8 IX- MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday October 27, 1937
Planners, Council to Oiscuss
The Medford planning commis
lion and the city council will
hold a joint public meeting on
Wednesday, Oct. 30, to discuss
and probably modify the pro
posed subdivision ordinance for
the city.
Action by the council was
postponed earlier this month un
til the Nov. 15 meeting to give
councilmen more time to study
the proposed ordinance, and for
possible modification in a joint
session with the planning com
mission. Several persons, at a public
hearing Oct. 3, expressed oppo
sition to the proposed ordinance.
Some of them believed it was
too stringent, and would hinder
development in some areas.
Somi Modification
City officials pointed out that
some modification may be nec
essary regarding sewers in sub
divisions a distance from the
city limits if a county subdivi
sion ordinance is not adopted.
The proposed ordinance was
drawn up to apply within the
city, officials said, since the city
would not have jurisdiction with
in the six-mile area if a county
ordinance is adopted.
State statute provides that
"land within six miles outside
the corporate limits of a city is
under the jurisidiction of the city
for the purpose of giving approv
al of plans or plats of subdivi
sions." When the governing
body of a county has appoint
ed a county planning commis
sion and has adopted regulations
for subdivision control, land
within the six-mile limit will be
under the jurisdiction of the
county.
The. proposed ordinance, city
officials said, put into writing
what the planning commission
has been requiring on most sub
division pfcts before the plat
receives final approval. The ma
jority of regulations in the pro
posed ordinance define 'more
specifically many requirements
included in present state stat
utes. Major Differences
The major differences between
present state regulations and
those In the proposed ordinance
re: the city ordinance would
require a tentative plat, includes
minor subdivisions and provides
for improvements such as sewer
lines and paved streets.
State law provides that the
term "plat" includes a "final
map, diagram, drawing, replat
or other writing containing all
the descriptions, locations, spec
ifications, dedications, provis
ions and information concern
ing a subdivision."
"Subdivide land" ' in state
statutes "means to partition a
parcel of land into four or more
parcels of less than five acres
each for the purpose of transfer
of ownership or building de
velopment, whether immediate
or future, when such parcel ex
ists as a unit or contiguous units
under a single ownership as
shown on the tax roll for the
year preceding the partition
ing." In the proposed city ordin
ance, a "minor subdivision" is
defined as "a division of a par
cel of land into two or three
parcels of less than five acres
each for the purpose of transfer
of ownership or building de
velopment, whether immediate
or future. . . "
Authorized By Stat
City officials pointed out that
minor subdivisions are author
ized by state law. "The govern
ing body of a county or a city
may, wht;n reasonably necessary
to accomplish the orderly de
velopment of the land within the
jurisdiction ... to promote the
public health, safety and gener
al welfare . . . adopt regulations
or ordinances requiring approv
al of the partitioning of land not
otherwise subject to approval. . "
according to state law.
Statutes provide that require
ments for minor subdivisions
may include standards author
ized for subdivisions, or differ
ent standards, so long as they
are no more stringent than those
imposed" in connection with sub
divisions. The section on tentative maps
required by the city ordinance
is new. Although there is no
specific requirement in state law
providing for tentative plats, the
planning commission has re
quired filing tentative plats be
fore final approval.
Specific Needs
The section provides for ten
tative maps for both minor sub
divisions and subdivisions, and
specifies what will be included.
For minor subdivisions, if re
quirements have been met, ap
proval of the tentative map may
be deemed as final approval and
no final map need be submitted.
However, in the case of regu
lar subdivisions, a final plat has
to be submitted within six
months after approval of the
tentative map. An extension of
time is provided in the proposed
ordinance.
Location of streets, sewers,
other utilities, widths of streets,
and other factors in developing
land are required on the maps,
including size of lots, lot lines,
block lines and boundary lines.
The latter are not now required
by state law, but it has been the
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policy of the planning commis
sion not to approve a plat until
lots and line, block and bound
ary lines are shown.
Error of Closure
The proposed city ordinance
provides that the error of clos
ure "shall be within the limits
of one foot in 10,000 feet." State
law provides that the error of
closure be one foot in 4,000
feet.
Form of the final map is speci
fied in state law, and the pro
posed city ordinance elaborates
in more detail. Many of them
concern city requirements re
garding city streets and alleys
adjacent to or in the proposed
subdivision. The proposed or
dinance also requires that ton
tour lines be included.
