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22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 No. 298
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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.
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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.