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NO. A COMES FORTH-Down from the high
timber pulling three cars Saturday chugged
Medford Corporation's No. 4 logging loco
motive, destined for Medford's West Jack
son st. park site. The steam stallion is a gift
from Medco for the city's parks and recrea-
Hawaiian Voters
Overwhelmingly
Clear Statehood
Honolulu - (DPD - Democrats
moved into the role of favo
rites for the two new U. S.
Senate seats from Hawaii to
day as a result of primary vot
ing which accompanied the
territory's overwhelming pleb
iscite vote favoring statehood.
Hawaii voters turned out in
record numbe Saturday and
cast 133,525 votes in favor of
statehood and only 7,921
against-a 17 to 1 ratio that
exceeded the hopes of even
the most ardent statehood sup
porters.
Democratic Victory Sean
But also significant was the
balloting in the party prima
ries which accompanied the
plebiscite. As a sample, John
A. Burns ran away with the
Democratic primary for gov
ernor with 69,152 votes, while
Republican William F. Quinn
polled only 49,431.
Political observers here
pointed to this and other re
sults as indicating a general
Democratic victory in the gen
eral election July 28. :
The vote on statehood will
be presented to President Eis
enhower, who is expected to
set the territory's admission to
the union for sometime in
October.
Combustion Given
As Cause for Fire
Phoenix-Spontaneous com
bustion in hay caused a barn
to burn at the Mark A. Gra
ham residence on Wildwood
dr. near Phoenix Friday, the
state forest patrol determined
today.
The barn, connecting work
shop, loafing shed, and a
hatching and holding room
and the contents were de
stroyed, Mrs. Graham said.
The Phoenix fire department
is limited to its city boun
daries, but the state forest pa
trol truck responded to the
call. Heavy traffic was report
ed to have delayed its arrival.
Mrs. Graham credited neigh
bors with saving the house by
playing water on it with avail
able hoses.
' The Grahams were remod-
elming their home at the
time so an amount of build
ing materials and furniture
stored temporarily in the
barn were destroyed. Also de
stroyed were winter clothing,
hunting and fishing equip
ment, a prize Black Cochin
rooster and a setting hen.
Mrs. Graham said she
thought fire insurance on the
house partially covered the
barn, connecting structures
and contents.
Local Democrats Turn Out for Dinner
Honoring Attorney Robert Duncan
About 100 local Democrats
turned out for a "Salute to
Duncan" dinner at the Rogue
Valley Country club Saturday
night. The dinner was in honor
of Medford Attorney Robert
Duncan, speaker of the Ore
gon House of Representatives.
; Duncan and the guests
heard Gerald Scannell, deputy
district attorney, read a hand
ful of congratulatory tele
grams, some of which sug
gested Duncan as the next
governor of Oregon.
" When he was called upon to
speak Duncan admitted that
he didn't "know exactly what
to say" after the praise he had
received. ,
He expressed his thanks,
however, and in a short ad
dress to the dinner guests, he
sketched the history of the
Democratic party in the
United States and said that
throughout the years the
Democratio party has stood
tion program. Some 90 passengers and crew
members enjoyed the ride, while young
children, many of whom had never before
seen adults on a passenger train in, this
valley, watched in awe.
Price 10
Medford
16 Pages
Eisenhower Signs
Stop-Gap Measure
For Airport Aid
Washington -UPD- President
Eisenhower today signed a
stop-gap bill to extend federal
aid to airports for another two
years at the present rate of
$63 million a year. -
The measure was a watered
down compromise finally
agreed to by the House and
Senate in hopes of avoiding
a presidential veto. Eisenhow
er last year vetoed a more
far-reaching Democratic bill.
Restrictions Tightened
The final compromise in
cluded a House provision
tightening restrictions against
use of funds in the bill for
cocktail lounges or similar
terminal facilities not essen
tial to the "safety, comfort
and convenience" of air trav
elers. .
Eisenhower in a statement
on signing the bill took the
position that the measure
gives his administration suf
ficient discretion to withhold
federal funds from all but
safety projects or construction
needed for the "convenience
or comfort" of persons using
airports.
The measure prohibits com
mitment of federal money for
parking lots, bars and lounges,
night clubs, private clubs,
garages and commercial of
fices. The Senate originally pass
ed a four-year $465 million
program. The House voted a
$297 million four-year bill.
When conferees became
snarled, the stop-gap, two year
proposals emerged.
Grass and Brush Fire
Saturday Burns 60
Acres at Neil Creek
Sixty acres of grass and
brush burned late Saturday
afternoon along Highway 66
at Neil creek bridge, the state
department of forestry, re
ported. .
