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ectioiii ftttacl .ID R SUPPLY . Price 10 Cents Medford 53rd Year Tribune VES FOR 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 No. 298 mm TOTE IRflPRI IRR9 GATIOfJ The water supply outlook for the 1959 irrigation season, April through September, in the Rogue-Umpqua area im proved slightly in February, but still indicates "only fair" late-season water supplies for most irrigated acres, W. T. (Jack) Frost, snow survey su pervisor for the Soil Conser vation Service and Oregon Agricultural Experiment sta tion, said today. Stored water supplies, he said, will be sufficient for most irrigation districts to serve their lands with a near ly full supply. Water content of the moun tain snow-cover is only 65 per cent of the March 1 normal in spite of an above normal Feb ruary increase. The increase In snow-cover on the headwa ters of the Rogue river was double the usual February amount, he said, making possi ble a 10 per cent increase in the forecast for the main Rogue." Carry-Over Amounts Frost said stored water in local irrigation reservoirs is 168 per cent of normal due principally to substantial car-rv-over amounts from last season. The new Howard Prairie reservoir in the Tal ent Irrigation district has 5,- 500 acre feet of water avail able for delivery when the canal is completed this sum mer. Frost noted. Forecasts of April-September runoff for the Rogue at Gold Ray and Grants Pass are 75 per cent of the 15-year nor mal, he said. The 15-year nor mal is compiled from the av erage for . the years 1938 through 1952. The Illinois and Applegate rivers are fore cast at 102 per cent normal. Irrigation season forecasts for the smaller reservoir sys tems of Fourmile, Fish and Hyatt lakesf are -estimated at 57, 50 and 50 per cent, re spectively. Flow of small streams heading in low eleva tions will be fairly short this season, he said. Farmers and orchardists in the Rogue - Umpqua water sheds can "stretch" this year's meager irrigation water sup plies by cleaning and repair ing ditches and water control structures. Frost said. Water can also be "stretched" by using fertilizer to get more crop with the same amount of water: by "working" the wa ter, not just letting it run; and by consulting the local Soil Conservation Service and county agents for addition al recommendations. Organizations Cooperate Organizations which cooper ated in the Soil Conservation Service snow survey include the Illinois Valley, Klamath, Poe Valley and Langelle Val ley Soil Conservation districts; the California Oregon Power company; Talent, Medford and Rogue River Valley Irri gation districts; Oregon Agri cultural Experiment station; Oregon state engineer and state watermasters, national park service and the forest service. Statewide, Frost said Ore- Corvallis Man Hurt When Gun Discharges Charles Daugherty, 24, of Lorvalus, was reported in fair condition in Sacred Heart hospital today after shooting himself in his right leg last night. Daugherty was brought from Shady Cove to Medford by the Medford Ambulance Service. He shot himself while practicing a quick draw with a pistol, it was reported. Local Woman Cries When Refuses Request for Liquor License Mrs. Ednamae Hamm broke down and cried last night when the Medford city coun cil refused her request for a license to serve beer at the "Club 100 Cafe," 42 North Front st. The council at its last meet ing turned down her request for a license to sell liquor, but she did not attend on that oc casion. Basis for refusing the first request was that Med ford is already over the state recommended ratio of liquor dispensers to population. ' City Manager Robert A. Duff reported that she is cur rently licensed and in business a; the Casino tavern, 17 South Front st. He said she had in formed him she intended to gon's water supply outlook for the 1959 irrigation season remains poor to extremely poor except for those lands which have adequate reser voir facilities. The mountain snow-pack increased by near ly normal amounts last month, but continues to be extremely short, he noted. Reservoired water supplies for irrigation are well above normal. The Soil Conservation Ser vice pointed out. that its wa ter supply outlook is for the irrigation season and are usu ally for the March-July, April- September periods, or other seasonal periods. The water supply forecast prepared and issued by the weather bureau is the water year which be gins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30 Forecasts Show Waier Year Flow About Average Water year flow forecasts prepared and issued by the weather bureau indicate that near or slightly below aver age flows can be expected in the Umpqua and Rogue basins, the weather bureau reported today. , The forecasts assume that subsequent precipitation will be about average, the bureau noted. The forecasts are for the year which starts Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30. February precipitation mea sured at representative weath er bureau substations in south western Oregon was about 90 per cent of the 15-year aver age. The average is derived from the precipitation meas ured during the years 1938 through 1952. Below Average .... N. . Since the start of the sea son, precipitation has been below