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View of residence and grounds
home as remodeled the past year.
SWIFT GIFT ARM RHR NFW YHRili
UUII-I .UUIj I IIUUI.IUMI.U lli.fl I LI 111 1U
WELL AS CHRISTMAS; NEW PROGRAM
II jr J:uK'e ,IjoiiK
United Press iuff Correspondent
jMOHCOW. Dec. 21. (Cl) The
New Year will find the Soviet
regime at a critical Juncture :n
us iiiniory. jn condition or we j is aware. Jiut at least it was sup
vaxt domuln under the red fU f pressed effectively enough to en
of hoped-for communism Is morejaul0 the Kremlin, under Josepn
strained-than nr- any-time wince ( Stalin's direction, to begin to-jut
tho conclusion of th( civil wnrk;me dnistic lift program into prac
and the liquidation of tho fumlna. I fjCP.
. What position does Trotsky
now hold?
. What 'til the' flve-yenr plan?;
( Has -ccnsurshlrj Increased 'ov
decreased. In the Ui M. S. n.?
I Those mid othor questions are
answered Jn 1)lst revlow "Tnf
tremls-'-.and devolopmonls-: in
HunHla.iluilns IC29. ;: '
The question Js no longer,' as In :
. s::"'.... ..iir.-"
Thc govern
ment 'In Moscow 'is' as stable., as
imy In ICurope and n lot more
stable thuh many. Tho question
rather U whether It will emoi ge i
from th presont ieHod of lutein- I 'son A not only Its surplus but Inu'.ih'
wive roconstructloVi.-' of . prodigloO'of ifs" necessities1 ahrohfll' tri' con'
strain and uncriflce, a tho com- scqticnco food niUHt .be carefully
munized. highly industrialized nv rationed, The 'workers, receiving
tlon :enysloned by the . Kremlin , scarcely subsistence wages, hand
leader. 7 V , " , back part of. It through hugo In-
Thp-'communist government hns tenia 1 lunn.i. Moreovor they mui.f
''iibollphod' Noav Year. The whol'ii givo inoro . of themsolves' to thoir
of vtrhde, l),hd. production will not j work: production . must ' tl)e . In
pauH to , signalise the expiration creased. ' ' '
of 1929 or tho dawn of 1930- . Thet ' Tho non-stop work-week was In
Soviet Union will not Uke stock) troduced. 'hen the fi-day week.
of Its situation Just now. The ;
time for stock taking wan on Nov
ember 7 Inst, 'when tho thirteenth
year , of tho , ttulshcvlk revolution
was ushered In amidst great ;cek
brntliins. i; ;, ';(' ' '
ul mUllohs of Individual Soviet
citizens; f only throughthe;hfblt
of a lifetime, will pause to luok
back at (he terribly Tough grouiul
covered in the past year and ahead,
apprehensively, at . the territory,
even rougher froiri aU Indlcntlon.t,
that stretches before them In ,the
new year"., V
They wlli; realUe, IfJ they hiivo
watched the course of events'ln
telligently. t;hnt". 192fl marked the
opening of a drive toward com
munist Ideals, til or o ruthlessly vU;
moiiH, moro hespeVnte than 4 any
thlnu nlnue th ruling party, und'-r
Lenin, w"s obliged to retreat fro'm
war commuufi'm into the ' N?w
Kconomlc Policy In lfli'l. They
will realise, -atyO, that 1930. while
It will not by any mean mark th
conclusion of the drive; Is likely
to determine success or.fallurej
8inio Indiwtiy '
In JQJS.the I'ommunlst party
leadprshlp undertook1 in grim earn
est tho Job of driving the Sovi-'t
Union as quickly as. possible a lot
more quickly than possible accord
ing to some 'critlrjt tp socialism.
Htato industry must ' be expanded
at. a sped never befp attempted
anywhere In the world. Tho peas
ants, whether they llked.lt or not.
must he gotten to merge their land
Into ' collectives for com mil in I
working by 'niodern methods. Th
remnants of private trading miiMtlmiMit answered with terror. In
be swept aside. " The shudps t
bourgeois thought and opinion
must ,be exercised.
