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rniDAY, july a. loeo MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. B 5 Trial Held to Determine If Man Is Mentally III By BES8IE BOYD FHABER Mill Tribune Corrtipondenl Yrckii-A Jury trial wn held hern WviliH'Kilny lo de termine whether u Duiwiiulr liiiin In menially III. II wna the flint audi trial In Siskiyou county In 12 years. Judge Jiiinca M. Allen of superior court reminded Ju rora tlml It wiia not n criminal proceeding, Unit they were to consider thu definition (if thu court reiinrdliiK nieiitiil Ill ness, not what they iiemonully liolliivcd It to ho. Only by pro iondereneo of evidence must tlio ciiae ho proved, ho anld. Thu mini wna horn In the rhlilpplnea, the son of nn In fantry major In thu U. S. Army, After graduating from Mull achool hu polluted In the Army, lie nerved one year mid uuo month and wim Klvun u medical dlaeliiuge. lie luia lieeu ii rullioad employee for 111 yeara. Several doctors testified (hut they had vxiinilued him and that In their opinion he wan a piiriinolii-arlilioplircnlc. Although hu denied ever having heen n patient In a mental hospital, I)r, Loch en, assiatiitit auperlnteiident of Hcndcclno State liimpltul lit Tulmndgc, Calif., aatd ho had examined him and recom mended honpltiil treatment. Dr. l.ochen explained that H-liUoplircnla was u mental CP Scouts Raise Funds for Camp Central Point - Iloya from Scout troop 104, under Scout lender Alnn Illshop, worked hard thia week end on their lund rnlalnK project for 20 boys to attend Camp Me I.oukIiIIu at Lake of the Woods July 17. , Watermelon! donated by Fnbcr'a atore and pop wore Hold Ilia! Saturday at the shop ping center with a profit of S.'iO. David DeArmand, mem ber of tlio troop council, will accompany the hoya to camp. 7 lots To Serve You Shop That Member Merchants Acme Hardwire Aloxandor & Brown Andy's Jewolry Anders Photo Shop Barker's Bell's Gifts & ' Homeward Bralnord'l Brophy Jewelers Burelson's Burelson's H.iirfaihlons Burk's Awnings Buster Brown Shoe Store Contr.il Roxall Drug Century Sporting Goods Chapman Jewolors Chris Tho Tailor Dompitor Furniture Fashionotto First National Bank Fosters Medical Pharmacy Frake & Smith Ginn'i Flowors Goldy & Honsolman Hadley's Medford Inc. Home Applianeo Co. Hubbard Brothers Dr. Earl T.Johnson Jewott Office Supply Johnston & Stewart Karl's Shoo Stores Ltd. Lamport's Sporting Goods Larson Appliance Co. Lawroneo'i Jewolry dlaordor nioiinliiK apllt per aonullty, and a piirmioluu meant one who Buffered from delualona, and thai inch peraon could hu dangerous to hluiaelf and othera. Tlio Jury of flvo men und aeven women deliberated IS mlnutea and their verdict waa that ho wna mentally III and that hu ahould bo aenl to the Mendocino hoapltal, which la thu receiving atutlon for nor thern California for all men tally III patlunta. GH Swim Sessions ToS'ort July 18 Gold lllll -Youngsters of tho Gulf! lllll area who have rcglalcred for the July 18 sea alon of swimming leaaona at the new Jackaon awlmmliiK pool will bo taken to Medford for their leaaona by a District (I achool lu, accordion to Mrs. Charley Pltimmcr who volunteered her aervlcca to mako detailed arrangements ao that children of Ihla areu would havo an opportunity to tako odvuntiigo of the awlm nilnK program that Medford offera. Children who plan to lio are naked to meet the bua at 8 p.m., Monday, July 18, on Second nvc. In Gold lllll near tho Chevron aervlec station. Tho bus will travel to Jack aon pool In Medford from Gold Hill by way of the Old St"Ue road lo Scenic live. The aehedulo will be con tinued Monday thruuith Fri day during the swimming sessions of the week of July 18. Polaris Submarine Missile Destroyed Cape Canaveral, Fla. - WPt - Tlio Nuvy destroyed a Po- Inrla aubmnrlne missile Thurs day when the 28-fool rocket, fired 30 miles at sea from the deck of a test ship, went Into an erratic course ahort- ly after Ita first singe engine Ignited. Park & Shop Is tho answer to your downtown parking prob lems. Savsi time, moniy and norvos. Leonard Electric Co. Leon's McLain Drug Centre Mann's Department Store. Medford Flower Shop Medford Pharmacy, Inc. Medford Plate Glass & Mirror Co. Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio Mode O'Day Shop Montgomery Ward Morrison's Men's Wear J. J. Newberry Co. Norfiold Shoe Co. Pick's Apparol Puruckor's Music House Inc. Rath't Robinson Brothers Scarlett Auto Supplies Sowing Machine Center Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop Swom's Gifts The Toy House Trowbridge & Flynn U.S. Nat'l Bank Van Lee's Walnscott's Pharmacy Weeks & Orr Furniture Weisfrold't Inc. Western Auto Supply Western Thrift Dr. Frank M.Wilson Woolworth's Tablets Table Rock - The Fourth of July paaaed vory Uletly hero with no early morning shot gun bluats or evening fire worka, and few flnga dla phiyed, and thoao displayed being of tho 48 and 41) slurs. Duck when wo hud more energy und during than we poaaeaa now, wo used to loud a half dozen sticks of dyna mite, lio them lo a tripod on a hard wood, one atlck In each placo, ubout 30 feet apart, atari nt one end, light each one, and run. Buck a good muny ycura ago, before the consolidation of achoola wua thought of, nearly every community thai had a achool had a buaehall team. Tho big drawing card lo any Fourth of July celebra tion wna the baseball game. Wo remember attending a celebration at JackaonvlllR when the main event wua the hall game between tho home team and the Eaglo Polntcra who, with Joe Vanlicrocn burg, their left-handed pitch er, had trounced nearly all the teams In tho valley. The game started off close, with neither aide acorlng for acvcral Innlnga. Then an Eaglo Point boy straightened oul ono of "Dobblc" Dow's curves for a two-bane hit und the Englo Point rootera on the sidelines went wild. They hud no bleachers or grandstands thoac cloys. Rooters stood In lines or sat on the ground. During the excitement, Ellc Orm, county sheriff, walked over lo the Eagle Point line with five $20 gold picrea In the palm of his hand, which he Jingled under the noses of the E.P, fnns, and dared them to put up or shut up. We didn't nollco anyone putting up, or very many shutting up. We don't remember how the affair ended, as those timca we traveled by horses, so hud to leave In time to do the many chores on a diversified farm. Betting on a ball game evi dently wasn't considered an offense those dnya. Milton Skank. the Sams Valley repairman. Informs us thai ha Is sole owner of the Bams Vallay welding and repair shop, having bought his partner's In terest. . Rattlesnakes havo been more numerous here thia sea aon than for many years. One man who does much Irriga tion work has killed IS of the reptiles with a .22 caliber pistol which he carries wun him. There havo always been rattlesnakes here, but so far as we know, and checking with others that have spent many years here, the recent biting of Lewis Lathrop was the first In the history of the district. Peter Sage. 10-year-old son of the Bob Sages, was telling us that ha gets 40 cents an hour for pulling weeds out of his dad's Christmas tree plot. This re minds us of work we did when a boy of 12. Clarence Gunn operated a grain bind er here some 60 years or so ago when practically all the farm crops grown In the community were hay. grain, and corn. Most of the hay was fed to work horses and milk cows and much of the corn and small grains waa led to hogs. Many of these were made into bacon and cured In the farm smoke houses and later sold to merchants like Jerry Neunan, of Jack sonville, to pay the store bill which was paid once a year. William Byboe drove his herd of irom 200 to 300 hogs to Happy Camp, Calif. Some wheat was sold to local mills and some made Into flour for home use. Moat of the farmers had large families and It took a lot of produce to keep the larders filled. To go back to our Job, we rode the lead team on the five horse rig, from sun up till as long as wa could see In the evening, for 50 cents a day and board. At the close of the long season, Gum offered us a double barrel mussle loading shot gun, In payment for our summers work, which we thought was quite enough, but when we told father about our "wind fall" he said that would be a foolish trade, and to ask for our pay in money, so we could get a suit of clothes, which we did. We got an all wool suit (or $7 which was our pride and Joy for a long time, the only drawback being that when we put the suit