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Is That So?
' Although the average family
In Canada and the U.S. U going
to eat some 100 pounds of
chicken and right around 1,000
eggs this year, did you know
that ....
Diverse as chickens may be
in size, appearance, and uses,
they are all descendant of one
species the red jungle fowl of
India.
Most of the eggs you will eat
will be laid by white leghorns
a breed introduced some 130
years ago from Italy. The white
leghorn has virtually been bred
Into an egg - laying machine.
Properly cared for, it will lay
an egg a day almost the year
'round. This chicken has almost
lost its instinct of brooding and
incubating.
Quite likely, the chicken was
the first domesticated I o w i.
Chickens appear in early Chi
nese literature and tradition car
ries the domestication of the
cock in China back some 3,300
years.
Ancient Egyptians hatched
eggs in big stone or brick vaults,
heated with rotting manure. To
day, modern incubators use elec
tricity and steam or water heat.
A chicken's egg hatches in
three weeks; a duck's in four.
A newly-hatched chicken has
enough food stored inside, from
the yolk, to supply it with suf
ficient nourishment for three
days a handy device In the
wild, making it possible, in these
incubator days, to ship the
young in cardboard boxes by
mail, express, or airmail for dis
tances up to 5,000 miles.
Peacock Cousin
The glamorous peacock one
of the most beautiful of all liv
ing creatures is a cousin of our
barnyard chicken. And so is the
turkey, the pheasant, and the
quail one of these latter being
no bigger than a sparrow.
Bantam chickens did not get
their name from their size. Rath
er because they were a special
breed grown in the Bantam dis
trict of Java. A breed with feath
ered legs and feet brilliant color
ing, and very small.
Biddy, the popular familiar
name for any hen, may. have
come from chickabiddy, an ono
napoetie world built from the
sound chickabiddy, chickabid
dy, chickabiddy.
Years ago there were spring
chickens, remember? Now, with
the common use of incubator
and brooder, young chickens are
grown for market the year
round. So the names has been
changed to "fryers" and "broil
ers. And with it has gone that
expression: "She's no spring
chicken.
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Registration Starts
For Summer Tour
Monmouth The sixth annual
summer study tour of the Ore
gon College of Education at Mon
mouth is now registering mem
bers, according to Professor
Charles J. Noxon, tour director.
The title of the tour this year
is "geography and related cul
tures of the British Isles and
Scandinavia."
The tour group'will be limited
to 20 members, Noxon said, and
may receive five hours under
graduate credit. Registration
also is open for non-credit mem
bers. Individuals participating in
previous study tours included
students, teachers, retired teach
ers, housewives, business people
and family groups.
The group will leave Port
land June 23 and return to Port
land Aug. 30. The cost of the
trip is $1,198, Noxon said.
Inquiries concerning the tour
may be directed to Noxon, tour
director, Oregon College of Ed
ucation, Monmouth, or to Mrs.
Vivian Hanson, manager. Imper
ial Travel bureau, Imperial ho
tel, Portland.
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Sin.
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rule. 510
Clyde Leslie Walker, violation basic
rule. $10
Jack Elrie Rockwell, failure to dis
play registration. So.
DISTRICT COURT
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mit $30. bail forfeited.
Wayne Lowell Reed, no operators
license. S 50.
Frank Dale Forrer. overload. 1167.
50: overheizht. S10. '
Charles William Franks, excessive
overhanc. 15.
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TABLE ROCK
Woman Observes 96th Year
By R. E. NEALON
Table Rock Mrs. Julia My
ers, Table Rock's oldest citizen,
celebrated her 96th birthday,
Monday, Dec. 31, at the home of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Myers, where
she has made her home for the
past four years.
Mrs. Myers, with her husband
and three children, came to Ore
gon some 63 years ago, settling
Congregalionalists
Elect Officers
The annual meeting of the
Congregational church was held
Monday evening in Pilgrim
House, the social hall on the
church property completed dur
ing the past year. The meeting
was preceded by a waffle sup
per prepared and served by the
men of the church.
Reports were given by various
oficers of the church and heads
of affiliated organizations. The
pastor, the Rev. Thomas Mc
Camant, told of a growth in
membership and church attend
ance, which increased an aver
age of 12 a Sunday over the
preceding year. This trend was
helped, he indicated, by the new
schedule of two church services
each Sunday.
