Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 18, 1960, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, JULY IB, 1060 6: A MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. Out on a Limb By BOB WALTERS - A Rift in Ashland? Down In Ashland, a lot of people seem to think rela tions between their city council and school board aren't . quite as good as they should be. limb o a nj v. o,'6 ....,, . ... . This may or may not be true. From what I've seen and heard, however, it holds on at least one issue extension of i street to provide access to the city's new million-dollar junior high school. Two streets, Iowa and Quincy, have been considered. The board wants to extend Iowa and the council favors Quincy. Also Involved is a third "group," apparently in some sort of "advisory" capacity Southern Oregon college. " The rift, If there is one, was opened about 16 months ago when the school board was looking for a site for the new school. Board members were making inquiries pretty much on the Q.T. because they didn t want prices to skyrocket. When it found a desirable site, the board checked with (he city superintendent to sec if adequate street, water and cewage facilities were available or could be made available. The superintendent said "yes." ' At about that time, during one of its twice-monthly meetings, the council discussed the board s activities in con- - tiectlon with finding a site for the school. At least one councilman took a dim view of the board's methods and, consequently, a story in the Ashland newspaper the following day gave many people, especially one school board member, the impression that the council was trying to run the board's business. , Things slatted popping. ' The board member, who was then chairman, called (he councilman who allegedly had made the statements and proceeded to burn his ears for a few minutes. They sup posedly ironed out their differences shortly thereafter, but whether anything was solved is, to put it mildly, debatable. Then came the business of extending a street, an issue Which still is very much unresolved. . Where does the college fit in? - Well, it seems the powers that be at SOC want to build 10,000-seat stadium on college-owned land In that same area and extension of Iowa st. just does not fit into their plans. On; Ashland official I'll call him "a highly reliable source," since that's exactly what he is says the college at first gave its verbal "promise" not to oppose extension of Iowa. About two months ago, however, SOC pulled an about-face and came out for extension of Quincy. The city planning commission then recommended exten- (ion of Quincy and the council quickly gave its tentative approval. And that's where it stood until one Ashland resident, Parker Hess, began wondering what was going on. Since lie lives in the area concerned, he felt he had a right to know. So Mr. Hess attended the June 21 council meeting and proceeded to ask a few questions and state a few of his views. Among other things, he said the college was being "heavy-handed" in its methods of planning a stadium, that property holders in the area were worried about what was going to happen and that extension of Quincy had been approved by the council "for selfish interests, for the college." A stadium for SOC would be "fine," Hess said, but he added that "I don't think we should build all of Ashland around the college." - The council decided to give the matter further study. At its next meeting, held July 5, it was told by the city superintendent that Lithia Lumber company, owner of the property through which Iowa st. would be extended, was not at all interested in selling. -The council decided to keep studying. " I'm told that several Ashland residents are circulating petitions favoring extension of Iowa because they feel ex tension of Quincy would hurt home owners in that area. It should be pointed out that extension of Iowa would come close to, but would not touch, college property. And from all indications the college might not be able to build its stadium for perhaps another "decade. Council man Don ewis, SOC's business manager, said at the June 21 council session that the college "can't pinpoint a spot tor a stadium" because "we don't know ourselves we don't have the money." Meanwhile, work on the new junior high is nearing com pletion and nearly 700 students are expected this fall. An access route is needed no official has opposed that. The problem is selecting one. - Last Monday night the school board voted to call for a formal meeting with the council to discuss the problem. A school official says the board wants "to go on record" with its reasons for favoring Iowa St. This might be interpreted as putting the council on the (pot. At any rate, the council is expected to reply to the board's "invitation" at its meeting in city hall tomorrow night. , It could be interesting. L"V !if .Nil i.- v.'Vi "" :..vf! He pointed out a fact of in terest. Prior to the time he in stalled a gas pump, which was the first in Gold Hill in 1908, it was necessary to fill a gas tank by pouring the gas from a sprinkler can. Gas cost him about six cents a gal lon and sold for 10 cents per gallon, no lax. It was brought to Gold Hill by railroad in SO gallon barrels and stored at the old depot. It was hauled by team and horses from that location to his business so that gas would be available to customers who owned cars. The capacity of a car gas tank he said was about 10 gallons. While the first gas pump was an im provement over the sprinkler can system, he said that it was a slow process because it was only possible to pump one gallon of gas at a time. Charles said that by 1920 it was necessary for Frank and he to go into the garage business to make a living, be cause cars became more com mon and the horse and buggy transportation was definitely