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If l: . r US , NL.ft i' win. 'i i buiwaatA, a, f.ZLLafauw CAMP WHITE MEMBERS AID DIMES MARCH Members of the Camp White veterans administration domiciliary center have gotten in step witn tne March oi the center indicated last week. chairman of the center's Dimes at the center. At left is a "thermometer showing how contribu tions match ud against the goal of S100. Felder is particularly in terested in the campaign against use crutches himself, and knows Center Members' March Of Dimes Cooperation Told By J. F. Sweeney Tribune Special Correspondent Camp White, Jan. 21 A dem onstration of man's humanity to mankind has been the center of attraction at this domiciliary center for the past few days. The membership drive in the March of Dimes program has aroused the enthusiastic support measured in dimes and dollars, of the 515 members who popu late the home. The member who engineered the preliminaries and conceived the thought of using props to stimulate added interest, is one who has known suffering. He is chairman of the committee, Nor man Felder. He was ably assist ed by the Dominews editor, Franklin Girard. "I think it's a darn good thing," said John F. Kennedy, member, when asked why he contributed to the fund. Others were more verbose. Said Mem ber Dillard Mallory: "I think it a wonderful thing for everyone to have an opportu nity to contribute. I have a nephew who had infantile par alysis last summer. I don't know what would have happened to hi fi had it not been for this fund." "I, too, have more than a cas ual interest in this drive," said Arthur Powers. "I have a little girl in St. Joseph's hospital in Bcllingham, Wash." These remarks exemplify the attftude of the majority of the membership. Following the last mess the thermomelpr showed a contri bution of S82, $18 short of the goal of $100. HERE'S THE AND POLISHER Say Good-bye Sanding & Polishi Here's a machine that takes the hard work out of two toush jobs , . . sand in ft and poiUri inir. You'll find "Moto Sander" as helpful in the borne aa four elec tric iron or iweeper. It'i to tmny to handle that a child can use it ... so fool proof that, with it, even a novice can do a craftsman Eaty for Awkward Places like job. Quick I jr and smoothly sands or re- Amines furniture, walls, Sands Flat Surfacei Evenly 3P woodwork, workshop projects; or speedily polishes furniture, auto mobiles and other ur faces. All 70a do is guide it- Many Household Uses Mokes run off Hard Work There are dozens of time and money-savins uses in erery home for Mota-Sander. It does tedious jobs in a hurry . . . delivers 7.200 strokes a minute . . . feU into corners and places other can't reach. Molo-Sander's fsit, straight line action non rotary! eliminates any possibility of wood burn or scratches. It's the lightest, mut practical electric sander on the market the only enc ef Its kind. Operates nn alternating current. Complete with sheeU of assorted .trade Garnet Paper, sheep skin and W felt polishing pads. Get Into Tight Corners Reundt Corntrs like Magic Dimes in a Dig way, reports irom Pictured above is Norman Felder. committee, at the solicitation desk polio, he says, because he has to what suffering is like. (Memory Lane studios photo). Willamette R. Flood Control Dams Worked Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R) The Portland district corps of engineers announced today they are now operating the three com pleted flood control dams in the Willamette river basin project to offset the heavy runoff caused by rains and melting snow In the valley. The army engineers said that until now they have held the three dams at minimum pool but today started storing water. The three dams are the Fern Ridge dam on the Long Tom river, Cottage Grove dam on the coast-fork of the Willamette riv er and Dorena dam on the Row river. The army engineers said they do not consider the situation se rious as yet. However, water around Harrisburg and Jeffer son low spots in the valley is expected to continue to rise. High Winds Forecast For Northwest Coast Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R) High winds are moving up along the northwest coast, the weather bureau warned today. Southeast storm warnings were continued from Tatoosh island, Wash., to Astoria, Ore., and changed to southwest south of Astoria to Cape Blanco, Ore. Small craft warnings were continued through the Strait of Juan De Fuca until 7 a. m. Sun day. Southerly winds of 20 to 35 miles an hour were forecast off the coast, increasing to 40 to 45 miles an hour this afternoon and decreasing tonight. Easterly winds were forecast for the Strait of Juan De Fuca, increas ing to 20 to 30 miles an hour this afternoon. IDEAL , mm to Ha PATENTED MflJ at -v m -.