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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1946)
SOUÌHEKN OREGON NEWS Kl VIEW. THURSDAY, JULY 4, 194* Raising Of Radio Toiver Takes 9 Hours, 50Minutes Bug-ology th i ' a r m y “ m t b , D,. h . c. Do-.«!«» e bos S t s ltriams , i Chamber of Commerce Work Handled Through Committees A sh lan d ’s new ly revived C ham S. Engle, W ilbur Bushnell and ber of C om m erce is handling it's Dr. Blanche Rice. business and various activities | Legislative, Earl T. New bry, through w h at is know n as the chairm an, F rank Van Dyke, and 3 com m ittee system according to C larence W illiam s; tran sp o rta- I T !S ~ IS T /R L A T ÍO THAT Dr. W. W. W eller, p resident of [ tion, roads and highw ays, How- rta total w u g h t o r arts r ú e n o s ' ard Oden, chairm an, R alph Koo- the C ham ber of Com m erce THAT O f A l l O T H I R A R IM A L I T f t O R T R I L A R O A R I A i O f TH f I ARTH f According to officials of the 1 zer and O. E. Sabin; finance, C ham ber this system will m ean ■ G erald W enner, C. Som m ers, th at various com m ittees will F ran k C ulp and Ben Lom bard; m eet w eekly w ith W illiam Healy, I ag ricu ltu re, H enry Enders, c h a ir secretary , and plan the particu lar m an, T. E. Fow ler, P. R. W illiam activities w hich are th a t com m it son and R alph Koozer. B uilding and C onstruction com tee’s responsibility. This m ethod will not m ake it essential th at m ittee has been appointed w ith the en tire m em bership m eet but W. D. Jackson, chairm an, Jak e it will p erm it w ider invididual W eitzel, H. R. M orris, J. Q. p articip atio n in C ham ber of Adam s, and C larence Homes. C om m erce affairs. M em bers of the R etail Trade com m ittee include: E. J. LaM arre A few jugs Vermont Maple ch airm an, Dom Provost, C arryl Syrup left. Get yours now. La- W ines, H arry Travis, I. F. A n Marres Drug Store. dres, J. A. L an try , H. R. M cKeev er, G eorge Reed, and Jam es M ackie; The A viation com m ittee includes K enton Robbins, ch a ir A R I H O T YO L U H TA R /LY SATCR man, Lloyd Selby, Jack Enders, B Y A R T S . TS S TS A T Jack Francis, and Doyle Seely. R t T l RTA A R L A B O R A T O R IÍ S P ublicity: W endell Law rence and F A R M tR A R T S , S H O W THAT IR S fC T T C IO IS Doyle Seely. M em bership, Bill WHO R A H I P l A R T I R P O W O IR f O H M D IS T R O T Snider, ch airm an, C lyde Caton, L i e i ARO PR O TIC T A R T S P R IM A R IL Y B Y Eldon S crip ter, Toy L. Tram m el, T R IM FROM W fA TH fR STICK TRO TO T H f/R BOOHS. H erb Huston, and W alter McCoy; STANDARD COMPANIES ARO I M H H S , industrial, Lloyd Selby, chairm an ACTUALLY M IL K THC Don O’Blenness, Herb Fischborn U C l fO R T H U R H O R IY O f W " Srr and Roger R ath; real estate, Hen ry Galey, ch airm an, W. D. Jack- son, George Reed and C. A. P itts; S outhern O regon College, Dr. A. Mr. P ow ley’s reports follows: 38 East Main — Ph. 7866 tion, crow ned by a o n e -th o u sa n d -1 "D irecting o ur efforts as we S. Taylor, ch airm an, Earl New- w att beacon, pow er w ires d an g l have to ren d er service as ra p id b ry , and Dr. R. E. Poston; recep ing, rose slowly into the air. A t ly as possible to all who w ant it tion, Paul F innell, chairm an, F. 12:01 the last bolt was shoved and to m ake our service even home. Forem an S u th e rlan d lean b e tte r th an it has been before, and the co ntinued m aterials ed against the w inch and lit a the 2,886,000 telephones in s e r snortages an d d istu rb ed condi QUICK RELIEF FROM cigarette. vice as of May 31 ,1946, include tions ini ougnout the country at- "S he’s a tow er.” He glanced at an increase of 254,000 since V -J lectin g m a n u ta c tu re rs’ p ro d u ct Symptoms of Distress Arising from his watch. “J u s t nine hours and Day, of which 183,000 w ere a d d ion, z29,ouu applicants are still STO M A C H ULCERS th irty m inutes w orking tim e. Not ed in the first five m onths of w aiting to r service. w e are d iligently co n cen trat due to EXCESS A C ID this y ea r—an u n equaled increase bad at all.” Of course there was still the in any sim ilar tim e period in the ing, n o tw ith stan d in g the difficul- FreeBookTells of HomeTreatment that I ties