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Railroad box cars in Oregon
are in relatively short supply
and the immediate future out
look is not good, R. J. Hogue,
Medford lumberman and
chairman .of the governor's
emerge nfcy transportation
committee, said Saturday.
"Shippers on Southern Pa
cific lines in the southern half
of the state," he said, "have
received only 60 to 70 per cent
of their normal requirements
this week." 'The northern half
of the state was faring a little
better, he said. .
He noted - that during the
two preceding weeks, the
northern half of the state was
in a short supply situation.
Local Districts Near
End of 1959 Season
For Irrigating Hand
Talent, Medford and Rogue
River Valley irrigation dis
tricts are preparing to wind
up the season's operations,
district managers -reported
Friday.
J Talent- irrigation district is
draining the Talent lateral
from Sept. 11 to 15. Then,
Emigrant reservoir will be
drained o end the season,
according to . Walter . Hoff
trict manager. It will be
drained through the district's
ditches and water users can
get their final irrigation then,
Hoffbuhr said. ,
"Barring rain, Medford ir
rigation district will run to
Oct. 1," Jack Hoffbuhr, Med
ford irrigation district man
ager, said. "Heavy . fall rains
before Oct. 1, may make it
unnecessary for further irri
gation," he added.
'Rogue Valley .irrigation dis-
trict, which draws water from
. Medford Irrigation district,
has some old contracts which
require delivery of water for
stock as well as for irrigation,
Hoffbuhr said.
For Farmer. Too
"As long as we have a man
' at - Fish lake and Four Mile
lake to deliver stock water
we might as well bring down
water for the other farmers,"
the district manager said.-
Now, near season's end,
Medford irrigation ..district
has 30 second feet, or less
than a third of the normal
flow at this time. Hoffbuhr
said he is doing his best to
pass it around. Once -the or
chards are through irrigating,
pastures will have sufficient
water, he added. However,
'not enough water exists to
cover the entire district. The
problem will be to keep the
pastures green until the first
fall rain.
Little holdover water sup
plies exist for next year,
Hoffbuhr said. Medford irri
gation district sources are
down to 2,718 acre feet and
Fish lake, down to 330 acre
feet. The last water at the
bottom of the reservoir comes
out slowly so not all of it
can be brought out, Hoffbuhr
said. Normal holdover is
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy Mon
day. Thunderstorms developing
over the mountains this after
noon and evening. Partly cloudy
tonight and Monday. Cooler to
morrow. High today SO; low to
morrow 48 and high Monday S3.
- TEMP.
Highest Saturday ..:..r. !
Lowest Saturday r 4S
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .
S-.26 pjn.
5:45 a.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
The Moon rises well before sun
set today and sets 3:21 ajn.
tomorrow. The dim stars in its
background tonight are those of
the constellations, Capricornua
and Aquarius. Next year on
this night the Moon wilt bo
riding high in Gemini..
Irrigation and Reclamation Officials
To See Facilities in Southern Oregon
About 150 irrigation district
managers and bureau Of recla
mation officials from the Pa
cific Northwest and Floyd E.
Dominy, Washington, " D.. C,
reclamation commiss i o n e r,
are expected to attend a three
day tour of irrigation district
projects in southern Oregon
this week. .
This is the first time the ir
rigation district managers'
conference has been held here,
recording to Jack Hoffbuhr,
rnager of Medford Irriga
tion district. .
- One of the purposes of the
conference and tour is to keep
managers of districts up to
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Up until the middle of July,
Hogue said, the Portland divi
sion of Southern Pacific was
carrying a surplus of up to
4,00C box cars, and was able
to take care of all practical
needs of rail shippers. The
4,000-car surplus is considered
somewhat more than is need
ed to satisfactorily take care
of Oregon shippers, he said. :j
Closed Gateways
"Accordingly," Hogue said,
"in mid-July the Southern Pa
cific closed the gateways with
connecting railroads, and
would not accept "foreign"
cars whiclrt esulted in cutting
down decidedly on the 4,000
car surplus." ; -
roughly 10,000 acre feet,
Hoffbuhr said.
