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1 w-m n n ? ft L InJ o mm MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1959 tf-f Jf its' v to MM W ' I 'WINDOW DETAIL - Thickness of the log dow framing have been removed. Opening "walls" in the Ziegler home are revealed in , for the huge rock fireplace is shown in low ! the picture above that shows a window er right, .opening after clapboards (siding) and win- jx V miiwi ii hi mil mm ii in .UPPER FLOOR The upstairs room in the . log home owned by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zieg ler used to be a snug attic bedroom, but has not been used for many years. The logs' how clearly the marks of the axe,-that was used, to shape them. Rafters in the building f $ i ' jCtL?,- J v CORNER JOINTS - This unique joint used in the construc tion of the Ziegler home on the Applegate, built in the 1870's, makes' a flush corner eliminating projecting ends of the logs. Careful fitting was necessary to get the joints to "seat" properly. The logs themselves were hand hewn to create a flat surface inside and out. PAINLESS BEGINNING Oestersund. Sweden (LTD - One hundred fifty draftees who reported for one-month summer duty here Friday had toied to make the Army as painless as possible. They were drunk. Officials said at least 100 of them will begin tbjeir army careers by facing clferges of public drunkenness. CORN REMOVER huiont nM from pom and pa mo9t hot corns, tot m. eoliousn. to tran mod MisfttrM. Wkw km foiUd try ttus cm. Try w hmi bfivf. whidl raWw mm, www, twalCng first er Mcond Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT Developing Dunes Would Aid Harbor Washington-(UP-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger Saturday said that the'establishment of the Oregon Dunes National Seashore Recreation - would not interfere with harbor de velopment in the Florence area. - The chief of the Army En- ginners reportedly assured the Senator of this after Ned berger inqured; about possible effects on the improvement of navigation in the Siuslaw riv er. ; ; . , V - 7 Neuberger said the new coastal recreation area "would tend to speed naviga tion imrovements in the Sius law river because , of increas ed use of the waterway , by tourists attracted to the new development." are of poles and "sawed" boards were used as . support for the shakes , that originally covered the roof. Ziegler recently tore the siding off the building,, exposing the open gables above the log construction. ' ' Neuberger Says Khrushchev Fuss Could Hamper Ike : Washington - (DPD - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D- Ore.) told his colleagues Sat urday .that some of them may hamper. President Eisenhower on histrip to' Russia if they persist in outcries against having Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev visit the na tion's capital.V . . Neuberger said in a Senate speech that some protests to Khrushchev's visit amount al most to "an obsession or a mania on' the part of certain senators." Urging such lawmakers "to get back' their perspectives," he pointed out that "the rule of an. eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" undoubted ly will prevail .when Eisenr hower makes his return visit to Moscow. " ' Reds Might Retaliate "If we remember that any insult to Mr. Khrushchev in America may provide the ex cuse for a similar insult to President Eisenhower in the Soviet Union," he said, "it may act as some restraint on the conduct of those who have opposed the forthcoming visit so strenuously." Sen. Mike Mansfield (Mont.), assistant Democratic leader, praised Neuberger's statement. He said Americans hajre "only one duty, and that is to support the President of the" United States" no matter what their views on the ex change of visits. Not Criticizing . , Neuberger emphasized that he was. not criticizing ."those who regard the ' Khrushchev visit as a 'mistake'." But as long as the President extend ed the -invitation, he said, no one should "sabotage or seek to undermine'.' his move. "Let us not expose our President to embarrassment or insults in Russia by rude conduct on our part to MrJ Khrushchev in the United States," the senator said. Home Is on Part Of Original Land Of Captain Boaz By BOB VROMAN Mail Tribune Staff Writer One of the few remaining log homes built by early sett lers in this area, having served its term of usefulness, will soon be gone, from the quiet spot it has occupied for more than 80 years. It was not without nostal gia that owners Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ziegler recently set about to tear the building down to make room for a new home on the site. The log house is located on the Applegate, across the