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f Second Section Six Paget Dtllj Trrntrfouilb llUj rm?-rllith Vfir. New Airport Aids Importance of SEATTLE UVALLUP CI f $81,135 SPENT Report Shows Neat Sum On Hand for Finishing Touches - Major Portion of Work Completed On Field and Buildings. 0-DATE ON NEW MEDFORD POR . ' . " . I lights. This work is 75 percent jk Tho cost of -the work done -in j complete , and' should be finished building Medlords new airport up In a week's-time. Tho flood lights to Sept 15th. was SKl,13r.liO. thus and revolving beacon were ordered leaving a substantial balance; thru the Peoples Electric Co., do from the $120. 00(l bond Issue for : livery to be made by the end of that purpose, to be expended on I the present week. All rough wlr flnlshlng touches, of completion i ing in the hangar is finished. ml eoulnment. as was shown in Kenclng: The fencing Is com- thc itemized financial report and progress of work done submitted lo the city council last night by Us airpprt committee thru City Superintendent I- red ncncuei. The part of tho report pci laln- , r,.nu.u. i Drnlnage- Tho entire drainage j .vxiem is completed.! . 1 Uncle Sam Gives Pilots Strict Tests to . Protect Lives Plane Service Passengers A fill W jT. ': 3L.A H'niriiiiR. over tlu iilnlil Mm-vi of airplane pilot Is the Job of Ir. T,. II. linnet' (upper left), i . I nr ii.e.i-jvrlnii-ia if ttimm'Tcf medical settlon. The , ubllliy of n pilot to land Is gauged by VJ. .i."..ti. H.rrrnikn niuiraHi (upper right). The xrlinctrr (lower l.fi) nieuniv (be Held of vision. 1 , . 1Z ,, n,ip foW w'lb crcs lel bus supplanted the whirling chair In determining equilibrium. vimm.ii,, mi one foOJ er ... ...rvrxov (p,.Cnn you 1 . ' . . '. i, with ,l.a on ont in "-""',. Ct'kw'rd ft the kneo ami r ' " n"!f so nnd If your ears are hnnlthv and vour gait shows no hcnlthy Bnl h Ibrlum' test given airplane nil, us by the deportment of com merce. The old wniriing !..! has been discarded ..... -l.. . .1 .Ann ih. nrns ..ertive il I s nhvskal exumlna - ctlnn Is ended. .he l-nlted state, under the dl- rllon "f Dr. l'' II. issuer of the More than T0 physicians overfatigue. ... n,.,,.ni nf commerce, arc icek- Medford Mail Tm -? c k v. r -OA' 2 (TERMINAL FIELDS EUiPPeoot MMrtrwG 7tSQ0jLOQ CP&'ACOfl$ 400.000 O G Runaways: The last course of I aggregate is being placed on the runwuvs: tills work should he 1 completed hv the etui of the week; ! w are not attempting to finish I the runway until sufficient rain I : has fallen to nettle the drainage trenches and gravel. I o..i... Th. utnf. : maintenance ' crew applied S500 ! Billions of rood oil to the taxi strip, Ti.iu ..ii u i. u ....niin.i in the hne . ,, f P,.,., .. hic-h t ' Inches In thickness and bound with red clay, after the oil was applied, I a .one-inch course' of -inch I course aggregate was spread and rolled for four days. This base should be ample for the winter months. A seal coat of bitumuls should be applied to this area In ithl Th0 paikwy cnble for the border lights is all in place with the exception of 600 feet on the south end of tho field. The trench is backfilled, and connec tions completed for 30 of the pleted Hangar and Adniinis t r a 1 1 o n j Building: All concrete is poured including the concrete floor;. Mr. Ash has the' finish work to com- Plete In tho administration ouiir- lers. and me ooxmg in oi tne simps i on the south sido of the-building. T,,c JI,lwk Plumbing Co. are I ! Ing to protect passengers against I accident ilus to nnv physical da - , ,u , ,h ii, L. Kirst come the eyes, defects of which cause 75 per cent of the re- jecti's for unfitness. . - .The pilot eyes mtlfl nnve ne,.wi ...rrnntion. for a fll.