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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE 8 A SUNDAY, APRIL 31961 LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE P anel K Chemicals Manufacturing Three Products From Limestone in Applegate Br MAUDE ZIEQLER Mail Tribune Corresponaeni ; . i ,WdI vnllpv - The first 1 products of new industry for : . southern Oregon went on sale T m Medford Wednesday from the Plant ot ine e Chemicals, Inc., located on the - i hi. Th .hlcrhunv ' tour. miles west of Jackson- ville.' ' : i Tapping "mountain ox ealcite with thousands of tons the Oregon-California line at Copper in the Upper Apple- gate has resulted In: local ; manufacture of a three way product, including roofing and patio gravel, poultry grit and agricultural lime, according to Harold Kezer, one of the own ers of the business. Decora five rocks' from 'the- white limestone in .three foot, di mensions also are produced- j Mew Venture . . ' Kfeter's partner in the busi ness If Ford Patterson of the Patterson Plumbing company In Medford. Kezer, who owns ranch at Reece weekend also had been in the building and contracting business in Medford for the past four years, said the industry repre sents i new business venture tor both partners. The busi ness was launched In the, be lief that development of the local ealcite rook will bring cheaper products to roofers and farmers of Oregon by eliminating present freight costs. A Cedar Rapids crud er and double deck vibrating screen are in use at' the plant. A warehouse also has been erected, .a J n VM.ilnmAnt company at Rueh h contract ed to quarry the ealcite which is hauled 21 miles, tovttie crusher and warehouse site i near Jacksonville. Cecil Bark r of Medford is trucking the rock. ' -' - i Charles Kimball of Jackson ville. - with Delbert Whitley end Kay Ayres, own iu tMir ment company. Kezer said the plant, at first putting out 60 tons per day, now will oper ate at 100 ton capacity. Tha poultry grit', manu factured In several sizes, will eliminate the use of oyster hell, Kezer explained. He minted out that' limestone rntsr.es the calcium which .i a part of every living cell Lj Mibvif nf animal life. 'j t..i.H ih nlmt will be .rcuuuvH W . ' ', trketed within the state, he auto tests, i 88.87 per cent pure lime, and produces a high quality fertilizer. )roof Abandoned , , ' According to local sources, existence of the ealcite de posit has been known for 45 -years or more. During opera tion of the Blue Ledge copper mine in the area during World War I, owners of the mine started a lime kiln for smelt ing ore,' but the process was abandoned. Until now the cal elte was not marketable, c A vein of the lime deposit can ' be seen running through the bed of the Applegate river. Local sources said the Ougen heim Interests, who operated the Blue Ledge mine, also owned the area of the ealcite deposit at that time. . Manufacture of the lime products at the quary site was impossible because of a lack hillside location near Jack s'.' sonville, purcnasea irom vw - Ore ranches; was selected be ...... a aiimlnntnl the i need for conveyors, Kezer said. The West Jackson, Medford, is the -business headquarters ior ne firm. 4-11 tlEWS A-l Sawina Club The A-l 4-H sewing club ot Central Point met recently - with six members and one . visitor present. Debbie Reed v was elected as an assistant to the secretary. ' We selected number for the Friendship Follies, and practiced it. Oirla of the club . i . . . . .met to cut uu iMiMsma v. scissor holders, and to prac tice the nufii'jor. : The ne meeting will be iVpril 11 , - Ruth Wilson, " Reporter Central Point Beef Club The Central Point Beef 4-H club held their monthly meet lng- recently" at the' home of Carolyn sidener. We discussed the Friend- snip routes, wmcn win uv held April 8 at 8 p.m. We de cided we would do "Red Wing," square dance. We had a practice at the home . of Donna Hammond, and try- : outs for the Follies were held last Saturday. Keith Hockersmlth gave a talk on feeds. Tlie next meet lng will be held April 17 at 740 p.m. at Carolyn Sldener's 'r 5 r -,.' " " it PACKAGING Harold Kezer, on left, and Lloyd Thornton-are shown running a two man assembly line packaging roofing gravel, produced at the P and K Chemicals, Inc, plant between Jacksonville and Such. Kev zsr oart owner of the enterprise, said the gravel will be marketed mostly in Oregon, along with .lime' and poultry; grit also pro duced -by the company. Kezer 1b, shown filling the sacks and Thornton Is operating ; a machine which seals -the tops. i , 1 WAREHOUSE Harold Kezer Sr. Is shown stacking bags of roofing gravel at the P and K Chemicals .warehouse. The busfness was launched on the theory, that development of local ealcite rock-will bring cheaper products to roofers and farmers' of Oregon by eliminating present freight costs. . t it) M lit as i ;.' t' SOG Student Named Research Assistant - Ashland-Lawrence Eugene Barleen; Southern Or egon college senior, has been chosen to serve one year as a research assistant in the Wash ington office of Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger (D-Ore.). Barleen was chosen by a selection committee from: a roup . .of eight-: candidates nominated by various Oregon colleges and universities. xne - announcement was made last week by Dr." John Swarthout, ' dean 1 of faculty, Portland state college.- chair man of the Senator's commit tee. .Other members include Judge Edward C. Kelly. Med- lord; j. w. Forrester Jr.. edi tor, . Pendleton East Oregoni- an; ana Miss May Darling, member, Oregon state board of education. " " ' ; -I The winner will loin Sen ator Neuberger's staff Sept, 1, as a continuation of the in ternship program started by the late Sen. Richard L. Neu berger In 1955 to encourage outstanding Oregon -college students to enter the field of government' and . public life. Candidates are recommended by the heads of the political science departments in their schools. Barleen, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Barleen, Klamath Falls, is the editor of The Sis kiyou, SOC student newspa per, and president of Theta Delta Phi, men's scholastic honorary fraternity, ! - ROCK CRUSHER Pictured above is the rock crusher used by P and K Chemicals Inc, In producing roofing gravel, lime and poultry gravel. Calclte crushed comes from a quarry near Copper- in the Upper Applogate.,The plant has 100 ton per day capacity, A NEW GAME IS ROCKING THE COUNTRY "AGlfATION" EXCITING FUN FOR EVERYONE This Game May Be Purchased At: Big "Y" Super Market N. Pac. 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