Rogue River Valley irriga
tion district has roughly 10
per cent of. the holdover it
had last year, according to
Harold Sexton,, irrigation dis
trict manager." Rogue River
Valley district "shares one
third of the water in Fish
lake and Four Mile. Normal
district operations mean con
tinued irrigation until Oct. 1
or until fall rains come. Stock
consumption of water is a
small part of the total de
mand, Sexton said. Usually
fall rains .take care of nor
mal ' stock demand, " he ex
plained. C - - -. . .
"We have had a very suc
cessful irrigation season. Wa
ter users have had ample
supply.. We got along much
better, than expected,". Sex
ton said.
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Epps' Successor '
' Portland - (OPD ' - The '72
member Democratic state cen
tral committee will meet here
October 31st to elect a new
state chairman. The new Dem
ocratic leader will succeed the
late Dave Epps, who died dur
ing the summer. -, v
Acting chairman B e u 1 a h
Hand said the committee mem
bers will, meet in the Multno
mah hotel here.
Mrs. Hand has appointed a
five-member nominating com
mittee which will draw up a
list of candidates for the job.
The list will be presented dur
ing the October meeting. -
Named to the nominating
committee were Judge Lloyd
Rea of Baker, Mrs. Robert Y.
Thornton of Salem, Al Roll
of Roseburg, Pat Dooley of
Portland and Howard . Mor
gan of Sisters. ' '
Portland attorney Berkeley
Lent and former state legisla
tor R. H. (Poly) Schedeen of
Madras have been mentioned
as possible candidates for the
job. .' '.i-v--T"1"""
The Jackson County, Demo
cratic Central committee last
week went on record as sup
porting, the candidacy of Lent.
Plans for Sen.' Hubert Hum
phrey's visit to Medford Oct.
8 were also discussed by the
local group. The Democratic
Social club of Jackson county
will arrange a breakfast for
Senator Humphrey, who will
be accompanied by Congress
man Al Ullman and State La
bor Commissioner Norman
Nilsen.
date on recent developments
relating to their operations.
The tour is held every oth
er year,, with regular confer
ences ir alternate year's with
out tours, Hoffbuhr said.
Included in lie three-day
event, which starts Tuesday,
are tours of 'facilities at
Grants ' Pass, Eagle Point,
Rogue River Valley, Medford,
Talent and Klamath irriga
tion districts:
Highlighting Tuesday's
events will be a talk by Dom
iny at the Rogue Valley Coun
try club, where H. T. Nelson,
Boise, Idaho, the bureau , of
reclamation's regional direc
Meeting
On Aug. 14, the SP recog
nized : that the surplus had
dwindled to a critical point,
and again accepted all foreign
cars available in order to build
back an adequate - surplus to
fake care, of Oregon shippers,
he said.
"They called on the Ameri
can Association of Railroads
for help in directing the other
railroads in the United States
to turn over additional empty
cars to help them build back
an adequate supply," Hogue
said. Unfortunately, empty
cars were not available to
promptly build back an ade
quate supply, and the short
age has developed.
In Close Contact
Hogue said he has been in
close contact with the car dis
tribution office of SP in San
Francisco, and connecting rail
roads do. not have sufficient
empty cars to turn over to SP
in order to satisfy demand of
Oregon shippers.
Paul Miller, manager of the
closed- car section of the
American Association of Rail
roads in Washington, D.C., has
issued various service orders
to railroads that subject to
availability . they are to turn
cars over as quickly as pos
sible to Southern Pacific to
remedy the shortage, Hogue
said, i . . ;
Miller reported over a week
ago, however, that the nation-,
al supply , of box cars was
tight, and that there were no
surplus box cars on any of
the lines in the country.
