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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17. 1947 (Monday)
Travel into Crater Lake park
yesterday totals 268 cars with 1,
102 visitors.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Proposed
widening) of the state highways
won't do any good, unless the
stream of motor freight trucks
are restricted to their present
width.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17, 1937 (Wednesday)
Little hope, can be held out
now for legislation giving cities
a share of the state highway
commission's revenue from gas
oline taxes, according to Frank
Farrell, city attorney.
O Fire destroys Whittle Transfer
company warehouse in Ashland.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17. 1927 (Thursday)
D. M. Little, weather official,
discusses 18s work at Copco Fpr
um. O The Elks will hold a speUing
match tonight between Court
Hall and Gus Newbury.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17. 1917 (Saturday)
First car of ore from the Blue
Ledge mine shipped to Tacoma
the weeks ago for smelting
brings 5103.50 a ton.
Representative Sheldon's Nor
mal school measure passes sen
ate. What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev
en or eight is excellent; live or
six Is good.
1. Was the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Mis
sions the first foreign mission
founded in the U. S.?
2. Is "Brother Jonathan" a
sportive collective name for the
people of the U. S., or does it
apply only to a person, singly?
3. BIBLE: Does the name
Anti-christ appear'in more than
one Book in the New Testa
ment? o
4. Was Will Shakespeare an
actor, playwright, or a director
of plays?
5. Are common-law marriages
recognizor! in all Slates?
6. Which city in Syria is re
putedly the oldest m the world?
7. Was the famcfns "Long Par
liament" convened in Canada or
Australia?
8. What is the popular name
for the avocado?
9. Are ier 5. 7, or 9 "types'
of hands recognized in palm
istry?
. 10. "We consult Broth
er Joe)han." George Wash
ington. Was the refernce to Con
necticut Gov. Jonathan Trum
bull or Captain Jonathan Car
ver? Answers: 1. Yes (1810). 2. Col
lective name. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. He
was all Chree. 5. No. 6. Damascus.
7 No. England. 8. Alligator pear,
9. Seven. 10. Jonathan Trum
bull.
Bill to Cfbse Banks
Saturday Suggested
Salem (U.R) Sen. Phil
Brady, Portland Democrat, said
Saturday he is preparing a bill
calling for closure of banks on
Saturday.
Brady said the bill was re
quested by a committee of bank
employees from 50 banks
throughout the state. The mea
sure provides for Friday hours
to be extended until 8 p.m. if
communities desire it.
Among those opposing the
meagre are the First National
jBank of Portland and The Dalles
die Bank.
MAIL TRIBUNE
If Lincoln Should Return
There was no Lincoln Day banquet in Medford
on Lincoln's birthday Feb. 12, but there will be one
later. . ,
In most of the country, however, the proper date
was observed by the Republican party, and the usual
misquotations were made, to convince the people
that if Abraham Lincoln were alive today he would
not only be following the G.O.P. line, but be one of
the charter members of the ultra-conservative wing of
that organization.
P0R example, according to the press report of one
r Lincoln Day oration, "Old Abe," if alive today,
wrould have taken an unequivocal stand against public,
power, and presumably taken to the hustings in favor
of the Private Power companies, and the rugged in
dividualism they represent.
For it is claimed that Lincoln originated and enun
ciated the principle, quote:
"The government should only do what the states and
private enterprise can't do as well or better."
E FAIL to find this quotation in any of our refer
ence books on Lincoln and have grave doubts
as to its authenticity.
But assuming that it was said, we can think at
the moment of few stronger arguments in favor of
such projects as T.V.A., Bonneville, Grand Coulee and
other multiple-power federal plants in the U.S.A.
For, as any impartial, objective analysis would
show, these projects are perfect examples of what
the federal government CAN do better than any of
the states, or any private utilities can, or will do. Ex
perience, from the standpoint of low-power costs,
rapid industrial development in the area served and
promotion of the public welfare, demonstrates the
truth of this statement.
O1
(F COURSE all this about Lincoln is in the realm
nf onnipr't.nrp Tint the salient rmnlitfes nf Lincoln's
character as we have always viewed them, were first
and foremost his devotion to what he termed "the
common people," his dedication to national unity and
the promotion of the national good.
