iLA XT
53rd Year
Price 10 Cents 1
Subscribers
To report improper or non
delivery of the Mail Tribune in
Medford phone SP 2-6141, Ash
land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W
before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1230
pjn. Sunday,
If regular delivery arrives
shortly after you call please
notify office thus eliminating
special messenger service.
Recommended
A story on tli history and
activities of the Medford Y.M.
C.A. appears on page 14 of to
day's Mail Tribune. A story oa
conditions at the Jackson Coun
ty doc pound appears on pake
t and a story on the lumber
outlook this year appears on
pafe today.
United Press full Leased Wire
United Pros Full Leased Win
58 PAGES
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18; 1959
No. 257
n n
Oregon's Fiscal,
Political Pictures
Looking Brighter
Supreme Court Takes
'Quo Warranto' Case
Salem (UFD Oregon's fis
cal and political pictures both
looked a little brighter yes
terday as the secretary of
state battle got to the Su
preme Court and emergency
measures were suggested
whereby the state could pay
ills. ' "
ihe Supreme Court accept
ed jurisdiction over the quo
warrento proceedings filed
Friday afternoon by Attor
nev General Robert Y. Thorn
ton and Marion County Dist
inct Attorney Hattie Bratzei.
Attorneys Roy Shields and
Lamar Tooze. both of Port
land, filed an answer to the
Thornton-Bratzel complaint
an hour after the . original
suit was filed.
O'Hixa or Applinc?
The suit tests whether Dave
O'Hara, an appointee of for
mer Gov. Robert D. Holmes,
or Howell Appling Jr., an ap
pointee of Gov. Mark Hat
field, is secretary of state.
The court set Monday at 2
p.m. as the time for the two
sides to . present their argu
ments. One hour will be al
lowed each side.
Chief Justice William Mc
Allister, who conferred with
attorneys on both sides Fri
day afternoon, asked botn
rjarties to present their legal
points and authorities by yes
terday afternoon in order that
members of the court could
start considering the case.
Fiscal Situation
The fiscal situation shaped
iib somewhat as both State
Treasurer Sig Unander and
three legislators jumped in
with ideas whereby the state
can pay its bills while the
court considers wno is sec
retary of state.
Unander prepared an em
ereencv bill which will en
able him, with legislative ap
proval, to make advances to
the state public welfare com
mission and the state unem
ployment compensation comr
mission to meet emergency
welfare claims and to pay un
emDlovment checks.
.The legislation would ex
pire Feb. 1.
He said the. state would be
fully safeguarded in making
these advances although he
had nreviously held up direct
payments while the O'Hara-
Appling matter was being de
cided.
(Continued en Page 15)
Official Warns
. Lumbermen Face
Shortage of Cars
' Portland The ' granddaddy
of all freight car shortages
faces northwest . lumber ship
pers this summes. .
K. C Batchelder, traffic
manager of West Coast Lum
berman,' " association, has
warned railroads that lumber
men are alarmed at the loss
in one year of 75,000 service
'able freight cars from the na
tion's already short fleet.
This policy can only lead
to disaster, Batchelder empha
sized. We are losing 5,000
freight cars a month from .the
operating fleet of the Class
I railroads.
Serviceable cars, he said s
have dropped from 1,730,00(
to 1,654,369 in one year, and
cars were short last year.
With major commodity ship
pers announcing plans for in
creased production this year,
the ; situation becomes ex
tremely critical.
A year ago, Batchelder
said, the naton's Class I rail
roads had 61,000 cars on ord
er, but currently there are
less than half that many. Bad
order cars have increased to
a dangerous level with 149,
583 now inoperative.
There is only one alterna
tive, Batchelder warned. Eith
er the railroads take immedi
ate steps to put bad order cars
back into shape and increase
orders for new cars in suf
ficient quantily to meet 'ship
pers needs, or the nation's
shippers will suffer tremend
ous losses.
The freight car shortage
will strike the lumber indus
try, he said, at the peak sum
mer production period when
the mills can ill afford dis
ruption in shipping.
INSPECT WAGON - When a group of
Jackson county 4-H members make a cov
ered wagon trek, pioneer style, from Jack
sonville to Corvallis in June, equipment is
going to have to be in top shape. Finding
wagons that are sound and in good repair
has been a problem for the organization
because time has taken its toll on the early
day vehicles. Above, Bill Bigham, Eagle
Point rancher and former team driver, in
spects the wheel bearings on a wagon that
will be used on the trip. The wagon is
Migratory labor Problem
Needs DincreasDng Attention
Each year the problem of
migratory labor requires
more attention, Lyle Kinney,
retiring Jackson County Fruit
Growers league president,
told those attending the an
nual meeting Friday. .-
- Because ot the large amount
of unemployment in Oregon,
growers in the Medford pear
district were required to use
all available native help be
fore they could import Mexi
cans, Kinney said. As a result
growers ' wound up with a
cross section of migratory
labor who typified a "terrific
amount of instability."
