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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.
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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.
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"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.