-a 11 11 1 m jrz- M48.5 HUBBARD BROS. Inc. MAIN at RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-6189 Medford Second Section More Data Rogue Bv Elizabeth Mail Tribune Special Correipondent Rogue River, Jan. 21 Former residents of the old town of Woodville (now Rogue River) have been sending in stories of the early days when they lived beside the river, in or near the old town, and their many reminiscenses are weaving themselves into a history of the community. From Martin A. Steckel comes a copy of his father'i diary, faithfully kept from July 30, 1882 to July 28, 1883. Samuel josian Meckel ior many years owned the old sash sawmill on West Evans creek. It was built by Davis Evans in 1852, and the single up-and-down saw, powered by the old mill wheel turning in the race at the end of the plank and earth dam, cut the lumber to build the houses on the surrounding ranch es. In 1872 it cut the lumber for the John Woods house and the Jones and Otten store, and for other homes in the little settle ment rapidly growing around the old Woods house, and called Woodville. Sam Steckel left Kansas City in 1853, with a drove of gov ernment horses, for Salt Lake, his son Martin related. He stay ed there a short time, later driv ing cattle to an ueinaiuiuu, from where he walked north to the gold fields, and on to Ore gon, where he worked ior dim Birdseye on Kane creek. Before he arrived, his wife-s family had come to Oregon by the grueling northern route. Settled in 1859 Lydia Wallace Steckel's par ents settled in southern Oregon in 1859, on Jump Off Joe creek. Lydia worked at the stage sta tion at Rock Point, for Mr. and Mrs. L. J. White, before her mar riage to Sam Steckel at Roscburg on Nov. 13, 1867. For 20 years they resided in Jackson county, where nine of their 11 children were born. Steckel obtained the sawmill several years prior to the writing of the diary, and its pages are liberally sprinkled with the names of the older chil dren who claim the old. mill at the mouth of Fielder creek as their birthdace. The diary says: "Sunday, Aug ust 97 1RR2 Wife and I visit Robinsons. .Susie. Cyrus- and Pnshel were with us. Rill (Sar- ilda). Vienna, Nora and Willie went to Magerles." And on Oct ober 7, little Delia was cross be cause she was cutting teem. Help ai Mill When the diarv was kept -in 1882-83, the two older girls were large enough to help. They were peeling logs and banking them, and learning to run the mill. "Tnpsriav SpDtember 19. 1882. Clear, light frost, foggy until 10 o'clock. Run the mill awnne men made open links and Rill and Vie run the mill for the first time until 4 o'clock. Old Tom come here and brought a few apples." A few years ago a private col lpptnr nf antinues was so im pressed with the diary that he stopped in Kogue mver aim tried to find a piece of the old mill, or even just a Doara. bui all traces of the mill are gone, cleared away when the old earthen dam washed out and was replaced by a concrete one. The Old Mill irrigation ditch replac es the millrace, and carries away the water that once turned its huge wooden millwheel. Only a memory remains of the mill. But with the diary's help, we might find some boards cut by the mill. Here's the first page: "Sunday, July 30, 1882. Clear and pleasant. Went to the Store. Wm. Harper paid me $15. Set- Uhee DO BABIES rs v j n f t ssm i r e fr f m. jno. ooi r'eJ 97w.Jj ' RATE Of BIRTHS ptt 1,000 POPULATION 22 r Mere leales Arii.. Mohe, C , U., t4 , v, w. v., tm., rr., Mich-, Mm . N. 0.. Mtxtf., Utah. N. Mi, Mni, Ala., N. Cor. 4 I. Cor. Wr. 20 te 22 Tmm. Okie.. At-. GU, S. Oak , !. VV . utf. Oh. PtM., Vnhwm, 01., Co., Mmm. CttM, Nti OSfM, Wtth. U (e la Ha. Mtb. Kaftt.M, N. V, K J, Mom, R H, - "SaViaVlaHaVaVaVHeHaiv MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1950 Historical on City of River Told Sheffield tied at the Store, paid J. Breed- mi! S5. Waited for the stage lrom the south, it broueht this diary. Nancy Jane Rush and James Bettet were married by Jacob Evans. J.P. (no kin of Davis Evans E. S.). J. Whipple paid me $2 for lumber." The lumber left the mill in an old fashioned wagon with a nar row homemade bed, drawn by horses along the dusty road which winds down the west side of Evans creek. At Miller's ranch, which was the old Whip ple home, fire destroyed the old house and all its boards, years aS. ... And we don t want jonn Woods hog pen floor, either. He bought otner lumber, and the diary records several purchases made by him. ine lumDer usea to build his first house is now the lining of the upstairs rooms of Waller's Old Inn. You can stav at the Inn. sleep safe with in the walls that sheltered the Dioneers in stage coach days. The