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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 16, 1938 Hlme mm?: J5A' v fads -'mftZ-i&Er- rTfswOwl ... riffi' - - BRITT HOME-Here is the historic residence patched roof damaged in the last year's itself, one of Jacksonville's .landmarks. Brok- fire underscore the need for restoration, en windows on the second floor and an un- xr: ,: HEDWOOD This plaque commemorates The tree itself, Peter Britt's planting of a redwood tree the flourished. day his son Emil was born March 22, 1862. Three Truckers Are Fined in Court Portland -UPD- Three Bend Truckers were fined S200 and given probationary sentences in federal district court here Friday after pleading guilty to not filing' federal transpor tation tax returns. U.S. District Judge Gus Solomon handed down six months probationary terms to truckers Herbert Mayfield, 44, and William Horsell, 37. Emil Dachtler, 47, formerly a trucker, now working as an engineer in a laundry, was put on probation 'for a year. The three men failed to pay the government the 3 per cent transportation tax they collected from their cus tomers. Robert R. Carney, chief as sistant U.S. attorney, said Mayfield failed to pay 81,000, Horsell $900 and Dachtler S600. The three have since made restitution, the court was told. "muni)" mw Now for the first time, you can buy without prescription, the exciting "time-disintegrating" sleep aid capsules, Pronite principle of which Life maga zine praised so highly. Pronite capsules slowly re lease their contents of hundreds of tiny pellets of sleep-producing aids ... so that you not only fall asleep quickly ... but be cause of controlled release . . . you sleep for hours the way nature intended ... all the while WESTERN 30 North Central ,Fl P I t V 4r 1! .:" ; ; Grange News Phoenix Grange Phoenix grange met Nov. 11 in regular session with Master Charles Johnson pre siding. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wilcox were voted to become members and a demit was granted Mr. and Mrs. Barney Lewin who have moved to Culver City. Past Master Dee Hendrickson gave the third and fourth degree obligation to Mabel Johnson. Dr. Edward Durno was ap pointed to represent the Phoe nix. Grange at the Rogue Val ley Memorial hospital stock holders meeting for election of officers. A community service testi monial plaque was received from the national grange and Sears Roebuck and Co. foun dations, cosponsors for the community improvement, con test. Officers elected for the en suing year were Master, Char les Johnson; overseer Edith Poe; lecturer, Dee Hendick son; steward, Frank Perl; assistant steward. Mark Nor ton; chaplain, Mona Ferns; 'the relaxing ingredients are slowly working to relax mind and body. You'll wake up refreshed and j happy ... "raring-to-go" for a i full day's work ... without any ' after-effect. Your mind will be I clear ... your body will be re j freshed ... thanks to Pronite. , Guaranteed safe, effective, and : non-habit forming. 24 capsules $2.50 ... 12 capsules $1.50. Sold at all drug stores on a J money-back guarantee. THRIFT Diol SP 3-5371 i S seen behind the plaque, has treasurer, Olin Poe; secretary, Dorthy Whiteside; gate-keep er, Lesbia Lattie; Ceres, Ethyl Hockersmith; Pomona, Mabel Johnson; Flora, Mabel Cox; lady assistant steward, Myrtle Hixson; executive committee, Melvin Lattie, Sol Cox, Willis House; musician, Mabel Quae kenbush. Chaplain Flora Klarin re ported Mabel Quackenbush was now convalescing at home after surgery and Ora Smith was resting after minor sur gery. Home Economics Chairman Coral Schroeder announced the club will meet at the home of Dorthy Perl Nov. 19. Des sert luncheon will be served at 1:30 p.m. and the serving committee for the evening will be Mabel Penland, Stella Good and Charles Setchell. -Edith Poe, Pomona HE chairman, announced there will be a Home Economics conference Nov. 22 held in Phoenix grange hall starting at 11 a.m. with a potluck lunch at noon. District chair man, Nora Cracroft, will pre side. All Grange ladies are invited to attend. Discussed will be five contests to be judged in Pomona Grange. Klamath Youth Injured in Crash Klamath Falls-flJD-Wendell Smith Jr., 18," son of former city councilman Wendell Smith of Klamath Falls, was seriously injured Friday eve ning when the car he was driving went out of control on a snow-slickened road here. His condition was improved ! and considered good Satur day. State police said the youth's car skidded on a curve, over turned and slid for 327 feet. Smith was found unconscious beside the car. Wendell Smith Sr., is own er and operator of Klamath Brick and Tile company. Use Tribune Want Ads 4W5 Nly ; I 2 Sites Foundation Makes Offer for Early Residence By ERIC WENTWORTH Mail Tribune Staff Writer The Britt home in Jackson ville, a "w h i t e elephant" worth its weight in memories, waits patiently for destiny's next move. Peter Britt, a pioneer in the Rogue