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HAZING PROGRESSING The Ashland skyline is being
lowered at a rapid rate as razing of the old Ashland hotel
continues. The rear of the northern half of the structure
has been flattened. The razing should be completed by
July, according to First National Bank o Oregon officials.
The bank purchased the hotel Dec. 22. A new bank build
ing will be erected on the site.
Ashland's Policy of Soliciting
Bids for Purchases Criticized
' Ashland-City policy in so
liciting bids for purchases and
Improvements was criticized
' sharply at the Ashland City
council meeting last night.
Councilmen Don Lewis and
Edd Rountree, publisher of
" the Ashland Dally Tidings,
voiced disapproval of City Su
perintendent Elmer Biegel's
methods of soliciting bids for
major expenditures. The di
' rectors of ttie Ashland Com
' munity hospital also were
criticized.
Two proposals Inspired the
comments. The hospital board
asked the council to approve
, equipment purchases totaling
..$9,999.30. Included were a
jiortable x-ray machine cost
ing $3,590, a sterilizer for
', $3,491, water still for $433.44,
solution warmer costing
$774.86 and a surgical light
lor $1,710.
No Competitive Bidding
Lewis asked Arthur Kreis
nian, hospital board chairman,
ix competitive bidding had
Liken place on' the equipment.
'Kreisman said that it hadn't.
" lie explained that the board
.'fait it advisable to purchase
' 'from companies giving quick
service in the event of a
breakdown.
Lewis said he didn't believe
In making major expenditures
without sealed bidding. "All
' prospective bidders should
have a chance to speak up.
Then we won't be criticized,"
Lewis said.
" Kreisman replied, "We
know there are other com
panies offering similar equip
ment, however, they don't
..service this area."
' Robert Flynn, hospital ad-
ministrator, said that hospital
, equipment companies rarely
. offer favorable prices if all
' of a unit isn't purchased from
the one company.
. . Councilman George Ward
, said if competitive bidding
( was held with the low bidder
, being . awarded the contract,
,.inferior equipment might be
the result. "It is unfair to the
people of the city if we give
them inferior equipment,"
Ward said.
Purchases Approved
The council finally approv
d the purchases five to one.
The issue came up again
, .when Biegel requested per
mission to ask for bids on util
, ity poles. He said policy in the
. past has been to send letters
, to various pole suppliers in
( forming them that bidding
, would be held. Not all suppli
. ers were contacted, he said.
Biegel explained that some
t suppliers didn't have poles of
.suitable quality.
Lewis again voiced disap
. proval of limiting bidding.
. "We are spending taxpayers
money and they should get
. their money's worth," he re
marked.
He was joined by Roun
tree, who cited a provision in
the city charter specifying
that "any expenditure of $500
or more for ornamenting the
city should be advertised for
bids."
Rountree said the district
attorney has Indicated limit
ing bidding is illegal because
it is in restraint of trade.
To Ask for Bids
Following the discussion,
the council voted unanimous
ly to authorize Biegel to ask
for bids on the poles.
The city bidding was re
ferred to the ordinance com
mittee for study.
In other action, the coun
cil voted to accept bids for
sale of the city warehouse at
the next meeting. Emmett
Whitham, realty and electric
committee chairman, said the
building had an appraised
value of $32,000.
The property is valued at
$3,000, he said. The council
set the minimum bid for the
building and land at $35,000.
Bids will be accepted on the
whole parcel or separate
parts.
A resolution requesting $26,
400 in federal funds to help
finance a sewage pumping
plant and trunk line sewer
was approved. An application
will be sent to the depart
ment of health, education and
welfare;
To Hire Three Men
Biegel was given authority
to hire three men to operate
the sewage disposal plant.
Bids for city liability insur
ance will be accepted March
30 at 5 p.m., Biegel said.
Harry Skerry, city attor
ney, read a letter to be sent
to the chamber of commerce
expressing interest in devel
oping the Ashland airport. "It
would be in the best interest
of the city and Jackson coun
ty if the airport could be de
veloped," the letter said. It
indicated a willingness to co
operate with federal authori
ties in developing the field.
Skerry was authorized to
contact Greyhound Bus com
pany officials to see if the
present Ashland bus terminal
can be improved. Approval
was given for placement of a
pay telephone booth in front
of the terminal.
Tax Reform
Reapporfionm
Bills Waif
Salem (UPD Oregon house
committees today shipped a
thrice-revised tax reform plan
to the floor for action Friday
and sent a twice-rewritten
legislative reapportionment
plan to the floor forNaction
probably next week.