It is hard, therefore, for this department to imagine
a reincarnated "Honest Abe," joining the Union
League club, playing "fpotsie" with big private util
ities, and discrediting any attempt to get a federal
multiple power project, as "creeping socialism" and
contrary to "the American way of life."
THE "American way of life" to the former President
1 Lincoln was always to support what he believed
to be "the best for all concerned" and never to forget
that one of the most important provisions of the U.S.
constitution was and is the one pledging above all
else promotion of the public welfare.
As before stated this is all a matter of speculation,
of course, purely conjectural but so is the Lincoln
Day speaker's assumption that if the founder of the
Republican party was here today, he would be on the
ultra-conservative side of the Public versus Private
Power issue.
Wje don't believe it. We don't believe, in view of
his basic political philosophy, he ever would be. We
further don't believe, any non-political appraisal of
the man, his writings and his record in public life,
would provide any valid refutation of that assum
tion. Lincoln was for a '.'government of the people, by
the people and for the people." "That FOR the peo
ple in his creed was emphasized. He was not for a
government of "Big Business, by Big Business and for
Big Business."
That will perhaps raise the cry of "demagoguery."
But it isn't that. It just happens to be the truth.
R.W.R.
Hail but not Farewell
We are pleased to welcome the powerful, potent,
and sometimes perceptive, "Oregonian" into the ranks
of those who believe that public utilities owe a clear
cut and inescapable obligation to render adequate
and decent public service.
This is a doctrine the Mail Tribune has supported
for lo these many years, and particularly relating to
the Southern Pacific and its poor service or utter
lack of it in Southern Oregon.
AlE CAN hardly expect the Oreonian to join the
" state press from Eugene to the Calif omia line
immediately in their long-time plea for the return of
at least some passenger service. But it should event
ually do so to be consistent, and certainly with its
declaration regarding the Portland Traction company
it can not, in the future, oppose' such an effort.
In fact the Oregonian now states the ' anti-S.P.
case, in this part of the state cogently and EXACTLY,
when it refers to the "public-be-damned" attitude of
the P.T.C. as follows, quote:
The legal principle is well established that the people
have a right to control the rates and service of public
utilities. This is somewhat in conflict with our general be
lief in the virtues of free enterprise, but there are compensa
tions for the regulated industries in that their profits are
safeguarded from cutthroat competition, becaues the PUC
also regulates their rivals. Thus the PTC has been helped
as well as hindered by the operation of the PUC statutes.
It enjoys the former, and chafes under the latter. But it
cannot expect the people of Oregon to tolerate an attitude
of all take and no give.
"ALL take and NO give."
We can't picture a term that better describes the
time-honored tradition and practice of the "Friendly
Southern Pacific" throughout Southern Oregon. It has
taken millions and millions of profits on its freight
service from Eugene, Ore., to Dunsmuir, Calif., and
given .to the traveling public in this large area abso
lutely NOTH1NU!
Sunday, February 17, 1957
Today and
By Walter
ALLIES AND PARTNERS
The President will receive M.
Mollet, the French Prime Min
ister, in about 10 days, and .a
monin later ne
will fly to Ber
muda to confer
with Mr. Mac
millan. There
is no doubt
that the simul
taneous an
nouncement of
these two sepa
rate meetings is
to be taken as
meaning the official end of the
period of hard feelings which
were aroused over the Suez af
fair. This is good news. But with
the best will in the world, it
would be a mistake to assume
that the alliance wiU now be just
what it was before, and that
there are no fundamental prob
lems which have to be faced.
In thinking about these prob
lems, it is useful to distinguish
between our alliance with Brit
ain and with France on the one
hand, and our partnership with
them in world affairs. The alli
ance, which is registered in the
NATO treaty, is a solemn and
specific pact of mutual defense
within the geographical area de
fined in the treaty. There has
been no "rift" in this alliance. It
was as valid and binding on the
night in the U.N. when we voted
against the British and French
action in Egypt as it was when
the NATO treaty was originally
signed.
What has broken down is the
partnership which derived not
from a treaty but from the per
sonal relationship of Churchill
and Roosevelt during the second
World War. Into this partnership,
after her liberation from the
Germans, France was admitted.
