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Boat Trip On Rogue River Offers Many Thrills For Pleasure Seekers
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY 14. 1940.
AND FISHING ARE
Guides Needed for Gold Hill
Rogue River Cruise
Scenery Thrills
By Dwlghi Houghton.
Todav. you will travel
oldest highway known to man;
so prepare yourself for a ride
on the most picturesque by-way
In southern Oregon. There are
no right or left turns, no side
roads to wander off onto, and
no signposts to watch for. Just
light your pipes and cigarettes,
too, for on this journey you
can throw your burning matches
and live ashes on either side
and even the forest service
won't object. You're riding the
Roaring Rogue.
Many cordial and capable
guides are at your bidding to
pilot your family or party along
all the Interesting stretches ot
this grand stream. One of these
particular stretches lies between
the little cities of Gold Hill
and Rogue River.
Our visitors, knowing of the
rapids, chutes and whirlpools
which abound on our Rogue,
will expect to find big, sturdy
boats of oak, sheathed in metal
to ward ' off vicious blows of
hard rocks, so don't feel too
unsteady if you find yourself
in a flat-bottomed contraption
of cedar and plywood.
Without further to-do, you are
pushing off (early in the morn
ing, we hope) into the still pool
beneath the highway 99 bridge.
Sunbeams will ' be slippina
through the heavy green bank
foliage, starting threads of va
por wherever they strike the
smooth water. The muffled
squeak of the oarlocks only
emphasize the peaceful quiet
of the waking world. Just as
that cozy feeling is beginning
to sink in nicely, your guide
will pull a quick reverse on
the oars and the trusty scow
will turn end for end in the
twinkling of. an . eye with the
stern now downstream. There
you will sit with both feet
wedged in the corners of the
plywood and the sight meeting
your startled gaze will be a wee
bit disconcerting for the mo
ment. Directly in front is a
sizeable rapid; a foaming, jump
ing mass of harried water curv
ing to the north of a lane of
willows. If you have ever rid
den down a long, steep stair
way in a boat, while someone
stood at the bottam and squint
ed a hose up your trouser legs,
it is the same experience and
you are a fellow Rogue river
boatman. A frantic glance at
your pilot will only find him
puffing on his faithful pipe and
looking as contented as the cat
which had just swallowed the
canary.
A short stretch of quiet water
brings hearts back to normal.
The river is now split by a tiny
island and you go slithering off
to port right Into another one
of those things which make the
steelhead such a hardy fellow.
This rapid is short but packs
a terrific wallop and the white
caps are Just the right height
to make a few feet very wet.
Your guide may comment that
those are the worst " boomers"
on the trip.
Next is a long sluggish
stretch, so the boy of the boat
goes back wheee the bow ought
to be. This, of course, puts
the stern, and you, on the right
end also. From now on, it is
first one enH down stream and
then the other. You change
your point of view as often a
an old -time politician. The
quickening pace of the still
smooth water, tells of your ap
proach to Patrick Riffle. The
water horizon seems to drop
away into a pocket of greenery.
A murmur amplifies to a roar
and there you are. hurrying by
one of the finest salmon and
steelhead holes in this part of
the Rogue. Within short or
der, you ride Sardine Creek
riffle and the chute inlo slug
gish whirlpools under another
bridge carrying highway H9
Under this bridge is a short
rock canyon with huge white
cliffs forming a natural buttress
for the span.
Rapid shooting is only one
frature of interest on your
cruise. The rising sun only
brightens an ever-changing pa
rade of strikingly beautiful
scenes on your winding and
twisting waterway. Here is a
gorgeously painted canyon with
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the moss-covered rocks support
ing a few hard trees which had
found root in the cracks. A
number of farm houses are
perched precariously near 4he
edge of high banks, and at each
a pipe runs into the river bed
to pick up life-giving irriga
tion water.
There is a pastoral scene,
framed by Ions sandy beaches
at the bottom and mountains
at the top. The water-loving
willow droops from both banks
and sweeps the surface of the
cool stream as it hurries along
the shore. A few monarchs of
the old forest raise their gnarl
ed and broken branches far
above the profusion of wild
flowers, brush and rank second
growth. Fishing piers jutting
to deep, fast water mark many
popular resorts and private
river homes.
Other than the wealth ot
beauty and recreational facil
ities found beside our world
famous stream, is anotner type
of wealth, better known to the
dollar chasers. This is gold-
natures contribution to our
happiness, fantasy and misery.
The entire course is dotted with
small gold dredgss, potholes
where some pocket hunter had
visions of thousands (possibly
millions) with every swing of
the pick or gouge of the shovsl.
and placer workings lie in every
tiny side stream. After float
ing through this masterpiece of
grandeur for over an hour, you
encounter Ternan riffle and
your fingers itch for the good
old fly rod. You know those
sleek green finders of rushing
water at the head of the riffle
cover many silvery bundles of
live dynamnite which we know
as Rogue river steelhead. Be
yond, where the green chuni3
to a glistening foam is another
inviting spot to lay the gaudy
fly-
One and a half hours of
splashing, slipping, sliding and
bouncing brings you to Foots
creek, where the big nuggets
grow, or rather, did grow, be
fore a few hardy individuals
picked most of them up.
