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STORE OPENS Sears, Roebuck and com
pany Manager R. E. Jacobson, left, is shown
above handing the scissors to Medford City
Council President James Dunlevy, who cut
the ribbon opening the new store this
morning. Also pictured are, left to right,
W. Price Sullivan, Sears' northwest zone
LARGE CROWD A few minutes after the
doors opened at the new Sears, Roebuck
and company store in Medford today, the
building was packed with people, who
turned out by the thousands despite a steady
drizzle. The picture above shows the "sea"
News
San Francisco -(UPD- Repub
lican Gov. Mark O. Hatfield,
37, of Oregon said today he
would give "very serious con
sideration" to accepting any
bid for the GOP vice presi
dential nomination in 1960.
West Yellowstone, Mont.
(UPD A hard aftershock hit
this area at 10:30 a.m. (p.s.t.)
today, sending persons run
ning from buildings. At first
report, there was no further
damage or slides.
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.-OJPD
-Giant Air Force cargo planes
left Hawaii today prepared to
try a spectacular aerial snatch
of the Discoverer VI satellite
capsule in a few hours.
Washington-UPD-The House
Interior Committee today ap
proved a bill to expand the
Crooked River federal recla
mation project in Oregon to
provide water capacity to ir
rigate an additional 2,900
acres.
Washington- (UPD President
Eisenhower and Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev are
expected to hold brass tacks
cold war talks when the Rus
sian leader returns to Wash
ington at the end of his 12
day tour of the United States.
Portland (UPD Directors
of the Southern Pacific Co.
today raised the quarterly
dividend and proposed a
three-for-one stock split. The
quarterly dividend was hiked
from 75 to 84 cents a share
payable Sept. 21 to holders of
record Aug. 31.
Briefs
Flash Floods Inundate
Section of Boise, Idaho
Boise (UPD - Heavy rains
touched off flash floods dur
ing the night that inundated
a large, section of eastern
Boise and temporarily blocked
a highway near the city. '
Sidewalks Covered
Excess water from the flash
flood and a plugged canal in
the eastern section overflowed
gutters downtown, sending
water over sidewalks and cov
ering intersections where
storm drains were unable to
take care of the heavy flow.
There was an inch-thick
layer of mud deposited on
several sidewalks.
The Boise police dispatcher
said his officers reported
"hundreds of basements flood
ed." He also said there were(
5.
Kiwanis Fair Opens
At Armory
The third annual Kiwanis
County Fair opens at 5:30
o'clock tonight at the Med
ford Armory.
Exhibitors and work parties
were busy yesterday and last
night moving in and setting
up booth displays for the
four-day event, to be held
through Sunday night.
The purpose of the Kiwanis
event is to stimulate interest
in N the products of Jackson
county, Manager Russ Jami
son said, and a number of
entertainers and other persons
of interest will be on hand
to liven the festivities.
Probably the most intrepid
visitor to the whole statee this
year, Mrs. Emma Gatewood,
the walking grandmother
from Gallipolis, Ohio, is
scheduled to appear at the
Armory tomorrow evening.
Arrives Tomorrow
Mrs. Gatewood is due to
arrive here tomorrow by
plane, where she will be met
Ashland Men Bid
On Reservoir Work
Elton Day and Thomas J.
Parker, Ashland, submitted
the apparent low bid today
for construction of Recreation
al facilities at Howard Prairie
reservoir. Bids were opened
by the bureau of reclamation
at the Camp White office.
The Ashland men bid $86,834
for construction of boat docks,
boat ramps, a picnic area and
for road clearance.
Other bids were submitted
by M. C. Lininger and Sons,
Medford, $108,291, and. F. L.
Somers, Medford, $119,711.
The engineer's estimate was
$97,057.
reports of several buildings
in. the foothills, being destroy
ed, including the Boise police
department's club house. "
Residents Warned
The -flash flood sent water
roaring down out of the Boise
foothills into the eastern sec
tion of the city about 5:30
a.m. today. Police immediate
ly started roving through the
area with loudspeakers atop
of cars warning residents
sleeping in basements to get
out.
A sheriff's deputy said most
of the eastern section was
covered with water and that
it had deposited silt on lawns
and roads throughout the
area.
manager; E. R. Cameron, northwest director
of public relations for the firm, and Hugh
Coleman, president of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce. The ctremony took
place at the southeast entrance to th build
ing Juit prior to th 9:30 opening. .
