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WINNERS-Among the blue ribbon winners
at the 4-H horsemanship contests at Jackson
county fairgrounds yesterday were brothers
Ken (left) and Steve Stewart. Ken, 17, won
the senior division halter showmanship
Livestock in
Fair Spotlight
Beef and sheep take the
spotlight in the Jackson-coun
ty 4-H and FFA fair tomor
row at the fairgrounds.
As estimated 430 head of
livestock will be shown by
their young owners and
handlers in both 4-H and FFA
classes. The three FFA chap
ters of Crater at Central
Point, Phoenix, and Eagle
Point will enter the competi
tion rings first since they have
the smallest number of en
tries.
Tuesday's events get under
way with swine and sheep
weighing at 6 a.m. at the fair
grounds. Swine events will be
held Thursday. The 4-H girls
1 will have their home eco
nomics exhibit judging at 8
a.m. The livestock judging con
test follows at 8:30 a.m. The
beef fitting contest will be
held at 10 ajn., wool judging
and beef showmanship at 1
p.m. and beef showmanship
championship at 7 p.m.
The beef contests will prob
ably be the "most colorful
events of . the fair with the
large Herefords and Angus
almost dwarfing their owners
as they parade them around
the show rings. Both 4-H and
FFA members have been
schooled on how to prepare
and display their animals.
Slock Preparation
Preparation of stock for the
show ring will be demonstrat
ed in the beef fitting contest.
The fine points of showman
ship or handling of stock in
the show ring will be tested
by the judges as they wstch
the stock paraded before
them, then carefully worked
into standing positions.
Both 4-H and FFA members
will also demonstrate how
well they know what makes
good beef and wool animals
Festival Attendance
Is Over Last Year
Ashland-Attendance for the
first 20 performances at the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val is 3450 persons ahead of
a year ago, Festival officials
reporf. The Festival has play
ed to 17,174 persons so far
this season.
"Twelfth Night" and its pro
logue "Maske of the New
World" lead in audience totals,
with "Artony and Cleopatra",
in a close second. Although
the tallies for "Measure for
Measure" and 'King John"
are lower, each has shown
rising trend at the box office
Five full rounds of produc
tions remain with nightly per
formances through Sept. 5.
General Manager William Pat-
ton reported that good seats
remain for nearly all perform
ances. Widest choice is for the
final round of the four plays
from Sept. 2 through 5.
Forest Fire Suppressed
After Burning Home
A forest fire which lad se
rious potential was suppress
ed Saturday evening about
lVi miles below the Metho
dist church camp at Dead In
dian Soda springs.
The Rogue River National
forest office here reported
that the fire broke out about
5 pjn. and burned a summer
home owned by A. A. Guches,
Thomas rd. The blaze spotted
across Little Butte creek set
ting fire to the woods on the
south side of the creek.
A large group of men from I
a Methodist Laymen's camp,
federal forest service person
al and one state department
of forestry crew fought the
fire. An aerial borate drop
about one hour after the fire
broke out is credited with do
ing much to control the blaze
during the livestock and wool
judging contests.
Today's events included
home economics judging con
test and style revue judging
at 8 a.m., rabbit and poultry
judging, and poultry and rab
bit showmanship.
Fair officials estimated they
have more poultry and rabbit
entries than they have ever
had before. Official count esti
mates 120 rabbits' and 40 poul
try. County 4-H and FFA mem
bers and leaders spent most
of the week end preparing
barn space.
Roads into and through the
fair grounds have been
scrapped and chuck holes
filled. A Kogap lumber com
pany water wagon and driver
have been donated to keep
the usually dusty grounds
dampened.
Entrance Tests for
Six Year Olds Set
Central point School en
trance tests for youngsters
will be given at Central Point j
Grade school on Thursday and
Friday, Aug. 20 and 21 by
Mrs. Viola Laird.
The tests are for children
who will not be six years of
age until after Nov. 15, 1959
and who wish to enter schools
of District 6 at Sams Valley,
Gold Hill or Central Point.
School Superintendent C.
A. Meyer said that children
will be tested by appointment
only. Appointments may be
made by telephoning the sup
erintendent's office in Central
Point, NOrmandy 4-2793.
Meyer stated that the child
ren will be given this school
reading test only if six years
old after Nov. 15 and before
Jan. 15. Those who show
mental maturity of five years
and 6 months will be accepted
on a trial basis. According to
Oregon law, youngsters are
accepted lor September en
trance in school without test
ing if their sixth birthdays
are on or before Nov. 15.
Tribal Secretary
Voices Indignation
Chiloquin, Ore. - (UPD - Mrs.