on, we had to wear shoes, and mother was sure to ask If we had washed our neck and ears. At n luncheon program July 4 at the home of Mr. and Mrs, R. E. Noalon, Mrs; Clara Gardner, of Medford, recited the Declaration of Indopond ence in a very plensing and forceful manner. Visitors at the luncheon were Mr, and I. ly It. I. NIALON Mrs. Frcdrlc Rode and two young children of Redwood City, Calif. Mr. Rode, a pho tographer for several Cali fornia newapupcrs, is a grand son of Mrs. Gardner. Mr, and Mrs. Monroe Richardson and son, Johnny Mllas, and Sally of Oswego, Ore,, were visiting relatives Wednesday at the J. B. Richardson and R. E. Nea Ion homes. Mr. Richardson Is music supervisor for the Oregon City schools. Other holiday visitors In the community were Mr. and Mrs. Doug Robinson and three chil dren, und Elgin Rohlnaon, all of the Bay area, Greg and Cluudin Rohlnaon are spend Ink' u vacation with the Claud Rnya in Medford and at the Ed Rohlnaon home. The Bud Robinson family spent the holiday at the coast. The many friends here of the Milford Vanderpool family were grievously shocked by the recent aud den and tragic death of Mr. Vanderpool, The family lived in this community for several yeara, taking an ac tive part in lia social and religious affairs. We Join with other friends In ex tending sympathy to the be reaved relatives. Lights To Go On In Prospect Tomorrow Prospect - A street light ing ceremony during which tour now strjet lamps will be turned on for the first lime will be held here at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The lighting project was made possible by the Pros pect Lions club with the help of local businessmen. Club member Duane Paine was chairman of the project. The Prospect Garden club plans to install planters at the bases of the light poles. 1,000-Pound Man Dies in California Northrldge, Calif. - (UPt) - A man weighing an estimated 800 to 1,000 pounds died Thursday at his sister's home where he had been confined to bed for several months, po lice reported. Police were called In when the coroncr'j office was un able to find stretchers to sup port the body of Arthur Knorr, 46. His height was 5 feet, 10 Inches. It took nine policemen and firemen about three hours to remove Knorr's body. They had to take a solid wooden table, cut off its legs, strap Knorr's body to it and then slide it out the door. A doctor said Knorr s death was of natural causes, but that his run-away gain of weight apparently come about bo cnuse of a glandular condi tion. He had gained more than 200 pounds this year, the doc tor said. Greeters Asked To Support Program The Medford Chamber of Commerce greeters commit tee was encouraged Thurs day by Mayor John snider to support Medforas sister city program. City Librarian umar Ba con, chnlrmon oi me service division, rnportcd that the deadline or 'contributions to Med ford's first friendship mail pouch will be Aug. 1. Dr. Orville Eaton also an nounced that the date for the second trek to Forks-of-Sal mon by the greeters will be July 23 and 24. Ho said the whole area sur rounding the Forks is plan- n ne a big welcome lor tne Medford visitors. Lunch, pot- luck dinncr.a dance, and oth er events are scheduled. i Wheels of Truck Fatal To Worker Portland -lUPn-Tom J. Bcr- toeh, 45, a bridge and build ing gang employee for union Pnclflc. was injured fatally Thursdny afternoon when the rear wheels of a truck came to rest on his chest. Offlcinls said Bertoch park ed his truck close to n track in the Alblnn Yard, He was behind the truck loading bar rels and n road switch en gine passing on the track struck the truck driving It backwards and the rear wheels came to rest on Ber toch's chest, Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL tou must be aatliflad or rem money cheerfully rtlunded. Gat bottle today (I WISTIRN THRIFT I Residents Reminded Of Public Hearing On Copco's Rates By MARY KELL Mall Tribune Correspondent Gold lllll - The Gold Hill city council reminds residents of this area of an important public hearing slated tor this Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in cir cuit court room No. 2 at the Jackson county court house In Medford. Issue to be dis cussed Is in regard to Copco's request to the