building has been remodel ed and the walls are Drigm wun a modern finish, but the old boards are inside the walls, ceot one saved for exhibit. But let's follow William Har per's lumber as it comes down the west Evans creek road in the wagon. It crosses the Evans creek bridee beside the big live oak, passes through Woodville and on across wards creeK up iu the foot of Harper hill, where the old Hamer house still stands. Harper bought 120 acres from fipnree W. Robertson in 1874 Robertson's government land patent was dated 1872. William and Sarah Harper came in 1874. Build Home "They set out an.orchard and built a two-story log house," ac cording to John Breeding, who continued, "My grandfather was the J. Breeding referred to in Steckel's diary. He and my fath er passed through the valley on their way to Red Bluff in 1852. They returned and settled on Ward creek in 1862, and built the log cabin that is now part of the Tjoelker home. I was born in it, and when I was a kid I walked along the old immigrant road that circled north of this site now occupied by the town." Before the stages came, Breed ing added, and before the Evans creek bridge was built in 1868, the road circled around, keeping to the foothills on higher, drier ground, and it crossed Evans creek at the gravel bar where the banks are low, about where the rock crusher is now. Breedine also told of the log houses built by the first settlers the Harpers, uarters, layiors, and others. Since no man can build a log house alone, they held log rollings and house rais ings, and helped each other. Hewed Logs "Grandpa was an expert at hewing logs." Breeding said. "I believe he hewed the logs for most of those first houses. I used to visit at the Harpers a lot. Bill Haymond, their grandson, and I were kids together, and when I spent the night with him we slept COME FROM? 1 1 vr THE ABOVE MAP show, the number of babies born in each State during 1M2, according to Modern Medicine Magazine; table ihowi relative "productivity" in each State. In iptte of the largest number of births in the, history of the U. S. during that year, 97.) of white babies were delivered by a Doctor. Of total births, 92.6 were attended by a Phyiician. Thit remarkable record, in spite of war-time shortagt of civilian Doctors. Increased prenatal care, attendance at birth, and supervision the first few yean by the Doctor, is definitely and constantly saving lives and im proving the health of mother and child. , Western THRIFT PHAHVIACT 10 V. Central, Ph. 2-2S74 MRBKOHD. OREGON ILi lOllf els J BOARDS CUT FROM FIRST MILL The old McHugh and Herd house in Rogue River, pictured above, is one of the earliest frame houses in the community, woodville. Hoards lor the residence are believed to have Been cut by the Steckel sawmill, described in the diary of Samuel Josiah Steckel which is mentioned in the Detn btictiieid, Kogue mver. upstairs . . . The gable end was boarded up above the logs, and the top log was our shelf , . . There's nothing left of the old log house, just the little fruit room in back. They tore it down and built a frame house, the one that's there now. That lumber must be from Steckel's mill. And there's the old Herd and McHugh house." This house is down the street, east across Main street. It is said that Mrs. McHugh planted the huge surrounding trees when the house was built. Steckel's mill must have saw ed the lumber for the Herd and McHugh house, according to the early residents of Woodville. "That was the only sawmill here at the time," according to Jim Whipple. "You can identify lumber from it by the straight marks the saw teeth made across the boards, and if the saw ran slow, as no doubt it did when the water was low, the boards were not rough," he added. Land Sold "Grandpa" Harper sold a par cel ot his land to Joe boiomon in 1876, and Solomon sold it to the elder Herds, F. W. and An nie, in September 1881. Patrick McHugh built the house. The eld er Herds came from the east, and evidently returned to their former home, as they are not well remembered by the towns people. ' . -i- - The house is usually referred to as "Aunt Nan's." Nancy Herd, a spinster, and Patrick McHugh's wife were sisters, and they liv ed in the house with young An nie McHugh. Patrick had a mine and was seldom there, though we read in Steckel's diary that he bought edging and slabs for their firewood. Patrick McHugh died in 1898. His memory card was left in the old house when the family mov ed away. 