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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1960)
Toble Hocks Designate Site off Dmidiomi Wars i i Twin Mesas Are Familiar to Area; Noted by Settlers By JAMES G. FISHER Familiar landmarks to resi dents of Jackson county are the twin Table Rocks located approximately 10 miles north west of Medford. 1 ! These two mesas have been described by explorers, sol diers, early settlers, and oth ers throughout the history of the white man in southern Oregon. Upper Table Rock located a mile northeast of Its neighbor rises to an elevation of 2,080 feet above sea level. Lower Table Rock is 2,044 feet high. Both rocks can be reached by private roads. An emergency airplane landing strip is lo cated on the lower rock and CAA radio equipment on the upper rock. Both rocks tower t over the Rogue river that ' flows past them to the south, 800 feet lower. Horseshoe-Shaped Both Upper and Lower Ta ble Rocks are roughly hor.se- 1 slioe-shapcd with the upper rock having approximately a square mile of relatively flat area and the lower rocjt approximately a half square mile area on top. The Table Rocks were the sites of many Important events of the Rogue River In dian war. On June 18, 1850, Gen. Joseph Lane had re signed as first territorial gov ernor of Oregon, hoping to make his last official act the signing of a peace treaty with the Rogue River Indians. The Rogues had been attacking travelers attracted to the area by the discovery of gold near -vt Jacksonville. r'Upon meeting the Indians near Graves creek. Lane and Khis party of 15 Klickitat In dians and a few white men found 150 armed Rogues. '; Only by using the Rogue chief as a hostage were the white men able to prevent an at tack. Later the chief was con vinced of the wisdom of a peace treaty with the whites. Renewed Outbreaks Early in the summer of 5 1851, renewed outbreaks be- tween whites and the Rogues i began with both sides being t blamed. Maj. Philip Kearney was sent to assist the settlers ! with a detachment of mouiit i ed regulars. Jj A battle took place In the i Table Rock area that lasted J from June 17 to June 30. 1 With the Indians driven off, t some heading downstream 1 and into the Sardine creek J a'rea, approximately 30 worn - en and children were taken prisoners. Following a short armistice, J outbreaks began again in S 1853. At this time, a howitzer, " rifles and ammunition were sent with seven soldiers from . Ft. Vancouver. They were 3 Joined by 40 volunteers from the Willamette valley. In the Rogue River valley, 200 local residents were joined by 80 volunteers from the Shasta valley In Califor nia. .Combined Forces The combined forces met in battle and defeated the Rogues near Evans creek. A ' second peace treaty was or ganized with the whiles and indians to meet between the Table Rocks on Sepl. 10, 1853 eqiiHl in numbers and un armed. 1 General Lane who had as sumed command of the com bined volunteers had encamp ed his men at Hailey Ferry -n the Rogue river. Tins was near Upper Table Rock and was later renamed Bybee Ferry. On the day of the peace treaty, Lane and 11 un armed men arrived at the meeting ground, about 2'i miles from, the military front and between the two rocks, j With him were J. W. Ne jmiith, in command of the Willamette valley volunteers . and later both a senator and congressman in Congress, In dian Superintendent Joel Pal- Jmer, Indian Agent Samuel P. .'Culver, Capt. A. J. Smith, ' Capt. L. F. Mosher, Col. A. J. oRoss, Lt. A. V. Kautz, R. B. "Metcalf, J. D. Mason and T. T. Tlerncy, 2 Well-Armed Indians J Waiting for the white men were over iuii wen-arnica hostile Indians. Long sixwhea were made by Land and Pal mer, requiring two transla tions, first Into the Chlnuok jargon and then Into the Rogue River tongue. Follow ing an outburst caused by the .news reaching the Indians ilhat white men had killed an Indian sub-chief, Lan- re mained - calm and promised that, the guilty person would bej punished. The treaty talk -continued with a treaty being Ifl-hed later that day. I pllli--the -signing of Hie trcrily, Ft. Lane was estb Jllslii'd on the banks of the -Rogue river near tlx pro- f wv Vi, . , ' f K. , , ,. " " ' I ' - ,- '. , '.: ' 1 ' , ' ,"' 'f1l v - ' t . 4 , ill ' .,:"''" ' ', ' "r ' r!!v", l,", ' 1 w ;i" ''"yyr-yw "vg.r i "1.." r ,' ,. f' -Az .& jttu A hi , 1'- - TABLE ROCKS Viewed up close, the Table Rocks show their ruggedness and beauty. Formation of the rocks has never been fully explained, except that they might be the - i m SITE OF FORT Slones used Ft. Lane were used in the construction of a monument at the site of the fort. The fort was located on the Gold Ray dam road near Tolo. It was used from 1853 to 1856.. I i , - " , - .v , PEACE TALKS A monument bearing the names of the men participating in the Sept. 10, 1853, peace talks with the Rogue River Indians has been erected along Table Rock posed reservation. It was built in September, 1853, and used until September, 1856. Within the fort were a parade ground, barracks, officer quarters, armory, hospital and other buildings, all built of logs. Ratily Treaty The U.S. Senate ratified the Rogue River Indian trea ty on April 12. 