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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1959)
ftsta lop Trap to Sotfefs -.I'-'- Fropsall m M WAGONS HO!-Headed west up California st. in Jacksonville, the five wagons of the Jackson county "Empire Builders" set out on the first leg of their 225-mile trek to Cor vallis about 9 o'clock this morning. A brief ceremony was held in front of the old U.S. hotel (light colored building above), with C&lrtltlS-After a chuckwagon breakfast The at)6s4Jft. in Jacksonville community hall, t&Sfal members ' of the Jacksonville Lisfc, f-H'ers set about their duties of clsgfitasj J camp and getting gear packed. m n tb&WMWm a If HITCHING UP-Wagonmaster Philip Krouse is shown above Bitching tug to the singletree of the lead wagon as the 4-H group 9ot ready to pull out of camp at the Jacksonville school grounds this morning. Krouse was elected wagonmaster by ; members of the group last night. Most of the youngsters, as well as adults making the trip, are well-versed in the han dling and care of horses. BEADY TO GO-Sittingon a bale of hay in the lead wagon, Jackson county 4-H members Earl Bowen Oeft) and Robert Pullman, make themselves comfortable for the 225-mile ride to Corvallis. In the front seat are wagon lieutenant Terry Gail Geft) and wagonmaster Philip Krouse. Several other ' "passengers" of the wagon had not yet gottenaboard. Pony Express Run Nineteen members of the Ashland Sage Riders carried . the Jony Express mail Sun day morning from the stock ade t tha Siskiyou summit to th0 Jackson-Josephine i county line in three hours and 1 20 minutes, Mrs. Mike Jacoby, president of the group, re ported today. No. traffic tie-ups were re ported during the 56.1 mile ; route. Mrs. Jacoby described the Sunday run as "very smooth," with no incidents re ported. , . , ,. , Several of the riders car ried the mail over mora thaa Jack Creager, president of the Jackson County Centennial association, County Judge Earl Miller and Jacksonville Mayor Leo Graham, wishing the group good luck , and a safe journey. A crowd of about 400 persons watched the sendoff. - young ground or in wagons last night to test for warmth and comfort of bedding. Boys took turns on two-hour night watch shifts. Started Sunday one section of the run, Mrs. Jacoby said, explaining that the "doubling-up" was main ly with horses which wore rubber shoes. - ' The president reported that more than 300 pieces of "mail were collected in the county collection poiats. k - Twelve Jacksonville Riders carried the mail from there to Medford in 20 minutes, "it was reported. The feeder run from Jacksonville came into the Centennial Headquarters south of Medford where the mail was earned on north by tha main run. t "pioneers" slept out on the Rural Station Set For Lakecreek PO The post office department has advised Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of its recommenda tions that the Lakecreek post office become a rural station of the Eagle Point post of fice. ; V Approximately $1,257 could be saved annually in operat ing costs by such a change, ac cording to W. E. Birdsall, di rector of the department's bu reau of operations. He added that "the patrons of the Lake creek post office would re ceive adequate postal serv ice." . An average of 131 pieces of mail is received daily jfhd 26 pieces dispatched at the Lake creek post- office, Birdsall said. The yearly cost of the post office is approximately $2,157 with : annual , receipts $473. This amounts to an an nual cost of approximately $196 per family served. Birdsall explained that a contract for operating the ru ral station has been obtained for $900 a year from Mrs. Lillian Malvina Davis, pres ent postmaster. No date for the discontinu ance of . the Lakecreek post office was announced. Rocket Ship X15 Test Successful Edwards AFB, Calif.-flJPD-The rocket ship X15, Ameri ca's first manned space ve hicle, was dropped without fuel, from a bomber high in the sky over Mojave Desert today and glided successfully back to earth. f The experimental craft roll ed to a landing on the Rogers Dry Lake runway of this base four minutes after it was dropped from the B52 jet bomber "mother ship." '. Test Pilot Scott Crossfield 37, of North American Avia tion, sat at the controls of the multimillion dollar X15 as it was carried 38,000 feet high in clear, crisp weather to set one of the mileposts 'of the National Advisory and Space Administration's program to get man to the fringe of space. Sfofe Forestry Posts Two More Lookouts Southwest district office of the state department of for estry posted two more look outs this motping, making a total of six now on duty in Jackson county. Harry Baker, Prospect, was placed on the White Point lookout in the Prospect area and Roscoe Smith, Ashland, at Chimney Rock in tha An talopa taction. . 