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FOU MSDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 12, 1955
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 12. 1945 ,
(It was Friday)
Mr. and Mrs. John Cupp re
turn from 30-day trip to Tennes
see, where they purchased 32
registered Tennessee walking
horses for their Snowy Butte
ranch
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From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: New honors
have come to this county. It has
the second best jail in the state,
not to get into. To get into a
better one, a sinner has to jour
ney to Portland.
20 YEARS AGO
October 12. 1935
(It was Saturday)
George Codding, Jackson
county district attorney, elected
commander of Crater Lake Vet
erans of Foreign Wars post.
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce approves proposed
$145,000 water reservoir for
Medford.
30 YEARS AGO
October 12. 1925
(It was Monday)
, Representatives of west coast
colleges and universities attend
annual Jackson county teachers
Institute.
From Local and Personal col
umn: According to county and
state officers, the dances given
in Eagle Point district have im
proved a hundred per cent, not
one arrest for alleged bootleg
ging or speeding having been
made last Saturday night in con
nection with the regular dance
there.
40 YEARS AGO
October 12, 1915
w (It was Tuesday)
Petitions circulated for recall
ing four city councilmen because
of objections to rebonding pro
posals are almost complete.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Stockmen of the valley will
$4ip another trainload of cattle
next Monday to California: Cows
are brinais 4 cents a nound on
the hoof, and steers bring around
5 to 5Vi cents a pound. Hogs are
bringing 5 cents a pound, un
dressed, a very low figure, and
the hog raisers are holding their
stock for higher prices.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Repect
1. The U. S. has spent on the
Korean war much more or much
less than it spent on all World
" War I, or about the same?
2. A captive mine in coal is
one owned by the United Mine
Workers, a Wall Street bank, a
steel Co., or the Government?
3. The mental disease some
times called "split personality"
is or isn't schizophrenia?
4. Hostilities have been going
on for almost a yearin the Aures
Mountains of Malaya, Argentina,
Cyprus, the Middle East, or Al
geria? 5. If candidate for public
office gets free radio or TV time,
opponent must by law get
qual fee time; right or wrong?
9. The type of violent storm
known as a hurricane in the At
lantic is called what in the Pa
cific? Q -3
7? Gen. Eisenhower saw mili
- tary service in Europe during
both World Wars I and H, or
only the latter?
Tfe Answers: 1. Much more.
JL A Steel company. 3. Is. 4.
Algeria. 5. Right. 6. Typhoon. 7.
Oalf World War II.
Bse Mail Xfiouoa Went Ads
Ooops! - Air Force Too
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Maybe so, but members of the United States Air
Force Reserve come in a pretty close second, in a
polite and gentlemanly sort of way, of course.
TN THIS space Monday we commented on the ex
pansion of the Army reserve program, and discus
sed reserve activity in general. In the course of this
discussion, we omitted mention of a large Air Force
reserve program. Worse than this, we hinted that
there was no such thing by saying that the possibil
ity" existed that some such Air Force program would
be started.
This error-bv-omission was speedily and force
fully called to our attention.
Lt. Col. Manville Heisel (who was promoted to that
rank only this week), commanding officer of the
9417th Air Reserve squadron, called to express his
unhappiness. When he called, another reserve officer
was sitting m the office, politely but pointedly ex
pressing his. This was followed by a-call from Oapt,
Donald P. Hemingway, Air Force unit instructor here,
who brought along facts and figures to correct our
lapse.
THE fact is that there are two Air Force reserve
1 units in Medford, Group Headquarters of the
9091st Air Reserve group, and the 9417th Air Reserve
sauadron.
The first of these two units is commanded by Col.
Elmer H. Stambaugh of Medford, who is command
ing officer of the group as a whole. He has about nine
officers on his staff, and is responsible ior tne admin
istration of three squadrons, the 9415th, 9416th and
9417th. Thelast-named is the Medford squadron.