The report of Mrs. Charles
Stearns, president of the Wom
en's Fellowship, was read by
Mrs. George Moore. It told of
the varied activities of that org
anization Mrs. Richard Travis,
superintendent of the Sunday
school, told of its growth and
work and the observance of spec
ial days during the year. She
also reported on the first Vaca
tion Church schooL
The report of the Couples
club was given by Emmett Bul
lard. The activities of the Pil
grim fellowship, an organization
for high school youth during
the year, were reported by Pat
Foulon.
Following a report of the
nominating) committee officers
were elected.
They included deacon, 3 year
term, Gatewood G. Smith;
deaconess. Mrs. Rex Stevens;
trustees, 3 year term, Manville
Heisel and Mrs. W. E. Ashton;
treasurer, 1 year term, Noel
Davis; financial secretary, Mrs.
Ted McLean; member of Chris
tian education committee, 3 year
term, Mrs. George G. Moore;
member of Social Action com
mittee, George G. Moore; Em
mett Bullard, moderator. 1 year
term; and Mrs. Emmett Bullard,
church clerk.
The meeting was presided
over by Henry Padgham, the
retiring moderator, who served
as the first chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the new
church and then as its first
moderator.
4-H Club News
Talent Forestry Club
The first meeting of the For
estry club at Talent was held
Jan. 5.' The main purpose of
the meeting was to organize the
club and to elect officers. Offi
cers elected were: John James,
president; Janet Zediker, vice
president-secretary; Dons Benci
reporter.
Janet Zediker and Doris Bench
were appointed to chose names
for the club which is to be voted
on at the next meeting.
There are not too many mem
bers and more are wanted. Any
one wishing to join the club may
come to the next meeting at
Zediker's Feb. 20.
Doris Bench,
Reporter
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falling three stories, Richard
Brewer, a window washer, com
plained, only that "the bottoms
of my feet are sore." He landed
upright on soft turf
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Sunday, January 13, 1357
HILTS
Home Destroyed By Fire
By MRS. M. F. CAVIN
Hilts The home of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Wilcox at Siskiyou
summit was completely de-st-oyed
by fire about 5 p.m.
Monday evening.
The fire started in the chim
ney of the fireplace and spread
rapidly to the remainder of the
building.
The young couple had no in
surance and only a few items of
on a farm in the Rogue River
district, where they resided un
til the death of Mr. Myers in
1926. After this she lived in the
city of Rogue River for some 30
years, later coming here, to the
home of her son, where she has
remained.
Mrs. Myers whiles away her
time with her knitting needles
making many lovely gifts for
friends, and winning a citation
from the Jackson County Chap
ter of the Red Cross for her
work in knitting garments for
hospital use during World
War II.
Jimmy Halfhill, who has been
spending a leave of absence
here with home folks, left Fri
day to resume his duties at Eg
land Field, Fla. He made the
trip both ways in his new Olds
mobile, with three of his bud
dies as passengers.
The Table Rock Ladies club
held their first meeting for the
year 1957 at the home of Mrs.
J. S. Richardson, last Wednes
day, Jan. 9, with some seven
teen ladies and six youngsters
attending. Mrs. Manley Jacob
son, Mrs. Hobart Moore and
Mrs. Everett Brown had charge
of the program, which consisted
of quiz games with prizes for
the winners. Refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. R. E. Nealon.
According to reports the
swans have returned to the Ta
ble Rock pastures where they
have been coming for several
inters. The first years num
bered around two dozen, but de
creasing in number each year.
Manley Jacobson reported see
ing six of the beautiful white
birds last Monday, and O. T.
Wilson reports seeing six or
seven a few days later.
Somewhere betwen our script
and the M. T. printing press, a
mistake was made that caused
Alan Fleischer to be named as
the new secretary of the local
Sunday school. Mrs. Alan Fleis
cher .as the one elected to
serve "as secretary.
According to Bill Bray, local
auctioneer and owner of the
Midway Auction yards, more
than 500 cattle went through
the ring, with prices better at
the sale of Friday, Jan. 4.
Ray Tippan of Grants Pass,
was a business visitor here Fri
day. The federal income tax forms
were so slow in getting here that
farmers had begun to think that
Uncle Sam had decided that it
wasn't worth while sending
forms to them. However, since
the first of the year, they have
been getting through.
In looking at the picture of
Medford's new judge, one would
think it shouldn't be so painful
hereafter to pay a traffic fine.
We have never had a citation
but maybe this is what we've
been waiting for.
