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NEW BRIDGE-Highway 62 traffic has been left and above the new bridge in the pic
using the new bridge over Trail creek for ture. The community of Trail, which the
the past several weeks, state highway de- new highway by-passes, is at the left. In
partment officials report. The 151) -foot the foreground is one of two cuts, one 40
bridge was included in the construction of feet deep, which was necessary for the new
slightly less than one mile which eliminat- highway. The project, which is now being
ed several sharp curves in the Trail area, graveled, will be paved later this summer.
The old bridge may be seen slightly to the -(Knackstedt photo)
Irrigation
Listed As
Irrigation' water supplies
for the next six months are
the poorest in many years for
southern Oregon, it was re
ported here today at the an
nual water forecast meeting.
Dry March weather dimmed
an already skimpy water pic
ture, particularly for farmers
depending upon natural
streamflow. Farms irrigated
by stored water should man
age to get by if good use is
made of early season waste
waters to delay drawing upon
reservoirs. ' .
Water content of the moun
tain snow-pack is now only
59 per cent of normal, report
ed W. T. Frost, Oregon snow
survey supervisor for the
Soil Conservation Service and
Oregon State college agri
cultural experiment station.
Water is Hold-Over
Much of the present storage
water is hold-over from last
year. Farmers were asked to
delay using this water as long
as possible, and farmers using
natural streamflow were ad
vised to use water "whenever
it is available.
Gene Winters, Jackson
county extension agent, said
fanners growing clover in the
Medf ord and Talent areas may
start irrigating within the
next 10 days or two weeks to
take advantage of natural
streamflow that is now being
wasted.
Orchardists may also take
advantage of the tail-end of
the waste water period by
priming soils that are drier
than normal, said C. B. Cordy,
Jackson county agent. Soils
that are normally saturated
this time of year have now
aired out well and can use ir
rigation earlier than usual,
Cordy explained.
Face Shortages
Grants Pass farmers de
pending upon the Rogue river
are in a touch-and-go situation
and are likely to face short
ages near the end of, the sea
son, Frost stated. April
through September - stream-.
Cow of the Rogue, as measur
ed at Raygold and Grants Pass
wag forecast at 6nly 69 per
cent of normal.
Irrigated pastures in the
Grants Pass area would be
hardest hit by ,late season
shortages, said R. G. McCarty,
Josephine county agent. As
insurance against ' pasture
shortages, he suggested k far
mers might harvest early pas
ture as grass silage and store
it in inexpensive trench silos
for later use. ' '
Early planted corn for sil
age was also suggested to
help dairy and . beef cattle
operators in event of short
Bills Designed To Draw
Industry To
Salem-(CPD-Two bills which
supporters declared would at
tract new industries to the
state and promote expansion
of some existing industries
were passed by the Senate to
day. Exempt From Taxes
One of the bills which now
goes to the governor would
exempt from property taxes
any industrial building under
construction for a period of
two years or. until it is com
pleted for occupancy, it also
would grant the same exten
sion on construction of addi
tions to any industries already
established in the state.
Sen. Ben Muda (D-The
Dalles) said a representative
of Harvey Aluminum Com
pany had stated that if the
Water Supplies
Poorest in Years
water supplies for pastures.
Bright Spot
Frost's forecast for the Ap
plegate and Illinois rivers for
the next six months' stream
flow was 95 per cent of nor
mal, brightest spot in the out
look picture.
The North Umpqua stream
flow is forecast at 85 per cent
normal for April through
September. The flow, as meas
ured below Lake Creek, is
forecast at 140,000 acre-feet
compared to a 15-year aver
age of 164,000.
The Rogue river at Raygold
dam near Central Point is
forecast to flow 620,000 acre
feet for the next six months.
The 15 -year average, based
on the years 1938-1952, is
905,000.
Flow of the Rogue at this
point in 1955 was 840,000.
Other so-called dry years saw
the flow dip to 690,000 acre
feet in 194T" and down to
606,000 feet in 1940.
