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EXERCISES-Part of the large crowd and president of Southern Oregon college, spoke,
the 339 graduates of Medford High school and students were presented awards. Com
are shown above at Hedrick Junior High mencement exercises also were held at Ash-
school last night. Dr. Elmo
339 Students Get
Degrees at MHS'
Commencement0
Dr. Elmo N." Stevenson,
president of Southern Oregon
college, compared the individ
uals of the Medford High
school graduating class to
sputniks going into orbit.
Addressing the 339 mem
bers of the senior class during
graduation ceremonies Thurs
day evening at Hedrick Jun
ior High schoo! auditorium,
Dr.. Stevenson reminded the
class of training and guidance
they had received.
"What you do now should
reflect all tke resources and
outlay of energy that has gone
into shaping you,"- he said.
"When making your decision
as to a job or further educa
tion, select a position commen
surate with your interests and
ability so you can be of serv
ice to mankind."
Particular Field
Dr. Stevenson mentioned
that research shows that the
majority of persons who en
ter a particular field remain
in that type of work.
"Set your sights high," the
college president commanded
the seniors, "so when you go
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in LO orDll you win jiia&e we
most of what you know . . .
serve your fellow man as well
as yourself."
Robert Steele was valedic
torian of the. class and Robert
Pond was salutatorian.
DeWanda Winchell was chos
en outstanding senior girl and
Larry Anderson, outstanding
senior boy.
; Thursday evening gradua
tion exercises were also held
for Crater High school and
Ashland High school. A class
of 102 seniors heard three
students speak at the Central
Point commencement. They
were Arvella Prom, Richard
Hammersley, and Margaret
Taylor.
Allen Barnes was valedic
torian and Elaine Kroon salu-
totarian. Outstanding senior
eirl and boy were' Arvella
Prom and Kerman, Bennett.
Dr. Howard Runkle, Willa
mette university department
of speech and dramatics,
spoke for the Ashland cere
mony.
Class valedictorian was
Sybil Hamilton and salutator
ian was George Converse.
Adenauer to
Keep
Chancellor Post
Bonn, Germany -(IJPD- Kon-
rad Adenauer electrified Ger
mans and the Western alli
ance today with a surprise de
cision to remain chancellor of
West Germany instead of run
ning for the less important
post of president.
The Communists were ex
pected to react strongly to the
decision since Adenauer is
one of their most implacable
foes. .,
The ; move, announced to
members of his Christian
Democratic Party Thursday
night, was seen as Adenauer's
way of stiffening the Western
position at Geneva; and
smoothing intra-party battles
over who should succeed him.
Lodge as Leading Darkhorse Candidate
East on. Pa.-(HPD-Gov. Mark
Hatfield of Oregon tocSry was
given an honorary degree by
Lafayette College whereQhe
was described as a product
of higher education who is a
popular and forceful govern
ment leader.
Doctor of Laws
Hatfield was named a doc
tor of laws by Dr. K. Roald
Bergethon, Lafayette's presi
dent. "Your" rise to eminence is
a bright reminder that the
college ivory , can build not
merely towers of contempla
tion but also bridges of com-
JN. Stevenson, lagi ana uraier
Consolidation Vote
Officially
The ballot and canvass of
the Phoenix-Talent consolida
tion election was officially ac
cepted this morning by the
county boundary board.
The board noted that the
10-day period allowed for pro
testing the election expired
yesterday. The proposed con
solidation of Phoenix and
Talent school, districts had
been defeated in Phoenix by
425 to 411. Talent had ap
provedit by 239 to 119. Voters
in each district had to approve
the issue.
Meanwhile, District Attor
ney Thomas J. Reeder said his
office has been making an in
vestigation of the election and
expects- to issue 'a statement
soon covering the findings. ;
Consider Transfer
. This morning the boundary
board was considering the
transfer of three pieces of
property from School District
6C to the Rogue River school
district , ,
J. P. Jewett, District 6C
superintendent, formally pro
tested the proposals on behalf
of the Central Point school
board whose members were
not able to attend this morn
ing's hearings. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry White protested trans
fer of two of the three pie'ces
of property. Their land is
across the Rogue river from
District 6C. The third piece is
on the Ward creek side of a
mountain ridge.
