IHIouse Group Seeks Action
(EDn GasoOnne Tax increase
Washington - (CPD - Nine
House Republicans moved to
day to force action by the
House Public Works Commit
tee on a pertny-a-gallon in
crease in gasoline taxes.
All but three of the com
mittee's 12 Republican mem
bers sent Chairman Charles
A. Buckley (D-N.Y.) a letter
demanding that he call a com
mittee meeting on the plan.
"Wars an Means Approved
The penny tax hike already
has been approved by the
Ways and Means Committee
as a means of blocking a
drastic cutback in construc
tion of the 41,000-mile super
highway system. The proposal
is now pending before the
Public Works Committee."
Buckley and other commit
tee Democrats revolted Thurs
day, contending that the pro
posed tax bite is too big.
D'Autremont Talks of Teaching
Languages; Interest
(Editor's note: In October,
1923. Ray- Charles D'Autre
mont and his brothers Hugh
and Roy, took four lives in
an attempted train robbery
in the Siskiyous. In 1927
Ray was committed to the
Oregon Stale Penitentiary
for a life term on a charge
Radioactivity at
Klamath Falls Said
Occasionally High
Portland - (UPD - Dr. Harold
Erickson, state health officer,
says radioactivity at Klamath
Falls has reached abnormally
high levels on at least three
occasions during the last
three occasions during the
last three years but that Port
land has had no measure
ments which could be consid
ered approaching the harmful
level.
Mr. Erickson called a con
ference after a circuit judge
ruled that the health board
did not have to make availa
ble to a research biologist
technical data gathered by the
board.
"We have nothing to hide,"
Dr. Erickson said.
Measurements Dissipated
He said the higher Klamath
Falls measurements quickly
dissipated, and that they were
below the danger point.
Radiation m e a s u rements
started here in 1956 as part
of a national program under
the Public "Health service.
Local Residents in
San Francisco for
Electronics Show
Three Medford men were
among Oregon industrial and
civic leaders who attended
the Western Electronics show
and convention in the San
Francisco Cow palace which
ended Thursday.
Glenn Jackson, vice presi
dent of the California Oregon
Power company, David Irving
of Copco's area and business
t development department, and
Medford's Mayor John Snider
took part in the meeting.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, who
traveled to San Francisco
Wednesday, met with some
of Oregon's top industrialists
prior to attending the show
and convention.
A total of 30,000 represent
atives of the electronics indus
try participated in the four
day event.
Prime purpose of Oregon's
delegation at WESCO was "to
sell the . electronics industry
on Oregon's own industrial
sites," a spokesman said.
Tour Exhibits
Jackson, Irving and Snider
toured the Cow Palace exhib
its Thursday and were briefed
on the extensive industry.
Governor Hatfield, who was
host to a state luncheon yes
terday noon, held a press con
ference at the Cliff hotel
which was attended by 27 rep
resentatives of Bay area
media.
He answered questions on
Oregon's industrial potential.
At the luncheon, he told 50
of the nation's top electronics
executives of Oregon's indus
trial assets, listing the state's
Fr3? candle noon
hotel medford 'agtyyjyiyg-
Speaker Sam Rayburn
spent most of Thursday try
ing to persuade the Demo
crats to go along so the legis
lation can reach the House
floor quickly. Today's Re
publican move put Buckley
under pressure from both po
litical camps.
Formal Request
The Republicans formally
requested Buckley to call a
committee meeting the first
step in a procedure they
could follow to pry the bill
out of the committee should
a stalemate develop.
Informed source said
Buckley has told House
Democratic leaders privately
that his committee will meet
next Tuesday. But he ap
parently hasn't told anyone
else. The committe staff said
no meeting has been formally
called.
of murder. Wednesday in
circuit court here he re
ceived another life sentence
on an indictment that had
been outstanding, and three
other charges against him
were dismissed at that time.
Steps similar to those taken
this week by Ray were
Klamath Falls was added
later.
