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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1959)
t n n ri n n nnn n wmmm Route Edilor'i not: Today, two days before Oregon's lOOlh birthday, the Mail Tribun inaugural a naw featura, column entitled "Th Cantannial Scana." It will appaar throughout th itata't Cnlnnial yar, and will serve as a readily-recognizable spot for historical articles. Can tannial. naws not, and other Centennial-related malar ial. Contributions ara walcoma, but publication will hay to b at lha discretion of tha aditors. It was thought appropriata to start tha column with an article describing 12 key dales in Oregon's history, based en a talk made by the state's junior senator, Rich ard L. Nauberger. 12 Key Dates History Listed Twelve key dates in Oregon history were cited today by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger as "indicative of our state's rich social heritage and liberal leadership in political re form." Neuberger recounted the 12 periods in a speech noting Oregon's 100th year of state hood and prepared for Senate delivery. Selection of the dates was made by Thomas Vaughan, executive director of the Oregon Historical soc iety. Noting that Centennial ob servances will .take place "throughout the state Satur day, the Oregon Senator de clared that "these festivities mark more than a local holi day. They are recognition of the growth and achievement of a people drawn together originally by the invisible line of a political boundary and held together by the common purpose of a better life "Oregon's history is stud ded with significant dates important to the state and to the nation," Neuberger said. "This brief timetable covering nearly 200 years- cannot reveal fully the depth of Oregon's contribution to the strengthening of the Un ion! These dates are only his torical headstones hinting at our state's vital role in the development of the United States." ' ' Dates listed by Neuberger: 1. 1778-James Cook sailed along the Northwest coast to .the Arctic ocean and entered Nootka harbor (Vancouver Is land). He and his men pur chased sea - Otter furs from, Indians which brought great returns in China, and word spread by mouth and by pub lication of his journals after the expedition's return to England. 2. 1792-Robert Gray, out of Boston, entered the Columbia river and named it for his ship. George Vancouver, Brit ish commander then off coast to settle the Nootke contro versy, received Gray's map of entrance to the river from the Spanish commander Quad ra, and sent Broughton to ex plore the river. The latter reached a point just east of Troutdale, discovering the mouth of the Willamette 3., 1803-4-6-Louisiana Pur chase, 1803, and Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806, sent to explore overland for Pre-Sentence Report Asked for Golden A pre-sentence report has! been ordered on Jerry Eugene Golden, 28, of 684 East Val ley View rd., Ashland, who is charged with assault with in tent to rob. Golden previously waived right to a grand jury hearing, and pleaded guilty to district attorney's information. Wil liam E. Duhaime, Medford at torney, was appointed his counsel. Golden is charged with armed robbery and the at tempted slaying of Ray Ed ward Reid, 31-year-old truck driver of 1850 Barnett rd.,on Dec. 18. The- shooting oc curred at the 90 and 9 tav ern on South Riverside ave., Medford. Four witnesses told Medford police that Golden fired at Reid across a corner of .the bar after what ap peared to be a minor dispute over jukebox selections. But Golden himself report edly told District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder on Dec. 19 that the subsequent robbery of the bartender was his real reason for visiting the tavern. He said he had intended to shoot into the air to scare people and did not mean to hit Reid. ' Other Cases Judge Kelly yesterday aft ernoon continued sentencing of Merle Franklin Hinds, 19, charged with grand larceny. Hinds previously waived a right to grand jury hearing, and pleaded guilty to district attorney's information. Rus- r-1 W. DeForest, Medford at rnev. was appointed his -.ounsel. A pre-sentence report has been made, but Hinds attor ney said tha case deserves in Oregon's by Senator commercial route to Pacific ocean by President Jefferson. 4. 1811-12-Establishment of Ft. Astoria, Astor's fur trad ing post at the mouth of the Columbia, by a sea party ar riving on the "Tonquin ; ar rival of overland party under Wilson Price Hunt; dispatches sent from Astoria carried by Robert Stuart over most of Oregon Trail route, including South Pas-, 1812. 5. 1834-Nathaniel Wyeth's second expedition to the Ore gon country, for the purpose of establishing a trade in furs, salmon, supplies; built Fort Hall, later an important stop on the Oregon Trail. Accomp anaying Wyeth.to Oregon on this trip were Jason Lee and other missionary helpers who established a mission in the Willamette Valley, an import ant focal point for American interest in settlement, 6. 1843-45-Provisional Gov ernment established by Amer ican settlers in Willamette Valley. ; 7. 1846-Treaty between the U. S. and Great Britain set tled northern boundary at 49 degrees, including Colum bia river mouth and Puget Sound. 8. 