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Prineville Area
Blaze Engulfs
Ponderosa Stand
Range Land Burns in
Abert Fault Vicinity
By United Pren International
Two big fires, one of them
in pine timber land east of
Prineville were reported in
Oregon today as fire danger
remained high throughout the
state. The weatherman said
no rain, except ior possible
thundershowers, was in sight
for the rest of the week.
Another blaze covered an
estimated 20,000 to 30,000
acres of range land in the
Abert fault area about 45
miles north of Lakeview. It
was feared a strong wina
mieht drive this blaze into
the Fremont National forest.
Some western Oregon log
ging operations were shut
down because humidity
dropped below 30 per cent.
Temperatures passed the 100
degree mark in some parts
of the state on Sunday.
1100 Acres Burned
The blaze in rich ponderosa
pine timber in state and' f ed
eralland about 45 miles east
of Prineville was still'out of
control today in the Mitchell
area. About 1,100 acres were
blackened by the flames. A
rising wind this morning fan
ned the blaze into increased
activity. Th fire is "far from
being controlled," fire fight
ing officials said.
About 200 men with several
bulldozers were trying to trail
the blaze. The fire "crowned"
Sunday and spread rapidly at
tree - top level. Spotting from
burning- embers' touched off
several small fires in nearby
unburned timber, lack of
roads in the area hampered
crews and heavy equipment
has had to build its own
roads to get to the blaze. The
fire started in the Prineville
district of the state forest and
was blown into the Ochoco
National Forest.
John C. Hunt of the Bureau
of Land Management said the
range fire east of Lakeview
was quiet this morning and
a scout Diane reported it was
believed a fire line had been
built around the blaze. -Borate
Solution Dropped.
"If it breaks ' loose again
today and makes a run like
yesterday it will go into the
Fremont National Forest,"
Hunt warned. Three planes
drooped a borate solution on
the fire today. Eight bulldoz
ers, three tankers and 50 men
were on the fire lines.
It was 'believed started by
lightning.
A 2,500 acre grass fire was
renorted on the Warm Spring
Indian reservation about eight
miles north of Warm Springs.
It was believed caused by a
cigarette flipped from a car.
Temoeratures Sunday in
cluded 103 at Pendleton and
Medford and Salem and The
Dalles had reading of 100.
Portland had 92. It was rela
tively cool on the coast with
Newport having a high oi 64,
Warehouse Blaze
Started by Sparks
Sparks from an incinerator
fire caused extensive heat
and smoke damage to stock at
the Rogue Distributor's ware
house, 2502 Jacksonville high
wav. Friday afternoon
"Two pumpers from the
Medford fire department re
sponded to the call at 2:50
r, m and were at the scene
for nearly VA hours, it was
reported. Approximately half
of the building was charred
by the blaze. ,
Snarks from the screen
type incinerator blowing into
three large cardboard boxes
next to the west wall of the
building ignited and the fire
spread into the building, fire
men reported. The amount of
stock damage is not Known
at this time until an inventory
rnmnleted of that ware
house and another warehouse
next door. The company stock
is of the variety store type,
it was reported.
Owners of the company are
W. W. Driskell, H. W. O'Con
nor, and R. E. Browne, who
were in the other warehouse
when the fire was discover
ed.
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HAPPY COINCIDENCES-Two valley wom
en, who are sisters, recently had babies
both boys, bom only eight hours apart in
the same , hospital, with . the same doctor
assisting, Mrs. Robert Frazer, 2418.Howard
ave., Medford (left), holds Robert Donald
Jr., the sixth child for the couple. Her sister,
Mrs. Robert Colson, 6117 Table Rock rd.,
DA Rules That
Board of Health
Appoints Officer
The Jackson county board
of health appoints the county
public health officer and de
cides on his salary with ap
proval of the Jackson county
court according to District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeder
today in a written opinion.
Confusion over who should
appoint the new health offi
cer originated when the coun
ty court received a letter
from Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
state public health . officer,
stating that the county board
makes the appointment. Dr.
