SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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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.
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TABLE ROCK
Earthen Dam Constructed
Table Rock Viggo Skou,
former resident of Table Rock
now living at Central Point,
has completed an earthen dam
and reservoir on land he owns
at. Beagle. It will impound some
130 acre-feet of water.
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
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LAST FLIGHT Capt. Lee H.
Hall (above) of Seattle was
the pilot of the United -Air
Lines DC-6B airliner that
crashed in a blinding explo
sion near Longmont, Colo.,
killing 44 persons.
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Klamath Family Visits
McLeod Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bennett and family, Klamath
Falls, were house guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Vaughn and
family over the week end of
Oct. 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding
were dinner guests Monday eve
ning, Oct. 31. at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Close in Med
ford.
Mrs. Blanche Stanlev made
the trip to Hawaii on the "Pears
to Pineapple" tour.
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.
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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. They are
Victor Boehl, Grants Pass, presi
dent; Paul Culbertson, Medford,
vice-president, and Jack Hoff
buhr,' Medford, - secretary-tnyas-urer.
Discussion at the meeting was
devoted to plans for the Talent
and Illinois Valley reclamation
projects, and to various aspects
of the "report of the Hoover task
force on reclamation. The group
felt that a number of je recom
mendations were not in the best
interests of reclamation, as did,
the recent meeting of the Na
tional Reclamation association,
it was reported.
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