1848-49-Bill creating Oregon Territory, passed by Congress in 1848, went into effect in Oregon in 1848 with arrival of Gov. Joseph Lane m March. Gold discovered in California in 1848 was im portant in stimulating inter est in the west coast and in bringing prosperity and med ium of exchange to Oregon farmers and merchants, eco nomic independence of t h e Hudson s Bay Co. 9. 1859-Oregon became the 33rd state of the Union on eve of Civil War. 10.. 1883-With the comple tion of the Northern Pacific railroad, by the Columbia wa ter r rade route to Portland, Oregon and the Pacific North west obtained first direct transcontinental railroad con nection. 11. 1902-12-Passage of var ious parts of "Oregon Sys tem" including initiative and referendum, recall, direct el ection of Senators, etc. 12. 1937-Bonneville dam, first step in harnessing of the great Columbia river com pleted with unique facilities to provide for valuable mi gratory salmon, further study. District Attor ney Thomas J. Reeder" yester day afternoon suggested "s eral years probation." Hinds and Jack Kenneth Lytle, 25, of Willow Tree Court, Central Point, were charged in connection with the theft ,of more than $800 from a safe at the Jackson ville school -.in November. Lytle on Dec. 11 was sen tenced to three years in the Oregon state penitentiary on a Charge of grand larceny fol lowing his plea of guilty. Salem -UPD A bill provid ing for civil service for fire men has been returned to the Committee on State and Fed eral Affairs in the House for more study. Mansfield Calls for UN Unify Berlin; Ease German Crisis Washington-flJPD-Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) called to day for United Nations con ciliation to unify Berlin and ease a German crisis which threatens war Or a . "disas trous diplomatic retreat." The assistant Democratic leader and Foreign Relations Committee member said the time has come for positive ac tion and a "great deal of talk" between East and West Ger mans. Berliners should start negotiating now, Mansfield said. He outlined "essentials" for a new western, policy on Ger many, including careful con sideration oi proposals for a "There Seems To Be Some Kind Of Fallout" Public Hearing on Ord inance Slated A public hearing on the proposed Jackson county sub division ordinance will be held March 11 in the county courthouse auditorium, the county planning commission decided last night. It also agreed to conduct a "trial run" on a preliminary plat submitted by C. W. (Bill) Duggan, planning commission member, and final plat sub mitted by Bud Hoover, Camp White area subdivider and farmer. All, county offices involved such as the public health and county engineer's depart ments will be notified. A sub division committee will wit ness the procedure of apply ing the regulations of the pro posed subdivision ordinance. The committee includes Com missioners Ron James, chair man, and Cliff Lovejoy. and Jerry Latham. Proposed Ordinance The proposed garbage dis- Mrs. Click Pleads Innocent to First Degree Murder Mrs. Maxine A. Click, 46, Ashland, yesterday pleaded innocent before "Circuit Judge ErJward C. Kelly to -charges of first degree murder. ' Her trial has been set for March 23 at 9:30 a.m. ' The Ashland woman, moth er of. nim. children, stood quietly as District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder read the grand jury indictment. Following Reeder's reading of the indictment arid enter ing her plea, Mrs. Click's at torney, Otto J. Frohnmayer, read a notice saying she was "mentally defective" when the shooting occurred. Arrested Jan. 6 Mrs. Click was arrested by Ashland city police Jan. 6 after she notified them of a shooting. She is charged with shooting her husband, Hous ton James Click, 47, in their Ashland home on Jan. 6. The Ashland woman pre viously waived her rights to an attorney and preliminary hearing in district court. . However, Judge Kelly stat ed that the charge against her "is of such a serious nature" that she should be represent ed by counsel and appointed Frohnmayer, Medford at- torney, to represent her. She is being held in the ning commission budget corn county jail without bail. mittee. '. demilitarized zone -in Middle ! Europe. "We are approaching the beginning of the end, the be ginning of the end of two Berlins and of two Ger manies," Mansfield said in a speech prepared for Senate delivery. He said the U. S. policy of "standing fast in Berlin" is just a slogan and is "not enough." A policy which does not go beyond demands for free all-German elections is a "straitjacket," he added. "It is an excuse for im mobility," Mansfield said. "It may well lead down the blind alley of an unnecessary con posal ordinance will be referred to the county court for possible use as a set of rules . under state law for areas outside cities. Latham said it would not be practical to try to pass such an ordinance since the district attorney's office has advised that such an ordin ance would not be legal as it now stands without a coun ty zoning . ordinance. The county cannot specify garbage handling, according to the opinion, Latham pointed out. This can only apply to par ticularly offensive areas. Commissioner Cliff Love joy inquired about the status of a zoning ordinance, and members explained that it was voted down by county residents in 1950. Planning Technician