In a recent issue of the Ore
gon Grange bulletin, there ap
peared a picture of Orville Ham
ilton, local orchardist, with
three" other newly-elected offi
cers of the Oregon State Horti
cultural society. Hamilton was
elected first vice president.
A TRIBUTE TO
Our Soroptimist Club!
Members of the Soroptimist Club are women lead
ers. They have proven their worth to this community.
They pioneer new .fields. They plan constructively.
They get things done. Along business, educational
and social lines, the Soroptimist Club members bring
improvement, help deserving individuals, contribute
to worthy causes and generally show what smart
women can do in almost every field of endeavor.
We are fortunate to have a highly successful Sorop
timist Club. So orchids to them all . . . and to all
ladies who make up the American Federation of
Soroptimist Clubsl
Medford Pharmacy, Inc.
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We Salute Our Town!
household furniture were saved.
Fruit Growers Supply company,
where Wilcox is employed, has
offered them a rental and
friends are helping to get them
settled.
They have three small children.
Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Ward,
John Barbera and Mr. and Mrs.
David Holland of Hornbrook at
tended the C and Square club
dance in Hawkinsville, Satur
day night. Douglas Fosbury of
Medford was the caller.
Mrs. Ed Mason and daughter
Lillian, of Hornbrook, called at
the Eastman home Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Preston and
family spent the recent holidays
with relatives in Anderson and
Cottonwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hofer and
family visited in McCloud dur
ing the holiday season with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Nichols.
Mrs. Italo Marin spent several
days last week in Central Point,
caring for her mother and
grandmother who were ill.
Guests at the home of Mrs.
Al Simmen on Wednesday were
Mrs. Jack Haueter of Anderson,
and Mrs. Norma White and son
of Loyalton.
"Old Man Winter" came to
Hilts in the orm of five inches
of snow on Monday night, much
to the. delight of the children.
Two lumber trucks were stalled
for a short lime on the road out
of Hilts, causing the homebound
traffic at 6 p.m. somewhat of a
delay.
Casting their ballots at the
polls set up in the cafeteria of
the new school on Tuesday, Jan.
8, were 31 voters in favor of the
proposed junior college district
About 20 couples welcomed
the new year with a party at
the club house on New Year's
eve. A juke box furnished mu
sic for dancing and a smorgas
bord was served.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maquire spent
Saturday and Sunday in Etna
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Margaret Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. Weston Kleaver
and son called on relatives here
Thursday, en route to Corvallis,
where Kleaver will enroll for
the second semester at Oregon
State college.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin A vent left
this week for their home in
Theodore, Ala., after spending
several weeks with relatives
here and in Ashland.
Mrs. Audrey Rease of Ashland
spent Monday nad Tuesday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Spannaus.
Bucket of Bucks Dance
Brings $270 for MOD
The annual Bucket of Bucks
dance,' held at the Rogue Valley
ball room last Thursday night,
brought approximately $270 for
the March of Dimes, according
to Dick Knight, Medford MOD
chairman.
The dance was sponsored by
the Medford Central Labor
Council, with Vernon Marshall
acting as chairman. The Council
paid all of the expenses. Knight
said, allowing the entire receipts
to go to the fight against polio.
All personnel connected with
the dance donated their time
and several local merchants also
assisted.
The Navajo Indians, whose
population sank to fewer than
10,000 after their defeat by Kit
Carson in 1863, are today the
largest tribe in America, with an
estimated population of 75,000.
They live on the country's larg
est Indian reservation in New
Mexico and Arizona.
Siskiyous Constitute One of
Groups of Mountains in Country's West
By AL HOBART
The Siskiyou mountain range
is not an imposing range as
mountain ranges go in size. Com
pared with the great north-south
ranges of the west the Rockies,
Cascades, Sierras, and Coast
ranges it is small.
But when it is observed from
other angles and in another light
its stature grows until the ap
parently insignificant mountain
range has become as important
as any other.
Ruggedait. Loveliest
The Siskiyous constitute one
of the ruggedest, and loveliest,
groups of mountains in the west.
Rich in natural resources, its
greatest claim to fame lies not
in the material wealth it holds,
but in its esthetic and education
al value, its ability to contribute
pleasure and important knowl
edge to its' admirers and students.
The people of southern Ore
gon and northern California who
share the fame and grandeur of
this little mountain chain are be
coming more aware of the fact
that the mountains, with their
unique flora, constitute one of
the west's leading attractions and
one of the country's notable
beauty spots.
The Siskiyous occupy an envi
able position in the midst of the
west's rich wildplant community.
