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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 1SB0
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Regional News
Planning Commission
Holds First Meeting In EP
Neglected Dog Returns
To Girl Who Befriended
Him; Dies At Her Feet
By DOTTIE HARBISON
Mail Tribune Correepondent
Eagle Point - The E a g 1 e
Point Planning commission
was officially organized Sun
day morning. Johnny John
son was elected chairman and
Stewart Hopper wai elected
secretary
Members appointed to the
commission are Johnny John-
ton, Stewart Hopper, Ray
Tresham and David Harbison
who, along with Mayor Ed
Putman, have been attending
the County Planning commis
sion meetings in Medford the
past three months.
The committee will contin
ue to attend the meetings in
Medford and the surrounding
communities, accvrding to a
spokesman for the group, and
hope to discuss mutual prob
lems as well as gain ideas on
the procedure of the commit
tee. ApprOTM Plans
- At their first meeting the
commission approved the sub
mitted plans for Ray Barrow's
subdivision on South C st. A
discussion was held on the
duties of the commission and
the procedure for making re
ports and recommendations to
the city council.
, A permanent meeting date
EP Girl Hospitalized
After Riding Mishap
Eagle Point - Miss Laura
May Noble is convalescing in
the Saqred Heart hospital
from injuries sustained Wed
nesday morning when she
was thrown from her horse.
- She received scratches and
back and face injuries.
Miss Noble, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Noble,
Brophy rd.. Eagle Point, was
helping her grandfather, Ver
nle Mathews, round up range
cattle above Eagle Point
-Miss Noble's horse was
traveling at a fairly fast pace
and successfully jumped clear
ot the irrigation ditch, but its
ftont feet landed in a bog
hole of knee depth, throwing
Miss Noble over the horse's
hfad.
Miss Noble was uncon
scious for a few hours follow
ing the accident
has been set as the fourth
Tuesday of each month, with
the first meeting on Septem
ber 27 unless a special meet
ing is required prior to that
time. Meetings will be held
in the Eagle Point Library un
til further notice.
The immediate items to be
considered and acted upon by
the planning commission will
be a code for trailer courts
within the city limits, a com
mercial zoning within the city
limits, problems involving the
sewage lagoon system, and a
system for permanent survey
markers within the city limits.
Fire Endangers
Brooder House
Phoenix - Flames from a
brush fire endangered a
brooder house and other farm
outbuildings at the Howard
Logan chicken ranch on Dark
Hollow rd. Sunday afternoon
but were stopped by a state
policeman and neighbors.
Approxima tely three-
fourths of an acre was burned
before the officer, a boy about
10 and neighbors brought the
fire under control using hoses
and wet gunnysacks. The of
ficer said a gust of wind could
have directed the flames to
ward the brooder house con
taining an estimated 48.000
baby chicks and a hen house
containing a large number of
chickens.
The neighbor was unable to
get the Phoenix volunteer
fire department. Finally an
operator called one of the
volunteer firemen. Other fire
men were notified and the
state department of forestry
notified. Meanwhile the state
police officer cruising the
South Pacific highway saw
the smoke and drove over to
investigate. He also notified
the forestry department.
Logan was away from the
ranch at the time the fire
broke out Neighbors said
they were so used to seeing
brush being burned on the
Logan ranch that they didn't
think anything of the smoke
at first until the buildings
seemed endangered.
Fire fighters thought the
fire started in a small gully.
By BESSIE BOYD FRAZER
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Yroka - Spot, a short hair
ed pointer moved from the
country to a place in town
where his master and mis
tress kept him tied securely
in the back yard. He couldn
always reach his water pun
or feeding dish but waited pa
tiently for his owners to re
member him.
He liked to hunt but his
family went off week ends
and left him at home. He sus
pected that they had gone
hunting without him and
howled a little, just to show
his resentment. Howling use
up his energy and he didn't
have too much because he
was fed irregularly.
when his people had been
gone for two days, Toni, the
girl next door, took Spot
some fresh water. His dish
was empty and he looked
thin, all of his ribs showing,
so she raided the bread box
and took him a half a loaf of
whole wheat bread which he
wolfed down. In the icebox
at home there was a ham
bone with considerable meat
attached which somebody
mentioned cooking w i t
beans, but the girl thought
Spot needed the ham more
than the beans, so she took
it where she thought it would
do the most good.
Escape Suggested
For four days the dog was
alone, but Tom fed him and
wondered why he didn'
chew his rope in two and
free himself. In fact she sug
gested it to him. They be
came friends and shook
hands.
Within a few weeks the
people left again, without
providing any food for the
dog, so the bread box was
emptied, but with seven hun
gry cats to feed, a starving
dog was a real problem. But
Spot showed his appreciation
by barking when anybody ap
proached Tom s door.
For a third time the dog
was left alone, but by this
time he had "had it and
chewed his rope and dragged
it after him to the girl's back
door and barked. She recog
nized his voice and called
"Greetings, my friend - want
some bread?" He answered
with a little yelp, caught the
bread and took it to his own
yard to eat.
