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tWO MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 13, 1955 FPC (Gives Okayto 1700-Eile IPopeDBnne to Pacific Northwest Oregon To Receive Service by Fall of '56, Attorney Says Washington (U.R) The Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. has received Federal Power commission permission to build a 1,700-mile pipeline from New Mexico to Washington ' state to serve seven western states with natural gas. Charles E. McGee, attorney for Northwest here, said Satur day the big project would get under way- in early, spring. ; Oregon Service by. '56 i Colorado and Idaho custom- iers would be served this year. " Service to users in New Mexi co, Wyoming, Oregon, Washing ton and Utah will begin prob ably by the fall of 1956 when the pipeline is. scheduled for completion, McGee said. The line, McGee said, will run from the San Juan basin in New Mexico to a point near Bellingham, Wash. It will draw natural "gas from the San Juan basin and .the Big Piney area of Wyoming. The FPC approved a finan cing Dlan which allows Pacific Northwest to issue $120,675,000 in bonds, $17,220,000 in prefer red equities and $25,126,000 in common stock. Must Okav Finances The FPC said it approved Pacific Northwest's application for building the facilities last June 18 on condition it also must approve the .method of fi nancing. The Security and Ex change commission must ap prove the financing before it goes into effect, however. The total funds necessary for construction are $165,121,000, the FPC said, of which bonds will be issued for $120,675,000. The bonds will be sold to insur ance companies. The rest of the project will be financed by six per cent notes and common stock. The company also plans to bring gas into the Pacific North west area from Canada but fi nal details have not yet been completed. Building Permits Here Oukfrin State Growth Building permit values in Medford during 1954 were 61 per cent higher than those in 1953, compared to only an 8 per cent increase throughout Oregon as a whole, according to a report of the Equitable Sav ings and Loan association. Building permit valuation here last year totaled $2,513, 036, compared to $1,564,941 the fyear before, the report said. Throughout the state the 1954 total was $87,888,678, and the 1953 total was $81,003,559. Permit valuation of residence construction in Medford last year was $1,044,200, compared to $746,100 in 1953, or an in crease of 40 per cent, the re port showed. The statewide dwelling figures were $36,709, 340 in 1954 and 34,349,257 in 1953, an increase of 7 per cent. "' PULSE QUICKENER How would you" like it if it were j Nancy sends her Valentine greetings from Las Vegas, Nev. Murder Trial Slated To Start at. Burns Burns lu.rj James wuinton Anderson, 31, of Beatty, is due to go on trial Monday in " the court of Circuit , Judge M. A. Biggs for the murder of Rich- ara uavia iviiixci, tj, luemuu of a wealthy former Tucson, Ariz., family. Miller was killed by a shot gun blast after a drinking party at Beatty last November. Anderson was indicted by a Klamath county grand jury, but the case was transferred to Har ney county circuit court on a motion for a change in 'venue. Rose Festival Sets Date for '55 Parade Portland (U.R) The Board of Directors of the Rose Festival Association has decided. Satur day is a better day than Friday for the annual festival , parade. The decision was made at a. special meeting Friday to con sider arguments from some quar ters urging that the parade be held on a Friday this year. The parade traditionally has been j held on Saturday and the Par- j ade Committee had recommend-! ed the Saturday date be con-1 tinued. ! '- Thus, this year's parade will be Saturday, June 11. Gov. Knight Has Troubles Keeping Date in Portland Portland (U.R) Gov. Good win Knight of California finally made . it to Portland for a Lin coln day banquet talk, but he was 2V2 hours late and minus his luggage. ; Last year, Gov. Knight was scheduled to speak at the Lincoln day banquet here but developed laryngitis. Knight was delayed Friday when two planes developed minor engine trouble. Gov. Paul Patterson and some 600 other Republicans waited nearly three hours at the Colum bia athletic club. Patterson, in stead of reading Knight's speech, made an off-the-cuff talk in which he spoke of the present in ternational crisis and said: "I pray to God that the presi dent will find it in his heart to $1,600,000 Transaction Revealed at Prineville Prineville (U.R) The Hud speth Land & Livestock Corpo ration has acquired six ranches totaling more than 85,000 acres of land in Crook county in a $1,600,000 transaction, one of the largest on record in the county. Included in the deal, closed this week, were 2230 head of cattle, equipment and housing. run again in 1956." Knight, who spoke in Seattle last night, said