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Work Completed
On Budget for
Jackson County
.After the equivalent of 14
full days, the Jackson county
budget committee Thursday
-afternoon completed work on
the proposed county budget
-for the 1961-62 fiscal year.
The . budget totals $4,177,-
4V!y.HU. Tne anticipated re
ceipts for the year are set at
$4,287,890.12. This will be the
fifth consecutive year that
county operations, will not re
quire a county tax levy.
- The budget includes $349,
170, or $15 per child, for the
.county school fund, based on
the census count of 23,278
children. For the current
fiscal year the county had
budgeted $35 per child. This
amount had been . possible
since the O and C money was
about $430,000 higher than
anticipated. An amount of $10
per child is required by law.
To Be Certified
;' The budget will be certi
fied, audited and signed by
members of the committee
May 22, with publication
dates set for May 24 and June
7. The public hearing will be
held Tuesday, June 27, at 8
p.m. in the county courthouse
auditorium. ;
In action -yesterday after
noon, the committee increased
the amount of county assist
ance to the family and child
guidance clinic by $1,000, and
added $2,100 to the county
court's budget for a new, car
for' Commissioner Ed Taylor,
at his request.
The budget for the opera
tion of the parks and recrea
tion commission' totals $68,
581, but shows only part of
the picture of the increased
parks program in the county,
Judge Earl, Miller said.
Other items budgeted for
this use include $49,000 for
the concessionaire building at
Howard Prairie and. $15,000
for a similar structure at Emi
grant lake. Equipment .- and
supplies for this commission's
Use total $12,000.:.
In Miscellaneous Fund
' New with' the proposed
budget is the lump sum of
$166,861.18 within the miscel
laneous general fund for de
partment supplies and equip
ment. The county expects to
show a saving through the
years with the central pur
chase setup.
Another item in the miscel
laneous general fund is $5,000
for special prosecutor.
The county will end the
year with a $110,460.22 safety
fund, which is used when re
ceipts are not as high as an
ticipated, and $104,435.75 in
the cash working fund, which
is not a part pf the budget
and is composed of the cash
on hand.
Largest department budget
is the county's general roads
fund for $1,766,372.25. The
welfare budget totals $221,-
480. Third largest is the sher
iff's department budget of
$150,636. This is broken down
Into divisions for criminal
$75,800. tax $24,300, civil
$15,214. and jail $35,292.
Other departments and their
budgets include:
Other Items
County court and commis
sioners $30,643, circuit court
$36,578, district court $4,290,
justice court Ashland $7,8.19
justice court Gold Hill $3,670
county clerk $81,161, elec
tions $19,210, treasurer $12,
573.70, assessor $145,886
courthouse $48,396, Jackson
county farm home $105,014
miscellaneous relief $70,000,
county compensation $360,
Red Cross $1,500, indigent
veterans $2,800, coroner
$2,285, Juvenile department
Eagle Point
Over Not Hearing From Medco Officials on Letters
"Not a single word" has
been received from Medford
Corporation since Eagle Point
organizations wrote the cor
poration and its board of di
rectors to protest a possible
conversion of its log train
route Into a private heavy
dutt logging road.
Mrs. Burton Jensen, presi
dent of the Jackson .County
Home Owners Protective asso
ciation, said today that all
letters mailed to Medco bffi
cials In Medford and Chicago
before their April board meet
ing have as yet remained un
answered. Letters were sent to Chi
cago in late March and early
April by the Home Owners
association, the Eagle Point
Junior Chamber of Com
marce. Parent-Teacher associ
ation, Parent-Teacher-Student
$43,028, juvenile detention
home $23,270, health $105,
100, surveyor $9,436, water
master $24,525; district attor
ney $24,117, fruit inspection
$1,750, miscellaneous general
fund $402,214.34, mosquito
control $9,500.
. Others include veterans
service office $10,258, board
of equalization $500, constable
$11,076, planning commission
$20,570, library $65,678.04,
emergency fund $50,000, civil
defense $7,856, building con
struction and maintenance
$47,500, agricultural and hor
ticultural experiment station
$6,860.57, Jackson county his
torical fund $32,519 and coun
ty agents $28,238.
Troops Ordered
Into Southern
Illinois Region
By United Press International
The state of Illinois rushed
new aid today to southern
towns battling some of the
area's worst floods on record.
Gov. Otto Kerner ordered
National Guard troops, into
White county, which was 40
per cent under water. Forty
boys from the Union Forest
State Boys Camp were dis
patched to join 500 troopers,
policemen and civil defense
workers manning the embat
tled dikes at Carmi, 111.
