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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1929)
i mi P'AOK EltJHT ftrEDFORT) MAIL TTUBUNEp MEDFORD, oi.KUO.V, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1:5, VJ2'J. -- : , -.--lyj g F -9f Maps Showing Plans and Location of Proposed $120,000 Airport to Be Erected Near Medford EXPERT, SELECTED f XT STEP IN WILEY ELECTION CALL ; ' : i - - (2 H 7N ', I ! IT Action Speeded By News! Mail Planes to Discon-j tinue Use of Fairground; ; Field C of C. Committee ' a Man! Tllnprlau I Srfi. ! er Field Imperatively Needed. The ncxL important step In the movement to provide an adeuuatc airport for .Medford will come Tuesday night when the Chamber of Commerce committee will pre sent pin mi nnd speci neat ions, tie tail fd cost figures nml other data us prepared In anticipation uf re questing tilt cljy government body to trll II a special election lu Vote bonds for the project, Action on tin; part of the com mlttce was hastened somewhat by advices received today from lh West Const All Transport com-j )any that their planes would dls continuo further scheduled stops In' Medford, supposedly duo to the rond.i ion o mo .ah at oiiim field. The ships will use the field at Montague, Calif. , In break the ( hop between Portland and Han j Francisco, a ecord I ng l " l ho no -tire of tlio change. Atllludo of the council member toward the project Is ns yet a matter of conjecture. .Mayor A. AV. I'lpes and (he flimnco commit tee have been apprised of the work of the Chamber of Com merce Ij lit have expressed no of flclal optnUin. preferring t have trie subject come before the i-min-ell in concrete form and that body pushing on the ciucstlon to the cit'zcuH of the city for de cision as to authorization of the bonds. Withdrawal of the West Coast schedule for Medford In the cli max of long-continued complaint from pllotH of the larger machines whj bring their ships down on the crumped nnd soft uneven runways of the present airport. The field measures 2,100 by fluo feet with no possible expansion uk it 1h bordered on the east by Hear creek, on the went by thu .mall race trnck, on the north by creek botton and on the ho nth by the Pacific highway. With , the trond toward big planes, capable of currying many paasengnrs, the fairgrounds run ways are now looked upon by aviation officials nH hazardous landing places; will noon become utterly impossible. It is declared. Another factor in hastening tho action of the airport commliiee ts the Inauguration on June 1, of night flying by mall planes over thin, route. A two million candle-1 power revolving ben eon will bo in vicinity of the proposed field, erected with a 51-foot tower in In the near future, wit a yeleeUon unci other arrangement for In stnllatlon having been completed Saturday, by H. H. Hokum, construc tion engineer of the government bureau of airways of the light house department. , Right sky travel Ik ha Id to bo comparatively easy nnd mife with adequate beacons and, landing fields, however, the uso of small or uneven love In such as prevail nt the fairgrounds render landing difficult and dangerous, it ifl claimed. Thu ground plana for the new airport would 'call for a runway over a mlln In lenfilh and half that In width. Duo to the Htralcglc Hltuntlon of Medford be tween two Invge nlr coniern Tortland nnd Han Franelnco eneh capable of handling nny flze Phlp. It in pointed out by the com mittee that :t Ktop In thlH vicintly for refueling and other purptmeH by coirtnl nlr traffic in neeemtnry. Huc!l being the chk, a field meet ing government t'lim "A" re quireinentn an provided by the proponed Itlddle road tdte, must be provided If this illy to keep utep . with progreftlve require ment lu aviation. Iniitiillation of the new radio fdntloi nuthoiired by the govern nient for conniructlon on u lto within half n mile of the pro posed ii'rport will neeetltate a creflr of four men. the uppiiralun being kept euuMtantly in opera tion, and the weather bureau per fottuol will alfco bo hicreawnd to four If the new field In placed in UUP. Ao'eorcflng to the Chamber of Cnmmorce committee which In cliideM Mvttly C. Hull nn chairman. J, C. .ThompHon. llert Thlerlof, Clyde Kakln, 1-nrry Munn. M. N. Hogan and F. C. UUIhicI, the pur chaKO of land, erection of build ings, preparation of runwuy, drainage nnd ther major Itenin wlll ontall nn expenditure of i proximately $120,000. TU sum nan beon arrived nt after careful and cIoho figuring and In nnid to be the minimum amount for which nn trpo't meeting govern ment reyuirenientH nnd capable of, handling nny plane In prenent or contemplated nervlco can be go vided. ! Mod Magli'lnn" IH1 ntRMINOIIAM. Kng- 'I"". 