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MANOR PROGRESSES The largest of the burg hill southeast of Medford. The picture
major construction projects in the valley above shows progress of construction on the
now under way is Rogue Manor atop Barnc- the multi-million dollar structure.
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MOTEL ADDITION To keep pace with lions made to others. Above is a new ad
. the increasing numbers of tourists and va- dition to one of Medford's more recent mo
cat onists in southern Oregon many new tels, Cedar Lodge, on North Riverside ave.
motels have been constructed, and addi- along Bear creek.
Su L r , ,T,A"ng construction recently completed fire hall and library
projects In Central Point has been a new building, and will replace the present city
city hall. The structure is adjacent to the hall west of the present location on Pine st
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Permits Isued in
City Total Almost
S2 Million in 60
One of the ways to judge
the growth of an area is by
the building activity.
And a drive around the
Rogue valley substantiates
this. Almost everywhere one
can see new construction or
remodeling projects under
way.
Many new homes are being
constructed, some in complete
subdivisions, and new subdi
visions themselves appear reg
ularly. New business and pro
fessional buildings are going
up, other business firms are
remodeling, or remodeled re
cently.
Some major construction
work is yet to start, among the
more notable Medford Cor
poration's planned plywood
plant south of its present of
fice building. New homes will
continue to be built, and addi
tions and new classrooms will
be constructed in most school
districts in the county.
Building Activity
The present building activ
ity in the county reflects the
recent census for Jackson
county. The census bureau in
Eugene said the official pop
ulation of Jackson county is
73,316, some 1,000 more peo
ple than original estimates.
Although building permits
are issued only within city
limits, there are many new
homes, and businesses, under
construction outside city lim
its.
So far this year, the Med
ford building department has
Issued building permits val
ued at $1,983,787 with some
$817,060 of that in new home
construction, including du
plex building.
In Ashland, 58 building per
mits have been issued to date
with a total valuation of
$433,690, of which some $274,
000 is for new home construc
tion, including multiple-unit
dwellings.
Other New Homai
There are probably as
many, if not more, new homes
being constructed outside city
limits for which no permits
are issued. The value of these
homes is hard to determine,
but probably exceeds that of
the Medford new home valua
tion listed when permits are
issued.
Taking the spotlight in ma
jor construction is, of course,
the 10-story Rogue Valley
Manor on ton of Barneburg
hill southeast of the Medford
city limits. The multi-million
dollar structure can be seen
from almost any location in
the valley.
The building permit for the
Manor, however, was issued
last year, and does not show
on the almost $2 million
worth of permits issued In
Medford since Jan. 1 this year.
Among those since Jan. 1
were permits for some of the
California Oregon Power com
pany's shop facility construc
tion at the corner of Grape st.
and Stewart ave. in Medford.
The development was started
last year with construction of
a shop and storage space.
Future Office Building
Space is provided at the
site for a future office build
ing, but just when it will be
constructed is uncertain, it is
understood.
Among other major build
ing permits this year has been
one for the Standard Insur
ance company two-story all-
wood structure at the corner
of East Main and Genessee
sts. Standard Insurance plans
use of some of the building,
but the second story will be
rental space.
Another important eon
struction item is aditions to
present schools or new schools
and the largest of these proj
ects In the valley now is con
struction of Ashland Junior
High school.
Construction on that struc
ture was started after district
patrons approved a bond is
sue to finance the building. A
new junior high school was
deemed necessary there when
the old structure was con
demned as a fire hazard.
New School
Recently a new school was
completed in Rogue River
when the old building was
condemned as a fire hazard,
In most other districts, con
struction has started, or will
start on additions to present
plants to provide space for the
increased number of children
Medford district'! two-year
building is under way -with
work starting on the Hoover
school addition, bids opened
on additions to West Side and
Ruch schools, and bids plan
ned to be opened on other
work In the nenr future.
In district 6C, which In
cludes Central Point, Gold
Hill and Sams Valley, work is
starting on additions to
schools to relieve crowded
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HOME CONSTRUCTION Shown above is a partly constructed home on the left. Home
construction in a Medford subdivision, show- construction is evident throughout the val
ing the base for one home at the right, and ley.
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COPCO PLANT E. R. Vroman, 1006 South
Grape st., Medford, stands between two
supports for the roof of a building at the
site of the California Oregon Power com
pany development on South Grape st., Med
Group Raises Funds
For Dental Tools
Portland - IUPD- Chile's
disastrous series of earth
quakes, volcanic eruptions
and tidal waves has caused a
severe shortage of dental
equipment in the area and the
Oregon State Dental associ
ation is doing something
about it.