the 15-year average every month except January. Total accumulated fall pre cipitation during September, October and November was about 60 per cent, and winter precipitation in December, January and iebruary was about 85 per cent of the base period average, the weather bureau noted. Streamflow to date, Octo ber through February, at two key gaging stations is 134 per cent of the 15-year average at Klamath lake inflow, and 82 per cent of the 15-year aver age on the Rogue river at Gold Ray. Water year flow forecast in the Klamath basin indi cates above average flows, the bureau noted. The above average flow observed to date and forecast in the Klamath basin is due primarily to high ground water contribution and does not reflect the below average precipitation meas ured to date, the weather bureau noted. February Precipitation February precipitation in south central Oregon was only 65 per cent of the 1938 1952 average. Precipitation in this area has been below average every month since September with total fall pre cipitation averaging about 40 per cent and winter precipita tion 65 per cent. The water year runoff in south central Oregon will be among the lowest recorded un less subsequent rainfall is heavy, the bureau said. Water year, October through Sep tember, forecasts indicate about 63 per cent of average runoff for the Chewaucan river near Paisley. shift her entire business to the 42 North Front st. address, formerly the Vets club, and turn in her license for the Casino. Mrs. Hamm told the council she intends to establish "a nice restaurant . . . not a hon ky tonk" at the new address. Councilman Robert Van Sickle, Ward III, said, "I don't think we need another beer outlet on Front st. . Don Root, Donald Herried and Frank Van Dyke, who all said they have interests in property near the proposed tavern, voiced objections to its being licensed. Root, a former member of the city planning commission, said that Front st. has FESTIVAL THEATER-Construction on the new Shakespearean Festival theater in Ash land is continuing on schedule, festival offi cials reported today. Although the full $275, 000 building fund has not been reached, officials said that the project would prog ress with the understanding that it could extend only as far as the acquired funds would allow. The theater foundation and Proposed Ordinance Draws Heavy Fire At Council A proposed "emergency' ordinance for licensing and control of private detective agencies and merchant patrols drew heavy fire at the Med ford city council meeting last night. Councilman Don Hansen, Ward II, questioned the need for government regulation in this field to the extent con templated. He noted that the ordi nance apparently would cover attorneys, credit investigators, insurance-adjusters and others as well as detectives and se curity patrolmen. He said he thought it would put the chief of police "on the spot," since he would be required to vouch for the license applicant's character and loyalty to state and country. Exemptions Listed i The proposed ordinance ex empts from licensing, among others "a private investigator employed exclusively by one employer in connection with Reorganization Group Sets Meeting The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee will, hold its regular meeting Tuesday, , March 24, at 8 p.m. in the county court house auditorium, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent. The meeting will be open to all persons interested in the school district reorganiza tion program, he said. The committee is now awaiting word from the state board of higher education on a request for extension of time for sub mitting a preliminary overall plan for reorganization of some of the county school districts. Mekvold - said. If granted the extension . would be from Oct. 7. Regular date for submitting the tentative plan is April 7. The rural school district budget committee will con tinue its work on the budget at its meeting Monday at 8 p.m., the school superintend ent's office added. Salem -(UPD- No new snow was reported on Oregon high ways today. City Council changed somewhat." He add ed that "the time will come when it will be a very nice street. . Councilman Donald Hansen, Ward II, 'supported Mrs. Hamm. He said this appeared to bea case of "an established business seeking to improve it self.' The council's vote was 4-3 against the license. Hansen, who voted for it, changed his vote to the negative.' This aligned him with the majority, and would permit him to bring the matter up for reconsidera tion later. - . Mrs. Hamm burst into tears as the council completed its voting. She was escorted from the room by her husband. Meeting a business of a collection agency;" and "any individual who has only one employer and who is employed to watch, guard, or protect onjy the premises, property or per son of that employer." Com mon carriers engaged in inter state commerce and their pa trolmen are also excluded. The ordinance provides that the chief must find "that the applicant does not believe in or advocate the overthrow of the Government of the United States, or of the State I of Oregon, by force or vio lence" or belong to an organi zation so believing or advocat ing, before issuing him a license. Hansen said this might well lead to a "negative" loyalty oath, which he said he did not favor. He noted that such oaths have been sharply criti cized elsewhere in recent weeks. Questioned Points He questioned several other specific points in the ordi nance, and said he did not see why any "emergency'.' ex ists. ' Several interested persons in the audience spoke for 'or against the ordinance. One, Ray Koch of Forest Green Detective Agency, said he has prepared an ordinance him self along somewhat different lines. He criticized the city's proposal as being discrimina tory in favor of the city police and against the private agencies. Koch suggested that the city attorney, police officials and private" detectives meet to discuss the matter further. The council agreed to post pone action on the matter until its first meeting in April. (See Council story on page 13) New Record Low Snowfall Noted A new record low cumu lative snowfall at Crater Lake National park for the winter season to Feb. 28 has been re corded, Thomas Williams, su perintendent," said today. Thus far there has been 274 inches recorded this season. The previous low record at the end of February was in 1955 when 282.5 inches was recorded. Only three previous Febru arys on record have ended with less snow on the ground, he said. At present there are 84 inches at park, headquar ters. - Williams also noted a slight increase last month in the number of park visitors and .a larger increase in the number of visitors to the toboggan hills at rim village. Last month there were 1,746 vis itors, of which 344 went to toboggan and 428 to ski, he said. Capital Gains Tax Proposal Supported Salem (UPD Industrial and business interests supported Gov. Mark Hatfield's proposal for a capital gains tax before the House Tax Committee Thursday night, but opposed his plan to tie it to a cigarette tax. g steel superstructure are finished. In the right foreground are the concrete forms for the combination lighting control booth and Tudor fair dance platform. The rear of the platform will be level with the ground, offi cials said. Completion of the seating im provements and landscaping will . not be possible until the full building fund quota is raised. -(Dwaine Smith photo) America Loses Radio Contact With Pioneer IV Washington -(UPD- America lost contact with its first arti ficial planet at 7:24 (p.s.t.) to day, nearly ZVz days - and more than 400,000 miles after Pioneer IV was launched to ward its orbit around the sun. The loss of radio contact was reported by the Goldstone tracking station of the Nation al Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration in California. Record for Signals At the time contact was lost,' Pioneer had set a record by flashing xadio. signals deep er in space than any other man-made object. The Goldstone scientists calculated that by 8 a.m., 36 minutes after the signal re ceived at 7:24 a.m., the tiny space probe was 416,000 miles from the earth and traveling at 3,940 miles an hour. Longer Than Expected Goldstone had expected to lose contact much sooner. Scientists said there was a possibility it might pick up additional signals from time to time in the afternoon. But they said that for practical tracking purposes, contact was considered ended at 7:24 a.m. - ' Accidents Take Lives of Three By United Press International Auto accidents claimed two lives in the Portland area Thursday and early today, and another man died after an ambulance taking him to a hospital was involved in a col lision. Cynthia Ann Thompson, 2, was struck and killed in south west Portland Thursday by a panel truck. State police said it was believed she fell under the wheels of the truck as it backed out of a driveway. Walter Thomas Dazey, 66, Salem, was killed early today when his car went out of con trol and rolled over about three-fourths' of a mile north of Wilsonville, sheriffs depu ties reported. Harley Bates, 68, Trout dale, died in a hospital short ly after the ambulance in which he was riding was in volved in a collision with a car at a Portland intersection. Bates was being rushed to the hospital for treatment of a heart attack. Hatfield Appointed To Governor Group Salem-(UPD-Florida Gov. Le roy Collins, chairman of the governor's conference, today named Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield to a 10-member- spe cial committee on federal state relations. First meeting of the new committee will be in Washington, D.C., in mid April, Collins indicated. DOW-JONES AVERAGES NewYor k (ITD Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 609.52, off 2.35; 20 railroads 163.74, off 1.38; 15 utilities 93.05, un changed, and 65 stocks 210.33, off 0.87. Sales today were about 3,930,000 shares compared with 3,930,000 sharei Thursday. MACRflLLLAft, IKE MEET MM 21 itish Leader Will Report on Moscow Talks Lloyd To Accompany Prime Minister Washington -(UPD- British Prime Minister Harold Mac millan and President Eisen hower will meet here March 20 in a Big Two summit con ference on the Berlin crisis, the White House announced today: White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said the British leader wanted to report to the President on his recent Moscow talks with So viet Premier Nikita Khru shchev. Differing Views The two Free World leaders are faced with reconciling