The sun is now high, many
hued birds perch in the trees
and willows, skim the water
surface, and fly tha blue. Their
songs and cries blend in a
symphony the music masters
have not as yet confined to
bars, and ahead is a very wor
ried mother duck vith hci fam
ily of tiny ducklings. Wildly
she marshals them into forma
tions only a West Point gradu
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every other avenue of escape
closed, flees down stream as
fast as the current and little
web feet can make them go.
But your journey is almost
over and as you round the last
bend, the steel bridge at the
town of Rogue River slips into
full view. Your only regret is
that the trip cannot continue
throughout the day, and it
should be added that a full day
can be taken on this Gold Hill
to Rogue River trip in order to
fully enjoy the fishing and in
clude a picnic lunch.
Our Rogue Wonderland
abounds with unblemished nat
ural pictures and a quiet peace
fulness such as this trip just
completed. Leave your car oc
casionally and enjoy this recre
ational area which is yours for
the taking.
PRESENT, RECITAL
A recital of vocal and instru
mental music will be given by
Orben Sime in the Lincoln
school gymnasium at North
Bartlett and Maple streets at 8
p. m. Monday.
The recital is sponsored by
the Walther league of St.
Peter's Lutheran church. No ad
mission will be charged but an
offering will be taken.
In addition to singing, Mr.
Sims will play a number of in
struments, some of them novel
in construction and requiring an
unusual technique to play. The
instruments include the there
min, which is played by waving
the hands over it, and the fork
cello, a one-stringed instrument
originated by Mr. Sime.
MERLIN BATTLED
Fire burned over 75 acres of
brush and grass south of Merlin
Friday evening. It was the
largest fire this season in the
Jurisdiction of the state forest
patrol here.
The blae was discovered at
4 p. m. and was under control
at 8 p. m. It was fought by
eight forest patrol men and 41
CCC cnrollces.
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GERMANY BOASTS
SUCCESS AT SEA.
Berlin, July 13. JPi The
German high command pro
claimed fresh successes today in
the "starvation blockade"
I against England, claiming the
seizure of valuable cargoes
and asserting that effective
blows had been struck from the
air at British steamers in the
English channel.
Continued bombing of harb
ors and other strategic areas in
the British Isles also was re
ported. It was said semi-officially that
altogether 40.000 tons of British
shipping were damaged yester
day by the airforce alone.
At the same time, the military
command reported the sinking
of 24,674 tons of "enemy cargo
space". The period of this action
was not disclosed.
German planes operating over
the English channel were cred
ited with sinking one outpost
vessel and a cargo steamer of
2.000 tons and with seriously
damaging five other cargo
steamers.
The air force meanwhile was
said to have "successfully bomb
ed" airdromes, harbor facilities
and munitions factories in Eng
land and Scotland.
British air losses yesterday
totaled 13 planes, the high com
mand said, and five German
planes are missing.
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GETS FAT REFUND
Washington, July 13. (JPi
The government paid over
$307,289 today to Mrs. Bcrta
Bergdoll, wife of Grover Cleve
land Bergdoll. the World war
draft dodger who is now in a
military prison.
The payment represented 80
percent of the residue of prop
erty seized by the alien prop
erties custodian after Bergdoll
fled this country. The remain
ing 20 percent will be depos
ited in the German special de
posit account by the secretary
of the treasury for use In meet
ing awards in favor of Ameri
can citizens by the United
States-Germany mixed claims
commission.
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John W. Watzck, Jr., Chicago
lumberman, has been named by
President Roosevelt as a dollar
a-year man on the national de
fense commission, representing
lumber in the light industries
division.
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Featured entertainment at the
Kiwanis club meeting Monday
will be presented by Col. Jack
major, public relations repre
sentative of Union Oil company.
The "colonel" hails from Pa
ducah, Ky., and is the protege
of Irvin S. Cobb, having been
caddy for Cobb on the Paducah
golf course. His after dinner
talks are so crammed full of
Kentucky hill-billy lore, race
horses and stories about his
home town that the governor,
in recognition of his work, made
him a "colonel." He has enter
tained the president and other
dignitaries many times.
Colonel Major is an accomp
lished vocalist and whistler.
Kiwanians and their guests
are urged to attend.
PRESIDENT'S SON
TAKES BACK SEAT
Fort Worth,' . July 13
dP Prnnlflln nrti,alt
Jr., admits triage Jf the son
01 b iamous xauv lis draw
backs. - '.
