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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Do-lf-Yourself School Filled Lindale, Tex. - IUPD - Lin dale school officials have found the way to stretch tax dollars. They have a brand new do-it-yourself elementary school. And it will be almost filled by 1,225 students. Last year, the school board was i'aced with increased en rollment and growing class room shortages. So, the board bought a site and began cast ing around for bids. "They were all too high, so the board decided it would be the contractor and build the school," a spokesman said. The board found the ways and means to cut corners on construction costs. Today, the new school is up. In addition, the board has undQf construction a 50 by 100 foot cafeteria and a new band hall. The entire project, includ ing all the furniture, equip ment and the cost of the school site, hasn O cost the taxpayers of the cOtrict an additional dime. The total bill comes to ap proximately $150,000, just a few dollars more than the low bid the board received on construction of the ele mentary school alone. India owns about 80 per cent of the world mica supply. Low Down Payments o-Low New Cap Rates fa Fi Yowr Rfedig? EVERY QAR St TRUCK AT WHOLESALE PRICES . . . 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Wolfe, an administrative as sistant of the Oregon state highway department, spoke to Kiwanians on highway con struction progress in this area. Walter Wright, right-of-way engineer for the department, discussed land acquisition pol lcies. Kvans creek - Galls creek section of the interstate high way is scheduled to be ad vertised and bids opened in January, Wolfe reported. This is a $1 million project and, when conjQUO.d, would allow traffic to use the freeway from north of Grants Pass to Galls creek, he said. He added, mentioning intangibles which might help or hinder, "We are aiming atthe com pletion of this seition in 1961." Funds Not Allocated Wolfe said the highway commissioD would hope to be re If hi. The Sale WHOLESALE . P Fairlane 500 Club Sccjan i t l IMPALA SPORT COUPE Radio, Heater, Turbogllde, able to award a contract on the Galls creek-Seven Oaks section in the fall of 1961 with a 1963 completion date. Funds, at present, are not al located for this section. The interstate is graded from Sevei Oaks to Table Rock rd. and in November the commission awarded a contract for grading and structures from Table Rock rd. to Jackson st. The highway department, Wolfe stated, is aiming at opening the section from Sev en Oaks to Crater Lake high way interchange to traffic in the fall of 1961. He pointed out, however, (4Jiat because of conflict with Aledford's anti noise ordinance, which can -Qiffect the contractor's method ui ufjci ctviuii, uicie is possi bility that Qie depart-.ient may not be able to open this section prior to 1962. On Drawing Boards Jackson st. to 121 si. sec tion, all structure, is on the design boards now and it is the hope of the commission to award the contract on the $1.5 million structure some time early in 1961. The high way department said that this project will take about 1 yeanOto complete. It is hoped, the administra tive assistant said, to let a contract in December for con struction of the Phoenix si Hardtop c I Radio, Heater, Automatic, Power Steering, WhitewaHs q Heat9 Radio, Over Drive, Real Economy Radio, Heater, Fordomatic, Six Cylinder Radio, Heater, Overdrive. Luggage Rack Heater, V8 Engine, Powerglide, Tutone Radio, Heater, VS and Automatic, Full Power Radio, Heater, Fordomatic SIESlf Expended phon and to let the contract for the Mistletoe railroad sep aration in 1961. This latter section necessitates revision of railroad alignmeni. Hope of the commission is award contract for grading and part of the structures from 12th st. to North Ash land interchange at Valley View rd. in 1961. Estimated cost of this project is in the neighborhood of $2 million. Surfacing of this section and balance of the structure will follow the completu of grading. This is at an addi tional cost of $3V4 million, Wolfe reported. Virtually Complete Wolfe mentioned that the interstate is virtually com plete from Portland south to Eugene and construction south of Eugene is being done as rapidly as funds are avail able. The freeway interstate from Ashland to the California line, he said, undoubtedly ill start somewhat later in the program since this is the sec tion of Highway 99 between r lifornia and Washington which carries the least amount of traffic. Desire of the highway commission is to construct more heavily trav eled portions first. P On the Lake of the Woods route to Klamath Falls, Wolfe said that the Hanley ranch- To End All Sales! Radio, Heer, HydrdhjaJfJ PowC 