A short, intensive fund
raising campaign Is underway
in hopes of supplying some
emergency kits for extrac
tions and minor oral surgery.
The equipment is standard
ized and can be used by any
dentist or doctor on the scene.
Police Ready for
Festival Problems
Portland - (UPD - The Port
land police department's big
gest headache of the year -the
annual Rose Festival traf
fic jam - is being worked on.
Portland police Capt. John
Pittenger, in charge of traffic
during the two 1960 Rose
Festival parades, said the ad
vance plans are being worked
out to help handle the im
mense volume of traffic.
The two parades are the
Merrykana parade, the eve
ning of June 7, and the Grand
Floral parade, on the morning
of June 11.
conditions. Planned are addi
tions in Gold Hill, an addition
to Jewett school, work on
which already has started, and
at Central Point Junior High.
Addition Planned
An addition to Phoenix
High school is planned to help
accommodate the additional
students attending Phoenix
High through consolidation
with Talent.
An addition also is planned
at Butte Falls, for which vot
ers recently approved a bond
issue to finance it.
But perhaps the most im
portant construction, additions
or other remodeling to the in
dividual resident is his home.
New homes are being built
almost everywhere in the val
ley, and many of the older
residences are being remod
eled to accomodate the in
creased number In the family.
The pictures on this page
today illustrate some of the
construction projects now un
der way in the valley, includ
ing new homes.
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WESTERN THRIFT
Vinson Purchases
Del-Mar Franchise
Eldon Vinson, 1524 Whit
man ave., Medford, has pur
chased the southern Oregon
franchise of Del-Mar, Inc.,
Portland, it was announced
recently.
Dealing in super market dis
plays of clothing and soft
goods, Vinson's franchise in
cludes Jackson, Josephine,
Douglas and Klamath coun
ties. He was formerly with Snl
der's Dairy and Pepsi-Cola,
serving in route work and
accounting.
Wife Sees Husband
Commit Suicide
Woodburn -(UPD A 41-year-
old Woodburn man killed him
self with a blast from a rifle
Friday night, in full view of
his estranged wife and most
of their 10 children, the Ma
rion county sheriff's office
said Saturday.
Dead was Donald Clare
Goetz. Deputies said Goetz
came to Woodburn from Eu
gene, where he had been
working on a construction job,
to discuss a divorce action fil
ed by his wife.
Mrs. Goetz told officers that
after they talked, her hus
band returned to his car, pull
ed out a rifle, and shot him
self in the head.
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Siskiyou Funeral Service
Invites You to the Dedication of
The New Veteran Memorial
Sponsored by Jackson County
Allied Veterans' Council
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
American legion, V.F.W., D.A.V., W.W.I. Barracks
and Military Order of the Purple Heart
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ford. One of the larger construction proj
ects in the county, the company started
construction recently to relieve crowded
conditions at its shops and storage site.
Medical School
Gets Many Gifts
Portland -(UPD- More than
$3.5 million in gifts and
grants, the largest total ever
recorded, has been received
during the past year by the
University of Oregon Medical
school here, according to busi
ness manager W. A. Zimmer
man. The 1959-60 total of $3,661,.
4S7 is up half a million dol
lars from last year's high of
$3,108,429.
The major portion of the
grants was contributed in sup
port of research programs of
the medical school.
Fire Leaves Family
Of Six Homeless
Vancouver, Wash. -lUPD-Fire
destroyed a home here Friday
night and left a family of six
homeless and with only the
clothes they wore.
The Clark county sheriff's
office said the fire leveled the
home of John W. Keller. The
blaze had been burning for
about 45 minutes before an
alarm was turned in, officers
said.
Keller, his wife and four
children had been away from
home and did not return un
til late in the evening.
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We Must Stop Killing
Creatures on the Highways
Game laws are peculiar.
Man-made, they are of course
full of loopholes and techni
calities, some of them as elas
tic as a rubber band.
Someone shoots a game-bird
or a protected animal out of
season and the game warden
can take the man into court.
The court may fine him or at
tempt to explain to him the
error of his ways. This is as
it should be.
Yet the driver of an auto
mobile can run over, often de
liberately, any number of
small animals on the high
ways and the game warden
pays no attention.
