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mi Um ram for Umm Frog CENTENNIAL SPEAKER Speaker of Oregon's bouse of representatives for the 50th or Centennial legislature is Robert Duncan of Medford, k'oove. In this picture, taken Monday, on the house rostrum, he is shown with a few days growth of stubble on his face, the precursor of a Centennial bjard. As speaker, he presides over the house, makes com 'mittee assignments, refers bills to the committee to which he thinks they should go, and generally is responsible for the orderly progress of the legislative machinery of the house. A Democrat, he is serving his second term in the house. Mm teal lw twmX Hatfield Declared Duly Elected as Oregon Governor ; Salem -(DPB- The Oregon Supreme court today unani mously declared that Mark Hatfield was the duly elected governor of Oregon and that His appointment :: of " Howell Appling. Jr. and secretary of state was legal. The decision settled a legal battle over who was' secre tary of state, Appling or Dave O'Hara, an appointee of ex Gov. Robert D. Holmes. The matter was decided on quo warranto proceedings fil ed by Attorney General Rob " ert Y. Thornton and Marion County District Attorney Hat tie J. Bratzel. They claimed that Holmes had appointed O'Hara and that he was rightfully entitled to the office. i Holmes was not immediate ly available for comment. Governor Upon Oaih The court held that the doc trine of "implied resignation" as previously established by its decisions, is the law of Oregon, and thus Hatfield be came, governor' when he took the qualifying oath and at that instant a vacancy was created in the office of sec retary of state. 'Hatfield had resigned as secretary of state effective up on his assuming the office of governor. The court said that at that moment Holmes then ceased to be governor and Hatfield was invested with constitu tional authority to appoint a secretary of state as his suc cessor. This made the swearing in of Appling, which occurred just a moment after Hatfield was inaugurated governor, le gal. The decision, the court felt, was in the tradition of the common law of Oregon Said Not Unconditional Thornton had maintained that Hatfield's resignation was not unconditional and was therefore not legaL He felt that Hatfield was still secretary of state. Attorneys for Appling, Roy Shields and Lamar Tooze, both of Portland, argued be fore the court that the basic issue was the people's right to rule. (Continued on Pag 10) Public Tree Planting Topic for Meeting Edward H. Scanlon, Olm stead, Ohio, nurseryman and landscape architect, will dis cuss management and plant ing public trees at a public meeting at 7:30 pjn. Thurs day in the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave. Slides will illustrate the discussion. Scanlon will meet with the Medford street tree commit tee during the day. . He is former shade tree commissioner for Cleveland, Ohio, and operates nurseries throughout the country. . 'J " ' 1 53rd Year Medford 18 Pages Eleven Directors Elected at YMCA Annual Meeting Eleven directors were elect ed at .the annual meeting of the Medford Young Men's Christian association last night, Carl Brophy, Medford at torney and president of the YMCA, was named to a one year term; and Joe Moore, manager of the - Medford branch, First National Bank of Oregon, was named to a two-year term. Those elected for three-year terms include Mrs. Glen Har rison, Mrs. Murray Gardner, Richard Travis, Bob Nelson and Lynn E. Sjolund. The Rev. George Bolster, Dr. Frank Wilson, Dr. Roland Mayer and Wayne - Struble, who are now serving unexpir ed terms, were appointed to three-year terms. Board members whose terms expire this month in clude Dr. Laurel Case, Robert Dames, Irven Eitrem, S. V. McQueen, Alex McDonald and Mrs. John Mansfield. Discusses Movement Dr. Robert Anderson, Sa lem, chairman of the Pacific Northwest Area board, dis cussed the YMCA movement, reviewing the local responsi bilities and responsibilities of the world organization. He commended the Medford YMCA for its program . for youth and adults. Volunteers who conducted and assisted in programs at the Y were recognized. Pro grams are conducted in phys ical education, in youth ac tivities, and adult activities. Brophy, in a message to members, urged consideration of an endowment program through which the YMCA could complete the lobby and other facilities. He noted that "it is difficult to do these things from the operating budget." Brophy noted "The gener ous bequest received by this association from the late John R. Tomlin brought forth how important such a program could be. With a portion of those funds we have been able to make real progress to ward completion of the lobby and other downstairs facili