Stored Water
Stored water in local irri
gation reservoirs is 58 per
cent above normal, largely
due to good carry-over from
last year, Frost reported.
Present storage in Hyatt res
ervoir is 13.500 acre -feet,
however, net inflow was fore
cast at only 50 per cent of
normal for the f next six
months.
Emigrant Gap reservoir is
now holding 6,100 acre-feet
against a capacity of 8,300. In
addition, the new Howard
Prairie reservoir' has 8,700
acre-feet in storage.
W. H. Hoffbuhr, manager
of the Talent irrigation dis
trict, said water from Howard
Bash Is Unopposed
In Board Election
Frank C. Bash, chairman of
the Medf ord school board, will
be unopposed for reelection
to the board in the May 4
school election.
Bash was the only person
to file for the vacancy for a
five year term. Deadline for
filing was Saturday.
Wilton White, incumbent
member of District 60 school
board, will also be unopposed
in " the scheduled election.
White filed last month for the
position. He is currently fill
ing out the term of Hal
Bishop, who resigned.
Salem -(UPD- Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said
a bill to prohibit aliens from
serving as racing officials or
supervisors is unconstitution
al. . .
State Passed
Legislature passed this bill,
the company would reconsider
plans for extension of its plant
at The Dalles.
The other bill which now
goes to the House would ex
empt from personal property
tax any goods in transit
through Oregon to a, destina
tion outside the state. The bill
also would exempt from per
sonal property tax any goods
stored in a warehouse but con
signed to a point outside the
state.
Assessed Jan-1
Personal property taxes are
assessed on inventories as of
Jan. 1 of ach year held in
warehouses on this date and
not consigned to an Oregpn
firm would be exempt from
the tax.
Prairie will possibly be turn
ed into the Talent system in
early August. He added that
the district would try to end
the season with as large a
carry-over as possible in
Hyatt since Emigrant ' Gap
will be closed next year for
construction to enlarge its
holding capacity.
Reservoir Inflow
April through September
inflow for Fourmile Lake and
Fish Lake reservoirs was
forecast at 50 and 45 per cent
of normal, respectively.
The forecast meeting at the
Jackson county courthouse
was attended by about 25
representatives of irrigation
districts, water masters, coun
ty extension service, Forest
Service, power company of
ficials, and other interested
persons.
Two Mail Tribune
Headlines in Error
Headlines on two Mail Trib
une stories in Sunday's issue,
April 5, - inadvertently were
transposed.
The stories themselves were
correct.
In one instance, a report of
the arrest of two Rogue River
men, Shade Combs and Paul
Sherod Bailey, on charges of
paying off on pinball mach
ines, , was incorrectly identi
fied as a story concerning the
arrest of two other men on
bad check charges.
In the other, concerning ar
rests on bad check charges,
the headline indicated it in
volved pinball machine- pay
off charges. ,
The Mail Tribune regrets
the errors, and extends its
apologies to those concerned.
Eastover Terrace
To Discuss Sewer
Medford city councilmen
are slated to discuss installa
tion of a sanitary sewer for
Eastover terrace with resi
dents of that area at city hall
tonight, according to City
Manager Robert A. Duff.
Eastover terrace residents,
who have indicated they want
a sewer,- have turned down
two low bids for. it recently.
The bids, each on a different
plan, were in excess of the
engineer's estimates.
Councilmen toured Eastover
terrace Saturday morning.
Duff has described the sani
tation situation there as ser
ious. Caryl Chessman Loses
Supreme Court Appeal
Washington (UPD The Su
preme Court today rejected
another appealby convict-author
Caryl Chessman, who has
escaped death in California's
gas chamber for some 10 years
through numerous appeals.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through Tues
day. Cold tonight and warmer
Tuesday. Airport low tonight 32.
High Tuesday 68.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 71
Lowest This Morning' 33
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:42 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:45 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 5:35 a.m.
New Moon Tuesday night
PROMINENT STAR
Spica. in the southeast 9:49 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 9:11 p.m.