THE 9417th has about 48 men from Medford in A
fhVht: about 40 from Klamath Falls in B flight,
and about 14 in Grants Pass in C flight. Each flight
meets four times monthly tor two hours oi general
training, in military courtesy, administration and
other types of knowledge needed by all ranks.
The Air Reserve activity here is on a non-pay
status (which, coupled with the fact that no flying is
involved, mav have contributed to the fact that it was
not on the list of units published Monday).
CAPTAIN Hemingway explained that the Air Force
reserve units have three rjrimarv responsibilities
training, holding and accounting. Specifically, this
mcludes general training of the type mentioned, tne
processing of periodical physical examinations, pro-pessino-
officers and men for active dutv periods, pro
cessing promotions, and keeping and surveying each
member s records for the Air a orce.
The captain also explained that it is hoped the
organization can go on to a pay status by next Febru
ary, which would mean that Air reservists could take
.two 21-hour training periods each month, and re
ceive two full days pay. It would serve to give the
Air Force program a big boost in this area, he said.
(There are some members of the 403rd Troop
Carrier wing in Medford, but that is technically a
Portland unit. Members fly there periodically for
training.)
WE ARE sorry we skipped the Air Force, and hope
rvP it.a nativities here will
tliaU X vvvUUMUg v. t -w-
make up for it. .
If there's a Marine Corps reserve unit in town we
don't know about, representatives can call at the- of
fice, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day but Sunday. E.A.
Is There A Moral?
The jobs public officials are called on to perform
are many and varied. Not all of them see print, be
cause, for one reason or another, they do not consti
tute "news" a little boy is missing a few hours, but
is found safely and without drama; a family fight is
settled; a burglar alarm turns out to be the wind in
the trees that sort of thing.
SOMETIMES they almost get into news story form,
as was the case in one incident yesterday. The story
was all written and ready for Page 1.
This is what it said :
A boy who appears to be about 3 years old, and who
can't tell police much about who he is or where he lives,
was being cared for by city officers this morning.
He was "found" at 8 a.m. .today, sitting on a stool at
Dad's Hideaway on Court st, and no one seems to know
how he got there whether he just wandered in, or was
abandoned. .
The youngster, who is blond and blue eyed, told officers
in a little-boy voice, difficult to understand, that his name is
. That's about all solicitous officers could get
out of him. He is dressed in blue jeans, a yellow-striped
T-shirt, plaid coat-jacket and sandal-type shoes with no
socks. His clothes are dirty.
Mrs. Kay Crowell, county juvenile officer, this morning
was attempting to find a temporary foster home for the boy,
since no one had reported missing a child up to about noon.
IT ONLY need be added that the boy's uncle heard
a radio bulletin at about 11 :30 a.m. that the young
ster was at the police station, and went over to the
lad's parents' home, to find his mother had just start
ed searching for him. He had apparently' dressed him
self early and wandered away.
We are pointing out no particular moral in this
story. We leave that to our readers, and to the con
science of parents everywhere. E.A.
SMOKING LIMITED
London (U.R) Milkman Sam
Stanley, 41, was ordered by a
judge Tuesday to cut his smoking
from 60 cigarettes to 16 a day.
Stanley admitted embezzling col
lections from his route to buy
smokes.
The Columbia river is 1,270
miles long.
4-H Club News
Forestry Club
The Southwest Medford Jun
ior Forestry club met Oct. 5, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al
Smith. The meeting was called
to order by Steve Smith, acting
president. The meetings for each
month were discussed.
Norman Renner,
Reporter.
Rogue River's Scenic Beauty,
History, Dicsussed by. Writer
(Editor's note: This is another ar
tide by George Putnam, editor em
eritus of the Salem Capital-Journal
and former editor and publisher of
the Mail Tribune. Today he dis
cusses the history of the Rogue
Rive, the origin of its name, and its
scenic beauties. The article is pub
lished by permission of the Salem
paper, in which it first appeared.