valley and, particular ly, in the field of photography, began its construction the year after Oregon gained its statehood. But now, while Jackson county and Oregon gird for next year's centennial celebra tion, this historic residence is threatened as never before with oblivion. Last SuryiTor Miss Mollie Britt, daughter and last survivor of Peter Britt, died in the family home Oct. 14, 1954. She was 89 years old. In her will, she left the home to the Southern Oregon Historical soeiety, provided two conditions were met. The first was that the soci ety agree to maintain it "as a museum and historical mon ument in honor of the mem ory of my father." The second was that the so ciety be willing to match dol-lar-for-dollar all expenditures from the S25.000 fund she would provide for such main tenance. Society Declines The society declined. The home reverted to Southern Oregon college as "residuary legatee." SOC, according to Don Lew is, it business mager has twice placed the rSritt home and other properties on the block and failed to sell it when no offers were up to the "minimum acceptable bid." Meanwhile, disaster struck. On April 29, 1957, flames springing ' from a ' flue fire . swept the upper floor of the honse. If destroyed among other things Britt's studio, re portedly one of the last sky lighted photography studios in this country. In all, according to esti mates afterward, about 50 per cent of the building was ru ined by the flames themselves and by water and smoke. Foundation Interested Recently, the Siskiyou Pio ner Sites foundation has taken an interest in restoring the structure and its surround ings. Mrs. D wight Houghton, wife of a Medford banker and chairman of the foundation's Britt committee, said last week that the house has "end less possibilities." She pointed out that the foundation did not wish to conflict with the Jacksonville museum. The museum now holds hundreds of Britt's pho tographs, his photographic equipment, and a quantity of furniture and antiques. , Mrs. Houghton mentioned as one specific possibility a permanent gallery for the Southern Oregon Artists' as sociation. She said the build ing included a wine cellar, with oaken casks and wine presses, which could be of great interest if restored. Meeting Place Another use she suggested was a meeting place for the West Side home extension unit. She said she thought the county court could be ap proached on the possibility of buying land surrounding the house for park purposes. But the best-laid plans of Mrs. Houghton and the foun dation are of little value un less the Britt home can be ac quired. The foundation's first step in this direction has ap parently met with frustration. Last month its offer to take over the home on a 99-year lease was submitted to the state board of higher educa tion. Terms of the offer were that the foundation would pay SI a year and set about restor ing and maintaining the home as a historical site. . Dispatch Offer William -Duhaime, Medford attorney and foundation mem ber who dispatched the offer to the board in a letter, said Friday he has received no reply. But Lewis said the same day that the board had turned down the offer when it met in Portland. He , said the state frowned on the SI a year ar rangement, considering it a give-away. , "A lease is definitely out," he said. "The state is inter ested in a sale only." Lewis pointed out there is some question as to whether SOC or the state actually has the right to make such a sale, since it is the residuary legatee. He said the attorney general would have to rule WATER TOWER-This weathered, ivy-structure with its aimless ivy stands on the Britt property in Jacksonville. This and other Out on this. Intention of Will Later in the conversation, however, he said that the in tention of Miss Britt's will is no longer crucial in the eyes of the board. He said the issue is the proper method of dis posing of state property. He said "a sale of some sort" will be. the probable so lution. "We have no use for it," he said. "But we would like to see it put to good use." He said its restoration as a historical site would be the "most de sirable" use so far as SOC is concerned. He discussed what he said was the state institution's dual responsibility to the preser 4-H Club Kooking Kays 4-H Club The Kooking Kays met at Mrs. McKay's house on Nov. 13. Our officers are president, Carol Roach; vice president, Donna Thomson; secretary, Shirley Roach; news reporter, Linda Snyder; game chair man, Terry McManama. . We received our new books and discussed what we are going to do this year. Our next meeting is " on Dec. 11. Antelope 4H Club The Antelope 4H Livestock held its organizational meet ing Nov. 8. 