river from Star ranger station, on part of an original homestead taken up in the 1870's by "Captain" Kinder Boaz, a pi oneer settler here. According to records filed in Uniontown, now in the. pos session of Jacksonville mu seum, Boaz proved up a land claim for 160 acres in that area, with the final entry be ing made Nov. 1, 1876. It can be assumed that the construction of the log house was started about that time or slightly before. Records Reviewed Old records from the Jack sonville cemetery indicate that Boaz was born in 1834 and died in 1909, being 'mar ried to Laura Jane Wells Feb. 10, 1861. A military list, also in possession of the mu seum, shows that he was on the Army roster in the years 1882, '83 and '84. Assessment rolls show that in 1885 he filed as owner of 22 horses, 22 hogs and seven cows, in addition to the 160-acres of land. , As near as it is known, Boaz got his title of "captain" not from a military rank, but from the fact that he was a wagon train leader of some reknown. He was about 40 years old when he and his vife settled on the Applegate and began construction of the log cabin. William Cameron, Mrs. Ziegler' s grandfather, who came to this country in 1863, was one of those who helped Boaz build the home. This neighbor way families had of helping each other build homes and other buildings was' common practice among pioneers, because handling heavy logs was not a one man job. i Parents Buy Home Mrs. Ziegler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benton Po'ol, bought the home from Patrick Swayne in 1906, who had pre sumably purchased the home from Boaz, and it has re mained in the . Pool-Ziegler family since' that . time. The home has been occupied con tinuously since its construc tion. . For some time, the Zieglers have contemplated the re moval of the building because through the years it has be come more and more diffi cult to repair and the weight of the logs have caused the house to settle "and twist. A few weeks ago fire broke out where the chimney from the kitchen ' stove passes through the wall. Mrs. Zieg ler was upstairs when she smelled smoke and upon com ing down to investigate, she found one end of the kitchen ablaze. She and her husband and their 14-year old son, Bobby, doused the fire by the' "bucket brigade" system with water from the irrigation ditch that runs through the front yard, but not before the kitchen was badly dam aged. Time Had Come After this incident, Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler talked it over and decided that the time had come for the " house to go. About two weeks ago, after removing layers of ivy vines that covered the north wall of the house, Ziegler began removing the exterior siding, revealing the rough - hewn logs. The siding was apparently put on when the building was erected because the logs showed no signs of weather ing and were as sound as the day they were cut. Other "finished" lumber used was that in the floors, and partitions, which are made of pine boards a full inch thick. Several sawmills in the area were in opera tion about that time and could have supplied the lum ber. In tearing off the siding, Ziegler has collected a two pound coffee can full of square nails of all size. Fireplace Torn Down One of the first things to be torn down was the huge fireplace that was made of river boulders set in clay mor tar. The logs directly about the Srebox are charred from the heat of many firei that tOG HOUSE - Built by "Captain" Kinder Boaz, an early-day settler in the Applegate area, this aging log house is in the process of being torn down by owners Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ziegler. Fire in the kitchen recently caused extensive damage and could easily have destroyed the house-the fate of many warmed the house through its 80 some winters. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler, who are living temporarily in a trailer house, say they are in no hurry to tear the house down and are being careful not to destroy anything that would be of historical value. When a heavy building pa per (added in more recent years) was torn from the rooms , they found that the ceilings and walls were cov ered with old newspapers; mostly copies' of the Jackson ville Democratic Times and the Southern Oregonia dating back to as early as 1896. Marks of Axe The logs of the old build ing show clearly the marks of the broad axe and adze that were used to hew them into shape, and the carefully notched corner joints give ev idence of the skill involved in fitting them together. It is said that horses were used to skid the logs to the build in site, and, probably through some means of rope tackle, the heavy timbers were lifted