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Medford The Luxury Look Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, JUNE 22, 1950 Pages 1-6 Pre-War Years of Commission Mark End of Road Era (This is another in a series of article! entitled "Glimpses at Highway History," prepar ed by Ralph Wation, highway department writer. Editor'! note.) The close of the 1940-42 bi ennium marked the end of the 25th year of the highway com mission's program, as set up by the legislature of 1917. From 1936 forward, the com mission and its engineers (con trary to some other states) had held to the theory that highway standards for construction should, within reason, keep pace with the growth and improve ment in motor vehicles. They had widened pavements to 22 feet, straightened curves, re duced grades, developed non-skid driving surfaces and had adopted the most modern design used in America. They had the satisfac tion of seeing other states fol l! in their tracks. Develop Merit System a They had developed a merit system in the selection and tram- Klamath Search for Lost Plane Abandoned Klamath Falls., Ore., June 22 (U.R) The search for Lee Blak kolb's missing biplane, which disappeared March 21 with three other Portland residents aboard, has been cancelled, search offic ials said todav. Hope that melted snows might reveal some trace of the plane faded last week after an inten sive air and ground search with in a 50-mile radius of the junc tion of highways Jl-87 was fruit less. Aboard the plane when it dis appeared into a snowstorm were Mr. and Mrs. Blakkolb and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lundstrom. They were returning from a mass round trip flight to Havana. Custom Colors Just for You... DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A BUY THIS IS? SPECIAL Friday-Saturday MURPHY Super White Enamel, finest quality syn thetic, will not after-yellow. Alio can be colored in our 77 different shades. SPECIAL PRICE....S5.95 gal. $1.71 qt. Regular price $7.50 gal. $2.13 qt. MEDFORD PAINT & COLOR CENTER 39 S. Bartlett Ph. 2-8092 Watch (or Next Week's Special ing of personnel which made ten ure and promotion dependent upon ability and performance rather than political influence. They had progressed far in the acquisition and development of the highway park system. The travel bureau, through its ad vertising program, had doubled and trebled tourist travel and its consequent revenue was distrib uted throughout the state. In the first highway report of November, 1914, Major Bowlby, first state highway engineer, set out that Oregon then had "more than 37.000 miles of roads." Not many of these miles were im proved, practically none were paved. State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock's report as of June 30, 1942, summarizes both in miles and in money the changes of a quarter of a cen tury. 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It cost approximately $175, 854,253 for construction on pri mary and secondary state high ways and on sections of county highways improved by the state. Including maintenance and gen eral purpose expenditures, the gross expenditures footed to ap proximately $321,703,832, not including federal and county funds amounting to $20,651,846 expended in constructing 1.957.46 miles of forest highways. Prospect Logger Hurt Seriously in Accident Eugene Dolenshek, 23. Pros pect, is in critical condition at Community hospital as a result of a logging accident Tuesday morning, his doctor reported. A Perl ambulance attendant who brought Dolenshek to Med ford said the youth suffered a head injury when a falling tree struck him five miles north of Prospect. Dolenshek is an employee of Everett Skeeters. Dead line Sunday Classified la at Noon Saturdays. State Department Aide Takes Life Frankfurt, Germany, Junt 22 (U.R) Clay H. Henderson, 33, U. S. vice consul here, killed him self in his quarters yesterday, American authorities announced today. Henderson shot himself after writing several notes, one to his mother, Mrs. Virginia R. Hender son, Ventura, Cal., the announce ment said. It added that none of the notes indicated any reason for suicide except possibly in the mention of his deafness which required him to wear a hearing aid. As sociates said he was extremely sensitive about his ailment. OC Timber Sold At Oral Auction Salem, Ore., June 22 (U.R) District Forester A. P. Collins said today that a total of 6,340, 000 board feet of O&C timber was sold at oral auction here for $142,000 from 195 acres of railroad grant land in four tracts in Yamhill and Tillamook counties. The bulk of the timber went to the Willamina Lumber com pany, which was high with a bid of $24 a thousand feet for 5,080, 000 board feet of douglas fir. 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