Medford Mail
Second Section
Eight Pages
1
',
Second Section
Xight Pages
Iff Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, OKM'XiOX, SUNDAY, AHil'ST ;!, 1!):!0.
No. 133.
DEDICATION CLIMAXES LONG CIVIC EFFORT
LOCAL C. C.
FATHER OF
PORT PLAN
Modern Air Terminal Advo
cated in 1 928 Residents
Nearly , ; Unanimous ' in
Vote to Finance $120,
000 Municipal Project.
r When the Pacific Northwest
Air Tour arrives at the Medford
i airport tomorrow afternoon with
the fleet of approximately 40
I planes, piloted by stunt fliers alr
I way officials and exhibition fliers,
the mombcra of tho tour will view
one of tho most modern and at
j tractivo fields on tho Pacific coast,
X Approached from Medford via tho
I loop road completed by the coun
ty tho 120,000 field represents
the realization of one of the grcat-
est aspirations of this city. Com
pleted October 2, 1929, the airport
ill be officially dedicated tomor
row nisht, when the formal pro-
i gram arranged by members of tho
airport committee, headed by J.
O. Grey, Is presented in the llanK
ar building, followed by the first
official flight from tho field.
Direct radio communication
with all ships is( maintained at
I Medford's airport. A restaurant,
i operated by Singleton and Blake
is another new feature there and
six oil companies aro now opera-
j ting service stations at the field.
$ There are 13 people employed in
'3 the various departments including
3 Seely Hall, superintendent. Beau-
tiful shrubs have added much to
the attractiveness of the field
; since Its completion and "oho of
the latest additions is the head
quarters of the Itoguo Valley dun
club, which has been granted a
lease to a location at tho airport.
Site Selected
; Tho oarly part of 1028 tho Med
ford Chamber of Commerce act
f lug with the city council, appolnt
' ed a committee to select a loca
I tion for a new airport for Med
' ford. The committee worked with
the United States Department of
',, Commerce, the aviation depart
' Jiicnt, tho United States army and
Xlhe air transport lines operating
through the valley. They unanl
mously decided uflon the present
j site of 2S0 acres located three
miles from the center of Medford
on the Biddle road.
loiter in the year tho govorn
i ntcnt announced that Medford
had been selected as a site for a
S high powered radio station, which
: was completed in 1023 along tho
I Crater 1-akc highway not far from
!, the airfield. The station Ib man-
aged by It. A. Martin and has
I continuous 24-hour service. The
' approximate cost of tho construc
; Hon was $75,000.
Tho airport, financed by a near
ly unanimously favored bond is
sue, has cost the city of Medford
: up to this time $114,000. Tho con
! Htruction has been directed by
tho airport committee competed
of J. O. Circy. chairman; B. M.
Wilson, It. B. Hammond and May
or A. W. Pipes. Tho cost in
cludes the Installation of the 2,
GBO.000 candlepower airplane bea
con. This beacon Is located on
tho root of tho administration
and hangar building.
Mnny Departments nouscd.
Tho building houses administra
tion offices, tho United States,
weather bureau and headquarters
j of the Pacific Air Transport oom-
pany. It Is 110 feet wide and
150 feed long.
It Is large enough to house 16
When You Come to Medford
FOR THE
Airport Dedication
Dine at
Special Dinner 75c
Merchants' Lunch 50c
Cold Drinks Short Orders
Confections
Fox .Craterian Building
First Air Mail
jf ' Nw"l Harbor fichl (upper rih.) vvns OrIL the ..rmMtt
'V T ,' lfW'', f Nk!M"U!lr tWt InrlcMiii county fair grounds, honoring Newell llurhcr (Insert) who did In acllim In
" " ' -w.iteB&, tg fMftP Jw JT '! World war. Tho field served as Imw for forest flro Hum plnnm, tho fliers being
ttTan Ut'SiiSr't V V&TSi V$ 4jrni W'ttl Imnswl ml llio premises (Imvcr I'lslll), mill was also usnl by many noted fliers, llppcr
Sjy"" ""fijg jSSjfljwa jjjT CjS jl Sjp Jff lrt It n nter nml nclmlntst r I Um Imlldlng an Jtedi'oiil's new airport.
