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rOURTEEIf MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, June S, 1SSS
Additions
Urged by
to Medford's Budget tor
Committee for Necessary
1955-56
Services
City Vote Due July 5;
Increases Explained
(Editor's not: Residents of Medford will be atkd to rot
July 5 en ap?roTal of a city budget which exceadt tha amount
allowed under a constitutional limitation. B u d g ti cannot
increase more than 6 per cent each year, unless voters approve.
The proposed 1955-56 budget is S66.510 over that limit. The
initial "minimum" budget submitted was somewhat over the
limitation, and in addition the budget committee has proposed
other expenditures, which are listed and described in the story
below.)
The city's general fund budget
of $642,602, adopted by the citi
zens' budget committee and pre
sented to the city council last
week, includes additions totaling
$34,760 over the preliminary
budget submitted by City Mana
ger Robert Duff.
The additions were made by
the committee after several
weeks of study. Committeemen
said they are deemed ncessary to
continue existing services, and
for items essential in a growing
city.
Several items deleted from the
original budget were restored,
while others were added.
Minimum Service Budget
The preliminary budget was
"prepared on the basis of contin
uing the minimum services now
being provided. Provision for
maintains adequate service com
mensurate with the growth of
the city and services requested
by its citizens have necessarily
been deleted." Duff pointed out
in presenting the preliminary
budget that city income is rela
tively static, while expenses con
tinue to increase.
As result, even the "mini
mum" budget was $31,750 in
excess of the 6 per cent limita
tion. In making additions, the com
mittee pointed out that addi
tional funds are necessary to
"continue presently existing;
services for the peole of the city
of Medford, and in order to de
velop programs deemed neces
sary for the progress' of the city.
For Airport, Improvement
Additions to the budget in
clude $10,400 for airport im
provement. Of the amount, $10,
000 is estimated to be Medford's
share in purchasing or obtaining
navigational easement rights on
property for runway clearance.
The clearance will be neces
sary next year if Medford is to
participate in Civil Aeronautics
administration development pro
gram. Federal funds will be avail
able both for airport improve
ments and for runway clearance.
' Clearance land may be pur
chased by the city, or an ease
ment m a y be obtained which
would prohibit construction of
buildings on property extending
one-half mile both north and
aouth of the main runway.
The remaining $400 will be
used by the city to separate the
drive and parking lot west of
the terminal with curbing.
Police Improvements
Some $2,000 was added to im
prove police department facili
ties. The improvements include
relocation and rehabilitation of
the women's jail, a storage room,
relocation of a squad room, and
arrest and booking room, and
interrogation rooms. The work
was recommended after a survey
of the department by Sgt. Wil
liam P. Beall Jr. of Berkeley,
Calif., several years ago.
Another $2,000 was added to
the engineering department for
extra work anticipated if annex
ation is approved and for work
on santiary and sewer trunk
lines. The addition brought the
department's total to $8,482, the
original request.
Sanitary sewer trunk line
studies have started, and when
construction proceeds, additional
staff help will be required. Work
already has started on a section
of trunk line in the East wood
and Capital Hill area. Additional
work also will be required if vo
ters approve annexation of more
than 3.000 acres south of Med
ford and the Laurelhurst addi
tion. Ask New Switchboard
Of $3,300 added to the fire de
partment budget, $2,800 is for
an automatic reporting switch
board. The switchboard would
record a phone out of order on
Medford's alarm system, and
would give the system full cred
it on fire insurance ratings. Capt.
Leo Weidner of Portland, who
conducted a study of Medford
alarm system, recommended the
change.
Presently, the police depart
ment makes daily checks of the
system phones.
The remaining $500 is for mis
cellaneous supplies. The $500
was deleted from the original
budget, but the supplies were
deemed necessary to continue
efficient service.
General administration in
creases total $2,600. Of that
amount, $1,000 will be Medford's
share of mosquito control in co
operation with the Jackson
County Health department. The
remaining SI. 600 will raise the
city manager's salary to $6,800
per year.