' When Mexican nationals
were brought in finally it re
sulted in high charges to the
growers. The Mexicans were
brought in toward the end of
the season and cpuld . only
work a comparatively short
time, Kinney pointed out.
At the same time a number
of state committees were in
vestigating the conditions of
the migratory worker. "This
made it necessary for repre
sentatives of the pear indus
try to attend ' a. number of
meetings and hearings.
- All of this was a good thing,
Kinney said. However, he
was looking forward to meet
ing a committee working on
improvement of the grower's
conditions, he wryly added.
. Kinney com plimented
George Huber on "being an
unusually good labor camp
manager," and. Howard 'Bush
on devoting so much time to
his work as migratory labor
committee chairman.
Bush Gives Report
. In giving his report on his
committee, Bush said the de
cision on labor, policies last
year was placed more on the
regional level which -made it
more difficult in dealing with
the problem. Those officials
were too far removed from
'And Then After The Budget Is Balanced He
Says Maybe There'll Be A Tax Cut"
owned by Ray Inlow (left) of Ashland,
whose great - grandfather was a pioneer
settler here. Also pictured is Jackson county
4-H agent Glen Klein, who, along with 4-H
agent Miss Marilou Garner, will be in
charge of the expedition. The wagons, five
in all, will be covered and outfitted with
authentic pioneer gear for the 200 mile
trip that will tie in with Oregon's centen
nial celebration this year, according to
Klein.
the local problem, he said.
Local pear growers have al
ways tried to employ' all
available manpower, : Bush
said. Although local employ
ment service personnel under
stood the growers problems,
thbse':tf?:rfe'gl&ia,;fea:-tate
offices did not: Hiringof .pick
ers was delayed during the
critical harvest period since
these officials had to be "edu
cated." ;
Of 1,128 migratory workers
referred to this area by state
employment o f f i c e s, ; 528
workers presented themselves
and 399; stayed and worked,
Bush reported. Too many of
those referred as pickers did
'Sound and Color'
Slated for Dinner
Professor Donald Hunter,
University of Oregon, will
speak at the annual dinner of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce Monday even
ing at 7 p.m., according to
John Dellenback, annual din
ner chairman.
Professor Hunter will pre
sent a specialty program en
titled "Adventures in Sound
and Color," Dellenback said.
. Dellenback urged those
planning to attend to purchase
tickets in advance since seat
ing is limited. He said tickets
could be purchased at First
National Bank, U.S. National
Bank, Rogue Valley State
Bank and the Chamber of
Commerce office. " - .
..The program for the event,
to be held at the Rogue Valley
Country club, . will include
the installation of officers for
1959 and presentation of
Business Progress Awards and
Awards of Merit to outstand
ing individuals in the community.
not know what to expect and
were not trained to do this
type of picking, Bush said.
The class of work was gen
erally unsatisfactory,, he add
ed. Before the growers could
hire Mexican nationals they
had to take everyone else, he
added.
Finally 126 men were
brought in from Nogales
which cost the growers $23 a
man in additional charges.
These pickers could work for
only five weeks and 73 Mexi
cans brought in from Fesno
could work only four weeks,
From an economic standpoint
it was hardly worth it, Bush
said
- This problem will become
increasingly important during
the next two years. Compli
cating the problem will be
further demand for on-the-
ranch housing which is not
cheap, Bush said.
The labor camp operated
at $3,000 less than last year,
it was reported. Reasons for
the savings were the little
equipment and supplies pur
chased, the comparatively
small camp population which
eliminated the payroll cost
and the opening at a later
than usual date.
The packing school oper
ated earlier last year, running
from July 10 to July 25. Mrs.
Mabel Penland was in charge
and has been with the school
20 years, Charles King said.
Five instructors assisted her,
The school ' was plagued
with a shortage of wooden
pears. Costs of obtaining more
wooden pears was $223.57,
King reported. Wooden pears
are good but do not give the
packers an idea of actual pear
weight, King added,
- Ninety-six girls were train
ed and the school has a ca
pacity for 140 trainees. Eighty-
one of the girls were spon
sored by packing houses. Four
girls dropped out, he added.
