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Newspaper Page Textrun 11(0 at W Rogue River Basin lV3eadoi7S Dam Smallest in Study (Editor' note: This is lh third of six articles based e n th Army engineers' studies of the development potentialities of the Rogue - basin. The corps has sug gested five sites for devel opment out of a total of 39 studied. Previous articles have described the proposed Lost Creek and Elk Creek sites.) The Meadows dam is pro- posed for Evans creek. This would be the smallest of the five suggested multi purpose reservoirs. Its pri mary purpose would be irriga tion. In the proposal, Mead ows would be a rock-fill type of dam, 87 feet above stream level. It would store a total of 12,200 acre feet of water, 12,000 acre feet of which would be usable. The surface areaat full pool would be about two-thirds of a square mile or ; 420 acres, while ex treme minimum pool would be 33 acres. Shoreline of the Meadows reservoir would ex tend approximately 8.2 miles at full pool and about two miles at extreme minimum pool. ' Mostly Irrigation Meadows reservoir would be operated primarily for irri gation-although it would pro vide a degree of flood control and recreational benefit. Of the potential' 12,000 acre feet of storage, only 3,000 acre feet of storage space would be filled early in the season of high run-off years. The re maining 9,000 acre feet of storage could be held for flood control, and filled after Feb. 1 to meet the irrigation demands of spring and sum mer without reducing filling season flows below 20 cubic feet per second. Irrigation withdrawal would begin about June 1 and the draw-down would be fairly rapid. For all practical pur poses, Meadows would have little flood control effect on the Rogue proper. ' , The irrigation potential from Meadows would supply water to 2,300 acres of pew land and supplemental water for about 1,000 acres now havr ing inadequate supplies. Little Recreation Value Meadows reservoir would not have a high recreational potential because of the early draw-down for irrigation, and competition from other near by and more desirable reser voirs and natural . recreation areas. Recent Hot Weather Well Below Record p Hot weather continued in Medford over the week end causing residents to flock to the county and state recrea tion areas. Today's expected high in the 80s will end four con secutive days of temperatures aboxe 90 degrees. The hot weather started Wednesday with 93 degrees and reached a high Friday with a maxi mum of 102 for Medford. Saturday's hottest tempera ture was 98 while Sunday's high, was 95. Lowest humidity reported by the Medford office of the U. S. weather bureau was 24 per cent on Saturday. - The high temperatures do not come near the highest temperature mark in - Med ford. On July 20, J946, the city sweltered in 115 degrees. Three EDBesel locomotives Mve -Off IBrMge Near Uapa NaDa. Calif - (DPS -Southern Pacific and Navy authorities planned to put a giant crane and divers into action today in an attempt to raise three d i e s e 1 locomotives which plunged into the Napa river six miles south of here. Power Cruiser Grazed The locomotives,, each of which weight 185 tons, and a caboose hurtled off the open end of a swing bridge Sun day, grazing a small power cruiser passing beneath the bridge. The five-man train crew and the occupants of the boat escaped serious injury, Although two members of the crew were treated for minor injuries. Bridge tender Gabe Clark, 36, Napa, said the train roared From the standpoint of the fishery, 3,000 acre feet of storage space would be as signed to insure adequate flows in Evans creek during the spring filling season. Fa cilities for moving steelhead past the dam would be pro vided and multi-purpose level outlets would aid in down stream migration of finger lings as well as permitting some control of water temper ature in flows released from storage. The next article will be de voted to' physical aspects of the important reservoir pro posed by the corps for cop per on the Applegate river, Irrigation Water Supplies Being Watched Closely Managers of Jackson coun ty's irrigation districts are watching their water supplies closely it was reported today. Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford Ir rigation district manager, was making a survey today of stor age reservoirs at Fish lake and Four, Mile lake. ; . The water supply situation for Talent Irrigation district is only fair, according to Man ager Walter Hoffbuhr. , "We are going to be pretty short for the end of the season with Ihe possibility of some water users running out. A quota of 18 'inches has been set .for everyone," Hoffbuhr said. . The irrigation district man ager said Howard Prairie res ervoir water will start being used the last week in July, but added that it is hoped it will be sooner. This won't ef fect the total supply appre ciably; he noted. It will mere ly compensate for the water which must be carried over in ; Hyatt lake for next year's op eration. By mid-August the water in Emigrant reservoir should be drawn down to the coffer dam and the water by passed through the new tun nel, he added. Sufficient for Orchards The 18 inches allotted should be sufficient for orchardists, Hoffbuhr said. Most of the orchards coming under the dis trict only irrigate twice. Many .of them are on their second irrigation now, he added. The 18 inches is sufficient water for three good orchard irriga tions, he noted. "Most of the orchardists are using water much more wisely this season and are carefully checking their soil moisture. The pear decline problem with poor irrigation practices tied into it, is a leading factor in more careful water manage ment, Hoffbuhr noted. Project Effects on Fish to be Discussed A meeting of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Wa ter Resources association will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the county courthouse audito rium. At the meeting Travis Rob erts, of the sport fisheries and wildlife bureau, will evaluate the U. S. Army corps of engi neers' proposal with respect to effects on the fishery of the Rogue River basin project. The public ,is invited. by his control booth just after he had onened the span to let the cruiser through. The first locomotive hit the bridge's pivotal center, then plummet ed into 35 feet of water, tak ing the other diesel sections with it. Only the caboose re mained above water, standing on end from the bridge head. Four Leap tpSafety Four members of the crew leaped to safety from the cab of the lead locomotive before it left the rails. The fifth crew man, J. H. Traughber, 47, Sac ramento, climbed to safety from the caboose. The accupants of the, boat, R. D. Pittsley, and his wife, Hazel, both 38, Napa, were shaken by the accident but un injured. Pittsley said the im Oregon Highway Accidents Take Lives of Four Drownings Claim Two Other Lives By United Press International At least four persons died on Oregon highways during the week end and another two persons drowned in widely separated mishaps. , In addition, the wife of Mayor-Ira Wilson of Empire, Ore., was killed in a headon crash in California Saturday. And an Oregon man was kill ed in an Idaho accident. Two Salem residents. Rich ard Norwest, 23, and Robert Felix, 22, were killed instant ly early Sunday when a car in which they were riding crashed into a narked railroad boxcar in Salem. Driver of the car, James Springstead, also of Salem, suffered serious head injuries. Motorcycle Mishap Fatal George W. Dodge of Port land died Sunday, aDnarently of a heart attack while' driv ing, and his car crashed near Newberg. Dodge's wife, Ter- essa, was seriously injured, A motorcycle crash near Albany on U. S. Highway 99 took the life of Merle Harvey, 38, of Albany Sunday. Police said the motorcycle careened 150 feet down an embank ment and up another before coming to rest. Harvey was thrown from the machine. An Astoria fisherman, 40 year -old Kenny Huhtala, drowned early Sunday when he slipped from the gang plank of the commercial fish ing boat "Rodoma" in Astoria, His body was recovered about an hour later. Rescuer Dies Dean Fairbanks, 21, Gold Beach, drowned Sunday in the Rogue river near Gold Beach while trying to rescue his wife. She' reached shore safely. He began to swim across the river when he saw his wife in trouble on the Jar shore. He disappeared in mid stream. His body was recover ed a short time later. In a Saturday highway ac- cident, Mrs. Florence Wilson, wife of the mayor of Empire, was killed in a head-on crash near Laytonville, Calif., on U.S. Highway 101. Also kill ed in the crash were Andrew Rogers, 79, and his wife Ge neva, 74, of Rough and Ready, Calif. . Charles William Evans, 56, Foster, Ore.,was killed Satur day when his car rolled over near Rupert, Idaho. , Hearing Tuesday on Vehicle Safety Code A public hearing to discuss a proposed safety code for ve hicles used to transport work ers to and from work will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the courthouse auditorium. , The hearing will be con ducted by Vern L. Hill, direc tor of the Oregon department of motor vehicles. . . The legislature this year called for the department to establish a safety code for ve hicles used to transport work ers. It was an outgrowth of an interim committee study on migratory labor. Paper Mill Planned In Coos Bay Area North Bend, Ore.