MAIL TKIBUNt, Medferd, Or.
Friday, August 7, 195f
Fire Destroys
Albany Company
Albany-(UPB-A roaring fire
destroyed the Linn Plywood
company plant here Thursday
afternoon. Damage was esti
mated at one million dollars.
The blaze, reported at 4:44
pjn. was whipped by 23 miles
per hour winds across the
two-block long plant. It start
ed in the north end of the
building.
The flames spread to dry
rubble nearby and raced to
nearby houses. One home was
destroyed and at least three
others damaged. Burning em
bers carried the fire to adja
cent grasslands.
A 40 -acre grass fire six
blocks away from the plant
was caused by flying embers.
The blaze threatened the Sun
rise school and a housing
division.
Units were called in from
Orvallis and Lebanon to help
fight the fire.
The plant employed about
300 persons. It was reported
to have closed Wednesday and
was to reopen Monday.
Request fro Amend
City Ordinance
Refused bv Council
A requested ordinance
amendment to ' permit con
structing siaewaLlu in a new
subdivision next to the curbs
was rejected at . last night's
meeting by all but one Med-
ford city councilman.
Only Councilman Ed Hall,
Ward I, voted for the request.
He stated that sidewalks next
to the curbs would be better
than none at all.
These were the alternatives
advanced by Richard Hensel
man, who with Mark A.
Goldy is developing the Blos
som Hill subdivision on Cra
ter Lake ave. for which the
request was made.
Henselman told the council
that improvements underway
at the subdivision site had
uncovered problems not pre
viously anticipated.
Strip of Lawn
The ordinance requires, it
is understood, that sidewalks
be constructed so as to leave
a strip of lawn between them
and the curb.
Henselman asserted that
shallow soil and rocks would
Quotes From the News
Br UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington-President Eisenhower, calling for effective
labor reform legislation in a nationwide radio-TV address:
"Labor reform is not a partisan matter.-1 don't come be
fore you in a partisan sense. I am not a candidate for any
office. I do not seek the support of any special interests. I
am only trying to make sure American workers and the
American public get the kind of protection that Americans
deserve.
Washington-AFL-CIO President George Meany, attacking
the tough Landrum-Griffin labor reform bill backed by
President Eisenhower in a speech broadcast nationally on
radio and TV:
Tf the final measure enacted places the trade union move
ment la the strait Jacket that some of labor's enemies so ar
dently desire, there is a grave possibility that the nation's
economy might be adversely affected.
Philadelphia-Former mental patient Kyrlo ' Czupirczuk,
42, critically wounded by police after firing a shotgun bar
rage that killed two persons and injured four at a home for
the aged, mumbling his explanation as he was taken to a
hospital:
"I shot Communists. Police shot me. I no shot police. Com
munists radiate me. They bother me."
Hollywood-Flame-haired actress Jil St. John, 18, speak
ing after the disclosure of her engagement to Lance Revent
low, 22, the only son of dime store heiress Barbara Hutton:
"I don't want a big wedding, and I don't have what you
might call a Hollywood-etyle engagement ring. People fig
ured that if Lance and I became engaged I d have a fabulous
diamond. It isn't going to be that way at all."
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make it difficult for property
owners to maintain these
strips. He added that street
trees could be put in the lawn
away from the street, instead
of in the parking strip be
tween the curb and the side
walk.
He noted that sidewalks
were not required, but that
they were considered desira
ble in " this subdivision be
cause it would be near schools
and they would keep chil
dren off the streets.
Councilman Fred Robin
son, Ward I, stated that he un
derstood sidewalks next to
curbs were considered very
hazardous, especially for the
small children on tricycles.
Henselman asked if side
walks next to curbs wouldn't
be better than none at all.
Onl y Councilman Hall
agreed.
Additional Driveway,
In response to other special
requests last night, the coun
cil approved an additional
driveway for Peebler's Tex
aco service station at East
Main st. and Hawthorne ave.
and four off-street parking
stalls for the front of Robert
Dickey'. office at 129 North
Oakdale ave.
Turned down were re
quests for extra-width drive
ways for the new Richfield
service station at East Jack
son st. and Lindley ave. and
for an extra-width driveway
on Country Club dr., request
ed by Robert Mclntyre.
A petition for stop signs on
Holly st. at Second and Third
sts. was referred to the city
manager's office for further
study, since Holly may be
converted to an arterial street
at some future date.
IP
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Officials Want
Neuclear Weapon
Tests to Resume
Washington -(UPD- The De
fense Department wants nu
clear weapons tests to resume
as soon as possible after
America's self-imposed test
suspension expires next Oct.
31.
Once the handcuffs are re
moved, authorities said today,
the Pentagon wants to get on
with development of a new
series of smaller atomic weap
ons for air defense, battlefield
and other tactical uses.
Defense Secretary Neil H.
McElroy said Thursday that
his department intends to urge
renewal of tests unless there
is some sudden, unexpected
agreement on a permanent
ban in the East-West negotia
tions at Geneva.
