Medford mail tribune., June 29, 1958, Image 12

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jf JM&&lVt. Mtdford,
93th Year to Be
JDbserved Monday
In Historic Hall
By BOB VROMAN
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
In the early days, around
1860, Jacksonville was a pros
pering frontier community
There was still lots of gold
to be found in the area even
though hundred of miners
had made their "stake" dur
ing the nine years that had
elapsed since gold was dis
covered there in 1851.
The townspeople, consist
ing of merchants, packers
blacksmiths, and professional
men as well as miners and
prospectors, having had their
fill of Indian trouble and suf
fering the hardships of fron
tier life, wanted now to be
come "civilized."
They had built fine brick
buildings, churches, schools
and homes, and tried to bring
to the little town the feeling
of permanence and security.
Lodges Established
oOne of the outcomes of this
effort to seek a refined and
cultural way of life was the
establishment of lodges and
fraternal organizations, off
shoots of those already estab
lished in the est and in some
western towns.
Not the first of these, but
on of th most significant
o SnS Will in existence today,
t th Jacksonville Inde
Samasnt Order of Odd Fel
Xa0 No. 10, which will ob-
rrt ix4 otn anniversary
HoHfliy, June 30. IOOF No,
29 ll officially named as
ttte' Historical lodge by
ttm Oregon Grand Master in
599.
ft recent report -sent to
' fctate Grand Master by
acisonvill IOOF, Past
grand Master William Camp
bell, much of the color of the
early days of the lodge, taken
fSn the original minutes,
was ' brought to light. The
paper on which the minutes
were written is now yellow
ami brittle with age but the
handwriting is still quite leg
ible.
First Organized
In going over the minutes,
Campbell found that the
lodge was first organized by
a group of 15 men at a meet
ig held in-a log cabin on
Jackson creek June 30, 1860.
The meeting began at 2 p.m.
this warm afternoon and re
jilted in W. C. Ranson of
California being appointed to
the chair and Thomas Pyle
iff) Ohio being elected secre
cy.
Si! committee of three men
f appointed todraft a pe
iition to the Grand Lodge for
dispensation or charter.
The second meeting of the
-aige was held Aug. 18, 1860,
( Saturday, with Jesse Robin
lrn, NG. and W. C. Ranson,
G, presiding. The lodge was
fn session from 8 a.m. until
Ir into the night conferring
3rees up the Fifth, or Scar
let. The Rebekah degree was
then conferred on the Broth
$ of the Jacksonville lodge
nd the meeting was tempo
rarily adjourned until Mon
day, Aug. 20. Mention was
made of the fact that Mt.
Shasta lodge No. 70 and
Yreka lodge No. 19 were
jointly responsible for fur
nishing the regalia used in
the ceremonies,
mong Papers
Among th papers in the
lodge vault, Campbell found
(fri expense account submitted
to the lodge by Grand Master
Samuel May on Sept. 3, 1860,
for a trip he made to Jack
sonville from Salem. The fol
lowing is a copy of the bill
submitted by G. M. May.
Expenses out S40.
Horse hire 22 days
Horse keeping at
sonville S9.
Horse shoeing S5.
Repairs on wagon-
S66.
Jack-
-Sl.
Expenses returning S30.
A committee report dated
Sept. 10, 1860, reveals that
negotiations were being made
at that time to rent the Ma
sonic hall over the old coun
ty court house. The rental
was listed as S30 with wood
and coal oil furnished or S25
without. On, Oct. 29, 1860, a
committee was appointed to
acquire regalia and four
chains with which to conduct
their meetings.
Advertisement
An advertisement in the
Oregon Sentinel dated Satur
day, Nov. 10, 1860, read:
"Jacksonville lodge No. 10
holds its regular meetings
every Saturday evening.
Brothers in good standing are
invited to attend. The provi
sions of the Grand Lodge for
the benefit of ancient OF's on
this coast will soon expire."
U(jpder the notice was the
names of James Kilgore,' sec
retary, and Jesse Robinson,
$foble Grand.
