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HOSPITAL WING Construction of the new 70-bed wing .
of Rogue Valley hospital; shown above, is now about 20
per cent complete, 'as .the bright-colored 'beams and girders
begin to loom into the sky. About 20 men are currently i
erecting the steel work which should be finished in ,
Christian Named
Committee Head
; Frank Christian, Talent, was
elected chairman of the coun
ty's new stray animal com
mittee last night, although he
is not yet. a member of the
appointed group.
Christian was' elected to the
position by nine members of
the committee after the 10th
member, Eugene V. Hunt,
Medford, had submitted a let
ter of resignation. "
County Commissioner Edwin
Taylor, an ex-officio member,
said today that he had ad
vised the advisory committee
that Christian could not serve
as chairman unless he is ap
pointed to the committee by
the county judge. The 10 mem
bers were appointed by Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller last Fri
day to consider the county's
stray small animal problem,
especially involving cats.
1 Dr. W. W. Weller, Ashland
veterinarian, was elected vice
chairman, and Mrs. R. G. Ta
ber, 10 Knoll Crest dr., was
named secretary. Dr. Weller
was asked to tabulate figures
concerning cat disease in this
area and present facts to the
county court.
The committee had ' been
asked by the court to make
a study of the problem and
reoort findings so the court
cculd decide future action.
Damage Suit Filed
By
Grants Pass Man
A $250 damage suit was
filed against Jackson county
Wednesday by a Grants Pass
trucker whose truck was dam
aged when a county bridge
collapsed.
The complaintant, John
Davis, charges that the county
was "careless and negligent
in maintenance of the bridge"
on East Evans Creek rd. which
collapsed Aug. 12, 1960.
Davis states that he expects
to amend the complaint to in
clude time the truck was un
able to be used because of the
accident.
MAN FOUND DEAD
Eugene (UPE Stuart G.
Barrett, 76, Eugene was found
dead at the foot of a drive
way in West Eugene Wednes
day. Officers were investigating.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Senate Approves
Bill To Curb Move
Of Welfare Office
Salem - ItJPD - Defying Gov.
Mark Hatfield, the Senate late
Wednesday approved and sent
to his desk a bill designed to
thwart him in moving State
Welfare commission head
quarters to Salem.
HB1015 by Rep. Grace
Peck (D-Portland) and others
mostly Democrats - would
establish Portland as perma
nent headquarters of the com
mission. '
Hatfield is expected to veto
it.
The Senate vote was 18-10
with opposition coming main
ly from Republicans. But one
Democrat, Sen. Thomas - R.
Mahoney of Portland, de
scribed the bill as a "futile
effort" and tried unsuccess
fully to rerefer it to committee.-
, . :' .
Sen, Melvin Goode (R-Al-bany)
described it as a "pitch"
by the Portland Chamber Of
Commerce, which is concern
ed about loss of jobs in that
city. ,
Sen. William Grenfell Jr.
(D-Portland) said two-thirds of
the state's welfare cases are
Boundary
The long-smoldering dis
pute involving the Phoenix
school district's northern
boundary at Barnett rd. came
into the open again this week
at a public hearing on the
1961-62 school district budget.
Frank J. Van Dyke, attor
ney representing a number of
residents of the area which
lies inside the boundaries of
both the city of Medford and
the Phoenix school district,
reported today he had appear
ed at the hearing to protest
certain budget items.
One of these, he said, was a
sum of about $28,000 which
was to pay for a school site
for a new Phoenix district
elementary school "within
sight" of Hoover school, a part
of the Medford system.
"This is an utter absurdity,
and a wholly unnecessary ex
pense to the taxpayers of the
Phoenix school district," Van
Dyke declared.
A majority of the people of
h
of Boaue Keioort
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961
another 10 days,, according to .Hospital Administrator
Charles Gustafson. Graff and James, Medford, are con-!
tractors for the $1,119,000 addition. Another $400,000 will
be spent for equipment and furnishings in the new wing, ;
Gustafson said. Completion date is set for Jan. 1. . ''
in the greater Portland area
and state headquarters belong
in Portland. Sen. Donald Hus
band (R-Eugene) said these
people go to the Multnomah
County Welfare commission
anyway and the county unit
is not being disturbed.