ties." He said 'additional funds will be required to do all that is necessary if the building is to be completed and properly maintained'. Portland -UPD- William E. Bob Lawton, 41, northwest power manager for the Alum inum Company of America, died hers today. ;f " 1 ONLY LEGISLATIVE DOCTOR Dr. Edwin Durno of Med ford, state senator from Jackson county, is shown above at his desk in the senate. He is the only physician in the 50th legislative assembly. He is vice-chairman of the senate com mittee on public health, and also serves on the alcoholic traffic, ways and means, and resolutions committees. Dr. Durno, a Republican, is beginning his first term in the senate, never before having run for political office. He recently re signed from the state board of medical examiners in order to qualify for membership in the senate. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1959 "If You Ask Me, They're Acting Like A Bunch of Communists" , County Fairground Expansion Possible Foundations for future use and possible expansion of the fairground facilities were set yesterday afternoon at a meet ing of the county court and fair board. County Judge Earl Miller said he would check on the obligations of the county to ward providing quarters for the extension service and see if state money may be avail able toward constructing new office facilities. The extension service has requested an enlargement of its present quarters to allow for an increased work load. Tentative plans call for add ing a second home extension agent and horticultural agent to the staff. The fair board also stated present facilities at the coun ty fair grounds at the south Medford city limits are inade quate for the rapidly expand ing 4-H and FFA county fair held each fall. The fair board' has been asked to determine its needs for a 10-year period. Both the fair board and county court have indicated it may be prac tical to provide an all-purpose building on the present fair grounds which could provide offices for the extension serv ice, serve for fair exhibits and be used by the public all year. Josephine county has provid ed such facilities, it was point ed out. In reply to another question asked by members of the fair board, Judge Miller determ ined today that the fair grounds property is actually owned by the county and that area on which the National guard armory stands was deeded outright to the Nation al Guard. Attending the meeting be sides members of the county court were Collier Buffing ton, Valley View district, Bill Bigham, Eagle Point, and Francis Krause, Applegate, all fair board members. Mikoyan's Mission Failed Points; Officials Hope Trip Enjoyed Washington -UPD- What did Soviet Deputy Premier An astas I. Mikoyan hope to gain by coming to the United States? What did he gain? As to any hopes of .easing cold war tensions, he failed on two major points peace on Communist terms and increas ed U. S.-Russian trade soon. Trip Enjoyed His announced purpose was a holiday. It was in the sense of being a trip which appar ently he enjoyed. But the pace he maintained for 17 days in this country made it anything but a restful holi day. He also wanted to take this nation's temperature and find out what progress it had made in the 22 years since his pre vious visit. He obviously was ONE OF EIGHT Evelyn (Mrs. Stephen) Nye of Medford, Jackson county's second member of the house of representa tives, is one of eight women serving in the 60 member house. A "freshman" legislator, she is serving on the agriculture and livestock, education, and local government committees. She is a long-time member of the Medford school board, and has been active in other civic endeavors. She is a Republican. Mrs. Nye's secretary, shown with her . above, is Mrs. Don (Mildred) Lane, Salem, wife of the former manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 260 GOP Postpones Choice of Site For Convention Des Moines, Iowa-(UPD-The Republican committee charg ed with picking a site for the 1960 National convention de cided today to defer a deci sion for a month or two. . Although no final decision had been expected this week, the committee had intended to try to narrow the field to two or three cities from among the six bidding for the convention. . Ray Bliss, Ohio Republican chairman and vice chairman of the Site committee, an nounced today, however, that the committee had decided against eliminating any of the bidders at this time. Further Negotiation He explained ithat spokes men for all of the cities had indicated willingness to nego tiate further about some of the conditions, and that the committee wanted more in formation before taking any action. Bliss said he hoped the committee would finish its work by late February or early March and