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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
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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. .
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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
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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.
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JOE HOSICK
Funeral Director