1854. About 2,500 acres of the up per Rogue river valley above the Applegate river, except for approximately 100 square miles east of Evans creek and north of the Rogue river, were ceded by the Indians. A total of 560,000 compen sation was paid by the gov ernment for the land, with $15,000 being used to pay damages to settlers. About $5,000 was spent for the bene fit Ol tilt lnb with til re f f r'V In the original construction of maining $40,000 being made in 16 equal annual payments In merchandise. Each of three chiefs received a house cost ing not more than S500. Since I the reservation was only a ii-inpui i ,v inn-, piiuim-i pay ment of $15,000 was to be made when tha Indians were moved from It. The cost of the Rogue River war of 1853 was paid by the United States government. A total of $285,000 was paid volunteers at Jacksonville and Yrcka in 1855 for their part in the war. First Battles Fought In the fall of 1855 and In 1856, the final battles of the Rogue River Indian wars were fought. These were on Graves creek and at Big Mea dows on the Rogue river. la Uit tall of 1856, Chiefs remains of eroded formations, washed by water for count less centuries. ' PINE SNAG A lone pine snag stands at the site of Ft. Lane, military post occupied during the Rogue River Indian War. Legend has lt that the hole near the top of the snag was caused by the firing of a cannon through the tree. road between the two rocks. This was the second of three treaties signed with the Indians. John, George and Sam were moved with their people to tile Grand Ronde reservation where a census showed a total of 909 Rogue and Shasta In dians. Later 554 Rogues were moved to the Siletz reserva tion. All that remains now of the Rogue River Indian war is marker between the Table Rocks commemorating the signing of the second peace treaty and a marker on the road to Gold Ray dam allow ing where Ft. Lane stood. Bybee bridge crosses the Rogue river near where once Hailey ' ferry operated, a val ley bears Chief Sam's name. and only the Table Rocks re- main tlx una, YMCA Indian Guide Program to Start The youth work committee of the Medford YMCA is working to make a contribu tion to family life through the Father and Son Indian Guide program for boys ages six and seven and their fa thers, Bob Jones, secretary, has announced. Based on the assumption that most fathers spend too little of their own time teach ing their sons how to be the fine person they want him to be, Y' Indian Guides works in teams of eight fathers and their sons, who meet regu larly to inculcate ideals and impart skills. This is done through an ex change of games, crafts, home projects and camp out trips, with the rich heritage of American Indian Lore serv ing as a simple background, Jones said. Last spring five tribes op erated In grade school areas, with direction given by Herb Partridge. Jones and Bruce Burns of the local Y staff will give leadership to the pro gram to start in Hoover school Tuesday at 7 p.m. Fa thers of first graders will re ceive the invitations from their sons. ' i Fagone Receives Orders to Yakima Capt. Sebastiano J. Fa gone, 629 Pine St., Medford, of Headquarters company 6337th U. S. Army Reserve, has been ordered to headquarters ex ercise director, Yakima firing center. Yakima, Wash., from Sunday, April 17 to May 28. Captain F a g o n e received the order from Capt. W. Jilfs, assistant adjutant general. See Courtesy Chevrolet's IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Back Page, Sec. 2 and Classified Pegt Today') Mail Tribunt r SCHOOL NEWS Crater High School By LaVONNE LaFEVER Jeff Anhorn rated nation ally in the upper 10 per cent when graded for the Future Engineers of America Test which was taken March 7. He is eligible to go to Chi cago to take an additional test, and stay at the Conrad Hilton hotel, headquarters for the test which was scheduled Saturday. Jeff is a sophomore at Cra ter High and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl William An horn of Central Point Tuesday, April 12, general elections for Associated Stu dent Body officers were held. Those elected were presi dent, Dave Foote; vice presi dent, John Doherty; secre tary, June Hopkins; treasurer. Judy Kimmey; business man ager, Gary Meade: and yell queen, Becky Ferrell. On Friday, April 22, gen eral elections for yell squad will be held. The Crater chapter of Fu ture Homemakers of America has given a "rose - a - day" throughout FHA week, April 11-15, to the person who had contributed most to its activi ties. Monday, the rose was pre s e n t e d to Superintendent Charles Meyer for the cooper ation on the group's trip to Corvallis. Tuesday, the rose was given to Mrs. Helen Broadbeck for the courtesy and friendliness she has dis played in the library, and for the use of the library bulletin board. Wednesday, Warren Holbrook received the rose for the cooperation from the art department. Thursday, the rose was pre sented to Charles Moore for the aid received in carpentry from the shop department. Friday, Miss Nancy Purviance was presented with the tradi tional FHA rose for her