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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
SUNDAY. JUNE S. 1969
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DAIRY MONTH INAUGURATED-Dairy Princess Cathy Ccr-
utti kicks off "June Is Dairy Montn" ty dispensing milk
in the plaza across from San Francisco's city hall. Every
one gets into the act, even her horse "Mayday," who gets
his share. (UPI Telephoto)
Pamphlet on Water
System Available
What has been accomplish
ed in the 75-year history of
Medford'i water system must
now be duplicated within the
next 15 years, according to
a report on Medford's water
system released this week by
the water commission.
The report is contained in
pamphlet entitled "75 Years
of Progress," and is available
to the general public upon
request. It traces the develop
ment of the city's water sys
tems and source of supply
from 1885 to 1960.
In 1885, the pamphlet
points out, Medford had its
first water system which was
in the form of an open ditch
from Bear creek. The water
was pumped into an elevated
tank at the present site of the
library and then distributed
through small pipes to cus
tomers. Changes Souicm
From this early beginning
the system has expanded and
grown and changed its source
several times so that the total
investment in the city's water
supply by the end of 1959
was $7,423,897.
The system Is now serving
population of nearly 35,000,
The commission forecasts a
population growth within the
boundaries of the system of
4 to 5 per cent a year. On this
basis, it concludes the 1975
population will be double the
1959 population, which means
the system must be nearly
twice as large.
The cost of doubling the
water supply and distribution
system would be approximate
ly $8,500,000, which is more
than the cost of developing
the city's supply in the last
75 years.
Outgrow Existing Supply
It is also pointed out in the
pamphlet that the city and
adjacent communities will
outgrow te existing Big Butte
Springs supply by 1907 and
before that time an additional
source of supply must be de
veloped.
Other facts and figures
contained in the pamphlet
show that the system has more
than 10.000 individual water
users who used an average of
9.1 million gallons of water
a day during 1959. Average
water use went as high as
23.8 million gallons of water
a day during tke peak day in
1959 which Is close to the
systems maximum daily sup
ply capacity of just over 26
million gallons a day.
The system has 111.1 miles
of distribution mains and 61
miles of transmission mains.
It also owns and operates 735'
fire hydrants.
Portland Schools
Don't Like Aid
Roseburg-IUPIl-A representa
tive of Portland public schools
made it clear to the Legisla
tive Interim Committee on
Education Thursday that Port
land doesn't like the system
used by the state in distribut
ing aid to education.
Dr. Victor Dohergy, re
search director for the Port
land system, recommended
complete elimination of the
present slate aid formula as
"invalid." Instead, he propos
ed a program using relative
property values as a basis for
distributing school funds.
Asked To Prepare Bill
He asked the committee to
prepare a bill providing that
not more than 50 per cent of
the total operating cost of
public schools, including
transportation and special ed
ucation, be assumed by the
stale.
He further suggested that
once a percentage figure had
been decided upon, it should
not fluctuate from year to
year.
Dr. Dohergy said he real
ized that home owners were
paying high taxes, but he
said this was not basically
the fault of increasing educa
tional costs and needs.
He said that the Legisla
ture has been shifting the
burden of taxation from util
ities to home owners over the
past few years by decreasing
utility taxes.
Back Stairs: White House Visitors
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI While House Reporter
Washington - H'PD - Back
stairs at the White House:
This is the time of year
when the young people of
Americ descend on the White
House. Thousands of junior
and senior high school stu
dents arrived in the capital
daily and the public tour of
the White Ho'ise is at the top
of their sight-seeing lists.
The kids for the most part
are better behaved ins'de the
public rooms of the executive
mansion than some of their
elders. When someone causes
trouble, invariably it is a
chronologically adult tourist
who wants to go back to Wil
low Falls proudly bearing an
object from the White House.
Over a period of years, the
White House police have re
moved virtually everything
portable from the ra' pe of
the tourists, but occasionally
some idiot tries to stretch over
the velvet ropes guiding the
visitors through the house and
snatch at an ornament, a piece
of curtain or movable parts
of furniture.
