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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1959
No. 115
MEDFORDrfRIBUIE
rjilderville Fire
Contained; Store,
Post Office Burn
Grants Pass A forest fire
which destroyed a Wilderville
store, three homes, one of
which included the post office,
and other smaller buildings
was reported "contained" last
night.
The fire, which started near
the Wilderville store about 1
p.m. Friday, had burned about
800 acres by late yesterday,
and state forest officials said
they hoped to have it under
control by late last night.
The fire's spread had been
reported stopped, although
there were still some trouble
spots at about 10 o'clock last
night.
The home of Arthur Young
blood, which also housed the
Wilderville post office, was
destroyed. A home owned by
Robert Eastwood also was des
troyed, and another man,
Merlin Nelson, was burned
when he extinguished a blaz
ing roof at his home.
Nelson suffered second de
gree burns on his ears and
arms, according to a Grants
Pass physician who treated
him. The physician said Nelr
son's hat caught fire. ,
Reports that other homes
had been destroyed could not
be confirmed late Saturday.
Barn Destroyed J-
Barns owned by Ted Gal
vin and Mrs. Marie Twete also
Three Churches
Reported Scenes
Of Crimes Here
One hundred and fifty dol
lars "intended "for'a 'church
camp was stolen from the
Zion Lutheran church, 516
West Fourth st., sometime Fri
day night, according to Med
ford police.
A theft and an attempted
burglary, at two other Med
ford , churches were also re
ported, police said.
Forty dollars was reported
taken Friday afternoon from
a desk in the Apostolic Faith
church, 404 North Central
ave. St. Mark's Episcopal
church, 212 North Oakdale
ave., was broken into Friday
night though no money was
taken, police said.
The Rev. H. C. Coovert,
minister of the Zion Luthern
church, told police Saturday
morning that about $150 in
cash and checks was taken
from a small combination safe
inside a metal cabinet in the
church Friday night or early
Saturday morning.
Two silver dollars and some
small change were left by the
burglars, police said. Entry to
the building was possibly
gained through unlocked
doors.
At the Apostolic Faith
church, a leather purse con
taining two $20 bills and some
change was taken from the
desk drawer of Wanda Varian
Day, 10 East Clark st. The
theft occurred between 3:30
and 4:30 p Jn. - Friday while
she was in another part of the
building, according to police
reports.
The Rev. George R. V. Bol
ster of St. Mark's church told
police that D a g w e 1 1 hall,
which contains offices and
Sunday school rooms, was
broken into between 9 pjn.
Friday and 8 ajn. Saturday.
There was no money in the
building, he said, but the en
trants went through some of
fices, pried open a metal box,
and removed a molding strip
on a door before they left.
The entry was discovered Sat
urday morning by Burt Triep,
606 South Central ave., a jan
itor af the cjiurch.
Twister Reported
Qu Mafifnrrl Man
vj riwuiviu nun
A Medford man reported
that a whirlwind twisted over
Jiis three acre field of straw
yesterday afternoon in the
Kenwood - Grandview area
and scattered it "all over the
place."
Lyle Jsrmin, 1289 East Mc
Andrews rd said the whirl
wind, after traveling through
his field, dissipated itself over
the new Sears lot
It cut a swath about 100
feet' wide, Jarmin said, and
"dumped the straw all over
the house and lawn. It was
really an oddity."
were destroyed, according to
reports, confirmation of otner
barns deStroverl could not be
made immediately, although
"about" a dozen sheds and
barns were reDorted burned.
Grants Pass sources said
Erling Twete had to forceably
remove his mother from the
burning barn. She was trying
io exunguisn tne blaze, the
sources said.
Curt Nesheim. warden for
the southwest district which
includes Jackson and Jose
phine counties, said the fire
was contained after burning
an acre and a half about 3:30
p.m. Friday, but unexpected
gusty winds whipped the
blaze, and spotted it in several
areas.
It quickly sDread throush
the dry brush and grass, he
said, and by late Saturday had
covered about 800 acres.
Highway Closed
HIgl way 199, the Redwood
highway between Crescent
City, Calif., and Grants Pass.
was closed for a while late
Friday when the fire burned
too hot on each side to allow
traffic to pass safely, Nesheim
said.
