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Newspaper Page Text54th Year Subscribers Recommended Price 10 Cents To report improper or isf rilivrv a h Mail Trfhttw il A tret filler from Gold Hill take Ids work home with kim. Object it to Increase his ability as a filler. Read about this taal forest workman on page 14 of today's MaU Tribune. Med ford phone SP 2-6141. Ask- ) iana nu z-iozi, xreu vi z-101 i before 6:45 pjn. daily sne) S9 m pan. aunaay. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call plee notify office thus elirninatiJM special messenger service. United Press International Full Leased Wire United Press International Full Leased Wire 56 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1959 No. 19 RIBUNE - , oloD Lamnio Reports filed ISeDgim if Teirroir Mussoorie, India-flJPD The refuge Dalai Lama yesterday accused the Chinese comrnu ists of killing 65,000 Tibetans and destroying 1,000 monas teries in a "reign of terror" designed to smash the ancient Tibetan culture. He challeng ed the Reds to an on-the-spot investigation by an Interna tional commission. The Dalai Lama said he did Med ford Rooster Shares First Prize In Crowing Contest ; Twinkle-Twerp is a perky bird with something to crow about He's the proud cock-o'-the-walk who strutted off with a tie for first place hon ors at the annual Rogue River rooster crow yesterday. He cockadoodle-dooed 67 times in a half hour to win $162.50 for his young owners, Howard and Arlen Simon of 2105 Roberts rd., Medford. Sharing first-place prize money was another outspoken bird, Sandy, owned by Elbert Sanders of Rogue River. San ders and the Simon youngsters. Educated Horse Shares Spotlight With Noisy Cocks Rogue River All the noise wasn't about roosters here yesterday. This little commu nity was alive with some three or four thousand citizens and visitors who enjoyed a full alat of activities. . A parade kicked off the day's festivities at 10 ajn., ith some 34 entries from Tacison and Josephine coun ties Darticipating. The anriual rooster crow started at noon and was followed by an after moon square dance with But Z. oinnm as caller. A SVIU w v-" ra scheduled at 9 P m T T VFW hall, with Vic part's orchestra providing - ssKarron Jacoby. 16-year-old . A)hnd sage rider, perform . 41 ftrith her educated horse, trigger. Sharron has trained tfis horse to bow, shake hands, mils count and say his pray-9- Sponsoring the day's enter tainment was the Rogue Val ley Boosters club, a non-prof it organization nevoiea to development of the valley. The following were the win amnns? the rtarade en tries: bands division, Rogue River hiah school: garden di vision, Laurel Garden club; horseman division, Ashland Sage Riders; drill team, r.ni Pass Eagles: civic clubs, Rogue River civic club; and juvenile group, the Mar ftttes. Fsfrade committee Judges girt County Judge Earl Mill ar anrl Commissioners Ches- w Wendt and Ralph James; ytyor Freeman Mason of Ctntral Point; Mayor. Milton ftinmetz of Gold Hill; May $r Leo Graham of Jackson ville; Mayor E. D. Potts of fronts Pass; and Dr. Arthur tjfcylor of Ashland. Doath Penalty Extended in Cuba ' Havana (DFD Cuba's cabi net yesterday approved the deftth penalty for -"certain counter revolutionary crimes." The cabinet did not enu merate the crimes punishable by. death, but it was assumed terrorism and armed revolt are included. ," The cabinet's action came on proposal by Justice Min ister Alfredo Yabur following recent reports of increasing counter-revolutionary activ ity. Friday night a bomb ex ploded in suburban Marianao. Three other unexploded bombs were found, bringing to 14 the number of bombs planted in greater Havana in the past few days. Police also said they were seeking five unidentified persons who raided a Marianao garage and made off with a submachine gun left in a parked car by an army sergeant, . not want to stay in India in- definitely-"we have no desire to embarrass India." He said he may go abroad but did not know whether he would visit the United States or Britain. At his first press confer- erence since he fled his capital of Lhasa March 17 and took asylum in India, the Tibetan God-King charged the Reds had submitted members of his split the $325 prize money that ordinarily would have gone to first and second place wmners. Third bird . with 61 crows was Noodles, owned by Caro lyn Bowser of Grants Pass who collected $50. About 3500 people were on hand to watch - and listen to the festivities. Sagged Under Weight Howard and Arlen Simon, age 11 and 6 respectively, are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Laur en Simon of Medford. The two smiling, crew-cut boys sagged under the weight of 162 silver dollars (and a fifty- cent piece) presented to them by Gail Grooms, president of the Rogue Valley Boosters club, sponsor of the event. Fourth-place prize of $25 went to Helen Wilbur of Gold Hill for her bird, The Judge, with 60 crows. Fifth-place went to a miner from Foots Creek, Speed Phillip, for Ab- ner witn 39 crows, x-nmip took home $15. Last year's winner crowed 68 times in the half-hour pe riod while 66 crows won the prize in 1957. . - Howard and Arlen attend Lone Pine ; school. In addi tion to TwinkleTwerp they own two donkeys, a hen and five chicks. 