in oDtaining ad eq u ate appar Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing m atter of the gin-pole hanging h istory of our com pany. "The telephone increase since a t u s and m aterials, on providing Over tw o million bottle« o f th e W ILL A KD as it w ere 'tw ix t H eaven and Hades, bu t this he discounted V -J Day exceeds by 67,000, or ¡service to w aiting applicants as T R E A T M E N T have been «old for relief of m p to ms o f dist ress ari'si n g f rom S to m a e h w ith a wave of his hand. J u s t a 36 per cent, the 187,000 increase la st as it is h um anly possible to ay and D u o d e n a l U lc e r * due to Excess * .1 0 — do so. L ikew ise every effort is in the year 1943—th e largest few m ore hours of routin e w ork P o o r D ig e s tio n , S o u r or U p s e t S t r a o c h , he stated, would clear up the y early telephone increase ever re being m ade to im prove th e q u al C a s t i n e » , H e a r t b u r n . S le eplessness, e t c - to Excess A c id . Sold on 15 day*' tr ia l! whole thing. Drop the gin-pole, corded by o ur com pany. The tele ity and efficiency of o ur service. due s k for “ W illa r d 's M e ss a g e ” which fully "C onstruction of add itio n al toil A explains knock the form s from th e con phone increase for th e first five thia treatm ent— fr e e — a t crete cen ter pier, pick up the m onths of 1946 exceeds by 69,000 an d long distance circuits has EAST SrIDE PHARMACY or 60 percent, th e 114,000 in gone fo rw ard w ith rap id ity and loose tools, and aw ay to the n e x t continued im p ro v em en t is being job. A nd tru e enough, w hen crease for the en tire year 1945. "New applications for service— m ade in the service even though dusk cam e .there she stood, clean and proud, her beacon blinging totaling 340,000 for the first five th e volum e continues a t record like the tick of a clock. And a 'm o n th s of this y ear—increased high levels—the calls being 20 flirtatio u s star over Mt. G rizzly j 107 p er cent over th e correspond p er cent g re ater th an in th e cor ing period of a y ear ago. Of the responding five m onth period of w inked back. 286,000 prospective subscribers a y ear ago. "O ur com pany has recently at the first of the years whose applications had been necessarily m ade su b stan tial fu rth e r postw ar deferred due to shortage of facili increased w age ad ju stm en ts, ag ties, we are glad to rep o rt th at gregating . .6,000,000 on an annu 183,000, or 64 p er cent, have been al basis, as a re su lt of collective cared for. Due, how ever ,to th e bargaining negotiations w ith the , tim e necessarily involved in the unions. These added wage in The Pacific T elephone a n d , in stallatio n of com plicated sw it creases are over an d above th e T elegraph C om pany, serving O re chboards— in m any instanc e s postw ar ad ju stm en t w age in crea gon, W ashington. C alifornia, Nev new buildings are req q u ired to ses m ade D ecem ber of last year "ON THE PLAZA” ada and p a rt of Idaho, has in stal house them —to g eth er w ith the w hich aggregated m ore th an led m ore new telephones since large nu m b er of new applications $18,000,000 on an an n u al basis. V-J day than in any o th er sim i Thus .this re cen t w age increase, la r period in history, declared N. em bodied in a con tract to ru n R. Pow ley, president, in his q u a r u n til M arch 1, 1947, brings the terly report to sharehold ers ju st — F IL M S — postw ar ad ju stm en t w age in crea received by R. B Hammond,, DEVELOPED & PRINTED ses, arising out of colleective m anager here. __ bargaining, to m ore th a n $24,- 6 or 8 ex. 15c per roll 000,000 a n n u a lly —th e increase in Double size 25c o ur p o stw ar wage rates being 19 5c extra of Panchromatic. A If p er cent. T he re cen t collective fine grain developed. Reprints bargaining negotiations betw een 2c each. Double size each. o ur m an ag em en t and the unions Deckle or plain edge. Guaran- ex ten d ed o v er a period from A pril 24 to May 18, 1946, and at teed work. Enlarging, coloring,' no tim e th ro u g h o u t the negotia copying. Low prices. Send to- - tions did the unions or th e com ECONOMY pany fail to realize th a t th e p u b PHOTO FINISHERS lic in tere st