It was a program so "left" thit
the former demanibi of the Trotskv
faction seemed pale liy cpmpr
son. 11 was certain to call out ev
ery nun drop of fighting Hplrlt In
the people whose ' economic and
even physical existence. It tlirent
ened: the' prlvare f, traders, the
richer peasant,' the unfriendly or
just apathetic' IntelllgenisiA. T
meet this opposition required a un
ified party wlctriintf Its power with
out sentiment or hesitation.'
The remainders of the Trotskv
opposition were therefore elimin
ated. . !eon Trotsky himself wa
ant out of Ihe 'country. Ml fol
lowers for the most part ate hum
ble pie and accepted party disci
pline. Hut the lift program Inevi
tably gave rise to a Hlght opposl
lion within the. communist ranks
people who contended that the
Kremlin whs biting off more than
It could swalltm', Michael Tomsky
Nicholas Hnkharln, others nlendid
for leu haste, more moderation.
They were voicing the conviction"
of a considerable portion of th
party members and "n overwhelm
ing portion of the non-pr.y 'ivop
ulatlon. - Amuliif FlTo-Vear plan . i
The Right opposlUan too was
throttled, - Tha, leadera.were shi-ru
;JVA Typical -Ranch '.Home
of F. Corning Kenly ranch home I
Scores of simllir homes, .are dott
of power.. The vmik-und-filo lights
dared not uHsert themselves. .'This
opposition bv lho end of the year
. . n i . i i ..
,
is much stronser than the country
. Thus It was that 1929 . saw. tho
unfolding of tho amazing fivc-yeiir
plan of Industrialisation. The. five
year period begun on pctober. 1,
1928, but tho rounded plan .van
not divulged, until last. spring.. No
more ambitious economic . effort
,.ha over botoo been undormkon
on so largQ u cale In humun h'.a-
i tory, The plan aims to' itccoip
j'ilwh in half a decade an amount
of Industrialization which other
i nations even a country as richly
endowed by nature as the VnlNd !
r.:.. " ?" ol l""itlfir Institutions made bold
.The ambitious plan dulled . fcr
lowering sacrifices on the , part or
tho whqlo Sovlot Union., To pro-
vide machinery, the- -counUy must
"Socialist comnetllion" between
factories and entlro Industries waa
started throughout tho country to
stJhiulato production.- Tho uni
versal day of rest, the accustomed
holldnys, overy. luxury and more
and- moro necessities, .Were sacrl-'.
flced to the. great god Industry.
Some of .the .workers grumble 1,
others fixed (heir vision upon the
promised , socialist' future,,, nnd
smiled. And all miwlo nnd ' con
tinue to make untold sacrifices.
1 OillwUvo mrliia.
At 'the same , time an unprece
dented vIroi-ouh campaign was be
gun to lead or force the peasants
Into collective farms. Tho pro
cess was not always, gentle. The
upper layer of peasants, the so-,
rolled "kulaks,' were taxed often
to the point nf extermination.
Some through fear, others through
conviction entered the collectives
In larger numbers than the Kro-n-II
n Itself had planned. Uy lH'U.
at tho present rate, fully half of
tlie enormous peasant population
will be "socialised. '
Coincident with these drives
there was a systematic effort to
Uppres the private trader. Th-"
I effort reached Its most onergetl?
period towards the end of the year
and wns accompanied by many ar
rests In the urban centers.
As was to be expected, thoe
affected adversely by tho offic'itl
program fought it covertly. In the
villages particularly the year was
filled with widespread violence on
the piirt of peasants who felt
themselves Ill-used. The govevn
city and country alike there were
thousandH of arrests, numerous
executions, exiles. Imprisonment.
In Ihe task undertaken by th
present communist leadership the
Individual counts for nothingno
price is too big for eventual sue
cex. The extreme b-ft program which
gained Impetus n" 139 grew older
affected every nook -and cranny of
Soviet life. Hellulon was fought
more energetically than ever be
fore, its meitxre fights being fu v
titer clrcumsei Ibcd by pew 1h.,
The press, the (hrtlrr. literature
was cenxored and controlled molt
vigorously thsn any time In recent
years. Nothing the least bit non
conformity vat tolerated, whether
the offendor wan a popular writer
nr. u pomiUir communist leader.
The dictatorship unnucfttlonsbtv
became more dictntorlal in 1929.