Marie Norris, Klamath Indian
tribe member and secretary of
the Klamath Reservation Dis
cussion group, expressed in
dignation today over the pro
posed transfer of the Klamath
Marsh to the U. S. Fish 'and
Wildlife Service.
She attacked the plan of
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger CD-
Ore.) regarding the proposed
early transfer... of the marsh
so that approximately $500,
000 could be used to help tide.
over Klamath families during
the interim period when tim
ber sales are suspended.
which was being mopped up
by crews early Sunday.
Howard Hopkins, timber
management officer of the
Rogue River National forest,
said that the fire was on a
Steep slope in snags and dry
grass. He reported that the
forest area burned was "very
minor" but pointed out that a L
much more serious blaze
could have resulted because
of the dry condition of the
woods.
Defective wiring ' was
thought to have started the
summer home fire, Hopkins
reported. The forest service
had about 40 men on the
scene to control and mop up
the fire. He stated that sever
al men were on the area all
day yesterday and that the
blaze is considered out.
competition and Steve, 15, took the senior
division horsemanship award. They are sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Victor V. Stewart, Neil
Creek rd., Ashland.
MEDFORD
14 Pages
Six Meet Accidental
Death (During Week End
Auto Collisions,
Boating Account
For Fatalities
By United Press International
At least six persons met
death in Oregon week end
auto accidents and drownings.
In addition a Salem woman
was killed in an accident near
Che'halis, Wash. '
Lawrence Patrick
O'Rourke, 8, of Joseph, died
in a hospital Sunday from in
juries suffered Saturday eve
ning when he was struck by
a car wmie riding a Dicycie
a mile east of Joseph.
Estacada Couple Killed
John Turnbull, 53, and his
wife, Emily, 50, of Estacada,
i mi i r-i J n:Mut
were Kiiieu , octLuiuay uigm
when a foreign-made- car
plunged off the Clackamas
river road about 16 miles east
of Estacada. . The auto rolled
down a 350-foot embankment
and came to rest at the edge
of the Clackamas river. Both
victims were thrown from the
vehicle. .
. Mrs. James Lloyd Norman,
61, Myrtle Creek, was injured
fatally Sunday in a collision
between a pickup truck and
car a mile south of Myrtle
Creek. Her husband and Rob
ert O'Connor,. 18, and Ronald
Hartman, 21, both of Myrtle
Creek, were injured
Donald McDowell, 18,
Portland, was lost Saturday
when an outboard motorboat
turned over near the mouth of
the Columbia river.
Body Found in Lake
The body of George Hillgen,
45, Redmond, was recovered
Sunday from Paulina lake
about 40 miles south of Bend.
He drowned late Saturday
when a boat overturned-
Anna E. Jones, 42, Salem,
was killed when the car her
husband was driving crashed
against a concrete pole on a
Highway 99 overpass six miles
south of Chehalis, Wash. Her
husband- was injured
critically.
The Coast Guard reported
Sunday that the body of Fred
Bennett, 63, Viking, Alta.,
was found 5V& miles from the
mouth of the Umpqua river on
the southern Oregon coast. He
was lost July 19 when a boat
capsized. Also lost in the ac
cident was Dr. Arthur T.
Trenholm of Gresham, whose
body was recovered then.
Oregon Centennial
Coordinator Quits
Portland -(OPD Ted Hallock
announced today his resigna
tion, effective Wednesday, as
state coordinator of the Ore
gon Centennial. The job pays
$12,000 a year.
Drinking Crackdown
Crowds Marion Jail
Salem-dJPD-Salem city jail
was crowded with more than
60 persons after a week end
crackdown on drinking in a
downtown park called Marion
Square. , '
BASEBALL
Cleveland ... 4 8 0
Detroit .... ......5 8 1
- Bell and Nixon, Brown
(4). Foylack and BerbertL.
BEAUTY BATH-Marilyn Watson, left, and
Carol von derHellen had their hands full
yesterday, and got almost as wet as the
cow, when they washed down this good-
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1959
'Say, Those Local Officials Down There Are
Serious About That Law-and-Order Stuff"
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B PR to Open Bids
On Road Project
Southern Oregon highways
will receive approximately
20.85 per cent of money allo
cated for highway construc
tion in Oregon, an informal
meeting of the highway com
mission revealed here Satur
day night.
Members of the highway
commission met with the coun
ty courts of the southern Ore
gon area or District 3. The
highway commission's District
3 extends -orth to Eugene and
includes all of the Fourth Con
gressional district.