-fflPD-Plans for construction of a $5 mil lion pulp and paper plant in the Coos Bay area have been announced by the Menasha Wooden Ware Corp. of Mena sha, Wis. ... pact drove the boat under water bow first, but it imme diately pjopped back to the surface. Traughber and the fireman, Birthel Farmer, 56, Tracy, Calif., were treated for neck, back and head injuries. The other crewmen, engineer C. H. Panelli, Oakland, conductor M. N. McCoy, Roseville, and brakeman R. E. Adams, also of Roseville, all escaped in jury. No Explanation . Donald Miller, ' 'assistant superintendent of SP's west ern division gave no imme diate explanation for the acci dent. ; . "All we know is that the train failed to stop," he said. 54th 16 Pages President Irked Over Increased Marine Corps Plan Senate Debates Defense Measure . . . . . Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower "has his hackles up" over the Senate Appro priations Committee's plan to increase Marine Corps strength, Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen said today. The increase is part of the $39,600,000,000 defense appro priations bill for the fiscal year which began July 1. The Senate opened debate on the measure today. More Than Requested The bill would provide $346,139,000 more than the President requested in his budget and $746 million more than the House voted. With an additional $450 million from revolving funds, it would give the Defense De partment a $40 billion draw ing account. Dirksen (R-IU.) said the President was concerned with the plan to boost the Marine Corps strength from 175,000 men to 200,000 because such a mandatory floor on forces would involve continuing cost increases. The Republican leader did not say whether administra tion forces in the Senate would try to override the ap: jjropriations committee and knock out the proposed in crease. Increase Seen But there was a possibility that the Senate would be asked to overrule the com mittee in the opposite direc tion arid vote an increase in Army strength. --? Sen. Allen - J: - Ellender (D- La.) considered offering a pro posal for a 900,000-man regu lar Army instead of the budgeted 870,000 - man strength. He was unsuccess ful with the proposal -in the appropriations committee and its military subcommittee. Sheriff's Deputies Purchase Cars Jackson county sheriff's of ficers who have been without cars while awaiting county purchase of five county cars now either haye or are ob taining their own cars, ac cording to Chief Criminal Deputy Paul Bettiol. Two sheriff's deputies who were planning to sell their cars, which they had been using for official work, have kept them. One deputy pur chased a car Wednesday, an other bought one Saturday and another deputy is buying a car today, Bettiol said. During last week's county budget hearing, County Judge Earl Miller said that bids for the . county cars are not ex pected to . be received until September. A total of $13,000 has been budgeted for the purchase of the sheriff's cars. The court has decided to wait until 1960 models are avail able and save the first-year depreciation loss on 1959 autos. The new budget's travel al lotment for the sheriffs de partment was increased $3,000 to cover the cost of the pri vate cars, use by sheriff's deputies until county cars are purchased. Campaign Progress Reports to be Given The first progress reports meeting of the business groups division of the cham ber of commerce campaign to keep pace with tomorrow will be held tomorrow at 10 ajn. in the Jackson hotel. Bob Taylor, general chair man, said that this will be the first indication of what pro gress has been . made . in the campaign to enlarge and re finance the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce. Division co-chairmen Man ville Heisel and Dick Wood cock have requested all work ers to attend the report ses sion so that a determination of progress to date may be obtained. Fort Worth, Tex.