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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, October 13, 1937 Lead 4 Start off gye hJr 4 f:X ' RIVER STARTS Rogue river, stream in southern Oregon, starts Lake National Park. The spring bv Jim Fisher. SMALL FALLS 1 Downstream from Bourfdary Springs, the Rogue river passes over a small water fall, and through a small rocky gorge on its way to the Pacific Ocean. Much of the river's route downstream from the springs is so steep, hikers are un able to walk along the river bank. 1 ?t?rc viria ANOTHER SPRING In the actual spring area, where the Rogue river has its start, is a spring, located just under the rock in the background of the above picture, which goes dry in the summer. Water from this spring in the wet season and water from Boun dary Springs form the river, which flows more than 200 miles to the coast. Two-Way Traffic Opens Grants Pass Two-way traffic started Friday morning on the southbound portion of the new Highway 99 freeway between Scoville rd. and Louse creek, ac cording to state highway depart This Weeks HISTORY Who Owned This Writing Case? CLUE: In the 1 850's ihis case belonged to an rmy assistant quartermastaj- stationed at Fort Van couver. 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Shoulders along the freeway were oiled earlier this week MYSTERY Boundary Spring Just Inside Crater Lake National Park By JIM FISHER Each day thousands of resi dents of southern Oregon watch the waters of the Rogue river roll by. During the summer months, thousands of tourists visit the river to fish, boat, swim or just relax. Seldom is the question asked "Where does the Rogue river begin?" This famed fishing stream has its beginning in the extreme northwest corner of Crater Lake National park. Its actual source is at Boundary Springs, so named because of its location several hundred feet from the northern boundary of the park. To visit Boundary Springs, you must make a choice of the two possible routes of travel. One route is for the pwson who enjoys rugged cross-country travel and. the other route is for the less' ambitious traveler Hiker's Route The hiker's route is reached by driving north from Medford, past Union Creek, and on to wards Diamond lake. Three miles south of Diamond lake, a forest road signed Hamaker guard station leads south a short distance and then parallels the main highway. This road is the original Union Creek-Diamond lake road. After four miles, this road ends at a washed-out bridge over the Rogue river. A spur road leads to an ideal camping spot overlooking the river. From here on, your trip to Boundary Springs will be made on foot. At this point in its course, the Rogue river is a fast-flowing stream flowing in a deep canyon with steep sides. There are few places in this canyon where you can walk at the river's edge be cause of the steep sides. Easiest, Fastest The easiest and fastest route of travel up the river is along the ridges overlooking the river. Here the lodgepole forest is sometimes too thick for comfort able traveling, but much of this country is also open and the view of the river far below you will make this route a pleasant one. It is two miles from the forest road to Boundary Springs. Close to the springs, a small waterfall can be seen. Just above the wa terfall, there is a large opening in the forest with water seeping down through the spongy ground. Halfway across this opening, you enter Crater Lake National park. The actual springs are just inside the forest at the far side of the opening. During the spring and early summer, two springs feed the small stream that will become the Rogue river. The largest spring is located at the base of a large pile of rocks. The other spring is located below the larg est one near the bank of the stream bed. It is the spring that continues to flow when the other one is reduced to a small trickle by late summer. Within A Basin Boundary Springs is located within a basin surrounded by forests and rugged peaks. Moss covered rocks and the white fallen trees add to the natural beauty of the area. The water is ice-cold and delicious to drink. Close to the springs is a sign of civilization, the first to be seen, other than the boundary signs, since beginning the hike two miles downstream. This sign of civilization is a forest road that comes from out of the forest and ends at the springs. To reach Boundary Springs bv this road requires permission of the Park Ranger or his assistant since the road is a fire road not open to normal public travel. During critical fire weather, per mission to use the road would probably not be granted, but at other times it would not be dif ficult to receive the Park Rang er's permission to travel over the road. Leaves Highway The Boundary Springs road leaves the North Entrance high way two miles north of the Rim road. It is approximately 10 miles to the springs by way of this road. By foot or by car, a trip to Boundary Springs will be inter esting and entertaining. In one short sten vnn nan stpr arrn;Q i r' ' r the stream that will grow in size I as it winds its way across south ern Oregon: through the gorge i near Union Creek; on past Pros I pect, Trail, and Shady Cove; i under Dodge bridge and Bybee bridge, built by man to cross the ! river that you have just stepped i across; downstream over Gold Ray dam: past the town bearing ! the river's name: over