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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1960
Tonpoyeirs Saved Moimey Coyimty
Shops
Most Repair Work
On Vehicles Done
At Barnett Site
A crew of 21 men at the
.Tarksnn county roads depart
ment shop on Barnett rd. has
an in ventory of $637,000
worth of equipment to keep
county vehicles in running
order.
This ycar-around job saves
the county taxpayers at least
50 per cent in outside repair
charges, County Engineer
Robert J. Carstensen said.
Mass buying of equipment
and accessories provide fur
ther savings.
For instance, a broken shaft
is brought in from a piece
of road equipment. A ma
chinist turns out a new shaft
and this is stored away for
future need. A big shaft costs
$500 and a smaller one from
$10 to $20.
War Surplus Equipmtnt
Some of the lathes are war
surplus equipment, Carsten
sen pointed out. No new equip
ment has been purchased for
the machine shop for two
years, he pointed out. This
machine shop equipment to
tals $26,256. Stock room parts
and supplies total $127,281.
Like any efficient opera
tion using mobile equipment,
maintenance starts with the
operator or driver.
One man is kept continu
ously on one piece of equip
ment, Carstensen explained.
It is his responsibility to see
that It is kept in good work
ing order. As soon as trouble
is spotted it is either repaired
on the job or taken immedi
ately into the shop to cut
down on lost time repairs.
Radio Equipped
! The mobile two-way radio
operated from the shop office
receives news of breakdown
and routes and reroutes re
pair crews to the scene. One
of the county court cars also
has two .'way radio which
makes it rjossible for the
county court secretary to tele
phone the roaas snop wun
any urgent message.
The dispatcher in turn con
tacts the county court while
members are out inspecting
rnnds.
For miscellaneous ' county
work, 71 miscellaneous trucks
and 42 pickups are kept in
vreadiness. Six station wagons,
buses, cars and miscellaneous
other rolling stock are usee
to transport county officials
or workers.
Other Equipment
Other equipment Includes
tractors, power shovels, air
compressors, concrete mixers,
graders and scrapers, rock
crushing equipment, portable
power plants, pumps, a pile
driver, road oil equipment,
trailers, rollers and loaders.
When maintaining county
roads the motto is, "Hope for
the best, but expect the
worst." To this end, the coun
ty road fund budget always
Includes some money for snow
removal. This year it Is $2,306.
The county miscellaneous
equipment inventory includes
four snow plows valued at
S250 each. Much of the mis
cellaneous equipment Includes
power chain saws, tanks, and
engines and pumps.
Deorecialion Noted
The county engineer fig
ures every year the county
roads department must depre-
ciate out $700,000 worth of
equipment. Replacement rale
is 10 nor cent. On an average
$96,000 worth of new equip
ment is purchased each year
This year It was $53,067.38
"We figure we must got at
least 10 years out of each
niece of equipment," Carsten
sen explained. "Some stuff
won't last that long and other
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PARTS DEPARTMENT-Checking out parts
in the county machine shop for repair of
equipment are "Slim" Cooper, equipment
superintendent, left, and Henry Kantor, ma
chinist, right. Jay Etherton, parts man, cen
ter, checks the order. Stock room parts and
supplies total $127,281.67, according to a
report made by County Engineer Robert J.
Carstensen for the fiscal year ending
June 30.
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One-Car Accident
Reported to Police
A one-car accident occurred
Friday afternoon at the inter
section of Vilas rd. and tha
Crater Lake highway, stata
police said Saturday.
No injuries were reported,
although considerable damage
occurred to the car.
The driver, Jerry William
Worthington, 22, of 362 North
Third st., Central Point, said
he was driving north on the
highway when a car pulled
out in front of his at the Four
Corners. He swerved to miss
it, and landed in the ditch.
