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AWARD WINNER - Dr. Frank Wilson
(center) received the Distinguished Service
Award Wednesday evening at the Junior
Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.
Dr. Wilson, nominated by the Crater Lions
club, was one of six nominated for the
honor. He accepted the plaque from Arthur
Dr. Wilson Receives Jaycee
Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Frank Wilson, Medford
dentist, received the Junior
Chamber of Commerce Dis
tinguished Service Award last
night at the annual banquet
at the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Nominated by the Crater
Lions club of which he is
president, Dr. Wilson is also
a member of the YMCA board
of directors, active in the Pear
Blossom Festival, Jackson
County Centennial committee
secretary and executive coun
cil member of the Southern
Oregon Dental Society, and a
Sunday school teacher at St.
Mark's Episcopal church.
In presenting the award,
Arthur VanLeeuwen, Jaycee
president, stressed the great
amount of time and mental
as well as physical effort the
six nominees had given their
community. He explained that
Medford, as well as the coun
ty, benefited from these men's
efforts and would for years
to come.
Besl Work in Life
"Service to humanity is the
best work in life," VanLeeu
wen said. "It is part of the
Jaycees' creed."
Upon accepting the plaque,
Dr. Wilson thanked the Jay
cees for the award and ex
pressed his regrets that Mrs.
Wilson had been unable to
attend due to illness in the
family.
Prior to the presentation
the six nominees and their
wives were introduced. They
included Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth F. MacDonald, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence S. Horton, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald L. Stathos,
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Dick-
Hospital Meets
AOA Requirements
Medford Osteopathic h o s
pital has met requirements for
registration by the American
Osteopathic association, the
AOA board of trustees has
announced. Recognition was
made at the mid-year meeting
of the board.
The local hospital is one of
about 106 in the United States
to be registered.
To obtain registration, the
hospital is inspected to deter
mine that it meets standards
of good patient care and sani
tation, and that its physical
plant is suitable for hospital
use. It also must comply with
city and state laws that govern
hospital operation.
Prince Rainier Suspends
Constitution in Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco WPD
Prince Rainier suspended
Monaco's constitution today in
a sudden move against repub
licans opposed to his absolute
rule.
The Prince announced the
indefinite suspension of Mon
aco's constitution in a sudden
ly scheduled broadcast which
interrupted Radio Monte Car
lo's usual stream of commerc
ial and hit parade records.
Refusal To Consult
In stern tones the Prince
announced he was suspending
the work of the Communal
Council and the National
Council-the two bodies which
run Monaco's internal and ex
VanLeeuwen, president of the Jaycees.
Seated at left is Dr. Orlo M. Brees, west
division public relations representative for
the National Association of Manufacturers,
who was guest speaker for the occasion.
(Kenn Knackstedt photo)
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
E. Barker.
Guest speaker was Dr. Orlo
M. Brees, public relations
representative from Palo
Alto, Calif., for the' National
Association of Manufacturers.
Elaborate on Creed
Speaking on "What Is
America?" Dr. Brees elabor
ated on that part of the
Jaycees' creed "economic
justice for free men can best
be won through free enter
prise." He challenged his audience
to impress upon the youth of
today the basic principles of
the American way of life so
that others will not be able
to lead them from the proper
path.
"Don't let your way of life
become a jumble of terms,"
the speaker stressed, "terms
are as deceiving as empty
Weyerhaeuser
Plant Picketed
At Springfield
Springfield, Ore. -IUPD- Rov
ing pickets from the Interna
tional Woodworkers of Amer
ica local at Coos Bay appeared
at the Springfield plant of
Weyerhaeuser Timber Com
pany today in continuation of
a protest against the firing of
a truck driver.
About 1000 workers were
idled at the local plant. Other
IWA pickets were reported at
Raymond, Wash., Weyer
haeuser operations, where 300
men are employed.
Klamalh Pickets Gone
However, pickets which ap
peared earlier at Klamath
Falls, Ore., and Aberdeen,
Wash., were gone today and
some 1400 workers at those,
two locations were back on
the job.
