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Rogue River Basin Economic Data on Copper Dam Noted i'Edilor's not: This is the fiith in a series of articles bated on lb findings of the corps of engineers' sur vey of tho Rogue Rim ba sin's development potential Five dam silos were rwom mended. Ta following arti da discusses economic data concerning the Copper site on the Applegate river.) The corps of engineers, in addition to the preliminary physical data on the five sug gested multi-purpose struc tures in the Rogue basin, have provided tentative informa tion on the economic factors involved in the Copper reser voir on the Applegate. The corps has suggested an other meeting be held soon with the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association to discuss the eco nomic data on the other four structures. The economic data on Cop per reservoir are subject to modification, depending on U. S. forest service evaluation of any increase in the annual cost of harvesting federal tim ber. But even if there were additional costs in harvesting federal timber, the Copper project would be economical ly feasible, based on the prob ability that annual benefits would exceed annual costs. The esimated construction costs of Copper dam, reser voir and appurtenances would amount to $15,623,000, ex cluding interest during con struction. . i The estimated average an nual benefits, by categories, lists flood control at $26,100; irrigation, creditable to stor age, after allowance for bene fits to the distribution system, $339,100; power generation $161,400; fisheries, $243,200; and recreation, $24,000.. In this latter category, the na tional park service has indi cated that an increase in the $24,000 figure might be ap propriate. Next the corps allocated the construction costs to categor ies served. For example, costs for flood control: would mount to $570,000, non-reimbursable; irrigation,- $7,405,- Bear Creek Tour Set Tomorrow Officials from state and county departments will lead a "show me" tour of Bear creek from 1 to 5 pan. Thurs day, July 16. The Jackson county chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., has arranged the trip with the aid of Rob ert W. Root, state water re sources board member, and Cole Rivers, fish biologist with the Oregon State Game commission, according to Earl H. Knight, president. . Those interested in taking the inspection tour should be at. Hawthorne park near the Main st. bridge in Medford at 1 p.m. to board busses. The tour is aimed at "en lightening the community' on the problems- of Bear creek and possible solutions, Knight said. , Among those who will be present, besides Rivers, are Dave C. Hendricks, county watermaster; Clem Ault, U. S. Soil Conservation . service; Quentin Bowman, representa tive of Oregon State Water Resources board; and a mem ber of the parks department and landscape division of the state highway department. Business Icense Payments Due in City City Finance. Director Darell Huson reminded busi ness owners today that the payment of city business licenses was due July 1. He reported that applica tion forms were mailed some time ago and payments should be made at the finance office .in the city hall. Eisenhower Says Herter Has Authority Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower said today that Secretary of State Christian A. Herter has full authority to agree to a Big Four Summit Conference if Russia makes it clear it will respect western rights and obligations in Ber lin. No Break in Deadlock The President told his news conference, however, that for the moment there doesn't appear to be any break in the .deadlock at just resumed Geneva Big Four Foreign Ministers conference. He said he was sura the 000, reimbursable, without in terest; power, $2,233,000, re imbursable, with interest; fisheries, '$5,310,000, non-reimbursable, and recreation, $105,000, non-reimbursable. Irrigation Costs . ' The average annual cost per acre foot per year for irriga tion is estimated by the engi neers at about $14.81 based on full repayment of construc tion costs and average annual operation and maintenance, in 40 years. This would be after a 10-year development period, during which the only costs would be for operation and maintenance. " From the standpoint of the irrigator, charges levied against 4iim would be based on the ability to pay. The amount to be charged would be determined through an eco nomic survey made by the bu reau of reclamation. The estimated annual cost per acre foot of $14.81 is made up of $10.14 for storage plus $4.67 for the distribu tion system. The average, an nual total payment required on this basis would be about $213,300. ' The bureau of reclamation estimates a repayment ability of about $76,000 annually out of the total estimated average yearly benefit of about $462,- 000. It is not anticipated that any appreciable change in the foregoing allocation data will be necessary as a result of data yet to be obtained. -The next article will con cern general information on the entire corps of engineers study and findings on the Rogue basin projects. Report Meeting Said Encouraging The first report meeting of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce "Keep Pace With Tomorrow" - program yesterday was "most encour aging," according to General Chairman Bob Taylor. . .; Workers reported that 37 1 present chamber members have increased their subscrip tion ! and 25 new members have been added to the cham ber roster. A total of $30,560, towards a minimum goal of $38,000, has been reached thus. far. A "community challenge" goal of $40,000 has also been set. Taylor said, i "Percentage wise, we are doing an excel lent job. It just points up what can be done when everybody will get out and make their calls." He emphasized that much greater progress should be reported at the second progress report meeting, to be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Jackson hotel.' Winning . awards .at. the meeting yesterday were the real estate and insurance group, for reaching 91 per cent of their goal, and the re tail and wholesale group for collecting the largest amount of cash. Barn, Hay Destroyed By Fire Last Might A hay barn and 50 tons of hay were destroyed by fire near Jacksonville last night, the Central Point rural fire department said. ' Four trucks and 15 men were dispatched to the fire but they were notified too late to save the property, de partment officials said. The hay and the barn were report ed a total loss. Firemen said the loss was not insured. The barn was located on Old Stage rd. about a mile north of Jacksonville. Mrs. J. F. Dressier reported the fire at 7:30 p.m. yesterday. One' fire truck was kept standing by until 8 ajn. today and the fire was said to be still smoldering at that time. To Agree on Meeting Russians would like to reach an agreement at Geneva if it was all in their favor. How ever, he added, the real ques tion was whether the Russians were ready to make conces sions, in exchange for western concessions, ' that would give everybody confidence that there was some progress being made toward peace. " '' Refuses to Retreat. Eisenhower said he was not adverse to going along with the other allies in negotiating the ultimate fate of Germany and Berlin and all other sub jects at any level. But in the DTEEL w HUGHS Ike Says Use of Taft-Hartley Law Not Warranted President Sees No Emergency Washington- (UPD -President Eisenhower said today that the' steel strike for the mo ment had not created emer gency conditions warranting use of the Taft-Hartley law, but he urged labor and man agement to continue negoti ating. The President told report ers it was obvious that if the strike lasted so long that steel inventories required by the government were exhausted the defense production pro gram would face a very ser ious situation. Suggests Bargaining He said, however, that he was in no position today to estimate accurately how long the strike would have to run before it interferred with the defense program. He suggested the fullest possible use of free bargain ing between labor and' man agement before there is any direct federal ' intervention. Under the Taft-Hartley Law, the President, if . he deter mines that a labor-management dispute has created an emergency threatening the "health or safety" of the na tion, can request, the Justice Department to seek an in junction stopping a strike for 80 days. T-H Use Not Warranted Eisenhower, responding to a variety of news conference questions about the steel strike which began at mid night when a half million workers walked out, made it clear that he did not believe conditions now warranted his use of the Taft-Hartley Law. He did not believe he should have done more as chief executive in the days before the strike. He said too much government pressure in evitably, changed the nature of free bargaining. The Presi dent in the pre-strike period confined himself to state ments urging both sides to keep on negotiating. Facts Said Available - He said emphatically that he felt the nation must thor oughly test out and use the method of free bargaining in the steel strike. -. He was asked about sug gestions that he might have appointed a fact-finding board before the strike began to ex plore the steel dispute in be half of the public. Eisenhower said that he believed most of the essential facts of the dis pute were available to the public and that a fact-finding board would not have chang ed the outcome. Population