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Diary JilF of a tWT BirdWatchei f Friday. July 25 A friend of mine called on the phone to tell me what had happened to a robin's nest at their place. They had been observing it with much interest through all the raising of the young. Now, after the robins had entirely finished with it, and the young flown, a pair of mourning doves came and settled in it and apparently are going to raise a family there. I had never heard before of doves using the old nests of other birds. All that I had known was that they were poor nest constructors, making only a flimsy platform of sticks on a limb or on the ledge of a cliff. However, I looked in my bird books and did find one that says they do use the old nests of other birds as a foundation for theirs, sometimes only adding a few sticks or straws. This writer, Dawson in "The Birds of California," also, speaks of how prolific the doves are, laying eggs in almost any month of the year except the dead of winter. Sunday, July 27 This is the day we went service. The theory behind this is that a place of such sur passing beauty should be associated in our minds with rev- trence for the Creator. As we sat there at worship I saw enly one bird come near, a Clark's nutcracker, by all odds the most conspicuous bird of Uie rim area, in this case ne refrained from giving forth his raucous call. It is noteworthy that the children, and even a remained quiet. The beauty of the temple where we wor shipped was certainly conducive to the spirit of quietness. After a picnic supper, we took a short hike part way up the Garfield Peak trail. Here we observed the sunset and the beginning twilight. It is my theory that you cannot really appreciate the beauty of a place like Crater Lake if you just go and look at it and away. You need to live with it lights, and let the wonder of it soul. Along the trail we heard and saw a number of birds. One we saw was a rock wren. Although it is fairly common in suitable places in the park it is one bird that I had not yet observed on my trips up there before. We also saw a colorful tanager, juncos and the However, the bird I was right beside the cafeteria building. It was a mountain blue bird. This is one of my very I had not been so fortunate as our bluebirds of this valley mountain bluebird, especially They don't look like anything if they are between you and the source of the light, but if the light shines on them directly they are like a bit of heaven come down to earth. The reason is that their blue is not a pigment in the feathers, but comes from a refraction of the light, like the blue of the sky and the blue of Crater Lake. Monday, July 28 This morning was fairly free. We had spent the night in a sleeping cabin at Crater Lake. Incidentally, it was the mildest night1 we ever spent' at it was really hot in Medford. J to do a little more looking around the lake. Before breakfast the lake was remarkably still and the reflections perfect. After breakfast we drove around to Kerr Notch on the east rim for another view of the lake with the morning light behind us, and for a view of the Phantom Ship. I told my friend from the east that this is the most photogenic thing that God ever made. I think he thought I was exaggerating slightly, and maybe I was, but it certainly does look well in pictures, standing out from the blue water. - Then we visited the Castle Crest wildflower gardens. They are just in their prime right now. This is also a very fine place for birds. The hummingbirds were whizzing about on the slope where the scarlet gilia were blooming and at least one that I saw was a brilliant male. There were other birds in the trees and bushes, but some of them eluded our observing eyes. We got back home at a little after noon and did not know the heat of the valley any more by hearsay. How fortunate we are to live where there is an abundance of water and plenty of shade from the burning of the noontime heat! T.M. PHOENIX Many Visitors Listed By LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix Mr. and Mrs. Osa Waggoner and their grandson, Dana Morris, spent the week end in Klamath Falls visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Steele and family." Tuesday evening the Osa Waggoner family, the Jimmy Arnolds of Medford, the Ad rian Steeles and two of their friends, the Bob Coopers of Medford, and the Jimmy Steeles, all went on a wiener roast and picnic at Emigrant iaKe. Voters in precinct numbers 57A, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 88 may now register at the E. M. Madden Agency in Phoe nix during the hours of 9 a jn. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and from the hours of 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bisseg er and daughter, Avis, last week end attended the camp meeting of the Seventh Day Adventist church at Glad stone, Ore. Mrs. Bert Truax took her niece home and is visiting rel atives in and near Astoria this week. The Rev. Marvin Lumley of the Church of the Nazarene returned Monday from Clack amas, where he attended the annual camp meeting held for the churches of the western district. The church picnic of the Nazarene church was held last Saturday in TouVelle park. Games and a watermel on eating contest were fea tures of the afternoon. There were more than 80 present. W. T. Hewitt celebrated his 85th birthday Wednesday, July 30, with an outdoor din ner given in his honor at the Hewitt home on Fourth st. The dinner was prepared and served by Mrs. Edward In man, daughter of the Hewitt's of Central Point, and Mrs. Meda Fox, Talent. Ice cream. to Crater Lake for a vesper dog that attended our service snap some pictures and come a while, to see it in changing gradually take hold of your ever-adaptable robin. most pleased to. see we found favorite birds, but until now to see one this year. Unlike which have red breasts, the the male, is blue all over that high elevation. We hear So this morning we had time cake, and peaches were served after dinner. Hewitt received many cards and well wishes from his friends. He received a letter from their daughter, Mrs. Ray mond McKinley in Cleveland, Tenn., and a phone call from their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewitt in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Inman and their daughters, Doris Ann and Nancy Helen, Central Point, Mrs. Meda Fox of Talent, Mrs. Beryl Birk, and Mrs. Gordon Barker of Medford, and her two children, niece of Hewitt. Commemorated at the same time was the 18th wedding anniversary of the Edward Inmans. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ward man of Gait, Calif., former residents, returned home after visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hewitt Thurs day of last week and Tues day, of this week. On Thurs day both families were dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Edward Inman in Central Point. Nothing New in Missing Girl Case Porter, Wash IUPD Grays Harbor county sheriffs depu ties said late Friday there was nothing new to report in the case of the missing 6V&-month old baby girl. The child, Joyce, was re portedly taken from her home near here Thursday after her mother had been beaten un conscious by an unknown as sailant. Mrs. Darlene Palmer, 21, told law enforcement officers the attacker struck her on the head and right arm while she wa in the backyard of her home. Two days of searching the area has failed to turn up a clue to the disappearance but a party of men with blood hounds was to search the vi cinity again Saturday. National Forest Officials Await Boundary Order Officials of the Rogue Riv er National forest are await ing a government land order which will establish certain new boundaries for the for est. In all, 13 national forests in the Pacific Northwest will undergo boundary changes, in cluding 10 in Oregon The forest service will not lose any land, S. T. Moore, fire control staff assistant, ex plained, but the legal bound ary line of the Rogue River National forest will be con tracted to conform with the exchange boundary establish ed in 1956. When the national forests were created, Moore said, their boundaries encompass ed private land and land ad ministered by a number of federal agencies, as well as forest service land. Exchange Land In 1956 the forest service and the bureau of land man agement exchanged approxi mately 60,000 acres of land so that they might consolidate their own holdings and facili tate administration. The total acres in the pro posed withdrawal are 250,000, Moore said, and of this amount 3,500 acres are forest service land. Although the latter area will not be within the formal boundary of the Rogue River National forest, it will still be administered by that head