T&muaamsfmggEs mli i f, : pi
1 II II llllll II ! I ill mi ' i - " I &.V.v M :V: , ' - .
small ships and four larso cabin
pianos and include repair Hhops,
waiting? rooms and tho restaurant.
A bulldlns for the pilots' quartern
houses pilots who fly north and
south out of Medford.
The water supply at tho air
port has been piped from Bed
ford's million dollar water sys
tem. There aro fire hydrants
conveniently placed about tho
hangar building to avoid all f iro
hazards.
The airport runway is well grav
eled ami a drainage system, en
gineered by City Engineer Fred
Schoffel, makes landinp easy by
eliminating all surplus water from
tho field. j
Hull Ah Pioneer ,
Seely Hall, local representative !
of the Pacific Air Transport ami!
superintendent of the field is on'
constant duty. Ho Is Bedford's;
main leader in aeronautical pion-j
coring', having with Floyd Hart j
over 1 0 years ago brought the i
first home-owned airplane to this '
city.
There are now five privately j
owned planes located at the local j
field. They belong to W. H. j
Muirhead and Henry Fluhrer, who
own one Jointly, John P. Waage, i
W. J. Hrowne and James Stovall, j
who has added two to the list.
The beacons installed through j
southern Oregon and northern '
California to aid pilots In night
flying can be seen 15 or 20 miles.
Several are located in Jackson
county and add much to tho pop
ularity of night flying here.
Dora flold llrlck bridge aoross
East fork above this place, dedl
cHtod recent ly.
Landing Place
Supplemented By Medford's Modern
'jf ' !
4 1. J .fl W ' """" I I 11.1 l Still II It,, ,tt Minollll- f - t 4, (
RADIO NETWORK
AinQ PI ANR IN
I1ILU I LflMLU 111
MEDFORD AREA
U. S. and P. A. T. Facilities
Carry Weather Reports,
Communication Between
Port and Planes.
The Bedford airport is as com
pletely equipped a any In the
United States, not excluding tho
hlg fields at metropolitan centers,
as far as communication systems
and weather data for fliers are
concerned. A government radio
station, in charge of It. A. Martin,
was constructed at a cost of $75,
OdO and has been In operation for
sometime, sending out weather
broadcasts hourly.
Taking tho place of tho old code
system, used at tho Barber Field,
tho Pacific Air Transport company
subsidiary of the Boeing company,
has also established a radio station
of 500 watts, same power as tho
government equipment, a milo or
sit away, lorated east of the Crnter
. IV.
When Attending the Airport Dedication stop at the
HOTEL MEDFORD
In Oregon, Newell Barber Field,
Lake hlghwny. Towers of 128 foot
made their construction on tho
port impossible.
The United Htates weather bu
reau located In the administration
building Is connected with the gov
ernment station with direct telo-
; graph wires and automatic prin
ters. eather reports aro sent to
the radio station and then broad
cast every hour, giving height of
clouds, temperature, general fore
cast ami 6ther Information.
The airport also has direct tele
graphic connections with local
telegraph offices and through Its
radio equipment Is in direct com
munication with any part of the
Pacific coast, and can speak with
pilots approaching or leaving Med
ford. Tho power of tho company
station makes It possible to even
carry on conversation with pilots
on tho Hoeing trans-continental
run, Kenneth Williams Is In
I charge at the airpnrt station.
; Tho weather bureau is In direct
telegraphic connection with other
j weather stations on tho coast.
I Wind speeds in tho upper levels
i are determined by sending up gas
filled balloons to high altitudes,
j Their speed and height aro deter
mined through special instruments.
Hard on tho Hoy.
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 2. (A1)
Leonard NicholH, 12, who miya his
mother lives at 756 Mast 45th
street, Portland, is held hero for
Portland juvenile officers. Ho was
found asleep on a pile of sacks
at a tllo factory. Tho boy says
his father is dead, his mother
remarried and that recently he
hns been selling papers In Eu
gene and Albany under tho name
of John Hmlth.
i'HEi N in:riTir,, citv suuoihi-
tendeiil, whoso slali' did. much of
tho MiNlloril airport coiisl ruction
work.
JLaaoctatea Press Photo
Amelia Earhart, first woman to
fly tho Atlantic, plant to enter the
national air derby for women. The
race will be from Long Beach, Cal.,
to Chicago starting August 17.
lfl Killed liy Ciuc-ln.