The House Tax Committee
added deductions for charit
able contributions to its in
come tax revision bill in the
hopes of winning four more
votes needed for passage.
The House Elections Com
mittee conceded, 6-3, to give
Multnomah county another
state senator and Clackamas
county another representative
in hopes its plan for legisla
tive makeup on the basis of
new census figures would be
found constitutional this time.
Would Cut Taxes
The income tax measure,
which nearly went down in
defeat last week, could cut
state income taxes by ten per
cent while taxing some low
earners for the first time.
The House Tax Committee
also approved a revised com
panion bill that in its present
form would require independ
ent earners and professionals
to withhold a flat four per
cent from their earnings. Aim
Planf
ion
TO BETTER SERVE . .
Located at the entrance to Moun
tain View Cemetery. Quiet and
peaceful surroundings, overlook
ing nature's lovely hills. No
long funeral processions through
congested streets.
LITWILLER
FUNERAL HOME
Highway 66 at Normal Ave.
Ashland Dial MU 5-4541
C. M. Litwitler
Mrs. Litwiller
Ashland's Leading Funeral Director Since 1935
is to bring in about $5 mil
lion in two years instead of
waiting until the period is
over.
This bill ,in an earlier form
calling for quarterly returns
and payments to bring in
about S9 million, also was
nearly defeated in the House.
Only Change
Addition of two legislators
for Multnomah and Clacka
mas counties was the only
change the House committee
made in a GOF-backcd plan
okayed last week but
snatched back after the attor
ney general called it illegal.
Overall, the plan makes
relatively little change in
present apportionment. Most
committee members agreed it
probably would be tested in
court if approved by the
legislature.
Rep. Philip Lang (D-Port-land)
who wants more repre
sentation for growing cities,
said he would fight the bill
on the floor.
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Plans To Expand
Sexton Network
Are Discussed
Grants Pass -Plans to ex
pand the membership of the
Sexton radio network were
discussed at a meeting of the
radio committee, Southern
Oregon Conservation and
Tree Farm association, in
Grants Pass recently.
Lloyd Silva, Silva Logging,
chairman of the committee,
urged the 20 mill owners and
logging contractors attending
to encourage participation by
other operators in the Grants
Pass area.
He pointed out that the pri
vate industry sponsored radio
network serves the logging
industry in several ways, and
provides members with in
s t a n t communication for
emergencies such as accidents
in the woods or fire, as well
as normal operation of busi
ness in ordering parts.
May Contact Silva
Lumber industry companies
interested in becoming share
holders and members of the
Sexton radio network may
contact Silva or write to the
SOCTFA office, 518 East
Main St., Medford, for more
information.
The committee also dis
cussed the possibility of al
lowing the Illinois Valley Vol
unteer Fire department to use
the Sexton frequency for two
way communication with
their own units, and with for
est industry units when the
department is called upon to
suppress forest fires in the i
area.
The matter will be present
ed to the board of directors
of SOCTFA for action at the
April meeting, Silva said.
Medford Elks Club
Elects Dumas As
ew Exalted Ruler
Members of Medford Elks
lodge elected Murrey Dumas
the 53rd exalted ruler at a
lodge meeting recently.
Dumas has held office in the
Medford lodge for the past
four years. He is associated
with his father and brother in
the Dumas Domestic laundry.
During the coming lodge
year, Dumas will be assisted
by Leonard Carlson, leading
knight; Leo Radke, loyal
knight; John Strobel, lectur
ing knight; Dick Phair, secre
tary; Jack Sanderson, treas
urer; George Howard, tyler;
Frank Van Dyke, trustee and
Joe Hosick, alternate delegate.
Holdover trustees are Frank
Hussong, Dick Woodcock,
Aubrey Sander and Wayne
Chase.
Appointive Officers
The appointive officers for
the coming year are Robert
Kennedy, esquire; Chester
Ricks, assistant esquire; Mon
tie Morris, chaplain; Jim Rose,
inner guard; and F. H. Van
Pelt, parliamentarian.
A new procedure for the
installation of officers is being
planned. It will be on a Satur
day, April 1, instead of on a
lodge night.
Following the ceremonies
there will be a buffet lunch
and dancing. Ralph Moe,
North Bend, district deputy
grand exalted ruler will be the
installing officer. He will be
assisted by the past exalted
rulers of Medford lodge.
MURREY DUMAS
Elected Exalted Ruler
Eymann, Peck
Eye Speakership
Salem-IUPD - Reps. Richard
Eymann and Grace Peck said
Tuesday they might be inter
ested in the job of speaker
of the Oregon House if sup
port was forthcoming.