Savage i Rapids dam; under the Cave man's bridge; and into the can yon that will lead it through the mountains to the Pacific ocean at Gold Beach a 220-mile journey from start to finish. Other Rivers Many large rivers flow into the Rogue during this journey, including the Applegate, the Illi nois, and the Coquille. Butte t Co WINNING BOOTH Members of the Medford Pathfinders group. Seventh-day Adventist church, work on crafts in their Arts and Crafts booth at the annual Pathfinder fair at Eugene recently. The booth earned the group one of the several first prizes they received. Supervising the work are Mrs. John Trude (left) and Mrs. Bernard Thompson (right). , Medford Pathfinders Get, Best Club' Trophy At the annual Pathfinder Fair held at the Eugene fair grounds recently, Medford Pathfinders, for the second time in three years, won the trophy for being best club in the statewide con test. Members of the club are youngsters from the Medford and Valley View Seventh-day Adventist churches, and the lo cal organization is under the di rection of Oral W. Tucker, 2232 Dellwood ave. Events on which they were judged included booth display, tent-pitching, marching, fire building and string burn, knot tying, and signalling. The Med ford club placed first in every contest but one, giving them a total of 188 points out of a pos sible 190. Club records for the year, which are sent in monthly to the Path finder headquarters in Portland, also count for a por tion of the winning points. To qualify for top honors the club must have had at least Several Items Are Discussed by MSC The October membership meet ing of the Medford Safety coun cil was held Friday at which several safety topics were dis cussed, according to Aubrey Loper, president of the council. A report was presented on the color-perception tests being con ducted in Washington and Ore gon under the auspices of the National Rifle association. The hunter safety tests are being sponsored by the Oregon Game commission and the Oregon Op tometric association to determine the relative visibility of certain colors worn by hunters under different field conditions. Hazel Swayne, chairman of the annual awards committee, reminded members of the ne cessity of early action in sub mitting the name of nominees for the awards. The subject of pedestrian safe ty where the lack of sidewalks compels pedestrians to use road ways was tabled pending a re view of the studies being con ducted by other groups. Three County Youths Attend Linfield College McMinnville Three Jackson county youths are among 775 students enrolled at Linfield col lege at McMinnville. They are Jim Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, 531 Berrydale ave., Medford; Howard Morris, son of Lloyd H. Morris, box 1389, Medford; and Harvey Tonn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tonn, post office box 243, Central Point. FIRE TESTS Chicago W Researchers may learn more about fire haz ards because of experimenta tion concerning the rate at which flame travels along vari- I ous materials. The National Bu 1 reau of Standards developed ' special equipment for the tests. creek, Elk creek, Evans creek, and Graves creek also add to the Rogue's waters, as well as count less smaller streams bearing such names as Wizard creek, Sunshine creek. Foots creek, and Bloody Run creek. Besides a town, a national for est, a mountain range, hundreds of businesses and stores, the riv er's name has been given to this entire region of southern Ore gon. When early-day French trappers first visited this area, they were bothered by trouble some Indians and named them "Les Coquins," (the Rogues) and "La Riviere aux Coquins" (the Rogue river) was the name given to the river. Hence the river that flows first from Boundary Springs high in the Cascade mountains travels across southern Oregon, bringing water for people, crops, and wildlife. three meetings each month with no less than 80 per cent attend ance, and those attending must be in uniform. Also necessary is 91 per cent of the club members in attendance at the fair. All Medford Pathfinders with the exception of one were in Eugene. In addition to the 43 regular members, a group of Pre-Path- finders also attended, making a total of about 60 boys and girls in addition to about 20 directors, deputy directors and counsellors representing the Medford area. Of interest to the group was the fact that while Medford, which now has the largest mem bership of the state's 42 clubs, placed first, second place was won by the smallest club in the state with only four members. The four, two boys and two girls, from Bandon, Ore., en tered all events, including marching, and placed first in the string burn, the only event in which the Medford club placed second. Demos In Midwest Hit Ike's Plan For Satellites Madison, Wis. HP) Midwest Democrats launched an attack on the administration's satellite program, telling president Ei senhower "You can't match the Sputnik with a Putnik." Delegates to the Wisconsin Democratic Convention Friday heard Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) and Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Williams hurl' the accu sation that the Eisenhower Ad ministration is responsible for the Russians beating the U.S. in getting a satellite aloft. Lack of leadership. Williams charged, had caused the Soviets to outstrip us both in the race for an intercontinental