Foreign ltillclis
The beginning of 19.10 finds th"
left program well stnrted but at
n pace which will tax the HovlM
regime. In Us every inunclc and
nerve. Kortunntely for the Krem
lin the harvcHt wan unusunliv
good. Sufficient grain has hsen
collected to ansura tifend for the
elites, which is the sliongent ini1,
cnthn of success for the years ef
fort. In Its foreign policies the Soviet
Union hns little to Imast of. The
-MEDFORD MATT;
In the Rogue River
n the foothills district, just south of
ed over the landscape in all parts of
overthrow of Amnnulluh, who wns
distinctly friendly towards JUm
cow, wan a serious blow. ' The
seizure of the , Chinese , Eastern
railway by tho Manchuriun .war
lords was even more serious. This
led to a sharp not to (ho-UnlKd
Mtntos lute, in, the year. Relations
with Germany, whilo still friend
ly, are less satisfactory than they
were a. year at; o. Diplomatic re
lations with Hnghind, grudgingly
t resumed by the Labor government
meunt tnan was "oprd
expected, since from present Indl-
!caUon it. will not be accompanied
by a. loan.
j . Despite
economic difficultie.i, 1
terrific political pressure, foreign ;
embroilments, the stimulating life i
of Kusaia was as rich and Colo
ful as ever. That Is the eternal !
wonder of this country, half Kuro-j
jiean, half Asiatic and ever n land
of partidox. The inherited shame
of illiteracy Is being wiped out
gradually and much was nccomp- j
I Us he (I In that direction during the!
year. The. theater, despite the
the censor put on
n(1ll)U. .,)lluc,
notable productions and drew mil
lions of spectators, many of whom
had .never been to a real thoiUvr
over before in their narrow lives.
The .motion picture studios In par
ticular turned out films that make
history for the whole url. Bcien-
Moiifrejtrtv In 'almost (very bfrtfnbh'bf
humuir Uuusv ledge; .; "--H.--
LARGE MINING
ER CO.
LAKE
Winter Operations .at .Ster
ling, Mine Already Started
r Huge Irrigation and
Placer. Mi ni ng Project
' Started in 1919 Big De
! velopments Expected.
. One of the most pretentious de
velopment projects in Jackson
county, tho past year involving
several hundred thousand dollars,
was the formation of the Medford
Water, Power, and Irrigation com
pany, having for Its purpose the
impounding of the waters of the
Squaw Lako region, and dltchiim
same to the Sterling mine, for . the
hydraulic mining of the higher
levels of , that properly. Tho Ster
ling mine, .once ono of tho richest
gold producers In southern Ore
gon, is believed to have great
wealth still hidden, in Its un work
ed ground, nnd adjacent property
which Include the ltishop ranch,
and Poor Man's Gulch.
A company headed by Harry
llullon, Kugene and Medford ho
tel operator, and Fred J. Blake
Icy, mining engineer of promi
nence throughout the west, and
others,, was formed Inst summer, i
After the purchnse of land ad-!
joining the Squaw lakes, a survey!
of the ditch line was run last, sum-1
met from Squaw lake to tho Slcr-j
ling mine. Water rights were se- j
cured, and plans laid for early ,
activity, which ure temporarily
held In abeyance.
As a feeder, to the mine de
velopment ditch, U was proposed.
and favorably received, that the!
company, cxtefid Its ditch from the!
Sterling mine to the Griffin Creek j
district, furnishing Irrigation wat
ers for hundreds of acres of farm
and urchtird Innd. No survey has
been made for this portion of the
proposed project, but It could be
consummated with ease, by fol
lowing the creek -beds, and contour
of the hills, engineer say.
Within the past fortnight, winter
operstlons have been launched f
llu- Sterling, with a force of
eighteen men.
It is expected that spring will
ee active work on tho Squaw
l.nke.Sterling project, as all the
chief details have been completed.
A new blue-seeded field pea call
ed the Ids bell, developed by th
Idaho experiment station, has out
yielded Its parent nearly 2 per
cent over a 10-yesr period. Th.
new variety was distributed to far
mora for trial for the first time
this year. Next year It win h?
V:iilnhi- in large quantities.
TRTBtTNK, MEDFORD,
Valley
Medford. This Is the finished
the valley. - v
BLUE LEDGE fS
AFTER DECADE
' . ..
