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Agate Dam Project Declared To Be Feasible Engineering Undertaking -s J) COMMUTERS STRANDED A smashed da-" were forced to , seek'1 alternate means of boose blocks the tracks after a freight train reaching Manhattan. One man was killed accident in The Bronx early today knocked , and another injured when a 54-car freight out main line service of the New York Cen-,. train rammed a standing six-car freight. tral Railroad. More-than 11,000 commuters :.'.. : (UPI Telephoto) Role of Mining Stressed by Fourth District Candidates The important role of the mining industry . in the devel opment of the fourth district '. was stressed . by both candi . dates for congress at a meet ing of the Northwestern Min ing Council in the Jackson ville Community hall Thurs day evening. ! Speaking to" more than 100 persons,1 Charles O. Porter, Eugene Democrat seeking re election, and Dr.' Edwin R. Durno, Republican of Med ford, discussed aspects of the mining industry at the ses sion, i i In talks at the' start of the meeting; which was . ended with a question and answer period, Porter cited statistics of the district's mineral pro duction and gave a geological history of the area. ': Dr. Durno endorsed .the pro-. i gram and recommendations of I the conference of governors of the 11 western states' in. re-, gard to the problems", of I liie mining 'industry. ; ' 1 Two Major Pointi ' The two major points un der fire during the question and answer period were the $35 per; ounce price of gold and the elimination of surface rights ion mining claims , by federal; agencies. ,'.- , It was1 the consensus of the audience who asked questions that the present price ceiling should! be removed from gold so it could be traded on the open market. It was also sug gested that representatives of the mining industry and fed eral agencies' confer in regard to logging controls on mining Claims.' , . .'. Porter stated that' more than a third of the value of minerals produced in Oregon comes from the fourth dis- Registration Deadline The Jackson county Demo crats 'have increased their voter registration lead to 849, from Wednesday's figure of 822. according to County Clerk E. M. Madden. . : 1 Total registration is 36,843. Madden said he believes this is the first time that Jackson county has exceeded 36,000 registered voters, and is the highest number of registered voters as far as he knows. : The Repnublicans now have 17,550 registered voters, Dem ocrats 18,399 and indepen dents 894. Tomorrow is the last day for voter registration. The elections department in the courthouse annex will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomor row, Madden said, Chamber Directors list Measure Endorsements ', The' Medford Chamber, of Commerce board of directors Thursday unanimously en dorsed six measures which will appear on the November general election ballot. . The board ylit on support of five other measures, and unanimously expressed disap proval on two others. . ! No action was taken on the daylight saving time proposal, which also will appear on the "ballot. The action was taken after the chamber's committee on governmental operations pre sented its recommendations on the 14 issues. The commit tee has taken into considera tion the 15th measure on the billot, one concerning bill board control along highways. Receiving unanimous ap- trict. He mentioned that the district's seven counties pro duced -gold, silver, copper, n i c ke 1, chromite, mercury, lead, zinc, , tungsten, exotic metals and non-metallic min erals such as . sand, gravel, clay and limestone. Only Nickel Mine He added that the only nickel mine in the . United States today is ' in Douglas qounty at Riddle with an esti inate'd ' value ' of production last year of $14,500,000. I Small; amounts of copper have been produced- in Jose phine 'county, he' said, and added that plans have been announced for open pit cop per mining m Coos county near Powers. The , candidate , mentioned the research work of the U.S. bureau of mines laboratory at Albany which was largely due to corporations in the dis trict producing exotic metals. This industry; he added, holds much promise for the future. Porter ;concluded his talk by stating his belief that the district will play a substan tial part -in supplying -minerals in the future and that it is essential that we contin ue to pursue exploration and research'. ' ' . " ! I Dr. Durno also cited Hie vast potential' of the 'unde veloped mineral deposits in the fourth district. At ine start of his talk he stated that most ; of those in the room knew more about min eralogy and the' problems of the miners than he