Medford mail tribune., April 20, 1958, Image 28

Diary
of a
Bird Watcher fi
id
Sunday. April 13
Some chipping sparrows were in back of our house in
the late afternoon. I have had little time to observe birds
since returning from the coast, but the fine spring weather
could easily have brought a good many in.
Monday. April 14
This was the kind of day that I think we would have Seen
good numbers of interesting birds any place we might have
gone. Where we did go was down the Applegate valley to
the town of Applegate, a short distance up Williams creek,
and then home.
The spring migration is definitely on now. We saw five
new-for-the-year birds, all spring migrants. They were soli
tary vireo, orange crowned warbler, MacGillivray's warbler,
yellowthroat and vesper sparrow.
We also saw a number of birds already seen that have
now returned in greater numbers. This was especially true of
pine siskins and chipping sparrows which we kept running
across in different places.
We found orange crowned ' warblers in several spots.
They are rather inconspicuous yellowish and greenish birds.
The yellow throat is also in the warbler family but it is rath
er striking with its black mask across the face. We only saw
one, but got a good view of it. The first vesper sparrows we
saw were right in town, by the lower end of Windsor ave.
They are a streaked bird with white outer tail feathers.
Tuesday. April 15
My daughter-in-law spotted a yellowthroat among the
weeds in the back of our house. I usually seem to see about
one each spring. An orange crowned warbler seems to be
around in our trees pretty steadily.
I had a call about some tree swallows at a nesting box.
A pair has been using the box for several years, but this
year there, are three birds at it. This seems to be some form
of the eternal triangle. With most species of birds the male
will drive away any other males that come around, but I
don't exactly know what happens to an extra female.
Wednesday. April 16'
Being out at Camp White on other business I took a turn
down Gregory rd. to see if any different birds were around.
1 saw some I had never seen before in this valley, a pair of
bob white quail. Perhaps they had just been released by the
game commission. I hope they become established so that
the whistled call with which they say their name becomes
one of the familiar sounds of our valley.
In the evening I gave a bird talk to a garden club. As
usual I learned some things myself. I was told that band
tailed pigeons have been back for a couple of weeks and are
to be found in the woods along the . Medford-Jacksonville
highway.
After that meeting my wife and I went to call on some
people who had asked us to come to look at some bird books.
This turned out to be one of the happiest experiences of our
lives, first meeting these fine people, then receiving as a gift
a number of excellent and valuable bird and flower books.
. Some are valued for the illustrations, some are especially
well written and some are very useful reference works.
They will be a source of pleasure to us as long as we live. If
this came partly as a result of writing these notes I am al
ready much overpaid.
Thursday, April 17
In the morning the oak tree in front of our house seemed
, to be just alive with Audtibon's warblers. Most of them
seemed to be males in full spring plumage, resplendent in
their patches of yellow, black and white. Later in the morn
ing I also saw one or more myrtle warblers, which look very
similar except that they have white instead of yellow throats.
Out on Corey rd. where I was making a call I was shown
a pheasant's nest with ten eggs in it.
I received a call from my young friend, R.B., who said
he had seen rough winged swallows on Saturday, the
' 12th, and barn swallows on Monday, the 14th. I am glad to
' add these to my first-of-the-season records.
Friday. April 18
Today my wife and I have been married for ten years.
This has something to do with bird watching because I met
her at an Audubon Society picnic, courted her on birding
trips, and bird watching has been our chief recreation on
our honeymoon and ever since. It has proved one basis of a
happy marriage. T.M. ; .
County Road Men Slate Road Oiling
. County road crews will
, begin oiling roads to settle
v dust early next month, Coun
l ty Engineer Paul Rynning
. said Friday.
: Those who want public
roads fronting their property
". oiled by the county may have
the county apply the oil, he
i said. Residents must pay 5
' cents per lineal foot for the
oil, with the county paying
. the cost of application, he
said. . - -
Property owners wishing
the service may call the roads
department. They must pay
for the oil in advance.
