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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sundar. February 12, 193B Congress Indicates Generous Mood on Public Road Spending ) 'A 1 J 4 , By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Congress gave its first indication this past week -that it is in a generous mood on public works " spending a - sign that au gurs well for the multitude of Pacific Northwest projects listed in Presid e n t Eisenhow e r ' s budget. rr i i A. Robt. Smith a e signal came from the House of Repre sentatives, traditionally the more frugal of the two houses when it comes to government expendi tures. By an overwhelming ma jority the House beat down an at tempt to cut back on flood con trol planning funds for a score of eastern projects. Debate on the issue indicated that this year many eastern law makers will reverse their cus tomary tendency to try to whittle down the amount of money that is annually appropriated for projects in the West. Fo rthis year' they have a good many projects at stake themselves. Urgent Projects At issue was a request from President Eisenhower for funds for urgent projects in the North east, particularly the areas hard hit by last summer's floods New England, New York and Pennsylvania. The House Appro priations Committee, in sending the bill to the floor,' had recom mended that it be trimmed down by some $3,000,000. ; Risiii.? to oppose this commit .tee action was one easterner after another, Republican and QGEEDQ? I pEEDW'P.i.,.iii:i READY TO SERVE YOU IN MOVING STORAGE PACKING IN MEDFORD CALL FRANKLIN'S MAYFLOWER FRANKLIN'S TRANSFER ' AND STORAGE Phone 2-6279 Democrat alike, each extolling the virtues of river control. Capping the chorus of voices thatscalled for the full amount was Rep. Joseph W. Martin, the Republican leader from : Massa chusetts.' -' " - " "President Eisenhower be lieves not only in assistance for New England, but also for the people of California and other sections of the country that have been grievously hit by storm and flood," declared Martin. "I am surprised that there should be any opposition to this bill which is tagged in its title as. an urgent bill and which is here at the request of the presi dent of the United States," added Martin. Supporters Outnumbered 1 The few who supported the committee were so badly out numbered that they didn't even call for a show of hands, much less a roll call vote on the ques tion. While this was a relatively minor ,appropriation bill com pared with ' the major public: works bill that will come up later this spring5, it drew biparti san support from every section of the country. And while it was of greatest importance to Northeastern con gressmen who are frequently the Plan Formation of Medford Barracks An organizational meeting for a Medford barracks of Veterans of World War I will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. All World War I veterans and their wives are invited, accord ing to Grants Pass Barrack Com mander Lee S. Turner, who is in charge of the meeting. , Others assisting Turner are Harry Tannehill, Charles Kretsch mer and Elmer E. Curry, all Grants Pass barracks members. Turner described the main ob jective of the group as seeking pensions for veterans over 60 years of age. The organization has 550 barracks throughout the United States. Camp White bar racks No. 14, is the only one in Jackson county at present. There are 32 others in the state. Gov. Smith Reappoints Ontario Man To Board Salem (U.R) - Gov. Elmo Smith has 1 reappointed Dr. Charles E. Palmer of Ontario as a .member of the State Board of .Medical Examiners for a five- year term beginning Feb. 29. ; Dr. Walter L. Hay of Astoria was appointed to the State Chiropodists' Examining Board to succeed Dr. E. P. Delaney of Salem, resigned. leaders in economy moves aimed at western public works devel opment, these same lawmakers will have much at stake in the big civil functions appropriation bill which contams funds tor their projects as well as those for the Pacific Northwest. . The indication, then, is that Congress will quite likely go along with most or all of the administration's budget requests for new resource development projects. Of principal concern to the Medford area are the budget re quests concerning funds for con struction ot tne xaient envision of the Rogue River irrigation project and rehabilitation of ex isting forks. The president asked $2,400,000 to start work on Tal ent and $585,000 for improvements. Spring Festival Set In Josephine County Grants Pass The second an nual Spring Festival, to be held at the Josephine county fair grounds May 5 and. 6, will be open to entries from Jackson county residents, it was an nounced recently. The festival will include com mercial booths, with the accent on do-it-yourself d is p 1 a y s , flower show, hobby show and an art show. The hobby show will have sec tions for metalcraft, rug-making, leatherwork, ceramics and a mis cellaneous division. The Spring Festival this year will be held in conjunction with the sixth annual Rabbit Show, sponsored by the Southern Ore gon Rabbit