'A potluck dinner was serv ed before the meeting. There were five invited guests at the meeting who were awarded the achieve ment and special awards. They were Marilou Garner and Glenn Klein, 4H agents; R. E. Hein of the First National bank, and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Lathrop. At the last meeting Elbert Bigham announced his resig nation as beef leader. At this meeting he was given a gift of appreciation. Bill Bigham was given a wedding gift. Everyone was asked to re- Morse Happy Over Loan for Housing Portland -UPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Friday he was happy to learn from Public Housing Commissioner Charles E. Slusser's office that a S20.000 planning loan for the construction of 150 new housing units has been au thorized. Planning funds for 150 new low-rent homes to be built in the Eugene - Springfield area have been authorized by the Public Housing adminis tration and Urban Renewal Agency of Lane county. "Under a preliminary loan contract, to be filed as quick ly as possible with Lane County Housing authority, PHA will make a filing loan of S20,000. Upon completion of pre liminary planning of the low rent housing, a development program will be developed covering such details as site, sketch plans, and estimated development costs of the new housing. TYPHOID SHOTS GIVEN Glassboro, N.J.-UPD-Tyhoid fever inoculations were sched ulded to start Saturday for 1,000 residents of the Ellsmere section of Glassboro. The state Health Department program resulted for a typhoid out break in which one woman died and two children were stricken. TSSS! - Ire lOttx&M M J iv buildings could main residence. vation of culture and to the taxpayers. Taxpayers' Interest He said that the taxpayers' interest dictates that the Britt home produce revenue. Duhaime said he understood that the legal construction of Miss Britt's will has created a doubt on the state's part as to what it can do with the property. He said the foundation con sidered its SI a year offer a "starting place" in pursuing its interest. He said the foundation would be interested in pur chasing the home "as an ab stract matter" at least. He added that of course the pur chase price plus the cost, dif- News member to bring coffee bands to the next meeting. The cof fee bands are going to be used to get an electric perco lator for the club. Two new members were enrolled. They are David Blair, who is taking dairy, and Doreen Blumenfeld, who is taking sewing. We have several new lead ers. Bill Bigham is now the beef leader instead of dairy. Bill Hubbard and Don Geren are the dairy leaders. The new officers elected at this meeting were president, Ronnie Anderson; vice presi dent, Steve Geren; secretary, Georgia Hubbard; treasurer, Darrell Stanley; and report er, Karen Jossy. The next meeting will be Dec. 18 at the Antelope school house. It will be our annual white elephant Christmas party. Karen Jossy, Reporter. Shady Cove 4H The girls at the last 4H meeting in Shady Cove are makiag garment protectors, which was in their 4H book, Charmingly Yours. Lorraine Buttram, Reporter. Medford Kitchen Maids . Medford Kitchen Maids held the second meeting at the home of Mary Carol Leavens " Nov. 8. Elections were held for club officers. Elected were president, Mary Ann Carnegie; vice president, Kathy Newcomb; secretary, Judy Scott; .reporter, Sarah Robinson, game manager, Mary Kay Hockstater. . Mary Carol Leavens and Judy Scott gave a demonstra tion on making a hot bun sandwich. Martha Merrican brought a jelly vegetable sal ad. The sandwiches and sal ad were served as refresh ments with hot chocolate. Southwest Cooking club de cided to take Medford Kitch en Maids as a new name. Martha Merriman, Reporter. Westside Rabbilteers The Westside Rabbitteers club had its. first meeting of the new 4H year at the home of Feme Kellow. We elected new officers. They are president, Joyce Jo sephson; vice president, Jim Cotton; secretary, Karen All dridge: sergeant-at -arms, Gary Josephson; flag salute leader, Steve Cotton; report er, Sandra Beasly. We discussed our achieve ment night and it will be Nov. 18. We decided to have a meet ing twice a month. We all told about our pro jects of last year. Our next meeting will be Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of Feme Kellow. Sandra Beasly, Reporter. be restored along with the , ficult to estimate, of restoring the building to its former con dition would be the deciding factors. Caretakers For the time being Mr. and Mrs. f rea Jones and, ac cording to a crude sign on the front fence, a "Mean Dog" are employed by SOC as care takers. The Joneses have ev idently kept the place liveable for themselves and little more. Peter Britt himself was maker of history. His photo graphs of pioneer families and of scenery illustrate a fascin ating chapter in the develop ment of the Rogue valley. He was, incidentally, the first man to photograph Crater Lake packing in his heavy equipment through the wil derness in 1874. His photographs are zeal ously preserved in the Jack sonville museum.