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fr ... 54th Year A , Price 10 Cents DF0RD f'..-;fc. .. 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959 No. 71 i . . ' ' -i t - ... i :Y.. V . Ml TS, X-e LYiLJLi rsj rui ji M1 UV 2- Herter Appeals To Gromyko To Save Conference Secretary Warns Of Pending Failure. Geneva flJPB Secretary of State Christian Herter per BRITT HOUSE-Two unidentified visitor viewed the remains of the house once inhabited by Peter N. Britt, pioneer pho tographer a at Jacksonville. The charred : remains of what, was once the sky-lighted photo studio can be seen silhouetted against Parks Commission to Prepare Suggestions tor County Sites rtm ; - - ? i RECREATION SITE-Carl E, in tha-tnnliissta rivor af XiJ 1U Vil- ,l-bwuw 1 " area near, the Cantrall farm. Wilkerson is a retired tobacco shop owner, from southern California This, was. one' of the possible-parks and recreation sites visited by members of the newly formed Jackson county parks and recreation com mission yesterday. " Kivanis Centennial ir Set in The, Kiwanis Centennial Fair, an annual event staged concurrently with the 4-H-Future Farmers of America fair, will be held at file Med ford armory Aug. 20-23 this year, General Chairman Russ Renner has announced. . The committee yesterday selected the official name Ki wanis Centennial Fair in ob- ervance of Oregon's 100 years of statehood. The Centennial theme will be used in planning and the production of community and commercial exhibits, Renner said. Greater emphasis will be placed : on the display and sale of local products this year. . : .-'': ,. The Kiwanis-sponsored fair will compliment the youtti program as well as allow adult participation in exhibit ing products and produce of the area, Benner said. ' Clubs and organizations in the county are invited to rent booth space in a special "country store" division. In vitations to "service clubs and others to provide concessions, games and other booths will be mailed in the near future, he added. ! ' Renner said commercial ex hibitors from previous years will be given first preference on! available display, space, and every effort will be made to encourage Centennial-type exhibits by commercial groups.' Details of the produce, can WEATHER FORECAST? Fir through Fri day except slight chance of afternoon showers over high mountains. Low tonight 50. High Friday near so. Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning 48 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:48 pjn. Sunset tomorrow 4:34 ajn. Moonset tonight 11:18 pjn. First Quartet June 1J PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Leo, above the Moon. Its brighter stars form the figure of a Sickle which is now seen with the handle on the left and the blade on the right. The brightest star in the figure (at the end of the handle) Is Regains. Wilkerson Grants Pass wets a the Warlan Pantrall swimming August ned goods, , flowers, baked goods and other individual exhibits will be discussed at a meeting of the Kiwanis planning committee at noon Monday, June 15, in the Jack son hotel. Parade lo Highlight Shrine Ceremonial Hillah Temple Shrine Cere monial activities here this week end will be highlighted by a parade at 4 pjn. Satur day in downtown Medford with a number of Shrine units participating. " A Shrine banquet is sched uled Saturday night at ' the armory south of Medford, and tours for . visiting Shriners have been planned by Jerry Lausmann, tour chairman. A special Potentate's break fast - is scheduled Sunday morning, and initiatory de grees will be taken by several, candidates irom soutnern Oregon. x Hillah Potentate Chet Hub bard, Medford, will .be hon ored during the Ceremonial. i The DeMolay under the di rection of Bill Walker of the transportation committee, will aid in transporting visiting Shriners during the event. Forest Fire Hear Star Gulch Reported ' Twenty men and a bull doicr tractor were dispatch ed to a f orest fire up Star gulch, southwest of the Star Ranger Station, about noon today, the state department of forestry said. .. The fire was reported ' about 11:21 o'clock this morning. Details on the sise were not known early this . afternoon. State forestry department , personnel . de scribed the fire as a "pretty ' good one." the sky. The Jackson County Parks and Recreation commission yesterday inspected the house and gardens on three-fourths of an acre as a possible historic park site for the county. The property is owned by Southern Oregon college, Ashland. Group Inspects Peter Britt Home At Jacksonville' Jackson county parks and recreation commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. next Wednesdayto prepare recom mendations for park and rec reation sites, according to Ed Strother, Shady Cove, . com mission