All dedication certificates, en
gineer's certificates, and those
for execution by the city engi
neer, city planning commission
by any Irrigation districts, and
by the county assessor, sheriff,
county surveyor, county clerk
and recorder are required by
state law.
Improvement!
The provision for an agree
ment and bond for improvements
is new in the proposed ordi
nance. Such agreements and
bonds are authorized in the state
statutes.
State law provides that "stand
ards may include, taking into
consideration the location and
surrounding area of the pro
posed subdivisions, requirements
for placement of utilities, for the
width and location of streets or
for minimum lot sizes and such
other requirements as the gov
trning body considers necessary
for lessening congestion in the
streets, for securing safety from
fire, flood, pollution -or other
dangers, for providing adequate
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Ranchers Market Cattle
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley More than
400 head of young feeder cattle
from the range were sold at
Midway auction Tuesday to buy
ers from California and coast
points. The animals reached the
usual premium standard of
stock from this area and top
price for steers was $24.20 per
hundred.
Those selling were Guy "Wat
kins, Morris Byrne, Jim Corson,
Clarence Buck, Fred West,
Lance and Leon Offenbacher. A
number of other stock raisers
here had sold previously to in
dividual buyers.
Those long in the business
here have noticed changes in
transportation methods over the
years and recall the long day of
driving the herd on horseback
to the Medford stock yards for
railroad shipment. Now they go
by truck. The long horseback
ride of 25 miles to the cattle
camps in the Siskiyous with
food staples and all supplies
cinched on the pack horse is
eliminated now, and the riding
horses also reach their desina
tion by truck.
Newcomers to the valley have
noted further modern trends
when often a pick-up truck of
baled hay leads the cows home
ward from the range while the
"cowboy" rides comfortably at
the steering wheel.
Mrs. Hugh Scbvel entertained
with a luncheon recently honor
ing Mrs. Clarence Meier of Los
Angeles, who came here to at
tend dedication of Upper Apple
gate Grange. Those attending
were Mrs. Ed Finley, Mrs. Har
ry Davis, Mrs. Gerald Buck and
Mrs. John Byrne.
It is an unusual occasion when
Greyhound buses pass through
the Applegate community, and
previously it has mean that
that flood conditions have rout
ed them here, but a few days
ago it was another occasion that
brought two chartered buses to
this area. About 60 members of
the Roaring Rogue Boy Scouts
from Josephine county made a
geology tour to the Jacksonville
and Little Applegate areas.
They studied granite and lime
stone quarries and placer mines
and dug fossils from sandstone.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ditsworth
of Medford visited recently at
the home of Mrs. Ditsworth's
brother, Bert Harr, and other
relatives.
Miss Betty Ramsay of Carls
bad, Calif., spent several days
here with her brother, Ed Ram
say, while en route to Canada.
Miss Ramsay is a secretary at
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. DeHeart,
who resided on Upper Apple
gate for the past month, have
left for Pueblo, Colo., to spend
the winter. They expect to re
turn to southern Oregon in the
spring.
Mrs. George Redhead substi
tuted in the upper grade room
at Ruch school for a short time
last week during the absence of
Boyd Gibson, who attended a
principals' conference in Salem.
Marvin Throne, who also
teaches in that room was ill with
flu.
Several farmers here have
completed cutting their corn
and alfalfa silage. W. H. R. Nos
trand of Applegate farms has
established a record, with his
fifth cutting of alfalfa in the
silo. Nostrand, who is introduc
ing polled Herefords into his
herd, will be among those at
tending the Western Polled
Hereford conference in Medford
Sunday and Monday.
Pfc. Ronald Bigelow, who is
with the anti-aircraft force in
Greenland, is visiting here at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Bigelow of Copper.
Bigelow, in the service for two
years, will receive his discharge
in another month. A brother,
Pfc. Lloyd Bigelow Jr., also has
returned from Germany after
three years with the army engi
nees. He also is with his parents
now and expects to attend a
trade school in Portland. Mr.
and Mrs. Bigelow Sr., came here
in June from Coos county.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Twiss left
recently for Los Angeles to
spend the winter, expecting to
do a little elk hunting in eastern
Oregon en route. Twiss is fire
warden at Star ranger station
during the summer.
