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TABLE ROCK I 40 Cattle Flood Victims By R. E. NEALON Table Rock Reports com ing from the Dodge Bridge dis trict indicate that some 40 cat tle, belonging to the Dodge ranch, were casualties of the re cent flood. It seems that the cat tle were being fed on high ground, out of danger of flood waters, but had gone to lower ground to feed on a field of clov er, when they were surrounded by water coming down a depres sion. Several head were driven out by the ranch employee, who made frantic efforts to rescue the herd only to have them stampede each time he got them to where they could have cross ed by swimming a short dis tance. Twenty-three of those ma rooned on the small island sur vived the flood, although they stood in water belly deep for more than a day. In, a conversation with R. V. Beale, valley pioneer, about Rogue River floods, he said the flood of 1890 was the biggest he had seen, that the land on the north side of the river in this district seemed to be covered with water. We talked with one of the engineers working on the survey for plan A several years 0 ago about the flood of 1360; which he claimed was the big .' gest Rogue river had ever put on. In reply to a question as to how they arrived at this conclus ion, he said by marks on trees and what they learned from old timers. An old pioneer told us many years ago about what he called the flood of '60. He said a family that was li'ing just a few rods north of the house now occupied by the Rominger fam ily had to flee in the night to upper Table Rock, leaving their small house and -barn, which were swept away by the flood waters. At the annual election of of ficers for 1956 held Sunday, Jan. 1, at the Table Rock Sunday school, the following were elect ed: Bert Pierce, superintendent; Mrs. Ray Doran, assistant; Mrs. William Bishop, secretary; Lin da Doran, assistant; Mrs. Bert Pierce, treasurer. The treasur er's report shows. $1140 in the building fund and S644.65 re ceived from collections during the past year, much of this being spent for supplies, including oil for heat and other donations to missionaries, ministers and Bi ble schools and other religious purposes. Wilbur Wieprecht of Bend, Ore., state park supervisor, was here Thursday during the flood, on park inspection business, and got a first-hand view of what the park caretakers have to. contend with in keeping the parks along Rogue river in repair when this stream goes on a rampage. Mr. Timm, the caretaker here, re ports that for several hours dur ing the flood he was unable to get out, that some of the tables were under water, and the chic sales on the north side of the river went sailing toward the ocean, accompanied by a large galvanized tank belonging to John Morris, which had been left in the field, and 40 rods of wire fence, which Bill Bishop had taken down and rolled up, just in case the river came up, which it did. V. C. Bishop of Ontario, Ore., was a recent visitor here with relatives at the Bill Bishop home. He said that potato grow ers there lost their shirts owing to the price slump, many grow ers ran the digger through the rows, then turned in stock to feed on the spuds. The D. P. McDonald family, of Forest Acres, returned recent ly from a holiday vacation spent with relatives and friends in the Fresno, Calif., vicinity. Accord ing to Mrs. McDonald they saw many strange sights and en countered several kinds of weather, with rains and flood waters' and dwellings afloat around Sacramento, and farmers around , Bakersfield sprinkling their grain crops to get them up. ' Several local farmers attend ed the John Deere meeting last Tuesday at the Hubbard-Wray plant in Medford, where they got a free lunch and a chance to mount and lean on the new trac tors. It reminded us of a day meeting of the Pomona Grange. Most of those we saw there we have seen at the Grange meet ings. Among the Table Rock men presently off duty and reported ly on the : sick list are Don Wheeler, John Morris, Bert Pierce and Willard Howsley. Robert Sage and three chil dren, Penny, Peter and David, were in their usual places at last Sunday's session of the local S.S. coming out from Medford where the Sage family recently moved. The Sages, residents for the past several, years of our community, were very active in its social life and Sunday school work, and will be greatly missed by their many friends here. Mrs. F. R. Mvers and Mrs. J. S. Richardson attended a meet ing of the retired teachers at the home of Mrs. John Dever, in Medford, Monday. Several local-ladies attended the January meeting of the Ta ble Rock Ladies cluh at the Brennesholtz home on Arnold lane last Wednesday. According to Harold Gebhard, chairman of the valley flood control committee, they have Sweeiland Reps Development Group Pendleton (U.P.) State Sen. Monroe Sweetland of Mil waukie has charged that the Oregon State Development com mission has become "nearly in effective" through what he termed "strangulation by estab lished industrial interests." The Clackamas county Demo crat, in a speech before the Umatilla County Democratic club, asserted that the commis sion had failed to accomplish its goal in developing industrial po tentials, particularly in eastern Oregon. He said the commission had failed to investigate some industrial possibilities and ac cused it of being afraid it "might disturb somebody's pres ent advantages." three plans for regulating wa ters of the Rogue river, and the many creeks that do so much damage every few years. Geb hard says that sentiment as to flood control seems to have changed considerably since the recent high water. All of those sustaining damage to property and