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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1962)
B SUNDAY. MAY 6. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUi SDFORD. OREGON Applegcate Bridges Withstand Flooding o 77 I WHr"H' I mm 'li ii i m unsiiaq i" 1SM A. 4 r'A WHY Return Our Incumbent State Senator Lynn NEWBRY TO THE SENATE? r BECAUSE: X Senator Newbry worked hard for the Laboring Man. X Senator Newbry worked hard for the small businessman. X Senator Newbry worked hard for the agriculture industry. X Senator Nev bry worked hard to help make Rogue Valley Manor a success. X Senator Newbry worked hard to maintain the rights of local government and preserve our Constitution. X Senator Newbry worked hard for the Timber Industry. X Senator Newbry wcvked hard to prevent tax increases. X Senator Newbry worked hard for the trucking industry. X Senator Newbry worked hard to prevent unfair .reapportion ment of representative government. X Senator Newbry worked hard for improved water and air pollution laws. X Senator Newbry worked hard to keep our road systems growing. X Senator Newbry worked hard to become one of the outstanding legislators in the Senate. X Senator Newbry was named to five important senate committees. X Senator Newbry was appointed to two important interim committees. X Senator Newbry exercised courage, integrity, intelligence and tenacity. X Senator Newbry is endorsed by the Senate president, Harry Boivin. X Senator Newbry has worked year round for the people of Jackson County and the State of Oregon. . 1 X Senator Newbry believes in the freedom and digrjity of each individual. X Senator Newbry believes an elected public official MUST reflect the will of the voters. X Senator Newbry has represented ALL of the People of Jackson County ALL of the time. VOTE NEWBRY X Our Proven State Senator Pd Pol. Adv. by Neighbors for Newbry Comm., Chei Hubbard, Chmn., Medford, Ore. r By MAUDE ZIEGLER ' Mail Tribunt Correspondent I Applegate Valley Ray I Offenbacher has constructed ! a bridge on his ranch that looks no different from what any man would build across a river to his back pasture But I this bridge is specially design ed and streamlined to with stand flooding torrents, and wtfcn the flood subsides the bridge is said to remain as substantial as ever. I Offenbachcr, who built it across the Applcgate river last : fall, knows it will stand against floods, because two ' like bridges were built at the ' Leon and LeRoy Offenbacher ranches about five years ago and have been tested in flood stages. I One of the secrets of con- , struction is a slight tipping of the bridge deck on the upstream side so the surge of rising water tends to force the bridge downward, creating a I vacuum, and holding the struc- ture intact. Free Water Flow ! The end of the floor planks do not protrude over the stringers on the upstream side, making for free flow of wa ter. The bridge is so low that by the time drift wood ap pears in the stream the depth , of the flooding river keeps it above the bridge, the Of- fenbachcrs explain. They also ' said the higher the water gets, I the greater the safety of the i bridge. I The men had heard of the I general plan of such bridges being used in South America but it was Leon Offenbacher who built the first bridge in the community to accommo date his farm, and adapted it to the specific requirements of the Applegate river, which he believes equals any stream in velocity and destructive ness. His son, LeRoy, next built one at his farm, and also en gineered the Ray Offenbacher bridge a few miles upstream. Recall Experience While considering bridges and floods, the Offenbachers recall the harrowing experi ence of Leon's brother, Lance, who was standing on a bridge of ordinary construction dur ing a flood of 1953 when the bridge was washed down stream. Lance was adrift and took refuge in a tree a mile or so downstream. Neighbors lost their own boats and themselves wound up in trees after attempting rescue. After four or five hours of waiting, Offenbacher was rescued by Cole Rivers of the state game commission and other official help arriv ing from Grants Pass with a boat. For Any Stream j LeRoy Offenbacher declares i this new type structure com- paratively simple to build and that any man with a knowl edge of concrete and fir poles can build a bridge of this kind. He says some solid bed rock is all that is needed to anchor piers, and that a bridge 500 feet long could be built just as easily as this 66 foot one. LeRoy says he would rec- t fnd sJ . " . i SPECIALLY DESIGNED Ray Offenbacher stands on his bridge over the Applcgate river which was specially built to with stand flood conditions. ommend this bridge for any stream the size of the Apple gate or larger. The bigger the stream the better, he says. Cost of the bridge, includ ing labor, was slightly under $1,500 or about $23 per foot. Large steel dowels are im bedded three feet in the bed rock, six to ten anchoring a pier. Fewer of the steel pins arc used in the