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City's Financial Condition, Qncluded in 1959 Review (Editor's note: This is lhe fourth in a series of articles describing the purposes. 1959 accomplishments and 1960 plans of Medford's 17 departments, boards and commissions as they were reported at the city's Living Annual Report banquet last week. This article gives an account of the reports of the finance department, civil service commission, public works department and purchasing depart ment.) FINANCE DEPARTMENT "It is my opinion that the financial condition of the city, in respect to indebtedness and current budget opera tions, is excellent, and one to be proud of," Darell F. Hu son, city recorder-treasurer said in his report on the fi nance department. It is the duty of the finance department to receive and re cord all city taxes and income from all sources and disperse them to the budgets of the various departments, Huson explained. City income includes fran chises and leases, regulatory and business licenses, parking meter money, police citations, water department receipts, library fines, swimming pool receipts and assessments for sewers, water mains and street paving. Some of the things for which this revenue is dis spersed includes the payment of all city bills, the payroll for approximately 160 employ ees, the retirement of bonds, and the payment of interest on bonds. Besides handling city reve nues the department also rec ords city council minutes and all city ordinances, ad ministers city elections, and keeps records of employees' vacations, sick-leave, and all payroll deductions. Huson said the highlight of 1959, in his estimation, was the adoption of the new Med- ford code, prepared by the League of Oregon Cities. This, he explained, has greatly simplified the problem of de termining which of the city's 7,400 ordinances are in effect at any one time and has elimi nated any obsolete and super fluous ordinances. More than 1,400 sewer as sessments were added to the assessment rolls of the city in 1959, through the Kenwood Grandview, Berrydale and Laurelhurst sewer systems, he said, totaling approximately $900,000. In 1960, Huson noted that the department will be in volved in the forth-coming election, the sale of a several hundred -t housand dollar sewer improvement bond is sue, and the construction of a second municipal swimming pool. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION It is the purpose of the civil 1 PRE-HUII6 DOORS Complete With 9 Mahogany Door ft Casing 9 Jambs 9 Stanley Hinges Yale Latch' Sets LEWIS Wholesale Builders Supply 443 S. Riverside Ph. 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In addition, they hold hear ings concerning the proce dures of employment in the tire department when re quested to do so by any citi zen of Medio rd, V. Ward Hammond, chairman of the commission, reported. The commission is also re quired to pass on the capabil ity of members of the fire de partment to perform their work when they reside out side the city. Examinations Held In 1959, one examination was held for employment with the department and a written examination was held for a promotion to the rank of captain, Hammond said. An eligibility list from which future appointments to the department could be made was prepared for the city, he added. In 1959, the commission conducted no hearings, he ex plained, as the only complaint made was not put in writing with a request for a hearing. Hammond said he expects that 1960 will be no more ac tive for the commission than the past years have been. Other commission members besides Hamond are Joe Clark and Eugene Ricker. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT The public works depart ment is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of public works projects including sanitary sewer systems, storm sewers, structures, streets, airport, traffic engineering and sew age treatment. Public Works Director Ver non Thorpe said that to carry out these responsibilities it is broken down into five divi sions, most of them having de partment status. They are, the engineering division, the streets and sewers division, the traffic engineering divi sion, the sewage treatment di vision and the airport field maintenance and construction division. One of the two largest of these are the engineering de partment which has 17 em ployees with an annual op erating budget of $110,563. This division basically is re sponsible for the design and supervision of various proj ects and last year supervised some $1,348,780 in construc tion, Thorpe said. The other large division is the streets and sewers divi sion employing persons and having an annual operat ing budget of $245,200 and a construction budget of $80, 300. This division is respon sible for the maintenance of all city streets and sewers, he pointed out. Thorpe added that all streets in the central business district are cleaned seven days a week. Some of the highlights oi 1959 with which the depart ment was concerned were 16 separate sanitary sewer proj ects totaling 24.2 miles at a cost of $900,000, and seven storm sewer projects totaling 1.3 miles at a total cost of $33,673. In addition-there were 17 paving projects totaling 3.5 miles, 6,000 square yards of pavement resurfaced, 37 miles of sewers cleaned, 46 miles of center