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PAGE SIX SfEDFOTtD MAIL TRIBTTXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 31. 1936. AIRPORT PROJECT Runway Extended, Drain age Put in, Land Leveled Surfacing to Be Next- New Program Is Sought About 140 man ars now completing the WPA tmprorement project at the mimlclpal airport. Under thl program toe min run wn hu been extended 1,000 feet. The necessary escavsting and 1 retali ation of adequate drainage for tne runway extension have alao been com pleted. Extension of the runway Involved the engineering feat of changing the courae of the Rogue Valley Irrigation ditch. The ditch had to be changed becauae It traversed the extended runway. Work on LeveHlnf. The WPA crew has alao levelled an additional 15 acre and the men are now working on the levelling of 85 more. A crew alao la at work ex cavatlng at a mine on Coker Butte road Just east of the airport, where oil ahale la to be obtained for aur faclng the main runway as part of the present project. Installation of drainage av the air port Involves a difficult problem be cauae of the competition of the land. Pred W. acheffel, city superintend ent, explained. The top layer of earth conalsts of 13 to IS Inches of soft humus soil under which hardpan la found, he related. The hardpan Is formed In waves, dipping low In some places snd coming close to the sur face in others, be said. Unleaa the job la done right, pockets will be left In which water will collect, forming a soft area In whlcb a plane might become bogged, be slated. Laterals Required. The pipes in the drain ditches must be covered with gravel and this must be done by hand to avoid the col lapse of hardpan Into the ditch, Mr. Scheffel aald. Lateral drains must also be provided to prevent forma tion of underground pools at places where the hardpan forms a bowl, he related. Other Improvements. Under the supplemental project now awaiting approval In Portland, the main runway would be extended smother 1.000 feet to a total length of 6.400 feet. The main runway and the oroaa-runway would be widened 100 feet to a width of 300 feet and ail would be aurfaced with oil shale. Mr. Bchelfel explained. The cross runway is 2.650 feet long. Additional drainage would be done and the lighting ayatem would be ex tended and enlarged under the sup plemental project which calls for an outlay of about $130,000. The han gar and offices would be painted and refurbished. HOYLMAN'S PLEA SLATED MONDAY Raletgh Hoylman, charged with forgery and auto theft, Is scheduled to enter a plea In circuit court Monday morning before circuit Judge H. D. Norton. The district attorney's office reports Hoylman seems undecided whether to plcsd guilty or not guilty. Hoylmsn escaped arrest In this elty a month ago when he fled from his room In his underwesr as state police appeared. A few days later he waa arrested near Kerby by CCO members. Hoylman Is al leged to have fled In an auto atolen from J. P. Naumea. from In front of hta home here. Hoylman was cap tured at Kerby In the act of ateal Ing gasoline. The authorltlee state Hoylman haa a record of previous convictions for forgery. ICEBOUND DUCK REFUSES CO OPERATE IN RESCUE NEW YORK. Jan. 81. (UP) om 000 people br lived the cold for hours today to cheer the effort of agent of the A. B. P. C. A. to rescue a heil dlver duck which hu been floating for two daya on a enke of tee In the Hudson liver. The duck accepted all food offered It but dived everyttmt It rescuers came near. It atlll wu sitting on It Ice cake today. ASTORIA. Ore.. jn. 31. (AP) No changes In milk prices in Astoria axo contemplated for the near future. A X. rnnbretaon. member of the state milk control bonrd. wild here todny Our Clearance Sale good until February 8th Still time to buy Pumps and Ties as low as $145 a pair The Cinderella SHOE DEPT. 44 So. Central Evangelist 1 . - ;.'.. The Clark radio fingers. Including Mrs. Edith Clark (above), lyric so prano, and 8. O. Clrk, baritone and 1 1 1m t to Tocallat, will begin a gospel evangel program for southern Oregon under the auspice of the Church of the Nazarene. Central avenue at Jackson, Sunday morning. The series will continue for at least three Sun days, with service every night at 7:30, except Saturday. The public Is welcome. Mrs. Clark Is evangelistic speaker of the party. Mr, and Mrs. Clerk have had s very wide and favorable ministry over & period of years, and have been greeted with a large end appreciative hearing wherever their labors have taken them. They come to Med ford from Sacramento, Cal , where they have had unusual suocess- OF ANSWERS LAST CALL Mary If. Frenna. plonsar resident of Jackson county, passed away at the horns of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer A. Hicks, at 1104 West 4th street, at 13:50 today at the age of 71. Mrs. Frenna was born In Jackson ville. Aug. 37, 1864 and has lived practically all her life In thle county. Her parents came to Oregon from Missouri by ox team In their early youth and Battled where Klamath Palls I now located, later moving to Jacksonville. She leaves two children, Mrs. Hicks of Medford and Harry J. Frenna of Iing Beaoh, Calif. Also one sister. Anna Terrlll of Beagle, six grandchll dren and three great grandchildren. Mrs. Frenna hsa suffered a gradual decline In health for the past three years. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. D. E. Millard at the Con ger chapel at 3:00 p.m. Sunday. In teiment will be In the Central Point oemetery. PEAR SHIPMENTS Pear shipments from this valley. which have lulled since the first 01 the year, showed Improvement the past week, according to Southern Pa cific freight officials. Thursday's ship ments totalled seven cars, and con signments are being made at the raw of seven or eight cars dally, a con tinued freer movement of pears from storage is anticipated. Due to a cold wavs over the east and mid-west, pear shipments fr-sra this point are equipped with heaters. The cold has also retarded sales tn eastern markets, growers and shippers report. Fruit shipments from the valley up to last night total 3375 cars of both pears and apples. The apple shipments aggregate 170 cars, packed pears total 3,000 cars, and the cannery pears to tal is QlQ cars. Ose Mall Tribune want ads. And open your Golden West, expecting to have better coffee... every day.. .than you ever had before I Here li lealed-in-vacuura freshness and fragrancel Here is the mod ern miracle oi Thermalo roasting! More cupt to the pound ... yet it costs yZk jX you no FA Vlia'C SEWAGE PLANT IS 42 P.C. F1SHEI JOB ON SCHEDULE Work Being Speeded After Shutdown Due to Rains Self-Generated Gas Is to Give Fuel for Heat Medford 's sewage disposal plant on Blddie road at Bear creek la now about 43 percent completed. With the arrival of clear weather, the work la being speeded up so that the entire plant can be finished about June I. The contract Is being carried out by H. I. Stuart at Sons on schedule despite the loss of three weeks this month because of heavy rains that caused a complete shutdown of op erations for days at a time, according to Pred W. Bcheffel, city superinten dent. Most of the excavating and founda tion work has now been completed and several of the units above ground are nearlng completion, a survey to day showed. Heptlc Tank Obsolete Completion of the new plant will enable the city to abandon the ob solete septic tank which baa been a source of trouble In recent years and the cause of two complaints against the city. The old tank has been In adequate for a number of years, Mr. Scheffel said. It Is close to the new plant. The main sewer line, which now en ters Into the septic tank, will be turned Into the modern plant when It Is completed. The sewage will tnen pass through screens, grit chambers, preliminary elarlfler, aeration tank, final settling tank, digesting tank. contact tank and sludge fitter beds When It u emptied from the plant Into Beer creek the liquid will be clear water, thus eliminating pollu tion of the stream so far as Medford j la concerned. Gas Utilized A series of steam pipes In the diges tive tsnk will maintain a tempera ture of 60 to 90 degrees Farenhelt. An Interesting festure, Mr. Scheffel ex plained, is that the men thane gas generated In the digestive tank will be drawn off as fuel for the burner that will provide the heat. After the plant has been In operation a few years, the superintendent stated, suf ficient gas may be generated to pro vide power for operation of the en tire system. The gas, he explained,! would provide fuel for an engine that tnturn would operate a dynamo pro ducing enough electrlo power to op erate the plant. Another saving will be provided by the sludge which will be used as fer tiliser for city parks, Mr. Scheffel said. THE GRANGE Upper Rogue Orange. The February meeting has been changed to Wednesday, February A, ss the dramatic conteat finale are being held In the Medford high school February 8. Member are urged to come and bring their friends to see the two contest playa, "More Than a Million." by the Orange, and "Albany Depot," by the Trail extenaion unlV Monday, February 1, -at 8 p. m.. at Rogue Elk. The home economics club met with Bister Dltsworth, January 30, the new officers taking the chairs. Next meet ing will be at the home of cuter Olass. All U. R. Orange and Trail extension ladlea are to bring home made candy to be sold at the playa, February 1. Heather Northern California: Cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably light rains: slightly wsrmer Interior or north to night; gentle, chsngeabl winds off the ooaat, mostly southerly. . Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday: local fogs: little change In temperature: gentle, changeable wind off the coast. 4 Die Mall Tribune mat ada. AqU .