The dispute began over fir
ing of a truck driver in the
Coos Bay area and the Weyer
haeuser plant at North Bend
was picketed last week, idling
about 780 men.
About a dozen pickets who
said they w?re from the Coos
Bay area appeared at the main
gate of the Springfield lumber
division about 7 a jn. today, as
the day shift was starting to
work.
Plant officials here said
there was no dispute locally,
and that limited operations
were continuing. .
ternal affairs -because of the
Communal Council's refusal
to consult him.
The suspension meant the
Prince himself would be the
government of Monaco until
further notice.
Agreed on Condition
Last year the Municipal
Council asked him to delegate
some authority to it and Rai
nier agreed on condition the
council would report on its
work to the "government"
to Rainier himself.
Today he said they had not
kept their word and that he
was suspending the constitu
tion under which they oper
ated. .
glasses, they can be filled
with whatever you choose."
"Learn of the basic char
acter and way of life of those
who founded the country,"
the speaker continued. "Amer
ica can't be described in ma
terial terms, the outlook on
life is the spiritual heritage
which was passed on to us so
that we could use the mater
ial things," he said."
Lose Our Heritage
"If we lose this philosophy
we will lose our heritage, the
spiritual heritage which moti
vates our way of life. This
includes the dignity of man,"
Dr. Brees continued, "the
worth of an individual, equal
ity for all."
"This equality,', he ex
plained, "doesn't mean that
all men are alike physically
and mentally. It is that abil
ity that provides each indi
vidual with the incentive to
make personal advancement
through the greatest service
to all. The chance to use all
of one's faculties to the best
of his ability."
"Each individual wants to
be free," Dr. Brees comment
ed, "but the choice is his, is
he willing to set a goal then
put up the effort to obtain
it?"
Assume Responsibility
The speaker stated that
once a goal has been obtained
the individual must assume
the responsibility of that posi
tion. "The American way of life
is not that of someone guar
anteeing others that they can
not fail. We learn by failures
and the experience of over
coming them," the speaker
continued. "Profit is the re
ward for risks assumed."
"America is a way of life
that grows out of the past,
not one of trying to make
everyone alike, our fingertips
show that," the guest remind
ed the audience, "each are
different ' and they were
placed there by God."
"America is the stained
glass window in the church,
not a melting pot, but indi
vidual . pieces of glass separ
ated by leads so that each re
ceives an equal share of the
light that passes through."
Challenges Audience
"I challenge you to find
one individual in the com
munity each day who has
done a good job," the speaker
continued, "call him up and
tell him so. If you continue
to look for things to com
mend, you won't find things
to condemn," he added. "You
see only what you are look
ing for."
"Don't force our "way of
life down the throats of
others," the speaker enjoined
the audience," live up to the
ideals of what free men can
do in a society, which is one
for all and all for one."
Master of ceremonies for
the evening was Harold Gard
ner. Also at the speaker's
table were Clyde Wheaton,
Distinguished Service Award
committee chairman, Dr.
George G. Roseberry, Mr. and
Mrs. VanLeeuwen, Mrs.
Wheaton, and Mrs. Gardner.
The event was attended by
approximately 100 persons..
Oakland-fUPD-Kaiser Alumi
num and Chemical Corp. has
reported that its net income
for 1958 totaled $25,232,000, a
drop of $1,597,000 from the
previous year.
Massive Unity
With Khrushchev
Seen in Moscow
Only Yugoslavia
Under Attack
Moscow-fUPD-The 21st Com
munist Party congress of the
Soviet Union was rapidly de
veloping today into a show
of massive unity behind Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev.
Only Yugoslavia has come
under attack for failing to
triumph over "revisionism,"
and the way was left open
for the Yugoslavs to enter the
fold again some time in the
future. i
Speaker after speaker paint
ed a picture of triumph over
"revisionism" which reared
its head since the previous
congress, in -1956. .
On the prime ideological is
sue, the path to be followed
by socialist countries, Khrush
chev's concepts were approv
ed by Polish Communist Lead
er Wladyslaw Gomulka and
Palmiro Togliatti, head of the
Italian Communist Party, the
largest in Western Europe.
