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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1952)
Aerial Survey of County -Now About Half Complete About half of Jackson county has had its picture taken, accord ing "to ' C. A. Myers, county assessor. ' ' ' ' ' - In explanation, Myers-pointed out that aerial .re-mapping of the whole county is in progress. with the taking of photographs by the , Jack Ammann engineering firm of San Antonio, Texas. ' . '..' The mapping is being financed to expedite the pending property f"ax';reappraisal, timber, cruising, and soil . conservation .projects. Cooperating are the Jackson county assessor's office and. the state tax. commission, . Produc tion and Marketing administra tion and - the. bureau' of land management. -The county, and state, are snaring $11.0.0.0 of.lhe xpe.nses incurred ,on. a. . 50-50 fcasis. ... i . . -i , .-. Replaces 1940 Mapi . -When completed, the new maps will replace ones taken in DRIVE 1 13 eatre cl NEWS - CARTOONS Gates Open 7:00 - lit Show Dihk , --On 'Stage in Person! -. Mr Alexander Leeds famed Hygiene Commentator :t Nurses in Attendance at . All Shows m V,t TON (TE -MONDAY ." ' PLUS pi jGoming Tuesday MRY RiVEMING FACTJ Thanks A Million . . . ; The Antelope " 4-H Club" firms and. individuals for gust 8V -- - 2-Safeway Stores Deaver Tractor & Imp. Co. Hubbard-Wray Co.r Inc. Medford Feed & Seed Pacific Feed & Seed Co. . E. M. Bigham - ."KtoEP Station . . Samson Feed & Seed ' Surge Dairy Supply y - West Side Pharmacy Huber Meat Co. FOR The American Legion Club Presents The Lovely Chanteuse :-' rf. X it i : 8' r Y' APPEARING NIGHTLY '- ' ' : ' ' ' r '-v "With ' Her: - .. UNIQUE SONG STY LINGS 1939-40, which have a scale of 1-inch to 660-feet. The new maps will show more detail, Myers re lated, with 400 feet to each inch on the map, and. also all changes since 1940 un highway construction-and ,yie like, e The assessor describedthe re sults of the' survey when, -complete asi a "wonderful- saving in man-hours by doing away with the ground work in property ap praisal of rural land and timber cruising.". He didn't . know, what the exact man-hour. . ..saving would be as no comparison. is available. - Myers . explained that a spec ial instrument. . called . a pala- meter, is placed -on, the . photo graphic map and .traced around the perimeter, of he: property to be, assessed, giving the exact acreage of the property by con verting the map dimensions into acres. Another instrument, a soectroscone. is also placed on the map irflike manner and rec ords :the elevation of the prop erty in question. 40 Per Cent Compieie - A' report was . made last week to the local assessor's office by a state tax commission represen tative on the crogress of the ! aerial mapping over the county 'AS Ol August I, Jacssun -cuuiiij i is 40 cer cent complete with, six ! . . . . . .. or seven more flying days need ed to complete the work. The -flights, which, began on May 30, are out of the Klamath Falls airport, from which the engineering- firm- is--also aerial mapping Klamath, Lake and Deschutes counties. The . latter three ' counties, are 95 -per. cent complete in mapping. : "A ' twin-engined Beechcraft plane is used by Pilot Jack Ken nely and Photographer Fred Col lins who make flights over Jack son county at 16.500 feet. A 12 inch lens is used in the camera and. a picture is taken every 10 seconds. An overlap of 65 per cent in line of flight is kept while traveling at an air speed of 130 miles per hour. The plane holds enough gas to keep up for 5V6 hours and both members of the crew wear oxygen masks. Only 52 Days Adequate . Myers pointed out the extreme difficulty in' taking such photo- graphs: as only about 52 days a year are adequate for aerial pho tography. He said the firm hopes to complete- the mapping - of Jackson county by the end of August.- The assessor added; that pic tures for the other counties are being taken: at a height; of 18. 500 feet every 20 seconds, which does not show as much detail as the type for . Jackson. . county, showing 660, feet for each inch on the final, map photograph, rather, than 400 feet to the. inch as is being done here. 1 PLAN ALL WET Kokomo, Ind.'(U.R) When Nor ma Jean Turley, 32, "tried to evade arrest on a disorderly con duct'eharge by running inta the bathroom," locking the'door and jumping into the tub,-' the cops removed the door hinges and car ried Miss Turley, undressed and sopping wet, to- the local clink. Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 am Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. i wishes, to thank the following their donation- for our Fair Au- First State Bank of ' -.Eagle Point Red Blanket Lumber Co.,. . Eagle Point , R. H. Fields John Bohnert . Rogue River "Valley Creamery Fred and Warren Bayliss, . Judges Bill Bigham . . . Antelope Community , VI U R 11 LEGIONNAIRES AND GUESTS ' r , COMPLETES . COURSE Cpl. Charles '.'Ashpole, pictured above, son of. Mrs.' C. W. ' Ash pole, 2985 Crater Lake highway, has recently completed the jun ior course of the. Marine platoon leaders class at , the Marine corps recruit, depot, at San Diego, ac cording to a Marine corps re lease. Corporal 'Ashpole," a soph omore at Southern Oregon col lege is one1 of '326' college stu dents taking 'the . six-Weeks sum mer training course. . -" Footlighler Play Audiences Invited To Wear Costumes - To-add mood and atmosphere to. the FootUghters-production of "Only An Orphan Girl" fqur act melodrama to . be presented at Jackson School auditorium . h e evening .of August 20 through August 22, patrons .are invited to wear costumes" in" keeping with the- Gay' Ninety period. In lieu of a complete "get" up" side effects,, such as bustles, Bows,' moustaches" arid high but ton shoes will' be in' order, ac c6rding to Ruth Kilbourn, presi dent of the organization. An ap propriate prize for the most au thentic costume worn by a mem ber of the audience will be made at the conclusion of the show, she said. Patrons. are warned not to bring anything 1 heavier than shelled peanuts "to fling at the villian and villainess of the show', Miss Kilbourn said. She added that peanuts will be sold at the ticket window. The need for costumes to be used,. by: some -:members of the cast is still being stressed. A frock coat -and mackinaw were two items most sought. Anyone willing to loan these costume pieces :or others to be. used in this or fuuture melodramas are asked to , contact Mrs. Earl Knight, Phone 2-2932 or to bring them to the 1 rehearsal at the Footlighter's"1 fairground' theater tonight (Sunday) at- 7:30. Reese Creek , V 'Rose Creek Mr. and Mrs R.C Slepenson of Medford and Mr. - and Mrs': Mike-Stepenson and son of "Anahiam. 'Galif., vis- Hed Mr. and Mrs. C. Gilbreath July 30. The day was spent fish ing in Butte Creek. - Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt McCarty of Santa Paula, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Griffin and daugh- te of Odessa, Texas, were re cent visitors here at the home of- Mr." arid Mrs. Dick Wallace. Mrs. Hoyt is Mrs. Wallace's sister- and Mrs. Griffin is Mr. Wal lace's sister who hadn't seen him ft.-18 years. r Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Joss of Norwalk, Calif., spent a week here recently with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miner. Mrs. Joss is a. graduate .of Eagle Point High school. Mrs.. Cyral Oaks of .Scranton, Iowa, visited her sister, Mrs. Lee Johnson, and family here recent ly. . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wood and two. daughters, Vera and" Wilma, motored to Days -Creek- recently -here they -visited Mr. Wood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer and brought their other daugh ter, Loretta, home. Vera is stay ing with her grandparents. Mrs. Betty - Hefley gave a PLEASURE Career of Democrats1 National Chairman Much Like Chicago U.R) Stephen A Mitchell, new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, like the man who appointed him, came to politics . from government career after a La Salle street lawyer's practice. Mitchell,, also, like Gov. Adla E. , Stevenson; has hit the big time in ; practical palitics -in comparatively short time. 1 - Mitchell said, shortly after his arrival here Friday night, that his appointment was "a com plete surprise" to him. "I told the governor when' he was nominated that I would be glad to help in any way I -can and I will be," he said. Persuaded Stevenson It was Mitchell, with two oth er unicago lawyers, wno per suaded Stevenson, a close friend to run f o r , t h e - governorship which he won by a. landslide in 1948. Mitchell and the ' others felt that Stevenson was the man to "clean up the mess" in Illinois politics. ; . Mitchell, 49, 'was serving chief -counsel for. the House Judi ciary Committee probing the Justice . Department when h i new job came' along. His career -in government be gan in 1942, 10 years after he began his Chicago law practice when he became head of the French division of the Lend Lease " Administration in Wash ington. ; In - 1945 he - entered a year' service as a State Departmen Clinic f or Visually Handicapped Starts Salem (U.R) Fifteen Oregon counties and some 36 families were represented at. the Oregon State School for the Blind Sat urday as the fourth annual sum mer institute for parents of vis ually handicapped pre - school children began its first full day of sessions. - The institute -is supported fi nancially by the- auxiliary Oregon- Lions Clubs and is de signed to teach parents how to raise blind children as normal youngsters. Aim of the institute and of "the blind school is to eventually place, blind children in- public schools with sighted children. ' The institute will be held through Aug! 14. Welfare Commission Appointments Reported Salem (U.R) Two new ap- Dointments to public welfare commissions in Oregon were re ported Saturday by the office of Gov. JOouglas. McKay. Frank J. Voyt, Roseburg, was appointed .to-. the Dougla. County Welfare Commission to. succeed Earl w. wiiey ot Kosenurg Mrs. Katherine Bish of Wasco was-. appointed to