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12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1958 No.i 242
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CENTENNIAL BEARDS Looking like a
couple of "mule skinners" who just re
turned from a month on the trail, Glenn
Klein and Medford Barber Dave Doran dis
cuss the merits of raising a crop of chin
whiskers in observance of Oregon's centen
nial year. Quite a number of men in Jack
son county have started beards, taking ad
Boy's Body Found
In Illinois Near
Where Drowned
Grants Pass - The body of
9-year-old John Misenhimer,
of Medford, who drowned in
the Illinois river about 12
miles west of Selma, Monday,
was recovered yesterday aft
ernoon. Relatives of the Misenhim
ers found the body about 1:55
pjn. about 30 feet from where
the body of the boy's father,
David Carl Misenhimer, was
found late Monday, Josephine
county sheriff's deputies said.
The body was discovered
under an eddy next to the
bank, deputies said.
Relatives of the Misenhim
ers had relieved the sheriff's
party in the boat and had just
started dragging for the body
when it was found, it was re
ported. In the dragging party were
Al Mitchell, 2241 Barnett rd.,
Medford, Don Williams, 532
Granite st., Ashland, and Jack
McNerney, 795 Glendale ave.,
Ashland, all relatives. Also
assisting were three Medford
city policemen, friends of the
father, and Howard McLain,
owner of McLain drug stores
in Medford and Grants Pass.
The father and son, who
-lived at 915 Newtown St.,
Medford, were on a fishing
trip when the boy fell into
the river. His father attempt
ed to rescue him, but the tur
bulent river swept them
away. Mrs. Misenhimer and
12-year-old daughter, Carla
Jean, were at the scene of the
accident.
Irrigation Officials
Keep Watch
Officials of Medford Irri
gation district are keeping an
eye on current water supplies
and weather conditions.
Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of
the district, said the reason
for the abnormal holdover in
main reservoirs is the above
normal precipitation last
year.
Last year the Medford
weather bureau station meas
ured 27.09 inches of rainfall
compared to an average of
18.15 inches. The same figures
will not hold true in reser
voir areas but will be propor
tionately the same.
The MTD's reservoirs at
Four Mile and Fish lakes
gained 9,779 acre feet during
the water year from Septem
ber, 1957, to September, 1958,
Hoffbuhr said. This repre
vantage of the legitimate excuse to give
their face a rest from daily shaving and to
help stimulate interest in Oregon's 100th
birthday. The idea doesn't seem to go over
too big with the womenfolk but keeping
beards neatly trimmed helps make them
acceptable. Doran operates Ye Olde Clip
Shoppe on East Main st.
Contract Signed on
Recreation Areas
A contract for administra
tion and development of rec
reation areas on the Howard
Prairie and Emigrant reser
voirs has been signed by mem
bers of the Jackson county
court and mailed to the bu
reau of reclamation regional
office in Boise, Idaho.
Work on recreation facil
ities at Howard Prairie reser
voir is scheduled to start next
construction season, accord
ing to James Callan, engineer
for the Talent project. About
$140,000 will be available for
planning and construction of
facilities for both reservoirs,
Callan said.
The contract signed by the
county court included chang-
Medford Boys Admit
Throwing Switches
Two 10-year-old Medford
boys admitted to city police
Tuesday that they threw sev
eral switches on the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks be
tween Third and Fourth sts.
Officers were notified by
Paul Hughes Riggs, 249 South
Riverside ave., that two
youths were playing on the
tracks and were throwing
switches to the Swift company
warehouse and Pinnacle Pack
ing company had been
thrown.
The boys were released to
their parents following noti
fication of 'local juvenile
authorities and railroad of
ficials in Eugene.
on Supplies
sented the amount of gain
over water used from the two
reservoirs.
At Fish lake in 1957, 129
acre feet less than was used
was recorded. In 1958, the
district recorded 9,779 acre
feet more than was used dur
ing the year Hoffbuhr said.
During the year, MID laid
or rehabilitated almost four
miles of lateral pipe or slip
form lining. Approximately
7,000 square yards of gunite
lining was placed in the main
canal. Approximately 25 miles
of canal bank was repaired
and strengthened.
