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I PAGE TWELVE "NrEPEOTtP UfATTJ TRI"BUKE, MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1S, 1936 SAVED BY F OF Rogue Valley Districts Put On Sound And Economical Basis By Federal Invest ment Saving Is Cited The benoflt of government Invest ment to Jackson county 1 shown clearly In the refinancing which placed Irrigation dlatrlct of the Hogue river valley on a sound and economical basis. There are five Irrigation dlstrlcta In the valley, all of them organized un tor state law. The district, were carved out of landa susceptible to Irrigation. It was a cooperative pian daveloned by the landownera them- aelvea. They organized themselves tnto a dUtrlct and each landownor biwame a stockholder In accordance with the number of acres to be Irrigated. In most Instances the Irrigation elatrlcta Involved the impounding of water. This required the sale of bonds under the Irrigation district law of the state. State Lends 4ld In order to stimulate the reclama tion of land under these projects, the state passed a law enabling the farmers and orchardlsta of the dis trict to organize and, In effect, sub scribe ao many acres to each district. Bonds wore Issued which became a lien upon the lands of the district, To promote sale of the bonds, the state guaranteed the Interest for a period of three years, purpose of thla being to help the district during the early years of the project. All of the districts of the valley Tere projected at a time when con struction cost were high. Borne of the irrigation systems wero built on cost-plus basis. 0 Tcrrent nmid Issued . Bonds bearing a 0 percent Interest rate were sold and In most Instances discounted to effect a ready market. In the case of the Medford Irriga tion district, largest In the valley, purchase waa made of the water rlghU of the Pish Lake Canal com pany, a private corporation. To cover the coat of the water rlghta and con struction of the main canal and lat erals, bonds were Issued In the sum of 1,200,000'. They were long-term securities bearing 0 percent Interest. Medford district embraced about 10,000 acres and Included many of the finest orchards In the valley. Under the stnte Irrigation plan, an nual assessments were made upon the lands to cover the cost of mainten ance, administration, operation, In terest on the bonds and amortization of the bonded debt. The assessment tan a high as IIS an acre annually. The iiiMminu were placed on the tax rolls and became a tax lien against the property. Debt Burden Kxceislte The depression itruck the country, economlo conditions became sovere and the Medford district found Its debt burden Impossible to carry. By 1833 the district had accumulated deferred Interest payments of about 200,000. In addition It owed the state about iaso.000 for Interest paid on Ha account. This, together with the principal amount of the bonds, made an accumulated debt of ll.e&O, 000 In 1033. After the Roosovolt administration took charge of the government In 1633, Medlord Irrigation district ap plied to the Iteconstructlon finance Corporation, a government agency, lor funde with which to carry out a refinancing plan. Tax delinquencies at that time had reached an appal ling condition. General conditions were so bad that the district had de faulted on Interest due the bond holders. The Beconstructlon Finance Cor poration agreed to assist. It sent field men and appraisers Into tho district, secured the bonds to be Im pounded and furnished funds of 40,000 to refinance the district and discharge all of Its outstanding obli gation. Niulligs Nutru The district then Issued bondt to the government for the sum of $440,000. They were 33 year bonds drawing Interest of 4 percent. It will bo readily seen from these figures that the government's re financing brought the district a di rect benefit of about fl.2ln.ooo. This was a direct saving In the landown er under the district. As a rwult of tho refinancing, a, sessment hsve been reduced to la. SO an acre annually whereas previously they had run as high a u. (Editor' Note Tills Is the first of a erle of article showing the ecou omy and benefit of government In. vestment In Jackson county Anoth er article will appear