tregoon Seft T ECick tff QmM Centennmi Celebration
SHADES OF YESTERYEAR Although stu
dents at Howard school didn't have their
lessons taught to the tune of a hickory stick
today, they looked like pupils that would
have attended a one-room school long ago.
Hoop skirts, sunbonnets, brocaded vests and
derby hats were all in style for children and
teachers alike as the school held its own
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Posse
Grounds
Main tL.,, - I'
Varied Activities
Planned in
A wide variety of Centen
nial activities are planned
this week end throughout
Jackson county.
The Centennial parade,
sponsored by the Medford
Trail Riders, wUl arrive in
the downtown Medford area
about 1 p.m. Saturday. The
parade will start at the Jack
son County Sheriffs posse
grounds on Sage rd. at 12:30
p.nv.
The parade will go south on
Summit ave. to. Jackson st.
then proceed to Holly st. and
to Sixth st., east on Sixth st
to Bartlett st., south to Main
St., to Holly st. from where
it will return to the Posse
grounds.
Included will be covered
wagons, riding horses, pack
mules, old cars and other ve
hicles, it was reported.
Whiskerino Contest'
In Central Point old fash
ioned clothing will be the
order of the day Saturday
with a "whiskerino contest"
scheduled at Phelps' Coffee
house at 3 p.m.
Saturday at 6 p.m. the Cen
tral Point Grange will hold
its Centennial dinner with a
pageant following the meal.
All tickets for the banquet
have been sold. Dancing will
be held later Saturday night
at the Grange hall.
Mayor F. W. Mason of Cen
tral Point has issued a procla
mation urging citizens to cele
brate Oregon's Centennial
Saturday and throughout the
year.
Two Centennial breakfasts
have been scheduled for Sun
day morning. One will be held
in Jacksonville and one in
Talent.
Breakfast Scheduled
The Jacksonville Commun
ity hall will be the setting for
the Buckaroo breakfast from
6 a. m. until 1 p.m. The Lum
berjack ' breakfast in Talent
will be held at the Talent
city hall between 7 a.m. and
1 p.m.
A dance is scheduled for
Saturday night at the Ashland
National Guard armory.
An hour long salute to the
Oregon Centennial will be
heard Saturday on radio sta
tion KMED from 3:30 until
4:30 p.m.
The program will originate
from the Capitol rotunda in
Slem and will include ad
dresses by Vice President
Richard M. Nixon and Gov
ernor Mark Hatfield. -Musical
Narrative
The musical narrative, writ
ten and produced by Angus
Bowmer, producer-director of
Saturday
Parade
Route
Valley
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival in Ashland, will be
narrated by Don McCutcheon,
public services director of the
Oregon Association of Broad
casters. Music during the program
will include the 60-piece Port
land symphony orchestra and
the 75-voice symphonic choir.
This evening following the
Jacksonville High school
basketball game a group of
Explorers from Post 35 under
the leadership of Jerry Paw
lowski will leave Jacksonville
on a hike to Sterling creek
mine.
To Mark Trail
The 12 boys on the hike
will reblaze the trail to the
mine and mark it for later
use. The event will qualify
the Explorers for the histori
cal trail award.
The trail was first used
during the 1800s by wagons
traveling from Jacksonville
to the gold mine. The boys
will camp out tonight and are
scheduled t o arrive a t the
mine tomorrow morning.
They will be met at the
mine by an "old timer" who
will teach them how to pan
gold. .
Cloudy skies affd wind are
forecast for Saturday, accord
ing to the weather bureau
here.
Court Opposing
House Bill 360
Jackson county court has
written State Sen. Dr. Edwin
R. Durno and State Rep. Eve
Nye stating it opposed House
Bill 360.
The bill" provides that state,
counties, cities and other dis
tricts and public corporations
must call for bids on all work
estimated to cost more than
$5,000. This would include
alterations or wrecking of
buildings, construction or re
pair of bridges, streets and
roads. Maintenance projects
are excepted.
