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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, NoYoraber 21, 1934 7 FJot iiriggSo Many Older County Spans Replaced; Locations Varied County, Forest, State Share Building Costs By the time construction pro jects started this year are com plete, the county will have 27 new bridges, costing close to 'half a million dollars, according to figures prepared by County Engineer Paul Rynning and Rogue River National forest of ficials. The new bridges, many of . them already completed, are lo cated throughout the county, Most of them replace older spans which time and increased traf fic have made obsolete. Most By County . Twenty -two of the new bridges were built completely, or in part with Jackson county funds. Three of them were built by the forest .service, and two by a private timber operator un der terms of a forest service tim ber sales contract. Fifteen of the new county- built bridges were constructed out of concrete, with county funds. Two of them are made of steel taken from another coun ty bridge which was dismantled and replaced some time ago. One is .made of creosoted wood, and five are being built of concrete, with federal and state aid. Probably the most impressive of the 27 new bridges, and the one costing county taxpayers the largest amount of money, is the steel span over Butte creek on Cobleigh rd., north . of Butte Falls. ' - '. ' ' r . Replaces Covered Bridge' ' ' Costing approximately $55, 000,. this bridge replaces an old, somewhat decrepit, covered bridge, about two or three miles east of the Butte Falls highway. ' In addition to the new bridge, the road wast of the span has been relocated and straightened. The new bridge goes high over Butte creek, while the old span, which has been left for private use upstream about half a mile, cleared the water by only, a few feet. . . , , Steel for the bridge came from the old Bybee bridge, across the Rogue river northeast of Med f ord. "When the old Bybee bridge was replaced by a modern span. the steel was salvaged. One half of the old Bybee bridge went into uie Cobleigh rd. bridge, while the other half is utilized in a new bridge built over Trail creek this year at a cost of $i4, 150. As Rynning points out, the county would not have been able to afford steel bridges of the quality of those now crossing utte creek and Trail creek, if if had not been for the salvaged Jteel from Bybee bridge. Advantage Told ; One of the principal advant ages of the new Cobleigh rd. When Your Linoleum and Hardwood Floors are . Finished with .. . IASY TO APPLY ... LASTS FOR YEARS... SAFE... NOT SLIPPERY Nothing can stain or penetrate a Gits kote Finish. Just wipe it clean with a damp doth. Glaskote restores the colors or old linoleum, protects the new.! Never chips, cracks or becomes yellow with age. '. 'teaks likt GJo5..tVwn Itkt ln' Decide right now to free yourself of . that back-breaking, hand -disfiguring ' drudgery of scrubbing and waxing floors and drainboards. Come in and see our samples. - : Big Pines 6th & Fir St. - Phone 2-6251 f - Lumber Co UPTON ROAD BRIDGE Upton' road bridge, shown above, was opened" to traffic about a month ago after being constructed this year at a cost of $52,439. The new span replaces an old wooden bridge which had become outmoded because of increased traffic and age. The new bridge is located northeast of Central Point. bridge at the present time is that it removes what had been a ter rific hazard for logging trucks coming out of the area north and east of Butte creek. The county engineer estimates that several million board feet of timber will be brought over the new bridge in coming years. . Despite the beauty of the new Cobleigh rd. span, many Jackson county oldtimers may have, a little . regret for the passing of Portland Man Held In Washington on Chehalis", Wash. (U.R) A young Portland, Ore., man was being held by sheriff's officers here Saturday after he admitted to deputies he raped one woman and attempted to rape another after forcing them at gunpoint to disrobe. Merlin C. .Long, 21, admitted in a signed statement after his capture here two hours after the assaults Friday that he forced the women to take off ; their clothes in a brushy area near Mc Cleary, 40 miles northwest of here. Radio Pick-Up Order The tall, slender youth was arrested on a radio pick-up order broadcast by authorities in Mc Cleary. ; The youth said he picked tip the two women, one