Those voting against the bill
were Sens. Ahrens. Chapman,
Francis, Goode, Hare, . Hus
band, Mahoney, Newbry,
White and Yturri. .
The Senate fought for an
hour over a $53,000 cut in the
budget , of Dammasch State
hospital before sending the
bill to the governor without
restoring the money.
Yturri said if the funds
were not restored, 'it would
impair the Dammasch oper
ation. ' : ' ,
He said the cut would elimi
nate several positions and
quoted the Board of Control
as saying this-might mean the
difference b e tween locked
doors and open doors on some
wards. Open doors is a new
method t of psychiatric treat
ment, but requires additional
supervisors.
Dispute Opens Again
the area want to join the Med
ford school district, Van Dyke
said. It is a group of these
he represents. ,
"Our offers for a compro
mise have been rejected by
the Phoenix school board,"
Van Dyke stated. "We have
already conceded that Rogue
Valley Manor, with its high
assessed valuation, should in
all fairness remain in the
Phoenix district. But we be
lieve that the logic, the eco
nomics, and the justice of the
situation all speak in favor of
this area, with about 100
school-age children, join i n g
the Medford system."
He said he was refused a
hearing to discuss the matter
by the Phoenix school board
last year. The matter has
been before the county school
reorganization committee, and
is scheduled for ' a hearing
April 25.
The area which his group
wants shifted from the Phoe-k
Speedy
56th Year ' ' Price 1 0 Cents
TRIBUNE
No. 13
House Approves
Pollution Bill
Salem PJPB A controversy
over a so-called strong water
pollution bill failed to mater
ialize in the House today and
the bill passed unanimously
and went back to the Senate
for concurrence.
The . Senate had put in
words that objectors said
would weaken the bill but the
House took them out. .
There was no debate. Rep.
Leon Davis (R-Hillsboro) car
ried the measure, saying it
would increase powers of the
State Sanitary Authority on
water pollution.
SB36 was the object of
fight in the Senate when Sen.
Robert Straub (D-Eugene) and
others charged that inclusion
of certain language would not
give the authority additional
powers it needs to accomplish
stream cleanup. ' . .
The: words objected to by
some senators were that anti
pollution facilities must be
"technically practicable . and
economically feasible."
This, complaints said
cities to tie the authority up
in court over what this means
The sanitary authority
wanted these words out and
industry and the City ' of
Portland wanted them in.
nix to the Medford district
includes the area generally
north of a line east along
Charlotte Ann rd., which jogs
north to keep Rogue Valley
Manor in the Phoenix district,
and then goes east again into
the foothills. The most highly
populated part of the district
lies inside the Medford city
limits.
The proposed new boundary
was designed to be fair to
both districts, on the matter
of assessed valuation, Van
Dyke said, while at the same
time allowing thos.e people
whose children now attend
Phoenix schools, at consider
able transportation costs, to
go to the much closer Med
ford schools, as they desire.
Efforts Rtjecied
All efforts to obtain Phoe
nix school board discussions
of this proposal have been
rejected, Van Dyke indicated.
And it was because of this
that he entered his protest at
Governor Will
Urge Agencies To
Expedite Studies
Report Could Go
To Congress in 1962
. Salem-flJPmGov. Mark Hat
field . advised a delegation
from Jackson and Josephine
counties today that he is giv
ing full support to speedy
completion of the Rogue river
basin report.
He told Ben Day, Medford
attorney ' active in, working
for Rogue river development,
that he will urge state agen
cies concerned to expedite
their studies so they may be
presented to the 87th con
Kress.
Represent atives of the
Rogue basin flood control and
water resource association say
that with Hatfield's coopera
tion and that of state agencies
the report can be presented
to congress in 1962 and will
be included in the ominbus
river and harbors bill.
Those discussing the prob
lem with Hatfield were Ben
Hilton, chairman of the associ
ation, also representing the
Grants Pass Chamber of Com
merce: Fayette Bristol of the
Josephine county Isaak Wal
ton league; George Field of
Medford Chamber of Com
merce; and Day, association
attornev. ;
The Rogue basin report is
the result of a comprehensive
study of all of the water re
sources in the Rogue river
basin. The final report is ex
pected to include substantial
fishery benefits.
