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ENGINE CHANGE-A giant Navy RD-5 troop
carrier with 32 men aboard was forced to
land at Medford airport Wednesday after
the craft's number two engine "blew a cyl-
. inder nine minutes south of here. The car
rier is from the Whidbey Island Naval Air
station near Seattle. A new engine was
.flown in from Alameda Navy base and in
stallation was carried out by a special crew
Weather Bureau
Lowers Estimates
For Water Flow
- Below normal precipitation
in southwest Oregon has re
sulted in estimates for the wa
ter year and residual flow be
ing lowered slightly from
those issued last month, ac
cording to the hydrologist in
charge of the river forecast
center for the U.S. weather
bureau.
Anthony J. Polos, Portland,
said reports from representa
tive weather bureau substa
tions show that only 30 per
cent of normal April preci
pitation was received, and
except for a period near the
end of the month, April was
rainless.
. "Not only will irrigation
water have to be used spar
ingly in some areas, but the
dry forest areas will necessi
tate' constant vigilance to com
pensate for the increased for
est fire danger," Polos said.
Seventh Month
' For the seventh consecutive
month, he noted, precipitation
was below normal. April was
rainless Except for light
amounts during the period
April 25-27.
- The water supply forecast
as of May 1 for the Rogue
river below south fork is
1,120,000 acres feet for the
water year, which is 84 per
cent of average. The average
is determined from the 15
year period 1938-1952.
The water year flow on the
Klamath river at the Upper
Klamath lake net inflow is
forecast at 1,350,000 acre feet,
or 110- per cent of average.
The residual flow, May
through September, for the
Upper Klamath location is
forecast at 366,000 acre feet.
or 103 per cent of average.-
Influenza Cases
Show Decline Here
A total of 401 cases of influenza-like
illness was re
ported to the Jackson county
department of health by area
physicians this week, Dr. A.
Erin Merkel, public health
physician, said today.
The total dropped sharply
from the 647 cases reported
last week. Two weeks ago the
total was 546. '
; Medford reported 186 cases
this week; Ashland 149;
Shady Cove, 30; Camp White,
20; Phoenix, 11; and Jackson
ville, 5. A delayed report
from Ashland showed 187
cases of the disease occurred
there earlier, and was not in
cluded in this week's total. ,
Salem - (UPD - Miss Pauline
Goodwin of Boise, Idaho, has
assumed the position of assist
ant state supervisor oft home
economic education in the di
vision of vocational education.
Both Sides Far Apart
In Steel Contract Talks
New York fUP& Prelimin
ary steel contract talks ended
today with, both sides as far
apart as at the start and actual
give and take negotiations be
tween four-man teams will be
gin Monday.
Sessions Begin Monday
Both David J. McDonald,
president of the. United Steel
workers Union, and R. Con
rad Cooper, chief industry ne
gotiator, said they were be
ginning the joint collective
bargaining sessions Monday
in an attempt to reach an
agreement by the July 1 strike
"deadline.
.. .... ,;.,iJarofe ' '
Seasonal Upturn in
Employment' Shows
Increase in County
The seasonal upturn in em
ployment in Jackson county,
which started in March, in
creased last month, according
to John J. Patton, manager of
the Medford office, -state em
ployment service.
He said that only twice in
the past 10 years unemploy
ment in the county has been
as low as it is now.
"This condition is due part
ly to the exceptionally dry
weather which has permitted
outside work to go ahead ear
lier in the year than is usually
Hatfield Vetoes
Bills on Appeals
Court, Haulers
Salem - (DPB-Gov. Mark Hat
field today vetoed three bills.
One would have created a tax
appeals court and two set up
new regulations for log haul
ers. Hatfield said he vetoed the
tax appeals court bill because
the Eegislature did not pro
vide an appropriation to carry
it out. Sen. Ben Musa and his
wife, Rep. Katherine Musa,
The Dalles Democrats, had
asked for $126,000 to carry
out duties of the court.
Hatfield also objected be
cause he felt that with a three-
man tax commission, estab
lishment of a three-man tax
appeals . court would simply
set up one administrative
agency on top of another.