Alf B.- Mekvold, county
school superintendent and
board secretary, r explained
that no children are involved
in the transfers of properties.
The aim is merely to straight
en boundaries and conform
Miss Webster
Resign Post
' Miss Helen Webster has re
signed as head of the Med
ford Public library ,t was an
nounced today by Mrs. Leland
Mentzer, president of the li
brary's board of trustees.
The letter of resignation,
received from Miss Webster,
who is now in California on
vacation, said she will relin
quish the position at the end
of her vacation period, on
June 30.
Miss Webster did not an
nounce her plans for the fu
ture, although she has re
ceived attractive offers from
several libraries in recent
months, Mrs. Mentzer said.
r Miss Webster has been li
brarian for three years, dur
ing a period of increasing pop
ulation and demand for li
brary services, Mrs. Mentzer
pointed out, and has efficient
ly supervised a considerable
expansion of the library,
which serves both Medford,
and, by contract, Jackson
county.
Mrs. Kenneth Baker, a
trained librarian who has
handled reference work at the
library on a part time basis
in recent months, will be in
charge until a successor is ap
pointed, Mrs. Mentzer0 said.
Gets Honorary
prehension ' toward a better
world," CDr. Bergethon told
Hatfield. .
The 36-year-bld Oregon Re
publican governor formerly
a dean of students and politi
cal science professor at Wil
lamette
Ore.
University,0 Salem,
Boston-flJPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field of Oregon said Thursday
night tha U.N. Ambassadorl
Henry Cabot Lodge : is the
leading dark .horse candidate
for the 1960 Republican presi
dential nomination.
The 36-year-old Republican,
ffe
mgn scnooisi lasi mgm.
Accepted
with natural barriers, he said.
The Jackson county reorgan
ization committee previously
had approved the transfers.
"Jewett said the school board
opposed the transfers of all
three pieces of property since
it would remove some of the
assessed valuation from the
school district. Gradually
changing small sections of
land would harm the district's
bond issue program, he said.
The Whites said Rogue Riv
er is too small a district to
give children a good educa
tion. They said they would
want their future grandchil
dren who will live on their
property to go to District 6C
where they could get a better
education.
Meter Reductions
May Be Sought
o Medford City Councilman
Ed Hall, Ward I, last night
said he plans to ask reductions
in parking meter hours and
street corner meter rates since
the city is not using the extra
revenue for off-street park-
"I cannot conscientiously
continue to collect monies
voted for one purpose and
used for another," Hall stated.
The city council two years
ago approved increasing
meter hours and street corner
rates as part of a program for
revenue to develop municipal
off-street parking facilities.
Meters, formerly operating
from 9 a.m., to 5 p.m., were
put on an 8 to 6 schedule,
while meters near downtown
street corners were placed on
a special rate of 5 cents per
half hour and 10 cents per
hour. Additional revenue from
these changes was estimated
at $15,000 a year.
Hall said he plans to ask
the council at its June 18
meeting for a return to the
previous hours and rates.'
Budget, items both in 1957
58 and 1958-59 were estab
lished for off-street parking
purposes. In 1957-58, the
money reverted to the general
fund when no dispensation
was made. City Manager Rob
ert A.'. Duff last month re
minded this year's budget
committee that unless it set
up a special off-street park
ing sinking fund the $7,000
budgeted for 1958-59 would
also i revert to the general
fund! :
Hall asked at a budget com
mittee meeting that the coun
cil consider creating a spe
cial fund or else return meters
to their former status. The
committee itself took no ac
tion. Committee Probing
Nicaragua Conflict
Washington (UPD A four
nation committee began an
investigation today to deter
mine whether the armed con
flict in Nicaragua threatens
the peace of the hemisphere.
Portland (UPB-r- Democratic
day at the Oregon Centennial
Exposition will be held Aug. 1.
Degree; Sees
second youngest governor in
the nation, said Lodge would
be the logical choice in event
of a deadlock - between Vice
President Richard Nixon and
New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller.
Sees Stevenson Choice
Hatfield also told newsmen
at a press conference preced
ing a GOP dinner here he
believes Adlai Stevenson will
be nominated again as the
Democratic presidential con
tender, with Sen. John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.) as the vice
presidential candidate.