3tft&?) WhOe Radio, Heater, Six Heatg, fywerglide. Deluxe Equicd Folding Seat and TRUCKS TO Power Steering, Tutom On Freeway 99 in Rogue Valley forest boundary section is un der contract, that the grading is practically complete on the section and that surfacing will be finished in the sum mer of 1961. The bureau of public roads has completed grading on the forest bound-ary-McCallister springs sec tion and has recently award ed a contract for grading on the closing 12-mile gap. May Be Open in 1961 This means, Wolfe pointed out, that the route may be open to the hardy traveler in late 1961, since the motorist would have to travel without the benefits of surfacing. It is hoped that the entire sec tion under the BPR jurisdic tion can be hard-surfaced by late 1962 or the summer of 1963, the highway official said. The highway department, according to Wolfe, plans ad ditional work on Crater Lake highway similar in scope to that done in the past summer on the Trail-lQLeod section. (3 will consist of spending some $50,000 for widening on curves and other improve-ments-a policing actior.-be-tween Elk creek and Robbers roost. Wolfe stated that the high way commission is planing to let a contract in December for four-laning on new align ment a new section of the Very CCMa Wall Tires Cylinder, SrQjdJO'd Drive $648 DOWNq w $423 DOWN $423 DOWN $574 DOWN w C$373 DOWN $476 DOWN $597 DOWN w $487 DOWN w $386 DOWN w $476 DOWN w $374 $257 DOWN w 57 56 Southern Oregon's Redwood highway from the Applegate river to Crants Pass. The contract will -e in excess of SI million. Growth in Population Wolfe spoke of the tremend ous growth in population, ve hicle registration and r .'c hicla mileage in Oregon, He said that between 1946 and 1956 vehicle registration jumped from 466,000 to 832, 000. Registration in 1959 was 844,777. "This enormous in crease in vehicles must ha- e adequate roads upon which to safely travel," he declared. The highway official said that the staff of his depart ment is cognizant of defi ciencies in the system of high ways but that he is sure the deficiencies are and will con tinue to be traceable strictly to lack of funds. Wolfe listed in Oregon 731 plus miles of highway on the interstate system, 4,089 on the primary system and 2,645 on the secondary system. He "aid this year Oregon has about $12.5 millUii construction on the primaiV systems, $9 mil lion on the secondary systems and $3.6 million for urban construction. To this may be added $31.5 million for inter state construction, making a total of about $56.6 million. Studies Show Costs New studies, Wolfe report ed, indicate the following COURTESY CHEVROLET'S CWOOSE FROM ia2E FORD FOUR D80B WAG80 FORD y2T0N PICKUP Volume Dealer fpMETOM Kir UlJuliyjiLL&lJ costs to bring the state sys tem up to standards to die 1975 traffic: Primary system $286.1 million, secondary sys tem $163.6 million and urban system $100.2. To this may be added, he said, $525.4 mil lion for completion of the in terstate system. Updating of these slUies is being completed and it would appear that the forego ing figures will be consider ably increased, according to Wolfe. The administrative asslita-it said that from the figures, that, based upon present in come from road-user taxes, the state will not have suf ficient funds to do all con struction necessary in the next 15 years to adequately M in die 1975 traffic, even if the state continues to receive 1 vl eral allocations as at present. Wolfe .ught out that, when Congress enacted t'm 1956 Highway act, it attached certain .cgulations so that the necessary funds are not auto matically available. Wright said that an attemut is made to secuiv highway right-of-way property on fair cash market value. A profes sional appraisal program bol sters these efforts. The policy is to deal fairly and equitably for the lands that are needed. ft 49 . ocw WMAH SHORE ' $523 oow, LfSi Record Radio, Healer, V8 Engine, Aiitomntio ITOP Radio, Heater, V8 and Powcrglide riBLE ' Radio, Heater, V8 & Turbogllde, continental kit Healer, Automatic, Tutone Radio, Heater, V8 and Automatic Heater, Four Speed, V-8 Engine, HI) Rubber 2 Ton Flat Bed, 2-Spccd, Heater, II D Rubber Radio, Heater, V8 and Powcrglide Heater, Overdrive, Tutone 2 Speed Axle, 5 Speed Transmission, Heater Refrigerator and All Modern neater, Custom Cab, V8 and Automatic; Bumpeg ' v.' V i ft4' I J -. i t .- v.? ht X ; . far PRIEST MEETS IKE - The Rev. Chisan Koho, a Japanese Zen Buddhist Priest and Chief Abbot of the Sodo Zen Sect, bows to President Eisenhower as they met in the White House. Following the visit the priest told newsmen the Chief Executive was not only a "stern soldi(j" but a "man of peace" as wnil. (UPI Telephoto) . 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