about 35 and the other somewhat younger, while he' was having his car gassed at a Portland service sta tion. He said he told them he was driving to Bremerton. The women accepted a ride, he said. Bought Ammunition ; Driving north, Long said he stopped here to buy some shells for his .32 caliber pistol, which deputies said they found in the glove compartment of Long's car. Then he drove to McCleary. Near the small, lumber town, he ordered the women at gun point to get out of the car and disrobe. He tied their hands be hind their back. Long said when he left, the women still were nude, their hands still tied. How ever, he left his jackknife and it was with that the women cut themselves loose. Deputies said the women dressed and went for help, giving a description of Long's car to deputies in McCleary. ' Oregon's Employment Keeps on Even Keel Salem (U.R) Food processing, construction and trade declined seasonally last month, but gains in lumber and logging, and gov ernmental activities, kept - em ployment on a fairly even keel in most - parts of Oregon, the State Unemployment Compensa tion Commission said Saturday. t Non-farm jobs were estimated at 471,700 compared with 483, 000 a month before and 475,100 a year ago. . Two Rap Charges WATSON'S STEAK HOUSE 3310 North Pacific Hwy. - Phone 3-1678 We Specialize in ' DELICIOUS $100 DINNERS TURKEY DINNER With Giblets! Open 7 Days a Week the old covered bridge it re places. Only 10 of the pictures que covered spans are left in the county and several of them are due to be replaced in the next few years. The most expensive of the 27 new bridges is Hilton bridge, over Bear creek, on Table Rock rd. The concrete span, costing $61,500, is constructed with fed eral and state aid. This means that the county and state each 'Caveman' Denies Slayings Of Five Los Angeles People Los Angeles '(U.R) A23, spotted Perovich last Sun- swarthy man, who dwelled in caves like an animal and carried a pistol, denied Saturday he was a hunter of humans who stalked and killed five persons without any apparent motive. Gaunt, unshaven and ragged Millan Perovich, 33, was booked on suspicion of murder Friday after. police flushed him out of his hiding place in the Griffith Park hills after a 'week-long search. ', A young couple, Ruth Burn ette, 19, and John L. Orendorff, Appeal Planned in Case of Lieutenant Convicted by Army Augusta, Ga. (U.R) An ap peal to the Pentagon or possibly to the secretary of the Army was planned Saturday for a lieu tenant convicted and sentenced for mistreating his troops. The conviction of 2nd Lt. Charles C. Anderson -by a gen eral court martial Friday was subject to automatic review but his counsel, Maj. William B. Came, said he would petition to highest authority if necessary. To Be Dismissed Anderson, who Insisted "rough" disciplinary methods were necessary to "shape up" an 'unruly company of trainees in the short time allowed, was sen tenced "to be dismissed from service and to forfeit all pay and allowance.". ' The 10-nian court found An derson guilty of six counts of maltreating his men, four of con duct unbecoming an officer and one of conduct prejudicial to good order. He was acquitted of six other counts. Not Imprisoned While he was spared the pos sible year of imprisonment for each count of guilt, the sentence amounted virtually to a dishon orable discharge for the 24-year-old veteran of Korean battle. Anderson was the second of ficer in modern U.S. military his tory to be convicted of abusing his men. Carne said Anderson's case was "unique" in that it in volved "over aggressiveness in training.". -- "Most other cases involve prosecution for lack of aggres siveness," Carne said. $ ROSE SCHMIDT Cooking ' v ; J. Formerly with Big Y 8 a.m.-9 p.m. lalff-railliii lilllars, . .. . . v ' .. rvw kw&. - E-t ri i SMOOTHING CONCRETE Minshall Construction company crew men are shown above as they smooth cement on the floor of a new bridge spanning Evans creek. The bridge is one of two built at a cost of $23,375. put up 20 per cent of the cost, while the federal government puts up the remaining 60 per cent. Across Applegate Another large concrete bridge, this one costing $5l,ll5, is being built in Jackson county with state and federal aid. Known as Camerou bridge, it will cross the Applegate river about mid way between Ruch and McKee bridge. Work on Cameron bridge ' is being rushed to get as much of the project as possible completed before high water on the