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Rogue River Basin
General Policies
of Corps Reviewed
(Editor's note: This is the
last in a scries of articles
on the corps el engineers
preliminary report of the
Rogue Hirer basin s devel
epment potential. Today's
article discusses general
policies which would be
pursued in the fire major
projects if they are author
ised and recommended for
construction by the corps.)
If the five major projects
are recommended and author
ized for construction by the
corps, general policies would
be pursued, subject to any
changes the Congress might
direct in the future.
Project cost estimates in
clude provisions for relocation
of existing roads, utilities and
public facilities affected by
the reservoirs. Relocated facil
ities would be replacement in
kind. Provision would be
made for public access to the
rese r v o 4 r s, particularly in
areas suitable for recreation
No lands would be acquired
prior to Congressional author
ization and actual appropria
tion of funds for planning and
construction. The price to be
paid for lands would be at the
fair market value to be est
mated by government and in
dependent appraisers.
The federal court would be
asked to decide through con
demnation proceedings should
Rules to Promote
Recreation on
O&C Lands Noted
P o r 1 1 a n d-Regulations to
promote public recreation de
velopment on 2 million acres
of O and C timberlands in
western Oregon were proposed
today by Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Roger Ernst.
The proposed regulations
would permit the bureau of
land management, which ad
minister the lands, to lease
suitable, areas for public re
creation site development.
They contemplate cooperation
with state and local govern
ment Agencies to provide
needed facilities.
apecmcaiiy mentioned as
desirable recreation uses of
the lands are - picnicking,
camping, boating, swimming
and skiing, Ernst said.
Extension of Policy
Ernst said the proposed reg
ulations are an extension of a
recent land use policyto pro
mote recreational use of ap
propriate areas in the 475 mil
lion acres of public land under
BLM management.
He said the proposed regu
lations would authorize de
velopment of recreational fa
cilities by the BLM, but that
the program anticipates most
facilities will be provided
through the leasing of appro
priate recreation areas for de
velopment by local and state
governments. .
Recieation areas will be
protected from damage by the
bureau and access routes will
be protected. Regulations also
will authorize the establish
ment of reasonable service
charges for the use of public
recreation facilities provided
and operated by the bureau.
The complete text of the
proposed regulations will be
published in the Federal Reg
ister. The department of in
terior is providing 30 days in
which anyone may submit
comments and suggestions
concerning the regulations.
Comments and suggestions
should be sent to the director,
bureau of land management,
Washington 25, D. C.
Visitors Discuss Pears, Orchards With
Extension Agent; Rot Also Reviewed
A number of persons have
visited the valley recently in
regards to the pear orchards
and harvest, Clifford B. Cordy,
county horticulture agent re
ported today.
Among the visitors was Dr.
Pinhas Spiegel, Israel, who is
with an experiment station
there. He was particularly in
terested in the Rogue Valley
pear decline studies as a sim
ilar problem in the Israel
pe-rs had been reported.
- Cordy explained that Dr.
Spiegel, working independent
ly of the Rogue Valley studies
into the problem, had arrived
at the same conclusions re
garding it as locally. The de
a land owner feel he was not
being justly compensated. Re
imbursement of certain costs
for moving off of lands is au
thorized by Congress.
Landowners in potential
project areas should continue
to operate in a normal man
ner until such time as the
land is actually needed. Exist
ing water rights would be pro
tected because the reservoirs
would be operated so as not
to interfere with existing
rights..
Irrigation data are based on
studies by the bureau of recla
mation. In accordance with
federal law, distribution and
sale of stored water for irriga
tion uses would be adminis
tered by the bureau. Delivery I
of stored water under federal
policy would be limited to a
supply for 160 acres per indi
vidual owner, or to 320 acres
for a man and wife having
joint ownership.
Hydroelectric Power
Hydroelectric power could
be generated at two reservoir
projects, Lost Creek and Cop
per, with a projected total
average annual generation of
197,976,000 kilowatt - hours.
