Medford Mail Tribune
Second Section
Six Pages
Second Section
Six Pages
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MEDFORD. OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1929.
No. 47.
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CITY SAVES
Oil AIRPORT
LEVELING
Plowing, Grading and Other
, Preliminary Work Carried
, On By , Local Labor
Runway and Drainage
; Will Also Be Handled By
City Crew Scheffel
Makes Report-
Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
The worn ot plowing. grading
and leveling of the bltr now alr
, port site, on which much progress
ha.9 been tnado in tho past week
or Bor with two weeks or more
of such work yet ahead, is being
dona under tho city council
through ittj airport committee aus
pices with City Superintendent
Kred Scheffel in charge, of local
labor. Immediately that work is
finished, it Is tho plan of tho city
administration to have Mr. Schef
fel also construct the airport run
way and drain it, wih local labor.
- This field work already accom
plished on the airport has been
done with the city not spending a
nickel of money for outside help.
Also, when the rough field work
is completed, the city officials will
go no further without seeking ex
pert airport engineering or aero
nautical advice on the laying out
of the first unit in the way of lo
cation of buildings, runways and
the like, with a view to future ex
pansion . by ' establishing other
units from year -to year as they
are needed.
The city officials spent hours in
discussion of the new airport prob
lem at last night's city council
meeting, and it was finally decided
that Mayor Pipes would within the
flAit ilnv nr tivn nnnnlnl Iwn m -m
bora of the chamber of commerce
airport committee to work in a
cooperative capacity with the
council's airport committee, and
also appoint a new member on
tho. Jatter committee Ao lako the
place of 12. W. Jannoy," recently
roslgncd from the council,- r -.
These two committees will then,
aft soon s possible, decltlo whether
FireMraniConnTentaUrairMrieetm 'sTjjR J VJ .C'
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Stage Coach bridged gap between ends of track
Rounding "Cap Horn" on way to
Summit
Leaving Oakland Pier, 1869
. The nlxtleth birthday ot thn
Southern Pacific, first transconti
nental railroad. Is beinpr celebrated
May 10 by a radio broadcast from
K P O San Francisco, over tho Pa
cific Coast network of tho Nation
al Broadcastinsr Company and from
K S Ifialt Lake, Utah. The broad-
cast will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p.
m.. Pacific standard time.
Relnald Werrenrath, famous bari
tone, is coming from New York
specially to take part In this enter
tainment. To a musical accompani
ment of Construction day music
there will be told over the air the
epic story of the conquest of Sierra
and desert, which was probably the
greatest of pioneer accomplish
ments. '
Construction ot the Southern Pa
cific's first unit, which was Hi"
Western end of the first transcon
tinental railroad, cost 61, 000,000.
The Southern Pacific, which ha
grown with the west, is still driv
ing apiken and has just completed.
In the last IS years construction
to open, up new territory at a cost
of t,nno,ooo.
It would bo bent to employ an ex
port airport engineer on a per
dlcm basis, or at u flat stipulated
sunt to luy out tho airport, and
aTwu whether tho airport field
should ho c-lrcular in form, which
form, would save considerable
money in tho way of building,
-otiulpplnir and maintenance, and
submit their .dreisipn to the whole
council for-'approval. -. '
The city officials also lust night
had a dismission' lis io 'thV be'st
time to sell-tho V 20,000 airport
bond issue so as to bring about
tho best sale obtainable In the
bond market. Up to tho proscnt
tho cost lias been homo by money
borrowed .from city funds tempo
rarily until tho bonds are sold.
and it ..was decldod to continue
So far, or rather up to May 6,
only a little less than $30,000 has
boon paid out on airport cxponse,
Including the cost of tho land.
Sceley Hall, number of , the
chamber of . commerce airport
committee,' met witn tho council
and aided , City . Superintendent
under tills plan for aovnrnl wooks I Hchoffot In explaining matters per-
yet, when the -airport building, ex-
penso. will have' npproacphod tho
htuKo when -money must be paid
jnt in large ebunks.
