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Newspaper Page TextStay mm Price 10 Medford 22 Pages OirodMstiirkall Accident toe Increases To Be Made in 149 Classifications To Be Effective With July Reports Salem (UTS - Changes i in .workmen's compensation rates or Oregon industry were an nounced today by William A. Callahan, chairman of the State Industrial Accident com mission. T ' , The rate changes become' . effective with payroll reports filed for July, 1959, and will remain-in effect through June, 1960. Of the 229 ' classifications under which payrolls are re ported to the IAC; 27 were reduced because of favorable claim cost ratios, 53 remained unchanged and 149 increased. Classifications Listed ' Classifications which were reduced include underground mining, aluminum manufac turing, glassware manufactur ing, appliance repairing, vet erinary hospitals and electric power plant operation. Major increases were an nounced in general farming to $8.79 per $100 payroll from the. present $5.28. The West ern logging rate went from $ig.88 to $14.17. Western Or egon: 'sawmilling increased from $5.78 to $7.11. Eastern Oregon logging was raised to $10.04 from $7.17, and ply wood manufacturing from $2.irto2.68'."- - - - -Reasons Given In explanation of the in creases Callahan said "the Commission is charged by law with the responsibility to pro vide, "the lowest rates consist ent both with insurance prin ciples and with a solvent fund,.w.-r The benefit increases voted by the 1959 Legislature re quired a six per cent level in crease. I Increases in the cost of medical care will require an additional two per cent in- crease. These, together with steeply, rising loss ratios in many classifications, have ne cessitated the'sharp increases Operated at Loss Income from the registra tion fees and the annual fees has helped to reduce the in creases required and in some classifications have, helped the rate to remain the same or even be reduced. Callahan noted that the fund has paid out more than it received 34 months ou of the last 3 a. Eisenhower Hosts Dag at Breakfast Washington TOPD President Eisenhower had a breakfast table conference today with U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold who has sug gested New York as a site for a summit conference. After the meeting, Hammarskjold said the talk was "private" and resulted from an invita tion by the President. First Farm Festival Days Start Tonight ' Central Point-The queen of the first Southern Oregon Farm Festival will be named at a dance at the Crater High school tennis courts tonight, the first activities of the two day event. The queen will be picked from candidates sponsored by the Crater, Eagle Point and Grants Pass chapters of the Future Farmers of America. The Crater chapter is sponsor ing the festival with the Cen tral Point Junior Chamber of Commerce. Candidates Listed Candidates for queen are Miss Barbara Bever, a senior at Eagle Point High school; Miss Carolyn King, a sopho more at Grants Pass High school; and Miss Arvella Prom, a senior at Crater. Main feature of the event, which sponsors hope will be come an annual affair, will be the Jimmy Wakely shows at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday. Included in the western star's Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1959 Change5 Evan Secoim Election on District's Budget Evans Valley - The Evans Valley school district will hold a second budget election from 2 to 8 p.m. June 15 in the Evans Valley school gymna sium, according to James H. Martin, school board chair man. , The decision was made when the board and budget committee met with school district patrons last night fol lowing a public hearing by the Valley Resident Named Head of Egg Producers ' Dunbar Carpenter, Medford ppultryman and fruit grower, was elected president of the Oregon Egg Producers at the 39th annual meeting of. the 4,500 member marketing and purchasing coop erativein Roseburg this week. Carpenter, who represents Jackson and Josephine county producers on the association's board of directors, was earlier reelected to his fourth two- year term as director. He succeed Kelly' Corn- stock, Portland, as president.'6 iomstock has announced his retirement from the poultry business. Other officers elected in clude Merrill L. Jensen, Eu gene, first vice president; Le- Roy L. Snyder, Azalea, second vice president; and Fred Pet ersen, Junction City, secretary-treasurer. Review Activities H. R.' Rhoe, general mana ger, reviewed the year's ac tivities of the association, not ing that it continued to im prove its financial position. Volume of business last year, he said, totaled S9H million with operating margins in various departments totaling $427,513. - Acequisition of branches in Coquille, Bandon and Lang lois last year extended asso ciation services to the Coos Curry counties area. The re cent opening of a Silverton branch, Rhoe said, brings to 20 the number of Oregon Egg Producers' branches in west ern Oregon. Directors elected in Rose burg include Hubert Esser, Silverston, and Herman J. Stoffel, Roseburg, two-year terms; and Ivan Woods, Hood River, to fill the unexpired term of Comstock. Reelected to two-year terms were How ard Hughes, McMinnville; Carpenter, Jensen, Petersen and Christensen. .