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Newspaper Page Text(tats at Gt f 11 mm " ' II ndls Graff-James Bids Low on Basic Work Ai $2.8 Million Mechanical, Other oias aiso upenea The 'firm of Graff and James, . 817 North Riverside ave., was the apparent low bidder Wednesday afternoon . on basic construction at Rogue Valley Manor. The bid was $2,874,000 for the project to be completed in 550 days or $2,847,000 within 730 days. Apparent low . bidder for the mechanical contract is Harder Plumbing and Heat ing, Inc., Portland, whose bid of $1,258,000 was the lowest of six received. Christenson Electric company, Portland, submitted the apparent low bid for the electrical contract with bids of $277,307 for a shorter work period of 550 days and $280,632 for a 730- day project. The combined low-bid total of $4,409,307 is weTl within the architect's estimate for the work. The board of trustees will take into consideration various possible alternatives in deciding the bid award. Committee Meets . Following the opening of bids Wednesday at the office of the Manor here, the execu 'tive committee of the Rogue Valley Manor met. It ad journed until Monday after noon when the contracts will be awarded,- it was reported. Rogue Valley Manor will be built on top of Barneburg hill in southeast Medford. It is a non-profit organization that is erecting the manor at n estimated cost of $5V mil lion. It will be a retirement home. Architect for the proj ect is John W. Maloney, AIA, Seattle. . , " Other bidders and their bids for the general contract in addition to tne ivieaiora urm were Hoffman Construction company, Portland, $3,030, 000 for 550 days, $3,060,000 for 730 days; Donald M. Drake company, Portland, $3,038,000 and $3,058,000; Paul B. Em trick company, Portland, $3, 080,000 and $3,050,000; A. V. Petersen company, Portland, $3,084,900 and $3,065,399; An-dersen-Westfall company, Inc., Portland, $3,129,519 . (both); Ross B. Hammond company, Portland, $3,140,177 for 550 days; Johnson-Morrison-Knud- sen company, Seattle, Wash., $3,155,813 for 550 days; J. C Boespflug Construction com pany, $3,203,150 and $3,243, 150, and James I. Barnes com pany, Seattle, Wash., $3,249, 000 and $3,299,000. Mechanical Contract Bids . Additional bidders and their bids for the mechanical con tract included, Longyiew Plumbing and Heating com pany, Longview, Wash., $1, 289,514 and $1,297,764; Mc Laughlin Plumbing and Heat ing company, Medford, $1,- 292,484 and $1,299,484; Urban Plumbing and Heating com pany, Portland, $1,299,895 and $1,329,895; Lord Broth ers contractors, Portland, $1,- 317,367 and $1,335,767; and Temp - Control Corporation, Portland, $1,369,987 and $1,- 394,775. Bidders and their bids for the electrical contract includ ed Trowbridge and Flynn, Medford, $278,173 (both); Wat- co Electric company, Portland, $288,936 and $309,308; L. H. Morris Electric company, Eu gene, $296,285 and $299,825; East Side Electric, and Pacific Electrical and Mechanical company, Klamath Falls, $313,000 and $321,500; Me Coy Electric company and Jaggar-Sroufe company. Port land, $314,000 and $339,000; Steeck Electric company, Med ford, $328,775 and $331,775; and The Tide Company, Ta coma, Wash., $339,500 and $362,169. The Hammond company of Portland also submitted a combined bid for the three contracts of $4,676,559. In addition to the basic bids each contract included bids on various alterations which would change the basic bid. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonijht. Con siderable high cloudiness Friday. Low tonight 45. High Friday 77. Temp. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest This Morning 43 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 7:17 p.m. 4:59 sum. Sunrise tomorrow The unseen stars in the Sun's background are now those of the constellation, Aries. The Moon will not be seen to night, being in conjunction with the Sun (new Moon) today at 12:11 p.m. It is also in Apogee tonight. penned tfir lounuard Trend In Water Supply Seen for Area Below normal April precipitation, coupled with a "snow crop" that is less than half of normal, indicates a downward trend in irrigation water supplies for the Rogue-Umpqua area of southern Oregon. Such conditions make the outlook "only fair," accord Jig to the water supply report issued today by W. T. Frost, snow survey supervisor for the U.S. department of agri culture, Soil Conservation service, and Oregon Agricultural Experiment station. Reservoired water supplies are sufficient for most irri gation districts except for the possibility of shortages toward the end of the season, Frost said. Water content of the