the. new AFL-CIO alliance "will wield a decisive and overwhelming influence on our national affairs." He said the new combined union would represent about 45,000,000 Amer ican voters. Patterson was questioned again about any plans he might have for 1956 and again replied that he had none at present. Nine Students Named For Willamette Honors, . Salem (U.R) Eight men and one woman have been named to the dean's list, for outstanding scholarship at Willamette Uni versity college of law, Dean Se ward Reese said Saturday. The mark of scholastic achievement for the fall semester is reserved for students in the upper 10 per cent of their classes. Third year men David Card of Coos Bay and Eldon F. Caley of Salem . were named to the honor for the fifth consecutive semester. Other law scholars are Rich ard Coggin of Coos Bay; Robert Batchelder of Lake Grove, Jean Lowman of Vancouver, Wash., and Arthur Franzke, Luther Jen sen, George Juba and Lewis Hamptlon, all of Salem. Rogue River GOC Organization Meets For Business Talk Rogue River Rogue River Ground Observers met at Oak Grange with 24 members and 3 visitors present. Supervisor Howard Miller presided and stressed the fact that, in view of the tense world condition and especially here on the west coast, more observ ers are4irgently needed. ! Sgt. Bernord B. Moore, Med ford, extended an invitation to a birthday party of the Medford GOC, to be held Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in the VFW hall in Medford. Lt. Lew Ayres read names of new observers, Linabelle Miller, Inez Gelvin, Beryl Ingle, Iza Forsyth, Edith Osborne. A junior member, George Robbins, was presented with wings. He then told of the drive to be conducted for new ' observers. Awards will be given. Howard Miller stated that ob servers at the post are permitted to. use the post phone on any business of the Air Force. Party Planned Ways and means chairman Stella Miller reported'a "private party" is planned for the next meeting. , Joe Golding suggested that members solicit plywood to im prove the post by an air space under the floor, and weather stripping around the door. A "picture entitled "Commu nications for Civil Defense" was then shown by Sgt. Moore. Miller stated permission has been given to meet each month in the dining room of the Live Oak Grange. Refreshments were served. Gearhart Fluoridation Program Said Success Portland (U.R) Fluoridation of public water at Gearhart, on the Oregon coast, has brought about an 82 per cent decrease in tooth decay among six-year-old children there. The State Board of Health an nounced here Saturday that a study just completed showed the 82 per cent reduction in decayed, missing and filled teeth among six-year-olds, and a 42 per cent decrease in tooth problems among seven-year-old Gearhart children. Dr. David Witter, director of the board's dental health section, said the program resulted in a 23 per cent decay reduction for the entire 6-12 age group 'in Gearhart. The city-wide fluorida tion program began in July, 1951. The word clove comes from the French "clou," meaning nail. Natural Gas Deposit Found Near Payette Payette, Idaho (U.R) A New Mexico oil firm has struck a natural gas deposit at the south western edge of this city, it was announced Saturday by H. K. Riddle, an engineer with ,the company. Riddle said drillers struck the gas Friday at the 1442-foot level of a well. The engineer said the deposit appeared to be of a com mercial quantity and contained no water, although it had not yet been determined how much of the product existed. Initiative Said Increasing Costs Salem (U.R) The citizens of Oregon, through the initiative, and not the legislators, are piling up their own expenses,: State Sen. John C. F. Merrifield (R Portland) tolcTthe Oregon State Farmers Union here Friday. "Of the $200,000,000 expendi ture budget, 41.8 per cent is not! the fault of the Legislature, but of people's initiative," he said. "No matter how much you'd like to, you can't vote things for people without paying for them. People initiate and vote a build ing or benefit. The Legislature figures out a way of meeting the cost, and, the people vote down the legislators' tax program. This is beginning to leave only one alternative: Property tax. He added "if you like the basic, foundation of the farmer's independence, ;I hope you will continue to stand on: it "rather than a give me' program." Police Nab Parolee After Lengthy Chase Portland (U.R) A 32-year-old federal parolee fired a shot out of the window of his car and led deputy sheriffs on a wild, 30 block chase in northeast Port land before he was captured early Saturday. Held in Multnomah county jail as an ex-convict possessing and discharging a firearm was James Howell Wells of Portland. He also was being, held for the fed' eral parole board. 