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Newspaper Page Textu7 nl il J M Mm v, lUU WW i Lb Rogue River Basin Study Discusses Elk Creek Project (Editor.' nott: This is th cond' of six articles de scribing the findings and suggestions of the corps of Army engineers in its study of the development - po tential of the Rogue River basin. Yesterday the pro posed Lost Creek dam on the Rogue river was dis cussed. Today the proposed Elk Creek dam is de scribed.) ' The proposed dam site at Elk Creek would create reservoir comparable to, and operated in conjunction with, Lost Creek under the en eineers suggestions. The structure suggested for Elk Creek would be an earth and rock fill type dam rising 182 feet above stream level. Of the total storage capacity, of 62,000 acre feet, 60,000 acre feet would be usable water. The full pool or lake would comprise 935 acres or about lVt square miles of sur face area and the minimum pool 430 acres. The shore line estimated by the engineers would be 14.3 miles at full ' pool and 10 miles at normal annual minimum pool. - Benefits from Elk Creek reservoir would include flood control, irrigation, recreation, municipal and industrial water supply. The operating plan for Elk Creek includes storage space for 45,000 acre feet of water between Nov. 15 and Jan. 31 during winters with normal flood potential for the pur pose of flood control. Nor mally, the reservoir would be filled gradually between Feb. 1 and June 1, depending on water supply conditions. Im mediately after June 1, or whenever irrigation and other demands require, storage withdrawal would begin. Up to a total of 45,000 acre feet would be withdrawn from Elk Creek, generally prior to Sept. 1, which would lower the pool to normal winter levels for flood control. Would Reduce Floods Between Lost Creek Dam, with 60 per cent, and Elk Creek Dam with 25 per cent some 85 per cent of the pos sible flood reduction shown by the engineers' studies would have been accomplish ed in the 1955 flood, had these reservoirs been in operation. Had all five reservoirs been operating during the 1955 flood, the 12 foot stage . at - Dodge bridge would have been reduced to 8.5 feet; the 23.1 stage at Gold Ray to 16.8 feet; and at Grants Pass the 29.6 . stage would have been reduced to 22.9 feet. Elk Creek, combined with Lost Creek reservoir, would furnish irrigation water for 23,040 acres of new land and supplemental water for an WEATHER FORECAST: Continued hot and extremely dry through Satur day and Sunday. Chance ,of afternoon and evening thunder storms over mountains Satur day and Sunday. Low tonight 58. High Saturday 180-103. Temp. Highest Yesterday ... 97 Lowest this Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:44 a.m. Moonset tonight 10:28 p.m. First Quarter .. July 13 At Moonset tonight the sum mer triangle used by navigators will he high in the eastern sky. The three stars of the figure, in the order of their brilliance, are Vega, Altair and Deneb. Jacksonville Park Service Jacksonville is being in cluded in a preliminary evalu ation of historic sites by the national park service, accord ing to Sen. Richard L. Neu berger, in a letter this month to the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation. ' . The letter was read at a meeting of the foundation here last evening. Neuberger explained that the park service's survey in cludes a division on "the min ing frontier." The park service told Neu berger that Jacksonville would have a better claim to national importance, in an his torical sense, as an early gold mining community than for any other aspect of its ; his tory. . The Congressman said that the mining frontier study is scheduled for completion this summer. If it is found that the town possesses "national sig- for an additional 6,640 acres, iNo power generating in stallation would be planned for Elk Creek. Steep Shore Line Recreation would not have a high potential on Elk Creek reservoir because of steep shore line topography, and be cause of the water level draw- aown during tne summer months. Depending on final grades and roads, several sites on the west shore should offer opportunity for boat launching and limited day use and camping facilities. From the fisihng standpoint, water released from Elk Creek reservoir for irrigation would be diverted by a low structure on Rogue river at the mouth of Elk Creek. Such diversion would prevent the relatively warm water of Elk Creek from raising the tem perature in the waters of the Rogue, in the interest of fish life. The same plan for trapping silver salmon and moving them upstream past the dam, as is proposed for Lost Creek, would be used. Likewise, multiple level outlets would assist fingerlings in their down stream migration. Finally, . hatchery facilities would be provided for silver salmon. The next article,, to appear Monday, will report on Lake Creek on Little Butte creek Jupiter Missile Firing Succeeds Cape Canaveral, Fla.