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About Ashland daily tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1927)
* F riday , d «. s . iw f * o f flM eOMdeted canal, connecting, the dtverstoa w t * M i. Medford, Oregon, and w ill also be! entewdaf 1« » « I « •!: Copco 1 and 2 hydro-eieotrle plantq tu northern Ealffondnc T M » i new project is one of tbs biggest conatraetfcHi Job» in tlie history ( d A u territory klid has given employment to sa> many as L,0d®l ? fc.entat » ¡ t u b e jja JwcU «• meaning the expenditure pf many thpne- , fends of io lfcra ini this region fo r ^nslerJals and, foodstuffs, The. j construction w o rk involved is being ¡carried on by the Byllesby En- gindWnffTand Manftgement Corporation under the direct supervision > of George F .P y t h la n , general superintendent of construction, lfi la expected that this new generating, station w ill be oompleted nag. ready to be dedicated to public service by January 1, 192«. . Here Are Some Suggestions About How to Wrap Special Holiday Gifts Progressive public u tility service is essential to the growth and lopmeat of modem communities. This well known fact has been demonstrated bdre In The Rogue R iver V alley, where The Oregon Power Company maintains Its home offlcei and ly wrap so t h a t . they can not cut through the wrapping. ■ArUclep easily broke« Qt «rush ed must be crated or securely wrapped. Use Uberal queatittes of excelsior, or like m aterial, ig , around, and between the articles and the outside container. Glassware, fragile -toys, crock ery must be packed so as to pre vent the escape of particles or pieces if broken In tranaft. 1 Cigars: Ordinary 1 boxes' of clears wrapped in paper o n ly 'w ill not be accepted. Pack in a man- ney to prevent damage by shock or Jar. W rap in corrugated paste board or sim ilar material. ■ A ll articles easily bro ken . er damaged must be plainly marked “ F ragile.” »or s a t factor la t W prdgtess And « « A flo p fe e it e f « h is -e At ire m r- r iu ry la the past, aad It may he depended up to keep up this good woi k in the futare. The roll owing facta and figures tend to im- pre a one w tth-the Im portant part taken In the development of this terS to ry by (M e progressive organisation. T M tR IT O R Y S E R V E D :— The can lforuia-O iR gon Power Com- fo r l Ashland, K lam ath Fails, Orarfts Paas and -Roseburg. Oregon, aad Dunsmuir, Weed and T reks, Callfoirfila W a ter service is also sup »lied to a number of these communities. This territo ry com prises aa area of over I8,eo® square miles and Includes portions o f Jackson. Josephine. Douglas and K lgm ath counties In Oregon. aa4 a u k ly o u , Shasta and T rin ity counties In C alifornia. This 1« an area larger than the combined .aredb* o f .Stairs of l|pw t Jlamp- shlre Massachusetts, and Rhode Is la n d .* Embraced tn this te rri tory are the Shasta valley and the Scott valley In C alifornia, and1 Articles likely to gpoll within the tim e reasonably repaired for transportation and delivery will not be Accepted for mailing; W rap or p act carefully, accord ing to contents, and plainly T O T A L ,..... „.........................................71.X10 100,125 la addition to tfee nhotu geaersflng plants,’ another U rge pewef development, the lavgaat o€ lie kind la the entire state is new ander •construction 'a t Prospect. Oregon. This new project, .whiclf* w ill be kaown as Prospect Vo. g w ill Us located on the north ferk pf the Rogue River at th e '.s ite -o f Ute edropeay'S prose«! Prospect plant. Tkls present plant w ill not be dismantled but w ill continue is operation, mn.pl»menting th e power» to be developed by the new project, whtrh wilt genera®» more than six times the output Of the old p la n t.. The IqKlal Installation will consist of two 22.000 hone pow»r. unit« to be Jnstnfled at «ace. provision