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EXAMINES HOLE Off-duty Medford po- side of a hill in the Foots Creek canyon
lice officer Gerald Butler is shown examin- area recently. Something, maybe goid, was
ing the lower of two holes found dug in the taken from the lower hole.
lystery
Blasted
By GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
(c) 1961
Foots Creek - A mystery
possibly involving gold and
a mining robbery of 30 years
ago, has unfolded in this little
roadside community that ri
vals in skullduggery the century-old
tales of Captain Kidd
and his buried pirate's treas
ure. Little is known factually
other than two men and a
woman took "something" out
of the side of a hill near here,
and that something is probab
ly worth a lot of money-may-be
a fortune. But, where these
facts end, speculation begins.
The town of Foots Creek is
located 20 miles west of Med
ford on Highway 89, in the
heart of once-prosperous gold
mining country. A small
stream that gives the town
its name is known to have
produced more than S3 mil
lion worth of gold in the late
20s and early 30s.
Starts in November
The mystery started in ear
ly November when two men
and a woman approached Tom
Boone, owner of a ranch aiong
Fools Creek rd., and asked
permission to cross his prop
erty in order to do some min
ing in the hills in back of his
place.
They also asked Boone for
the location of an old dona
tion land claim in the area.
Boone gave them directions,
said it was ali right to cross
his property as long as they
didn't disturb anything, and
then went back to his work.
Occasional prospectors and
fortune-hunters are still com
mon in the area so Boone did
n't give the matter much
thought. He did notice, how
ever, that the trio had with
them a pickup truck and a
small foreign car, both bear
ing California license plates.
For three days the two
men made trips back and
forth into the hills, while the
woman waited in the car.
Boone and his neighbors heard
Wiretap, Fraud Arrests
Climb To 15 in Portland
Portland -OT - The number
of persons arrested in connec
tion with federal indictments
charging wiretap law viola
tions and mail fraud was at
15 today.
Two more arrests were made
Tuesday. It was understood
three other persons were be
ing sought.
George James Barnard, 47,
Portland, submitted to arrest
by Federal Bureau of Investi
gation Bgcnls here after say
ing he drove from Boise to
turn himself ia.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Surrounds Holes
Near Foots Creek
a number of dynamite explo
sions during this time. -
On the third day one of the
men came up to Boone, thank
ed him for the use of his land.
said their search had proved
futile, and then drove off with
his companions.
The story could have ended
there, had it not been for
several curious neighbors.
Roland Lloyd Miiler, box
371, Gold Hill, who is one of
the old-timers in the area, was
one of these. He decided to
see what it was all about.
Miller started walking up
a dry-creek gully that runs up
Central Point Man
Named to Board
C. William Abbott, Central
Point, has been appointed to
the Jackson county board of
equalization, the county court
announced yesterday,
Abbott, representative of J.
Henry Helser and company,
is one of two lay members of
the board. He replaces E. H.
Singmastcr, Ashland insur
ance man, who has resigned.
He will serve on the board
with Arnold Bohnerl, Central
Point, county budget commit
tee representative, and Coun
ty Commissioner Chester
Wendt, who represents the
county court.
First meeting of the board
will be April 16.
The first meeting will be in
review of the ratio assigned
by the county assessor. This
is the ratio of true cash value
to assessed value. The board's
work this year will vary from
previous years.
Previously the assessor's ra
tio could be adjusted to
equalize variances in valua
tions. This year, however, the
new assigned uniform ratio
of 25 per cent set by statute by
the 1959 legislature will ap
ply. If there are variances,
then the values will have to
be changed by blanket appli
cation. Mrs. Patricia Ann DePtois,
27, former Portland resident,
was picked up in San Fran
cisco. She was charged with
mail fraud,
Barnard was indicted on
charges of interception of
radio communications and
mail fraud. His bail was set
at $10,000, highest of any of
the defendants.
Thirteen other persons were
arrested Monday.
The mail fraud Indictments
charge use of mails to defraud
insurance companies in aileg-
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
the side o a wooded hill in
back of his farm. 'When he
had gone about a quarter
miie he discovered two deep
holes dug right at the bottom
of the gully. Something had
been taken from one of them.
(Continued on page B 1) -
Authorities Seek
Identification
Of Man's Body
Astoria-iiiPD-Authorities to
day sought definite indenli
fication of the blasted body of
a man found off Highway 30
in the Knappa-Svensen area
some 20 miles east of here.