-UPD-Gov. Earl K. Long of Louisiana has fired all of his doctors and psychiatrists because he knows as much as they do. t - Year !Flea Marie Talks Resumed in Effort to Avert Industry Strike Union Not To Extend Contract New York-OJPfl-Steel wabe negotiations heeded a last minute plea by President Eisenhower and agreed to re sume their talks today in an effort to sign a contract that would avert a crippling steel strike at midnight Tuesday. The union took the initia tive in 'setting up the meet ing after President Eisen hower said in Washington that sufficient time remained for the. negotiators to reach an agreement. Deadline Stands Union President David J. McDonald emphasized that the union was not extending the contract and said the strike deadline . still stands. However, he said he agreed with the President that there is time left to settle the dis pute. Eihenhower made his statement through Press Sec retary James C. Hagerty after conferring with Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and Labor Secretary James P.. Mitchell. ?".' " " "."There is . opportunityand time - for settlement to be reached before the strike deadline," Hagerty's an nouncement said. "In the in terests of union members, the steel companies and the pub lic, the President hopes that the union and the industry will continue to work for a settlement." ' Says Agreement Possible The White House said the President did not plan to in tervene directly in the dis pute. The settlement was his second appeal for renewed negotiations. The first result ed in a two-week extension in negotiatinos, ending at midnight Tuesday. ' Shortly after the Presi dent's statement was issued, McDonald sent a telegram to Eisenhower pledging that the union is "prepared to remain in continuous session" in order to conclude a fair "non inflationary" settlement. Mc Donald said an agreement can be reached before the strike deadline "if the industry meets us halfway." "We are going to give it the all-American try," Mc Donald said before entering the bargaining session. ., Boy Promised Movie Pass After 2 Boys Take His SO Cents An 11-year-old Central Point youth who had his movie money taken from him Wednesday while standing in line at the Cra lerian theater today - was promised a pass to the the ater by R. P. Corbin, man ager. The pass will admit the boy free to the Craterian theater for three months, Corbin said. The manager read in the Mail Tribune last week that James Wesley Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hamilton, 870 Ellen ave., had had a 50-cent piece taken from him by two older youths as he wailed to enter the theater. The boy returned to his home without seeing the movie and was later returned to , the theater . by his father, Corbin said. The father re ported the incident to Med ford police. ' Young Hamilton is visit ing his grandfather - in Klamath Falls and was not in Medford to receive the pass this week. Corbin said that he will make the pre sentation next week. The theater manager ex plained that the pass was being given to make up for the inconvenience caused the boy 4 Wednesday and so he would not miss future movies this summer. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1959 'Listen Stereophonic Sound" Tass Says Another Rocket with Dog Launched in Russia London -iUPD -The. Soviet news agency Tass said today that another , dog - carrying rocket was successfully launched- and recovered July 10. . - . , , - Tass said the ballistic rocket weighed 4,840 pounds and carried two dogs. It said the dogs and the equipment were recovered. - It was the second such space flight reported by the Rus sians this month. On July 2 Soviet scientists launched and recovered a "space rocket" carrying two dogs and a rab bit. . U. S. Successful The United States on May 28 shot two . small female monkeys to a height of 300 miles and recovered them alive after a 1,500-mile jour ney over the Atlantic. The report of the latest space flight followed a Rus sian practice of withholding announcements until several days after the event. The July 2 launching was not an nounced until, July 6. ' Before the news of the last 2 flights, the Russians had not announced an animal launch ing for nearly a year. But they indicated that such flights had been made. For example, they said one of the dogs involved in the July 2 space journey was making its third ascent. The Russians also seemed to be timing their space shots New Parking System Tomorrow in Park A new parking system will be in effect at Hawthorne park ' tomorrow, according to Robert L. Haworth, city parks and recreation director. The plan is designed to assure parking space for park and pool patrons. Signs are being erected today, and curbs are being painted, 'to instruct drivers who use the lot. . At the east end. of the lot, 34 spaces will be reserved for park and pool users and 6 will be restricted to passenger loading only. There