Field Consultant Reported
Impressed With Medford
Transportation Program
u,u" transportation prob
lems were discussed by city
administrators when John E
Slayton, Meld consultant or
the American Municipal as
sociation, visited Medford last
week.
The AMA has a one-year
Program under way to en
courage cities in the U. S. to
work out comprehensive traf
fic programs and studies. The
association has recently issued
series of pamphlets that
cities may use to assemble
traffic and planning facts
needed to reach conclusions as
basis for community action.
iMayor John W. Snider,
president of the League of
Oregon Cities, said following
Slayton's visit that the pub
lication, "Better Transporta
tion for Your City" was dis
cussed. The book was prepar
ed in 1958 by city officials
through the nation.
Contributing Member
A contributing member of
the measurement of existing
traffic service committee was
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Medford's Public Works Di
rector Vern Thorpe. He is said
to be one of two committee
men in the state, the other
being a state highway engine
er in Salem.
The handbook was prepared
by the national committee of
urban transportation syste
matic collection and analysis
of basic facts."
In studying Medford's traf
fic problems, Snider said
that a 50 per cent increase in
traffic volume is expected by
1970 in Medford.
Although the freeway is ex
pected to remove 18 per cent
of the downtown traffic, he
explained there is still a need
for careful traffic planning.
Favorably Impressed
Slayton is said to have been
"favorably impressed" with
Medford's transportation pro
gram, according to city of
ficials. Slayton's purpose of
his nation-wide lour was to
visit the principal cities in
each state to make them
aware of existing transporta
tion problems.
The national committee
helps to review any problems
that do occur, then assists the
cities in outlining a plan of
action. Chief responsibility is
left to the cities, however.
A program started in Med
ford in 1957 appears to put
Medford "ahead" of many
other cities in transportation
development, Snider said. The
ten-year plan has been used
as a position to work from.
Slayton was "very satis
fied" with Medford's progress
and had "no further" recom
mendatons," Snider added.
City planners are now stud
ing new and better transporta
tion advancements, including
a system of street "classifica
tion" and "designation." They
are using the national pub
lication as a guide in street
planning and land useage. The
handbook is one of a series of
publications on this problem.
Teen-Agers Hurt
In Auto Accident
Two teen-agers were taken
to the Ashland General hos
pital Friday after their car
failed to make a curve and
plunged over an embank
ment. The accident occurred
about four miles south from
Highway 99 on the Toleman
Creek rd., according to stale
police.
Driver of the vehicle was
Steward Alois Hedges, 17, of
60 Alida st.,' Ashland. His
passenger was Karen L.
Brown, 15, of 945 Garden
Way, Ashland.
Neither was considered se
riously injured, Police said.
Mississippi river levees
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Medford
SECTION D
MEDFORD,
CONFISCATES CANNON Frank Carter, Jacksonvile police
chief, shows the handsome muzzle loading cannon which was
confiscated early Saturday morning from two Medford boys.
The barrel is made from a pipe, with a 3i-inch bore, mounted
inside a larger pipe. Springs and recoil rods have been welded
to either side. The weapon was loaded by first tamping a
paper wad down the barrel. Black powder was then poured
in to the rear chamber and plug screwed in place. The shot
was a ballbearing held in another paper wad.
Police Confiscate
Homemade Muzzle
Loading Cannon
"A homemade muzzle load
ing cannon was confiscated
from two Medford youths Sat
urday morning by Jackson
ville and state police.
The two boys, ages 14 and
15, were discovered with the
weapon at the old Opp mine
about one mile outside of
Jacksonville on the reservoir
road.
A group of four young peo
ple were exploring in the
mine area when they saw
what looked like a machine
gun pointed out of the door
of a shack.
Upon ' closer investigation
they saw what looked like a
man lying on the floor of the
shack. The four youngsters
then went to get help in Jack
sonville. Frank Carter, Jacksonville
police chief, and slate patrol
men found the two Medford
boys at the shack, where they
had camped out overnight'
with the cannon in the doorway.
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The boys said that they had
made the gun from scrap
parts they had scavenged.
Welding for the weapon had
been done by a friend, they
told police.
When stale police asked
them why they didn't build
something more constructive,
they said that they had made
"go-carts," little chain driv
en racers, but that tnis nacs
been too expensive.