Erickson wrote the county
court that Dr. Inskeep, Med
ford physician, had applied
to the state board of health
for the position here. The
county court was interview
ing Dr. Inskeep this moving.
Dr. Inskeep was a member
of the Oregon state board of
health from 1943 to 1959 and
was board president in 1950
and 1951, Dr. Erickson wrote.
A replacement is - needed
for Dr. A. Erin Merkel who
will leave July 31 to take a
position with the San Diego
health department.
Reports Given
In Chamber Drive
Ninety-three per cent of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce's $38,000 "min
imum" goal was reported this
morning at the third report
meeting of the "Keep Pace
With Tomorrow" campaign,
The total reported to date
is $35,742. Forty-two new
members have joined the
chamber for a total of 92 new
members.
Three groups now over their
minimum goal are the auto
motive . and. transportation,
real estate and insurance, and
diversified groups. Campaign
officials said that with a lit
tle more effort during the two
remaining days, the minimum
goal should be exceeded and
the groups will be well on
their way towards the com
munity potential goal of $40,
000. ' ,
The campaign will be con
cluded with a victory lunch
eon at noon Thursday at the
Jackson hotel. At that time
all campaign cards are to be
accounted for.
Campaign officials express
ed confidence that they
would reach the "community
challenge" goal and pointed
out that only 50 per cent of
the contacts have been made
to date, so that a great deal of
work remains to be done in
the next few days before the
campaign ends.
Khrushchev Ca heels
Scandinavian Tour
Because of Threats
'Stockholm! Sweden (UPD
Soviet Premier Nikita Krush
chev today abruptly cancelled
a scheduled tour of four Scan
dinavian nations. A formal
Soviet note said the surprise
decision was due to a bitter
press campaign against the
visit and threats of anti-Soviet
demonstrations.
The move was a diplomatic
shocker that indicated a pos
sible major turn in: Soviet
policy.
Word of the diplomatic
snub arrived in Scandinavian
capitals in a series of notes
less than three weeks before
the unpredictable Soviet
chief was to have begun a
grand . swing through Den
mark, Sweden, Norway and
Finland.
The trip had been planned
down to the final detail. Top-
level Soviet officials," includ
ing chiefs of security and pro
tocol,' already had gone over
the ground.
The Krushchev bombshell
threw the Geneva Big Four
talks into turmoil. Western
diplomats had no means of
knowing whether it indicated
the Soviet chief might be ill
or whether some important
new cold war might be in the
making. ;
Sources close vto Danish
Premier H. C. Hansen said the
Danish government tentative
ly believed the cancellation
might' be due to health rea
sons. They pointed out that
Soviet authorities negotiating
with Danish officials about
the program for the Krush
chev visit repeated ly had
stressed that the program
should not be too crowded
Some official quarters here
tended to believe that Krush
Irrigation
Held to Allocation as
Irrigation . water - supplies
remain near the critically low
stage at both Medford and
Talent Irrigation districts,
managers of both districts re
ported today.
Water-users are being held
strictly to the 18-inch alloca
tion, Walt Hoffbuhr, manager
of the Talent irrigation dis
trict said. Those users . going
beyond that allocation will be
cut off, he added. He estimat
ed that available water should
be sufficient for three good
orchard irrigations. The or
chardists are reported to be
on their second irrigation
now.
Jack Hoffbuhr, Medford
Irrigation district manager,
said his district's water-users
should have enough water for
late, irrigation of ., pear, or
chards unless the orchardists
Central Point, holds her first child, Rodney
Alan. The Frazer baby weighed 8 pounds,
13V2 ounces and was born July 16, at 8:34
a.m. at Osteopathic hospital.. His cousin
arrived at 1:30 a.m. the following day.
Grandparents of the babies are Mr. and Mrs. .
H. G. Malot, 3009 Table Rock rd., Medford.
chev's present tour of Poland
might have exhausted him
more than was foreseen.