Apple gate. . This concrete bridge is built on a wide, sweeping curve, and plans call for relocating a short section of the highway on day drinking from a bottle of vodka as he slouched on the side of a hill in Elysian Park. Watched Through Brush The couple said Perovich was "such a wierd looking charac ter" they peered, at him through some brush until, they heard a shot, and then ran away. Four more shots sounded as they hurried .downhill, the couple said, and the man came lunging down the incline as if after them, a pistol in hand. - Police officer Jack Klepper, summoned by the couple, seized Perovich, but while Klepper was Questioning the suspect, Pero vich broke loose and escaped into the brush. Gun Seized Klepper, however, had Perb vich's ,22-caliber pistol and his wallet containing identification. Police records showed Perovich had been arrested previously for carrying concealed weapons and once had been committed to the state hospital at Cama illo, Calif., as an alcoholic. Police said the sniper suspect had been living like an animal in caves, under bridges and be hind bushes. , The five murder victims in the mountainous areas to the north and northwest of Los An geles since 1952 were Fred C. Bayha, 34, Van Nuys; Gaston Valcburt, . 40, Hollywood actor; Albino Avila, 55, Los Angeles; and two transients, Sherman Coughran and Gordie L. Janoe, both 35. DOWN AND UP Portland, Me. (U.R) They talk about "compensating hurri canes" along Higgins Beach. Res idents say Hurricane Carol knocked over a tree near the beach and that Hurricane Edna, 11 days later, blew it erect again. JACKSON HOTEL Give Mom and the Kiddies a Real Treat! Complete Dinner $2.25 Child's Plate $1.00 Served from. 2ft VA the west side of the river to elim inate a sharp kink in the road. Cameron bridge, like Hilton bridge, will replace an old creo soted wood bridge which has outlived its usefulness. Three other bridges, all c them over Thompson creek on Thompson Creek rd., have been built this year with state-federal aid.. Costing a total of $54, 000, they are located southwest of Applegate. Largest County Span Largest of the spans being built with only county, funds is northeast of Central Point. Cost ing a total of $52,439, it was opened to traffic about a month ago. The contractor was Cen tral Heating company. - CONCERT SOLOIST Keith Mirick, son of Medford ' Band Director I. A. Mirick and a sen ior at Willamette university, will be guest soloist Dec. 5 at the annual band benefit concert of the Medford High school band Tickets for the concert, which will raise funds for the band's trip to the Shrine East-West game in San Francisco, are avail able from any member of the band or at the high school. Young Mirick . is well - known here for his trumpet work, and has played at a number of uni versity affairs. He worked at the Rogue Valley Country club as entertainer last summer. Arson Suspected in ' Blaze at Lewiston Lewiston, Ida. U.R) The rainsoaked wooden grandstand at the Lewiston. roundup grounds burned to the ground Friday night and" firemen sus pected an arsonist was respon sible. s The fire was the sixth major blaze here in the past six months. Damage was estimated at more than $500,000. at the 12 Noon to 8 p.m. PHONE 2-6231 NEW BRIDGE OVER APPLEGATE Workmen are shown above preparing the new Cameron bridge, over the Applegate river, for concrete work. The new span, built on a wide, sweeping curve, will cost $51,115, and will replace an old wooden bridge located on a sharp curve. The new bridge is approximately midway be tween Ruch and McKee bridge. Upton bridge not only re moves a traffic hazard created by the - old creosoted wood bridge, but also ends a stream flow problem that plagued coun ty road crews for many years. The old bridge was so near, the water, and had so many sup ports, that it acted as a trap for all drift wood coming down Bear creek. The problem has been removed by a higher bridge, with fewer supports. Three concrete box-culvert type bridges have been con structed over the Copco canal and Red Blanket creek, in the Prospect area, at a cost of $34,- 300, and five small concrete box culverts j have been built over Jackson creek and Griffin creek at a cost of $32,310. Contractor Claims by Jobless Show Decrease as Layoffs Ceasing Washington U.R) New un employment insurance claims de clined last week, partly because of a further drop in job layoffs in some industries. The Labor .'Department re ported Friday