12 (jfi Frank Van Hoven, nn American vaudeville ftetor, died hore today. Ho wom alwnyt billed nfi "Th Mad Magician." hie Ret being a burleaque which he work ed up after ho had found that Atra'ght conjuring and Mlolght of hand featn brought emoll rot time. ' Ameririinlin: . Hldlciillnjr the nay trntiplnu of rnynlly: filing Important in a lodge uniform. i V ' I XX X III ' I i -x a ii warm xx x ! . w xX x ' 7 Gh J ..I I I ' i i. -. . . ......... , . , j -iii i m m f i r I r I T 1 ' ' ------- - - - L -I : ' " S RANCH AND FARM PROPERTY SOLD W. Habb, realty broker, an nuunruH that nlnee the first . of January his office IwtH mdd over $1N,000 worth of real property. The properly wold enntdrued of both ranch property and city property. The largest ranch deal waH the nalo of the (IcorKO (lul vohcii ranch in Kiliiih Valley to I'etuV liurrcHon of thU lty for a consideration of ? 1 S.TifiO. FhmJ McKarlfine, a new comer to Med ford, put chattel! the new home built on North Hart let t at reel by . N. Foy. local buildir and c:on tractor for a consideration of 1.100. Mr. McKarlano 1h very entluiHiuHtlc about Medforcl and her future. lie 1h uultti laudn tory of city water and nay that It 1m one of (he main rctiMonH that he In going to make Medford his home. other dealt announced by Mr. Itulih averaged around l.ooa. Mr. 1'ahh prcdlctn that busi neH will be very good for thin year an he Ik receiving many In ipilrieH from all nectlonic of the went and especially from falifor- nbi Medford Building Dollar Down R Our Great Annual Wo arc boft'innijit. the iu-v yenv by offering our patrons an op- pcirUinitv to luv an cloctvii' H ranuo for ONLY "tf t.00 DOWN.0 Think of it! .hist dollar bill puts a rannc in youi" homo H Thou it costs but .t'-"0 a week. ! Onr ivfjnlar prii'i's arc snrpris- inuly low, too. Th Payments Are Easy, Too ! ".XX All I MR. PIPES NAMED, AS DIRECTOR OF; FINANCE CONCERN At the annual iiIoc'k holders meeting of the Commercial Fin ance Corporation held Friday, ( .Innunty II, Mayor A. V. I'lpes wiih elected director to rill the va eaucy caused by the death of V ,1, 11 art .oil, former county j judge. The annual report of the cor-' pc (ration wan read and approved, I nnd showed that was a high ly Huecessfiil year In the business. A f in percent Hem I -an nun I divi dend v:tn declared on preformed Mock, ant) an e ight per ce nt hciiiI annual ilivhh n of common stock declared. ; All of the old offlceiH of the corporation were re-elected as fidlowi: .1. It. I'almer. preslilent;j K. C. Corn, vl epresldent: T. W. ; MIIch. treasurer,- W. Walker. ; teeret.iry, and Porter Nef f. The lustltuiion now ban a cupi-' la I, Mirplus and reserve of H:i,- ooo and Is one of the lilt-pent fin ancial concerns in Kouihern Ore gon. ONLY ONE DOLLAR Places in your home a complete 3-unit Hotpoint Electric Range FREAK GROWTH OF 3ARTLETT PEARS! VOORHIES PLACE' While pruninR work wan f-ohiK cm ycHierdny at the Kden orehnrd four mlliH .south of this city and owned by Colonel (Inrdon Voor liioH, a lomarlcnblH Hud wiih uindo for llilti time r.f tho year, in a clus ter tieHi"ln; five Nocnnd-m'owtii,' well-developed I. art ltd t pears. It is rarely that second growths of any kind of ptutru occurs in uti orchard in winter, and the discov ery ol tlii dinner on .liwiuary lli caused F. T. Hidnecrlit, an em ployee of the orchard, to brlii'? them to the city last evening for exhibition l:i thu Chamber of dun nicrco. The chamber hcir-r closed ho left the cluster at the Mall Tri bune office until Monday. The tree on which the cluster was found 'Ih etn years old. A CuiiYcnieiK It lull h tie If four rubber-tipped dot v tdops are screwed Into Die h-j;s of an oi -d iua ry eha Ir. It ma kes an lilea I high chair for kitchen work, or for M small child. EDF0RD"ILECTR! Event Now In Full Only V i .An ndult night class in "Th ! S'cientiftc Having of Poultry" will' lK'-Marted at the local high school! oh Wednesday, .January 17. under j the direction of C. I). Thompson,; graduate of O. M. C., according to; Ralph Itailey. publicity director f r the high school. ' '1 ho class, which will he held ' tVyi.ee a week, will bo open to all: p'millry raisers and farmers lu j this district, who wish to take; advantage of the opportunity for j receiving scientific