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Path Pbss b mmtim cratarv off Preliminary Draft Of Quo Warranto Put Into Writing Supreme Court To Act Rapidly Salem (UPD A preliminary draft of a "quo warranto" pro ceeding testing" whether Dave O'Hara or Howell Appling is Oregon's proper secretary of state was in writing today. Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton, who will repre sent O'Hara, said the draft was sent to Marion County District Attorney Hattie Brat zel for approval. The Marion county district attorney's approval must be received before the document can be presented to the Ore gon Supreme Court. Appling Seen Defendant Thornton said that Appling, a 39-year-old Portland busi nessman who was appointed secretary of state Monday by Gov. Mark Hatfield, probably will be the defendant in the action. O'Hara, 71, Salem, former state .elections chief, was ex Gov. Robert D. H o 1 m e s' choice for the post. The high court must decide which of the men is qualified. Appling, 39, has expressed confidence that he will win the post and said he consid ered himself secretary of state until the Supreme Court acted to clarify the issue. . He occupied the official suite of the secretary of state in the Capitol building Tues day. Originally, "Lamar Tooze, Portland, one of Hatfield's legal advisors, had hoped to get the proceeding before the high court Monday but Thorn ton asked for more time to study proper procedure. Rapid Action Expected The Supreme Court was ex pected to act rapidly as soon ' as the action was brought be fore it. . ' . Quo warranto proceedings are designed to test the va lidity of persons to hold pub lic office. They are one of only three proceedings over which the Supreme Court can take original jurisdiction. The other two are mandamus and habeas corpus actions. The Legislature got down to work smoothly with intro duction of 56 bills in the House and three in the Senate. Highway 199 Freeway Planned Sacramento'-A 22.6 mile stretch of winding sections and sharp curves in Highway 199 south of the Oregon line will be eliminated by a free way, according to plans of the California highway commis sion. The route, which will gen erally follow the existing highway, will end 1.4 miles south of the Gasquet post of fice in Del Norte county. . Plans call for a two-lane highway with provisions for four lanes later. 1725-foot tun nel also will be built through Hazelview summit. Initial cost of the project is expected to be $23,780,000 with ultimate cost at more than $30,000,000. Start of con struction depends on avail ability of funds. Vatican City-UPD-The Vati can has recognized the new government in Cuba. Some Property Owners 'Balk7 About Clean-Up; Fear Taxes Would Increase Some Medford property owners have "balked" when approached regarding prop erty clean-up, it was reported at this week's meeting of the Make Medford Beautiful com mittee by Granvil Brittsan. The chairman of the survey action sub - committee ex plained some property owners have expressed fear of in creased taxes when they clean up or paint their prop erty. Schumacher Questioned County Assessor Ray Schu macher, when questioned about increase in taxes where property improvements are made, said that the assessment mmim jm - ; it SPACE TRAVELER'S VEHICLE-This is a model of a "space capsule" which the National Aeronautics and Space adminis tration has ordered built, for carrying a man into orbit around the earth. This view shows how the man will be posi tioned for blast-off, lying on his back. When capsule goes into orbit, man will sit up and face forward. Board Authorizes Series of Meetings O n R eo rg a n i za tio n The Medford school board last night authorized Superin tendent Dr. Leonard B. May field to schedule a series of meetings with school boards from districts in this area to discuss reorganization or con solidation. The action followed re quests from several surround ing districts , requesting con ferences with Medford school officials concerning consolida tion or reorganization. Board members said it received re quests from Griffin Creek, Jacksonville. Ruch and How ard for such meetings. The board also reaffirmed its position of cooperation with the Jackson County School Reorganization board in reorganization of the coun ty's districts. Dr. Mayfield said the meet ings with surrounding district boards will be held as soon as possible, and various phases of consolidation and reorgani zation will be discussed, in cluding financial, legal and curriculum aspects. Permit Issued for Office Building A building permit for $59, 000 was issued Tuesday after noon to O. L. Williams for the construction of an office building at Barnett rd. and Riverside ave. The new building will house district offices of the bureau of land management. The 14-room building will be one-story constructed of brick and be approximately 200 by 40 feet. The building will be leased to the General Services administration for BLM. The government agency is tentatively