stripes and 116 inter sections painted. Bridge Construction Another one of last year's accomplishments he said, was that the extension of Eighth st. and the building of the bridge over Bear creek were nearly completed. The total amount in opera tions and new construction in 1959 amounted to $1,896,430, Thorpe pointed out. One of 1960's projects will be the construction of a new four-lane bridge over Bear creek on 10th st., and the ex tension of 10th st. from River side to Portland ave. Bids on this project will be called in March and it is tentatively scheduled for completion by fall, he said. ' A second bridge planned is the four-lane Fourth st. bridge and the extension of that street from Riverside ave. to Biddle rd. It is also hoped that this project will be com pleted by fall, he said. Two other 1960 projects will be the extension of Siski you blvd., along the south boundary of the IOOF ceme tery and the extension of Black Oak dr., from Barnett rd. to Juanipero Way. The department also hopes to obtain satisfactory designs on freeway interchanges this year, he concluded. PURCHASING DEPARTMENT It is the job of the purchas ing department to provide as sistance to all city depart ments in procuring materials and supplies, reported G. J. Gutjahr, acting purchasing agent. In 1959, approximately 3,000 purchase orders were processed for commodities valued at nearly $200,000, he said. Gutjahr reported that these purchases were made on the basis of securing either bid prices or informal quotations, to insure the maximum qual ity at a minimum price. City Manager Robert Duff noted that Gutjahr took over the jobs of both purchasing agent and airport manager in addition to his regular duties as administrative assistant, after the regular agent and manager Richard V. Hogan left for a job in Portland last fall. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL New York-Artist-author Alexander King, vowing not to appear again on the Jack Paar Show until Paar comes back: "Until then. I'll see you in church-or perhaps a wayside chapel." Los Angeles-James Pappa, former husband of Carole Tregoff, discussing the murder trial of Carole and Dr. B. Bernard Finch for the slaying of Finch's wife: "If they do both get out of this and they get married-lhey deserve each other." Alecon, France-Cook Arlette Paris, explaining why she put deadly weed killer in the soup she prepared for Count Chevrel de Frileouse, 80, and his wife Elizabeth, 73: "I just wanted to make it taste bad. I just wanted to make them discharge me." Hollywood-Comedian Wally Cox, noting that he still is getting $50,000 a year from the National Broadcasting Co. even though he has appeared only infrequently since the flop of his second series three years ago: "I don't expect to sign another wonderful contract like this one for the rest of my life." Oregonian, Rap Sen. Morse for Investigation Call Portland (UPD Publishers l of the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian charged Monday that Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) has made a "life prac tice of trying to destroy those he cannot control." William W. Knight, publish er of the Journal, and M. J. CBS Has Team For Olympics New York - One of the largest "teams" to invade Squaw Valley, Calif., for the 1960 Olympic Winter games, Feb. 18-28, will carry the ban ner of no nation. Neither will it carry skis, ice skates or hockey pucks. In stead, the 60 members of this team will betrudging through Squaw Valley's deep snows with such items as television cameras, microphones, video tape paraphernalia and sever al miles of heavy cable. The team is the CBS tele vision network's production crew for its exclusive cover age of the Winter Olympics. According to figures released by the U. S. Olympic Commit tee, its 60 members make it the fourth largest "team" at the Games. In charge of the major part of the production personnel will be Gil Wyland, manager of studio and field technical operations for the CBS Tele vision Network in Hollywood. Wyland will be in charge of 31 technicians and two tech nical supervisors during the Games . Under the over-all su pervision of executive pro ducer Paul Levitan, director of special events for CBS News, they will broadcast 15 hours of programming, live and on video tape, during the 11-day sports spectacle. GETS TAX REFUND New York -(UPD A State Supreme Court justice ruled Monday that the New York State Harness Racing com mission must reimburse Roosevelt Raceway $1,404, 664.63 paid in federal taxes. The ruling was handed down by Justice Arthur Markewich, who said that the raceway was entitled to re imbursement under the 1957 state Pari-mutual Law. SPORTS They'll Do It Every Time r yORICK ,CMECKE(? OF DELIVERIES.SCHMALTZ DEPY STORE. SENDS OUT 100,000 PACKAGES A WEAR WITH HARY A MISTAKE But om package NUM8EP? lOO.OOl, WHO IS IT THAT DOESN'T GET DELIVERY? WHY, THE WIPE OF THE HEAD MAN", OF CUSS,OFCUSS THANXAHOA HATLO "SK ALLLkGiC TO HJ6LICITY' OHIO ' Advantages of Course To Be Conducted Here Reviewed at Luncheon "What we -see is not really what is happening but only what we think is happening, which in turn, is a product of our past experience." Journal Frey, publisher of the Ore- gonian, made the statement in reply to a call by Morse for a congressional investiga tion of the Portland news paper