But the Soviet note, as re
leased by the Swedish For
eign Office said the decision
was due to Scandinavian
criticism of the tour. It ex
pressed the hope that the visit
could be rescheduled, "per
haps in a year."
The Krushchev decision
was announced by all four
Scandinavian governments.
Fleet Adm. Leahy
Dies in Washington
Washington-UPD-Fleet Adm.
William D. Leahy, wartime
chief of staff to President
Roosevelt, died here today. He
was 84.
Death came at the Navy
Medical Center in nearby
Bethesda, Md., the Navy re
ported. A cerebral vascular acci
dent was listed as the cause
of death. With him was his
son, Rear Adm. William H.
Leahy, , commander of the
Norfolk Navy shipyard at
Portsmouth, Va.
It was Leahy who-both be
fore and after his retirement
from the Navy-helped fashion
the foundation for victory in
World War II and for the
peace that followed. ....
Leahy was the man who, as
chief,, of naval operations
from 1937 to 1939, sold Con
gress on the idea of building
a big Navy. His salesmanship
may have saved the nation
from going under after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
District Water Users
wait until
after Aug,
20,
which may be too late.
Both men expect little hold
over in water supplies for the
next irrigation season. The
weather bureau 1 predicts 30
days more of hot, dry
weather.
Howard Prairie reservoir
water will be used starting to
morrow according to James
Calhoun, bureau of reclama
tion, resident engineer. This
won't effect the total . water
supply appreciably, but it will
compensate for water which
must be carried over in Hyatt
lake for next year's opera
tion. By mid-August the water
in Emigrant reservoir should
be drawn down . to the cof
fer dam and the water by
passed through the new tun
nel, he -added..
The draw-down from both
Clean Up Started
At Fairgrounds
By 4-H Leaders
Revisions Announced
In the Fair Program
Jackson county 4-H leaders
were busy Sunday . cleaning
up the Jackson county fair
grounds for the annual coun
ty 4-H and FFA fair schedul
ed for Aug. 16 through 22.
The county agent has agreed
to tear down two metal build
ings and replace them with a
new building for next year.
Members of the Jackson coun
ty fair board are consulting
with an architect now to draw
plans for the new building.
The county court has agreed
also to provide a dump-truck
to haul away manure and
straw or shavings cleaned out
the livestock barns each day
during the fair. The county
will keep the main roads into
the grounds graveled and a
watering truck will be used
to keep down the dust, mem
bers of the county fair board
were told during a recent
meeting with the county
court.
Revisions
A number-of revisions have
been made in the fair pro
gram. The fair, will be one
day longer this year to handle
the greater number of ani
mals to be displayed, accord
ing to County 4-H Agent
Glenn Klein. Rabbits and
poultry events will be held
Tuesday through Saturday.
The horse show will be held
Sunday, Aug. 16.
A new class will be added
to the fair this year, that of
dog obedience for the 4-H
members who are raising
guide dogs for the blind. Also,
market animals will be judg
ed prime, choice and good on
the hoof this year, Klein said.
Those judged less than good
will be sold Friday afternoon
during fair week at the Mid
way livestock auction.
Friday, Aug. 28, the 4-H
and FFA banquet and awards
presentation will be held. The
Jackson County Young Farm-
ers club and. the Jackson
County 4-H Leaders associa
tion are sponsoring the event.
A 4-H style show and awards
program will follow the ban
quet. Successful Run
Sunday by Riders
- The Ashland Sage Riders
carried the Pony Express mail
from the . Siskiyou summit
stockade Sunday to the Jackson-Josephine
county line in
3 hours and 17 minutes, Mrs.
Mike Jacoby, president of the
Riders, reported today.
The run, three minutes fas
ter than the June run, went
off without a hitch, Mrs. Ja
coby said.
Earl Root, in the run
through Medford, was clocked
at 30 miles an hour. Medford
city police, who convoyed the
rider . through town, reported
that "the horse exceeded the
posted speed limt at times, but
he wasn't being operated in a
reckless manner," and no cita
tion was issued, officers said.