-r conflant'yl must judge distance In taking of.r - 1 and landing. Kyc muscle co-ordination l nec- "Ijti k of co-ordination nnd the 1 ability to maintain single vision," ... nr. Itniii-r. "is like v to cause r.-ithriip Katlffiie causes hend- laches. Headaches cause Inntten- i Hon. Inattwition cause! carcloM 'new," ,. V, It . installing the plumbing fixtures. This work bhould not take ov four days. The heating plant Ik finish' with the exception of installing the radiators und automatic oil burner. The entire building will be ready for oueunnncy in two weckB. T1' Pacific Air Transport Co. j quarters will be available for their I use on Wednesday morning. 'l Stations: The oil stations and fueling ! for the Standard and , 011 companies are ready to dispense gas and oil. Finns for the Richfield oil stations were np proved the past week. They con template starting their Installation the coming week. 1 Water: Tho temporary water system is In use. The water de- j pnrtment have the plpo on the ground for tho city supply; they are working on tnis line, ana .Mr. Dlllard Informs us wo can expect city water within a few weeks. WEYMAN BUYS STOCK v, RANCH EAGLE POINT EAOI.K POINT, Ore., Oct. 2. (Special.) George Woyman has bought 40 acres of land, under the lOnglc Point irrigation ditch, whluh Is a part of tho John Minter acre- age. Sir. Weyman expects to have the land (n permanent pasture con sisting of all kinds of clover, ready in three years, and intends to stock it with purebred Ayrshire cuttle, commencing wun ov jieau, uiiu ic- side for the present on tho Pool forty. Color vision Is Important, too, . because the pilot must be able t'i r.cnsni navlKniinn Ibihts and j other signals, .shades of brown and Kreen on the ground Indl- ! fate the character of the terrain ,.,,,....,.,,, A wide field , A wide field of vl.lon Is essen Inl because a pilot must be abb tlnl because a pilot must be .h., I to see objpets out of the corner of his eye while looking straight : ahead. j Then general physical examlna- ; Hon is thorough, with the nervous ! system (Irswing special attention After a pilot Is once examined and passed, he Is required to take - ; physical examinations leml-annu- lM MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OOTOIJKli 2. 1929. ME6FQ 311 PLANES FOR Tri-Motor Transports Can Carry Eighteen Passen gers Or Twelve With Mail Will Start Complete Service in 1930. Trl-motored Boeing trnnf?porU,1 to carry 18 passengers or 12 pas sengers and mall, will be placed in operation on the San Franclsco-Oakland-Chlcago air mall, express and passenger route by Doelng Air Transport, Inc. This month, sevon of these transports now being available, with additional planes to be delivered soon, but tho com pany will not launch Its com plete, regular, passenger service until 1U30, P. CI. Johnson, presi dent, has unnounced. ' The San Krancisco-C h 1 c a 5 o route, of 11143 miles, is the longest regularly operated air line in tho world and calls for an extensive transcontinental series ot oasest and erection of new or improve-, inent of existing hangar and ter tulnai facilities ut 14 cities," said Mr. Johnson. "Boeing Air Transport Ih the pioneer air line to carry passen gers between the Great Lakes and the I'acific coast. One company has flown 4 600.000 miles with mail-passenger single engine planes preparatory to this expanded ser vice. Now we propose the first all-plan, day and night passenger transport service hetween the coast and the middle west. We will j place the transports In service this( month nnd at the controls will bo j veteran air mail fliers, each with I more than 3000 flying hours to lila I credit. Heforo the Inaueurutinn ! of our regular passenger service early next year tht-y will have be come accustomed to these largv planes und their operation nv-r the five divisions of our