Khrushchev set the stage
for this in his opening ad
dress Tuesday when he said
it was all right for countries
to follow different paths to
socialism if they do not veer
from Marxist-Leninist prin
ciples. Yugoslavia's Com m u n i s t
Party was keeping silence in
the face of concerted attacks
for "revisionism." It is the
only Communist country not
to send a delegation to the
Soviet party congress, and
the absence was noted in
Moscow with a series of blasts
by Khrushchev and Chinese
Communist Premier Chou En
Lai. "The official newspaper in
Belgrade printed Tass news
agency reports of the speeches
and the .anti-Yugoslav criti
cism but had made no imme
diate editorial comment; re
recently the editorial columns
were filled"with blasts against
Russia and the satellites.
One of the biggest boosts
for Communist unity came
Wednesday from Chou, who
reaffirmed Russia's leadership
of the entire Communist
world. He also delivered a
message of greetings from
Communist Chinese leader
Mao Tse-tung and pledged
the solidarity of China's mil
lions with the Russians.
Both Chou a nd Mao called
Sino - Soviet ' friendship un
breakable. Damage Suit Filed
Against District
Paul D. Conrad and Mary
G. Conrad, Butte Falls Star
route, box 74, Eagle Point,
have filed a complaint in dis
trict court against the Eagle
Point Irrigation district to col
lect $403.25 for damages done
to a hay crop by irrigation
water.
According to the complaint,
Conrad, a water-user in the
district, suffered the loss of a
hay crop during June, 1958,
dup to water leakage from the
Hatcher pickup ditch on his
property.
It further states that on ap
proximately, June 25 the de
fendant emptied all of the
water from the ditch into the
field where the hay was grow
ing. In a second count in the
complaint, the pi aintiff
charges that the. defendant
emptied Hatcher pickup ditch
and Vestal ditch of water dur
ing a perio.d when property,
owned by Conrad, was in need
of irrigation. . . .
Conrad charges that the ir
rigation district was negligent
and careless in the operation,
control and maintenance of
Hatcher and' Vestal ditches.
Damages requested were
$204.75 for general damages
to crop, 58.50 lab'or costs, and
$140 for additional damages
and attorneys' fees. Conrad is
represented by William Death
erage, Medford attorney.
Crews Install Water
Main on Barnett Rd.
City crews are installing an
eight-inch water main along
Barnett rd. between South
Riverside and Stewart aves.
Medford Water Superintend
ent Robert Lee reported to
day. Lee said the main will pro
vide both fire protection and
domestic water service. He
said it will take about two
weeks to install and connect
it.
Work on installing and con
necting the main along Bid
die rd. between East Jackson
st. and McAndrews rd. has
been completed, Lee reported.
53rd Year
Medford
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Missiles To
West Coast
Washington - OIPI) - De
fense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elroy acknowledged today
that Russia probably will
have more intercontinental
ballistic missiles than the
United States in a year or
two. He said neither nation
has the weapon in opera
tional shape right now.
Washington -ll'PD- Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy
revealed today that the
United Slates will have a
full squadron of intercon
t i n e n tal ballistic missiles
Mothers Schedule
Annual March
For MOD Tonight
Mothers will be out in force
tonight in Medford, Central
Point, Jacksonville and Eagle
Point to march against polio,
birth defects and rheumatoid
arthritis.
From 7 to 8 p.m.. the moth
ers will call at homes where
a burning porch light or a can
dle in a window gives an invi
tation for the block worker to
call for a contribution for the
March of Dimes. '
Prizes Offered
In Medford, three homes
will be picked at random and
if the porch light is burning,
the occupants will receive a
prize, according to Mrs. H. L.
Gilbert, Mothers' March
chairman. Persons in the Med
ford area who have not been
contacted by 8 p.m. are asked
to telephone SP 3-3111 and a
worker will be dispatched to
pick up the contributions. .
Collections from the Med
ford march will be turned in
at St. Mark's Episcopal church
where it will be counted by a
committee headed 'by Mrs.
