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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Norember 8, 195S j .... - rart&fmai'nn NORTHWEST HIT BY FLOODS Coast Guard helicopters and boat crews are stepping up rescue operations evacuating persons marooned by flooding Pysht River (above) near Pysht, Wash. Farms and homes surrounded by water in the lowlands face further flood ing as more storms are expected. Kent Gives His Side of Talent District Contract Controversy R. M. Kent, secretary-manager of the Talent Irrigation district, Saturday gave his side of the controversy which arose last week over a proposed agreement between Kent and two members of the TID board of directors. The proposal would . have given Kent the resort concession at Hyatt lake for cabins, boat rental and other purposes. It was tentatively agreed upon at an Oct. 4 meeting of the board, with Board President Homer Moore dissenting. A circuit court restraining order, banning the contract, was issued after an in junction suit was brought by Collier Buffington Jr., a land owner in the district. The board voted to rescind the agreement at another meeting last week. Drew Rough Draft Kent, in his statement yesler day, pointed out that he had been with -the district 18 years, and will be eligible for retire ment before too long. "The con m cession looked like something that would afford me a living," he said. He drew up a rough draft of a proposed agreement and presentd it at the October meeting, at which time Directors Joe Meyer and Henry Owen ap proved it, with Moore disap proving it. Kent said it was decided by the majority that the rough draft should be taken to the district's attorney, Frank Farrell, to be passed upon, and, if approved, for a formal contract to-be drawn up. This was done, he said. He then left for Lincoln, Neb., to attend the convention of the National Reclamation as sociation as president of the Ore gon Reclamation congress. "When I came back, to my amazement I found an enormous I furor had been raised, including j an injunction suit," Kent stated. "But on my desk was a letter I from the attorney in which he I said he had it looked up, and said that Oregon law made such GRANGE Upper Rogue Grange Upper Rogue Grange held their regular meeting Thursday, Nov. 3, with a good attendance. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morehead and Mr. and Mrs. A. Kyklebye were voted to become members by initiation. HEC meeting will be in the hall Thursday, Nov. 10, with a luncheon at noon. Election of of ficers was in order and the fol lowing members elected for the year 1956: Master, Caroline Harding; overseer, Carl Richardson; lec turer, Robert Darrohn; steward, Bruce Grieve; assistant steward, Ray Gillispie; chaplain, Dorothy Tockstein; treasurer, May Rich ardson; secretary, Eda Torrance; gate keeper, Harry Harding; Ceres, Mae Darrohn; Pomona, Daisy Stone; Flora, Hazel Ulrich; lady assistant, Georgie Grieve, and executive committee mem bers, Ranald Axte.ll, Bill Miller and Roy Vaughn. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Wyles Berry and Monte Axtell. Gold Hill Grange The meeting of the Gold Hill Grange was held Nov. 3. The attendance is picking up since the hunting season and fruit harvest are over. The main business of the meet ing was the election of officers. Master Herman Kamping was reelected by a record vote. The lecturer's program was omitted owing to the lengthy election and the late hour. Every one was ready for the delicious refreshments served in the din ing room. The next serving committee will be the Mosers and Gertie Rosencran st. a contract illegal. "That settled it right there," Kent declared. "It was a dead issue. The board would not have ignored the attorney's opinion. The injunction suit was only a grandstand play for publicity purposes. It was unnecessary and superfluous, because the law made such a contract illegal, which neither I nor the board knew at the October meeting." Disturbed By Point Kent also said there "is one thing I am concerned about." He declared he is "not campaign ing for anyone" in the current election for selection of a new TID director. But he pointed out that one point raised in a letter supporting the candidacy of Da vid Holms disturbs him. . This states that Holmes "believes that more positive action should be taken on the Talent project. Gov ernment requests for factual data should be met promptly, and ' strong, vigorous action should at all times be exerted by the manager and the board of directors to insure successful conclusion of this project with government agencies." This statement carries the im plication, Kent maintained, that progress is not being made on the project. "None of the mem bers of the committee have in quired," he stated, "but they question our progress. We're right on the verge of the thing, and -I have been familiar with the negotiations throughout." Several drafts of contracts be tween the government and the district can be expected before a final draft satisfactory to all can be obtained, Kent stated, and he indicated the government would be reluctant to enter in where there is "dissenstion." This could well endanger the Talent pro ject "which right now is in the last delicate stages," Kent concluded. for cabinet beauty that .j2"C v.x- v. y i II tilt i ill s! II r 1 HI - If 31 fc . 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The dam, as planned by en gineers of the soil conservation district, was arranged to catch winter runoff water from the north" slope of Upper Table Rock that would otherwise go down over grain fields, causing much damage to crops. The next meeting of the Ta ble Rock Ladies club will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the home of Mrs. J. S. Richardson, with Mrs. R. E. Nealon assisting. Mrs. Alan Fleischer, recently elected president, will preside, with Mrs. Hobart Moore, the new secretary-treasurer, in charge of the minutes and fi nances. School census in the boun daries of what used to be district 44, taken recently by Mrs. Ev erett Brown, gives the number of children in the age brack ets of 4 to 19 inclusive, to be 50. Compared to 1954 there is a decrease of 9. These figures are accounted for by 17 moving from the district, two growing out of the age limit and 10 mov ing into the district. At the last meeting of the lo cal community club,, Everett Brown was elected president, and Mrs. Everett Brown secretary-treasurer for the ensuing year. A fair-sized audience was entertained with a program of songs, instrumental music, skits and readings, some of the num bers being furnished by young folks from the First Baptist church of Medford. The deco rations, by Mrs. Ray Doran, who cleverly arranged with fall fruits and flowers. A recent land survey at the Darling farm revealed that the owners were paying taxes on 21 acres more than they own. Other news given us by Mrs. Darling