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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, October 20, 1957 n o Form mooeinniD n f i day s m Construction Highlights Season for ational 39-Foot Tower Is Built Under Old Cinnabar Lookout Construction of a new tower under a lookout house, a new type lookout house and work on improving recreation facili ties highlighted the season in the Rogue River National forest. A new 30-foot tower was built under the lookout house at Cin nabar mountain which required raising the house three feet from the top of the old tower. T. C. (Buck) Flory of Medford, contractor, used treated timber in the new tower, and jacked the house up during the con struction. The new ground lookout at Halls point in the Union Creek district, about six miles north west of Prospect, is a flat-roof type structure with a three-foot overhang. Forest service officials said j the new type structure will eliminate conventional shutters, which are raised during the fire season to reduce glare from the sky. The three-foot overhang in the new building will reduce the glare. Shutters will be of a light-weight type to ' protect windows during the winter. The roof is reinforced to pro vide strength for supporting heavy amounts of snow, officials said. They indicated that the snow depth may be lessened on a flat-roof type structure by the wind blowing across the top. Construction of a new dwell ing at Butte Falls Ranger sta tion is expected to be completed in December. Contractor for the work is the Rogue Valley Con struction company of Medford. A. E. Fitzgerald of Klamath Falls has been awarded a con tract for construction of a tim ber sale officer's residence and lookout tower at F. Klamath. Forest service officials said the lookout tower will be elevated, and will provide a lookout for forest service land to the West i ' ' f : . 1 TEMPORARY LOOKOUT A new lookout house on Halls Point, about six miles northwest of Prospect in the Union Creek Ranger district, has replaced this temporary structure. Gee Brown is the lookout. MEMTT A Brand NewlYJH PORTABLE W:WwMmii $7r kTW Wa IJJX J Try Before You Buy! I 3 Months Rental May Be Call SP3-1731 Since 1927-YOUR OFFICE BOY 115 W. Main St. " . Medford, Oregon Forest Service in '' Y''f ',.; '-j .-'!', '-y ,".'. : V ' ' '.i,'. ' ' ' y " ' s p.' '", si ? '' , ' 4 'its", , ' . A t ' ' , " . $ ' , ' , ' " " i ' ' 1 ' NEW LOOKOUT This new flat-top lookout structure recently was finished on Halls Point in the Union Creek district of the Rogue River National forest. The three-foot over hang eliminates heavy shutters, which are in the mountain region. N Several new projects have been initiated under "Operation Outdoors," the forest service's project for improving recrea tional facilities in national for ests. New roads have been com pleted at Fish Lake Forest camp anil resort, and at Aspen Point and Rainbow Forest camps at Lake of the Woods. Tract sur vey and planning work is being done for Farewell Bend Natural Bridge and Woodruff Meadows Forest camps in the Union Creek district, at Fish" lake in the Ash land district, and at Rainbow, Aspen and East Side camps at Lake of the Woods. Rogue River National forest officials reported a favorable fire record this year. A total of 27 fires, 22 of them man-caused, were reported covering a total of one acre. "Nik T Applied to Purchase Pr I Contributing to the low num ber of fires was the absence of severe lightning storms. The average number of fires per year over the past five years has been 72. Timber resource reinventory work is being completed in the Union Creek district, forest service officials noted. It also is being done in the north por tion of the Butte Falls district. The reinventory will be the basis for the recalculation of sustained yield capacity. From it will be derived the corrected allowable cut of timber. During the reinventory work, NEW TOWER Shown above is the new tower constructed under the lookout house on Cinnebar mountain. The house it self was raised three feet above the top of the old tower. The light-colored pole in the center is one of the poles on which the house rested. llWJ tisfCH-r service tnm mMimml IMPROVE FACILITY This is one of the signs installed by the forest service indicating where work is being done to improve and enlarge recreational facilities in the Rogue River National forest. Improvement work during the past season included con struction of a, new road to the Fish lake campground area. Region used on older lookouts to reduce glare from the sun. Lightweight shutters will be used in the winter to prevent windows from breaking. 130 permanent sample plots were located and measured, and future remeasurements of the same trees used in the reinven tory will provide information on growth and mortality. Reinven tory data will be placed on punched cards and calculations will be by International Business Machines. Planting on national forest cutover lands got under way with the fall rains, forest serv ice officials noted. Before snow becomes too deep, the service expects to have 870 acres plant ed with 440,000 two-year-old seedlings. Revival Resulted From Changes in Figures, Style When the square dance caller today asks couples to "square 'em up," he is inviting dancers to a revived form of entertain ment which has carried only a portion of the past to the pres ent day. For there is a great difference between square dancing today and the form which was popular ' a generation or so ago. Some of the basic calls have been retain ed, and in some areas, even the old-style dancing is done during an evening. - But the majority of today's square dancing is a "moderniza tion" which has resulted in a revival of square dancing throughout the country. Basic steps and figures have been added, and the style of dancing changed to provide a smooth flowing movement of entertain ment. Major Change Modernized square dancing started about 10 years ago when a caller in California decided something should be done to preserve what was becoming a thing of the past. He initiated one major change into square dancing which has been one of the major factors in reviving and preserving it. That was eliminating the old "visiting couple" type dance, and bringing all four couples into the square dance figure. In the "visiting couple" dances, one couple would do the figure with another couple, and so on around the square, while the other two couples remained idle. Each couple would do the same thing with each other couple. Since two couples were idle throughout the dance," except perhaps at the start and finish, square dancing began to lose its popularity. Four Couples Active Now, however, instead of just one couple doing a figure, and progressing around the square individually, two couples do the figure. This brings all four cou ples into the dance, and no one couple is standing idle waiting for its turn to dance. There have been many other changes in square dancing, all of them to