WEDNESDAY. JULY il, 10
8 A.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORB.
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Bud Boyd's Stay In Wilds
Is Similar
By BESSIE BOYD FRASER
Mill Tribune Correspondent
Yreka - Thirty years ago
member of another Boyd
family went Into the wilds of
Siskiyou county for their va
cation. Hal and his wife. Flo
ra, his sister, Marguerite, and
her husband, Paul, checked
In at the Callahan store for a
minimum of supplies because
they were packing everything
on their own backs.
Hal was an experienced
woodsman and carried gun
and fishing rod besides his
regular pack. Each had his
own blankets and one change
of clothing, the army canteen
and folding mess kit. A cam
era and one volume of Shake
speare had been slipped in by
the girls, who intended to im
prove their husbands' minds
during idle moments.
The Boyds had camped and
hunted In the Siskiyous above
Callahan for years. Boyd lake
was named for their father,
Thomas Parker Boyd, and a
beautiful little lake was nam
ed Virginia lake for a sister.
Decide To Explore
They had heard of some
wonderful wild country above
and beyond their usual haunts
and decided to explore, there
fore they were not burdened
with pack animals or guide,
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but they did tell the store
keeper the general direction
they were taking.
It took them several days
to hike through and over
granite ledges and they final
ly saw a gem-like lake far
below them and decided that
was the spot to camp. Their
food was getting low and
there had been nothing to kill
since they started except one
rattlesnake their first day and
they were not hungry enough
then to cook and eat it.
It was tough going down to
the sapphire lake but they
reached it before dark and
while the others made camp,
Hal lost no time throwing in
his fishing line. He fished un
til dark but not one bite did
he get. After a meager supper
they all fell into their beds
made of fir boughs and count
ed the stars above until sleep
overtook them.
Lake Found Barren
Hal was the first one tip
next morning and down fish
ing for their breakfast, but
no fish were jumping or bit
ing and he realized that this
lovely lake had not been
stocked for a long time. He
would have to shoot some
kind of game regardless of
the hunting season, but al
though he hunted all day, en
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saw nothing to shoot at.
They went to bed really
hungry that night, but they
had saved the last of their
coffee and bread for morning.
When they awoke it was
snowing and their fire was out
and available wood and loaves
were wet and difficult to light.
They managed to get some
coffee made and each ate his
slice of bread. After a con
sultation it was decided they
had better retrace their steps.
It was snowing harder and
though it was late July their
trail was fast becoming oblit
erated. It was a real struggle
to reach the top of the ridge.
The girls were weak from in
sufficient food and began
eliminating articles from their
packs as they climbed up
above 7,000 feet. Shakespeare
was left for the birds halfway
down the mountain.
"I'm not the girl my grand'
mother was," complained
Marguerite. "While she was
crossing the plains with the
Applegate party she carried
an umbrella over her Jersey
cow and gave it her daily ra
tion of water, only taking a
sip herself - she reached Ash
land alive and so did the cowl
I'm just going to sit here in
the snow I'm so tired. The
rest of you can go on without
me.
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"Don't wear yourself out
talking nonsense!" Hall ad
vised, because he feared they
had taken the wrong direction
in the heavy snow which had
by now covered all lan d
marks. They tried to stay on
top of the ridges so their
strength wouldn't be wasted
climbing up and down. After
three days of snow the sun
came out and It was not
again, but they were so tired
and hungry they weren't
much interested in the weath
er. The girls could hardly
drag one foot after the other.
Hal thought he naa Deucr
trv and get out and find help
and left the miserable little
group huddled together on top
of the mountain.
Rangers Meet Them
Some forest rangers mei mm
before he had gone very far.
The alarm had gone out from
the Callahan store when the
unseasonable storm continued
and a dozen searching parties
were out looking for them,
bringing food and stimulants
in case they were still alive.
They finally all staggered
into Callahan exactly opposite
the spot from where they had
started. Each one had lost
during the terrific hent
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By BOB
Unbiased
In any business, the man
most ofien at the butt of the
jokes is the beginner. That
certainly holds true In the
newspaper business, possibly
moreso than in any other.
On the receiving end of
much of the humor upstairs
at the Mail Tribune are our
two cub reporters. Down
stairs, it's the apprentice
printer who has to grin and
bear It. This one's name Is
Oakes.
"Remember now, Oakes,"
one of the senior printers tells
him several tunes a week,
"there once was a time when
you were nothing but a Nut
Oakes, however, manages
to take most of it in stride,
He just gnashes his teeth,
breaks a lead rule in halt and
prays for the day when his
apprenticeship will be over.
He's become so accustomed
to the role, in fact, that he
makes an ideal straight man.
Take Monday, for Instance.
Two printers were mak
ing up in. front page when
Oakes, carrying a piece of
copy and wearing a punlad
xpretsion, cam trotting
up.
"What does 'unbiased'
man?" h asked.