Statement Challenged
Fred Carpi, vice president
of Pennsylvania railroad in
Portland, said the line has a
surplus of 30,000 cars. But
Miller' challenged i the statei
ment , because, he said, the
cars were " not ' suitable for
Oregon shippers since they
were essentially iron ore and
steel cars , with ; a I high per
centage of bad-order- cars
- Hogue said one thing which
has aggravated the car supply
situation is the heavy grain
movement in the northern
part of the country, where
some 1$,00Q box cars are out
of use with grain storage.
Hogue . said the governor's
committee is doing what it
can to improve the box car
supply 'for Oregon shippers,
but "the - fact remains that
box cars are in tight supply
nationally; and that: we can
expect some box car short
ages over the next few
weeks."
The committee urged Ore
gon shippers to do what they
can to help themselves during
the shortage by loading all
available cars to capacity, and
load as quickly as possible to
conserve car-days. The com
mittee also urged receivers of
freight to unload as promptly
as possible so-the cars can be
made available io shippers in
the area. ' . ' " . . :
Cutoff Segment
Work Contracted
Lakevlew-Another segment
of the Winnemucca cutoff, the
road leading east from Lake-
view, has been put under con
tract by the Nevada highway
commission, it has been an
nounced here- r .'s
f The segment is a 13-mile
stretch of highway south of
the 8-mile portion which has
already been completed south
from -the Oregon-Nevada line.
Contract price was $339,
738.14, including oiling and
grading.
Much of the road between
Lakeview and the state line
has been completed by Lake
county, but one gap of several
miles still remains to be done.
tor, also will speak.
In addition to tours of irri
gation district facilities, tours
also are scheduled of or
chards, packing plants and
power plants constructed in
connection with irrigation dis
tricts. Dominy has more than 25
years' experience in the ad
ministration of agricultural
and water-use programs, both
in state and federal govern
ments. He joined the bureau
of reclamation in 1946 and
became assistant commission
er in August, 1957. He has
been commissioner since .May
1, 1959.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 3, 1 959
Nehru 'Tougher'
In His Discussion
Of Reds' Attacks
India Never to Yield
To Claims on Territory
New Delhi-fDPD-Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru got
tougher Saturday in his talks
about Communist Chinese at
tacks on Indian soil. He called
Red China an "aggressor" na
tion and warned that India
would never yield to Chinese
claims on large areas of In
dian territory.
"It is absurd. It involves a
fundamental change of geog
raphy," Nehru told a heated
session of parliament.
He said India would not
"resort to compulsion of force,
whatever may happen," but
"what we have to face today
is a great and powerful na
tion which is aggressive. It is
aggressive with or without
Communism."
Belonging to India
Nehru said recent maps is
sued by the Peiping govern
ment made it increasingly ap
parent the Chinese are claim
ing for the first time large
areas belonging to India.
In recent months the Chi
nese have claimed 3,5,000
miles of Indian territory along
the 1,250-mile border of India
and Tibet, most of it is in, the
northeast frontier agency -of
India. -
There is "no- question" of
yielding to those ', claims,
Nehru said. "A mile of terri
tory here or there can be ad
justed within the framework
of, the McMahon line," Nehru
said, but not much more. In
dia recognizes the 1914 Mc
Mahon line drawn by the
British as . its northern bor
der, but China does not.
Rejects Suggestion
Nehru rejected a sugges
tion that India - "bomb" out
Chinese troops still occupying
Longju, in the northeast fron
tier agency. , He j said India's
approach .- to, the border -dispute'
should be "peaceful, re
strained, controlled ,but
firm." . ' -,Y.;.'''
: He admitted he had .been
slow . in letting parliament
wnow the seriousness of the
border dispute, for he had
hoped it might, be settled
"without much publicity." -,
But he said there was grow
ing ' . evidence of ; a - "basic
change in the Chinese attitude
toward India." He said recent
ly the Chinese had even com
plained about the passage of
a small Indian ship called the
"Magar" through Chinese ter
ritorial waters.