scheduled to oc cupy the building March 1. value is based on the market value of the property. The difference, he said, is whether the property owner wished to keep his property in good condition so the mar ket value will remain up, or pay less taxes through prop erty depreciation and own property that has a lower market value. He added that in cases where the property had been allowed to run-down and then is vastly improved, the taxes would automatically rise since the market value of the prop erty would increase. Schumacher explained that in cases where a person State The sale of the remaining bonds authorized by school district patrons two years ago was authorized last night. Scheduled to be sold are $186, 000 worth of bonds in the two year building program. Funds from the sale will be used for a new music and classroom addition at Medford High school, which is expect ed to be completed by next September. The music depart ment is'now housed in the in dustrial arts section at the school. The bond sale also clears le gal aspects for reorganization or consolidation moves. All bonds must be sold in any ac tion of consolidation or reor ganization involving the dis trict. In other action, the board renewed contracts for Dr. Mayfield for five years, and Elliott Becken, assistant super intendent, for four years. The ooard approved adding another bus route in the after noon, utilizing present facili ties. The additional route be came necessary when the new Wilson school opened. Two appointments to the district budget committee are being considered by the board, ande are expected to be filled soon so work may start on the budget for the 1959-60 school year. Gigantic Heroin Syndicate Cracked San Francisco - (UPD - A fed eral Grand Jury today in dicted three men in what was said to be the biggest Chinese narcotics syndicate in Ameri can history - masterminded from Communist China. The syndicate's books indi cated that , it distributed at least 2,470 pounds of heroin along the West Coast in the past eight years, agents said. cleaned up the trash or cut weeds in a yard, there was little chance that the market value of the property would change. Lou Cranston, committee chairman, announced that the gasoline dealers association had been contacted concern ing a litter bag distribution program. It was also reported that several homes that had been considered "eye-sores" were being cleaned up. Attending the luncheon at the Medford hotel were Cran ston, Brittsan, Jack Foster, John Cheney, and Darrell Huson. Shady Cove Pilot Reported Missing; Safe in California Jim Davis En Route From Gila Bend Jim Davis of Shady Cove and a light plane he was pilot ing were located on airfield in San Diego county, Calif., this morning after being reported missing last night, Oregon state police and Federal Avia tion agency officials in Cali fornia said today. Davis was on a flight from Gila Bend, Ariz., to San Diego in a Cessna 170. He left Gila Bend at 4:42 p.m. yesterday, and was due in San Diego at 6 p.m. Check Fields Auxiliary airfields in Ari zona ' and California were checked by Air Force plane and highway patrols in both states, but the plane was not located last night. Davis, a lumberman who also has mining interests in Mexico, was believed to have gone to the area to check into timber interests, police said. Neighbors of the Davises told state police they thought that Davis' wife, a boy and R. F. (Bud) Holman, also of Shady Cove, accompanied Davis when he left about a week ago. Reports from southern Cali fornia did not indicate wheth er anyone was with Davis at the time he was located. The plane he was piloting is believed to be one which re cently was rebuilt after it crashed about a year ago in the Chiloquin area. The Davises live on Rogue River dr., Shady Cove. Jury Finds Local Couple Guilty Mariori Ben Day and his wife, Hazel Pauline Day, 417 King st., Medford, were found guilty yesterday afternoon by a Jackson county circuit court jury , of .unlawfully obtaining $288 . in public assistance funds. The jury deliberated about 2xi hours. Sentence will be passed by Circuit Court Judge James Main Monday. Gerald Scannell represent ed the district attorney's of fice and Allan Holmes acted as attorney for the defend ants. Dr. Harry D. Danielson, local psychiatrist, a profes sor from Southern Oregon col lege, Ashland, and Mrs. Martha Rhodes of the Jack son county public welfare de partment testified yesterday morning before the ease went to the jury at 11 a.m. Day was working for Bear Creek orchards at the time the charges were brought. Elgin Holdup Man Grabbed by Police LaGrande (UPD A man ac cused of holding up a service station at Elgin north of here Tuesday night, was captured in Elgin just before dawn to day after he had broken away from one road block as state police bullets zinged past him. State police identified the man as Robert Lee Robinett, 33, Lewiston, Idaho. They said a gunman held up an Elgin service station operated by Dick Parson, robbed