cam e first. N et in Box 1576, Station D come has been adversely affected by increased costs of operation, LOS ANGELES 7, CALIF. p artic u la rly th e large added wage ex p en d itu res.” B u il d ir g l iv ir g B R i O G IS T H A T By W. V. Athanax A th ree -m an crew of the TO W ER SALES AND ERECTING CO of P o rtland, s ta rte d erection Sun- uay. May 3th of the 200 loot tow er for A shlund’s new radio uta- tion, the first construction of this type in the city. The first three 20 foot sections w ere assem bled horizontally on the ground, and sw ung up onto a previously pre pured base by 9:30 A. M. By 10:50 th e sixty foot assem b ly was guyed and plum b, and visitors w ere treated to the sight WE TIP OUR HAT TO THE TOP HAT • Lighting Fixtures and Wiring BY Yates Electric 140 80. Main Phon* 5891 M edford. Oregon i>i a thirty-six foot tim b ert d u b bed "gin-pole” by the erection crew ) being hoisted to the top oi the assem bly as casually as the averuge citizen sets ou t a bean pole. By m eans ol block unu j luckle on this gin-pole, the lout in | section wus sw ung to the lop and bolted in place by li:o a . th e gin-pole was again ruined, and by 11:40 the tow er stood trim and plum b, one hundred five feet in the blue. A lter lunch the six th section wus tied in, and again Forem an tja rl b u th eria n d , w ith tow erm en Lowell Bible and Gil Nielsen, w restled three heavy guy lines ou t und pulled them up taut. W ith this in terru p tio n , the 7th section, which brought the tow er to 145 feet, was not bolted in till 3:45 PM. A fter rigging tem p o r ary lights to w arn aw ay foolish airc ralt, they decided to call it a day. Suid one gaping visitor; "If anyone had told m e th at three m en could raise and guy a h u n dred and forty feet of tow er in less thun 7 hours, I'd have called him a lia r!” Mr. S u th e rlan d sm iled kindly. " Ju s t a m a tte r of know ing how. O utside of two years in the Sea- bees and the Navy, I’ve been at this th irteen years ,and these two m en here a re n ’t exactly g re en horns. We'll pu t the rest of tier up tom orrow m orning ,and have the light blinking on h er over tw o hundred feet in the air b e fore you know it.” Work was resum ed a t 8:30 M onday m orning, und by 9:06 the 8th section was in place. At 9:50 the 9th settled sm oothly into place. T hree m ore guy lines were ! strung, pulled taut, and checked. S u th erlan d checked the tow ers plum b w ith a surveyors transit, said; "L et's see if we can get the lid on h er by noon." At 11:55 the 10th, and top sec- ^JofL Jfat GENERAL CONTRACTING J. F. EMMETT Insurance “you can depend on” • Automobile • Fire BURNS AGENCY AYRES «72 SISKIYOU INSURANCE Fire - Auto - Theft More People Want Telephones Today BY PERRY WlTHSTARO C U B R Í R T S A A /O 'B M i O B ' W H IR T H ( f l B R Y I R G JO B TS O O R f. PHONE 5358 TOP HAT Plumbing and Sheet Metal Work done a in Tip Top Fashion NEXT TIME, Thos. H. Simpson Hardware NBINfâ 37 N. Main Ashland. Ore. CONGRATULATIONS TRY OUR CONVENIENT Overnight Sleeping Car Service b e tw e e n ASHLAND-MEDFORD GRANTS PASS a n d PORTLAND JU LY FOURTH Siskiyou Boulevard Across from the College OWN DRIVE-IN SANDWICH SHOP Parking Space For 50 Cars Drive in and Eat Modern Food Service for the Rogue River Valley PLAN TO ATTEND OUR GRAND OPENING THURSDAY, JULY 4 W.S. Johnston * TOP HAT Verne Johnston Congratulations to the TOP HAT PAINTING BY -C. E. Taylor Route 1, Box 290 A ihland Oregòn Now you can ride in an air-conditioned standard Pullman on the Rogue River, and sleep between Ashland-Medford- G rants Pass and Portland. T he Rogue River also curries an air-conditioned coach, and lunch car. THE SCHEDULE s ,>ulhbound Northbound 7:00 p.ra. Lu. Ashland , 6 :00 p.m. Lv. Portland Lv. Medford . 8 :40 p.m. Lv. Salem . . 9:10 p.m. Lu. G rants Pass 7 :43 p.m. Lv. Albany . 10:20 p.m. Lv. Roseburg 11 :46 p.m. Lv. Eugene . 11:50 p.m. 3:15 a.m. Lv. Eugene . 3 :00 a.m. Lv. Roseburg Ar. G rants Pass 7:20 a.m. Lv. Albany . 4 :20 a.m. 8:16 a.m. Lv. Salem . . 5 :20 a.m. A r. Medford Ar. Portland 7 :25 a.m. Ar. Ashland . 9:10 a.m. Please reserve your Pullm an space in advance— a t any S. P. ticket office. N e x t tlm o , f r y th e tra in S«P The friendly Southern Pacific m i