Wright Slewed
Of Embezzlement .
Robert Charles Wright, 521
Park st., Medford, was cleared
of icharges . of embezzlement
against his recently when a
Jackson county grand jury re
turned a "not true bill" : in
the case.
- -Wright was arrested earlier,
this summer on a complaint
signed by Alton Anderson,
proprietor of Andy's Jewelers,
15 North Central ave., Med
ford. Anderson charged' that
Wright took some diamond
rings while employed by him
in January, 1958.
A Note Brings Notoriety
For Husband of Cashier
Friday afternoon, iwof
men entered the new Sears
and Roebuck store at the
Medford Shopping center
They headed for the cash
ier's cage. Then the older
of the pair carefully wrote
. a . note. The other stood
close by with his hand in
his pocket. . ' '.
A . curious . clerk. John
Denbo, glanced over the
writer's shoulder .'and read
the words, "Refund this
man $10,000." Nervously he
glanced at the man's part
ner. The hand in the pocket
was it gripping a gun?
He hurried io give Gen
eral Manager Ralph Elmer
Jacobton ': the' alarm. The
manager threw quick
glance at the backs of the
two men near the cashier's
cage. He couldn't see their
faces. Then, he quickly
pulled the alarm bell. ''
A gong clanged in the
Medford police department. .
Curt directions were radi
oed to patrol cars. In one
of the patrol cars racing to
the scene was Police Chief
Charles Champlin. Was this
alarm for the same man
who had robbed- the Safe
"And Now a Brief Commercial n
Laos Troops Fig ht
Off Heavy
To H o Id Mou ngso ne
Vientiane, Laos-(UPD-A gov
ernment .garrison is fighting
off "heavy assaults" by Com
munist forces in a dogged ef
fort to hold Moungsone in
Samneua Province until rein
forcements . arrive, army
sources reported Saturday.
The sources said the Red
attacks were, launched Thurs
day on an army post due west
of the town and that sketchy
reports reaching Vientiane in
dicated heavy fighting raged
Royal troop reinforcements
were, reported struggling
through the heavy jungles but
are not . expected to reach
Moungsone before Monday; j
Communications . arepoor
and commanders have only
the. barest information on the
developments in the northern
Province , of Laos which the
government claimed had been
invaded by- Communist Viet
Namese troops
Ohio Officer
Here for Landis ;
Glenn Landis, 64, arrested
here Thursday night as a fugi
tive from Ohio where he was
serving a life sentence for
murder, is to be returned to
that state to appear before
the pardon and parole com-
mision there.
Lt. Louis M. Kell from the
London, Ohio prison farm
whence Landis-. escaped in
1935 explained this last night
after his arrival here.
; Letters from persons in this
area who have known Landis
(as Jessie Glenn Sandoval, his
assumed name) could have an
important bearing on the Ohio
commission's decision on his
future, it is understood.
Lt. Kell said he planned to
take Landis from the Jackson
county jail to return to Ohio
today.or tomorrow. He had to
arrange means of transporta
tion first, f '' ";:' ' V
(See Story on Page 9)
way store next door Mon
day, night of $2,000 to
$5,000?
Police didn't know, but
they were ready for any
thing. -" ;
. Quickly they sealed .off ,
lhe store's entrances. Then
officers, ready to shoot, ap
proached lhe pair at the
cashier's window. As the
men turned, they revealed
the faces of W. Keegan
Townsend, 2912 Buckshot
rd.. Medford, a Mail Trib
une advertising salesman
who services the Sears' ac
count, and his nephew, Al
lan Dale Lane, 858 Stew
art are.
The two men protested,
that it was all a mistake.
They were hustled off lo
the police station, where un
der interrogation they con
tinued to declare their in
noncence. .