4-H Club Members Depart by Train For Corvallis Camping Tonight at Big Applegate Store Jacksonville Covered wagon wheels rolled again in Jacksonville this morning as the five wagons in the Jack son county 4-H wagon train moved slowly down Califor nia st., following brief cere monies, and out toward Ruch. The 66 - member train is scheduled to camp tonight at the ".ig Applegate store after the first segment of the Ore gon Centennial commemora tive journey along the route taken by Jackson county pioneer Jesse Applegate. Eventual destination, in about 13 days, is the 4-H summer school at Corvallis. The Jackson county sheriff's office detailed one car to slow down truck and auto traffic along the route and swing it around the lumbering wagons. Breakfast Served The pioneer town pf Jack sonville awoke at dawn today to the rumble of the wagon wheels in the field near the Jacksonville school, the creak of harnesses being adjusted, the laughter l and loud voices of 4-H club members and the clink and clank of cooking utensils. The Jacksonville Lions club served a trail breakfast of pancakes, ham, sausage and eggs for both visitors and wagon-train par ticipants who didn't want to cook their own morning meals. After leisurely final prepa rations flag-bearers mounted their horses and led the train to the U. S. hotel in down town Jacksonville where J. H. (Jack) Creager, Jackson County Centennial Associa tion association president waited with Jacksonville Mayor Leo Graham and Coun ty . Judge Earl M. Miller. The pamphlets from both Jacksonville and the county Centennial Association were passed up to, a wagon driver for distribution en route. Message Brought A Pony Express rider from the Jackson. County Centen nial association brought an official message' of greeting to the wagon train. The county 'judge acted for Medford Mayor John Snider, a member of the Oregon Cen tennial' Commission,1 who was also scheduled to represent Gov.' Mark Hatfield at( the ceremonies this morning. The three men spoke, then shook ' hands with Philip Krouse, Applegate, elected wagon-train master last night. Citizens of Jacksonville and other spectators, mostly par ents of youngsters in the wagon train, gathered in small groups along the main street of Jacksonville. Wagon-train crews were attired in levis, cowboy boots and hats for the male members- and culottes and some cowboy hats for the girls and women. A few of the girls on foot were dresesd in bonnets and long, full skirts of i the pe riod. One lad was dressed in coonskin cap and buckskins. Several of the boys carried rifles or shotguns and some carried holsteced six-shooters Ipw on their hips TV western style. Lieutenants Elected Lieutenants also elected at last night's encampment de cided who walked and who didn't. Wagon-train lieu tenants are Terry Gail, Gold Hill; David Foote, Central Point; and Craig Wright, Pat Neal, and Matt Rode, Med ford. Council members are Carloyn Tiegs, Talent; and Patsy Charley and Sharon Coffman, Cerltral Point. 1 A few minor mishaps have occurred so far. Saturday the truck which v was to have carried hay to Eugene broke down. Driver was James Pullman, head of the Jackson county welfare department. Linda Smith, Medford 4-H club member,' had to find a substitute horse, while an other horse broke loose last night and was later found eating grass not far away. Seventy-one - year-old Mrs. Jesse James, Medford, . and camp cook, is the oldest mem ber of the wagon train, and 3-year-old Gary Stewart, Ash land, is the youngest member. His mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Stewart, are chaperones on the trip. Mrs. James' late husband was related -to Jesse James, she admitted. Her cook wagon consists of a trailer towed be hind a car accompanying the train. 16 Laborers Die As Truck Smashes Tree in Arizona - Mexican Nationals Perish in Flames Phoenix (UPD A truck, hauling about 48 farm labor ers, crashed into a tree in South Phoenix at 5 a.m. to day, caught fire and killed 16. Thirty-two others were hos pitalized at Memorial hospi tal here. ' i The death toll in one of Arizona's worst traffic acci dents was raised to 16 when five more bodies were found in the smouldering truck. Identification Difficult Officials investigating the accident said identification of the dead would be a difficult task because the workers were Mexican nationals im ported to do farm work. The driver, Nato Manuel Glorian Jr., Mesa, Ariz., said he fell asleep at the wheel. Manuel said the truck was on fire when he awoke. He suf fered multiple injuries, ser ious but not critical. Glorian was one of the few unburned. Two Explosions Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Burris, residents of