- w Hold-over directors are A. J. Wilson, Albany; Harold S. Turlay, Warrenton; Ewald Ek, West Linn; Joe Toman, Ore gon City, and Snyder. show will be The Shadows, a singing group from St. Mary's High school, and The Ram blers, a group of Crater FFA boys. A buffalo and beef barbe que is scheduled tomorrow, along with plowing and pos sibly . other contest by FFA chapters, helicopter rides, parachute jumps at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., and farm educa tional films. Wagons on Display Wagons which will.be used by Jackson county 4-H club members on their way to sum mer school in Corvallis this summer will be on display, and square dance exhibitions, including one by the Medford Trail Riders, are scheduled. Wakely is scheduled to be in downtown Medford about 10 ajn. tomorrow in a horse drawn taxi, one of the first used between Medford and Jacksonville. He will be es corted by members of the Medford Trail Rideri. j Uvlv Jackson County School Dis trict Reorganization commit tee on joining Evans Valley with Rogue River. Seventy seven persons attended . last night's meeting, it was noted'. Public Discussion Following a public discus sion, the school district bud get committee trimmed $765 from the budget, Martin said. Apparently a number of per sons thought that another teacher would be added to the six-teacher staff, the board chairman explained. It was de cided to keep the six teachers and .conduct the bus runs the same as before. The amount of the budget to be raised by taxes exceeding the 6 per cent . limitation is $29,387.82, Martin said. Items trimmed from the budget in clude a pump and pipe for the well, $615, and cafeteria sink. $400. The emergency fund re ceived an addition of $250 to make the total $750. Largest budget item are raises amounting to $250 to $400 a year for each teacher. This brings -the salary sched ule up to schedules of Eagle Point and Ruch, Martin ex plained. The teacher salary schedule was below the coun ty average, Martin said. , Against Proposal r Several persons at the reor ganization hearing were against the proposed joining of Evans Valley with Rogue River, it was reported. Some thought that Rogue River High school still would not be large enough to give a well rounded curriculum. Others disputed the figures presented by the Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee. Ralph Babcock, Evans Val ley, said he would support a high school of from 400 to 600. Rogue -River High school could "not meet the require ments at . this time, he said. William Johnson, Evans Valley, questioned the non high district costs. Costs for the current year are 8.9 mills. He questioned the anticipated rise to 25 mills for the 1960 61 year. Several high assessed value districts like Elk Trail and Pinehurst now contribute to the fund and will not con tribute next year due to con solidation and reorganization, it was explained. Reduce Required Amount During the current year, the cost balance reduced the required amount of levy, and this will "not exist next year, officials said. The majority of Rogue Riv er citizens are opposed to the two districts joining with Grants Pass or the Josephine county school district unit, it was reported. Other objections raised were that Evans Valley would not have as strong a voice on the school board of the com bined districts and Rogue River High school is already overcrowded and additional rooms are needed. Other citizens said Rogue River had a good school dis trict and that more students have gone on to college from Rogue River than from Grants Pass, that citizens in a county unit such as Josephine county do not have as much voice in the operation of their schools. Hatfield Recommends Youth Authority Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield today recommended that the state of Oregon es tablish both a youth and adult authority to determine where various types of criminal of fenders should go. The gover nor's remarks came at the formal dedication of the new intermediate correctional in stitution near here. Portland-Hal Mayhew will become editor - in - chief of Crow's Lumber Digest effec tive June 1. He has been with Crow since 1955 and has been Market Editor of the Digest since 1956. 