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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1M3 GAS REFRIGERATOR The generous freezer compartment in this no-frost Norge : gas refrigerator holds up to 93 pounds of food and has new thermoelectric control that keeps the unit operating in case of power failure, thus prevents all possibility of costly food spoilage. First Use of Gas Was for Lighting facture gas, lay pipes in the streets, and contract with the city for street lighting. This gas company The first practical use of eas In modern times was for street lighting. When William Murdock, a British engineer and inventor, lighted his cottage with manu factured gas in 1792, he literally opened up a whole new indus try and changed the living hab its of the civilized world. By 1798, Murdock had devel oped his invention to a point ' where he was using manufac tured gas to light an entire fac tory. And in 1804, he built a f as works to light a large cotton-mill in Manchester, Eng lmd, with 900 burners. lilie first public street light ; In? with gas took place in Pall Mall in London on Jan. 28, 1807. In 1812, Parliament granted a charter to "The London Jt Westminster Gas Light & Coke Co.," and the first gas com pany in the world came into being. A few years later, on Dec. 31, 1813, the Westminster Bridge was lighted by gas. Lighting Spreads Following this success, gas lighting spread quickly to other countries. In the United States, Baltimore in 1816 was the first city to light its streets with gas. In 1820, Paris adopted gas street lighting. The first introduction of gas lights in Rembrandt Peale's museum in Baltimore in 1816 proved to be such a sensation and success that Peale quickly organized a gas company to light the city. The city council passed an ordinance in June, 1816, permitting Peale to manu- was the first founded in the United States. Use of natural gas in America came into being in Fredonia, N.Y., in 1820, when the first gas well was drilled to a depth of 27 feet. Industrious citizens hustled the gas into town via lead pipelines. Host to Nobleman Shortly after the excitement of its discovery, Fredonia play ed host to an industrious French nobleman, the Marquis de La Fayette, Revolutionary War hero and personal friend of George Washington. La Fayette marveled that all the streets of the town were completely light ed by gas. He was even more amazed to sit down to a gas cooked dinner served in his honor. In 1858, Fredonia went on to establish the first recorded cor poration to serve natural gas to business and residential cus tomers. During the decade from 1865 to 1875, the use of gas for light ing as well as for cooking made significant progress. Soon much of America, as well as other countries, was lighted by gas. The lamplighter became a fa miliar figure, and streets at night took on a warm, friendly glow. Gas companies are bringing back picturesque, practical gas lights, offering decorative out door lighting with natural gas. Gas House Heating Reaches All Time High in Country Wheat Storage Suits Dismissed by Judge PORTLAND (UPI) -Federal Judge John F. Kilkenny Monday signed an order dismissing civil suits which grew out of wheat storage manipulations in the early 1950s. Earl C. Corey, former Port land director of the Department of Agriculture's Commodity Sta blization Service, and two asso ciates in the Three States Ware house Co. agreed to pay the fed eral government $57,367. The judgments were $38,544 by Corey, $2,874 by Laurence M. Smith of Waterville and $15,949 by Willard A. Richards of Port land. . ;. . " Corey and Smith were con victed in 1960 of charges in con nection with the manipulations. They each have served two-year prison sentences. Corey was found guilty of con spiracy and conflict of interest in a transaction for warehousing of government -owned wheat. Smith was convicted of submit ting false statements to the Commodity Credit Corp. in or der to obtain contracts. Richards, then general man ager of the North Pacific Grain Growers, was not a defendant. EASY PICKINGS LOS ANGELES (UPI)-The judges', chambers at county courthouse are getting to be a popular place for thieves. Municipal Court Judge Allan G. Campbell reported the theft Monday of a transistor radio worth $40 from his desk. There was another $40 loss three weeks ago when a wallet was stolen from the desk of Superior Court Judge Lloyd S. Nix. Gas house heating customers have reached an all time high of nearly 25 million to make gas the nation's number one house heating fuel. The indus try added more than 1,150,000 new heating customers last year, bringing the total to 24, 740,000. . Two-thirds of the new instal lations are in newly-built homes, with the remaining one-third representing conversions from other, fuels, the American Gas Association estimates. Blue Star Homes include gas furnaces as standard equipment. Advocates of gas for house heating cite five major reasons for the increasing preference for gas heat: convenience, comfort, cleanliness, economy and safety. Monthly Meter Readings They point out that gas doesn't have to be stored, thereby elim inating the installation and maintenance of a fuel tank; or coal bin. Because of this, a gas user pays for his fuel after he has used it, according to month ly meter readings. Natural gas is the ideal house heating fuel because it is effi cient. All combustible materials, solid and liquid alike, must be turned into gas before they will burn. Natural gas needs no such conversion or pre-hcating, thus provides instant heat. And gas is the cleanest fuel because all impurities have been removed. There are no waste products of combustion such as smoke and soot. The reliability of gas lies In its independence of outside forces. Piped into the house, gas is not susceptible to delays in rail or truck deliveries. Equipment Is Durable The durability of gas heating equipment is superior. Most gas furnaces last the life of the house. This is because gas equip ment has few or no moving parts that can wear out or break down, thus requires a minimum of servicing. And when it comes to safety, the American Gas Association points out that up-to-date gas systems have a number of automatic devices to prevent mishaps. Most of them are designed