Huge Guggenheim Property
After -. tying Idle Since
War. Again Is Shipping
Out Copper by Carload
Mining Activities Stimula
ted.
Early in 13-9, steps were taken
j , Ui J. l- Itcddy of this city.
for tho re-opening and further de
.velopment . of the Blue Ledge
mine, in southwestern Jackson
county. The first step was the se
curing of a lease for development
'from the tiuggenhciius, und with
this accomplished, the Consolida
ted Copper company was formed.
. The summer was devoted to ar
ranging details of organization by
Dr. Jteddy and associates, and, in
the fall, after lying idle for nearly
20 years, operntlons were again
started at the Ulue Ledge prop
erty.
. In October, 1929. a carload of
copper ore from the. dump was
shipped to the smelter at Tacomu
Wash., and four other cars fol
lowed. In November a force of
men were put to work in the mine
proper, und , now ore Is being
mined from the tunnels.
'" The Consolidated copper com
pany, according ,to George H.
Hughes, one of Its. guiding spirits,
is now financed, and plans for
flirt her' development the coming
year have been assured. These In
clude the construction of a 200
ton concentration plant, the erec
tion of un aerial tramway for the
transportation of the ore from the
mine, to the dump, and extension
of the present tunnels. Fifteen to
twenty men are now employed at
the mine.
(encrnto Electric Power
The Consolidated Power com
pany has been formed for the
construction of a power plant, to
be located on Seattle Bar. The
plant will furnish electric power
for the mine. Application for wat
er rights have been filed on the
waters of Klliot creek and the Bog
Applegate river, nnd, It Is plan
ned to start construction of the
plant, early this yesr.
, The revival of the Blue I-edge
resulted In renewed Interest In
mining. In that section. The Sul
livan and Buck group of copper
claims were recently Incorporated
and Seattle capitalists secured con
trol of the copper claims In the
Preston Peak district.
The Blue Ledge group Is re
garded by mining men. as prop
erty of proven worth, with suffi
cient ore blocked out In the tun
nels, for three or more years op
eration. The district has many
other properties of likely value.
19:10 Looks Brlrbt
. purlng the year. hn Blue, Ledge
district was visited by many min
ing engineers of note, who Inspect
ed the, chUms, and Its past vru
ductlons. and departed, without n
statement of their views or plans.
Those how Interested In Its re
ImbllUatlonrt. are highly hopeful
1930 will see the Blue Led we again
u full-fledged producer.. k YThrtr
activities have cheered Ioa min
ing men, who view the future 'Op
timistically, In view of tho present
substantial price for. copper.' Thoy
feel that the coming year will see
the greatest, development to date
of the mineral wealth of southern
Oregon, which has long luln dor
mant, only- awaiting the magic
touch of capital. -
WAHM CANADIAN 1S1.AM
HOLDS fr'KHKl'AHY TOVHNKY
VICTORIA. B. C. () KhotiRh
on a latitude running north of '.he
United States, victoria will hold a
golf tournament February 1? to
23. U Is the Island city's second
annual Kmpress Hotel mtd-winler
tournament.
The warm waters of the Japa
nese current hold the temperature
around and 60. making winter
play possible.
W. F,. Patterson firemlfn. .for
the Texas and Pacific"' railway,
practices l:w In Fort WortWMter
IN OPERATION
ORFiPX, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1929.
Chamber of Commerce1
Completes Most Successful
Year In City's History
Community Chest Inaugurated and Put Over in Record
Time Retail Trade Division Formed and Greatest
Christmas Opening Ever. Seen in Southern,. Oregon Is
Staged Constructive Achievements in Good Roads,
Community Advertising and Farm, and Orchard Aid.
Unite
the leadership Carl A.
Swifim us president,-and a buard ; undur the dlrectiun of this com
of, directors fcresenting practical-1 etting forth . the necessary
iv nit nf ,u i ... i facts in regard to - the proposed
1
tcrests in tho community, the
Medford v Chamber of Commerce
embarked on Its current fiscal
year on April 1, 1929. The prog
ram of work as adopted by the
board of directors was a compre
hensive one, designed to accomp
lish the more pressing necessities
of. the community within tho cur
rent year, und continuing the
threc-ycur , program outlined iu
192 7.