In the minutes dated Jan. 4,
tt61, was the following de
Crtaon, Sunday. Juna 19, 1?5I
eksuWole
scription of a seal to be adopt -
ed by the lodge: "The all-seeing
eye, three links and the
Bible, to be engraved on a
circular plate one inch in di
ameter." The seal cost S56.60
plus an additional S10 ex
pense. Also listed was a bill
for S15 for the purchase of a
book case, which is the same
case now in use at the hall
The Feb. 9, 1861, minutes
read: "After much corre
spondence and considerable
length of time, the S50 pay
ment requested by the Yreka
lodge No. 19 was made for
their share of the regalia
loaned at the time the first
meeting was held." Mt. Shas
ta had previously donated the
share they had loaned for the
first meeting.
In McCully Hall
The meetings were now be
ing held in McCully hall
which is the one occupied by
the lodge today. The original
lease between John McCully
and the trustees of the lodge
for rental of the hall was
dated May 1, 1861, and the
records show that lodge occu
pied the hall until May 1
1863.
On July 13, permission was
given to the Rev. Bishop Scott
to use the IOOF hall for reli
gious services on the Sabbath
July 14, 1861. On July 24
Brother William Ray present
ed the lodge a large Bible, it
was noted in the minutes
There was also a bill to the
lodge of $50 for the four
chairs that had been deliv
ered.
On Oct. 19 the trustees
were instructed to have the
charter of the lodge framed
at a cost of 58 and on Dec. 21
a bill from E. F. Russell for
new lamps for the hall was
listed as $275. Another bill,
dated Jan. 4, 1862, was for
S55.82Ji for the purchase of
a stove and fixtures.
Lights, Janitor Service
On June 7, 1862, there was
a $15 bill for lights and jani
tor service for 13 weeks. Coal
oil f this time was $3 a gal
lon. Various other bills to
the lodge were $50 for chan
deliers and $238 for jewels
and regalia, plus $28.50 for
freight, and another bill for
$8.60 for freight and storage
In April, 1863, a committee
Camp Attracts
92 Area Boys
Two weeks of YMCA day
camping ended lor Hi ooys
last Saturday.
Located on the Applegate
river south of McKee bridge,
the day camp site proved an
excellent spot for this type
of, program according to
Camp Director Carl Gordon.
The boys met at the YMtA
each morning and drove to
the camp site by bus. They
returned in the evening." On
Friday of each week, boys
invited their parents to a
campfire ceremony and then
slept out overnight. On the
camp outs, the boys cooked
their own dinner and break
fast.
Camp Staff
The camp staff consisted of
supervisors, JBob Jones ana
Herb Partridge; camp direc
tor, Gordon; leaders, Curtis
Saltmarsh, Dale Foresee,
Gary Cummings, Gene Cro-
nin, Curtis Saltmarsh, Bob
Baker, Jim Thomas, Jim Pool.
In addition to the regular
staff members several indi
viduals from Medford donat
ed their time to instruct the
boys in special skills. They
included Hank De Voss, John
Carter, Col. Charles Stafford,
Jim Ivory, Shelby Tuttle, Col.
Paul Wieland, the Rev. Tom
McCammant, Lt. Paul Mor
gan and O. D. Martin.
Because of the success of
this year's program, there will
be additional time and space
given to next year's day camp
program, officials said. The
Day Camp . committee which
sponsored the event was made
up of Bill Williams, Bill
Hicks, Wayne Struble and
Wilson Smith.
New Hall Planned
On East Main Street
A new pool hall, in the low
er floor of the Walker build
ing, 415 East Main st., is
scheduled to open July 1.
Eight tables will be in op
eration in the spacious room,
including four for pool, three
for snooker, and one for bil
liards, owner Foss Greb an
nounced. In addition, he re
ported plans of running a
coffee and mack bar and a
licensed card room on the
premises.
The converted area at one
time housed a bowling alley.
More recently it had been
used as a dance hall, for teen
agers. Greb, a resident of the val
ley since 1908, has had more
than 10 years experience in
his field but this is his first
venture in owning a pool hall
here.