.
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of shoppers looking over the vast displays
of merchandise. The large parking lot was
filled to capacity. Also attracting a large
crowd of people was the new Safeway
store that opened this morning in the
Medford Shopping Center.
Tonight
by the wife of Medford mayor,
Mrs. John Snider, and the
mayor's mother, who is her
self a native of Gallipolis.
Exhibits .at . the fair, for
both competition and display,
are expected to range from
food to flowers and to include
textiles, land products, "ani
mals and poultry.
A special display will be
an Oregon wild flower garden
designed and planted by
Marcel LePiniec, owner of
the Garden Center Nursery,
complete with the insect-eating
cobra plant.
A 4-H beef will be awarded
Sunday night as a prize.
Fly 'Salute'
.. Jamison has been advised
that planes from Kingsley Air
Force base (F-120s) will fly
over to "salute" the fair ac
tivities shortly after 1 p.m.
tomorrow.
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Chase
of Eugene (Mrs. Oregon for
the Centennial year) will ap
pear on Saturday and Sunday
at the fair, following her ar
rival here Saturday.
Her appearance is being
sponsored by Purucker's Piano
House and Big Pines Lumber
company. Mrs. Chase will
make several appearances at
the stage shows, will serve as
a hostess at a special booth,
and will be available for pho
tographing and autographs.
Going from the sublime to
the ridiculous, a shaggy dog
will act as official host for
the children's events sched
uled Thursday evening.
Agree to Appearance
The dog, owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Berthold Barnum, has
agreed to today's appearance
but could not guarantee other
appearances.
Scheduled for stage shows
and anticipated "bonus" ap
pearances as well as roving
entertainment are the Shad
ows, young local musicians;
the Novel'aires, a marimba-guitar-singing
group; the Bor
den family of Medford, seven
talented musicians; and Miss
Codgie Clark, a vocalist and
violinist.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with occa
sional light showers tonight.
Partial clearing Friday. Low
tonight 50. High Friday 75-78.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 73
Lowest this Morning 53
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 24
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today 7:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:24 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 8:14 p.m.
Last Quarter Aug. 26
Saturn, the ringed planet, is
now nearly stationary among
the distant stars in its back
ground. In a few weeks it will
resume its usual slow eastward
movement among the stars of
the ecliptic.
torm
Fire, Danger
A storm centering over
northern California, n o r t fa-
western Nevada and south
central Oregon brought to the
Medford vicinity this morning
its first measurable precipi
tation in 54 days.
Medford station of the
weather bureau reported a
rainfall total of .24 of an inch
between 3 and 10 aJn. today.
It was the first precipitation
recorded at the airport weath
er station iere since June 26.
Rainfall amounted to .02 of
an inch on that date after .09
on June 25.
The weather bureau said
that Medford was on the
northwest side edge of a
storm which had brought 1.29
inches of rain to Klamath
Falls by 10 a.m. today. Re
ports for 8 a.m. showed .99
at Fish lake, .89 at Copco,
Calif., .73 at Chiloquin, .23
at Prospect and .18 at Toketee
Falls. Sexton mountain weath
er station had only .03 by
10 a.m.
Light Rain Forecast
Occasional light rain is an
ticipated here tonight with
partial clearing Friday.
Speakers Listed
For Air Pollution
Meeting Friday
Robert Church, meteorolo
gist in charge of the Medford
weather bureau, will discuss
air inversion factors affecting
the Rogue valley and possible
controlled burning at an or
ganizational meeting of a citi
zens air-pollution , abatement
committee Friday
Those interested in the
problem have been invited to
attend the meeting at 7:30
p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, in the
Jackson County courthouse
auditorium.
John Hale Foster, Medford,
will discuss a program of how
to eliminate or reduce some of
the present problems, and
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr., Med
ford, will review what action
is being taken at present re
garding air pollution. .
Temporary Chairman
Bruce Manley, Medford at
torney, will serve as tempor
ary chairman at the meeting.
Purpose of the group
would be to coordinate
charges and statements, and
outline conditions concerning
the local air pollution prob
lem and to assist authorities
in solving it.
City and county officials,
representatives of the state
air pollution authority, and
representatives of the lumber
and fruit industry in this area
have indicated they plan to at
tend,' Manley said.
Spokesmen organizing the
meeting said committees
would be appointed to coordi
nate and work with county,
city, and state officials and
the fruit and lumber indus
tries. GRAND JURY AT WORK
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder is presenting four cases
to the county grand jury to
day.1 Findings on all four are
expected Friday morning, he
said.
