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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE ogle Point: A Bright' Future Anticipate- SUNDAY. MARCH 19, 19S1 4 li UHt 7W BBil mm IS M 81 S3 AGRICULTURE BUILDING- Eagle Point High school has been expanding facilities at a rapid rate in recent years. When Camp While came into being, many new families settled in Eagle Point. The schools were f IHigaf lai 0Lifl BilUS 1 . . , . ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-The Elementary school has been expanded five times since 1048. Superintendent Glenn Hale says there is a current need for class rooms for about 30 students in upper grades of the school. Part of the present school is f - v v 1' Kw5 r-1 ' -i-r mi...."....,,,.,.,., 'Z',, , '," '-jliX '." '' 1 ll - 7;7 . . LI ,,.4t--..'i CITY HALL-A 10 to 20 fool addilion was added to (he Eagle Point city hull in lUttO. In addition to the city recorder's office, the COMMUNITY BUILDING-Typical of the community spir- It In Eagle Point is the Scoui-Comnuinuy ouilding Hearing completion. Volunteers started constructing the building for the community's youth in 1DG0. All money has been til. FLOUR MILL A land innrk In Flour Mill which has been grinding lour since 1R72. John Daley and E. Emory started , mi ii " , TWMi mh,.,.., v$ 1 . ; km 1S3 3 bus 153 m V j5t faced with a space problem. School Super intendent Glenn Hale says facilities have been expanded to meet the pressure. A 1055 addition was the vocational agriculture building, pictured above. Eagle Point pictured above district is unusual in that its 1,225 average daily attendance Is larger than the 730 population of the city. Hale explains this by pointing to the 11 consolidations the dis trict has had since the early forties. ci'- hall houses the branch library. Three jan cells are also included in the structure. r 4 j, v Katie Poiiu is nip Puimau the mill, The mill has two 1 'S A ,. -I . The Eagle Point school natcd or raised by community projects. Practically cvorv organization In me city has had a part in developing the building, It, should be completed by late spring or early do-summer. ."J Ivr-i' V). if ' B mi ouhr stoncs Willi capncily of Mayor Kd PtlllllMIl nnrrato hu'falher and brother, Outside Interests May Have Bearing On Development By JOHN STAFFORD Mail Tribune Staff Writer and . DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correspondent Eagle Point-Big things are brewing in Eagle Point! And there might not be much the city can do about them. Out side interests could have a de termining voice in the city's future. To continue growing, Eagle Point finds itself in need of more water. And to grow in the right direction, a decision to be made by the Medford Corporation could be impor tant. City officials are nervously optimistic about Eagle Point's future. Mayor Ed Putman says "we've got a bright future ahead of us." However, Put man indicates he expects the city to grow along residential lines, instead of industrial. Discourage Development He claims if Mcdco decides to convert its present 2,712 foot railroad right-of-way on the northwest side of town into a logging road, it could discourage residential devel opment. Putman says the road could create a safety hazard and stir up a lot of dust in the summ?r months. Larry Davis, city planning commission, is more blunt. The long range outlook is that if Mcdco put in a logging road it would lower the city's attraction as a residential area, Davis says. More than 50 property own ers from Butte palls to Med- f o r d formed the Jackson County Home Owners Protec tive association at a meeting in Eagle Point Feb. 15. Mrs. Burton C. Jensen, of the Nick Young rd., Eagle Point, was elected chairman. Plan To Present Letter The group is planning to present a letter to the Medco officials protesting the logging road proposal. An active asso ciation membership drive is under way. Both the Eagle Point coun cil and planning commission have gone on record as oppos ing the road. At its March 7 meeting, the council directed Greg Horneckcr, city attor ney, to meet with the commis sion to consider possibilities of developing an interim zone which would keep Mcdco 40 lianvU of n.mr a ri:,v tlm ,HI ...1,1. it.