route. Man Night Hying "Since May we have been fly ing these large passenger trans ports, at night over mountainous country on the western division, with n high record of perfonn--am-e and starting this month will do dusk to dawn flying on the Ciistern division as well I'resident Johnson said th schedule of operations of the tri- motored planes starting In - Oct ber colls for a departure out ofj Kan Kranclsco at night and front) the eastern terminal in tho morn- I Ing. Two pianes will be required for each transcontinental flight In each direction, tho transfer point being nt Cheyenne, which is almost n half-way point. REESE CREEK RESIDENT VISITS EASTERN OREGON RRnSH CRK.F.K, Ore , Oct. 12. (Special.) John Hhern has Just returned from a trip to Kastern Oregon and Idaho, where he was very favorably Impressed, While away he visited two of the govern ment Irrigation projects, under which thousands of acres of fertile land Is being made to product some of the finest crops our would care to look at. Vet, as he wild, there are drawbacks and e.jr... Hons that would be bard In get WP1 to. ' lap Steamer lni. I.fN'MN, in t. 2. if) Al Lloyd's dispatch frnm Tokyo to - day reported the sinking of the small Japanese sienmshlp KoW - shlro Maru nfter stranding neir .MlynkeJIma In a storm. The crow mid uusacncrs wr lost, EASTWARD, nnriMO ornwinr rtnriiuu riruu.ri UULIMU ULIUIUL. Medford The Airport of the Siskiyous O, Sleeper, when your eyelids lift, liut day-dreams yot around you j drift. j And you would travel far and wido, I Where health nnd beauty fondly bide. If on the western trail you go, The town of towns you then should know, The Airport of the Siskiyous, Within the vale of mountain views. Where balmy breezes gently blow, And nil tho year tho rivers flow; Whero progress rules and business I thrives, And thousands live their outdoor I lives, Between The Caves and Crater i- ' Lake, Where mnrvolH on 1 the vision .'I break, ToNMeftrning beekbTis boy nnd girl, Anil art appeals amid the whirl. But yestoi-dny a frontier land, Yot now In power so nobly plan ned, . That ere a single season goes, Some greater function freely flows, ' Where deeds otcourago thrill tho heart, ' . . And leaders live In sport and art; Where spirit governs moro than . gold, .- . And many worthy dreams unfold. While sclenco' comes, In thought . , . profound, And guards tho health-promot ing ground. . i nnyi.atAf. nl1.n . , Insure; Where time Us cooling mark has left, .-v ' . And earth 'no moro by quake Is cleft; Where llfo i' afe and free of shock. And only Timo its aim may mock. Here music broods and Issues forth And brlngH to life the lhinn ?f worth, ' " " ' 1 dreams and duly gladly meet, ,nd purpose moves with certain feot, while through tho miles of fruitful bloom The nlr Is filled by faint perfume. And In the vlslas of the blue Von find (he purple tint 1ms through. Ah. yes. when on the trull yon o. The town of Medford you should k now. Within the vale so fair ond wide. Between tho peaks that long abide: . j Where In the groves or on the Unki. Or by the eryl"l water brinks. Or mi the shining mountain peaks. The grandeur of i)u open speaks. ., ,OHrov Otftiell. : PARAMOUNT OFFERS HIGH TYPE PICTURES II Tim jingo nd elsewhero In this paper will Rlvii some Idea lo the patrons of tho Cralcilan and lllallo theatres of tho rich treat Ihey have In store for them through tho Par amount releases. People In this cllv und siirrouudlng territory lire we'll acquainted with the high type of Paramount plclures. Two of the receiil releases were "Cocoanuls" and "The Oreene Murder ("use." Thetalkliig slnglng screen opened I new snow worm ann i-nranioi.." W"" "s long experience. u. ..:... jot screen anil siage suns, gn-i.. j music composers, lending directors : and