. was appointed to check on the
feasibility of purchasing the
McCully building as com
pared to building on. Mc
Cully himself is presumed to
have succumbed and the
names of Frank and Burns
now appeared on the rent re
ceipts. Because the lease on the
McCully building had expired
and on favorable negotiations
could be made, the lodge
leased from the Warren lodge
(Mason hall) the top floor
over the old court house. On
May 2, 1863, the first meet
ing was scheduled there, but
there was not a quorum pres
ent as a result of the meeting
place being changed. In ad
dition, the Masons were hold
ing a meeting there the same
night and the IOOF meeting
was cancelled.
Ground Purchased
Ground for the IOOF ceme
tery was purchased on Dec.
19, 1863, from James H. T.
Miller and wife for the sum
of $100, according to records.
The McCully building even
tually became the property
of Jacksonville lodge No. 10
on Sept. 4, 1865. Peter Britt
bought the mortgage on the
hall from Antoine Hurlemann
for $500. The total price
paid for the hall was $3,150.
Other lodges and clubs
leased the hall from the IOOF
and receipts from rental and
other sources between 1865
and 1872 totaled $16,793.97.
The amount paid out during
that time was $16,40294 and
the balance in the treasury
on July 1, 1872, was $391.03.
First Meeting
The first meeting of the
Rebekah Degree was on Nov.
25, 1865. On June 23, 1866,
this notation was found: "A
motion was made and carried
forbidding the Good Templars
to use this as a dance hall
The first carpet was laid in
the hall on June 19, 1869, at a
cost of $186.50.
in 1872 a clock was pur
chased (which still hangs on
the wall) and $260 was paid
out for the organ. The organ
had to be repaired after be
ing badly jarred on the trip
by land freight from Crescent
City. It had been brought
around the horn, to San Fran
cisco and up the coast by
steamer to Crescent City.
A bill from the firm of
Hoffman and Klippel, dated
Nov. 9, 1871, was for nine
spitoons. costing $5.62. The
following bill was submitted
by the finance committee
Sept. 28, 1872:
1 picture and frame of P. G.
Sire Wilden $ 8 .
2 meals to Grand Master 1
Segars . .50 Bath . .50 . 1
Amount paid to W. G. W. .
Mace as doorkeeper
during celebration 1
$11
Down through the years the
hall has been in constant use
and the names of nearly every
organization in and around
Jacksonville appears on the
records as having rented or
leased the hall for long pe
riods or or special occasions.
Virtually Unchanged
The hall itself is virtually
unchanged from .the early
days except that age. has
faded the resplendent velvet
canopies and draperies and
the carpet has become thin
with use. The old stove that
heated the building and much
of the old furniture is still in
place. The ancient clock and
faded pictures hang on the
wall, along with a tattered
American flag with 45 stars
that was hung . outside the
building on the Fourth of
July and other special occa
sions. The Jacksonville IOOF No.
10 still holds regular' meet
ings in the high-ceilinged hall,
and though all of the original
members have long since
passed away, their images
still live on in the historic
building
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OLD CLOCK This old clock, which was
purchased by the Jacksonville IOOF lodge
No 10 in January, 1872, still hangs on the
wall of lodge hall and keeps perfect time.
Receipts show that the clock cost $52.50.
The lower dial keeps track of the month.
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LODGE BUILDING This old
Cully hall, located at the corner of Main .and Oregon sts. in
Jacksonville has been the home of the IOOF lodge No. 10
for nearly 100 years. Heavy iron doors over the windows and
entrance-ways made the building a veritable fort against pos
sible raids by Indians. Like
early 1850s in Jacksonville,
was placed between tne ceiling and root as tire protection
The outside stair case was not built until some time after
the building was erected. The IOOF lodge No. 10 and Rebe-
kahs still hold regular meetings in the upstairs hall of the
old building. '
RUSTIC LAMP This old street lamp that hangs outside the
Jacksonville IOOF building adds a picturesque touch and
lettering shows that the lodge has been selected as Oregon's
official historical lodge. Established June 30, 1860, IOOF
No. 10 will observe its 98th birthday anniversary Monday. .
LODGE REGALIA Mrs. William Campbell, member of the
Jacksonville IOOF Rebekah
neckpiece that was a part of
the lodge for its first meeting
rowed from Mt. Shasta and
also holds a simulated broad
days to encourage members
collection plate was passed.
and the date while the upper one registers
the day of the week and the time of day.