54th Year TRIBUNE No. 54 Western Powers End Presentation Of Peace Plan Russia Challenged ' r To Offer Proposals Geneva -flJPD- The western powers completed presenta tion of their peace plan for Germany before the Big Four Forejgn Ministers Conference today and challenged Russia to come back with "construc tive" moves.. Steps were afoot that indi cated the East-West talks might get down to real bar gaining 'next week' in secret. Final Rejection ' Secretary of State Chris tian Herter and his western partners wound up their side of the conference's ppening stage with a flat and final rejection of the Soviet counter plan for a peace treaty that would divide Germany per manently. As these views were pre sented here, it was disclosed in Moscow-that Premier Ni kita Khrushchev told the West German Ambassador that Rus sia would sign a peace treaty with. East Germany if the present conference fails to reach agreement. Observers saw in this a possibility Khrushchev might act with out waiting for a. summit parley. Herter warned in his speech at the start of today's session that there cannot even be "a reasonable degree of peace and security in Europe," while Germany remains divided. But Soviet Foreign Minis ter Gromyko came right back with a new maneuver to per petuate this division. He of fered to soften the Communist treaty plan ', by V permitting West Germany to keep its-'eco-ribmic alliances with the West. Presentation Complete This was bound to be re jected, A U.S. spokesman said tonight "it is impossible to use the Soviet peace treaty as a basis for discussion." i "The western presentation of its peace plan is now com plete," the spokesman said. "We have discussed and ex plained the major aspects of that plan. "We hope that . it is now better appreciated by the So viet delegation ... It is now to be hoped that the Soviet dele gation will put forward next week some constructive new proposals that may serve as a basis for discussion." Crater Lake Park 57 Years Old Today Crater Lake National park was established by an act of congress 57 years ago today, according to Thomas J. Wil liams, superintendent. The act was signed May 22, 1902, by President Theodore Roosevelt authorizing America's fifth national park. Crater Lake was discovered in 1853 by John Wesley Hill man, who was part of a group of prospectors searching for a rumored Lost Cabin mine. The group named it "Deep Blue lake." Later "discovers" named it Blue lake and Lake Majesty. In 1869 the Sutton party ap plied the present name. William Gladstone Steel is credited with conceiving the idea of preserving the lake within a national park and for 17 years, assisted by other citizens, devoted his time and personal finances to its estab lishment. Annual visitation totals ap proximately 330,000. ildina Code Is Amended for Manor The Medford city council last night approved amending the building code to remove certain height restrictions, a change necessary for construc tion of Rogue Valley Manor atop Barneburg hill. The building code formerly restricted heights to 85 feet. The city's zoning ordinance still does, but a variance re quest for the Manor is cur rently before the city plan ning commission. Variances cannot be given for non-conformities to the building code. The Manor, a $5Vi million retirement home, is reported ly to stand 118.5 feet high. DR. ELMO STEVENSON Safely Banquet Speaker School Patrol to Be Honored at Annual Banquet Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege, will speak at the an nual school patrol banquet at 6:30 o'clock this evening at Medford High school cafe teria. More than 275 school pa trol members, parents and guests are expected, according to Elliott Becken, chairman. About 158 schooL patrol members will be honored by the Medford Safety Council. They will receive certificates of patrol participation and a pen Sfid pencil set from the council, Becken said. Each captain, lieutenant, sergeant and patrolman will be awarded a badge-pin de noting his rank. The added award was arranged by Ruby Tetreault, Safety Council board member .and local man ager of the Automobile Asso ciation of America office. Table decorations are being planned .by Irean Grigsby, and entertainment will be provid ed by The Shadows, local win ners of last year's state Jun ior Chamber of Commerce tal ent contest at Salem. Awards will be presented by C.; p. (Swede) Larson, pre s f d e ntof ' "the Safety Council. Tickets will be available at the door, Becken said. Neuberger Raps Southern Pacific By A. R.OBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, (D-Ore.) Friday