Out on
a Limb
By BOB WALTERS
A Gentle Knock
Just as we were about to
leave tor a friend's house one
night last week, there came
a gentle knocking at the door.
We decided to open same,
since that seems to be the ac
cepted procedure.
There, damp and probably
a little chilled, stood a lady
with a big white badge on her
lapel.
"I," she announced "am the
census taker."
"And you're one of the
lucky ones," she added, which
meant that we were one of
those who had to answer a
few extra questions. The quiz
moved along smoothly for the
most part but we did hit a
rough spot or two.
"Where were you living on
April 1, 1955? Street address,
city, county and state, please."
We thought It over for a
minute and then told her that
on April 1, 1955, we were liv
ing aboard an aircraft carrier.
She obviously wasn't too
pleased with the answer, but
managed somehow to carry
on.
"Ahhh," she said, "what
city, county and state would
that be?"
"I don't know. The ship was
In the Pacific, probably some
where between Japan and the
Philippines."
She scrawled something in
her huge record book and
moved hurriedly to the next
question.
"What was your net Income
during 1959?"
"Do you want the dollars
and yen in separate figures?"
we asked.
"What?"
"Well, I worked for an Eng
lish language newspaper in
Tokyo last summer and was
paid in yen." 1
"No, no, please," she said, a
little shaken. "Just your net
Income in dollars. That's all I
want, please."
We gave her an approxi
mate figure and the rest of
the interview moved along at
a much faster pace. '
What bothered us was that
when she arrived she seemed
to be glad to get in from the
cold, the wind and the rain.
But when she left, she looked
almost happy about going
back outside.
, Can't understand it.
One of our female report
ers says she was having
trouble deciding what io
wear to work the other day.
"This skirl's too tight.
Isn't it?" she asked her hus
band. "Definitely," came the re
ply. "It looks Just fine."
A friend of ours says the
item in last Monday's column
about a church reporter cov
ering a baseball game remind
ed her of a minister she once
knew.
On the rare occasions when
the gentleman became so en
raged he could barely control
himself, she says, he'd grit his
teeth and say, "Nellie Green!"
So we tried it one morning
after whacking our elbow on
the bathroom door. It didn't
do much good.
But a few other words
helped.
Mr. Table Rock leemi to
think we have something
against adjectives. Not io.
What Mr. Naalon prob
ably refers to is a letter to
correspondents advising
them that adjectives such as
"beautiful," "lovely." "ex
cellent," and so on, don't
belong in straight news
stories.
Since "Tablets" is col
umn, not a news story as
such, Mr. N. can loss in as
many adjectives as he likes.
And, if we know our
man, there's sure to be a re?
ply to this on Friday.
We thought BB (Blue Bon
net) or MM (Merely Margar
ine) might suffice as a name
for our sports car, but George
Longie, known at the Tribune
as The Printer with the Gold'
en Touch, came up with this:
"Too bad you're not Norwe
gian. You could call the car
Ole."
"Ole?"
"Sure. That's short for oleo
margarine."
Equipment Stolen
From Tool House
Illinois Valiey-A tool house
en the Knoptic creek tract
and owned by Moore Timber
Products company was bur
glarized recently,
Thieves sawed a heavy-duty
padlock off the door and re
moved a power saw, an elec
tric drill and a pair of rubber
boot j. Site of the tool house is
about 15 miles from O'Brien
Both Oregon and California
authorities are investigating
the theft.
Hornbrook Voters
Nix Tax Increase
By KATHERINE CHAPMAN
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Hornbrook - In the special
elementary school tax elec
tion held last Tuesday, Horn
brook voters defeated the pro
posed increase by a vote of
71 to 30. Of five districts vot
ing on tax increases, only one,
Hilts, favored the measure.
Others voting against the
Rangers Introduce
Knob Cone Pine
In Applegafe Area
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Applegate Valley - A long
range view of the timber situ
ation is taken by forest men,
and the knob cone pine is be
ing introduced here as a pos
sible alternate species of tim
ber, should the common types
be hit by disease or insect
destruction in epidemic pro
portions. The knob cone is common
to the southwest Cascades and
southwestern Sierra Nevada
mountains, and a small num
ber of two-year-old trees are
being planted in the O'Brien
creek area of Carbury creek.
Should the weather turn dry
the planting will stop imme
diately. The condition of planting,
explains Ranger Neil Suttell,
is in relation to another pro
ject, in the area, that of re
claiming brush land and fit
ting the soil to produce tim
ber. Brush eradication is un
der contract to the J and R
Equipment company at Ruch,
and is accomplished by a
brush blade attached to trac
tors, which windrows the
brush.