Of these projects intended for
accomplishment during the current
fiscal year, the first to reach con
summation was the creation of
funds for tho establishment und
equipment of Mod ford's new air
port. This was a major project
for last year, but the election forniorc tnan Justified , its existenco
lho bond issuo was not held until (during, its first year. This corn
April 2, and the result is now his-j mitte has interested itself -In all
tory. Suffice it. to say that the i.mnttors of a civic'- nature,, and .has
untiring efforts of the Airport iIOon the means of bringing the
committee, under the direction off Chamber, of Commerce -into -closer
Seely V. Hull, and tho special j contact, with the administrative
publicity committee for the- air-bodies of the 'city and the county
port election, headed by Sumpterj than ever before. .One of the ma
Smith, resulted In the overwhelm- j jop efforts sponsored by this com
ing majority of the electorate of,.ittec was the first annual Jack
the city, voting favorably on the wn County picnic, which was held
bond issue. Since that time, the:at the Elks nicnic -rounds on La-
airport committee of the city
council haH been in full charge
of the construction work, and the
appearance of the, port today tes
tifies to the efficiency of their
work.
Community Chest,
Another project slated for
pletion during 1929 was tho ; first
Community-Chest' to:be attempt
ed in Medford, and with if. -N.
CAKIj a. kwigakt
President Medford Chamber of
Coirtmerce
Ilog:in ns head of the chest com
mittee, nnd Hamilton ration, a
manager of the chest .campaign,
this effort was succesHfully com
pleted within tho four-day time
allotted by the chest committee.
Ah an outstanding example of the
result of cooperation between the
varimm clubs and societies of the
community, the success, of the
community chest campaign is most
encoui-aKinfr, nnd too much credit
cannot he Riven to those, -who so
successfully carried out the mass
of work Involved In handling this
first cnmpalgn. Tho budget of
$20,000.00. which was deemed
necessary to tako care -of tho de
mands of tho various beneficiaries
of the chest wns oversubscribe!,
and .Medford has the distinct hon
or of being one of the few citites
in Oregon to accomplish the de
signated goal of community chest
funds.
Uelnll Trade Division
The formation of a Hetnil Trade
division of the Chamber of Com
merce Was one of the most Im
portant projects decided upon by
the hoard of directors for ac
complishment during the year.
and it is gratifying to report that
the division has been created, and
is now functioning as a part of
the chamber. The Medford .Mer
chants' association was absorbed
by the chamber, but still retains
itrt own directorate., and Its com
mittees function on their own par
ticular work.
.The first function of the newly
ctvated Ketnil Trade division was
the Christinas opening celebration,
stugrd on the evening of Decem
ber 4th. and which was. accord
ing to upinlons or various business
men of the city the most aueccss
f ill affair of Its kind ever staged
In Medford, There wore thous
ands of people on the streets turn
out the evening, and the exceptionally-fine
-window nnd store
displays Wer enthusiastically re
ceived by the crowds. The work
of this committee also covered
the decorating of the streets of
the city with Christmas decora
tions. ltiwtcl" ami Highways.
One of the most ucttvo commit
tees of the Chamber of Commerce
during the iiast year has been the
Itoads nnd Highways committee,
with .1. v. Wakefield as chairman
and Itert Anderson as Its secre
tary. This committee has devoted!
a major portion of Us time and j
effort to. the preparation of data!
regarding the "vonst ruction of the
Williams' Week ; hfgli way to the
Oregon Cnves. A brief consisting
of ono hundred pages of tvpo-
' writlun material .- .wus prepared
i road, with arguments und
dorsemrnts for its construction. In
this road program the committee
was materially , assisted thru the
cooperation of tho Jackson Coun
ty. court, the county engineer, and
various other sources. The brief
prepared by the committee, has
been presented to officials . of the
State highway department, forest
service, and bureau - of public
roads, and the committee believes
it will receive favorable considera
tion when the proper time comes
for action by. the varlpus govern
mental bodies.
-Civic Activities.
Under, the leadership of former
mayor. . O. O.. Alenderfer. , a . newly
created civic affairs committee. has
bor day. and which was attended
by upwards of 2500 .residents of
Medford and Jackson county.
