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SUNDAY. MAY 6. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUi
SDFORD. OREGON
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WHY
Return Our Incumbent
State Senator
Lynn NEWBRY
TO THE SENATE?
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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
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Our Proven State Senator
Pd Pol. Adv. by Neighbors for Newbry
Comm., Chei Hubbard, Chmn., Medford, Ore.
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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 . " .
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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"
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trate its action against proj
ects under construction by
key members of the AGC.
In another development on
California's newsfront, Clar
ence Ashley, 37, was sen
tenced to die in the San Qucn
lin gas chamber for the sex
murder of a small girl.
The sentence against the
former Army Chief Warrant
officer was pronounced by
Superior Judge Gregory P.
Maushart at Merced. He
termed Ashley "sadistic, im
moral and a sexual degener
ate." The jurist said the crime
was "conceived of diabolic
cunning and executed in a
manner that disgraces the
human race."
Ashley was found guilty by
an all male jury of kidnaping,
molesting and mu. 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.
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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
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