54th Year
Recommended
Price 10 Cents
Subscribers
To report improper or non
' delivery of the Mail Tribune in
Medford phone SP 2-6141, Ash
land MU 2-1021, Yreka 841W
before 6:45 pjn. daily and 1220
p.m. Sunday
If regular deliverv arrives
shortly after you call please
notify office thus eliminating
special messenger service.
Tribune
DFORD
A story on the early history
of the southern Oregon snow
surrey network is related on
page 14 of today's Mall Tribune.
United Press International Full Leased Wire
United Press International Full Leased Wire
60 PAGES
BEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1959
No. 13
Me
14 Per Cent Hike
In Allowable Cut
On O&C Land Told
New Forest Inventory
Yields Higher Figures
Portland - (UPD - An increase
of nearly 14 per cent in the
annual allowable cut of tim
ber from revested Oregon and
Calfornia railroad grant lands
in Oregon was announced Fri
day by Elmer F. Bennett,
undersecretary of the interior,
j Bennett said the increase
ovould be 104.9 million board
feet, raising the allowable
1959 cut to be 874.2 million
board feet.
He said that through in
creasing its total timber sales
program for 1960, the bureau
of land management could
provide the equivalent of
2,000 additional local jobs.
Edward Woozley, BLM di
rector, said new forest in
ventories made possible the
increase. The latest increase is
the ninth since the base an
nual cut of 500 million board
feet was established when the
O&C sustained yield act was
passed in 1937.
Woozley also said that an
estimated additional 125.8 mil
lion board feet of salvage and
other materiai not chargeable
to the new allowable cut base
could be offered for sale in
1960, bringing the total cut to
about one billion board feet.
Additional funds necessary for
an expanded timber sale pro
gram for O&C land for 1959
have been requested from
Congress, he said.
(An additional volume of
timber will be sold from pub
lic domain land in the Med
ford district, according to Bob
Hostetter, assistant district
manager in charge of plans.
This should be computed be
fore July, he said.)
(O and C and public domain
timber lands are reinventoried
every 10 years according to a
standard plan, Hostetter ex
plained. The new reinventory
has been geared to the big
change in timber utilization
made by lumber companies
since World War II, he said.
(Much more accurate tech
niques have been developed in
the last 10 or 15 years to
make this reinventory more
precise than previous ones,
Hostetter said. Use of aerial
photos and permanent sample
plots are two examples of the
new and more accurate meth
ods, he said.
(Eight to 10 men have been
working on this district's re
inventory continously for the
last four years.)
The new and old allowable
cuts by marketing district, in
millions of board feet:
Salem District New
Columbia River 47.5
Clackamas-Molalla 24
Alsea-Rickreall 60
Santiam River 51.2
Old
36
18
51
41
152
62.9
79.1
142
Total 182.7
Eugene District
Upper Willamette 74.9
Siuslaw 79.1
Total 154
Roseburg District
Douglas
South Umpqua
Total
Coos Bay District
South Coast
1 Total
123.9 112.8
32.5 32.5
156.4 145.2
i
160.1 160.1
150.1 160.1
Medford District
Josephine 120
Jackson 78
Klamath 23
Total 221
102
54.7
13.2
169.9
U.S. Says Its Planes
To Fly at Any Height
Berlin - (UPD - The United
States told the Soviets yester
day that American military
transports would fly through
the corridors linking West
Berlin and West Germany at
whatever height they choose.
In a note, the United States
rejected s Soviet attempt to
put a ceiling on the Western
corridors 'over Communist
East Germany. The note was
in reply to a Soviet protest
against the "illegal" flight of
a C-130 transport at 25,000
feet. The Russians said the
flight created an air hazard.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Increasing cloud
iness today with occasional light
showers likely by this afternoon
and continuing through Monday.
Much cooler Monday. High to
day SS. Low tonight 35. High
Monday 55.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 77
Lowest Saturday 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
8:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
. 5:47 a.m.
. 5:05 a-m.
Moonrise tomorrow
PROMINENT STARS
Regulus, high in south
east 7:34 p.m.
Sirius, in the south
west 8:54 p.m.
Procyon, high above.
Arcturus, in the east 8:59 p.m.