The bureau of public roads
is. to open bids Sept. 3 on the
first contract for the Lake of
the Woods road in Klamath
and Jackson counties, accord
ing to County Judge Earl
Miller who attended the Sat
urday meeting.
The project must be com
pleted in 250 working days
which would carry it through
the year, explained Paul Ryn
ning, county- engineer. This
first project includes 4.64
miles of grading of an 11 mile
section of road in Jackson
county. Another 4 miles would
be graded later in Klamath
county. The estimated cost of
$600,000' will be paid by the
bureau of public roads under
its forest highway program.
Crater Lake Highway
Another road section com
ing under this same program
is the proposed re-alignment
for the Crater Lake highway
section from Prospect west to
ward Trail. Estimated cost for
taking out major curves and
widening the highway is
$700,000. .
FIRE NEAR
JACKSONVILLE
Southwest district of the
state department of forestry
had three pumper trucks and
11 men bn a grass and brush
fire early this afternoon west
of Jacksonville cemetery. The
blaze was reported to cover
two or three acres. Patrol
men were called about 12:10
p.m.
. I " - i
Judge Miller said he learned
the primary expenditure for
the district highway develop
ment for the fiscal year is
$2,370,000 of this $630,000 is
for urban work and $1,655,000
for secondary roads. The state
wide allocation is $23,040,000.
Saturday night's meeting
here enabled the county courts
to become better acquainted
with the highway commission
and to present their road con
struction problems. It capped
a 290-mile tour of U.S. High
way 99, the Pacific highway,
from Portland to Medford
and a view to 63 million dol
lars of -recently completed
highway projects. .
Four Day Tour
This jaunt is the first leg
of a four-day tour which will
cover more than 900 miles of
highways in western and
southern Oregon, the Oregon
coast and lower Columbia riv
er. The aim is to note the
progress of the state's biggest
money-spending program and
to judge needs for new proj
ects when additional funds be
come available.
Saturday, the group inspect
ed the Lake ofthe Woods high
way. Commission members
also saw work progressing on
the U.S. Highway 99 freeway
between a point north of
Grants Pass and Central Point.
This project is scheduled for
completion to Gold Hill in
1961 and past Medford and
Ashland in 1962. .'
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and cooler to
night and Tuesday. Low tonight
45 High Tuesday. 88. '
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 96
Lowest This Morning 55
Our Skiei Tonight
Sunset today 7:11 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:21 a.m.
Moonrise today 6:33 p.m.
Full Moon Tuesday a.m.
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus, sets 11:30 p.m.
Capella. low in
northeast 12:31 a on.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, due south 8:31 p.m.
Jupiter, low in
. .southwest .... . 8.55 pjn.
sized Hereford for entry in the 4-H and
FFA fair' now in progress. The cow, Prin
cess, belongs to Carol. Both girls are mem
bers of the Central Point Beef club.
54th Year
Tribune
No. 127
Third Major Fire
In Cave Junction
Destroys Gate
Cave Junction - The third
major fire to strike here in
the last three months "com
pletely gutted" Nowman's
cafe yesterday morning, ac
cording to reports, and
caused ah estimated $20,000
in damages.
Jack Nowman, owner, col
lapsed during the course of
the fire and is under medical
care today. He is reported to
have had heart ' trouble in
1948.
The Cabax mill here burned
on July 26," also a Sunday,
and on May 14 the Chit Chat
cafe and cocktail lounge
burned. -
Yesterday's fire broke out
shortly after 4 a.m., in the
kitchen of the cafe; Earlier,
Nowman had extinguished a
fire in anjpyen'. which began
when some Tbacon grease was
spilled.
Shortly afterward he no
ticed a fire in the ceiling of
the cafe. He attempted to put
it out with a fire extinguish
er but was unable to. He
then went outside the cafe to
phone the fire department,
and collapsed. '. .
The fire finally was report
ed to the Illinois Valley fire
department by Norma Fay
Spencer and by Mr. and Mrs.
John Tillery.
Fairview Home
Superintendent Dies
Salem - (UPD - Dr. Irvin B.
Hill, 44, superintendent of
Fairview home for the men
tally retarded here since
1946, died today.
Dr. Hill, who had been seri
ously ill last" year, lapsed in
to a coma while visiting his
parents, State Rep. and Mrs.
Earl Hill of Cushman. He
died in an ambulance en
route to Salem about 5 a.m.
Dr. D. L. Callicrate, assist
ant superintendent, will take
over the superintendent's job
for the time being.
Dr. Callicrate said . death
was due to an acute asthmatic
attack complicated by heart
damage suffered in Dr. Hill's
recent illness.