Rynning added that the
county prefers to oil an en
tire area at a time. Some of
the county roads needing re
pair will receive a mat coat
of heavy asphalt and rock
later.
' Nine American towns and
villages are named Peru.
State Director
Confers Locally
On Chest X-Ray
Donald Harman, Portland,
director of case finding for
the Oregon Tuberculosis and
Health association, was in
Medford Wednesday.
Here he conferred with lo
cal health officials and the
Jackson County Public Health
association regarding the ad
mission chest X-ray program
in local hospitals and the
chest X-ray clinic.
Harman stated that nearly
all major hospitals in. Oregon
now have routine X-ray pro
grams for patients. He stated
also that chest X-rays of hos
pital patients had saved lives
and protected others. Major
ity of the X-ray machines in
the admission program were
purchased from Christmas
seal funds. He said the X-rays
have detected other chest con
ditions. At a meeting of the case
finding committee held
Wednesday evening, Mrs. Hel
en Tweedy, executive secre
tary of the Jackson County
Public Health association,
stated a total of 3,998 small
X-rays have been taken by
the machines in the Sacred
Heart and Rogue Valley hos
pitals. Between 12 per cent
and 18 per cent of those hav
ing X-rays were referred to
their private physicians for
further checking, she said.
The state average is 9 per
cent pathology, Harman said.
The committee also voted to
recommend machinery be pur
chased for routine X-rays in
the new hospital. Case finding
committee members and the
X-ray medical advisory com
ittee members attending the
meeting included Dr. Earl
Lawson, radiologist; Dr. A. E.
Merkel, Jackson county pub
lic health officer, Dr. C. I.
Drummond, Col. W. H. Bart
lett, Miss Lotus Eaton, regis
tered nurse; Glenn Jennings,
Mrs. Henry Padgham, Mrs.
Tweedy and Mrs. Chester
Guches, chairman.
To Attend Annual
Summer School
Several members of Jack
son county law enforcement
agencies are planning to at
tend a three-day Federal Bu
reau of Investigation school
in Portland on April 22, 23
and 24.
The men will attend all-day
classes on leadership, morale,
discipline, public relations,
budget preparation, person
nel administration, inter-department
cooperation, traffic
administration, communica
tions, records and filing, of
records, personal qualifica
tions of a staff officer and
personnel ratings.
The classes will be held in
the state office building in
Portland. A banquet, will b,e
held for the class members on
April 23.
Attending will be: Lt. Orol
McGee, Sgt. Kieth Gildes
gard, Sgt. Leo Mitchell and
Sgt. Raymond Seely from the
Medford police department;
Talent Police Chief Bill
Young; and Jackson County
Sheriff deputy Paul Bettiol;
Ashland Police Sgt. Roy Han
son; and Central Point Pa
trolman Ed Zander.
The U. S. has 14,175 banks
the top 300 of which account
ed for S120 billion in depos
its at the end of 1958, 53 per
cent of the total. "" ' .
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APPLEGATE VALLEY
Range Cows Get Checkup
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, April 20, 1958 IT A
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley Come
the last day of March, when
young growing things make
forage for cattle, all local
herds are turned from winter
feed lots and shoved to the
surrounding low range but
not without first submitting
the bossies to a rigid program
of shots, sprays, tests, de
horning, treatments and medi
cations for. some ' weeks pre
vious to turning them loose.
Two of the most important
tests and vaccinations are for
Brucellossis and tuberculosis,
which are required by state
law, according to Jim Corson.
This is a new law in that
formerly only dairy herds
were required to have it. For
this work Dr. S. E- Phillips
or Dr. James W. Bayliss,
deputy federal veterinarians
are on hand.
Another operation is spray
ing the cattle for lice, ticks,
grubs and flies. Corson said
that lice infection is serious
in some animals. Another
necessity that is new this
year, through governmental
requirements, is ear tagging
each animal to designate the
number turned out, and the
weaning of calves over six
months of age so that they do
not go on the range unless the
owner desires them tagged.
