Uranium-Seeking Motorloggers
Travel to Historic Oregon Caves
Vacation Site
Features Tours,
Lodge Facilities
BY IUCHABD AiOKES
CUT Mltor. The Orfronun
' There's no uranium in the
marbled balls of Oregon. It was
Joaquin Miller, literary giant
of the Far West, who many
years ago stood between two
large columns deep in the Ore
gon caves near Grants Pass and
turned the "marbled halls of
Oregon phrase that helped
make the caves a great tourist
attraction.
It was a motorlogging crew
from The Oregonian and Ore
gon State Motor association
that recently determined there
was no uranium concealed in
those subterranean passage
ways. Really, we hadn't expected
any. Wrong kind of country,
our how-to-hunt uranium book
said, although southwestern i
Oregon generally is considered i
a possible source.
The youthful guide looked at j
us with an expression tnat
wavered between resignation
(tourists will do anything) and
disbelief (either I'm nuts or
they are).
"Anyway," he said. "You're
the first people to take a Gei- j
ger counter through here."
That makes our place in his
tory secure.
Hospitality was the keynote
at the caves. Manager Richard
Sabin. who joined the caves
company staff under an uncle
in 1924, has learned through
the years how to make a tour
ist feel at home.
Discovered in 1874
The Oregon caves, probably
third in importance among
America's caverns, were dis
covered, the story goes, by
Elijah Davidson, who in 1874
crawled fearlessly into a dark
bole in the Siskiyous in search
Of a bear he bad wounded.
The caves are about 4000
feet above sea level, and it
seems impossible to the trav
eler that an ancient ocean once
covered the area. In this ocean
formed a thick deposit of lime.
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which later hardened into lime-! showers are $4.50 double. An
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This limestone was trans
formed under terrific pressure
and heat into marble and was
Familiar white Oregon State Motor association car is shown
in front of the comfortable $400,000 chateau with 32 room ;
at famous Oregon eaves in the heart of Siskiyou mountains.
I which rent for $6 double with
an extra cot available for $1.
For those wanting to camp
out, facilities are available at
Grayback. campground along
the approach highway eignr.
miles from the monument Pic
nic facilities are available near
the chateau.
The coffee shop in the chateau
was entirely redone a year ago
and is one of the most modern
in the West. It is appropriately
finished in natural woods and
is efficiently arranged. It con
nects with a more formal din
ing room which has an added
attraction of a creek running
through it a creek bom deep
in the caves.
Cocktails Available
A small bar was added to the
facilities last summer, princi-.
pally to serve the Californians
who are used to drinking in the
wonders of the West
College students provide the
bulk of the summer staff. The
student guides are trained by
the lodge management and the
park service. The tours start
daily at 8 a. m. and continue
until 7 p.m.
The tour of the caves takes
roughly lVs hours, unless the
party is he 'd up by one section
interested in probing for urani
um, as ours was.
It seemed almost like dese
cration to put our atomic era
listening device against the
walls of Joaquin Miller's age
old chapel. Paradise Lost, Gar
den of the Gods or other famous
chambers within the caves.
But nature had the last
laugh, for the clicks were far
between in the earphone.
Map traces route taken to the
marble-walled caves on mo
torlog, touching California.
raised above the sea as part of
a mountain range. It was dur
ing this uplifting that the mar
ble was broken in many places.
Through these fractures water
carrying carbonic and other
acids began to dissolve the
marble. Over an eon or -two
this process resulted in the
caverns.
The caves, in the heart of the
Siskiyou mountains, became a
national monument of 480 acres
in 1909 and have been under
control of the national park
service, department of interior,
since 1934.
The chateau building, pri
vately financed, cost about
$75,000 to build. Today the
plant is valued roughly at
$400,000. The lodge has 32
rooms ranging upward from $8
double with bath to $13 for
suites. Rooms with detached
extra cot will be provided for
$L
Manager Richard Sabin also
has seven two-room cottages
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Talent The Talent city coun
cil passed the city's 1955-56
budget of $26,10 at a special
budget meeting this week.
The budget, $530 less than last
year's budget of $25,600, calls
for $7,970 to be raised through
taxes, compared to $8,300 this
year. Estimated receipts during
the coming year total $15,200.
Last year $14,220 was received.