- 'r r mat ., ' -S U p mm & i . :w S3 Ilia j i It EAGLE POINT The city of Eagle Point is located along the Butte creek about 10 miles north of Medford. Just east of the inent rocky cliff, surmounted by pine trees. In pioneer days from putting in the road. Prospects for such an ordi nance don't look too brighl On March 11, Chief Deputy District Attorney Thomas Owens indicated the creation of an ordinance would not af fect the proposed road. In presenting his opinion to the county court. Owens said, "If the volume of timber hauled does not change there would be no change in use. Neither the natural growth of business existing at the time of enactment of the zoning ordinance nor adoption of a more modern instrumentality (use of trucks) makes a change the use of the property. Use of trucks does not consti tute a change in use." The water problem is per haps more pressing. The city has had an agreement with the Medford Water commis sion since lUJb. it nas Been renewed every 10 years. The water supply is adequate now. However, with dcvelopmenl of residential subdivisions and a population increase the pres sure is going to be on. For about 1VS years the Medford commission has been enforcing a policy of not fur nishing water for new areas taken into cities getting Med ford water. This would affect new areas which might be an. nexed into Eagle Point. Prospects Aren't Good The city has requested wa ter for an additional 40 acres. Prospects aren't good (he re quest will be granted, in lieu of the Medford commission's recent policy. All of this sounds like Eagle Point's future isn't brighl. This is not the case. As in other small cities, com munity spirit is strong. Obsta cles have been overcome in the past, and they will be con quered in the future. Community progress has been made. In the last four years, 14 blocks of city streets have been black topped. About a mile of water main has been installed In the last three years An addition was put on lo the city hall re cently. And the city debt has been reduced to a small fig ure. Assessed Valuation Assessed valuation of prop erty is $;171.228. The popula tion has grown lo 732. The 1!)50 figure was 6!)0. The school system has grown at a phenomenal rate. In 1044-45 average daily at tendance of the elementary and high schools was 285.4. By 1950-51 this had increased to 562.1. The 1059-60 figure was 1,255. Obviously this growth has created problems, it has been brought about by bringing n outside schools into the district. The Eagle Point elementary and high schools have been expanding facilities regularly for many years. Four addi tions have been made at the grade .school since 1950. The high school has been expand ed throe times in the same period. Glenn Hale, district super inh'udoul, says the elemen tary school will need space fur an additional 300 students in the near future. "High school space looks like It will be inadequate In the near fu ture." Hale says. The valuation of the dis trict has undergone a rapid in crease. It stood at $309,708 in 1041. In 1956 it was $4,658,035 and by 1960 It had climbed to $8,667,630. As in many small cities, clubs and organizations are re sponsible for much of the hus tle and bustle of the commu nity. Sponsor Activities The elementary PTA and high school PTSA sponsor many activities for the wel fare of the community's young people. The 160-mcinber Grange Is . 4 .fulfil nrimm jEf 1 M , t , f 4-r'W. presently working on an area wide project. The Grange has distributed 25,000 small trees in southern Oregon. Othe Grange activities in clude sponsoring music les sons for young people: helping to re-establish Camp White as a medical center; sponsoring a July 4th barbecue dinner; actively participating in the Rogue Basin water develop ment; sponsoring a 4-H schol arship to summer school, and allowing 4-H clubs to use the Grang'e building free of charge. Jaycee Projects The 25-member Jaycee club was started about four years ago. Included among their projects is the new Scout Community building, now more than half completed. They also sponsor July 4th celebrations and an Easter egg hunt for community children. Scouting groups are under the sponsorship of the organi zation. The Jaycoettes is a women's auxiliary to the Javcees. They initiated the Eagle Point drooler's organization about year ago. Over 100 new families were called on dur ing the first year. The Jay- ceettes also sponsor a com munity talent show and have entered a float in the pear blossom parade for three years. Thcv