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CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO AID
IN ROGUE RIVER BUDGET -
MAKING NAMED
If the drainage situation west
of Pine street In Rogue River Is to
be cared for out of the city bud­
get next year, it is likely that a
tax boost to co llec t $2,000 Addi­
tional w ill be necessary.
That was the opinion of Mayor
Fred Dengler and several of the
city councilman and to help them
in their findings, a citizens bud­
get com m ittee of three was nam ­
ed. They are:
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Vera Bayless, Nick Nlquette.
and Ed Kron.
The drainage problem has worr­
ied the residents of Pine street
area for som etim e and several
have appeared before the city
council asking that something be
done.
It was estimated that $2,000
would be needed to adequately
drain the area
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Rogue River. Oregon
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April 23,1953
THE TIMES
FISH STORY
ROD AND GUN CLUB TO ASK
AID IN GETTING MORE FUND
FOR FISH WORK
COMMUNITY FAIR
Plans are progressing for
the Rogue River Community Fail.
Local leaden are encouraged by
the enthusiastic response of those
contacted.
Leaders w ill be available
for local 4-H Clubs. Projects
planned include Forestry, Farm
Electricity, and Camp Cooking.
These three subjects of local im ­
portance and interest have not
been practiced extensively in the
past by local 4-H groups.
In Home Economics for
4-H girls leaden are also avail,
able.
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A m eeting for anyone in ­
terested in this work, or leading
a group, and those who are now
in 4-H Clubs w ill be held at the
Fellowship Hall of Hope Presby­
terian Church on Friday, May 1st
at 7:30 p. m.
Miss Jean Brooks from the
county extension office w ill be
present to answer questions and
give advice.
e sire to keep the above
date open for this important
m eeting, and don't forget the
dead-line is May 1st for naming
• the Rogue River Youth Fair,
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL MAY 2
The Spring Musical of the
Rogue River Schools w ill be pre -
sen ted on Saturday, May 2, at
the High School Gym.
Tte primary grades, under
the direction of Mrs.B.M.Kearns
w ill sing and do rhythm games
and folk dances from 7:30 to 8
p. rfi.
The High School Musical
w ill begin at 8 p .m . The theme
is “Far Awgy P laces.”
The Musical was o g g in -
ally scheduled for May 1st, but
the school and music director,
Mr. M ichaelis. graciously chan
ged the date so as not to interfere
with the Enti< prise Grange Fash
ioti Show to be held on May 1st.
No. 71
10 Cents_
NO CHINOOK HAVE BEEN com the fish ladder on the south side
has been closed. Fish and Game
ing up the Rogue River past the
men this week were attempting
Savage Rapids dam because of
the work being done and because by tunnelling and flooding the
CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
A lice Sanders of Rogue
River has been chosen chairman
of the livestock and farm crops
booths of the 1953 Oregon State
college Agricultural weekend
May 1 and 2.
Events for the weekend in ­
clude horse.sheep, hog, beef and
dairy showmanship contests, crop
j u d g ii^ a luncheon, rodeo, out­
door steak fry, and a dance. Agri
cultural weekend has been a tradi
tion for approximately 20 years
on the OSC campus.
Miss Sanders, junior in agri
culture, is the daughter of Mr. ant
Mrs. Frank R. Sanders, St. of Rogue
River.
The Gold Hill Rod and Gunclut
whose members include sports -
men in the Gold Hill-Rogue Riv­
er area, Monday night voted to
ask other fish and game organiza
tions to help them secure a larg­
er state appropriation for fish pro
pagatlon.
Ired were sportsmen over what
appeared to be a slight of the ar­
ea by the State Fish and Game
Commission whose spokesman.
Cole Rivers, told the club:
“ If there is fish in any part of
the Rogue, sportsmen can reach
them easy with modem transpor­
tation. "
Motel owners complained that
people cam e to the area ex p ect­
ing to be able to fish and to c a t­
ch fish along the banks of the Rog
tunnel to allow fish to use the
ue.
old ladder, according to Cole
• More outspoken was Milton
River, state biologist. Salmon dc Steinm etz, Gold Hill council­
not use river's north side ladder
man and ardent fisherman. Said
he:
"1 believe what we need is a
new fish and game commission.
Y oj've set up rules and policies
that you feel ate law . Some of
f e
you sit too long in one spot. ”
He pointed out that a few years
ago the Rogue had plenty of fish
and that deer were plentiful. At
that tim e, he said, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vlr
ginia had little gam e and prac­
tica lly no fish.
Those states got themselves
some good fish and game com -
inissioners and now they have
plenty of fish and plenty of deer
while Oregon is living on her past
reputation.
Rivers complained that there
was only $ 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 available
for fish propagation work and on
this plea the club voted to Join
with other sportsmen and to ask
the legislature for more funds.
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TO SPEAK AT MINING MEET
Fay Bristol, President of
the Oregon Mining A »ociation
w ill spepk on Chrome at the
House Select Small Business Com
m ittee hearing on the Mining
Program which is to be held in
FASHION SHOW
San Francisco April 25th.
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This meeting is under the
The Enterprise Grange
sponsorship of the Oregon Mining
Fashion Show w ill be g iv e s May
Association, Los Angeles Chamb­
1st at the Evans Valley School
er of Comm erce, San Francisco
Gym at 8 pm.Burleson’s of Med­ Chamber of Commerce, and the
ford are supplying all fashions
Nevada Mining Association.
from bathing suits to wedding
gown-
100 YEARS OLD TODAY was Mrs.
ROGUE RIVER TRACKSTERS
Small children w ill be
W .S.C asey, pictured above, wh<
Rogue River grade school ath­
cared for du ln g the show.
resides at Route 1 Box 407, Gold
letes showed their elder brothers
Hill (just east of Rogue Riser)
MOTORBOATS TO BE KEPT
how to do it on the Rogue River
with
Effie Badley. Mrs. C a s e y
AWAY FROM RAPIDS DAM
track last Saturday, defeating
Eagle Point 50 to 31.
was born in Illinois on April 23,
A line of buoys is to be place
On the same day in a triangul­ 1853, and today was to celebrate
1,000 feet above Savage Rapids
ar m eet Rogue River high school with her son sod three daughters
dam to keep ripples from dam ­
scored 36 points while Illinois
but Illness in the fam ily prevent­
aging the work now being done
Valley was scoring 58 1/2 and
ed the planned celebration
there, it was announced this
Eagle Point 56 1 /2 /
w eek.
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WEATHER
COUNTYWIDE GRADE SCHOOL
TRA^K MEET SET FOR MAY 2
School authorities said this
week that plans were being made
far a countywide grade school
track m eet at Rogue River on
May 2.
T h o« Interested in further d e­
tails should phone W illiam E » e l-
styn at the Rogue River grade
school.
Planes operated for the Rogue
River Valley Traffic Association
have twice been In the air this
month breaking up clouds that
might have brought rain, hall,
or snow to the valley.
Both flights were of short dur­
ation and were made on April 6
and April 9th.
The traffic association has re­
ported it w ill announce weakly
how many flights were ma da.
There has been some suggest*
Ions that the fruitgrowers follow
the lead of Copco and ca ll a
meet of the various group« mon­
thly to report on their activtes.
Copco reported monthly 00 the
cloud seeding for snow work.