shortly ) Two well-known persons navlng surnames of Aa were Peter Vomlir Aa, a Dutch bookseller In leylen: and Christian Charles Henry Vonder Aa. a Dutch churchman. Increased activity In the German chemical industry hxa greatly re duced the number of unemployed ehemlats in that country, according to a report from Prankfort-on-Maln. Better clothe tor lesa Tailor, upstairs. Klein the Tune In K81, every evenln. day thru Friday a p m. - Mon A Lost River BUTTER .1 VALLEY PIONEER Mr. Jennie Ellzzabeth Merrltt one of the old time resident o Jackson county, passed away at a lrw.nl hnftnttal In Medford Prldav eve. nlng, after a week's Illness, aged 08 years. For the past several yeara aha had been residing with her daughter at 18 Kos court, roxuoro Mrs. Merrltt was. born at Clinton, Henry county, Missouri, In Septem ber, 1808, a daughter of William and Rebecca Moore. When 7 yoars old RhA pAtnA with her Darcnta to Jack sonville, Ore., where aha received her 'education In the public achool and spent most of her girlhood. Having graduated from tne nign scnooi un. Hjr fhA nrlnclnalshln of Prof. J. W Merrltt, she for acveral yeara taught achool In Sims Valley. On December 16, 1891. Oenevleve E. Moore waa united In marriage to John w. Mernt-c. wno waa inea wu riuctins a successful mercantile bual ness In Central Point, Ore. Having started a similar business in uoiu Hill, Ore., the family moved from rtnl Pnlnf. to Qold Hill In 1016, where Mr, Merrltt waa actively en gaged In buslneas until hi death' In 1921. Mr. Merrltt waa well known a an able educator and a beloved and respected citizen of Jackson county. Of the union waa born one daughter, Esther Louise, now Mr. Brldane L. Sanderson. Mr. Merrltt waa baptlzozd In tbe PreBbyterlan church at Jacksonville by Father WllUama and ever since her girlhood had been actively en gaged In church work. She waa a mmiMr nf thn Preabvterlan churoh In Medford and well known as leader of the Merrltt Circle. She waa a mem bur nf Nevlt.n chnntcr. Order of East ern Star of Contral Point, and a member of tho Past Matrons club nr MmvIIo nhantor of Central Point and of Reames chapter of Medford Mr. Merrltt Icavca to urvlve her. her daughter. Mrs. Brldane L. Sand erson, one grandson John Merrlt San derson, now attending achool in Portland, Ore.; one atep-aon, Georgo A. Merrltt, of Jacksonville Ore., and one brother, Robert L. Moore, of Central Point, Oro. A woman of atorllng character ana tnBHf. In r.hrl.tlan belief Mr. Merrltt ipnvea bealdea her relatives. a boat of frlenda who will continue to keep hor in reverent memory. Funeral service will bo conducted nf thn Perl Funorol Home at 2:30 p. m Monday. Interment In Jack sonville cemetory. CRATER OFFICES MOVED TO CIIY Executive personnel and office rec ords, supplies and equipment or Crater lake national park will be tranaferred from the mountain resort tomorrow to winter headquartcra In tho federal building here. In wlntor the exccutlvo poraonnei occupies the federal courtroom and of flcoa on the second floor of tne post office building. A probbin la fore seen this year a federal court la t- conveno hero again on December 1. Where the park personnel will go during the term of court has not yot been determined. TILLER-TO TRAIL PORTLAND, Oct. 17. (tf) ForeM roads of Oregon, many of them Im portant parts of the state's highway system and others Hated as primary links, were budgeted for 11,10.1.000 by the federal bureau of public roads here. Ten major projects wera Hated In the proponed expenditures for the fiscal year of 103fl. Projects llnted In the federal hud ;et Included: Tlller-Trai) highway, grsdtng, 91 10.- 000; Klamath Fnlla-Lakevlew highway,1 grading, surfacing and oiling, $100,-1 0(H; Onucnde Inkos. .V000. I GREEN Slabs Select Quality Per Lond in Two Load Lots Medford Fuel Co. Offices of FRANK C. CLARK ROBERT J. KEENEY Architects Now located in the Flulirer Bldff. 