Joe Jewell, project forester,
is supervising the work. As
the brush is cleared, the
ground is left in good condi
tion for a seed bed, and forest
service crews also are plant
ing ponderosa pine seed in
the cleared areas.
Crews already have com
pleted brush control and
planting on 115 acres and are
now working on another 20
acres. Next they will move on
to the final 50 of the total of
185 acres Involved.
Many Attend Open
House at School
Tiller - Drew - In spite of
rain, sleet and snow, a large
crowd of parents and friends
attended the open house at the
Days Creek school last Thurs
day evening..
A program in the school
gymnasium preceded the open
house. The program consisted
of several numbers by the
school band, a piano selection
played by Linda Long, a clari
net solo by Richard Harter,
The Blue Tail Fly sung py
the male sextet, and several
numbers by, the high school
chorus. Willard Brenner, mu
sic instructor, conducted the
band and chorus.
Following the program par
ents visited the various rooms
and refreshments were served
in the cafeteria by the home
economics class.
Tavern Burglars
Get Cash, Liquor
Yreka - An undetermined
amount of cash, liquor and
other items were taken dur
ing a burglary Thursday night
of the Fletcher bar in Monta
gue.
Sheriff's deputies investi
gating the case said entry was
gained by prying a lock off
a door.
IV Students Repay
Non-Interest Bonds
Illinois Valley - Another
$200 In bonds is being paid
off by the Illinois Valley High
school student body. Holders
of the bonds are being noti
tied and checks delivered
when bonds are surrendered.
When the lights were In
stalled at the football field,
$1,000 worth of non-Interest
bearing bonds were sold to
finance the project. Holders
of the bonds are local rest
dents who gave a helping
hand to finance the school's
modern athletic facilities.
The student body has un
dertaken payment for the
bonds and, after this year, it
will owe but $400 of the or
iginal amount. Funds for re
payment came largely from
gate receipts from athletic
events.
SALE APPROVED
Gold Hill The Gold hill
city council recently approved
selling 50 yards of gravel to
Harold Salter, building con
tractor, with the city reserv
ing the right to designate the
site from which the gravel
will be taken.
proposal, besides Hornbrook,
were Gazelle, Grenada and
Klamath River Union.
If passed, the bill would
have boosted the maximum
tax rate from .80 to 1.30, or
approximately 61.7 per cent.
The increase would have re
mained in effect for an un
specified period of time, and
would have provided money
for all school purposes.
Return to Office
On establishment of trustee
areas in the newly -formed
Yreka Union High school dis
tricts, voters in Hornbrook
cast 45 votes for and 44
against. Local voters also fa
vored the return to office of
all five incumbents on the
board of the high school dis
trict. This vote coincided with
all other districts balloting.
Incumbents are Elvyn T.
Dougherty, Gazelle; Dr. Don
ald Meamber, Yreka; Delbert
Pilliard, Yreka; Sally Rey
nolds, Little Shasta, and
Douglas Whittaker, Hilts.
Rural Reflections
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley-There Is
a great deal of activity in the
community these days in the
way of dinners, programs,
etc., and somehow through
most of it, there has been
woven some ephemeral qual
ity a little hard to catch up
with. There is a personality
contributing a great deal that
is unannounced anu unmen
tioned on printed programs.
At the Red Cross program
he was traveling incognito
through the audience and
across the stage at unearthy
moments and at the PTA din
ner and show he was singing
a little song he had made up
in the shower a short while
before.
Hidden talents ought to be
recognized in the name of
Larry Tweedy.
Board To Review
Assessments
Property taxpayers have
until May 16 to file petitions
with the Jackson county board
of equalization to review as
sessments, according to Ches
ter H. Wendt, chairman of the
board, and County Assessor
Ray Schumacher.
The board, composed of
wendt, council commissioner,
and E. H. Singmaster and Ar
nold Bohnert, will meet in the
county court room Monday,
May a, to make the annual re
view of assessments.
Oregon law provides that a
property owner may appear
in person or be represented by
an attorney before the board
when it considers petitions for
reductions of assessments.
Taxpayers may determine
the assessed value of their
property by contacting the as
sessor s office. By dividing
this figure by the county ratio
of 25 per cent, taxpayers can
arrive at the true cash value.
A taxpayer planning to ap
peal to the board of equaliza
tion should first review his
assessment with Schumacher.
