MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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