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"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.
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Lost River
BUTTER
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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.
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Closing time tor Tckj Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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FUEL OIL, any amount. Call 11M
Petroleum Heat A Burner Oo.
Tune in KSL every evening,
day thru Friday, 8 p.m.
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WILLIAM M.
McAllister
Republican Candidate for
State
Representative
Thoroughly Experienced In Law
familiar with Jackson County"
Legislative Problems.
Paid Adv. Republican
County Central Committee
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