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LOfKOUT TRAINING Zane Smith, lor- ing and smoke-chasing. The picture was
eater for Butte Falls (bare headed), checks taken by S. T. (Tenny) Moore, staff officer,
out trainees in use of a fire-finder. Look- Rogue River National forest, during the re
ouU are taught the basic skills in fire fight- cent fire control school near Butte Falls.
SUPPRESSION Two trainees on as- staff officer for the Rogue River National
signed fir ftiajfe a fire trail around a fire, forest, during the recent three-day fire con-
Thjft i followed with a dry mop-up. The trol school near Butte Falls. v
pictur a ttfeen by S. T. (Tenny) Moore,
0fiqfi lecf aaf Intwnal Revenue Post
Ralph C. Gran-
u3U 4itfict- director of in
WMtl itvenue fo Oregon
i retiring effective
ftO, It was announced
ft9lty. Granquist has
with the internal reve
!gu service for more than 38
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Regional Commissioner
Harold Hawkins of San Fran
cisco has announced that Ar
thur G. Erickson will succeed
Granquist. Erickson has been
assistant district director for
Oregon for" almost seven
years. He attended the Univer
sity of Washington.
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A total of 231,000 acres of
popcorn is . expected to be
harvested in the 17 commer
cial popcorn-producing states
this year, an increase of 61
per cent over 1957, according
to the Agriculture Depart
ment.
American Indians are sub
ject to state and federal taxes.
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Safety Awards Are
Presented to Five
Forest Districts
Safety awards were pre
sented to five districts of the
Rogue River National forest
Tuesday at the beginning of
the fire control school, ac
cording to S. T. (Tenny)
Moore, fire control officer of
the Rogue River National for
est. districts receiving safety
awards for no loss time acci
dents during the year were
Union Creek, Prospect, Ap
plegate, Butte Falls and Ash
land. The forest service road
crew also received a safety
award. Union Creek received
an award for not having any
loss time accidents among
personnel for five years,
Moore said."
Length of service awards
were presented Harold Thom
as, Ashland district ranger,
20 years' service; Harold
Howard, radio technician, 10
years' service; and Frank Mc
Dowell, crew member,- 10
years' service.
Main Part of School
One of the main parts of the
three-day fire-control school
program was fire suppression
using dry suppression meth
ods and use of fire-fighting
tools.
Approximately 40 fires
were set at Camp. No. 2 near
of Butte Falls to teach 80
trainees, Moore said. A fire
trail was dug around the fire,
then crews used shovels and
other hand tools to clear away
smouldering brush and smoth
er the fire with dirt.
Fire detection training was
coordinated with the fire sup
pression class. Eighteen look
outs were taught how to use
fire-finders.
Smok Chasing
The 26 firemen and crew
members were also instructed
in "smoke-chasing"-tracking
down and location of small
fires such as those caused by
lightning strikes.
Use of compass and pacing
to discover the small fires
was also taught to the . 18
lookouts undergoing the train
ing, Moore said.
All but three of the 17 look
outs in the Rogue River Na
tional forest have been
manned, Moore said. The
Crest Subdivision
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three yet unmanned lookouts
include Devils Peak, Pelican
Peak and Whiskey Peak.
Officers Elected
To Agency Council
Officers were elected at a
recent meeting of the Jack
son County Inter -Agency
Council held at Camp White.
A tour of the VA . domiciliary
there was also made.
Mrs. Helen A. Wilson of
the Red Cross was elected
presideht; Darl Gleed of the
Boy Scouts was named vice
president; and Miss Marilou
Garner of Jackson County 4-H
clubs was elected secretary.
The council was organized
in 1955 to serve as a clearing
house for mutual problems of
various agencies, to expedite
action and eliminate duplica
tion of effort.
Participating agencies in
clude those already mentioned
and also the Camp Fire Girls,
Girl Scouts, home economist
extension, agricultural exten
sion, Jackson County Health
department, juvenile office,
welfare commission, child
welfare," Jackson County Tu
berculosis and Health associ
ation, Medford city schools,
the Medford Ministerial asso
ciation, Oregon state employ
ment service, Salvation Army,
sheriff's office, rural schools,
Southern Oregon college, So
cial Security administration,
veterans service office, Veter
ans administration, United
Medford Crusade, and the
YMCA.
SENTENCE PARALYTIC
Nashville, Tenn.-(UPD-Leroy
H. Jones, lying in a wheel
chair paralyzed from wounds
inflicted by his step-son, has
been sentenced to 10 years
in prison; for the slay
ing of his wife. Jones, a
Negro who pleaded guilty,
was shot in the back by his
step-son, Eugene Watkins, 25,
about 12 hours after Jones
allegedly killed his wife,
Annie Lou.