A total of $5,500 has been
added to the planning commis
sion budget, bringing thCamount
back to the originally requested
$7,500. The funds will be used
for development of planning in
conjunction with Jackson coun
ty, which also has budgeted $7,
500 for planning purposes.
Restored to the traffic depart
ment's budget is $2,000. The
amount brings the total of $7,000
which was requested for instal
lation of traffic signals.
Radar equipment will cost an
additional $1,200, but the
amount will be equally divided
between traffic and police de
partments. The equipment will
be used for traffic counts, speed
checks and for obtaining other
traffic information.
In addition to $600 for radar,
$360 has been added to police
department funds for informa
tion from the Oregon secretary
of state. A charge of 20 cents
per name is requested when
names of owners of license plates
are requested after parking me
ter violations. Other license
plate information has no charge.
The service, which is estimat
ed to cost about $360 annually,
will pay for itself through fines
collected from violators, Duff
said.
For FBI Schooling
Some $1,200 has been added
for sending a police officer to
! the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion academy at Washington, D.
C. The funds will cover expens
es for the three-month course,
which Chief Charles Champlin
took in 1951. .
Legal codification of city ord
inances is estimated to cost about
$3,000, and has been added. Reg
ulatory ordinances, many of
which are antiquated, would be
revised by the League of Ore
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CATFISH DERBY QUEEN. PRINCESSES
The attractive junior high school misses
above will rule over the annual Catfish
Derby to be held at TouVelle state park
June 19. The all-day event is sponsored by
the Medford 20-30 club. The queen, standing
at right, is Miss Betty Miller, and her attend
ants, left to right, are, the Misses Linda Dur
kee, Myrna Calloway and Pat Eckel.
(Landis-Shangle photo)
Catfish Derby Scheduled Here
June 19; Queen, Court Chosen
Betty Miller will reign as
queen of the 19th annual Na
tional Catfish derby, it was an
nounced here Saturday. Her
attendants will be Princesses
Myrna Calloway, Linda Durkee,
and Pat Eckel, all Medford Ju
nior High school students.
The Catfish derby, sponsored
each year by the Medford 20-30
club, is scheduled for Sunday,
June 19, at TouVelle State park.
Members of the sponsoring or
ganization emphasized that the
derby is not in conflict with a
new law prohibiting fishing
derbies. The Catfish derby, they
pointed out, will not make any
inroads on the number of bull
head catfish in this area.
Rules Given
The rules for the derby pro
vide that:
1. The derby is open to all'
male and female persons, single
gon Cities. The league, which or married, between the ages of
would share expenses, would fi months and 150 vears. who
modernize the ordinances,' and
compare them with model ordin
ances in other cities throughout
the country with other municipal
organizations.
The league shares expenses
because the ordinances could be
used as models for other munici
palities. Some $1,200 added for em
ployees life insurance plan is
the city's share for term life in
surance for municipal employ
ees, who pay half the cost of
insurance.
are residents of the United
States. f
2. Catfish entered in the derby
may be caught in any stream,
i lake, dam, creek or other body
of water situated within the con
tinental limits of the United
States.
' 3. Closing time for entrieswill
be 3 p.m. June 19. Entries will
be registered at the north end
of the stage between the hours
of 1:30 and 3 p.m. on June 19.
; 4. Ca'tfish entered for judging
may be caught any time prior to
May MfldBng Permit:
VaDuatDon Increases
Value of construction for
which permits were issued in
Medford during May exceed the
totals for both April this year
and May a year ago, according
to information from the city
building inspector's office.
Fifty three permits for con
struction valued at $224,210
were written last month, com
pared to 45 permits for build
ing amounting to $158,800 in
April. In May of 1954 permits
numbered 55 for projects total
ling $201,230.
