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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1928)
'SfAti:; 'i'KihtrtfR, tarwHmi. okrov. ' tttfradat. o argest Legion Band In America, From Albany, Oregon, IMedfoid for Veterans Conclav 1 o . . , Q I fevi j - - - . - 2 i A ; , ' , ,. bt-uch wrkh form a Junctiun in tho lower Applegitte valley west of Komie Klvcr valley. The Hoguo Uiver valley route on the Pacific highway tiike.s the autoist down to Gold Hill, the historic old mining camp on thu Hogue, which is now tho limestone center of Oregon, The highway from (iold Hill fol lows down the turbulent Hogue past I he city of itogue River to (.! rants I'uss, n distnmc of IS' nitles. At iJntnts l'uss is tht lii'Kinniiifl'1 point of tin fiwnous Itedwood hiKhway. making Us way thiouRh iht- UiPKOn inounlaifiK and famous liedwood forests of Oregon and California to the ocean hTich and on down the Citliloiniu count, mak. IriR .'i, Junction at t'r-scent City with the lloosevt-ll hiKhvvuy wln.i Intf noi thwar dftdlnvvin tie (.)r; " Kou leah route tu the Columbia i river. Leaving fJrants Iass on i1ih liedwood highway It takis you westward to thp junction of the, ; oilier Med ford road in lower Ai pleRate valley. The Apple(fat hiRhway from Medford leads past the old historical town of Jackson'' vllle, which In the early 'fiftlns c was the mining metropolis of the wlode leKion, and formerly tho county wat Jackson county,' which now is at Medford. From ' Jacksonville the autoist pusses ; over the itranile hills back of the"' ' oid town and drops down into the Apjtlet;ate valley, u most beautiful ' valley with its K'ceii acreaRe, sup porting farms, fruit, stock, mine and Umber. A twenty nillp drive lown a modern hard surfaced ; hiuhway through the valley lands jthe autoist on tho liedwood high way. Passing on over this highwny to i the coast it passen through tht) ; famous Illinois valley several times Uhe size of HoRue Hlver valley rich in farms, orchards, 'stock, dairvlmr. mines and timber, lit the middlo ! oi i ne va iley betw eeu Kerby and I Holland on the south this highwuy 'forms a Junction with the highway jto the Marble Halls of Oregon, or j the famous Josephine county caves. I.envirig Illinois valley past the famous old mining town Waldo, the highway begins to climb tho Oregon mountains, a prong of tho Siskiyou mountain and en tors the redwood forest of Oregon, and next the ocean beach at Crev.-ent City. Albany, Oregon boasts the largest and one of the finest American. Legion bands in the United States. This aggregation is one of the many featured of the Legion Convention this week and will tomorrow and Sat'-trday. It is an interesting fact that this organization has been chop en as the official Oregon state band at the state vair next month at Salem. - appear in concert in this city on several occasions vonight. FARM BEST PLAGE FOR INDIAN, SAYS BIG CHIEF LOOKOUT ments in hesitant hut distinctly win her favors when she is spoken Knglish. "1 want Osages luclunt to give. i to marry each other and keep thoj The Osages were industrious: tribe from dying out. I want my ; farmers as well as hunters when i 'people to show white brothers we 'chief Lookout was a young man. ' can live on homesteads and run, 'Hut today, except for oil derricks; our farms good. I think my peo-i rooted in tho soil, much of the1 pie happier it' they get out and; Osage land Krows nothing planted; work on their land. 1 want them ' by man. Many Indians, enjoying- .it raise chickens, grow fruit ami handsome Incomes from oil and orn and hous :nul cows. Then I pas royalties, have' built luxurious. 'know osages he better off it there ' homes in the three largest towns' PAWHl'SKA, Okla. (TP Fred : ho no oil. of Osago county. , Lookout, (IT, chief of tho Osage; "Home day oil go." he says, j Lack of improvements and dif Indians.' who have boon made rich "Maybe not In my lifetime. 1'er-: fieulty of obtaining long-time by oil, hopes they will be happier haps in my son's. Then what of b-ases have, kept wMiite tenant; when they agitin till tho soil from his children?."' ruim-rs away. A large part of whlrh their wealth flows. I Nature alwaya provides for the, the land, alloted 20 years ago lie In. agriculture he places the Indians who know nature's moods, tracts of t;fi7 acres, has passed in-1 hope. for erpetuatlon 'of tin tr.be. the chief telts his younger Mib- to hands of speculators, despite "Too many of my people inter- ' jects. Hut thonc whom nature , strict regulations 'of the federal mm-i-v with iiiiwi- nennle"' ho l:i - pamper, he warns, forget how to government . nut tne Indians navo 1 ,'elatned their homesteads of Hi) teres, which were Included In tho! jrlginal allotments, nnd all to-; gether they sTill hold about 1, 000,000 acres. "My people must keep land," the chief declares. . "Already they, toll too much. We must go hack to the Roll ho the tribe can live."- Ch;ef Lookout himself lives on a farm four 'miles from I'awhus kn. Too modest to call himself x model farmer, he is glad that his two sons uphold the ARIZONA P .0. CLERKS SOLVE LETTER PUZZLE SPITE SOLVIT LKTTKU I'llOKXIX, Ari-., agricul- writers who mis knowledge of English with Span wx ,,,i fin ,, deflelcnriOM woth,iated ns "tht! Medford is the county sent ftnn honetie snellintr keen the life of' rude ground metropolis of the Itogue River. J emploees but I'uslmnstei' James 111. MeCllntock found it easy. "It is intended for 'Huckeye'," hi! de-. dared, explaining that It is also! written "Itorcho, Vulture, Kl Vo. cny, Yoilearo and l'otiucy." ' l'hoenlx is written FienlcnH, 1'eheenlx, and l-'uinichix, while Metcftlfo comes as MyeuniV, Me fjulafi' ami eMebiuiapes. I Ktmetlnies the writers discard I ITZZLIOS 2-1 attempts to portray Knglish sounds' (Ay)-- Lettei ' with .Spanish letters but translate1 a smattering! t he sense ,of the nemo lust end. i I'ola Pnrad.i" is freely trims-; tall pole un the pa-i and means "Plag-! 10 THE COAST postal clerk in I he alloy and gateway io i,rnier f heeomim- dull. ,'A letter inscribed ' zona." puvr.li'd local Hoguo Hlver Valley- nirftTtinf of th world -The scenic A few hours ride from Medford over modern hlt;bwayn to the ocean bench at Creseent Oily near the t rcgn u ( 'a li lorn In state line has become a popular vacation spot dear to the hearts of all the people In southwestern Oregon and will be y real l1 enjoyed by I nth west staff." activities in this city. Orscwnt City eromiuie is wiilltm for Crown s .v,.;itH1it of this whole reuUuj. Hulcho, Ari-;K'ing, Plnlslou Kor Winslow andj There are iwn routes from .Med- piist oflfce Plrhspolng tor reach .prtngs. f,,ni tl the seenlc Oregon or Welcome Legionnaires GUS The Tailor ! :'-'-''Jr -.'- mweetmgs to Legio GYCCtlYlflS : arid Auxiliary Members jr vr llll III Legionnaires and Ladies Auxiliary Members American Laundry South Central Phone 166 nnaires C&E Fruit Co., Inc. PACKERS AND SHIPPERS "Cande" Brand ROGUE RIVER PEARS AND APPLES CashSale8 F. O. B. Sales Consignments Everywhere Eleventh and Fir Phone64 Medford, Ore.