Mars, high ui west 8:59 p.m.
Jupiter, low in
southeast 12:03 a.m.
Saturn, low in
southeast 2:27 a.m.
March Jobless
Figures Improve
Over February
New Figures To Be
. Submitted Tuesday
Washington-UPD-The White
House announced today that
March unemployment figures
show a "gratifying" improve
ment over February.
The February total was esti
mated at 4,749,000, unseason
ably high.
Submitted by Mitchell
The new figures, to be an
nounced Tuesday by the La
bor and Commerce Depart
ments, were submitted to
President Eisenhower today
by Secretary of Labor James
P.Mitchell. '
The President asked Mitch
ell to come to the White House
this morning with a preview
of the March figures which
will be made public in detail
just in advance of an unem
ployment conference called
here for later in the week by
organized labor.
The President held a 35
minute conference with Mitch
ell. White House Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
afterward:
President Concerned
"The President, of course,
is continually concerned about
the involuntary unemploy
ment of any American, and
not just statistical reports.
"However, he believes that
the figures to be released
Tuesday will be gratifying
and of interest to all Ameri
cans." Tuesday's government re
port was expected to show
that the number of jobless in
March declined by about 300,
000. This would be more than
the normal seasonal drop.
Orchards Heated
For Third Time
Orchards were heated
north, northwest and south of
Medford early .this morning,
according to Clifford C. Cordy
county horticultural agent. -
Temperatures of 28 degrees
were recorded in some of the
coldest places, Cordy noted.
Some cloud-coyer over the
valley helped reduce the am
ount of heating needed, he
said. Generally, the heaters
were lighted between 3 and
4 a.m. today.
Not First Heating
This was not the first orch
ard heating this season. Some
light heating was necessary
on March 14 and March 15.
Last year the first orchard
heating occurred on March 1.
Usually orchards must be
heated for early morning frost
about this time and late in
March, Cordy said.
White blossoms are show
ing in many D'Anjou pear
trees throughout the Rogue
valley now, with the Bart
letts close behind, Cordy not
ed. Pear trees should be in
full bloom for the Pear Blos
som Festival this week end,
he said.
D'Anjous must be protected
by orchard heating when the
mercury drops to 30 degrees.
The fruit trees are in their
most critical stage, frostwise,
when the small green fruit
shows, Cordy said.
Tax Deadline
Only 10 Days Away
Washington - (UPD - With
the deadline only 10 days
away, one taxpayer in four
has yet to file his income tax
return for last year.
A check with the Internal
Revenue Bureau shows that
only about 45 million of the
nearly 61 million individual
tax returns expected for 1958
have been received by tax of
fices throughout the country.
Judging from past years.
officials said, 90 per cent of
the returns still unfiled are
those of people who owe taxes
to Uncle Sam and are waiting
until the last minute to pay.
Most of those entitled to a re
fund file early.
The.deadline for filing tax
returns is midnight April 15.
Duncan Proposes
Gas Tax Increase
Salem (UPD House Speaker
Robert Duncan of Medford
today proposed a compromise
gasoline tax increase of half
a cent per gallon in Oregon.
Salem-(UPD-Jim Vincent of
the Oregon Journal has been
reelected president of the Ore
gon Press Photographers As
sociation at a meeting here.
Americans eat four times
as much applesauce and can
ned apples today as they did
20 years ago.
Price 10
Medford
18 Pages
(Shina Dps Propaganda
Iroafasts 1 India
Ike Will Leave Tuesday
For Vacation in Georgia
ashington - (UPD - President and Mrs.
Eisenhower will fly to Augusta, Ga., Tues
day morning for an extended holiday, the
White House said today.
The chief executive apparently had con
sidered the possibility of going to Georgia
today, but the first lady had social commit
ments keeping her here until late afternoon.'
Eisenhower is scheduled to address a
meeting of Republican women on the night
of April 13, and will participate oa the
morning of April 14 in ceremonies dedicat
ing a memorial to the late Sen. Robert A.
