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Ike Urges GOP To
Stop Acting Like
Dozing Elephant
White House Asked
To Do the Same -
Des Moines, Iowa-flJPB-Pres-
ident Eisenhower called on
the Republican party today
to stop acting like a sleeping
elephant between election
campaigns. Rep. Richard M.
Simpson (R-Pa.) immediately
snapped back with a demand
that the White House do the
same.
Simpson, chairman of the
GOP Congressional Campaign
committee, was given a round
of applause by Republican Na
tional committee members
who have long felt that the
President was too indifferent
toward political activity.
Must Tell Nation
Eisenhower also told the
National committee that the
GOP must immediately tell
the nation what it stands for
in terms' of long-range goals.
Simpson asked the White
House to take the lead in that
project, too.
The President's suggestions
for a GOP comeback plan to
recoup from the defeats of
1958 were contained in a mes
sage to the opening session of
the committee's two-day meet
ing. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon also telegraphed the
meeting that the party must
campaign on a year-round
basis.
Simpson said his campaign
committee was already at
work writing a Declaration
of Republican principles. t
Hibernating Elephant
Cued to Alcorn's demand
that the GOP must begin cam
paigning1 on a year-round ba
sis, Eisenhower, told the com
mittee: "I deeply regret that, some
people look upon our party
as a kind of hibernating ele
phant who wakes with ". a
mighty trumpet blast at elec
tion time and then rests calm
ly until the next campaign.
"Political activity must be
a matter of unremitting ef
fort. It must go on 365 days
a year if we are to maintain
the vitality that has made our
nation great."
Public Hearing
Set by Planners
A public hearing on a zone
change request for property
on East Jackson st. near Gen
essee st. to permit limited
commercial use is slated for a
special Medford planning
commission meeting tonight.
The planners, scheduled to
convene at 7:30 p.m. in the
city hall council chamber,
are also to consider granting
tentative approval .to the
Blossom Hill Terrace subdi
vision plat, presented by
Mark Goldy.
The hearing concerns prop
erty currently zoned for resi
dential use on the north side
of Jackson st. A branch of
the Rogue Valley State bank
would be erected if the zone
change is approved, inform
ed sources indicated today.
The council must also pass on
the request if the planners
recommend its approval.
The proposed subdivision
submitted by Goldy would be
situated at Crater Lake ave.
and Buckshot rd.
'Alfalfa' Switzer, Former
Child Film Star, Slain
North Hollywood, Calif.
-IUPD- Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer,
31, the freckled face child ac
tor in the old "Our Gang"
movies was shot' and killed
Wednesday night in a wild
battle over a $50 debt. His
former business partner was
booked on suspicion of mur
der today.
Shot in Stomach
Switzer, known to his
friends as Alfalfa, the char
acter he played in the old
series currently being re-run
across the nation on television
as "The Little Rascals," was
shot in the stomach by M. S.
(Bud) Stiltz, 38, police reported.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959
Recreation Added to Uses
In Bear Greek Sub-Basin
The state water resources
board agreed here yesterday
that recreation can be a
beneficial use of water in the
Bear creek, Applegate river
and Little Butte creek sub-
basins.
The board, meeting in the
Jackson, county courthouse
auditorium, voted . to include
this use for the three sub-basins
in recommending its over
all Rogue River Basin pro
gram to the Legislature.
It also asked State Engin
eer Lewis A. Stanley to turn
down for an indefinte period
any future requests for Bear
creek water rights for irriga
tion. Stanley said he would issue
an order to this effect today.
Proposed Program
Recreation, in the board's
proposed pfogram presented
to the public here yesterday
morning, was considered a
beneficial use only for . the
other four sub-basins in the
Rogue system - the Upper,
Middle and Lower Rogue riv
er and the Illinois river.
But after discussion at that
'session and during the noon
recess, the board agreed it
should be included for all
seven sub-basins.
Other beneficial uses rec
ommended for Bear creek are
domestic, municipal, industry,
irrigation, wildlife and. fish
life. Not recommended are
power, mining and pollution
abatement.
v Stanley stated that exclud
ing additional Bear creek ir
rigation water rights would
protect the needs of the Med
ford and Rogue River Valley
irrigation districts.
All Appropriated
He said that Bear creek's
water is "100 per cent appro
priated" now, and that the ad
ditional water expected after
completion of the Talent rec
lamation project would sup
ply rights already existing.