Capella, low in north
west H:3J p.m.
: ,f
ten T I )
IP 1' ' ft
J? litis 11 i w ' X 1
! I y J2st?r Iff iff
' i "' I J
ERA TO END - The end of the month will mark the dis
continuance of the Applegate post office, which has been
in existence since 1858. People in the area will be served
by what is termed a rural station. As a memorial to the 101
years the post office has been in use, faculty members and
students at Applegate school prepared a sign which reads
"Applegate Post Office, established in August, 1858." Above,
Principal Norman Bonzon watches while students Jimmie
Christensen, left, and Virgil Prowell fasten the sign to the
door.
President Pledges
Firm Berlin Course
Gettysburg, Pa.- (UPD -Presi
dent Eisenhower pledged the
United States yesterday to
follow a firm course in Ber
lin and prevent that divided
city from becoming "another
Munich."
- "The course of appeasement
is not only dishonorable, it
is the most dangerous one we
could pursue," he declared.
"The world paid a high price
for the lesson of Munich-but
it learned it well."
The President spoke yester
day morning at Gettysburg
College's spring convocation,
attended by 4,000 invited
guests. The affair was held
in windy, topcoat weather in
the college football stadium.
The President used the po
litical crisis in Vietnam and
the economic difficulties of
Japan, along with the Berlin
problem, as examples of the
need for mutual free world
security as a buffer against
communism.
Berlin is a tension" point
jst now, he said, "because the
Kremlin hopes to eliminate it
as a part of the free world.
"The communist leaders
have chosen to exert pressure
there at this moment," he
added. "Naturally they al
ways pick the most awkward
situation, the hard-to-defend
position, as the place to test
our strength and resolution.
"There will never be an
easy place for, us to make a
stand, but there is a best
one."
As the President spoke, the
15-nation North Atlantic
Treaty organization council,
meeting in Washington, warn
ed Russia again of its deter
mination to defend allied
treaty rights in West Berlin.
In a renewed defense of
his foreign policy, which is
under continuing attack in
Congress, Eisenhower said
the situations in Berlin, Viet
nam and Japan show the need
for. firm answers to Soviet po
litical challenges, U. S. for
eign aid to keep the spirit
of freedom alive in divided
countries, and foreign trade
t keep nations of the free
world in economic good
health. ; ,
"We have learned, too," he
said, "that the costs of de
fending freedom-of defending
America must be paid in
many forms. They are assessed
against us in all parts of the
world-in Berlin, in Vietnam,
in the Middle East, and here
India-Parkistan Dispute
Settlement Hoped For
Washington-' (UPD .-Assistant
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield said yester
day he hopes the "possible
common danger" of Red
China as displayed in Tibet
will end the long feud be
tween India and Pakistan.
The Montana Democrat add
ed the implied hope that India
would abandon her neutral
ity and seek membership in
the southeast Asia treaty or
ganization (SEATO) to which
Pakistan belongs.
at home.
"But wherever they occur
and in whatever form they
appear, they are first and last
a proper charge to the na
tional security of the United
States."
Eisenhower departed from
his prepared text to declare
that "no matter what areas
of federal spending should be
curtailed-and some should
our safety comes first."
Some congressional Demo
crats have accused him of
cutting back essential defense
spending to achieve a bal
anced budget.
"Since that safety is neces
sarily based on a sound and
thriving economy," the Pres
ident added, "its protection
must equally engage our earn
est attention."
He also voiced hope that
through' education, citizens
would achieve an understand
ing of the international situa
tion and of the need for this
country to play a major role
in blunting communist efforts.
County Sheriff's Office Asks
$166,458 Total in New Budget
Total budget request for
1959-60 for the Jackson coun
ty sheriff's office is $166,458,
according to Sheriff Joe
Walsh. '
The total is $38,072 higher
than the current year's bud
get, but during this year the
office has been operating on a
deficit basis in both travel
expenditures for deputies and
allowance for jail food, Walsh
explained. -
The 1958-59 budget author
ized by the county's budget
committee last April is not a
realistic base by which to
make a comparison, Walsh
said.