Lying approximately at right
angles to, and between, the Coast
Range and Cascades, the range
tends to intercept the flora of
California and the plant-life of
Oregon. Here the two intermin
gle and overlap, the resulting
rich floral composition extending
into Oregon about as far as the
Rogue river, and probably a like
distance south into California.
Number of Plants
In addition to the diversity of
colorful and priceless plethora
of plant life, the Siskiyous nur
ture a large number of plants
trees, shrubs and herbs of its
own. Among them are Siskiyou
Fertilizer Dealers
Set Corvallis Meeting
Corvallis Proper use of com
mercial fertilizers will be stress
ed at this year's western Oregon
Fertilizer dealers meeting at
Oregon State college Jan. 17,
according to Tom Jackson, OSC
sous specialist.
Among featured speakers this
year are Chet Lowe, of the Sa
lem branch, First National bank
of Portland, and .F. Todd Trem-
blay of the Washington Coopera
tive farmers association, Seat
tle, who will discuss the manu
facture of fertilizer materials.
YOUR
CONTRIBUTION
WILL
PUT THEM ON THEIR FEET AGAIN!
Every year thousands of Americans are victims of infantile paralysis. Many cannot afford
to pay for the long and costly series of treatment, which in numerous cases restores them '
to a normal, walking life. To aid these thousands and to continue the valuable research
needed to combat polio . . . your dimes and dollars are needed! Send in your contribu
tion today to our local March of Dimes!
fir
cypress tree: the rare and beau
tiful Calmiopsis shrub, once
known as dwarf rhododendron,
which it somewhat resembles in
its diminutive way; and the Im
perial Lewisia, a succulent herb.
Tourists from all parts of the
country, passing through the Cal
ifornia plant quarantine stations
on the western Oregon-California
border, are constantly heard to
remark with enthusiasm that the
area is one of the most beautiful
areas they have seen.
Residents of southern Oregon's
Rogue and Illinois valleys can
drive to the ocean over one of
the most beautiful and botani-
cally wonderf ul stretches of high
way anywhere. The Redwood
Italy Defeats U.S.
In Bridge Tourney
New York U.R) Italy de
feated the United States over
whelmingly early Saturday to
win the world's contract bridge
championship.
The final score gave the Itali
an team 10,150 more points than
its U. S. rival, the most one
sided score in the history of the
international tournament.
Throughout the final session
the Italians increased their lead.
The biggest point swing in the
final 14 hands of play came
when the American team in the
closed room made a sacrifice
bid of seven diamonds to deny
the Italian pair a six-heart con
tract. The Americans were set
by 1,100 points.
The closing round of the tour
nament for the Bermuda cup
the symbol of world bridge
championship was highlighted
by what was believed the first
telecast of such an event, giving
kibitzers an over-the-shoulder
view of the experts' hands.
WINDS WIN ACQUITTAL
Washington U.R) A judge
dismissed a drunk charge against
William R. Thompson when he
learned what made him tilt.
"The wind was blowing awfully
hard and I only weigh 119
pounds," Thompson told the
magistrate Friday.
A VERSE FOR THE LAW
Racine, Wis. XU.R) A traffic
violator paid his $1 fine with
100 pennies and a poem: "I hate
to pay this ticket boys, but what
else could I do? So I rushed
down to my basement and made
these just for you."
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Jackson County March of Dimes
Committee by
Ruggedest
highway between Grants Pass
and Crescent City, Highway 199,
a distance of about 86 miles, is a
goregeous panorama of flower
ing plants.
Flowering Plants
Against the dark green of the
conifers there are various tints of
flowering plants, the colorful
rose and white splashes of. rho
dodendron; the yellow and blue
and white of the several Lupine
sptcies; the golden-yellow and
dark blue of the different irises;
the soft blue and pink and white
of the wild lilacs.
At the coast there are several
interesting species which in
themselves make the trip to the
beach well worth while. They
include the tiny dune-crawling
msnzanita called Kinnikinnick;
the oddly-contorted little shore
pine of the same species as the
tall, slender lodgepole pines,
some of which may be seen along
the highway to Crater Lake; the
famous Sitka spruce, found at
nearly the extreme southern end
of its range at Crescent City, and
in the northern part of its range,
the coast redwood, whose north
ern limit is only a short distance
north of Crescent City.
Many species of the plant life
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unique as to be botanical treas
ures. Hundreds of species are
sought because of their peculiar
esthetic value; others for com
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are quite a few as yet undiscov
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