Contract Awarded
For Construction
Of Creek Bridge
Plans for Extending
Willamette Adopted
The Medford city council
last night awarded a contract
for the Eighth st. bridge
across Bear creek and author
ized preparations of plans
and specifications for extend
ing 10th st. across the creek.
The council also adopted
preliminary plans and author
ized right of way acquisition
for extending Willamette ave.
from Siskiyou blvd. south to
Barnett rd.
The Eighth st. bridge con
tract went to R. and M. Con
struction company, of Cen
tral Point. The firm submitted
a bid of $51,038. Engineer's
estimate was $49,368. Bids
were opened May 26 by the
state highway department at
Salem.
Completion Date
Completion of the bridge
is expected " in October. An
embankment to the east, con
necting the bridge to East
Main st., has already been
constructed and awaits pav
ing, curbs and gutters. The
city plans to raze part of the
Western Auto building be
tween Riverside ave. and the
creek to link the bridge with
downtown Eighth st.
The 10th st. extension step
follows a petition filed with
the council last month by over
200 interested residents. The
extension would run from
Riverside ave. across the
creek to meet the presently
existing East 10th st. at Port
land ave. This link would be
constructed as part of the
city's arterial street program.
The extension of Willam
ette ave., according to City
Manager Robert A. Duff, is
an attempt to get a head start
c-i the state highway depart
ment. - ", ' - - -Arterial
Street Program
The city's 10-year arterial
street program . calls for
Willamette to., cross Bear
creek and continue south
across . the Earhart tract to
Barnett. In doing so, it must
cross "the proposed right of
way for the Highway 99 free
way. Purchasing land for the
freeway is expected to begin
later this year;
- The city's plan, as Duff ex
plained it, is for Willamette
to be extended across the Ear
hart tract first so that free
way planning , will have to
allow for a crossing. Duff
said it was hoped the free
way would be bridged over
Willamette. The danger, as
city ofifcials apparently see
it, is that if Willamette were
not extended first the free
way planners might ignore it
and make no allowance for a
crossing.
Duff told the council
Willamette's extension now
would be "more or less an
expedient" involving grading
and graveling only. He said
there would be no immediate
plans for a bridge across
Bear creek.
(See council story on page 5)
Bargain-or-Else
Ultimatum Ordered
New York - (UPD - Negoti
ators for the United Steel
workers of America resumed
their dead-locked, contract
talks with- the steel industry
today' under orders to issue
a bargain-or-else ultimatum to
the companies.
Salem-(DPD-The seventh an
nual district attorneys insti
tute will be held "here June
25-26. :
"Oh Boy Wait
'Black
Price 10
Medford
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Georgia-Pacific,
Simpson Logging
Set 4-Day Week
Portland (UPD Two big
firms Thursday announced
plywood production cutbacks
which will reduce work
weeks. -
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
said its West Coast production
would be cut effective imme
diately with six plants going
on a four-day week. The
plants are at Toledo. Coos
Bay, Coquille , and Spring
field in Oregon, Olympia,
Wash., and Samoa, Calif.
Simpson Logging Company
said cutbacks of 20 per cent
from the present five-day
work schedule would apply
during June to its fir plywood
plants at Portland, Lyons and
Albany in Oregon; Eureka,
Calif., and Olympia, Shelton
and McCleary, Wash. .
Similar Disclosures
The announcement came on
the heels of similar disclosures
by two other plywood firms,
Long-Bell division of Interna
tional Paper and Evans Prod
ucts Company.
Robert B. Pamplin, Georgia
Pacific president, said the rea
son for the cutback was to
guard against over-supply,
"Business is excellent, the
general economy is everything
one could wish but inventories
at the jobber and dealer level
are higher than normal," he
said. ' ... "..
Pamplin said the cut-back
would help to bring inven
tories back to a healthy nor
mal.
. Two Jactors leading to the
inventory , build-up were an
ticipation of a freight car
shortage and the threat . of
labor trouble, he said.
Parade Included in
Events June
A parade Saturday, June 13,
will feature the start of the
Hillah Temple's Shrine spring
ceremonial here next week
end, when more than 1,000
persons areaexpected to attend
events.
