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o) 6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Or. Sunday, Mty 1, 1960 4-H NEWS Phoenix Saddle-Liies The Phoenix 4-H Horse club recently held their monthly meeting at the home ot Janet Young. We talked about our horse exhibits at the Crater Lion's Sportsfair. We decided how we could make It better next year and the good points of it this year. Horse records were handed out to each mem ber who did not have them, and calendars with the date and place (or each meeting I were passed around. All mem bers were urgeto get their enrollment cards in as soon as possible. A ride and a play day were planned. The ride will be held today. We will leave Irom the 'home of Janet Young and go from there to the picnic grounds at the top of Roxy Ann, where we will eat lunch. Each member will bring part of the lunch. The play day will be held Sunday, June 19, at the home of our leader, Mr. Anderson Committee chairmen for the necessary committees were as signed as follows: program committee, Janet Young; pub licity, Edna Welch; judges, Chris Prentice; ribbons, Shar on O'Connors. There will be classes and games for every one, everyone Is Invited to come. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served by Janet and Mrs. Young. Sharon O'Connors, Reporter Water Enter Commission Decides Hot to Into, New Contracts in Area Utile Chefs Cooking Club The Inst meeting of the Lit tie (jnefs Looking club was Cheld at Terry Calhoun's. Terry Calhoun demonstrat ed how to make "Mystery De light. She also made a top ping lor it. We each had a sample and it tasted good. Next meeting we are to bring our record books and perma nent records to complete. The next meeting will be at Heath er Rhode's home. We are all supposed to bring a layer of white cake. Cherylee Becker, Reporter Shady Cove Cut-Upi The meeting was called to order by the new president, Donna Wietman. The minutes were read by the new secre tary, Marilyn Learning. We are working on our apnvu Refreshments were furnished by Connie Burnett and Mrs. Wietman. Our next meeting is May 4. Carolyn Uhrlch, Reporter Harrisonburg, Va.-OlfD-Cur-losity seekers from as far away as Wisconsin crowded Into a country cemetery near hear Saturday to wait for a predicted "resurrection" of a minister. Nothing happened. By GREG NOKES i Wait Tubwn.t, Staff JVriter The Medford water com mission has decided not to en ter into any new water con tracts, and to enforce the existing ones, in the face of a possible water shortage about the year 1B07. In that year, it is expected that the city of Medford, and other communities which de pend on Big Butte Springs as their main source oi waier, will be using jlfie spring's maximum water supply. The maximum daily volume of water which can now be obtained-from the springs, ac cording Ho Robert Lee, city water superintendent, is 26.4 million gallons a day. If ad ditional rage facilities are built, this supply could be in creased to 28 million gallons a dav maximum. In 1959 close to 24 million gallons were used during the peak water use day of the year. Even though 1959 was an exceptionally dry year, Lee estimates that an average of 80 per cent of the maxi mum supply is now being used. Water Customers The number of water cus tomers now totals 10,397 and lias been increasing at the rate of 4.1 per cent a year. If this rate of increase should continue, then the maximum, with storage facilities, will be reached bjMtoBV, according to Lee. Before 19J, lh)clty must plan and develop an entirely new source of water to sup plement the existing source at the springs. To assure Mediard and other communities, which use le springs' water, of ha'fTfjg an adequate supply between now and men, me commission has decided to presence what surpluses are left for their use. This decision was made In the form of a resolution pass ed by the water commission last December. In etrect tnis resolution means that the 12 communities already having contracts for Medford water must stay within the maxi mum amount of water allow ed them by the contract. Should they desire to expand their respective boundaries. Medford water will not(Je avauaoie to tnese newiy ac quired areas, whether or not the water contracts are being exceeded. Limited Water Supply Lee said it Is not the pur pose oMttis resolution to pen alize or restrict the growth of any of the surrounding com munities. But, it Is the intent, he said, to make thein aware fllhe fact that the available siskiyou 2122jfuneral service Investigate and Save PHONE n SP 2-5488 ALL WITHIN Siskiyou Memorial Park ONLY MEMBER OREGON INTERMENT ASSOCIATION IN MEDFORD MEMBER OREGON FUNERAL 01 RIGOR'S ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED a Columbarium Ctmtttry Mortuary MiuioUur tttmiifd Funtrat Strvict Accounts protect you igintt hidden ttr chrgti. Convenient Timo Saving Dignified 0 supply of water Is limited and that additional sources ijiu.,!. be provided, bef'that limit is reached. There are three cities and seven water districts which presently contract for city water. The cities are Central Point, Jacksonville and Eagle Point. U The water districts are Jacksonville Highway dis trict, Maple Park district, White City Realty