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Ashland Rural Mail Carrier Being
Paid for Work He's Not Doing
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tiibune Correspondent
Washington A rural mail
carrier for the post office de
partment at Ashland, Ore., is
being paid for work the law
says he should be doing but
postal officials won't let him do.
OThis complaint was made to
Rep. Charles O. Porter a few
days ago by Floyd Flood, the
carrier for Ashland route No.
1 Flood said instead of pocket
ing the paychecks, as he could
do, he is turning them over
to charity.
This is the latest episode in a
curious case which goes back to
last spring when Congressman
Porter first heard that postal
officials had shortened Flood's
rural delivery route by turning
a section of it over to a star
route contractor. Looking into
the matter as a member of the
House Post Office committee,
Porter concluded that the action
syas against the law.
vAsked To Investigate
When Porter asked Postmaster
General Arthur Summerfield to
investigate, postal officials here
admitted that the transfer of
3.65 miles on Highway 66 and
Buckhorn Springs road from
Flood's rural route service to a
star route contractor was in vio
lation of a 1918 act of Congress.
The decision to make this trans
fer had been made by the Port
land regional office, they ex
plained, because they thought
it could be done at less expense
to the government anr1 service
would be two hours earlier in
o
the day. O
So the department ordered
the restoration of rural delivery
service by Flood. After that
Flood, in his letter to the con
gressman, tells what hannepend:
"On Oct. 5th the Post Office
Department restored the Buck
horn Springs area to the rural
route for two days only. After
that time the mail was given to
the star route carrier and I was
told to make the run but that
I would not be allowed to carry
that mail. This appears to be a
deliberate arid planned evasion
of the order to restore service."
Flood obserred that the Ash
land Daily Tidings, which has
backed the post office depart
ment in this little row, in an
editorial column by the editor',
had called the law which pre
vents the transfer "obscure."'
Flood said the "general opinion"
of people in the area "is that
any official who ignores a law,
however 'obscure.' is not work
ing for the best interests of the
people and has the makings of
a bureaucratic dictator,"
Interviewed Patrons j
Flood said he had interviewed
patrons of the disputed route
and they told him they pre
ferred rural route delivery, even
if it was little later in the day.
"For this I was censured by
the postmaster who said I had
no right or authority to discuss
the matter with them," Flood
wrote Porter.
As for the paychecks he is re
ceiving for not carrying the
mail, instead of just making a
token run. I received SI 1.69
each pay period for this which
includes both pay and mileage
allowances. The first check
went to the United Fund. I in
tend the second for the Ameri
can Cancer society and after
that to any othr bona fide chari
ties." Porter's office is now taking
up with postal officials the case
of the mysterious paychecks for
the missing mail.
Pickin' Pears
News and Notes
Frem Camp White
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Veterans Day will be observed
at the VA Domiciliary with an
appropriate "ceremony in the
tneater, conducted by officials,
service organization representa-
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Warehouse Being Erected
Tell us how muck - Wt like to say "YES!"
You will be glad you chose Oregon Finance. Here
we have no hard and fast rules. You deal direct
with the owner as we are home owned and man
aged. Get the deal you want. See Gene Thomas,
Manager Oregon Finance Co., 45 So. Central.
Phone SP 2-4433.
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley A ware
house for county road equip
ment is being constructed near
the south approach to Cameron
bridge, according to Wesley
Hartman of Jacksonville, con
struction superintendent. The
building .will have a concrete
floor and galvanized siding,
Hartman said, and will house a
grader and truck used in the
area and a pickup belonging to
Gail Buffington. district road
superintendent. Concrete for the
flooring has been poured and
when it sets work will continue
on the building, Hartman said.
The shed is built on a 4.3 acre
tract purchased by the county
from Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farrand
at a cost of $500 last March.
Mrs. Francis Krause and
and Mrs. Curtis Gearhardt.
Mr.
Bears almost were to be had
for the asking at the Glenn Salt
marsh ranch recently, where two
were shot within a few days.
