Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 31, 1929, Page 13, Image 13

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    MEDFOnn MATT. TRIBUNE.-MRnTOUD, OMWOX. TUEfcTUY. DECEMBER .11. 1920.-
PAfiE SEVEN
1929 SETNEW
HIGH MARK IN
TOURIST CROP
Over 113,000 Visited Crater
' Lake Compared to 85,
000 in 1928-Over 180,
000 Visited Crater JVIa-
' tional "Forest Rogue
River Magnate to Cali
. fornia Millionaires.
"'.
' i' Crater Lnko
- ,;,Tiiblc 'showing growth of
' Crater Lako visitorH:
' llioy 4,177
t 1310 5,00t
' -101 1 4,500
:r-10aa . ...v.: - 0.253
:: 1014 ....... 7.006
j t i ii ii.ji i v
' l'lUtf i...............:. 12.305
V lull .v. 1 l.to-id
101S 13.231
V lUlU 1U,U1U V
1020 20.135
" 1021 2S.017
1022 33,010 :
1023 52.017
- 1024 04.213
- 1925 C5.01S
1020 80.010
1027 , : 85.783
132S 113,323
1020 128,435
Naiionnl Forest
' - Number of recreational vis-
Itora entering Crater Nation-
til KoreHt:
122 f 43,840
'' 1023 48,885
tllDi S 1 .117
1025 80.275
1026 04.770
" 1027 100.500
1028 103.800 (
i20 ! 130,470
.
Kxcecdliiff tlie total of 1028 ly
1 5,1 1 2. hint year broke another
record for visitors in the Crater
Lake, National park, with a total
oft 128,435, a portion . of whom
vwero still able to visit this lake in
early December due to unusually
favoxable weather comlltioiui at
Hint time. -An even larger increase
Ih noted in travel into the. Crater
i.Vationul fo'reHt. with Us Innum
erable altractionH of lakes and
an mm or resorts. Over 180,000
penile found fielr way into the
forest, during the svanon. (tills to
tal IncludoH of course, the Crater
Jake travel).
" The fame .of Crater Ijike is be
coming -widespread and visit or.-
last year Included representatives
of nearly every -state in the union,
ill' addition to several foreign
countries. There have been many
improvements at the lake during
the past year, which witnessed tht.
completion of new buildings, es
tablishment of a cafeteria and
other items of material benefit to
the visitors. The Crnter lake
lodge ' operated to capacity most
of the season, and reported an
exceptionally successful year.
Crater -Iuke is, often made the
destination of trips by tourists
taking in several attractions, side
trips to Diamond Itiko Huckle
berry City, Natural Urlilge, KM;
. Crok,': 'Woodruff Meadows. Lake
ui um wuuun aim noniuu il-sui 1,1,
such as Union Creek and - Pros
pect, being a comparatively easy
matter.
Camping Is Popular
In the Crater National Korrst
last year, there were 3,085 hotel
and resort gu.sts; 17.040 campers:
1 1.383 picnickers: 147.675 trans
lent motorists; 171.580 nuto pas
sengers exclusive of stage lines:
8.020 passengers by stage: 2-15
hikers; 635 by horses nnd motor
cycles. Of the grand total, the Apple
gate district claimed 5.850 visit
ors; Iake of the Woods, 5.700:
-Klamath district. 1,125: Crater
Lake hiuhway. east, 52.000: Dnl-les-Callfornia
h I g h yr a v 23.000;
Vnion Creek, 3.000: Huckleberry
City, 3,850; Natural - Urldge, 3.
125: Klk Creek. 550; Woodruff
loudows. 335: Crater I,uke high
way, west, 60,000: Diamond L,Hke,
road . 8.250; Fish Ijftke. 8.000;
Dend Indian Hoda Springs. 1000:
other ramps, Ofl 5.
At Union Crock and Diamond
Ijike, summer homes nro main
tained by a Inrpe number of .Med
ford nnd southern Oregon resi
dents, in addition to many wealthy
. California residents who come to
their summer homes on the IlogUe
river every summer.
