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14 MAft TRIBUNE, MtoW. Or. Sunday, Jan. 24, I960 Cflowmi Slhw I nt iresft odd t - i -s : B -: X i : Mil i1 111 I I J fe4 -AS lit4?- zf STAIRCASE Part of the staircase in the old U.S. Hotel is shown above. Restoration of the hotel, plans for which are being formulated bv the Siskiyou Pioneer bites iounaauun, would help make the hotel a tourist attraction in southern Oregon, and could be the first step toward restoration of the city of Jacksonville into .fc i !? ..-.--wr------ ' 'I T'T1 '"S-A XUl'. Ti f l ROOM'S FIREPLACE Above is one of the fireplaces in tome of the rooms in the old U.S. Hotel. General cleanup work, which would be involved in restoration plans, would be comparatively minor compared to the overall project, according to Dr. Frank Haines, chairman of the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation committee in charge of restoration. New Division of PT&T Announced For Northwest Portland-Formation of Pa cific Telephone-Northwest as a new division of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company was announced Fri day by the firm's board of di rectors, according to Oregon Area Vice President and Gen eral Manager F. M. Mitchell. The change takes, place Feb. 1. The board also elected Wal ter W. Straley, now vice presi dent and general manager of . the company's S o u t h e rn ' Counties Area at San Diego, first president of Pacific Tele ; phone-Northwest. He also be . comes a member of the board " of directors of PT&T. At the same time it was an nounced PT&T President Mark R. Sullivan is stepping up to become chairman ' of the board of directors, and Carl O. Lindeman of New Jersey Bell is succeeding him ( as president of PT&T. Reasons for Set up Growth of the Pacific Northwest, increasing com plexity of phone company op erations and a desire to bring top authority close to the com munities the company serves were reasons given for the new set-uD. The new manage ment unit will include Ore gon. Washington and north ern Idaho. Headquarters for Pacific Telephone-Northwest will be Seattle. Straley plans to maintain offices in Portland "also. The Oregon Advisory Coun cil of Pacific Telephone will continue to function as it has in the past, according to Mitchell. The council is a group of Oregon business leaders which meets monthly to review with phone com pany management progress and plans as they affect the communities served in. Ore gon. Pacific Telephone - North west will have a plant invest ment of $650,000,000. to serve ab" a million and a half p.. -s and employ more than 15,000. The annual payroll All an oia mining iowu. SOC Faculty's Writings Listed Ashland - Appearing in the current Oregon State System of Higher Education bulletin in faculty publications is a list of the published works of South Oregon college staff members from July 1, 1956 through June 30, 1958. According to Dr. John R. Richards, chancellor of the OSSHE, publications of the faculty of all the system in stitutions are compiled every two years, and are but one indication of devoted service to the cause of higher educa tion. The chancellor also point ed out that some of the ar ticles represented years of study and research and were evidence of their constant search for truth and under standing in a special area of knowledge. SOC contributors include Dr. Eugene W. Bowman, Dr. Herbert Cecil, Dr. Marvin D. Coffey, James R. Dawson, Dr. Alva W. Graham, Dr. Irene Hollenbeck, Dr. Arthur Kreis man, Glenn T. Matthews, Dr. Clifford R. Miller, Dr. John D. E. McAulay, Leon C. Mul ling, and Dr. Dorothy E. Stolp. Unmarried girls under 20 years of age complain of more frequent headaches than any other group in the U.S., ac cording to a sample study of 5.000 ' sons reported by the Catho Digest. Married peo ple h; i. the fewest headaches. and associated costs will be S94.000.000. Currently the company has some 550.000 phones in Ore gon and 950.000 in Washing ton. The Oregon employees number 6000 against more than 9000 in Washington, while Oregon plant invest ment is about $250 million compared to a Washington plant investment total of S400 million. Oregon 1959 annual payroll ran about $36 million and the Washington payroll about S57 million. The dodu- lation of Oregon is 1.790,000 and that of Washineton 3,103,000. Pinto Colvig's Visit Helps to Develop Interest "But, take My J-ville. I can PICTURE it; but I can't WRITE it. I once spent a pleasant Sunday in Hanni bal, Missouri. (Mark Twain's hometown.) I could describe it down to the last pebble. Could do the same with your New York - or Oshkosh . . . but words fail me when it comes to de scribing J-ville. Because, there's no other town quite like it!" The above is quoted from a letter to Robert Oberfirst in Ocean City, N.J. "Re - construct My Old Hometown LIKE IT USE TO WUZ! "That U.S. HOTEL! Make President Haye's old room into a BRIDAL 'SWEET' (and charge 150-bucks per night. (Worth it!)" "Re - construct that up stairs OP'RY HOUSE. That dinky little stage. Cheap scenerypaintings on the rollercurtain and wings. Oil footlight lamps ... "Create a Hometown Stock Company and 'ham up' the old mellerdramas. Show old time movies. ('Great American Train Robbery') The illustrated (and