Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 06, 1958, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Textn MAIL TRIBUNt, Medford, ft. W Jb & S : -1 Diary 00o Jf of a 0 . - Bird WatehgrO I 1 V Sunday. .ne 29 Now I am having my cele8rjtio. X m celebrating the longest day of the year. It is a lfe, hat nobody would know the difference without a cilendt. Alto I celebrate the full moon. I am day early for this, but it looks as round as a dollar to me. So I throw some snd.viches and thermos of coffee and a sleeping(6fc in th car, & I am off. Z take off up Little Butte creeK and go somevhert th neigh borhood of McAllister Soda Sff-iags, hich I ftever find. Why do they have signs pfeinting p placa nd o to tell you when you get there? e On the way I stop several time tnl tee several birds but nothing of special note, especially o poor wills and no owls. I find a wonderful placa tc?pull off tht road, an open place in the woods where the still maan shine beauti fully through the pine trees. Biff1 still no wild life, nothing to be heard or seen. So I go to sleejgift tlsS car. Monday, Juna 30 In the morning I find it is rathefc tolS. i the- ear when It begins to dawn at around 3:3). J start off up the road thankful for a little warmth from the car heater. I stop every so often to listen, and to look as it gets fittl lighter. I heard hermit thrushes singing at one or two ftpps, also the ever present robins and some tanagew. Actually, though, I se no birds, except one robin, until aroaml 9 o'clock when the sun begins to strike where I am. Now I m up en a hill above Fish lake where a sign warns paople about climbing Mt. McLoughlin. Here birds are sinfing and flitting about all over. I identify four different in$ of warblers, orange crowned, Audubon's, Nashville an Macrfillivray's, besides Steller's jays and fox sparro. Then I double back to Figh lalo a4 note the birds around the camp ground and along the- shore .of the lake. Then I take off along the road tov&nd Robinson Butte, head ing south. I go up the side-road to ttte lookout. The man in charge of the lookout is very friendly, has even read this column. The most conspicuous bird on the top'of the Butte is a fox sparrow singingcheerily. As I start down, though, I see a different bird. It is a small flycatcher and I identify it as a "dusky", formerly called "Wright's". This is only the second time I have ever listed this species. It looks almost the same as four other small flycatchers, but this time I feel reasonadiy sure of the identification by its longish tail and its way of feeding on top of the chapparal and going dawn into it. Qthen I proceed along the road that heads toward Ashland. I stop especially at places where the road crosses streams. At one of these I sit on a rock where a warbling vireo comes within a few feet of me. I move and sit on the end of a log and a dipper (water ouzel) comes and sits on the other end of it where the stream runs under. It is the first one I have seen this year. This is the gray bird that lives along the mountain streams going right into the water after its food. At another stop I see a whole family of red breasted nut hatches, flying all around in plain view. Usually I only hear them. As I start down the grade on Dead Indian rd. "toward Ashland I see a grouse, so I stop the car. To my surprise instead of flying away it comes closer. It is a ruffed grouse hen, the best view of one I ever had. By the way it is cluck ing it must have young some place nearby. This would also explain its lack of fear. So I come on home, arriving just at noon. . Thursday, July 3 V It says on my calendar that this is the beginning of the dog days. I don't know what they mean to dogs, but for birds it is definitely a period of reduced song and more wandering' about. As the young are raised and get able to support themselves they go their own way looking for their food. The adult birds are freer, too, and may move in any direction, with or without their young. It is a good time for home bird watchers because you are likely to pick up differ ent varieties on your own places. But if they are' young ones , they will be harder to identify, since they are usually duller and more nondescript. ' Friday, July 4 This was a very peaceful day to stay home and write my sermon. There were no phone calls and no visitors. Not that I don't enjoy both. But today it was useful to me to have peace. In between times I went outside to move the sprinklers and saw more birds, adding four to my week list for the home place and bringing it to 24. 