Hoffbuhr said the water
supply outlook looks tough
now. However, it is a little
early to start worrying, he
said. Bulk of the snows come
in January and February.
53rd Year
Tribune
es recommended by officials
of the Medford, Talent and
Rogue River Valley irrigation
districts.
Primary Purpose
The contract states, that the
primary purposes of both res
ervoirs is for providing irri
gation waters. It states also
that irrigation districts have
the right to run the water lev
els of the reservoirs up and
down as needed.
Gordon Whitaker, chief of
lands branch, regional office
of the bureau of reclamation,
said the bulk of the money al
lowed for development of rec
r e a t i o n facilities probably
will go to Howard Prairie
reservoir.
What proportion of the
funds is allotted for each of
the two reservoirs will de
pend on estimates made on
construction of the facilities,
Whitaker said. All engineer
ing on the project will be
done this winter, he added.
Recreation d e v e lopments
on Howard Prairie will in
clude a boat basin with docks
and camp, swimming area,
motor court, trailer park and
picnic areas.
Plans have yet to be made
for recreation facilities on
the Emigrant reservoir, Cal
lan said.
Duncan Announces
Two Appointments
Portland -&TD- Rep. Keith
D. Skelton of Eugene, a Demo
crat, is scheduled to become
chairman of the House Ways
and Means committee of the
1959 Oregon legislature.
The announcement was
made Tuesday by Rep. Robert
B. Duncan (D-Medford), who
has been chosen speaker of
the House.
Duncan also announced that
Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Co-quille),
will return as chair
man of the House Taxation
committee.
Sen. Walter J. Pearson CD
Portland), scheduled to be
come president of the Senate,
said he would name Sen.
Ward Cook (D-Portland). as
chairman of the Senate Tax
ation committee.
Solid Clues Lacking
In Martin Family Case
Portland (DPD Authorities
today again were out of solid
clues in the disappearance of
the Ken Martin family of
Portland, the top mystery of
1958 in Oregon.
Similar Notes
Reject Demand
West Pull Out
European Security
Talks Also Urged
Washington-IUPD-T h e Unit
ed States, Britain and France
told Russia today they in
tend to stay in West Berlin
despite Soviet threats. They
challenged the Kremlin to
take part in a Big Four con
ference on the problems of
Germany as a whole, and
European security.
In separate but similar
notes delivered in Moscow,
the allied Big Three advised
the Russians they would not
discuss the problems "under
menace or ultimatum."
They also said that they
would not recognize the East
German regime even if the
Soviets turn over East Berlin
and the access corridors to the
city to the puppet govern
ment. The three notes flatly re
jected the Soviet Union's Nov.
27 demand that the West quit
West Berlin by June 1 and
permit it to become a Communist-encircled
"free city."
Detailed Rebuttal
The 2,000-word American
note was considerably shorter
than the British reply, which
included a detailed rebuttal of
the charges against the West
which Soviet Premier Nikita
Khruschev made in his Nov.
27 note. Officials said the
United States intends to re
fute these old Russian charges
in a press statement to be is
sued later this week. The sub
stance of the allied notes was
the same.
The United States and its
allies made it clear they will
negotiate with Russia only if
they receive some assurance
the Kremlin did not intend to
present them with a show
down ultimatum on Berlin.
Rose Parade on
Local Television
A change in programming
will enable local television
viewers to watch the Rose
Parade from Pasadena, Calif.,
Thursday, a spokesman for
station KBES-TV said today.
A pre-Rose Parade program
will start at 8:30 a.m. with
the parade to be shown at 9
a.m.
At 9:45 a.m. the station will
telecast the Orange Bowl foot
ball game from Miami, Fla.,
after which it will show the
Cotton Bowl game from Dal
las, Tex. At the conclusion of
the second game, the station
will cut into the Rose Bowl
game from Pasadena. The
Rose Bowl game is expected
to be in progress at the time
the local station cuts in, it
was stated.
Station KOTI-TV, Klamath
Falls, will carry the same
schedule.