2(M K. Main St., corner Contral Phone 692 Office Hours 8:S0 a. m. S:S0 p. m. Satuidays 8:30 a. m. 13;S0 p. ra. Organization of a Medford branch of Zonta, International, women's clas sified service club, was completed at a dinner meeting Friday night at the Hotel Medford, under the leadership of MIas Vera M. Fowler, of Chicago, field secretary. Membership la based on classification, member being se lected from the representative busi nesses or industries of a city. The most outstanding woman in each business or profession In a city la ch often to represent that group In the club. Zonta International was founded in 1910 In Buffalo, N. T., and has since grown to International stand ing, having clubs In Sidney, Aus tralia; Vienna, Austria; Hamburg, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; Cop enhagen, Denmark; and Honolulu, Hawaii. Medford la tho third city in Oregon to be selected for Inaugura tion of a chapter, the other two be ing Portland and Salem. Mlas Fowler stated that classifica tion is the basis of the entire or ganization. Zonta being to business women what Rotary and Kl wants clubs are to men of the community, selective membership being main tained. Among service alms of the club, she listed:. Encouragement of high ethical standards in business and the professions; Improvement of legal, political, economic and profes sional status of women; promotion of spirit of good fellowship; work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of executive women In business and professions, united In the Zonta ideal of service. Local officers of tho club are head ed by Mrs. Margaret Fabrlck, as pres ident, others being Ethelwynn Hoff mann, first vice-president; Mrs. Thora Smith Lawrence, second vice-pres ident; Louise Bastard, secretary, and Josephine Klrtley, treasurer. Direc tors are Mrs. Fabrlck, Mrs. Effle Kurtr. Mrs. Hoffmann, Miss Kirtloy, Miss Bosford. Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Maudo M. Snider and Mlas Phyllis A. SweArlngon. 1 Other mombers are Mrs. Anita , Robertson, Eve Benson, Zoo R. Hurd, Florence A. Leonard, Lura L. Lynch. Bernlce Cameron, Mabel C. Mack, .Stella J. Merrick, Lola C. Young. Ma bel C. Conger, Blanche LeClerc and ; Lois C Llndsey. The club will hold two meetings monthly, a luncheon tho 4th Monday and an evening session the 2nd Mon day. Obituary Farrell C. Skllllngs Farrcll Oarl akllltnga nged 10 years passed away In a local hospital Fri day evening from pneumonia due to exposure In the recent Bandon fire. He wae the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John I. SkllllngA or Imbler, Ore. One sister reside In Washington. The body was forwarded by the Conger funeral parlors to La Orange, Ore., Saturday evening where funeral services will be held and Interment made. D. T. Oerde Funeral services for Dletrlck T. Qcrdes havo been changed, and will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Monday at 1 :30. Dr. Sherman L Divine officiating. Interment will take place In the Medford I.O.O.F. ceme tery. BLACKSMITH SPRING AND WELDING WORKS MERRIMAN SHOP, INC. JO 8n. Riverside. Phone ZHi IF IT'S METAL Think of Merriman's APPROVED ROLLS STATE HOSPITALS The American College of Surgeons has issued a list of approved hos pitals In Oregon which Includes the Sacred Heart hospital here. Dr. Mai colm T. MacEachern, associate direc tor of the college, who has charge of the hospital standardization move ment, explained the approved list In part as follows: "The hospital standardization move ment was Inaugurated for the pur pose of encouraging, assisting and guiding hospitals to meet certain definite requirements for the proper care of patients solely for the protection and benefit of the pub lic." Approved hospitals In Oregon are as follows: Astoria: Columbia Hospital. St. Mary's Hospital. Baker: St. Elizabeth Hospital. CorvallLv. Corvallia General Hos pital. Eugene: Pacific Hospital. Klamath Palls: Hillside Hospital, Klamath Valley Hospital. Medford: Sacred Heart Hospital. Ontario: Holy Rosary Hospital, Oregon City: Oregon City Hospital. Pendleton: St. Anthony's Hos pital. Portland: Dr. Robert 0. Coffey Ctlnlo and Hospital, Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children, Em anuel Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Multnomah Hospital, Port land Sanitarium and Hospital; St. Vincent's Hospital. Shrlners' Hospital for Crippled Children. Veterans' Ad ministration Hospital. Roscburg: Veterans' Administra tion Hospital. Salem: Oregon State Hospital, Sa lem General Hoslptal, Provisionally approved. Stated meeting. Table Rock Coun cil No. 1A, R, & S. M.. Masonic Tem ple, Tuesday evening, October 20th, 8 p.m. uegrees. wrrcRnmcnts. L. C. STEWART. Master. E. M. WILSON, Secty. Rt.ntprl mMvt.lntr nf ("Trot or T.nlrA Chapter No. 32, RAM., Medford Mnsonlc Temple. October 20th, 1936. 