If the assessor feels the assess
ment is correct and the tax
payer disagrees, he may place
his case before the board on
or before May 16. Forms for
this purpose may be obtained
from the assessor or the coun
ty clerk, who serves as secre
tary to the board.
If the board sustains the as
sessor, the taxpayer has 30
days after the board's notice
is sent to him or published, in
which to continue his appeal
to the state tax commission.
Thereafter he may take his
case to circuit court.
FORCE APPOINTED
Gold Hill Appointment of
H. D. Force to the Jackson
County Advisory Planning
committee was approved rec
ently by the Gold Hill city
council. Force replaces Ralph
Bell.
Health Clinics Set
Yreka-Heallh clinics will
be held tomorrow afternoon
at the Jackson Street school
and tomorrow morning at
the Gold Street school.
Shots of all kinds will b
given.
BOB WALTERS. Regional Editor
CORRESPONDENTS:
Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler. TW 9-1333
Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 9-2126
Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1108
Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274
Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1128
Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9676
Happy Camp Happy Camp H.S. Journalism
Class
Hornbrook Kamerlne Chapman, GR 4-3586
Illinois Valley Katharine Scott, 5203
Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW 91209
McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260
Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267
Montague Carol Peterson
Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley, KE 5-2918
Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211
Rogue River Cecile Camden, UL 5-1569
Shady Cove Evalyn Wation, TR 8-2351
Table Rock R E. Nealon, TA 6-2097
Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers
Yreka Ruth Middleton, VI 2-2807
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Yreka PTA Installs Officers;
Mrs. Caldwell New President
By RUTH MIDDLETON
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Yreka- President Mrs. Fred
Caldwell and seven other new
officers were installed by the
Yreka PTA at its meeting last
Thursday night at Jackson
street school.
Other officers installed
were Mrs. Stanford Cooley,
first vice president; Mrs. Rob
ert Jenott, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. James Robinson,
third vice president; Robert
Reynolds, fourth vice presi
dent; Mrs. John Jackson, sec
retary; Mrs. Robert Stewart,
treasurer, and Mrs. Earl
House, historian.
Officiating during installa
IV Man Named
To Science Board
Illinois Valley-Clement Y.
Arnold Jr., son of the local
postmaster, has been appoint
ed to the Board of Science
Education of the Oregon
Academy of Science for 1960
61. The younger Arnold is di
rector of science education at
Philomath Junior-Senior High
school.
The board is a 12-man state
wide group which will study
various aspects of high school
science education, Arnold is
one of five high school in
structors on the board. The
oilier seven are from science
departments of Oregon col
leges.
Arnold, a gradaute of Ker-
by High school, is in his
fourth year at Philomath. He
received a master of science
degree from Oregon State col
lege and attended National
Science Foundation summer
institutes the past two sum
mers. He Is president-elect of
the Benton Educational asso
ciation for 1960-61.
His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Clement Y. Arnold Sr.
of Cave Junction.
Ashlender Draws
Sentence in Weed
Yreka-Ralph W. Harris, 31-year-old
Ashland man, was
sentenced to 15 days in jail
last week on a charge of fur
nishing alcoholic beverages to
minors.
Harris was arrested by
Weed police and appeared in
Weed justice court.
Regional Calendar
Eagle Point Eagle Point
firemen will meet at the fire
hall at 7 o'clock tonight for
fire drill
Eagle Point The Lions
Auxiliary will elect officers
at its potluck dinner meeting
at the home of Mrs. Glenn
D. Hale at 7 o'clock tonight.
Eagle Point The South B
Street coffee party will hold
its monthly get-together at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Kent,
233 South B St., at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Eagle Point The Scout
Community Center Building
committee will meet at
o'clock tonight at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kimmel
at the end of South B st.
REQUEST OPPOSED
Gold Hill The Gold Hill
city council recently opposed
a request to build a residence
in a business zone and rec
ommended that In the future
persons should investigate be
fore making purchases of lots
for homes In business zones.
Regional
tion ceremonies was Mrs. Al
bert Bryan, past district presi
dent. Dr. Cloer Speaks
Guest speaker at the meet
ing was Dr. Harold Cloer, di
rector of adult education at
Southern Oregon college. His
topic was "Preface to a Life."
Members elected Mrs. Ed
gar Meek to accompany Mrs.
Request Made by
EP Fire Chief
Eagle Point "Please don't
hang up the telephone until
the fire department can an
swer your call!"
That's the word from Eagle
Point Fire Chief Dave Kahl,
who said that some local resi
dents apparently don't under
stand the new method of re
porting a fire.
