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Home of Oregon's Ancient Residents Visited on Motorlog to Fort Rock High Desert Country, Horse King's Home, Included in Stops The followlof U a condensation of motorlof Ripearlng In the June t Itlua of the Northweit'l Own Matailne, Sunday Oregonlan. It li one of evrlei ipontorrd Jointly by The Orrgonlan and the Oregon State Motor association. BY PAUL HAUSER Still Writer. 'Xht Ortioniu "Why when I came here," said Rube Long of Fort Rock, "the sun was Just a little thing and there weren't no moon at all." Rube Long, who enjoys pre tending he is just about as an cient as the people who left their grass sandals in a cave near Fort Rock some 10,000 years back, sat in the parlor of his weathered ranch house and told about the country. He grew up in it and, like most residents of the high des ert country, is convinced there is no better place in the world, though to the outlander it may appear mostly sagebrush and eand. We were out on an Orego-nian-Oregon Stage Motor asso ciation motorlog and a couple of people, including Phil Bro gan of the Bend Bulletin, had told us to look up Rube Long. We were glad we had. For one thing, he used to work for Bill Brown, who became known as the "Horse King" and is now part of the lore and legend of central Oregon. "Bill never swore," said Rube, "but he had a few catch words that he always used. He was always 'morally certain' about everything and he used that phrase in about every other sentence. "When they first started the forest service, a fellow intro- i' 4 - wyyOT.rrw,M..,.Ur. 0 - 31 Abert rim, miles-long hunk of basalt, was tilted up fcy soma ancient upheaval of the earth. Awe-inspiring in its rugged grandeur it is scenic treat in motorlog to high desert country. . t Betti Aapi... rofert Hock Wt?i'ifitf SNver Uk I r A.9EKT 1 UKiVllW Ft. Rock Is reached via U. S. 97 from Bend to Lapina and thence southeast on Oregon highway No. 31. as map shows. duced the new ranger to Bill. He didn't approve of the idea of the forest service and he didn't acknowledge the intro duction. "He turned to the other man, sucked in a corner of his lips, a habit he had, and said, "Well, sir, if the government's got a class of people they've got to take care of, I'm morally cer tain they ought to round 'em up and put 'em on a reservation like the Indians." Bill Brown was one of the fabulous characters whose life stories are part of the history of south central Oregon. He rode in his stocking feet, wrote checks on chips of wood and once owned a million dollars worth of horses. Sheep Mad Money He made his money in sheep and in big gulps and, according to Long, lost it in dribbles and because he didn't know one horse from another. He signed away his vast hold ings in 1935, when he was 80, and died in Salem' in 1941 at the Methodist Old People's home, which he had helped finance in his heyday. The great circle of rock that has been named Fort Rock, be cause it has the appearance of a fort, lies just a little east of Long's home ranch. In these precincts were found the caves from which woven sandals of an early people were taken. Recently the age-old sandals were determined ty an atomic counting process to be at least 10,000 years old. Dr. L. S. Gressman, University of Ore gon anthropologist who con ducts the scientific excavations, maintains they are the oldest evidence of human inhabitation of North America. Like most of the other per manent residents of the Fort Rock country, Rube Long has a collection of arrowheads and other Indian artifacts he has been gathering since boyhood. You come to Fort Rock on highway 31, down through the Fremont national forest. This is the state highway which take off from U. S. 97 at Lapine, and connects with U. S. 395, the Three Flags highway, at Valley Falls. The rock and the village, which is the store and the school and a few houses, are about seven miles off the highway. Not far away from Fort Rock is Hole in the Ground, an inter- esting crater which some think may have resulted from the fall of r. meteor. Rube Long wanted us to see it, but unfor tunately a tree down across the rosd prevented us. After a ranch lunch with Rube Long, his top hand, Whitey Monett, Mrs. Monett and Bernie Suit, the cowgirl, we started the white AAA car on its way again. Soon we began to drop down, and below us was the expanse of Summer lake, its margins white bordered with alkali and then the green of the cattle-dotted meadows that fringe it. Fremont Named It This was where the second Fremont expedition, stumbling through the snows of the high ridge they later named Winter, ridge, came down to the milder, lower climate of the lake and