Construction of new single
AWARDED 4-H SCHOLARSHIP
Don Smith. 1306 South Co
lumbus eve.. Medford, is one of
seven 4-H club members
throughout the state who have
been awarded scholarships to
attend 4-H summer camp by the
Oregon Egg Producers associ
ation, it was announced Satur
day by Burton Hutton, Corval-
lis, state 4-H leader.
Insurance, Veterans
Laws Discussed Here
New laws pertaining to veter
ans, and veterans' insurance
rights were discussed at a meet
ing here Friday in the office of
the county veterans service of
ficer. Vera A. McCarty, of the state
department of veterans affairs,
conducted the session, and oth
ers attending included Charles
Holbrook, county service offic
er; John Snider, president of the
Medford city council; County
Commissioners Chester Wendt
and L. G. Morthland; Larry
Quinlan, public information of
ficer of the veterans department;
Shirley Brannock. Veterans Ad
ministration, Medford, and Dale
Hill, state veteran loan field rep-
J resentative, Roseburg.
family dwellings led the May,
1955, list with 11 projects val
ued at $108,800. Fourteen single
family house renovation and
repair projects were listed at
$22,585. Two new duplex houses
were started at a cost of $28,
000. Remodeling and repairing
of three businesses totalled $50.
200. Construction began on two
new businesses at a $7,500 cost.
Other projects and values
were one garage $300, three ga
rage remodeling and repairing
projects $290, one duplex reno
vation $800, three minor build
ings $435 and 10 signs $5,300.
Three buildings were moved.
The building department col
lected $941.65 in fees and made
787 inspections.
the closing hour for registration,
providing the fish are in good
condition. Judges may disqualify
fish not in a good states of pres
ervation. Must Comply With Laws
5. Contestants must comply
with all federal and state game
and fish laws, and must have a
1955 license on their persons and
must exihibt their license when
required.
6. Contestants must actually
catch the fish which they enter
in the derby. Acceptance of fish
from other persons is prohibited
and will disqualify all persons
engaging in same.
7. All entries will remain the
property of the contestants sub
mitting them. .
'Perrydale Flier' Now
Has New Home, Owner
In Southern California
The little steam locomotive
which many years ago used to
chuff between Medford and
Jacksonville has found a new
home and new owners.
It is now located on a short
length of unused track in Pas
adena, Calif., and is owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Chad O Connor.
She gave it to him for a birth
day present.
The locomotive, "One-Spot a
wood-burner, once was dubbed
the "Perrydale Flier" in the
days of the Rogue River Valley
Railroad, which transported
freight and passengers from the
county seat, Jacksonville, to the
growing young village of Med
ford, before the turn of the century.
A writer for the Los Angeles
Times, which last week describ
ed an illustrated feature story
on the locomotive, describes it
thus:
"It's a cute little Cuffen-Puff-
er," with four wheels, a diamond
stack, 350-gallon water tank, a
small cab for engineer and fire
man, and a quaint bustle in the
8. Judges will have authority
to adopt and enforce such con
test rules and regulations as they
shall determine and in the event
of disputes or conflicts, their de
cision shall be binding and final.
9. Prizes will be awarded as
follows: (A) Biggest catfish de
termined by weight. (B) Largest
number of catfish caught by any
one contestant. (C) The youngest
contestant entering one or more
catfish. (D) Grand sweepstakes
trophy will be awarded on the
basis of over-all fishing ability.
10. Scoring will be based on:
(A) Number of catfish. (B) aver
age length. (C) average weight.
(D) general condition and ap
pearance of fish. (E) originality
of costume of contestant.
June 16 Timber Sale
Set by BLM in City
Seven tracts of O&C timber,
totaling anestimated 8,731,000
board feet, will be offered for
sale through the Medford office
of the bureau of land manage
ment June 16, it was announced
Saturday.
Public domain timber to be
offered for sale the same day
will total 1,121,000 board feet
on two tracts.
Throughout the state, June
timber offerings will total 85,
261,000 feet of O&C stumpage
valued at $1,646,828.85, and
5,3 4 9,0 0 0 of public domain
stumpage valued at $126,745.50,
according to Virgil T. Heatn,
BLM supervisor for Oregon.
