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Newspaper Page Textlinrogo'SDOini 10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, May 10, 1959 History of Local School Compiled For Centennial A history of 53-year-old Lincoln school In Medford has been compiled by Princi pal Jack Holmes and Mrs. Ethel Chastain, third grade teacher, as an addition to the 1959 Oregon Centennial ob servance. Lincoln was the oldest school In the district until the recent consolidation of Jack sonville Into the Medford sys tem. A motion to build a new eight-room school house on block 7 of the original town platt just north of Medford was made by Medford school board, district 49, May 16, 1906. The site was 1 '4 acres which In 1850 was part of 320.45 acres given by the United States government as a dona tion claim to Resin B. and Eutha Ann Packard. Land Bought By Phipps On Nov. 6, 1869, the land was bought by Iredell J. Phipps, father of the late Dr. Ira Phipps. It was after sev eral other transactions that the Hi acres was sold to dis trict 49 for the site of North school, the original name of the present Lincoln school. The eight-room school, with two unfinished rooms, cost $16,640, plus a S325 metal roof. . Prof. J. W. Shirley was the first principal, serving in 1907 8. He was followed by Prof. Stine, who was transferred to Washington school in 1908, during the same year that a new Medford High school was built on North Bartlett t. Miss Lutie Ulrick was the third principal, serving from Dec, 1908 to 1911. The district elected R. V. Dunham principal in 1911. He was followed by A. J. Hanby, 1914-1920; Ora Cox, 1920 1947; Vincent Bevis, 1947 1955; Roy Gilbertson, 1955 58; and Holmes, 1958. Cement Wing During the late Mr. Bevis' years at the school, a twc story cement wing and 'cov ered breezeway were con structed. The playground was blacktopped and fenced, and playground equipment ar ranged for safety. Bevis was transferred to the new Hed rick junior high in 1955. Other smaller improve ments have been carried out constantly, including enlarge ment of the cafeteria and oth er rooms, addition of drinking fountains and increase of vis ual aids. Latest improvements in the structure were set out by the state and city fire marshals. The main stairway well has been encased and fireproofed, long corridors have been par titioned and fireproofed, and plans are made for a new out side fire escape. Local Girl Among Contest Winners Portland - Ruby Rowan, Medford High school senior, is one of six finalists in the 1959 Oregon AFL-CIO college scholarship contest examina tions, James T. Marr, execu tive secretary of the state labor group has announced. She and five other seniors from Portland, Coquille and Winston, will compete for three $600 awards and three $150 cash prizes. The top scorers came from a group of 284 seniors in 87 high schools who took the written examination April 8. Final selections will be made by a committee of educators and citizens not connected with the Oregon AFL-CIO, Marr said. "The three winners will re ceive their awards at the 1959 convention of the state labor group at Seaside the week of Aug. 3. Other winners are Sam Allen, James Anderson, and Ann Weick, all of Portland; Vivian Miller, Coquille; and Grant Ledgerwood, Winston. FIFTY-THREE OR BUST Haelsingborg, Sweden-(UPD-Students at Halesingborg's Technical High School claim ed a new world's record yes terday. They packed 52 boys and one girl into a Volkes wagen. They said they beat a Canadian record of 33 persons by using their technical know ledge and removing the seats. SIGN CULTURAL PACT Beirut, Lebanon-UPD One hundred Iraqi students will study in Communist Czech oslovakia under terms of an Iraqi-Czech cultural exchange agreement signed Friday in Baghdad. irr- At mIIjl w i ! ! M&Ti&t& f a jf POURS OUT WATER - Siphon No. 1 in the . Emigrant dam pours out water soon after its construction The picture was taken on Feb. 6, 1925. Emigrant creek and Hill creek siphons were started in August, 1924, and the steel siphon at Billings hill was laid in 1927. It was replaced with a larger pipe in 1944. Construction of the dam and . oat ', . Hf-.. , .'i'ti !M.7 T'.v'.A7'1W'ffliloif Bar UNDER CONSTRUCTION-Emigrant dam, just south of Ash land, is shown under construction in this picture taken on July 30, 1924. When completed the dam had a capacity of 8,500 acre feet and drained approximately 58 square miles. Work is now being done to raise the dam and increase the reservoir area. ROGUE RIVER Garden Club By MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE Rogue River The Laurel Garden club met Wednesday, May 6, at the home of Mrs. Iza Forsyth. Mrs Anna Clasick was co-hostess. Nine members were present and three guests, Mesdames Joe Golding, John Breeding and Dan Perkey. A desert luncheon was served, after which the meet ing was called to order by the president, Mrs. Henry Bon ney. The chaplain, Mrs. Victor Friden, offered a prayer, and a salute to the flag was given with Mrs. Jerusha Moore leading The roll call was answered by garden tips. Officers were elected. They are Mrs. Henry Bonney, pres ident; Mrs. William Paterson, vice president; Mrs. Victor Friden, treasurer, were re elected; and Mrs. William White was elected secretary. At the next meeting June 3 to be held at Mrs. Esther Shocks the officers will be installed. Mrs. Esther Shock was elected as a delegate to go to Portland to the state conven tion of Garden clubs: The club welcomed back Mrs. William Paterson, who has been in the Oakland hospital following a major operation. Mrs. Earl Helms, the for mer Mrs. Maude Helfrich, 77, of Amboy, Wash., died in a Vancouver hospital of a heart attack recently. Mrs. Helms is survived by her husband and two chil dren, Mrs. Ercel Higgins of Gorst, Wash., and Lester Car roll of Auburn, Calif., also two sisters, a brother, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs. (Helfrich) Helms lived in Rogue River many years. An error was made in one of the items last week. The item should read: A family dinner was held in honor of Mrs. Don Haynes of Medford Wate siphons were major steps, in development and enlargement of the Talent Irrigation district facilities since the first irrigation system in Oregon was constructed by Jacob Wagner in 1852. A marker at Wagner Creek and Rapp rds. intersection marks the site of the early system. mm Meets given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rhoten in honor of her birthday. Other guests were Don Haynes and son of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miller of Rogue River, Mr. and Mrs. Conley Rhoten and two daughters and Mrs. Betty Rhoten and son, Carl, of Wimer. , Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith returned home Friday from an extended visit with their son-in-law and daughter, the William Bakers of Fortuna, Calif. High School Principal W. B. Hunter was called to Califor nia April 29 by the illness of his sister. Mrs. James Whipple enter tained with a dinner May 5 in honor of the birthdays of Lloyd Smith, Mrs. John Breeding and her husband, James Whipple. Smith's birth day was May 5, Mrs. Breed ing's May 6 and Whipple's will be May 21. Mr. and Mrs. William White and Mrs. Jerusha Moore took their trailer house and went fishing recently at Willow Creek where they caught their limit. Mrs. Moore's prize one was 15 inches.- ' " Mr. and Mrs. Bill Morgan were week end visitors from Yakima, Wash., April 25 at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Morgan. They also visited Morgan's brother-in-law and sister, Mr., and Mrs. Harold Sander. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Seaman were callers Wednesday at the home of Seaman's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Magerle. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith went to Mt. Vernon Friday re turning Saturday to take Mar tin Burkhart to his home near there after' he has spent the winter in Rogue River. Senior Citizens to Observe Their Week The third national Senior Citizens Month, sponsored by Senior Citizens of America and other organizations, is being observed during May. The" Rogue Valley Council on Aging has set the week of May 17 through 24 for special obesrvance in Jackson coun ty, according to Mrs. Rita Holmes, coordinator for the council, Camp White. Mrs. Holmes said forms have been forwarded to val ley churches and church women to aid the council in compiling information to pub lish a list of events which might be scheduled for senior citizens. Mrs. Holmes made several suggestions for activities in which older , residents may participate. They include re ceptions, teas, open houses, special services, music, enter tainment, travel and other pitcures, spelling bees, games, book reviews and trips. She also suggested that peo ple take elderly neighbors to church "for a couple hours of pleasure and companionship." CLERGYMAN DIES Yonkers, N.Y.