will be eight spaces only for employees , at the west end of the lot and 32 will be available on a "first come, first-served" basis. : The 80-square lot, at . the southwest corner of the park, has been available this sum mer to all who wanted to use it,' Haworth said. The new system is designed to reserve space for the users of the park and the swim ming pool and to make more efficient use of the overall parking area. It is expected that parking spaces '. will re main for those who have cus tomarily been using the lot. 1RIBUNE m iisenfyower to coincide with international meetings. The Big Four For eign Ministers Conference re sumed in Geneva today. The July 6 announcement coincided with the opening in Moscow , of the International Cosmic Ray Conference. Bard's HeydayHas High Attendance An estimated 1,200 persons thronged the Shakespearean theater grounds and . Lithia park in Ashland yesterday for the . annual Bard's . Heyday, sponsored by Tudor guild. This is about twice the largest previous attendance at this event, according to Shake spearean festival officials. Almost 800 took the con ducted tours of the new festi val theater which began at 1 p.m. and. continued until evening. Thirty-three grouds averaging about 24 persons each took the, tour, guided by company members and other volunteers. Visitors were shown through all levels and sections of the building, pat terned after the old Globe theater of Shakespeare's time. Costumed guild members and others served Elizabethan type food from gaily decorat ed booths or trays which were carried about the grounds. A puppet show, fish pond . and fortune-telling booth added to the carnival atmosphere. Festival dancers and musi cians provided entertainment at intervals, and in the eve ning the annual actors' pan tomime contest was held, with Philip Hanson winning a prize of $15 for his portrayal of a woman buying a hat. Laurel Canyon Fire Loss Set at $2 Million . Hollywood -(UPD-The latest fire department report on losses in the disastrous Laurel Canyon blaze listed today 38 homes destroyed, two houses with major damage and 300 acres blackened. Damage was estimated at $2 million. . ( - WEATHER FORECAST Fair Ui rough Tues day. Low tonight, 52. High to morrow gg-90. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 95 Lowest This Morning 56 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:46 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:10 a.m. Full Moon July 19 PROMINENT STAR Spica. below the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the west at sunset, sets ..; 9:27 p.m. Saturn, due feouth 10:56 p.m. Jupiter, low in southwest 11:07 p.m. Price 10 Cents No. 98 nji A Butler Accused Of Unfairness By Sparkman Views Given in Letter To Johnson Washington (UPD Sen. John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.) accused Democratic National Chair man Paul M. Butler today of unfairness and betrayal of duty for criticizing Demo cratic leaders in Congress. He demanded that Butler work for party unity or re sign. Letter to Johnson Sparkman gave his views on the current dispute be tween the party chairman and Democrats in Congress in a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, one of Butler's targets. Another southern senator, Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), called for Butler's resignation. He said that if Butler fails to quit voluntarily, the national committee "ought to fire him at the first opportunity." Talmadge said Friday night he personally believes Butler "has long since outlived his usefulness. . . , "As someone said, we are paying Butler $43,uuo a year totrjr to destroy the Demo cratic party while Republican National Chairman Thurston B. Morton would be glad to do it for free," Talmadge said. Urges National Program Butler said the party need ed to influence the congres sional leaders to work for a national program instead of a "conservative and moderate" one. He also objected to wa tering .down Democratic leg islation in an effort to escape vetoes by President Eisen hower. Sparkman, a member of Congress for 22 years and 1952 nominee for vice presi dent, wrote that Butler's ac tion was unwise, unjustified and Unfortunate. He said it could only furnish ammuni tion for Republicans. Siskiyou Stockade Total Reaches 9,248 A total of 9,248 persons have registered at the wel come stockade on Siskiyou summit, according to the Jackson County Centennial association officials. Week end visitors included a Florida couple who flew to Southern Oregon in their private airplane; a man