quarters. Future plans call for exchanging that land for land within the boundary, not yet controlled by the forest service, Moore said. Other forests in Oregon which will be affected by the land order are the Umpqua, Mt. Hood, Ochoco, Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umatilla, Wallowa, Whitman, and Willamette. Medford Woman Hurt in Accident Mrs. Frank (Laura) Parke, 74, of 114 East 11th st., Med ford, suffered a fractured and punctured left arm in a two car accident Saturday morn ing, and was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Hospital authorities listed her condition as fair Satur day afternoon following surg ery. Frank Earl Parke, 68, husband of the patient and driver of one of the cars, also was taken to the hospital. He was treated for minor injuries and released, according to au thorities. George Leonard Chambers, 418 Perrydale ave., Medford, the driver of the other vehicle was uninjured, police said. Officers reported the acci dent occurred at East 12th st. and Central ave. about 8:45 a.m. Chambers was driving south on Central ave. and Parke was traveling east on 12th st. when the two vehicles collided, police said. No cita tions were issued. Both vehicles sustained front-end damage, according to reports. Man Misses Being Impaled by Plank Coos Bay (WD A ply wood worker, William A. Rut ten, 21, barely missed being impaled on a 4 by 4 plank early Saturday when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and smashed into a wooden guard rail along the north bound lane on Highway 101 five miles south of here. One of the heavy planks pierced the grill under the left headlight and slanted just enough to avoid hitting Rut ten. It went through the car and came out at the right of the rear of the car. A second 4 by 4 punctured the grill a little to the right of the right headlight and went straight through the car. Only the fact that Rutten is slender is believed to have saved him from being impal ed on the plank. He suffered a bruise on his right leg. Republic of Korea May Double Soldier Pay Seoul. Korea wro xne Republic of Korea may act soon to double the pay for its enlisted men. The raise would mean- that privates, who now get 72 cents a month, would be boosted to $1.44." Washington (UPD Arthur S. Fleming, until recently the president of Ohio Wesleyan university, has been sworn in as Secretary of Health, Edu cation and Welfare. DON'T MISS Weisfield's Gigantic Warehouse SALE Ends Monday, 9 P.M. Prayer Vigil Slated Aug. 6 San Francisco (CPU Forty eight Bay Area clergymen will take part in a 24-hour prayer vigil for peace on the 13th anniversary of the bomb ing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6. The prayer vigil will start at midnight. It is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, the San Francisco Fellowship of Rec onciliation and P'a c i f i c a Forum. Its sponsors said the vigil will "seek repentance for our country" and "to awaken the public conscience to the moral and religious implications of mass destruction and annihila tion." Each clergyman will con duct a half-hour service. They will represent every major Protestant denomination of Christians and also the Budd hist and Hindu faiths. At a meeting preceding the vigil, the Japanese film, "Chil dren of the A-Bomb" will be shown. Bert Bigelow, captain of the yacht "Golden Rule," will speak. He served 60 days in jail for trying to sail his yacht into the atomic testing zone at Eniwetok. Two Brookings Boys Drown Brookings, Ore.lUPD Two young boys drowned in a mill pond near here Thursday afternoon. Danny Clark, 9, and Mikey Harroun, 6, both of Brookings drowned when they apparently fell off a raft. A third boy, Benny Heins, 9, Brookings, fell off the raft at the same time, but man aged to make his way to shore. Brookings city policeman, Bob Babbs, said the Heins boy ran home immediately after the accident and told his mother that his two playmates couldn't get out bf the water. Babbs and Doyle Harroun, father of one of the boys, raced to the scene and arrived about 25 minutes after the ac cident occurred. Barroun brought his own son from the bottom of the pond. Both bodies were re covered within minutes. A Brookings physician, Dr. Anthony A, Lenchin, used a resuscitator on the boys, but was unsuccessful. Wood Buffalo National Park in Northeast Alberta was set aside as a game re serve in 1940. Western Regional SKI TOURNAMENT Gardener Lake O August 8, 9, 10 Thrill to the ability of famous water ski champions as they skim their way to honors in the 1958 Western Regional Ski Tournament. The Crater Lions Club of Medford, sponsors of the Tournament, cordially invites you and your family to be present to watch the exciting events. (Small admission fee proceeds to Deaf Children's Home) Add to the Enjoyment of EVERY Festive Occasion With . . . . 