Medford mail tribune., June 10, 1957, Image 10

TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE
Monday, June 18, 1 8
California
Pealuma. Calif. "? Skill
ed craf'smen have made long
strides in th.eir painstaking task
n rp5tore a huge adobe hacien
da built some 115 years ago as a
barrier to Russian expansion to
Cal ifornia.
Known throughout California ' at Sitka. Alaska,
as "Th Palace," it was built: In 1334 the Monterey govern
about 1339 by Gen. Mariano ment granted Vallejo more than
Guadalupe Vallejo. descendent j 44.000 acres in the rich Peta-
of a proud Spanish family and
early California empire-builder,
Vallejo was commanding gen-
eral on Mexico s northern iron-
tier in lai:tornia. He was later:
10 recognize tne surge 01 meri-
can wesTwaro expansion ann ex -
ert his vast influence on behalf; work started on a headquarters
of US annexation of California ! for his new domain. He picked
ln 1343. a spot 35 miles north of San
But in the 1330s one of the Francisco,
main fears of Mexican provin-j Located on a knoll with a view
cial goverment in Monterey was for 10 miles around, his hacien
the threat of the Russian toehold da was typical of the Spanish ar-
if''- "
FALLING ON FACE in faint, trooper of Brigade of Guards
Jips unconscious during rehearsal for celebration in Lon
don of birthday of Queen Elizabeth. Fellow guardsmen
ignore the incident. (Internntionnl Soundphoto)
On The Side
(Distributed by King
Most t rench females are
short legged. That's why pro
ducers of Paris musical shows
have to import most of their
can-can dancers from England.
The British beauties are un
usually long legged. As for ex
ample, the highly glamorous
Knglish actress, Lynn Tracey,
whose legs measure 41 inches.
Incidentally, when it was
claimed Lynn had the longest
legs of any Englishwoman, a
non-professional challenged the
claim. She had 43 inch legs!
Please Note
Have you a son of grammar
school age? How did he get
along this past school year? If
the lad's progress has been slow
don't let it worry you too much.
He may still turn out to be a
genius. Sir Isasc Newton was
always at the bottom of his
clas as a boy. The grammar
school teacher of Oliver Gold
smith' said he was "a stupid
blockhead." Both Tolstoy and
Byron were considered dunces
in school. As for Thomas Edison,
his grammer school teacher said
he would never amount to any
thing and that "tducation was
wasted on him.
Passing By
Tyrus Raymond CobbThe old
"Georia Peach" himself, in per
son. Tv. who was born in Nar
rows. Ga , was 19 years old
,-when he made his first appear
"ancp at bat in a major league
game and slammed out a two
bacger. The opposing pitcher
Hi
INVOKING fifth amendment
PO time?. Joseph McEvoy.
nephew by marriage of Dave
Beck, Sr, teamster boss,
refuses to tell the Senate
probers about sources of
c income. (InternntitmaiJ
CLUB
NEWS
Nimble Fingers
The Talent 4-H sewing club.
Nimble Fingers, met Monday at
the Howell home. Different ma
terials were discussed. Four
members were present and made
head scarfs. Refreshments were
served by Paulette Creel Next
greeting will be today at 7 p.m.
4
Craftsmen
on the California coast above
San Francisco Bay.
Tne Russians estanli.-hed co!o -
nies ai rori nos ana ooaega
Bay in the second decade of the
13th century to obtain food sup
plies for their fur trading center
luma Valley. The aim was to
'colonize the area and thus fore-
stall any territorial aspirations
by the Russians
vanejo. wncj imo 1115 military
iif.juqijdi iei 5 i iew muus ij lI,c,grjst rnill
1 tdsi ai ownuuia, s-mi uiuc-icu
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By E. V. Durling
Fejturas Syndicate, Inc.)
was none other than the great
Jack Chesbro.
Retirement
As for retirement from busi
ness shortening the life of a
man. give a thought to the
career of John D. Rockefeller
Sr. He retired in 1897 at the
age of 57 and lived for 40 years
after that. And apparently en
joyed himself for most of that
time.
So They Say
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) wo
men make the best manicurists.
Most of them are lively con
versationalists, have plenty of
"oomph" and understand men.
The first manicurist who was
tipped a dollar by a pleased
male client was probably Scorpio-born
. . . Leo (July 23-Aug
22) men make good salesmen
but not of small items. That is
they can't sell vacuum cleaners
or washing machines but are
good at selling bridges and of
fice buildings. Or, so say the
stargazers.
Among the Married
Governor "Happy" Chandler
of Kentucky calls his wife
"sweetie Pie." The most popular
pet names for wives in this coun
try at present are in the order
named. "Darling," "Baby,"
"Honey," "Sweetheart." Prec
ious" and "Dearest." However
some men like to be different. I
know a fellow who calls his wife
"Butch."
