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AS 1j) o) M M M v v, Rogue River Basin Corps Discusses Salmon Spanning (Editor's not: This is the last in a strict of stories en the report of lb Corps of Engineers , development program for the Rogue basin. Today's article con cludes information about fish spawning arid other miscellaneous information.) Storage at any site on the Rogue river proper is anti cipated to be seriously detri mental to existing chinook salmon spawning,' according Five Petitions Being Checked for County Signatures Five referendum petitions seeking referral of House Bill 760, an income tax bill passed by the 1959 state legislature, to a vote of the people have been filed with the secretary of state's office. Signatures of the Jack'son county residents are being checked by the county elec tions department, it was learned today. Following the checking of signatures by the elections de partment, 203 names were found to be legal, it was re ported, i General purpose of the new income tax bill is to lower the personal income tax rates and abolish the federal tax payment as a deduction. How ever, this has been amended by Howell Appling Jr., secre tary of state io read, "To in crease state revenues. Lower personal income tax rates. Abolish, federal tax deduc tion applicable to all tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 1958." This is what would ap pear on the ballot if brought to a vote of the people, Ap pling's letter to the elections department stated. The referendum must be completed and filed not later than 5 p.m., Aug. 4 to appear on the 1960 ballot, an official of the county elections depart ment explained. Approximate ly 21,000 signatures are need ed. . , . The move to refer the mea sure to a vote of the people is headed by an Albany, Ore., group known as the Citizens Committee for Economy ana Equitable Taxation. . If the referral effort is sue cessful the Albany group has stated it plans to circulate initiative petitions with a "proposed remedial tax pro gram drawn from a non partisan study committee rep resenting all segments of Ore gon's economy, according tp the Oregon Tax Research pub lication, "Your Taxes." Court Notified Of Creek Turbidity The Oregon state sanitary authority, Portland, notified the county court this week that the county road depart ment's sand and gravel opera tion? between Talent and Phoenix have caused excessive turbidity in the downstream Bear creek waters. The letter, from Curtiss M. r.verts secretarv and chief engineer of the authority', said this is in violation of public policy and statues pertaining to water pollution control. County Engineer Paul Ryn- ning reported that the sand and eravel operations in that articular area are finished nrt the operation will be moved. Council Passes Ordinance Uninvited Telephone Solicitation The Medford cuy council last night passed an ordinance prohibiting uninvited tele phone solicitation. The ordinance is designed to prevent uninvited solicita tion for the purchase of sales or services. According to the ordinance's wording, it is not meant to apply to one who practices a profession. Councilmen R. L. Van Sickle, Ward ni, and Donald Hansen, Ward II, voted against the ordinance. Hansen said it "will prevent telephone solicitation .of the type we don't mind, but it won't keep the nuisances away." . Councilman Ed Hall, Ward I vced for the measure, but to the Corps of Engineers re port on the Rogue basin.' However, on the basis of relative amounts of spawning and numbers of fish involved, it would appear to the corps that Lewis creek would have a more serious effect than would Lost creek. Total siltation effects on Rogue basin reservoirs based on soil conservation service and forest service experience has been estimated on the basis of an annual silting rate of .2 acre foot per square mile of tributary drainage area, ac cording to engineers. Total storage space reduc tions of about 4 to 8 per cent in 100 years, or about 3 to 6 per cent of the usable stor age, would not materially re duce the usefulness of the Rogue basin reservoirs until after they would have been fully amortized. Descriptions of the propos ed Lake creek reservoir still are not available from the corps due to recent informa tion provided by the bureau of reclamation. The descrip tion, plus the economic data for Lost creek. Elk creek, and Lake creek and Evans creek is expected from the corps of engineers within the next two weeks. Ray D'Aufremont To Get Hearing on Federal Charge Portland -(UPD- Ray D'Au tremont, one of three broth ers convicted in Oregon's 1923 Siskiyou mail train robbery attempt, will be given a hear ing here next Monday on a 36-year-old charge. The old charge is a federal one involving the - dynamit ing of a mail car. Ray, his twin brother Roy, and Hugh D'Autremont were sentenced to life in prison on state mur der charges. Hugh was paroled from the state penitentiary this year but died March 31 in San Francisco. Apparent Parole Move Judge Gus J. Solomon had suspended sentence after Hugh D!Autremont pleaded guilty to the federal charge, paving the way for his event ual parole. Ray D'Autremont filed his motion for-trial on the same charge last, June 22, in an apparent