By GEORGE PUTNAM
Rogue river of Southern Ore
gon rises in the extreme north
west corner of Klamath county
at Boundary Springs near the
northern boundary of Crater
Lake National Park and flows
through Jackson, Josephine and
Curry counties to empty into the
Pacific ocean at Gold Beach.
The claim that it got its name
of Rogue from the French word
Rogue on account of the alleged
red color of the water during
flood seasons brought the fllow-
ing spirited reply from Harvey
W. Scott in the Oregonian of De
cember 20, 1904, giving the real
origin of the name as follows:
"This is fanciful, purely so,
though the Rogue story is off.
There would have been reasons
for calling the Klamath river,
Rouge river, or Red river, for its
water are much discolored by
the marshes of the lake basin
which it drains. But Rogue river
is one of the clearest of streams,
and even in flood its waters are
not red.
Origin of Name
"An old French map has been
mentioned though no such map
is known now to be in existence
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tion must not exceed 400 words.
Red Hat And A Prayer
To the Editor: He goes forth
the mighty hunter to get himself
a deer. Now don't you worry
mother, this red hat will shine
bright and clear. I have my gun,
shells, knife, ax, socks and
matches. Here's my first aid kit
for cuts, bruises, sprains and
scratches.
Yes, father, she says your red
hat can be seen far and near
but in her heart she says "Dear
God I'll put my faith in a pray
er.
Returns the mighty hunter
proudly showing off ms deer.
Well here I am mother, just as I
said safe and sound.
She smiles and in her heart
she says "thank you God" till an
other , hunting it. season..... comes
around. '. , r, f - ' . , ;
Mrs. (Name on File).
Likes By-Pass
To the Editor: Will you please
publish this editorial from the
Oregon Journal of Oct. 10. Those
of us who live in this beautiful
city should fight this proposed
highway going through our town
and cutting into it on the east
side as it is on the west by the
railroad.
I propose that they continue
from the new Blackwell Hill
freeway right on across the west
hills with a clover leaf each for
Medford and Ashland and towns
in between, and along the west
slope to the Siskiyous.
We have been over the new
bypass at Oakland and Suther
lin (it is wonderful) and can
hardly wait to see the others.
Why must we, always be gov
erned by greed, and take away
old peoples' homes and income
by coming down Genesee and
Tripp streets? This city would
grow if certain people would
let it do so. i
Let's put the highway where
it will do the most good with the
least harm.
Mrs. Betty Morrow,
16 Tripp st.
Medford, Ore.
whereon the Klamath and
Rogue rivers are united and
called Rouge-Clamet, or Red
Klamath. But Rogue river, as an
individual stream, has been
known by its present name ever
since white men first visited the
country.
"Bishop Blanchet's account of
the Catholic church in Oregon
says the French were first to
call it by this name. The Indians
there were a peculiarly trouble
some lot, hence, says Blanchet,
the name "es Coquins' (the
Rogues and La Riviere aux Co
quins' (The Rogue River) was
given to the country by men of
the brigade.
"So far, then, it is from the
fact that Rogue river is a cor
ruption or change from the al
leged Rouge river of the French.
The actual truth is that the
French called it Rogue river
themselves. Everything is against
the asumption that it once was
'Rouge river' changed by Mis
sionaries to Rogue river on the
theory that 'them French
couldn't spell'."
Rogue Hudsons Bay Name
. John Work of the Hudsons
Bay Co. in his journal for Mon
day, September 16, 1833, uses
the name River Coquin, refer
ring to the Rogue river, and the
text indicates that the name
Coquin was already in use by
the brigades. In September, 1841,
Henry Eld of the Wilkes expe
dition, used the names Rogue
river and Rascally river, in his
journal, says McArthur's Oregon
Geographic names. It adds that
it was chartered as Rogue river
by the U.S. Coast Survey in
1850. It was caned by the In
dians "Trashit" and by act of
the territorial legislature Janu
ary 12, 1854, Gold river. The
old name was restored in 1855.