Taf t of Ohio.
Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said
there was a possibility the President wouldV
fly back to Washington for his April 13-14
engagements, then return immediately to
Augusta for several more days of sun and
exercise. ,
School Districts
Consolidation
Election Today
Polls will remain open un
til 8 o'clock tonight for resi
dents of Jacksonville, . Ruch,
Griffin Creek,' Lone Pine,
Howard and Medford . school
districts to vote on a pro
posal to consolidate into one
administrative school. unit.
. Voting will be held in seven
locations"." Tneya're Jackson
ville High school music room,
Griffin Creek school gyna
sium, .Ruch school cafeteria,
Howard school multi-purpose
room, Lone Pine school cafe
teria,' Hedrick Junior High
school cafeteria, and Mc
Loughlin Junior High girls
gymnasium.
The election in the districts
was called by the Jackson
county boundary board after
school district residents sub
mitted petitions to the board
requesting the vote.
Fugitive Keeps Local
Law Officials Busy
Two reports of seeing a
person answering the descrip
tion of Richard Allen Hunt,
wanted gunman, were receiv
ed Sunday morning, accord
ing to Medford police.
Police said a call was re
ceived from Bessie Louise
King, 1950 Sunset dr., shortly
after 3 a.m. stating that two
hitch-hikers, ope resembling
Hunt, had been observed at
the Olympic cafe, 1060 South
Riverside ave. Other law en
forcement agencies joined in
the search, but investigators
eventually determined from
descriptions that the person in
question was not Hunt.
At about 9 a.m. Sunday,
Agnes Morehead Quigley,
2742 Roberts rd., told police
she had seen a man she
thought might have been Hunt
in her driveway shortly after
midnight. She said she sub
sequently saw the same per
son being driven along Rob
erts rd. in the back of a pick
up truck. The report was
turned over to federal author
ities. Man Wanted Here Is
Arrested in Colorado
Claron William Henderson,
22, Medford, wanted in con
nection with burglary of the
Tom Thumb market and theft
of four automobiles here late
last month, is being held in
Glenwood Springs, Colo!, for
local authorities, state police
reported this afternoon.
Deportation Order
Upheld by Court
San Francisco (UPD The
U. S. Court of Appeals today
upheld for the second time
a deportation order against
William A. Mackie, 51, ex
Communist in Portland.
Seattle-(UPD-Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson advocated today
that the United States begin
trading with Red China.
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6,1959.
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Sen. Straub Defends
Welfare Official
Salem - (UPD - Sen. Robert
Straub (D-Springf ield) came to
the defense of State Welfare
Administrator Jeanne Jewett
today on the Senate floor.
Straub said that he had serv
ed as a member of the Lane
County Welfare Commission
for four years and knew of
Miss Jewett's work.
Charges Hurled
Charges of incompetence
and high costs were made on
the House floor last week
when a $1.2 million deficiency
appropriation bill was passed
to keep welfare payments go
ing until July 1.
"It has become a popular
Reserve Officers
To Meet Wednesday
The Rogue Valley chapter
of the Reserve Officers as
sociation will meet at 8 pjn.
Wednesday, April 15, in the
Federal building, 33 North
Riverside ave., to organize
and make plans for the
coming year, it was reported
today. .'
Capt. Thomas A. Saunders
recently was elected president
of the chapter to succeed Lt.
Col. John Crawford. Maj. Ted
Christensen is the new secretary-treasurer,
s u c c eeding
Maj. Archer Watons, and Lt.
Col. George Bruce is the out
going vice president.
Plumbers Strike
At Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls -(UPD- Union
and employer representatives
were hopeful today for an
early settlement to a strike
of members of Plumbers and
Steamfitters Local 191. About
45 local plumbers are affected
by the strike, which started
last Wednesday, night
Tribune
Eisenhower has not had an extended ab
sence from his office since late November
when he was last in Augusta. His doctor,
Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, and mem
bers of the White House staff have been
urging the President to get away for as long
as possible this month in a warm climate.