MKUUA, HpnnlKh Mnrocno,
Aub. 2. W) Hlxtocn natives. In
chifllnK 15 wrinpn, wi-ro idllfd to
day by the cnllapHO nf a ravo In
tho town of Ki'nlduMar, roKfon ot
HVnnman. Twonty niitlvoH wito In
oeeKi new nnnnrn . njinw p-v-v i
Airport As Industry Expands
I
l!;1
tho eave extracting clay for use
In washing clothes when tho acci
dent occurred.
1i .Mend Arrives.
SI'OKANE. Aug. 2. -(P Hi.
Elwrmd Miid. lTnUed Klstes einn-
Member
. .
i
I
I pHT len Mayor A. V. 1Mthj
right halriuaii 1. (. Jrey. 1nvrr
1 M. Wilson iiml It. It. Ham
inoiid.
mlssloner of reclamation, left hero
today with his party of Irrigation
experts by train for Corfu, head
ing for Kaddlo Mountain, Priest
rapids and up tho Columbia river
lo Wonatcheo, oti their tour of
the Columbia, basin project.
Medford's 'Airport
Dedication Is
Monday
WE ARE GLAD...
To be a part of this progressive "Air
Minded" community and we urge our
friends and patrons to attend tomorrow's
dedication.
Jackson County Bank n
Federal Reserve
fflr EPS
STEP WITH
PROGRESS
Medford First in State to
Establish Air Mail Field
Present Port Result "of
Growing Need Many,,
Notables Land Here.
Progress in southern Oregon
aviation la tho past decado has
been rapid. Up until 1919 there
were few residents who had over
seen airplanes in flight, save for
tho appearance of an occasional
thlp at county fairs. Such planes
weru shipped hero by train and
vero capable only of short flights.
It was not until the autumn of
191!) that desire to become bet
ter acquainted with man's Inven
tion to conquer tho air was gen
erally satisfied when six govern
ment planes, en route from Cali
fornia, to take part in the Port
land Jtoso Festival, landed ut tho
Cioro alfalfa field west of Med
ford on tho Jacksonville high
way. Thousands of southern Ore
gon residents gathered to watch
the coming and .landing of tho
ships, which attracted another
record crowd when thoy landed
on a spacious field near Ashland,
til route back to their headquar
ters. Hundreds of cars wore. park
ed and people waited for several
hours . until the planes arrived,
landing shortly .beforo dark;
Interest Aroused.
, Tho coming of thoso ships
aruused local Interest In aviation
ui-rt Jn 1920, tho Medford Aircraft
corporation- was, established by .t
Seely Hall and Floyd Hart. These
two men had Just returned from
service ' with tho United 1 Htates
army In tho world war, being
among. 13 local younff mon who
had joined the air corps. Most
of thorn camo from high school
ind included Newell Barbor, Dan
Watson, Frank McKoe, Russoll Bq
mon, K. Baker, Houston ' Ling, .
Karl Ling, J. Olmstoad, Del Jones,
Tommlo Heanlon, Merle Kellogg
and F. Walls. J
Floyd Hart and Meoley Hall
purchased A Curtis Jonny piano
for $11750 and despite tho fact
that aviation was viewed askance
by tho majority of valley resi
dents, tho two men did a land
office business. Hart was pilot
and was assisted by Del Jonen
when business became too rush
ing. Hundreds of passengers were
taken aloft and most of them
came down looking for more.
"When tho local demand had
been somewhat satisfied, the plane
was taken on a barnstorming trip
and held the distinction of being
tho first ship flown to Tondloton
In eastorn Oregon and to Walla
Walla, Wash. At the former
place, the ship was a big attrac- .
lion at tho annual round-up and
attracted as much attonioa us
tho rodeo Itself.
Whs Pioncrr Plane.
Tho ship was flown for four or
live months until it was sold for
154000, a larger price than It orig
inally cost. It was tho first prl
vii to plane to have been,, flown
up tho coaet from Sacramonto
(Continued on Psgw Four)
Established 1888
''ilill!!!!l!ll!lllll!l!l!l!!!PI!l!!l
''llillllllllllllllllll iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillilllllllllllllllli
?