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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1938)
"MEPFOKTV MATL TRIBUTE. HfEDKmT). OREflpy. THTRSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1938. PAGE FIVE HALF. BILLION BE USED FOREST HIGHWAYVTRAILS Ten-Year Building Program Mapped, Chiefly for West ern States Oregon's Share Receives Congratulations WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. JP The forest service disclosed today It In tended to spend nearly hill a billion dollars during the next 10 years per fecting a system of highways, truck roods and trails In the national for' esta of the country. This exceeds by approximately 1100,000.000 the amount spent In the .past by the service In Its road build' Ing programs. Officials said the completed system would Include 24,173 miles of first class highway, 113,396 miles of truck roads, and 163,840 miles of foot trails all vital to forest administration and protection. Approximately, 1,118 mllea of the forest highway system remain to be constructed, and at least 10.033 miles of existing road must be Im proved. This would require, officials said, an expenditure of approximate ly 301, 874,000. The truck road program will In volve construction of some 31,770 miles of rouKh automobile trail and the Improvement of 32,002 miles of the 49, 624 miles of existing road, at an estimated cost of (120,638,800. Officials said 17,690 mllea of the 118.603 miles of existing -foot trails would have to be Improved and an additional 16.647 constructed before that phase of the program was com plete. This would Involve an expendi ture of about 3,436,700, they said. Much of the work will be done In the western states, where the larger national forests are located, but the program will reach Into 39 of the states, Alaska and Puerto Rico be fore It is completed. Contemplated expenditures for for est highways, truck trails and foot trails, respectively, by states. Include: Alaska, 65.588.000; 1.290,000: 165. 600; California, 27,043,O00: 41,637. 800: 6B81.600: Idaho, $24,074,600; 10,- 441,900; 382,700; Montana, 17.818,- 000: 64.702,300; 9302,600; Oregon Ma,. 058.000: 610.064,800: 739,500; Utah, 18.443.400: 3.065,800: 114.800. Washington, 19,891,000; 5,226,300; - 61,292,300. Czech Minister and Hitler Hold Parley BERLIN, Oct. 13. (PI Informed oersons said today Prantlsek Chval- kovsky, Czechoslovakia's new foreign minister, would go to Berchesgaden tonight to discuss with Adolf Hitler the basis of future relations between Germany and the dismembered re. ' bubllc. Although Chvalovsky, who arrived this morning from Prague had a tw:v hour conference with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Rlbbentrop, It waa understood larger questions were left for Hitler's own consideration. Mott for Minima?. ROSEBURO, Oct. 13. yp) Realign ment of the Pacific highway between Roseburg and Granta Pass should Immediately be undertaken by the state highway commission, Congress. man James W. Mott declared here today upon his arrival from Medford Closing time for' Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. I .f . : '?t ,. VN if, -Sb RUNS FIVE HOURS; AUDIENCE STAYS NEW YORK. Oct. IS. (A"), Tf.e Ellnbethans were known as rugged playgoers, but so. too. arc New York first nlghters who were talking en thusiast lcally today about Maurice E vans' live-hour performance last night In an uncut version of "Hamlet." The audience assembled at 6:30 p. m. At 8:15 they went hurriedly supper, smiling at the Shakespearean quotation on the program: "For this relief much thanks . . ." They came straggling back at 8:60 p. m. The final curtain fell at 11:30 and ap proprlately enough the program note said: "But soft I Me thinks I scent the morning air . . ." And even after five hour the audl ence remained seated and cheered until Evans stepped out to make brief curtain speech. Brooks Atkinson, of the New York Times, said the uncut "Hamlet" was "a wild and whirling play of exalted sound and tragic grandeur, and Mr. Bvani acta as though It were a new text that had not been clapper-clawed by generations of actors." Burns Mantle of the Dally News aid: "Here la a new adventure, and an Impressive one In playgolng. An-i here, so long as Maurice Evans Is able to stand the physical strain, is stirring performance of Hamlet fit for student body and the ordinary playgoers' enjoyment." ; Richard Watts. Jr., of the Herald- Tribune commented: "Maurice Evans Hamlet la a rich, eloquent and full blooded creation that Uvea up to the enthusiastic advance hopes and anticipations." Robert Coleman, Dally Mirror, said : And this version of Hamlet, exactly as Shakespeare penned It, Is an ex citing and Impressive tragedy, well worth the extra time It takes to hear It." 4 PARIS. Oct. 13. () White Rus sian circles reported today a split had developed over the choice of thi next "Czar of all the Russia" to succeed Orand Duke Cyril Vladimir- ovitch, who cHed In exile yesterdav The handsome 63 -year-old head of the house of Romanoff and pretend er to the vanished imperial Russian throne, proclaimed himself czar In 1034 In a manifesto that named as his successor his 31 -year-old son and heir, Orand Duke Oladmlr Cyrlllo-vitch. Some emigres said, however, many Romanoffs considered Vladimir's sta tus doubtful since his late mother.' Orand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. was a granddaughter of Queen Vic toria of England and a Pro tea tan. Instead of Oreek orthodox. The other claimant Is Orand Duke Dmitri Pavlovltch, Cyril's cousin. He was present with other members of the family and a few close friend r Cyril's death, and was expected to take the present opportunity to consolidate his claims to the pro tendershlp. An Immediate Romanoff family council might be considered necessary to solve the problem. 