- His home, it would seem, is a part of this history too. It may or may not be pre served. Mrs. Hatfield Is Excused from Duty Portland'-OIPD - Mrs. Dovie O Hatfield, mother, of the governor-elect of Oregon, was ex cused from federal jury cluty here Friday when she told U S. District Judge William G. East her son, Mark, had been involved in -a suit several years ago in which he was sued for damages. This was the case publicized Sen. Wayne Morse recently during the gubernatorial cam paign in Oregon. She was excused from the suit in which William E. Ru dell, 72.. Portland, is suing a trucking firm as the result of injuries suffered when he was hit by a truck while walking from his car to the curb last May 7. LOW BIDDER Portland-fllPD-R. J. Strasser, Portland, Thursday was low bidder with $39,680, for drill ing, casing, scaling, develop ing and testing a water well on the Oregon shore of The Dalles dam. Government esti mate was $52,772, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I . Qonsider ' . . j Thr ice 'Policies " . I II No attempt is ever made to influence decisions Every family can. make funeral arrangements ' . with complete assurance that costs will be ii 1 1 1 Hill reasonable ond within their means. ' I CongerMoms ii V : WEST MAIN AT SIXTH I "Your TV Weatherman" I KBES-TV Monday Thru Friday I "Your TV Weatherman" KBES-TV Monday Thru Friday 6:00 p.m. Member National Selected Morticians by invitation Fine Snow Cover Reported on Shasta Yreka, Calif - A two-day storm has accumulated a fine cover snow at the Mt. Shasta Ski bowl which should lay a cooling foundation for an ul timate good cover for skiing. The new ski bowl had a drift total of from 12 to 18 inches in the recent storm, of ficials said. More snow was expected in ' another ' storm forecast this week, end. - STEEL OUTPUT UP Tokyo -UPD- Peiping Radio claimed Saturday that Com munist China's 1958 steel out put passed eight million tons Nov. 10. The claim brought the Red mainland within reach of its goal of 10,700,000 tons set for this year. The bradcast said that only four million tons had been pro duced by August, but that stepped-up production had doubled that figure in the past two-and-a-half months. SPEAKER Dr. Ambrose S Churchill, director of the tu berculosis control section state board of health, Port land, will speak on "Tubercu losis Today . and Tomorrow," at a program on tuberculosis Tuesday, Nov.. 18, at 7:45 p.m. at the county courthouse au ditorium. He will be one of the speakers during a program sponsored by the public health nurses of District 4, Oregon Nurses' association. A panel will also be presented of a hypothetical case on what hap pens to the tuberculosis pa tient as ah individual. While in the valley the doctor will also speak at the Phoenix Communty hall Monday evening and is scheduled to confer with the board of di rectors and the case finding committee of the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association at noon Tuesday at the Rogue Valley hospital. . 54 Influenza Cases Reported Last Week A total of 54 cases of influ enza, 43 of them in Medford, were reported to the Jackson county health department last week, Dr. A. Erin Merk el, county health physicians, has reported. . Six influenza were report ed in Rogue River and five in Phoenix. Others cases of communicable diseases re ported last week included tu berculosis. Eagle Point one; measles, Ashland two, Med ford 1; chicken pox, Butte Falls 10; impetigo. Rogue River, 1; ,and mumps, Med ford 2, Prospect 1. A new photographic paper makes a visible print, instant ly. It is for use in .recording instrumental data. ASHLAND MORTUARY 4th and C Streets Ashland ml Lit: ' , xoft'i t ' Income Tax Trial Of Dave Beck to Resume Monday Tacoma -flIPD- The income tax evasion trial of Dave Beck will resume Monday af ter a week-end recess. Beck, former president of the Teamsters Union, is ac cused of evading about $240,- 000 in income tax payments during the year 1950-1953. . In Friday's proceedings a prosecution witness admitted Beck actually overpaid his taxes on the sale of a piece of ' property in Los Angeles. In response to a question by defense attorney Charles Burdell, Claude Watson, spe cial agent for the Internal Revenue Bureau, said it was true Beck had overpaid- his taxes on the Los Angeles sale. Involve Change The defense also brought up another point involving a change in regulations requir ing that expense accounts be itemized on tax returns. Burdell asked Watson if he knew of the change in the in come tax' regulations. Watson said he was not "concerned with the new rule because it did not apply to the Beck case. Reporting of expense mon ey always has been required. but the regulation Burdell was talking about is one that! requires itemization of all expense reimbursements. It will be applicable to returns filed on 1958 income. Burdell's apparent purpose in bringing this out was to show that the general prac tice in" the past has been to skip itemization of expenses. 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