chairman. The commission ,hopes to present its recommendations in time to make use of an esti mated $7,000 now remaining for parks and recreation in the county's current fiscal year budget. s , v . .j v The $7,000 is the "sunj .left after'work is done oh a' park site already planned on the Dead Indian rd., the county court explained. Inspect Sites Yesterday three commission members inspected the Peter N. Britt home and gardens at Jacksonville, part of the Har lan Cantrall property on the Applegate now being used as a public swimming area, and 40 acres of mining property on the: Applegate near McKee bridge. . Commission members pres ent, Mrs. .Hanley Heffernan, Ed Strother and John Leyen, agreed that Southern Oregon college officials will have to be consulted on sale terms for the three-fourths of an acre of the Britt property up for sale. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, SOC president, had written the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foun dation that the college would put the property up for bid soon. Average of the apprais als on the house and gardens once owned by-the pioneer photographer is $2,000, Dr. Stevenson wrote the founda tion. The remaining 80 to 100 acres in the estate would be kept by the college. Damaged by Fire Most of the Britt house, in cluding the photographer's studio, was burned about two years ago. The gardens, which contained many exotic flow ers, are grown over - with weeds and grass . Commission members ex amined the Harlan Cantrall property along the river. It is now being used as general recreation grounds with per mission of the owner. Whether the county will be allowed to establish picnic tables and o.ther recreation facilities awaits word from ' Cantrall. He told commission members he would prefer to give that piece of property away rather than sell it. -Permanent Bridge - The bureau of land man agement hopes to put a per manent bridge across the river near the swimming site this summer. Eight miles from the Can trall swimming hole is about 40 acres on an old mining claim. There seems to be some question as to the title, com mission members said. . A cabin, now uninhabitated with a nearby shed could be used for a caretaker :and equip ment A . resident across the road has offered to let the county pipe water from his spring for drinking fountains. Washington -4DPB- The dodu- lation of the United States was about 176,665,000 'May l, the Census Bureau esti mated. sonally appealed to Russia's Andrei Gromyko today to save the Big Four conference by withdrawing the new Ber lin ultimatum. Herter himself traveled to Gromyko's office bearing a warning that the talks one month old today, are doomed to failure if Russia thinks he will negotiate "under dead lines, threats or duress." - Herter's western partners waited on the- sidelines for Gromyko's answer in this U.S. vs. the Soviet Union show down. Talks With Ministers Herter was accompanied by Assistant Secretary of : State for European Affairs Living ston Merchant to his meeting with the Soviet foreign min ister. i They had conferred before hand for half an hour with British Foreign Secretary Sel wyn Lloyd and French For eign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville. The other ministers were standing by for an immediate report after the man to man showdown. Herter had seized the initi ative and set up the meeting with Gromyko to convince the Russian that the present conference was doomed un less Russia backs down. Blockade Threat Revived There were rumblings to day from East Berlin where the Communist regime re vived the threat of a block ade. There was silence from Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the only man who can order a Soviet backdown. A Moscow dispatch said the magazine Novoe Vremya to day accused the, West of using the promise of a summit con ference to. blackmail Russia into making concessions at Geneva. Communist diplomats today hinted discreetly they might extend their ultimatum from one to two and perhaps even three years - but it remained an ultimatum' in the eyes ' of the Western ministers. Impudence Displayed Even .these hints were a change from Wednesday when Gromyko showed not . the slightest concern - but dis played something that ap proached impudence - over Western m i 1 i,t a r y power should the Berlin crisis touch off a war. Allied diplomats said only time would tell whether it was impudence or whether he was using the tactics of ex-foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov to get the best bargain. They hoped it was the latter. Ashland Fire Damages Workshop-Garage Ashland - A work shop garage and house at S24 Park st. here was damaged last night by fire of undetermined origin, Ashland firemen re ported. - . v . The property, owned, by