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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1929)
Chamber of Cpmiperce Annual Report ' Shows Diversity of Accomplishments i During Past Year for Medf ord Vicinity i HlBb Jigm of t)i nnupl report if the Medford Chaniher of Com merce, na presented loflt right at the' Community Hdme Products dinner,' revealed more accompllHh mentii than bad been generally realized by citizens of Medford. ; Portions of the report are an fol iba: - Aviation t The recommendations of the avi iitlon ommittee of the Chamber of commerce were accepted without qiieatiou by the city council, and at the city election held April 2, the I electorate of the city accepted IJlvKC Hume recuuimemiuiiuiia uj u room gratifying majority. The project recommended by the aviation committee Included the issuing of city bonds to the amount .of $1 20,000 and the subsequent use, of this fund for the purchase, conditioning and construction of an all port and the buildings necessur.i to. secure the Class A rating. The site for the proimsod port was se lected by the commltteo after a great deal of deliberation, and con tains some 280 acres of land, Is lone-half mile wide and nearly a jmlle lung. '..'After the city council had called ;tlo Bpcclnl election for the airport bonds, uii airport publicity commit line was appointed to conduct, the 'necessary educational campaign to secure a favorable public sentiment lor the construction of the airport. iThe ork of this committee was ,most efretlve, and they utlllz.ed ;e.verv local medium of publicity to accomplish their purpose. r.lll-l 'boards, newspaper, radio, public ; meetings und house-to-house can vassing woru employed, with' the ;resitll thut the largost vote ever polled In n city election was reg- ilsteied on April a. The commendutlon of the cham ber and the entire community should be given to these -two com mittees, whose personnel were as follows: '.'".' ' Airport Committee: Soeley V. Hall, chairman; Clyde Kakln, F. C. Dlllard, liert Thlorolf, J., C. Thompson, M. N. Hogan, Floyd Hart and Larry Mann. Publicity: S. 8. Smith, chalr ninn; jee Tuttle, V. J. Warner, A. A. Haydcn and W. A. Gates. Freight Rates Possibly the most importnnt work of the agricultural committee was that of carrying on the prepa ration and presentation of the case for a reduction In freight rates on rresh fruit to eastern points. This case has been In the process of preparation for two years, .and all of the local work was done under the direction of this comhiltten. In this case the ftogue Blvor valley had the energetic support of the Traffic Association of Hood ftlvor, Wenutchee , Yuklma und Walla Walla, and also the public service commissions of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho. The actual work of presentation of the case was done by Allen P. Matthew of San Fran cIbco, acting attorney for the north west; the Oregon ense being di rectly handled by Wm. P. KlliB of Kiilum, as attorney for the Oregon Interests. - fl'lio testimony nnd arguments In the case wero presented to the Interstate commerce commission at a formal hearing in Portland on October 16, and continlring until October 27. Commissioner C. 11. ichesnn of the I. G. C. presided dur ing the hearing, at which witnesses from nil of the northwestern fruit districts were examined. Witnesses from the Medford district Included Leonard Carpenter. S. M. Tuttle,' Roads and Highways U. E. Harder and C. T. Baker. Williams .Creek road. A mini- The iiflal brief of the Oregon ' ber .of meetings were held with case was prepared by Mr. EUis, and j representatives ,. of the Williams has been filed with the Interstate i Creek district and other interested commerce commission at Washing-1 parties, to further the construction ton. The reply brief of the carrers j of a road through the Williams was to he filed by April 15 of this ('reek district, connecting with the year, and It is expected that thb i Oregon Caves highway, and plans oral arguments before the entirb j have been perfected looking toward commission will be heard some time an aggressive campaign for the In May. Those in close contact I construction of this Important bigh wlth the case hope for a decision i way. Practically all Interests in from the commission before the fall Jackson county are united behind shipping season of the year. the movement and efforts are being The complaint filet by the fruit j made to secure a like co-operation interests asks for a reduction In from Josep;.:ne county, the U. S. rales'on apples from $1.50 icr cwt. i forest service and the state hish to $1.26; and on pears from $1.73 j way commission, to $1,110. This reduction on thej 2 Midway Road. Committees pear rate was temporarily, granted representing the Chamber of Corn last season by the carriers, as a merce have appeared before the voluntary reduction, and It is hoped j county court, urging the construc- jthat the decision of the commission will make tins reuueuou iimum nclit. Better Business Bureau The work of this department during the past year has been di rected toward controlling of pro miscuous solicitation of business houses for advertising and other funds, and has been instrumental I in preventing a consiucranie amount of canvassing of the city. Propositions for solicitation are thoroughly investigated, and very few endorsements have been given by the committee. Personnel: J. . Russell, chair man; H. E. Marsh, n. 11. Strang, Wm. Isancs and Fred Heath, Sr. Jackson County Fair The campaign for the tax levy for the building and reconditioning tion of the Midway road to Bybee bridge, nnd pointing out the bene fits to be enjoyed by the city of Medford through the construction of this road. The county court has recently ordered the construction of this road which, it is expected, will be completed by September 1 ' of- this year. Buy-at-Home Campaign In pursunance of the program of work, a combined campaign to fos ter buy-at-home spirit and home products, was conducted during the week of November 19 and proved to be a successful means of bring ing .to the residents of the com munity a better feeling toward lo cal merchants and Industries. The educational work of the campaign' was carried on through the news papers and the radio. Window dl- of the Jackson county I '""J"1 wel! "Beu- exhibiting locally uronruni fair was conducted by the Climber or Commerce, and materially as sisted by the cooperation of the .three service clubs. Petitions were circulated to place the measure on the ballot for the primary election last .limn, und an educational cam paign conducted prior to the elec tion.' The miilagc measure carried by a substantial majority through out the county. manufactured products, and lists of local manufacturers- were pub lished In the newspapers. f Oregon Weather ; Oregon: fair tonight and Satur day, increasing humidity with tem peratures above normnl Saturday, (icntle varlublo winds. Classified advertising gets results. jaBiiiiiilililHiiliililiiiiliiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiini iiiiiiiii iiinii 1111 Illinium iiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 'IjfffWj m MANN'S The Best Goods for the Price, No Matter What the Price MANN'S . ' . 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