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TABLE ROCK
Flood Destruction Told
BY-.R. E. NEALON
Table Rock Tha road to the
Bybee bridge was open Friday
morning, Dec. 24, after a 24
hour closure. The road bed
shows the effect of a terrific
beating, with a stretch of the
black top torn up and rolled off
the road bed, the big tile culvert
partially uncovered, and bould
ers and logs scattered over the
road-way.
During the high water two
cars were stalled near the Bybee
bridge, one being driven by Dick
Reum, with his wife and small
son as passengers. They were
coming home from Medford
about 9 p.m. Wednesday and
wptld have made the crossing
had he not tried to dodge
floating causing the car to
slide off the crown of the road
A state" trooper stationed at the
bridge, assisted in getting Mrs.
Reum and young son out of the
car, then taking them to their
home here. Later a wrecker ar
rived, which the trooper had
called by radio, and the car, after
some three hours in the water,
was towed out. During the inter
vening time Dick was waiting
in the car with the water steadily
rising until it was in hia lap,
when the car was finally pulled
out.
Telephone service, which was
disrupted for the Table Kock
Community and the Beagle dis
trict Wednesday night, when the
cable crossing the river went
down, was restored about 6 p.m.
Friday.
Friends and relatives in other
sections were somewhat anxious
about our plight here during
th high water, owing to radio
reports about the community be
ing isolated, with no telephone
service, and no way of getting
out. The truth is -that the road
north of Bybee bridge was clos
ed to traffic about 6 hours,
telephone service was out a little
longer, the mail carrier missed
one trip, and power service off
a few hours. The Mail Tribune
came a little earlier tfran usual,
being carried by airplane to
the Table Rock store. The real
headache will come to those
whose lands border on the river,
when they begin to untangle
and dig out miles of fence buried
in sand, twisted and torn and
covered with tons of debris. It
will be hard to estimate the
damage, as there are some things
that cannot be repaired, such
as crop land torn up and wash
ed away, and sand piled on land
in some places two f eJ or more
deep.
Although this was considered
by many as being a bi,g flood,
we have seen some thdt would
make this one look small, and
should the same conditions pre
vail, such as a heavy fall of
snow on the valley floor, and m
the mountains, later going off
with a warm rain, the flood wat-
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ers wumu tumc uwwn
faster, owing to so much timber
being taken from the water sheds
during the last few years. As
time goes on, and more timber
is cut from the water sheds,
and more people build their
cozy little homes near the beau
tiful Rogue, we predict that
some day, those who opposed
flood control via "Flan A" on
the river, will see that they
missed the boat.
Flood waters swished through
the two Allen homes near the
river bank Wednesday night, 22
inches deep in the Jimmy Allen
home, and 30 inches in the home
of the senior Aliens, which is
a little nearer the river. The
Jimmy Aliens had left their
home earlier and had gone to
the home of their son in Sams
valley, and the seniors to Med
ford. The water was deeper this
time around the Allen home than
any time since they have lived
there, according to Mrs. Jimmy
Allen.
The annual Christmas tree en
tertainment held last Friday
night at the school house was
well attended. The program, con
sisting of instrumental music,
songs, including solos, quartets.
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ings, was appropriate and en
joyed. The little tots took an
important part in the program,
and did the parts assigned to
theiji in a credible manner.
Santa Claus managed to get
through in spite of the weather,
bringing presents to the boys
and girls, who said they had
been good, and giving a scare
to the tiny tots who had not met
him before.
Bill Bray, local farmer and
auctioneer, recently purchased
three acres of land with a bus
iness building and dwelling just
across the road from his auc
tion yard,jwhere he will operate
a service station, with possibil
ities of future development.
Bill, who is busy with installing
one of 'the best set of scales in
southern Oregon, says that at a
recent auction sale he put some
950 cattle through the ring,
some of them being trucked as
far as Los Angeles.
The heavy downfall of rain
which caused much anxitiy in
some parts of the valley, was
most welcome in Sams Valley,
where irrigation reservoirs are
being filled that were only par
tially filled last winter, causing
the irrigation season to be short
ened somewhat the past sum
mer.
The warning given by the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce in a recent issue of
the M. T. about the many so-
called charitable agencies at
tempting to raise funds by mail
ing neckties, gadgets, etc., to
persons and asking money in
return, is well worth reading.
The Portland Better Business
Bureau, after an investigation
found that most of these are run
for profit, for the instigators,
and very little, if any, of the
money gets to the supposed re
ceipients. So if you're wearing
a necktie sent to you by mail
and haven't sent in the dollar
and twenty-five cents, don't let
your conscience bother you. If
you do this a few times they
will take your name off their
sucker list.
The Robert SageEfamily, resid
ents of this community since
shortly after the close of World
War II, have purchased a new
home in Medford at Oregon
Terrace near the new Junior
High ' school, and are moving
this week to the new location.