being made for one additional aait of the same s i * . giving ultim ate development of «,000 horsepower This w ill moan that tbe new Prospect project, when It is completed, w ill be tbe largest hydro-electric development of tbe entire Copco system. The new plant w ill operate under a “ bead'* a r “ leW'’ e f approxtssMely <0» feet. This, meant that tit» total head w ill be nearly four times as high as Niagara Palis, and c s a a l dsrb l/ higher than the famous Washington monument, which is 556 feet la betgbth- Tbe power bouse w ill be an,attractive and substantial structure of steal sod concrete of a somewhat similar design as tbe building now Ip-use at. tbe naw rupee Ko. 2 plant. A a bBtercaUng feature wlIF fet A » surga t p s |, wkl> h w ilj M con structed of steel and w ill Vge s height of,abdnt 16« feet above the base. This w ill be Ibcafied between «be C rater Lake highway aad the gorve, at a point very near tbe preaent forebay. This new hydro-electric development will srlbgbly soon become known as one of «he many outstaadTnu attr&ctlobs • ofi the fern cm* Crater I.ak?} highway. A bicb-uaalon Uaasn»i«»*»u Nbe bns Tiopn bwiH to eoa-- »ect the new plant w ith tbe company's transmission system al I Dandies: Inclose In strong o u t side boxes or containers. Drawings, paintings, uamount ed maps, etc.: Pack o r wrap in Stroag m aterial to avoid damage. W hen not flat, roll around a wooden cone and then wrap and tie carefuMy or place In Btronrf paateboard tebe. -,i Baarp-polnted or sharp-edged Instruments or tools m u tt have -potmte Andy edges, ta lly > p a r t e d Taxidermist er H t t n r mounting A S P E C IA LTY la hrtest paper method, ip* enRerlment With ybur aaraad taapkg by kav- U mougted by any ona • n exp«n. The largest ' wAgan ^111 be trffirrtrifrff.l.SL- VlgbwBT ta sfeawn bi the background «ad the base o f the tank assy be.'seOw la theforfeprouad.. Jmwev I right: U o L- wood pipe Itaee lo o ^ a g u y . i l t t e rtn , W o w few of the conatvuctloa b tilld in p and h u e of the surge f r an aaeh parcel« ''PUVlsh-r 'Oregon pouitrymen are care- aa overfeeding may re Usa.ape<itSl-daItV»ry ktainps fu i net to feed laying floclm-top decrease in production, pedfte delivery. heavily i a t this time -of the, year, e xg irlm en t station. Mòre A Great and Growing Territory IN THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCING AND SELLING EI^ECTRICITY IN 53 CITIES AND TOWNS OREGON AND N O K T H E R N ^ A L J F O ^ ^ . THE ROGUE RIVER. 'THE OUTPUT OP^THIS PLANT WILL AID MATERIALLY IN THE DEVEIXXPME n T d F SOtTHERN OREGON. - > Kkrtrimtr is S '¿Wi M t « «W & on any on« eommanity, for iftA-wccessj. Electricity is m constant de mand, rtfa only for lighting ffvd domestic purposes, bat for the opera tion of othr-r industries—and the deiaand is constantly increasing. • Wc are ty w taking orders for onr 6 per cent cumulative preferred ehares. Your order wi II he taken care of promptly, whether it is for ti large block or for a single share on the monthly investment plan. Yon may purchase Httkjek for as little;?«. >10 » s h a r per month, payniontA purchase stock for. as little-«s-$10JOO a share per assfith, payments drawing interest ut,lhe rate o f # pef oertt‘aC<year. fThe prlde'bf this stock will advance <*n December ldt& ij^rder^gaeived uf)flpUrinidk. night Deddrabef 15th Will I n fix e d atMfoop-esent of $97.00 a sham, .WW to p re v la t ia /u ry to clerks In ’handling o r damage to other m g ll. CVate shitably or thorough- Samson Line of Ladies Fitted Cases, Suit Cases, Hand Bags and Steel Coveted Auto Luggage. -Al Jordan’s Army Goods Store- (Biggènt Tittle Store ih Tdwn, Oj#n > e p in ffi) s . IIydro Eloctrie'P<M«r PI ity of ubtuy thousand liorseiiowdfe',» AUdfontiRUOUu. Electric Service f i t thè crii Oregon? with a Coiuhmed an Abundance of Phwer iW Development of Booth- '.• ( £ » i