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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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