Any surplus power, over proj
ect needs, would be disposed
of by the Bonneville Power
administration. Power bene
fits, based on values furnished
by the Federal Power commis
sion, are adequate to justify
the cost of the installations
and Bonneville has stated that
the power would be market
able. It is anticipated that the
power, surplus to project re
quirements, would be inte
grated into the existing Bon
neville power supply system
and sold at whatever rate ap
plied to the total system.
The U. S. public heal serv
ice estimates that the future
water supply demands in the
Roguer" basin would" be - be
tween 50,000 and 70,000 acre
feet annually for municipal
and ! industrial uses by the
year 2010. But for the present,
provisions have been made for
an initial 20,000 acre foot
reservation. Sites are avail
able for additional storage for
future water supply.
Material Benefits
The bureau of sport fisher
ies and wildlife estimates ma
terial benefits from increased
low-water flows, at suitably
low temperatures ' on the Ap-
plegate. A substantial benefit
also would accrue to the Cop
per reservoir, based on in
creased fishing it is expected
to provide.
Increased low-water flows
at reduced temperatures
would also be available on the
Rogue river, and low-water
flows on the Rogue and on
Bear creek would be materi
ally increased by return flows
from irrigation. Minimum de
pendable increase at Gold Ray
dam would be about 160 cubic
foot per second. Minimum de
pendable increase down
stream from the mouth of the
Applegate would be about 335
cubic feet per second.
Other tributary reservoirs,
while not anticipated to pro
vide over-all benefits to fish
life, apparently would not
have serious detrimental ef
fects. Elk Creek reservoir
would have an adverse effect
on silver salmon and steel-
head spawning areas due to
inundation but provision for
hatchery facilities might off
set -some of this loss. Lake
Creek reservoir would be
detrimental to some silver
salmon spawning, even though
passage facilities were pro-l
vided.
Salem OIPD Oregon's mile
age death rate hit a high for
the year in May . when 6.6
people met death in each 100
million miles traveled.
cline was reported to be no
ticed after a material increase
of water with an increased
use of ammonium sulfate.
Iain MacSwan, extension
service plant pathologist from
Corvallis, was in the valley to
review storage rot in pears
and to check into its control
problems.
He explained that a pre
harvest spray of Ziram, ap
plied now until shortly before
harvest could be mixed with
the hormone spray that is ap
plied to D'Anjou and Bosc.
Dr. Ron Cameron, patholo
gist at the experiment sta
tion, Corvallis, was in the val
ley to gather pear . samples
' -'
HELPING DADDY Four-year-old Ellen Smalley takes her
dad's place on the picket line outside, gate to U. S. Steel Co.'s
Homestead works, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Steel mills all across
the nation closed down their furnaces as steelworkers struck
for a new contract.
Herter Calls on
Russia To Tackle
Berlin Ag
Geneva (UPD Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter to
day called on Russia to stop
trying to make propaganda
and buckle down to working
out an agreement on the Ber
lin crisis. - '
He challenged Russia's An
drei Gromyko to cut out "bo
gus slogans" like a "free city"
of West Berlin and get down
to .seeking specific . improve
ments in the crisis rather than
mere -change i of names. 1
No Session Friday, .
The; Big Four foreign min
isters met for 3V hours today
and decided not to hold a ple
nary session Friday.
It was announced that the
next plenary session would be
arranged by "mutual agree
ment" an apparent . indica
tion that both sides were not
prepared to begin secret talks.
Herter emphasized that the
basic problem was to make ar
rangements that would main
tain the freedom- of the
Fiesta Planned at
Armory in August
A three-day Centennial Fi
esta sponsored and planned
by Sacred Heart parish will
be held at the Medf ord arm
ory Aug. 7, 8 and 9, Cochair
men Bill Dugan, Ernie Flakus
and George Holtzinger have
announced.
The Fiesta will open at 6
pjn. Friday, Aug. 7. Opening
night has- been selected as
talent night with various en
tertainment acts including
can-can girls, The Shadows
and others.
Doors will open at noon
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 8
and 9, they said. Saturday aft
ernoon activities will be de
voted to children with But
tons the Clown being featured
along with other attractions.
Sunday activities will include
fiddlers' contest with an old-
time dress contest for men
and women. Prizes ..will be
awarded. : .