Funds, for the picnic werc sub
crlbed by .business. ...men of jtfed
furd; and ,a .band concert, free
refreshments, and sports-were fca-
com-Jtures of the day's program.
This -.committee was also most
active in the .formation of a com
mittee .to take care,, of -the-; dedi
cation of Mcdford's new airport
next .July.., and., that Activity -has
now -boeji turned, over to the. com
mittee In charge headed by Mayor
A.- W. Pipes. .
Central Civic Council.
4. Enlisting tho : cooperation. of Uic.
service clubs of the. community,
tho American lcgion.. Chamber of
Commerce, city government,, and
the city planning commission to
work on ar unified program of civ-',
ic betterment. tho.Centrnl. Civic
council rwaiv organised with K...X.
Dazey as its president. The com
mittee has JLccn holding regular
meetings, nnd a more detailed ac
count of Its activities will , be
found elsewhere in this ..edition. ,
. . Publicity. .
The., publicity program of the
Chamber of Commerce.. which was.
a major, plank in. this year's prog-'
rani of .work., has been .handicap
ped .somewhat- by luck -of - suffi
cient funds wit,h which to carry
on the desired. amount. of publicity
for Medford and the Ituguo River
valley. Thru this department
thousands of Inquiries havo been
anawored by the office., staff , of
the chamber., nnd literature and
Information on Medford and vici
nity has been sent to nil inquiries.
A large ; amount of literature has
been furnished tho . Is Angeles
office of the Oregon State Cham
ber of commerce, .where It his
been distributed to . great advan
tage to Medford and the Rogue
Itlvor valley. Twelve . thousand
booklets are now being distribut
ed In the middle western states
thru the agencies of the various
northwestern railroads, .and some;
of the larger tourist .agencies In
St. Paul, Minneapolis. Omaha, and
other )arce middle western cities.
The . bill-board campaign .inau
gurated three years ugo.has been
carried out, and a-ontinuntion of
the radio program over Radio
stntlpnKOH, .at Council .Bluffs.
Iowa, has also .bocn a part of the
program. ' It Is the hope and .de
sire of the Chamber, of Commerce
lo enlarge the. publicity and land
settlement programs during the
coming year to an extent hitherto
impossible on account of lack of
necessary funds.
The chamber has cuntinucd to
cooperate with the Fruit Growers
leugue and the Traffic association
in attempting solutions of many
traffic problems, rales, etc., aris
ing in the fruit industry, and it
Is expected that this will be con
tinued during the coming year.
Inrkion . County Agricultural .
Council.
This council has been organised
mainly thru the activities of tho
Chamber of Commerce Agricul
tural committee headed by P. A.
Scherur and a definite program
will be announced by this council
within the near future.
Numerous other activities have
been engaged In by the Chamber
of Commerce designed to play
their part In tho building up of
Medford and its surrounding ter
ritory. The space forbids further
elaboration. Suffice It to say that
this organisation I, deeply and
vitally Interested In any prog
rams which have for their pur
pose, development of Medford and
surrounding territory, and its
whole time and effort are devoid
toward these ends, and with tho
cooperation of the people of Med
ford. there Is practically no limit
to which the work of tho Cham
ber of Commerce can extend.
A complete list of the hoard of
directors and various committees
of the chamber follows:
VkiJ tfwjitftrt. president:
president
O.
o.
K.
O.
Alenderfer. vtc president;
Wahl. treasurer: directors,
Alenderfer. W, 8. nolRer.
Pari-ell. J. C, r1 II. H.
O.
Fmnk
uel,
R. II. Hammond, C. C. Ixinmon.
A. W. Pipes, l'uul Scherer, C. A.
Kwigart, . J. C. Thompson. J. C.
Munn, J. W. Wakefield, John -Anderson.
Member Oregon State
Chamber uf Commerce: Chamber
of Commerce of the U. S. A.
Membership nnd Finance: .1. C.
Thompson, chairman: Clydo Eak--in.
Cole Holmes. A. 13. Orr, Lcland
lirophy.
Forum: W. S. Bolger,. chairman;
D. O. Tyrce, W. W. Allen, C. A.
Mucker, c. N. Culy.
Publicity: Leo TuUlo, chairman;
ft-H. Smith. W. A. Gates. H. i..