Seen of No Benefit
Hatfield said he vetoed
House bills' 29 and 72 because
he was certain that enactment
would be of no benefit to the
carriers and would increase
their rates. He also said simi
lar laws in California and
Washington had not worked
out successfully.
HB 72 would have taken
away the option of the log
haulers to either come under
a flat fee of the Public Util
ities Commission or under the
weight mile law. It would
have required that log trucks
come under the weight mile
law. HB 29 carried the ap
propriation for administering
the provision contained in HB
72.
Abony Youngster
Hiding Under House
Albany, Ore. (UPD Six-year-old;
Harold Baxter, ob
ject of a widespread search
here Thursday night, turned
up safe early today. Police
said he had been hiding under
his own house.
McDonald and Cooper is
sued statements which showed
that the preliminary talks
which started Tuesday have
been completely unsuccessful
in narrowing the differences
between them on basic eco
nomic issues. ,
Substantial Differences
Cooper said proposals made
at a preliminary meeting be
tween the ' union and U. S.
Steel "reflect substantial dif
ferences between us."
The union wound up sepa
rate talks with 12 major steel
companies.
s ,
flown in from Whidbey Island yesterday.
Looking over the newly-installed engine
are Cmdr. H. Cummins, commanding officer
of the 112th Fleet Air Service Squadron, Lt.
Cmdr. John Jacobson; Maintenance Officer
Lt. Cmdr. L. C. Moore; Pilot Lt. J. G. Mc
Bride, and other officers and men. "After
"running in" the new engine over nightj the
craft was expected to leave here today.
the case," he said. "It also re
flects the improvement in the
general economic condition of
the county compared to one
year ago," he added.
Still Unemployment
Despite the improvement,
he said, there still is a sub
stantial amount of unemploy
ment. As of the end of April
unemployment was estimated
at 1,070 persons, which is 49
per cent below the number
for last April and about 37
per cent below last month.
Job openings, Patton said,
have been increasing and
running well above last year.
Shortages are beginning to
show up in some skilled and
profesional occupations, but
the labor force generally ap
pears adequate for the de
mands pf the next 60 days.
"This is particularly true
when allowance is made for
the number of students due to
enter the labor market when
school is out in June," he said.
Many of the young people will
be seeking summer work, but
quite a few high school grad
uates will be looking for per
manent job opportunities.
Operating Steadily
The lumber industry is op
erating steadily aided both by
satisfactory prices and good
weather, Patton noted., Prun
ing in local orchards was com
pleted last month, and there
will be little demand in the
orchards until thinning starts
in June.
Construction has been
strong for some time and ap
pears tot be heading for a
further increase this month,
Patton noted.
The overall employment
outlook for the immediate fu
ture is better than usual, he
added.
Portland - The effervescent
green Douglas Fir market has
hit the highest price peak
since the spring of 1956, ac
cording to Crow's Lumber
Market News Service. Stand
ard and Better green random
length dimension, now $80 at
the mill shows indications of
moving higher, Crow's said.
Utility grade is more active
but has not moved up much
in price yet. Kiln-dried Stand
ard and Better dimension
prices have also bounced up
several dollars this week.
"Very Good, Sir You Have Just Time To
Change For The Wage Negotiating Conference"
M mm m
Herter Promises
Firm Stand at
Geneva Meeting
Western Big Three
Ready To Negotiate
Washington - (UPD - Secre
tary of State Christian . A.
Herter promised Thursday
night in a TV-radio address to
the nation that the Western
powers would stand firm on
basic principles at the Geneva
foreign ministers' conference.
He described the principles
as "freedom for Berlin,.' Ger
man reunification and safe
guarded arms control agree
ments. Willing 'to Negotiate
But he said the United
States; Britain and France
were willing to negotiate with
the Soviets on the "applica
tion" of these principles "pro
vided that concessions from
us are matched by equivalent
counter-concessions from the
Soviet Union."
Meanwhile, Herter had a
brief morning consultation
with President Eisenhower.
They presumably went over
last minute details on what
the U. S. will expect as a pre
requisite for a summer con
ference that would involve the
President.
