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Century-Old Yakima Valley Post1 Restored, Motorloggers Discover In end Around Rogue River Five Buildings Left Standing At Fort Simcoe The following Is condensa tion of a motorloc appearing in tbn July 10 issue of Nerthwfnt Foto maracine. The Sunday Ore' gonian. it In one of an anuaJ Brif-s sponsored Jointly by the Oregon State Motor association And The Oregonlan. BY MERYIX SHOEMAKER Staff Wmw. The Orezonlaa The white man and the Yaki ma Indian did their last im portant lighting about 100 years afjo. Today they are co operating in one of the Pacific Northwest's most intriguing historical projects. This Is the restoration of old Fort Simcoe, reached by a road that comes to a dead end in the piny foothills of the Cascade mountains 28 miles west and south of Toppenish, Wash. This is a good motorlog tar get for a one-day or two-day trip, and the scenery here abouts is worth taking a rather long way around to get there. We took our white Oregon State Motor association Ford east on highway 30 from Port land and across the Columbia river at the Paterson ferry 50 cents about ten miles up stream from where we had turned onto highway 730 near Eoardman. It's a fast 27 miles to Pros ser. Wash. From Prosser to Toppenish you can make better Ome by taking highway 3A, which is a fine road, rather than highway 3, which the map indicates is the main road. The latter has more larger towns with reduced speed zones. The 27 miles from Toppenish to Fort Simcoe is mostly well paved, but there is a five or cix-mile stretch of gravel road before the visitor passes through the heavy timber en- trance to the site of the old fort Restoration Shared The restoration is principally the work of the Washington state parks and recreation commission, together with the national parks service, and with the support of the Fort Simcoe at Mool-Mool Restora tion society at Yakima, Wash. The Indians are very much In the picture, because the site is on the Yakima Indian reser vation. It is under " a lease agreement with the Yakima Indian nation that the fort is oeing restored as a monument to the Indian wars. t: Progress so far on the proj ect includes restoration of the commandant's house and one officer's home as well as razing several later structures to al low more room for picnicking. i Commandant's house, finest of structures at old Fort Simcoe, is beinp restored to original condition under project of Wash ington state parks and recreation commission, along with the national parks service and Yakima Indians at reservation. (WASH I NG TON Yakima Fort A ...... w.r ..-tfes i w '"J jLZsy Eoardrr.an The Dalies OREGON Map indicates route of motorlog np highway SO, by Columbia, j then across Paterson ferry and through Horse Heaven hills, with the highway steeply descending into the Yakima valley. The program will also involve furnishing the residences as they once were. Fort Simcoe had been estab lished after the Yakima Indian war of 1855-56 at the sugges tion of Maj. Gen. John Ellis I Wool, commander of the de j partment of the Pacific, ac cording to Albert Culverwell, 'historian for the Washington state parks and recreation commission, writing in the Pa cific Northwest Quarterly. The name "Simcoe" comes i i Notorloggers in white AAA car found curio shop In an I Indian tepee at army fort. from the Indian "sim-ku-ee,' meaning "saddle in a hill," de rived from a noticeable saddle like dip in a ridge north of the fort. Fort Served Purpose Only small groups of Indians engaged the soldiers stationed at Fort Simcoe in the brief time between its construction and abandonment by the army. Fort Simcoe served a pur pose in being there during the tag end of Indian fighting in central and south central Washington. It was a base for operations elsewhere for one thing, and it also had the salu tary warning effect of a police man in sight. Soon abandoned for its origi nal purpose, it owes its partial survival to its aptness for con version to another use. In 1859 the army moved out, the build ings were turned over to the department of Indian affairs, and an Indian agency that had been established near the mouth of the White Salmon river was moved to the fort. The agency remained at the site of the old fort, tearing Hown many buildings and erecting others, until 1924, when it was moved to Toppen ish. It's a pleasant, scenic drive down highway 97 from Top penish, through Satus pass, to the Columbia river, end for Oregonians it's the shortest way home. &Bt&UBGHS0tMiBHK&PJ!