The Fiesta will feature
games for young and old, an
old-timer auto display, a coun
try store, antiques, refresh
ments and entertainment.
The Fiesta's grand prize
will be a 1959 automobile
with other prizes being award
ed during the three days. ;
for the pear decline study and
also for study of an obscure
problem in peaches.
Visitors from Washington,
according to Cordy, included
Dr. Earl Blodgett, of the Pros
ser experiment station, and
Dr. Cyril Woodbridge, Wash
ington State college, Pullman,
both who are checking the
pear decline problem in that
state. Here they looked into
the local problem and what
was being done, Cordy said. :-.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Professor Henry Hartman,
Corvallis, who is working on
the valley pear decline prob
lem, was in the valley making
observations and collecting
pear samples, Cordy said.
reement
peoples of West Berlin and
prevent new crises before
Germany is reunited.
Could Cause War
The American secretary
warned Gromyko that another
Berlin crisis flareup could
plunge the world into war. He
suggested calling on the Unit
ed Nations to help police a
Berlin truce agreement.
.- Herter appealed to Gromy
ko across- the- Big Four con
ference table to consider
bringing an adequate U. N.
staff into Berlin.
The staff , with- free- access
to both West and East Berlin,
would report on propaganda
activities that might disturb
the public order or seriously
affect the rights of others.
International Scrutiny".
Herter described this as a
form of "international scru
tiny" over one aspect of Ber
lin's life. ' . . '
Herter delivered the appeal
as the conference' headed to
wards what may be a crucial
East-West showdown on Rus
sia's Berlin demands.
The key item in the Soviet
proposal is establishing of an
All-G e r m a n Committee in
which the Communist East
Germans would have an
equal voice With the West
Germans.
Hearing Slated on
State's Basin Plan
A public hearing on the
state water resources board's
Rogue River basin program
will be held at the Josephine
county library in Grants Pass
at 10 a.m. July 23.
Don Lane, secretary of the
board, will serve as hearing
officer.
The board's program was
adopted May 22 this year aft
er 18 months of study. The
study was ordered by the 49th
legislative assembly.
Preliminary drafts were
presented at a meeting in
Medf ord in January, and were
submitted to the 50th legisla
tive assembly at Salem at that
time. " ' "
At the July 23 hearing, an
opportunity will be given to
all public and private agen
cies as well as the public to
express their opinions regard
ing the program. A transcript
of the hearing will be submit
ted to all board members for
study and reconsideration of
the program, Lane said. - -
Portland (UPD The State
Board of Health said that a
Portland boy died Tuesday of
polio, bringing the state's 1959
polio death toll to three.
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28 Pages
Klamath Falls
Railroad Trestle
Damaged by Fire
Forest Fires Said
To Be Controlled
Klamath Falls -(UPD Fire
on one-half of an 800-foot
Great Northern railroad tres
tle across the Klamath river
here was brought under con
trol this morning after an
hour and a half long battle.
The blaze, of undetermined
origin, sent black smoke bil
lowing high into the air as the
creosote-soaked timbers burn
ed. The spectacular smoke
cloud was visible from 10
miles away.
May Affect Operations
Ian Parks, Great Northern
trainmaster here, said the
burned trestle may seriously
affect several large lumber
operations in the Klamath
Falls area, including Weyer
haeuser Timber and the Kes-
terson Mill. Logs for the mills
are normally hauled across
the trestle.
Railroad officials said the
trestle serves a spur south of
the city limits and main line
traffic will not be disrupted.
Tank cars and city firemen
attacked the fire from both
ends of the bridge to bring it
under control.
No estimate of loss was
given. . . ,
Klamath Falls -(UPD- Weary
fire control officers in the
Klamath Falls area today re
ported all fires "temporarily
under, control." There was
some fear that rising winds
might blow flames, which
have blackened, more . than
2,300 acres of brush and tim
ber land, out of control again..
Night Long Battle
Approximately -100 fire
fighters staged a night-long
battle to contain a 2,000-acre
blaze north of Hildebrand,
some 35 miles east of here.
The blaze was whipped out
of control early Wednesday
by a sudden shift in the wind.