Thoy're Usually Calmer
The kids mty come in wear
ing outrageous, candy-striped
felt hats. They may be a little
noisy at the entrance, but
usually when they're walking
through the red, the green and
the blue rooms and peering in
at the calm elegance of the
east room, they're well-be
haved and not interested in
trying to take home genuine
tassie from a White House
curtain.
Former President Truman
was about as charitable about
While Housj visitors as any
chief executive could be, but
he was utterly sickened one
day after the renovation of
the mansion to discover that
some dim-witted visitor had
cut away a large hunk of the
beautiful silk brocade from
the tapestry wall of the red
room.
The vandal was never
caught, and a rood thing, too,
because there's no telling
what H.S.T. might have done
to him. Truman observed at
the time, "suppose this had
happened in a private home?
The person who did it, at the
very least, would have been
thrown out bodily."
Thousands of visitors file
througli the White House
every day between the hours
of 10 in the morning and noon,
with the exception of Sunday
and Monday when the man
sion is closed to the ; ublic.
Naturally, the White House
police cannot permit the visit
ors to smoke during the tour
and this invariably leads to a
few complaints from the tax
payers, mostly from gents
who unthinkingly lighted
fresh cigars just before enter
ing the building. The police
TOURIST INCREASE SEEN
Vienna - (UPI) - W. M. Anku
dinov, chief of the official
Soviet state tourist office "In
tourist," predicted Thursday
night that cbout 20,000 Amer
ican tourists will visit Hussia
this year - 8,000 more than
in 1959. At a news conference
in the Soviet embassy, Anku
dinov brushed off suggestions
by Western newsmen that the
summit conference collapse
might cause a decline in U.S.
tourist traffic to the Soviet
Union.
have known tourists to waitQ
in line for an hour or so, then
give up their places rather
than give up their cigars.
Rarely See President
The daily tourists who
stream through the main floor
of the White House each day
rarely, if ever, get a look at
President Eisenhower. One
reason for this is that during
visiting hours, he's usually
in his office over in the west
wing of the White House
where the public is not admit
ted. As for the White House
proper, visitors are not allow
ed on the ground floor or the
second floor where the Presi
dent's family has its private
quarters. Thus, when the
President is moving between
the residence and the office,
he never goes through the
public rooms. He proceeds
from the basement to his own
quarters by elevator.
To hear some of the tourists
complain about this, one
might think that with free ad
mission to the White House
should go at least a personal
appearance by the President.
No Consideration Given Dog Control
The city Is not now giving
any consideration to passing a
dog control ordinance of its
own to supplement the state
dog control law, according to
City Attorney Joel Redder.
Reeder said It is his opinion
that, "the state law doesn't
contemplate any further legis
lative enactments," as it ap
pears to be a law complete in
itself.
He had been asked if the
city was intending to clarify
or supplement the state law
with an ordinance of its own,
as there has been some con
fusion among city residents
relative to . the intent and
meaning of the law.
The dog control measure
which was approved by both
city and county voters Is pro.
vided for by state law. The
wording of ' the measure on
the ballot was also stipulated
by state law.
The county is given the pri
mary jurisdiction over en-
forcement of the law, and
Reeder said the city is taking
a "wait and see" attitude to
see what problems the county
might have when the law goes
Into effect more than two
months from now.
It is possible, he said, that
tho f-itv miffht want to do
something after the law is put
Into effect and it nas naa a
chance to see how it operates.
STAGECOACH ORCHARD
APPLES
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Delicious $1.00 per lug
Spitz $2.00 per lug
Weekdays 8 to 5 Sundays Noon to 5
TRAFFIC MANAGER DIES
Newtown, Conn.- (UPD -Dott
Z. Whltbeck, 77, former gen.
i traftio manager of tha
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Co., Inc., died weanesaay.
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Indianapolis (Science Service)-A
new drug, claimed to
reduce high level blood cho
lesterol In eight out of ten pa
tients, has been released to
physicians for prescription
use.
Availablity of the drug,
triparanol (brand name
MER2ft), was announced at
the American College of
Cardiology meeting here by
the Wm. S. Merrell Company
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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