The series of sale will start
June 7 in Salem, and will also
be conducted in the offices of
district foresters in Roseburg,
Eugene,' Coos Bay, Lakeview
and Bend.
Fruit Men Will Study
Expanded Advertising
Program for Produce
Lowry To Discuss
Legislative Session
State Sen. Philip B. Lowry of
Medford will discuss "The 1955
Session of the Oregon State
Legislature And How It Affects
You" in the first of a series of
meetings in the Pioneer room
of the Jackson hotel at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
The summer series are spon
sored by the Jackson County
Young Republican club.
The purpose of the meetings
will be to acquaint the public
with problems confronting state
government., Discussion sessions
will follow talks by Senator
Lowry.
Portland A decision to ex
plore the possibility of expand
ing the scope of their advertising-merchandising
program next
year was made at the 24th an
nual meeting of the Oregon-Washington-California
Pear Bu
reau held here last week.
J. E. Klahre, manager of the
Apple Growers association, Hood
River, was appointed chairman
of the joint advertising-marketing
committee which recom
mended the enlarged program
to meet increasing competition
from other fruit and produce
programs, and to expand dis
tribution and consumption of
anjou, bosc and cornice winter
pear varieties from the three
coast states.
Some 70 Attend
The two day session attracted
over 70 members and interested
persons to hear reports by Shel
by Roberts, Gilbert Sindelar and
Donald Stokes, of the USDA,
Washington, D. C, and Dr. Har
old Schomar. USDA. Wenatchee,
Wash. Dr. Elmer Hansen and
Prof. Henry Hartman, of Ore
gon State college, also addressed
the group. The major topics
were ripening, shipping, con
tainers, polythylene, price and
marketing.
Milton A. Foland, vice-president
of Pacific National Adver
tising Agency, Portland, reported
on present trends in food and
fruit advertising and merchan
dising, and pointed out the need
Minnesota Picnic Set
At Park Next Sunday
The seventh annual Minnesota
state picnic will be held Sun
day. June 12, at TouVelle State
park, it was announced yester
day. It will start at 1 p.m. with a
picnic dinner.
All former Minnesota resi
dents have been invited. Those
attending are requested to bring
their own table service and food
for a covered dish dinner. Cof
fee will be provided and enter
tainment is planned.
for increasing the promotional
tempo if winter pears are to
keep up with competition.
The pest year's home econom
ics and publicity program ' for
the Pear Bueau was reviewed by
Mrs. Emma States, director of
Pacific Kitchen, Seattle, who
pointed out such outstanding tie
ins as the nation-wide commer
cial for Kraft cheese using
anjou pears.
Meetings To Rotate
Among other actions taken
was the decision to hold future
annual Pear Bureau meetings in
the Wenatchee, Yakima, HooH
River, Medford and Placerville
growing districts each year on
a rotating basis.
E. R. Pooley, Hood River, was
reelected president and H B
Murphy, Medford; J. A. Hodapp'
Placerville; G. C. Crossland',
Wenatchee; and John Bloxom,
Yakima, were elected vice-presidents
from their districts. Nich
olas J. Trebin, Hood River, was
appointed chairman of the re
search committee.
rear for log chunks for its firebox."
O'Connor and his wife first
saw it on a trip tnrougn tne
Willamette valley, at the Lar-
ane Valley Logging company, at
Cottage Grove, where it was
used as a logging engine for
some vears after leaving the
Rogue Valley.
Mrs. O'Connor wrote the com
pany, ana onerea 10 Duy u on
monthly installments of $10 each
taken from . her food ' budget
When the purchase was com
plete, O'Connor and a friend
borrowed a truck and drove
north to pick up his 10-ton pres
ent. The trip was not unevent
ful, and the Times quotes O'Con
nor this way:
"Loading it was a job, to
start with. Then we had to un
load it and put more pressure
in the tires. Finallly we got it
back on the truck and started
south. Near the Oregon border
we were stopped by the police
for violation of the state's height
limit.
