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V k TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. February 21. 1958 Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo pip FTA-"-r ryypiCA-t -dr.j rights trer-gp 1 j V I FTES LOOKIM& AT . 3.COO COLLS OF WALL D4DPDT4FVf r rv rr EVEcy time M4I35E JASori. 354Pcowwooo12a.c' COHASSET.H4SS. Surplus Fund Investments Are Approved by Medford Council The city recorder-treasurer was authorized by the city council last night to invest surplus funds in time deposit accounts for not more than 120 days. The money formerly was invested in 60 and 90-day treasury certificates, but . in terest yield on them fell be low the local bank interest rates, according to officials. The action permits the treas urer to invest in either, whichever is paying the great- j est interest. Plans arid specifications for construction of a sanitary sewer in the North Laurel hurst area were approved. The section, which is near Biddle and McAndrews rds., will separate the area from the Kenwood-Grandview dis trict, providing separate im provement . districts. Agreement Approved An agreement with Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany was approved permitting the city to use power poles for traffic signal light sup ports for a five-year period. An amendment to the traf fic code requiring drivers to maintain a proper lookout was defeated. The measure was carried over from Feb. 6 when it failed to pass by a two-thirds vote. Several -segregation of as sessment ordinances were ap proved for sanitary sewers. The segregations were neces fary by property ownership changes. Grant Lease The council granted the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter Day Saints a lease on a warehouse on Bullock rd. near the airport. The church will pay $40 per month rent. Manufacturing fruit box lum ber is planned by the church. Installation of a second courtesy mail box at the rear of the Holly building, Sixth and Holly sts., was approved, as was the removal of two parking meters for the box. Three meters in front of the building were made five minute zones between 5 and 6 p.m. in an attempt to pro vide additional parking near the post office during rush hours. Action on a suggestion to limit parking on Monroe st., between Whitman and Oak dale aves., was postponed un til the March 6 meeting. The area is next to the high school and councilmen wanted more time to study the proposal. Bus Zone The council approved a bus zone on the east side of Holly st., south of the 11th st. intersection. The zone will permit school buses to park at the location. The change in the traffic light on Main st. at Lindley ave. was approved. The light's red cycle is set to blink. The signal will operate normal during other hours. Drivers are permitted to proceed through the intersection on the flashing red light if they yield the right-of-way, city of ficials said. A report of speed of ve hicles on Stewart ave. was postponed for further study by the city engineering de partment. The council re quested the report. Parking Zone A request for a 15-minute parking zone in front of Pa cific Seed and Feed company, Fourth and Front sts., was approved on a temporary basis. Councilmen expect a complete report by the plan ning commission on parking in the downtown area before giving final approval, offi cials said. Action on the request of L. P. Older for a zone change request to limited commercial in the Crater Lake highway and Delta Waters rd. area land-use study of the area is complete. The study is expect ed in about 60 to 90 days, according to officials. The council accepted the recommendation of the plan ning coinmission that the dedication of Elk st. be ap proved. The street will be 45 feet wide, which does not meet the city requirement of 60 feet. Considerable expense would be required to pur chase right-of-way and mov ing homes for a standard street, according to the plan ning commission. The council authorized the city engineering department to prepare preliminary plans and specifications for extend ing Melrose ave. from Holly st. across the Southern Pa cific right-of-way to connect with Barnett rd. at South Pacific highway. The council felt construction of the new hospital would require the Medfo RIBUNE SlPaDDBTS Giant Ticket Sales Not Up To Expectations By HAL WOOD San Francisco HP) The gold mine that the Giants hoped to work when they came to San Francisco, it now appears, is going to take a lot of "sluicing." "Our advance ticket sales haven't lived up to expecta tions," Peter Hoffman, Giant ticket manager, said today. "We have a little stadium and I thought there would be a mad rush to get season tick ets to assure a seat, but it hasn't worked out that way. "So far, our advance sea son ticket sale totals only 2,940 that's what we can guarantee for each game this year. That doesn't look like much compared with, the 7,500 they are talking about for the Dodgers in Los An geles." Only One Sellout The only game that is sold out is the first one when the opening day crowd on April 15 mill come near to bursting the walls at Seals Stadium. Hoffman isn't discouraged. He figures that when baseball starts hitting the headlines and interest in winter sports wears off that the fans will turn their attention to base ball and start making their purchases. Medalist Sets Golf Fray Pace St. Aueustine. Fla. (IPI The survivors in the Nation al Golf Club Champions tour nament led bv defendine champion and -medalist (jeorge Toms of Durham, N.C., today moved out for two more rounds. Toms, former Duke Univer sity student, went against William Norvell, Chattanoo ga, Tenn., in this morning's second round. The quarter finals were to be held this afternoon. It took only 12 holes for Toms to defeat Rex Capwell Racine, Wis., Thursday and the favorite was two strokes under par for the distance. Norvell advanced with a 4 and 2 victory over Maj Chester Thomas of Orlando, Fla. will be postponed until a i need of the crossing. Is That So? By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist During the comparatively brief space of time that the white man has been in North America he has left monu ments which would put most of the so-called Seven Won ders of the World to shame. Within a whoop and a hol- 2VSD ler of my own home is the I world's longest single span onage in me woria, uie uoia en Gate bridge, and I never fail to get excited when I cross it. Between the two 746-foot high towers, is a 4,200-foot span which carries six lanes of roadway and two footwalks on a 90-foot deck, 220 feet above the water level. The highest suspension bridge is over the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas, a mere 1,053 feet above the water level. Its span is 880 feet. The longest cantilever