The plan also encompasses
flood control, irrigation, rec
reation and power develop
ment. More Money To
Administer O&C
Lands Requested
Washington - (UPB - The
House Appropriations commit
tee has been asked for an
increase in administrative and
management funds for O & C
lands in. Oregon for the next
fiscal year.
Karl Landstrom, Bureau of
Land Management administra
tor, said in the year starting
July 1 timber sale offerings
from the revested railroad
grant lands would apprqxl
mate one billion board feet.
Landstrom asked approval
of a $3,450,000 administration
and management fund for tne
O&C lands, an increase of
$269,000. He said this was
needed because of an antici
pated increase in the average
cost of offering a given tim
ber unit for sale. He also said
BLM expects a step-up next
year in handling of trespass
cases.
The estimated fiscal 1962
cut is about the same as the
estimated cut for the current
year which had an estimated
sale price of $34.4 million.
Estimated sale price for the
fiscal 1962 cut was put at
$34.5 million:
. The committee was told the
estimated offerings include
120 million board feet of sal
vage and thinnings not
chargeable' to the allowable
cut.
'UPRISING' CURBED
Havana - (UPD - The govern
ment said today it had put
down an "uprising" in Oricnte
Province despite aid to anti
Castro forces from the U.S
Naval Base at Guantanamo.
at Hearing
the budget hearing.
"We maintain the Phoenix
board, by its determination to
continue the status quo, de
spite the changes which are
occurring in the valley, is
working an injustice against
these taxpayers and parents,
and also against the rest of
the Phoenix district taxpay
ers, who must pay the major
share of the cost of a wholly
unneeded new school. Van
Dyke stated.
He declared that the pro
posed boundary change, while
it would remove some assess
ed valuation from the Phoe
nix district, also would lower
the district's costs compar
ably, by reason of the fact
that the 100 or so children
changing districts would low
er costs to the district,
' He again called upon the
Phoenix school board to dis
cuss the matter in good faith,
for the benefit of all concerned.
Development of
Mt. Ashland Ski
Resort Approved
Decision Follows
Site Evaluations
A proposed ski resort - on
Mt. Ashland, 15 miles south
of Ashland, has been approv
ed for development by Rich
ard E. McArdle, chief of the
forest service, Washington,
D.C.. according to J. Herbert
Stone, regional forester, Port
land.
Word of the decision was
announced here earlier by
Congressman Edwin R. Dur-
no.
The decision followed eval
uation of four proposed loca
tions In southern Oregon for
winter sports development,
Stone said.
In addition to Mt. Ashland,
forest service personnel stu
died the Brown Mountain.
Pelican Butte and Mt. . Mc-
Loughlin sites. Snow condi
tions, terrain, economic fac
tors, and community - interest
and benefits were considered
before a recommendation fav
oring Mt. Ashland was made-
Stone said the issuance of
a prospectus for the. develop
ment of the area . by private
capital this - summer will be
dependent Upon assurance
that adequate snow-plowing
will be provided.
Awarding Permit
Awarding a permit to the
best qualified bidder, will be
made following prospectus ad
vertising,' he added. ' -
Forest service participation
in the development of the
winter sports area will include
establishment of safety, sani
tation and service standards
for the area, and issuing a
permit for construction and
operation of the ski resort.
Construction of a road to
Mt. Ashland is made possible
by the use of funds provided
by the Association of O and
C counties for development
of recreation areas on nation
al forests of western Oregon,
Stone said.
Final approval of' the use
of O and- C association funds
for the project is dependent
upon Congressinal approval.
he .added. i .
Under Contract , 1 ,
Carroll E. Brown, forest
supervisor, said the forest
service has under contract an
access road to within three
miles of the proposed site, and
a contract for construction of
a road to connect with the
lodge site is in the summer
work program of the forest.