Two or three times lately,
Kahl said, persons have dialed
the telephone number and
failed to wait long enough to
relay their name, location of
the fire and other necessary
information. By the time a
fireman reached the phone,
no one was on the line.
The fire department's new
number, distributed to each
Eagle Point resident, auto
matically sets off the fire
siren when it is dialed but
does not tell the firemen
where the fire is. The infor
mation cannot be relayed by
telephone operators as the
calls are direct.
Kahl requested that callers
stay on the line until fire
men have all the information
they need.
WERE YOU COUNTED?
The enumeration of Ameiicani in the 1960 Census li now almost
finished. At you know, It is very important that the Census be
complete and correct. IF you believe that you were, not counted,
pltast fill out the form below and mail It lmmcdlatefy"io: U.S. Census District Office
On April 1,
Thii address
I am listing
PLEASE LISTi
1. Evtryont who uiually lives in Ihls
household, whalhtr reloled Io you
or not.
i. All ptnom staying here who hove
no other home.
Write names
in Hiii
order
(If jon
Caldwell to the May 4-6 PTA
convention In San Francisco.
Alternate delegates elected
were Mrs. Jenott and Mrs.
Dick Johnson.
Plans for this year's eighth
grade graduation dance, which
will be sponsored by the PTA,
were discussed. The dance pre
viously had been sponsored by
the Knights of Pythias.
School Principal Reynolds
announced that registration
for kindergarten and first
grade pupils who had not yet
attended school would be held
May 2 through May 6 at the
Jackson Street school.
Kindergarten pupils must
have been born on or before
Dec. 1, 1955, and first graders
on or before Dec. 1, 1954.
Days Creek Carnival
Set for This Friday
Tiller-Drew The Days
Creek carnival, the major
fund raising project of the
Days Creek student body, will
be held this Friday.
During the evening the
king and queen of the carni
val will be crowned. They
will be chosen by votes
bought at a penny each. The
rest of the court has been
chosen by ballot from the
ninth, tenth, and eleventh
grades.
Junior prince .and princess
are Jerry Perkins and Dar-
lene Parks; sophomore prince
and princess are Richard Bon-
ney and his sister, Bonnie
Bonney; and freshman prince
and princess are Fred VanNor
man and Lana Midkiff.
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Room 460, Lane County Court House Building, Eugene, Oregon
I have checked with the members of my household, and I believe that one (or more) of us was NOT counted, here
in the 1960 Census.
1960, 1 lived at
(Houm Number)
it located between ,
below the name and required information For myself and each member
NnMEt OF PERSONS UVINfl IN THIS HOUSEHOLD ON APRIL 1,
ISM, AND THOSE STAYING HERE WHO HAVE NO OTHER HOME
Head of household on Rrst line
Wile of head
Unmanied children, oldest first
Married children and their families
Other relatives
Others not related la head of household
lies more than I omou, DM an additional ihMt)
!
First name
Nam of person who filled this form:
Former Gold Hill
Youth Advances
To Eagle Scout
By MARY KELL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Gold Hill - Willard Water-
house, an Inactive associate
advisor of Boy Scout Explor
er Post 43, Gold Hill, who
now resides in Huntington
Park, Calif., recently receiv
ed his Eagle Scout award.
He had been eligible for the
honor for the past 15 months.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
V. L. Waterhouse, of Hunting
ton Park.
At the age of 13, Willard
commenced his work in Scout
ing when he became a mem
ber of Boy Scout Troop 43. He
credits Vaughn Whitmore,
who has served as advisor of
Explorer Post 43 for many
years, as being an inspiration
to him through his years in
Scouting in Gold Hill.
Crater Graduate
Willard, a graduate of Cra
ter High school, was a mem
ber of the Future Farmers of
America during high school,
and clerked in Gail's Gold
Hill market three years while
he attended high school. He is
now a student In secondary
education at Los Angeles City
college.
After going to Huntington
Park he transferred to U. S.
Army Reserves in California
from the 186 Infantry of Ore
gon National Guard, Medford,
of which he was clerk for
company A.
Willard and Mrs. Water-
house returned to their home
in California last week end
after a week's visit with rela
tives and friends here.
TO STUDY CODE
Gold Hill-City Councilmen
Cecil Van Horn, Delos Waik
er and Virgil Gribble recent
ly were appointed by Mayor
Milton Steinmetz to serve on
a committee to revise the
local building code and ordin
ances to comply with the code
recommended by the county.