Be Independent
Own Your Home
7 Preferred
Stock
Invest your money in tliis suc
cessful home institution it's
SAFE, PROFITABLE and
AVAILABLE. Owners ot this
stock were recently paid ir'SO,
000 for 0 months earnings.
MR
Just as the strength and stability of the
nation is centered in the home, so is your
business and personal integrity bound up in
the home you own. Be the house large or
small, homo owners enjoy a feeling of inde-
' pendence that renters never know. Our con
venient home loans make it possible for you
to own your home on a liberal payment
plan. We invite you to investigate this of-'
' for Take your family and yourself forever
out of the rent-paying class.
JACKSON COUNTY
BUILDING & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
Over 20 Years in Medford -Not One of Our Stockholders Has Lost a Cent
tuinlnff to tlie work a I road y do no
anil that contemplated In tho fu
ture. . The city .administration haw ol
roady wived much nionoy In hav
ing tho cleaning UP of the airport
Bile and rough 'field- work done
undnr.its own supervision with lo
cal htbor and City Superintendent
Heheffel In charge-,1 over what
I would have been paid If an alr-
port ex inert or airport building
; roncern had been given thlH Job.
Of course, much practically free
advice on this rough, field work
bus been obtained u far from
competent authorities.
Tho formal report of City Su
perintendent Scheffel to tho city
, council of tho pro grew of the
j work and I ho like, made to the
I council last night, wan as follows:
i Airport Progress Outlined
We liavo had the um of the
j county equipment for scarifying
I the field, and to date have broken
, up 2ft acres with tho county cfjulp
1 ment and IS acres with a 20 horse-
power detractor and three-way
) plow.-- This equipment wus also
used for pulling tho trees. We
Perforated iron pipe f 24,000
KxciivutUiu of trenches 6,000
Gravel for trenches 5,100
Total estimated coat....r'...$3G.10U
"Wo havo figured, the. graveled
co u rue lor Lho runway whU:h la
us oIIoavh: i i, -
8,3tfo6uble yards 'gravel ut K
11.70 .$11,110
1,800 cubic yards of de
composed grunito at J3 ... 0,400
Total cost ot runway.- (10.610
Tho above would include 2
inches of uggroguto averaging in
stzo from 3 inches to 1& Inches;
1 to 3-1 Inches; and 1 inch of
aggregate averaging in slzo from
3-1 inches to 1-4 Inch and. one
Inch top, surface of decomposed
gl'HlltC.
Wo havo computed tho ,ubuvo
estimates to givo you un idea as
to the probable cost, from jwhlch
you can dotermlno tho osklmato
of tho improvements you doslro
to undcrtako at this lime. ,
Tho cost for tho various . items
to date are as follows:
Scarifying, per aero $ 6.00
Sprinkling, leveling and
rolling, per acre 60.00
Drainage, per acre 100.00
Ciravellirg. per cubic yard f 1.85
Attached hereto l tho total ex
pcndltureH to May 6.
KxficmlltiircH at Airport
Kor months February, March
and April and May 1 to 6.
Owner
W. H. Core
J. W. Wakefield
Andrew Chatreau ..
Well .Main
O. O. Hoggs..
lilaiich Maul cstutc.
Irfiiid riirrhnsvc
Acres
200.00
2.1.77
I 1.00
3.31
C'UHt I'CP
Acre
$ 80. (10
77.91
!H.!
i:'3.n
M.Zu
301.112
Amount
11(1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
2,400
27,000
found Ihut In using a nmiill
truutor nnd three-way. plow, wo
could not break tho ground deep
enough to bo oC much benefit, and
llicroforo thla equipment naa been
discontinued; In acarlfylng Willi
tho largo county equipment, lho
ground la aufficlcntly broken ho
that by UHlng tho "tumblobug"
Herapcr, very llttlo uddltlonal
plowing la neccwaary and wo find
111 ualng tho Kllllfcr aub-aollcr, we
arc ablo to break tho hummocka.
