MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
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Randolph Collier
Tunnel Nov; In Final
Construction Phase
By LETHA COOKE
Mail Tribune Correspondents
Randolph Collier tunnel ii
In the last phasei ot con
struction, with the dedication
scheduled tor Saturday, July
20 by officials of Del Norte
county.
Meyers Electric is present
ly installing naming insiae
the tunnel which will pro
vide 45 foot candles at the
oortal rones and 7 foot can
dies in the tunnel interior
during daylight hours witn a
night time illumination oi i.i
foot candles llirougnoui,
Street light illumination
will extend beyond the por
tall. Conduits were Installed
for the lighting at the time
the ceiling was poured.
Painting in Progress
Grafe Callahan, main con-
atruction contractor, is now
applying paint to the walls
and ceiling, a wnue epoxy
finish with gloBS surface,
which will Improve the light
ing and facilitate washing of
the Inner tunnel suriace.
Comoletion of the two ap
proaches is being carried out
by Mercer Fralsor, now in
final states ot surtacins.
Initial tunnel construction
began in January, 1061 at a
location 340 feet below Haicl
view Summit ridge, wilh its
main object to eliminate a
teep narrow road with eight
horse shoe curves and lower
the road elevation to such a
point that now would not
present a major problem dur
ing winter.
The tunnel itself is one of
the greater projects in relo
cation of Redwood Highway
199 in Del Norte county, Calif.
Honor Ban. Collier
It has been called Randolph
Collier tunnel to honor the
California state senator who
worked with representatives
of Del Norte and Josephine
counties for its construction
and who for years have ad
vocated this Improvement in
communica tion between
southern Oregon and the
Crescent City seaport.
Gibbons and Reed construc
ted a north approach from
199 through Broken Kettle
Creek canyon the summer
previous to tunnel boring.
Morrison Knudscn contracted
south portal approach work
which required excavation at
the portal site and many large
cuta and fills througti Smith
River canyon down to Idle-
wild, Calif. Their work was
finished hut fall.
Randolph Collier tunnel
was planned at an expendi
ture of $3,788,000. Due to un
foreseen complications in ex
tremely treacherous ground
and long periods of rainfall
at inopportue phases of con
struction the cost is now fig
ured at nearly twice that fig
ure. The time element also was
extended almost year over
that expected due to these
complications.
California Division of High
ways state engineer Sam Hel
wcr recently outlined long
range plans for further Im
provement of the Redwood
highway 199 in which he
stated, "Initial stages are not
far away. Engineers planned
technicalities of this tunnel in
anticipation of eventual con
version to one way traffic.
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IMPROVE WATER SERVICE - Workmen were on the job
last week digging ditches to accommodate completion of the
"loop" of water line connecting Seventh st. with North
Broadway in the city of Rogue River. The line being installed
is a four-inch transcite pipe. When complete, city, officials
reported, it will give better water service to the residents
of the North Broadway and Valley View dr. areas.
Talent Lions,
Auxiliary Install
Meeting Slated
On I00F Building
Gold Hill-All members of
Gold Hill Odd Fellows and
Rebekah lodges are urged to
attend a meeting Tuesday at
8:1S p.m. at the IOOF hall.
At that time plans for the
IOOF building will be discuss
ed. This meeting has been
called by the building com-
mittpp
To date the building fund
has reached the sum of $1,
698. Money for the building
fund project has been raised
by various donations, food
sales, a rummage sale, and
benefit dances.
A spokesman for the com
mittee announced plans are
to continue giving benefit
dances throughout the sum
mer each Saturday night at
the American Legion hall In
Central Point. All proceeds
from these dances go to the
building fund project.
The regular meeting of Odd
Fellows lodge No. 129 will be
held Tuesday prior to the
planning meeting.
Talent - The Talent Lions
club and Lions auxiliary held
joint installation of officers
Saturday, June 13. at the Tal
ly Ho.
Installing officer for the
auxiliary was Mrs. Frank
Christian, past state presi
dent, and a member of the
Talent auxiliary.
New officers installed were
Mrs. Lester M. Davis, presi
dent; Mrs. Charles Cory, vice
president; Mrs. George Ner
ton, secretary; Mrs. George
Glcim, treasurer; and Mrs.
Charles Roberta, Lion Tamer.
The directors Installed
were Mrs. Henry Bechtold,
retiring president; Mrs.
Wayne Reed, past president;
and Mrs. Churllc Davis, ap
pointed member at large.
Corsages were presented to
the new officers, and gifts to
the out-going officers by Mrs.