Forest patrolmen said that
sparks from a passing truck
were the apparent cause.
The blaze burned through
a field of grass and baled hay
and extended into brush on
a hillside.
Five pumper trunks and 20
men were sent to the fire.
New York-flJPD-The mercury
climbed to 95 degrees at 3
p.m. today, the hottest day
of the season.
for one thing, "for people and
for human rights."
He praised the Democratic
party's principles, especially
in regard to taxation, respon
sibility to elderly people, edu
cation, and the protection of
racial and religious rights.
"The only reason for the ex
istence of the Democratic
party," he said, "is to furnish
good government to the state
and to the nation."
Margaret Price, national
Democratic committeewoman
from Michigan, was a guest at
the dinner. She recently at
tended the western regional
Democratic convention. Mrs.
Price extended greetings from
Gov. G. Mermen Williams of
Michigan. '
Three of the telegrams came
from Washington, D.C. A tape
recording from Sen. .Wayne
Morse didn't arrive as expect
ed because of Morse's rather
Cents
MEDFORD, OREGON,
LANDMARK BURNS The old Rock Point school house,
built -sometime before 1874, was destroyed by fire early
'today; Cecil Bateman, employee of Del Rio orchards, who
had lived in the remodeled building for five years, escaped
in his night clothes when he was awakened by Darel F.
Garey, Gold Hill, who was driving by and discovered the
fire. Only two other structures of the. original Rock Point
pioneer settlement now remain "in the Gold Hill area.
" ' (Dave Parker photo)
Gold Hill Landmark
Destroyed
Gold Hill - The old Rock
Point school house, built some
time prior to 1874,' was de
stroyed by fire shortly after
midnight last night.
The building, remodeled as
a residence for workers of the
Del Rio orchards, was occu
pied at the time of the fire
by Cecil Bateman, an em
ployee. Bateman, who was
asleep at the time of the fire
wag awakened by Darel F.
Garey, 21, Gold Hill, who was
returning to his home from
Eureka, Calif., and drove by
the structure.
According to reports the
building collapsed shortly
after Bateman left the struc
ture. He has made his home
there for five years and lost
all his possessions.
The building was one of
the three remaining structures
in the area that were part of
the pioneer settlement of Rock
Point prior to Gold Hill's be
ginning. The two remaining
buildings are the original
Rock Point hotel and stage
sudden departure to a parlia
mentary conference in Can
ada, according to Mrs. Edith
Rode, vice chairman of the
Jackson County central com
mittee. A three-page telegram from
Morse arrived, though, and in
it he said it was "a distinct
pleasure to honor Bob Dun
can, who has demonstrated
his ability as a leader working
for the general welfare of all
Oregonians."-
Sen. Richard Neuberger
sent a telegram saying he is
"proud of Duncan's outstand
ing record as speaker. This is
only the beginning of an
illustrious career" that may
lead to the state house or even
the capitol building."
A telegram from U. S. Rep
resentative Charles Porter of
Oregon stated that "th future
of the Democratic party de
pends on leaders like Bob
Duncan."
LOG LINE LIMITED - Riding in style
Saturday were 90 local dignitaries and
others' aboard a Medford Corporation ex
cursion train pulled by Old No. 4, the log
ging locomotive being given by Medco to
the City of Medford. The passengers, shown
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 195?
in Blaze
stop now occupied by the H.
S. Deuel family and another
house now occupied by their
daughter and her family, the
G. G. Robbins.
Origin of the blaze was not
determined by state forest
patrol and Central Point rural
firemen who answered . the
alarm. The blaze was believed
to have started in the rear
of the building. ,
Lateral Structure
Bids Now Open
Bids for constructing struc
tures for the East lateral re
habilitation project on the
Talent division, Rogue river
basin project, will be received
until 10 a.m. Aug. 4, it has
been announced. They will be
received by the bureau of rec
lamation, building 234, Camp
White.
The work will include the
construction of siphons,
checks, wasteways, combina
tion, and other structures
along the lateral.
Estimated quantities include
17,520 cubic yards excavation,
compacting 720 cubic yards
embankments, 11,270 cubic
yards backfill about struc
tures, 300 cubic yards coarse
gravel protection, 185 cubic
yards riprap, 220 cubic yards
rock backfill, 60 cubic yards
gravel bedding, and 600 cubic
yards concrete in structures.
: Completion time is 560
days. .
Ice Cream Cones
Inflation .Victims ,
Portland -(DPD The 5-cent
ice cream cone is the latest
victim of inflation. .