the till of $500 and then took money from two Elgin residents who were visiting with Parson, Larry Strickland and Alfred Aobsey. France Working for Algerian Cease Fire Paris -(UPD- France has be gun behind-the-scene negotia tions for an Algerian cease fire and hopes to win one by Jan. 20, a high French official said today. The backstage contacts, if successful, would end within a week the four years of bloody fighting which has cost France billions of dol lars and thousands of lives. Italian Premier Amintore Fanfani, who arrives here to day to see President Charles de Gaulle, has been actively engaged in the behind - the -scenes negotiations, the of ficial said. The disclosure came hard on the heels of Tuesday's an nouncement by the DeGaulle government of sweeping clemency measures for jailed Algerian extremists. That move also had raised hopes for early peace. 53rd Year Medford 16 Pages Jury Selection in Flury Case Starts In Circuit Court Attorneys Making Close Examination Selection of a circuit court jury got under way this morn ing for the trial of Ted Flury, secretary - manager of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, who is charged with illegally accepting funds while serving as a public official. Court officers indicated the jury selection would take a good part of the day. , Attorneys made elaborate and detailed examination of each of the jurors as the case opened at 9:30 a.m. today be fore Circuit Court Judge M. Main. The law firm, Farrell and Blackhurst, is representing the Eagle Point Irrigation dis trict and the Roberts, Kelling ton and Branchfield firm is representing the interests of California Oregon Power com pany and defendant Flury. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder is representing the state in the criminal trial. Specific Charge Flury is specifically charged with receiving $4,050 from Copco between Jan. 1, 1955, and Oct. 1, 1958, while he was an official of the Eagle Point Irrigation district. Flury was arrested Oct. 15 on a grand jury indictment. He was released on $250 bond following his arraignment be fore Judge Edward C. Kelly. The grand jury investigated the irrigation district follow ing complaints by Mrs, Ann Todd, Eagle Point water-user. " Mrs. Todd also filed a com plaint on Nov. 5 in circuit court asking that the irriga tion district's contract be can celled and that all. district property given Copco be re turned. ' Water Main Being Installed on Biddle A new six-inch water main along Biddle rd. from the California Oregon Power com pany substation to a connec tion 600 feet south of McAn drews rd. is being installed this week, according to Med f o r d Water Superintendent Robert Lee. City crews should finish laying the pipe this week, Lee said. But, he added, work on connections will last into next week. Three fire hydrants are in cluded in the project, he said. The main will provide both fire protection and domestic service. Budget Group Lacks One Appointment All but one position on the county budget committee re mains unfilled in county gov ernmental bodies, County Judge Earl Miller said today. Bill Bigham, Eagle Point, was reappointed to the county fair board for a two-year term.. Ed Fosson, Applegate, has declined reappointment and has been replaced with Collier Buffington, for a three-year term. Holdover on the fair board is Francis Krouse, Provolt. New appointments to the planning commission include C. O. Lovejoy, Old Military rd., Medford; Ron James, 3710 Calhoun rd., Medford; and C. W. Duggan, route 2, Sams Valley, .all for three-year terms. Appointed to the county budget ' committee was L. W. Newbry, Ashland. Tom Wray, Medford and Curtis Barnes, Talent, have both declined reappointment. Arnold Bohn ert, Central Point, is a hold over on the budget commit tee. Member of the county court make up the other com mittee members. West Coast Shipping Strike Threat Averted San Francisco (UPD The threat of a West Coast ship ping tie-up ended today when the Marine Firemen's Union agreed to arbitrate a dispute under grievance procedure of its contract, the Pacific Mari time Association announced. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1959 WayMe(H) Hleods Cboseim Sub-Committee Chairmen Named For Joint Group Budget Examiners Offer Assistance Salem (UPD Members of the Joint Ways and Means Committee were assigned to ri a y to sub-committees b y joint chairmen, Sen. Alfred Corbett, Portland, and Rep. Keith Skelton, Eugene, with the result that committee members will pitch in im mediately to study state de partment budgets. Freeman Homer, new di rector of finance and admin istration, presented a corps of budget examiners from the budget division who will as sist sub-committee members in budget studies. Regular meetings of the joint committee will be held each. Friday morning, except for special meetings from time to time as need arises. To Interview Heads Once-a-week meetings were decided upon in order to give more time for work by sub committees. The