More floods swirled through
eastern Missouri and southern
Indiana. The Midwest's watery
ordeal was a week old but the
threat to downstream com
munities was far from over.
Dangers of a far different
natures-high winds and fires
beset other Midwest areas. :
A roadside spark and winds
up to so miles per hour touch
ed" off a forest fire which
raged over 4,480 acres at the
Camp McCoy, Wis., military
reservation One thousand
troops and volunteers bull
dozed a fire break around the
flames and brought them un
der control late Thursday.
At Elk River, Minn., two
teen-age boys admitted they
started another forest fire by
exploding a cherry bomb.
The flames raced over 320
acres of woodlands in San
Dune State Forest before 100
volunteers halted them. ,
Slight Decline Noted
In Lumber Index
Portland 0JPB A weakness
in green fir lumber resulted
in slight declines during the
two week period ending
Thursday, Crow's Lumber
Market Newfe Service said to
day. Crow's added, however,
there is evidence the weak
ening trend may be leveling
as some added buying drive
has shown itself . coming from
the Midwest in the last two
days.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Occasional clou-!
dlneiti b t generally fair to-
nlght and Saturday. Low to
night 38. High Saturday 10.
Temp.
Highest Yeiterday Ml
Lowest this Morning 36
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today. 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sumet today 7:23 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ..- 4:52 a.m.
Moonrlse tomorrow .. 4:40 a.m.
Npw Moon May 14
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, low In north
east 7:J5 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, sets .. 12:07 a.m.
Saturn, rises ...12:42 a.m.
Jupiter, rises ........... 1:02 a.m.
Venus, rises 3:31 a.m,
Organizations
association, the city council
and the planning commission.
More than 100 residents
signed the association's let
ter and all the documents
were mailed to corporation
headquarters in Chicago and
to individual board members,
some by airmail, special de
livery. The letters stressed the
"serious detriment" which
conversion of the railroad to
a heavy duty private log
truck road would cause prop
erty in the area from Butte
Falls to Medford.
Eagle Point officials said
the city would suffer from
loss of property values be
cause of noise, dust and un
regulated traffic on such a
route. School groups stressed
dangers to the health of chil
dren because of air pollution
land disturbances from the
328-Foot Dam on
Lost Creek Now
Being Considered
Public Meeting Set
In GP on Wednesday
A 328-foot dam at Lost
Creek on the Rogue river
higher than the original plan
is being considered by the
U. S. Corps of Engineers.
. It would . impound water
sufficient to:
1. Provide more than 3
times the normal . summer
stream flow and at cooler
temperatures, as a benefit to
fish life.
2. Provide more power, and
3. Provide greater protec
tion against floods.
Originally the dam had been
planned for 265 feet. The new
height would bring the stor
age capacity of the dam up to
400,000 acre feet, according
to Ben Hilton, president of the
Rogue Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources assocl
at'on. Hilton and Ben Day, attor
ney for the association, re
turned this week from Port
land where they met with rep
resentatives of the federal
fish and wildlife service.
Travis Roberts of the1 serv
ice, with Henry Stewart of
the engineers, will discuss the
higher dam at a public meet
ing to be held in the old li
brary building, Grants Pass,
at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The two governmental agen
cies have been making studies
on the Rogue. The fish and
wildlife service representa
tives believe that by building
the higher dam, cooler water
can be released to keep the
temperature of the Rogue in
summer below 60 degrees.
The normal summer stream
flow in recent years has been
600 cubic feet per second. The
higher dam, it is estimated,
would make possible the re
lease of sufficient water so
that the flow would be at
2,000 cfs or more..':
Hilton said the general plan
was to use the Elk Creek dam
water primarily for Irrigation
purposes. This water ia warm
er than that which- will' be
stored at Lost Creek.-,
Articles filed
For Foundation
. Articles of incorporation
were filed in Salem Tuesday
for Pacific Convalescent foun
dation, Medford, signed by Al
fred L. Paulson, Ashland Gen
eral hospital administrator,
Mary E. Paulson, his wife,
and Leland J. Knox, head of
a Medford accounting firm.
According to Knox, the
foundation hopes to construct
several convalescent or retire
ment homes on the West
Coast for elderly persons and
those convalescing from hos
pital treatment. Construction
of the first home has started
in Springfield.
Knox said the possibility of
locating a home in Ashland is
being investigated. However,
he added that nothing defin
ite has been decided. "It will
depend on demands and needs
of the city," he explained.
Paulson will ' be adminis
trator of the Springfield in
stallation, to be known as
MacKenzie Manor. The foun
dation will rent all homes to
individual operators.
Knox emphasized that the
convalescent homes will not
be operated as cooperatives.