(UPD- An intermediate range Jupi ter missile thundered " down the Atlantic missile range Thursday night in a success ful flight reported " to have covered 1,500 miles. The Army said it landed in the predicted impact area, but did not say how big the area was. After the firing, the Army said for the third time that the missile now is "ready for operational use." The 65-foot missile " with a maximum range of 1,700 miles will be employed tactically by the Air Force under a Defense department ruling limiting the Army to use of 300-mile missiles. The Jupiter launching fol lowed by three hours the suc cessful ground test of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic mis sile. The last five Atlases have been failures, and the next firing is expected to be watched with keen interest by the Pentagon. The Atlas probably will be fired during the coming week. Don Jordan Makes Welterweight Limit Portland-flJPD-Welterweight champion Don Jordan made the weight limit on the second try today and the title bout with Denny Moyer will go on as scheduled at 6 p.m., (PST). The sullen champion tipped the scales at exactly the 147 pound limit on his second try at noon after failing by a pound and one-half to make it at the regularly scheduled 10 a.m. weigh-in. Moyer got under the limit easily at 14616. Is Included Historic Sites Survey nificance" it will receive more detailed investigation during the study, he said. Senator Neuberger con cluded that 'I share your in terest in seing that historic Jacksonville is properly recog nized and will look forward to the results of the national park service study." A plaque in the roadside park at the Dardanelle to commemorate the site of the first post office in Jackson county and the donation land claim of " Colonel William Green T'Vault, will be placed the early part of September. Dr. Frank Haines, Southern Oregon college and president of the foundation, reported that the bronze plaque had been received and the granite marker was expected to ar rive late next month. Dr. Haines, in commenting on the area for the plaque, said that the Oregon highway STREET RIGHT - OF - WAY Dick Knight surveys what remains of the body, shop for merly used for his automobile agency at 33 South Riverside ave. The shop, razed to per mit construction of the Eighth st. bridge across Bear creek, stood behind the north section of the Western Auto store. The city opened bids Thursday for demolishing the Western Auto structure. Eight st. is then to be extended through this property to the County Budget for 1959-60 Is Jackson County is now op erating on an approved budget of $3,633,536.32 for the fiscal year 1959-60, following a pub lic hearing last night in the courthouse auditorium. About 40 persons attended. Gerald Latham, represent- fing the Jackson County Cham ber of Commmerce, said that the chamber had made a thorough study of the budget and was "pleased with the ex cellent job done by the budget committee." He mentioned specifically the $65,000 capital improve ments sinking fund, which provides a source of money for construction or building improvements of county offices, and the increase of $10 per census child for the coun ty school fund. The county has alloted'$20 per child to the school fund, which is twice the amount required by law. Criticism The sheriff's department drew the most criticism and Centennial Picnic Planned in Phoenix Phoenix - A' Centennial picnic for the county will be held Sunday, at 1 p.m. at the Community Club grounds in Phoenix, according to Mrs, Bert Stancliffe, Phoenix Cen tennial committee chairman. The event is instead of the usual Phoenix Festival held this time of year. . Everyone is to attend in Centennial dress and take a basket potluck lunch. The Phoenix Garden club, Phoe nix Fireman's auxiliary and the Thursday club are serv ing cold drinks and coffee. The Lions club is in charge of the games and prizes will be awarded. The home extension units will arrange the tables in buffet style. Honored guests will include Glenn Klein and Miss Marilou Garner, Jackson County 4-H agents, and 4-H club mem bers, particularly those who made the covered wagon trek to Corvallis. Portland - (UPD Plans have been announced by the Crown Zelerbach Corporation to build a modern sawmill on a 200-acre industrial site at Co lumbia City, four miles north of St. Helens. ... in National commission had ' granted the society permission to place the marker. Highway .depart ment crews have already con structed rest room facilities at the park, installed drinking water and had planted some trees. Further work, includ ing landscaping, is expected to be completed soc-.. Colonel T'Vault,- . whose memory the plaque will be dedicated was one of Oregon's pioneers having been the editor of the first newspaper on the Pacific coast, Oregon's first postmaster general and founder of Jackson county's first newspaper, The Table Rock Sentinel. The . plaques are paid .for from memberships in the foundation and donations. . . . The next meeting of the foundation will be Aug. 13, when ceremony plans will be formulated for the Darda nelle plaque dedication. Approved received the most defense at the two-hour -hearing. The sheriff's budget of $159,178.00 is approxim ately $30,000 higher than last year. K.' C, Kernmark of Central Point said that the. department had apparently made "no effort