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O MAIL TRIBUNV, Medford, Or.
A Sunday, March 13, 1960
National Merit
Tests Taken by
Local Students
A total of 137 students from
Medford High school took the
National Merit Scholarship
qualifying test, Principal Les
ter Harris has announced.
All students who wish to be
considered for Merit Scholar
ships to be awarded in 1961
were required to take the
test.
The qualifying test was
three-hour test of educational
development and college apti
tude with emphasis on broad
Intellectual skills and on
understanding and ability to
use what can be learned rath
er than on sheer knowledge
of facts.
The test was the first step
In the sixth annual competi
tion for Merit Scholarship
provided by about 100 cor
porations, foundations, pro
fessional societies and indivi
duals as well as the National
Merit Scholarship Corpora
tion itself.
$15 Million Awarded
More than $15 million has
been awarded in the first four
years of the program.
Scores of the tests will be
made available to participat
ing schools before the end of
the spring semester in time
for use by advisors.
Some 10,000 semifinalists,
the highest scorers in each
state, will be named early
next fall. Semifinalists take
another examination with the
top scorers in that test becom
ing finalists in the program.
Winners of Merit scholar
ships will be selected from
the group of finalists on the
basis of school records and
recommendations, test scores,
extracurricular and outside-of-school
interests and ac
complishments, and other in
dications indicating future
promise.
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Raid on Still Near Gold Ray Dam
Nets Agents 25 Gallons of Liquor
WOODLAND HIDEWAY-The moonshiners
may have used this cabin in the woods lo
cated on a steep hillside a quarter of a mile
up from a dirt road along the Rogue river.
Officers estimated the cabin and the cave
above it are about a half mile from the Gold
Ray dam.
MOONSHINERS' HEADQUARTERS - State Police Sgt. Faye
Holley points to the entrance of the dirt cave up a steep
hillside near the Gold Ray dam. Officers had to crawl into
the cave on their hands and knees. However, once inside,
there was room to stand up. The cave was located by traces
of partially dirt covered mash which the bootleggers had
thrown out. A sportsman notified state police, who found
the cave Friday.
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Women's Fitness
Class Scheduled
At Junior High
A women's physical fitness
course for women of all ages
will start Tuesday, March 22,
from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. in the
girl's gym at McLoughlin
Junior. High school.
The course will be held
weekly on Tuesday nights for
eight successive weeks. Med-
ford's parks and recreation
department is sponsoring the
program which is offered free
of charge to all interested
women.
Miss Ruth Adkins, physical
education instructor at Mc
Loughlin Junior High school,
will instruct the classes.
Parks and Recreation Di
rector Robert Haworth said
the first few classes will be
devoted to exercises, but will
gradually evolve ii-to games
such as badminton, volleyball
and deck tennis.
First Tim
Haworth said this is the first
time that the city has sponsor
ed such classes and if they
prove successful they may be
come a permanent part of the
city's recreation program. He
said the city decided to spon
sor the program after several
requests for it were received
from various women.
The main purpose of the
classes is to give women a
chance to get into shape for
the summer months, he said.
Medford is not the first city
to offer such a program. Many
other cities, including Grants
Pass, have been offering simi
lar courses for some time
which have proved success
ful, he said. Haworth, who
was with the Spokane parks
and recreation department be
fore coming to Medford, said
the program there had as
many as 600 women enrolled
at any one time.
The Tuesday night class will
be able to accommodate about
20 women initially, Haworth
said, but if more desire to par
ticipate then additional class
es can be added as needed.
Anyone desiring further in
formation on the classes can
call the city parks and recre
ation department at the city
hall or come to the first class
March 22.
NAMED ADVISOR
Salem - (UPD - F. Ivan Brown
has been named advisor and
consultant to the State Indus
trial Accident commission.
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
"We're going to raid a still
up in the hills. Like to come
along?"
Soon after this terse invi
tation over the telephone we
had our camera and were
waiting in a state police car to
meet agents of the state liquor
control board.
Then, with the state agents
following behind, Sgt. Fay
Holley, of the state police was
driving over a rutted country
road alongside the Rogue
river.
Near Gold Ray dam we
found the pickup truck driven
by State Policeman Don
Cain. The men quickly chang
ed into coveralls. Our party
included Sgt. Bill Minett,
Grants Pass, and Al Hartley,
Medford, both inspectors with
the Oregon state liquor con
trol commission.
Climb Steep Hill
After climbing a steep hill
through brush for a quarter
of a mile we found a cabin
whose weathered appearance
camouflaged it well among
the scrub trees and brush.
There, standing near a fire,
were a federal agent and
Cain who both looked more
like moonshiners than law
enforcement officers, accord
ing to their attire. Traces of
mash found by a fisherman
and pointed out to Cain show
ed near the cabin.
Approximately 100 yards
above the cabin was a cave
witn tne orusn-covered en
trance only large enough for
a man to crawl through on
hands and knees. This Cain
proceeded to do, dragging
rope with him. The agent of
the alcohol and tobacco divis
ion of the Internal Revenue
Service followed him.
Outside of a possible cave-
in there was no danger since
the cave had been carefully
reconnoitered before for
presence of moonshiners.
Soon one end of the rope
was tied around the large
copper drum with coiled cop
per tubing attached. This was
pulled and pushed out of the
cave, which was large enough
for men to stand in. Several
large wooden barrels follow
ed, then many glass jugs.