Flames jumped a road and
burned a vacant house and
barn on the Perry Langer
ranch east of the O.C.&E. rail
road track where sparks-from
a passing' train originally
touched off the fire Tuesday
afternoon.
Council to Consider
Housing Authority
The Medf ord city council
at 7:30 o'clock tonight will
consider acknowledging disso
lution of the Jackson County
Housing authority, accept its
assets, and transfer monies
from the general fund to the
Jackson st. swimming pool
and park reserve fund. ?
Monies from the housing
authority, which are just un
der $75,000, have been ear
marked for a swimming pool
at the Jackson st. site.
Also on the agenda tonight
is consideration of purchase
of a fire truck for the Med
ford Rural Fire Protection
district, and repealing certain
ineffective, superseded or ob
solete ordinances.
A continued public hearing
on , rezoning from class IA,
single family, to class V, light
industrial, for a portion of
the Farr property in the Val
ley Center subdivision also
will be held.
Other ordinances which
will be considered are one
to require -fencing around
swimming pools and another
to prohibit uninvited tele
phone solicitation.
Salem (UPD Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
has authorized the Pacific
Power and Light Company to
issue and sell $10,996,000 in
convertible debentures.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued hot and
dry through Friday. Low to
night CO. High tomorrow 98.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 98
Lowest this Morning 58
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
:47 pjn.
Sunrise tomorrow
:4S a.m.
.28 a.m.
July 19
:12 D.m.
Moonset tomorrow 2
Full Moon .
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus, in the west 11
Fomawaut, rises 12
.07 a.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 9
Jupiter low in south
west 19
Saturn, lew ia south
west 1
:26 pjn.
:S5 p.m.
:S8 a.m.
Cents
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959
regon
Cleared!
King Hill, Idaho (UPD The
On-to-Oregon wagon train was
cleared today on charges that
it trespassed on private land
between Glenns Ferry and
Mountain Home in Idaho. .
Justice of the Peace Lynn
Sherman of King Hill dis
missed the charges for "lack
of evidence of criminal in
tent." Serpa, Wife Appear
Appearing before Sherman
were Gordon (Tex) Serpa and
his wife, Louise, leaders of the
strain, and Conn Sevaney and
Eldon Thompson of Glenns
Ferry, witnesses in behalf of
the train. " ; ..-
The action against the train
followed an allegation by
King Hill rancher Jack Hen-
Safety Council Presents City
Certificate for Education Plan
Medford's scool traffic safe
ty education during 1958 won
for the city another National
Safety Council certificate of
achievement, it was announc
ed Wednesday afternoon. The
award will "be presented by
uov. Mark Hatfield some time
this year.
Another award won in the
field of traffic safety will be
presented to Vernon Thorpe
tonight at the city council
meeting. It is for traffic engi
neering proficiency within the
city during the year. The
award is given by the Insti
tute of Traffic Engineers.
The announcements were
made yesterday durine an
analysis of the city's 1958 ac
cident prevention program re
viewed by 'Edward J. War
mouth, manager of traffic
safety division, state depart
ment of motor vehicles, Sa
lem.. - .
Exceed Recommendations
The Institute award is be
ing presented the city for
meeting or exceeding 85 per
cent of the recommended per
formance standards in the
field of traffic engineering.
The analysis, prepared by
the National Safety Council.
indicated that Medf ord just
held its own in 1958. Its total
program scored at 73 points,
the same as in 1957. It re
ceived the highest score of
any Oregon city in its popula
tion group in its school traffic
safety education program.
The city's program showed
improvement in two'' areas,
traffic engineering and traf
fic courts, but turned in a
lower score in five other ac
tivities evaluated by the
Council.
Warmouth said that the re
duced score does not neces
sarily reflect a let-up from
previous levels of perform
ance in Medford, but could in
dicate that other cities in Med
orcFs population group made
greater advances last year.
