Planning Commissioner Tells
Views on Freeway Site Vote
(Editor's note: The following
letter, though longer than the
usual limit on letters to the edi
tor, is published in full because
of the universal interest in the
subject, and because it is written
by a member of the Medford
planning commission, which last
week took action in regard to the
proposed route of a new freeway
in this area. Since it was written,
the highway commission has an
nounced that further informa
tion on a west side route will be
compiled and presented at a pub
lic hearing to be held in about
six weeks.)
To the Editor: I note your edi
torial of May IB on the planning
commission, action taken Monday
night, which you have inferred
to be a recommendation of the
commission for the Genessee st.
route for the proposed new high
way.
As a member of the commis
sion, but speaking entirely as an
individual and not for the com
mission, I should like to make
known my own feelings in this
matter. They coincide with those
expressed at the meeting by Mrs,
Eden when she said that it was
apparent that "we are to be exe
cuted and that all we have to do
is decide whether we want to be
hung or shot." Some of us de
cided to be hung and others to
be shot.
My personal opinion is that it
is an outrage to inflict this high
way on the community in either
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written on election
day in Oregon and election day
is no time to talk politics. On
other days, we TALK politics.
On election day we DO politics.
That is to say, on election day
we get out and vote. Voting is
a DEED and everybody knows
that deeds count more than
words.
So let' talk about business
today.
A T HOT SPRINGS, Virginia
a pleasant little resort town
In the green and lovely Shenan
doah mountains industrialists
are gathering for a meeting of
the commerce department's busi
ness advisory council. Some of
them are predicting that Ameri
can business concerns may can
cel some of the record expansion
in plants and equipment that
Is presently scheduled.
They say that rising interest
rates could discourage them
from borrowing heavily for expansion.
are interest rates rising?
' The answer is simple. Mon-.
ey is a commodity. It responds
to the law of supply and demand.
When money seeking invest
ment is plentiful, interest rates
fall. When money is scarcer,
interest rates rise.
As of now, money is scarcer
because of the demand for it for
the construction of new build
ings and the purchase of new
equipment.
is money scarcer?
" Again the answer is sim
ple. People are using more of
it for new buildings and new
plants, among other things
and at the same time people are
SAVING less of it.
ATA recent meeting of the
National Association of Mu
tual Savings Banks, W. Randolph
Burgess, under secretary of the
treasury, told his hearers:
"Personal savings are account
ing now for anly about 614 per
cent of our income after taxes
as against an average of about
8 per cent in other recent years
This is DISTURBING because it
is an indication that we are not
saving today quite enough to
finance the rapid rate of growth
of which we are otherwise
capable.
"We need to develop THRIFT
and encourage it by attractive
rewards.-" .
location. However, it seems ap
parent that we will have to ac
cept one or the other of the
routes and that probably the
route to be taken has already
been selected by the Highway
Commission, and that action on
our part is going to be ineffec
tive.
Regarding the 300 foot right-of-way
which was recommended
to be acquired through the Gen
essee route if that route is final
ly chosen, I think a little explan
ation will clarify this situation.
According to the maps which we
have seen, the Commission has
provided for a 300 foot right-of-way
on the Hillcrest route. They
have not provided for that type
of right-of-way on the Genessee
route. It seems entirely incon
sistent that they would require
a 300 foot right-of-way on one
route for traffic density reasons,
and a much lesser right-of-way
on the other route with the same
Ltraffic. Hence, it seems logical
that in a few years, say from
five to ten years from now, they
will be back asking for more
right-of-way to widen the route
through the city, and at that time
cause more disruption to the
community. For that reason, I
felt that if they are going to go
on that route they had better
take the right-of-way now rather
than come back and ask for
more later. Moreover, it seemed
to us that the wider right-of-way
will provide a buffer zone to
minimize the noise and other
obnoxious characteristics of a
trunk highway passing through
a residential or business area.
This, it would seem, would to a
minor extent, help the property
owners in the neighborhood
whose property was not taken
for the right-of-way.
By looking at an aerial map
of the situation, you will find
that aside from the four or five
city blocks which are really de
stroyed by the installation of
such a highway, the balance of
the route through the valley is
essentially in the Bear Creek
bottom and probably does less
harm to the community on this
account. The Hillcrest route,
would, of course, cut through
some orchards, but it would also
cut through what, in my opinion,
is one of the last remaining out
standing residential areas left to
the community for future devel
opment. Moreover, the Hillcrest
route would provide for a major
interchange at Barnett rd. which
would throw a substantial
amount of heavy traffic past our
new hospital which is being
provided by the community at
considerable expense. In order
to take care of this Barnett rd.
route we are told that it would
cost the city of Medford on the
order of $250,000 to improve it.
Certainly I believe we were en
titled to take these factors into
account in making up our mind
as to which was the lesser of two
evils.
Although I firmly believe that
the route should be located far
to the westward somewhere be
tween Jacksonville and Med
ford, I am afraid this cannot be
done. It is to be presumed that
the Highway Commission, being
well versed in such matters, and
having made a decision that the
westside highway is "not feasi
ble," knows more about it than
we do. It would, however, seem
to be desirable that the Com
mission publish some reason
better than those two words as
to why something which is ap
parently recommended and de
sired by almost everyone in the
valley, is not being considered,
I trust that these few com
ments may assist in clarifying
your mind as to my own reasons
from making the hard decision
which was forced upon me when
I voted on this subject at last
Monday night's meeting.
A. D. Harvey,
' Member Medford
Planning Commission
ITHAT is an attractive reward
' for thrift?
Once more the answer is sim
ple. Higher wages for money
are the reward for thrift. Higher
wages for money cause people
to save up more money. The
wage for money is called in
terest.