Fined by Judge
"We waited until dusk when
the judge rode up in a Cadillac,
heard our story and said '$10
fine.' Then we had to chop the
cab down before we could go
on. To top that, we had a double
flat which cost me $105."
O'Connor and his friends jour
ney out to the unused section of
tracks every couple of weeks,
get up steam, and go chugging
back and forth for a few hours
They have put more than 1,000
hours of work refurbishing and
rebuilding the engine, and the
Times says that today it looks
as new as the day it was deliv
ered to Medford in 1891 by the
H. K. Porter and Co., Pittsburgh,
Pa.
The O'Connors want to move
to a place in the country where
they can fix up. a length of track
for their little locomotive. O'
Connor says:
"She takes off like a scared
rabbit, with a 'movement that
puts these fancy automatic auto
transmissions to shame. Stops
easily, too, when I pull back on
the big 5-foot brake lever. Isn't
she a beauty?"
Rotary Donation
Aids Fire Building
Shady Cove A donation of
$1,137.41 has been made by the
Shady Cove Rotary club to help
finance a building to house the
Shady Cove-Trail fire truck. The
amount was raised by the sale
of several truckloads of timber
purchased from the O&C.
Arrangements were handled
by Jimmy Davis, president of
the club. Non-members who as
sisted in falling, bucking and
driving the trucks were Herb
Mayfield, Bend, and Dick Dick
enson, Dave Allen, Jerry Hicks
and Harry Goode. Jack Schau-
ble loaned his truck. Rotary
members who helped with the
falling and bucking were Dolf
Larson, Jimmy Davis and Earl
Warren. Mr. McCormick of the
Herrin Logging company did the
skidding and loading.
Construction of the fire truck
building is planned to start
early this summer.
Jacksonville Lions
Elect Kirkland
Jacksonville Gordon Kirk
land was elected president of the
Jacksonville Lions club at a
meeting recently.
Other officers elected include
Bruce Blew, secretary - treasur
er; Dr. A. A. Griffin, first arice
president; Robert Minear. sec
ond vice - president; Fred Edens,
third vice - president: Art Da
vies, Lion Tamer; and Joe Smith,
Tailtwister.
Officers elected to the board
of directors include Ike Dunford
and Clyde Sutherland.
Installation ceremonies will be
held at the IOOF hall here June
16, ladies night.
St. Helens Firms
Plan To Reopen
St. Helens (U.R) Officials
of the Fir-Tex Insulating Board
company and Western Insulating
Products, Inc., announced Sat
urday that the plants would re
sume production Monday.
The two plants have been shut
down since March 31 by a strike
of some 425 workers.
Notices of reopening were
sent to union officials and wor
kers earlier this week.
Management spokesmen said
a "mutual understanding" had
been reached with members of
the union strike committee, but
so far no formal agreement has
been obtained.
The companies' statement said
that if no agreement is reached
by Monday production would re
sume without it.
AT SESSION
John Dillard, who was asso
ciated with Colombia Utilities
company at Camp White during
World War II, was in charge of
a plant forum session sponsored
Friday at Salem by the Oregon
Independent Telephone associa
tion. Dillard Is president of the
organization.
WEATHER
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Northern California: Mostly
fair Sunday despite occasional
high A)udiness and morning
fog on coast; north to northwest
winds 10-20 mph near coast
locally reaching 24 in afternoon.
Band Class Times
Changed One Hour
I. A. Mirick, head of the sunv
mer school music program, an
nouced Saturday that the band
classes for grade school age
youngsters will be held at 11
a.m. (instead of 10 a.m.), as the
program gets under way Tues
day. The change was made. Mirick
said, to eliminate a conflict with '
the baseball school which was !
scheduled at the same time, j
Many youngsters wish to partic- j
ipate in both programs, he ex
plained. Some 250 students have now
enrolled in the band and or
chestra summer program. Ses
sions are held at the Medford
High school.
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