390 New Year's
Traffic Deaths Seen
By United Press International
The National Safety Coun
cil warned today that as many
as 390 persons will be killed
in traffic during the New
Year's holiday unless cele
brants show "sober, thought
ful, considerate behavior."
"Surely the tragic highway
toll over the Christmas holi
day must have shocked all of
us into more sober, thought
ful, considerate behavior be
hind the wheel," the council
said.
The 102-hour holiday week
end begins at 6 p.m. today and
closes at Sunday midnight.
During last week's Christ
mas holiday of the same dur
ation, United Press Interna
tional counted 599 traffic
death, or 21 below the coun
cil's pre-holiday estimate.
Residents Flee Fire
In Topanga Canyon
Topanga, Calif.-(DPD - More
than 1,000 persons fled their
homes today as a wind-lashed
brush fire swept into both
Old and New Toranga can
yons. Three of some 700 homes
in the area were reported
burned.
Lumber Industry
Benefit Seen
From Rale Cut
New Market Seen
For Rail Shippers
Portland (UPI) - Georgia
Pacific Corporation, one of
the largest by-water lumber
shippers in Oregon, Tuesday
expressed approval of a cut
in freight rates of the South
ern Pacific railroad for lum
ber to Southern California
and Arizona markets.
A spokesman for Georgia
Pacific said earlier that the
then proposed cut would ben
efit the Oregon lumber indus
try as a whole.
Open New Market
The spokesman said the
new cut for rail shippers will
open a new market and add
substantially to other markets
which Oregon shippers had de
veloped in lieu of California
customers.
He said indications are that
the action will generally firm
lumber prices and affect the
plywood market about the
same way.
The Oregon lumber market
is reported strong in demand
due to low inventories, slower
production, unseasonable con
struction and general business
optimism, according to G-P.
Lumber mill operators
polled in the southern Oregon
city of Medford said generally
it was felt that it was a "bit
early" to determine what ef
fects the lower rail rates will
have due to the holidays.
Stimulation Expected
Examples given were that
lumber buyers were not on
the road and wholesalers
were watching inventories for
tax purposes. They agreed,
however, that some stimula
tion was expected from steady
customers in California and
Arizona.
The lumber mill operators
in Medford said they ex
pected the same rate of pro
duction and no changes in em
ployment. No extra work
shifts were anticipated nor
we're new mills expected as a
result of the lower rates.
Stewart Ave.
Improvement Set
A proposed agreement was
signed yesterday by the Jack
son county court on improve
ment of Stewart ave.
The Medford city council is
scheduled to consider the
agreement at its Friday night
meeting.
. The agreement provides the
city would expend $27,500 the
next fiscal year from its ar
terial street fund for im
provement of Stewart ave. in
conjunction with the county's
improvement program. The
county has budgeted $50,000
for that purpose this year.
The program will include
widening and improvement
of Stewart ave. and covering
a large drainage ditch along
the south side. The Stewart
ave. bridge over Crooked
creek has been rebuilt.
The county agrees to cover
the drainage ditch from
Crooked creek bridge to Co
lumbus ave., and to widen
and improve a portion of the
roadway on Stewart ave.
'This is to be done but not
limited to the next four fis
cal years," the agreement stip
ulates. Experts Study Cause
Of Missile Failures
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -(UPD-Rocketeers
studied complex
electronic reports today to de
termine the reasons two of
their major missiles ran wild
and had to be blasted to bits
over the Atlantic.
First it was the Navy Pol
aris, still experimental, which
was destroyed in flight Tues
day morning. About 11 hours
later it was the Air Force
Thor, successfully flown many
times. Both are intermediate
range ballistic missiles with
ranges of 1,500 miles.
Gettysburg, Pa. -UPD- Presi
dent Eisenhower has pro
claimed May 1 as Law day.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Low cloudiness or
fog in valleys, fair above 3,000
feet mean sea level tonight and
Thursday. Mild temperatures.
Low tonight 42. High Thurs
day 50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 48
Lowest this Morning 43
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
4:48 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
- 7:41 a.m.
-11:10 p.m.
Moonrise tonight .