PUC asking for a residential rate Increase. The council recommends that all persons who arc opposed to power rate increases should plun to attend the hearing. Acting Mayor Fred Lester conducted Tuesday's council session. At thia meeting, the council accepted the auditor's contract which is in compli ance with new state require ments for an inventory audit of all city assets. During the council session, city officials made a study of the estimated valuation of city property and utilities. The council granted Bill Zander, owner of the Sports man's Tavern, permission to operate an outside beer gar den on his premises provid ing there is no opposition from the state liquor commis sion. Action was taken by the council to have fire restric tion signs posted under the bridge, ulong the river in the area which is within the city limits. The city recorder was authorized by the council to order a new fire hydrant for installation In the alley be tween Second and First ave nues. Three new fire hydrants have been installed on Sixth avenue and 750 feet of cement asbestos pipe has been laid by city workmen, according to city officials. New Police Car The council authorized the purchase of a 1954 Ford, for which funds were allotcd in the new budget. The vehicle will be equipped with siren and used by Police Chief Floyd Taylor. The old panel police car, which has been used for several years by Tay lor, will be used by the city maintenance man, Ernest Kcll, for his work. Mark Boydcn, county sur veyor who has completed i considerable amount of work within the city during the past year, attended the ses sion. He explained various Foothills Route Picked for Freeway Salem -fliPD- The so-called Foothills Route has been se lected by the State Highway Commission for locating the new Stadium freeway through west Portland. The action rejected the al ternate Clay-Market route in downtown Portland. The Commission vote on the controversial issue was unani mous and there was little dis cussion. In doing so, the Com mission accepted the recom mendation of State Highway Engineer W. C. Williams, who termed the Foothills choice "best for Portland." Downtown Portland, Inc., a merchants organization, had fought hard for the Clay-Market route. BENTON FACES SURGERY New York - IUPD - Popular recording star Brook Benton undergoes surgery today for removal of a cyst from his right ear and minor plastic surgery. Benton, 27, who has cut 11 consecutive hit records, was expected to be hospital ized a week at Beth Israel hosptal. , Crater Television CENTRAL . I . 13 Years f. I Jl All Experience a-Tf 1 labor Serving ' t1fjs TW ' and the ft""" Aj j Parti Rogue , ft 90 River , ! Day Valley XT Guaran,M AL OLUFSEN RELIABLE! Our TV repairs are RELIABLE! We service all makes of TV sets with... CfcSilveraiiia- all-new, premium Picture Tubes maps and pointed out the dif ferent locations of the city owned property that can now be developed for streets, sew ers, wnterlincs and homesitcs as a result of the past year's survey work. He offered in formative suggestions to the council and planning commit tee In regard to future survey work that is necessary for de velopment in some locations of the city. Investigate Expense Following Boydcn's talk, councilmcn made plans to in vestigate the expense that would be Involved for streets for access to homesitcs. They also studied restrictions that would be necessary when property is sold for new homesitcs and agreed that the city attorney should advise them on this issue. H. D. Force, chairman of the city planning committee, also attended the meeting. He informed the council that a number of Individuals and contractors have expressed in terest in securing property for the purpose of building homes in Gold Hill. A meeting was held June 30 with Acting Mayor Fred Lester presiding. It was not a special council session but a continuation of the regular June 6 meeting, held for the purpose of completing end of the fiscal year business which was necessary by July 1. At that time the council authorized Lester and the city recorder to pay bonding In terest on the city fire truck and the summer recreation payroll. Business Good at Jacksonville Library Jacksonville Business at Jacksonville library