of Medford Figured To Be 26,300 The population of Med ford on July 1 was 26.300 it was estimated by city of ficials today. ' Gilbert Gutjahr, assistant to the city manager, said the estimate was forwarded today, to the Oregon census board, which will have to pass on it before certifying it as the city's "official" population. The census esti mates are used in making state payments to cities on a per capita basis. One year ago the census figure was just 2,000 less - 24,300 as of July 1, 1958. The city's estimate was a bit higher than this, but the census board cut it down. In 1950. Medford had a population of 17.305; in 1940 it was 11.281. and in 1930 it was. 11,007. meantime, he said there must be a clear understanding of western rights. He said he and Herter are in full agreement that they af e not going to surrender any rights or make any retreat that would be clear evidence of western weakness. Suggestions Not Favored Eisenhower made it clear that he does not favor, sugges tions, reportedly advanced by the West Germany, that the Berlin issue be shelved with out any agreement and a sum mit conference held on other issues. , (See story en Pig 10) Price 10 Cents Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1959 No. 100 log mm Mgirsis West Germany Suggestions Pushed Aside Too Early To Talk About Recessing ' Geneva (UPD The United States, Britain and France to day shunted aside West' Ger man suggestions for .an , im mediate summit conference and agreed to press Russia to put some Berlin guarantees into writing. The U. S. delegation said it was too early to start talking about recessing a conference that had just resumed even if it has been deadlocked since the start over Soviet de mands for equal billing for thje East German Communists. Sour view Taken The. British regarded the Bonn suggestion as "unrealis tic" and the French took an equally sour view. French For eign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville was flying to Paris today to talk it over with President , Charles de Gaulle, however. The Western foreign min isters were ready to pile pres sure on Russia's Andrei Gro- myko to confirm in writing that the Kremlin has junked its Berlin time bomb and recognize the West's contin ued rights in the city. - The Western foreign minis ters also reaffirmed their stand that there must be such fool-proof guarantees before there can be a summit confer ence in September. The foreign ministers were meeting today for the second plenary session since the Ber lin crisis talks were resumed Monday. The chief Western aim was' some sort of Berlin agreement that would permit them to attend a summit con ference with no loss of pres tige. Guarantees Refused Gromyko threw the West ern ministers into a tailspin Monday by refusing to give the fool-proof guarantees the. West demands. Then he con fused things further by refus ing to attend secret Big Four sessions unless the East Ger mans went along too. The Gromyko move damp ened hopes of an early agree ment. The West had expected to wrap up this meeting in about three weeks with an interim agreement on Berlin. Homemade Bomb Found on Lawn Doris L. Brewer, 725 South Central ave., notified city po lice Tuesday afternoon of an object in the lawn at 727 South Central ave., that looked like a homemade bomb. Police reported that the ob ject consisted of a five-inch piece of copper tubing with a four-inch fuse extending from one end. The fuse and the base of the tube were covered with wax, reports showed. The type of powder, if any, in the object is not known. The object was placed in the Jackson county magazine on Camp White property by police. Composer Boch Dies in Portland . Portland - (UPD - World fa mous composer and conductor Ernest Bloch, 79, died in a hos pital here today where he had been under treatment for cancer. Bloch, whose works ranged from the tone poem "Amer ica" to symphonies and the Opera ,MacBeth," had been a resident of Agate "Beach on the Oregon coast since 1940. He entered "a hospital here July 7 and died at 7:50 a jn. today. - Brussels, Belgium (UPD A Belgian Sabena DC6 airliner with 54 passengers was buzzed by Communist MIG jet fighters and forced to land in Hungary' today, it was an nounced here. "Merrily We Procedure Change For Admission to Fair Is Announced Expansion ' of activities of the county fair, which this year has been named the Ki wanis Centennial Fair, has re sulted in a change of ' pro cedure for admissions, accord ing to Paul Mitchell, chairman of the admissions committee. The fair will be held , at the Medford Armory and grounds Aug. 20 .thrbugh 23. The annual 4-H and Future Farmers of America fair will be held at the fairgrounds just north of the Armory for a week starting Aug. 