from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Koester, Berlin, Germany, who are en route to Alaska, and a Ft. Worth, Texas, cou ple who are moving to Eu gene. Other visitors included Mrs. Eva Noble and Joe Rommer field, sister and brother, whose father homesteaded below the summit in 1908; a girl' from Atlanta, Ga., and a man from San Miguel, Mex ico. It was reported that a Grey Line bus tour group stopped at the stockade en route to Crater Lake. Kozlov Leaves; Wishes U.S. Peace, Friendship New York (UPD Russia's First Deputy Premier Frol R. KozloV left for home today with : a partying wish of Deace and friendship" for the United States but still con vinced, he said, that Presi dent Eisenhower's grandchil dren will live to see a Com munist America. Called on Harriman In a busy last day in the United States, Kozlov visited the Empire State Building, the United Nations and a sub way, held a press conference and paid a one-hour cour tesy call" on former New York Governor and U. S. Ambassador to Moscow Aver ell Harriman. Herter Demands . Berlin Statement Put in Writing Germanys Wanted At Secret Talks Geneva -UPD-Russia hurled its old Berlin terms back at the West today in spite of a warning from Secretary of State Christian A. Herter that western rights must be recog nized in writing if there is to be a summit conference. Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromy'ko returned from Moscow after the three-week recess in the East-West talks with the demand that the for eign ministers conference i start where it left off by accepting the Kremlin's already-rejected demands. Wants Germanys Admitted Gromyko touched off a pro cedural .wrangle by rejecting the western request for imme diate secret sessions unless both East and West Germany were admitted. Neither Ger many was represented at pre vious secret meetings here, but had attended plenary sessions.' Herter, leading off after western unity was reaffirmed at a pre-conference strategy meeting of the western min isters, put on record the west ern demand for written rec ognition of its rights in Berlin and not some vague "con firmation by implication." Request Endorsed Herter's request for secret negotiating sessions was en dorsed by British Foreign Sec retary S e 1 w y n Lloyd and French Foreign Minister Mau rice Couve de Murville. The next plenary session was scheduled for Wednesday. It was not immediately known whether " a secret meeting would be held Tuesday. Herter bluntly told Gromy ko that any Berlin "truce must be put down in writing to minimize the danger of sub sequent differing interpreta tions. -. He warned that mere reli ance on so-called facts that speak for themselves would not satisfy the West. . Centennial Picnic Attracts 100 Persons Phoenix-Approximately 100 persons attended the Centen nial picnic at the Phoenix com. munity club grounds Sunday afternoon. A potluck lunch was served with representatives of the Lions auxiliary, ' Firemen's auxiliary and Thursday club serving punch and coffee. Following the lunch, 4-H members of the recent covered wagon trek to Corvallis re ported on their trip with County 4-H agents Glenn Klein and Miss Marilou Garn er. Those speaking included Phil Krouse, Applegate, wag- onmaster; Ray Inlow, Ashland, adult wagonmaster; Linda Smith and Cecelia Fichtner, Medford 4-H members; and David Foote, Central Point 4-H member. Miss Garner led the community singing. Lions club members direct ed games for adults and youngsters following the pro gram. A Phoenix community club election will be held during the regular meeting Tuesday, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the clubhouse. A proposed fall carnival to replace the Phoe nix May Festival will be dis cussed. Aerial Railway Film Scheduled for Tuesday A sound and color film of an aerial railway, of a type under consideration for pos sible use at Crater Lake Na tional park, will be shown Tuesday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the county courthouse auditorium. The film showing is open to the public. Harriman returned last week from a visit to Russia urging that a Summit confer ence be held here so Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev could see the United States for himself. Diffcult To Say Kozlov was asked, as he left Idlewild Airport at 4 a.m., whether Khrushchev will come to this country. He replied: "It is difficult to say now." He told a press conference on Sunday afternoon that his own impressions of the Unit ed States had been confirmed rather than changed by his 16-day coast-to-coast tour.