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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTCE. MELTORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 16. 1940. Applegate-Star Gulch Trip Suggested For Weekly Wonderland Outing COUNTRY RICH IN HISTORY OF GOLD DAYSJSMD Logtown and 'Chinee' linn's Diggings on Route of 80-Mile Trip. Bf KARL JANOUCH Quit oftei. you wiih to tak short trip but are rather re luctant to follow the main high way! and routei of travel. You have, on the other hand, a de fire to get on a more out of the way road and, traveling leisure ly, enjoy more of the surround lng scenery than a fast highway trip will allow. Then ride out to the Applegate, leave the main road and wind your way over the Star Gulch road through "Nature's Wonderland." Vou travel over the Medford Jacksonville Highway via West Main 6 tree t, and are soon pas sing through some of the small farms and orchards for which the Rogue River Valley Is justly famous. Continuing on through Jack sonville, you climb between the Applegate and Rogue River drainages. The first sight that meets the ye, as you top this rise, is the awful spectacle of an expanse of charred and blackened skel etons that once were a green and thrifty forest. This is lo cally known as the Poorman's Creek burn and Is the result of a cigarette carelessly tossed from a passing automobile. The fire started on a hot, dry day In September. 1984, and in two short hours had ravaged 3,600 acres of tlmberland. Remember, plea.se, there will be many more hot, dry days. On the left in the burn, you see where the earth has been torn up and tossed aside, as If Paul Bunyon and his great blue ox had plowed a giant furrow up this draw toward the top of the distant ridge. Here, washing out the gold and depositing the "tailings" In its wake, as It crawls slowly toward the end of the stresk of "pay dirt." Many other similar sights will be observed on this trip since the Applegate region Is still rich in gold, and mining Is an active Industry. At 11.0 miles you see, on the left, a yellow rose In full bloom. This In Itself is rather insigni ficant, but pause a moment to consider this history of this lone bush, the only survivor of a once prosperous mining town. This is the site of old Logtown, established sometime after the rush to Jacksonville In thu early SO's. The name was derived from the houses, built of heavy MEDFORD CKiONVlLlt, Applegate -Star Gulch; all milage from Medford. A. Star Ranger Station, 20 ml'es. Information regarding this area may be obtained here. B. 2S.9 miles turn right to Tallow- box Mountain Lookout. A drive of 3.4 miles and a short walk bring us to the summit of Tallowbox Mountain. C. Car berry Creek Forest Camp, 42.5 miles. D. Junction with Big Applegate road, 47 miles. Applegate CCC camp mile south. Famous Blue Ledge copper mine, 7 miles southeast E. McKee Bridge Camp Ground, 87 miles. Excellent swim ming hole located here. Community kitchen, stoves, tables and other facilities for camping and picnicking. two streams In the early days of mining. At 17.6 miles you turn right across the Big Applegate River and follow closely along its west bank for two miles to the Star Gulch road. Turn right and as you travel along it for a short distance you begin to see some change In the forest cover. The shrubbery and hardwood trees such as madrona, maple and oak, are supplemented by a fairly heavy stand of large Douglas firs. You also see many wild flowers in bloom along the way wild roses, mountain lilac, California pop ples, service berry and many other species dot the hillsides. At 25.5 miles you reach the Tallowbox Mountain Lookout road. If you desire to get an excellent panoramic view of the surrounding country, drive up this road for 3.4 miles, park your car and walk one-quarter mile to the lookout house, which is situated on the very summit of the mountain at an elevation of 5.021 feet. This lookout, slong with many similar ones, is main tained as an integral part of the fire detection system. During the fire season, the man sta tioned here keeps constant vigil over the country below him. As side trip, you ran continue past the camp for .9 mile, turn left for 1.6 miles, then right for 3.7 miles, finally arriving at the Blue Ledge mine. This copper mine wss worked extensively from 1906 to 1908, and about three million dollars were spent in Its development; five un- dred men were