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Newspaper Page TextHot mi Bfa mm 'And With Any Luck We Ought To Be Able To Get It Across Town "S'i "-"V nljw- Sip: Gazette-Available In Area Soon; Gold Panning Announced Jacksonville Availability of a Centennial edition of the Gold Rush Gazette, and an international gold panning contest have been announced by Ike Dunford and John Crabb, cochairmen of the Jacksonville Gold Rush Ju bilee. : The Jubilee is scheduled Court Tours Dump This Afternoon The Jackson county court is scheduled to make an inspec tion of the garbage dump near Jacksonville this afternoon with Anthony Boitano of the City Sanitary Service, the county court reported. rTThe" problem of the dump will also be discussed Thurs day, June 18, at a meeting in the county court office on air pollution, acocrding to County Judge Earl Miller. The county court received a petition June 1 signed by E. O. Graham, Jacksonville mayor, and city officials. Other petitions from residents of the Jacksonville area are to follow, the county court was told. The petition requests an in terim zoning ordinance, which would require garbage dumps be established at least 10 miles from a city's limits. The petition also requested that rules and regulations be en forced by the county court to require the land sanitary fill method be used every 24 hours to cover garbage dis posal. The burning of garbage at the dump near Jacksonville has created "an acute nuisance" to Jacksonville citi zens and is a fire hazard to nearby homes and stands of timber, the petition stated. Wax on Milk Cartons Said Cause of Cancer Washington (UPD Small amounts of cancer-causing agents have been found in some types of wax on milk cartons, a leading cancer re search specialist said today. ; He prediced that the finding would cause a swing to the use of plastic instead of paraf fin to coat food containers. Washington UPD President Eisenhower has signed an ex ecutive order giving federal employees a three-day holi day over the Fourth of July week end. Wagon Train Horse Collapses, Dies in Canyonville County Park Roseburg - With the hard est parts of the trip apparent ly over, members of the Jack son county 4-H wagon train were planning to run their soiled clothing' through a launderette in Roseburg to day, according to Miss Mari lou Garner, Jackson county 4-H agent. - Both horses and wagon train members sweated under "beastly hot" temperatures yesterday en route to Canyon 'ville. Hon Dies One of the horses collapsed and died last night at the Canyonville county park when it was being led to water at the overnight campsite. Wagon-train leaders called a veterinarian, who reported death was due to a combina In A Day Or Two Aug. 1 and 2 in Jacksonville. California st. will be blocked off for concessions and games along the main street, the chairmen said. The state high way commission has author ized the closure for the Ju bilee. The Centennial edition of the Gold Rush Gazette, which will contain about 20 pages of historical information about Jacksonville and the Rogue valley, will be avail able about June 15, they said. It will be distributed nation ally as well as locally, they added. Historical Review ' Included in the Gazette will be an historical review of the "State of Jefferson" by Jack "Sutton of Grants Pass. The paper will be tabloid Size." :' ;" - - Advertisers in the Gazette will receive complimentary copies, according to Scotty Matheny, advertising manager for the souvenir paper. Pro ceeds from the sale of the paper will be used on the U.S. Hotel project of Jacksonville Lions club. The international gold pan ning contest will be a high light of the Jubilee, accord ing to Russ Jamison, manager of the Jubilee. Arrangements have been ; made with the Northwestern Mining Coun cil, Medford, to conduct the contest and to operate a pub lic concession for gold pan ning, t Jamison said an open invi tation has been issued to gold mining districts throughout the world, and to conduct area contests to find qualified representatives to send to the international competition at Jacksonville. Coordinator Named Mrs. Truman Bishop, secre tary of the Mining Council, will serve as coordinator, and inquiries concerning the con test may be directed to her in care of the Gold Rush Jubilee, box 1859, Jackson ville. The Mining Council plans to register contestants , in Portland tomorrow as part of Jackson County Day at the Centennial Exposition and In ternational Trade Fair. Reg istration will take place at the exhibit