The essence of the partnership
was that in the great issues of
peace and war, we would all con
sult one another and would work
out a common policy. When Brit
ain and France intervened in
Egypt without consulting the
United States, when the United
States then took the lead'in the
United Nations to oppose them,
Halter Uppmann
Matter of Fact By joPh ai
THE VIRGIN LANDS
Akmolinsk The traveler in
western Siberia must be prepar
ed for surprises. Some of them.
such as the
surprise of
open plumbing
openly arriv
ed at with the
the rmometer
at 40 degrees
below zero,
are even rea
sonably se
vere. Nonetheless,
Joseph AIsop
no surprise has been quite on
the level of the surprise produc
ed by the first sight of the Si
berian version of the carefree
trailer life. There it was, parked
outside the primitive but cozy
hotel. It was composed of a
heavy tractor, coupled to a
sledge piled high with drums of
diesel and all sorts of spare
parts, coupled to a second sledge
on which was built a small
wooden hut, complete with tiny
windows and a stovepipe.
From the hut, sounds of hap
py, vodka-inspired Russian song
drifted into the icy night. In
the cab of the tractor, a young
ish man bundled up in the black
wadded Siberian winter uniform
was making some sort of repair
by the flickering light of ; a
lamp. On being asked about him
THE Oregonian also supports the stand of our new
1 Public Utility commissioner, Howard Morgan, for
threatening P.T.C. with stiff penalties for that com
pany's defiance of "the states legal and moral right
to regulate public utilities in the public interest" and
then declares:
"It (PTC) has embraced every opportunity to discourage
patronage and thus accomplish by indirection what the
Public Utility Commissioner has said should not be allowed
to occur. The company's motive is equally clear. Its freight
trains using the same tracks are extremely profitable
the presence of the interurbans is a hindrance to the most
efficient freight movement."
Not only the most "efficient" but the MOST profit
able. Again we can think of no better description of
precisely what the "Friendly Southern Pacific' has
done in Southern Oregon, although the S.P. finally
went the whole hog and abandoned its passenger
service in a 300-mile area entirely.
WHY?
' The answer is a five-letter word in both cases
"GREED." That is all. This isn't a question, in other
words, of pulling a corporation but of the "red" but
putting it farther and farther into the black.
The Southern Pacific is worth a cool billion dol
lars and has not missed a dividend for over a decade.
We don't know the financial standing of the Portland
Traction company but we see no reason to doubt the
word of the Oregonian that its freight business is
"extremely profitable" and it has- been trying for
many years to price its passenger service out of busi
ness, so it could sell out at a tremendous profit.
With the Oregonian, for a refreshipg change,
paying no special heed to the shopworn outcries of
the "private enterprisers" and taking up the cudgels
for the people and their welfare, perhaps at long last,
something tangible and beneficial can really be done
about it. R.W.R.
Tomorrow
Lippmann
the partnership which Church
ill and Roosevelt created was
dissolved.
THE question now is in what
measure a new partnership
can be developed. I think we
must put it that way because the
old partnership would not have
dissolved last autumn if there
had not already been a deep
erosion of the basis on which it
rested. Its basis was the common
peril of a world war against a
formidable enemy in Europe.
The war in the Pacific was al
ways in considerable degree out
side the partnership. But in the
rest of the war in Europe, the
Mediterranean, the Middle East,
Africa and the Atlantic Ocean
the Churchill-Roosevelt partner
ship was real because the two
governments were so profundly
dependent the one on the other.
In the post-war period, the
area, has been contracting in
which the partnership has work
ed. North of Hongking it has dis
appeared in the Far East. It does
not exist in South Asia. Now it
is greatly shrunken in the Mid
dle East, and the question is
whether and how far a new part
nership can be developed.
TiHE area in which the new
working partnership needs to
be developed, where it is indeed
indispensible, is on the continent
of Europe, in the Middle East,
and in Africa. The affair in Suez
proved that in this area there
cannot be an independent Brit
ish or French policy. It follows
that we shall have to work out
common policies. We shall have
to work out common policies for
the reunion of the two German
ies, for the security of the whole
continent, for the stabilization
and the neutralization of the
Middle East, and for the de
velopment of Africa.