Hoover Dedication,
Open House Tuesday
Dedication and open house
at the new Hoover Elemen
tary school will be' held Tues
day, Jan. 20, . starting at 7
p.m., school officials have an
nounced. The school, which is named
after the 31st U. S. president,
Herbert C. Hoover, consists of
nine classrooms, library, cafe
teria, and auditorium.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fosey through
Monday except for partial clear
ing Sunday afternoon. High
Sunday 48. Low Sunday night
34. High Monday 48.
Tighest Saturday . 43
Lowest Saturday -- Jl
PRECIP.
To 5 pjn. Saturday .02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . 5:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:37 a.m.
The Moon tonight appears near
the planet, Mars, and
sets 3;00 am.
tomorrow. The light of the
Moon reaches the Earth in less
than two. seconds; the light of
more distant Mars reaches the
Earth tonight In a little ever
seven minutes.
Ike, Mikoyan
In 'Useful' Talks
At White House
Big-Four Ministers .
Meeting Is Predicted
Washington-aJPD - President
Eisenhower and Soviet T)en
uty Premier Anastas I. Mikoy
an exchanged cold war views
for an hour and a half yester
day. Well-placed informants
predicted the talks would lead
to a big-four foreign ministers
meeting on Berlin and Ger
man reunification.
The White House empha
sized after the talks that "no
new proposals" were exchang
ed. But it joined with Mikoy
an in terming the discussions
useful" in reaching a better
understanding of East-West
positions.
Authoritative sources voiced
belief, that what Mikoyan
learned in talks with Eisen
hower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles might lead
to some softening of - the
Soviet position on Berlin, Ger
man unification, European
security and disarmament.
Four-Power Talks
They said they believed this
could bring Soviet acceptance
of the western proposal for
a four-power conference .on
Berlin and Germany before
May 27. This is the dealine
Russia has set for withdrawal
of U. S., British and French
forces from West Berlin.
However, these sources got
the impression that there
would be no summit meetings
at least within the forseeable
future. '
Later, the Soviet embassy
announced that Mikoyan has
cancelled plans to vist Tampa,
Fla., before returning to Mos
cow. It said Mikoyan decided
against the trip because he
was so fatigued by his tour
of the country and talks with
UlS. officials. r -
Train lo New York
. The embassy said Mikovan
will take a train to New York
Tuesday and prepare for his
return to Moscow.
Mikoyan. who has talked
freely with reporters during
his - "unofficial" American
tour, declined to answer aues
tions after his talk with the
President.
He said they exchanged
views on "many matters of
mutual interest." But,- the
Soviet official said, "we did
not conduct negotiations but
rather tried to find out what
the positions of our countries
were on various international
matters."
Latham to Talk
On Sly Tax Report
Gerald Latham will dis
cuss Dr. John F. Sly's report
on Oregon tax structure be
fore the Jackson .County
Chamber of Commerce round
table tomorrow noon at the
Jackson hotel. The public is
invited.
Latham is vice president of
the chamber and chairman of
its committee on government
al operations.
Dr. Sly, director of Prince
ton Surveys, was retained by
the state last vear to studv
and report on Oregon's fiscal
situation.
New Ashland Junior High School Site
May Be Revealed by Board This Week
Ashland -A 20 to 30 acre
site may be purchased soon
for a new Ashland junior
high school, Supt. ' Stanley
Jobe said Saturday.
"The school board will not
announce the location of the
proposed new site until prop
erty owners involved' have
been contacted," the superin
tendent said.
He said the announcement
could be expected "probably
Tuesday or Wednesday." His
statement followed a special
session of the Ashland dist
rict school board last Thurs
day. No Conflict Wilh SOC
The new site does not have
some of the problems involv
ed in other areas of the city,
the superintendent' said. It
will not conflict with any site
selected for expansion of
Southern Oregon college.
Also it will be located in the
south end of Ashland -an
area toward which the town
seems to be growing, Jobe
said.
Some of the mid-town sites
which have been proposed
would have involved purch
AiroftD-Amerkaini SeiroftDuirueirot
EUDDiruiiirug Stiromig aim Cuba
AWARD WINNERS - Jerry Lausmapn, left,
is shown above being congratulated by
Medford City Council President James Dun
levy after receiving the Industrial Safety
award presented to Kogap Lumber Indus
tries at the annual awards banquet of the
Medford Safety Council Friday night. Also
pictured is Mrs. Maxine Horton, who was
the recipient of the Saved-A-Life award,
Grand Jury Will
Hear Mrs. Click.
Case Tomorrow
Evidence on the murder
charge . against : Maxine A,
Click. ' Ashland, will be pre
sented to a Jackson county
grand jury Monday, it was
announced.