Their total invcstmcnl in
Ihe cannon, they told offi
cers, was only $5 or $6.-
Extensive research was
done to determine' the proper
powder load and design of
the gun, they said. The basic
idea for gun design came
from an encyclopedia.
Police, who experimented
with the weapon, said that it
would shoot a three-quarter
inch ball through a 6 inch
thick timber at close range.
A report of the incident
will be turned over to juve
nile authorities.
southern U.S.
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14. 1960 PAGES 1 to 8
DEMOCRATS FOR DURNO
A Democrats for Durno
club has been organized in
Medford under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Win Tibbett,
2904 Sylvia rd.. Central Point,
according to Manville Heisel,
Jackson county chairman of
the Durno for Congress com
mittee. Mrs. Tibbett will also
aid in organizing similar
clubs in other counties of the
fourth congressional district.
Interested persons should con
tact the new chairman at
NOrmandy 4-1754.
Dam Site Study
Starts This Week
Coquille - Pre liminary
study of the Buzzards Roost
dam site, located approxi
mately seven miles up the
Illinois river from Agness,
will begin this week.
The Coos-Curry . Electric
Cooperative filed an applica
tion with the Federal Pow
er commission in May of 1958
for a license to build a dam
the Bald Mountain-Buz
zards Roost reach of the Illi
nois river.
The core drilling and aeri
al mapping, which is to be
started, is part of the explor
ation necessary to provide
data for the commission.
Preliminary plans call for
structure between 400 and
500 feet high. This would
create a reservoir which
would extend some 15 miles
up stream from the dam.
Peak capacity is estimated
t approximately 150,000 kil
owatts.
A re-regulating dam is also
included in the plans as well
as fish handling facilities.
Bruce Shavere, general
manager of the Coos-Curry
Electric company, said that
such a structure could be of
tremendous benefit to the en
tire Rogue river system. Be
sides the recreation and wa
tor conservation values, such
a project would stabilize the
flow of the Rogue to a large
extent, he said.
This would lend to de
crease the temperature of the
water, which at the present
time is reaching dangerous
highs in relation to good sal
mon propagation, he said
Spring attracts thousands
of eastern city dwellers to
Great Smoky mountains and
Shenandoah National parks,
the most visited of all United
States parks. Great Smoky
park alone has nearly as many
tree varieties as in Europe.
Boston's well marked
"Freedom Trail" allows the
visitor to sec 15 historic sites
and structures on fool.
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The Medical
by
WHY AN EXCESSIVE FLOW
OF SALIVA?
Some people lell me of
spells they have in which
their saliva keeps running so
steadily that
they have to
keep swallow
ing. At night,
they can hard
ly get to sleep.
As many say;
otherwise
they are very
well, and their
physician can
find no disease
in them.
UK ALVAKEZ
The suggestion I would
make is that they keep a rec
ord to see if, shortly before
the salivation came, they ate
some particular food. Years
ago, I used to be much an
noyed by attacks of salivation.
Then, when I kept a record,
I found that with the saliva
tion I had a canker sore in
my mouth. Also, I found that
always before the spell I had
eaten chocolate. Some 20
years ago I quit eating choco
late, and since then I have
been free from canker sores
and from salivation.
Is There a Diet for
Kidney Stones?
Many people ask me for a
diet for kidney stones, but I
cannot send one, if only be
cause there are several types
of kidney stones made of dif
ferent chemicals. ,
Theoretically, there should
be different diets for differ
ent stones; actually, I am not
sure that diets do much good.
fcxpcrl kidney men tell me
that they have learned most
about why stones come to
certain people by looking al
ways for signs of disease in
the little parathyroid glands
that lie just behind the thy
roid gland in the neck.
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These glands are important
because they preside over
the chemistry in the body, of
lime (calcium). If disease in
these glands leads to the pil
ing up of calcium in the blood,
some of it may crystallize out
in the kidneys thus produc
ing stones. Sometimes a dis
eased parathyroid gland has
to be removed by a surgeon.
Excessive Use of Salt
Mothers ask if they should
fuss at a son who, the minute
his food is put before him,
and before he has tasted it,
shakes a lot of salt on it.
I doubt if she should fuss at
him, but recently I read a pa
per by a physician who said
lie had studied a number of
these heavy sailers and they
had a decided tendency to de
velop a high blood pressure. I
am sorry to say I do not
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