Main increase to the sher
Communists,
Cause Riots
Buenos Aires (DPD Army
troops, police and firemen re
stored order ' t o downtown
Buenos Aires yesterday and
workmen cleared the streets
of scores of buses streetcars,
and autos overturned or burn
ed by Peronist and Commu
nist-led rioters Friday night.
A powerful bomb exploded
early yesterday in a church
in the Palermo district, caus
ing some damage, but it was
not known whether it was
connected with the rioting.
No one was hurt.
Policeman Shot
One ' policeman and three
civilians were shot and 13
other persons were injured
before police using tear gas
and jets of colored water end
ed the three-hour riot. One
man was reported to have
died of a heart attack and
a police communiqua said
ons
iiorrow
jnsolidaiion
Districts Would
a Merged Into One
Patrons of Jacksonville,
Ruch, Griffin Creek, Lone
Pine, Howard and Medford
school districts will vote to
morrow on a proposal to con
solidate into one administra
tive school unit.
Polls will be open between
2 and 8 p.m. in seven loca
tions. They are Jacksonville
High school music room, Grif
fin Creek school gymnasium,
Ruch school cafeteria, How
ard school multi-purpose
room, Lone Pine school cafe
teria, Hedrick Junior High
school cafetetorium, and Mc
Loughlin Junior High girls
gymnasium.
Elections in the districts
were called by the Jackson
county boundary board after
school district patrons sub
mitted petitions to the board
requesting the vote.
The proposal to consolidate
was motivated by the county
school reorganization law
passed by the 1957 legisla
ture. It has been recommend
ed by the Jackson County
Reorganization committee as
part of the overall school dis
trict reorganization plan for
the county.
Alf B. . Mekvold, county
school superintendent, point
ed out that consolidation is
being proposed on a volun
tary basis under an old law,
thus eliminating the compul
sory feature of the new law.
Search Futile
For Hunt Suspect
Law enforcement authori
ties here conducted an intense
but fruitless search Friday, for
a person reportedly answering
the description of Richard
Allen Hunt, wanter gunman.
Medford police received a
call that a person believed to
be Hunt had been observed
shortly before noon at Grand
view Market, 2330 Crater
Lake ave. A clerk reported
the person purchased a box
of .22 calibre ammuntion and
a candy bar, then drove off
rapidly eastbound on Roberts
rd. in a 1959 Chevrolet Tudor.
City, county, state and fed
eral officers and agents cov
ered the area by car and air
plane until 2:30 p.m. Hunt, an
ex-convict, has been sought for
nearly two weeks in connec
tion with snooting one police
chief and kidnaping another
in the Willamette valley.
iff's budget request id for
higher salaries on an incre
ment or step system, and addi
tional deputies. The incre
ment scale is . from $336 to
$429 a month. Which would
compare with pay scales of
other local law enforcement
agencies.
Three deputies would be
added in the criminal division,
bringing the total in that de
partment, exclusive of Walsh,
to 12. A deputy would be
added to the tax division for
collection of personal property
taxes, bringing the total per
manent personnel in the tax
and civil department to 5.
Total salaries in the crimi-
Peronists
in Argentina
144 persons were arrested in
the "typical Communist dem
onstration." About 500 rioters, who had
massed before the Labor Min
isthy and the congressional
building 12 blocks away to
protest against the govern
ment's austerity and labor
control policies, burned a t
least a .dozen automobiles, 3
streecars and a bus and dam
aged several police, cars.
They also wrecked five
stores, littered the streets
with glass from shop windows
and tried to lynch a bus
driver whose vehicle acciden
tally knocked down one dem
onstrator who was trying to
set fire to a station-wagon.
The bus driver suffered a
terible beating before bis pas
sengers rescued him and car
ried him to shelter in a pri
vate home. i
Big Game Hunting
NATO Body Backs
Big Three's Stand
On German Situation
Washington-(UPD-The NATO
Council yesterday firmly en
dorsed the f Western Big
Three's German policy and
warned the Communists to
keep their hands off the Free
Allied sector of Berlin.
The" 15-nation council ex
pressed "full agreement on
the broad lines of policy to be
pursued" by Britain, France
and the United States in their
forthcoming showdown talks
on the German crisis with the
Soviet Union at Geneva.