If we can do that, we shall
have again what Churchill and
Roosevelt had when they found
ed the old partnership great
things to do that we must do to
gether. Copyrighted 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
self and his strange tractor-
trailer, he replied with cheerful
unconcern:
"Why, we needed some spare
parts to finish our winter ma
chinery repairs at our Khol-
khoz, so the chairman sent me
and my buddies into town.
There's no other way to get here
except by tractor. My buddies
have got pretty tight but after
all we're starting back to the
Kholkhoz next mbrning; it's a
good five days trip even if we're
lucky, and althought the hut's
warm enough, the trip isn't aU
that comfortable. If I didn't have
to drive the tractor, I'd have
a few farewell nips myself.
rpHAT will give you at least
-- some inkling of the long
winter solitude that must be ac
cepted by the tens of thousands
of people who have come to
this region to plow its virgin
lands. Yet this enforced hiberna
tion is still not the most fan
tastic feature of the virgin lands
program which had a bad weather-failure
in 1955, and then
gave the Soviet Union a splend
idly plentiful harvest last year.
The total of formerly virgin
land to be plowed this year
will reach nearly 90 million
acres or only a bit less than
one third of the entire area
of plowed land in the United
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not exceed 400 words. ,
Speeding In Central Point
To The Editor: Last month
there was an accident at the in
tersection of Fourth and Maple
in Central Point. Yes, there was
a picture in the Tribune of the
pickup involved and also names
of the drivers of both vehicles.
We as residents of Central Point
wonder of there was a citation
issued, of course had there been
the police officer probably
would be without a job. But any
one that would travel 121 feet
after an impact certainly had
to be traveling more than 25
M.P.H.
The party driving the pickup
is well known for his speed
about town, but nothing is ever
done about it not even when he
finally runs down another car..
The other driver is in the hos
pital which is always the way
the speed demon is as a rule the
least hurt.
On television the other day
was a picture of a community
that built a track for "Teenage
Hot Rod" enthusiasts. However
all "Hot Rodders" are not
"Speed Demons." Where they
have these clubs the teenagers
are taught to respect the traffic
laws. Maybe the City of Central
Point should provide a race
track for "Speeding Adults" so
they won't have to use the city
streets for a speedway. Or
should we wait and do some
thing about it after one of our
children has been killed or bad
ly crippled by such people.
We aU hear so much about
teenagers, wonder what would
have happened if this had been
a teenager instead of an adult?
No doubt the bojk would have
been thrown at him.
How can we expect teenagers
to obey laws if even the city of
ficials don t?
"Mothers of Central Point'
(Names on File)
Kids Are Better
To the Editor: We who work
in the public schools appreciate
the position you took in your
editorial of Feb. 11 answering
Roger Babson's criticism of
today's public schools. As long
as we have those who will de
fend "good things" we do ac
complish, Babson's type of crit
icism may accomplish something
constructive by keeping us alert.
If no one in a responsible posi-
Statesi Here in the province of
Akmolinsk alone, the expansion
of the collective farms and the
establishment of new state-own
ed farms has already brought
the plow to considerably more
than nine million acres .of im
memorial steppes.
Around 80,000 new farm
workers have come into the pro
vince with their families. The
collective farms have invested
200 million rubles in their ex
pansion. The state has put anoth
er 300 million' rubles into the
motor tractor stations that pro
vide the collective farms with
their major mechanical equip
ment. In the new state-owned
farms, where the work started
from scratch, the investment so
far is no less than one billion
rubles; and the total investment
will eventually reach two bil
lion six hundred million rubles.
Thus is this single province.
if you calculate the ruble at the
relatively realistic rate of ten
to one, the total investment will
be considerably more 300 mil
lion dollars. And the investment
for all the virgin lands will be
about ten times that sum.
CJUCH are the astonishing move-
J ments, such the immense ef
forts, such the outpouring of
national resourcses which can
be initiated in this strange so
ciety by a single order from the
sacred center of Moscow.
AU these and many other
facts I learned from Messrs.
Lepeoka and Struglov. They are
respectively the provincial rep
resentatives of the Ministry of
State Farms and' the Ministry of
Agriculture. Except that one
thought state farms and the
other thought collective farms
were the best for Soviet agricul
ture, these two men were cur
iously alike.