'Mind You, We're In
Eases
Rogue River National forest
personnel "breathed a sigh of
relief" as a result of today's
rain.
"It is just what we have
been wanting," Carroll Brown,
Rogue forest supervisor, de
clared. He added that "It just
relieves a very tight situa
tion." Brown reported that the
rain is going to have a good
effect on the Ashland burn
area and throughout the for
est in general. He pointed out
that the fire danger has been
high consistently for the past
six weeks and that the rain
relieves it at least temporarily.
Smokes Show Up
Smokes have been showing
up every day on the Ashland
burn area and forest service
crewmen have been finding
them and putting them out,
Brown said. The forest serv
ice had 65 men on the burn
yesterday and about the same
number this morning.
"I just hope it continues,"
Doyle Stockton, assistant dis
trict warden for the state de
partment of forestry, remark
ed concerning the rain. He
stated that the rain will help
temporarily the fire situation
generally through the south
west district. Stockton had re
ports of .20 of an inch of pre
cipitation in the eastern part
and said that the rainfall may
have been heavier in some
spots. He reported, that while
there was some rain in most
of the district only a trace
had fallen up to mid-morning
in the Applegate and Forest
creek areas.
Stockton emphasized that
people in the district still need
a permit to do burning. Six
patrolmen were engaged in
mop up work today in the
state forestry department's
sector of the Ashland burn.
Lookouts
If the rain continues, the
district hopes to give lookouts
.a day or two off, 'Stockton
said.
"If the rain continues today
it will help us considerably,"
Walter Hoffbuhr, Talent Irri
gation district manager said
"It will help eliminate fire haz
ards and it will be of some
help in the pastures."
Hoffbuhr said that the rain
was not expected to have an
effect on the inflow at the
lakes and that wet conditions
would be of no help to fruit
orchards, now beginning the
harvest.
Medford Irrigation district
reported that Fish lake had
.99 inches of rain as of this
morning. Some relief on the
demand in the valley was ex
pected, but no appreciable in
crease in storage is antici
pated. Replace Pumps
Rogue River Valley Irriga
tion district said that those
who had recently been asked
to remove their pumps from
Bear creek were allowed to
put them back this morning,
"for a little while," at least.
Picking of Bartlett pears,
which had just moved into
"full swing," has been halted
by the rain. County Horticul
tural Agent C. B. Cordy said
the stoppage would increase
pressure on Bartlett growers
to complete picking wnile the
fruit is at its optimum stage
Other crops in the valley
have not been damaged by
the weather change, he report
ed, although some nutrients
would be washed from drying
hay or other such crops. -
Favor Of Growth "
Price 10 Cents
Medford
32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959 No. 125
Interim Report on
Air Pollution in "
City Is Delayed
Lack of Manpower
Hinders Progress
An interim report from the
state on Medford's air pollu
tion study should be ready by
the end of September, Med
ford city officials were told
this week.
R. E. Hatchard, air pollu
tion control chief for the state
sanitary authority, informed
them of this in a letter dated
Aug. 17.
He explained that the re
port's delay has been occa
sioned by a lack of manpower.
- Meanwhile, . a manpower
problem at city hall repre
sents at least a temporary
stumbling block to the suc
cessful continuation of the
joint city-state study.
Don Kent, city printer who
has helped in the conduct of
the study as a secondary re
sponsibility, is resigning ef
fective the end of next week.
City officials must find a re
placement to carry out the
duties of changing air sam
pler filters and jars on sched
ule and conducting special
smoke surveys.
Suspended Temporarily
"The preparation of the in
terim report of the air pollu
tion study in Medford has
been suspended temporarily
during the past month,"
Hatchard wrote.
Mr. James Agee transferred
to the state board of health,
occupational health program
on July 1. The report prepara
tion was one of his assign
ments. We have. not yet been
successful ill employing a re
placement. ,
"However, most of the data
and field information is avail
able and we do expect to
have the interim report com
pleted by the end of Sep
tember." . .
Accept Resignation
City Manager Robert A
Duff has accepted Kent's
resignation effective Aug. 28,
A replacement in the print
ing department is necessary as
well as one for continuing the
air pollution study.
