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FOOT MEDrOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 14. 1150 Commission Notes Man Changes In Years 1932-1936 (The following artlcli li an other in a series of "Glimpses at Highway History" prepared by Ralph Watson, highway de partment writer. Editor't note). The highway commission went through a period of stress and change during the period rang ing from Oct. 1, 1932 to June 30. 1936. During that time the legislature set the fiscal year from Julv 1 to June 30 to estab lish uniform state accounting and the commission brought its statistics into line with the pro cedure. The close of 1936 marked the 20th year of the commission's activities since its Deginning in 1017. That period, too, saw the birth of the "alphabet" govern mentthe NRA, the WPA, the PWA conceived in Washing ton to bolster sagging industry and ameliorate widespread un employment by government gifts, grants in aid arid loans Exoendltures Listed The 1936 report sets out gross expenditures during 1917-36 of $231,3H4,B7B (inciuaiiig me r"ft coast bridge projects) of which SI 5.606.540 were county funds; 535,322.019 government, $179,- 780,377 state, and S675.740 were contributions from miscellane ous sources. Of the state funds expended, 553,084,039 were bond and in terest retirements. During the 10 years ending Dec. 31, 1935, the bureau of public roads spent S19.496.319 for construction and maintenance of forest roads on the state highway system, of which total 512,131.807 were federal forest road funds. $2, 177.222 county cooperative funds, and $5,187,489 state co operative funds. Commiiiioners Chanae During this lime Henry F. Cabell, Portland, succeeded Les lie Scott as chairman; Judge I L. TouVelle, Jacksonville, suc ceeded Carl Washburn, Eugene, while Charles K. Spaulding, Salem, William Hanley of Burns, and J. C. Ainsworth, Portland, served as commissioners for brief periods. The high spot of the four year between 1933 and JSJff was tne financing, construction and open ing of the five coast highway planned as toll bridges to be financed by revenue bonds re tirable out of toll earnings, un der a contract agreement with the public works administration, the commission, under legisla tive authority, agreed to sell $4,200,000 of revenue bonds to finance 70 per cent of the cost, 30 per cent being a federal grant. Before that agreement was car ried out. the legislature of 1935. confronted with general public opposition to tolls, authorized the commission to issue and sell general obligation bonds in the open market, which was done. The five bridges were built for a total cost of $5,435,867, (in cluding engineering and mis cellaneous charges of $104,662) the Yaquina bay bridge costing $1,301,016; Alsea - Waldport, $778,260; Sluslaw Florence, $527,083; U nipq.ua - Reedspnrt, $581,487, and Coos Bav, $2,143, 391, a total of 5166.132 below the engineers' estimates. The 1935 legislature also estab lished the travel information bureau which spent $48,000 in advertising Oregon scenic re sources during that year, aiding in promoting a $35 million tour- jsi crop miring ih.io. (Arm 1 uephntot RESCUE RACER Racing driver J. E. Hershey sits dazedly beside his naming slock car, his clothes blazing as firemen prepare to res cue him. Hershey's car burst Into flames on a turn and he plowed Into the retaining bank during a 100-mtle race at Lakevood Speed way In Atlanta, Oa. He is hospitalized In serious condition. Photo by NEA-Acme staff photographer Gene Crambley. Develop Rare Mela! Bui What's It For? East St. Louis, 111. U.fi) Cal lium, a $1.300-a-pound metal, has been developed by the Alumi num Ore Co. here but the' com pany is still looking for some use for it. Gallium Is an unusual metal lic element which mflts at 36 degrees Fahrenheit from a solid white bar or crystals into a nvsr-cury-like liquid. Development, so far. has cost the firm $200,000. It had its pub lic bow when the company held the formal opening of its $1,000, 000 research laboratories. The rare metal, one of 50 products manufactured by the company for the chemical trade, is now the object of continued re search to determine to what use it may be put. KANSAS BEES BUSY Manhattan, Kan. (U.R) The bee was big business in Kansas last year Each bee colony in the state added $117 to the Kansas farm income, a total of $7,365,-000. Alabama is the biggest heavy industry stale in the South. Grandma Complains About Baby-Sillers Franklin. Pa.' U.R Too many baby-sitters cause many modern marriages to fall said Mrs. A. J. Doutt, looking back on 70 years of married life. "I think the young people