After the end of April, the President
faces a busy schedule for about four
months.
The President will be accompanied to
Augusta by a relatively small staff, but
there may be visits by administration offi
cials during his stay.
A group of Republican leaders may fly
to Georgia later this week to talk to the
President about selection of a new GOP
national chairman.
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pastime in this legislature to
take kicks at Miss Jewett,"
Straub said, "but she is deserv
ing of tributes rather than
knocks. She is faced with the
necessity of following federal
instructions which are . diffi
cult of interpretation and
even more difficult to admin
ister." Straub said that during the
period that Miss Jewett and
her staff had been in charge
of administering welfare aid
in Oregon, she had effected
many savings.
"She has brought about the
transfer of. many cases for
merly on general assistance,
for which the state of Oregon
pays the entire bill, to cate
gories which the Federal gov
ernment supports. This has
resulted in large savings," he
said.
Movieland Awaits Presentation of
Oscars at Awards Ceremony Tonight
Hollywood -(UPD- Tonight is
Oscar night, a time for crown
ing Movieland's king and
queen for "1958-but regard
less of the winners, Ingrid
Bergman, taking part in the
show, will be the center of
attention. ,
Miss Bergman will make
the final, the most important,
presentation-the award for
the best picture of 1958.
To Introduce Acts
Masters of ceremonies Bob
Hope, David Niven, Tony
Randall, Sir Laurence Oliv
ier and Jerry Lewis will in
troduce acts starring Burt
Lancaster, Kirk Douglas,
Dana Wynter, Joan Collins,
Rosalind Russell and a dozen
others.
Opinion in Hollywood is
that "Gigi," a musical about
a charming French Scamp,
54th Year
No. 14
Peiping Tries fo
Bring Discredit
On Dalai Lama
India Relations
Further Strained
New Delhi (UPD Peiping
Radio stepped up its propa
ganda broadcasts to India to
day in an effort to discredit
the Dalai Lama - a move al
most certain to strain relations
further between India and
Red China.
f
Broadcasts beamed directly
to India on a far stronger
signal than usual told Indians
the Dalai Lama was still "un
der duress" and "under the
spell of reactionary elements."
The statement disputed Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
who said the Tibetan god-king
fled of his own free will.
Assertion Repeated
One broadcast also tried to
convince the Indians the
Tibetans have acknowledged
the rival Panchen Lama as
the temporary head of Tibet.
Three times it repeated the
Communist assertion the
Daila Lama was the prisoner
of anti-Communist rebels.
Relations between neutral
ist India and Communist China
have worsened since the Com
munists used modern arms
against the Tibetans in an ef
fort to put down an anti
Communist rebellion. India's
sympathies were with the
Tibetans and Nehru granted
political asylum to the Dalai
Lama. '
Trip lo India Rumored
iMew ueini newspapers
were speculating that Chinese
Communist Premier Chou-En-
lai might come to New Delhi
to try to patch up the strained
relations but government of
ficials said they had no infor
mation on the reports. Chou
made such a trip when the
Hungarian rebellion sparked
anti-Communist sympathies in
India.
Portland Firm to
Build Storage Plant
A Portland construction
company has been awarded a
contract to construct a re
frigerated cold storage build
ing for Modoc Orchards here,
it was reported today.
The Otness Construction
company will build the ware
house which will be 100 by
120 feet, for the storage of
90.000 boxes of pears. The
building will be of reinforced
concrete with steel trusses
and will be insulated with
fiberglass throughout.
The plans a-lso call for the
construction of special double
cold-storage doors to allow
trucks to drive inside the cold
storage room. The sun's heat
will be deflected by a perma
nent type white coating on
the roof. Refrigeration equip
ment will be automatic.
will carry off best picture
honors. In the running are
three dramas, "Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof," "The Defiant Ones"
and "Separate Tables," and
a comedy, "Auntie Mame."