The first one was noticed when
a terrific barking was set up by
a hound dog belonging to Canton
Lee of Kim's restaurant, which
Saltmarsh was keeping until his
master could come for him. Salt
marsh, a veteran at killing bears,
could see no sport in shooting
his victim, and telephoned Bert
Hukill, who hurriedly came to
the scene to claim his first bear.
Next day a half devoured year
ling calf was noticed in the Salt
marsh pasture and after a few
nights of watching another bear
was discovered at his feast. Hu
kill was lying in wait and shot
his second bear. Folks around
j the neighborhood will have their
j boots storm-proofed with bear
tallow this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Davis
have returned to their home on
the North Umpqua after spend
ing a few days with friends here
on their return from a trip to
California. They were accom
panied by Mrs. Helen Mosier of
Los Angeles, who was returning
from Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Davis
formerly resided on lower Ap
plegate, and among friends they
visited there were Mr. and Mrs.
James K. Hutchinson, Mr. and
Weekend guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Travis were
Mrs.- Travis' brother and his
bride, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Jen
sen of San Jose.
Sunday, November 10, 1957
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Spec. Pre-Christmas
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Sixth & Central
V
Several local people made late
season trips during the weekend
over the Siskiyou mountain road
to Klamath river area south of
Hilt. Among these were Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Houston and Mr.
arid Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh, who
contacted cattlemen there, in
cluding Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rogers
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Freshour.
Others made lookout trips to
Dutchman's peak and Dry lake,
finding snow patches that were
barely passable.
Marking and branding cattle
is occupying the attention of low
er Applegate cattlemen these
days. The picturesque days of
the lariat have vanished, and
stock are handled by means of
a chute.
Dr. S. E. Phillips, deputy state
veterinarian, is on hand to vac
cinate calves, and housewives
prepare the dinner for 10 or 15
people.
tives and the veterans them
selves. Mrs. Iris Pierce, of Central
Foint, will sing two numbers,
"America the Beautiful" and
"Roses of Picardy" with 'Mrs.
Elizabeth Dressier, accompany
ing. Manager E. K. Ricker will de
liver the address and Assistant
Manager Harold Jaffrrey will in
troduce service organization representatives.-
Chaplains Perry Johnson, re-;
placing Chaplain Feller, who is 1
away, and Chaplain Lawrence j
Eskay, will offer the invocation!
and benediction.
One minute of silence, the
traditional mark of respect, will
be observed and taps will be
sounded by Ray Jones, trumpet
er of the orchestra.
The Color Guard also will of
ficiate at the beginning and the
end of the observance.
Members of the Color Guard
include H. H. Brecht, command
er, Thomas L. Holleman, George
Berge, Miller Anely and Nes
sario Ribera.
The orchestra members are
Barton Stevens, Roland Head,
Nedom Imbler, William Lowes,
Ray Jones and William Olson. .
The Veterans Day ceremony
will start at 10:15 a.m. Monday,
Nov. 11.
One type of American clock
(named after London's famous
Big Ben, holds this country's all
production record for all time
pieces; more than 40,000,000
have been produced since 1908.
The world's largest grove of
cultivated pecans, started in
1933 near Las Cruces, New Mec
ico, today numbers 75,000 trees
covering 4,000 acres.
Chitterlings (pronounced
"chitlin's" south of the Ohio
River) have been put on sale in
several Chicago supermarkets as
a frozen food.
Mrs. Dorothy Post, making
her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Ed Ramsay, is spending a
few weeks with relatives in Arizona.
Miss Kate Buckley, who had
been confined to Sacred Heart
hospital for two weeks as a re
sult of a broken hip, is able to
be in a wheel chair now and is
at the home of her nephew,
Lewis Buckley, in Medford.
Mrs. C. G. Godlove flew to
Portland over the weekend,
where she visited relatives.
Several from this community
plan to attend the carnival at
Jacksonville High school Friday,
Nov. 15, according to Miss Ro
melle Fossen, publicity director.
Events br.in at 7 p.m. and
crowning of the queen takes
place at 10 p.m. Miss Fossen
said.
George Picaud, postmaster at
Applegate, has been ill at his
home for several weeks. Mrs.