7:30 p.m. V. A. NORRIS. H.P. E. M. WILSON, Secty. . se Mall Tribune vant ads. ; 4 Closing time tor Tckj Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. j r-lfvW TJou SlwulJ See 3ti THIS NEW WESTINGHOUSE AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC RANGE There ore two ortlstic lights thot swing for ward in ony position, the lamps are a frosted, silver finish, trimmed in cardinol. An electric clock is in the center, between the two light fixtures, on an attractive little shelf. On the left of the bock splasher, is a little silver-finished shelf, just large enough for the modernistic, ebonite solt ond pepper shak ers. In the center of the splasher bock is 0 silver-finished plate, with radio dial temperature control for the oven so that you con set the exact degree of heot you want to use . . . also o rectangular-shoped pilot light, to show when the oven is on. The left side of tne cooking top is a convenient, stainless, easy-to-cleon work table. The right side of the cooking top has four fost, genuine Wcstinghousef economy cooking plotes thot ore the lost word In cooking efficiency. New, improved, Westinghouse switches Insure perfect operation . . . ond the convenience outlet permits easy use of percolator, tooster or mixer. The large, porceloin-tined, fast, Westinghouse auto- matic oven insures perfect baking ond roosting results. The broiler pan comes os rerulor equipment. LOCAL and Patrol Sale Patrol of Zulelma tern- pie. Daughters of the Nile, will hold ft rummage sale next Friday and Sat urday, according to prssent plans. KlnanU Party Klwanlans and their ladles will hold a dinner and card party at the Hotel Medford at 0:30 tomorrow evening. The club's regular weekly luncheon-meeting will be omitted tomorrow. Klfle Practice Members of com pany A and headquarters company. 186th Infantry, will use the outdoor rifle range all day today to complete their course In marksmanship. The period for qualifications ends October 31. Fines Imposed Harvey Snook and Alfred Davis, both of Medford, were fined 26 each by City Judge Allen D. Curry yesterday on charges of reck less driving. Harvey K. Miller, Visitor from California who was riding with Mr. Snook, was lined io for belnr drunk. Bible Class Meet Loyal Women's Bible class of the First Christian church will meet at 3 o'clock Tues day afternoon In the recreation ball of the church. All owmbere wero asked to be present. ' Visitors will be welcome, the announcement said. i Lunges Here Francis G. Lange. landscape architect of the, national park service who spent the summer at Crater Lake, and Mrs. Lango arrived In Medford from tbe mountain resort Friday. They will remain here for a few days. Mr. Lange expects to be as signed this winter to park service headquarters In either San Francisco or Portland. Enlist In Army Enlistment In the United States army of the following youths was announced yesterday by Sgt. WUUs E. Estep, recruiter in charge of the Medford station In city hall: Roy J. Baker of 420 Park ave nue, assigned to the flold artillery, Hawaiian Islands; Crandall Conner of Gold Hill, 10th field artillery. Fort Lewis, Wash.; Jack L. Lewis of Trail, 7th Infantry, Vancouver barracks. Wash.; and Lawrence R. Garrison of Grants Pass, atr corps, Philippine isl ands. Sgt. Estep said that vacancies exist for both foreign and domestic servlco. He stated that he Is espec ially desirous of contacting truck drivers, chauffeurs, typists, photog raphers, radio mechanics, telephone operators, armorers, carpenters, sheet metal workers and welders. Schools are maintained by the army to tratu young men for these kinds of work. the sergeant said. THE o prow 7 PERSONAL Visits Parents .C. J. Hansen, of San Francisco, spent the latter part of the week here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Hansen. He continued to Portland yesterday. Open D. A. V. Drive A squad of Disabled American Veterans of the World War will be in action Monday calling