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MAIt TRIBUNE, Medford. Or.
Memorial to Miners, Loggers
To Be Unveiled Next Week End
By RICHARD JEWETT
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
A memorial to oldtime pros
pectors, miners and loggers of
southern Oregon will be un
veiled to the public next
week end.
Bringing a 10-year-old idea
into reality after more than
four months of work, LaRue
Morris, one of the owners of
Hidden Valley ranch plans to
open Oregon Gold Gulch on
Saturday, June 27.
His pseudo-village, 'a fron
tier mining town, currently
consists of three structures,
Small ore mill and a semi-ac
tive gold mine. It is on ranch
property just off Highway 99
on the south side of the high
way right-of-way.
Establishments of the tiny
community include a general
store, a gambling den (only
the front door), an assay of
fice and rock and gem mu
seum, a stagecoach office and
a blacksmith shop. Buildings
front on Mine st. If Gold
Gulch attracts area residents
and valley visitors like Mor
ris feels it will, more build
ings will be added on a street
paralleling Mine.
- Serve A Show Place
In addition to memorializ
ing miners and logging men,
the town will serve as a show-
place for articles of the Rogue
river valley's bygone days
that Morris has collected dur
ing the past 10 years. Visitors
will see how gold is processed
(grid will have a chance to pan
for the precious metal. Since
Gold Gulch is isolated, de
spite its nearness to the high
way, the town will provide a
place to get away from the
rush of daily life.
Gold Gulch's mine has pro
duced low grade ore, yielding
around $10 per ton. Morris re
ported that the miner who
once worked the claim aban
doned it when he struck a
spring and could, not hold
back or control the water
flow. Morris has a pump set
up and uses the water for ir
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rigation on the cattle ranch,
A frog pond, right now, covers
the mine.
Buys Ore Crusher
The rancher has brought
a one-time burro operated ore
crusher to the town recently
and, in addition to the one-ton
capacity ore mill has windlass
device to portray shaft min
ing.
The eeneral store is a res
toration, but cut down, of a
building which was the first
business- structure on the
south side of the railroad
tracks at Gold Hill and housed
a variety of enterprises. Mor
ris cut it into sections to haul
it to Gold Gulch.
In the store now are many
things Morris has collected.
Among them are a hand cof
fee erinder: cheese and to
bacco cutters, an old counter
from Central Point with bins
for bulk foodstuffs and with
cookie boxes, a large indexed
"bookkeeper" file, a holder
for three sizes of wrapping
paper rolls, a potbellied stove,
a cornbread mold, a hand
rocker washing machine, min
ers' lamps, a Chinese gold
scale.
Store of Old Times
Morris has set up the store
to appear much like the gen
eral stores of old times. He
will yield to modern devices
for the sale of concessions. He
plans to have one part of the
store for sale of souvenirs and
novelties.
An old miner's cabin is the
basic building for the assay
and rock display quarters. The
stage office and smithy are
constructed around another
old building with the use of
other old lumber and wooden
ornamental work. Posts from
Jacksonville support the
porch roofs of the buildings.
A boardwalk lies in front
of the store, the gambling den
door and the mining office.
On the street are rustic hitch
ing posts. The bench in front
of the assay office was once a
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In the blacksmith's shop
are a huge bellows and a sad
dlemaker's stool. Morris re
ported that when he bought
the bellows, he was so excited
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. Seven Jackson county edu
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Oregon ians attending the
102nd annual convention of
the National Education asso
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A major effort of the Ore
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tion's approval of resolutions
on racial integration which
were drafted by the Oregon
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Dr. Gerald Wallace, Corval-
lis superintendent of schools,
will become national chair
man of the NEA school-safety
committee at St. Louis. He
will address two sessions on
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that he singlehandedly lifted
the device into his pick-up
truck. Yet, when he reached
home, he needed help to un
load and carry it.
Although the pseudo-town
is just off the highway, it is
still a bit remote and is reach
ed by a roundabout route.
Sightseers driving out from
Medford must turn at the
Seven Oaks junction north of
Central Point and follow
Blackwell Hill rd. (old High
way ) across the Tolo rail
road overpass. They must
make a left turn at Double
Dee Lumber company onto a
road which extends by over
pass across the new highway.
After a right turn, a frontage
road leads directly to Gold
Gulch.
Series of Signs
Morris intends to have a
series of signs and peppermint-striped
poles to mark
the way.
While the route to the fron
tier village is the long way
around, Morris wants it that
way. He said he thinks that
most people will appreciate
the isolated park away from
the hubbub of life. He men
tioned that the House of Mys
tery on Sardine creek, is off
the beaten road but still a
popular attraction.
Gold Gulch is in an area
with a background of mining
history. On the 800-acre Hid
den Valley ranch, Morris men
tioned, is the abandoned Mil
lionaire mine. There is more
than gold in the hills. When
the present highway route
was cut through the ranch,
low grade chrome ore was
found. '
Reside at Ranch
Morris, his mother and his
brother, Earl, are residents of
the ranch. The brothers are
co-owners and Earl, also, has
an interest in the Gold Gulch
project. With the family re
cently has been a cousin, Mrs.
Alice Schneider, from Spring
dale, Ark. Both she and Earl
have lent LaRue a hand
around the mining village.