A Navy identification card
found near the body was
made out to Engineman 2-C
Wayne A. Budde, 25, formerly
of Olympia, Wash., missing
from Tongue Point since last
November,
Authorities said circum
stances surrounding the death
were being investigated. In
dications were the body was
biown to bits by a charge of
TNT.
The body was discovered by
a logger, who found half of a
$5 bill at the scene.
Budde had been reported
seen hitchhiking in the area
Nov. 27. Authorities indicated
he was despondent over loss
of a girl friend he met when
stationed in Japan. He had
learned shortiy before his dis
appearance the girl had mar
ried a Japanese selected by
her parents.
Because of the time of his
disappearance, athorltles had
sought to question him in con
nection with the siayings of
Beverly Ann Allan and Larry
Ralph Payton, but they em
phasized he was not listed as
a suspect.
Gunshot Wound
Fatal to Local Man
Jackson county sheriff's of
ficers reported today that
Aurdnall Madison Rogers, 48,
of 315 Charlotte Ann rd.,
died Monday of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
A .22 caliber rifle was
found on the bed beside Rog
ers body, deputies said. No
reason for the shooting has
been established.
The body is at Conger-Morris
Funeral home pending fu
neral arrangements.
Salem - CPS - A hearing has
been set for Feb. 3 here on
jSB 94 which would strengthen
(Oregon's law against distribu
tion of obscene literature to
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Tribune
25, 1961
Kennedy Reviews
Defense Readiness
With Joint Chiefs
Washington-ffiPS - President
Kennedy today reviewed the
nation's defense readiness and
added to his top State Depart
ment team as he continued an
intensive examination of the
TJ.S. position in the cold war
with Russia.
' Kennedy started a busy day
at the White House by calling
Cigarette Tax j
Measure Given !
First Hearing j
Salem - $i8 - A measure j
that would have cigarette- j
smokers contribute an esti-j
mated $9 million annually to
the state's coffers came up for
its first legislative hearing i
this afternoon.
The bill to levy a three-!
cent-a-pack tax on cigarettes j
promised to be a controversial
one.
The measure was proposed
by the Interim Committee on
Taxation. But several iegisla- i
tors said they oppose the plan, i
and Gov, Mark Hatfield said
he would "fight forcibly"
against any new taxes.
Reorganization Urged
Another hearing, held Tues
day night, saw Gov. Mark
Hatfield and ex-Gov. Robert
D. Holmes urge legislators to
begin passing reorganisation
laws this session.
"It is important this session
to enact legislation that will
move us toward the cabinet
system," Hatfield said.
Other highlights:
Succession - Rep. Stafford
Hansell announced sponsor
ship of a resolution to place
the secretary of state next in
line of succession to the gov
ernor.
Objectors - Rep. Edward
Fadeley D-Eugene) said re
peal of a constitutional pro
vision relating to the militia
would remove provisions ex
empting conscientious object
ors from peacetime service.
Fiscal - Senate Democrats,
aided by five Republicans,
passed a bill to enlarge the
legislative fiscal committee
from 11 to 13.
County To Get
Recreation Area
Emigrant lake recreation
area will be turned over to
the county April 1, according
to James Callan, project engl
need for the Talent project.
Work will be completed on
the control house and outlet
works, and rock fill by then,
he said.
Bids will be opened soon
at the bureau of reclamation
office at White City on the
west lateral rehabilitation and
extension, Callan added.
The Howard Prairie lake
recreation area was turned
over to the county court for
operation and maintenance in
November.
"We're Here For The Post-Inaugural Non-Gala"
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in the Joint Chiefs of Staff
for his first conference with
the military leaders.
Afternoon Conference
The chief executive also
held an unannounced confer
ence on federal fiscal policy
and his forthcoming econom
ic and budget recommenda
iions to Congress. He also
scheduled an afternoon con
ference on the U.S. economic
position with special emphasis
on the balance-of-paymenis
problem.
Kennedy made these State
Department appointments:
James Harlan Cleveland,
dean of the Graduate School
of Citizenship and Public Af
fairs at Syracuse University,
to be assistant secretary for
international organizations af
fairs. Assistant Secretary
William J. Crockett, a ca
reer foreign service officer
and recently deputy assistant
secretary of state for budget
and finance, to be assistant
secretary for administration.