also sponsor the Campfire girls. The Lions club is actively parlicirjuting in construction of the Scout - Community building. The Lions donate glasses to needy children and annually sponsor Christmas and Halloween activities. Helo Needy Families The Lions auxiliary helps needy families at Christmas time, sponsor dental work for needy people and make friondsliin baskets for the el derly. They are also helping with the Scout - Community building. The Garden club has 25 members and sponsors a flow er show, plant sale and Christ mas show each year. Every woman in the com munity Is a member of the Home Extension unit. Youth groups include the Bluebirds and Campfire girls, Brownie and Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Ex plorer Tcouts. and 4-H clubs. The city has three churches. The post office handled total receipts of SI 5.203 in I960. The 1950 figure was SO. 653 There are 536 rural hoxci and 290 boxes in Ihe nwl office Publicised Project The Scout-Community build-1 ing is one of the most (re- il he momentum ha? been built quently nnblicied projects injup It s a mjghtv hard thing Eagle Point. The structure to stop. banks of Little vorite resting place tor eagles, u was i-diitu city is a prom- first post office was established, the logical this was a fa- Main street has changed quite a bit since the . - will be for use by young peo ple's groups of the community. If it isn't being used by city youth on a certain date, then an adult group may use it. Construction was started in April, I960. Plans and legal work started in 1959. The building features three sepa rate meeting rooms, a kitchen, dining room, auditorium and recreation room. Floor space totals 3.792 feet. Volunteer workers have done all construction and funds have been donated. Practically every organization in town has had a part in con structing the buildinz. It should be completed by late spring or early summer. Sizable Imprivement The most sizable city im provement in many vcars is about lo get under wav. In 1960 approval was given for a S236.000 sewerage system. Of the tolal amount. $150,000 is in the form of a bond issue. In addilion, a $24,000 federal grant was approved recently. Of the remaining $62,000, S30.000 can be raised by front foot assessment against the property benefited. Bancroft bonds may be issued for anv unpaid assessments. The bonds ; will be put up for bid in the ! near future. I The engineer's report re-1 vealed some pertinent facts about the city's future. In 1020 ( the city s population was less than 200. In 1930 it was about 210. It had risen to 250 by 1940. Then the boom started. In 1050 it had jumped to 690 and by 1960 it was 730. Tile engineers concluded that if the present rate of growth continues, the popula tion will reach 1.100 by 1090. If the 1940-60 growth rate is extended, population will be 1.470 by 1990. According to census re ports, 21 per cent of cities in the 500-1,000 population groups have declined in poD ulation since 1950. Most of these cities have been quite donendent upon the lumber industry. Eagle Point is not entirely in this category. Agri culture is one of the principal supporters of the community. Certainly lumbering is impor tant. However, the city isn't r.oing to fold up and hasn't folded up when lumber mills left town. Mayor Ed Putman says that ''a"le Point has a bricht fu ture. He realises, of course. that problems have to be over- come. But his enthusiasm and vigor combined with that of local citizens have arconi- ilihed much in recent year . 1 1 I A MEDCO RAILROAD-The Jackson County Home Owners Protective association has been organized in an attempt to persuade Medford corporation not to convert its pres ent railroad right-of-way in the county to a logging truck road. Safety is one of the factors the home owners are concerned about. Many houses arc extremely close to the present railroad, as this picture shows. I W 'y gill Mortuary Most Modern Funeral Facilities in one location in Oregon. Why accept Less than the Best. JOE R. HOSICK Funeral Director SISKIYOU i 111 I ifclJlltts-'. ONE CALL ONE LOCATION Phone SPring 2-5488 Oj fij tj fl 605 - " r . ... i 1 n ; ., Time nrlinn Ilia w ' V p. o Pnint name lor it was tagie i-un". dajs ot trie catit.. INVESTIGATE and SAVE Dignified Reverent Sincere Crematory Columbarium Inquiries Invited Highland Dr Mortuary Cemetery Mausoleum