&llB0lBB0nK)09n&BnBN6BtmtmiJ CosnBMPssisnBMssvssvifwtnnMnKnn rr GOoo7 TF rSTisl :hfv rz:!rTi;r-:r-:rz: Ever buy something "Just as good" that really was? Imitations are never as good as the "real thing". You're so much surer when you follow the basic rule for safe and sound buying: A good brand is your best guarantee No matter what you're buying, you know you can bank on a good brand. When you pick it you know you're right. The more good brands you know, the surer you are. Get to know them in this paper. They'll help-you cut buying mistakes, get more for your money. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Incorporated A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 37 West 57th St., New York 19, N.Y. Rogue River The funeral for Irwin L. Hogan, who died July 12 in Grants Pass, was held at the Assembly of God Church Saturday. July 16, with the Rev. L. D. Hall officiating. The body was shipped to Portland for in terment in the Lincoln Me morial Park. Mr. Hogan was 72 years old and had spent several years in Rogue River. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS IX THE CIRCl'IT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK SON COUNTY PROBATE DEPART MENT In the Matter of the Estate of Newton Andrew Sharpies, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I have been appointed Administratrix of the above estate by an order made therein on July 20. 1355; all creditors having claims acainst &aid deceased are hereby nomied to present the same duly verified, and with proper vouchers attached, to me at the office of Roberts. Keliincton & Branchfield. 201-5 U. S. National Bank Bids.. Med ford. Oregon. vith:n six months from the date of this notice. Diited at Medford. Oregon, this 28th day cf July. 1955. O. B. Waddell Administratrix NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK SON COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICA TION OF BARBARA A. LEFEVRE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED, AND WHO SOEVER MIGHT BE CONCERNED: YOU ARE HEREBY notified that the above entitled court on the 2Sth day of July, l!)S5 entered an order and decree chanHing the name of Earbara A. Lefevre to Barbara A. Greer. WITNESS mv hand and seal of said Circuit Court this 28th day of July, 1955. BERETH P. HOPKINS. CLERK By: Jeanne W. Brown. Deputy ' NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER. FOR SALE Sealed bids will be received by the forest supervisor or his authorized representative at the Forest Service office. Post Office Buildine. Medford, Oregon, beginning at 2:00 p.m.. August 20, 1955, lor all live timber marked or designated for cutting a.nd all mer chantable dead timber located in two separate and distinct sale areas within the Rogue River National Forest. Ore gon, as particularized below: Diamond Lake Highway Beetle Salvaee: Sealed bids will be received up to and not later than 2:00 p.m., August 29. 1955; area embraces about 10 acres within Sections 12 & 13, T. 30 S.. R. 3 E.. W.M.: estimated volumes are 505 M board feet more or less of Douglas-fir, 30 M board feet more or less of all species of pine, and 250 M board feet more or less of white lir and other species of sawtimber. No bid of less than S29.05 per M board feet for Douglas-fir. S40.10 per M board feet for all species of pine, and S7.00 per M board feet for white fir and other species will be considered. In addition to the prices bid for stumpage a co operative deposit of S0.65 per M board feet, to be used by the Forest Service for paying the cost of slash disposal, and a cooperative deposit of S0.40 per M board feet, to cover the cost of tree planting, seed sowing and timber stand improvement work on the area cut over, for the total cut of timber under the terms of the agreement, will be required. Woodruff .Meadows Salv aje: Sealed bids will be received up to and not later than 3:00 p.m.. August 29. 1955: area embraces about 38 acres within Sections 6 & 7. T. 31 S.. R. 3 E.. W.M.: estimated volumes are 610 M board feet more or less of Douglas fir 170 M board feet more or less of all species of pine, and 120 M board feet more or less of white fir and other species of sawtimber. No bid of less than S23.75 per M hoard feet for Douglas-fir. S55.75 per M board feet for all species of pine, and S9.35 per M board feet for white fir and other species will be considered. In addition to the prices bid for stumpage, a co operative deposit of S1.30 per M board feet, to be used by the Forest Service for paying the cost of slash disposal, and a cooperative deposit of SI. 35 per M board feet, to cover the cost of tree planting, seed sowing and timber stand improvement work on the area cut over, for the total cut of timber under the terms of the agreement, will be required. A deposit of SI 000 00. made payable to Forest Service-USDA. must accompany each bid for each sale area, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained as liqui dated damages, according- io me cumui tions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Belofa bids are submitted, full information con cerning the timber, the conditions of iale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Super visor Medford. Oregon, or the District Ranger Union Creek Ranger Station, Prospect. Oregon. NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN POINT OF DIVERSION OF WATER Notice is given hereby that W. A. and Wanda White have filed an appli cation for the approval of a change in point of diversion of water from Little Butte Creek. Bv decree of the Circuit Court for Jackson Co. entered Aug. 15. 