the area, were first at. the scene. Burris, a rural fireman, unsuccessfully battled the blaze with a gar den hose. He said two explo sions occurred while he was there. ' - He and his wife, a hospital technician, rendered first aid. The men were Mexican con tract laborers on their way to the garlic harvest in Tolleson, near here. Reeder Reports On Conduct At School Election "It appears that some per sons, to further their cause, were guilty of improper con duct during the Phoenix Talent school tiistrictconsoli dation election May 20," Dis trict Attorney Thomas J. Reeder stated today. "I wish to make it clear that no person has claimed that any fraud was commit ted, nor has my investigation revealed any fraudulent con duct," the district , attorney said. Reeder issued his state ment after making an investi gation of the election. Reeder stated further that most of the misconduct dur ing the election was due to ignorance of the law rather than a knowing disregard for. it. , ( For . guidance in future elections he quoted the state law which states challengers rand watchers as permitted. However, no person shall ap proach or stand within 50 feet of the polls when open except peace officers appoint ed by the election board chairman to preserve order and those persons "desiring and proceeding to vote," Reeder pointed out. - The law provides for poll watchers in certain elebtions and makes no provision for poll watchers in any school election, Reeder said. How ever, according to state law, a qualified elector during a school election may challenge any registered voter planning to vote. The challenger must remain more than 50 from the polls except when mak ing the challenge. - . The law specifies.also that "No person shall behave in a riotous, disorderly or tumultu ous manner at or in the imme diate vicinity of any poll or voting place' or interrupt the officers engaged in holding any election." The penalty provided is a maximum fine of $500 and not less than $50 or from one month to a year in the county jail. "No criminal prosecutions appear to be in order at this time," Reeder said. "The citi zens who complained to me wish to avert any misconduct or irregularities at future elections. I am in complete accord with this?' Medford Man's Case Continued to June 15 Richard Phair, 424 Ard more ave., Medford, is sched uled to appear in district court June 15 on charges of illegal possession of a slot machine. . Phair is accused "of owning one of the slot machines seiz ed in a barn at route 3, box 61, May 26, according to state police. The case was continued Thurs'ay on request of Charles W. Reames, Medford, Phair'f attorney. Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, Gravel Despite Supervisors Man Trucks; Students Aid in Operation 10 of 11 Firms Scheduled to Resume Corvallis-(UPl)-Work resum ed here today at two member firms of the Cascade Employ ers Association, despite picket ing by striking Teamsters. Supervisory personnel manned the trucks and in structed college students in the operation of the vehicles at the Corvallis Sand and Gravel Co. The Builders Sup ply Co., returned to work with only management personnel. John Ash Jr., head of Build ers Supply, said he had no plans to hire non-union work ers unless future negotiations fall through. Work was scheduled to be resumed today at 10 of the 11 firms affected by the strike, according to a spokesman for the employer group. Valley Concrete Co., of Independ ence, resumed work last week. A i spokesman for Cascade Employers said all the plants in the Salem area were Open for business today, but that some did not have full staffs back yet. They expect to be in full operation by Tuesday. 'A meeting is scheduled be tween Teamster Union repre sentatives and employers in Salem Thursday before a fed eral mediator. Engineers Join Walkout Operating Engineers Local 701 joined the strike against the Association today. The en gineers have not had a con tract since Jan. 1, but have not been striking. Teamster picket lines have kept them from their jobs. A spokesman for the Na tional Labor Relations Board saida decertification, petition has been filed by some em ployees of Builders Supply. The petition asks for an elec tion to poll employees on whether they want to keep the Teamsters Union as their bargaining agent. The strike is in its 29th day. All the. affected firms are in the Willamette Valley. The Teamsters want a 35-cent hourly wage hike. Ike Asks Savings Bond Interest Hike Washington -(DPI)- President Eisenhower asked Congress today to increase the interest rates' on savings bonds, abol ish the interest restriction on Treasury securities and to boost the national debt ceil ing. In a special message to Con gress, Eisenhower said the three steps are need to "safe guard the -public .credit." He asked: -That the interest on sav ings bonds be hiked from 3.26 to 3.75 per cent. -That , the 4V4 per cent in terest rate limit on new is sues of marketable treasury bonds be eliminated. -That the legal national debt ceiling be increased to $288 billion on-a permanent basis and to $295 billion tem porarily. Under present law, the permanent - debt limit is $283 billion. Neuberger Raps Howell Appling . Washington - (UPD - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) said Sunday Oregon Secretary of Sate Howell Appling Jr. used "stereotyped political charges" in criticiz ing a proposal that the fed eral government return a por tion of federal income taxes to the states. Neuberger has proposed the government give back to each state an amount equal to five per cent of the federal income taxes collected in each state. Appling said in Portland re cently that it might be better to have Congress reduce taxes by five per cent and let states "manage our own money." San Francisco-dJPD-Publish-er Sheldon F. Sackett has an nounced he will establish an around the clock daily in San Joit. . OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE Firms Operate (Picket Lines 'I'm More Economical Than You Are'1 Information Here On Bear Creek Flow Information on the possi bility of increasing Bear creek stream flows to at least 40 c u b i c-feet-per-second during summer months has been gain ed through correspondence with the Army Engineers by Col. Paul Weiland, chairman of the Jackson county water pollution abatement commit tee. : , . A letter to "Weiland from Col. W. L. Winegar, district engineer said ' that, although storage on the creek to pro vide ' increased low water flows does not appear eco nomically feasible, other means of achieving the result are being studied. Colonel Winegar said that irrigation studies in connec tion with the Lake creek and Lost creek-Elk creek projects in the upper Rogue river basin indicate that there would be considerable in crease in Bear creek flows as a result, of irrigation. He added that approximately 30 to 40-cfs of return flow from lands irrigated from Lake creek would enter Bear creek in the vicinity of Medford during summer months. Addi tional return flow from lands irrigated from Lost creek-Elk creek would enter Bear creek farther downstream. Withdrawal Possible Col. Winegar reported fur ther that it was the under standing of his office that the Oregon state water resources board may be able to effect a withdrawal of these waters from further appropriation in the interest of pollution abate ment and fishery enhancement if such action is desired. The United States fish and wildlife service, according to Winegar, js studying possible effects of exchanging Lake creek reservoir water for Tal ent project water to provide more flow for Bear creek. Engineers have considered a possible storage reservoir Regional Fire School Opens This Evening A regional school on fire fighting pumps will open this evening at the central, fire station here. Earl Albright, Corvallis, will conduct the school at "7:30 o'clock nightly through Thursday. Representatives of 14 fire departments have been invited. y The school has been set up primarily for volunteer fire departments of this area and is sponsored by the state fire marshal's office and by the Oregon State Association of Fire Chiefs. Albright report edly represents the state de partment of vocational educa tion. . HIGHWAY STILL CLOSED ' Diamond lake highway is still . closed today, according to state police. A slide Thursday, consider ably larger than another one in the same location on April 25 has blocked the highway about ZVt miles north of the Crater lakt highway. Tribune 8, 1959 No. 68 near Ashland, the officer said. The location downstream from the mouth of Gaerky creek would have the advantage of controlling run-off from Neil, Walker and Bear creeks. A capacity of 15,000 - acre - feet would be required at the site to provide control of flood run-off but run-off after the flood season would not be adequate to fill the storage space for conservation uses Therefore, 'flood control and conservation uses would not be adequate to justify the project and consideration of the site was dropped, Winegar said. The engineer said that the Talent project will provide a minor degree of flood control Bloodmobile Visit Set for Wednesday Only 20 appointments have been made so far for the Wed nesday visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile, Red Cross offi cials announced today. The Bloodmobile will be at the chapter house, 60 Haw thorne ave., Medford, from 1 until 6 p.m. At least 350 do nord are necessary to obtain the needed 290 pints of blood. Appointments may be made by calling the Red Cross of fice and drop-ins at the Blood mobile Wednesday afternoon will also be accepted.. The Bloodmobile will be in Shady Cove at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall Tuesday, June 9, from 2 until 7 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday. Mild tem peratures. Low tonight 45. High Tuesday 75. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest This Morning 42 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 7:46 p.m. 4:34 a.m. 9:25 p.m. . June 13 Sunrise tomorrow Moonset tonight First Quarter PROMINENT STAR Deneb, in the northeast at moon set, will be high overhead 3:44 a.m. This white star, much hotter than the Sun, is 1600 light years away and is classified as a most luminous supergiant among the stars. Rockefeller Turns Down Invitation To Oregon Tarrytown, N.Y.-(UPD -Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York today declined an invi tation to travel to Oregon to appear before voters who may find his name on the Republi can presidential primary bal lot next May. The invitation was submit ted by Oregon's Republican Gov. Mark Hatfield during a two - hour breakfast confer ence at Rockefeller's Tarry town home. Pleasant Visit' Rockefeller entertained his fellow Republican at break fast after the Oregon gover nor asked for an appointment with him. After the meeting, Rocke feller said it was "a very Moscow Talks Believed To Hold Key To Success Deal Said Only 'New Wrapping' Geneva-flJPD-The Soviet Un ion hinted today it would drop its demand that West Berlin be turned into a de fenseless "free city," but West ern diplomats called the offer a "trap" that would wreck tha Western position there. . The fifth week of East-West negotiations began here in complete deadlock, and it ap peared any break would have to come from Moscow whera Premier Nikita Khrushchev was meeting today with tha top officials of Communist East Germany. Outcome in Balance 'Western diplomats said tha Moscow meeting could decide the success or failure of the foreign ministers conference here and whether there will be a summer summit confer-' ence. Western diplomats said the Moscow meeting could decide the success or failure of the foreign ministers conference here and whether there will be a summer summit confer ence. It also could decide the fata of Germany as well if Khrush chev goes ahead with his plans to write a separate peace treaty with East Germany-a treaty the West believes would seal the division of Germany. , Soviet diplomats planted their feelers on a new deal for Berlin during the week end and this morning. The bait appeared attractive but the Western diplomats were not biting. They called it a new wrapping on an old pack age. Coupled with this were dip lomatic reports Russia intend ed to hand over control of West Berlin's lifelines to the East Germans regardless of any Geneva negotiations. Khrushchev Move Hinted i Thera was speculations Khrushchev might make some move of this sort' during his talks with East German Pre mier Otto Grotewohl and Communist Party Boss Walter Ulbricht. Western officials were not panicked by hints the East Germans might soon take over checkpoints controlling West ern travel along the 110-miles of East Germany leading to West Berlin. They already had decided to deal with the East Germans as "agents" of the Soviet. A few months ago such a move would have been re garded as a new effort to blockade Berlin. Duncan Is Governor. Starting Last Night State Rep. Robert Duncan of Medford, speaker of the Oregon house of representa tives, became governor of Oregon shortly after 8 o'clock last night. Gov. Mark Hatfield is still on a trip in the East, and Senate President Walter Pear son, second in line of succes sion, left for meetings in Washington state last evening. Duncan assumed the gover nor's title and duties auto matically when Pearson cross ed the state line. , Duncan was to go to Salem today to be available for whatever gubernatorial duties arose. Washington - (UPD The Su preme court nas ruled tnat the House Committee on Un American Activities has the right to investigate Commu nism in the educational field and can question teachers without abridging academic freedom. pleasant visit." He said they discussed problems of mutual interest in the operations of their state's governments. It was learned that Hatfield asked Rockefeller to travel to Oregon this summer to appear at the state's Centennial ex hibition and trade fair. Stays Close to Job Rockefeller is following a policy of staying close to his job, declining nearly every invitation to leave New York. His only scheduled trips for the rest of this year are a journey to Washington this week to attend a capitol hill club dinner and a flight to Puerto Rico in August for the governors conference.