Vermont can now boast 40 mu
nicipal forests. Orafton and Den
nington' )ecan reforestation pro
jects this year. Plantings made
this rpring on It of the forest
totaled 168,550 trees.
, . 4
The average cotton yield nn
acre In Mississippi during the five
yenr period from 1923 to 1028 wai
212 pounds of lint, an increase of
71 pounds over the 141-pound av
erage from 1919 to 1D33.
In the 21 years from 1000 to
1J2I. Inclusive. 20.015 forest fires
on the nntlonal forests of Oregon
nnd Washington huve rost f 10,.
109.802 In suppression nnd dam
nee. Tn 1!2. under the reforestation
net (Clarke-McXnry) of 1!24.
nenrly 5S million forest tree seed
lines were distributed by 34 states
nnd territories for farm planting.
Oriclniilly Intended for use on
aircraft, a pistol-type fire extlne-
nlher nv l :iv.iHnbl.; f..r c
"piercinl use?.
Many Rustic
i i--?i-'riiiri fMii mm, mi - ST . : - t
Rogue River la fimous fop its excellent steelhead fishing and anglers
from all parts of the world come to match their skill with the fighting
'denizens of this famed stream. Top photo shows a, glimpse of Rogue
River and right, summer home of William F. Isaacs, one of the many
cabins which line the banks of the Rogue. :
copco completes successful i mMmmm
1929 SEASON: NEW SUBSTATION SBg; WPji
TO BE BUILT HERE THIS YEAR
IVrhupx no one thins contrilj- pcrinani'nt rvsidumc . in "Copco
utfs more to the growth :ind UV-! land." . . ,
vclo)imnt of modern communities! ' Xu"' MM Unlit
thiin proKiesslve utility service! ,n ordor t0 locl' '"lco w"h t,u'
This well known fact has been I ',pv,1lment of the communities
faithfully dcnu.nstn.ted in South- ! ,,," 'l WUS oa nC0Brv to
i lnilld h Iiuro number of new line
ern Oi-oBon where The California ! extensions as' well as to rebuild
Oi-OBon i'ower Company maintains ! evetal transmission and dlHtrlbu
Its heacbiuaiterH in the city of;tlon ilnc3 , various parts of the
Medford L opco, as the company system. The major construction
s familiarly known IhroUKhout i ucnis or ,he year was the building
the state, has proved an Import-, of j.lne 20i a j i.oo-volt trans
ant factor In the proKreS8 and At- mission line extending from pix-1
.Vi L .. lerruurj
which it serves,
:1hlM has been artlculaily true rive miles, to connect the systems!
of this city which has derived In- r The California OreBon Power
estimable benefits from the loca-c,,,,,,,,,,,, wlt!l th,. system of:
Hon of the fopco Keneral offices.; 'Mountain states Tower Companv. '
warehouse and shops In this euni-!A 10.oo(l Kilowatt addition is now!
munity. When the home office , ,,eh,K m.ulp t0 tnp t.oos ,5,1V lcam ,
was moved from San Francisco uiant t the latter company . nt
o ....uiuiu m i,rmKmK m
laiKe number of public utility ex
ccutlvoH and their families, this
city took on new life. .Many lo-
cal men and women were jrfven
employment on the general office
stalf as well as in the warehouse
and transportation departments; interconnected 'truiismisrtiun sys-1
and at present The California Ore-I u,mR. . Another ' -important " lm-i
on J'ower Company maintains ,n.oVument lem waH the' reinsnl-
one of tht most -important year Iation or rjinP y,t eX-t(.miinK from
round pay rolls in this section oflhv VvosVovt hydro-electric plant
he stale. - Mnriliirfiold. Oregon! h distarice '
(ii-ovvlli Is Shown j 0f npproximately 12:1 miles, rais-
Since The California Orein j ln? 1h4 voltafjo' from, 000 volts
Power Company was first incur-to 110.000 volts. Uno" y extt'ndini
porated tn I!1J, as u result of u I from Grants Pass to C.lcndale was
merger of numerous little power! rebuilt, to assure continuous and
companies throu;5hoiit southern i depcndnble service to the new
Oregon and northern California.Jt ! Olendalo lumber ' milt which ; is
has grown with the country so completely electrified througiioi t
that now it serves this territory) as well as to the smaller Indus
with electricity generated in elev- tries and -domestic customers in
en hydro-electric power plants, f that section. A number of 1m
distributed through a comprehen-j port ant rural extensions were built
sive. unified system of transmls-1 during lfl2 extending the com
sion lines. The largest and new-lpany's field of operation and
est of thise power stations is;
Prospect No. 2 located on tho
JEogue river approximately 4
miles from Medford on the Crater
Uiko highway. This new genera
ting station is the largest hydro
electric power plant in the slate
at the present time and combined
with the other Copco plants af
fords an abundant supply of pow
er to take euro, of not only pres
ent but future needs of this rapid
ly developing territory. The new
plant operates under a "head" or
fall- of approximately 600 feet.
