1A MAIL TRIBUNI, M.dfsrJ, Groan, SunJiy, August 24, 1M
Ceniral Poinfers Top Beef Judges
Central Point Beef 4-H
club members proved them
selves top livestock judges as
they walked off with all the
honors in the market live
stock judging contest at the
Jackson County 4-H and
F.F.A. fair at the fairgrounds
in Medford.
Marilyn Watson, Carol von
der Hellen and Bill Anhorn,
not only were the winners of
the county medals for the
best club team but were the
high individuals in that order
and will represent Jackson
county at the state fair in the
judging contest.
Other top individuals in
the live stock judging contest
were: 4 Joyce Kerr, Sis-Q
5 Bill Hubbard, Eagle Point:
6 David Woolfolk , Eagle
Point; 7 Jo Anna Malloroy
Antelope; 8 Betty Kerr
Sis-Q; 9 Lynn Saunders, Ap-
plegate; 10 Susan Wright
Medford.
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Bird Watchei
Wednesday, Aug. 13
Today we left Yosemite Park. fin
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Giant, estimated to have been living far before the days of
ADranam oi xne uia lesiament. We saw no birds there ex
cept some Stellers jays and little mountain chickadees.
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Bakersfield. We noticed that the floor of the car got so hot
inai you coma naraiy toucn imngs that had been sitting on
it. We came through Los Angeles but had trouble finding
a resting piace ior me nignt Decause oi jno Vacancy ' signs
We finally found a place in Long Beach.
Thursday, Aug. 14
Today we visited Disneyland. This was our boy's main
objective on the trip, so this was his day. We had fun, too
My wife and I enjoyed the plantings and landscaping around
the place. For a while I thought birds might be attracted
by the plantings out 1 guess tnere were too many people
We saw nothing except the ever-adaptable blackbirds and
house sparrows.
Friday. Aug. 15
Today we got back into the bird watching groove. We
went to the Tucker Bird Sanctuary in Modjeska Canyon
southeast of Orange. This is a wonderful place. They have
such a battery of hummingbird feeders that you can sit any
where along the porch and observe them feeding at a range
of three or four feet. The species were Anna's and black-
chinned, both new to us and very attractive. I mentioned
once before in this column that orioles seem to be fond of
nectar. We saw hooded orioles coming to the humming
bird feeder here. Then there were other feeders with vari
ous types of food. The most interesting birds we saw com
ing to them were a California thrasher and a Nuttall s woodpecker.
We also saw interesting birds coming up the canyon
and back out. Here we saw our first mockingbirds of the
trip. We also saw phainopeplas. They are striking black,
crested birds with white patches on the wing.
We are beginning to observe that many of the things
we have heard about the Los Angeles area are true, ine
freeway traffic is something to write home about. At- first
I thought it was fun to be travelling through the heart of
Los Angeles at 60 miles an hour with cars five abreast, but
later when I saw that the county had 475 traffic fatalities
so far this year I decided it wasn't so funny. The promi
nance of real estate promotion is all that it is cracked up
to be, too. I think it would have been easier to buy a house
than find a motel. Then, we have also had some of the "un
usual weather" for which southern California is famous,
Jhis time it has been unusually wet, hot and humid. In fact
Los Angeles had next to the heaviest August rain in history.
It usually doesn't rain in August at all.
Saturday, Aug. 16
Today we left Anaheim where Disneyland is and headed
for our son's home in San Clemente. On the way, though,
we stopped and looked at upper Newport bay, another place
recommended for birds. Water skiers were occupying much
of the area, but we finally found a place near some salt
ponds where there were many birds. The one we enjoyed
the most was the black necked stilt. Its contrasting black
and white plumage is most striking and it has bright red
legs. I had seen them once before but was mighty glad to
renew their acquaintance. I had never been able to find
snowy plovers before and I found them there, too. The water
was also dotted with phalaropes. I hate to mention phala
ropes because they are one bird where the female is more
brightly colored than the male and consequently the male
also does the incubating.
When we arrived at San uiemente me iirsi tning we
saw was our charming granddaughter. I know every one
will be surprised to have me comment that I think she is an
unusually attractive and interesting baby. It is fun to have
your children grow up and be able to visit in their homes.
Monday, Aug. 18
Today we saw some other new birds along the beach: a
semi-palmated plover that looks like a half-sized killdeer,
a whimbrel (Hudsonian curlew) with a long curved bill, and
Heerman's gulls. All of these we could see in Oregon but
had not this year so far.
Tuesday, Aug. 19
The common birds in San Clements around my son's
place are blackbirds, shrikes and mockingbirds. Unfortu
nately the latter aren't singing now. I haven't yet seen a
robin in southern California. T.M.
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News About Books
From the Library
Vacation travelers will
find there are many interest
ing stories behind the names
of places they visit. Accounts
of the ways in which these
names originated can be
found in books in your Jack
son County library.
George R. Stewart, the
leading authority on U. S.
place names, relates many of
these origins in his book,
"Names on the Land," which
has become a classic of Amer
icana. The book narrates the
explorations of the Spanish,
Dutch, French and English
settlers and tells of the names
they left in their wake. Flor
ida, for example, was named
by explorer Ponce de Leon in
1512 from the fact that the
whole region he saw was cov
ered with flowers. The word
"fJorida" is a Spanish adjec
tives meaning flowery.
State Name
The state name of Oregon
comes from the French and
the Indians, according to
George Shankle's book,
"State Names, Flags, Songs,
Birds, Flowers and Other
Symbols."
The name was first applied
to the river now named the
Columbia, then to a vast
north-western territory, and
finally to the state. Jonathan
Carver first used the name.
Some think that he got it in
directly from the French
"ouragan", supposed to be
the source, of the English
word "hurricane," but others
suggest that the name had
Sioux or Shoshone origins,
either from words meaning
"river of the west" or others
meaning "a place of plenty."
Still another opinion is that
the name came from a Span
ish word meaning "big ears"
and pertaining to the fact that
there were tribes of Indians
here who enlarged their ears
by the use of ornaments.
Similar Suggestions
In this fascinating book on
"Oregon Geographic Names,"
Lewis A. McArthur makes
similar suggestions and re
futes the conjecture made by
some that the name of the
state of Oregon was derived
from the word "oregano," the
herb.
The nearly 700 pages of
this book list the names of
cities, lakes, mountains and
other places in an interesting
manner. Talent, for instance,
was named for A. P. Talent,
who platted the town, even
though Talent himself sug
gested the name of Wagner.
In earliest days the place was
known as Wagner Creek for
a family of settlers.
Just why Sylvester Wait
gave the name of Phoenix to
the town is not known; for
many years the place was
known as Gasburg, says Mc
Arthur, on account of the lo
quacity of a woman who
served meals when it was a
stage station.
Mountain Name
Concerning the disputed
name of Mt. Pit, or Mt. Mc
Loughlin, MacArthur reports
that it was called Mt. Mc
Loughlin. on a map issued in
1838, ' and Mt. Pitt, on one
made in 1843. "Pit Moun
tain" was "so called from the
number of pitfalls dug by the
neighboring savages for the
wild animals, and was thus
properly spelled with a sin
gle "t," although on many
maos it was written with two.
The name Mt. McLoughlin,
restored by the legislature in
1905, was of course to honor
Dr. John McLoughlin, who
has been called the first gov
ernor of Oregon.
Another interesting book
about place names is "The
Story Key to Geographic
Names," by Von Engelin and
Urquhart.
Armchair travelers are re
minded to lay in a double
supply of books this week to
carry them through the pe
riod during which the library
must be closed for repairs,
from Sept. 1 to Sept. 15.
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