THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News 10 YEARS AGO
July 26, 2012
After 35 years of constant use things are liable to break down. In the case of the Medford electric utility’s south substation a breakdown at 2:20 a.m. on March 12 prompted the city to look at long-term replacement of switchgear at the facility at a cost of $614,000. According to Roy Mattson, city electric utility manager, the switchgear is located in a grey metal building at the substation located along Whelen Street in downtown Medford. The structure dates from 1977 but some of the parts inside are even older as parts from 1974 were used to replace parts which had previously broken.
25 YEARS AGO
July 23, 1997
Approval of this year’s school budget and tax levy will be an unusually interesting process this year. When citizens attend the Medford Area School District annual meeting next Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the Medford Area Elementary School, they will have some decisions to make that will have an impact for years to come. First of all, the process is complicated by the fact that the state legislature has not passed the state funding budget on to the Governor yet for his okay. Until that happens, school officials must operate on their “best guess” and almost anything could theoretically happen with state funding.
50 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1972
A local tax levy of $1,102,152 was approved at the annual Medford area school district meeting Monday evening in the auditorium at the junior high school. This figure is less $60,000 that had been proposed to be used for the purchase of an elementary site. The proposed budget would be $2,893,575. Over 500 voters attended the meeting.
75 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1947
Solution of the critical water shortage problem should come tomorrow when water from the new well on the former Forrest Taylor property southeast of Medford is turned into the city water system. The Layne-Northwest Company has completed drilling the well and installing the new pump, and 2,900 feet of new water mains have been laid, connecting the new well with existing lines in the city.
100 YEARS AGO
July 27, 1922
The Larson Construction Co. of Eau Claire had men and teams on the job Tuesday morning getting Medford’s streets ready for paving. The first work was plowing up the stone on Division Street between the courthouse and Main Street; it was a tough job to get started. One stone removed from close to the surface was several feet in diameter.
125 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1897
Mr. James Jones of the drug firm of Jones & Son , Cowden, Ill., in speaking of Dr. King’s New Discovery says that last winter his wife was attacked with la grippe, and her case grew so serious that physicians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop into Hasty Consumption. Having Dr. King’s new discovery in store, and selling lots of it, he took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she began to get better from first dose and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound and well. Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at Suits Drug Store.
