PACJT5 SIX
IMEDFORD MAIL'-'TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,- 'ORKftONr, WEDNESDAY,- DEC-EMBER : SI,- 193(3
Facts and Figures Show
Importance of Medford as
. Center of Rich Territory
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MFJFOIU la the financial, Indtintiial, axrlcultural and commercial
- . . center of a rich territory emlirucing pouihern Oregon nnd
thi northern countlea of Cnllf6rnla.
Ml;:iFORI l Kitunted In the center of the Itopuo Itlver vqlley, ,fn
'' ' . motif the world over for Uh fruit. ;
IEJPORI la on the. I'nciflc hlithway, the lonKcpt stretch of paved
roftd In tho world. '
.MfcliFOHD Is tho Katewny to Crater Lnko Nutlonol park, a fine mac
adam highway reaching from this city to that famous
, park.
MKPOilI Is the timber, center of Jackson county and the location
i of Vno Owen-Oregon- Lumber company, a modern mill
having a capacity of 100.000,000 board feet annually.
MF.DFOItD Is on the main line of the Boulhern Pacific railroad. A
standard guage railroad also extends from Medford to
tho initio Falls timber Hectlon.
MPiFORD has a population of approximately 13,000, an InrreuHe of
22b per cent In the past 10 years.
MF'PFORD Is in tho heart of Jackson county, the population of which
has Increased 60 per cent during the past 10-year period.
MF.BFORD has 21! U miles of pavement and approximately 42 miles
of iridewalks In its city limits.
MfcDFORD has an elevation of nils feet. s
MF.OFORD expended $Sir,669 on buildings during 1330, 3K7 permits
being Issued.
MFDFORD has already Issued 177 building perrnlts, totaling 2r.6,618
for 1031. '
MKDFORD will construct (250,000 courthouse during 1931.
MfcDFORD has been selected as the location of n proposed 100.000
.. " tourist hotel Qnd an eight-story office building Is among
" the proposed J931 projects.
MITOFOnO ;hn,a a mayor ' and eight councllmen, a wuter commission
'' and a planning commission,
Mt:i)iPOnl) has a million dollar municipal water system supplying
" '" Vice-cold mountain spring water direct to Medford homes.
MFDFOHT has a modern broadcasting station, associated with the
: ' " ' United Jtroadcostlng compuny. i ' '
JiF.IiORT has an active Chamber of Commerce and a' Traffic -
. , soclution. i
ll;lIYUI Is tha district headquarters of the Ktandard Oil company.
MFUFOIIO is the location of the home office of tho California Ore
gon power company tind the Mountain States Electric
s ' , company,-serving the entire Northwest territory.
rt:iFORI has a Retail Merchants' association.
MF.OFORD suffered fire loss In 1H30 of only J47.Krj.02. dun to M1-
ford'a efficient fire department. There are x regular
firemen, 24 trained volunteer subject to call and four
fire trucks, housed In a fine new central fire hall, erected
during 1959.
MF.DFORI) has two National Ouanl units. Company A. 180th In----
V.: fantry and HeadqunVtern company, 3rd Bn., lsBth In
' s ' " fantry.
.MF.IFORD is the headtiunrters of the Huuthern Oregon flas company.
: ' ' manufacturers and distributors of gis.
AlilXFORn now has1 one of tho flnent electric substations In the west,
the project being completed during 1930 by the California
. , ; Oregon Power company. !
li;iFORI has a fine, strictly modern $120,000 municipal airport, i
JIF.lFORI has on airways radio station, KCX, broadcasting regu
1 larly to air moll and government planes.
huv a new $150,000 theatre, constructed during' 1930.
has tho largest cold storage plant on the Pacific conati
has u new animal shelter, erected under the uusplces of
the Jackson County ' Humane society (Hiring 1930.
Is-the-. center of mining uciivltiea In southern Oregon and
(a 40 miles dlstnnt from the Hlue I .Ail He copper mining
property.' . ;
postofflce receipts for 1930 wore In excess of $101,000.
has mnny modern fruit packing plnnts, the Houthern Ore.
gon Soles plant coetlng In excess of 200,000.
is' hht 4S miles dlstnnt from Oregon's, largest hydro-electric
power plant, constructed recently and being operated
by the California Oregon Power company,
has two reservoirs to handlo Its water supply with a mil
lion gallon capacity each.
wan Incorporated February 24, 1884. 1
hn an. are. of .2080. acres.. 30. miles, of. sewer and 111.0
miles of water 'mains.
has an estimated value of all assessable properly of
$16,000,000.' . . '
has nn annual precipitation of 17.06 lncb.ee.