17. Mitchell said admission will be collected at the entrance to the parking lot rather than at "the Armory door. The ad mission charge will' cover parking privileges, admission to carnival rides, outside ex hibits and county fair exhibits in the Armory. Stage Shows Planned Admission also will admit people to the stage shows to be conducted daily in the Armory. Fair officials said rides this year will include pony rides, helicopter rides, a merry-go-round, kiddies auto, merry-mix-up, looper and numerous other games and concessions sponsored by local service Clubs. ' : Dr. Abner Clark, concession chairman, said, all service clubs and other non-profit or ganizations interested in ob taining concession rights at the fair should contact fair of ficials as soon as possible. Dr. Clark said local groups will be given preference over commercial con cessionaires, and that those groups which have participated in previous county fairs in Medford would also be given preference. In quiries should be directed to Dr. Clark in . care of ' Fair Headquarters, 1221 Court st., Medford. Commercial Exhibitors Commercial exhibitors plan ning to participate in the fair have less than six weeks in which to contact suppliers for exhibits or assistance, accord ing to Tony Manno, commer cial exhibit space should con tact Russ Jamison or John Williams at SPring 2-8131, or write to the Fair Headquar ters on Court st. Manno said some 20 ex- WEATHER FORECAST: Hot and dry through Thursday. Low tonight 55. High tomorrow 95. Temp. Highest Yesterday 93 Lowest this Morning L 54 Our Skies Tonight , Sunset today 7:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:48 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 1:36 a.m. Full Moon July 19 PROMINENT STARS Antares, due south 9:02 p.m. AlUir, high in south..l2:27 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 9:21 p.m. JUPITER, leads the Moon. Saturn, due south 10:48 p.m. to 54th Year Trijbune Roll Along" hibitors have signed up for space and all past exhibitors at the county fair are being contacted this week. He said the greatest emphasis would be placed on agricultural and forestry exhibits, and that all exhibitors are requested to carry out the theme "Jackson County - 1859-1959 - Century of Progress." No Public Funds Set for Trip No public school funds will be authorized by the Medford school district to help finance a tour of Russia by Medford School Superintendent Leo nard Mayf ield. The official ac tion was taken at the meeting of the school board last eve. ning . Last week Oregon Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton ruled that public funds could not be used for such travel. His ruling was made at the request of the Multnomah County Tax Supervising and Conservation commission aft er two Multnomah county school districts had proposed paying expenses of their su perintendents on the tour of Russian education facilities. The local board had planned to authorize money to help finance Dr. Mayfield's trip, Frank Bash, chairman of the Medford district school, re ported last week. At the Tuesday meeting the board approved setting Dr. Mayfield's vacation in October during which time the Russian trip is scheduled. The vaca tion period is for one month, the length of the proposed tour. Dr. Mayfield is one of 30 United States school adminis trators selected to visit Rus sia to become better, acquaint ed with the Soviet educational system. Rogue Forest Fire Now Under Control The U. S. forest service this noon reported that mop-up operations were under way in a three-acre fire in Rogue Riv er National forest just east of Crater Lake National park. The fire started about 3 pjn. yesterday, according to S. T. (Tenny) Moore, fire con trol officer for Rogue River National . forest. Forest offi cials said they believed it was man-caused. Five plane loads of borate solution were dropped on the blaze yesterday afternoon to help control it, and ground crews were on the lines all night. School Budgets Said Invalid by Coy ntfcy Assessor County Assessor Ray Schu macher yesterday invalidated budgets, submitted by the Medford and Eagle Point school districts. The 1959-60 budgets were declared invalid because of a recent interpretation of an at torney general's ruling relat ing to school budgets, he said. iThe current budget, Med ford school officials said, in cluded . a proportionate - in creased base brought about by the consolidation of Medford, Oak Grove and West Side dis trict on April 9, 1956. At the time of the consolidation, they noted, the law was interpret ed by county and school offi cials to allow the inclusion of proportional base from the consolidating districts. , Frank Bash, chairman of the, Medford board, said the increased base