frustrated) singer of old tearjerkin' ballads (with crack'd slides.)" Those words are quoted from a letter to Rudy Tetre-J ault, Jacksonville. Both the letters were writ ten by a clown who is inter ested in seeing Jacksonville restored. Oberfirst is Pinto Colvig's literary agent, and Tetreault, who is active, in Jacksonville Lion club activi ties, is one of Pinto's many friends in this area. "The Village Clown" lived in Jacksonville between 1892 and 1906, and visited the town and his friends during last year's Gold Rush Jubilee at the invitation of Tetreault and the Lions club. Serves As Instrument His visit, however, was more than just to see and talk with friends. It also served as an instrument in getting other interested people to Jacksonville to see what could be done in restoring it to bring a touch of the past to the present. Even before The Village Clown visited his old home town, plans were being dis cussed and formulated for restoration of the U.S. Hotel, and the reality of restoration appears nearer. Proceeds from the Gold Rush Jubilee were turned over to the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation's fund for restoring the hotel. The amount was about $1,000 raised by the Jacksonville Lions club, which has been instrumental in developing a general interest in Jackson ville as an old mining town, along with the Foundation. Foundation Committee A foundation commit tee headed by Dr. Frank Haines, associate professor of social studies at Southern Oregon college, will supervise the res toration project, plans for which may be available some time this summer. Others on the committee are prominent Jacksonville residents Everett Ravenor, P. E. Matheny, Art Davies and Ernest Mclntyre. The hotel, which is some 80 years old, has been con demned for sometime as un safe, and most of the restor ation work will be in the wall structure, which in some cases needs rebuilding and reen forcement. But to restore it to the way it was when President Ruther ford B. Hayes stayed in it soon after it was opened will be a major job. Dr. Haines estimated that it would take over S8.000 to restore the building, if most the material needed is do nated.. Some material already has been offered, but funds are needed now, he said. Funds Can Be Raised He said he believed neces sary funds could be raised, and the foundation is inter ested in receiving donations from valley residents since it is the area which will benefit from any restoration project. However, the foundation is at tempting to interest organiza tions outside this immediate area in the project. The building itself is in a state of disrepair with win dows broken out, cracks in the walls and loose floor boards. Layers of dust cover everything and assorted litter is strewn about the rooms. The city of Jacksonville, which owns the building, is using some of the downstairs HOTEL TODAY Funds are beginning to accumulate for the restoration of the old U.S. Hotel in Jacksonville, pic tured above as it is today. Included in the building is an opera house upstairs. The structure was built in 1880. area for equipment storage, and there is evidence in var ious rooms that the building has been used by other organi zations. But restoration of the in terior is relatively minor, Dr. Haines said, compared to the work necessary on the basic structure. Could Be First Step Restoring the U.S. Hotel could be the first step in a general restoration project for the city of Jacksonville, Dr. Haines indicated. He express ed optimism about the restor ation of the city, and indi cated it would be an economy asset to the valley. The foundation, however, is more interested in keeping Jacksonville as a "living me morial," and not as a formal tourist attraction such as Wil liamsburg, Va. Stores would be much the same as now the only difference would be in restoring the atmosphere to that of an old mining town. Pinto, too, has expressed this same interest in letters to valley residents, and helped develop interest in such a project during his visit last year. In one letter to Tetreault, he suggested that Jacksonville streets be named. "And PLEASE change the business section to MAIN STREET. (Why give CALIFORNIA credit?)," he wrote. Streets should be named after some of the pioneers, he suggested, like B e e k m a n, Hanley and Applegate. "-and these signs should n't be uptodate. No. They should be prominent, in semi - crude lettering (or burned - in like a cattle brand) on rustic, aged boards. And for Heaven's sake, re-build some of those old street lights and lamp posts and stick 'em around town! "-and what happened to all of the HITCHIN' RACKS & POSTS as in the days of yore?" It was after Pinto returned to Hollywood, Calif., where he now makes his headquar ters, after his visit here, that he wrote to Oberfirst. The letter was in answer to ques tions Oberfirst' asked concern ing Pinto's boyhood in Jack sonville, and what kind of a town it was. In his reply, Pinto painted the picture of Jacksonville as he knew it. The downtown area he described as follows: "You wanta go Down town J-ville; so, at Pape's Saloon you turn RIGHT. . . and all along MAIN STREET (for a Vz mile) on both sides the street you'll pass (within spittin' - dis tance): "3 or 