Last Quarter
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jan. z
Venus, low in southwest in the
early evening twilight.
Mars, high in south 8:29 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south
east S:58 a.m.
Mercury, low in southeast in
the morning twilight.
RAYMOND RETER
Named Director
Local Man Named
Director of SF
Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve Board
in Washington, D. C, today
announced the appointment
of Raymond R. Reter, Med
ford, as one of three new di
rectors for branches of the
San Francisco Reserve bank.
: The appointment becomes
effective Jan. 1, and is for two
years.
The San Francisco Reserve
bank, which has branches in
Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City, has 25
directors. Reter will be one
of the five directors for. the
Portland branch.
Directors are selected by
the board for their knowledge
of economic and business mat
ters of the area in which they
live as well as on the national
level.
Federal District
The 12th federal district In
cludes Alaska, Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Ari
zona, and ' California. It was
explained that a third of the
directors of the federal re
serve banks are elected by
member banks with the re
maining directors appointed
by the reserve board in.Wash
ington, D. C.
Reter will attend the first
board of directors meeting of
the Portland branch there
Jan. 8: He is owner of the
Reter Fruit company here.
Other directors appointed
at this time were John D.
Fredericks, Los Angeles, and
Thomas B. Rowland, Pocatel
lo, Idaho.
Trial Date Set
On Gambling
The trial of two persons on
gambling charges has been set
for 9:30 a.m. Feb. 24 in dis
trict court.
Wallie Wong, 825 North
Central ave., entered a plea
of innocent in district court
Monday to a charge of posses
sing, displaying and operating
a game of chance.
Louella Lee Browne, 106
Vilas rd., Central Point, wait
ress in the restaurant, entered
a plea of innocent through her
attorney to a charge of il
legally paying off on a pin
ball machine.
Luella Browne was arrest
ed by city police Dec. 13 af
ter "police received a com
plaint that a pinball machine
was paying off in the Chung
king Inn. Formal complaints
were filed against the owner
and waitress Dec. 16.
Klamath Falls -(UPI)- Martin
M. Zollar has been named
superintendent of the Klam
ath Indian Agency.
12,000 Individuals, 84 Species Counted
Annual Christmas Count by Valley Bird
Fourteen bird watchers
from Medford and other Jack
son county points took part in
the annual Christmas bird
county Tuesday. Favorable
weather and a background of
experience in studying the
birds of the vicinity ' brought
forth a record number of 84
species and more than 12,000
individuals.
The count produced further
evidence of the rapid increase
of starlings in .the valley.
Many large flocks were seen
totaling 3,758. This compares
with 1,940 red-winged black
birds, the next most numer
ours species. Other species of
which more than a thousand
were counted were Brewer's
blackbirds, robins, Oregon
juncos and mourning doves.
Unusual wintering species
noted were an American eg
ret, a spotted sandpiper and a
greater yellow-legs. The num
ber of individual ducks seen
was not great, but twelve dif
ferent species were noted.
Army Defenses
Hold After Four
Days of Struggle
Casualties Heavy
On Both Sides
Havana-(DPD-A life or death
struggle for the central Cuban
city of Santa Clara raged to
day. Informed sources here
said the rebels still were un
able to crack government de
fense lines, after four days
of bitter fighting.
Wild rumors circulated in
Havana, but Cuban army
sources said the rebels had
barely been able to penetrate
the outskirts of Santa Clara,
the capital city of the province
of Las Villas at Cuba's nar
row waist.
Within the city itself, the
army said, there was only
snipping but on the city's out
skirts the rebel and govern
ment forces were engaged in
frequent and heavy fighting,
with both sides suffering
heavy casualties.
Foreign diplomatic sources
in Havana said they had
heard "rumors" of an estimat
ed 1,600 rebel casualties, but
they said this referred to
fighting throughout Las Vil
las Province and not in Santa
Clara alone.
Cuban army authorities
said they were not worried
by the status of the fighting
there.
Cuban officials described
as 'highly exaggerated" re
ports abroad that thousands
had died in the fight for the
city. Army officials said only
small rebel combat units had
been able to penetrate the
city's defense lines and only
in the outskirts.