called it Summer lake. We pass through Paisley, sleepy in the sun, and by the headquarters station ot the Fre mont national forest. Before long ahead of us was the great escarpment of Abert Rim, the bared edge ot a mas sive miles-long hunk of basalt tilted up in some great upheav al of the earth eons past. It is the greatest such rim in North America and a sight to see. its green-fringed height towering over Lake Abert. Then on to Lakeview, from where you may take off west to Klamath Falls, or east into the antelope range and Hart mountain where the antelope roam all the time and the Order of the Antelope, Lake county's highly select society of lovers of wine and song without worn en, meet once a year. Local and Personal Hat Surgery Mrs. John Ste-j vens, 412 Western avenue, un-i derwent major surgery yester day at Osteopathic hospital, at tendants said. Surgery Patient .. Wilma Simmons, daughter of Mrs. El sie Simmons, Fruitdale drive, Grants Pass, had major surgery today at Osteopathic hospital, according to a hospital report. e Visiting Mother Cpl. Wil liam P. Orlow, honor guard from Brooklyn Army base, is spending 10 days visiting with his mother, Mrs. Wilda Kruggel, 826 West Jackson street. Captain Graduates Capt. Jo seph A. Peacock, whose wife, Mae, lives at 1604 Crown ave nue, Medford, graduated June 14 from a two-week course for logistical command staff officers at Ft. Leavenworth. A unit in structor with the. 304th Logisti cal Command, Medford, Captain Peacock entered the Army in 1941 and served in World War II and in Korea. Treated for Burnt Mrs Myrtle Triggs, 526 North Front street, was treated at Osteopath ic hospital for burns suffered while trying to light a stove with the use of gasoline, according to attendants. They said Mrs, Triggs received second degree burns on her right arm and hand. VFW Program The Central Point VFW post will hold a com munity service program on Thursday at 8 p.m., in the Vet erans Memorial hall in Central Point. Joe William, state cham pion field archer, will present an archery exhibition. Colcen Hope will have part of her class tertainment. The program is op en to the public. Tonsils Removed Guy Fitz gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fitigerald, route 2, box 186, Central Point, underwent a tonsilectomy today at Commu nity hospital. Arm Fractured James Con ger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Conger, Central Point, was treat ed at Community hospital today for a fractured arm, reportedly suffered in a fall. e Fir Put Out A small fire in the smoke house at the Farmers' Packing company, on Biddle road, was extinguished by a pumper truck and crew from the state forest patrol this morning, patrolmen reported. To Build Rogue Valley Construction company has ceived a $7,000 building permit for construction of a residence at 872 Stewart avenue, accord ing to records on file in the city building department. e Grass Burnt Firemen ex tinguished a grass fire at a va cant lot at 52B Hamilton street yesterday. They said a discard ed match or cigarette was believ ed to be the cause of the tire, Owner of the property was list ed as Claude Cooper. Promoted Recently promoted to sergeant while serving with the 40th Infantry division in Korea was George S. Green Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Green, 1410 Euclid avenue Green went to Korea last Janu ary after 18 months of training in the U. S. and Japan, and is now a member of Company M of the 160th Infantry regiment. He attended Medford high school Southern Oregon college, and Colorado State college. He ex pects to return to Medford in Wednesday. June II. 1SI MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE BEVEH c v IK 3 . v$ SEEKS NOMINATION - Mutual Security Director Averell Harri roan leave -the White House after reporting to President Truman on his quest for the Democratic presidential- nomination. H a r r i man told newsmen that the Presi dent praised hit campaign as "tops." Trip Ends Mr. and Mrs. H, E. Renfrow, Camp White, have returned from a trip to Texas and Oklahoma. They visited Grand Canyon and other scenic points along the way. To Attend Funeral Members of Valley veterans' organiza tions today were reminded of the funeral for Walter Baker, a Camp White member, which will be held in the Camp White chap el Thursday at 1 p.m. Organiza tional representatives are urged July or August, his family said.to attend the ceremony. Theft Reported Jesse W.I McCormick, 222 South Central avenue, Apartment 3, has re ported the theft of S8 in cash from his apartment yesterday. according to city police. They said entry to the apartment was gained by forcing a door. -0 Asiumo Name