Both were bullnecked sons of
small peasants, dirt farmers of
long, hard experience, who had
won higher agricultural training
as a reward or superior per
formance and had worked their
way up in their ministries there
after. Both were pretty impres
sive fellows, who seemed to
know their business thoroughly,
describing in loving detail their
plowing, harvesting and crop ro
tation systems, which in fact
closely resemble the systems
used on our big industrial wheat
farms in the Dakotas.
One subject only embarassed
them the harvest of 1955, when
the virgin lands hardly returned
what was planted at seed time.
The program is in fact an enorm
ous gamble with the climate. Yet
both Strukhov and Lepeoka
seemed confident they would
win the gamble. One must hope
they will win. For the people
I met on the state farm I visit
ed by ski plane, and the tractor
ists and other workers from Col
lective farms I have run into
here in Akmolinsk were all fine,
tough, courageous human beings
and the human tragedy will be
appalling if the gamble goes
wrong.
Copyright 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
tion corrects him, an emotional
negative assertion may gain
enough momentum to set public
school programs back for a time.
Only a portion of the school
stories told me by two of my
school teacher aunts of some 50
years ago were true. Not only
are today's education programs
better, but the "kids" are also
better.
When I compare today's
"young 'uns" to those of my day,
there may be a few "worse" bad
ones today. However, there are
also many "better" good ones.
No question but what schools do
come in for their share of any
blame. I am wondering, based on
experience both as a parent and
as school teacher, whether any
more than 50 per cent is my
fault as a school teacher or as a
parent. I hardly dare throw
stones, no matter which house I
speak from.
I am sending copies of your
editorial along with Babson's
criticism to our NEA headquart
ers at Washington, D.C. and to
our OEA headquarters at Port
land. It is worthy of having a
place in their reference file.
It is good for our morale to
have a newspaper like yours
which is willing to look at our
good deeds, even if we have to
dig somewhat deeply to find
them.
L. B. Mayfield
Superintendent of Schools
Medford, Ore.
Looking Backward
To the Editor: 'Tis always
thrilling to be at archaeological
excavations. This, perhaps - in
Greece where the spade uncov
ers a Roman coin that partially
dates the rum. Or in a Pre-Inca
settlement when one uncovers
blue macaw feathers of a Sun
worpshipping chieftain's head
dress. Or, best of all, to be at
the opening of a room in King
Tut's tomb, with objects no
human has seen for millenniums
One cannot excavate in terrain
under the National Parks Ser
vice. One, however, can study
the museums containing excavat
ed objects. One such is Tuzigoot
National Monument in Arizona.
It is near the road between Pres-
cott and Flagstaff. The site of
this pueblo was excavated a
quarter of century ago. The
museum has seashells bartered
for from California, pottery,
some fine turquoise mosaics.
These excavations today are
having a new interest. We al
ready knew of the Great
Drought, lasting a quarter cen
tury. It was about 2 centuries
before Columbus. Recently im
proved techniques, as with radio
carbon dating, have given new
insight into the problem of Pre
historic Man in America. Then,
too, the Folsom, New Mexico,
discovery some 30 years ago
gave us knowledge of an ex
tinct bison hunted by the makers
of the remarkable Folsom points.
Many Pacific Coasters can
motor East by the Southern
route. Those interested, who can
spare the time, profitably can
visit one of these National Monu
ments. C. M. Goethe
7th & "J" Streets .
Sacramento, Calif.
Library Is Praised
To The Editor: I feel that I
too must write a "Letter to the
Paper" as Mrs. Myron T. Tay
lor has done as of February 12,
1957. My observations of the li
brary situation are different
than hers.
Having moved to Medford in
November, I can speak only of
the last few months. However.
I can say that both my husband
and I have received courteous
and careful attention.
We have noticed that the book
selection is inadequate consider
ing the number of people who
use the library. We are pleased
to read in the Mail Tribune that
a proposed . $10,000 increase in
the library budget is being con
sidered for the coming year.
hope this "increase will be ap
proved.
I would like to mention that
I have been interested in the in
formative articles in the paper
concerning the new books that
have been added to the library
shelves. We are looking forward
to the day when a phonograph
record collection will be avail
able to the community through
the library.