to economize, A major portion of the in crease is represented by $13,- 000 ' that , has been budgeted for the purchase of new sheriff's , cars. Sheriff Joe Walsh said that salary in creases represent another major portion. A speaker who identified himself as Sherman Holt raised the question of whether the sheriff's department re quires as many people as it employs. He said that he sees 4 or 5 deputies sitting around the courthouse every day" and suggested that a staff re duction might be in order. Enforcement Activities Walsh said that the depart ment currently employs one more man than it did in 1952, despite a large increase in in vestigative and - law enforce "ment activities. , . ; . Judge Miller, secretary of the budget committee, said that in preparing the budget, the heads , of county depart ments had been "raked over the grills" and that the budget committee had done "diligent" work since he took office in January. - He said that the sheriff's budget was ''not out of rea son" and that the committee members felt strongly that they should provide the de partment with adequate equipment and personnel. Proper Equipment Walsh said that his depart ment spends less than sheriff's offices in counties of compar able size.. "We're not com plaining," he said. "All we're asking for is proper equip ment and manpower." Judge Miller said that, if the approximately $200,000 extra that is alloted to the county school fund is not counted, then "this year's budget is actualy less than last year." Members of the budget eommittee, in addition to the county court, were . Arnold Bohnert, chairman, L. W. Newbry, and Gordon Hudson. ! "I Want To Save You From Inflation , And Extravagance" iimwiii " ' ' bridge, construction of which has been con tracted, for. The embankment east of the bridge site, connecting Eighth to East Main st., visible behind Knight, was completed earlier this year. Curbing and gutters have since been installed. Western Auto must move from the store's north section bytJuly 15 to permit demolition. The entire exten sion is expected to be in operation late this fall. Housing Authority Delivers Money For Pool Project A total of $74,938.62 for fi nancing the West Jackson st. swimming pool project was delivered to the City of Med ford today by Mark A. Goldy, executive secretary of the Jackson County Housing authority. The sum, representing the total cash asse;s of the recent ly dissolved authority, is to be placed in a special city fund earmarked for the pool. The assets were previously estimated at between $70,000 and $75,000. The city council, hopeful of including a separate diving fa cility and a roof over the pro posed bathhouse, dressing roomsas well, is. shooting for. a goal of $90,000. The remain ing $15,000 is being sought through private donations. Goldy also delivered to the city today a deed conveying the property on which the pool and other recreational facilities are to be located. He estimated the , value of this property alone at another $100,000., The housing . authority, or ganized in 1941, officially dis solved itself June 29, Goldy reported. Its actions fulfill a plan announced last year of dissolving and turning over its assets and property to the city for the pool and other re creational uses. The property, bounded by West Jackson st., McAndrews rd., Summit ave. and the Jackson Elementary school grounds, was used until last summer for a public hous ing project. The housing units were sold to private bidders, and the property west of the recently improved Columbus ave. ex tension across the tract was subsequently sold to the fed eral government for $25,000 for the U. S. Army reserve training center now under construction. This sum added to some $50,000 in accumu lated profits formed the cash assets turned over to the city GRASS FIRE Southwest district office of the state department of for estry dispatched two crews early this afternoon to a grass fire on Tiller-Trail rd. Price 10 Cents Medford 24 PAGES ,. MEDFORD, Khrushchev Sees As Next Harriman Tells Russian Premier Of Disagreement Invitation To Red Boss for Visit Urged Washintgon (UPD Averell Harriman told Vice President Richard M. Nixon today that Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev 'ooks on Nixon as "the next President" but Harri man insisted it will be a Democrat. The former New York gov ernor held a 40-minute private conference with Nixon as the first in a series of Washington talks reporting on his recent Soviet meetings with Secre tary of State Christian A. Herter and with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Harriman said he told the vice president., he thought Khrushchev should be invited to visit this country but that Nixon made no comment. Nix on will be in Moscow late this month and expects to confer with the Soviet Premier him self. Harrimon told newsmen aft er the Nikon meeting that he does not think Khrushchev wants war "any more than we do" but that there is danger of a "miscalculation" by the Soviet leaders which might re sult in a conflict. ' "We need more exchange," he said, and he believes Nix on's visit is of "very great im portance" in advancing