Short Stop in Germany
Flying to Geneva by way
of Bonn, Herter was to stop
off Saturday for discussions
with West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer. He was to
arrive in Geneva late Satur
day for Monday's opening ses-
sion of the foreign minister's
meeting.
In his Thursday night ad
dress, Herter said the United
States, Britain and France
were willing to negotiate with
the Soviets on the "applica
tion" of these principles "pro
vided that concessions from
us are matched by equivalent
counter-concessions from the
Soviet Union."
In his maiden address to
the nation as secretary of
state, Herter pledged the West
"honestly and in good faith
to seek some advance, even if
small, toward a just peace" in
bargaining with the Soviets.
Nevertheless, he candidly
admitted, "I. do .nqt go to
Geneva with great" expecta
tions. The past record of ne
gotiating with the Soviets
does not warrant much opti
mism."
"We should not expect
quick or easy( agreement," he
said. "The best we can look
for is slow progress toward
the ultimate goal of interna
tional staoiiity wmcn only a
just peace will bring."
Sheriffs Deputy
Resigns Position
Sgt. Robert Gheysen, Jack
son county sheriff's deputy;
has resigned effective May 10,
according to Paul Bettiol,
chief criminal deputy.
Gheysen has resigned to
take a job with a boat build
ing company in Sams Valley,
Bettiol said. He nad been a
sheriffs deputy about four
years.
Replacing Gheysen will be
Bjarne Alfred Bjornsen, 22,
Medford, recently discharged
from the U.S. Marine Corps.
Bjornsen will start work Mon
day, Bettiol said. The new
deputy is married and has one
child. He attended high school
in Lebanon, Ore.
Klamath Falls Man
Dies in House Fire .
Klamath Falls-(DPD-George
Crane, 76, lost his life late
Thursday in a fire which de
stroyed a small residence near
the city limits.
Price 10
22 Pages
&C IPorest iand
Draws Protest by
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington The Interior
Department has protested
against the idea of trans
fer ring the
O&C forest
lands of west
ern Oregon
from the Bu
reau of Land
M a nagement
to the U.S.
Forest Serv
ice. The idea
is being evalu-
x i j.1
A. Robt smith aiea currenuy
by the Budget Bureau. The
Bureau was asked last year
Refuse-Burning at
Dump to Be Aired
At Meeting Soon
Medford City Manager Rob
ert A. Duff said today he
plans to meet with represen
tatives of City Sanitary serv
ice "soon" to discuss com
plaints concerning 'smoke
from ' refuse-burning at the
service's dump site near Jack
sonville. Charls Bottjer, of City San
itary, said later he "would
be happy to meet" with city
officials on the matter.
"We've had no complaints
that would justify taking any
action," Bottjer said. He stat-
Dedication Slated
For Jacksonville
Jacksonville A public ded
ication ceremony to place a
plaque on the old Rogue Val
ley Railroad depot in Jack
sonville will be held at 7:30
p.m. Monday, May 11, by the
Siskiyou Pioneer Sites foun
dation in the oldest building
in Jacksonville, the Brunner
building across from the pub
lic library.
The plaque is a replica of
one placed on the Winetrout
building on East Main st. last
summer by the foundation to
commemorate the Medford
station of the. old Medford
Jacksonville railroad.
The line was built in 1890
by the Jacksonville-Medford
Railroad corporation and was
dismantled in 1925 after it
was purchased by the city of
Medford.
Preside at Dedication
Dr. Frank Haines of the
Southern Oregon college,
president of the foundation,
will preside at the dedication.
Activities of the foundation
during the past year will be
reviewed at the annual meet
ing and trustees will be
elected.
Plans will be presented for
restoration, of the city of Jack
sonville to an old mining
town. The public is being
encouraged to attend both the
ceremony and following meet
ing, Dr. Haines said.
The plaque will be of Geor
gia granite and was donated
by Roger Westerfield of the
Oregon Granite company. The
land on which it will be placed
was donated by Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Kinney of Jacksonville.
Polaris Missile
Leaves Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -r (UPD t
Another test version of the
Navy's Polaris missile, de
signed as a nuclear punch for
roving submarines, darted out
to sea today on an apparently
smooth flight.