- They ' had, ' they said
merely wanted to attract'
the attention of Townsend's .
wife, who works as a Sears
cashier, lo make arrange
ments lo lake her home. At
tract attention they had, of
ficers assured them. They
were later released without,
charges.
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Assaults
Royal Laotian army officers
were dispatched to northern
Laos to seek proof of the gov
ernment's a 1 1 e g a t i o n s. A
spokesman said the army had
captured no Vietnamese sold
iers but that it believes the
officers wjll be able to pro
duce weapons, documents and
equipment that will convince
the United Nations of -Communist
VietnameseV"aggres-
sion." - ; 4.
' Acting Foreign Minister, Sis
ouk Nachmsfkassak said" that
Laos would be happy to have
the . UN fact-finding team,
which is expected ' to arrive
early . this : week, -stay 4n : in
definitely if this would deter
further aggression. ' - '
Sisouk also reported a num
ber of minor clashes between
Communist rebels and govern
ment forces during the week.
He said royal troops captured
a Chinese rifle and a Vietnam
ese haversack.- in skirmishes
Tuesday and Wednesday near
Mounghkoua . in... Phongsaly
province. . ; ' - ; : : -
Another engagement was
fought near Muong Puoa in
Samneua province with the
rebels suffering "heavy casu
alties" on Thursday, he said.
Bonebrake Dies
Of Skiing Injuries
Vernon Bonebrake, 33, vice
principal of Roseburg junior
high school and former teach
er at Eagle Point, died Satur
day in a Roseburg hospital of
injuries received in a water
skiing accident on the North
Umpqua river Thursday.
Douglas County Coroner
Dr. C. H. Babbitt said Bone
brake was skiing behind ; a
boat operated by Walter Buss,
another teacher. He suffered
a fractured skull - when he
struck a tree along the river
bank.
He was a teacher at Eagle
Point grade school between
1951 and 1957, and was a ten
nis . instructor and grade
school coach. He was a grad
uate of Southern Oregon col
lege. Bonebrake was a member
of local and county teachers
organizations, the Lions club
and ' the junior chamber of
commerce, and was active in
Eagle Point community activi
ties. ; . -,
Survivors include his wifej
Ada Ruth, and five children,
Patty, 9, Mary, 7, Steve, 6,
Teresa, 3, and Carolyn, 1.
Funeral services will be
held at -11 ajn.' Monday at
Wilson chapel of the Roses in
Roseburg. In lieu of flowers,
the family has asked that con
tributions . be made to the
teacher's scholarship memorial-fund.'
They may be sent in
care of the First Methodist
church, Roseburg. i . ;
Mississippi Girl
Wins Beauty, Crown
Atlantic City, N. J. - (DPD
Dark-horse Lynda Lee Mead,
of Natchez, gave Mississippi
its second consecutive Miss
America crown Saturday
night by proving that she
could think faster on her feet
than other finalists in the an
nual beauty pageant.
Pricp
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Moscow (DPD The Soviet
Union Saturday fired -. new
vapor-trailing moon : rocket
designed to reach its target
on the eve-of Premier Nikita
S- Khrushchev's departure for
the United States.
Soviet comment indicated
it' was under a new guidance
system controlled from
earth. . -
on
Battle
Causes Long Debate
Washington, Sept. 12 - (UPD -The
Senate locked in 'battle
last night on civil rights, the
issue which holds the key to
adjournment. " 1 ,
' The opening shots in the'
conflict crackled at- approxi
mately 11 pjn. after the Sen
ate had been in session for 14
hours with congressional lead
ers resigned to the fact there
would be no adjournment this
week end. - ,
The stage was set for pro:
longed Senate, debate on con
tinuing the life of the civil
rights commission when all ac
tion dn the foreign aid "catch
all" money bill was complet
ed. ,
; At direction of his commit-
Free Auto Check
In Medford Slated
A motor 'vehicle safety
check will be held in Medford
Saturday, Oct. 17; according
to C. D. (Swede) Larson, presi
dent of ; the Medford Safety
council. ; r ' ':. ? ;
The free safety check will
be conducted by the Medford
Lions club in cooperation with
the safety- council, Lars o n
said. Participating in the
check will be members of the
Southern Oregon Timing as
sociation, . who will provide
technical assistance.