176 Roosters . There were 176 roosters entered in the competition, including birds from Wash ington and California, one from Pensacola, Fla., and one all the way from Hamburg, Germany. . The German bird, entered by SAS Airlines, was silent through most of the contest but he could be seen shaking his" head back and forth sad ly, . saying to himself, no doubt, "Ach, these crazy Americans." , ' The . sixth through tenth place winners each won $10 for their owners, J. C. Swift, Raymond Graham Jr. and Cecilia Shemstrom of Rogue River; Steve Simer of Gold Hill; and Dan and . Debby Stoeffen of Seattle, Wash. In the competition for best cage decoration, Sue Harmon of Rogue River won $20 for and Steve E. Love of Rogue River won $10 for the Love's Nursery cage. The SAS Po lar Router Rooster cheered up a bit when his cage won an honorable mention award and . he was heard to say, "Danke-doodle-doo." The Boosters award award ed 500 silver dollars before the afternoon was over. Roger Caldwell of Gold Hill won the greased pole contest, when he scrambled up the 20-foot pole in an un official time of "nothing flat." ,. Day Salter, Sandy Harr and Dewey Young, all - of Rogue River, were the win ners in the bicycle decoration contest. Each won a spotlight for his bicycle. The concessions were kept busy and none of the specta tors was seen with earplugs. A good time-was had by all because as one observer not ed, the rooster crow is one contest that never lays an egg. , WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Mon day: thunderclouds starting late afternoon and early evening hoars over the mountains south and east. High today 90. Low tonight 35. High Monday 95. TEMP. Highest Saturday 94 Lowest Saturday . 64 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today . 7:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 a.m. The Sun rides high in the sky today. Tonight at ... . 7:59 p.m. it enters the Sign of Cancer. This marks the beginning of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. family to indignities and even had removed the lock of his mother's bedroom door. No Concealment The Dalai Lama made no attempt to conceal his concern over the plight of his people. , He said he would welcome a meeting of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Premier Chou En-Lai of Red China to work out a "peaceful and amicable solu tion of the present tragic prob lem." But he stressed the full powers he exercised before the Red armies invaded the Himalayan country in 1950. The Dalai Lama ruled out any direct negotiations with the Reds because he said he feared they would go back on their promises. He said media tion was possible only through a third power. 'Inhuman Treatment The crew-cut Dalai Lama said that almost daily reports of the "suffering and inhuman treatment" of Tibetans by the Reds compelled him. to level the series . of indictments against the Peiping regime. He accused the Red Chinese of a "flagrant act of agression" by invading the kingdom in 1950. The Dalai Lama said the so-called agreement which fol lowed the invasion was "also thrust upon its people and government by the threat of arms." Under the - agreement, Tibet became an "autonomous' region of China. Bowed to Reds j The Dalai Lama said he and his government bowed to the Reds , and and "decided to abide by the terms and con ditions" of the agreement "in order to save the people and country from the danger of total destruction." But the Reds, he said., mare no attempt to keep the agree ment. He 'said, in 'fact, that they lost no opportunity "to undermine my authority and sow dissension among my peo ple." " Iowa 50th State At Siskiyou Summit Hawaii may be the fiftieth state to enter the union but Iowa was the fiftieth state to be registered at the Siskiyou summit welcome stockade. On June 18, 32 days after the stockade opened, an Idwan finally .drove up to sign his name and complete the roll call of states. As of 10 a on. Friday, 4,446 visitors had registered at the stockade. This figure includes visitors from not only the fif ty states, but from such dis