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Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 181950
Pages 1-6
Commission Plans Bid Call for Work On Prospect Road
Bids for reconstruction work
on the Crater Lake highway will
be put up for bids by the state
highway commission Thursday
and Friday, May 25 and 26, in
Portland, it was announced to
day. Thirty-three highway pro
jects, expected to cost more than
$2,600,000, will be offered for
bid. They are in 26 different
counties, and four are in Jack
son county. ' ,
On the Crater Lake highway
between Cascade Gorge and
Prospect, the 7.5 mile section is
to be strengthened and widened
with new rock base and a three
inch course of asphaltic con
' crete. The improvement will
20-foot pavement and new
rock shoulders along the pres
ent highway, and is expected to
carry heavy loads without the
rfrasiir load restrictions that
had to be imposed last winter,
A new masonry block main
tenance building at Prospect is
included in the letting.
Bids are to be received for
imnrnv'PlTlpn t of "C street
Phoenix to the status of a heavy
TOMORROW
VOTE for
WAYNE
tvJORSE
REPUBLICAN FOR
U.S. SENATOR
He Has the Ability, Political
Courage and the Rugged Hon
esty Oregon Wants in Congress
RE-ELECT
Senator Wayne Morse
Pd. Adv. Jackson Co. Committee
for Waynt Mors, for Seniror
bituminous macadam wearing
surface between Maple street
and the south city limits.
As part of their current pro
gram of continually confronting
the highway commission with
two-county units in a highway
improvement priority schedule,
representatives from Jackson
and Josephine counties are to
meet in Grants Pass today to
choose delegates to appear be
fore the commission May 26.
Groups from the two coun
ties have already stated their
views on highway needs in this
area to the legislative highway
interim committee. The prior-
o
to improvement of highway 99
between Central Point and Asn
land, will be reiterated before
the commission during the 15
minute audience that will be
granted the delegation from
here May 26 in Portland.
. A note of historical interest
on highways was received to
day by Judge F. L. Tou Velle,
Jacksonville, from former-Governor
Oswald West, Portland, a
noted amateur Oregon historian.
Ex-Governor West noted that
first construction on the $500,
000 Pacific highway through
Jackson county was started 36
(years ago, on Mar. 19, 1914.
AACS Detachment to Hold Open House
Fire Protection Costs to
Rise if Postponed, View
Of Fire Consultant Here
The longer Medford residents
put off bringing their fire pro
tection up to date the more it
will cost, to do so, Capt. Leo
Weidner, consultant and acting
chief, brought out in a talk to
Kiwanians at Rogue Valley
Country club yesterday noon.
Concerning the $125,000 bond
issue for fire department expan
sion and the four-mill continuing
levy for fire department opera
tion and maintenance, proposals
that will be on the ballot at
Friday's election, Weidner stres
sed that they are companion
measures. One is useless without
the other, he stated.
Truck "Indispensable"
A ladder truck, which would
would be provided out of the
bond issue, is indispensable, he
declared. Weidner said that he
cannot see how Medford has
gotten by without one for so
long.
He outlined the need for cast
and west side fire stations,
pointing out that with the rail
road tracks dividing the town
with the present fire hall located
east of the tracks, serious delay
in answering west side alarms
can result. An east side fire
station is necesary, he stressed,
because there is only one
through route to that section of
town.
He also mentioned the poten
tial dangers to the main fire
station resulting from nearby
gas storage, and other factors.
Weidner informed Kiwanians
that city officials have been
warned that, if nothing is done
to improve the department, in
surance rates wil be raised.
Yesterday's Klwanis program
was highlighted by selections by
three units of the Medford high
school musical department. They
were the brsss sextet and cornet
quartet of I. A. Mirick's instru
mental department and the boy's
vocal octet directed by Miss
Lorraine Veidt.