Among units which are ex
pected to participate in the
parade are a drill team, the
Shrine Patrol, captained by
Bill Butler of Grants Pass;
the . Hillah Temple band di
rected by Clarence Bell of
Ashland; the Oriental band
from Coos Bay; the drum and
bugle corps - from Klamath
Falls; the Shrine Temple
chanters from Medford and
Ashland; and the Oriental
Guard of Roseburg, Cottage
Grove and Eugene.
- The wrecking crew from
Medford and Grants Pass will
distribute ballons and candy
during the parade.
General chairman for the
ceremonial is A. K. (Woody)
Morse of Medford.
Till They Discover
Beauty "
rttetss to Pro'tetBiei
: -. i - ' , . .
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1959
Laurelhursf Park to
Have Camp Facilities
Laurelhurst State park on
the upper Rogue river will be
opened for public use for the
first time late this month or
early next.
The park is the first and
only state park in Jackson
county where overnight camp
ing is permitted. Chester
Armstrong, superintendent of
the parks division of the state
highway department, 'said it
will have 35 family camping
units when completed.
. The state has owned the
location for some , time,, but
Slide Blocks
Highway 230
,An earth slide, considerably
larger than another one in the
same location oh. April 25,
has blocked -the Diamond
Lake highway about 8Vi miles
north of Crater Lake high
way junction, according to
state highway department en
gineers. - " ' -
The slide becurrad Thurs
day morning.
Officials reported that the
highway is expected to be
blocked from a week 'to 10
days before one-way traffic
can be resumed. The slide
covered the roadway with
pumice rock .and trees, be
tween 15 and' 20 feet, deep
along a 200-foot strip. ' .
It was i reported to have
buried a bulldozer tractor
which belongs to the con
tractor removing earth from
the former slide. Highway of
ficials stated that the com
pany which has the present
bureau of public roads con
tract will begin removal of
the new slide. It was reported
that a large shovel may be
moved into the area.
The first slide was esti
mated at about 1,000 cubic
yards. Spring seepage in the
area is said to be the cause of
the slides.
Director Named for
Finance Campaign
State Republican Chairman
Peter M. Gunnar told a break
fast meeting of Jackson coun
ty GOP finance workers today
that Mrs. Paul (Helen) Daugh
erty, Portland, has been
named Oregon chairman of a
nationwide Republican "re
cruit now for '60' ." program.
' Gunnar said the program,
which will open in September,
is expected to "produce 10,000
new Republican workers in
Oregon for victory in 1960.
- He will speak at . a meeting
at 7 o'clock tonight in the
Jackson hotel. Approximately
50 persons areaexpected to
attend. ' .
Mrs. D a.u g h e r t y is vice
chairman of the GOP State
committee.
Gunnar also revealed pre
liminary plans for a statewide
workshop and training session
for party officers and work
ers to be held in October at
Salem.
He said the current state
wide finance drive was meet
ing with "unprecedented suc
cess" in areas where the party
has workers in the field.
The local drive should be
completed by the end of June.
Cliff D. Oullette, Medford at
torney, is county finance
chairman and Frank Van
Dyke, Medford attorney, is
finance chairman for this con
gressional district
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable clou
diness tonight and Saturday
morning. ParUy cloudy Satur
day afternoon. Low tonight 50.
High Saturday IS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 81
Lowest this Morning 38
Prec. to .19 ajn. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 1:44 P-rn.
Sunset tomorrow 4:3S a.m.
New Moon tomorrow 3:33 a.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, high in the east at mid
night. . VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, in the west after sunset.
Saturn, rises 9:34 p.m.
Mars, sets lo:3 p.m.
Jupiter, due south 10:47 p-m.
up to this year has not had
the funds to' develop it for
camping use. The project now
nearing completion is costing
around $25,000, he said. -
Armstrong reported that the
camp will not be completed
to the state's usual high stand
ard this year, although it will
provide adequate camping fa
cilities, will be fully develop
ed by next year's camping
season, he said
Principal Hem
The principal item still de
laying opening of the park'
is an electric hook-up' to op
erate water pumps. It is anti
cipated this will be completed
within the next few weeks:
The camping units will have
the usual stoves and tables,
and tent sites, for overnight i
use. Adequate water and toilet
facilities will be available, and
will be improved by next
year.
