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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959
No. 71
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Secretary Warns
Of Pending Failure.
Geneva flJPB Secretary of
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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
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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
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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.
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