land, such as destruction of fences, erosion of top soil, wash outs, boulders, sand and debris deposited on lands, are asked to make estimates in amounts done, such as rods of fence taken out, and acres of land damaged. These estimates should be taken as soon as possible to the office of Clem Ault, in the Federal building on North Riverside ave. in Medford. A baby shower for - Mrs. Speaks and Mrs. Robert Perry, arranged by Mrs. Milford Van derpool and Mrs. Bert Pierce, was held Thursday at the Van- derpool home, and attended by the wives of Modoc employees. Two large trucks are kept busy transporting manure from local feed yards" to pear orchards in the Medford area. So it seems that cattle, down in price in the markets, have a value we have n't counted, as this fertilizer pro duces fine pears, and so far pears are bringing a good price. It was with sorrow that we re ceived the news of the passing of Fergie Ferguson, the warm hearted, understanding, manag ing editor of the Mail Tribune. Fergie was a man among men, in that he regarded his fellow man for wliat he was, religion, race, politics, titles or wealth did not enter into the picture. He would give as much of his time to a man in overalls as to the one in kingly robes. We, with many others, feel deeply the loss and it is our prayer that the good Lord will sustain and comfort the devoted wife " and daughter, and be charitable in dealing with the soul of Fergie. ' Oregon Covered Payrolls Highest In State History Salem (U.P.) Oregon's cov ered payrolls may reach S1.380, 000.000 for the entire year of 1955, according to the State Un employment Compensation com mission. That would be about S160. 000.000 higher than in 1954 and by far the greatest in the state's history. Previous high was Sl, 298,380,028 in .1953. Last year's total is more than five times the best prewar figure of S255, 000,000 in 1940 and nearly dou ble the top war-time payments in 1944 when shipbuilding was engaging about 100,000 persons. Some 18,000 firms covered by the unemployment law paid about S378.000,000 in wages during the fall quarter of 1955 compared with S330,000,000 for the same period of 1954. Employment gains also are be ing recorded. For the first nine months of 1955 the increase from the previous year averag ed from two to six per cent and the pace was fairly well main tained in the final quarter, the commission believes. Cold and wet weather cut lumber production during some weeks of November and De cember, however, and payroll reports may reflect this curtail ment, the commission said. Average non-agricultural em ployment for the entire year is expected to be close to the 465,- Ex-Convict Quizzed In Klamath Robberies Klamath Falls (U.P.) Dis trict Attorney Richard Beesley Friday questioned Robert Lee Williams, 21-year-old ex-convict, about two service station rob beries in the Klamath Falls area earlier this week. Williams was being held here on an armed robbery charge in connection with the Wednesday night holdup of Idella's Grocery here. He was arrested at a Klam ath Falls hospital where he went for treatment of a shoul der wound suffered when he was shot by a service station at tendant during a second holdup attempt. ... Police said Williams had a record of armed robbery in San Diego but had been paroled. Siskiyou Supervisors Apply for Repair Funds Yreka, Calif. (U.R The Sis kiyou county board of supervis ors yesterday filed an applica tion for S925.000 repair andre placement funds for bridges and roads washed out during the Christmas week floods. The application, expected ' to be revised upwards later, was filed with the state finance of fice for. apportionment of fed eral disaster funds. 000 recorded for 1952 and 1953, comparing with 454,000 in 1954. A near-record half-million non farm jobs was approached but not quite reached during the fall months of both 1953 and 1955. Sunday, January 13, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Dr. Messenger To Devote More Time To SOC Counseling Ashland Increased enroll ment at Southern Oregon college has made it imperative that Dr. Loren Messenger, psychology de partment head, withdraw from non-college case work-in order to make more time available for counseling with college students, Hal -Cloer, director of guidance, has announced. Messenger's experience in edu cation and personal counseling fields. Cloer said, make him well qualified to help students, as does his experience in applied psychology. .. Messenger, a member of : the American Psychological associa tion, will continue as consulting psychologist to the social agen cies of the county and to some public schools, but will no long er be available to private clients for counseling . about marital, emotional, and other personal problems. Common Problems When asked about the type of, problems most often encounter ed by college students, Dr. Mes senger said the most common ones have to do with relation ships with others and with self concepts. In announcing Dr. Messenger's new duty schedule, Cloer urged students to take advantage of increased counseling services. Morse Asks Report On Glide Park Site Washington tU.P.) - Sen. Wayne" Morse (D-Ore.) asked "the interior department Thursday to report on the "suitability" of an 80-acre tract near Glide, Ore., for establishment of a na tional park. The tract is 30 miles east of Roseburg and is in the federal Oregon and California grant lands. : - . Morse asked the department yesterday to take action to "as sure that this land will be kept in its present natural state until such report can be made avail able and appropriate legislative action be taken." Use Tribune Want Ads ? i ? 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