Th printers exchanged
here-we-go-again glances be
for on of them, a south
ern fried gni, chos to re
ply. "Well, Oakes. my boy."
h said. "I'll t.U you but
lt m gir you an ixampl
of 'biasod first."
"Down In Texas one year."
said his senior, they were
counting votes after an elec
tion. They Just kept putting
the Democratic votes in one
stack . . . 50,001 . . . 50.002
. . . 50,003 . . . and then they
found a Republican vote.
"Thev passed that vote all
around," he went on, "and all
the vote counters looked it
over real close. Finally they
put it on the edge of the table
all by itself and went back to
counting.
The Democratic votes just
kept pilin' up and pilin' up . . .
from 10 to 15 pounds in
weight and everybody believ
ed their story, although it
didn't make the front pages
of the San Francisco papers.
It is also doubted that they
would have been threatened
with arrest for killing a deer
out of season in order to sus
tain their lives.
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100,001 . . . 100,002 . , .100
U03 . . .and then they found
another Republican vote
That's when the head mini
blow his top,
"He slammed the second
vote down on top of the first
one and yelled 'Throw 'cm
both outl That &! voted
twice!
"Unbiased" is a word that
nirnl to b hounding m
this wk. Tonight I'm iac.d
with what may wall b in
toughest assignment of my
journalistic career.
Th Festival of th Bills
(Shakespeare and Patton)
has started, you see, and it's
play-reviewing time at th
Mail Tribune. Th first per
formances of each play ar
being covered by four dif
ferent reporters and tonight
It's my turn.
Ordinarily, there would
n't b any problem at all.
But my French teacher hap
pens to be Involved.
Teacher is on of th
Dancers on th Green.
(She's an amateur, of
course. Professionals ar
Dancers FOR th Green.)
Anyway, th dancers Ink
part in tonight's play, "Th
Tempest." As I understand
it, they com swirling in
and serv dinnr-caftria
slyle. I believe to a bunch
of people wandering around
In th woods.
.
As if that's not enough, she
also has a speaking part.
Well, it's not really a speak
ing part, but she does get to
make some noise.
She plays a dog.
Now maybe you under
stand the problem. I have to
watch Teacher go yipping
across the stage, growl, bark
and snap at someone's heels
and then come back to the
office and write an unbiased
review.
...
It will be a challenge, to
say th least. But I promise
to do my bst.
I also promise to be
thrifty, trustworthy, clean,
reverent and brave.
And I'm having a can of
Red Heart for dinner.
Grrrr.
Yreka-Arnold W. Kuttrell
a 45-year-old Grenada man,
was arrested by the sheriff's
office for furnishing alcohol
to minors in violation of the
Alcohol Beverage Control act.
He was released on bail and
will appear before Yreka
Justice court, Aug. 2.
$16.00
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ROGUE RECREATION Mirny families arc
finding that the recreational facilities of the
upper Rogue river arc a good way to dodge
the city's heat. Shown here are Elnlne Mil
ler (second from right) and Mrs. Frank Hope
well picnicking with three chilnien, (L to 10
Regional News
Work Completed On
Historic Post Office
By KATHERINE CHAPMAN
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Hornbrook - The U.S. gov
ernment last week completed
the work on the up-dnting of
the Hornbrook post office.
Paul Blakeley, a postal
technician from Pasadena,
Calif., supervised the work
and was assisted by local men,
George Souza and Matt John
son. Emory Parshall did the
painting on Die walls and ceil
ings. The reinforced concrete
post office building was built
in 1924 by the late D. C. Ear
hart, who was postmnsler
until that time with the post
office located in his hardware
store adjoining the present
building.
Harry Chapman succeeded
Earhart as postmaster In 1924.
This is the first work done on
the post office since that
time. When Chapman retired
In 1957, he was succeeded by
Wayne Cummins.
Cummins had the old wood
en boxes removed and re
placed with new steel lock
boxes and also replaced the
old hand-hewn and handmade
desk with a steel one.
Remodeling Completed
Last week's work completes
the remodeling project. The
work area has been enlarged
and the lobby extended across
the front where the service
windows are now located.
All partitions surrounding
the work area are covered
with formica with a limed oak
finish.
A new customer desk In
the lobby la of the same ma
teria1. The government also
completely re-furnLshed the
post office, adding such im
provements as a new safe, all
steel office furniture, new
electric -lock, typewriter,
adding machine, steel parcel
post rack, steel flics, steel
screening surrounding the
work area from the top of
the walls to the celling and
many other minor items all
of which expedite the handl
ing of the mail.
Post Office Serves 650
The Hornbrook post office
served approximately 650 cus
tomers. The area served extends up
the river to Copco No. 1, south
as far as the BurBcl resort
and north on Highway 99 to
the George Sllva ranch on
Bailey hill.
Window hours at the post
office will be from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., Instead of the old
closing hour of 8 p.m.