Armin Richter, building con
tractor and owner of Circle G
Angus ranch, has returned from
La Jolla and San Francisco,
vhere he was looking after
property holdings. Guests re
cently at the Richter home from
San Francisco were J. Langley
Aldrich and John Dodd.
E. E. Cox, foreman at the
Miller and Gerwick ranch here,
expected to return this week
end with about 400 head of cat
tle which had been-on summer
range near Chiloquin. Cox has
been in the Klamath country
for two weeks looking after
ranch interests there. Other por
tions of the Miller and Gerwick
herd were sent to Oakland and
Ashland.
A small new structure at the
top of Jacksonville hill has been
erected as a shelter for children
waiting for the school bus driv
en by A. E. "Red" Ranney which
delivers children at Jackson
ville school. The shelter has
been built by Mr. and Mrs. Chet
Snyder and will house about
eight children, according to Mrs.
Frank Mitchell, who 'lives in
that area.
Mrs. Frank Preston Is able to
be at her home on White Oak
drive in Medford, following spi
nal surgery a few weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston spent a
part of the summer at their
ranch here.
Willard Wilson of Upper Ap
plegate store and a number of
other people have been smoking
cigars with the inscription, "It's
a girl." Byron Peffley, clerk at
Star range station, whose wife
gave birth to a seven , pound
daughter Thursday, is responsi
ble for the cigars. One recipient
of a cigar lost a bet on the new
arrival when it turned out to be
a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Peffley also
have two small sons.
Rural reflections: Kenneth
Nivens and Ed Ramsay, in the
middle of an important meeting,
were discussing the fellows who
are staking claims on the moon,
and decided they won't know
whether they are getting irri
gated ground or in what condi
tion it will be.
Three Men Injured
In As Many Mishaps
R. L. Rushton, 66, of 2235
West Prune st., suffered a frac
tured vertebra Wednesday after
noon when he fell from a ladder
at Triangle Lumber and Feed
company, Crater Lake highway.
Rushton was reported in fair
condition at Rogue Valley hos
pital. Virgil Conner, 53, route 1,
box 350, Eagle Point, was hospi
talized at Sacred Heart hospital
Wednesday following an acci
dent at Elk Lumber company.
He was reported in good condi
tion and suffering from bruises
received when he was hit by a
load on a carrier in the mill
yard.
James William Dorsey, 41,
post office box 195, Jackson
ville, was reported in "fairly
good" condition at Sacred Heart
hsopital Friday after ha re
ceived injuries Wednesday after
noon when the farm tractor he
was operating rolled on him on
Dark Hollow rd.
The three men were taken to
local hospitals by Medford am
bulance service.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Mildred Ann Spaunk. Holland Ho
tel. Medford, driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor, $255
bail.
William Clayton Calloway, defective
warning device. $10, bail.
Anthony Schleiss, violation of basic
rule, $15.
Anthony Schleiss, violation of basic
rule, S15.
Jack Wayne Dennis, no muffler, $15.
Russell O'dell Brown, overload,
$41. bail.
Jack A. C. Thomas, shooting from
the highway, $30.
Proposed
Subd vision
Ordinance
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Manford Charles Knutzen. Port-
land, and Karen Lorayna Townley,
Albany.
light and air, for preventing
over-crowding of land or for fa
cilitating adequate provision of
transportation, water supply,
sewerage, drainage, education,
recreation or other needs."
The proposed city ordinance
provides that the subdivider or
his contractor shall "complete
all improvement work to the sat
isfaction of that city," and if it
is not done, the city may com
plete the work, and "recover the
full cost and expense thereof
from the subdivider."
The agreement would provide
for construction of improvements
in units, for termination of the
agreement for construction of
improvements in units, for ter
mination of the agreement upon
completion of proceedings un
der an assessment district act
for construction of improve
ments deemed by the city to be
at least the equivalent of im
provements specified in the
agreement and required by the
subdivider, and for progress pay
ments to the subdivider from
any deposit money which the
subdivider may have made in
lieu of providing a surety bond.
Regulations, Design
General regulations and de
signs for streets, sanitary sew
ers, storm sewers, and other
utilities required in a subdivi
sion are those established by city
council policy.
The subdivider also is re
quired to grant easements not
less than five feet wide for pub
lic utility, sanitary sewer and
drainage purposes on each side
of rear lot lines, along side lots
and in planting strips, where
necessary.