employed there at one time. It closed down to later reopen during the war when the price of copper rose to a high level. The Hutton postoffice, which served this area, was located near the Hut ton Guard station, but was later moved to the Copper store; how ever, this postoffice has now passed out of existence. Returning to the Applegate road, and subsequently to where you turned to the right onto it, you continue on down the river towards Medford. At 86 9 miles you cross the Big Applegate River over the McKee Bridge and arrive at the McKee Bridge Forest Camp. This free public camp Is well equipped with numerous stoves Y CHIEF, TO LEAVE Announcement was made yesterday of the advancement and transfer of Capt. Reginald H. Vincent to the Portland head quarters corps with station at 6tn avenue and Burnside street Captain Vincent will be In charge of all the downtown area of Portland for the Salvation ' Army. With his wife and four child ren, Captain Vincent will leave here for his new post June 25. He has been in charge of the Medford district for the past two years. During that time he has made numerous friends here and established a reputa tinn as a sincere and efficient velfare and religious worker Tne board of directors here ex pressed regret over his depar . ture from Medford. Captain Vincent will be sue SALES MANAGER Byv',iiiji ii ssssaiye aww Earle F. Stanton, well known automobile man and former ceeded here by Capt. Charles resident of this city, has been Cox who is being transferred : apointed sales manager for Lap from the San Francisco head- ham Motors, Medford dealers quarters corps. Captain Vox has for Ford. Lincoln-Zephyr and been Identified with tho Salva lion Army for about ten years and is reputed to be a capable worker. In addition to San Francisco he has filled Salva tion Army posts in Cheyenne. V. yo., and Pueblo. Colo. Captain Vincent came here to replace Adjutant G. R. Durham who had been transferred to Portland. After a year in Port land, Adjutant Durham was transferred to Seattle, Wash., Mercury automobiles. He has already assumed active charge of the sales department of the local firm, according to Stan Lapham. Mr. Stanton has es tablished his home in Medford and his son. Earle, is associated with the state fish and game commission. Recently Mr. Stanton has been sales manager for Isaac Tower, Ford dealer at Marsh field, a position which he held crease of 40 percent over our used car mark made in Febru ary, an Increase of ten over May of 1939." said Mr. Hurd. The outstanding success of the recent used car campaign was attributed to the excellent stock of makes and models that Rogue River Chevrolet is offer ing the motoring public. "Many of the cars we have on display are actually lets than one year old," Mr. Hurd pointed out. "Our used car experts have checked and doubled checked all models to assure every pur chaser an automobile that will give dependable, safe and eco nomical transportation. In con tinuing this great used car sale, we again offer the buying pub lic the greatest values we have ever extended." and is now about to be trans-; for two years. Previous to that ferred to Spokane, Wash. For the six months ended April 28, the Salvation Army here had revenues of $5,474 15 and expenses of $5,467.18, leav ing a balance of $8.97 on April 28, it was shown in reports sub mitted to the board of directors at Thursday's luncheon meet ing in the Hotel Medford time he was sales head of auto mobile concerns In La Grande. He began his career In this business in 1922 while attend ing the Utah Agricultural col lege. In 1927 he was affiliated with the Cadillac company In this state, later going to Minne apolis with the Cadillac factory branch. There he traveled WHEAT PRICE UP TO SEASON BEST Chicago, June 15. (JF) Wheat prices closed "s-'i cent higher today near the best level of the session after swinging er ratically over a range of about 1V4 cents. An early advance of li-'i cent influenced largely by an upturn in securities, was followed -by a quick setback, during which prices tumbled Ha to 1V4 cents from the highs. In the final half hour the recovery was resumed. Strength of stocks and pros pects of substantial government purchases of flour over the week-end stimulated most of the buying. Selling was attributed to -dealers evening up accounts for the week-end in -view of un certainties resulting from con tinued allied reverses. Favor able