has been on the upswing since the li brary began its 30-hour-a-week schedule, reports Li brarian Mrs. Helen Roberts. Mrs. Roberts said 73 books were checked out last Tues day and 901 have been bor rowed since inauguration of the new hours. A new shipment of books and periodicals recently ar rived, Mrs. Roberts added. and she urged local residents to take avantage of the new hours. The library is now open Saturday morning and Mon day evening as well as during daytime hours other days of the week. Local Girl Held As A Delinquent A 16-year-old Medford girl was lodged in the county jail early Wednesday on a charge of being a delinquent juven ile. Medford police had arrest ed the girl on a charge of reckless driving in the down town area about 1 a. m. Po lice said the girl had appar ently been drinking, and had only a learner's driving per mit. The girl was quite bellig erent when taken to the po lice station, police said, and attempted to run away at one time. She was handcuffed in order to keep her under con trol. Police called the county ju venile officer, who informed them that the girl could not be arrested on the reckless driving charge, and that she was to be taken into protec tive custody on the delinquent juvenile charge. She was lodged in the coun ty jail since the juvenile de tention home was full. POINT BONDED LICENSED INSURED Salving Cantrat Point and Mtdtord . . Same Ratal! Phone N04-1797 Srarilegibnal Petition Asking Annexation Put Before CP Council By VIOLA COOK Mail Tribune Correspondent Central Point A petition presented by Frank Bruce for annexation of a piece of land was placed before the Central Point city council at its meet ing Tuesday night. The land is a V-shaped plot between First and Second streets, just west of the new Osteopathic hospital on South Bush st. During the meeting open bids for a new police car were accepted with the bid by Courtesy Chevrolet being ac cepted. Lyle Paul, city man ager, said that as soon as the radio and other police equip ment is installed and the car delivered, the 1955 model car now being used will be sold on bids. Streets in process of being paved this year include curbs on First, to be paved from Pine to Oak, and Third, to be paved from Pine to Oak. Sec ond street has been paved from Pine to the new Osteo pathic hospital. Hazel street is ready for base rock and will be the next street on which work will tak place. Five 30-Year Pins Awarded by Legion Hornbrook-At ifr&JIV Boy Scouts To Hilts Post 327 can Legion held at Hilts last Thursday, live 30-year mem bership pins were awarded. Two of the five, Orson Coleman and Florent Van de Weghe, are from Hornbrook. A 28-year pin was awarded to Percy Riness of Hornbrook. 1 Attenldng the ceremony from here were Mr. and Mrs. Orson Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. F. Van de Weghe and daugh ter, Mrs. Agnes Clark and son Buddy, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. (Doc) Riness. Mr. and Mrs. John Shinar, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gessler, Bob Burns and Carl Pickard. Presentation of the pins was made by "Skip" Shinar of Hornbrook, commander of the Hilts post, and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shinar. I BOB WALTERS, Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegato Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris. TO 5-2126 Central Point Viola Cook. NO 4-1334 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison. HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL S-1126 Grandviow-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9678 Happy Camp Hasel Davis, GY 3-2387 Hornbrook Katnerlne Chapman. GR S-3586 Illinois Valley Katharine Scott. 5203 Jacksonville Bette Hoskins. TW 9-1203 McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260 Meadowa Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267 Montague Carol Peterson Phoenix Helen Nikodym. KE 5-1388 Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211 Shady Cove Evelyn Watson, TR 8-2351 Table Rock R E. Nealon. TA 6-2097 Talent BUI Young, KE 5-1253 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers Williams Bonnie Mitchell. PR 2263 Yreka Bessie Boyd Fraaer 50' x ss" Plastic Hose $3.88 Shovels Each $1-98 Heavy Push Brooms ITT e, $1.98 Lawn Rakes Bamboo 19c Charcoal Briquets 10-lb. 89c 20.1b. $ 1. 