Dr. Lee Mellish, Medford
Lions club,- has been named
general chairman of the pro
ject. -. He will . be assisted by
representatives of other spon
soring ' groups ' with traffic
control to be furnished by the
Medford police department
and the Jackson county sher
iffs office, Larson said. '
Dr. Mellish emphasized that
the vehicle safety check pro
gram is completely volunteer
and no charge will be made.
It. will be offered to as many
as possible during the one
day, and " if the demand is
great enough it will be re
peated the following , Satur
day. ' ,
Each car .checked and found
to pass the 10-point safety
check will be issued a window
sticker signifying the fact. If
a car does not pass all of the
points, the owner will be so
advised and 'may correct the
fault and be rechecked to
qualify as a "safety checked"
car. i; ,
Larson said a complete
check takes only a few min
utes and is well worth the
"peace of mind" it brings in
knowing that the car is in
safe driving condition. :
afety
MedforcTs Schools Open Tomorrow;
Some 8,000 Youngsters Are Expected
Some 8,000 youngsters are
expected to . start classes in
the '.Medford' district's 17
schools tomorrow morning.
Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield,
superintendent, said cafeter
ias will be open in all schools,
and buses will operate on
schedules previously, an
nounced. .
All iunior hieh school stu
dents are asked to report at
R ajn.. Dr. Mayfield said, and
all senior high students are
asked to be at the high school
at 9 ajn.
Hitrh school students will
report - to their , registration
room period, which starts at
9:09 ajn. There will be no
first period for high school
10 Cents
The science correspondent I
of . the Soviet news agency
Tass said, "It is difficult to
forecast at present whether
it will ; touch the surface of
the moon, become a satellite
of the moon or become a new
planet." .
The correspondent, Yev
geny Gogoyavlensky, , also
hinted that a new type rocket
tee, appropriations chairman
Carl Hayden (D-Ariz.) offered
an amendment to the appro
priations bill which would
keep the commission alive for
another two years after Nov.
8.
That was the signal for the
civil rights fight to break out
although privately Senate
leaders were optimistic that a
behind-the-scenes "gentleman
behind -the- scenes "gentle
men's agreement" would pre
vent any debate that would
reach filibuster proportions.
Neverthele$s,-the fight spoil
ed any cnances 01 congress
adjourning this week end even
9 a.m. - three hours earlier
though the Senate had met at
than usual.
Speaker Sam Rayburn (Th
Texas) declared it would be
"impossible for the House and
Senate to finish ' up before
Monday at least. There was
a likelihook that the session
might stretch into Tuesday,
the day Soviet" Premier- Ni
kita S.' Khrushchev arrives
here. j '.
The House adjourned after
a brief session during the day.
The Senate waded through a
series of amendments, to the
foreign aid money bill but
leaders -were resigned to the
fact that once action on the
foreign aid program was conC
pleted, a prolonged, ' bitter
scrap over civil rights was in
the offing. '
It was the civil rights dis
pute that ex ploded' any
chances - - of the 1 lawmakers
heading for home this week
end. Another factor was the
determination of Sen. Wayne"
Morse (D-Ore.) to keep the
Senate in session. He has
been waging "parliamentary
war" on Senate -Democratic
Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas-for the past week.
' One major stumbling block
to adjournment was elimin
ated when House-Senate con
ferees agreed on a compro
mise bill to permit the gov
ernment to raise the interest
rates on E and H savings
bonds.
Bargain Days
To End Monday
The Mail Tribune's annual
bargain days subscription
campaign will end at 10 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14.