strike. The publishers' statement said that among Morse's chief hates "have been newspapers, here and elsewhere, which have punctured his egocentri cities and lampooned the mor al bareness of his weirdly con tradictory, and frequently malicious, public attitudes." Ultimate Target They charged that "al though he is just now aiming his shafts at the Oregonian and Oregon Journal, his ulti mate target is the American press as a whole. It is an at tempt to whip up an emotion al issue among unionists to further his presidential ambi tions, which he publicly de precates and secretly nur tures." The statement said Morse's charges lacked both substance and sincerity. "He has joined in a conspiracy of harassment and pressures against the Portland newspapers. Union power must be sustained -right or wrong - by the use of government intervention." Of Greater Import It added, "Morse's repre sentations have validity only if one believes that a union, on strike, is always right regardless of issues and an employer always wrong, es pecially if he tries to operate his business in the fact of un ion demands." The publishers said there were questions of far greater import in the strike includ ing "adamant refusal of the union to bargain in good faith to correct abuses or eliminate featherbedding practices," and "incitment of nine other un ions to strike in violation of valid contracts." Three Arrested at Eagle Point Dance Hall Two Central Point men and one from Grants Pass were ar rested over the week end by sheriffs deputies on charges of disorderly conduct at an Eagle Point dance hall. Arrested were D. Dwyne Chartier, 18, of box 11, Mur phy Stage rd., Grants Pass; Larry Emery Chartier, 24, of 924 Maple st., Central Point, and Hudson Ray Bransom, 19, of box 57, Central Point. Bransom is being held in the county jail and the two Char tiers were released on bail. ft ' r-W CX- The above observation was made by Donald E. Low, bus iness consultant to the Oregon state board of higher educa tion, who spoke at the Med ford Chamber of Commerce roundtable luncheon Monday. Low was pointing out one of the many advantages of taking the "human factors in man agement" course being offered by the general extension di vision of the state system of higher education, to commerce in Medford March 10. He said the realization that what one individual sees is far different from what another individual sees can be of great benefit to persons in any walk of life who come into regular contact with other persons. Topic on Perception This particular item is' taught under the topic on per ception which is one of 10 topics offered during the course held one night a week for five weeks. Other topics include know ing what people want and why they work, and a psychological test for each participant, the result of which is made known only to the individual who cannot know someone else un til he knows himself, Low said. Topics are also given on the individual differences of peo ple, and on motivation, com munication and leadership. The course is helpful not only to businessmen, he said, but to doctors, lawyers and many other professional peo ple. The courses are not or iented exclusively to business problems but to broad prob lems covering the factors of human relationships in any activity including that of the husband-wife and employer employee. Industrial Psychologist The course will be taught here by Dr. Charles Warneth, an industrial psychologist at the University of Oregon, who has taught the course four times previously. It is offered to persons all over the country, usually on college campuses where they can come and take the course during the summer, Low said, but the Oregon board of edu cation has found that the re sponse is greater if the course is carried to persons in indi vidual communities. The course has already been given three times in Eugene, twice in Salem, once in Port land, once in La Grande, once in Bend and will be given in both Roseburg and Medford for the first time in March. Cost of Course- Although the course costs $75 apiece, which includes all materials and a dinner on the nights which it is taught, most people have found it well worth their while, and many large corporations and busi nesses make it a point to have various employees take it every year, Low ponted out. In order to keep the course built around the lines of a seminar, it is limited to 20 persons, he explained. One of the cities where the course met with the most suc cess, Low said, is in Bend, where more than 20 persons signed up and many had to be turned away. More information on the course can be obtained by con tacting Dr. Leonard B. May field, superintendent of Med ford public schools. ARTHRITIS? I have been wonderfully blessed in being able to return to active life after suffering from head to foot with muscu lar soreness and pain. Most all joints seemed affected. Ac cording to medical diagnosis, I had Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatism and Bursitis. For free information write: MRS. LELA S. WIER 2805 Arbor Hills Drive GG , P. O. Box 2695 1 Jackson, Mississippi Y VORICK-THIS IS MRS. SCHMALTZ, SO X WAS HAVING WHO HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAV- Y7 A COCKTAIL PARTY . AFTER WHICH-AHEM-I HAVE A M I ORDERED 6 DOZEN . - ..r SLIGHT ADDENDUM.' w- COCKTAIL GLASSES, 4 i , i