was then used in preparing the 1957-58 and the 1958-59 school budgets. It also was used in preparing the 1959-60 budget. However, an attorney gen eral's ruling interpreted the law to allow only the base for the original district before consolidation, resulting in the present illegal budget. No Change in Result - Bash said .the revision, which will have to be made because of the recent interpre tation, will not change the end result or the amount of taxes which people voted and will be assessed. It only changes the formula by which the final amount is determin ed. Because of a decrease in the base there will be a larger proportion of the total budget Central Point Considers Pool ;; Central Point -The Central Point City council has taken into consideration requests from several residents for a public swimming pool in the city. Lyle Paull, city administra tor, said the council discussed three possible sites for a pool. They are city-owned property near the water tower near the Central Point Junior High school gymnasium; the Cen tral Point city park; and the property on West Pine st. near the city ball park. The latter area is planned for a city park, officials said. The council noted that Central Point business may profit from such a pool, with par ents leaving their children at the pool while they are shopping. The council will request from the League of Oregon Cities information on city pools. ' Paull said the council also has asked Central Point resi dents to send it post cards not ing their opinion concerning the project. A reasonable poll could be taken by this means to see if enough people were in favor to warrant further consideration by the council, Paull said. SOC Enrollment At New Record Ashland - Summer session enrollment at Southern Ore gon college has reached an all-time high, with a total of 682 students enrolled Monday, compared to 615 on the com parable date a year ago. , Enrollment of students in secondary education increased 64.4 per cent, while elemen tary education enrollment de creased slightly from the pre vious year. Veterans enrolled totaled 90 compared to 77 last year, and graduate students totaled 249, - showing an increase of 4.6 per cent. First term freshmen en rolled numbered 32, with 135 new students to the campus tabulated. The total number of women enrolled was 431 compared to 251 men. Dr; Bill Sampson, director of summer sessions, stated that the probable cause for this increase of 11 per cent was the added interest in the program for secondary teach ers. Portland-UPD-Dr. Isaac D. Bartell, Dallas, Ore., has been sentenced to ah 18-month term in a federal penitentiary and fined $6,000 following his conviction of income tax evasion charges. SlM JV outside the 6 per cent limita tion. While it is a technicality, Schumacher said it is manda tory that his office not accept the budgets of Medford and Eagle Point school districts. Reports indicate that Eagle Point officials are preparing their budget for resubmission to the voters in the district. The Medford board last night requested a 30-day ex tension of time in preparing and presenting the budget to the people for approval. "Up on receipt from your office of the actual legal base which we may use, we shall prepare a revised budget, publicize it, and Itold the election accord ingly," the board said. Schumacher has requested the state attorney general's office to review the problem. An answer is expected Thurs day, July 16, he said. Principals for Ashland Schools Are Announced Ashland - Willard Smith, principal at Briscoe school here for two years, has been named principal of Ashland Junior High" school, replacing Berl M. Cox, who resigned to accept a position with the Medford school system. Replacing Smith at Briscoe school will be Richard Leigh, fifth grade teacher at Lincoln school. Brooks Carpenter of Mos-J cow, Idaho, has been hired as principal of Lincoln school, the schobl board announced. Carpenter received his bach elor's degree from Wisconsin Normal school at Menomine, Wise, and his master's from the University of Idaho. Carpenter has been an ele mentary principal for 12 of the 18 years he has been in education, and during1 the past three years has worked with the University of Idaho in connection with training student teachers. Other Principals Other principals in the Ash land system include Gaylord Smith, high school; David Hill, Walker school; and Paul Retter, Bellview school. . New teachers, including re placements for those who left the system and nine addition al instructors, are: Carrol Maurer, second grade, Walk er school; Lois May, second. Walker; Janice Gouley, first grade, Walker; Toby Kay Del- ler, third, Walker; Beatrice Lindsay, sixth, Walker; Ailene Inlow, sixth, Walker; Ruth