Local and
Building Permit A Med
ford building permit was is
sued Wednesday to Don Ed
wards to erect a $12,000 office
building at 1037 Court st.
Vandalism Reported - Jack
son county deputies are in
vestigating vandalism to mail
boxes and paper carriers - in
Butte Falls. Deputies learned
also that pellet guns were
used on some of the street
lights in Butte Falls Friday
night.
8991h Patient - Glen S.
Bailey, 813 South Peach st.,
' Medford, was flown to Port
land bv a Mercy Flights, Inc.,
plane Friday for treatment of
a heart condition at the Vet
erans Administration hospital
He was the 899th patient
flown by planes of the non
profit air ambulance service.
Creating Hazard- Two
Medford boys. 9 and 13. were
questioned by Medford police
Thursday in connection witn
creating a hazard to themselv
' es and to aircraft at Medford
' airport. They reportedly lay
in the weeds at the south end
of the runway and stood up as
the aircraft approached.
Burglary Reported - Sher
iffs deputies are investigating
a burglary which occurred on
the old Beekman estate in
Jacksonville some time after
Dec. 27. Charles Remington,
estate caretaker, told deputies
Friday he didn't know what
was taken as no list is avail
able of the contents of the
house.
In Hospital - Greg Milnes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Milnes. 15 North Groveland
ave., Medford, is convalescing
at Rogue Valley hospital from
an appendectomy Friday. He
expects to return to Willa
mette university, Salem, next
week, where he is a sopho
more. The Milnes and Robert
Voegtle families were in San
Francisco for the holidays.
Party Honors
Sheriff Gault
Employees in the county
sheriffs offices held open
.house Friday afternoon in
honor of Sheriff -Howard
, Gault, who leaves the. office
Monday after 1316 years.
He had served as a deputy
since 1934.
Deputies under Gault pre
sented him with a .38 Smith
and Wesson Combat Master
piece revolver engraved with
his name and office. .
Gault was appointed sheriff
following the death of Sheriff
Syd I. Brown. He was elected
three times to the office.
Employees in the county
" clerk's office honored out-going
clerk, Mrs. Bereth Hop
kins, earlier last week with
an open house. They present
ed her with a copper and pew
ter serving tray.
Mrs. Hopkins served - as
clerk since her appointment
in 1953 fallowing the death of
County Clerk George Carter.
She was elected to the office
' in November, 1954.
The management of the
HAM & EGGER
CAFE
301 South Central
Wishes to announce
NEW HOURS
starting January 2nd
Open 4 AM. till 8 P.M.
Daily Closed Sundays -
We are looking forward to
seeing all our old customers
as well as new!
Robert TAYLOK
HOUSE of MYSTERY
North of
Gold Hill
AT
On Display -One of the West's Finest
Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets
Winter Hours 9 to 5
Closed on Mondays
Under Founder's Management Since 1930
Personal
Battery Stolen - Thomas
Ewing Austin, 1541 South Ivy
st., told Medford police Thurs
day of the theft New Year's
eve of a $15 battery from his
vehicle parked at that ad
dress. Obituaries
CHARLES H. WALKER
Charles H. Walker, 70, of
539 Haven st., Medford, died
in a local hospital Friday.
He was born in Westporl,
Calif., Oct. 6, 1888, and had
lived in this area for the past
60 years. He was a retired
carpenter for Medford Corpor
ation, and a member of the
Eagles lodge.
Survivors include one
daughter, Mrs. Ray Baker,
Manson, Wash.; one son,
George R. Walker, Lakewood,
Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Leon
Haskins, Medford, and Mrs.
Edward Olson, Medford; and
six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 1:30 pjn. Monday at
Perl Funeral home. The Rev.
Bruce Weber will officiate.
Interment will be Siskiyou
Memorial park.
LARY C. ARANT
Lary Clifford Arant, who
was born in Ashland on Nov.
15, 1918, and who lived most
of his life in the Prospect area,
died Thursday in the Veter
ans' Administration hospital
in Portland.
Funeral services . will b e
conducted at 2 p.m., Wednes
day in Chapel Mortuary. Fur
ther details and a complete
obituary will b e published
later.
PRESTON PHIPPS
Preston Phipps, 78, of 725
Crater Lake ave., died in a
local hospital Friday night.
Mr. Phipps is the son of
the late Matthew P. and Alia
R. Phipps who came to the
valley in the early 1860's.
LLOYD A. MEEKER
Funeral services for Lloyd
Alfred Meeker, 63, who died
at his home, 1416 South Peach
st., on Thursday, will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. Monday in
Chapel Mortuary.