Kenneth M Vincent, Ore
gon City, president of the
Northwest Association of
Retail Ice Cream Manufac
turers says small cones will
sell at 10 cents and large
-cones at 15 cents each start-
: ing Wednesday.
He said the boost was
made necessary because of
increasing costs, including
milk, ice cream mix, choco
late, fruits and flavoring. '
here on the platform of the Mulligan car
(left) and peering from under the roof of a
second car, survived a mock raid by the
"Black Dog Bandits" and swapped logging
yarns and laughter.
54th Year
Tribune
No. 86
Chances Brighten
For Peaceful End
To Steel Dispute
New York-flJPD-Chances of
a peaceful settlement of the
steel wage controversy bright
ened today, with tension be
tween the negotiators eased
as a result of President Eisen
hower's intervention.
Taking advantage of a two
week truce-which moved the
strike deadline from Tuesday
midnight until 12:01 a.m. July
15 the four-man negotiating
teams of labor and manage
ment, have agreed to step up
their efforts to reach a settle
ment.
Beginning Wednesday,
when the negotiating teams
resume their' talks, the joint
eight-man conferees will hold
morning and afternoon - ses
sions until further notice.
No Concession Signs
Although neither side shows
any immediate signs of mak
ing major concessions, indica
tions are that "realistic" col
lective bargaining will take
place in the near future.
AH talks of steel mills bank
ing blast furnaces and making
other plans for a work stop
page died off after both sides
bowed to President Eisenhow
er's appeal on Saturday to bar
gain "without interruption of
production" for another fort
night, if necessary. .
The two negotiating teams,
headed by R. Conrad Cooper
for management and Union
President David J. McDonald
for labor, got together in
friendly fashion on Sunday,
went through the formality of
extending current agreements
until 12:01 a.m. July 15, and
recessed until Wednesday.
6,305 Persons Sign
At Summit Stockade
A total of : 6,305 persons
have registered at the weW
come stockade - on Siskiyou
summit, according to Ernie
Hood, - Jackson County Cen
tennial association coordin
ator. Westerday was the second
largest day as to total number
to register, Hood said, with
492 visitors registering. .
Among the . tourists . who
stopped, at the stockade were
families from Finland, Swe
den, Denmark, and Switzer
land as well as persons from
Richmond, Va., and a mission
ary from Hong Kong, BCC.
Also stopping at the stock
ade was an Apache Indian
frem Apache Junction, Ariz.,
who obtained literature about
southern Oregon to take back
to his aged grandfather, Hood
said. t
Gun Barrage Greets
Queen at Toronto
Toronto, Ontario-(UPD-A bar
rage of 21-gun salutes boomed
over Toronto harbor today to
welcome Queen Elizabeth II
and Prince Phillip aboard the
blue and white royal yacht
Britannia.
Thousands of persons lined
the waterfront in sweltering
80-degree heat as the yacht
steamed into the western gap.
Lt. Gov. J. Keller MacKay
and Mrs. MacKay officially
greeted the royal party.
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police and Toronto harbor po
lice were on guard in the calm
waters of the harbor to keep
a flotilla of about 1,000 small
craft away from the ' royal
yacht.
Long Heads for
Motel Used as
Temporary Office
Winnfield, La. - (UPD - Gov.
Earl K. Long wound up a
lazy week end in his "little
pea patch" today, climbed in
to his air-conditioned Cadillac
with his psychiatrist, and
headed back across the state
to the motel at Covington he
is using as a temporary capitol.-
. .
Long announced Sunday he
plans to divorce his wife of
27 years for getting him into
a mental hospital. He also
said he is going to fire at
least one more official for
helping his wife, Blanche.
Long was wearing a farm
er's hat and sitting in the
front seat with David Bell,
his chauffeur, while the psy
chiatrist and state Sen. B. B.
(Sixty) Rayburn, a crony, sat
on the back seat. .
Bell was administrator of
veteran affairs until Long got
excited and fired him last
month.
Long took over the biggest
part of the Covington motel
last Friday for a temporary
state capitol after using his
executive powers to get out
of a nearby mental hospital,
the third he has been in since
May 30.
Long, 63, voluntarily sub
mitted to the care of a team
of psychiatrists after he re
gained his freedom and prom
ised them to stay in the motel
at least until Friday.
Mrs. Long left the state
Tuesday, but was reported
Sunday to have returned to
her home in Baton Rouge.
She could not, however, be
located.
Court to Meet
With Ditch Users
The county court offered
this morning to meet with
users of the Comstock ditch
regarding recreational use of
a 40-acre site a mile south of
the old McKee bridge on the
Applegate.
Medford Attorney Paul W.
Haviland appeared before the
county court this morning on
the question of irrigation
rights flanking the property.