on the way out. Builds Garage They built the Gold Hill Garage building at the cor ner of Second ave. and Fourth st. during 1920. Shortly after going Into the garage business, Frank and he built the first fire truck for the city of Gold Hill from For the family that has everything and is now paying for it CP Manager Moves To New Building ' Central Point - Moving into offices of city hall in the new $14,444 City Center building are city manager Lyle Paul and his staff. The new offices at 250 East Pine will occupy the east side of the building with the library on the west. The police department has also moved from its former location in the old cily hall into the building formerly used by the library. The build ings have been joined, making one building house city hall, , library, fire and police de- partments. .. All departments are now in " use although work on the building has not been com pleted. A dedication service will be held upon completion. . New hours for the city hall are from 9 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Dr. Durno Will Speak At Eagle Point Grange Dr. Edwin Durno, candidate for Congress from the Fourth Congressional district, .will speak at the combined meet ings of the Eagle Point and Lake Creek granges on Aug 2, the grange officials have announced. Dr. Durno will speak about the Republican convention at 8 p.m. in the Eagle Point grange hall. Grange officials have invited the public to attend. Shakespeare Festival Central Point - Forty-five students from Crater High school, Central Point, will at tend the Oregon Shakespear ean Festival, according to in- formation released by the fes tival box office. The group, under the lead ership of Bill Russell, will attend the festival July 29 and will see "The Taming of the Shrew." BOB WALTERS, Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333 Butt Falls Mary Jo Harris. TO 5-2128 Central Point Viola Cook, NO 4-1334 Eagle Point Doitie Harbison, HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1126 Grandvlew-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9678 Happy Camp Hasel Davis, GY 3-2387 Hornbrook Katharine Chapman, GR 5-3586 Illinois Valley Katharine Scolt, S203 Jacksonville Betre Hoskins, TW 9-1209 McLeod Carolina Harding, TR 8-2280 Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1287 Montagus Carol Peterson Phoenix Helen Nikodym, KE 8-1388 Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211 Shady Cove Evalyn Watson, TR 8-23S1 Table Rock R E. Nealon, TA 6-2097 "Talent Bill Young, KE 5-1253 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers ' '.Williams Bonnie Mitchell, PR 2283 Yreki Btult Boyd Fraser TOGETHER AGAIN Charles A. Kell. 79, long time, resident who pioneered the garage and service station business in Gold Hill, shows his brother, John Kell, 81, pictures of his seven children in a family album. When the two brothers last saw each other 53 years ago, they each had only two children. John Kell is the father of ten children. Brothers Reunited After 53 Years By MARY KELL Mail Tribune Correspondent Gold Hill - Charles A. Kell, 79, of Gold Hill, and his brother, John Kell, 81, from Blyth, Calif., had a lot to talk about when John visited here recently. The two broth ers had not seen each other since they were young men, fifty-three years ago in March of 1907, when Charles left Eros, La., to come to Gold Hill. John, the eldest of six, planned to leave Los Angeles, Calif., by jet airliner follow ing his visit here with Charles. He planned to fly to Michigan to visit the oth er three brothers and a sis ter whom he had not seen since leaving their home state of Michigan over fifty-five years ago. They are George Kell and Clyde F. Kell, both of Detroit; Howard Kell, Har risville and Mrs. Roy Rout ley (the former Margret Kell), Port Huron. Michigan. Their father, William J. Kell, was a native of Canada. They said that he spoke three languages fluently. Their mother, the former Cleo Young, was a daughter of a Hollander. Numerous Memories Charles and John recalled numerous memories of their mother, when they were youngsters growing up in their home town of Raeber, Mich. Among these were vari ous chores, including the fun they had at the Alcona coun ty fairs when they heipea her make ice cream in a ten gallon freezer 'to be sold by the dish. They said they would neve.' forget the horse radish that had to I dug by them, because their mo'.her sure knew how to prepare it for the table. When they were not in school or helping their moth er with chores, they assisted their father in his grocery store and meat mart busi ness. They learned to do dif ferent types of manual labor by working for other people after they finished their ea u ition in Raeber. They spoke of the wages and cost of living wh tney were teen-agers compared to those of today. They were paid 25 cents per day for doing a hard day's work. Two dollars a week with room and board, was considered od wages, they said. When learn ing a trade they earned three dollars a week, and said that usually half of this ,as paid in beef. John recalled that during this 1890 era when they were teen-agers, three dollars would buy a 100 pound p'U. Move To Louisiana John married Harriett Cartright in 1900 and Charles married Delia McKinnon in 1902 at Saut St. Marie, Mich., About 1905 the two couples moved to Eros, La from Mi chigan. John was employed in the logging and lumber camps and Charles followed the blacksmith trade for which he had been trained in all phases, including fancy iron work. Charles said that in those days, fancy Iron fences, porch railings of various designs and ornamental iron trees with hammered leaves and fruit were popular. In the spring of 1907, Charles and his family left Louisiana to come to Gold Hill. His uncle Charlie Young had come here from Michigan in about 1887 and was estab lished