Gold Gulch's originator
said he believes his mine will
work in with this summer's
Jacksonville Gold Rush jubi
lee which will have an inter
national gold panning con
test. The town will be a place
to learn to pan the metal.
Residents of the valley who
have antiques or historical
articles and wish to have
them displayed are invited to
show them at Gold Gulch.
Morris said such properties
will receive good y care.. He
said that he is open to negioa
by clubs for concessions at
the town. ..
Morris. said that a nominal
charge for admission will be
made.
The founder of Gold Gulch
is a graduate of University of
Illinois where he was a var
sity football player. As an
amateur boxer, he won the
heavyweight division of the
open tourney at the Chicago
"Century of Progress" World's
fair in 1933. At one time he
wa a diesel engine instructor
for the electromotive division
of General Motors.
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BUTTE FALLS
Centennial Meeting Set
By MARY JO HARRIS
Butte Falls-Members of the
Centennial celebration com
mittee are asked to attend the
next meeting which is sched
uled' for Monday evening,
June 22, at the Community
hall at 7:30 pin.
The central committee met
Friday evening, June 12, and
have set up a tentative sched
ule for a Centennial celebra
tion day. Various booths were
suggested and discussed.
A special meeting of the
Butte Falls PTA will be held
Monday afternoon, June 22,
at the Community hall at 1
p.m. Members are asked to
attend this meeting which is
also being held in connection
with, the Centennial celebra
tion. The meeting will be
short and refreshments will
not be served.
Cub Scout Troop 45 held
its regular monthly pack
meeting "Tuesday evening,
June 2, at the high school.
In addition to the skits given
by Dens 1 and 2, Cubs par
ticipated in a square dance.
The Butte Falls Grange also
participated in the square
dancing as sponsors of the
Cub Scouts, i
Wolf badges were awarded
to the following Cubs in Den
1: Dennis Bray, Billie Nunnes,
Ronnie Stanton and Ray Red
dell. Cubs from Den 2 receiv
ing their Wolf badges were
Mike Lindley, David Bray
and B. J. Rodgers.
The next pack meeting will
be held July 2 at the high
school. Theme for this month
is "Summer Safari."
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith
recently attended the gradu
ation exercises of Mrs.
Smith's granddaughter. Miss
Connie Delamar, it Redding,
Calif.
The Smiths also visited
with another ' granddaughter
and family, Mrs. Jack Brown,
at Red Bluff and Mrs. Smith's
son, Ray Delamar, at Mont
gomery Creek, Calif.
The youth group from the
Community Bible church
went by car to Indian lake
Thursday, June 11, to spend
several hours swimming and
picnicking.
Teen-agers attending were
Larry Barlow, Jim Irwin,
Dougt.Fisher, Linda Webster,
Martha Dalton, Darleen Ed
mondson, Edith and Tom
Wright,- Rusty Scott,' Neil
Ellis, Raymond Abbott, Ed
win Ellis, Deloris Brown,
Larry Cavin and Phil Cram
mer. Former Phoenix Boy
Attending Boys State
Gary Strahm, formerly of
Phoenix, was one of four boys
selected to represent the
Brookings-Harbor High school
at Beaver Boys state in Cor
vallis. He is the 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harve
Strahm.
Gary attended Phoenix
schools from the first through
the ninth grades, after which
the family moved to Harbor
to make their home.
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Warsaw, Poland-(UPD-U. S.
Ambassador Jacob Beam and
Communist Chinese Ambassa
dor Wang Ping-nan met for
nearly two hours Friday on
the Formosa Strait question.
Adults attending were Mr.
and Mrs. Elga Abbott and the
Rev. and Mrs. Howard Sim
monds. A fireside fellowship
was held during the evening.
The youth group takes turn
meeting each Wednesday
night at the Abbott and Sim
monds homes at 7 p.m.
Sympathy is extended the
Don C. Smith family upon the
recent death of Charles Smith
of Weiser, Idaho. Mr. Smith,
Don Smith's father, was a
former resident of Medford.
Mrs. Gene Henshaw was
guest of honor at a baby
shower held Thursday eve
ning, June 11, at the Com
munity Bible church. Host
esses were Mrs. Dean Bush,
Mrs. Charles (Red) Capello
and Mrs. Glen Cathey.
Guests included Mrs. Don
C. Smith, Mrs. Henry Tygart,
Mrs. Orb Abbott, Mrs. Alva
Webster, , Mrs. Derrick, Mrs.
Ben Moore, Mrs. Andy Ham
tra, Mrs. Mary Henshaw,
Mrs. Jim Capello, Mrs. Roger
Harris, Mrs. Everett Size
more, Mrs. Don Smith, Mrs.
Jim Arnold, Mrs. Harry Dal
ton, Mrs. Charles Ferguson,
Mrs. Page Stauffer, Mrs. Bob
Wells and Mrs. Gus Edmond
son. Shower games were played,
baby gifts opened and refresh-
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ments served. Many gifts
were sent by those unable to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Strat
ton and family recently mo
tored to Portland where they
took in the Centennial expo
sition and Trade fair and the
Rose parade. -While in the
area they visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Seth Smith and fam
ily at Hillsboro. The Smiths
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Ted Reddell were Mr. and
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Recent visitors in the Don
Jolliffe home were Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. (Bud) McComb
and family of Medford. Tha
McCombs are former resi
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