'"en us me louu neau i,1(!htll!K customers. Effective June
nearly four times as high as Mag-j,. ,,,,,, ft ,!ownwar(, revIslon In
ara l alls and considerably highe,w.llor ml(.H uas , t!u.
than Ihe famous Washington mon- Kmmith iHvMnn, iK-nefltlng lo
ument wllleh Is 5.,., feet In height. ' walpp cuslonicra to n COIW,u.r-
'I his new power proji-et was one ' lr cx,rnl j
of the biggest construction johsj M . AInvnys jk.arlls Serveil ' i
In the history of southern Oregonj ThH rimtlIim. ,n rooneratlon'
and has meant the expenditure of
many thousands of dollars thru-
out this territory for lafor, ma
terials and foodstuffs. From GOu
to 1.000 men were employed In
this project during the height of
construction, '
The slogan of The (.'ullfurnl'i
Oregon power Cumpany. "Part
ners In Progress" Is literally tram-!
lated in the extensive development j
progress, close cooperation with
local communities in civic urtivi-j
ties and In preferred stock offers ,
In which local people are given nn Judging from present Indies-,
opportunity to share in the com-; Hon a good year Is In store for;
pany's earnings. The fact that Medford und In fact the entire:
over S.oan people in this' territory I territory served by The fallfor-.
are shareholders In The' Callfor-j nla Oregon Power Company,
nia Oregon power Company Is. Many additional 'Improvements to
evidence that thl mpany is in-, the existing system ore planned.
tually In partnership with the; one of the major Items being the
communities which It serves. i construction or a large new sub
im Was ;...! V.r ;" " ot Mj-dford to.
. l ost over J200.000. This Is but ,
The past year has witnessed a , nne nf ,h(. ,roli,.elvr pInM ofl
eontlmmnce of the steady prog-; ,hH enU.r,rlln(( public sen i. e ,
res. nnd developmen which has , (,o) m hrh , .......istcntly llv-1
eh..raeteriel the rapidly .growing , , slogan..-"Vour Paft-!
territory served by The California
Oregon Power Compuny In south-1
ern Oregon and northern Callfor-I Keeping track of the highest
nln. Important railroad exlen-! ,,) nt a times ut auction sales
slops, 'several large new lumber, aceoiupltshed in llasle, Hwltzer
mllls, revival of the mining In-ljand, with a well register, circular
dustry and spb-ndid returns from t n form, which hits an indicator
frutt- rnlslng nnd agriculture have pointing to the high bid.
combined to make P29 a pros-:
perou's yenr for nil concerned Salmon eggs for hatching pur
.Manv new customers of both lir-! poses numbering 7TM.lt TOO were
ban nnd rural i lsssif i. atlons hnv, taken from the Columbia l iver
been added to the Copco lines this yenr. v.
nnd nil Indications point to an
other g I year during 1s3. The
tout 1st industry of this favored
scenic region has brought many
thousands of dollars into this ter
ritory and hundreds of vlltori,
have retuincil lo tnKe UP ther
Summer Cabins Line
. RECORD FOR
S 'SISIlS BROADCAST
, onville to -North lloml. OreKon
distance of approximately sixty-
a;xrth llend, which Is to be readvt
for service July 1, t!lH0. The com
plelirni of this new project is ex
pected to improve' service In the
t,.ri.Uol.y H.M.vort iy ' both' of the
I nlmve Comimnk.H hy KupplyliiK' "i
, (in:1, R(.P f t.nw,..- tiii-hnuh th,
bringing ' "electrical happiness"
with itu .full menfittre of comfort j
and convenience to many now I
customers tn southern .Oregon.