4 Oregon Wheat Steady. PORTLAND, Oct. 13. S) Current demands readily absorbed offerings on the wheat ml II feeds market for the week ending yesterday, the fed eral bureau of agricultural economic C0LDS?Moth.r,! Whenever anyone in your family has a cold, don t tanei needless risks . . . ease misery wun v wADoRu- reported. There Hon of supplies. was no aecumula The coast market was unchanged and prevailed here. steady too Turkey Finishing Pellets $2.25 P cwt. Thia HIGH QUALITY Turkey Finishing Feed ii made of: Eaatrrn Yellow Corn, Wheat Bran, Wheat Short., Wheat Middling,, Ground Oat Grnata, nehtdrated Alfalfa Oreens, Soyabean Meal, Meat and Bone Meal, Dried Sweet Milk. Mineral, and Salt. 20 Protein ANALYSIS iVi Tat The Turkey Finishing Peed rontalns no Fish Meal or Cod Liver Oil of any kind. SEE US NOW for special prices on Turkey Feeds in ton lots. We have good rate, on mixing and grinding of your own special mix on Turkey Feed, let us figure with you. F. E. SAMSON COMPANY Phone 833. 229 IT. Riverside, Medford C. B. "Pop" Gates, the "grand oli man" of Medford automotive circle", has received a personal telegram 3f congratulation from J. R. Davis, gen eral sales manager for the Ford Motor company, upon the occasion of his completion of a quartejr-century as Ford dealer here. Mr. Davis' con- gratulatory telegram reads as follows: "Please accept my congratulations upon the completion of your 25th year as a Ford dealer. We hope this connection with the Ford Motor company has been pleasant and profitable to you and that you may have many more years of success lu selling Ford products." This quarter-century of service 83 Ford dealer does not accuratniy measure "Pop" Gates' experience in the autoomoblle business In Medford. For a year and one-half, he handled the then popular Overland car. with showrooms at Main street and River side avenue In the Sparta building. Actually, Mr. Gates has had approxi mately 27 years of service, entitling him to the undisputed rank of "dean" of Medford automobile dealers. During this long period. C. E. "Pop" Gates has devoted many years to faithful public service. For six years he served as mayor of Medford; for three and a half years on the Jack son county fair board and four years on the Oregon state highway com mission. During the World war Mr. Gates devoted his efforts to heading Liberty Loan drives and to the chair manship of the war-time Red Cross here. His war period service also Included many public addresses as one of the "Four-Minute Men." During the span of 27 years, many changes and developments have beeu made In the automobile industry and Mr. Gates and his company, the r. E. Gates Auto company, have kept pace with progress through period ical expansion of buildings and fa cilities. In recent years, the Lincoln and Lincoln-Zephyr lines have ber. added, both handled here by the Gates Auto company George Gat: la associated with his father in the management of the present company ENGlrtlES; 3 TRAINMEN DIE ELGIN, 111., Oct. 13. OH The boiler of a steam locomotive on n Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail road freight train exploded on the main line three miles northwest of here today, killing the engineer, fire man and a brakeman. Two other members' of the crew were slightly injured. The dead: Patrick Mangan. about 50. of Chi cago, fireman: George Nelson, 60 Chicago, engineer: George J. Hachtel. 47, Elgin, III., brakeman. The explosion occurred as the en gine pulled 99 freight cars up a grade on a westbound trip from Chi cago to Savanna, 111, ' ' None of the freight cars, most of which were empty, left the track, but wreckage of the engine was strewn along the right-of-way Mr several hundred feet. MERCHANT Homer V, MidfiatiplitPomona, Calif-, averaged 21.3 miles per eallon in his Ford V-8. :!7 M ENGINEER M. C Popp. Calwa. Calif., areragrd 22.5 miles per gallon in hi.. Plvmonlh. . . . drivers likeyo.v prove RED LION is the best gasoline anyone can buy Drivers from every walk of life... operat ing all sizes, makes and ages of cars... re cently made their own tests of Red Lion's performance... and in a million impartial miles averaged 18.3 miles per gallon. An amazing record, but typical of the winning performance average drivers gel with Red Lion. Cash-in on your neighbors' experience ...use rted Lion tor the most perfect. eco nomical motoring you've ever known. EDITOR Paul Sexton. 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