More than 100 men and five
tractor-type bulldozer tractors
were on fire lines; Saturday
and by late last night there
were still 60 men and two
tractors working. Nesheim
said about 80 men would be
fighting the blaze today.
The fire late Saturday was
chiefly south of Highway 199
and west of the Applegate rd.
Some fire remained north of
Highwayl99. Most of the fire,
until late Saturday, was in
reproduction growth, brush
and grass, but by yesterday
afternoon it was sweeping in
to steep country- southwest of
wuaervuie.
Nesheim said the fire ap
parently started from a dow-
erline behind the Wilderville
store.
Two Other Fires
Meanwhile, crews were
mopping UD two other laree
fires in Josephine county. Both
were contained after about
120 acres in each had burned.
One was four miles west of
Merlin and the other was near
Dryden on Thomoson creek
about four miles east of Selma.
Thirty-five man crews were at
each site.
The weather forecast is for
temperatures to continue in
the mid-90s through Sunday
with no precipitation in sight.
A cooling trend was expected
in the northern part of the
state, but the Medford weath
er bureau station said it would
not be felt in southern areas.
Seetng-Eye Dog
Saves His Master
Ashland -0PD- Alert action
by a black Labrador seeing
eye dog saved his master
from possible death here Fri
day. Al Kinser, 35, of Ashland,
and his dog narrowly missed
death when a five-ton loaded
oil truck broke loose and
rolled backward from a side
street toward them.
The dog stopped the man
by jumping in front of him
and waiting motionless while
the huge truck raced down
the hill, executed a U-turn
and smashed into a store
front directly in the path of
Kinser.
The dog held the man mo
tionless while glass sprayed,
according to police, and then
led him around the truck and
proceeded.
Police chief Herb Hayes
said a citation would be is
sued to the Whittle Oil com
pany, owners of the truck.
Officers said the vehicle was
parked without brakes locked
and not in gear. The driver
was not present.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair, warm and dry
through Monday. High today 95.
Low tonight 38. High Monday 98.
TEMP
Highest Saturday 94
Lowest Saturday 57
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today .
7:31 p.m.
5:04 oi
4:20 a.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise tomorrow
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, in the
east : 10:45 pan.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, low in west 8:12 pjn.
Saturn, due south 9:33 pan.
Jupiter, low in
southwest 9:49 pan.
"Quiet!
V"-!
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Raging Blaze Nears
Yosemite as Smoke
Halts Use of Borate
Usona, Calif. (UPD A rag
ing forest fire blazed to within
four miles of Yosemite Nation
al park last night, sending up
dense billows of smoke visible
to the hundreds of campers in
the national vacationland.
An army of 750 fire fighters
fought to prevent the fire from
moving closer to the park. Cal
ifornia division of forestry of
ficials said they were hopeful
the fire could be stopped and
partially tamed by dawn.
It has already devoured
8,000 acres of timber and
brush, including a large area
of trees in the Sierra National
forest. . -
.Fire .fighters were hamper
ed by the thick smoke.
, Division of forestry officials
said visibility was considerab
ly restricted at the headquar
ters camp here near where the
blaze was burning in a border
area of Mariposa, Madera
county.
Aircraft Grounded
Aircraft being used to drop
borate compound on the flam
es and for reconnaisance work
were grounded because of the
smoke rising high into the air
over the burning area.
About 650 men were man
ning the fire lines with 150
more, including 100 expert
firefighting Indians from Ari
zona and New Mexico,
brought in yesterday by Sier
ra National forest officials.
One-third of the blackened
area is reported to be on for
estry service land.
"The situation is fluid," said
a ranger spokesman. "We
have requested another 100
Indians for tomorrow."
Separate Camp
The forest service has set
up a separate camp at Cold
Spring Meadow, a few miles
to the east.
Forestry personnel hoped if
there were no strong winds
yesterday afternoon they
might be able to contain the
fire before today. There still
was about a mile of open line
on the northeastern edge of
the blaze, they said. .
"If we get another blow
out," a forestry spokesman
added, "it will run for prob
ably another 2,000 to 3,000
acres and take two or three
more days to control."