that he as sumed there would be anoth er GOP National committee meeting then to make a for mal selection. Before today's announce ment, Chicago and Philadel phia had been regarded as the strongest candidate, although the San Francisco delegation was reported to have made a favorable impression on the Site committee. impressed with its economic progress, its prosperity, the productivity of its factories, the great amount of construc tion under way and the va riety, quality and quantity of consumer goods. Understanding Hoped As smart as Mikoyan is, he hardly could still sincerely believe the Communist doc trine that U. S. capitalism eventually will collapse. One thing President Eisen hower hoped Mikoyan had gained was "an understanding of the attitudes of our people" their desire for peace and "their unswerving belief, ir respective of their political party, in the right of people to determine their form of government" The President I 1 '' ll Evelyn Nye Mikoyan Plane Forced To Land At Secret Base Argentia, Nfld. -(UPD- Sov iet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan Tuesday night was sidetracked to this key U.S. Navy air base, designed to prevent a sneak Russian attack, when the airliner fly ing him home caught fire and made an emergency landing on its two remaining engines. The Scandinavian SAS'DC 7C carrying 35 passengers, in cluding the five members of Mikoyan's party, ran into trouble over the . Atlantic about 180 miles southeast of Halifax. I Three Hours Out The four-engined plane was only three hours out of New York on its scheduled non stop flight to Copenhagen, Denmark, when the pilot ra dioed a distress signaL , ' -; The1 pilot said the plane's number one engine was on fire and the number four en gine had been feathered be cause of a defective super charger. The fire in the num ber one engine was put out by automatic fire extinguisher equipment. The giant airliner then de scribed a slowly descending arc until it landed at the nav al base at 5:07 p.m.. (p.s.t.) during a snowstorm. The plane had been convoyed by a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster patrol bomber, a Pan American World Airways plane and an Air France Constellation. Security Regulations Mi'coyan and the other members of his party, includ ing his son, were billeted in bachelor officers' quarters for the night. Immediately after landing, strict security regulations were clapped on the naval in stallation described as the Navy's main early-warning aircraft station in the North Atlantic designed to prevent a possible sneak enemy attack on the United States. Heavily armed guards were placed around the area where the Soviet officials were bil leted. ' The airlines headquarters in New York refused to com ment on the possibility of sa botage. It said the plane had been carefully guarded and checked. Salem -flJPD- Dissolution of a partnership in Salem's radio station KGAE as ordered by Marion County Circuit Judge George R. Duncan has been affirmed by the State Su preme court. on Two Big hoped Mikoyan would so re port to Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. The administration express ed the hope in a farewell tele gram Tuesday from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to Mikoyan. It sweetened some what the sour note of the acrid exchange Monday be tween the 63-year-old Soviet official and the State Depart ment over trade. Interesting Experience - The President and Dulles hoped it had been useful to Mikoyan to see this nation's progress under capitalism. They were sure the Soviet of ficial had found the experi ence interesting. They hoped the visit over all had been of value. Full Benefits Are Sought in Draff Of Proposed Plan Multiple-Purpose Development Asked The state water resources board today recommended to tne state legislature a pro gram to "permit the maxi mum beneficial use of waters of the Rogue river basin con sistent with the principles of giving consideration to all beneficial uses and the need for maximum multiple-pur pose development." The board's findings and recommendations were pre sented at a meeting of the board at the Jackson county courthouse auditorium this morning. Accompanying the recom mendations is a draft of a pro gram the board proposes to adopt for maximum multiple- purpose development. Pro posed programs are drafted for the Upper Rogue River, Little Butte Creek, Bear Creek, Applegate River, Mid dle Rogue River, Illinois Riv er, and Lower Rogue River basins. Different Concept . If the board's recommenda tions are adopted, it would mean an . entirely different concept of use and develop ment for the Rogue basin. The report in effect sug gests that statutory and oth er limitations on the use of Rogue river water be rescind ed, and