did; J Basic Truths' . He ' gave. ' four . "basic truths"- about the mining in dustry which included the important role of the develop ment' , and economy i of the western states, the virtually non-existent small miner and explorer, that many medium sized operations have become liability - to their owners and have shut down- and that large mines have become mar ginal i operations. --VO " He said virtually, an ouu mines or mining properties in Jackson and Josephine coun ty at : the present . time are idle.' . Durno said he would i en courage the individual min ers, explorers and prospect ors to go back to exploring and Drosoecting;, would cre ate the incentive to mine gold and other strategic metals; would maintain the present "derjletion allowance;" that the country must, through im port quotas or tariffs, protect the domestic mining industry; and would endorse the pro gram and ' recommendations of the conference of gover nors of the 11 western states proval were those measures fixing commencement of leg islators terms; authorizing legislature to propose revised constitution; state bonds for higher education facilities: voter, qualification amend ment; financing improvements in home rule counties; and continuity of government enemy attack. a Board members split their votes on financing urban re development projects, author izing bonds for state building programs, compulsory retire ment for judges, elective of fices: when to become vacant, and war veterans' bonding and loan amendmeij. . ; 1 Receiving unanimous disap proval were proposals to per mit prosecution by informa tion gar indictment and the personal income tax bill, .. at their meeting when prob lems of the mining industry were discussed. Dr. Durno concluded that on aspects of the subject of which he was ndt fully in formed he would follow the advice of people who did know what they were talking about. The meeting was attended by candidates from both par ties and two candidates from Josephine county. Airport's Crowded Conditions Will Be Studied by City City Manager Robert A. Duff was directed by the city council last night to Investi gate reports of crowded con ditions at Medford's munici pal airport and submit .a re port." ' - The action came after the council had approved . two leases at the airport, one to enlarge the facilities of an ex isting tenant and the other providing for a new tenant. During discussion of the leases. Brian Douglas, owner of the Rogue' Flying Service who made it clear that 'he was not objecting to granting of the leases said .that the tie-down" (airplane parking) facilities at the airport are already overcrowded and t)y granting new leases the coun cil would increase the prob lem. ; ; : i . He suggested too that the council investigate the setting up of standards to be met by new tenants in the construct ion of-their buildings and op eration of their business; Already Some Standards .': i Duff said there are already some standards, but Douglas said they are apparently not being met.: . ! , The new lease was " ap proved for Floyd Doland Jr. to establish a package deliv ery, charter service , and flight instruction service . at the airport. . . . .. The expanded lease was ap proved for Keldon Adams, now a fixed base operator, to permit him to sell aircraft and to provide charter serv ice and flying instructions.. Council approver was given to a 10-year franchise for the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph ., company. Under the aereement. which had been under negotiation for the past year and a half, the company will pay the city an annual rate of $19,500 or 2 per cent of its gross local receipts, whichever is largest. ' Councilman R. L.Van Sick le objected to the franchise as written, and wanted it to extend for only a five-year period. ' :' ' ' ; The council deferred action on a petition requesting the partial, paving of Benson st. from Prune to Dakota sts, after a spokesman for some property owners in the area voiced - objection to the pro posal on the grounds it did not provide for curbs and gut ters. RUSSIA WARNS U. S. Moscow - (UJJ The Soviet Union warm the United States today it will take "relevant-measures" if West Ger many is supplied with Amer ican nuclear missiles. Washington - lUPD - Rep. Charles O. Porter, (D-Ore.), has asked the Agriculture De partment to include Oregon rye grass seed in its disaster relief shipments to Chile. - 4 Ine Mother, Daughter Rescued From Second Floor Baby Sitter Dies With 3 Children Portland-uTPD-A fire flashed through, a two-story home in northeast Portland early to day .and four persons, includ ing three children, died. The children's mother, Mrs. Constance