Twenty-one : riders on 21
horses, three of which had
rubber shoes, made the coun
ty run. Within the county 150
letters were picked up, Mrs.
Jacoby said. '
In the county for the event
was Stanley Thompson, Port
land, president of the Oregon
State Pony Express club, who
observed the riders through
Jackson county and into Jo
sephine county.
Supply Dwindles
Four Mile and Fish Lake res
ervoirs in the Medford Irri
gation district is approximate
ly 10 days ahead of what it
was in the dry year of 1955,
Hoffbuhr noted. From June
1 to July 17 the water in Fish
Lake has been pulled down
from a total of 8,106 acre
feet to 3,675 acre feet. Water
at Four 'Mile reservoir has
been drawn down from 16,
579 acre feet to 10,946 acre
feet. - - ' .
Jack Hoffbuhr said the dry
periods in this area seem to
run in four-year cycles. The
recent dry periods were in
1947, 1951 and in 1955.
"It all depends on what
happens from here on out,"
Jack Hoffbuhr said comment
ing on the future irrigation
supply picture. "Orchardists
expect to start 'picking Aug.
Price 10 Cents
Medford
16 Pages MEDFORD,
Two Persons Die
In Auto Crashes
On Oregon Roads
Hot Weather Sends
Many To Resorts
By United Press International
At least nine persons
drowned in Oregon during
the week end as hot weather
sent residents to. rivers, lakes
and beaches. Two persons
died in highway accidents to
bring the week end fatality
count to 11.
Jimmie Ray Rogers, 7, son
o Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rog
ers of Redmond, drowned in
a deep hole in the Deschutes
river near Cline Falls State
park, about four miles west
of Redmond Sunday. He
slipped from an inner tube on
which he was floating. His
body was recovered.
Ranch Hand Drowns
Thomas Martinez, 58-year-old
Nyssa ranch hand, drown
ed Sunday while attempting
to swim the Owyhee river.
State police said Martinez was
on a picnic with his family
and several friends about 17
miles south of Nyssa. The
body was recovered.
Robert Lee Scarbrough, 18,
Creswell, died Sunday while
swimming in an abandoned
rock quarry east of Highway
99 near Creswell. Two com
panions told officers the youth
got a cramp and went under
despite their efforts to neip.
Clackamas Claims Two
Vera Lawrence Sell, 5Vfc,
Beaverton, drowned in the
Clackamas river -at Willsada
! park near Carver bunaay.
The child was with his par
ents, Mr. and" Mrs. Robert
Sell. A 55-year-old Portland
woman, Helen Carrillo,
drowned near the same area
Saturday.
' William David Beck, 18-year-old
Selma youth, drown
ed in the Illinois river near
Deer Creek 35 miles south of
Grants Pass Saturday. He was
trying to unsnag a lure his fa
ther had cast when he stepped
into a deep hole.
Walter Harvey Knapp, 33,
Klamath Falls, drowned Sat
urday in Hyatt lake southeast
of Medford when he fell from
a boat while fishing.
Dentist Drowns ,
The body of Gresham den
tist Dr. Arthur Trenholm, 67,
was recovered early Sunday
from the Umpqua river. . The
body of his companion, Fred
Bennett of Alberta, Canada,
was still the object of a Coast
Guard search today. Both men
fell into the water when their
small skiff capsized.
Cecil Cronin, 44, Condon,
was killed in a head-on colli
sion about five miles north of
Madras Saturday night.
James H. Stagg, 31, Inde
pendence, was killed late Fri
day night when his car struck
a power pole on Highway 192
in Polk county.
. Washington -flJPD- President
Eisenhower will hold. a news
conference Wednesday.
Being
4. As soon as they start pick
ing, use of irrigation water
will drop since they can't pick
and irrigate too."