to day have too many social activi ties," said the great-grandmother who doesn't look her 88 years. "They ought to start the home right by slaying home and rais ing a family," said Mrs. Dnutt. "There's not much love there when they keep going out all the time and have to hire baby-sitters to mind their children. Mrs Doutt disagrees that young people today are "wiser and weaker." She thinks they are "weaker and foolisher" but she loves them just the same. They call her regularly and she en joys talking to them. POSSUM TOO CUTE Porterville, Calif. U.R) Jo seph H. Hart finally discovered who had been stealing 30 eggs daily on his farm. Hart's wife was bitten by a possum as she emptied a nest. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada !500-Year-O!d Relics Of Indians Located Palos Verdes, Cal. !U.R A crude stone necklace and six other Indian relics believed to be more than 500 years old have been unearthed on Palos Verdes peninsula. Archaeologists said the items were left by Indians who in habited the area probably in the 13th to 16th centuries. The necklace is a shale disk two and three-quarters inches in diameter with a small hole through the center. Archaeolo gists believe Indian women hung such disks around their necks with cord as jewelry. The other relics are household utensils, including part of a pestle in which Indians ground seeds into meal and various pounding and scraping instruments. NOT MUCH HELP Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R) There were dozens of dogs all around but apparently none of the watch dog variety when a burglar entered the Kent County animal shelter and robbed a safe of $78. While the Faral'.on Islands are a part of San Francisco, no city official may set foot on them without permission from the lighthouse superintendent. Gallup, N. M., ii ths gateway to th Navajo, Zuni and Hopl Indian reservations. Dead line on Classified Ads DEVON DOOR SEDAN PROVEN PERFORMANCE A ttindard A40 Devon Sedan m tabliihed 36 Amtrican ttoclt car records (Class F Closed Car Divi sion), Westhampton, Long Island, April, 1950, under AAA supervision. 4 tooemiui, - averaging 64.14 MH. 412-Hour Bun, averaging oS.OI MhV vaBKeeK akMjhwvM B Jk aj A U f The A40 Devon Sedan also eraned 33.34 milei per gallon on the514-miIeNew York-Toronto trip, May, 1950, under AAA supervision. 'The tow Prle Quality Cor America Wolseaai MILES MOTORS 1201 N. Riverside Medford Call 2-7254 Gold Hill Gold Hill. June 14 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Knapp and daugh ters, left June 9, for Kenosha, Wis., where they will visit their parents this summer. Mrs. Myrtle McGregory and Miss Betty Levine will attend Summer school at O.S.C. MLss Betty Levine went to Monroe. Ore., June 2, to act as maid of honor at the wedding of her sister. Miss Mary Levine to Mcrlvn Johnson. She returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Keene and two children of Long Beach Cal., spent Sunday afternoon here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Clement. They were on their way home to Long Beach after spending some time visiting in Oregon. Mrs. Daniel Stewart left Tues day to attend the Federation of Garden Clubs convention at Klamath Falls from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs. Stewart is dele gate from Gold Hill Gnrden Club. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sisemore and two daughters are vacation ing at Selma. and while there visited old friends, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roulh. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Walker left Monday for Eugene to ac company their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Walker and son, to Portland Horse and Buggy Doc Wanled in Old Town Winston-Salem. S. C. (U.R) There is a real deal cooked up near here for any doctor who longs for the life of a rural gen eral practitioner, "old-fashioned" style. Old Town wants a doctor and they want him badly. Five years ain. the only doctor got sick and licit. Since then there has been ; nobody to take Ins place. Folks i say some rieaihs might have been ; avoided if a physician had been around. Mis. R. Y. Sharpe. leader of the doctor - getting committee, said the three schools in the area. Old Town, Old Richmond, and Vienna, need a doctor most of all. The children just have been doing without. And if somebody will come, the Old Town people will see to it that the doctor finds a place to live and establish an office. where Mrs. Walker and son will leave by plane for St. Jo seph, Mo., to spend some time with her parents. 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