move to get eventual parole. , Roy D'Autremont has been confined in the State hospital for some time. Accident Victim Dies of Burns Willie Berry Thompson, 42, of 1800 East Main rd., Ash land, died this morning in Ashland General hospital from burns received June 18 while working on the Talent project in the Green Springs area. He suffered second and third degree burns over ap proximately 80 per cent of his body. He. was burned, it was reported, when he checked the gasoline ' tank of a, trac tor he was operating "while the engine was running. Thompson had made his home in Ashland for seven years. Funeral services will be an nounced by Litwiller's Funer al home. Ashland. indicated that he didn't think it could be properly enforced. The council also " approved the purchase of a fire truck, costing $24,345 for the Med ford Rural Fire Protection dis trict. The truck will be a-1,000 gallon pumper equipped with a 750 gallon water tank. Councilmen rejected the single bid received for demo lition and removal of the north section of the Western Auto Supply building. The only bid . received was for $3,600 from' Robert -Gray of Eugene. City Manager Robert A. Duff said that new bids will be called. A request for an extension of an after-hours work permit mm 4 IlillilllllE GIRLS DORMITORY-Above .is the architect's sketch of the proposed new women's dormitory at Southern Oregon college. Architect is Robert J. Keeney, Medford. The build- ing will house 121 students with the major portion of it Price 10 Cents Medford 20 Pages MEDFORD, Iep. Porter To Stevenson in Decision Made As Result of Newsletter Poll Washington - (UPD - Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) said today he intends to enter Adlai E. Stevenson's name in the Oregon Democratic presi dential primary next May. Porter said he reached the decision as a result of 2,600 returns from a poll of resi dents of his congressional dis trict in which Stevenson , led potential candidates of both parties. Sure of Acceptance " The congressman said he felt sure that Stevenson would accept the nomination to head the Democratic ticket for a third time, even though the former Illinois governor says he doesn't want to run again and won't seek the nomina tion. ' Porter said his poll showed Stevenson was the, choice of 26 per cent of the voters, Re publican Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon placmj; second with 23 per cent. .. Other Possibilities They were followed by Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), 14 per cent; Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MinnJ, 9 per cent; New York's Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, 5 per cent; Sen. Stuart Sym ington (D-Mo.), 4 per cent, and Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D- Tex.), 3 per cent. Porter said he polled 9,000 persons on the mailing list for his newsletters. He said they are both Republicans and Democrats, and that the poll was "as scientific as any." Written Opinion Sought for Officer County Judge Earl Miller today requested : a written opinion of the district attor ney to establish which county body is responsible for hiring a new county health officer. Miller explained that there is some doubt in the state stat ute as to whether the county court or the Jackson Couny Health association makes the appointment. The association is a board established by the county court. The opinion was requested by the county judge following the resignation of Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer for the past 21 years. Prohibiting was granted the Donald M. Drake company by the coun cil. The company is currently doing construction work on the - Rogue ' Valley Manor project atop Barneberg hill. The permit allows work there to occur ' from 6 a.m. -until 11 ,p.m. v Mayor Snider said he lives in the area and finds, the noise "not actually objection able." Councilman Jimmy Dunlevy, Ward, IV, moved that the ' permit be extended until July 25, with "no furth er extensions considered." Councilmen Stan Stark, Ward IV and Hall voted against the motion to allow the extension. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY Carpenters to Name New Officers Today The 34th annual conven tion of the , Oregon council of Carpenters started its sec ond day of meetings this morning in the Labor Temple here. Election of officers, includ ing the office of executive sec retary for the council, is ex pected to be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon. George L. Softley, presi dent of Eugene local, has an nounced his intention to run for the executive secretary position. Others expected to compete for the-, office . are Ivor T. Jones, Salem, incum bent, and George Hann, busi ness agent of the Portland district carpenter council. During Thursday's session, J.D. McDonald, Portland, Ore gon AFL-CIO president, an nounced a campaign by the union to get members to the polls in the state. 