The pictures next to it and an old flag on
the opposite wall, 3s well as an, old stove
and furnishings in the hall date back to the
1860s and 70s. -
brick building, formerly Mc
other buildings erected in-, the
a layer odirt two feet thick
j
lodge, - above, holds a velvet
the original regalia used by
in 1860. The regalia was bor
Yreka lodges. Mrs. Campbell
axe that was used in the old
to pay their dues when the
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Kenwood - Grandvieiv Trunk Sewer
Will Serve About 400 Residences
The Kenwood - Grandview
sanitary sewer trunk system,
which was authorized by the
Medford city council Friday
night, will serve about 400
residents in an area which
was annexed Nov. 6, 1956.
Councilman James Dunlevy,
at the request of Mayor John
Snider, reviewed the, history
of the district, and aspects of
the sewer system itself. The
statement served as an intro
duction at a1 continued public
hearing on the proposal Fri
day night in the Jackson coun
ty courthouse auditorium.
Petitions requesting, a sewer
were submitted March 5, 1957,
with 410 signatures represent
ing 296 properties. Later last
year, Cornell, Howland, Hayes
and Merryfield were contract
ed to prepare plans and speci
fications, and. in November
last year Mayor Snider ap
pointed a committee of resi
dents of the area to help plan
the system.
Committee Members
Committee members were
Elwood Hedberg Jr., Wayne
Wakefield, Milton A. Loros,
Henry Padgham and Roy P.
Wilkes.
Seven property owners sign
ed a petition and submitted
it March 16, 1957, requesting
that a sewer not be construct
ed on Roberts rd. east of
Springbrook rd. An additional
petition was filed signed by
16 property owners and re
questing that property- on
Springbrook rd. from Delta
Waters rd. to Roberts rd.-be
withdrawn from the proposed
district. A third petition with
13 i property owners' signa
tures requested that property
adjoining both sides of Spring
brook rd. from the R. J.
Knight property south of
Buckshot Hill rd. be with
drawn.
As a result of the petitions,
a sewer line- along Spring
brook rd. within limits speci
fied in i. petitions was with
drawn. A portion, however,
was later added by the coun
cil to serve five or six prop
erties just south of Roberts
rd. for about 600 feet.
Large Area
The council pointed out that
the area is large, and the
project is necessarily an ex
pensive one. Ihe cost of some
individual property . owners,
it noted, will, be high because
large tracts of land within
the area are relatively unde
veloped.
The statement continued:
"All the land in the district
will be benefited by the con
struction of the trunk sewer
system. The system is so de
signed that it will provide a
way for the handling of all
sanitary "wastes of all the
land within the area.
Equitable Distribution ,
"To provide for an equit
able disribution of. the cost
of this system and to assess
the costs on, the basis of bene
fits received, the council has
adopted the procedure of as
sessing the trunk portion of
the system over the whole
1,170 acres because all the
properties within these bound
aries can or will be served
by the trunks even though
additional laterals will have
to some time in the future be
installed to some portions of
the land.
"The property abutting on
the trunk lines will be per
mitted to connect and be
served. Property -so situated
will be . charged in addition
on the basis of a lateral assess
ment. A lateral assessment is
based on the average cost of
an 8-inch sewer line installed
at nominal depth in the dis
trict." -
Many questions submitted
at Friday's hearing concerned
individual cases, while others
were of a general information
nature. City Manager Roger
Duff, Public Works Director
Vernon Thorpe and City At
torney Roy Bashaw answered
questions.
Connection Fee
Information brought out
during the question-and-an-swer
period included the fact
that residents will be charged
a $75 connection fee, a charge
which is made by the city
only to cover installation of
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the connection. Duff pointed
out that it is up to the prop
erty owner to install a line
from the residence to the
residence to the trunk, or
lateral, line. The line has to
meet specifications of the city
code. ,
One question concerned the
capacity of the city's disposal
plant, but Duff and Thorpe
pointed out that it is operating
about' 50 per cent of capacity
now, and it will be several
years before additions will be
necessary.
Duff also noted that city
ordinances require connection
to a sewer line if the line is
within 200 feet of the resi
dence. The power of the state
board of health in forcing
residences to connect to a
sanitary sewer line was not
clear.
