TABLE ROCK
Mosquifoe Plague Said Bad
By H. E. NEALON
Table Rock The story in Fri
day's Mail Tribune, which quot
d health officials as saying mos
quitoes are not as bad as usual
this year, was greeted with
skepticism by many residents of
this district, who have found
them as bad, if not worse, than
usual.
One family, which lives off
the highway near where mos
quitoes breed, reports they may
have to move away if the situa
tion is not improved.
Observers say the county fog
ging equipment just seems to
"stir 'em up," and by spraying
only alongside the roads misses
the marshy areas where they
breed.
Although a freak spring sea
son here caused heavy damage
to the first cutting of alfalfa and
some loss to heavy stands of
grain, the second cutting of al
falfa Is progressing nicely with
a good yield and excellent qual
ity. Grains, corn, fruits and other
crops are beginning to show
signs of a better tha'n average
harvest.
Farmers, especially farm own
ers, are not paying much atten
tion to the clocks, some putting
in as much as 15 hours a day.
All are doing their best to pro
duce every bushel or pound they
can, which in turn will increase
Ezra Benson's headache.
E. E. Robinson has purchased
an-implement that he uses to
follow the mower, the newly cut
hay is picked up and run
through two steel rollers where
it is crushed. The crushing of
the stems causes it to dry and
be ready for the baler much
sooner, thus retaining many val
uable chemicals that increase
the value and make it more pal
atable. A party of some 14 local Qeo
p!e and visiting friends from
other districts, recently com
posed a group that went to Cres
cent City to try their luck at
salmon fishing. They report poor
hick, owing to rough water.
Among recent vacationing vis
itors here was Mrs. J. Burton
and children of California, who
spent several days at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Stallines.
Mrs. Burton is a sister of Mrs.
Stallings.
The Ray Bosworths spent
their summer vacation at home
and around the surrounding
mountains and lakes fishing and
boating in the latter, catching
several choice fish, ad a coat of
tan bordering on sunburn. Ray
found the skin of a chef is a
little too white and tender to
take on a quick coat of tan with
out running into sunburn.
Talking with a man who
used to farm, but Is now work
ing in a saw mill, about the lat
est valley subdivision where
some of the best farm land to
be had is being sold for home
sites, we- learned that It is his
opinion that this is the only way
out for the family size farmer.
According to him, with high
taxes and labor and the price of
things he has to buy what they
are, he can't compete with other
businesses, even if he works 15
hours a day.
Local people with cherries to
sell report a poor market, as
there seems to be a surplus of
cherries in the valley.
Mrs. J. S. Richardson returned
Friday from attending the teach
ers convention in Portland. Re
turning with her were her two
grandchildren, Dennis and Deb
ra Richardson, who will spend a
few weeks at the Richardson
home.
A birthday party was held
Sunday - evening at TouVelle
park for David Doran and his
yearling son, David Shane,
whose birthdays fall on the
same day.
A young skunk, somewhat
smaller than the usual run,
which had been raiding local
poultry houses and destroying
young fryers, was caught one
day last week In i trap set by
farmer whose wife's poultry
house had been raided.
The farmer, finding his catch,
was undecided as to disposing
of the varmint without causing
him to resort to the use of some
of the highly scented chemical
ammunition he carried for de
fense purposes. About that time
Sam Glass, the ex-marine, ap
neared on the scene, and the
farmer turned to ask him about
the execution.
Seeing an opening, the skunk
onirk as a flash pulled the trig
ger, hitting the farmer, who had
on a brand new pair of trousers,
in the lower extremities. Need
less to say, there was no more
prenment as to how to execute.
but there were some in regard
to deodorizing the pants ana
premises.
The Allan Fleischer family re
turned Sunday from the Bay re
gion, where they visited at the
home of Mrs. Fleischer's sister,
Mrs. Dean Inglis, near San
Francisco.
A letter from Mrs. William
Bishop, now. located in her new
home in Kansas City, Kan.,
states that they have had an
abundance of rain there this sea
son and as a result the- hills and
valleys are a beautiful green
and lawns are kept green from
the rainfall.
She also stated that Kansas
has a sales tax, and when she
buys her groceries from day to
day, the 12 cent3 or so is added
at the bottom.
Venson Hunt of the Meadows
district, ex-plane pilot, now a
farmer, poultryman, stock man
and fire warden, was a business
visitor here one day last week.
It seems he was taking his
weekly output of eggs to market
viherr his pickup truck was hit
by a car making a left hand
turn, sending the truck, eggs
and all, spinning off the road,
finally doing a nosedive in the
ditch in front of the Gibbon
market. Hunt was taken to the
hopsital with bruises and back
and neck sprain, but was re
leased the same day.
