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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1962 Groups Enthused y Multi-Purpose tadium Proposal Editor's note: The Jackson County Court recently rec ommended that the county build a ball park, seating between 2,500 and 3.000 and costing about $78,000, with an accent on youth. The Citi zens' Multi-Purpose Stadium committee has urged the court to build a stadium, for the use of all groups, with an eventual seating capacity of approximately 23,000. The following article is the first in a series of four, explaining the multi-purpose stadium program and the county court proposal. John Weisbrod, chairman of the committee, prepared this installment. Although the idea of the multi-purpose stadium in Jackson county is by no means new, it has beer only in the past three years that a committee has been active in seeking to have the idea be come a reality. Much money and many hours of volunteer effort have gone into secur ing facts, drawings and cost estimates. Consultations have been held with persons active in the operation of such fa cilities and with professional groups and organizations which would be expected to use a stadium. Local organ izations and groups, which would feasibly use the facility also have been contacted. All were enthusiastic about the possibility of such a plant being built in the county. Not one single group indicated they would not use the park if it were built. Signatures Gathered Petitions with more than 600 signatures were gathered in a short time. Many draw ings were made, with various interested groups giving and . ABB JS GRESSETT'S H A Drive-In f Itv Cleaners I I 1 702 W. Main 611' , E. Jackson Gateway Shopping Confer. Ashland taking, until a plan was com pleted which satisfied all in terests which would be ex pected to use the stadium. The proposal was submit ted to the county court and the members appeared inter ested, although they said re cently that they never had seriously considered the multi-purpose plan. The court was invited to meetings of the committee in an endeavor to work out an agreeable plan, but only Ralph James, during his term as a commissioner, attended. Because of his belief in the plan, James has continued to attend meetings of the com mittee, although not official ly a member. The committee requested tnat the county court rec ognize the Citizens Multi-Purpose Stadium committee to make discussion and planning with various groups more ef fective but the request was ignored. In a meeting with the court and the budget committee it was admitted that financing was not a problem. The com mittee requested allocation of funds to be used in research on the project but the request was ignored, as was a request for assistance in putting the proposal on the ballot. The court had told the com mittee that it would build the stadium if the people of the county approved the idea in a referendum but assistance in the matter was not forth coming when sought. Freeway Link Proposed The committee had pro posed that the stadium be built at the same time as the freeway was being construct ed, thus effecting a saving of some $50,000 in cost of the stadium. The court and the budget committee suggested that backers of a single purpose ball park and the multi-purpose stadium get together to iron out their differences and the court agreed to attend the meeting. A member of the budget committee and repre sentatives of both plans were present but the court failed to appear. While agreeing that some thing must be done with the ball park situation on the south edge of Medford, the court has consistently refused , to acquaint itself with the facts or to make a study of the multi-purpose plan before j making a recommendation. i Next: The economic aspect: I pjj J" E ... WAR DRAMA UNFOLDING -While the Confederates were invading Maryland in the East, another war drama was unfolding across Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. The Confederates were making a desperate attempt to win back some of the territory they had lost in these states. The Blue and Grey clashed at Cornith, Miss., on Oct. 3, 1862. The battle lasted two days and was a victory over the Union. Confederate forces were forced back and Southern casualties were high, yet, as the firing died out at Cornith, another Southern force was knock ing at the door of Louisville. This draw ing, from the Library of Congress collection, shows the battle at Cornith on Oct. 3, 1862. The Battle for Mississippi By MERTON T. AKERS ' UPI Correspondent While the Confederates were invading Maryland in the East, another big war drama unfolded across three states in the West. Here in Mississippi. Tennes see and Kentucky, the Con federates made a desperate bid in the fall of 1862 to win back the territory they had lost since Forts Henry and Donelson fell to Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant in the spring and to Union armies which had pierced all the way into north ern Mississippi. The Confederates laid their plans carefully late in the summer. Two armies would strike north into Tennessee and then on into Kentucky, even to the Ohio river if pos sible. That would ease the pressure on Tennessee, where Nashville, the capital, was held by the Federals. But first they would try to knock out the Union forces in Mississip pi- The South 's bid for a quick victory nearly succeeded. At one point its invasion lapped at the Ohio river at Coving ton, Ky., across from Cincin nati. Other advance gray de tachments drove close to Lou- SAN I m Your Only Midday Service FRANCISCO EUREiU Depart 2:00 p.m. R N cszs&" V AIR LINES M rJF JET-POWERED SERVICE HOLIDAY SUGGESTION: Pacific to San Francisco Dinner at International Airport Connect with Pacific jet-powered excursion flight to RENO! PACIFIC AIR LINES For reservations call your travel agent or 772-6161 irrrntt mi isville, Ky., on the Ohio But from those two high points, the invasion ebbed back into Tennessee where it had started. Campaign Splinters The campaign against Un-i ion forces in Mississippi splin tered at Iuka and Corinth. Both sides were suffering from divided commands. The big Union army more than 100,000 men which had been assembled in Missis sippi after the battle of Shi loh, was broken up in July when Maj. Gen. Henry W. Hallcck was called to Wash ington as overall commander. Grant retained the Army of the Tennessee, which was posted from Memphis south to Corinth. Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell took his Army of the Ohio east to threaten Chattanooga, Tenn., a key point on the Ten nessee, river. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, Confederate commander aft er Shiloh, was succeeded by Gen. Braxton Bragg when Beauregard displeased Presi dent Jefferson Davis. Bragg and Buell were the opponents who raced north across Tennessee and Ken tucky in the fall of '62 and then retraced their steps in opposite roles. The opponents in the Mis sissippi end of the Confeder ate offensive were Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans for the Union and Maj. Gens. Earl Van Dora and Sterling Price for the South. Price pushed his 17,000 men into Iuka, Miss., a small town on the Memphis & Chatta nooga railroad about 20 miles east of Corinth and near the Alabama border. Grant planned to snap up Price at Iuka before Van Dorn could arrive from the south. Hosccrans commanded one wing from Grant and Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord the other. Met Confederates Late on Sept. 19, 1862, Rosecrans, advancing on Iuka from the south with about 9,000 men, ran into the Con federates outside of town. The fighting lasted two hours until dark and was ex tremely heavy. At times units fought hand-to-hand. By some trick of acoustics, Ord, a few miles away, heard .no firing he was supposed to attack on that signal and did not get into the fight. The next day he marched into Iuka with his bands playing. But Price had abandoned the field overnight to join Van Dorn and the battle was over when Ord arrived. Casualties were heavy con sidering the members en gaged. Rosecrans lost 782 144 killed, 5B8 wounded and 40 missing to Price's 1,516- 263 killed, 692 wounded and 561 missing. Rosecrans now moved his command northwest to Cor inth where he strengthened '.he fortifications. Van Dorn and Price moved in on Corinth with 22.000 men late in September. Rosecrans opposed them with about 21, 000 troops. The battle of Corinth start ed early on Oct. 3 and lasted two days. Van Dorn's first attack hit two Federal divisions outside the Inner defenses. The blue coats fought stubbornly but had to fall back behind the fortifications. Price then sent his divisions against the Union center about 1 p.m. The Federals waited until the Confederates broke out of a woods and advanced over an open field. When they reached point blank range the Erderals poured in a deadly P-e. including artillery from entrenched positions on the left. Price's men retreated, re formed and tried again, but were repulsed. Federals Sent Running The third charge sent some Federals running but the line held until fighting died out at nightfall. Van Dorn felt ho had the battle won and that another thrust would bring victory. it was 9 a.m. before the Confederates attacked on Oct. 4. They hit first on the Fed eral right. Again Price's troops lea tne attack, broke through and penetrated into the town of Corinth, fightinc n 1 o n n streets and around houses. I Rosecrans saw the break and rode among his panicked troops. His hat was shot away. His hair streamed in the wind. He "fought like a private with the flat of his sword and fairly drove them to stand," Whilelaw Reid, a war corre spondent wrote. "Then came a quick rally which his mag nificent bearing inspired . . . and the charging column was speedily swept back outside the entrenchments." At the same time the Con federates also hit the Federal left. They stormed Battery Robinette, an entrenched ar tillery position, and some of the foremost ranks spilled over the top of the works but were driven out by a bayonet charge. Back in the woods they re formed and, led by Col. W. P. Rogers of the 2nd Texas, they swarmed over the works de spite heavy losses. Colonel Rogers carried a flag to the top of the rampart. A Union drummer boy picked him off with a single revolver shot. His men raced on, about 100 reaching the Corinth public square. But then they were beaten back into the woods. Retreat Ordered That was enough for Van Dorn. Soon after 7 p.m. he ordered a retreat. After the battle Rosecrans rode passed a wounded Ar kansas lieutenant. "General, you licked us good," the lieutenant said, 'but we gave you the best we had on the ranch." At Battery Robinette, Rose crans paused and said to his men there: I take off my hat in the presence of men as brave as these." Union casualties were: 355 i killed; 1,841 wounded, 324 missing. The Confederate loss- were 473 killed; 1.997 wounded and 1,763 missing. But as the firing died out at Corinth this day of 94 de gree heat, Braxton Bragg was knocking at the door of Louis ville and there was something akin to panic along the Ohio. ' GIVE MOST FOLKS A GOOD CHOWDER THEY'LL LIKE IT! GROCETERIA LEAN TASTY ound The finest ground beef in town. 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