. Puwcr JtutoS 1 ted need
A general rule, reduction bene
fiting users of small motors under
the power rate and large users
under commercial, coolifug and
heating rutes was put into i4ffcct
May 1 5, J !i2!l. these classes of
cii.slonirrs not having been affect
ed by the previous reduction on
.... I... I !(' urHinti u-ii li run.
. fhlp(l tp (plin;Ml: uml (.ominercial
I with the, United Stales Depart
ment or Commerce, lias rocenuy ,
completed several line extensions i
to tserve fiew air beacons nnd'
emergency landing' fields located
on the Pacific airway in southern
Oregon and northern California. (
A total of thirty-five beacons nnd,
ninn emergency' landing fields, as:
well as the large new Class A air
port nt Medford. Oregon, will be
served by the company.
New Siibstnllnn for Mnlfiinl 1
ners In Progress.'
, Hurt Wentwortli. intrhallonnlly
. known fingerprint expert, says the
i place for fingerprints Is In the rec
I ord of the family P.lble.
noglie Itlver Villlev The scenic
pnrn, (. pf (I,, fl(,rd.
the Banks of the
EEN by b
SAN FltAN'CKSCO (A) The out
look for lw 30 is promising, b
lieves A. J. Mount, president
the Italy National Trust and Sav
ings association, San Krancisco.
A statement Jssued by M:
Mount j'&Ul:
"The mull whu ( expiesscs iin
opinion that, the .yean li30 will
sec our present prosperity mul
business advancement progressive
ly continued, lias a great deal .to
base such opinion on at the present
time.
"Business has shown that U
cin . remain fundamentally secure
against sharply adverse and unex
pected conditions. such as those
that lately visited tha securities
markets, while the federal admin
istration has Indicated that indus
try can accelerate its pace.
"It is President Hoover's hope
thus to guarantee that the advan
tages we now enjoy shall lie ex
tended to every corner of t!r?
country in etpial measure. .
.4' T4uii4n. making un -est imat i
the business and economic situ i
tlmr for" 1030 we have these two
most, important, factors to go n
The 'elemental soundness nf busl-
Happy
New
Year
May your happiness and prosper
ity during the coming New Year
be greater than ever before, :
In the future, as in the past, the
First National Bank will assist
you to its fullest capacity 'by plac
ing at your disposal complete fa
cilities for all your banking needs
with the personal co-operation
that makes banking here a pleasure.
The
First National Bank
of Medford
Famous Rogue
I no.H8 and industry, nml the strong
support of the government.
"Some, of ..the-.blBRoat . .(lovelope
j mcntH in our history are In proa
'pect. notably the construction of
JJoulder dam, the, expansion ?
! con.'itrunlJon proynims by the rull
: roatlH and other public servlee eo.
j poratluns, the inception ,.of . new
1 major improvement enterprises by
municipalises, und the cuiiKtrtK'
' tion of new key waterways an I
, highways, desiiined to servo grcit
i iiiaHHes of our people."
NKW Y ISA It SOXC!
1
! Our Old Year goes; &nd let him go!
A New Year comes. Wo hardly
' ' know
Phe change, so peaceful and so
slow,
' And unsought, too; but bu it so!
The Old Year hears tho rusty led?,
j The Old Year carries all tlio
1 ' Brief;
Tho New Year brings us all relief.
I And bears the blossom and the
(' shear.
' Our New Year comes! And let hl:n
j give '
I; Us purer thought .by which I'J
, " ; .live,
I.And grcatei- courage In our strife,
j And higher purposes in I i
! Farm and Fireside.
CorvnlllH. New entranen belni?
built Into building housing Eleventh
Street urocery store at corner of
Kluvunth nud. Villi ISuren streets.
