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Home My WebLink AboutC.P. American 02/24/1955'HTJRSDAY, FEHR~TA)EtY 24, lg~, .~ - - HERE'S MORE ABC>UT _ Water Line ~PropQ8a1 (continued from .page one) .for repair and the city could ~. without wateF during that time. A future papuletiorr groti-th in, the city ~ to -3000 wauId require 2600 gallons of water per minute for'fire flow and normal -use, the eng#neer said. _ Building water storage for one.. half milion gallons. would l~st- pone construction of a new water line, I.ee said. Ground storage reservoir would cost about $25; 000 and elevated storage would cost about $60,000, she estimated: ~ontructi~ng a pipeline to sup- ply the city's needs would cost an estimated $79,000, Zee stated. ~By going in with the Eik qty district, the city would save one. half of this cost. 'City councilmen agreed to get more facts on the proposed water line from engineers from the~Elk ~Ci'ty Water District and frrom bonding attorneys. Should councilmen decide in favor of the pipe line, city voters: will be asked to approve or re- ject abond issue to provide funds for construction of Central Point's share. MYERS BUYS PROPERTY Mr. and Mrs. James -F. -Myers: have purchased „the J. H. Hill property on Table Rock road, 1Vledford and will make thgir home there in the near future. This transaction. .was handled through the M and M Agency. C.P. American 1955 ~ Leather Craft BON OOUNTY. OAEOON THIIRBDAY. FEBRUARY g4, 1965 ~ NUMBER 17 - ~a ~ ~x l_: ~a#a y ~-~`lmen .National FFA Week Observed by Display A window display m recognl- t[on of National rPA Week has been prepettd al the N, A. Mead buUdfng on Pine street by Crater Mhaptar, Future ff'stmere o3 AmeNca. - The ohaDter, under the dlrec- lion .of Leonard Kunanan, voca- l ilori ~agrlcullure ~advJsor, is 3n n its ~llfth year a! activity at Crater Hlgh school. Donn John- - r son !s phaDler ,president. A .total of 73.boye era members - of the local ohappr. s - Florence Cachelin i Wins Kashbox Award of $432. Mrs. Florence Cachelln of Cent- s, rat Point was presented a check for ;432 Wednesday afternoon t ns the first winner in the KMEA _ Kashbox contest, _ Presentation of tho check and _ a lope recording with Mra. Cech- olio was made-Wednesday utter-.- Krupp, Kincaid Re-appointed-. Tor' Plan Board J, R. Rrupp and W. B. Kincaid were re-appointed to the CUy Planning Commieaton'(pet Thurs- day ovanin6 byMayor SDonald E. Faber at the regular adltnvned ttfeetin6 of the ally ~eottneH. Terms of both 4Crupp and Kln- caid hAt nzpired. City Counoll mambero gave unanimuoa ap• prove! to flue re•appointmtmts. In other business, cotmcil- men okayed the trip by Recorder Alden •Plnkham and Ira Brock to Sllverton to pick vp the usod street swoeper purchased from Silverton. Sweeping brooms for the mn- chlno will be wound by Medford, Pinkham reportdd. A report on the posaibillty u[ having the Medford ,1'`Ire Depart- ment dispatch local the storms was made by ReeoMer Plnkhnm. He atnted that Medford ottlcials tell lhn! this proclitr would souse confuaidn because ot_-Lha sim~(arily-g~sAreg~tamea. Two t worse mra. GaCI1C1ID reeelved her °'•-° °' "° 5./uuCU uemr'e anc e sales slip. { new telephone dial system is In- ~:~~Y:. atituted, _. _ . 'r'oe winner staled that the cor- rect answer came to her vrhen she heard the clue, "I don't want logo beck to jail,' since license plnlea.are made at the state pen- itentiary. After her anewm• wee received, station offlclaL tried to contact Mre, Cechelln. Unable to rasda her, They brradcest the announce- ment. Mrs. - acbelin heard Wee broadcast abut 2 p.m. Wednes- and contacted the station. s ROIIVE VALLEY WEATHER f U. $. Wallthas Btrraau 4 ' Max. Min. Free, Feb. l7 43 20 T t' Feb. 18 40 20 Feb. 70 49 20 Fab. 20 50 20 Fels. 21 90 21 1. Feb. 22 g0 30 n Feb. 23 54 25 r. Outlook for this weekend calls e fnr possible showers. Tempera- C.P. American 1955 [ores below normal. naung seem reveBUea. TIIeM la state legislation' pending which would ban use of specl0l mluus ligurea. -Rural Firemen Lease Drill Si#e Central Point Rural Fire dc- pentmenl has leased a plot of ground on Heall Lane for de• velopmenfa as a drill grounds. The plot of Innd, Ito lest 6y 150 feel, was lcasod from South- ern Oregon Planing Mill Co. - According to Chief Richard Krupp, the drill grounds, when completed, will coniain a smoke chamber, drill tower, nil pit and nn open drill' area fnr staging practice fires. Last Sunday, fire depnrlment volunteers deercd and leveled the ground. They also set up the motel building whicb will be used as a smoke chamber. It is expected thin the drill grounds will i>e completed in iwo months. Facts and [igurea relating to the proposed water mats exten• sion to Central 9bfnt from Med• ford to the Elk City Water Dts- trict warn presented to eily co~n~ cllmen Thursday ovening In their regular ad~eurned trounell session. The now water lino hat been ie the talking stags tof the past sev seal months. ]artphm~t has Como teem iha Elk city DGtrkt which !s ptatming a-bond Wuc to build a water Una aervko Irom Mcd- lwd.lo nerve the Elk City sera. Spokaurlon Srom the 81k Clty dUtrlet have appcollched the Contras ~Polni ally truncil to join with them In tka building plan end sham the cosh of the 13no. City Altornoy Kent Hlockhurel, Clly -Recorder Arden Pinkhem and Hob Lea, Medford water aup• crlntendenq prosented Lecluel In- formation to coundlmon of the Thursday mceting. Atlornoy Hlackhurat stated that the conlrect with Lha Elk City district would dotermino whether the city could ]ogaUy bond them- selvca to build a water Ilnc- in rnuperallon with a water dbtrid. Whether the dty can bond far a wnlcr Isno outside the Illy they will not own or maintain would depend on the contract betwetn .lhc.city-and-the-district, rho st..,. tvrney sold, - Willi Dutt up for ronot9al~ In Novembcq 1955. coils toT 400,000 gallons of [valor par dpy from Medford. Tho present algid-inch water main serving iho city has a eop• achy of 700 gallons por minute. The peak load use during a day has been measured at 880 gallops per minute,. Pinkttam said. The present use crowds fhe cepaolty oY the Tine in use. Willer Supl. I.ee, who appanred to give the council tactual In- totmaHon, staled that the present water line is satisfactory for iho present poputefion. It lv not too good tar the lire load requirement of 1500 gallana per minute, ha said. The city storage tank, with a capacity of 55,000 gallons has. a fire slow of 45 minutes. The ze- quirement is a two hour fire flow. This means, I.ee said, that the city is short between 1300 and 1400 gallons per minute fw tlto flow requircmcnla end normal use. The single supply line Ia also bed in ensc nt hrenW, T.ec said, since several hours ere required lConlinucd an page lour) ~'''~ r ~