Early today neither side
had made any official state
ment concerning the Santa
Clara fighting in more than
24 hours.
Big Struggle Reported
The rebel radio claimed
that more than 300 govern
ment troops had deserted to
the insurgents in the fighting
for Santa Clara. But another
rebel broadcast said the at
tempt to capture Santa Clara,
a city of 150,000 and a key
communciations center in
Central Cuba, had developed
into a "life or death struggle."
Authorities here discounted
many of the rumors circulat
ing about the extent of figh1
ing in the city. They noted
that no ' private communica
tion channels existed between
Santa Clara and Havana and
there was no road, rail or air
traffic.
Meanwhile, two Kentucky
school teachers, Larry Brant
ley, 22, and James Reid, 38,
who were seized by Cuban
police Monday when they
stepped off an airliner at Ha
vana, have been released.
Offices, Stores to
Be Closed Tomorrow
Local, state and federal of
fices will be closed tomor
row for New Year's Day.
Half the staff in the county
clerk's office will be given
Friday off, County Clerk Ber
eth P. Hopkins said. This is to
compensate personnel for
overtime put in during the
year. The other half were giv
en the day after Christmas
off, she explained.
Most stores in the bounty
also will be closed.
All state policemen will be
on duty today and tomorrow,
the department reported, and
said that all traffic laws will
be enforced.
The Mail Tribune will pub
lish a noon edition tomorrcXv.
The count area was a 15-
mile diameter circle center
ing about a mile south of
White City. Most of the
roads in this area were tra
versed by the five parties
traveling by car and numer
ous short hikes were taken to
areas away from the road. At
the conclusion of the count
the group met for coffee at
the home of the Rev. and Mrs.
Thomas McCamant and tabu
lated the results.
Those participating were
Ralph Browning, Mrs. How
ard Bush, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
J. H. Hicks, Betty Jo Hicks,
Mrs. Robert Hubbard, Miss
Mabel Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
McCamant, Dr. and Mrs. John
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Richardson, Tom Turpin.
The list of birds seen is
eared grebe 3; piedbilled
grebe, 15; western grebe, 1;
great blue heron, 10; black
crowned night heron, 9;
American egret, 1; Canada
"Heavens -
Services Scheduled
In Valley
The New Year will be wel
comed during Watch Night
services scheduled at .many
Medford and county churches.
Some services will include
holy communion and others
will feature film and devo
tion service.
Youth of the First Method
ist church will participate in
a service scheduled there
from 11 p.m. until midnight.
Service will close with com
munion. The Central Church of
Christ will be host to the
Phoenix Church of Christ for
Watch Night services.
Communion Service
Watch Night communion
service at Eastwood Baptist
church will mark the begin
ning of the Baptist Jubilee
Advance, a five-year empha
sis on evangelism. The serv
ice will start at 8:30 p.m.
Services at First Church of
the Nazarene will be held
from 11 p.m. until midnight.
Apostolic Faith church will
be open from 8 pjn. until
midnight for regular preach
ing services, including con
gregational singing, personal
testimonies, and reports of
missionary activities of the
church, both at home and in
foreign fields. Prayer will
usher in the New Year.
Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of
the Nazarene will hold a com
bination social time and
Watch Night service. Activi
ties wil be held at the Red
Blasting Caps
Taken from Quarry
State police warned today
that blasting caps stolen from
Bristol Silica Granite quarry
near Gold Hill are "extreme
ly dangerous."
All such caps should be
turned into law enforcement
officials and authorities
should be informed if persons
are observed with them, state
police said.
Several boxes of blasting
caps and one box of electric
caps were stolen from the
quarry on old Blackwell Hill
rd. some time Monday, state
police said. The theft was re
ported by Harry Skevington,
Rogue River, an employee of
the quarry.
State police warned that
the electric blasting caps are
dangerous especially since
they are delayed action and
can be set off by a transmit
ting radio.
goose, 7 (4 honkers, 3 cacK
lers); snow goose, 1; mallard,
67; American widgeon, 37;
pintail, 3; green-winged teal,
7; shoveller, 6; wood duck, 1;
redhead, 2; ring-necked duck,
42; lesser scaup, 3; buffle
head, 10; ruddy duck, 22.