4 General Stores. "Billy Poole's Barber Shop. "3 Candy Stores. "Bum Neubers 'Banquet Saloon. "Harry Luy's Saloon. "The J-ville 'Sentinel & .Jackson Co. News. (Repub lic, i) "Charley Nichol's, The Democratic Times & Job Printing'. "Doc' Robinson's smelly Drugstore. "Beekman's Bank & WellsFargo Agent & School Supplies. "Johnnie Miller's U. S. Gov't Post Office, (also gar den seeds, hardware & cof fins.) "Mister Kane. The Ex pert Harness & Saddle Ma ker & Boot & Shoe repairs.) "Tom Kenny's Hardware Store; "Now, go up GUMBO ALLEY and you'll find Zoop Coulter The Pioneer Sign & Carriage Painter. Next door is Otto Eeede, NEW HOTEL This picture, loaned to the Mail Tribune by the Jacksonville Museum through its curator, Miss Mary Hanley, shows the U.S. Hotel about two years after it was constructed, and about the time Presi dent Hayes stayed there. Unpaved streets were crossed on "step-stones" visible across Students Invited To Speech Meet Ashland-Students from 10 high schools in Southern Ore gon will participate in the 12th annual invitational High School Speech conference on the Southern Oregon college campus Jan. 29 - 30. Student speakers have been scheduled to compete in all fields of public speaking, in cluding debate, oratory, ex temporaneous, radio and poet ry reading. Students from Ashland. Crater, Eagle Point, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, North Bend Phoenix, Rose- burg and South Eugene have been invited to the conference A special dinner will be given for the guests, after which officials and speakers will attend the first showing of "Sleeping Beauty," pre sented by the Southern Ore gon college players. Auto manufacturers know that 88 per cent of America's families get a newspaper every day. That's why they advertise in newspapers. One leading manufacturer increas ed its newspaper advertising 53 per cent in 1958 over the previous year, and upped its sales 80 per cent. Tin Smith, Glazier, and Ex pert Scythe Sharpener. "So, you come back down the alley and on both sides the street you'll find The United States Hotel & Op'ry House. "Luke Ryan's Dry Goods Store. . "Geo. Lewis's Union Feed & Livery Stable. "Mrs. Taylor's 'Elite' Boarding House (for par ticular people.) "Shacks . . . and Done gan's Blacksmith Shop). Across street is Charley Basey's Blacksmith Shop. "Now you're somewhere, at other end of MAIN STREET - near The Old Grist Mill." Jacksonville may never be restored to those days as Pin to describes and remembers it, but if the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites 'Foundation's program gathers momentum, Jackson ville could become one of the largest attractions in the state. "Because, there's no other town quit like it!" Major work involved in restoration is repairing weakened walls, since the building has been condemned for several years. Clarification of Names Reported Wayne G. Carter, 730 Broad st., and his son, David R. Carter, same address, are not the Carters involved in re cent court cases the elder Car ter has asked the Mail Trib une to point out. The other Carters, whose first names are also Wayne and David, were involved in two recent cases, one in con nection with an attempted robbery at Hawkins Nite Ga rage and the other in con nection with illegal possess ion of intoxicating liquor. Truckers Ask Law On Explosives Salem - (LTD - The Oregon Trucking association called Saturday for a state law reg ulating the transportation of explosives and putting such movement in Oregon under the public utility commission er. Robert Knipe of Portland, managing director of the as sociations, told the legislative highways interim committee that the request is - a direct result of the Roseburg dis aster, when an explosives-laden truck blew up, killing a dozen persons and causing millions of dollars damage. Knipe said the federal gov ernment's law for transport of explosives via common car rier is "adequate, but the one pertaining to private carriers is not." The Roseburg blast involved a private carrier. " EP Grange Donates To Building Fund Eagle Point - A check for more than $100 has been pre sented to the Eagle Point Scout Community Building committee by Eagle Point Grange. The check, presented to Harold Holloway, committee finance chairman, represents proceeds from a dinner spon sored by the Grange for help in construction of the youth building. The committee is expected to give a detailed report on the project within the next few days.' the main street above. The lamp, probably a coaloil or candle type, is visible at the corner. Pinto Colvig suggests replacing some lamps of this type in Jacksonville in a re storation project. The outside balcony did not remain on the building too long. Morse Questions Merchant's Views Washington-TOPD-Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) has called on undersecretary of state Liv ingston T. Merchant to say whether he advocated Amer ican armed intervention in the Indc-china war in 1954. The Oregon Democrat, in a letter to Merchant also ask ed whether the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles proposed that the United States attack Communist Viet Minn centers in Indochina and on the Chinese mainland in 1954. The letter, sent Friday, con tained a series