It's open season the year
'round for the killer with the
car and the sadistic mind. A
motorist of my acquaintance
followed a grown man who
ran his car into a small ditch
and broke a front wheel try
ing to hit a rabbit that made
the mistake of trying to cross
the road.
Count Them
On any cross-country trip,
count the song and game birds
as well as other animals that
are bloody heaps on the high
ways. Many of them were run
over deliberately. Figures re
cently released show an
alarming number of these lit
tle creatures needlessly killed
just because, someone didn't
care.
Local Agents Get
Honors on Exams
Richard J. House, Medford
insurance agent, received top
score in the current examin
ation for Certified Insurance
Agent, according to the May
issue of the Orpwm Agency
Digest, a publication for the
Oregon Association of Insur
ance Agents.
House totalled 84.09 per
cent in the five-part written
examination during the March
series. Runner-up honors
went to Fred M. Gatter and
Fred R. Brennan, Medford in
surance agents. -
Thirty-seven agents, 26 of
them first time applicants,
participated in the March ex
amination series conducted at
Pendleton, Portland and Med
ford. Previously, two Med
ford agents, Donald Stathos
and Ren Taylor, passed the ex
amination. The publication also noted
that Gordon Mackenzie, Mack
enzie agency, Medford was
named one of five winners in
the recent AZtronaut contest
conducted by Zurich-Ameri
can Insurance companies.
Objective of the contest was
to find an appropriate spot
for the "Big I" symbol In
Z-A advertising.
MANAGER RESIGNS
Salem - (UPD - The Board of
Salem Nut Growers, Inc., was
advised Friday night that the
group's manager, Glenn Hans
berry, has resigned and the
board was authorized to dis
pose of all assets and property
of the cooperative.
10 A.M. TOMORROW
and to visit the
CHAPEL IN THE TREES (Mortaary)
and the
HEW GARDEN CRYPTS ( V.S.' )
All Within
SISKIYOU MEMORIAL PARK
(Meeera CeaiaMry)
The beautiful array of Memory flowers covering our
green lawn makes Memorial Day fitting tribute to the
memory of those we love.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watfcins
Actual counts often show at
many as eight deaths per mils
of highway, in one northern
state. Sportsmen and conser
vationists of that state, to
gether with many others, an
becoming justifiably alarmed.
One northern state made a
public appeal in the newspa
pers and over the radio and
TV stations asking motorists
to exercise caution and avoid
if at all possible the needless
killing of wildlife.
There are many instances,
of course .where the driver is
blameless; where he cannot
safely avoid hitting the small
creature. But there is no ex
cuse for deliberate attempts,
by a few thoughtless ones, to
run down a helpless creature
who has no protection. This
happens altogether too often.
Shameful Waste
The wild creatures killed
on the highways are a shame
ful waste; the little heap of
bloody flesh on the pavement
serves no purpose. At certain
times each year there are, of
course, many young and in
experienced creatures ventur
ing out across the roads for
the first time. Many of these
are trusting things; they harm
no one and in turn do not ex
pect to be harmed.
If the parents of the young
are killed, the young them
selves, also die. The young
may starve or fall easy prey
to predatory animals, some at
bad as the predatory human
behind the wheel of an auto
mobile, who thinks just be
cause he has a car he can run
roughshod over anything too
small to defend itself.
The next time you see a
bird, an animal of any kind,
or even a lumbering turtle,
trying to cross a highway, be
a gentleman, give them a
chance to live. They have it
tough enough anyway without
you to add to their dangers.
Remember, the rubber tires
of 50 or more million automo
biles are helping to erase the
wildlife from the glorious
pages of America's great out
doors. (Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960) . '
77 Cases of Measles
Reported in Medford
Seventy-seven cases of mea-'
sles were reported in Medford
last week, according to Dr.
C. I. Drummond, Jackson
county public health physi
cian. Ashland reported 25 cases,
Eagle Point, 15, Central Point
6, Shady Cove 4, and Jackson
ville and Gold Hill 2 each.
Medford reported 13 cases
of German measles, while
Ashland and Jacksonville
each had 1.
Jacksonville reported 8
cases of chicken pox and Med
ford 2.
Other communicable dis
eases were: Ashland, whoop
ing cough 1: influenza, Shady
Cove 6, Medford 2, and Cen
tral Point 1.
Gold Hill reported 7 cases :
of pink eye, and Eagle Point
4 strep throat cases.
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