in Frontier Vil lage. Entrants will be issued a "prospector card" which calls for them to "prove up" their claim by attending the Jacksonville Gold Rush Ju bilee and entering the con test, Mrs. Bishop said. Members Use Roseburg tion of age, heat and work One of the riding-horses, which bad been broken to harness, has been subsituted. When the wagon-train pull ed into the county park rep resentatives of the Canyon ville Lions club and the Day's Creek 4-H club presented the group with - soft drinks, cookies and potato chips. Mail call was held for the first time since the caravan left Jacksonville Monday. An other mail call is scheduled in Roseburg today. The 4-H'ers cooked hamburger and pota toes in aluminum foil over small outdoor fireplaces last night. The 4-H members took baths in a nearby stream after they cared for the horses, soaked the wagon wheels in Gromyko Says No New Ultimatum Given on Berlin Russia Won't Sign Occupation Rights Geneva (CPU American officials said tonight that Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko's remarks about a summit conference , today seemed to indicate the Russians were preparing to "write off" the current big Four conference. Geneva - (UPD - Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Gro myko publicly disclaimed any new ultimatum on Berlin to day, but he said the "Soviet Union never would sign any document which would mean the perpetuation of the oc cupation regime in West Ber lin." As the Foreign Ministers' Conference moved towards its sixth week, Gromyko's state ment left the Soviet position unchanged and led western ministers to question the ad visability of continuing the talks, now on a day to day basis. Secret Session Monday But they will continue at least through Monday because Secretary of State Christian Herter has asked for another secret session then. Gromyko said the proposals he put forward formally two days ago were a "statement of position" which might become a basis for discussion to solve the Berlin and German issues. However, the West had re garded them as a threat or ultimatum and had threaten ed to break off the talks here as hopeless unless he changed. Not Threatening, There was nothing concilia tory in Gromyko's speech to day, except his claim that he was not threatening, since he once again reaffirmed the whole Rusisan package which has been rejected by the West. But the British quickly grasped at his words as a withdrawal of the ultimatum he had laid down.. - : Gromyko also objected for the first time publicly here to western warnings that if no agreement is reached by the foreign ministers there will be no summit conference. "The Soviet government considers that the summit con ference should not be made a subject of bargaining," he said. National Guard To Leave Tonight Approximately 100 enlisted men and five officers will leave by train at midnight to night for the Oregon National Guard's 11th annual Summer encampment at Ft. Lewis, Wash. 4 The men are with Company A, 1st Battalion, 186th Infan try, Medford. They are part of some 4,200 Oregon Guardsmen who will leave for Northeast Ft. Lewis' "Tent City"; Saturday to begin two weeks of training. Wash ington troops, 3,800 strong, will join the Oregon units. The Medford men will re turn to the valley June 27, it was reported. The Guard which recently underwent ' reorganization to prepare it; for the needs of atomic warfare, will be under the command of Maj. Gen. George S. Cook, Seattle, and Oregon Adjutant General Al fred E. Hintz, Portland. Gen eral Cook is ending a four- year command of the 41st In fantry division. Washington -(DPD President Eisenhower planned to fly to his Gettysburg, Pa., farm to day to spend the week end. water to keep rims on and greased axles. Susan Wright, Medford, a California college student, joined her brother, Craig Wright, a wagon lieutenant, when the group camped at Canyonville. . - The modern "pioneers" re ceived a free lunch today at Myrtle Creek provided by the Josephine County 4-H Lead ers' asociatiqn, Myrtle Creek 4-H clubs, Rotary and Lions clubs. Joined by Group The 4-H members are to be joined some time today by a wagon load of Douglas coun ty 4-H'ers. All six wagons will camp at the Douglas county fairgrounds near Rose burg tonight. The wagon-train is a little 54th Year Medford- 22 Pages Star Gulch Blaze Being Fought by 85 Men, Tractors Cause of 400-Acre Burn Not Yet Known The first major forest fire in Jackson county this season, which started in the steep Star gulch area about 20 miles