JP&- AND WHERE WERE ' TTTZry I ft-V'" DELIVERED? , : )Z&Ls&& jSll 3 WEEKS LATER V c?cl 1960. Kine Features bvudieaW. lnc.wnr d rich: rcscrvM r U ri- - By Jimmy Hatlo SPORTS Loggers Regain Front Position In Tournament Prospect Loggers regained first place in the annual league trapshoot at Medford Gun club Sunday in the third of the five shoots which de termine the title. Charles Skeeter's team pick ed up all 20 points possible with top attendance of 19 men, total score of 791 and high five count of 238. The total gave the Loggers 47 points, five ahead of the Deaver Trac tor Champs who led last week. The Champs got second points in each category Sun day for -12 for the day and a total of 42 for the three Sun days of shooting so far. They had 16 shooters 659 total birds and 235 hive five. 50 by Skeeiers Jim G r i g s b y's Printers Devils got four points last week end for a 19 aggregate and the Brownell Motel Long Shots of Max Weston also gained four markers, their first in the tourney. Century Sporting Goods store Sports men of Milo Barnes failed to score, but have a previous to tal of five. The Devils and Long Shots each had 12 shooters and the Sportsmen nine. There were 64 gunners on hand. Printers had 513 total, the Long Shots 484 and the Sportsmen 365 High Five figures were 233 for Weston's team, 228 for Grigs by's and 221 for Barnes. Skeeters highlighted his team's effort with a perfect 50. Ray Coleman and Ed Pease each broke 49 of 50 and Loyd Langston, Frank Clogs ton and Martin Clogston 48 each. GRID AIDES NAMED Boston-(UPD-Coach Lou Sa ban of the Boston team in the new American Football League has hired his chief assistants at Illinois Western State college to help him coach the professional club in 1960. Hired were Bob Miller, who will serve as line coach, and Joe Collier, who will work with the ends. NAZIS ON TRIAL Berlin-(UPD-The trial of two former Nazis on charges of murdering 300 Jews in the Ukraine in 1942 has opened before a West Berlin court. The defendants are Alois Huelduenker and Fritz Knop. SAFETY MEANS A LOT t'Jiwcgiiaaj" - ILXmril In ill ..14,. ji'i'liitt. liii 111 in' rmnnnmmn-iTilir- inimniv h mil "lnTnirii rW fc;ttf;tiiii ' .M- .11.. tK . - ..1 J SEE YOUR DEALER THIS MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1960 B 'Republican Bug' Bites Governor Des Moines-OiPD-Gov. Hers chel C. Loveless was recently bothered by a virus infection which temporarily paralyzed the left side of his face. The infection did not slow up the Democratic governor but it did alter his features, giving him the appearance of squinting through one eye. During one speech, he brought up the subject him self to put the audience at ease. "I feel much better than look," he said. "Some Re publican bug has just caught up with me." He said the ailment gave him a "unique opportunity" which he explained this way: There stands before you a politician who can talk to you out of just one side of his face." PNEUMONIA FATAL Raiford, Fla.-OJPD-A convict who killed the assistant prison superintendent and wounded three other men in an unsuc cessful prison break here five years ago has died of pneu monia in his maximum secu rity cell. Prison officials re vealed that George Horoux, 30, formerly of Providence, R.I., died of pneumonia caus ed by influenza. WRITER'S WIDOW DIES New Milford, Conn. - (UPD - Mrs. Ellis Abbott Lardner. 72, widow of short story writ er and humorist Ring Lard ner, died Monday. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS No. 10719 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ai Ails or OREGON FOR JACK SON COUNTY PROBATE DEPATCnvrFNTT In the Matter of the Estate of RALPH A. TRUAX, Deceased Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been nnointfrf by the Circuit Court of Oregon for Jackson County as administra tor of the estate of Ralph A. Truax, deceased. All persons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby notified to present the said claims with the proper vouchers to uic unuei signea administrator at the offices of Harbison and w 9 77D 207 U. S. National Bank Buildine! Medford, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated and first published this 16 day of February, I960. Bud L. Truax, Administrator Harbison and Piazza Attorneys at Law 207 U. S. Nat'l Bank Bldg. Medford, Oregon NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT No. 10587 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR JACK.SON COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of ANJNiE FLEMING, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Fred E. Wahl, Administrator of the estate of Annie Fleming, deceased, has filed his First and Final Report ana Account in ana witn tne cir cuit Court in the State of Oregon for Jackson County, and that Thursday, the 3rd day of March 1960, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A.M. of said day. in the Courtroom of Department One of said Court, in the Jackson County Courthouse in the City of Medford, Oregon, has been appointed and set as IShe time and place of hearing of ob jections to said First and Final Re port and Account and the settle ment thereof and of said estate. DATED and first published this 2nd day of February. I960. FRED E. WAHL Administrator KELLY & KELLY Attorneys for Administrator 20 Goldy Building Medford, Oregon ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received bv the Jackson County Court at the Courthouse at Medford. on or be fore 10:00 A.M. on the 25th day of February 1960. for the furnishing of new tires and tubes for passen ger cars and trucks of the Jackson County Road Department for the fiscal year of March 1, 1960, to March 1. 