivy st., Med ford, died at home this morn ing. Mr. Green was born July 6, 1871, in Westboro, Ohio, a son of the late Daniel and Guglielma Green. His mother organized the first Quaker church in Kansas, which was still standing until a few years ago. , He came to Medford in 1923, where for many years he was a carpenter and owned his own business. From 1943 until 1949 he operated Green's Con fectionery and newsstand at the corner of Main and Fir sts., retiring in 1950. He was married Dec. 27, 1900, in Jennings, ' Okla., to Myrtle McNeff, who survives. . ;Other survivors include two sons, Ralph B. Green, Central Point; and Horace A. (Buzz) Green, Medford; five, daugh ters, Mrs. Dorothy Pruitt, Mrs.' Fae Miksche, Mrs. Nila Hornecker, and Mrs. Betty Jane Lewis, all of Medford, and Mrs. Nelle ' Hearn, Eu gene; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson. A brother, John, preceded him in death. . Funeral services will , be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Conger-Morris Funeral home. The Rev. Clynton Crisman, of the Friends church, will offi ciate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Cut-Rate Gas Prices Still Prevail Here No abatement . in competi tion of cut-rate gasoline prices in this area is in vew, repre sentatives of the Rogue Valley Dealers association indicated today. Reduced rates on gasoline went into effect at some serv ice stations about a month ago, and have spread to many stations throughout the val ley. Some stations have .not reduced prices, representa tives said. , Prices on regular grade gas oline range from near 25 cents a gallon to 33.9 cents, with the latter price offered at most stations competing in the cut-rate sales. The price cut indirectly re sulted from similar action in the Portland area recently. Portland sources blamed the cut rates on inexpensive gaso line shipped into the west coast area from South America. Western Democratic Leaders Set Meeting Los Angeles (UPD The West's top Democratic party leaders have scheduled a meet ing in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 21-22, to develop a legislative program for Western States. Seattle, Wash. -flJPD- Great Northern Railroad's Western Star passenger train was de railed in Eastern Montana, 58 miles west of Williston, N. D., today, slightly injuring three persons. reported. The November, 1956, vote showed an 85.93 per cent turnout of voters. The smallest voter turnout in recent years was 56 per cent in 1947, figures in the county elections department showed. Official Canvass An official canvass of the vote on the measures up be fore the general election was completed this morning in the county elections department. The measures, and the final vote, count: fixing state boundaries, yes, 1,676, no, 3,801; increased funds for vet eran loans, yes, 10,868, no, 11,350; salary increase for state legislators, yes, 10,896, no, 11,836; capital punish ment, yes, 10,298, no, 12,038; financing urban redevelop ment, yes, 10,597, no, 9,173; modification of the county debt, yes, 11,593, no, 8,080; special grand jury, yes, 15, 738, no, 4,230. Authorization of different use of state institutions, yes, 12,744, no, 7,374; temporary appointment and assignment of judges, yes, 15,398, no, 5,040; state power develop ment, yes, 9,203, no, 11,779; county home rule, yes, 13,697, no, 5,759; authorization of dis continuing certain tubercu losis hospitals, yes, 11,400, no, 9,466; persons eligible to serve in 'state legislature, yes, 12,- 762, no, 8,433. Woman Sought in Mt. Shasta Holdup Mt. Shasta, Calif. -(DPD-Road-blocks were called off today in the search for a tall woman who held up the Mt. Shasta bank about 1:20 pan. Thurs day and escaped with $2,219. Sheriff Al Cotter said road blocks during the night failed to turn up a trace of the woman. Teller Helen Walden said the woman walked into the bank and drew a gun from beneath her coat, demanding money. She told the teller not to turn in an alarm for 10 minutes or her husband would toss a hand grenade from out side. Sheriff Cottar was asked if the holdup could have been staged by a man dressed as a woman. He said no as the woman had been seen in the bank the day before. The teller said the holdup woman was colored. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York-OJPD-Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 564.67, up 3.93; 20 rails 154.70, up 0.22; 15 utilities 16.88, up 0.98; 65 stocks 195.96, up 1.28. Sales today were about 4,390.000 compared with 4,200.000 Thursday. . Duncan Top For Speakership of House State Rep. Robert Duncan, Medford, is the leading Demo cratic contender 'for speaker ship of the house of repre sentatives at the forthcoming legislature, it was reported today. Duncan reports he has pledges to vote for him from "more than half" of the 33 Democratic members, of the house. Other Democrats' in terested in the speakership include Clarence Barton, Co quille, who said he has "six or seven" pledges, and Al Flegel, Roseburg, who is backing Barton, but in the case Barton is unacceptable, might seek the election him self, according to the Ore gonian's political writer, Mer vin Shoemaker. Meanwhile, the 27 Repub lican members have been summoned for a meeting in Salem Nov. 23 to discus bow Neuberger Sees Political Moves As Unfortunate Invitation Said 'Window Dressing' Washington (DPD Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) refused today to attend a proposed meeting of the Oregon con gressional delegation with Re publican Gov.-elect Mark Hat field. Morse said Hatfield's in vitation was merely "political window, dressing." In Portland, Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said "it will be very unfortunate if the great and urgent needs of our state are neglected while Senator Morse and Governor elect Hatfield jockey politi cally for 1962." Neuberger apparently was referring to. speculation that Hatfield might run for the U. S. Senate against Morse four years from now. 'Empty Gestures . . Morse said "I respectfully decline your invitation to participate in a' conference meeting with you and the other members of the con gressional delegation because I do not know of any con structive purpose that would be served thereby. "I am never interested in empty gestures or political window dressing," Morse add ed. Morse said any conference on plans for the next con gressional session "would be highly speculative." He prom ised to keep Hatfield informed about issues affecting Oregon, including what he said were "the Republican administra tion's partnership scheme for turning over to the private utilities a large share of the power profits from multi-purpose dams." Campaign Recalled Hatfield had asked Morse, as senior member of Oregon's delegation, to arrange for a meeting. Morse said he would send copies of the letter to other members of the delega tion. " " Rep. Charles O. Porter CD Ore.) already has said he would be unable to attend such a meeting. Neuberger said he had not heard directly from either Hatfield or Morse about the proposed meeting. "When I do hear further, I will com ment at that time," he said. . The closing days of Hat- field's campaign for governor were highlighted by a verbal attack on Hatfield by Morse in connection with an auto accident 18 years ago. . Salem-(DPD-Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield said today he was sorry Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) had turned down his in vitation to a proposed confer ence with the Oregon con gressional delegation. The governor-elect said he would avail himself of Morse's invitation to use the services of the senator's office. Wholesale Coffee Prices Reduced New York - (DPD - General Foods Corp. and Standard Brands Inc., today touched off what may turn into another round of wholesale coffee price cuts. General Foods announced nounced a two-ce nt-a-pound reduction in the wholesale prices of its four regular ground grocery-packed coffees -Maxwell House, Sanka, Yu ban and Bliss-effective Mon day. A similar cut is in the of fing for Standard Brands' regular-ground Chase & Sanborn. Candidate best to exert a minority in fluence in the house. James Short, Republican state chair man, called the meeting, and said it will include develop ment of a minority organiza tion, selection of floor lead ers, and a start in setting up a legislative program. Republicans, outnumbered in the house as well as in the Senate, may decide to support a Democrat acceptable to them as a sort of "compro mise" candidate. Shoemaker mentioned George Annala of Hood River. If he can obtain the votes of three other Demo crats, then the added 27 GOP votes conceivably could elect him. A meeting of Democratic members will be held in Salem the same day as the Republican meeting. The Democratic meeting may re sult in the selection of their speakership candidate.