REPLACE CLUTCH Dale Baker looks on as Ed Pierce,
shop foreman, puts in a new clutch in a transfer case from
a grader. The shop is completely equipped for making
brass bushings, reboring motors, turning brake drums and
doing similar jobs. Machine shop equipment has a total
value of $26,256, according to a recent county engineer's
report. The shops do some equipment repainting, but are
careful to specify in bids that equipment have particularly
durable paint jobs to make repainting unnecessary.
Area Residents Warned
Of 'Referral Selling'
DISPATCHER Harold Tolle, bookkeeper
at the county shops, contacts a county road
crew by two-way radio. This radio network
makes it possible for the county shops to
keep in touch with road crews. Repair crews
may be routed to a work location when
equipment lasts longer. We
have run some trucks for
20 years."
The repair shop makes its
own brass bushings, does its
own motor reboring, turns
brake drums, and does similar
jobs. However, crews won't
repair any automauc-irans-missions
in county cars, nor
do they grind out their own
bearings. These jobs are let
to outside shops.
The parts shop, adjacent to
the machine shop Is complete
ly stocked. All parts are care
fully labelled and numnereo
and shop men needing parts
must make out orders ana
have them signed the same as
they would in a local auto
mobile repair shop.
In front of the shops are
a set of gas pumps from which
county equipment is refueled
The county docs its own scrv
ice station work. IU total in
ventory of tires and tubes
amounts to $34,083. Anything
a service station and garage
carries, the county shops car
ry.
Behind the machine shop
is the blacksmith shop where
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Evangelistic
Services
7:30 Nightiy
(Except Sat.)
Nov. 20rh
through 27th
See and
Hear
Rev. Walter Markham
Evangelist, of Porterville, California
KIT. PITT CHURCH
OF THE IIAZAREIIE
Mt. Pitt & Chestnut Public Invited
county equipment breaks down tnus saving
many hours. The county shops office can
also contact the county court by radio when
receiving an urgent message from the court
house. One car operated by the county court
has a two-way radio in it.
Local residents have been
warned by Don McNeil, Med-
ford Chamber of Commerce
manager, against the many
something - for - nothing" ap
peals especially used near
Christmas.
One such scheme now in
use is tne reierrai semng
approach. The prospect is told
that he can get some article
free, if he is willing to coop
erate in a word-of-mouth ad
vertising program. If he "qual
ifies" he will become a "buyer
representative" or "word-of-mouth
agent."
According to the National
Better Business bureau, the
salesman proceeds to give a
long and convincing story
about the advertising costs in
volved in the usual method of
selling. He explains that if
such costs can be eliminated
by having one friend or neigh
bor recommend another, a
substantial sum can be paid
to Individuals who will adver
tise their product.
Specific Ariiclo
For every friend or neigh
bor who "qualifies," the par
ticipant will receive $5 to $25,
the BBB notes. Before the
salesman explains what "qual
ifies" means, the prospect may
have his eyes set on the spe
cific article involved.
The inexitable explanation
that some papers must be sign
ed and a deposit made is ac
companied by high-pressure
selline that persuades the resi
dent that a plan that has put
the product in homes nation
wide can't miss working for
him, too.
The analytical thinker can
see that those papers "spell
out" an obligation to pay. He
can sense that any commission
Dlan which involves geometri
cal progression runs out of
such things as points for a
steam shovel are forged and
beaten into sharp working
points. -
Repair work is just part
of the county shops functions,
however. Those finger-board
signs which point out roads
and the metal warning, cau
tion and stop signs are made
and repaired and repainted
at the county shops. The coun
ty shops get the wood and
metal blanks and do their
own painting.
A large stockpile of such
wood materials as bridge tim
bers is kept. Timbers are
used and reused whenever
possible.
Behind the machine shed
there arc concrete sections
for a bridge laid out in wood
en forms. When ready the
concrete sections will be trans
ported to the site and quickly
installed. This means a wood
en bridge can be replaced in
a day or two instead of weeks.
Of course, the shops on
Barnett rd. do not represent
the complete county repair
plant. Garages are also locat
ed at Eagle Point, Jackson
ville and Gold Hill, chiefly
for housing equipment in
those areas.