The irrigation districts
served by Bear creek hold
rights, it is understood, to con
siderably more water than
what has been available to
them.
Granting future rights, of
ficials explained yesterday,
would lead to one of two
things. If those granted the
rights were to receive water,
it could mean an encroach
ment on prior claims. Other
wise, granting more rights
would lead to confusion and
an increased administrative
burden.
Stored Water
Stanley explained, however,
that the moratorium on future
rights would not apply to
stored water in Bear creek's
tributaries.
.Board members assured the
audience that their proposal
to rescind or amend existing
legal restrictions on Rogue
basin water use would not in
terfere with rights now in ef
fect. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York-OJPD-Dow-Jonet
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 595.69; off L97;
20 railroads 166.17. off 1.07,
15 utilities 92.02. off 0.49.
and 65 stocks 207.70. off
0.90. Sales today were about
4,250.000 shares compared
with 3.940.000 shares Wed
nesday. Stiltz, a welder, said the for
mer juvenile star who in re
cent years was down on his
luck and had several run-ins
with the law was threatening
him with a knife when he
shot him.
Violent Argument
The two men got into a vio
lent argument over the debt
which arose over a bill invov
ing a reward for the finding
of Stiltz's missing dog.
Switzer drew a knife and
screamed, "I'm going to kill
you, you s.o.b." Stiltz said.
"I took the gun away from
Alfalfa and he threw the
knife at me," Stiltz said.
"That's when I shot him." -
Bill Jess, president of the
Rogue Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources associa
tion, asked the board why it
did not .include power as a
beneficial use for the Apple
gate sub-basin.
A board member replied
that power use "is not consid
ered economically feasible on
the Applegate as far as we
know." This statement, it is
understood, is based on a re
cent finding of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, 'which is
currently conducting a second
study of the Rogue.
Pollution Abatement
The board recommends that
pollution abatement be ex
cluded from beneficial uses
for Rogue basin water since
Site Announced
For New Junior
High in Ashland
Ashland The site selected
this week for a new junior
high school in Ashland is lo
cated east of Walker ave. be
tween the Southern Pacific
tracks and East Main st., ac
cording to Stanley Jobe, sup
erintendent of the Ashland
schools.
The 22-acre site is located
about 300 feet northeast of
the first site selected, he said,
which is being considered by
Southern Oregon college for
future expansion.
Surveys and appraisals will
start immediately, Jobe said.
Iowa st. would be extended
from Wightman st. to Walker
ave., he added, to provide bet
ter access.
Six Property Owners
Jobe said the six property
owners who have acreage in
the area have been contacted.
Purchase of the land and
construction of a new junior
high school building would be
financed by a bond issue,
which will be placed before
school district patrons as soon
as specifications and informa
tion regarding bonds is pre
pared. The proposed site is in the
southern part of the city, Jobe
said, since the city apparently
is growing in that direction.
The school board began con
sideration of a new junior
high school after the top floor
of- the present building was
closed by the state fire mar
shal. .
Architect for the new struc
ture is Wayne Struble, Med
ford, an associate of James
Payne, Salem.
Gibbon Rd. Home
Destroyed by Fire
Central Point - A one-bedroom
house, owned and oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs.
George Silvers, on Gibbon rd..
was destroyed by fire this
morning.
Central Point rural fire
men, summoned about 5:30
a.m., found only the shell of
the house remaining when
they arrived. The front of the
structure appeared to have
been more involved in flames.
A. neighbor turned in the
alarm after hearing a crack
ling sound and noting the
light from the blaze. The
Silvers were not at home at
the time of the fire, firemen
said.
Fourteen firemen answered
the alarm with two pumper
trucks and two tankers. .
Union Woodworkers
Strike at North Bend
North Bend, Ore. (UPD
About 780 members of Local
7261, International Wood
workers of America, went on
strike against Weyerhaeuser
Timber Company here today
in a dispute over firing of a
worker.
Washington TOPD The
Army will draft 8,000 men in
March, the Defense Depart
ment has announced.
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the water supply is limited
and other uses should take
precedence.
But members stated yester
day that this did not imply
pollution would be tolerated.
"We intend," Robert Root,
member from Medford, said:
"that pollution be stopped be
fore it gets to the stream ra
ther than use river water to
dilute it."