Amy Curtis, was rented to Frank A. Fischbeck, firemen said. The blaze damaged the workshop-garage, tools stored inside it, and the attic and roof of the house,1 according to the report. . . ; Curry County Pack Train Covered Wagons at Wolf Sunny Valley-Highlight of ... ... . . . i yesterday's Jackson county 4-H covered wagon trip -was a rendezvous at Wolf Creek with a Curry county 4-H pack train, according to Miss Mari lou Garner, county 4-H agent. The 10 horsemen leading two pack animals accompa nied the five wagons Into the Day farm where the two groups camped overnight. - Around a camp fire last night, the pack train members told of enduring some pioneer hardships coming over the snow-covered mountains. Durine the five-day trip, encountered snow at high alti tudes en route from Gold Beach and P i s t o 1 t River. Horses broke loose one night. Foul-weather gear had been left behind at one point to make faster time, they said. Last night was the first reallv eood meal the Curry County group had, Miss Gar ner said. To lighten the load on the pack-animals the group Kep. PcMer TeOOs .'.'Flan To Campaign for Eenaberaeir By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) Thursday took sides in the Morse-Neu-berger feud by announcing his intent to campaign next year for the reelection of Sen. Richard L. fleuberger. Sen. Wayne Morse two weeks ago announced he will Council Urged To Adopt Plans For Swim Pool Members of Medford's parks and recreation commission last night urged the city coun cil to adont nreliminarv nlans for the West Jackson st, swim ming pool as soon as possible A commission recommenda tion for one set of olans was forwarded to the council early this month. But the council meh deferred the matter ' at their meeting last Thursday night. At least two councilmen, it was learned, were dissatisfied with the recommended plans and wanted time to seek extra funds for more ambitious de velopment. """ '' The commission last night formally approved having a consulting engineer appear before the council next week with alternative plans. "They will have to, choose," commented Parks and Recrea tion Director Robert L. Ha- worth. "We've done all we can." The commission's first re- pAmmAndatinn rails for a shal low, 42'x75' pool with sepa rate wading faculty to be con fitriipted this vear. As a SDe- cial nrovision. the recommen dation asked that priority for future developments be as signed to a separate diving tank and a roof to cover tne dressing rooms. i Plans for immediate devel opment have been limited by available funds. The pool project has been undertaken with the expectation of receiv ing between $70,000 and $75, 000 plus the site 'from the Jackson County Housing authority. The city administration has proposed ah additional $2,300 in the 1959-60 budget for land scaping and other develop ment of the area but no addi tional funds for the pool itself. H. Loren Thompson of Ste vens and Thompson, Portland consulting engineers retained for the project, is to present the council next week with two alternate plans, according to Haworth. One alternate, Haworth told the commission, would provide for a separate diving . js i r j - . f i parried dried food. One of the Curry county 4-H leaders slipped, injuring herself, and returned home by plane soon after the group started. Andy Anderson, Curry county extension agent, is re turning with the pack-train today. Three Curry county 4-H club members will remain with the wagon train until it reaches Corvallis for 4-H sum mer school June 20. The pack train members hoped to travel along the river route, but be cause of a slide will have to head back over the moun tains. The Jackson county wagon train crew members turned out at 4:30 a.m. today and were under way by 7 a jn. The hardest part of their trip over Sexton Mountain, is be hind them. Horses and train members rested frequently on the long haul over the steep grade, but all appeared in good condition, Miss - Garner reported. The wagon train was halted try to defeat Neuberger be cause of his "sorry record."; "In my opinion Dick Neu berger's record in the United States Senate clearly entitles him to reelection by an over whelming majority," Porter said in a letter to Dave Epps, Democratic state chairman. "I think the people of Ore gon know this, but I intend to campaign for him anyway. He is not perfect, of course, tank in immediate construc tion plans. The second, he said, would involve : an L shaped pooL for both diving arid swimming use. Haworth estimated that in cluding the separate tank would mean an expense of as much as $25,000 over the $75, 000 available, while the L- shaped pool would require as much as $15,000 extra. The council's postponement of action last week has al ready meant a two-week de lay in completion