William G. and Dorothy Mae Dickson, 2005 Sunset avenue, Medford, have applied in the county clerk's of fice for the assumed business name of Woodland Heights mar ket, a grocery story. Oral E. and Dottie E. Freemyer have retired from the same business name. Advanced in Hating Charles E. Chaisson, son of Mrs. Frank F. Ewald, 375 South Central avenue, wa9 advanced in rate to machinist mate third class re cently, according to a navy re lease. A graduate of Central Point high school, Chaisson is serving aboard the minesweeper USS Pochard in the Atlantic fleet. New Secretary Miss Char lotte Grigsby 1s the new office secretary at the Goldy building office of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as sociation. She succeeds Miss Joan Bruce, who has been with SOCTFA since September and who is now employed by Elk Lumber company. Plan Dinner Royal Neighbor lodge will hold a covered dish dinner Thursday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pythian building tor members and their families. Mrs. Carl Pearson is planning en tertainment. Members of the lodge are asked to take a hot dish or salad for the dinner. Rummage Sale The auxil iary of Crater Lake Post 1888, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21, at the VFW hall, 42 North Front street. Members said good clean clothing, dishes and miscel laneous items will be on sale. Merchant Takes It Easy Proctor, Ark. -i- (U.R) Cus tomers -have to know their way around to buy anything from merchant A 1 v a h Phillebaur.i. There are no signs ot any kind over Phlllebaum's store, which looks like a house. The front door remains locked at all times but occasionally you may find the back door unlatched. Phllle baum hates to be annoyed while reading or dozing. Good Bear Creek TOP SOIL PHONE MEDFORD CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CO. 2-646 m MMKM HSIIUHrS a, UK, HUH, IU. MMR tt MOM e) SUll tgfRM SMUTi BE RUSTIC ! BUILD A LOG HOUSE IDEAL FOR: Residences Summer Homes Motels Lodges These building logs will save up to 50 in wall, construction, more reasonable than other types of building. A true log house with tongue and grooved logs which forma weather tight solid log wall. No inside finishing neces sary, actual log finish on both inside and outside. Build it yourself, you don't need to be a carpenter to build with these logs. Investigate now as our supply of logs will be limited until our production increases this fall. When writing for more information, if possible, please state size of building and approximate con struction date. Red-E-Cut Log Industries, Ore., Ltd. ' POST OFF-ICE BOX 969 PHONE 3-3812 MEDFORD, OREGON Completes Training Army Pvt. Earl K. Henagin, son of Mr. and Mrs. C, E. Henagin, 815 West 13th street, recently com pleted basic training at the medi cal replacement training center at Camp Pickett, Va., according to an army release. While at the center, he received eight weeks of basic infantry training and eight weeks of medical training, e Church Incorporates Articles of incorporation for the Medford Church of the Brethren were signed and tiled in the county clerk's office by Trustees Emer son G. Wolfe, 214 Stark street; Floyd C. Evcrdon, P. O. Box 887, Central Point; and Ray Pence, 1839 Myers lane, Medford. The church is incorporated for $20,- 000 and is located at Mary and Sailing streets. e e Vacationers Return Gordon C. Hays, funeral director and cmbalmer for Conger-Morris funeral home, Medford, has re turned from a two week vaca tion with his wife and two sons. They visited relatives in Cathla- met and Longview, Wash., and spent two days in Portland, where Hays, attended an eight hour professional course. POOR PLACE FOR BRAKES Port Credit, Ont. (U.R Wil liam E. Bradbury was fined $25 for careless driving when police discovered the brakes for his car were tucked away in the automo bile's trunk. Notice te Septic Tank Owners There's nothing more simple than a septic tank when it works! And there's nothing mors embarrassing than a septic tank that doeen't workl Usually there are two reasons why they stop-irp and overflow first, because the tanks are not cleaned at proper intervals; secondly, toilet Heme that does not readily disintegrate may clog the drains and force them to back upl Few toilet tisanes are made with the septic tank problem m mind. The one that is MD Toilet Tissue is ecientiflcally proceeded so that it abeorbe water completely and quickly. Try it in a glan of water and see for yourself. Best advice! Consult your County Health Department, your plumber, or s septic tank service company, for advice on cleaning your tank. Use MO Toilet Tissue! 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