Spot's family came and
went but he no longer de
pended upon them for food,
There was always a crust of
bread next door and some
times an extra ration of spa-
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Ifhottl. His affections wore
transferred to Ton! and he
spent hours guarding her
front door. The cats helped
him and at times there was
such an assortment of live
stock on the front stoop that
visitors hnd to go around the
house and enter by the back
door.
A day came when Spot';
owners moved out and took
the dog with them. Six
months elapsed and nothing
more was seen or heard of
him.
Tonl became part owner of
mining claims' down In the
Humbug mining district and
most of her weekends were
spent there and she wondered
if the dog ever tried to find
her.
One night she heard some
thing under the cabin and
thought It might be a small
bear, as there were some in
that area. Whim she looked
early next morning, there was
Spot. He had crawled back
as far as he could and no
amount of coaxing could
bring him out.
The girl went in after him
and dragged him out, when
she sat him down he col
lapsed. He was just a living
skeleton and his mouth was
full of porcupine quills. She
took them out with some
pliers and offered him
drink of water, which he re
fused. He gave a little yelp
and died at her feet. He had
found a dog's best friend, but
how and where he came from
she will never know.
Out on a Limb
By BOB WALTERS
Upper Rogue Grange
Holds Birthday Meeting
Happy Camp Lions
Schedule Boai Race
Happy Camp - The Happy
Camp Lions club has made
plans to reorganize the boat
race down tne ruamam river
over the Labor Day week end
The race will start at 7
a.m. on Sept. 4 at the Swal
lows resort and will travel to
Happy Camp that night. The
next morning at 9 o'clock, the
boats will enter the water and
go on to Clear creek where
the race will finish. The boat
with the best total time will
win.
There will be S600 in prize
money for tne iirst t n r e e
prizes and numerous spot
prizes, donated by mercnanis
along the river, for the best
time in each area.
There will be a big celebra
tion in Happy Camp during
the race. The Lions club is
sponsoring a donkey baseball
game Sept. 3.
The fire department is spon
soring a dance that evening.
The Lions club Is also putting
on a carnival.
David Foofe Travels
o Washington, D.C.
Central Point-David Foote,
son ot Mr. and Mrs. waiter
Foote, left for Portland last
week, where he met Jeff
Chang. Chang was chosen gov
ernor of Beaver Boys State
and Foote was selected as the
state's first citizen.
David and Jeff traveled
from Portland by . train to
Washington, D.C. The boys ar
rived in Washington Friday
and will stay until July 29.
Boys from all SO states will
be represented.
Sponsored by the American
Legion, Boys' State is open to
high school juniors in the
state who are sponsored by an
organization or group. David
was sponsored by the Elks
Lodge and is a student of Cra
ter High school.
While in Washington the
boys will tour the city, visit
the House of Representatives
and the Senate in Congress
and study the government
first hand.
Horse Injures Rider
Near Hornbrook
Hornbrook - Her name is
Hone y," and she's the
'sweetest mare on the ranch,"
but she turned fickle on Sun
day and spooked with Loren
Cummins aboard. She put
Loren flat on his back for an
Indefinite time.
Loren, with his father, Bob
Cummins, was riding across
the hill back of his home
when for some reason known
only to the horse, Honey rear
ed and came down with one
forefoot in a hole.
She threw Loren off and
then fell on top of him.
It was feared at first that
his leg was broken, but
X-rays at the Siskiyou Gen
eral Hospital in Yreka reveal
ed no broken bones.
Instead he suffered several
painful ruptured blood ves
sels and Is now recovering at
His home.
Tiller-Drew - Rattlesnakes
are not only exceptionally
numerous this summer, they
are also bold. The Charles
Porters killed a six - rattle
snake on their porch last
week.
The Night Crew
Saturdays at the Mall Trib
une are quite a bit different
from the other days of .the
week, especially for the two
men assigned to the night
shift.
With the exception of these
two, all the other news room
staffers work a normal day
time shift. They arrive In the
morning, attend to their re
spective chores and leave
about 3 o'clock or so.
Not so with the night crew.
Our two heroes arrive at 3
p.m. and stay on the Job until
the presses start turning out
the Sunday morning edition
at about midnight. One man
Is the night editor and the
other handles sports copy,
reads proofs and makes tele
phone checks with local news
sources.
The night crew consists of
the city hall reporter and my
self. Of course we had to pass
rigid tests before being as
signed our Saturday night
jobs. Intelligence, alertness,
devotion to duty and many
other points were considered
before The Boss finally de
cided we were ready.
Oh, there was one other
thing too. We happen to be
the newest and youngest staff
members, not counting the
two playboy summer replace
ments.
The Saturday night jobs, to
be honest, represent what's
known in the military as a
. . . Well, they call It some
kind of a detail, but perhaps.
we should leave well enough
alone.
Working Saturday night
really isn't so bad. Do you
think we cart that other
guys our age are out paint
ing the town red, wining.
dinning and making gen
eral whoopee? Noilree.
It says here. '
But there is one draw
back. There's no switch
board operator and all the
calls are channeled into the
news room, no matter what
the ' caller's business may
be.