company, Charlotte Ann district. Kings Highway district, Elk City district and Midway district. Non-Profit Corpoflttioni In addition to Ttiese there are two non-profit corpora tions which use Medford wa ter, the Myers Lane Water as sociation and the Coker Butte Water association. There are also 474 persons living out side of Medford (not in dis tricts) who use city water. Only one of the ar(as) Cen tral Point, has exceeded the contract limitations on the amount of water it may use, although the Jacksonville Highway and Charlotte Ann district are close. j According to the terms of a ; 10 - year contract signed in 1946 and renewed again In 1950, C'erfTml Point may not use more man 750,000 gallons of water a day. On its maxi mum use day In 1959, Central Point used 840,000 gallons - I some 90,000 more gallons than I permitted under the terms of the contract. The reason for their exceed ing the limitation is obvious. Since the contract was re newed in 1950, the number of customers has increased from 589 to 699 in July of last year, an increase of(7)1 per cent. In the same period of time their maximum day water con-j sumption has increased by 45 per cent. j Regarding the effect of Ihe resolution on Central Point, j Mayor Freeman Mason said; j "At first it (the resolution) seemifi) a little rough, but I maybe It was needed to bring the problem to our attention more than it was." Since the resolution has been in effect the Central Point realizes the need for a meeting with the Medford i commission to try and work : out some equitable solution to me problem. Mayor Mason said Central Point realizes fhnl fur n new water surtpjy system and Is willing to cooperate with Medford toward its successful development, even to the ex tent of possjfihr contribute their fair share of money n? Will US JIM lu.vi, f J The resolution has had nckl adverse effect on Central Point to date, he said, and such rumors that "it 4s pre venting the construction of a swimming pool" are false. He points out that the city of Central Point has only ex ceeded the contract limita tions once and that was dur ing a period at the hHht of the extra - dry summer last year. By using their own wells to augment the supply from Medford and by possibly building a 500.0PO gallon reservoir. Mayor Mason does not anticipate any (fSj)lem in Central Point for several years. Q However, he does see a need In Mvintnrl nnrl ii,n,M,a existing water distributi system there as it will be in adequate for future growth needs. w The Medford water commis sion has invited and hopes that the otherOcontracting areas will follow the lead of Central Point and cooperate with Medford in planning for a new water supply system. Lee points out that even if several of the contracting areas should get more water than provided for in their contracts, they wo.ujd sJU have difficulty in dlsTributltig it among their customers be cause their distribution sys tems are outmoded end in- (adequate. v-' q iiiese areas snoum De plan ning for the enlargement and improvement of their own dis tribution systems at the same time as plans for additional supplies are being developed, Lee noted. The Medford water commis- is sion is asking for funds In its 1960-61 budget to start pre liminary planning for the de velopment of the additional water supply system. -. The most obvious new source of water would be tj Rogue river or some tributaries, Lee pointed out, but added it is too early to know for sure, A rough esti mate of the cost of bringing Rogue water to Medford, ac cording to Lee, would be in the vicinitv of S2 million. Trie first area to contracfj for Medford water was the Midway water district in 1 D2,V) inis contract was emerea in to, as have all of them since, on the basis of a 1929 referen dum by the citizens of Med ford, in which they approved be made. Sails To Diict Under the terms of these contracts the city of Medford sells water directly to the city or district involved and they in turn are in charge of sell ing to and collecting from their individual customers. Cost of water to persons liv ing outside of the city aver ages twice the cost of water to persons living in the city. One fjason for this, Lee points out, is that Medford charges the contracting communities slightly more for water than it does its own customers, be cause ft expects to mg.e souie return on its investment. This return is approximately 6 per cent. Another reason for the high er cost is that the contracting areas themselves tack on ad ditional fees to cover their own investments, and cost and maintenance of their distribu- j tion systems. UscLess Walero r., n The high cosf oT wafer" in these outlying areas means 1 that residents there use much less water on the average than Medford residents. The total amoum of water used by these communities i ThScity of Medford by Itself used some 19,380,000 gallons, or 80.E per cent of the total. (The rest of the water was used by industry.) Lee said these restrictions on the use of water in ot-t- j Is unfortunate, he said. that , . ;,, ,iii ! these restrictions had to be lying communities will nave .......... to remain in effect until the additional source of water supply can be developed. 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