. The council said in a com
munique issued at the close of
its three-day spring session
that it wanted to see "out
standing problems solved by
negotiation" but - would - con
sent to no appeasement on
Berlin.
"The council confirmed its
unanimous determination xo
maintain the freedom of the
people of West Berlin and ob
ligations of the Allied Pow
ers." The council endorsed anew
the Western Big Three's "bas
ic principles" on Berlin and
Germany. These are: - .
1. Britain, France and the
United States will keep their
forces in Berlin and maintain
"freedom of access" to that
city until there is an: accept
able all-German settlement.
2. They reject any effort by
Russia to repudiate the Sov
iet Union's obligations to the
other three victorious powers
nal division, "including extra
help, would be 66,328, an in
crease of $4,312, Walsh said.
A new deputy in the tax divi
sion would add $4,452 a year
or $371 a month.
Collections Agent
If the present budget re
quest is approved, it would be
the first time a male deputy
would serve as collections
agent in the tax division. Four
women clerk-deputies are now
employed, and four are re
tained on a part-time basi;
during the rush season.
Walsh said a male deputy
in the tax department wouli
mean anticipated receipts ijl
personal property tax collec
tions during the first year of
$125,000. A deputy from the
criminal division worked on
personal property tax collec
tions for 1V6 months and col
lected more than $30,000,
Walsh added.
. The county assessor's office
has increased its personal
property appraisals by adding
several new accounts this
year, making a new tax
deputy more desirable, Walsh
explained.
Primary reason for request
ing three new criminal depu
ties is to establish a minimum
five-day work week instead of
the six-day work week now in
effect, and to keep up with
the increased case-load.
Deputies on Duty
Currently the criminal de
partment night operation has
two deputies on duty three
days a week. One deputy mans
the radio in the effice and
one is on patrol. Four nights
a week, two men are on patrol
and one on the desk, Walsh
said.
(Continued on Page 15)
in regard to Berlin.
3. They will refuse to rec
ognize as valid any Soviet ao
tion turning over to the Ger
mon Communists control of
the Russian sector of East Ber
lin or control over the Allied
access routes to West Berlin.
Inspiring Example
The U. S. delegation, head
ed by acting Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter,
hailed the meeting as an in
spiring example of western
solidarity.
Assistant Secretary of State
Andrews J. Berding said on
behalf of the delegation that
"we are encouraged by the un-
swerving firmness of the posi
tion of .the other members of
NATO on Berlin and Ger.
many."
Berding added that the U. S.
delegation also was "impress
ed by the general confidence
and support evinced by the
other NATO countries for the
four powers most directly con-
cerned'-Britain, France, The
United States and West Ger
many.
After the communique was
released, NATO Secretary
General Paul-Henri Spaak
pleaded with newsmen to
place emphasis on the broad
field of agreement among the
NATO members, rather than
on some differences he de
scribed as being of mino: im
portance. Meeting April 13
The council's recommenda
tions and observations will be
taken up at a Western Big
Four meeting in London April
13, during .which a working
group will rough out an Al
lied bargaining position.
In his press briefing Spaak
said a final western position
may not be hammered out un
til the Allied Ministers' meet
ing at Geneva.
Spaak did not discuss a
Canadian proposal made yes
terday that the United Nations
place some sort of watchdog
unit on the road to Berlin.
Diplomatic informants have
said there is strong opposition
inside the council to any
scheme for bringing the Unit
ed Nations on the scene.
Washington (UPD Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) assert
ed yesterday the Democratic
leadership in congress has al
lowed itself to serve at a ven
triloquist's , dummy for views
of the Eisenhower administration.
Agents Close Plaza Cafe
On Non-Payment of Taxes
Ashland The Plaza Cafe,
well-known Ashland restaur
ant, was closed by internal
revenue agents Thursday af
ternoon for failure to pay tax
es withheld from employees
wages and social security
taxes.
Tax liens totalling approxi
mately $4,000 have been fil
ed in Jackson county circuit
court against the Plaza cafe.
Erie M. Gray, Medford, reve
nue pficer, said the closure
was made for taxes due in
1958.
Now In Charge
Gray and Revenue Officer
John Koeppen, Medford, who
closed the cafe, are now in
charge of the establishment's
assets.
