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."
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