The secretary also lit a fuse
on a controversy that is sure
to develop next fall when he
said he already is searching
for ways to prevent military
spending from increasing.
Major Programs
He said some major air
craft and missile programs
conceivably could be elimin
ated in the budget presented
to Congress next January.
On nuclear weapons, Mc
Elroy said "it would certain
ly be desirable to continue
testing from the standpoint
of weapons development." He
said the Pentagon knew there
would be "price to pay" when
America gave up testing for a
one-year period last Oct. 31.
President Eisenhower, on
State Department urging, or
dered the test suspension
while efforts were made to
reach agreement on a perm
anent ban with provision for
fool-proof Inspection.
Among these types of nu
clear weapons that the Penta
gon is now interested in per
fecting are the Nike-Zeus anti
missile missile, the Davy
Crockett mortar for the
ground forces, new guided
missiles for Interceptor planes
to carry, and even a rifle
launched grenade.
Two Versions of
Motion to Invite
Teamsters Seen
Seaside - flJPD - Two new
versions of a motion to in
vite the Teamsters Union to
join the AFL-CIO were slated
for today's session of 'the la
bor group's annual conven
tion here.
Thursday, conventioneers
voted to reject a proposal by
the Oregon Culinary Alliance
which would have invited the
Teamsters into the organiza
tion. A second resolution
gained a nod from Executive'
Secretary of the Oregon AFL
CIO, J. T. Marr, who vetoed
the first motion.
The latter motion was made
by Walter Lofgren, president
of the Culinary Alliance, rep
resenting about 10,000 hotel
and restaurant employes.
The resolution, offered by
Gordon Swope, executive sec
retary of the Oregon Council
of Retail Clerks, proposed
that ousted unions, "put their
houses in order" and rejoin
the AFL-CIO.
The Speech Booed -
One of several resolutions
which the convention did
adopt was a motion to appoint
one person in every local to
see that members are regis
tered to vote.
In Thursday's session, Pres
ident Eisenhower's message
on labor reform drew boos
and a protest from the convention.
A scattering of boos broke
out after the President finish
ed his speech. There was no
audible applause.
The labor delegates voted
to direct their officers to
write to the president con
demning "his action against
labor in the speech.'-'
George Brown, Oregon
AFL-CIO political director,
said the president was "us
ing his influence to promote
punitive legislation and not
the reasonable type of legis
lation that would correct the
abuses which the McClellan
Committee has referred to."
Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hank DeVoss
After the recent pilgrimage
down to the San Francisco
bay area, I am again con
firmed in -my choice of the
Rogue rtver valley as a better
place to live a lifetime. Get
ting caught in the 5 o'clock
race out of town gave me the
feeling I was in the middle
of a stampede of senseless an
imals and had me wildeyed
and breathing hard, until I
worked my way out to the
edge of the horde.
MIGHTY REDWOODS
It was with little reluct
ance that I headed north
again and took the redwood
highway in hopes of finding
some relief from the press
of people. My remembrance'
of a serene redwood forest
goes back to 1928 and I can
truthfully say that it is only
a memory now. The hectic
pace of the city extends
here in the form of a race
every evening for the avail
able camp sites. The high
way is being broadened to
four lanes in order to carry
the increased load of traffic
and the trees seem dimin
ished by it somehow. Camp
ing beside it and listening
to the roar of trucks
through most of the night is
not conducive to a return
of peace of mind and a re
laxing of jangled nerves.
It was as if one was listen
ing to the insistent sound of
progress from which there
is no escape.
Wafer Level in ,
Area Lakes Listed
Water in Emigrant lake in
creased five acre feet this
week to bring the present
water level to 825 acre feet,
irrigation district managers
reported today in the weekly
lake level report.
Last week, Emigrant lake
had 820 acre feet. The in
crease is from Howard Prairie
reservoir.
The total capacity, draw
down in the last seven days,
and the remaining lake levels
are:
Howard Prairie, 60,500,885
acre feet drawdown, 10,796
left; Hyatt lake, 16,000, 957,
8,063; Fourmile lake, 16,788,
1,248, 7141; Fish lake, 8,389,
790, 1,035; and Willow Creek
reservoir 6,990, 300, 5,970
left.
Distant Stations
Received Here
At least one Medford resi
dent has received television
programs originating from as
many as 1,800 miles away
during the past month and he
reports that prospects look
good for area citizens to do
the same for tne remainder
of this week.
Gregory E. Milnes, 15 North
Groveland ave., said that on
his standard television set he
has picked up programs from
as far away as Regina, Can
ada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.
The summer months bring In
distant stations, he said, be
cause of hot and cold air re
flecting the signals.
He said thatjhe indication
of a distant station coming in
is diagonal dark lines across
the screen. Channels 2, 3, 4
and 5 are the most opportune
channels on which to. pick the
stations, hefsaid.