bedrock if it is jagged. The three cement piers are interlaced with re-1 bolts ten inches long, six to a inforcing steel tied in with plank cross bars. Cost of the steel totaled about $160. Fir Pole Stringers Stringers are 14-inch fir poles placed six to a span with headers between each stringer. The bridge floor is made of three-inch planks spaced an inch apart allowing for ventilation and drying of timbers. Planks are fastened to stringers with inch LeRoy expects to replace the deck of his bridge with j concrete when the present I timbers have deteriorated, i which will make the bridge a permanent structure. The Offenbachers say oth ers in the community are con sidering building this type of bridge and invite any who are interested to inspect the project. THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA Estimated 10,000 Out of Work Because of Laborers' Strike By United Prett International An estimated 10,000 per sons were out of work last week due to a strike by mem bers of the Laborers Union (AFL-CIO). The strikers hit 150 proj ects in northern and central California, affecting immedi ately about 10 per cent of the total construction in the area. But there also was a possi bility that the strike might spread to southern California and affect another $4 billion worth of projects. The con tracts of the same unions have expired in that area, but they are not free to strike until May 15 after a 15-day cooling off period. The 35,000 - member labor ers union began sporadic striking Tuesday after their contract with the Associated General Contractors (AGO expired at midnight April 30. William Baldwin, chief ne gotiator of the AGC, de nounced the picketing as an "irresponsible action" in view of the interest expressed by the Federal Mediation Service and continued negotiations in "good faith" by the other crafts. And he threatened to shut down northern California's S3 billion construction industry as a "defense" measure against the striking unions. He said certain projects had been "discriminated against" ' r MOW n n Go - . -w Traditional 100" SOFA (Similar lo Illustration) Reversible Foam Loose Pillow Back Reversible Foam. 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Bering six-year-old Angie Mae Stewart Aug. 8, 1960. The same jury found him sane and recom mended he die in the gas chamber for his crime. ients don't bite." LVe,EM! IThe KiDS . Km r I foamtrad' II mtri MOON BASE llptre Your children will bt delighted with these tiicinaring MOON BASE slipper-boots. The sturdy ROCKET package and colorful MOON BASE TEAM badge pro vide hours of playful fun. And, MOM . . you'll be delighted with these slippers, too, be cause they're the famous WELLCO "Foamrread" brand long wearing, proper fitting and machine washable. Attention Grandparents: MOON BASE slippers are the perfect gift for the grandchild who has everything. M O O A S in the ROCKET BOX Sizes 7 Thru 3 $295 Strike. A threatened strike that would have idled some 750,000 commuters in four southern California counties was averted when the union representing 2,700 bus and streetcar operators postponed the walkout for 12 days. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty requested the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen to postpone the threatened walk out. The union also consented to allow the mayor's labor relations committee to meet with brotherhood officials in hope of reaching a settlement. A 22-ceni an hour wage , hike was rejected by the un 1 ion M-rch 16. Besides the pay hike, other issues involved were sick leave, lunch per ! iods, vacation pay and pen sion funding. I Muslim: Four members o( 1 the so-called Black Muslim 1 group were arraigned on charges arising out of a riot ! between police officers and ; members of the anti-white I sect. During the riot outside ' the Muslim temple, one Mus lim was shot to death and seven were wounded. One po liceman was shot and other officer? were knocked to the ground, kicked and beaten. Ike: Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower and his wife, Mamie, ended a desert winter vaca tion near Palm Springs and boarded a private railroad car for the east. The former president, well tanned, was bid farewell by about 300 persons gathered at the sta tion. The former president in dicated he would return next January. Negroes: A group of 20 Ne groes given free one-way rail road tickets by some Louisi ana integration opponents ar rived in Los Angeles and were welcomed by about 200 per sons. Included in the group was one couple witft 10 children. Pay: A beginning social worker in the San Joaquin valley makes $343 month in a job requiring college trai'ng-whilc a d?g catcher with no previous expi4r?cnce may draw 1U. That was re ported by the staoj depart ment of social welfare at the California Association of Health and Welfare confer ence in Berkeley. One offiCfjj Novs the time to buy- buold- remodel A o -' tk y) YOU CAN OWN A HOME TO FIT YOUR FAMILY'S REQUIREMENTS ... 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