The name of Gold river was
probably applied because of the
(Editor's note: The clipping re
ferred to in Mrs. Morrow's letter
said in part: "In many instances
. it has been proved that re
lease from congestion of through
traffic (through use of a by-pass)
actuaUy benefits a city. It is
made more attractive for those
living in the trade area, the ones
who really spend the money. The
city is given more room for ex
pansion. Only those businesses
beamed at the traveler suffer:
Most through highways provide
attractive entrances for those
who really want to stop." The
Journal editorial went on tor
quote comment favorable to a
new Roseburg bypass from the
Roseburg News-Review, which
was reprinted on this page
Oct. 8.)
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seekers stimulated the Indian
wars, for which the whites
shared the blame with the In
dians, according to official re
ports, owing to "mutual misun
derstanding." Governor Lane
finally succeeded in making
peace at a Table Rock con
ference in 1854 whereby the
Indians were confined to reser
vations with a cash bonus, but
war renewed on the lower Rogue
ending in 1858.
Rogue River Indians
Rogue river Indians and their
neighbors, the Pit river, Califor
nians, were probably racially
connected with the Apaches of
Arizona, according to classifica
tion of tne American Indian into
58 distinct families. A. third Of
the groups" was represented in
Oregon and California tribes.
The Rogue river ranks as one
of the most picturesque rivers
in the Nortwest and because the
Crater Lake highway follows its
climbing curves for many miles,
thousands of tourists view it an
nually. How it impressed the
writer when he first saw it near
ly a half century ago is told in
his editorial in the Medford
Tribune when fly fishing for
steelhead in its swift and turbu
lent waters was an additional
asset but "them days are gone
forever."
As Seen Nearly 50 Years Ago
"The Rogue is a stream of
wild beauty, the most beautiful
of the many beautiful rivers of
Oregon. From its source amid
the snowy sentinels of the Cas
cades through inaccessible can
yons, verdant valley, precipitous
gorge, and awesome palisades,
to1 where it spills its mad waters
into the heaving sea, everywhere
it charms the eye and fascinates
the fancy.
"The Rogue rises in one of the
world's wonder spots, amid
scenic attractions few regions
surpass. From its source to its
mouth its torrents are precipi
tated vertically a mile and a
half, wasting more power than
Niagara. Its countless falls and
cascades, its rapids and riffles,
are exquisitely framed by nature
to delight the artist and appeal
to the poet, that, latent, lurks
in all of us.
Upper Rogue River
"The upper Rogue tunefully
tumbles and tears its way
through an unfrequented wilder
ness. Floods of many centuries
have cut and carved its bed in
the solid lava that poured from
the once majestic volcano, whose
burned-out bowl is now filled by
the blue waters of Crater Lake.
Over and under and through
this once river of molten rock
dash the swirling' waters, churn
ed to a foaming frenzy. In a
whirl of abandon, the stream
in a continuous series of cas
cades, plunges 600 feet in less
than a mile, and as it falters
in its mad career, a turbulent
tributary leaps 300 feet to meet
it.
"Stately forests of pine and
fir line the banks of the Rogue,
and where the trees are missing,
the rocks are picturesquely paint
ed in many colors. Where it
pauses in its tumbling flight.
verdure-clad valleys widen and
fields of green and fragrant or
chards are replacing the tangled
forest. But the shimmering, glis
tening, murmuring flood is never
still, but always restless, moving
toward the sea.
Lower Rogue River
"The lower Rogue is no less
picturesque, wild and inaccessi-
discovery of gold at Jacksonville Dle tnan the, upper stream. From
in 1852 and an influx of gold f16" ate to the ocean, it dashes
in a turmoil of trouble through
a precipitous gorge. High pali
sades rear their rocky, barren
heads, hundreds of feet above,
projecting over the narrow chan
nel. Like a silver ribbon, the
roaring river far below winds its
tortuous, tumbling way until lost
to view in the purple haze of dis
tant mountains through which it
hastens to the sea
Firemen Miffed;
They All Resign
Clintonville, Wis. U.R) The
entire Clintonville Fire depart
ment has resigned because the
firemen's feelings were hurt by
complaints over tneir noisy
ways.