Mrs. Charles Freeman,
829 Minnesota Street.
3,450 Youngsters
Receive Vaccine
A total of 3,450 youngsters re
ceived the Salk vaccine at four
stations last week during the
second round of the anti-polio
shots in the current free inocu
lation program sponsored by the
Jackson County Medica' Society.
About 425 youngsters received
the vaccine Friday, of which 100
were non school children. Vac
cine was adminstered at West
Side school and St. Mary's
school in Medford, Lincoln
school in Ashland and the coun
ty health department.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson
county health officer, said early
last week many children who.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
Last week in this column, the
meaning of the word "crummy"
was discussed. But a contributor
noted that "the most important
part" of the meaning was omit
ted. The contributor wrote:
"The next time you see a
freight train going through town,
look for the vehicle that wags
along at the tail end of the train.
That is also a crummy according
to all train men."
The "crummy," or caboose,
serves many purposes, the writer
continues, "such as a place in
which the train conductor and
flagman can ride, an office in
which the conductor does his
office work, of which there is
a lot, a 'home away from home'
where the trainmen can sleep
and cook their own meals, and
also a 'lookout' from which they
can watch both sides of the train
for any possible trouble such as
hot boxes and any objects that
might be dragging and could
cause trouble."
One member of the newt
staif was at a loss the other
day as to what to prescribe
for a lady who answered the
telephone, saying:
"Hello, ever since I've had
this cold I've felt tired and list
less, no pep at all, and I've had
these awful headaches ...
When the staff member ex
plained who was calling, the
party called said, "Oh, I was
expecting a call from a doc
tor." .
Another staff member received
a call at home one day recently,
and the party calling asked:
"Do you have, or know of any
one who has, a house trailer they
will rent or sell cheap?"
He assured the party he did
not have, nor knew of anyone
who did.
We know a man who makes
a practice of growing a beard
when a new addition to hit
family is expected.
The last time, however, he
shaved off the beard a week
or so before the event oc
curred. Asked how come the
early de-bearding, he said,
"This is going to be a girl so
I shaved off the beard."
Ha went on to explain, "I'm
starting a new folk tale. If
you grow a beard, it will be a
boy; if you shave it off, it will
be a girl."
He was right, too. The
couple now . has a 9-pound
baby girl.
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Valley residents have had a
problem finding parking spaces
in the downtown Medford area
for some time, but one day last
week, a staff member returned
from a downtown jaunt with the
story that three cars were try
ing to get into one parking space.
One car pulled ahead to back
into the space; another, turning
left onto the one-way street,
thought he might get it; and the
third car traveling outh headed
toward the space.
The first car, however, just
backed its way into the space,
and the other two vehicles pull
ed out around it after some de
lay while pedestrians went
around and between the cars
headed into the space.
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We know a fellow who al
ways whistles at pregnant
women.
When his wife was pregnant.
she became somewhat de
pressed, our contributor re
lates. One day while walking,
a passing truck driver whistled
at her, giving her a "big lift."
Because it did give her a
"lift," her husband now
whistles at pregnant women.
The Mail Tribune's telephone
recorder,-which operates in the
business office after working
hours, receives calls ranging
from news to classified ads.
The other evening a party
called and left an ad for a rum
mage sale, giving the location
and other facts, including an ad
dress. After the ad was published,
though; the party called and said
the wrong address was printed.
But employees of the depart
ment told the party that was the
address given on the recorder.
The classified ad department
thoughfit somewhat amusing the
wrong address would be given.
since the rummage sale was
being sponsored by the postman's
auxiliary.
On this page during the
week was an editorial concern
ing spring, and its relative
closeness. Yesterday, most
residents probably will agree,
was proof spring is not far
off.
In fact, one woman called
yesterday lo say the swallows
had returned to their nesting
area near her home earlier
than usual.
And buds have been seen on
various early spring plants in
the valley.
received their first shots at the
free vaccine stations a month
ago are not returning for the
second of the three-shot series.
Monday the vaccine stations
will be open at Talent grade
school. Shady Cove school. Crat
er High school in Central Point,
Jefferson grade school in Med
ford and Ashland High schooL