District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder said he will pre
sent the charges Monday mor
nins if the iury is empanel
led in time. Otherwise, the
charges will be; presented
Monday afternoon, he said.
The 46-year-bld Ashland
woman is being held without
bail in the Jackson county
iail on charees of first degree
murder. The mother of nine
children is charged with
shooting her husband in their
Ashland home on Jan. 6.
She appeared Jan. 6 in dis
trict court and waived the
rights to an attorney and a
preliminary hearing.
Mrs. Click was arrested by
Ashland police Jan. 6 after
she telephoned them and said
"I'd like to report a man has
been shot.
Landscape Architect
To Meet Tree Group
Edward H.: Scanlon, Olm
stead, Ohio, nurseryman and
landscape architect, will meet
with the Medford tree com
mittee Thursday, Jan. 22.
Scanlon will be in Medford
all day Thursday, and will
show slides at a public meet
ing that night. Place for the
meeting has not been decided
yet. members of the street
tree committee said.
ase of between 30 ana 4U
pieces of property, most of
them with residences, the su
perintendent said. Purchases
of this type would have
meant 'moving many families
attached to their homes. The
cost would have run probab
ly to a quarter million dol
lars, he added. .A site pur
chase of this type would have
also meant removing consid
erable taxable property from
city tax rolls,' Jobe explained
Just For Junior High
"We will use the new site
just for the new junior high
school," Jobe emphasized.
"We will have to buy anoth
er site for a new grade school
in five or six years."
Next fall the district plans
to add four or five rooms
and a new kitchen onto the
Bellview school at the south
end of Ashland. Six rooms
are being added onto the Wal
ker school now. A year from
this fall six rooms will be
added to the Lincoln elemen
tary school, Jobe stated.
"Right now the district has
a school population of 2,500"
the superintendent pointed
and Jackson county Sheriff Joseph Walsh,
who accepted the Traffic Safety award pre
sented to the Jackson county Sheriffs of
fice. Distinguished Citizen Safety awards
were presented to Mrs. James Grigsby,
Jacksonville, and to Medford Police Captain
Clyde Fichtner, and an Industrial Safety ci
tation was presented to Timber Products
company, Medford. '
TV Channel Contest
May Result in Delay
Competition for the right
to establish a second tele
vision station in Medford may
cause two or three years' de
lay in getting It; according
to a spokesman for one of the
potential competitors. -'
The spokesman, John Wil-
Reserve Center
Bidding Scheduled
Bids for the proposed
$250,000 U. S.-Army Reserve
Center here will be called for
about Jan. 26 and opened
about Feb. 24, according to a
notice from the Army Engin
eer's district office in Seattle.
The center is to be located
on an extension of Columbus
ave. between West. Jackson
st. and McAndrews rd. ' It
will . replace the ' present
quarters at 33 North River
side ave.
Plans and 'specifications
will be available from the
Seattle office, the notice
states.
' Work is to begin within 10
days after receiving notice to
proceed and to be completed
within 300 days of the notice.
But there has been no indica
tion as yet. of when this no
tice might be issued.
Kansas City, Mo.-DPB - A
Trans World airliner Super
Constellation with 28 -passengers
and five crew mem
bers aboard made' a smooth
and safe belly landing yester
day after circling for more
than five hours with faulty
landing gear.
out. "During just normal
growth the district will pick
up more pupils and will reach
the 3,000 mark in five years
We gain on an average of 100
to 115 students each year.
Finance By Bond Issue
Purchase of the new site
and construction of the new
junior high school would be
financed by a bond issue
This would be placed before
the voters as soon as the
site negotiations are settled
and specifications and infor
mation is prepared for the
bond issue, the superintend
ent said. Architect for the
project is Wayne Struble,
Medford associate of James
Payne, Salem.
"The original idea when
the previous bond issue was
put up for vote was to have
a new junior high at each end
of town," but this issue was
defeated," Jobe explained
"We then thought of having
a new junior high construct
ed in the center of town.
However, we don't want to
interfere with SOC's plans so
finally have decided on the
south end . of town.'
liams Jr., represents TOT In
dustries, Inc., which announc
ed its intentions of setting up
a station last July. , !
This past week, Radio Med
ford, Inc., which operates
radio station KMED here, re
ported it has entered the field
too.
The federal communications
commission is expected to de
cide "in the near future"
whether to allocate Channel
10 for a second Medford sta
tion. .
KBES-TV on Channel 5,
owned by the California Or
egon Television company, is
the one station operating here
at present.