of plans and calling for bids on the pool, Haworth stated. The previous schedule he said,; included ap proving final plans July 16 so that construction could be completed by Oct. 31. City officials once predicted the pool would be in use this summer. Haworth warned that the pool should be con structed this year in any case because of an annual increase in construction costs. Mrs. Edith Eden,, commis sion vice president, pointed out that construction would have to be completed in time to permit use of the- $2,300 in the coming fiscal year for other development of the area. This, she pointed out, is "all the more reason to stir the city council into action." "We want it undertaken as quickly as possible," Russ Jamison, commission presi dent, said. ' Democrats Praise Duncan for Work Members of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee passed two resolu tions last night praising Med ford attorneys Robert Duncan and the late Porter J. Neff. The group commended Dun can for his work as speaker of the Oreeon house of repre sentatives and encouraged him to seek re-election in 1960 and the governorship in 1962. A second resolution praised Mr. Neff. who died here Mon day, for his long service in the Democratic party. Meets 4-H Creek Stop temporarily on the old Sunny Vallev rd. route because of two barbed - wire fences stretched across the road. Un used now, the highway has reverted to private ownership. However, both farmers agreed to drop the fence to let the train through. , The 4-H youngsters are looking forward to a cookout tonight at the Canyonville county park. The 4-H'ers will do their own cooking over the small outdoor fireplace pro vided in the park IVi miles from Canyonville. Train members had their first showers since leaving Jacksonville Monday at the Wolf Creek school. They are looking forward to running their soiled clothing through a laundromat in Roseburg to morrow. Only casualty on the fourth day of the trip is a temporarily broken down hay and baggage truck. The wag ons are carrying nine young sters each with sleeping bags and gear. but I don't know anyone who is." . ;-; : Porter said he had informed Morse of his position in a pri vate talk. Morse could not be reached for comment Thurs day, for he was in Mexico making a commencement ad dress at Mexico City college. "Usually I. agree ; ,with Wayne Morse,''' the congress man from Eugene observed, "but not this time. History "Oh, By The Way, Can You Let Me Have An Extra Few Billion On The Debt Ceiling?" fly JMll4Wr : . tip Shot Hits Cape Canaveral, Fla. -(UPD- A futuristic nose cone lofted by a Thor-Able rocket shot 5,000 miles to a South Atlan tic bullseye early today. Reeder Studying Pollution Trouble District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder reported today that his office is currently making an investigation of the stream pollution problem in the county. The investigation was start ed following a' discussion be tween Reeder and Russell De Forest, Medford attorney and president of the Oregon Sportsmen Club of Jackson county. Reeder explained that he was quite interested in the county's stream pollution problem and said that under existing statutes the county has more authority in deal ing with stream than with air pollution violation. . Following the completion of the investigation Reeder re ported that his department would take whatever action seemed appropriate there after. The district attorney has several samples of Bear creek water taken from various sections of the creek at his office. ' The Jackson county court has called a meeting Thurs day, June 18, for area busi ness representatives and in terested persons to discuss the county air pollution situ ation. ' '' s Invited to attend the 10 a.m. meeting at the county court room are representatives of lumber industry, Fruit Grow ers League, City Sanitary Service, cities of Jacksonville and Medford, and all interest ed individuals. Nixon Non-Commital On Hall Appointment New York-flJFD-Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon de clined today to deny that for mer Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall will be his campaign manager for the 1960 presidential cam paign. will, I predict, cite Wayne Morse of Oregon as one of our nation's outstanding sen ators but will record with re gret his animosity toward his colleague from Oregon." , Asked if he thought Morse would campaign against his reelection for a third term in his Fourth Congresional Dis trict seat, Porter said, "i don't know but I don't think he will." Rocket Bullseye t An air-sea search team im mediately began efforts to re trieve the cone from the ocean for study. The Air Force said two hours after the two-stage roc ket made a fiery stab into space., that preliminary data indicated