1 . Rates at Farm Home Are Raised An order to raise" the rates for private patients at the Jackson county farm home to $160 a month has been signed by the county court as of July 1, it was reported today. Previous rate for private patients was $130 a month. At the same time county court members, who are also mem bers of the Jackson county public welfare commission, placed the rates charged wel fare patients on a , sliding scale from $90 to $184 a month. The county farm home "has 13 private patients with the remainder welfare pa tients. ' More Bed Patients Millard. Hoffman, county farm home superintendent, explained that the rise in rates was mainly because the farm home is getting more bed patients, who cost more to care for. ; Welfare Administrator James Pullman said the new scale for public welfare pa tients represents an, increase from an over-all average rate of $130 a month to $150 a month. He said that the wel fare department had 41 pa tients in the county farm home as of July 7. "Even with the increase in rates the welfare commission saves money by sending its bed-ridden patients to the county . farm home, since it provides both doctors and medicines for the patients," Pullman said. "For that rea son we have been anxious that the county farm home take more nursing home pa tients. . Treasurer Receives Check' from State The county treasurer re ceived a quarterly payment of $116,022.63 payment of the county's share of state gaso line' tax' and motor, licenses. The money will go into the county road fund. ; The quarterly payment is $12,299.46 over the same Quarter last year. having three floors, plus a basement. .Study bedrooms are . planned. for two occupants. Bids for construction of the dormitory were opened Wednesday, . . 54th Year Tribune 17, 1959 , No. 102 Enter regon McDonald, in announcing the plan, said that the new program is in addition to the voter registration plan which has. been used in previous years. The new campaign will include the job of seeing that the members vote once they have registered. McDonald explained that since half of the state's popu lation is represented by labor it was important for the un ions to be strong politically. Convention Chairman Chairman of the convention, which - is being attended bjr 100 delegates, is Swan Nel son, state council president. ; Committee appointments an nounced during the afternoon session include George Potu cek, chairman of Medford lo cal 2067, rules and finance; and James Griffith and Perry Smith, both Medford local, credentials committee. Among the Thursday speak ers were Roy Smith, federal mediation and conciliation service; E. R. Busselle, Port land, editor of the Union Reg ister; and Harry Carr, busi ness representative of the Seattle and King county dis trict council. The convention will tinue through Saturday. con- Housing Authority Funds Transferred The dissolution of the Jack son County Housing authority was acknowledged last night at the city council meeting, and the council accepted the assets of the authority.' The funds,, amounting ; to $74,938.62, w'ere "transferred from the general fund to the Jackson st. swimming pool and park reserve fund. The money has been earmarked for a swimming pool at the Jackson st. site. A motion to deed certain property of the authority to school district 549C was post poned until next council -meeting. City Manager Robert A. Duff said today that the city engineer is in the process of completing plans for the Swimming pool. He said that bids are expected to be called in about 30 days. Steel Arrives for New Creek Bridge . Steel for the Bear creek bridge at Eighth st. was de livered to the sit today and part of the necessary excava tion work has been complet ed, City Engineer Vernon Thorpe reported. Work is expected to begin Monday on the bridge proper, which i will be completed by Oct. 31. With the completion of the bridge the Eighth st.-River-side ave.-Main st. bottleneck for eastbound 'traffic will be eliminated, Thorpe said. One building, the body shop at Dick Knight company, has been razed and Western Auto Supply has moved part of its equipment and stock from the north end of its building. That building is to be razed this month, city officials reported. Bids Opened for Girls Dormitory On SOC Campus Ashland-Bids were opened Wednesday afternoon for con struction of a 121-student women's dormitory at South ern Oregon college here. Three bids were submitted for the general construction, six for the mechanical work, six for the electrical work, and two for built-in furniture, according to Donald E. Lewis, business manager. The dormitory will be varied heights with the major portion having three floors and a basement. Study bed rooms are planned for two occupants, Lewis said. The structure will cover about 28,458 feet. Funds for construction will be from $380,000 to be obtained from bond borrowings with $20,000 to be provided from restricted fund balances at the college, Lewis said. . The bids will be submitted to the state board of higher education at an Ashland meet ing July .27-28 after they are reviewed by the building com mittee. ' General Construction Bids for general construc tion were submitted by Aus- land Construction company, Grants Pass, $240,900; Todd Building company, Roseburg, $253,617; and Wiley company, Ashland, $298,000. Mechanical bids were submitted by Bowen Brothers, 'Salem, $75,335; Lord Brothers, Portland, $90, 225; McLaughlin Plumbing, Medford, $73,998; Modern Plumbing and Sheet Metal, Medford, $79,900; Patterson