George C. McGhee, Dallas,
Tex., oil producer and 1951-
53 ambassador to Turkey, to
be assistant secretary for pol
icy planning.
At the same time, the White
House announced that Frank
Morcy Coffin, former con
gressman from Maine, and
recently in private law prac
tice in his home town of
Lewiston, has been named as
director of the development
loan fund.
Special Assistant
Kennedy also named the
noted historian, Arthur Sch
lesinger Jr., ss s special as
sistant to the President with
varied duties which will in
clude speech writing.
Car! T. Sowan, a reporter
for the Minneapolis Star and
Tribune since 1959, will be
named by Secretary of State
Dean Rusk as deputy assist
ant secretary for public af
fairs under Roger Tubby, Ro
wan, a Negro, is the author
of four books.
Duncan Asks Study
Of Primary Switch
Salem - W8 - House Speak
er Robert B. Duncan (D-Med-
ford) has asked the house
elections committee to look
into the feasibility c switch
ing Oregon's primary election
date from May to September.
Such a change wouia elim
inate presidential and vice
presidential primaries in Ore
gon, as well as election of
delegates to national nominat
ing conventions.
Duncan said the present
May primary, with its six
month interval until general
eiections in November, "im
poses a terrific burden upon
the candidates, intellectually,
physically and morally."
He said many stales do not
have presidential primaries,
and delegates io nominating
conventions could be chosen
through state centra! commit
tees or party conventions at
the state level.
LIFEBOAT ASHORE In one of the first
on-the-spot photos, a lifeboat of the iiaer
Santa Maria is shown in Use harbor ai Port
Castries, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Tsaes
day. Crewmembers o the Portuguese liner
were put ashore by a desperate band of
Nil yH '
DB JAJfET TRAVEL!,
Considered 'Genius
Kennedy Selects
Woman Doctor
For White House
Washington -SEF1U Dr. Janet
G. ' Traveil, a sliver - haired
lady doctor considered a medi
cal "genius" by President Ken
nedy, has been chosen White
House "hysician - the first
womar ver to hold the post.
Dr. i ,'avell's appointment
as official guardian of Ken-
nedy's health was expected to
be announced soon. She will !
the first civilian White j
House doctor since the Hard-j
ing administration, breaking j
a long line of military phy
sicians.
Two Daughters
The mother of two married i
daughters will succeed former j
President Dwight D. Eisen
hower's White House doctor,
Gen. Howard MeC, Sny-;
der.
Kennedy credits the robust, :
58'ish Dr, Travel! with being i
largely responsible for curing ;
the back ailment which i
plagued him for years and ;
put him on crutches at one
point,
Discovers Short 1-eg
The woman doctor discover
ed that Kennedys left leg
was slightly shorter ihan his
right leg, placing an added
strain on his back. She pre
scribed a quarter-inch lift in
the heel of his left shoe.
Dr, Travel! and Br, Eugene
J, Cohen examined Kennedy
recently an1! issued a state
ment on inauguration Day
pronouncing the new Presi
dent's heaiih as "excellent."
On Several Trips
At the request of ihe Secret
Service, Dr, Travel! accom
panied Kennedy on several
trips after the November
election. She has treated Ken
nedy and members of his
family for Ihe past six years.
Giving Up Practice
Dr. Travell, an expert in
treating athletic injuries, wiii
give up her practice in New
York City, started in 1828, to
become White House phy
sician. She will be assisted in
her new post by a military
doctor, who has not yet been
nsmcd.
Ashland Man Held
For Non-Payment
Kenneth Elston Dalley, 24,
513 King si., Ashland, is being
held In ihe Jackson county
jail on charges of son -payment
of a iine for driving
while his operator's license
was suspended.
Daiiey, one of four men
charged with the Jan, 8 burg
lary of the Oakdaie super
market, Medford, was origin
ally taken to the jail Tuesday
night for attempted suicide,
ihe district attorney's office
said He was being held Its
ituk Jot list ewa protection.
".A , " ,
l.tft
,iM ' 11
rebels who seized She sissji Monday. In s
radio broadcast Tuesday, the msssrgents said
the 808 passengers, including 28 Americans,
were safe and would be allowed to land at
some asdisciosed port.
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Hatfield Appeals
For Effort Toward
Cabinet System
Salem - 8F8 - Gov. Mark be appointed by Use gsvernor,
Hatfield, making a rare per-1
sonai appearance before a j
legislative committee, appeal-!
ed to legislators Tuesday !
night to suppress personal or i
political feelings in a tiisitied;
effort to achieve a modern, i
cabinet-style government for
Oregon.