The city council also issued a
building permit to the Talent
Sawmill to enlarge its pond. The
enlarged pond will enable the
mill to stock a supply of logs
capable of lasting four months,
according to Nona McAbee, city
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Suffers Broken Leg
Oslo, Norway (U R) King
Haakon VII, 83, slipped Wed
nesday and broke his leg while
visiting his summer residence,
Bygdoe Kings Farm.
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thigh bone, but that 'everything
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Immediately upon the King
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LEGAL NOTICES
Suit to Quirt Title
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
MANVILLE M. HEISEL. TRUSTEE,
Plaintiff, vs. HUBERT WRIGHT and
JANE DOE WRIGHT, his wife;
ELSIE WRIGHT and JOHN DOE
WRIGHT, her husband; E. L. GILES
and JANE DOE GILES, his wife; B.
O. McGEE and CORA E. McGEE.
husband and wife: the unknown
heirs of Hugert Wright and Jane
Doe Wright, his wife, Elsie Wright
and John Doe Wright, her husband
E. L. Giles and Jane Doe Giles, his
wife, B. O. McGee and Cora E. Mc
Gee. husband and wife; and all
other persons or parties unknown
claiming any right, title, estate, lien
or interest in the real property de
scribed in the Complaint herein.
Defendants.
TO EACH. EVERY AND ALL OF THE
ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREGON. You, and each of you. are
hereby required to appear and answer
the Complaint filed against you in the
above entitled suit on or before the
last aay of tour weeks from the date
of the first publication of this Sum
mons, and if you fail so to appear and
answer said Complaint, for want
thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in his
Complaint, succinctly stated as fol
lows: That a decree be entered ad
judicating any and all right, title,
estate, lien or claim which you. or any
of you have or claim to have. in. to
or upon the real property described as
follows, to-wit:
Government Lots 1. 2. 3 and 4: the
fractional Northwest Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter: the North
west Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter of Section 30. Township
35 South. Range 3 West of the Wil
lamette Meridian in Jackson
County. Oregon,
and declaring1 any and all such claims
null and void and decreeing that the
said Plaintiff is the owner in fee
simple of said premises, and of the
whole thereof, free and clear of any
and all right, title, lien, estate or in
terest of said defendants or any of
them, and that each and all of the
Defendants herein, and each and all
persons claiming, or to claim, by.
through or under them, or any of
them, be forever enjoined, restrained
and barred from asserting, attempting
to establish or claiming anv right,
tiUe, estate, lien or interest In or to
said property, or any portion thereof,
and that Plaintiff's title to said
premises be forever quieted and let at
rest.
The date of the order for the pub
lication of this Summons is June 29.
1955. The time prescribed for publi
cation of this Summons is once each
week for four consecutive weeks. The
date of the first publication of this
Summons is June 30, 1955.
SKYRMAN. OUELLETTE &
HEISEL
Attorneys for Plaintiff
POST OFFICE ADDRESS:
416-419 Medical Center Bldg.
P. O. Box 1108
Medford. Oregon
Thursday, June 30, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELETEN
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
OF THE MEDFORD IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
1. That a special election will be
held in the Medford Irrigation District,
Jackson County, Oregon, on Friday,
the 15th day of July. 1955. for the
purpose of determining whether the
Board of Directors of the District shall
be authorized for and on behalf of
the District to enter into a repayment
contract with the United States of
America, for the following general
purposes:
To provide for the reconstruction,
rehabilitation, repair and better
ment by the United States of the
facilities of the District, including
but not exclusive of that portion
of the District's Irrigation facil
ities jointly owned with the Rogue
River Valley Irrigation District.
To obligate the District to re
pay to the United States, without
interest, the cost of such construc
tion, repair and betterment in an
amount not exceeding One Mil
lion. Four Hundred Seventy-Five
Thousand, Four Hundred Sixty
Six and 00100 ($1,475,466.00) Dol
lars for the work hereinabove
described, in annual installments
scheduled as follows:
(1) During the period from the
year of the first installment
through those years In which the
District is obligated to pay an
nually on account of its presently
existing bonded obligations, in
cluding interest, not less than
Eighteen Thousand and 00100
Dollars ($18,000.00). or December
31. 1969, whichever period is
shorter, the annual installment
shall be one-eightieth (l80th) of
the completed rehabilitation and
betterment costs as of the preced
ing December 31st.