Yosemite park officials re
ported they weren't at all
Attendance at Shakespearean Festival
Plays Reported Showing
Ashland Early season at
tendance is showing a strong
gain over last year at the Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival,
William Patton, general man
ager, said yesterday.
Last night's performance of
"Twelfth Night" was a sell
out, with people reported
waiting in. line for standing
room tickets. . . .
Rumors that tickets for
August had been sold out,
however, are false, Patton
said.
"Goorl seats remain for all
performances," he said, "with
an excellent selection on most
nights." .
With the elevation of the
rear rows, the removal of the
blocking light towers, and im
provements in both sight and
sound, patrons have a much
broader choice in premium
seats, he noted.
Audiences at the opening
I'm Busy"
worried - about the flames
reaching their area at the
present time. They explained
there were several high peaks
the fire would have to climb
before it could reach the
southern edge of the park.
Kennedy fo Wait
Till Next January
To Tell Decision
Portland (UPD - Sen. John
Kennedy (D-Mass.) said yester
day he planned ' to make no
formal announcement until
next January on whether he
will be a candidate for the
1960 presidential nomination.
The senator, who arrived
here for a three-day visit, said
the announcement .would
come no sooner because of the
busy Senate session. After
that he hopes to visit Africa.
Kennedy, often mentioned
as a leading Democratic nomi
nee, said the Oregon primary
race would be "significant."
When asked if he would cam
paign actively .in the state if
he is a candidate he replied,
"Quite obviously if you're go
ing to be a candidate, you're
going to be in Oregon."
Under a new state law, the
secretary of state may put on
the primary ballot the names
of all presidential and vice
presidential candidates "gen
erally advocated in national
news media." r
Following the announce
ment of Sen. Hubert Humph
rey's (D - Minn.) candidacy,
Humphrey supporters in re
cent days have outlined Ore
gon campaign plans.
Kennedy said Vice Presi
dent Nixon's Soviet trip was
"good" but except for an "im
mediate . advantage," he
doubted its political signific
ance. The Senator said he ap
proved the idea of Russia's
Khrushchev visiting the
United States. He also said
he thought New York Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller could not
be discounted as a GOP presi
dential nominee in 1960.
plays, Patton said, commented
on improvements, mentioning
especially the increased audi
bility. Tickets for all nights are
now available at the central
box office in Ashland from 9
a.m: until 9 p.m. daily, and
from 1 until 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Reservations may also be
made at Mann's Department
store, -Medford, Patton said.
Attendance at the four
opening nights indicates new
box office records. Following
the record-breaking opening
night crowd of about 1,200,
the second evening audience
established a new second-
night mark. Seating capacity
in the new theater is 1,144.
A total of 612 attended
"King John" Wednesday, and
640 viewed "Measure for
Measure" Thursday, Patton
said. "Anthony and Cleo
0 and C Counties
Get Record Share
Of Timber Income
Over $2.3 Million
For Jackson County
Portland - Oregon's 18 O
and C counties will receive a
record - breaking $14,761,
926.48 as their share of re
ceipts from timber sold dur
ing the last fiscal year on
revested Oregon and Califor
nia Railroad grant lands,
Secretary of Interior Fred A.
Seaton announced today.
The total represents slight
ly more than half the total
receipts from timber sales of
$28,192,225.66, Seaton said.
Payments range from Lincoln
county's $53,142.94 to Doug
las county's $3,706,719.74.
Jackson county's share of
the O and C receipts is $2,
314,670, compared to $1,720,
960.67 during fiscal year
1958, Seaton said. ,
Josephine County
Josephine county will get
$1,774,383.56, compared t o
$1,319,256.84 the year before.
Total payments are up
more than $3.8 million over
a year ago. Both the bureau
of land management and the
forest service topped their
previous high timber sales
mark with an increase of
more than $6 million over
last year's sales.
Total forest service timber
sales on the half-million O
and C acres under its admin
istration grossed $3,096,
139.34, and BLM receipts to
talled $25,096,086.32.