to shut off the gas supply if the pilot light goes out or the water supply in the boiler becomes too low. Even furnaces with electric controls can be operated man ually for a limited period of time in case of emergency. And gas has an enviable safety rec ord, as shown by national sta tistics on fire causes, i The Blue Star Seal of Approv al on a gas heating unit indi cates that the equipment has passed rigid standards for safe ty, durability and perform ance. v These are some of the many reasons cited by satisfied cus tomers for their preference for gas heat. Other reasons include the convenience offered by auto matic gas systems, and the su perior comfort features of gas heat. Rooms are never too cold or too hot, too humid nor too dry, drafty, stagnant, dusty or odorous. SERVICE FOREMAN Mur ray L. Ncal, above, joined the California - Pacific Utilities Company in 1947 as an instal lation man in the tank gas de partment. Later he worked as a tank - truck driver and a serv iceman. He was made foreman of the Medford service depart ment in 1956, and during the past three years most of this time has been spent on the con version work in preparation for natural gas in the five South ern Oregon districts. During the past few months he has worked on the inspection of the Grants Pass-Ashland transmission line. Automatic Gas Refrigerators Offer Features More than 3 million American homes are now equipped with gas refrigerators, the American Gas Association reports. As these families can attest, gas refrigerators are the most dependable, economical and service-free units on the market. This is why manufacturers can now offer a 10-year warranty on the gas units. Modern, fully automatic gas refrigerators also offer a host of desirable features to provide maximum convenience and the safe storage and preservation of every type of food. Choice of Sizes These include glide out shelves, twin vegetable crispers, large meat keepers, door shelves, easy to open doors, full width interior lighting, butter keepers, portable egg trays and color-keyed interiors that are easy to keep clean. Beautiful color finishes and a wide choice of sizes are added reasons for the popularity of gas refrigera tors. . According to the American Gas Association, the automatic ice-maker is one of the most appreciated features ever of fered on a refrigerator. Fam ilies report that it is the ulti mate in convenience. As if by magic, the gas ice maker manufactures an unlimit ed supply of ice cubes without the labor of filling trays, spill ing water, and freezing your hands. As one cube is removed from the handy storage bin, another takes its place. Ice Taken Directly And the cubes won't stick to gether while they're waiting to be used. Instead of the ordinary chunks of ice, gas produces at tractive crescent-shaped disks which are "dried" before they are dropped into the storage bin to prevent their sticking. The ice, taken directly from the freezer compartment, is zero-degree cold. Yet the Inter ior of the gas freezer compart ment in the newest models is completely free of frost. This means that while food packages stored in the generous freezer compartment are completely frozen, they are not covered with ice. In fact, even the walls inside the freezer area never have ice deposits at any time. This feature is important be cause it completely eliminates the need for defrosting the re frigerator or freezer. Marvel lous new automatic gas controls make defrosting bid-fashioned. On Display ... Tht Urgsit Selection of ". GAS HEATING EQUIPMENT ; In Southern Oregon . ' ,( Space'Heateri Will Heaters Wall Furnicei , ' Forced Air Furnace Suipended Furnaces Infra Red Haaten Comb. Gat Hearer It Air Conditioner A Largo Selection of Makei end Models Authorised Coleman Dealer . NATURAL GAS EQUIPMENT CO. : Heating and Air Conditioning -1 1 W, Main Ph. 772-2322 '. Open Fridays 'Til 8 P.M. Satiirdaya 'Til Noon National Grange Votes on Tax Cut PORTLAND (UPI) -The Na tional Grange took up resolu tions on the final day of its 97th annual convention here Tuesday. The major issue scheduled to be voted on by the organiza tion's delegates at the end of the nine-day meeting was Presi dent Kennedy's proposed federal tax cut. The Grange's taxation com mittee Monday took a stand against the cut "unless accom panied by an equal amount of reduction in federal spending." The committee criticized "big government." It said "govern ment services should be fin anced and administered as far as possible at local and state levels." The committee also proposed that the f e d e r a 1 government withdraw from operations of businesses that can feasibly be operated by private enterprise. Grange Master Herschel Ncw som of Columbia, Ind., was elected to his seventh straight two-year term. Also re-elected were overseer A. Lars Nelson of Seattle, who is master of the Washington State grange, and lecturer Wil liam Brake of Lansing, Mich. APARTMENT SIZE GAS RANGE Mike Thii Thanksgiving a Modern Holiday With GAS. Your Central Point Headquarter! for Gat t Electrical Appliance! by Tappanette MODEL G-A 2 Flexo Special Oven Swing-Out Broiler All Porcelain With lift-Up Top for Easy Cleaning Fits In 20" Space Convenient Term! to Fit , Your Budget. NO MONEY DOWN Paulsen & Gates Appliance Central Point Phono 664-1259 largest Independent Dealer In Jackson County P12995) Plus Trade jJ . l , In v mmmmmmimmmtm -, - ,.,. x h:1? " a. atI: .... - , x f'J t&p l t , K- , s r 'I fii 1 1 - r''- i liiiu XT 1 vf - 1 - yJ.4 , i Uu Our sincere congratulations to California - Pacific Company on the dedication of natural gas to the Rogue River Valley. We are delight ed to b4 able to play a part in this vital and growing industry as it makes available to the residents of Southern Oregon a new source of energy. Because of the vision of theCal-Pac Utilities men and the new, powerful equipment available, the clean - burning flame of natural gas will perform efficiently in furnaces, hot water heaters, clothes dryers and kitchen ranges in this area. And so, we are proud to join in offering our congratulations to California-Pacific Utilities '. Company and our thanks for letting us play a part in this develop ment. -.-. : . . v. - U,' JUL! STEEL SEKVICI 741 South Grape Street COMPANY Phone 772-7197