Haviland said the five users
are concerned that the public
might clog up the ditch con
nected to the Applegate river
and destroy the sand and
gravel dam used for diverting
water into the ditch.
County Commissioner Ches-'
ter Wendt and County Judge
Earl Miller agreed that the
county could maintain the
dam. However, - the , water
flows too swiftly through the
ditch for it to be clogged up
by other than use of mechani
cal equipment, it was pointed
out.
Polaris Rocket
Test Successful
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-OIPD-Another
Polaris test rocket
'shot aloft atop a column of
smoke today in an apparently
successful firing.
. The 28-foot rocket, a fore
runner of the Navy's submarine-launched
ballistic mis
sile, vaulted from its launch
ing pad at 7:42 a.m. (p.s.t.).
It climbed with a roar and
the characteristic speed of
the solid fuel rocket, trailing
a wide plume of smoke.
About 50 seconds after blast
off, the smoke trail forked
in the clear sky, indicating
that the first stage had sepa
rated from the upper section
of the rocket.
After 90 seconds of flight,
the smoke trail disintegrated,
seemingly indicating that the
rocket's thrust had terminated.
Purchasing of
heriff's.'Gari
oil Under Fire
The question of purchasing
five cars for the Jackson coun
ty sheriffs office reached an
explosive point this morning
in the Jackson county court.
County Judge Earl Miller
and County Commissioner
Chester Wendt, both Republi
cans, objected angrily to a
written statement issued to
press and radio by County
Commissioner Ralph A.
James, a Democrat.
James wrote that it is his
opinion that the county court
must accept the bid of De
Leigh Motors, Medford, for
five Studebaker . Larks at a
total price of $10,472.25 as
the lowest bid. James said he
has investigated these cars
"and have proved to my satis
faction they are suitable and
qualify for thet work re
quired." Taxpayer Protection
"To ignore a sincere bid
such as is proposed would be
arbitrary and opposed to the
intent of the law," James
stated. "It is my belief that
these laws were written as a
protection to the taxpayer to
see that they get the most for
their money."
James said it was not his
understanding before the bid
opening that the county court
would purchase one each of
several makes of cars. If this
had been the original inten
tion, an entirely different pro
cedure would have been fol
lowed, James said. ,
"To cast out the lowest bid
in, favor of a higher bid for
larger and more pretentious
cars would make a farce of
future bidding in Jackson
county," James wrote. "I be
lieve that arbitrary procedure
is not the principle set forth
in the law."
Distorted Facts
''The facts have been dis
torted to some degree," Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller said.
County Commissioner .Wendt
agreed. "It's d poor poli
tics,", the county judge re
marked angrily.
"It's not true - any part of
it," Wendt commented an
griiy. . '
After the county judge de
manded several, times who
had actually written the state
ment, James admitted . that
County Clerk Marvin Mad
den, Democrat, had helped
him prepare it. He insisted,
however, that the statement
is' his own.
The county meanwhile is
awaiting a district attorney's
opinion on whether it is legal
ly bound to accept the lowest
bid. Deputy District Attorney
Gerald Scannel said this
morning he would have an
opinion this afternoon on the
point at issue - "what is the
lowest' responsible bidder" -from
which purchases must
be made, according to state
law.
Must Accept Bid
Scannell yaid as far as he
can determine now the coun
ty must accept the lowest bid
if such a bid meets specifica-
Medford Guardsmen
Are Second in Match
Two Medford guardsmen
were on the second place team
at the annual 41st infantry
division rifle match held in
Fort Lewis, Wash., Thursday.
Thev were Master Sgt. Jack
Burns and Pfc. David Schulz.
The team, from 2nd battle
group, 186th infantry, fired
901, 10 points below the first
place team.
Other team member's were
Capt. John Parsons and Pfc.
Larry Lane of Roseburg, Lt.
Richard Merneman of Spring
field, and Pfc. Gerald James
of Grants Pass. They all re
ceived medals from Ma j .Gen.
George S. Cook, division com
mander. The Medford shooters were
from Company E.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Tuesday, except for some after
noon cloudiness. Low tonight
45. High Tuesday 82.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday 75
Lowest This Morning 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunse( today 7:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:37 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:13 a.m.
New Moon J"ly 5
The start are at such great dis
tances from us that their move
ments scarcely change the pat
terns of the constellations in a
century. Not so the planets; this
week watch brilliant Venus mov
ing near the star, Regains.
tiqns, the bidder is proven
financially responsible, and
such a bidder can deliver
the product or services re
quested. County Judge Miller had
said Thursday that he hoped
the county could purchase a
variety of cars in the low
priced range which could be
compared for costs and oper
ation during the next several
months.