The Rev. J. M. McCraw,
pastor of the First Southern
Baptist church will officiate.
Burial will be in Memory
Gardens Memorial park.
Casket bearers will be Wil-
lard L. Dudley, Allen Nelson,
Orville Bunn, W. R. France,
R. W. Gray, and Bryan Mer
cer. Honorary pall blearers
will be Eugene Shannon, E. L.
Homer, Dee Reid, Jake W.
Covey, and W. I. Thompson.
The body will lie in state
at the mortuary through this
afternoon and evening for the
benefit of those wishing to
pay their respects.
Mr. Meeker, the son of
Usual M. and Minnie Rice
Meeker, was born in Rob Roy,
Ind., on July 30, 1895. He
was married in Silverton,
Tex., on April 11, 1915, to
Edith E. Smithee, who sur
vives. Twelve years ago the
family came from Los Angeles
to Medford, where Mr. Meek
er has been employed as a
warehouse foreman with Bear
Creek Orchards. Prior to that
time and for 28 years he was
an employee of the Pacific
Electric railway, in Los An
geles. He was a member of the
Southern Baptist church, and
the International Association
of Machinists.
Besides his wife he is sur
vived by three sons, Alfred
L. Meeker, San Gabriel, Cal.;
Leland D. Meeker and Gene
L. Meeker, both of Medford;
two brothers, Clair L. Meeker,
Victorville, Calif., and Gail O.
Meeker, Los Angeles; and 11
grandchildren.
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TRAINMAN RETIRES - Henry J. Demmer,
center, brakeman - conductor for Southern
Pacific railroad, retired Wednesday after
serving 41 years with the company. He is
shown above, after coming in from his last
run, being congratulated by SP Trainmaster
George M. Joyce. Looking on is engineer
Harley Troxel, who worked with Demmer
in this area for many years. About 75 of
Demmer's friends and co-workers attended
Council Asks Bids
On Eighth St. Work
Continued from Page 1)
. After authorizing the Eighth
st. extension, the council call
ed for bids to be opened at 11
a.m. Jan. 22 on an embank
ment for the street between
the proposed bridge over Bear
creek and the Boy Scout
building, 500 East Main st.
Steps in the Eighth st. pro
ject include, besides the em
bankment, construction of the
bridge and demolition and re
moval of part of the Western
Auto building on Riverside
ave.
Along with the embank
ment from the bridge to the
intersection with East Main st.
are ramps to provide access to
Hawthorne Park.
Duff reported that the state
highway department is pre
paring plans for the bridge
while the city's public works
department investigates foun
dation conditions. Demolition
of the Western Auto building,
he noted, is contingent upon
the city's acquiring the prop
erty on May 31.
He said it is the opinion of
the city engineering- depart
ment that favorable condi
tions now exist for getting a
good price on the embank
ment construction.
Stewart Ave.
The city-county agreement
on Stewart ave. provides:
1. That the county during
the next four fiscal years pro
ceed with its program for im
proving the thoroughfare, in
cluding, but not limited to,
covering the drainage ditch to
the south between Crooked
Creek bridge and Columbus
ave. and widening the improv
ed portion of the roadway;
2. That the city during the
fiscal year 1959-60 spend a to
tal of $27,500 from its arterial
street funds for improve
ments in conjunction with the
county's work.
The county court signed
the agreement Tuesday.
Medford's arterial street
program calls for Stewart
ave.'s becoming a four-lane
roadway from the railroad
tracks west to Holly st., and
being widened to 44 feet of
pavement from Holly to Co
lumbus ave.
Auto Wrecker
In other business, the coun
cil received a wrecking yard
license application from De
Vore's Auto Wreckers, 3120
North Pacific highway. Action
was postponed until the Jan.
15 meeting, pending receipt of
a policy recommendation on
wrecking yards from the plan
ning commission.
The planners are scheduled
to meet Jan. .12.
' Councilman Ed Hall, Ward
I, asked for comparative
maintenance reports for 1957
and 1958 on city police vehi
cles. The council approved
his motion, and postponed to
the next meeting the award
ing of contracts for new ve
hicles. : Purchases recommended by
Duff include four Studebakers
and three Pontiacs. Five Ford
station wagons and a Chevro
let sedan are to be traded in.
'Cost Record Bad'
"The city's cost record on
police car repairs is bad," i
Duff stated. "The Pontiacs j
were recommended to ascer-l
tain by experience if the bp- j
erations and maintenance cost
of a heavier car might be less. j
Studebakers were selected to j
determine the cost record of
this economy car.