mountain snow-cover is 46 per cent of normal and 34 per cent of last year at this date, the report stated. Snow-melt during April was considerably heavier than usual. Stored water supplies are 126 per cent of normal and about the same as a year ago. Forecasts of April-September runoff for the main Rogue are 69 per cent of normal. - Forecasts for Fourmile lake, Fish lake and Hyatt lake are set about 45 per cent of normal. All are "short flows," Frost said, compared to the needs of the districts they serve. Deadline Hears to Review Assessments Property taxpayers in JacK son county have until May 16 to file petitions with the coun ty board of equalization to review property assessments, according to Chester' H. Wendt, chairman of the board, and Ray Schumacher, county assessor. The board, ' composed of Wendt, Arnold Bohnert of Central Point, and Ed Sing master of Ashland, will meet in the clerk's office Monday, May 11, to review assess ments. Oregon law provides that property owners may appear in- person or be represented by an attorney before board Condemnation Suit Filed Here A suit has been filed in circuit court by the State Highway Commission for con demnation of two parcels of land in the Seven Oaks-Neil Creek section of the Pacific highway freeway in the Cen tral Point area. ' . The suit has been filed against the General Develop ment company, 328 South Central ave., Medford, and the First Federal Savings and Loan association of Medford. The first parcel, for right-of-way purposes, is owned by the General Development company, according to the complaint. The second parcel involved is needed for the construction and maintenance of the Seven Oaks traffic interchange. The First Federal and Savings and Loan association claims an in terest in the property, accord ing to the complaint, under and by virtue of a 'mortgage executed by John S. and Mary P. Day. The complaint also requests that there shall be no rights of access of any nature be tween the right of way of the relocated Pacific highway in cluding the interchange- and all of the real property of the defendants. Also concerned in the suit are easements on the property to the California Oregon Power company and the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district. Home of Family With Eight Children Burns Eagle Point - Mr. and Mrs. Lester McFall and eight chil dren were left homeless Wednesday when fire badly damaged their two-story res idence at 215 North C . st., Eagle Point. Most downstairs furniture and some clothing was saved by the family with the help of neighbors and the Eagle Point volunteer fire department, but flames destroyed the ; bed rooms, furniture and clothing upstairs. Neighbors said the fire was believed to have started front an electrical . short upstairs and had burned, for almost an hour before crackling of the flames was heard downstairs about noon. ' McFall, a logger for Steve' Wilson Logging company, was when it considers petitions for reductions of assessments, Wendt pointed out. Posts Ratio Schumacher has posted a 25 per cent ratio for assessing property, he said. By dividing "assessed value" by the ratio, taxpayers can determine the "true cash value" or it may be done by multiplying the "assessed value" by four, Schumacher said. "True cash value" is the same as "market jvalue" for the first time in several years. The state tax commission on Jan. 1 ordered a 100 per cent "normal conditions factor for 1959," Schumacher pointed out. . A taxpayer planning to ap peal to the board of equaliza tion should first review his assessment with the assessor, Wendt said. If the assessor feels the assessment is cor rect and the taxpayer dis agrees, he may place his case before the board on or before May 16. Form for presenting it to the board may be ob tained from the assessor or the county clerk, who serves as secretary to the board. If the board sustains the assessor, the taxpayer has 30 days in which to continue his appeal to the state tax com mission. After that, the case may be taken to circuit court. Factory Roof Fall Kills Man Jericho, N.Y. -UPD-At least one man was killed and sev eral others trapped and in jured today when the roof of a factory building under con struction collapsed on work men. ' , Nassau county police said one man was found dead and others were trapped in the rubble. A police spokesman said there was a possibility a sec ond man also had died. The spokesman said be tween 15 and 17 additional men were known to have been trapped and injured. About 20 men were believed to have been at work on the building when the roof suddenly gave way and crashed down on