tant spots as New Zealand and Formosa. The stockade, manned by students from Southern Ore gon college, opened May IS to provide information about the state and Centennial events to tourists.1 About one of every 20 tour ists who stop reportedly ex press a desire to live in Ore gon. Sunday has proved to be the biggest traffic day for the stockade. The busiest day so far was June 7, when 691 tourists signed in. The stockade was sponsored on June 18 by the Lake of the Woods Resort. On June 19 and 20 it was sponsored by Jorgensen's Dairy. The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. will sponsor the booth from today through June 30. Robert W. Ruhl Gets Vporhies Award For Distinguished Journalism Service La Grande - Robert W. Ruhl, editor and publisher of the Medford Mail Tribune, Friday night was awarded the Amos E. Voorhies award for distinguished service to jour nalism. . The award, presented by the Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers association, is the high est that organization can be stow. It is given only for "out standing journalistic achieve ment in the public interest or in the interests of the welfare and honor of the journalism profession" either for a single achievement or for long, use ful and honorable careers in journalism. The presentation was made by Frank Jenkins, editor and publisher of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, him self winner of to sward last "What's The Master Plan On Short-Range Interservice Ballistic Missiles?" 4-H Trekkers Reach Corvallis for School Corvallis - The, Jackson county 4-H club wagon train arrived here on schedule at 2:30 p.m. Friday after the shortest day's trip of its 13- day journey. Marilou Garner, Medical Center Drive Tuesday Volunteers from Medford will seek contributions to the City of Hope National Med ical Center near Pasadena, Calif., in a door-to-door drive Tuesday evening. Mrs. Edgar Sitton, 34 Van- ouver ave., Medford, is chair man of the local, campaign. Volunteers i.will seek " contri butions between 6 and 8 p.m. Money received in the an nual campaign is used to sup port a three-point program of patient care, research and postgraduate me.dical educa tion at the National Medical Center, which is free and non sectarian. ' The City of Hope National Medical center admits victims of physically, emotionally arid financially catastrophich dis eases on referral from private physicians. The center specalizes in can cer, leukemia, blood, chest and heart disorders. Last year, 26,000 patients received treat ment there. , Shasta Sturgeon I Slashers Sought Mt. Shasta, Calif. -(UPD- Po lice are seeking four teen agers for questioning in the near-fatal slashing of a giant sturgeon, prize exhibit of the Mt. Shasta Fish Hatchery here. - Carl Hill, hatchery superin tendent, said the sturgeon, more than eight feet long and weighing about 150 pounds, had a five-inch slash three inches deep that was inflicted by a knife.' The wound was believed inflicted late Thurs day. He sewed up the gash and said the fish had a fair chance for survival. Hill said officers wanted to talk to the four teen-agers, who were seen lingering near the hatchery a few hours before the slashing, occurred. . ' year and a former associate of Ruhl's. It was accepted by Eric W. Allen Jr.,' Mail Tribune man aging editor, on behalf of his editor who was unable to at tend. The event was the ban quet of the ONPA annual convention. In presenting the plaque, Jenkins cited Ruhl's long and courageous service as an in dependent and liberal-minded editor, citing in particular the so-called "good government" uprisings of the early 1930's, when the Mail Tribune's edi torial actions won a Pulitzer prize of journalism. . The award originated in 1937 as a tribute by. his em ployees to Amos E. Voorhies, editor and publisher of the Grants Pass Courier, still ac tive at 90 after sixty years of activi newspaper work. SHe-1W CMM county 4-H agent, said there was "quite a bit of celebrat ing" around the campfire Fri day night. The wagon train members spent Thursday at Benton- Lane park. They left the park at 9:30 a.m. Friday and cov ered the last leg of their trek in five hours. Summer school for the 4-H members started yesterday. A school bus bringing up the rear of the Jackson county Contingent was to arrive yes terday afternoon. About ten wagon train members were to return home with the bug this morning. The rest will stay here for summer school. Took Cool Dip ;" Miss Garner said it was hot Friday arid when the travelers arrived they took a cool dip in the .Willamette river. They are reported to be suntanned, peeling,, and in good spirits. They, were camped