Two primary and five sec
ondary sewage treatment
plants are currently operating
in. the Rogue basin, some of
them at or near capacity, ac
cording to the board's find
ings. "Many of those plants are
not operating at peak effic
iency," Root commented.
Caused by Industries
Asked about prevention of
pollution caused by indus
tries such as paper mills-,
John D. Davis, chairman of
the board, replied: "Under
our proposed program, indus
try would come in on our
terms or not come in at all."
He said "a great many re
cent developments in effluent
treatment" make it possible
for such industries to oper
ate without polluting the
river water.
Col. D. H. Barber, McLeod,
said continuous policing
would be necessary to enforce
requirements for such treat
ment. "I don't think a law to
prevent something happening
will prevent its happening all
the time," Col. Barber said.
Endorses Recommendation
The board . formally en
dorsed its recommendations
for the . Rogue basin in the
afternoon session.
Root, chairman of its pro
gram committee, said the
board would now seek legis
lative action through a hear
ing before the House state
and federal affairs committee
in Salem.'
If no legislator submits the
recommended program as a
bill by Feb. 2, he said, it
could be submitted as either
a bill at the board"s request
or a committee bill.
Frondizi .To Tell
Oi Economic Plans
Washington -(UPD- Argen
tine President Arturo Fron
dizi was to outline his coun
try's economic plans to Presi
dent Eisenhower today.
Frondizi's White House call
was the only "business" ses
sion scheduled with Eisen
hower during his current four
day state visit to Washington.
Argentina .last month re
ceived $329 million in cred
its from the U. S. and the
International Monetary Fund.
Frondizi was to tell the Pres
idetn the role the credits play
in stabilizing the Argentine
economy.
Miners Believed
Trapped by Water
Pittston, Pa. -(UPD- Rising
waters of the Susquehanna
river broke into an anthracite
mine of the Knox Coal Co.,
at nearby Port Blanchard to
day About 30 men were be
lieved trapped, police said.
"The whole river just
poured in," police said. '('The
water is coming up through
the shaft. We don't know just
how many miners were down
there but it appears to be
about 30. It looks pretty bad.".
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with occa
sional light rain tonight and
Friday. Low tonight 38. High
Friday 52.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 41
Lowest This Morning 36
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Snnset today 5.11 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:34 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 6:23 a.m.
Full Moon Jan. 24
PROMINENT STAR
Sirius, in the southeast 7:51 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets
.6:16- p.m.
7:24 p.m.
. 3:20 sum.
. 6:07 a.m.
Mars, high in south
Jupiter, rises
Saturn, rises
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
JAN. 22, 1856
Josephine county was this
day created by the Territor
ial Legislature, and includes
a part of western Jackson
county. The county is
named for Josephine Rol
lins, daughter of the discov
erer of gold on the creek
that also ' bears her name.
Kirbyville is to be county
seat.
Pedestrian Killed
When Struck by
Car on Biddle rd.
Charles Delbert Miller, 83,
of 1358 Biddle rd., was killed
Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. when
he was struck by an automo
bile on Biddle rd. between
McAndrews rd. and Morrow
rd., according to city police.
Miller, who was walking
on the highway at the time
of the accident, is the third
traffic fatality in the county
in as many days, and the first
within the city this year.
Operator of the vehicle,
police said, was Claud Walter
Hoover, 43, of 315 Erie st.,
Medford.
He told police that he was
traveling south on Biddle rd.
when he saw something
"flash" on the side of the
road. He said the pedestrian
appeared in front of the right
fender and he was unable
to stop in time to avoid hit
ting the man.
Miller was reported to have
been wearing dark clothing
at the time of the accident.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Conger
Morris, funeral directors.
Kenneth Williams
Dies at G. Pass
Grants Pass- (DPD -Kenneth
Roy (Ken) Williams, 68, a
veteran of 14 seasons of major
league baseball and one of the
great sluggers of his time,
died at his home today.
Williams had been under
treatment for a heart condi
tion for several years.
Williams', who spent 10
years with the' St. Louis
Browns, was named a mem
ber of the all-time St. Louis
all-star team in 1957. In 1922
he batted .332 in 153 games
and led the American league
in home runs with 39.
A native of Grants Pass,
Williams is survived by his
widow, Ethel M. Williams,
and two sons, Ken Williams
of Santa Clara, Calif., and
Jack Williams of La Puente,
Calif.