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said no limit is set
now on what the county must
put up for bid. This bill would
take the county out of the
road construction business
and make it too costly to op
erate a roads program, Wendt
said.
celebration of Oregon's birthday. Student
Linda Thames rode her horse to school, like
children did before the days of school buses,
which attracted the crowd of onlookers in
the picture above. Other schools throughout
the county observed the state's 100th birth
day in the same manner. a
Association May
Sponsor Wagon in
Oregon Cavalcade
Dick Carter, Medford, rep
resentative of William Dawk
ins and associates, discussed
the possibility of Jackson
county sponsoring a wagon in
the "On to Oregon Cavalcade"
at a meeting of the Jackson
County Centennial association
this morning.
The cavalcade will leave
Independence, Mo., April 12,
and arrive in Independence,
Ore., about Aug. 15, Carter
said. Carter, who will serve
as administrative assistant on
the trip, said five wagons now
are being sponsored.
He noted that the deadline
for constructing the wagons
is near, and invited the asso
ciation to study possibilities
of sponsoring a wagon.
Commttee Organized
A committee was organized
to assist Carter in planning
a Jackson county wagon, and
several suggestions for financ
ing such a venture were dis
cussed. Cost of the trip is $1,650,
he said, which includes the
wagon, arrangements for
horses, and space at the- Port
land exposition, where the
wagon will be displayed after
Aug. 15.
Carter said promotional op
portunities are unlimited. He
will plan promotion along the
route, and arrange with Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce
groups to organize reception
committees.
The association also heard
a report that the Redwood
Empire would loan murals to
the association to hang on the
inside walls at the Siskiyou
summit , welcoming center.
The murals of the Rogue Val
ley were at the San Francisco
exposition. N .
Also discussed was the pos
sibility of a large topographi
cal map of the county. Otto
Ewaldsen, Medford business
man, said he would cooperate
in preparing the map.
Men Fall While at
Work This Morning
Two Medford men were
taken to Rogue Valley hos
pital this morning by Med
ford Ambulance service fol
lowing falls while at work.
Robert Swindler Jr., 27, of
528 South Ivy st., suffered in
juries when he fell back
wards across the prongs of
a fork lift at Medford Con
crete Construction company.
Hospital officials reported
that he was still being ex
amined early this afternoon.
Treated and released was
Bethel B. Reeves, 45, of 3542
Alley lane, following a fall
from a ladder while working
at Oregon orchards.
Work Progressing in Group Drainage
Project in Beebe Farm Community
Work is progressing in a
group drainage project in the
Beebe farms community near
Central Point, Clem Ault,
work unit conservationist, re
ported at the annual meeting
of the Rogue Soil Conserva
tion District in Central Point
Grange hall last night.
The Ashland city council is
working locally to support
the Ashland creek dam proj
ect, Ault noted. Work is also
progressing on the Daisy
creek project near Jackson
ville and on the upper Jack
son creek watershed above
the old dam, he said.
According to studies, all of
the projects appear to have a
favorable benefit-cost ratio.
A large range brush clear
ing and seeding trial is being
planned for at least 1,000
acres in the Little Applegate
area, Ault announced.
This project is being spon
Fate of Oregon
Civil Defense
Agency Debated
Motion Approved
To Hold Hearing
Salem-OIPD-The fate of Ore
gon's Civil Defense Agency
hung in the balance today
after a hearing before the
Joint Ways and Means Com
mittee in which some mem
bers were ready to scrap it.
Others favored transfer of
some activities to other gen
cies and still others insisted
the agency continue as at
present.
After spending almost an
hour arguing about the
agency, the Committee ap
proved a motion by Sen. Ward
Cook (D-Portland) to hold a
hearing before the entire
Committee at some future
date on civil defense's $301,
574 budget.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille) declared that civil
defense activities in his coun
ty were duplications of ef
fort. Stale Police Praised
"We have spring floods in
Coos county and in the past
such disasters have' been
handled adequately by the
State Police," Barton said.