into place. The fact that the joints are so lieatly seated where the weight falls shows that each log must have been fit ted two or three times before it was finally put in place. The bigger cracks were filled with wedge-shaped pieces of split poles, which served as chinking. The logs were laid so that they rose to a height of about four feet above the floor of the second story, making a large upstairs room that re sembled an attic. This served as a bedroom where Mrs. Ziegler said she slept as a child. -Small Bedrooms There are two small bed rooms on the south side of the house and a good sized kitch en and dining room area on the back, all leading off the "front" room. The narrow staircase to the top floor is IIIVIBIIIiliBIIIIIIIIIUBIBn I A Tribut I To Our School Teachers! I Today, as "no time before in history, the school jj . ' teacher is recognized as America!- With juvenile delinquency increasing apace, and foreign ideologies creeping into our school books, it is high time that glowing tribute was paid to these patient meYi and women who instruct our young. Let's remember that teachers are human beings, not machines. Let's give them the support and confidence they so.richly. de serve. Let's attend PTA meetings and contribute something more than children. This community is- fortunate in having such fine schools and outstanding educators. We applaud their work and their good American achievements! Medford Pharmacy 1 10f North Central,' Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 Week Days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 1 - Open Sundays & Holidays 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. 1 We Salute located at the kitchen-living room door. ; Besides t'e main ' house, other existing buildings that were part of the original homestead include a spring house, a combination smoke house and potato house and a woodshed. The Ziglers do not plan to remove these build ings. Though they are old and weathered, they a"re still us able and quite picturesque. A visitor in the Applegate area this week was William Sargent, now 62, a grandson of Captain Boaz, who came from Roseburg to do some prospecting in countryside he knew as a boy. He relates that his grandfather raised hogs and cattle, most .of which he sold to the Chinese miners in the area, receiving gold in return. Sargeant said that mink and fox were trapped in the area in the early days. 1 It is sad to think that this colorful era of pioneer settle ment is gone, and, that the log house, a symbol of man's toil and struggle against the elements, must also become a thing of the past, but that is the way of time and progress. Attorneys Named to Bar Committees Three Medford attorneys are serving on committees making arrangements for Oregon State Bar's observ ance of its 25th year in Bend, Sept. 23-26. They , are Robert B. Dun can, . resolutions committee; Manville M. Heisel, tent show committee, and Carl M. Bro phy, committee on continuing legal education. Dean F. Bryson of Portland was named general chairman o fthe four-day event which will feature the continuing legal education series. r' Glaciers cover 18,000 square miles of Alaska's total area of 586,400 square miles. , the builder of 'tomorrow's Our Town! I of the pioneer homes. Above, Mrs. Ziegler, left, talks with Miss Mary Hanley, curator of the Jacksonville museum, and her sister, Miss Claire Hanley, president of the South ern Oregon Historical society, who came to inspect the house one day last week. Kogap Bids High For U.S. Timber Kogap Lumber Industries, Inc., Medford, was high bid der on 12 million board feet of timber in the Minnehaha creek area at the north end of the Union Creek district of Rogue River National forest. Kogap bid $375,070, an av erage of $31.25 per thousand board feet, at a timber sale Friday. Six lumber and ply wood concerns submitted bids. C. E. Brown, supervisor of Rogue River National forest, said there were 94 raises dur ing the course of the oral auc tion. Forest service appraisal of the timber was $190,920, he said.. . . . The contract includes con struction of 6.7 miles of forest road, including a bridge over Rogue river.' The road takes off at the north end of the recently paved section of Dia mond lake highway, and will open a new area . for . log trucks, Brown said. . ' . : Other bidders were; South ern Oregon Plywood, Grants Pass; Ross Lumber company, White City; Cheney Forest Produpts, Central Point; Fir Ply, Inc., White City, and Red Blanket Lumber company, Prospect. - . , WISH 'GRANTED t ' Westminster; Calif. (CPD - El mer Rogers, 33, of Long Beach, told police Friday he stole a tire and 'a couple of rolls of wire found in his car because he wanted them to lock him up. He said he want ed to be somewhere where his wife couldn't get at him. The police granted his wish. f ' . . The Signs Are Up! . Road signs have now been placed on all major junctions of Ifae . I North Phoenix Road to make it easier for you to locate the park. I - ' g Hillcrest . . - . 