Other Oregon state parks in
Jackson county, each devoted
only to , picnic, rest-stop" or
view uses, include Ben Hur
Lampman park on the Rogue
river across from Gold Hill;
TouVelle park, on the Rogue
at Bybee bridge; Tubb Springs
park at the top of the Green
Springs highway grade; Casey
and McLeod parks on the up
per Rogue, and several small
er waysides and . overlook
spots.
. Impro vemen tsare under
way at several of these, Arm
strong reported.
Federal Tax Liens
Filed in Court '
Federal tax liens totalling
$5,868.93 have been filed in
Jackson county ' circuit court
against Ralph L. and Doris K.
Schulte, former owners of the
Plaza Cafe, Ashland.
The cafe was closed by in
ternal revenue agents April
2 for failure .to pay taxes
withheld from employee's
wages and social security
taxes. The Schulte equity in
the cafe was later sold at
public auction to satisfy tax
claims of the treasury depart
ment.
The tax liens involve
money withheld for the tax
quarters ending December,
1957; December, 1958; and
September, 1958. Amounts are
$1,275.34,. $1,275.34, and $3,
318.25, respectively. ,
Schulte is reported to have
left the area prior to the cafe
closing and his present where
abouts is not known.
Kennedy May Speak at
Oregon Labor Meeting
Portland - (UPD - Sen. John
Kennedy (D-Mass.), a possible
presidential nominee candi
date next year, may speak at
the Oregon AFL-CIO conven
tion at Seaside in August, a
labor official said today.
City Subdivision Ordinance Adopted
By Council;
A Medford subdivision ordi
nance last night gained final
approval from the city coun
cil following a public hearing
and two amendments.
The unanimous passage of
the subdivision measure cli
maxes years of effortby city
officials to find satisfactory
means of controlling this form
of land development.
One council amendment,
however, reversed an action
of the city planning commis
sion last month. ,
Financial Statement
The planners, at the sug
gestion, of Mark Goldy, Med
ford realtor, added submission
of a personal financial state
ment by the subdivider as an
alternative to posting a per
sonal bond, a surety bond or
cash to guarantee putting in
improvements.
This alternative, as it ap
peared on the proposed meas
ure last . night, . would have
permitted the subdivider to
file "a personal financial
statement which shall show
personal financial responsibil
54th Year
Tribune
No. 66
Seasonal Upturn
rn Employment
Continues in Area
. The seasonaloupturn in em
ployment observed in March
and April increased through
out May, John J. Patton, man
ager of the Medford office of
the state employment service,
said today.
Along with the great im
provement in employment,
we have a substantial reduc
tion in unemployment," Pat
ton said. i
At the end of May, unem
ployment in Jackson county
was estimated at 840 persons,
34 per cent below the total
for last May and about 22 per
cent below last month.
Job openings, he said, have
continued to increase and are
running well above last year.
The lumber industry con
tinued to operette at a high
level of employment. Con
struction, Patton added, has
been strong for some time,
and received a further boost
with the 'start of the $5Vi
million Rogue Valley Manor.
Shortages Show Up
Shortages are beginning to
be felt in several occupations.
Patton said there is a lack
of experienced, well-qualified
office help. Many employers'
are offsetting this lack of ex
perienced people by hiring
high school graduates. The
young people lack job experi
ence, but many have shown
ability to learn quickly, ac
cording to tests given by the
employment center.
Jackson county schools, Pat
ton noted, are currently gradu
ating about 850 seniors, many
of whom will be seeking per
manent jobs.
Agriculture has provided
few jobs as yet, he said. There
are no field crops in this area,
such as the large berry acre
ages in the Willamette valley.
The next major demand for
help will come with the start
of the pear harvest after Aug.
1, Patton said.
Forestry Crews y
Control 12 Fires
Southwest district crew of
the state department of fores
try controlled 12 fires during
May.
Six of the blazes, all small,
were listed as lightning-
caused. Two were caused by
smokers, one by a camper and
another by a logging opera
tion. Two tfiazes were listed
as miscellaneous.