their differing views on long range strategy for dealing with Khrushchev. The U.S. and Britain are in accord on basic issues. Hagerty said Macmillan had accepted Eisenhower's invita tion to fly here. He said the Prime Minister and his for eign secretary, Selwyn Lloyd, would arrive March 19. The talks, Hagerty said, would last "a few days." Meanwhile, President Eisen hower gave congressional leaders of both parties a 90 minute ..fill-in on -the Berlin crisis today and received a pledge of united support for his firm stand. Must Remain Firm "The upshot is that we are united,". Speaker Sam Ray burn said after the White House conference. "We don't have parties in this thing." "We think with the Presi dent that we must be firm and and remain so," Rayburn said. Rayburn, Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen and House Republican Leader Charles A. ! Halleck conferred with the President. London (UPD Russia an nounced today it is dispatch ing Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's top Communist party aide to Britain this month in a quick and un expected follow-up of the Mac millan - Khrushchev negotia tions. The visitor is party secre tary Mikhail Suslov, a Krem lin mystery man with Stalin ist upbringing and powerful say-so in the ruling Moscow presidium. Juveniles Arrested For Damage in Barn Jackson county sheriffs deputies yesterday arrested five juveniles -from 8 to 11 years old on charges of dam aging the contents of a barn owned by James Verne Shan gle, 1445 Kings highway. The five Medford young sters were released to the custody of school authorities and the case was referred to the Jackson county juvenile delinquent department, it was reported. They are charged with en tering the barn Tuesday and dropping boxes from a loft, scattering small cellophane bags from other boxes and breaking 20 glass bottles of battery fluid., deputies said. Fire Destroys Home In Griffin Creek Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a small building Wednesday afternoon in the Griffin Creek school area, ac cording to Jackson county sheriff's deputies. The building was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ennis M. Gid dings, who are now with rela tives in Crescent City, Calif., deputies said.- Giddings is a beekeeper. Officials reported that the building, outside of the vari ous fire districts, was destroy ed by the time deputies ar rived at the scene. The couple was away at the time of the fire. "You've Got To Pull More Of The Load" Sharp Drop Noted In Unemployment In Jackson County Unemployment in Jackson county during February showed a sharp drop from the level of a year ago, according to John J. Patton, manager of the Medford state employ ment service office. The unemployment total was practically unchanged from January, he said. The number of unemployed was estimated at 2,095, a 41 per cent decrease from February last year. "The present unemploy ment is almost entirely due to temporary seasonal layoffs, many from lumber firms af fected by winter weather in mountain areas, and is not ex pected to be of very long du ration," Patton said. Optimistic Outlook "In general," he noted, "business people in this coun ty are optimistic about the Kennedy Slated To Speak Tonight Sen. and Mrs. John F. Ken nedy (D-Mass.), were expected to arrive at Medford airport between 4 and 5 p.m. today for tonight's annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner, at which he is to be the featured speaker. The dinner is scheduled for 6 p.m. at McLoughlin Junior High school. The senator, his wife and staff members are flying in by chartered plane. They will depart tomorrow at about 10 a. m. Prominent Democrats, local and state government offi cials, representatives of the Jackson County Centennial as sociation and the Grants Pass Cavemen are among those ex pected to greet the Kennedys and their party. . Sen. Kennedy, considered a likely candidate for nomina tion as president or vice-president at the Democratic na tional convention in 1960, ap pears at what is the ninth an nual dinner here. Among those who have spoken in former years are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michi gan, former Democratic Na tional Chairman Stephen Mitchell and Congressman James Roosevelt. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness through Saturday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 32. High Saturday 64. Temp. Highest Yesterday 65 Lowest this Morning 30 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:06 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ... 