Tony Fucntes, a lxs Angeles
Flillrino, "worked "S.'i 1)6 hours 'at
night-. to complete a niodcl oC the
r. H. S Texas.
KMED SETS
Medford Station Gives More
Sport Programs Than
Any Coast Station"
Weather Reports Given
Orchardists Power In
crease Planned Station
Advertises. Community.
Uepeating its achievement of t'lo
year before, KM HI), the Mail Tribune-Virgin
radio broadcast Im;
station. In 1D2! broadcasted the
most loot ball games, play by play,
of any station un the Pacific coast
regardless of sixe. Through this
station and the courtesy of locr!
business men.- Medford and south
ern Oregon football fans, listened
to accurate accounts of practically
every important game in which
coast teams figured.
On three occasions, the station
was on the air beginning at Jl
o'clock nnd continuing until lute
in the afternoon, giving account i
of two games, difference In time
making it possible for play bv
play returns of eastern games, in
which western teams took part, to
be broadcast in time to be follow
ed by a game on the coast. ,
Fnllke larger , stations, whlcn
contract to .broadcast ,a .certain
number of games, t)ie Medford sta
tion followod , the championship
trend of teams and placed on the
air only tho most Important games.
Wo rhl Keiios HrontlcastWl
KMtiD was also Ihe only station
on tho, coast to broadcast complete
returns of the world series base
ball uames and was done through
the cooperation of . the fMall Tri
bune, which begun tho use of radU
three years ago to dlsseminato the
news of the annual series. It, has
proven to he a popular service and
has reached all southern Oregon
and often distant parts of the slut",
keeping thousands of radio listen
ers informed with up to-thormlr-ute
accounts.
Another, big service of, .the stii
lion is the dally, noon ' and eve
ning broadcasts of news as receiv
ed by Associated Press leased wires
by tho Mall Tribune. Short -, news
notes of interest are broadcast at
12:30 each noon, followed by. a
nior'-eompleto broadcast - -of new
at. . 0 : 1 ji . .In,,. Dig. evening, T.hese.
fealufosihfV6 be'co'jiic m. J!( pj1 .h'
household routine of hundreds of
'fnmUies, listening for the rending
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I j ificuimu nnuuiiui umi.i l
g . , ' I'.'!' .""I '.'l?
flllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll '
f tin l-i'lliirtu ,,f f..i-..lr'it iv.lirm.-l!
tui Incut news, in addition to mar
ket and weather reports. A wise
crack, i.s written daily by Arthur
Perry in (lie Smudge Pot culuniii
of iIia Mall Tribune. Is also in
cluded. Last Minute News ;ivcn
In addition to being on the ar
at these hours. Ihe station .lias'
often broadcast news jof especial
interest and it was only last month
Avheu the death of Coveruor Put!
terson, Saturday nig lit, UeiM-mh m i
21, was put on the air 12 minutesj
after the first telegram was recehv ,
etl in Medford. The station was;'
silent at ihe time,, hut was immed-1
lately placed in operation to givej
all southern Oregon residents . nj
opportunity to learn of his iraio
passing. i
KM 131) is on tin air beginning j
at x o'clock in the morning uni'l
four in the afternoon cont inuoiislv. '
presenting programs of a varied;
nature for business men pf Med- :
ford and other cities in the county, i
Dinner hour concerts , are nlo
given, in addition to good pro
grams in the evening, including t
r;'dio dramas, music recitals and
other numbers of musieal Interest.
Church Services' are 'hVoadcii.st each
Sundiiy evening, -with studio serv
ices followed hy - services by th'.
International Bible school.
Help to OrchanliMs
The station in the spring of each
year is of especial importance t.
the orchardists of Ilogue (liver val ley.
Floyd Young, .government
frost expert arriving each year In
the spring, semis frost warnings
through tho station, whjeh Is opn
to his use. at any time. if it
were not- for this service, orchard
ists would likely spend ninny sleep,
less nights, now eliminated bv
merely listening to the dally frost
reports, usually given between the
hours of eight and ten each night.