Satur day on the banks of the river outside of . town. Townspeople have been going out to visit them. They had their usual camp fire singing Friday night, as well as some skits. The camp cook, Mrs. Jessie James, was presented with a special birthday cake embellished with a small covered wagon, though her birthday is not until next week, Miss Garner said. The cake was to express the youngsters' "appreciation 'for the fine meals they've en joyed." , More Nostalgic A more nostalgic atmo sphere prevailed around Fri day's campfire. As a symbolic gesture; each of the young "pioneers" threw a personal article into the fire - items such as combs, toothbrushes, and locks of hair. Miss Garner suggested that the travelers have gotten something more than adven ture and fun out of the trip. She said there is a general feeling among them that they have made new friendships and strengthened . old ones. Jackson county 4-H. members have had a chance to meet young people from other areas, she said, and this op portunity will remain during the summer school. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (UPD Blue-eyed Mrs. Iowa, Margar et J.. Priebe, was crowned Mrs. America for 1959 Satur day. The award has gone to r total of 17 Oregon journalists. Earlier, Gerald Latham, Mail Tribune business man ager, was elected to ' the ONPA board of directors. Edward Comanof the Woodburn Independent was elected ONPA president.. Co man, who was formerly vice president, succeeds Philip Bladine of McMinnville. Arthur L. Lowe of the Cor vallis Gazette - Times was named vice - president and Fred Haas of the North Bend News was named treasurer. Others elected to director positions were: Walter McKin ney, Hillsboro Argus; Law rence Spraker, Stay-Mail; El mo Smith, Albany Democrat Herald; Mary Brown,' Red mond Spokesman, and Lee Bollinger of the Baker Demo-crat-Harald. MM, Mincnan New West Berlin Support Pledged By White House Washington-flJPD-The United States pledged new support to threatened West Berliners yesterday as Secretary of State Christian A. Herter flew home to report to President Eisenhower on failures of the Big Four foreign ministers conference at Geneva. The pledge was the Presi dent's answer to the latest Soviet threat to the West to get out of Berlin if there is to be peace in Europe. Herter was to arrive in Washington today to talk with Eisenhower and Undersecre tary of State C. Douglas Dil lon at the White House. The secretary was expected to,take up these subjects with the President: -The failure of the foreign ministers to make significant progress toward settling Ber lin and German problems. -The newest threat to the West in the joint Soviet union East German communique is sued yesterday in Moscow., -How the West will counter the Soviet refusal to remove its threat of a separate peace treaty with the East Germans. Whether a western summit conference is necessary before the foreign ministers recon vene July 13 in Geneva. The U.S. statement on Ber lin was issued shortly after the joint communist threat communique was made public in Moscow". ", " ". : Public Accountants '. Elect New Officers Two Medford men were elected officers of the Ore gon Association of Public Ac countants as the three-day state convention heared its end here yesterday. William L. White, 1844 Woodlawn dr., was elected secretary and Raymond Pence, 33 Willamette! ave., district governor. The dis trict includes all of southern Oregon to the coast. Elected president was Carl Hasenkamp, Portland Paul Guhlke, Portland was elect ed treasurer. Other district governors elected were Den nis Brenner, Salem; Helen Fuerenstein, Portland; Allen Langenwater, Hermiston, and Fred Lawson, Klamath Falls. The new officers were in stalled during 'a banquet Sat urday night at Hotel Med ford. Guest speaker at the banquet was Alan Drum mond, San ' Francisco, presi rent of the National Society of Public Accountants. E. G. Sommer, 366 Lithia Way, Ashland, outgoing president, presided over, the three-day convention and the banquet Saturday night. Phoenix Officials Ration City's Water Phoenix-A lawn and gar den watering schedule was set by Phoenix officials Saturday to alleviate the city's short water supply. Todav. Sunday, the soutn side of Phoenix will water from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. This includes those persons living in the area from Third st. south, who will continue to water in four-hour periods on the odd numbered days. Mondav. and on the even numbered days, the people of the north side of Phoenix will water from 5 ajn. to 9 a.m. No watering is permitted at other hours. Friday night, all Phoenix residents were asked by ra dio