1 II 1 I B Memorial Park I 1 North Phoenix Road Phoenix 1 1 I X. Rogue A NT ' Valley J , XN""T" 11 Hospital (2 " I I TriLrjEW-PARK I ii IJnJInl Bij nriscoll, manager ; North Phoenix Road jj II , Phone SP 3-6162 or SP 2-7111 r i hi ii nrr 1 m - . Patrolman Face Music, Family Chicago -flJPB- A New York policeman who faked his own suicide so he could run .off with his blonde sweetheart said Saturday he would go back to face the music - not to mention his wife and four children. The now-unemployed -police man, Richard Supple, 28, and his girl friend, divorcee Jac queline McErlean, 24, were believed to have flown back to JJew York after surrender-; ing to Chicago police. But a check of airline reser vation lists failed to turn up the names of the couple, who disappeared again after tell- Negro Farmer Hoping to Enter All-White School nUited Press International A 30-year-old Negro farmer who wants to complete his college education . has an nounced he ' will attempt" to register for classes next Tues day at Mississippi Southern college, an ' all-white state school at Hattiesburg, Miss. It would be the first serious attempt to integrate any pub lic school on the college or secondary level in' Mississippi, which has total segregation in education. Mississippi Gov. J. P. Coleman said he would confer, with school officials. The Negro, Clyde Kennard, said Friday the National As sociation for the - Advance ment of Colored People had nothing 'to do with his deci sion to register. He said ..he could not afford to leave his farm near Hattiesburg to at tend an all-Negro school. Kennard said, however, that if the matter goes to the courts "I certainly wouldn't hesitate to use NAACP funds and attorneys." He indicated he would take court action if he is refused admission racial grounds. Kennard, an Army veteran who , served in Europe : and Korea, attended the Univer sity of Chicago from 1952 through 1955 . while . living with a sister in Chicago. He sai'd he had planned to try to enter Mississippi . : Southern last year -but decided against it because of "fairly good in dications . that the. governor might close the school." At: Montgomery, Ala., Gov. John Patterson backed two bills introduced into the state senate Friday ' which would give him authority to close integration-threatened schools. Similar bills are in effect in other southern states. A STEP BACKWARD , . . Columbia, S.C. (DPD - Unem ployment in South Carolina reached its lowest poirtt in three years Saturday, and 50 temporary employees of the state, employment security commission were dropped from the payroll. ' i ' ' and Girl mg newsmen, "We still love each other, but we'll go back." Supple Friday revealed he and Jacqueline had been in Chicago since July 29, nine days after he faked his own drowning on Rockaway Beach on Long Island. - Chicago Police Lt. Edward Culleeny said Supple told him he grew tired of his family and kids and became enrap tured with the girL But after wards, he grew tired of run ning around too. He told me, Tve got to go back and face the music." In New York, Supple's wife, ' Madeline, said, she had begun to believe her husband was dead and was stunned by the news that he was not only alive but had run off with another woman. 'I Don't Know' Asked if she would take him back, she said "I don't know. I don't want to do anything until I talk to him. I am only thinking now of my children." ; . Supple and Mrs. McErlean came to Chicago and took an apartment while she got a job as a receptionist. She quit that job Sept. 1 and their savings gradually dwindled. . The penniless couple went to St. Clement's Roman Cath olic Church Thursday night to talk to The Rev. Henry Hill, who advised them to go back and "face the music." Case Against Local Man Is Dismissed ; A charge of burglary not in a dwelling against Dennis Lydell Conner, 25, of 1016 Murray st., Medford, was dis missed in district court Fri day on motion of District At torney Thomas J. Reeder.' Reeder stated in the motion that Medford Concrete Con struction, company, the alleg ed victim, was "unwilling 'to prosecute or to assist the state of Oregon In the prosecution of said case." Furthermore, Reeder stated, the officers of the company had indicated they would- not testify. Conner was arrested early Thursday morning by : Med ford police. " 1 See Africa's Pnm hacUced , 17 L. 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