WEATHER
FORECAST: " Generally cloudy
with a few showers tonight and
Saturday morning, becoming
partly, cloudy Saturday after
noon. Low tonight 45. High
Saturday 70.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 81
Lowest this Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:18 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:57 a.m.
Moonset tonight 8:14 p.m.
First Quarter May 15
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, rises 9:48 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, low in south- -
east 9:47 p.m.
Venus, sets 10:17 p.m.
Mars, sets 1132 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
east
.12:20 a.m.
Depot
Cents
-a gf A T T
MEDFORD, OREGON,
by a Senate Interior subcom
mittee to prepare a reorgan
ization plan that would con
solidate federal forestry func
tions under the Forest Serv
ice which is an agency of the
Department of Agriculture.
The Budget Bureau has
been studying the matter, ever
since. Last fall it dispatched
a man to Oregon to look over
operations of both BLM and
Forest Service.
Now the matter appears to
be coming to a head. BLM
officials have been called in
from the field to Washington
to prepare information re
quested by the Tudget Bureau
on comparative costs, etc., of'ment, according to Undersec-
ed that the site was selected so
that prevailing winds would
keep the smoxe away from
the valley floor. .
Duff said the meeting might
include members of the Jack
son county court as well. He
said nothing in the city's fran
chise with City Sanitary cov
ers burning at the 'dump,
which is several miles west of
Medford's city limits.
County court members were
not available today for com
ment.
Have 'Obligation'
City Councilman Robert
Van Sickle, Ward III, said at
last night's city council meet
ing that both the city and
county governments have an
"obligation" to take action
He asked that Duff arrange
a meeting with the county
court to seek means to '.'elim
inate that complaint."
One complaint in particular
was that expressed by George
Flanagan, general manager of
Elk. Lumber company, at
Tuesday's meeting at the
county courthouse on air pol
lution in the Rogue valley.
Flanagan said smoke from
the dump was "just as ser
ious" as that "from any saw
mill in the valley."
"That's the worst place
they could have picked," he
said of the dump's location.
And speaking of steps to con
trol air pollution, he added,
That's one good place to
start."
City Sanitary began use of
the dump last year after un
successful attempts by Jack
sonville residents- to prevent
it.
Man Caught Here
Gets 18 Years
A Breckenridge, Minn.,
man, arrested here April 10
by state police, has started
serving a prison term in Mis
souri for second degree mur
der, state police learned yes
terday. Leland Duane Benson, 33,
on April 21 pleaded guilty in
a St. Louis, Mo., circuit court
to charges of second degree
murder and larceny of an
auto. He was sentenced to a
maximum term of 18 years in
the state penitentiary on the
murder charge and 10 years
on ,the auto theft charge.
Both sentences are to run con
currently, state police were
informed.
Benson was stopped on a
routine check by. state police
Friday, April 10. He admitted
orally to authorities here that
he had killed a man in St.
Louis. He also admitted he
stole a car. He was extradited
to St. Louis April 12.
Benson was sentenced for
killing Thomas G. Kimber,
27, of St. Louis, about March
31. He had stolen the car on
the same date. Kimber was
found dead in his St. Louis
apartment April 4 of a skull
fracture.
Firemen Recommend
139 Hazard Changes
City firemen on the home
inspection program yesterday
made 139 recommendations
for correction of hazards.
No hazards were noted in
40 of the 140 residences in
spected. Firemen stopped at 265
houses. No one was home at
114. Occupants of 11 resi
dences turned down the offer
of inspection. .
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1959
Tramsffeir
Inter Son
forestry operations. One offi.
cial said he understood the
Bureau had set Friday, May
8, as a deadline for finishing
the study and reporting to
higher officials of the Bureau.
. BLM officials reportedly
nervous about the possible
outcome. Some might lose
their jobs, if the BLM . is
trimmed down. One even
wired Gov. Mark Hatfield,
saying he was a good Repub
lican and thought the gover
nor ought to intervene against
the consolidation with GOP i
officials of the Eisenhower ad
ministration. But the Interior Depart-
QUARLES DIES -Donald A.
Quarles, 64, deputy secretary
of defense, was found dead in
his home in Washington, D.C.,
today. Story is on page 3.