Bids Opened for
Sanitary Sewer Job
Warren H. Conrad, Med
ford contractor, is apparent
low bidder for constructing a
sanitary sewer on Temple dr.
from Crater Lake ave. to Gary
st., Medford public works of
ficials reported today.
Conrad's bid, $4,798, is 14.5
per cent over the engineer's
estimate of $4,190.35, officials
said. Bids were opened at city
hall this morning. '
Other reported bidders in
clude Frank Kanehl, $5,323;
R. A. Heintz Construction
company, $5,305.25; M. C.
Lininger and Sons, $7,900.25
and F. L. Somers, $7,188.
Kanehl and Heintz are from
Portland. Lininger and Som
ers are Medford contractors.
Juveniles Returned
On Car Theft Charge
A 15-year-old Gold Hill boy
and a 16-year-old Rogue River
youth were returned to Jack
son county Wednesday by
sheriffs deputies from Mad
ras on charges 'of grand lar
ceny of an automobile.
The boys appeared in' dis
trict court this morning, and
were remanded, to 4he Juve
nile court. , Vs
Portland-DPD-Bids will be
opened next Monday for a
new National Guard Armory
in Oswego.
Salem-TOPD-A bill scheduled
for introduction in the Ore
gon House -would protect
newsmen from penalty for de
clining to identify news
sources.
Throng Screams
Approval as
Castro Speaks
fiewsmen From
22 Countries Gather
Havana -UPD-Cuba and its
colorful capital of Havana
seethed with excitement today
over the start of the "war
crime" trials of more , than
600 Batistianos in Havana's
Cabana Prison fortress across
the bay from Old Havana.
Any doubt the populace
was solidly behind the "revo
lutionary justice" of Fidel
Castro almost vanished yes
terday afternoon when a
crowd of nearly one million
persons scramed their approv
al and cheered wildly at
everything Castro said.
Global Publicity
The Havana trials will be
conducted in the full glare of
global publicity and almost
400 newsmen from 22 coun
tries were in Havana to see
them start and to hear per
sonally from Castro as he
answers world-wide criticism
at a news conference today.
The influx of newsmen rep
resenting newspapers, maga
zines, television, radio and
newsreels was spotlighting
the trials and executions in
an unparalleled manner. The
wraps were off-there is no
longer censorship and news
men are free to write any
thing they like.
Havana meanwhile was
slowly recovering some of its
traditional gaiety. An indica
tion was Wednesday's mass
meeting at the Presidential
Palace when the enormous
crowd waved banners, sang
the national anthem and
shouted "viva Fidel" at the
top of their lungs.
Fight for View
They fought for a close-up
view of Castro in a spectacu
lar demonstration of hero
worship. They cheered madly
as he arrived at the palace
in an army : helicopter and
began speaking to them.
His remarks dealing with
a free and democratic Cuba
of the future were punctuated
with thunderous applause.
Scores of women and men
fainted in the above 90 degree
heat as they milled about in
front of the palace.
U. S. Stands Ready
To Resume A-Tesfs
Washington (DPD The
United States is ready to re
sume above-ground tests of
nuclear bombs "in a relatively
short time" if the talks at
Geneva on banning atom test
ing collapse. It may set off
underground blasts in any
case.
Chairman John A. McCone
of the Atomic Energy com
mission told a news confer-:
ence that the testing grounds
in the Pacific and in Nevada
both are being kept ready..
The U. S. has promised not
to test atomic weapons for
one year from the start of the
Geneva talks Oct. 31 unless
Russia does. President Eisen
hower in effect extended this
voluntary ban another eight
months when he asked no
money or tests in his budget
for the fiscal year starting
July 1.
.But McCone told, reporters
yesterday that he thinks this
country will set off some un
derground atomic blasts dur
ing the new fiscal year to test
the peaceful uses of nuclear
explosives. ,
The AEC wants to find out
if underground atom explo
sions can be used for such
peaceful purposes as tapping
buried oil reserves, digging
harbors and loosening ores.
Money for such tests is in the
budget.
Somers Low Bidder
On Eighth St. Work
F. L. Somers, Medford con
tractor, was low bidder for
constructing an embankment
for the Eighth st. extension
from Bear creek to the Boy
Scouts' headquarters,' Med
ford officials said today.