"Then Civil Defense took
over, purchasing "a jeep, a
boat and other equipment and
doing just what the State Po
lice had been doing in the
past," Barton . said.
Rep. Leon Davis (R-Hills-boro)
said he was not in ac
cord with the Civil Defense
organization and said he felt
the same activities of this
agency could be carried on
more economically by other
state agencies.
But Sen. Francis Ziegler (R
Corvallis) urged the Commit
tee continue the agency. He
said in his county, plans to
cope with disasters were on
paper and ready to be put into
execution.
Planners Suggest
Rezoning Property .
In Grandview Area
The Medford planning com
mission last night overrode a
petition signed by '258 resi
dents when it recommended
approval for one of two zone
change requests in the Grand
view area.
The petition was opposed
to two zone change requests,
both presented by Gottlieb J.
Wolff, proprietor of the
Grandview market, 2330 Cra
ter Lake ave. The second re
quest was turned down.
The approved request, to
be acted on next by the city
council, is for a change to
limited commercial zoning for
a lot at the southeast corner
of Crater Lake ave. and Rob
erts rd., across from the mar
ket. A service station is re-.
portedly to be located there
if the- request is approved.
Not Spot Zoning
Commission President Paul
Selby stated that since this is
adjacent to the market, which
is already zoned limited com
mercial, the change would not
constitute spot zoning.
The rejected request was
for property at the northwest
corner of Crater Lake ave.
and McAndrews rd., Ervin
Hogan, Medford attorney rep
resenting Wolff, said retail
shops were contemplated for
this location.
The petition was submitted
to the commission by Dick
Henselman, a business part
ner of Mark Goldy. Goldy
and Henselman are develop
ing a subdivision in that area.
Allan Perry, commission
member, said the difference
between the two tracts was
their location and the effects
of extra traffic that commer
cial development might cause.
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sored jointly by, the Rogue
Soil Conservation district,
bureau of land management,
Caterpillar Tractor company
and a number of cattlemen,
he said. Word is being await
ed from the tractor company
so work can be started im
mediately, Ault said. .
Ault called on Walter Hoff
buhr, manager of the Talent
Irrigation district, who point
ed up the need for irrigation
planning and layout needed
in anticipation of the addi
tional water expected from
the Talent project. The drain
age problem will be acceler
ated with additional water, he
said.
Chester Jensen, chairman
of the soil conservation dis
trict board of directors, dis
cussed the purpose of the
state association of soil con
servation districts and the re
lationship with the governor's
53rd Year
Medford
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California Joins
Against Curb of
Daylight Service
Railroad's Loss
Figures Challenged
San Francisco - flJPD - Cali
fornia joined Oregon Thurs
day in opposing Southern Pa
cffic's attempt to reduce serv
ice on its Shasta Daylight
train between San Francisco
and Portland.
Oregon has charged in hear
ings before the Interstate
Commerce Commission that
SP is attempting to discour
age travelers from using the
train by offering poor serv
ice. The railroad proposes to op
erate the train, now running
daily, on a tri-weekly basis
during winter months.
Losses Minimized
Clyde T. Neary, one of
three California PUC experts
who testified Thursday, said
SP is actually losing only
$155,000 a year on the train
instead of $1,900,000 as claim
ed by the railroad. Neary said
this net loss is reduced by in
come tax deductions, leaving
the firm with a cash loss of
only $72,000 a year on the
Daylight operation, -
. Neary said the train would
make money if it were not for
a $609,000 yearly loss on its
dining car . operations. He
testified ' the railroad could
make a profit if it wanted to
by converting to buffet style
or airplane style meal serv
ice. Other Figures Challenged
Edward M. Jennings, PUC
transportation engineer, chal
lenged other SP figures by
testifying that there was "con
siderable doubt" as to the ac
curacy of the railroad's main
tenance cost accounting. He
said SP car maintenance fig
ures per mile were 42 per
cent higher than a composite
figure for three other rail
roads and locomotive figures
were 30 to 50 per cent higher.