7? a -Di, syfei. 4 gggssr. Central Point 4-H Prefair Staged at C. W. Anhorn Ranch The Central Point 4-H pre fair at the C. W. Anhorn ranch recently attracted 4-H club members from all sec tions of Jackson county. Livestock, poultry 'and for estry judging were featured along with demonstrations. Judges were Nat Etzel, Eagle Point; Ed Griggs, Central Point; and Carl Jacobson, Medford. Results of the prefair were: Swine showmanship: senior and intermediates 1. Jim Frink, Cen tral Point; 2. Willie Debrick, West side; 3. Elaine Young, Central Point; 4. Russell Frink, Central Point; 5. Carol Foote, Central Pcint. ' Beginners 1. Machael Blanchet, Heese Creek; 2. Kit Jepson, Central Point; 3. Danny Leonard, Central Point; 4. Grant Mallery, Central Point; 5. Cathy Legler, Agate; 6. Sally Middlesworth, Central Point. Sheep showmanships Senior: 1. Craig Wright. Oak Grove; 2. Susan Wright, Oak Grove; 3., Jack Esp, Reese Creek; 4. Evelyn Neider meyer, Westside. Intermediate 1. Mary Ann Can trail, Ruch, 2. Marsha Watson, Westside, and Carolyn Barnes, Westside; 3. Ross Conger, Westside; 4. Kay Stephenson. Reese Creek; 5 Mike Norton, Oak Grove. Beginners 1. Carol Foote, Cen tral Point; 2. David Machado, Evans Valley; 3. Clint Gibson, Westside; 4. Doug Moore, Westside; 5. Vicki-Caldwell, Westside; 6. Mi chael Blanchet, Reese Creek. Beginners 1. Kathy Badcock, Evans Valley; 2. Carol Deter, Ruch; 3. Marilyn Lathrop, Agate; 4. Le lah Mai Deter, Ruch; 5. Michael Crenshaw Agate; 6. Carole Cren shaw, Agate. Dairy showmanship: seniors 1. Bill Hubbard, Antelope; 2. Carolee Brooks Boy Killed In Bike Accident Salem 0JPI) A 13-year-old boy was killed in a freak accident on Highway 99E about nine miles north of Sa lem. Thomas Harold David Mur ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Har old E. Murray, Brooks, Ore., was killed when he was thrown from his bicycle. Witnesses said the boy ap parently got his foot caught in the rear wheel spokes while riding on a downgrade, swerved off the shoulder and was thrown head-first Off the bike. The Marion county coroner ruled the cause of death to be a broken neck, suffered when the boy struck the ground after being thrown from the bicycle. State police in Salem said to the extent of their know ledge it was the first fatality recorded in Oregon that has involved a lone bicycle. At the lake, on the patio, in your dining room wherever you relax Jorgensen's FIESTA Ice Cream is a cool, delicious treat! It's rich, nourishing, refreshing ... in your favorite flavor with the added "oomph" provided by "NUTRIMIX!" You can't choose finer ice cream than Jorgensen's FIESTA1 ALWAYS ASK FOR "JORGENSEN'S" Brantley. Griffin Creek; 3. Mari lyn Deckelman, Evans Valley; 4. Jack Esp, Reese Creek; 5. Zane Strickland. Rogue River; 6. Tim Goldt. Evans Valley. Seniors 1. Carolyn Tiegs, Tal ent; 2. David Foote, Central Point; 3. David Carter. Rogue River; 4. Sue Higinbotham. Central Point; 5. Richard Johnson. Evans Valley; 6. Sherry Heckert, Rogue River. Intermediates 1. Steve Geren, Antelope: 2 Georgia Hubbard, An telope; 3. Carole Foote, Central Point; 4. Bill Ullom, Central Point; 5. Marilyn Lathrop, Agate; 6. Kath leen Frederick Central Point. Intermediates 1. Mary Ann Can trail. Ruch; 2. Lanny Parsons, Rogue River; 3. Todd Caster, Cen tral Point. 