1949, in the matter of the determination of the relative rights to the use of the water of Little Butte Creek and its tributaries, a water right was adjudi cated in the name of Nicholas Young for the irrigation of, among other lands. 12.2 acres in NEV4 NW!i. Sec. 9, T. 36 S.. R. 1 W.. W.M.. from Little Butte Creek with a date of priority of 1899. These lands are irrigated thru the Young and Britt ditch, the point of diversion of said ditch being located 540 -.ft. N. and 817 ft. E. from SW corner of Sec. 3. and being within SW'i SWU, said Sec. 3. T. 36 S., R. 1 W W.M. The applicants herein, owners of the lands above described, propose to irrigate said lands by means of a pumping plant, the point of diversion of said pumping plant to be located 570 ft. S. and 1050 ft. W. from the N'i corner of Sec. 9. and being within NEU NWii. said Sec. 9. T. 36 S.. R. 1 W.. W.M. All persons interested are notified hereby that a hearing will be held st the county court house at Medford, Ore., on Sept. 8. 1955, beginning at 10:00 a.m. All objections to the pro posed change, if any there are, will be heard at said time and place. Any objections shall be prepared in writing, one copy to be served on W. A. and Wanda White. Rt. 1. Box 110. Eagle Point. Ore., and one copy mailed to the State Engineer. Salem, Ore., together with a $2 filing fee. at least ten days prior to the date set for hearing. If no objections are filed, the application may be approved by the State Engineer without a hearing. Dated at Salem. Ore., this 12th day of July, 1955. LEWIS A. STANLEY. State Engineer HEALTH PROTECTION BY HANGING Wfld's Best Fly Catcher! Get rid of annoying flies the safe and sanitary way. Comes with Tack Attached easy to hang. e Low in cost, only 5 for 2Sf. Buy a supply of AEROXON FLY CATCHERS from your grocer, hardware or general store. If not available, send $1.00 for a box of 20 catchers, postage paid. (No C.O.D. Please) AEROXON SALES COttPANY He is survived by his widow, Anna Hogan, and two sons and three daughters, four grandchil dren and six great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith re turned Friday, July 22, from Fortuna, Calif., where they have spent several weeks while he was building onto the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Baker. Allan McGregory Sr. is spend ing two weeks visiting his wife and son and daughter who are employed at Anchorage, Alaska. Born July 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Artie Smith at St. Helens, Ore., was a baby boy who has been named Zane Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Les Weigart and children returned this week from a trip as far east as Chi cago. A pleasant evening was spent at the Elmer Milton home last Tuesday with pictures being showed of the Milton logging operations and of the trip Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Colson took from Zero, Mont., to Rogue River. Those who enjoyed the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Colson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Milton, Mr. and Mrs. Don Elders, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Billic Milton and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Milton. Recent visitors at the Lloyd Smith home were Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, Longview, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cole man, Emporia, Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. Evert Colson, Zero, Mont. While here they enjoyed a trip to Lake O' Woods. Smith is a brother of Lloyd and Cole man a nephew. Mrs. Colson is Mrs. Smith's niece. Mr. and Mrs. William Hart man and children stopped over in Rogue River en route from Butte, Mont, to San Fernando, Calif., where they will make a new home. Mrs. Orvis Reeter, Mrs. Adel Raber of Rogue River and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laws of Eu gene were called to Santa Bar bara, Calif., by the illness of the girl's father, Earl Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rhoten and Dick Rhoten were week end visitors with home folks. The boys have logging operations at