them. at home with one of the younger children at the time. Friends' in the community have contributed clothing and bedding for the family who are staying temporarily in a small residence near the Ray Chamberlain home. The chil dren and their approximate ages are Steven, 3; David, 4; Debra, 6; Harold, 7; Dale, 8; Lorinda, 9; Gary, 12; and Wil lard, 14. The McFalls are in need of a home with a number of bed rooms which they , can rent, friends reported. Insurance covered at least part of the loss of their home. Mrs. McFall, Eagle Point city recorder, is correspond ent for the Mail Tribune and the regular news column from the area will be temporarily discontinued. omiir Steel Workers Firmly Behind Union Demands Public Cautioned On Solidarity New York -(UPD- A union official said today the nation's steel workers are firmly be hind the United Steelworkers demands and would take whatever steps are necessary to win a new agreement. John Murray, speaking to reporters before entering a ne gotiating session with Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., cau tioned the public and "indus try not to under-estimate the solidarity of the steel workers or their determination to win a better contract. To Strike -if Necessary "We will get what we want eventually" Murray said "and we will strike if that is nec- hessary to enforce our contract demands." Murray, a cousin of the late Phil Murray who organized the steel workers in the late 1930s, is director of the un ion's District 16 in Pittsburgh. David J. McDonald, presi dent of the union, Wednesday declined to be drawn into any discussion of a strike this year. McDonald said "we are not a strike-happy union and we want to reach an agree ment before the, July 1 strike deadline." Agreement Necessary Union spokesmen today said steel workers were sur prised by the industry's an nouncement that it already is mapping strategy to meet any strike plan that the union might put into effect. ' . The contract expires at mid night June 30 and a strike by 500,000 steel workers is almost a certainty if no agree ment, exists at that time. The union's traditional policy has been "no contract, no work." Five Hearings on Council Agenda Five public hearings, two on requested zone changes, are on the Medford city coun cil's agenda for tonight's meet ing at 7:30 o'clock at city hall. The zoning requests include a change from single . family to limited commercial for the E. W. Brpwn property on Cra ter Lake ave. and a change .from commercial to single and two family for two lots on Bryant st. The other hearings concern asanitary sewer for a section of Springbrook ' rd., annexa tion of an 18-acre tract south east of Country Club dr. and Murphy rd. and vacation of an alley between North River side ave. and Niantic st. An ordinance applying the city's ordinance against dis charge of firearms to the Prescott park area on Roxy Ann is slated for council con sideration. Awarding a contract t for construction of the two pump ing stations in the Berrydale sanitary sewer project also is on the agenda. ' Assistant Arrives For Park Service John Townsley, new admin istrative assistant for the na tional park service, has arriv ed at Oregon Caves National Monument, Tom Williams, su perintendent of Crater Lake National park, has announced. Townsley was accompanied by his wife, Elaine, and their two sons, Forest and Dave. They will live at Oregon Caves National monument, where Townsley will be Williams' personal representative in the administration of the monu ment. ' Colin Kelly Wins West Point Berth Chester Heights, Pa. -UPD-President Eisenhower con gratulated Colin P. Kelly III today for winning an appoint ment to West Point through competitive examina tions without taking advan tage of i the invitation extend ed to him in 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kelly's father, Capt. Coiin P. Kelly Jr., a bomber pilot, met a hero's death three days after Pearl Harbor while making a bombing run on Japanese warships off Luzon in the Philippines. Creek Pollution To Be Discussed At Izaak Meeting Panel To Be Made Up of Five Officials . Pollution abatement of Bear creek will be discussed by a panel of five officials at a meeting of the Izaak Walton league's Jackson county chap ter at 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the Girls Community club. Col. Paul H. Weiland, chair man of the pollution commit tee of the local chapter, said the purpose of the panel dis cussion of the problem, is to inform "members and the public of the potential of Bear creek and its pollution problems and the possibilities of securing corrective action." Members