"Our experience with auto
matic transmissions this year
has been particularly bad,"
Duff reported "so only three
of the cars being recommend
ed would be so equipped. This
will give us comparative rec
ords." The council awarded a con
tract for new fire hose to Ron-
ey's, Inc. on the recommenda
tion of fire Chief Gordon
Barker.
ine council heard a com
plaint from a Jim Silkwood
that the city ordinance for en
tertainment licensing was in
equitable. Silkwood pointed
out that the nightly fee for
public dances was $5 but the
rate for theatrical produc
tions was S50.
He said he planned to bring
a show to Medford High
school's auditorium Jan. 24.
For Investigation ,
"I dont' know why there is
the difference," Duff com
mented. The council referred
the matter to him for investi
gation. He in turn is to report
to the council executive com
mittee. The council granted an
easement to California Oregon
Power company for power
poles near Medford airport
on the condition that if the
right of way should be requir
ed by the airport or if the
poles come to constitute an
aviation hazard, Copco is to
remove them on 60 days' no
tice at their own expense.
In other improvement dis
trict business, the councilmen
approved plans and specifica
tions for a sanitary sewer on
Eureka circle. They postponed
authorization for the Temple
dr. sewer and a call for bids
on it pending the public hear
ing. Walsh io Be Guest
Af Monday Lunch
Jackson County Sheriff-
elect Joseph Walsh will be
honored at a luncheon at
noon tomorrow at Pine's
Garden's North Pacific high
way, according to Hal Gar
dener, chairman of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce
committee sponsoring the lun
cheon.
Walsh has been an active
member of the Medford Jay-
cees for several years, and
last year served on the Jay-
cee Christmas Lighting con
test committee. He was in
charge of judging.
Alan B. Holmes will be
toastmaster at the luncheon,
which will include a short
talk by Walsh. The public is
invited.
OUR HEARTFELT thank to all
OUR HEARTFELT thanks to all
who extended comforting sym
pathy and help In our recent
sorrow. For the beautiful ser
vice, floral offerings, and other
kindnesses, we are deeply grate
ful. Glenn & Beulah Balderston
and Boys.
Before or After Church ...
This Sunday
Enjoy -
(Served Anytime)
at the
Hotel Medford
Dining Room
CHILDREN ALWAYS WELCOME
' 3 l! A Rl
llftTCI riCnCflDn 5:30 p.m. till 12:00 Weekdays
llUICb MCUrUnU Sundays 2 p.m. till 10 p.m.
a party for him at the SP passenger and
freight office Wednesday afternoon. Dem
mer was born and raised in Jacksonville,
where he and his wife now make their
home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew
Demmer, who came to this area in 1891.
Now that he is on pension, Demmer said, he
will find time to do more fishing and gard
ening and will help work the gold mine in
which he has an interest.
De Gaulle Relies
On Bank Credits
Of U.S., Europe
Paris - (UPD - Premier
Charles de Gaulle relied yes
terday on U.S. and European
bank credits totaling 450 mil
lion dollars to carry through
his drastic economic reform
program.
The Finance Ministry an
nounced Friday night that the
Chase Manhattan Bank and
the First National City Bank
of New York had placed 200
million dollars at the dispos
al of the de Gaulle govern
ment. This, with about 250 mil
lion dollars put up by Eu
ropean banks and another 500
million dollars in the French
treasury, was expected to
cushion the French franc dur
ing the current critical peri
od following last Saturday's
devaluation.
The Finance Ministry an
nouncement said the U.S.
banks would place the money
at the disposal of the French
government during the next
two years. The government
would draw on the account
only if necessary, it said.
Small Business
Loans Announced
Washington -(UPD- The fed
eral small business adminis
tration advised Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) Friday
of the following loans approv
ed for Oregon firms:
Rest Harbor Sanitarium,
Gresham, $20,000; Sweet
Home Veneer Inc., Sweet
Home, $160,000; Oregon Tur
key Growers of Salem, $36,
000; Ven Flavor Electric Co.,
Hillsboro, $12,000; Bethel
Planing Co. of Eugene, $20,
000, and S&S Equipment Co.,
Aloha, $8,000.
Cub Scouts Take
Mail Tribune Tour
Members of Pack 5, Den
.7, -Cub Scouts of Jefferson
school, visited the Mail Trib
une plant Friday afternoon.
Those taking the tour in
cluded Steven Patterson, Tex
as Martin, Corey Jensen, Jef
frey Jefferson, Tom Bradley,
Gene Taylor, Kathy Taylor
and Nancl Taylor, accompa
nied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Taylor, Den Mother and Fath
er. BERGESON To Mr. andj
Mrs. Edward, Butte Falls, Jan. ;
2, 1959, boy, 8!'2 lbs., at Sa-j
cred Heart hospital. i
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Masses in Red China Told
Another leap Year' Ahead
Tokyo-(UPD - Red China's
masses, exhausted by the
frenzied pace of 1958's "great
leap forward," now are being
told that the new year must
bring an even greater leap.