Garrett, 33, and a daughter, Wendy, 5, were res cused. The mother was under heavy sedation at Providence hospital... ':':';: -, . : . The dead Included: Gay Garrett, 5 months. . Vickie Garrett, 15 months. Angela Garrett, 3. Patricia Mae Gravatt, 21, baby sitter. The mother and Wendy Garrett were rescused from a second floor window by neigh bors. The other children and Miss Gravatt were trapped in another bedroom. - . The father, Joseph ,L. Gar rett, was not at home when the blaze broke out. -Neighbors Help Firemen credited efforts of four neighbors with saving Mrs. Garrett and her oldest daughter. They said Hugh Radar and Jack Hannon hoisted a ladder to the roof of the stucco house before firemen arrived. Hal Abelson and Walter P, Dach sel scrambled up the ladder and rescued the pair. - ,. The men said they could hear the other children and the baby sitter screaming in another bedroom and tried un successfully to coax them ' out They could not enter1 the house because of the intense heat. Abelson said Mrs. Garrett screamed "get my children out." Driven Out by Smoke He said he carried one girl down the ladder and that "flames were licking at the ladder then." "I went back to the win dow and again tried to enter but the smoke drove me out. It looked like the porch was going and I knew-Mrs. . liar rett and I had to get out of there:"-He said he tried ' to persuade Mrs. G a r r e 1 1 to climb down but "she wouldn't leave. I picked her up and carried here . . ; and the other fellows helped and forced her down. -r .. , "I never felt so helpless In my life," he. said. . .., Firemen finally removed the victims but emergency ef forts' to revive. them failed..': The fire was , believed to have started in the . living room- Durno Contributes To Porter Campaign; Porter Returns $1 ' Congressman' Charles O. Porter received a $1 cam paign donation from his op ponent last night - but he gave it back again.' Somehow or other, - the name of Dr. Edwin Durno. Medford physician; state senator, and now Republi can candidate for congress opposing Porter, got . . on Porter's campaign mailing list. .- Dr. Durno ' received a campaign solicitation. And last night, when the two met in Jacksonville, Dr. Durno presented a flabbergasted Porter with a check for $1. Dr. Dumb said, "I would wish him (Pouter) well, but - alert him to the fact that I,. , too, cannot meet my finan cial obligations in this cam-, paign." He added that "Dollars-for-Durno Went over very well, and in addition my friends are having a rum mage, sale at which time I shall put up for sale all my clothes except those I find absolutely necessary to re frain ' from ' becoming in decently exposed." -. Porter, when he handed Dr. Durno's check back to him, properly endorsed, also commented he was hav ing a clothing problem, with his one and only campaign suit wearing out. But he didn't respond to a suggestion from the audi ence that he donate it to Durno's rummage sale. By United Press International Mrs. Maurine Neuberger carried her campaign for elec tion to the U.S. Senate to Linfield College today while her Republican rival, Elmo Smith, announced that Gov. Mark Hatfield would be hon orary chairman for the rest of his campaign- m Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages v Chinese Red Regime Described As Peace Menace Revolt Against Peiping Predicted United Nations. N.Y.-dPC-: Premier Nlkita Khrushchev said today Russia would up hold its rights outside the United Nations "by means of force" if Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold is not replaced by a three-man presidium. United Nations, N.Y. (UPD Nationalist Chinese Ambassa dor Tingfu F.,Tsiang said to day the Chinese Communist regime is the, greatest menace to peace In the world and pre dicted that mainland China will revolt against the Peiping authorities. He called the Soviet Union the greatest colonial power of the 20th century and said the Soviet type of imperialism is the worst of all. Delegations Walk Out As Tsiang began to talk, the Soviet and other Communist delegations walked out of the assembly hall. Tsiang, who customarily delivers' his speech in English, took the usual step today of addressing the assembly in Chinese. - Tsiang spoke as the Ameri can and Soviet delegates ma neuvered behind the scenes for support in Russian efforts to seat Red China and Ameri can efforts to -block it for another year. The United States was expected to win this struggle but by the closest vote yet. - .