announcement and by mo bile loudspeaker not to do any watering until the supply in the city's lone well could be restored to a safe level. City officials were afraid a fire would catch the city danger ously low in water. Washington (UPtt-Atomic ex perts in Washington Friday said that Oregon, except for the Portland area, would be the safest state in the United States in case of a worldwide nuclear war. levels ponpsa. IFesfovaD TGieafre Dnspector Frank B. Wheat, 42, of 801 North Central ave., Medford, was reported still in critical condition Saturday night fol lowing a three-story plunge at the new Shakespearean Festival theatre in Ashland Friday. Wheat, an automatic sprink ler system inspector, appar ently slipped and fell to a concrete sidewalk by the theatre, according to an eye witness. He sustained severe Violent Storm Lashes Lobster Fishing Grounds Moncton, N.B. - (CPD - A violent storm swept (through the lobster fishing grounds be tween New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island yester day, leaving a trail of wreck age and death. Royal Canadian mounted police said at least nine per sons were killed and. more than 10 boats with 25 men aboard .were missing- An RCMP spokesman said the boats were from Baie Ste. Anne. Search parties, led by the RCMP, patrolled the New Brunswick shore line in the hope of finding survivors. : The wind and rain storrii whipped up heavy seas in the Northumberland strait, one of the world's richest lobster fishing grounds and swamped a score of fishing boats, most of which carry three to four man crews. The area is near the home of Yvon Durellet Canadian and British Empire light-heavyweight champion who ope rates a three-boat fleet. Canadian police reported at least five fishing boats were washed up on the shore. At one time 23 fishing boats were missing, but it was reported at least 16 limped back to Shore. Winds gusting to 65 and 70 miles and hour were report ed in the strait Friday night, whipping up waves 30 feet high. The storm disrupted com munications throughout the seaboard facing on the North umberland strait in New Brunswick. On Prince Edward Island it was estimated that there will be a loss of about 75 per cent of the lobster traps. Mt. Hood Crevasse Traps Scouts, Men . Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood-(DPD-Three Vancouver, Wash., boy . scouts and two unidentified men were res cued from a crevasse on Mt. Hood yesterday afternoon. One of the boys, David Draper, was reported in se rious condition after he failed to respond to treatment. Warren Clancy, an em ployee of Timberline Lodge, said Draper suffered from suffocation and an -an drop of oxygen equipment-was to be made. Bill Hailing and Tom Mc- Cune, two other scouts, were reported in good condition. The scouts and the two men were knocked into the crev asse by an avalanche above the 10-thousand foot level. . Crash Victims' Kin Get $450,000 Damages Los Angeles-flJPD-Survivors of the. three Detroit auto ex ecutives killed in the 1956 Grand Canyon airliner col lision yesterday were awarded $450,000 in damages by a fed eral court jury. The verdict was returned by the same panel which ruled two weeks on the responsibili ty of United Airlines and Trans-World Airlines for the June 30, 1956 disaster, worst in commercial aviation his Dnjured internal injuries and under went surgery for more than iour nours irmay night at Socred Heart hospital. Charles Johnson, an, em ployee of Trowbridge and Flynn, Medford electrical en gineers., was working on the stage of the theatre when he saw Johnson s body go Hurt ling past him. He said he did not think Johnson suffered a heart attack. Wheat was "checking the sprinklers in the Denthouse and walking along the beams of the unfinished floor, John son said. Since he had just returned from a San Fran cisco trip, he was , wearing street shoes. Apparently Wheat had just stopped in to give the sprinklers a quick check, Johnson said. Johnson said he heard a grunt above him as if Wheat had bumped his head just be- gore the accident occurred. The body hit each of the stage floors. The accident came just at the end of the work day. according to John son, who lives at 3062 Lone Pine rd. ; " Red Fortification In Korea Charged Seoul, Korea (UPD The United Nations high' com mand charged yesterday. that North Korean Communists have been building military fortifications in the demilitar ized zone west of battle-scar red "Pork s Chop Hill" since late April. "Fortification of the demil itarized zone is clearly a vio lation of the armistice agree ment,". U. S. Army Col. R. B Firehock told a meeting of secretaries of the , Military Armistice commission near