Thomas J. Parker and as
sociates, Ashland, have indi
cated they would Install fa
cilities costing an estimated
$185,000 with provision for
future expansion. Parker and
other Interested valley resi
dents have been promoting de
velopment of a ski resort on
Mt. Ashland.
Mt. Ashland is 7,530 feet
high, and would provide ski
ing up to about nine months
in a year, promoters indicat
ed. Former Ashlanders
Arrested for Arson
A former Ashland couple
and a 27-year-old son were
arrested by state police arson
squad officers in Bend Wed
nesday and charged with first
degree arson.
They are Herman Evans,
57, his wife, Celestia C. Evans,
50, and his son, Cecil Norman
Evans, 27.
i The three were to be ' ar
raigned in circuit court be
fore Judge Edward Kelly this
afternoon. Their arrest fol
lowed an indictment by s
Jackson county grand jury
April 3 on evidence presented
by the district attorney in
volving a fire which damaged
a house at 1307 Iowa St., Ash
land. District Attorney Alan
Holmes said today that the
Evans' had been buying the
house on contract from Mr.
and Mrs. Clair A. Irwin, Ash
land. Negotiations Said
To Be at Standstill
Negotiations between the
Plumbers and Steamfitters
Union Local 418 and the
Plumbers Employers associa
tion were at a standstill today
after an offer by the associa
tion was refused Wednesday
by the union.
According to E. E. Bowers,
chairman of the association,
the association is now waiting
to receive a counter proposal
from the union. No further
negotiations will be undertak
en until some proposal is re
ceived, he said.
Approximately 45 . .union
plumbers in Jackson and
Josephine counties have not
reported for work this week
after their contract expired
March 31.
"I Was Hoping We Could Get Together Alone"
400 Rotarians Are
Expecte d To Attend
District Con
Approximately 400 Rotar
ians, representing the 26 Ro
tary clubs- In district 511, are
expected in Medford Sunday,
April 9 for a three-day district
conference.
Fred R, Brennan, Medford
club president, said the con
ference will begin with a buf
fet dinner for members and
wives Sunday evening at
Rogue Valley Country club,
followed by fireside visits to
homes of Rotarians in Med
ford. ' -
J. Edd McLaughlin, Ralls,
Tex.,' president of Rotary In
ternational, will be represent
ed at the meeting by George
Bill To Increase
Legislah
ure Sent
To House Floor
Salem (Ufp-r-The ; House
Elections Committee Wednes
day, sent a bill to; the House
floor which Would ' increase
the membership-of the legis
lature from 90, to 98.
The' measure," .introduced
by , Rep. George Annala ID-
Hood River) would add five
representatives -and three
sentors. -
The bill would -have to be
voted on by the people . in
1962. Annala's plan is a con
stitutional amendment.
Under the measure the ex
tra representation would, go
mainly to Eastern Oregon.
Four Reprasniativi
Every ' county but four
would get at least four repre
sentatives. Lane county
would get one more and Mult
nomah county two more sen
ators. -
Multnomah would lose one
representative and this would
go to Coos county. The repre
sentative shared solely by
Coos would go to Curry
county.
Annala said the plan would
solve the conflict in the cur
rent reapportionment strug
gle because the constitution
limits membership of the leg
islature to 60 in the House
and 30 in the Senate.
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TAKES OATH Sen. Jean Lewis, left, takes Judge Wednesday. Behind 'Judge Long is
the oath administered by Circuit Judge Don- Chief Justice William McAllister. Next to
aid E. Long, second from left,, as she of-' Long, in the foreground Is Clrcut Judge
HcaJJiy became Multnomah County Circuit Charles E. Redding. (UPI Telepoto)
'iM( frt i,h wiWTwt
nee
Chaffey, Vallejo, Calif., chair-
man of the constitution and
by-laws committee for Rotary
International. He is deputy
city superintendent of schools
at Vallejo.
Other Speakers ' -i
Other speakers will be Ar
thur F. Brlese, Hot Springs,
Ark.; Dr. William C. Jones,
president of the Eugene Ro
tary club; and several foreign
students from the University
of Oregon. Orrin L. Brown is
conference chairman. - .
Sessions will be held at the
country club. Special activi
ties planned for women com
ing to Medford for the event
include a meeting at the Girls
Community club at 10:30 a.m.