Richard Hatchard, director
of air pollution control for the
board, said normal readings
taken so far here had be
two two and five micro micro
curies. A micro microcurie is
the unit of measurement for
radiation from one millionth
of one millionth of a gram of
radium.
Dr. Erickson said he be
lieved that only when the
reading went as high as 1,000
"would it begin to be of con
cern to the health of people."
The highest reading made
here has been 26.5, in Octo
ber of 1958.
At Klamath Falls in Octo
ber of 1958 a reading of
370.04 was made. In Septem
ber of 1957 it got to 117.05
at Klamath Falls and again
it was 74.7.
The October, 1958, readings
were after an a'tomic test se
ries in Nevada, Mr. Erickson
said.
labor force, space, recreation,
liveability, outstanding educa
tional institutions and admin
istration's policy.
Encouraging Industry
His administration has a
policy "for encouraging in
dustry as Oregon enters a new
era." The state is "full of
fresh, new ideas," he de
clared. The overall reaction to the
governor's talk was "very,
very favorable," it was re
ported, and the executives
were impressed with the
state. Several prospective
electronic industrialists stated
that they plan to come to
Oregon to look over the state
as a result of Governor Hat
field's remarks.
Mayor George Christopher,
San Francisco, was a special
guest at the luncheon. Hat
field traveled south with Ger
ald Frank, Portland.
Albany Union Barbers
To lower Haircut Price
Albany, Ore. - (CPD - Local
union barbers were sched
uled to lower their prices
from $1.75 to $1 for haircuts
today in retaliation to six
non-union shops which have
been charging $1.50.
Secretary Treasurer Gar
ner Pool of the barber's local
said the action was voted on
Thursday night. He indicated
similar action may be taken
at Lebanon.
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Buckley, a Demo cratic
leader in New York's Bronx,
returned to his district for the
week end.
If there is no committee
meeting Tuesday, today's
GOP action could lead to
forcing one next Friday.
Under House rules, a commit
tee majority can call a meet
ing if seven days elapse from
the time three members re
quest it.
Serious Consequences
The Republicans said the
nation's highway program "is
slowly grinding to a halt be
cause of the critical depletion
of the trust fund" which fi
ances construction. They said
"numerous serious conse
quences" would result if Con
gress should adjourn without
action on highway revenue
legislation.
in Art
taken in January of this
year by Hugh D'Autremont
prior to his parole. A Mail
Tribune reporter inter
viewed Ray D'Autremont at
the county jail here Thurs
day as D'Autremont waited
to be transferred back to
Salem and the penitentiary.)
By RON ABELL
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Talking with Ray D'Autre
mont, one gets the impression
that he has reached a philo
sophic and temperate plateau.
His crime, which took place
more than a generation ago,
cost four lives. Since then his
brother Hugh has died, and
his twin brother Roy is re
portedly hopelessly insane.
He himself can look back
upon more than 32 years of
imprisonment. And whatever
happens to him, the lives that
were lost and the misery that
was caused wont be altered.
Possible Future
He hopes, of course. Any
body would. He said he was
relieved that the indictments
against him have been dis
missed and he was able to
speak of a possible future out
side of prison.
He spoke, too, of his young
er life, but mostly he discussed
the present. He spoke of the
expressiveness of art and
language and of the classes he
teaches . in the state peni
tentiary. In appearance, D'Autre
mont seems younger than his
years. He's stocky and com
pletely bald but his face is
unwrinkled and he talks with
vigor.
He has, he says, only a
grade school education but he
sounds more' like a college
graduate. He is self-taught in
French and he teaches a
French class to other prisoners
at the penitentiary.
He picked up a knowledge
of Spanish as a youthen New
Mexico, he said, and he has
studied .it since then and he
also teaches a Spanish class.
Take Back Seat
But languages - the com
municative arts - take a back
seat to the graphic arts in
D'Autremont's life. He teaches
a class in art also, and he
paints in the penitentiary
hobby shop.
He spoke of a desire to
"create' pictures to help peo
ple with human problems."