Wood, fourth, Walker; Mari lyn Wright, first, Walker; Ra chel Kneebone, fourth, Bris coe; Lora Jean Norton, sec ond, Briscoe; Alice Pancher, third, Lincoln. Merle Atkinson,' seventh, junior .high; David D'Olivo, physicial education, junior high; Clarence Baker, eighth, junior high; Robert Anderson, music, junior high; Robert Onstad, art, junior high; Jo seph Larkin, high school sci ence; Marjorie Tenney,. com mercial; Robert Day, math, and Hiram Crane, physical ed ucation, all at the high school. Franklin Kenney will be band instructor, and Pierre Robert, physical education superyisor. Scientists Claim Boys7 Rocket Fuel Too Unstable Walla Walla (UPD Two Army demolition experts were scheduled to arrive here to day to destroy some home made solid fuel rocket propel lent developed by two teen agers for their seven-foot long rocket. Army officials at Fort Lewis said Chris Warner, 16, and Philip Ekstom, 18, de veloped the fuel and the rocket and had been invited to go to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., for its fir ing. Formula Copy Requested Redstone scientists request ed a copy of the basic formula for the fuel and then wrote Warner's mother that it was highly unstable and should be destroyed immediately. The fuel was being kept in the family refrigerator while young Chris was working on a wheat ranch in eastern Oregon. Company Heads Asked To Submit Dispute To Board Sixth Walkout Since World War II Pittsburgh (UPD A half million United Steelworkers went on strike today, cutting the nation's steel production to a comparative trickle. With negotiations for a new union-industry labor contract tightly hung up on the thorny issues of wages and "manage ment's right to manage," the workers who produce 90 per cent of the country's steel walked out. Fact-Finding Board Asked USW President David J. McDonald called on the heads of the 12 major steel compan ies, whose decision set the pattern for the giant indus try, to agree to submit the dispute to a three-man fact finding board. Industry sources here saw little chance of acceptance of the proposal and the most costly strike in the nation's history appeared in the making. The walkout, the sixth by the big union since World War II, started officially at 12:01 a.m. (e.d.t.) when a two-week extension of the previous wage agreement expired. But by the deadline, the mills al ready were idle and the fur naces banked or emptied. 'No. 1 Picket' McDonald left New York City, scene of 10 weeks fruit less negotiations with the in dustry, Tuesday night to ap pear before cheering workers at a strike rally of employees of U.S. Steel Corporation's Fairless workers at Morris ville, Pa. Raising aloft a picket sign proclaiming him the "No. 1 picket," the union president said: "We're absolutely deter mined on this strike and by the eternal gods we will win." A crowd estimated by police at 1,200 roared its approval. Meets With Experts After the rally, McDonald returned to New York where later today both industry and union leaders were to meet with federal mediation ex perts at the urging, of Presi dent Eisenhower. Pre-stfike estimates were that the steel workers would lose $62 million in wages and the industry $248 million in production each week the' walkout continued. When the strike began the steel companies were pre pared. They had spent the fi nal hours in the slow and cost ly process of banking blast furnaces, tapping out open : hearths - and cooling - coke ovens. (See stories on Page 3) Approval Given for Speed Control Signs Tentative approval has been received from the Oregon state speed control board for posting speed limits in the Ross lane area, the Jackson county court has reported. A speed limit of 35 miles per hour has been tentatively set from Matlack's grocery on North Ross lane , to McAn drews rd. and 45 miles per hour from McAndrews rd. on North Ross lane to Ross lane proper. Two residents of the area previously petitioned the county court requesting that speed limits be posted in the area. The rocket is eight inches in diameter. It is believed by Army officials at Fort Lewis to be the largest ever built by amateur rocket enthusiasts and is said to be capable of reaching a speed up to Mach 3.5 (about 2,500 mph). The missile can travel a distance of 90 miles at an altitude of 45 miles, according to the boys' calculations, Army of ficials said. Invited to Alabama Redstone Arsenal invited the boys to bring their rocket to Alabama after Fort Lewis queried the Department of the Army about the possibility of using one of the three major rocketry ranges in this coun try. Scientists at the Alabama range said Warner and Ek stom can take their rocket to Redstone as soon as a new, safer fuel is developed, Fori fficeri Mid.