advanced sound studios, ore giving the public somo of Iho greatest shows In the country. I They advertise "If It's a Para- mount picture It's the best show 1 In town." These arc only part of Hie many 'blg pictures to he shown nt the I Cratorlan and Klalto by the Fox Wsst Coast Theatres, who recmitly purchased Hivsu local theatres, BUNE as Link S3SJS;7BAN PEAR HARVEST IN EAGLE POINT DIST. EAOLE POINT, Ore. Oct. 2. (Special) Tho pear crop In this vicinity Is almost finished, apart from the Winter Nulls. Apple gathering started at most of the or chards Monday. , Miss Miller, tho new lilnh school teacher, entertained as her guests Mr. and Mrs. A. 1, I.nneour anil Harold rancour of Seattle, Wash., over tho week end. Mr. and Mrs. H, T. Seaman nnd First Mail Plane I ' ' Verne 0. Gnrsl, (left), organl. -r and former president of Ibe P.irlflc Air Transitort coinpany. Inc. ! (Hlgbt) The go.Kl ship "Miilfortl" on Its first nlr mull fllghl, September IH, 102ft, rrom UarlH-r FIM J lo San l-,ranr-ls,o. lJl.'J.,.f w. ll Bit? Boeincr Planes for San Francisco-Chicago Route ; . , I r -.j. I Trl-inolorcil lloebig irnniMrt will be plniisl In oiH-nilion nn the San' I'Yancltoo-OnkUnU.Ohlcmeo nlr niall-eiress nnd isisM-nger roule Ibis iiionlb. Artrr lliewi big planes luivo hrpn In nHrtlon for M-vei-ol iiioiiths Itncltig tysiem will Inniigurato lis t'omplcto regular llb-lioiir transport passenger sere- h-tmi the I'ncllle isvnn nnd Hie J.niil lke. Tbesti transports Imvo a wing span of HO fed, , an- Aft fort long, nntl when fully loaibil elgh right anil Ibrwqiinriers tons. Tho cabin ll ! fee long, six nnd tbrti-qiiarlers fei't blab and five nnd oiie-ibinl ftWile. Tho three " Hornet engines priMloce KT5 liorxqsiwer. If uicil evcluslvely III passenger wnlce tltey can carry 18 rmssengerSi two; plluii mid a stcttnid, or thej- cmi be used tor nsviigvr, mall ntiil cipreu. ' in Coast FRANCISCO Mr. and Mrs. I'rauk Brown have returned from Oniailo, Ore., where they attended the Irrigation con gress. Mr. and Mrs. II. V. Ward anil daughter, Knid, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ward of Klam nlh Kails over tho week end. Another carload of lumber ar rived this week on the Owen-Oregon for tho local lumber yard. , Kdwai'd Clngcade, who has been i visiting with his mother, Mrs. M. J K. CMugradu, tho past few'' weeks, returned Thursday morning to his 'homo in l.os Angeles, accompanied ; by his sister, .Mrs. llnttle Hingwall, jwho left for Oakland, Cnl., on a i 10-day business trip. j Verona Davis, daughter of Mr. ; and Mrs. Cleorgo McClellnn, has : hui'n nulla ill I he past week nnd Is being intended by Dr. Sweeney-of Medlord. ' . .Mr. and Mrs. Otto Caster onter tiiincd at, dinner. Sunday for Mr. land Mrs. T. M. easier and Mrs. I KIllMiiit or' Plioaiilx. " Leaving Barber Field 5 1 i s ji-T. ;m7T',l AV -. - : y .' i,. - x Second Section Six Pages No. 19:?. Air Mail . Mrs. W. E. Hamuiol. Mrs. Frarilc ' Carter and Mlna Mluler were la town Thursday trading at tile lo cal stores. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reames and hahy son of Wasco, Ore., arrived Saturday and will visit at tho linme of Mrs. Reames' mother, Mrs. (ieorge McClellau. W. C. Crandall of' Orlft'ln Creek was lu town Thursday attending lo business at the First State bank.. Charlies Humphrey came In with n big load of baled alfalfa hay from Mediord Thursday for John .Laden. ' '.' Mrs. John Orel), who has heeu on the sick list nil summer, spend ing part of the tiino in the Rogue River sanitarium at Jacksonville and In Medford, returned to Iter home Friday very much Improved. ' ' Sammy Hale 1 la - the. fast little mai) who subs at Mliortstop and second when the . high-powered Jimmy- Dykes is t not . available. Sammy Is 33. ' S ' . ; 1 ' Sept. 16, 1926