A crew of men" haa been em
ployed cutting up the trcca and
removing the bru.sh. Thla la prac
Ucally completed. Wo arc i-awlng
tho trcca Into four-foot lengtha.
which ean bo aold, nnd have cut
the buttn of the largo plnoa Into
18-foot lengtha which can bo sold
for logs.
ono ucro of ground has been
rough graded wllh the light rqulp
ment. and we believe thla in tho
moat economical way to carry on
the leveling. Tho estimated coat
for rough grading la $45 an acre
plua 1 5 for fine grading and roll
ing, which ninken a total coat of
ISO an aero to placo tho land in
proper ahapc for the hard surface.
Keltalvc to tho dralnago ayatem,
we havo followed the auggcntlona
of Irof. powcra and dc.ilgncd tho
ayatem for ono Inch of rainfall
per hour. The catlmatcd cost of
drainage of tho runway 200 feet
wldo and 270U feci long ia us fol
lows: t'onrrete drain tile $ 8.600
Ivxcavatlon of trenchea 6,000
Oravcl for trenches 0,100
Pulllli! 1'Jecl.lon
I'ubllHhlng, printing, U. t). post
age, Judges, etc., I.J73.44.
AdmlnllHrallnll
March Investigations,
Oakland, Calif., etc....; I 40.83
April and May Superin
tendence and clerical 115.50
12C2.83
ICnglin-erins
March and April Hur-
vcys, limps, drafting $298.45
Clrouhd soundings 103.84
May Surveys and charting 25.60
Construction
(a) A p r i I Krcctlng
temporary office $
! April Tear down
buildings, niova fences
and tianspartlng old
lumber -
(c) April Grubbing .
and clearing
May Grubbing and
clearing ...
and May ,
II
(d) April
I'luwing
(e) April
Leveling -
Equipment rental
Hmall tools'
and May
25.78
S3.H7
63.71
60.88
54.21
65.60
67.00
64.00
7.95
Total cost of drainage... 114,600
Tho above estimato la for con
crete pipe, and using perforated
Iron culver!, tho costa ure al fol
lows; i . - - '
Ixiytoii tjalom market
road under eonstrtictio'
$29,829.16
river
.
LADIES OF SOUTHERN OREGON
Are Cordially Invited to Attend
Free Demonstrations of Salads
Frozen Desserts and Confections
at the
ncUrUKU tLtcritiu CO.
Classes Will Be Conducted
Daily
10:00 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
2:00 p. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Mrs. M. R. Hare
Will Ue Two of Our
General Electric
Refrigerators
For All Demonstrations
Demonstrations will bo with f ro.rn dessovt-s,
chilled foods, salads, appetizers and breakfast suggestions-
. Mrs, Hare has bad eonsidcrablc experi
ence in conducting demonstrations and giving lea
turcs before women's organizations.
Many health and table uses of gelatins will also
be brought out in tlieso demonstrations. Desserts -will
be served.
Free Cook Books
AVomon arc invited to briug, notebook und pencil
for notation of menus not appearing in cook
...book.'- -. ,; ;v- ,j.;.,--i'-v .-,-,--.':w-;t- -. r.;,;- -. ,
i wnanasw tanMg t
r "I'M
MRS. M. R. HARE
National Representative of the
Charles B. Knox Gelatine - Co.,
Johnstown, N. Y. " -
Thursday's Menu
THUR8DAY A. M.
Frozen Pudding with Different
Strawberry Sauce
Bavarian Cream, French Pastry
. THURSDAY P. M.
i Orange Jelly with Cheese
Dressing
Grapefruit Appetlzei
CELEBRATE
EGG WEEK
By Using More
Eggs
and
Pou
ltry
Thereby Helping to Build Up the Growing
Agricultural Industry of Our County
Our eggs are all produced under sanitary conditions
and are graded and candled by expert candlers, assur
ing you of the best there is on the market.
0
Farmers' Exchange Co-Operative
CLAY D. PARKER, Manager
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