Plumbing, Medford, $73,245; and Stuart Mechanical, Med ford, $66,800. Electrical bids were sub mitted by Allison Electric, Portland, $30,000; Electric Corporation, Salem, $26,936; Electronic Service, Medford, $33,900; Perrine Industrial Electric, Ashland,. $26,626; Steeck Electric, Medford, $26, 613; and Trowbridge and Flynn Electric company, Med ford, $31,938. Roy A. Hilliard and asso ciates, Seattle, Wash., submit ted a bid of $44,765 for built in furniture work, and the J-. O. Olson Manufacturing company, Eugene, bid $39,904 for the work. - Steel Strike Cuts Into Employment Pittsburgh (UPD The strike against the nation's basic steel industry cut deeper into em ployment in related fields to day. With no further peace talks scheduled until Monday at the earliest, United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald and his top lieutenants carried their fight f ora better contract to the picket lines. In addition, to the half-million USW members who struck at mills from coast-to-coast at one minute after mid night last Tuesday, it was es timated that more than 25,000 railroaders, truck drivers, miners and seamen were idle because of the steel strike. More layoffs in those lines were expected to raise the to tal to 75,000 in another week or two. (See stories on Page 10) WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, hot nd dry through Saturday but tome aft ernoon cloudiness with a chance of scattered thunderstorms over the mountains south and east. Low tonight 62. High tomorrow near 100. Temp. Highest Yesterday : 102 Lowest this Morning SO Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:46 p.m. 4:49 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow The Moon is in Perigee today, 226,300 miles from the Earth, it rides low tonight, sets 3:28 a.m. tomorrow and will be Full July 19. Near it is seen the planet, Saturn, which is now nearly 850.000,000 miles from the Earth. . IPilliiiltaiiiits ff reek Viewed Br EVELYN OUSTERHOUT Mail Tribune Staff Writer The plentiful pollutants of Bear creek were viewed Thursday afternoon when more than 25 state and local officials and private citizens toured the low, brown, scum covered stream. Jackson county chapter of the Izaak Walton league spon sored the trip, which began at 1 p.m. at the Bear creek bridge on East Main st. Among officials attending were Cole Rivers, fish biolo gist, Oregon state game com mission; David C. Hendricks, County watermaster; Quentin Bowman, field representative, state water resources board; R. C. Dunlap, parks planner, Oregon state parks depart ment; Mark Astrup, land scape engineer; and Frank Morgan, division engineer, both of the state highway de partment. Leads Tour - 1 Col. Paul H. Weiland of Izaak Walton league led the tour. League President Earl H. Knight was in charge. Beginning a t Hawthorne with discussion of what Wei land termed the "unnecessary, ridiculous pollution of Bear creek fcy our own citizens," the group traveled by bus to Ashland and the north end of Fordyce st. From the home of G. E.' An derson, the group viewed a low area in the foothills which is considered a possible site for a 4,000-acre-foot reser voir to feed Bear creek. Exolains Reservoir Keith Allen of the Soil Con servation service explained briefly the possibilities for a reservoir which would be fed by Gaerky creek. The dam site had been considered by the army engineers in their original Rogue Basin study, Weiland said, but only from the standpoint of flood con trol, rather than with consid eration of pollution control and other advantages. Pollution problems are not evident above the Gaerky creek site, and a "healthier" stream flow below that point could do much toward solving the pollution. Proceeding to the Oak st. crossing of Bear, creek, tour members saw the middle lat eral of Talent Irrigation dis trict where removal of water dropped the flow from 50 cubic feet per second to an es timated .4 cf.s Stop to Enlighten Weiland said the stop was made "to enlighten, not to criticize," and Rivers ex plained that irrigation needs in the valley are so great little water is left to maintain stream flow. However, the group was re minded by Walter H. Hoff buhr, manager of the Talent Irrigation district, that with out the irrigation districts and their reservoirs and planning, stream flow in the valley would be even less than it is at present. Fish habitation above the Warm Spell to Continue in Area Today will make Medford's 10th straight day with over-90 degree temperature but the weather bureau termed it "not exceptional." The highest temperature re corded so far this year was 102, which was noted yester day and also on Friday, July 10. The current warm spell was kicked off on July 8 when a high of 93 was reached. High temperature today was predicted to be near 100. On July 10, 1946, it was 115 de grees here. Medford has seen no rain since June 26, when .02 of an inch was recorded. v The weather bureau said that sum mer - showers should come along soon, although the city has been known to go over 100 days without rain. The bureau said that sum mer" showers are usually ac companied with thunder and lightning,, so the cool relief becomes a mixed blessing be cause of the fire