He mentioned specifically a
painting - he did which he
called "Peace at Eventide,"
in which he tried to create a
pleasant, peaceful landscape
to remind people of a happi
ness that's possible.
He also writes for "Shad
ows," the prison publication.
Of his youth, he said, he
had a "Christian upbringing,"
and was taught discipline by
his parents. He said that as a
young man he was "too small
to be a bully," and he used to
wonder if he would ever
weigh 100 pounds.
Now, as an older man,
D'Autremont seems to face
life with philosophy. He said
that he reads when he gets a
chance, though his teaching
and painting occupy most of
his time. He said he doesn't
read as much literature now
as he used to, because, para
phrasing Shaw, "When you're
past 40, few books can bring
you pleasure and few books
can teach you anything new."
"That's true, isn't it? he
asked. "After a while it's all
the same story a story of
joy and sadness."
Junction City Man
Indicted by Jury
Albany (DPB Ivan Dale
Hetland, 25, Junction City,
has been indicted by the Linn
county grand jury on a man
slaughter charge in connec
tion with the fatal beating of
a Lebanon tavern owner.
Hetland is accused of in
flicting fatal head injuries on
Lester Cosner in a June 5
brawl in Cosner's tavern.
Cosner died in a Eugene hos
pital June 17. j
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Friday, Aug. 21, 1959
Jackson County
Entries Noted in
Siskiyou Fair
Yreka-A number of Jack
son county ranches have ex
hibits in this year's Siskiyou
county fair today, tomorrow
and Sunday, according to
Fair Manager Ed Mathews.
Some of the largest beef
exhibitors from Jackson
county are Table Top ranch
with a bull string and fat and
feeder pens; Bill and Gayle
Wood of Eagle Point with a
full string of Herefords; Ire
land Hereford ranch, Ash
land, with Herefords; Ralph
Cook, Medford, Herefords;
Seven Oaks ranch, Central
Point, with full string of
Herefords; E. M. Lipper, Wil
liams, Ore., Herefords.
The beef entries are larger
than the fair has space for,
according to Mathews. Sheep
classes also are heavy, he said.
The 4-H groups have entered
105 single beef animals.
Dairy classes are large with
an estimated 100 head en
tered. Future Farmers of
America chapters have en
tered 19 beef, 60 sheep and
58 swine.
From the entry list of the
4-H and FFA groups, live
stock will be picked up to sell
at the junior auction Sunday
at 6 p.m.
A barbecued ' beef dinner
and a circus were scheduled
today. The circus continues
through to Sunday. Senior
beef judging starts at 9 a.m.
Saturday.
Sunday fair events include
three horse races in the after
noon, a horse show and cut
ting horse competition.
Committee OKs
More Funds for
Forest Service
Portland - A supplemental
appropriation approved by a
joint House-Senate conference
committee Thursday will pro
vide $7V2 million in addition
al funds for the Forest Service
in fiscal 1960.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
in a statement from his Port
land office, said "The confer
ence action represents a vic
tory for conservation." The
Oregon senator pointed out
that the new money adds $4
million to forest land manage
ment; $2 million for forest
development, roads and trails
so that the full $$0 million
authorization will be avail
able. The administration had
not requested enough money
to fullfull the road program
and had opposed the Senate
amendment which added
funds, Morse said.
Can Purchase Roads
Morse said the addition of
$1 million to a new program
entitled "access roads," will
enable the forest service to
purchase privately owned
roads where national forest
timber has been blocked from
access.' He observed that at
present over 22 billion board
feet of this timber is being
kept from productive use be
cause access over private log
ging roads could not be
secured.
The Senate amendment, ap
proved by the conference com
mittee, culminated a three
year effort by Oregon and
Washington senators to un
block this timber heretofore
bottled up by recalcitrant road
owners.
Levels of Lakes
In Area Reported
Rains in the mountains in
southern Oregon Thursday
provided a little run-off for
lakes storing irrigation water,
irrigation district officials
said today in issuing the
weekly report of water levels
in area lakes.