Breeders' association, . The festival is sponsored by the staff of radio station KUIN, Grants Pass. Personnel of the radio station decided last year there was a definite need for a spring show in Josephine county and decided to go ahead with plans to stage and sponsor it, ac cording to General Chairman Lee Boner, KTJTN farm director and Josephine county fair man ager. Observer Corps Observes Second Anniversary Here The Medford Ground Observ er post celebrated its second an niversary recently, and was commended for - its activity in the Western. Air Defense force. Walter G. Andes, air force captain and state coordinator for GOC, said in a letter to the post: "The Medford observation post is without a doubt one of the top ones within the Western Air Defense force."' During the anniversary open house, Sgt. C. C. Poulson: and Mrs. Lucile Brock, chief of the post, explained the purpose and activity of , the post... Watch 'Expands The" GOO- post here started two years ago under the direc tion of the Moose lodge. Since then, the watch has expanded to 24 hours a day, and is. manned y about 200 volunteers. The Medford post is the only 24- hour post in the southwestern Oregon area. An average of about 2,000 re ports are turned in each month by local watchers. Personnel manning the post is made up of members ,of the Moose lodge, Seventh Day Ad- ventist church, the First Nation al Bank of Portland, Medford branch, about 40 junior and sen ior high school students, office workers, clerks, sawmill work ers, contractors, county shop workers, orchardists, house wives,, mothers, grandmothers, and various professional people from the valley. The post is located at the corner of Mc Andrews" rd. and West Jackson st. - Use Tribune Want Ads- Singler Elected Head Of Gasoline Dealers Bill Singler was elected presi dent of the Rogue Valley Gaso line Dealers association at a meeting at the Medford hotel Wednesday. John. Russell was elected secretary-treasurer. . Members of the board of di rectors, who represent various gasoline and oil firms, include Cecil Martin, Gene Roethler, Dick Kaye, Sandy Sanderson, Jim Hopkins, Doug Ashman, Earl Read, Kenneth Wald and Ward Samuelson. 1 Meetings of the organization are held the fourth Wednesday each month. f NORTHWEST SWIMMING POOL CO. 712 South Grape - Medford Announces Their Pre-Season Offer! The All-New "LOW COST" SHIMMING POOL , In the "Holiday Series" Your Choice of Rectangle or Oval Pool Including reinforcing structure, frost-proof tile trim, cast coping stone, PERMA white smooth silica plaster finish, filter system and motor with strainer and other extras. Complete Bank Financing Can Be Arranged All orders taken now will be completed by May 1st for your full swimming season. Our 19 years of swimming pool experience plus many local installations guarantees you complete satisfaction. 1 ' Call us now for additional Information cheerfully given without obligation. Our sales representative will call at your home or office at your convenience. - . . . , "The whole family would enjoy a beautiful NORTHWEST POOLI" PHONE 3-4340 If no answer Dial 2-9967 or 3-5664 Ten O&C Tracts Sold In Oregon Last Month Portland Ten tracts of O and C and one tract of public domain timber were sold in Ore gon during January according to Virgil T. Heath, bureau of, land management supervisor for Oregon. . . . A total of 15,859,000 board feet of O and C stumpage in BLM. forest districts sold for $611,724.14 at oral bids Jn Lane, Douglas, Jackson, Linn, , Pol". and Benton counties. One pub lic domain tract with 203,000 board feet in Baker county sold for $8,288 -at oral bid. Included in 13 tracts of O and C timber was Olson-Ross Lum ber company, Medford. Included in 13 tracts of O and C timber to be sold in February are three which will be sold from the Medford office Feb. 16. The sale includes 1,674,000 board feet. There also is one tract of public domain stumpage with 120,000 board feet for sale Feb. 16 at Medford. Civil Service Exams Announced Recently Several civil service examina tions have-been announced to fill vacancies or : to establish registers to fill future vacancies. The commission announced an urgent need for chemists, mathe maticians, metallurgists, physi cists and electronic scientists in the, Washington, D.C.V area. Va cancies , are in various federal agencies. - , " Examinations also were an nounced for position classifier in various agencies in Idaho, Montana, ' Oregon and . Washig ton, and for accounting clerk for agencies in the Washington, D.C., area. Examination for career-condi tional appointment of fourth class apprentice have been an nounced: Positions to be filled are in the Puget Sound area with the Navy. The commission pointed out that the examina tions will establish a register to fill future vacancies. Additional information can cerning various examinations is available from Chester W. Silli man at the Medford post office building. Army Engineers' Film Available To Groups Portland An Army corps of engineers 29-minute film show ing progressive construction of Detroit dam on the North San tiam river in Oregon is avail able for clubs, schools, and