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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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on the Columbia.
The 187-mile trip was com
pleted in 5 hours, 5 minutes,
believed to be a new water
skiing speed record, by Mark
Carpenter and Jim Hemstreet;
Pilot of the 'copter was Wes
Lamatta.
There was only one near
accident when, on the return
trip from Astoria, the . heli,
copter towed the pair across,
a sandbar. A spill at such
speed could have been serious,
but both Carpenter and Hemi
street say they are ready to
try again and hope to beat the
world distance record of 400
miles. They say the 187-mile
trip failed to tire them. ;
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