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sm ifOOTs; Mo irasBnes Take Five lives i Oregon Elk Creek Reservoir to Provide Major Irrigation in Rogue Basin Program (Continued irom Pago On) Lost creek and Elk creek reservoirs would be operated as an integral unit to provide flood control, irrigation, fu ture water supply, fish and wildlife enhancement, water quality control, power gen eral and recreation benefits. Applegate reservoir would be operated independently for flood control, irrigation, fish and wildlife enhancement, recreation, water quality cofr trol. Owners Indicate Interest The major part of irrigation will be out of Elk creek. John Mangan, area engineer, Salem office, bureau of reclamation, said bis office estimated 50,- 000 acres could be benefited from irrigation. However, owners of 28,000 acres have indicated their interest in ir rigation. This is due mainly to the number of new subdtvl sions planned which wouldn't need irrigation and the nunv ber of dryland farmers not interested in irrigation, it was explained during the no-host luncheon at the Rogue Val ley Country club. Basin project water could increase the stream flow of Bear creek by taking the wa ter through the diversion point at Medford or it could be pumped as far upstream as Phoenix, Stewart said. Cooperation Urged Malcolm Karr, state water resources board, Salem, speak ing at the Applegate site, urged continued cooperation of all agencies and people in making the project a reality. "It's a mistake to think'the job is done," he said. "It's no longer a case of fish versus dams, but the dams for fish," he said. Bill Jess, vice president of the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation, urged a "sustained long term effort" in promot ing the project. It will bene fit the public, not any par ticular interest group which makes its promotion a little harder in some respects, he said. On the tour were Col. Sterl ing K. Eisiminger, Portland district engineer, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; Jack Woolstenhuln, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland of fice; Phil Schneider, Oregon State Game commission; rep resentatives of Jackson and Josephine county courts, the Jackson county parks com mission, Medford chamber of commerce, and a cross section of businessmen and farmers. Child Accidentally Swallows Rat Poison Steven Ray Coffman, 17-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Coffman of 412 South "B" street, Eagle Point, was taken to Rogue Valley hospital Saturday afternoon with a police escort for emer gency treatment after he ac cidentally swallowed rat poi son. He was reported in sat isfactory condition late Sat urday. The child was in a park on the Applegate with his moth er when he took the poison, Medford police received the call from the Applegate area. Evictions of Welfare By Nursing Homes N Portland - IUPD - The vice president of the Oregon Nurs ing Home Association said Friday that eviction of seven people on welfare from nursing home is nothing new. Frank D. Gilman, operator of the Bid-A-Wee Nursing Home in Portland, said he has found it necessary also to have four of his own custom ers on welfare moved out within the past month. More may have to go. Gilman said. Gilman's statement follows action last week by the oper ators of a Monmouth nursing borne to evict seven of their patients on welfare because they couldn't afford to keep them. Gilman said he sympathiz ed with the Monmouth opera tors, Mr. and Mrs. Ken E. Draheim, and added that if welfare payments are not raised, the state may have to set up nursing homes. Members of the Public Wel fare Commission reacted to criticism of Its nursing home policies. Clay Myers, Jr., Port land Insurance executive and Page 2A Medford .Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. AUGUST 18, 19B3 member of the commission said the welfare commission operates on a "closed end" budget. "It is our job to do the best with what money we have." He added that he doubted they would ever satisfy com pletely either the nursing home operators or the tax payers. Other Portland nursing home operators took excep tion to a claim by the chair man of the welfare commis sion, Dr. Ensis Kelzer, who said the medical needs of the School Opening Dates Are Noted School openings for the fall term start with Butte Falls Monday, Aug. 26, according to the Jackson county school superintendent's office. Prospect is second earliest, opening Friday, Aug. 30. Opening Sept. 3 will be Rogue River, Evans Valley and Pinehurst. Opening Monday, Sept. 9, will be Phoenix and Talent, Ashland, Central Point (in cluding Gold Hill and Sams Valley), Eagle Point (Includ ing Shady Cove and Elk- Trail), Applegate, and Med ford. Patients ot New patients were the comm sion's first concern. They listed complaints ranging from inability to hire professional help because of lack of funds, to inability to purchase all the needed medl cal supplies for some of the patients. Children Injured As Car Turns Over Two small children were treated at Rogue Valley hos pital Saturday for cuts and bruises suffered when the car in which they were rid ing went into a ditch and turned over along Highway 99 between Phoenix and Tal ent. According to slate police, the accident occurred about 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Cath erine Jane Walch, 24, of 1100 Spring St., Medford, told of ficers that her younger child, Marty, 19 months, was at tempting to crawl from the front to the back seat and