William Schei, assisted by Or
rin Brown, Mrs. Sam Colton,
Mrs. Fred Conrad and Mrs.
Edward Radquist. Aubrey
Loper of the United States
National bank will provided
counting equipment and as
sistance. Capt. Clyde Fichtner of the
city police department and
Harold Gilbert will answer
telephone calls and Mrs. Lew
Miles and Mrs. Brown will
serve refreshments for the
workers.
Meanwhile, Bert R o s t e 1 1
and Bart Garred, co-chairmen
for the Medford 20-30 club,
sponsors of the local March of
Dimes campaign, said today
that the drive would be ex
tended two weeks, until Feb.
14, because of the late start
this year.
Coffee Hour Slated
A coffee - hour in several
Medford cafes has been sched
uled for Friday from 1 to 5
p.m. All money received from
coffee sales during those
hours will be turned over to
the fund. Participating res
taurants include Busy Bee
cafe, Maury's Corner, Timber
Room, Fable Sandwich shop,
Hiway cafe, Hotel Jackson
Coffee shop and Crater cafe.
Cathy's Dinette at the Big Y
market will participate from
9 to 11 a.m. Friday.
A Mile o' Dimes, conducted
by the Medford High school
senior class, will be held on a
downtown street, Saturday.
Blue Crutch Day also will be
observed Saturday when
members of the Active club,
under chairmanship of Don
Wells, will sell small lapel
crutches on the street, with
money going to the campaign.
The Eagles lodge will again
conduct its Bottle of Dimes in
front of the First National
Bank building. Pasersby are
asked to put a coin in a bottle
representing the state of their
birth.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Occasional rain
mixed with snow in valley to
night. Showers Friday with
clearing period. Low tonight 32.
High Friday 40. ,
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 50
Lowest This Morning 30
Precipit, to 10 a.m. today, .02.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ... 5:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:28 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 1120 p.m.
Last Quarter Jan. 31
PROMINENT STAR
Spica, seen near the Moon to
night, is actually 220 light years
from the Earth. The Sun, at
that distance, could only be seen
with a telescope.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959
ready to fire from the West
Coast by next July.
A full squadrom is ex
pected to include 10 of the
5,500 - mile Atlas ICBMS.
McElroy told a full - scale
Senate inquiry they will be
located at "Camp Cooke."
This presumably would lo
cate them at Vandenberg
Air Force Base which was
created from part of Camp
Cooke north of Los Angeles.
McElroy was the lead-off
witness at the opening of an
"unvarnished" missile in
vestigation by two Senate
"How Soon Do You. Think They'll Collapse?'
Pound Facilities
Will Be Improved
Dog pound facilities on
Howard ave. will be improved
soon and plans will be made
for construction of a more
adequate dog pound outside
the city limits in the future.
This was agreed on at a
meeting last night of repre
sentatives of the Jackson coun
ty dog control board, South
ern Oregon Humane Society
and the Jackson county court
at the Medford hotel.
The group also proposed
dog control regulations which
would be fair to the dog and
its owner. No definite steps
were taken and it was indi
cated suggestions would be
considered further at another
meeting of the three interested
agencies.
Chris Hagler, county dog
control officer, said he is now
spreading sawdust three to
four inches deep in the en
closures at the pound. Many
people have visited the pound
since the original flurry of
complaints and none have
complained recently to him,
Hagler said.
County Judge Earl Miller
said it is the county court's
responsibility to improve fa
cilities at the present site. The
court agreed to have a better
drainage ditch dug, to raise
the floor of the building, use
a deep ditch in which to bury
dogs, and provide a better
method of putting dogs to
death.
County Commissioner Ralph
James said he saw no reason
why these improvements can
not be made immediately.
Suggestions made for hu
mane disposal of dogs includ
ed construction of a small
room with a gas engine at
tached to provide carbon mon
oxide fumes, electrocution of
dogs by placing them in a
squeeze chute similar, to
chutes used for dehorning cat
tle, and dropping cyanide pills
in water. The latter sugges
tion was rejected as a too
dangerous an operation. .
