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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would be withdrawn from Elk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."