she was temporarily distract ed. Both Marty and the oth er child, Tammy, 4, were thrown from the car when it turned over. The children were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Tammy was released later in the day and Marty under went minor surgery, hospi tal attendants reported. JL GROVELAND AVENUE Mortuary Cemetery Mausoleum Columbarium MEDFORD'S ONLY CREMATORY "Chapel in tht Trees" Mortuary 5? Purple Shield Funeral Insurance y You are invited to visit our chapel from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Daily, and pick up your FREE 1964 "WILD LIFE OF AMERICA" CALENDAR, beautifully illus trated and described by Roger Preuss. J . i ... ... J..' r - 1 j fi SfcUyM M.m.riil Park Take the Free way for Convenience at Barnett Road Interchange or East Main to Groveland Avenue Turn Right 605 Highland Drive SISKIYOU d I , mi, . . . ONI CALL Paved Parking Air Conditioned by Rcfrigeuticn Joe R Hosick EST Phone 772-5488 Lew Miles Phone 772-2344 ' Barnett Rescue Attempt In Link River Proves Fatal By United Press International Oregon s week end acci dental death toll stood at six Saturday night. There were five traffic deaths. Willie Lownd, 43, Keno drowned in the Link river at Klamath Falls Saturday after noon while attempting to res cue a boy. His body was re covered. Mother, Son Die A mother and son from Spo kane were killed in a two- car, head - on collision on Interstate 5 about 20 miles south of Roseburg early Sat urday. The victims were Mrs. Hel en Krofchek, 54, and Robert Krofchek, 22, her son who was driving. Noel Brown, 21, Corvallis. who was alone in the other car, was critically injured. He was taken to a Eugene hos pital. Truck Leaves Road Delbert Johnson, 31 Springfield, was killed when his pickup truck went off a Lane County road 12 miles northeast of Eugene Friday night. He lost control of his vehicle on a curve, it hit a bridge abutment, went off the highway and came to rest on its side against some trees. James Olsen, 18, Portland, was killed in a one-car acci dent in Portland Friday night. Five other youths in the ve hicle were injured. They were taken to a Gresham hospital. William Easton, 75, Myrtle Point, lost his life in a two car collision on Interstate 5, 14 miles south of Rosebiu-g Friday night. Park Relocation Contracts Called Salem -(UPO- Bids on one of the slate's largest single parks contracts, estimated to total $350,000 will be opened here Aug. 27. the State Highway commission announced. The contract will cover the relocation of the present Cove Palisades park to higher ground at two separate loca tions. The present site will be covered by more than 200 feet of water after completion of the Round Butte dam and wa ter is backed up into the deep canyons this winter. The Round Butte dam is be ing built by the Portland Gen eral Electric Co. The pool will be called Lake Chinook, and its three arms will be formed by the Deschutes, the Crooked and the Meto 1 i u s rivers. The new park will have two sites. The park area on the east bank of the Crooked river will have a boat ramp and day-use facilities. The other area will have facilities for both day use and over night camping. It will be located on the eastern bank of the Deschutes arm of Lake Chinook. The day-use area will have boat ramps and parking, and the overnight camp will have 48 trailer, and 44 tent sites. Other facilities will include picnic areas, two rest stations, two utility buildings with laundry and showers, a bath house, and a parks mainte nance building. Portland General Electric Co. will pay the cost of relo cating the park. Honolulu Man Sought as Search for Killer Of Woman in Portland Hotel Room Continues Portland -flJPD- The search for a man wanted for ques tioning in the death of a wealthy Idaho woman whose body was found at the Hilton hotel continued Saturday. The partially clad body of Mrs. Irene Davis, of Payette, was discovered Aug. 8 by a hotel maid. A nylon stocking had been knotted around her neck twice and the Multno mah county coroner's office said she died of strangulation. Sheriff's Officers Probe Burglaries Two burglaries were being investigated by the Jackson county sheriff's department Saturday. The VFW hall at Rogue Riv er was entered and candy and supplies taken. The sheriff's office received a report of the burglary at 10.02 a.m. Sat urday and officers were still investigating the case Satur day afternoon. A house under construc tion on Brophy rd. at Eagle Point was entered and three power tools taken, Mr. and Mr H. J. Burrow of Toll man Creek rd., Ashland, re ported. The Burrows are building the house on their ranch near Eagle Point. En trance was gained by prying lock on a door with ice picks, sheriff's deputies stated. The woman last was seen in the company of a man when she left the Canlis Bar atop the Hilton about 2:30 a.m. Aug. 8. The man sought by police was identified as Robert Jo seph Evans, 27, Honolulu. He was recently employed in Ti- gard but failed to report for work Aug. 7, detectives re- 'ported. You Specify... ...We'll Satisfy Oakland, Saa Francisce, Lea Ansel and Other California Points. Call jack Fittf arald, 773-771 LASI.lt Mote. Expros., Inc. Peace Corps Recruits Arrive in Portland Portland - (ITD - Forty-one Peace Corps recruits - who are scheduled to go to Turkey -arrived at Portland State college Friday for an 11-week training course. The group includes two , Oregon volunteers. Ann: Weick of Portland and Mar- i anee Jones of Talent. 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