He blamed the railroad's
higher locomotive mainten
ance largely on inefficiency,
charging that SP was not us
ing modern repair methods in
its shops.
Defects Observed
A third California witness,
Claude Carlock, a PUC staff
member, said he had observed
numerous defects during trips
on the Daylight within the
last few weeks that would dis
courage the traveling public.
These included such de
ficiencies as water leaking
through the ceiling in three
locations, automatic sliding
doors out of order, a bar re
frigerator out of order, air
pockets in floor linoleum in
the diner, a stuck baggage
elevator that caused passen
ger delays, and an improper
valve which caused over-heating'
of the parlor car.
state committee, particularly
as related to legislation af
fecting means and advance
ment of soil and water con
servation activities in the
state.
One bill calls for appropri
ation of $1,000 per district for
clerical help so technical per
sonnel can be relieved of rou
tine administrative chores.
Another bill proposes to per
mit land operators as well as
land owners to serve as soil
conservation supervisors.
Arthur J. King, extension
soil conservationist, stressed
the possibility for develop
ment of market outlets in
Mediterranean areas for Jack
son county products, especial
ly for field seeds. Soil topog
raphy and climate here are
similar in many respects to
the Mediterranean lands, he
noted.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1959
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Dulles' Operation
Called Successful
Washingion-OIPD-Secreiary of State John Foster Dulles
underwent a ''successful" hernia operation today. Surgeons
also removed tissue and fluid to check for cancer.
Stale Department Spokesman . Lincoln White refused,
pending results of laboratory tests, to speculate whether doc
tors fear any recurrence of the intestinal cancer for which
Dulles was operated on in November, 1956.
Shortly after today's operation, the White House again
vigorously denied a report that Dulles might resign his cabi
net post. ;
'It's Not the Principle It's the Money'
Lincoln's Ability
Reviewed at Dinner
Abraham Lincoln was one'minate slavery in the rest of
of the few men throughout
history who have been uni
versally influential, Dr. How
ard W. Runkel, professor of
speech and drama at Willa
mette university, said here
last night.
Dr. Runkel spoke at the
45th annual banquet of the
Jackson County Lincoln club
at the Jackson hotel. The oc
casion marked Lincoln's 150th
birthday.
He told the group of about
100 persons that Lincoln's
self lessness, understanding,
and spirit have been univer
sally influential. A man who.
believed in God, historians
have marveled at Lincoln's
ability to understand man and
his tact in leading men, Dr.
Runkel said.
Wisdom was Lincoln's prin
cipal asset, he noted, and
cited several examples of the
16th president's ability to
handle men and situations.
Offered Governorship
Dr. Runkel pointed out that
Lincoln was offered the ter
ritorial governorship of Ore
gon while he was practicing
law in Springfield, 111. Lin
coln's wife, Mary, "put her
foot down" and said no, Dr.
Runkel noted.
Lincoln was nominated for
the presidency in 1860, Dr.
Runkel said, because he had a
plan. It was not a plan of abo
lition or slavery, he said, but
one which would limit slavery
in new states, and slowly eli-
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy through
Saturday. G u t y southerly
winds. Occasional light rain,
changing to snow tonight. Oc
casional snow in mountains.
Low tonight 35. High Saturday
40-45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning 30
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:40 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:11 a.m.
Moonset tonight 11:52 p.m.
First Quarter Feb. 15
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, rises'- 10:03 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS '
Venus, low in west .. 6:59 p.m.
Mars, high in southwest
7:48 p.m.
Jupiter, rises 2:08 ajn.
Saturn, low In southeast
5:39 a.m.
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the states.