Jack Eaton said a general county development plan, would be needed before a zoning ordinance could be proposed again. Attorney's Opinion In its opinion on the pro posed garbage disposal ordin ance, the district attorney's office stated the state law 'does not include the neces sary authority for such an ordinance." However, the county does have authority . under state law to control the manage ment of any garbage dump outside any - incorporated area "by the rules and regula tions, practices and standards within the county." The section does "not allow the county to control location of the dump, but only how it may be operated, thi district attorney's opinion pointed out. Uniform, reasonable con trol of garbage disposal is possible under present state law, the opinidn stated. Not Be Valid The proposed garbage dis posal ordinance -would "not be valid without a develop ment pattern in effect upon which this land use could be based," it was stated. "En forcement of this ordinance would be an attempt to do in directly what the voters have rejected directly-that is zon ing land use." Parts of the proposed or dinance which apply to the mode of garbage collection "seems an unwarranted as sumption of 'power by the court (county court) unless the public is advised of this pro vision at the time of election," the district attorney's office pointed out. Commission chairman Ed Gebbhard appointed E d Strother, Shady Cove, C. W (Bill) Duggan, Sams Valley, and Bob Boyer, Medford at torney, members of the plan- Effort To flict- or disastrous diplomatic. retreat." In 'outlining his views on Germany. Mansfield voiced regret over the illness of Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles who, he said, is "worn out." The Cabinet member is in Walter Reed Army Hos pital awaiting a hernia opera tion. Mansfield said Dulles is "needed as never before to complete the very delicate negotiations on Berlin and Germany which we had just begun so auspiciously." "The nation needs his great experience,' his balance, his strength, his ability to de cide," he said. 53rd Year Medford 26 Pages IF 'G ained 1mm Train Service Said Checked for Past Five Years Cleaning Services Said Eliminated San Francisco -flJPD- The Southern Pacific has been ac cused by the state of Oregon of discouraging, the public from riding its Shasta Day light train. The accusation was made in testimony before the Inter state Commerce Commission here. The SP is seeking to place the Daylight on a tri weekly schedule during win ter months. . , C. W. Ferguson, attorney for the Oregon Public Utilities commission, Wednesday ques tioned Donald Haakenson, chief of the commission's Service and Investigation De partment. Service Checked - Haakenson offered evidence designed to back the state's contention that the railroad wants few passengers so that it can obtain permission to eventually eliminate all pas senger seice. .. " He' reported ' that he and three other investigators had checked service on the Day light for the past five years. Another investigator, Percy Byers, was to take the stand today. Ferguson said Byers would testify about admissions made to him by railroad em ployees about alleged bad service on the trains. ' The California PUC, which is also fighting the proposed service cut, was slated to pre sent evidence following By- er,'s testimony. Cleaning Said Eliminated Haakenson told the hearing Wednesday that the railroad had done the following to worsen service on the Shasta: Eliminated regular clean ing services such as disinfect i n g restrooms, vacuuming, cleaning interior windows and mopping floors. He said that SP spent $13 per car cleaning in May, 1947 and $4 a year later, Moreover, he said cul inary employees told him that kitchens were "in a very sor ry state" as a general .rule. Spent a smaller percent age of its passenger revenue on advertising than any of four other railroads in Ore gon, i ; Closed its big ticket of fice on the ground floor in Portland, rented the space to a competing airline and moved its office to the sixth floor of another building. Sold Competitive Tickets --Sold tickets for airlines and buses in direct competi tion with the Daylight. -Did not offer family plan discounts between Portland and California points although all other railroads out of Port land offered them. In other remarks, the inves tigator said that 23 out of 68 Oregon stations did not sell tickets for the Shasta Day light. Haakenson contradicted the railroad's statement that an average of 367 persons rode the Daylight daily in October, 1958. He said a check of the conductors' records indicated that the average was actually higher by 25 persons. WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness tonignt and considerable cloudiness with a few showers Friday. Low tonight 32. His Friday 42-45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 1 Lowest this Morning '. 29 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today '. 5:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:12 a.m. Moonset tonight 10:55 p.m. First Quarter Sunday PROMINENT STARS Rigel, due south at .. 7:55 p.m. will be in the southwest . 10:31 p.m. This star is 100 miles as flar away as Sirius, due south at 9:25 p.