He also pointed out that
Medford, as well as other Ore
gon cities, was scored down in
some areas because of certain
state laws, particularly in the
field of enforcement, which
are not considered- adequate
by evaluators. "
He added that if the city is
100 Delegates
At Convention Here
About 100 delegates' repre
senting 12,000 Oregon union
carpenters were here today
for the annual Oregon State
Council of Carpenters con
vention. . Ivor T. Jones of Salem, who
has held the post of executive
secretary for 11 years, was
being challenged for the posi
tion by George Hann, busi
ness agent of the Portland
District Council. Hann said
he was, seeking the position
because others had asked him
to run. Jones said he would
be a candidate if nominated.
Jones said he favored a
plan of holding conventions
every two years instead of
every year but with meetings
of local business agents with
the council executive board
at least once every six
months. He said the present
annual conventions were too
expensive for some locals.
Headquarters for the con
vention is the Medford Labor
Temple, 24V4 South Grape st.
Wag
of Tresioassona
ley that the cavalcade had
camped on his land without
his permission.
Sevaney and Thompson tes
tified that Serpa had obtained
permission to camp on Hen
ley's ranch from Jay Emery,
foreman of the ranch.
Served by Sheriff
The warrant for the charge
of trespassing was served by
Elmore ; County Sheriff Earl
Winters earlier today.
Henley swore out the war
rant when he charged the
train had stopped on his land
without his permission.
Mountain Home, Idaho-rtJPD
-Oregon's seven covered wag
ons, on the final month of
their long trek westward from
to continue its previous high
standing in the inventory
analysis, new steps must be
taken to cope with the grow
ing problem s of traffic man
agement and accident preven
tion.' Traffic accidents involving
Medford residents in and out
of the city, the analysis
showed, probably cost the
community $700,000 annually,
based on national urban ex
perience. This includes cost of motor
vehicle repair or replacement,
estimates of loss of earning
power, medical and hospital
expenses, and cost of provid
ing auto insurance. .
Among recommendations
made to city officials included
1. That the accident records
supervisor attend a special
course on traffic accident rec
ords and their uses, and that
additional accident data be
prepared and made available
for traffic engineering and
public traffic safety education
use.
2. That the need for prohi-
hibiting turning movements
New Mexico Man
Pleads Guilty
Raney Roy N e w c o m b,
Hobbs, : N.M., pleaded guilty
in circuit court to burglary
not in a dwelling this week.
Sentencing was continued
pending receipt of federal bu
reau of investigation reports.
He was arraigned on a district
attorney's information.
Also under arraignment on
a similar charge is Cecil Har
vey Allen, also Hobbs, N.M.,
whose case was continued for
him to enter a plea: Ronald
Ricketts, Medford lawyer, was
appointed his counsel.
The two men were arrested
by Medford city police July 7
in connection with the bur
glarizing of, 14 local business
establishments during a three
week period. They were
charged specifically with the
theft of more than $L,100
from the Coca Cola company
June 23.
Mammoth's Tooth Said
Found in Willamette
Dayton, Ore.- (UPD -A Salem
man Wednesday found what
an amateur geologist says is
a mammoth's tooth, estimated
to be between 10,000 and one
million years old. It was
found at a U. S. Army En
gineers dredge project in the
Willamette river near here.
Patrolman Seeks
Man; Finds He's'
Serving Jail Term
A Medford police patrol
man who "preferred to re
main anonymous" began an
investigation this morning
to locate a man whose last
known address was in Ash
land. Police had an emergency
message for him from
Texas.
The patrolman had de
tails on the man's age.
height, weight and coloring,
and began the search a
short time before he was
reminded by another officer
that the missing man was a
few feet away in the city
iail, serving a five-day sen
tence imposed this morning
on a charge of vagr.mcY
54th Year
Tribune
No. 101
on Train
Independence, Mo., will arrive
in their home state at Nyssa
next Tuesday, three days
ahead of schedule.
Officials said the date for
the big arrival celebration at
Independence, Ore., had not
been changed. That still will
be August 15. '
To Spread Out Time
' Officials of the On-to-Oregon
Cavalcade said the time
gained on the trip so far
would be spread out in Ore
gon. Present plans call for
overnight stops at Nyssa,
Vale, Baker, La Grande, Pen
dleton, The Dalles and Hills
boro, plus possible stops at
other communities.