OUR "GOOF"
Is Your Gravyl
BE A K-BOY
Blooper-Snooper
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
i960 Census of Population
(tiirut't tsr UwU
(Our)
(Nun oi Street or iUd)
PLEASE BE SURE TO LIST
All members of your family Hying with you, Includ
ing babiei.
All other relatives living here.
e) Lodgers and boarders living here.
Servants, hired handi, others not related to you who
are living here.
Anyone else slaying here but who has no other
home.
ALSO LIST-
PtMOnt who uiuQH iie-n hi uui who art away
temporarily on builntti, on vacation, or In a Jtntral
hospital.
What Is the
relationship of
each person to
the head of this
household 7
(For example,
wife, son,
daughter,
grandson,
mother-in-law,
lodger, lodger's
wife)
(P3)
Male
or
Female
(Mor F)
Middle
Initial
(Pi)
Head
CONFIDINTIAL The Ceniui it
by 13 U.S.C 6, ?, Ml, 221-4.
accurately, and guoranttes that
ment. The Census report cannot be used tor purposes of rotation, mveiTigoTion. w.
Mundey, April 25, 190
Former Forest Ranger to
Operate Grayback Camp
By KATHERINE SCOTT
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Illinois Valley - joe Tel
vick, who recently resigned
from the forest service, has
signed a contract to operate
Grayback camp from May 15
to Sept. 30.
The camp will be operated
on a concession basis this year
with government-regulated
charges for camping and pic
nicking. A number of over
night visitors already have
u 8 e d the camping facilities
this spring.
Government-set prices for
a party of not more than six
adults are $1 per night or $6
per week. A party of from 7
Permits Required
To Burn Trash
Phoenix Permits for burn
ing trash will be required
from Tuesday on, according to
Fire Chief Leo Furry.
Permits may be obtained
from Phoenix city hall or
from the police chief, he ad
ded. Persons using incinera
tors with covers do not need
permits.
The announcement was
made Saturday night during
the annual dinner in the Phoe
nix Community club sponsor
ed by the Phoenix Volunteer
fireme.i's auxiliary for aux
iliary members and their hus-.
bands.
The auxiliary also promised
the fire department two wool
blankets for the emergency
and first aid truck. Furry said
the department would buy
three sets of turnout pants
and boots and buy some more
later to protect the clothing of
volunteers going to fires.
CLOGSTON'S
Metal
Weaiher Stripping
and Screens
Eatlmatea Gladly
Phone SP 1-1014 Evenings
(8UU
(Nun of Stmt or
of my household.
DO NOT LIST-
College students who are away at college
(or who are here only on vacation).
t) Persons stationed
Armed Forces.
Persons away In Institutions, such as a san
itarium, nursing home, home for the aged,
mental hospital.
Tney will b counttd thtre.
Is this person-
White
Negro
American Indian
Japanese
Chinese
Filipino
Hawaiian
Part Hawaiian
Aleut
Eskimo
(et.)7
P?J
When was Ihls
person born?
e
Month Year
required by the United States Conititutien end further outhorned
The law requires that the inquiries be answered oomplstily and
the Information furnished will be accorded confidential treat
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford,
3
to 12 persons would nav S2
a night or $12 a week. Chil
dren under 12 years of age are
admitted free.
Camping parties will be as
signed a campsite with table
and other facilities. Picnick
ing parties of not more thn
six adults will be charged 50
cents per day, and parties ar
riving in trailers will be con
sidered overnight campers.
Crews at Work
Telvick will sell only fire
wood. Crews already are get
ting the camp ready for sum
mer by adding new tables and
running a water line under
the highway in preparation
for the addition to be con
structed on the opposite side
of the road.
Officials expressed the need
for a man in attendance last
summer when many persons
were using the camp's facili
ties, but the forest service
could not spare personnel to
handle the work.
Telvick gave the govern
ment a bond to cover his ope
rations and provided liability
insurance in the contract. This
plan Is being carried out in
many sections of the country
where facilities are heavily
used and charges are strictly
regulated.
WE FILL ALL
PRESCRIPTIONS
Be
with Trailing
accuracy from
fresh stocks of
pure, ,JOlent
drugs.
Leave your Prescription
here while you
PARK & SHOP
Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
Closed Sundays
Green Stamps
CENTRAL
DRUG
Main and Central
FREE 1EUVERY
or anywhere else,
M
(ApMtcHttt Number or Location)
Roud)
away from here In the
Is this I
Man-led
Widowed
Divorced
Separated
Single (never
married)?
(leave blank for
children born
alter March 31.
1940
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