-(DPD-The Rev. Dr. Robert A. Ashworth, 87, former editorial secretary of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, died Fri day. Sheath Sensation 9334 SIZES Daring, bare-back sheath lovingly curved to make the most of a sleek Junior Miss figure! Note open-air V-front, scalloped buttoning, slim skirt. Dramatic for days or dates. Tomorrow's pattern: Half-size fashion. Printed Pattern 9334: Jun ior Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes IVz yards 35 inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Martin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th st., New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. 9-17 Opr Jacob Wagner Was Initial User; Spot Marked by Plaque By JOE CROWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer Jacob Wagner, an early settler in the Rogue River valley, one hot June day gloomily looked out over grassland which was being turned brown through lack of moisture. He resolved' tov do something about it. What he did resulted in the beginnings of the present Talent Irrigation district. v In the summer of 1852, Wagner applied the first irriga tion water used in Oregon. A bronze plaque mounted on a stone monument at Wagner Creek and Rapp rds., now marks the first irrigation system in the. state. Lands now comprising the Talent Irrigation district lie in the upper portion of the Bear creek valley, a tributary of the Rogue river. , Need for Irrigation Need for irrigation In the area is graphically shown by records on rainfall kept at the former agronomy station at Talent' since 1913. Precipitation averages 17.53 inches during a year. Only 15 per cent of this comes during the growing season. None results at all in the hot months of July and August when crops really need the water. During July and August daytime temperatures of 100 degrees plus often occur. Low humidity during the warm months increases the rate of water evaporation from plant life and from the soil. This makes the need for water even more critical. Further pointing up the need for supplementary water supplies is the fact that sum mer flow of Bear creek and tributaries is low. Many of the smaller streams fail by mid-July. All available stream flow was taken by the early set tlers coming here in 1851 and settling under the Donation Claim laws. Those coming la ter were restricted to raising grain and one-crop hay which matures early and needs no irrigation. System of Dams A system of dams and reser voirs to store winter runoff had to be constructed. In May, 1916, a group of citizens or ganized the Talent Irrigation district. In March, 1920, the first unit, the McDonald unit, was completed at a total cost of $250,000. It consisted then of 1,600 acres with water sup plied from McDonald creek, a tributary of the Little Apple gate river, and from Wagner creek, a tributary of Bear creek. Shortly after that, a part of the Talent lateral, with water supply from Bear creek, was constructed. In 1926 the present Talent Irrigation district facilities were completed. These includ ed two storage reservoirs Hiatt and Emigrant-and a ca nal system to irrigate approx imately 10,400 acres. Contract for Construction Contracts for construction of the Hiatt Prairie reservoir with a capacity of 16,000 acre feet of storage and draining approximately 12 square miles, and construction of the east lateral, were awarded on March 14, 1922. Emigrant dam bids were awarded on April 3, 1924. Emigrant reservoir has a ca pacity of 8,500 acre feet, drains approximately 58 square miles and. floods a maximum of 230 acres. It is located just south of Ashland. Emigrant creek and Hill creek siphons were started in August, 1924. The steel siphon at Billings hill, 6,730 feet long, was laid in 1927. It was replaced with a larger pipe in 1944. This latter siphon conveys water to the west lat eral, a part of the first unit, and gives its users a water quota equal to the second and third unit. In 1929, TID, like many businesses in the depression, faced bankruptcy. Farmers could not pay taxes and the district was faced with a wa ter shortage because of a cycle of several years of be low normal rainfall. So, the district was unable to meet its bond and interest pay ments. Reorganization Procttdings Reorganization proceedings were started n June, 1933, through the Reconstruction Finance corporation. By April 1939, the district issued re payment bonds of $420,000 to cover the money advanced by RFC. The district now has 10,430 acres of land under irrigation with 75.8 miles of main ca nals to serve them. The water supply seemed adequate during the first few years, except for the drought