4. Susie Carrol, Eagle Point; 5. Richard Anderson, Ante looe; 6. Donna Geren. Antelope. Beginner 1. Michael Blanchet, Reese Creek; 2. Paulette Anderson. Antelope; 3. Sally Bailey, Central Point; 4. Nancy Johnson, Evans Valley; 5. David Callaway, Reese Creek; 6. Craig Lathrop. Agate. Beef fitting: seniors 1. Patsy Charley, Central Point; 2. Carol Von der Hellen, Central Point; 3. Carolyn Sidener, Central Point; 4. Susan Wright. Central Point; 5. Bill Charley, Central Point. Intermediates 1. Peppy Clark Westside; 2. Jack Peek, Central Point; 3. Mike Charley, Central Point; 4. Monte Cook, Central Point. Beginners 1. Lloyd Toner, Cen tral Point; 2. Jim Shaw, Central Point; 3. Hugh Charley, Central Point; 4. Jon Jennings, Central Point. Beef showmanship: seniors 1. David Woolfolk, Antelope; 2. John James, Talent: 3. Bill Anhorn. Cen tral Point; 4. Patsy Charley, Central Point; 5. Carol Von der Hellen, Central Point; 6. Marilyn Deckel man, Evans Valley. Intermediates: 1. Chip Buffing ton, Phoenix; 2. Ronald Anderson, Antelope; 3. Jack Peek, Central Point; 5. Monte Cook, Central Point; 6. Charlotte Bush, Antelope. Beginners 1. Jerry Moore, Reese Creek; 2. Georgia Hubbard, Ante lope; 3. John Hughes. Phoenix; 4. Jim Shaw. Central Point; 5. Mi chael Blanchet, Reese Creek; 6. Patricia Ann Bowling, Central Point. Forestry identification 1. Alison Pinkham. Central Point; 2. Clif ford Pinkham, Central Point; 3. Wallace Skyrman, Central Point. Poultry showmanship Seniors, 1. Carolyn Tiegs, Talent, and Joan Dobrot, Central Point; 2. Bob Kuest, Central Point, and Craig Wright, S.W. Medford: 3. Helen Morrison, S.W. Medford. Intermediates 1. Donna Debrick, Central Point. Beginners 1. Marlene Nouguier, S.W. Medford; Theresa Newcomb, S.W. Medford; Lynn Eilers. Talent. Livestock judging contest 1. Susan Wright, Oak Grove; 2. Charles Badcock, Evans Valley; 3. Carol Von der Hellen: 4. Bi.i Hub bard, Antelope; 5. Jan Callaway, Reesi Creek; 6. John James, Tal ent; 7. Lanny Parsons. Rogue Ri ver; 8. Tim Goldt, Evans Valley; 9. Bill Anhorn, Central Point; 10. Karen Jossy, Antelope. ANTELOPE 4-H PRE FAIR To be held at the Elbert Bighanl ranch on Bigham Road, Wednesday, Aug. 6, beginning at 10 o'clock a.m. Sheep and Hog judging and showmanship in the morning. Beef and Dairy judging and showmanship in the afternoon. Dinner served at 12 o'clock for a small fee. EVERYBODY WELCOME o o o 4-H CLUB NEWS Ruch Dairy Clubs The Ruch dairy club held two meetings last month, and at one of the meetings Robert Ziegler gave a report on Guernsey cows. At the last meeting, at Gary Fossen's.'we were shown how to clip ani mals for the fair. After the meeting everyone enjoyed a dinner and theater party in Medford. Those attending were Romelle and Gary Fos sen, Mary Ann Cantrall, Rob ert Ziegler, and Mr. and Mrs. Rex Davis. Everyone is get ting ready for the pre-fair at Applegate Aug. 8. Central Point Eleciricteers Art Swenson demonstrated an electric motor he made himself at the July 31 meet ing. We also made final ar rangements for the 4-H fair. Ray Arrell brought and demonstrated a solenoid. In the work session we built a buzzer on July 17. . Larry Meyer, Dennis Ryerson, Reporters Joint Commission Ends Inspection Portland (UPD The Inter, national Joint Commission, composed of Canadians and Americans appointed to reach agreement on joint use of in ternational streams, arrived here Thursday after a 2,000 mile tour by bus of Columbia river dams and damsites. Chairman of the U.S. sec tion is Douglas McKay, former interior secretary and former governor of Oregon. Heading the Canadian section is Gen. A. G. L.,MacNaughton, one of his nation's top war heroes. Both men termed their tour in company with engineers and attorneys as a fact-finding trip designed to find the solu tion to apparent conflicts of interest between the two na tions in use of the waters of the Columbia and the Kootenai. WAY.... A 'X LL,- n I MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, August 3, 19S8 7 Unique Water Ski Feat Accomplished Portland (UPD Two Port land men believe they have accomplished a feat unique in the annals of water skiing. They permitted themselves to be towed by helicopter, at speeds up to 60 m.p.h., from Portland to Astoria and back Polio Epidemics Possible in State Portland (UPD The State Board of Health warned Fri day that Oregon could have scattered polio epidemics this year because so many sus ceptible persons remain un vaccinated against the dis ease. So far, Oregon has had only nine cases of paralytic polio, compared to 16 last year during the same period and a 1951-57 median of 50 cases. Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, estimated that more than 400,000 Ore gon residents under 40 still are without Salk vaccine pro tection. 4 He said reports received by his department indicate pro tective levels are lowest among pre-'school children and young adults, the groups most susceptible to paralytic polio. With Top Quality GLIDDEN! 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