that authority for specifying the beneficial use of water be vested in the board as is the case in vir tually all other river basins in the state. Specifically, it would mean among other things that the lower Rogue could be used for industrial (but not power) purposes and that added bene ficial uses of the waters of the upper Rogue, including fish, wildlife and recreation, would be provided Minimum Streamflow One of the departures in the report is in including the concept of minimum stream flow as necessary for the beneficial use of a river's water. Another is the addition of fishlife, wildlife and recrea tional uses to the list of bene ficial uses, along with the more historic uses, making a total of ten, all of which must be considered in outlin ing ' a realistic program for the overall good of the basin. In order that such a pro gram may be adopted, the b oa r d recommended that single or limited-purpose sta tutory restrictions of water in the Rogue River basin be re pealed or amended, and that limited-purpose state engi neer's withdrawals of waters of the Upper Rogue river and tributaries be rescinded. Beneficial Uses The ten beneficial uses were considered by the board in its study of the basin. They are domestic, municipal, irri gation, power, industry, min ing, recreation, wildlife, fish life and pollution abatement. John D. Davis, Stayton, chairman of the board, said: "Utilizing the entire yield of . the Rogue River basin, there is sufficient water to meet all existing and present ly contemplated needs and uses except for abatement of pollution. The indiscriminate use of our water resources for pollution abatement in lieu of proper treatment is a waste of these valuable resources and should not be permitted." In the program recommend ed for adoption, the board listed the following uses for the seven sub-basins within the Rogue River basin: . Upper Rogue All benefi cial uses of water except pol lution abatement. Davis, in his summary this morning, said: "We feel that our water resources are too valuable to be utilized for pollution abatement and, in effect, wasted. We do feel the uses should be broadened to allow small industrial appropria tions such as millponds and others of related nature." Little Buiie Creek Little Butte Creek Use of the waters for domestic, irri gation, wildlife and fish life only. (Not for municipal, power, industry, mining, re creation or pollution abate ment.) Middle Rogue Domestic, municipal, irrigation, mining, industrial, recreation, wildlife and fish life. (Not for power or pollution abatement.) Applegate River Domestic, irrigation, industrial, mining, wildlife and fish life. (Not for municipal, power, recreation Middle West Feels Lash off Winiteir Stioirinn) By United Press International A vast winter storm, the worst of the season, pounded the nation today from the Rockies to the Appalachians. It crippled the Central Plains and Midwest with heavy, drifting snow, un leashed flood waters that forced thousands from their homes in Ohio and Indiana, and lashed Dixie with tor nadic winds. A bitter cold wave swept across the midsection of the country on the heels of the violent storm. Traffic Slowed A blizzard which roared out of the Southern Rockies Tues day slammed into the Great Lakes today. It slowed traffic to a crawl in Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago, blocked hundreds of highways includ ing the Indiana toll road and closed countless schools in at least eight states. South of the massive snow storm torrential rains flooded rivers and streams in Ohio and Indiana and washed wide areas of the South. In Ohio alone, floodwaters drove thousands of persons from their homes. The rains, running quickly off frozen ground, inundated highways in many areas. Residents Evacuated An estimated 2,500 persons were forced to higher ground in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and a state of emergency was de clared there. Hundreds of persons were evacuated to higher ground in Columbus, Ohio's capital city, and officials called , the flood the worst in 23 years. Gov. Michael V. DiSalle alerted the National Guard and the Highway Department to prepare for any emergency. Gusty winds swept a broad path across the South. They cracked automobile wind shields in Atlanta and blew in a hotel window, injuring a woman, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Bitter cold speared deep into the Plains in the wake of the blizzard, sending the Youths Arraigned On U.S. Charges Two California youths, a 16- year-old from Mendota and a 17-year-old from Bakersfield, were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Frank Van Dyke Tuesday morning on federal charges of violation of the Dyer act, transporting stolen motorized