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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
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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.
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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.