The seven-day
present level and
acre feet of area
Draw-
drawdown,
capacity in
lakes:
Capa
Level city
9,202 60,500
6,700 16.000
557 7.810
4,514 16,788
Lake down
Howard Prairie 368
Hyatt 638
Emigrant 348
Four mile .. 1,508
Fish 31
490
5,560
8,189
Willow Creek 140
6,990
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Council Quashes Attempt to
Rezone 12 Lots on Jackson st.
Another "attempt to extendi
commercial zoning on Med
ford's near east side was
quashed last night by the city
council.
The council, by a 5-2 mar
gin, denied a .requested
change from single and two
family residential " to limited
commercial for 12 lots along
the south side of East Jack
son st. between Genessee and
Clark sts.
The voting followed a pub
lic hearing in which several
councilmen, but only one
person in the audience, ex
pressed their views.
Approve Paving
v After two other i public
hearings last night, the coun
cil approved the paving of
Mary st. from Saling ave. to
East Jackson st. and the an
nexation of a 3.44 acre tract
belonging to Dan Patch on
the city's north boundary.
The council's action on the
East Jackson st. rezoning re
quest upheld the city plan
ning commission, which turn
Parking Meters to
Start Operating at
9 a.m. Each Morning
Ten days from now, Med-1 loading zone to be created for
ford's parking meters are to the parking space just west of
start operating at 9 a.m. in-! the alley. Three spaces just
stead of at 8.
This change was approved
last night by , the Medford
city council.
Th ecouncil also approved
the routes and rates of Ever
green Bus Lines for its local
service inside the city that
began Monday. The approved
fares are 25 cents for adults
and 15 cents for children un
der 12 and students to and
from school on school days.
Larry Pilcher, Evergreen
manager, told the council that
patronage this first week was
about 20 per cent of what
would be necessary to make
the run economical. But, he
added, he expected it to im
prove. Approve Restrictions
In other action, the council I
approved additional parking
restrictions o n downtown
Eighth st., a traffic light at
East Jackson st. and Haw
thorne ave.. and, temporarily,
extra driveway space as re
quested by Stanley Parrish
for a proposed filling station
on North Pacific highway.
The voting on the parking
meter time change was first
5-2, short of the three-fourths
margin necessary the first time
a matter appears on the coun
cil agenda. Councilman Rob
ert Van Sickle and Robert
Baccus, both Ward III, voted
in opposition. Van Sickle
then changed his vote, stating
that the measure was certain
to pass at the next meeting in
any case.
City Manager Robert A,
Duff informed the council
that the lost hour would mean
a revenue loss of about
$3,000. Van Sickle said he
would vote against the
change unless the business li
cense tax was increased to
make up the difference.
Duff explained the city's
budget balances were suffi
ciently high that the lost rev
enue would have no apprecia
ble effect.
No Hardship
Councilman Baccus stated
that he did not consider hav
ing the parking meters in use
from 8 to 9 o'clock to be any
particular hardship.
But Cliff Lovejoy and Joe
Materie, downtown mer
chants, said meter operation
at this unusually early hour
created a nuisance for visitors
to the city who entered res
taurants for breakfast before
9 and emerged to find tickets
on their cars. Materie said the
requested change would cre
ate good will.
The Eighth st. parking re
strictions (effective today)-
involve the following:
No Parking
No parking from 4:30 to 6
p.m. on the south side of
Eighth st. between the rail
road tracks and Front st., and
between Front st. and South
Central ave., except for one
SI
ed down the proposal June
11.
Clif OueUette, Medford at
torney representing the prop
erty owners petitioning for
the change, had appealed the
matter to the council. But
OueUette was not present last
night.
Reub Nelson, 724 East
Jackson, was the only one to
speak from the audience.
Asked by Councilman Ed
Hall, Ward I, how he felt
about the matter, Nelson re
plied that he opposed-the re
zoning because it was not yet
time for commercial zoning
there.
Favor Request
Hall and Councilman Rob
ert Van Sickle, Ward III, cast
the two votes favoring the
request.