5S Aluminum Grass Stop 25' 4" Roll... 98c 765 Dam Causes Hornbrook's By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent Hornbrook-As work prog resses on Copco's Iron Gate Dam project, more and more families are moving in to this community. Occupying the A. A. Prots man cottages on their ranch up the river are the superin tendent of construction and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Lar ry Wicks and three children from Klamath Falls; Mr. Cook and Roland Davis, also Klam ath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. James Dickinson and three children from Hayward, Calif., and IV Athlete Takes Honors at Meet Illinois Valley - Versatile Illinois Valley athlete Mike Hanby was among the top winners at the recent "all comers" track and field meet at Southern Oregon . college. He won seven certificates and ribbons. Hanby took the high school class pole vault with a leap of 12 feet, 4 inches and tied with Phil Paquin of Grants Pass for first in the open class with another 12-4 effort. In the open class 100-yard dash, Hanby finished second with a time of 10.2. He also took second in the 180-yard low hurdles, third in the high school class discus event, second in the open discus throw and third in the high school javelin throw. Attend Jamboree Illinois Valley-Greg Petsch will represent Boy Scout troop 20 at this month's Na - tional Scout Jamboree Colorado Springs. He -. will leave with other Scouts by I . , . L-: t dus irom jwetuuru una .uw dav. Scouts will visit points of interest in California, Arizona and New Mexico before arriv- ine in Colorado. They will spend a week at the jamboree and will return nome Dy way of Salt Lake City and Reno, arriving in Medford Aug. 3. Young Petsch took his pre- jamboree training June 25-26 at the Elk picnic grounas near Medford. SATURDAY SPECIALS "THE BUILDITORIUM' SOUTH RIVERSIDE Phone SP 2-6211 T News 'Boom' in Population Mr. and Mrs. Lew Burket and five children from the Port land area. The Burkets are friends of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew (Buck) Skeahan and stayed with the Skeahans for several days while locating a place to live. In their house trailers on the Protsman place are Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sawyer, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Baggett, all from Klamath Falls, and Mr, and Mrs. Richard McAllister from Los Angeles. McAllister lived in the Hornbrook-Hilts area as a boy and attended grammar school in Horn brook. Ben Phillips reports that his Hornbrook Trailer park is filled to capacity, with most of the residents being em ployed on the dam project, and the Swallows Trailer park and motel reportedly has been sold to an executive of the Morrison - Knutsen Con struction Co., who is at pres ent living in his house trailer on the grounds, with all other available spaces being occu pied by his employees on the dam. Collectors' Club Has Good Turnout Illinois Valley - Seventeen collectors attended the initial meeting of the Illinois Valley Coin and Stamp club held here recently. After discussing by-laws and procedures, those attend ing elected acting officers. Named were Mrs. Mary Rood, president; Mrs. Howard Yar brough, vice president; Bob Lafranco, treasurer; Herbert Gage, secretary, and Miss Glenda Stana, Junior vice president. Next meeting will be held July 13. All persons Interest ed in stamp and coin collect- in g ro mviiea, TO orougn - 1. W's demo Club Postpones Meeting Illinois Valley - The Illinois Valley Democratic club will not meet this month although the executive board will meet late in July, club Secretary Herbert Sage has announced. Sage said several members plan to attend the party's con vention in Los Angeles and that the club decided to post pone its next regular meet ing to August. Six Persons Injured Fighting Salem Fire Salem - IUPD - Six firemen were hurt, none seriously, Thursday while battling a house fire in northeast Salem that caused more than $12,000 damage. Fireman Ray .Tompkins was hit on the back by a falling beam and other firemen suf fered minor injuries. 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