He. predicted the Medford
district would supply enough
for everyone's crops if the
water-users are careful. He
predicted the Medford district
would sup'ply enough for ev
eryone's crops if the water
users are careful. He said
there probably would not be
enough water for late sum
mer and early fall pasture
irrigation. Lack of water then,
he added, should not kill the
grass since fall rains usually
come to bring green back to
pastures. He thinks, however,
that dairymen and beef grow
ers might be putting their
cattle on feed earlier than
usual.
SrawSiigs mi
OREGON, MONDAY, JULY
"These Guys Aren't Even Members of Congress,
Much Less Texans"
:!!
JIM Hi .-ATJXAl
Herter Proposes
Big 4 Commission
On German Problem
Geneva (DPD - Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter pro
posed today that the Geneva
deadlock over Berlin be brok
en by- converting the present
Bie Four conference into a
permanent commission
on Germany with East and
West German advisers.
Herter said such a body
would have no time limit on
its activities unlike the all
German committee proposed
by the Russians which would
have to complete German re
unification within 18 months.
Sensible Way
The U.S. secretary of state
told the' Big Four conference j
that setting up a permanent
commission would be a "sen
sible and businesslike way"
of breaking the east - west
dead-lock here.
Today's Weather
Is More of Same
Yesterday's high tempera
ture mark , of 103 degrees
marked the city's fourth
straight day : of 100-plus de
gree weather, but Medford
residents who were here ex
actly 13 years ago, on July
20, 1946, will recall that on
that day the mercury pushed
its way up to the all-time high
for the city a sweltering
115 degrees.
Today's weather is ex
pected to hovef around 100
and the same is predicted for
tomorrow. However the
weather bureau in its five
day forecast today promised
some slight relief from the
current hot spell. The ther
mometer is expected to drop
down to the 90s, and possibly
lower, by the middle and end
of the week.
State forestry department
crews were mopping up two
lightning fires in the McLeod
area this morning, officials re
ported today.
The strikes were reported
at midnight and 6:45 a.m. fol
lowing a lightning storm
which traveled through the
area around midnight. Six
lightning strikes were report
ed to the district's office in
Josephine county from the
same storm.
A crew was dispatched to
each strike, officials reported.
The spot fires did little dam
age, although the forests re
main quite dry during the
current hot weather, they
said. ; ',
Portland - (DPD - Karlin M,
Capper-Johnson, professor of
international affairs at lewis
and Clark college, has been
elected president for the
seventh time of the Oregon
United Nations Association
here.
54th Year
Tribune
20, 1959 No. 104
o.5; caPitul BL-pa. !
Herter spoke .lor the west
as a whofe when he delivered
the proposal to a plenary ses
sion of the East-West foreign
ministers conference this af
ternoon.
Shortly before, the U. S
secretary had put the plan
privately before Soviet For
eign Minister Andrei Gro-
myko during a big four lunch
meeting in the villa of Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd.
. It was the first move by the
West during the resumed Ge
neva talks to swing over to
the offensive and seize the
initiative from the Russians.
Herter sharply attacked the
Russian proposal for an all
German commission, describ
ing the Red plan as "totally
unacceptable."
Herter charged that Russia
was demanding that the west
accept Moscow's all - German
committee plan witihout any
guarantees in exchange.
Two Hearings Set
For Reorganization
Hearings on proposed re
organization of Pinehurst
school district with Ashland
will be held tomorrow night
at Pinehurst and Thursday
night at Ashland, the county
school superintendent's office
said today.
The hearing tomorrow is
scheduled for 8 p.m. at Pine
hurst school. The hearing
Thursday is scheduled at 8
p.m., in the Lincoln school
gymnasium.
Following the hearings the
Jackson county school dis
trict reorganization commit
tee will discuss the pros and
cons of the proposal and reach
its decision. The committee's
proposal will be part of a plan
formulated for school district
reorganization in Jackson
county and delivered to the
state by Oct. 1.
Ashland Man Arrested
On Pollution Charge
Leslie Lusk, manager of
East Side Abattoir, Ashland,
posted $100 bail this morning
following his arrest by a Jack
son county sheriffs deputy on
a district court warrant charg
ing him with dumping an of
tensive substance in Bear
creek.
