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.
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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.
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averaging 64.14 MH.
412-Hour Bun,
averaging oS.OI MhV
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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
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bush of
Parker. Ariz . visited Mrs. Bush's
aunt, Mrs. Hannah Routh here
last week for a few hours as
they went to their small ranch
at Brookings.
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p m. for following day. 10 a m. Mun
day, noon Saturday for Sunday a m.
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