is tho county Beat of Jackson county,' n territory with a
trading area in excess of 40,000 people.
ha. a fruit payroll during packing season of approxi
mately $800,000 per month. .
la the location of the Jackson county fair grounds,
has four substantial banks with resources In excess of
$6,000,000, and deposits In excess of $7,000,000.
has four grade schools, a Junior high school and a fine
$185,000 high school, with bonds overwhelmingly voted
fur the erection of a new high school building und grade
schools to meet the Increase In school enrollment,
has a business- college, a parochial academy, a private
uchool. and two kindergartens. '
had 8760 children enrolled In Its schools during
has a modem box fnrlory, 2 planing mills, a cabinet fac
tory and Iron works.
is the distributing center of Jackson county and has nu
merous wholesale, plunts ns well ns Industrial enterprises,
has two modern hospitals, 16 church building, 16 frater
nal organizations, Rotary, KlwanlH, 1-lons and Actlvlan
cluba,
has nine retail lumher yards, three large creameries,
three stone, tile and cement block plunts and a modern
(lour mill, ; . .,
has three newspopers, Tho Mall Tribune, evening; the
Daily News, morning, und the Pacific Record Herald,
weekly.
has one of the finest 18-hole golf rourMes In tho north
wist and Is the home of II. Chandlur Kuan, nationally
famous golfer.
hos five fireproof hotels and several modern auto camps,
haa factories manufacturing many articles, among which
are candles, brooms, cigars, orchard ladders, cellar chests
and cabinet oods.
has five theatres: The Fox Craterlun. Fox lilalto, lloliy,
Htate and lls. All have tulklng picture equipment.
S first mayor was J. H, Howard, IS. M. Wilson Is present
uuyor.
la the homo of the Jackson county library
lit the music renter of JaaUson county ami has many
studios.
line a modern vogetable, fruit and meat packing plnnt.
has n aggressive Realty Hoard associated with tho Na
tional llourd of Realtors.
is the center of Jackson county, and Is surrounded by
772.000 acres of virgin forests or 23,000,000,000 estimated
feet of merchantable timber.
la surrounded by thousands of acres of Irrigated lands,
over 40,000 acres of which are estimated to he under the
ditch: 66.000 acres are suitable to Irrigation, according
to eatlmtaes,. -
has, eurroundlng lis city limits. In Jackron county, ail'-'
miles of macadam roads, aer. miles of graded mails, 1612
of ungraded roads and 8.46 miles of pnveil market mails.
ii si mllna nf nlle,l market roads. 06.5(1 miles of maca
dam market roads, 4.18 miles of graded market roads
POWER BILL
IS
By GRANGE
DRAFTED
Study of Proposed Projects
Will Be Made By State
.Hydro Commission to Be
Set Up Election in Dis
trict Next Step.
I'ORTLANl), Ore, Doc. 3 1 , (I)
Proposed IcKislullon to carry out
tho purposes of the Orunne Water
and Power Utility DLslricts Consti
tutional Amendment, voted at the
November election, held the atten
tion of the executive committee of
the Oregon Htate Grunge in session
here today.
The group had before It the bill
drafted nnd prepared by a special
committee appointed by C, C.
Iluiet, Mate muster, which form is
expected to ho presented to the
state legislature.
The Mil provides, Kenneth Har
lan, consulting attorney, said, that
upon petition by 10 percent of the
voters of a proposed power district
to a statu hydro-electric cornrnlnv
sion, which is to be set up by other j
legislation, the commission must
make A study of the feasibility ot
the project and within 60 days call
a public hearing before the entire
district.
The commission will make Its
recommendations for or against
the proposed project following the
hearing. It must then call an
elecilon In the district, decide for
innlion, genernl obligation bonds,
and elect five dlroctors. AU three
Ihsucs are to he on the same bal
lot. Harlan said the proposal pro
vides that no property bo removed
from the tax roll, but Valher that
the projects voted nnd constructed
be taxed exactly as private utility
projects.
VET AID BONDS
SALKM, Ore., Dec. 31. (P)
Htlkte Treasurer Kay has deposited
at the Chane National hank, flxcal
agent of the state of Oregon in
New York City, the sum of 9505,
315 with which to pay tho principal
of $500,000 Oregon war veterans'
Htate aid bonds and interest on the
bonds from October 1, 1930, -to
January 1. 1931.
The payment reduces the total of
veterans aid bonds from $27,250,
000 outstanding ' to $26,750,000.
The total amount Issued was. $2,-nno.ono.
Main Office
MEDFORD, OREGON
Directly Across
From Fairgrounds
Pone 1235
S.O.S.