Lusk is scheduled to appear
in district court Wednesday at
10 a.m.
According to the district at
torney's office, the warrant
for Lusk's arrest was issued
following a complaint by R. S.
McDonald, 1125 Mt. Pitt ave.,
Medford, a member of the
Medford Sportsmen club.
large Number'
Claimed Hanged;
Fighting Spreads
Censorship Veils
.Most Happenings
Beirut, Lebanon -(DPD- Two
Cairo newspapers reported to
day that a Communist uprising
in Iraq against the govern
ment of Premier Abdel Karim
Kassem in the oil city of Kir
kut was still raging and that
the Communists were hanging
a "large number" of notables
there. ,
The death toll was estimated
at between 50 and 100 persons.
' A clandestine radio calling
itself the voice of Free Iraq
also reported today the fight
ing had spread to the city
of Anah across the top of Iraq
from Kirkuk and that Com
munists there had made "an
other attempt" to capture the
city. .
Reports Conflict
Conflicting reports received
in London from the British
embassy in Baghdad indicated
that "the situation in Kirkuk
now seems to be calm," a Brit
ish Foreign Office spokesman
said. The spokesman said the
reports from Baghdad were
dispatched late Sunday.
Most of the happenings in
Iraq were veiled by heavy gov
ernment censorship but the
government confirmed that
the Communists began an at
tempt on July 14 to seize con
trol. July 14 is the first anni
versary of the uprising against
King Faisal.
The major fighting was re
ported confined to the city
of Kirkuk where an army
brigade there mutinied and
joined the Communist rebels,
the semi-official Middle East
News Agency reported in
Cairo. Reports today said the
Reds held large areas of the
city and had seized an arms
depot.
Decries 'Blind Fanaticism
Kassem, in a radio appeal
to the nation, asked Iraqis
to avoid "blind fanaticism"
that might lead to further
civil war. He warned that his
government would "settle ac
counts" with the Communists
and other anti - government
forces but expressed hope no
further force would be nec
essary. The Damascus newspaper
AI Wahdah said the Commu
nists began "fierce battles" in
Kirkuk three days ago and
that Communists and Turk
men tribesmen battled in the
streets.
The Communists hanged
eight of their corpses on gal
lows and dragged the remain
ing two in the streets of the
city," the Middle East News
Agency reported in Cairo.
Army Unit Defects
It said army units rushed
to restore order but one army
unit, the second regiment, de
fected to the Communists side.
It said the Communists assas
sinated the anti-Communist
second-in-command of the de
fecting unit, dragged his body
through the streets and then
seized "control ... of im
portant sectors of the city."
The Communists have De-
come increasingly influential
the Kassem government
since he came to power last
year and Western diplomats
have expressed fear tney
would try to lake over the
oil-rich nation. Reports from
Iraq today indicated that the
Communists' major effort may
have started. .
Body of Drowned Man
Recovered From Lake
The body of Walter Harvey
Knapp, 33, of 1145 East st,
Klamath Falls, was located
late Sunday by Jackson Coun
ty Sheriff Joe Walsh and
Deputy Verl Vanoose in Hyatt
lake, following skin diving
operations by the department
since Saturday night.
Knapp was fishing on the
lake Saturday with his two
sons when he fell out of the
boat. It was reported that he
could not swim.
Portland-(DPD-Jan Markstal-
ler, 22-year-old former nose
Festival queen here, nas Deen
selected Miss Oregon Wool for
1959.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Isolated thnnder-
nxrmr mniintlittc this
evening. Otherwise fair and hot
tnrougn luesoaa-. ww innism
64. Hieh tomorrow near 100.
. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 13
Lowest This Morning 6
Our Skies Tonight
Snnset today
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise today
7:44 p.m.
4:52 a.m.
8:00 p.m.
Last Quarter
July Z7
Jupiter today resumes its usual
eastward movement among the
stars that will bring it to where
Saturn now is, next March. The
following year Jupiter wUl pass
to the east of Saturn.