other interested groups, the Portland district office has announced. The film includes Big Cliff reregulating dam, part of the Detroit project, about 49 miles east of Salem. The pictures illus trates how Army engineers han dle an engineering "problem in volving major construction in a confined area. The film is available from the division engineer, North Pacific division, 210 Custom house, Portland 9, Ore. Columbia River Dam Bids To Be Opened Ephrata, Wash. U.R) Bids for construction of the Priest Rapids dam on the Columbia river will be opened -March 12, Glenn Smothers, manager of the Grant County Public Utility Dis trict, said Saturday. Smothers said low bidders will have 1,900 days to complete the job after July 1. An estimat ed 38 contractors have had pre liminary plans ana contract in formation in their hands for sev eral weeks. The dam will have eight gen erators of 75,000 kilowatts cap acity each. The overall length will be 8,835 feet and its maxi mum height will be 175 feet. The project will include fish passages and navigation provis ions. Study Junior College Possibility In State Salem U.P.) A commit tee of 12 Oregon educators ap pointed jointly by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Higher Educa tion to study establshment of junior colleges in Oregon held its first meeting here Friday and named Clyde H.' Beard, princi pal of The Dalles high school, chairman. Dr. Cliff Robinson of Salem, director of secondary education for the State Department of Ed ucation, was chosen secretary. Findings of specific projects assigned at yesterday's meeting will be reported to the commit tee at its next meeting, March 23, in the Portland state office building. Portland tfJ.R) Some locel pilots said Friday that recent fog on the Columbia river was the worst in their memory. ; Nine vessels were held up at various points between Portland and Astoria Thursday because of the fog; Several others de layed sailing. The fog has both ered ships all week. Read and Use Classified Ads HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station Sunday KWIN 10:15 1400 K.C. I A.M. Sweepstakes Winner Theme Is Pirates Ashland The theme of the grand sweepstakes winner of the window displays in Jackson county for Boy Scout Week was Pirates and Pirate Waters, which was displayed in the Parkview Department store here. The win ner was Pack 114 of the Ashland Belview Walker Parent-Teacher association. O. L.. Wright is cubmaster for the group,-and the seven den mothers include Mrs. G. ' W. Ward, Mrs. . Orus McGee, Mrs. Paul Retter, Mrs. J. B. Reedy, Mrs. Ralph Sikes, Mrs. Ed Holt- grave, and Mrs. V. L. Goodrich. Grange Central Point Grange The third and fourth degrees were given at the last meeting of Central Point Grange Feb. 3. Helen Johnson and Don John son were the candidates from Central Point, and Phoenix Grange brought two candidates. Honored guests introduced were Herb Carlton, Pomona master; Mel Lattie, master of Phoenix Grange; Pomona HEC Chairman Mrs. Olin Poe, and several other members of Phoe nix Grange. A grand march mixer preceded the refreshments. The tables were decorated in the valentine motif. , The next regular meeting is to be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 17. The lecturer, Delmar Smith, has ar ranged to have the new county home demonstration agent, Jo anne Weatherford, give the pro gram. Miss Weatherford's sub ject is to be "Home Beautifica tion." Demonstration slides will be shown. A good attendance is expect ed as many have not met the new agent, and this will be a good opportunity to become ac quainted. The serving committee will be Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kunzman, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs., Harry Tonn. -. . Phoenix Grange The next meeting of Phoenix Grange will be Tuesday, Feb. 14. The program will be at 8 p.m. Mrs. Frank Perl will show pic tures taken during her recent trip. The regular Grange meeting will follow. ' Africa's famous Victoria falls is about one mile wide. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It your picture tuba dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 It Could Happen To You tSlBiijfBBl T7 DAYS in d i li J NOW! Save FREE TICKETS NO NEED TO BUY TO TRY ADULTS REGISTER CHILDREN 5 TO 12 FOR 29th M 0 T S to be a wa rded Wednesday, Feb. 1 5 IT'S FUN TO BUY GAS AT On the Point" South Central at Riverside - ' - Ford Tickets from Fortune of So. Ore., Central 'Market, Ball Motors, Crater Lake Motors WITH t .U? A She's the one who can make you feel at home, even though you're away from home. the one who takes a second look at the ' ; and beverages most generally associated with your home life, then shrewdly serves them up to you right in her own home. Milk is certainly a "must" in everybody's home. That's why it's about the friendliest, most welcome beverage you can serve your guests. And milk goes with everything ... from . pastry to cheese and crackers, from candy to TV tidbits. Smart hostesses know that serving milk on social occasions is just as touni as the familiar advice . . , 1 - JACKSON COUNTY MILK PRODUCERS LEAGUE r