A neighbors feed lot, filled
with fat white-faced steers that
cost 18 cents a pound when put
on feed, are worth 15 cents
according to buyers. Some 30
to 40 years ago, when hay was
worth 10 to $12 a ton, we used
to buy feeders on what was call
ed a 3 cent margin, which if
obtained at selling time, would
give us a market for the hay
at a little better than the going
price. In the above case the
margin is in the reverse.
The annual Christmas dinner
gathering of the Bigham clan
was held last Sunday at the
Everett Brown home, with 43
members present.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brood
of Corvallis are visiting this
week with Mrs. Brood's parents
at the John Morris home.
The J. S. Richardsons and
the R. E. Nealons were Christ
mas dinner guests at the Ernest
Leavitt home on the Old Stage
rd.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kiefer and
daughters, Lael, Karen, and
Janet of Vancouver, Wash., were
weekend visitors here at the
home of Mrs'. Kief er's sister, Mrs.
C. L. Goodwin. Other recent
visitors at the Goodwin home
were Mr ."and Mrs. Steve Puro
of Crescent City, Calif.
The reservoir recently con
structed by Viggo Skou at Beagle
to improond the run-off water
from the north side of upper
Table Rock, is now filled to ca-
pactiy, which is 130 acre feet.
Found in Tern Velle park after
flood waters had receded were
several fish resembling gold
fish in color, but with the scales
and mouth of a carp, and larger
than the usual run of gold fish.
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Coos County Highway
Bids To Two Companies
Salem ttJ.P.) The State High
way commission has awarded
a Coos county highway contract
to Fred H. Slate Company, Ore.,
Ltd., and E. C. -Hall Company,
Portland, on low bid of $306,
273.50. The job involves 1.36 miles
of grading and paving on the
Coquille-Rink creek section of
the Coas Bay-Roseburg highway
east from Coquille, and furnish
ing crushed material in stock
pile.
Mrs. Timm, who rescued them
from a small pool of water left
by the flood, was puzzled as tq
what kind of fish they were.
Bert Peck, an employee of the
Oregon state game commission,
explained that gold fish do some
what resemble carp, and in some
cases grow to be quite large.
County trucks and loading
equipment being used at the
gravel pit near the old military
bridge site barely missed being
trapped by the flood waters.
They were taken out Wednes
day about 10 p.m. just before
the swift moving water reached
there.
A break-down of man and
lightning caused fires on fed
eral and state lands in Oregon
for 1955 gives 821 man caused,
and 797 lightning. On the man
caused 257 were charged to
smokers. We notice that mem
bers of the Oregon State Hort
icultural society came out in
favor of a general sales tax,
but made no mention of the
cigarette tax, to be voted on
next election, which reminds us
of a debate held at the Central
Point Grange hall, before the
election of 1947 when a state
sales tax was on the ballot. Two
Medford attorneys debated the
issue. There was a sales tax on
the same ballot that year, and
the speaker for the affirmitive
in closing his argument for the
sales tax, said there was also a
cirgarette sales tax on the ballot,
but this he was opposed to be
cause it would discriminate, as
he might be the only person
in a room full of people who
smoked cigarettes, which he ad
mitted he did, so would be the
only one in the crowd paying
the tax. We thought .of a neigh
bor who had made several trips
to Portland, and paid about $200
for mechanical device to enable
him to walk owing to arthritis,
who would have been taxed
under the bill this man was-
working for, although he prob
ably could have been the only
one among many, needing this
service. As Bob Ruhl says, it
makes a difference whose ox
being gored.
These are quotes from conver
sations we have heard lately
that show the trend of the cattle
man's thinking: "Charles Hil
key," Sams Valley farmer and
stockman; "The farm business
has got to where a person can
sleep better if he don't figure
too much." "Gerald Mitchell,"
Meadows cattleman, looking at
a load of hay he hadojust bought:
"When an old cow eats that load
of hay, she has eat her head off."
Meaning, the hay was worth
more before she ate it than she
is after she. eats it. "Abe Half
hill," manager of Table Top
Ranch, while cutting and wrap
ping big hunks of beef for the
locker, "Can't sell these big
steers, might as well try to eat
them."
Mrs. Julia Myers celebrated
her 95th birthday Saturday Dec.
31, at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Frank and Mary
Myers, where she has resided
for the past three years. We owe
Mrs. Myers an apology, as we
had given Mr. Davisson the hon
or 'of being our oldest citizen on
his 90th birthday last Septem
ber. We ofer this apology, with
best wishes for a Happy' Birth
day and many more.