The county shop is probab
ly one of the few departments
in county government dedl
cnled to saving the taxpayer's
dollar. .
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lit &msk teM
prospects awfully fast, accord
ing to the BBB.
Experience Demonstrates
The BBB points out that
"experience has clearly dem
onstrated that in the vast ma
jority of cases, participants
are seldom, if ever, successful
in getting enough 'referral'
payments to meet . . . their
obligation.
'The trouble with endless
chain merchandising schemes
is that they are not endless
Finally, it should dawn on
the prospect that he is going 1
to have to meet the obligation :
himself, out of his own funds
the BBB said.
CHILD BRIDES
Washington - Girls of 12
may be legally married in six
states of the United States.
Give Your Watch the
Care It Deserves
Depend upon our experts for
Watch Repairs
231 East Main
JAILER JAILED
Cotabato City, Philippines
(UPD - Thieves here looted city
hall, the city jail and the po
lice chief's office, released all
the prisoners and jailed the
jailer.
For the Finest in Food... Try
Town House Chuck Wagon
Delicious Fried Chicken and a
Variety of Salads and Meat Dishes
Dinner $150
Served from 5:30 p.m. ts 7:30 p.m.
Lunch 5loo
Served from 11:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Across from Hotel Jackson Closed Sunadys
TURNS CRANK SHAFT Derrald Sykes,
new mechanic in the county shops, turns
the crank shaft in a large engine so he can
check the timing. Behind Sykes is a com
plete array of hand tools and small parU
used in his work. Neatness and orderliness
is emphasized In the shops for both safety
and efficiency purposes. Equipment is care
fully lined up outside the shops in the park
ing area when it is returned. Much of this
winter's work is on routine overhauls to
prepare it for intensive work next spring
and summer.
California Growers
Facing Pear Blight
Davis, Calif. - tUPD - Cali
fornia pear growers, who were
forced to replmit thousands of
acres because . of a disease
called pear decline, face
another possible blight to the
pear crop.
Young trees on old home
varieties rootstock, which is
resistant to pear decline, may
carry another disease - pear
measles, according to the Inter-Agency
California Pear
Decline committee.
Measles produced no visible
symptom for several years af
ter planting but cuts pear
production in mature trees
from one-third to one-half. Be
cause of its nature, growers
may plant Infected trees un
knowingly. Members of the committee
said there was "at least a 50
per cent chance" that any
young tree on old home roots
or with old home as interstock
carries measles.
To combat this, scientists
are propagating, on a small
scale, cuttings from apparent
ly measles -free Old Home
Stock. They are also develop
ing Bartlett pear trees on Old
Home Stock near Medford,
Ore., which may serve as a
source of measles - free Old
Home Stock.
But these two plans will not
help growers who must plant
this winter. The committee I
said these growers should
plant young trees on Domestic
French rootstock, which is ap
parently free of decline and
measles.
RIVERVIEW CAFE
at Rogue River Bridge
Highway No. 62 Shady Cove
Open daily, except Mondays 7:30 a.m. Is 1:00 p.m.
Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner
NOVEMBER 24, 1960
Five Course Dinner
Served from 1:00 o'clock
Choice of Entree
Dessert Our homemade Pies.. ..$2. SO
Special Child's Plate $1.00
Lucille Brumfield, Owner-Manager
Phone TRinity 8-2681
Shady Cove
Julie Tummers Announces The . . .
of Newly Remodeled & Redecorated
MtfDM MESIffiE
DINING INN East of Central Point
DAY-THURSDAY, November 24
Dinner Served from 3 to 9 p.m. on This Day
A DOUBLE TREAT is
In store for you and all
the family when you
come to Mon Desir this
Thanksgiving Day for
dinner. You'll see the
results of our extensive
remodeling prog ram
(we know you'll be de
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will also enjoy a truly
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dining pleasure. You'll
like the way it is
served, too, in Mon
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cially will you be
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Phone for Reservations Please
Phone NOrmandy 4-2513