Patrons will rent apartments
in each facility, he said.
Population of the area and
whether or not the need is
prevalent will be determining
factors in location of the
homes, Knox commented. He
indicated there are no foun
dation plans for construction
of a home in Medford.
Express Disappointment
heavy uncontrolled traffic,
and the hazards to pedestri
ans and school buses.
Property owners expressed
fears that their homes and
farms would suffer for similar
reasons. City councilmen ex
plained earlier that Eagle
Point has planned for an ex
pansion of population because
of good schools and general
living conditions in the area.
The increased population is
also necessary to help meet
costs of the installation of a
municipal sewage disposal sys
tem now under way.
The council wrote the cor
poration directors that con
struction of a private log
truck road through the town,
from the east to west city
limits, would greatly damage
the future of Eagle Point and
surrounding area.
L'-p for Medco operations
Regional Edition
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INSPECT UNIT Officers from headquarters of the 13th
Naval district, Seattle, Wash., are shown above as they
made an Inspection of personnel of the Naval Reserve
Electronics division 13-5 in Medford last night. Out of 200
such divisions in the United States, the Jackson county :
unit is now rated among the top four on the basis of gen
eral preparedness and training, according to Lt. Richard
Record Spending in Next Two Years
Voted by 196i Legislative Session
Cditor'i Not; Thli li tha flnt In
rive-Dart aariei lummlnr vn ae-
l compiiinmeota or in mu uregon
I l,esflatura.
By DOUGLAS GRIPP and
A. H. PEARSON .
Salem-dlPD-The 1961 legis
lature gave nearly unanimous
agreement to record spending
plans worth $366 million in
the next two years-$7 million
more than Gov. Mark Hat
field called for.
But like mules tugging
stubbornly in opposite direc
tions, members of the legis
lature canceled out nearly a
dozen different tax plans,
leaving all major taxes exact
ly the way they were except
timber.
The timber tax was reform
ed to shift more of the levy
to fast cutters, giving some
encouragement to a sustained
yield cut.
Endless hours were spent
struggling over sales taxes, a
three-cent cigarette tax, in
come tax cuts, taxes for low
bracket earners, business in
come tax, tax relief for the
elderly, and quarterly with
holding tax.
Some Tax Breaks
These were lumped in all
sorts of combinations in ef
forts to lure votes, or even
fool the opposition. Some were
aimed at doing away with
inequities, others at' raising
or cutting the amount of mon
ey the state takes in.
They all went down the
drain.
Tax breaks were granted
for fraternal groups, city-surrounded
farmers, fallout shel
ters, out-of-staters working in
Oregon, and certain construc
tion projects. Numerous
are being carried on regular-
sized trucks on public roads
since the log train stopped
hauling logs several weeks
ago, residents reported. Rails
on the right of way have
been removed on much of the
route, they said, and survey
ors have been seen along the
railroad
Mrs. Jensen said the asso
ciation and the community
"are disappointed" in Med'
co's lack of response, because
"our letters were written in
good faith, with friendliness
asking for cooperation from
the corporation regarding our
own land and community."
Petitions expressing opposi
tion to the possible conversion
continue to be circulated in
the are and fearful residents
have planned a concerted ac
tion to oppose tha private
rojtte, sha reported
MEDFORD,
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housekeeping measures . were
approved. "..- " v : :
The legislature created a
one-man state tax court to
hear direct tax appeals, elim
inating now lengthy hearings
before the Tax Commission.
Actually, in spite of all the
talk about raising and cutting
taxes, the $366 million budg
et was a vote of confidence
for tax laws as they are. ' I
Two Reports From
Small Animal Group
Submitted to Court
Two reports, one from the
minority, on the findings and
recommendations of the Small
Animal Control Advisory
committee were presented to
the county court last night.
The committee was ap
pointed by the court at the
request of a number of resi
dents to evaluate the problem
of stray animals, particularly
cats, in the county and to
make recommendations.
The court tentatively sched
uled a meeting at 2 p.m. May
31, when they will announce
their recommendations.
Cats In County
The committee, in its brief
submitted to the court, said
that one out of five cats in
Jackson county are taken to
a veterinarian for medical
treatment, based on national
averages. Using these figures,
It is estimated there are
84,000 cats In the county.
The recommendations In
cluded one that the county
court appoint a non-salaried
four-member cat control
board comprised of Frank
Christian, chairman of the
small animal committee; Dr.
A. E. Merkel, public health
officer; Mrs. George Schwieg
cr, one of the original peti
tioners: and Dr. W. W. Wcl
ler, veterinarian, which
would serve in an advisory
capacity.