night that a de cline of 19,300 in new claims to a total of 547,100 filed during the week ended Nov. 13. wampuuon uiTen This total compares with 274", 000 new claims filed during the same week a year ago and a 1954 low of 241,000 filed during the week ended Oct. 2. . The department also reported that continuing unemployment insurance claims declined by 56, 500 to total 1,389,500 during the week ended Nov. 6. This com pares to 962,900 such claims filed during the corresponding week a year ago. ' ; The department said the de cline in continuing claims result ed from recalls of workers in the automobile industry and ex haustion of benefit rights by still-unemployed persons as well as a rescheduling of claimant re porting because of the Veteran's Day holiday. -. The department said 35 states reported decreases in new claims and 21 reported decreases in continuing1 claims. ' : : ' ' Uraninite, ; pitchblende and caronotite are the more im portant uranium minerals. ' OUT At Your Favorite Restaurant The work is all theirs! Treat . Mom to a delicious no-bother Thanks giving meal, complete with every thing bot the fuss and bother! She'll love it t . .so will you! And don't forget to enjoy plenty of E3 ih n The Pick-Up That Never Lets You Down" -AT NO EXTRA COST Busy Bee Cafe Groceteria Hotel Jackson Brown's Cafe Wimer Cafe Whistle Stop Cafe Big Y Super Market Kim's Restaurant Top Notch Cafe Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop , Al White's Rogue Restaurant Oriier restaurants or cafes wishing to cooperate mi be included en our future ads Call Med ford 2-8212. Ad paid by Milk Producers Leasee and Jacks County Pomona Graneo. Ikwkg npDfoui) :v..-. '. Mill Val !kA for the Prospect area bridges was H. Barnhart, while Lowe and" Beeson built the Jackson creek-Griffin creek spans. All eight of the bridges are being built with only county money. Concrete bridges over Beaver creek and Forest creek, tribu taries to the Applegate river, have been built by C. M. Patter son at a cost of $28,780 in county funds. Minshall Construction company is contractor for two bridges oyer Evans creek, built for $23,375 in county money. Concrete spans over Jackson creek and Neil creek were built at a cost of $15,340, and a creo soted wood bridge has been built over Foots creek at a cost of $15,000. Three bridges were built this Portland Police Have Busy Night Portland (U.R) Portland police Friday night had one of their, busiest night in months. They arrested at least 40 per sons on a variety of charges, most of them drunkenness. A stabbing at First and Jef ferson and numerous brawls and street fights resulted in the ar rests of several on after hours charges. Others were held on suspicion of robbery. Friday night's arrests were not part of a planned raid such as that staged by police a week ago. tJUift.W MEDFORD Firemen's Annual Ball SQUARE DANCE Camp Corral, Camp White POPULAR Walker's Dreamland, Medford THANKSGIVING NIGHT - NOV. 25 Music by: v BALDY EVANS and HIS BAND " Admission $1.00 Per Person O DINE at - WORLD, FAMOUS MlflDM MESfflK Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays For Reservations Call Central Point 122 TKtJKSSlOTJl ! Holiday Inn Coffee Shop Steak House Cafe Maury's Corner Eaton's Dinner House Trailways Cafe Hotel Medford Lulu's Cafe El Rogue Cafe Red Streak Cafe Rogue' Valley Country Club year by the forest service with federal funds, and two were built by a private timber operator, using his own funds, under terms of a national forest timber sale contract. Largest of the bridges built by the forest service is a $40,000 span over Rogue river at Wood ruff meadows. Built of rein forced concrete, it is 170 feet long and 23 feet, or two lanes, wide. - - ' ; The -other two forest service bridges, each costing about $10, 000,. are on Hutton rd. over El liott creek, and on Buzzard Mine rd. over Elk creek. - Both are built of creosoted wood and con crete foundations. ... ; The two privately built bridges, both of which are open to the public, were constructed , by Steve Wilson. The largest, which is 70 feet long by 14 feet wide, is on Abbott Creek rd. over Woodruff creek, and is built of creosoted wood with' creosoted wood piling. The second, 55 feet long by 14 feet wide, is on Sunshine rd. over Abbott creek, and is built' of untreated wood on treated piling. HELD OVER ONE MORE WEEK BY POPULAR DEMAND mum Capitol Recording Stare APPEARING NIGHTLY At The Grants Pass Phone Gr. 6-6566 TRIO If?