William Glenn, page.
Eaton B. Humphrey. Lions
International counselor, was
installing officer for the
Lions club. Installed as presi
dent was Albert Grabber; Les
ter Davis, first vice-president;
Russell Davis, second vice-
president; Charlie Davis, sec.
rctary; William Glelm, treas
urer; John Butler, Tall Twist
er; and Charles Cory, the
elected member of the board
of directors.
Perfect attendance pins
were presented to the follow
ing members: Earl Storey,
Frank Christian, George Nor
ton, George Glolm, Lester
Davis, Charlie Dumas, Henry
Bechtold, and Lewis Hunt.
Mrs. Cory and Aggie Horst
man were In charge of decor
ations and corsages.
Guests for the evening were
Mr. and Mrs, Eston B.
Humphrey, and Jean Hcsa of
Medford; and Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Pitts, and Mr. and Mrs.
Champ Touchstone of Talent.
Regional News
Jacksonville Sewer
Bids Being Studied
Jacksonville - Members of
the Jacksonville City Council
arc scheduled to meet Tues
day at 8 p.m. at the city hall
to consider what action to
take on bids on construction
of the city's sewer system.
Bids from six linns were
opened last Thursday nifiht
by Sid Lasswell of the cngi
neerina firm of Cornell, How
lHnd, Hayes and Merryfield.
All were higher than the
firm's estimates on the proj
ect, which were $251,8HH.3U
on the sewer system and $47,
722.80 on the pond.
Engineers Study
The bids were referred to
Cornell, Howland, Hayes and
Merryfield for one week ol
study, with a report due back
at tomorrow night's meeting.
Bids opened last Tuesday
were as follows;
Tecples and Thatcher, Inc.
of Portland - $306,173.40 on
the sewer und $55,137 on the
pond. Use of asbestos pipe
would increase bid by $10,-
000, clay pipe by $15,000.
W. A. Auslanri Construc
tion company of Grants Pass
- $69,393 on the pond only.
R. A. Helntz construction
company of Portland - $2BB,-
448.30 on the sewer and $57,-
108.00 on the pond.
Rex Kinsey Construction
company of Slayton $301,-
519.54 on the sewcr. No pond
bid. Use of asbestos pipe
$2,300 extra.
James G. Robertson of
Clackamas - $349,608.60 on
sewer only. Asbestos pipe
$74 extra.
M. J. Brassfield of Salem -sub-total
for both sewer and
pond of $334,724.25.
RegionalCalendar
Phoenix-Tuesday, 8:30 p.m.,
Phoenix Grange visitation
meeting, at Phoenix tlcmeiv
tary school gym. Phoenix la.
dies asked to bring sand'
wlchcs.
Wednesday, f):30 to 10 a.m.,
Focus on Farming presented
on television channel 10, P.
K. Nelson from Clovcrlawn
farm at Williams will talk on
Gucrnticy cattle.
1,800 Brochures
Mailed by Gold Hill
Chamber of Commerce
Gold Hill -At a recent ses
sion of Gold Hill Chamber ot
Commerce It was reported
that 1,800 brochures had been
mailed since January, 19U3 to
all parts of the United Slates,
Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Gold Hill Chamber of Com
merce Is a member of the Va
cation Land of Southern Ore
gon. Brochures arc mailed in
conjunction with that pro
gram to promote Interest in
the area of Sams Valley and
Gold Hill.
BUY PROPERTY
O'Brien Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Mnrkley purchased the
William Cooke property and
have moved their trailer
house on tho grounds. This
property Is on highway 1!)S)
In O'Brien wheor a tratilc
house fire occurred last win
ter. The Markleys will be
here for the summer but will
return to their missionary
work with Indians in Arizo
na, New Mexico and Mexico
this fall.
Boat Races, Carnival Planned
For Happy Camp Celebration
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Br HAZEL DAVIS
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Happy Camp - The Third
Annual Fire Department
Fourth of July Celebration
will start off with a bang tha
night of July 3 with the
crowning of the carnival
queen during an American
Legion sponsored dance, and
followed by three big days of
fun.
According to Fir Chief
Frank Lootens, a tight sched
ule of events is planned for
all three days with a wide
variety of entertainment for
young and old.
Booths at Carnival
All civic organizations in
town have been invited to
sponsor a queen candidate
and to set up booths at the
carnival. The queen will be
selected and crowned during
the American Legion dance
by three Judges from out of
town, and will s e 1 e c t the
queen on qualities of beauty,
poise, character, and person
ality. The queen will then
reign over all festivities dur
ing the celebration.