of the panel in clude Kenneth Denman, Med ford, state game commission er, who will serve as modera tor; Cole Rivers, Grants Pass, state fish biologist; Robert Root, Medford, a member of the state water resources board; Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer; and T. M. Gerow, district sanitary engineer, Oregon state sani tary authority. Officials Are Invited -Weiland said the committee hopes that "owners or man agers or representatives of the slaughter houses now using Bear creek to dispose of their wastes will be present to state their problems." He also said city officials of Medford and Ashland and the Jackson county court are invited. The panel discussion will follow a short business meet ing of the chapter, which is scheduled to start at. & p.m. Panel members will be given one hour in which to present various aspects of potentials and problems of Bear creek. Following introductory re marks by Denman, Rivers will cover the importance of Bear creek to steelhead fishery and pollution law enforcement; Root will discuss the possibili ties of improving flows of Bear creek; Dr.. 'Merkel will review pollution of the creek and law enforcement problems; and Gerow will discuss pollution laws and enforcement. A period will be allowed for questions from the audience, Weiland said. Low Snowfall at Crater Lake Noted Only 10 inches of snow was recorded at Crater Lake National park during April, compared to an average of 48 inches for the month, accord ing to Thomas Williams, sup erintendent of the park. Last month's, total com pares with 3 inches in April, 1939, and the 143 inches re corded in April, 1948, the low and high falls, he said. Seasonal snowfall at the end of last' month totaled 349 inches, an all-time low, Wil liams said. Average seasonal snowfall for this time of the year is 596 inches. The previ ous record low year was 1934, when 369 inches was record ed. The record high snowfall for the season to April 36 is 811 inches, which fell in 1952. The light snowfall last month, combined with Ore gon Centennial stimulus re sulted in a substantial in crease in the number of visi tors to the park, Williams re ported. A total of 3,731 people vis ited the park last month, bringing the season total to 10,331. Last year, there were 2,303 visitors in" April which brought the 1958 total to. 7, 108. The warming hut at the rim is now open daily be tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wil liams reported. Iraq Releases Italian Plane Rome-flJPD-Iraqi authorities today released an Italian air liner forced down by jet fight ers in Baghdad Wednesday. A spokesman for the airline said the DC6B, with 21 pass engers aboard, was allowed to take off early today for Beirut. It will continue from there to Athens and Rome. "All passengers left with the plane," the spokesman said. He added" that the na tionalities of the ' passengers were not. known, but it was reliably reported four of them were Americans. Washington -flJPD- Lt. Gen. Emmet O'Donnell Jr., deputy chief of staff of the Air Force, has been nominated by Presi dent Eisenhower for the tem porary rank of general while serving in a new command. 54th Year Medford 30 PAGES MEDFORD, Dynamite llasts CM teD Tippte II I I. - MM I - - I I - "What Are These Crazy Proposals To Spend Money On The Common People?" Science Building , Dedicated at SOC Ashland - Dedication cere monies ,for the 'hew Science building at Southern Oregon college were held last night with Dr. F. A. Gilfillan,' dean of the school of science at Oregon State college, as speaker. . Dr. Gilfillan outlined the origin of the sciences, prin cipally in relation to astrono my, and discussed the present size and make-up of the ex panding universe as we know it today. He said scientific truth is "the truth of the moment-as we know it' now," and that scientists could either save or as easily destroy the world, but were in the ultimate con cerned with the pursuit of truth. Welcome. Address Preceding Dr. Gilfillan's ad dress, the invocation was giv en by Dr. Loren Messenger, SOC professor of psychology; a brief address of welcome was made by Dr. Elmo N. Steven son, SOC.p'resident; and Mrs. David Deller, senior education student, expressed the stu dent's appreciation of the new structure and for the compe tent faculty members on its staff. ' ' A letter of congratulation from Dr. W. W. Wells, SOC professor of science, emeritus, was read. Dr. Wells, formerly chairman of the science-mathematics division, is now in Uganda, Africa, doing botani cal research. Among guests introduced by Dr. Elliott B. MacCracken, master of ceremonies and pres ent