Testifying at a hearing
crowded with some 288 legis
lators and spectators, Hatfield
ceiled upon ihe legislature to
begin passing reorganization
laws Shis session - even if ihe
lawmakers chose is postpone
She actual changes until after
he leaves office.
"It is important iijis session
is enact legislation thai will
move as toward She cabinet;
system," Hatfield declared.
. , , set your effective date
whenever you "wish." The
hearing was held by the joint
State and Federal Affairs com
mittee.
j Hairnet Basks Piss
TotmET Democratic Gov.
Robert Holmes, defeated by
Hatfield in IS58, appeared to
urge support for the plan.
Hatfield spoke crisply of a
hodgepodge of some ITS
boards, commissions, and semi
Independent agencies he said
have thwarted and plagued
his efforts to carry out pro
grams and campaign promises, j
"Some agencies have been:
unresponsive and even arro- i
gant," he said.
Hatfield dented, however,;
y "grab for power" on his j
part.
When a governor is elect-;
ed, people give him a man-:
dale," he said.
The governor testified on a :
Mil that contains the master:
pian for reorganization. Most :
agencies would be grouped;
sndcr seven major depart
ments whose directors would
Scannell Joins
Ashland Law Firm
Former Chief Depaiy Dis
trict Attorney Gerald J. Scan
nell is now practicing law
with Sam B. Davis and Sidney
E. Ainsworth at 450 Siskiyou
bivd., Ashland.
He has been emei deputy
district attorney for Jackson
county for the past Ihree
years.
He is a member of ihe Ore
gon state bar association,
American bar association and
the Jackson county bar asso
ciation, of which he was treas
urer in 1858, He also is a mem
ber of ihe Medford YMCA
board of directors, Medford
Lions club and Ihe Rogae Val
ley Country club. He has been
active In Rogue Valley civic
work ana in church activi
ties. Prior to coming to Jackson
county, Scsnneil was opuly
district attorney In Wasco
county. He was also adjudi
cator for the bureau of land
management In Portland.
Scannell, a native of Massa
chusetts, is a graduate of
American international Col
lege with s bachelor of arts
and received his law training
ai Boston College law school.
Bill Planned To Cut
Gov. Hatfield's Budget
Salem - W -A bill designed
to help prevent a tax increase
two year irsm now by cut
ting $10 million from Gov,
Mark Hatfield's $358 million
budget will be introduced is
the House Thursday,
The measure bears the sig
natures of IS liepubtleans,
headed by Robert Elfstrom
;m-,3?icmj and tlx Democrats.
1
fanning cabinet.
Ciiss U.S, Govsramaist
The federal government
has proven the worth sf the
cabinet system," Hatfield said.
"it is tested in experience.
and proven to be modern at
the state levei.
And, Baifield told ihe com-
miiSee, sssrh a system would
permit effective leadership
which is willing is explore
and to create and experiment.
Holmes, who served as vice-
chalrsnan sf HsSfleld's ad
visory csmjniSSee, wholeheart
edly endorsed Hatfield's goals,
alllsoiigh lie ssssd the plan
might be too "sweeping" for
enactment daring 2 single
legislative session.
Woman Held for
Assaulting Child
Yreka - Mrs. Esther Mar
garet Walker, 22, Happy
Camp housewife, was arresied
by Siskiyou county sheriffs!
deputies early Wednesday tsn
charges of assaulting her i3 -
monih-oid daughter Shcryi
with a deadly weapsn.
She was to appear before
Judge Phillip Tsieman in
Happy Camp justice court to
day.
Deputies said Mrs. Walker
admitted inflicting cuis with a
razor blade around ihe little
girl's neck. Ai f;30 p.m. Tues
day she appeared with the
child at a neighbor's house.
The infant was suffering from
throat cuis which Mrs. Walker
said were accidentally hvi
fiieied, deputies said.
She was taken to a Happy;
Camp doctor's sffice where
the wounds were closed. The
diictor notified the sheriffs
office and reported what ihe
woman said was an accidenlal
incldeni, deputies said. Be
cause ihe report was termed
accidenlal, no action was
taken.