1961. Instructions to bidders and pro posal forms for the tires and tubes can be seen at the office of the County Clerk or the office of the County Engineer of Jackson County. JACKSON COUNTY COURT Earl M. Miller County Judge Chester H. Wendt County Commissioner R. A. James County Commissioner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY No. 10655 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACKSON COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN PINKER. Deceased. Pursuant to the will of the above named. John Pinker, on file in the above matter. the under signed. United States National Bank of Portland, being the Execu tor of the above estate, will sell at private sale, the following de scribed real property to-wit: Lot 13 in Block 2 of Wolter Ad dition to the City of Medford. Jackson County, Oregon, accord ing to the official recorded plat thereof. That said sale will be made on and after the 2nd day of March. 1960, at the hour of 10 A.M., on said day, and offers will be re ceived at the law office of Ken neth G. Denman. 128 East Main Street in Medford. Oregon: that the terms of said sale shall be cash or at least one-fourth cash and the balance on terms to be arranged by the said Executor. Dated this 2nd day of February, 1960. United States National Bank of Portland Executor No. 1000Z NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK SON COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ES TATE OF GEORGE C. SNOD GRASS. also known as G. C. SNOD GRASS. Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned administra tor of the above estate has filed herein his final report and account and that Monday. March 7. 1960, at 9:30 o'clock A.M. at the court house in the city of Medford in said county, has been fixed by the above named court as the time and place of hearing objections to said final report and account and for the examination and allow ance thereof. Dated and first published this 2nd day of February, 1 960. CLIFFORD H. SNODGRASS, Administrator Frohnmayer. Lowry, Hogan & DeatheraRe. attorneys for administrator. 1831 The first home loan by a Saving! and Loan Association was granted to a lamplighter in Frankford, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia. Last ear, Insured Savings and Loan Associations like ours, made home loans to more American families than did all other financial institutions combined . . .well over 1 million loans totaling $15 billion. Whether you are opening a savings account for a down payment on a home of your own or want financing to buy or build your home, we suggest you see us first. CURRENT DIVIDEND 4 PER ANNUM Open a Savings Account Now FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager WEEK DURING LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OP HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT No. 10589 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THB STATE OF OREGON, FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of EMILY LOUISE CARPENTER, also known as Emma Lou Car penter. Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned. B. L. Hunter Administrator of the estate of Emily Louise Carpenter. also known as Emma Lou Carpenter, deceased, has filed his First and Final Report and Account in and with the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Jackson County, and that Thursday, the 3rd day of March. 1960, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A.M. of said day, in the Courtroom of Department One of said Court, in the Jackson County Courthouse in the City of Med ford, Oregon, has been appointed and set as the time and place of hearing of objections to said First and Final Report and Account and the settlement thereof and of said estate. DATED and first published thi 2nd day of February, i960. B. L. HUNTER Administrator KELLY & KELLY Attorneys for Administrator 20 Goldy Building Medford. Oregon No. 10719 Probate Department NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK SON COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN THOMAS HARPER, De ceased. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Circuit Court of Oregon for Jackson County as executor of the estate of John Thomas Harper, deceased. All persons having claim against said estate are hereby noti fied to present the said claims with the proper vouchers to the under signed executor of the offices of Harbison and Piazza, 207 U.S. Na tional Bank Building, Medford. Ore gon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated and first published this 9th day of February, 1960. Nathen Evans Harper, Executor Harbison and Piazza Attorneys at Law 207 U.S. Nat'l Bank BIdg. Medford, Oregon TO EV3E When you have children, safety is important. I have to know I can depend on my car's brake and steering all the time. That' why I'm glad my husband bought a safe new car during Dealer Days. Why don't you visit your new car dealer, too! You'll find it Pays to buy a car in Medford . . . Southern Oregon's Auto Shopping Center! D-DAYS