Sam Glass, the ex-marine, now
taking a course in civil engine
ering at OSC is spending the
holidays with home folks, and
keeping his figure trim by help
ing with the farm work on the
J. L. Nealon ranch here. .
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PROVING BANKERS have sense of humor, Karen McGuire,
12, admires horse given her by officials of New York's Han
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Greenwich, Conn., bid $24.03, all her savings, for Nashua,
promising good care for horse if she got it. (International)
GOLD HILL
Newlyveds Return to City
By MRS; AGNES HARRISON
Gold Hill Dr. Stanley Brown
and his bride, the former Miss
Charlotte Moreland, Portland,
returned to Gold Hill after be
ing married in Portland Nov. 26.
Mrs. Brown recently completed
nurses training at St. Vincent's
hospital in Portland. The couple
honeymooned in Mexico and are
living at Drake's Lazy Acres
Motel.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burnett
and family had as guests Christ
mas day his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. F. Burnett, Rogue River,
and Mrs. Burnett's brother,
Charles Smith and family, Med
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith
had their son, . Douglas Smith,
and wife Gail, who both attend
Oregon State college and their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Pettey and their twin
danghters, Jan and Debbie, Coos
Bay, with them for Christmas.
The Gold Hill health unit will
meet Tuesday, Jan. 10, instead
of the first Tuesday in the
month. The meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Jack Cline
on Highway 99N. Co-hostess will
be Mrs. Clarence Parsley and
Mrs. Melvin Burnett.
Johnnie McCoy, son of Mrs.
Ruth McCoy, is visiting with his
mother and brother and sisters
during the holidays. He is at the
children's farm home near Cor
vallis.
Mrs. Earl Taylor, former resi
dent of Gold Hill and now of
New Plymouth, Ida., is visiting
friends in the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Coy are vis
iting with his mother, Mrs. Susie
Coy, and other relatives. They
are from California.
Jim Hughes is spending his
vacation from San Francisco
State college with his friend,
Marvin Throne, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Throne. Mar
vin and Jim axe together in the
Navy.
Mr. and Mrs. John: Jore and
daughter Dianne are vacationing
over the holidays in Los Angeles
with their son Raymond and
family, and their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Smith, and other relatives.
In the contest sponsored by
the Gold Hill Lions club for out
door home lighting decoration
for Gold Hill, and which was
judged by H. D. Force, Mrs.
Paul Malloy and Dr. Stanley
Brown, awards were presented
to Gene' Jones, first place for his
portrayal of Christmas, a nativ
ity scene; George Gilman, sec
ond place, and Delos Walker,
third. Honorable mention went
to Cecil Gabie, Dale Collins, Al
Fink and Milton Steinmetz.
Judging was based on original
ity, time and effort and pofi
trayal of Christmas theme. Cash
prizes ; were donated by Gold
Hill merchants.
Mr. and Mrs. Lin Murdock and
two children, Tom and Jill, have
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returned to their home in Ana
heim, Calif., after spending two
weeks visiting with Mrs. ,Mur-
dock's sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack White. They also
visited with the girls mother.
Mrs. F. Mant, who has been liv
ing with the Whites since June
Ward Blue recently visited
with his brother in Centralia,
Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Arnold
and family are vacationing with
relatives in California
Mr. and Mrs. Al Harrison and
family spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Harrison of Matheson, Calif
Gold Hill health unit met in
December at the home of Mrs
Arthur Boye. Twenty-five mem
bers attended, with Geneva Mar
tin and children as visitors. A
rummage sale was planned for
February. It was reported that
Adrene Anderson was home
from the hospital
Steel Industry's
1955 Production
Tops in History
New York (U.R) America's
dynamic steel industry produc
ed more steel in 1955 than ever
before in history, but consumers
clamored for more.
Steel-spewing furnaces turned
out a fantastic 116,000,000 tons
in 1955 but was gobbled up im
mediately by companies, making
everything from hairpins to sky
scrapers. The booming automitive and
construction industries were in
the vanguard of this mad scram
ble for steel that sent order back
logs zooming.
Industry spokesman expect no
letup in the tight steel supply-
demand picture at least through
the first half of 1956.
Another Record Seen -
Officially, steel men are reluc
tant to extend their glowing pro
ductions beyond the half-year-
mark. Unofficially, however,
many expect 1956 to be on a
par or possibly greater than
1955. ;
Production during the past
year easily exceeded 1953, the
best previous year in history
when 111,600,000 tons were pro
duced.
Output in 1955 ran some 29,-
000,000 tons ahead of 19o4 a
recession year one of the big
gest year-to-year gains in hist
ory. The almost insatiable demand
for steel produced some nifty
earnings reports and led to high
er dividend disbursements. But
it also gave the industry some
man-sized operating headaches.
It did one other thing, too. It
conviced even the most conser
vative in the steel ranks of the
pressing need to expand capa
city.
Industry To Expand
Iron Age, the authoritative
trade journal, predicted its rated
capacity by 16,000,000 tons witrP
in the next four to five years.