At 1 1 p.m. toe dsetor called
the sheriffs office again. The
woman had reappeared in his
office with the little girl. She
admitted using a razor blade
to reopen the previous wounds
and inflict additional deep
cuis, deputies reported.
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Portugal Alerts Coast
Points for Rebel Attack
Lisbon, Portugal - W - The
Portuguese government today ;
alerted Navy coastal stations;
to he os the lookout for pos-;
sible attacks by rebels on;
Portugal's possessions in the
Aiisntic.
Cespite the fact that many
Portuguese heard the broad
cast made by pirate leader
iienrlijue Galvaa from the
seized liner Santa Maria pro
claiming his intentions to
"free ai! Portugal," every
thing appeared normal is the
eapital,
Portuguese Ship
Claimed Heading
Toward Africa
U, S, Destroyer
In Hot Pursuit
San Juan, Puerto Bscs 2
-The V.S, Mary today located
the hijacked Portuguese ship
Santa Maria S38 miles east si
Trinidad and heading seros
iise Atlantic toward Africa.
The rebel crew which seised
ae 3u,uuu-toa liner at gun
point Sunday morning had
eluded sesrels vessels and
planes for t&rae days and was
railway to Portugal's Caps
Verde islands off the Airttaa
Coast when spotted.
Possessions Alerted
Portugal already had alert
ea her Atlantic possessions
against a passible landing by
ihe rebel farees. It dispatched
additional destroyers and frl.
gates today to those areas is
eluding the Cape Verdes.
The U.S. destroyer H. I,
Wilson was reported in hst
pursuit of ihe Sania Maria but
was 300 miles behind assi tha
avy said It probably could
not overcome this lead. Two
other V.S, destroyers wera
dispatched from African wai.
ers. The Santa Maria cart
cruise at 23 knots and a de
strsyer at nearly 30.
it was assumed the Porta'
guess navy wouid order Us
own destroyers to fay to inter
cept the big liner wiih lis 883
passengers, 2s of f hem Anseri
cans, and its 358 ersw mem
bers, But the rebel leade?
aboard said today he would
noi surrender the ship.
A Navy announcement said
tlse Sania Maria viss on a
course which "if continued
would take ser seats o ths
Cape Verde Islands asd to ths
coast sf Liberia. Fertogal has
three major possessions is
Africa.
Destroyers Bispatehad
The Navy said in Washing
ton it was dispatching ihe de
stroyers Vegeigesassg and
Gearing from the port si Abi
djas on the Ivory Coast is Sii
hops sf effecting an tntarcep-
iion. Bat what the destroyer
would do vshen they caaghi
tlse liner was still sot clear.
The resel captain, Hear iqsj
GuSvss, said he would steals
the luxury liner si a warship
approached. And today he re
newed ihe threat when ha
said "we will sot surrender,
jner will vre stop.'
Committee Names
Working Croups
The steering commlUee sf
ihe Jackssa county delin
quency prevention program
has appointed six working
committees to carry out ih
program. Si was announced to
day. The committees, suggested
by ihe steering committee
under Shelby Tattle, chair
man pro iem, ?ere established
for early detection si delin
quency, family counselling,
eoordinaiisn of agencies, em
ployment seeds sf youth,
youth participation hi delin
quency prevention and re
sources for youth.
Personnel recommended fa?
ihe csmmlttee for employ
ment needs sf youth includes
representatives of varioas
service class, empleymesi
services, retail merehasis, 4-H,
schools, U. S. forest service,
press, radio, and fruit asd
lumber industries.
Aim &t the committee will
he to determine seeds ot
youth for employment and.
resources to meet the seed. It
may aiss be a working com
mittee to develop plans anil
secure sponsorship fer youtil
employment programs.
i Sf, Rkhmd Sie&f er
Suffers Heart Attack
Poriiand-W - Dr. Siehard
Sleeter, g member st th
pediatrics department ai th
: University ef Oregsn Medical
j School, was reported "resting
comfortably today after a
! heart attack Sunday night.
Br. Sleeter formerly prae-
tieed Is Medford.
Except for spirited street-
corner cafe discussions ef th
spectacular hijacking st ins
luxury ship sn ihe Spanish
lain last Sunday, there wera
no visible signs of agitation
or increased police vigilance.
Governmeat officials wera
skeptical sf the possibilities
that the ?8 rebels aboard iha
Sania Maria would be able to
crass the Atlantic without fee
ing intercepted. They said iha
Savy alert was purely pr-
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