six subcommittees to which budgets of various state agencies have been assigned will interview . heads of . de partments, hear comments of the examiners and examine the operations of each depart ment before coming to a con clusion as to the amount of money recommended for each department. Co-chairman Corbett sug gested that subcommittees fol low this proceedure rather than attempt to make a fixed percentage cut in budgets. Subcommittee Chairmen Chairmen of subcommittees named today and the depart ment assigned are: No. 1-Sen. Ward Cook, Portland, general govern ment. No. 2-Rep. George Annala, Hood River, protection to per sons and property. No. 3-Sen. Francis Ziegler, Corvallis, public welfare and public health. No. 4-Sen. Jean Lewis, Portland, education. No. 5-Sen. Dan Thiel, As toria, highways, and parks and natural resources. No. 6-Rep. Vern Cady, Burns, licensing and regula tion of business and occupa tions. At a later date, a special committee to study the state's building program for the 1959-61 biennium will be ap pointed. Boundary Change Suggested by Board The Howard school board recommended to the county school reorganization1 board one boundary change at the meeting Tuesday evening. The change would transfer a piece of the Howard district to the Central Point district. The recommendation is be ing made, Jack Campbell, chairman of the board said, to straighten the boundary line and to accommodate fam ilies in the area. Less than 20 children would be affected by the change. The property is on the north side of Beall lane bounded on the west by Bur sell rd. and on the east by Bear creek. The north bound ary line would be across Gil man's dairy on the donation land grant line. Mostly Fair Weather Expected in Oregon By United Press International Mostly fair weather with night and morning fog was the outlook through Thursday for Oregon today. . Streams continued to fall. . Highway 101 south of Co quille, closed Tuesday by high water, was opened to one-way traffic today. "Anybody Want To Argue About Other Rules?" New Junior High School Considered By Ashland Board Ashland Dr. Elmo Stev- enson, president of Southern Oregon college, said today there are other more desira ble sites for a junior high school in Ashland than the site selected by the board. The board this week re viewed plans for a new junior high school and said it planned to acquire a section of land in the Iowa-Wightman sts. area. Dr. Stevenson said he was "disturbed that property with in the 'projected' boundary of Southern Oregon college, and approved by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education . . .should be selected as the only site for a new junior high." Not Opposed lo School He stressed that he is not opposed to a new junior high school, and pointed out he "has sent three children to this antique structure (refer ring to the present building) in the last few years," and has frequently expressed his dissatisfaction with the pres ent situation. The top floor of the present building has been condemned and closed by the state fire marshal, and the rest of the building is said to be unsafe. The approved long-range plan of the college includes the 17 acres under question for the site of a railroad sid ing with warehouse, mainten ance and applied science classroom buildings as well as an extended area for intra mural activities," Dr. Steven son noted. The college's phys ical education and health fa cilities are already there, he noted, and "hence this " de velopment is natural." Dr. Stevenson said another site for the proposed new jun ior high school may be more expensive, but he said he was willing to pay a higher price for a site for the build ing, to enable the college to grow to a maximum." The school board pointed out, however, that it has no intention to do .harm to the interests of the college by moving to acquire the junior high site. Some board mem- WEATHER FORECAST: Valley fog or low cloudiness tonight and Thurs day, briefly Improving Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 38. TEMP. Highest yesterday 35 Lowest this morning 31 PRECIP. To 10 a.m. today Trace Our Skies Tonight sunset today Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tonight First quarter Algol, the variable overhead at 5:02 p.m. ...7:38 p.m. 11:13 p.m. Jan. 16 star, high . 7:40 p.m. Dims tonight at .... 7:00 p.m. This star will be only one-third u bright as it usually if. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 254 RULE! THE MAJOKiTV LEAVER HAS COMSIPCRABIE bers said they felt there was no other suitable location, but all of them agreed that the college represents a financial interest in Ashland, and they would not want to jeopardize its expansion. School Superintendent Stan ley Jobe said the new junior high school may cost about $1 million. Outlines for the proposed building are for a structure to house a maxi mum of 800 students. The pre liminary plans were drawn up by Wayne Struble, Med ford. Graham's Trouble Said Emotional Rochester, Minn. -ttlPD- An eye spasm that has plagued evangelist Billy Graham ap pears to be more an emotional reaction than an organic dis ability, according to his pri vate physician. Dr. Kenneth Geiser, Gra ham's longtime friend and physician who arrived here Tuesday night to assist exam inations at the Mayo clinic, described the ailment as "a spasm of a blood vessel in a sensitive portion of the left eye." "It is a nervous reaction more than an organic thing," Geiser said, resulting from "nervous tension and strain." The 40-year-old revival leader entered Mayo Clinic Tuesday for tests after pain connected with the spasm forced him to cancel a Dallas, Tex., speech and postpone a planned Australian crusade a week. Safety Award Winner To Speak at Sgt. William J. Colbert, of the Oregon state police at Newport, will address the Medford Safety Council at its annual installation and awards banquet Friday evening, ac cording to Russ Jamison, ex ecutive secretary of the coun cil. Officers for 1959 are to be officially installed at the ban quet, which is to take place in the Jackson hotel. Mrs. Maxine Horton, 3333 Dark Hollow rd., is to be pre sented the council's "Saved-a-Life" award by Jackson Coun ty Sheriff Joe Walsh. Medford Mayor John W. Snider is scheduled to pre sent an industrial safety award to either Kogap Lum ber company or Timber Pro ducts. County Judge Earl Miller is to present a special traffic safety award; and Berry Big- Inflation Control Said Essential For Lower Taxes National Press Club Questions President Washington (UPD Presi d e n t Eisenhower expressed confidence today that if in flation can be controlled, the way will be paved for a pos sible tax cut. He said a balanced budget and a strong America both can be achieved "if we keep under control the problem of rising costs." Sounds Economy Them Eisenhower, at a question and answer session with Na tional Press Club members, again sounded the economy theme he voiced in his State of the Union Message last Wednesday. He was aked if the nation could meet the needs of an expanding defense and grow ing population and balance the budget at the same time. He declared it could be done "if we can keep prices from rising unconscionably." But he said lobbyists and pressure groups are "never satisfied" with the amounts allotted in the federal budget for the activities in which they are interested. Wants Tax Reforms Eisenhower promised that in his budget he was "making certain that we do not neglect programs in which the federal government should partici pate." "If we can keep under con trol the problem of rising costs," he said, "it can result in having what we need and eventual modification of our taxes." If Congress sticks to a bal anced budget this year it will increase the possibility of lowering taxes "all along tho line," he continued. But he said he was "not prepared to say" that he would recommend a cut in the income tax next year. He said the first need was for overall tax reform and that Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson "is already studying the kinds of reforms we should have." The President was the guest of honor at a lunch marking the Press Club's 50th anniversary celebration. More than 500 newsmen jammed the club's auditori um. Following club custom, the President responded to written questions submitted by members of the club presi dent, John V. Horner of the Washington Star. Public Creates Prosperity The President was asked whether it was possible for the economy to expand at a rate of 5 per cent a year with out the federal government boosting its spending on pub lic facilities of all kinds. He replied that the federal government doesn't create prosperity, and that the de cisions of 175 million Ameri cans on how' they will spend their money are "far more important that what the fed eral government does." Portland Bridges To Be Beautified Portland -(UPD- Two Port land bridges will be beauti fied. County Commissioners Tuesday approved plans to plant shrubs, flowers and trees at the Southeast Union avenue ramps of the Haw thorne and Morrison bridges. New York-(UPD-Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has announced she will marry millionaire Holly wood builder Hal B. Hayes in about three months. Banquet ham and. C. D. Larson, out going and in-coming council presidents respectively, are to present distinguished citi zen safety awards. Sergeant Colbert was the first winner of the council's award, when he was stationed here several years ago. General chairman for the event, at which some 150 peo ple are expected, is Capt. Clyde Fichtner of the Medford police department. Capt. Fichtner has urged that tickets be purchased in advance from members of the ticket sales committee. The committee includes Aubrey Loper, Bigham, Walsh, Irean Grigsby,' Ralph Matthews, Greg Orr, Herb Vallee, Bu ford Johnson, Leo Sevcik, Rudy Tetreault, Elliott Beck en, Dr. Mary Jane Fowler, Captain Paul Morgan of tha state police and Jamison.
