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Mail Tribune 100, Nov. 15, 1922 By Alissa Corman Nov 15, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Nov. 15, 1922 AWARD CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION CITY RESERVOIR The city council at its meeting last night took action on two important water matters when it awarded the contract for building the new reservoir and passed the ordinance creating lower meter rates for the large commercial users of water. Three bids were submitted for the construction of the new reservoir of 2,000,000 gallons capacity, the lowest and best of which the councilmen deemed to be that of Lindstrom & Felgenson of Portland at $27,461, and therefore that concern’s bid was accepted. The other bids were those of C. J. Seamon of Medford at $28,843, and R. I. Stewart of Medford at $28, 527. Each bid was accompanied by a 5 percent certified check and was in accordance with the plans and specifications previously laid down by the city council. Construction work on the new reservoir will be begun at once after Lindstrom & Felgenson have threshed out full details of the work with the water committee of the council and other city officials. This firm, which is just finishing its contract of erecting the bridges on the new Crater Lake highway section, will be through with that work in a few days, and then will start its crew to work at building the reservoir. Already much of the concern’s machinery used on the highway is in storage in this city, so that there will be no delay in getting to work quickly. The ordinance embodying the new meter rates for the large commercial users of water was passed without debate as all the details had been threshed out at previous meeting of the council. LOCAL AND PERSONAL A treat in legitimate attractions is being arranged for the theater patrons of Medford and the valley at the Page by George Hunt, who is encountering difficulty in arranging the list because of the railroad situation and changing of schedules of high class attractions. Good news is that Mitji, the light opera queen, and Kolb and Dill, the comedians, both of which attractions are always sure fire favorites in Medford, will be here in December, and Mitji and her company will play here Christmas day. The full local list of attractions will be announced later. The first attraction of the season is the Georgia Minstrels, who are coming soon on their annual visit. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]