Study of the feasibility of
an ordinace prohibiting tele
phone advertising was suggest
ed at last night's Medford city
council meeting by Council
man Robert L. Baccus, Ward
III.
City Manager Robert A.
Duff said he already had some
information on the subject.
He said certain other cities
have passed such ordinances.
Such advertising, according
to Baccus, is a public nuis
ance. Councilman Fred Robinson,
Ward 1, suggested considera
tion of another ordinance for
control or prphibition of un
desirable transient businesses.
Mayor John W. Snider said
he believed the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce had
a model ordinance of this
type available.
Councilman Stan Stark,
Ward IV, said he 'would like
provisions against the danger
of open swimming pools to
come before the council for
consideration. Duff replied
that investigation of this sub
ject had already begun, and
a report could be expected
"probably at the next council
meeting."
Ordinance Sought
Oh Telephone Ads
Butte Falls Residents Favor Staying
Independent
The 37 persons attending a
public hearing in Butte Falls
last night on the proposed
Butte Falls-Eagle Point school
reorganization strongly fa
vored remaining independent,
according to Alf B. Mekvold,
county school superintendent.
Opposition to reorganiza
tion of the two districts into
one is mainly because of the
long bus trips required if
Butte Falls pupils should go
to Eagle Point High school,
Mekvold said. It is estimated
students would have to be
transported 20 to 30 miles,
which would also make it dif
ficult for Butte Falls students
to participate in after school
activities. Mountainous roads
of the area also add to the
problem.
Importance of School
Importance of the high
school to the community and
a better chance for pupils to
participate in activities in
Butte Falls High school were
other points stressed.
Butte Falls superintendent
George Bray said the Butte
Falls High school . course is
now fairly adequate. It offers
three years of mathematics,
plus courses in general sci
54th Year
Tribune
No. 42
retary Elmer F. Bennett, has
sent the .Budget Bureau "a
strong letter" against the
whole idea.
Interior officials have over
the years opposed trans
ferring any of their resource
management functions to oth
er agencies. Seme have be
lieved that the Forest Service,
instead, ought to be turned
over to the Interior Depart
ment. .
During the first year of the
Eisenhower administration, a
special commission headed by
Nelson Rockefeller recom
mended numerous reorganiza
tion proposals, one of which
was reported at the time to
be creation of a Department
of Natural Resources that
would include all the fores
try, power, reclamation, min
ing and grazing functions of
the government. Nothing ever
came of it.
Some Oregonians have op
posed any merger of the O&C
forests and the national for
ests under a single agency for
fear it would lead eventually
to changes in the O&C act of
1937, under which the O&C
counties of western Oregon
receive triple the forest rev
enue that goes to counties in
which national forests are
located.
Consolidation itself, under
a reorganization plan, would
not affect the O&C formula.
Congress could change it only
by statute.
Members of the Oregon con
gressional delegation have
stayed out of the controversy,
letting the administration de
cide which way to move. Some
move to reorganize would
probably have to made within
the next several weeks if at
all this year, inasmuch as re
organization plans must lie
before Congress for 60 days
before they take affect. Con
gress need not pass upon them,
but it can cancel the reorgan
ization by passing an appro
priate measure.
If ' Interior Secretary Fred
A. Seaton is going to fight
the move, as appears to be
the case, any reorganization
would appear to have very
dim prospects of clearing the
White House, even should Ag
riculture Secretary Ezra T.
Benson argue for it.
The president may back
Benson to the hilt in his farm
policy fights, but Seaton is
persuasive and highly respect
ed at the White House in this
field of natural resource man
agement. Hatfield Salutes
Truman; Hopes for
Laryngitis Attack
Salem. Ore. (CPU Got.
Mark Hatfield of Oregon
today sent ex-President
Harry S. Truman a birth
day salute which closed
with:
, "We who are Republi
cans wish for you every
continued success, health
and happiness wilh the pos
sible exception of a light
case of laryngitis in late
October and early Novem
ber of every fourth year.".
District, Hearing Reveals
ence, biology and physical
science. No college prepara
tory courses are offered in
chemistry and physics. There
is not enough demand for for
eign languages, he said.