All residents 18 years old
or over are eligible to enter
contests. Residents tf Jack
son and Josephine counties in
Oregon and Siskiyou county
in California are eligible.
Entry blanks for the con
test appear in the Mail Trib
une, and a winner is picked
each day. ,
students the first day, Dr.
Mayfield said. First period is
between 8:10 and 9:05 a.m.'
The 'complete high school
schedule will be followed
Tuesday, the second school
day, starting at 8:10 a.m., he
said. .
. Some students, who have
been working in the fruit har
vest, will be allowed an additional-
week to continue
their work after clearing the
matter with the principal, Dr.
Mayfield said. Students who
continue working ar encour
aged to make an effort to
obtain books and keep up on
assignments during the first
week, he added.
All Medford schools, in-
Civil Rights
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fuel had been used in Rus
sia's new moon shot.
"One would be fullv Mus-
tified in supposing that such
an outstanding result has
been achieved thanks to the
Soviet scientific achieve
ments in developing new "
types of rocket fuel, he
said. "Apparently the United
Mates does not yet possess
such a fuel, because this year
it abandoned atterrmts to
launch a moon rocket rfter its
four failures between August
and December 8, 1958.
Tass said that preliminarv
data obtained from process- '
lng telemetric information
showed that all instruments
in the rocket's container were
operating normally. Gas tem
If
perature was between 68 and
77 degrees Fahrenheit and the
sealing of the container was
intact, Tass said.
The offocial Soviet an- :
nouncements on the launch
ing did not make clear wheth
er the rocket was designed to
land on the moon or go into
orbit around the earth's satel
lite. The Russian text of the
announcment used a term
which can be translated as ei
ther "to" or "toward" the '
moon..
. Tass said the equipment
packed capsule is designed to
"investigate magnetic fields of
the earth and moon, radiation
around the earth, the varia
tions and intensity of cosmic
radiation and to study heavy
nuclei in cosmic space and the
gas components of cosmic
matter." . .
Radio Moscow reported last
night that the rocket spewed
a sodium vapor cloud to mark
its trail as scheduled at 10:40
ajn. (PST) as it hurtled to
ward . the constellation of
Aquarius. It said the "artifi
cial comet" was photographed
by an observatory at Kislo
vodsk in the north Caucasus
by a "camera with it special
light filter."
Deviation Insignificant'
Later, a Soviet nrofessor
said in a' Moscow broadcast
that there apparently was
very insignificant" deviation
from the rocket's planned di
rection. '
"From the government re
port we heard that the last
stage of the rocket was guid
ed," he said. "This has made
it possible to correct its
course. -
Ownership Change
ForLodge af Lake
Portland DPD The national
park service disclosed Satur
day that two Portland busi
nessmen will take over opera
tion of the lodge at Crater
Lake.
Transfer of the capital stock
has been approved by the
service to James M. Griffin
and Ralph O. Peyton. Griffin
is sales manager 'for Ames
Harris Neville company and
Peyton is a bag manufacturer
with plants here and in Spo
kane, Wash.
Under contract with the
park service, the lodge com
pany owns,' operates and
maintains the lodge including
cabins, a cafeteria, store and
boats.
For the past six years the
lodge has been owned and op
erated by H. C. Smith and his
son, H. W. Smith, both of
Spokane. .
ciuaing tnose wnicn were
consolidated with the Med
ford district recently, will
serve lunches tomorrow. The
price per plate lunch at the
junior and senior high schools
is 30 cents, and the pi ice in
elementary schools is 25
cents.-
School administrators re
minded parents that students
may purchase meal tickets in
the elementary school for
$1.25 for five lunches or $5
for 20 lunches.
. Students are encouraged to
purchase meal tickets at the
beginning of the week.
Milk is included with the
lunch, and is available for 3
cents per half-pint for those
who take their own lunch.