years of 1931 and 1934 when the annual rainfall was less than 12 inches.Then the res ervoirs failed to fill and the district was out of water in early July. The number and size of district irrigated tracts re mained fairly constant up to the start of World War II. Following World War II much of the population shifted from the east and middle west to the west coast. Many of the persons who settled here were veterans who bought small tracts. Acreages Subdivided The population trend meant that many of the large acre Used! ages were subdivided and sold piecemeal. By 1940, the Talent irrigation district in cluded 410 tracts of 10 acres or less. Now the district has 1,144 tracts in this category. This breaking up of land into many small acreages put a further burden on the exist ing water supply. Irrigation authorities say that smaller tracts take much more water in proportion to the larger ones. A 40-acre field, for example, broken into eight five-acre places, with eight different owners, each with his own idea of wa ter use, will take up to 50 per cent more water than the whole acreage did under one owner. However, now the district's water supply, once adequate, is no longer sufficient. Even in good years with the stor age reservoirs full, canals and laterals cannot carry enough water to meet the increased demand. Now Want Irrigation Also, now within reach of the present canal system are 8,000 acres of good land. The owners of this property elect ed to stay out of the district when it was organized. Pres ent owners of practically all of this dry land now want ir rigation which they cannot get under the present system facilities. The Talent project now un der construction is aimed at expansion of present facili ties. It will be completed in 1962. The project includes con struction of a new reservoir at Howard Prairie with a nor mal surface area of 2,000 acres. It is four miles long and a half to one mile wide. It drains approximately 81 square miles of forest area and has a storage capacity of 60,500 acre feet. Keene Creek Reservoir Another part of the project is the Keene creek reservoir, covring 16 acres, draining 14 square miles, and holding 260 acre feet. Emigrant reservoir is being enlarged to a surface area of 790 acres, draining 61.6 square miles and giving stor age for 38,500 acre feet of water. This brings the storage capacity of the Talent irriga tion district to a total of 115, 260 acre feet. The project also includes 36.4 miles of collection canal. A 1.2 mile long tunnel ex tends through the Cascade summit near Deadwood creek at the Dead Indian rd. cross ing. A siphon travels back through the Cascade divide where Highway 66 crosses the summit and a 16,000 kilowatt power plant is located above Emigrant lake. The latter should help pay off the proj ect debt, it was explained. Articles Filed for Marketing Group Salem - Articles of incor poration were filed here last week by the Western Lumber Marketing association, Inc., a nonprofit organization cre ated by producing and mar keting members of the west ern lumber industry. Purpose of the new associ ation is to study present methods of lumber manufac turing, transportation and marketing toward maintaining improving the relationship of association members to the na tional economy, according to representatives of the group. Members of the first board of directors, as named in as sociation's articles, are Mar tin B. Edwards Jr., Albany, and John Bate and George E. Miller, Portland. Organization of the associ ation resulted from several meetings. nWe Dim Water Pollution Results from Three Sources, Writer Notes (Editor's note: This is an other in the series of articles on conservation, being pub lished in connection with Conservation Week. To day's article was written by Col. Paul H. Weiland. chair man of the pollution com mittee of the Jackson coun ty chapter of the Izaak Walton League.) By COL. PAUL WEILAND Water is the most important single resource. Polluting it depreciates property values, ruins recreational areas, de stroys fish and wildlife, raises cost of water treatment, con taminates irrigation and stock waters, gives off offensive odors, makes water unsuited for industrial use and endan gers health. Pollution comes from three major sources: communities, industries and soil erosion. Somehow, somewhere each of us pays a price for pollu tion of waterways. This is extravagant waste. Pollution can be controlled. The basic Early Americana Exciting filet crochet a conversation piece in any room! Inspired by early American art. American eagle unusual design fpr chair or buffet set. Pattern 7005: charts, direc tions, 12V2 x 16 inch chair back; 6 x 12V6 arm rest in No. 50 cotton. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, House hold Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. Our 1959 ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue has many lovely designs to order: crocheting, knitting, embroid ery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A special gift, in the catalog to keep a child happily occupied a cutout doll and clothes to color. Send 25 cents for your copy of the book. fx ,oo5 l Jinest Be fore-Need Program II Designed, without pressures, to consider and adequately meet family needs. Call Mr. Driscoll for information. i ill r" Hillcrest Chopel li I jttLCRESTPARK I aSfcfil Bill Driscoll, manager Nt-rth Phoenix Road Phone SP 3-6162 or SP 2-7111 question is, how and how much. The big problem is where to draw the line. Muni cipal sewage treatment plants can remove 95 per cent of the pollution substances. In dustry can treat waste and reduce pollution to a satis factory degree. Belong to Publie The waters of a stream be long to the public. No one should knowingly dispose of waste matter in or near a. stream any more than on a public highway. Pollution problems can best be solved within the water shed. Groups working togeth er at the local level can pro duce effective planning to ward providing clean water for the immediate future and generations to come. In clean ing streams like Bear creek, eyes should be kept open for all pollutants. - The tendency is to work on one offender, get him mopped up, and con sider the job done. Bear creek drains 330 square miles, about the same area as is drained at Pros pect. It is not as small a stream as we think. It is an important tributary of the Rogue. Many Usee Its uses are domestic, muni cipal, irrigation, fisji, wildlife, recreation and industry. Mu nicipal sewage of Ashland and Talent, after treatment, flows into Bear creek. In case of the former, the plant is overloaded and Ashland is raising funds to correct the deficiency. Jacksonville uses septic tanks to dispose of sew age. Medford, Phoenix and Central Pomt use the former's sewage disposal plant. Treated effluent flows into the Rogue. Industrial waste flowing into A Tribute To Mothers! . Abraham Lincoln said, "all that 1 am, or ever " can be, I owe to my mother." And that, we think, sums up what all of us think about our mothers. It isn't only on Mother's Day that we should revere the name and memory of Mother. Every minute of every day we should unstinting ly show our love and endeavor to make her life easier and happier. If your Mother has passed on, show that her memory still lives in your heart. Visit the cemetery frequently and lay lovely living flowers on the sacred spot where she sleepi forever. This will be a token payment of all she did for you. Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 Open today - 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Week days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. We Salute Our Town! 52 Bear creek comes, primarily from several small slaughter houses. Blood collection is not made, consequently the waste cannot be turned into the sewer. This is probably the most serious source of pollu tion. , Under ordinary market con ditions, the recovery of blood will pay for the cost of col lection facilities. In a favor able market, a plant process-, ing 20 animals daily could pay for installing $11,000 worth of recovery equipment through the sale of waste collected. Blood is one of the worst pollutants since it cuts off oxygen, creates slime growth and kills fish as well as creat ing an odor nuisance. Other Pollutants Other pollutants enter Bear creek through thoughtlessness. carelessness or for no good reason. Many of these, such as oil, insecticides, cement and neon tubes are bad. The objective is to prevent and abate pollution of Bear creek by: . 1. Corrective measures; 2. agressive action by the state sanitary authority; 3. coordina tion of local, state and federal efforts; 4. industry-wide coop eration; 5. everybody's active participation. The Izaak Walton League is dedicated to preservation and restoration of clean wa ters. They hope all citizens will help. BACKFIELD Pusan, Korea-(UPD-An at tempeted bank robbery failed yesterday when a stick of dynamite the thief was using as a threat exploded in his hand, killing him and wound ing three clerks.