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Trees May Be Tags
Showing Comeback
Of Business Area
By JESSE BOGIJE
UPI Financial Editor
NEW YORK (UPI) -Trees
along the sidewalk in a shopping
area once were almost a trade
mark of a semi-rural or quiet
small business area.
Now, they may be the tags
indicating a comeback or at
least of an area taking steps
toward progress and heightened
activity. .
Tney are among the features
of many of the shopping malls
which have sprung up over the
last several years in various
city areas around the nation.
Malls often represent a com
munity effort to revive or re
juvenate a slipping central bus
Unusual Animal
Tracks Are Hoax
MONTEVALLO, Ala. (UPI)
Robert Bearden was squirrel
hunting the other day when he
came across some unusual ani'
mal tracks in the woods. They
were huge prints with long
claws.
Bearden fled to the nearest
farmhouse and brought back
Coy Holsombeck, armed with a
rifle, to take a look.
Word that a gorilla was loose
in the woods spread throughout
this small farming community
and hundreds of rifle totin' res
idents turned . out to take a
look. A professor from Ala
bama College arrived to make
plaster casts of the tracks and
said they were unlike any made
by animals of the region.
Thursday, the hoax ended.'
Pete Pickett, 27, of Bessemer,
confessed that he fashioned de
vices for making the tracks,
tied them to his shoes and
tramped around the area in
hopes of keeping persons out of
his favorite turkey hunting
grounds.
Three I
Gel Top Priority
SALEM (UPI) - The State
Board of Higher Education has
advised the legislature that its
top priority building projects
are at Portland, Klamath Falls
and Monmouth.
The board approved a resolu
tion reaffirming priorities for a
science building at Portland
Stale College, furnishings and
.roads for the new Oregon Tech
nical Institute campus at Kla
math Falls, and replacement of
Campbell Hall at Oregon Col
lege of Education at Monmouth.
mess section, or to attract and
hold the restless traff: wh1'1!
omerwise would bypass the
area, according to a survey re-
wnuy iiiaue nere.
Trees Help Business
Pomona, Calif., in building a
nine -block mall on Second
Street, created what has been
des- -ibed s virtually a botanic
al garden by bringing in a
variety of trees: Brazilian pep-
fci, rea gum, Lmnese elm, ja
caranda, Japanese black pine,
olive and carib trees. .
Miami Beach, in creatine an
eight - block mall on Lincoln
Road, imported shrubbery from
i-eyion, Polynesia. Malava. Mex.
ico and Abyssinia. Other more
northerly cities have less free
dom from the rigors of climate
out nave planted trees adjusted
to the more marked seasonal
variations that exist there.
The mall survev was done hv
the research department of Den-
son-rrey and affiliates of New
York City, in an attempt to
determine whether the mall sys
tem was helpful in reviving a
city's rundown commercial
area.
The firm reported it found
that the nine-block mall in Po
mona has increases sales for
the mall and surrounding area
by 20 per cent compared to a
10 per cent increase in a recent
period for the surrounding
county. .
Other Successes
The survey reported a three-
block mall on Burdick Street.
Kalamazoo, Mich., had uoocd
sales in the area by 15 per cent
and increased pedestrian traffic
thus, potential shoppers by 30
per cent ana attracted a 12 per
cent increase in out of town
customers.
Malls in Knoxville. Tenn.. and
Miami Beach reported similar
patterns, the creators of the
survey said.
Among the conclusions of the
survey:
Conversion of a sliDDine
commercial street to a pedes
trian mall is beneficial to busi
ness both along the mall and in
surrounding areas.
creation of a mall increases
the value of real estate: the
improvement may extend to
rentals.
New industry or business
has been attracted to mall
areas.
Merchants have found that.
when accompanied by construc
tion of additional parking areas,
the creation of a mall has
turned the through traffic into
stop-to-shop traffic.
Appearance of city areas is
improved, and civic pride
heightened by the creation of a
mall.
Kill : MJ
FIRST SEAL Lt. David LaValle, Navy scuba diver, cuddles
Mac at Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station" in New York. Mac is
one of three earless Weddell seals brought to New York, first
of their species ever to get to the United States alive. (UPI)
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MedfordjTribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963
Court Authorizes
Building Payment
The Jackson Countv Court Fri
day afternoon authorized partial
payment of J19.339.05 to Mur
phy. Construction Company
Roseburg, for construction work
on the Jackson County Health
Center building at the fair
grounds.
Remaining balance due is $77.-
198.50, County Judee Earl M.
Miller said.
County Commissioners Edwin
Taylor and Don E. Faber had
friendly argument over re
quested removal of concrete
planters near the health center
installed for dividine traffic and
parking.
Commissioner Taylor felt they
were a hazard to motorists and
agreed with the Jackson county
public health officer's request
that they be removed. Commis
sioner Faber said they should
be left alone since they were ex
pensive to install and served a
needed purpose.
The County Court agreed ten
tatively to remove the planter
to trie south.
The Family Council
Ldltor's no'e: The Family Council consists or a Judee.
pnyuMatrist, three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor.
Earn article Is a summary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. T'Ai Council deals with problems, niainr anil minnr.
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
ftirs. anna uenny. tuopyrcni oy ventral feature? orp.)
boy going to understand the im
portance of a family get - to
gether over his own selfish de
sires unless his father explains
it? Bert and Jimmy belong. at
this party.
(Family Council stdg head)..
BEKT L. We're leaving tne
decision up to Jimmy.
MKS. F. C. It s disgusting
the way they dance around that
child.
'
BERT L. My aunt wants
a quick answer as to whether
we 11 go to her home on thanks
giving. It's my mother's birth
day and Aunt Flo wants the
family for a surprise party as
well as a turkey dinner. But
Jimmy is 9 and he wants to see
football game. So far he
hasn't changed his mind.