At a short business meet
ing prior to Dr. Runkel's talk,
Manville Heisel, Medford at
torney, was elected president
of the club. Other officers
named are Lloyd Selby, first
vice president; Alan Holmes,
second vice president; Mrs.
Lester Adams, third vice
president; and Don Stathos,
secretary-treasurer. .
Homer Billings of Ashland
was elected historian of the
club, succeeding Mrs. G. Q.
D'Albini, who retired after
holding the office several
years.
John Dellenback, retiring
president, read a telegram
from Oregon Governor Mark
Hatfield, and Jim Frake, Med
ford High school student ac
tive in speech activities, read
"In the Words of Lincoln."
The club adopted a resolu
tion reaffirming its faith in
the Republican party.
Slrolhers Resigns
From Commission
Ed Strothers, Shady Cove,
has resigned from the Jack
son county planning commis
sion, the county court said
today.
Strothers will be replaced
by someone from the same
area, County Judge Earl Mil
ler said.
Strothers is one of the
original members of the plan
ning commission which was
formed about three years ago,
County Commissioner Chester
Wendt noted.
In his letter of resignation,
Strothers said he felt that
someone with an engineering
or legal background can serve
better.
Thornton's Opinion
Asked on Selection
Salem -0JPD- Sen. William
A. Grenfell Jr. said today he
had requested Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton to
give an opinion regarding the
legality of Gov. Mark Hat
field's recent appointment of
Col. Robert L. Irving as the
acting adjutant general of the
Oregon National Guard.
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Mass Destruction
Threatened If
Ice Breaks Loose
Huge Chunks of
Ice Piled High
Lafayette, Ind.-UPD-Authori-
ties mounted a round-the-clock
vigil at the scene of a
mammoth Wabash river ice
jam 12 miles long which
threat ens "tremendous de
struction" to the Lafayette
area if it breaks loose.
Army engineers and police
stood by to alert residents of
Lafayette and Delphi if the
35-foot high ice gorge, carry
ing chunks of ice as large as
automobiles, begins to slip.
The ice gorge slipped once
Thursday night when it was
rammed by a smaller ice floe
from the flooded Peru area
upstream on the rampaging
Wabash. However, after roar
ing for about a mile down
stream it jammed again just
above Delphi and about 26
miles from Lafayette.
Less Danger Indicated
xne weatner Bureau re
ported the river crested at
Delphi and Lafayette at
about 26 feet Thursday night
and has begun falling. Nation
al Guard officers said that
indicated less danger of the
ice pack churning downstream
again.
Army engineers said the
longer the ice floe stands still,
the better the chance it will
not tear loose again. But they
added if it does give way, it
would mean "tremendous de
struction" to Delphi and La
fayette. Lafayette police Sgt. Stan
ley Davenport said engineers
might try to dynamite the
gorge apart a little at a time
today.
Deep Cracks Revealed
"They'll probably try to
blast it loose about 60 feet at
a crack," Davenport said.
"There isn't enough dynamite
in the country to blast it all
loose at once."
National Guard officials at
Logansport said an inspection
of the floe Thursday night re
vealed deep cracks on its
downstream side. They said
the gorge apparently loosened
and moved downstream when
the ice broke through along
the cracks.
Authorities said if the gorge
let loose again, it could smash
at least 10 bridges between
Delphi and Lafayette and
crush low-lying buildings.
Sweetheart Trees
To Be Planted
A planting of redbud trees,
also known as the sweetheart
tree, will be held Saturday by
the Medford Tree committee,
honoring the state's birthday
and St. Valentine's day.
The trees will be planted on
Catherine st. The trees have
heart shaped leaves.
Coordinator for the area is
Mrs. Ted Ball. The trees will
be planted and dedicated to
children in the area, with sev
eral of them dedicated to chil
dren with birthdays on Feb.
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Bids To Be Called Soon
On Two Jobs
Bureau of reclamation of
ficials reported today that
calls for bids on two more
jobs in the Talent project are
expected in April.