the Sherman County. Welfare Commission succeeding John F. Foss of Moro, Governor. Designates Wool Week in Oregon Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas McKay, in designating the week of Aug. 11-16 as Wool Week in Oregon, said Saturday that the state has the most extensive wool manufacturing industry west of the Mississippi river. "The first sheep were brought into Oregon in 1811 by a sailing vessel from Boston," the gover nor recalled, "but the founda tion of Oregon's sheep industry was' the driving of about 450 sheep into Oregon from Cali fornia in 1843, at the instigation of a group of Willamette valley settlers." ' SIAMESE TWIN SONS Greenwood, Miss. (U.R) Green- wood-LeFlore hospital reported Saturday a 19-year-old Negro has given birth to Siamese twin sons joined at. the head. The mother and babies were report ed, in "good" condition. : i : - - S: ley party at her home Aug ust 1. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Os borne is visiting relatives at El Centro, Calif. LEARN TO YMCA AFTERNOON .BEGINNERS'' CLASS r Starting Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1:00 p.m. WOMEN BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED SWIMMING CLASSES EVENING BEGINNERS' CLASS Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. Classes are open to non-members of the YMCA. Register NOW by Calling 2-6259.. Classes .will be limited to 20.. Stevenson's adviser on French, economic af fairs and served, in ; Washington and Paris. "'i -; . Lived in Oregon ' f- He was born in Rock Valley, Iowa, in 1903, educated in paro chial and public schools there until 1913 when his family moved to Hood River, Ore where his' schooling continued. His family returned to a farm near Eagle River, Iowa, and Mitchel entered Creighton Uni versity at Omaha. He won his law degree at Georgetown Uni versity in- Washington. ,v Mitchell's wife is the former Evelyn Josephine Miller, alio an Iowan from Waterloo.. They have mree sons to match Stevenson s: aiepnen, zu; micnaei, its, and John,-16. ; Mitchell's predecessor,. Frank E". McKirmey, said he felt that his "mission has-been complet ed -and. he was ready to step down." - McKmney, now vacationing in Colorado Springs, Colo., said he planned to confer with Ste venson and party aides in Springfield Sunday. Autopsy Ordered in Porllander's Death " Tacoma (U.R) An autopsy was ordered in the death of Ann R. Smith, 56, of Portland, who was dead on arrival at the Pierce County hospital where she was rushed Saturday after choking on a clam. Deputy. Sheriff James' Smith, who look her to the hospital, said Mrs. Smith had been staying at the Ed McCoolum place on Clear Lake and had choked early Sat urday while eating steamed clams. An autopsy will be performed to determine if the woman strangled on the clam? or suf fered a heart attack while chok ing. .' Springfield Woman Mother of Triplets Eugene U.R) Triplets born to Mr. and " Mrs. Stillman O. Daniels of Springfield, . Ore., were "doing fine" in Sacred Heart General hospital here Sat urday. ' . The trio, all boys and named Joseph, James, and John;' re mained in incubators following their births on Thursday at a to tal weight of 14 pounds. The 26-year-rold mother and the father, a logging truck driver for the Swalley Logging com pany, have four other; children, two boys and two girls. The triplets were, the, first de livered at the hospital in several years. - . . .. Women have keener sight and hearing than men. , ELATED Stuart Symington ex citedly waves note pad in his St.- Louis headquarters as he receives late returns assuring him of the' Missouri Democratic senatorial nomination. His opponent was in-1 dorsed by President Truman. ADVANCED . CLASS . .Tuesdays 8:30 p.m. "f NOW ; . POOL Sunday, August 10. 18S2 Parker Interests Sell Big Theater Portland (U.R) Mrs. J. J. Parker, president, Saturday an nounced sale of J. J. Parker Theaters' half interest in Port land's Mayfair theater for S500,- 000 to the Evergreen State Amusement Company, which be comes sole owner. The Evergreen State Corpora tion is headed by Frank'L. New man, Sr., Portland. The Parker firm will retain ownership of the Broadway, United Artists and Guild . the aters in Portland; the Liberty, Kiviera and Viking theaters in Astoria, and the United Artists theater in Pendleton. The Mayfair was built origin ally as a legitimate stage show house and Newman said plan call for booking a greater num ber of original stage productions and musicals. Oil Traces Found n West Washington Chehalis (U.R) Traces of gasrhave. been discovered in the oihwell being drilled nine miles northwest of here, it was report ed Saturday. It was the second attempt to reach oil here. The drilling has been in 'progress several months. I. W? 'Lowe, drill rig owner. expressed .-confidence that oil would be -struck within a short time. The' gas appeared in mud brought up from a depth of 2950 feet. Lowe 'intends to run a drill stem test "to determine what I quantities of gas. are present. . 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