Net Payment
The BLM said the checks
to counties represent net pay
ments after deduction of the
counties' contribution toward
construction of forest access
roads and . reforestation of
cleared forest lands.
Under an agreement with
the .federal., government, the
counties' are making avail
able about one-third of the 75
per cent share of receipts to
which they are entitled for
road building and reforesta
tion. '
Lost Creek
Figure Hi
The minimum release from
the suggested Lost Creek res
ervoir in the Rogue river ba
sin program would be at least
700 cubic feet per second, ac
cording to Henry Stewart, of
the Corps of Engineers.
Stewart notified William
Jess, president of the Rogue
River Basin Flood Control and
Water Resourcase association,
of this figure. It is a 40 per
cent increase over an original
estimate of 500 cubic feet
per second noted in an earlier
statement.
Stewart is expected to re
view the proposed project at
a public meeting of the asso
ciation at the Shady I Cove
school gymnasium at 8 p.m.
Monday.
He also is expected to an
swer questions that remained
unanswered at a recent meet
ing of the association in Med
ford. Also scheduled to be at
the meeting is Travis Roberts
of the U. S. sport fisheries
and wildlife service.
To be discussed are the pro
posed programs for Lost
creek, Elk creek, Meadows on
Evans creek and Copper on
the Applegate, and the effect
of the reservoirs on the
fishery.
Strong Gain
patra" Friday drew 948. The
total so far this season is
3,357, he said, an increase of
824 over gate counts in the
opening round last year.
The Festival is again oper
ating the nightly Bard's
Evergreen Bus service from
Medford. The bus leaves the
Medford hotel at 7:30 p.m.,
and the Jackson hotel at 7:35
p.m. It goes directly to the
Elizabethan theater. The bus
returns to Medford after each
night's play.
Also under way is the Fes
tival's new film program
featuring two outstanding
motion pictures each week
J with daily showings at 10
a.m. and 2 pjn. . Screening
times are alternated daily for
the convenience of Festival
visitors. The film festival' is
in the- American Legion halu
adjacent to Lithia park on
Winburne way.
INI 5 2i mi IP o- pm h Ai red
im dodi, TV odd Eiuissd
JUBILEE QUEEN-Miss Betsy Beck, center,
has been named queen of the Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee. She was crowned yes
terday morning at opening ceremonies at
the U.S. Hotel in Jacksonville. Her court
Jacksonville Gold Rush Slate
Features Big Panning
Jacksonville Large crowds
braved the heat yesterday af
ternoon to participate in first
day events in the week end
Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubi
lee. The Jacksonville Lions club
is sponsoring the event, to
raise mpney for the U.S.
Hotel project. It will continue
toSay with the main feature
the international gold pan
ning contest scheduled at
3:30 p.m., at the Northwest
ern "Mining Council's ' booth
on California st.
Opening the Centennial
celebration was Dr. Edwin R.
Durno, state senator from
Medford, who represented
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Fol
lowing his brief remarks
about Jacksonville and the
Jubilee, Dr. Frank Haines,
president of the Siskiyou Pi
oneer Site Foundation com
mented on the history of
Jacksonville.
Other opening ceremony
guests included County Judge
Earl Miller, County Commis
sioner Ralph James and Jack
sonville Mayor E. O. Graham,
who. welcomed visitors on be
half of Jacksonville residents.
Mrs. Shirley Lillie John
son, Jubilee queen at the last
event three years ago, crown
ed Miss Betsy Beck, Jackson
ville, queen following the
opening ceremonies at Jubi
Visit by Khrushchev
Seen Deadlock Hope
Geneva - (UPD - Russia refus
ed again yesterday to guaran
tee Western rights in Berlin
after a projected truce. West
ern officials looked to a U.S.
visit by Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev as the only possi
ble way of breaking the East
West deadlock.
Sources close to the stale
mated Big-Four foreign minis
ters conference here said theJ
Western allies already have
approved the idea of President
Eisenhower inviting Khrush
chev to the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State
Christian Herter conferred for
nearly four hours with Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko. Western officials and
Soviet spokesman Mikhail
Kharlamov said there was no
progress.