Kent's air study duties, as
agreed upon at the start of
the city-state project last win
ter, have been on a part-time
basis to be carried out dur
ing regular working hours
without encroaching upon his
printing assignments. The
problem in providing a re
placement is to find another
employee who has time avail
able for the air study in addi
tion to his regular work.
Kent reportedly received no
compensation for his air study
work although he did receive
overtime pay when this work
required extra hours, city of
ficials explain.
Sonic Boom Show
Slated in Klamath
Klamath Falls-An expected
sonic boom demonstration at
2:45 p.m. tomorrow will high
light Kingley Air Force base's
"roll-out" ceremony, the for
mal introduction to the public
of the F-101B Voodoo.
Open house will be held at
the base . beginning at l.p.m.
tomorrow to introduce the
Voodoo, an interceptor air
craft which recently replaced
the Sabrejets.
Ashland Man on Trial
On Boating Charge
Six witnesses for the de
fense were expected to ap
pear today in the district court
trial of Wallace Mitchell Lar
son, 21, White motel, Ashland.
Larson - is charged with
reckless navigation involving
operation of his boat near
Savage Rapids dam July 19.
Sheriff's deputies made the
arrest on a complaint signed
by a private citizen.
Judge Roy Bashaw is pre
siding in the. trial which is
expected to last all day.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 13 2
Cleveland 6 8 0
Ramos, Hyde (8) and
Courtney; Grant and Fitzgerald.
GRAND CHAMPION Marilyn Watson, member of the Cen
tral Point 4-H Beef club, is the owner of the grand champion
fat steer, selected at the 4-H and FFA fair last night. She
is pictured above with the animal, Husky Hank, a 17-month-old
Hereford. The picture was taken in a drizzling rain this
morning and Hank shows disdain for the inclement weather,
by holding his ears akimbo. Marilyn is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Watson, Ross lane, Medford.
Central Point Girl
Has Hereford Grand
Champion at Fair
Marilyn Watson and Lloyd
Toner, both of Central Point,
left the show ring last night
with ribbons for the grand
champion steer' and reserve
grand champion, respective
ly, in. the Jackson county 4-H
and FFA fair. Hereford steers
won both awards.
Other champion awards
won in the 4-H beef division
were Nikki Hammond, Cen
tral Point, junior champion
and grand champion with a
registered Angus, senior heif
er calf; Jo Anna Malloroy,
Antelope, senior champion,
registered Angus cow and calf
Justice of Peace
Named for Ashland
Mrs. Frances I. Galatin, 148
Central ave'., Ashland, is the
new Ashland justice of the
peace, County Judge Earl
Miller said today.
The appointment, by Gov.
Mark Hatfield, became ef
fective 12:01 a.m. today, Mil
ler said. Mrs. Galatin will
serve until the next general
election. The post is one to
which the late L. Peers Wil
meth was elected last fall.
She had been serving under
a temporary appointment
made by the county court.
Her temporary 60-day term
expired Friday and the coun
ty judge anxiously had been
awaiting a permanent ap
pointment by the governor.
Mrs. Galatin served as a
clerk to the late justice of
the peace for several years.
While awaiting the perman
ent appointment, the county
court directed Mrs. Galatin to
turn the office key and
moneys over to the county
treasurer. The county weigh
master had been directed to
route all cases normally
handled by the Ashland jus
tice court through the district
court in Medford.
15,324 Register at
Stockade on Summit
A total of 15,424 persons
have registered at the wel
come stockade on Siskiyou
summit as of late Wednesday,
William Black, personnel co
ordinator for the stockade an
nounced today.
He reported that an aver
age of 150 persons register
every day at the stockade with
more than half of them inter
ested in scenery and camping
information. He added that
about 20 per cent requested
information on the Oregon
Shakespearean Festival.
Portland OIPD The one-millionth
visitor to the Oregon
Centennial Exposition is ex
pected Sunday.
54th Year
Tribune
in production class; Patsy
Charley, Central Point, senior
champion and grand cham
pion, registered Hereford,
senior cow; Larry Wright,
junior champion; registered
Hereford, senior heifer; Steve
Stewart, Sis-Q, , junior cham
pion and grand champion
senior cow entered in- other
Herefords class; John Cox,
Upper Rogue, senior cham
pion and grand champion, reg
istered Shorthorn, senior cow;
and James Christensen, Ap
plegate, junior champion, reg
istered Shorthorn, junior calf.