For examplvAY "''
"Father's spf last month
at the Univerak-ytof Virginia
on the entrant 'bj Italy into
the war completely blacked out
my minor accomplishment of
the time. He ' was down there
partly to see me graduate from
law school. That was a major
accomplishment to me, but in
the excitement everybody for
got about my part of it all."
Perish in Plan Crash
Lodi. Calif., July 13. TT)
Howard White. 27, Stockton stu
dent pilot, and Mrs. Meta West
Daniels. 24, perished in flam
ing wreckage when White's
nlnne crashed as he souffht to
' land it as Lind airport.
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him to continue for a time, as
a gesture toward party, har
mony, and many considered it
11 open question whether the
expert political technician, who
directed the 1932 and 1936
Roosevelt campaigns, would
also get the president's 1940
drive started, at least.
Y hen a reporter asked
whether Hopkins had endeavor
ed to persuade him to do so.
he declined to answer, and said
he would reply "in due course"
to the direct question whether
he would retain his present
party position.
McNutt Bur
Two floors below, Paul V.
niciNutt, a candidate but one
whose name will not be pre
sented if the president s is
opened headquarters in keeping
with the sumptuous coming out
party that got his candidacy
started in Washington two years
ago.
To vaulted ceilings, marble
floors, and red plush draperies,
there had been added rods of
red, white and blue bunting,
with swinging white tassels and
huge pictures of McNutt and
other Indiana politicos. But the
biggest picture of all was a
head and shoulders of President
Roosevelt fully 32 feet high.
McNutt told the reporters he
thought the president would "be
nominated and accept."
No War Urged
Through a dense fog of cigar
smoke, meanwhile, a procession
of witnesses bombarded the
platform committee with re
quests that special planks be
included. Peace organizations,
the American Youth Congress,
women's organizations, business
groups, farm agencies, federal
workers, and many more had
their say. However, it was said
on good authority that certain
essential features of the plat
form already had been agreed
upon before the leaders left
Washington,
Farley's press conference was
a continuation of the nip and
tuck game he has played with
the reporters ever since Presi
dent Roosevelt told him his
plans last Sunday at Hyde Park.
Much Oratory
The one or two serious mo
ments of the press conference
produced statements that any
shortcutting of the convention
was out. There had been re
ports that the president might
be nominated without the for
mality of a roll call of the state
delegations.
As to the length of the set
pieces of the convention, the
keynote address and the speech
of the permanent chairman, the
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Movie Actress Madeleine Car
roll carried a light coat and held
her hat as she disembarked from
the Atlantic Clipper which
brought her home from Europe.
She said German invasion of
France kept her from seeing 200
children she has been taking
care of in a French orphanage...
former had already been writ
ten by Speaker William B.
Bankhead, and was relatively
short Senator Alben W. Bark-
ley, who is to be permanent
chairman, had given assurances,
Farley added, that his address
would run not more than 30
minutes, but had asked in this
connection that he "not be pen
alized tor tne time taken out
in applause.
Sees Finish
John O'Connor, former house
member from New York, who
was defeated for reelection in
one or the president s purge
campaigns of 1938, turned up
in the city as the chairman of
the "Andrew Jackson Demo
cratic party." The "group of
real Democrats" associated with
him believes, he said, in a for
mal statement, that the renom
lnation of President Roosevelt
would relegate the Democratic
party to "a minority position if
not destroy it entirely."
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Paulina Cameron
Pauline Cameron, 31, daugh
ter of U. S. Adkini and Mary
Tedrlck. passed away In Eureka,
Calif., Friday.
She was born at I go, Calif.,
Jan. 16, 1909, and came to
Medford in 1925, where ah
attended school and has many
acquaintances.
Besides her parents, ah leave
three brothers and two sisters.
Irene Ad kins, Bieberville, Calif.;
Mrs. Blaine Wilson, Vacavill.
Calif.; Albert Adkins, Santa
Rosa. Calif.; Chester Adkins,
Susanville, Calif., and Ray Ad
kins, of Ashland.
Funeral services will be held
in the Conger chapel- at 3:30
Monday with the Rev. R. W.
Coleman officiating. Interment
will be in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery.
U.S. Fleet T Sea
Honolulu, July 13. VP) NaT
al authorities announced today
the United States fleet had com
pleted its two weeks of upkeep
work at Pearl Harbor and would
start routine operations at sea
next week.
Clipper Arrives
Honolulu, July 13. WV-Th
American Clipper, establishing
the first commercial air service
between tha United States and
New Zealand, alighted In the
harbor here at 8:22 a.m., (10:52
a.m. PST.) today. The big plan
left Los Angeles at 9:18 pjn.,
PST., yesterday.
New Wlrephoto Paper
Boston. July 13. IP) The
Boston Globe, a morning and
afternoon paper published by
W. O. Taylor, today began th
use of wirephotos, bringing to
approximately 120 th number
of newspapers subscribing to
the wired picture servlc of th
Associated Press.
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