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'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
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.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
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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.
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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
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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
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Week Days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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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.
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I 1 North Phoenix Road Phoenix 1 1
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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 ,
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SUNDAY-3:00p.m.
t Presented By
Rev. Harold Collins ,
Evangelistic Center
426 East Main '
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