6:39 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 5:31 a.m. New Moon March 9 Venus, easily seen in the west shortly after sunset, outshines by far every star and planet. The starlike object some de grees below It for the next few nights Is Mercury. outlook for the coming year.' Patton said there was little new hiring during February, but by the end of the month there were indications of in creased activity which should result in increased employ ment. The unusually high lev el of employment last month was caused by businesses keeping regular employees and avoiding many layoffs which usually occur at this time of the year. . "Unemployment for this year has passed its peak and will continue to decline through the spring months," he added. , Construction has continued at a good pace throughout the winter months with no gen eral shutdown such as has been experienced during most winters. There were some em ployment reductions in retail firms, but these were small compared to a year ago, he said. Generally Good "The outlook for jobs dur ing the next 60 days is gener ally good, and the number of job opportunities should steadily increase .from now on," Patton said. Agricultural activity now is low and w i 11 not produce much demand for help during the next 60 days, he added. Non - agricultural jobs are showing signs of a definite upturn and should increase considerably during March. Patton said there is a pres ent local demand for profes sional applicants including di etitians, mechanical engineers and registered nurses. There is a continuing heavy demand in other occupations, which greatly increase the difficulty of filling the local needs. ' With the exception of the professional jobs, there prob ably will be a surplus of help in most occupations through March and April. Angry Faubus Orders Full Probe of School Blaze Little Rock, Ark. -(UPD-State police launched a full-scale probe today of the tragic re form school fire that killed 21 Negro boys trapped behind locked doors. Gov Orval Faubus, shaken and angered, charged negli gence was responsible for the deaths and ordered state po lice to "let the chips fall where they may." He prepar ed to go before the Arkansas legislature and ask for an emergency appropriation. Heaped Below Window Faubus arrived on the scene of the fire Thursday at the Arkansas Negro Boys Indus trial school, 12 miles south of Little Rock, in time to watch firemen cool debris that cov ered a pile of 12 bodies. They Democrats, GOP Take Sides Over Hatfield Choice Flood of Oratory On Floor of Senate Salem UPD Sen. William Grenf ell (D-Portland) made an attack on Gov. Mark Hatfield for his appointment o f Sprague Carter, Pendleton, as head of Oregon's Selective Service in the state Senate to day and opened a flood of ora tory on the floor. One Democrat, Sen. Ben Musa (D-The Dalles) joined with Republican senators in defending Carter and the gov ernor while a number of Democrats backed up Grenf ell in his attack. Syndicated Article Read Grenfell read a syndicated article appearing in a Wash ington, D. C. newspaper quot ing two letters purported to have been written by Carter resigning from the Umatilla draft board on the grounds of inconvenience to his business. "The late Gen. Thomas E. Rilea served as head of se lective service for years with out any pay,"' Grenfell said, "and yet we have here a man appointed by the governor who served only briefly on his draft board, quitting be cause it interfered with his business." Musa Defends Carter Musa came to the defense of Carter saying that 10 years ago when Musa was in the Senate and Carter in the House, he had some tax bills he wanted to introduce and no one in the House would introduce them. "But Carter did introduce the bills and three of them are ' laws today," Musa said. "I cannot stand here and not defend my friend who was willing to help me at that time." Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario), Republican minority leader, deplored the attack on the governor and contended that the Senate floor should not be used as a forum for political attacks on appoint ments: "I believe that much of the opposition to the governor's appointment of Mr. Carter is inspired by politics," Yturri said. Sen. Monroe Sweetland (Milwaukie) declared it was evident that Gov. Hatfield did not investigate Carter's record, one that he character ized as being "shabby." Called a 'Spectacle' "I do not think that this position, which is so import ant to the youth of the state, should be filled on the basis of a political record," Sweet- land said. Sweetland was implying that Carter had worked on the Hatfield bid for governor in Umatilla county. At this point, Sen. Carl Francis (R-Dayton), who now and then votes with the Demo crats particularly on labor supported bills, declared that he very much regretted bring ing the name of Gen. Rilea in on a political discussion. "I hope that we will never again see such a spectacle as has taken place on this Senate floor," Francis said. Sneak Russ Attack Doomed To Failure Washington (UPD Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy be lieves any attempt by Russia to launch a sneak attack on the free world would be doomed to failure. McElroy told a news con ference that it would be "al most impossible" to carry out the necessary massive prepa rations and launch a simulta neous attack on thousands of targets without being de tected. were heaped below a window they couldn't open. Nine other boys were sprawled in ashes that once was a U-shaped brick veneer dormitory building. Faubus was visibly sickened at the sight. Others Escape Forty-seven other boys es caped by kicking out "escape proof" wire mesh screens and climbing out windows. "There's absolutely no rea son for this to happen the way it did except because of negli gence on the part of some one" Faubus said. He said the building had no fire alarm system and no telephone. The fire was believed to have started from defective wiring.