Events Today
Fair events today got un
der way with swine judging
at 9 a.m., and dairy judging
was scheduled to take up
much of the morning and
afternoon. Also scheduled
were market sheep judging
and swine showmanship.
Guide dog obedience judg
ing is a new class this year
and is designed to put both
dogs and trainers through
their paces. Raising and train
ing of the pups for the guide
dog program has been a Jack
son county 4-H project for
some time, but this is the
first public demonstration of
what the youngsters do with
the dogs.
Dairy judging continues Fri
day with classes set for 9
a.m. and 1 p.m. Breeding
sheep judging starts at 9 a.m.
and sheep showmanshiD at
1 p.m.
The top livestock goes on
the auction block at 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, when individuals and
companies bid up the prices
on the ' animals which were
paraded around the show-ring
all week.
Dairy showmanship starts
off the final fair day Saturday
at 9 a.m. This will be followed
by a tractor driving contest.
The 4-H and FFA fair offici
ally ends at 6 p.m. with the
release of all exhibits then.
Chamber
Basin Association
The board of directors of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce this morning
voted to join the Rogue Basin
Flood Control and Water Re
sources association.
The latter organization,
headed by Bill Jess, Eagle
Point, has been the spearhead
for the effort to secure de
velopment of the Rogue basin
for multiple-purpose use.
The chamber's action means
that it associates itself in the
continuing effort to obtain
federal construction of a
series of dams on streams of
the area, if and when an ac
ceptable plan of development
is worked out and approved
by people of the area.
The chamber group also ap
Labor Secretary
Calls for Prompt
End of Walkout
Serious Shortages
Of Steel Possible
Washington -flJPD Industry
officials and the United Steel
workers Union both claimed
today that the fact-finding re
port of Labor Secretary James
P. Mitchell supported their
widely divided positions in
the 37-day-old steel strike.
The industry said Mitchell's
statistics showed high wages,
lagging profits and lowering
worker productivity.
Huge Earnings Contended
The union contended the re
port, made public Wednesday
night, revealed huge industry
earnings and great employee
productivity.
Mitchell himself declined to
interpret the 18 -pages of
charts and figures he gath
ered but urged that both sides
knuckle down to hard bar
gaining and settle the strike
"promptly."
Serious Shortage Possible
Unless the steel strike is
settled by "the latter part of
September or the early part
of October, very serious short
ages of steel may be appar
ent," he added.
Wait By Ike Seen
This statement was viewed
as an indication the govern
ment probably would wait at
least another month before
President Eisenhower consid
ered invoking the emergency
provisions of the Taft-Hartley
Act. This section permits an
injunction to end a strike for
80 days if the President finds
the stoppage is a threat to the
national health and safety.
In New York Federal Me
diator Josj?h F. Finnegan ar
ranged to meet privately to
day with the two top negotia
tors in the steel strike but
said the outlook still was
"gloomy."' .
It was reported from Unity
House', Pa., where the AFL
CIO Executive Council is
meeting, that the council is
considering a plan to raise
cash contributions from near
ly every union member in the
country to aid the steel strik
ers. (Continued on Pag 11)
Hearing Scheduled
On Zoning Request
A controversial zone change
request for properties on East
Jackson st., turned down by
the Medford planning com
mission, is slated for a public
hearing before the city coun
cil tonight.
The requested change is
from single and two family
residential to limited com
mercial for properties on the
south side of East Jackson
between Genessee and Stark
sts. Clif Ouelette, Medford at
torney representing the prop
erty owners, appealed the
case to the council after the
planners denied the change
June 11.
Other matters on tonight's
council agenda include ap
proval of plans and specifica
tions for the West Jackson
st. swimming pool project and
the extension of Fourth st.
east across Bear creek from
Riverside ave. to East Jack
son st.; the approval of rates
and routes for the Evergreen
Bus Lines local service which
began this week; and chang
ing the starting hour for city
parking meter operation from
8 to 9 a.m.
The council meets at 7:30
o'clock in city hall.
Joins
proved the proposal to post
pone for' 60 days the corps of
army engineers hearing,
scheduled for Sept. 17, to per
mit a more complete report
to be compiled.
The postponement was an
nounced yesterday by Con
gressman Charles O. Porter,
after conferring with the en
gineers office in Washington,
D. C. .
The board's action came
after Jess discussed the cur
rent status of the basin plan,
and gave an outline of the
work of the flood control and
water resources group over
the past several years.
More than 60 organizations
in the valley have joined to
form the association.