The Happy Camp Volunteer
Fir department is sponsor
ing a log rolling contest which
Camp
will be held at Siskiyou Mills,
greased pig chase at the high
school; a dance the night of
July 8 to end the celebration
with music by Howard Nev
ens and orchestra of Yrekn;
and a dart game and baseball
throw at the carnival square.
The carnival will be open
during the afternoon and eve
n 1 n g s of July 4. 5 and 6.
Nearly all the local orgunira
tloiu will be participating In
a wide variety of booths, a
lot of which will be new this
year.
Boat Races
In conjunction with this
celebration, the Happy Camp
Lions Club Is pon.orli)ii its
annual 64 mile Klamath River
Boat race which this year will
he run in two clasiflcatlons.
rowboat and kayak or canoe,
with separate prizes awarded
in each division. Those inter
ested may contact Bob Wright
of Happy Camp for more in
formation. Also added this year are
short half mile motor boat
races in the Immediate vicin
ity of Happy Camp. All these
boat races take place on the
Fourth of July for one day
only.
According to Flic Chief
Lootens, the fire department
proceeds will he put into a
fund with an ultimate coal of
buying a new fire truck with
modern fire fighting equip
ment installed to n ake this
department more tMcient. In
the past the department has
spent m u c h money for re
suscltaters and other life sav
ing equipment, as well as
modern flic tignlint! equip
ment to belter protect the
people tn the area.
The Klamulh Kart Club of
Happy Camp i sponsoring
go kart racing every day dur
ing the celebration at the new
tracks, with a big day of rac
ing on Sunday, July 7.
The various activities dur
ing the celebration are being
sponsored by Happy Camp
Lions club, American Lcijion,
Klamath Kart club. Chamber
of Commirc e, and Happy
Camp Volunteer Fire depart
ment. According to lire Chief
Lootens. the local Auxiliary
Police recently organized
erhe. will be on duty all dur
ing the celebration. This unit
Is sponsored by the Civil De
fense and Sheriff Al Cottar.
Volunteers Asked
By CP Library
Central Point - Disappoint
ed children returned home
empty-handed from the Cen
tral Point library last Mon
day when all books for grades
1 through 3 were checked out,
according to Mrs. A. D. Van
Horn, librarian.
Members of the Space Ad
venture summer reading club
have checked out a total of
1,003 books since June 3, she
reported. The reading club
now has 322 members, as
compared to 183 last year.
Om-r Bacon, head librarian
of Jackson county libraries,
reported that the eleven
month period for which fig
ures are available lor mc
1062-63 fiscal year shows an
increase of 23.7 per cent in
the number of books checked
out of the Central Point libra
ry. So far the figures for June
show an Increase of 28 per
cent, he noted.
Since funds are not avail
able to employ additional
help and because of the in
crease in library use, volun
teer workers are needed at
the Central Point library.
Anyone interested in donating
their services is asked to call
Mrs. Van Horn at 664-3228
during the hours the library
is open.
Rcdgers Installed
Chamber President
Illinois Valley Ted Rods
ers was installed president of
the Illinois Valley Chamber
of Commerce al the chamber's
recent annual dinner, held at
the Oregon Caves chateau.
Seventy-four persons. In
cluding guests from Grants
Pass, Medford, Ashland, Cres
cent City and Brook' s
chambers, were present. Slate
Sen. Debbs Potls of Grants
Pass acted as master of cere
monies.
Other officers installed in
cluded Don Lewis, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Bill Cooper, sec
retary and Gordon White,
treasurer. Installed on the
board of directors were Dr.
Joseph Meyers, Ed Atkins and
Bub Grants.
Since Jan. 1. lOBIt, some
2,000 Inquiries have been re
ceived by the chamber as a
result of the Vacalionland of
Southern Oregon promotion,
it was announced.
Reports also were heard on
efforts to get better television
reception in the valley and
on the Sucker Creek irriga
tion program.
The program of the eve
ning was given by Jack Sim.
Josephine County park su
perintendent, who showed a
film on slate parks. '
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Prospecl Jamboree
Planned Aug. 10
rnpccl Plans are now
being marie (or this year's
Prospect Jamboree, to be
held here Aug 111.
Kour candidates for the
post ef contest quern will
soon be announced. They will
sell tickets, with the winner
to be determined on the basis
of most tickets sold.
Regular meetings to make
plans (or the event are being
held at the Prospect Commu
nity hall. The next meeting
Is set for July u. AH resi
dents are urged to attend.
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