crop reports also had a bearish effect. Closing prices were 80-797ic for July and 80H-4c for September. Closing Urn for Too Late to ciae alfj Ada u 1J0 p. m. WALL ST. SHAKES OFF WAR WORRY New York. June 15. P) The stock market again shook off war worries and concen trated on home business pros pects today with the result leading Issues stepped out of a generally bullish week well on the advancing side. Steels, along with other as sorted war stocks, were prin cipally favored and, at the best, gains ranged from on to more than three points. Top marks were halved in many rases at the close, as traders lightened commitments pending possibly unsettling news from abroad over the week-end. It was not a one-way market today, despite the predomin ance of plus signs. Aircrafts backed away, apparently on the thought of French cancel lation of plane orders, although it was believed the United States would take everything that could be turned out in the aviation field. Stocks finishing ahead In cluded U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, Crucible, Chrysler, American Telephone, Dow Chemical, Westinghouse, Union Carbide, Eastman Kodak, Loft, Ameri can Car & Foundry, Santa Fe, Anaconda, Kennecott, Sears Roebuck and Consolidated Edi- Demand For Buick In Every Section Recent Sales Show Flint, Mich., June 15 Con sistent retail demand In every section of the country was re flected in sales reported today by W. F. Hufstader, Buick gen eral sales manager, according to Hobart Price, sales manager for Skinner's Garage, local Buick dealers. The executive anonunced that domestic deliveries of Buick motor cars during May totaled 26,072 units, a 32 percent in crease over last year, while the company entered June with nearly 8,000 unfilled orders on hand. Sales during the last ten daya of the month registered sharp increase over the previous per iod, Mr. Hufstader said, reflect ing the strong tone of the mar ket. He said there had been a good Buick market during the recent weeks snd that he looked for continued strength this sum mer. Used car movement was par ticularly active during May, ha said, with a total of 48.707 units being sold by Buick dealers In the United States. This was the best month's used car volume this year and compared with 37.657 in June last year, a gain of more than 11.000 units. The executive said there apears to be a stiffening in this depart ment ever since the first of the year. Buick dealers' used car sales are on the basis of a 28 days supply, representing norm al field stocks for this season. Bring Americans Horns. Galway, Ireland, June 15. (IP) With the U. S. liner Wash ington already on her way to New York with 1,768 American refugees on board, it was under stood here today that the Man hattan will arrive in Europe within the next 12 days to take home 4.000 American citizens who fled from Paris. WtMaU lu...nhrevWrtors' SI rnan- i George T. Frey, chairman, pre- through the Minnesota area es slded at the meeting. jtablishing dealerships. Again The activity report for the coming west, he was connected six months listed the following relief work: Garments given away, 190; pairs of shoes given away, 16; families given gro cery orders, 23; layette sets given away, 17; pounds of veni son distributed, 600; gallons of skim milk distributed. 1650: meals given, 958; beds given, 1106; jobs found. 13. The milk distributed, the re port said, was donated by Sni der's Dairy & Produce company and the Lost River Dairy. Religious activities for the and tables, bonfire pits, bath house, community kitchen etc. p(.riod wer. ,ummarired a, fol :.A.,:C . ""' "Mows: open air meetings. 59; in soon as a fire is sighted, he de- logs to protect their ocrpuants termlnes its location and tele- from the Indians as well as the elements. The site Is at the con fluence of Poorman's Creek and Forest Creek, then known as Jackasa Creek. It Is known that a Mrs. Lung, who had a store and handled the mail here, was murdered and robbed of a con siderable sum of money which she mad from buying gold from the miners In the vicinity. Like many other early mining phones this information to the district ranger. Prompt action is then taken for its suppression. The guard on duty there now will be glad to explain in detail how this system works. He will also point out such promi nent Peaks as Anderson Butte, Red Butte, Mountain McLough lin, Wagner Butte and many others, in addition