The Bigham clan made their
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Nixon; Ike Confer
On Campaign Plans
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
talked second term "campaign
plans" with President Eisenhow
er Saturday. But Nixon said his
own political future was not dis
cussed. Nixon told reporters after a
75-minute meeting with the
President that it would be "pre
sumptuous" for him to assume
that he would be renominated
for vice president by the Repub
licans. He said, however, that
he would be "willing and hon
ored" to accept the nomination.
Republican National Chair,
man Leonard W. Hall reported
Thursday after a meeting with
Mr. Eisenhower that the Presi
dent made it "absolutely" clear
he still would be "pleased" to
have Nixon as his running mate.
Hall himself had said that the
GOP national convention which
starts at San Francisco August
20 will name an Eisenhower
Nixon ticket again.
No Doubt About Ike
Nixon said there is no doubt
that Mr. Eisenhower will be re
nominated. But he said it would
be "presumptuous" to assume
that he would get the No. 2
spot on the GOP ticket.
Newsmen asked Nixon why
he felt there was any doubt that
he would have second place on
the ticket.
"As you all know, in any cam
paign where votes are counted,
the decision is never made until
the count is completed," Nixon
said. "I'm not going to indicate
yearly pilgrimage to Union
Creek to celebrate Independ
ence day.
Mrs. Grace Elliot, a native of
Australia now living in Califor
nia, spent the first of the week
visiting her one-time neighbor,
Mrs. Bill "Mary" Darling.
After an Introduction to yours
truly, Mrs. Elliot remarked that
since Mary wouldn't come to see
her, she, like in the old saying
about the mountain not coming
to you, had to come to the moun
tain. Innocently we asked if she
was comparing Mary to a moun
tain. With the words hardly out
of our mouth we had to do some
fast sprinting to miss a healthy
swing from a club in the hands
of Mary.
The community seem rather
quiet for July 4th with a few
firecrackers set off in the morn
ing, and our flag fluttering in
the breeze being the only one
we noticed.
Ray Wyatt, who generally dis
plays his flag at the store, for
got it this time, and most of our
population spent the day work
ing at their usual tasks.
The Jess Elder family are
now living in the house on Table
Top ranch, recently vacated by
the Clyde HalfhiHs. Elder is em
ployed on the farm.
The Bob Sage family of Med
ford were Sunday visitors here
with relatives. Bob has begun
his summer vacation in the tall
timber up near the slopes of Mt.
Pitt, where he is a member of
Steven Wilson's crew of timber
workers. He says there are
hordes of mosquitoes there, but
so far they don't bite him much
but aggravate him by lighting
on his hands while he's trying
with both hands to hook a
choker.
Last Monday morning we got
up to find some 50 sheep in our
back yard, the gate between the
grain fields and the pasture be
ing left open Sunday evening
by some self-invited visitor, who
after enjoying the shade and
scenery, departed leaving the
gate wide open. An empty beer
can near the gate was the only
proof that it must have been a
human being.
The Bill Meeks family, recent
ly of Jacksonville, are now liv
ing in a cottage on the Goodlin
place. Meeks is a logger and
they have two small children.
Since the above was written,
the elements cut loose here
Thursday evening with a ven
geance, with flashes of light
ning that were almost blinding,
and claps of thunder that were
deafening, "followed by a down
pour of rain.
Power and telephone service
were disrupted, and at present
crews are busy with repair
work. Some hay and grain was'
damaged.
12-Year-0ld Girl
Critically Burned
Portland (U.R) Sharon
Bell, 12-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Carol Bell, of Portland,
was in critical condition at the
Providence hospital here Satur
day, suffering from burns over
flO per cent of her body.
Firemen said the girl and her
six-year-old brother were play
ing at home while their mother
was at work. The youngsters ap
parently were staging a "doll
wedding," complete with candles
when the girl's dress was ignit
ed. Witnesses who summoned the
fire department said the girl
ran screaming out of the house.
Her clothes were burned off her.
Fire Lt. Sodum Adams took
the girl to the hospital in the
fire truck in a race against time.
Most severe burns were on the
girl's back and legs. ,
that it is conclusive."
However, he added: "I will
give my opinion that it is con
clusive as far as the President
is concerned."
As for his own renomlnatlon,
Sunday, July 15, 195S - .
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNENINE
Nixon said, as he did in April,
that it is up to Mr. Eisenhower
and the GOP convention.
Nixon said he would do what
ever job he is called on to do
"and let events take their natur
al course."
A reporter asked if Nixon
knew of any other candidate for
the GOP vice presidential nom
ination. "There is always that possibil
ity," Nixon said with a smile.
"Everybody has a perfect right
to be a candidate."
But he said he had no one
specific In mind. Nixon said he
and Mr. Eisenhower had a "brief
discussion of campaign plans,"
but he declined to give details.
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