If the FCC allocates the
second channel for this area,
those interested in operating
on it could submit their ap
plications after 30 days.
If competition loomed, the
FCC would call for hearings
to decide which concern
should be granted the chan
nel's use.
Either side," Williams
commented Friday, "could re
quest delays at will" in pre
senting their cases. He said
this could mean "two or three
years' delay" in starting oper
ations here
He said that Eugene, under
comparable circumstances, is
still waiting after "two and a
half years."
Both Radio Medford and
TOT Industries are interested
in affiliation with the Nation
al Broadcasting company, it
is understood. KBES -TV is
primarily affiliated with the
Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem
Two Medford city council
men. Council President Jim
my Dunlevy. Ward IV. and
Robert Van Sickle, Ward III,
expressed interest Thursday
nieht in the council's possibly
recommending allocation of
the second channel to the
FCC
They urged those interest
ed in establishing a station on
the proposed channel to pre
sent themselves to the coun
cil
Sports Bulletins
Asbland-Craler High de
feated Ashland 49-47 in a
Southern Oregon confer
ence basketball game here
last night. The Comets led
12-7, 30-22, and 41-37 at
the quarters. Dennis Pfaff.
of Crater, was high point
man with 13. while Jim
Bjork paced the Grixilies
with 12.
Grants Pass-The Grants
Pass Cavemen bowed lo the
Klamath Falls Pelicans 62
46 here last night. Bob
Peterson and Dean Dunson
scored 20 and 19 points res
pectively to pace the Peli
cans. Johnny Olson netted
17 points for the CaTtmtn.
LI. S. Criticisms
Of Trials Brings
Heated Reaction
Alarmed Clergymen
Support Rebel Justice
Havana-(DPD- Anti-American
sentiment swept across Cuba
yesterday in reaction to crit
icism of "war crimes" trials
and executions by revolution
ary tribunals.
Transport workers in Cama-
guey Province threatened to
strike against an "imperialist
Yankees company" running
the consolidated railroads- of
Cuba.
The newspaper "La Tarde"
blasted Rep. Wayne Hays
(D-O.) for suggesting the
United States intervene to
stop the executions of accused
henchmen of ousted Dictator
Fulgencio Batista.
Fidel Castro, who led the
revolutionary government in
to power, was arranging for
a giant rally of half a million
Cubans in Havana Wednesday
night to protest the "insolent"
foreign interference.
Four American protestant
clergymen, alarmed at the de
veloping resentment, issued
statements endorsing the type
of justice -being administered
by revolutionary courts and
urging Americans to keep
silent.
Indicate Softening
Despite their angry defense
of the executions, the revolu
tionists indicated a softening
and-more cautious approach
on handling accusations
against supporters of Batista.
Castro estimated Friday
night that the total number of
executions would be less than
450 about double the present
number.
He said" this would be few
er than the number Batista
agents killed in a single town
in Oriente, Minas De Buyeci-
to, where 450 bodies were dis
covered at the bottom of an
abandoment mine shaft. Most
showed evidence of torture,
he said.
Out of Sickbed
Castro got out of his sick
bed against his doctors orders
for the second straight day
and set off in a motorcade to
keep a promise to visit Pinar
Del Province, the only one
of the six Cuban provinces he
has not visited since Batista
was overthrown.
As he left, Maj. Juan Nuiry,
the adjutant general of the
Rebel army, said trials of
prisoners in Cabana prison
would not be carried out for
a few more days pending
completion of investigations of
the accused men. They had
been scheduled to start Fri
day. But Castro did not soften
his words of Friday' night
when he lashed out at the
United States and other for
eign coufltries in a speech to
a crowd -of 10,000 assembled
before the presidential palace.
Calls Demonstration
He called for Cubans to
stage the biggest demonstra
tion the country has ever seen
Wednesday.
He accused the United
States of "gunboat diplomacy"
of trying to dictate to Cuba
and trying to discredit the
Cuban revolution through de
famation. "What we are going to do
instead of cease shooting these
(Batista) assasins is demand
that the United States hand
over those assassins they have
there," he said at an earlier
speech at a cemetery memor
ial service.
'Demand Dollars'
"Not only that but we'll
demand that they hand over
millions of dollars they stole
that belong to the Cuban peo
ple." Two American ministers at
the Union Theological Sem
inary at Matanzas, Methodist
David White and Presbyterian
Raymond Strong, cabled Pres
ident Eisenhower and chair
men of the Senate and House
foreign relations committees
on behalf of the rebels.
They urged an end to crit
icism of the Cuban povisional
government "which has over
whelming popular support in
cluding church, civic and oth
er democratic organizations."