Members of the Jackson
county school district reorga
nization committee pointed
out that by combining the two
districts a new elementary
building would not have to be
constructed in Butte Falls.
Shifted to High School
Elementary students could
be shifted to the high school
and four classrooms added. A
new elementary school build
ing is needed immediately,
since the present one is in
poor condition, Mekvold said
today.
Douglas Finch, school dist
rict reorganization committee
member, presented both ad
vantages and disadvantages of
the proposed reorganization.
Advantages include a broader
curriculum, less per pupil
cost, use of shop for upper
grades, sufficient new class
rooms on north wing, one
room in north end of auditor
ium, and easier recruitment of
teachers.
Butte Falls High school now
has 44 students enrolled and
10,000 More
State Employers
Now in Program
New Rates Await
Hatfield's Signing
Salem-TOPU-New unemploy
ment compensation laws soon
will effect virtually every
business in the state except
the so-called "mama and
papa" establishments which
have no employees.
The new laws place all
businesses with one or more
employees under the act,
bringing 10,000 more Oregon
employers into the program.
Another major change is
separation of the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commis
sion from the Industrial Acci
dent Commission, both hereto
fore administered by the same
three-member board.
New unemployment com
pensation rates will be in ef
fect as soon as Gov. Mark
Hatfield signs the bills passed
by the Legislature to bolster
the shrinking fund from
which benefits are paid. With
in the past few years it has
dropped from $ 85 million to
a point just above S20- mil.
lion.
Rates Said Needed
Sen. Dan Dimick (D-Rose-burg)
chairman of the Senate
Committee on Labor and In
dustries, said the new rates
were necessary to stabilize the
xuna ana make it actuarily
sound.
All employers will continue
to pay the emergency rate of
2.7 per cent of payrolls until
the fund grows to a new
floor of $65 million, which
replaces the former floor of
$31 million. When the fund
reaches the new floor, the rate
for employers with good rec
ords will drop to 1.2 per cent
in place of the former 0.8
per cent-doubling the mini
mum rate.
Eligibility rules were tight
ened. To receive benefits, an
employee must have worked
20 weeks, earned a minimum
of $20 a week and a total of
at least $700.
Organized labor made a
strenuous effort to grant eligi
bility to persons who had
worked only 18 weeks, but
this would have included
many women working part
time in canneries.
Recalls Original Concept
Dimick said this provision
alone would eliminate 10 per
cent of present applicants and
save more than $2,500,000 a
year.
He said thiswas the first
time the Legislature had tak
en a fresh look at the unem
ployment picture since the
law was enacted in 1936.
'"This new legislation," he
said, "recalls the original un
employment compens a t i o n
concept. All the bills dealing
with unemployment comoen-
sation this session will give
the people of Oregon a law
which we believe they can be
proud of and under which
unemployed workers who are
in the labor market will quali
fy without difficulty. But it
removes thousands of those
who are not in the market and
should not have ever drawn
a dime from the fund."
(See Stories on Page 10)
Portland (UPD - Pat Wahl
strom, 17-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Evert Wahlstrom
has been chosen Franklin
High school's Rose Festival
princess.
Eagle Point 269. Joining the
two districts would result in
a high school enrollment at
Eagle Point of 313 pupils.
Total school levy in Butte
Falls now is 65.5 mills and
75.7 mills in Eagle Point.
Butte Falls has $268,869.99 in
remaining bonding capacity
or 5 per cent of capacity, and
Eagle Point has $1,086,099.96
in total remaining bonding
capacity or 30 per cent of ca
pacity. Butte Falls Indebtedness
Butte Falls has an indebted
ness of $14,247.90 and Eagle
Point $463,797.50. Combined
indebtedness would be $478,
045.40. The committee has
recommended an equalized
levy to retire the existing in
debtedness in both districts.
A public hearing on re
organization of Rogue River
with Evans Valley on May 19
in Rogue River and on May 21
in Evans Valley, Mekvold
said.
Whether remaining public
hearings need to be held in
Ashland, Pinehurst, Talent,
Medford and Phoenix will de
pend on the outcome ot the
election on May 20 on pro
posed consolidation of Phoe
nix and Talent.