of questions which Morse said he wanted answered before voting on Merchant s nomination to be undersecretary for political affairs. Search for SF Man to Oregon Salem (DPD The search for clues into the Dec. 6 dis appearance of Victor Teall, radio operator at San Fran cisco airport, retched into western Oregon Friday. Four investigators from San Mateo county, Calif, led by Chief Deputy Wesley A. Ppm eroy checked the stories of two teenagers, one brought in to the case by the other. Questioned Thursday night was Oona Lee Morgan, 17, now in Hillcrest School for Girls here. She said that Da vid Turner, 18, an inmate of the Oregon Correctional in stitution in Salem since last month, told her Teall was shot as Turner and Teall were driving on the California Coast highway. . CORN REMOVER Ght inrtort rWi fnm pais W hard com. soft cona two .,, coIIoums papillomas, club nails. It contains oral different ad, shot soften. and dm not covso m irailulin as oo strong acid nsixtwres. Whoa of ors ha, fa fed try. skis aM. Try wr union tM. which roTwvM pom, soreness, swelling first or second Both remedies no ijT bock guarantee. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT Oil Information Group Presented Awards at You could have shouted Fill 'er up" at the top of your lungs Friday night but Medford oilmen probably couldn't have helped you. They had their hands full gathering in awards. The occasion was the Oil Information committee's sixth annual "Go Devil" award ban quet at the Rogue Valley Country club. It was the first time the affair had been held outside Portland. Weather conditions consid ered, the switch proved to be ideal. As Master of ceremo nies Jim Dunlevy put it, "We're glad you moved from the frozen north." Medford's Oil Information committee won over the z& other such groups in the state as the outstanding OIC m Ore gon during 1959. Ten local members of the industry were awarded plaques for their service to the organization. Name of Tool The term "Go Devil comes from the oil fields and is the name of a tool used to clear clogged drilling lines. Ihus the aim of the OIC, through nonpartisan efforts by work ers from the industry, is io clear up any misconceptions which might arise about the oil industry. Kenneth G. Johnson, siaxe OIC chairman and speaker of the evening, presented "Go Devil" Dlaques to Ronald A. Hale, F. W. Mason and Robert conenn Texaco: H. R. Hall and Walter Jacobson, Tide water; Cyral Smith, Shell; H. Hnward Lace. Mobil; H. R Edwards and James S. Firth, Standard, and Jack Daugerty, Signal. Receives Cuff Links Hale, secretary of the Med ford committee, also received a set of gold cuff links, with rubies and inscribed with the "nr. TWil" insienia. as the member of the winning com mittee most deserving of "spe cial recognition. ' Medfordites were in the limelight but out-of-towners managed to collect a few priz es. Certificates of "meritori ous service" were awarded to Emma Calouri, standard, Port land; Marge Boone, Mobil, Portland: Bill Blodgett, Stand ard, Coos Bay, and John H. Schenk. Shell, Astoria, Kay Peterson. Tidewater. Port land, also was cited but was unable to attend. Medford's OIC also won the award last year but this was 2100 O A pre-need funeral service trust plan available. Investigate and save! SISKIYOU FUNERAL SERVICE PHONE (l SP 2-5488 SDSCUYffiU FUNERAL SERVICE MEMBER OREGON INTERMENT ASSOCIATION 605 HIGHLAND Dinner the first year it had copped the prize in open competition. The local committee won, as Johnson briefly stated it, be cause members had "the abil ity and the energy to do a good job." Canadian Math Professor Slates SOC Lectures Ashland Dr. Stephen A. Jennings, professor of mathe matics at the University of British Columbia, will be guest lecturer for six assem blies at Southern Oregon col lege, Jan. 27-29. it was an nounced by Dr. Floyd L. Tayl or, head of the college mathe matics department. The public has been invited to attend five of the lecture series, the first of which. What is Mathematics and What is a Mathematician?" has been scheduled for a gen eral assembly Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Churchill audi torium. There is no charge for any of the series. On Thursday and Friday mornings Dr. Jennings will continue the series in Room 116 of the college science building, speaking on "Ge ometry" and "Sets and Spaces." Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. the subject "Actuarial Sciences, an Illustration of Applied Mathematics" will be dismussed. Evening Lecture A special evening lecture will be given by Dr. Jennings on "Mathematics for the Col lege Capable High School Student, What, When and Why." This talk will be especially interesting and val uable to high school mathe matics and science teachers in the area. Dr. Taylor said. "Do We Talk Too Much," a discussion of college teaching methods, will be the subject for a social seminar for the SOC faculty with Dr. Jen nings on Thursday evening. Dr. Jennings will also be available for student consulta tion during his visit. The Mathematical Associ ation of America in sponsor ing Dr. Jennings' current tour, which will take him from Alaska to New Mexico, Dr. Taylor said. Our Beautiful New MORTUARY Now Open! JOE HOSICK Funeral Director