(Don't ask me why
there's no switchboard op
erator. For all I know, she
just leaves early and no
one's found out about it yet
-Then again, maybe her con
tract prohibits working Sat
urday nights. Switchboard
Operators Union Local
26141 drives a hard bargain,
I understand.)
Anyway, we get all kinds
of calls, usually just before
press time when we're busiest
the city hall man Is mark
ing proofs with one hand and
taking down a local story
over the phone with the oth
er; I'm fighting through wire
service copy to see if Nixon
and Kennedy have really de
cided to team up on the Pro
hibitionist ticket; the printers
are yelling for the page-one
dummy, and the pressmen are
suffering their regular Satur
day Night Seizures because
they're afraid they'll have to
work overtime. Paid over
time, at that.
The calls go something like
this:
"News rnnm "
"Hello, this Is Sammy Pea-
body. I've got a stomach ache
and I can't deliver papers in
tne morning. '
That s too bad, but there's I
nn nnn 1- ' , 1 ,
" "c ucic ituiii uit: circula
tion department now."
"Oh. Well, can you toll
them later? Willy Schmaltz
said he'd deliver for me."
"Yeah, I'll tell them. And
why don't you take an Alka
Seltzor." "A what?"
"Never mind. G'night."
"News room."
"Hello I'd like to cancel
my ad."
"Sorry, maam, but there's
no one here from the ad
department now'
"But I don't want the ad
to run any more,"
"I understand that,
maam, but there's nothing
we can do about It here
this is the news room. If
you'd like to call Monday,'
they'll see that it doesn't
run any more."
"Weill" Click.
-
"News room."
"Shay, parm me, buddy, but
I wonncr If you could anser a
III qucshum for me. A pal an
I gotta bet on what year Bnbe
Ruth hit sixty homers. He
sez it was 1023 and I sez 1001.
Who's right?"
"Just a minute."
(Pause while staffer digs
out almanac.)
"Hello. It was 11)27."
"1027? Well I'll be . . .
thanksh for yor help, buddy."
"No trouble at all. And bot
toms up."
Sometimes we even get a
personal call or two,
Samples!
"This is Audrey. Tell
Greg the bay has the mea
sles." "Bobl This is an emer
gency! I ran out of vinegar
and we can'i have deviled
eggs on the picnic tomor
row!" Theie problems, of
courie, ere solved by a few
soothing wordi, such as
"Tell him to icratch" and
"Who needs deviled ege?"
The other days of the week,'
come to think of It, are pretty
dull compared to Saturday.
But the city hall man mid
I would not be unhappy If the
papor decided to hire two
new men. A little social life
never hurt anyone.
Regional Calendar
Eagle Point A n open
meeting for anyone interest
ed In the Community building
will bo held at the Ed Kim
mel home on South B si. at
8 p. m. tonight. :
Eagle Point Thc South
B St. sno nl I. ..il ...in ,. ...
I ',, on""0 P"rk f,'0m '
... ..... .,,, niesdiiy. A)1
former residents are Invited.
By CAROLINE L. HARDING
Mall Tribune Correspondent
MoLood Tho Upper Roguo
Grange celebrated Its 2Mb
birthday recently. About 70
visitors from other Granges
wore present to celebrate the
occasion.
The tables and hall wuro
decorated In 23-yenr theme.
The birthday cuke, shaped
like the number 23, was doe
orated by Mrs. Bob Cham
berlain and Master Eiln made
a replica of the first Grunge
hull, H crude log cubln.
Four charter member woro
given pins. They wore Mr.
and Mrs, Vic Chapman and
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Vaughn.
Then the 23 year members
were Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carl
ton, Mr. and Mm. Tom Carl
ton, Mrs. Hazel Ulrkh and
Mrs. Georglo Grlevo.
A committee was appointed
TO VISIT SEWAGE PLANT
Jacksonville The Jackson
ville city council visited
Klamath Falls, Saturday, to
Inspoct the newly established
sewage disposal field and
plant there.
Tills visit Is part of the
council's investigation of pos
sible types of sewage plants
for Jacksonville.
to purchase u now American
(lag.
Tho lecture program Includ
ed several songs by Murgiiiut
Hnnsnn with the Pullen Chor
al Swliigstiirs of Mt'iKord.
A nng by Deloy and Don
Gillisple was also heard. Oth
er entertainment included
group singing led by the
"Sourdough Mountain Sing
ers" and Imitations of popu
lar singing groups performed
by local people.
Tiller-Drew Men Fly ;
To Aid Fire Flghten
Tiller Drew - Koteslori
Gone Carlson unci John Duvli
of the South Umpquii District
and Ranger John Wilson and
roriwlnr Jack Wright of the
Cow Creek district of the
Umpiiiu district of the Umi
quu . National forost wore
flown t" Walla Walla, Wash.,
last week.
From Walla Wulla they will
go to the aid of, tire fighter
In the Umiilllla and Wallowa
areas.
Clif D. Ouellerre and
Ronald L, Rickerrs
Have Formed a Partnership for the
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