4 Wells told police he was "mad" at his girl friend and had planned to kill her and himself with a .38-calibre revolver he .bought Friday under an assumed name. He said he had fired the weapon to be sure it was in working or der. His girl friend wasn't iden tified. Genitalia, Wash., (U.R) Earl M. Sloniker", 46, Centralia, died at Centralia hospital Friday night shortly after his car was hit by a southbound passenger trap at a grade crossing one block, from Union depot. . Bills in Legislature Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate has passed and sent to the governor a bill exempting family dairies from the distribu tion regulations of the Depart ment of Agriculture. - r Dairies consisting of one cow or three goats still would come under health regulations against bangs disease, burcellosis, and tuberculosis but would have . to observe no other state regula tions regarding sale of milk. The bill was previously approved in the House. Also approved and sent to the House for consideration was a bill permitting two or more counties to establish regional libraries if their own resources were not sufficient to support libraries individually. WATCH REPAIRING FOR YOUR WATCH REPAIRS AND DIAMOND SETTING NEEDS SEE ROY R. PICARD H.I.A. 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Nelson, 21 animals with an average of 637 pounds of milk and 7.34 pounds of butterfat, and Minear Broth ers, 71 animals with an aver age of 648 pounds of milk and 35.1 pounds of butterfat. Top Cow ' . The top individual cow was "77", owned by Straus Broth ers. 'The cow produced 1,576 pounds of milk and 88. pounds of butterfat. Second was Bloom, owned "by Richard Westerberg, with" 1,271 pounds of. milk and 86.4 pounds of butterfat, and third was Smokie,' owned - by Chet Jensen, with 1,234 pounds of.milk and 85.1 pounds of bufierfat. Morse U rges Delay of CAB Decision on New Alaska Airlines Setup. Washington U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse urged the Civil Aeronautics board Saturday to hold up a decision on renewing airline franchises on the Portland-Seattle-Alaska run until its fifth member goes on the board. Greatly Concerned The Oregon Independent wrote . CAB members that . he was "greatly concerned" over reports that .the board; is con sidering a recertif ication for Pacific Northern Airlines but not for Alaska Airlines. ' Both lines serve the route now. Morse said he thought the de cision should be considered by a full five man board. - Former Rep. Ross T. 'Rizley (R-Okla:) has been nominated for the va cancy on the CAB but that Sen- Electrical Wires Over Columbia River Sought ' Goldendale, Wash. (U.R) A permit to construct temporary overhead electrical wires across the Columbia river at Covington Point near The Dalles was sought from Army engineers Saturday by the Klickitat county public utility district No. 1. The wires would have a verti cal clearance of 95 feet above the water. ate has not confirmed the ap pointment. Trend "Toward Monopoly Morse also wrote the board nrnmharc fhpr is "ffmwinir fool. ing in Congress that there is a definite trend toward monop oly in airline transportation." He said "the rumored recom mendation relative to the Portland-Alaska run, if put into effect, -would constitute evi dence in support of the charge of monopoly." Certifying only Pacific "Nor thern would eliminate competi tion, by Alaska Airlines which, "I am informed, has had the greatest number of. flights on this run since 1951," Morse said. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 , A.M. . nrvn rnnnprrfi wnn nnnnnrPiTft imr m m u m m m m Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Childers, 1324 Morrow Road, Medford, are shown here select, ing their Hotpoint Refrigerator which, they won as their monthly prize at the FORTUNE SERVICE STATION, South Central and South Riverside Aye. From left to right are "Zack" Zacharisen of City Appliance, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Childers and Vic Milnes of Fortune States. Fortune awards Free Gasoline every day, 10 prizes every week and the next grand prize is awarded February 24. Circuit Court Judges Subject of New Bill Salem (U.P) Thp Units tree. terday passed" and sent to the i Senate a bill that would allow I more than , one circuit court judge to sit temporarily on the state Supreme Court bench. Also approved was a bill strik ing out the population limit on counties that may abate public nuisances. - Present law makes -such" a procedure illegal in coun ties under 50,000 population. : i. 11 1 3-pc. Colored Bathroom Set Suntan Crane Allianea with all fittings. (1 Only) Regular 89 SPECIAL M62" 20x32 Double Cast Iron Sink. S 1 150 $900 Flat rim, best gradefLess fittings " J 21x32 Double Cast Iron Sink. $f 715 SynOO Ledge back, 3 hole drilling. Lett fittings. J J wJL 48-in. 2-parl Cement Laundry , $4075 $4300 Tray. Less fittings. 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