MKS. F. C. Did you ever
see such a jellyfish of a parent.'
When a child is 9 you don't ask
him, you tell him! That's what
parents are for. How's a little
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than whole ones. Any port, for any year.
Thai's the nice thing about making the
same car yeor-in and year-out.
You can spend your lime fiddling wilh the
Insides instead ot the outside.
Volkswagen's made some 3,000 improve
ments in their little car and hundreds of them
fit their oldest models, loo.
(Did you know you can get parts for a
15-year-old VW foster man (of some of the
new jobs around?)
Volkswagen parts ore also eosy lo install.
For instance, the fenders are bolted on. 110
bolls do it. So you don'l have lo replace
half the car.)
And the whole engine can be replaced in
' an hour and a half.
Of course, as you think aboul this, you
moy prefer to get all the new parts at once
We have such o package.
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THE COUNCIL: When is
parent not a parent? When he's
a sheep instead of a shepherd.
We agree with Mrs. C. It's all
right for Bert and his wife to
leave decisisions up to Jimmy
when it's an even-Steven choice,
such as which flavor ice cream
or what color sneakers. But now
is their chance and their spe
cial duty to impart values,
to help Jimmy distinguish be
tween the lasting and the pass
ing pleasures of life. Their
gauge should be: Which of these
alternatives will mean more to
Jimmy in retrospect? Which is
easier to catch up with later?
And which do we ourselves
prefer? ... If Bert's tally adds
up to Grandma's Party, that's
it. Aunt Flo puts her finger on
one of the disturbing phenomena
of our times: child worship. In
new book, "The Child wor
shipers," Martha - Weinm a n
Lear reminds parents that kids
crave guidance, direction, firm
ness so long as it springs from
love . . . Jimmy may actually
enjoy the gathering of the clan.
And aren't football games being
played until the snow (lies
thick?
Plans Under Way
For SOC Skiesta
Plans are being made now
for the able and gifted study
program jointly sponsored by
Southern Oregon college and the
Jackson County Intermediate
Education District, according to
reports at the recent meeting of
the able and gifted study committee.
Meanwhile, various school
districts are already conducting
enrichment study programs.
Lists of classes available this
year for the Saturday classes
at Southern Oregon College have
been sent to the high schools in
the county, according to Rob
ert work, able and guted committee.
Dale for opening the classes
will be set at the next commit
tee meeting and after the initial
screening of qualifying students
is completed, the committee
decided. The Rogue River school
district will provide transports
tion to the classes.
The committee discussed
sending invitations to school
board members to attend the
classes held each Saturday.
Klamath Falls sent representa
tives to visit the classes last
year. Assistant County School
Supt. Dca Cox noted that the
classes have gained national
recognition.
Enrichment classes now be
ing held include one in vocal
music in Ashland and literature
in Shady Cove.
OPINION GIVEN
SALEM (UPI) - A law that
prohibits taking salmon and
trout in the Umpqua River sys
tem during season closures pre
vails over another law permit-
ing the incidental harvest of
such fish, Ally. Gen. Robert Y.
Washintgon County Parks Director Is Visitor in Area
Andrew M. Klien. chairman of
the Washington County Parks
and Recreation Commission,
visited the Jackson County
Parks and Recreation Commis
sion office last week to learn
about the Howard Prairie recre
ation area operation.
County Parks and Recreation
Director Neil J. Ledward gave
him all the information - avail
able and discussed "do's" and
"don'ts" with him.
Washington county is about to
undertake a project ..similar to
ouwoiu name, me reaervwr
will be built by the Bureau of
Reclamation which will spend
close to $300,000 on recreational
facilities at the site.
Approve Contract
Meanwhile, the Bureau of
Reclamation and N a t i o n al
Parks Service have approved
the five-year contract with the
Clyde Wilhelms on operation of
the Lily Glen riding stables at
Howard Prairie. The well has
been ordered and drilling was
to start last week.
The County Court has advised
the National Parks Service, the
Bureau of Reclamation and the
Bureau of Land Management
that the gate to the Howard
Prairie recreation area will be
closed for the winter except for
ice skating.
Only the BLM objeeted. The
other two agencies agreed. The
BLM said the area should be
kept open all winter with a man
on duty. This will be discussed
later with the local BLM office,
Ledward said. The gate has
been closed so work can be done
in the area without endangering
the public.
3 Grand 01 e Opry
Stars Hurt in Wreck
DURHAM, N. a, (UPI) A
troupe of Grand Ole Opry stars,
haunted by tragedy that has
killed five of their company this
year, was involved Saturday in
a bus-car collision.
The driver of the car that
plowed into the troupe's bus
was killed. Three of the coun
try and western stars in Singer
Ernest Tubb's group were in
jured. '
The Howard Prairie docks
have weathered several severe
wind storms in Hoxie Creek
without damage, contrary to
last year's experience.
Rest Rooms Installed
Eighteen rest rooms have
been placed from Lily Glen
around the west side to the dam.
Six more are planned for instal
lation by next season. About ISO
campsites should be prepared
for next season, weather permit
ting, Ledward said.
The main high voltage line
will be extended to the middle
of the Willow Lake park site,
according to a recent agree
ment with a Pacific Power and
Light Company representative.
This will reach the pump house
and future trailer sites. The
county's cost will be $50, price
of a lead off pole and hook up
of the pump house.
Garbage pickup has been
started at the Elk Creek recre
ation area on the Rogue River.
This winter, the county plans
to install two rest rooms on the
site and place a few picnic ta
bles. An official name is needed
for the area.
Traditional for 128 Holiday Seasons
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