Susan Hayward Favored
Susan Hayward is favored
to win her first golden statu
ette in five tries for her role
in "I Want Xo Live." Other
nominees are Deborah Kerr
(Separate Tables), Shirley
MacLaine (Some Came Run
ning). Rosalind Russell (Aun
tie Mame). Elizabeth Taylor
(Cat on a Hot Tin Roof).
Pollsters Pick Niven
The scales are tipped In
favor of David Niven (Separ
ate Tables) for best actor, but
competition will come from
Tony Curtis and Sidney Poit
ier (The Defiant Ones), Paul
Newman (Cat on a Hot Tin
Move To Restrict
Corridor Traffic
Seen as Maneuver
State Department
Answers Russ Charge
Washington -(UPD- The State
Department charged Russia to
day with jeopardizing the pos
sible success of next month's
Geneva foreign ministers' con
ference by trying to restrict
U.S. air traffic in the allied
corridor to West Berlin.
'Unilateral Action'
Departmentpokesman Lin
coln White said the action of
Soviet fighters in "buzzing"
an American C130 transport in
the corridor was the type of
"unilateral action" which the
United States considers a "re
pudiation" of Soviet responsi
bilities and obligations in Ber
lin and Germany.
This was in answer to Rus
sia's charge in a note Sunday
that the high-altitude flight of
the C130 was an attempt to
"worsen" or possibly "wreck"
forthcoming East-West negoti
ations. In another rejoinder involv
ing previous Soviet-American
air clashes, this government
charged Russia with increas
ing international tensions by
attacking U.S. aircraft over
international waters.
Attacks on U.S. Planes
That reply, contained in a
note delivered in Moscow
March 25 and made public to
day repeated U.S. charges
that Russian aircraft on Nov.
7 and 8 attacked U.S. Air
Force planes more than 60
miles from Soviet territory
over the Sea of Japan and
the Baltic Sea.
White's comment today con
cerned Russia's protest over
high altitude flights in the
Berlin corridor.
Previous High Flights
White disclosed for the first
time that there had been pre
vious flights of U.S. aircraft
into and out of Berlin at
heights "greater than the
10,000-foot ceiling which the
Russians now are seeking to
impose.
White said the U.S. has
never agreed on any restrict
ion on the altitude which al
lied planes can fly the cor
ridor. White emphatically rejected
any Soviet assertion that the
U.S. was trying to "wreck"
the Geneva conference. He
said "the question of who is
trying to wreck what is deter
mined by the actions of the
Soviet Union and not the Unit
ed States."
Graham Lacks Cards
For Many Converts
Wellington, New Zealand-(UPD-
So many persons wanted
to record "decisions for
Christ" at the end of evangel
ist Billy Graham's two-day
Wellington crusade that coun
selors ran out of "convert
cards," crusade officials said
today.
Converts were still being
interviewed long after the
bulk of the crowd of 16,000
persons had left the Rugby
Athletic park Sunday night.
The total number of converts
was "almost 1,500," officials
said.
Harrell Promoted
By State Police
Salem - (CPD - H. G. Maison,
state police superintendent,
today announced that Lt.
Lyle Harrell has been pro
moted to captain. Harrell has
headed the agency's criminal
section since last August. He
joined the state police in 1936
and has served at Coquille,
Medford. Grants Pass, Rose-
burg, and Baker.
Roof) and Spencer Tracy (The
Old Man and the Sea).
Favorite best supporting ac
tor is Burl Ives (The Big
Country), followed by Theo
dore Bikel (The Defiant Ones),
Lee J. Cobb (The Brothers
Karamozov), Arthur Kennedy
(Some Came Running), Gig
Young (Teacher's Pet).
Wendy Hiller Liked .
Pollsters tabbed Wejidy
Hiller (Separate Tables) as
frontrunner for best support
ing actress. Others in the
race are Peggy Cass (Auntie
Mame), Martha Hyer (Some
Came Running), Maureen
Stapleton (Lonely Hearts)
and Cara Williams (The De
fiant Ones).
The Academy Awards pre
sentations will be heard over
station KMED (1440 kc) start
ing at 7:30 pjn.