Power IncreiiM'd Plan mil
However, due to utmospherk'
conditions, there a'c some orchards
In the valley .that . huvo .difficulty
of listening to Medford, and . to
overcome .these conditions, made
worse by . undue interference, the
station Is planning to increase hs
power so that Its important scrv-i
ice' 'In protecting tho annual five
million dollar fruit crop, may b-M
100 per cent successful. The value
of the station for frost work has
been confirmed by Mr. Young Ii
a sworn statement.'
Sudden unexpected drops In: tem
perature are .predicted, by. t Mr.
Young., giving orcluytlists Infor
mation which they , uiherwlso
would never know.
Another feature of the station
Ih the dally broadcast, at 0:30 off
special syndicate educational hours;
for. school, children. , KMKD Ik the
only small station to have thsj
service and , is proving to be Im- j
mennely pnpuk'.r., , ,
KMi;i) also bears the distinction
of being the only .station iri thj !
entire United Slates to bo . owned
and operated' by a Woman, Mrr.
W. J. Virgin. There Is another
that Is owned by n woman, but
Is pot operated .by the owner, Shej
has been devoting her entire time
To- tho -Htlitlpn nnd hts developed !'
Jt tn .o .high stuudard,,and ,mndej
iti'altpprit; . Iparp if! ;oyov : qouso-
hold In southern Oregon, having!
radio receiving sets. It Is the of
ficial Mail Tribune station. bfcMtff
run In conjunction with this news
paper. r.
It was established December 21.
107. by W. J. Virgin who died
January S, I'M. He was south
ern Oregon's radio pioneer, 'mpl
established , his first station hero
when radio was still In its infancy,
it was known as KFAY, and was
one of the very few on the Pudlfic
coast. He laid tlty foundaiiuufor'
Ihe present success. ;
Thu staff of KMKn'is.as fol
lows: Lee- ltlshop, announcer, pro
gram director and vontimrliy
writer:' Hum Oreig, ales manager;
Floyd Hush, engineer; Kddic HU
dall. . assistant uipiouncer and
sitlint engineer. Mr. liislmp has
proven himself an uiuma lifted
success and hls'easlly understood
voice is heai'il by thousands dai'v.
Mr. Hush has en iwith the sta
tion for several years nnd forme-
ly also did the announcing.
The station is rechgnied through
out the southern part of the atbte
and also in- northern California,
where it is easily heard, as heftitf
one of the biggest and best pub
licity mediums for Medford.
Whenever it is off the air tem
porarily telephone calls arrive n v
Jthp '.studio' headqunrt)Hf" by -t!ie
-hundreds from anxou radio Us
tellers. ' . . , , , ... -
.
. SUPPLANTSTOCK
GAMBLING IN '30
. ST. PAUL (PJ Condlilons In Ihu
nlnih federal rrwrvc digit-let aftr
a yrnr of ood business arc eu
cutiraRitiR. ,
Tho dro in stork prices prom
tKCN n return to Kivater InvcHtmeht
"nt home" .with Increased . building
activity, und farm lund purchasing
as rosultH.
"That Is the view of (leorgo-VH.
Prince of St. Paul, prcsldent.';of
tho First , Nntlonnl 'Uank Stock
coir-oriitlon, controlling 23 bunks
including locations In every -stato
in tho district, and chairman , of
the First National tank here, v
'In sonio of our northwestern
cities of from 2.500 to 7.500 popu
lation, certuin' men have ventured
Into the stock mnrkct for tho first
time during tho : last two years.
Most of them cither lost their
profits of sustained even , heavier
loss., We are . inclined to belinvo
that a goodly pcrpntuge of thesd.
men will return to types of invcjjf
mcnt closer to, home and about
which they are better informed: .
"Previously , they wore . lnrgfly
Investors In farm , I a n d. Other
things being equal, thcro is .reujsan
to hope that thero will bo soi
trend back toward purchase
farm lands with a conseiiuent In
crease In fiirm land values'. !'
..w.'.'.L'learly we. aro hoadod .for-eati-ier
money. Constructloji In sninll
towns and ,ltlcs . which has b-n
delayed should go ahead is a
sult." ' "-