-est I more. t I J I 1 J J ! si I WPA ARTIST LAMPOONS F. D. R. f 'f isW r. 4 Some of the 'unny drawings he made of President Roosevelt which re being circulated by the National Republican Council, are exhibited here by Hails Hendrix of New York. The matter perhaps would never have been mentioned If Hendrix were not on the payroll of the works progress administration because he "needed the money." (Associated Press Photo . GASOLINE BLAST MAKES INFERNO OF (Continued Irrom Page One.) but both are badly burned. The rest could not be reached, as the gaso line roared like an Inferno." The convicts, described by Middle- brook as "bad." were being trans ferred from camp "C" at Scotts boro to a state road project on the Lee highway. The prison trucks, used In Ala bama, Texas snd several other southern states, are cages on wheels, equipped with benches for the pris oners. Usually there Is provision for manacling of the convicts. Near Famous Case Site. The accident occurred near the City where Ozle Powell end eight other negroes accused of attacking two white women on a freight train In 1031 have seen much of the liti gation which has left them long tn the shadow of the electric chair. Powell Is recovering at a Birming ham hospital from a bullet wound In the head suffered In an attempt to escape from his guards In a mo tor car last week. Oovernor Bibb Graves, at Mont gomery, ssld he was "shocked," by the tragedy. He Immediately ordered Hamp Draper, chief of the state convict department, and Oast on Scott, state highway director, to go to Scottsboro for an official Investi gation. Draper, before leaving, ordered Warden Prank Bo we 11 of Kllby prison to send 20 caskets to Scotts boro. All convicts except those classi fied as "bad." are transported to snd from road camps, scattered over the state, in open trucks, without manacles of any kind. Prison authorities said even the bad " ones usu ally are tra nsported In trucks enclosed In heavy steel mesh, with the door locked, making manacles unnecessary. It Is not uncommon along Ala bama highways, where many of the convicts are employed to see from 30 to 50 scattered slong the high way for several hundred yards, with only two guards nearby. "Home of Good Meats. Swift's Gov't Inspected Meats." Calling All Housewives . . . "If you are looking; for the very best prade Prise Stcor Beef . . we have it. Yes, wo have Specials too for this week-end." SPECIALS Silver Leaf Lard, 2 lbs 35c S Oriole Bacon, half Short Ribs of Beef, lb l()c Gold Cup Dog Food, 11 cans $1.00 The Kirtland Farm Fancy Beef is being cut now. Try a pot roast and see the difference! AL STEWART'S CAPONS, FRYERS AND FANCY BAKING CHICKENS V , t 4 ) POLAR E BY BIG MIAMI, F.. Jan. 31. (AP Uke to spend your summer vacation up around the Vlorth Pole? Igor Sikorsky, builder of airships, thlnk the giant luxury airliner "sure to come" within the next few years may m&ke It entirely feasible. "One of the most Interesting pos sibilities of the large future ships." the Russlsn-born designer said In his precise, faintly accented English, "will be excursion flying, visits to the moat remote parts of the globe. "The Jungles of Central America, Labrador, Greenland and the North Pole will be easily accessible. Sikorsky believes land planes of 50.000 pounds and. flying boats of 100,000 pounds gross, approximately twice the size of ships now In com mercial use, will be built "very seen." Expressing the opinion cruising speeds would remain for the present In the neighborhood of 180 to 320 miles an hour, the aircraft builder ssld aviation, as Its novelty wore off, mut give Increasing emphasis to comfort, convenience and safety to hold passenger traffic. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. (UP) One of the reasons he quit his $25 a week shipping company clerkship, John Ja cob Astor 3rd said tonight as he sail ed for Europe on a holiday, was be cause he favors a 30 hour week. He had to work from D to 5 and thought eUht hours a day too long. Palmer's American CHILI An Oregon Product! This Is a mild and grease lets food. Ask at vour grocer or restaii rant Try It Just once then yon will Insist on Palmer's American Chill. SOLD THROUGH VOUR LOCAL JHSTRIIU TORS L7 or whole, lb. 35c HALF BILLION JH ADDITIONAL TAXES NEEOEOJAYS F. R. (Continued viom Page One.) bis veto of the Pitman Inflationary bill last session. Mr. Roosevelt mentioned no spe cific forms the tax proposals may take, saying they still were very much In the study stage. He did not know whether a special tax message would go to congress. Substitute for AAA. Emphaale waa placed by the chief executive on his statement that the half billion needed for the farm pro gram would ba In the nature of a substitute for the Invalidated pro cessing levies. Some administration quarters have suggested the retroactive enactment of the processing taxes as general ex cise levies.. Currency expansionists on Capitol Hill were encouraged by the marked aversion of congress to levying taxes In a campaign year. But potent Democratic leaders aald prrvately the drive waa as good as blocked, and even some inflationists admitted they were whipped, though none was ready to be quoted by name. One of the most persistent of the Inflationists, Representative Paunan. (D-. Tex.), expressed optimism, how ever. He summoned an Inflationary "steering committee' of house mem bers into a secret session to arrange strategy. Pat man Has Plan. When the house approaches the task of appropriating the bonus mon ey, as requested by President Roose velt, Pitman's aim la to force a vote on his plan to pay by printing money, rather than by borrowing or new taxes. It was considered significant that Speaker Byms said any move to at tach the plant to an appropriation bill would be out of order, unless a special rule were adopted It waa also noted that prominent Democrats sought to show there was no significance In the action yester day of the senate agriculture com mittee, which Included a supplemen tal statement