span in the world 1,800 feet crosses the St. Lawrence in Canada. The world's biggest con crete dam and the biggest concrete structure in the world is the Grand Coulee dam, Washington, on the Co lumbia river. But the Hoover (Boulder) dam of the Colo rado backs up more water. Lake Mead, which resulted, is 245 square miles in area and has a capacity of 10,150 billion gallons. The largest Gothic cathe dral in the world is St. John s To All People USING WELL WATER We Now Stock Glass-lined PRESSURE TANKS 42 gallon - $40.00 SISKIYOU HARDWARE Phone SP 2-2939 - Medford 225 West Main WE GIVE S & H GREEN STAMPS the Divine in New York with a floor area of 121,000 square feet. Largest Exhibition Hall In addition to having the world's tallest building, Em pire State, with 1,250 feet, New York City also has the world's largest exhibition hall, the Coliseum which was completed in 1956, with an area of 9 acres en four floors, and the largest general hos pital, King's County, Brook lyn, with a 3,451 bed capacity. The tallest monument in the world stands near Hous ton, Tex., on the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, which rises to 570 feet from' a 47 foot square base.- And the largest sculptures are. at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, where the busts of Presidents Washing ton, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, and Lincoln have been carv ed in the granite of the moun tain. The distance between the top of Washington's head to his chin is 60 feet. (Released by McClure ' Newspaper Syndicate) Coliseum Work Started Today Los Angeles OPi Con struction crews start work to day on alterations to giant Memorial Coliseum following approval of a contract under which the Los Angeles Dodg ers will play their home games in the stadium in 1958 and 1959. The Coliseum commission approved the two-year con tract Thursday making the 102,000-seat arena temporary home of the ball club pend ing construction of a proposed permanent ball park in Cha vez Ravine. Under terms of the ; con tract, the Dodgers guarantee the Coliseum $200,000 a year plus 10 per cent of the gate on nine of the 77 home games scheduled this season. The Coliseum also will receive in come from concessions on nine games. Branch Rickey Suffers Attack Pittsburgh W) Branch Rickey Sr., board chairman of the Pittsburgh Pirates and acknowledged creator of base ball's farm system, rested comfortably today in Presby terian hospital where he is under treatment for a "mild" heart attack. The 76-year-old Rickey en tered the hospital Wednesday night after complaining of shortness of breath. His ill ness developed after he re turned from Washington where a two-day conference of President Eisenhower's Committee for Fair Employ ment Practices had been scheduled. The sessions were cancelled because of bad weather. FIGHTS By UNITED PRESS Revere. Mass. Rory Calhoun, lfia'j. White Plains. N.Y.. knock ed out Beau Jack, 163 U; Boston 5. Portland (IPI Bob Cum mings was re-elected president of the Oregon Public Links Golf association here Thurs day night. Dave Duvall, Port land, was named vice presi dent and Fred Vhal, secretary treasurer. ' Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation or the best question on nature in wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer-1 ence work in a handsome i Sealcraft binding. Each week j new submissions will be con-! sidered. Sorry, I simply can't ! answer your many friendly j letters. Please address your I letter to: Is That So: co '. Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Jacksonville Council Orders Trees Removed Jacksonville The Jack sonville city council ordered the removal of several trees in the downtown area recent ly. , Removal of the trees were necessary because they form ed a hazard to vehicle and pedestrian traffic, officials said. The council also ap proved the transfer of a bev erage license of Mom's Hide-A-Way, California and Third sts. Eisenhower Sees Confidence Need To Help Economy Thomasville, Ga. (IP) The nation's economy ii basically vigorous and will bounce upward again if we maintain a "tough-minded confidence in the future," President Eisenhower said Thursday. Loss of such confidence is the only thing that could plunge this country into a critical and sustained eco nomic slump, ' the President said in a telegram to Gov. Averell Harriman of New York. Harriman, and 10 other governors wired their views on the economic situation to Eisenhower on Feb. 13. May Go To Phoenix Presidential Press Secre tary James Hagerty indicated meanwhile that the President's week end travel plans prob ably would be announced to day. It was disclosed Thurs day that the chief executive might fly to Phoenix, Ariz., on his way back to Washington to give Mrs. Eisenhower a Western visit. The telegram to Harriman was made public at the end of the President's first day of hunting on his current visit to the estate of former Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey. The hunting party spent three hours in the quail fields and Eisenhower and Humphrey bagged three birds each. Richard Hill To , ; Oppose Mrs. Green i Portland OP) Richard ! Wayne Hill, 30, a local plumb ! ine contractor, filed his candidacy in Salem Thursday for the Republican nomination for Congress from the third district. He seeks the seat now held by Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) Hill said his campaign would stress the desirability of local control of natural re source development with a preference for private enter prise development. Hill came here shortly after his graduation from Brigham Young university at Provo." Utah. He is married and three'; children. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must b satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. 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He was convicted of pocketing $4,659 received from the sale of two Teamster-owned Cadillacs. The younger Beck received a deferred sentence with a three-year probation term, was fined $2,000 and ordered to return the $4,650 he was convicted of embezzling. Crab Fishermen Vote To Stick To Demand Warrenton, Ore. HP) Crab fishermen from Astoria, War renton, Westport, Chinook, Ilwaco and Bay Center have voted to stand firm on their demand for a two-cent in crease in crab prices. The fishermen agreed to stand behind their original demand despite a packers' of fer of a one-cent increase to nine cents per pound. Australia has more than three muiion square miles of domain and of this vast area an estimated one million square miles lie in the tropics. America's oldest publif building, the palace of the governers in Santa Fe, N.M., was built by Spanish colonisti in 1610. Look . . . 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