Both are Democrats. Ey
mann is from Mohwak and
Mrs. Peck from Portland.
The only announced candi
date is Rep. William Holm-
strom (D-Gcarhart).
Oil Technicians
Being Returned
Rabat, Morocco-lt'PD-Elevcn
oil technicians, including
three Americans, who were
kidnaped March 11 in the Sa
hara and released by King
Hassan II, were getting ready
to leave Morocco today.
The Americans were Dale
Miller, Bakersfield, Calif.;
Jim Gilbert, Littiefield, Tex.;
and John Cosgriff, Bib Tim
ber, Mont.
The Union Oil Company, a
Spanish-American firm that
employed the technicians, was
attempting to charter a plane
to fly them back to Spain, the
U.S. Embassy said.
The 11, also including two
Canadians, a Frenchman and
five Spaniards, were handed
over to the company Tuesday
night 10 days after they dis
appeared from their prospect
ing camp in the Spanish Sa
hara near the Moroccan bord
er. King Hassan II announced
they had been captured by
"patriots who were acting
with a view to completing
the liberation of our king
dom." Morocco claims juris
diction over the Spanish Sa
hara, an almost unrelieved
stretch of desert in northwest
Africa.
Milvaukie Child Dies in House Fire
Milwaukie, Ore.-lVPI!-Steven
Joseph Eisel, 4, lost his life
about midnight Tuesday in a
house fire that apparently re
sulted from matches with
which the boy was playing.
Three other children were
saved.
Mrs. Eugene Howard Else!,
22 was severely burned while
rescuing the three other chil
dren and searching for the
victim.
The three children saved
were Gene, 5; Richard 2',-i,
and Julie Ann, 2Vi months.
The mother told officers she
took them oustide and then
searched the back of the house
for Steven but couldn't find
him.
She saw the back door was
open and thought he might
have gone outside. She went
out and then could not re
turn through the wall of
flames and heat. She said she
could hear him crying. Steven
was overcome by smoke.
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AUTO TAXES
Detroit - Current taxes
take about 29 cents out of
each dollar spent in the Unit
ed States for the purchase of
a new automobile, the indus
try estimates.
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South American republics.
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Former Penlsgon
EmployeeSenlenced
Alexandria, Va.-l'PD-Arlhur
Rogers Roddey, 34, former
Pentagon employee, was sen
tenced to eight years in pri
son today for being In ll'.cgal
possession of a Defense De
portment document
Roddey. Falls Church, Va.,
a suburb of Washington,
pleaded guilty.
Federal Judge Albert V.
Bryan said "only the fact
that the defendant pleaded
guilty and admitted his crime
prevents this court from im
posing the maximum pen
alty."
The maximum penalty
under the federal espionage
act Is 10 years in prison plus
a S10.000 fine.
Roddey was arrested by
FBI agents last November in
Columbia, S C., at the home
of his mother-in-law.
WOMEN WORKERS
Washington - One out of
three U. S. women work; one
of every three U.S. workers
: is a woman; and one of every
four married women has eith
er full-time or part-time em.
ployment.
Adlai Escorts
Jackie Kennedy
New York (UPD Mrs. Jac
queline Kennedy was escorted
to the ballet by Aijlai E.
Stevenson Tuesday ntght for
what was almost a commana
performance.
The City Center Ballet
changed its program to in
clude some of the first lady's
preferences.
Mrs. Kennedy devoted her
second day in New York Tues
day to shopping - with as
much secrecy as possible-but
it was known she bought an
18th century French vase
known as a "cachepot" to take
back with her to the White
House.
A spokesman for the an
tique dealer, S. Berges, re
fused to disclose the price of
the vase. But he said "it's ob
vious she has good taste."
The first lady also was ex
pected to have fittings for her
spring clothes before return
ing to Washington Thursday
or Friday.
The first lady was being ac
companied on her New York
shopping tour by her sister,
Princess Lee Radziwill of London.
VANDERBILTS SPLIT
Honolulu Joyce Brannlng
Vundcrbllt, 34, was divorced
Tuesday from millionaire
yachtsman and explorer
George W. Vanderbilt in Hon
olulu Circuit Court. The di
vorce was granted by Judge
Frank A. McKinley who mar
ried them Dec. 5, 1958.
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Jackson County Federal has allocated $550,000
for high percentage loans for the construction or
purchase of homes less than 10 years old ... in
approved areas.
$250,000 for 95 FHA HOME LOANS
ft $300,000 for 700 Veterans Loans
Come in right away and talk over your home financing
JGF
Jackson County Federal
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
2 East Main St.-Medford 337 East Main-Ashland
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