Revenue agent said the
T Smoslh lev
Air Force to Order
New ALBM Missile
Washington -(UPD- The Air
Force soon will order produc
tion of a new ballistic missile
to be launched from bombers.
It also is weighing the possi
bility of doubling orders for
Atlas Intercontinental ballist
ic missiles.
Informed sources who dis
closed this yesterday said the
Air Force was ready to name
one of about two dozen com
peting contractors to produce
the air-launched ballistic mis
sile (ALBM).
' The missile, on which ex
periments have been under
way for months at Cape Can
averal, Fla., is expected to
have a 1,000-mile range. Its
development would extend
the usefulness of the Strategic
Air Command's big bomber
fleet. The first bombers may
receive the missiles in about
18 months.
Armed with them, bombers
will be able to destroy targets
without coming near enemy
defenses, in much the same
way as Polaris missile sub
marines can operate at sea.
Nine Alias Squadrons
The Air Force has now ord
ered nine squadrons of Atlas
missiles. The squadrons, with
650 to 700 men each, will be
stationed at nine bases and
will have a total of 80 missile
launchers- The first' squadron
will have three launchers, the
next three squadrons will
have nine launchers each, and
tho last five will have 10
each, according to well in
formed authorities.
This is what is now under
study at the Pentagon and
in the House Appropriations
committee:
Orders would be placed for
eight more Atlas squadrons
with a total of 80 launchers
or double the presently plan
ned number. Thst would give
the Air Force 17 squadrons
If adopted, the e ight new
squadrons would have under
ground launching sites and
the final three squadrons of
the nine already ordered
would be redesigned and in
stalled underground.
Estimates of the cost of the
program under study indicate
the Air Force would need
between $500 and -$700 mil
lion in the fiscal year starting
July 1. Whether appropria
Final Planning
For Parade Slated
Final plans for the annual
Pear Blossom Festival parade
this Saturday will be made
at a meeting of the Festival
association Monday noon at
the Jackson hotel.
John Watkins, president,
has asked all committees to
have representatives at the
meeting.
Watkins reminded individu
als and organizations that the
deadline for entering the par
ade is Wednesday noon, April
8. He pointed out the deadline
is necessary to allow for cler
ical work to organize sections
of the parade.
equity of Ralph and Doris
Schulte in the Plaza will be
sold at public auction in the
future to satisfy tax claims of
the treasury department un
less Schulte himself satisfies
the claim.
Gray said Schulte was giv
en ample opportunity to sat
isfy the tax claims before the
cafe was closed.
Friends of Schulte asked
Ashland police to issue a
missing person bulletin on
him, since he could not be
located at his apartment and
his car was reported gone.
Schulte has been operator
of the Plaza for about two
years. About a year and a
half ago, the cafe was remod
eled and a large adjoining
room added for banquets.
tions would have to be in
creased or whether the funds
could be diverted from other
defense projects is being stud
ied. The Air Force has rejected
diverting money from its Ti
tan ICBM program to finance
the expanded Atlas program.
It plans 11 Titan squadrons
with a total of 110 missile
launchers.
Three Stales Agree
To Undertake Study
Of Joint Power Use
Sacramento, Calif .-UPD- Rep
resentatives of California, Ore
gon and Washington have
agreed to the principle of a
power link which would bring
surplus Pacific Northwest
electricity to power-hungry
California.
Spokesmen for the three
states attended a closed-door
session Friday in the office of
California Gov. Edmund G.
Brown.
Brown's special water coun
sel, Ralph Brody, said the
tnree states agreed to lure, a
private firm to study the pro
posal. Shartly before Brody
made the announcement,-Cal-
uornia State Sen. Stephen
Teale (D-West Point) intro
duced a bill to appropriate
$70,000 to pay California's
share of the cost of the study.
Brown has estimated that
3,000,000,000 kilowatt hours
of power from the Northwest's
Bonneville - system goes to
waste each year because it
has no market. He said if
California bought some of the
surplus power it would help
keep electricity prices down in
all three states.
Two in Custody
For Bad Checks
Two Rogue River men are
scheduled to appear in district
court at 10 a.m. Monday on
charges of paying off on pin-
ball machines, sheriffs dep
uties said Saturday.