Mrs. William Gibbs, of the
Humane society, urged that
the group should not "jump
into" plans for a new dog
pound. It should be thorough
ly investigated and sugges
tions received from all those
interested in the problem.
Sites suggested included
county property in the Central
Point and Camp White areas.
Wendt said he would check
with County Assessor Roy
Schumacher to see if some tax
delinquent property might be
available for a new dog pound
Be Ready on
by Next July
subcommittees headed b y
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson (D.-Tex.).
The defense chief said un
der questioning that the
Camp Cooke ICBM station
will be a "soft base." mean
ing that the missiles will be
located above ground.
He conceded that should
war come some of the mis
siles might be destroyed in
an initial attack by the
Soviets possibly by mis
siles launched from sub
marines. (Continued on Page 11)
site.
Medford City Manager Rob
ert Duff said existence of the
present dog pound depends on
neighboring residents. It is
a non-conforming use for that
area, he added. It was agreed
that the neighbors' coopera
tion should be requested while
present facilities are being im
proved and a new location is
sought.
Andrew Hawver, president
of the Southern Oregon Hu
mane Society, said the state
law covers stray dogs except
for stock dogs which must
roam free to herd livestock.
The names and addresses of
people who bring puppies to
the pound should be taken and
a follow-up check be made to
see that the female dog is
spayed, it was suggested. Hag
ler said he keeps records of
all dogs brought in and sent
out of the pound.
Salem-(UPD-Sen A. J. Nater
lin (D.-Newport) has introduc
ed a bill which would exempt
public utility districts from
paying corporation excise
taxes.
Evans Valley
Opposing School Consolidation Plan
Two petitions from resi
dents in the Evans Valley
school district have been re
ceived by the county school
reorganization board this
week.
One petition bearing 164
signatures expresses opposi
tion to the recommendation
of the county district reor
ganization board that the
Evans Valley district be con
solidated with the Rogue
River district. s
The second petition, signed
by 129 persons, requests that
"full consideration be given
the intents and purposes of
the reorganization move to
enlarge school district areas
where necessary to create
schools of proper size."
High School Unit
It states that a high school
unit should be set up for ap
proximately 300 students and
a supporting area large
enough to support it, to serve
the northwest area of Jack
son county.
According to the petition,
this area would enlarge both
the Evans Valley and Rogue
River school districts to in
clude that part of Central
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 267
Slate Centennial
Appropriation
Passes Senate
Salem-(UPD-Sweeping aside
usual legislative procedures
by suspension of rules, the
Oregon Senate today passed
the $1,790,000 Oregon Cen
tennial appropriation bill
without a dissenting vote.
. Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port-land)
explained the thorough
investigation of the Centen
nial budget that had teen
made by a Joint Ways and
Means subcommittee.
The House passed the bill
unanimously Wednesday and
the bill now goes to the gov
ernor for signature.
Cook said "we have tried to
tie this money and all other
funds of the Centennial down
to a practical control and with
the enthusiastic support of
Gov. Mark Hatfield, we all
feel that Oregon will have an
outstanding birthday celebra
tion." Success Expected
Cook said he expected the
Centennial to be a financial
success and, if it is, the great
er part of the state money
appropriated will revert to
the state's general fund.
All property of the Cen
tennial Commission will be
turned over to the State
Board of Higher Education
after the exposition is con
cluded. In the 1957 session, $830,
000 was appropriated and
Cook said a report given his
committee showed that of this
amount $778,785 had been ex
pended, largely in renovating
the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition building in
Portland.
Centennial Commission di
rectors requested $2,046,000,
but the Ways and Means com
mittee cut this amount, feel
ing that the difference could
be made Aip in private sub
scriptions. $22 Collected at
Greeters Meeting
A total of $22.62 was col
lected at a March of Dimes
Koffeeklatsch at the Jackson
hotel this morning when the
Greeters committee of the
Jackson county Chamber of
Commerce was guest of the
hotel.
Coffee and doughnuts were
furnished by the hotel, and
proceeds went to the March
of Dimes.
Among the 40 persons at
tending were five newcomers
to Medford, including two
new Medford police officers,
and 14 former Astorians.