that program. As to a Khrushchev visit to this country,. Harriman said "I think it would be a splen did idea. He' could, see the strength, and vitality of this country. He thinks the work ers here have no influence and he would see differently." Harrisan said he "told the vice president that Khru shchev. looks on him as the next President." But he added "I told Khrushchev I thought it will be a Democrat." Harriman came here to con fer with administration and congressional officials about Russia's new tough-talking stand on Berlin and other is- sues. Ashland Policeman Named Counsellor Le Roy E. Wells, 46, a mem ber of the Ashland police de partment, today was named boys' counsellor for the Jack son county juvenile office. The appointment was made by Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly, who handles most of the county's juvenile cases. . Wells has been on the Ash land department for several years, and also served as a juvenile counsellor for the county office for several months in 1956 and 1957. He will begin work July 16. He attended Texas A&M, majoring in , journalism and psychology, and later had ex perience in the supervision of boys in state forest camps and the Civilian Conservation corps. He and his wife are parents of a married daughter. They will continue to live in Ash land. Local Scout En Route To World Jamboree President Eisenhower today told 217 Boy Scouts, . Ex plorers and leaders who fly tomorrow from San Francisco International airport to the Tenth World Scout Jamboree in the Philippines that they "have a high mission to per form as Scouts and as Ameri can ambassadors of good will" and that he was "sure they will fulfill it with strength and honor." The Scout party, which in cludes Kelly Somers, 36 Glen Oak ct., Medford, leaves its pre-jamboree training camp at Hamilton Air Force Base, about 40 miles north of San Francisco, tomorrow to go to' the Philippines on scheduled commercial flights. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY U.S. WILL TRAVEL-The three hombres above, demonstrating a fast draw are not heroes of a TV western-they're for real. They are Jackson county sheriff's deputies, all of whom now sport new western-style hats, replacing the old type billed caps. Besides presenting a neater appearance, the new head gear ties in appropriately with the Oregon Centennial. The men are, lelt to rignt, Kaye William Rice. Cartridges were for the picture. Zone Change Sought In Near East Side Crater Lake ave. between East Main and East Jackson sts. Thursday night became the latest battleground in the recurring fight over zoning changes on Medford s near east side. " The city planinng commis sion's public hearing on the requested rezoning of some 24 lots on both sides of Crater Lake ave. from single family residential to multiple family drew petitions from propon ents and sharp remarks from both sides. Several resident of the near east side area in recent years have fought, consistently and with varying degrees of suc cess, any encroachments of either commercial or multiple family zoning into their neigh borhood. No Decision The planning commission attempted no decision last night. The fate of this latest request may rest with a pro posal the planners are study ing or splitting the multiple family zone into more specii ic sub-zones. The matter of O. H. Bengt son's request for a change to multiple family zoning for his stable lot at the southeast cor ner of East Jackson st. and Oregon terrace was also con Major Frank Killed In Ontario Accident Major Albert Frank, USA, (ret.), 76, of 611 South Ivy st., Medford, was killed yester day in an automobile-truck collision 20 miles north ' of Barrie , Ontario, Canada, lo cal friends learned today. Mrs. Sarah Frank, 73, is re ported in serious condition at the Toronto General hospital with multiple leg fractures. The couple was en route to Mt. Hope, Ontario, to visit Mrs. Frank's niece, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beamer. The Franks moved to the Medford area in 1942 where he was an officer at Camp White until his retirement. They had previously lived in Detroit, Mich. The couple was married Aug. 25, 1908, in Atlanta, Ga., and last summer celebrated their golden wedding anniver sary. They are members of First Methodist church. Boys With Homemade Gun Start Grass Fire Boys playing with a home made gun started a lvs-acre grass fire about 3:30 p.m. yes terday off Eastwood dr. near Sacred Heart hospital, fire men reported. They said that the boys had stuffed gun powder in a pipe with paper wadding. Fire Marshal Truman Nelson inter viewed the boys and released them to their parents. 