1 heard a group .of orioles (young I think) chattering almost each time I went out. I also saw a young brown towhee. T.M. Committees Named For IV Jubilee Cave Junction Standing committees for the annual Labor Day Jubilee celebra tion sponsored by the Illinois Valley Veteran s Organiza tions were appointed last week with Otto Tryon acting chairman. ' . Art Kellert was appointed parade chairman. Any or ganization or individual de siring to present a parade en try is requested to register the intent with Kellert. Joy Kellert is in charge of all advertising- for the cele- bration. Dr. Stem is in charge of the concession spaces. A program committee was set up with C. Y. Arnold, Calmer Lovejoy and Frank Mellow in charge. Writers Conference Set in Portland Portland A rich and varied series of lectures and panel discussions y distinguished literary experts will be fea tures of the first Writers con ffrnri scheduled Aug. 4-15 v Portland Summer session of the general extension divi-l sion, Oregon state system )fl higher education. Heading the list of visiting experts is Wright Morris, one nf Amprira's leading novelists and critics. Morris is author nf The Field of Vision, win - c Wafinnal Ronk ilex ui wit . , - award for fiction in 19577 and many other novels. Further information may be obtained from Robert Grid-I ley, Portland Summer Session coordinator of workshops. Bridgeport, Conn. (UPI) Two days after the city's first polio case of the year was re ported so many persons lined up at a free clinic for polio shots that it caused a four hour traffic jam,. "NOT ONLY MUST. THE PHYSICIAN BE READY TO DO HIS DUTY, BUT THE PATIENT MUST t CONDUCE TO THE CURE" "(Authors Name Below) When you consult your phy sician you rightfully expect him tp use his great medical knowl edge and experienced -skill to help you. He can do much for you, if you follow his exact ad vice. - Listen carefully to his health and diet instruction. Take any medicine he may prescribe, ac cording to his directions, which we careful type on the label. Pharmacists are taught in our Collega of Pharmacy to follow a physician's specifications "ex actly when we compound a presjripfion. Can you do (ess, as a patient? - - YOUR PHYSICIAN CAN FHONB SP 2-6239 WHEN YOU NEED i A MEDJCINI ' Pick up your prescrip tion 9 if shopping near u, or let us deliver promptly" without extra chttrge. A great many people entrust us with their prescriptions. May we compound yours? HEATH'S. Medical Center PHARMACY -c33 North Central J - Quofbtion by Hippocrates (460-377 .C.) Copyright 1958 (7W1) Paving Alaska Highway May Be Discussed at Canada Meeting 1 V tr1l By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Vice Presi dent Nixon plans to try per suading President Eisenhower to take up with Canadi- 4 an .crime min is ter Dief en baker this week the pro posal of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) for pav t h e highway ATaeMTsButii which links the new state of Alaska with the Northwest. Eisenhower is going to Otta wa for talks with Diefenbaker July 8 through 11. It will be their first meeting since the Canadian Conservative leader won a smashing national elec tion this spring. Neuberger introduced a bill last Tuesday to authorize a cost-sharing plan with Canada for paving the 1,200 miles of gravel-topped road to Alaska running through Canada. The 300-mile portion of the Alaska highway in Alaska has been paved. Served in Alaska The Oregon senator, who served in Alaska in the Army during World War II and helped build the long over land road to Alaska, told the Senate: "We have . just completed action on the historic legisla tion that will take into the Union a great new state a state larger in area than Tex as, a state whose mountains include a higher peak than any in the present 48 states, a state with vast natural re sources and . with a growing population of splendid, patri otic Americans. Now, let us make it possible for more Americans to get there." After his speech, Vice Pres ident Nixon called him to the rostrum to express his sup port for the idea. Neuberger noted that he had a bi-partisan group of senators sponsor, ing the bill with him Sens. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), James E. Murray (D-Mont.), Frank Church (D-Ida.), Norris Cotton (R-N.H.) and Francis Case (R-S. D.). Thinks Idea Good Next day Nixon informed Neuberger that he'd rounded up two more Republicans Sens. Gordon Allott (R-Col.) and Arthur Watkins (R-Utah). He said he thought the idea was so good he planned to urge the president to discuss it with the Canadians this week. "We've got to do this," Neuberger said Nixon told him. "We might as well do it now. It will put people to work, and it will help solidify our relations with Canada." The bill authorizes $11 mil lion for each of six years starting next year, on condi tion that Canada share costs and agree to maintain the road after its finished. Canada would also agree to make it accessible on free and nondis criminatory terms to Ameri can traffic with reciprocity on licensing vehicles and oper ators. Estimated Total Cost The Bureau of Public Roads estimates the total cost at $125 million. This includes $15 million for making the 110 mile connection with Haines also paved. ' A study is now being made by the Alaska International Rail and Highway commis sion, set up early this year, of the feasibility of building a more direct road between the Pacific Northwest and Alas ka. The existing highway goes far inland. It is also to ex amine the prospects of a rail road linking the 49th state to the rest of the Union. One was declared feasible during the war, but the highway was built instead. More and better overland transportation between the Northwest and Alaska will be demanded by the expected rise in tourist trade alone. The American Automobile associ ation last -week predicted that statehood would stimulate tourist interest in Alaska. "With the Pacific North west as the gateway to Alas ka, existing facilities for auto, mobile, plane and ship travel to, the new state probably will be expanded as tourist de mands develop," the AAA re ported. The motor trip to Alaska, AAA added, covers approxi mately 2,350 miles from the U. S.-Canadian border to Fair banks and requires under nor. mal road conditions a mini mum of eight days from Se attle. AAA said the best time to make the trip is from June through September when temperatures range from 35 to 75 degrees. General Increase In Cases Reported A general increase in re ports of major offenses, motor vehicle accidents, traffic cita tions and parking meter tickets for June was revealed last week in the Medford po lice department's monthly sta tistics. There were 97 major of fenses reported, compared to 86 in May; 50 vehicle acci dents with four injuries,: com pared to . 39 with two; 527 traffic citations, compared to 490 and 2,996 parking meter tickets compared to 2,674. Eighteen burglaries were reported in June, while 11 were reported in May and seven in June, 1957. There were nine cases of larceny over $50 and 63 cases of lar ceny under $50 in June, while eight and 61 were reported in May and seven and 57 a year ago. Other crime reports listed for June included: one rob bery, six auto thefts, one forg ery, 13 embezzlements or frauds, two illegal possessions of weapons, one prostitution, four- sex offenses, one viola tion of liquor laws, 36 drunks an -public, seven disorderly conducts, six .vagrancies and six driving while intoxicated. Attendance at Museum Rises Jacksonville The largest June attendance since the Jacksonville museum was opened was recorded last month. Museum officials report that 4,332 persons from 40 states, India, Canada, Eng land, South Africa, Switzer land, and Alaska visited the museum. Attendance during the first six months this year totaled 17,492 and since July 10, 1950, the attendance figure has reached 291,495 persons. Gifts and loans now in the museum include casket relics from Jack Sutton, Grants Pass; handmade clothing from Mrs. Margaret Miller, and model stamp mills from the O. C Purkeypile family, fcott of Medford, and a hitching post from Mrs. Sam KcSair, Ashland. Other persons who lave loaned or donated articles la. elude Frank E. Rose, Mrs. Charles Hoover, Mr. and lire. H. G. Wilson, L. C.' Taylor, Mrs. K. W, Thompson and Edgar L. Mills, all of Med ford; Basil D. Buford, Mrs. George Helms and Dr. Frank Haines, all of Ashland; Ben Hilton, Grants Pass; Carrie Arpan, Talent; L. C. Merri am, Salem; J. A. Martin, Fort Bidwell, Calif J. G. Garvin, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Mrs. A. J. Naylor, Arlington, Wash. The geographical center of the North American contin ent is near Rugby, N. D. - A monument marks the spot. H ED FORD MANN'S IS OPEN EVERY MONDAY EVENING REPEAT OF A PREVIOUS SELLOUT! BA TES DRESS FABRICS JUST RECEIVED! 700 MORE YARDS Ye, we were able to get 700 yards more of those famous Bates cotton prints. The popular Bates disciplined cotton prints that need little or no ironing and are so easy to sew, plus the famous Bates Winsette prints that are fashion right for any occasion. 36" wide, washable and crease resistant. 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