(2) Thereafter the annual Install
ments shall be the amount deter
mined annually by dividing the
then unpaid rehabilitation and
betterment obligation as of De
cember 31 of the prior year, by
the number of years obtained by
subtracting the number of in
stallments due under sub-paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this para
graph from forty (40) years, ex
cept that the last installment shall
not exceed the amount necessary
to pay the full construction
charge obligation. Said repayment
shall be without interest, and the
first of said annual installments
shall be for the year following
the year in which the Secretary
of the United States Department
of the Interior notifies the Dis
trict that the work on the facil
ities jointly owned by the Med
ford Irrigation District and the
Rogue River Valley Irrigation Dis
trict has been completed, and
shall be due and payable on De
cember 31st of the year following
said year in which the said Secre
tary so notifies the District. Each
subsequent annual installment
shall be due and payable each
December 31st thereafter until the
total construction charge obliga
tion is paid in full.
To make the contract obligation
the general obligation of the Dis
trict; to provide for assumption
of control of the District's works
by the United States if the Dis
trict defaults, and for the inspec
tion, care, repair and protection
of the District's works; and to
contract with respect to matters
in performance of the provisions
of the Federal Reclamation Laws
and all acts amendatory thereof
or supplementary thereto.
2. That the maximum amount of
money proposed to be payable to the
United States by the District for said
construction. . repair and betterment
purposes is One Million, Four Hun.
dred Seventy-Five Thousand, Four
Hundred Sixty-Six and 00100 Dollar
($1,475,466.00)
3. That for the purposes of said
special election, the District has been
divided into three election precincts,
as follows:
Precinct No. 1, bounded as follows:
That portion of the Medford Ir
rigation District lying East of
Bear Greek and North of the
North line of Sections 32 33 and
34, Township 37 South. Range 1
West, Willamette Meridian, Jack
son County. Oregon.
Precinct No. 2, bounded as follows:
That portion of the Medford Ir
rigation District lying West of
Bear Creek and South of the cor
porate limits of the City of Med
ford, Jackson County, Oregon; and
East of the County Road known
as King's Highway being in the
East boundaries of Donation Land
Claims No. 82 and 84 in Township
37 South. Range 2 West, Willam
ette Meridian, and Donation Land
Claim No. 38 in Township 38
South, Range 2 West, Willamette
Meridian, and that portion of the
District lying East of Bear Creek
and South of the North line of
Sections 32, 33 and 34 in Town,
ship 37 South. Range 1 West. Wil
lamette Meridian. Jackson County
Oregon.
Precinct No. 3. bounded as follows:
That portion of the Medford Ir
rigation District lying West and
South of the corporate limits of
the City of Medford, Jackson
County, Oregon, and West of the
County Road known as King's
Highway, being the East bound
aries of Donation Land Claims
No. 82 and 84 in Township 37
South, Range 2 West, Willamette
Meridian, Jackson County, Ore
gon. ,
4. That for the purposes of said
special election, the polling places for
each of the three above described
election precincts has been established
and located by the Board of Directors
as follows:
Precinct No. 1 Hillcrest Orchard
House, Hillcrest Orchard. Hillcrest
Road, Jackson County, Oregon,
being situate within the District.
Precinct No. 2 Phoenix Grade
School Gymnasium, Phoenix, Jack
son County, Oregon, being situate
within the District.
Precinct No. 3 Oak Grove School,
Jacksonville Highway, Jackson
County, Oregon, being situate
within the District.
5. That the special election shall be
by ballot; that the proposition to be
voted on at the election shall be as
follows:
Proposition:
Shall the Board of Directors of
the Medford Irrigation District,
Jackson County, Oregon, be au
thorized to negotiate and enter
into a repayment contract with
the United States of America, in
conformity with the proposals
specified in the notice of this
election, under the provisions of
the Federal Reclamation Laws and
all acts amendatory thereof and
supplementary thereto, and of the
laws of the State of Oregon, au
thorizing the District to enter into
such contracts,
and the ballots to be used at the elec
tion shall put the foregoing proposi
tion to the qualified electors by the
following words and symbols:
Contract with the United States
-Yes n
Contract with the United States
No
6. That all persons qualified to vote
at irrigation district elections under
the laws of the State of Oregon shall
be entitled to vote at said special
election, and the election shall be
held and the result thereof deter,
mined in all respects in conformity
as nearly as practicable with the pro
visions of law governing the election
of irrigation district officers.
7. That the polls shall be opened at
8 o'clock on the morning of the day
of said election and shall be kept
open until 5 o'clock in the afternoon
when the same shall be closed.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE MEDFORD DJ.
RIGATION DISTRICT.
(SEAL) J. A. HOFFBUHR
Secretary
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