.The 18 - man volunteer force
handed in the resignations Tues
day and Fire Chief Edward Du
Frane said the mayor and two
aldermen should apologize for
what they've been saying.
Du Frane said the officials
had criticized the "speed and
noise", made by the firemen
when they "tear out" of their
station to answer alarms. .
Mayor George Meggers said
he and the aldermen certainly
hadn't intended to be critical.
Since the firemen's resignations
won't become effective until Sat
urday, Meggers scheduled a
meeting on the matter for Fri
day and said he was sure "every
thing will be ironed out."
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Is That So?
As it affects our day-to-day
existence, weather is sadly mis
understood and loaded with pop
ular fallacies. What better then,
than to test current beliefs with
answers I got from experts
climatologists:
Belief: Humans tend to do
their best work in good weather.
Fact: Inspiring as a bright,
clear day may be, studies show
that we accomplish most on dull
days when it is damp and raw,
regardless of how much we may
grumble and complain.
Belief: Children born during
the warm months of summer
say July, August, and Septem
ber tend to live longer.
Fact: Children born during the
coldest months of the year
January, February and March
tend on the average to live some
three years longer than those
born in July, August and Sep
tember, according to a study
made by Professor Ellsworth
Huntington of Yale.
Belief: "A green winter makes
a fat churchyard" is an old say
ing in other words, a mild win
ter is unhealthy.
Fact: A mild winter is accom
panied by a big drop in mid
winter ailments according to city
health department studies made
in northern U.S. cities. It is the
violent, weather-changing win
ters which really fill church
yards. Belief: Spring fever is nothing
more than a state of mind.
Fact: Physiologists state that
spring fever, with its accompany
ing symptoms of listlessness, low
vitality and a desire for sleep,
is a real malady. In adjusting
to the sudden seasonal rise in
temperature, the body must
work extra hard to throw off
the heat. Sweat glands, primar
ily, are not yet functioning
smoothly and the body's na
tural cooling system is out of
kilter.
Belief: Time of year has noth
ing to do" with a baby's weight.
Fact: Quite the contrary ba
bies conceived in the fall and
winter tend to be heavier than
those conceived in spring or sum
mer. It's because the mother's
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building-up power anabolism
which influences the weight of
her child is greatest at this time
of the year. What's more, these
babies tend to hold their rela
tively higher weights right on
through their school years.
Belief: Girls matura-earlier in
tropical climates.
Fact: In tropical climates, girls
mature on the average at 14 and
15. In such stimulating temper
ate climates as Chicago and Cin
cinnati, they mature about the
end of their 12th year. Physi
ologists state, that the contin
uous devitalizing heat" slows up
the maturing process
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Minnesota Girl
Named Dairy Queen
Chicago U.R) Ruth Marie
Peterson, a brown-eyed Austin.
Minn., girl who loves her milk,
is 1955's new "American Dairy
Princess."
Miss Peterson was chosen
over 12 other pretty girls at the
International Dairy show Tues
day. She is a 5 foot 4 inch bru
nette who drinks four or five
glasses of milk a day and eats
loads of cottage cheese, butter
and ice cream.
The 20-year-old princess at
tended Austin Junior college
last year and will continue her
education at the University of
Minnesota after her reign is
over. The honor of princess in
cludes a $1,000 prize.
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TIL 9 P.M.
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PREACHING ON - THE BURNING BUSH. ALSO
WILL BE PRAYING FOR THE SICK
7:30 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
JACK COE
PREACHING ON THE JOY OF THE LORD
ALSO PRAYING FOR THE SICK
2:45 P.M. SUNDAY 2:45 P.M.
WILLIAM BRANHAM
SUBJECT: "THE DEEP CALLETH UNTO THE DEEP"
7:30 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT 7:30 P.M.
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COME EARLY FOR A SEAT