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Many Other Features
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Claim Location Noted
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley - A num
ber have expressed interest
in the exact location of the
Earl Gebhart mining proper
ty where Jackson county pro
poses a recreation site. The
claim is one mile south of
McKee bridge on the west
side of the highway south of
Beaver creek, according to
Ralph James, county com
missioner. The Corson-Buck irrigation
dam borders on the property.
Residents in the area say a
large river swimming hole on
the property accommodates
occupants of about 25 cars
every week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert De
Voss and Mrs. Claud Wil
liams of Sterling have return
ed from a three-day trip to
San Francisco, where they
visited Gordon Williams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Williams,
who is in the Navy.
Al Williams and sister, Mrs.
Edna Starbuck, have arrived
from Houston, Tex., and will
spend several months at Wil
liams' summer home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sut
tell left Tuesday for their
home in Seattle, after being
guests at the home of their
son, Ranger, and Mrs. Neil
Suttell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott
and son, Douglas, returned
Tuesday to their home in
Redlands, Calif., after spend
ing a few days with Mrs.
Scott's sister, Mrs. George
Redhead.
More than 70 students were
registered at Ruch Commun
ity church for Daily Vacation
Bible ' school which opened
Monday and closed Friday.
The young peoples' class was
held in the evening, and oth
er youngsters met during the
forenoon. The classes will
nresent . a . program at . 8
o'clock tonight.
Mrs. S. D. Herbert and
Mrs. Ruth Grove of Farming
ton, Calif., were recent guests
of Mrs. Herbert's daughter,
Mrs. Robert Sorber. They
wereen route to Alaska for
a three-week vacation, after
which they expect to attend
the Centennial exposition in
Portland.
The Rev. Thomas McCam
ant, pastor of the Medford
are??;-
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Congregational church, and
noted bird authority, visited
the Medford YMCA day camp
near McKee bridge recently,
giving the boys a talk on
birds of this area.
A group of local women
spending Wednesday in Ash
land as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ditsworth were
Mrs. Harry Helms, Mrs. Ger
ald Buck, and Mrs. Ed Fin
ley. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Verna Culy of Jack
sonville. The occasion was
Mrs. Helms' birthday, and a
dinner in her honor was giv
en at Mrs. Ditsworth's. The
group also visited Mrs. Ben
Dawson of Ashland.
Thomas Robbins, assistant
curator of Jepson herbarium
at University of California
in Berkeley, and his mother,
Mrs. Pearl Robbins of Oak
land, Calif., were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Pearson recent
ly. Robbins collected some of
the rare plants of this area.
The visitors were en route to
the Portland Centennial ex
position. Other guests at the
Pearson home recently were
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith
of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rush
ton and daughter, Virginia,
of Fresno, Calif., were over
night guests recently at the
home of Mrs. Rushton's aunt,
Mrs. Nellie Rose. The family,
en route to Coos Bay, caught
their limit of fish on Middle
Fork.
Mr. and Mrs. E.- A. Dean,
recently of Los AngeleSj were
guests a few days ago of
Dean's aunt, Mrs. E. E. Cox;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dowell
and family are spending a
week's vacation at Salem
and other Willamette valley
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday. June 28, 1959
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Man Threatens to
Blow Up Union Hall
A man identified as Joe
Desmond, about 50, Wednes
day, threatened to blow up
the Medford Labor Temple,
24 Vi South Grape st., because,
he said, others were being of
fered jobs ahead of him, Med
ford police reported. ,
Police were informed of
the incident by Charles Walk
er Crary, 2060 Andover dr.,
business manager of Electri
cal Workers Union Local 659
here, who reported the man
made the threat to his office
girl, Donnis Fay Misek, 1309
Mt. Pitt ave.
"I'll blow this place up and
I have the stuff to do it
with," Mrs. Misek quoted the
man as saying.
' She said he had come into
the office to ask for a job and,
when told none were avail
able, said, "You're not telling
me the truth because I sen
several fellows with work
slips when I was downtown,
and I was ahead of them."
The man was described as
having been "drinking quite
a bit," police said.
Berkeley, Calif. - (WD - The
world's second largest tele
scope has gone into partial
operation at Lick Observatory.
points. Dowell will go on
duty at Sturgis guard station
upon his return here. -
Mi, and Mrs. Milton H.
Dutton and daughter of Texas
visited here recently at the
home of Dutton's grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
rfutton. Other guests at the
Dutton home recently were
Shanin Lemire of Washing
ton, and Rita Dupray. and
Tim and Tom Darland, of
Medford.
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Influenza Tops List .
Of County Diseases
Influenza again topped the
list of communicable diseases
reported to the Jackson coun
ty health department last
week, according to Dr. A.
Erin Merkel, public health
physician. '
Influenza cases include:
Medford 5, Ashland 4, Shady
Cove 4, Phoenix 3, Jackson
ville 1. Other cases were
measles, Medford 1; German
measles, Medford 7; Ashland
2; chickenpox. Talent 1; pneu
monia, Medford 1; scalp ring
worm, Ashland 1.
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