American merganser, 10;
Cooper's hawk, 2; red-tailed
hawk, 26; marsh hawk, 2;
sparrow hawk, 73; California
quail, 84; ring-necked pheas
ant, 27; American coot, 347;
killdeer, 267; spotted sand
piper, 1; common snips, 15;
greater yellowlegs, 1; mourn
ing dove, 1,008; burrowing
owl, 3; belted kingfisher, 3;
red-shafter flicker, 74; acorn
woodpecker, 60; lewis wood
pecker 4; hairy woodpecker,
1; downy woodpecker, 8; yellow-bellied
sapsucker, 4; horn
ed lark, 5; Steller's jay, 5;
scrub jay, 50; black-capped
chickades, 15; plain titmouse,
18.
Common bushtit 30; white
breasted nuthatch, 10; pygmy
To - Betsy"
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Churches
Cross building, 60 Hawthorne
ave., and will begin at 7 p.m.
with a potluck dinner. , At
10:45 o'clock the Watch Night
service will begin at the
church, and will conclude
just after midnight. The hour
will include congregational
singing and a message by the
pastor, the Rev. Henry L
Brown.
Salvation Army
Salvation Army services
will begin at 7 p.m. with
potluck dinner for all mem
bers and friends of the Med
ford Corps. At 8 p.m. an open
air service will be held and at
8:30 p.m. a film, "Serving
Christ," will be shown.
Candle Light will be a part
of the Watch Night service at
10:30 p.m.
The public is Invited to at
tend the film showing and the
10:30 p.m. service at the Sal
vation Army building, Fourth
and Bartlett sts.
Film Planned
Services at First Baptist
church will begin at 8:30 pjn.
with a "get-acquainted" time
with new members who were
received into the church dur
ing 1958. Refreshments will
be served and a film "Center
ville Awakening," will be
shown. The year will close
with devotion and prayer.
Watch Night service at the
First Presbyterian church will
start at 11 p.m. and will in
clude communion. Free Meth
odist church will hold activ
ities starting at 8:30 p.m.
Churches outside of Med
ford holding services tonight
include Central Point Com
munity Bible church, which
will show the film, "The
Great Light," starting at
9 p.m.
Fellowship Supper
In Ashland, a fellowship
supper and Watch Night serv
ice will be held at Faith
tabernacle. The supper will
begin at 6:30 p.m. A commu
nion service will be held at
Grace Lutheran church. The
event will start at 7:30 p.m.
and include a sermon, "Tak
ing Spiritual Inventory," by
the Rev. E. Paul Riedel.
Phoenix First Presbyterian
church will hold services
starting at 9 pjn. The, eve
ning will start with a buffet
supper and include the film,
"Martin Luther," at 10 pjn.
Communion will be served
between 11:30 and midnight.
New Year's day, the valley
Roman Catholic churches
wiil observe the Sunday mass
schedule.
During
Watchers
nuthatch, 1; brown creeper,
8; winter wren, 1; Bewick's
wren, 9; long-billed marsh
wren, 1; American robin,
1,261; varied thrush, 1; hermit
thrush, 4; western bluebird,
248; golden-crowned Tcinglet,
45; ruby-crowned kinglet, 13;
Say's phoebe, 1; cedar wax
wing, 557; loggerhead shrike,
1; common starling, 3,758;
myrtle warbler, 4; Audubon's
warbler, 1; house sparrow,
199; western meadowlark,
570; red-winged blackbird,
1,940.
Tricolored blackbird, 337;
Brewer's blackbird, 1,805;
brown-headed cowbird, 135;
purple finch, 104; house finch,
682;American goldfinch, 360;
lesser goldfinch, 679; pine
siskin, 206; rufus-sided tow
hee, 26; brown towhee, 11;
Savannah sparrow, 130; lark
sparrow, 12; Oregon junco,
1,013; white-crowned sparrow,
49; golden-crowned sparrow,
318; fox sparrow, 8; song
sparrow, 51.