25 Gallons Discovered
When lined up outside the
cave, and the coiled copper
tubing and other parapherna
lia all connected, the still
looked like that of Snuffy
bmith of comic strip fame
The officers estimated it took
about a day to manufacture
the 25 gallons of liquor dis
covered.
Uncapping a jug, Sergeant
Holley sniffed the clear liquid
with some sort of excrement
or dirt floating in the bottom
"Most awful stuff I've ever
seen!" he remarked. And the
others agreed. This tested out
later at 50 proof. Most moon
shine is 100 proof or better.
It amazed the officers that
normally lazy moonshiners
would drag the large, awk
ward barrels and heavy equip
ment up such a steep hill. The
liquor was of such poor qual
ity that it apparently had no
sale and the still had been
abandoned for a month or
more.
Uncovered Many Stills
"This stuff we found us
ually is what you might call
rot-gut," the state police ser
geant commented. As a state
police game law enforcement
officer, he had uncovered
many stills while tramping
around the woods. "The stuff
is always unsanitary. The
more potent stuff too often
blinds or kills a person."
"Usual market for the
moonshiners are teenagers
and those on the interdiction
list," the federal agent said.
"We have a big problem with
teenagers, who, of course, can
not buy liquor at the state
liquor stores. Next to dope,
moonshine probably is the
most serious corrupting influ
ence on youth. The interdic
tion list has names of persons
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LIFT STILL-Sgt. Bill Mynatt, Grants Pass, Oregon Liquor
Control commission inspector, helps lift the large 50-gallon
copper drum of the still out of a cave near Gold Ray dam.
Assisting him is Sgt. Faye Holley of the Oregon state police
headquarters here. A few minutes after this picture was
taken Sergeant Mynatt punctured the drum with a pickaxe
found in the moonshiners' cave.
whom judges have forbidden
to drink liquor for one reason
or another. Every state liquor
store gets such lists."
Moonshine price range is
from $10 to $20 a gallon.
Liquor tax on the legal liquor
is $10.50 a gallon. Moonshin
ers estimate they can produce
it at 50 cents a fifth for which
they will receive at least $5.
Moonshiners Fluctuate
Moonshining fluctuates ac
cording to the rate of unem
ployment and usually occurs
in logging communities.
This is the first still discov
ered in Jackson county for a
few years, the officers said.
Agents noticed a rise in
Oregon moonshining during
the recent business recession
and a sudden drop in this ac
tivity when employment be
c a m e better. Moonshiners
must have water to run
through their barley or corn
mash. Gradual settling of the
state has made it more and
more difficult to successfully
operate hidden stills. Then,
too, judges are giving those
caught with . moonshine in
Women Voters
Draft Booklet
The final draft of a study
of Jackson county govern
ment, to be published this
month by the Medford League
of Women Voters, has gone to
the printers.
The League reported yester
day that the 48-page booklet
is expected to be off the press
about March 19 and a "publi
cation party" to present the
booklet to the public has been
set for March 29. A selling.
campaign will follow.
The booklet is the result of
over two years' study by the
non-partisan League. It pro
vides a brief description of
the history, geography and
economy of the county, but
deals largely with the struc
ture and functions, staff serv
ices, administration of justice,
public welfare, health, sanita
tion, education and other
phases of government.
It is to be sold at an at-cost
price through the county, the
League reported. Copies have
already been ordered in ad
vance for use in a number of
county schools.
County officials and others
who assisted the League with
the study will receive special
invitations to the publication
party, which will be an in
formal open house from 3 to
5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29,
in the Kea cross Duiiaing.
The public is invited.
QUESTION SUSPECTS
Lyons, France - (UPD - Police
said they have questioned
some 500 Algerians in con
nection with the derailing of
the Paris - Marseilles express
train three days ago.
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their possession, the custom
ers, stiff penalties.
Coos Bay, the area east of
Cottage Grove and Sweet
Home, in recent years have
been centers for moonshin
ing, particularly east of Cot
tage Grove, the federal agent
noted. However, Oregon pro
duces a mere drop compared
to what is produced in the
Carolinas, Georgia and other
southern states where dry
counties and custom cause
moonshining to be more popular.
Recently federal agents
have become more concerned
with the large two-story dis
tilleries of moonshine operat
ing in New Jersey, New York
and Philadelphia. Federal
agents here feel they are like
firemen, on the job to prevent
further outbreak.
Forester Receives Incentive Award
Edward L. Hastey, forester
in the Medford district of the
bureau of land management,
has received an award of $25
granted by the area incentive
awards committee for a sug
gestion that California Ink
mapping inks be adopted for
map coloring.
Presentation of the award,
together with letter of con
gratulations from James F.
Doyle, area administrator,
was made by District Mana
ger Ross Youngblood of the
Medford district office.
The incentive awards pro
gram, established several
years ago, is to encourage
government employew to par
ticipate in the task of improv
ing the efficiency aid econo
my of government operations.
Hastey started working for
the bureau in June, 197, as a
student trainee in the lledford
district office and through the
years has been promoted to
various forestry positiow. He
is a graduate of the Universi
ty of Washington and also at
tended Fresno State college
and Monterey collegfe. In No
vember, 1959, he completed
a Red Cross first aid training
course.
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