upon merchants regarding window cards to advertise the forth coming sale of "Forget-Me-Nots," No vember 8, 1 and 77. Sale of the em blematic flower each year helps to carry on relief work of the ex-servicemen's organization. Episcopal Dinner Announcement was made yesterday of the annual dinner for members of the St. Mark's Episcopal parish, scheduled for Octo ber 20 at 6:30 p.m. ut the parish hall. There will be no charge and enter tainment is being arranged for the evening. Anyone Interested in the church Is extended a cordial invita tion, I. O. O, F. Dance Rogue river en campment No. 30, I. O O. F., win bold a dance at the West Sixth street lodge hall on Friday evening, Octo ber 23. The dance will follow a busi ness meeting scheduled lor 8 o'clock. Good music is promised for the event and all Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and their guests, are invited to attend. No admission will be charged. Makes Inspection E. B Hamilton, in charge of construction for the World War veterans state old commis sion, arrived here Friday to make an Inspection of the repair and reno vation of commission-owned resi dences In Medford and vicinity. The renovation Is being done by a crew of 18 men under the supervision of Eugene Moshberger, tho commission's superintendent of construction. Mr. Moshberger is a colonel of the Ore gon national guard In command of the same organization. Pass Navy Tests Byron L. Allison. Jr.. and .Stanley Rhoads of Grants Pass wero successful In passing their final examinations for enlistment in the United States navy, it was an nounced yesterday by Ernest M. West, recruiting officer. They have been transferred to San DIoro, Cal.. for A. C. WALKER Republican Candidate, for COUNTY TREASURE? i Qualified by Experience ."V v JSW mm ' ' ! 'i' p irH' -) w -1 -. u ' 1 ' (. . - . 1 fhjf n:hn f ONLY The utility drawer to the right of the oven is on added convenience. The finish ond modern lines of the entire range ore beauti ful .. . ond, of course, there is nothing better monufoctured than the Westing house electric range. It is priced especially low. See it today. CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY three months of preliminary training before being assigned to actual duty. Their enlistment completed the Octo ber quota for thla district. Mr. West said. He asked that qualified youths desirous of enlisting consult him at his office on the second floor of the Medford postofflce building. FOR AUTO THEFT George H. Elliott. 26, described as a "floater" from Los Angeles, was held In county Jail here last night on charge of stealing a car owned by tho Brill Sheet Metal Works ou East 8th street. The car wa reported stolen from tho alley at the side of the metal works about 1 o'clock yesterday after noon. Slightly more than an hour later city police wero Informed that the car, with Elliott In It, had been found In Grants Pass. Deputy Sheriff Herb Moore brought Elliott to Med ford. A car owned by Lloyd Johnson of 311 South Peach street, and stolen here on October 9. was found aban doned yesterday In a rice field near willows, Cal.. Sheriff Roy Heard, of Glenn county, notified city police Lewis Calhoun, a friend who was In Willows yesterday, was to bring the car back for Mr. Johnson soday. Jse Mail Tribune w.int ads. CASH Your car need not be paid (or to borrow on it here. You can get cash from us on other personal security, too, and your own signature, of course. No endorsers no red tape. Just drive to our office. In a matter of minutes you can drive away with the cash you need. REFINANCING Well cut one-third to one-half off your monthly car payments. Also, well refinance any other install ment payment obligations that you may have. For cash in q hurry, phone, write or come in. Oregon-Washington Mortgage Co. W. E. Thomas, Mgr. Tel. 139 Ground Floor Craterlan Bldg. V 6 e cacti i FUEL OIL, any amount. Call 11M Petroleum Heat A Burner Oo. Tune in KSL every evening, day thru Friday, 8 p.m. fi . tj - ' . v r lav- rrm WILLIAM M. McAllister Republican Candidate for State Representative Thoroughly Experienced In Law familiar with Jackson County" Legislative Problems. Paid Adv. Republican County Central Committee a i ( $5 V DOWN 1 -'rilMMtSlaZJ