and practical 1 iiHlinctlons in this line. ; Details of the course are to hv announced later, and prospective stmleulH are asked to get in touch j With .Mr. Thompson, by calling either at his home phone number; 1 173-Y, or notifying the high school. The course will extend ; over a period of from five to 10 j weeks. i'Hic of t iiibrella A wet umbrella should be closed mid tood with the handle down. This prevents rusting of the point where the ribs join, and also pre vents Ktrelehit.g of the ciolh. anse Sale $2.50 Map of Medford's proposed S120.OC0 airport (1) City Han gar No. 1. (2) Hangar No. 2. (3 Hangar No. 3. (4 Administra tion building. (5) Restaurant building. (6) Parking lot. (7) Fire fighting apparatus. (8) Gas pumping station. (9) Biddle road leading to Medford 1.5 mites to the Pacific highway and 3 miles to Main and River side, Medford. (10) Runways for planes. (11) Road to Cra ter Lake highway. (12) Owen Oregon Lumber Company rail road. The landing strips and boundaries of the field will be designated at night by white, red and green lights. Bottom: Map showing location of proposed air po t. (1) Shaded portion Is air poit, north of Medford. (2) Site of U. 8. Department of Com merce radio station. (3) Crater Lake highway. (4) City of Med foid. (lil Medford's present air. port, Barber field. (6) East Main street In Medford. (7) Southern Pacific railroad. (8) Pacific highway. (9) Owen-Ore aon lumber mill. (10) Bear Creek. 1 Comuarlsous of red clover seed show that seed which has been produced for several generations In sections where anthracnose is Re rious is much more resistant to tho disease than is Iniportad seed or seed produced In the northern or veslern rnlt'Ml States or cannon CO: Telephone 90 Swing! A Week A strain of ivd clover has bten de velopeil in Tennessee that Is hiKb ily resistanl to the disease. t If food Is too salty, place .1 wet ! cloth over the top of the vessel ! which is cooking. The steam will 1 draw the salt into the cloth. Our Prices are Surprisingly Low Dwisht I,. Woodruff, nationally prominent In both the production land sales ends of the fruit indus try, has been secured by the ;. Simon, shuttleworth and French 1 corporation of New York, as their 'local tales manager. Mr. Wood ruff arrived hero from the east yesterday to take up his new du ties, and remained in conference .i fi,ii-nnon with di rect and indirect representatives of the New York company, soino of whom i-niiin here for th meet ing from distant polnu along the coast. Indicative of tho faith of the large New York concern has In tho future deals of Rogue lOver valley. is tho Installation of a snl;1- manager of Mr. Woodruff's reputation and experience at Med ford. Ixcal representatives of this firm as well as fruit .grow ers and shippers in general are ..vnr tho move, and la number have already pledged ' . . . ... .A...w..,.ilnn Irt LllO llieir ll'-urijf i;uuivin . i Mr. Woodruff In said to bo 'prominent alike thruout the oast 'and west, and Hhures with equal I sympathy the viewpoint of the producer and the retailer. ne f.n- sevr.ifil vc-ars sales nian- 'ager of the Wcnatchee District ! Cooperative association, and be fore that was president of the ! Apple Crowera' association of. jllood liivor, Oregon. Recently he I has been associated prominently 1 with a number of eastern con- corns. Ml. WOOlll'UIl eonierieu mm"" yesterday . afternoon with A. J. 'i'.i),Ki- onU.M mnnncor of the i Simon. Shuttle worth and French company of New York. James , l.owmnn. New York representative ! i.f ttirt un nm i-nmnimv. f. It. Pad- iirk mjin:iirer of the Seattle of- Jflee. Ouy W. Conner, local-pack-ter and shipper. W. Y. Riddle, president and J. K. Kdmlston. .secretary-treasurer of the C and K. Fruit company nnd n number of executives in the local industry. YULETREESHELD p.eeauKe many discarded Christ mas trees are lying in back yard or alleys of Medford homes, wait ing to he burned later Fire Chief l toy Killott issues a warning to the people not to burn such trees as, in widl known, It is dangerous I to even burn green fir branches. ' imiw.Ii li.uu tti.. rli'ldl nut nnrM. They blaze up and crackle quickly 'Do not risk burning such tree. around your premises," says Fire Chief Kltiott, "haul them away or have the garbage man do it." Ore and Bullion Purchased l.rmM by Sm'c .l C.liiatuli WILDRERG BROS. SMELTING . RK FINING CO. O-s: 742 NUiket Su.Stn i-randco PUni: houtu .N-n vtvkvso Complete with Wiring Water Heater Heater Switch o