So
You see
Higher interest rates are not
always a calamity. If they pro
duce the money needed for ex
pansion of industry they are
beneficial to all of us in the
way of more jobs.
"JOW for the S64 question:
If we need more money for
investment in new plants and
new equipment to provide more
jobs for all of us. why doesn't
the government start its printing
presses and provide us with the
money we need instead of re
quiring us to SAVE IT UP?
IITELL. it doesn't work.'
Why doesn't it work?
I don't know. I doubt if any
body knows. But the fact re
mains that it doesn't.
It always results in bad trou
ble sooner or later. Maybe when
the Supreme Architect laid out
the world and made the laws
to govern it He laid down the
rule that MEN MUST WORK
Peace Officers Plan
Grants Pass Meeting
Three members of the South
ern Oregon Peace Officers asso
ciation will report on the West
ern States Crime conference,
held last week in Great Falls
Mont., Wednesday at 8 p.m. at
a meeting of the association in
the Grants Pass Elks club.
Attending the Montana con
ference were Dean DeBerry
Jackson -county deputy sheriff;
Lyle Perkins, Medford police
detective sergeant; and George
Eckstein, Josephine county dep
uty sheriff.
Invitations, to the meeting
have also been sent to peace of
ficers associations in Del Norte
and Siskiyou counties in Cali
fornia and Klamath and Douglas
counties in Oregon.
Bill Frake Wins
Speaking Contest
Bill Frake, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Franke, of 22 Rich
mond ave., won the district
Pythias public speaking contest
in Grants Pass last week.
He will go to Portland next to
participate in the sectional con
test before June lo. The final
national contest will be held in
New Orleans in August.
Teachers in 35 states benefit
from state-controlled retirement
Fire-Ama !o Show
New Techniques
New techniques involved in
combating forest fires will be
demonstrated by combined state,
federal and industry crews dur
ing the Fire-Ama Saturday, May
26, in Medford.
Sam Taylor, chairman of the
group planning the event, said
the use of mobile pumps
equipped with high-pressure and
fog nozzles will be shown as
well as hand tools needed for
efficient forest fire suppression.
The fire control display is one
of the several features planned,
Taylor said, with other displays
and demonstrations scheduled to
demonstrate coordinated action
in fighting fires.
Members of the Medford Ac
tive club will man a booth serv
ing refreshments. Pony rides
will be available for the young
sters. Taylor emphasized that the
public was invited and no charge
would be made. The show will
be held at Elk Lumber company
north of Medford.
The highest elevation in Min
nesota is 2,230 feet above sea
level; the lowest 602 feet above
sea level.
HORNBROOK
i Sunday, May 20, 1958
Music Club Holds Meeting
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook The Music club
held its regular meeting Satur
day, May 19. Members of the
club are the piano and accordion
pupils of Mrs. Paul Greene, and
they meet at the studio at her
home on Henley rd. every second
Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until
noon.
All activities of the club cen
ter around music, and consist
of such things as musical games,
listening to records, discussing
the meanings of words used in
music, and a program presented
by some of the students. Those
taking part in this week's pro
gram were accordion pupils
Penny Barnum and Linda Blank
enship and Robert Laustalot and
Billy Greene of Hilt, and at the
piano Linda Greene, a grand
daughter of Mrs. Greene's and
Barbara De Clerck and Marsha
Simmons of Hilt. Mrs. Greene
also has several adult pupils.
Hornbrook Grange will hold
a ham dinner at the Grange hall
on Memorial day. Mrs. Margaret
Phillips is chairman of the din
ner committee, and assisting her
will be Mrs. Bertha Bradley,
Mrs. Dave Holland, Mrs. Ardon
Burns, Mrs. Agnes Silva and
Mrs. John Shinar. Volunteer
I helpers will be members of the
Boy Scout troop. Dinner will be
served from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
(DST).
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown be
came parents of their first son
May 17 at the Siskiyou County
hospital in Yreka. Waiting to
welcome him at home are three
small sisters.
Mrs. Grace Quigley was hos
tess for the Auction Bridge club
May 16 at her home on Henley
rd. Following a dessert luncheon,
members playing were Mrs.
Bertha Bradley who won high
score, Mrs. Will Rogers of Klam
ath river who won second, Mrs.
Frank Graves of Hilt, Mrs. Les
ter Nye, Mrs. Henley Clawson,
Mrs. Emory Parshall, and Mrs.
Frank Ohlund. At the close of
the playing, a farewell gift was
presented to Mrs. Graves, who
is retiring from the club after
having been a member since it
was organized in 1934.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Winders
of Stockton, Calif., arrived May
17 to spend a month visiting
relatives and friends in this area.
Mrs. Winders is a sister of Mrs.
Bertha Bradley, and Mrs. Will
Rogers of Klamath river.
The entertainment committee
of the Grange has announced
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FITE
that 12 dance students from the
Jackie Locke school of the dance
in Medford will present a dance
program on Friday, May 25, at
at the Grange hall. Some of these
youngsters have appeared on
KBES-TV in Medford. The pro
gram will be at 10 p.m. (DST),
following .the regular meeting
of the Grange. Grange meetings
are held at 8:30 p.m. (DST) dur
ing the summer months.
Mrs. Minnie Bloomingcamp
and son Charles drove to Med
ford on Mothers day where they
attended - services at the First
Presbyterian church. They were
joined by Mrs. Marge Snyder
and children Karen and Victor,-
and all had Mothers day dinner
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Wyatt and two sons at Cen
tral Point. Mrs. Snyder and Mrs.
Wyatt are sisters.
It has been brbught to our
attention that the name of the
recent book by Lauran Payne
was misquoted in this column.
The correct title of the book
is "Arrowhead Rider."
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