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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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. It measures about four
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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
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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
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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.
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Messer, 422 Laurel street, and
Pvt. Charles Howard Hackett.
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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
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