Another change will be on
the Copco route. The mall
stage will leave the local post
office for Copco at 11 a.m.
and return at 1 p.m., Cali
fornia daylight saving time.
The history of the Horn
brook post office goes back
to the old Oregon Trail and
gold rush days. It was estab
lished somewhere along the
late 1870s or enrly 1080s and
was originally in the Henley
district.
That was about the time
the Southern Pacific railroad
completed laying their new
section of road between Duns
mulr and Ashlnnd.
A subdivision point was
needed for this nowly-lnld sec
tion and the S.P, mndo a deal
with David Horn for some of
his ranch land,
Buildings Bet Up
Temporary buildings were
set up for tha railroad em
ployees, and for maintenance
of tha trains, Thus was born
P.
Sffiil
this little town which,
proprlatcly was given
np
thc name of Hornbrook.
Although the railroad sta
tion was called Hornbrook,
the post office was called
Henley, because postal regu
lation!! would not permit two
offices within a mile of each
other.
Henltr Office Abandoned
Some three of four years
later the old station of Henley
abandoned its post office and
the name Hornbrook was per
mitted, According to Wllmcr
Hill, one of the pioneers of
this area, the first postmaster
was a Mrs. Full. :
She kept the postnfflce
until the late Thomas Jonca
built his store In Henley and
was then appointed post
master. Succeeding him were Miss
Dora Horn, sister of the late
Marshall Horn, then her cou
sin, Mrs. Jim (Anna) Coyle,
wife of one of the founders
of the Hornbrook Water Com
pany, then followed Davis
Earhart and Harry Chapman.
The present postmaster is
Wayne Cummins, and his
wife, Helen Cummins, is the
clerk. Mrs. Cummins served
as clerk for eight years under
Harry Chapman and was In
t e r i m postmaster for 18
months before her husband
received his permanent ap
pointment. The postofflce building It
self, is owned by Mrs. Grace
Quiglcy and leased to the
government.
IV Pee Wee Teams
Hold League Opener
Illinois Valley After a few
weeks practice the pecwee
baseball games got under way
at the high school diamond,
Tuesday evening, with a large
crowd of spectators attending.
The opening game was won
by the Dodgers with the score
nine to the Yankee's four. In
the second game the While
Sox won 13 to 4 for the Glanls.
Pee wee baseball games are
held every Tuesday nlghl at
the high school diamond.
Where do you stay
in Portland?
At the Heathman,
of course,,.
It's a tradition among smart Westerners to stay at one
of the Heathman Hotels when in Portland ... Why?
Because they are centrally located, offer a wide rane of
choice accommodations at sensible rates, and serve
some of the best food (in three restaurants, including
the exotic Aloha Room) on any menu . . . Heathman
Hotels arc home owned and managed too.
Come to think of il1, it's a wonder EVERYONE doesn't
slay at Heathman Hotels! (
For reservations, write or wire:
Telephone CA 8-5212
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Charles Hopewell, Tony Spears and Billy
Foster, all of Eagle Point. The picture, It
self, Is an experimental plate made from
the Mull Tribune's new Polaroid photog
raphy equipment,
Six-Year-Old EP Boy
Chops Foof Wh(7e
'Whacking Tha Field' I
By DOTTIE HARBI80N
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Eagle Point-Mlchaal Ar
nold, six-year-old ion of Mr.
and Mm. Otorge Arnold,
Brophr rd Eagle Point,
naarly cut off his big toe
Tueiday afternoon with his
brother's axtt
According to hit mother.
Michael was watching his
big brothar. Donny, fix hit
chain saw when h plcktd
up the ax and slipped out
to the field.
He was ")uil whacking
the Held" when th axe slip
ped and cut between his big
and adjoining toes Into the
arch pail the larga toe Joint,
without cutting the bone,
Michael will be confined
to the davenport lor a while,
but has high hopes of start
ing to school with his first
grade clan after Labor Day.
Michael was so interested
In the needles that the doc
tor offered to let him have
the pretty curved ones, but
was discouraged by his
mother. ,
She feared the results If
he repeated the procedure
on his little sliler, especially
after talking him out of the
Idea that she should be the
one to do the sewing instead
of the doctor.
Regional Calendar
Jacksonville-Standard Red
Cross first aid classes will
start Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Jacksonville Community
hal. Lcroy Williams of the
Mcdford firo department will
be the Instructor.
The classes will be held
every Thursday evening for
six weeks.
Jacksonvllle-A second pan
cake breakfast, sponsored by
the Jacksonville PTA and
American Legion Post 100,
will be held Sunday from
7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
IOOF hall. Proceeds from the
breakfast will help finance
the Jacksonville little league
baseball team.
Applcgate Valloy-The Ap.
plcgate Valley 4-H pre-falr
will be held at the Applcgate
school grounds Friday, start
ing at 9:30 a.m. There will
be a Judging of both animals
and home economics exhibits.
Lunch will be served on
the grounds.
Portland, Oregon
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