the vehicle "achiev ed most of its test objectives." The announcement said re covery efforts "are now under way" by specially equipped C54 aircraft and data-receiving ocean-range vessels wait ing by the impact area Ascen sion Island. The island is mid way between Brazil and Africa. Others Recovered If the cone could be pluck ed from the sea it would bring the Air Force's recov ery record to three straight. The last two Thor-Able cones were recovered after similar flights on April 8 and May 21. The first six Thor-Able cones were not retrieved. "Primary purposes of the flight were testing of the ad vanced experimental inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) nose cone and further ing testing of the guidance system to be used in the Titan ICBM," the Air Force said. Mrs. Minear Named To State Group Mrs. Robert . Minear, Med ford, has been appointed to the state board of control's committee of visitors for Ore gon Fairview home, accord ing to word received from Salem. The committee, appointed by the governor, is to make semi-annual inspections of Fairview home with recom mendations to go to the board of control. Others on the com mittee include Dr. Charles Bradley, Portland, the Rev. William Botzum, Portland, Judge Robert Davis, Rose burg, John Deveraux, Eugene, State Sen. Carl Francis, Day ton, Miss Beryl Holt, Salem, and Mrs. Arthur Lampka, Roseburg. In Jackson county, Mrs. Minear organized and has been chairman of the study groups for parents of mentally retarded children, a part of the mental health committee work of the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association. Plea of Guilty To Assault Uei? Prompt Sentence Prisoner Returned O To State Wednesday Albanv Or (Tipiu. T?iWio-J Allen Hunt. 26. returned Wa D only Wednesday evening from Wyoming, today was sen tenced to life in prison for wounding Brownsville Police Chief Robert Kemnow laJW March 24. Hunt appeared in court t$ day and entered a nle nf) guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill. He first asked for a delay in sen tencing but later changed his mind. Sentence was pronounc ed by Circuit Judge Victdjp Olliver. Sheriff Xeturns Him Sheriff Geortre Miller nJ his wife. Bernetta. returns. Hunt here Wednesday evening o "um luwuiupous, wyo. Tbe young fugitive, whf ad been Ditced on the FBI's 10' most wanted list n ti - - mw ww e m.j tured June 2 on a ranefc where he had been working about 85 miles from ThgBf mopoiis. The assault charge aroft) from the wounding of Kert- now while Hunt was fleeing rrom narrismirg. Before the) shooting R. G. McPhee, poliew eniei at narrisburg, had IMD aomictea and let out on t) reed betveia Harrisbur uK Brownevillk Hunt,, vho hs had skirmishes with the- law fore and once served time in a Montana prison, was placed in iron shackles during the automobile trip from rWy oming. " - A. I Drockway Dies in Idaho; En Route Home A. t. Brockway. 7$ vrcA- inent valley orchardist aftif) seed grower, died unexpe edly .Wednesday night if$ Coeur d'Alne, Idaho, whiles en rout horn from n tended visit in the east, Hie wife and m sister. ItflO Lewie Noreliu, Seattle, eref) with him at ti time of fit) death. Mr. Bracfcwty, who was ) local authority on the aj cultural uee of water, hid tended the 90th anniversH$ reunion of the 1909 class jtf) electrical engineers $t t) University ei Biinnesolg. He vat tora ia MinntkH) in 1889 and etta to southatpy Oregon in lilt. The-fimi$ home is at Z19 Stewart On the nana place grrtl eW) other farm fn th yllf. ladino clover ant lotus gbafT He waa eo earle. marnbee Southern Oregen Saiga; Iae, and served on the bogrg at? direetore foe mora thga St7) years. eevad ea Legislature Mr. Brockway, who ona) ran for eounty sheriff gng served in the state legislature) was also active in the &acjt- son County Cooperative, (1 farm supply ' and petroleuiif firm, Jackson County Agri cultural committee and th Josephine Growers Coopew"( tive association, Grants Pass. In 1956 he was httnorfd bft county school officials Aim others for over 25 years' erv- icc on the Jackson CounW Non-High board.. He was actively engaged i farming until about five yfs ago. Survivors, besides his wife, include three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Beryl) Elmore, Ap plegate, Mr. Elmer (Marella) Luschen, 2325 Stewart ave., and Mrs. Oliver (Evelyn) Smith, formerly of Illinois Valley and now of Muskegon, Mich.; a brother, Royden, Sandy; and four sisters, Mrs. Norelius; Mrs. Maude Berg, Luverne, Minn., Mrs." Vena McMillan, Ashville, N. C, and Mrs. TrumaeXnapp, Pawtuck- ett, R. I. Many of the Brockway fam ily were reunited during the couple's trip east. Mr. Brock way's brother-in-law, Lewis Norelius, joined his wife and Mrs. Brockway in Couer d'Alene and is accompanying them to Medford. 'O