southwest of Medford yesterday noon, was expected to be brought under control early this afternoon, the state department of forestry re ported. ' j Eighty-five men and two bulldozer tractors were on the fire lines this morning. At noon, about a half of mile of fire remained to be contained, officials said. The fire has burned over about 400 acres of brush and scattered timber land up Star gulch from the Star Ranger station. It was about a mile from Rogue River National forest lands. S"tate officials said, they hoped the fire would be brought under control about 2 o'clock this afternoon. Yesterday afternoon, a Med ford Air Service plane leased to the federal forest service, dropped a borate solution on the hottest section of the fire to help slow it. No more solu tion drops are planned unless strong winds whip the vfire out of control, officials said. Winds yesterday afternoon hindered fighters in contain ing thTa"ze7 But diminishing winds and a thin overcast early this morning slowed the progress" of the fire. Crews from logging opera tions and mills, and personnel from the federal forest serv ice are assisting the state for estry department crews. The forest service provided 12 men for a 35-man crew last night, and had 10 men on the site this morning. The fire started short distance from the road up Star gulch, state forestry de partment officials said. Cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Smoke from the fire was visible southwest of Medford. Two Breakfasts Are Cancelled in Area Two chuckwagon break fasts, scheduled in the area as part of Jackson county's Cen tennial observance, have been cancelled, Ernie Hood, Centen nial coordinator here, said to day. One breakfast, was sched uled tomorrow at TouVelle State park on Table Rock rd. sponsored by the Eagle Point Grange. The park, spokesmen said, is being used by another organization. The other breakfast was scheduled at the Upper Apple gate Grange Saturday, June 27. The event was cancelled because of other prior commit ments of the Grange, Hood said. Buffalo, N. Y. (DPD The Switchmen's Union of North America has set its sights on a six-hour working day at no loss in pay. Launderette; aneaa 01 scneduie ana is making about 3 miles an hour, Miss Garner reported. 'The train will camp at a roadside rest area between Roseburg and Yoncalla Saturday night and move into the Yoncalla rodeo grounds Sunday after a half day's journey. Chruch Services Church services will be held around a campfire Sun day and those youngsters of Catholic denomination will be taken into Yoncalla for serv ices. The wagons and horses will be shipped back by truck once the group reaches . Corvallis June 20 for the 4-H summer school. Some of the wagons have been sold and others will be returned to their own ers, Miss Garner said. (Mtrol MEDFORD, if First Majir fir MAJOR FIRE - About 400 acres of state forestry depart ment brush and timberland in the Star Gulch area south west of Medford were blackened by fire yesterday and today. A crew of 85 men fought to bring it under control today. The picture above, taken from the air, shows one FIRE 'BOMBED Flying about 400 feet from the tree tops down a steep ridge, the plane above just released one of two 500 gallon tanks of borate slurry on a hot part of the Star Gulch fire, which has burned some 400 acres of state forestry department timber since yesterday noon. The converted Jobless Pay Found Insufficient To Keep Recipients Out of Debt Salem - (UPD - A study re leased today by the State Un employment Comp ensation Commission showed, that re cipients must often go into debt, neglect medical and den tal care, exhaust savings and curtail , buying. Data for the 100 page study was developed by the agency's reasearch and statistics divi sion. ' ' - The analysis was written by Dr. Carl M. Stevens, as sociate professor of economics at Reed college.' , Data was gathered through personal interviews with a representative sample of the 7,666 workers filing claims at the Portland, Hillsboro - and Oregon City offices of the State Employment Service during the week of March 24, 1958. - i Detailed Information The interviews brought out detailed information on; in come and expenditures of a WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night. Cloudy Saturday morn ing, becoming partly cloudy in afternoon. Low tonight 50. High Saturday near 80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 86 .Lowest this horning 52 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:49 