Hall explained that the
properties-he himself resides
in the area have become in
effect a commercialone be
cause of the nearby Medford
shopping center, the new
Rogue Valley state bank
west of Central are already
subject to this restriction.
This change, recommended
by the city's traffic engineer
ing department, is to facili
tate right-turn movements
from Eighth onto either Front
or Central and relieve the
"considerable delay in the
flow of Eighth st. traffic."
Councilman Don Hansen,
Ward II, asked strict enforce
ment of the restrictions, with
violators to be towed away.
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across the street and the gen
eral increase in traffic flow
along Jackson.
He explained after the
meeting that the properties'
values have dropped as much
as a third because they are
still oned residential despite
the commercial environment.
The homes on them stand a
poor chance of sale, he said.
If the area were rezoned for
limited commercial use, he
added, the properties' values
would rise about 50 per cent.
Generated 111 Feeling
Hall reminded the council
before the voting that the re
zoning for the bank across
the street was approved de
spite the fact that petitions
indicated a majority of prop
erty owners opposed that
change. He said this had gen
erated, some ill feeling.
"Two wrongs don't make
a right," was the rejoinder
of Councilman Fred Robin
son, Ward I.
Action on the Mary st. pav
ing proposal had been post
poned at the last council
meeting when it developed
that only 50 per cent of the
abutting property owners had
signed the initiating petition.
More signatures secured re
cently brought the figure to
a sufficient 54 per cent.
Against Improvement
Only one Mary st. resident,
identified as George Brees,
spoke against the improve
ment. He said the cost would
be excessive.
The council approved the
project by a narrow 4-3 mar
gin, with Councilmen Hall,
Robert Van Sickle, Ward III,
and Jimmy Dunlevy, Ward
IV, opposing it.
Voting for it were Council
men Robinson, Robert Bac
cus, Ward III, Don Hansen,
Ward II, and Stan Stark,
Ward IV.
Approval of annexing the
Patch tract, east of Ellen ave.
and Marilee st. in the Berry
dale area, was unanimous;
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Sporadic Tremors
Bring Concern Over
Growing Water Body
West Yellowstone, Mont.
(CPU Sporadic tremors in the
Yellowstone National Park
area brought fresh concern
today about the growing
lake behind a mammoth,
earthquake-triggered slide in
the Madison Valley.
The rising waters threaten
ed two summer resorts and a
summer home and increased
its pressure on the quake
formed barrier threatening
communities downstr earn
where the. trapped Madison
river once flowed.
Shocks" Recorded
Eleven fairly strong shocks
and several minor ones were
recorded in the area Thurs
day. A major temblor could
cause the huge slide to shift,
allowing a deluge to break
through.
The body of water, now
known as The Lord's Lake,
is presently seven miles long
and betwen 70 and 100 feet
deep - and it continues to
grow.
The continuing shakes
forced officials to call off an
underwater search for land
slide victims. Ten persons
were killed, and it was be
lieved many others were trap
ped when Monday's powerful
earthquake caused an 8,000-
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lapse into the valley.
Civil Defense and Montana
highway officials said they
did not intend to- dig into the
slide to search for bodies. Esti
mates of the number possibly
missing ranged from 30 to
100.
Big Boulders
Gallatin County Sheriff
Don Skerritt said the slide
was "just too big." He said it
was hundreds of feet deep in
places and contained boulders
as big as boxcars.
"We probably won't know
for weeks how many are miss
ing," a Red Cross official said.
"Most of these people were
tourists and it won't be known
whether they're missing until
they fail to "return home after
their vacations."
The latest victim of the
tragedy was Mrs. Myrtle
Painter, 42, Ogden, Utah. She
died Thursday in a Bozeman
hospital.
Greenwich, Conn. (UPD
The Rev. Dr. Albert J. M.
Wilson, 72, former rector of
Christ Episcopal Church here
and onetime assistant minis
ter of St. Bartholomew's
Church in New York City,
died Thursday.
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