In the hotel business. Charles resumed his black smith trade, only this time his work consisted almost entire ly of shoeing horses and wag on work. In about 1910 he began working . on auto mobiles, and went Into part nership with Frank Child- ers. First Automobile The first car that he work ed on (in 1907 shortly after coming to Gold Hill) belonged to his uncle Charlie Young, who owned the first automo bile in Gold . Hill. It was one cylinder, chain driven Oldsmoblle with solid rubber tires. Charles said this was a pretty classy vehicle in Applegate BLM; Ask By MAUDE ZIEGLER Mail Tribune Correspondent Applegate Valley - Taking a dim view of any tnnglble assistance yet received from the Bureau of Land Manage ment In regard to betterment of the cattle riuigc, local stock men welcomed the several possibilities for Improvement outlined by Ernest Black, for- Stockmen Criticize for Improvement an old Maxwell automobile. They installed the firotight ing equipment to this vehicle. Prior to this the only fire fighting facilities that the city had were several two wheel cart c o n t r a p lions. Charles became fire chief about 1910 when there were used for fire . fighting and served continuously as fire chief until 1940 when he went out of the garage and service station business. Charles was a civic minded Individual during the 33 years that he was in business here. Besides serving as fire chief for 30 years, he served from 1908 until 1920 inclu sive on the city council and several terms on the school board. Charles Retires After he went out of the garage and service station business, he went to work for the cement company and retired as an Ideal Cement company employee In 1953. During World War II, three of his sons served In the armed forces overseas and a daughter was a members of the Waves. John and his family left Louisiana about 1909 and re sided for a time, he said, in El Paso, Texas, and other places including Madera and Chihuahua, Mexico. He rear ed his family In Les Cruccs, N. M. Tragedy struck his household in 1924 when his wife, Harriett, and one of their daughters were killed. He followed the lumber profession, working as tim ber cruiser and logging super intendent for the North West ern division railroad in Mex ico from 1911 until 1947. He is still active, working in the retail lumber business In Blyth, Calif., the past ten years. John Insists that work keeps him young. An HFC Payment-Reducer Loan If the payments on too many instalment pur chases are catching up with you, take these two simple steps to get ahead of them: 1) Arrange an HFC Payment-Reducer Loan; 2) Pay off all you still owe on your purchases. You come out ahead because you pay HFC much less per month than you're paying now. Actually, you keep more of your paycheck! You'll also appre ciate making only one payment a month instead of several. Drop in or phone HFC America's oldest and largest company spe6ializing in in stalment cash loans. 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Main St., 2nd Floor-SPrlng 3-5301 Hours: 10 to 7 Mon.-lO lo 5.-30 Tum. thru Frl.-Cloied Sot. ester from the Modtord bu reau offlco when ho spoke at a Farm Bureau meeting held at the grange hull Friday. limine fences, cuttle guards and development of water holes from springs and seep age, Black named as possible projects which could bo car ried on with a small portion of the money received by thu county from public domuln grazing lands. Stockmen aired several grievances at the meeting. One was cutting the number of head of cattle a permllue can griuc mid allowing an other stockman to add to his range rights as a result. "Wo are law abiding citizens and when our cuttle are taken away from us, our living is taken away," was the way one rancher summed up the prob lem. Brush Is Menace Ever increasing brush fields on the forest lands were named as another menace. Difference of grazing policies between the forest-service and bureau of laud management, both of which stockmen must operate under, was termed another problem. Pointing to the Impossibili ty of maintaining the requir ed regulations when entile graze over these lands which adjoin in checkerboard fash ion, one stockman said, "Our cows don't know where they aro walking." In reply to these difficul ties Black said that the O and C act of 1087 set up O and C lands for limber manage mcnt first and that grazing is subordinate. He added that lands may be used for grazing only If It does not encumber growing and harvesting of timber, adding that tlmbcr laud Is producing better than 50 per cent of the living of people of Oregon. He sulci that when the ULM requests range improvement on the budget it is always slashed and there Is no money for range development as In east ern Oregon. Black said they rely heavily on local people to supply In formation to help them In gel ling out leases. "We are not going to take the Initiative," Black added, saying they have neither the time nor money. "If changes come, they have to bo from public opinion and acts of Congress," he stated. No Real Solution When a rancher said the BLM program is based on Regional News work accomplished m n n y years ago, Black said his agency Is a stewardship of God-given timber lands. He said there Is no real solution to the brush problem, which has been under study for eight years at the Cascade Research center nl Hoseburg. Ho suld herbicides are not advisable because a fire haz ard of dead brush Is left. Black brought to mind the vast differences in western Oregon grazing which of lie.';: cesslty Is brush and timber. I laud, and Unit of llio gram J lands of ouslorn Oregon unil ; oilier slates. "I One aid being prepared fiir,; stockmen Is a detailed tiuip of plots delegiiled lo each J leasee. This will prevent liver, i lapping of assigned ureas. 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