Flags were, lowered to half
mast at state institutions in
his honor.
Survivors include his wid
ow, Evelyn; sons Robert, 18,
Richard, 16, and Douglas, 14,
and his parents. Funeral ar
rangements were pending.
Portlander Hurt on
Lake o' Woods Road
. , Klamath Falls -UPD- Jams
Connors. 25, a Portland police
officer, was in Klamath Val
ley hospital today with back
injuries after a one-car acci
dent Sunday.
Connors was heading west
on Lake of the Woods road
when he swerved to avoid
hitting cows on the highway.
The car struck the shoulder
of the road and rolled over.
He was brought to the hos
pital by a passing motorist.
iedferdl Stores
UmitioD 9 'Clock
Adm. 'M' CMsey
Succumbs in Sleep
Fishers Island, N.Y. (UPD -
Fleet Adm. William F. (Bull)
Halsey, 76, commander of the
Third Fleet in the Pacific
during World War II and
leader of America's first of
fensive move after Pearl Har
bor, died Sunday in his sleep.
The implacable fighter who
had carried his attacks to the
Japanese homeland by the end
of the war was pronounced
dead by a coronary occlusion
at 11:45 a.m. (e.d.t.)
Arrangements Pending
His body was flown to New
York city from this small
island off the Connecticut
coast where he was vacation
ing, and was to be taken to
Washington today. Final
funeral arrangements, how
ever, were delayed pending
arrival of his family at the
nation's capital.
President Eisenhower, in a
statement released at Gettys
burg, Pa., said he had lost "a
personal friend" and "all
Americans have lost one of
their great national leaders."
"His great personal contri
bution to the successful cam
paigns in the Pacific and the
exploits of the forces under
his command are a brilliant
part of American military his
tory," the President said. , "
; It was Bull Halsey who
vowed while the war was rag
ing that he would ride the em-
Eleven Persons
Die in Three-Car
Crash in Missouri
Columbio,: Mo. 4 (UPD -Eleven
persons, including " six chil
dren, ' were killed Sunday
night in a three-car collision
eight miles east of here.
Eight other persons were, in
jured. They were admitted to
Boone County hospital.
Officials worked during the
night to identify the bodies,
most of which were mangled
beyond recognition. '
Four of the dead . were
identified by relatives as Billy
J. Eddy, 27; his parents, Gus
Eddy, 59, and Mrs. Helen
Eddy, 54, and a niece, Rae
Denise -Eddy, 4, all of White
Hall, 111.
Two women were tentative
ly identified as Mrs. Jessie
Thompson and her mother-in-law
of Richmond, Mo. .
Relatives En Route
The other unidentified vic
tims, including four children,
were believed to be related
to Mrs. Thompson. Relatives
were en route from Richmond
to assist authorities in identi
fication. Highway patrolmen said
the accident occurred when
one car swerved off the
shoulder of the road. It skid
ded back on the highway and
into the path of an oncoming
car in which the Thompsons
were riding. Moments later a
third car, from Pine Grove,
Mo., following the Thomp
sons, crashed into the wreck
age. Police said that it was not
known how fast the first two
cars were going. The third
car apparently was not travel
ing very fast, however, be
cause the occupants were only
shaken up.
Castro En Route To
Chile Conference
Santiago, Chile - (UPD - Raul
Castro and a band of Cuban
revolutionaries were flying
here today to "rescue" the
Cuban foreign minister and to
present proof that the Domin
ican Republic was trying to
overthrow the Cuban govern
ment. However, Castro got- only
as far as Lima, Peru, today
and decided to remain there
overnight, continuing on to
Santiago Tuesday.
The conference itself met
this morning as a general
committee to begin final dis
cussion of the resolutions de
signed to cool off Caribbean
tempers and encourage demo
cratic growth and economic
cooperation in the area.
W. F. 'BULL' HALSEY
Pushed Japanese War.
peror's wnite horse through
the streets of Toyko. He did
not keep that promise, but he
did push the war to the em
perors' doorstep, attack i n g
Tokyo, Honshu and Hokkaido
and ranging up and down the
Japanese coast in July and
August, 1945.
Wife Survives
Between July 10 and Aug.
15, when the war ended, Hal-
sey!s forces destroyed or dam
aged 2,804 enemy planes and
sank or damaged 148 war
ships and 1,598 enemy mer
chant vessels.
Halsey married the former
Frances Cooke Candy in 1909.
She survives him. as do his
son, William F. Halsey HI, his
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hal
sey Spruance, and six grand
children. Wagoneers Due
ay
Portland - (UPD - A full day
was " in store today for the
hardy members of the Ore
gon Centennial - wagon train
who concluded their 2,000-
mile trip from Independence,
Mo., to Independence, Ore.,
Saturday.