chairman of the science- mathematics department, were Arnold Gralapp. Klamath Falls superintendent of schools; Robert J. Keeney, architect; Lloyd Ferg, representing the Wiley company, construction contractors; Donald E. Lewis, SOC business manager; mem bers of the Southern; Oregon Science Teachers association; members of the SOC science teaching staff; and Mrs. Alice Canvass of Votes Cast Monday Starts Today The rural school board this morning started the official canvass of the votes in Mon day's election for school board members and tax levy, it was reported today. Friday the non-high district board will begin its official canvass. ' Radio Hiqhli Christian A. Herter's re port on the meeting of west ern foreign ministers held recently in Paris will be heard over station KMED (1440 kc) at 6:30 p.m. today and over station KYJC (1230 kc) at 7:15 p.m. OREGON, THURSDAY, Applegate Peil, former prin cipal of the. teachers training department of ' the 'Ashland State Normal school. Guests toured the new sci ence building and viewed the exhibits after the ceremony. Special guests Dr. John R. Richards, chancellor of the Oregon state system of higher education, and Douglas Mc- Kean, member of the Oregon state board of higher educa tion, were unable to attend because of the legislature dis cussion of the higher education budget. Churchill Ends White House Stay Washington -UPD- A historic era at the White House ends today. Sir Winston Churchill leaves. No one associated closely with the 84-year-old former British prime minister these last few days expected him to return. And from President Eisenhower down to the cooks and butlers, there was genu ine sadness over his leaving.' Sir Winston; has been the President's house guest since Monday and today he moves to the British Embassy for one night before traveling home to his . beloved Great Britain with a brief stopover in New York. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston ' 1 8 1 Detroit .3 6 1 Delock, Kiely (8) and While; Lary and Berberex. Residents of Honor H. P. Central" Point-Residents of School District 6C and the community of Central Point will honor longtime residents Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Jewett here Friday and Saturday. Friends of the couple from near and far are expected to attend activities of the two days. , Jewett is finishing his 37th year as superintendent of District 6 schools and has been an administrator in Jackson County schools 40 years. Mrs. Jewett has taught the second grade here 14 years. They retire June 30. Program at Crater High .Main event will be an 8 pjn. program at Crater High school. Rex Putnam," state su perintendent of public in struction, will be principal speaker. Gift' presentation will be by C. Norman Gail, Price 10 Gents Tribune MAY 7, 1959 No. 41 Tennessee Scene Of Twin Blasts; Area Patrolled Violence Linked To Strike Turmoil Jellico, Tenn. -(DPD- Dyna mite explosions wrecked two coal tipples early today in this strike-tense community on the Kentucky state line and police arrested four men seen running from the scene of the blasts. The twin explosions, about 15 minutes apart, "cleaned out" ' the windows in the town's throe-block business section. Both the coal tipples, located in the railroad yards a few hundred yards from the city hall, were destroyed. Police Patrol Area Sheriff Rose Kitts estimat ed the total damage at about $120,000. A deputy sheriff said he counted 42 shattered windows in the business dist rict, and police patrolled the area to prevent looting. Police said tipsters told them that two cars, one with West Virginia license plates and the other with a Ken tucky tag, were seen leaving the city and crossing into Kentucky shortly after the explosions went off about 1 a-m The. four .men arrested J 2 1 - I IT 1- t i aeniea any . pari in. me Diasis Investigators for the Na tional Labor Relations board moved into this area Wednes day after earlier reports of .vi olence in the strike-torn coal fields of East Tennessee. Frequent Gunplay A strike by the United Mine Workers Union began in Har lan 'County, Ky., last March 9 and spread to other South east Kentucky counties as UMW contracts . expired. There has been frequent gun play in Kentucky, and at least two men have been kill ed. Gov. A. B. Chandler sent National Guard troops into three Kentucky counties April 24 and recalled them last Monday. -s The UMW is seeking a new contract calling for a $2 daily pay raise to $24.25. Budget Committee Considers Rd, Funds The county budget commit tee is meeting today and Fri day to consider the county general fund and the roads de partment budget. The