Annual capacity now stands at
126,000,000 tons.
Tom Campbell, editor-in-chief
of the metalworking weekly,
told the United Press this ex
pansion will cost something like
$3,200,000,000. Most of the
money will come from retained
earnings, depreciation and high
er, steel prices.
Veneer Firm Low In
Federal Timber Sale
Portland (U.R) Columbia
Veneer company was low bidder
at $377,090 for 17,000,000 board
feet of federal timber - in the
Clackamas watershed, the Forest
service said Saturday. The bid
was 52 per cent above appraisal.
The timber is located about
29 miles from Estacada in the
Mt. Hood National Forest.
The Great Lakes carry more
than two-thirds of all the inland
transport in the U.S., and the
two principal cargoes are iron
ore and coal.
Color TV Sets
To Remain Costly
During Next Year
New York (U.R) Color tele-
vision sets are expected to re
main costly in 1956, but they'll
make some strides in their march
toward the nation's average
home.
RCA president Frank Folsom
predicted next year will defin
itely see what the industry calls
the break-through.
Chances are, however, you'll
have to pay more than $500 for
a olor set next year compared
with 1955's $695-$l,000 price
tags, while the industry blasts
at the roadblocks preventing the
break-through.
That much-discussed- term re
fers to the time when enough
sets are sold to permit mass pro
duction economies and prices of
$300 or less. Many trade leaders
balk ' at predicting a specific
break-through time. One says it
will come in 1958, with sales
of nearly 3,000,000 receivers
priced around $300.
Mass market economies were
impossible in 1955, when sales
sputtered up to about 25,000 sets.
But sales predictions for 1956
range from around 100,000 up
to 500,000.
Expansion-minded networks
say they'll broaden and improve
color programming in 1956 to
help spur interest and demand
for sets.
Intensive research by set mak
ers will aim at lower prices and
better technical performance.
Tavern May Spur Color
Oddly, the local tavern may
write itself into history for help
ing spur color TV's progress, just
as it' did in black-and-white's in
fant years. Affluent taverns and
hotels were fairly good custo
mers for color sets in 1955.
ueaiers may step up promo
tional activity sharply next sum
mer, when several set makers
are expected to unveil new color
models. Then may come a vast
promotional surge involving al
most everybody ' in the busi
ness, CBS-Columbia spokesman
predicts.
FROM ALL
OF US AT
Jackson County Ends Good
Year From Health Outlook
The year 1955 has been a good
one for Jackson county from a
health standpoint, according to
a year-end report by Dr. A. E.
Merkel, county health officer.
Contagious diseases have been
comparatively low, with few
er cases of polio than in several
previous years. Five polio cases
were reported. Oregon as a
ghole had almost 475 polio
cases compared with 350 in 1954.
In 1954 and 1953 Jackson coun
ty had 15 and 35, respectively.
Polio not Licked .
. "Polio is not yet licked un
less we get all our children pro
tected by the use of Salk vac
cine, "Dr. Merkel -said, fam
ily physicians have ample sup
plies to protect the priority
eroun from birth to 15 years."
Sixteen cases of pulmonary
insis were reported in
1955, as compared to 15 in 1954,
and Merkel said "many more
cases are as yet unknown." He
stressed the use of tuberculin
skin testing and x-rays at Sacred
Heart and Community nospitai
centers.
Typhoid, one of the most
dreaded diseases not too many
years ago, was reported only
once during 1955, and no cases
of diphtheria have been report
ed in the past five years.
"Constant vigilance must be
kept through immunization and j
periodic 'booster' shots," the j
health officer stated, adding that j
large numbers of diphtheria !
cases have been reported in parts j
of the south. :
Dr. Merkel stressed that f am-:
ilies should keep protection
against the serious and highly ,
fatal disease through periodic
boosters. ' .
Sharp Decline
A sharp decline was noted in !
the streptococcal diseases
scarlet fever, septic sore throat
and erysipelas with 50 cases
in 1955, compared to 152 the
previous year. i
able disease reduction in recent
years is unbelievable," accord
ing to Dr. Merkel. "Credit goes
to many the taxpayer who sup
ports the health department with
funds; the family physician;
Jackson County Public Health.
association, its health education
and tuberculosis control pro
gram: and dentists and other
agencies who contribute to bet
ter community health,"
Many unmet needs still pre- c
vail in the county, he declared,
including accidents, both on the 0
highway and homes; mental o
diseases of the aged.
Dr. Merkel said health educa
tion and rehabilitation can play
major parts in improving com
munity standards regarding the
aged. Health programs for sani
tation and increased housing also
should be strengthened.
The 83-cent annual cost to the
taxpayer for health department
work should be worth much
more, he said, through the
knowledge that the "food we
eat, and water and milk we
drink are safe, to say nothing
about the many other services
received."
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