on currency expansion i In reporting the administration's new farm subsidy bill to the senate. New Currency Suggested. The statement Included at the re quest of Senator Thomas (D., Okla.), suggested that the president should announce that he was "going back to the 1026 price level." Prices would Immediately rise to that level, Thomas argued, and the president could keep them there by Issuing $780,000,000 or 11,000.000,000" of new currency. Thomas praised the administra tion's action In devaluing the dollar, saying that If It had not done so. LOST I -A Golf Ball FOUND -A Mystery A dubbed 6hot bad sent Bobby's ball over the cliff. Bobby, peering disgustedly after it, drew back in shocked surprise, hurried down to what he saw below, found himself enmeshed in a tangled web of mystery, adventure ind romance. BOOMERANG CLUE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE Is the story of what happened when Bobby and Lady Frances Derwcnt refused to accept the coroner's jury verdict of "accident" as an explanation of the tragedy on the golf course. In their role of amateur detectives this lively young couple soon found need of all the inspiration and quick.wittedness they could command. The climax is startling, the 6tory. throughout entertaining, expertly told. Don't Miss This Gripping New Serial! BEGINS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH IN THE Medford Mail Tribune crops would be selling for disastrous ly low price today. But he held that money should be cheaper sttU. Incidentally, today waa the second anniversary of the devalued dollar, and the argument about Its effec tiveness waa atlll In progress after two years. L SLATED AT 0. S. C. CORVAIXIS (Spl.) More than 500 homemakers from all parts of Oregon are expected to gather on the Oregon Bute college campus February 11 to 14, Inclusive, for the sixth annual Home Interests conference under the auspices of the school of home eco nomics and the home economics ex tension staff. The fourth annual meeting of the 8tate Home Econom ics Extenslson council will be held on the campus the dsy prior to the opening of the conference. Interest in this annual home makers conference has grown rapid ly. While attendance will be made up largely of representatives of home ex tension units, parent-teacher associa tions, granges, clubs and other or ganizations, the sessions are open to the public and anyone Interested In the most up-to-date Information In the varied fields of bo me ma king 1 invited to attend, according to Miss Thelma Gaylord, state leader of home economics extension. The convention will open this year with a luncheon Tuesday noon, Feb ruary 11, at which the delegates wilt be greeted by President George W. Peavy. Miss Ava B. Milan, dean of the school of home economics, and W. A. Schoenfeld, dean and director of agriculture. Following the lunch eon Dr. F. M. Hunter, chancellor of the state system of higher educa tion, will speak on "The Fsmlly and Education," and later In the after noon Mrs. Sheldon Backett will bring greetings from the board of higher education. Among other outstanding speakers during the session will be J. Hudson Ballard, pastor of the First Presby terian church of Portland, and Ed ward O. Slsson, professosr of philoso phy at Reed college. One feature that has been greatly enjoyed In the past and win be re peated this year Is an Informal af ternoon with a group of noted Ore gon authors. Including Frances Gill, Phil Parrlsh and several others. Tuesdsy and Wednesday evenings will be devoted to the presentation of the annual -festival of plays," at whlcb time one-act plays chosen as winners in their county contests will be presented for criticism and sug gestions. Counties to be represented this year are Columbia, Clackamas, Multnomah. Lane and Deschutes. E FOR SWEETNESS BERKELEY. Cal. (UP) Pasteur ized wines soon may become as well known as pasteurized milk. The object of the process now be ing perfected by Dr. W. W. Cruess professor of fruit technology at the State College of Agriculture, la to preserve sweet, unfortified wines by pasteurization by heat, much In the same manner as fruit juices and beer are preserved. The university's experiments are the result of numerous demands from consumers who prefer sweet wines of low alcoholic content. Wines used In the experiments to date contain less than 14 per cent of alcohol. Well-aged dry product, either white or red, first Is taken and then the degree of sweetness determined ac cording to the taste of prospective consumers. This sweetness Is attain ed by adding sufficient grape Juice to give a Balling test 3 ft of whatever degree of sweetness Is desired. The blend is then heated In 4 continuous pasteurizer to 180 de grees Fahrenheit for about one mo ment and then cooled to room tem perature Immediately. The wine then is refrigerated to near Its freezing point, for several days to remove excess cream of tar tar. It Is then filtered and bottled and when properly sealed again heated to 30 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes. 4 Are you a member of Ethel wyn B. Hoffmann's HOSIERY CLUB? Join Now. Vitality Pumps & Ties Now $4.95 (2 Pairs $8.95) AAA to B Sizes to 9 The Cinderella SHOE DEPT. 44 So. Central 3 ttakeae V Mb' 1 I I I I inia-m 1 s