Character Analysis
Hair coloring is no indication
of character. That's what some
people maintain. I hey are
wrong. Take blond haired per
sons. They are less liable to get
jittery in tight situations than
brunettes. They can be cool,
calm and collected when neces
sary. Nearly all the great gun-
fighters of the old West were
blue-eyed men with blond hair.
In sports, men with blond hair
are much better in a pinch than
dark-haired men. The same is
true of women in sports.
Aside
What is this count rv's record
for regular church attendance?
A New Yorker named H. Ells
worth Bennett didn't miss a
Sunday at church in 75 years'
He was a Methodist . . . One
restaurant operator objects to
his tray queens being called
"waitresses." He suggests, they
be referred to as "food host
esses." That's ridiculous. Only
young women with an inferior
ity complex or those touched
with snobbery object to the term
"waitress."
INDUSTRIAL
16 S. Control
Pheiw SP 3-5301
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l3 PACIFIC
yoatu-
Making Strides in Restoring Val!eos Fort Against Russians
' chitecture in California of that
riav-onlv nn m.irh hiaapr
it took four years and $30,000
t(J jjUj,j
The two story structure's walls I mna. ln LaL wnen tne "ussian
were 180 feet long and were j cloists P""ed out for good.,
ringed by 12-foot balconies out-1 Vallejo would journey to Peta
side barred windows. The adobe j Iuma every summer during ro
walls were three feet thick and. 'deo an harvest times to oversee
although the hacienda was notjnis holdings. At one time his
built as a fortress, it was canable skilled vaqueros looked after
of beinz defended from anvthine
but the most determined artil -
ierv a,ar.
: Buiy Community
Gen. Valleio installed a arn.
Vallejo installed a gran -
tannery, blacksmith shop,
shfbemaker and other
skilled artisans in the hacienda.
Some 500 Indians of the Porno
V Jc
; 1 pi rf
tribe worked in the fields and at
the hacienda's workshons. The
products and foodstuffs of Valle-
jo's "factory" were much in de-
1 10,000 head of cattle and 3,000
; sheep.
One of the high spots of the
general s davs at the Petaluma . Golden West who kept it until
1 haHonH ..' th Kirth thr nfinn whm it via, arnuired bv
, hacienda was the birth there of:
a grandchild to the ex-govcrnor
of Missouri. L. W. Boggs. on Jan.
4. 1847. It was said to be the first
white child born in California
Wherever you are, wherever you go,
consider this: Nev Royal 76
is the West's most powerful premium
Doesn't new Royal 76 belong in your picture, too? It's the West's most
powerful premium gasoline. It makes driving there almost as enjoyable as what
after you arrive. You get it at your Union Oil station where (customers tell us)
Minute Man's service is as good as his gasoline. At the sign of the
big 76 where you know you always get the finest.
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
i under the American flag and
Valleio was overiovpd when his
guests named the baby Guada -
lupe Vallejo Boggs.
Vallejo sold his hacienda in
1857 to Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Whiteside for S25.000. They
in turn sold it in 1859 to Wil
liam D. Bliss for S30.000.
Acquired by State
The historic building remain-
Uh in 11-ip hands nf the Rliss fam
j jiv until 1910 when it was deed
ed to the Native Sons of the
1950 when it was acquired by
1 the State of California as part of
I the state park system
By the time "The Palace." once
' the scene of brilliant fandangos
and rodeos under Vallejo, had
' fallen into a sad state of ruin
jThe shingle roof was virtually
gone: termites had weakened the
i heavy beams: ground squirrels
: "ad burrowed into the adobe
I ana seeping rainwater na ian
en its toll of the adobe walls.
' In 1951 the state began the
task of restoring the hacienda as
a historical monument. A 300
ton wall was raised and re-set.
Timbers were replaced with top
grade redwood. The roof was re-
, Placed. Some 9.000 adboe bricks
I were made to fill in the holes in
the walls. And another 4.000 or
so will be lifted into place.
The State Division of Beach
es and Parks last year was grant
ed j70.000 by the Legislature 1
for the hacienda's restoration.
State Park Ranger Mel Badg-
er is in charge of the restoration I
project. He is enthusiastic overj
the big job on his hand and he :
has made himself an authority j
on the history of the hacienda 1
and the surrounding area
Thorough Job
Badger hopes to have the job
completed in about 1959. Still to,
be done is construction of fur-
niture of the period 1835-1857.
which will be displayed in the
restored hacienda along with :
tools, farm implements and;
clothing. j
Badger says it probably was !
the largest adobe hacienda built I
you do
the
m. mm i
in California during The Mexican
period and great pains are beinf
taken to see that it is restored
with complete fidelity,
For instance, square naili
such as were used a century ago
have been obtained: adoba
blocks are made with virtually
the same mixture of lay, sand,
gravel-rock and native grasses as
was used by Vallejo: and the
more tnan ou.uuu reawooa
shakes used in rebuilding the
roof were beveled by hand,
"We're trying to make (It as
authentic as possible," Badger
said. "When you start cutting
corners then you no longer are
doing an honest job of restora-o
tion."
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