Mr. Jack Crawford, president
of the local reserve officer asso
ciation, spoke in connection with
National Security week, empha
sizing that world conditions are
more critical than the average
citizen realizes. He revealed that
national defense costs 34 cents
out of every tax dollar and that I
cents is for equipment, 26 cents
for upkeep of the armed forces
and 21 cents for planes, ships,
tanks and guns.
Crawford called upon Kiwan
ians to encourage young men to
participate in the national de
fense program.
Eat More Turkey,
Government Asks
American Citizens
Washington. May 17 (U.R)
Uncle Sam would be mighty
grateful if you would eat a
couple of big turkey sandwiches
now.
Agricultural officials passed
the word today. They said it
would take only a slight boost
in per capita turkey consump
tion during the next 60 days
to. save the government from a
multi-million dollar price sup
port loss this summer.
Department Committed
To complete its 1949-cron sup
port program, the agriculture
department is committed to buy
up at the support price "left
over" stocks of 1949-crop turkey
meat in July. The 1950 crop
for which there will be no price
support starts moving to mar
ket in August.
Cold storage holdings of 1949-
crop turkey meat on May 1 stood
at a near record high of 92,000,-
000 pounds. Unofficial forecasts
of the left-over "surplus" the
government will have to buy up
in July range from 5 million to
30 million pounds.
But officials are hopeful the
American consumer will get a
sudden yen for turkey meat
and eat up all the stocks.
Turkey Good Buy
"It's a good buy right now,"
says Hermon I. Miller, assistant
director of the department's
poultry branch. "If people would
compare prices of turkey now
with some other meats, they'd
see it's a good buy."
Turkey meat dumped in Uncle
Sam's lap under the price sup
port program in July prooaDiy
will be donated to the federal-
out of every defense dollar 35 state school lunch program.
WE WILL BE 0PEE1
FRIDAY, MAY 19th
(PRIMARY LECTION DAY)
For your convenience we will be
open regular hours, 10 a.m. to
5 p. m. on Friday, May 19th.
We urge you to exercise your
responsibility of citizenship by
going to the polls.
Vote as you please ...
but be sure to vote!
MEDFORD BRANCH
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND
"Itt's Mi Ortgtm Togtthtr"'
PtVtV MM OfPaST WSUt AWt! COtfOIATtON
OPEN 10 to 5, fotlvding JotWey
The local detachment of the
airways and air communication
service will hold open house c
Armed Forces day, Saturda
May 20, it was announced today.
The public is invited to visit
t''- ACS station at the munici
pal airport, located in the red
uuildmg southwest ot tne
hangar, and the remote trans
mitter site located on Delta
Waters road near the old Crater cold.
Lake highway.
The AACS is the communica
tions arm of the air force and
provides radio navigational aids
and communcations to pilots of
military aircraft.
Washington, May 18 (U.R)
Mrs. Harry S. Truman cancelled
all of her engagements for today
and tomorrow because of a bad
Blame King's Demand On Palace Intrigue
San Fr.mcii-LG, May 18 (U.R)
Queen Mother Nazli blamed pal
ace intrigue today for King Fa
rouk's angry demand that dark
eyed Princess Fathia break with
her commoner husband and re
turn immediately to Egypt.
The stately and dignified dow
ager claimed that Farouk's cou
sin. Prince Mohammed Ali, was
behind a decree that stripped 19-year-old
Fathia of her title of
princess, ordered her to separate
from Rind Ghali, 31, and seized
her property in Egypt.
The king's anger was pro
voked when Fathia wed Ghali,
who has been Nazli's political
advisor since 1946. in a civil
ceremony April 25. He is a cop
tic christian, but said he will
embrace islam.
The marriage will not be con
summated until the couple is wed
under moslem rites,
within a few days.
possibly
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family dog calls E. G. Waddell to
dinner. When Mrs. Waddell is
setting the table, the fox terrier
waits until she begins to pour the
coffee before going off to hunt
up his master.
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