Chinese propaganda broad
cast and periodicals leave no
doubt that another year of
back-breaking labor is in store
for the mainland's 650 million
persons.
"Our achievements have
been great," said Red China's
number two man, Communist
party vice-chairman Liu Shao
chi, "but we should be no
means be complacent. The
tasks ahead of us are still
arduous and grave."
The official Peiping's Peo
ple's Daily, which lays down
the party line, made the same
point. "Let us continue in our
endeavors," the newspaper
said, "and fight for a still big
ger leap forward in 1959."
Communist officials and
Two Boys
Admit
Playing
With Fire
Los Angeles - (UPD - Two
young boys admitted to city
fire officials Friday that their
experiments with a pack of
matches touched off a major
brush fire that threatened
several exclusive homes near
Beverly Hills. '
The youths, aged 6 and 8
years, said they were playing
with the matches when the
tinder-dry brush ignited in
the Benedict Canyon-Beverly
Glen area. Investigators said
their names were withheld
because of age.
The fire was one of two
that broke out New Year's
Eve. Whipped by winds of up
to 50 miles an hour, the
flames edged toward the
homes of such celebrities as
Elizabeth Taylor, Marion
Davies and Doris Duke. One
home valued at $150,000, was
destroyed in the holocaust
which charred 650 acres.
U.S. Tells Reds
To Stop Attacks
Washington -(UPD The Unit
ed States has demanded anew
that Russia stop attacking
American military planes over
international waters.
The State Department yes
terday released the text of a
note delivered in Moscow Fri
day which said the U.S., ex
pects Russia to "take measur
es without delay to stop this
interference with American
aircraft over the high seas."
The note added that American
aircraft commanders would
be under instruction "to take
any defensive . action which
they consider necessary and
appropriate" in event of fur
ther attacks.
Sofa Fire Spreads
Through Hanson Home
A fire started in a sofa Sat
urday afternoon and spread to
floor and walls at the home of
Obert C. Hanson, 730 Oak st.,
Medford firemen reported.
Walls were burned and
paint blistered throughout the
top half of the house, the fire
men noted. No cause was giv
en for the fire.
More than 51,500 persons
have obtained international
driving permits this year.
A TRIBUTE TO OUR
SALVATION ARMY!
If you think that the spirit of God pervades only
handsome churches, consider the simple religi
ous services of those men nd women who wor
ship on street corners. Theirs is no faith of
class, creed or color. All the world is their con
gregation . . . and what wonderful work they
are doing! The derelicts, the homeless, the
heartsick and hungry. These are parishioners of
The Salvation Army. No one is turned away.
No one is beyond redemption. If you believe in
man's humanity to man and 'want to exemplify'
it, be generous with your change when a Lass
r Laddie in blue passes the tambourine!
Medford
101 North Central, Corner
Open today 10
Week days: 8:30
We Salute
newspapers are echoing this
line with monotonous fre
quency. In one breath, the
masses are applauded for
their performance in 1958. In
the next, they are exhorted
to do even better this year.
Long Way To Go
"Comrades," said the Peo
ple's Daily, typically, "you
have worked hard. But we
have no reason for . com
placency . .': . we still have
a long way to go . ; . our
country has not yet basically
got out of the situation of
being poor and culturally a
blank. There are still very
great and difficult construc
tion tasks before us."
Some of these tasks are
truly staggering. The Reds
claim they more than doubled
steel production in 1958, for
example, yet this year they're
asking the people to realize
an even greater absolute in
crease. Steel output, according to
Peiping, shout up 5.65 million
tons in 1958. It's supposed to
go up another 7 million tons
in 1959 to reach a total of 18
million tons.
Tough Target
Food crops, which the Reds
claim rose a fantastic 190
million tons to 375 million
in 1958, are supposed to rise
another 145 million tons this
year.
For a sketchy idea of what
China's workers are being
asked to accomplish, compare
the tragets set by the Com
munists in 1956 for 1962, with
the revised targets adopted
last month in Wuhan for the
end of 1959:
The traget for steel orig
inally was approximately 11
million tons by the end of
1962. Now the party wants
18 million tons by the end
of 1959.
The target for coal was
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double the original goal, and
three years ahead of time, to
boot.
The target for food crops
was 250 million tons. Now
it's 520 million, more than
twice the 1956 goal.
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