Ft. Bragg, Calif. Mrs. Hattie Harris, Lewiston, Ida., and Mrs. Francis Harris of Thursday. July 28, 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WIKB Mother Praxedes, Founder and Onetime Administrattor of Hospital Here, Dies News of the death July 23 in Montreal, Canada, of Mother Praxedes of Providence, founder and former administrator of Sa cred Heart hospital here was re ceived this week by sisters of the Charity of Providence at the local hospital. She was 84, and had retired only a few years ago from active life in the order. Here in 1911 Mother Praxedes came to Meford May 26, 1911 arid took charge of the building of the present Sacred Heart hospital. It Craigmont, Ida., returned home July 14 after a week's visit with Mrs. Hattie Harris' sisters, Mrs. James Whipple and Mrs. Zorah Wiley and families. Mrs. Mae Shults returned home Friday from several weeks stay at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Cummings and family. While there she had a visit with her grandson, Cloyd Porter and wife and son, Wich ita, Kans., where Cloyd is in the Air Force. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Owens, Grants Pass, spent the week end with the L. A. Miller family The Owens expect to leave soon to make their home in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brown were Medford shoppers Thurs day and drove a new car home. John Carter and Jack Miller returned Friday from a pleasure trip to Portland. Rogue River Church of God will hold its annual camp meet ing starting July 28 and con tinuing until Aug. 8. The Rev. H. Shaw, pastor of the church, will be in charge. There will be out of state speakers and four services will be held each day. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wright and two children of Klamath, Calif., have purchased the Foots Creek store and cabins whicn for the past three years have been managed by Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lane. The Rogue River Hobby club met Tuesday, July 26, at the country home of Mrs. Sam Bunch at Cave City. Most of the members were present and re port a pleasant day. was begun on June 5, 1911 and the nearly completed building was occupied Jan. 2, 1912, the patients having been transferred from the yellow house named Southern Oregon hospital, then situated on the corner of 11th and South Central ave. Within the year this building was torn down. Sisters of the order here ex plain. "The speed and dispatch with which the building went up from its first conception to the date of occupancy seem suffi cient proof of the builder's ener gy and devotion to duty. Mother Praxedes had had considerable experience in business adminis tration, as superior of a 400-bed hospital, St. Paul's, in Vancou ver, B. C, before coming here." Built for 100 Years They added, "Contractors who examined the building a few years ago conceded that it was built for 100 years, whereas most buildings are built for 50 years." From here Mother Praxedes went again to British Columbia and was named Provincial Su perior in charge of some 20 houses, hospitals, schools, homes niversary. The group was co founded by Bishop Ignace Bour get and Mother Emmelie Game lin in Montreal, and is governed by rules of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul formu lated in 1635. Anti-Cigarette Tax Group Gels Signers Portland CU.R) Tobacco Dis tributors, who object to collect ing a cigarette tax for the state, have announced they are going over the top in their drive to block collection of the tax due to start Aug. 4. The organization said it had collected 19,000 out of the 20,047 needed on referendum petitions to stall enforcement of the tax measure enacted by the 1955 legislature. Robert A. Bradlee, secretary of Tobacco Distributors, said 19,000 signatures had already been certified valid by county clerks. Most of the signatures, he said, had been collected in , , . "",1 j . for the aged and orphans. Later Success of the petition circu- she was chosen superior general of the Community, comprising now some 160 institutions in Canada and the United States. The mother general visited here in 1943 to take part in the observance of the 50th anniver sary of consecration to the works of charity of Sister Claire d'Assise, who had spent 30 of those 50 years in Medford. That same year the order of the Sisters of Charity of Provi dence celebrated their 100th an- lation would mean holding the tax in abeyance until it is ap proved or rejected by the voters in the November, 1956, general election. HEAT BLAMED Marshalltown, la. (U.R) Police reported a boy they found breaking up his bicycle, piece by piece, said: "It's my bicycle and I can do as I please with it." 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