Marking and branding was
done in the fall, but a few
stragglers were run through
in the recent corraling. Treat
ment for occasional liver in
fections and foot "rot also is
included, and as a final touch
many of the cows are given
their traditional cow bells
again, which were removed
when they came off the range.
The cattlemen remove the
bells to prevent them from be
ing lost, as well as to insure
quiet in the night when the
herd may congregate outside
living room window, Corson
pointed out.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. IJeShazo
returned to their home this
week from Merced, where
they had been since Christ
mas, when Mrs. DeShazo was
seriously injured in a cair
wreck. She came by Mercy
Flights. She is confined to her
bed, but is able to have visit
ors. Her sister, Mrs. Vertise
Skalitsky, of Los Angeles, is
remaining here with her.
Mrs. Nira Nash of Portland
was an overnight guest of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Pearson Mon
day while en route to Cali
fornia on a vacation trip.
Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh will
be hostess to ladies of Little
Applegate Sewing club at her
home Thursday, April 24.
Mrs. Lynn Valentine will
be master of ceremonies at
the Applegate valley exten
sion festival to be held at the
Grange hall Saturday, April
19.
Mrs. Robert Sorber is chair
man of the event, and other
committee members in charge
are Mrs. Charles Williams,
exhibits; Mrs. . Harley Hall,
style review; Mrs. John
Byrne, refreshments; and Mrs.
Chester Jones, flowers.
Two extension units here
are working together in ar
ranging the festival. Unit
chairmen are Mrs. Lester Rich
and Mrs. Rolland Smith.
There is no admission charge,
and cookies and coffee will
be served. An invitation has
been extended to Mrs. Mabel
C. Mack of the state extension
staff at Corvallis, who served
as home demonstration agent
in Jackson county for many
years, and who organized the
work in this area in the 1920s.
Mrs. Elsie Misner of Glen
dale, Ore., accompanied by a
friend, was a guest of Mrs.
Fred Straube a few days ago.
Mrs. Glenn France had her
two daughters and their fam
ilies as guests recently. They
were Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Bor
talazzo and daughter, Vickie,
of Weed, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Learning of Shady Cove.
A band concert and choral
numbers were given at Ruch
school Tuesday by the Gold
Hill elementary school band.
Tito May Cancel
Visit To Poland
Warsaw, Poland' W
Yugoslav relations with Rus
sian have once again become
so bad that President Tito may
cancel a scheduled visit to Po
land, sources here said today.
They said renewed friction
within the Communist camp
also threatens the position of
Poland's independent Commu
nist leader Wladyslaw Gomul
ka, who returned to power
here in 1956.
Sawdust
for gardens
Summer Rates
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A great many folks are
scurrying around these days I
in an effort to present an act J
of one kind or another at the j
Ruch PTA talent show sched- i
uled for Saturday evening, '
April 26 at the Grange hall. '
Those in charge say a great j
deal of musical talent is show- j
ing up, and that dancing will
follow the show. ;
Birthdays always are in !
season, and little folks hav
ing a party Saturday at the J
home of six-year-old Julia .
Fossen, were Gloria, Faith j
and Benjamin Wilmoth and
Rick, Mike and Mark Fossen. I
Mrs. Otis Buck entertained
with a birthday dinner re
cently honoring Joe Farrand.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis
also attended and Mrs: Davis
will be hostess to the same
group Sunday, honoring the
birthday of Mr. Buck on that
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Heuston
left a few days ago for Sisters,
Ore., where they will make
their home.
Rural Reflections: One of
the pleasures of youth is to
wander, barefooted, alone and
free over rocky slopes and
flower strewn hills on a warm
April afternoon. Three and
four-year-old Charlene and
Glen Perkins knew those de
lights recently but all the
while their parents, 'Sandy
and Jerry Perkins, were near
panic and asked a neighbor
to help them search for their
little ones. Old - fashioned
spankings finished the day.
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