- . "The Chinese Communist regime is- dedicated to the 'historical mission' of bringing all Asia under Communist domination," Tsiang said; "Re cently, it has extended .its nefarious-; activities beyond Asia to Africa and Latin America. It is the greatest menace to international peace and security. Predicts Revolt Coming ' .' '-There is a boiling, seeth ing and ultimately irrepressi ble mass of resentment among the suffering' people. Eleven years of unlimited propa ganda and unlimited indoc trination have failed to recon cile the peoples of the regime. The day will, surely come when they will rise in revolt against their oppressors '. ' . . We Chinese will yet see the day of national liberation." Tsiang denounced Premier Nlkita Khrushchev's "sland erous and abusive" attack on Dag Hammarskjold and said he sought through his plan to replace the secretary-general with a three-man presidium to make the United Nations a tool of the Soviet Union. Nixon, Kennedy To Debate Tonight Washington-fllPD-VIce Presi dent Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy meet tonight in the second of four nationwide television-r a d i o debates on a complexity of Is sues. Judging from their recent speeches, the rival presiden tial nominees are likely to be more combative in this meet ing than they were in the first of the "great debates, Sept. 26. Kennedy turned the attack around Thursday, declaring in a statement that "Mr. Nix on likes to repeat that 'every body is aware of the strong convictions' he has on this civil rights issue. But I have been unable to find a state ment of those convictions in any of his southern speeches.' WEATHER FORECAST: Conildtrtble cloudlnf tonljht and partly cloudy Saturday with rain ataln Saturday nlfht and Sun day. Low tonlsht SO. High Saturday (S. Temp. Hlshnt Yulfrday It Lowell Thll Morning- . S4 Prec. to IS a.m. Today ...... .S7 Our Skies Tonight ; Sumet today J:41 p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow S:l( a.m. Monrlie tonlsht 1:4 p.m. Lait quarter Oct. 1Z PROMINENT STAR Capella, hlth overhead 4:29 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venui, aeU 1:21 p.m. Jupiter, low In south well 1:11 p.m. Saturn, low In south- wet S:ll p.m. Man. hleh In Booth- eait 43S a.m. Port and MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1960 "Oh, YeiHe WAS Here, But He Just Left" Court Reaches No Decision on Lake Area Developments County Judge Earl Miller said today the county court has reached no decision on the $60,000 in capital expendi tures requested for lurtner development of recreation fa cilities at Howard Prairie ana Emigrant lakes In a letter dated Sept. 20. the Jackson county parks ane recreation commission had re quested: expenditure of more money for development oi ine areas.. y : : I The ' current , fiscal V year budget allocates $150,000 for capital improvements. How ever, a large part of this mon ey may be needed for. con; structiori of a building at the fairgrounds to house county extension offices'. ,. ' '. '. The county court had com mitted itself previously to this building, Miller explain ed. During a previous meeting with the parks and recreation commission the county court Greeters Plan Trip to Forks Twelve members of the Medford Chamber of Com merce grieters committee have signified they plan to visit Forks of . Salmon, In northern California, this week end. Object of the visit is :to Install and dedicate a bell pre sented to the people of- Forks of Salmon by the Chamber's greeters committee. It will be installed in the belfry of the new school.' ; ' - .! A potluck dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, after which a dance is sched uled, for the Medford visitors. The dances, greeters commit tee members report, are highlight of a trip to the small community along the Klamath river.-. The Medford group will camp in the . , forest camp grounds at Forks, of Salmon, and return to Mediora sun day. . '' '. The bell was found in Med ford by members of the greet ers committee, and is more than 100 years old. It former- lv called slaves to worn on a Mississippi plantation, ac cording to local sources The chamber, and Forks of Satmon residents, have had cordial relationship since the visit several years ago of group of school children from there to Medford, where they were "royally" wel comed, and shown many mod ern devices they had never seen before in their small isolated community. Bend -WPS- Brooks-Scanlon Inc. of Bend has purchased about 50,000 acres of natural ly reseeded cutover timber land in the Ochoco country near Prineville from the Alex ander-Stewart Lumber Co., it has been announced. Tribune said the money not used for the extension offices building might be used for the parks and recreation developments. The current budget provides $20,000 for parks and recrea tion. Consider Budget Meeting ' Miller said - the ' county court has considered calling in the county budget commit tee so money can be removed legally from other budget al locations, perhaps from the general fund. ' Projects recommended for Howard Prairie Include store building and coffee. ' shop. $30,000: .widening, of boat ramp) $5,000; initial -work on dock - and moorage,. $10,000; 25 kilowatt electric plant, $1,- 750; electric: wiring1 to plant facilities, $1,200;' and contin gency expenditures .'