Bids were opened at 11
a.m. Somers' bid of $4,900
equaled the engineer's esti
mate for the project. Other
bidders include M. C. Linin
ger and Sons, Medford,
$5,600, and Tru-Mix Concrete
company, Medford, $7,350.
Springfield-TOPD-Jack Live
ly, Springfield, a member of
the Oregon Centennial Com
mission, has been honored as
the "senior outstanding citi
zen" of the city.
"Why Don't You End The Cold War?'
Duncan Assures No
Railroading Attempt
Due in Legislature
Salem -(DPD- House Speaker
Robert Duncan today assured
Gov. Mark Hatfield that the
Legislature would not railroad
a program through before the
governor had a chance to pre
sent his views.
Duncan wrote Hatfield:
I assure you we are not
only willing but are indeed
anxious to consider any rec-
ommendations you may have
on budgetary problems, tax
problems or. any other of the
myriad propositions which we
have to consider."
Duncan (D-Medford) noted
there had been some press
criticism lately of the speed
at which the Legislature was
moving.
The speaker said he thought
it was "perfectly legitimate"
to handle business promptly,
but denied any railroading
attempts
As a first order of business
Duncan did ask Hatfield to
declare his position on a re
quest of the Oregon Centen
nial Commission for $2,046,
000 to finance this year's
Centennial celebration,
Several hearings have been
held on the Centennial budget
and Duncan said Hatfield's
position on the matter, was
not clear from his inaugural
address.
"We would appreciate it
greatly if you would tell us
promptly whether or not you
consider this request to be
essential," Duncan said.
The secretary of state's of
fice is now auditing books of
the Commission and Duncan
suggested that the State De
partment of Finance and Ad
ministration be given finan
cial control over any money
appropriated to the Commis
sion.
.. Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Co-quille)
chairman of the House
Tax committee, said he had
no intention of railroading
any bills through.
No bills will be reported
out for at least three weeks,"
Shift in Rackets
Committee Rumored
Washington (UPD A group
of Democratic senators was
reported today to be plotting
to dump some Republican
members of -the bipartisan
Senate Rackets committee.
The committee - now com
posed of four Democrats and
four Republicans met be
hind closed doors to discuss
the reports.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.),
ranking Republican on the
group, has told GOP senators
that some Democrats have
launched a backstage drive
to give their party a majority
on the committee.
An aide said Chairman
John McClellan (D-Ark.) had
heard similar rumors. Mc
Clellan, however, was said to
want to retain the current
committee lineup.
House Approves
Legislature Money
balem (DPD The Oregon
House today passed unani
mously a bill appropriating
up to $1,250,000 to pay the
expenses of the 1959 Legisla
ture.
The last regular session of
the Legislature in 1957 cost
$1,076,000.
Sheridan -(DPD-Henry Lind
say, Wulamina, was Kinea
Wednesday when a pile of
lumber fell on him while he
was working at a mill in near
by Grande Ronde.
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Barton said, although hearings
on bills will continue.
He said he expected at
least part of Hatfield's tax
program by about Feb. 15.
Earlier, House and Senate
minority leaders had urged
the Democratic majority to
"go slow" until Hatfield could
get his budget recommenda
tions ready.
With the secretary of state
crisis settled by the State
Supreme Court, the Legisla
ture was working in a calmer
atmosphere today.
Orr Reappointed to
Legion Commission
Eugene Orr, Medford, has
been reappointed to a three-
year third term to the nation
al rehabilitation commission
of the American Legion.
He planned to leave today
for Long Beach, Calif ., to at
tend a conference of Ameri
can Legion officials, Veterans
administration representatives
from Washington, D.C., and
VA representatives from the
area.
Findings of the conference
will be sent to the national
meeting in March, which Orr
also plans to attend in Wash
ington, D.C.
Delegates to the Long
Beach conference and the
meeting in Washington are
expected to discuss veterans'
hospitalization and better
uses of VA hospitals. Orr
said the American Legion
will place more emphasis on
hospital care and less on pen
sions. Bomarc Base at
Camp Adair Planned
Portland (UPD Plans for a
Bomarc missile installation at
Camp Adair, costing some $40
million, were outlined here
Wednesday by an official of
the Boeing Aircraft Company.
K. K. McDaniel, Bomarc ex
pert for Boeing, said funds for
buildings should be available
for 1960 and that money for
installation of electronic gear
and the missiles would be
available in 1961.