ballistics missile and in space travel. Nazi atomic research brought effective action from former presidents Roosevelt and Tru man, the Michigan Democrat said. While the Russian satellite circles the globe going "beep beep" the administration's re sponse has been "pooh pooh," he said. Further, he said, it is likely the Russians already can send atomic missiles halfway around the world. Proxmire, author of the "Sput-nik-Putnik" remark, and the re cent upset victor for the seat of the late Sen. Joseph R. McCar thy, likened the state Republi can Party to the New York Yan kees. Both, he said, treated others as "bush leaguers." Farmers, small business men, laborers, and old persons have been treat ed as "bush leaguers" by the Re publicans, Proxmire said. Women Volunteers Are Needed for UMC Work Women volunteers still are needed for the United Medford Crusade's Home Crusade, ac cording to UMC officials. Work ers are needed in the Big Y, Ber rydale and Howard and . Mc Loughlin school areas, they said. Volunteers may contact Mrs. Ernie DeVoe at SPring 3-3937, Mrs. Verl Walker at SPring 3 2620, or Mrs. John B. Lunch, SPring 3-1984 if interested. NEW PORSCHE 1600 The Finest Sports Car Available 4 Speed Synchromesh Transmission Unexcelled Readability and Performance GOOD GAS MILEAGE MORSE MOTORS PHONE SP 2-7155 1201 N. Riverside, Medford Agriculture Important Project In Russia, Mrs. Roosevelt Finds By ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ; New York Agriculture is basic to the life of nearly all great countries, but in the So viet Union it is very important indeed because so many people have to be fed. So, the Soviets decided to do away with agri culture run on a private basis. This was not very difficult to put across with the employees of large estates. They were serfs accustomed to doing what they were told to do and quite will ing to continue along these lines. But there were peasants who had risen to owning their land and some difficulty was experienced with these people. The first effort was to estab lish collective farms and now the second experiment is in state farms. 2000 Acres Cultivated My first excursion into an ag ricultural area was to see a state farm 28 kilometers out side of Moscow. It is called Les nie Poljana, which means Prair is Among the Forest. Two thou sand acres are under cultivation and the farm produces milk and milk cows for breeding pur poses. The name of the breed is Holmogor, and the farm has 550 pedigreed cattle in all, 226 of which are milking. All feed for the cattle is raised right on the farm and only a concentrate is bought from outside. Two hundred and thirty people work on the farm all year round and about 20 extras are hired in summertime. The milk is shipped in cans to institutions only. Women work in the cow barns and much of the milking is done by hand, although they also have machines. The beef cattle do not look to me as well fattened as ours look and cer lainly meat in the Soviet Union is not as tender as ours, prob ably because they don't hang their meat as long. Whether this is because the old type of refrig erator is not adequate, I cannot tell. But even chickens are us ually freshly killed and, there fore, are not as tender as ours One rarely has a roast chicken It is alwavs boiled or minced in croquettes or used in soup in some way. Visits Workers Home On the state farm I asked if I might go into one of the work er's home and I was told that at the lunch hour it would be pos sible. So they took me to one of the newly built homes right across the street from some of the old ones. I tried to get over to get a look into the latter and was promptly told they were not as good because the fami lies did not . have separate en trances. I realized that several families probably lived in the same room, for there seemed to be a good many people pouring out of these houses. The new house had a good sized plot of ground around it, which was surrounded by a fence. The house consisted of a little entry which held for. the most part winter shoes and win ter coats hanging on nails along the wall. Then down a little cor ridor on the left there was a small kitchen. This not only had the traditional wood stove, but there was a one-plate electric burner. Our hostess, who was one of the workers with the dairy cat tle, took us into the one other room of the cottage. A dining ta ble stood in the middle of it. with some chairs around it. There were two beds on oppo site walls and one sofa bed on the third. There also was a TV set and a radio and one or two extra chairs. The room was hor ribly overcrowded, as you can imagine, and it evidently was used for sleeping, eating and living. 