Question Hearing
One person wondered why
the council should hold a pub
lic hearing on the proposal
if the majority of property
owners signed a petition .re
questing the sewer. Mayor
Snider noted that under Ore
gon law, a public hearing
must be held to give the, op
position an opportunity to be
heard.
Roy P. Wilkes, who wasj a
CHARTER PRESENTED At dinner
meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club
recently, the newly organized Medford
chapter of Active International was award
ed a charter and 20 members were taken
into the club. Looking over the new charter
above are, left to right, district 3 Gover
nor Arle Adams of Vancouver, Wash., Med-
Public Welfare Approves Budget For
Portland (UPI) The State
Public Welfare commission
Friday approved an allocation
of $8,490,764 for the first
quarter of the next fiscal year
at its regular monthly session
here.
This is an increase of ap
proximately $400,000 over the
allocation for the first quar
ter of the 1957-58 fiscal year.
The increase is due chiefly to
a rising caseload and increas
ed costs in the aid to depend
ent children and aid to the
permanently an totally dis
abled ; categories.
Outlay Up
An increase of per-patient
daily outlay for Multnomah
welfare cases handled at the
Multnomah county hospital to
$17.50 from the present rate
of $13.25 was approved by the
commissioners. The boost in
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Member National Selected
member of a committee ap
pointed to assist the city ad
ministration in planning the
sewer system, reviewed the
history of the area, its annexa
tion, and attempts to obtain
a sewer system. He pointed
out that several buildings are
planned, including churches,
and noted that a new school is
under construction in the area.
Duff said opening of the
new school may be delayed if
the sewer is delayed after a
member of the audience ex
pressed concern over the pos
sibility that the school may
not have a sewer connection
if the council did not auth
orize it. .
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Prospective Purchasers .
Wilkes pointed out, and
other substantiated his view,
that prospective purchasers of
homes in the area can not ob
tain FHA loans to buy. Nor
can prospective sellers sell for
the same reason, he added.
Wilkes said he thought the
price for installing the sewer
system was "too high," but he
pointed out that during the
past couple of years, prices of
everything have increased. He
said the committee felt the
acreage and front foot basis
of assessments were the most
outlay is efective July 1.
The commissioners stipu
lated in approving the in
crease that a method be de
vised for handling out-patient
services when the clinic at
the hospital is not open, and
that a full-time medical so
cial worker be employed to
review all cases sent by the
welfare department to the
hospital and to plan econom
ic methods or facilities for
their post-hospital care.
Commissioners also gave of
ficial approval to the appoint
ment of Dr. O. T. Wherry of
Portland as part-time dental
consultant to the division of
medical care of the state pub
lic welfare commission.
Wherry will review re
quests for dental care and the
treatment of welfare recipi
ents, relieving the county
zJtfoms
MAIN AT SIXTH
ASHLAND MORTUARY
4th and C Stratts, Ashland
Morticians by Invitation ml
equitable, but he also noted
that there will be enquities
in any project the size of the
Kenwood - Grandview sewer
system.
Wilkes and others favoring
the sewer said it would im
prove the area and property
owners would receive the full
value of their investment.
Without the improvement, he
said, the area would deterior
ate, - and with it, schools,
churches, homes and business
es will develop in the area.
Suhdivicinn Pljtnnri
Harry Marshall of Medford
Realty said a subdivision is
planned at the corner of Buck
shot Hill rd. and Crater Lake
ave., and without sewers the
plans may be discontinued. He
noted that property values
rise with sewer installations.
Wakefield pointed out that
the First Christian church has
purchased eight acres of land
east of Crater Lake ave. where
its plans to build a church, a
playground and a parish.
In voting in favor of the
project, i Councilman Donald
Hansen said he sympathizes
with large property owners,
but feels the assessment is the
only one which represents a
fair share of the trunk sys
tem. Tram
ford Active Club President Ron Clancy,
Grants Pass Active , Club President Pete
Thompson and International Second Vice
President Ted Moore of Eugene. During the
program Moore was presented the key to
the city of Medford by council member Al
Bradford, acting for Mayor John Snider
who was out of town.
First Quarter
medical consultants and oth
er county welfare staff mem
bers of this responsibility.
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