Uromlcy. Bull Caddis.
Civic Affairs: O. O. Alenderfer,
i-hairnmn; A. C. Hubbard, J. O.
Orey. H. V. Scheftol. Larry
Schade.
Aviation: Socly V. Hall, clialf
mun; Ijtrry Munn, Floyd- Hart.
W. 11. Fluhrcr. F. C UIIlard.
Uuildlng (Sub-Civic): H.S. Ocu
el, chairman: K. L. Kcott, Fred
Scheffel, C. E. Clay; W. .J. Warn
er, Uert Lagcson, J. Collins.
Industrial: W. iH. ' Levcrette,
.chairman: V. If. Vdwier, K. 1.
-Uauy. H. T. Hubbard. J. C. Carle.
Roads and Highways: J. . W.
Wakefield, chairman; Bert - An
derson,., secretary; O. Arnsplser,
It., V... Williams, A. U Hill.
.Agriculture: P. A. 8 c h e r c r,
chairman; R. C Fowler, -vice
chairman: Raymond Mlkschc. W.
.1. Warner. B. E. Harder, - George
Hilton, John Anderson.
. Community Chest: M. N- Hogan,
chairman; J. C. Mann, Hamilton
Patton, C. M. Kldd. C. J. Semon,
R.. B. Hammond, Goo. Hunt, John
Orth, H. W. Hamlin, Bert Thlcr
olf. C. ;A. W'lng, Dr. J..C. Hayes.
Retail Trado: ,C. A. -Meeker,
president; J. C.-uMann, Elmer Wil
son. -R.. B. Strang. . .
Panlml f'lvtn f.lll ncll- Tv. I.. Dft-
zey, chairman; Marc Jnrmln. vice
chairman; O. O. -Aiemterrer, t..
A CwiMrt -I. n -Insknen. -B.-E.
Harder. H. S. Deuel. Cole Holmes,
Larry Schade, w. W. Allen, J. c.
fUn f-,,o Vnivlinri'i' A tV.
Pipes. C A. Wing. A. C. Hubbard,
alternate: Emil Brophy. alternate:
J. F. Flelgel, alternate; II. T.
Hubbard.
t lTtS I AVr (ili Thn Van. 7ni-
l&nd ministry for Industry and
commerce announces tnat exports
f Canarln Incrniiunrl fl'ntn- t 0(l(l -
000 in 1924 to 112,000.01)0 in 1923.
Tne island dominion win soon senu
.. ATHENS (P) The Creek bud
get for 1930 shows a balance of
$113,815, despite diminished tax
ation" and Increased " expense" -fur
national hygiene. - The naval- and
military , estimates ' .iotal-4-2.2S.-12.
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Let 1930 Be ;
Bigger - Better - Brighter
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170: New .Connections in
1929 Puts Total at 3340
.-Population : of : 13,400
vlndicated--School Census
'.and Light -Statistic. Sm
port Estimate Popul;
tion 1920 Was 5760.
If estimates- of population thru
tho number uf telephone connec
tions Is fairly -accurate, Medford
at the end of 1929 had a popula
tion of 13.400 people, figurini;
feur users to each of the 33-iu
telephones in . use. - The number
-of connections revealed an In
crease of 170 ;over the preceding
year. To -tako :-care of inoreasinK
telophono 'business, the : Home
Telephone company. of Medford is
now in tho midst of construction,
building two -ijiew underground
cables and. several ucriul cables in
various parts of the city.
The imnrovpiiient work.- when
completed ..within - .the ? next month,
wlll bring approximately - 300 ad
ditional lines into the central of
fice .on' Sixth Street, where '11
switch girls are employed to tnko
euro of a huge volume of cdfy
daily. Ono 1200-pair cable is be
ing installed from the office to
IUversidc avenue nnd a 600-pair
cable Is leing installed from Riv
erside to Crater Lake avenue.
The company is planning sever
al improvements the ensuing year
and in due course of time is plan
ning the Installation of the dial
system such as Is in use in the
larger metropolitan centers, elim
inating the services of the switch
board girls.
. The school census and electric
light connections show tho same
increao in 1929, and point to the
same "a-pprWdmato total popula
tion, , The- U..s.: census of 1920
save - M ad t ord n population of
5700.
GROWTH OF CITY