Herter Tried
Western sources said Herter
tried to get a statement from
Gromyko that Western rights
in Berlin would be unchanged
at the end of any truce. Gro
myko avoided any such com
mitment, they said.
As a result of Gromyko's
evasiveness, and with the
conference scheduled to end
Wednesday,' hopes of western
diplomats were pinned imme
diately on a future Khrush
chev visit to America as a
means of breaking the dead
lock. Sources close to the big
four foreign ministers con
ference here said British,
French and West German
leaders were informed by the
United States that Eisenhow
er is considering an invita
lee headquarters in front of
the U.S. Hotel.
Bozo the Clown
Pinto Colvig, "Bozo the
Clown" who was born in
Jacksonville, is official host
for the two-day event, and
led the Kids Centennial pa
rade yesterday morning. A
float depicting early gold
panning entered by Douglas
and Susan McGinty, children
of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mc
Ginty, 1805 Roberts rd., Med
ford, was" judged first in the
Kids parade.
Other popular contests
yesterday included a water
melon eating contest in which
about 40 entrants participa
ted, and a pie eating contest
with about 30 entered.
Alice Schminky, 12, was
judged champion in the girls'
gold panning contest, . and
Dennis Hancock, 11, was nam
ed champion in the boys' con
test yesterday afternoon. Sec
ond place winners were Kath
leen Neal, 10, in the girls'
division, and her brother,
Patrick Neal, 15, in the boys'
division.
Fiddling Honors ,
In yesterday's fiddling con
test, Okonogan Slim carried
off top honors, with Marion
Hulfe, second, and Glen Op
pie, third.
Eugene Gemaehlick, Jack
sonville, won the prize for the
tion to Khrushchev as a re
sult of Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon's visit to Russia.
The allies were said to have
made no objection to such a
move.
There was no official con
firmation of the report.
Eisenhower is considering
an invitation to the Soviet
leader possibly before the
end of Nixon's current Mos
cow trip, or soon after the
vice president returns home
and reports to the President,
the sources said.
A U. S. delegation spokes
man said he was aware of
the reports but was unable
to confirm or deny them.
New Flames Seen
East of Mariposa
Mariposa, Calif.-(UPD-A new
forest fire, about 13 miles
northwest of the raging Sierra
National forest fire, was spot
ted at 1 p.m. yesterday in the
Bryceburg canyon.
Firefighters said they would
not try to tackle the new
blaze, located about 14 miles
east of Mariposa, until it
reached the top of the Bryce
burg canyon hill. U. S. fores
try service men were attempt
ing to make a fire line at the
top of the 750-foot brush cov
ered hill.
Eight planes bombed the
blaze with borate yesterday
afternoon. A fire' lookout said
it would turn into a "pretty
good size blaze" by the time
it reached the top of the hill.
includes, from left, Jackie Rummel, Sharon
Huffman Shearon Poole and Barbara Gy
sin. Miss Beck will reign over Jubilee
events today, the last of the week end event
celebrating Oregon's Centennial.
Contest
most artistic beard. Dean Salt-
marcn, Medford, was pro
nounced the man with the
bushiest beard, while the prize
for the scraggliest growth was
shared by James Pickard,
Jacksonville, and Robert Kin
kade, Ashland.
A feature attraction last
night was the presentation of
"An Oregon Trail," a pageant
written and produced by Mrs
Scott Hamilton, Central Point.
It was directed by Doc Tweedy
and Ernie Hood,
Other attractions yesterday
included various musical
groups, an archery exhibition,
and the Jubilee ball last night
at the community hall with
Dick Spain's band.
Today's agenda includes, in
addition to the gold panning
contest, an old fashioned dress
parade at 1 p.m., and the
grand parade at 1:30 p.m Both
parades will go along Califor
nia st. Entertainment groups
participating today include the
Mountaineers, the Barnstorm
ers of Grants Pass and their
presentation of "East Lynne,"
and an Old Fiddlers contest.
The latter is scheduled for 4:30
pjn.
Visitors from Afar
The Jubilee Saturday at
tracted visitors from Vancou
ver, Wash., Redding, Calif.,
and a visitor from the Canal
Zohe.