blasted Southern Pacific for cutting its Shasta Daylight passenger' service and said it looks like "many railroads are committing hari-kari in their campaign- to get out of the passenger, business and be come just f another freight line." Neuberger took the Senate floor to criticize SP for re ducing this Portland-to-San Francisco service to three trips weekly. He cited these points against it: -SP has just realized net revenues for the first quarter of 1959 as $18.1 million, com pared with $12 million the first quarter of 1958.. -It curtails a basically pop ular run which carried an av erage of over 200 passengers each trip. -It's a blow to Oregon's tourist trade and increases un employment in the railroad industry. -It follows SP's shift of its Portland ticket office to a sixth floor location "in an ob vious effort to discourage passenger traffic." Pile Drivers Still Picket Area Bridge Two Portland pile drivers were reported still picketing the construction of Riley rd. bridge across Antelope creek near Eagle Point today. The picketing, , which has idled five employees of R. and M. Construction company, a Central Point firm working under contract with Jackson county, is the one tremor re ported locally from a pile drivers' strike in Portland. The Associated General Contractors, employers' bar gaining agent with the union, has threatened a general shut down of highway construction jobs, without setting a dead line. John Robinson, of R. and M., said the job affected here is considered within the terri tory of the Portland Pile Drivers. But, there is a ques tion as to whether this project involves pile drivers' work at present. Public Hearing on School District Budget Is Today Election Due to Be Set by Board A public hearing on the proposed budget for Medford school district for fiscal year .1959-60 will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the school administration build ing, 500 Monroe st., Medford. Following the hearing, the date for an election , on . the amount which exceeds the 6 per cent limitation will be scheduled. Tentative date for the election is June 9. A budget totaling $3,739, 166.29 has been proposed by the budget committee. It in cludes $3,395,370.60 -for the general operating fund, and $343,795.69 for the sinking fund and bond interest. . Dr. D. Kirkland West, chair man of the budget committee, said estimated receipts and available cash balances for next fiscal year total $1,192, 266, leaving $2,546,900.29 nec essary to balance the budget. The estimated amount of taxes which will not be col lected, including rebate on taxes, is $144,949.42, .making a total of $2,691,849.71 to be raised by taxes, Dr. West said. Of the latter total, $510,532.89 is within the 6 per cent limi tation, and anQther $378, 175.26 is bond principal and interest, and is not affected by the limitation. The amount outside the 6 per cent limitation, and the amount on which district pa trons will vote in the elec tion, is estimated at $1,803, 141.56. Dr. West said the estimated millage, based on budget fig ures as of May 1 with an as sessed valuation of $45 mil lion, would be 59.8 next fiscal year, compared to 46.8 this year based on the same fig ures. The estimated increase is 13 mills, or 27.7 per cent, Dr. West said. ; - Washington Man In Federal Court Charles Palmer Dunlap, 53, of Chehalis, Wash., and Hol land hotel, appeared in federal court this morning for a hear ing for his removal to Wash ington state on a federal com plaint charging him with the forging of a $1,000 chedk. Dunlap was arrested by Medford police May 6 on a check charge. The federal complaint, charging him with the interstate transportation of a forged check drawn on the Union bank, Panorama City, Calif., and given to the Oaks Motor company, Che halis, was filed following his arrest here. The Washington man re quested the removal hearing during his arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Frank J. Van Dyke here Tuesday. Van Dyke is presiding at the hear ing with Assistant U.S. At torney George Juba, Portland, presenting the government's case. Dunlap is represented by Warren Lesseg, Medford at torney. Testifying for the govern ment this morning were a fed eral bureau of investigation agent and Frederick D. Oaks, Chehalis, owner and manager of the Oaks Mptftr company. The government must show probable cause for Dunlap's detainment before he can be taken to Tacoma, Wash., for prosecution. The hearing re cessed until 1 p.m. today. Living Costs Climb Back To Record High Washington (UPD Living costs climbed back to a record high level in April, the gov ernment said today. Higher costs of transportation, medi cal care, recreation and per sonal care pushed consumer prices up two-tenths of 1 per cent during the month. "The rise brought them to the record level reached in July and November of last year. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Slight risk of showers Saturday afternoon. Low tonight near 40. High Saturday about 75. Temp. Highest Yesterday 69 Lowest This Morning 39 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:32 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow . 4:44 a.m. Moonrise tonight 7:56 p.m. Last Quarter May 29 PROMINENT STAR An tares, low in south east 9:07 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, low in south east 8:45 p.m. Venus, sew 10:30 p.m. Saturn, rises 10:32 p.m. Mars, sets 10:56 p.m. 'This Has Got To Be Decided By Us Germans' Petition Requests 10th St. Extension A 204 - signature petition urging construction this year of the 10th st. "link across Bear creek was filed last night with the Medford city council. City Manager Robert A. Duff said the project is al ready on the list of recom mended capital improvements for 1959-60 to be submitted to the "city budget committee tonight. . The link, part of the city's arterial stree program, was originally slated for construc tion in 1961. It involves ex tending 10th st. east from South Riverside ave. over Bear creek and across Cottage st. to meet a section of the street already existing. Duff last night estimated the cost at $154,000. 'Within Our Means He said it would be "with in our means" to construct it in the.coming fiscal year.. The bridge" across Bear " creek would be designed by state highway department en gineers, he said, and probably could not be built before late this fall. He told the council he would check on the time required with state highway officials. . The petition, bearing the names of prominent mer chants, professional men and others, was presented last night by Jeannette Marshall, Medford attorney, whqse of fice Is at 246 East 10th st. Mrs. Marshall said the link was urgently needed. She said it would relieve traffic con gestion on Main and Eighth sts. and would provide a quick emergency iroute from west of the creek to both hospitals. In addition, she asserted, building the bridge before construction of the Highway 99 freeway through that area Water Main Goes Into Service Today The 24-inch water main from Black Oak dr. and Walden pi. to Black Oak and Barnett rd. was to enter serv ice today, according to Med ford Water Superintendent Robert L. Lee.' Lee said that this section's construction completes the trunk main connecting the Capital Hill reservoirs to the Barneburg hill pumping sta tion now under construction. The main's connection to the .main along Barnett rd. means improved service for Medford's southwest side as well, Lee explained. It was installed by city crews in a trench dug by Kanehl Construction company, Portland. Condemnation for Easement Planned Medford city officials are poised to institute condemna tion proceedings for acquisi tion of a sanitary sewer ease ment 40 feet wide - but only 3 feet long. - The city council last night authorized these proceedings if they prove necessary. The property in question, officials reported, is a long strip of land 3 feet wide running north and south near Woodrow lane. The easement across it is needed for the Kenwood Grandview sanitary sewer system. The property owner, L. F. Klink, has so far not come to terms with city hall nego tiators, according to City At torney Joel B. Reeder. began would avoid possible engineering conflicts at a later date. Tony Manno, proprietor of Acme Hardware store at 10th st. and South Central ave., also spoke in support of the petition. In another action involving this same project, the council- men approved Duff's recom mendation for purchase of part of the Rose property on Ninth st. east of Cottage st., a lot necessary to provide right of way for extending 10th st. Duff said the price structures on an adjoining lot previously acquired. As a formality, the council approved plans and specifica tions for the Eighth st. bridge across the creek and called for bids. These bids are to be opened next Tuesday by the state highway department in Salem, with construction ex pected-by-midOctober. (See other council stories on page 10) .' Record Orchard Heating Noted The fruit frost season is entering the homestretch with a record of the longest con tinued period of orchard heat ing since 1927, according to Bill Rogers, meteorologist of the weather bureau's fruit frost warning service. This year orchardists fired 10 days straight and 14 out of 16 days so far. In f947 orchardists lit heaters seven days in a row and in 1929 six days in a row and 12 out of 14 days. "We may