Panmunjon. After the Communists de nied the charge and accused the U. N. of "slander," Fire hock retorted: "Your side has denied this violation without even the most cursory inves tigation. It is evident that your are afraid of the results of an investigation." Firehock, "secretary of the U. N. panel of the truce body. made the charge amid reports by American intelligence sources that the North Ko reans were frantically build ing a 151-mile Maginot line across Korea, just north of the demilitarized zone. The line is intended to be capable of withstanding atomic attack. Firehock said the Commu nists had employed more than 500 military personnel, at least 50 horses and large quan tities of explosives on the project in their part of the neutral zone. U. S. personnel had "seen with their own eyes" the for tifications being constructed, Firehock said. . Ike to Press Gas Tax Hike Washington -DPD- President Eisenhower will - light an other fuse under the Demo cratic Congress this week on behalf of his proposal to raise funds for the interstate high way program through a gaso line tax increase, the White House revealed yesterday. Sources at the Capitol promptly said the effort will be futile; that Democrats will push through their own plan to draw road-building money from existing Treasury de partment revenues. Presidential Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said Eisenhower had asked Ber tram J. Tallamy, federal high way administrator, to prepare a state-by-state report on pro gress of the superhighway network. He said the White House expects to make the summary public this week. Honolulu - (UPD - The com mander in chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet said yesterday his planes would continue to fly unescorted patrol missions over international waters. Geographic Ms Mill and Houses, Swept by Flames Officials Say lla Eventually ContrMgf Baker fTTpn . a f; . "AC U1SJ town of Pondosa - new sj graphic center of the UnitsA UB . was reported unae) control late yesterdav afts noon. State police in Baker, abouf) 21 miles south of the itfiosfc town .said thnf th ; KJT" - j.uc start ed abOUt 2 n m n n J 1- 1 Jt part of the planing mill and Bnnnt 10 1 . ... 'o uuuses oeiore it as .uniuiiea. The hla from nearby Medical Sprinat a tinv hamlaf Ai,t,t- - juoi uuiui oay fondosa. Just as the Usfc words of the report clenr4 the telephone wires, meltina from th hat . " awi tu 111m ground cutting off commusZ cation. Fire equipment from BalO and the bureau of land miS TO Was Patched to fight the flames. W rondosa, recently sol9 the auction HlnMr v u- -wIT Uj uic vmm setz Lumber Co., was fcta v,j. me union win. thsTi admission nf tt-,.-,,-i nil. Once a thriving loginni mill town, Pondosa fiecSne a ghost town when sold by ths PValsetz had own almost all the property in the community. .. . A spokesman for fhm pu chaser of the mill end 1 houses owned by Velsetz if about 18 houses netr thZ. eral store an. i . - ----- uuici, uui qaw low the highway, burned. Purchaser is the NorVt Machinery Sales of Ros.ebui Baker fire officials sfifl thS) the blaze was probbly start ed by spontaneous combus tion. Chairmen Haraeij In Chamber Driro General rni9irm t -t. Taylor . said vocto... u.. Mfller M.v Huggins and Dwight Houghton had aS cepted oosts as - or the special prospects di vision in the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerc Keep Pace With TomorrotT program. Manville Heisel and Didfe Woodcock will be co-chair-men of the business groups division. All four divisinn said they would begin imme- uwcijr 10 ennsr tne necessary man- and woman-power to carry out the job of expand ing and re-vitalizing the chamber of commerce so that it will be comrwHtJtra r5u other cities and ready to meet the ever-increasing demand for community and commer- uai services. Heisel and Woodcock said they planned to meet with sixteen leaders in thir sion Monday at 10 a.m. at the Jackson hotel, and expected to have a complete roster of names of their assistants at that time. Diamond Lake Highway Opened The Diamond Lake high way was opened Saturday morning to one-way traffic, state police reported. Officers said they did not know when the highway would be open to two-way traffic. An earth slide, consider ably larger than another one in the same location on April 25, blocked the Diamond Lake highway on Thursday, June 4. It occurred about 8 Vi miles north of the Crater Lake highway junction. The slide covered the road way with pumice rock and trees to a depth of 15 to 20 feet along a 200-foot strip. The first slide was estimat ed at about 1,000 cubic yards. Spring seepage in the area is said to be the cause of the slides.