5 No Running Water I asked the woman whether she had running water in the house and was told "no," but she did not have to carry it too far away. By another year, she hoped, they would have it piped into the house. The house was immaculately clean but they still had an outside toilet. This woman earned 800 rubles (S80) a month and her husband, who works in a factory nearby, made about 1,000 rubles ($100) a month. On the whole, they seemed fairly well off. A state farm differs from a collective farm in that all the employees on a state farm are paid a salary by the state. They are given a house and a small plot of land, which they culti vate on their own. The manager of a state farm is aDDointed by the state. Of course, a state farmhand does not take the risk a collective farmer does if the year is a poor one, but a collec tive farmer, as you will see when I describe a collective farm, in a good year can raise his income considerably. When we went down to Tash kent we visited a collective farm, and there in central Asia cotton was the main crop. The collective farm was called the Usbeckistan farm, and the fi nancial organization was as fol lows: seven per cent of the total made on the farm goes to the government in payment of the taxes; seven per cent is taken from the collective and is di vided between capital reserve, hospital and welfare services, amortization and the individual incomes that go to the members of the collective. I This particular farm, while it had cotton as its main crop, also has cattle for meat and for milk. It had 1,160 houses and 1,700 able people for work. Twelve different nationalities were rep resented in these families. . We were shown one of the old houses on the farm as well as one of the new ones. There was still no running water in the houses but there was electricity. The new house was shown with pride, and the woman of the house had collected, or made innumerable quilts, which seem to be a mark of wealth. Each farmer annually received 30 pounds of meat, a certain amount of grain, and 150 pounds of potatoes. And he is allowed to plant and own the products I Talenl School Paper Wins Press Award Talent The Talent High school newspaper, Hi-Life, has received a first class rating by the National Scholastic Press as sociation, according to Mrs. Mary Offutt, faculty advisor. Priscilla Welch was editor of the paper during the 1956-57 school year. The awards by the' association are based on a critical analysis of each edition. The newspaper staff for the present school year is headed 'by Charmain Tipsword, editor. Oth er members are Julie Hanson, assistant editor; Nylia Cooner, news editor; Gloria Quacken bush, business manager; Kath leen Mullin and Pat Richcy, as sistants to the business manager; Allan King, sports editor; Rich ard Turley, assistant sports edi tor; and Patsy Thompson, Gail Carter, Pat Diederich, Elizabeth King Nancy Pettitt, and Linda Watson, reporters. 96 Influenza Cases Reported Last Week A total of 96 cases of influen za were reported to the Jackson county health department last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician. Of the total, 50 of them were in Ashland, 25 in Medford, eight in Butte Falls, seven in Phoenix and six in Central Point. Other communicable diseases reported for the week ending Qualified lit? , f I1 ; W , John Duffy Conge? - FUNERAL DIRECTORS W. MAIN AT SIXTH from 0.15 hectares of land, and he can have one cow. He can sell on the free market what ever he does not need for his family. The cow's food comei from the collective. The manager of the collective farm is chosen by a board of di rectors. He acts as chairman and after a year he reports on his work. If it is satisfactory, he is allowed to continue. The board of directors is selected by the members of the collective and its size depends on the size of the farm. One little item may be of in terest to those Americans who know a brand of cow called Santa Gertrude, which comes from the King ranch in Texas. Some of these cows were sent to the Soviet Union a few years ago and I was told they had dis appeared and nobody knew what had happened to them. When I asked about them at the Ministry of Agriculture, I dis covered that they were living and thriving in the southern part of the Ukraine and that the minister himself took a spe cial interest in them. They as sured me that the cows had had plenty of "little babies." I think we have to realize that just as we ourselves would show the best we have to foreigners, these two farms were probably better than the average, per haps even pilot projects. But the mere fact that they exist means that more and more will develop along the same lines. Whe things do well, it is safe to a sume that they are going to be duplicated as quickly and as often as possible in the USSR. United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) (Copyright, 1957, by Cunningham Talks At Meeting Here People do what they do in to day's world because they want to be happy, according to L. L. Cunningham in a talk Friday afternoon to members of the Jackson and Josephine county real estate educational confer ence. Cunningham, who is the owner and president of a busi ness college in Milwaukee, Wise, spoke on "Human Relations, base of the selling triangle", to the real estate group. There is nothing more import" ant than people, he said. Dealing with people is the most import ant thing because you have to take people as they are, Cun ningham said. He told the luncheon group, "your greatest asset is yourself." He told the group to play them selves down and everyone else up. Tolerance is a big factor in making sales click, according to Cunningham. Selling is the fulfillment of dreams in people, he said. The biggest dream the people on earth have is peace, happiness the fulfillment of dreams, but happiness and success are not the same thing, he added. The real estate educational conference ended Friday at 3 p.m. when Cunningham gave the keynote address. Oct. 11, included four cases of pneumonia, two strep throat, one scalp ringworm, one mumps, two scarlet fever, and 15 measles. Bloms