Bus service from Medford
to Jacksonville is available
along West Main st. Buses
leave downtown Medford at
12:30 and 3:30 p.m. and return
from Jacksonville at 12:45 and
5 p.m.
Shasta Battlers
Seek Fire Control
Redding, Calif. - (UPD - For
estry official! hoped to control
a 3,500-acre blaze in Shasta
county last night with the clos
ing of one more mile of con
trol line. . j
Joe Nobie, dispatcher for
the Trinity Shasta National
forest, said that men bn foot
were chopping the final mile
in country so steep that bull
dozers cannot reach it.
He reported that the fire
had destroyed 25-million
board feet of timber worth
$625,000. Watershed damage
amounted to $35,000.
In all, 625 men were fight
ing the fire, which broke out
of earlier control lines Friday
in the Pollard flat area, about
25 miles north of here.
Another blaze started in
Siskiyou county yesterday aft
ernoon, about 50 miles west of
Yreka in the Klamath Nation
al forest. But assistant federal
dispatcher Bob Winter said
tanker planes and 30 men got
it under control before it de
stroyed more than five acres
of timber.
Sports Bulletin
Memorial Stadium, Camp
White - Eugene McCulloch
Chain Saw edged the
Rogue Valley Dairy Maids
2 to 1 hr last night in
Northwest Women's Major
Softball league gam.
A Wide Program
To. Break Down
Barriers of Fear
Vice President Urges
Contact, Cooperation
Moscow -(UPD-Vice President
Richard M. Nixon last night
proposed in a broadcast to the
Russian people a wide pro
gram of Soviet-American co
operation and communication.
to break down barriers of fear
and give the world "peace
based on mutual respect." .
Russians tuned in on radio
and television to hear the vice
president tell them that only
an aggressor nation" has any
thing to fear from America,
the country with the highest
living standard in the history
of the world.
Nixon ranged over military,
scientific, social and cultural
aspects of the cold Var in his
4,000-word speech which was
advertised beforehand by the
Soviet radio and TV networks.
He emphasized that both Rus
sia and the United States are
so strong a war would bring
chaos. '
"This means that if we are
to have peace, it must be peace
based on mutual respect rather
than a peace of surrender or
dictation by either side."
To achieve this end, he pro
posed: More contacts between Am
erican and Soviet officials
which some observers took as
another hint of a Khrushchev
Eisenhower meeting.
Regular broadcasts to each
other's countries by the Ameri
can president and the Soviet
premier.
An end to Soviet jamming ,
of American broadcasts and a
freer flow of news publica
tions to both countries.
Agreement t h a t all of
Khrushchev's and Eisenhow
er's foreign policy speeches
be printed in each other's
country.
More study of the Russian
and English languages by stu
dents. A sharply expanded pro-.
gram of cultural exchange
and tourist traffic.
Scientific cooperation be
tween Russian and American
scientists.
Space Cooperation
"Let us cooperate in the ex
ploration of outer space," he
said. "As a worker told me
in Novosibirsk (Siberia), let
us go to the moon together."
Throughout, Nixon stressed
the theme of peace, but not
the Soviet idea of "peaceful
co-existence," which he re
jected as a negative attitude
that divides the world into
Communist and anti-Com
munist camps.
"Putting it bluntly," he
said, "both our peoples want
peace. But both of us also
are possessors of great
strength and much as we want
peace neither of us has, or
will tolerate being pushed
around."
He warned that anyone who
started a war would be "in
sane." But he said both Rus
sia and the United States
must realize "we have some
very real differences that
they are not easily settled."
Nowhere did he say any
thing about inviting Khrush
chev to the United States.
But he did say that his visit,
like those of First Soviet
Deputy Premiers Frol. R.
Kozlov and Anastas I. Mikoy
an to the United States was
a means of "developing solu
tions" to problems.
Khrushchev himself hinted
during the day that he would
like to go to the United
States, "when the time is
ripe, in good time."
Eisenhower Praises
Nixon's Tour Conduct
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower has sent a
personal message to Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
praising his conduct during
his "peace and friendship"
tour of Russia, the White
House announced yesterday.
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said the President
expressed his "admiration
and respect" for Nixon's per
formance during his 10- day
visit.