Forest patrolmen said that
the logging fire was a hold
over slash fire from slash
burning of last fall. The fire
had escaped and was declared
out on Dec. 1.
May fires brought the 1959
total to 18.
Amendments
ity in an amount to indicate
that he is personally respon
sible for the completion of the
subdivision."
Councilman Ed Hall, Ward
I, stated, "In some instances
this could be damaging to the
city."
'Legal Entanglement'
Hall asserted that should
the subdivider die, the city
might become involved in a
"legal entanglement" with
his estate. Furthermore, Hall
said, studying such financial
statements might prove "a
terrific burden" to the city
manager in some cases.
The second amendment, at
the request of Councilman
Don Hansen, Ward II, requires
a subdivider's personal bond
to be cosigned by at least two
additional persons - instead of
at least one - and further re
quires that the cosigners be
"not related by blood or con
sanguity." The council approved both
amendments unanimously.
The planning commission
Indictment of
Intrigues Given
Foreign Ministers
Diplomats Alerted
For Major Surprise
Geneva - (DPD Secretary of
State Christian Herter today
blasted Russia for espionage,
subversion and outright kid
naping activities carried out
from East Berlin.
Herter gave the Big Four
Foreign Ministers' Confer
enrce a detailed indictment
of Communist intrigues in an
attempt to blast through the
sudden deep freeze imposed
by the Russians in the four-week-old
parley.
Soviet Premier Nikita
K-nrushchev has called the
East German leadership to a
Moscow "summit" session
next week and apparently
has ordered Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko to sit tight,
here pending some new policy
decision. The moves alerted
diplomats for a possible ma
jor surprise.
Formal Answer
Ignoring these stalling
tactics, Herter went before
the semi-public Big Four
plenary session this afternoon
with a formal answer to
earlier Communist charges
that West Berlin is an "can
cer" of intrigue.
The secretary of state was
armed with this record of
spying, abduction and sub
version centered in Commu
nist East Berlin and East
Germany: 0.
-One hundred and three
kidnapings of West Berliners
in, 10 years.
-Hiring of espionage
agents in West Berlin by So
viet, Polish, Czech, Hungar
ian, Romanian, Bulgarian and
East German curatives based
in East Berlin. '
Criminal Practices
-Steady agitation and in
filtration of the West German
Social Democratic party;
trade unions, student and
sport organizations. . .
-Underground activities of
the illegal Communist party
in West Germany, guided and
unancea xrom Jiast iieriin.
-Such common criminal
practices as burglary and
holdups aimed at gathering
intelligence information in
West Berlin.
Herter was the lead-off
speaker at the 14th semi
public formal sessions, which
followed two days of secret
talks that got nowhere.
Until Thursday afternoon,
these private conversations
BCCU1CU W UC lllUVlllg IVWdlU
some sort of an interim agree
ment which would maintain
western rights in Berlin and
ease the current crisis.
But Gromyko ' put on the
brakes Thursday. He returned
to the old Soviet demands for
creation of a "free, demili
tarized" West Berlin.
Charge Dismissed
Against Manrubia
A charge of unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle was
dismissed in district court this
week against Jose Manrubia
Martinez, .26, of .722 West
Fourth st. He was sentenced
May 25 in circuitcourt on a
charge of grand larceny.
The dismissal was made
following the request of the
district attorney since the
man received a three - year
suspended sentence after he
pleaded guilty to the grand
larceny charge.
Salem-(UPD-Test drilling will
start soutlfof here next week
for possible commercial alumi
na deposits.
Are Made
was not represents! at last
night's meeting. The only sub
divider present was Roy
Wilkes, who said he favored
some foigi of subdivision
ordinance but added that the
measure before the council
contained "a fundamental
error" by being "designed to
regulate rather than to serve."0
Force Prices Higher
Wilkes asserted that the
proposed ordinance would
force the prices of residential
lots higher. But, he noted, the
ordinance grants the right of
anpeal to the council. Wilkes
said he would "reserve the
right to come back and com
plain if things go wrong."
Seth Bullis of the California
Oregon Power company,
speaking from the audience,
noted that a section in the
ordinance requiring a 20-foot
radius for street corners
would prove more expensive
both to the city and to his
company. The council dis
cussed this point but took no
action.