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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
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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. It
them while there are still sur
pluses than it would be w
there are none.
proposal that such contract) during the maximum use day
i Mi- men t Aid mm oallnnc
or 11.5 per cent of the 23.990,
000 gallonsfusied by the entire
system during the same day.
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