(Includ ing architectural fees, on store and dock facilities) $5,000, for a sub total of $52,930. Expenditures proposed for Emigrant Include sanitary fa cilities Including two' . rest- rooms, $4,000; buildings, $1, 500; drinking water develop ment, $1,550, for a sub total of $5,250. . " Miller emphasized that the additional capital 'expendi tures request was made by the county commission a compara tively short time ago so the county court has not had a chance to act on, it yet'. Miller said the county court-has re ceived no opposition to the . i , : ' 1 The public moved in and started using the facilities at Howard Prairie much -sooner than we anticipated ' even though roads and parking areas were not ready early In the summer," Miller commen- ed. "We had no way of seeing these facilities would be so popular. And w.'eve iidone everything, within our pow er and limited resources to provide the needed recreation facilities.1 Medford Man Killed In Highway Mishap Grants Pass MUP0- Carl Al fred Anderson, 46, Medford, was killed Thursday when the car he was driving collid ed with the rear end of truck on Highway SB about four miles north of here. State police here said An qrson was northbound when his car collided with a truck belonging Vo Mitchell Broth- era Truck Line of Portland and operated U' Edwin Thomas Sendwick, 48, Grants Pass. -Sendwick was nt injured Anderson was dead on arri val at Josephine County hos pital here. Anderson had been a forest warden for the southwest district of the state depart ment of forestry for three years. He had been made warden of the Butte Falls guard station effective Oct. 1 Previously, he was with the I federal forest service.- Fire 55th Year No. 172 National Forest Lookouts Taken Down Temporarily Rain Eases Fire . Danger in Area Rogue River National for est brought its lookouts down in all districts today, on a tem porary basis, as rains eased the forest fire danger at least for the time being. Some slash burning was being permitted in the Klam ath district in places where snows may prevent such oper ation later on. From .50 to .75 of an Inch of rain was report ed In that district. Precipita tion figures were not avail able from other districts be cause, of the lookouts being down ' , . Whether lookouts stay down depends upon the weather, the forest service said. If rain keeps up, they'll remain down but, if the forest dries off in two or three days, they'll man their posts again. More sun shine and dry southeast winds could restore the great fire danger, It was pointed out. trire hazard was extreme before the rains this week ; Southwest district office of the state department of; for estry termed the Situation " little better than ft was" and possibly "safe for two or three days." Lookouts were down from Chimney Rock and Roundtop, but for personal reasons . and not because of any fire danger ease. Permits to hunters to enter the closed area between. ButW rails and prospect still were being issued on a day to. day basis The district office on Table Rock rd. reported .07 of an inch of rain Up to 8 a. m this morning, Frospeet suard.sta- tiph 'reported .38. : . i DA Gives Opinion On Solicitations ! Jackson County District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said ' today that- deceit: or fraud: used to Induce a per son to register or refrain from registering to vote would be considered a corrupt practice under state law. .- In an opinion to County Clerk E. M. Madden, ecder said: "It' is my opinion that if any person engages In any deceit or fraud to induce a person to register or refrain from registering as a voter of this state, he would be guilty of a , corrupt practice . under ORS ' 260.300. Any person making a telephone . call should either identify him self by his corect name or as a member of a genuine organ ization, seeking to persuade people to. register or to vote.1 ' The vice is not In the par tisanship of the solicitation. The vice under the law Is di rected to any subterfuge or deceit used to induce people to register or to vote. It is perfectly proper for Demo crats to seek to obtain mem bers of the Democratic party to register to vote,, and it is equally proper for the" Repub lican party to do the same, as long as the persons doing the solicitation do not engage in any deceit or sugterfuge." Five Nabbed Of Klamath Oakland,. Calif. -WPD Five men were arrested Thursday in connection yith the $35,000 burglary of the lamath Falls, Ore., post office Sept, 28. The fifth man was picked up in a "triple play" Involving Oak land police. Pacific Telephone and San Jose police Acting on'Tip The roundup began when Oakland police, acting on a tip apparently from Klamath Falls, arrested four men in a hotel for investigation of burglary.