The subdivider may also be
required to dedicate and im
prove 10-foot walkways across
blocks more than 600 feet long
or provide access to schools,
park and other public areas.
Storm sewer rights-of-way also
must be dedicated by the sub
divider. v
Exceptions Included
Not provided in state law but
is included in the proposed or
dinance are exceptions. "The
planning commission may au
thorize conditional exceptions to
any of the requirements and
regulations set forth" in the pro
posed ordinance.
Applications for such excep
tions would be made by a cer
tified petition of the subdivider
stating the grounds of the ap
plication and the facts relied
upon by the petitioner. .
Provision also is made in the
proposed ordinance for appeal
from any decision, determination
or requirement of the planning
commission. This is not pro
vided in state regulations. Aft
er a hearing, the council may
over-rule or modify the decision
appealed.
Party Lines Set
On Tax Cut Duel
To Start Monday
Salem OP) Party lines were
drawn here Saturday for the tax
cut duel that will open Monday
when the state Legislature con
venes in. special session to reduce
an embarrassing stockpile of
money in the state treasury.
Pat Dolley, speaker of the
House, described the Democratic
party program when he refer
red to a "reverse surtax" by
which the Democrats would pro
pose a flat 10 per cent cut from
the 1957 tax schedules but leave
the present high schedules untouched.
Sen. Warren Gill, the Lebanon
Republican who has become the
GOP tax spokesman, said his
party was unalterably opposed
to the percentage plan.
Republicans, he said, would
stand firm for a reduction in the
tax schedules themselves, "so
that it will have a measure of
permance.
Gill declared, "the Democrats
just want to pacify the taxpay
er ahead of the 1958 election
and then have the high rate
schedule still there to clobber
him with a few months later."
The present schedules have re
sulted in a flood of tax money
expected to burgeon to nearly
70 million dollars by the end of
June and to 73 million dollars
a year later. .That is in excess
of budgeted expenditures.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes recent
ly accused Republicans of "mak
ing love" to taxpayers for the
GOP insistence that all the sur
plus collections should be turned
back to the people who paid it
with the exception of a 10 to
20-million-dollar cushion. Gov.
Holmes hopes to retain some 50
million dollars as a start for
budgetmakers of the 1959 Leg
islature. Another kernel of controver
sy lies in the proposal to in
crease basic school support funds
with a portion of the surplus.
Republicans generally support
a plan to increase the support,
provided it is accompanied by
a hard and fast assurance of
property tax relief on the coun
ty level. Democrats hope for a
simple increase in the support
figure, without reopening the
fight over a distribution formula.
The Medical Roundup
by
fcmeritus Consultant In Medicine,
Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Professor of Medicine.
Mayo Foundation
mm
Diagnois of "Mongoloid"
Children
At the recent meeting of the
American Roentgen Ray Society,
Dr. John Caffey, of New York
Uity, told 2,000
physicians that
commonly to
day an x-ray
man can tell
by studying the
pelvic bones of
an infant
whether or not
it Is mongo
loid or per-
Dr Alvarez haps has some
other form of mental retarda
tion. Some mentally retarded
children are called mongoloid
because of their slanted eyes
and Oriental look. Usually all
that can be done for these chil
dren is to train them to perform
such tasks as they are capable
of performing. Often they tend
to be good-natured youngsters.
The books tell us that these
children tend to be born to moth
ers over 40, and this is true. But
there must be other factors, and
I have seen a number of mon
goloid children born to young
mothers in their early 20s. In
all of the few cases I have seen
there was some nervous abnor
mality in the family. For in
stance, in the case qf such a child
I saw, the father tells me he
has been somewhat upset men
tally all his Jife, and another
of his children is feeble-minded.
A curious feature of the dis
ease is that sometimes the father
has what is called a simian
crease in his hand. Instead of
the usual lines on the hand, he
will have one big groove run
ning across the hand near th
base of the fingers.
Recently I read that Drg. Wil
liam Krivit and R. A. Good, of
the Variety Club Hospital, Uni
versity of Minnesota, Minneapo
lis, have many times now found
an association between mongol
ism and the blood cancer, leu
kemia. This observation is so
interesting that I would urge
all parents of mongoloid chil
dren who have had a case of
leukemia in the family, immedi
ately to write either to Dr.
Krivit or to me, telling about it.
Dr. 'Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would be
impossible for him to answer
for information or to attempt to
diagnose by mail.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1957)
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