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Come in soon I Tribune Pages 1-8 which was originally known as accompanying article by Eliza- (pnoto by June Dement). by six inches, a black card heav ily edged and decorated in gilt, its lower portion bearing a poem on a partially rolled scroll, while the center and main portion of the card carries the message, "Patrick James McHugh. Died April 5th, 1898. Aged 58 years," boxed in by the outlines of the Bible, and surmounting this, is a dove in graceful flight with the words, In loving remembrance. "I knew Annie McHugh, well", relates Mrs. W. L. Brad ley. "She spelled their name like it sounds, McCue, and some folks spelled the Herds' name Heard, but they meant the same people. I used to spend the night with Annie when she and I went to the dances together, at the old Haymond hall, next door. We danced upstairs over Joe Solo mon's store. When I stayed at Annie's she and I slept in the attic room: it wasn't finished then, and "Aunt Nan" stuffed the cracks with rags and pasted newspapers on the gable ends to keep out the wind." Prices Revealing Some of the prices mentioned in the old diary are revealing of the times: "Friday, August 25, 1882 Burkhart and McCue got slabs Saturday. August 26. 1882, clear, cool. Run the mill. Burkhart got some slabs and brought a melon. I took his team, hauled up some fire wood. P. M. Burned some chopped brush, Ole Severtson got $1.25 worth lumber paid cash. McCue got some edging. Filed the saw and pulled up a log and went to supper then re paired the pump. F. Carter got lumber, the Taylor women got lumber for peach boxes. Thurs day, May 17, 1883, Cloudy, chil ly. Floated a log to the race. Mc Cue and Herd got 200 ft. lumber and paid for it. (Was that for the wash shed?) P. M. Showery. Vie went to the store after 50 1 w&m can't beat a iPdDMTTIIAW P A: A. Z. DEAN, Sales and Service 6th and Grape, Medford Medford Airmen Now Two Medford airmen have re ported to the Lackland air force base near San Antonio. Tex., the air force public information of fice reported Saturday. The two men are Pvt. James lbs. flour. Rill and I went up the dam got a Norcross log down in the race I run the saw the rest of the day. Mr. Gore, the Singer sewing machine man, (father ol IT P r.nro nf VI or! fni-.! VA called to seli a machine. "Friday, October 6, cloudy, rain, showers all day, thunder. John Wood hauled 400 ft. of lumber for Spear, he paid me $5 for it. "Saturday, October 38, 1882, foggy and cloudy all day. Finish ed Witt's lumber, Sam Rush got 253 ft. lumber, Jake Evans brought 400 lbs. potatoes, got 400 ft. lumber, squared accounts on the potatoes. P. M. Went to Woodville, settled up, left an order of $4.76 on the County (for lumber to repair Evans creek bridge.) Went in debt $1.50. De livered some grape seed to Whip ple, sent by Evans. Stacy got 220 ft. lumber Paid $2.50 on it, due 25 cts. "Thursday, November 23, Foggy all day. Run the mill. Young Whiteman (Al) come to the mill, said he bought the Ed sall ranch for $600. Burkhart got his big plank for a work bench, 53 ft. Paid me 50 cts. on it, owes 25 cts. more." Thanks, Martin Steckel, for the loan of the diary of the good old days. '6 FRANK MORGAN Jk s'nm. - .... Funeral Directors Pledged to give you Thoughful Consideration, Care and Service Chapel Mortuary PHONE 2-8030 The New Crematorium at Siskiyou Memorial Park Is Now Ready to Serve this Community and Is Open for Public Inspection The Beautiful New Mausoleum at Siskiyou Memorial Park Will Be Completed Soon and Open to the Public Creamations $45.00 Phone 2-2344 ti.n 11 tt. II m. Ilttmit. ahtlonst tmuibmtnl nd sects iOfitttxlt. Pritti tuhfta lo thing uilhout notice. Pricn may vrf im lurrounding sommunUitt Jut to trmpotttion digtrtntutii Af Texas Air Base E. Messer, 20, ton of Mn. T. Messer, 422 Laurel street, and Pvt. Charles Howard Hackett. 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hackett, 624 Chestnut street. The two men will undergo 13' weeks of basic training to pre pare them for assignment in specialized work. The course in cludes an evaluation of indivi duals' aptitudes. Final Services Held For Ashland Resident Ashland, Jan. 21 Christian Science funeral servicei for Charles Joseph Worth, 63, who died at his Breeze Hill ranch home on Neil Creek road Thurs day, were held at 1:30 p.m. Sat urday, from the Litwiller fun eral home here. Final rites were held at the Siskiyou Memorial crematorium in Medford. Worth, a well known resident of the area, moved here from San Francisco, where he was opera tor of the Charles J. Worth Trucking company. In September, 1945, Mr. Worth married the former Frances Howard, Ashland, at Lake Tahoe, Cal., and the couple moved here after two years. He was a native of San Francisco, and in addi tion to his widow, he is survived by three children, Alan and Wil liam, and Mrs. Poeter Gusman, all San Francisco, and a sister, ' Mrs. D. D. Day, Redwood City, Cal. HAROLD SNODGRASS -.y.., ..... u; ,,- Nt . j