to the Inter esting pattern of towns and towns, this one soon became ! farms on the valley floor far a "Ghost town" when the below. earth's rich store of yellow me tal became depleted. At 1S.2 miles you enter Ruch. a settlement started about 50 years ago by Casper Riu-h. now deceased. He first had a black smith shop, later added tobacco and candy, finally closed the Returning to the Star Gulch road and climbing steadily for about thre and one-half miles you begin to catch occasional glimpses of the Thompson and Carberry Creek drainages, and at 39.3 miles you cross the di vide to begin your descent ..V. i-K i 1 , . IV-s Z L " ra"" " door services, miiicu, nas proven io De ex vptlonally popular to the sev eral thousad visitors which use ii encn year. Mere you may ciBS, w. ac-iirpiiiiiciita ana resi before continuing to Medford and bringing to a close another of the very delightful trips in Medfard's Rogue Wonderland. SWABIANS ENLIST IN GERMAN ARMY 130; other meet ings, 39; Home League meetings '15; total attendance, 6 9 5 6. Young people: Sunday school 208; Y. P. Legion, 26; corps cadet classes, 44; total at tendance, 4594. with a Medford concern before leaving for Marshfield. Earle Stanton is active In var ious fraternal groups, was an officer in the Marshfield Lions club and other organizations of the Coos Bay area. He is a member of American Legion Post 1 of Portland and asso ciated with Webfoot chapter, D. A. V. Chevrolet Pushes Successful Drive With Advertising DEFENSE BILL TO T Bucharest. Rumania. June IS -H.y-Nei.rly 5.000 Sw.blans , from Washington. D. C v.. . . m,,3j i, nuia nrrr reported in diplomatic circles today to have renounced Rumanian cit izenship and to have enlisted in Continuation of the Intensive sales and advertising activities which contributed so largely to the sharp sales gain in used cars made by Chevrolet dealers dur ing May was announced here today by Mr. Hurd, Chevrolet dealer of Medford. "The records of sales for tbe month just ended show one of the most successful used car campaigns we have ever had," said Mr. Hurd. "Persons plan- vacations have taken ad- ge of the tremendous sav ings offered at this time and have purchased cars that will Portland. June 15 -P The ' v ,nem PeaK Performance at $5,000,000,000 defense bill has 1 gr"at economy." a bright side. Willis Mahonev' During the month of May. declared yesterdav on arrival Ro" River Chevrolet sold 51 usea cars ana irucxs. accora- The Orecon rielroat. in ih. mg to Mr. Hurd. "This up- Democratic national convention ! ,wing in Mlcs represents an In- predicted some of the money said b I mng i vantag blacksmith shop and opened the through a thick forest Into Car present store and also became j berr.v Creek. Here, you may postmaster. His wife now car-j also see many wild asters and ties on the business of the store j bmadaea. or wild onion. In Her you leave the Medford- bloom. Provolt highway and continue You reach th Thompson strsight ahead toward the I'p-jCrwk road and turn left. per Applegate River. At 42 5 mile vm i...k t At 15.9 miles you cross the Carberry Creek Forest Camp. I Little Applegate River and get i where you may stop to lunch I the first clear view of the Big and rest. I nppirsaie nivcr. it is said that Continuing down th creek' one "Chinese" Linn, a Chinese! you reach the Applegat road the German army in answer I. l,. particularly shipyards. He said Informed Washing- a nazi appeal for volunteers. (This dispatch, transmitted via Budapest, was delayed by the Hungarian hours). ton, D. C. circles exnrct the censor for 19 European war to continue from 'three to five years. A PAINTER OF REPUTATION Daily's Auto Painting l Sooth Bartlttt In a Nash "Sleeper"! miner, and his associates took about one and one-half mill'on dollars In gold from the vicin ity of the confluence of these' and here you may turn right. 1 travel one-half mil and visit, the Applegate CCC Camp. If you wish to make a longer AERPLAKfE BUJBLBEIRS mutual opportunity tor mra. IS te SS I. tw iperlaU? tnuoM set toady la S te IS atrki Mr airplane orm.tructlon la lart Call lor Bla alrplaa factory; minimum slartlni aat tor Ihl. aork W pr hour, rart tuition. tranportallo nreax l atari: katanr tullloi at of pai aau job. FOR INFORMATION Writ er Prion MSI F. L. RUSH 1237 N. Riverside Madlord. Orjon C"" tuts srvvt In the car that's 'made" for vacation! 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