help the dancer enjoy dancing more. Seldom today are square dances held in the "old coun try barn" with dancers cos tumed in calico and overalls; seldom also are dancers engaged in a frollicking elbow swing, or Hearing Scheduled At Friday Session On Indian Problems Salem (IP) A public hear ing on Klamath Indian reserva tion problems was called for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Salem at the interim committee on Indian af fairs Friday. Sen. Lee Quiring, permanent chairman of the group, said U. S. Sen. Richard Neuberger, Gov. Robert D. Holmes, Reps. Al Ul man and Walter Norblad would be asked to attend, along with Indian representatives and other interested parties. At a meeting here Friday the committee was told by Dr. Vin cent Ostrom, University of Ore gon professor, that any settle ment of property rights for the Indians if the reservation is liq uidated would have to include money for rights not normally paid for in purchase of land. They would be treaty rights of the Indians to fishing and also rights to one million acre feet of water. In the past, courts have also held that Indians have hunting rights with a definite economic value, Ostrom said. Ostrom, a political sceince professor, suggested that the state might file an injunction de laying termination of the -reservation in 1958 until the Secre tary of the Interior could make a full study of the value of In dian rights. Andrew Jackson, seventh pres ident of the U. S. was once held a prisoner by Great Britain dur ing the latter periods of the Rev olutionary war. DR. LEE MELLISH, D.M.D. Announces the Removal of his office from Medical Center Building to 836 East Main St. Suite 1 BEGINNERS A series of beginners square dance classes is starting at Square Corral by Doug Fosbury. Persons interested may still enter the 15-week course, which will be held POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT Square dancing has become popular with thousands of people throughout the country in the past few years, and is increasing in popularity in southern Oregon. Above, Ray Hagemann of the intricate clog step, as di- picted by some. Good Floor Necessary Regular dance halls with "slow" floors are used by a ma jority of square dance groups in southern Oregon. A good floor 4s necessary since the mod ern dance is smooth, and danc ers keep in time with the music with a walk, or "shuffle" step !by sliding their feet on the floor. There is no special dress sug gested for square dancing today. Dance instructors advise low heeled shoes and some type full skirt for women, and stress that being comfortable is important. Western style dress has been retained by many dancers, both in men's and women's costume. Public address systems and re cordings for callers have been among the greatest factors in providing a variety of square dances, and in the revival of square dancing itself. Public Address System A generation or so ago, the caller mingled with the dancers, shouted the call, waited for the figure to be done, then shouted another figure. Today, the call er, usually on a platform at one end of the dance hall, uses a public address system. He watches the .dancers, and can adjust the patter calling to the dancers. The caller today depends largely on recordings by profes sional square dance bands. At many large dances, like the re cent state festival, a professional square dance band is retained to provide music. Callers may know as many as 100 to 150 dances, and oppor tunities for learning more are almost unlimited. Between 10 and 15 new square dance figures are written each month, giving both the caller and dancer some thing new all the time. Patter, Singing Calls New dances include both pat ter and singing calls. A patter call is a figure called to any hoedown-type music and the call itself is done in a rhythmic chant. The singing call is - a square dance figure written to the tune of a popular song, such as "Poor Boy," "This Ole House," or "Marianne." The majority of new dances are ' a ' combination of basic square dance figures, some of which have been retained Phone SP 2-9073 through the revival. Quite often, a new figure is developed, work ed into several dances, and later becomes a basic step. - During the past 10 or 12 years,- there have been several figures which have become basic, such as the "allemande thar," "waggin' wheel," and "cross trail through." Figures like "allemande left," "grand right and left," "do-pa-so," and "docey do," are carry-overs to the more modern trend. Combination of Figures The combinations of figures are so written that the dancer is comfortable while dancing. They are written with both en tertainment and relaxation in mind. Square dancers are en couraged to, relax and not take dancing as serious as they would work or square dancing loses its recreational purpose. Members of the Rogue Valley Square Dance Callers association conduct classes to teach basic figures to beginners. One such class started recently at Take It Easy lodge on Savage creek near Rogue River by Ran Hage mann. Another class for begin ners is starting at the Square Corral at Camp White by Doug Fosbury, who plans to conduct a 15-wcek course. Another be ginners class is planned at the Square Corral in the near future. Qualified Personnel ' H N 'J : Joseph Hosick - WEST MAM AT SIXTH c onger-NLorris FUNfcRAl DIRECTORS "YOUR TV WEATHERMAN" KBES-TV MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 6:15 P.M. ASHLAND MORTUARY MmW Notional ihid " t each Wednesday night at the Camp White building just off Highway 62. The above pic ture was taken during the first of three pre liminary sessions. Rogue River calls for a dance at Take It Easy Lodge on Savage Creek near Rogue River. Callers today use public address systems and recordings by professional square dance bands. Upon completion of a begin ners class, students have a knowledge of basic figures suffi cient to dance at any square dance. The Rogue Valley Squar Dance Callers association, which includes callers from Grant Pass, Medford, and surrounding area, was organized from the previous Southern Oregon Square Dance Club association. The latter group included clubs from Coos Bay to Klefmath Falls. "There are at least 11 clubs in this area which have regularly scheduled dances, and another club is in the formation stage at the Square Corral. The clubs are indirectly in contact with activities of the state federation through the callers association, which is an active member of the state group. The state federation was or ganized about a year and a half ago, and held its first festival at Roseburg recently. More than 1,400 dancers representing al most all the 81 groups affiliated with the state federation attend ed the festival, along with 51 callers. At the national convention in St. Louis this year, an estimated 12,000 dancers from 40 states, England, Canada, Hawaii and Viet-Nam were present, along with 555 callers. 4th and C Str.t . Athlon Mrcont by invilstioa