- Charles A. Mann, 27, San Jose, and his stepbrother, Rick C. Lynn, 35, Klamath Falls, were found reading on bed in their room; Robert R. Barrett 24,. Los Angeles, and James Ferguson, 27, Denver, were picked up wbilt watching the Bureau Report Clears Way for . Legislation Bureau of Budget Has No Objection By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent , Washington -(Special- The) proposed Agate dam, a key project In the overall Rogus River ' Basin irrigation de velopment plan, was declared today to be a feasible engi neering undertaking by tho bureau of reclamation. - i. . In forwarding to congress a feasibility report on Agate, the bureau in effect cleared! the way for legislation which. Rep. Charles O. Porter (D- Ore.) has said he will Intro duce in the coming session of congress to authorize con struction and financing of the project. Report Reviewed . Appropriate state and fed eral agencies have reviewed the bureau s report. The bu reau of the budget earlier this week expressed no objection -to Its submission, to congress. The state of Oregon urged construction "as early as pos sible." . Agate dam would be lo cated on' Dry creek northwest of Medford; It would store sufficient water to irrigate 1810 acres of arid land in the Rogue River valley irrigation district. In addition, a small amount of water would also become available to supple ment, present supplies for 4820 acres. The project Involves Agate dam on Dry creek, a diversion dam on Antelope creek, plus diversion and feeder canals. Water from Agate reservoir, would be diverted Into exist ing Hopkins canal for deliv ery to farmers through the " district's irrigation system; Investment of $1,802,000 ' The report estimated the federal Investment in these ' facilities would be $1,802,000, using January, 1959, prices. Of this, $27 ,100 would cover cost- of a fish ladder and screen ' to ' protect migratory species -of fish in Dry creek. I' Recreation ; facilities eceauon , acuities In ' the iclhlty would also be de veloped with $20,080. The bal ance, $1,754,900, covers irrl- -gation facilities and is to be repaid to the -United States treasury, by local water users over a 50-year period, ass urn-1 ins1 congress sets the custom ary, requirements in '.this re- ' spect. "- . ' The. declaration of feasibili ty takes into account- the an ticipated . benefits . compared with costs. The benefit - cost ratio over 50 years would be 2.76 to 1, the report stated, an ' unusually high ratio for such projects. 1 Will Diversify Agriculture ' ' The report to congress said this new water supply would permit farmers in the area to diversify agriculture in the Medford area by - devoting more land to Irrigated pasture grass-and hay for dairy and beef herds. . Today's development brings the project one step closer to reality. The . remaining steps are for congress to. take-first to pass an authorization bill, and then to follow with appro priations that will permit con- , structlon . to begin. It Is un likely that these steps can both be taken in less than two . years.. -. .... .- ; - TITAN LAUNCHED ' Cape Canaveral, Fla. -fliPD-The Air Force launched Ti tan missile on an unusually, high intercontinental - range flight over the Atlantic today on a strenuous' test of a nose cone. . WEIGHTS ACCURATE Salem -(UPD-Most indicated welfchts on packaged meats in Oregon retail stores are ac curate, .'the State Department of Agriculture said today. - in Robbery Post Office World Series in the hotel lob by. ' :. . ' ' Police said they found $29, 400 in uncashed postal money, orders and two pistols In the room. After the four were taken Into custody several calls came in to the hotel for them. Oakland Police Inspector Car-., rol Prince took over the ho tel's phone switchboard. When the man called again Prince stalled him while the tele phone company traced the' call to San Jose bar. Portlander Arrested . San Jose police, previously alerted, sped to the bar and' arrested James E. Rutledge, 29, Portland ,Ore. - About $35,000 in cash, mon ey orders and stamps were taken when burglars pried skylight of the Klamath Falls post office. . -. . . , ,1
