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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE SUNDAY. APRIL 9. 1961 A 3 Small Industries, Homes Add to Areas ComstructioirD (Continued from page 1) Other smaller Industries now under construction in the area include a potato by product manufacturing plant in Central Point, which will employ 10 persons, and a co operative warehouse in the Mason-Ehrman tract north of Medford which also will em ploy 10 persons. Other new and sizeable in dustries are being rumored for the Medford area, and at least one of them appears it will locate here in the hear future.. New home building is keep ing pace with the rest of the growth. Since Jan. 1, the city ! building department has is sued 30 permits having a to tal valuation of about $360, 000 for new residences,- both single-family and duplexes. Apartment Developments Also two apartment devel opments are proposed for the shopping center area, one of them having 43 units. - A complete list of the other announced projects in the Medford area would take con siderable space. But some of the major ones are: ' A $1,200,000 addition to Rogue Valley hospital. A $250,000 medical cen ' ter building to be erected near 'the hospital. ' . , A convalescent hospital near the shopping center. : . A new Newberry's de partment store at the shopping center. ' . A new First Federal Sav ings and Loan building, ' cost ing about $100,000. -The new St. Mary's High school near Barneburg hill. ; Federal Building The $2V4 million federal building, now proposed for property south of 10th st. Matlack's new shopping center on West Main st., rep resenting an initial invest ment of $150,000. x The addition to the Pa cific Telephone - Northwest building. (The building addi tion will cost $117,000, and the investment in new equip ment will be more than $1 million.) The Jackson county ex tension service building on Stewart avel, costing approxi mately $120,000. , ,,,, 1 i Other Conitruction . Other recent announce ments which are indicative of the overall , growth in , the area, are a proposed new golf course, a ,.. proposed private tennis club and the construc tion by the city of a new bridge across Bear creek at Fourth st. , Some of the new buildings and businesses In Medford that have already been com pleted should be mentioned, because they too are a part of the city's, growth. These would include the Rogue Valley Manor, the new Jackson County Federal Sav ings and Loan association building, a roller skating rink south, of Medford, the . new Standard Insurance company building, the recent addition to; The Mall building, the new Army and Navy reserve building, the new city swim ming pool and the new Thun derbird market. 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But it will nevertheless benefit ' the local economy considerably, since local la bor will be used, and much of the vast amount of high way materials will be pur chased locally. And, it should prove an in ducement for the location of new businesses here, particu larly those businesses con- Many Nam Brand Mowers for Your Selection K" Goldan Drill In lit bai loaded with' UMfel tooit ind KOtuoritt. Reg. $2.00 . PAINT ROLLER & TRAY SET $-22 Special 1 THE BEST! SEW WASH-AWAY PAINT REMOVER timply flow on-let soften wash off WITH WATER lots of Convenient, Free Parking QUALITY AT " LOWEST PRICESI SHCIAtlSTS IN HOMfWAIflf 245 S. Central at 10th ;"' . ; Phono SP 2-5201 Hearing Slated On Annexation of Land To District A hearing on proposed an nexation of four areas to the Rogue River Rural Fire dis trict will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 8, in the Jack son county court room, Coun ty Judge Earl Miller an nounced Friday. Elections on the proposed annexations will be held in the main district and each of the four areas, probably June 12, according to Assist ant Fire Chief Douglas Buckle. ' One parcel extends from the Fly Casting motel to Rock Point; the second from Foots creek to the Ray Frantz residence: the third, one mile south along Savage creek; ana the fourth, 'the Foothill blvd. area. Has Four Trucks ' . The district now has four fire trucks to cover 11 square miles within the district, and any outside fire, calls. A fourth, a tank truck, was pur chased in January under a rent-lease agreement of $10, 000 in anticipation . of the annexed areas. , Millage for the district is 3 410 mills. The expected budget is $5,200, compared to the current year's budget of $4,400. The district now . has a Number 9 fire insurance rating and has applied for a lower one the assistant chief said. Property owners taken into the district would have a 10 per cent reduction in fire insurance rates com pared to the present rates, Buckle said. The rural district has 14 full-time volunteers and 20 part-time volunteers, . Buckle said. The rural district . fire men go to fires outside dis trict boundaries, and assess a minimum charge in these cases, the assistant chief ex nected 'With the tourist in dustry. ' This would be an impres sive list for any city. For Med ford (pop. 24,456) . it repre sents probably one of the greatest construction booms since the infamous years of 1009-1912. ... ; : Won't Continue , Chamber of Commerce Manager Don McNeil does not think the present pace of con struction will - continue. He feels that the great amount of construction that is currently going "came about by coinci dence and that it will level off in the near future. McNeil does believe that Medford is one of the fastest growing spots in the Pacific Northwest, and he said that Medford is gaining a reputa tion as being a boom city throughout Oregon and Wash ington. ' - . ' This reputation alone could conceivably attract oth er new businesses here which think there is a boom, and want to get in on it. If this did happen, McNeil was not sure that it would be a good thing. Enthusiastic About Medford McNeil's note of caution should not be interpreted as pessimism, for he is as enthu siastic about Medford and its future as anyone. He thinks, however, that Eagle Point Girl Is Enrolled at Fresno A Jackson county resident is one of 46 new students who have enrolled in the Fresno State college agriculture divi sion