have had colder weather, worst- freezes and more damaging frosts, but that 10-day period is the long est on record," Rogers said. . A few orchardists fired heaters two days ago when temperatures dropped to 30 in the coldest maces. One orchard was heated in the south end of the valley, one in the western part and two more in the eastern section. Orchardists should get by without heating for the next three or four days, Rogers predicted. The frequency of frost occurring diminished in late May although it is still possible to get severe frosts, he added. Salem-(DPD-Gov. Mark Hat field returned to his desk at the State Capital building today. Stockade Registrations Show Steady Registrations at the Siski you summit welcome booth, which opened Monday, have increased steadily each day, Ernie Hood, coordniator for Oregon Centennial events in Jackson county", said today. The old-fort replica "was dedicated last Sunday, and stu dents from Southern Oregon college have manned the booth each day between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. 24 Register Monday, the first day, 24 people registered, Hood said, including one couple from New Jersey who have been traveling since February. They expressed an interest in the Rogue valley, Hood noted, and were impressed with the climate and topography. A cou ple from Montana was similar ly impressed, he added. Twenty-nine people regis District Judge Issues Order To Allow for Appeal Young Slayer Said Without Counsel i Lincoln, Neb. -(UPD- Mass slayer Charles Starkweather won a dramatic last-hour stay of execution today from a U. S. district judge. The stay was announced 90 minutes before the execution was to have taken place. The stay of execution was granted by U.S. District Judge Richard E. Robinson of Omaha. It was not an nounced to the Nebraska gov ernor's office until an hour and a half ahead of the exe cution time. For Two Weeks Robinson ordered the exe cution stayed for two weeks until June 4-to allow Stark weather time to appeal to the District Court of Appeals. The federal judge acted upon receipt of a telegram from Guy Starkweather, father of the condemned youth. Robinson said it appeared Starkweather "is and has been without the services of an attorney" and that he might be held in custody "in violation of the constitution." The stay was granted to allow Starkweather time to file .a further appeal from the denial, by another federal judge earlier this week, of his application for a writ of ha- . beas corpus. Starkweather, the 20-year-old mass slayer who commit ted Nebraska's worst criminal orgy in slaying 11 persons had appeared resigned to his fate when he met with his family for 3Vfc hours Thursday night. Clear Conscience He told them he faced death with a "clear conscience" and at peace with God. Robinson's action was unex pected by any state official, and it was presumed Thursday night that Starkweather's last hope to evade the electric chair had gone. His father, said he would make no further attempt to appeal jto the circuit court be cause he had no counsel to aid him in making a last-minute appeal. It was presumed that Rob inson's action would permit enough time for an appeal to the higher federal court. Miller Accepts Job As Parade Judge County Judge Earl Miller has accepted an invitation to be one of the judges of the July 4 Centennial Celebration parade at Port Orford July 4, he said today. The letter of invitation came from Charles E. Saxton, chair man of the parade and horse show at Port Orford. July 4 events include the Battle of Battle Rock," crab feed, fireworks, parade, horse races, governor's banquet and dance. Eagle Point District Approves Budget Eagle Point - The Eagle Point school district which in cludes Shady Cove, and Elk Trail approved its budget on Thursday. The vote was 104 yes to 25 no, according to school district officials. This is the first year the three former districts have come under one budget. Total operating budget for the new fiscal year is $660,189.30. Increase tered at the booth Tuesday, and 49 signed the register Wednesday, including a local Cub Scout Pack, Hood said. Up until 3:30 p.m. yesterday, 39 persons had registered. Other Visitors Visitors during the last few days included people from Long Beach, Calif., Arizona, Colorado, and out-of-state friends of Jack Weddle of Delah Timber Products, White City, who donated the logs used for the exterior of the stockade. The Elks club sponsored the stockade through yesterday, and the Jackson County Fed eral Savings and Loan associa tion is sponsoring it today and tomorrow. The stockade welcome booth, Hood said, is the first welcome booth to open in Ore gon for the state's Centennial year.