Cost of the project is about
the same as that of the SAGE-Semi-Automatic
Ground En-vironment-now
going in at
the Willamette valley site.
Hatfield, Appling Legally
Begin Government Chores
Salem (UPD Both Gov.
Mark Hatfield and his secre
tary of state, Howell Appling
Jr., were breathing easier to
day as the result of an unani
mous Oregon Supreme Court
decision stating they both
held office legally.
The pair won their case
from Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton who had con
tended that Dave O'Hara, an
appointee of ex-Gox. Robert
D. Holmes, was the legal sec
retary of state.
Thornton had no comment
on the decision, but Hatfield,
Appling and others did.
Resignation Demanded
Most violent comment came
from Rep. Fayette Bristol (R-
Grants Pass) who demanded
the resignation of Thornton.
"The Legislature is faced
with a very grave problem in
that bills passed are judged on
constitutionality by the attor
ney general. Our present at
torney general has proved
himself completely incompe
Schools, Stores,
Factories Closed
In Many Areas
Rain-Swollen Rivers
Surge Into Towns
By United Press International
Flash floods in Pennsyl
vania and Ohio todav left
thousands homeless and dam
age in the millions in the
wake of a winter onslaught
of floods, snow, sleet, rain.
cold and tornadic winds.
A United Press Internation
al count showed at least 64
fatalities. Fifteen died in
Ohio and nine each in Illinois
and Indiana. New York and
Michigan reported six deaths
each; Iowa, Wisconsin and
Kentucky each reported four;
Missouri had three. New
Mexico two, and Kansas and
Oklahoma reported one each.
States of Emergency
In Northwestern Pennsyl
vania, rain - swollen rivers
surged into scores of com
munities. States of emergency
were declared in Sharon, New
Castle, Union City and Mead
ville, all in Pennsylvania.
At Warren, James Seitz had
to be taken to a hospital by
boat after he suffered a heart
attack. The hospital was sur
rounded by 16 feet of water.
Scores of roads and schools
were closed along a 125-mile
stretch of the Allegheny river
from the New York state line
to near Pittsburgh. Hundreds '
of persons were evacuated by
boat in New Castle when
three tributaries of the Alle
gheny cascaded into the town.
In Ohio, old-timers said
that not in years has there
been anything like Wednes
day's rains which flooded
streams, rivers, sewer systems
and basements from one end
of the state to the other.
Schools Closed
The Ohio death toll was set
at a minimum of 15, with po
lice reporting a number of
persons missing. .
Schools, stores ' and fac
tories closed in many areas.
National guardsmen joined
local officials and coast
guardsmen in rescue opera
tions. Red Cross officials set
up emergency housing facil
ities in schools, churches,.
lodge halls and private homes.
In some areas, the flood
was compared with the 1913
flood, the worst in Ohio's his
tory.
What was described as a
full scale blizzard raged in
the northwestern part of
Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
Manistee, Mich., was among
the hardest hit and only the
main streets could be kept
open. Roads into the area
were impassable.
Investigation Into
Checks Continues
Jackson county sheriffs
deputies and Medford city po
lice are still investigating tha
forgery, and cashing last
month of 16 payroll checks of
Skeeters and Skeeters, Tal
ent, official reported today.
They said the total amount
of checks returned is $2,
421.09. Forged on the checks
were signatures purporting to
be tb,ose of Eldred R. Colver,
office manager of the firm,
and Charles Skeeters, depu
ties said.
The forgery was not discov
ered by company officials,
deputies said, until the Rogue
Valley bank mailed the com
pany's bank statement. It was
then that the company re
alized that 30 blank payroll
checks had been stolen from
the company's camp office at
Prospect.
tent and we must have an at
torney general on whose
opinion we can rely," he said.
House Speaker Robert Dun
can (D-Medford) said the ques
tion of the succession to the
office of secretary of state and
governor has now been de
cided by an orderly judicial
process. "I wish that it might
have been done long ago."
'Ably Presented'
He commended Holmes,
who had appointed Dave P'
Hara secretary of state, and
Thornton for "ably presenting
their side to the court."
Appling said he would have
the department of state's af
fairs in order by the end of
the week and hoped to be able
to announce appointments in
his office soon.
Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario)
placed blame for the
secretary of state hassle on "a
handful of Democratic manip
ulators who attempted to
place a stumbling block in
Gov. Hatfield's path."