for the 1961 spring semes ter. , ' ' - She is Judy N. Bradshaw, of route 1, box 391, Eagle Point. A sophomore, Miss Bradshaw is majoring in ani mal husbandry. Pre-School Clinics i Scheduled in Area Pre-school physical exam inations and immunization will be offered by the Jackson county health department April 12 from 9 a,m. to 3 p.m. in the Eagle Point school and at the Shady Cove school May 18. Health officials reminded residents that it is requested that each child entering the first grade present evidence of having had a physical ex amination. This may be ob tained from his private physi cian, or at the clinics. Appointments for the Eagle Point clinic may be made by contacting Mrs. Dean Collette, Hlllcrest 6-1176; and for the Shady Cove clinic, Mrs. Ed: ward Learning, TRinity 8-2102. industrial growth will come from within, rather than without. Jobs , in the valley have been increasing at an average of 350 per year dur ing the last 10 years, and Mc Neil said 90 per cent of these jobs are from the expansion and diversification of local Industry. - He cited Bear Creek orch ards entrance into the fiber glass trailer business and the expansion of the Jeddcloh Bros. Sweed Mills at Gold Hill as examples of this. On the Threshold' On the subject of popula tion, McNeil believes that Medford and the Rogue , val ley "are on the threshold of the greatest influx of popu lation . we've ever known," with much of this influx com ing from the Los Angeles area.' ' He gained this belief while working for Oregon at a re cent vacation travel show in Los Angeles. He said these persons are not only seeking the area as a place for a vaca tion, but also as a place to re locate. Many of them should be job-producers rather than job-seekers, he said. . While noting that some per sons are predicting that Med ford will have a population of 50,000 by 1970, McNeil said his own "conservative guess" would fix the popula tion of Medford "and the ur ban area" at about 53,000 by 1970. " - ' Unemployment in Area Unemployment still runs rampant in the valley, but there are indications that it is going down., John Patton, state employment director for this area, said that 14 per cent of the 60 per cent of the work ers who are covered by un employment compen sation are now out of work. : However, this represents a slight recrease from the 14 to 16 per cent unemployed aver age for the preceding months. It would be virtually impos sible to arrive at an exact count of the total available labor force in the county, but Patton said he would estimate it about 25,000. . All in all, Patton forecast what looks like a reasonable year, "maybe a very good one." He is one of those who is predicting a possible boom in the valley. Not everyone is in agreement- that the city is pushing ahead. Some persons will say that what Medford is getting now, it has needed for a long time, and that we are merely "catching up." But anybody and ; every body knows that something is going on, and they will be watching the next few months with considerable interest. ; T CHRISTIAN 1 I SCIENCE J gwHEMSJj Station K-BOY Sundays 9:45 A.M. Waller's Inn Bought By Investment Firm ' Rogue River - Waller's Inn, Main and Pine sts., Rogue River, known as a stage coach depot before the development of the railroad, was purchased last week by an investment company headed by Martin Barnett of Medford. , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fox, formerly of Gold ' Hill, are acting as managers of the inn. Former owners of the res taurant, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Bamforth, now own the 14 unit Valley Entrance motel, 1193 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland. The couple have also obtained a 22-unit trailer park behind the motel. 3,201 Visitors Noted At Museum in Month Jacksonville - Visitors from 30 states and six foreign coun tries toured the Jacksonville museum during March, accord ing to the regular monthly report. The total for the month was 3,201 visitors, making a grand total of 412,514 persons who have toured the museum since it opened in July, 1950. The March total was 141 over the same time last year. Classes of students attend ing in groups included the ninth grade from Myrtle Creek, grades 1 to 8 from Glendale Seventh-Day Adven tist school, Lakeview High school band, Crater High school junior history class, Eagle Point eighth grade, Lin coln school third grade, Ash land, and the special educa tion class from Central Point Others were Cub Scouts from den 2, pack 41, Griffin Creek; den 15, pack 6, Med ford; den 2, pack 35, Jackson ville: and den 29, pacK 3 Grants Pass; Camp Fire Girls Happy Workers, Medford; members of the Oregon School Food Service association; and the Apostolic Faith church Grants Pass. Foreign visitors came from Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Japan and Australia Gifts and loans from Med ford residents during the month included a small cra dle and pieced quilt from Mrs H. V. Elliott; a Chinese meat cleaver from Weaverville, Calif, given by Mel '"rows; Bohemian glass goblets and pewter pieces, Mrs. Louise M. Warren; an 1861 picture, Rob ert D. Heffernan; directory of Jackson county streets and roads , compiled by the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany, from Seth Bullis. Gifts From Ashland From Ashland came seven bound volumes of the Ashland Tidings, 1876-1893, from Edd Rountree; old photographs of Ashland scenes and store In teriors, 1898-1906; opalized wood and mineral specimens, A. O. Phillips; and pictures of early settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Barron, from Hugh F. Barron.' The Barron family was one of the earliest in the Ashland area and Mr. Barron, with three other young pioneers, built the "Mountain House," noted stage station still stand ing several miles south of Ash land on the old Siskiyou Mountain rd. - A collection of antique and modern guns and knives from many countries was contribut ed by Clem H. Ault, Central Point, who also brought a col lection of old pottery pieces from Italy. Mrs. Emma Morri son contributed an 1884 book, and Henry James donated a piece, of Bolivian money. 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