Packers, Shippers and Distributors of
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Rogue River Valley
Apples and Pears
SALES OFFICE
204 Franklin 5t., New York
Service
Organization
Sales
Wishes Everyone
A Happy New Year
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Dec. 31.
(P) Word was received here today j
nf the death at Holy Cross mission i
or the Hgv. Father Aloysiua Robout, NEW ORLKANS, Ore., Dec. 31. .j tino theater, a small motion ptc
75, one of the earliest Jesuit mis- j (jP) Three violent explosions j ture house, and damaged five
slonarles In northern Alaska. I early todny destroyed the Vnlen- 1 other buildings.
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aerv ahoppKra from nil pnrla of aoulhern r'Ron ami
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haa 19 fruit pnoklnic, ahlpplnit onil rxportlnK flrma.
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STORY 1
(Contlnuad frm P9 1)
Id circuit court Unit Tueadujf. Ru
Inora were beard today the dnfrnae
may request a rhanKe of venue.
Utifenae attornoya refuaed to com
Hiont on llila report. 11 waa auld In
I he district atlornoy'a office, how
rerthe prosecutor would realMt
kiirh a move, due to the ureal es-fn-nne
of trunaporllog the two acore
wltnoaaea to Another part of the
atate.
... I'OllTI.VU. fire., l)ro. il.
In copyrighted alory tha ore
K"Mn today quoted Mra.- H. W.
, Howard, atate'a wllneaa In II"'
Kowlex dfuth rune, aa eaylna; Mra.
' Icone C. llowlca wna culled to
Irmn O. Ixiuck"' upnrtinent w'. irej
alii, waa mnMitd fatally Novetn
lier IS. v ,
Theeltreiconlnn nuoted Mra. How
ard to the eftoct .Mta. Uowlra
went to the upartmetit lit the
hope alia could make eome finan
cial nrrangrment with Mlart liucka
whrrehy MImm liurka would leave
the flute and not eee Ts'claont) (
tlowlen any nore.
'Mra. llowlea told lue etie of
fered Mlra I)lickn her nutomolille
nnd all the nionry ahe had If only
ho would lenve the atate nnd not
attempt to ere llowlee nny more,"
the paper quoted Mra. Howard.
"Hhe auld Mia Lourka told her
that aha could get more than
that fromier husband.''
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There are approatmntely 100..
Odu deer In Idaho nnd nhout 4,
firtl are killed nnnually hy hunt-era.
No Approvals No Exchanges No Refunds
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Price Reductions Offered
During This YEAR-END
A TT.1T
Are Nothing Short' of Sensational !
Look at These Values
Three Special Groups of 1
DRESSES
Exquisite dress creations all of the new
est models and most desired materials may
be found in these three groups, specially
reduced for this sale to
$3.95, $7.95
and $11.95
All of Our
FUR TRIMMED
COATS
afLUtwai.i nimBmS!9&m'Mm.mMam 1 1 ae a V
The NELLIE NEASfSTORE of Grants Pass
Preliminary to opening a Cinderella Store in Grants Pass we are
selling out the ENTIRE STOCK of the Nellie Neas store HERE
IN MEDFORD where people of this city may enjoy the advan
tages of DRASTIC PRICE SLASHING This is all GOOD, UP-TO-THE-MINUTE
merchandise offered at prices that will MOVE
IT AT ONCE! Do not overlook this OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE!
33 SMART SUITS
Think of it! 33 smart suits in
cluding 3-piece creations in 2
price groupings
995.s19
.95
119 NEW DRESSES
One and two-piece suit creations in travel print
and plain colors. Many sold as high as $10
$2.95
50 Beautiful DRESSES
50 of them! Beautiful garments in georgette
crepe, shantung and wash crepe, values to $25.00
$5.95
On Sale While They Last
V2 Price
Smart fur-trimmed coats reduced to prices
that will amaze you never before have
we offered values that excel these coat
offerings,
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Special Selling of Hats
3 Big Graups at
$1.00 $1.95 $2.95
29 Flat Crepe DRESSES
Dresses in flat crepe and chiffon one and two
piece creations values as high as $29.85
25 DRESSES
25 garments in this lot in dark
shades of wools and crepes, priced
at
$16.95
Allen-A Hosiery
Allen-A Hosiery in the most de
sired shades and your choice of
chiffon and service weights
89c
' Underwear and
Corsets at i Price
$9.95
28 COATS
In this lot of 28 coats may be
found smart garments for dress
and sport wear at
$3.95
35 COATS
Sport and fur-trimmed coats re
duced for this clean-up to
$8.95
Hats Going at
$1.00 - $1.95 - $2.95
All BETTER COATS at V2 PRICE and Less
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