is the disappearance of five white face cattle from their pasture along the river, with no clues so far as to where they went. A 40 pound hide taken from a steer butchered by the Darlings brought $1.60 or four cents a pound at a local market. As a hide of this size would make several pairs of shoes, it gives one some idea of the dif ference between what the farm er gets for his produce and what he pays for what he buys. On their return recently from a short vacation in California, the Ray Doran family were sur prised when coming through Oakland Sunday morning to see so many Negroes, or what moth er used to call colored folks, go ing to the difrerent churches. Mrs. Delmar Dooley, the for mer Thalia Doty, writes from Iran that she sees something new every day, especially on the farms, where oxcarts and beasts of burden are still their depend able equipment and power. About 20 "trick or treaters" visited us Monday night draped in as many different costumes. About the cleverest, and hard est to guess the wearer, was Penny Sage, who carried an ex tension that was arranged so as to make her look like a beau tiful lady about eight fejt tall. The following we received through the mail which we thought was rather cute and is self-explanatory: "Now I intended to surprise the parents I selected, but some one went and put 'em wise I found I was EXPECTED! But say! I fooled 'em anyhow in spite of all their guesses (They didn't know for sure till now if I'd wear pants or dresses!) P.S. In case you're interested I wear pants. My name is . Ger ald Keith I arrived 2:51 a.m. October 27. I weigh 6 pounds, 10 ounces. My folks are Rob ert and Donna Dunn." (The doc tor told the Dunns their baby would be a girl.) Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hamil ton returned Tuesday from a few days visit with their daugh ter Jean (Mrs. James Lewis), at Forest Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Taylor and daughter Debbie were re cent visitors with relatives and friends in Portland and Seattle. The Taylor family held. their regular annual reunion and din ner at the Table Rock school house Sunday, Oct. 23, with members present from many parts of the county. The Bert Pierce family had as guests last week the Harvey Bo ren family of Altena, Ark., who are taking a sight seeing vaca tion on the Western coast. Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Boren are sis ters. We are glad to report that Alan Hill, missionary in this section for the American S. S. Union, who was seriously in jured recently in an automobile accident on Crater Lake high way, is steadily improving at his home in Central 'Point. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson, whose marriage was an item in the 40 years column of Monday's MT, were honored guests at a dinner party, attended by rela tives in honor of their 40th wed ding anniversary at the R. E. Nealon home, Wednesday, Oct. 26. C. L. Goodwin with his wife and two sons from Port Angles, Wash., have moved into the Ray Baker house. Goodwin is a share-holder in a plywood mill at White City, where he is em ployed. It was with sincere regret that we learned of the passing of Ralph Sweeney, long time citi zen of Jackson county and for many years its treasurer. Not only was he a conscientious, upright citizen, but a public of official that was oustanding in that he was untiring in his ef forts to do his work well. We have had many contacts with the treasurer's office, through serving on school boards, budg' et committees and the county court, but Ralph Sweeney Avas the only treasurer that could give the financial statement of the county and its subdivisions on a minutes notice. Ralph was one public official who went far beyond the call of duty to do his job as he felt it should be done. Another death that" came as a shock and surprise to us was that of Leslie Davis, former res ident of this community, who passed away suddenly at his home near Medford. Leslie, with his parents and brothers and sis ters, lived here for many years, coming from the state of Wash ington back in the 90's, and at one time owning what used to be called the Billy Wilson ranch, now a part of the Table Top Ranch. The Davis family, not mercenary in any way, went all out for anything they believed in, took much interest and were very active in church and Sun day School work. The S.S. they attended and helped to build up is still a live institution here, furnishing a place of worship for those who do not attend else where. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Timm of Tou Velle park are back home again after a two week vacation spent in California, Mexico, Nev ada, eastern Oregon and . coast points. In all their meanderings of visiting friends, sight-seeing We Give and Redeem Northern Stamps " 2. BUY With I K Confidence j At . . . 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Helping Mrs. Herb Carltnn celebrate her birthday Oct. 29 ai ner nome were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Netherland -and familv and Dave Schultz, all of Medford. Wayne Close, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Close, has received the nomination from Coneress- man Ellsworth to the new Air Force Academy at Colorado. He takes his physical tests on Dec. 12 at Parks Air Force base and and going to places they had never seen, they traveled nearly 3,000 miles. Mrs. Timm reports tha't in her observation work at Tou Velle park she only reports jets and group planes at pres ent as the so called "hot line" is not working now and there is too much business on the regu lar line to report the 30 to 60 planes that daily pass1 over this valley. Those in charge of this work hope to get a fully man ned post started here or nearby in the future, according to Mrs. Timm. Miss Penney Taylor was hos tess to local teenagers at a Hal loween party at her home Mon day night. The M. A. Blackwood family residing here on the Tou Velle place since 1948, are moving this week to a home recently purchased near the Medford air port. The Blackwoods have eight children, and since coming here, four have married and three graduated from Crater High. To keep the home -fires burning Blackwood has work ed at many trades, including painter, pear picker, paper hang er, and medicine man. Gas in the well at the Ralph James home in Sams Valley is being explored by a man fa miliar with this , kind of work, who claims there is enough gas generated in the well to heat and light the home and oper ate the household gadgets, if properly harnessed. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASYl then is slated for college n trance examinations. At present he is attending college in San Francisco. Irrigation Association Reelects lis Officers The officers of the Rogue Val ley Irrigation association were reelected at the group's annual meeting here Friday. 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