54th Year Tribune 10, 1959 No. 96. Nixon President vaugnn, jarne jsjornsen ana removed from the revolvers tinued without action follow ing a public hearing last night -pending more specific classi fications within the zone. An over-all revision of the city's ordinance is in the works, it is ' understood, in connection with the federal urban planning project cur rently in operation here. As now written, the - multiple family zone permits not only apartment units but lodge halls, clinics, professional of fices, churches, hotels without stores and other such uses. (Continued on Page 12) BLM Supervisor Goes To Salt Lake Portland (UPD Virgil T. Heath, Oregon state super visor here for the Bureau of Land Management, has been transferred to Salt Lake City, where he will be area pro gram coordination officer for Area Two, Idaho, Utah, Ari zona and Nevada, his office said today. Heath replaces Roscoe Bell, who has left BLM to become Commissioner of Public Lands in Alaska. Russell E. Getty, deputy state supervisor at Portland since 1'957, replaced Heath as Oregon state supervisor to day. Heath served as district for ester for the BLM in Medford several years ago, and has been a frequent visitor to the local office since becoming state supervisor. Denman Succeeded on Game Commission Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat field today named John - P. Amacher of Winchester to the State Game Commission, suc ceeding. Kenneth G. Denman of Medford whose term ex pires July 20. Bids For Sheriffs Cars to Be Received Bids for county cars for the sheriffs department are not expected to be received until September, County Judge Earl Miller said last night at the public hearing of the Jackson County budget. A fund of $13,000 has been budgeted for the purchase of sheriffs cars. Miller said it was the court's decision to wait until 1960 models are available and thus save the first-year deprecitaion loss on 1959 autos. A change in the sheriffs budget accompanied this de cision. The travel allotment was increased from $9,500 to $12,500 to cover the cost of private car use by sheriffs deputies until county cars are purchased. With this, a $1,500 reduc tion was made in budgeted Action Follows Assassination of Two Americans Indignation of Public Aroused Saigon, Viet Nam -(UPD- Po lice ordered increased protec tion today for the 1,500 Americans in Viet Nam fol lowing the Communist assass ination of two U. S. Army men and the wounding of a third. The Viet Namese govern ment reported that the attack Wednesday night at Bien Hoa, . 20 miles north of Saigon, had aroused "great indignation" among the general public. Extra Guards Posted Extra Viet Namese guards were stationed at American government offices and the residences of American of ficials, and a close watch also was placed on American ve hicles. All packages brought to the U. S. Embassy here were under careful scrutiny. The- great majority of . Americans in Viet Nam live in Saigon. About 230 work for such government agencies as the embassy, the International Cooperation Administration, the U. S. Information Service, and the 11 military assistance groups. Members of the U.' S. mili tary - more than 300 in all -were placed on "yellow alert" after the raid and began pack ing sidearms. Most Daring Attack The Bien Hoa attack was the most daring staged by Communist terrorists since 1957 when the USFS library building in Saigon was bombed. Eyewitness reports filtering through official secrecy paint ed a grim picture of the 10 minute reign of terror which turned the peaceful river town into a bloody battle-, ground. Six American military of-. ficers were in the mess hall of a two-story building watch ing a movie when the raiders penetrated a barbed - wire fence and invaded the com pound in which the building was located. 'There were be lieved to have been between five and 10 men in the Com munist band. From Three Sides . The invaders waited , until the lights were turned on in. the mess hall to change a reel of the film. Then they brought the building under attack from three sides in a murder ous crossfire. r A Viet Namese cook and his 8-year-old son' who were watching the movie from out side the building were cut down by small arms and auto matic weapons fire and a Viet Namese guard was wounded fatally. Bullets spewed through the wirfdows, hitting Maj. Dale Buis, Imperial Beach, Calif., and Capt. Howard Beston, Blairsburg, Iowa, who were seated near the movie pro jector. M. Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand, Copperas Cove, Tex., was also cut down while he was chang ing the film. VA Patient Drowns In Roseburg Lake Roseburg (UPD A patient at the veterans's hospital here drowned Thursday night in a lake at nearby Gaddis park. The victim was identified as Robert Woodhull, 28, by Douglas County -Corner Dr. Cliff Babbit. Washington (UPD The Agriculture Department has forecast a 1959 corn crop of 4,224,450,000 bushels and a wheat crop of 1,155,132,000 bushels. in September funds for gas, oil and lubrica tion. The net increase in the sheriffs department in the budget as approved last night over the budget printed for public notice was $1,500. Medford attorney William Detherage asked last night whether the purchase of coun ty cars will actually result in a saving of public funds. He asked whether the budget committee was satisfied that it would be more economical to use county-owned cars than private cars. Judge Miller said that it would be a benefit to have a "normal patrol system, prop erly marked," and County Auditor George Stacey point ed out that the purchase of cars would be a capital ex penditure that "will not re peat itself."