danger. Salem-dJPD-Former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay said he was "feeling a little better" at Salem General Hos pital today. The former Ore gon governor suffered a re currence of a heart ailment Monday jid was hospitalized. I Oak st. diversion is good, but below that point the stream drops in water content and rises in temperature and pollution. Meat Packing Plants Weiland pointed out three meat packing plants which op erate on Bear creek in the Ashland area. Further down stream he described the spot where domestic sewage from Ashland and refuse from a cannery pollute the creek. Increasing impurities enter as the stream winds along the Eagle Mill and Valley View rds. and Highway 99 south. The thickening waters contin ue through a gravel operation, where they spread out and warm above the Fern Valley bridge. (Continued on page 10) Word on Legality Of School Budgets Expected Monday Word on - the legality of school budgets in Jackson county is expected from the state tax commission Monday, County Assessor Ray Schu macher said today. He said a full clarification could affect also the Central Point and Ashland school dist rict budgets. The two dist ricts may want to reuest an extension of time to resubmit the budgets to the voters if necessary, bchumacher ex plained. "Rejection of the Eagle Point and Medford school dist ricts may want to request an for an opinion is more of a safeguard to determine a more exact formula fori adjustment of the tax base," the county assessor explained. "This for mula is now under the 1957 rural school law." The county assessor invali dated the budgets submitted to his office Tuesday by the Medford and Eagle Point school districts. Declared Invalid 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. The current Medford school district budget included a proportionate increased base brought about by consolida tion of Medford, Oak Grove and ,West Side districts on April 9, 1956. At the time of the consolidation the law was interpreted by county and school officials to allow inclu sion of proportional base from the consolidating districts. 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 invalidation. Eagle Point consolidated with Districts 45 and 89 in 1958 and its budget is in a sta tus now similar to Medford's. Both Medford and Eagle Point districts have applied for a 30-day extension for "re submission of the budgets to the voters. Salem- (UPD -A. J. Dwyer, Portland, has been reelected chairman of the State Aeron autics Board for the third time. "Who Cares If It's No Good? It Doesn't Cost Any Money" President Says Resignation Not To.Be Accepted Cabinet Meets in Urgent Session Havana (UPB Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro resigned today as Prime Minister nf Cuba. . But President Manuel Ur. rutia, speaking to thousands of Cubans massed before the Presidential Palace here, said the government would not ac cept the resignation. 'This revolution cannot directed by anyone other than Fidel Castro," he said. "You can be sure the resig nation presented by him will not be accepted by the gov ernment." Urrutia met in urgent ses sion with the members of the Council of Ministers (cabinet) in the palace to discuss Cas tro's surprise action. Follow ing a morning-long meeting, the cabinet went to Cuban armed forces headquarters at Camp Liberty to formally re quest Castro to reconsider. Will Make Broadcast There was no reason given immediately for Castro's deci sion to step down m from the post he had held" for five months and one day. The official rebel radio said Castro would report to the people on a nationwide radio and television hookup at 3 p;m. (PST) today. The news of his resignation touched off an uproar in Ha vana and spread like wildfire across the island. Havana's police chief said special pre cautionary measures were tak en to avoid any street dis orders in support of Castro. However, he expressed con fidence that public order would be maintained. Immediately following the news of Castro's resignation, the Communist party demand ed the formation, of a "truly, representative government," including Communist repre sentation. ' Thousands of Castro sup porters turned out into the streets of Havana and march ed on the palace to demand Castro change his mind. No Disorders Reported Government, labor and civic organizations called on the populace to remain calm -and stay on the job. But there were reports of demonstra tions and flash strikes. There was no report, how ever, of any disorders. Raul Castro, Fidel's brother and chief of the Cuban armed forces, said that Fidel would explain his reasons for stepping down from the post . he has held since Feb. 16 in the broadcast. Nikita Asked To Withdraw Threat G e n e v a (UPD The West launched a new round of se cred Big Four talks today with a demand that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev withdraw the war threat from Berlin at once if he really means his latest pledge of peace. The Soviet Premier s de claration in Poland Thursday that Russia will "never, never. never'" start a war gave the West an immediate opening to challenge Soviet threats against Berlin and Russian re buffs of western efforts to keep the peace in the divided city.