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 NOT LIKE THE 'GOOD OLDE DAYS' - Allazeyd, a registered Arabian, shies from the camera while waiting for Tom Shep ard, Midway Four Corners, to .put a nickle in the parking meter. Seated in the buggy is Ken Fluck, who with Shepard, rode into Medford Wednesday to transact business for Two Centennial Breakfasts Added To Area Activities Two Centennial breakfasts, one in Jacksonville and one in Talent, have been added to the schedule of Centennial activities in the Rogue Valley this week end. A Centennial Buckaroo breakfast will be held at the Jacksonville Community hall between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, and a Lumberjack breakfast is scheduled at the Talent city : hall between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. The menu at Jacksonville will include hot cakes, ham, sausage, eggs and coffee, ac cording to Bruce Blew, presi dent of Jacksonville Lions club, sponsors of the event. Proceeds from the breakfast will be used for repairing and purchasing equipment for the hall, Blew said. Scheduled Early The Talent Lumberjack breakfast is held three times each year. The spring event this year was scheduled early in connection with the Cen tennial, Talent Lions club of ficials said. Prizes will be pre sented at the Talent meal. Among other events in this area this week . end are a parade in downtown Medford, a Centennial dinner at the Central Point ' Grange hall Saturday night followed by a pageant, and a dance at the Ashland National Guard arm ory Saturday night. The Centennial parade, sponsored by the Medford Trail Riders will start at the Jackson County Sheriff's posse grounds on Sage rd. at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Parade Route The parade will go south on-Summit ave. to Jackson st., proceed to Holly st. and lO D1XU1 a I., edai oiiiui st. to Bartlett st., south to Main st., west on Main st. to Holly, from where it will re turn to the Posse grounds. Anyone interested in par ticipating in the parade may contact the Medford Trail Rid ers, Stanley Foley, Gold Hill, president, at ULrick 5-1533, or Ray Barnard, Central Point, NOrmandy 4-1246. The parade will include covered wagons, mounted horses, pack mules, old cars and other vehicles, club of ficials said. Salem-flJPD-A bill abolishing the office of county judge in Clackamas county and creat ing a board of county commis sioners has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Richard Groener (D-Milwaukie). Salem-fllPD- Former Oregon governors would be given speaking privileges on the Senate floor under terms of a bill proposed today. isewraiia the Tom Thumb Market. The horse and buggy would have been a common sight in 1859 in southern Oregon but the parking meter made its appearance many years later. Shepard and Fluck are among the many Oregon residents who are partici pating in Centennial activities. Locomotive Given City by Company The City of Medford has been given a 70-ton logging locomotive for recreational purposes, Verl G. Walker told fellow members of the city's parks and recreation commis sion last night. The Shay locomotive, Walk er said, is a gift from Medford Corporation through .'ts gen eral manager, B. L. (Bud) Nutting. Russ Jamison, Medford pub lic relations man who was ap pointed to take Jerry Poulos' place on the commission, was elected president. Poulos re signed last month. The commission heard from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Garner of the Welcome Wagon club's hopes of developing Roxy Ann butte park facilities. They agreed to explore the possibility of joint coopera tion from city and county in the project. Discuss Development The commission discussed development of six city-own ed lots on Union ave. near Washington school into a neighborhood park. Dr. Ern est Duce's motion that the commission take responsibil ity for drawing up prelimin ary plans was approved. City Manager Robert A. Duff reported that Dr. v Lynn Rodney and a swimming pool expert from the University of Grants Pass Man Arrested by Police Donald C. Hood, 624 High land ave., Grants Pass, was arrested "somewhere in Jack son county" yesterday after noon on a charge of reckless driving, state police in Grants Pass reported. He was arrested on a Jackson county district court warrant setting bail at $250, issued Monday after a man police believe to be Hood led local police cars on a 100-mile-an-hour chase through this area early Sunday morn ing. Police said Hood's attorney posted bail in Grants Pass yesterday, which is being for warded here. An appearance has been slated before Dist rict Court Judge E. Roy Ba shaw Monday, according to the report. Rep. Porter Favors Economic Sqncficns Caracas, Venezuela (UPD-j-Rep. Charles Porter (D-Ore.) said Wednesday the United States should impose econo mic sanctions against Latin American dictatorships. He named specifically the gov ernments of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua and Paraguay. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 279 Oregon . expect to -visit Med- ford either Feb. 17 or Feb, 24 to look over the proposed park and swimming pool de velopment in the former Jack son County Housing authority area on West Jackson st. Gilbert Gutjahr, city admin istrative ' assistant, told the commission that so far 21 per sons from as . far away as Maine and New Jersey have applied for municipal parks and recreation director here. Deadline for applications is March 1. On The Cascades Medco's locomotive, Walker reported, is currently "pretty much at the top of the Cas cades" beyond Butte Falls. He said Medco has agreed to bring it as far as the termin us of its private railroad near the Big Y. The city must then seek permission from Southern Pacific railroad to bring it nearer to its destination, the proposed park off West Jack son st., Walker explained. He said there would remain the problem of transporting the area. ' Walker suggested after the meeting that one possibility for moving the locomotive through the city streets would be to run it from an SP spur onto two portable lengths of track. By picking up the length behind and laying it in front as the locomotive was moved ahead, "section gangs" could negotiate the final leg of the journey. Walker mentioned a second problem with respect to Med co's gift. "Someone," he said, "has stolen its bell." He ex pressed Hope that the res ponsible party would return this important piece of equip ment, He also said that the Jack son County Centennial asso ciation may be interested in relating the locomotive to their program this year, PT&T Files Complaint Attacking Order on Rates Salem - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company Wed nesday filed a complaint in the Marion County Circuit Court attacking parts of the rate, order issued Jan. 12 by former Public Utility Com missioner Howard Morgan. Fair Return Said Denied The company charged that the Commissioner's order on its application for rate in creases had denied it any op portunity to earn a return on some S6 million invested in intrastate telephone plants serving Oregon customers. Morgan's action in disallow ing $6,194,114 of the firm's intrastate rate base and $423,328, of its intrastate ex Ice-Choked Rivers Leave Banks in Ohio, Indiana Wabash Pours Over Levees By United Press International Ice-choked rivers in parts of Northern Indiana and Northern Ohio left their banks today in massive winter floods that made thousands homeless. Damage was put in tha high millions of dollars. In Indiana, the crest of the Wabash, blocked by huge cakes of ice, rolled down stream toward Terre Haute, leaving the worst flood, de struction in 46 years. The stream and its tribu taries routed more than 1,500 families from their homes in a belt running northeastward across north central Indiana. Levees Topped At Peru, the Wabash crest ed late Wednesday, pouring over levees fortified with thousands of sandbags. Up to 65 per cent of the southern section of the city and one fifth of the northern section were ' flooded, forcing 675 families from their homes. At Delphia, downstream, 75 persons were forced ' from their homes when ice blocks as big as automobiles threat ened the Monon river bridge and spread the Wabash as much as four miles wide at one point. Trapped in Apartments The temperature dropped to 10 above zero during the night and evacuees and rescu ers were numbed by cold. Gov. Harold Handley de clared a state of emergency m 13 counties Wednesday night and telegraphed Presi dent Eisenhower asking that the counties be designated dis aster areas. In Northern Ohio, an ice floe, 12 to 16 inches thick, crunched through the small community of Grand Rapids, south of Toledo. A number of persons were trapped in apart ments above stores as water and ice from the Maumee river covered the business dis trict to a depth of six feet. Ice Adds lo Hardships The ice and water smashed windows in stores and dumped cars into the Miami-Erie canal, once used for hauling goods by boat to Lake Erie to the north. The floods, the second to hit Ohio within a month, were mostly in the north western part of the state where ice in rivers and streams added to the hard ships. At Fremont, on tha San dusky river, 25 blocks of the city were under water and an estimated 2,000 were home less. These included some who had not been able to return to their homes after the Janu ary Ohio flood, which claimed 19 lives. Morse Leads in Senate Welcome For Neuberger Washngton-OIPD-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) was welcomed back to tha Senate today from his bat tle against cancer. Neuberger's often-critical colleague. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), lad lha Sen ale in its expression of wel come. , "I ara sure he knows all members of the Senate join me in expressing a very warm welcome and sincere pleasure over the fact that my colleague has returned to the Senate in such ap parent good health," Morse said. "He has our best wishes for a complete re covery, and I'm sure ha knows ha has our prayers. It is very good to have him back." pense was arbitrary, un lawful,'' and results in earn ings so low that it amounts to confiscation of its property, according to the complaint. Basis of Complaint Basis of the company's complaint is an. arbitrary method adopted unilaterally by the Commissioner of ap portioning the investment and expenses between the comp any's intrastate and interstate operations. Intrastate operations are un der the jurisdiction of the Oregon Public Utility Com missioner while the Federal Communicataions Commis sion has authority over the interstate phases. t