It was after Miller had
made this statement. James
said this morning, that he
felt he had a right to make
his own statement. However,
Miller said he was speaking
for the county court and was
not giving his own opinion.
Residents to
Help Make City
More Beautiful
Tomorrow is the day to
"Make Medford Beautiful,"
but citizens are asked by city
hall officials to make their
individual clean-ups today. -Pick-ups
of refuse and trash
are scheduled for early to
morrow morning in the city
wide campaign to make the
city more attractive to resi
dents and tourists. .
The city council has asked
citizens' cooperation in the
"Make Medford Beautiful"
campaign.
Trash should be placed in
front of houses no later than
this afternoon, since the two
City Sanitary Service and
three public works vehicles
are scheduled to start their
routes early tomorrow morn
ing with time for only one
round. '
Trash on Curb
Trash. should be placed on
the curb or in the street park
ing strip. - '
Residents have been asked
to: ' '
1. Package all trash. Refuse
should be placed in gunny
sacks, cartons, boxes, or other
containers. The containers
will be hauled away with
their contents and will not be
returned. .
2. Put tree or brush trim
mings in bundles and tie them
securely with rope, wire, or
strong twine..
3. Do not set kitchen gar
bage out to be picked up. .
It is hoped that in the fu
ture a specific day can be set
aside each year' for beautify
ing the city, city hall officials
said.
Court Decision
Clears Broadcasters
Washington (UPD The Su
preme Court ruled today that
broadcasters required by law
to grant time to a political
candidate are not subject to
libel suits for statements he
makes.
The ruling came on a 5-4
vote.
FIRi: TODAY
Four state department of
forestry crews were dis
patched this afternoon to a
grass fire covering several
acres at Highway 238 and
Forest Creek rd. The district
headquarters office here was
notified of the blaze about
1:15 p.m.
"Wait Let's Think
Skin Divers Probe
River for More
Explosion Victims
14 Rail Cars Plunge
Off Wooden Trestle
Meldrim, Ga. (UPD Skin-
divers probed the murky
depths of the Ogeechee river
today for more victims of an
explosion that sent flaming
butane gas cascading down on
a river playground Sunday
afternoon.
At least 18 were dead, some
of them children . who had
been swimming, boating and
fishing with their parents and
friends at the popular recrea
tion spot near Savannah.
Scores were injured, some of
them horribly burned.
Hell on Earth
Many persons were unac
counted for but it was im
possible to compile any ac
curate number. About a hun
dred were at the spot when
the accident happened.
A carefree summer's day
turned into . a hell-on-earth
when 14 cars of - mile-long
freight train plunged from a
wooden trestle into the crowd
of swimmers and picnickers.
Two cars filled with butaine,
an inflammable gas, exploded
-apparently touched off by
the gaily-winking campfires of
the victims-to-be.
An overheated "journal
box," which contains wheel
bearings, was blamed by some
officials for the train's derail
ment, but others said the
cause would not be known for
some time. -
But Harvey's Fishing Camp,
located two miles west of the
small town 18 miles from Sa
vannah, has become a name
of horror. It is a place where
small children screamed and
died as a searing sheet of
flame turned the quiet waters
of the Ogeechee into a flam
ing river of death and blast
ed almost 300 acres of land.
Taken to Hospitals
For almost two hours after
the explosion smoke-blackened
ambulance attendants and
rescue crews were unable to
get closer than 1,000 feet to
the scene.
Ambulances and Army and
-Marine Corps helicopters were
used to transport the badly
burned victims to hospitals in
Savannah, - where one tragic
scene -followed another.
Early today, under the glare
of , searchlights search ers
stretched a long net across the
Ogeechee river 10 miles down
stream from the scene of the
disaster to keep any bodies
from drifting away. Skin div
ers and boatmen started at
the net and worked slowly up
stream in a hunt for more
victims.
Oregon Gold Gulch
To Open Saturday
Grand opening for Oregon
Gold Gulch, "frontier mining
town," is scheduled for Sat
urday, July 4, owner LaRue
Morris has announced. -
The pseudo-village, which
includes a gold mine, general
store, mining office and rock
display, Wells Fargo office and
blacksmith shop is on Hidden
Valley ranch property off
Highway 99 northwest of Cen
tral Point.
Morris opened his town on
Saturday and reported "real
good attendance" both that
day and Sunday. The little
community is open to visitors
from 9 a.m. to 6 pjn. daily.
A gold panning contest and
Indian dances are among acti
vities scheduled on Independ
ence Day.
The village is a memorial
to prospectors, miners and
loggers of the area.
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