vehicle across state lines. The 17-year-old waived the right to a preliminary hearing while a hearing, requested by the other youth, was held, of ficials reported. They were lodged in the Jackson county jail on $1,500 bail each for the U. S. marshal. The teen-age boys were ar rested here early Sunday and admitted in signed statements that the automobile they bad in their possession had been stolen last week from a used car lot in Modesto, Calif. They also admitted taking license tabs for it from another ve hicle, police said, and the theft of $40 Thursday from a service station in Firebaugh, Calif. The 17-year-old alsd is re ported to be absent without leave from the Marine Corps station at Camp Pendleton, Calif. i A Medford patrolman ap prehended the pair at Main st. and Riverside ave. after he had stopped them for a traf fic violation. or pollution abatement.) Illinois River Domestic. municipal, irrigation, mining, power, industrial, recreation, wildlife and fish life. (Not for pollution abatement.) Lower Rogue Area Lower Rogue Domestic, municipal, irrigation , indus trial, mining, recreation, wild life and fish life. (Not for power or pollution abate ment.) Davis noted that "these recommendations will permit the maximum beneficial use of the waters of the Rogu Ri ver basin consistant with the principles of giving considera tion to all beneficial uses and the need for maximum multiple-purpose development." (Sm story on pagt 6) mercury to 25 degrees below zero at Drummond, Mont., and Alamosa, Colo., and to sub-zero readings at Denver and Omaha, Neb. Many Schools Close Wind gusts up to 65 miles an hour whipped the 5 to 12 inch snow into deep drifts across the blizzard belt. In many areas, freezing rain or sleet pushed ahead of the snowstorm, slicking highways and downing power and com munication lines. All schools in metropolitan Kansas City, private schools in St. Louis, scores of schools in the Chicago metropolitan area, and hundreds of schools elsewhere in Missouri, Illin ois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma were closed today. Many Indiana schools south of the snow belt were closed because torrential rains, rang ing up to ZVt inches at Scotts burgh, caused creeks to over flow and block highways. Eisenhower Raps Demo Critics of Balanced Budget Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower said today that Democratic congressional crit ics of his $77 billion balanced budget were suffering from what he called budgetary schizophrenia. He said they were on all sides of the bud get. The president made it plain he would not have any part of making his budget a political football. Schizophrenia Seen He told his press conference that the Democratic attacks on his budget came from so many different angles that he could not escape the conclus ion that his opponents were suffering from budgetary schizophrenia. Webster's New Internation al Dictionary defines schizo phrenia as "a type of psychos is characterized by loss of contact with the environment and by disintegration of the personality. It includes de mentia praecox and some re lated forms of insanity." Eisenhower firmly rejected the idea, as voiced Tuesday night by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, that his budget was political ly motivated and invalid. (Continued on Page 7) Arraignment on Charge Postponed Arraignment of Mrs. Max ine A. Click, 46, of Ashland, on first degree murder charges was continued yesterday after noon , after Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly ap pointed Otto J. Frohnmayer, Medford, as her attorney. Pending consultation with her lawyer, no date has been set for the arraignment. Mrs. Click is charged with shooting her husband, Houston James Click, 47, in their Ash land home, Jan. 6. The Ash land woman had previously waived her right to an attor ney and a preliminary hear ing in district court. She is being held in the county jail without bail. Buenos Aires DPD Flying squads of battle-geared troops armed with tommy guns roamed the streets today to break up Communist and Pe- ronist attempts to put new life into their crumbling gen eral strike. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy tonight and Thursday with a few show ers of rain or rain and snow mixed in valley and snow flurries in mountains. Low to night 35. High Thursday 43. Temp. Highest Yesterday 48 Lowest this Morning 31 Prec to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:19 p.m. 7:35 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow The Moon, riding high tonight between the constellations Taurus and Gemini, sets to morrow 5:37 a.m. Full Moon . Jan. 24 Orion, the brightest constel lation, in the. southeast at - 7:24 p.m., Is right below the Moon at that time.