assist ance In the slumber parties. Ray Maple, a sand painter, presented a National School assembly for the student body and faculty of Crater High school Friday. He displayed a unique form of art seldom seen beyond the Indian reservations of the Southwest. Charla Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Meyer, received a superior or "I" rating when she played Prelude I by George Gersh win in the Southern Oregon Music Educators Small En semble contest. The contest wai held March 26 in the Medford High school auditorium The participants were rated I, superior, II, excellent; and III, good. ' H. P. Jewett School Students In Mrs. Frances Tonn's room have been mak ing sail boats and painting them as a project in combina tion with other activities. They are learning the poem, "Where Go the Boats." Mrs. Grace Cline's pupils have been making pictures of themselves. In Mrs. Rhoda Haskin's room the children observed a frog laying its eggs. They are watching now for polliwogs. The boys and girls in Miss Ila Mae Higinbotham's room are working on a dramatiza tion of "The Three Little Pigs." They will present the drama to the next school as sembly. The children in Mrs. Zel- ma Foote'i room and Mrs. Oakley Bower's room are com pleting their units of fire en gines and trains. In all first grade rooms, there are Easter motifs with Open 6A.M. i AriscnM unTci to 7 P.M, fniwwi a a EASTER DINNER MENU Cream of chicken soup Callage cheese Tossed green salad Baked Hame, Virginia style with rum sauca Roast lag of Spring lamb, Mint jelly 0 Roast Tom Turkey, dressing 1.50 Whipped Potatoes Candied Yarns Vegetable Rolls & Butter Cobler lea Cream Sherbet Coffee - Tea - Milk Regular Menus art available In Children's portions Special arrangements for large groups decorations made by the chil dren. There are evidences of spring activities throughout the school. In the second grade section of the school, Mrs. Olivia Ry erson's and Mrs. Helen John son's students are, in observ ance of Library Week, illus trating in cut paper the story of "The Little Boy and His House" for the hall bulletin board. Bill Brewster, school prin cipal, has been working with the second grade boys teach ing them the fundamentals of softball. Students in Mrs. Betty von der Hellen's room illustrated the story of "Sandy the Snail1 with finger paint. The film de picted animal life in the sea. Mrs. Alice Gay's room pre sented a health play recently in the school assembly. The play was entitled "How to Keep Well and Clean." All members of the class partici pated. The principal charac ters such as the doctor, nurse and sick child were Don Fair, Dorothy Head and Vicki Stev ens. Brewster announced open house to begin at 6:30 p.m. and to close at 9 p.m. April 26. The music program will begin at 7 p.m. and last an hour. The safety program is being evaluated, and, as an addi tional precautionary measure, the school recently Installed a safety light in the school bus loading area. All children who are walking and those who are leaving a bus are asked to cross the line and walk down the inside half of the walk, well away from the wheels of busses which are leaving the curb. McLoughlin Junior High By Suzanne Lind, Sarah Mat thews, Sandra Hager, Dianne Pickens, and Martha Mali. A comedy using an Orien tal theme, "China Doll," by Charles George, has been se lected as the play for the an nual Ninth Grade Operetta under the combined direction of Ray Lewis, Uon Darneme, Jack Henry, and Mrs. Mary Friesen. Lindsay Darneille will play Peach Blossom with Frank Van Pelt as Sing Song the villian. Dale Stansfield plays Wallace, an American who gets involved, and Jacque Chesnut, a man-chasing fe male. Others in the cast are Judy Brookman, Reed Harris, Dane Edmonds, Shelly wnite, Dave Underwood, A. J. Beardslee, Marthanne Good win, Roland Gangstee, and Jim Snodgrass. The Mac A band is plan ning to march in the Pear Blossom Parade, April 23. They are planning new forma tions and steps to use while marching. Forty-five seventh grade students received certificates as they passed their final ex aminations showing that they are now qualified babysitters. Their names are now on file and will be available for Jobs. Interested people may con tact Mrs. Gladys Van Dyke, dean of girls, and receive names of these qualified stu dents. Qualifying rounds are being played by the 15 boys who are working out at the Country club in preparation for match play with Hedrick. The golf team is coached by Ralph Perkins. John Foster, eighth grade a r t student in William Stoughton's art class won sec ond prize In the annual Poppy Poster contest sponsored by the American Legion auxili- MEALS at the .1.23 . 