GRANTS PASS MEN HURT
Larry Albert, 24, and Harry
Mclntire, 21, Grants Pass,
were beihg treated at Sacred
Heart hospital this afternoon
for injuries suffered in an
auto accident at Miller's
gulch on Highway 99 north
of Gold Hill, according to
hospital reports. They were
brought to the hospital by
Medford Ambulance service.
Details of the accident were
not learned. State police were
called to the scene about
11:20 a.m.
Residents File Petitions
Point district located north
west of the Dardanells over
pass. The petition concludes that
the residents feel that this
procedure would be more de
sirable since it would make
it a part of the Jackson coun
ty system rather than a sub
servient to Josephine county.
Cost Per Pupil
The opposition states the
cost per pupil attending
Rogue River High school is
$620.26, compared to $381.06
for students in Grants Pass
High school. The 23 students
who attend Grants Pass cost
the taxpayer a total of
$5,501.60 less than it would
have cost had they attended
Rogue River, it was ex
plained. It further stated that the
33 students who attended the
Rogue River school cost the
taxpayer $7,893.60 more than
it would have cost had they
attended the other school.
Unless a greater area can
be consolidated than has now
been recommended by the re
organization board, the peti
tion continues, property
evaluation would still be in
Lower Prices
For Consumers
Seen as Result
New Support
Program Proposed
Washington -UPD President
Eisenhower urged Congress
today to abandon "excessively
expensive" farm price sup
ports conceived in depression
and war, and adopt a new pro
gram keyed to prosperity and
peace.
Administration farm ex
perts said the plan would
mean "moderately lower"
food prices for consumers by
reducing federal support
prices on farm crops.
Heart of Program
Heart of Eisenhower's new
program was abandonment of
price supports based on a par
ity formula dating back to
1910-14 in favor of new fed
eral supports tied to average
market price of immediate
years.
The President's proposal
applied to the six basic crops
now covered in the manda
tory support program corn,
wheat, cotton, peanuts, rice
and tobacco.
Eisenhower recommended
that the secretary of agricul
ture be given flexible author
ity to scale new price supports
between 75 and 90 per cent
of the average market price
of a supported commodity dur
ing the immediately preced
ing years.
Concerned Over Surplus
The President did not spell
out this time period in his
message. But it apparently
would apply to the previous
three years because this is the
time element specified in the
new corn program which be
gins this year.
Underlying Eisenhower's
proposal for a new price sup
port and production control
program was his deep concern
over the mounting surplus of
farm commodities purchased
by the government under the
current support program.
(Continued on Page 11)
Robert Root Named
To Board Position
Robert W. Root, Medford,
has been elected vice chair
man of the state water re
sources board, replacing Vin
cent A. Ostrom of Eugene,
who resigned, according to
John D. Davis, Stayton, chair
man. Root was appointed as an
original member of the board
in August, 1955, and has
served as chairman of its pro
gram committee.
Born and educated in Med
ford and Oregon colleges,
Root served in the Army dur
ing World War II and is now
associated with his brother in
the Crater Lake Orchards and
Myron Root and Company, a
fruit storage, packing and
marketing firm. He served in
the Oregon house of repre
sentatives for two terms.
School Funds from
State Received
The Jackson county school
superintendent has received
$489,810 as quarterly payment
from the basic school support
fund.
This amount is the county's
share for the third period of
the school year, it was re
ported. adequate to support an effic
ient, economical school dis
trict. It also questioned
whether the total enrollment
would be sufficient to support
a class A high school.
Number of Students
Also stated was that the
total number of Evans Valley
students would not affect the
size of the Rogue River high
school enough to enable it to
operate in an economical
manner. Neither would it per
mit those students who de
sire to attend a larger high
school for the purpose of
studying those subjects which
are not taught in a smaller
school, to have access to nu
merous elective subjects
which they now study.
The petition closed by say
ing that in view of pending
legislation regarding reor
ganization of school districts,
it is felt that further consid
eration and postponement of
the final decision would be
advantageous to all parties
concerned.
The county elections de
partment is currently check
ing the peition signatures for
authenticity.