The train left Independ
ence, Mo., on April 19.
at certain intersections be in-
rvestigatedJ
3; That selective enforce
ments be expanded and that
the administrative training
program be expanded to cover
all supervisory officers.
4. That the judge and prose
cutor participate in one of the
regional traffic court confer
ences held at various law
schools.
5. That practical driving in
struction be expanded to in
clude all eligible high school
students. 1
In the safety organization
and public traffic safety edu
cation field, the analysis rec
ommended that more time be
spent in' planning and carry
ing out the program and that
more project activity be aimed
at major local problems." More
frequent meetings of officials
also was recommended.
$33,020 Reported
At Pace Meeting
Eighty-six per cent of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce $38,000 "Keep
Pace With Tomorrow" goal
has been reached thus far,
according to Bob Taylor, gen
eral 'chairman.
At the second progress re
port meeting of the business
groups division this morning
at the Jackson hotel, a total
of $33,020 was reported.
Twenty-six more subscription
increases were reported, for
a total of 63 to date, and 25
new members were reported,
bringing the total new mem
bers to 50.
The group will conclude its
work Monday at 10 a.m. at
the final report prior to the
victory luncheon scheduled
for Thursday, July 23, at noon
in the Jackson hotel.
The real estate and insur
ance group, under Don Her-
ried and Hank Hart, was the
first croup to top its goal
when 106 per cent of its mini
mum goal was reported this
morning.
Taylor said that about one-
third of the chamber mem
bers have been contacted to
date, and he urges those who
have not been reached to get
in touch with campaign head
quarters at the Jackson hotel.
'Boy, What
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Southern Japan
Flood Wafers
Recede Slowly
Most of Taipei
Said Under Water
By United Press International
Typhoon Billie drove thou
sands of persons from their
homes on Formosa Wednesday
night. In southern Japan flood
waters from drenching rains
receded slowly, leaving 45
dead.
, Forty-three crewmen from
the 3,692-ton Japanese ship
Wansei Maru took to lifeboats
when the vessel broke its an
chor line and went aground
off Ishigaki Island, northeast
of Formosa.
No Major Damage
The crewmen were later
picked up by a Japanese fish
ing vessel and transferred to
the American landing ship
Thomaston.
Navy reports from Yokosu-
ka said there was no major
damage to the Nansei Maru
and that crewmen from the
Thomaston were attempting
repairs.
Most of Taipei, Formosa's
capital, was covered with wa
ter ranging from a few inches
to rooftop level. A housing
unit for an American military
mission was evacuated with
residents wading to safety in
waist-deep water.
Hospital Evacuated
The U. S. military hospital
near Taipei was evacuated
and 42 of the more seriously
ill were flown to Okinawa,
some 800 miles away.
In the midst of the confu
sion of evacuation, an Army
doctor delivered a daughter
to Mrs. Irving W. Lind, Seat
tle, wife of a Navy chief
boatswain's mate. She and the
infant were reported in good
condition.
The typhoon swung its
hardest punch at Taipei,
bringing 10 inches of water
in: 24 .hours, then veered
northwest to the China main
land. In Kyushu, Japan's south
ernmost island, flood water
from three days of drenching
rains receded somewhat, but
authorities kept disaster units
on the alert in case Billie
again veered east across the
island.
Rivers Burst Banks
Police said 45 persons died
as a result of the storm and
that bridges, telephone poles
and several hundred acres of ,
farmland were still under
water.
In Taipei, nearly 10,000
Chinese fled their homes as
the Tamsui and Keelung riv
ers burst their banks, sending
thousands of tons of water
cascading into the town.
Despite the sudden on
slaught, only two deaths were
reported on Formosa.
There were no reports of
casualties among the 10,000
Americans living on Formosa.
KF Judge Frowns
On Student Driving
Klamath Falls-TOPD-Charles
Foster,' juvenile judge, has
suggested that high school
students here who drive with
out permission may be ex
pelled. The suggestion was
contained in a letter the judge
wrote to the school board. He
said poor grades and truancy
were known results of stu
dent drivers and that the in
crease in use of cars was "the
great single cause of juvenile
delinquency, I'm convinced."
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