1.50 ary. Sharon Baize won hon orable mention. Ronald Rice was guest speaker at the regular Stamp club meeting April 12. He stressed the point that young people who are starting a stamp collection should buy U.S. Commemorative stamp issues in blocks or sheets. He also said that stamps increase 10 per cent in value each year. Miss Grumback's period 1 homemaking class decorated the hall display case with themes for Easter. Displays were cakes in the form of Easter rabbits and . spring Easter bonnets. Cakes were decorated with white frosting and accented with jelly beans and dyed coconut. The seventh grade chorus under the direction of Mrs. Mary Friesen sang at the Good Friday services in the Nazarene Church Friday aft ernoon. They sang "Green Hill" and "Could I Have Held H i s Nail-Pierced Hand s." Many McLoughlin students at tended the services. Mrs. Sylvia Winchell has taken the position of assistant librarian replacing Mrs. Myrtle King who resigned re cently. Mrs. King was honored at a tea given by the faculty before her retirement. Mrs. Winchell is a former Mac stu dent. Mrs. Jane Baker has been taking Mrs. Martin's place since she has been gone. Through the cooperation of the Medford Bowling lanes. the ninth grade boys are now participating in bowling and learning bowling etiquette as well as basic fundamentals of the game. ; Howard School . ' ' In March the boys and girls in Mrs. Dorothy Arney's room made 3-D kites for room dec orations. We made eggshell gardens and planted' nastur tiums and beans. Cathy Ber rett brought some earthworms and George Head brought some polliwogs. We are mak ing a farm mural,- and. plan ning to make a bird book. We are working on a map to show where we live. In Mrs. Aina McDanlel's room we have two tadpoles that soon will be bullfrogs. The tadpoles are large, and have their hind legs. Last week Barbara Bielby directed a play called "A Cap That Mother Made." Rose Wong. Donna Snyder, Leneva Spires, Johnny Jack, Judy Bohannan, Donna Wea ver and Barbara Bielby were in the play. Barbara plans on another play soon.' Mrs. Flossie Murray's room elected a new president for April. They elected Maurie Skaggs president. William Sparling was the president for March. We are making an Easter egg tree to send to the county farm home. In Ronald Quackenbush's room we elect new class of ficers each six weeks. Officers elected for this six weeks are Danny Jack, president: Susan Tungate, vice president; and Ed Markham, secretary-treasurer. During the first meeting conducted by the new offi cers the president appointed new room monitors. New bus iness discussed was what we should do with the $2 our class won in the PTA mem bership contest. Several sug gestions were made by class members, but we were un- SPECIAL EASTER MENU Open 1 p.m. -2:30 a.m. Delightful Dancing Trio ar 7 P.M. Dine Till 12 Dance Till 2:30 a.m. I HAPPY 1 EASTER TO ALL 15 Minutes to DARDANELLE Hiway 99 at Gold Hill Overpass MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, April 17, 1960 Judge Upsets Thornton Opinion Portland -IIIPD-Clrcult Judge James W. Crawford Thurs day upset an opinion of At torney General Robert Thorn ton and said It was permis sible for Portland Public School District 1 to pay out-of-state travel by school offi cials and employes for "prop er educational purposes." Thornton gave an opposite opinion in answer to a query bv the Tax Commission on whether tax monies could properly be used to send a county school superintendent to an education meeting in Russia. The attorneys for the school district brought suit against Thornton for a clarification. Judge Crawford said a wide latitude of discretion is vested in the school board determining the existence of proper educational purpose and participation of its em ployes In any out-of-state pro gram. able to reach a decision be fore time to adjourn. Salli Eaton, our room rep resentative on the Student Council, has been leading us in a discussion of our school rules. Some of the rules we have discussed are keeping the building and grounds clean and attractive; not per-' mitting acts which will reflect discredit on our school; pre paring lessons every day; and being courteous to teachers and pupils. Salli reads the rules and then the class dis cusses how to obey them and why they are important. We hope this will help us under stand how to be better citi zens. Hedrick Junior High By Vickl Toenniges The matinee performance of the operetta, "King Ko-Ko," will be given on Wednesday, April 20. Home room teachers will have tickets. Vocal music department is still in need of two grass skirts for costumes in the op eretta. Sherry Koblik, Sue Jahn, and Jim Woods were chosen from among Latin students to serve as Roman slaves at the Medford High school Latin club's annual banquet held at Ping's. They dressed in tunics and helped wait on tables. Final rounds of the table tennis and shuffleboard tour naments are under way. Cham pions from the girl's physical education classes will be an nounced upon the tourna ment's completion. All students bringing notes from home were excused from school to attend Good Friday services which were held at the Eastwood Baptist church. The Hedrick choir also took part. Last week was the deadline for students to turn In work for incompletes on report cards. If not made-up they be come a part of the permanent record. Poppy poster awards were announced last week and pos ters which were entries were displayed on the cafeteria stage. Hedrick art students placing were Milton Poppa, first; Jim Wise, third. OUR "GOOF" Is Your Gravy I BE A K-BOY Blooper-Snooper 12; i