Construction is expected to
start in June. Dates for the
bids will be set by the chief
engineer, according to reports
from the Denver, Colo., office.
The projects are for the en
larging of the present east
lateral canal of the Talent Ir
rigation district from Emi
grant dam nearly to Medford.
Earth work on this lateral is
currently under way by the
irrigation district.
The contract will include
the constructing of nine 33 to
51 inch precast concrete pipe
siphone totaling 2,835 feet,
and a 330-foot-long concrete
Visit by Nixon
Adds To Plans
For Saturday
Festivities Start
Year of Observance
Portland -UPD- Oregon, ad
mitted quietly to the union
100 years ago Saturday as the
33rd state, today prepared for
a rousing celebration of its
Centennial birthday to be
spiced by a visit from Vice
President Richard Nixon.
Nixon, due to arrive here
by plane at 9:05 p.m. today,
also scheduled visits to As
toria and Salem to help his
neighboring state observe its
Valentine's day admittance to
the union. Other cities and
towns throughout the state
were planning observances of
their own.
The Saturday festivities
touch off a year which will
feature a 100-day Exposition
and International Trade Fair
starting June 10 which state
leaders hope will heip attract
new business and industry.
Word Late in Coming
The gala preparations were
in sharp contrast to 100 years
ago when word of Oregon's
admittance to the union did
not reach the state until a
month after it happened-on
March 15 when the steamer
Brother Jonathan arrived
from San Francisco.
Nixon was to spend the
night at his hotel here and
then fly' along with Gov. Mark
Hatfield and other state offi
cials to Astoria Saturday
morning where ceremonies
will be held for issuance of
a Centennial stamp at the old
est post office west of the
Rocky mountains.
After ceremonies there, Nix
on flies to Salem for an after
noon round of festivities be
fore returning to Portland for
a speech Saturday night. The
Vice President is scheduled
to pay a visit to his home
state of California, leaving
Portland Sunday morning, be
fore returning to Washington,
D.C.
Ball at Salem
A Centennial ball is sched
uled for Salem Saturday night
with actress Gloria Krieger,
a former Portland Rose festi
val queen, as guest soloist.
At Astoria, precedent will be
shattered when the Vice Presi
dent will be served sable fish
instead of salmon for lunch.
Sable fish is a valuable ocean
delicacy, also called black cod.
Thousands of Oregon men.
caught up in a "pioneer"
spirit, were growing beards,
including several state legisla
tors. A stagecoach and a group
of about 50 horse riders near-
ed Astoria on the last leg of
a three-day trip from Port
land. Porter Says Cuba
Action Avoidable
Portland -UPD- Rep. Charles
O. Porter (D-Ore.) charged to
day that the bloody revolu
tion in Cuba could have been
avoided if top officials of the
State Department had not op
posed holding of free, super
vised elections while the Ba
tista regime was in power.
Porter, who returned to
Oregon for a Democratic fund
raising speech in Salem to
night, said policy makers in
the State Department refused
to go along with proposals
for United Nations-supervised
elections in Cuba before the
revolution. He did not identify
the officials he said were in
volved. The Eugene Democrat said
he was convinced that Cuba,
under the revolutionary gov
ernment was on the right
road. He added that present
U.S. policy toward the nation
is "very encouraging and I
am satisfied with it."
Washington- (UPD -The State
Department has announced
that "if developments war
rant" there may be a meet
ing of western foreign min
isters in Paris sometime be
fore April 1.
in Project
bench flume as well as related
work.
The second contract will
complete the collection sys
tem for the Talent project in
the higher country above
Howard Prairie reservoir. The
project is to construct nine
miles of unllned canal with
65 cubic feet per second capa
city, 1 12 miles of unlined
canal with 130 cubic feet per
second capacity and three in
let structures.
These canals will divert the
water from South Fork of
Little Butte creek and Daley
creek into the reservoir. Other
collection canals that were
completed last year were for
Dead Indian creek and Conde
creek.