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XIOKT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. August IS. 1958 State Buys Land for Highway 99 Repairs The state of Oregon has pur chased land southwest of Rogue River valued at $630 for the highway department for raising the gTade of Pacific highway eight to 12 feet. An easement for $369.50 has also been made. Construction work will place the highway above high water level to prevent flooding at low points near Savage Rapids dam. The existing concrete bridge over Savage Creek will be widened and the roadbed will be widened to provide a full 24-foot black top pavement flanked by four foot oiled shoulders. The majority of the purchased land is in tracts of approximate ly three-tenths of an acre. An average of five feet on each side of the existing highway is needed. Land has been purchased from Mr. and Mrs.,C. W. Fields, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron A. Riesland, Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Tobey, Her mine Heukema, Mr. and Mrs. George J. McCalne, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Long, and an easement from Helen P. Gross of Los An geles, Calif. f the country from MEDFORD for only $2oo 'other rates from Medford Boston $2.00 Chicago 1.75 Salt Lake City 1.05 Seattle 85 I Station to station ralej, not including ta. (or 3 f minutes liter 6 p.m. weekdays and all day Sunday Call by number it's faster Chamber Warns of Furnace 'Repairs' Don , McNeil, secretary-man-azer of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, today warned residents about activities "unscrupulous" furnace repair men who are most active during late summer and early fall. McNeil said once the "repair man" secures access to the base ment, the furnace is dismantled, and the repairman claims the furnace is "in an extremely dan gerous condition and is unre pairable." McNeil said by means of "scare" tactics, the home owner is induced to sign a con tract for a completely new heat ing plant. Some such "repairmen" pose as "official inspectors," McNeil said, or pose as representatives of governmental or civic groups in order to secure access to the furnace to dismantle it. In some cases, he said, parties will take apart a furnace to "clean" it, then call a "heating engineer," who tells the home owner the furnace is dangerous and unrepairable. McNeil urged residents to have furnaces serviced by a re liable firm or repairman, and ask for proper credentials in the case of "furnace inspector." Mc Neil said if the resident is in doubt about the reliability and integrity of repairmen, the per son may contact the chamber of commerce. McNeil said there is a small group of "unscrupulous repair men" who usually travel through the area during late summer and early fall. BUSY. BUSY Madison, Wis. !U.R Wiscon sin school buses transported 149. 967 students and traveled 31,750,000 miles in the 1955-56 school year. WINNING FIRST THREE places in fifth annual National Teen-Age Roadeo at Washington, these expert drivers hold trophies. From left: Tommy Varner, 17, Atlanta, Ga., second place; Chris Bayley, 17, Seattle, first, and Sidney Van Court, 19, Andover, 0., third. (International) National Labor Strikes Reported on Decline Los Angeles U.B The threat of labor strikes causing national emergencies seems on the decline even with the advent of industry-wide collective bargaining agents. This is the view of Dr. George H. Hildebrand, professor of eco nomics and head of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UCLA. Dr. Hildebrand says the trend toward industry-wide collective bargaining does pose some possi bility of national emergency strikes. But, he believes, this will be offset by continued de velopmerlt of substitute products in the economy and by stockpiles and imports. Industries with a high emer gency potential today, according to the UCLA economist, are: cri tical defense products, fission able materials, railroads, bitumi nous coal mining and basic steel products. Life Jacket Saves Young Porflander Portland (U.R) Donald Boardman of Portland, 20-year-old deckhand aboard the Corps of Engineers dredge Luckiamute owed his life today to a life I jacket he borrowed while work i ing on the dredge in the Willam I ette river between Buena Vista and Albany. Boardman fell from the barge and blacked out under the dredge. Some time later a fel low worker missed him and a boat was launched to look for him. After a second run down the river toward the mouth of the Santiam river, the men in the boat saw Boardman walking back upstream toward the dredge. Boardman said he had blacked out under the dredge, but the life jacket buoyed him to the surface and when he came to he was near the mouth of the San tiam 200 feet downstream. mm GIRLS' Dresses Sizes 7 to 12. 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Judge Duncan said St. Claire j would be given 20 days before 1 arguments would be heard. Another distributor indicted by the grand jury, Claude Cum j mings, has taken similar action, j Both men are free under $500 ; bond. GRACEFUL RETIREMENT Ithica, N.Y. -4U.R) Farmers make a better adjustment to re tirement than other occupations, a Cornell University study shows. The school found that farmers gradually taper off work while non-farm workers are more likely to be subject to sud den compulsory retirement upon reaching a certain age. Hodge Sentenced To 20-Year Term Chicago U.R) Former Illi nois Auditor Orville E. Hodge was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for misapplying $816, 427 in state funds deposited in federally insured banks. Ten years of the sentence would be suspended if Hodge makes good his promise of restitution. Hodge was brought here from a Springfield hospital to plead guilty before Judge John P. Barnes to the 51 counts in the indictment. The disgraced auditor, who also is awaiting sentencing on state embezzlement charges, looked pale and ill. He sat with his head in his hands for most of the time while his attorney, Arthur Fitzgerald, made the plea. Three Vehicle Crash Reported to Police Three vehicles were involved in an accident at the Midway four corners about 2:17 p.m. yes terday, state police have report ed. A car' operated by Susumu George Higashi, 41, of Gardena. Calif., skidded into a car and horse trailer operated by Lloyd Keith Walker, 24. of 2320 Kings Highway, Medford. The impact knocked the trailer from the hitch and it rolled into a parked car registered to Oscar J.' Wil lard, route 2, box 646A, Central Point. The car was parked in the yard at Yoakley's Little Su per market. There were no injuries. Po lice said Higashi was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign. McKay Points To Road Improvement on Coast Coquille (U.R) Douglas Mc Kay told audiences in the coastal communities that improvement of the outmoded roads in south western Oregon is of paramount importance to the three major industries of Oregon. The Republican nominee for U. S. senator said he was "very optimitstic" that the coastal high way bottle-neck between Brook ings and Gold Beach will be eliminated in the near future. At the Chetco Grange near Brookings Monday night and Tuesday at Gold Beach, McKay promised he would lend his sup port to efforts for early recon struction of Highway 101 in this ; region. He pointed out that isolation of this section of the coast was a "serious detriment not only to Oregon's tourist trade but to lumber and agriculture as well." 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