The wagons and about half
of the 28 persons who made
the trip were to be brought
here by flatbed truck and
then parade to the Centennial
Exposition grounds. -The
seven wagons will be
on display near the Frontier
Village until the Exposition
closes. Many of the horses and
mules which pulled the
wagons from Missouri have
been purchased by Oregon
stockmen.
More than 40,000 persons
jammed Independence, Ore.,
Saturday to watch the train
end its long trip with a pa
rade. Many failed to see it
because of a traffic jam out
side of town. .There were no
formal doings at Indepen
dence Sunday but about 10,
000 persons; visited the
wagons.
It was estimated some four
million persons . saw the
wagon train on its trip west.
KF Boy Injured in
Boating Accident
Klamath Falls-OIPD-Robert
Shaw, 14, Klamath Falls, suf
fered severe leg injuries Sun
day in an accident at Lake of
the Woods when he was
struck by the propellor of an
outboard motorboat.
State police said Shaw and
another boy were swimming
about 75 feet out when the
accident occurred. Fred Har
tin, owner of the boat, told
officers he was .making a
swing into the pier pulling a
water skier and that the mis
hap occurred as the skier cut
loose.
The boy suffered a frac
tured left leg and lacerations
of both legs..
$1,667 Donated for
Relief at Roseburg
Portland (UPD The Ameri
can Red Cross received a do
nation of $1,667 from the
Portland unit of the Contract
Bridge league over the week
end for relief for victims of
the Aug. 7 Roeburg disaster.
For Busy p
Heated Wrangle
Ends in Move To
Seek Compromise
Republicans Seek
Vote Assurance
Washington -UPD- The Sen
ate agreed after a long and
heated wrangle today to send
the tough House labor bill to
a congressional conference
committee to see if a compro
mise with the milder Senate
version can be worked out.
Republican senators who
favor the House bill did not
press a move, favored by
some, to bypass the Joint
House-Senate conference and
force an immediate show
down on the Senate floor.
But they kept the Senate
tied up for more than two
hours while they sought as
surances from Democratic
leaders that they would have
an opportunity to vote on the
House bill later if the confer
ence became deadlocked.
The action to send the bill
to conference was approved
with only a scattering of
"noes" heard.
Mundt Chief Objector
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-SJ3.),
vice chairman of the Senate
Rackets Committee, was chief
spokesman for the opposing
conference group although he
never formally offered a mo
tion to bypass it.
He said he was not trying
to block , the conference but
only to prevent the "Unhappy
eventuality" that the Senate
would never have an oppor
tunity to vote fop a measure
stronger than the Kennedy
Ervin bill approved by the
Senate.
He expressed fear the con
ferees either would weaken
the house-passed Landrum-
Griffin bill or would reach a
stalemate.
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R
Ariz.), who will be ranking
Republican Senate conferee,
served notice that he will,
move to discharge the confer
ence if there is no progress
within seven days.
School Addition
Bids fo be Received
Ashland-Bids for the con
struction of an addition to the
Bellevue elementary school
will be received until 8 pjn"
Aug. 31. Six classrooms, two
bathrooms and a kitchen will,
be included in the addition.
Plans may be obtained at
the Medford office of. James
L. Payne, Salem architect.
Specifications call for frame
construction, with a concrete
slab floor in the kitchen and
wood" frame floors in the
classroom areas. Walls are to.
be plastered and the ceilings
acoustically plastered.
- Glued laminated beams will
support a two-inch roof deck
and sash will be aluminum.
Bids will be opened at the
district's administration office,
885 Siskiyou blvd.
Orleans Forest v
Fire Uncontrolled
Orleans, Calif.-UPD-The Or
leans forest fire, which has
destroyed 2,000 acres of tim
ber and caused an estimated
$250,000 damage, was still
out of control today.
The U. S. forest service
feared the fire, raging in
northeastern Humboldt coun
ty in the Six Rivers National
forest, would destroy 5,000
acres before it is stopped.
More . than 750 men were
on the fire line today and
were holding 13 miles of the
line under control.
Damage from the blaze was
listed as $192,000 in timber,
$55,000 in water sheds and
$1,000 in miscellaneous de
struction. TV Star in Portland
On Way to Location
Portland (UPD Television
star Richard Boone was a
Portland visitor Sunday.
Boone is the star of the se
ries "Have Gun, Will Travel."
He said three of the shows
would be shot near Bend in
central Oregon.
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