Some of the originating
cities for programs he has
picked up are Phoenix and
Tucson, Ariz.; Amarillo and
El Paso, Tex.; Billings, Mont.;
Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Cas
per, Wyo.; Hay Springs, Neb.;
and Edmonton, Alberta.
Milnes said he has received
letters from some of the sta
tions in those cities and they
report that other Oregonians
have written them indicating
that they have also gotten re
ception. Milnes said that from 4 to
6 p.m. should be a good time
to try for reception for the
rest of this week through Sun
day, but he said that some
times pictures come in at the
least expected moment.
LITTERBUG BEWARE!
On Wednesday, Aug. 5, a
new law became effective in
Oregon making littering with
in 100 yards of any stream,
lake, reservoir or pond or
channel thereof, punishable
by a fine of not more than
$50 upon conviction of any
person not having a posses
sory interest in such land.
This puts teeth in Oregon's
anti-litter program and it is
hoped will discourage the
continuing promiscuous litter
ing of Oregon's scenic spots.
Our legislature deserves some
praise for the passage of this
law which follows the lead
of many states having similar
raws.
NO MONEY AVAILABLE
The projected work on
construction of a better
channel for passage of fish
around Illinois river falls
has been postponed until
next year. The funds for
this work. were used up in
the extensive lake poison
ing conducted by the 'State
Game commission this year
and the postponement
means there wUl be some
good fishing there this fall.
SILVERS GALORE
The game commission
planted 63,000 silver salmon
in 1957 and they are due back
this year. These fish were
planted as yearlings and av
eraged about 5 inches long.
The commission had figured
on having the better passage
completed for the return of
these fish in accordance with
their program of using the
Illinois river as a brood
stream for the silver salmon
run of the Rogue river. They
believe the Illinois can pro
vide better habitat than the
Rogue and are concentrating
all their eggs in one basket.
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Since" 81 per cent of the
Rogue river silvers return in
their third year and a year
ling plant insures a greater
return of mature fish, there
ought to be a hot time for the
fisherman this October.
BETTER FISHING
The game commission is
in the middle of its planting
program for the lakes in
this area and the numbers
of fish indicates that fishing
should get better than ever.
Fish lake is getting 300,000; J
nowara .prairie receives
290,000; Willow Creek res
ervoir gets 125.000 and
Squaw lakes get 25,000.
These fisb are all rainbows
and are planted as finger
lings except those put in
Howard Prairie which are
fry. Those planted as finger
lings will reach legal size
by next year and be avail
able to the angler.
HOT WATER
The downstream migrants
in the lower Rogue canyon
were in hot water the 28th of
last month when the temper
ature got up. to 83 degrees.
There was quite a loss of fish
but no estimate can be made
due to the cleanup campaign
made by the seagulls at the
time. Luckily,, the tempera
ture dropped down to the 70's
soon after and the fish
stopped concentrating at the
mouths of the cooler tributaries.
' THE ANGLER'S LOG
There are quite a num
ber of dead salmon showing
up in the Shady Cove area
with snag marks on them.
It's really loo bad these
fish have to suffer through
the whole summer with
those fishermen who can't
stand to see a big fish in the
water without trying to get
it out by hook or crook.
Left hope this breed grad
ually dies out.
Diamond lake
Has been getting better and
better. The cooler nights are
helping out. Trolling with
flatfish or flies in the early
evening is the best bet. Some
body caught a 5V-pounder
this week.
Fish lake
Is excellent. Anything
seems to work any time.
Trolling has the edge on still
fishing and drifting is about
on par with trolling.
Klamath lake
Howard Ferns of Medford
got a 14-pounder"on an Andy
Reeker this week and the
fishing continues to be good
for many others. Ernest
Soares, Roy Rickard and Paul
Weiland of Medford caught a
couple of lunkers -apiece, all
on Andy Reekers. There were
11 lunkers over 4 pounds
brought in this week. The
water is low and the fishing
is in Pelican bay.
Willow creek
Is picking up. A few limits
are being caught. Trolling
flatfish in the evening is best
with yellow, green, or perch
scale doing the business.
Port of Astoria Low Bidder on Dredging
Portland (DPD The Port of
Astoria wii an offer of $444,-
000 appeared to be low of the
three bidders when bids were
opened Thursday by the
Portland District Corps of
Engineers, for dredging and
disposal of about 2,200,000
cubic yards of material in the
Columbia river between Van
couver, - Wash., and Bonne
ville dam.
The work is part of the
RESEARCH CHIEF NAMED
London - (UPD - Britain
Thursday named John B.
Adams, 39, to head its newly
organized thermo-nuclear re
search program. Adams cur
rently is serving as an official
of the European Council for
nuclear research at Geneva.
one a good feeling when the
Rogue is reached. It's easy
to see why anyone travel
ing up this way would want
to stop awhile and fish or
just stay beside the river
for a few days.- We have a
real jewel and if we use It
'properly it should shine a -long
time.
Army Engineers' 27-foot chan
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