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:51 pjn. First Quarter June 13 PROMINENT STARS Regulus, north of the Moon. Arcturus, high in south 8:59 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, low in south east 9:54 p.m. Venus mad Mars, set 10:20 p.m. Jupiter, due south 10:1 pjo. 1V31A XT OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE sample 354 persons, including single people and members of four-person families, both ; , - ,4- ; - ------ - -; w - ' ' ' ' ' ' during and before unemploy ment. Dr. Stevens' findings show that at least 66 per cent of Oregon workers do not achieve the standard request ed by President Eisenhower that unemployment compensa tion benefits be equal to at least half of regular earnings. Family groups which have but one wage earner are par ticularly hard hit. , Findings were that in many cases unemployment benefits were insufficent to prevent serious adjustments in a re cipient's pattern of living. Many Borrow Money' This was particularly true of families with only one wage earner. ' Some 44 per cent increased debts to stores while unem ployed; 47 per cent decreased or exhausted cash savings; 32 per cent borrowed money and 20 per cent were helped by friends. In families with only one wage-earner, 53 per cent in creased debts, 60 per cent postponed medical or dental care, 52 per cent decreased or exhausted savings, 32 per cent borrowed money, 32 per cent received help from friends, 13 per cent cancelled insurance policies or let them lapse, and 7 per cent had durable goods repossessed." Some 36 per cent of those interviewed said they intend ed to further reduce their ex penditures if unemployment s 12, 1959 "finger" of the fire after it had topped a 'ridge and started down the other side. Winds yesterday afternoon hindered firefighters, but the blaze was expected to be controlled this afterhon, state officials said. Cause of the fire is un determined. ' ' ' light bomber, owned by Medford Air Serv ice, is leased to the U.S. forest service. The tan-colored slurry blends into the smoke column directly behind the plane so that it is almost invisible in the picture. The photo graph was taken from a reconnaissance plane owned by Rogue Flying Service. continued. Some 18 per cent would have to borrow more money", 14 per cent would seek relief and . 11 per cent planned to leave the area in search of work. Talent Wafer Rales Change This Month Talent-New water rates in Talent" went into effect here this month, Nona McAbee, city recorder, has reported. The minimum charge 'is $2 and provides 5,000 gallons, she said. A 25-cent charge is made per thousand gallons from 6,000 to 10,000 gallons, and $1 per thousand on 10, 000 gallons or more. The new rate, which goes into effect for June billings, was approved by the city council June 9. The water rate previously had been $2 mini mum charge for 5,000 gallons and $1 per thousand gallons thereafter. The town, which depends on city owned wells for its water, is reported to have a low water supply at the pres ent time. Irrigation schedules still remain in affect with the new water rate, it was ex plained. Persons living on the east side of the railroad tracks irrigate Monday and Thurs day while on the west side, Tuesday and Friday. Washington (DPD - The Public Health Service has ap proved a $45,665 water pollu tion control grant to Brook ings, Ore. Price 10 Cents No. 72 tar Audition for Festival Plays 7 Ashland-Auditions for the 19th annual Oregon Shake spearean Festival company were scheduled to start in the band shell at Lithia park here today. -- Auditions and read-throughs of the four plays which will be presented this year are being held in the band shell because the - new $275,000 theater cannot be occupied by the company next week. . William Patton, general manager of the Festival, said many returning favorites were among those register ing yesterday along with new participants. Sunday night, following auditions and . play read throughs, directors will hold their, casting session. The complete cast is expected to be posted Monday morning. . Producing Director Angus L. Bowmer, Ashland, will di rect ."Twelfth Night," the opening night play; Richard Risso, recently an actor-direc-1 tor at Pennsylvania Erie, will direct "King John," and James Sandoe, from the Uni versity of Colorado at Boul der, Colo., will direct "Meas ure and Measure" and "An tony and Cleopatra." The Festival season opens July . 