Monday followed by a tour of
the valley. A governor s ban
quet will be held Monday
night. .'.' ;'; ',:;"-''"': -;
"' Rotarians will conduct busi
ness sessions Mondav from-9
to li a.ni., " followed by lunch
eon and an afternoon session
Tuesday morning business ses
sions will be followed by , the
regular noon luncheon meet
ing with Norman - L,; Easier,
Portland attorney, as! main
speaker.- The conference will
adjourn at 1:0 p.m. - ,-
' A . total of ,1,674 "members
belong to Oregon Rotary clubs
in the district from Salem
south. Loren Palmer ton,
Klamath Falls, has been nomi
nated to serve as governor of
the district for 1961-62 and
will take office July 1.
He will be among more
than 200 district governors
representing some 10,700
clubs in 120 countries who
will attend Rotary Interna
tional's 1961 convention in
Tokyo in May.
WEATHER
PORKCAST: Fair -through Fri
day. Low tonight 32. Hlh Fri
day 71. ,
-Temp.
Illgheit Veiterday :. 8
Lowest Thli Morning 31
Our Skies Tonight -
8umet today 6:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... S:44 a.m.
The Moon rises 12:37 a.m.
tomorrow and rides low.
Last Quarter April ' 8
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, In the east 8-.5S p.m.
VISIULE PLANETS
Mars, In the west ....10:18 p.m
Jupiter and Saturn,
rise 3:07 a.m,
(Mars is now about as bright
as Halurn)
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Moscow Reports
Indicate Formal
Cease Fire Near
Kennedy, Macmillan
Meet Aboard Yacht
Washington - (UPD - British
and American officials today
discussed prospects for a last
ing political settlement in
Laos as indications mounted
that Russia would agree to a
formal cease fire.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and British Foreign Sec
retary Lord Home met at the
State Department to taiK
about Laos and other matters
involved in the conferences
here between President Ken
nedy and Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan. '
Afternoon Meeting
Macmillan and Kennedy
scheduled a conference this
afternoon aboard the presiden
tial yacht Honey Fitz on tha
Potomac river. Laos and oth
er troublesome Issues were on
the agenda. .
Reports- from Moscow and
from authoritative diplomatic
sources here were that British,
and Russian officials in the
Soviet capital had virtually
completed details .of a joint
call for a truce in Laos.
Informally Accepted ;
Both sides In Laos have in
formally accepted the idea of
a ceare fire. The British and
Russians were reported ask
ing Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru to call a
meeting of. the International
Control Commission for Laos
(India, Canada and Poland) to
police a , cease fire.
In addition to Laos, offi
cials, said Kennedy and Mac
millan also were ready to dis
cuss in general' terms - their
position on Berlin and Ger
many. Thev stronclv oddoso
aoviei aemanas mai ine ai-
"es
agree to write separate peace
treaties with East and West
Germany.
California Wanted ,
Man Arrested Here
1
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j ' James Edward Blackwoll.
28, was arrested by Oregon..
State police officers about
8:35 o'clock this morning on
Highway . 89 north of Rock
Point' for. California authors
tieSi''"!' ' .'""i," ,-,;';:. .
According fo an all DointJ
bulletin received last night,'
Black well is wanted for ques
tioning regarding an April 4
murder, in. tbe Long Beach
area of Los Angeles county.'.
Black well was lodged in
the county Jail pending the
arrival of California officers.
Following ' a - telephone call
from the homicide department
of the Los Angeles sheriff's
office, the woman with Black-
well at the time of his arrest
was also held for California
authorities. The woman was
identified as Cora N. Reed, 27. .
With them was the woman's ,
2-month-old child.
Crater Lions Check
Presented To Hospital
A check for $4,307.82 was
presented to Sacred: Heart
hospital this morning for its
building fund by Dave Frank
lin, Crater Lions club presi
dent. . The money was from
the i television auction held
recently by the club. :
' Receiving the check for the
hospital were Sister Luke of
the Savior, hospital adminis
trator, and R. B. Thelrolf of
the hospital board of direc
tors. :
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