projected budget for the general county fund totals $167,970.64 and covers mis cellaneous items such as fire and liability insurance, fire patrol, auditing, bounties, ro dent control, child, guidance clinic, telephone and adver tising. The budget committee stat ed that it hopes to complete its study by May 15 in time for public hearing and publi cation to go into effect July 1. School District 6C to Jewetts This Week End Gold Hill, chairman of the school board, and C. A. Meyer, principal of Central Point Junior High school, will be master of ceremonies. Crater High school band will play. Registration and signing of the guest book is set for 7 pjn. Friday. Faculty mem bers, past and present, and alumni of Crater High school and former Central Point High school may sit together at the program in designated groups. Members of the H. P. Jew ett Homecoming executive committee have pointed, out that all friends of the Jewetts all persons interested may attend the activities during the two days. They said also that they still will receive contributions for a gift for the Jewetts. Assemblies honoring the su Agreement on Salary Slashes Brings Curtain Session Falls n r p ' j anorr or icecora Salem-flJPD-The 50th Oregon Legislature adjourned on an economy note at 12:10 a.m. today at the start of the 116th day of the session. Adjournment came finally after both houses agreed on slashing salary increases for state workers and academic employees of the state system of higher education by $1,250,- 000. Of this amount, $750,000 was from a proposed state worker increase and. $500,000 was for academic salaries. The 1959 session, which saw a tax bill passed eliminat ing the federal mcome tax deduction from state returns, fell short of the 128-day rec ord established two years ago. The last evening was punc tuated by recesses of both houses to allow desk staffs a chance to catch up on bills passed and also to let confer ence committees work on the few biUs hanging fire. Mam interest in the final day centered around the con ference committee handling the measure which originally provided for $3,200,000 for state employee salary hikes. Senate Cuts Bill Earlier in the day the Sen ate . slashed the state salary increase down to $1,500,000. The House, however, refused to concur in the Senate annul ments and the conference com mittee was appointed. There was far more argu ment in the Senate on the last day than there has been dur ing any single day of the ses sion. - At one stage of the evening, some senators toyed with the idea of recessing for three days and then reconvening oh the theory that, the recess might put some of the solons in a better mood. , The total appropriation for higher education now stands at $39,853,000 with the House- annrnvp rHiirt5nn . Increases for academic em ployment now amount to about 10 per cent spread over the next two years. State workers would get about a 4 per cent raise. Boost in Taxes The main tax bill, besides the federal income tax deduc tion, would lower rates but still means a boost in taxes. Another tax bill passed places a one per cent interest rate per month on taxes paid by installment. The Legisla ture also approved special tax treatment for capital gains providing they are reinvested in Oregon. This is designed to attract new industry. The general fund budget was about $312.2 million. The tax program is expected to raise close to $314 million. LiOst in tne numDer oi Dins buried in committee were proposals for a three per cent sales tax and for a three cent per pack tax on cigarettes. Estimated 500 Idled By Piledriver Strike Portland-flJPD-An estimated 500 workman on some $15 million worth of construction projects were idled today as the Portland Pile Drivers Union extended a strike which started Wednesday. BULLETIN Washington -(UPD- The Ad ministration asked Congress today to raise the cost of mailing a letter to a nickel to help balance President Eisenhower's budget. perintendent are planned at the high school, junior high and primary school here Fri day morning and at Gold Hill and Sams Valley schools in the afternoon. At Gold Hill the program will be in the Hanby gymnasium. Alumni !ay Saturday will be alumni day with 10 a.m. registration and get-togethers and a noon potluck picnic with entertain ment. Individual class re unions are planned for eve ning and an informal gather ing and reception, beginning about 6:30 p.m. is scheduled at the junior high school. Junior high trackmen will face South Grants Pass on Friday and Crater will oppose Ashland and Grants Pass highs on Saturday. Both meets at the Crater field will be at 2:30 pan.