It was suggested that the
small building at the county
pound, with the addition of
some cages, be used to house
cats, and that the pick-up of
cats be scheduled to fit In
with the regular runs of the
dog control officers, or have
two days a week designated
for this service.
Rtcommtndad Charge
They recommended that 25
cents be charged for each
pickup and that cats be held
for a five-day period for re
claiming or placement witn
the exccDtlon of diseased cats.
No more than two cats will
be jiven to ont person, or
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Schuchard, commanding officer of the local unit. Making
the inspection, which included a check on personnel, lead
ership, administrative and training methods, were Capt.
H. C. Duff, assistant chief of staff for Naval Reserve and
training in the 13th Naval district, Cmdr. D. S. Parkinson
and Lt. A. D. Quisenberry, Seattle, ; ,
r The $7, million hike over)
Hatfield's request was based I
on the assumption tne Tax
Commission was gloomy in
forecasting the general tax in-,
take in the next two years,
It also was based on a 10-
cent-a-bottle liquor price In
crease, and the legislature
predicted there will be plenty
of money.
The budget will spend the
given for purposes except as
a farm or household pet. A
record is to be kept of the peo
ple reporting a cat to be
picked up, and of those tak
ing a cat from the shelter.'
In a minority report sub
mitted by Mrs. George Stacey
of the Southern Oregon Hu
mane Society 13 recommen
dations were also made. The
report was signed by five
members of the nine-member
committee. They were in ad
dition to Mrs. Stacey, Dr.
Weller, Dr. Merkel, Homer
Jeffries, and Mrs. Tony
Beebe.
Reason for Report
According to the minority
report "four meetings have
been held, and while a quor
um ,was present at each meet
ing, unfortunately there was
not a full committee member.
ship at each meeting, there
fore, the situation presents it
self that a majority of the
members of the committee
are signing this minority re
port, and conversely the ma
jority report represents the
opinion of a minority of the
committee members.
"Of the 12 recommenda
tions contained in the major
ity report nine were adopted
at the meeting of April 26,
1061, with only five members
present out of the nine ap
pointed, being passed with a
four to one vote. It Is for this
reason that this minority re
port Is presented and con
tains five signatures."
The recommendations were
similar except that a five
member board be appointed
which would Include the tame
persons with the addition of
W. O. Herring, humane offi
cer for the Southern Oregon
Humane Society. Instead of
the use of county equipment,
they recommended the use of
the society's vehicle and that
the cats be taken to the so
ciety's' facilities. Any fees
charged would be on volun
tary donation basis.
Tribune
12, 1961
Survey
for Oil
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present $33 million surplus,
leaving just about $1 million
in tne tin in l03 - unless the
I Tax Commission again ia way
I off,
' The $339 million budget is
only what comes from gen
eral tax levies.
Overall, counting gas taxes,
grants and federal aid, the
state will spend more than $1
billion - the first billion dol
lar budget 'in state history.
This includes $192 million for
roads. I
$127 Million for Schools
From general funds the big
items will be $127 million for
schools, $61 million for high
er education, $40 million for
welfare, $15 million for col
lege and state building, plus
salary raises for everyone
working for the state except
legislators.
The lawmakers gave them
selves expense money, and
will ask the voters in 1962 for
permission to set their own
pay too.
The rest of the general fund
money goes to run state agen
cies and programs ranging
from agriculture to veterans.
Talk about extensive budget-cutting
and saving more
money hushed fast early in
-the session. There was agree
ment, however, that spending
got an unusually thorough
overhaul from the Ways and
Means Committee.
The extra $7 million Includ
ed items for which Hatfield
didrl't budget. Among them
were community colleges,
Boardman Industrial site, sur
plus food distribution, salmon
run rehabilitation, and stu
dent loans. -
Hatfield already has casti
gated the legislature for
"spending millions more" than
he proposed, but he himself
endorsed the biggest extra
items.
The tax proposals variously
were the brain children of the
Interim Tax Committee, Hat
field, and individual lawmak
ers. Many of them grew Into
admitted monsters under tute
lage of various legislative com
mittecs.
They were subjects of some
bitter battles, and likelihood
is many a legislator-politician
will claim a pat on the back
in campaigns to come for de
defcating the tax proposal
ne detested most.
Next! Education, Health
and Welfare, '
NFW PAPER APPEARS
Eugene -IUPD- A 32-page edl
tlon of Oregon's newest news
paper - the Emerald Empire
News-hit the streets here this
morning. The weekly newspa
per, with an initial circulation
of more than 8,000 is printed
by yie offset method.