Gene Krause is acting postmaster.
Hester Knutzen, who suffered
a leg injury in a logging acci
dent here over two months ago,
expected to leave Sacred Heart
hospital late last week to go to
the home of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Ed Russell, of Medford,
where he will stay for two
weeks.
Several visitors attended the
meeting of the Upper Applegate
extension unit at the Grange hall
Wednesday, including Mrs. W. H,
R. Nostrand, Mrs. Flossy Myers,
Mrs. Louis Jones, Mrs. Forbes
Brown, and Mrs. Leonard Wick-
sten of Jacksonville. Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Nostrand became mem
bers.
Medford's Bargain Corner
Complete Variety Department Store
Boyd Gibson, principal at
Ruch school, spent the weekend
in Portland attending a conven
tion of Theta Delta Phi, mens
national honorary fraternity,
which met to install a new chap
ter at Portland state college,
Gibson is president of the frater
nity wlich first was organized
at Southern Oregon college in
1934 and since has expanded
over the state. Several from Ash
land accompanied him on the
trip.
In observance of their tenth
wedding anniversary, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Jones were hon
ored at a party Saturday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Rombach on Dark Hollow road.
About 30 guests attended and
several others were honored.
Others attending from here were
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Offenbacher,
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Hibbs, Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Snopl, and Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Byrne. "
Post 6412, of the VFW, last
week held an evening of entei-,
tainment reminiscent of former
parties in the domiciliary headquarters.
Eve Prentice brought out a
quartet of accordion girls and
together they ran a repertoir of
familiar songs at the meeting in
the employees club building.
Little Sandra Charters sang
and performed for the gathering.
Mrs. Raymond Charters was
master of cermonies. The ac-
cordiana ensemble consisted of
Lois Young, Rae Buritt, Monte
Noble, Sharon Roberts and Mrs.
Prentice: Irving Gray san "Let
Me Call You Sweetheart."
Hans Sorenson, past command
er of the post, was called upon
to play his own style of accord
ion music as the refreshments
were being served. Percy King,
post member, also played.
Earlier in the evening, the
J 958 officers were elected. They
are Max L. Wolfe, commander;
Henry L. Williams, senior vice
commander; Irving Gray, junior
vice commander; Eugene C.
Barnett, chaplain, and Ingwald
Hansen, trustee.
The Illinois Valley High school
band and chorus came over from
Cave Junction Wednesday even
ing for a concert in the dom
iciliary theater.
The event was sponsored by
Fost 4390 of the VFW. The group
was under direction of J. Van
Johnson, music instructor at the
school. The band consisted of
40 pieces with 36 voices in the
chorus.
Precautionary instructions re
garding the handling of house
hold chemicals that are poison
ous when taken internally or
applied externally through er
ror, have been posted in the
domicilary sections by the med
ical department.
"Many products used In and
around the home, although not
labeled poison may be dangerous
if taken internally.
"For example, some medica
tions which are beneficial when
used correctly, may endanger
life If used improperly or in
excessive amounts,'' the bulletin
states.
Antidotes for acids are milk,
water or milk of magnesia, whila
tnose to be used for alkalis are
are milk, water, fruit juice or
vinegar. This dilutes the poison
and causes a salt to form im
mediately. Fresh air is recommended for
inhaled poisons and a thorough
drenching of skin for external
contamination.
For chemical burns it is nec
essary to wash and cover the
burn immediately with loosely
applied cloth. Avoid ointments.
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Ben Wertz of Medford was a
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Mrs. Louis Jones. Wertz, for
merly of this community, will
leave soon for Redding, where he
will join his brother, Frank
Wertz, in mining.
Rural reflections: Sputnik roll
ing around up above has become
localized, domesticated, and used
as a handy term for almost any
thing. There is the farmer nam
ing his young colt "Sputnik,"
and it is the name for the new
parakeet that flits around the
room, as well as a physical ail
ment not yet diagnosed. There
are some that believe that outer
space has gone to the dogs.
A total of 1,108,983 persons
bought licenses to fish in Wis
consin in 1956, including res
idents and non-residents.
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