28 for a ; 40-night run. An added feature this year is a special presentation, "The Masque of the New World," written for the Festival as a salute to the Oregon Centen To Start Today Million People Support Label Bill, Gardner Says Wilbur L. Gardner, Med ford shoe repairman who is conducting a national cam paign to have shoes labeled as to the material of which they are made, said today more than a million people support a bill introduced in January to require such label ing. . He said the bill, H.R. 1320, which was introduced by Con gressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.), has the support of the American National Cat tlemen's association, which is composed of 200,000 members, and the 800,000-member Na tional Grange. Petitions Circulated . In addition, petitions cir culated in various sections of the country have 24,047 signa tures favoring labels describ ing the material used in shoes. Gardner said his effort to have such a bill adopted stem med from consumers wanting children's shoes repaired. Many of them, he said, are made of paper fiber which is sold as leather. The shoe repairman said the Anti-Missile Development To Be Speeded Bomber Defense Cut $1,500,000,000 Washington (DPD Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy to day unveiled a new air de fense master plan calling for a $1,500,000,000 cutback in defenses against manned bombers, but speeding de velopment of anti-missile mis siles. McElroy outlined the new program for the Senate Armed Services committee behind closed doors. Chairman Rich ard B. Russell (D-Ga.) later gave newsmen an account of his testimony. Missiles Involved Russell said that both anti aircraft missiles involved in the current Army-Air Force feud, the Army's Nike-Hercules and the Air Force Bo- marc, would be cut back. The ' Bomarc would take a some what bigger cutback, at least in the immediate future. Russell and Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) said McElroy estimated that savings result ing from these . cutbacks at $1,500,000,000 over the next five years before these weap ons, are eliminated from the defense blueprint in 1965. But the Army's Nike-Zeus anti-missile missile will be speeded by spending $157 mil lion for research and develop ment in the fiscal year start ing July 1. The Nike-Zeus was de scribed by Russell as the "hope for the future" in de fending the nation against bal listic missiles. Russell commented that the air defense plan "continues to involve a mix of thj two missile systems." He said he generally approved of retain ing both the Nike-Hercules and the Bomarc but would personally have preferred deeper cuts. - As to whether he regard ed the new plan as a "solu tion to the problem of dupli cation in missile programs, Russell said "No, I wouldn't say that." "As I understand It, this program does not have the unanimous support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Russell said. He declined to elaborate. 14 UnjlsSeHor Shrine Parade Fourteen units of uniform ed groups serving Hillah Temple will participate in the Shriner's parade at 4 pjn. Saturday in downtown Med ford, Bill Clark, parade di rector, has announced. The parade is one of the highlights of the Spring Cere monial of Hillah Temple, which is expected to attract about 1,000 Shriners here this week end. The parade will begin on North Ivy st., proceed to Sixth st., to Bartlett st., west on Main 4. and disband on North Ivy st. The parade will form at 3:30 p.m. The Ceremonial starts late . today and ends with a break fast Sunday morning. Purpose of the event is to initiate new candidates into the organiza tion, which supports 17 crip pled children's hospitals throughout the country, in cluding the Portland hospital. use of paper fiber "is one of the meanest deceptions" show ing up only when the child gets them wet. -Gardner said action on H.R. 1320 has been -delayed be cause the Federal Trade Com mission decided to "dig deep er into the shoe marketing practices." He said the FTC made a preliminary investiga tion of the shoe industry then decided to study the practices further. Report of Investigation A report of the FTC's in vestigation has not been an nounced, Gardner said. The FTC is one of five government agencies which will have to report to the committee of interstate and foreign com merce before a hearing is held on the bill. Gardner said several trade publications have published articles about the labeling bill, both pro and con. He challenged the shoe industry to a battle of words about the bill in the press, where he said the consumer would learn more about the arguments on both sides.