Shade Combs. 62, owner of
the Homestead Tavern in
Rogue River, and Paul Sherod
Bailey, tavern bartender, each
posted $125 bail and were re-
leased pending their court ap
pearance. Sheriffs deputies said Sat
urday they had received many
complaints that the pinball
machine was being played on
pay-off basis. They inves
tigated Friday night and mare
the arrests in the tavern.
The machine has been con
fiscated and is now in the
custody of the sheriffs office,
deputies said.
Total Snowfall
Sets Record Low
The lowest total seasonal
snowfall on record was record
ed March 31 at Crater Lake
National park, Superintendent
Tom Williams has announced.
A total of 329 inches of
snow has fallen since winter
started last October, he said,
compared to average snowfall
to March '31 of 548 inches.
The total snowfall at the end
of February also established
new low record, Williams
noted.
Precipitation, he added, is
not as far below normal as
snowfall. Total precipitation
to March 31 was 48.99 inches,
compared to an average of
57.45 inches.
April, he said, frequently
produces considerable precip
itation. In 1948, 143 inches of
snow fell in April, although
the average is 47.74 inches.
In 1937, rain and snow com
bined totaled 11.57 inches,
compared to an average of
4.66 inches, he said.
Seeks
Border Sources
Say 100,000 Men
Are Sent to Tibet
Dalai Lama Continues
Trek Over Mountains
New Delhi, India -flJPD-Com-munist
China has sent 100,000
fresh troops to smash the
Tibetan rebellion before the
stunning escape of the Dalai
Lama inflames all of Tibet,
reports from the border said
yesterday.
The reports said the Peip
ing regime, s tung by the suc
cessful flight of the Tibetan
God-King into India apparent
ly intended to overwhelm
Tibetan anti-Communists bv
sheer numbers as. they tried
to do with United Nations
forces in Korea.
The rebels, led by the
fierce Khamba tribesmen-
have used their suneHnr
knowledge of the mountain
ous country to ambush Chin
ese columns, raid their arsen
als and harass them out of
strategic locations.
Reports from the Indo
Tibetan border said shooting
still was continuing on the
outskirts of Lhasa, but not in
the capital.
Information from Shillong,
capital of India's Assam state,
said the 25-year-old Dalai
Lama had made it through
the 14,000-foot Sela Pass and
may have arrived at Towang
last night, 24 hours ahead of
schedule.
The Dalai Lama, who cross-'
ed the border from Tibet last
Tuesday, is traveling with 80
of his followers. They are
being escorted by an Indian
political officer and Indian
troops. The only method of
uousjjuiiauon in tne moun
tainous area is horse or mule
back. United Press International
Correspondent Patrick J. Kil
lem reported from the border
town of Kalimpong that of-
nciais there estimated it
would take the Dalai Lama
and his party about a week
to reach the nearest railhead
at Tezpur.
As the young temporal and
spiritual leader of Tibet drew
closer to safer grounds, the
Indian government began to
worry about repercussions
from giant, neighboring Com
munist China. .
Newspaper and govern
ment leaders continued to in
sist that the Dalai Lama would
do or say nothing to compro
mise India with Peiping while
he is on Indian soil.
Domestically, the Tibetan
affair appeared to be a bless
ing in disgu-'! to Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru's rul
ing Congress party.
The Communists, who had
been gaining popularity
among the masses at the ex
pense of the Congress party,
suddenly found themselves
looked upon with increasing
suspicion for supporting Peip
ing's version of the Tibetan
rebellion and for making the
charges that India was letting
Kalimpong be used as an anii
China spy base.
When Nehru announced in
Parliament Friday that the
Dalai Lama had been granted
haven in India, every member
of Parliament cheered but the
Communists. They sat glumly
silent.
Man Jailed Here
On Check Charge
Fred Owen Gidley, 23, of
Hoquiam, Wash., is being held
by Medford police on a charge
of issuing a bad check to the
Groceteria market here.
He is charged with issuing
a bad check for $50 to the
local grocery. Officers recov
ered $20 worth of groceries
following his arrest Friday
night by city and state police.
Franklin Dale Walker, 25,
of Olympia, Wash., his com
panion, is being held on
charges of vagrancy pending
further investigation, city po
lice said.