56th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 44
Shell Company
Request Will Be
Discussed May 23
Way Cleared by
Legislative Action
Salem - IUPD - The Oregon
Land Board announced today
that the Shell Oil Co. has
made application for a permit
to survey the state's entire
coast for the possibility of
prospecting for tidelands oil.
If granted, the permit would
cover about 550,000 acres of
off-shore lands and, by law,
would be non-exclusive. This
means any other firm could
apply for similar survey per
mits for the same acreage.
E. T. Pierce, land board
clerk, said the board would
consider the application at its
next meeting May 23. Shell
is requesting a one-year per
mit.
The legislature recently ap
proved legislation permitting
the state to lease her tide-
lands for private oil explora
tion and drilling operations if
oil is found. .
The application was Wed
by Durland Clark ot Shell's
Los Angeles office
, ine uaelands oil lealsla-
vv ,e ff f ,ur"
vey permit but any state ex-
rV.,?iT?w !? r?ust .?!
HfuHiow ujr v,ii3 penult wm-1 lfrajript
The application sayg -Shell!"1 Tattoos . , ..
plans no surveying in any in
let or bay other than Astoria
bay. The permit would allow
the firm to take samples of
me ocean Bottom by drilling
aown as Jar a 800 feet. The
geological, seismic and geo-
pnysicai probe is to help de
termine the likelihood of oil.
Wafer Year Runoff;
Forecast Is Down
Water year runoff forecasts
for the southwestern section of
Oregon -have been revised
downward slightly from last
month, Anthony J. Polos, hy
drologist in charge, river fore
cast center, Portland, said to
day. The downward revision was
made by the weather bureau
center because of a deficient
precipitation during April.
The bureau noted, however.
that because of the cool tem
peratures the residual flow
forecasts have improved
slightly because early season
runoff was retarded.
The water year flow on the
south fork ot the Rogue is
forecast at 1,240,000 acre feet
as of May 1, which is 84 per
cent of average.
Water year flows on other
rivers In southwestern Ore
gon range from 79 per cent
of average upward to 84 per
cent, the weather bureau said.
"Careful You Don't Set The Whole
. Dormitory On Fire" ,
9$' &S aitw2S?3e
Russia Demands
Pro-Communist
Group Be Seated
Dispute Over
Delegations Flares
' Geneva -flJPD The 14-natlon
conference on the future of
Laos was postponed today
until Saturday or Monday,
and Russia threatened to cause
further delays with a demand
that the pro - Communist
Pathet Lao rebels be seated
with full rights at the confer
ence sessions.
An East-West dispute over
which . Laotian delegation to
seat at the talks caused tha
conference to be postponed
only an hour before it was
scheduled to open today.
Rutiia's Views
The Soviets disclosed their
views on seating the rebels at
an Improvised news confer
ence in the bar of the Press
House. Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko's chief
spokesman said three separata
delegations from Laos would .
be seated with equal rights.
A report from the Interna
tional Control Commission in
Vientiane confirmed that a
cease fire exists in Laos. ;
Receipt of this report clear
ed the way for United States
and British participation here,
since both .Washington and
London had Insisted they
would not take part in tha
Geneva parley unless a ceasa
fire Was certified by the com
mission.
Struggle Start
But no sooner was that is
sue resolved than an East-West
struggle started on the seating
of tne Laotian representatives.
The minutes ticked by with
out any resolution of this
question until a British
spokesman announced tha
postponement without explan
ation.- -; . . :
This-delay was disclosed
following a meeting between
n . 1 1 1 . u' i o .
Lort tldme land Soviet For-
Uign Mlnl.tac Andrei Gromy-
. coehairmen ot th. con-
, Thr art three Laotian fac
tions -''the pro-Western gov
ernment: of , Premier PrJnca
Boun Oum, the "neutralists"
of former Premier Prince
Soiivanna ' Phouma and tha
Communist - backed Pathet
Lao Rebels. '
The Soviet Union wants to '
seat all three factions. Tha
United States wants to seat
only the government delega
tion, which still has not ar
rived. . Britain is seeking
compromise. .
Part of Bridge To
Be Closed for Work
The northernmost lane on
the Eighth st. bridge will ba
closed to traffic next week
during construction of a con-,
crete support for the overhead
freeway structure at that lo
cation.. City Public Works director
Vernon Thorpe said Pater
Kiewlt and Sons company,
the contractor for the struc
ture, will start work on tha
support Monday and hope to
have it completed by Friday.
The support will be erected
in an area between the east
end of the Eighth st. bridga
and the Main st. bridge.
It is one of a number ot
supports that will be neces
sary for the freeway struc
ture. Excavation for other sup
ports has been under way
this week in Hawthorns park.
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