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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.
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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
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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
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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.